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SLAVERY Preston, Allan I FREE a newspaper for the rest of us www.lansingcitypulse.com January 13-19, 2016 S L AV E R Y ISN’T DEAD MSU King tribute puts spotlight on human trafficking --pg. 10 Manager no more? Next stop: Memphis Snyder fails on Flint, SB571 --pg. 6 Local blues musicians head south for international competition --pg. 14 BOBBY MCFERRIN: BOBBY MEETS MICHIGAN! Saturday, February 6 at 8pm Bobby McFerrin comes to East Lansing to celebrate and draw inspiration from the creativity and diversity of Michigan artists. Together they’ll perform, improvise and make a glorious night of music. Variety Series Sponsor $15 STUDENT Media Sponsor TICKETS WHARTONCENTER.COM • 1-800-WHARTON 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 13, 2016 Winner of a Juno Award for Roots Album of the Year, Chic Gamine enchants with Motown souls, French pop spirits and rock-and-roll hearts. $15 Student Tickets! 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WHARTONCENTER.COM • 1-800-WHARTON 3 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13, 2016 City Pulse • January Dear Readers, Once again, it’s time for our biennial Readership Survey to collect information for our advertisers — whose support makes City Pulse possible. The survey is online at www.lansingcity pulse.com. Look for a link in the large banner at the top. If you’re unable to access the internet but still want to participate, contact Suzi at (517) 999-6704 and we can get you a physical copy which you can fill out and mail to our office. To encourage your participation, we are giving away 50 tickets to NCG and two tickets to opening night for “Motown: The Musical.” Please take the time - maybe five minutes — to help out Lansing’s weekly alternative newspaper. It will be up until at least 400 people respond. Thanks and have a very happy holiday season! Berl 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 13, 2016 Feedback VOL. 15 ISSUE 22 breathing, and made fresh daily in our LSO fan community. The classics from the 18th (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com During the winter months Lansing century through the 20th century still ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 residents may be looking for some new have relevance and meaning to us. And PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6704 weekend entertainment. This is a perfect new works are composed and premiered or email [email protected] time to spend an evening with Lansing each season. You can meet the compos- 7 Symphony Orchestra. Great program- ers and guest musicians, and experience EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 ming is lined up, such as the first Lan- the future of classical music as it is being ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten sing visit of internationally acclaimed shaped. Right here and now. Link: Credit unions need to return to their origins [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 violinist Rachel Barton Pine on January So check out the LSO lineup for 2016. ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Ty Forquer 23rd. From the Classical and Romantic peri- PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 Does classical music seem too high- ods to jazz and beyond, they have some- PRODUCTION MANAGER • Allison Hammerly [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 brow and inaccessible? No worries, LSO thing for all tastes. 16 CREATIVE DIRECTOR • Jonathan Griffith has you covered. Music director Timo- [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 thy Muffitt chooses a theme for each —Dennis McGeen STAFF WRITERS • Lawrence Cosentino performance that makes the diversity of Mason Chic Gamine brings global soul sound to the Wharton Center [email protected] Todd Heywood classical music appealing and tangible [email protected] for seasoned symphony goers and new- PAGE ADVERTISING • Shelly Olson, Suzi Smith, Prince Spann bies alike. The pre-concert discussion The People Issue, yes [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 by WKAR host Jody Knol gives you the [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 I enjoyed greatly the eclectic mix you 18 backstory on the music and he interviews [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 included in this issue (1/6/16). Dr. Ham- the guest musicians with trademark wit. GRAPHIC DESIGNER • Nikki Nicolaou dan's story and comments about his ex- To get the most out of your classical 'Trailer Park Boys' come to Lansing periences in America and the American Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, music experience, be sure to read the Daniel E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill people almost brought me to tears. I un- pre-concert interview in Lansing City Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle derstand that many Syrian refugees are COVER Johnson, Terry Link, Andy McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Pulse by staff writer Lawrence Cosen- looking to Michigan as a home, and as a Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis tino. His knowledgeable (and entertain- SLAVERY Preston, Allan I. Ross, Belinda Thurston, Rich citizen, I want to encourage that. These ART ing) writing helps to frame and interpret Tupica, Ute Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak people could offer this state a much ISN ’T DEAD what you're about to hear. Also check out Delivery drivers: Dave Fisher, Ian Graham, Dick Radway, needed boost. MSU King tribute puts spotlight his insightful review the week after and “DREAMERS OF THE DAY” Byon humanJONATHAN trafficking GRIFFITH--pg. 10 Richard Simpson, Thomas Scott Jr. relive the experience. Interns: McKenzie Hagerstrom — Janet Hershberger (Roe-Darden) Tickets begin at $20, not much more Lansing Manager no more? THISNext WEEK stop: Memphis Editor & Publisher than an IMAX movie ticket. But there Snyder fails on Flint, SB571 --pg. 7 LocalTHIS blues WEEK musicians head south for with Berl SchwartzBerl are no CGI effects here. This is live and international competition --pg. 14 onSchwartz real time, with classical music old and on new being wrought on the stage before Against selling WKAR’s spectrum space • Etienne Charles, you. Congress’ proposed sale of any or all A lively music scene is one of the ele- TV station broadband spectrum cre- MSU jazz professor ments that makes a community vibrant ates the opportunity for largescale mo- Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and thriving. The Greater Lansing area nopolies. Why would we want that .. for is fortunate to have the dedication and more “Bang’em up football”? Is this what talent of the LSO musicians. With their switching from analog to digital led to? devotion to sharing their craft, we can Please educate readers. I use PBS a lot see that classical music isn't a dusty relic and am a paying member, but I’m too sitting inside a museum. It's alive and aged and disabled w/CH7 to attend MSU hearings. I have no computers or cable. Have something to say about a local issue —Lola Buckingham or an item that appeared in our pages? Okemos Now you have two ways to sound off: 1.) Write a letter to the editor. • E-mail: [email protected] Correction • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 • Fax: (517) 371-5800 Because of a typing error by an 2.) Write a guest column: editor, the wrong age was given for Contact Berl Schwartz for more information: [email protected] one of the subjects of last week’s or (517) 999-5061 People issue. Sarah Kovan is 21. (Please include your name, address and telephone number so we can reach you. Keep letters to 250 words or fewer. City Pulse reserves the right to edit letters and columns.) 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