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It would be inaccurate to say Rep. Looking to the past (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com The election of 2016 ended a two term Bishop’s staff slammed the door in our presidential reign for the Democrats face. In fact, we never even got that far. PAGE ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6704 while another Republican was “elected” Rather than be allowed near his office, or email [email protected] a member of his staff told us we had to (“appointed” by the Electoral College) 8 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz who seems to be rewarding his “friends” stay in the building lobby. 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[email protected] letters and returned to his locked office. Donald Trump beat over a dozen Anat Cohen brings multicultural approach to jazz residency ADVERTISING would-be Republican-party presidential We were disappointed, but not totally SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR • Rich Tupica wannabees as did Harding at the 1920 surprised. PAGE [email protected]:30 a.m. Saturdays Republican national convention held in Rather than working to protect SALES EXECUTIVES • Mandy Jackson, Liza Sayre, Chicago. This was an era whereby party and improve the ACA, Mr. Bishop has Suzi Smith FREE 12 nominees were chosen in “smoke-filled instead followed in lock step behind [email protected] the far-right interest groups who tried [email protected] back” rooms. History reveals that some [email protected] to kill the health care law before it was BoarsHead Theatre co-founder John Peakes dead at 83 of Harding’s cabinet appointees were a newspaper for the rest of us www.lansingcitypulse.com Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, corrupt. Three appointees of note in- even enacted – even though the ACA Daniel E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill was based on a popular program that Castanier, $ Mary C. Cusack, $ Tom Helma, Gabrielle clude Harry Daugherty as AG, Albert Fall COVER Lawrence Johnson, Eve Kucharski, Terry Link, Andy as Interior Secretary (of Teapot Dome Republican Gov. Mitt Romney created McGlashen,$ Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, Scandal, the worst presidential cabinet in Massachusetts. ART Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, Allan I. 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Mr. Bishop has consistently voted to defund Planned CITY PULSE Editor & Publisher A fascinating account of the life and on the Berl times of President Harding are found in Parenthood, he earned a zero rating Schwartz a superb biography by Francis Russell from the Leadership Conference on Civil AIR titled “The Shadow of Blooming Grove”, and Human Rights, he’s been rated as Now airing on 1968, McGraw-Hill. one of the worst members of Congress 10:30 a.m. Saturdays by Environment America, and the list 89 FM — Paul R. Loconto, PhD goes on. Okemos I’m old enough to remember Gover- nors William Milliken & George Rom- ney and how, though they were both Bishop and the ACA Republicans, they understood that their Anyone who is wondering about the job was to work for everyone’s benefit – dangers posed by the Trump adminis- not just the people who voted for them. tration doesn’t need to listen to any of Mr. Bishop is the opposite. To him, his speeches, all it takes is a visit to the those who have district office of Michigan’s 8th District opposing views Have something to say U.S. Representative Mike Bishop. That’s are an enemy to what I and four other of his constituents be fought, not about a local issue discovered on January 17 when we at- constituents to or an item that appeared tempted to express our concerns about be listened to and in our pages? his pledge to repeal the Affordable Care respected. That’s Now you have two ways to Act, better known as ObamaCare. a tragedy, because sound off: Thanks to the ACA the state’s un- if he did listen to insured rate in Michigan has fallen by the people who 1.) Write a letter to the editor. more than one-half since it became • E-mail: letters@ depend on the lansingcitypulse.com law six years ago. That means 618,000 ACA he might • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 Michiganders who would not have had E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, understand that MI 48912 health care do today. 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City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION ments for at-will administration employ- ees, while the second would require ap- Another lost document proval for such deals for the City Attorney. City attorney said McIntyre filed employment claim against the city But the issue lost steam with the Coun- cil over the summer when it became clear The still largely unexplained $160,663 gious society.” Akerly pressed Bernero as a five-vote majority of councilmembers OF THE WEEK payout to former City Attorney Janene to whether McIntyre had grounds to file a was not going to approve the expense of McIntyre was preceded by a legal claim legal action, and Bernero said “anyone has an outside investigation, said Judi Brown she made against the city, according to the grounds,” inferring the adage than anyone Clarke, a Councilmember At-Large who minutes of an obscure council committee can file a lawsuit at anytime. But he also served as the body’s president last year meeting. said the deal was to “grease the skids, to and chair of the Ways and Means Com- Lansing City Attorney Jim Smiertka get things done so everybody would be mittee. That observation is also supported told the Committee on Ways and Means happy,” and he characterized the payment in the Aug. 3 minutes. last August that McIntyre had been paid as a “bonus.” While she stopped short of accusing over $78,000 “for release of the claim.” “She’s a good person, she did good Bernero of lying to the public, she did say He characterized the claims as “employ- work, she was doing two jobs at the same he had misled the public over the payout. ment related,” according to minutes of the time, and she got an $80,000 bonus on “I think it becomes that absence of in- Aug. 3 meeting, but declined to explain her way out,” he said. formation,” she said of the mayor’s com- what those claims may have been. He also Bernero’s Chief of Staff Randy Hannan, ments. “I don't directly give you false in- noted that the Office of the City Attorney responding to questions, reiterated the formation. I leave gaps in my statements had been unable to find any to allow you to make as- written documents related to sumptions.” such a claim. It is one of many The still unresolved Mc- McIntyre-related documents Intyre affair could play into that Lansing Mayor Virg the coming mayoral battle. Bernero’s administration has Bernero is up for re-elec- said it cannot locate. tion. He’s held the office for Smiertka’s characteriza- three terms, bellowing his tion jibes with reporting by way through elections and WILX last March that found challengers while also run- $127,000 of McIntyre’s pay- ning for governor and flirt- out came from a budget line ing with a run for Congress. A reader suggested the southside item to pay off claims and But he hasn’t faced a real entrance to the Michigan Avenue stairs judgments. electoral challenge since to the River Trail as an eyesore because The acknowledgement he beat Tony Benavides in it’s across the street from the Lansing that the severance settlement tight rematch in 2005. Center and hence creates a bad impres- followed the release from a In 2017, Bernero is like- sion on visitors. The city closed it in 2014, Courtesy Photos claim by McIntyre conflicts ly to face a challenge from because the stairs were unsafe, Lansing with the characterization of The minutes of an Aug. 3 committee meeting suggest former Lansing State Rep. Andy Schor, a Parks and Recreation Director Brett the payout offered by Bernero City Attorney Janene McIntyre’s $160,663 payout was motivated by Democrat cut from a dif- Kaschinske said. But there’s good news: Kaschinske following a firestorm over the a legal claim she made against the city. Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero ferent, less confrontational said the stairs are on the schedule to former city attorney’s abrupt has avoided frequent requests for a full explanation of the payout. cloth. Current City Coun- be repaired this year, thanks to funding departure from City Hall at cilmember At-Large Judi from the Ingham County trails millage. the beginning of March last year. Shortly city position that​ “it was a negotiated sepa- Brown Clarke, a first term incumbent up Kaschinske said the city sought mill- after her exit, the Bernero administration ration agreement that included a general for re-election, is considering whether to age funding because so many downtown released a separation agreement signed by release of claims to eliminate the possibil- surrender her Council seat and challenge workers who use the stairs live outside the the mayor and McIntyre that included a ity of litigation that could have cost Lan- Bernero as well. city, making it “a regional asset.” Because release of legal claims, as well as a $10,000 sing taxpayers far more.​” He emphasized One of the issues will be Bernero’s pro- it’s the state’s bridge and it involves the pensity for large departure payouts, not non-disparagement clause, effectively si- the phrase “general release of claims.” river, the state has to sign off on the plan, just for McIntyre but also for Peter Lark. lencing parties to the agreement. The shifting messages, lost documents but Kaschinske doesn’t foresee a problem The former general manager of the Lan- Councilmember At-Large Judi Brown and lack of transparency by Bernero getting permission. And once it is fixed, sing Board of Water & Light, who had Clarke said at the time Angela Bennett, and his administration have frustrated the northside entrance will be improved the mayor’s backing until he didn’t, left the budget director, explained to her and City Council attempts to uncover what as well, he added. Both repairs, plus one fellow Councilmember Carol Wood that prompted the McIntyre departure and the the utility with $650,000. Compounding already one done this year on the River there had been “a threat of a lawsuit,” costly settlement. a bruising primary and general election Trail just north of Michigan Avenue, are which justified the use of the claims and “This Council was told over and over this are special interest groups like organized covered by the same $281,000 grant. judgments budget. Brown Clarke said was done because of a potential lawsuit,” labor and the Chamber of Commerce, as Bennett declined to explain what that law- Wood said. “Many of us on Council were up- well as the emergence of secretive, agen- — Berl Schwartz suit threat was. Wood backed up her recol- set with the comments made by the mayor, da-driven political nonprofits. lection of the off-the-record meeting. because not only the public but Council was “The people haven't forgotten,” Brown receiving two different messages.” “Eyesore of the Week” is our look at some of In a May 2016 interview with Dave Clarke said of the money spent on payouts. the seedier properties in Lansing. It rotates each Akerly on his WILS “Morning Wake Up” In late August, City Council did pass “When I go out and I talk to people, It's week with Eye Candy of the Week. If you have a radio show, Bernero coyly raised the spec- two resolutions. The first would require suggestion, please e-mail [email protected] or call Berl Schwartz at 999-5061. ter of legal action, noting “we live in a liti- Council approval of separation agree- See McIntyre, Page 6 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2017 City Pulse takes home eight awards from Michigan Press Association City Pulse received eight awards from the efits of wasting deer disease, and “Ad cam- Michigan Press Association last week, recog- paign backfires,” about a bungled negative ad nizing its work on public notices, for editori- campaign by the Greater Lansing Regional als, feature stories and a special section. Chamber of Commerce, received second and Todd Heywood received the first place third place awards. award for Public Notice Journalism, one of Staff writer Lawrence Cosentino took ALL ANIMALS. ALL DAY. EVERY DAY. the MPA's major awards. second place in feature writing for his article His article on Lansing's failure to proper- “'Labeled' but not licked,” a profile of artist ly publish notification of a hearing regarding Eric Staib, including his struggle with dys- • Anesthesia and Pain • Interventional development proposals at the former School lexia and his ultimate success. Judges called Management Radiology for the Blind resulted in City Council's in- it a “combination of crisp writing and a great • Behavior Services • Neurology Service ability to consider providing Indiana based subject.” • Camelid and Farm • Oncology developers a four percent payment in lieu of In the same category, Bill Castanier was Animal Services • Ophthalmology taxes (PILOT) deal. Judges called the article awarded third place for “Death steals ev- • Cardiology • Orthopedic Surgery a “good demonstration of why public notice erything but our stories,” a remembrance of • Dermatology • Primary Care is important.” author Jim Harrison. Cosentino received an • Diagnostic Imaging/ • Rehabilitation Service Associate Publisher Mickey Hirten won honorable mention for his article, “Zaha slept Radiology • Soft Tissue Surgery • Equine Services • Zoo and Wildlife three editorial writing awards. His column here,” written after the death of Zaha Hadid, • Internal Medicine Service headlined “Eyes wide shut,” awarded first the renowned architect who designed MSU’s place, questioned whether senior staff in the Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum. Ingham County Prosecutor's office knew of Also, in the special section category, and ignored the sordid sexual abuses of for- Ty Forquer, Jonathan Griffith and Allison Small Animal 517-353-5420 (24/7) mer Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III. Judges Hammerly received the third place award Large Animal 517-353-9710 (24/7) commented that the column “raises serious, for City Pulse’s Town of the Town section. legitimate questions that point to account- All of the 2016 MPA Better Newspaper ability — or lack of, undoubtedly helping to Contest awards were in the Weekly/News steer the public conversation.” His columns Media A category for publications with cir- cvm.msu.edu/hospital titled “Nature knows best,” about the ben- culation greater than 15,000.

Mike Pence handed down an emergency ‘Desperately needed’ order allowing needle exchanges at the end of March, over 100 people in the small com- Needle exchange program munity were infected with HIV. By October could head off HIV outbreak of that year, reports of new HIV infections In a race against time, the Ingham Coun- had dropped to less than one per month, ac- ty Health Department and other local agen- cording to a study in the New England Jour- cies are working to set up a needle exchange nal of Medicine. SimplTAX & ACCOUNTINGified SERVICES The rural county seemed like an unlikely program to head off a potential outbreak of HIV and other communicable diseases asso- place for an HIV outbreak, but the area had ciated with injection drug use. also been hit hard by the injected opioid epi- The program is still in the planning stage, demic sweeping the nation. Ingham County but with the change in presidential adminis- officials and health experts say that with the Lansing, East Lansing, trations, the availability of federal funds for alarming rise of opioid use in Ingham Coun- the program is uncertain. ty, they want to head off a Scott County-scale Delta Township, Williamston, In February and March of 2015, 55 new outbreak here. HIV cases were reported Scott County, Ind., “We have some of the higher opioid and DeWitt, Charlotte, up from about five new cases a year in pre- heroin mortality rates in the state,” Ingham vious years. When the outbreak happened, County Health Officer Linda Vail said. “The Eaton Rapids, Owosso, St. Johns Indiana law prohibited needle exchange last thing we want on our hands is some- programs. By the time then-Indiana Gov. See Needle Exchange, Page 7

Simpli edAccounting.com hesitated to go to the Attorney General last McIntyre summer — she wanted to have “Council consensus” for such a move to avoid being accused of political posturing — that option from page 5 was back on the table now. brought up. Frequently. And I can't say ev- Wood notes that the political will on Call ery time, but it's brought up frequently, and Council is not present to pursue outside legal it will be part of this year. counsel nor to further investigate the payout “It also brings up the issues of credibility, itself. The “final step,” Wood said, “could be 517-882-2441 trust and fiscal responsibility,” she added. “I asking the Attorney General to review this think that's important. I think people really matter.” want to know or have assumptions.” Brown Clarke indicated that while she — Todd Heywood City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

Courtesy New England Journal of Needle Exchange Medicine Two graphs from page 6 from the New England Journal thing like (the Scott County outbreak).” of Medicine show Ingham County already has the highest the decline in new HIV rate in Michigan outside of Detroit, ac- HIV infections cording to the state’s Department of Health in Scott County, and Human Services. In 2015, the county Ind., following had 175 cases of HIV per 100,000 people. a March 2015 Ominously, opioid-related deaths have emergency order spiked in Ingham County, from 14 reported allowing needle exchanges. The in 2003 to 68 in 2015. top graph shows An ad hoc committee on needle exchang- a plateau of total es reported to the Ingham Community infections, while Health Center in fall 2016 that “it is clear (…) the bottom graph that injection drug use is on the increase” in shows a steep the county. decline in new “We are certainly at increased risk of HIV infections. and hepatitis transmission,” Vail said. Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, a member of the ad hoc needle exchange com- mittee, said “it will only take one person who is in the community that uses and shares needles to have an outbreak” similar to the level or local unit levels,” Tennis said. March a bill that would have allowed home- one in Scott County. According to U.S. Center for Disease less shelters, drug treatment centers and oth- A needle exchange program would help Control guidelines, federal funds can’t be er social service organizations to distribute prevent the spread of HIV, reduce the Hepa- used to purchase sterile needles or syringes sterile syringes to intravenous drug users, but titis C rate among intravenous drug users for illegal drug injection, but can be used to the bill failed in the state Senate. and reduce the number of emergency room support a “comprehensive set of services” Supporters of needle exchange programs visits caused by drugs in Ingham County, the including staff time, testing equipment and hope the recent spikes in injection drug use report said. other supplies. and related outbreaks in HIV and Hepatitis-C When the risk of an outbreak is this high, To get a CDC grant, local health depart- in Mike Pence’s and Tom Price’s home states conventional treatment programs don’t ments must show evidence that their area is will influence the CDC to protect the pro- work fast enough, Vail said. either experiencing or at risk for “significant grams, even under a Trump administration. “If you’ve ever worked with people who increases in hepatitis infections or an HIV Vail, Byrum and Tennis all cited another are addicted to opioids and heroin, it takes outbreak due to injection drug use.” significant benefit of a needle exchange pro- them, on average, five or six times going in Tom Price, the physician and congress- gram. For many injected drug users, such a and out of recovery until they finally recov- man from Georgia picked by President program is a first contact with counseling and er,” Vail said. “We need to meet people where Donald Trump to head the Department of treatment services and a gateway to recovery. they are in the meantime to try to maintain Health and Human Services, voted to stop “As opposed to this population living in other aspects of their health and protect the federal funding for needle exchanges in the shadows, unable to even find help, hope- community from the risk of transmission.” 2009 and voted in 2007 to stop the District fully this program can provide a safe space Byrum said the needle exchange program of Columbia from using non-federal funds where they can start to reevaluate their is “desperately needed” in Ingham County. for needle exchange programs. choices,” Tennis said. Ingham County Commissioner Todd Ten- However, Price represents a district north Tennis said it’s “impossible to know” nis, who also served on the ad hoc needle ex- of Atlanta where heroin-related deaths have whether a Scott County-type event is likely change committee, said the program will like- increased dramatically since 2013, according to happen here, “but it’s better to take steps ly be administered by a private nonprofit, and to data released by the Big Cities Health Co- to prevent that happening rather than react talks with possible partners are underway. alition Project. Price’s wife, Betty, an anesthe- to it after it happens.” “Minor” adjustments of local ordinances siologist who serves in the Georgia state legis- will be needed to implement the program, lature, pushed through the Georgia House in — Lawrence Cosentino according to the ad hoc committee report. Lansing ordinance restricts the use of drug paraphernalia. “The city would have to take steps to change those ordinances and local rules so people would feel comfortable to get clean needles,” Tennis said. Vail said the county health department has been in contact with the Lansing City Council’s Committee on Public Safety and the mayor’s office “related to the potential of changes that would get that out of our way, and they’re prepared to review it and see what they can do to help.” Funding for the program, however, would have to come mainly from the federal government. “The sticky part is that there’s not a whole lot of budgetary space, either at the county 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2017

He’s already prepared his menu. and then, for the last three and half years, gives a shit about the homeowner on Dev- “It would help to have someone on the as the Lansing City Council auditor. onshire?” Councilman dais with a financial background, some- Second Ward is currently represented He points to the former school at Cedar body who knows how to read a spread- by Tina Houghton, who has not declared Street and Holmes Road, which used to accountant sheet,” said DeLine in his first official in- whether or not she will seek re-election to house the Lansing Police Department, as Former city auditor seeks to terview as a candidate. “I'm not saying I Council. an example of a building in need of incen- wear a green visor, and all I do is look at In his internal auditor role, DeLine tives to bring it back on the tax rolls. replace former boss on City Council money, but somebody needs to say, ‘Wait clashed with powerful DeLine adds his name to chorus of Having had a front row seat to the mak- a minute, how does that affect taxpayers if elements of Lansing opposition candidates rising up for the ing of legislative sausage in Lansing, Jim we OK this?’ And I can do that.” Mayor Virg Bernero’s 2017 Council and mayoral race. James DeLine, the City Council’s recently retired Indeed, DeLine’s financial understand- administration, includ- McClurken was first, filing to run in the internal auditor, wants into the kitchen. ing of the city is based on over 21 years of ing former City Attor- Fourth Ward, likely challenging incum- He’s announced that he will run to repre- experience, working for over 18 years on ney Janene McIntyre. bent Jessica Yorko. That was followed by sent Lansing’s Second Ward. the Lansing Police Department’s budgets Before her controver- Peter Spadafore filing for an At-Large race sial exit from the city, where he could face off against incumbents PUBLIC NOTICES she refused to provide DeLine Kathie Dunbar and Judi Brown Clarke. answers to the City None of the incumbents have filed paper- STATE OF MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE INGHAM COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER Council Committee on Ways and Means work for re-election, and only Yorko has NOTICE OF DAY OF REVIEW about outstanding legal bills owed by the publicly indicated she would run again. OF DRAINAGE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES city to contract lawyers. Add to this a likely knock-down, drag- Notice is Hereby Given that on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the Ingham County Drain It was Deline’s digging that fueled the out fight for mayor featuring Bernero, Commissioner will hold a Day of Review of Drainage District Boundaries from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Council’s request. McIntyre steadfastly re- state Rep. Andy Schor and possibly Brown Office of the Ingham County Drain Commissioner, 707 Buhl, Mason, Michigan 48854. At that time fused to cooperate, and chairwoman of the Clarke, and you have the groundwork for a and place, the Drain Commissioner will hear the proofs and allegations and carefully reconsider and review the description of lands comprising the Drainage Districts for the Drains listed below, and committee, City Councilwoman At-Large contentious election season. determine whether the addition or deletion of lands will more accurately define the boundaries of the Judi Brown Clarke, threatened to use the Also, at least three shadowy groups land benefitted by the Drains and is just and equitable pursuant to Section 197 of 1956 PA 40, as Council’s subpoena power to force her to are likely to seek to influence the races: amended. Maps of the proposed Drainage District boundary revisions may be found at the Ingham County Drain Commissioner’s Office or web site (http://dr.ingham.org). The Drains are located and appear. Capitol Region Progress, a political non- established in the following municipalities, and a general description by section number of the lands Deline’s investigation angered Bernero, profit with ties to Bernero; Reform Lan- proposed to be added or deleted in whole or in part include the following: who called for Tina Houghton, then Sec- sing, with unclear ties; and No Secret DRAIN ond Ward Council Member and President Lansing Deals, a group with ties to busi- NO. DRAIN NAME MUNICIPALITY SECTION NUMBERS of City Council, to reprimand DeLine. She ness in the city. The latter two groups B 67-00 BRACKEN WOODS DRAIN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP 24, 25 C 32-00 COUNTRY CROSSROADS DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 18, 19 didn’t. appear opposed to much of Bernero’s D 13-00 DINGMAN DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 5 And when McIntyre suddenly resigned agenda, while the first group has backed CITY OF LANSING 5 from her post with a $160,663 golden para- Bernero candidates, including Shelley MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP 32 D 21-00 DUCK POND DRAIN AURELIUS TOWNSHIP 1, 2, 11, 12 chute payout, it was DeLine that Council- Davis Mielock and A’Lynne Boles, in E 06-00 EIFERT DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 1, 2, 12 members turned to in an attempt to flesh their bids for City Council. WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 7, 8, 17, 18 out why the payment had been made. His DeLine said he won’t condemn those G 12-02 GREEN, NE DELHI BRANCH DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 14 G 12-07 GREEN, THREE LAKES BRANCH DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 11, 14 investigation, stymied by the settlement’s dark money groups for not disclosing K 01-02 KALAMINK CREEK DRAIN, WEBBERVILLE LEROY TOWNSHIP 10, 11, 14, 15 confidentiality clauses, revealed little. their donors. INDUSTRIAL PARK BRANCH DRAIN VILLAGE OF WEBBERVILLE 10, 11, 14, 15 If elected, Deline said he wants to en- “I don't think you can let the side of K 00-03 KEESLER AND WINNE DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23 L 16-00 LOWE LAKE DRAIN STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, sure that city tax incentives are being used evil have all the ammunition,” he said. 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, wisely and in the right areas of the city. “You know, I need to have the same ad- 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, “My Second Ward concern is that these vantage. I need to have the same tools ac- 35, 36 VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, 35 are things that have played into the may- cessible to me.” WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 34, 35, 36 or's mantra that he has had for the last five M 52-00 MCKEON DRAIN WILLIAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP 3, 4, 5, 9 years, that we need millennials downtown,” — Todd Heywood N 05-00 NOTTINGHAM CONDOMINIUMS DRAIN CITY OF WILLIAMSTON 1, 12 WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 1, 12 said DeLine. “We have heard that over and Q 00-01 QUARRY DRAIN VEVAY TOWNSHIP 25, 26, 35, 36 over ad infinitum. In the meantime. Who R 18-00 ROSSITTER DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 5, 6, 7, 8 S 04-00 SCHOOLCRAFT DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 14, 23 S 38-00 SIERRA RIDGE DRAIN MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP 4, 9 PUBLIC NOTICES S 13-00 SIMPSON DRAIN AURELIUS TOWNSHIP 20, 21, 28, 29 S 42-00 SWAN AND BEATTY DRAIN LEROY TOWNSHIP 19 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 13, 23, 24 EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION S 35-00 SWEET DRAIN AURELIUS TOWNSHIP 31, 32 ONONDAGA TOWNSHIP 5, 6 Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing Planning T 23-00 TIMBERLAND DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 30 Commission on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, T 04-00 TOPLIFF DRAIN AURELIUS TOWNSHIP 17, 18, 19, 20, 29 101 Linden Street, East Lansing. T 17-00 TOWN LINE DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 34, 35 VEVAY TOWNSHIP 2, 3 A public hearing will be held to consider an application from United Hospitality Group East T 08-00 TUTTLE DRAIN LOCKE TOWNSHIP 9, 16, 17 Lansing, LLC, for the property located at 1100 Trowbridge Road to construct a four-story V 07-00 VAN HORN DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 34, 35, 36 SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel and a one-story commercial building with a drive-through lane VEVAY TOWNSHIP 1, 2, 3 on a 3.43 acre parcel. The property is zoned B-2, Retail Sales Business District. W 22-05 WILLOW CREEK, MERRILL RD AURELIUS TOWNSHIP 25, 36 BRANCH DRAIN VEVAY TOWNSHIP 31 Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning and Community Development, East Lansing City W 69-00 WOODED VALLEY DRAIN DELHI TOWNSHIP 11, 14 Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given W 29-00 WYGANT DRAIN LEROY TOWNSHIP 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 28, an opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next Planning Commission 29 meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission may vote on them. The Planning Commission's recommendations are then placed on the agenda of the next City Council Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on these applications. should contact the Ingham County Drain Commissioner at (517) 676-8395 or the Michigan Relay Center at 711 (TTY) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to request mobility, visual, hearing, The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters or other assistance. You are Further Notified that persons aggrieved by the decision of the Drain for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to Commissioner to add or delete property to or from a Drainage District may seek judicial review in the individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the Ingham County Circuit Court within ten (10) days of the decision. meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800- January 24, 2017 Patrick E. Lindemann 649-3777. Ingham County Drain Commissioner Marie E. Wicks CP#17-021 City Clerk CP#17-022 City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

Before the assassination, after the fire bombing of your ‘Come on, home the year before, was there any thought of "We’re risking our lives, we’re risking our chil- I’m ready dren’s lives?" Of course. Of course.

What were those discussions for the fight’ like? Medgar and I were very emo- Myrlie Evers-Williams, 83, entered the tional about the possibility of his history books as the widow of slain civil being killed. One of the last things rights leader Medgar Evers, but that was far he said to me was, and I quote, from the end of her story. Evers-Williams “You take care of my children.” I’ll had worked closely with her husband, who never forget that. That was the was field secretary for the NAACP in Missis- night before he was killed. “You sippi. After he was murdered in their front take care of my children.” I recall yard, she moved to California, earned a saying to him, “Of course I’ll take college degree and worked in civil rights in care of your children. They are my academia and business. In 1995, she helped children too.” I’ve been very fortu- a struggling NAACP overcome financial nate to have been able to embrace problems as the first woman to chair the those three young people to edu- organization. Jan. 16, Evers-Williams spoke cate them, and I hope I’ve given at the 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. them good background as human Holiday Luncheon at the Lansing Center. beings. Then she sat down for an interview with City not only did we discuss those issues, we’d exchanges perhaps are not rare, but they are Pulse publisher and editor Berl Schwartz for have heated arguments about it, we’d end so decent and so good. You and I could dis- You said in your talk you’re thankful the “City Pulse Newsmakers” TV show. Here up shedding tears and then embracing each agree on something from today ‘til the end for all of the things that have happened are edited and condensed excerpts in honor other because it was a uniqueness in our re- of the earth, but as long as we did it with re- in your life, including the ones that have of the first day of Black History Month. lationship. It was so precious to all three of spect for each other, it’s all right. been very difficult. Is that something you us. Coretta Scott King knew that her hus- had to grow into as you look back on your You said in your talk that you met on band would probably be assassinated. I cer- Is that a problem you think with our life, or have you always had that sort of ap- occasion with Coretta Scott King and tainly had known that Medgar would be as- president-elect? That he can’t disagree proach? Betty Shabazz — and that you even found sassinated. with respect? I don’t think I’ve always had those feel- things to laugh about. I think respect is a big problem with the ings. I think it’s something that I’ve grown We certainly discussed our husbands, The year before your husband was as- president-elect. It appears, in my humble es- into. You mature, you are able to see things Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar and Mal- sassinated, your home was fire bombed. timation, in every facet of his political career. a little bit differently. I’ve been very, very for- colm. That was done with thought, but it was Certainly that had to be a warning of what tunate in my life. It’s been very painful, but also done with a lot of laughter, because we might come. Going back then to when your husband it’s also been very good. You hopefully grow could discuss the way our husbands reacted There were warnings all along. You sim- was assassinated, you weren’t surprised, from all of these things that are there. You and what they did in certain cases. Race, ha- ply did not challenge a political system with- but obviously it changed your life in un- look at the changes. For me, I tried to find tred and what not. out knowing that there were be some effect fathomable ways. How did you pick your- a place that I might be helpful. Helpful, not If you don’t find some humor in life, it because of it. Political systems represent self up? How did you keep going at that negative. That’s life. That’s life. Do you em- becomes very difficult. There were times power; no one wants to relinquish power. point? brace it? I embrace it regardless of what it is. How do you work together to build a coali- Bit by bit. Hope, faith, help from friends If it’s so negative it makes me angry or what Myrlie Evers-Williams' interview tion that addresses the needs, expectations regardless of race, creed or color. Also another not, I have on a couple of occasions said, with Berl Schwartz for the “City Pulse and hopes of everyone involved? That really motivating factor is the ugly negative-ness that “Come on. I’m here. Come on.” Newsmakers” TV show is is available is a difficult thing to do. Here in America, you find. It makes you stand tall and brace your at www.lansingcitypulse.com. we’ve been able to move forward in that in back and reach a little where you say to others, — Berl Schwartz a way. I still believe that our discussions and “Come on. I’m ready for the fight.”

eral events in commemoration of Black His- ist Jonathan Capehart (Feb. 9) and former FEB. 28 >> Black History Month events tory Month. Today, the college's Black His- Tuskegee, Ala., mayor and Alabama state 50 YEARS ON: REFLECTIONS ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1 >> tory Month committee hosts a community Rep. Johnny Ford (Feb. 23). 5 p.m. FREE. RACE, RACISM AND THE LEGACIES EARL NELSON SINGERS health fair. Tuesday, humanities Professor Kellogg Center, 219 S. Harrison Road, East OF THE 1967 DETROIT RIOTS AT THE AT LANSING MATINEE MUSICALE Paul Jurczak facilitates a discussion on Cor- Lansing. com.msu.edu/stf. BROAD ART MUSEUM Black History Month kicks off in Lansing nel West, an African-American philosopher The Broad Art Museum and MSU's Resi- tonight with a recital of traditional spiritu- and political activist. On Feb. 21, students FEB. 4 >> dential College in the Arts and Humanities als and gospel music from the Earl Nel- and the public are invited to a panel discus- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. team up to examine the 1967 Detroit riot in son Singers. The Lansing-based choir was sion on Malcolm X. FREE. See web for times COMMUNITY PRAYER BREAKFAST a series of conversations that draw from art- founded in 1963 by former Michigan state and locations. lcc.edu/studentlife/bhm. Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whit- work in the museum's collection. The first of Sen. Earl Nelson, who died last year at 79. mer and religious leader Minister Caliph these events focuses on the work of Detroit The concert features spirituals composed by FEB. 2-23 >> "FROM SLAVERY TO Muab-El are the speakers at the eighth an- artist Tyree Guyton, best known for start- slaves and the gospel music that came with FREEDOM" LECTURE SERIES AT nual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community ing Detroit’s Heidelberg Project. Assistant the abolition of slavery in the post-Civil War MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Prayer breakfast. The event also features curator Carla Acevedo-Yates will discuss era. 1-2 p.m. FREE. Plymouth Congrega- Every year to celebrate Black History performances by Michigan State University his work with Jena Baker-Calloway of the tional Church, 2001 E. Grand River Ave., Month, Michigan State University’s College jazz students, jazz performer Tessarae, and MSU Detroit Center. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Eli Lansing. lansingmatineemusicale.org. of Osteopathic Medicine hosts a lecture Worship Without Words, a travelling mime and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Cir- series featuring prominent African-Amer- ministry. 9-11 a.m. $10 from member orga- cle Drive, East Lansing. (517) 884-4800, FEB. 1-21 >> BLACK HISTORY MONTH ican and civil rights figures. This year's nizations/$12 online. Union MBC, 500 S. broadmuseum.msu.edu. AT LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE lineup includes astronaut and chemical Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. ac- Lansing Community College hosts sev- engineer Mae Jemison (Feb. 2), journal- tionofgreaterlansing.org. 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2017

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Clarinetist Anat Cohen brings humanist vision to MSU residency

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO There is no one in jazz, or in all of mu- sic, quite like Israeli-born clarinetist Anat Cohen. Cohen has taken a horn with a corny aura, the clarinet, into far-flung, fertile fields, from the spiritual realm of John Col- trane to a bubbling pot of Latin-American musical traditions. Her presence on stage is so natural it’s almost startling. She’s not trying to be hip, intellectual or above it all. “I don’t care if somebody plays the fast- est, the hardest — if he doesn’t touch my heart, I don’t care,” she said. Beginning Saturday, jazz students from MSU and around the state will soak up Co- hen’s aura firsthand in a busy week-long residency sponsored by the MSU Federal Credit Union, culminating in a Feb. 10 con- cert at MSU’s Cook Recital Hall. For Cohen, improvised music is a social art. At MSU, she’ll try to go beyond tech- nical tips and attune students to the intan- gibles that make music meaningful. “You’re not playing with a piano,” she said. “You’re playing with a piano player, a person. Relate to the person. This is the kind of thing I like to talk about — the meaning behind the music, creating the moment.” Anat Cohen and MSU Cohen plays Jazz Octets with many 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 sizes and types $15/$12 seniors/$5 students of groups, and Cook Recital Hall, Music each setting Courtesy Photo Building brings out a Israeli-born clarinetist Anat Cohen joins MSU’s Jazz Studies program next week for a series of master classes, educational 333 W. Circle Drive, East different side of Lansing trips to Michigan high schools and a Friday night concert with MSU Jazz Octets. (517) 353-5340, music.msu.edu her personal- ity. She morphs with ease, and guru who moved to Israel in the 1990s. Cohen also plays tenor saxophone, but life.’ No, no, no. The more music you know, convincing musical logic, from the sultry “We were like disciples, going to his began to home in on the clarinet as her the better off you are. It’s also important Brazilian “Samba de Orfeu” into the quint- evenings every Wednesday in Jerusalem,” playing and composing career took off in that somebody learns to be a dental hygien- essential New Orleans tune “Struttin’ With Cohen recalled. “It wasn’t about ‘this is be- the 1990s. ist,” she said with a laugh. “One job might Some Barbecue.” On her latest CD, “Lumi- bop and you’ve got to burn.’ He could play “It just happened,” she said. “That’s what not be enough. You have to do more than nosa,” she pounced on the perky, electronic anything. But it was beyond the style. It was I hear, that’s who I am, that’s how I feel. one thing. I’ve played second clarinet in a blips of Flying Lotus’ “Putty Boy Strut” and about getting human beings together to With the clarinet I can just be myself. With band, playing repeated notes for three min- turned them into an irresistible exercise in create something meaningful.” the tenor saxophone I’m not as comfort- utes. It gives you more options.” acoustic pointillism. The same could be said of Cohen’s ap- able. It’s too much responsibility just know- She credits her experience in New York, Born in Tel Aviv, Cohen received a classi- proach to teaching. ing Sonny (Rollins) and (John) Coltrane where she now lives, and the Berklee Col- cal training and played in all sorts of bands, “You can’t learn to be who you’re not,” were there.” lege of Music for opening her up her up to a from big bands to the Israeli Air Force Band. she said. “You can learn to play like Charlie But there’s also a practical benefit to an wider world of music. She worked mainly on technical proficiency Parker, but you’ll never be Charlie Parker. open musical mind. “I met friends from all over the world until a life-changing encounter with Ar- That’s his vision, his personality; you can “Some musicians think, ‘I’m just going to that love jazz,” she said. “I wanted to play play jazz from the 1960s and I’ll be ready for nie Lawrence, a Brooklyn-born saxophone only imitate it. It’s not just notes.” See Cohen, Page 11 City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

It depends on what we hide and what Fowlerville and East Lansing. by MSU’s jazz residencies comes close to Cohen we let go. “Staying in one place for a few days, you bottling real-life experience without los- Music needs everything. It needs soft- can go more in depth and create music to- ing the fizz. from page 10 ness, it needs caresses, it needs anger, it gether, and that’s what we hope to do in “We’re trying to fit the performance needs shouting.” Michigan,” she said. “You can relate to each world into the academic world, which is Coltrane all day and all night. I started to Next week’s residency will be an extra other musically and as human beings and hard,” Cohen said. “That’s where somebody meet people who create songs based on oth- busy week, including master classes at let people digest your vision of being.” with experience is helpful, because stu- er rhythms, from Brazil, Cuba, Venezuela, MSU and bus trips with jazz students to Improvised music and classrooms dents get tangled up in so much informa- from Argentina.” teach and perform in high schools in De- do not always make a perfect fit, but the tion and they sometimes forget that they This year, Cohen is releasing three al- troit, Grand Rapids, Mason, Williamston, touring and performing model embraced are human beings.” bums, each one different from the oth- ers. The most anticipated of the three is a loving immersion in the music of Moacir Santos, a revered yet under-appreciated Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and com- poser. Cohen recorded the CD live in Brazil last year in an intimate duet format with a phenomenal seven-string guitar player, Marcello Gonçalves. Cohen also has a new CD with Trio Brasilliero, which is slated to come out just before they tour together in May, and an album with a ten-piece en- semble planned for fall. “Sometimes traditional, sometimes Brazilian sometimes with an orchestra, sometimes crazy — I like to keep things in- teresting,” she said. Cohen is often asked what it’s like to succeed as a woman in a male-dominated field. Characteristically, she answers the question from a humanist perspective. “Music could benefit from people that accept both masculine and feminine sides,” she said. “We are complex human beings. Nobody is just one or the other. 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2017

“I thought it would be a nice challenge to help him straighten it out,” she said. ‘He’s gone’ She married John Peakes in 1994 and continued to serve as managing director BoarsHead Theatre co-founder of BoarsHead Theatre until 2003. Boars- Head Theatre folded in 2009, citing fi- John Peakes dead at 83 nancial hardships. By TY FORQUER “John was grumpy and gracious, Longtime Lansing actor John Peakes frumpy and formal, arrogant and affable died Thursday morning at 83. Peakes had — and always likeable,” said City Pulse been suffering from chronic heart prob- theater critic David Winkelstern. “I found lems and other medical conditions. him an articulate man of contrasts.” “He’s gone. It was very peaceful. He Peakes’ final performance at Boars- just stopped breathing,” his wife, Judith Head, a December 2003 production of Peakes, texted to Lansing-area friends. “Philadelphia, Here I Come,” was directed Peakes was co-founder of BoarsHead by his wife and featured both his son and Theatre, which was founded in 1966, daughter-in-law. and served as the troupe’s artistic direc- “I have nearly 40 years’ worth of tor until 2003. After leaving BoarsHead friends in Lansing,” he said before the Theatre, John and Judith Peakes moved performance. “But that’s why ‘Philadel- to Merchantsville, N.J. phia, Here I Come’ is such a great play for “What Lansing meant to him is less all of us to be doing right now — it’s all important in my mind than what he about leaving and how hard it is to leave. meant to Lansing,” said his son, Ian What could be better than to be doing it Peakes, in a message to City Pulse. “He with your family?” loved it there and made it an artistic Actor Jim Wisniewski appeared in sev- home for 30 some odd years. But his en shows at BoarsHead, including Peakes’ impact, as I have seen after posting a farewell performance. few things about my dad over the last “It was one of the best experiences of week, is astonishing. I think for me, it my career,” he said in an email to City really pushes home the notion that even Pulse. “John could tease the heck out a small arts environment in a smaller of you, and then he would give you the city is so vital and so necessary.” warmest smile that said, ‘Hey man, you're Peakes, in a 2003 City Pulse interview, safe here.’ I learned so much from him.” said he was in graduate school at Iowa For Ian Peakes, his father’s enduring State University when he learned of an legacy is the love of theater he instilled in opportunity in Greater Lansing. so many people. “One of my professors ran a summer “Watching my dad — and really all the City Pulse archives theater in Michigan, but he’d been offered adults around me who chose to make the a job at Brigham Young University,” said City Pulse’s Nov. 19, 2003, issue, published shortly before John Peakes moved to New theater their life — taught me that outside Peakes, “so of course he’d have to give up Jersey, featured a drawing of “Lansing’s man of many faces” by Dennis Preston. the box, outside the norm, there existed a the commute to Michigan. He asked if I special kind if happiness and fulfillment knew anyone who wanted to buy and run passion. But the duo wanted to do theater myself. And I have. And I feel pretty lucky I didn't often see in my friends’ parents,” a theater.” year round, so they moved into a former each day I go to work.” he said. “This is not a judgment or an as- Peakes took on a partner, Richard church in downtown Grand Ledge. In 1975, BoarsHead Theatre pur- sumption that they were not happy and Thomsen, and purchased the Ledges Play- “We changed our name to the Boars- chased a space in downtown Lansing at fulfilled, but being face to face with such house in Grand Ledge. Peakes and Thom- Head Theater and did five seasons there the corner of Grand Avenue and Lenaw- unadulterated joy as a living made me re- sen had paying teaching jobs in the off- from 1970 to 1975,” Peakes recalled. “We ee Street. Thomsen left the troupe in alize that there were options, while not season for the next several years, which chose BoarsHead because it was the tav- 1984, after what Peakes described as always financially solvent, that didn't in- enabled them to indulge their summer ern in Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV,’ and we “creative differences.” Judith Peakes, volve a 9-to-5 job. And for that, I'm eter- had the grand idea we could do at least then Judith Gentry, joined BoarsHead nally grateful.” one Shakespeare show a season. We Theatre in 1986 as managing director. T.E. Klunzinger, Ute Von Der Heyden quickly found out that wasn’t financially The theater, at the time, was facing dire and Meegan Holland contributed to this feasible.” financial troubles. remembrance. Peakes’ first wife, Connie Villiers, was instrumental in the early years of Boars- City Pulse archives Head Theatre. The two had a son, Ian Left to right: Peakes, who was a regular on BoarsHead Director Judith stages from an early age. Ian Peakes, who Peakes gives moved to Merchantsville a few years after notes to actors his father, has become an accomplished Ian, Karen and actor on the East Coast. Last year, he won John Peakes the prestigious Helen Hayes award for his in preparation supporting role in “Rosencrantz and Guil- for BoarsHead denstern Are Dead” at Folger Theatre in Theatre’s 2003 Washington. production of “Growing up in the theater is so advan- City Pulse archives “Philadelphia, tageous for any child. It's just play all the Here I Come,” Left to right: John Peakes, Buck Shirner time,” he recalled. “We were never talked John Peakes’ last and Carmen Decker appear in a 1990 down to. It was, indeed, a unique and performance in production of “Big Sister, Little Brother and wonderful time. Being exposed to creativ- Lansing. Dumbarton Oaks” at BoarsHead Theatre. ity and stories just made me want to do it City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13

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would just be holding my stomach in as hormonal contraception, according Birth control offers benefits pain. I couldn’t even focus on doing to the Washington-based American schoolwork at home.” College of Obstetricians and Gyne- outside of pregnancy prevention In lieu of prescription painkillers cologists. There are a variety of other with a variety of potentially harmful birth control methods, such as patches, side effects the Cleveland Clinic lists as injections and intrauterine devices — By Eve Kucharski ranging in severity from depression to better known as IUDs — of which the constipation, Mitchell and her parents, health benefits have been known to the desperate for a solution, opted to try medical community for years. t started in her mid-teens. Ol- even make it to school. birth control pills. “We’ve known for many years that ivia Mitchell’s once manage- “I was 16 when I first started taking “I’ve always been prone to migraines, hormonal contraceptives have health able menstrual cramps became birth control,” said the now 19-year-old I but being under so much stress and all advantages beyond preventing preg- increasingly painful — so much so MSU student. “It was only during my that pain would start to trigger mi- nancy,” says Robert L. Reid, MD, of that it began to severely hinder the period week, but that week of school graines,” Mitchell said. “The first step Kingston, Ontario, in a 2009 press re- her ability to get through the school I would be either miserable all day or was managing the cramps, but from lease for the American College of Ob- day. On her worst days, she couldn't at home in bed for a week. I couldn’t there (birth control pills) solved all stetricians and Gynecologists. “These sleep at night the other problems too. I didn’t need recommendations examine the scien- because I to start taking medications for mi- tific data supporting the non-contra- graines or abdominal pain, it just kind ceptive uses of hormonal contracep- of stopped it at the source.” tives to treat specific conditions.” Mitchell is not alone in taking birth Still, even with all their benefits, control for other than contraceptive birth control pills are not without reasons. According to a 2011 study side effects. For most women, these by the Guttmacher Institute, 58 are mild or unnoticeable and usually percent of birth control pill correct themselves within the first 90 users between the ages of days of starting the pill. Some people, 15 and 44 found that they however, can experience effects rang- experienced benefits be- ing from nausea and soreness to head- yond the prevention of aches and severe pain. pregnancy. These ben- The fear of a potentially negative efits range from the reaction to contraception keeps some prevention of acne to women away from using it altogether, regulation of men- like 21-year-old MSU student Ellen strual cycles, alle- McCartney. viation of menstrual “I wanted to go on it a couple of cramping and even times before but decided against it, be- relief from endo- cause the only reason I could think of metriosis, a disor- that I would want to be on it was for der where uterine acne health,” McCartney said. “When I tissue grows out- did look into it, it had side effects like side of the uterus extreme nausea and vomiting. In some and may cause se- instances it made cramping worse, but vere pain. not around your period, just cramping Birth control because of the hormones. I also know pills are classified See Contraception, Page 14 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2017

City Pulse's 2017 Women's Health Issue Speak up for women’s health Government-supported programs offer important services for women

The impact of ac- heartache. Had she not been fortunate year promoting breastfeeding and wom- nity,” said Crystal Morris, one of the mod- cess to appropriate enough to have access to a variety of re- en’s health care services. The women els in the “Your Health Matters” cam- women’s reproduc- productive health care options, however, you saw sharing their experiences were paign. “I wanted them to know that I go tive health care, for the consequences would have been dev- not models. They are your neighbors, and get my exams on a regular basis and me, is on one hand astating and even life-threatening. Access friends and colleagues. They felt strongly they should too.” a professional story to appropriate reproductive health care, enough about women’s health to volun- Another model from the campaign, and on the other a without hoops to jump through and re- teer for these campaigns and share the Kathleen Albany, said she liked the state- very real and per- strictions, saved my daughter’s life, both powerful and inspiring stories of their ment the campaign made. sonal story. The jour- emotionally and physically, and allowed experiences. In speaking to these women “It’s definitely important for women to ney to the birth of LINDA VAIL her to experience one of the greatest joys about their decision to participate, many take care of their bodies,” she said. myJIM granddaughter, MCCLURKEN Linda S. Vail of life — parenthood. said that they did so because they were Now, more than ever, I encourage you Lansing City Council Candidate Ingham County Health Officer Ruby, 2 and a half years ago, was not an Most women have personal reproduc- proud to be women and wanted to en- to do what these women did. Speak to easy one for my daughter. In fact, it was tive health stories. You may have noticed courage other women. filled with many years of challenges and billboards around Lansing in the last “I know a lot of people in the commu- See Services, Page 16

there was a stigma, but the longer I’ve terview with MSNBC’s Joy Reid. In the control, so it makes it much more af- been on my own and in a different en- interview, Hawkins was asked if hor- fordable to get an IUD. And also they Contraception vironment, the less I believe that there monal contraception like IUDs should were worried that access to birth con- truly is,” McCartney said. “I think that be legal. trol in general would be limited, so from page 13 I was raised to believe in a stigma that “I don’t think they should be legal,” they wanted to do something that they no longer exists.” she answered. “They put women at risk knew would last throughout the entire that fluid retention was a big part of it Ruth Lednicer, director of media and they kill children,” Hawkins said. presidential term.” — it was just not something I wanted and communications for Planned Par- According to Lednicer, the goal of Many women continue to support to deal with. I didn’t want to be bloated enthood of Michigan, said that she’s Planned Parenthood’s services is to ul- reproductive health organizations all the time.” seen this stigma lessen over the years timately decrease the number of abor- through events like the Stand with McCartney, who was raised Catho- but hasn’t seen it go away entirely. tions, both legal and illegal, by provid- Planned Parenthood rally, scheduled lic, said that she isn’t closed off to the “I do think it’s become more the ing women with contraception, sex in Lansing for Feb. 11. idea of using birth control, but she standard that women will go and get education and other services. That worry about healthcare access stays away from it for now because of birth control when they become sexu- “The majority of what we do is pre- was likely heightened by Trump’s ex- her family’s beliefs. ally active, but by the same token, vent unintended pregnancy, which pansion of the “global gag rule,” which “My mom is very, very against birth there are others on the right who are would reduce the number of abor- removes U.S. family planning funds control,” McCartney said. working really hard — someone just tions required,” Lednicer said. “We’re from foreign groups that are involved That stigma about birth control is admitted on an interview this weekend in the news a lot because of the abor- in abortion services, even in refer- something that McCartney said she on MSNBC that their goals are to make tion services that we provide at many ring patients to get them. And then has carried with her for a long time, forms of birth control illegal,” she said. of our locations. Overall, that is 3 there’s the longstanding Republican but her views are changing. Lednicer was referring to Students percent of the services that we pro- efforts to defund Planned Parenthood “I definitely was raised to think that for Life President Kristan Hawkins’ in- vide to patients.” which could make receiving quality For many women, access to re- healthcare, especially for low-income productive health services is limited women, even more difficult. Lednicer because of barriers like the inability said that of the thousands of women to pay for services, lack of accessible who come to Planned Parenthood, healthcare, or language barriers. Led- people qualifying for Medicaid would nicer said that President Trump’s ef- have the most difficulty if Planned Par- forts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, enthood is defunded. commonly known as “Obamacare,” “Right now, patients who qualify for scared many women into scheduling Medicaid can come to Planned Parent- appointments to get IUDs, which can hood to get their services. If they’re provide contraception for three to 12 successful in ‘defunding’ us, what it years, depending on the device. means is that it we wouldn’t be eligi- “We did see a real spike after the ble to get Medicaid reimbursements,” election, and continuing on, of women Lednicer said. “That means if you are calling and looking into the idea of a Medicaid patient, you wouldn’t be getting IUDs,” Lednicer said. “They able to come to us. You would have to were afraid ACA would be repealed. find another provider willing to take Obamacare provides no copay for birth Medicaid reimbursement.” City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 15

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Heart disease a concern for women, too Heart disease is a condition most • CHD: CHD occurs when plaque ple, high cholesterol and obesity put • Abdominal fat: When combined often associated with men, but women builds up inside the coronary arteries, both men and women at risk of heart with high blood pressure, high blood are just as susceptible to heart disease which help deliver oxygen-rich blood disease. But there are some factors that sugar and high triglycerides, abdomi- as their male counterparts. In fact, the to the heart. A woman suffering from affect women’s risk of developing heart nal fat increases women’s risk for heart National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insti- CHD may develop angina, a condition disease more so than men. disease more so than it does men in the tute notes that coronary heart disease, marked by severe pain in the chest. same physical condition. or CHD, is the foremost killer of both The pain may spread to the neck, jaw, men and women in the United States. throat, upper abdomen or back. • Diabetes: Women with diabetes While heart disease does not dis- are at a significantly higher risk of de- criminate based on gender, it does not • Heart attack: Women suffering veloping heart disease than men with necessarily manifest itself in women from heart attack may feel chest pain diabetes. the same way it does in men. Recog- or discomfort and/or pain in their up- nizing the symptoms of heart disease per backs and necks. Lesser known • Pregnancy: High blood pressure in females as well as the risk factors potential indicators of heart attack in- or diabetes during pregnancy can in- can help women in their fights against clude, indigestion, heartburn, nausea crease a woman’s long-term risk of this potentially deadly disease. and vomiting, and extreme fatigue. high blood pressure, which is a signifi- cant risk factor for heat disease. Symptoms of heart disease in women • Heart failure: Women suffer- The symptoms of heart disease in ing from heart failure may experience • Smoking: Smoking and heart women depend on the type of problem shortness of breath, fatigue and/or disease are linked, but smoking is a women may be suffering from. swelling in their feet, ankles, legs, and greater risk factor for heart disease in abdomen. females than it is among males. • Arrhythmia: Arrhythmia occurs when the heart beats at an abnormal Risk factors for women Heart disease is most often associ- rhythm that can be too fast, too slow or Much like the symptoms of heart ated with men, but women can be just even erratically. disease are similar in men and women, as susceptible to this potentially deadly so, too, are the risk factors. For exam- foe as their male counterparts.

We provide basic preventive health in women at high risk of poor pregnancy tion and teen pregnancy rates are at a Services and annual well-woman visits. More outcomes or infant death. Our programs historic low today, and the availability specific women’s reproductive health offer home visits to support new moth- of contraceptives under the ACA is a from page 14 care services offered by the Health ers through their pregnancies and dur- likely contributor. A healthier popu- Department include prenatal, obstet- ing the first two years of the child’s life; lation is critical to the success of our others about women’s health, make your ric and antenatal care; contraception; education and counseling to promote communities and country. Despite its voice heard, be an advocate and bring anemia screening; testing, counseling healthy behaviors before, during and imperfections, the ACA has made us a women’s health to the forefront. Your and treatment for sexually transmitted after pregnancy; and inter-conception healthier nation. message is unique, and your voice is infections and HIV; breast and cervi- care focused on spacing pregnancies to Right now our politicians are discuss- critical. cal cancer screenings; and breastfeed- ensure optimum health for subsequent ing the future of women’s preventive and The Ingham County Health Depart- ing support and counseling. pregnancies. They also serve to reduce reproductive health services, including ment and our Community Health Cen- Our Maternal and Child Health Divi- barriers in access to appropriate care these programs. They aim to dismantle ters have a significant focus on women’s sion offers a number of programs specif- and support throughout the community the ACA, and at this time we’ve seen health, including reproductive health. ically focused on ensuring healthy births by providing linkage to a broad array of no clear plan for replacement. There health care and social services. is so much at risk. Our community is These preventive and reproductive healthier and stronger today because services at the Ingham County Health of the ACA. My family is healthier and Department are just some of the many stronger today because of ACA. That is benefits covered by health plans under my health story. Now, go share yours. the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or fund- That might mean talking to your legisla- ed by federal grants. While the ACA is tor, speaking up for the services you rely not perfect, I have no doubt that wom- on when your employer is shopping for en are healthier today thanks to the health insurance plans or refusing to be preventive care benefits it has provid- ashamed when you seek the services you ed. Since the ACA was enacted, more need. What you do, and even the specific women receive mammograms, im- message you share, is unique, but there is proving early detection of breast can- power in our collective stories. Women’s cer. Because more pregnancies today bodies and health care needs are normal, are planned and prenatal care is cov- and they matter to all of us. ered, babies and children are healthier Linda S. Vail is health officer for the and parents are ready to parent. Abor- Ingham County Health Department. City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17

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Maintain a safe and healthy pregnancy

Thousands of women will become any questions you may have and let you pregnant this year for the first time. Preg- know about additional testing that may nancy can trigger thoughts of the future be necessary. and making plans for when the baby ar- rives. It also can be a time to take inven- • Don’t overeat. Eating right is one of tory of personal health to make changes the best things you can do for yourself and that will benefit expecting mothers and the baby. Anything you put in your body the children growing within them. Priori- can affect the baby, so prioritize a healthy tizing overall health is a great way to in- diet. Contrary to popular belief, you do crease your chances of a safe and healthy not need to eat for two. During the first pregnancy. few months, you may not have much of an appetite. The fetus does not require many • Visit an obstetrician or midwife as additional nutrients until the end of the soon as possible. Once the pregnancy pregnancy. Only then will an increase of test comes out positive, make an appoint- 200 calories or so be adequate. Speak with ment with your doctor to discuss the your physician about what constitutes course of the pregnancy and what can be healthy and unhealthy weight gain during pregnancy.

• Choose healthy foods. Avoid under- cooked foods and soft cheeses that may harbor bacteria. Some seafood, such as tuna or shark, may contain high levels of mercury. Lean meats, fruits, vegetables, fiber, and dairy products can fuel your body and keep the baby growing.

• Continue to exer- cise. Unless there are complications during your pregnancy, you likely can continue to exercise. However, don’t overdo it with exercise, done from the start. Doctors may sched- and call your doctor if you experience any ule blood screenings and estimate due adverse side effects during or after exer- dates. They also will go over nutrition cise sessions. and care guidelines, which will usually include a regimen of prenatal vitamins. • Avoid drugs, tobacco and alcohol. Smoking, taking drugs or drinking during • Discuss age and risk factors with pregnancy can cause serious health prob- the doctor. The Centers for Disease lems for the baby. Miscarriage, premature Control and Prevention point out that birth, low birth weight, and SIDS are just a there has been a societal shift in the age few of the potential side effects of drinking at which most women become pregnant, alcohol, smoking tobacco or taking drugs with many waiting until later in life to while pregnant, advises Baby Center. start their families. Whereas ages 20-24 Avoid these behaviors and always check used to be the peak time for pregnancy, with a doctor before taking any over-the- many women in North America now be- counter or herbal remedies as well. come pregnant for the first time between the ages 25 and 29, while many more wait • Get educated. Pick up a book from until their 30s. Waiting longer to become a reputable doctor or author so that you pregnant for the first time may increase a can better understand your pregnancy. It woman’s risk for certain conditions dur- can save you stressful moments and keep ing pregnancy. Your doctor can answer your pregnancy on a healthy track. 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2017

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weight after menopause, and hor- monal changes can affect the body’s metabolism. However, weight gain can be controlled. A 2003 study from 6 myths associated researchers at the Department of Epi- demiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh stud- ied 535 premenopausal women who with menopause were followed throughout menopause. The study discovered that, after At some point in a woman’s five years, women were able to life she will enter into a period remain at or below their base- called menopause. Unlike what line weight by following a strict the name might suggest, men- diet and exercising regularly. struation does not “pause” upon Women generally need cut their entering menopause. Rather, it calorie intake by 200 calories ceases to occur from this point after reaching menopause to on, ending the fertile, reproduc- keep weight down. tive time for females. The North American Meno- Myth No. 5: All hormone pause Society says menopause replacement therapies are the typically begins around age 51. same. NAMS says it is now be- It also may be induced through lieved that women who have medical intervention at an ear- had a hysterectomy can take estrogen alone, but those who lier age. still have a uterus need proges- Women are encouraged to togen added to protect against discuss menopause with their endometrial cancer. Doctors can healthcare providers so they work with women to customize can better understand their hormone replacement therapies bodies. That’s especially impor- to reduce risks. tant since certain myths about menopause still prevail. Myth No. 6: Hot flashes are unavoidable. Hormonal shifts Myth No. 1: Menopause is a trigger hot flashes in many disease. Menopause is an inevi- menopausal women. However, table part of aging and a process hot flashes may vary in frequen- that occurs naturally and spon- taneously. Menopause affects cy and intensity depending on each woman differently. While the individual. In addition, Dr. some women struggle with any Sheryl Ross, OB/GYN at Provi- number of symptoms, others dence Saint John’s Health Cen- may feel as if their lives have vilion for Women say that menopause pause. ter in Santa Monica, Califor- not changed much at all since entering is characterized by a subtle fluctuation nia, says the first two or three years of menopause. of hormones that will gradually lead to Myth No. 3: Perimenopause elimi- menopause tend to be the worst for hot menopause. Unless menopause results nates pregnancy risk. A woman is not flashes. After those initial two or three Myth No. 2: Menopause happens from a hysterectomy procedure or an- totally protected from an unplanned years, hot flashes may lessen in inten- suddenly. Women do not wake up one other medical intervention, it should pregnancy until a year has passed since sity or become less frequent. day and discover they have entered happen slowly over the course of a few her most recent menstrual cycle. Even years. The period leading up to a last if periods are infrequent or unreliable, menopause. Doctors at the Menopause Menopause can be a confusing time Center at Texas Children’s Hospital’s Pa- menstrual period is called perimeno- the NAMS advises that women choose another effective method of birth con- for women, as it involves changes to the trol if they do not want another preg- body women have not yet experienced. nancy. Women can combat that confusion by discussing their symptoms or concerns Myth No. 4: Menopause means with their physicians. gaining weight. Many women gain City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 19

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The benefits of weightlifting for women

Many women steer clear of the free- density. After menopause, women may ers at Harvard University found that weight areas inside their gyms, opting lose up to 20 percent of their bone 10 weeks of strength training was ef- instead for treadmills and other cardio mass, and the United States Surgeon fective at reducing symptoms of clini- machines. Some women may not know General estimates that, by 2020, half cal depression. how to use weights correctly, while of all Americans could have weak others simply don’t want to add any bones due to bone loss. Women can • Relieve stress: Any form of ex- bulk to their frames. look to weightlifting to help increase ercise can help to relieve stress, but But research shows that women bone density and reduce their risk of according to the 2009 study “Psycho- who adhere to moderate strength- fracture and osteoporosis. logical Aspects of Resistance Training,” training programs two to three times those who regularly strength train tend per week can benefit in a variety of • Reduce risk for heart disease: to manage stress better and experience ways. Cardiovascular disease claims the fewer adverse reactions to stressful lives of 5.6 million women worldwide situations than those who do not exer- • Burn more calories: Many people each year. Women are more likely to cise. exercise to burn calories and shed fat, get heart disease than cancer. A study and weight training is an efficient way in The Journal of Strength and Con- • Increase energy levels: Lifting for women to do just that. Resistance ditioning found that women who lift weights can boost mind power and training is a great way to burn calories, weights are less likely to develop heart provide a long-term energy boost. as after a heavy weight-training ses- disease risk factors, such as large waist Working out in the morning can be sion, the body continues to use oxygen, circumference, high triglycerides, hy- an especially effective way to maintain which increases a person’s basal meta- pertension, and elevated glucose lev- high energy levels throughout the day. bolic rate. In addition, as you increase els. The American Heart Association lean muscle mass, your body burns lists weight training as a healthy form Women should not shy away from even more calories as its muscles con- of exercise for those at risk for heart Women who strength train regularly lifting weights. In addition to creat- tract and it works to repair and build disease. can improve their feelings of well-be- ing a trimmer, healthier body, re- new muscle. ing and may be able to reduce episodes sistance training offers many other • Combat back pain: Weight train- of depression. A study from research- health benefits. • Reverse metabolic decline: Lift- ing can help strengthen the core mus- ing weights can help reverse the natu- cles of the abdomen and back, which ral slowing down of metabolism that may help alleviate lower back pain. It’s begins in middle age. Keeping your important to use proper form when body working out and your metabo- lifting weights to avoid exacerbating lism elevated for as long as possible existing back pain or developing new can help keep you in top shape. injuries.

• Build stronger bones: Lifting • Boost mood and combat depres- weights does more than just build sion: Lifting weights is not just good muscle. Weightlifting also builds bone for the body, it’s also good for the mind. 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2017

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before it was accepted for publication by finished game of cards,” she said. “It was Wayne State University Press. She has a live action scene. It was the stuff of life, Below the surface published two chapbooks, “The Sultan, still there and preserved.” Poet Cindy Hunter Morgan The Skater, The Bicycle Maker” and “Ap- Hunter Morgan said she was also in- ple Season,” but “Harborless” is her first spired by the people who went to their explores Great Lakes shipwrecks book of poetry. Her next project is a col- death on the ships. By BILL CASTANIER lection of poems that will pay tribute to “People were sort of an entry point for Even on a good day, the placid waters her grandmother. a lot of poems, and I used a sense of an of the Great Lakes are beguiling. Beneath “She was very important in my life,” imagined life of the people who sailed the these calm waters lie thousands of ship- she said. lakes,” she said. wrecks. The poems will explore the unusual In the poem “Sidney E. Smith Jr., 1972,” MSU Professor and poet Cindy Hunt- job held by her grandmother, who took for example, she writes about a ship’s pilot er Morgan’s latest poetry collection is a on the role of an “Indian Princess,” a contemplating his guilt following a colli- transformative look at the shipwrecks sort of cultural ambassador who trav- sion. In “Independence, 1853,” Hunter that dot the Great Lakes. “Harborless,” elled Michigan promoting the preven- Morgan writes about the ship’s cargo ex- which comprises 40 poems, is partly his- tion of tuberculosis. Hunter Morgan is ploding in fire. tory and partly imaginative reinvention of researching the extensive records sur- “The crew clung to bales of hay, the lives that were lost in the tragedies. rounding tuberculosis in Michigan that flotsam once meant to feed the horses Anyone who grew up on or near a are housed at the MSU Archives. in mining camps on the Keweenaw,” Great Lake or took a summer vacation It was recently announced that she she writes. up north has likely stumbled upon some has won the Moveen Prize for Poetry, “I imagined a sailor who, clinging to a remnant from a shipwreck — pieces of which includes a month-long residency bale of hay, represented the juxtaposition wood, clothing and even entire structural in Ireland at the ancestral cottage of fel- between earth and water,” she said. beams often wash ashore, especially fol- low Michigan poet Thomas Lynch. The lowing a storm. That’s exactly how Hunter ocean-side lodging, on the Loop Head Morgan became fascinated with what lays Courtesy Photo Peninsula of West Clare, is funded by the SCHULER BOOKS beneath the world’s largest bodies of fresh “Harborless,” a collection of poems Lynch and Sons Fund for the Arts based &MUSIC water. Experts estimate that a minimum by Cindy Hunter Morgan, is inspired by in Lynch’s home of Milford, Mich. of 6,000 shipwrecks have occurred on the the thousands of shipwrecks that have This summer, Hunter Morgan plans to AUDIO AIR FORCE presents lakes, taking upwards of 30,000 lives. happened on the Great Lakes. visit several Great Lakes port cities to pro- The Maltese Falcon “My grandma grew up in Oceana mote her book, including Chicago, Mack- County and we camped there every sum- was called the “Christmas Tree Ship,” inac Island, Petoskey and Marquette. Tuesday, February 7 @ 7pm mer. Near the Stony Lake channel, where which sank with 17 men and 5,000 Christ- Another poem in the collection, “Pew- Meridian Mall location it enters Lake Michigan, I always saw mas trees. abic, 1865,” tells the unusual tale of what The Audio Air Force is a community remains of shipwrecks,” Hunter Morgan “Fishermen wondered why they caught was left behind when a ship carrying 150 theater group that puts on audio said. “That, coupled with my great grand- balsam and spruce, their nets full of for- Union troops sank near Thunder Bay in theater presentations, live on stage, father, who sailed the lakes to earn money ests not fish,” she writes. Lake Huron after colliding with another Hunter Morgan, who grew up mostly with music and sound effects - much so my grandmother could go to Michigan ship. like what was done in the golden in the Lansing area, said she began this State College in the late 1920s, and I be- “When the ship was found, divers days of radio. They will perform The collection of thematic poetry in 2013, came fascinated with shipwrecks.” found a card table complete with an un- Maltese Falcon, the classic story by The inspiration for individual poems Dashiell Hammet, made famous by includes objects from shipwrecks that lit- the movie in 1941, using a script ter the lakes’ floor. from a 1946 network radio production “There are barrels of whiskey, juke promoting the re-release of the film in boxes, cars and whole trains lying on the theaters. lake floor,” she said. “It’s bizarre what’s on the bottom.” Young Adult Author Duo: There are even rumors that a German US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd STEPHANIE GARBER and World War I submarine was scuttled after a victory tour and lies somewhere at the www.NCGmovies.com ELLY BLAKE bottom of Lake Michigan. 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Wednesday, February 1 Classes and Seminars Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 members. Williamston High School, 3939 Vanneter Road, Williamston. Mindfulness. Meditation for beginners and experienced. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. Van Hanh Temple, 3015 S. Washington Ave., Courtesy Photo Lansing. (517) 420-5820, ow.ly/CIHU305nMqx. Karen Williams headlines We Laugh, one of two Introduction to Audio Analysis. Workshop comedy fundraisers in Lansing Friday night. on basics of audio analysis tools. 12:30-2 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, 366 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing. ow.ly/HPSX308a1hy. February 3 CosPlay 101. 4-week course on wig techniques, Comedy fans in Lansing have two foam work for props, make up and more. opportunities to have a good laugh and 6:30-7:30 p.m. $35/sliding fee for ages 13-17. toured the U.S., appearing in comedy LGBTQ rights and We Laugh Jackson School of the Arts, 634 N. Mechanic St., support good causes Friday night. In REO Town, the Women’s Center of clubs from Los Angeles to New York. HIV/AIDS relief. 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 Jackson. jacksonarts.org. Also slated to perform are Michigan She is also the $25/$40 VIP/$40 per couple Greater Lansing presents We Laugh, and The Cadillac Room (inside Events on the north side of Lansing, Old Town comedians Diego Attanasio, Tom E. founder of the Riverview Church) After School Action Program. Light meal, Comedy Showcase offers an Standup Thompson and Ben Langworthy. HaHA Institute, 1115 S. Washington Ave., tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside We Laugh, which comes to REO an organization Lansing for Vets. Both events are fundraisers for (517) 372-9163, Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., local nonprofits. Town’s Cadillac Room Friday, is a that emphasizes womenscenterofgreaterlansing. Lansing. Comedian Aaron Putnam hosts the combination of two past Women’s human potential org After School Teen Program. For teens in Center fundraisers: She Laughs, which through humor Standup for Vets, which benefits Team Standup for Vets grades 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints featured female comedians, and He and healing arts. Episcopal Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Red White and Blue. The nationwide 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 Lansing. (517) 351- 2420, elpl.org. nonprofit helps veterans with the Laughs, which offered a slate of male “Nonprofits $10 Allen Market Place — Indoor Season. performers. This year’s event brings are going UrbanBeat Event Center transition back into life at home by 1213 Turner St., Lansing Locally grown, baked and prepared foods. connecting them to their communities the genders together, with headliner through a lot (517) 331-8440, 3-6:30 p.m. FREE. Allen Farmers Market, 1629 E. through social and physical activities. Karen Williams supported by comedians of changes, urbanbeatevents.com Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911, ow.ly/Bol Hedlun Walton, Will Green, Robert because the 1303O4VE. Putnam’s Old Town Comedy Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed step Showcase, which hosts events in Lansing Jenkins, Samantha Rager, Esther funding and foundation sources are not meeting. 6 p.m. Donations. Pennsylvania Ave. and Chicago, has done comedy benefits Nevarez and Stephanie Hirchert Walton. there,” Williams said. “So it’s always Church of God, 3500 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in the past, and Putnam put together The evening also features a silent a good for any nonprofit to have Lansing. (517) 899-3215. this comedy benefit after a veteran auction. fundraising events.” ICACS Whisker Wednesday. Pet adoptions. Williams, a Cleveland-based When asked if there might be some All animals spayed/neutered, vaccinated and approached him about doing something microchipped. Noon-6 p.m. Ingham County with Team Red, White and Blue. comedian who has appeared in a She friendly competition between the men Animal Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. (517) “It’s honestly a great way to support Laughs event in the past, feels that using and the women performing Friday, she 676-8370. live comedy, and it’s for a good cause,” comedy is an effective way to help the said she was ready for the challenge. Practice Your English. Practice listening Putnam said. community. “I’m always good,” Williams said with to and speaking English. All levels welcome. Team Red White and Blue has “Throughout my career I’ve a laugh. “I expect to blow everybody out 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 considered myself to be comic activist,” Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl. chapters around the nation, and Friday’s of the water.” org. event benefits the Lansing chapter. she said. Williams has performed for a Green Themes Presentation: Climate Putnam, who will also be performing in — DIAMOND HENRY the event, is joined by headliner Keith variety of benefits to fundraisers for See Out on the Town, Page 24 Bergman. The Toledo-based comic has organizations that support causes like City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 23

A survey of Lansing’s

By RICH TUPICA Musical LAndscape

New venue, UrbanBeat Event Center, hosts PD9 in Old Town

Friday, Feb. 10 – PD9 @ Urban Beat Event Center, 1213 Turner St., Lansing, $15, urbanbeatevents.com.

The newest addition to Lan- vacant for years but has a rich local walls and wood floors,” Terry said. unique events. sing’s music and entertainment history. “We wanted a space where people “We’re doing a variety of scene, UrbanBeat Event Center, “It hadn’t been really used since could come in and make it their things,” he said. “On Valentine’s hosts Planet D Nonet, aka PD9, the late ‘80s,” Terry said. “It was the own.” Day, we’ll have a dinner that will be one of Detroit’s top little big Mustang Bar — that was its last Urban Beat allows each pro- a benefit for Habitat for Human- bands. Co-founded by bandleader official use.” moter/host to place seating and ity. We are booking and promot- RJ Spangler in 2007, the group is As for the length of time it sat the stage wherever it best suits the ing some of the music shows, but known for its early jazz reper- empty, Terry said he was wait- event, Terry said. others organize and sell tickets on toire, spanning from the 1920s ing for an entrepreneur with an “We have a catering kitchen, and their own.” through the ‘40s. PD9’s latest artistic vision. He decided to col- we have a great sound and light- Terry said he’s excited to bring album, “A Salute to Strayhorn,” laborate with his business partners, ing system going,” he said. “We are PD9 to Old Town, and he plans features musical selections from John and Joni Sztykiel, on the new investing heavily to make it a pre- to continue booking talent from composer Billy Strayhorn, best venue. The space offers a little un- miere place in Lansing for intimate across the state. known for his collaborations with der 3,000 square feet and a capac- concerts and events.” “PD9 is a phenomenal group,” Duke Ellington. ity of 50 to 150 people, depending Those looking to book an event he said. “We’re glad to bring in De- As for the venue, building owner on the floorplan. can visit UrbanBeat’s website, ur- troit talent. We want to showcase Terry Terry — also founder and “We developed this idea of banbeatevents.com. Terry said the the best talents of Lansing but also CEO of Old Town media and PR an events center that’s kind of venue is open to music, comedy bring in outside talent to share firm MessageMakers — said the unique — a blank canvas with shows, weddings, dinner parties, with Lansing.” newly opened space has been unique characteristics, with brick corporate meetings and other

v Contact [email protected] LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Service Industry Night, 3 p.m. Customer Appreciation Day (FREE), 9 p.m. The Hunky Newcomers, 9 p.m. DJ Deatheater (FREE), 9 p.m. Black Cat Bistro, 115 Albert Ave. Sarah Brunner, 8 p.m. Buddies - Holt, 2040 N Aurelius Rd Alistair, 9 p.m. Buddies - Okemos, 1937 W Grand River Ave Rush Clement, 9 p.m. Classic Bar & Grill, 16219 Old US 27 Lee Groove, 9 p.m. Champions, 2440 N. Cedar St. Lee Groove, 7 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Russ Holcombe, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Coach's, 6201 Bishop Rd Young Guns, 9 p.m. Jammin' DJ, 9 p.m. Darb's Tavern, 117 S Cedar St Alistair, 9 p.m. Eaton Rapids Craft Co., 204 N Main St. Steve Cowles, 6 p.m. Chris Laskos, 6 p.m. Esquire, 1250 Turner St. Karaoke with DJ Jamie, 9 p.m. DJ Brandon, 9 p.m. Karaoke with DJ Jamie, 10 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Live Blues w/ The Good Cookies, 8 p.m. Mike Skory & Friends, 8:30 p.m. Blue Haired Bettys, 9:30 p.m. Summer of Sol, 9:30 p.m. Gallery Brewery, 142 Kent St. Open Mic, 7 p.m. Lunch and Learn, Noon Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. "Johnny D" Blues Night, 9 p.m. Karaoke Kraze, 9 p.m. Avon Bomb, 9 p.m. Icy Dicey, 9 p.m. Harrison Roadhouse, 720 E. Michigan Ave. Sarah Brunner, 5:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Homegrown Throwdown 4, 6:30 p.m. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Martyr For Madison, 8 p.m. PARTS, 8 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic w/ Jen Sygit, 9 p.m. Live Music, 9 p.m. Live Music, 9 p.m. Live Music, 9 p.m. Reno's East, 1310 Abbot Road Kathy Ford, 8 p.m. Life Support, 8 p.m. The Tenants, 8 p.m. Reno's North, 16460 Old US 27 Kyle's Open Mic Jam, 7-11 p.m. Wise Guys, 8 p.m. Wise Guys, 8 p.m. Reno's West, 5001 W. Saginaw Hwy. Bobby Standall, 8 p.m. Hidden Agenda, 8 p.m. Ryan's Roadhouse, 902 E State St Kevin Schaeffer, 6 p.m. Tavern & Tap, 101 S. Washington Square Tavern House Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. Tequila Cowboy, 5660 W. Saginaw Hwy. Miranda & the M80’s, 4 p.m. Hoosier Highway, 4 p.m. Hoosier Highway, 4 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog Open Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m. Live Music, 9 p.m. Live Music, 9 p.m. Watershed Tavern and Grill 5965 Marsh Rd. Trevor Compton, 7 p.m. Mark Sala, 8 p.m. Capitol City DJs, 10 p.m. Capitol City DJs, 10 p.m. Waterfront Bar and Grill, 325 City Market Dr. Alex Mendenall, 8 p.m. LivE & Local lists upcominG gigs! To get listed email [email protected]. Only submit for the upcoming week's shows. 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2017

Nazarene, 415 E. Maple St., Mason. Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny Feb. 1-7 Preschool Science Explorations: Mammal Out on the town Mania. Science activities with nature walk and crafts. 1-2:30 p.m. $4. Harris Nature Center, 3998 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Once upon a time, and recording new music. From 1978 to 1984, he and his from page 22 Calvin of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip made this collaborators averaged one album per year. But when Van Atta Road, Meridian Township. (517) 349-3866, bit.ly/HNCprg bold declaration: "Happiness isn't good enough for me! Mothersbaugh started writing soundtracks for the week- Change and Public Health. Part of a climate I demand euphoria!" Given your current astrological ly TV show Pee-Wee's Playhouse, his process went into action plan developed by Meridian Township. 7-8 aspects, Aries, I think you have every right to invoke that Music overdrive. He typically wrote an entire show's worth of p.m. FREE. Meridian Township Hall, 5151 Marsh Road, battle cry yourself. From what I can tell, there's a party MSU Symphony Band Concert. 7:30 p.m. $10/$8 music each Wednesday and recorded it each Thursday. Okemos. underway inside your head. And I'm pretty sure it's a I suspect you have that level of creative verve right now, seniors/students FREE. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton healthy bash, not a decadent debacle. The bliss it stirs Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 353- Libra. Use it wisely! If you're not an artist, channel it into Literature and Poetry up will be authentic, not contrived. The release and relief the area of your life that most needs to be refreshed or 5340, music.msu.edu/event-listing. it triggers won't be trivial and transitory, but will gener- Wharton Center Inner Circle Book Club. "The reinvented. ate at least one long-lasting breakthrough. Berlin Stories," by novelist Christopher Isherwood. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Many vintage American Theater TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The coming weeks 3:30-5 p.m. Schuler Books & Music, 1982 Grand songs remain available today because of the pioneering A Painted Window. Play about family, loss, regret will be an excellent time to ask for favors. I think you will River Ave., Okemos. whartoncenter.com. musicologist, John Lomax. In the first half of the 20th and the power of fear and love. 8-9:30 p.m. $15/$13 be exceptionally adept at seeking out people who can century, he traveled widely to track down and record military and seniors/$10 students. Williamston actually help you. Furthermore, those from whom you Music obscure cowboy ballads, folk songs, and traditional Theatre, 122 S. Putnam St., Williamston. (517) 655- request help will be more receptive than usual. Finally, Margarita Shevchenko, piano. 7:30 p.m. $10/$8 African American tunes. "Home on the Range" was a 7469, williamstontheatre.org. your timing is likely to be close to impeccable. Here's a seniors/FREE for students and children. Fairchild prime example of his many discoveries. He learned that tip to aid your efforts: A new study suggests that people Theatre, 542 Auditorium Road, East Lansing. (517) song, often referred to as "the anthem of the American Events are more inclined to be agreeable to your appeals if 353-5340, music.msu.edu/event-listing. you address their right ears rather than their left ears. West," from a black saloonkeeper in Texas. I suggest we After School Action Program. Light meal, (More info: tinyurl.com/intherightear) make Lomax a role model for you Scorpios during the tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are your five words coming weeks. It's an excellent time to preserve and Thursday, February 2 Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. of power for the next two weeks, Gemini. 1. Unscramble. protect the parts of your past that are worth taking with After School Teen Program. For teens in grades Invoke this verb with regal confidence as you banish cha- you into the future. Classes and Seminars 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal os and restore order. 2. Purify. Be inspired to cleanse SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The mountain (TOPS) Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh-in 5:15 Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- your motivations and clarify your intentions. 3. Reach. won't come to you. It will not acquire the supernatural p.m.; meeting 6 p.m. First meeting FREE. Room 207, 2420, elpl.org. Act as if you have a mandate to stretch out, expand, and power to drag itself over to where you are, bend its Haslett Middle School, 1535 Franklin St., Haslett. 12-Step Meeting. AA/NA/CA all welcome. In room extend yourself to arrive in the right place. 4. Rollick. craggy peak down to your level, and give you a free ride (517) 927-4307. 209. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. Cristo Chant this magic word as you activate your drive to be as it returns to its erect position. So what will you do? Build A Story: Your Celebration of Life & Rey Community Center, 1717 N. High St., Lansing. lively, carefree, and frolicsome. 5. Blithe. Don't take any- Moan and wail in frustration? Retreat into a knot of help- Family. Make personalized accessories out of Baby Storytime. Stories and movement for our thing too personally, too seriously, or too literally. less indignation and sadness? Please don't. Instead, stop nostalgic baby clothing. Call to register. 7 p.m. youngest readers. Call to register. 10:30-11:15 a.m. CANCER (June 21-July 22): The 17th-century German hoping for the mountain to do the impossible. Set off on $34.99-$54.99. Lucky Star Lane/Painted Teal, 200 S. FREE. CADL Foster, 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing. alchemist Hennig Brand collected 1,500 gallons of urine a journey to the remote, majestic pinnacle with a fierce Bridge St., Grand Ledge. (517) 749-0320. (517) 485-5185, cadl.org. from beer-drinkers, then cooked and re-cooked it till it song in your determined heart. Pace yourself. Doggedly Capital Area Audubon Society. "eBird and How achieved the "consistency of honey." Why? He thought master the art of slow, incremental magic. A Course in Miracles. Group on peace through To Use It" presented by Caleb Putnam. 7-9 p.m. his experiment would eventually yield large quantities of forgiveness. 7-9 p.m. Unity Spiritual Center of CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Who can run faster, FREE. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope gold. It didn't, of course. But along the way, he acciden- Lansing, 230 S. Holmes St., Lansing. (517) 371-3010, a person or a horse? There's evidence that under Ave., Lansing. capitalareaaudubon.org. tally produced a substance of great value: phosphorus. unitylansing.org. certain circumstances, a human can prevail. In June of Crafternoon: Duct & Washi Tape Fun. Ages 6-13 It was the first time anyone had created a pure form of Celebrate Recovery. For all hurts and hang-ups. every year since 1980, the Man Versus Horse Marathon make colorful creations. Call to register. 4:30-5:30 it. So in a sense, Brand "discovered" it. Today phospho- 6 p.m. Donations welcome. Trinity Church (Lansing), has taken place in the Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells. p.m. FREE. CADL Mason, 145 W. Ash St., Mason. rus is widely used in fertilizers, water treatment, steel 3355 Dunckel Road, Lansing, (517) 492-1866. The route of the race weaves 22 miles through marsh, (517) 676-9088, cadl.org. production, detergents, and food processing. I bring Mason Codependents Anonymous. Support bogs, and hills. On two occasions, a human has out- Crafting for a Cause. Knitters and crafters this to your attention, my fellow Cancerian, because group. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Mason First Church of the paced all the horses. According to my astrological I suspect you will soon have a metaphorically similar See Out on the Town, Page 25 experience. Your attempt to create a beneficial new analysis, you Capricorns will have that level of animalistic asset will not generate exactly what you wanted, but will power during the coming weeks. It may not take the nevertheless yield a useful result. form of foot speed, but it will be available as stamina, FEB. 3-4, 10-11 >> ‘NUMBER THE STARS’ LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the documentary movie energy, vitality, and instinctual savvy. AT ALL-OF-US EXPRESS CHLIDREN’S THEATRE Catfish, the directors, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Who would have present a metaphor drawn from the fishing industry. guessed that Aquarian Charles Darwin, the pioneer- All-of-us Express Children Theatre takes on an unexpectedly timely topic this They say that Asian suppliers used to put live codfish ing theorist of evolution, had a playful streak? Once he in tanks and send them to overseas markets. It was placed a male flower's pollen under a glass along with an weekend with its adaptation of the Lois Lowry’s “Number the Stars,” which tells the only upon arrival that the fish would be processed into unfertilized female flower to see if anything interesting story of a Jewish family trying to escape Copenhagen during World War II. The work food. But there was a problem: Because the cod were would happen. "That's a fool's experiment," he confessed of historical fiction centers around sisters Annemarie and Kristi Johansen, who face so sluggish during the long trips, their meat was mushy to a colleague. "But I love fools' experiments. I am always soldiers and interrogations as they try to help Ellen Rosen and her family escape to and tasteless. The solution? Add catfish to the tanks. making them." Now would be an excellent time for you That energized the cod and ultimately made them more to consider trying some fools' experiments of your own, safety in Sweden. 7p.m. Friday; 2 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday. $7/$5 children. Hannah flavorful. Moral of the story, according to Joost and Aquarius. I bet at least one of them will turn out to be Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 319-6957, allofusexpress.org. Schulman: Like the cod, humans need catfish-like com- both fun and productive. panions to stimulate them and keep them sharp. Do you PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In Shakespeare's play have enough influences like that in your life, Leo? Now is a good time to make sure you do. MacBeth, three witches brew up a spell in a cauldron. FEB. 3-12 >> ‘BLOOD AT THE ROOT’ AT MSU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE Among the ingredients they throw in there is the "eye VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The city of Boston allows an arts organization called Mass Poetry to stencil poems of newt." Many modern people assume this refers to In 2006, six black students at Jena High School in Louisiana were arrested on on sidewalks. The legal graffiti is done with a special the optical organ of a salamander, but it doesn't. It's assault charges after a racially-charged confrontation with a white student. actually an archaic term for "mustard seed." When I told paint that remains invisible until it gets wet. So if you're Dominique Morriseau’s play “Blood at the Root,” explores this incident. “The a pedestrian trudging through the streets as it starts my Piscean friend John about this, he said, "Damn! Now to rain, you may suddenly behold, emerging from the I know why Jessica didn't fall in love with me." He was system is supposed to be blind, justice is supposed to be blind, and yet it isn’t,” blank grey concrete, Langston Hughes' poem "Still Here" making a joke about how the love spell he'd tried hadn't said Morrisseau, “I think those things are all coming up against each other in this or Fred Marchant's "Pear Tree In Flower." I foresee a worked. Let's use this as a teaching story, Pisces. Could play.” This production is directed by guest artist Steve H. Broadnax III, head of Penn metaphorically similar development in your life, Virgo: a it be that one of your efforts failed because it lacked pleasant and educational surprise arising unexpectedly some of the correct ingredients? Did you perhaps have State’s MFA acting program. Friday’s performance will have post-show discussion, out of the vacant blahs. a misunderstanding about the elements you needed for and the Sunday performance will have a pre-show discussion at 1:15 p.m. 7:30 LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When he was in the rock a successful outcome? if so, correct your approach and p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $15/$13 seniors band Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh took his time composing try again. and faculty/$10 students. Arena Theatre (in the basement of MSU Auditorium) 542 Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. Auditorium Road, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000, whartoncenter.com. City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25

use CADL's Local History Online database. 5-6 p.m. FREE. CADL Holt-Delhi, 2078 Aurelius Road, Holt. FRIDAY, FEB.3 >> ROMANCING THE TONE AT WILSON CENTER AUDITORIUM Out on the town Kids Reading to Dogs. Ages 6 and up practice reading to trained dog. 4-5 p.m. FREE. CADL Haslett, With Valentine’s Day not far away, vocal quartet Romancing the Tone offers an from page 24 1590 Franklin St., Haslett. (517) 339-2324. evening of love songs and romantic tunes ranging from 1930s standards to modern Ladies Silver Blades Figure Skating Club. All create items for the food bank. 4-5:30 p.m. Grand skill levels welcome. 9:30-11:20 a.m. $5 and yearly hits. “We formed Romancing the Tone just for this performance, although we have Ledge Area District Library, 131 E. Jefferson St., dues fee. Suburban Ice, 2810 Hannah Blvd., East all performed together many times,” said St. Johns-based singer Ellen Hoard. The Grand Ledge. (517) 627-7014, grandledge.lib.mi.us. Lansing. (517) 881-2517, ladiessilverblades.com. Drop-in LEGO Club. Ages 4 and up engage quartet, which also features vocalists Kelly Sandula-Gunner, Dan Templin and Dave in imaginative play. 3:15-4:30 p.m. FREE. CADL Sincox, will be backed up by Jeff Richards on piano, Rick Peterson on bass and Webberville, 115 S. Main St., Webberville. Friday, February 3 James Flanagan on drums. All proceeds go toward the ongoing renovation of the CADL Family Storytime. Held off-site during Wilson Center Auditorium. 7:30 p.m. $10. Wilson Center Auditorium, 101 W. Cass St., library remodeling. 10:30-11:15 a.m. FREE. Library of Classes and Seminars Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. cadl.org. Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for Saint Johns. facebook.com/wilsoncenterauditorium. Highlights from Local History Online. How to beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 members. Williamston High School, 3939 Vanneter Road, Williamston. We Laugh. Comedy benefit for the Women's Center GroupGAP Informational Session. Program of Greater Lansing. 8 p.m. $25/$40 couples/$40 Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones for farmers about food safety practices. Register VIP. The Cadillac Room, 1115 S. Washington Ave., online. 1-3 p.m. Allen Market Place, 1629 E. Lansing. womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3923, ow.ly/ Mid-Michigan Women's Expo. Vendors offer nfnD308a0gT. goods and services aimed at women. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. "Exaggeration" — Study of the Book of Revelations. All supplies $7. Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. way more than provided at no charge. 7-8 p.m. FREE. University kohlerexpo.com. necessary. Seventh Day Adventist Church, 504 Ann St., East Talking Books at Mid-Michigan Women's Matt Jones Lansing. (517) 663-1633. Expo. Selection of under-the-radar reads with CADL. 11 -11:30 a.m. Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Across Music Ave., Lansing. 1 Contacts electroni- MSU Faculty Recital: Melanie Helton, Video Game Night. Ages 8-18 play tournament- cally, in a way soprano, and Elden Little, piano. 8 p.m. $10/$8 style games. Call to register. 5-7 p.m. FREE. CADL 4 They're the result seniors/students FREE. Fairchild Theatre, 542 Holt-Delhi, 2078 Aurelius Road, Holt. (517) 694-9351. of extracted genes Auditorium Road, East Lansing. (517) 353-5340, 8 Chunks of fairway music.msu.edu/event-listing. Arts 14 Buck's counter- MSU Symphony Orchestra Concert. 8 p.m. Midwinter Portraits: an Exhibition of Original part $10/$8 seniors/students FREE. Cobb Great Hall, Drawings by Artist Laura Gajewski. Original 15 "___ that a kick in Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. mixed-media charcoal drawings. 5-8 p.m. FREE. the pants?" (517) 353-5340, music.msu.edu/event-listing. 'east arbor architecture', 201 1/2 East Grand River 16 Hall of Fame quar- Song's You'll Love. Concert of love songs from Ave., East Lansing. (517) 755-7310. terback Johnny jazz to Broadway. 7:30-9 p.m. $10. Wilson Center 17 "Friends" costar Auditorium, 101 W. Cass St., St. Johns. (989) 224- Courteney 8159, wilsoncenterauditorium.org. Saturday, February 4 18 Falco of "Nurse African Children's Choir Concert. Featuring Jackie" Classes and Seminars young singers from African countries. 6:30 19 Kitchen protectors Cross Country Ski Class. Rentals must be p.m. FREE, donations welcome. Trinity Church, 20 Theme park chain, reserved in advance. 9:30-11:30 a.m. $15/$20 with grossly exaggerated? 3355 Dunckel Road, Lansing. (517) 272-3820, rental. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, africanchildrenschoir.com. Meridian Township. (517) 349-3866, bit.ly/HNCprg. 23 French realist 55 Negative in Nurem- Jungle" star ___ bahn Reiki Two Training. Workshop on energy painter Bonheur berg Garcia Bernal 38 Result of evil acts, Theater healing method. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $95. Willow Stick 24 "Conjunction Junc- 56 "Gone with the Wind" 5 Computer music supposedly tion" conjunction plantation, insanely format 39 "___ Inside" (com- Blood at the Root. Play about miscarriage of Ceremonies, 1515 W. Mt. Hope Ave., Suite 3, Lansing. 25 Chef DiSpirito exaggerated? justice, based on historical events. 8 p.m. $15. 6 Big Mac ingredient puter slogan) See Out on the Town, Page 26 28 End of many failed 60 Duke University city 7 "Mad Men" pool 40 Apple Chief Design Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing '90s businesses? 62 "___ Jury" (Spillane member Officer Jony ___ (517) 432-2000, theatre.msu.edu. 31 Autumn mo. detective novel) 8 Twofold 41 One of the Bluth A Painted Window. Play about family, loss, 33 "The Fault in ___ 63 Architect I.M. ___ 9 To a certain extent brothers on "Arrested regret and the power of fear and love. 8-9:30 Stars" 64 Beezus's sister 10 Leo follower Development" p.m. $30/$28 military and seniors/$10 students. 34 "Wayne's World" 65 Group led by Master 11 Doctor's ear-exam- 45 Given to traveling Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam St., Williamston. actress Carrere Splinter, initially ining tool 47 Drink container (517) 655-7469, williamstontheatre.org. 35 Feeling of amaze- 66 "Wow," when texting 12 Camel tone 48 "Black ___" (his- Number the Stars. Based on book by Lois Lowry ment 67 Like beer or bread 13 Draft lottery org., toric 1961 book) about Jewish family's escape from Copenhagen in 36 Caricatured dough once 49 Lieutenant's 1943. 7 p.m. $7/$5 kids. Hannah Community Center, 37 Morris's favorite cat 68 They may have polar 21 Milk-related underling (517) 319-6957, allofusexpress.org. food, wildly exagger- bears and giraffes 22 "Eh, I'm not buying 51 Community char- ated? 69 Why the exaggera- it" look acter Events 41 Green dip, for short tion? Because it's this 26 Helps with lines 53 Glamor partner 42 Tats RWB Comedy Benefit. Proceeds go towards number raised to the 27 Chicago airport 54 Controversial supporting veterans. 8-10 p.m. UrbanBeat Event 43 Eden matriarch nth power letters naval base in Cuba, 40 44 Adjective for 2017 Center, 1213 Turner St., Lansing. ow.ly/MoRE308uy11. 29 Contents of a informally After School Teen Program. For teens in grades (but not 2018) Down cruet 57 "If ___ be so bold 45 Enjoy brunch, for 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal 1 It usually includes a 30 Sasha's sister ..." Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- instance 32 "E! 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town Lansing sandwich store, Sarnie Shoppe, announcing the 5-month-old store’s immediate closure. "It is with a heavy heart that I have to close operations at the Sarnie Shoppe at Lansing,” said the note, which was signed by Jones. "I realize TOP 5 we've only been here for a short peri- od, but the time is right for a business DINING GUIDE decision to solely focus on catering." Sarnie Shoppe opened on the first THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN floor of the renovated Knapp’s Centre GREATER LANSING AS DECIDED last September, featuring a deli counter selling sandwiches, soups, salads and BY CITY PULSE READERS smoothies. It was the Knapp Centre’s first restaurant tenant, but Nick Edye, a principal at the building’s owner, the Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2016 Eyde Co., said progress is already being Top of the Town contest, we’ve assembled a made on a replacement. guide to your favorite Lansing-area eater- “It wasn’t the outcome we were SCHAVEY ROAD PUB / SARNIE SHOPPE / RUCKUS RAMEN / BLAZE PIZZA looking for, but we’re already talking ies. We’ll run single categories in the paper to some folks who would be an ideal periodically, but the complete dining guide is Allan I. Ross/City Pulse fit,” Eyde said. “We’re also close to sign- always available on our website. The Schavey Road Pub opens today in DeWitt, taking the place of the Tin Can DeWitt. The Tin ing a lease for a restaurant (inside the Bon appétit! Can management team closed the bar 10 days ago to accommodate interior renovations that Knapp’s Centre). It’s something that would give it a more refined look. downtown really needs, and I think it will make a lot of people happy.” Top 5 sushi By ALLAN I. ROSS open in downtown DeWitt later this Stay tuned for details. When the first Tin Can Bar opened year. The menu was designed by in downtown Lansing seven years ago, Igor Jurkovic, who worked with 414 Raising a Ruckus #1 maru sushi and grill it served as a sort of counterprogram- Entertainment to develop the food Former pop-up experiment Ruckus High quality sushi, upscale atmosphere ming option to the self-important craft options at the company’s flagship bar, Ramen officially transitioned to a full- 5100 Marsh Road, Okemos beer tasting rooms that had begun to the Exchange. Jurkovic also owns time dinner kitchen this week. Owner/ (517) 349-7500 pop up around town. Conceived as a and operates the Mediteran Café in operator Steve Swart set up shop the marurestaurant.com Avenue Café after a series of sold-out 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. & 4-9:30 p.m. Monday- “world class dive bar,” the Tin Can’s suc- downtown Lansing and previously ran Wednesday; 11:30 a.m-9:30 p.m. Thursday- cess spawned four additional locations, Restaurant Mediteran. one-night-only events late last year. Saturday; 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday where its college-age (and college- “Igor brings some pedigree, so we He worked with local chefs to age-minded) customers could be found really gave him a lot of room to be hone the menu, which offers tradi- drinking beer out of the can, making creative with this menu,” Sell said. “He tional Japanese soup dishes, salads #2 Sansu chalk drawings on the blackboard created this lasagna dip appetizer with and dumplings, all sourced with local City Pulse readers love Sansu’s value, serving qual- walls and playing jumbo versions of garlic crostini that’s out of this world. ingredients and tweaked to appeal to ity sushi at good prices children’s tabletop games. But this People are going to flip.” American palates. Swart said Ruckus 4750 S. Hagadorn Road, East Lansing week, the Tin Can’s management team The menu includes a new lineup of Ramen will be dine-in only to start. (517) 333-1933 unveiled the changes recently made to burgers, sandwiches, salads and wraps. sansu-sushi.com Blaze spreads 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. & 4:30–10 p.m. Monday-Satur- its DeWitt location, which will put it in Besides the lasagna dip, appetizer day; 3-10 p.m. Sunday line with the upscale image the mini- options include house-made hum- Following the debut of its Frandor chain was rebelling against in the first mus and a specialty cheese board. restaurant last summer, California- place. There’s also a kid’s menu and new des- based Blaze Pizza will open a second #3 Ukai (west lansing) “Our DeWitt customers are defi- sert options, including a rice pudding mid-Michigan location in East Lansing Sushi bar and hibachi grill, known for entertaining nitely (more subdued) than the crowds served in a cast iron skillet that gets later this year. The fast-casual eatery hibachi chefs we see at our other locations,” said scorched to order, crème brûlée-style. prepares pizzas in hot-stone ovens that 754 Delta Commerce Drive, Lansing Dave Sell, vice president of 414 “The goal is to evolve the menu as bake crusts in just three minutes. (517) 853-8888 iloveukai.com Entertainment, the Tin Can’s parent we get feedback from the customers The new, 3,200-square-foot loca- 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. & 4-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; company. “We’ve been busy since we and keep it changing with the seasons,” tion will move into the ground floor 4-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon-9 p.m. Sunday opened there, but the one thing we Sell said. “This is the first time (our of the State News office building, kept hearing from our clientele was company has) put such an emphasis on 437 E. Grand River Ave., adjacent that we should be more family friendly. our food. There seems to be a growing to Panda Express. According to a #4 ai fusion That got us thinking about what we food culture in DeWitt, and it’s exciting press release issued last week by Known for creative sushi rolls and good service could do.” to be a part of that.” Blaze’s parent company, the new 2827 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing And so 10 days ago, Sell’s team The patio and the 80-inch HD TVs store will be built using recycled and (517) 853-3700 closed down the Tin Can DeWitt and are staying put, but gone are the chalk- sustainable materials and will use ai-fusion.com 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; noon-11 p.m. took on a massive interior overhaul to board walls and game area. The interior eco-friendly packaging and energy- Friday-Saturday; noon-11 p.m. Sunday the 800-square-foot space. Today, it was revamped with tin ceilings and efficient LED lighting. reopens with the same management furniture that has what Sell called a but a completely new look, new menu “neighborhood pubby” feel, as well as a Schavey Road Pub #5 sushi moto and a new name: the Shavey Road darker color scheme. 13175 Schavey Road (in the Schavey Cozy west side restaurant known for its fresh sushi Pub. “This came almost entirely from Road Plaza), DeWitt 436 Elmwood Road, Lansing “The focus will be more on craft customer feedback,” Sell said. “You 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Monday-Friday; noon-2 (517) 580-4321 beer, so we’ve added a draft system to can’t be all things to all people, but this a.m. Saturday-Sunday sushimoto.us 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Saturday; Noon-9 p.m. Sun- the bar,” Sell said. “We’re also adding redesign will make it more accessible (517) 624-2078, facebook.com/ day more robust wine options and putting to a wider range of people. And it looks schaveyroadpub more of an emphasis on our food. We fantastic. If it works, we may bring this looked at every way we could be more concept to another location. We’re Ruckus Ramen accommodating.” eager to see how people respond.” 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing (inside Sell said that the eight tap handles Avenue Café) will favor local breweries and may Shoppe out 3-10 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; closed eventually include the upcoming Last week, a sign was posted in Sunday-Monday Looking Glass Brewing Co., set to the window for Gareth Jones’ down- facebook.com/ruckusramen City Pulse • February 1, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 29

Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. Van Hanh Temple, 3015 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. Crowne Plaza Lansing West, 925 S. Creyts Road, After School Teen Program. For teens in grades (517) 420-5820, ow.ly/CIHU305nMqx. Lansing. (517) 323-8555, deltami.gov. Out on the town 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal Photography Class Okemos. With award-winning Lansing Catholic High School Winter Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- photographer Ron St. Germain. 6:30-9 p.m. $60 for Prospective Family Night. Parents and students from page 27 2420, elpl.org. 4 sessions. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta learn about what LCHS has to offer. 6:30-8:30 p.m. LCC West Toastmasters. Public speaking Road, Meridian Township. (517) 349-3866. Lansing Catholic High School, 501 Marshall St., Cutter. Use Adobe Illustrator and a laser cutter for group. 5-6:30 p.m. LCC West Campus, 5708 Lansing. (517) 67-2102, lansingcatholic.org. a project. 6-7 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, 366 W. Circle Cornerstone Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-1314, lccwest. Events Drive, East Lansing. ow.ly/OQzw3088ugr. toastmastersclubs.org. After School Action Program. Light meal, Theater Capital City Toastmasters Meeting. Learn Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. 5:45 tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside Blood at the Root. Play about miscarriage of public speaking and leadership skills. See website p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. justice, based on historical events. 7:30 p.m. $15. for schedule and locations. 7 p.m. FREE for visitors. E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 515-5559, coda.org. After School Teen Program. For teens in grades Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Free 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal (517) 432-2000, theatre.msu.edu. Lansing. (517) 775-2697, 639.toastmastersclubs.org. HIV and AIDs tests for everyone. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- Starting a Business. Course for aspiring p.m. FREE. Forest Community Health Center, 2316 S. 2420, elpl.org. entrepreneurs. Call to register. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Delta Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 887-4424, hd.ingham.org. Allen Market Place — Indoor Season. Locally Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Overeaters Anonymous. Struggling with grown, baked and prepared foods. 3-6:30 p.m. Lansing. (517) 483-1921, ow.ly/o4LH307jtSr. food? Overeaters Anonymous offers hope. 7 p.m. FREE. Allen Farmers Market, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St., Want more Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Have a support Presbyterian Church of Okemos, 2258 Bennett Lansing. (517) 999-3911, ow.ly/Bol1303O4VE. system, lose weight. Wheelchair accessible. 6 p.m. Road, Okemos. (517) 505-0068, oa.org. Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed step meeting. 6 FREE first visit. St. Therese Church, 102 W. Randolph City Pulse? 12-Step Meeting. AA/NA/CA all welcome. In room p.m. Donations. Pennsylvania Ave. Church of God, St., Lansing. tops.org. 209. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. Cristo 3500 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 899-3215. Yawn Patrol Toastmasters. Hone speaking and Rey Community Center, 1717 N. High St., Lansing. ICACS Whisker Wednesday. Pet adoptions. Follow us on leadership skills. Visit website for details. 7-8:30 All animals spayed/neutered, vaccinated and a.m. FREE for visitors. MICA Gallery, 1210 N. Turner microchipped. Noon-6 p.m. Ingham County Animal St., Lansing. yawnpatrol.com. Theater social media Blood at the Root. Play about miscarriage of Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. (517) 676-8370. justice, based on historical events. 7:30 p.m. $15. Practice Your English. Practice listening to and Music Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing speaking English. All levels welcome. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Jazz Tuesdays at Moriarty's. 7-10 p.m. FREE. (517) 432-2000, theatre.msu.edu. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East facebook.com/lansingcitypulse Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. 485-5287. Daddy Daughter Dance. Dinner reservations can @citypulse @lansingcitypulse Wednesday, February 8 be made in advance. 7-9 p.m. $10/$12 non-residents. Events Classes and Seminars Capital Area Crisis Rugby Practice. All Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for experience levels welcome. 7-8 p.m. $3. Gier beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 Community Center, 2400 Hall St., Lansing. crisisrfc. members. Williamston High School, 3939 Vanneter com. Road, Williamston. After School Action Program. Light meal, Mindfulness. Meditation for beginners and tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside experienced. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome.

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who’s presumably still in the dark regard- bottle is, but it’s Bordeaux-shaped, one of ting into his dinner, and his wine is only ing his antics. But wait, he finds evidence those bottles that are mostly a flat cylinder. slightly red, somewhat translucent, darker Trapped in of her infidelity! Everyone’s cheating. This So, chances are it’s a cabernet sauvignon, than a rosé. This reminds me of another is really intense. merlot or a blend that focuses on one or wine that is totally sexy. the wine cellar C6, 1:10: Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are now both of said varieties. The Arnot-Roberts’ Trousseau is magical Exploring sexy wines bonding over their dramatic and nefari- Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon is sen- in its vivacity, fresh cranberry-esque fruit with the help of R. Kelly ous behavior. This might be considered a sual compared to the more highly struc- and perfumed floral notes. This is love- healthy — albeit surprising — dynamic. tured and tannic cabernets from the nearby making wine for wine geeks, as it behaves a By JUSTIN KING Time for wine. I would drink something mountainous areas of Howell Mountain touch like northern Italy’s nebbiolo grape: February is a sexy time in Michigan. First sexy here. It seems to be mid-morning, or Atlas Peak. Cade is a producer of both often translucent, floral, savory and elegant, of all, there’s Valentine’s Day. Second, it’s not and they could probably use some brunch, mountain and valley wines, and it made a with a sneaky structure and approaching warm. Winter is back, perhaps some eggs Benedict. stunner with its 2014 Napa Valley cabernet full-bodied. This will run you about $40. If and that means snuggles I’d go with a Soave here. Eggs and the sauvignon. Briary, leafy notes up front give that’s too rich for your blood, look for Beau- for survival. garganega grape marry surprisingly well. way to violets, plum and black cherry con- jolais wines from the 2015 harvest. While So I set forth my two- Check out Pieropan’s Soave Classico, which centrate. This a special bottle — and the tag lighter in tannins, you’ll find similar floral/ pronged path. Clearly, you can snag for roughly $20. reflects that at about $80. fruit interplay that rarely leaves red wine I had to find some sexy C7, 1:00: They shot his wife’s brother, Here’s a good shortcut, though: 2012 drinkers disappointed. wines. But more impor- Twan, in the shoulder. This isn’t C15, 0:30: This bizarro world of infi- tant, to get in the right sexy right now. delities is run by people with incredible mindset, I had to watch all 33 Chapters of C8, 0:30: R. Kelly is know immune systems, because Twan’s shoulder R. Kelly’s made-for-the-Internet hip hop feigning a southern accent to sing to gunshot wound has completely disappeared soap opera, “Trapped in the Closet.” This Omar’s wife. It’s not convincing. already. is the sexiest video collection in American C8, 2:55: He’s in the closet C18, 1:45: The slow jam song cycle is in- history. Come with me on this journey, and again, but this time it’s Omar’s terrupted by a choir cameo, offering “work it we’ll pick up some wine tips along the way. closet. R. Kelly’s smoking a cigar, out” as its cathartic mantra. This is not sexy. Chapter 1, 0:30: A downtown-wide but he’s just there as a storyteller, so C20, 1:00: The acting in these last few panorama view tightens to the apartment I don’t think the cigar is a giveaway. chapters hasn’t lived up to the promise of in question, narrowing right in on the closet C9, 1:00: A slice of pie is miss- the first half-dozen, and the plot is mean- door. It’s good to know what we’re working ing from the cherry pie! Oh snap! dering. At least we still have wine. with this quickly. And Omar’s wife is allergic to the C21, 2:45: Back the truck up! R. Kelly C1, 0:55: Did you cheat R. Kelly? With a cherries in the pie! Omar’s police is hitting all the right notes as a serious dra- married woman? skills came in handy for this home matic actor in this riveting exposition with C1, 2:31: Things are serious. R. Kelly is cooking detective work. Joey the mob boss. This is a chapter not to now confined to the clothing storage space I’m only 30 percent of the way be missed. while the lady in question converses with through this, and I have no choice C30, 1:00. This whole Pimp Lucius her cuckold. It’s not time for wine yet. but to believe everyone is terrible. story arc is exhausting. But we’ve almost C2, 0:15: R. Kelly is already out of the But this is incredible storytelling. made it to the end. The sun is coming up closet, gun in hand. There are 32 more The canon of Western music and now. What have I done? chapters of this. This plot is moving quickly. prurient metaphors runs deep, but C33, 2:35: R. Kelly saves the best for We find out the husband is a pastor. the late Jani Lane of Warrant threw last, appearing as Beeno. History will show C2, 3:30: So we find out the pastor was a bull’s-eye with “Cherry Pie” 27 Beeno’s sunflower seed consumption as also cheating — but with a man. We’ve now years ago. This is kind of sexy. multifaceted and crucial. Sylvester and covered literally and figuratively trapped in If you want to drink sexy wine Justin King/City Pulse Twan are on the run, only to walk into a the closet. I do not know 31 more versions with your cherry pie, late bottle Arnot-Roberts’ Trousseau is a great wine for television studio to make an appearance on of “in the closet.” This will be a compelling vintage port is a hot way to go. The cuddling with a loved one or cozying up with R. a show. I could be wrong, but history has plot stretch. 2009 Pousada Porto LBV is robust Kelly’s epic “Trapped in the Closet.” proven that television cameras have done C2, 2:45: R. Kelly’s gun discipline is in with bing cherry flavor, Cham- a reasonably good a job of illuminating the worrisome. He keeps waving it around. bord-like density and a hint of light whereabouts of humans located in front of C4, 0:34: Omar from “The Wire” ap- baking spices. This will cost about $30, and 2013 West Coast cabernet sauvignons them. I have to hand it to you, Mr. Kelly. pears as an ornery officer of the law with a which is totally fair, but you can find other are generally low-risk and ripe. And good That’s a cliffhanger. nicotine addiction! late bottle vintages for a touch less than this. wines from these grapes are very easy to find. Justin King is a certified sommelier and C4, 2:40: R. Kelly is now at home C10, 1:10: We find out the Kellys have a Check in with your trusted wine shop, and owner of Bridge Street Social, a wine and enjoying some intimate time with his wife, see-thru refrigerator door. This is incredible. they’re likely to have dozens to choose from. cocktails-focused restaurant in DeWitt. He C12, 2:50: Our first wine consumption California had some drought in 2014, but the will probably watch “Trapped in the Closet” on video! I did not expect this fortuitous en- wines from that year are still pretty great. again — but only the first 10 chapters and counter! It’s a red. It’s hard to tell what the C14, 0:40: More wine! R. Kelly is cut- chapter 21. Want more “This apprenticeship program is ceive a stipend of $4,000. City Pulse? unique in its grassroots, community in- The Lansing Urban Farm Project is Future farmers volvement,” said Eric Schertzing, Ingham hosting two more information sessions Follow us on County treasurer and chair of Ingham for potential apprentices: 6 p.m. Mon- County Land Bank. day, Feb. 13 and 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. social media wanted The program, which is open to all 23. All information sessions are held Ingham County program seeks Lansing-area residents, is looking for at the Allen Market Place Conference applicants for urban farming internship four new apprentices this season. The Room, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing; 20-hour-per-week position offers a mix attendees should enter through the north facebook.com/lansingcitypulse By CITY PULSE STAFF of instruction, farm work, market expe- door of the complex. 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