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Editor’s note: Dozens of City Pulse read- The decorating job my 1 year old added (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com ers took to our website and social media to our tree looks better than this and she ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 last week to weigh in on our featuring the added the pig from her farm yard animal PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 state Christmas tree as Eyesore of the Week. bath toys to our tree. or email [email protected] Most felt we hit the nail on the head, but — Kenny J. Hatch 6 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz others think we should take our critical [email protected] • (517) 999-5061

opinions elsewhere. Here’s what they had Gone is the warm, nostalgic glow of tree EDITORIAL DIRECTOR • Mickey Hirten to say. lights from days gone by. It’s been replaced Miller: Laughable fee for FOIA policy request [email protected] • (517) 999-5067 with the disconcerting blare of LED. So and why HB 4001 makes sense MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz In defense of the tree sad. [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross I hope the column this week was a joke! — Shawn Marie Hardy PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 Maybe Tim Holmes with his high-paying PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper Hollywood clients can afford to spend 12 I love it more when hand hung lights. 8 [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 hours with 5 guys to decorate a 30-foot Does not take away the look of a Christmas CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith tree, but I am grateful that the city of Tree. Using the wrap, lights just disfigures [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 Lansing chose a more economical plan. a beauty of the tree. Lansing-area couple’s lifelong love of art carried STAFF WRITER • Lawrence Cosentino over to their kids, with interesting results Most of us view the tree from a distance, — Sue Brown [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR/ and it looks just fine. In fact, it looks great PAGE SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT • Rich Tupica and makes me smile! The need to contract the tree deco- [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 — Nancy Kelly, from lansingcity- rating out to professionals. That thing is ADVERTISING MANAGER • Denis Prisk pulse.com almost as garish as last year’s. 10 [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 — Matthew Rick ADVERTISING • Shelly Olson Perfection is over-rated, and un-attain- [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 Movie Review: “Philomena” — Judi Dench in an Steve Ledyard able. I like it. incredible true story about a mother’s love [email protected] • (517) 999-6707 — Matthew Taylor Solutions Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Daniel E. Bollman, Capital Since there seem to be so many all- COVER News Service, Bill Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom knowing tree lighting critics around, why Helma, Laura Johnson, Terry Link, Andy McGlashen, Against the tree don’t we open this up for volunteers next ART Kyle Melinn, Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis If they wanted to use these blankets year? Preston, Dylan Sowle, Paul Wozniak of lights..why bother killing a tree to hold — Tom Woodman Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Fisher, Ron Lupu, Brent Robison, Robert Wiche them up?Just build some kind of frame... JIM HARRISON by JOE BENGHAUSER Interns: Jordan Bradley, Alexandra Harakas, Carlee might actually look better and we get to If people don’t like it — next year have Henderson, Danielle Kwiatkowski, Zach Zweifler save a tree.Colors are “better’ this year but them decorate it. Editor & Publisher could we use someone NOT colorblind — Pat Johnson Berl next year and actually HAVE an Xmas CITY PULSE ON THE AIR Schwartz Architect Craig Borum, Organist Scott Smith, tree? 7 p.m. Wednesdays Shawn Dhanak, Get Covered America spokesman, — Barbara LeBouton West Have something to say about a local issue Scott Hagerstrom, director of Americans for Prosperity-Michigan, or an item that appeared in our pages? Holly Wilson of Consumers Mutual Insurance of Michigan and I watched them light the Rockefeller

THIS WEEK Robin Schneider of the National Patients Rights Association Center tree last night, turned to my hus- Now you have two ways to sound off: band and said, ‘THAT’S how you light a 1.) Write a letter to the editor. tree!!” Am convinced they need to return • E-mail: [email protected] • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 to hand-strung lights. • Fax: (517) 371-5800 — Cindy Stone 2.) Write a guest column: Contact Berl Schwartz for more information: [email protected] They may as well wrap lights around a or (517) 999-5061 giant condom. Just sayin’. (Please include your name, address and telephone number so we can — Gene Willacker reach you. Keep letters to 250 words or fewer. City Pulse reserves the right to edit letters and columns.)

This week on lansingcitypulse.com …

BREAKING RULES TO CHANGE RULES, DEC. 6: U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, visited Michigan State University last week to explain how he sided against fellow Democrats over filibuster vote: “This was a temporary victory for Democrats.” Speaking at a MSU College of Law lecture, Levin said Senate Democrats unleashed a debate about the means and ends of getting legislation passed.

THIS WEEK FROM CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE, DEC. 6: Topics include bad long-term news for Michigan wetlands, the need for more “middle-skilled” workers, an increased need for healthy foods and more.

READY TO WEAR, DEC. 5: When it opens in February, the newly renovated Knapp’s Building in downtown Lansing will be home to Michigan’s first fashion and design incubator. The incubator, called The Runway, opened its application process last week for its designer-in-residence program. A public meet-and-greet event is scheduled for Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

NOTES FROM NEIL, DEC. 5: In this week’s column, Neil Rajala recaps his favorite fiction books from 2013, including Jim Harrison’s latest collection of novellas, “Brown Dog,” and Jonathan Lethem’s latest on multiple generations of New York activists.

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Peter Dougherty, outreach coordina- who is also the secretary of the Moores LCC houses on way out tor for the Meta Peace Team (formerly Park Neighborhood Organization. “I’m In other demolition news, materi- Convent Michigan Peace Team), said his organi- not worried about it.” als inside three houses owned by Lansing zation worked in the convent for about Molnar said she was speaking indi- Community College downtown are up for three years before moving at the end of vidually and not on behalf of the neigh- salvage, though not as many as some pres- coming down last summer. He said the church was borhood group. Chong-Anna Canfora, ervationists hoped. exploring other tenants, particularly interim president of the Moores Park Last month, Midland-based demolition Some Moores Park residents sad- within the Diocese of Lansing, to use Neighborhood Organization, declined company Bierlein started removing materi- dened by St. Casimir’s plans to the building. to comment. als inside the houses at the corner of Capitol demolish its 85-year-old convent. “Whatever that plan was didn’t work St. Casimir received parochial sta- Avenue and Saginaw Street to be given to Also, saving what’s left in three LCC out,” he said, adding that his organization tus in September 1921 and settled on Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore project. houses downtown. and Pax Christi Michigan, another non- the present-day adjacent lots on Barnes Some of the larger objects, such as doors profit organization, were asked to leave. and Sparrow avenues, according to the and wood paneling, will be given to Habitat St. Casimir Parish Community is Dougherty cited water leakage as one of church’s website. The convent was built for Humanity once demolition starts, LCC set to demolish an 85-year-old convent the ongoing problems in the building. in 1928 as the church continued to grow. spokeswoman Ellen Jones said. She could at the church’s Moores Park not say when demolition will begin. Neighborhood campus. To the dis- LCC’s plans to turn the three appointment of some neighbors properties into a park-like entrance who want to see it preserved, the Property: St. Casimir Church convent, 808 W. to the downtown campus angered building is beyond repair, a church Barnes Ave., Lansing local preservationists who deemed official said last week. C Owner: St. Casimir Church the houses historic. The college Father William Lugger said the OF THE WEEK bought the properties, which had convent had slowly fallen into dis- tenants living there at the time, in repair and now faces plumbing, With the filing of an Little good can be May 2012 for $400,000. The hous- roofing and foundational problems application to demolish offered to support es, at 617 N. Capitol, 205 W. Saginaw he estimated would cost $250,000 this striking building, little the imminent loss of and 211 W. Saginaw, were built in to bring up to code. time remains to enjoy it an 85-year-old historic 1888, 1902 and 1898, respectively. “It was one of those things before it is razed. resource. However, it The house at 205 W. Saginaw was we couldn’t afford to keep up,” The house was stands at the end of a moved from Townsend Street in Lugger said. constructed in 1928 as a row of homes sharing 1949 and was partially built by F.N. An application for a demolition convent for St. Casimir’s a similar setback. Arbaugh of downtown Lansing’s permit has been filed with the city. Catholic Church. Were it located in the Arbaugh Department Store. Lugger said the church is waiting Located in the Moore’s middle of this block, Gretchen Cochran, president on the final go-ahead from the city Park Neighborhood of its removal would of the Downtown Neighborhood to start demolition. The next use Lansing, the building sits be more sorely felt Association, believes more could for the parcel is unclear. immediately south of the as an obvious gap have been saved from the landfill. However, the news set off church’s main campus in the streetscape. Of all the “wonderful historic wood- a string of disappointed com- on Sparrow Avenue. Additionally, the church work from these three big houses, it ments on Preservation Lansing’s One imagines what has made the building could fit inside a teeny closet.” Facebook page, a local nonprofit positive influence the residents of this home must available for salvage, thus reducing the landfill waste Todd Strbik, director of that focuses on restorative proj- have provided as neighbors. while prolonging its life in the transplanted features. Habitat for Humanity’s ReStores ects throughout the city. The church has requested food bank donations from in Lansing and Haslett, said the Constructed in the Colonial Revival style, the building Bonnie Tracy-Faraone, who hopeful scavengers. store has received trim, doors, a lives in the Moores Park neighbor- features a dominant centered gable and exhibits the mantel and “a few odds and ends.” typical Georgian- and Adam-style influences found in hood, is a critic of the demolition. — Daniel E. Bollman, AIA The materials are up for sale to In an email, she said the convent high-style variants. The brick details are particularly the public. Proceeds go toward stands out positively on Barnes remarkable, from the rusticated quoining at the Habitat for Humanity projects in corners to the authentic jack arches over the “Eye Candy of the Week” is our look at some of the nicer and argued that while the interior properties in Lansing. It rotates with Eyesore of the Week. If you the community. may need work, the building itself main-level windows. Round top windows in the attic have a suggestion, please e-mail [email protected] or Valerie Marvin, president of call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. is far from an eyesore. She also dormers are echoed in the unusual front-porch roof. the Historical Society of Greater believes the neighborhood wasn’t Lansing, said her group hopes to properly notified of the plan. While he said “we knew it could always Roberta Albert, who lives across the preserve at least one of three items of inter- “I cannot tell for certain what the happen” that the church would demolish street from the convent, moved onto the est in the Arbaugh house: a leaded glass entire neighborhoods’ view is because the structure, “We were surprised” to see block with her family in 1957. window, a light fixture above the stairs or this kind of came out of nowhere,” she the church follow through. “It’s a wonderful landmark for the com- the newel post at the bottom of the stairs. said. “There is absolutely nothing wrong In recent weeks, anyone interested has munity, but nobody was using it for any- For preservationists, ideally, the houses with that building from the exterior. In been allowed to salvage interior build- thing,” Albert said, adding that she was would have been saved. And while Cochran fact, it’s the nicest structure on Barnes.” ing materials — such as doors and crown unaware of any plans for it. Albert, who hoped more materials could be salvaged, Lugger said the two-story structure molding — and fixtures for a donation is also a member of St. Casimir, recalled she hopes the idea of doing so catches on. housed up to 20 nuns at one point, to the church’s food pantry. Lugger said playing ping pong in the basement of the “I do give LCC credit that even a and it was used as a school until the the decision to demolish the building was convent with nuns when she was about tiny (amount) has gone to Habitat for mid 1970s. After that it was used for a made around Easter. 15 years old. Humanity,” she said. “It’s a tiny inch of a variety of educational programs, by the “I’m assured that what (Lugger) has “I hate to see it torn down. I’d like to new beginning of a new way of thinking.” Knights of Columbus and, most recent- planned is in the best interest of the com- see these things preserved,” Albert said. ly, local nonprofits. munity,” said parishioner Natalie Molnar, “I’m sad to see it go.” — Andy Balaskovitz 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 11, 2013

the district is extreme, it’s part of a culture in which any policy that helps taxpayers Every last dime obtain the information they need to make informed choices — at the ballot box and Laughable fee for FOIA policy request elsewhere — is viewed with suspicion. and why HB 4001 makes sense When it comes to transparency, Michigan is among the worst states in the At the bottom of the letterhead for nation, from the lack of information avail- Brown City Community Schools, it claims able online, to the obstinate and often-hos- “excellence in education,” a mindless max- tile reactions to public-records requests. im that hints at the disrespect it shows The media is making more of an effort to for the public. uncover the numbers behind a story. Even if The school district, located in the many reporters aren’t all that well trained in Thumb area of the state, in September investigative technique, it’s a start. refused to provide a copy of its open And if a transparency bill ever had a records policy to Rebecca Johnson unless chance in the opaque arena of Michigan she coughed up 30 cents for copying costs. government, state Rep. Mike Shirkey’s The district is bat- House Bill 4001 is the one. There’s a good tling with Johnson, chance the Republican from Clarklake’s a Michigan State bill will get a vote in the House before the University College of end of the year. Law student who is The measure addresses the unconscio- part of an effort to nable disregard many government bureau- compile a database of crats have for the public. public school districts Among other things, this treasure of a and their open records bill: policies as they relate • Increases the now-meager $500 fine to the student press. for lying to the public about the existence of “They wanted to charge me $42.50 a record to $5,000. for my first request for information on • Allows a requester to sue a public the district’s rules covering student press body for charging more than $100 for search, activities,” Johnson said. “Then I asked in examination, review and other clerical duties. a follow-up letter for the district’s open- • Mandates that a public body that records policy.” refuses to provide records within the speci- While Brown City’s misguided disdain for anyone trying to find out how it runs See Miller, Page 7 9

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government more difficult. PUBLIC NOTICES Miller “I have a sincere objective here to be fair B/14/052 SANTIARY SEWER RIVER SIPHON REPLACEMENT as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the FINANCE DEPARTMENT, to the government and not impose unnec- PURCHASING OFFICE, 8TH FLOOR CITY HALL, 124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING, from page 6 essary burdens,” he said. MICHIGAN 48933 until 3:00 PM local time in effect on JAN. 23, 2014 at which time bids will be publicly Back to Brown City schools. The super- opened and read. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by fied deadline reduce the cost of the records intendent who signed the letter charging 30 calling Stephanie Robinson at (517) 483-4128, or for content and purpose of this bid contact Alec Malvetis (517) 483-4459 or www.mitn.info The City of Lansing encourages bids from all by 20 percent each day after the deadline. cents for a copy of the district’s FOIA policy is vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. After five days, the records must be pro- Jerry Steigerwald, who is paid over $100,000 vided at no charge. a year, according to his contract. He makes The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is accepting proposals for the Removal and Disposal of Hazardous Materials, of residential structures located at sites listed in the Bid Packet# • Disallows a public body from over twice the median household income in HM-12-2013, which can be obtained at the Ingham County Land Bank office located at the Neighborhood charging a fee for copying records during Sanilac County, where the district is located. Empowerment Center, 600 W Maple St, Lansing, MI 48906 or at the website: www.inghamlandbank. an on-site examination of those records The least he could have done for an inquisi- org. Proposals will be due at the Land Bank office by 1pm on December 27, 2013. The Bid Opening will be December 27, 2013 at 1pm. The Ingham County Land Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity unless the requester used the public tive college student is break off a quarter and Employer. Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses are encouraged to apply. body’s copying equipment. a nickel to let her know that government in “What we’re doing here is standardizing Michigan isn’t a secret cabal bent on squeez-

some of these processes,” Shirkey told me. ing every dime out of the public. The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is accepting proposals for the Demolition/ “We’re also trying to make it clear that you Or maybe it is. Deconstruction & Debris Removal, of residential structures located at sites listed in the Bid Packet# DEMO-12-2013, which can be obtained at the Ingham County Land Bank office located can charge for obtaining records, but it has This is part of a series of columns on at the Neighborhood Empowerment Center, 600 W Maple St, Lansing, MI 48906 or at the website: to be fair and defendable.” government transparency by Steve Miller. www.inghamlandbank.org. Proposals will be due at the Land Bank office by 2pm on December 27, The bill has served the public already by This project is cosponsored by City Pulse 2013. The Bid Opening will be December 27, 2013 at 2pm. The Ingham County Land Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses are encouraged exposing some of the Neanderthal attitudes and MLive. to apply. toward serving the public that are so com- mon among public officials.

In a May hearing for Shirkey’s bill, a NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING police official representing the Michigan EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL Association of Chiefs of Police said police departments just didn’t have time for all Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing City Council on the public-records requests, and were Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, to consider Ordinance No. 1320; an Ordinance to amend Article III - Property Maintenance Code - of Chapter 6 - Building sometimes forced to bring in contractors to and Building Regulations - of the Code of the City of East Lansing by making further local changes download videotape from patrol cars. to the International Property Maintenance Code, 2006 Edition, known as the Property Maintenance “FOIA is a very difficult thing for us to Code of the City of East Lansing, as Adopted at Section 6-171 and amended by Section 6-175 handle,” the official said. “It eats up our by amending Sections 303.1 and 303.2 to prohibit front and side yard pools and to conform the regulation of swimming pools to the Michigan Residential Code. resources as it is. The simple fact is that it 37 costs money to supply these materials.” The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, such as interpreters for the He also complained that among the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting, upon notice to the City of East Lansing, prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable open-records requests their membership accommodations or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot Road, East gets are “fishing expeditions from the media Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 319-6920, TDD 1-800-649-3777. to see what’s going on.” This same organization claims on its Marie E. Wicks 2012 tax return that its mission — the mis- City Clerk sion it asserts in obtaining its tax-free status NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS — is “information dissemination.” EAST LANSING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Shirkey says that delay tactics, over- charges and other methods of avoiding Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, beginning at 7:00 p.m., in the 54 B District Court, compliance with the law are limited to a Courtroom 1, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing: few and the idea is not to make the job of 1. A public hearing will be held to consider a variance request from Brian Hagan for the property located at 603 Evergreen Avenue, in the R-2, Medium Density Single-Family PUBLIC NOTICES Residential District from the following requirement of Chapter 50 - Zoning Code of the City of East Lansing: Ingham County seeks bids from MDOT prequalified & experienced engineering firms for the purpose of entering into a contract to provide professional engineering services for a. Article VIII. Section 50-816(4), to permit an addition to the existing driveway that the 2015 Bridge Preventative Maintenance Project. Bids due 12/20, 11AM. Info: http:// would be setback zero (0) feet from the side yard property line, less than the required pu.ingham.org, under Current Bids link, #7-14. three (3) feet off the south property line (side yard). B/14/051 CENTRAL SEWER INTERCEPTOR REHABILITATION as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the FINANCE DEPARTMENT, The applicant is requesting the variance to add a 54 square foot addition to the existing driveway. PURCHASING OFFICE, 8TH FLOOR CITY HALL, 124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 until 3:00 PM local time in effect on JAN. 23, 2014 at which time bids will be publicly 2. A public hearing will be held to consider a variance request from Vince and Nicole Nystrom for the property located at 627 Ardson Road, in the R-2, Medium Density Single-Family opened and read. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by Residential District from the following requirements of Chapter 50 - Zoning Code of the City calling Stephanie Robinson at (517) 483-4128, or for content and purpose of this bid contact of East Lansing: Alec Malvetis (517) 483-4459 or www.mitn.info The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. a. Article III. Section 50-301. Table and lot requirements, to allow for a 14.2 foot rear yard CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN building setback where 25 foot is required. NOTICE OF POSTING OF TOWNSHIP BOARD MINUTES The applicant is requesting the variance to allow construction of an addition to the west side On December 5, 2013, the following minutes of the proceedings of the Meridian of the dwelling. Township Board were sent for posting in the following locations: Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City Hall, Meridian Township Municipal Building, 5151 Marsh Road 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All persons interested in these appeals will Meridian Township Service Center, 2100 Gaylord C. Smith Court be given an opportunity to be heard. Haslett Branch Library, 1590 Franklin Street Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters Snell Towar Recreation Center, 6146 Porter Ave. for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to and the Township Web Site www.meridian.mi.us. individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Department of November 19, 2013 Regular Meeting Planning, Building and Development, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319- 6930. TDD Number: 1-800-649-3777.

ELIZABETH LEGOFF BRETT DREYFUS Marie E. Wicks SUPERVISOR TOWNSHIP CLERK City Clerk 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 11, 2013

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER Aesthetes in action Lansing-area couple’s lifelong love of art carried over to their kids, with interesting results

By ALLAN I. ROSS 7th Army Sympho- Nearly every line of sight in the home of ny as a clarinetist Jerry and Joan Mattson ends in a piece of after graduating art. Miniature statues of reclining nudes line with a music degree a shelf; a bust of a young boy smiles proudly from Oberlin Col- from the bay window; a cabinet filled with lege in Ohio. She tiny figures hangs beside a portrait of a stern was at Northwest- Russian-looking man. ern, but they had a “He’s a Scot, actually. Everyone makes mutual friend. He that mistake,” Jerry Mattson says, studying returned in 1962, the picture as if for the first time. “It’s been met Joan, and they Joan’s family for years.” were married three The man in the portrait is not a relative, months later. nor was the painting made by one. The same “We weren’t can’t be said for the other works. The bust is supposed to of one of their sons when he was a kid. The work,” she said. statues are works by their youngest daugh- “But here we are, ter. Joan Mattson’s 51 years later.” mother stitched that Classical music Courtesy photo chair pillow. Even the wafts in from the The Mattsons in an undated family photo from the early ‘90s (from left): John, Elizabeth, Katherine, Jeremy, jazz CD sitting on the next room. Jerry, Joan and Neil. After being raised in a culturally rich household, all five children found careers in the arts. table — the cover art’s “I think it all by one of their off- worked out fine,” he says. And youngest son Jeremy, 34, is the execu- with the local arts scene. spring, the content is They moved to East Lansing in 1970 tive chef at a high-end steakhouse and sea- “It’s the perfect size for us,” he said. “It’s by another. after he got his Ph.D. in English literature food restaurant in Orlando. He also dabbled big enough to keep you constantly busy — “Our love of art re- from Ohio State University and she had con- in graffiti art and electronic music. we see three plays a week, sometimes — but ally comes from love ducted a residency there. He taught a fresh- “I’m not sure that I was directly influ- small enough to actually get to know the in- Jerry Mattson of what our families man composition course at Michigan State enced to want to be a chef (by our travels), dividual artists.” taught us,” she said. University; she accepted a position at MSU but exposure to lots of different foods and “We might consider a move to Chicago “We both grew up in Medical School for the first graduating class cultures definitely helped me excel in this if we start having a hard time being mo- artistic homes, and of human medicine. But it wasn’t until she field,” Jeremy Mattson said. “And they bile, but right now we’ve got enough to do,” we wanted the same accepted a position at Beaumont Hospi- made us keep journals. I would mostly she said. “And we like being immersed in it. for ours.” tal in Royal Oak that the world traveling draw in mine.” We’re not twiddling our thumbs.” Last week, the would begin, and they introduced their five “I never thought of (our family) as be- Arts Council of children into the world of art. When confer- ing steeped in the arts,” said Katherine The Mattsons and the Arts Greater Lansing ences led her to London, they schlepped the Mattson. “If that’s your family, you don’t honored Joan and kids to London. When it led to Barcelona, think about it that way. It seems normal. (an abbreviated list) Jerry Mattson they took them to Spain. Then Paris. And We were constantly surrounded by books, Organizations: with the Applause everywhere they went, they visited the mu- music, theater. That’s how I assumed how Friends of Theatre at Michigan State University Joan Mattson East Lansing Historic Preservation Award, given annu- seums, galleries and concert halls. everyone lived. And I’m grateful that I got Study Committee ally to individuals who are seen as leaders “All our kids had the opportunity to ex- to experience that.” East Lansing Historical Society in the Lansing-area arts scene. perience art,” Jerry Mattson said. “We real- Katherine Mattson’s husband also Historic District Commission in East Lansing “They’re ambassadors of the arts in the ized the effect it can have as far as expanding works in theater. She said their two teen- East Lansing Educational Foundation community,” said Chad Badgero, artistic your horizons and letting you see the world agers have also been surrounded by the Music affiliations: director of Peppermint Creek Theatre Co., the way somebody else sees it.” museums, concerts and the performing East Lansing Kiwanis Community Band for which Joan Mattson sits on the advisory Eventually, all five Mattson children arts their entire lives. Lansing Concert Band board. “If (only) our whole community was found careers in the art world. Eldest son “If you don’t get to experience art on a Meridian Community Band as passionate as them.” John, 50, is a screenwriter living in Los An- regular basis — if you don’t have the ex- MSU Choral Union But to call Joan, 78, and Jerry, 77, pas- geles (he wrote the script to the 1994 film perience of reading, listening to music, Theater donors: sionate about art is like calling a bird pas- “Milk Money” and worked on the first two being challenged by performances — your Over-the-Ledge Theatre Co. sionate about the sky. The Mattsons don’t “Free Willy” sequels). Katherine, 47, is a the- world is going to feel very circumscribed,” Peppermint Creek Theatre Co. said Jerry Matson. “If you do get to experi- Riverwalk Theatre just love it; they live in it. ater professional, freelancing these days in Stormfield Theatre “Before I even met him, I met his mu- Oakland, Calif.; her C.V. includes work with ence it, there are no limits. Our kids real- Williamston Theatre sic,” she said. “I was in medical school and Steppenwolf Theatre Co. in Chicago. Neil, ized that and knew they could do whatever all my friends and I were talking about 39, is a jazz guitarist and teacher living in they wanted to do.” Museum memberships: Although mid-Michigan isn’t exactly Chicago Art Institute was medical school. And then I heard his Portland, Ore. Elizabeth, 37, is a line artist, Detroit Institute of Arts jazz collection.” ceramicist, screen printer and weaver who a mecca for the arts like New York or San Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum He was stationed in Germany with the works on her great-grandmother’s loom. Francisco, Mattson said he’s plenty happy City Pulse • December 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

Photo by Chris Purchiss Grandpa Nunzio (Arthur J. Beer, left) and Nick (Andrew travaganzas. The big numbers often feature Faber) have a dozen or more dancers, but the choreog- a chat about raphy is clean and the dancers are placed Sweet ‘Christmas’ leaving in strategically based on their strengths and “Over the abilities. River and Riverwalk succeeds with Frequent costume and scene changes Through can bog the pacing of a production, but the Woods” iconic holiday musical not so here. Blackouts between scenes are at the brief, and Falion has choreographed the By MARY CUSACK Williamston If Riverwalk Theatre’s production of “Ir- entrance and exit of ensemble players with Theatre. ving Berlin’s White Christmas” was a dessert, maximum efficiency. The set is minimal, and audience members would sink scene changes are mostly indicated by props, Review into diabetic comas well before which the cast members quickly sweep on intermission. and off stage as they come and go. Faber plays a steady straight man; the pipes or there were some show-stopping Yes, it is that sweet, but that sweetness “White Christmas” is the feel-good ex- firm cheek for his grandparents to pinch. dance numbers to drive the show along; and innocence is a welcome treat in a world perience one would expect. More so, it pro- He also shares warm chemistry with Caro- alas, “Ghost the Musical” simply inhabits the of Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays. The vides the decompression one needs when lyn Conover as Caitlin O'Hara, a blind date stage instead of full on haunting it. quality of this production transports the au- the stress of the holidays presses in. It’s as set up by Nick's grandmother. Nick and There were some cool parts. The Sub- dience to a joyful world where a man doing simple as one of its songs: “Let Me Sing and his grandparents immediately fall in love way Ghost spookily spits his spoken word a song and dance is not a euphemism, but a I’m Happy.” with Caitlin, whom Conover plays as a wit- “Focus” with a malevolent energy. The diary romantic overture. ty, multi-dimensional girl-next-door who entry “With You” is a radio-ready hit love The script is a simplified version of charms the audience. ballad that feels like a lost Alanis Morissette the classic 1954 film, in which two fa- All in the family By the end, charm gives way to sadness as track (unsurprisingly, Glen Ballard, who mous showmen DiPietro strains to avoid a predictable con- co-wrote the music with the Eurythmics’ “Irving Berlin’s Bob (Joe Quick) Williamston serves up big laughs clusion. It's a testament to both Caselli and Dave Stewart, won a Grammy for his work White Christmas” and Phil (Adam his cast that the extended coda feels appro- with Morissette). Riverwalk Theatre Woolsey) accom- By PAUL WOZNIAK priate and relevant. Coda aside, "Over the And the Hospital “Ghost the Musical” 7 p.m. Wednesday- pany the up-and- Everything in Williamston Theatre's lat- Ghost chorus pro- Thursday, Dec. 11-12; 8 p.m. River and Through the Woods" is a fantas- The Wharton Center Friday*- Saturday*, Dec. coming perform- est offering, "Over the River and Through tic holiday offering, a riotous romp centered vided just the right 7:30 p.m. tonight & Thursday, 13-14; 2 p.m.* & 7 p.m., ing sisters, Betty the Woods," is vivid, authentic and hilari- Dec. 12; 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. around and celebrating family. amount of levity 13 & Saturday, Dec. 14; 2 Sunday, Dec. 15 (Racheal Raymer) ously familiar. And the more playwright (*= sold out performance) and exposition. p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14; 1 $20/$18 students, seniors and Judy (Ra- Joe DiPietro's characters in resemble your The special ef- p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Sunday, and military/$10 kids chel Dalton) to a own relatives, the more apt Not ready for the kiln Dec. 15 fects, devised by $37-$72 ($25 students) 228 Museum Drive, Lansing Vermont inn at Review you are to laugh. (517) 482-5700, “Ghost the Musical” falls short on chemistry illusionist extraor- 750 E. Shaw Lane, East riverwalktheatre.com Christmastime. Andrew Faber plays Nick dinaire Paul Ki- Lansing (800) WHARTON, Once there, the Cristano, a single, 30-year-old Brooklynite By ALLAN I. ROSS eve, elicited gasps whartoncenter.com men discover that the financially failing on the verge of a difficult choice: Accepting a In “Ghost the Musical,” playing at the from the audience inn is owned by their former WWII com- recent job promotion would take him to the Wharton Center this week, the pottery wheel opening night. You will believe a man can manding officer, Gen. Henry Waverly next level of his professional career but far and “Unchained Melody” successfully make be sucked through a door. But meaningless (Doak Bloss). They scheme to save the inn away from his two sets of Italian immigrant the leap from the 1990 film movement, odd blocking and bland dance and romance the women along the way. grandparents. Review “Ghost” to the stage. So do a numbers featuring bankers in suits (couldn’t Much singing and dancing ensues. “Over the River and They get upset couple nifty visual effects. they spring for, you know, costumes?) make The movie featured the quadruple star Through the Woods” when he announc- What doesn’t make it is the electrifying the 2 1/2-hour show feel like limbo. power of Bing Crosby (who played Bob), Williamston Theatre es his plans and at- chemistry that made women swoon for su- If you can make it to the end, though, it’ll Danny Kaye (Phil), Rosemary Clooney Through Sunday, Dec. 29 tempt to intervene, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; pernatural beings two decades before spar- still choke you up. Damned if I know how. (Betty) and Vera-Ellen (Judy). Riverwalk 3 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. with comedic re- kly vampires ruled the screens. Which would Maybe it’s something about that combina- director Jane Falion succeeds in the daunt- Sundays sults. But the ques- be fine, if the singers had some powerful tion of wet clay and Righteous Brothers. ing task of casting four solid leads to take $20 Thursdays/$25 Friday- tion of family ver- Saturday evenings/$22 over those iconic roles. matinees ($10 students; $2 sus career remains. Woolsey and Raymer give standout per- discount for seniors/military) The grandpar- 122 S. Putnam St., ents are hardwork- First visit only $32 formances. Raymer has the pipes for musi- Williamston for massage therapy cal theater. Woolsey’s Phil is such a harm- (517) 655-SHOW, ing, religiously de- less and charming boy-man that one can williamstontheatre.com vout people raised Pricing is exible overlook his caddishness. with traditional on subsequent visits The production values match the talented values and aspirations. While DiPietro's Specializing in cast. 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hristmas decorations can range from grandiose lighting displays to more subtleC adornments. Some families may prefer traditional holiday décor, while others might like the look of modern trimmings. Holiday decorations can also be used to create an atmosphere reminiscent of a certain type of locale, giving a home a holiday in the city vibe or a more rustic feel. For those who prefer a rustic look reminiscent of a country Christmas, consider the following tips.

• Start with the tree. The Christmas corners to further emphasize a rustic look. tree is the center of many a home’s holiday decor. A real country Christmas • Create homemade ornaments. should start with a fresh cut evergreen. Homemade ornaments can also give Instead of traditional holiday lights, a home a more rustic look come the choose lights that look like candles holiday season. Spend an afternoon while adorning the tree with wooden creating holiday crafts with the kids ornaments and strands of popcorn. and use these instead of store-bought ornaments. For those who are especially • Forgo traditional wrapping gifted craftsmen, put your woodworking paper. Instead of store-bought paper, skills to the test to create decorative wrap presents in brown paper and put wooden stockings that, if not functional, presents under the tree as early as can be replaced with more traditional possible. Instead of store-bought gift stockings on Christmas Eve. Saturday December 14th thru Sunday December 29th tags, create your own and attach a candy cane or another candy to the gift. • Don’t forget the music. Another ADMISSION AT THE DOOR way to create a country Christmas • Think outside for decorations. is to play country Christmas albums $5.00 per person Items gathered from nature can give a instead of classical or more traditional $10.00 per family of 4 home a rustic appeal during the holidays. Christmas records. Many country music Hang a homemade wreath on the front stars have recorded a Christmas song door and include pine ones and clippings or album, so create a master playlist from evergreen trees when adding on your digital music player and play please call 483-4220 for admission times decorative accents around the house. it throughout the season to set the www.lansingmi.gov/tdodge Tuck a few decorative woven baskets in holiday mood in your household. CITY PULSE • December 11, 2013 7 Set a beautiful holiday table Decorative table settings are ideal for seasonal entertaining etting a beautiful holiday table can or use mini wreaths to surround the napkins and enhance the enjoyment of any special tie on small tags with guests’ names. day. Decorative table settings are idealS for holiday entertaining. Whether you are Centerpiece hosting family for the holidays or just a few Don’t be afraid to be elaborate with your holiday close friends, setting an elaborate table for your table centerpiece. You may prefer to use traditional meals can enhance the ambiance. Dining at a elements, like a floral display of white roses mixed beautifully arranged table can set the mood for with red poinsettia stalks. You can also pull a piece a wonderful evening. of your holiday decor to serve as the centerpiece. Depending on the overall theme of your holiday Do you have a hand-painted statue or ceramic decorating, you can incorporate components of item that you absolutely love? Show it off front similar decorative items into the table settings or and center. Tall vases filled with pinecones and go off the beaten path with new ideas. Options berries also add elegance to the table. For a touch abound when arranging a holiday table, but here of whimsy, fill the vases with color-coordinated are a few ideas to get started. candies and wrap the vases with ribbon. The candy can be enjoyed later on. Place settings A miniature Christmas tree adorned in tiny Fine china imparts a feeling of elegance and lights and ornaments also works well as a makes the holiday meal even more special. If you centerpiece. do not have china or prefer something else, invest in dishes and glasses decorated with a holiday Tablecloth theme. These can be used annually for your A plain-colored tablecloth contrasts well special dinner. with the finery on the table itself. Simple Cloth napkins certainly are more elegant than shades tend to work best. Plus, they won’t paper napkins. Create napkin rings that double as look out of place if you want to use the place cards. Make small rings of threaded popcorn tablecloth another time of year. 8 December 11, 2013 • CITY PULSE Create a no-bake holiday dessert

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Happy birthday, Jim Michigan native Jim Harrison and friends on the author’s ability to produce after all these years

Travel section carried Harrison’s mus- fished with Harrison since meeting him at a Key West ings on his life and travels in the Upper writing conference in 1996, says the author likes to de- Peninsula. His loving descriptions are scribe himself as “in a little thicket” where “nobody could Illustration by Joe Benghauser those of a “Pure Michigan” campaign. see him, but he could see out.” Harrison celebrates his 76th birth- DeMott, who has edited the book “Conversations with day today and is closing in on 50 years Jim Harrison,” said he came to think of Harrison as an By BILL CASTANIER of a critically acclaimed writing career. When other older brother and emphasizes that the author thinks e was making a list writers are closing out their careers, Harrison seems deeply about things. and checking it twice, stuffing every- to be ramping his up. He’s planning a spring trip to “He’s part of the long and hallowed tradition of Hthing into his Airstream for the big trip. France where they adore his work. Harrison recently Walden, Thoreau and American Transcendentalism. Santa Claus? No. Just Guy de la Valdene — author, took time from his writing for a rare interview with City “He sees culture and nature merging together. photographer, fisherman and French count — packing Pulse — surely he’d rather be hunting or fishing. He’s not asking readers to choose one or another,” for his annual visit to fellow author, fishing companion “I’m going to write six to eight hours today, depending DeMott said. and long-time friend Jim Harrison. if I decide to go hunting for quail and dove. I pluck the And when it comes to comparing Harrison’s On this trip, Valdene will be carrying a special pack- doves and cook them over a wood fire. They are easy to works to other great writers, “Moby Dick” comes to age of head cheese recently arrived from New York from pluck,” he said from Arizona. mind for DeMott. fellow Harrison pal and celebrity chef Mario Batali. Writing is part of Harrison’s being. “Jim has the ability to find what’s good and worthy Head cheese is one of Harrison’s personal delights. “It’s my life. I was once asked what I would do if I about what most of us don’t pay any attention to,” he said. In one of his often absurd and over-the-top columns in couldn’t write. Nothing,” he said. Harrison, by any measure, is not slowing down. De- Esquire in the ‘80s, Harrison touted the qualities and “My dad said if you are good with a shovel, you’ll Mott attributes at least part of that to Harrison “strip- taste of head cheese. The recipe begins “one pig’s head never be out of work. Well I’m good with a pencil,” ping away everything but necessities.” — boil for 24 hours.” Harrison said. “He doesn’t have to do anything but think and For Harrison — raised for a time in Haslett and edu- write,” DeMott said. cated at Michigan State University — a New York head- Valdene takes it further: “He’s addicted to writing. cheese fetish belies a prolific and quite successful body of “When I was a little boy I would “I know there’s a word for it, but I can’t remem- work that reflects Michigan roots, particularly the often sleep in the woods with a blanket. ber it. … If he’s away from it for three or four days untamed Upper Peninsula. It was the whole bedroll cowboy he’s not happy.” “I have a staggering amount of food stuffed into my thing. The danger in my mind was Airstream,” Valdene said, much of it fish and fowl. Still producing They will wash it down with a couple of cases of civilization, not the woods.” This year is no different for Harrison. Despite re- fine wine he has packed, enough, he figures, for two or covering from back surgery last fall, he was still able three nights. —JIM Harrison to bookend 2013 with two books. The beginning of Valdene is making the three-day trip from Tallahas- the year saw the publication of “The River Swimmer,” see, Fla., to join Harrison and several other friends for In the thicket containing two novellas. One probes the life of an ag- Harrison’s 76th birthday celebration today in Patagonia, Thrown into the limelight with his books and espe- ing artist who moves back to Michigan and not only re- Ariz. He talked with glee of being able to score a package cially his screenplays like “Legends of the Fall” (based on discovers his love affair with art, but he also rekindles of Batali’s homemade head cheese. one of his books), Harrison has always retreated to his a youthful love affair. The other, borrowing the book’s “It’s mouth watering,” Valdene said. small-town roots. After college at MSU and a sojourn to title, follows a young man’s coming-of-age story and is Valdene sees Harrison’s Esquire columns as one New York to teach, he returned to the Leelanau Penin- told in near myth-like, Gabriel-Garcia-Marquez magic example of the author’s tremendous breadth of liter- sula with his spouse, Linda, to raise a family, often seek- realism. Exploring his inner self, the young man sets ary styles. ing further refuge in his cabin in Grand Marais. After out to swim the Lake Michigan shoreline from north- Harrison has written across a notable number of cashing out in Michigan, he splits his time between Pa- ern Michigan to Chicago. In addition to big waves, he genres and styles, ranging from magazines to poetry tagonia and Livingston, Mont. encounters several big romantic diversions. (13 volumes) to novels (19 books) to non-fiction books Born in Grayling and raised in Reed City and Has- “I don’t know where those things come from. I just (three) to a children’s book and screenplays. “Brown lett (when it was still rural), Harrison has always saw a physical image of him swimming. Swimming was Dog,” his second release this year, is a collection of five sought the quiet of a back road or a hidden garden. one of those things that soothes you,” Harrison said. previous novellas and one new one that features Brown He’ll tell you bluntly that his favorite time spent at He said he was always taken by nature. “When I was Dog, an Upper Peninsula outsider and his comic but of- MSU was in the Beal Gardens. a little boy I would sleep in the woods with a blanket. It ten tender romantic adventures. He has another due out Another of his best friends, Robert DeMott, a retired was the whole bedroll cowboy thing. The danger in my next year. Most recently, the Sunday New York Times Ohio University professor who has regularly hunted and See Harrison, Page 24 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 11, 2013

opposite is the case. There are legions Harrison of younger authors out there who he has helped. Traverse City author Doug Stan- from page 23 ton is in that fold, along with East Lan- sing native and author Chris Dombrowski, mind was civilization, not the woods.” who now lives in Montana. Harrison’s second book this year was Stanton, the founder of the National the eagerly awaited “Brown Dog.” Writers Series in Traverse City and a New Brown Dog is an atavistic, primal and York Times best-selling author, often tells often ribald character — an everyman the story of first meeting Harrison and who goes through life with no sense of having a life-changing experience. pretension or a job. The character, first “He was the first author I met. You introduced in 1990 when he appeared in don’t meet a lot of authors on Front Street the collection, “The Woman Lit by Fire- in Traverse. It was an inspiration,” he said. flies,” is a metis (Chippewa-Cornish mix) Later, at his wedding, Harrison gave with a big appetite for life. That includes him and his spouse, Anne (also a writer), food, his love life, generosity and loyalty. a generous wedding gift, but more impor- “Brown Dog embodies that hunger for tant, he included a sticky note with the the physical world and a desire to eat as name of his editor at Esquire. much as possible without guilt or shame Dombrowski — a poet, river guide, col- — sex, liquor, food,” DeMott said. lege instructor and one of the select few “He may be a bit of my alter ego,” Har- on “Jim’s list” to receive Harrison’s most rison said, “but mostly he emerged and I recent poems — has taken the author was very taken by him.” float fishing on several Montana rivers. Harrison said his Canadian publisher He looks to him for inspiration, notably had been imploring him to consider a Harrison’s “incredible work ethic as well Bill Castanier/City Pulse Brown Dog collection and, when he asked as his chiding.” Author Jim Harrison at the Wild Goose Inn in East Lansing, 2008. Harrison turns 76 today. why, he said they told him, “We have more He recalls how once Harrison sent him brown dogs up here.” a message about taking the month of Jan- “works with reckless abandon with no he’ll be working on using a phrase that lat- “I attribute that to pulp cutting, alco- uary off with the addendum, “But I’m 32 seeming sense of completion.” er appears in his writing,” Richard said. In hol and fishing,” Harrison said. books ahead of you, so get trucking.” “His work is risky. It’s got stains of life addition, his correspondence with his ad- “He’s been an incredible influence as on it, not overly clean, careful or correct,” ministrative assistant Joyce and publishers ‘Brusqueness is underrated’ well as being an incredible human being,” he said. is illuminating. Although Harrison is seen as gruff, Dombrowski said. He points to one piece of his early “It’s the other half of the story,” Rich- brusque and unapproachable, the exact Dombrowski admires how Harrison work, “A Good Day to Die,” published in ard said. 1973, which dealt with PTSD and eco- Bud Schulz, a videographer at the MSU terrorism way before the issues were in College of Human Medicine, calls himself a anyone’s consciousness. member of Harrison’s “over-the-belt gang.” “I see him as a vast river fed by lots and He can count Harrison as a friend about Buying a tablet lots of different disciplines,” Dombrowski as long as anyone in the area, first meeting said. And, he said, the author in 1962. “Brusqueness is un- Of Harrison’s writ- or eReader? derrated.” ing, he most admires Stanton agrees “Like all masters, he is his poetry. that one of the hall- able to be elegant and “He got me con- marks of Harrison’s complex at the same nected up to poetry Get the books free! writing is he’s not the way no one else one-dimensional. time. Most people his age could,” Schulz said. • Available 24/7 “Like all masters, have less to say, he has He also likes how he is able to be el- Harrison’s writing al- • Never overdue egant and complex more and more.” ways includes “some- • More than 12,000 titles available at the same time,” one making deci- Stanton said. “Most — Doug Stanton, sions — they’re doing people his age have friend and author something,” he said. less to say. He has And when it Visit cadl.org/downloads more and more.” comes to Brown Dog, The New York Times said in a recent Schulz said “there is a little bit of Brown for details. review, “His mind always seems to be half- Dog in all of Harrison’s books and in Jim tuned to its own pirate Mexican reggae and his hunting and angling pals.” radio station.” A conversation with Harri- “He is a voracious reader and with an son can bounce seamlessly from 15th-cen- IQ off the charts, he remembers everything tury Chinese poets to fine wine and head he’s ever read. Plus he has an imagination cheese. And it all makes sense. that never stops,” Valdene said. And more and more of that reggae-style As proof, Harrison’s next novel is al- thought is showing up in his collection of ready being edited, and he expects a col- papers, which is held at Grand Valley State lection of poetry in 2014. University. Collection archivist Nancy Harrison said his publisher was upset Richard said it’s a “gold mine.” about his next novel — tentatively titled Lately, she’s been impressed with corre- “Seven Big Ones” and featuring a previ- spondence between Harrison and his fans ous character, retired state police detec- and new writers and the letters between tive Sunderson — “because it’s about evil. himself and chef Batali. “People in New York are removed “You can almost see in his letters that from it.” City Pulse • December 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11 >> East Lansing 2030: Collegeville Re-Envisioned This is the second part of a series of monthly presentations from urban designers, architects and landscape architects that offer a future vision of East Lansing. This month’s guest is Craig Borum, a professor of architecture at the University of Michigan. The guest presentations lead up to an exhibition next fall. FREE. 6:30 p.m. Broad Museum, 547 East Circle Drive, East Lansing. broadmuseum.msu.edu. THURSDAY, DEC. 12 >> Health Care Knowledge Fair This event provides information for anyone interested in a career in a healthcare. Attendees will meet Davenport University faculty, ON THE tour the campus and its new health labs. Participants will also be entered to win a $500 scholarship, applicable to the winter 2014 semester. There will be free on-site transcript assessments, a waived application fee and free FAFSA assistance. Davenport was founded in 1866 and offers courses in business, health and technology. FREE. 4 p.m. Davenport University Lansing Campus, 200 S. Grand Ave., Lansing. davenport.edu FRIDAY, DEC. 13-SUNDAY, DEC. 15 >> “A Christmas Carol” by Mid-Michigan Family Theatre EventsTOWN must be entered through the calendar at By now, you’ve probably seen every single way “A Christmas Carol” could Theater www.lansingcitypulse.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays PREVIEW for the following week’s issue. Charges may apply for possibly be incorporated into a storytelling medium. Tvtropes.com says: paid events to appear in print. If you need assistance, “Every television series in the history of the world that lasts long enough please call Jonathan at (517) 999-5069. to have an episode aired at Christmas will make use of this boilerplate episode.” But maybe we do need a reminder that life is short and that we should be nice every chance Wednesday, December 11 we get — why not an adaptation that’s faithful to the Dickensian language? $7/$5 Classes and Seminars children. Alfreda Schmidt Southside Community Center, 5815 Wise Road, Lansing. Drawing Class. All skill levels, with Penny Collins. (517) 483-6686. 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13; 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14; 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15. Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $60 for four weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St., Lansing. FRIDAY, DEC. 13 >> “Sounds of the Season” (517) 999-1212. gallery1212.com. Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 The Capital City Brass Band presents its annual holiday concert full of Christmas classics. The sounds of the evening are in p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. British brass band style, which dates back to the early 1900s. Recently, the Capital City Brass Band took third place in the Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, an invitation-only competition, in Chicago. FREE, but donations accepted. 7 p.m. First Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes and activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing Baptist Church, 201 S. Jackson St., Jackson. Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840. Drop-in Figure Drawing. Easels and drawing SATURDAY, DEC. 14 >> “The Genres: Still Life, Featuring Jessica Jackson Hutchins” boards provided. 7-9:30 p.m. $7, $5 students. Kresge Art Center, located at Physics and Auditorium roads, The Broad Art Museum’s three-part series “The Genres” features contemporary artists MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. offering a new look at three historic forms of art: Portraiture, still life and landscape. In this The Gospel of Mary Discussion. Mary exhibit, Jessica Jackson Hutchins represents still life. Hutchins reworks the traditional still controversies, Gnostics and biblical women. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, life by playing with the combination of found and made objects, size and other abstractions. 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-7434. Curator Alison Gass gives a talk followed by a reception. 6 p.m. FREE. Broad Art Museum, Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First 547 East Circle Drive, East Lansing. broadmuseum.msu.edu. Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Saginaw Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. SATURDAY, DEC. 14 >> Second Annual Festival of Trees Events In its second year, the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center hosts the Strategy Game Night. Learn and share favorites. Christmas tree event of the season. About 25 trees were all decorated 5-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, by establishments and people throughout Old Town. All three floors of the 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext.4. Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Turner-Dodge will have Christmas trees to visit. The festive firs will brighten Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East the historic house through Dec. 29. The festival began as a way to fundraise Lansing. (517) 351-2420. for projects focused on preserving history in Lansing. $5/$10 per family.

Theater Noon-8 p.m. Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center, 100 E. North St., “Ghost the Musical.” Part of the MSU Broadway Lansing. (517) 483-4220, lansingmi.gov/parks/tdodge. at Wharton Center Series. 7:30 p.m. $32-$72, $25 students. Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East SUNDAY, DEC. 15 >> Lansing Theatre Organt Lansing. (517) 432-2000. whartoncenter.com. “White Christmas.” Based on Irving Berlin’s Lansing-native Scott Smith has spent 25 years as house organist at the Mole Hole in Marshall. Before that, Smith was instrumental holiday classic. 7 p.m. $20, $18 seniors. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482- in the move and redesign of the organ at the Grand Ledge Opera House. In celebration of his extensive organ history, he provides a 5700. riverwalktheatre.com. live score for the Laurel and Hardy comedy “Big Business,” which follows the pair as they embark on an adventure selling Christmas trees in southern California. 3 p.m. $12 advance/$15 door. Grand Ledge Opera House, 121 S. Bridge St., Grand Ledge. lto-pops.org. Thursday, December 12 SUNDAY, DEC. 15 >> Lansing Theatre Organt Classes and Seminars Take Off Pounds Sensibly. The group meets on Ace DeVille hosts this holiday-themed event featuring burlesque and drag performers. There will be holiday drink specials, a hunky Thursdays (except holidays). 5:15 p.m. $5 monthly. Santa photo booth and fun surprises. Throughout the evening, DJ Sammy, The Klaw Mark Kittens, Sadie Sparkles, Maria Mirelez

See Out on the Town, Page 27 and Cinna Moan entertain. 21 and up: $5. 18 and up: $10. 11 p.m. Spiral Dance Bar, 1247 Center St., Lansing. 26 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 11, 2013

Verve Pipe at Charlotte Performing Arts

Saturday, Dec. 14 @ Charlotte Performing Arts Center, 378 State St, Charlotte. All ages, $37, $5 students, 7:30 p.m. (517) turn it 541-5690, cpacpresents.com. Not many Lansing bands have scored international hits and sold millions of records. The Verve Pipe scored now classic alt-rock hits, including 1996’s “The Freshman,” a No. 5 Billboard hit single on RCA Records. The single “Photograph” Down also scored heavy airplay and hit #10 on the charts. The band, which formed in East Lansing in 1992, performs Saturday at the Charlotte Performing Arts Center. A survey of Lansing's In recent years the band has switched gears and focused on recording children’s musical Landscape SAT. DEC albums. “A Family Album” was released in 2009 and “Are We There Yet?” dropped this year. Since 2003, Verve Pipe front man Brian Vander Ark (vocals/guitar) has By Rich Tupica 14th also recorded a handful of solo albums, including the 2011 record, “Magazine.”

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Friday, Dec. 13 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Friday, Dec. 13 @ The Loft, 414 E. (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Michigan Ave. All ages, $8, 8 p.m. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, $14, East Lansing. All ages, $5, Lansing. All ages, $8 adv., $12 adv., 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9 p.m

Jason Alarm, a high-energy Grand Ledge Frontier Ruckus had a busy 2013. “It was West Michigan roots-rocker Dave Marcus Baldori, aka Snap Johnson, a local pop-rock band, plays a reunion gig Friday at the year of our double-album of 20 songs, Hardin, the Grand Rapids-based song- hip-hop producer, has a familiar name in the Mac’s Bar. The band, led by vocalist/guitarist Matt ‘Eternity of Dimming,’” said Matthew Milia, writer, plays a mix of twangy country Lansing music scene – his father is “Boogie” Waterman, played its farewell gig two years the band’s songwriter. “It was a dense and and bluegrass, with nods to the pioneers Bob Baldori of The Woolies and director ago. Since then Waterman, the band’s chief indulgent work that I am incredibly proud of of rock ‘n’ roll. Hardin spent years in the of the award-winning film, “Boogie Stomp.” songwriter, has concentrated on his current having made. We toured a good bit — went Navy; in his off time he’d strum his gui- Marcus Baldori writes, mixes and masters band, Decades. In its prime, Jason Alarm was to Europe twice this year.” The band returns tar at bars, bus stations and street cor- all of his recordings. In 2010 he delved into known for its packed, fisting-pumping shows Friday to The Loft. Vocalist Anna Burch will ners. After his military days he worked music with the defunct rap group Na Style at local venues. The band, which also includes perform with the band for the first time in a 9-to-5 job and helped raise his family. Jaa, a “history-based rap group” with lyr- Kirk Mason, Pat Hogan, David Birdsall, Alex four years. Opening are The Crane Wives In recent years he’s focused heavily on ics about the Civil War and other notable Rosendall, and Dave Hendrickson, had a distinct and Gifts or Creatures. So what’s next for playing shows, recording, and developing moments in America’s timeline. In 2013, he sound, heavy on shredding guitars and synth- Frontier Ruckus? “We are currently in the his storytelling songs. His 2012 album, started the solo project, Snap Johnson, tak- driven rock. Its debut EP “Engage” earned fans midst of recording our fourth record," Milia “Miles of Nowhere,” was released via ing influence from hits songs by The Tempta- far beyond the Lansing area, allowing the band said. "(It) directly opposes the context that Ride Records. Opening the (SCENE) tions and a variety of ‘90s acts. Opening the to tour the Midwest three times. Opening the ‘Eternity of Dimming’ established — short- show is LeRoy Harvey and the Grand Mac’s Bar show are Goat Machine, The Funk show are Wayne Szalinski, Smashing Blumkins er, hookier songs.” River Band, a local Americana group. Munks, 5th Wall Concept.

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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Salsa Verde, 10 p.m. DJ Cattle, 8 p.m. Mark Lavengood, 8 p.m. Marshall Music, 8 p.m. Coach’s Pub & Grill, 6201 Bishop Rd. DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. DJ Jimmy, 9 p.m. Last Call, 9 p.m. DJ Jimmy, 9 p.m. Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Blvd. DJ, 9 p.m. Velocity Shift, 9 p.m. Velocity Shift, 9 p.m. Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 E. N. East St. Tyrone Davis, 8 p.m. Tyrone Davis, 8 p.m. Tyrone Davis, 8 p.m. Crunchy’s, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Dave Menzo, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Stu Vosbeeg, 9 p.m. Mike Skory Open Mic, 8 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9 p.m. Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Kathy Ford Band, 7:30 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Eye 96 Band, 8 p.m. Harem, 414 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Thor, 9 p.m. DJ Skitzo, 9 p.m. DJ Elemnt, 9 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Frontier Ruckus, 7 p.m. Saves the Day, 7 p.m. Lou & Harry’s Sports Bar, 16800 Chandler Rd. Glamhammer, 10 p.m. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Way To Fall, 7 p.m. Smashing Blumkins, 8 p.m. Of Virtue, 5 p.m. Moriarty’s Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic, 10 p.m. Zydecrunch, 9:30 p.m. Zydecrunch, 9:30 p.m. Tin Can West, 644 Migaldi Ln. Water Pong, 9 p.m. Off the Ledge, 9 p.m. Tin Can DeWitt, 13175 Schavey Rd. Dj Floyds Trivia, 8 p.m. Well Enough Alone, 8 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & the Beeftones, 8 p.m. Late Addition, 8 p.m. Late Addition, 8 p.m. Waterfront Bar & Grill, 325 City Market Drive Steve Cowles, 6 p.m. Joe Wright, 6 p.m. Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert St. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. WITL Christmas Party, 9 p.m. Matt Austin 9 p.m. play in a band? book shows? To get listed just email us at [email protected] or call (517) 999-6710 What to do: Submit information by the Friday before publication (City Pulse comes out every Wednesday.) Be sure to tell us LivE & Local lists upcominG gigs! the name of the performer and the day, date and time of the performance. Only submit information for the following week's paper. City Pulse • December 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 27

Family Education Day. No ordinary onion. 11 a.m. and Verve Pipe at Charlotte Performing Arts Out on the town 4 p.m. FREE. Lansing City Market, 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460. lansingcitymarket.com. from page 25

New Hope Church, 1340 Haslett Road, Haslett. (517) 339- Events 9000. newhopehaslett.com. Holiday Drop & Shop. Ages 3 and up. Call to register. Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh in, 6 p.m. 5-7 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Meeting, 6:30 p.m. FREE to visit. St. David’s Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. Spanish Conversation Group. Both English and (517) 882-9080. stdavidslansing.org. Spanish spoken. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes and Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing Michigan Beer Show Podcast: Tap Takeover. Tap Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. Takeover with home brews, open to public. 8-9 p.m. Computer Training. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Faith FREE. Midtown Beer Company, 402 S. Washington United Methodist Church, 4301 S. Waverly Road, Square, Lansing. (517) 977-1349. Lansing. (517) 393-3347. Euchre. Come play Euchre and meet new people. Meditation. For beginners and experienced on No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta Township Thursdays. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. Quan Am Temple, 1840 N. Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Lansing. (517) College Ave., Mason. (517) 853-1675. quanamtemple.org. 484-5600. English Country Dance. Room C20. No experience Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy’s Classic Bar & needed, all dances taught. 7-9:30 p.m. $6, $4 students, Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482-0184. MSU students FREE. Snyder/Phillips Hall, MSU campus, Ladies Silver Blades Figure Skating Club. Lessons, East Lansing. (517) 321-3070. msu.edu. See Out on the Town, Page 28

Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones

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8 p.m. FREE. P Squared Wine Bar, 107 S. Washington Noble, 5132 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing. (517) 327-0437. Rock & Roll Christmas Show. Features Elvis Out on the town Square, Lansing. (517) 507-5074. and Johnny Cash tribute artists. 8 p.m. Adults Rally In The Alley: Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. FREE. $20, children $10. Leslie American Legion, 422 from page 27 American Legion Post 48, 731 North Clinton St., Grand Friday, December 13 Woodworth St. Leslie. (517) 676-1721. exercise and practice for adult women. All skill levels Ledge. (517) 627-1232. Classes and Seminars Holiday Concert. Holiday music by local welcome. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Suburban Ice, 2810 Hannah Oil Painting. For all levels with Patricia Singer. ensembles. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Our Savior Lutheran Blvd., East Lansing. (517) 574-4380. Theater Preregistration required. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $60 for four Church, 7910 E. St. Joe Highway, Lansing. Lansing Christian School Christmas Concert. “Ghost the Musical.” Part of the MSU Broadway weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St. Lansing. Dave Hardin Band and Grand River Band. Kindergarten through third grade to perform. 6:30 at Wharton Center Series. 7:30 p.m. $32-$72, $25 (517) 999-1212. gallery1212.com. Eclectic selections and soul-stirring harmonies. 8 p.m. p.m. Lansing Christian School, 3405 Belle Chase Way, students. Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed women’s meeting. $5. Scene Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing. Lansing. (517) 882-5779 ext. 119. lansingchristianschool.org. (517) 432-2000. whartoncenter.com. 7:30 p.m. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 6500 Amwood (517) 505-2809. scenemetrospace.blogspot.com. YPAAL Happy Hour. Appetizers, drinks, networking “White Christmas.” Based on Irving Berlin’s holiday Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. and volunteering. 5:30-7 p.m. FREE. Tavern On the classic. 7 p.m. $20, $18 seniors. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Theater Square, 206 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (614) 266- Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. Events “Ghost the Musical.” Part of the MSU Broadway at 0852. alz.org/mglc. One-on-One Business Counseling. Call (517) 483- Wharton Center Series. 8 p.m. $32-$72, $25 students. Literature and Poetry 1921 to register. 12:30-4:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 432- Music Jonathan Rand Book Signing. “Michigan Chillers” District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- 2000. whartoncenter.com. Live Music at P Squared. Live music every Thursday, and “American Chillers.” 5 p.m. FREE. Barnes and 4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. “White Christmas.” Based on Irving Berlin’s holiday Karaoke. At the Valencia Club. 8 p.m. FREE. Best classic. 8 p.m. $20, $18 seniors. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Western Plus Lansing Hotel, 6820 South Cedar St., Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. NEW YEAR, NEW CAREER Lansing. “A Christmas Carol.” Adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Lansing Bike Party. Bike ride with TGIF stop. 5:30 classic. 3 p.m. $7, $5 12 and under. Alfreda Schmidt p.m. FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Southside Community Center, 5825 Wise Road, Lansing. Circle Drive, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 483-6686. mmft.net.

Music Velocity Shift Live. Classic and modern rock. 9 Saturday, December 14 p.m.-1:30 a.m. The Colonial Bar & Grille, 3425 S. Martin Classes and Seminars Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. (517) 882-6132. Tai Chi in the Park. Taught by Bob Teachout. 9 a.m. Grand River Radio Diner/WLNZ 89.7. Featuring Matt FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 Moore and Michael Steibel. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Grand block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) Domestic Violence Support Group. Noon-1:30 483-1710. lcc.edu/radio. p.m. FREE. Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Mason Orchestras. Mason Symphony and Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. Philharmonic Holiday Concert. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Chippewa Middle School, 4000 N. Okemos Road, Events Okemos. masonorchestras.org. Jingle Belle Women’s 5K Run/Walk for Women. 10 a.m. $30 through Dec. 12, $35 through Dec. 14. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 . dtdl.org. Second Saturdays for Families: Walked This Way. Discover prehistoric animals. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $2-$6. Michigan Historical Museum, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 373-3559. michigan.gov/museum. Sandy Hook Commemoration. One-year anniversary of Sandy Hook. 11 a.m. FREE. Union Missionary Baptist Church, 500 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. (517) 337-3024. facebook.com/ MomsDemandActionMI. Second Saturday Supper. Baked chicken dinner. Takeout available. 5-6:15 p.m. $8, $4 kids. Mayflower Congregational Church, 2901 W. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-3139. mayflowerchurch.com. Comic Crash Course. Course for kids to learn how to draw comics. 9:30-11:30 a.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 694-1394. becauseeverybodyreads.com. Drive-Thru Santa. Visit Santa from the comfort of your own car. 5 p.m.-8 p.m. $5 per car. Meridian Township Service Center, 2100 Gaylord C. Smith Court, SUDOKu AD VANCED East Lansing. (517) 853-4600. meridian.mi.us. Stuff The Bus. Event to provide Christmas to 26 TO PLAY local children. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Donations. Walmart, 3225 Towne Centre Blvd., Lansing. (248) 716-0539. Fill in the grid so that every row, col- lansing jaycees.org. umn, and outlined 3-by-3 box contains Home for the Holidays. LanSINGout Gay Men’s the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once. Chorus Holiday Concert 2013. 7 p.m. $10, $20. First No guessing is required. The solution is Presbyterian Church, 510 W. Ottawa St., Lansing. (517) unique. 980-1444. lansingout.org.

To avoid erasing, pencil in your pos- Music sible answers in the scratchpad space Saves the Day Holiday Acoustic Tour. Alternative beneath the short line in each vacant rock concert. 7 p.m. $15. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., square. Lansing. flavorus.com. Velocity Shift Live. Classic and modern rock. Answers on page 30 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Colonial Bar and Grill, 3425 S.

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Allan I. Ross/City Pulse from page 28 Literature and Poetry Cutline: Soul Author Signing with Lori Nelson Spielman. With Empowerment Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. (517) 882-6132. her book “The Life List.” 1 p.m. FREE. Barnes and Noble, owner Michael colonialbarandgrille.com. 5132 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing. (517) 327-0437. MSUFCU Showcase Series: A Jazzy Little Whitcomb recently Open Mic Poetry Reading. Held by the Lansing Christmas. Celebrate with MSU Professors of Jazz. expanded his Poetry Club, all are welcome. 3 p.m. FREE. The Avenue 8 p.m. $20, $18 seniors, $10 students with ID. Fairchild business. One of Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 402-5229. Theatre, MSU Campus, East Lansing. the services he sites.google.com/site/lansingpoetryclub. offers is reiki, a Suzuki Strings Winter Concert. Each group Japanese technique performs, then all play together. 5:30 p.m. FREE. MSU for stress reduction. Community Music School, 4930 S. Hagadorn Road, East Sunday, December 15 Lansing. (517) 355-7661. cms.msu.edu. Classes and Seminars All School Recital. Students of all ages and Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. ensembles perform. 3 p.m. FREE. MSU Community Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., East By ALLAN I. ROSS refreshments from 4-7 p.m., great location for us because Music School, 4930 S. Hagadorn Road, East and specials all weekend. we’re right near the Capitol. Lansing. (517) 485-9190. Roll out the barrel Lansing. (517) 355-7661. cms.msu.edu. — Lansing’s Eastside “I’m very honored to be In our reiki circles, we sent Spiritual Talk, Pure Meditation and Silent The Verve Pipe. Live performance. 7:30 p.m. $37/$5 neighborhood is getting a a part of this block, with The a lot of good energy in that Prayer. 7 p.m. FREE. Self Realization Meditation Healing students. Charlotte Performing Arts Center, 378 State brewpub next summer. The Green Door and The Avenue direction so that energy can Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, Bath. (517) 641-6201. St., Charlotte. (517) 541-5690. cpacpresents.com. Music Street Brewing Co., Café right across the street,” he spread. There are a lot of SelfRealizationCentreMichigan.org. Christmas Concert. Holiday music from the choir, named for the prevalence of said. “This is an exciting place things in this world causing Codependents Anonymous. Third floor meeting bells and others. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational live band performances on to be.” stress and fear. What we do room. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing Library, United Church of Christ, 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Michigan Avenue, will take here is help people release 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6300. cadl.org. over the 400-square-foot Michigan Avenue Shuffle that stress in a positive way.” Lansing. (517) 484-7434. PilgrimUCC.com. space adjacent to Capital Back at Homebrew Events Supply’s old digs, Bye bye, miss American Theater City Homebrew Supply, Lansing Area Sunday Swing Dance. Cash bar with Michael Whitcomb’s Soul Crepes “Ghost the Musical.” Part of the MSU Broadway at which recently restrictions. 6-10 p.m. $8. Fraternal Order of Eagles, moved two Empowerment alternative/ American Crepes, 986 Wharton Center Series. 2p.m. and 8 p.m. $32-$72, $25 4700 N. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 490-7838. blocks over holistic health store has Trowbridge Road in East students. Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. New Community Day. Music, vendors, donations for to the fast expanded. That space used Lansing, permanently closed (517) 432-2000. whartoncenter.com. intown Toys for Tots and more. Noon. $2 or donation. 1200 developing to be the home of Triple on Monday. In a statement “White Christmas.” Based on Irving Berlin’s holiday Marquette St., Lansing. 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Michigan Ave., Lansing the move in order to expand Empowerment offers psychic 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday- his business. He more than reading, reiki circles (at 8 p.m. Saturday; Noon to 4 doubled his floor space to Fridays), chakra and aura p.m. Sunday 1,300 square feet, allowing balancing, home cleansing (517) 374-1070, him to have a dedicated space and blessing, crystal healing capitalcityhomebrewsupply. for classes. He also plans to and animal healing. He also com add a children’s play area. leads Taro readings at 7 p.m. “We’re very family friendly,” every Tuesday. Soul Empowerment he said. “This time of the year 1824 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing Branstner said there will can be very stressful, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily be a grand reopening this (the services we offer) can (616) 516-0194, facebook. Saturday, Dec. 14, featuring help get you more centered,” com/soulempowerment Whitcomb said. “This area is a EXTENDED HOLIDAY HOURS Mon.-Fri. 10-8 Sat. 10-6 Sun. noon-4

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(517) And yet he never won a majority of the votes cast by paradoxical clues. But if you remain ambivalent too 980-1444. lansingout.org. Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., the citizens of his home county in New York. I foresee much longer, you may obstruct the influx of more defini- Lansing. (517) 372-9163. the possibility of a comparable development in your life. tive information. The best way to generate the clarity Music Job Seekers Support Group. Find the right job or career. 10 am.-Noon, FREE. Women’s Center of Greater You may be more successful working on the big picture and attract the help you need will be to make a decisive New Horizons Band Fall Concert. Guest conductor Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. than you are in your immediate situation. It could be move -- either in or out, either forward or backward, Henry Nelson. 3 p.m. FREE. MSU Community Music womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. easier for you to maneuver when you're not dealing with either up or down. School, 4930 S. Hagadorn Road, East Lansing. (517) 355- familiar, up-close matters. What's outside your circle Support Group. For the divorced, separated and SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "It's a rare person 7661. cms.msu.edu. might be more attracted to your influence than what's widowed. Room 9. 7:30 p.m. St. David’s Episcopal who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear," said A Barbershop Christmas. The Capitol City nearer to home. Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272. TV talk show host Dick Cavett. I will love it if you make Chordsmen and its quartets. 2 p.m. $15. Charlotte TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 2009, actress Sandra yourself one of those rare types in the coming week, Performing Arts Center, 378 State St. Charlotte. (517) Bullock starred in three films, two of which earned her Scorpio. Can you bring yourself to be receptive to 541-5690. facebook.com/events/218989068262152/. Events major recognition. For her performance in All About truths that might be disruptive? Are you willing to send Social Bridge. Come play Bridge and meet new Steve, she was given a Golden Raspberry Award for out an invitation to the world, asking to be shown reve- people. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. Delta Worst Actress. Her work in The Blind Side, on the other Theater lations that contradict your fixed theories and foregone Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, hand, won her an Oscar for Best Actress. I'm think- “Ghost the Musical.” Part of the MSU Broadway at conclusions? If you do this hard work, I promise that Lansing. (517) 484-5600. ing that you may experience a similar paradox in the Wharton Center Series. 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. $32-$72, you will be granted a brainstorm and a breakthrough. Ancestry Club. Learn and share genealogy tips. coming days, Taurus. Some of your efforts might be $25 students. Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East You might also be given a new reason to brag. Call to register. 10 a.m.-noon, FREE. Delta Township denigrated, while others are praised. It may even be the Lansing. (517) 432-2000. whartoncenter.com. District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) case that you're criticized and applauded for the same SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are preg- “White Christmas.” Based on Irving Berlin’s holiday 321-4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. damn thing. How to respond? Learn from Bullock's nant truths I could reveal to you right now that I've classic. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. $20, $18 Seniors. Riverwalk Mac’s Monday Comedy Night. Hosted by Mark example. She gave gracious acceptance speeches at decided not to disclose. I don't think you're prepared to Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. Roebuck and Dan Currie. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Mac’s Bar, the award ceremonies for both the Golden Raspberry hear them yet. If I told you what they are, you wouldn't “A Christmas Carol.” Adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-6795. and the Oscar. be receptive or able to register their full meaning; you classic. 3 p.m. $7, $5 12 and under. Alfreda Schmidt Club Shakespeare. Rehearsing “Scenes of GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Almost 2,000 years ago, might even misinterpret them. It is possible, however, Southside Community Center, 5825 Wise Road, Lansing. that you could evolve rather quickly in the next two Shakespeare.” 6-8:45 p.m. Donations. CADL a Roman doctor named Scribonius Largus developed (517) 483-6686. mmft.net. recipes for three different kinds of toothpaste. One weeks. So let's see if I can nudge you in the direction of Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., getting the experiences necessary to become ready. Lansing. 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Out on the town Literature and Poetry from page 30 Tuesday Morning Book Club. Discuss Beth Hoffman’s “Saving CeeCee Honeycutt.” 10:15-11:15 a.m. 2:30-4 p.m. FREE. Capital Area Michigan Works, 2110 S. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Cedar St., Lansing. Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. Healing Hearts. For those who have lost a loved one. 4-5:30 p.m. Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. Wednesday, December 18 Not So Happy Endings Support Group. For women Classes and Seminars ending relationships. 5:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Women’s Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 p.m. Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington Lansing. (517) 896-3311. Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. Hopeful Hearts Grief Group. Learn, grow and heal Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes and together. 10-11 a.m. FREE. The Marquette Activity room, activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing Library, 5968 Park Lake Road, East Lansing. (517) 381 4866. 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840. Water-media class. All skill levels, with Rebecca Drawing Class. All skill levels, with Penny Collins. Stafford. Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $60 Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $60 for four for four weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St., weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St., Lansing. Lansing. (517)999-1212. gallery1212.com. (517) 999-1212. gallery1212.com. Capital City Toastmasters Meeting. Learn public Drop-in Figure Drawing. Easels and drawing boards speaking and leadership skills. 7 p.m. FREE. CADL provided. 7-9:30 p.m. $7, $5 students. Kresge Art Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave. Lansing. Center, located at Physics and Auditorium roads, MSU (517) 367-6300. cadl.org. Campus, East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. Speakeasies Toastmasters. Become a better A War on Christmas? War on Christmas or speaker. 12:05-1 p.m. FREE. Ingham County Human another conspiracy theory? 6-7 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Services Building, 5303 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (616) Congregational United Church of Christ, 125 S.

841-5176. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-7434. Today’s Special Program. Chomping to protect Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First WE STAND UP WE STAND UP those chompers. 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. FREE. Lansing City Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Saginaw FOR GAY RIGHTS FOR WOMEN’S EQUALITY Market, 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460. Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. fcgl.org. Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. 5:45- 6:45 p.m. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 E. Events Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 346-9900. DTDL Book Club. Discuss M.L. Stedman’s “The Light WE STAND UP WE STAND WITH FOR THE DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE, Between Oceans.” 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township THE CHRIST WHO SAID ALL RELIGIONS, EVERYWHERE “LOVE ONE ANOTHER” Events District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- Tea & Talk. Salon-style discussions. 8 p.m. FREE. Triple 4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. Goddess New Age Bookstore, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing. (517) 883-3414. triplegoddessbookstore.net. Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Company & Conversation: You Eat What You Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Are. Discussion. Light hors d’oeuvres provided. 5-7 p.m. COME STAND WITH US FREE. Nonprofit Center at the Armory, 330 Marshall St., Music suite 300, Lansing. (517) 485-1202. fbcmich.org. Ukulele Workshop. Anna Zang hosts the monthly Bible and Beer. Discussion of Scripture’s power in Ukulele workshop. 6 p.m. FREE. Marshall Music, 3240 E. daily event. 6 p.m. Midtown Beer Co., 402 S. Washington Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700. marshallmusic.com. Square, Lansing. (517) 482-0600. ccclansing.org. Marshall Students’ Recital. Students perform at the Pilgrim Congregational 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave. annual holiday recital. 7 p.m. FREE. Marshall Music, 3240 Sunday - 10 AM Music E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700. United Church of Christ DCS Annual Holiday Concert. “Tis the Season.” (517) 484-7434 Lansing, MI Donations accepted. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. Jude Catholic PilgrimUCC.com Church, 801 N. Bridge St., DeWitt. (989) 640-9907. TIM BARRON EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING 6AM-9AM

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