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PUBLIC NOTICES VOL. 16 CAPITAL AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (CATA) ISSUE 43 PUBLIC NOTICE FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON DRAFT POLICY FOR DISPARATE IMPACT AND DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com Pursuant to federal requirements under Title VI and Executive Order 12898 on environmental justice ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6704 principles, the CATA Board of Directors is adopting a policy to define when a proposed significant service or fare change would have a disparate impact on members of a group identified by race, color, PAGE or email [email protected] or national origin or disproportionate burden on low-income persons. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz CATA has developed a draft policy that revised Policy #604, Service and Route Changes. The draft 6 [email protected] • (517) 999-5061

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[email protected] (use “Title VI Policy” for the subject) or mailing CATA Title VI Policy, 4615 Tranter Lansing chamber picks Schor, Dunbar, Houghton ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Ty Forquer Street, Lansing, MI 48910. [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 Persons or organizations may comment on the draft policy in writing on or before June 16, 2017, to PRODUCTION MANAGER • Amanda Proscia CATA at the address above or by email to [email protected] (use “Title VI Policy” for the subject). PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 STAFF WRITERS • Lawrence Cosentino CP#17-163 8 [email protected] Todd Heywood [email protected] NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Suzanne Fischer wants to make museums noisy, interactive EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR • Rich Tupica [email protected] Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing Planning Commission on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, 101 PAGE SALES EXECUTIVES • Mandy Jackson Linden Street, East Lansing. Luke Slocum, Suzi Smith 11 [email protected] 1. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from Burcham Hills Retirement Center II [email protected] for a modified special use permit for the property at 2700 Burcham Drive. The applicant is [email protected] proposing to secure a MCL 436.1545(1)(b)(ii) (License) from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) to serve alcoholic beverages to residents and guests in designated areas of Nearing 100, arts patron Selma Hollander feted at MSU Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, the extended care/nursing facility. The property is a continuing care retirement community located Daniel E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill in the RM8, Planned Unit Development District. Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle COVER Lawrence Johnson, Eve Kucharski, Terry Link, Andy 2. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from AKC, Inc. d/b/a Charlie Kang’s McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, Restaurant for a special use permit to serve and sell alcohol. The applicant is proposing to obtain ART Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, Allan I. Ross, Rich a Class C and SDM License (which includes a Sunday Sales Permit). The property is located in Tupica, Ute Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak the B3, City Center Business District. Delivery drivers: Frank Estrada, Dave Fisher, Paul Shore, Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City Top of the Town by Jonathan Griffith Richard Simpson, Thomas Scott Jr. Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next Planning Commission Interns: Danielle Chesney, Clarissa Kell, Dylan Tarr meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission may vote on them. The Planning Commission's recommendations are then placed on the agenda of the next City Council CITY PULSE Editor & Publisher meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on these applications. on the Berl Schwartz The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters AIR for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to Now airing on individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning 10:30 a.m. Saturdays Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800- 649-3777. 89 FM Marie E. Wicks City Clerk CP#17-167

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING

NOTICE OF THE PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 31.236

I, Susan L. Aten, Clerk of the Charter Township of Lansing, Michigan, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by the Township Board of the Charter Township of Lansing at a regular meeting held on Tuesday May 30, 2017 ORDINANCE NO. 31.236 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP BEING A PART OF ORDINANCE NO. 31 OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING

THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING ORDAINS:

Sec. 1. THE ZONING MAP, which by Section 302 of Ordinance No. 31 of the Charter Township of Lansing is made a part of said Ordinance and which Section reads as follows: Section 302. ZONING MAPS. The boundaries of said zones are shown upon the map or maps attached hereto and designated as Zoning Maps. The zoning maps and all notations, references, and other information appearing thereon are hereby declared to be a part of this Ordinance and of the same force and effect as if the zones therein designed were fully set forth by metes and bounds herein. References, notations, and other information shown thereon are likewise incorporated herein with like force and effect.

Shall be so amended as to fix the zoning classification of properties described as follows:

Ord. 31.236 Case R-17-2: Property located at 714, 716, 718, and 720 Edgemont Blvd has been rezoned from “D” Administrative to “C-3” Medium Density Residential.

Sec. 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced 7 days after publication.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT: The Township Clerk is hereby instructed to publish this Ordinance once in the City Pulse, a newspaper of general circulation in this Township.

Susan L. Aten, Clerk Charter Township of Lansing

CP#17-165 City Pulse • June 7, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION How did the

Ormond Park road OF THE WEEK proposal get into the Master Plan? Good question The Bernero administration’s plan to build an entrance road to the Groesbeck Golf Course through Ormond Park may have hit a pothole bigger than even those on Michigan Avenue. A r e v i e w o f p u b l i c r e c o r d s b y C i t y P u l s e Property: 3512 S. Martin Luther shows no evidence that the Ormond Park King Jr., Lansing road proposal was ever vetted in any of the dozens of hours of public meetings con- ducted by the city’s Park Board in the lead- This is an eyesore on the mend. It was up to its February 2015 vote to approve the featured as an Eyesore in June 2013 Five Year Recreation Plan or in all the pub- (below), but judging from the history on lic meetings in March 2015 when the plan Google Maps, it had been an issue for was before the Council. several years prior. The building served Yet somehow the road plan is in a cur- Todd Heywood/City Pulse as an auto dealership and the feature rent version of the Five Year Plan, also suggested that, due to the specific known as the Parks Master Plan. Residents surrounding Ormond Park tried to stop the Bernero administration’s plan to put a road through the park, but they were unsuccessful. Now they may have a second chance. needs of that use, it would be difficult to As a result, three members of the repurpose the building as something else. Lansing City Council are questioning the Painted white, the building provides a legality of the entrance plan. The Council recall if the Ormond proposal was con- Bernero told WKAR the road was going sharp example of International Style had rejected the plan last month, but tained in the plan. to happen. architecture and a home for MySpace it was unable to overturn Mayor Virg However, a copy of the Parks Master Video from the night of the 2015 public Self-storage. Windows have been Bernero’s veto. Plan adopted by the Park Board provid- hearing on the Parks Master Plan, com- Now, though, Council members Carol ed by the current Park Board president, bined with a review of hundreds of pages repaired, graffiti removed and — most Wood, Jody Washington and Adam Veronica Gracia-Wing, shows it was not in of public documents, including drafts of significantly — the front of the building Hussain are calling for an investigation the document. Hussain said the Ormond the plan itself, revealed no evidence that was transformed from a parking lot to an into how the proposal ended up in the plan was not discussed at any of the dozens the Ormond Park road was considered. attractive lawn. Parks Master Plan without the knowledge of hours of public meetings leading up to It does not appear in any publicly avail- of the public or the Council. adopting of plan. able drafts of the Parks Master Plan until —Daniel E. Bollman, AIA They argue that because there is no The issue came to the forefront in March 23, 2015, at 12:58 p.m. when Joe paper trail showing how the proposal end- the last two weeks as city leaders wran- Wright, landscape coordinator for the city, ed up in the plan, including no legislative gled over a proposal by Bernero to shift submitted the “current draft” to City Clerk history showing a motion to include it management — and a substantial lump Chris Swope for distribution at the meet- during Council committee meetings and of parks millage funds — to the Lansing ing that night. public hearings, the proposed entrance Entertainment and Public Facilities The March 23, 2015, video of the road has no legal standing. Authority to manage Groesbeck Golf Council meeting and public hearing “I think the City Council was misled,” Course. The Council rejected that plan show Parks and Recreation Director said Hussain. “I think the Park Board was in a budget it adopted last month, but Brett Kaschinske telling the Council betrayed but, most important of all, the Bernero vetoed the move. The Council of some cosmetic changes, like adding public. I think they deserve the investiga- met last week in an attempt to override recently appointed Councilman Vincent tion. I think they deserve some measure of that veto, but failed. Three of the eight Delgado to the City Council list and one restoration of confidence.” Council members did not attend. significant change in objectives: that the City Council President Patricia Spitzley During that debate, the Council city would work to make playground said she could support an investigation “if learned that the city intended to spend upgrades carried out under the five-year the Master Plan has, in fact, been altered an additional $385,000 in park mill- plan ADA compliant. without public input and without City age money to create the road through No mention is made of the Ormond “Eyesore of the Week” is our look at some Council’s knowledge.” Ormond Park. Neighbors of the 8-acre Park plan in any publicly available vid- of the seedier properties in Lansing. It rotates Hussain and Spitzley served on the park rose up in opposition to the plan, as eos of the meetings, or minutes of any each week with Eye Candy of the Week. If you Park Board in 2015 and voted to approve have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lansingci- they have twice before. typulse.com or call Berl Schwartz at 999-5061. the Master Plan at that time. Neither could Calling “change difficult for people,” See Ormond Park, Page 6 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 7, 2017

no need for an amendment. so without resolving those questions was, what impact moving forward could have Swope distributed the 12:58 p.m. draft as Wood said, a “misuse” of those dollars. on the three-term mayor. Ormond Park that evening as the public hearing was The project is currently out for bids. “I would hope as someone who has 208 introduced, so the Council had two draft Washington said that in her opinion days left that he would stop and consider from page 5 documents before them: one with and one because of the “deceit” the master plan “in what legacy he as a mayor wants to leave,” of the public meetings held to develop without the Ormond plan. this instance is null and void.” Wood said. “They talked about the legacy the plan, including the public hearing Wood, Hussain and Washington all For his part, Hussain said he does not that Hollister has left. You know how he to adopt the final plan. believe that the Council voted in March know if the city can legally move forward turned GM around and all of those things. Wood said in order for the Ormond plan 2015 to adopt the parks plan that did not with the plan. But he said it appeared the Does Virg Bernero’s legacy want to be the to have been adopted, the Council would include the Ormond Park road plan. plan had “sidestepped democracy.” fact that he’s misused, misrepresented and have adopted an amendment to the plan As a result, they contend the city can’t Wood said she is not holding her breath has cared nothing about transparency?” as part of its final resolution. City Attorney move forward until the “inconsistencies in that Bernero and his team will halt the Jim Smiertka disagreed. He said there was the public record” are addressed, and doing project, but she hopes they will consider —TODD HEYWOOD

PUBLIC NOTICES at a joint event to eschew negative campaign- NOTICE OF DAY OF REVIEW OF APPORTIONMENTS Ingham County Drain Commissioner ing. They are among a field of five candidates Patrick E. Lindemann ‘Dirty trick’ in the Aug. 8 primary election. Two will face each other in the Nov. 7 General Election. Notice is Hereby Given that a Public Hearing of Apportionment for special assessment of costs incurred by the drainage districts listed below will be held at the office of the Ingham County One person who received a call, northside Drain Commissioner, 707 Buhl Avenue, in the City of Mason, Michigan, 48854, on Tuesday, June 20, Schor, Brown Clarke differ on community activist Dayle Benjamin, agreed 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. fairness of anonymous ‘push poll’ that it asked the questions that Brown Clarke At the meeting to review the apportionment of benefits, I will have the tentative apportionments said it did about her. against parcels and municipalities within the drainage district available to review. Mayoral candidates Andy Schor and Judi Benjamin, who support Schor, said it Any drain assessments against land will be collected in the same manner as property taxes. Brown Clarke have pledged to run clean also asked about Schor’s votes on police For assessments to be collected in installments, the Drain Code (Act 40 of 1956, Sec. 154 [e]) provides that the assessment may be paid in full with any interest to date at any time and thereby campaigns. But someone funding when he served on the Ingham avoid further interest charges. conducting an anonymous County Board of Commissioners and on telephone “push poll” medical marijuana in the Legislature. DRAIN NAME MUNICIPALITY SECTION NUMBERS A05-00 ALLCHIN DRAIN LEROY TOWNSHIP 10, 15, 16 apparently is not onboard, “It seemed skewed to promote the posi- B12-00 BIRD DRAIN WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16 at least in Schor’s view. tive about her,” he said. “I knew right off the B20-00 BROWNELL DRAIN STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 27, 28, 33-35 “There’s zero legitima- bat it was an anti-Andy thing.” VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE 26, 27, 35 B22-00 BULLETT LAKE DRAIN WILLIAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP 13, 24, 25 cy to it,” Schor said of the The call does not identify who spon- LOCKE TOWNSHIP 17-20, 29, 30 calls. “Push polling data sored the poll. Brown Clarke said, “it is not C20-00 COLLAR DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 1, 12 is only done to tear down, my poll and I did not pay for it.” WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 7, 8 Schor C23-00 COLUMBIA STREET DRAIN VEVAY TOWNSHIP 6, 7 tear somebody down. In But political experts said while she may CITY OF MASON 5-8 this case they’re trying to not have fielded the poll, it was likely her C46-00 CHERRY RIDGE NO. 2 DRAIN WILLIAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP 22, 27 tear me down with falsifi- allies did. D01-00 DANA AND STARKS DRAIN LEROY TOWNSHIP 4, 5, 8, 9 L16-00 LOWE LAKE DRAIN WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 34, 35, 36 cation. I think the people “She’s way behind in the polls and the STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 1-3, 10-15, 22-28, 33-36 Lansing are smarter than endorsements,” said political consultant VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, 35 that to fall for this dirty Joe DiSano, who is not working for any L29-00 LINDSAY DRAIN VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE 23, 26 mayoral campaign. “The only way to shake L40-01 LOCKE/WILLIAMSTOWN, WILLIAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP 25, 36 political trick.” WOODVIEW DRAIN A push poll is a polit- things up is for her to go for his jugular. For L43-00 LOCKE DRAIN NUMBER 3 LOCKE TOWNSHIP 11, 14 ical tool used to sway a her to muddy him.” M05-00 MARSHALL AND WILCOX DRAIN LEROY TOWNSHIP 32 Browne Clarke Indeed, polling has placed Schor up over INGHAM TOWNSHIP 1, 12 respondent’s answers in WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 5-8 a particular direction. Brown Clarke by at least 15 points. And N05-00 NOTTINGHAM CITY OF WILLIAMSTON 12 Schor contended the push poll is designed he’s amassed a bevy of local elected offi- CONDOMINIUMS DRAIN cials’ endorsements, as well as nods from P02-00 PATRICK DRAIN INGHAM TOWNSHIP 25, 26, 36 to place Brown Clarke in a better light. WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 19, 29, 30, 31 Brown Clarke views it differently. organized labor and the Lansing Regional BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 1 “I thought the questions reflected con- Chamber of Commerce. Brown Clarke lists STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 6 no endorsements on her website. P06-00 PHEENY DRAIN BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 4, 9 troversial votes that both of us made, P10-00 POLLIWOG MARSH DRAIN STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, 28 including my vote against sanctuary cities “Given where the race is at, it makes VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE 22, 27 and how that may affect whether or not sense for Judi Brown Clarke or her allies P13-00 POWELL DRAIN WILLIAMSTOWN TO WNSHIP 15, 16, 21, 22 someone would to put out a push poll rather than Andy S18-00 SMITH AND CONKLIN DRAIN WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 23, 24, 25, 26 S31-00 SULLIVAN CREEK DRAIN LOCKE TOWNSHIP 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34 vote for me,” she Schor,” said Susan Demas, editor and pub- STATE OF MICHIGAN LEROY TOWNSHIP 3, 4 PROBATE COURT said in an email. lisher of Inside Michigan Politics. S42-00 SWAN AND BEATTY DRAIN WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 13, 24 COUNTY OF INGHAM NOTICE TO CREDITORS She said it also “Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what the LEROY TOWNSHIP 19 Decedent's Estate S44-00 SQUAW CREEK DRAIN WILLIAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP 13, 24, 25 File No. 17-523-DE referenced her source is, it’s who benefits from it,” said DiSano. LOCKE TOWNSHIP 16-21, 28-33 Estate of Maria Manko. Date of support of tax Because the poll does not identify who V01-00 VANDERHOOF AND ROBINSON ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 36 Birth: April 26, 1923. TO ALL CREDITORS*: incentives for is paying for it, and the number that was DRAIN WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 31,32 NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The VEVAY TOWNSHIP 1, 12, 13, 24 decedent, Maria Manko, died developers. reported by those who received the call rings December 3, 2016. Creditors of INGHAM TOWNSHIP 4-8, 17-20 the decedent are notified that all She said she to an automated recorded message that runs W01-00 WAUBANAKIN DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 24, 25, 36 claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented received the call a loop, it is raising concerns that this is the WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 19, 29-32 to Elizabeth Wilcox, personal W11-00 WHEATFIELD NO. 1 DRAIN WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 17-20 representative, or to both the and “took the opening salvo in what will “probably become probate court at 313 W. Kalamazoo W12-00 WHEATFIELD NUMBER TWO WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 10, 11, 15 St., Lansing, MI, and the personal poll.” Schor said a very negative race,” DiSano said DRAIN representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. he has not heard It’s also raises the specter of so-called Proceedings conducted at the day of review are subject to the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Persons Date: May 26, 2017 the call. dark money groups — unregulated, shad- with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting should contact the Cummins Woods Schor, a state owy political “education” nonprofits. The Ingham County Drain Commissioner at (517) 676-8395 or the Michigan Relay Center at 711 (TTY) at Thomas E. Woods P22543 521 West Ionia Street representa- groups can accept donations and spend least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to request mobility, visual, hearing, or other assistance. You Lansing, MI 48933 are Further Notified that persons aggrieved by the apportionment may appeal to the Ingham County (517) 487-0800 tive, and Brown them to advocate for political issues and Probate Court within ten (10) days of the Day of Review. Elizabeth Wilcox Clarke, a City perspectives but they don’t have to reveal 811 N. Hayford Avenue Lansing, MI 48912 Councilwoman, their donors. Patrick E. Lindemann (517) 484-4015 CP#17-166 Ingham County Drain Commissioner CP#17-164 agreed last month See Dirty trick, Page 7 City Pulse • June 7, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

Capitol Region Progress is a registered Last fall, before Mayor Virg Bernero Dirty trick political nonprofit with ties to the politi- announced he would not seek reelection, cal campaign consulting group Grassroots New poll a City Pulse poll showed Schor leading Midwest, which went after candidates Bernero 46 percent to 34 percent, with from page 6 whom Bernero opposed. That involvement Brown Clarke receiving 19 percent. They’ve been an issue in past local elec- included robocalls as well as mailers. It has Brown Clarke running close to Advantage Associates, is owned by tions. Last November at least three shad- been quiet this year. Schor, who calls survey ‘junk’ Jake Davison, a self-described tea par- owy groups were expected to play a role in Reform Lansing formed last year. ty conservative. He said in the release the mayoral race. That was before Mayor Spokeswoman Angela Wittrock said it A poll conducted anonymously places that the poll was conducted by Political Virg Bernero announced he would not seek would register as a political nonprofit as Councilwoman Judi Brown Clarke just Marketing International, a Florida auto- election to a fourth term. well. It seems to have gone silent since three percentage points behind State mated polling firm. One such dark money group that has Bernero announced he would not seek Rep. Andy Schor in the Lansing mayor’s Misspelling Brown Clarke’s last name, emerged in this election cycle is No Secret re-election. Wittrock said her group “isn’t race — much closer than earlier results. Davison said in the press release: “This Lansing Deals, which took aim at Bernero engaged in electoral politics.” A local public relations, Advantage poll challenges the conventional wisdom before he withdrew. Brown Clarke would not call for those Associates, said in a news release that that Judi Brown Clark is significantly Its spokesman, TJ Bucholz, said the behind the poll to step forward. an automated poll conducted last week behind. No one can say who will replace group had no role in the push poll and “While government should be transpar- showed Brown Clarke with 48.5 percent Mayor Bernero at this point.” none in the coming election. ent because it is public, I am not sure that support and Schor with 51.5 percent. The press release said Advantage “All Lansing Secret Deals is focused on same scrutiny can be demanded of a pri- The news release said 399 “likely vot- Associates commissioned the poll. It is is asking these questions about the current vate entity or business. However, I can say ers” responded to the robocall, of whom silent on whether it did so for a client. administration and the relationships with transparency is generally a good idea,” she 210 were women. The respondents were Calls to Davison were not immediately the different businesses and developers in said in an email. roughly evenly distributed over the city’s returned. town,” he said. Schor called on the push pollsters to go four wards, it said. It was conducted May Schor called the results “junk polling.” After Schor announced he was running, public. 30 to June 1 and has a 4 percent margin “All this release does is identify the Bernero, who had not yet pulled out, sent out “If they want to falsify information, if they of error, the release said. right-wing political hired gun who con- want to make claims about me. Let them do Earlier polling result showed a wide ducted this push poll,” said Schor. (See a press release attacking a Schor for allegedly it. Let them step up,” Schor said. “Hold a press margin between Schor and Brown Clarke. related story, Page X.) hiring Bucholz as his campaign spokesman. conference. Put something out. In March, Morgan Communications City Schor said his campaign has not done Schor said that Bucholz was volunteering “I’d love to have the opportunity to Pulse commissioned a poll last fall, conducted any polling. and dropped him after Bernero’s attack. engage with any of those folks and have by the local firm Practical Political Consultants, Calls to Brown Clarke were not imme- Two other dark-money outfits, Reform that conversation.” that showed Schor led Brown Clarke 47 per- diately returned. Lansing and Capitol Region Progress, have cent to 20 percent. The poll, with 243 respon- been active in recent local races. — TODD HEYWOOD dents, had an error rate of 6 percent. — TODD HEYWOOD

Independent political action groups, Kathie Dunbar and school board member $10,000 from independent committees like the chamber’s, can mean as much as Peter Spadafore. Of the dozen at-large can- like LRC-PAC and up to $1,000 in dona- Name games $20,000. Individuals can give $2,000. didates, only Dunbar, Spadafore, Guillermo tions per individual. Schor added the chamber endorse- Lopez, Yanice Jackson, Alexander Rusek In a surprise move, the chamber chose ment to a list of local labor unions: United and Kyle Bowman were interviewed. The not to endorse in the 4th Ward. Lansing Chamber adds itself Association of Plumbers and Pipefitter’s top four vote-getters in the primary will “There are some really good candidates to Schor’s long list of endorsers Local Union 333; Michigan Regional run in the Nov. 7 General Election. out there in the 4th,” Japinga said. “We’re Council of Carpenters and Millwrights; Japinga noted that while the chamber going to continue to build those relation- Andy Schor has a host of endorsements Greater Lansing Association of Realtors; “may not agree with her on every issue, we ships and talk with the candidates for pos- in his race for mayor of Lansing. But none SMART Local Union No. 7; IBEW Local have a great relationship” with Dunbar. He sible endorsements in the general election.” may be bigger than that of Dion’trae Hayes. Union 352;IBEW Local Union 665; said Spadafore has a proven track record of After incumbent Jessica Yorko Who? Michigan Building and Construction “being a consensus builder.” He pointed to announced she would not seek reelec- Hayes is supervisor of Lansing Trades Council; LiUNA Local Union 499; Spadafore’s term as president of the Lansing tion, seven candidates filed to fill her Township, population 8,126 spread out Capitol City Labor Program; Operating School Board when the district was able to seat: James McClurken, Elvin Caldwell, over five noncontiguous pieces of land in Engineers 32l; and Michigan Teamsters pass a $120 million bond proposal to fund Brian T. Jackson, Kathy Raffone, Larry and around the city of Lansing. Joint Council #43. improvements to school buildings. Hutchinson, Jason Durham and Amanda And why, when Schor has the backing of He’s racked up the endorsements of a At-large candidates can also receive up Bernes. The chamber only interviewed state senators and representatives, unions bevy of local elected officials, including the to $20,000 from PACs and $2,000 from McClurken, vice chairman of the Park and countywide elected officials, is the entire membership of the Ingham County individuals. Board, and Jackson, an attorney. endorsement of the leader of little Lansing Board of Commissioners, State Sen. Curtis Organized labor has not yet announced “I look forward to continuing to talk with Township so important? Hertel Jr. and House Democratic Leader its endorsements for the Council. Besides the chamber of the course of the primary,” Because Hayes’ endorsement played Sam Singh of East Lansing. the two at-large seats, the 2nd and 4th McClurken said Tuesday. “It’s important a role in landing him the support of the Judi Brown Clarke, considered Schor’s Ward spots are on the ballot. to understand their concerns and figure Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce. top competitor among a field of five in In the 2nd Ward, two-term incumbent where we can find common ground.” Hayes’ endorsement is a “big thing, sym- the Aug. 8 primary election, released a list Tina Houghton got the Chamber nod. Jackson said he had no comment about bolically,” said Steve Japinga, the chamber’s of endorsements that includes Clarence She’s up against five other candidates. The the chamber’s no endorsement decision. director of government relations. Lansing’s Underwood, the former athletic director of chamber interviewed three: Jim DeLine, Both McClurken and Jackson have brash mayor, Virg Bernero, has wasted no Michigan State University; Brent Knight, the former internal auditor for the city; racked up big national endorsements. love on Lansing Township, which he once president of Lansing Community College; neighborhood activist Julee Rodocker; and McClurken has been endorsed by the dubbed North Korea. and Republican activist Linda Lee Tarver. Jeremy Garza. Victory Fund, a group that helps train “That relationship has been damaged In addition, Brown Clarke claims support Japinga said candidates reported to and support LGBT candidates for office. and it’s time to fix it,” Japinga said. “Andy from “more than” 50 MSU and 20 LCC the interview committee “that things Jackson has been endorsed by Launch will build that bridge.” faculty members and administrators, 30 are going well in Southeast Lansing.” He Progress, a national political action group So, Schor might want to send a thank- Lansing School District teachers and “over said Houghton;s work with others on the designed to “build a bench of progressive you note to Hayes for helping him win over 35 large and small businesses.” Council helped to “allow job creation and candidates for the Democratic Party.” the chamber, the big fish of local endorse- In the At-Large race, where two seats economic development.” ments. With it comes serious money. are up, the chamber endorsed incumbent Ward candidates can receive up to — TODD HEYWOOD 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 7, 2017

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER NEW LIGHT AT THE MUSEUM Suzanne Fischer wants to tell untold stories By LAWRENCE COSENTINO It was hard to find a quiet spot at the Michigan History Museum on a rainy Friday this May to talk with the museum’s new director, Suzanne Fischer. She likes the place loud and interactive. Against a hair-raising backdrop of sus- pension cables dangling over the Straits of Mackinac, enthusiastic 60-something volunteer Dick Henshaw had a group of kids enthralled. “You guys want to hold a bolt from the Mackinac Bridge?” he asked with a con- spiratorial wink. “Use two hands — don’t drop it and get me fired.” When they all had hefted the bolt, Henshaw pulled out a blue light from the bridge and flashed it on and off. In between the razzle-dazzle, he snuck in a lot of information about the principles behind suspension bridges. The girls in the group lit up when Henshaw told them the bridge’s chief engineer is a woman. Maybe things were quieter in pre-industrial times? No chance. At the entrance to the first-floor exhib- its, which run in chronological order, a teacher and a group of 12-year-olds ooh-ed and aah-ed at staff artist Rich Geer’s brand-new floor-to-ceiling mural Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse depicting Anishinaabe Native American Suzanne Fischer, the new director of the Michigan History Museum System, loves the history of gadgets like this Fresnel lens, life in early Michigan. displayed at the Michigan History Museum in downtown Lansing. The panorama is crammed with busy people and fascinating details, like a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder but Last fall, the exhibit on Michigan’s first tell this story differently.” She studied the history of science in without the disapproving moral tone. peoples was revamped, aided by a grant The statehood period will expand to graduate school and found work at small “This is their summer house, and from the Kellogg Foundation. It’s the first tell a lot more untold stories. medical history museum in Minneapolis. this is their winter house,” the teach- stage in a gradual re-envisioning of the “In 1836, there was a major treaty in She still loves to study old gadgets, er explained. “Look what they used for whole museum. Curators worked with which native people ceded two thirds especially medical ones. She was fasci- insulation.” people from tribal communities across the of the state of Michigan,” Fischer said. nated by a “DIY iron lung” she just saw “Moss!” a girl cried out. state to put together the mural, unveiled “That’s not highlighted in our current last month on a visit to the Marquette We gave up on peace and quiet, sat last fall, and the artifacts that are shown exhibit. We don’t hear the stories of peo- Regional History Center. down in a nearby canoe and did our best along with it. ple who lost their land.” “It was made from packing boxes and to talk above the din. “That kind of collaboration was new Fischer and her staff were surprised to powered by a phonograph motor,” she “We’re trying to encourage active look- for us, but that’s how museum practice learn that in the late 19th century there said. ing and inquiry,” Fischer said. has been going,” Fisher said. were over 400 African-American owned Typewriters are among her obsessions. The building opened in 1989 with sec- Popular parts of the museum — like farms in southwest Michigan, and they are “The QWERTY keyboard was not ond-floor exhibits depicting Michigan up the nifty U.P. iron ore mining tunnel — looking for ways to tell that story as well. inevitable,” she explained, warming to the 20th century. In 1995, exhibits on will stay, but artifacts like the truly awful Fischer, 36, grew up in Oak Park, a fast to the topic. “There were all these Michigan history from 1900 to the present effigy of Stevens T. Mason, Michigan’s suburb of Detroit. options, different ways of thinking were finished on the first floor. Fischer was first governor, are on their way out. She set out to be a scientist, but her about the alphabet.” named director at the end of 2016 and has “Maybe he’ll get a farewell tour,” interests skewed more toward the stories She described a few at some length. been on the job for five months. Fischer said. “We’re definitely going to behind scientific instruments. “I like that kind of joyful chaos,” she City Pulse • June 7, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9 Museum from page 8 said. “Everybody’s making things, and nobody knows who’s going to win.” Fischer spent a few years as associate The difference curator of technology at the Henry Ford Museum — “they have a fabulous type- between life and writer collection” — then went to the death is sometimes West Coast to become a curator at the Oakland Museum of California. only minutes. An exhibit there about the 1960s typ- After 11 months of ified the community-based approach Fischer wants to apply in Michigan. pregnancy, we’ll be “A lot of people in the Oakland area are heavily invested in the 1960s,” she there the second said. “But whose 1960s?” you need us. The exhibit had 24 niches, each curat- ed by a separate person who lived through the decade, from a John Birch Society We can provide right-winger to a member of the Black Panther party to a non-Baby Boomer who critical care when was in grade school in the 1960s. your foals need it. At the Michigan History Museum, new exhibit ideas will be tried out in a prototype space — a smallish room where a film about lumbering used to be shown. Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care The first exhibit will begin Sept. 30, an Stiff artifacts like this waxworks likeness 24/7/365 interactive exhibit about the Au Sable of Stevens T. Mason, Michigan’s first River, complete with fly-tying lessons. governor, are on their way out as the Large Animal Clinic: 517-353-9710 Fischer is gradually moving into sto- museum moves toward more dynamic ries that are more socially and polit- forms of storytelling. ically current. Next year, “States of cvm.msu.edu/equine Incarceration,” a national traveling exhibit about mass incarceration in As creepy Stevens T. Mason heads America, will be tied into the museum’s back to the waxworks, Fischer envisions items relating to Michigan prisons. a museum where people can come and Fischer said she’s gotten a lot of ideas recognize themselves. from a talkback board she installed on She already hears from older baby the second floor, including suggestions boomers who are shocked to find some for exhibits about the Flint water crisis, of their old stuff carefully arranged in the contemporary Native American peoples museum’s Eisenhower-era kitchen exhibit. and the state’s South Asian community. “Now everybody’s stuff is going to be “Sometimes the lowest tech things do in the museum,” she said. “It’s all one sto- very well,” she said. ry, and it just keeps going.”

May 18 - June 18, 2017 Michigan Premiere “At the heart of this play — and there is plenty of heart — is the intellectual intimacy and emotional honesty of a relationship between professor and student.” ~ Lansing City Pulse “Superb acting from a pair of highly talented professionals? Check.“ ~ EncoreMichigan.com

“. . . Taking Shakespeare showcases the power of storytelling with a comedic flare and witty indictment of academia.” ~ themittenadventure.com “Terry Heck turns in a premiere performance . . .” ~ itsalltheatre.com “ . . . you don’t have to be a fan of Shakespeare By John Murrell to enjoy this show.” ~ EncoreMichigan.com Williamston Theatre Directed by Mary Job 122 S Putnam St.,Williamston Featuring: Terry Heck and 517-655-7469 Michael Lopetrone www.williamstontheatre.org 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 7, 2017

City of Lansing MAYORAL DEBATE

What: Candidates for Mayor of Lansing face-off When: Wednesday, June 21 @ 7pm Doors open @ 5pm Judi Brown Clarke Where: Lansing Brewing Co. 518 E. Shiawassee St. North of Lugnut Stadium Watch: Live on ACD’s Facebook page streaming through ACD’s Fiber Optic Network. Andy Schor

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ever, attending recitals and theater perfor- mances, enjoying the company of her many friends and making art. For decades, Selma ‘What it and Stanley Hollander were Lansing’s alpha patrons of the arts, supporting the local arts scene — especially at MSU — with both their finances and their attendance. Their means names are attached to endowed chairs, scholarships, galleries and programs all over the sprawling university. “I’m sure I’ve spent more time on cam- to be alive’ pus than any student,” she told a packed Cowles House Sunday afternoon at a cele- Nearing 100, arts mega-patron bration of her upcoming June 18 birthday. The historic MSU house was crammed Selma Hollander feted at MSU with friends, artists, university digni- taries and other well-wishers. Stanley By TY FORQUER Hollander died in 2004, but Selma On their honeymoon, Stanley Hollander has continued her rigorous Hollander told his new wife, Selma, that schedule of philanthropic and cultural she would never outings. While much of the Hollanders’ “Selma Hollander: have to work. So giving has been university-focused — when he landed the couple received the MSU Alumni The Collected Ty Forquer/City Pulse a job at Michigan Association’s Philanthropist of the Year Works” State University Award in 2002, commemorating their Selma Hollander (center), flanked by MSU College of Music Dean James Forger (left) June 29-July 2 and Advancement Office Senior Director Rebecca Surian, blows out the candle on a FREE and the cou- first $1 million in contributions to MSU Lansing Art Gallery ple arrived in — their generosity also extended to the birthday cake at Sunday’s party in her honor. 119 N. Washington Square, Lansing East Lansing in local theater scene and groups like the that she spends time with our students,” — she attends, she supports, she applauds.” (517) 374-6400, 1958, she need- Lansing Symphony Orchestra. he said. “She infects them with her passion And while she attended a wide variety lansingartgallery.org ed something to Kirk Domer, chair of MSU’s Department and generosity.” of events, Forger noted that she didn’t love fill her time. She of Theatre, was in attendance Sunday as James Forger, dean of the College of everything. But she always tried to get signed up for a millinery class at Michigan both a representative of his department and Music, served as the party’s emcee and something out of it. State University, because she enjoyed a friend of Hollander. He noted the value of even picked up his saxophone as part of “Selma has a distinct and highly valued making — and wearing — her own hats. donors like Hollander who also give their an all-star music faculty tribute to the opinion,” he said. “She might say, ‘I didn’t Selma Hollander has little trouble filling time to the programs they support. near-centenarian. care for that, but it was important that I her time these days. On the verge of turn- “It’s great to have a patron who loves “She symbolizes what it means to be was there.’” ing 100 later this month, she is as busy as the arts, but what makes Selma special is alive,” Forger said. “She embraces all the arts See Alive, Page 12

foot traffic,” said Caitlyn Perry Dial, the exec- Clarissa Kell/City Pulse utive director for the museum “The very The Michigan first week the museum opened, we broke Women’s Museum the visitation record for a single month.” Historical The Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Center & Hall of Fame moved into the north Hall of Fame wing of the Meridian Mall, just a few doors recently moved in a mall down from the Younker’s for Men’s, Home to the Meridian & Furniture store. Aside from better foot Mall from the Michigan Women’s Historical Center traffic, the move also means better accessi- historic Cooley- & Hall of Fame moves to Okemos bility and more room for new exhibits. Haze House, “In 2015, our board agreed it was time where it had By CLARISSA KELL to look for a new location,” Dial said. “Our been located Visitors to the Meridian Mall can now get organization was outgrowing the Cooley- for nearly 30 a dash of history between picking up an out- Haze house.” years. Clarissa fit at H&M and grabbing a soft pretzel from The museum re-opened with two exhib- Kell/City Pulse Auntie Anne’s. its from the Cooley-Haze House, “Michigan After nearly 30 years in the historic Women A to Z” and “Ladies of the Lights,” Cooley-Haze House on the southern edge of but it is working on new exhibits that will downtown open later this year. “Michigan Women still available on the museum’s website, but “New things take time and money,” Dial Grand Re-Opening Lansing, the A to Z” highlights Michigan women who the plan is to get a digital kiosk in the muse- said. “Since the move, we’ve had to hire new and 30th Anniversary Michigan were pioneers in various careers and in um so people can look up the inductees and staff because we’re open more hours.” Celebration Women’s Michigan history, while “Ladies of the their bios. She said the front of the muse- The Michigan Women’s Historical Center Noon Saturday, June 10 Historical Lights” spotlights Michigan women in the um will feature the Hall of Fame, and when & Hall of Fame is already open to the public, FREE Center & U.S. Lighthouse services. you walk farther in, past the gift shop area, but a grand re-opening is planned for June Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Hall of Fame Hall of Fame “These exhibits are only temporary, there will eventually be an exhibit on wom- 10. The event will feature a ribbon-cutting, (Inside Meridian Mall) made the until the space is redesigned by the graphic en’s suffrage, since the 100th anniversary of light refreshments and several speakers, 1982 W. Grand River Ave., Okemos (517) 763-2397, move to the designers,” Dial said. “The Hall of Fame is Michigan’s ratification of Women’s Suffrage including founding members of the organi- michiganwomenshalloffame.org Okemos going to be completely re-envisioned. We are Amendment is coming up next year. zation and Michigan elected officials mall last redesigning and reinterpreting this exhibit One corner of the museum is unofficially “We are waiting to do the official grand month. And while the museum is still set- to focus on the inductees’ achievements.” called the “Herstory Lab,” which will be an re-opening ceremony on June 10, because tling into its new space, it has already noticed Dial said the biographies of the inductees, education area for children. There will be a that will be the museum’s 30th anniversa- some benefits. including Michigan luminaries like Rosa chalkboard wall in that area, so visitors can ry,” Dial said. “That will also give us a couple “There has definitely been an increase in Parks, Diana Ross and Betty Ford, are all write messages about what they learned. weeks to work out the kinks.” 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 7, 2017

novel trying to understand him, because he is a fascinating mystery — and Petkoff turns that mystery into flesh. Power The three Alisons are both identi- cal and unique at the same time. More important, each actor gets at least one through pain song to shine. For Gold as Small Alison, the Motown-influenced “Come to the Fun Depending on one’s religious leanings, ‘Fun Home’ translates trauma Home” steals the first act. Gold shares Powerful and painful Chad Swan-Badgero’s Pastor Jay was either sharp singing and dancing duties with a model of a wise evangelical leadership or into universal story Henry Boshart and Luké Barbato Smith ‘Luna Gale’ takes unflinching a bat-guano-crazy lunatic — or maybe both. as her two brothers. look at human suffering To me, Badgero was more than an actor By PAUL WOZNIAK Corrigan, as Medium Alison, expresses playing a part; his pastor impersonation If you’ve wondered how to turn painful her sexual awakening on “Changing My was eerily realistic. childhood memories into a Tony Award Major.” Finally, Naughton kills the heart- By DAVID WINKELSTERN Ben Cassidy as Cliff, the social worker’s winning Broadway musical, “Fun Home” breaking ballad “Telephone Wire” near It dealt with heartbreaking and uncom- boss, was also admirable in his portrayal is a good example of where to start. the end of the show, where she is unable fortable issues. It had creepy characters of an un-admirable fellow who had hid- Based on the graphic novel by Alison to connect with her father in their final and moments about as cheery den religious motives. I admit that I liked Bechdel with music by Jeanine Tesori and car ride together. Review as watching your grandfather hating him. The role of Lourdes was capa- book and lyrics by Lansing native Lisa In the show’s most important sup- being brutally clocked by a bly played by Danica O’Neill, who gave a Kron, “Fun Home” is an intimate, honest, porting role, Alison’s mother, Helen grandfather clock. Despite that, I enthusi- convincing performance as an alum of funny and heartbreaking autobiographi- (Susan Moniz), is the one other person astically endorse “Luna Gale.” the public support system who was still cal musical about personal identity and who knows Bruce’s secrets. In one scene, Peppermint Creek Theatre Co.’s pro- in need of help. the power of memories. And Helen plays the piano in the living room duction of the Rebecca Gilman play was Participants in the Peppermint Creek Review although the protagonist is a next to the children to cover the sounds often tortuous to sit through. Descriptions play powerfully portrayed poignant and lesbian woman, only the most Bruce seducing a young man in the oth- or depictions of child rape and abuse, perfect portraits of passionate people in literal minded will be unable er room. Moniz’s face is a chiseled mask meth addiction, our over-burdened Child perpetual pain. The suffering characters to identify with the universal experiences barely hiding Helen’s pain and misery. Protective Services system and over-zeal- went through transformations during in this story. She finally breaks ous evangelicals might not sound like any- “Luna Gale” that required new levels of “Fun Home” is part coming-of-age and down to Alison on “Fun Home” thing you’d want to buy a ticket for. But the acting, and each actor masterfully met sexual awakening story and part mystery, her final song, “Days 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Peppermint Creek the challenge. June 7-Thursday, June “Luna Gale” as Alison tries to understand her own and Days,” reveal- 8; 8 p.m. Friday, June Peppermint Creek cast — deftly direct- That includes Angela Dill, as Caroline, father. Bechdel is played by three actors at ing how she molded 9; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Theatre Co. ed by Jordon Climie the damaged, ever serious, big-hearted different ages; Small Alison (Carly Gold) Saturday, June 10; 1 p.m. 8 p.m. Thursday, June herself to please her and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, 8-Saturday, June 10; 2 — made the often social worker. I remembered Dill for come- who is Bechdel around age 10, Medium husband over her- June 11 p.m. Sunday, June 11 overwhelming show dic roles in plays like “You Can’t Take it With Alison (Abby Corrigan) who is Bechdel in Tickets start at $41/$28 self. students $15/$10 students and worth every blood- You,” “The Amazing Jesus,” and “Nunsense: seniors her first year in college, and Adult Alison Supporting the Wharton Center Miller Performing Arts red cent. The Mega Musical.” In those plays, Dill (Amanda Naughton). Robert Petkoff 750 E. Shaw Lane, East acting and singing, Lansing Center Sarah Lynn, as sometimes had me close to tears of laughter plays Bechdel’s enigmatic father, Bruce. 6025 Curry Lane, David Zinn’s beauti- (517) 432-2000, Lansing Karlie, offered a con- and joy. In “Luna Gale,” Dill’s moving per- As Adult Alison explains, “(Bruce) was ful set and costume whartoncenter.com (517) 927-3016, vincing depiction of a formance had me near tears of sadness and gay, and I was gay, and he killed himself, peppermintcreek.org design start with a meth user confront- despair. She conquered the lead role with a and I became a lesbian cartoonist.” bare, brick wall before transitioning into ing the possibility of fragile fierceness. The problem is that neither Small the elaborately decorated interior of the losing her child, Luna. As believable and The Peppermint Creek set, designed Alison nor Medium Alison know about house near the end. Ben Stanton’s light- potent as Lynn’s verbal deliveries were, by MJC Construction, was mostly sim- Bruce’s secret identity nor why he tends to ing design uses isolated spots to make the her jittery and animated body movements ple furniture and plain chairs. But with connect more with ornate furniture than most of the stage, but they are especially alone were enough to sell the role of a wom- five spots on the stage in the Miller his own children. So the show, with Adult effective projecting prison bar-like grid an on the edge. I cannot imagine anyone Preforming Arts Center that were altered Alison as narrator, jumps through time, lines in a New York City scene. doing a better job in that role. to create eight settings, the “basic” set re-examining her memories and conver- Finally, sound designer Kai Harada Connor Kelly, as the father, Peter, actually becomes quite complex. It suited sations with her father and mother. ensures all of the lyrics are clear throughout. delivered a multi-faceted performance an unpredictable and gripping story that As Bruce, Petkoff is charming and con- As an adaptation, the musical uses the that established his own verbal and phys- did not require fancy scenery. trolling, charismatic and terrifying all at content in the graphic novel as a jumping ical prowess. Kelly skillfully evolved from Amid the turbulent language and gale the same time. He seamlessly shifts from off point instead of recreating the story a despicable dad to a likeable father. Jean force moments in “Luna Gale” were spots a person who sees his children as props frame by frame. The musical has breath Burk, as Karlie’s super-Christian moth- of tenderness and humor. The only time in the staging of his perfectly managed and rhythm. It transposes the awkward er, Cindy, went from meek to weird to emotion wasn’t gusting from the stage was house to an empathetic human being scenes and silences from the page into aggressive to horrified, with each trans- during the 15-minute intermission. In sum- who instantly connects with others. It’s real awkward silences that hang in the air formation feeling authentic. mary, “Luna Gale” blew me away. no wonder that Bechdel spent an entire and beg to be broken.

tree on the MSU Campus. decades of Midwestern life. a cane to get around, Domer said her energy Alive “We hope to fell some more trees soon,” She recalled her time living with her and passion have continued unabated. from page 11 Forger said, gesturing toward a near- husband in a small apartment near the “We spent six hours, but it wasn’t about by field adjacent to the Music Building. corner of Bailey Street and Grand River shopping. It was her talking about all the At Sunday’s party, Hollander, crowned Hollander has pledged $1 million toward Avenue, just a stone’s throw from the uni- things she wants to do,” he said. “At five with a floral hat, sat in a cozy upholstered a proposed addition and expansion to the versity. While she started with millinery hours in, she turned to me and said, ‘I chair and greeted a steady parade of guests building, matching the gift she made to classes, she ended up with bachelor’s and need charcoal! I’m going to make some- that was only briefly interrupted so that MSU the Broad Art Museum. master’s degrees in studio art at MSU. Still thing new for the Lansing Art Gallery.’” officials — including President Lou Anna K. Hollander herself addressed the crowd, an active artist, Hollander has an exhibi- Domer, who is exactly 60 years her junior Simon, who was traveling in Europe, via vid- telling a little bit of the story of her journey tion of her screen prints slated for later — “Selma’s my birthday buddy”— said he is eo — could offer birthday congratulations from Brooklyn to East Lansing. this summer at the Lansing Art Gallery. inspired by her approach to life and art. and gifts. One gift, a bowl from the MSU “I never miss New York,” she told the Domer accompanied Hollander on a “She’s so giddy about creating,” he said. Shadows collection, was made from a felled crowd, her Brooklyn accent untouched by recent trip to get art supplies. While she uses “It’s beautiful.” City Pulse • June 7, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13 Thriller in Yooper country through the novel, including a scene where Karen Dionne’s ‘The Marsh King’s Daughter’ a tale of her testimony puts her father in prison for life. That conflict comes to a head when family, survival in the Upper Peninsula Helena becomes a bounty hunter to save Helena has created a life of her own, run- her own life and protect her family’s safety. By BILL CASTANIER ning a successful natural food business Readers who are familiar with Emma It’s been over a year since Michigan while raising two children with a loving Donoghue’s “Room,” or the subsequent author Karen Dionne hit the literary lot- husband who knows nothing of her past. movie, might wonder if Dionne was riffing tery and her book, “The Marsh King’s Then her father makes a brutal escape off that kidnapper-captive-offspring plot. Daughter,” sold for $1.2 million. from prison, and Helena knows he will Dionne said she wasn’t aware of the sim- Tuesday, her long awaited work will land come after her. To survive, the hunted must ilarity until she was well into writing “The on shelves at bookstores, in sweet spots at become the huntress. Marsh King’s Daughter.” Courtesy Photo airport stores and Sam’s Club and even on Helena knows her father will take to the “I deliberately stayed away from reading “The Marsh King’s Daughter,” by Michigan Facebook. backwoods of the Upper Peninsula, still her it,” she said. “I didn’t set out to write the author Karen Dionne, hits bookstore The promotional run-up has been phe- home and an environment he is intimately reverse ‘Room.’” shelves Tuesday. The thriller is set in the nomenal, including a mega-blurb from familiar with. We learn from the flashback In fact, she remembers the exact woods of the Upper Peninsula. thriller writer Lee Child, plugs in trend-set- chapters that Helena, who learned at her moment when her book took shape. ting magazines like Cosmopolitan and, just father’s knee, might be the only one who has “I woke up in the middle of the night a few days ago, a spot in The New York the skills to track and capture him again. with fully developed sentences,” she said. SCHULER BOOKS Times’ summer reading edition of its book She often learned those skills in cruel Anyone familiar with the works of Hans review, which called Dionne’s novel “subtle, ways during her 12 years of captivity. Christian Andersen will know the title was &MUSIC brilliant and mature.” What often makes the book really sing cribbed from his odd fairytale of the same Dionne, who spoke with City Pulse from is the authenticity Dionne brings in writing name and roughly familiar plot. Detroit Tigers Talk with her home in southeast Michigan, did not about the northern woods of Michigan. The Dionne’s experience writing thrillers Award-Winning Sports Writer conceal her excitement about finding suc- author and her husband were part of the is clear in the way she builds tension as TOM GAGE cess after years toiling in the second tier of back-to-nature movement that arose in the the daughter who can get into the mind paperback originals. 1960s. In early 1974, the couple bought 10 of her father begins tracking his move- Thursday, June 8 @ 7pm “Excuse me if I speak in exclamation acres in the Upper Peninsula just off M-28 ments. On the other side, he knows Meridian Mall location marks,” she said. “I have a permanent smile.” near Seney. The idea was to live off the land exactly how she will react and is waiting Award-winning beat writer Tom Gage Dionne has a long catalog of thrillers, and sell her husband’s pottery. They lived in for her around every turn. recounts the living history of the which often feature catastrophic environ- a hand-hewn cabin for more than 30 years The book’s climaxes —yes, there are Tigers, counting down from No. 50 to before moving below the bridge. more than one — will keep you guessing mental events or tinges of the supernat- No. 1 in The Big 50: Detroit Tigers. ural. But her new book takes place on a “The first year we lived in a tent with no until the chaotic end. much more human level and explores a running water and no electricity,” she said. father-daughter relationship that is both “I write what I know. Everything comes Skype event w/ M.R. CAREY, disturbing and loving. from the knowledge I have lived.” author of Girl With All the Gifts The daughter in the novel, Helena, is The buzz for “The Marsh King’s the offspring of a teenage mother and her Daughter” is not just limited to the United Sunday, June 11 @ 3pm kidnapper, who has hidden them in the States. The novel will be published in Eastwood Towne Center location woods of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for 21 countries, ranging from Brazil to Join us for a special Skype event with more than a dozen years. Dionne tells the Romania to Taiwan. Dionne believes that US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd bestselling British author M.R. Carey. story in chapters that alternate between the father-daughter relationship will tran- Some also know him as Mike Carey, a contemporary storyline and flashbacks scend regional differences. www.NCGmovies.com writer for DC and Marvel. His novel detailing the captivity, Helena’s escape and “Helena loves her father, and she loves The Girl With All the Gifts (now a the ultimate imprisonment of her father. the marsh,” Dionne said. 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By DYLAN TARR summer fun this year. Outdoor summer “Many librarians noticed the trend of A book is great for taking to the beach, games like bocce ball, cornhole, ladderball libraries starting a Library of Things,” but Capital Area District Libraries is lend- and spikeball are all available to be bor- said Jessica Goodrich, CADL outreach ing cardholders more than just books for rowed from CADL’s new Library of Things. librarian. So in September, CADL created its own Library of Things. In addition to summer lawn games, the Library of Things offers a collection of diverse items, ranging from the utilitarian, like energy meters and air quality monitors, to the explorative, like a Theremin and a Raspberry Pi comput- ing kit. All of these items and many more can be borrowed from any one of CADL’s branches for up to two weeks and renewed for an additional week. The service also lends useful but expen- sive household items like sewing machines and graphing calculators to patrons who may want to try a new hobby or learn Courtesy photo something new without investing a bunch of money. Through the Capital Area District “One of the criteria we use for picking a Libraries’ Library of Things, cardholders thing to add is the cost,” Goodrich said. “It can check out items like yard games, gives everyone access to these things, not electronics and more just those who can afford it.” Goodrich said CADL is always look- ing and lots more.” ing for ways to improve and enhance The Library of Things aims to provide their offerings to patrons and encour- the public with things that make patrons ages library-goers to suggest new items say, “I’ve always wanted to try that, but I for the Library of Things through the can’t afford it,” Goodrich said. CADL website. New items are added to “These things might be a new expe- the Library of Things every month. rience, something helpful, education- In August, “patrons can look for- al or encourage exploring new areas of ward to an at-home die cutter with die interest,” she said, adding that she hopes cuts,” Goodrich said. “It will be great the items available will add value to a for crafting, scrapbooking, card mak- patron’s life.

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GROOVE Illustrations throughout section by Jonathan Griffith

By ALLAN I. ROSS best, you’re repeat wins for Best Dessert and Best Ice Ten years ago, if you were caught drinking beer inside the best. Cream Shop. Or if you prefer salty to sweet, Horrocks Farm Market, you’d likely find yourself being Earning 3,857 you might venture just off campus to HopCat, which shown the exit and probably facing an intervention back votes, perenni- won for Best Fries and came in second in Best Craft at home. Today, if you’re not enjoying a craft coffee stout al multi-category Beer Selection and third for Best Hangout for Students while waiting at the olive oil and vinegar filling station or favorite DeLuca’s and Best Happy Hour. Oh yeah, HopCat also came in shopping for imported organic snap peas, it’s practically won for Best Family just behind Golden Harvest in the Most Unique Public a waste of your shopping cart’s cup holder. Friendly Restaurant, Restroom category. The East Lansing beer bar stirred up Ten years ago, Soup Spoon Café was an upstart Best Italian and (natch) some controversy when it launched with restrooms wall- breakfast and lunch diner with a quaint eastside location Best Pizza. Most likely, see you next year, DeLuca’s! papered with Playboy, Cosmopolitan and Vogue mag- next to a flower shop. Today, it’s tripled in size, has a full No sophomore slump for last year’s rookie upstart, azine covers, but the restrooms have been redone and dinner menu, a full bar and an effective “second location” Lansing Brewing Co. After being named last year’s Best now feature black and white tiles arranged into trippy in Williamston — if you can call an upscale bistro with New Restaurant and Best Lansing-Area Brewery, the crooked patterns. fine dining sensibilities second to anything. downtown destination drew 3,688 votes, winning again Conjoined twins Zoobie’s Old Town Tavern and Ten years ago, DeLuca’s Restaurant and Pizzeria for Best Lansing-Area Brewery and taking the title of the Cosmos earned 2,881 and 2,416 votes, respectively, was a family-friendly brasserie known for its outstanding Best Bar. It also came in second for Best Distillery and effectively giving the building the second most votes in pizza and pages-long menu filled with Italian-American Best Local Outing with Friends and third for Best Craft town, and the most votes per square foot. Zoobie’s won staples. Today, it’s … pretty much the same. Maybe a lit- Beer Selection. With a massive patio perfect for summer- for Best Cocktails, Best Happy Hour and Best Bartender tle bit wiser, but it still has the Seafood Pizza, so all is time socializing and an ideal location within stumbling for Heather Haslaker; it came in second for Best Bar and right in the world. distance of practically every single downtown activity, third for Best Local Outing with Friends. Interestingly, As the annual Top of the Town Awards celebrates a it’s easy to see how LBC has managed to rise so quickly even though it came in eighth for total votes, Cosmos decade of popular culture in Greater Lansing, there are to the Top of the Town. didn’t actually win anything. It came in second for Best few surprises. Over 17,000 individual votes across 124 Inarguably the city’s most idiosyncratic dining estab- Pizza and third for Best Family-Friendly Restaurant, categories — the most ever — decided the best people, lishment, Golden Harvest, has been drawing strong Best Fries and — there it is again — Most Unique Public places and things (very noun-forward) that make the opinions for as long as it’s been assaulting customer ear- Bathroom. Which, in all honesty, you really have to see. Capital City so capital. drums with EDM and making them queue up outside, El Azteco in East Lansing won Best Margarita and For the second year in a row, Horrocks drew more votes no matter what’s falling from the sky (exception: fire- Best Mexican, coming in second for Best Patio for a total (7,222) than any other competitor, nearly doubling the balls — it’s written right there on the door). Yet again it of 2,352 votes. And in its 11th year, Soup Spoon Café still number that the second-place finisher earned. It handily won for Best Breakfast and Best Diner, but this year it showed up strong, garnering 2,304 votes and winning won in six categories — Best Craft Beer Selection, Best took a couple other notable honors. Ever-upbeat server for Best Vegetarian/Vegan/Gluten-Free Options, and Beer Selection (retail), Best Florist, Best Grocery Store, Tim Gleason was recognized this year as Lansing’s Best second for Best Breakfast, Best Sandwich/Deli and Best Best Organic Natural Market and Best Wine Selection Restaurant Wait Staff Person. And for some reason, vot- Bartender for Melik Brown. (retail) — while coming in second in Best Candy Shop ers only recently discovered the lavatory chalkboards, So take a look through this year’s winners over the and third in Best Gift Shop. And here, we thought it was as Golden Harvest was won for Most Unique Public next 14 pages, and you’ll get a good idea of where to go all about the flavored popcorn samples and free coffee. Restroom. There are no small winners in this contest, for food, drinks, services and political action here in After 57 years, there’s not much left to say about folks — everything matters. Lansing. At least you definitely know where to go when DeLuca’s that hasn’t been said, but when you’re the MSU Dairy Store earned 3,238 votes between its you need a public restroom. 16 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 7, 2017 City Pulse • June 7, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17

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BEST BRUNCH: CREOLE BEST DESSERT: MSU DAIRY STORE BEST GREEK: LOU AND HARRY’S BEST DINING A taste of New Orleans, sans the Mardi The only thing the MSU Dairy Store Lou and Harry’s takes its third lap as BEST ASIAN BUFFET: HIBACHI GRILL Gras beads and hurricane weather, sits treats better than its cows is its winner for Best Greek food in the Lansing & SUSHI BUFFET right in Old Town. Weekend brunchers customers. The on-campus ice cream area. Readers still cannot get over the Top of the Town voters praised the “great can dig into Southern-inspired options shop offers a variety of Big Ten-inspired greek dressing and gyros, not that they prices” and “great selection of food like pulled chicken waffles, biscuits and ice cream flavors like Badger Berry would want to. choice” at Hibachi Grill & Sushi Buffet. The Andouille gravy or NOLA-style beignets. Cheesecake and Dantonio’s Double self-proclaimed “Lansing’s largest buffet” Fudge Fake. 2. Zeus Coney Island boasts over 250 buffet options. 2. Beggar’s Banquet 3. Olga’s 3. Tavern & Tap 2. Grand Traverse Pie Co. 2. Xiao 3. Sweetilicious BEST ICE CREAM SHOP: MSU DAIRY STORE 3. bd’s Mongolian BBQ BEST BURGER: DAGWOOD’S The Dairy Store steals customers’ The neon sign on the front of Dagwood’s, BEST DINER: GOLDEN HARVEST hearts quicker than they can say BEST BAKERY: ROMA BAKERY visible from US-127, is a beacon for those When one reader describes this diner’s Sesquicentennial Swirl. For nearly 50 years, this family-owned seeking unfussy bar food. City Pulse food as “to die for,” can you really bakery has been churning out traditional readers describe Dagwood’s as “old go wrong? But if that isn’t enough, 2. Tasty Twist cannoli, paczkis, sandwiches and other school” and praise the “unbeatable prices” our readers promise the people and 3. Lick-ety Split and “the best staff.” atmosphere at Golden Harvest is most tasty goodies from a modest storefront See WINNERS, Page 18 on the edges of downtown Lansing. definitely worth the wait. 2. Five Guys Burger & Fries 2. Bake n’ Cakes 3. Crunchy’s 2. Fleetwood Diner 3. Glazed & Confused 3. Good Truckin’ Diner BEST CHINESE: P.F. CHANG’S BEST BBQ: MEAT SOUTHERN BBQ & The modern Chinese chain with the BEST FAMILY FRIENDLY RESTAURANT: CARNIVORE CUISINE signature giant horse statues won over DELUCA’S The name says it all. This Old Town joint, Top of the Town voters with creative Kids like pizza, right? (Of course they do. whose “vegetarian options” menu is a menu options like Dynamite Shrimp and Everybody loves pizza.) list of soft drinks, is hailed by City Pulse wok-fired filet mignon. readers for not only its brisket, but also 2. Cugino’s for its heavy metal atmosphere. 2. Chen’s Restaurant 3. Cosmos Pizza 3. Charlie Kang’s - East Lansing 2. Saddleback BBQ BEST FISH FRY: EASTSIDE FISH FRY 3. Crossroads BBQ BEST COCKTAILS: ZOOBIE’S From walleye to catfish to Oreos, this With names like the Slow Burn and you-buy-we-fry joint serves up a huge BEST BREAKFAST: GOLDEN HARVEST Louisville’s Revenge, the cocktails at Zoobie’s variety of tasty fried fare. And if you’re Don’t let the long line out front dissuade are almost as fun to order as they are to feeling exotic, you can order up some you. Top of the Town voters rave about drink. And if you’re feeling lucky, you can go mako shark steaks or alligator tail meat. the punk rock vibe and killer food — with the mysterious Trust Us cocktail. Cap’n Crunch french toast, anyone? — at 2. Claddaugh Irish Pub 2. American Fifth Spirits Lansing’s breakfast mecca. 3. Blue Gill Grill 3. Houlihan’s 2. Soup Spoon Cafe BEST CRAFT BEER SELECTION: HORROCKS BEST FRIES: HOPCAT 3. Fleetwood Diner City Pulse readers praise Horrocks Dining at HopCat and not ordering Every Musician’s Crack Fries — beer-battered fries for its wide variety of beers, including Second Home rare imports that are difficult to find topped with special cracked pepper anywhere else. And thanks to its in-store seasoning and optional cheese sauce — 1100 N. Washington Ave. taproom, shoppers can even sip a brew is considered a punishable offense by Lansing, MI City Pulse readers. while picking up groceries. 517-372-7890 2. HopCat 2. Five Guys Burgers & Fries 3. Lansing Brewing Co. 3. Cosmos www.elderly.com 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 7, 2017

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BEST MEDITERRANEAN: ZAYTOON BEST SANDWICH/DELI: JERSEY GIANT recommend making the drive out to WINNERS One voter described Zaytoon’s lamb as life Top of the Town voters describe Jersey the English Inn. Housed in a 90-year-old changing, while another voter described its Giant as a “great value” and “amazing tudor revival house, the restaurant offers from page 17 Mediterranean fare as “the best stuff of life.” sandwiches.” The local sandwich chain classy meals in the formal dining room, It also won over voters with its signature has won the hearts and stomachs of many or diners can head to the pub for a more BEST ITALIAN: DELUCA’S chicken shawarma and gluten-free options. readers with its East Coast-style subs. casual experience. For over 50 years, Deluca’s has provided Lansing diners with traditional pasta 2. Woody’s Oasis 2. Soup Spoon Cafe 2. Capital Prime dishes, piled-high pizzas and tasty garlic 3. Sultan’s 3. Mancino’s 3. Creole breads. One voter put it simply: “Great family, great food.” BEST MEXICAN: EL AZTECO BEST SEAFOOD: MITCHELL’S FISH MARKET BEST VEGETARIAN/VEGAN/GLUTEN-FREE From classic dishes like burritos and When our readers are in the mood for OPTIONS: SOUP SPOON CAFE 2. Cugino’s fajitas to specialties like the Topopo Salad fresh seafood, they head up to Mitchell’s With vegan and vegetarian sandwiches 3. Bravo and cheese dip, El Azteco’s menu earned Fish Market. Voters described its seafood like the Peacemaker and the Gardner, the local chain this year’s Best Mexican as “cooked perfectly” and “so worth it.” Soup Spoon Cafe has a special place in BEST LATE NIGHT FOOD: FLEETWOOD DINER award. The only thing our voters can’t the hearts of local veggie lovers. South Lansing’s 24-hour (most of the agree on is which location is better. 2. Maru and Ukai Hibachi Grill (tie) time) diner serves up Hippie Hash, gyros 3. Red Lobster 2. Zaytoon and other local favorites all around the 2. El Oasis Truck 3. Leaf Salad Bar clock. It’s the go-to spot for third shifters, 3. Cancun Mexican Grill BEST STEAK: CAPITAL PRIME insomniacs and other nocturnal types. Our voters have declared Capital Prime BEST NEW RESTAURANT: BLAZE PIZZA to have the “best steaks around.” One BEST HANGOUTS 2. Famous Taco Top of the Town voters describe Blaze reader even said, “I cried it was so good.” 3. Taco Bell Pizza as “fast and delicious” — and rightly BEST BAR: LANSING BREWING CO. so, with custom pizzas cooked on the spot 2. Knight Cap Whether you’re looking to play a round BEST MARGARITA: EL AZTECO in just three minutes. The “fast-fire’d” pies 3. Texas Roadhouse of corn hole on the patio, take a yoga One voter bragged that EL Azteco is can be inventive or classic, you decide. class in the Stockhouse or just belly “the real deal.” And it seems like much of BEST SUSHI: MARU up to the bar for an Amber Cream Greater Lansing agrees, as the Mexican 2. Chik-fil-a Maru is our readers’ favorite sushi spot Ale, there’s a place for you at Lansing restaurant takes home the top prize in 3. Zaytoon Holt because “the chefs are creative” and Brewing Co. The Stadium District our inaugural Best Margarita category. “the vibe is not stuffy.” One reader went brewery has become a popular gathering BEST PIZZA: DELUCA’S as far as to say that Maru has “the best place for Lansing beer lovers. 2. Los Tres Amigos North Lansing’s Italian juggernaut snags sushi outside of Japan.” 3. Cancun the Best Pizza award for the ninth 2. Zoobie’s consecutive year. 2. Sansu 3. Dagwood’s 3. Ukai West 2. Cosmos BEST BIGGBY: EAST LANSING - 3499 E. LAKE 3. Cugino’s BEST THAI: BANGKOK HOUSE LANSING RD. Not even a kitchen fire can stop Bangkok Out of all the Biggbys (Biggbies?) in the BEST RESTAURANT WINE LIST: DUSTY’S House, which takes home the Best Thai Greater Lansing area, the one in East With a great wine selection and monthly award for the third year in a row. Lansing is the fairest of them all. Our wine tastings, Dusty’s is the place to be 2. No Thai! voters described this location as fast and for local winos. 3. Taste of Thai friendly with great baristas.

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menu at American Fifth’s tasting room WINNERS 2. Esquire features a variety of tasty options made 3. Sir Pizza Grand Cafe - Old Town with its own vodka, gin, rum and whiskey. from page 19 BEST HAPPY HOUR: ZOOBIE’S 2. Lansing Brewing Co. 2. Lansing - 2002 W. Saginaw Happy hour at Zoobie’s is more than 3. Ellison Brewery + Spirits 3. Grand Ledge - 914 Charlevoix just drink specials. Artisanal pizzas, bruschetta and other creative appetizers BEST LOCAL OUTING WITH FRIENDS: LANSING BEST COFFEE SHOP: STRANGE MATTER pair excellently with wine, craft beer and LUGNUTS COFFEE CO. cocktails. It’s summertime, which means plenty of Despite the influx of craft coffee joints, opportunities to watch Lansing’s home Strange Matter Coffee Co. remains the Best 2. Houlihan’s team battle for minor league supremacy. Coffee Shop in the non-Biggby division. If 3. HopCat To get even more bang for your buck, go best patio in Lansing. Our voters love you think you see a lot of Strange Matter on Thursday nights to stuff yourself with on your Instagram feed now, wait until it being on the water to eat with friends, BEST KARAOKE: CRUNCHY’S $2 beers and hotdogs. starts making doughnuts … . meet with clients or catch some live This East Lansing staple might attract some music. with its famous Crunchy Burger or buckets 2. Lansing Brewing Co. 2. Bloom Coffee Roasters of beer, but the real draw is Crunchy’s 3. Zoobie’s 3. Starbucks 2. El Azteco karaoke night. According to voters, the bar 3. Peanut Barrel wins best karaoke, “no contest.” BEST MOVIE THEATRE: NCG EASTWOOD BEST DANCE BAR: SPIRAL CINEMAS Lansing’s premier LGBTQ bar is also BEST PLACE TO TAKE KIDS: IMPRESSION 5 2. Green Door NCG wins over Greater Lansing moviegoers the best place in town to shake your From infants to grandparents, Impression 3. Tequila Cowboy with reclining seats, a “great selection of groove thang. Our voters raved about 5 has “something for every age,” our times” and, most important to our readers, voters said. Activities like Impression 5’s the diverse crowd that dances the night BEST LANSING-AREA BREWERY: LANSING excellent concessions, including great away at Spiral. bubble room and the giant Lite Brite are BREWING CO. popcorn and “stellar soda refills.” fun for the young and the young at heart.

2. Green Door With flagship beers like the Angry Mayor 2. Celebration! Cinema 3. Tequila Cowboy 2. Potter Park Zoo IPA and Official Union Golden Ale and a 3. Studio C! 3. District5 constant rotation of new brews, Lansing BEST HANGOUT FOR STUDENTS: CRUNCHY’S Brewing Co. has become of favorite of BEST MUSIC VENUE: WHARTON CENTER BEST SPARTAN SPORTS HANGOUT: What’s not to love about buckets of local beer enthusiasts. East Lansing’s Wharton Center beats SPARTAN HALL OF FAME pizza nugs and craft beer? out the area’s rock clubs and blues bars If you can’t get a ticket to the game, the 2. Ellison Brewery + Spirits to snag its first-ever win for Best Music Spartan Hall of Fame Cafe is the place to 2. Pinball Pete’s 3. Eaglemonk Pub & Brewery Venue. be for MSU sports events. Memorabilia 3. HopCat galore and a slew of HD plasma tvs BEST LANSING-AREA DISTILLERY: AMERICAN 2. Green Door cover the walls of this Spartan hangout, BEST GAY/LESBIAN BAR: SPIRAL FIFTH SPIRITS 3. Loft so you’ll never miss a play. Spiral’s unique atmosphere and Liquor might be quicker, but at American themed parties earned the Old Town Fifth Spirits, alcohol aficionados will want BEST PATIO: WATERFRONT BAR & GRILL 2. Buffalo Wild Wings establishment the Best Gay/Lesbian Bar to take their time with these creative A burger, a cold beer and an exceptional 3. Reno’s East award for the seventh straight year. cocktails. The ever-evolving cocktail view of the Grand River all add up to the See WINNERS, Page 21 City Pulse • June 7, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21

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that hard work earned the attention of WINNERS 2. Frog & the Beeftones Top of the Town voters, who awarded 3. Lansing Unionized Vaudeville her the top spot in our inaugural Best from page 20 Spectacle Visual Artist category.

BEST HIP-HOP GROUP/ARTIST: SCRATCH 2. Jennifer Medler BEST SPORTS BAR: NUTHOUSE SPORTS BAR PILOTS 3. Ben Graham With televisions almost everywhere Using original vinyl and modern club you look, Nuthouse Sports Grill is our equipment, Scratch Pilots create their own voters’ favorite place to catch a game sound using old school songs that Lansing with some friends. area residents can’t get enough of. One BEST PEOPLE voter declared, “Scratch Pilots spin that BEST ADVOCATE/ACTIVIST: 2. Buffalo Wild Wings perfect golden age era of hip-hop.” GRETCHEN WHITMER DON AND STEPHANIE MCCOY 3. Crunchy’s Former state senator Gretchen Our voters describe this duo as hilarious 2. Ribcage Whitmer takes home the award for Best and enjoyable to listen to. One reader 3. James Gardin BEST LOCAL Advocate/Activist, and while I’m sure she said, “They are very good at what they appreciates the win, she definitely has a do, and you can tell they enjoy working MUSIC/ARTS BEST JAZZ GROUP/ARTIST: ROOT DOCTOR bigger contest on her mind. together.” Spanning blues, R&B, Motown, funk, soul and BEST COVER BAND: STARFARM jazz, Root Doctor has been enticing Lansing Sporting track-suits, Aqua Net and leg- 2. Cindy Kangas - Humane Society 2. Joey Pants and Deb Hart audiences to dance since the late ‘80s. warmers, Starfarm and its 1980s-centric 3. Tashmica Torok 3. Josh Strickland setlist takes you back to a time when Alf 2. MSU Professors of Jazz See WINNERS, Page 22 was still funny and we all fought for our BEST AM/FM RADIO PERSONALITY: BANANA 3. The Further Adventures of Fat Boy right to party. and the Jive Turkeys BEST RADIO STATION: 97.5 WJIM 2. Tell Yo Mama Lansing’s No. 1 hit music station plays 3. Frog & the Beeftones today’s top pop songs while also keeping its listeners up to date on local news BEST CLASSICAL MUSICIAN: ED FEDEWA and traffic jams. The leader of the Lansing Symphony’s bass section and the anchor of many 2. 88.9 WDBM local jazz and rock rhythm sections, 3. 100.7 WITL low-end guru Ed Fedewa takes home the Best Classical Musician honor for the BEST ROCK BAND/ARTIST: TELL YO MAMA second year in a row. Led by the singing cashier himself, Tell Yo Mama rocketed to local fame after 2. Rodney Page a video of Lucas Holliday went viral, 3. Ralph Votapek the singer appeared on “Good Morning America” and then was invited to join BEST CLUB DJ: RUCKUS R&B singer Maxwell on stage at the When he’s not slinging ramen at the Palace. Avenue Cafe, Ruckus can be found spinning records at local dance clubs. 2. Taylor Taylor Thanks for voting and supporting our small businesses! 3. Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers 2. Capitol City DJs McSHANE Photography & Bee Queener Massage Therapy 3. Scratch Pilots BEST THEATRE GROUP: RIVERWALK THEATRE BEST EVENT/WEDDING DJ: Tucked into a riverside home in downtown Lansing, Riverwalk Theatre JAMMIN’ DJ’S is a “great venue with fantastic actors,” Nothing kills a party like a bad DJ. Since according to our voters. The company, 1991, Jammin’ DJ’s have been serving up which is wrapping up its 28th season, the beat for all kinds of events in the offers everything from intimate black Lansing area. box shows to Broadway musicals. 2. Capitol City DJs 2. MSU Department of Theatre 3. Tunes by T 3. Williamston Theatre BEST FOLK BAND/ARTIST: TAYLOR TAYLOR BEST VISUAL ARTIST: KIMBERLY LAVON Our voters praised Taylor Taylor’s voice, Local printmaker Kimberly Lavon has her songwriting and her “heart of gold.” been busy the last few years, opening The 20-something singer/songwriter her own studio and appearing at art has become a regular at local festivals, events all over Greater Lansing. And farmers markets and patios. FLAT, BLACK & CIRCULAR THANK YOU FOR 40 YEARS OF SUPPORT!

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for Best Cocktails, and our voters would BEST HAIRSTYLIST: ELLIE WONG WINNERS like those Best Cocktails delivered by AT THE HEAD ROOM Heather Haslaker. Ellie Wong not only possesses a from page 21 command of all things hair, but also a 2. Melik Brown at Soup Spoon Cafe natural ability to entertain and engage. BEST BARTENDER: HEATHER HASLAKER AT 3. Sarah Fandel at REO Town Pub Some patrons drive an hour or more ZOOBIE’S to sit in her chair and leave “feeling and Zoobie’s takes home this year’s award BEST BUDTENDER: TARA HAWBLITZEL AT looking amazing.” BEST BUDS Described by our voters as “sweet and 2. Ashley Medina - Bliss Salon and Kelly very knowledgeable,” Hawblitzel is ready Delaney at Matthew Ryan Salon (tie) to serve your medical marijuana needs. 3. Allison Malloy- Glo Salon (Grand Ledge) From indicas to sativas to hybrids, she knows her bud. BEST HIGH SCHOOL COACH: MATT BIRD, GRAND LEDGE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 2. Big P (Pablo) at 420 Dank Lansing Coach Bird has posted a winning record 3. Caleb Wilson at Kola in eight of his 10 seasons at Grand Ledge, including a 12-1 season in 2015 BEST CATA BUS DRIVER: RON DE LEON that culminated in an appearance in the Bus driver and MMA promotor Ron Division 1 state semifinals. De Leon takes the Best CATA Bus Driver award for the third year in a 2. Steve Finamore, East Lansing High row. Voters say he has “the absolute School basketball best personality for the job” and is 3. Candace Heskitt, DeWitt H S handsome to boot. Another voter Competitive Cheer praised his ability to make “every one of his passengers feel special.” BEST MASSAGE THERAPIST: AMANDA GRIX OF Thank You for Voting MSUFCU “Best Credit Union!” CREATIVE WELLNESS 2. LaMarr Braggs “Intuitive,” “caring,” “supportive” and We’re proud to be a part of the Lansing community, helping our 3. Colleen Whalen “amazing” are just a few of the ways members to achieve their dreams. voters described Amanda Grix and her Not an MSUFCU member? Not a problem! There are many ways to BEST COMEDIAN: MELIK BROWN mastery of massages. join. Become a part of something great today. While Melik Brown spends more time these days slinging drinks than 2. Bee Queener of Bee Queener delivering zings, The Lansing Made Massage entertainer still managed to snag the 3. Kameron Woodend of Lockworx top spot for Best Comedian. BEST NAIL TECHNICIAN: SHEILA KYSER OF 2. Dwayne Gill DOUGLAS J 3. Comedy Coven Sheila Kyser doesn’t just do your nails,

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BEST RESTAURANT WAIT STAFF PERSON: TIM 2. Virg Bernero BEST BANK: DART BANK WINNERS GLEASON AT GOLDEN HARVEST 3. Mike Bishop Since 1925, family-owned Dart Bank Tim Gleason is the preferred hash slinger has been providing “competitive rates from page 22 at Old Town’s temple of breakfast. BEST SERVICES and products with unbeatable customer service.” she “makes magic,” voters say, with her 2. Rachel Litwiller at Saddleback BBQ “professional, gentle, artistic” touch. BEST AUTO REPAIR: SHAHEEN CHEVROLET 3. Ashley Couthen at Zeus’ Coney Island Our voters look to Shaheen Chevrolet 2. PNC Bank for auto repairs with “fast, friendly 3. Bank of America 2. Christina Nguyen of Polished BEST TV NEWS PERSONALITY: 3. Janessa Davis of Jenny Nails service.” SHERI JONES (WLNS) BEST BED & BREAKFAST: THE ENGLISH INN When our voters need their local news, BEST PERSONAL TRAINER: MIKE BALL AT 2. A & J Transmission Our voters love the English Inn’s they turn to WLNS’ Sheri Jones, anchor MIKE BALL FITNESS 3. Frankie D’s “beautiful setting and cozy feel” that’s of the station’s 6 and 11 p.m. newcasts. Mike Ball pushes clients to their limits in See WINNERS, Page 24 a positive and focused atmosphere. 2. Andy Provenzano (WILX) 3. Emily Wahls (WLNS) 2. Brian Daniels at Spartan Fit Center 3. Amy Howe at AJ’s Howe About BEST LOCAL/STATE POLITICIAN: Personal Training GRETCHEN WHITMER Former Michigan senator and BEST REALTOR: MATT SMITH AT KELLER gubernatorial candidate Gretchen WILLIAMS Whitmer snagged a lot of votes in our Whether it be finding your dream home contest. Let’s see if she how many voters or selling your old house, Matt Smith is she can win over in 2018. the realtor our voters trust for friendly, professional and knowledgeable service. 2. Debbie Stabenow 2. Angela Averill at Coldwell Banker 3. Virg Bernero Hubbell Briarwood and Brian Huggler at Coldwell Banker (tie) WORST LOCAL/STATE POLITICIAN: RICK SNYDER 3. Jamie Bates at Berkshire Hathaway No politician in Lansing grinds more gears Tomie Raines or gets more goats than Rick Snyder, who takes home this award for the fourth consecutive year. But he’s a tough nerd, so I’m sure he won’t let that get to him.

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the big names. Our voters praise the 2. Green cab WINNERS shop’s “great deals and very helpful staff.” 3. Spartan Yellow Cab from page 23 2. Denny’s Central Park Bikes BEST CAR WASH/DETAILING: FAST EDDIE’S 3. SPIN Bicycle Shop A Michigan family owned and both “elegant and affordable.” operated business, Fast Eddie’s prides BEST CAB COMPANY: BIG DADDY TAXI itself in providing quality services at 2. Wild Goose Inn Yes, there are still real taxis around. affordable prices for over 39 years. 3. Cozy Koi Voters who haven’t joined the Uber Fast Eddie’s even offers an unlimited revolution trust Big Daddy Taxi to get car cleaning program, so your car can BEST BICYCLE SHOP: RIVERFRONT CYCLE them where they need to go on time. always be sparkling. With over 30 years of cycling experience, Riverfront Cycle carries all 2. Kwik Car Wash 2. Kelly Cleaning Services 3. Showroom Shine 3. Helpful Hands

BEST CHIROPRACTOR: DELTA BEST CREDIT UNION: MSU FEDERAL CHIROPRACTIC CENTER CREDIT UNION Delta Chiropractic Center has been Fans of the green and white team serving Lansing and the Mid-Michigan love to stash their green at the region for over 30 years. Our voters MSU Federal Credit Union. One trust the doctors at Delta Chiropractic voter declared their love for the with their back issues. credit union, saying, “they have been fantastic to work with and I 2. Chiro-Technology love having my money with a local 3. Volz Family Chiropractic business who supports MSU.”

BEST CLEANING SERVICE: DOMESTIC DIVAS 2. Lake Trust Credit Union (FORMERLY DISCREET DIVAS) 3. Lansing Automakers Federal Credit Our voters describe Domestic Divas Union (LAFCU) as “consistent, friendly and detailed oriented.” They have earned the trust BEST DANCE STUDIO: DANCE CITY WEST and loyalty of many Lansing-area “This studio has changed my children in residents because “they are amazing” and such a positive way,” gushed one voter.

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2. Michigan Plumbing ambiance.” WINNERS 3. Hager Fox 2. Bliss Salon & Spa BEST LAW FIRM/LAWYER: FOSTER SWIFT from page 24 3. Douglas J Aveda Institute COLLINS & SMITH Dance City West offers classes ranging Foster Swift Collins & Smith has been BEST NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: CAPITAL from beginner to advanced for local providing legal counsel to the Greater AREA HUMANE SOCIETY dance enthusiasts. Lansing area for over 100 years. The Our voters said they are proud to law firm has over 95 lawyers all over support Capital Area Humane Society 2. Stilletto’s & Steel Michigan, helping clients from many and everything it does for local 3. Happendance different backgrounds. homeless animals. 2. Abood Law Firm 2. Ele’s Place BEST DENTAL PRACTICE: DEWITT DENTAL 3. Aaron Matthews at Matthews Law PLC 3. Homeless Angels ASSOCIATES The local dentist office, located in BEST MARIJUANA DISPENSARY: 420 DANK BEST PET CARE/VET SERVICES: CAPITAL downtown DeWitt, has been providing Lansing’s only drive-thru dispensary AREA HUMANE SOCIETY dental care for over 35 years. One voter creates a welcoming environment Our voters trust the Capital Area described this practice as having “gentle, with its friendly budtenders and great Humane Society with the needs of their efficient, caring dentists.” recommendations. “The prices are good, four-legged friends. the bud is great and you don’t have to 2. Valley Dental Spa leave your car,” raved one voter. 2. Waverly Animal Hospital 3. Dr Susan Maples 3. Miller Animal Clinic and Patterson 2. Best Buds Veterinary Hospital (tie) BEST GYM/FITNESS STUDIO: 3. Got Meds PLANET FITNESS Voters had one thing to say about Planet BEST MEN’S BARBERSHOP: BEST PHOTOGRAPHER/PHOTOGRAPHY Coldwell Banker Hubbell Briarwood is the Fitness: “No judgement.” And with great JUDE’S BARBERSHOP STUDIO: MCSHANE PHOTOGRAPHY - go-to real estate company for our voters. hours, clean equipment and convenient With its “courteous staff” and “great JENA MCSHANE locations, it’s easy to see why local fitness haircuts,” readers can’t stop gushing about Our voters praise Jena McShane’s 2. Keller Williams buffs want to live on Planet Fitness. Jude’s Barbershop. The men’s barbershop “amazing” work that “makes everything 3. Berkshire Hathaway Home services chain has three locations around the so beautiful.” One reader argues there is Tomie Raines 2. YMCA Greater Lansing area. “none better” than McShane. 3. MAC BEST SALON/SPA: DOUGLAS J 2. After Shave Barbershop 2. Express Yourself Unleashed Pet The Okemos-based salon strives to BEST HEATING/COOLING/ELECTRICAL/ 3. NorthSide Barbershop Photography create a welcoming environment that PLUMBING: A-1 MECHANICAL 3. Decadence Dolls - Autumn Luciano will have guests coming back for more. A-1 Mechanical has been helping local BEST NAIL SALON: JENNY NAILS One reader said they go to Douglas J for Lansing customers since 1983. Our According to our voters, Jenny BEST REAL ESTATE COMPANY: COLDWELL everything and loves its “very reasonable BANKER HUBBELL BRIARWOOD voters love its “great service” and Nails’ winning combination is its prices and excellent service.” With six locations and 170 realtors, dependability. “high quality products” and “warm See WINNERS, Page 27 City Pulse • June 7, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 27

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vendors, it’s easy for antique lovers BEST BUTCHER: MONTICELLO’S WINNERS to spend hours exploring the former MARKET & BUTCHER BLOCK supermarket. Grass-fed USDA high choice freshly from page 26 2. Williamston Antiques ground beef and kabobs are just a few 3. Little Red School House of the meaty options Monticello’s has 2. Bliss Salon & Spa to offer. Our voters say the butchers 3. Lockworx BEST ART GALLERY: LANSING ART GALLERY “go out of their way” to cure your With a focus on local artists and an array carnivore cravings. BEST TATTOO PARLOR: of community events, Lansing Art Gallery is FISH LADDER TATTOO CO. a popular destination for local art lovers. 2. Mert’s Meats - Lansing Founded in 2007, Fish Ladder Tattoo Co. 3. Merindorf Meats - Mason has built a reputation as a talented group 2. Broad Art Museum of artists, capable of taking on any project 3. Katalyst BEST CANDY SHOP: FABIANO’S CANDIES in a clean, professional environment. For 93 years, the Fabiano family has BEST BEER SELECTION (RETAIL): HORROCKS been the premier name in Michigan- 2. Splash of Color Horrock’s moved its candy shop made chocolate. You know that 3. Vivid Ink and coffee bar to expand its already holidays are coming soon when the impressive beer and wine offerings. lines stretch out the door of this BEST YOGA STUDIO: JUST B YOGA But why wait until you get home? Our eastside candy shop. Community-based and donation- voters love that you can grab a pint to driven, Just B Yoga offers a variety of drink while you shop. 2. Horrocks yoga classes from its REO Town home. 3. Cravings Popcorn - Old Town Providing classes for novices to advanced 2. Oade’s Big Ten students, Just B Yoga lets you B yourself 3. Tom’s Party Store BEST CLOTHING STORE (LOCAL): in a comfortable and caring space. PLAYMAKERS BEST BOOKSTORE: Our voters look to the running and 2. East Lansing Hot Yoga SCHULER BOOKS - EASTWOOD fitness store for their favorite active 3. Hilltop Yoga Our voters head to Schuler Books for and casual clothing brands. One voter the latest releases, the huge used book describes it as “the only place to get BEST SHOPPING section, a great selection of vinyl and a shoes that make your feet happy.” ton of book-related events. BEST ANTIQUE SHOP: MEGA MALL 2. Curvaceous Lingerie After 22 years in business, Lansing’s 2. Barnes & Noble 3. Grace Boutique Mega Mall is still “Michigan’s most unique 3. Curious Books shopping experience.” With over 220 See WINNERS, Page 28

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BEST INDOOR GROW SHOP: H20 LANSING lizards or feeding the koi fish. 3. Dan Price @danpricephoto WINNERS Bringing affordable name-brand products to the local gardening community in 2. Soldan’s MOST UNIQUE PUBLIC BATHROOM: GOLDEN HARVEST from page 27 Greater Lansing is H2O’s goal. 3. Petsmart - Marketplace It’s nice to have a unique bathroom to BEST RECORD/CD STORE: deposit all of the coffee you drank while BEST CONSIGNMENT SHOP: KELLIE’S 2. Superior Growers FLAT, BLACK & CIRCULAR standing in line. CONSIGNMENTS 3. Indoor Grow Store Nestled in an upstairs storefront on Voters love Kellie’s Consignments for its Grand River Avenue, FBC is our voters’ 2. HopCat huge selection of quality clothing that is BEST JEWELRY STORE: prefered vinyl vendor. With an expansive 3. Cosmos well organized. And while you’re there, SWEET CUSTOM JEWELRY selection of vinyl, CDs, DVDs and you can pick up some jewelry. Or some Sweet Custom Jewelry is best described cassettes, no format is dead or gone at BEST TWITTER ACCOUNT: THE BLACK SHEEP, furniture. Or home decor. Or some … . through one reader’s comment: “beautiful custom designs with exceptional Flat Black and Circular. @BLACKSHEEP_MSU MSU’s satirical paper is our voters’ 2. Plato’s Closet customer service.” 2. Record Lounge recommended Twitter follow. 3. Second Time Around 2. Medawar Jewelers 3. Disc Traders and Schuler Books & 2. WLNS Newsroom, @WLNS BEST FARMERS MARKET: ALLEN 3. Becky Beauchine Kulka Music - Eastwood (tie) FARMERS MARKET AND MERIDIAN 3. Bloom Coffee Roasters, @ FARMERS MARKET (TIE) BEST MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS STORE: BEST WINE SELECTION (RETAIL): HORROCKS bloomroasters It’s a tie! We gave farmers markets their ELDERLY INSTRUMENTS Whether you’re looking for hard-to- WORST EYESORE (PLACE): ABANDONED own category this year, and our voters With a huge selection of folk find imports or your mom’s favorite red BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN EAST LANSING split between Allan Farmers Market and instruments, electric guitars and more, blend, Horrocks probably has it. And you Some at least a decade old, the Meridian Farmers Market, which both Elderly Instruments has become a must- can stop at the new wine tasting nook to abandoned buildings that greet visitors at offer year-round markets. stop site for visiting musicians. sample a few bottles before you buy. the east edge of downtown East Lansing are a blemish on a beautiful college town. 2. East Lansing Farmer’s Market 2. Marshall Music 2. Dusty’s Cellar For now, just avert your eyes. 3. Holt Farmers Market 3. Music Manor 3. Vine & Brew 2. Life O’Riley Mobile Home Park BEST FLORIST: HORROCKS BEST ORGANIC/NATURAL MARKET: HORROCKS BEST EYE CANDY (PLACE): 3. Deja Vu Our voters loves Horrocks’ floral Looking for quality organic produce? OLD TOWN, LANSING section, praising its reasonable prices and Lettuce head over to the west side, Our voters describe Lansing’s WORST POTHOLE: FRANDOR ENTRANCE friendly service. because no one else can beet the boutique neighborhood as “eclectic” selection at Horrocks. and “peaceful.” The many festivals, Out of all the places to pop a tire, our voters agree that the pothole at the Frandor 2. VanAtta’s Greenhouse and Flower Shop restaurants, shops and parks exude entrance is the worst. Stay alert, drivers — 3. Smith Floral & Greenhouse 2. Fresh Thyme “sidewalk charm.” 3. Foods for Living that is an accident begging to happen. BEST GIFT SHOP: OLD TOWN GENERAL STORE 2. Fitzgerald Park (The Ledges) 2. All of Pine Street It may not look that large from the BEST PAWN/SECONDHAND SHOP: 3. MSU 4H Gardens DICKER & DEAL 3. Jolly Road between MLK and outside, but the Old Town General Store With an eclectic selection of used items Pleasant Grove packs in a huge variety of Michigan-made big enough to impress any collector, food, beer, wine and gifts. gear-hear or casual shopper, Dicker & BEST WHATEVER BEST LOFT LIVING SPACE: THE OUTFIELD Deal takes the number one spot for Best APARTMENTS - STADIUM DISTRICT 2. October Moon Pawn/Secondhand Shop. BEST INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT: Some may question the wisdom of 3. Horrocks LOVELANSING, @LOVELANSING placing an apartment complex in the 2. Kellie’s Consignments If you’re expecting Pure Michigan vibes direct line of baseball fire, but the BEST GROCERY STORE (LOCAL): HORROCKS 3. Volunteer’s of America from this Instagram account, think again. Outfield Apartments have become a Our voters praise the “fantastic selection The heavily ironic commentary on downtown hotspot and attracted the and quality products” at the west side BEST PET STORE: PREUSS PETS Lansing is worth the follow. attention of national outlets like ESPN. institution. Preuss Pets isn’t just a pet store, it’s a 2. Meijer destination. Visitors can spend hours 2. Bloom Coffee Roasters, @ 2. Riverview Lofts, Old Town 3. Fresh Thyme ogling fancy fish, looking for sneaky bloomcoffeeroasters 3. MW Lofts City Pulse • June 7, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 29

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Wednesday, June 07 CLASSES AND SEMINARS Photo by Ian Frank Photography Alcoholics Anonymous. 6 p.m. Donation Divinity Roxx, former touring bassist and welcome. Pennsylvania Ave. Church of God, 3500 S. assistant music director for Beyonce, Pennsylvania Ave. Lansing. (517) 882-4114. brings solo tour to the Robin Theatre Mindfulness. Meditation for all levels. 7-9 p.m. Chua Wednesday. Van Hanh Temple, 3015 S. Washington Lansing. (517) 899-3215. SMART Recovery. Addiction help. 1-2:30 p.m. June 14 FREE. Cristo Rey Community Center, 1717 N. High St. Next week, a crucial worker bee Lansing. (517) 507-9166. from the Beyhive buzzes into Lansing Walk-In Wednesdays. 4-5:30 p.m. FREE. Reach for a show at the Robin Theatre. fell in love with it.” learned is that you’ve got to take your Studio Art Center, 1804 S. Washington Ave. Lansing. (517) 999-3643. Wednesday, the REO Town venue Still a student, Roxx went on fate into your own hands and do what hosts Divinity Roxx, a bassist with to attend a bass camp under the it is that you want to do,” Roxx said. MUSIC credentials ranging from Victor guidance of bass virtuoso Victor “Touring with Beyoncé was the most Alex Mendenall at Allen Farmers Market. Wooten’s opener to Beyoncé’s Wooten, a five-time Grammy winner amazing thing, Performance at the Allen Farmers Market. 5-6:30 touring bass player and assistant and bassist for Béla Fleck and the but there was p.m. FREE. Allen Market Place, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St. Divinity Roxx Lansing. (517) 999-3911. allenneighborhoodcenter.org. musical director. In addition to her Flecktones. Three months after the still something 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Tavern House Jazz Band. 7:30 p.m.-10:30 a.m. performance, Roxx will participate in a camp, Wooten called and asked her to that I needed to June 14 Tavern and Tap, 101 S. Washington Sq. Lansing. (517) free pre-show Q&A session hosted by join him on tour as his opening act. do for myself as Tickets start at $15/$10 adv. Robin Theatre 374-5555. All of the Above hip-hop academy. “I’m always striving for something an artist. Doing 1105 S. Washington Ave., Roxx, 41, said she began her bigger, better and more amazing,” my solo thing is Lansing EVENTS journey with music as a kid, when Roxx said. “During my time with giving me the (989) 878-1810, Allen Farmers Market. 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. Allen therobintheatre.com Market Place, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St. Lansing. (517) her mother would play records Victor Wooten, who is probably one opportunity to 999-3911. around the house. of the best bass players in the world, do that and to Pre-show Q&A Green Themes Presentation: Haslett “I always had an early relationship I thought that was the most amazing keep spreading 7 p.m Wednesday, June 14 Community Church Solar Project. David Arnosti with music and what it can bring to thing that could ever happen to me.” this message of FREE presents. 7 p.m. FREE. Meridian Township Hall, 5151 Riverview Church REO Marsh Road Okemos. a household,” Roxx said. “It always But then her career hit another love.” TOwn Venue Toastmasters Club. Club to develop made the house feel joyful and fun. level. Roxx said 1115 S. Washington Ave., communication and leadership skills. 6 p.m. Music has always been an intricate “Then I auditioned for Beyoncé’s she has a Lansing alloftheabovehiphop.org AgroLiquid, 3055 W. M-21 Saint Johns. (517) 719-2797. part of my life.” band, and I got the gig, and I thought simple wish for alloftheabovehiphi Wine Night. Wine tasting, hors d'oeuvres, She began singing in the school that was the most amazing thing that listeners of her conversation and more. 5:30-7:30 p.m. $15. UrbanBeat Events Center, 1213 Turner St. Lansing. choir and playing the clarinet in third could happen,” Roxx said. “Then I music, whether (989) 482-7910. urbanbeatevents.com. grade. But it wasn’t until she began toured the world with her, and I played they catch her live or pick up her college at UC Berkeley that she at the White House for President latest album, “ImPossible.” ARTS discovered her love for the bass. Barack Obama. I have played in front “I want people to feel good,” Roxx Conscience of the Human Spirit: The Life “I always say the bass chose me,” of thousands and thousands and said. “I named this album ‘ImPossible,’ of Nelson Mandela. Noon-2 p.m. Free. Lookout! Gallery, 362 Bogue St., MSU campus East Lansing. Roxx said. “I was hanging out with some thousands of people, and I thought because when you look at the word friends in college, and I mentioned to that was the most incredible thing that ‘impossible,’ the words ‘I’m possible’ a friend of mine that I wanted to play could happen. I’ve been so blessed, are staring you in the face. I always Thursday, June 08 something, because I hadn’t played an hopefully I can be a blessing to others want people to feel uplifted after CLASSES AND SEMINARS instrument in a long time. He mentioned in some way.” they listen to my music and feel like Beal Botanical Garden Tour: Plant and Insect Inter-Dependency. Tours begin near shed in the bass. He said, ‘You walk like a bass Roxx has now moved on to her own they can do anything, be anything and garden. 12:10-12:50 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, 366 W. player and talk like a bass player.’ I solo, cross-country tour, the Dream accomplish anything.” Circle Drive East Lansing. 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chapter. 7 p.m. Wharton Center for Performing non-retractable leashes/flashlights welcome. Three No Fear Computing (Adults). Today's topic: Arts, 750 E. Shaw Ln. East Lansing. (517) 432-2000. miles. 9-10 p.m. $3.00. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Files & Folders. 1-2 p.m. FREE. Capital Area District Out on the town Atta Road Meridian Township. (517) 349-3866. Libraries Foster Branch, 200 N. Foster Lansing. EVENTS Meet the Machines Summer Program Kick- (517) 485-5185. from page 30 12-Step Meeting. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Donations off. Celebrate the beginning of summer program. Phantom of the Universe. Presentation on dark welcome. Cristo Rey Community Center, 1717 N. High 4-6 p.m. Grand Ledge Area District Library, 131 E. matter. 8-9:30 p.m. $3-4. Abrams Planetarium, 755 (TOPS) Take Off Pounds Sensibly . Get the tools St. Lansing. Jefferson St. Grand Ledge. (517) 627-7014. and information to lose weight. 6 p.m. First meeting Capitol Area Greens Working Session/ See Out on the Town, Page 34 FREE. Haslett Middle School, 1535 Franklin St. Meeting. Working session on fundraising. 6-8:30 Haslett. (517) 881-2513. p.m. FREE. Barnes and Noble (Lansing), 5132 W. JUNE 15 >> BRIDGE FEST A Course in Miracles. 7-9 p.m. Unity Spiritual Saginaw Highway Lansing. (517) 327-0437. Center of Lansing, 230 S. Holmes Lansing. (517) Dapper Dads Challenge and Fashion Show . 371-3010. Fundraiser for women's health. 6-9 p.m. $30/$60 The Accidentals headline the first-ever Bridge Fest, a new riverside event that takes Capital Area Crisis Rugby Practice. All VIP. Kositchek's, 113 N. Washington Sq. Lansing. (517) experience levels welcome. 6-8 p.m. FREE. St. 364-3632. SparrowFoundation.org/dapperdads. place under Shiawassee Bridge. The festival, hosted by young professional networking Joseph Park, 2125 W. Hillsdale Lansing. crisisrfc. Drop-in LEGO Club (Age 4 & up). Imaginative group Lansing 5:01, highlights local culture with live music, food and art installations. In com. play develops reading skills. 3:30-4:30 p.m. FREE. addition to the Accidentals, local acts Young Pioneer and Tangelo take the stage, and Celebrate Recovery. For all types of hurts and Capital Area District Libraries Webberville Branch, hang-ups. 6 p.m. Donations welcome. Trinity Church 115 S. Main Street Webberville. (517) 521-3643. mobile eateries like the Pie Hole Pizza Truck and Clint’s Hotdog Cart are on hand to (Lansing), 3355 Dunckel Road Lansing. My Big Fat Greek Gyro Drive Thru. Drive thru keep attendees well fed. River Town Adventures helps patrons burn off those delicious Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. 5:45 event. Tickets online. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $12. Holy Trinity calories with bike and kayak rentals for a little active fun. Bridge Fest also offers an expo p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 Greek Orthodox Church, 1701 E. Saginaw St. Lansing. featuring local sports clubs, galleries, museums and other Lansing organizations, helping E. Michigan Ave. Lansing. (517) 515-5559. (517) 482-7341. ow.ly/awL630ccDH2. attendees stay connected with their community. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Under the Shiawassee MUSIC Bridge on the River Trail, Lansing. (517) 884-1313, Lansing501.com. Music at the Mansion - Monte Pride. House Friday, June 09 concert featuring folk artist, Monte Pride. 7 p.m. MUSIC $10. Turner-Dodge House, 100 North East Street Live Music w/ The Lost Hitch Hikers. 8-11 p.m. JUNE 8-11, 15-18 >> ‘CATCH ME IF YOU CAN' AT RIVERWALK THEATR Lansing. (517) 483-4220. Free. Lansing Brewing Company, 518 E. Shiawassee Thursday Night Live! - Mason Orchestral St., Lansing. (517) 371-2600. Society. Held on Ingham County Courthouse lawn. Taste of Country Lansing. Annual one-day Conman extraordinaire Frank Abagnale Jr., cons, dupes and impersonates his way 6 p.m. FREE. (517) 676-1046. masonchamber@ country music festival. 4 p.m. $30. Cooley Law into airplane cockpits, operating rooms and courtrooms in Riverwalk Theatre’s latest masonchamber.org, masonchamber.org. School Stadium, 505 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing. (517) production. Under the direction of Jane Falion and based on the Hollywood movie of 887-3255. witl.com/toc-lansing/. THEATRE the same name, “Catch Me If You Can” follows Abagnale’s exploits as he crisscrosses Fun Home. Log on to whartoncenter.com/promo, EVENTS the country evading FBI officers and charming the ladies he meets along the way. Brian type in PFLAG to purchase tickets to benefit Lansing *Minecraft Game Night (8-18). Get your game Farnham plays the cunning conman, while Adam Woolsey plays Carl Hanratty, the FBI on with fellow players. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Capital Area District Libraries Downtown Lansing Branch, agent obsessed with bringing him to justice. 7 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 401 S. Capitol Avenue Lansing. (517) 367-6363. 2 p.m. Sunday. $22/$20 senior, student and military. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Howl at the Moon: Guided Night Walk. Dogs on Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700, riverwalktheatre.com.

b Fitzgerald was part of a stellar Hollywood lights from the George Gershwin opera sides of vinyl, with a 12-page booklet of y berl schwartz Bowl show produced by Granz on Aug. 15, “Porgy and Bess” performed by Armstrong background and reviews, in a 1”-thick 1956, that comprised Fitzgerald, Peterson, and Fitzgerald, the third and final time box that even features some padding Tatum, Roy Eldridge, Ray Brown and Granz put them in the studio together. As to keep the contents secure — a very Ella and Louis … Buddy Rich. Armstrong happened to ap- the five-star Down Beat review said at the impressive presentation, but no less than pear on the same bill. time, “As the tracks progress, you think she these seminal recordings deserve. together forever The next day, Granz brought Fitzger- is cutting Arm- ald and Armstrong together to record 11 strong — only duets. Because of Armstrong’s heavy travel to turn around England’s newspaper The Telegraph schedule, Granz recalled, “I think literally and believe that eulogized Norman Granz as “the most I might have had only a day or two days to Armstrong is successful impresario in the history of do an album.” cutting her. The jazz” in its 2001 obituary. Granz cre- And what an album it is: “Ella and truth, of course, ated five record labels, the best known Louis.” From the opening vocal by Arm- is that they being Verve. His artists included Count strong on “A Foggy Day” to the closing are outdoing Basie, Billie Holliday, Dizzy Gillespie, moments of Fitzgerald and Armstrong on themselves.” Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Art Tatum “Tenderly,” this is close to an hour of pure And, at … well, the list goes on and on. And joy. Granz smartly followed it in 1957 with the risk of he stood for integration in post-war “Ella and Louis Again,” a double album sounding like America of the 1940s and ‘50s both of this time, with a fine mix of duets and solo a late-night performances and audiences. White or cuts. Both of these monumental recordings TV pitchman black, his performers received equal feature such Verve artists as Peterson, Rich, — But wait! pay and accommodations. Louis Bellson, Ray Brown and Herb Ellis. There’s more! But had Granz done nothing else than It really doesn’t get much better than this. — it should bring together Louis Armstrong and Ella Those two albums are at the heart of be noted that Fitzgerald, he’d still deserve a place in a new release: “Ella Fitzgerald & Louis the collection American Songbook history. Armstrong Complete Studio Master includes a short In 1956, when Granz teamed them in Takes.” And if that’s all there was, that LP of the eight a Verve studio, both were internationally would be plenty. duets released known stars. They had recorded a few But this handsome box set comes also on Decca. numbers on Decca starting in the late ‘40s. with another of Granz’s brainstorms: high- Overall, 12 32 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 7, 2017

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you chose me as your LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do you have your visa "NATO Allies" — relationship guide, I'd counsel you and your closest ally for the wild side? Have you packed your bag of tricks? I phonetically speak- to be generous with each other; to look for the best in hope you'll bring gifts to dispense, just in case you'll need ing, anyway.. each other and praise each other's beauty and strength. to procure favors in the outlying areas where the rules Matt Jones If you asked me to help foster your collaborative zeal, I'd are a bit loose. It might also be a good idea to take along encourage you to build a shrine in honor of your bond -- a skeleton key and a snake-bite kit. You won't necessarily Across an altar that would invoke the blessings of deities, nature need them. But I suspect you'll be offered magic cookies 1 Be furious spirits, and the ancestors. If you hired me to advise you and secret shortcuts, and it would be a shame to have 5 Everglades beasts on how to keep the fires burning and the juices flowing to turn them down simply because you're unprepared 11 Letters on a between you two, I'd urge you to never compare your for the unexpected. bucket relationship to any other, but rather celebrate the fact SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You're like a prince or 14 High hair that it's unlike any other in the history of the planet. 15 Home state of the princess who has been turned into a frog by the spell Decemberists TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Milky Way Galaxy of a fairy tale villain. This situation has gone on for a 16 Former Fighting contains more than 100 billion stars. If they were shared while. In the early going, you retained a vivid awareness equally, every person on Earth could have dominion Irish coach Par- that you had been transformed. But the memory of seghian over at least 14. I mention this because you're in a phase your origins has faded, and you're no longer working so 17 A look inside Mr. when it makes sense for you to claim your 14. Yes, I'm diligently to find a way to change back into your royal Gladwell? being playful, but I'm also quite serious. According to my form. Frankly, I'm concerned. This horoscope is meant 19 Dorm supervi- analysis of the upcoming weeks, you will benefit from sors, briefly to remind you of your mission. Don't give up! Don't lose envisaging big, imaginative dreams about the riches that 20 "The magic word" hope! And take extra good care of your frog-self, please. could be available to you in the future. How much money 21 Do bar duty SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): People might have 22 "The Two Towers" do you want? How much love can you express? How creature thoroughly at home in the world could you feel? How ideas about you that are at odds with how you under- 23 Like a cooked many warm rains would you like to dance beneath? How stand yourself. For example, someone might imagine noodle much creativity do you need to keep reinventing your that you have been talking trash about them -- even 25 Medium capacity life? Be extravagant as you fantasize. though you haven't been. Someone else may describe event? 59 Kickoff need 8 Shrek talks about be- 39 President's refusal a memory they have about you, and you know it's a 27 "Yeah!" singer GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "When I grow up, I'm 60 The haves and the ing one a lot 40 Suffix for movie not sure what I want to be." Have you ever heard that distorted version of what actually happened. Don't be 30 Busy ___ bee have-___ 9 Chestnut-hued horses theaters 33 Song with the lyric thought bouncing around your mind, Gemini? Or how surprised if you hear even more outlandish tales, too, 63 Pointer on a laptop 10 Original "The Late 43 Common campaign like how you're stalking Taylor Swift or conspiring with "she really shows you 67 "Shallow ___" (Jack about this one: "Since I can't decide what I want to be, I'll all she can" Late Show" host Tom promise the One World Government to force all citizens to eat Black movie) 11 Award for "Five Easy 46 Talk too much just be everything." If you have been tempted to swear 34 Author Harper 68 The dance of talk allegiance to either of those perspectives, I suggest it's kale every day. I'm here to advise you to firmly reject all 35 By title, though not Pieces" actress Black? 50 It may be also called show employees? 12 Monetary unit of a "murse" time to update your relationship with them. A certain of these skewed projections. For the immediate future, really 70 More than -er it's crucial to stand up for your right to define yourself 38 "Let me know" Switzerland 53 One of their recent amount of ambivalence about commitment and recep- 71 Aim high 13 Unit of social hier- ads features "an inves- tivity to myriad possibilities will always be appropriate -- to be the final authority on what's true about you. letters 72 Not-so-sharp sort 41 ___ Khan archy tor invested in vests" for you. But if you hope to fully claim your birthright, if CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "God doesn't play 73 "The Crying Game" 18 God of the Nile 54 Different 42 It shows the order actor you long to ripen into your authentic self, you'll have to dice with the universe," said Albert Einstein. In response, of songs a band will 24 Canned goods closet 55 Tenant's document become ever-more definitive and specific about what another Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Niels Bohr, said 74 Crystal-lined stones 26 Inhaled stuff 56 Almost ready for the play 75 Ovine moms you want to be and do. to Einstein, "Stop giving instructions to God." I urge you 44 Disney Store col- 27 ___ Bator (Mongo- Tooth Fairy lectible lia's capital) 58 Parcels of land CANCER (June 21-July 22): As a Cancerian myself, to be more like Bohr than Einstein in the coming weeks, 45 Force based on Down 28 Maker of the Saturn 61 "Ed Sullivan Show" I've had days when I've stayed in bed from morning to Capricorn. As much as possible, avoid giving instruc- waves? 1 Displace game system character ___ Gigio nightfall, confessing my fears to my imaginary friends tions to anyone, including God, and resist the temptation 47 Top-of-the-line 2 Gem mined in Aus- 29 Weighty river 62 Racetrack trouble and eating an entire cheesecake. As an astrologer, I've to offer advice. In fact, I recommend that you abstain 48 Took a course? tralia triangle? 64 Winter forecast noticed that these blue patches seem more likely to from passing judgment, demanding perfection, and 49 Orangey tuber 3 Monty Python alum 31 Type of bar with 65 Eye rakishly occur during the weeks before my birthday each year. If trying to compel the world to adapt itself to your defini- 51 Gridiron units, for Eric pickled beets 66 Breaks down you go through a similar blip any time soon, here's what tions. Instead, love and accept everything and everyone short 4 Place setting? 32 In the center of 69 "Able was I ___ I saw I recommend: Don't feel guilty about it. Don't resist it. 52 Run off, as copies 5 Automaton of Jewish exactly as they are right now. 36 Battery terminal, Elba" Instead, embrace it fully. If you feel lazy and depressed, 54 Compadre from folklore briefly AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lysistrata is a satire get REALLY lazy and depressed. Literally hide under the way back 6 Biceps' place 37 Suffix similar to by ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It takes covers with your headphones on and feel sorry for your- 57 Diplomat's forte 7 SMS exchange "-speak" place during the war between Athens and Sparta. The self for as many hours as it takes to exhaust the gloom heroine convinces a contingent of women to withhold and emerge renewed. ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords • For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to sexual privileges from the soldiers until they stop fight- your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Ans wers Page 35 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the early days of the ing. "I will wear my most seductive dresses to inflame Internet, "sticky" was a term applied to websites that my husband's ardor," says one. "But I will never yield to were good at drawing readers back again and again. To his desires. I won't raise my legs towards the ceiling. I possess this quality, a content provider had to have a will not take up the position of the Lioness on a Cheese knack for offering text and images that web surfers felt Grater." Regardless of your gender, Aquarius, your next an instinctive yearning to bond with. I'm reanimating this SUDOKU INTERMEDIATE assignment is twofold: 1. Don't be like the women in the term so I can use it to describe you. Even if you don't play. Give your favors with discerning generosity. 2. have a website, you now have a soulful adhesiveness Experiment with colorful approaches to pleasure like the TO PLAY that arouses people's urge to merge. Be discerning how you use this stuff. You may be stickier than you realize! Lioness with a Cheese Grater, the Butterfly Riding the Lizard, the Fox Romancing the River, and any others you VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ancient Mayans used chili Fill in the grid so that every can dream up. and magnolia and vanilla to prepare exotic chocolate row, column, and outlined drinks from cacao beans. The beverage was sacred PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take your seasick pills. 3-by-3 box contains the and prestigious to them. It was a centerpiece of cultural The waves will sometimes be higher than your boat. identity and an accessory in religious rituals. In some Although I don't think you'll capsize, the ride may be numbers 1 through 9 exactly locales, people were rewarded for producing delectable wobbly. And unless you have waterproof clothes, it's chocolate with just the right kind and amount of froth. probably best to just get naked. You WILL get drenched. once. No guessing is required. I suspect, Virgo, that you will soon be asked to do the By the way, don't even fantasize about heading back to The solution is unique. equivalent of demonstrating your personal power by shore prematurely. You have good reasons to be sailing whipping up the best possible chocolate froth. And through the rough waters. There's a special "fish" out according to my reading of the astrological omens, the there that you need to catch. If you snag it, it will feed Answers on page 35 chances are good you'll succeed. you for months -- maybe longer.

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Nothing, a Relapse Records-signed band, headlines Thursday at the Loft; opening the all-ages show are two heavy, Lansing-based bands: Hordes and Cavalcade. Nothing formed in 2010 in Philadelphia, but the alt-rock/shoegaze band’s frontman, Domenic Palermo, got his start leading Horror Show, an early 2000s hardcore-punk act. Horror Show’s career was cut short after a 2002 incident landed Palermo in prison for two years for aggravated assault. (He pleaded self-defense.) A survey of Lansing’s After his release, Palermo formed Nothing, and by 2014, the group Musical LAndscape Wed., June debuted on Relapse Records with its “Guilty of Everything” LP. All Music hailed it as an “impressively dark and beautiful debut album.” By RICH TUPICA 14th Thornetta Davis Last year, after touring the United States and Europe, the band re- leased its sophomore LP, “Tired of Tomorrow.” DESMOND JONES AT MAC'S BAR Friday, June 9 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, $12, $10 adv., 8 p.m. Aside from a couple shows in Illinois and Minnesota, the Grand Rapids-based road warriors of Desmond Jones are stacked with shows across Michigan throughout the end of July. Last year, the progressive-fusion band played more than 160 shows across the Midwest. The group, which headlines Friday at Mac’s Bar, originally formed in East Lansing in 2012 and promptly became known for its experimental blend of rock, funk and jazz. Desmond Jones is also known for never repeating the same show twice, opting for fresh, improvisational ver- FRI., June sions of its 55-plus catalog of originals each night. Since the five-piece relocated to West Michigan, its energetic live show has warmed up stages for the Werks, Tauk, the Verve Pipe and Here Come the Mummies. Fans of Frank Zappa, Phish or the Band might want to check out the group’s “Thick Cuts” LP. 9th Desmond Jones SAM CORBIN AT CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD Thursday, June 15 @ Old Town General Store, 408 E Grand River Ave., Lansing. $15, $9 students, 7:30 p.m. In 2010, songwriter Sam Corbin joined the Earthwork Music Collective and has since traveled and performed across the East Coast, Midwest and deep South – June 15 he performs at Concerts in the Courtyard at the Old Town General Store. The Ypsilanti-based songwriter, who doubles as a full-time father, performs authentic Americana tunes, often pairing up with fellow Earthwork mate Jen Sygit. Together, Corbin and Sygit – alongside other Michigan folk vets – formed Lincoln County Process, a full-on roots-rock quartet. The band issued the Thurs., June seven-song CD “Live at Buses by the Beach” in 2013. In November, Corbin issued his latest record, “Let the Fire Burn Strong.” The disc is Sam's third full length studio album and includes eight original tracks, and a cover of 15th Sam Corbin Townes Van Zandt's “If I Needed You.”

v Contact [email protected] LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Service Industry Night, 3 p.m. Karaoke, FREE 9 p.m. GTG Show, Plurettes, Bat Yulefly, FREE 7 p.m. 80's Party, FREE Black Cat Bistro, 115 Albert Ave. Daryn Larner Jr., 8-11 Brookshire Inn, 205 W. Curhc St. Bobby Standal, 7 p.m. Buddies - Holt, 2040 N Aurelius Rd Rush Clement, 6 p.m. Jon Persico, 6 p.m. Reggae Lou, 6 p.m. Buddies - Okemos, 1937 W Grand River Ave Chris Laskos, 9 p.m. Claddagh Irish Pub, 2900 Town Center Blvd. Bobby Standal, 7 p.m. Champions, 2440 N. Cedar St. Kyle's Open Mic Jam, 7 p.m. Big Rig's Band Bike Night, 7 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Karle Delo, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Coach's, 6201 Bishop Rd DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. Pool Tourny, 7:30 a.m. Alskn "Walleye" AYCE Jammin' DJ, 9 p.m. Eaton Rapids Craft Co., 204 N Main St. Steve Cowles, 6 p.m. Daryn Larner, 6 p.m. Dublin Square, 327 Abbot Rd. HenderSeth Esquire, 1250 Turner St. Karaoke with DJ Jamie, 9 p.m. Karaoke with DJ Jamie, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Live Blues w/ The Good Cookies, 8 p.m. Skory0oke Open Mic, 8:30 p.m. Summer of Sol, 9:30 p.m. The Knock Offs, 9:30 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. "Johnny D" Blues Night, 9 p.m. Karaoke Kraze!! Bill Malone "Hendrix" Experience Stan Budzynski Harpers, 131 Albert Ave. Bobby Standal, 5 p.m. Sara Brunner, 5 p.m. Alistair Beerens, 5 p.m. Harrison Roadhouse, 720 E. Michigan Ave. The Tenants, 5:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Turn Up The Bricks, 8 p.m. Revelations, Motorbreath, 8 p.m. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Awake at Last, 6 p.m. Birdhouse, 12:00 p.m. Desmond Jones, 8 p.m. Carousel Kings, 7 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic w/ Jen Sygit, 9 p.m. Fat Boy & Jive Turkey, 9 p.m. Cris Antonik, 9 p.m. Spoonful, 9 p.m. Reno's East, 1310 Abbot Road Mike Cooley, 6 p.m. New Rule, 6 p.m. The New Rule, 8 p.m. Reno's North, 16460 Old US 27 Mike Cooley, 6 p.m. Reggae Lou, 6 p.m. Life Support, 6 p.m. Life Support, 6 p.m. Reno's West, 5001 W. Saginaw Hwy. Cris Laskos, 6 p.m. Jacob Ford, 6 p.m. Alistair Beerens, 6 p.m. Kathy Ford - duo Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave., Ryan's Roadhouse, 902 E State St. Tavern & Tap, 101 S. Washington Square Tavern House Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. Tequila Cowboy, 5660 W. Saginaw Hwy. Collateral Damage, 4 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog Open Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m. Live music, 9 p.m. Live music, 9 p.m. Watershed Tavern and Grill 5965 Marsh Rd. Mark Sala, 7 p.m. Waterfront Bar and Grill, 325 City Market Dr. Scott Seth Open Mic 34 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 7, 2017

the Rum Runners building for $318,999, nearly $200,000 less than it went for Out on the town when it was last sold in 2006. The block from page 31 is undergoing a resurgence based around craft beer and spirit manufacturing; Science Road East Lansing. (517) 355-4672. American Fifth Spirits next door recently Summer Reading Kick-off Open House celebrated its second anniversary, and (All ages). Button-making, construction toys. Lansing Brewing Co. down the street 2-5 p.m. FREE. Capital Area District Libraries has become a massive draw. Webberville Branch, 115 S. Main Street “It’s harder to find places downtown, Webberville. (517) 521-3643. which is why I bought it,” Rathbun said. “I Summer Reading Kickoff (All ages). Make like industrial spaces, and the architect has screen print bag. Prize entry with sign-up. 1-5 p.m. come up with some really good designs. FREE. Capital Area District Libraries South Lansing Branch, 3500 S. Cedar St. Lansing. (517) 272-9840. I really think (this space) could become a Williamston Food Truck Throwdown. gem for downtown.” Largest collection of food trucks in the greater Rathbun said anyone interested in Lansing area. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Williamston opening a business on the building’s Farmers' Market, 200 N. Putnam St. Williamston. first floor should contact him by email at (517) 719-6193. [email protected]. The business RUM RUNNERS / ENVIE owner will be responsible for build out, ARTS but Rathbun said the space is in excellent Pop Up Art: Special Edition Kick Off 2017. Allan I. Ross/City Pulse condition, and the exposed brick and open A re-imagining of downtown Lansing. Activities This summer, Paul Rathbun will transform the ground floor of the former Rum Runners building floor plan make for an attractive dose of also. 5-7 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 113 S. Washington Square Lansing. (517) 374-6400. ow.ly/ in downtown Lansing into a new retail space, while the second floor will become a loft urban chic. WNdX30ccCON. apartment — and his new home. “I don’t want to run the business, but I’ll By ALLAN I. ROSS his own space. He envisions eventually cre- provide guidance for (whomever) decides Saturday, June 10 A prime two-story location in down- ating a rooftop patio on top his new build- to do something,” Rathbun said. “I wish I MUSIC town Lansing that has sat vacant for four ing, carrying over his favorite feature from had the time. It’s a great location and a Live Music w/ Jake and Shelby. 7-10 p.m. FREE. years will be renovated into a mixed-use his current living situation. great space.” Lansing Brewing Company, 518 E. Shiawassee St. retail space this summer. Last month, “I’m the only one in my building with Lansing. 517.371-2600. Paul Rathbun, executive vice president a patio, and I’m going to miss it,” Rathbun Green with EnVie at Lansing-based insurance company the said. “The view here overlooks (Cooley Law After a couple of private friends- EVENTs FIve Ways for Men to age like a Champ. Rathbun Agency, purchased the former School Stadium), so it will be like having and-family events last week, downtown Seminar on Men's Health. 3 p.m., FREE. Frandor Lansing’s newest eatery opened to the home of Rum Runners, 601 E. Michigan a free balcony seat at all kinds of concerts Better Health Market, 305 N. Clippert St. Ave. His goal is to transform the second and fireworks events. It’ll be a great place public on Monday. EnVie is a French- *CADL Girls Gymnastics Clinic. 90-minute story of the 110-year old building into a to host parties.” themed bistro featuring a menu with lunch gymnastics clinic for girls K-4. Parents must sign loft apartment and allow an aspiring local Any festivities on the premises will like- and dinner items, as well as a full bar with waiver. Call ext. 3. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. FREE. Holt entrepreneur to rebuild the first floor into ly pale in comparison to those held in the an eclectic cocktail list and extensive wine High School, 5885 Holt Road Holt. (517) 694-9531. … something. building’s heyday. Rum Runners opened in menu. *Henna Body Art with Anshu Varma (Ages “There are so many people living down- the building in 1996 as a tiki-themed piano “We’re going to go for familiar favorites, 8-18). Use new or traditional designs. Call ext. town now that just about any business bar and, for more than a decade, served as but we also want to create new things no 3. 11 a.m.-noon. FREE. Capital Area District servicing that crowd should do very well,” a destination draw for birthday and bach- one has ever seen before,” said co-owner Libraries Holt-Delhi Branch, 2078 Aurelius Road Holt. (517) 694-9351. Rathbun said. “I’m thinking a convenience elorette parties. The first floor was a sepa- James Cheskaty, who also serves as execu- store or a small grocery would be huge. rate nightclub that opened in 2003, but tive chef. “It’s a lot more French than we ARTS There’s a built-in (customer base) look- both levels suffered stiff competition when were originally planning.” Williamston Pop Up Art & Crafts Show. ing for something to fill that niche. But a glut of bars flooded the downtown area In addition to the French dishes — Illustration, photography and more. 11 a.m.-6 there are so many other ideas that I’m sure in the late ‘00s and early ‘10s. Rum Runners which include duck à l’orange, ratatouille p.m. FREE. Keller's Plaza Upstairs, 107 S. Putnam would do well, too. It’s a great spot for a closed in 2013, shortly after a rebranding and cassoulet — diners can also choose Williamston. (517) 325-3097. ow.ly/dftC30ccC40. creative person with good business sense.” effort to shift the business into more of between burgers, salads and cheese plates. Rathbun, 55, plans to move into the a performance venue concept. Rathbun There’s even a breakfast item for late ris- apartment himself and rent out the lower inherited a Class C liquor license with the ers: the duck Benedict features sliced duck Sunday, June 11 level. Both floors are about 2,100 square sale, but sold it last week to an undisclosed breast and a poached egg served on a CLASSES AND SEMINARS Charlotte Yoga Club. 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. $5 feet and almost completely gutted at the party. croissant and topped with Hollandaise annually. AL!VE, 800 W. Lawrence Charlotte. sauce and Michigan cherry coulis. moment, but there’s tape on the floor of “I didn’t want to bring another bar Juggling. 2-4 p.m. FREE. Orchard Street the soon-to-be living space marking out downtown — I think there are enough Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St. East Lansing. what different areas will become. You can already,” Rathbun said. “And I don’t want to Kendo Martial Art Class. 10-11:30 a.m. $5. see where the kitchen and bathroom will see (the downstairs) become a pot shop, EnVie Westside Community YMCA, 3700 Old Lansing go; a folding table and chairs stand in for either. I want to see something that’s good 210 S. Washington Square, Lansing Road Lansing. the grand dining room in the works. for downtown Lansing. I’ve been a part of 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday; “I love living downtown,” Rathbun said. this community for a long time, and I want closed Sunday EVENTS 89th Key & Synergy. Lansing bands perform. “I don’t want to have a lawn to cut, and I to see it continue to thrive.” (517) 318-6135, envie517.com don’t need a place to accumulate stuff. I’d Rathbun’s father, Gene Rathbun, joined 2-5:30 p.m. $10. Michigan Princess Riverboat, 3004 W. Main St. Lansing. (517) 627-2154. rather spend my money doing things and Rathbun Insurance in 1966, 10 years after michiganprincess.com. going places. The advantage of (urban) his brothers, Jack and Jim Rathbun, found- Do you know of a new Greater Lansing Area Sunday Swing Dance. 6 p.m. apartments is that you’re so close to so ed the agency. After majoring in insurance/ Lansing business that should be featured $8 dance, $10 dance & lesson. The Lansing many things to do. If you want to take off business administration at Ferris State in New in Town? Send an email to Eagles, 4700 N. Grand River Ave. Lansing. (517) for a couple weeks, you don’t need to wor- University and spending time working at a [email protected]. 321-0933. Leafy Tree Walk. Naturalist-led. ry about things that a homeowner does.” national insurance company, Paul Rathbun 3-4:30 p.m. $3/$7 Family. Harris Nature Center, Rathbun has been testing out the urban came aboard in 1983. In 1990, he became 3998 Van Atta Road Meridian Township. (517) living waters at a nearby luxury loft. He a partner. 349-3866. bit.ly/HNCprg. currently rents, but he had a desire to own City records show Rathbun bought See Out on the Town, Page 35 City Pulse • June 7, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 35

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The wine was made from the assyrtiko grape by Estate Argyros. I caught up with this person about a week after, and asked about the wine. In her words: “I didn’t like it. I don’t know ... it was just too Greek.” Estate Argyros has been named one of Wine & Spirits Magazine’s best 100 win- eries in multiple years, and it’s garnered glowing reviews across the spectrum of mainstream wine writing, including Wine Advocate, Wine Spectator and The New York Times. Suffice to say, the image problem for Greek wines is real, and it’s wrong. And it’s not exactly true that Greek wine has finally transformed, evolved or modern- ized. It’s more accurate to say that we are finally getting access to good Greek wine. For this blessing, there is no American Justin King/City Pulse more important than Ted Diamantis, pro- The sun sets over wine drinkers at Santo Winery, a Greek winery on the island of Santorini. prietor and president of Diamond Wine Importers. Diamantis founded Diamond in 1992 “out of the belief that Greece, with thirst-quenching, as opposed to border- any day. Once again, this is 100 percent bodied and refreshing with hints of dark its natural terroir of mountain vineyards, line flabby. assyrtiko, only the fruit of this is more fruits and a slight touch of earthiness. It’s maritime influenced climate, volcanic A prime example is a wine from maybe subtle and green, and the body is less a struggle to get that from Burgundy for and alluvial soils, and over 200 ancient Greece’s best overall producer, Domaine minerally and more, well, party-like. This less than $30. indigenous varieties, can once again Sigalas. My notes go five vintages deep on is party wine. Back on mainland Greece, there are become a source of some of the greatest this wine, and I’m consistently amazed at Side note: For anyone looking to find other wineries dedicated to quality. Based wines in the world.” its expressive style. wines that are vintage dated the same in the small Greek Macedonian subregion A quarter century later, the buzz on Putting one’s nose into a glass of the year as your children were born, consid- of Naoussa, Domaine Karydas makes a Greek wine has trickled downstream assyrtiko 2015 vintage is like walking er Vinsanto from Santorini. It is a dessert thrilling wine from the xinomavro grape. broadly enough that there’s a proven mar- through an apple orchard as the blossoms wine generally made from the assyrtiko, Meaning “acid black,” this grape is a bit ket need for these wines, even in a tertiary bloom. In flavor, the wine shows more athiri, and aidani grapes. Often you will finicky at times, but for $30, the truf- market like Lansing. tropical, like kiwi or papaya. At about see current releases carry an old year, due fle-like aroma with rose petals and black The wine industry might be the most $22, this wine will forever be on hand for to the extensive cask aging. olives should make any fan of northern romantic industry of all, so it’s no sur- me as a must-have companion for Greek Take a boat leaving Santorini south- Italian wine swoon. prise that wistful wanderlusters might cuisine, saltier fish dishes or olives. ward, and you’ll eventually climb ashore As a rule, xinomavro is damned near be enticed by the otherworldly sea, vol- Paris Sigalas, founder of Domaine on the island of Crete. Home to the perfect with lamb and beef. Alpha Estate’s canic cliffs and blue-domed churches on Sigalas, is also directly responsible for Minoans, the earliest recorded European 2006 xinomavro, currently on the market the crescent-shaped island of Santorini. the promising trend of Santorini wines civilization, Crete is also home to wine for about $40, is proof that Greek wine While Piedmont, Italy, might have a made from the mavrotragano grape, that tastes way better than its price would can age well and develop a brooding style better argument for most impressive another native to the island. Should the lead you to believe. all its own. Aromas and flavors of tobac- confluence of food and wine, Santorini good results continue, we will hopefully Possibly the star of the show is co, cedar, black olive, cherry skin, black is an embarrassment of riches for all see representatives of this grenache-like Douloufakis Winery. Pumping out wine licorice are there, but it’s all so graceful things romance. grape on local shelves. since 1930, these fine folks have had and never in your face. Assyrtiko is the most important grape Of course, if you can’t wait to see them their wine shipped stateside for a few Alpha Estate is a high-performing win- on the island, and arguably for Greece as stateside, you can visit the winery on decades, but they’re still reasonably new ery in Amyntaio. Its malagouzia, at $20, a whole. The grapevines are grown in bas- Santorini. It might be the most beautiful in the Michigan market. The soil of the is another refreshing patio wine, much ket shapes, mostly to protect the berries place in the world. tiny region of Dafnes, where Douloufakis like its assyrtiko brethren, only a little from getting blown off or damaged by the Most island hoppers bus up to the is located, is similar to much of France: leaner around the edges. At $18, its sauvi- blustering winds off the Aegean Sea. northern Santorini town of Oia to take in calcareous clay and limestone. The land gnon blanc is one of the prettier dry wines Greece is plenty hot, and perhaps those legendary sunsets, but Santo Wines, is shaped like an amphitheater, with I’ve had lately. Not carrying much of the assyrtiko’s best trait is its ability to on the west coast of the island, might have olive trees and grapevines dominating grapefruit or green notes so common in retain acidity while surrounded by heat. the best spot for nature ogling. the landscape. New Zealand or Loire, France, examples, What does this mean for the wine? And to sweeten the deal, its sparkling At about $16, Douloufakis’ Dafnios Assyrtiko wines tend to be refreshing and brut, at just $25, beats out Veuve Clicquot liatiko is a pinot noir fan’s dream, light See Marvels, Page 42 38 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 7, 2017 Marvels Basil Fizz - The Cosmos from page 37 this wine shows more floral and soft. It’s I doubt many pizza joints an impressive wine for those looking for that blast loud rock music boast something between a sauvignon blanc drinks served in a martini glass and a chardonnay. — especially drinks as classy as Michigan readers may find it help- the Basil Fizz. ful to think of Greek wine producers The Cosmos is a small like morel mushroom hunters. The restaurant attached to Zoobie’s best in both fields need patience, need in Old to understand timing and need to be Town. cognizant of temperature and climate. While the Come to think of it, morels sound darn Cosmos tasty with a nice xinomavro. THE and Zoobie’s Justin King is a certified sommeli- Drink each have er and owner of Bridge Street Social, a their Justin King/City Pulse wine and cocktails-focused restaurant in own vibe, Olive trees and grapevines dominate DeWitt. He likes his souvlaki on any day both establishments share the landscape in Dafnes, Crete, which is that ends in y. the same kitchen, bar and home to Douloufakis Winery. restrooms. The Cosmos is known for its wood-fired piz- zas, wild sci-fi murals and non-stop “Star Trek” reruns. But I’ll remember it for its unique Basil Fizz. The heart of the cocktail is cucumber and basil infused Distillery & Cocktail Bar vodka. The taste of the plant and the herb were obvious from the not a trait I usually associate with mar- first sip, but neither were overpower- tini glass drinks. Take Dad out for fun ing. 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