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My family moved here from you have to make decisions to feed Michigan City, Indiana, when I was everybody. 5. Every house we rented was on the Sometimes when you don’t know, east side. you tend to reach for the easy things My aunt would always bring us to do that. to Hunter Park and her daughter to When I got out of the military and play in the pool. This is a nice park saw convenience stores in our neigh- where kids have room to play. There borhood, the people on welfare and is a tennis court. My mom used to food stamps went to the party store bring us to play tennis and we would where it cost more. There, you’ll watch her. I’ve spent many great spend all your stamps to feed your summers here. family and will become unhealthy. I first learned about the garden So that’s why having a neighbor- because of the Allen Street Market. hood garden is good because they They do a lot of wonderful work don’t have to ship it in from a long for the community. One day, my distance with pesticides and preser- girlfriend invited me to a yoga class vatives in. there. Not only was it free, but they Instead, the community can come would give you a $5 voucher to use and pick produce here. When I was Wednesday at the market with the in the yoga program, I used to always farmers and vendors coming in with pick berries here in the summertime. fresh produce. They have raspberries, blueberries I love how they look out for the and all kinds of fruits and vegetables. community like that. Whenever I would have anxiety You can buy something that is or feel unsure because the world “organic” from the store, but if you becomes different or changes, I ride don’t have a hand in it yourself, you through the east side and it would be usually don’t know what’s in there. an anchor and homing beacon for me I still want quality food. It is to bring my spirit back to “It’s OK.” cheaper to raise it yourself and come It calms me to be here. It may not be to gardens like this. Now I’m a grand- the prettiest. I lived in the suburbs mother, so it is even more important and prettier places, but this place is to me to have this knowledge and home and it feels good. wisdom to pass on to my children to (This interview was edited and be a more informed consumer. condensed by Dennis Burck. If you Being here made me think that have a recommendation for “Favorite nobody seeks to be unhealthy. Things,” please email dennis@lan- Everyone wants to feed their chil- singcitypulse.com.) dren, but when you are low income, 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 8, 2019 VOL. 18 ISSUE 40

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NOW AT 10:00 A.M. SUNDAYS on City Pulse • May 8, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 C PULSE NEWS & OPINIONOF THE WEEK Court consolidation advances, savings decline C OF THE WEEK Despite reduced expectations for cost savings, a plan to consolidate Ingham County’s district courts is advancing in the face of growing opposition. A recent Ingham County fiscal anal- ysis by the controller’s office suggests plans to merge district courtrooms in Lansing, East Lansing and Mason into a unified 55th District Court could save, at most, about $230,000 annually. It’s a far cry from estimates that saved local municipalities as much as $1.5 million Simply Smitten Boutique when the plan was first introduced. 257 S. Bridge St., Dimondale Despite opposition from several dis- A carved limestone panel detailing trict judges, a few attorneys and the the history of this grand building may Schor Meadows NAACP, support for the initiative, led be found high in the upper wall of the by mayors Andy Schor of Lansing and that shared courthouse, but I just don’t District judges Andrea Larkin and front elevation. Along with the 1897 Mark Meadows of East Lansing, is pro- see how that can work anymore. We Richard Ball in East Lansing have construction date, the faint letter- pelling the long-sought plan. Savings couldn’t find a plan that seemed to expressed doubt about the poten- ing reads, “In memory of our heroes are savings, they explained to City work for everybody. I still think we’re tial savings and have also spoken out 1861-1865,” adding that the building Pulse, even though they are less than willing to move forward, just now more against a perceived lack of local control was erected by the local Grand Army first thought. from a public policy standpoint.” should a new chief judge be assigned of the Republic post and its auxiliary, “This is all up to the mayors to decide, Rather than focusing exclusively on over their courtrooms. the Woman’s Relief Corps. but I’d like to think that saving tax - the bottom line, Meadows is looking at Neither could be reached for com- The national GAR was formed by payer dollars — and we’re still talking a bigger picture of overall efficiencies ment for this story. veterans of the American Civil War, about hundreds of thousands of dollars through the reorganization of region- Several attorneys on the board of the engaging in political advocacy in — would still be a good sign,” said 55th al caseloads. But the comparatively Friends of Ingham County Veterans support of soldiers’ pensions and the Circuit Judge Thomas P. Boyd. “We watered-down savings still isn’t enough Treatment Court also recently wrote creation of a national Memorial Day still have a disjointed system that needs to convince some that the plans are the East Lansing City Council to oppose holiday. This building was occupied improvement. This is still about better worth the effort. the merger. by Post #107, named for veteran Tim service for less money.” The new “Consolidated District “I just don’t want to start jeopar- Lewis, which was mustered in 1883 State legislation passed last year dizing things by changing things,” and disbanded in 1936. The last GAR allows city and county officials to con- the group’s president, attorney Larry post, located in Duluth, Minnesota, solidate the 54A, 54B and 55th District Salstrom, said. “I think we’re doing a dissolved in 1956 following the death courts under a single, county-con- “Saving taxpayer dollars — and superb job. I don’t think anyone is say- of its last surviving member. trolled operating system by Nov. 1. The we’re still talking about hundreds ing they’d eliminate these courts but I This Italianate structure is clad in idea: Save cash by eliminating staffing of thousands of dollars — would just don’t want the possibility to exist. multicolored brick, frequently found redundancies and better serve local res- still be a good sign.” I just don’t see any type of clear gain to in Victorian-era buildings. Window idents by redrawing some inconvenient — Judge Thomas P. Boyd, justify this chaotic, reshuffling of our hoods cap the upper level openings, judicial boundary lines. 55th District Court local judicial system.” then continue a short distance down Prior plans included the ambitious Recent feedback surveys from those the window jamb to rest on a deco- construction of a courtroom com- who used the courtrooms also included rative string course encircling the plex to be shared by Lansing and East Court Preliminary Fiscal Analysis” rave reviews. Those who left satisfied building. Varied colors reinforce the Lansing and the eventual retirement of from the county controller’s office was with the existing level of service ranged masonry details, from the corbelled 11 to 14 clerical positions. But the idea posted to the news website eastlansing- from 77% in Lansing to 87% in Mason. bracketing to the diamond patterns was scrapped after officials couldn’t info.org after it was obtained under the Meadows dismissed the notion that formed with contrasting header hash out a deal to buy a Michigan State Freedom of Information Act. It esti- East Lansing’s specialty courts for vet- bricks, which continue around the University cornfield for the building. mates that the city of Lansing would erans and those struggling with sub- building’s sides as a simpler cross Current plans revolve around “orga- receive the largest financial benefit from stance abuse would be jeopardized shape. nizational consolidation” without a consolidation, with an expected annual through consolidation. The idea is — Daniel E. Bollman, AIA physical merger. Six or seven jobs could cost savings of $93,000 to $130,000. “entirely delusional,” he said. Boyd also still be cut, but doing so would generate Ingham County could curb annual expected specialty courts — regardless a much smaller savings. costs by $42,000 to $58,000 and East who could eventually become chief “Eye Candy of the Week” is our look at some “The issue shifted,” Meadows said. of the nicer properties in Lansing. It rotates each Lansing stands to save $30,000 to judge — to continue as usual. with Eyesore of the Week. If you have a suggestion, “There was much more savings when $42,000 annually, the report said. please e-mail [email protected] or call Berl we were moving in the direction of See Courts, Page 6 Schwartz at 999-5061. 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 8, 2019 Sheriff lobbies for increased mental health funding Senate committee approves forces those inmates to wait an average to provide proper care. This issue will $2.2 million measure of 10 months inside the jail. only continue to grow until we invest in Statewide, on any given day, about its solution.” 115 defendants are usually waiting be- Wriggelsworth recently testified be- Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wrig- hind bars or while released on bond for fore the Senate Appropriations Com- gelsworth contends additional state treatment availability. That waitlist of- mittee to lobby for increased mental funding will be needed to provide a ten strains local jails that are sometimes health funding and ensure that Whit- growing number of inmates with access forced to provide behavioral health mer’s proposed allocation remains to adequate mental health treatment services to them in the meantime. And within the state’s next fiscal budget. The behind bars. jails, notably, aren’t always the best committee approved it Tuesday and sent Without it, dozens of inmates at In- place to address a mental illness. it to the Committee of the Whole to be gham County’s jail will essentially be “This is a major community health scheduled for full Senate consideration. forced to get sicker and sicker, he said. and safety issue we’re experiencing Hertel said the mental health “crisis” “This isn’t about money, although not only here in Ingham County, but Wriggelsworth is a direct result of how the state has pri- money is a component to this issue,” in all 83 counties in Michigan,” Wrig- oritized mental health in previous bud- Wriggelsworth added. “The problem But hope is on the horizon. Gov. gelsworth said. “With limited access to gets. Without that infusion of funding, is the limited resources that we’re able Gretchen Whitmer proposed an addi- treatment facilities, inmates incompe- the problem will only grow worse across to give people over here. As these folks tional $2.2 million in funding this year tent to stand trial wait months on end the state, he said. wait for treatment, they’re only get for the state’s forensic centers — spelling in jail while their cases stall and go no- “Opening up another wing at the fo- sicker and sicker, and it ends up taking an increase of about a dozen full-time where.” rensic psychiatry center will move peo- more resources to finally get them some employees to help streamline access to During that time, those inadequately ple out of jails faster and get them out of rehabilitation when they get it.” treatment. And the proposal is already treated mental illnesses are left in jail. treatment and back into society,” Hertel Every year, about a dozen Ingham gaining traction, said State Sen. Curtis It’s unfair to the defendant, the victims added. “Jails aren’t the proper place to County inmates are found to be men- Hertel Jr., D-East Lansing. and the jailers that are forced to float provide comprehensive mental health tally incompetent to stand trial for their “This is a pervasive issue across the the bill for their extended stay, Wrig- treatment. It’s just cruel to keep people crimes, Wriggelsworth said. At that nation, and Michigan is no exception,” gelsworth said. And at a daily cost of in places where they aren’t getting prop- point, they’re typically shuffled off to a Hertel said. “Without adequate funding $85, those inmates can cost the county er treatment.” state forensic center for treatment. And for mental health facilities, jails have be- about $25,000 each during their ex- — KYLE KAMINSKI here’s the hiccup: Limited space usually come some of the country’s largest treat- tended stay. ment centers, but they’re not equipped [email protected]

support other government functions. of the “potential to jeopardize diversity anybody. It just means they cannot rely Courts “Any savings we can use for other on our court benches.” on a raise next year unless everybody services is a positive,” Schor added. “It’s The track record of a diverse array of else is caught up with them. This just just better government for so many Ingham County judicial officials elect- helps everyone else. It doesn’t directly from page 5 people who literally have to drive right ed since 1980, however, have largely hurt anyone.” “The judicial branch is an indepen- past a courtroom on their way out to been used to diffuse those arguments. District court administrators in both dent arm of our government,” Meadows Mason. If we can help unify those areas, For example, 55th Disctrict Chief Lansing and East Lansing did not added. “This system is supposed to be that’s convenience for a lot of people. Judge Donald Allen, African American, return calls for this story. separate. That’s how it was designed. One centralized entity is also going to has been elected twice after an initial Schor said he hopes to bring a pro- We don’t need to have local control in be much more efficient.” gubernatorial appointment in 2008. posal to consolidate the 54A District our courts. That’s the point.” Consolidation would also shift the And while all employees would Court with Ingham County — with While savings might not be as much eight district court judges into county- retain their jobs through consolidation, or without East Lansing on board — as expected, an overhaul in caseload wide elections. Lansing District Judge Clarke has also voiced concern about to the Lansing City Council before organization could still potentially save Hugh Clarke has argued the out-coun- soon-to-be frozen pay rates for the October. City Council members in East Lansing and Meridian Township resi- ty, electoral tilt would make it more comparatively higher-paid court staff Lansing and the Ingham County Board dents an inconvenient drive to Mason difficult to elect a person of color to in Lansing and East Lansing. of Commissioners will also have the to handle their courtroom business, adequately represent minority demo- The county’s fiscal analysis suggests final say before consolidation can take officials explained. And even a few graphics in cities like East Lansing and that under a unified employment sys- place. bucks saved on court expenses can help Lansing. tem, all courtroom employees would “That report doesn’t show the savings “There’s no real savings. There’s no eventually need to shift to a unified that was anticipated, that’s true, but we unified complex. Everyone keeps com- pay structure. Staff in Lansing or East do still see an operational efficiency by STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT ing up with ideas, but this just isn’t nec- Lansing would essentially be denied putting this all under one organiza- COUNTY OF INGHAM NOTICE TO CREDITORS essary,” Clarke added when reached last wage increases until their lower-paid tion,” added County Board Chairman Decedent's Estate File No. 19-497-DE week. “If it’s about being convenient for counterparts who work in Mason are Bryan Crenshaw. “I think what’s driv-

Estate of Steven Michael Miller, Deceased. Date of birth: 09-23- citizens, just let the judges get together able to catch up to the salary scheme. ing us right now is the efficiency in 1974. TO ALL CREDITORS:* and discuss a plan to address the issue. “They’re trying to pound a 6-inch operations. We can save time and ener- NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Steven Michael Miller, died on or after 3/22/2019. Creditors of the decedent are notified We need to ask them to step aside and round peg into a square, 1-inch whole. gy in our judicial system.” that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Freddie Michael Miller, personal representative, let us do this.” That’s all this is,” Clarke added. “There’s — KYLE KAMINSKI or to both the probate court at 313 West Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, MI 48933 and the personal representative within 4 The Lansing branch of the National no reason to do it. It’s not about savings [email protected] months after the date of publication of this notice. Association for the Advancement of or convenience. It’s not about anything April 15, 2019 Freddie Michael Miller Colored People also publicly criticized that really matters.” 7983 Knox Road Portland, MI 48875 consolidation plans this week because Argued Meadows: “This doesn’t hurt CP#19-139 City Pulse • May 8, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

confirmed in 2018 to replace Justice to make it clear now that he fully Anthony Kennedy who retired. intends to file to run again in the 23rd Running till he can’t Kennedy oftentimes was the swing Senate District and that he will “until Hertel plans court fight if necessary to stay on ballot vote to break a tie between liberal jus- the highest court tells me I can’t.” tices who want to apply some scrutiny So, in short, Hertel quipped, “I’m not in face of redistricting verdict to gerrymandering and conservatives dead, yet.” who believe the issue isn’t appropriate (Kyle Melinn of the Capitol news ser- The popular opinion in town is that “An abrogated term is not a full term for federal court review. vice MIRS is at [email protected].) if Michigan must and creates a vacancy I am eligible to But if those efforts fail, Hertel wants hold court-ordered run for,” Hertel said. POLITICS special state Senate Under this theory, it’s possible to ar- CITY OF EAST LANSING elections in 2020, gue that if Hertel, or any other senator, NOTICE OF ADOPTION East Lansing Demo- serves two abrogated two-year terms ORDINANCE NO. 1457 crat Curtis Hertel Jr. that they could run again in 2022, but AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 26-56 OF DIVISION 2 - DISORDERLY will be ineligible to Hertel didn’t go there when asked. CONDUCT - OF ARTICLE II - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER - run for his seat. Legislative Republicans are hoping OF CHAPTER 26 - OFFENSES - OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE USE AND POSSESSION That’s not how to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to OF MARIHUANA. Hertel intends to let either pause or kill the appellate court it go down, though. decision ruling that the 2011-approved THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS: If the federal appellate court deci- legislative and congressional maps were Section 26-56 of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of East Lansing is hereby sion on gerrymandered legislative and gerrymandered and must be redrawn amended to read as follows: congressional districts stands, Hertel by Aug. 1. Sec. 26-56. - Use and possession of marihuana. said he would file to run again in the According to an attorney who spe- (a) No person under the age of 21 shall consume or have in his/her possession or 23rd Senate District seat in 2020 on cializes in constitutional and civil rights under his/her control, marihuana or cannabis as defined by MCL 333.7106 unless pursuant to the grounds that he was only allowed to litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court must a valid prescription filled by a pharmacy certified pursuant to MCL 333.7335-MCL 333.7336, serve a half of his second term. Hertel consider Michigan’s gerrymandering or unless that person is a qualifying patient who has been issued and possesses a registry identification card for the medical use of marihuana in accordance with Initiated Law 1 of was just reelected last year. appeal, but it likely won’t do so until 2008 If another perspective candidate after it rules on pending cases in Mary- (b) No person shall transfer marihuana or marihuana accessories to a person under would like to sue him over his constitu- land and North Carolina. the age of 21 unless pursuant a valid prescription filled by a pharmacy certified pursuant to MCL 333.7335-MCL 333.7336, or unless that person is a qualifying patient who has been tional interpretation, they can feel free Sam Bagenstos, a University of Mich- issued and possesses a registry identification card for the medical use of marihuana in to do it. igan law professor, said the lawmakers’ accordance with Initiated Law 1 of 2008. (c) No person shall consume marihuana in a public place or smoke marihuana But Hertel is prepared to go to state appeal of the League of Women Voters’ where prohibited by the person who owns, occupies or manages the property, except Supreme Court to defend his position. case is a direct appeal, which means the for purposes of this subdivision, a public place does not include an area designated for “If the district opened and my term is Supreme Court doesn’t have discretion consumption within a municipality that has authorized consumption in designated areas that are not accessible to persons under 21 years of age. cut short, I’m running until the highest to decide whether to consider the case. (d) No person shall cultivate marihuana plants if the plants are visible from a public court tells me I can’t,” Hertel said. “It doesn’t mean that they have to place without the use of binoculars, aircraft, or other optical aids or outside of an enclosed area equipped with locks or other functioning security devices that restrict access to the area. “After speaking with attorney, I believe hear oral arguments on the case,” he (e) No person shall smoke marihuana within a vehicle upon a public way. firmly the Michigan Constitution is on said. “They could issue an order af- (f) No person shall possess marihuana accessories or possess or consume my side.” firming the lower court’s decision; they marihuana on the grounds of a public or private school where children attend classes in preschool programs, kindergarten programs, or grades 1 through 12, or in a school bus. Under the state’s term-limit law, could issue an opinion reversing or they (g) No person shall possess more than 2.5 ounces of marihuana within a person's Michigan’s Constitution reads: “No could do something else in between, place of residence unless the excess marihuana is stored in a container or area equipped with locks or other functioning security devices that restrict access to the contents of the person shall be elected to the office but they can’t just sidestep the case the container or area. of state senate more than two times.” way they can with most stuff on their (h) A person who violates subsection (a) (b) (c) (d) or (g) of this section shall be Hertel was elected in 2014 and, again, docket,” he said. responsible for a civil infraction and shall be punished by one or more of the following: (1) A fine of not more than $25.00 plus costs to be assessed by the court; in 2018. On April 25, a three-judge Court of (2) Service to the community for not more than 30 days; However, if the federal appellate Appeals panel ruled that special elec- (3) Substance abuse screening and /or attendance and completion of a program court decision on gerrymandered tions would need to be held in 2020 in of "substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services" or "substance abuse prevention services" as defined in section 6107 of the Michigan Public Health Code (MCL 333.6107), as legislative and congressional districts congressional, state Senate and House ordered by the court." stands, Hertel said his second term districts because current maps drawn (i) A person who violates subsection (e) or (f) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by one or more of the following: would, effectively, be cut in half, which by Republicans represent a political (1) A fine of not more than $100.00 plus costs to be assessed by the court; activates a second part of the Consti- gerrymander “of historical propor- (2) Jail for not more than 90 days; tution. tions.” (3) Service to the community for not more than 90 days; (4) Substance abuse screening and/or attendance and completion of a program “Any person appointed or elected to Republican lawmakers, including of "substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services" or "substance abuse prevention fill a vacancy in the house of represen- House Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Lever- services" as defined in section 6107 of the Michigan Public Health Code (MCL 333.6107), as ordered by the judge or district court magistrate. tatives or the state senate for a period ing, filed a notice of intent April 30 to (j) A person sentenced to perform service to the community under this section greater than one half of a term of such appeal the ruling. shall not receive compensation for such service, and shall reimburse the state or city for the office, shall be considered to have been They are expected to ask the Su- cost of supervision incurred by the state or city as a result of the person's activities in that service. elected to serve one time in that office preme Court to stay the lower court’s (k) The provisions of this section restricting the possession of marihuana or for the purposes of this section,” it ruling to allow that appeal process to any derivative, compound, preparation, or mixture shall not apply to common carriers or warehousemen or their employees engaged in the lawful transportation or storage of such reads. move forward. drugs, or to public officers or employees while engaged in the performance of their official In this case, Hertel and, presumably, Bagenstos, who ran unsuccessfully duties nor to temporary incidental possession on the part of employees or agents of persons the other seven two-term senators for Michigan Supreme Court justice in lawfully entitled to possession. (l) A patient and a patient's primary caregiver may assert the medical purpose for will have served exactly half of a term, November, wouldn’t speculate on how using marihuana as a defense to any prosecution involving marihuana under this ordinance not more than one term, making this the U.S. Supreme Court might rule, but and such defense shall be presumed valid where the evidence meets the requirements of MCL 333.26428(a)(1), (2), and (3). period between noon Jan. 1, 2019, and he noted that arguments likely will be Jennifer Shuster midnight Dec. 31 2020, less than a full addressed to target the court’s new- City Clerk term. est justice, Brett Kavanagh , who was CP#19-137 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 8, 2019 The age of Idiocracy Trump is a symptom, not the disease, and defeating him is only the first step

The dirty little secret about party emerged in 2009 and was then     American politics is that the average handed the bullhorn of social media, voter knows what was left of the GOP’s diminishing next to noth- INFORMED DISSENT intellectual class has beaten into sub- ing about their mission by the kind of revanchist, often    government or conspiratorial, increasingly nativist, the policies it proudly ignorant know-nothingism enacts, which both embodied and empowered by the means half of likes of Fox News’ primetime lineup. voters know less The inmates took over the asylum.  than that. Or better put: The dunces took over JEFFERY C. BILLMAN That doesn’t the classroom. So now you have a party mean they’re in which more than 90 percent of its idiots. They’re just normal folks with voters support a man who can’t make   normal jobs and normal families who it through a policy paper unless it has have neither the time nor the inclina- pretty pictures, who, despite having tion to fixate on this stuff, which might access to the largest trove of intelli- be better for their mental health. gence in the world, prefers to obsess Nor is that a partisan snipe. It’s over cable television news, and who true that Donald Trump is president spent his weekend retweeting white because of low-information voters — supremacists to argue that private specifically, poorly educated whites social-media companies should be who backed him by a 2–1 margin, legally obligated to offer a platform driven by anxiety over changing cul- to fringe conspiracy sites. That’s a tural norms and, yes, racism. But the position, by the way, that not long ago Democrats have their share of low-in- would have been heretical to the GOP, formation voters, too, many of whom are minorities who might be drawn “Defeating Trump, as to Trump’s brand of authoritarianism necessary as it is, will only be were they not its targets. Indeed, while the first step in a long, Democrats have been luring disaffect- intensive and uncertain battle.” ed college-educated whites from the Republicans during the Trump era, 47 percent of Democratic primary voters as would Trump’s embrace of tariffs in 2016 hadn’t completed a bache- and his willingness to play footsie with lor’s degree. These voters tend to live foreign dictators. in the South, where Democrats have As the college educated abandon the less power, and are less traditionally Republican Party, this dynamic will liberal. Interestingly, according to a become more pronounced. Ideological recent New York Times analysis of consistency and intellectual rigor will survey data, only about a quarter of become irrelevant, replaced by the Democrats are progressive activists, atavistic urges and authoritarian feal- and only about 10 percent would be ties intrinsic to right-wing populism. considered democratic socialists. In Internal critiques will be sidelined; other words, Twitter is not real life. party leaders, should they wish to But that gets at the asymmetry remain party leaders, will get in line. between the parties: The Democrats’ This is already happening. To cite activists and doctrinaire liberals are, the most obvious example: A few for the most part, college-educated years ago, Sen. Lindsey Graham of people who care about and agitate South Carolina warned that nominat- for policy as a means to effect social ing Trump would destroy the GOP. change, even if the rank of file aren’t. Graham is now Trump’s biggest hand- They drive the conversation about maiden, using his chairmanship of the where the party is headed. Senate Judiciary Committee to amplify Republican activists — the ones on the president’s deep-state conspiracies. the front lines — aren’t as interested in I’ve written that Trump is a cancer policy, at least not any policy ground- corrupting the body politic, and this 517.999.999 [email protected] 1800 N Grand River Ave Lansing, MI ed in empiricism. Over the last two is what I mean: Cancer is the uncon- decades, and particularly since the tea See Billman, Page 9 City Pulse • May 8, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

cism, dating back to Richard Nixon’s Southern strategy, that stoked racial STATE OF MICHIGAN Billman OFFICE OF THE INGHAM COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER resentment for votes, and three decades of Fox News and talk-radio In the Matter of: Marshall Tile Drain from page 8 propaganda that laid the groundwork NOTICE OF MEETING OF BOARD OF DETERMINATION for an army of angry, aggrieved white trolled growth of abnormal cells that NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you as a person liable for an assessment that eventually overwhelm bodily defense men who think they’re the victims of the Board of Determination, composed of Paulette Hatchett, Helen Le Blanc, Cheryl Risner mechanisms. Trump came to power political correctness, diversity and cul- and Dennis Williams (Alternate), will meet on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at tural evolution. the Aurelius Township Hall, 1939 S. Aurelius Road, Mason, Michigan, 48854 to hear all on the wave of an abnormal growth interested persons and evidence and to determine whether the actions prayed for in a Petition that overwhelmed our democracy’s That’s the real cancer. Defeating dated July 30, 2018 for the cleaning out, relocating, widening, deepening, straightening, tiling, Trump, as necessary as it is, will only extending, improving, providing structures, mechanical devices and pumping equipment, defenses. A healthier democracy would adding branches and a relief drain and/or relocating along a highway to the drain known have fought it off. But, after the Great be the first step in a long, intensive and and designated as the Marshall Tile Drain, is necessary and conducive to the public health, Recession and decades of pointless uncertain battle against the disease. convenience or welfare of Aurelius Township, in accordance with Sections 72 and 191 of Act And the cure isn’t a revival of the No. 40, PA 1956, as amended, and for the protection of the public health of said Aurelius wars, our democracy was weak, and the Township, and further, to determine whether it is necessary to add lands to and/or delete Trump cancer grew to the point where anti-Trump status quo. That ship has lands from the Marshall Tile Drain Drainage District pursuant to Section 197 of Act No. 40, it now threatens the whole body. sailed, too — another strike against PA 1956, as amended. Biden. A generation of foreign policy But here’s where the analogy breaks Proceedings conducted at this public hearing will be subject to the provisions of down: While Trump is a product disasters, crushing economic inequality the Michigan Open Meetings Act, and you are further notified that information regarding and a decimation of trust in American this meeting may be obtained from the Ingham County Drain Commissioner. Persons with of this cancer, and he expedited its disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting should contact spread, he wasn’t its cause. Excising institutions has seen to that. The old the Ingham County Drain Commissioner at the number noted below (voice) or through the him in 2020 won’t close Pandora’s box. way has failed, and its broken promis- Michigan Relay Center at 711 (TTY) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to request es, I fear, will prove impotent in stop- mobility, visual, hearing or other assistance. Minutes of the meeting will be on file in the That ship has sailed, and thinking following office: Ingham County Drain Commissioner’s Office, 707 Buhl Avenue, Mason, otherwise is dangerous. ping the Trump malignancy or whatev- Michigan 48854. er succeeds it. I have several issues with Joe YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that persons aggrieved by the decisions of Biden’s recently declared bid for the What the new course will look like is the Board of Determination may seek judicial review in the Circuit Court for the County of Democratic presidential nomination. the fundamental question animating Ingham within ten (10) days of the determination. If the actions prayed for in the Petition are the Democratic primary. I’ll jump into determined to be necessary and conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, His premise that Trump is merely a special assessment may be levied against properties that benefit from the project. A an aberration is a big one. Trump those very murky waters next week. landowner of or party of interest to property to be assessed, or their agent, may appear in isn’t. Rather, he’s the culmination (JeffreyBillman is the editor of INDY person to comment on the necessity of the project. of a half-century of calculated cyni- Week, in Durham, North Carolina.) Dated: April 26, 2019 Patrick E. Lindemann Ingham County Drain Commissioner Phone: (517) 676-8395 CP#19-138 Make $50,000 to $70,000 a year

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By DENNIS BURCK said. “Through my experience with The first few weeks of class for my husband, his combat experience Combat Veteran Certificate students is what was especially traumatic.” didn’t involve running out and buying Seeing a void in treatment, she textbooks. It involved writing a fare- contacted Glenn Stutzky, a fellow well letter to family, receiving a pair senior clinical instructor of social of green dog tags and several packets work at MSU. The pair looked into of ready-to-eat military rations. the topic and found there were little This is part of MSU’s new immer- to no dedicated courses or programs sion style course on how to treat on combat trauma for social workers combat veterans for PTSD and in the U.S. combat trauma. Last year, the U.S. Another disconnect the instructors Department of Veterans Affairs found was between service people released a study of veteran suicides and medical providers. from 2005 to 2016. It found that on “The predominant diagnosis for average approximately 6,132 veterans people coming back from war who and 1,387 service members die each are having difficulties, especially if year from this cause. That’s nearly 20 it looks like it has an emotional ele- lives lost per day. ment, is PTSD,” Stutzky said. This means veteran suicides sur- PTSD is predominantly a stress Dennis Burck/City Pulse pass the total 6,951 military com- and anxiety disorder well researched MSU's Combat Vetern Certificate course gives students a pair of green dog tags. bat deaths in the wars in Iraq and with treatment methods since the Afghanistan from 2001 to 2018 in Vietnam War, he added. wound and an injury just as real as immersive course came from the two one year. “Tina and I were looking at this anything else.” days students had to spend in “com- Tina Blaschke-Thompson, a senior wondering, ‘Why are suicide rates Part of the confusion on behalf of bat.” clinical instructor of the MSU still so stable?’ Seven thousand peo - social work is a Venn diagram effect, In simulated combat, students had Combat Veteran Certificate courses, ple a year is not a small amount when where PTSD and a "moral injury" — to seclude themselves from friends, speaks from experience. Her husband you are talking about how less than 1 the injury done to one's conscious, or family, the Internet and all meals, Kevin Thompson, a former marine % of the population are those actual- moral, compass — see some overlap- except military rations, for two days. who served for seven years, strug- ly serving in the military.” ping symptoms. One student even carried a baseball gled with PTSD and depression after They came across developing “What we are doing by more clearly bat with her at all times to mimic the returning home from the Iraq War. defining moral injury is to tease it out weight of a rifle. She noticed that nothing in her because it needs a different approach Joel Evers, an inaugural graduate over 10 years of experience working for healing,” Stutzky said. of the certification, hiked five miles in social work prepared her for this. In summer 2018, SW 491: into the woods with a 90 lb. ruck - “By not digging deep into that Embracing the Stories of War, the sack, slept outside for two days and combat trauma to develop a thorough first of a series of three veteran-fo- listened to a veteran-approved play- understanding of what that looks cused social work classes were offered. list of music that servicemen listened like, social workers won’t be prepared Stutzky and Blaschke-Thompson to while at war. to help a veteran ever work through decided to teach it through immer- “It was more than walking in their it,” Blaschke-Thompson said. “That’s sion and narrative, bringing in real shoes, it was building empathy. I what we experienced through my combat veterans and artifacts to tell can’t imagine doing what they had to husband meeting helpers who had no their stories. do in that setting. It gave us only a idea what he went through.” Stutzky looks at this similar to a glimpse of what it could’ve been like Right off the bat was one faux pas trainee entering the medical world for them,” Evers said. after another with Thompson’s social testing on cadavers. “You need a cer- The first group of eight students workers, Blaschke-Thompson recalls. tain amount of exposure to develop graduated with a Combat Veterans One called Thompson a “soldier,” a Evers what you need to handle a specific Certificate last May. Each one plans designation from the Army instead of situation,” he said. to work with veterans directly in the the Marines. research on the concept of treating There are many accounts of social field post-graduation, according to A slip such as this shows a cultural "moral injury," making it a prime workers recoiling to stories of war Blaschke-Thompson. gap between the people treating these focus in the fight against veteran from their clients, which has a chill- In 2018, Blaschke-Thompson and service people and the service peo- depression. ing effect on the effectiveness of ther- Stutzky received a Council of Social ple themselves, Blaschke-Thompson Psychiatrist Jonathan Shay coined apy, he added. Work Education award for Innovative said. the term working with Vietnam vet- Part of the solution is Stutzky and Teaching in Social Work for SW491: The Department of Veteran Affairs erans, defining it as “betrayal of what Blaschke-Thompson opening up a Embracing the Stories of War is the largest single employer of social is right by someone who holds legit- no-credit version of the class for “As civilians, we hold some respon- workers in the U.S., but many of them imate authority in a high stakes sit- human service professionals desiring sibility for what goes on. We elected do not specialize in combat trauma, uation.” to earn the newfound certification. It the officials who sent them to war,” Blaschke-Thompson said. Stutzky said, “They have seen, is $500 a class plus the cost of learn- Evers said. “With that being said, “Military social work is very broad. smelled and heard things where it ing materials. All three courses are we are responsible for who they are, The combat piece is just a really violates their deepest identity as who required for full certification. what they did and the consequences small piece of what they cover,” she they are in their moral heart. It is a The most intensive part of the when they get home.” City Pulse • AprilMay 8,10, 2019 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.comwww.lansingcitypulse.com 119

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Medal of Arts upon her), Lincoln given the maestro a whole new way “We wanted to do something really Center or a gig with the Lansing to be excited. special for the 90th season, some- Symphony. “We’ve always had a commitment thing that might have even broader “Audra is magic,” Muffitt said. “No to nurturing new music, but this is appeal than straight classical music,” one does what she does. She seemed a whole different ballgame,” Muffitt Lansing Symphony maestro Timothy like the perfect fit, as one of America’s said. “This person will be integrated Muffitt said. great artists and musicians.” with the orchestra and the commu- McDonald has received six Tony On Nov. 2, the orchestra will go in a nity for an extended period of time.” Awards, more than any perform- completely different direction, devot- The last concert of the 2019-2020 er, and is the only person to win ing an entire evening to Mahler’s season, and the two subsequent sea- all four acting categories. She’ll gargantuan Second Symphony, son openers and closers, will each join the home team Sept. 21 for a also known as the “Resurrection” include a piece of music by the com- romp through the Great American Symphony. poser-in-residence. Songbook, preceded by an orchestral The rare feat will require all of The job comes with several duties, warm-up of symphonic dances by MSU’s choral forces, vocal solo- including writing a 10 to 20-min- ists, augmented strings and major ute piece the orchestra will premiere orchestral reinforcements. some time during the composer’s “There’s a very large contingent of tenure. offstage brass players — and a pret- Courtesy photo The community will get a rare ty large contingent of onstage brass McDonald, 48, is an American actress chance to follow a composer, up players,” Muffitt said. “It’s very excit- and singer performing close, in real time. ing to mount something like this.” with the symphony Sept. 21 “This also puts us on the map, by Anytime Mahler’s Second is per- doing work that is highly significant formed, it’s a major cultural event. Prokofiev, and added a dose of the to the music world in this country,” “You’re just walking into a new real deal, from Mozart. Muffitt said. world,” Muffitt said. “There’s some- Each year, Muffitt likes to feature The symphony’s executive director, thing almost visual about this music. one of the symphony’s principals as Courtney Millbrook, said the appli- Unlike a Brahms symphony, which a soloist. The Jan. 18 concert will cations have been “overwhelming.” seems to exist in the realm of pure feature a little-heard clarinet con- Rounding out the 2019-20 season, music, Mahler has roots that are certo by Jean Françaix, with Lansing three pops concerts are planned: a somehow in daily life — it seems to Symphony principal clarinetist Guy holiday concert Dec. 22, a night of spring from an earthly experience Yehuda doing solo honors. movie music Feb. 15 and an ABBA and goes upward from there.” When Yehuda suggested the fairly extravaganza March 28. The classical connoisseur’s night obscure Francaix concerto, Muffitt The Chamber Music Series starts of the year, and Muffitt’s favorite built a “colorful and spirited” French with an ensemble anchored by horn set list, is a tight braid of centu- program around it — Paul Dukas’ player Corbin Wagner Sept. 29 and ries-spanning artistry Oct. 11, from “Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” Ravel’s continues with the group Quartal Mozart (“Prague” Symphony) to “Mother Goose Suite” and Gershwin’s Harmony (string quartet plus flute) Prokofiev (“Classical” Symphony) “An American in Paris.” Oct. 20 and piano quartets by Fauré and Stravinsky (“Pulcinella” Suite). “Guy is a beautiful musician with a and Dvorák March 1. Muffitt considers “Pulcinella,” with lot of personality,” Muffitt said. The Lansing Symphony Jazz Band its many extended and exquisite The season will close May 8, 2020, will hold two concerts, Nov. 24 and solos, a chance to highlight some of with one of the most lyrical and noble April 16. LSO musicians will pop up the orchestra’s talented principals, of symphonies, Brahms’ Second, and in the community at several sched- concerto style. Muffitt has been eager uled events, including two stops at Courtesy photo a solo appearance by a pianist from to do “Pulcinella,” the pungent fruit the downtown Capital Area District Mahler is a late-romantic composer Kalamazoo’s Gilmore Keyboard of Stravinsky’s neo-classical period, Library Oct. 17 and Feb. 9 and the known for creating symphonies Festival. for years. To further refine the pro- Broad Museum ArtLab Nov. 17 and reflecting Christian themes. The season, as announced, looks a gram, he paired it with another great bit short on newer music, but it’s not. March 8. 20th-century neo-classical work, by 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 8, 2019 Jordyn Davis fights for her dreams in music She's the first tinued to fight to make a place for her- self. On Sunday, Davis became the first African-American woman African-American woman to receive to earn a bachelor’s degree a bachelor of music degree in compo- sition in the history of the College of in composition from MSU Music. She is also the first person to graduate with a B.M. in composition By AUDREY MATUSZ and jazz studies at the same time. To listen to one of Jordyn Davis’ orig- Davis, 24, grew up in Westland, inal compositions is to take a day trip where she could have taken the path through the mountain ranges of per- paved by the line of military brats in her sonal growth, when the blazing sun and family. All throughout middle school shadowy moonlight illuminate the forc- and high school, Davis was the only es of life-altering change. Her journey bass player in the school band. Growing to rediscovering her deepest passion up, although she couldn’t afford formal involved years of being told she could music lessons, she developed a breadth never be a professional musician. of musical interests and started a music Courtesy photo “Before I came to MSU, I had people blog. She played electric bass in a rock Davis next to her upright bass in her signature black, wide brim hat. tell me, ‘Music isn’t a thing you can do,’” band her senior year, but she had to began the process of rerouting her aca- ies. said Davis, a jazz bassist and compos- quit when she moved to East Lansing demic plans. Music College adviser Talitha Trout er. “Eighteen-year-old me was such a to study environmental engineering at “I had always dreamed of being a said students have always been discour- nervous and shy individual who really MSU. composer and scoring films, but I didn’t aged from combining the two majors wanted to be involved with music and Toward the end of her sophomore know there were resources for me to do due to the heavy workload. She said have my voice heard, but at the time, year, Davis went on an alternative spring those things at MSU,” Davis said. Davis was unique in her ability to start I felt like I needed to focus on what I break trip. She bonded with her fellow As a beginner, Davis said composi- the necessary conversations between thought I should be doing.” travelers through jam sessions where tion Professor Mark Sullivan was fun- the two departments and asking the After being told that the bass wasn’t a she performed original songs. The once damental in her development as a song- right questions. “real instrument” and that she was unfit closeted lyricist was empowered by writer. Sullivan encouraged her to audi- “One thing about Jordyn is she is not for the MSU College of Music, she con- the positive feedback she received and tion for the College of Music. However, just smart or talented. She cares about considering she had never taken formal other people and how her music affects bass lessons before MSU, the audition people,” Trout said. didn’t go well. Davis broke the news to Trout added that Davis was instru- Sullivan, who introduced her to Rodney mental in mentoring fellow jazz stu- Whitaker, the director of jazz studies dents, especially women, who are the and a renowned bass player. minority in the program. Davis said Whitaker instantly recruit- In 2017, Davis released the debut EP, ed her, and she started taking lessons “Connections,” for her neo-soul band, with him in fall 2016. While feeling one which she described as the “purest form step closer to her dream, jumping into of my expression.” In 2018, she gave a one of the most competitive jazz pro- TED Talk at MSU about how the proj- grams in the country was “devastating.” ect helped her foster meaningful con- “It was easy to get caught up in com- nections with people. paring myself and being insecure of my The musician’s lifetime goal is to knowledge and understanding of this start a nonprofit that allows young girls music,” Davis said. to study music and prepare for jobs in She added that she was also one of the music industry while also teaching the few people “running their own busi- them their responsibility to the environ- ness,” referring to the band she formed ment. at MSU, called Composetheway, “while In the fall, she will return to MSU working three jobs and paying to sup- to get her master’s in jazz studies port themselves in school.” while serving as a graduate assis- If there is anything to know about tant to the department. For the next Davis, it’s that she is willing to sacrifice two years, Davis plans to focus on just about any luxury and even essen- improving her playing and developing tials, such as sleep, to accomplish her Composetheway. goals. Her unwavering desire to mas- “In one of my songs I say, ‘I’m dying ter the bass and also get a degree in if I’m not changing,’” Davis said as she composition stunned the dean of the reflected on her six years at MSU. “My music college. After studying jazz for family, people who have pushed me three months, she presented the college and the people who have made me feel administrators with a three-year course the worst about myself have helped me schedule that fulfilled the requirements become the best version of myself at this for a B.M. in composition and jazz stud- point. I’m thankful for all of it.” City Pulse • May 8, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 15

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Joan Marcus George Washington (Carvens Lissaint, at right) makes Alexander Hamilton (Austin Scott) his right-hand man in the touring production of "Hamilton." By LAWRENCE COSENTINO at the Wharton Center for a nearly The spectacle of a black George has been almost impossible to slake. A Whether you go to see “Hamilton” three-week run, is a treasury drain, Washington spitting brisk hip-hop Chicago production launched in 2016, at the Wharton Center this month or to be sure, but it’s also a cultural phe- orders from between his wooden teeth even though it’s rare for a second stand- not is a private matter between you and nomenon without parallel. Any show administered an almost chiroprac- ing production of a Broadway show your accountant. that has 8-year-olds singing about the to run concurrently with the original. To put it in the proper idiom: The American Revolution and gets glowing The national tour hitting the Wharton Broadway money machine about the notices from Barack Obama and Dick Center this month launched in San men on the money will soon be rhym- Cheney is worth a closer look, and we Paying homage to the Francisco in early 2017, years ahead ing and dancing in Lansing, with a mis- can do that here for free. verbal virtuosity of the of the usual timetable for Broadway sion that’s historic and a vision that’s I talked to some local “Hamilton” founding fathers by turning tours. euphoric. The only pollution in this fans with pretty strong cred in theater, Now nearly every student in the revolution is that access to “Hamilton” music, history and African-American them into rappers ties both nation gets a “Hamilton” unit in histo- is so exclusive its message of inclusion studies and see why they think ends of American history ry class. Emily Conroy-Krutz, a histo- is sometimes elusive. “Hamilton” is worth parting with so rian of 18th and 19th-century America When the founders are in the house, many Washingtons. into a wild, beautiful bow. and an assistant professor at MSU, you’d better favor beans over meat for ‘Door opener’ plans on taking her daughter, who is weeks, savor every beat and soak up Early in “Hamilton,” the outgunned, in third grade, to see it for the second every syllable they speak, because it’ll outmanned American colonists tic crack to American culture when time when it comes to Wharton. take two paychecks for you and your get the word from General George “Hamilton” started its run at New “She and her friends love to sing the sweetie to settle your meat in those Washington: “Guns and horses gid- York’s Public Theater in early 2015. music together and talk about their seats. dy up! I decide to divvy up my forces; Since then, the public’s thirst for favorite songs,” Conroy-Kurtz said. “We OK, that’s out of my system. they’re skittish as the British cut the Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “story about “Hamilton,” which opens Tuesday city up.” America then, told by America now” See 'Hamilton,' Page 16 16 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 8, 2019 'Hamilton' from page 15 left the theater and she’s asking me all these questions about the Revolution. She’s engaged in a way I never could have imagined. It’s amazing.” The show about the founding has its own founding myth. On May 12, 2009, Lin-Manuel Miranda performed at the White House, with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in the front row, as part of “An Evening of Poetry, Music and the Spoken Word.” Miranda was expected to sing a song from his musical “In the Heights,” but he switched it up and made an announcement so audacious it drew laughter. “I’m actually working on a hip-hop album — a concept album — about the life of someone who embodies hip- hop: Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton,” he announced. In a stunning YouTube video, Miranda put this preposterous idea in practice, rapping the opening number of “Hamilton,” with Obama nodding along and Michelle Obama snapping her fingers. You can hear the laughter gradually die down as Miranda care- Joan Marcus fully and urgently spits each word, Bryson Bruce (center) doubles as Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette in the touring production of "Hamilton." forehead veins bulging. The video has gotten nearly 7 million views by now. high-profile scholars of the peri- centralized government that would laments. When it was posted, students in od, beginning with Hamilton biog- look a great deal like a monarchy,” “Wait till I sally in on a stallion with Conroy-Krutz’s Revolutionary America rapher (and “Hamilton” cosultant) Conroy-Kurtz said. “You have folks the first black battalion,” abolitionist class at MSU were struggling with an Ron Chernow, have given it a seal of who certainly don’t share his politics John Laurens boasts. assignment to find a contemporary approval. now, celebrating him as their favorite Paying homage to the verbal virtu- discussion of the Revolution and write “Miranda did his work,” Conroy- founding father, and that’s interesting.” osity of the founding fathers by turn- a term paper about it. Kurtz said. “He read extensively.” Skill with a quill ing them into rappers ties both ends of “I got 10 papers on ‘The Patriot,’” “The 10 Duel Commandments,” a Jeff Wray, an MSU English Professor, American history into a wild, beautiful Conroy-Krutz said, referring to a 2000 song about the rules of dueling, comes teaches courses in black film, African bow. straight from the work of Yale histori- American literature and culture. He “Even folks I know that are really an Joanne Freeman. Freeman said her believes that the power of the word — into hip-hop and might say ‘Hamilton’ “jaw hit the floor” when she first heard described as “skill with a quill” in the isn’t ‘real’ hip-hop, admire the density the song and she recognized words of the wordplay,” Wray said. “Whether from a document she found years you’re talking about Shakespeare, the before, at the bottom of a box in the Bible, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, New York Historical Society. Run DMC, the love of words is the con- “I can detail a lot of things that are nection a lot of folks really respond to.” not discussed or included in the play, Besides, the soaring melodies and or that are outright wrong with it, but languid set piece numbers heard in it is important to remember that this traditional Broadway shows could is a hip-hop musical,” Freeman said in never have packed as much charac - an interview published in YaleNews. ter development, history and political The discussion begins, she said, when debate into your head as “Hamilton’s” her students ask her: “What really hap- rapid-fire rhymes. Rodney Whitaker, pened?” director of jazz studies at MSU, saw If Conroy-Krutz has any misgivings the touring version of “Hamilton” in about the show, they center on the Phoenix last year. main character. “It was powerful,” he said. “It was “Hamilton is not a figure I would time to bring that story to life, and choose to celebrate,” she said. “It’s it was brilliant to use rap to do it. Conroy-Krutz possible to come out of the show Otherwise, to get all the words they Mel Gibson movie she said teachers with a sense of him as much more needed to get in, it would have taken have to “teach against” and “debunk.” democratically inclined than he was.” Wray six or seven hours.” A student alerted Conroy-Krutz to In the classroom, Conroy-Kurtz and The show’s blend of hip-hop and Miranda’s YouTube video and they all her students cite the song “Non-Stop,” show — is the most potent arrow in history reminded Whitaker of a sim- had a good laugh about how crazy the in which Hamilton is credited with “Hamilton’s” quiver. ilar convergence in the 1990s, when idea was. talking for six straight hours at the Nearly every line in the show pops hip-hop artists sampled jazz tracks and “Here we are, a few years later, and Constitutional Convention (“in what is with internal rhymes, galloping nouns hip-hop elements made their way into it’s taken over everything,” Conroy- surely the most un-Tweetable freestyle and double dipping verbs. jazz. Krutz said. of all time,” Miranda told a graduating “Let’s take a stand with the stamina “Being a jazz musician, I was such Non-stop class at the University of Pennsylvania God has granted us,” Hamilton pro- a purist in my youth, if you had asked Historians have pointed out plen- in 2016). claims. me about that, I might have looked ty of simplifications, distortions and “What he was talking about in those “It’s hard to have intercourse over omissions in “Hamilton,” but many six hours was creating an unbelievably four sets of corsets,” Aaron Burr See 'Hamilton,' Page 17 City Pulse • May 8, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17

elist Ishmael Reed asked a provocative Peppermint Creek Theatre Co., is the out overwhelming the eye or distract- 'Hamilton' question: “Can you imagine Jewish kind of theater fanatic who goes around ing from the spoken word and inter- actors in Berlin’s theaters taking roles listening to Broadway soundtracks all personal drama. of Goering? Goebbels? Eichmann? day. “They don’t truck out 19 different set from page 16 Hitler?” “We’ve done “In the Heights” and I’m pieces — ‘Oh, now we’re at Constitution askance at it,” Whitaker said. “But I’ve Other historians object that under a fan of Lin-Manuel Miranda anyway, Hall,’” he said. “They create a world since met a lot of people who found the skin, “Hamilton” still serves up a but he’s written some great music for with their bodies and with one little jazz through Digable Planets, Us3 and “great white men” take on history. Lyra ‘Hamilton,’ Badgero said. “It’s not ‘Kiss prop. It’s abstract in some ways, but one of those groups.” D. Monteiro, a professor of history and Me, Kate,’ it’s a language young people it’s fast and continually moving. They Similarly, Whitaker thinks the African-American studies at Rutgers can relate to and understand.” really trust the audience to go along in appeal of rap is bringing a new gener- University, criticized the show’s “era- a way most productions don’t.” ation of kids — and adults — to study sure of the black past” in a 2018 essay. The music of “Hamilton” throws sev- the founding period more closely. “Despite the proliferation of black eral genres into its hip-hop mill, from “It made me go back and read some of and brown bodies on stage, not a single Britpop to R&B and a hint of tradi- ‘The Federalist Papers’ and some of the enslaved or free person of color exists tional Broadway. other things that are cited,” Whitaker as a character in the play,” Monteiro “Don’t get me wrong — jukebox said. “It’s a genius way to bring a new wrote. musicals have a place,” Badgero said. audience of people to something this “It’s an interesting take,” Wray said. (He should talk — he’s currently direct- “But I don’t think Miranda was inter- ing the Abba-riffic musical “Mamma ested in shifting our gaze to the cor- Mia” at Okemos High School.) “But ners of the room. He wanted it fully on ‘Hamilton’ is new material, a new the main players. He wanted to sub- voice, and a new lens to put on history. vert and play with the iconic figures. Creating work that doesn’t exist yet is George Washington — yeah, we’re harder for dramatists and directors but going to make him a black man, and it’s what people want.” just keep on going.” In a recent video for WKAR tied to Wray does admit that the scrappy “Hamilton,” Jeff Wray focused on what Hamilton of the play is a partial fab- he called the “genius of adaptation.” rication. Badgero He chose two versions of the song “My “One of the main critiques you hear Favorite Things:” the original, from is that he makes Hamilton this very But Badgero’s love for “Hamilton” Broadway’s “The Sound of Music,” sung down, immigrant figure,” Wray said. goes beyond its obvious strokes of by Julie Andrews, and jazz saxophon- “History doesn’t offer that kind of evi- music and casting. ist John Coltrane’s extended, euphoric dence. He was brilliant, and a social He admires the show’s deft double take, recorded shortly thereafter. climber, but as one of my friends said, casting of several pairs of characters. “Both classics, both brilliant,” Wray ‘Was he really down with the black and The same actor (Daveed Diggs in the said. “It’s something new and different. Whitaker the brown?’” original cast) plays both the Marquis de That’s what ‘Hamilton’ reminds me of. important.” Conroy-Krutz is comfortable with Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson. The It’s a great adaptation, amalgamation, Owning it the show’s liberties, if only because same actress (Jasmine Cephas-Jones not just a remake.” The bold stroke that makes Jeff Wray they encourage further study. in the original cast) plays both Peggy All of the people I talked to about giddiest about “Hamilton” is perhaps “The potential downside, if you Schuyler, younger sister of Hamilton’s “Hamilton” for this story have all the show’s most celebrated feature — watch ‘Hamilton’ and don’t engage wife, Eliza, and Hamilton’s mistress, seen “Hamilton” already, except Wray. its diverse casting. more deeply, is that you can walk away Maria Reynolds, and so on. (And they all plan to go again.) Until “He’s saying, ‘This is how I’m casting from the show thinking these elite fig- In each case, the double casting now, Wray has known “Hamilton” it and I don’t give a damn, there you ures were attuned to questions of diver- highlights some common conflict or only through cast recordings, “The go,’” Wray said. “This story that is over sity and representation, equality and character relationship the paired char- Hamilton Mixtape” and YouTube vid- 200 years old — this is how we own it, open access,” she said. “They weren’t.” acters have with Hamilton. eos. how we make it contemporary, how we None of that is a deal breaker, “It’s not just to tighten the ensem- Whether he catches up with the tour make it now.” though, even for an incisive student ble or give more opportunities for the through East Lansing and Detroit or The big flip of casting actors of col- of America’s fraught racial history as actors to show their chops,” Badgero goes to the Chicago production, he or as the Founding Fathers, most of Wray. said. “It comments on the relationship is determined to part with as many whom were slave owners, doesn’t sit “I like the license they take,” he said. between the two characters and it’s Washingtons as necessary to see well with everyone. In an essay called “It’s open to critique but in the big done so well.” “Hamilton” in the flesh. “Black Actors Dress Up Like Slave picture, I’m constantly going, ‘Damn. Lean, smart stagecraft is another “It’s difficult, difficult, difficult, but Traders — and it’s not Halloween,” vir- Wow.’” lesson Badgero drew from “Hamilton.” I’m going to see it this summer, come tuosic African-American poet and nov- New lens Deftly deployed bits of timber, ropes hell or high water,” he said. Chad Badgero, director of the and brick suggest the time period with- Short a ticket? Enter the Ham4Ham Ticket Lottery

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be jaded about anything. Martha Argerich perform Prokofiev’s “People say it’s easier to play Mozart Third. when you’re very young than when “It was sensational, one of the best you’re an adult, and there’s some truth concerts I’ve ever seen in my life,” he to that,” Wuu said. “There’s an inno- said. cence and purity in his music. You just “Seeing these artists pushes me fur- have to have fun with it.” ther,” he said. “You see the amount of Wuu was born and raised in work they put in, but you also see the California and is now in his second enjoyment, and that’s an inspiration.” year of studies at Juilliard. Wuu’s work ethic borders on mas- He is competitive when he has to ochism. In his sophomore and junior be, but he’s a music fan at heart. Two year of high school, he entered six pianists familiar to Lansing audiences, international competitions, making up Andrew and Daniel Hsu, were close schoolwork along the way. It was the family friends of the Wuus back in the toughest two years of his young life, day. Andrew Hsu played the Schumann but he doesn’t regret it. piano concerto in Lansing in 2014; The grind of piano competitions Daniel Hsu played Beethoven’s Third sounds rough, but it’s not the fortis- Concerto here in 2016. simo Colosseum of blood sport people Ignorant of their future as Gilmore imagine. Wuu loved the travel and rel- Young Artists, the Hsus and Wuus ished every chance to meet and hear even got together and performed for his fellow pianists. each other as youngsters. The work of two more pianist com- Wuu soaked up a lot of great music posers, Dmitri Shostakovich and in the Bay Area while attending the Sergei Rachmaninov, fill out Friday’s San Francisco Conservatory, a short concert. Shostakovich’s blaring walk from Davies Symphony Hall. “Festive Overture” was not his finest Daniil Trifonov’s steely take on hour, but it’s a rouser. Rachmaninov’s Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on Theme Symphonic Dances, his last work, was of Paganini left him “amazed and written in New York, but its soul rests speechless.” in the church music of Old Russia. Last year, he saw the legendary City Pulse • May 8, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21 How one mother ruled Detroit's underground numbers game By BILL CASTANIER Americans.” Former journalist, screenwriter and Regular lottery players will appreci- now Baruch College professor Bridgett ate Davis’ description of the mythology M. Davis has written the perfect Moth- that surrounds betting the numbers. er’s Day book in honor of Fannie Davis, You’ll learn about fancy numbers (like her mother and big-time numbers run- 313), boxing numbers (playing all vari- ner. ations) and the significance of dreams Davis’ book “The World According to when playing numbers (and the legal Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the lottery). Detroit Numbers” is an insider’s look at Davis regularly plays the New York the fascinating illegal gambling busi- Daily Number Lottery and she writes, “I ness that was played in inner cities for have a deep visceral connection to them decades and led directly to today’s bil- (the players).” lion-dollar lottery games. The only regret Davis has is not As the youngest daughter of Fan- talking with her mother about her life nie Davis and her husband “John T.,” and career in the numbers business. Bridgett learned at her mother’s knee Author, Bridgett M. Davis This book makes up for that. about the numbers. As she grew older, she was cautioned to never say anything ing the catalyst of white flight “The World According to Fannie Davis” about what her mother did for a living. Davis said her thoughts on race were is the recount of how the illegal It was a profession fraught with danger; greatly influenced not only by her per- numbers game impacted black SCHULER BOOKS her mother could be busted by the po- sonal experience, but by the author communities. Your Local & Independent Bookstore lice or robbed in the all-cash business. Thomas Sugrue who in 1996 wrote the against big payoffs. “Our family secret became the para- seminal book “The Origins of the Ur- Interestingly, the numbers racket dox of my life," she writes in the book. ban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Post- was not run by only organized crime in UPCOMING EVENTS "I wanted to share with the world her war Detroit” which helped her connect Detroit, but rather by entrepreneurial generous nature and keen parenting some dots about the city’s history. black men and women. It was truly a YOUNG AUTHOR NIGHT skills and sharp business know-how. Davis said, “Numbers in Detroit very grass-roots run organization and ac- MAY 13-16 • 7PM EACH NIGHT But of course, the bravest, badass part quickly became an enterprise everyone of her life had to be kept hush-hush…So cording to Davis, the profits from her participated in. It provided a means to Join us for an evening featuring young numbers operation helped pay for civil I kept quiet.” the middle class. Unlike today’s lottery, authors from Ralya Elementary where we rights activities. Davis kept her promise to her moth- the winnings from numbers circulated open the floor to the students to present Davis doesn’t duck the illegality of er all throughout high school, college in the community.” the books they’ve created. numbers running and in one section and well into her adult life until her Davis also provides a boots-on-the- writes about the 1961 gambling bust at 10-year-old son asked, “Mom, what was ground history about how the illegal MAGIC / KEYFORGE the Hotel Gotham which was the major she like?” numbers racket continued to flourish GAME NIGHT hotel in Detroit for blacks to stay during “I had done such a great job of keep- for some time after the introduction of TUESDAY, MAY 14 • 6PM the Jim Crow era. ing her secret, I kept it from the kids,” the Michigan Lottery in 1972. In her epilogue, Davis gives she said. “It was a distinct epiphany. I In one ironic scene in the book, Da- Come play Magic or Richard Garfield’s long-awaited thanks to her mother new unique deck game KeyForge wanted the children to know who their vis’ mother plays 788 (the family home who died in 1992 for passing on to her in a casual, friendly environment. grandmother was. She was amazing. I address) in the first Michigan lottery not only love, but an inheritance (of Additionally, all Magic products are 20% started writing the book and it was odd, game, winning $10,000. Later num- for those who attend the event. property) which her mother bought but exhilarating.” bers bosses would use numbers from through her job as a numbers runner. Davis said it wasn’t hard to keep her the official lottery for their own num- She writes, “This is unavailable to most SPA DAY AT SCHULER mother’s secret. The only struggle was bers operations. 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THURSDAY MAY 9 >> MUSIC AT THE MANSION: MARY MCGUIRE WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 >> ASTRONOMY ON TAP: BLACK HOLE PICTURE AND GAMMA RAYS

Folk singer Mary McGuire brings her genre Dr. Devin Silvia and PhD student Kristen Dage of bending tunes to the Turner-Dodge House for an MSU will explain the science leading up to the first intimate acoustic unplugged concert. The Detroit picture of a black hole in human history as well as Music Award winning artist draws inspiration from how astronomers use gamma rays to search the her former homes of Detroit, Boston, Martha's high energy universe Vineyard and Mackinac Island. 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., donations accepted The Loft 7 to 10 p.m., $10 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing Turner-Dodge House & Heritage Center (517) 913-0103 100 E. North St., Lansing, MI (517) 483-4220 www.facebook.com/AoTLansing marymcguiremusic.com City Pulse • May 8, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 23

Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny May 8 - May 14, 2019 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Time to shake things or feel weighed down by what happened to you "Two From the up! In the next three weeks, I invite you to try at once upon a time. I'd love for you to no longer have Top"--same two, least three of the following experiments. 1. See to answer to decayed traditions and outmoded different order. unusual sights in familiar situations. 2. Seek out commitments and lost causes. I'd love for you to new music that both calms you and excites you. 3. escape the pull of memories that tend to drag you Matt Jones Get an inspiring statue or image of a favorite deity back toward things that can't be changed and don't Across or hero. 4. Ask for a message from the person you matter any more. will be three years from now. 5. Use your hands 1 One of Cher's and tongue in ways you don't usually use them. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Desire is a profoundly friends in "Clueless" 6. Go in quest of a cathartic release that purges upsetting force," writes author Elspeth Probyn. 4 Thrown tomato frustration and rouses holy passion. 7. Locate the "It may totally rearrange what we think we want. sound sweet spot where deep feeling and deep thinking Desire skews plans and sets forth unthought-of 9 Went idle overlap. possibilities." In my opinion, Probyn's statements are half-true. The other half of the truth is that 14 Summertime TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to science desire can also be a profoundly healing and coolers, casually writer Sarah Zielinski in Smithsonian magazine, rejuvenating force, and for the same reasons: it 15 Contemporary of fireflies produce the most efficient light on planet rearranges what we think we want, alters plans, Shelley and Byron Earth. Nearly 100 percent of the energy produced and unleashes unthought-of possibilities. How by the chemical reaction inside the insect's body does all this relate to you? From what I can tell, you 16 Justice Kagan is emitted as a brilliant glow. With that in mind, I are now on the cusp of desire's two overlapping 17 Hit 2019 puzzle propose that you regard the firefly as your spirit powers. What happens next could be upsetting or game creature in the coming weeks. According to my healing, disorienting or rejuvenating. If you'd like to 19 Huck Finn's reading of the astrological omens, you, too, will be emphasize the healing and rejuvenating, I suggest creator a dynamic and proficient generator of luminosity. you treat desire as a sacred gift and a blessing. For best results, don't tone down your brilliance, 20 Cheese slices even if it illuminates shadows people are trying to SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "So much of what from Kraft hide. we learn about love is taught by people who never 21 Marcos with many really loved us." My Sagittarian friend Ellen made shoes GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here's a message from that sad observation. Is it true for you? Ellen 22 Key near the author Susan J. Elliott: "This is not your week to added the following thoughts: so much of what we space bar run the Universe. Next week is not looking so good learn about love is taught by people who were too either." Now here's a message from me: Elliott's narcissistic or wounded to be able to love very 23 Lies low revelation is very good news! Since you won't well; and by people who didn't have many listening 25 Mid-May honorees 50 It's about 907,000 4 Prowess Compton" costar ___ have to worry about trying to manage and fine- skills and therefore didn't know enough about us 28 Discovery/TLC grams Jackson Jr. tune the Universe, you can focus all your efforts to love us for who we really are; and by people 5 Madrid money, once on your own self-care. And the coming weeks will who love themselves poorly and so of course find reality show (1998-2007) 52 Celebratory outburst 31 Nautical hazards following expecting 6 Poppables snackmaker be a favorable time to do just that. You're due to it hard to love anyone else. Is any of this applicable dramatically upgrade your understanding of what couples 55 People in the red 7 Get from ___ B 32 Singer of 60-Across, to what you have experienced, Sagittarius? If so, you need to feel healthy and happy, and then take 59 Common Daily Double slangily here's an antidote that I think you'll find effective 33 Horseshoe 8 Nashville sch. the appropriate measures to put your new insights gesture (and bet) from 37 Large mollusks during the next seven weeks: identify the people trajectories 9 "I'll need time to think into action. who have loved you well and the people who might "Jeopardy!" whiz James 40 Starbucks size 34 "Sharp as a tack," for Holzhauer about it" love you well in the future—and then vow to learn launched in 2011 CANCER (June 21-July 22): The next three weeks all you can from them. example 10 Mariners' div. 60 Lyric that follows 43 Margarine, quaintly will be an excellent time to serve as your own 35 Red or Dead, but not "We're poor little lambs 11 Ardor visionary prophet and dynamic fortune-teller. The Redemption CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn fantasy who have lost our way" 44 One-named guitarist predictions and conjectures you make about your novelist Laini Taylor creates imaginary worlds 12 Kids' author Blyton of infomercial fame 36 MTV cartoon with the 62 Photographer Arbus future destiny will have an 85-percent likelihood where heroines use magic and wiles to follow fictional show "Sick, Sad 13 Fictional agent Scully 47 Expressing delight of being accurate. They will also be relatively their bliss while wrangling with gods and rascals. World" 63 British-based relief 18 1992 Wimbledon free of fear and worries. So I urge you to give In describing her writing process, she says, "Like organization 51 "Dreams From My 38 Pot top winner Father" author your imagination permission to engage in fun a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy 64 Exercise machine unit 21 Pastoral verse fantasies about what's ahead for you. Be daringly tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, and 39 "Taking a Chance on 52 Big rolls of money optimistic and exuberantly hopeful and brazenly fascinating religions." She adds, "I have plundered Love" singer Waters 65 Karaoke 23 Overdo a scene performances 53 Mishmash self-celebratory. tidbits of history and lore to build something 41 Singer of 60-Across, 24 Footnote word that's new, using only the parts that light my mind on 66 Anthem competitor 54 "The Good Earth" slangily usually abbreviated heroine LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo poet Stanley Kunitz told fire." I encourage you to adopt her strategies for 67 "Of course" his students, "You must be very careful not to your own use in the coming weeks. Be alert for 42 Tiny footwarmer 25 Tyler Perry title 55 Slightly off character deprive the poem of its wild origin." That's useful gleaming goodies and tricky delicacies and alluring 45 Altered mortgage, 56 Do as told advice for anyone who spawns anything, not just treats. Use them to create new experiences that for short Down 26 Toothbrush brand 57 Very hard to find poets. There's something unruly and unpredictable thrill your imagination. I believe the coming weeks 46 "Voulez-Vous" and 1 Browser indicators 27 "Limited time only" about every creative idea or fresh perspective will be an excellent time to use your magic and 58 Goes limp "Waterloo," for two 2 Berry from palms fast-food sandwich that rises up in us. Do you remember when you wiles to follow your bliss while wrangling with gods 48 Smooth (the way) 60 Drag show accessory first felt the urge to look for a new job or move to a and rascals. 3 Library catalog no. 29 Ginkgo ___ new city or search for a new kind of relationship? 49 Take ___ of faith 30 "Straight Outta 61 Wood-chopping tool Wildness was there at the inception. And you AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "I was always asking needed to stay in touch with the wildness so as to for the specific thing that wasn't mine," wrote poet ©2019 Jonesin' Crosswords ([email protected]) An swers Page 26 follow through with practical action. That's what I Joanne Kyger. "I wanted a haven that wasn't my encourage you to do now. Reconnect with the wild own." If there is any part of you that resonates with origins of the important changes you're nurturing. that defeatist perspective, Aquarius, now is an excellent time to begin outgrowing or transforming SUDOKU Intermediate VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I have no complaints it. I guarantee you that you'll have the potency you about the measures you've taken recently to push need to retrain yourself: so that you will more and TO PLAY past unnecessary limits and to break outworn more ask for specific things that can potentially taboos. In fact, I celebrate them. Keep going! You'll be yours; so that you will more and more want a be better off without those decaying constraints. haven that can be your own. Fill in the grid so that Soon you'll begin using all the energy you have liberated and the spaciousness you have made PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I'm not a fan of nagging. every row, column, and available. But I do have one concern: I wonder if I don't like to be nagged and I scrupulously avoid part of you is worried that you have been too bold nagging others. And yet now I will break my own outlined 3-by-3 box and have gone too far. To that part of you I say: rules so as to provide you with your most accurate No! You haven't been too bold. You haven't gone and helpful horoscope. According to my analysis contains the numbers 1 too far. of the astrological omens, you aren't likely to get what you truly need and deserve in the coming through 9 exactly once. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Dreamt of a past that days unless you engage in some polite, diplomatic frees its prisoners." So wrote Meena Alexander in nagging. So see what you can do to employ nagging No guessing is required. her poem "Question Time." I'd love for you to have as a graceful, even charming art. For best results, that experience in the coming weeks. I'd love for infuse it with humor and playfulness. The solution is unique. you be released from the karma of your history so that you no longer have to repeat old patterns Answers on page 26 Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 8, 2019

AA surveysurvey of Lansing’sLansing’s MusicalMusical LAndscapeLAndscape TURNTURN IT ITDD WNWN!By By RICH RICH TU TUPICPICAA Friday, May 10 Mr. Denton On Doomsday at Mac’s Bar

Mr. Denton on Doomsday DBoz Photography 2014’s “Origami Trail” CD

Local experimental rock outfit hosts celebration, announces new LP

Friday, May 10 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, $12, $10 adv., 8 p.m. Local alt-rock band Mr. Denton on Taylor (vocals), Ben Martin (drums) and album. Oddly Serious” is the band’s motto while in Doomsday hosts a birthday celebration for Matt Bush (bass)—issued its latest release “We are currently recording our follow- the studio and onstage. Brian Alspaugh, its lead singer and guitarist, in 2014, the “Origami Trail” LP, which is up, ‘The Infinite Staircase,’ at Elm Street “I believe as songwriters we are Friday at Mac’s Bar. Also performing at available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Beats Recordings here in Lansing,” Alspaugh said. constantly pushing ourselves to never be the all-ages evening of locally-made music and local record shops. “Josie and I just got home from another day content,” Alspaugh said. “That may lead are Jenn’s Apartment, Odds Fish and “We have supported that album with of tracking vocals. We have the music down to us falling on our faces, however we’d Something Involving A Monkey. Since its four national tours from ocean to ocean, and hope to have the album ready for a rather have taken the risk than played it 2007 genesis, Alspaugh has led Mr. Denton including performances at The Whisky A summer release. We’ll be supporting the safe. on Doomsday through multiple tours and Go-Go and at Common Ground,” Alspaugh new album with a 2019 east coast tour and “We are constantly trying to experiment, recording sessions, including its 2009 said. “We have performed from New York more to follow.” evolve and satisfy our own curiosity,” debut full-length, “The Mouse Circus.” The to California and plenty in between.” Mining influences spanning from King he added. “The idea behind ‘The Infinite 12-song album, which delved into politics Over the years, Mr. Denton has opened Crimson and Queens of the Stone Age to Staircase’ is that everything in life travels and personal conflicts, includes the band’s shows for the likes of Otep, Nonpoint, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Incubus, Mr. in circles—in nature, in space and in our breakout single “Karo,” which scored The Misfits, Candlebox and Three Days Denton has always prided itself on exploring lives—we will be at this same point again. airplay on more than 400 internet radio Grace, among others. But now, the band is new sounds and ponderous, offbeat lyrical But if we can be aware of our position stations. focused on wrapping up its upcoming third themes. From metal to funk and alternative in the circle, we can climb the staircase The band—which also comprises Josie LP—its first in five years. The new track list rock to pop, nothing is off limits. The instead of walking in circles, or digging a includes “Fail in Reverse,” the introspective new disc will be no different, according trench into the ground.” first single off the forthcoming 10-song to Alspaugh, who admits “Seriously Odd.

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From Page 25 Lansing hosts its Annual Kids in the Kitchen Mighty Uke Day - Celebration of the A Children’s Home Story-Telling event 1-3 p.m. Riddle Elementary School, Nashville Songwriters Association diminutive dynamic ukulele. Old Town Brunch - 10 a.m.-12 p.m. The Robin Theatre, 221 Huron St, Lansing. Chapter Meeting - 1-4 p.m. MSU Lansing, Lansing. lansingmi.gov. 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing. Community Music School, 4930 Metal Modification - 10 a.m. Impression 5 Hagadorn Rd, East Lansing. 517-643-0756. EVENTS Science Center, 200 Museum Dr, Lansing. nashvillesongwriters.com. Monday, May 13 517-485-8116. impression5.org. Adopt A River 2019 - Bring your ARTS CLASSES AND SEMINARS own gloves for clean-up. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Native Michigan Plant Sale - 9 a.m.-2 Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum p.m. Holt Farmers Market, 2150 Cedar St, Williamston Pop Up Art & Craft Show 4 Ever Young Drumming - 3-4 p.m. Prime Dr, Lansing. 517-485-8116. Holt. wildoneslansing.org. - 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Keller’s Plaza, 100 E. Grand Time Seniors’ Program, 819 Abbot Rd, East River Ave., Williamston. Lansing. cityofeastlansing.com. CannabisTo purchase and an enhancedCars: OWIlisting In like The this, pleaseEra Of Neogen 5K to benefit the Herbert- Legalizedcontact Marijuana Suzi Smith, - (517) 8:30 999-6704 a.m.-4:30 Herman Cancer Center - 9 a.m.-12 Tai Chi Yang Style 24 - 1-2 p.m. Prime p.m. Jamesor B. [email protected]. Henry Center, 3535 Forest p.m. Oak Park, 610 Lesher Place, Lansing. Sunday, May 12 Time Seniors’ Program, 819 Abbot Road, Rd., Lansing. runsignup.com. East Lansing.cityofeastlansing.com CLASSES AND SEMINARS Cup & Saucer Salad Luncheon - All New Releases - The World Premiere of Active Senior Exercise - 9:15-10:15 a.m. proceeds to Haven House. 11:30 a.m.- New Releases by Joseph Zettelmaier. 8 p.m. Juggling - Learn how to juggle! Sundays Prime Time Seniors’ Program, 819 Abbot 1:30 p.m. Okemos Masonic Center, 2175 122 S. Putnam Street, Williamston. www. 2-4 p.m. at the Orchard Street Pumphouse, Road, East Lansing. cityofeastlansing.com. Hamilton, Okemos. 517-655-1331. michigan.org. 368 Orchard St., East Lansing 2-4 p.m. Seminar Series: Intermediate Environmental Stewardship Work Day Recycling Drive - Greater Laingsburg EVENTS Birding - 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Michigan Audubon, - Volunteer for natural area work days. 10 Recyclers 651-2005 or 651-6437 9 a.m.-1 2310 Science Parkway, #200, Okemos. a.m.-12 p.m. East Lansing. cityofeastlansing. p.m. Downtown, Laingsburg. laingsburg.us. Freud’s Last Session - 2-4 p.m. Riverwalk michiganaudubon.org com. Theatre, 228 Museum Dr, Lansing. 517-482- Spring Bird Walks with CAAS! - Fenner 5700. riverwalktheatre.com. LITERATURE AND POETRY Fahrenheit 451 - 7-9 p.m. All-of-Us Nature Center, 2020 E. Mt. Hope parking lot Express Children’s Theatre, 819 Abbot Rd, . 8-10 a.m. Lansing. Mother’s Day at the Zoo- Mothers Get Spanish Literature - Read literature from East Lansing. FREE Admission - 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Potter Park Spanish-speaking countries. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. St. Johns Plein Air Event - 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Zoo, 1301 S Pennsylvania Ave, Lansing. 517- Prime Time Seniors’ Program, 819 Abbot Forget-Me-Not Bake Sale/Fundraiser - 215 N. Clinton, St. Johns. 483-4222. potterparkzoo.org. Rd., East Lansing. cityofeastlansing.com. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. ACE Hardware, 1035 S Clinton St., Grand Ledge. Woodland Fairy and Gnome Party - 11 Mother’s Day Brunch and Dinner Show EVENTS a.m.-2 p.m. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van - presents “Yes Honey, we are all Queens!!!” Freud’s Last Session - 8-10 p.m. Atta Rd., Okemos. 517-349-3866. meridian. 4230 Charlar Drive, Holt. michigan.org. mi.us. Kids Healthy Michigan LANSING Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Dr, Lansing. Community Forum - Join the 517-482-5700. riverwalktheatre.com. Mother’s Day Ham Dinner - Mother’s Day Ham Dinner 12-2 p.m. Grand Ledge conversation! 12:30-2 p.m. American Cancer MUSIC Society, 1755 Abbey Road, East Lansing. Garden Club Saturday Meeting - 11 Masonic Temple, 200 W. River St., Grand Ledge. a.m.-12 p.m. Grand Ledge Area District Annual Mid-Michigan Shape Note Mason Chess & Backgammon Club Library, 131 E Jefferson St, Grand Ledge. Singing - 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Faith Lutheran - 6-8 p.m. Bestsellers Books and Coffee, grandledge.lib.mi.us. Church, 4515 Dobie Rd, Okemos. 517-349- New Releases - The World Premiere of New Releases by Joseph Zettelmaier. 2 p.m. 360 S. Jefferson St, Mason.business. 0620. fasolamichigan.org. masonchamber.org. GL Recycle & Compost Hours: 8 am - 4 122 S. Putnam Street, Williamston. michigan. org. pm - Grand Ledge. oneidatownship.org. Mighty Uke Day - Celebration of the Scrabble - 2-4:30 p.m. Prime Time diminutive dynamic ukulele. Old Town Seniors’ Program, 819 Abbot Rd., East Kids in the Kitchen - Junior League of Lansing, Lansing. lansingmi.gov. MUSIC Lansing. cityofeastlansing.com.

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SATURDAY MAY 11 >> JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LANSING HOSTS KIDS IN THE KITCHEN

The Junior League of Lansing invites greater Lansing families for an afternoon focusing on healthy food alternatives and food assistance to empower children to eat better in the community. The group will also engage children and families in wellness activities they can use every day at home or school including, gardening, yoga, smart SAVE THE DATE: MAY 12, 2019 • 3 P.M. shopping and an exercise routine. ATTEND THE FREE NEW HORIZONS ADULT BEGINNING BAND CONCERT 1 to 3 p.m. Community Music School Riddle Elementary School www.cms.msu.edu • (517) 355-7661 College of Music 221 Huron St., Lansing (517) 755-1720 4930 S. Hagadorn Rd., East Lansing, MI 48823 jllansing.org.milb.com/lansing CROSSWORD SOLUTION SUDOKU SOLUTION From Pg. 23 SATURDAY MAY 11 >> AMERICAN FIFTH SPIRITS 4TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY From Pg. 23 American Fifth Spirits will celebrate its fourth anniversary with an outdoor party at Cooley Law School Stadium. For the event, American Fifth will feature a limited release of Batch 100 five- grain whiskey, the 100th batch ever produced at the distillery. Also, beer aged in American Fifth whiskey barrels will be featured by nine local craft breweries and cideries. Tickets include four tasting samples.

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