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VOL. 14 Feedback ISSUE 10 Council member should Morgan is the right send children to Lansing choice for Lansing schools Have something to say (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com schools about a local issue ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5061 Thomas Morgan has the intel- or an item that appeared CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 This (Eva Dunbar story) was ligence and drive to be a great PAGE in our pages? or email [email protected] a great story. I am encouraged asset if he is given the chance Now you have two ways to 5 PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz by young people who follow their to serve on the Lansing School [email protected] • (517) 999-5061

dreams and achieve what they set Board. Morgan is endorsed by sound off: ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten out to do. Joan Bauer, Dianne Byrum, 1.) Write a letter to the editor. Fundraiser to kick off campaign to build new animal shelter [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 The only "unsaid" part of Barb Byrum, Andy Schor, Curtis • E-mail: letters@ EDITOR • Belinda Thurston this story is why the children of Hertel Jr., the Lansing State lansingcitypulse.com [email protected] • (517) 999-5065 • Snail mail: City Pulse, 2001 Lansing City Council members Journal, the Michigan Education E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, PAGE ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross do not attend Lansing Public Association, the Ingham County MI 48912 [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 Schools. It seems that there are Democratic Party, the Greater • Fax: (517) 371-5800 10 PRODUCTION MANAGER • Angus McNair [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 several members in this situation Lansing Labor Council, and 2.) Write a guest column: Contact Berl Schwartz for CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith as well as the mayor (a few years many, more. Our civic leaders more information: [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 [email protected] Exclusive interview with country music icon Rosanne Cash ago). and neighbors are endorsing or (517) 371-5600 ext. 10 STAFF WRITER • Lawrence Cosentino It seems disingenuous to me to Morgan for the school board [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 (Please include your name, be promoting the city and send- because he will bring everyone address and telephone number MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR • Rich Tupica ing your children out of the city to the table for the betterment of so we can reach you. Keep PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 letters to 250 words or fewer. ADVERTISING • Shelly Olson & Rich Tupica for education. Lansing children. City Pulse reserves the right to — Kenneth Slater — Isaac J Francisco edit letters and columns.) 11 [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 Lansing Lansing Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, Preservation Lansing awards recognize hard work on projects large and small Daniel E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Michael Gerstein, Tom Helma, Todd Heywood, Gabrielle Johnson, Terry PUBLIC NOTICES Link, Andy McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, COVER Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, Ute CITY OF LANSING Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ART Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Fisher, Ron Lupu, Thomas Scott, Robert Wiche COMCAST CONSENT AGREEMENT RENEWAL WITH THE CITY OF LANSING Interns: Anne Abendroth, Beth Waldon, Krista Wilson, The City of Lansing on its own initiative and as an exercise by the City of its Federal rights under “LANSING BAR” by RACHEL HARPER Sarah Winterbottom Section 546(a)(1) is commencing a proceeding - - a public hearing - - which affords the public 7 p.m. WednesdaysEditor & Publisher appropriate notice and participation for the purpose of (A) identifying the future cable-related CITY PULSE THIS WEEK Berl community needs and interests, and (B) reviewing the performance of Comcast under its consent on the agreement during the current term of that agreement. Rosanne Cash Schwartz This public hearing is also held pursuant to the notice by Comcast of Michigan, LLC, doing business AIR MSU Trustee candidate Terry Link as Comcast, to renew its consent agreement to provide cable service in the City and to start a formal proceeding under Section 546 which affords the public appropriate notice and participation Congressional candidate Eric Schertzing for the purpose of (A) identifying the future cable-related community needs and interests, and (B) reviewing the performance of Comcast under its consent agreement during the current term of that agreement.

The hearing will start on October 27, 2014 in the City Council Chambers, at City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933, during the regularly scheduled City Council meeting which starts at 7:00 P.M. The hearing may be recessed but kept open. Written comments will be accepted at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933 or email city. [email protected].

Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk

CP#14_269

Notice of Initiation of the Section 106 Process: Public Participation

Sprint proposes the upgrade of telecommunication equipment on an existing building. The proposed projects includes the installation of 3 new antenna and 3 new RRU units on new pipe mounts on an existing brick smokestack at 145 S. Cedar Street, Lansing, Ingham County, MI. Associated equipment will be placed in an existing equipment platform at ground level. Members of the public interested in submitting comments on the possible effects of the proposed project on historic properties included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places may send their comments to Rebekah Fuller, RESCOM Environmental Corp., P.O. Box 361, Petoskey, MI 49770 or call 231.459.8632.

CP#14_270

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Public Accuracy Test for the November 4, 2014 General Election for registered voters in the City of East Lansing, Ingham and Clinton Counties, has been scheduled for Monday, October 27, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Hannah Community Center located at 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823.

The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to demonstrate that the program being used to tabulate the results of the election, counts the votes in the manner that meets the requirements of the law.

All interested persons are welcome to attend.

Marie E. Wicks City Clerk

CP#14_271 City Pulse • October 22, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION

the new Runway incubator – but to fully “We’ve been trying to do this for years,” develop it we need to be willing to change said Kat Cooper, another emcee. #BeACatalyst and be honest. Changing attitudes and culture takes Prosperity Project takes new approach The event was reminiscent of Ignite time. Several presentations emphasized Lansing or TEDx, complete with colored mass transit or bikeability. OF THE WEEK to master planning for mid-Michigan lighting and a live band. “The people get it. The politicians By BELINDA THURSTON The ideas were inspiring: make need to get it,” said Gordon Mackay, pres- Batman and Superman decided to Lansing a destination, build a downtown ident of Indian Trails/Michigan Flyer. make a movie and came to the Broad grocery store, volunteer to tutor the best “We’re all doing our own thing and not Museum. and brightest in our schools, recruit from connecting.” But across the street is the abandoned within and not from out of state, develop So what was different? Taco Bell. a vibrant Michigan Avenue to link the The dreams for our future included We’ve got new developments, incuba- region’s two largest cities. different kinds of voices. tors and restaurants in Lansing. Catalyst comes on the heels of Barb Whitney, director of the Lansing, How do we get college students to go Lansing Makers Week, which celebrated Art Gallery, described the role art can west of Frandor into Lansing? manufacturers big and small in Lansing. and should play in the community. It’s not usual to be in a conversation It comes less than two weeks after the “Art gives us a shared experience,” she about regional growth and development Power of We Symposium, which encour- said. and hear the “but.” aged collaboration and innovation. She’d like to see more public art and That’s exactly what those attending “It’s a big deal. What you’re doing even singing and dancing in the streets. the Capital Region Prosperity Project at here is really important,” said Gov. Rick Bobby Bringi, president of Michigan the Lansing Center Tuesday were asked Snyder “It’s really about teamwork.” Biotechnology Institute in Lansing, chal- Property: Cherry Hill kiosk to do. There was less “Rah! Rah!” and more lenged that the pursuit of growth should Nearly 300 registrants participated candor about our obstacles and challeng- not be to the expense of our health. Location: Grand Avenue south of Hilldale in dialogue sessions and breakouts to es: resistance to change, collaboration “Do not lose the healing power of Street, Lansing develop action items to create a prosper- efforts stalling, not recruiting local talent. nature in our lives,” he said, showing ous region. “We wanted to be interactive and call photos of wooded areas and sunrises in “We can survive separately, we can out the obvious where we’ve had some the area. This small, notable kiosk stands at the west- thrive together,” said Lansing Mayor Virg great success, but also where are those Interacting with nature once a day ern edge of the Cherry Hill neighborhood and its Bernero. challenges?" said Tim Daman, presi- grounds us, he said. small, yet equally notable historic district. In some ways the dream of Lansing dent and CEO of the Lansing Regional As the area develops and grows, he The neighborhood was part of the city’s origi- is coming into view with exciting new Chamber of Commerce. stressed for none of us to get stressed out. nal plat. Such kiosks are often found in long developments like the Knapp’s building, The emcees kept challenging the con- “Nature and human design can co- established neighborhoods, particularly those in the Midtown mixed use development, versation to be honest. exist beautifully.” large cities, as a way of marking and celebrating individual neighborhoods. More recent mid-cen- Belinda Thurston/ City Pulse tury subdivisions marked their limited entrances with similar, monumental signage. Raising funds to Dogs in To be fair, the kiosk itself isn’t an extreme eye- some sore and requires only a small amount of skilled of the care. The rotted wood base would benefit from raise the roof outdoor consolidation and painting. Additionally, recent Animal shelter has goal of $2 million areas at changes to the south-facing signage were execut- the Ingham for expanded, updated facility ed by a presumably well-meaning individual. County Unfortunately, the resultant sloppy lettering Animal By BELINDA THURSTON and mismatched paint now serve as the neighbor- A mother and son sits filling out Shelter. hood’s primary public sign. paperwork to describe their cat, which This faded marker illustrates the impact of ill- went missing a week ago. They quibble advised work within historic districts. When work over the color of hair and eyes. on historic resources is poorly considered and An older man is at one of the counters clumsily executed, the effect can be significant. holding a red To remain vital, historic buildings simply A Night of leash and choke must change. However, the historic commission Halloween Horror chain collar. can carefully direct that change to have minimal Halloween Party “Take me to any more. His urinary problem was too filled to the max. The kennel cage rooms, impact on the character defining features of its Ingham Co. Animal Shelter Ward 4, I saw much for to handle. antiseptic, metal and concrete echoing resources. This will benefit not only the buildings, fundraiser him there yes- This was a recent Monday afternoon halls of meows and whimpers. and also the ‘sites, districts, structures,’ but even Lansing Center $25-$200 terday,” he says at the Ingham County Animal Shelter in This Saturday’s “A Night of Hollywood the smaller objects like the Cherry Hill kiosk. 8:30 p.m. to the woman on Mason. The shelter is the headquarters Horror” kicks off a fundraising campaign 6:30 p.m. (VIP) the other side of for animal control officers and a tem- to raise enough to build a new, state- — Daniel E. Bollman, AIA Saturday, Oct. 25 lansinghalloweenparty.com the glass, eagerly porary home for lost, discarded, abused of-the art facility. The Ingham County describing his and sometimes unsafe pets. Animal Shelter is shooting to raise $2 “Eyesore of the Week” is our look at some of the seedier dog to her. The facility, built in the 1960s, needs million for a new shelter to be built, properties in Lansing. It rotates each week with Eye Candy of the Week. If you have a suggestion, please e-mail belinda@ To his left is a woman in tears, getting a big-time overhaul. starting with a goal of $25,000 from this lansingcitypulse.com. up to leave with an empty cat carrier. The lobby is tight but cozy. The kit- She said she just can’t keep her cat ty condo room, a lounge for felines but See Animal Shelter, Page 8 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 22, 2014

because October is Breast Cancer Awareness thing to deserve this kind of ‘issue.’ Breast Month, and it’s also Anti-Bullying Month. Kids tease one another at school. Parents bullying Breast bullying But did you know, breasts and bullying is and family members need to step in to be is when Let’s change the culture a real thing? supportive, validating and loving. someone Breast bullying is when someone teases, The body is nothing to feel shame over. teases, around breasts, big or small heckles or harms someone because of her "The extreme teasing started in middle heckles, breasts; big or small, full or flat, natural or school for me," said Leslie native Lacey or harms someone By LAUREN LONG implant. Leonard. "My best friends started develop- If you’ve ever watched a South Park Based on my experience, it’s the family ing, and I never did! By high school, I was because episode you probably laughed or gasped that does the most breast-shaming damage. constantly told I'd be a Perfect 10 if I had of their at Ms. Choksondik, Sometimes my clients will refer to them- boobs. Then my mom got implants because breasts. Guest Column the endowed grade selves as the odd one, having been singled she's always been small. Now she picks on school teacher with out by being the small-busted daughter, or me because I still have small ones. It hurts. Photo breasts hanging to her knees. the well-endowed sister. It sucks." courtesy Angelina Jolie, bursting from her Tomb “Where did those come from? Certainly "I was the first girl in my grade to devel- Studio M Raider outfit, is the stereotype of buxom not from my side of the family. What’s op," said Melissa of Lansing. "I was wearing beauty. wrong with you?” a bra by third grade. When the other girls taboo. And then there’s the scintillating image Nothing. found out, the teasing was so bad the week Remember Amanda Todd, of Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” Self-esteem issues develop. This very following that our teacher had to take them the 15-year-old from British during the 2004 Super Bowl. easily carries on into adulthood, appearing out in the hallway and tell them their behav- Columbia who flashed a boy Three different women; all lead to inter- as negativity toward body image, poor self- ior was unacceptable." during an Internet chat, and committed sui- esting public perceptions about breasts. awareness, sexual problems, and constant Sometimes our attempts to help only cide after years of cyberbullying because he We talk more about breasts this month questioning of whether they’ve done some- hurt. spread it all over social media? Baggy clothing doesn’t disguise anything She even made her own heartbreaking and just makes the situation worse. Visit YouTube video weeks before her suicide, a shop that offers bra fittings. And when flashing a card that said, “I have nobody. I you’re told what size she should wear, before need someone.” you freak, maybe you should be fitted too. If we continue to harass women about "I didn't wear anything but baggy cloth- breasts the vicious cycle continues. ing growing up," Melissa explains. "I com- Teach girls to honor and respect their pressed everything as much as possible. bodies at a young age, to embrace their My family didn't care. All the women were shape and develop positive and optimistic well-endowed and we all picked on each attitudes. other because in hindsight I think we were At home, choose the right words and all really insecure. We all now have super don’t single anyone out for having large or rounded shoulders from trying to hide our tiny breasts. Sunday breasts." Be better educated as a whole about Endless Sushi is Back! Culturally breasts somehow are connect- breast sizing. ed with a sense of morality, especially if they Talk and teach tolerance for every person, are busty. Women must not wear anything every shape no matter what. $ 25.75 too fitted or revealing for fear of being dirty. Lauren Long is the owner of Curvaceous Boobs easily move from sex objects to Lingerie in Old Town. First 10 people at Endless Sushi this Sunday gets $5 off PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS EAST LANSING HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION

Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing Historic District Commission on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing.

1. A public hearing will held for the purpose of considering a request from Community Resource Management Company for the property at 426 Park Lane to request approval for the replacement of the front porch on the house in treated lumber. The work has already been done without a permit.

2. A public hearing will be held for the purpose of considering a request from Mike and Robin Vallender for the property at 321 Kensington to replace windows on the north and northwest side of the home, on the second floor. The applicant is proposing to change the windows to double hung style windows.

3. A public hearing will held for the purpose of considering a request from Sunrise Cleaning and Xiao serves Asian inspired and creative Construction Services for the property at 215 Kensington to request approval to convert the existing narrow, cottage-style windows on the house to traditional double-hung windows. The work is being contemporary dishes in an open done to restore the house after a 2013 fire.

environment. Try our eclectic dishes Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given an ranging from seafood and chicken to opportunity to be heard. vegan and gluten-free options. The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800- 3415 E Saginaw St, Lansing 649-3777. (517) 580-3720 Marie E. Wicks xiaochinagrille.com City Clerk

CP#14_272 City Pulse • October 22, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7 PUBLIC NOTICES positive stuff. CITY OF EAST LANSING Outlining his key issues, Bishop brags ELECTION NOTICE Bishop: More that he put forth more than $1 billion in GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 FOR spending cuts, which of course doesn't mean THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING they happened. But proposed cuts play well INGHAM AND CLINTON COUNTIES, MICHIGAN to the conservative crowd and business of the same To the electors of the City of East Lansing, please take notice that an election will be held in the City interests that support his candidacy. They of East Lansing, Ingham and Clinton Counties, Michigan, on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014 Can contribute to Congress gridlock don't usually affect them. Bishop pledges to help develop policies For the purpose of electing the following offices: The decision on whether to support Mike that will promote job growth and jumpstart Governor and Lieutenant Governor Bishop to replace retiring 8th District Rep. the economy. He takes an obligatory swipe Secretary of State Mike Rogers is simple. If you like the way at President Obama, who he says has used Attorney General United States Senator Congress governs, the partisan bile and the tax code, over-regulation and red tape Representative in Congress appalling lack of governance, Bishop is your to stifle job growth and stall our economy. State Senator candidate. It makes you wonder if he reads anything in State Representative State Board of Education His election playbook is copied from The Wall Street Journal but its rabid edito- University of Michigan Board of Regents Tea Party-trending rial page. Here is what the news section of Michigan State University Board of Trustees Republican conservatives, the newspaper reported about jobs on Oct. Wayne State University Board of Governors County Commissioner and there is little to sug- 3. gest from his 12 years in “Employers added 248,000 jobs in The following non-partisan offices: the Michigan Legislature September, rebounding from a weak Justices of the Supreme Court that he will stray from his August, the Labor Department said Friday. Judges of the Court of Appeals rigid ideology. Certainly, Payrolls have expanded an average 227,000 Judge of the Circuit Court Bishop's winner-take-all a month this year, putting 2014 on track to Judge of the Probate Court Lansing Community College Board of Trustees approach was displayed be the strongest year of job growth since East Lansing School Board when as Senate majority the late 1990s.” Maybe he should coordinate Lansing School Board leader he was instrumen- MICKEY HIRTEN claims with Gov. Rick Snyder, who is brag- Bath School Board tal in the shutdown of ging about job creation in Michigan, mak- Also to vote on the following proposals: Michigan's government in 2006 and 2009. ing it a centerpiece of his reelection cam- The 8th District includes the northern paign. Also, the Department of Commerce PROPOSAL 14 –1 A REFERENDUM OF PUBLIC ACT 520 OF 2012, ESTABLISHING A HUNTING SEASON FOR half of Oakland and all of Livingston and reported last week that the U.S. Gross WOLVES AND AUTHORIZING ANNUAL WOLF HUNTING SEASONS Ingham counties. It leans Republican: Domestic Product grew by 4.6 percent in Mitt Romney out-polled President Barack the second quarter 2014. And in August, PROPOSAL 14-2 A REFERENDUM OF PUBLIC ACT 21 OF 2013, GRANTING THE NATURAL RESOURCES Obama by 3 percentage points in 2012. personal income increased $47.3 billion, or COMMISSION THE POWER TO DESIGNATE WOLVES AND CERTAIN OTHER ANIMALS AS The Cook Report rates the district “solid 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income GAME WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE ACTION Republican,” a steep political (DPI) increased $35.2 billion. Imaging how climb for Democrat candi- much stronger the economy would be if the COUNTY SYSTEM OF TRAILS AND PARKS MILLAGE QUESTION date Eric Schertzing, Ingham House of Representatives had helped rather INGHAM COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES RENEWAL MILLAGE County treasurer. There have than taking a four-year legislative sabbatical. been no published polls on Bishop, of course, wants to repeal the AUTHORIZATION OF SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY the race, but the Democratic Affordable Health Care Act. If elected, he Congressional Campaign can vote time-after-futile time along with For complete ballot wording, contact the East Lansing City Clerk at 517-319-6914 or log onto the Ingham County Clerk’s website at www.ingham.org or Clinton County Clerk’s website at Committee has pulled its sup- the rest of the congressional Republicans to www.clinton-county.org. port for television spending eliminate or trim the program. He offers no in this race, suggesting that ELECTION 2014 meaningful alternative to the program. Polls at said election will be open at 7:00 a.m. and will remain open until 8:00 p.m. the party's internal polling And here is something to consider if you LIST OF POLLING LOCATIONS: shows a likely win for Bishop. attend a Bishop rally. He could be packing. Pct. 1 - Brody Hall, MSU He is seeking to return to politics with Bishop says he's a gun owner with a con- Pct. 2 - All Saints Episcopal Church, 800 Abbot Road the support of big business interests like the cealed permit license, which no doubt bring Pct. 3 - East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road Pct. 4 - Capital City Vineyard Church, 1635 Coolidge Road U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a slew of piece of mind to his neighbors in his home- Pct. 5 - Shaarey Zedek Congregation, 1924 Coolidge Road PACs: Exxon, CMS Energy, Ford, Quicken town of Rochester and among his co-work- Pct. 6 - Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 1315 Abbot Road Loans and similar organizations. Clearly, ers at International Bancard Corp., where Pct. 7 - St. Paul Lutheran Church, 3383 Lake Lansing Road Pct. 8 - University Reformed Church, 841 Timberlane Street they know who will best represent their he is chief legal officer. He says he supports Pct. 9 - Bailey Community Center, 300 Bailey Street interests, which align with Bishop’s website Second Amendment rights (he makes no Pct. 10 - Edgewood United Church, 469 N. Hagadorn Road message that that he is a “life-long conser- mention of other constitutional amend- Pct. 11 - Burcham Hills Retirement Community, 2700 Burcham Drive Pct. 12 – Union Bldg., MSU vative leader with a record to prove it” and ments) and says he has received a A/a+ Pct. 13 – IM Sports East, MSU winner of the conservative legislator of the rating from the National Rifle Association Pct. 14 – IM Sports East, MSU year award from MIRS, a newsletter cover- — the group fought limits on cop killing Pct. 15 – IM Sports West, MSU Pct. 16 - Wesley Foundation, 1118 S. Harrison Road ing the state Capitol. Teflon bullets and promoted a video arguing Pct. 17 - Shaarey Zedek Congregation, 1924 Coolidge Road The scolding nature of conservative poli- that blind people should have the right to tics seems at odds with how Bishop is posi- carry guns. All polling places are accessible and voting instructions are available in alternative formats of audio and Braille. tioning his campaign. He says that he has a 100 percent pro-life “A variety of people have been respond- record, whatever that means, had a 100 per- The East Lansing City Clerk’s office will be open on Saturday, November 1, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to ing to Mike’s positive message.” his spokes- cent attendance record as a state legislator, 2:00 p.m. to issue and accept absentee ballots for qualified electors. man, Stu Sandler, said in a report by supports right-to-work and “sponsored leg- PHOTO IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED TO VOTE – ALL voters are required to show photo Maureen Groppe in last week's Lansing islation to cut public official salaries, includ- identification when applying for an absent voter ballot in person and to vote at the polls. Voters State Journal. By the low standards of the ing his own as a Senator.” without identification will be required to fill out and sign an affidavit in order to receive a ballot. Republican Party, it is positive. Bishop's These cut-legislative-pay proposals never To see if you are registered or to find your polling location, check the Secretary of State Voter skimpy issues page on his official website pass, but if Bishop is serious and truthful in Information website at www.mich.gov/vote is studded with these uplifting phrases: his intent, he can pledge to return a portion Marie E. Wicks “fought against Obamacare,” “opposed to of the $174,000 of his congressional pay to City Clerk any amnesty,” “led the fight,” “cut public the treasury. When that happens, you can official salaries.” In Bishop's universe this is read about it here. CP#14_268 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 22, 2014

The animal control officers work eight- is planned by January that will determine “When I first started, all the time I was Animal shelter hour shifts, being dispatched anywhere in if the facility can be modified to suit their bringing home animals,” she said. the 560-mile county. needs and how much it might cost. If it That includes a goat named Buttons and from page 5 Anne Burns, deputy director of the would cost too much they would be back to a sheep named Jacob. shelter, said they are looking at the Annex the drawing board looking for either land or The job can go from a lull to triage in a red carpet event. Building, the old road department build- a building to be donated. blink. It’s a busy operation with a capacity for ing on Cedar Street in Mason. The county “We want more capacity, we need a safe She describes going to a house and remov- 200 animals on any given day (often going already owns it the building. That facility place for animals to go in the county,” she ing 100 cats, or the rural Haslett house with over limit, especially with cats). would double the space the shelter has, she said. 35 to 50 dogs. Volunteers and foster families help pick said. She said it could take five years to move “We spent the entire day picking up as up the load and ease the space strain. She said an architectural assessment into a new shelter. many as you could, fill up a truck and come “I say five and hope that it’s going to be back.” less,” Burns said. “Of course there is urgency, She said she knows most of the animals this building is getting older. What we hope are in a better place at the shelter than where TIM BARRON to have is a state of the art facility with up- they were removed from. to-date, air circulation. We want it to be She’s been the lead investigator in some EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING clean and friendly and inviting and a healthy of the area’s most prominent and horrific atmosphere for all the animals and all the cases. She was the officer on the case of the visitors. We want a larger everything. We Michigan State University veterinary stu- 6AM-9AM want an open inviting atmosphere people dent who was abusing Italian greyhound want to come and visit and where the ani- puppies, throwing them against walls until mals are comfortable.” they died. The shelter has taken in all kinds of ani- She was one of the officers who answered mals, not just cats and dogs. the call about a pit bull frozen to death in There have been alligators, turkeys, rab- a kennel in Ingham Park. She was also the bits, sheep and goats. officer who recently has been pursuing leads Ingham County Animal Control officers about “Skinny Minnie” the severely emaci- respond to over 3,000 complaints each year, ated mastiff found at Hawk Island Park. as well as providing numerous animal relat- LeBombard, who recently won the ed services to the community. National Animal Control Association officer Jodi LeBombard, 29, is an animal control of the year award, has a reputation for ask- And hear Berl Schwartz of City Pulse officer on the front lines every day catching ing for the most difficult cases. lost dogs, picking up stray cats and pursuing “I don’t give up when I investigate cases,” call Tim an ignorant slut — or worse. animal cruelty cases. she said. “You can be an animal control offi- Every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. She also has a soft spot. cer or you can turn over rocks." 10 Every Saturday ATTENTION! Landlords, new homeowners, THIS WEEK: State Legislature Hosted by bargain shoppers! Newsmakers Berl Schwartz

6 a.m. SINCE 1921 THURSDAY IS HAVING A CLEARANCE SALE! Eric Schertzing Up to 90% off outdated hardware 8th District Democratic candidate 222 S. Grand Ave., Lansing (517) 485-9488 Mon-Fri: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 10 a.m. Saturday Terry Link MSU Trustee candidate Robin Reynolds Executive director, Ingham Health Plan

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“If you don’t live in China, you can’t feel how dramatic the change is,” Wang said. “Old houses, so many things disappeared. New buildings, skyscrapers, highways.” Grim humor, another feature of “Future Returns,” is one way to adapt. “We joke about it,” he said. “If you vis- ited China’s cities, you couldn’t tell one from another. Why visit Guangzhou? It’s the same as Beijing.” “Future Returns” is an unusual exhibit for many reasons. In most “art from country X” exhibits, a Western expert goes into the field and gathers the Wang art, based on a few weeks or months of research, Broad Museum assistant curator Yesomi Omolu explained. By contrast, Wang was born in China and lives there. He’s a longtime art critic and curator based at Beijing’s Central Academy The art of of Fine Arts. “It’s a collaboration with people who know the art better than we can know it,” Omolu ‘Future Returns’ bringsabsorption panorama of modern Chinese life to Broad Museum said. “We give them the platform.” The exhibit also recognizes the growing number of Chinese students at surround- One of the detail shots from “Paradise City,” by Liu Lining ing MSU, now at nearly 10 percent of the By LAWRENCE COSENTINO student body. Wang Chunchen knows how to roll with and Hollywood buzz, reminded him of mod- the exhibit’s expansive spirit. The canvas is For centuries, the world’s developed change. Quick and wrenching change in the ern life in China. crammed with hundreds of figures, fight- nations have called the shots in their relation- world’s most populous nation is the theme of “Some people oppose globalization,” Wang ing, arguing, having many different kinds of ships with emerging nations, even with giants “Future Returns,” a dizzying, diverse exhibit said. “Some people say we cannot avoid it. sex, getting into auto accidents, praising Mao like China and Brazil. Western “experts” of contemporary But whether you like it or not, it’s a fact. Zedong and ignoring him. The panorama is shaped the way overseas cultures were rep- “Future Returns: Chinese art, curat- You see it every day. Traffic, food, styles, as wild as a Hieronymus Bosch painting, but resented in art exhibits in America. “Future Contemporary ed by Wang, set to Hollywood movies.” Wang said that a Chinese observer would rec- Returns,” by contrast, brings modern China Art from China” take over the sec- “Future Returns” is a part of that global- ognize every vignette in the painting from a Oct. 30-March 8, 2015 ond floor of the ization. The exhibit brings a breathtaking recent story in the news. See Absorption, Page 10 Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum Broad Art Museum variety of Chinese self-expression to East 547 E. Circle Drive, MSU Oct. 30. Lansing, from traditional art forms such campus, East Lansing (517) 884-4800, Even though as ink drawings and porcelain to the con- broadmuseum.msu.edu Wang has been troversial, self-mutilating performance art Lawrence Cosentino / City planning this of He Yangping, captured on video and in Pulse exhibit since he still images. The was named adjunct Much of the art deals in trenchant meta- controversial, curator at the Broad two years ago, the phor. Two transparent chairs stuffed with self-mutilating Beijing-based curator and critic didn’t seem barbed wire by artist Wang Huangsheng hint performance the least bit put out when American super- at the oppression lurking beneath China’s art of He heroes swooped into town last week, tempo- new prosperity. A metal cube by Sui Jianguro, Yangping, rarily closing the museum and upstaging the “One Cubic Meter of Darkness,” looks even captured on newly arrived art. heavier than it is; it’s so heavy it was welded video and in Wednesday afternoon, he watched in together on site. still images, bemusement from a temporary third-floor “The artist was a worker in a steel fac- is part of the office in the building next door as trailers tory when he was young, during the Cultural new Broad and backdrops for “Batman v Superman: Revolution,” Wang said. “It is strongly meta- exhibit, Dawn of Justice” took over the museum, just phorical. Darkness is a feeling. They couldn’t “Future as preparations for “Future Returns” was say something so they just become dark. Returns.” reaching a peak. Chinese people understand that easily.” The chaos below, a crazy mélange of Zaha A mind-boggling triptych by 40-year-old Hadid’s architecture, day-to-day campus life artist Liu Lining, “Paradise City,” captures 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 22, 2014

morning we woke up and said, ‘What’s the romantic. I feel very lucky we can do this. Absorption temperature, darling?’” I just thought that Tango with Cash was such a beautiful thing. John said, “Well, Songwriting-wise, what are you into from page 9 that’s the first line of a song.” right now? Q&A with country For all of those details, I tried to put At this point in my life I’m really interested from a Chinese perspective. music icon Rosanne Cash myself in Marshall’s head to write the song. in making thematic records and having a nar- Wang is eager to help convert a centuries- A lot of the details are true: The house that’s rative go through all of the songs. I know it’s so old one-way street to two-way traffic. By RICH TUPICA full of the keepsakes, being tormented by old-fashioned to think about concept albums, China has been absorbing foreign ideas When you’re the daughter of Johnny memories, which he was toward the end. but that’s what most interests me right now. for centuries. Marxism is a dramatic exam- Cash, your Tennessee roots are apparent It’s a love story. There are a lot of couples To just throw down 10 songs, I’m just not ple. Even Buddhism, Wang said, is an import and profound. But while Grammy Award- on this album. interested. from India. winning singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash That absorption has only accelerated since was born in Memphis in 1955, she was China’s opening to the West in the 1970s. uprooted as a toddler to California, and for Chances are, Wang will see the “Batman v the last two decades she and her husband/ bandmate John Leventhal have raised their children in Manhattan. "Darkness is a feeling ... The seed for her latest, acclaimed record was planted after she began reconnecting Chinese people understand with Memphis and other historic parts of that easily.” the South, like the Mississippi Delta and her father’s childhood home in Dyess, Ark. — Wang Chunchen, adjunct curator of "Future Returns" The nostalgic voyage ultimately resulted in her new LP, “The River & the Thread,” her highest Billboard charting album. Time Superman” logo again when he returns to magazine praised the record, noting that “it Beijing. Superhero movies make about 10 paints a beautiful and complex portrait of percent of their global revenues in China. the American South, seen through the eyes Screaming Western pop culture seems of a prodigal daughter come home.” a far cry form meditative scrolls of nature On Thursday, Cash and Leventhal will scenes that have long been part of Chinese perform their new album in its entirety fol- heritage (and are also a part of “Future lowed by older tunes at the Wharton Center. Returns”). Cash spoke with “How can you just absorb the good Rosanne Cash with us by phone from things?” Wang asked. “How can you keep John Leventhal the road about the your identity? This is a contradiction. We 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 show. debate and discuss it. Sometimes people feel Wharton Center, Pasant sad and gloomy for the disappearing of tra- Theatre What were the $55 ditional life.” (800) WHARTON, main sources of Courtesy photo. But Chinese culture is resilient, Wang whartoncenter.com musical inspira- said. He chose an earthy metaphor tion while you Rosanne Cash’s new album was inspired by her youth in the South. to illustrate. were down South? “We need food. You never know what your There were two things going on at once. body can digest. Some things don’t get digest- One was that I was involved with Arkansas You have lived in New York for the last Tell me about “When the Master Calls ed!” he said with a grin, implying that what’s State University fundraising to help restore 20 years. How was it reconnecting with the the Roll.” Where did that come from? not suitable can always be excreted. “Don’t my father’s boyhood home. In fact, the South? That is a Civil War ballad based on my fear anything you want to take in.” entire colony there is a New Deal-era col- I still have family scattered across ancestors. I wrote the song with John and ony in Dyess. It’s my dad’s boyhood home, Tennessee, so it’s not like I haven’t been there my ex-husband Rodney Crowell, who’s a but the New Deal is an important part of a lot over the past 25 years. But, my heart was great songwriter. I always wanted to write our country’s history and people don’t really really open to all of it. The restoration, going something in the tradition of the great pay much attention to that. It was a whole back to see my childhood home in Memphis, Appalachian or Celtic ballads that were Heritage Site they wanted to restore, so I taking my son to Sun Records for the first really narrative and laid out a landscape. started going down for fundraising. time, the Dyess Project, going to see Natalie I think we cracked the code on that one. At the same time I’d made a friend, and then Marshall died. My heart was really Natalie Chanin, in Florence, Ala. I was open to it. I started to see these deeper con- What’s next? Do you have the next going down to see her and she taught me nections to not just the geography, but the album on your mind yet? to sew. She said that line, “You have to learn people there, the characters, the stories, the Not really. We’re still out in support of how to love the thread.” It was chilling to past and the future. this record. We have started another proj- me. I kept thinking about that as I was driv- ect but it’s not an album, that’s all I can say ing through the Delta and then John and I How is it working in the studio with your right now. We’re writing music for a play started writing that song. At the same time husband? but I can’t really say what it is yet. 37 Marshall Grant died, who was my dad’s It’s good. We’ve definitely worked out a original bass player in the Tennessee Two. lot of stuff over the years in the studio. We’ve You’ve said this is part of a trilogy Marshall was very close to me my whole life. learned how to work together. I think there that connects to your previous two LPs. So we wrote “Etta’s Song.” Then more songs was more conflict in the beginning — (actu- How’s that? started coming and we started realizing we ally) I know there was more conflict in the I’ll probably regret saying that. I were writing an album about the South. beginning. We’d take things personally and try thought it was. At the time I finished it, I to work things out with each other in the stu- thought, “Well, this ties everything up.” It How did Marshall Grant inspire dio, which isn’t cheap. It’s a high hourly rate to starts with mourning, claiming legacy and “Etta’s Song”? do that. Now we know how to work with each then bursting open and telling stories. In “Etta’s Song” is about Etta and Marshall other. We really appreciate what the other one that way, I guess it is a part of a trilogy. Grant — they were married for 65 years. brings. If there’s conflict, it’s in the service of In another way it feels like a beginning When he died in 2011, she told me, “Every the project rather than personal. It can be very to me. City Pulse • October 22, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

“It’s not like I take a vacation to work on the house,” he said. “I just don’t watch so Courtesy photo Making much TV in the summer.” This photo, with Morgan said his time on the scaffold Mike Morgan's was a nice break from the spreadsheets house at 1405 and office cubicles. “Some people think it’s love to history Cambridge crazy, but it’s satisfying. You can see your Preservation Lansing awards Road as a progress every day.” backdrop, Two projects will be recognized in the recognize projects large and small appeared “small residential” category this year. Chris in a 1920s Kolbe’s heavy work on his 1924 home at By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Oldsmobile 1407 S. Genesee Drive will earn him this The categories have always seemed advertisement. year’s Pewabic plaque in that category. clear-cut in the annual Preservation Kolbe jacked up the porch and garage to Lansing awards, given each year to out- rescue the house’s crumbling foundation standing historical preservation projects and restored the exterior. Downtown area large and small. But one nominee blurred resident Diane Sanborn, a founding mem- the lines a bit this year. ber of Preservation Lansing, will get a The newly repaired and cleaned mauso- special award for renovating a 1906 house leum where auto pioneer Ransom E. Olds built for Donald Bates, president of REO and his wife, Metta, are interred (along and co-founder of the American Savings with other family members) at Mt. Hope Bank, and turning it into the Cozy Koi, a Cemetery was nominated as a “non-resi- tor. By coincidence, he was bed and breakfast, at 720 N. Seymour Ave. dential project costing less than $1 million.” working for the Christman At the other end of the scale, only one Debbie Stephens, great-granddaughter Co. on the restoration of the project in town can lay claim to the “large” of Olds, got a kick out of that. Stephens old Miller Mutual headquar- commercial (over $1 million) award this and her two sisters put up the $10,000 it ters in downtown Lansing year. The sole nominee is the 1937 Knapp’s cost to repair when he bought the house. building, the streamlined 190,000-square- Preservation Lansing and restore the That means he and A.D. Baker foot behemoth at 300 S. Washington Ave. awards ceremony structure. worked in the same building, Plenty of ink will be spilled on this land- 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 “Non- some 90 years apart. mark Lansing preservation achievement as R.E. Olds Transportation Museum residential You never get far from its November grand opening approaches. 240 Museum Drive, Lansing — I like that,” R.E. Olds in Lansing. While Suffice it to say that a Pewabic plaque from FREE (517) 281-5919, facebook.com/ Stephens said. looking through Oldsmobile Preservation Lansing will probably not be preservationlansing “It does have res- ads on eBay from the 1920s, the last award the project will scoop up. idents, but … .” Morgan found his house in a The ceremony will honor three projects The awards few of them, sporting its fan- in the non-residential “small” ($1 million will be given out Thursday night at a retro ciful brick filigree. That really or less) category this year. Brian Huggler’s facade restoration of two Old Town store- bash hosted by the R.E. Olds Transportation Courtesy photos did it. Museum in honor of Olds’ 150th birthday He resolved to put the zip fronts, Absolute Gallery, 307 E. Grand year. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be Above: back into his crib. He worked River Ave., and Pablo’s Panaderia next door, served by roller-skating car hops and the Morgan spent alone on a scaffold, nights and will receive a special “In Appreciation” cer- winners will get specially commissioned untold nights weekends, all summer and tificate. Two projects will compete for the Pewabic Pottery plaques. The event is free. and weekends beyond. Pewabic plaque. The most spectacular is This year’s nominees range from the $36 restoring “Groupies would come by million renovation of a downtown Art Deco the fanciful and admire the work,” Morgan See Preservation, Page 12 behemoth, the Knapp’s Department Store brickwork to said. “They gave me a hard building, to an obsessive elbow-grease job its jazz-age time if I they didn’t see me out that kept a westside homeowner off his pizzazz. there one night.” couch and on a scaffold for untold nights Left: Preservation Lansing and weekends to bring his house back to The R.E. Olds awards are meant to recognize 1923 trim. mausoleum hard work more than deep That resident is Mike Morgan, whose at Mt. Hope pockets, and Morgan’s project house at 1405 Cambridge Road in Lansing’s Cemetery qualifies on stilts. It took many tony Moores Park Neighborhood sported was repaired cans of aerosol paint remover a festive Jazz Age brick pattern that once and cleaned and three or four applications popped from the exterior walls and said in time for of Peel-Away, a nightmarish “aa-woo-ga,” but was painted into bland 150th birthday sequence that involves apply- LANSING - OFF SOUTH CEDAR AT 1-96 uniformity by subsequent owners. celebrations ing goo on each brick, wrap- VISIT CELEBRATIONCINEMA.COM OR CALL 393-SHOW Morgan is a shoo-in in the “residential for R.E. and ping it in paper, waiting 24 large” category, being the only nominee, his wife, Metta, hours and peeling the whole and the only person obsessive enough to this summer. mess off — three or four times. get on a scaffold for much of his life last Most of the patterned bricks year and make slow, messy love to thou- The couple fell in love with their house’s stick out of the wall, so he had sands of bricks, one by one. history. The original owner, A.D. Baker, was to treat them on three sides. “I just like history and wanted to bring it president of Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Having taken a class with the Michigan back the way it used to be,” he said. “I knew Co., a civic pillar of 20th-century Lansing. Historic Preservation Network, Morgan US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd how it would look when I finished.” Baker’s father, Luther Baker, was the man has begun work on restoring the windows Morgan and his wife, Julie, looked at who caught up with Lincoln’s assassin, — some 50 or them —from their vinyl www.NCGmovies.com a lot of “cookie cutter” houses in the area John Wilkes Booth, and shot him. 1970s horrors inflicted upon them. He’ll be before moving stumbling on to the ram- Morgan works on the financial side of at it for the next five to 10 years, but insists (517) 316-9100 bling 1923 house a few years ago. the construction business, as a cost estima- he’s not a fanatic. 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Courtesy photo Christian Patterson's “Redheaded Peckerwood” will be featured in keepers Susan (Beth Webb) and Michael (SCENE) (Chris Klaver), co-owners of the Cider Mill Metrospace’s Comic con Inn who offer a too-good-to-be-true discount new exhibit Starlight opens its to licensed professionals such as plumbers “Substrate,” and electricians. Little do the guests know opening season with comical farce that the sign-in form is actually a finely Friday. printed “service contract” binding them into By PAUL WOZNIAK a full day’s labor. Forget where you think Suspension of disbelief is critical to the this is going. There’s no reverse con hatched comedy genre, where plot and the rules by the guests (a la “Ocean’s Eleven”) or any- of reality are often discarded in service of thing else to match the stakes of criminal a joke. That’s especially true extortion. From here, the focus is on farci- installations. The authors of the pieces them- Review for Starlight Dinner Theatre’s cal jokes supplied by a range of idiosyncratic selves range anywhere from fine art photogra- latest production, “What Is guests and the relative sanity/senility of the Cut-and-paste phers to graphic designers. Though aestheti- innkeepers themselves. cally the content of the pieces offers a wide Klaver is especially committed variety, Gaydos, who selected the works for the as the severely senile Michael, act- aesthetic exhibit, said that a consistent thematic strand ing out elaborate daydreams like a is sewn throughout. geriatric Walter Mitty. Susan keeps New art exhibit celebrates “(This kind of production) is in no way the audience abreast as Michael exclusive to our region, but there is something mentally moves from warzones to Michigan's place in the Rust Belt about these works,” Gaydos said. “They are a fictional characters like Sherlock reflection of our space.” Holmes within the span of a sen- By JONATHAN GRIFFITH He pointed out a piece that perfectly teased tence. The lengthy list of costume As much as we all care for our Great Lakes the exhibit. Tate Shaw, a New York-based art- and prop designers deserve kudos State, Michigan can certainly be associated ist who runs a visual studies workshop, tasked for their clever contraptions like a with a lot of terrible things: Economic decline, six photographers to visually catalogue the palace guard hat made from a dust- population loss and urban decay, to name a state of their city, Rochester. The piece itself er wand taped to a bucket. few. But here we sit, smack dab in the middle was printed on an antiquated Kodak press, the But the real treats are the three of the Rust Belt, the portion of the United last printer of its kind in a manufacturer found unique characters created by Linda States that suffered the worst after the disap- in downtown Rochester, a region once known Granger, Michael Mahoney, Laura pearance of its once-strong industrial sector. for mass production of printed materials. Steve Scarborough Croff Wheaton and M.D. Nelson Despite the absence of Gaydos is no stranger to small-scale pro- (From left) Linda Granger, Laura Croff Wheaton, for each scene or act. The four “Substrate” corporate backing in pro- duction or the Rust Belt. The 34-year-old M.D. Nelson and Michael Mahoney in Starlight Dinner actors give their best performances (SCENE) duction, Midwest creatives Michigan native has spent his life in vari- Theatre’s production of “What is Susan’s Secret?" in the scenes directly before and Metrospace of all varieties with a desire ous locales until he wound up in Detroit. He 6-9 p.m. Friday, after intermission. Their characters Oct. 24 to produce works have is working on his own publication entitled “What Is Susan’s Susan’s Secret,” an include the world’s most boring man (played FREE proved since the ‘80s and “Flint,” an update on what a multimedia jour- “American farce” by by Nelson), a former army drill sergeant 110 Charles St., ‘90s that if there is a will, nal would look like, contrasting the digital and Secret?” East Lansing Starlight Dinner Theatre Michael and Susan (Granger), a chopper-riding pacifist preach- (517) 319-6832, there is way. In “Substrate,” the physical. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. Parker riddled er (Mahoney), a dry witted drunk (Croff scenemetrospace. (SCENE) Metrospace’s With out noses buried in digital media, this com 24-Saturday, Oct. 25 with plot holes and Wheaton). Well choreographed antics drive new exhibit opening may all seem like a novelty, but artist’s utiliza- (6:30 p.m. dinner); 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 (1:30 p.m. inconsistencies that the show along. Friday, visitors are shown tion of indie publishing is something Gaydos dessert matinee) boggle the mind. The biggest hurdle opening night was the many ways in which, albeit on a small- is confident has been gradually getting bigger Waverly East Cafetorium 3131 W. Michigan Ave., What the script timing, as some actors failed to keep the scale, people are taking production back. since the pulp movement of the ‘90s. Lansing lacks in a coherent show’s quick pace going. Frequent flubs defi- “A lot more artists and designers are pro- And the Rust Belt, as it seems, is no better Show and dinner: $36/$33 seniors and students/$20 story, however, it nitely took their toll on the audience. But the ducing well manufactured works,” said Ben place to watch this art form find its day in the children 12 and under; makes up for with performance never dragged to a halt, thanks Gaydos, professor of design and curator of spotlight. show and dessert: $20/ the series of eccen- in part to director Lisa Sodman Elzinga. “Substrate.” “And it doesn’t necessarily have “There is something rooted in the work $13 children 12 and under; show only: $15/$10 tric characters that Even during the show’s jarring shifts in plot that cut-and-paste aesthetic.” ethic of the Midwest,” said Gaydos. “Henry seniors, students and the cast playfully or tone (such as the twist resolution which “Substrate” explores the relationship Ford started small scale productions in his children (517) 243-6040, brings to life. veers sharply sentimental), Elizinga and the between artist, landscape, the material envi- garage, and I think there is a similarity that starlightdinnertheatre.com The story begins cast somehow make this absurd production ronment and print and a wide variety of crosses over into the maker/publishing move- with elderly inn- feel purposeful and cohesive. independently produced zines, art books and ment.”

of glass in 30 colors. The windows are shifted because of erosion. The mausoleum, open only to family Preservation original to the 1889 church, which was Eastman Masonry of Williamston re- members, preserves the last act of a ten- designed by Elijah E. Myers, architect of caulked and re-pointed the masonry on der story. R.E. and Metta Olds were born from page 11 the Capitol. the approach and the mausoleum. The three days apart in June 1864 and died a The other nominee in the “small non- landscaping was revamped with boxwood week apart in 1950. the intricate array of stained glass win- residential” category is the Olds mauso - trees and flowerbeds designed to make “She fell and broke her hip right after dows at Central United Methodist Church leum, despite its permanent residents. the approach more visible. The work was he died,” Stephens said. “She came to the at 215 N. Capitol Ave. It took six months Stephens said that a new step and finished last spring, in time for the cel- funeral in a wheelchair, fell when she got for Full Spectrum Stained Glass to restore other fixes were needed for the graceful ebration of a double 150th birthday at the home and died a week later. All their lives, 16 glass panels containing 2,016 pieces approach to the mausoleum, which had national REO Meet in July. they were true partners.” October 22, 2014 13 CITY PULSE BAR GUIDE

ANSING is a curious blend of blue-collar booming with “shift bars,” now down to just a few. We’ve complied essential bar music — in classical, industrial, white-collar administrative/ We take a look at this holdover tradition from our rock and country — as well as a list of the best bars L political and green-collar revelry, and our rich industrial history. in movies. We’ve also included an alternative take on bars reflect that diversity. We also profile some bars that have added fireplaces, the matter — what’s it like to be a non-drinker in a In this, the first-ever City Pulse Bar Issue, we have the next logical step in the patio boom. After all, patios culture that venerates casual drinking? compiled a handy primer for Lansing-area socialites are only good for two and a half seasons in these parts You’ll find all of this and more in the Bar Issue. So looking to get more out of their bar-going experiences — what do you do when it starts to get cold? raise a glass in cheers, whether it’s a martini, craft and maybe learn a little bit more about this distinct There’s a guide to creating the ultimate bar crawl beer, cider or plain club soda, and settle in for a good social climate. But, you know, in a fun way. for grownups, which will allow you to channel that read. Thanks to General Motors, Lansing was once college townCITY tradition in a responsible PULSE fashion. And as always, don’t forget to tip your bartender. BARImage by Angus McNair / City Pulse GUIDE October 22, 2014 CITY PULSE BAR GUIDE 14 Relearning to crawl How to have a bar crawl as a (mostly) responsible grownup By MARY CUSACK Halloween? 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Lansing has a plethora of cab and ’Family ManhattanS'‘ Majority rules, suckas get left behind. limo services, and no matter the cost, it'll be cheaper than just one drunk When I was growing up, as my dad would Theme: Required. If you're doing a driving arrest. Arrange in advance so finish his special drink he would give me bachelor, bachelorette or birthday that you can tell attendees ahead of party, that might suffice. If you have the bourbon-soaked maraschino cherries time the cost, and get their share in no obvious driving force behind the from his lowball glass. My mom scolded cash before they board. Figure in a crawl, make one up. The Snuggie bar generous tip for the driver, who will him every time. crawl is so 2008, and Hawaiian shirts be politely putting up with a lot of are too easy. Stretch a bit, tap into That was my introduction to the Manhattan, obnoxious behavior. pop culture. my family’s sweet, icy and classic drink. Call ahead: It is imperative that you Consider the “Orphan Black” bar make arrangements with all of the Always shaken, never stirred. crawl: You're all clones, all are one venues at which you plan to stop. They and one are all. Attendees must all The tradition came from my Great may need to plan extra staffing and wear a long black wig, then create Uncle F, my grandpa’s uncle, who drank can also reserve tables and arrange any persona, from soccer mom to for food ahead of time. They may bourbon on the rocks and jazzed it up for special occasions. brain surgeon to stewardess. Primarily also have policies for large groups of a girls’ night out, but this could be fun Every birthday and holiday party brought the Manhattan. which you need to be aware. with a mixed crowd. Grandma Dryzga drank Manhattans until she was 75. Hers Bartender’s tip: They all recommend Or you can go glam and revisit the had more ice and cherry juice than Grandpa’s. bringing cash. It makes life easier for heyday of Studio 54. Sure, a plain old everyone, because processing 18 For me, Manhattans became a comfort drink. They remind ‘70s theme is fun, but ramp it up with credit cards just delays the forward gold lamé, leisure tuxes and bear me of joyful family celebrations. Two parts bourbon, one progress of the evening. And do chests. Warhol, Mick, Calvin, Liz, Liza, part sweet vermouth, a splash of bitters, ice, cherry juice and you really want evidence of your Cher ... the possibilities are endless, expenses in your wallet the next day? a maraschino cherry. since everyone who was anyone was there. Start searching for those tiny Manager’s tip: “Groups should always — Emily Dryzga, Lansing spoon necklaces on eBay now! have a point person, (preferably) two,” said Jason Phillips, shift manager You think costumes are only for October 22, 2014 CITY PULSE BAR GUIDE 15 FAVORITE DRINKS FUN FACT ‘JACK & COKE LIKE FRANK’ National spirit I love Frank Sinatra, always have. He's Bourbon is the official spirit of the United my man and "My Way" is the song that States, by act of Congress. describes my life. For my 21st birthday I had a huge party at the Station, now the BWL offices in REO Town. It was January and a line outside was an hour and a half long. At midnight when I turned 21, the bar was crowded and the bartender was super busy. She turned to me and demanded what drink I wanted. I froze up. “A Jack and Coke like Frank,” I said — It was the only think I could think of. It’s been my drink of choice ever since. — Marcus McKissic, Lansing

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LeRoy's, a “You know, it got really rowdy in “The Shamrock Motherfucker!” Many shift bar here first thing in the morning until patrons revere Malvetis as a kind of just south of like noon,” he said. “Then it died off grandfather of Old Town. He has a downtown and people came back again.” decidedly grumpy demeanor that Lansing,is makes him all the more endearing. a holdover Malvetis still opens this bar around shift bar from 10 a.m. But what sets the working-class bars Lansing's “That building right there used apart from the others is not the manufacturing to be the biker clubhouse,” Hiller setting or even what everyone does heyday. said, pointing to the local organic for a living. market across the street. “That used “The difference is that this is a to be the biker hangout, and there community,” Hiller said. “A lot of was also a lot of Mexicans coming people that are in here came in as here. And basically the bikers and little kids. Mexicans would have it out every day.” “It's a tree house with beer and a That's when Malvetis renamed the pool table,” he laughs. “And girls Shamrock as the Unicorn, though are allowed.” the 91-year-old (who turns 92 on “And weirdos,” Linda Ancira, 63, Halloween) will clarify it was called, mocks from the other end of the bar. outside recently. Shift “This place used to be the Wild West,” he said. He said he heard from page 16 it secondhand from the owner, Auastasio “Tommy” Malvetis, that usually have a good day.” there was a murder there in 1982. The Unicorn Tavern, a few miles north “This is the bar everybody came in Old Town, is another neighborhood from, from the factories on third shift bar with its distinct characters shift,” Hiller said. People would play and history. Brandon Hiller III was pool and dance and sometimes get �0�20200�0002�0�2�0220�200��0�0200 smoking a cigarette on the sidewalk in fights, at 7 a.m. FrOm NoRtH ToWn tO OlD ToWn “Your neighborhood bar since 1949” ToMmY 1980

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about what I’d done and what was happening as a result. But four years later I don’t drink. I could. LEAVE OF ABSTINENCE There’s nothing to prevent me from doing so. After my probation was over A non-drinker reflects on going from bar hopping to passing the bar and I received my law license, I did drink again for a while. But it wasn’t By GABRIELLE JOHNSON I was a law student, and I was in big frequently warned us about the going to end well and I knew it. So, “What are you doing here?” the trouble. occupational hazards of substance as I write this, drinking isn’t something woman in the hallway asked me. I haven’t always been a teetotaler. I abuse. I wasn’t going to stop until that I do and I hope I will be able to “You look like a lawyer.” We were spent a long time drinking just as much something stopped me, and those make that claim for a long time. flashing lights in Meridian Township on both headed into the Ingham County as my friends did, throwing back shots, “You used to be fun,” a few (possibly that November night did the trick. Jail, but I wasn’t a lawyer yet. I was a going to “wine tastings” where nothing well-intentioned, but completely tone law student, and I wasn’t there in a was swished and spat out. Drinking I could tell you a thousand details deaf) people have claimed. It’s all I professional capacity. I was there as was generally the main event, and about my story — the arrest, the can do to not physically assault the an inmate. It was June 2011 and I had I fancied myself a champion. Even sentencing, the year of probation. people who make these comments. just been sentenced to three days in though alcoholism has torn a path of And then there were the hoops I I assume they don’t know the jail following my arrest for drunk driving destruction through my family. Even jumped through, such as thrice- backstory and don’t realize that this the preceding November. Like I said, though the administration at Cooley weekly randomized Breathalyzer has actually been a struggle for me. I tests, a device installed in my car that still do things that I think are fun, and required me to blow into it before the yes, I still occasionally go to the bar. engine would start and a midnight The boyfriend drinks, albeit not much. Good wine. Good beer. curfew. There was also the very real My brother, my colleagues and my possibility that the $100,000-plus that friends drink. But it doesn’t make me I’d invested in my education would feel weird. It doesn’t put me in an be worthless and I’d never become awkward position, and there is zero a licensed attorney. I shared these chance that I am going to snatch details with many people, believing your whiskey and Coke out of your We’ve expanded! that there would be fewer whispered Now featuring even more... questions if I was completely open See Leave, Page 19

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Don’t get me wrong — there is nothing order my water or my club soda with Leave wrong with you drinking. Probably. a slice of lime and am content to Most people can absolutely enjoy spend time with my friends and be in from page 18 their pumpkin beer and hard cider bed by 10 p.m., waking up refreshed and red wine, and I hope that they and sans headache. hand and chug it. Besides, there are do. But when you see me drinking If you came to my kitchen, you might way too many calories in that. water or pop or coffee, don’t ask find some booze. I use it to cook Craft Beer, Spirits & Grub! It boggles my mind to think about how me 71 times if I want you to get me sometimes, and I recently converted a many calories I used to consume in a drink. If I did, I would tell you. Would giant jug of vodka into vanilla extract. the form of alcohol. As a food writer, you offer a candy bar to a diabetic? So, maybe I’m not as fastidious as I $3 OFF Large Plates I make no bones about how much I Insist that they take it? Tell them that should be, but I’m satisfied with where *Lunch only love eating. I think about food all the they used to be way more fun, way I’ve ended up. Lunches $5-$7 after discount. time — I plan next Sunday’s soup as crazier when they used to go into Good for Burger & Fries, Fish & soon as this Sunday’s leftovers are sugar comas? Gabrielle Johnson is the “she” half Chips and much more. packed away. I would so much rather I do still go to bars occasionally, of the monthly City Pulse restaurant Mon-Fri., 11 a.m.-3p.m. enjoy a slice of beef tenderloin or a although I think my status as a review column “He Ate/She Ate,” Good Thru croissant the size of my head than thirtysomething is rapidly pacing me which runs the second issue of every Nov. 30, 2014 a Miller Lite. (Yes, I drank Miller Lite. I out of the target bar star demographic. month. She also maintains the blog hang my head in shame.) Some of the places have great food. I “Eating Lansing.” Drink & food specials during Wings, Spartans and Pistons games! Hours: Sun-Wed. 11:30 a.m.-Midnight Thurs.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m.

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matter and exists in the same plane of alcohol, giving you a free drink would existence as you and I, then yes, it is constitute theft and put my very job in very much real.” jeopardy. Besides, I don’t know you.”

Q: (When asked what they’d liked Q: (Indignantly) “How can you not JOURNALIST BARTENDER to drink) “I don’t know, what do you carry (some new brand of vodka that have?” just came out)?” By ALLAN I. ROSS A: “If you will look about you, you A: “We’re not early adopters. But it’s When I tended bar in downtown have a large TV behind me, the reality may notice this is a bar with a full good to see their marketing is working Lansing, I was always finding out of my job is that I have to keep my complement of fine alcohol choices. on you. P.S.: I know you think you can which business owner was buying back to it so that I can attend to my The sheer number of combinations tell the difference, but you can’t.” which other person out, who was guests. However, a bunch of people would make giving you an exhaustive list time-prohibitive. What do you say building what where and everyone’s did scream ‘NOOOO!’ about half an Q: “Did you go to school to be a we start with what you know you like?” dirty secrets. Which married man had hour ago, so I think not us.” bartender?” hit on every last one of the waitresses. A: “No, I went to school to be a What type of alcohol that politician Q: (Concerning the oversized bottle Q: “It’s my birthday — can I get a free journalist, and yes, I am keeping notes. asked me to pour in his coffee mug to of gin sitting at one of the bar): “Is this drink?” You will be part of a story I write some avoid being seen with a cocktail. real?” A: “No. Even if the law did not make it day about questions I am repeatedly Of course, there are the obvious A: “If you’re asking me if it’s made of expressly forbidden to give away free asked.” disadvantages: No health insurance, long hours, it’s physically exhausting, cleanup at the end of every shift is nasty and time-consuming, it’s essentially an entry-level job. And that’s why I kept trying to get out of it. It’s one thing to be privy to a hot rumor; it’s another to know that the reason I have that information is because people were talking openly in front of me as though I was an idiot. If I’d had my reporter hat on, it would have been a different story. So laugh if you will that journalism is a dying profession. Sure, I made more bartending 10 years ago than I do crafting (what I hope are) insightful, well-rounded stories that connect people with the arts and culture in their community. But dammit, journalism is a worthwhile cause. For me it's the worthwhile cause. And until that asteroid hits, I’ll keep on cranking out my little stories and hoping for the best.

People always ask … Bartending is inherently a social occupation, requiring a certain amount of small talk that can get a little tedious. Note: Not all of these answers were actually spoken aloud.

Q: “How much do you make bartending?” A: “Enough to pay my rent but not enough to pay a mechanic to figure out why my ‘check engine’ light won’t go out. And you?”

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By ALLAN I. ROSS it’s an actual bar, right down to the Everything’s better in the movies: The weird old people singing covers in people are hotter, the explosions are the corner. This is the Los Angeles bigger and dragons, aliens and robots nightclub that kicked off the mid-‘90s from the future happily co-exist. Even swing-dancing craze and introduced the bars are better, and it’s not like the world to Vince Vaughan, but they need any help. Here are some don’t hold that against it. It’s money, of the best places to wet your whistle baby. that Hollywood has ever conjured up — The 12 Pubs of the Golden Mile, — including two real ones. “The World’s End.” Not actually one 1/2 off bottles of Michigan wines every Wednesday & Thursday — Rick’s American Café, bar but a full dozen, this is probably “Casablanca.” Of all the gin joints the best fictional bar crawl in movie Saturdays: Kids eat free off the children’s menu until 5 p.m. history. Not even the apocalypse will in all the world, this is the one that Mondays: Moscow Mules $5 all day sets the bar for classiness, political keep Gary King and his mates from subterfuge and dramatic romantic finishing the epic-est night of drinking Tuesdays: Karaoke at 8:30pm with prizes reunions. Rick sticks his neck out for in history. Don’t turn this into a drinking no one, but dammit all if he doesn’t game at home, though, or you won’t Scratch and Seasonal Food Menu make it to the end. break all his own rules — even the Private Parties and Large Reservations Accepted “No ‘As Time Goes By’ Edict” — when — The Mos Eisley Cantina, “Star she walks back into his life. Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.” This Daily Dinner Specials — The Prancing Pony, “Lord of the wretched hive of scum and villainy Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”/“The comes with a kickass house band and Great Burgers, Fresh Salads and Sandwiches Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” On some of the most colorful regulars 24 Taps offering great selection of Michigan worse nights in a regular bar, the guy you’ll ever see. But leave your droids and seasonal crafts hitting on you may look like a hobbit, outside — they don’t serve their kind but only at the Prancing Pony do you there. Happy Hour specials every day have your choice of wizards, dwarves — The Oriental Saloon, “Tombstone.” and future kings, too. It’s the first Wyatt Earp’s casino was the site of place Frodo slipped on the One Ring many a “misunderstanding” between and it’s where Gandalf enlisted Thorin the Earps and Doc Holliday and the Oakenfeld, so this place has some nefarious Cowboy gang that ruled serious Middle-earth juju. Just don't Tombstone. You may want to brush fall asleep next to any Nazgûl … . up on your Latin and the rules to faro — The Ink and Paint Club, “Who before you enter: This is where the Framed Roger Rabbit.” When you educated drinkers reside. order your whiskey on the rocks — Cocktails & Dreams, “Cocktail.” This here, you have to specify “ice” or is the movie that planted the seed for your penguin waiter may slip you a a whole slew of aspiring bartenders tumbler full of actual rocks. Dueling in the late ‘80s. You’ll have to put up pianists Daffy and Donald Duck (no with a cocky young Tom Cruise, but relation) can’t make it through Franz you’ll see some pretty badass bottle Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody” before flipping. one blows the other away (sometimes — Double Deuce, “Road House.” literally) and you just may lose your Sure, you’ll probably get in a bar heart to a busty cartoon babe. And fight, but at least it’ll be to the bluesy 205 Washington Square, Lansing (517) 374-1300 don’t forget to tell ‘em Walt sent you. slide-guitar work of the Jeff Healey — Korova Milk Bar, “A Clockwork Band. And you might learn a thing COUPON Orange.” After an afternoon of in-out, or three on proper bar etiquette from kick back with your droogs for a tall the resident bouncer. glass of milk plus drencrom, which will — The Titty Twister, “From Dusk Til help you make up your rassoodocks Dawn.” Where else can you start FIVE DOLLARS OFF on where the evening will take you the night with a Salma Hayek table for a rousing bit of ultraviolence. But dance and end it in a bloody gun- YOUR FOOD BILL AT EDEN ROCK take it easy on the cat lady or they’ll Expiration 11/1/14 • Some restrictions apply and-crucifix war with a gang of thirsty Limit one per person cure you, all right. bloodsuckers? “From Dusk Til Dawn”: — The Three Clubs, “Swingers.” The Slaying vampires before slaying best thing about this place is that vampires was cool. October 22, 2014 CITY PULSE BAR GUIDE 26 BY THE NUMBERS Compiled by Belinda Thurston and Anne Abendroth 17,200 Active liquor licenses in Michigan. 406 are registered in ingham county.

1933 YEAR stober's bar received lansing's first liquor license

1,500 BEER BREWERIES IN THE UNITED STATES 14 GRAMS OF ALCOHOL IN A STANDARD DRINK 173 WINERIES IN MICHIGAN

2.49 GALLONS PER PERSON: AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMED ANNUALLY PER CAPITA IN THE U.S.

Open during RENO-vations! NEW LOCATION! Reno's North in DeWitt! Now 3 locations!

5500 Square Foot Covered and Heated Patio 2 Large Beach Volleyball Courts Over 50 Beers on Tap! Full Kitchen open until 2am daily! Live Entertainment every Friday and Saturday night!

Reno's North: 16460 S. US 27 DeWitt Township, 487-8686 Reno's East: 1310 Abbot Rd. East Lansing, 337-2333 Reno's West: 5001 West Saginaw Lansing, 321-0616 October 22, 2014 CITY PULSE BAR GUIDE 27

Burning love Lansing-area bars warm up to fireplaces By BETH WALDON bear will also have a fire Road in East Lansing. Manager In recent years, bars have begun pit in the outdoor seating Jeremy Bates said the restaurant adding patios to attract diners to area for fall and spring has two gas-burning fireplaces for eat and drink outdoors to take full weather. warmth and aesthetics. One was advantage of the mid-Michigan Stiptack said fireplaces built with the restaurant and the spring, summer and fall. But as are becoming a trend in other was installed five years ago the mercury drops, patio dining restaurants, especially in during the restaurant expansion. becomes less desirable. states with long winters, Fireside Grill, 6951 Lansing Road in Don’t let the cold weather keep you like Michigan. Dimondale, opened last year. It’s split at home this fall. A handful of bars in “It makes it cozy,” Stiptack into two sections: a sports bar area town with fireplaces will keep guests said. “(A fireplace setting) and a quiet dining area. Owner Ed warmer than their blankets will. a nice place to have Hall said the gas-burning fireplace came with the building when he As the Reno’s North construction a meal and a couple bought it last year. He chose to keep continues at 16460 Old U.S. 27 cocktails.” it around, not just because it keeps in Dewitt Township, owner Jessie Downtown bar/restaurants the dining area warm, but because Stiptack said she chose to add gas- Troppo, 111 E. Michigan it adds a calm, soothing effect to burning fireplaces to the atmosphere Ave., and Tavern on the the atmosphere. It also helped him because she has the extra room and Square, 206 Washington pick out the bar’s name; Hall and it’s something she’s always wanted Square, also had fireplaces his workers were sitting in one of the to do. built in when they were booths by the fireplace shortly after constructed. Claddagh “We have a really nice four seasons he started . One of them looked Irish Pub, 2900 Towne room and it has really tall ceilings,” over at the fireplace and suggested Centre Boulevard, has two Stiptack said. “We wanted to make naming the restaurant after it. sure people stay nice and cozy.” gas-burning fireplaces and Beth Waldon/City Pulse one just for show. Manager “That’s how we got our name,” Hall As soon as the renovations are The Fireside Grill in Dimondale got its name from the Craig Larsen said the said. He said customers ask to sit by complete, Reno’s North will have brick fireplace in the dining room. fireplaces were installed the fire all the time. He added that a two-way glass fireplace, allowing an Irish pub,” he said. when the restaurant was built. the fireplace setting is perfect for customers seated outside to feel the Pizza lovers can also thaw out by the couples who are looking for a quiet “It’s traditional to have a fireplace in heat from the inside. In addition, the fire at Pizza House, 4790 S. Hagadorn night out.

Bittersweet symphonyClassical tracks to bring on a drinking spree

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO a reason. Verdi’s operatic take on schnell! pickled herring and cuckolds that City Pulse’s Lansing Symphony Shakespeare’s lustiest lush isn’t all — “Art of the Bawdy Song,” by the should make perfect sense at about reviewer offers up a few selections fun. Things deflate a bit when the Baltimore Consort. There’s drink 3 a.m. as you minutely examine the to load up your iPod for a kicking’ “mountain of flesh” laments, “I wax a-plenty in this lusty catalogue of nap of the carpet in front of the bar. bar crawl — old school. too portly.” Otherwise, it’s royal vice if you don’t mind tiptoeing over — Sigmund Romberg, “The Student merriment on a grand scale. — “Music of the English some brazen dallying on the way to Prince.” This operetta has a terrific Renaissance,” by the Baltimore — “Opera’s Greatest Drinking the bar. sinking drong, and it takes place inn Consort. The crawl’s only begun, Songs,” Robert Shaw Chorale. An — Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (any an in. Hey, wait! I’m not finished with and these old English troubadours all-time classic, a blur of wine, recording). Nothing is more sublime that … . are so drunk they can’t spell: “Goe champagne, beer, Lucretia Borgia, than the choral finale, the “Ode to — THE HANGOVER SPECIAL: John from my window,” “Nuttmiggs and students, sailors and worse from 20 Joy.” What does that have to do Cage, “4’33”” different composers. “I gave her Ginger,” “Joyne hands,” etc. with a bar crawl? Only everything. A lot of people thought this cakes, I gave her ale ... .” — Bedrich Smetana’s comic opera People forget that Beethoven chose totally silent piece was a pointless “The Bartered Bride” (any recording). — Any recording of Strauss waltzes. a humble drinking song to crown his provocation. Now we know why the The second act starts with a sudsy, It’s time for a mid-crawl coordination greatest symphony. bad boy of modern music asked the vociferous chorus, “It’s beer, it test. If you can still keep “Wine, — “A Rabelais Party” (“Une Fete pianist to sit silently at the piano for certainly is a gift from heaven,” and Women and Song” straight, keep up Chez Rabelais”), by the Ensemble 4 minutes and 33 seconds. with the “Non-Stop Fast Polka” and the polkas get DOWN. Clement Janequin. This is thinking Alternate choice: Bach, “The Coffee pronounce “Plappermaulchen,” — Verdi, “Falstaff” (any version). man’s drinking music, full of obscure, Cantata.” Features the memorable belly back up to the bar. Polka They named a beer after him for Monty Python-ish ditties about aria, “I Must Have Coffee.” October 22, 2014 CITY PULSE BAR GUIDE 28 City Pulse • October 22, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 29 Wish you were here Antique postcard book provides look back at MSU’s history

By BILL CASTANIER When the postcard debuted in the U.S. in the late 19th century, it revolutionized short- form communication, sort of like a primitive Facebook or Twitter. But unlike messages on modern social media, the penny postcard has become a major hobby, attracting millions of collectors nationwide. It’s highly doubt- ful anyone’s collecting tweets for a future museum display. Williamston’s Stephen Terry is one of those collectors, called a deltiologist. He is a 1960 Courtesy Photo graduate of MSU and worked on campus for Stephen Terry’s ”Michigan Agricultural College: Campus Life 1900-1925,” depicts Michigan State University in its infancy. It’s filled with 32 years until his retirement in 1998. In that examples of real photo postcards, which are extremely rare and highly valuable. time he rose to the position of senior finan- cial officer. Terry more treasured memories are recalled through focused on quality images,” he said. “Postcards The book, published by Thunder Bay Press, ”Michigan curated his spe- an iconic postcard.” which were a penny to mail were used to com- will be available for sale at the event. Agricultural College: cialized collec- Most of the postcards in the book are of the municate, and most messages have very little Campus Life 1900- tion of postcards real photo variety, captured by amateur pho- to do with the image on the front.” 1925” into ”Michigan tographers using specialized cameras, such as A notable exception is a 1916 real photo Book talk presented by the Agricultural the 1903 Kodak 3A Folding Pocket Camera postcard of the Engineering Building fire, Historical Society of Greater College: Campus that shot postcard-sized images. The postcards which has a message on the back that not only Lansing 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 Life 1900-1925,” depict everything from static shots of early details the fire but also tells about another one Capital Area District Library a new book that sports teams to spectacular photos of the origi- that same night that burned down the local 401 S. Capitol Ave. Lansing will be discussed nal Engineering Building being engulfed in high school. cadl.org on Thursday at flames. One delightful shot shows two children Terry said his favorite postcards detail the a meeting of the playing in a faculty member’s pigsty. These real College’s Semi-Centennial Celebration in 1907, Historical Society of Greater Lansing. photo postcards are often one-of-a kind and which brought President Theodore Roosevelt Terry will take the audience on a postcard difficult to find. to campus where he delivered a speech called tour of the campus of Michigan Agriculture In one, a visitor, upon arriving in East “The Man Who Works With His Hands.” One College, now Michigan State University. The Lansing in 1919, writes: “East Lansing is a particular card shows President Roosevelt rid- postcards used from his collection showcase beautiful city and I love it here.” Another, show- ing in a REO Motor Car with R.E. Olds at the MSU’s early campus and buildings, showing ing Wells Hall in 1911, has the cryptic message: wheel. True to form, the message on the reverse a campus that no longer exists — most of the “Dear Miss C — Hope you had a good time at side has nothing to do with the image. buildings he selected for the book have been the ‘Creek.’” Terry said when he first started buying post- lost to the wrecking ball or fire. Buildings More obscure cards show scenes from the cards, a real photo postcard would trade in the included are the U.S. Weather Bureau, the famous underground tunnels, Lovers Lane, range of $4-$5. Those same postcards today Engineering Building, Abbot Hall, the Post the athletic field, the 1913 M.A.C. Band and are $75. In addition to Terry’s collection, the Office and Trolley Station, College Hall and the the various smokestacks and bridges that once book is supplemented by postcards from local more recent Women’s Building (Morrill Hall), adorned campus. Terry has more than 1,000 collectors Dennis Hansen and Jeffrey Kacos. which was razed last year. postcards in his personal collection and also “The book is much more than just a look has added many of the verbatim stories on the back in time,” said Valerie Marvin, president reverse of the cards. of the Historical Society. “It is a tremendous “When I first starting collecting postcards cultural history told through postcards, many more than 30 years ago, I paid very little atten- of them more than 100 years old. Some of our tion to the messages of the reverse side. I was Commercial & Residential Fully Insured

Call Joan at: (517) 881-2204 30 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 22, 2014 Funny stuff Friday, Oct. 24 & Saturday, Oct. 25 ON THE There’s no shortage of open mic standup for 20 years and turned it into a restaurant comedy in the Lansing area: Comedy Night a few months ago. He’s working with at the Green Door on Sundays, Mac’s Heffron Agency to book comics on the Monday Comedy Night on Mondays and weekends. If it takes off, he may expand TOWNEvents must be entered through the calendar at the brand new Reno’s East Comedy Hour comedy to other lansingcitypulse.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays that started last Tuesday. It’s a three-way nights of the Comedians Jim for the following week’s issue. Charges may apply for combo of free comedy to start the week, week. Holder and Al Park paid events to appear in print. If you need assistance, 8:30 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. watching up-and-coming standups hone Holder Friday, Oct. 24 & Saturday, please call Jonathan at (517) 999-5069. Oct. 25 their material in five minutes or less for described his The Comedy Zone Grand free. style as “silly and Opening at the Stockyard Bar-B-Que and Brew But when Connxtions Comedy Club ridiculous,” with 1820 Lansing Road, Charlotte Wednesday, October 22 $10 Classes and Seminars closed earlier this year, it left a hole in mid- lots of crowd (517) 993-6093, thestockyardbbq.com Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, Michigan for venues where professional interaction. Being rhymes and activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL stand-up comedians could perform — the funny guy that South Lansing Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. folks who had developed full hour-long he is, Holder took the liberty of poking fun Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 comedy sets. To at his interviewer. p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. close that hole, the “Please tell me Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First Stockyard BBQ and you're not one Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Brew in Charlotte of those drunk Saginaw Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954, has changed gears reporters who fcgl.org. Know Your Business Numbers. Understand/ to become a part- comes to the show use financial statements. 8 a.m.-noon, FREE. Small time comedy club: and heckles me for Business Development Center, LCC, Suite 110, 309 N. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 483-1921, The Comedy Zone. an hour and then sbdcmichigan.org. And this weekend it wants part of my Drop-in Figure Drawing. Easels and drawing welcomes its first money,” he quipped. boards provided. 7-9:30 p.m. $7/$5 students. Kresge Art Center, 600 Auditorium Road, East two comedians, Jim “I'm married and my Lansing. (517) 337-1170, artmuseum.msu.edu. Holder (pictured top) wife is stingy.” What happened to Major Tom? On the David and Al Park (pictured Holder is Michigan Bowie song. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., bottom). native who said he’s Lansing. (517) 484-7434, pilgrimucc.com. Holder is an 18-year veteran of standup looking forward to this show above and who has developed a “deceptively beyond a regular show. Events Practice Your English. Practice listening to and friendly” yet cynical style. Park’s world- “I haven’t been back in forever,” he speaking English. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. East Lansing wise attitude and storytelling flair blends said. “Anytime I play there I always feel Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) personal observation and cultural satire. I'm home.” 351-2420, elpl.org. Allen Street Farmers Market. Locally grown They’ve told jokes on “The Tonight Show,” And he draws a comparison between foods. Live music by DJ Clarinet. 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. “The Late Show” and standup showcases comedy and a very unlikely profession. Allen Street Farmers Market, 1619 E. Kalamazoo across the cable dial. And this weekend “The professional stand up comic is St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911. Guest Barista Day: Fundraiser. For each they’re kicking off a new age of standup much like a hooker,” Holder said by phone. drink bought, $1 will be donated to ELPL. 3-5 p.m. comedy in mid-Michigan. “Once we start getting paid for it, we quit FREE. Biggby (Lake Lansing), 3499 E. Lake Lansing “I would hope to see all 157 seats filled,” doing it for free. Isn't that sad?” Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org.. Teen Movie Mania. Watch a blockbuster hit on said Comedy Zone owner Terry Ranshaw. Of course, the Stockyard is also a the library big screen. 3-5 p.m. FREE. East Lansing “Even getting 100 people out here would barbecue joint, and there will be rib Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) be a good response.” specials and something called a “meat bar” 351-2420, elpl.org. With over 3,000 touring professional before the show. We’ll let the comedians Music comedians in the country right now, there have fun with that one. Ukulele Playalong. Learn how to play chords will never be a lack of talent to grace the newly built Comedy Zone stage. Ranshaw, See Out on the Town, Page 32 a Charlotte native, has owned the building — KRISTA WILSON and ALLAN I. ROSS City Pulse • October 22, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 31

Cruthu debuts at Kings Destroy show The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. $6. turn it 18+ 7 p.m. , Sunday, Oct. 26 Kings Destroy is taking a day off from its tour with Pentagram to headline a heavy show Sunday at the Avenue Café. Opening are Beast in the Field and Hordes. Making its Lansing debut at Down this show is Cruthu, a new, female-fronted local stoner/doom- rock band specializing in a classic proto-metal sound reminiscent A survey of Lansing's of Black Sabbath. The occult-inspired band also dabbles in blues musical Landscape and heavy psych. Cruthu is Teri Brown (vocals), Dan McCormick (guitar), Scott Lehman (bass) and drummer Matt Fry. The band By RICH TUPICA released a demo in June and is working on new material. Three Sun. OCT songs, including the hooky, riff-driven “S.O.S.,” are streamed at 26TH cruthu.bandcamp.com.

Jazz series launches at Xiao Xiao Modern Asian Bistro, 3415 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. FREE. 8:30 p.m.-12:15 a.m., Friday, Oct. 24 A new live jazz music series, “Jazz X,” starts Friday at Xiao Modern Asian Bistro. The biweekly Friday-night con- certs are free and feature fresh jazz music from some of the area’s rising talents, along with some jazz-scene veterans. This inaugural show features Ben Stocker (sax), Frenchy Romero (piano), Adam Olszewski (bass) and drummer Ryan McMahon. Each month will highlight genres. The first set of shows will showcase jazz pianists backed by a variety FRI. OCT musicians. December will spotlight female vocalists. For those looking to grab some food and drinks during the show, Xiao will serve new dishes prepared specifically for these events, including seafood, chicken and beef. To keep up on 24TH the shows, like “Jazz X” on Facebook.

Captured! by Robots at Mac's bar Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, all ages. $10. 7 p.m., Wed., Oct. 29 Since 1996, Captured! by Robots has been shocking audiences across the country with its peculiar lineup: One man and five real robots playing covers . The band is fronted by San Francisco-based musician JBOT (the human), who builds and programs his robot backing musicians to play horns, guitars and percussion. The band of bots rigorously tours the country and has warmed up stages for Public Enemy, Motörhead and WED. OCT A Flock of Seagulls. A documentary, called “Captured! by Robots,” is slated for a fall release; the trailer is 29TH streamed on YouTube. Opening the all-age show are Jackpine Snag, Cavalcade and Plethora.

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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Service Industry Night, 3 p.m. The Mic Massacre, 9 p.m. Mark Lavengood Bluegrass, 8 p.m. Tease-A-Gogo, 9 p.m. Coach’s Pub & Grill, 6201 Bishop Rd. DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. Pat Zalanka Project, 9 p.m. DJ Jimmy, 9 p.m. Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Blvd. Open Mic w/Pat Zelenka, 9 p.m. Pat Zelenka, 9 p.m. The Brodberg Band, 9 p.m. Crunchy’s, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Off the Ledge, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Blue Wednesday, 8 p.m. Skoryoke Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Kathy Ford Band, 7:30 p.m. Karaoke w/Joanie Daniels, 7 p.m. Home Spun Band, 8 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. Johnny D Jam, 8 p.m. Karaoke Kraze, 8:30 p.m. Root Doctor, 9 p.m. Avon Bomb, 9:30 p.m. Gus's Bar, 2321 W. Michigan Ave. Open Mic w/Hot Mess, 9 p.m. Karaoke The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. The Works Vs. Zoogma, 9 p.m. Prozak, 8 p.m. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. The Acacia Strain, 7 p.m. Tonight Alive, 6:30 p.m. Smokehouse Junkiez, 6 p.m. Bass Science, 9 p.m. Marc's Watershed, 5965 Marsh Rd. Jake Stevens, 7 p.m. Steve Cowles, 7 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Kathleen & the Bridge St. Band, 10 p.m. Hoopties, 10 p.m. Zydecrunch, 10 p.m. Reno's East, 1310 Abbot Rd. Avon Bomb, 7 p.m. New Rule, 7 p.m. Reno's West, 501 W. Saginaw Hwy. Kathy Ford, 8 p.m. Rachel & Alex, 8 p.m. Reno's North, 16460 Old US 27 Rachel & Alex, 8 p.m. Life Support, 8 p.m. Tin Can West, 644 Migaldi Ln. Waterpong, 11 p.m. Tin Can DeWitt, 13175 Schavey Rd. DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Fragment of Soul, 8:30 p.m. Fragment of Soul, 8:30 p.m. Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert St. DJ, 9 p.m Electronic Dance Party, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. play in a band? book shows? To get listed just email us at [email protected] or call (517) 999-6710 What to do: Submit information by the Friday before publication (City Pulse comes out every Wednesday.) Be sure to tell us LivE & Local lists upcominG gigs! the name of the performer and the day, date and time of the performance. Only submit information for the following week's paper. 32 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 22, 2014

in room 214G. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Community Mental Events Out on the town Health Building, 812 E. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) 515- Spanish Conversation. Practice listening to and Thursday, October 23 5559, coda.org. speaking Spanish. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public from page 30 Classes and Seminars Business Micro Loan Info. Money to lend to Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Contact Jan. 5:15 p.m. start-up or existing businesses. 6:30-8:30 p.m. 2420, elpl.org. on the ukulele. 6 p.m. FREE. Marshall Music, 3240 E. $5. New Hope Church, 1340 Haslett Road, Haslett. FREE. Small Business Development Center, LCC, Euchre. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta Saginaw St. Lansing. (517) 337-9700, marshallmusic. (517) 349-9183, newhopehaslett.com. Suite 110, 309 N. Washinton Square, Lansing. (517) Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, com. Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh-in 6 p.m., 483-1921, .sbdcmichigan.org. Lansing. (517) 484-5600. MSU Symphony Orchestra. Kevin Noe, meeting 6:30 p.m. FREE to visit. St. David’s Sign Language Classes. For ages 12 and up. Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy’s Classic conductor. 7:30 p.m. $10/$8 seniors/FREE for Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Meridian Christian Church, 2600 Bar & Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482- students. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center, East 882-9080, stdavidslansing.org. Bennett Road, Okemos. (517) 492-6149. 0184. Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music.msu.edu. Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes Current Events. Coffee and discussion of current Dimondale Farmers Market. Live music, locally and activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL Downtown events. 10:30-11:30 a.m. FREE. Meridian Senior grown produce. 3-7 p.m. FREE. Bridge Street, Literature and Poetry Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) Center, 4000 N. Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 706- Dimondale. (517) 646-0230, villageofdimondale.org. Tween Book Club. Ages 9-12. Call to register. 4-5 367-6363. cadl.org. 5045, meridianseniorcenter.weebly.com. Student Organic Farm Farmstand. Shop for p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-8:30 E-Pathways Info Session. Training opportunities local, organic fruits and vegetables. 11 a.m.-5:30 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl. p.m. FREE. Quan Am Temple, 1840 N. College Ave., in the IT industry. 6-7 p.m. Lansing Community p.m. FREE. MSU Erickson Hall, 620 Farm Lane, East org. Mason. (517) 853-1675, quanamtemple.org. College West Campus, 5708 Cornerstone Drive, Lansing. (517) 230-7987, msuorganicfarm.org. Robin Nott: Storytelling. Storytelling and Tarot Study Group. With Dawne Botke. 7 Lansing. (517) 267-5452, epathways.org. Smith Floral Harvest Basket Sale. Fresh folksinging. 3-8 p.m. FREE. RCAH Auditorium in p.m. FREE. Triple Goddess New Age Bookstore, HERO: Furniture Repair Basics. Call to produce grown on site. 3-7 p.m. Smith Floral, 1124 E. Snyder-Phillips Hall, 362 Bogue St., MSU campus, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 883-3619, register or email [email protected]. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Mt. Hope, Lansing. (517) 484-5327, smithfloral.com. East Lansing. (517) 884-1932. poetry.rcah.msu.edu. triplegoddessbookstore.net. Neighborhood Empowerment Center, 600 W. Maple Teen Game Haven. Play a variety of games; Lansing Area Codependent Anonymous. Held St. Lansing. (517) 372-5980, glhc.org. board, cards and video. 3-5:30 p.m. FREE. East Maritime Archaeology Lecture. Seamanship Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East in the ancient Mediterranean. 6:30 p.m. FREE. S. Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Kedzie Hall, 368 Farm Lane, MSU campus, East East Lansing Citizens Concerned. Discussing Lansing. (517) 355-0237, archaeological.org. sale of East Lansing-owned parking lots and more. "Hue Know It"--a Public Talk: Carolyn Mazloomi. "Women of 7-9 p.m. FREE. Hannah Community Center, 819 Color Quilters Network." 3:30 p.m. FREE. MSU Abbot Rd., East Lansing. (517) 333-2580. shady situation. Museum, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 355-2370, Matt Jones museum.msu.edu. Music Rally In The Alley Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Across American Legion Post 48, 731 N. Clinton St., Grand Ledge. (517) 627-1232. 1 Game with a bouncy {REVOLUTION} at Tavern. Electronic music, ball 21-up. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. FREE. Tavern on the Square, 6 French friend 206 S. Washington Square, Lansing. 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Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) to improve your people skills, 6-8 p.m. FREE. Allen Corner of Turner Street and Grand River Avenue, 482-5700, riverwalktheatre.com. Market Place, 1619 E. Kalamazoo, Lansing. (517) 367- Lansing. (517) 485-4283. Out on the town “The Gravedigger.” A new perspective on the 2468. Spartans Working For Diversity. Learn about from page 32 classic Frankenstein tale. 8 p.m. $22. Williamston diversity and inclusion in the workplace. 8 a.m.-4 Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. (517) 655-7469, Events p.m. FREE. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Kathleen & the Bridge St. Band. Live music. 10 williamstontheatre.org. Teen Advisory Group. Teens plan programs Road, East Lansing. (810) 841-1272. hrlr.msu.edu. p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan and more. 5-6 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District StoryTime. Stories, songs and crafts for ages 3-6 Ave. Lansing. (517) 485-5287. Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- years. 10:30-11:15 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Public MSU Wind Symphony. Michael Sachs, trumpet. 4014 ext. 3, dtdl.org. Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 7:30 p.m. $10/$8 seniors/FREE students. Cobb Friday, October 24 The Glo Run Lansing. Night time 5K through an 2420, elpl.org. Great Hall, Wharton Center, East Lansing. (517) 353- Classes and Seminars extravagantly illuminated course. 7:15 p.m. Hawk Teen Tech Time. Teens have access to a cluster of 5340. music.msu.edu. Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed women’s Island County Park, E. Cavanaugh Road, Lansing. laptops. 3-5 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, Rosanne Cash. With John Leventhal. 7:30 p.m. meeting. 7:30 p.m. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, (517) 676-2233, theglorun.com. 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl. $55. Wharton Center, MSU campus, East Lansing. 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. Lansing Bike Party. Bike ride with TGIF stop. 5:45 org. (517) 353-1982, whartoncenter.com. Doggie Trick-or-Treating. At participating p.m. FREE. Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Circle Drive, SCL Vigil for Brandon Mitchner. Silent vigil businesses. Costume contest. 4-9 p.m. Old Town, MSU campus, East Lansing. facebook.com/groups/ to support a new law. 6 p.m. Suits Tavern, 210 S. Theater Grand River Avenue and Turner Street, Lansing. lansingbikeparty. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 574-8154. “Blithe Spirit.” Comedy about a man who (517) 485-4283, iloveoldtown.org. Old Town Farmers Market. Featuring local foods gets haunted by his wife. 7 p.m. $15/$12 seniors. Human Resources Skills. Interactive activity and products, live music by Deacon Earl. 3-7 p.m. See Out on the Town, Page 34

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details. 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. FREE. Self Realization MOTHER & EARTH BABY BOUTIQUE/RELOVE/MOLLY & OLIVER’S Out on the town Meditation Healing Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, Bath. (517) 641-6201,SelfRealizationCentreMichigan. from page 33 org.. Halloween Adventures. Fun and educational Art Opening: Substrate. Explores printed Halloween activities in nature. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $6. material of the Rust Belt. 6 p.m. FREE. (SCENE) Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Okemos. Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing. (517) 319- (517) 349-3866, meridian.mi.us. 6832, scenemetrospace.com. Halloween Storytime. Children's storytime. Wear your Halloween costume. 11 a.m. FREE. Music Barnes & Noble (Lansing), 5132 W. Saginaw Highway, Dynamic Father-Daughter Duo. Pianist Ralph Lansing. (517) 327-0437, bn.com. Votapek; violinist Kathryn Votapek. 8 p.m. $15/$5 Tease-A-Gogo: Halloween Party. Halloween students. Absolute Gallery, 307 E. Grand River Ave., sideshow, burlesque and more. 18-up. 9 p.m. $10. Lansing. (517) 303-4049, absolutemusiclansing.org. The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Hoopties. Live music. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. teaseagogo.com. Allan I. Ross/City Pulse Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) Mother & Earth Baby Boutique in Old Town is home to three baby-centric businesses. Doggie Trick or Treat: Mason. Dog trick- 485-5287. or-treating and costume contest. 2 p.m. $10. MOS Halloween Concert. Wear costumes. Hear Ross was able to nearly from that. Our (organic) Downtown Mason. (517) 676-1046, masonchamber. By ALLAN I. ROSS music from "Frozen." 7:30 p.m. FREE, donations It’s a baby for Old Town! double her business footprint dishwashing detergent is one org. welcome. Chippewa Middle School, 4000 N. Okemos Earlier this month, Mother to 1,500 square feet, allowing of best sellers.” Trick-or-Treat to Businesses. Browse Road, Okemos. (517) 256-9151, masonorchestras. & Earth Baby Boutique, her to add the other There’s also a play area for downtown Williamston and trick or treat. 1-3 p.m. org. moved into 1212 Turner St., businesses and offer classes kids. Emily Adams, owner of FREE. Downtown Williamston, Grand River Ave., Grand Sousa Concert. Fast-paced, turn-of-the former home of Gallery 1212. and programs. ReLove, also teaches classes Williamston. (517) 655-1549, williamston.org. century style concert. 7:30 p.m. $10/under 18 FREE. The baby supply “I was also able to add on upcycling items from MacDonald Middle School, 1601 Burcham Drive, East store carries five new product lines when around your house. (Turn Music Lansing. (517) 333-7600, elps.k12.mi.us. cloth diapers, I moved in here, and I hope those old doors into a desk! Matt LoRusso Trio. Jazz. 9 p.m.-midnight, FREE. New specialty to continue to add,” Ross That old metal frame can be Troppo, 111 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) baby clothing, said. “There’s lots of room for a mail organizer!) And Melissa Theater intown 371-4000. organic cleaning expansion.” Sigh, a local music teacher, “The Gravedigger.” (See Oct. 23 for details.) Zydecrunch. Live music. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. supplies and Ross also features home holds music classes that Ross 8 p.m. $27. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) “upcycled” furniture and home décor items from local moms said are “extremely popular.” Williamston. (517) 655-7469, williamstontheatre.org. 485-5287. decorations (old stuff that’s done on a consignment basis “We’ve only been open a “What is Susan’s Secret.” 6:30 p.m. dinner/7:30 been fixed up and given an to help them get their own short time, but we’ve already p.m. show. $10-$36. Starlight Dinner Theatre, Theater artistic coat of paint). Owner/ businesses started. Items seen so many friendly faces,” Waverly East Intermediate, 3131 W. Michigan Ave., "The Gravedigger." (See Oct. 23 for details.) 3 operator Lynn Ross opened include upcycled lamps, Ross said. “It’s nice to be a Lansing (517) 243-6040, starlightdinnertheatre.com. handmade articles of clothing destination.” p.m. 8 p.m. matinee $24, evening $27. Williamston Mother & Earth in 2011, but the S'Moves Alive! A collaboration of dance and and jewelry. Everything in the Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. (517) 655-7469, recent move gives her a much videography. 7:30-8:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. wider audience. store is made domestically. Mother & Earth Baby williamstontheatre.org. Clark Corners, 1161 E. Clark Rd., Ste. 204, DeWitt. “It’s exciting to be in Old “I was looking for (U.S.- Boutique/ReLove/Molly & “What is Susan’s Secret.” 6:30 p.m. dinner/7:30 (517) 339-0905. Town and to have an actual made) cloth diapers when Oliver’s p.m. show. $10-$36. Starlight Dinner Theatre, storefront,” Ross said. “Before, I got pregnant, and there 1212 Turner St., Lansing Waverly East Intermediate, 3131 W. Michigan Ave., Literature and Poetry people had to seek us out.” wasn’t anyplace in town like 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday- Lansing (517) 243-6040, starlightdinnertheatre.com. Teen Book Club. Book club for ages 13-18. 4-5 Ross welcomed two other that,” Ross said. “My husband Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday S'Moves Alive! A collaboration of dance and p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 specialty stores into the space: suggested I open one. (517) 204-2248, videography. 7:30-8:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl. ReLove is the upcycler and Everything else — the skin motherandearth.com, Clark Corners, 1161 E. Clark Road, Ste. 204, DeWitt. org. Molly & Oliver’s features care products, the bedding, mollyandolivers.com, mkt. 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emergency manager issue. 5 p.m. FREE/$10.20 Registration preferred. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Women’s Saturday, October 25 Sunday, October 26 optional buffet. Old Great Wall Restaurant, 4832 W. Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Saginaw Hwy., Lansing. (517) 914-2278. ow.ly/D2kdO. Lansing. (517) 372-9163 Classes and Seminars Classes and Seminars Domestic Violence Support Group. Noon-1:30 Job Seekers Support Group. Finding the right Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, Music career. 10 a.m.-noon, FREE. Women’s Center of Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., East 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163, MSU Faculty Recital. Yuri Gandelsman, viola; Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Lansing. (517) 371-5119, [email protected]. (517) 372-9163, womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. Spiritual Talk, Pure Meditation and Silent Walter Verdehr, violin, 3 p.m. $10/$8 seniors/ Support Group. For the divorced, separated and Tai Chi in the Park. Free class for beginning Prayer. 7 p.m. FREE. Self Realization Meditation students FREE. Cook Recital Hall, 333 W. Circle widowed. Room 9. 7:30 p.m. St. David’s Episcopal and experienced tai chi players. Now at winter Healing Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, Bath. (517) Drive, East Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music.msu.edu. Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323- location. 9-10 a.m. FREE. Allen Market Place, 1619 E. 641-6201, selfrealizationcentremichigan.org. 2272, stdavidslansing.org. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 272-9379. Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. Singing Bowl Chakra Alignment. To explore Third floor meeting room. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Theater and nourish. 2-4 p.m. $20. LotusVoice Integrative Downtown Lansing, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. "The Gravedigger." (See Oct. 16 for details.) Events Therapies, 4994 Park Lake Rd., East Lansing. (517) (517) 515-5559, coda.org. 2 p.m. $24. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Social Bridge. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. 897-0714, lotusvoice48823.com. Williamston. (517) 655-7469, williamstontheatre.org. Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Babysitting Workshop. Ages 12 & up. 10 a.m.- Events “What is Susan’s Secret.” 1:30 dessert/2:30 4 p.m. $30. Grand Ledge Area District Library, Mac’s Monday Comedy Night. Hosted by Mark Lansing Area Sunday Swing Dance. Lessons show. $10-$36. Starlight Dinner Theatre, Waverly 131 E Jefferson St., Grand Ledge. (517) 627-7014. Roebuck and Dan Currie. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Mac’s Bar, 6-6:30 p.m., dance 7-10 p.m. $8 dance/$10 dance & East Intermediate, 3131 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing grandledge.lib.mi.us. 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-6795, macsbar.com. lesson/students FREE. The Lansing Eagles, 4700 N. (517) 243-6040, starlightdinnertheatre.com. Chan with Master Gilbert. "Who is searching Club Shakespeare. 6-8:45 p.m. Donations. CADL Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 490-7838. Post Comedy Theatre. Actor, mime, puppeteer, for self?" Meals provided. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE, Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. UN Anniversary Dinner & Program. With juggler and stand-up comedian, 1:30 p.m. & 4 p.m. donations welcome. 14796 Beardslee Road, Perry. (517) 367-6300, cadl.org. keynote speaker George Papagianis. 5:30-8:30 p.m. $12. Wharton Center, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 292-3110, lansingbuddhist.org. Saints, Sinners & Cynics. Lively conversation, $25/$20 members. Hannah Community Center, 819 (517) 353-1982, whartoncenter.com. variety of topics, no judgment. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 669-6017, gluna.org. Coral Gables, 2838 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing. Events David Sedaris. Captivating conversation and (517) 882-9733, saintmichaellansing.org. Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy's Classic social satire. 7 p.m. Tickets From $28. Wharton Out of this World Book Club. “The Rook” by Daniel Bar & Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482- Center, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000, Monday, October 27 O'Malley. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 0184. whartoncenter.com. Classes and Seminars Make a Difference: Seva Day. Call for Atheists and Humanists Meeting. Lecture on Adult Rape Survivor Support Group. See Out on the Town, Page 36 City Pulse • October 22, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 35 36 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 22, 2014

5968 Park Lake Road, East Lansing. (517) 381-4866. Events Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 p.m. Out on the town Capital City Toastmasters Meeting. Learn public Bible and Beer. Discussion of scripture in FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington speaking and leadership skills. 7 p.m. FREE. CADL everyday settings. 6 p.m. Midtown Brewing Co., Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. from page 34 Downtown Lansing, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 402 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 482-0600, Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First 367-6300, cadl.org. 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. [email protected]. Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Saginaw Speakeasies Toastmasters. Improve listening, Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954, fcgl.org. BabyTime. Intended for ages 1-18 months with adult. analysis, leadership & presentation skills. 12:05-1 p.m. 10:30-11 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 FREE. Ingham County Human Services Bldg. 5303 S. Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. Cedar St. Lansing. (616) 841-5176. THURSDAY, OCT. 23-SUNDAY, OCT. 26 >> “BLITHE SPIRIT” AT RIVERWALK Homework Help. Free drop-in tutoring provided by Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. 5:45- MSU's SMEA. K-8. 5-7 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public 6:45 p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 In this Noël Coward comedy, a successful novelist unintentionally Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 515-5559, coda.org. rouses the spirit of his late wife, who starts haunting him and Theater elpl.org. Starting a Business. Includes the steps, costs, complicating his marriage to his new wife. An ineffective psychic only PREVIEW Trick-or-Treat on the Square. Fall family fun. 5-7:30 planning & financing. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Clinton p.m. FREE. Downtown Lansing, Washington Square County RESA, 1013 S. US 27, St. Johns. (517) 483-1921, makes things worse. The show is directed by Mary Chmurynsky. 7 between Michigan and Washtenaw avenues, Lansing. sbdcmichigan.org. p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 trickortreatonthesquare.org. Tween Dia De Los Muertos. Ages 9-12. Day of “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.” Screening and the Dead Celebration. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Delta Township Museum Drive, Lansing. $15/$12 senior, student and military ($10/$8 Thursday). conversation. 7 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, MSU campus, District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) (517) 482-5700, riverwalktheatre.com. (Run continues Oct. 30-Nov. 2.) 366 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing. (517) 884-0901, lib. 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. msu.edu/general/events. Chair Massage. Call for an appointment. 9:40 a.m.- SUNDAY, OCT. 26>> DAVID SEDARIS AT WHARTON CENTER Duplicate Bridge. Mondays. All skill levels welcome. noon. $14/$12 for members. Meridian Senior Center, 1-4 p.m. Table fee: $3/$2 members. Hannah Community 4000 N. Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 706-5045, You’ve heard his deadpan disassembly of everything from his family to the entire Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 337-1113. meridianseniorcenter.weebly.com. Bees & Colony Colapse Disorder. Lecture with American Christmas tradition on NPR. Now you can witness his razor-sharp wit in person Zachary Huang. 7 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public as David Sedaris appears at the Wharton Center as part of the Doctors Company Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 648-9115. Variety Series. This, his third Wharton appearance, will combine elements of stand-up, Bias Busters. Discussion on breaking down cultural Tuesday, October 28 stereotypes. 7 p.m. MSU Library, MSU Campus, 366 W. stories, interactions with audiences and readings from his books. 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. Classes and Seminars Circle Drive, East Lansing. (517) 884-0901, lib.msu.edu/ 26. Wharton Center, Cobb Great Hall.750 E. Shaw Lane, MSU campus, East Lansing. Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Have a support system, general/events/?e=33. lose weight. 7 p.m. FREE to visit. Eaton Rapids Medical Dinner with Doc: Cancer Prevention. Learn $28-$58 (800) WHARTON, whartoncenter.com. Center, 1500 S. Main St., Eaton Rapids. (517) 543-0786. how to keep your family cancer-free. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Not So Happy Endings Support Group. For Carrabba's Italian Grill, 6540 W. Saginaw Hwy., Lansing. ToddlerTime. Ages 18-36 months listen to stories and Drop-in Figure Drawing. Easels and drawing boards women ending relationships. 5:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. (517) 321-8568, totalhealth-fitness.com. provided. 7-9:30 p.m. $7/$5 students. Kresge Art Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Celiac Disease and Children. Dr. Safwan Malas music. 10:15-10:45 a.m.& 11-11:30 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Center, 600 Auditorium Road, East Lansing. (517) 337- Ave., Lansing. (517) 896-3311. will discuss celiac disease. 7 p.m. FREE. Community of Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 1170, artmuseum.msu.edu. Hopeful Hearts Grief Group. Learn, grow and heal Christ, 1514 W. Miller Road, Lansing. (517) 349-0294. 2420, elpl.org. together. 10-11 a.m. FREE. The Marquette Activity Room, "Sporcle Live!" Trivia. Win Crunchy's gift certificates. E-Pathways Info Session. Training opportunities in 7 p.m. FREE. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave., East the IT industry. 1-2 p.m. Capital Area MichiganWorks, Lansing. (517) 351-2506, crunchyseastlansing.com. 2110 S. Cedar St., Lansing, epathways.org. You pick greens HERO: Basement Waterproofing. Call to register Music or email [email protected]. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Neighborhood Collard, turnip, mustard Jazz Night. Live music. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Moriarty's Pub, Empowerment Center, 600 W. Maple St. Lansing. (517) 802 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 485-5287. 372-5980, glhc.org. We have Straw bales Spirituality for Atheists. Self-transcendence Literature and Poetry outside of religion. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church, 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Hardy Mum Plants Dead Poets Contest. Read 1 or 2 poems by dead Lansing. (517) 484-7434, pilgrimucc.com. poets, max 4-5 minutes. Prizes. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Dublin Lutheran Refugee Center. Lansing as a major 3 for $11.99 (9-inch pot) Square Irish Pub, 327 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) resettlement city. 10 a.m.-noon, FREE. Allen 267-0410, dublinsquare.net. Cabbage $.22/lb Neighborhood Center, 1619 E Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 367-2468. allenneighborhoodcenter.org. Decorative gourds Events Wednesday, October 29 Practice Your English. Practice listening to and 7 for $.99 speaking English. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Classes and Seminars Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes and elpl.org. Farm Market activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing Library, 1434 E. 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The low the clues, you may discover rich pickings that will 3-5:30 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 (517) 884-1932, poetry.rcah.msu.edu. coming phase is a time when you will thrive by applying inspire you to revise your history. Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. the Goldilocks principle: neither too much nor too little, TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Businessman Warren Trick or Treat Main Street. Along Main Street Eaton but just right. Go to lansingcitypulse.com for additional Buffet is worth $65.5 billion, but regularly gives away 27 Rapids, 5-7 p.m. FREE. Downtown Eaton Rapids, Eaton SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Children are the most percent of his fortune to charity. Microsoft co-founder Rapids. (517) 663-8118 ext. 8178, cityofeatonrapids.com. highlights on S'Moves Alive, a pipe organ desirable opponents at Scrabble," declares Scorpio Bill Gates owns $78 billion, and donates 36 percent. 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TAMAKI CUSTOM THAI VILLAGE — WOK AND ROLL — Monday-Friday; 11 a.m.- XIAO CHINA GRILLE 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday- SUSHI AND WRAPS — Authentic Thai cuisine. & LOUNGE — Asian Chinese cuisine. 3050 11 p.m. Saturday; noon- Saturday; noon-9 p.m. Food Finder Build-your-own sushi. 400 S. Washington fusion grill & sushi bar. E. Lake Lansing Road, Sunday. (517) 580-3720, Two locations: 310 N. Square, Lansing. 11 10 p.m. Sunday. (517) 3415 E. Saginaw St., East Lansing Suite xiaochinagrille.com. FB, Clippert St., Lansing. a.m.-9 p.m. Monday- Lansing. 11 a.m.-9:30 from page 38 332-1811. TO, $ P, TO, OM, WiFi, $$$ 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday- Friday; noon–9 p.m. 2A. 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. p.m. Monday-Thursday; Thursday; 11 a.m.-10 Saturday; closed SULTAN'S EXPRESS OMI SUSHI — 210 p.m. Friday-Saturday; Sunday. (517) 371-1000, — Speedy Middle M.A.C Ave., East noon-8 p.m. Sunday. thaivillagelansing.com. Lansing. 11:30 a.m.-10 Eastern cuisine. 305 (517) 483-2650. Also: TO, OM, $ p.m. Monday-Saturday, S. Washington Square, 1381 E. Grand River, noon-9 p.m. Sunday, Lansing. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. LANSING’S East Lansing. 11 a.m.-10 THAILAND — Authentic (517) 337-2222. WB, TO, Monday-Friday; closed FAV0RITE p.m. Monday-Saturday; Thai cuisine. 401 E. RES (M-F only), $$ Saturday-Sunday. (517) noon-10 p.m. Sunday. CREATIVE NIGHT 484-2850, sultansex- Grand River, Lansing. tamakiroll.com. OM, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday- PANDA HOUSE — press.com. TO, OM, D, 0UT ! WiFi, $$ Friday; closed Saturday- Chinese cuisine. 3499 E. P, $ - $$ Looks like ART, Feels like a PARTY! A little bit of paint, Lake Lansing Road, East Sunday. (517) 372-8992. TASTE OF THAI — OM, TO, $ a little bit of wine, and a whole lot of FUN! Lansing. 11 a.m.-11:30 SAFFRON GRILL — 1105 E. Grand River p.m. Friday-Saturday; 11 Deli-style Middle Eastern Ave., East Lansing. 11 WE’D L0VE T0 H0ST Y0UR: UDON SUSHI BAKERY a.m.-10:30 p.m. Sunday- cuisine. 235 Albert St., a.m.-9 p.m. Monday- -Birthday Parties — Korean cuisine. 134 -Bachelorette Parties Thursday. (517) 333- East Lansing. 11 a.m.-9 Thursday; 11 a.m.-10 N. Harrison Road, East -Team Building Events -Family Get Together 1818. P, TO, D $-$$ p.m. Monday-Thursday; p.m. Friday; 1-10 p.m. Lansing. 5 p.m.-3 a.m. noon-10 p.m. Friday- Saturday; 1-9 p.m. -Girls' Night Out Monday-Saturday; PERSIS INDIAN Saturday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. (517) 324-0225, closed Sunday. (517) GRILL — 3536 Meridian Sunday. (517) 333-8444, tasteofthaimsu.com. D, No experience required, only enthusiasm! Crossing Dr., Ste. #200, sultandelight.com. D, TO, OM, TO, RES, WiFi $-$$ 332-5995. TO, $-$$ Okemos. 11:30 a.m.-2 OM, WiFi. $$ Located in Frandor. Sign up online! p.m. & 5:30 p.m.-9:30 THAI 102° — 225 M.A.C. UKAI JAPANESE p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; SUSHI BLUE — 920 Ave., East Lansing. STEAKHOUSE — www.paintingwithatwist.com/lansing (517) 483-2450 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. & American Road, Lansing. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Hibachi style grill. 2167 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday; (517) 394-2583 11 Monday-Friday; noon-10 W. Grand River Ave., noon-2:30 p.m. & 5:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday- p.m. Saturday; closed Okemos. 4-10 p.m. p.m.-10 p.m. Saturday; Friday; noon-9:30 Sunday. (517) 337-8424, Monday-Thursday; 4-11 noon-3 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. Saturday; closed thai102.com. OM, TO, D, p.m. Friday-Saturday; p.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday. Sunday. RES, TO, WiFi, WiFi, $ noon-9 p.m. Sunday. (517) 993-5927, persisin- $$ (517) 349-0820. Second diangrill.com. RES, TO, THAI PRINCESS — location: 754 Delta $$-$$$ SUSHI GO — 553 E. Authentic Thai cuisine. Commerce Drive, Grand River Ave., East 1754 Central Park Drive, Lansing. (517) 853-8888. RICE KITCHEN — Lansing. 4-11 p.m. daily. Okemos. 11:30 a.m.-9 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. & 4-10 Carry-out Chinese food. (517) 324-7101. D, TO, p.m. Monday-Friday; p.m. Monday-Thursday; 551 E. Grand River $$ noon-9 p.m. Saturday; 4-11 p.m. Friday- Ave., East Lansing. 11 noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Saturday; noon-9 p.m. a.m.-midnight Monday- SUSHI MOTO — 436 (517) 381-1558, thaiprin- Sunday. iloveukai.com. Tuesday; 11 a.m.-4 a.m. Elmwood Road, Lansing. cessmi.com. TO, OM, FB, P, RES, OM, TO, Wednesday-Saturday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday- RES, $$ WiFi, $$-$$$ noon-1 a.m. Sunday. Saturday; noon-9 p.m. (517) 336-5810. D, TO, Sunday. (517) 580-4321, RES, OM, P, WiFi, $ sushimoto.us. TO, RES, OM, WiFi, WB, $$-$$$ SANSU SUSHI & COCKTAILS — 4750 S. SUSHI YA — 529 E. Hagadorn Road, East Grand River Ave., Lansing. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 East Lansing. 11:30 p.m. & 4:30–10 p.m. a.m.-10:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 3-10 Monday-Thursday; p.m. Sunday. (517) 333- 11:30 a.m.-midnight 1933, sansu-sushi.com. Friday-Saturday; closed FB, TO, RES, OM, $$ Sunday. (517) 333-0804. RES, TO, WiFi, $$-$$$ SULTAN'S — Middle Eastern. 4790 S. SWAGATH INDIAN Hagadorn Road, East CUISINE — 1060 Lansing. 11 a.m.-8:45 Trowbridge Road, East p.m. Monday-Thursday; Lansing. 11:30 a.m.–3 11 a.m.-9:45 p.m. p.m. and 5 p.m.–9:30 Friday-Saturday; closed p.m. daily. (517) 333- Sunday. (517) 333-4444, 6536, swagathfoods. sultansrestaurant.net. com. RES, TO, WiFi, TO, OM, RES, WiFi, $$ $-$$

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