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40Events this week
16Free things to do
75New spots
93New stories

● Checked this morning, before the 6 AM send.

This week in Jackson

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 40 events, day by day →

Movement with Michelle: Zumba

Monday 5:30pm · Essential Energies

DJ Bingo

Monday 7pm · American Legion Wilber-Bartlett Post 315 · Free

Spanish 101

Tuesday 11am · Forks Senior Center

Trackside Tuesday Food Truck Rally

Tuesday 11am · Jackson

Harmony Gardener's Concert

Tuesday 6pm · Rotary Bandshell At Cascades Park

New in Jackson

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Hush Lash Studio

Beauty

Skip the mascara struggle: Locals looking to ditch mascara, Hush Lash Studio, Canada’s largest eyelash extension brand growing in the U.S., customizes Classic, Volume or Max Volume extensions that are lightweight, water resistant and natural looking, plus lash lifts, tints, brow lamination and thre…

hushlashstudio.com ↗

BIGGBY COFFEE

Cafes

Fall sips, anyone: When your day needs a jumpstart or a little cozy, BIGGBY COFFEE has the goods: Pumpkin Spice, Apple Cider, and Maple this season, sweet foam cold brew, Creme Freeze smoothies, and those Bragels.

biggby.com ↗

Steve's Ranch

Restaurants

Remember the salad bar: Steve's Ranch is the roomy, down-home standby for traditional comfort plates and that nostalgic salad bar, proudly serving Jackson since 1980.

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Most read in Jackson

The five stories Jackson readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. Grow Jackson opens food hub in former Jackson prison

    Grow Jackson has opened a food hub in Jackson's historic prison walls, The River and Rail Farm Stop, which serves Michiganders.

    Full story at yahoo.com ↗

  2. Jackson’s Grand River Brewery to reopen after brief closure

    Grand River Brewery in downtown Jackson, Michigan, is set to reopen after a brief closure due to economic issues.

    Full story at wlns.com ↗

  3. 1 man, beer and a bar: Grand River Brewery announces streamlined Jackson comeback

    Caleb Moore, head brewer at Grand River Brewery in downtown Jackson, has announced that the business will reopen as a one-man bar.

    Full story at mlive.com ↗

  4. New farm stop draws loyal following in former Jackson prison

    The River and Rail Farm Stop, a new farm stop operated by the nonprofit Grow Jackson, has attracted a following in just over two weeks.

    Full story at wilx.com ↗

  5. MDOC crew finds injured hawk in Jackson

    The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) found an injured hawk during a training exercise in Jackson, Michigan, while on a training ground.

    Full story at yahoo.com ↗

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