September 18-24, 2013 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

MSU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE MSU Music WHARTONCENTER.COM OR 1-800-WHARTON

MSU FeDerAL CreDiT UNiON Showcase SerieS Collage VII An exhilarating variety of music 9/20 FriDAY, 8:00 p.M. COBB GreAT HALL, WHArTON CeNTer

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S LAND OF THE DEAD BY JOHN HEIMBUCH OCTOBER 11-20, 2013

The popular annual Collage Concert returns PASANT THEATRE

for its seventh year! What if the black plague actually turned those enjoy fabulous non-stop music — 20 acts in 90 minutes! infected into zombies? This blood-drenched comedy combines history, Shakespeare, and the apocalypse. Featuring the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, jazz and choral groups, soloists and quartets. DIRECTED BY TICKETS: $20 for adults, $18 for seniors, $10 for students CHRISTINA TRAISTER Wharton Center Ticket Office:1-800-WHARTON, whartoncenter.com, or at the door.

For more on MSU Music: music.msu.edu, 517-353-5340 College of Music

“William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

CollageVII CPulse_1|2 pg.indd 1 9/9/13 11:29 AM City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 3

NOW OPEN MARU EAST LANSING on Lake Lansing and Coolidge

maru sushi & grill okemos . east lansing . grand rapids MARUrestaurant.com Fans receive updates on daily specials and exclusive fan only promotions.

SURVEYSURVEY OPPORTUNITYOPPORTUNITY FORFOR VETERANS!VETERANS!

Are you a veteran with a disability who has concerns about substance use? We are conducting research to better understand the experiences of veterans with disabilities. We are interested in speaking with veterans aged 18+ who are in generally good health and have sought sub- stance abuse treatment from VA and non-VA sources. If you are interested, please call: 1-855-828-6878.

WWW.CERSE.VCU.EDU/SURVEY 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

Correction Breisch’s last name. Also due to a report- ing error, Emily Horvath’s relationship to VOL. 13 Due to a reporting error, a Sept. 4 Breisch was given incorrectly. Horvath is story about the Preservation Lansing ISSUE 5 Breisch’s great-grandniece. awards incorrectly spelled Louise (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 or email [email protected] 6 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 Treat MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz Walt Sorg: Is Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 positioning for a shot at lieutenant governor? ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross yourself... [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith 12 [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 ... This month STAFF WRITERS Lawrence Cosentino [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 BluesFest 2013 returns with a few twists it’s on us! MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR/ SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT • Rich Tupica [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 PAGE ADVERTISING MANAGER • Shelly Olson [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 22 ADVERTISING Denis Prisk [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 Tableside grilling at East Lansing’s newest Korean restaurant Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Bill Castanier, Mary C. #ShowYourCard Cusack, Amanda Harrell-Seyburn, Tom Helma, Sam Inglot, Laura Johnson, Terry Link, Kyle Melinn, Shawn Parker, Dennis Preston, Dylan Sowle, Paul Wozniak, COVER Ute Von Der Heyden, Judy Winter From Sept. 1–30, show your CADL card at Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave ART Fisher, Karen Navarra, Noelle Navarra, Brent Biggby on Ottawa St. and get $1 off any Robison, Steve Stevens grande beverage. Interns: Jordan Bradley, Hannah Scott, Jordyn FLOOD CYCLE by RACHEL HARPER Timpson, Darby Vermeulen

Editor & Publisher Berl CITY PULSE ON THE AIR Schwartz cadl.org/showyourcard Activist David Cobb 7 p.m. Wednesdays U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton Anas Attal, MSU international relations student Russell Lucas, director of MSU Global Studies in Arts and Humanities

THIS WEEK Roxanne Frith, artist/teacher/co-founder of Old Town

THIS WEEK: Medical marijuana and child welfare Hosted by Newsmakers Berl Schwartz

STEVE AND MARIA GREEN CHARMIE GHOLSON FOUNDER OF MICHIGAN MOMS UNITED

Watch past episodes at vimeo.com/channels/citypulse City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION Department of Human Services (which in custody. A week before that, Covert plans to privacy concerns, spokesman Dave Akerly turned placed her with Maria Green’s moth- request the decision be made by a jury. said in an email. “But, in general for any ‘Free Bree’ er), was that he saw the Greens’ home as “I feel that if we present this to a jury case here at DHS, we would look at par- unfit because there was medical marijuana of their peers, they will have a hard time enting as being the key factor during an The case of 7-month-old Brielle growing there, albeit legally. proceeding” with taking Bree away, Covert investigation.” Green and her parents’ fight to “It’s reasonable to assume marijuana said. “I believe a jury would be shocked to “The safety and well-being of the chil- bring her back home is being grown in the home with children see what has transpired. The Greens’ funda- dren involved is always going to be para- being present,” Porter said during Friday’s mental right has been trampled on.” mount. Maria and Gordon “Steve” Green want to hearing. “That is dangerous for children to Covert pointed to a section of the “As for marijuana itself, we look at it in know why being legally registered medical be involved with that situation. We have Michigan Medical Marihuana Act that says the same way as we would any drug usage, marijuana patients makes them unfit to live homes in this community robbed at gun- a person shall not lose custody of a minor prescription drug or otherwise with one with their 7-month-old daughter. point by individuals who know children are unless it “creates an unreasonable danger major difference: in the case of pills, etc., we More than 100 people who staged a pro- living in the home. … I’ve had several rob- to the minor that can be clearly articulated can determine with a blood sample or series test on their behalf in downtown Lansing bery cases come before me where people on and substantiated.” of samples if the dosage matches that of the Tuesday are wondering the same thing. the street hear prescription in terms of use. That simply is The Greens, who appeared at a hearing drugs are being not the same case with marijuana.” Friday in Ingham County Probate Court, grown in the Over a hundred people gathered at had their 7-month-old daughter, Brielle, home, know chil- noon Tuesday outside of the Department removed from their Larch Street home dren are present of Human Services building on Grand after Child Protective Services success- in the home, Avenue to protest Bree Green’s removal fully petitioned the court to do so. By the choose to break from her parents. Elected officials, attor- same decree, her 6-year-old son, Elliott, for in anyway with neys and advocates stood beside the whom she had shared custody with her ex- guns thinking Greens, erupting occasionally into loud husband, can no longer stay with them. He they’re going to chants of “Free Bree.” lives with his father in Genesee County. make it rich get- Thomas Lavigne, a Detroit-based The CPS recommendation was based ting some drugs, attorney with Cannabis Counsel, said the on an interview with Elliott, testified Lori marijuana and Greens’ case is not isolated and said there’s Bundy, a services specialist with the state money.” “a level of xenophobia against medical Department of Human Services, who is Porter also marijuana patients.” working on the case. Bundy said the child said that Steve “Now with our children, this is where told her last month that he had witnessed Green had tested we draw the line. This is our red line,” he “medicine flowers” growing at the house. He positive for eight said, in reference to President Obama’s also reported “various people in the home months this year “red line” comment about the use of smoking in the kitchen with children pres- while having chemical weapons in Syria. ent,” she testified. bond conditions Jim Gierach, a former prosecutor from Bundy was unable to verify the presence from the pend- Chicago who represents the organization of marijuana in the home, she said dur- ing charges in Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, said ing Friday’s hearing, because the Greens Oakland County. the failure of the War on Drugs “is seen on refused to let her enter the house without a It never came up the Green family and this infant Bree. … court order, based on their attorney’s advice. during the hear- Bree belongs home.” Maria and Steve Green have felony ing, but Steve State Rep. Jeff Irwin, an Ann Arbor marijuana charges pending in Oakland Green said after- Democrat who has introduced statewide County, where they used to live, from an ward that he was legislation to decriminalize marijuana, incident in 2011. They said they plan to able to continue called Porter’s decision Friday “twisted and show the court next month that they were using medical Andy Balaskovitz/City Pulse. Courtesy photo. imbecilic logic.” legal under the state medical marijuana marijuana to treat Maria (left) and Gordon “Steve” Green at a rally Tuesday outside of “This infant has been taken from her law to grow the 29 plants that police his epilepsy until the state Department of Human Services building. The Greens are in mother. That’s wrong. The rationale the found. The Greens have had bond condi- June, when an a battle to keep custody of their 7-month-old daughter, Brielle (inset), judge employed was that because of a tions placed on them since January, which Oakland County who was removed from their Lansing home based on the presence position the parents hold, they’re subject include not using controlled substances. judge stipulated of medical marijuana. to additional risk of robbery. That is the Maria Green, 31, is a caregiver for four as a bond condi- slippery-est slope I’ve ever heard of.” medical marijuana patients and is a patient tion that he could no longer use marijuana “Having plants at home locked and Irwin wondered if the same logic herself to treat multiple sclerosis. Steve to treat his condition. He tested negative for potentially using marijuana for medicinal could be applied to a wealthy family in a Green, 34, uses medical marijuana to treat marijuana on Aug. 15 and has been clean purposes would not put them” in unrea- 5,000-square-foot home who might have epilepsy, but he is not a caregiver for others since, according to an Oakland County sonable danger, Covert said. “I grew up valuables inside. because of a felony larceny conviction when supervision report that also said he has not around parents who smoked marijuana “The rich and powerful play by a dif- he was 17. Five years ago, Steve Green was violated any bond conditions. openly, illegally. I never once as a child ferent set of rules,” Irwin said. “We need a also convicted of attempted breaking and Outside of the hearing room, “disbelief” thought my parents were abusing or judicial system that follows the clear letter entering. Maria Green said, “He was on so is how Green described his emotions. “I neglecting me.” of the law.” many prescriptions for his health problems can’t believe they would do that.” Covert added during a speech at and he was unaware he was trying to open East Lansing attorney Joshua Covert, Tuesday’s rally: “What I saw on Friday was — Andy Balaskovitz a door to a building that was not his home.” who represents the Greens, said Probate one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to All of this factored into attorney referee Judge Richard Garcia will decide Friday on see. It’s something that will stay with me for “Eyesore of the Week,” our look at some of the Rod Porter’s decision Friday to remove Bree giving the couple temporary custody. That’s the rest of my life.” seedier properties in Lansing, will return next week. If from the home. But at the heart of his deci- before an Oct. 7 hearing in which Garcia The Department of Human Services you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lansingci- sion to place Bree into custody of the state will decide whether the Greens will keep won’t comment on individual cases due to typulse.com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

aged friends to push the story that she’s Whitmer told me recently that if she Political notes from around town a leading candidate and took out a one- wanted to run for attorney general, she would month sponsorship on the political blog need to be working actively right now to lay Less than two years after being elected that 2010 secretary of state nominee Jocelyn MichiganLiberal.com. the groundwork for the nomination. Left Ingham County clerk, Barb Byrum is look- Benson will take a second shot at the job. Working in her favor is her track record unsaid was the fact that she isn’t making any ing for greener pastures. The former three- Byrum basically has to convince one per- as a candidate, winning four elections over effort to pull together a campaign. term state representa- son: presumptive Democratic gubernatorial the last decade, three of them by large mar- Whitmer, 42, announced in January she tive is not-so-quietly nominee Mark Schauer. While Republicans gins. She has a reputation as an effective would not seek the Democratic gubernato- promoting herself for will see a battle royale between tea party campaigner. rial nomination, which helped clear the lieutenant governor. folks and Gov. Rick Snyder over Lt. Gov. Working against her: geography and field for Schauer. Byrum earlier had Brian Calley’s nomination at their party’s political choices. With Whitmer apparently out of the hopes of running for convention, Democrats will happily endorse I speculated earlier this year that Schauer mix, MSU Law Professor Mark Totten secretary of state but whomever Schauer wants. would look to metro Detroit for his running appears ready to breeze to the nomina- apparently has shifted Byrum is working to raise her visibil- mate, with Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown tion. And Benson, who’s the acting dean of her sights with the ity with the party people whom Schauer — also a former state House member — and Wayne State University’s law school, will WALT SORG growing likelihood might consult in the process. She’s encour- Detroit Rep. Rashida Tlaib as the most likely likely be the party’s repeat candidate for choices. Brown drew national attention after secretary of state. CELEBRATING Community beating an incumbent Republican to become clerk of Michigan’s second-largest county. Hertel working early Also working against Byrum: She and Ingham County Register of Deeds Curtis her mother, former state Sen. and Rep. Hertel, Jr. isn’t taking anything for granted Dianne Byrum, loudly supported the reelec- in his run for to succeed Whitmer in the tion of Mark Brewer as state Democratic state Senate. Despite being a prohibitive Party chairman, even speaking on Brewer’s favorite in the heavily Democratic district, behalf at the February convention where he Hertel is campaigning hard more than a ultimately lost to Lon Johnson. year before the general election. Now Enrolling for Fall Hertel is already going door to door in Offering music education and music therapy for all Whitmer takes a break Ingham County, personally visiting more ages, incomes and abilities At the other end of the political ambi- than 1,500 homes so far. tion spectrum is state Senate Minority Hertel is working early to clear the For more information: (517) 355-7661 or www.cms.msu.edu Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing. Democratic field, which most believe he Whitmer, who is term limited out of the has already done. Virtually all the public 4930 S. Hagadorn Rd. Legislature next year, is making it clearer by officials who could have challenged for the East Lansing, MI 48823 the day that she will walk away from elective nomination have endorsed him: state Reps. CMS is the outreach arm of the MSU College of Music politics at the end of 2014 to spend more time Sam Singh, Andy Schor and Tom Cochran; PUBLIC NOTICES raising her two pre-teen daughters. former state Rep. Mark Meadows; Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth; Ingham CATA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE LANSING AREA PUBLIC County Drain Commissioner Pat Lindemann Route 11-Waverly/Colonial Village and Clerk Barb Byrum. Former state Rep. Service Change Proposal Effective January 2014 PURCHASING GROUP Joan Bauer has announced she will not run 12th ANNUAL LANSING in the primary. CATA will hold hearings in October to take public comments on a January 2014 service change With the field pretty well cleared in the proposed for Route 11-Waverly/Colonial Village. The proposal specifies: BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENT Ingham County district, little stands in • Service 1) along Waverly Road, north of Moores River Drive, 2) along Old Lansing Road, Meet the buyers from public entities Hertel’s path to continuing a family tradition between Waverly and Lansing Road, and 3) along Lansing Road, between Waverly and of state legislative service. Main/Malcolm X, would be discontinued. in the greater Lansing region He would be the fourth Hertel to serve in • The new routing would travel 1) Olds Avenue, between Everett Drive and MLK Blvd., Featuring Keynote Speaker: the Legislature. His father, Curtis Sr., was co- 2) MLK, between Olds and Mt. Hope, and 3) Mt. Hope, between MLK and Pleasant Grove. speaker of the House in 1973-‘74; his uncle, • Service hours and departure times from the CATA Transportation Center would remain DENISE PEEK Dennis, served six years in the state House the same. and 12 years in Congress; his uncle John served for eight years in the state Senate. Public Hearing Schedule TUESDAY, OCT. 08, 2013 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM Thursday, October 3, 2013 Crenshaw not initially unanimous LANSING COMMUNITY Bryan Crenshaw, who took office as CATA Transportation Center Ingham County commissioner last week, COLLEGE – WEST CAMPUS 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. initially wasn’t a unanimous choice for the 5708 CORNERSTONE DR. , job. Sources indicate the initial vote among 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. LANSING MI, 48917 Democrats on a successor for Debbie The CTC is located at 420 S. Grand Avenue in downtown Lansing. The facility is fully accessible DeLeon included two votes for Catherine with 14 routes traveling to the Center during the hours of the public hearings. Please contact Mooney, who lost to DeLeon in last year’s CATA’s Customer Service Representatives at 517.394.1000 for trip planning assistance or if Phone: Stephanie Robinson, you have special needs requiring transportation to a session. CATA will provide reasonable Democratic primary. The final official vote, accommodations if your request is received by Friday, September 27. City of Lansing Purchasing however, was unanimous. 517.483.4128 DeLeon resigned after being elected vice Representatives from CATA will be present at each public hearing. The sessions are conducted in an “open format” style. No formal presentations will be made to allow the public to interact with or email chairperson of the Little Traverse Bay Band of CATA staff one-on-one at any time during the public hearing periods. stephanie.robinson@lansing mi.gov Odawa Indians, based in Petoskey, a job that required her to relocate to west Michigan. If you cannot attend a hearing but would like to provide input, comments can be submitted in writing and must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 3. Register At LCC [email protected] Check out LansingCityPulse.com for Email comments to: [email protected] coverage of last week's protests in East Lansing and Owosso, where diverging Mail comments to: January 2014 Service Changes *Cost: $50 per Person Capital Area Transportation Authority groups staged separate rallies against 4615 Tranter St. (Continental Breakfast and military intervention in Syria. Lansing, MI 48910 Lunch Provided) City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

n overnight storm dumped 4 inches of rain on Lansing on June 12 and 13. Predictably, basements flooded, leaving hundreds with sewage or rainwater backups. Predictably, residents railed against City Hall. A “In this area, the systems have failed,” Deanna Ray, a resident of the Coachlight Neighborhood in south Lansing, told the State Journal. Predictably, city officials expressed sympathy but said Mother Nature won this one, over- whelming an infrastructure that isn’t designed to protect against all serious storms. But perhaps less predictably, residents are doing something about it. Nearly 400 people with damaged basements have banded together in what will soon be a class-action lawsuit against the city. They’re seeking a fix and money to in cover damages that could easily climb “It’s unacceptable into the millions of dollars. The De- modern society to have sewage troit-based law firm representing them backups. It’s unacceptable for a is well versed in the field, promoting on community to live like that. It is not its website that it’s settled with munici- a bad thing for people to demand that palities — mostly in metro Detroit but they have working infrastructure.” also in Indiana and Ohio — over sewage backups totaling more than $46 mil- — Pat Lindemann, Ingham County drain commissioner lion. That includes a $1.2 million settle- ment with Lansing in 2001. The lead attorney taking the case, Steven Liddle, helped write the state law enacted in 2001 that provides for government immunity from Courtesy Photo damages after storms. Indeed, the firm of Macuga, Liddle & Dubin has become known statewide for this sort of thing. Sarah Catey, who lives on Danbury Crossroad Street in southwest Lansing, said "4-plus" The suit, which Liddle said will be filed early next month, will claim that piping defects feet of sewage and rainwater backed up in her basement during a rain storm on June 12-13. beneath those homes caused the backups; that the city knew about the defects; and that the city failed to correct them in a reasonable amount of time. That all must be proven for the She was also one of the first after the storm to speak out in the local media. city to be held liable, based on that 2001 state law known as Public Act 222. “This was the third time my basement has flooded with raw sewage,” adding she had Moreover, the number of suits against cities particularly vulnerable to flooding, like Lan- “never received any compensation from the city of Lansing. I always filled out the property sing and southeast Michigan, exploded in the mid-1990s when insurance stopped covering complaint forms but was always just denied.” such major risks, experts say. Ray, 32, has lived in Lansing all her life in the house where she grew up. She feels “stuck” Perhaps at the heart of these issues that lead to wretched experiences for property owners with her two children in her home without insurance and little outside resources. She said is aging infrastructure dating back to a time when routing sewage and storm water together the Red Cross did all it could to help, coming out with buckets and squeegees. It wasn’t easy was perfectly acceptable. While upgrading that infrastructure is underway throughout the removing roughly 4 feet of standing water and sewage from her basement. country, it’s expensive and doesn’t happen overnight. Ultimately, all of these costs incurred “It’s terrible,” she said. when these old systems fail are passed on to all taxpayers. Ray’s and two other properties on her road are part of the city’s “Basement Backup Pilot Program.” Launched this year, it “proactively addresses the issue of basement sewer backups PA 222 and offers assistance to protect families from future backups,” according to the city’s website. Days after the June storm, word had spread that a Detroit law firm might be able to help Forty-three homes that have had sewage backups were chosen for the program. Par- all of those residents who wanted the city to take some responsibility for damages. By late ticipants can hire contractors to fix plumbing issues, for which the city will reimburse July, Liddle’s law firm contacted the Ingham County Drain Commissioner’s Office and the up to $4,750. (All of the first $1,000 of eligible costs will be reimbursed, plus 75 percent city of Lansing with a “sewage notice claim form” that included over 300 properties in the of the next $5,000 in eligible costs.) Residents at five properties in the pilot program southwest quadrant of the city. have also joined the lawsuit, according to basement pilot addresses recently released by Under Public Act 222 of 2001, the claimants had 45 days after the storm event to provide the city and the list of claimants. written notice to the city. It then must wait another 45 days before it can file suit if a settle- Sarah Catey lives in her parents’ home with her husband, son, two siblings and parents ment hasn’t been reached. down the street from Ray. Catey said the June flooding, which she said brought 4-plus-feet “I’ve handled thousands of these cases. This is what we do,” Liddle said. of sewage and storm water into their basement, was the third — and worst — such event “A lot of these people have had enough, and it hasn’t been one time. There are frus- since 2010. Her parents, as the property owners, are on the list of claimants but haven’t trations there.” started on work related to the basement pilot program, she said. Deanna Ray is one of those frustrated residents. Ray, who lives on Danbury Crossroad She and her husband “lost pretty much everything of ours” that was in the basement, Street in the Coachlight Neighborhood, contacted the law firm early. Then she started the petition drive to get others to join in the suit, “trying to create as much exposure as possible.” See Lawsuit Page 8 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

for the $5,000 or $6,000 she said it cost her

during the last storm. “I’ve filed (insurance) E

Lawsuit N

A

claims, but there’s been times I didn’t make L

R E

E V

a claim because I didn’t want to risk losing N R I from page 7 A R F E

D Y V A

S WAVERLY ROAD I my homeowners insurance,” she said. O W R L D WE L R “It’s an ordeal. It’s very depressing to go C E ADFORD OA IC C T H N which included clothes, dressers, comput- downstairs in the morning and stand in LIG O S H M D T A ers and laundry machines. “The insurance puddles of water. And that’s a two-week pro- CO NB MM URY CROSSROAD ST O wouldn’t cover any of the flooding dam- cess to get the smell out,” she said. NS age in the basement unless we had a sump Following the June event, Lansing Pub- INDEPENDENCE LANE pump.” lic Services Director Chad Gamble told the Catey, 24, said she called the city at State Journal that serious storm events will 12:30 a.m. June 13 to let it know about challenge even functioning storm water the sewage coming in. She was told a half- management systems. He also told the LSJ W MILLER ROAD hour later to ride the storm out. Her par- that projects are planned, including upgrad- Lansing ents bought the home 15 years ago. ing a pump station in Frances Park, that Capitol Building Illustration by Rachel Harper/City Pulse “First of all, we were pissed. The city could help alleviate the flooding in that area Illustration by Rachel Harper/City Pulse should have done something right when of the city. they knew water was coming in,” she said. It’s unclear yet how much the claimants Three residents on Danbury Crossroad Street near Waverly and Miller roads that are “There was sewage coming up. Shit all over may seek from the city for damages. Liddle among hundreds joining in a class-action lawsuit against the city have also been chosen the basement.” said that will likely be determined dur- by the city to participate in a pilot program that attempts to fix basement backups. Forty-year-old Keisha Wade, who lives ing the case’s discovery phase when dollar with her family about a mile north of the amounts for each property are calculated. said. “If you try to, the water will always you have backups all in one neighborhood Coachlight Neighborhood on Lucie Street, “We have evidence that some people have win. Backups are a product of inadequate all on the same night, it’s probably unlikely also is part of the lawsuit and the pilot pro- flooded on numerous occasions,” Liddle infrastructure.” it’s a private drain problem,” he said. “It’s gram. She said every time a major rainstorm said. “That really says something is wrong.” While houses are hooked up to sani- more than likely not the faults of theirs. It’s comes, water rises up through her finished tary lines that can back up with too much more likely the fault of an over-burdened basement. While they’ve had seven or eight How it works and who pays storm water in them, Lindemann said the sewer system.” floods in the 10 years living there, she has Ingham County Drain Commissioner Pat ultimate problem is how Lansing, like all Which takes us to the heart of this class- not had problems particularly with sewage. Lindemann explains that backups happen cities, was built. action lawsuit: When pipes do back up and “We always just kind of prepare now for as a result of our built environment of vast “When you build more parking lots and cause damage in residential homes, who’s the storm,” she said. “It’s the new normal impervious surfaces and antiquated prac- you don’t accommodate the space neces- responsible to pay for it? for us.” tices for dealing with storm water runoff. sary to store the water, pipes become over- Mike Forster, director of risk manage- She joined the lawsuit to have the prob- “There’s an age-old saying in the water whelmed. The infrastructure just needs ment services for the Michigan Municipal lem fixed and for the city to reimburse her business: Never declare war on water,” he to be rebuilt,” he said, which could include League, said since the mid- to late-‘90s installing bigger pipes and “low-impact de- when losses “spun out of control and be- sign” like rain gardens and generally more came uninsurable,” law firms started filing Lansing Derby Vixens pervious surfaces. class-action lawsuits against cities “virtually However, Gamble said that a “vast every time there was a severe rainstorm. It Roller Derby Doubleheader! majority” of basement sewage backups exceeded the capacity for cities to handle, the city investigates turn out to be prob- and the cities would nonetheless get hit with Vixens All-Stars Capital lems with privately owned plumbing a class-action lawsuit. vs. Corruption and drains on private property — not “It presents an enormous amount of ex- Killamazoo vs. publicly owned sewer systems. “In the posure,” he said, adding that hundreds of City of Lansing, property owners are people with relatively minor damages can Derby Darlins Killa Crew responsible for maintaining their sewer end up costing huge amounts. So by the service pipe,” he wrote. early 2000s, he said, insurers became over- Saturday Sept. 21, 2013 He also said the city doesn’t consider it a whelmed and “severely restricted or even The Lansing Center system “defect,” as specified by state law, if eliminated the coverage for it.” problems are “caused by a rain event that is The Municipal League’s Liability and Tickets just $12 in advance: www.etix.com! greater than the sewer is designed to carry.” Property Pool is an insurance entity of about Use code “citypulse” to get tix for just $10! Lindemann said it’s likely true that a ma- 400 communities throughout the state to jority of backups throughout the year are a self-insure losses. However, it doesn’t in- Kids 10 & under are free! result of private plumbing issues. “But when See Lawsuit, Page 9

Your participation JoIn uS fOr a will help the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing. Every day the 5K RuN/WaLk/DrAg Women’s Center ReGiStRaTiOn to benefit the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, Inc. provides counseling and support at little ReGiStRaTiOn FoRmS aRe aVaIlAbLe aT or no cost to $20 BEFORE $25 AFTER tHe WoMeN’s CeNtEr oF GrEaTeR LaNsInG women in transition. SEPT 23 SEPT 23 1712 EaSt MiChIgAn AvE. REGISTER BY SEPT. 20 FOR A FREE EVENT T-SHIRT (517) 372-9163 Our mission at the Center is to ReGiStEr help women realize OnLiNe At rUnWaLkJoG.cOm/wEcAnDoIt their potential City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

goes to the wastewater treatment plant and Courtesy Photo Lawsuit the storm water to the river. Sarah Catey The city has put that program on hold af- said the June from page 8 ter completing 70 percent of it and reducing 12-13 storm the annual overflow volume by 58 percent. was the third clude places that are more susceptible to It has alternative plans pending with the one since 2010 flooding, such as Lansing, which is self-in- state Department of Environmental Quality, that caused sured and not a member. some of which could qualify the city for re- sewage “Those communities that don’t have volving loan funds to help pay for it. backups in the sewer backups don’t want to subsidize “Despite all the work completed to date, basement. At those that do,” Forster said. “If we have to the existing sanitary sewer system pro- left are the raise rates a couple million dollars a year for vides variable wet weather performance,” remnants. five communities where it’s going to occur, according to a new project proposal the "The insurance the other 395 communities are just going to city sent to the state. That project, called wouldn't get insurance somewhere else for cheaper. the Wet Weather Control Program, is es- cover any of It makes it almost impossible to insure.” timated to cost $420 million and “is ex- the flooding “When a plaintiff attorney comes in fil- pected to extend beyond 2020 due to the damage in ing a lawsuit on behalf of 500 people that program cost and the City’s continuing the basement may or may not have damage, it’s simply economic hardship,” the proposal says. unless we had not an insurable risk,” he added. “I wish we had millions and millions a sump pump," While Forster couldn’t speak specifically of dollars to be able to help these people,” she said. to what Lansing would do in such a case, Gamble told the Journal in June, referring typically the ultimate costs are rolled into to the fact that upgrading infrastructure water rates, he said. takes time and lots of money. sent the people. We work for them. My job Referring to the idea that we live in Gamble said the city reviews com- Chuck Bennett, an environmental en- is to make sure they’re safe and that pub- an age when it’s no longer acceptable plaints and investigates whether the sys- gineer with the DEQ, said Lansing has “a lic health is taken care of,” he said. “When to directly discharge sewage into wa- tem “is operating as designed.” It tries history of some problems with capacity sewage backs up in your basement floor, terways: “If it’s so bad that it can’t be in to “determine the cause of the damage, of sewer systems during wet weather and you think that’s healthy?” Lake Michigan or Lake Huron, it sure reviewing the amount of precipitation, has been working with us to address them Liddle, the attorney leading the suit, can’t be in someone’s basement. That’s complaint history, cleaning records, sewer over a number of years.” agrees. something that’s intolerable.” drawings, etc.,” he said. While the combined systems present “This is the United States in 2013. A Indeed, Lindemann says. But if a government is found liable, is it one challenge, even some areas that have lot of these people have said, ‘I’ve flooded “It’s unacceptable in modern society to fair for those costs to be passed on to other already been separated are experiencing three times.’ One person said, ‘I let it go have sewage backups,” he said. “It’s unac- taxpayers or ratepayers? what are called “sanitary sewer overflows.” one or two times.’ But what do you do? ceptable for a community to live like that. Forster said one side may argue that. “It’s analogous to fighting a battle on This is how the system works. You can’t It is not a bad thing for people to demand “On the other hand, sewer backups are a two fronts,” Bennett said. “They’ve come just sit there and flood people out,” he said. that they have working infrastructure.” very emotional, frustrating, miserable event to us with a proposal to remedy those for someone who’s had it occur to them. I problems. Instead of working on them CAPITAL AREA DISTRICT LIBRARIES can certainly understand why the courts are separately, they come with a holistic plan, very reluctant to dismiss claims no matter the Wet Weather Control Plan.” what the circumstances are for homeown- The schedule for completing that is be- MEET THE AUTHOR ers who had a backup,” he said. “It’s always ing negotiated, Bennett said. a very difficult issue for everyone involved.” As cities grapple with these fundamen- tal infrastructure problems, time ticks. Luis Carlos Montalván Old infrastructure Mother Nature is not waiting and, as mul- Pipes installed underground in the tiple studies have shown, is getting more 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s were designed to car- powerful as extreme weather events are Former Army Captain Montalván is the ry water to treatment plants before being being exacerbated by climate change. author of the New York Times bestselling discharged into the river. The city’s effort Governments are battling time and memoir Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior to separate those, known as the Combined money to get the work done. But there’s Sewer Overflow project, was mandated a more absolutist view held by some, like and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him. under state law and started in 1992. It is a Lindemann, who say sewage backups are Along with Tuesday himself, he’ll be here 30-year, $176 million project to separate the unacceptable, period. to talk about how this very special service sewage and storm water so that the sewage “The government is supposed to repre- dog helped him recover from both physical wounds and crippling post-traumatic stress disorder.

Books will be available for sale and signing. 5IVSTEBZ
4FQU

t

QN

3500 S. Cedar Street, Lansing 517-272-9840 | cadl.org 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER Roxanne in bloom Post-surgery, Old Town co-founder ready to get her hands dirty again By ALLAN I. ROSS tion there would be a return. Every day I oxanne Frith was part of the team wake up, grateful to be alive. I’ve had a few that started the renovation pro- opportunities to leave this life, but I haven’t. Rcess of Old Town in the late '70s. I still need to be here. I have stuff to do. I Through her knack for coaxing life from the have art to make and community contribu- earth and her dedication to the art of pho- tions to make. tography, Frith, 55, planted the seeds for When do you go back to work? what grew into a bustling gallery district, I shot Michigan Pride last month, and has become a guiding force in the local which was my first outing in a large pub- art scene. She also teaches photography at lic group since my surgery on July 18. But LCC and is still an avid gardener. I had to wear a mask and stand far away This summer, Frith, needed a kidney from groups — my immune system was transplant because of a rare genetic disorder. still too fragile. And it still is too fragile Insurance covered the surgery, but not the be out in public on a regular basis, so I incidental costs of her day-to-day life. The can't go back to LCC until next semester, Old Town and art communities rallied to which starts in January. But life will offer raise funds for Frith, successfully helping her me many more years to be in the thick of navigate through a difficult financial period. it. I’m being patient. The gratitude for be- Frith took some time to reflect on going ing alive outweighs the disappointment of through surgery, her not being able to do relationship with Old that now. Town and taking pic- “I've had a few opportunities to Currently,I’m tures of her shadow. leave this life but I haven’t. splitting my time be- What was your tween editing photos Photo by Monique Goch/Moxy Imagery reaction to the sup- I still need to be here. I have stuff of a Mediterranean Lansing photographer/artists Roxanne Frith, at work in her home studio. The LCC port you received to do. I have art to make.” cruise I took last teacher recenlty underwent a successful kidney transplant. during your kidney summer with my surgery? ROXANNE FRITH, mother and the ones It was completely I took at last Sunday’s have developed around them. The green know where it’s going to take me yet. humbling. I think LANSING PHOTOGRAPHER AND TEACHER statue dedication to space has grown into a beautiful garden When I was a child, I used to do shadow it’s incredible that Robert Busby. with a rich diverse plant life, nourished by portraits, and in the last couple years I’ve because of that support, I’m going to get to How has it been watching Old Town's all the different people who have moved in found myself returning to that. I did a self- continue to be here and be the artist and growth and development over the years? since we started. I’m proud to know that I portrait for a book I want to publish, called teacher that I’ve always wanted to be. It af- I got involved in Turner Street when I was there to till that soil. “Always Present.” My shadow is always there; firms that none of us live by ourselves and was 19 years old. I saw it as part of my edu- Has this experience changed how you it’s not a dark place, but you have to be able to the most important thing you can do is to cation, part of being a young artist. I think approach your art? move through the dark to come to the light. contribute to your community. If you can a good metaphor would be the landscaping It has, but I'm not exactly sure how. It It’s a good life metaphor for this journey I’ve help someone, do that. that’s occurred. I planted many of those pe- hasn't even been two months since the trans- gone through: Coming to the threshold of I didn’t sow the seeds with the expecta- rennials and I’ve watched as the buildings plant. Something is gestating, but I just don’t death and coming back to life.

8:45 p.m. Mushhh, Education Center. “They also served over Compassionate mission 130,000 meals, which is up 70 percent since 9:15 p.m. M-Cellus. 2007. As those numbers climb, donations Monday, Sept. 23 Concert series benefits Lansing’s needy have been going down. Something needed to 9 a.m. Drum Circle By ALLAN I. ROSS be done.” Friday, Sept. 20 11:30 a.m. Mighty Medicine As we approach the end of another Lan- Kuhn said she thinks traditional fundrais- All performances will be on the 9 a.m. Drum Circle 12:15 p.m. Free Jam Open Mic sing-area festival season (just waiting on you, ers are too “confrontational,” so she organized State Capitol lawn and steps Noon: 724th Weekly Peace Vigil 1 p.m. Joshua Davis & Laura Bates Oktoberfest), temps are already beginning to the Music with a Mission Fiesta!, a free three- and Drum Circle plummet; it won’t be long before concerts in day concert and activity series on the State Thursday, Sept. 19 2 p.m. Jen Sygit & Geoff Lewis Capitol lawn and steps. It runs Thursday, 1:15 p.m. Drum & Poetry Open Mic the park are replaced by Christmas tree lots. 1 p.m. Magdalen Fossum 3:15 p.m. Kathleen and the But as sugarplums start to dance in some Friday, takes the weekend off and wraps up 1:45 p.m. Drew Howard 2 p.m. Deacon Earl Bridge Street Band people’s heads, others are focused on hum- Monday. Cash donations and blankets, food 2:45 p.m. Drew Nelson 3 p.m. Wil Fossum 4:15 p.m. Abbey Hoffman bler aspirations. Such as, “Where am I going and hygiene items will be collected for the 4 p.m. Steve Leaf & Chris Dorman 4:30 p.m. Karen Hoene 5 p.m. Medicine Crow to sleep tonight?” VOA shelter, and while you drop off your con- 4:45 p.m. Daniel Roberts 5 p.m. The 89th Key 6 p.m. Peter Dougherty “In the last year, the Volunteers of Ameri- tribution, you get to enjoy a little music. 5:45 p.m. Twyla Birdsong 6 p.m. Bargain Store 6:30 p.m. Scratch Pilots ca shelter on Larch Street in Lansing served "The support of these artists has been ex- 7 p.m. Taylor Taylor 7:15 p.m. Temesgen Hussein 7 p.m. David Meeder nearly 4,200 people, a 50 percent increase traordinary," Kuhn said We’ve been adding 8 p.m. Cindy McElroy 8 p.m. The Fascinators 7:45 p.m. Yogurt Culture over the previous year,” said Kathie Kuhn, at- acts every day. It’s incredible to see how many large board member of East Lansing’s Peace people are willing to help .” City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11 sion series. Set in a mobile Army hospital to a fantastic set that effectively recreates showgirls who get stranded at the hospital. during the Korean War in the mid-1950s, the gritty location of the 4077th, courtesy The squeaky and spoiled sisters are perfect the story focuses on the often conflicting, of Mark Mandenburg and Melody Strat- comedic foils in one of the few rewarding survival mechanisms employed by the en- ton. But once the cast takes the stage, the scenes, a show- listed and drafted staff. While the tone of production heads not to South Korea but down between the “M*A*S*H” the novel, film and series skewed toward just south. Off the radar war-weary nurses Riverwalk Theatre Riverwalk’s “M*A*S*H” is mostly swampy humor, no punches were pulled when it Mark Polzin (Trapper John) and Cassie and the pampered Through Sunday came to showing the tragedy of war. Little (Captain Bridget McCarthy) give un- pretties. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 2 By MARY CUSACK Unfortunately, Kelly’s script lacks any derstated, naturalistic performances, but The cast and p.m. Sunday War is not hell in Riverwalk Theatre's character development and tension. Kel- the regular army officers, including Gen- crew are earnest $14/$12 students/seniors/ production of “M*A*S*H.” It’s ly is considered one of the nation’s most eral Hamilton (Ed Baker), Lt. Col. Blake in their desire military not even heck. It’s a minimal- Review prolific playwrights, but quantity trumps (Chris Goeckel) and “Hotlips” Houlihan to celebrate our 228 Museum Drive, Lansing (517) 482-5700 ized setting for playwright Tim quality in this adaptation, reflected in the (Sandy Vanlancker) are devoid of nuance. military person- riverwalktheatre.com Kelly’s shallow versions of some of Ameri- bloated cast and running time. For his It would seem that the only direction they nel, and the clos- ca’s most iconic pop culture characters. directorial debut, Justin Brewer should received was “more bluster.” ing slideshow cel- The stage play is an adaptation of Rich- have selected a better script with a man- The best acting comes from the Bonwit ebrating their loved ones in the military ard Hooker’s novel, which was adapted into ageable cast. Sisters (Bridget Farhat, Rikki Perez and is truly touching. Still, this “M*A*S*H” is an acclaimed feature film and iconic televi- Upon arrival, the audience is treated Sophia Vitello), a trio of bubble-headed just mush. 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

open mic night.” he said. “When I was ap- proached with this format, I was excited to WE STAND UP WE STAND UP Moving the people keep that fire going." FOR GAY RIGHTS FOR WOMEN’S EQUALITY BluesFest 2013 returns with a few twists The event is sponsored by the Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art. Joshua By JORDAN BRADLEY Pugh, spokesman for MICA, said the event WE STAND UP WE STAND WITH The motto for Old Town BluesFest has brings over 10,000 people to Old Town over FOR THE DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE, THE CHRIST WHO SAID has always seemed to be, “If it ain’t broke, its two-night run, but the motivation for his ALL RELIGIONS, EVERYWHERE “LOVE ONE ANOTHER” don’t fix it.” But what’s wrong with a little involvement is simple. tweaking? As always, when BluesFest opens “The blues moves people,” he said. But it’s on Friday, the intersection of Turner Street not just the blues doing that moving: The and Grand River Avenue will pack a full slate Historical Society of Greater Lansing will of local and traveling blues artists who will give a walking tour of Old Town on Satur- COME STAND WITH US ensnare local eardrums with heartbreak- day. Featured stops include Elderly Instru- ing sax solos and screaming guitar riffs. But ments and the recently renovated Comfort just like the whiff of drying leaves you might Station, a former public restroom that is smell when you step outside, change is in the home to a home furnishings store on the first floor and the Michigan Historical Preserva- 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave. air in the 19-year-old festival. Pilgrim Congregational In a twist of style that stays true to the tion Network on the second floor. The tour Sunday - 10 AM blues, the format by which the bands per- departs from the Cesar Chavez plaza next to United Church of Christ (517) 484 7434 the former Chrome Cat building at noon. - form has been changed, allowing for more Lansing, MI PilgrimUCC.com freedom from the artists. Instead of having But for Gleason, the BluesFest isn’t just bands perform one set, the featured bands about the new format. He said he’s going for each evening will play three one-hour through a challenging period in his life: his sets, each showcasing a special guest. Jimmy father died about six weeks ago, and all of his Gleason of Jimmy G and the Capitols is ex- equipment was recently destroyed. cited for the change as he and the rest of the “There’ve been a lot of intense feelings to TIM BARRON band prepare to play their third BluesFest. get out,” he said. “The blues have a regenera- "This year is trying to capture that spirit tive power, and I look (at BluesFest) as an EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING of camaraderie that you used to get at an opportunity both for myself and for the city of Lansing to experience a little healing.” 6AM-9AM FRIDAY SATURDAY 8-9 p.m.: Dana Thompson SOUTH STAGE SOUTH STAGE 10:30-midnight: Big LLou Johnson 4-6 p.m.: Kevin Nichols & Blue Tuesday 2-4 p.m.: The Further Adventures of 7-8 p.m.: Maurice Davis Quartet Fat Boy & Jive Turkey MICA STAGE 9-10:30 p.m.: Sugar Ray & From 5-10:30 p.m.: Big LLou & the 1-1:45 p.m.: Tunes & Tales by Tricia the Bluetones BluesVille Revue (four sets, three (storytelling and music) with featured guests) 2-2:45 p.m.: Andy Wilson NORTH STAGE: Jimmy G & the Capitols 5-6 p.m.: The Mike Wheeler Band (kids’ music) (three sets with featured guests) 7-8 p.m.: Russ Green 3-3:45 p.m.: Gina Garner 6-7 p.m.: Twyla Birdsong 9-10 p.m.: Nellie "Tiger" Travis 4-4:45 p.m.: Sweet Willie Tea the OMB 8-9 p.m.: Kathleen Mendoza Walters 10-10:30 p.m.: Big LLou & the (One-Man-Band) & Andy Wilson & “Johnny D” Davidson BluesVille Revue 5-5:45 p.m.: Mike Daniels Drum Clinic 10:30-midnight: Sugar Ray Norcia 6-6:45 p.m.: Matchette & Frog And hear Berl Schwartz of City Pulse NORTH STAGE: Rob Blaine & Big Otis MICA Stage Blu (four sets with featured guests) call Tim an ignorant slut — or worse. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT 5:45-6:45 p.m.: Sugar Ray Blinic 4-5 p.m.: Pete Galanis OLDTOWNBLUESFEST.COM

Every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. 2013 SCHEDULE BLUESFEST 7-8 p.m.: Buzz 'n Buster 6-7 p.m.: Mike Sterling City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13

Photo by Deb Drew Brown A piece from Williamston artist Deb Drew Brown's photography exhibit, “The Grandest Canyon Collection,” which are in competition at this year's ArtPrize event in downtown Grand Rapids.

She is one of 42 Lansing-area art- ists competing in the fifth annual event, Prize fighters which Time magazine called one of the top five festivals in the world earlier this Lansing artists take part in year. About 2,000 artists will compete from a variety of media; over half a mil- world's largest art competition lion dollars will be awarded to the top 21. By JORDAN BRADLEY Deb Drew Brown, a photographer As a first-time participant in the from Williamston, is participating in her Grand Rapids ArtPrize competition third ArtPrize competition. She submit- (opening today and running through ted five prints from a trip to the Grand Oct. 6), Haslett artist Sarah Gilmore de Canyon. Her pieces, collectively called Ruiter of Lansing found herself joining "The Grandest Canyon Collection," will the buzz with a painting called “Thunder, be displayed in the Gerald R. Ford Presi- Perfect Mind.” The piece is inspired by a dential Museum. gnostic poem by the same title. Brown, an X-ray technician by day, “It’s one of my favorite poems,” de speicalizes in nature photography. She Ruiter said. “It reflects the contrasting uses bright, saturated colors in her art- and varied roles of women in society. Even work. This year, she offers advice to first though the poem was written hundreds of time participants and visitors alike. Arlo years ago, it is very contemporary.” “Buy a wristband for the shuttle bus,” De Ruiter teaches seventh grade sci- she said. “It gets very crowded down- ence at Sexton High School. This week, town. It’s beyond your imagination” de Ruiter installed her piece in the RVC For a full list of all Lansing-area Offices in the Riverview Center, 678 artists competing in ArtPrize, please Front Ave. in downtown Grand Rapids. see page 19. October 3 - November 3, 2013 Guthrie

Pay-What-You-Can Thursday, Oct. 3 Preview Thursday, October 3 at 7:30 pm @ 8pm

$15 Previews Tickets starting at just $15 Oct. 4 @ 8pm, by Stephen Mallatratt Oct. 5 @ 8pm based on the novel by Susan Hill Oct. 6 @ 2pm Oct. 10 @ 8pm WHARTON CENTER A spine tingling tale of things that go bump in the night . . . WHARTONCENTER.COM Williamston Theatre Directed by Tobin Hissong 122 S Putnam St.,Williamston 1-800-WHARTON Featuring: Aral Gribble 517-655-7469 and John Seibert www.williamstontheatre.org 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

sionist Lisa Pegher as soloist. Courtesy Photo The first two minutes seemed to re- LSO maestro cap the history of life on the planet, from Timothy Muffitt Percussion solo marimba tremors that hinted at in- led New choate, wiggly bacteria, to up-thrusting York-based Manhattan skyscrapers in the brass and percussionist and purity strings. Who got their Aaron Copland in Lisa Pegher my Steve Reich? Pegher returned many (left) through Symphony serves up times to the five-octave marimba, which a bravura carried most of the solo weight. She al- spectacle, breaks bread performance most seemed to hearken to it, head tilted last week, By LAWRENCE COSENTINO like a robin listening for a worm, pounc- including The Lansing Symphony Orchestra had ing on each life-giving note. Jennifer a stiff creak in it, like a pair of new shoes, The next big revelation was an aching Higdon's at the beginning of Friday’s season opener, solo by Pegher on vibraphone, with bowed Percussion but it’s amazing what a little sweat can do. overtones that seemed to herald the next Concerto. As Romanian composer George En- phase of existence: pure thought. escu’s “Romanian Rhapsody No. 1” got There was spectacle to spare, but care- up a head of steam, the orchestra got its ful, often fleeting details knit the music dance moves on so fast the together. A harp picked up a vibraphone Review music started to blur. Sharp passage, violins echoed Pegher’s bowed woodwind solos helped pin overtones, and countless other touches the whirling skirts of melody to the supple built up a seamless world of sound. body of music under them. Frequent parries and thrusts between Muffitt handles splashy works and un- in a majestic play of contrast and shadow. Maestro Timothy Muffitt reveled in the Pegher and three (!) percussionists in the usual collaborations, he seems to relish The string section built up color on color, weirdness of the music, especially toward back of the orchestra reached their peak these trips to the well of pure music more tan on ochre on brown on black, from the end when a series of strange harmonic when Pegher played a solo cadenza, fol- than anything. He broke the symphony the violins through the violas and cellos blocks go by like mismatched train cars. lowed by a group drum avalanche with her open slowly and with deep purpose, like a down to the double basses, like the strata When the dance figures started bouncing comrades-in-arms and -sticks. The solos monk tearing open a loaf of bread. of a mountain rising under your feet. Sil- like crazy molecules, he kept on pushing drew two waves of cheers from the audi- The music didn’t even have any extra- very highlights from flutist Richard Sher- the energy down and hushing them up un- ence. When the concerto was over, Muffitt musical associations to chew on, like the man snaked through the earthy tapestry til it was time to go nuts and lift the lid. called Pegher back and they did it all over Americana bit in Dvorak’s “New World” throughout the night. The same play of tension and release, on again for an encore. Symphony or the artist-vs.-authority tus- The breadiest part of the symphony a much bigger scale, drove the evening’s big After the bravura percussion experi- sles underlying Beethoven’s Third and was the simple second movement, with event, Jennifer Higdon’s Percussion Con- ence, Antonin Dvorak’s Seventh Sym- Shostakovich’s Tenth, all featured in recent its noble, hymn-like chorales, first in the certo, featuring New York-based percus- phony gave Muffitt and the orchestra a LSO programs. woodwinds, then in the finely blended chance to make pure music — the pur- The biggest drama you can wring out Lansing Symphony brass. There were est this side of Brahms or Haydn. This of the Seventh is that Dvorak wanted to also huge swells, as in the first movement, time, there was no soloist, no unusual top his hero, the god of “absolute music,” but both movements died away with an hardware and no stylistic breakthrough { HLS } Brahms, and gave it a good shot. Melodies almost liturgical hush. to distract or divert the ear. As deftly as Hude Legal Services, PLLC and countermelodies drifted and collided In the third movement, Muffitt locked into a striking, schizophrenic rhythm — waltz on top of march — with airtight Katharine M. Hude - Attorney at Law mastery. The whole orchestra bumped Hude Legal Services, PLLC up and down to that gear-like pattern, generating hypnotic patterns like ar- Legal Counsel & Support chitecture in the air. It ended with the Services for Individual, satisfying hammer-on-nail ending coyly withheld in the first two movements. (We Business, & Nonprofit Needs didn’t know it yet, but that was only the little hammer hitting the little nail.) Traditional legal services and By the last movement, Muffitt seemed to support service to nonprofits have everyone herded onto the mountain of and small businesses such as: pure music. The lady in front of me stopped Nonprofit Consulting looking at her cell phone and the guy next Strategic Planning Searching for a job this holiday season? to her let the program slip out of his hands. Board Training and Development What do you know about Dvorak? Noth- Bookkeeping ing? Good. Our minds are jumbled with HOLIDAY RETAIL JOB FAIR too much gossip about who Beethoven or Fundraising Plans Featuring Lansing area retailers Mozart were sleeping with, what a jerk Practices in the areas of: Stravinsky was and so on. It’s fun to know including Best Buy, UPS, all those things but it’s not music. Nonprofit Law JC Penney and more. When Muffitt and the Lansing Sym- Business Formation & Compliance phony waded into the last movement of Contracts & Licensing Agreements the Dvorak, a vast drama of pure vibra- Copyright & Trademark Friday, Sept. 27 tions, a tapestry of time, closed in on a Probate and Estate planning shattering finish. Before the initial build- 10am-3pm up was over, the main theme hovered Real Property Open to the public in the wings and you could hear Muffitt Family Law & Criminal Defense open a definitive can of sonic whoopass. At symphony’s end, three major chords, 403 Seymour Ave, Suite 301 www.hudelaw.com like blasts from high Olympus, closed a Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 930-6857 well-argued case for absolute music. City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 15

the playwright and then becoming this armchair psychologist to think in the way Spilling secrets of the character,” Roznowski said. “In psy- chology, they call it ‘projecting,’ or thinking Two Michigan authors like another person. How you project and inhabit at the same time?” write about opening up Although the book is a required text for his acting classes, Roznowski said the By BILL CASTANIER principles explored are accessible and ap- What’s your family secret —the one plicable even to you want no one else to know, the one non-actors. “Inner Monologue in you’ll take to your grave? Most families “It’s becom- Acting” have secrets held from even other family ing more aware Author talk by Rob members. Maybe it’s a child out of wed- of how to tame Roznowski lock, a half brother in a faraway country the bad thought 7 p.m. Monday fathered by a G.I. in WWII or a love child process that dis- Schuler Books & Music, 2820 with an unnamed father. The secret is Towne Center Blvd., Lansing tracts rather than FREE kept until death, and only then the story focuses,” he said. schulerbooks.com emerges as the survivors go through the Courtesy Photos Michigan Farm,“ tells about her life as a “You know (how deceased’s papers. Michigan authors Steve Luxenberg (left) divorced single mom raising three boys. when) you go to That’s exactly what happened to Detroit and Rob Roznowski will speak next week Link admits to writing about what might bed at night and (your) inner monologue native Steve Luxenberg, author of “An- about their books. Luxenberg's nonfiction be called “family secrets,” but she’s quick just incessantly goes until you finally go to nie’s Ghosts: A Journey Into a Family Se- work "Annie's Ghosts" focuses on the to point out that she let her boys read the sleep? This is one of those things that helps cret,” which has been selected as the Great stigma of mental illness, while Roznowski's manuscript before publication. give you control over it.” — Paul Wozniak Michigan Read for 2013 by the Michigan book serves as a manual for stage actors. “The Great Read program is a unique Humanities Council. opportunity to get Michiganians reading Luxenberg has been a newspaper re- believe is ”better off left unwritten.” He said the same book at the same time, discuss- porter and editor for nearly 40 years, most he firmly believes that every family has a se- ing important social topics like mental recently as a Washington Post associate edi- cret that needs to be aired. health, interacting with Michigan authors, tor. He discovered after his mother’s death “The consequences of secrecy roll and considering our shared ideas of what that she held a family secret: She had a sis- down into subsequent generations,” he it means to be part of this great state,” said ter who had been placed in Eloise, a Detroit said. He said since his mother’s death, he Erik Nordberg, executive director of the AUTHOR EVENTS area mental insti- saw no downside to revealing his family Michigan Humanities Council. “Annie’s Ghosts” tution, and was secret. He hopes that by writing about his Talk & Signing Author talk by Steve never mentioned journey to explore the secret and its roots Self-analysis Luxenberg, part of the Great again. that other secret keepers will release “What should an actor be thinking on- Michigan Read RACHAEL GATES 7 p.m. Tuesday “My mother what they have been hiding. He also said stage?” That’s the central question behind Michigan Historical Center, would tell elabo- he wanted to shine a light on the shame “Inner Monologue in Acting,” a new book The Owner’s Manual 717 W. Allegan St., Lansing rate stories about of mental illness that we still carry more by Rob Roznowski, associate professor of to the Voice FREE, but registration being an only than six decades after his aunt was sent to Acting at MSU. required at child,” Luxen- a mental institution to be forgotten. “It seems like a basic phenomenon as an Wed. September 25. 7 p.m. michiganhumanities.org berg said. He “Annie’s Ghost” is more than a mem- actor that you have to think like the char- Okemos Location said that once oir; it is an investigation into the mental acter, but in most acting texts, there’s very he discovered this was not the truth, he health system and how Luxenberg’s aunt little mention of it,” Roznowski said. To fill asked himself, “If that isn’t true what else ended up institutionalized. It is also about that void, he collaborated with Chris Hop- Local Author Night isn’t,” and set out to discover everything how, in the name of secrecy, it is nearly wood, assistant professor of psychology Young Adult PAnel there was to know about his family and impossible to delve into the process that at MSU, to solidify a psychoanalytical ap- his lost aunt Annie. saw her end up at Eloise. proach to acting. “It’s taking the clues from Featuring K.A. Barson “As the story emerged I grasped the enor- Luxenberg launches a statewide tour Hannah Harrington mity of what my mom did,” he said. ”Since I in Lansing at the Michigan Histori- was trained as a journalist, I reacted more cal Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday. He will be Cori McCarthy analytical and never felt any revulsion.” joined by another Michigan author, Mar- Rosemary Van Deuren Luxenberg said he decided to tell what di Jo Link, whose new book, “Bootstrap- he calls “a universal story,” one that many per: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Kris Yankee Commerical & Residental Thursday. Sept. 26. 6 p.m. Lansing Location 50% off 5 days only! 50% off Fully Insured Today thru Sunday Special Story-Time DEBBIE DIESEN Bestselling author of The Pout Pout Fish 7.50 6.50 presents 14.95 12.95 5.50 Picture Day Perfection 6.75 2.00 9.95 13.50 Saturday, Sept. 28. 1 p.m. 3.95 Curious Book Shop Lansing Location 307 E. Grand River * E. Lansing Photography Call Joan at: 332-0112 * we validate parking Art A rchitecture For more information, visit Mon - Sat 10 - 8, Sun 12 – 5 (517) 485-2530 www.schulerbooks.com 16 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

SEPT. 17-22 >> ‘WIDOWS’ After all a town’s men disappear during the rule of a dictator, the Theater PREVIEW women come together in defiance of the country’s military in the Michigan State University Department of Theatre’s production of “Widows.” Directed by Ann Folino White, “Widows” is in collaboration with East Lansing’s “One Book, One Community” program. Cast members will perform selections from this year’s book, “Yellow Birds,” as part of a post- show discussion after Thursday’s show. White leads a discussion before ON THE Sunday’s show. Tickets are available at the Wharton Center box office, whartoncenter.com or by calling (800) WHARTON. Showtimes vary. Through Sunday. Auditorium Arena Theatre, 149 Auditorium Drive, East Lansing. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18 >> PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT RECEPTION ListingsTOWN deadline is 5 p.m. the THURSDAY BBEFORE A pair of portrait exhibits is coming to the MSU Museum that focus on humans during a time of great change. publication. Paid classes will be listed in print at the cost “Detroit Resurgent” is a look at “the strength of human creativity in evolving Detroit” as those living there of one enrollment (maximum $20). Please submit them to the events events calendar at lansingcitypulse.com. If you cope — and sometimes thrive — as the city struggles with financial and physical ruin. “An Extraordinary need help, please call Jonathan at (517) 999-5069. E-mail Document of Our World” is a selection of workers from around the world over the past 25 years. Both are information to [email protected] works of photographer Gilles Perrin in collaboration with Nicole Ewenczyk. 5 p.m. Wednesday. MSU Museum, 409 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing. Wednesday, September 18 Classes and Seminars SEPT. 19-29 >> ‘BONNIE & CLYDE — A NEW MUSICAL” How to Optimize Bone Health. Discussion on At the height of the Great Depression in the early 1930s, Bonnie Theater bone health and lowering fracture risks. 6-7 p.m. PREVIEW FREE. Arthritis Care PC, 1106 N. Cedar St., Lansing. Parker and Clyde Barrow took the Midwest by storm, capturing (517) 267-0107. arthritiscarepc.com. the country’s attention as notorious outlaws and bank robbers. Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. The Peppermint Creek Theatre Co. puts its take on the legendary duo’s Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 351-5866. tale with “Bonnie & Clyde — A New Musical,” which it describes as a Family Storytime. Ages 6 and under. Stories and activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing “thrilling and sexy musical with a nontraditional score” that combines blues, Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840. gospel and rockabilly. Brittany Nicol stars as Parker and Adam Woolsey Drawing Class. All skill levels, with Penny Collins. as Barrow. Thursday through Sept. 29. Miller Performing Arts Center, Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $60 for 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St., 6025 Curry Lane, Lansing. Tickets are available at peppermintcreek.org. Lansing. (517) 999-1212. gallery1212.com. Drop-in Figure Drawing. Easels and drawing SATURDAY, SEPT. 21 >> OWOSSO HISTORIC HOME TOUR boards provided. 7-9:30 p.m. $7, $5 students. Kresge Art Center, located at Physics & Auditorium This year’s historic home tour in Owosso is planned to be the biggest one roads, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. yet with 18 stops — twice as many as were made in the past. Hosted by Technology and Ethics. Special speaker. 6-7 the Owosso Historical Commission, the all-day event includes a tea party p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 484- at the Gould House, music at various tour sites and a reception. Among the 7434. pilgrimucc.com. buildings on the tour, attendees can visit Curwood Castle and Christ Episcopal Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Church, which dates back to the Civil War era. $15. Proceeds benefit the Saginaw Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. Owosso Historical Commission. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Various sites in Owosso. Tickets can be purchased at owossohistorichometour.com Events DTDL Book Club: “The End of Your Life Book Club.” By Will Schwalbe. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta SUNDAY, SEPT. 22 >> East Lansing Sunday Soup Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, There’s been a surge in microfunding websites, like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, that crowdsource funding for all Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East sorts of projects. A localized offshoot of the international network called Sunday Soup — which pairs fundraising Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East for the arts with a meal — is back in East Lansing. During the event, local artists present their ideas for local Lansing. (517) 351-2420. projects that patrons vote on after a soup dinner. The project with the most votes is awarded the proceeds from Watershed Wellness Center Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Watershed Farmers Market, admission. $5. 5-7 p.m. Sunday. (SCENE) Metrospace. 110 Charles St., East Lansing. 16280 National Pkwy., Lansing. (517) 886-0440. Allen Street Farmers Market. 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25 >> BUTLER CORRIDOR COALITION NEIGHBORHOOD FORUM 1619 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911. Capital Area Crisis Men's Rugby Practice. Working closely with new tenants in the 101-year-old Genesee School is just one way a group of dedicated Weather permitting, all experience levels welcome. residents in Lansing’s 4th Ward is breathing life back into their neighborhood. The Butler Corridor Coalition 6:30 p.m. FREE. Marshall Park, Corner of E. hosts a neighborhood forum to “pass the torch” from former tenants of Genesee School to Zero Day, a Saginaw and Marshall St. Lansing. Meet the Candidates Night. Colonial Village nonprofit in the building that helps veterans gain skills in home renovation. The event fits with the coalition’s Neighborhood Association is hosting. 6-9 p.m. motto: “You don’t have to move to live in a good neighborhood.” The Butler Corridor connects Ottawa FREE. Grace United Methodist, 1900 Boston Blvd., and Saginaw streets along Butler Boulevard north of downtown. 6-8 p.m. Sept. 25. Lansing Association of

See Out on the Town, Page 18 Women’s Clubs, 310 N. Butler Blvd. butlercorridor.org. Call Bill Morris at (517) 214-6368 for more information. City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17

Michael McDonald at Wharton Saturday, Dec. 21 @ Wharton Center, 750 W. Shaw Lane, East turn it Lansing. $35-$65, 8 p.m. Tickets for Michael McDonald’s “This Christmas: An Evening of Holiday & Hits” are on sale at whartoncenter.com. McDonald is best known for his soulful vocals and keyboard skills in the Doobie Brothers from 1976 to 1982. The Doo- bies earned hits with “What a Fool Believes” and “Takin’ it to the Streets.” He has Down also earned critical acclaim for his solo efforts, including two Motown covers LPs. McDonald has won five Grammys and released eight solo albums and two Christ- A survey of Lansing's mas records. This year he’s performed alongside Justin Timberlake on “Late Night musical Landscape SAT. DEC with Jimmy Fallon” and recorded with buzz-worthy indie bands Grizzly Bear and Holy Ghost. By Rich Tupica 21st

Birds of Chicago at Ten Pound Fiddle Grateful Dead Tribute Night The Sillies at Mac's Bar Aaron Carter at The Loft

FRI. SEPT FRI. SEPT SAT. SEPT WED. SEPT 20th 20TH 21st 25TH Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lan- Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lan- The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Grove Street East Lansing. All ages, sing. 18 and over, $3, sing. 18 and over, $3, Lansing. All ages, $15 advance, $15, $5 students. 8 p.m 10 p.m. 10 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Married couple JT Nero and Allison Russell A roster of Michigan bands pay tribute to Detroit punk legends The Sillies headline a Aaron Carter, brother of Backstreet Boy of the folk duo Birds of Chicago play the Ten rock legends the Grateful Dead Friday at Mac’s night of punk Saturday at Mac’s Bar. Opening Nick Carter, headlines a poppy night of epic Pound Fiddle on Friday. They’re touring inter- Bar. The Jerry Garcia-loving event is hosted by the show is The Chirps, a demented Lansing- boy-band proportions on Sept. 25 at The nationally in support of their 2012 self-titled That Freak Quincy, a Kalamazoo-based jam/ based rockabilly outfit fronted by Chaz Brackx, Loft. Carter broke into the music biz at 7, debut record, which received glowing reviews funk band and Psychedelic Eyes Photography. a local songwriter and professional wrestling and became the youngest male solo artist to from the Chicago Sun Times, No Depres- Performing the all-Dead set list is an assort- promoter. The Chirps are returning from an score four Top 40 hit singles. Tampa native sion, Jambase and Daytrotter. Accompanied ment of experimental bands and musicians, extended hiatus. The Sillies, formed in 1977 Carter, 25, released his debut self-titled disc by a banjo and a guitar, their sound echoes including members of That Freak Quincy, by front man Ben Waugh, may be Detroit’s in 1997 when he was 10 years old. His 2000 of mountain gospel, street corner doo-wop Digeometric, The Dallas Barr Band, Desmond first genuine punk band. In its heyday, the band album “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)” be- and classic soul. Prior to starting their group, Jones, Fried Egg Nebula, Mighty Medicine and warmed up stages for The MC5, The Cramps came a Billboard hit and earned him opening they were members of Po' Girl and JT and the more. Organizers describe the show as “a and The Dead Boys. The Alternative Press slot on Britney Spears’ tour. “Oh Aaron” and Clouds; the songwriters first combined musi- family jam.” Aside from the psychedelic sounds, praised the band thusly: “The Sillies writhed 2002’s “Another Earthquake” followed. He cal forces on 2011’s “Mountains/Forests.” The the evening also includes a tripped-out light with a reckless energy that also galvanized began touring again last year and is working Ten Pound Fiddle is a long-running folk music show and live painting from Cody Norman Detroit's most revered rockers. The music on a new disc. For hardcore fans, $65 VIP series. Check its website for a complete list of and Jaclyn Pack. Vendors include Dreaded De- swaggers with New York Dolls-like panache and tickets are available, good for a meet-and- shows: tenpoundfiddle.org. signs, Forest People and Tree House Creations. is as raunchy as Iggy Pop's reputation.” greet and photo.

v Contact rich tupica at [email protected] >>> to be listed in live & local e-mail [email protected]

LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Jackpine Snag, 9 p.m. Classic Pub, 16219 S. US 27 Karaoke w/ DJ Waffles, 8 p.m. DJ Sassy, 8 p.m. Full House, 8 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Woody Wood, 9 p.m. DJ Juan Trevino, 8 p.m. Showdown, 9:30 p.m. Showdown, 9:30 p.m. Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Kathy Ford Band, 7:30 PM One Ton Trio Band, 8 p.m. Good Cookie Band, 8 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. UV Hippo, 8 p.m. Pacifier, 9 p.m. Lansing Derby After Party, 9 p.m. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing Does the Dead, 10 p.m. Man Overboard, 5 p.m. Moriarty’s Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic 10 p.m. The Simpletons 9:30 p.m. Those Delta Rhythm Kings, 9:30 p.m. Those Delta Rhythm Kings, 9:30 p.m. Tin Can West, 644 Migaldi Ln. Waterpong w/ Big Dawg Dave, 9 p.m. Carl Rewerts, 9 p.m. Tin Can Downtown, 410 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Mack Attack, 9:30 p.m. DJ Mack Attack, 9:30 p.m. Tin Can DeWitt, 13175 Schavey Rd. DJ Trivia with DJ Dave Floyd, 9 p.m. Hair of the Dog, 7 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Uli’s, 4519 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Scattered Hamlet, 8 p.m. La Coparation, 8 p.m. Death Valley Dragline, 8 p.m. Waterfront Bar & Grill, 325 City Market Drive Frog & the Beeftones, 6 p.m. Rhythm on the River, 6 p.m. Joe Wright, 6 p.m. Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert St. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. play in a band? book shows? To get listed just email us at [email protected] or call (517) 999-6710 What to do: Submit information by the Friday before publication (City Pulse comes out every Wednesday.) Be sure to tell us LivE & Local lists upcominG gigs! the name of the performer and the day, date and time of the performance. Only submit information for the following week's paper. 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Spanish Conversation Group. Both English and p.m. $20. Eagle Eye Golf Club, 15500 Chandler Road, Out on the town Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. Spanish spoken. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public East Lansing. (517) 372-5976 ext 4. eveinc.org. Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Bananagrams Night. Chapbook Café hosts. 7 p.m. from page 16 Euchre. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta FREE. Schuler Books & Music (Lansing), 2820 Towne Lansing. (517) 482-5750. cvnanews.com. Thursday, September 19 Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Centre Blvd., Lansing. (517) 316-7495. schulerbooks.com. Capital Area Michigan Works. Topic: Attracting Classes and Seminars Lansing. (517) 484-5600. MSU Film Collective: Nashville. Room B122. & retaining young talent. RSVP online. 7:30-8:30 a.m. Restorative Yoga. Poses are adjusted for your Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy's Classic Bar 8 p.m. FREE. MSU Wells Hall, MSU Campus, East FREE. Capital Area Michigan Works, 2110 S. Cedar comfort and ease. 6-7:30 p.m. $10. Good Space & Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482-0184. Lansing. (517) 884-4441. filmstudies.cal.msu.edu. St., Lansing. youngtalent.lb.eventbrite.com. Yoga, 2025 Abbot Road #300, East Lansing. (517) Apple Festival. 3-7 p.m. 1900 Boston Blvd., Lansing. Brown Bag Series. "Life in Format: 25 Years Business Mixer and Wine Social. DJ & cash 285-2782. goodspaceyoga.com. (517) 374-5700. of Worker Portraits." 12:15-1:30 p.m. FREE. MSU bar. Benefits Lansing Spartan Youth Organization. 5- St. Vincent Catholic Charities Stress Michigan Beer Show Podcast: Tap Takeover. Museum Auditorium, MSU Campus, East Lansing. 8:30 p.m. FREE. Rum Runners, 601 E. Michigan Ave., Management Workshop. Open to all adults. 6-7 Tap takeover with home brews, open to public. 8-9 museum.msu.edu. Lansing . (517) 894-8429. p.m. FREE. St. Vincent Catholic Charities, 2800 W. p.m. FREE. Midtown Beer Co., 402 S. Washington Music with a Mission Fiesta. Live entertainment Exhibition Reception. Two photographic exhibits Willow St., Lansing. (517) 323-4734 ext. 1700. Square, Lansing. (517) 977-1349. & more. 1 p.m.-8:30 p.m. FREE. State Capitol lawn by Gilles Perrin & Nicole Ewenczyk. 5-7 p.m. Meditation. For beginners and experienced on Household Hazardous Waste Collection. and steps, downtown Lansing. (517) 489-5278. Donation. MSU Museum, 409 W. Circle Drive, East Thursdays. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. Quan Am Temple, Collecting hazardous waste items for disposal. 2-6 Third Thursday Potluck. Bring a dish to pass. 6- Lansing. (517) 884-6897. museum.msu.edu. 1840 N. College Ave., Mason. (517) 853-1675. p.m. FREE. Ingham County Health Department, 5303 7:30 p.m. FREE. Lansing Roots Incubator Farm, 1084 S. quanamtemple.org. S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 887-4312. Hagadorn Road, Mason. greaterlansingfoodbank.org. Music Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh in, 6 p.m. Harvest Basket Produce Sale. All produce grown Sam Winternheimer Quartet. 7-10 p.m. Midtown Meeting, 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. FREE to visit. St. David's naturally on the Smith Floral Property. 3-7:30 p.m. Smith Music Beer Co., 402 S. Washington Square, Lansing. Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) Floral & Greenhouses, 124 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. Live Music at P Squared. 8 p.m. FREE. P Squared Songwriters Meetup. Collaborate and network 882-9080. stdavidslansing.org. 17th Annual Forget-Me-Not Auction. Proceeds with fellow songwriters. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Marshall Learning about Healthy Living: Tobacco and support children's program at EVE. Doors at 5:45 See Out on the Town, Page 19 Music, 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700. You. Free quit-smoking classes. 2-3 p.m. FREE. marshallmusic.com. Community Mental Health Building, 812 E. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) 887-4312. Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Literature and Poetry Tween Book: “Missing on Superstition Events "Freestyle for All"-- Mountain.” By Elise Broach. Call to register. 4-5 Evening Storytime. Stories, songs and crafts. no theme, so what? 6:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. by Matt Jones

Across 1 "Cool" amount of money 4 Lewd dude 9 Wyclef Jean or Lauryn Hill, once US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd 14 "Entourage" agent Gold www.NCGmovies.com 15 They blow off steam 17 Chinese revolutionary (517) 316-9100 Sun ___-sen Student Discount with ID 18 Was preceded by ID required for “R” rated films 19 "Addams Family" 37 cousin 20 Gordie who played 26 seasons 21 Sphinx's offering 22 Scary Spice's alter ego 24 "7 Faces of Dr. ___" 25 Prefix past tera- and 58 Neo's realization that sighting House successor peta- prompts the line "Show 8 Engine noise 34 Bldg. units 26 Historical time me" 9 Former Army base 35 Hosp. facilities 28 Get (behind) 60 Concert shirt in N.J. 36 1989 play about 30 Wu-Tang Clan pro- 61 They come before 10 Norwegian phrase Capote ducer deliveries heard in the Upper 37 Label for Sonny & LANSING - OFF SOUTH CEDAR AT 1-96 33 Side dish often oven- 62 "Green Acres" star Midwest Cher VISIT CELEBRATIONCINEMA.COM OR CALL 393-SHOW roasted Gabor 11 Ending for Scotch 38 Solution strength, in 39 Dimensions beyond 63 Showing some cheek (anagram of DRAG) Southampton (anagram SUDOKU ADV ANCED description 64 Last name in tractors 12 Organic compound of TRITE) 40 What yoga and medi- 65 Hunky-dory 13 J.D. Salinger heroine 44 Makes out, to Brits TO PLAY tation help with 16 Drought-damaged 45 Light golden brown 41 Data storage device, (hidden in SERENA WIL- 46 He wrote "She's a LIAMS) Lady" Fill in the grid so that every row, col- for short (hidden in Down PRESS DOWN) 1 Bialik of "The Big Bang 23 ___ Canyon (Utah 48 Put off umn, and outlined 3-by-3 box contains 42 Latest craze Theory" attraction) 50 New, in Nicaragua the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once. 43 Poetic planet 2 Hardly a happy camper 27 Some abstract paint- 51 Say something No guessing is required. The solution is 44 Amtrak listing, briefly 3 Unnamed source of a ings 52 Slight bites unique. 47 Angler's need secret, playfully 29 It's said with a pat 53 Cajun vegetable 49 A kazillion years, it 4 Grateful Dead bass 30 Brew from South 54 They get swapped for To avoid erasing, pencil in your pos- seems guitarist Phil Africa quarters sible answers in the scratchpad space 52 Reagan biographer 5 Glorify 31 Paradoxical philoso- 56 Bit of subterfuge beneath the short line in each vacant Peggy 6 Park Avenue hotel, pher 59 "Hansel ___ Gretel" square. 55 Teen follower casually 32 Part of NCAA (German opera) 57 Eat daintily 7 Blink-and-you'll-miss-it 33 Eleanor's White Answers on page 21 ©201 Jonesin’ Crosswords • For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Ans wers Page 21 City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 19

$14. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. JAMES HOLTON, HASLETT, "Elemental Being" (oil) (517) 482-5700. riverwalktheatre.com. Out on the town LANSING AREA ARTISTS ELDEN KELLY, LANSING, "Solo Sessions, Vol. 1" (sound) from page 18 PARTICIPATING IN ARTPRIZE: FAITH KERESZTES, LANSING, "Cats and Edward the Owl" (mixed) TIFFANY KLEIN, LANSING, "Marilyn" (concrete) Wine Bar, 107 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) Saturday, September 21 DENISE AUVENSHINE, Eaton Rapids, "Moose Mountain Scene" (glass) VICCI KNOWLTON, LANSING, "Fallen Angel from Detroit: The Dangers 507-5074. Classes and Seminars INGRID BLIXT, LANSING, "The Beatitudes" (graphite) of Social Activism" (digital) Marshall Music Drum Circle. Led by Ian Levine. Couponing Basics. How to stay organized & HENRY BRIMMER, EAST LANSING, "the case of the unusually long EDWARD LEO ZAREMBA II, EAST LANSING, "Wedding Flowers" (acrylic) Drums provided. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Marshall Music, save money. 1-3 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District ladder" (mixed, photography) DON MIDDLEBROOK, HASLETT, "Beach Life" (sound) KIM BROCK, EAST LANSING, "Gas Station along I-90, South Dakota" ELAINE MORTON, LANSING, "Connected" (mixed) 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700. Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 (photography) PAUL NILSSON, WILLIAMSTON, "Saint Francis of the Owls" (ceramic) marshallmusic.com. ext. 4. dtdl.org. DEB DREW BROWN, WILLIAMSTON, "The Grandest Canyon ANNE O’CONNOR, OKEMOS, "Autumn Breeze" (glass and metal) Tai Chi in the Park. Taught by Bob Teachout. 9 a.m. Ultraviolet Hippopotamus. Five-piece Collection" (photography) DON PIXELY, EAST LANSING, "Eye in the Sky" (photography) improvisational band. All ages. 9 p.m. $8-$12. The Loft, FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 WILLIAM CHARLAND, OKEMOS, "Cellular Structures" (latex) APRYL POOLEY, LANSING, "A Shot in the Dark, a Hole in the Heart" 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. uvhippomusic.com. block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. MARK CHATTERLEY, WILLIAMSTON, "Conversation" (clay) (found objects, acrylic paint) Domestic Violence Support Group. Noon-1:30 RICK CUNNINGHAM, GRAND LEDGE, "Men" (acrylic) ZAHRAH RESH, EAST LANSING, "Sprawl"(mixed) Theater p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, APRIL DAKER, LANSING, "Like mother like daughter Like father like JULE SCHATZ, OKEMOS, "Blue Flower" (oil) "M*A*S*H." Following the zany antics of the 4077th 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. son" (graphite) BECCA SCHLAFF, EAST LANSING, "Radiant Brown Trout" (oil) HOLLY EKWEJUNOR-ETCHIE, LANSING, "The Portrait" (oil) TOM SHEERIN, LANSING, "Bird of Prey"(silverware) mobile army surgical hospital in the Korean War. 7 womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. XIA GAO, OKEMOS, "Tie in" (cable tie) CARLY SILLS, LANSING, "Through Time: Michigan Mammals" p.m. $8-$14. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Events SARAH GILMORE DE RUITER, HASLETT, "Thunder, Perfect Mind" (acrylic) (ink and watercolor paints) Lansing. (517) 482-5700. riverwalktheatre.com. RYAN GROENDYK, LANSING, "Living Off the Fat of the Land" CURTIS SIMMONS, LANSING, "Restitution" (earth and foam) Nature Camp. Movie release event. Trivia, food and (systems-based) MARISSA TAWNEY THALER, LANSING, "Leaf (De)Composition #6" Literature and Poetry prizes. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District GRANT GUIMOND, LANSING, "untitled" (acrylic) (pen and ink) Talk and Signing with Dr. Owen Anderson. Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 CHRISTINE V. HAMPTON, Okemos, "The Omega Point" (relief sculpture) DENNIS VANCLEVE, LANSING, "A time before Kindle" (acrylic) Author of "Running Science." 7 p.m. FREE. Schuler ext. 3. dtdl.org. ANGELICA HAY, LANSING, "Butterfly Scenes" (mixed) BRIAN WHITFIELD, LANSING, "Guardian Angel" (mixed) Books & Music (Lansing), 2820 Towne Centre Blvd., Michigan Rails Conference. Keynote speakers, TONY HENDRICK, GRAND LEDGE, "Awakening" (acrylic) BARB WHITNEY, MASON, "Recollection II" (mixed) BRUCE HERRICK, HOLT, "Animals of the World" (photography) Lansing. (517) 316-7495. schulerbooks.com. historical sessions & more. 9 a.m. $15. Michigan LAURA WIXSON, EATON RAPIDS, "Ashes: Dust" (photography) Library and Historical Center, 702 W. Kalamazoo JANE HILDEBRAND, EAST LANSING, "Wraith" (ceramics) DIANNE WOLTER, WILLIAMSTON, "Identify" (construction foam, papier mâché) St., Lansing. (517) 373-1300. michigan.gov/ Friday, September 20 libraryofmichigan. MSU Museum, 409 E. Circle Drive, East Lansing. (517) 367-6300. cadl.org. 355-2372. museum.msu.edu. Classes and Seminars Watershed Wellness Center Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 16280 National Pkwy. Lansing. (517) Mobile Food Pantry. Must bring valid state ID or Events Oil Painting. For all levels with Patricia Singer. 886-0440. driver's license. 9-11 a.m. FREE. Pennway Church of Capital Area Singles Dance. With door prizes. 6- Preregistration required. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $60 for Holt Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 2050 Cedar God, 1101 E. Cavanaugh Rd., Lansing. (517) 483-4477. 10 p.m. $8. Fraternal Order of Eagles, 4700 N. Grand four weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St. St. 2050 Cedar St., Holt. pennway.org. River, Ave., Lansing. (517) 819-0405. Lansing. (517) 999-1212. www.gallery1212.com. Art From the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. City of East Lansing Farmers Market. Growers- Meridian Senior Center Health Festival. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Music only market. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Valley Court Park, 400 Demos, tips &information on living healthy. 10 a.m.-1 Washington Square Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374-6400 Sultans of String. Performing their new release Hillside Ct. East Lansing. p.m. FREE. Meridian Senior Center, 4406 Okemos ext. 2. lansingartgallery.org. "Symphony!" 7:30 p.m. $10-$15 donation. Lakehouse Road, Okemos. (517) 706-5046. okemosschools.net. Native Michigan Plant Sale. Proceeds will help Music, 15860 Short St., East Lansing. (517) 899-9153. See Out on the Town, Page 20 Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed women's Wild Ones programs. Noon-4 p.m., Fenner Nature meeting. 7:30 p.m. St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 337- 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. Theater 9282. wildoneslansing.org. "M*A*S*H." (Please see details Sept. 19) 8 p.m. $8- Touch a Truck. Animals from Potter Park Zoo & Events $14. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. more. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $4 adults, $2 kids(12 & under) (517) 482-5700. riverwalktheatre.com. Tours by Teen Game Show Night. Ages 13-18. Dinner and $10 family (up to five people). Hawk Island County games. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Park, E. Cavanaugh Road, Lansing. (517) 244-7186. Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 Petting Zoo at the Library. Dozens of animals. Ruth ext. 3. dtdl.org. Sunday, September 22 All ages welcome. 11 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing Karaoke. At the Valencia Club. 8 p.m. FREE. Best Classes and Seminars Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840. Spiritual Talk, Pure Meditation & Silent Western Plus Lansing Hotel, 6820 South Cedar St., Branson, MO Oct. 9-13 Lethal Lucha (Pro Wrestling). I.R.O.G. pro Prayer. 7 p.m. FREE. Self Realization Meditation Lansing. wrestling event. 6 p.m. FREE. 1200 Marquette St., Healing Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, Bath. (517) Lansing Bike Party. Bike ride with TGIF stop. 5:30 3 Large Meals, Kenny Rogers, Lansing. 517-574-1993. facebook.com/theirog 641-6201. selfrealizationcentremichigan.org. p.m. FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Used Book Sale. Featured this month: large print Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. Oak Ridge Boys, Mel Tillis, Circle Drive, MSU Campus, East Lansing. and books about artists. 10 a.m.-noon, FREE. Grand Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St. East Used Book Sale. Featured this month: large print Jersey Boys, Buck Trant Ledge Area District Library, 131 E Jefferson St., Lansing. (517) 485-9190. and books about artists. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Grand Ledge Grand Ledge. (517) 627-9588. Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. Area District Library, 131 E Jefferson St., Grand Dig the Past: A Hands-on Intro to Third floor meeting room. 2-3 p.m. CADL Downtown Ledge. (517) 627-9588. Chicago Nov.16 Archaeology. Hands-on activities. 1-3 p.m. FREE. Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) Music with a Mission Fiesta. Raffle, art, dance, Day trip, Christmas lights, yoga, open mic & more. 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m. FREE. The State Capitol building steps and lawn, downtown shopping Lansing. (517) 489-5278. michigan.org. Tomatoes .99/lb Live Cello Candlelight Yoga. Kintla Yoga featuring (Also available by the half bushel) Cellist Suren Petrosyann. Beginners welcome. 7 Turtle Creek Nov. 8 & 9 p.m.-8:15 p.m. $15. (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles Soaring Eagle Casino St. East Lansing. (517) 333-2580. kintla.net. Hardy Music Mum Plants New Years Eve Grand River Radio Diner With WLNZ 89.7. Featuring 3 for $11.99 (9-inch pot) Turtle Creek Casino Buzz N' Buster & Twyla Birdsong. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River, Lansing. (517) Green Peppers 5 for .99 483-1710. lcc.edu/radio. (fresh from our eld) MSUFCU Showcase Series. 20 acts in 90 minutes. Contact Ruth at $5.49 each 8 p.m. $8-$20. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center, MSU Bales of Straw (517) 267-0662 or (800) 363-8141 Campus, East Lansing. 1-800-WHARTON. music.msu.edu. www.toursbyruth.com Theater Farm Market Fliers available at Cedar St. and Waverly "M*A*S*H." (Please see details Sept. 19.) 8 p.m. $8- 1434 E. Jolly Road, Lansing | 517.882.3115 Flap Jack Shacks and West Saginaw Denny’s 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

$14. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. Adult Rape Survivor Support Group. 6-7:30 weight is welcome. 7 p.m. FREE to visit. Eaton Rapids Out on the town (517) 482-5700. riverwalktheatre.com. p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, Medical Center, 1500 S. Main St., Eaton Rapids. (517) 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. 543-0786. from page 19 womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. Intro to Computers. Learn from professionals. Trade Faire & Open Mic. Bring things to sell or Monday, September 23 Job Seekers Support Group. Find the right job 2:30-4 p.m. FREE. Capital Area Michigan Works, 2110 barter & open mic. Noon, FREE. 1200 Marquette Classes and Seminars or career. 10 am.-Noon, FREE. Women's Center of S. Cedar St., Lansing. St. 1200 Marquette St., Lansing. (517) 420-1873. Cyber Safety for Kids Ages 5-9. Please register. Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. thinklivemusic.com. 4:30-5 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 372-9163. womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. 5:45-6:45 p.m. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, Atheists and Humanists Dinner. Norma 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. Divorced, Separated and Widowed Support 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 346-9900. Bauer will present. 5 p.m. FREE. Great Wall Buffet dtdl.org. Group. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. David's Church, 1517 becauseeverybodyreads.com. Restaurant, 4832 W. Saginaw Hwy. Lansing. (517) 914- Learn to Meditate. Taught by Bob Teachout. Enter Elmwood Rd., Lansing. Speakeasies Toastmasters. Become a better 2278. atheists.meetup.com/453/. at rear of building. 8:15-9 p.m. Donations. C. Weaver speaker. 12:05-1 p.m. FREE. Ingham County Human Let Peace Begin with Me. Personal peace Physical Therapy Exercise Studio, 1720 Abbey Road, Events Services Bldg. 5303 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) presentations. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah Community East Lansing. (517) 272-9379. Kid Zone: Astronomy. Ages 5-8. Stories, games, 887-1440. Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 333-2580 Metaphysical Mondays. Discussion. 7-8 activities & craft. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Delta Township Healing Hearts. For those who have lost a loved . cityofeastlansing.com/hannah/. p.m. FREE. Triple Goddess New Age Bookstore, District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) one. 4-5:30 p.m. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, 1824 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 883-3414. 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. Music triplegoddessbookstore. Social Bridge. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. Zumba Gold. For seniors or beginners. 11 a.m.- Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Not So Happy Endings Support Group. 5:30- MSU Faculty Recital. Anne Nispel and Harlan Noon, $8 drop in rate, $35 five-visit punch card, $65 Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, Jennings. 3 p.m. $8-$20. Cook Recital Hall, Music 10-visit punch card. Kick it Out! Dance Studio, 1880 Mac's Monday Comedy Night. Hosted by Mark 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 896-3311. Building, 333 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing. music. Haslett Road, East Lansing. (517) 582-6784. Roebuck & Dan Currie. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Mac's Bar, womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. msu.edu/event-listing. Computer Training. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Faith 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. macsbar.com. Hopeful Hearts Grief Group. Learn, grow and United Methodist Church, 4301 S. Waverly Road, One Book:Film Night. "Zero Dark Thirty.", 7 p.m. heal together. 10-11 a.m. FREE. The Marquette Activity Theater Lansing. (517) 393-3347. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, room, 5968 Park Lake Road and Saginaw Highway., "M*A*S*H." (Please see details Sept. 19.) 2 p.m. $8- East Lansing. 517-319-6863. onebookeastlansing.com East Lansing. (517) 381 4866. Club Shakespeare. Rehearsing "Scenes of Learning about Healthy Living: Tobacco and Indoor Grow Store Shakespeare," 6-8:45 p.m. Donations. CADL You. Free quit-smoking classes. 1:30-3 p.m. FREE. Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., JIMHO, 520 Cherry St., Lansing. (517) 887-4312. People's Law School. Auto no-fault. 7-9 p.m. Lansing. (517) 348-5728. cadl.org. Allan I. Ross/City Pulse Music with a Mission Fiesta. Open mic, drum $25 for seven weeks. Hannah Community Center, Alex Manuel, circles, dance, yoga, speakers & more. 9 p.m.-8:30 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 394-7500. owner/ p.m. FREE. The State Capitol building lawn and steps, peopleslawschool.org. operator of The downtown Lansing. (517) 489-5278. Pre-Retirement Planning. Call to register. Indoor Grow Presented by Hantz Group. 6 p.m. FREE. Meridian Store and his Senior Center, 4406 Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) invention, The Music Open-Mic Blues Mondays. Solo, duo, band & 706-5045. okemosschools.net. Magic Trimmer. New Tomorrows Meeting. Coping with guilt, anger Manuel said spoken word acts welcome. 6:30-10:30 p.m. FREE. and depression. Call to register. 10:30 a.m.-noon, it reduces Midtown Beer Co. 402 Washington Square, Lansing. FREE. Burcham Hills Retirement Community, 2700 trimming time (517) 977-1349. on marijuana Burcham Drive, East Lansing. (517) 975-9909. buds by up to Literature and Poetry eight times. "Inner Monologue in Acting." Presented by MSU Events theater professor Rob Roznowski, 7 p.m. FREE. One Book: Surviving in Conflict. "The Yellow Schuler Books & Music, 2820 Towne Centre Blvd., Birds." Panel discusses living in a war zone. 7 p.m. Lansing. (517) 316-7495. schulerbooks.com. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, By ALLAN I. ROSS labor. Manuel, 68, sells the profit,” he said. “I’m not East Lansing. 517-432-0125. onebookeastlansing.com. When Alex Manuel item exclusively at his six- losing money, but this Tuesday, September 24 Company & Conversation: What Color is Your turned to medical week-old south Lansing kind of pricing makes me Food? Discussion. 5-7 p.m. FREE. Nonprofit Center Classes and Seminars marijuana to help him business, The Indoor competitive not with other at the Armory, 330 Marshall St. Suite 300, Lansing. Mid-day Movies. Stop in or call for title. 2 p.m. deal with the Grow Store and online grow stores in town, but (517) 485-1202. fbcmich.org. FREE. Turner-Dodge House & Heritage Center, 100 E. effects of his (mytrimmer.com). He with the Internet.” Tea & Talk. Salon Style discussions. 8 p.m. North Street, Lansing. (517) 367-6363. lansingmi.gov. diabetes, buys the A/C motor pre- Manuel hopes that the FREE. Triple Goddess New Age Bookstore, Budding Naturalists. Pre-registration. Preschool he was manufactured, but other 2,000-square-foot store 1824 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 883-3414. New children explore nature. 11 a.m.-noon, $5. Woldumar in frustrated than that they are made will serve as a template for triplegoddessbookstore.net. town Nature Center, 5739 Old Lansing Road, Lansing. 517- by the entirely in Lansing. expansion; in November, 322-0030. woldumar.org. amount of “We started selling them he will open a second Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Anyone wanting to lose time it took him to trim last Monday, and already location in west Lansing See Out on the Town, Page 21 his plants. He was also we’ve sold over 200,” he that’s about three times disappointed by the quality said. “They’re safe, they the size, and more stores in of electric bud trimmers on don’t overheat and you can other cities are planned. the market, so he did what do in 45 minutes what it “I want to have at least any budding entrepreneur takes about six hours to by three in Lansing and then with a knowledge of small hand. And time is money.” move on to other locations motors would do: He The Indoor Grow throughout Michigan,” he invented his own. Store features a variety of said. “We’ve had a great “The other trimmers products for home growers, response so far.” were grinding up the buds, including lights, ballasts, ruining the plant,” he said. nutrients and potting soil. “There was one for $700 He said that he’s made The Indoor Grow Store that didn’t even work at all. sure that every item in his 4929 S. Cedar St., Lansing So I started thinking.” store has the lowest price 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday- The result is The Magic around. Saturday; closed Sunday Trimmer, the fruit of about “I want to make a (517) 203-5100 14 months of design and nice living, and I can do mytrimmer.com that with a lower level of City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21

Strategy Game Night. Learn and share favorites. Out on the town 5-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny Sept 18-24 from page 20 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. Watershed Wellness Center Farmers Market. 9 ARIES (March 21-April 19): "If Taylor Swift is going thing is to find out what the most important thing is," a.m.-1 p.m., 16280 National Pkwy., Lansing. (517) 886-0440. to have six breakups a year," observed comedian wrote Shunryu Suzuki in his book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Music Allen Street Farmers Market. 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. Bill Maher, "she needs to write a new song entitled Mind. That's your assignment for the next three weeks. MSU Faculty Recital. Symphony band. 7:30 p.m. 1619 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911. 'Maybe It's Me.'" He was referring to Swift's habit of Do whatever it takes to find out beyond any doubt Capital Area Crisis Men's Rugby Practice. $8-$20. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center, MSU using her romantic misadventures to stimulate her what the most important thing is. Meditate naked an Weather permitting, all experience levels welcome. Campus, East Lansing. 1-800-WHARTON. music.msu. lyric-writing creativity. With that as your prompt, hour a day. Go on long walks in the wildest places you 6:30 p.m. FREE. Marshall Park, corner of Saginaw edu/event-listing. Aries, I'll ask you to do some soul-searching about know. Convene intense conversations about yourself Highway and Marshall Street, Lansing. your own intimacy issues. How have you contributed with the people who know you best. Create and sign a 6- Literature and Poetry From the Battlefield to the State House. to the problems you've had in getting the love and contract with yourself in which you vow to identify the 7:30 p.m. FREE. Turner-Dodge House & Heritage care you want? What unconscious behavior or con- Paws for Reading. All levels. Read to therapy dogs. experience you want more than any other experience Center, 100 E. North Street, Lansing. (517) 319-6863. ditioned responses have undermined your romantic Call to register. 11 a.m.-noon, FREE. Delta Township on earth. No waffling allowed, Libra. What is the single onebookeastlansing.com. satisfaction, and what could you do to transform District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) most important thing? them? The next eight weeks will be prime time to 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sometime in the next revolutionize your approach to relationships. Tuesday Morning Book Club. Discuss Jennifer Music nine months you may feel moved to embark on an TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Philosopher Alan Watts Chiaverini's "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker," 10:15-11:15 Sam Winternheimer Quartet. 7-10 p.m. Midtown adventure that will transform the way you understand used to talk about how the whole world is wiggling a.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Beer Co., 402 S. Washington Square, Lansing. reality. Maybe you will choose to make a pilgrimage to all the time. Clouds, trees, sky, water, human beings: Marshall Music Ukulele Workshop. Anna Zang. a sacred sanctuary or wander further away from your Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. Everything's constantly shimmying and jiggling and wag- 6 p.m. FREE. Marshall Music, 3240 E. Saginaw St., familiar comforts than you ever have before. Right now The Hero of Heroes. Sports writer John gling. One of our problems, Watts said, is that we're Lansing. (517) 337-9700. marshallmusic.com. is an excellent time to brainstorm about the possibili- Rosengren presents Hank Greenberg, 7 p.m. FREE. "always trying to straighten things out." We feel nagging ties. If you don't feel ready to actually begin your quest, Schuler Books & Music, 2820 Towne Centre Blvd. urges to deny or cover up or eliminate the wiggling. "Be at least formulate a master plan for the magic moment Lansing. (517) 316-7495. orderly," we command reality. "Be neat and composed City Pulse Classifieds when you will be ripe. Interested in placing a classified ad in City Pulse? and predictable." But reality never obeys. It's forever SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the indigenous (517) 999-5066 or [email protected] doing what it does best: flickering and fluctuating and Wednesday, September 25 flowing. In accordance with astrological omens, Taurus, culture of Hawaii, "mana" refers to a spiritual power that Classes and Seminars Cherry Capital Foods is focused on local and I encourage you to rebel against any natural tendencies may abide in people, objects, and natural locations. You Capitalism and Christianity. Discussion. 6-7 Michigan grown food. With our growth over the last few you might have to fight the eternal wiggle. Instead, cel- can acquire more of it by acting with integrity and excel- years we have found ourselves in need of a warehouse ebrate it. Rejoice in it. Align yourself with it. lence, but you might lose some of it if your actions are p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church of manager in our Okemos facility. The warehouse careless or unfocused. For instance, a healer who does Christ, 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 484- manager will increase company profitability and customer GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Author Elaine Scarry a mediocre job of curing her patients could lose the 7434. PilgrimUCC.com. satisfaction by overseeing warehouse operations in a safe, defines "the basic impulse underlying education" as secure, efficient and cost-effective manner that complies follows: the "willingness to continually revise one's mana that made her a healer in the first place. I believe Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First with company policy and OSHA regulations. They will that similar principles hold true for non-Hawaiians. All of Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Saginaw also be responsible to help make sure we meet all third own location in order to place oneself in the path of party audits by maintaining a clean work area and proper beauty." Consider making this your modus operandi us have an ever-shifting relationship with the primal life Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. fcgl.org. temperature controls in the warehouse. in the coming weeks, Gemini. Always be on the force. What's the current state of your own personal Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 lookout for signs that beauty is near. Do research supply, Sagittarius? It's time to make sure you're taking p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. For job duties & requirements visit: http://cherrycapitalfoods. com/jobs/warehouse-manager-okemos. to find out where beauty might be hiding and where full advantage of the mana you have been blessed with. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 351-5866. beauty is ripening. Learn all you can about what kinds Your motto: "Use it or lose it." Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes Massage therapists needed immediately for a full & part time position in chiropractic office. Please email of conditions attract beauty, and then create those CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Have you been & activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing resume to [email protected] or mail to Corunna conditions. Finally, hang around people who are often getting enough? I doubt it. I think you should sneak Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840. Chiropractic Centre P.O Box 17, Corunna, MI 48817 surrounded by beauty. This approach will be an excel- a peek into the hiding place where your insatiable Drawing Class. All skill levels, with Penny Collins. Meridian Mall Fall arts, crafts, antiques, collectibles lent way to further your education. cravings are stored. If you're brave enough, also take Preregistration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $60 for four & home-business shows. Sept. 27-29 & Nov. 8-10. CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Life is either always a a look at your impossible demands and your unruly weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St., Don't forget Midland Mall — Nov. 15-17, 22-24, 29-Dec. 1, Dec 13-15, 20-22. Space limited. For info, visit tight-rope or a feather bed. Give me the tight-rope." obsessions and your suppressed miracles. Please Lansing. (517) 999-1212. gallery1212.com. smetankacraftshows.com or call (810) 658-0440 or 658-8080 So declared writer Edith Wharton. But she was an note: I'm not suggesting that you immediately unleash Drop-in Figure Drawing. Easels and drawing Distribution Driver - PT Job opening Aquarius, and more temperamentally suited to the tight- them all; I don't mean you should impulsively instigate boards provided. 7-9:30 p.m. $7, $5 students. Kresge to stock schedule racks in Greater Lansing area. flexible rope. Many of you Cancerians, on the other hand, pre- an adventure that could possibly quench your raven- Art Center, located at Physics & Auditorium roads, hours. Must have van or SUV w/own insurance, computer, fer to emphasize the feather-bed mode. I suspect that cell phone w/text and energy. e-mail resume to: garrett@ ous yearnings. But I do believe you will benefit from MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. wayforwardinfo.com in the next nine months, however, you will be willing and becoming better acquainted with them. You could even eager to spend more time on the tight-rope than 2001 Isuzu VehiCross Very rare & unique develop a more honest relationship, which would ulti- is customary for you. To get primed for the excitement, Events performance sport ute. Must sell this week at half book value mately make them more trustworthy. - dog needs surgery... Needs some work to be top notch. I suggest you revel in some intense feather-bed action Volunteer Fair. Information about organizations AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don't tape your $4800 or best reasonable offer. Comes with official dealer in the coming weeks. Charge up your internal batteries and volunteer opportunities. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta service DVD. Come see and make offer. 517-575-5599 thumbs to your hands and stalk around pretending to with an extra-special deluxe regimen of sweet self-care. Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, be a dinosaur. Don't poke three holes in a large plastic City Pulse is seeking candidates to join LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Half of a truth is better than Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. its sales team. Full time and part time positions available. garbage bag and wear it as a tunic while imagining no truth at all, right? Wrong! If you latch on to the par- Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Sales experience required, preferably in advertising/ that you are a feudal serf in a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi marketing. Opportunity to grow. EEO. Submit resume to tially accurate story, you may stop looking for the rest Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East dystopia. Don't use a felt-tip marker to draw corporate [email protected]. of the story. And then you're liable to make a premature Lansing. (517) 351-2420. logos on your face to show everyone what brands of decision based on insufficient data. The better alterna- tive is to reject the partially accurate story and be will- consumer goods you love. To be clear: I would love you CROSSWORD SOLUTION SUDOKU SOLUTION to be extravagantly creative. I hope you will use your From Pg. 18 ing to wait around in the dark until the complete revela- From Pg. 18 tion comes. That may be uncomfortable for a while. But imagination in novel ways as you have fun playing with when the full truth finally straggles in, you will be very experimental scenarios. But please exercise a modicum glad you didn't jump to unripe conclusions. of discernment as you wander way outside the box. Be VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A Chinese entrepre- at least 20 percent practical. neur named Nin Nan dreamed up a unique way to PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): "Take a lover who generate capital: He sold dead mosquitoes online for looks at you like maybe you are magic," says the poet a dollar apiece, advertising them as useful for sci- Marty McConnell. That's good advice, Pisces -- not just entific research and decoration. Within two days, he in regards to your intimate relationships, but about all received 10,000 orders. Let's make him your patron your other alliances, too. If you're seeking a friend or saint and role model for the next few weeks, Virgo. consultant or business partner or jogging companion or May he inspire you to come up with novel ways to new pet, show a preference for those creatures who stimulate your cash flow. The planetary omens sug- look at you like maybe you are magic. You always need gest that your originality is more likely than usual to to be appreciated for the sweet mystery and catalytic generate concrete rewards. mojo you bring to your partnerships, but you especially LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "The most important need that acknowledgment now.

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. 22 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013 HE ATE SHE ATE Tableside grilling at East Lansing’s newest Korean restaurant A fine addition Do it yourself By MARK NIXON By GABRIELLE JOHNSON Let me apologize in advance to millions of Koreans on both sides of the Demilita- I don’t want to cook my own food when I go out to eat (I’m thinking of a rized Zone. Your national dish, kimchi ... How do I put this delicately? certain fondue chain). So when I heard about Bulgogi’s “grill your own meat” Bleh. gimmick, I was skeptical. Spicy, fermented cabbage with after-notes of briny fishiness that We ordered gyozi (dumplings) to start, which looked tasty linger in the mouth for what seems a fortnight. A gustatory buzzkill if Bulgogi Fine Korean Cuisine enough when the first of the three servers we would have that there ever was one. 340 Albert St., East Lansing night brought them out. I had to retrieve our chopsticks myself, Fortunately for me, Korean cuisine does not subsist on kimchi 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; however, while another one of the servers watched me. alone. I found plenty to savor and devour at Bulgogi, a Korean restau- 11:30-10:30 p.m. Friday; noon-10:30 p.m. We ate the dumplings and my frustration ebbed. These were rant in downtown East Lansing. Saturday; noon-9:30 p.m. Sunday pleasantly greasy, juicy little things, filled with flavorful minced Let’s start with the restaurant’s namesake. Bulgogi is, roughly (517) 993-6817, bulgogirestaurant.com pork. We ordered the barbecue combo for two, and when I asked translated, grilled steak. In this case, it’s thinly sliced rib eye steak FB, TO, OM, RES, WiFi, D, $$-$$$ another server what it came with, he read to me from the menu. that you grill yourself. The infrared grill, which is actually built When I specified that I was asking about side dishes, he rattled into the table, cooks the beef quickly and to the degree of done- off, “vegetables, fish cake, and other things,” flipped on the grill in ness you prefer. the middle of our table and walked away. Our order of Bulgogi came with corn on the cob, rice, translucent “glass noodles” Granted, I hate the fondue chain, but at least they tell you what the heck to do with lightly marinated in rice vinegar, Japanese-style daikon pickled radishes and thin their equipment. Server No. 3 returned with a platter of raw beef, shrimp and chicken. medallions of carrot. The noodles and radishes in particular were appropriately tart He also unloaded little bowls filled with white rice, salad, kimchee (a Korean ferment- accompaniments to the lightly seasoned meat. ed cabbage dish, which sounds gross but isn’t), the fish cake and … pasta salad. That’s On separate visits we feasted on Yaki Udon noodles, Pork Katsu, Dolsot Bibim- right — regular, Fourth of July cookout, tri-color rotini pasta salad. It looked like bap, Seafood Pajun and Wasabi Shumai. I’ll translate those in a moment, but it’s fair someone had made too much of it at home and decided to bring it to the restaurant. to say each entree, along with several side dishes that come with each entree, can Without being given any direction from the restaurant employees, I threw a mess probably feed two people. It’s also noteworthy that while Bulgogi highlights Korean of meat onto the grill. Nestled next to the raw meat were slices of uncooked corn on cuisine, its menu is a hybrid of Japanese, Chinese and Korean cooking. the cob. I’m sure these were supposed to be the garnish, but we put them onto the grill Now to translate the aforementioned dishes: Yaki Udon is Japanese for fried too. The boyfriend had a momentary food safety nerd freak out and mumbled things noodles. This great dish had long, thick noodles with chicken and fresh, pan-fried about “cross-contamination” and “salmonella” as he frantically swiped at things with vegetables. For a finishing touch, the kitchen ladles in a fine, smoky sauce. his chopsticks. I let him do what he needed to do and waited until he loaded up my Pork Katsu is pork loin pounded thin, encrusted with panko breadcrumbs and plate. The beef was chewy. The chicken was stringy. The shrimp tasted like air. There quickly fried. It comes with a tangy, salty sauce with a hint of cloves. Delicious. was absolutely no flavor to anything; even the corn was mushy. Dolsot Bibimbap was my personal favorite. It starts with a fried egg crowning lay- As our last few pieces of meat came off the grill, one of the servers brought over ers of thinly sliced zucchini, mushrooms, minced beef and caramelized onion, which the check. At that point I’m pretty sure you could have grilled the raw meat on in turn topped a mound of rice. Most intriguing was what it came in — a hot stone the top of my head — I was pissed. Servers who bring over a check before I have bowl. The bowl is a marvel, keeping the entrée very warm throughout the meal. finished my meal have crossed a line. The highlight of the meal was the salad. At The runner-up was Wasabi Shumai. Basically, it’s shrimp dumplings infused with least I didn’t have to prepare it myself. wasabi and wrapped in delicate noodles. If See He Ate, Page 23 A few weeks later we returned on See She Ate, Page 23 Good wine. Good beer.

Fine Wine Craft Beer Specialty Foods

2311 Jolly Rd., Okemos | www.vineandbrew.com | 517.708.2030 | M-Th 10-7, F/Sat 10-8, Closed Sun. City Pulse • September 18, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 23

Or so I was told. Think “Barry Manilow He Ate sings Seoul music.” The service is friendly and prompt. And from page 22 here’s an extra kudo for one server. On our you’re a fan of wasabi, the Japanese version first visit, I left Bulgogi with my debit card of horseradish, this dish is for you. still sitting on the table. My server came Seafood Pajun is a crepe-like pancake running out the door and spotted me as I with slices of green onion and carrot, min- was driving off. He handed me my card. I gled with assorted bits of seafood, including handed him the little cash I had on me, and octopus. It was served with one of the many thanked him profusely. Now, that’s service. tasty and distinctive sauces that seem to be There are many savory surprises on a Bulgogi’s specialty. Bulgogi’s menu. Open since January, it’s a Bulgogi’s décor is spare; dark wood set fine addition to a growing list of area res- against several roomy booths with those taurants showcasing international cuisine. I built-in grills. The restaurant’s back- won’t pass up a return visit to Bulgogi. ground music is, appropriately, Korean. But I will pass on the kimchi. Apple Festival! Mark Nixon/City Pulse Thursday, September 26th Bulgogi’s Pork Katsu encrusted with panko breadcrumbs. 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. R.S.V.P. by September 24th at (517) 337-0066 and said that he would order it again, next Free! Bring a friend and enjoy Michigan’s Apple She Ate time with a fork so he could eat faster. Season. With wonderful music entertainment by Our server told me that the kimchee soup “The Clarksons” might be too much heat for me to handle from page 22 and instead suggested the Den Jang Jjigae, a weeknight and were pleasantly surprised which is Korean miso soup with beef, tofu, to see that the place was packed. I asked zucchini, mushroom and onion. If she our server about the steamed egg appetizer, thought this soup was milder, she’s crazy. I’ll which she struggled to describe, and the beef put it this way: I’d recently had some dental 2530 Marfi‡ Road, East Lansing, MI 48823 sushi appetizer. She said she had never seen work done and I’m afraid my fillings melted. A Capital Senior Living Community www.eastlansingseniorliving.com or tried it, which made sense, because the There were slices of raw jalapeno floating menu that we had on the second visit was in the broth — how could it not be spicy? completely different from that of the first. Nonetheless, the flavor was delicious and We started with the edamame and similar to a gumbo, especially after I mixed seaweed salad. The edamame was standard, in white rice in an attempt to cut both the albeit a little over-salted. The seaweed salad spice and the temperature. I ran out of water had the lemony punch that I like so much. after a few bites and couldn’t get the server’s The dude had the Yaki Udon — a platter of attention, which is its own form of torture. Thursday, October 17 at 7:30pm thick udon noodles and sliced zucchini, car- While our second visit was head and rot, cabbage, onion and beef, all pan-fried in shoulders above the first, Bulgogi didn’t From “Chances Are” to “Wonderful, a sweet brown sauce (think teriyaki). He ate leave me wanting more. Odds are I won’t Wonderful,” Johnny Mathis is an it as quickly as his chopsticks would allow be back. all-time classic American voice. His Greatest Hits album is one of the most popular of all time, spending almost ten years on the Billboard Top Albums chart. Don’t miss your chance to hear the silky voice of Johnny Mathis live!

WHARTONCENTER.COM • 1-800-WHARTON

Variety Series Sponsor Media Sponsor Generously sponsored by Edge Partnerships; Jackson National Life Insurance Company; and Merrill Lynch. 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 18, 2013

Discover

lotsofrockin’ stuff fornot alotof green! check out our huge of clothing selection new for men & women , & nearly new, vintage designer labels, casual, and more business, • shoes, • kids’ & babies’ wear• jewelry boots • athletic apparel • dorm & apartment housewares, small appliances, bedding, dinnerware, , decorator pieces framed mirrors & art costumes • great source forhalloween • with 1000s of items added weekly

amazingly close to MSU campus 4790 S. Hagadorn Road Saginaw Grand River Go to between Grand River & Mt. Hope in Hannah Plaza 496 MSU www.ValueWorld.net Sign up for exclusive email * your entire promotions & announcements purchase with S. Hagadorn S. this coupon Mt. Hope K NEW CUSTOMER take 50%off *Valid at East Lansing, MI location only. Coupon must be presented prior to sale. Not valid with other offers. Not valid for purchase of Gift CP-913 SALE AMT $______Cards. One coupon per customer. No copies or reproductions accepted. VALID THRU OCT. 15, 2013