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Geez, Ms. Louise soon as those tragically future. I believe that due to the simple law (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com unhip Hopcatters remove those cursed vin- of supply & demand, an artificial increase in ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 tage Playboy covers disgracing the MEN"S demand through the use of food stamps at PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 Latrine ( gasp ! ) feel free to shio 'em over farmers markets is going to cause a higher or email [email protected] to our humble yet reactionary Old Town than average rate of inflation in prices for 6 taver-, er, ASStablishment where REAL organic locally grown produce. While you EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz [email protected] • (517) 999-5061

Men drink real freakin' BEER ( 'cept this can argue that people spend food stamps MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz reporter who prefers beer flavored Kool-Aid just as wisely as regular money, and regular After 14 months, Niowave brokers a deal with neighbors [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 ) and duuude, we don't avert our eyes when money is technically an artificial stimulant ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross a comely damsel/Leggy Babe/HOT CHICK as well, especially in the form of credit cards, [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 buys an ice cream 'cross da street. you cannot deny that there are also a vast PAGE PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper But..since I am a truly sensitive male I number of college students and others who [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith would be ( belch ) honored to detail your take advantage of food stamp programs, and 7 [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 Hello Kitty SchmartCar before you leave splurge with their food stamps because they STAFF WRITERS that way-too-fleshy East Lansing hellpit to don’t necessarily need them. Lawrence Cosentino [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 open Anarctica's flagship Womyn's Center From a health standpoint, I think local Lansing area theater season takes some chances in 2013-‘14 ; just don't look at our pinball machine or grocery stores offer healthy enough choices MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR/ SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT • Rich Tupica you'll spontaneous combust, Junior... to those accepting food stamps, that we [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 should not sacrifice the somewhat organic PAGE ADVERTISING MANAGER • Shelly Olson — Brian (The Evil Hippie) Stratton nature or our local farmers markets just [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 Lansing to accept food stamps at them. I believe 22 ADVERTISING there are plenty of alternatives for house- Denis Prisk Organic farming is not sustainable holds with limited incomes to obtain access [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 without an organic economy to fresh local produce, after all, there does Sampling the top drawer at the Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Bill Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Amanda Harrell-Seyburn, Tom Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition Last year I decided to begin growing not appear to be a shortage of federal funds Helma, Sam Inglot, Terry Link, Kyle Melinn, Shawn some of my own food, partly because I flowing into our city to establish community Parker, Dennis Preston, Dylan Sowle, Paul wanted to start eating healthier, but mainly gardens. COVER Wozniak, Ute Von Der Heyden, Judy Winter so I could learn to become more self suffi- I believe our farmers markets are the Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave cient. I believe self-sufficiency requires that foundation for building a sustainable local ART Fisher, Karen Navarra, Noelle Navarra, Brent you practice sustainability. I am interested organic economy in Lansing, and by intro- Robison, Steve Stevens in becoming more self sufficient because it ducing food stamps into them we destroy Interns: Jordan Bradley, Hannah Scott, Jordyn is obvious to me any hope for such a thing. JARRING PRESERVATION by RACHEL HARPER Timpson, Darby Vermeulen that due to the unprecedented current Editor & Publisher global economic situation caused by fiat cur- — David Albert CITY PULSE ON THE AIR Berl rency, we are only a hair-trigger away from Lansing Schwartz economic chaos. Ryan Wert and Paul Holland, organizers of Art Attack 7 p.m. Wednesdays After spending the last year working dili- Steve Miller, City Pulse contributor CORRECTION gently on my little Don LeDuc, president of Cooley Law School “farm”, I decided to see who else in Because of a reporting error, a

THIS WEEK Donald Heller, dean of Michigan State University's College of Education Lansing was doing similar things, and I was story last week incorrectly referred very excited to find out that there was a vast to the original name of Michigan number of people that were also interested State University. It should have said in organic farming. Agricultural College of the State of I had never really been to a real local Michigan. farmers market until last week, and I was very disappointed to find out that there Have something to say about a local issue seems to be a big push to accept food stamps or an item that appeared in our pages? at them. I think while accepting food stamps 1.) Write a letter to the editor. at farmers markets has great intentions, it • E-mail: [email protected] • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 will have some very negative unintended • Fax: (517) 371-5800 consequences. 2.) Write a guest column: From an economics standpoint, food Contact Berl Schwartz for more information: [email protected] stamps are to an economy as chemical fer- or (517) 999-5061 tilizers are to crops. While food stamps (Please include your name, address and telephone number so we can promise immediate benefits to the farmer reach you. Keep letters to 250 words or fewer. City Pulse reserves the and the low-income household, they also right to edit letters and columns.) This week on lansingcitypulse.com …

OPEN HOUSE, AUG. 29: The Lansing Housing Commission is actively trying to sell its abandoned eight-story Oliver Towers building downtown and will host the second of two public open houses on Thursday in an attempt to gauge redevelopment interest. The next open house is on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 310 Seymour Ave. downtown.

CRENSHAW TO FILL DE LEON’S SEAT, AUG. 28: The Ingham County Board of Commissioners chose Democrat Bryan Crenshaw last week to fill the soon-to-be vacant seat of commissioner Debbie De Leon, who is resigning to take a job out of town on Sept. 6.

Check out these stories and more only at lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 4, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION obstructing that lane.” Zeineh-ness “He still has a couple more The battle between the Zeineh weeks to abide family and eastside residents by that. If not, we’ll have to take OF THE WEEK It’s been a tug-of-war summer on the action,” she said, 2000 block of East Michigan Avenue. but did not pro- 1001-1003 The city, neighbors and business owners vide specifics. nearby find themselves pitted against a McIntyre hopes longtime East Side property owner and litigation “will his family. not be the case,” but it’s possible. Local attorney Edwar Zeineh, who says While business owners say the alley is he’s spent all 29 years of his life on Lansing’s private property, McIntyre said the fire East Side, has stirred trouble among his marshal has authority to designate it as neighbors ever since acquiring 2006 and a fire lane. Lindemann said for about 40 2010 E. Michigan Ave., adjacent to Emil’s years the alley has been used as a pub- restaurant. Zeineh (pronounced zany) lic right of way even though it belongs bought the properties in February from to property owners. Over those years, he Courtesy photo; Andy Balaskovitz/City Pulse Ingham County Drain Commissioner Pat said, property owners maintained it. Edwar Zeineh, above left, has installed 930 Lindemann. His family owned the proper- It’s the latest chapter in neighbors’ cement barricades behind properties Properties: 930 and 1001-1003 E. Mount Hope ties, which included a well-known butcher saga with the Zeineh family, which also he acquired earlier this year on the Ave., Lansing shop, for over 40 years. involves the appearance of a liquor store 2000 block of East Michigan Avenue. Owners: FMM Bushnell Great Lakes LLC (930) The 2000-block troubles started his family owns and operates. Neighbors and Vernon J. Andrews (1001-1003) shortly after Zeineh bought the proper- have complained about the appearance in summer 2008. The state Attorney ties. First, a banner in the window adver- of Michigan Mart, 1825 E. Michigan, General’s Office and the Federal Bureau Assessed values: $56,500 (930) and $148,100 tised a homeless resource center “coming which is owned by Zeineh’s father, Faiek, of Investigation were conducting a (1001-1003) soon.” Neighborhood leaders protested, according to Edwar Zeineh’s brother, similar investigation at the time, court Architecture critic Amanda Harrell-Seyburn says: saying it wasn’t an appropriate use for Saied. Neighbors also mention Lucky records show. While the criminal enter- An intersection is a microcosm of the community. the prominent storefront. Now nearly six Mart, 1900 E. Kalamazoo St., which was prise case was dropped against Simon But in the last 70 years, the intersection has months later, the banner is gone. until recently owned by Faiek Zeineh. Zeineh, according to court records, Saied become one of those places that people least want But the action shifted to the back of “There have been a multitude of com- Zeineh pleaded guilty to larceny of over to be. They’ve grown car dominated and unfriendly the building, where passage through the plaints,” McIntyre said, from neighbor- $20,000 for false pretenses. to pedestrians. back alley — connecting Clemens and hood associations, different neighbors Edwar Zeineh was adamant on Yet intersections were and are the place for Fairview avenues — is cut off by cement and property owners. Tuesday that Saied has “no interest in any significant architecture — unlike these buildings at barricades Zeineh installed. Before those, Some have also questioned why vehi- of the properties and no involvement in the corner of Mount Hope and Pennsylvania avenues parked cars with Zeineh’s business card cles without license plates are parked in any of the properties” on the 2000 block that recoil, giving most prominence to the parking in the window blocked off the alleyway. back of Michigan Mart. First Ward City of East Michigan. lots than anything else. Imagine how reshaping the The City Attorney’s Office has given Councilwoman Jody Washington said Washington said Zeineh filed architecture at this intersection could positively Zeineh 30 days to remove the barricades she brought it to Zeineh’s attention. Freedom of Information Act requests impact the adjacent neighborhoods. It’s time to before the city does so itself or takes him “I did sit down with him, tried to talk to get any communications she’s had rethink the intersection and the architecture that to court. That course of action hasn’t to him and bring him into a better light with neighborhood leaders — particu- goes with it. been decided yet. with the neighborhood and try to build larly Joan Nelson, director of the Allen Once a fully occupied intersection, half of these “I don’t understand what they’re try- some type of relationship,” Washington Neighborhood Center — about him and ing to accomplish,” said Nancy Mahlow, said. She asked Zeineh about “unlicensed Michigan Avenue properties. Washington four corners have gone silent. On the southwest cor- president of the Eastside Neighborhood, vehicles” parked behind Michigan Mart. works full time for the state Department ner, a former medical marijuana dispensary says it referring to the Zeineh family. “I’m sure “‘Why?’ I asked. He said, ‘Because I can.’” of Corrections as a department special- has moved to REO Town. An adjacent medical sup- they can be great businesspeople, and I’m Zeineh declined to comment on the ist, so she said he sought information on plier has also left. A representative from Care Minder, sure that the businesses along Michigan presence of unlicensed vehicles behind both her city- and state-issued comput- the medical supplier, said an unresponsive property Avenue would love to work with them. the building. Two unlicensed vehicles ers. She said she “handed it over” because owner — which has an address in New York — forced But when you’re putting up barricades — were parked there on Tuesday, a black he “has a legal right to do it.” the business to move. come on, it’s ridiculous.” Chevrolet Impala and a Black GMC As for 2006 and 2010 E. Michigan, a On the northeast side, there appears to be a little Zeineh declined to comment about Yukon. prominent block through the heart of the life. Inside the former Grumpy’s Diner — once a spot the barricades for this story, calling it a Now with the barricades in the alley, East Side that’s struggling to maintain for state legislators to hold meetings with constitu- “legal issue.” In March 2012, the Ingham Washington said, “A lot of these actions occupancy, Zeineh said it’s being market- ents — contractors putting up new drywall declined County Bar Association recognized are just immature, pushing the envelope. ed by commercial property broker CBRE to comment about the work being done. Vernon Zeineh with a “Top 5 Under 35” award, Quite frankly, he just gets a little bit of Martin and remodeling has begun. Andrews, who’s still listed as the property owner, said honoring young attorneys in the area, pleasure out of agitating.” Complaints about his family’s East he sold it to developers of a medical clinic who are according to Cooley Law School’s web- Zeineh’s brother, 31-year-old Saied, Side properties, Zeineh said, are “inap- “working on it,” but couldn’t give specifics. site, his alma mater. pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony charges propriate and targeted. I’m not going to — Andy Balaskovitz City Attorney Janene McIntyre said of conducting and acquiring and main- play their games. the city fire marshal has designated the taining criminal enterprises. The Lansing “I hope that won’t hinder the progress “Eyesore of the Week” is our look at some of the seedier alley as a fire lane and that the city sent Police Department started investigating of the properties.” properties in Lansing. It rotates each week with Eye Candy of the Week. If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lan- him a letter about two weeks ago saying Saied Zeineh and his brother Simon for singcitypulse.com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. that he has 30 days “to remove anything “fraudulent motor vehicle transactions” — Andy Balaskovitz 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 4, 2013

new exterior surface with trim and brick at 1012 N. Walnut St. lic relations problem, mainly for not show- and stone masonry on prominent walls that The fight received ample media atten- ing up to multiple neighborhood organiza- 14 months match the adjacent Walnut Street School, tion. Those involved with the negotiations tion meetings when asked to do so. which holds the company’s headquarters. among LEAP, Niowave and the Walnut “I don’t know, honestly,” Hollister said. Those behind the scenes of Changes also include faux windows, a Neighborhood have mixed feelings about “The bottom line is we always wanted a the deal announced Tuesday painted roof that won’t reflect sunlight, a the media’s role in those 427 days getting solution.” between Niowave and the Walnut repaved parking lot and landscaping. to what Mayor Virg Bernero called a “new Trezise told the several media outlets Neighborhood weigh in on the As part of a development agreement definition of win-win.” on hand Tuesday the entire process was media’s role over past 14 months attached to a personal property tax Dale Schrader, a Walnut Neighborhood a “fascinating journey” — one that makes exemption that would save Niowave near- resident who took part in Tuesday’s press Niowave a “better company, the neighbor- Bob Trezise first realized he had a ly $550,000 over six years, the changes conference, thinks the media played both hood a better neighborhood and LEAP a problem in the Walnut Neighborhood must be completed within a year if the “good and bad” roles in drawing attention to better organization.” 428 days ago. Council approves the incentive. Niowave the conflict and the attempts at resolution. “Honestly, there were several times I As president and CEO of the Lansing had put its request on hold after the con- “In the beginning I thought it was good,” told Rina (Risper) I’d had enough, threw Economic Area Partnership, he helped troversy blew up. he said. “Then so many people started say- a tantrum in my office, maybe kicked a announce on July 3, 2012 — alongside Rina Risper, president of the Walnut ing different opinions, it got confusing chair,” he said. “I learned a lot during this two U.S. senators and a Navy rear admiral Neighborhood Organization, said the toward the end. We had to shut down the experience. It taught me a lot about eco- — a $10 million expansion in the Walnut group “will be supporting any incentives media at the end.” nomic development.” Neighborhood by Lansing-based particle that come Niowave’s way.” Trezise, meanwhile, said he knew he accelerator company, Niowave Inc. Niowave will pay for $120,500 of that. “had a big problem” the day he first laid eyes — Andy Balaskovitz But that day was the first time Trezise The rest of the $244,100 will come from a on the building. had seen the new 14,000-square-foot revolving fund administered by the Lansing “This had to be resolved no matter research facility that neighbors immediate- Brownfield Redevelopment Authority that’s what,” Trezise said, meaning that regard- ly dubbed a “pole barn” and that this paper made up of fees paid by developers work- less of how much initial media attention featured as “Eyesore of the Week.” ing on brownfield projects. The brownfield there was, it was going to take serious On Tuesday, Trezise and some of those fund can only pay for eligible activities as negotiations to resolve it. But Trezise ques- same vocal neighbors announced an agree- defined under the state’s brownfield act, tions whether the media should play a role Quiet campus ment between Niowave and the neighbor- which in this case involves landscaping, when agreements are trying to be reached hood to — as yard signs have demanded for parking lot resurfacing and demolition of behind closed doors. After LEAP stepped in (This is the fifth in a series of columns months — “fix the façade.” portions of the building. The site qualifies to help broker a deal between Niowave and on government transparency by Steve The building will undergo a $244,100 because the City Council approved an origi- the neighborhood in March, Trezise said he Miller, a freelance journalist who special- exterior makeover. Niowave agreed to a nal brownfield plan on the entire property didn’t intend to “negotiate in public.” izes in issues involving open meetings and Bernero, who originally defended the open records. This project is cosponsored PUBLIC NOTICES pole barn, thought the media’s coverage by City Pulse and MLive.) over the past 14 months was “maybe above Universities City of Lansing average,” adding that some articles “were often decry Notice of Public Hearing great, right on. Maybe it was even above decreased state The City Council of the City of Lansing will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2013, average.” funding, fre- at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, Lansing, Michigan, for the But he said the tax incentive request quently using purpose stated below: hanging over the development since the it as an excuse To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing and other interested persons expansion announcement was perhaps the for increasing to appear and be heard on the creation of Lansing Industrial Development District (IDD-1-13) as neighborhood’s strongest card. tuition. requested by the applicant for the location indicated below: Niowave officials, though, were more When Applicant: Jackson National Life Insurance guarded about how the negotiation played Michigan State By: John Brown out publicly. Niowave Chief Operations University pushed IDD Location: 1 Corporate Way, Lansing, MI Officer Jerry Hollister paused when asked through a 2.8 about whether the media helped or hurt percent tuition Legally described as: the process. Some neighbors and Council Parcel 2013-A 33-06-06-05-400-021 members thought the company had a pub- See Miller, Page 7 A parcel of land in the Southeast ¼ of Section 5, T3N, R1W, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, Michigan, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner PUBLIC NOTICES of said Section5; thence N89°15’10”W along the South line of said Section 5 a distance of 1319.03 feet to the West line of the East ½ of said Southeast ¼; thence N00°02’12”E along said West line NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2647.15 feet to the East-West ¼ line of said Section 5; thence S89°24’04”E along said East-West ¼ EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION line 1322.93 feet to the East ¼ corner of said Section5: thence S00°07’18”W along the East line of said Section more or less, including 0.99 acre more or less presently in the use as a public right of Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing Planning way; said parcel subject to all easements and restrictions if any, and Commission on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing: Parcel 2013-B 33-06-06-04-300-018 A parcel of land in the Southwest ¼ of Section 4, T3N, R1W, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, A public hearing will be held to consider an application from 327 Abbot Road, LLC Michigan, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Beginning at the Southwest corner of for a modified Special Use Permit for the property at 327 Abbot Road. The applicant said Section 4; thence N00°27’04”W along the West line of said Section 4 a distance of 660.01 feet; is requesting approval to enclose the existing patio at Dublin Square Irish Pub with thence N89°24’16”E parallel with the South line of said Section 4 a distance of 330.00 feet, thence roll up garage doors and allow for year round use of the space. S00°27’04”E parallel with said West line 660.01 feet to the south line of said Section 4; thence S89°24’16”W along said South line 330.00 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel containing 5.00 Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City acres more or less; including 0.25 acre presently in use as public right of way; said parcel subject to Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given all easements and restrictions if any. an opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next Planning Commission meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission may vote on them. The Creation of IDD-1-13 as requested by Jackson National Life Insurance will make certain property Planning Commission's recommendations are then placed on the agenda of the next City Council investment (real and personal property) within the District eligible to be included in applications for tax meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on these applications. abatements and/or exemptions. Further information regarding this application may be obtained from Mr. Steve Willobee, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, 500 E. Michigan Ave., Ste. 202, Lansing, The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters Michigan, 48912, (517) 999-9036. for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800- p.m., Monday, September 9, 2013, at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan 649-3777. Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933. Marie E. McKenna Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk City Clerk City Pulse • September 4, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

tag, money that could be passed along in appeal at this time were based on strong The Clery Act, though, doesn’t prevent Miller the name of education rather than obfusca- legal and ethical grounds,” the university universities from battling the public over tion. Michigan State, like so many other said — some impotent chest thudding that details of crimes. In the 2006 case, MSU from page 6 governmental units in the state, spends tens would eventually be exposed as naïve and spent plenty of money to prevent taxpayers of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money flat-out wrong. from knowing the details of a grievous crime. increase in June, MSU President Lou Anna attempting to hold onto information it is After the state Supreme Court sent Even the university acknowledges it’s K. Simon said in a statement: “We still need legally obligated to provide to the public. the case back to the local jurisdiction, your money. to confront years of erosion of state support In the case of the suites, the university Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Joyce “As a public body, all money held in the and rising costs beyond our control.” dragged its feet for no other reason than Draganchuk ruled that MSU must release university’s accounts is considered public But that “erosion” hasn’t halted the that it could. the incident report. money,” Mark Haas, MSU treasurer and school from spending freely when it comes Then there are times when a govern- For the university, presumably coun- vice president for finance, said in a July let- to attempting to prevent taxpayers from ment entity has self-preservation in mind seled by sound legal minds, the irony ter to the Federal Aviation Administration, seeing public records. when it spends big to deceive the public. in its “strong legal and ethical grounds” which was seeking information about the The Lansing State Journal wondered The State News, the student-run news- statement is rich. university’s use of state-owned airplanes. earlier this year just how much the univer- paper at MSU, sought the police report MSU has an obligation, like all universi- Haas is right, of course. A bunch of sity was getting for those luxury suites at from a terrifying assault in an MSU dorm ties that participate in federal financial aid that money, though, gets spent unsuccess- Spartan Stadium. The newspaper reported in 2006 — room 1002 in Hubbard, for programs, to compile and report all campus fully attempting to keep quiet some nasty in 2005 that a $64 million stadium those into scene-of-the-crime visits — in crime. It’s required by the 1990 Clery Act, events on campus. upgrade included 24 suites that were to go which a student and two non-students which was passed by Congress after Lehigh for $80,000 a crack. pointed a gun at three people and doused University student Jeanne Clery was raped The paper wanted to see just what the one of them with gasoline. The assailants and murdered in 1986 by a fellow student return on that investment was, so it filed an then threatened to light the flammable in her dorm room. open records request to find out who was victim on fire. Lehigh’s reporting of campus crime was paying what for the suites. Such an incident is bad for business, as lax, and Clery’s family successfully pushed But rather than deliver the records in MSU honchos know. “No one wants to send for better and more complete crime disclo- accordance with the law, the school took their kids to a college that is known for sure from universities. six months to deliver the information, said violence, even one incident,” said Fink, who attorney Herschel Fink, who represented represented The State News as it pursued PUBLIC NOTICES the State Journal in a series of communica- access to the report in the case. City of Lansing tions with the university over the matter. MSU fought the request for three years, Notice of Public Hearing “It seems I am always dealing with claiming much of the information invaded Michigan State over something,” Fink told personal privacy and would hinder the The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in me. He is considered widely as one of the investigation. In citing those exemptions, the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, Lansing, MI, for the purpose stated below: state’s premier First Amendment lawyers. the school never backed up the assertions. To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing, other interested persons to Such a needless ordeal carries a price “Our decisions to deny the request and appear and be heard on the approval of a New Personal Property Exemption (PPE-2-13) requested by the applicant indicated below: PUBLIC NOTICES Applicant: Jackson National Life Insurance Location: 1 Corporate Way, Lansing, MI City of Lansing Legally described as: Notice of Public Hearing Parcel 2013-C 33-06-06-04-400-008 The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in A parcel of land in the Southeast ¼ of Section 4, T3N, R1W, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, Lansing, MI, for the purpose stated below: Michigan, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Commencing at the South ¼ corner of said Section 4; thence N89°24’38”E along the South line of said Section 4 a distance of 50.00 To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing, other interested persons to feet to the point of beginning of this description; thence N00°10’19”W parallel with the North-South appear and be heard on the approval of a New Personal Property Exemption (PPE-1-13) requested ¼ line of said Section 4 a distance of 355.70 feet; thence N89°23’24”E parallel with the North line by the applicant indicated below: of the South 20 ½ acres of the Southwest ¼ of Southeast ¼ of said Section 4 a distance of 205.00 feet; thence N00°10’19”W parallel with said North-South ¼ line 323.83 feet to said North line; thence Applicant: Jackson National Life Insurance N89°23’24”E along said North line 1072.59 feet to the East line of the Southwest ¼ of the Southeast Location: 1 Corporate Way, Lansing, MI ¼ of said Section 4; thence S00°22’06”E along said East line 459.97 feet; thence S89°24’38”W Legally described as: parallel with South line of said Section 100.00 feet; thence S00°22’06”E parallel with said East line 220.00 feet to the South line of said Section: thence S89°24’38”W along said South line 9.87 feet; Parcel 2013-A 33-06-06-05-400-021 thence N00°10’19”W 220.00 feet; thence S89°24’38”W parallel with said South line 760.90 feet; A parcel of land in the Southeast ¼ of Section 5, T3N, R1W, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, thence S00°10’19”E parallel with said North-South ¼ line 3.00 feet; thence S89°24’38”W parallel with Michigan, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner said South line 300.00 feet; thence S00°10’19”E parallel with said North-South ¼ line 217.00 feet of said Section5; thence N89°15’10”W along the South line of said Section 5 a distance of 1319.03 to said South line; thence S89°24’38”W along said South line 109.15 feet to the point of beginning, feet to the West line of the East ½ of said Southeast ¼; thence N00°02’12”E along said West line said parcel containing 12.59 acres, more or less, said parcel containing 0.09 acre presently in use as 2647.15 feet to the East-West ¼ line of said Section 5; thence S89°24’04”E along said East-West ¼ public right of way for Sandhill Road, said parcel subject to all easements and restrictions, if any, and line 1322.93 feet to the East ¼ corner of said Section5: thence S00°07’18”W along the East line of said Section more or less, including 0.99 acre more or less presently in the use as a public right of Parcel 2013-D 33-06-06-04-400-023 way; said parcel subject to all easements and restrictions if any, and A parcel of land in the Southeast ¼ of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 1 West, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, Michigan; the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Beginning at the Parcel 2013-B 33-06-06-04-300-018 Southeast corner of said Section 4; thence South 89°24'38" West along the South line of said Section A parcel of land in the Southwest ¼ of Section 4, T3N, R1W, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, 4 a distance of 765.10 feet to the point of beginning of this description; thence South 89°24'38" West Michigan, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Beginning at the Southwest corner of continuing along said South line 564.82 feet to the West line of the East ½ of the Southeast ¼ of said said Section 4; thence N00°27’04”W along the West line of said Section 4 a distance of 660.01 feet; Section 4; thence North 00°22'06" West along said West line 1156.80 feet; thence North 89°22'13" thence N89°24’16”E parallel with the South line of said Section 4 a distance of 330.00 feet, thence East parallel with the North line of the South ½ of the Southeast ¼ of said Section 4 a distance of S00°27’04”E parallel with said West line 660.01 feet to the south line of said Section 4; thence 762.54 feet to the East line of the West proportional 23 acres of the Southeast ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of S89°24’16”W along said South line 330.00 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel containing 5.00 said Section 4; thence South 00°28'53" East along said East line 957.33 feet; thence South 89°24'38" acres more or less; including 0.25 acre presently in use as public right of way; said parcel subject to West parallel with said South line 200.00 feet; thence South 00°28'53" East parallel with said East line all easements and restrictions if any 200.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Approval of a New Personal Property Exemption (PPE-01-13) requested by Jackson National Life Approval of a New Personal Property Exemption (PPE-02-13) requested by Jackson National Life Insurance will result in the abatement of new personal property taxes located within the subject Insurance will result in the abatement of new personal property taxes located within the subject property. Further information regarding this application for property tax abatement may be obtained property. Further information regarding this application for property tax abatement may be obtained from Mr. Steve Willobee, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, 500 E. Michigan Ave., Ste. 202, from Mr. Steve Willobee, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, 500 E. Michigan Ave., Ste. 202, Lansing, Michigan, 48912, (517) 999-9036. Lansing, Michigan, 48912, (517) 999-9036.

If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written 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 comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Monday, September 9, 2013, at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan p.m., Monday, September 9, 2013, at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933. Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933.

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PUBLIC NOTICES only lunches. Wildly successful, it now has 30 employees and serves all three meals The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is accepting proposals for a Section 106 Why local plus a wide assortment of Michigan beers Specialist. The Bid Packet can be obtained at the Ingham County Land Bank office located at and wines. He feels that success when the Neighborhood Empowerment Center, 600 W Maple Street, Lansing, Michigan 48906 or at people return, whether it is several times the website: www.inghamlandbank.org. Proposals will be due at the Land Bank office by 12pm on September 19, 2013. The Bid Opening will be September 19, 2013 at 12pm. The Ingham a week or when bringing back a visiting County Land Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women- and Minority-Owned matters friend or relative because they so enjoyed Businesses are encouraged to apply. their dining experience the last time they (Editor's note: Beginning this week, City were in town. Pulse is donating space once a month to Gavrilides started this odyssey working CITY OF LANSING Capital Area Local First so it can list its as a chef at Signatures American Grill out NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING members. See page 3 for the first one. We on Park Lake Road for five years before SLU-3-2013, 1115 S. Washington Avenue hope the ads will grow as locally owned moving on to Eddie O’Flynn’s in Owosso, all Special Land Use Permit – Church in an “F-1” Commercial District businesses see the value of joining this the while living on Lansing’s East Side and The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 23, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. important organization. For more infor- wanting to be closer to home. When a spot in Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, mation, please read this column and visit opened up on Michigan Avenue, he jumped to consider SLU-3-2013. This is a request by Riverview Church to utilize the building at 1115 S. capitalarealocalfirst.org. — Berl Schwartz) at it and the Soup Spoon was born. Washington Avenue for a church. Churches are permitted in the "F-1" Professional Office district, which is the designation of the subject property, if a Special Land Use permit is approved by the Gavrilides joined CALF because he Lansing City Council. I received some useful comments on the believes that local matters. As he told me last column from folks who want to support recently, locally owned shops can’t compete For more information about this case, phone City Council Offices on City business days, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please local businesses, especially those that match with the big dining franchises that can buy attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted between 8 their values, which is sometimes still a chal- advertising on the Super Bowl telecast. a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Monday, September 23, 2013, at lenge. But a little progress has been made Such businesses send a good portion of the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933 1696. on at least one level. their revenue out of state to corporate head- Chris Swope, City Clerk The idea behind quarters and CEOs. Gavrilides’ employees Capital Area Local haven’t jumped ship as they so frequently City of Lansing First — CALF — is do at fast-food chains. In fact, most have Notice of Public Hearing to build a stronger stayed since they first walked in the Soup The City Council of the City of Lansing will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2013, community through Spoon door years ago, because the working at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, Lansing, Michigan, for the support of local conditions, compensation and their connec- purpose stated below: ownership. The tion to the restaurant is personal. To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing and other interested persons organization is try- Roy Saper, of Saper Galleries, is another to appear and be heard on the creation of Lansing Industrial Development District (IDD-2-13) as ing to re-invigorate long-time supporter of CALF. Saper brings requested by the applicant for the location indicated below: its efforts by helping in art from around the block and around Applicant: Jackson National Life Insurance folks know just the world and does work for people both By: John Brown what businesses are here and globally who value him and his indeed locally owned and controlled and staff for their selection of art and their skills IDD Location: 1 Corporate Way, Lansing, MI that are committed to making this a more at presentation and framing. So why does Legally described as: sustainable community. (Truth in market- Saper belong to CALF? He believes that ing: My company, Starting Now, LLC and local businesses care about “strengthening Parcel 2013-C 33-06-06-04-400-008 A parcel of land in the Southeast ¼ of Section 4, T3N, R1W, Alaiedon Township, Ingham County, City Pulse are both members. City Pulse the neighborhood in which they work and Michigan, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Commencing at the South ¼ corner editor and publisher Berl Schwartz and I live, and that the whole economic system of said Section 4; thence N89°24’38”E along the South line of said Section 4 a distance of 50.00 are volunteer board members of CALF.) works better when we are supporting our feet to the point of beginning of this description; thence N00°10’19”W parallel with the North-South ¼ line of said Section 4 a distance of 355.70 feet; thence N89°23’24”E parallel with the North line A 2008 study commissioned by Local neighbors.” He epitomizes the connection of of the South 20 ½ acres of the Southwest ¼ of Southeast ¼ of said Section 4 a distance of 205.00 First in Grand Rapids found that for every the local and the global. feet; thence N00°10’19”W parallel with said North-South ¼ line 323.83 feet to said North line; thence $100 spent in its community at a locally Kathy Valentine, owner of The Plant N89°23’24”E along said North line 1072.59 feet to the East line of the Southwest ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of said Section 4; thence S00°22’06”E along said East line 459.97 feet; thence S89°24’38”W owned business, $68 stays in the commu- Professionals, shops for things she needs for parallel with South line of said Section 100.00 feet; thence S00°22’06”E parallel with said East line nity circulating among the local population her business at the local hardware. She buys 220.00 feet to the South line of said Section: thence S89°24’38”W along said South line 9.87 feet; as opposed to only $43 of $100 spent at a the soap she uses for insect control through thence N00°10’19”W 220.00 feet; thence S89°24’38”W parallel with said South line 760.90 feet; thence S00°10’19”E parallel with said North-South ¼ line 3.00 feet; thence S89°24’38”W parallel with non-local business. As author and com- the East Lansing Food Coop. She also shops said South line 300.00 feet; thence S00°10’19”E parallel with said North-South ¼ line 217.00 feet munity development specialist Michael at local galleries when she wants gifts and to said South line; thence S89°24’38”W along said South line 109.15 feet to the point of beginning, Shuman notes, “Going local does not mean believes that we are stronger as a commu- said parcel containing 12.59 acres, more or less, said parcel containing 0.09 acre presently in use as walling off the outside world. It means nity when we think local. public right of way for Sandhill Road, said parcel subject to all easements and restrictions, if any, and nurturing locally owned businesses which Some communities have evolved a Parcel 2013-D 33-06-06-04-400-023 use local resources sustainably, employ local strong local business ethos. Grand Rapids A parcel of land in the Southeast ¼ of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 1 West, Alaiedon Township, workers at decent wages and serve primar- Local First has 550 local members and Ingham County, Michigan; the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 4; thence South 89°24'38" West along the South line of said Section ily local consumers. It means becoming a staff of five that helps members thrive 4 a distance of 765.10 feet to the point of beginning of this description; thence South 89°24'38" West more self-sufficient and less dependent on through festive community-driven events continuing along said South line 564.82 feet to the West line of the East ½ of the Southeast ¼ of said imports. Control moves from the board- and programs that celebrate the local. Section 4; thence North 00°22'06" West along said West line 1156.80 feet; thence North 89°22'13" East parallel with the North line of the South ½ of the Southeast ¼ of said Section 4 a distance of rooms of distant corporations and back into CALF is a long way from this goal. But if it 762.54 feet to the East line of the West proportional 23 acres of the Southeast ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of the community where it belongs.” can build membership, it, too, could have said Section 4; thence South 00°28'53" East along said East line 957.33 feet; thence South 89°24'38" Nick Gavrilides, owner of Soup Spoon full-time staff to help consumers connect West parallel with said South line 200.00 feet; thence South 00°28'53" East parallel with said East line 200.00 feet to the point of beginning. Café in Lansing, is committed to quality with those locally owned businesses that food and service at reasonable prices so that match their values and provide things Creation of IDD-2-13 as requested by Jackson National Life Insurance will make certain property customers have the best overall experience. they need to live fulfilling and joyful lives investment (real and personal property) within the District eligible to be included in applications for tax abatements and/or exemptions. Further information regarding this application may be obtained from And he tries to source as much product in a more sustainable community. Maybe Mr. Steve Willobee, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, 500 E. Michigan Ave., Ste. 202, Lansing, as he can from local or Michigan produc- Lansing isn’t ready, but I’m betting we Michigan, 48912, (517) 999-9036. ers. However, as Gavrilides said in a recent are. We hope to have 250 members by the If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written interview, “It’s not local only. The product or end of the year so we might better market comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 service must be of quality first.” So his feta local ownership and what it provides to p.m., Monday, September 9, 2013, at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan cheese is still imported. our community. Look for the CALF logo Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933. When Gavrilides started Soup Spoon in in shop windows and support local owners Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk 2006 with a couple of employees, it served committed to our community. City Pulse • September 4, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse Right: Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope (left) and his partner, Bradly Rakowski, bought scaffolding to keep up the restoration work on their 1926 home at 1402 N. Genesee St. on the West Side. They are the house’s second owners and consider themselves stewards of history. Left: Noelle Colon and her son, Dominic, enjoy the painstakingly scraped, re-caulked and painted original windows on their 1925 home at 213 Rosamond St. near Sparrow Hospital on Lansing’s East Side. Noelle and her husband, Javier, didn’t spend much on the job but put in hundreds of hours.

built. She lived there 77 years. Her great- stored it, and the next people will enjoy great-granddaughter, Emily Horvath, lives it,” Swope said. just a block and a half away. Like many homes in the mid- to late- Cranberry and cream Appreciating 20th century, it was divided into three ome projects on these pages look apartments. Swope and Rakowski took it Sdaunting, but you don’t need cis- back to the original floor plan, getting rid of terns for pockets to restore an old house. the the walls and reversing a staircase. Sometimes fresh paint, a modest stack of The house is castle-like, but stylish, lumber, a jumbo bucket of nails and a lot appreciators not grim, with a lot of flourishes. The dra- of patience will do. matic witch-hat slope of the roof is part Noelle Colon and her husband, Javier, illusion. The slate roof tiles are cut larger have lived in the 1925 two-story house Preservation Lansing award nominations recognize at the bottom and taper to the top, creat- at 213 Rosamond St., about three blocks ing the impression that the house is taller from Sparrow Hospital, for 18 years. Spiff- the city’s best historic restoration jobs than it really is. ing it into a cranberry and cream delight When Swope and Rakowski moved in, hasn’t been expensive, but it’s taken a lot By LAWRENCE COSENTINO mercial, in Lansing. But it doesn’t hurt. The they found a trove of Louise Brieche’s docu- of scraping and painting. The results are ansing City Clerk Chris Swope and second annual Preservation Lansing award ments, including three sets of blueprints so cheery and crisp that their neighbors Lhis partner, Bradly Rakowski, have nominations range from a low-cost, elbow- for the house. The Brieche family owned a petitioned Preservation Lansing by the lived in their 1926 Lansing home at 1402 grease-intensive makeover on the East Side Lansing mill. They found turbine blueprints dozens to get them nominated in the “resi- N. Genesee St. in the West Side neighbor- to the stunningly restored Grand Trunk and the deed for the mill from 1877, and best dential small” category. hood for 10 years. Western Depot in REO Town. of all, Brieche’s personal calendar from the “Everybody has been so nice to us,” No- How long have they been restoring it to 1930s to the 1990s. elle Colon beamed. “We have a lot of great original condition? Oh … 10 years. Nuts with nut picks They learned that the quarter-sawn oak neighbors.” “It’ll be another 10 years at least,” wope and Rakowski’s home falls floors that cover the whole first floor — some The Colons thought about putting up vi- Swope said. Ssomewhere in the middle of the “love boards are 15 feet long — only cost $300. nyl siding, a cardinal sin among restoration “We’re going out feet first,” Rakowski and money” scale. They’ve spent more mon- The price would be astronomical now, if so mavens. Instead, they restored and painted added. ey than they care to say, but they don’t farm much fine wood could be found at all. They the original wood facing, replacing the rot- They are so serious about the job, they out the hard work. They spent hours scour- also found out from the diary that the ga- ten boards and about 90 percent of the bought scaffolding on Craigslist. No wonder ing out the grooves between the boards un- rage had a fire in 1984. rusted-out nails, which they believed were they are shoo-ins for a Preservation Lansing der the eaves with a nut pick. Who knew Swope and Rakowski aren’t artisans, original to the house. award this year, in the category “residential, those things even had a use? but they take a lot of pride in the restora- “What we did ended up being a lot large.” (They’re the only ones nominated in Swope and Rakowski aren’t just nuts tion. “When you walk through, you cannot less expensive” than vinyl siding, Noelle that category.) with nut picks. They’re making the most of a tell where we’ve added an arch or where Colon said. You don’t need Michelangelo-scaled rare chance. They are only the second own- our woodwork meets the old woodwork,” They re-puttied and restored the old equipment to qualify for the yearly awards, ers since the house was built in 1926. Louise Rakowski said. pulley-style windows and built new wooden which recognize great historic preservation Brieche was 21 when she and her mother, They both see historic restoration as shutters to replace all the plastic ones. jobs, large and small, residential and com- Emma, had the 4,500-square-foot house a kind of trust. “Louise built it, we re- See Preservation, Page 10 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 4, 2013 Preservation from page 9

“I don’t like plastic,” she said. “And I love the old windows.” They’ve also done a lot of interior work. Colon wielded a heat gun to curl 12 layers of paint from the kitchen cabinets, which she believes to be original to the house. She’s also stripping glue and linoleum off the ma- ple hardwood floors. “It’s nasty work,” she said. But it’s not costing much. “It’s basically our hard work, doing it and being meticulous about it.” Colon did a little bit of research on the house along the way. She found out that almost immediately after the house was finished, the carpenter who built it moved to East Street in North Lansing, only to be killed in a gas explosion in his new house. Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse The Colons don’t plan to move anywhere. Left: Dale Schrader tore out the apartments and restored the old floor plan of this big corner house near Old Town at 1101 N. Their competitor in the “small residen- Seymour St., built in 1908, and plans to move in when he’s done. Right: The derelict 1903 Grand Trunk Western Depot on South tial” category, Dale Schrader, is on his fifth Washington Avenue in REO Town came back to life this year, a $2.8 million grace note to the Lansing Board of Water and Light’s new house restoration in the Old Town area, but natural-gas-fired power plant and office headquarters. it’s a big one — a 3,200-square-foot corner house at 1101 N. Seymour St., built in 1908. said. But this one means a lot to Schrader. up in the dark. Its broken roof tiles, dangling cluding clear evidence of the repair work This time, he’s going to move in and make it “It’s our home,” he said. “We’re going boards and gutted windows looked ripe for on the west end where the train hit the home for himself and his wife. to live there a long time. Hopefully it’s a the wrecking ball in July 2010, when BWL station in 1941. Schrader is the one who renovated the trend. We’ll see more people decide to stay unveiled plans for a new, gas-fired power BWL General Manager J. Peter Lark said 1923 Sinclair service station into Artie’s in Lansing.” plant to replace the aging Eckert Station the little station upstages the $182 million Filling Station coffee shop at 127 W. Grand nearby. The station was folded into the proj- power plant next door when he goes around River Ave. near Old Town. That small but ‘How’s the depot?’ ect. It’s used for employee training, meet- the state and the country to talk about the labor-intensive project scored him a sur- t the other end of the cost scale from ings of BWL’s board of commissioners, but plant. “The question I keep getting is, ‘How’s prise Preservation Lansing award last year A“small residential” is the sole nomi- is also available for public events. the depot?’” Lark said. “People have a real for best commercial renovation under $1 nee — and sure winner — in the “commer- Two design firms, Ann Arbor’s Quinn abiding interest in depots, more so than million. Schrader is a dark horse this year cial over $1 million” category: the storybook- Evans and Cornerstone of Grand Rapids, power plants. We’re going to get a lot of because the Seymour Street house has vi- castle Grand Trunk Western train depot shared the design work on the restoration. worth out of it.” nyl siding, but he nominated himself for on South Washington Avenue in Lansing’s Two Lansing-based companies, Granger the award anyway. REO Town, newly restored for $2.8 million Construction and Christman Co., did the Making lasagna It’s a large Victorian house, only without by BWL to its 1903 glory. exterior and interior work, respectively. ou can still put on a stovepipe hat, the Victorian trappings. The outside wasn’t Through four wars and a century of eco- The depot’s thousands of curved clay Ystand at the railing under the origi- too bad, Schrader said, but the inside was a nomic ups and downs, the Jacobean Revival roof tiles were too far gone to repair, so the nal tin roof at the North Lansing Comfort bit of a nightmare. Years ago, the house was station with the peaked roof saw thousands design team contacted the roof’s original Station and wait for something — as long as divided into four apartments — five, if you of partings and arrivals before it was decom- manufacturer, the Ohio-based Ludowici it’s not a train. Built in 1914-‘15, it’s a two- count a basement apartment. Schrader is missioned in 1971. The worst railroad acci- Roof Tile Co., a 120-year-old company with story shoebox wedged into the densest part undoing that by restoring the original floor dent in Lansing’s history happened there Old World roots that go back to Renaissance of Old Town. Fittingly, the Michigan His- plan. That means tearing walls out, and per- Oct. 7, 1941, killing a newsboy and upending Rome. The roof’s 75-year warranty had run toric Preservation Network moved into the haps tearing some hair out. cars loaded with fresh fruit. President Ger- its course and then some, but BWL jumped refurbished station in February. “We had to gut the entire house and ald Ford had a steak sandwich there in 1976, at the chance to spring for another round of Now headed for its 100th birthday, the start over with all new electrical, all new after it was turned into a restaurant. roof tiles from the original makers. station was a waiting room and bathroom plumbing,” he said. In the last 10 years, the depot decayed “Those tiles are exactly the same as the for passengers on the old interurban rail The cost so far? “I’m afraid to say,” he into an abandoned ruin where junkies shot ones that were put on in 1902,” BWL’s Pete system, the Michigan United Transit line Kramer said. Gleaming copper flashing and between St. Johns and Lansing. The Preservation Lansing Awards, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Oct. 16, Eastern High School gutters, also true to the original design, will A small pan of “lasagna financing,” with Auditorium, 220 N. Pennsylvania St., Lansing. Gala celebration in Jazz Age style — help the roof make it through another cen- several layers piling to about $400,000, fi- guests are encouraged to dress accordingly. FREE to the public, but reservations are tury, Kramer predicted. nanced the project, one of two nominees in required. Contact Barbara Brooks at [email protected], or (517) 290-8060. The Grand Trunk Western Railroad As- Preservation Lansing’s “commercial under 2013 Preservation Lansing award judges: sociation gave BWL the original plans to the $1 million” category this year. Nathalie Winans, president of Lansing’s Historic District Commission depot, and restorers also used period pho- Nancy Finegood, director of the Michi- Diane Sanborn, treasurer and co-founder of Preservation Lansing tos for reference. The main interior floor, gan Historic Preservation Network, said the Sean Looman, engineer at Lansing Board of Water and Light who handles BWL’s seriously damaged by water, was torn out building needed a new roof, new heating historic properties and completely rebuilt. Elegant tile mosaic and cooling systems and modest masonry Dan Bollman, architect and Michigan Historic Preservation Network member in the entryway, buried under carpet, was work, but the bones were solid. The wood Cassandra Nelson, member of the Lansing Historic District Commission with a repaired and cleaned. Heavy oak window floors, most of the doors and the railings are master’s degree in historic preservation frames and wainscoting were painstakingly original. Barb Brooks, Preservation Lansing member and owner of a century-old house repaired and refinished. Designers cleared The dough for the lasagna came from a in Lansing. the airy interior of restaurant-era clutter city façade grant, a federal grant from the (Preservation Lansing co-founder Gretchen Cochran said she is only and squeezed modern HVAC equipment Environmental Protection Agency, a Com- “driver of the van” and not a voting member of the panel.) into a crawlspace and attic. Workers found history everywhere, in- See Preservation, Page 11 City Pulse • September 4, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11 Preservation from page 10 munity Revitalization Grant through the Michigan Economic Development Corp., and one of the last state historic tax credits granted before Gov. Rick Snyder ended the program in 2011. Finegood also used some in-house jiu- jitsu to stretch a buck. It came in handy that the Preservation Network conducts two-week job training programs around the state to teach unemployed contractors how to restore wood windows. “We held a class here,” Finegood said with a sly smile. “They rehabbed all the win- dows except the two in front, and built all the storm windows.” Now four Preservation Network staff- ers work on the second floor. The other tenants are the nonprofit Michigan Com- Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse munity Legal Resources on the second floor, and Bradly’s Home & Garden at Left: Nancy Finegood, director of the Michigan Historic Preservation Network, enjoys the original tin roof at North Lansing’s 1915 street level. That’s the same Bradly Ra- Comfort Station at 313 N. Grand River Ave. in Old Town, now the nonprofit’s headquarters. Right: Kait Medrano co-owns the Vintage kowski, co-owner of the Genesee Street Café at 1147 S. Washington Ave. in REO Town, in a commercial row that dates to 1906. house that’s also nominated for an award. “I’m in the old Comfort Station bath- myself, it would come out kind of crooked.” the sidewalks on South Washington Street “Thousands of feet walked over those rooms,” he said with a grin. The 1000 block of commercial buildings in REO Town this summer, engineers tiles to buy fruit,” Kait Medrano said. “It’s Finegood is a past master of cobbling on South Washington was built by Edward wanted to level off the entrance. The ce- history.” loans and grants together and hooking up Sparrow, of Sparrow Hospital fame, about ment would have covered the tiles. During the heavy summer construc- would-be restorers with specialist contrac- 1906. It went up almost at the same time Kait Medrano persuaded them to pour tion, workers knocked a few of the tiny tors, but there are limits to her legerdemain. as the nearby REO Motor Car Plant. The the sidewalk with a gentle slope that saved tiles loose. They found them and glued “Our biggest frustration is that there’s noth- surrounding Riverpoint Area is one of Lan- them, perhaps for another century. them back into place. ing to help residents anymore,” she said. The sing’s oldest, but time has not been kind to residential tax credit lapsed in 2011. the block. “It was pretty substantial,” Finegood “The things they tell you not to do in said. “If they were in a local historic dis- restoration have been done,” Medrano trict, they could take 25 percent of their said. At the café, the storefront cornice expenses toward income tax.” was taken off and cheap cladding and ex- The closest thing to a state historic tax terior lights were added. THIS WEEK: Historic Preservation credit today, Finegood said, is the Com- “I wanted to completely restore the munity Revitalization Program, a small- interior, and I wanted to return it to the scale grant program that serves only com- sense of space and history of REO Town,” Hosted by mercial properties. Medrano said. Newsmakers Berl Schwartz “We probably get 10 calls a week, saying, Attention to detail is the heart and soul ‘How can you help us?’ We just throw our of historic restoration. The café’s recessed hands up in the air because there’s nothing entry, surrounded by glass display win- available anymore.” dows, still has the classic black-and-white honeycomb tiles that graced so many ‘It’s history’ stores and businesses in the early- and he Comfort Station’s competitor in mid-20th century. When the city repaved Tthe “commercial under $1 million” category is a slice of a 1906 commercial building, once Coscarelli’s Fruit Market, at 1147 S. Washington Ave. in REO Town. With a bike lane where a hitching post used to be, the Vintage Café is a throwback GRETCHEN COCHRAN DAN BOLLMAN TIM HUNNICUTT to the vibrant streets of a century ago. CHAIRWOMAN, PRESERVATION LANSING ARCHITECT DEVELOPER “It’s brightly colored, and the colors are historic, but the main features are pre- served,” said Daniel Madrano, who co-owns the café with his wife, Kait. There’s a new cornice, a striped awning right out of “The Godfather” and “milk can” lights. Daniel Medrano is director for facilities management at McLaren Health system (he builds hospitals), so he knows a thing or two about building. But he farmed this work out to experts. “I’ve been more an executive, so I’m not a hands-on guy,” he said. “If I did the work Watch past episodes at vimeo.com/channels/citypulse 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 4, 2013

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER Alley was never designed to be a profit- start all over again. earning business, and now that the area’s “With the BWL in and road construction property values are rising, it makes perfect done, it doesn’t look like a blighted area any- sense that a tenant who can pay more in rent more,” Wilson said. “We’re open to anybody fully Alley splat would be more appealing to a landlord. It's who has a building that they’re currently not sup- tough, but it’s the real world.” getting any rent for, that they don’t care if porting REO Town’s first gallery falls Art Alley, 1133 S. Washington Ave., show- some money comes in sporadically, and and funding this,” Wil- victim to early gentrification cased more than 60 artists in its three years, we’ll try to help them turn it around.” son said. “We would go most of whom never exhibited before. Seven Art Alley started in summer 2010, be- month to month with By LAWRENCE COSENTINO went on to be invited to show in Grand Rap- fore Lansing’s Board of Water and Light whatever businesses we The deluxe new sidewalks and bike ids’ prestigious ArtPrize competition. Addi- built its new power plant and headquar- could find that would donate lanes along South Washington Avenue are tionally, over 100 musicians performed on a ters and restored the historic Grand Trunk a little bit to have a reception or barely dry, but Lansing’s post-industrial small acoustic stage. Railroad station a block to the south, help- live music.” center of cool has already lost a home for “Art Alley — the entity, not the building ing to catalyze a surge of renovation in the After Art Alley closes, Wilson will keep struggling local artists and musicians. Art — is a member of Michigan ArtShare Proj- area. Money was tight from the start. Art working with ArtShare to find for more Alley, the plucky brick REO Town gallery ect,” Wilson said. “We are working across Alley funded some of its programs with venues for artists. that fired the first volley of art in the resur- counties all over mid-Michigan to connect grants funneled through the Arts Council “Taking an artist out of their garage or gence of the old factory district three years artists and musicians with places that can of Greater Lansing, but grant rules kept basement and showing them what they ago, will close Monday. show their work.” the gallery from using the money for rent could be if they could hang it up on a wall in “That area has gone through its transi- Wilson said there are plenty of blight- or capital improvements. a gallery makes them see themselves differ- tion,” said gallery creative director Diane ed areas around Lansing and other “After one year, we realized the business ently,” she said. “We have lots of artists who Wilson. “It’s the story of gentrification. Art towns in Michigan for the process to community was not going to be on board for want to show.”

pate in the contest,” Hol- land said. “Now we’ve got Welcome back Plan of attack them approaching us. It’s REO Town art festival enters year three humbling.” City Pulse hosts rock concert at Last year, Art Attack! MSU’s art museum By ALLAN I. ROSS debuted a beer tent with The shuttering of Art Alley may have a few offerings. Holland In 1994, East Lansing was exploding dampened the local culture scene, but you said this year the festival with live rock music. Rising bands such wouldn’t know it if you find yourself in REO is opening wider beer sec- as Weezer, the Verve Pipe and Kid Rock Town this Saturday. Nine bands and a six- tion, including what could made the college town a staple on their hour themed art competition will keep the be the Lansing area’s next national tours. But by 2000, the last of newly renovated microbrewery. The event Third Annual REO the rock-themed bars had closed, and historic district will feature the first pub- the music scene was turned over to dance Town Art Attack! pumping with mu- lic appearance of brews music DJs and occasional cover bands. Noon-9 p.m. Saturday sic, food, craft beer made by local craft beer As a rock 1123 S. Washington Ave., and, yes, art. makers Matt Jason and Back to School ‘n’ roll fan and Lansing “It’s more than Jeremy Sprague, co- FREE Show someone who a coincidence that reotownartattack.com founders of the pro- Featuring The People’s used to regular- Art Attack! is in posed Sleepwalk- Temple and Wayne Szalinski ly attend those very close proximity to Art Alley,” festival co- er Spirits and 6 p.m. Friday live shows in organizer Paul Holland said. “The genesis of Ale. Sprague, Broad Art Museum, 547 E. East Lansing, this event was a meeting held there in 2011 a local mu- Circle Drive, East Lansing FREE I missed that to come up with an idea for an art contest. sician, said scene and want- Now here we are two years later, with a full Art Attack! ed to do something to recreate that vibe. slate of music performances, a beer tent and will be a And so if you’re walking near campus on a variety of art activities and vendors. I can’t vital way of Friday night and hear a howling guitar even say that the contest is the centerpiece of raising his solo echoing across Grand River Avenue, the festival anymore.” future com- Courtesy Photo that’s not your iPod acting up. That’s the It may not be the headliner, but that con- pany’s profile, first-ever Back to School Show, hosted by test — called Showdown in REO Town — is and could help Left: Austin Ashley, associate organizer and designer for Art Attack, City Pulse and the Broad Art Museum. still a strong supporting player. Holland said him attain the The free event will feature two emerg- he and the event’s co-organizers, Ryan Wert final group of inves- works on a piece at last year’s festival. Right: Last year’s winning art piece. ing local indie acts with strong followings: and James Groves, worked out a deal with tors needed to reach his The People’s Temple and Wayne Szalinski. the Ingham County Land Bank to reclaim financial goal. He said he hopes for a spring Although both bands have played sold-out materials from demolished houses. They 2014 opening on Lansing’s east side. said. “Last year’s construction forced us to shows on some of the area’s largest stages, then give participating artists access to the There will also be a full day of live mu- move (to the district’s north end), which pro- it will be nothing compared to rocking wreckage to gather materials to turn them sic, featuring bands hailing from around vided a number of challenges. But even with out the front lawn of the new $40 million into art, which has a new theme every year. the area. The headlining act will be Lan- the closing of Art Alley, we want to reinforce art museum on the campus of Michigan This year, fittingly, it’s “Facelift Face-Off,” in sing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle. There the idea that REO Town isn’t just a place State University. honor of the recent streetscape renovation will also be children’s activities provided by to buy art — it’s a place where people go to East Lansing hasn't seen something and BWL plant opening. REACH Art Studio. experience and create art. This is where the like this in a long time. Welcome back. “When we started Art Attack!, it was “Best of all, we’re back at our original lo- artists live and we want everyone to feel like — Rich Tupica tough trying to find enough artists to partici- cation in the heart of REO Town,” Holland they’re part of the experience.” City Pulse • September 4, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13

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By PAUL WOZNIAK Williamston Theatre is its season opener, In most towns, an alliance of zombies, “The Woman in Black” (Oct. 13-Nov. 13), ghosts and evangelizing Mormons would a spooky Gothic chiller about a malevolent mean the apocalypse is nigh, but in spirit. Williamston Theatre Artistic Lansing it means a diverse theater season Director Tony Caselli admits “dark and that promises engaging entertainment for scary” is a different genre for Williamston, all ages. In addition to stage adaptations but says it fits the season’s broader theme of silver screen hits and dire denizens of of how we relate to the people around us. the zombie zeitgeist, the 2013-'14 lineup The Michigan State University demonstrates how local companies and Department of Theatre seems to take colleges are using theater as a tool for “stretching” literally, as sheer muscle infinite exploration. movement. Between roller-skating for the Courtesy Photo Almost every theater company in town musical “Xanadu” (Nov. 15-24) to flying War is fodder for comedy in “M*A*S*H,” Sept. 12-22 at Riverwalk Theatre, with (left to has found a way to stretch. About the in “Peter Pan” (April 11-20), Associate right) Josh Martin, Cassie Little, Bobby Maldonado, Chris Goeckel and Sandy Vanlancker. only new thing left for envelope-pushing Professor Rob Roznowski says the biggest Peppermint Creek Theatre Co. is an old challenges for his students will be physical. thing. “Big Love”(Jan. 30-Feb. 8, 2014) is a “The rigging they’re bringing in for India. “Because of the racist overtones of is “The Book of Mormon,” making a tour take-off of “The Suppliants,” by Aeschylus, ‘Peter Pan’ is going to be state-of-the-art the show with the Indians, we decided to stop at the Wharton Center in June 2014. no less. “We’ve never tackled anything and they’re just going to experiment in our address it head on,” Roznowski said. Its famous crude language and searing Greek,” artistic director Chad Badgero said. space,” Roznowski said. “We don’t really Less political but potentially as relevant satirical take of organized religion will “But it’s modernized and it’s so abstract. know what we’re going to have.” Whatever for students is Lansing Community balance Wharton Center’s lighter fare, We tend to do stuff that’s very realistic, and they use to keep the actors aloft, this won’t College’s staging of “The Graduate.” including as “Mamma Mia,” coming this this is beyond that.” be Mary Martin’s “Peter Pan.” MSU’s version Performing Arts Coordinator Melissa November, and “Disney’s Beauty and The The most obvious stretch for is boldly set in the British occupation of Kaplan said there’s a contemporary ring Beast” in February 2014. to the show despite its 1960s setting. “A Lansing’s Riverwalk Theatre may young person with college degree in hand have the widest range of offerings this SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER is expected to know what they want to do season. Between Tom Stoppard’s meta- “Zombies from the Beyond” “The Graduate” (LCC) Nov. 1-9 THEATER GUIDE (OTL) Sept. 5-15 “Freshman Showcase: Off with the rest of their life,” Kaplan said. It masterpiece “The Real Thing” in the Black What’s Playing Where in 2013 “M*A*S*H” (RT) Sept. 12-22 With Her Head” (MSU) happens all the time, but Kaplan is still Box space (Oct. 4-13), to the nostalgic “Widows” (MSU) Sept. 17-22 Nov. 8-10 eager to see how today’s students will main stage musical “White Christmas” AECT = All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre, “Bonnie & Clyde – a New “Treasure Island” respond to the production. (Dec. 4-15), Riverwalk has two stages that allofusexpress.org, (517) 333-2580 ext. 0 Musical” (PC) Sept 19-29 (AECT) Nov. 8-16 For kids who are too young for college can accommodate both broad and niche LCC = Lansing Community College Theater, “Mamma Mia!” (WC) Nov. 15-17 or even high school, All-of-us Express audiences. That’s another kind of stretch. OCTOBER “Xanadu” (MSU) Nov. 15-24 lcc.edu/showinfo, (517) 483-1488 Children’s Theatre can give them something “When I started, we did seven shows MMFT = Mid Michigan Family Theatre, “The Woman in Black” “Over the River and Through mmft.net, (517) 339-2145 (WT) Oct. 3-Nov. 3 the Woods” (WT) to stress out about. Fantastic fare like “The a year, period,” Riverwalk manager Mike MSU = Michigan State University Theatre, “Agnes of God” (LCC) Oct. 4-11 Nov. 29-Dec. 29 Little Mermaid” and “Treasure Island” Siracuse said. “Now we’re up to 21 events, theatre.msu.edu, (800) WHARTON “The Real Thing” (RT) Oct. 4-13 offer chances for kids to participate. “We if not more.” OTL = Over the Ledge Theatre Co., “Flashdance: The Musical” DECEMBER do theater and people come and watch Some productions, like “12 Angry overtheledge.org, (517) 318-0579 (WC): Oct. 8-13 “Irving Berlin’s White our plays, but what we mostly do is teach Men” (Jan. 9-16), are scheduled but not PC = Peppermint Creek Theatre Co., “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Christmas: The Musical” peppermintcreek.org, (517) 927-3016 (SDT): Oct. 11-19 (RT) Dec. 3-15 young people life skills,” Evelyn Weymouth, cast. Auditions are coming up for many RT = Riverwalk Theatre, “William Shakespeare’s Land “A Christmas Carol” founder and interim artistic director, shows. Siracuse says the doors are open to riverwalktheatre.com, (517) 482-5700 of the Dead” (MSU) Oct. 11-20 (MMFT) Dec. 6-15 said. To celebrate the All-of-Us Express’ everyone. “This is a community theater,” SDT = Starlight Dinner Theatre, “Orphan Trains” “Shakespeare Studio” 25th anniversary, Weymouth is returning he said. “Anybody in the community is starlightdinnertheatre.com, (517) 243-6040 (MMFT) Oct. 18-27 (LCC) Dec. 6-8 to A.A. Milne’s “Winnie-the-Pooh,” the welcome to step in and come to auditions. WC = The Wharton Center, “Sleepy Hollow” “Ghost: The Musical” theater’s first production. You don’t have to be an actor, you have to whartoncenter.com, (800) WHARTON (RT) Oct. 18-27 (WC) Dec. 10-15 Perhaps the least kid-friendly production want to be an actor.” But if you just want to WT = Williamston Theatre, “Other Desert Cities” All titles and dates are subject to change. Please call the theaters or visit their websites for of the season and the biggest stretch of all watch, there’s plenty to see. williamstontheatre.com, (517) 655-7469 (PC) Oct. 31-Nov. 9 updates and ticket prices.

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Courtesy Photo What does this 36-by-20-foot Steamed up mural on the side of Lansing’s New downtown mural creates Impression 5 Science Center deafening clash of symbols mean? Even if By LAWRENCE COSENTINO you figured it It’s big and colorful and science-y and out, you don’t it’s definitely trying to communicate to us. really know until But what is the message? you read the A new 36-foot-by-20-foot mural on accompanying the north face of the Impression 5 Science story. Center has a lot of people scratching their heads. Spoiler alert: If you want the satisfac- tion of figuring the puzzle out for yourself, don’t read beyond the next two sentences. technology, engineering and math curricu- and attached a ballerina’s legs, a la Dali. and got the nod to paint a full-size version, It doesn’t say “Rosebud.” lum is often abbreviated “STEM.” Add art Thank goodness “technology” is nearby. which she finished in December. The mu- The mural is a classic product of civic to the acronym and you get “STEAM.” A swing crane lifts the “A,” perhaps to ease ral went up in early August. improver groupthink. A crowded jumble In the mural, the leap is represented the strain on the ballerina’s legs. A plus and Damstra lives in East Lansing but of symbols, from the state Capitol turned thus: “S” is a plant (biology) under a giant minus signs precede and follow the “A,” to spends a lot of time at a cabin up north, into a teapot to a swing crane to a stage microscope, the “T” is a swing crane (engi- show that it has been added to the STEM where she paints from nature. She has with ballerina legs, spells out the word neering), the E is … hmm. curriculum, and to add a touch of math. done illustrations for Michigan History, “STEAM.” “It’s just an ‘e,’” East Lansing artist and There’s also a great big violin in the sky. painted a mural for the MSU Butterfly Now you know everything. Not. mural creator Carolyn Damstra said with The mural was funded in part by Keep House and was a grant program manager What meaneth STEAM? a laugh. Learning, a coalition of education, busi- for the Michigan Council for Arts and Cul- The mural refers to STEM to STEAM, The “m” is some kind of vapor with a ness, government and media partners that tural Affairs. an educational movement that emphasiz- chemistry-ish feel, coming out of a teapot/ has called for Michigan to double its out- To satisfy another requirement, Dam- es the role that art, and creative thinking, State Capitol. put of college graduates. Riverwalk The- stra threw in local touches like the River plays in science, technology, engineering The “A,” of course, represents the arts, atre, Impression 5 Science Center and the Trail and a few city landmarks. and math. The movement started at the with a vengeance. Capital Area Community Fund also sup- She admitted there’s a lot to look at in Rhode Island School of Design and has In a nod to at least two famous surreal- ported the project. the mural. spread to many schools across the country. ists, Damstra turned a canvas on an easel Damstra worked up the design in about “I don’t know if people are going to get As every teacher knows, the science, into a theater proscenium, a la Magritte, a week, sent a small version to the judges it all,” she said. First Sunday { HLS } from page 16 Hude Legal Services, PLLC Hours: Noon-6 p.m. Thursday-Friday; noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. 325 Grove St., East Katharine M. Hude - Attorney at Law Lansing. (517) 333-7180. Hude Legal Services, PLLC

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In all, more than 50 authors and book art- ists are scheduled to attend this year. Robin Literary Agnew, proprietor of Aunt Agatha’s mystery bookstore and president of the BookFest, said the festival is unique because it includes authors and illustrators on an equal footing. backfield in Agnew tracks the literary talent in the capital region and makes a point of invit- ing several Lansing-area authors and art- motion ists each year. She can’t understand why Lansing and East Lansing don’t have a Lansing area writers, artists scramble book festival of their own. to Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown BookFest “The area has all the ingredients,” she said. “The university, writers, illustrators By BILL CASTANIER and bookstores. But it’s like lightning in a Several Lansing-area writers will invade bottle to pull an event like this off.” Ann Arbor Sunday as part of the annual 11th Agnew said the Kerrytown BookFest is annual Kerrytown BookFest. all-volunteer driven, with no paid staff, so Authors and book artists with a Lan- fundraising isn’t a big priority. Courtesy Photo sing connection who have been invited to Children’s author Ruth McNally Brad- Lansing children’s author Deborah Diesen talks with an author at last year’s Kerrytown this year’s festival are children’s authors shaw grew up in Detroit and lives in Lan- BookFest. Diesen will unveil her new book, “Picture Day Perfection,” at this year’s event. Deborah Diesen and Ruth McNally Bar- sing. She, too, would like to see a Kerry- shaw, rock ‘n roll writer Steve Miller, ur- town-style book festival here. “Lansing panel of authors to discuss Michigan’s van- Libby Fischer Hellmann and William Kent ban issues writer Edward McClelland and has a huge literary community,” she said. ishing cities. McClelland’s book, “Nothin’ But Krueger. More than 100 exhibitors will sell book artist Eric Alstrom. “There is room for this in Lansing.” Blue Skies,” puts the national wave of urban books and book-related art. McNally Bradshaw’s newest book, “El- decay into perspective, drawing on examples Among the exhibitors are Ray Walsh of lie McDoodle: The Show Must Go On,” like Flint and Detroit. McClelland, who lives Curious Book Store and The Archives Books continues a successful series, now five in Chicago, has deep Lansing roots. He grad- in East Lansing. Walsh likes Kerrytown’s books strong, about the trials and tribula- uated from Sexton High School, Lansing “egalitarian approach and conviviality.” tions of a middle-school girl modeled after Community College and MSU. “The books are the stars,” he said. “It’s not the author at age 10. Steve Miller, a Lansing-based historian just about well-known authors. Everyone’s At Kerrytown, she will lead a panel dis- of the multifarious music that has ema- on an equal footing.” Best-Selling cussion on how a children’s book is pub- nated from Detroit over the decades, will He, too, wonders why there isn’t a simi- lished and illustrated. Readers may be sur- join a panel of music writers at Kerrytown. lar event in the Lansing area. One possible Fantasy Author prised, for example, to learn that the author He’ll talk about the past 50 years of the reason, he said, is that Lansing has no ven- and illustrator of a children’s book may Detroit music scene with two other writ- ue similar to Ker- HOlly BlAck have never met or even talked about the ers who have written about Motown and rytown. Kerrytown book they’ve created together. She will also Iggy Pop. Miller’s “Detroit Rock City” is “It would be BookFest conduct a how-to-draw session for young a memoir of Detroit music told via first- lovely to have a 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday would-be writer/illustrators. person interviews with some of the city’s similar event in 315 Detroit St., Ann Arbor Lansing native Deborah Diesen, a New music legends, including Alice Cooper and Lansing, but it FREE York Times best-selling author, will unveil rock promoter Russ Gibbs. would have to find kerrytownbookfest.org her new book, “Picture Day Perfection,” Another Lansing-area book maven to ap- its unique place,” he said. “It also has to be a about the dreaded day when school pictures pear at Kerrytown is Eric Alstrom, who will grass-roots effort.” are taken. She promises “an unexpected take shine a light on the book arts collection at The Kerrytown BookFest is at the Ann on picture-day tales.” MSU Special Collections, where he is the Arbor Farmer’s Market from 11 a.m. to 5 Former Lansing resident Edward Mc- chief of conservation and preservation. p.m. All venues are covered. Parking and Clelland (aka Ted Kleine) will join another Other highlights of this year’s Kerrytown admission is free. Word to the wise: Zinger- BookFest include former GM Vice Chair- man’s deli is one block away. man Bob Lutz, author of “Car Guys & Bean Disclosure: Author Bill Castanier is a Counters: The Battle for the Soul of Ameri- board member of the Kerrytown BookFest. can Business”; paranormal and just-strange- He will be setting up tables, chairs and tables authors Ben Percy and Matt Bell; and mys- there on Sunday at sunrise, if you have the tery writers D.E. Johnson, Cara Black, initiative to join him. 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THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 >> Spartan Remix: Our Beats Meet Join Sparty in kicking off the new academic year with free food, prizes and live music at “the rock.” The sixth annual Spartan Remix is rocking campus with DJ Maestro, the MSU Breakdance Club and more. Free bubble tea from Bubble Island will also be available. Sponsoring the event are a number of culture clubs, including the Office of Cultural & Academic Transitions, Council of Racial & Ethnic Students, Residential & Hospitality Services, and more. Meet students living on and off ON THE campus. Learn about becoming part of on-campus clubs. FREE. 6-9 p.m. The Rock, Farm Lane and Red Cedar, Michigan State Campus, East Lansing. facebook.com/MsuSpartanRemix/events THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 >> CRANKER’S AND CREATIVE CAKES TOWNListings deadline is 5 p.m. the THURSDAY BEFORE The folks at I’m A Beer Hound are jumping into the fall publication. Paid classes will be listed in print at the cost of one enrollment (maximum $20). Please submit them to drinking season with a beer and food pairing between the events calendar at www.lansingcitypulse.com. If you Big Rapids-based Cranker’s Brewery and Jennifer Quin’s need help, please call Dana at (517) 999-5069. Email information to [email protected]. Creative Cakes, a specialty bakery based in Leslie. For $20, five miniature cupcakes will be paired with five 6-ounce beers. (Coconut Porter, meet German Chocolate Wednesday, September 4 Cake; Professor IPA, meet Carrot Cake.) Adam Mills, head Classes and Seminars Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 brewer at Cranker’s, will also be onsite. 7 p.m. REO Town p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Pub, 1145 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. Purchase tickets at Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. imabeerhound.com or at REO Town Pub. Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes & activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840. FRIDAY, SEPT. 6 >> Penetrating the American Psyche Drawing Class. All skill levels, with Penny Collins. In a new exhibit at (SCENE) Metrospace, seven conceptual Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $60 for 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St., artists unveil their newest pieces of art. Peter Richards, Lansing. (517) 999-1212. gallery1212.com. Valentin Pulido, Jefferson Kielwagen, Philip Brun Del Re and Drop-in Figure Drawing. Easels and drawing Ethan Tate hail from East Lansing or Lansing. Amy Guidry is boards provided. 7-9:30 p.m. $7, $5 students. Kresge Art Center, located at Physics & from Lafayette, La. and Teresa Peterson is from Detroit. Their Auditorium roads, MSU Campus, East Lansing. art pieces are mixtures of photography, objects and paintings (517) 337-1170. with conceptual themes. FREE. 6-9 p.m. (SCENE) Metrospace, Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. 110 Charles St., East Lansing. scenemetrospace.com Saginaw Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. fcgl.org. SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 >> Working on the Dream

Events In honor of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Edgewood Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East United Church of Christ hosts a lecture featuring Preston Williams, a Harvard University retiree and Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East a professor of theology and contemporary change at Houghton College. The Rev. Truman Morrison of Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Watershed Wellness Center Farmers Edgewood has been a driving force for equality in East Lansing for many years. FREE. 7:30 p.m. 469 N. Market. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Watershed Farmers Market, Hagadorn Road, East Lansing (517) 332-8693 edgewooducc.org 16280 National Parkway, Lansing. (517) 886-0440. Allen Street Farmers Market. 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. Allen Street Farmers Market, 1619 E. SUNDAY, SEPT. 8 >> Jungle Jubilee at Potter Park Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911. Tomorrow’s Child/Michigan SIDS is inviting the Lansing community to spend the day walking on the wild side. Art from the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Potter Park Zoo will host the first annual Jungle Jubilee. Tomorrow’s Child informs parents and families on safer Washington Square, Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374- sleep practices for infants and other family issues. The event will include a memorial walk at 8:30 a.m., a Safari 6400 ext. 2. lansingartgallery.org. Scavenger Hunt, kids’ activities and more. To register your family, visit tomorrowschildmi.org. 7:15 a.m. $35, $15 for Faith vs. Reason. Discussion. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, children. (517) 483-4222. Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-7434. pilgrimucc.com. TUESDAY, SEPT. 10 >> The People’s Law School Empowering for Change. Panel discussion on kids aging out of the foster care system. 6:30-8:30 Have you ever found yourself charged with civil disobedience? Curious about constitutional law? The Michigan p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Association for Justice, the Sinas Dramis law firm and Wayne State University Law School are offering seven- Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 323-4734 ext. 1202. week programs on practical topics in law. Topics include bicycle and pedestrian law, civil disobedience, the Capital Area Crisis Men’s Rugby Practice. Weather Permitting. All experience levels Affordable Care Act, estate planning, Michigan’s auto no-fault law and criminal law. Students who attend welcome. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Marshall Park, Corner five of the seven classes will receive a People’s Law School diploma. The People’s Law School has been of East Saginaw and Marshall streets, Lansing. educating Lansing for 20 years on laws relevant to the community and the average person. $25. 7-9 p.m. See Out on the Town, Page 21 weekly. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Rd., East Lansing (517) 394-7500 peopleslawschool.org 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 4, 2013

Continental at Mac's Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. $8, all ages, turn it 7:30 p.m. Continental, a Quincy, Mass.-based band headlining Monday at Mac’s Bar, plays a blend of rock that draws influences from punk, country, folk and blues. Opening are The Devil's Cut, The Proud Flesh, The Whiskey Pickers and The Tosspints. Continental includes Rick Barton (vocals/guitar), Stephen Barton (bass/vocals), The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Cattie, 8 p.m. Scuba Gooding Jr., 5 p.m. Billiards Music, 9 p.m. Conceptions, 9 p.m. Down Dave DePrest (guitar/vocals), and Derek “The Kid” Louis (drums). They’ve been Classic Pub, 16219 S. US 27 Karaoke w/ DJ Waffles, 8 p.m. Karaoke w/ DJ Sassy, 8 p.m. DJ Sassy, 8 p.m. paying some serious dues playing everything from venues to musty basements for A survey of Lansing's the past three years. The band is the latest project from Barton, whose resume Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Blvd. DJ, 9 p.m. Modern Day Drifters, 9 p.m. Modern Day Drifters, 9 p.m. musical Landscape MON. SEPT also includes notable Boston acts The Outlets, Everybody Out!, and Dropkick Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 E. N. East St. Mike Green, 8 p.m. Mike Green, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Mike Green, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Murphys. To date, Continental has released a six-track EP and a full-length album, Crunchy’s, 254 W. Grand River Ave. By Rich Tupica 9TH “All a Man Can Do.” The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Woody Wood, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. DJ Juan Trevino, 8 p.m. Avon Bomb, 9:30 p.m. Avon Bomb, 9:30 p.m. The Firm, 229 S. Washington Square Genocya at Uli's Coffee Barrel Open Mic Know Lyfe at Mac's Granger Smith at The Loft Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Kathy Ford Band, 7:30 p.m. Karaoke w/Joanie Daniels, 7 p.m. Ladies Night w/DJ Fudgie, 8:30 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. DJ McCoy & Scratch Pilots, 9:30 p.m. Stan Budzynksi & 3rd Degree, 9:30 p.m. Summer of Sol, 9:30 p.m. Soulstice. 9:30 p.m. Harem, 414 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Thor, 9 p.m. DJ Skitzo, 9 p.m. DJ Elemnt, 9 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Robert DeLong, 7 p.m Late Night Radio, 9 p.m. Mcellus, 6 p.m. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Michael’s Pub, 210 S. Washington Square THU. SEPT FRI. SEPT FRI. SEPT Tue. SEPT Moriarty’s Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic, 10 p.m. Lincoln County Process, 10 p.m. Pat Zelenka Project, 9:30 p.m. 5th 6TH 6th 10TH Reno’s East, 1310 Abbot Road Reno’s West, 5001 W. Saginaw Hwy. Uli’s Haus of Rock, 4519 S. Martin Coffee Barrel, 2237 Aurelius Road, Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Luther King Blvd., Lansing. $5, 18+, Holt. FREE, all ages. Lansing. $10, all ages, Lansing. $15, $12 adv., all ages, Rookies, 16460 S. US 27 8 p.m. 7 p.m.-9 p.m. 5 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Rum Runners, 601 E. Michigan Ave. The Coffee Barrel in Holt has been hosting Know Lyfe may have started in a dark Independent pop-country singer/songwriter Spiral, 1247 Center St. Twisted Thursday, 9 p.m. Juan & Craig, 9 p.m. Hot Bottoms, 9 p.m. Lansing-based old-school metal warriors Genocya have been on a hiatus over the past a series of open mic nights. Friday it hosts its Lansing basement 13 years ago, but since then Granger Smith brings his Texas-style of twang to Tin Can West, 644 Migaldi Ln. Waterpong w/ DJ Big Dawg Dave, 9 p.m. Travis Faber, 9 p.m. four months. Thursday the thrash/death/black- first free outdoor concert showcasing open-mic the band has gigged consistently and earned The Loft on Tuesday. Last June Billboard Magazine Tin Can Downtown, 410 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Mack Attack, 9:30 p.m. DJ Mack Attack, 9:30 p.m. metal band plays a comeback show at Uli’s Haus regulars Kendall Cassella, Taylor Taylor and Steve a national following along the way. Friday, the praised his genuine style of country: “Though Tin Can DeWitt, 13175 Schavey Rd. DJ Trivia w/ DJ Dave Floyd, 9 p.m. Well Enough Alone, 7 p.m. of Rock. Openers for this heavy show include Halsell. Opening the show is Kendall Cassella, a progressive-metal band headlines a gig at Mac’s Smith is one of the biggest stars in the Texas for- 16-year-old local singer/songwriter who grew up Bar. Opening are Gray, Speedgod, Endo, Sound mat, his music has more of a laid back feel, similar Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. All Ends Black, Inebriated and Vanquish. Geno- cya took a break from gigging after its longtime on U.S. Army posts across the country. She was Arsenal, and A Sleepless Malice. Know Lyfe, to Don Williams.” His poppy tunes “Sleeping on Waterfront Bar & Grill, 325 City Market Drive Suzi & the Love Brothers, 6 p.m. Rhythm on the River, 6 p.m. Joe Wright, 6 p.m. Big Sur, 6 p.m. drummer, Tim Sever, left the band. However the influenced early on by her parent’s eclectic music which is working on a new record, released its the Interstate” and “Colorblind” have become Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert St. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 tp.m. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. band, which formed in 2002, re-grouped quickly collection and grandparents’ vinyl collection. debut, “Autumn is the Glorification of Death” in regional hits, especially in his home state of Texas. and has spent the last few months rehearsing Since she moved to Michigan in 2007, Cassella 2004 and its next release, 2005’s EP “Veins and Also playing a few numbers is Smith’s fictional and writing with its new drummer, Erik Stroude. learned the ukulele and was soon composing Vines,” sold 4,000 copies independently. Their comedic character “Earl Dibbles Jr.” Dibbles is a The band’s bassist, Jim “Big Brown Bear” songs inspired by Fleet Foxes, Ingrid Michaelson newest release, “Empire of Wolves,” was released gun-totin’, tobacco-chewin’ country singer, playing Albrecht, said the band hopes to return to the and Peter Bjorn & John. Her recent gigs include in 2011. Know Lyfe also has a new single coming original backwoods-inspired ditties like “The studio this winter to record a follow up to Pumpstock 2013 and the Old Town General soon featuring the lead singer of 36 Crazyfists, Country Boy Song.” Also performing at The Loft “Ever Descent” – the band’s 2011 debut disc. Store. Guests are asked to bring a lawn chair. Brock Lindow. show is The Aimcriers, a Grand Ledge-based Americana group.

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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Cattie, 8 p.m. Scuba Gooding Jr., 5 p.m. Billiards Music, 9 p.m. Conceptions, 9 p.m. Classic Pub, 16219 S. US 27 Karaoke w/ DJ Waffles, 8 p.m. Karaoke w/ DJ Sassy, 8 p.m. DJ Sassy, 8 p.m. Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Blvd. DJ, 9 p.m. Modern Day Drifters, 9 p.m. Modern Day Drifters, 9 p.m. Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 E. N. East St. Mike Green, 8 p.m. Mike Green, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Mike Green, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Woody Wood, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. DJ Juan Trevino, 8 p.m. Avon Bomb, 9:30 p.m. Avon Bomb, 9:30 p.m. Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Kathy Ford Band, 7:30 p.m. Karaoke w/Joanie Daniels, 7 p.m. Ladies Night w/DJ Fudgie, 8:30 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. DJ McCoy & Scratch Pilots, 9:30 p.m. Stan Budzynksi & 3rd Degree, 9:30 p.m. Summer of Sol, 9:30 p.m. Soulstice. 9:30 p.m. Harem, 414 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Thor, 9 p.m. DJ Skitzo, 9 p.m. DJ Elemnt, 9 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Robert DeLong, 7 p.m Late Night Radio, 9 p.m. Mcellus, 6 p.m. Moriarty’s Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic, 10 p.m. Lincoln County Process, 10 p.m. Pat Zelenka Project, 9:30 p.m. Spiral, 1247 Center St. Twisted Thursday, 9 p.m. Juan & Craig, 9 p.m. Hot Bottoms, 9 p.m. Tin Can West, 644 Migaldi Ln. Waterpong w/ DJ Big Dawg Dave, 9 p.m. Travis Faber, 9 p.m. Tin Can Downtown, 410 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Mack Attack, 9:30 p.m. DJ Mack Attack, 9:30 p.m. Tin Can DeWitt, 13175 Schavey Rd. DJ Trivia w/ DJ Dave Floyd, 9 p.m. Well Enough Alone, 7 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Stephen West, 9 p.m. Time To Play, 9 p.m. Waterfront Bar & Grill, 325 City Market Drive Suzi & the Love Brothers, 6 p.m. Rhythm on the River, 6 p.m. Joe Wright, 6 p.m. Big Sur, 6 p.m. Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert St. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 tp.m. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. play in a band? book shows? To get listed just email us at [email protected] or call (517) 999-6710 What to do: Submit information by the Friday before publication (City Pulse comes out every Wednesday.) Be sure to tell us LivE & Local lists upcominG gigs! the name of the performer and the day, date and time of the performance. Only submit information for the following week's paper. City Pulse • September 4, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21

Events connxtionscomedyclub.com. Lansing Bike Party. Bike ride with TGIF stop. 5:30 Out on the town Spanish Conversation Group. Both English and Family Education Days. Nutrition education and p.m. FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. presentation. 4 p.m. FREE. Lansing City Market, Circle Drive, MSU Campus, East Lansing. from page 19 Spanish spoken. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460. 79th Ox Roast Festival. Food, games, live Capital Area Astrnomy Association. 7 p.m. 2420. lansingcitymarket.com. entertainment and more. 5-11 p.m. FREE. Church FREE. Abrams Planetarium at MSU, 755 Science Rd., Household Hazardous Waste Collection. Beer and Cupcake Pairing at the REO Town of the Resurrection, 1531 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. East Lansing. (517) 355-4676. pa.msu.edu/abrams. Collecting hazardous waste items for disposal. 2-6 Pub. Featuring Crankers Brewery & Jennifer (517) 482-4749. p.m. FREE. Ingham County Health Department, 5303 Quinn's Creative Cakes. 7 p.m. REO Town Pub, 1145, SmittenDust Studio Garage Sale. Treasures, art Music S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 887-4312. hd.ingham.org. S. Washington Ave., Lansing. imabeerhound.com supplies, craft supplies and assorted goodies. 10 Sam Winternheimer Quartet. 7-10 p.m. Midtown Euchre. Come play Euchre and meet new people. a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. SmittenDust Studio, 257 Bridge Beer Co., 402 S. Washington Square, Lansing. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta Township Music St., Dimondale. Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Lansing. Live at P Squared. Mike Skory, Lisa Bonnato, 8 MSU Observatory Open House. Weather (517) 484-5600. p.m. FREE. P Squared Wine Bar, 107 S. Washington permitting. 9 p.m. FREE. Abrams Planetarium at Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy’s Classic Bar Square, Lansing. (517) 507-5074. facebook.com/ MSU, 755 Science Rd., East Lansing. (517) 355-4676. Thursday, September 5 & Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482-0184. p2winebar. pa.msu.edu/abrams. First Friday Live Music. Enjoy refreshments, local Classes and Seminars South Lansing Farmers Market. 3-7 p.m. FREE. Concerts in the Courtyards. Featuring the jazz South Lansing Farmers Market, 1905 W. Mount Hope and world music stylings of The Elden Kelly Trio. 5- works and Live music performed by Jay B. FREE. Tai Chi Fundamentals. Eight-week session Ave., Lansing. (517) 374-5700. 7:30 p.m. $15. Old Town General Store, 408 E. Grand 6-8 p.m. Great Lakes Artworks, 306 E. Grand River, instructed by Kiren Ghein. 1-3 p.m. $5. Meridian Art from the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. River Ave., Lansing. (517) 896-4025. Lansing. (517) 372-4293. Senior Center, 4406 Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. 706-5046. okemosschools.net. Washington Square, Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374- Take Off Pounds Sensibly. 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REO Town Art Attack! Festival. Community inspired musical comedy. 8 p.m. $12 adult, $10 admission, $10 reading. Comfort Inn, 2187 University Out on the town art and music festival. Noon-9 p.m. FREE. Cadillac senior, $7 student. The Ledges Playhouse, 137 Park Drive, Okemos. (810) 631-6887. mariashaw.com. Club, 1115 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. 517-899-3144. Fitzgerald Park Dr., Grand Ledge. overtheledge.org. East Lansing Welcomes the World. Encouraging from page 21 reotownartattack.com. cultural awareness. 2:30-4:30 p.m. FREE. East (517) 999-3916. Comedy for a Cause for Greater Lansing Food Literature and Poetry Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Holt Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 2050 Cedar Bank. Mike Green performs. 7 p.m. $15. Connxtions J. Gabriel Gates book signing. Signing and Lansing. (517) 319-6913. St. 2050 Cedar St., Holt. Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St., Lansing. (517) 803- discussing his book, “Shadow Train,” 1 p.m. FREE. 79th Ox Roast Festival. Food, games, live Turner-Dodge History Day. Open house. 10 a.m.- 0519. connxtionscomedyclub.com. Barnes and Noble (Lansing), 5132 W. Saginaw entertainment and more. Noon-5 p.m. FREE. 5 p.m. $5 adult, $2 children 12 & under. Turner- 79th Ox Roast Festival. Food, games, live Highway, Lansing. (517) 327-0437. bn.com. Turner-Dodge House & Heritage Center, 100 E. Dodge House & Heritage Center, 100 E. North entertainment and more. Noon-11 p.m. FREE. Church North Street, Lansing. (517) 482-4749. lansingmi.gov. Street, Lansing. 517-483-4220. lansingmi.gov. of the Resurrection, 1531 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Vegan Potluck. Bring vegan dish to pass and Edgewood Village Center Grand Opening. (517) 482-4749. recipe. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. CT Union, 2990 E. Lake Noon. Edgewood Village Network Center, 6213 Antique Harvest Festival. Multiple antique Sunday, September 8 Lansing Road, East Lansing. 517-394-5485. Towar Garden Circle, East Lansing. (517) 351-4100. dealers in an old barn & granary. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Classes and Seminars Ice Cream Social. Ice Cream, music, games, family edgewoodvillage.net. FREE. DeWitt Centennial Farms, 4410 W. Howe Road, Spiritual Talk, Pure Meditation & Silent photos & dunk tank. 1-4 p.m. FREE. Gunnisonville Edgewood Village Network Center DeWitt. (517) 669-5096. Prayer. 7 p.m. FREE. Self Realization Meditation Meadows Senior Assisted Living, 1758 E. Clark Rd., Celebration. 7:30 p.m. Edgewood United Church, MSU Observatory Open House. Weather Healing Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, Bath. (517) Lansing. 517-575-6021. gunnisonvillemeadows.com. 469 N. Hagadorn Rd., East Lansing. (517) 332-8693. permitting. 9 p.m. FREE. Abrams Planetarium at 641-6201. SelfRealizationCentreMichigan.org. Antique Harvest Festival. Multiple antique edgewoodocc.org. MSU, 755 Science Rd., East Lansing. (517) 355-4676. Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. dealers in an old barn & granary. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Art from the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. pa.msu.edu/abrams. Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., East FREE. DeWitt Centennial Farms, 4410 W. Howe Road, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Lansing. (517) 485-9190. DeWitt. (517) 669-5096. Washington Square, Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374- Theater Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. Celebrate Survival. A celebration of survival 6400 ext. 2. lansingartgallery.org. "Zombies From the Beyond." A pulp movie Third floor meeting room. 2-3 p.m. CADL Downtown and creative growth in our community. Noon-4 Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) p.m. Grove Gallery & Studio, 325A Grove St., East 367-6300. cadl.org. Lansing. grovegalleryandstudios.com. Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones MSU Community Music School Open House. Venus & Crescent Moon Viewing. 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apital Prime Steaks and Sea- food opened on the north Cend of Eastwood Towne Center last week. It replaces Bar 30, which closed in June. Capital Prime will have two private rooms, a regular dining room and a bar area, called The Lounge.

Capital Prime Steaks and Seafood 2324 Showtime Drive, Lansing Township 3 p.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday; 3 p.m.-midnight Thursday-Saturday (517) 377-7463 capitalprimelansing.com

The high-profile location for Capital Prime’s piano plays into the restaurant’s plans to feature touring jazz musicians in The Lounge several times per week.

Capital Prime’s event coordina- tor Sandra Morauski (left) and general manager Leonard Jump toast their first official day before last week’s grand opening.

The building’s owners took over the former site of Bar 30 and redesigned the interior to move away from the bar/nightclub concept. Some changes are planned for the exterior as well, including outdoor fireplaces.

Archways and wall cutouts open up the rooms, giving each table a peek into the rest of restaurant.

The interior features new booths, lighting fixtures and original art pieces.

Photos by JORDAN BRADLEY 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 4, 2013

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Cabernet Franc Uncorked Semi-Dry White: Boathouse Vineyards 2012 Knot Too Sweet Riesling Good wine. Good beer. from page 26 Semi-Dry Red: Karma Vista Vineyards 2012 Devil’s Head Red the 2011 and 2012 vintages, both excellent Sparkling Wine: Black Star Farms yet very distinguishable from each other, 2012 Be Dazzled 2012 being a much hotter, riper year. All Dessert Wine: Brys Estate 2011 “Dry of these wines are available direct from the Ice” Riesling ice wine wineries, and specialty retail shops should be able to secure any of them. All medal winners were available Great wine is being made all over the for sampling, with food pairings, at the state, and medal winners represented all annual Gold Medal Wine Reception. wine growing regions, but it appears that Next year’s reception will be held at this year the judges were most impressed Kellogg Center on Aug. 7. Mark your with juice from the Grand Traverse Bay calendar. For wine lovers, this event is region. The best of class winners include not to be missed. two Leelanau Peninsula wineries, two Old Harvest season is just around the corner, Mission Peninsula wineries, one winery and it’s a great time for color touring and producing wines on both peninsulas, and wine tasting. Many wineries host special one winery from the southwest Michigan events this time of year, so be sure to check Fine Wine Craft Beer Specialty Foods Lake Michigan shore. them out. 2311 Jolly Rd., Okemos | www.vineandbrew.com | 517.708.2030 | M-Th 10-7, F/Sat 10-8, Closed Sun. And the 2013 Best of Class winners are… In Vino Veritas (Michael Brenton is president of the Dry White: Chateau Fontaine 2012 Greater Lansing Vintner’s Club. His Pinot Blanc column appears monthly. You can email Dry Red: Peninsula Cellars 2011 him at [email protected].)

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