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VOL. 13 Feedback ISSUE 32 Problematic types of silence lematic statement within itself. In a culture

In recent years, certain actions imple- present on our campus that promotes the (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com mented by the MSU administration have idea of “don’t get raped” instead of “don’t ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 attempted to silence the student voice across rape,” sexual assault education should not PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 campus. With either a negative or non-exis- be limited to only freshmen. This is an issue or email [email protected] tent response to other student campaigns, that prevails not only on campus with MSU 6 these trends have continued to limit stu- students, but off campus in student housing, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz

[email protected] • (517) 999-5061 dent involvement as well as emphasize the downtown bars, and even campus sponsored evident disconnect between students and apartments which focus predominantly on ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten Hirten: Military-industrial complex explains Mike [email protected] • (517) 999-5067 university administration. However, to the upperclassmen. Rogers' move from Congress to radio MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz dismay of the university, a new type of prob- With a statistic stating that 1 in 4 stu- [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 lematic silence in regard to sexual assault dents will be sexually assaulted by the time PAGE ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross has been brought to public attention. of graduation, the demand for continuous [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 In addition to the public’s attention, the sexual assault education as well as promo- 20 PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper Department of Education’s Civil Rights tion for on-campus resources should be [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 Office has also been alerted of Michigan happily endorsed by the university. Our lack CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith State’s negligent response to the prevalent of knowledge concerning the now limited Curtain Call: Reviews of Williamston's "Frankie and Johnny in the [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 issue of sexual assault on campus. resources provided on campus only further Claire de Lune" and Peppermint Creek's "Tribes." STAFF WRITER • Lawrence Cosentino As a requirement, the university sent out emphasizes disconnect between students [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 a blast email with the vague subject line and the administration. PAGE MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR/ “Letter To the MSU Community.” Almost As a junior, the past three years spent SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT • Rich Tupica [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 comically, my university email account at MSU have only highlighted the inherent 26 ADVERTISING • Shelly Olson labeled this as “junk.” Regardless, attached problems with disassociating campus poli- [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 to this email, and not specifically addressed cies from the student voice. The exclusionary in the email body, was a document describ- actions of the administration have degraded Uncorked: Amended liquor code allows customers to Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Daniel E. Bollman, bring wine to some restaurants Capital News Service, Bill Castanier, Mary C. ing a new “collaboration” between the uni- the students to an image of walking dollar Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle Johnson, Terry versity and the Department of Education, signs. This image has been exemplified in the COVER Link, Andy McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, as worded by the university, to measure the university’s cavalier attempt of combatting Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, Ute Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak university’s effective “heightened awareness sexual assault; instead of an honest approach ART of student safety, with special emphasis to the issue, MSU will choose to defend its Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Fisher, Ron Lupu, Brent Robison, Robert Wiche on sexual violence.” Oppositely and unan- reputation of being a respectable university Interns: Katy Barth, Nicole Halvorsen, Alexandra nounced, this deceptive opportunity to meet even at the expense of students’ safety. For a SEE, HEAR, SPEAK UP by RACHEL HARPER Harakas, Kyle Koehler, RJ Wolcott with the OCR was a preliminary step in the university that promotes standing together, CITY PULSE Editor & Publisher investigation of MSU. our silence has never pushed us farther apart. THIS WEEK Berl Schwartz The email attachment exhaustively lists on the Alec Manaia, Citizens Climate Lobby 7 p.m. Wednesdays any and all resources available to students — Lauren Gann Attorney Douglas Meeks as a sort of test preparation for the students Michigan State University Students AIR Pastor Bonnie Tarwater attending the “collaborative” meeting. Not United Tiffany Hartung, Sierra Club Michigan chapter surprisingly, I, among various other students Penny Gardner, president, Lansing Association for Human Rights who met with the OCR, have been unaware Paul Starr, founder, I'm a Beer Hound of these resources until the email due to the lack of promotion by MSU. Conversely, Have something to say about a local issue conveniently excluded from the email is the or an item that appeared in our pages? announcement that the university will be 1.) Write a letter to the editor. CITY PULSE closing the Women’s Resource Center, an • E-mail: [email protected] extremely accessible tool for those who have • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 • Fax: (517) 371-5800 been victimized from sexual assault. 2.) Write a guest column: Unfortunately, the only advertised form Contact Berl Schwartz for more information: of sexual violence education known to most [email protected] or (517) 999-5061 students is the SARV program, which is (Please include your name, address and telephone number so we can carelessly “enforced” as a “mandatory” pro- reach you. Keep letters to 250 words or fewer. City Pulse reserves the gram for freshmen. However, this is a prob- right to edit letters and columns.)

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CITY OF LANSING SUMMARY OF ADOPTED ORDINANCE #1188

Lansing City Council adopted An Ordinance of The City of Lansing, Michigan, to Amend Chapter 811 of the Lansing Codified Ordinances by adding Section 811.03 to authorize a new Cable Franchise Agreement with Westphalia Broadband, Inc., a Michigan Corporation d/b/a Comlink, and to Establish Video Service Provider Fees in Conformance with, and pursuant to, The Uniform Video Services Local Franchise Act.

Effective date: Upon publication

Notice: The full text of this Ordinance is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office, 9th Floor, City Hall, Lansing, Michigan. A copy of the full text of this Ordinance may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office, 9th Floor, City Hall, Lansing, Michigan at a fee determined by City Council.

CHRIS SWOPE, LANSING CITY CLERK CP#14_082 City Pulse • April 2, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION

getting the required signatures to file as and senator before becoming Lansing Frenzy in the 8th a candidate. mayor in 2006, was badly defeated in But whereas Schertzing, Bernero and the race for governor against Republican Byrum emerges as lead- Byrum have name I.D., political experi- Rick Snyder in 2010. He was seriously ing Democrat for open 8th ence in the district and a likely higher outspent by Snyder, a millionaire cor- C Congressional seat; Republicans potential for raising money, Grettenberger porate executive. But the election gave OF THE WEEK confident they will keep control of and Darga are political rookies. When Bernero statewide recognition — for district vacated by Mike Rogers asked if he thinks Grettenberger and good and for bad. He has been charac- Darga would be encouraged to step aside terized, often by himself, as the nation’s Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum so the Democrats can avoid a primary angriest mayor and regularly appears on is emerging as the leading Democrat to and get behind the strongest candidate, national news programs promoting the campaign for an open congressional seat Schertzing said: “I would imagine.” interest of cities. The fiery persona may being vacated by Republican U.S. Rep. The Democratic Congressional mask for those outside of greater Lansing Mike Rogers. Now she just has to decide Campaign Committee polled 8th-Dis- the progress in the city. whether to say yes. trict voters over the weekend, focusing Meanwhile, Byrum’s profile has con- Byrum, 36, said she is “serious- on Bernero and Byrum. It also included tinued to rise since 2012 when she helped ly considering” running for the 8th questions about those two matching up lead a movement in the Legislature chal- Congressional District seat, which repre- against 47-year-old Republican Mike lenging proposed legislation aimed at sents all of Ingham and Livingston coun- Bishop, a Rochester-based attorney and putting more regulations on abortion ties and the northern tier of Oakland former state Senate Majority Leader. providers. (See: “Vagina-gate.”) Byrum County. She could have an edge with The automated poll asked for favor- has also been mentioned as a lieuten- women voters, independents and moder- ability ratings for each of the potential ant governor running mate with Mark ate Republicans. candidates followed by matchups: Byrum Schauer. She was one of four county Property: Mount Hope Cemetery, 1709 E. “This is a conversation that needs to versus Bishop and Bernero versus Bishop. clerks to issue marriage licenses and offi- Mount Hope Ave., Lansing be had with family, friends, advisers,” Poll results were not released. ciate over wedding ceremonies for same- she said Monday. “I’m truly humbled by If polling numbers are favorable, sex couples on March 22. A less-than-24- Owner: City of Lansing the amount of support I’ve received. It’s Bernero said he will consider running. hour window allowed same-sex couples been absolutely amazing.” Byrum said He expects results of his own poll by to get married after a federal judge ruled Even setting aside the recent proliferation of she expects to make a final decision the end of the week. Byrum said she’s Michigan’s marriage ban unconstitution- zombie franchises, as a society, we have collec- next week. unsure whether the results will affect al. That decision was stayed by a federal tive difficulties with death and its ultimate inev- Byrum, who was elected county clerk her decision. appeals court pending an appeal, putting itability. Graveyards are nearly always located in 2012 after being term-limited out of However, by Tuesday morning, same-sex marriage on hold in Michigan. on outskirts of cities or in places no one visits. the 67th state House district, was among Bernero gave indications that Byrum Byrum said her record of “standing up Though Mount Hope Cemetery is not geograph- a flurry of names to surface after Rogers’ could likely emerge as the leading for people and for women and encourag- ically remote, it remains isolated by busy roads surprise announcement Friday ing more women to run for office” and natural topography. Granted, this virtual that he’s leaving Congress to start distinguishes her as a candidate. inaccessibility promotes an internal tranquil- a conservative talk-radio show (see Schertzing is in his fourth ity, no doubt welcomed in a place of repose and page 6). Other Democrats con- term as the county treasurer and reflection. sidering a run are Lansing Mayor he’s also chairman of the Ingham However, those avoiding this site miss Virg Bernero and Ingham County County Land Bank. He describes impressive examples of art and architecture. The Treasurer Eric Schertzing. himself as a “fiscally conservative entry gate’s graceful Queen Anne towers lead Bernero, 50, commissioned a and socially progressive moder- visitors to winding, hilly paths within. Ransom telephone poll over the weekend to ate candidate,” which “fits the dis- E. Olds’ dignified limestone mausoleum rests on assess his chances. Schertzing, 51, trict well.” Schertzing was Ingham a notable rise near the gate. Its detail is applied said Tuesday morning that he’s in County’s chief deputy drain com- reservedly, in the column capitols and a beauti- the process of getting the necessary Byrum Bernero Schertzing missioner for seven years in the ful arched doorway. Nearby, the tomb of W. S. 1,000 signatures to file as a candi- 1990s. Before that he spent eight George features Greek Doric columns, support- date by April 22, but if Byrum or Bernero Democrat. years as a special assistant to former ing an authentic epistyle and frieze, complete end up getting more support within the Both parties were stunned by Rogers’ Congressman Bob Carr, who served eight with triglyphs and guttae. Carved headstones party, he would step aside to avoid a cost- announcement Friday that he would terms in the 6th District and one term in and majestic obelisks fill the places in between ly August primary. not seek reelection. He is regarded as the 8th. “I know a fair amount about the and along the paths. “I’m not going to run in a primary one of the more powerful members of district,” Schertzing said. Particularly at this time of year, whether one’s against Bernero or Byrum,” Schertzing Congress as chairman of the House Former Democratic county commis- interests are sacred or secular, this site merits a said. “I don’t think any of us want that.” Intelligence Committee, and is from sioner Mark Grebner, of the Lansing firm visit. Regular connection to the dead among the Bernero estimated a contest- a district generally safe from political Practical Political Consulting, said Byrum living — possibly through the introduction of ed Democratic primary could cost challenges. Rogers expects to host a is shaping up to be the better candidate, numerous, decentralized grave sites — serves as $500,000, which makes for an even radio talk show for the Cumulus net- at least compared with Bernero. a reminder of our own transience and the brief more difficult matchup against a work starting in January, but he has not Democrats need “someone with a time we are each allotted. Republican in November. ruled out a bid for president in 2016. name, kind of middle-of-the-road politics, Central Michigan University Professor The 8th District leans Republican but who can raise a lot of money,” Grebner — Daniel E. Bollman, AIA Susan Grettenberger, 57, and retired state is fluid enough politically that Democrats said. “Virg would not be on that list. He’s demographer Ken Darga, 61 — who each could mount a serious bid for the con- sort of a lightning rod. … He’s polarizing.” “Eye Candy of the Week” is our look at some of the nic- announced plans to run against Rogers gressional seat. er properties in Lansing. It rotates with Eyesore of the Week. months ago — say they’re still running. Bernero, who was an Ingham County If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lansingcitypulse. com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. As of Monday afternoon, both were still commissioner and state representative See Congress, Page 6 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 2, 2014

“blowouts” in other statewide races — makes Norm Shinkle, chairman of the 8th Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Raytheon. Congress the district seem marginal, he said. “It’s not Congressional District Republican These are big players in the defense indus- marginal. It would be if Democrats have a Committee, said two other names that keep try with deep PAC pockets. from page 5 blowout year. But no, we’re not going to.” circulating are Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan A radio platform with broadcasts in key Nationwide, Republicans are expected to Barnett and state Sen. Joe Hune, who rep- Republican primary states could give Rogers Do Dems even have a chance? fare well in this year’s mid-term elections. resents Shiawassee and Livingston coun- an outlet to hone his America as policeman- But Grebner downplays the optimism Which brings us to Republican nominees ties and the southeast portion of Ingham of-the-world message. But a career? Is there that this will be a highly competitive race in the 8th District. Bishop, the former Senate County. “Those three names are the most really a market for another right-wing, with the incumbent out. Republicans redrew majority leader, appears on a hastily made prominent,” Shinkle said. middle-aged white man shilling for the the district in their favor after the 2010 cen- website (votemikebishop.com) running for With Rogers dropping out, some have Republican Party on AM radio? sus, for one, he said. Secondly, Grebner dis- U.S. Congress, though it’s unclear who made predicted an open district for Democrats. Probably, although Rogers, a serious putes that the district gives Republicans a it. A Facebook group, “I support Mike Bishop Still, Shinkle is confident the Republicans and seasoned politician, may not be cyni- narrow advantage based on the makeup of for Congress,” said Monday that Bishop “con- will maintain control of the 8th. “Defending cal enough or sufficiently rabid to succeed voters. Averaging results based on the last firms he is in the race ... . Sounds like an Obamacare” will be the leading issue for in that circus. His radio gig begins next four elections — when Democrats had three announcement is coming soon!” rural parts of Ingham and Livingston coun- January with the Cumulus network, which ties, he said. “I mean, good luck. This is promotes a roster of bread-and-games con- PUBLIC NOTICES going to be a Republican year just like 2010. servative personalities. Rogers couched his DEWITT CHARTER TWP. - CITY OF LANSING “The real competition is going to be in decision to move to radio in high-minded, NEXT MICHIGAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION August, not November.” perhaps, presidential terms. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING “It gives me a chance to talk to people The DeWitt Charter Twp. - City of Lansing Next Michigan Development Corporation will hold a public — Andy Balaskovitz and in their cars, in their living rooms, in hearing on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Capital Region Mickey Hirten their kitchens about these issues — about International Airport, 4100 Capital City Boulevard, Lansing, Michigan, for the purpose stated below: American exceptionalism, about national To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing and the Charter Township of security,” he told The Detroit News. Dewitt, other interested persons and ad valorem taxing units to appear and be heard on the approval “I believe in being a conservative media of Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate (NMDC IFT-01-14) requested by the applicant indicated below: you have to move the ball forward,” Rogers said to the Detroit Free Press, adding, “That Applicant: Niowave Inc. Mike at the mic voice is missing.” Location: 1012 Walnut Street, Lansing, MI Location of Project: 2450 Port Lansing Road, Lansing, MI Why would Rogers give up Congress If he listens to conservative talk radio, for radio? The answer lies in the mili- he should know why it’s missing. Talk radio Description of Subject Property: PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 31 AND PART OF tary-industrial complex. isn’t about ideas. It’s about ratings and THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWN 5 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST, DEWITT TOWNSHIP, CLINTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, BEING DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST stoking fears and anger. To succeed, Rogers CORNER OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE N00°00'26"W, 684.08 FEET TO THE POINT OF Mike Rogers, powerful chairman of the will have to squeeze into an already packed BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LEASE PARCEL AREA; THENCE N89°20'32"W House intelligence Committee, assured of line-up of radio pundits. And he’s joined 284.73 FEET; THENCE N00°39'28"E, 72.29 FEET; THENCE N00°52'50"W, 284.86 FEET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF PORT LANSING ROAD; THENCE 63.33 FEET ALONG A CURVE TO reelection from an ultra safe Michigan dis- the junior league. Cumulus is significantly THE RIGHT, SAID CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 400 FEET, A LONG CHORD OF 63.27 FEET trict, at the pinnacle of smaller than the Clear Channel opera- AND A CHORD BEARING OF N86°07'22"E AND A DELTA OF 09 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 14 his career, plans to walk tion that features Rush Limbaugh, Sean SECONDS; THENCE S89°20'32"E, 225.05 FEET; THENCE S89°20'32"E, 198.07 FEET; THENCE S00°39'28"W, 362.05 FEET; THENCE N89°20'32"W, 193.86 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. away from Congress to Hannity and Glenn Beck. SAID DESCRIPTION CONTAINING 174,526.59 SQ. FT. (4.00 ACRES), MORE OR LESS. do a talk radio show. His Cumulus team’s line-up includes It doesn’t make these personalities: Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate (NMDC IFT-01-14) requested by Niowave Inc. will result in the abatement of real property taxes located within the subject property. Further information sense. This may be Mark Levin: “I feel like Obama has had a regarding this application for property tax abatement may be obtained from Mr. Steven Willobee, his escape hatch, but hate-on for our economic system since he was Lansing Economic Area Partnership, 1000 S. Washington Avenue, Suite 201, Lansing, Michigan, Rogers over the week- a teenager. He had enormous jealousy and 48910, (517) 388-1947. end hinted at his real hate for the productive sectors of this society. CP#14_086 agenda when he told “Now he is using his presidency to DEWITT CHARTER TWP. - CITY OF LANSING MICKEY HIRTEN Chris Wallace on “Fox settle scores.” NEXT MICHIGAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION News Sunday” that he Phil Valentine: “You can’t waterboard NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING wouldn’t rule out a run for president in me into a liberal.” His program features a The DeWitt Charter Twp. - City of Lansing Next Michigan Development Corporation will hold a public 2016. That may be a stretch, but how stooge sidekick to laugh at his “jokes.” hearing on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Capital Region about vice president on a Jeb Bush ticket? Michael Savage: “For some reason eth- International Airport, 4100 Capital City Boulevard, Lansing, Michigan, for the purpose stated below: What Rogers and his backers are get- nic groups are hoodwinked into thinking To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing and the Charter Township of ting is running room. Obama is on their side and that Obama is Dewitt, other interested persons and ad valorem taxing units to appear and be heard on the approval After a decade of grinding, pointless wars really an ethnic who has suffered discrimi- of an Exemption of New Personal Property (NMDC PPE-01-14) requested by the applicant indicated in Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans are nation when in fact the opposite is true. He below: questioning the wisdom of overseas adven- is the son of privilege. He never worked a Applicant: Niowave Inc. tures and the staggering defense budgets day in his life. ... He found that by pretend- Location: 1012 Walnut Street, Lansing, MI needed to support them. They are wary of ing to be an oppressed minority he could Location of Project: 2450 Port Lansing Road, Lansing, MI the domestic spying of intelligence agencies. become president of the United States. Description of Subject Property: PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 31 AND PART OF They have learned of Central Intelligence Rogers’ challenge, even if it’s only for THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWN 5 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST, DEWITT TOWNSHIP, Agency lies about torture and renditions. a short time, will be taking airtime from CLINTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN, BEING DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE N00°00'26"W, 684.08 FEET TO THE POINT OF They want lower taxes and better roads. these sages. He may believe that radio is BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LEASE PARCEL AREA; THENCE N89°20'32"W Isolationism, always at play in the an opportunity to “move the ball forward.” 284.73 FEET; THENCE N00°39'28"E, 72.29 FEET; THENCE N00°52'50"W, 284.86 FEET TO THE American psyche, is again fashionable and Good luck on that. Conservative talk radio SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF PORT LANSING ROAD; THENCE 63.33 FEET ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, SAID CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 400 FEET, A LONG CHORD OF 63.27 FEET a threat for the powerful military-industrial is entertainment for an audience built on AND A CHORD BEARING OF N86°07'22"E AND A DELTA OF 09 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 14 complex. Rogers offers an option to keep the overreach of government, evil liberals, SECONDS; THENCE S89°20'32"E, 225.05 FEET; THENCE S89°20'32"E, 198.07 FEET; THENCE their contracts coming. He’s a cold war- activist judges and deep, dark conspiracies, S00°39'28"W, 362.05 FEET; THENCE N89°20'32"W, 193.86 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID DESCRIPTION CONTAINING 174,526.59 SQ. FT. (4.00 ACRES), MORE OR LESS. rior — a hot warrior if necessary — which is which Rogers lately has embraced. what they need to tamp down the influence In January he accused Edward Snowden Exemption of New Personal Property (NMDC PPE-01-14) requested by Niowave Inc. will result in the of defense dove presidential contenders like of plotting with the Russians to steal gov- exemption of new personal property taxes located within the subject property. Further information Rand Paul of Kentucky. Contributions to regarding this application for property tax exemption may be obtained from Mr. Steven Willobee, ernment secrets. He cited only “clues,” Lansing Economic Area Partnership, 1000 S. Washington Avenue, Suite 201, Lansing, Michigan, Rogers campaign and political action com- which is very talk radio. Nothing like con- 48910, (517) 388-1947. mittee for the last reporting period came spiracy to light up the phone lines. But CP#14_087 from General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, every day? Not likely. City Pulse • April 2, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

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By Todd A. Heywood the Sexual Assault Program reports per fiscal year, which n the late hours of Aug. 29, 2010, more accurately reflects an academic year.) a woman met two Michigan State A student organization on campus says the university University athletes at Wonders Hall. can be doing more, particularly in working with area po- I lice departments because sexual assaults do not stop at the strip basketball, requiring a player to lose an article of cloth- The three struck up a friendly conversation campus border. ing with each missed basket. She removed a t-shirt because and decided to go to the men’s shared MSU is not alone in facing scrutiny related to how it is she was wearing a shirt underneath. But the game continued. handling sexual assault and sexual violence. The Chronicle of The victim, according to the police report, said the men dorm room. What happened next has Higher Education reported in February that the federal gov- began to deliberately miss baskets. They were soon both na- been a flashpoint of controversy at the ernment had 39 active investigations related to sexual violence ked, while she remained clothed. When she missed another campus and the surrounding community. on campuses nationwide. The federal government is also re- basket, one of the men said she needed to remove another viewing an incident that took place at the University of Michi- article of clothing. She said “no,” the police report says. She says she was sexually assaulted. Ingham County gan. And an April 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter to colleges has She said once the men were naked, she felt as though she Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III says no crime was com- resulted in an 88 percent increase in reported sexual assaults. were trapped and unable to leave. She said one of the men mitted that night and declined to bring criminal charges. In January, President Obama established a White blocked the door and turned out the lights in the room. Student activists were outraged and protested at both House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault Once the three were in the dark, one of them told the vic- MSU and across the street from the Ingham County Court- to share best practices, increase enforcement and raise tim to remove all her clothing, and she told police she felt she house in downtown Lansing. public awareness. was “afraid for her safety” and began to remove her clothing. In summer 2011, nearly a year after the incident, the “The prevalence of rape and sexual assault at our Nation’s She stripped down to only her underwear. The two men then woman filed a formal Title IX complaint with the U.S. De- institutions of higher education is both deeply troubling and a approached her, and one of them pulled her underwear off. partment of Education’s Office of Civil Rights regarding this call to action,” the president wrote in a memo announcing the The assault then proceeded. incident. And now, three years later, the feds have been on task force. “Although schools have made progress in address- The police report indicates she twice tried to end the sex- campus investigating this incident and two others — as well ing rape and sexual assault, more needs to be done to ensure ual assault by putting on her underwear. Both times, the un- as the general atmosphere and attitude on campus related to safe, secure environments for students of higher education.” derwear was removed again. She told police she felt she was sexual assault. The increased federal focus raises the question of how unable to leave the room because the two men were substan- Over the past three years, MSU has responded with a much would have really changed at MSU, or any other cam- tially larger than she was. more comprehensive policy to address the issue, both in puses, had the feds not stepped in. One of the men agreed to an interview with police, and he reporting incidents and raising awareness. But while much substantially supported the woman’s claims. has changed at MSU since the incident, some say it’s not August 2010 Dunnings decided not to bring charges, announcing enough to fully address the complex, troubling and often The Wonders Hall incident was one of 14 cases in 2010 a month later he determined “no crime was committed.” hidden crisis of sexual assault. of forcible sex offenses reported under the federal Clery Act. His decision triggered protests at the Veteran’s Memorial Despite the efforts to raise awareness among incoming Eleven of those reported cases happened in campus residen- Courthouse in downtown Lansing that fall. Activists also students and restructuring the process that is followed af- tial facilities. It drew attention because two high-profile MSU appeared at the Breslin Center at various MSU basketball ter an assault takes place, sexual assault at MSU, like else- athletes were accused of perpetrating the sexual assault. home games to protest the sexual assault, using signs and where in the country, is a vastly underreported crime. The According to police reports from the time, the two men voicing disapproval. number of forcible sexual assaults on campus was 15 and and the woman met in the lobby of Wonders Hall one late 20 in 2011 and 2012, respectively, but the number of stu- August night in 2010. They struck up a conversation and Feds take on issue dents who received counseling from the MSU Sexual As- decided to go back to the men’s room. The victim said she As the university was handling the fallout of this assault, sault Program were 176 and 241 in approximately the same had been drinking alcohol that night, but was not drunk. time. (MSU reports cases based on a calendar year, while Once there, the three struck up a game of what amounted to See Assault, Page 9

MSU on-campus incidents of reported sexual assault Source: Michigan State University MSU Sexual Assault Program Source: MSU Sexual Assault Program 300 Total On Campus (Includes CRF) Campus Residential Facilities (”CRF”) 293 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 250 8 16 14 15 20 6 10 11 13 15 241 223 200 196 187 MSU Students 176 Served 150 139 141 100 Non-MSU Students Served 50

0 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 Illustrations by Rachel Harper/City Pulse Left: The number of sexual-assault reports filed from on-campus incidents at MSU. Right: The numbers of people who were served by MSU's Sexual Assault Program, which offers counseling and support groups. The numbers indicate sexual assault is still a vastly underreported crime. City Pulse • April 2, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

expectations on investigations, and judicial the university also instituted a new policy re- during a sexual assault,” Murgittroyd said. Assault processes and time limits and that sort of quiring staff to report any suspected sexual “To then have mandatory reporting policies thing,” she said. “So the ‘Dear Colleague’ let- assault or sexual harassment they might hear in place and be contacted by the univer- from page 8 ter, I think, brought quite a bit of clarity to of. For instance, if a professor overhears a stu- sity or the police after disclosing something the work we’re expected to do in those areas.” dent discussing being sexually assaulted, the very personal to an MSU employee (faculty the U.S. Department of Education released a professor is required to report the case to the or staff) can leave a victim/survivor feeling “Dear Colleague” letter to educational insti- What’s new Title IX coordinator office. From there, the betrayed, exposed and unsafe. They may be tutions across the country. The letter, dated In fact, under the newly adopted poli- office contacts the victim, “usually by email,” afraid that university or police contact will April 4, 2011, announced a requirement that cies implemented in 2011, responsibilities Cody said. A victim is not required to respond ensue with the perpetrator which could cause educational institutions be more aggressive for investigations for all allegations of sex- to such an inquiry. retaliation and further violence. and thorough in investigating allegations of ual harassment, including student-on-stu- “In light of the Dear Colleague letter and “The good news here is that if a student is sexual harassment, which also includes sex- dent sexual harassment, were handed over our own best practices, this is the process contacted by the university or police after they ual violence. to the office of the Title IX coordinator. we use. Our Title IX office and investiga- disclose a sexual assault, the student does not “As you know, the Dear Colleague letter Previously, allegations of student-on-stu- tors are cognizant of not wanting to re- have to participate in an investigation.” was sent three years ago, and MSU has made dent sexual harassment were handled by victimize a complainant,” Cody said. “We These changes are in addition to a news quite a few changes to its policies and pro- student affairs. The resulting report from believe this approach balances compassion series of educational programs. In the past cesses, both in response to the letter and as the office is vetted by the Office of General for the alleged victim, security on campus three years, some 20,000 incoming students we continually work to improve how we han- Counsel as well as the Title IX coordinator and federal/legal reporting guidelines.” have participated in a new program called dle complaints involving sexual harassment, before it is sent off to the student judicial Some have expressed concerns that the SAFE, Sexual Assault First-year Education. sexual assault and sexual violence and how system. And now, the investigation report new policy risks re-traumatizing a victim In fall 2013, Granberry Russell said, 97 per- we educate students and the campus com- is given “deference,” unless it can be proven by forcing them to relive an incident from cent of incoming students participated in the munity,” said MSU spokesman Jason Cody. the investigators acted inappropriately. long ago, or talk about an incident they are program. The university has also launched Paulette Granberry Russell, the director of In another first, the Title IX office also not ready to talk about. trainings for staff on their responsibilities in MSU’s Office of Inclusion, said the university became the claimant in such judicial cases. “As a victim-advocacy agency, we do have addressing sexual assault and sexual harass- was already implementing new policies and Victims were still encouraged to partici- those same concerns because a victim has ment complaints, provides educational semi- procedures when the “Dear Colleague” letter pate in the process, but the Title IX coor- already had power and control taken away was released, dating back to the fall of 2010. dinator’s office would bring a case with or See Assault, Page 10 Those new policies and procedures were without the victim. based on technical guidance from the U.S. And that has paid off, said Shari Mur- PUBLIC NOTICES Department of Education. gittroyd, director of the MSU Sexual Assault PUBLIC NOTICE But the “Dear Colleague” letter was im- Program. She is aware of some students who portant, she said. have been expelled from MSU as a result of The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is seeking vendors for lawn maintenance at its for sale properties. Proof of insurance required. Visit www.inghamlandbank.org for more “Honestly, for many of us working in sexual assault allegations in this academic information. Deadline for submissions is April 11, 2014. The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track higher ed — and I daresay most of those that year. MSU administration officials could not Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. I interact with on a national level — while the confirm this or provide specific numbers on CP#14_084 guidance was out there regarding how you how many students had been disciplined as a PUBLIC NOTICE define sexual assault, the standards that you result of the student judicial process and the would apply, how you analyze cases that may new investigation process. The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is seeking vendors for lawn maintenance. Proof of insurance required. Visit www.inghamlandbank.org for more information. Deadline for be filed — it wasn’t as clear in terms of their A more controversial change came when submissions is April 11, 2014. The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CP#14_085 9 B/14/067 BUCHARD PARK RESTROOM DEMOLITION as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PURCHASING OFFICE, 8TH FLOOR CITY HALL, 124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 until 3:00 PM local time in effect on APRIL 17, 2014 at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Hosted by Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by calling Cathy Berl Schwartz Davila at (517) 483-4129, email: [email protected] or go to www.mitn.info . Newsmakers The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing- based businesses. CP#14_083 THIS WEEK: City of Lansing Sexual assault on campus Notice of Public Hearing WITH OUR GUEST The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on April 21, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, Lansing, MI, for the purpose stated below:

To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing, other interested persons LAUREN GANN and ad valorem taxing units to appear and be heard on the approval of Brownfield Plan #59 – 4000 N. Grand River Ave. Brownfield Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions MSU STUDENTS UNITED of the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act, Public Act 381 of 1996, as amended, for property located at 4000 N. Grand River Ave., in Lansing, Michigan, but more particularly described as:

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Approval of this Brownfield Plan #59 will enable the Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to capture incremental tax increases which result from the redevelopment of the property to pay for costs associated therewith. Further information regarding this issue may be obtained from Karl Dorshimer, Director of Economic Development, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, 1000 S. Washington Ave., Suite 201, Lansing, MI 48910, (517) 702-3387 ext. 210.

If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Monday, April 21, 2014, at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933.

Chris Swope City Clerk Watch past episodes at vimeo.com/channels/citypulse CP#14_081 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 2, 2014

official reports from the university record few- Photo courtesy of MSU Assault er than 20 cases a year for the last three years, The MSU Murgittroyd’s group reports in each of those Greek from page 9 years to be working with over 100 victims. Community Murgittroyd said the reason for the differ- hosted a "Walk nars in classes and with various on-campus ence is “our office is a confidential resource a Mile in Her organizations and has launched an edu- for students. Meaning, when they come in for Shoes" event cational campaign called “No Excuse for crisis intervention, advocacy or therapy, we do in October Sexual Assault.” not report to the police or OFI.” to raise The “No Excuse” campaign aims to edu- “Most individuals — approximately 80 per- awareness cate the campus community about what cent — do not report to the police,” she added. about sexual sexual assault is, address common myths “That is why the police-report rates of (crimi- assault and provide clear explanations of issues re- nal sexual conduct) are always so low and do and sexual lated to sexual assault, such as consent and not even come close to an accurate representa- harassment. incapacitation. tion of the number of sexual assaults that oc- cur in our community.” Under-reported crime In addition, the cases reported by MSU The goal, Granberry Russell said, is to Police, in what is called a Clery Act report, increase reporting of incidents of sexual vio- only capture the cases that occur on campus- sity announced the Department of Education partment would be open to discussing the cre- lence on campus. owned property. Office of Civil Rights investigation, there were ation of such joint reports, but MSU adminis- While she says it’s working, the numbers For 21-year-old MSU junior Lauren Gann, a host of resources related to sexual assault tration sources were not so open to the idea. show sexual assault continues to be a signifi- the university is still not doing enough about she and other community members were un- “I’m not sure that would be possible,” cantly under-reported crime at MSU. While sexual assault. She said that until the univer- aware of. Those resources were presented in Cody said. “If you are talking about com- the notice of the investigation. piling statistics on all MSU faculty/staff/ Gann, who is a leader with the student students, we would have to query more group MSU Students United, pointed out that than 80 counties in this state, nearly every sexual assault does not stop at the campus state in the nation and countless countries boundary — so the Clery Act reports of sexual around the globe. And other jurisdictions assault are not nearly as indicative of the prob- are under no obligation to report numbers lem as they can be. laterally to other departments. In fact, All police agencies are required by law to I’m not sure other departments would be file annual reports with the FBI related to all willing to. To do what you’re asking would of the violent crimes investigated by each de- take a large amount of effort and resourc- partment, including forcible sexual assault. es, and those efforts and resources would Gann asked why MSU was not working with likely be better focused on survivors and East Lansing and surrounding jurisdictions to prevention efforts.” develop a more comprehensive report on the Granberry Russell, when asked the numbers of sexual assaults reported to police question, said her office was working with in all the jurisdictions around MSU and which other police agencies to make sure they involve members of the MSU community. knew about MSU policies and procedures “Sexual assault frequently extends outside related to sexual assault “to the extent pos- of college campuses and into student housing, sible.” She did not respond to questions as apartments and local bars,” Gann said. “Over to whether MSU should actively seek to the summer, there was an off-campus rapist better clarify the extent of the issues relat- who targeted MSU students. College campus- ed to sexual assault involving the campus es that are in close proximity to surrounding community and surrounding areas. cities — for example, East Lansing and Lan- But at the end of the day, Cody said, the sing — should have a greater protection than issue is stopping sexual assault altogether. what is offered within campus limits. This col- “To be blunt, one sexual assault is one laboration between local police agencies and too many,” he said. “Knowing the depth of universities will protect students even after the issue on campus and in the community they have crossed the street to leave campus is of course important, but as I said, I be- and go home.” lieve we need to focus our efforts on sup- MSU Police Chief Juli Liebler said her de- port, enforcement and prevention.” City Pulse • April 2, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER Ales in the outfield ‘Beer hounds’ take over downtown ballpark for first-time event By KATY BARTH As opening day fever sweeps across the country this week, it’s officially OK to start using the word “summer” again in regular conversation — as in baseball’s boys of sum- mer, who took to the field after the bitterest winter in recent memory. But who’s to say America’s pastime Beerfest at the is the game itself Ballpark and not the forum 1-6 p.m. Saturday, April 5 $35/$30 in advance for open-air, pub- Cooley Law School Stadium lic socializing … 505 E. Michigan Ave., and, you know, all Lansing Left: Courtesy photo, Right: Photo by Ariniko Artistry (ariniko.com) (517) 485-4500, that beer drinking. Oldsmobile Park, home of the Lansing Lugnuts, will be home to a first-ever Beerfest in the Ballpark on Saturday. Over 150 types of beerfestattheballpark.net Well, those beer from 33 Michigan breweries will be on tap, including local craft beer makers BAD Brewing Co. and EagleMonk. won’t be baseball scorecards being filled out at Oldsmo- bile Park this Saturday, and that won’t spreading the Michigan craft beer love. Lansing,” Starr said. “We have a lot to offer Grueser said. “More people will be down- be cheap light beer in those plastic cups. Attendees will get a special 3-oz. tasting and a lot of selections that haven’t been in town and they’ll spill into the restaurants At the first-ever Beerfest at the Ballpark, glass and 10 tickets to spend on samples Lansing. It gives people a chance to try a lot and bars.” craft beer fans will keep track of the spe- as they wander through the field of taps. of Michigan beers that are three and a half But it’s not just businesses who are get- cialty brews on tasting sheets as they work The seating bowl is open for lounging, giv- hours away that they wouldn’t be able to try.” ting a jolt from the event. A portion of the their way through over 150 Michigan ing attendees perfect backstop views of all If the peanuts and Cracker Jacks aren’t proceeds are going to the Old Newsboys, stouts, ales, IPAs and ciders. the activity. enough to tide you over, local food vendors a charity that donates shoes to needy chil- “The domestic beers are really 29 flavors “People will be standing in line for a beer will dish out barbeque ribs, pub burgers and dren. Starr said he’s excited to write a check of bland,” said Paul Starr, creator of I’m a and talking to the brewer with the baseball overloaded hotdogs. to them at the end of the event. Beer Hound, an online craft beer club/data- diamond as the backdrop,” said Nick Grue- “It just makes sense to pair beer and food “It’s a charity that does a lot of good base. “There’s just such a variety in craft beer ser, Lugnuts general manager. “It adds a together,” Starr said. What makes even more things, but doesn’t get a lot of notoriety,” that’s not there in the (macrobrews).” whole new element to a festival like this.” sense is putting bacon on a stick, which will Starr said. “It’s a perfect way to help them Starr has teamed up with the Lansing Local rookie microbrewers BAD Brew- be available. Dreams really do come true. and what they do.” Lugnuts to host the event, which leads off ing Co. and EagleMonk Brewery will be on Grueser said he sees this as an economic Just don’t get too cozy down there on the the first part of a hit-and-run pair of down- deck, as well as heavy hitters like Found- benefit for Lansing. He said that this event field. The Lugnuts need the field back right town beer festivals. (The two-day Lansing ers Brewing Co., Short’s Brewing Co. and is “energizing” for the Lugnuts, who are ag- away— the first pitch for their season cross- Microbrew and Music Festival bows two Bell’s Brewery. Latitude 42, North Peak gressively trying to get more active in events es the plate three days later. For the rest of weeks later, April 18-19.) At the Beerfest, and Schmohz are also oiling up their outside of baseball. the season, you’ll have to do your drinking 33 breweries from around the state will gloves for the debut event. “We’re trying to build some energy with the regular way: From big plastic cups up in take over the Lugnuts infield from 1-6 p.m. “It’s the largest Michigan beer festival in new and exciting events to do downtown,” the bleachers.

of Leonard Bernstein took the lion’s share from dirt-level double basses and tubas to her command was complete and her power of an all-American evening, but 20 years loin-stirring woodwinds to piercing, fore- and purity of tone were unyielding. Erb-encrusted from now, anybody who was lucky enough head-high brass to the hair follicle-tingling In the absence of melodies and other to be there is likely to recall something else: of a xylophone and celesta. predictable stuff Erb called “commercial a burbling mud pit of music that smelled It was a "Bride of Frankenstein" mo- bullshit,” an undertow of mounting drama Bernstein more of Yellowstone than Tanglewood. ment, horrifying, beautiful and a little bit swept the music forward. Ava Ordman gets elemental in Ava Ordman, the Lansing Symphony's funny. My god, it's alive! At first, Ordman seemed to be summon- principal trombonist, should have been Ordman made mercurial leaps in regis- ing the mysterious forces around her, like Lansing Symphony shocker smudged with clay and festooned with ter from subsonic bullhorn to trumpeting an earth goddess blowing into a tree or a twigs and leaves before her powerhouse elephant, with a multitude of murmurs, seashell. The orchestra responded evasive- By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Review performance of Donald Erb's elemental shouts and serenades in between. No won- ly, with furry wingbeats, strange echoes and The most seasoned Lan- 1976 trombone concerto. der she took a death-row swallow of water odd stirrings. There were two mind-bend- sing Symphony subscriber would have had This was music you felt, like a fever, in- before embarking upon her adventure. ing moments in the first movement when trouble copping a snooze at Saturday's con- stead of listening to it. Near the end of the (The gulp got a sympathetic laugh from the the whole orchestra buckled like melting cert. Damn that barking trombonist! first movement, a tremor rose up the or- audience.) She hadn't played the concerto, The dizzying, dance-infused densities chestra's collective body, section by section, her signature piece, in 20 years, but at 60, See Symphony, Page 13 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 2, 2014 HARRY’S PLACE HARRYall fiou can’S eat PLACE fififififififi THANKS FOR VOTING For A Limited Time! Ffiidafifi 4pm-8pm $ 95All-you-can-eat Fish Fry $1050 404 N. Vefilinden MOLLY MAID Select LED bulbs will be available 9. Fridays Lanfiing, 4pm-8pm 517-484-9661 a top of the town candidate! for purchase at participating retailers for as low as $5 through New Lower Prices fit the BWL Hometown Energy Savers any budget! program beginning April 1st. Female Locally Take advantage of this special Owned Business offer to see how LEDs can save you energy and money while providing Serving the Lansing area bright, long-lasting light. for over 20 years Participating retailers: * Home Depot VOTE FOR US 936 S. Waverly Rd in the Top of the Town Contest for Best Pub/Tavern and Seafood! * Lowe’s 809 Center St., Suite 8B Lansing, MI 6821 S. Cedar St 404 N. Verlinden, Lansing 517.484.9661 (517) 372-9500 * Meijer www.mollymaid.com 6200 S. Pennsylvania 5125 W. Saginaw Hwy (This offer is limited to 12 bulbs per BWL residential electric customer, while supplies last.) lbwl.com/energysavers

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Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny Apr. 2-8

ARIES ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his novel The smoldering ambiguity, but to be amused by it and Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera says that even thrive on it. Can you think of other examples? the brain has "a special area which we might call poetic It's Soul Work Week for you. memory and which records everything that charms LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you close to anyone or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful." In the who is a catalytic listener? Is there a person who tunes coming days, it will be especially important for you in to what you say with such fervent receptivity that to tap into this power spot in your own grey matter, you get inspired to reveal truths you didn't realize you Aries. You need to activate and stir up the feelings of knew? If so, invite this superstar out to a free lunch or enchantment that are stored there. Doing so will make two in the coming days. If not, see if you can find one. you fully alert and available for the new delights that Of course, it is always a blessing to have a heart-to- will be swirling in your vicinity. The operative principle is heart talk with a soul friend, but it is even more crucial like attracts like. than usual for you to treat yourself to this luxury now. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Our ancestors could Hints of lost magic are near the surface of your aware- see the Milky Way Galaxy spread out across the ness. They're still unconscious, but could emerge into heavens on every clear night. Galileo said it was so full view during provocative conversations with an bright, it cast a shadow of his body on the ground. empathetic ally. But today that glorious spectacle is invisible to us SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): On my blog, I quoted city-dwellers. The sky after sundown is polluted with author Ray Bradbury: "You must stay drunk on writing artificial light that hides 90 percent of the 2,000 so reality cannot destroy you." I asked my readers stars we might otherwise see. If you want to bask what word they would use in place of "writing" to Courtesy Photo in the natural illumination, you've got to travel to a describe how they avoided being destroyed by reality. Lansing Symphony principal trombonist Ava Ordman went from subsonic bullhorn to remote area where the darkness is deeper. Let's Popular responses were love, music, whiskey, prayer, trumpeting elephant, with murmurs, shouts and serenades in between. make that your metaphor, Taurus. Proceed on the dreams, gratitude, and yoga. One woman testified that hypothesis that a luminous source of beauty is con- she stayed drunk on sexting, while another said "col- cealed from you. To become aware of it, you must lecting gargoyles from medieval cathedrals," and a third Muffitt and to Muffitt for earning that seek out a more profound darkness. claimed her secret was "jumping over hurdles while rid- Symphony trust. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "Dear Gemini: I don't ing a horse." There was even a rebel who declared she The night’s major work, a generous suite demand your total attention and I don't need your stayed drunk on writing so she could *destroy* real- of Bernstein’s music from “West Side Sto- unconditional approval. I will never restrict your ity. My question is important for you to meditate on, from page 11 ry,” had the requisite wham of Broadway freedom or push you to explain yourself. All I truly Scorpio. Right now you must do whatever's necessary and back alley, but it was not as complete a want to do is to warm myself in the glow of your to keep from being messed with by reality. glass with weird smears of notes, executed success as the Erb concerto. intelligence. Can you accept that? I have this theory SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Does your moth- with perfect precision. The cascading curtains of sound were that your sparkle is contagious -- that I'll get smarter er know what you are up to these days? Let's hope not. The bleating, crying and scuttling all there, vividly clear and distinct, but the about how to live my own life if I can simply be in I doubt if she would fully approve, and that might inhibit sounds seemed written by nature, not the your presence. What do you say? In return, I prom- your enthusiasm for the experiments you are explor- music never reached the Dionysian surren- ise to deepen your appreciation for yourself and human mind, except when ashen flakes of ing. It's probably best to keep your father out of the der to dance Bernstein was after. For good show you secrets about how best to wield your influ- loop as well, along with other honchos, cynics, or loved harmony and melody drifted by, like traces or ill, nobody lost their cool. In fact, the ence. -Your Secret Admirer." ones who might be upset if you wander outside of your of long-burnt manuscripts. finger-snapping “Stay Cool” segment came CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Cancerian artist usual boundaries. And as for those clucking voices in On the timzescale of human civiliza- off best. The jazzy shuffle popped as cleanly Rembrandt became one of the world's greatest paint- your head: Give them milk and cookies, but don't pay tion, “pre” oscillated with “post” like a as mid-century-modern architecture, with ers. It was a struggle. "I can't paint the way they want attention to their cautious advice. You need to be free musical Moebius strip. In the second empty spaces that made me imagine the me to paint," he said about those who questioned his of the past, free of fearful influences, and free of the movement, Ordman put a mute in her Sharks and Jets dancing on floating steps innovative approach. "I have tried and I have tried very self you're in the process of outgrowing. trombone and delivered a cryptic, muf- made out of vibraphone keys. hard, but I can't do it. I just can't do it!" We should be CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): For the foreseeable fled incantation. The violins respond- Saturday’s concert was packed with glad the master failed to meet his critics' expectations. future, I urge you not to spend much time wrangling His work's unique beauty didn't get watered down. But with bureaucrats and know-it-alls. Avoid frustrating ed with two seconds of downy melody dense, shape-shifting music, beginning there was a price to pay. "That is why I am just a little projects that would require meticulous discipline. Don't Mendelssohn would have recognized, with the night’s opening salvo, Bern- crazy," Rembrandt concluded. Here's the moral of the even think about catching up on paperwork or organiz- but the wisps instantly blew away. stein's bustling “Candide” Overture. story: To be true to your vision and faithful to your pur- ing your junk drawer or planning the next five years of In the last movement, the music got wild- From the opening fanfare, Muffitt set an pose, you may have to deal with being a little crazy. Are your career. Instead, focus on taking long meandering er and denser, putting Ordman into a corner almost frantic pace, as if to goose the or- you willing to make that trade-off? walks to nowhere in particular. Daydream about an and forcing her to fight off the forces she had chestra into all-American overdrive. The LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Indian spiritual teacher epic movie based on your life story. Flirt with being a summoned. It was a “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” band responded with a crack five-ring Nisargadatta Maharaj offered a three-stage fable to lazy bum. Play noncompetitive games with unambitious scenario, only nobody was Mickey Mousing circus, sending melodies tumbling over symbolize one's progression toward enlightenment. people. Here's why: Good ideas and wise decisions around. Going back to the primal roots of each other with agility and verve. In the first stage, you are inside a cage located in a are most likely to percolate as you are lounging around doing nothing -- and feeling no guilt for doing nothing. her art, Ordman made her trombone growl Despite the differences between Erb and forest where a tiger prowls. You're protected by the cage, so the tiger can't hurt you. On the other hand, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are you waiting? like a didgeridoo, adding canine vocal “yips” Bernstein, the theme of American restless- you're trapped. In the second stage, the tiger is inside Are you wondering and hoping? Are you calculating that froze the blood. Floor-quaking drums ness vibrated through the entire program. the cage and you roam freely through the forest. The whether you are needed, and if so, how much? Do set off an orchestral tsunami. Just as the (Even “Candide” is about frantic optimism beautiful animal is trapped. In the third stage, the tiger you wish the signs were clearer about how deeply you crescendo crested, Ordman let out a scream in the face of horrific events.) is out of the cage and you have tamed it. It's your ally should commit yourself? Are you on edge as you try to that ripped through the fabric of the music Only the rarely heard "Letter From and you are riding around on its back. I believe this gauge what your exact role is in the grand scheme of and it was over. Home," a six-minute idyll by Aaron Co- sequence has resemblances to the story you'll be liv- things? I'm here to deliver a message from the universe If this seems like a lot of fuss over 20 pland, sat still for long. Muffitt excels at ing in the coming months. Right now you're inside the about how you should proceed. It's a poem by Emily minutes of music, there's more reason to be drawing the emotional logic from a long cage and the tiger is outside. By mid-May the tiger will Dickinson: "They might not need me but – they might – proud of Saturday’s performance than boast- arc of music, and this was his only chance be in the cage and you'll be outside. By your birthday, I / I'll let my Heart be just in sight – / A smile so small as expect you to be riding the tiger. mine might be / Precisely their necessity -" ing to Loki that we have an Ava Ordman. to do it Saturday. But even this bucolic There are big city orchestras (and audiences) VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What is "soul work," PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will soon get a sec- music permitted no snoozing. Half way anyway? It's like when you make an unpredictable gift ond chance. An opportunity you failed to capitalize on that don't tackle music like this. Maestro through “Letter From Home,” the orches- for someone you love. Or when you bravely identify in the past will re-emerge in an even more welcoming Timothy Muffitt has stretched Lansing’s cul- tra extruded a toxic blast of dissonance, one of your unripe qualities and resolve to use all guise, and you will snag it this time. You weren't ready tural dough again, gently but firmly, without heroically rendered by the brass sec- your willpower and ingenuity to ripen it. Soul work for it the first time it came around, but you are ready rupturing the pizza. His main motive was tion, before pulling back to a dusty pink is when you wade into a party full of rowdy drunks now! It's probably a good thing the connection didn't to give Ordman a worthy vehicle, but he sunset. Is the reader of this letter squat- and put your meditation skills to the acid test. It's happen earlier, because at that time the magic wasn't couldn't have done justice to her like this 10 ting on a battlefield or sitting in prison? like when you teach yourself not merely to tolerate fully ripe. But the magic is ripe now! years ago. Music in America is usually running, or Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE Bravo to the audience for trusting dancing, away from tragedy. HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 2, 2014

Opens Sunday, April MSU Museum ”Turtles in 6. Hours: Noon-6 Trouble,” a comprehensive p.m. Thursday- look at turtle species from Friday; noon-4 p.m. around the world. Hours: 9 Saturday; noon-5p.m. a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; Sunday. 325 Grove 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; 1-5 St., East Lansing. p.m. Sunday. 409 W. Circle (517) 333-7180. Drive, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 355-2370. New Exhibits Ledge Craft Lane Grand Ledge High EagleMonk Pub and Brewery School art class exhibition. Opens (SCENE) Metrospace Photography by Randy Worden. Reception: Thursday. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. “MSU Art Department’s 3-5 p.m. Sunday, April 6. Hours: 3-10 Wednesday-Saturday. 120 S. Bridge St., Bachelors of Fine Arts p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; noon-11 p.m. Friday- Grand Ledge. (517) 627-9843. Exhibition,” featuring vari- Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. 4906 W. Mt. ous artists. Hours: 2-5 p.m. Hope Highway, Lansing. (517) 708-7350. Lookout! Art Gallery “Reclamations Thursday; 2-6 p.m. Friday- Area,” works in reclaimed materials by Saturday; noon-4 p.m. East Lansing Public Art Gallery “A various artists. Reception: 1-2 p.m. Sunday. 110 Charles St., East Michigan State of Mind,” by photographers Sunday, April 6. Hours: 1-3 p.m. Monday- Lansing. (517) 319-6832. Ron and Suzette Wright. Reception: 1-2 Friday. Residential College in the Arts and p.m. Sunday, April 6. Hours: 6 a.m.-10 pm. Humanities at MSU, 362 Bogue St., Room Monday-Friday; 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday; noon- C210, East Lansing. (517) 355-0210. Ongoing 8 p.m. Sunday. Hannah Community Center, Belen Gallery (inside 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 894-2166. Mackerel Sky “Confluence,” camera- the Michigan Women’s less photo collages by Kim Kauffman. Historical Center & Hall Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum Reception: Noon-4 p.m. Sunday, April of Fame) “Print Party: “Postscript: Writing After Conceptual Art,” 6. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 Celebrating Queer Feminism featuring works by over 50 international artists a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Through Zines,” featuring and writers. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday- 211 M.A.C. Ave., East Lansing. (517) 351-2211. zines by Michigan based Thursday & Saturday-Sunday; noon-9 p.m. artists and writers. Hours: One of Kim Kauffman’s pieces in “Confluence,” the April Friday; closed Monday. 556 E. Circle Drive, MICA Gallery “Gnosis,” by artist Andrew Noon-4 p.m. Wednesday- exhibit at Mackerel Sky. MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 884-3900. Peterson. Reception: Noon-4 p.m. Saturday; 2-4 p.m. Sunday. Sunday, April 6. Hours: Noon-5 p.m. 213 W. Malcolm X St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and during Grove Gallery and Studios “Icarus,” vari- Tuesday-Friday; noon-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Lansing. (517) 484-1880. performances. 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. ous works by artist Barbara Hranilovich. 1210 Turner St., Lansing. (517) 371-4600. (517) 482-9812. Decker’s Coffee Variety of work by local artists. Hours: 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday; Saper Galleries Oil paintings by Michigan 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. 220 S. Artist Kathleen Chaney Fritz. Hours: 10 Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 913-1400. a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. First Sunday. 433 Albert Ave., East Great Lakes Artworks Diverse works Lansing. (517) 351-0815. by featured artists. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Shiawassee Arts Center Works by PRESENTS Thursday-Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday. 306 artists Dianne Austin and Judy Pifferello. E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-4293. Exhibit ends Sunday, April 13. Hours: "CONFLUENCE" 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. 206 Curwood A NEW COLLECTION OF CAMERA LESS Nokomis Learning Center Gallery The Castle Drive, Owosso. (989) 723-8354. PHOTO COLLAGES BY LANSING ARTIST, KIM KAUFFMAN art of Anishinaabe Native Americans. 10 shiawasseearts.org. a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday; noon-5 A reception for the artist will be held on Sunday, April 6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. 5153 Marsh Road, TIC Gallery “Miscellany,” works in a variety from noon until 4:00 p.m. Okemos. (517) 349-5777. of media by 13 local artists. Hours: 8 a.m.-6 "Con uence" will run through May 25, 2014 p.m. Monday-Friday. Technology Innovation Riverwalk Theatre Various works by Center, 325 E. Grand River Ave., East 211 M.A.C. Avenue, East Lansing 517.351.2211 mackerelsky.com Jim Wolnosky and Pamela Timmons. Hours: Lansing. (517) 319-6861.

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does she give in? Scars and a fear of re- jection, mistrust and paranoia can set in quickly when one has been there, done Tryst of fate that, too many times. And is Johnny (John Lepard) as good as it will get for Frankie or Williamston’s latest gets hot and too good to be true? Is he as idealistic and heavy in searing romantic comedy passionate as he seems or freakily intense, maybe even creepy? By TOM HELMA This finely tuned script, accompanied In this era of casual sex where people by two actors at the top of their craft, seek comfort in anonymous hookups, you makes something entirely new of the true might sleep with someone be- love experience, bringing vulnerability and Review fore you know his or her last tears to the forefront. Take yet another name. But who falls deeply emotional risk late in midlife? Put your in love immediately after a first tryst? heart on the line? These characters do that “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune,” and more. playing through April 19 at Williamston Lepard dazzles with the soaring highs Left: Photo by Chris Purchis Theatre, explores that possibility. It’s one and scatological lows of Johnny’s wordplay Above: Photo by John Douglas Photography of those stories that many American cou- that only a short-order cook, self-educated Above: (From left): ples have experienced firsthand, when you in prison, might bring to a conversation. Michael Hays, discover that a person’s life is in your hands He never stops talking and is a squirming Jackie Payne, after the briefest whirling dervish of movement throughout Chad Badgero, “Frankie and of flings and you the play. Regan’s Frankie is no slouch with Meghan Malusek, Johnny in the Clair aren’t sure what words herself, and hurls out a risky range Devin Faught and de Lune” might happen of anxious emotionality that is at times Crysta Harper Williamston Theatre next. cutting and cruel, yet mixed with moments in Peppermint Through April 19 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; Frankie and of tender mercy and tentative trust. Creek’s production 3 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Johnny work at “Frankie and Johnny” is a hurricane of “Tribes.” Left: Sundays Frankie (Suzi $20 Thursdays/$25 Friday- a greasy spoon of swirling feelings that stirs up the stink Saturday evenings/$22 diner. She’s a on the doo-doo, reminding us of all those Regan) and Johnny matinees ($10 students; $2 waitress, he perilous moments in early relationships (John Lepard) in discount for seniors/military) 122 S. Putnam Road, works in the when a single word, a slight misunder- "Frankie and Johnny Williamston kitchen, but it’s standing can be a deal breaker. There is in the Clair de Lune" (517) 655 7469, williamstontheatre.org not just the spe- in that instant a realization that it takes at the Williamston cials he’s dishing careful listening and a desire to under- Theatre. up: He’s got the hots for Frankie, who fi- stand. It is a critical juncture, one where nally gives in to his sweet talk and agrees perseverance and commitment become would give him a more normal life. most fascinating is that between Daniel to a one-night stand. necessary conditions. As the play opens, all of the adult and Billy. In the beginning, Daniel is too But is Frankie (Suzi Regan) really as children have returned to the nest, wrapped up in his own melodrama to pay cynical and guarded as she comes across? lorded over by former professor Chris- attention to Billy, and at times seems ei- She’s been around the block, but after A deaf in the family topher (Michael Hays) and aspiring ther jealous or resentful of his brother’s hearing his platitudes and promises, why Peppermint Creek drama explores novelist Beth (Jackie Payne). Eldest son presence. But as Billy pursues his inde- family communication in a different way Daniel (Chad Badgero) is in the throes pendence, it becomes apparent that Billy of a break-up, and vacillates between provides a sense of security and stability By MARY CUSACK writing a dissertation and smoking pot. for Daniel that is critical to his well-being. For those who have wished they could Daughter Ruth (Crysta Harper) is try- Badgero is excellent in this role. His tune out their family during a Christmas ing to build a career as a singer. vicious sibling rivalry with Ruth rings fight over who ruined the Billy comes home from college and is true, as does the tender need he projects Review childhood of whom, Pep- thrust into the non-stop chaos of a fam- upon Billy. Faught’s performance as Billy permint Creek Theatre Co.’s ily of creative types who are constantly is amazing, from the vocal control he ex- “Tribes” will serve as a cautionary tale. trying to hoard all of the attention. Their hibits as a deaf speaker to the range of There is a fate worse than suffering petty fast-paced patter is more than even a emotion he expresses. At first quiet and familial bickering: hearing person can process, so Billy has seemingly content in his silent world, 37 “Tribes” Sitting on the side- no chance of keeping up. Instead he sits when he finally explodes in resentment it Peppermint Creek lines in silence. quietly, waiting for someone to fill him in is cathartic, if not a bit misplaced. Theatre Co. 8 p.m. Thursday– “Tribes” is a on the goings-on. Malusek brings grace to her role, es- Saturday, April 3-5 tightly written, Billy meets Sylvia (Meghan Malusek), pecially when showing the poetic beauty $15/$10 students & multi-layered story seniors a woman born to deaf parents who is of sign language. She also reflects the 6025 Curry Lane, about a person’s gradually losing her hearing. She teaches vulnerability of a young woman facing Lansing role in various so- Billy to sign, and he soon embraces the her impending disability realistically (517) 372-0945, peppermintcreek.org cial structures. Bil- deaf community and culture. He finally with fear, anger and acceptance. ly (Devin Fraught) feels a sense of belonging, which leads As with real life, the denouement was born deaf to a hearing family. him to perceive that he’s been a mascot lacks a clear resolution. The end signifies They raised him to read lips and speak for, not a member of, his family. the beginning of the next phase in the instead of learning sign language. His Although the script investigates rela- evolution of this family unit who will face well-meaning parents believed this tionships in multiple configurations, the what comes with newfound solidarity. City Pulse • April 2, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21

and “call to art” listings where artists can out into the world — into the universe,” “From Figurative to Abstract,” which dis- find galleries and competitions to display Reiter said. “That's why traditional prayer plays some of his watercolor painting. His their work. flags, not art prayer flags, are hung outside. works fall into both representational and Magazine The article featuring Beeman is called I think a lot of artists now are using them non-objective, abstract categories. “Behind the Green: Artist Questions and more as an artistic statement as well as ex- “The art director and editor have proba- Answers.” It focuses green strategies for art- pressing a version of spirituality.” bly seen my work in international biannuals ists concerned with the environment. Bee- Some of Reiter’s work is on display or in festivals in this country and saw that and be seen man said going green is something she has through June 19 at the Michigan Economic I did both types of work,” Mehaffey said. wanted to do for a while. Development Corp. building, 300 N. Wash- “They arranged a computer interview, and Three Lansing artists featured in high “Until recently, artists never knew ington Square in downtown Lansing. that's the featured article.” profile art publications this spring how toxic our materials were,” she said. Mehaffey was interviewed by the maga- The article also includes a progressive, “There's a lot of issues with chemicals in zine The Art of Watercolour (artofwaterco- six-step guide to his process, which covers By KYLE KOEHLER art products.” lour.com), a European publication based his life as a studio painter and teacher. Me- Word about the thriving Lansing art Beeman said she doesn't use any oil or in France that prints in both French and haffey’s work can be seen at the Lansing Art scene was bound to get out sooner or later. petroleum-based materials in her artwork, English. The issue is available at bookstores Gallery in downtown Lansing. He will also This month the praises of three local art- instead opting to use nontoxic, water-based and newsstands. Mehaffey and his work is open his studio open as a part of the Wil- ists who specialize in quilting, watercolor paint and wood to display her work, as is represented in an eight-page feature story, liamstown Township Art Tour in May. painting and Japanese woodblock printing, her practice with moku hanga, or Japanese respectively, are getting national attention wood block prints. — international attention, in one case. Jane “When I found this, it really all came VOTE PATRICK'S Reiter, Mark Mehaffey and Linda Beeman, together for me as an environmentalist FOR BEST SALON! all members of the Arts Council of Greater and as a landscape artist,” she said. She has Visit lansingcitypulse.com Lansing, are featured in the April/May is- work on display at the Shiawassee Regional /tott2014 to vote! sues of high profile art magazines. Chamber of Commerce (with 10 percent of Beeman was interviewed for the “Green” sales going toward the new ice rink at Bent- issue of Professional Artist magazine (pro- ky Park), and she will feature new work at fessionalartistmag.com), a publication for Leelanau Cellars Tasting room in Omena professional artists that includes resources starting in May. for the commerce side of art. Reiter’s quilt art is featured in the spring MICHELLE MCKNIGHT, creative stylist COMPLIMENTARY HAIRCUT “It's not just about creating work — it’s issue of Quilting Arts magazine (quilting- WITH ANY COLOR SERVICE the business behind it,” Beeman said. She daily.com). Her miniature prayer flags wave at Patricks has traveled around the said the often-overlooked aspects of art from a one-page article about the art form. globe for an exceptional amount of Patrick’s Salon & Spa. Ad expires 6/1/2014. include promoting, business education She said prayer flags have thousands of Advanced Education. Valid for Michelle McKnight only, must book ahead. years of Buddhist tradi- For more information and to view some of her work follow her on Facebook: MMcKnight Hair tion and are still a com- mon sight in Mongolia, 5451 W Saginaw Hwy, Lansing | (517) 321-7871 China and India. “You hang the flags outside and the intention is that your good wishes and good thoughts go

Courtesy Photos (Clockwise from top): "A Kaki Grows in Shiga" by Linda Beeman; "Local Phenomenon 31" by Jane Reiter; "Vicky's Secret" by Mark Mehaffey. 22 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 2, 2014

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Wildean wit. Stop-motion animation, Five-star ‘Hotel’ elegant set design and sideways track- ing shots abound. Ralph Fiennes lead all-star cast in If Anderson’s 2012 film “Moonrise quirky, comedic ‘Grand Budapest’ Kingdom” was the perfection of this style, then his latest outing, the ensem- Over the last 18 years, writer/di- ble melodramatic comedy “The Grand rector Wes Anderson has refined a Budapest Hotel,” is the Alpine peak of whimsical cinematic style that has the that perfection. lushness of a Merchant Ivory weepie The Russian-nesting-doll-of-a-plot and the whirligig wackiness of a “Pee- is an anecdote within a flashback within wee’s Playhouse” episode. His films a memoir. An unnamed author, played are stocked with offbeat characters, by both Jude Law (in the past) and Tom frequently featuring big name actors Wilkinson (as his older self), writes rendered unrecognizable by deliber- about an unlikely friendship that devel- ately horrible makeup, who converse in oped between Zero Mustafah (newcom- bouncy Seussian rhythms and crackling er Tony Revolori), an orphaned lobby boy at the titular hotel, and Gustave Courtesy Photo (Ralph Fiennes), a tenderhearted but Ralph Fiennes (left) and Tony Revolori in Wes Anderson's “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” unscrupulous concierge who romances rich old ladies and lives off their mu- Returning Anderson players include spiel, while the pathos at its core is de- nificent gratuities. An elder Mustafah, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Jeff rived from mourning the demise of the played by F. Murray Abraham, narrates Goldblum and, of course, Bill Murray, Bohemian lavishness that flourished the convoluted tale that incorporates a who hasn’t sat out an Anderson flick between the two great wars that rav- priceless painting, a slapstick prison es- since he starred in “Rushmore” in 1998. aged that part of the world. Talk & Signing cape and an epic toboggan chase scene While Anderson’s other films have Unlike his contemporaries David O. #1 NYT-Bestselling Author down the side of a mountain. had a distinctly American quality to Russel and Baz Luhrman whose films them — including “The Darjeeling have come to be dominated, respective- Limited,” which felt like a Western de- ly, by ad-libbing caricatures and over- KELLEY spite being shot almost entirely in India wrought production design, Anderson — “Budapest” is steeped in European has maintained a perfect equipoise of ARMSTRONG sensibilities. It looks like a Flemish oil simplicity and flair. Each line of dia- Author of over 20 books and painting brought to life by a glocken- logue is a calculated element of charac- ter reveal, each frame an essential piece a Syfy Channel TV series of a clockwork mechanism engineered based on her novel Bitten to generate gut laughs, revulsion, sym- pathy, empathy and/or shock. Some- times simultaneously. Anderson is a polarizing director who LANSING - OFF SOUTH CEDAR AT 1-96 has been condemned for his quirkiness VISIT CELEBRATIONCINEMA.COM OR CALL 393-SHOW US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd and meandering storylines, yet praised for his humanism and visionary élan. www.NCGmovies.com “Budapest” won’t move either side, but it may earn him a few new fans. It fits (517) 316-9100 neatly into his oeuvre, and serves as a Student Discount with ID model for the genre-defying capacity of ID required for “R” rated films narrative filmmaking. Commerical & Residental 59th MICHIGAN ANTIQUARIAN Fully Insured BOOK & PAPER SHOW The Midwest’s Largest !! Sunday, April 6, 9:30 - 5:00 $5.00 admission, 13 and under free Tickets available on April 8th. Lansing Center Call the store at 517.316.7495 333 E. Michigan, Lansing for details. (517) 332-0112 6 pm Wed. April 16 More than a million old books, magazines, postcards, ads, photos, posters, maps, Eastwood Towne Center find Michigan Antiquarian Book and Paper Show on facebook & paper collectibles for sale in every category! For more information, visit Call Joan at: You’ll find items from the 17th to the 21st Century. www.schulerbooks.com (517) 485-2530 Bring this ad for $1.00 off admission. City Pulse • April 2, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 23 I CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION I CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION 'CAUSE I TRY AND I TRY AND I TRY AND I TRY I CAN'T GET NO, I CAN'T GETPRESENTED NO WHEN BY I'M DRIVIN' AUTO-OWNERS IN MY CAR AND INSURANCE THAT MAN COMES There is no fear in love GUEST ARTIST SPONSOR LANSING TOWN HALL SERIES POPS SERIES MEDIA SPONSOR CMU PUBLIC BROADCASTING ON THECONCERT RADIO MEDIA AND SPONSOR HE'S MACDONALD TELLIN' BROADCASTING ME MORE – WHZZ AND 101.7 MIKE MORE FM ABOUT SOME CONCERT USELESS SPONSORS INFORMATION MSU FEDERAL CREDIT UNION SUPPOSED PLANTE MORAN DELTA TO DENTAL FIRE MY

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Giacomo Puccini’s classic La Bohème is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide. The audience will be moved to tears by the tragic story of Mimi and her Rodolfo.

Preview lectures 45 minutes before each performance. SUNDAY, APRIL 6 MSU’s WHARTON CENTER CONDUCTOR Daniel Beckwith • DIRECTOR Melanie Helton WHARTONCENTER.COM • 1-800-WHARTON Reserved seating: adults $20; seniors $18; students $5 Tickets available online, over the phone, or at the door. OPENS rockofagesontour.com phoenix-ent.com SUNDAY music.msu.edu (517) 353-5340 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 2, 2014

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 2-6 >> ‘Varekai’ by Cirque Du Soleil A winged man falls from the sky, setting off an evening of gravity defying, jaw-dropping feats of acrobatics and visual effects. In “Varekai,” the Cirque Du Soleil performers whisk audiences off to a magical forest world populated with whimsical creatures and stimulating music. Imaginative costuming, awe-inducing balancing and juggling acts and slapstick comedy make for a mind- blowing evening that serves as a “tribute to the nomadic soul.” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; 4 p.m. Saturday; 1:30 & 5 p.m. Sunday. $28.50-148.50. Jack Breslin Student Events Center, 1 ON THE Birch Road, East Lansing. (517) 432-5000, breslincenter.com FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 4-5 >> MSU Opera Theatre presents Puccini’s ‘La Boheme’ If you liked “Rent,” now’s your chance to see the show that inspired it. The triple threat of MSU’s Symphony Theater Orchestra, Opera Theatre and Children’s Choir come together to perform this bohemian love story. In the Latin PREVIEW area of Paris in the 1840s, Mimi and Rodolfo are free spirits who are young and passionately in love. But this EventsTOWN must be entered through the calendar at is a tragic opera — do you really think they make it to the end? The performance is sung in its original Italian, but English lansingcitypulse.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays subtitles are projected on the stage. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. $20/$18 seniors/$5 students. Fairchild Theatre, for the following week’s issue. Charges may apply for 542 Auditorium Road, East Lansing. (517) 353-5340, music.msu.edu. paid events to appear in print. If you need assistance, please call Jonathan at (517) 999-5069. FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 4-5 >> ‘Titanic the Musical’ Nearly 100 local homeschooled students handle every aspect of this production, Theater Wednesday, April 2 including acting, lighting, sound and design. Sorry, no Jack or Rose here: PREVIEW Classes and Seminars This story focuses on the individuals who were actually on board the Titanic, Drop-in Figure Drawing. 7-9:30 p.m. $7/$5 students. Kresge Art Center, located at Physics including Captain E.J. Smith, J. Bruce Ismay and Isidor and Ida Strauss. The passengers, and Auditorium roads, MSU Campus, East Lansing. staff and crewmembers deal with class differences, immigration and the deadly power of (517) 337-1170. artmuseum.msu.edu. nature. The show also runs April 11-12. 7 p.m. Friday; 1& 7 p.m. Saturday. $10/$8 in advance. Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes and activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL Charlotte Performing Arts Center, 378 State St., Charlotte. (855) 472-1472, hpami.org. South Lansing Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 4-6 >> Kings & Queens Dance Concert: A Tribute to Music Royalty Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll (that would be Elvis Presley), the King of Pop (Michael Theater p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. PREVIEW Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. Jackson), the Queen of Soul (Aretha Franklin) and the lead singer of Queen Business Email Marketing. 10 a.m.-noon, (Freddie Mercury) unite for a one-night ode to music royalty. (What, was Prince FREE. Small Business Development Center, LCC, 309 N. Washinton Square, Suite 110, Lansing. (517) too busy?) A company of 27 LCC students will move to a variety of dances choreographed by 483-1921. sbdcmichigan.org. faculty, alumni and students. The dances include ballet, modern, jazz, lyrical, tap and hip-hop. Together, Let’s Jam! Music therapy class for all 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $15/$10 seniors, LCC staff and alumni /$5 students. ages. 6:30 p.m. $5/CADSA members FREE. MSU Community Music School, 4930 S. Hagadorn Road, LCC Dart Auditorium, 500 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-1488, lcc.edu/showinfo. East Lansing. (517) 355-7661. cms.msu.edu. Line Dancing. 3 p.m. $40 members/$60 non- FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 4-6 >> Shuto Con members; Drop-in fee is $7 for members/$10 Last year over 4,000 anime fans stormed downtown Lansing for the third annual Shuto Con festival, more than double the number for non-members. Meridian Senior Center, 4000 the previous year. This year there will be three rooms devoted to panels, over 40 visiting artists and tables upon tables of gear. Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 706-5045. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First A dodgeball contest, a cosplay competition and door prizes will sweeten the deal if you’re thinking of debuting your Miku Hatsune Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. costume. The Capital Area Humane Society will bring a horde of adoptable animals on Sunday afternoon. If you’re not ready for Saginaw Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. commitment, pay a small donation to play with these lively animals. $10-$45. Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Radisson fcgl.org. Hotel, 111 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-7400, shutocon.com. Events Farmers Market at Allen Market Place. SUNDAY, APRIL 6 >> ‘Rocks of Ages’ at Wharton Center Featuring locally grown prepared foods. Live The slogan “Long hair, don’t care” seems like it was created for this show, the hair metal jukebox musical that runs forTheater music. 3-6:30 p.m. FREE. Allen Street Farmers one night only this weekend. In the ‘80s, head-banging music was the only way to rock, and in a seedy club on Sunset PREVIEW Market, 1619 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999- 3911. Strip, a small town girl hopes to make her Hollywood dream come true. She bumps into an aspiring rock star and their Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East love story is told through the hit songs of the Me Decade, including “Cum on Feel the Noize,” “Nothin’ But a Good Time” and, of Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. course, “Don’t Stop Believin.’” 6:30 p.m. $22-$45. Wharton Center Cobb Great Hall, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000, Fiber Artist: Rowland Ricketts. Artist talk whartoncenter.com. presented by MSU Art Department. 7 p.m. Turner- Dodge House & Heritage Center, 100 E. North St., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 >> INCOME INEQUALITY DIALOGUE AT LCC Lansing. (517) 432-3961. art.msu.edu. In seeking to promote a dialogue on the issue of income inequality, Lansing Community College is hosting an event that Game Night. Various board games available. 7 p.m. FREE. Moriarty’s Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave., explores the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots. “Let’s Talk: Poverty and Wealth and Our Common Future,” Lansing. (517) 485-5287. allows attendees to break into small groups to explore questions like: Should the government play a role in enabling or Senior Discovery Group. Coffee and constraining individual wealth? The event is sponsored by numerous educational and political groups in the region, including conversations. 10 a.m.-noon, FREE. Allen the Michigan League for Public Policy and the Peace Education Center. FREE. RSVP to [email protected]. 7-9 p.m. See Out on the Town, Page 26 Lansing Community College Administration Building, 610 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. City Pulse • April 2, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25

The Plurals at Mac's

Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. 18+, 9 p.m., $5., turn it Monday, April 7. After spending February and March touring the Southeast, Southwest and all over Southern California, the Plurals, a Lansing- based rock ‘n’ roll trio, play its first local show in almost a year at Down Mac’s Bar. Opening the gig are Honah Lee and Fiction Junkies. The Plurals release a new 7-inch vinyl single at the hometown show A survey of Lansing's as they finish up a new full-length. The new disc will be the follow musical Landscape up to 2011’s “The Plurals Today, The Plurals Tomorrow: A Futuro- By Rich Tupica spective” LP (GTG Records). The punk rock fanzine Razocrcake said: “Seeing (the Plurals) live is revelatory. They’re one of the few Mon. APR groups today whose influences aren’t merely contemporary, yet 7TH they don’t fall into some retro trap either.”

Chiodos at The Loft The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, $23, $20 adv., 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 2. Chiodos (pronounced “chee-oh-dohz”) plays an all-ages record-release show at The Loft, along with open- ers ’68, SycAmour and The Most Dangerous Animal. Chiodos, a Davison-based post-hardcore band, has been belting out melodic-screamo tunes for 13 years. Originally known as the Chiodos Bros. — a tribute to film- makers Stephen, Charles and Edward Chiodo — the band debuted as Chiodos with 2005’s “All’s Well That WED. APR Ends Well.” Chiodos’ sophomore album, 2007’s “Bone Palace Ballet,” debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart; it hit No. 1 on the Independent Albums chart. The six piece’s new LP, “Devil,” was released on Razor & 2ND Tie Records and is the band’s fourth effort. Alternative Press gave the new album four stars out of five.

The Hard Lessons at Mac's

Mac’s bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, $12, $10 adv., 7 p.m., Thursday, April 10. While most consider The Hard Lessons a Detroit-based garage-pop band, the band formed in 2003 inside an MSU dorm room. As a part of the Capital City Film Festival (full band lineup coming next week), the band plays an all-ages show at Mac’s Bar, along with openers Legal Immigrants and Goat Machine. Led by married couple Augie Visocchi and Korin Louise Visocchi, the Hard Lessons has opened for The Stooges and THU. APR toured Europe with OK Go. This month, an episode of WKAR-TV’s performance series “BackStage Pass” featured a soulful 55-minute performance by the high-energy trio. The band’s new album, “Start What You 10TH Finished,” was release on Dave Feeny’s Gangplank Records. It’s a follow up to 2009’s “The Arms Forest.”

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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. The Goddamn Gallows, 8 p.m. Elektrophobia, 9 p.m. 517 Hip-Hop Showcase, 9 p.m. "No Days off" Hip-Hop, 9 p.m. Coach’s Pub & Grill, 6201 Bishop Rd. DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. DJ Jimmy, 9 p.m. Blue Hair Betty's, 9 p.m. DJ Jimmy, 9 p.m. Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Blvd. DJ, 9 p.m. Frog & the Beeftones, 9 p.m. Frog & the Beeftones, 9 p.m. Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 E. N. East St. Gary Owen, 8 p.m. Julie Scoggins, 8 p.m. Julie Scoggins, 8 p.m. Julie Scoggins, 8 p.m. Crunchy’s, 254 W. Grand River Ave. New Belgium Brew HAHA, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Blue Wednesday, 8 p.m. Skoryoke Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m. The New Rule, 8 p.m. The Knock Offs, 8 p.m. Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Kathy Ford Band, 7:30 p.m. Karaoke, 7 p.m. DJ Fudgie, 8 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. Johnny D Jam, 8 p.m. The Rotations, 8:30 p.m. Starfarm, 9:30 p.m. Starfarm, 9:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Chiodos, 7 p.m. Dopapod, 8 p.m. The Appleseed Collective, 7 p.m. Sasquatch Gang, 8 p.m. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Neck Deep, 6:30 p.m. Dave Menzo, 9 p.m. Moriarty’s Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Game Night, 9 p.m. Lincoln County Process, 9 p.m. The Jet Beats, 9 p.m. From Big Sur, 9 p.m. Tin Can West, 644 Migaldi Ln. Waterpong, 11 p.m. Karlee Rewerts, 8 p.m. Tin Can DeWitt, 13175 Schavey Rd. DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. Well Enough Alone, 8 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Rif Raf Band, 8:30 p.m. Rif Raf Band, 8:30 p.m. Waterfront Bar & Grill, 325 City Market Drive Steve Cowles, 7 p.m. Joe Wright, 7 p.m. Joe Wright, 7 p.m. Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert St. DJ, 9 p.m DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. Steve Armstrong, 9 p.m. play in a band? book shows? To get listed just email us at [email protected] or call (517) 999-6710 What to do: Submit information by the Friday before publication (City Pulse comes out every Wednesday.) Be sure to tell us LivE & Local lists upcominG gigs! the name of the performer and the day, date and time of the performance. Only submit information for the following week's paper. 26 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 2, 2014

campus, East Lansing. (517) 321-3070. msu.edu. SANCTUARY SPIRITS/AMERICAN FIFTH SPIRITS Out on the town Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Contact Jan. 5:15 p.m. $5. New Hope Church, 1340 Haslett Road, Haslett. Alexandra Harakas/ from page 24 (517) 349-9183. newhopehaslett.com. City Pulse Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh in, 6 p.m. Sanctuary Neighborhood Center, 1619 E Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Meeting, 6:30 p.m. FREE to visit. St. David's Spirits (517) 367-2468. www.allenneighborhoodcenter.org. Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) co-owners 882-9080. stdavidslansing.org. Tolin Annis Theater Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes (left) and Karl Glarner Jr. with Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai. The production pays & activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL Downtown their signature tribute to the nomadic soul. 7:30 p.m. Tickets from Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) $38. Breslin Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. product, Spirit 367-6363. cadl.org. of the Maple. (517) 432-2000, breslincenter.com. Meditation. For beginners and experienced on Thursdays. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. Quan Am Temple, Literature-and-Poetry 1840 N. College Ave., Mason. (517) 853-1675. Reading by Natasha Trethewey. National poet quanamtemple.org. laureate. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Snyder/Phillips Hall, MSU Tarot Study Group. With Dawne Botke. 7 By ALLAN I. ROSS fittingly Spirit of the Maple. bartender.” campus, East Lansing. (517) 884-1932. poetry.rcah. p.m. FREE. Triple Goddess New Age Bookstore, In the last two years, the “The government has Meanwhile, in downtown msu.edu. 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 883-3619. Lansing area has welcomed names for different spirits Lansing, another micro- triplegoddessbookstore.net. two microbreweries to the depending on what it’s made distillery is underway, MSU Beal Botanical Garden Tour. Assistant growing craft beer scene: BAD from, but there’s no category with plans to open by Thursday, April 3 curator leads tour through gardens. 10 a.m. FREE. Brewing Co. in Mason for something made from summer. Rick Wyble is busy Classes-and-Seminars MSU Library, 100 Main Library, MSU campus, East and EagleMonk Pub and maple syrup,” Glarner said. renovating the former Action English Country Dancing. Lessons & live Brewery in Delta “Technically, it’s a ‘distilled Resale building across from specialty spirit.’ But it’s a Oldsmobile Park to become music. 7-9:30 p.m. $4-$6. Snyder/Phillips Hall, MSU See Out on the Town, Page 27 Township. Two more groundbreaking product. American Fifth Spirits. New have been We’re the first people to Wyble has worked as a intown announced, make this. And there’s only beer and wine wholesaler but while a limited supply, so once we for the last 10 years, and we’re waiting for sell out, it’s gone.” has watched the Michigan Sleepwalker Spirits and Ale Glarner said it’s a simple beer, wine and liquor trade and Music Street Brewing process, but one that takes skyrocket over time. April 9 – 19 Co. to start cranking out the better part of a year “It made sense to jump suds, another trend in mid- to complete — raw maple into this,” he said. “It’s not just a Michigan alcohol production syrup is reduced, fermented, business decision. I love spirits. has arisen: micro-distilleries. distilled and aged in oak He plans to spend The first one out of for eight months. The idea between $350,000 and the gate is Sanctuary came from a friend of his $500,000 to upgrade the Spirits, which opened who has a maple syrup 4,600-square-foot building, last month in a separated manufacturing company. He 112 N. Larch St., with a July section of a home beer- told Glarner that at the end open date in mind. Initially and wine-making store, of season, the sap changes he he’ll just manufacture gin Red Salamander in Grand flavor so it can’t be used for and vodka, but he intends America Ledge. Karl Glarner Jr. syrup and is usually dumped to branch out if all goes well. and Tolin Annis are the on the ground. Annis tried to As for that name, well, what’s Explore interwoven Latin American co-owners/co-operators of ferment it into wine, and the more American than not using and U.S. cultures through an both businesses. Glarner said result was the new maple the metric system? he and Annis moved into the spirit product. “It takes on “The fifth is a uniquely innovative series of music, building, a former church, the color of the oak, it has American measurement, and discussions, and dance. seven years ago hoping to that oak smell, but it still craft distilleries are a uniquely open a brewpub. However, has a lingering maple syrup American,” Wyble said. “And I taste,” Glarner said. “But it’s just liked the way it sounded.” Wed., April 9, 7:30 p.m. CONCErT: Thurs., April 17, 7:00 p.m. after the economy crashed, not too sweet.” Wyble said American MSU percussion Ensemble. A variety lECTUrE: Cuban musicologist their investors backed out Similarly, the cherry Fifth will be the first of percussion instruments showcasing Miriam Escudero. Musical and they struggled to get works by American and Latin American Interconnections between Cathedrals the building to pay for itself. vodka doesn’t taste like distillery in Lansing city composers. Cook Recital Hall, and Churches in Cuba and Mexico. Hart But they knew how to use cherries — through the limits since, like, ever. Music Building. Free. Recital Hall, Music Bldg. Free. their products. distillation process, the “I even searched the tax “Our fermentation skills are sweetness of the fruit record, and there’s nothing going back even as far as pre- Sun., April 13, 7:00 p.m. CONCErT: Fri., April 18, 8:00 p.m. CONCErT: strong,” Glarner said. “(Annis) disappears and it becomes Prohibition,” he said. “We’ll be University Chorale and Choral Union. Musique 21 with the Children’s Ballet and I have been making odorless and tasteless. Cantata by Benjamin Britten, and the Theatre of Michigan. wine for 20 years each. The Glarner said bottles are sold the first ever. Ever ever. And it’s U.S. premiere of Cacerola Soul. Fairchild Interpretations of Mexican classics thing we have going for us at the store, but there’s no pretty exciting.” Theatre, MSU Auditorium $10 Adults, adapted by young American conductors. is the technology isn’t that distribution plan in place yet For the updates on when $8 Seniors, Students Free. Fairchild Theatre, MSU Auditorium. Free. hard to grasp.” to get Sanctuary spirits sold the distillery will open, go to They started making elsewhere. americanfifthspirits.com. Wed., April 16, 7:30 p.m. CONCErT: Sat., April 19, 6:00 p.m. spirits last year shortly after “We’re just starting out, Dali Quartet. Music expanding DANCE pArTY: Tejano Sound Band. attaining a distillery license, so we’re going to try doing Sanctuary Spirits four continents; Brahms, American Award-winning songs; artists talk about but they didn’t open to anything we can for now,” (located inside Red composers, and Cuban jazz. Cook their musical migration to the Midwest. the public and start doing Glarner said. “We want to Salamander) Recital Hall, Music Bldg. $10 Adults, Reception with music and dancing. MSU tastings until March 3. experiment with absinthe, 902 E. Saginaw Highway, $8 Seniors, Students Free Demonstration Hall. Free. Sanctuary manufactures five gin and rum. We just got back Grand Ledge liquors: a vodka made from from an R&D trip to Kentucky, 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday- Michigan cherries, three so we’re adding bourbon Friday; noon-5 p.m. Saturday; LatinIsAmerica.msu.edu types of brandy (cherry, to the list. Eventually we’d closed Sunday-Monday (Red blueberry, and oak-aged like to try making our own Salamander hours noon-7 facebook.com/MSULatinIsAmerica apple) and something that bitters and our own tonic (to p.m. Tuesday-Saturday) Glarner calls the business’s make) gin and tonics. In the (517) 627-2012, “cornerstone product”: meantime, I’m just having theredsalamander.com maple syrup spirits, named, fun learning how to be a City Pulse • April 2, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 27

Council of Greater Lansing, 1208 Turner St., Lansing. Friday, April 4 Ledge Craft Lane Art Aid. Fundraiser, silent Out on the town (517) 372-4636. lansingarts.org. auction, food & music. 6-8 p.m. $10/$15 for two. Banff Mountain Film Festival. Variety of Classes-and-Seminars Ledge Craft Lane, 120 S. Bridge St. Grand Ledge. from page 26 Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives Brown Bag selected films showcasing the outdoors. 7:30-10 p.m. (517) 627-9843. ledgecraftlane.com. Presentation. Labour struggle reflections. 12:15- Haslett American Legion Post Friday Fish Lansing. (517) 884-0901. lib.msu.edu. $12 students/$15. MSU campus, East Lansing. (231) 1:30 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, 100 Main Library, MSU Fry. 5-8 p.m. $9/$7 seniors and children 7 and Local Author Readings. Writing at the Ledges 675-4643. msuoc.org. campus, East Lansing. under. American Legion Post #269, 1485 Haslett authors. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Grand Ledge Area District Mitchell's Fish Market Island-Inspired Strengthen your memory. Gain knowledge, Road, Haslett. (517) 381-8762. Library, 131 E Jefferson St., Grand Ledge. (517) 627- Cocktail Dinner. 4 Course meal. Reservations strengthen memory. 11 a.m. FREE. Meridian Lansing Cosmic Connections Convention. 7014. grandledge.lib.mi.us. required. 7 p.m. $49.99 plus tax & gratuity. Mitchell's Senior Center, 4000 Okemos Road, Okemos. Psychic Fair. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. $5. admission. Comfort Ojibwe/Anishinaabemowin Class. Learn the Fish Market, 2975 Preyde Blvd., Lansing. (517) 482- (517) 706-5045. Inn, 2187 University Park Drive, Okemos. (810) 631- language of the first people from this region. 7-9 3474, mitchellsfishmarket.com. Weekday Science. Ferns. 1-2:30 p.m. $4. Harris 6887. mariashaw.com. p.m. Donation. Nokomis Learning Center, 5153 Marsh Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian CATA Community Health Fair. Open to the Road, Okemos. (517) 349-5777. nokomis.org. Music Township. (517) 349-3866. meridian.mi.us. public. Health screenings and more. 9 p.m. FREE. Craft Night Social. Work on a project, create a Lincoln County Process. Live performance. 10 Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed women's CATA Bus Transportation Center, 420 S. Grand Ave., quill box, make a dance shawl or do a peyote stitch. p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan meeting. 7:30 p.m. St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Lansing. (517) 394-1100. cata.org. 5-7 p.m. FREE. Nokomis Learning Center, 5153 Marsh Ave., Lansing. (517) 485-5287. 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. Mystic Lake Alumni Gathering. Dinner. Call/ Road, Okemos. (517) 349-5777. nokomis.org. Rally In The Alley Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. FREE. American Legion Post 48, 731 North Clinton St., register online. 5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Woldumar Yoga. 11 a.m. $9/$7 members. Meridian Senior Events Grand Ledge. (517) 627-1232. Nature Center, 5739 Old Lansing Road, Lansing. (517) Center, 4406 Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 706-5045. Comedy for a Cause. 8 p.m. $15 donation. {REVOLUTION} at Tavern. Electronic music, 827-9653. mysticlakecamp.com. Mind Benders. Have fun while you stretch your Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St., Lansing. 21-up. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. FREE. Tavern On the Square, memory. 11 a.m. FREE. Meridian Senior Center, 4000 Call Tina 242-6271 or Barb 574-5573 for more info. 206 S. Washington Sqare, Lansing. (517) 374-5555. Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 706-5045. connxtionscomedyclub.com . Preschool Science Exploration. Hands-on Open Mic Night w/ Hot Mess. All acts/musicians See Out on the Town, Page 28 science exploration for preschoolers. 12:30-2 p.m. welcome. 9 p.m.-midnight, FREE. Gus's Bar, 2321 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-4714. facebook. $4/child. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, By Matt Jones Meridian Township. (517) 349-3866. meridian.mi.us. com/gusbuster11. Jonesin' Crossword Family Education Day. Learn about nutrition through recipes and activities. 11 a.m. & 4 p.m. Literature-and-Poetry "I Know It Forward FREE. 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Performing Arts Center, 378 State St., Charlotte. seasonal crops. 3-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing City Market, Lansing. (517) 483-1546. lcc.edu/showinfo. Out on the town (855) 472-1472. hpami.org. 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460. “The Four Disgracers” Audtions. Casting for from page 27 lansingcitymarket.com. four original one-act plays. 3-5 p.m. CADL Downtown Literature-and-Poetry Discover Bird Watching. Learn to identify birds Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) Music Canada Labor Struggle. History professor & walk with naturalist. 9-11:30 a.m. $5. Harris Nature 775-4246. ixiontheatre.com. The Jet Beats. Live performance. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. speaks. 12:15 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, 100 Main Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian Township. “Titanic the Musical.” (See details April 4.) 1 & 7 FREE. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Library, MSU dampus, East Lansing. (517) 884-0901. (517) 349-3866. meridian.mi.us. p.m. $8-$10. Charlotte Performing Arts Center, 378 (517) 485-5287. lib.msu.edu/library/features/429. Qigong for Health. Conditions the body & quiets State St., Charlotte. (855) 472-1472. hpami.org. Matt LoRusso Trio. Jazz. 9 p.m.-midnight. Suits the mind. 9-10 a.m. $40/5 weeks or $10/week Tavern, 210 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 702-9150. drop-in. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Literature-and-Poetry CCR 30th Annual Spring Concert. Celebrating Saturday, April 5 Meridian Township. (517) 349-3866. meridian.mi.us. Poem in Your Pocket Day. Embellish upcycled 30 years. 7 p.m. FREE, donations welcome. Delta Classes-and-Seminars Gifts from the Herb Garden. Pre-registration jean pockets to hold your poems. 3-4 p.m. FREE. Presbyterian Church, 6100 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Dig the Past: A Hands-on Intro to required. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $10. Smith Floral and East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East (517) 321-3221. capitalcityringers.com. Archaeology. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. MSU Museum Greenhouses, 124 E Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. MSU Opera Presents: La Boheme. 3 p.m. $20/ $18 Auditorium, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 355- 484-5327. smithfloral.com. 2nd Annual Poetry Attack. Poems from Greater seniors/$5 students. Fairchild Theatre, MSU Campus, 2370. museum.msu.edu. Nature Story Hour. Featuring Danielle Dayrell. 1-2 Lansing writers hung in library trees. FREE. East East Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music.msu.edu. Lunch and Learn. Speaker Brian Babiasz. p.m. Donations encouraged. Fenner Nature Center, Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Karaoke Night. Food, drink specials. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Backyard vegetable gardening. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224. Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. FREE. Gus's Bar, 2321 W. Michigan Ave. Lansing. (517) Backbone Chiropractic, 802 W. Lake Lansing Road, mynaturecenter.org. 484-4714. facebook.com/gusbuster11. East Lansing. (517) 316-1277. Appleseed Collective. With Adam Ezra & Bard Owls. Domestic Violence Support Group. Noon-1:30 Events Sunday, April 6 7 p.m. $8 adv/$10 doors. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, Run for Reading. 5K run or walk & kids run. 9 a.m. Classes-and-Seminars Lansing. 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. $12-$30. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014. dtdl.org/events/run-for- Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., East Theater Tai Chi in the Park. 9-10 a.m. FREE. Allen Market reading. Lansing. (517) 485-9190. [email protected]. Kings and Queens. Dance performance. 2 p.m. Place, 1619 E. Kalamazoo, Lansing. (517) 272-9379. Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy's Classic Bar & Spiritual Talk, Pure Meditation & Silent $15/$10 seniors, staff and alumni/$5 students. Heal and Restore Your Gut. Holistic Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482-0184. Prayer. 7 p.m. FREE. Self Realization Meditation Dart Auditorium, LCC Campus, 500 N. Capitol Ave., approaches. 10-11:30 a.m. $40. Mindful Movement Explore the Herbarium. Open house for the MSU Healing Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, Bath. (517) Lansing. (517) 483-1546. lcc.edu/showinfo. & Physical Therapy, 2740 E. Lansing Drive, East Herbarium. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. MSU Herbarium, 612 641-6201. selfrealizationcentremichigan.org. “Titanic the Musical.” Performed by local Lansing. (517) 853-9139. mindfulmovement.com. Wilson Rd., East Lansing. (517) 355-4696. herbarium. Haslett American Legion Post Sunday home-schooled children. 7 p.m. $8-$10. Charlotte Seed Starting for Adults. Demo/discussion on msu.edu/index.html. Breakfast. 9 a.m.-noon. $6/$4.50 seniors and kids Beerfest at the Ballpark. Outdoor beer, cider and under 7. American Legion Post #269, 1485 Haslett mead festival. 1-6 p.m. $30 advance/$35. Cooley Law Road, Haslett. (517) 381-8762. School Stadium, 505 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. 485-4500. beerfestattheballpark.net. Third floor meeting room. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., FREE ADMISSION Music Lansing. (517) 515-5559. coda.org. Generously sponsored by The Docent Guild From Big Sur. Live performance. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. FREE. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave., Events Saturday, April 12 Lansing. (517) 485-5287. Lansing Area Sunday Swing Dance. Lessons Matt LoRusso Trio. Jazz. 9 p.m.-midnight, FREE. 6-6:45 p.m. dance 6:45-10 p.m. $8 dance/$10 dance Troppo, 111 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) & lesson. The Lansing Eagles, 4700 N. Grand River FREE weather backpacks to the first 200 children 371-4000. Ave., Lansing. (517) 490-7838. Keven Felder. Live acoustic musical performance. Greater Lansing Vegan Meetup. Bring a vegan Join us for 2 p.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Lansing City Market, 325 dish share. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Clerical Technical City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460. Union of MSU , 2990 E. Lake Lansing Road, East “Rain Research” childrens’s Program 11 a.m.-3 p.m. lansingcitymarket.com. Lansing. (517) 332-7898, meetup.com. MSU Opera Presents: “La Boheme.” 8 p.m. Michigan Anitquarian Book & Paper Show. $20/$18 seniors/$5 students. Fairchild Theatre, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $5/children under 13 FREE. Lansing Become a precipitaion pro while investigating rain! MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music. Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 332-0112. Create a thunderstorm in a can; learn about the msu.edu. ; and rain gauge. Music water cycle make your own Theater CCR 30th Annual Spring Concert. 7 p.m. Kings and Queens. (See details April 4.) 2 p.m. FREE, donations welcome. St. Luke Lutheran $15/$10 seniors, staff and alumni/$5 students. Church, 5589 Van Atta Road, Haslett. (517) 321-3221. Dart Auditorium, LCC Campus, 500 N. 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Events locally grown prepared foods. Live music. 3-6:30 p.m. Out on the town Music Bible and Beer. Scripture discussion. 6 p.m. FREE. Allen Street Farmers Market, 1619 E. Kalamazoo Open-Mic Blues Mondays. Solo, duo, band and Midtown Beer Co., 402 S. Washington Square, St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911. from page 28 spoken-word acts welcome. 6:30-10:30 p.m. FREE. Lansing. (517) 482-0600. bibleandbeer@ccclansing. Strategy Game Night. Learn and share favorite capitalcityringers.com/events.html. Suits Tavern, 210 S. Washington Square, Lansing. org. games. 5-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, MSU Opera Presents: “La Boheme.” 3 p.m. (517) 702-9150. Sharper Focus/Wider Lens. Community event 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. $20/$18 Seniors/$5 Students. Fairchild Theatre, Ralph Votapek Piano Recital. “A Few of My featuring leading MSU faculty. 7 p.m. FREE. MSU Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music. Favorite Things.” 7:30 p.m. $10/$8 Seniors/FREE Union, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 884-7649. Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. msu.edu. students. Fairchild Theatre, MSU Campus, East honorscollege.msu.edu/sharper-focuswider-lens. Spring Break: Carnival. Carnival-style games and Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music.msu.edu. The Digital Humanities. Panel discussion. Noon- fun for kids. 1-2:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 Theater 1:30 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, 100 Main Library, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 884-0901. lib.msu.edu. ext. 3. dtdl.org. “The Four Disgracers” Auditions. (See Literature-and-Poetry Let's Talk: Poverty & Wealth. Reserve seat at pec. details April 5.) 1-4 p.m. CADL Downtown Lansing Drop-In LEGO Makers Club. Create a LEGO [email protected]. 7-9 p.m. FREE. LCC, 500 N. Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 775-4246. masterpiece. 10 a.m.-noon, FREE. East Lansing Theater Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 515-5634. peaceedcenter.org. ixiontheatre.com. Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) Pilobolus. International dance company Senior Discovery Group. Coffee and Kings and Queens. (See details April 4.) 2 p.m. 351-2420. elpl.org. performance. 7:30 p.m. Tickets from $25. Wharton conversatations. 10 a.m.-noon, FREE. Allen $15/$10 seniors, staff and alumni/$5 students. Monday Movie Matinee. Movies intended for Center, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000. Neighborhood Center, 1619 E Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Dart Auditorium, LCC Campus, 500 N. Capitol Ave., an adult audience. 1 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public whartoncenter.com. (517) 367-2468. allenneighborhoodcenter.org. Lansing. (517) 483-1546. lcc.edu/showinfo. Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 2420. elpl.org. Literature-and-Poetry MoneySmart Week Go Green Storytime. 10:30- Music Monday, April 7 11:30 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Deacon Earl Birthday Show. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Allen Market Place, 1619 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Classes-and-Seminars Tuesday, April 8 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. (517) 999-3923. allenmarketplace.org. ITEC Spring Break Camps. Tech camps for Classes-and-Seminars Becoming a Homeowner. What you need to children ages 9-14. 9 a.m. $30. Foster Community Coupon Swap. Share coupons and strategies. 6- know about becoming a homeowner. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Center, 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing. (517) 708-4391. 7:45 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Literature-and-Poetry itec.org.Adult Rape Survivor Support Group. Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. Talk with Tracy K. Smith. Pulitzer Prize winning 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Intro to Small Business. Includes steps, costs, Books on Tap. Discussion on "Triangles" by Ellen poet. 3-4 p.m. FREE. Snyder/Phillips Hall, MSU Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372- planning & financing. 6-7 p.m. FREE. MSU Federal Credit Hopkins. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Jimmy's Pub, 16804 campus, East Lansing. (517) 884-1932. poetry.rcah. 9163. womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. Union, 4825 E. Mt. Hope Road, East Lansing. (517) 483- Chandler Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. msu.edu. Job Seekers Support Group. Find the right job 1921. sbdcmichigan.org. Reading by Tracy K. Smith. Part of the Spring or career. 10 a.m.-Noon, FREE. Women's Center of Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Have a Support system, Poetry Festival. 7-8 p.m. FREE. RCAH Auditorium in Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) lose weight. 7 p.m. FREE to visit. Eaton Rapids Medical Wednesday, April 9 Snyder-Phillips Hall, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 372-9163. womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. Center, 1500 S. Main St., Eaton Rapids. (517) 543-0786. Classes-and-Seminars 884-1932. poetry.rcah.msu.edu. Support Group. For the divorced, separated & Not So Happy Endings Support Group. For women Branding Toolkit for Business. 9:30 a.m.-noon, Popcorn and a Movie. Free popcorn while it widowed. Room 9. 7:30 p.m. St. David's Episcopal ending relationships. 5:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Women's FREE. Small Business Development Center, LCC, 309 lasts. 1 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272. Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., N. Washinton Square, Suite 110, Lansing. (517) 483-1921. Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. stdavidslansing.org. Lansing. (517) 896-3311. sbdcmichigan.org. Financial Fitness. Discussion. 6-7 p.m.FREE. Hopeful Hearts Grief Group. Learn, grow and heal Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. Events together. 10-11 a.m. FREE. The Marquette Activity room, Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Saginaw Kid Zone. Ages 5-8. Shipwrecked-inspired activities. 5968 Park Lake Road, East Lansing. (517) 381 4866. Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. fcgl.org. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Capital City Toastmasters Meeting. Learn public Drop-in Figure Drawing. 7-9:30 p.m. $7/$5 City Pulse Classifieds Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl. speaking and leadership skills. 7 p.m. FREE. CADL students. Kresge Art Center, located at Physics and org. Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Auditorium roads, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) Interested in placing a classified ad in City Pulse? Social Bridge. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. (517) 367-6300. cadl.org. 337-1170. artmuseum.msu.edu. (517) 999-5066 or [email protected] Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Speakeasies Toastmasters. Improve listening, Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes & Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. analysis, leadership & presentation skills. 12:05-1 p.m. activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing Library, FREE. Ingham County Human Services Building, 5303 S. Meridian Mall Arts, crafts, antiques, collectibles Mac's Monday Comedy Night. Hosted by Mark 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. & home-business shows. April 25-27, May 2-4. Space Roebuck & Dan Currie. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Mac's Bar, Cedar St., Lansing. (616) 841-5176. Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 p.m. limited. For info, visit smetankacraftshows.com or call (810) 658-0440 or 658-8080. 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-6795. TSP: Fruit and Veggies Combine. Learn to combine FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington macsbar.com. fruits and veggies to make a meal. 5 p.m. FREE. Lansing Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. Right-to-Work: The right of managers and Club Shakespeare. (517) 348-5728, 6-8:45 p.m. City Market, 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 489- Crazy Action Songs. Music therapy. 6 p.m. $5/CADSA employers to cut your wages, your benefits, your rights. Donations. CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. 7460. lansingcitymarket.com. members FREE. MSU Community Music School, 4930 S. Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. 5:45- Hagadorn Road, East Lansing. (517) 355-7661. cms.msu.edu. City Pulse is seeking candidates to join Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6300. cadl.org. its sales team. Full time and part time positions available. Saints, Sinners & Cynics. Discussion. 6:30 p.m. 6:45 p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 Sales experience required, preferably in advertising/ E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 515-5559. coda.org. Events marketing. Opportunity to grow. EEO. Submit resume to FREE. Buddies Grill, 2040 Aurelius Road, #13, Holt. [email protected]. (517) 882-9733. saintmichaellansing.org. Farmers Market at Allen Market Place. 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Courtesy Photo A recent amendent to EVERY the Michigan WEDNESDAY! liquor code could allow STARTING AT 7PM you to bring that bottle of Downtown Lansing’s only Brewery! wine you're saving to your favorite restaurant. Your Gathering Place Free to play! Pres to win! Liing Spirits Downtown at Kalam oo and S. Washington. 402 S. Washington Ave. (517) 977-1349 Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11 a.m.-midnight This new law is truly a win/win situation for both consumers and business. Consum- Corkage ers will have an opportunity to enjoy more wines in new settings. Restaurants will have from page 30 the option of allowing the practice (or not) fee is too high and causes you to go else- and can look upon the new rules as an op- where, let them know. By the same token, if portunity to develop new clientele and re- the corkage fee is reasonable and reinforces inforce patronage from existing customers. your decision to patronize that restaurant, Retailers, distributors and wineries will Steak Wine Romance let them know that too. have the opportunity to replenish those bot- • Do not under any circumstances bring tles now emptied of their delectable juice. Choice of: a wine that is on the wine list for that res- That’s lots of “wins” for just two sentences. taurant. Definitely bad form. Be sure to Cheers to our legislature! 7 0Z. Aengus Petite Filet OR verify this when you call. In vino veritas. Pistachio Encrusted Walleye • Also, an excellent practice—particular- (Michael Brenton is president of the includes: 2 Artisan Salads or Soups ly when bringing a rare, expensive, or older Greater Lansing Vintner’s Club. His column Rolls and Butter and 2 Desserts wine—is to offer the manager and/or server appears monthly. You can email him at Coupon valid through April 30, 2014. Must present coupon upon arrival a sample. Trust me, they will appreciate it. [email protected].) 320 East Michigan Avenue 517.484.7676 theknightcap.com

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