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PUBLIC NOTICE Chad DeKatch of "Company" NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL Former Lansing Mayor Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing City Council David Hollister on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, to consider the HL8C@KP<8K 1. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from Caddis Development Group, LLC for Site Plan and Special Use Permit approval for the property at 1525 West Lake Lansing Road. The proposed application would permit the construction of two medical office buildings and a banking facility with drive through lanes on the former Blue Cross Blue Shield office site. The majority of the property is zoned B-4, Restricted Office Business, with the remainder of the property proposed to be rezoned to B-4 under Ordinance 1272. 2. A public hearing will be held to consider Ordinance 1272 an application from Caddis Development Group, LLC to rezone the property at 1525 West Lake Lansing Road from B-5, Community Retail Sales District, subject to a Conditional Rezoning Agreement, to B-4, Restricted Office Business District. 3. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from Trilogy Health Services, LLC for Site Plan and Special Use Permit approval for the vacant property at the southeast corner of Coleman and Coolidge Roads. The proposed application would permit construction of nearly 81,000 square feet of senior living and long term health care facilities in two buildings. The property is proposed to be rezoned to RM-8, Planned Unit Development, in conjunction with Ordinance 1273. 4. A public hearing will be held to consider Ordinance 1273 an application from Trilogy Health Services, LLC to rezone the vacant property at the southeast corner of Coleman and Coolidge Roads from DeWitt Township’s A, Agricultural District to East Lansing’s RM-8, Planned Unit Development District. 5. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from the Michigan Hot Dog Experiment, LLC for modified Special Use Permit approval for the property 301 M.A.C. Avenue, Suites 309-317. The application is a request to change the existing conditions for the What Up Dawg? restaurant to allow the dining room to remain open until 3:00 AM and to allow beer sales until 2:00 AM. The property is zoned B-3, City Center Commercial. The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting, upon notice to the City of East Lansing, prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 319-6920, TDD 1-800-649-3777. Marie McKenna City Clerk City Pulse • February 1, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 licly accused of making racist comments. town Lansing. “That’s the thing: The He apologized Monday night after his mayor knows who I am,” he said, adding Foot-in- State of the City speech for any harm the that he’s never had a personal relationship comment has caused, but he denied it was with Bernero. Eye premeditated racism. Bernero and the Sault Ste. Marie “I was stunned,” Bernero said after Tribe of Chippewa Indians announced candy! mouth Monday night’s State of the City speech the proposed downtown casino. Bernero when asked about the racial slur allega- and tribal leaders are suggesting Nye’s of the week tions. “I don’t believe I said anything rac- counter-attack is a chapter in the high- disease ist. My wife taught me that if she feels stakes lobbying and public relations effort hurt, then I owe an apology. My apology is accompanying the project. The mayor’s loose cannon strikes heartfelt. To those I offended, I apologize.” Aaron Payment, Sault Tribe chairman again, and other memorable Before taking the stage Thursday from 2004 to 2008, defended Bernero in Bernero blow-ups morning to address the several hundred a phone interview Monday night. people in the audience — which sources “What I think happened is they goaded “Bernero calls the casino opposition say included young children — Bernero him,” he said. “The term ‘chief’ is used in ‘full of bluster and bullshit’ then calls Jim said “someone plastered” a makeshift tar- English vernacular so frequently: chief Nye ‘a piece of crap.’ Seriously.” get on his back “as a joke.” lobbyist, chief opponent.” That was a Twitter post by Kelly He said his intention was not to be Payment said he called Bernero on his Rossman-McKinney on Thursday morn- racially insensitive. “That was not intend- cell phone when he read media reports of ing as Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero was ed as a title, but to say he’s the lead oppo- the incident. delivering his annual State of the City pre- nent, or lead naysayer — the guy who is Yet Payment said had he been there, “I view speech at the Lansing Center. leading the charge — the lead Chicken would have been uncomfortable. I would McKinney, CEO of the local public Little saying the sky is falling. I don’t have had to go to Virg and say: ‘Do you relations firm Truscott Rossman, said it see how that is racist. I grew up reading realize what you said?’ Virg has a reputa- costs $150 a person to attend the Bernero Chicken Little.” tion for saying things off the cuff.” political fundraising event and includes Nye sees it differently. He wasn’t at the MLive.com reported Monday that Address: 827 N. Washington Ave., Lansing “folks like me,” major devel- Sault Tribe Chairman Joe Owner: Michigan Press Association opers and attorneys. Eitrem, who did not return “I was stunned,” Rossman- calls for comment for this Assessed value: $122,200 McKinney said Monday. “The story, said in a statement: way he specifically referred to “I would ask people to see A quick lesson in mid-century mod- Jim Nye in front of hundreds this episode for what it is: ern architecture coupling: Frank Lloyd of people. You know our may- it is nothing more than the Wright and the Guggenheim. Mies van or. He gets pretty worked up operators of other casi- der Rohe and the S.R. Crown Hall. Eero — and he was really worked nos desperately trying to Saarinen and the TWA Terminal. Now add up about the thing. It was stop a new competitor and Charles V. Opdyke and the Michigan Press undignified and uncalled for.” thousands of new jobs and Association. And Rossman-McKinney economic benefits for the Opdyke was a Lansing architect who just tweeted the profan- Lansing region and our designed this striking modernist cube ity. Bernero admits to call- tribe.” at 827 N. Washington Ave. Easily over- ing Nye, the spokesman for looked, this diminutive glass and steel box the tribes opposing Lansing’s Through the years is among the best of the best in Lansing. downtown casino plan and Rossman-McKinney not Flat planes. Flat roof. Large windows. a member of the Grand Genna Musial/City Pulse only witnessed Bernero’s Totally modernist. Traverse Band of Ottawa and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero delivers his seventh State of the latest flare-up: She was According to Michael MacLaren, Chippewa Indians, “Chief City address Monday night on the heels of some controversial the target of one in 2007. executive director of the Michigan Press Chicken Little” for his role in comments he made last week, calling one opponent of the city’s Here’s a look back at some Association, it was built in 1962 and its advocating against the city’s casino plan “Chief Chicken Little.” of Bernero’s publicly con- first life was a bank, the Lansing Teachers plans. troversial behavior: Credit Union. The MPA is the building’s “I would say people were • 2006. Bernero second owner and has occupied it since uncomfortable,” Rossman-McKinney breakfast, but was “contacted by about 10 calls City Councilman Brian Jeffries a 1976. said. “I don’t think they were amused by people who were all there.” “pathetic piece of shit” for blocking the Luckily, unappreciated mid-century it. Some people who aren’t used to Virg “I am deeply offended. … I think it nomination of Bob Tresize to head the modern buildings are starting to be recog- were a little stunned. Even I was a little is disgusting. I should be able to do my Lansing Economic Development Corp. nized on the National Register as historic stunned, and I’m used to Virg.” job, represent my clients and advocate for Jeffries accepted Bernero’s apology. buildings worth preserving. While he denies allegations that he also their position without being attacked for 2007• . Bernero calls Democratic said he’s being attacked with “bows and being Native American.” state Rep. Joan Bauer’s office in a “temper — Amanda Harrell Seyburn arrows,” Bernero’s gaffe Thursday morn- Nye is the official spokesman for the tantrum,” City Pulse reported, because she ing is the latest in what many Lansing- Saginaw Tribe of Chippewa Indians and helped raise money for Councilwoman Carol Wood’s 2007 Council campaign, “Eye candy of the Week” is our weekly look at area residents already know: that he’s the Nottawaseppi Band of Potawatomi some of the nicer properties in Lansing. It rotates each prone to make off-the-cuff remarks about Indians, which oppose the city’s casino Bernero’s arch opponent. with Eyesore of the Week. If you have a suggestion, opponents and he’s prone to get vulgar. plan. He has been a consultant for Native • 2007. Bernero allegedly threat- please e-mail [email protected] or call 999- However, the Chicken Little episode American issues for more than 12 years, 5064. may be the first time Bernero’s been pub- he said, and owns his own firm in down- See Bernero, Page 6 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2012 record on diversity knowledge and technology we have today, Bernero issues. “No doubt not what might come along,” Jennifer Battle, Virg is a very pas- Going to assistant director of MSU’s Office of Campus from page 5 sionate politician. Sustainability and a member of the steering He makes no committee, said. “Our planning window ened retribution to two Old Town mer- bones about it,” stops at 2030, but we intend to review the chants for displaying campaign signs Cook said. “When Plan B plan in detail, robustly, every five years.” in their windows supporting former 1st it comes to lots of Tavor said the students on the steering com- Ward Councilman Eric Hewitt. (See 2009 other communi- MSU students say they will draw up mittee weren’t given access to the modeling below.) ties and diversity, alternative energy transition plan tool used to run the various energy scenarios. • 2007. Rossman-McKinney loses he’s been very, very “The modeling tool was only utilized a contract with the city after Bernero found good. Whether it’s Nye A coalition of Michigan State University by two people on the steering committee,” out she gave the eulogy at Ruth Hallman’s LGBT, race — he students, frustrated with the universi- Tavor said. funeral, Wood’s mother. is very good on it.” ty’s newly minted energy transition plan, Battle said more than two committee • 2009. Bernero and Hewitt Rossman-McKinney has a slightly dif- announced Friday it will submit an alterna- members worked with the model, includ- exchange vulgarities in the hallway of the ferent take. tive plan to MSU President Lou Anna K. ing herself, power plant and Office of City Council chambers over improvements “It’s consistent overall with his angri- Simon by Feb. 28. Management and Budget staff members, to Frances Park that Hewitt opposed. est mayor” persona, Rossman-McKinney “This plan ends with language alone,” faculty and others. All those who worked Bernero called Hewitt “the dumbest moth- said Monday. “At the same time, I think it Talya Tavor of MSU Beyond Coal said of the with the model, she said, were trained to use erfucker I have ever seen” and a “piece eclipsed that, even for him. It’s one thing administration’s plan. “There is no actual plan it before the committee was formed. of shit,” and Hewitt responded by calling to be angry. It’s a whole ‘nother thing to to get to 100 percent renewable energy.” “The model is very complex and there Bernero a “wop-headed guinea mother- be rude, especially when it’s uncalled for. Tavor and another MSU student, Adam are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds fucker,” Hewitt, who is half-Italian himself, You can still disagree with respect and Litek of Greenpeace, served on the steering of spreadsheets,” Battle said. “With a time told City Pulse in December. dignity.” committee of 24 MSU faculty members, staff limit of one year [to finish the plan], it didn’t • 2012. Bernero admits to calling Meanwhile, despite the furor over his and students that came up with the energy make sense to spend 90 percent of the time the opposition’s spokesman of the city’s remarks last week, when Bernero gave his plan, unveiled Jan. 17. training people in how to use it.” casino plan “Chief Chicken Little.” State of the City address Monday night, “We felt we were there as really good pic- Tavor said she and Liter wanted to train. What are we to make of Bernero’s lat- he departed from his prepared text with a tures,” Tavor said of herself and Litek. “But “There wasn’t time in a year?” she asked. est comment? And how many times have comment some might think demeaning. when it came time to listen to what the stu- “That doesn’t sound legitimate.” observers explained the behavior as “Virg Saying the audience may have seen dents wanted, they didn’t.” Simon will submit the steering commit- being Virg?” a new Cadillac in the lobby, he added in The student groups want the university to tee’s plan, with or without modifications, to Democratic political strategist Todd Henny Youngman fashion, “Unfortunately, pull the plug on its T.B. Simon Power Plant, the Board of Trustees at its next meeting, Cook, who has only read media reports of so did my wife.” the largest coal-burning university power April 13, for final recommendation. the latest incident, said the “Chief Chicken plant in the nation, as soon as possible. The Beyond Coal coalition plans to sub- Little” comment is out of sync with Bernero’s — Andy Balaskovitz MSU’s energy transition plan declares an mit its alternative plan to Simon Feb. 28. “ultimate goal” of “100 percent renewable “They can have a 40 percent renewable energy,” but does not specify a time frame. plan from the university or a true 100 per- Instead, it lays cent renewable plan from the students,” Read, comment on out a series of Tavor said. stepwise targets, “If there’s an alternative, I’d love to see it,” the plan from 15 percent Battle said. “I don’t see it as dueling plans. I To view and give input on the renewable energy feel we’re going in the same direction.” MSU Energy Transition plan, visit www.president.msu.edu/ by 2015 to 40 Thursday, at a public forum at the East energy-transition-plan/index. percent by 2030. Lansing Library, MSU Professor David html. Short-term Wiley offered moral support to anti-coal strategies include student activists. switching to more natural gas, which emits Wiley, an expert on Africa, described the 45 percent less carbon dioxide than coal, and disproportionate health cost of climate change using more biomass at the power plant. there. He also reminded the group that MSU Friday’s student speakers said the plan was the first university in the nation to pass ignores new energy storage technologies, sanctions against companies operating in inflates campus growth projections, under- South Africa under the apartheid regime. estimates the potential of energy conserva- “So the Board of Trustees at MSU is capa- tion, efficiency and solar energy, and wrong- ble of doing some forward-looking things,” ly assumes that burning biomass is carbon Wiley told the group. neutral, among other shortcomings. “We had to set targets based on the — Lawrence Cosentino PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF LANSING PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST FOR THE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION Notice is hereby given that the public test of the program which will be used for tabulating the results of the Presidential Primary Election to be held Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in the City of Lansing will be conducted at the City Clerk’s Election Unit located at the South Washington Office Complex at 2500 South Washington Avenue on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. The public accuracy test is conducted to determine that the program used to tabulate the results of the election counts the votes in the manner prescribed by law. Chris Swope Lansing City Clerk City Pulse • February 1, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7 But in order to give its eventual nomi- PUBLIC NOTICES nees a leg up in the fundraising and name Back for recognition categories, it’s giving candidates CITY OF EAST LANSING the informal nod early. The eight-year term ORDINANCE 1269 will run from 2013 to 2020. Ferguson is a virtual lock to win one of AN ORDINACE TO AMEND SECTION 50-222 CHAPTER 50 – ZONING – OF THE CODE OF THE the board CITY OF EAST LANSING. two spots on the 2012 ballot for Democrats. Ferguson to run for fourth term on Board Vice Chairwoman Melanie Foster, Please take notice that Ordinance No. 1269 was adopted by the East Lansing City Council at a MSU Board of Trustees a Republican, is also up for re-election. regular meeting of the Council held on January 17, 2012, and will become effective 7 days after the publication of the following summary of ordinance. The only other known candidate for the The boss is looking to come back. Democratic nomination is Brian Mosallam, SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO 1269 Joel Ferguson, chairman of the Michigan a former co-captain on the 1996 MSU foot- THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS: State University Board of Trustees for the ball team and current group adviser for past six years, announced Wednesday that AXA Advisors. Ferguson said he’s support- A zoning code amendment to allow commercial outdoor recreational facilities in the RA, Residential he’s running for a fourth term. ing Mosallam’s nomination as well. Agricultural, zoning district. Ferguson, a Democrat, says he still feels Earlier this year, a movement to get A true copy of Ordinance No. 1269 can be inspected or obtained at the Office of the City Clerk at City like he’s adding value to the university’s Cal Rapson — the former No. 2 at UAW Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan during normal business hours. eight-member governing board. He enjoys International — to run never got off the Marie McKenna what he’s doing and, at age 73, Ferguson is ground. City Clerk still viewed as the public face and leader of Ferguson’s decision doesn’t come as an the statewide elected board. enormous surprise. Last year, the president NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING “Now isn’t the of Lansing-based Ferguson Development EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION time to lose the insti- told the Michigan Gaming Control Board he Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing Planning tutional memory of would not step down from the MSU board Commission on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom the board,” he said. — a decision that cost him the opportunity 2, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing: “We need to continue to serve on the Greektown Casino Board. A public hearing will be held to consider Ordinance 1270, a City-initiated ordinance to to get things done. … The Greektown position would have paid amend Article VI, Division 6 at Section 50-794 – of Chapter 50 – Zoning – of the Code MSU must keep its him $210,000 in stock and benefits imme- of the City of East Lansing to amend the permitted land uses. sights on ensuring diately and $85,000 annually for five board Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning and Community Development, East Lansing City that this great uni- meetings a year. State law bans elected offi- Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given versity is available, cials from serving on casino boards. an opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next Planning Commission accessible and afford- Ferguson was the first African American meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission may vote on them. The able to students of all elected to the Lansing City Council and the Planning Commission's recommendations are then placed on the agenda of the next City Council meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on these applications. Ferguson income levels.” Ingham County Board of Supervisors. He The founder of two piloted Jesse Jackson’s statewide win in The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters television stations in Lansing, WFSL-47 and the Democratic presidential primary and for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the WLAJ-53, Ferguson has had high praise for has run for Lansing mayor and the U.S. meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. By all Senate. Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800- accounts, the two work well together. Ferguson first won a seat on the MSU 649-3777. The Michigan Democratic Party is board in 1986. He was knocked off in 1994 Marie McKenna scheduled to endorse candidates for several when Democrats struggled during then- City Clerk down-ballot slots, including MSU trustees, Gov. John Engler's re-election campaign. at an early convention in March. For the Ferguson ran again in 1996, and with Bill CITY OF EAST LANSING second straight election cycle, the MDP will Clinton topping the ticket, he won a second officially nominate the candidates who will term on the board. NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1271 appear on the Democratic ticket in August AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING USE DISTRICT MAP OF CHAPTER 50 -- ZONING or September. — Kyle Melinn -- OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING Please take notice that Ordinance No. 1271 was adopted by the East Lansing City Council at a T’s NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING regular meeting of the Council held on January 17, 2012, and will become effective 7 days after the publication of the following summary of ordinance. The City of East Lansing in the Counties of Clinton and Ingham THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF THE BROWNFIELD PLAN #16 FOR THE CITY OF EAST LANSING PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT The Zoning Use District Map is hereby amended to rezone the following described parcel from 381, 1996, AS AMENDED, OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. the B-3, City Center Commercial District (subject to a Conditional Rezoning Agreement), to B-2, Retail Sales Business District: Please take notice that a Public Hearing shall be held before the Council of the City of East Lansing on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7:30 pm in Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing, Parcel Number: 33-20-01-13-227-020 MI 48823 on the adoption of the Brownfield Plan #16 for the City of East Lansing, within which the Authority shall exercise its powers, all pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Plat of Oakwood as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act, being Act 381 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan Page 33, Ingham County Records, also being the Southeast corner of Plat of College Heights of 1996, as amended. as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 13, Ingham County Records; thence S70°11’09”E along the South line of said Plat of Oakwood 37.78 feet to the point of beginning of this description; The brownfield site includes the property at 1525 West Lake Lansing Road (former Blue Cross Blue thence N19°52’19”E 140.80 feet; thence S67°45’43”E 16.95 feet; thence Southeasterly 117.58 Shield Health Central). The property consists of land and there is no personal property included. feet along a curve to the left, said curve having a radius of 700.00 feet, a delta angle of 09°37’26”, A detailed legal description of the property along with maps and a copy of the Brownfield #16 are and a chord of 117.44 feet bearing S73°08’53”E; thence S77°28’59”E parallel with the South line available for public inspection in the Department of Planning and Community Development, City of of Valley Court 33.37 feet to a point 11.00 feet North of said South line of Valley Court; thence East Lansing, 517-319-6930. S19°49’52”W 150.54 feet to a point on the South line of said Plat of Oakwood; thence N70°07’45”W continuing along the South line of said Plat of Oakwood 152.49 feet to the Southwest corner of Please note that all aspects of the Brownfield Plan are open for discussion at the public hearing, at Lot 1 of said Plat of Oakwood; thence N70°11’09”W along said South line 14.93 feet to the point which all interested persons will be provided an opportunity to be heard and written communication will of beginning; said parcel containing 0.55 acre more of less; said parcel subject to all easements be received and considered. The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, and restrictions if any. such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting, upon notice to the City of East Lansing prior to the meeting. More commonly known as 300-310 West Grand River Avenue Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbott Road, East Lansing, MI, 48823, 517-319-6920, TDD A true copy of Ordinance No. 1271 can be inspected or obtained at the Office of the City Clerk at City 1-800-649-3777. Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan during normal business hours. Marie McKenna Marie McKenna City Clerk City Clerk 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2012 follow us on TWITTER! He’s gay, Republican and running for president At times, Fred Karger for a new face and I am that outsider, kind @CityPulse wishes he had a counsel- of like Herman Cain.” ing degree. Yet on social issues, Karger is nothing PUBLIC NOTICES As the first openly like Cain or any other presidential contend- gay major party presi- er, past or present. Despite being a small- The Ingham County Housing Commission, on behalf of the Ingham County Land Bank is accepting proposals for the demolition and disposal of various properties listed in Bid Packet# NSP2 dential candidate, government, low-taxes, strong-national 11-003-02 available after February 1, 2012 online at www.inghamlandbank.org or at the Ingham Karger’s been pulled defense Republican, he’s also pro-choice County Land Bank NSP2 Office, 600 W. Maple Street, Lansing, Michigan 48906, 8:00 am to 5:00 aside more times than and pro-gay marriage. pm Monday through Friday. Proposals will be due at the NSP2 office before 11:00 am on February 15, 2012. The Bid Opening will be February 15, 2012 at 11:01 a.m. The Ingham County Land Bank he can count to hear the Interestingly, it’s not the national, state is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses are personal stories. or local Republican Party establishment encouraged to apply. There’s a friend or a family member slamming the doors. It’s organizations like NOTICE OF ELECTION CHRIS SWOPE who just came out as gay or lesbian. They the American Conservative Union, leaders PRIMARY ELECTION LANSING CITY CLERK are gay themselves. For some reason they of the popular CPAC conference. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012 CITY OF LANSING feel comfortable talking to the 62-year-old Karger wanted an opportunity to former Ronald Reagan aide, although the address the Washington, D.C.-based con- To the qualified electors of the City of Lansing, Counties of Ingham and Eaton, State of Michigan experience is all very new to him. ference last year and this year. Each time Being openly gay, that is. excuses were made. Appeals were ignored. Notice is hereby given that the City of Lansing will conduct the Presidential Primary Election in the City of Lansing, Counties of Ingham and Eaton, State of Michigan on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. A former Republican political consul- Since the nation’s capitol has an ordinance Polls will be open at 7:00 a.m. and will remain open until 8:00 p.m. tant, Karger was always a behind-the- banning discrimination based on sexual scenes guy, cooking up strategies to blow up orientation, Karger is preparing a legal For the purpose of nominating candidates to the following offices: opponents. His handiwork includes helping complaint against the “homophobic group.” President of the United States (Democratic) Lee Atwater trot around the families of fur- “If I have to force them to move their President of the United States (Republican) loughed murderer Willie Horton’s victims, annual conference from Washington to The following proposal will be submitted to City of Lansing electors who reside in the East which doomed ‘88 Democratic presidential Virginia or some state that doesn’t have Lansing School District. nominee Michael Dukakis. anti-discrimination laws against LGBT Karger lived with a male partner for 10 individuals, than so be it,” Karger said. East Lansing Schools – Bonding Proposal years, but he hid the news, rushing his part- “That’s one of my Voting Precincts and Polling Places are: ner out and hiding pictures on family visits. purposes for run- Lansing Ward 3 About six years ago, Karger left ning. It’s to stop Lansing Ward 1 Pct. 1E - Southside Community Center Pct. 1 - Otto Middle School Pct. 4 - Lewton Elementary School the Dolphin Group and the world of this discrimination. Pct. 2 - Board of Water & Light Pct. 5 - Attwood Elementary School Republican politics and took on an unlikely The way he sees Pct. 3 - Grand River Headstart Pct. 6E - Averill Elementary School cause — an attempt to save a historic gay it, the Republican Pct. 4 - Bethlehem Temple Church Pct. 7 - Attwood Elementary School Pct. 5 - South Washington Office Complex Pct. 8 - Wainwright Magnet School bar in Orange County, Calif., called the Party is chasing Pct. 8 - Fairview Elementary School Pct. 10 - Elmhurst Elementary School Boom Boom Room. away “Bill Milliken” Pct. 9 - Post Oak Elementary School Pct. 12 - Averill Elementary School He put an ad in Variety magazine, ask- moderates and the Pct. 10 - Riverfront Apartments Pct. 13 - Southside Community Center Pct. 12 - Bingham Elementary School Pct. 15 - Pleasant View Magnet School ing rumored buyers George Clooney and polling backs that Pct. 14 - Foster Community Center Brad Pitt to back off. At that point, Karger statement up. The Lansing Ward 4 was out. Now he’s out in a big way. GOP needs to be a Lansing Ward 2 Pct. 2 - Emanuel First Lutheran Church He’s jumping around the country, talk- big tent for its own Pct. 2 - Forest View Elementary School Pct. 3 - Willow Elementary School Karger Pct. 3 - South Washington Office Complex Pct. 5 - Willow Elementary School ing to anyone who will listen about the survival and right Pct. 4 - Mt. Hope Elementary School Pct. 6 - South Washington Office Complex “caring” Republican Party he knew in the now he sees it as a Pct. 5 - Henry North Elementary School Pct. 7 - Grace Lutheran Church ‘70s and early ‘80s. He talks about how old “minority party on the decline.” Pct. 6 - Henry North Elementary School Pct. 8 - Letts Community Center Pct. 8 - Gardner Middle School Pct. 9 - Letts Community Center southern Democrats like Jesse Helms and The Tea Party is only making things Pct. 10 - Forest View Elementary School Pct. 12 - Cumberland School Strom Thurmond drove the GOP into this worse because they’re not bringing new Pct. 11 - Gardner Middle School Pct. 13 - Transitions North socially conservative bent, a position Tea activists into the fold. Pct. 12 - Lyons Ave. Elementary School Pct. 14 - St. Stephen Lutheran Church Pct. 13 - Kendon Elementary School Pct. 15 - Lewton Elementary School Partiers are doing little to correct. “It’s just a rebranding of the conserva- Pct. 14 - Cavanaugh Elementary School Pct. 16 - Elmhurst Elementary School “I know I’m doing the right thing,” tive, far-right Republicans,” he said. “It’s Karger said. “For a long time of leading this not a party. It’s a new name for some very, double life that I lived, I’m hoping I can very conservative people. … I try to talk to All polling places are accessible and voting instructions are available in alternative formats of audio help others live more fulfilling lives, not as many Tea Partiers as I can so I can get to and Braille. An accessible voting device is also available. wait until they’re 59.” their values. Polling Place Changes: Voters in Ward 2 Precinct 3 now vote at South Washington Office Karger spent the last several days in Ann “They tell me, ‘We just care about taxes,’ Complex. Voters in Ward 3 Precinct 6E now vote at Averill Elementary School. Voters in Ward Arbor, Grand Rapids, Detroit and Lansing. but then some of them are very active on 3 Precinct 10 now vote in Elmhurst Elementary School. Voters in Ward 4 Precinct 8 now vote He’s anxious to visit socially conservative social issues. They just use the tax thing as at Letts Community Center. Former Ward 3 Precinct 3 is now Ward 4 Precinct 16. Holland and Charlevoix, where the Illinois a convenient cover,” he said. Photo Identification Required to Vote: native’s family once vacationed, but neither They do have a place in the Republican Under Michigan law, ALL voters will be asked to show photo identification to vote at the polls. Voters are on his public agenda. Party, though, he said. So do libertarians. without identification will be required to fill out and sign an affidavit in order to receive a ballot. To be clear, Karger won’t win the nomi- So do moderates. So do a growing number To see if you are registered or to find your polling location, check the Lansing City Clerk’s web nation. He’s only on the ballot in Michigan, of young fiscal conservatives who aren’t site at www.lansingmi.gov/clerk. Puerto Rico, Maryland and North Carolina onboard with the harsh social conservative The Lansing City Clerk’s Election Unit, 2500 S. Washington Ave, will be open on Saturday, February for now. He’ll discover his fate in California views of their elders. 25, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to issue and accept absentee ballots to qualified electors. Saturday, next week. About six other states are pos- Karger said he’s reaching out to that February 25, 2012 at 2 p.m. is the deadline to request an absentee ballot be mailed to a voter or have sibilities, too. younger segment of conservatives and that’s one issued and taken out of the Clerk’s Office. However, he did finish only five votes why he feels the Republican Party has been Monday, February 27 at 4 p.m. is the deadline to request an absentee ballot. Ballots requested on behind Michele Bachmann and 184 votes so encouraging of his efforts. Monday, February 27 must be requested and voted in person at the Clerk’s Office at 124 W. Michigan ahead of Herman Cain in New Hampshire “It’s because, right now, I’m the only Ave, 9th Floor or 2500 S. Washington Ave. (good for ninth place). candidate doing that.” “I’d like to say that I’m not delusional,” (Kyle Melinn is the editor of the MIRS Chris Swope he told me. “I know it’s a long shot, but if I Newsletter. He can be reached at melinn@ Lansing City Clerk get in one debate ... . There’s a desperation lansingcitypulse.com.) City Pulse • February 1, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9 Quest for quality Genna Musial/City Pulse The search continues for first-class dining in Lansing By JOE TOROK restaurants, reflections that chronicle critical reviews aside, few would A lackluster dining reputation has We have a well-fed culture of eating one-time dining experiences at eateries make the case that Lansing is a foodie certainly not resulted in a shortage in the Lansing region. What we need around town. destination. Yes, there are good places of places to eat, as demonstrated by a to nourish is a culture that appreciates A handful of these reviews have been to eat in town — a few great places, in wealth of both locally owned and chain great food. unflattering. Letters to the editor have fact. restaurants. But more choice hasn’t Many of us seem to have an assembly- cast shame on me, and my writing has But for culinary adventurers looking necessarily fostered a culture that line mentality when it comes to dining been described as crass and ruthless. to plan a road trip, Lansing’s not on demands and appreciates great food. out, and perhaps that’s understandable I’ve been accused of throwing local the same map as Ann Arbor. Despite On the western edge of Lansing, a in a car town: We want to eat cheap, restaurants — and their small business an internationally oriented university culture of food, literally rooted in the fast and in vast quantities. Maybe it’s an owners — under the bus. in the area, a tremendous public sector community, may be burgeoning with American thing, like in retail, in which Other readers value a critical infrastructure as the state capital and a a more forceful identity at Fork in the we sometimes consume just to consume. perspective. Such a perspective is substantial professional class, Lansing’s Road Artesian Diner. Around here, we sometimes eat just to necessary, they say, if the Lansing area not even on par with a much smaller eat. is to reach culinary parity with towns of Michigan town like Traverse City. See Quality, Page 10 As a lifelong Lansing resident and a similar stature. food writer for four years, I’ve seen such Dan Stockwell is an East Lansing a culture of eating around this town (and information technology consultant who restaurateurs’ corresponding eagerness has dined in fine restaurants around to feed, feed, feed) both in the dining the country, from Bobby Flay’s Mesa room and behind the scenes. Quality Grill in New York City to the Buena suffers when a restaurant’s goal is to Vista Café in San Francisco. He comes stuff people full — and then some — for from a culinary family, too, and is the less money than it costs to see a movie. first in four generations to not own a That’s a recipe for mediocrity. restaurant. But that hasn’t stopped him A Michigan State University from appreciating food done well. administrator who wishes to remain “The Lansing food scene needs critical anonymous told me the dining scene voices,” Stockwell says. Stockwell is an around Lansing has made deciding on articulate connoisseur of restaurants and, where to host moderate-sized meetings along with his wife, Donna Clingersmith, relatively easy. looks for excuses to dine out — of “Hotel facilities are comparable and town. Among other destinations, they ease of travel is not much different,” frequent Zingerman’s establishments he said. “The deciding factor was the in Ann Arbor, in part because of the quality and quantity of restaurants. Ann limited number of consistently reliable Arbor was the choice in each case. There restaurants in the area. was no comparison.” “You can go to a place and it can be Such anecdotal feedback, along with terrific,” Stockwell says of dining in the restaurant profiles that some considered greater Lansing area, “but go back two Genna Musial/City Pulse fluff without a discerning voice, months later and it’s like (the food) came Soup Spoon Cafe cook Stefan Johnson prepares dishes for the lunchtime crowd. The spurred City Pulse’s shift to writing right off a Gordon Food Service truck.” Lansing eatery's afternoon menu includes whitefish tacos, Greek tenderloin linguine and more nuanced, critical reflections of Disagreements over the value of Shrimp "Voodoo" Pasta, tossed in a Cajun tarragon-sherry sauce. 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2012 Quality CADL: Your Bridge to “You can go to a from page 9 place and it can be Technology Resources Owners Jesse Hahn and Ben terrific,” Stockwell says Ackerman are delighted to be on the of dining in the greater cutting edge of a different way of dining in this town. Their enterprise is local Lansing area, “but go to the core: Fork in the Road works back two months later with area farmers and food producers to secure as much local produce, meat, and it’s like (the food) cheese, eggs and whatever else they can came right off a Gordon find from the region’s fertile and diverse Food Service truck.” farmland to put on the menu. Local is the way to go, they say, when serving high-quality food is not an option. “It’s fresher, it’s crisper. Take our -Dan Stockwell carrots and take a chain restaurant’s carrots. There’s no comparison,” Hahn of Water and Light, has witnessed the says. “We have a strategic advantage.” vicissitudes of local dining over the Every day 14,700 people attend free Fork in the Road encourages a respect years. A former writer for the Lansing for food at the most fundamental level. State Journal, Nixon wrote an editorial library computer classes The owners plan to maintain a small in April 2001, bemoaning the dearth of garden outside the restaurant next quality dining in town. —a retail value of summer and take staff field trips to local Things have improved since he farms. penned that opinion, he says. $2.2 million per day. Ackerman says he spent 10 hours on “I would call it above average and Source: OCLC primary research, 2010 a farm one day last summer. Getting his getting better,” Nixon says of the hands dirty gave Ackerman a greater area’s restaurant options. “To put it in appreciation for the dishes he serves. automotive terms, it’s not Car of the Visit cadl.org/lean for “It helped me understand what it Year, but it’s only a few years away from takes to get food from the earth to the being mentioned with Ann Arbor and free computer classes and table,” he says. “It’s important to know Traverse City.” other technology tools. where your food comes from.” Perhaps. cadl.org/geek A culture that demands high-quality This area robustly supports a culture food may be malnourished in this town’s of fine arts, sports and entertainment. restaurant scene, but that’s nothing We pay premium prices for world-class new. Fine dining has come, gone and performances at the Wharton Center. reappeared in various forms through Many of us are thrilled at the opportunity the years. On Lansing’s eastside, Soup to spend thousands of dollars for season Spoon Café has grown into a destination tickets to collegiate football or basketball for good eats. games, and we’ll travel thousands of Owner Nick Gavrilides says Soup miles to bowl games and Final Fours. Spoon’s success comes from the talented We even support professional baseball staff he’s assembled and people in — and a shiny new casino could be on the area who respect food done right. the way next. Building a success story like Soup Spoon, We can support a renowned dining though, is difficult, to put it mildly. scene in this town, too, and a growing “People don’t realize how small, how identity linked to locally sourced food transformation production wouldn’t hurt. tiny the profit margin is,” Gavrilides says of owning a restaurant. But a culture of copious consumption Librarians are superheroes. Support your public library. Food costs are just the start; is no way to do it. It’s unhealthy beyond the corporeal; it’s a culture Librarians help people find new opportunities, reeducate themselves, realize regulations, licenses, security, heating, lighting, décor, staff, accidents and so that’s unsustainable for many local their dreams and transform their lives—every day. many other variables chip away at what restaurateurs who operate with Right now someone has found and applied for a job with the help of a is already a tight operating budget. miniscule profit margins, without the librarian, someone has started a small business with support from a librarian, “My advice to someone who wants to safety net of a corporate superstructure and someone has changed paths in life as a result of something they learned start a restaurant is work in one, for a that includes lawyers, extended credit from a librarian. long time,” Gavrilides says. “Know your lines and supply chain perks. In the end, business inside and out, and care about a dismal culinary ethos of eating more, Make sure librarians have the funding they need to maintain and enhance your guests. They don’t have to come more, more for less, less, less lowers the services that help people find and explore new opportunities. in.” food service bar to the least common Find out how you can help improve public library funding in your community. That kind of foodie-focused attitude denominator. Your voice matters. embraces both a commitment to plate Julia Child was quoted as saying she first-rate meals and a mission to making didn’t learn to cook until she was 32; up the dining experience both pleasurable until then she just ate. and memorable. It’s what great For the Lansing region to raise its restaurants are known for, and it’s what culinary reputation, both diners and regions with outstanding dining offer in restaurateurs must think beyond merely Brought to you by OCLC, a nonprofit library cooperative, with funding by a grant from the more than isolated pockets. eating. If haute cuisine is on the menu, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Geekthelibrary.org does not support or oppose any candidate for Self-described foodie Mark Nixon, we must continue to cultivate great love public office and does not take positions on legislation. communications director for the Board for great food. City Pulse • February 1, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • Feb. 1, 2012 Arts& Culture art • books • film • music • theater Make your Lighter side own kind of darkness ‘Addams Family’ haunts of music the Wharton Center Everyone gets a chance By PAUL WOZNIAK to be part of the chorus They're cheeky and they're goofy/Not in annual Singing Festival too mysterious but playfully spooky/They perform quite musically/“The Addams By RICH TUPICA Family” (Snap! Snap!). When upwards of 500 people meet at It's yet another adapta- the Hannah Community Center to simul- Review tion of the Charles Addams taneously and brazenly sing their hearts cartoons, this time for the out, the result is an enormous wave of Broadway stage. But this show is hardly a sound. reanimated sellout. It is mostly funny and Each year the Ten Pound Fiddle hosts highly entertaining for its target audience, the Mid-Winter Singing Festival, along which would be parents who were raised with help from “song leaders,” who keep on the 1960s TV show. Think of “The things moving from the stage. All skill lev- Birdcage” mixed with Tim Burton's Gothic els are welcome to show up, grab a lyric aesthetics and you have the essence of “The book and shamelessly belt it out. Addams Family.” Event organizer Sally Potter said the When young Wednesday Addams festival, celebrating its 10th year, isn’t an (Cortney Wolfson) ordinary performance-style concert: It’s Courtesy photo falls for Lucas ‘The Addams all about audience interaction. Beineke (Brian Family’ Suzy Bogguss racked up many hit singles on the country chart in the 1990s, including "Hey “There’s nothing like connecting with Justin Crum), she 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, people when you’re sharing the same Cinderella," "Drive South" and "Just Like the Weather." She went back a long way for the swears her father to Feb. 1 and Thursday, sound,” Potter said. “When you’re mak- material on last year's "American Folk Songbook" album, which features such standards secrecy regarding Feb. 2; 8 p.m. Friday, as "Banks Of The Ohio," "Wildwood Flower" and "Froggy Went A-Courtin'." Feb. 3; 2 and 8 p.m. ing the same sound at the same time, it’s their upcoming nup- Sat., Feb. 4; 1 and 6:30 powerful. When you sit in the Hannah This year’s two-day event kicks off As for her part in the Mid-Winter tials. Now, Gomez p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5 Wharton Center Community Center with all these people, Friday with Suzy Bogguss appearing as Singing Festival, Bogguss said it’s all new (Douglas Sills) must $30-$70 and these wonderful song leaders on stage, a song leader. Bogguss is a platinum- to her. choose between (800) WHARTON they’re not performing — they’re song- selling country star who’s also a Grammy “I’ve never done anything like this honoring Morticia www.whartoncenter.com leading. and Country Music Awards winner. On before and it sounds really fun,” Bogguss (Sara Gettelfinger) “This festival gives you permission to Saturday night, local song leaders include said. “They’ll have basically all the lyrics by never telling a lie, sing, no matter how good you are. It encour- Joel Mabus, Pat Madden, Frank Youngman for every song in order, which I hope I can and honoring his daughter's request. After ages you to sing all the words to every song. and Mark Dvorak, along with help from hold myself to Wednesday's parents meet Lucas' parents, The sound is immense, it’s very moving.” choir director Rachel Alexander. because I’m one 10th Annual plans go awry and truths finally emerge. As for the songs, Potter said, “People of those people Mid-Winter Singing “The Addams Family” may be a musical, will know ‘em, they’ll love ‘em.” Fiddle that sort of fights Festival but the emphasis is on the jokes cued by long organizers have amassed a 42-page lyric complacency. I Presented by Ten Pound beats and longer stares. Many are morbid book filled with songs by James Taylor, Bob don’t really know Fiddle but most are just groaners. Example: When Dylan, Woody Guthrie, John Hartford, what to expect Friday, Feb. 3, with song Lucas' mother Alice (Christy Morton) asks leader Suzy Bogguss; Leonard Cohen, Pete Seeger and more. except that my Saturday, Feb. 4, with song if the Addamses have a “little girls room,” As for Bogguss, during a phone inter- players are fan- leaders Joel Mabus, Pat Gomez responds, “We used to, but we let Madden, Frank Youngman view the Illinois-born songwriter said tastic and people and Mark Dvorak she’ll lead the audience on some of her will get to see Hannah Community Center See Addams, Page 13 ‘90s country hits and tunes from her 2011 some great musi- 819 Abbot Road, East album, “American Folk Songbook,” which cians as well as a Lansing Gate opens at 7 p.m., doors meshes perfectly with the singing festival’s sing-a-long.” at 7:30 p.m., singing begins motif. After a decade at 8 p.m. each night The 55-year-old songwriter said she of hosting annu- $20 public, $15 Fiddle members, $5 for students. decided to record stripped-down folk clas- al group sings, www.tenpoundfiddle.org sics in hopes of introducing them to a Potter said the younger audience. festival draws “I was on tour with Garrison Keillor of fans from as far away as Chicago, Ontario ‘Prairie Home Companion,’ and he picked and Cleveland. out one of the old folk songs I remember “Each year we get a few more people Courtesy photo Courtesy photo from my fifth-grade songbook for a sing- coming,” Potter said. “It’s a transient com- Daughter Wednesday (Cortney Wolfson) Musician Joel Mabus will be one of the song a-long,” Bogguss recalled. “Everybody who munity, it’s a university community, so has some shocking news for her usually leaders on Saturday night at the Mid-Winter was 30 or younger didn’t know the words, people leave town — but they’re replaced shock-proof parents Gomez (Douglas Sills) Singing Festival at Hannah Community and it made me think about losing some of by new fans. We’re noticing more and more and Morticia (Sara Gettelfinger) in the Center in East Lansing. these songs.” people from out of town are finding us.” musical version of "The Addams Family." City Pulse • Feb. 1, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13 giant cart. Fortunately, Hull was able to Finding her watch another Brecht production and visit Brecht’s home, which she described as “very Spartan.” ‘Courage’ Hull’s total immersion into her charac- Leslie Hull bids farewell ter is just one thing that the show’s direc- tor Mark Colson admires. “I couldn't have to MSU by taking on asked for a better actress to play this role,” Cronenberg tackles 'Dangerous' material with style Bertolt Brecht's 'Mother' Colson says. “She does have that strength (and) power. She has a tremendous vulner- Director David Cronenberg’s “A By PAUL WOZNIAK ability as well.” Dangerous Method” starts with a bang — The Michigan State University Theatre Colson says what really makes Hull a and a banshee — as a hysterical Sabrina production of Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother professional is her willingness to try new Spielrein (Keira Knightley) enters the Courage and Her Children” utilizes the things every rehearsal. “As far as a direc- picture, howling and growling, threaten- same English translation by Tony Kushner tor is concerned, that’s the most you can ing to rip off her gown and shred her skin. (“Angels in America”) as the 2006 ask from your actor: going Although she’s a Russian aristocrat, she Shakespeare in the Park produc- out there and trying different does not embody the stereotype of suffer- tion starring Meryl Streep (yes, that things and stretching your ing in silence. Meryl Streep). own boundaries every single It’s 1904, and she's being whisked away At the time, Ben Brantley of The time. That’s amazing because to the secluded Swiss clinic of psychiatrist New York Times likened Streep’s it gives you multitude of Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), who envi- performance to watching “one wil- choices for the two of us.” sions Spielrein as a perfect candidate for his lowy human being lift a 12-ton play In addition to the extra “talking cure.” Asked what kinds of inter- onto her shoulders and hold it there demands that come with ests she has, Spielrein sneeringly replies, for hours.” directing Brecht — such as “Suicide. Interplanetary travel.” Jung will It should come as no surprise interpreting Brecht’s body of also quickly learn she's fascinated by spank- to MSU Theatre fans that master’s theories throughout the play ings, even though they make her feel “vile Courtesy photo student Leslie Hull is taking on the Leslie Hull — Colson says this produc- and filthy and corrupt.” Keira Knightley and Michael Fassbender monumental title character as her tion also has to incorporate Jung's patient will become his secret play doctor and patient in director David thesis role. Anna Fierling, a.k.a. “Canteen multimedia elements. The real challenge is lover, which jeopardizes his personal and Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method." Anna,” makes her living from the war, only that multimedia in theater can still mean professional relationship with his mentor, to lose all three of her children during the virtually anything. Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen). But and cool that only in the last third did you conflict. The role presented new challenges Colson and Hull agreed that it was when Freud and Spielrein finally meet, realize how creepy it was. as someone who is admirable for her sto- important the multimedia element “wasn't Freud's stern stance is challenged. The wild card in “Method” is Knightley, icism but detestable for her extremely mis- going to take away from our storytelling,” Lurking on the edges of what could turn who turns in a bold, daring and aggressively placed values. Colson says. into a bizarre love triangle is Otto Gross physical performance. Sabina's fits seem to “My first reading of her — I did not like Hull says that while the play is set dur- (Vincent Cassel), a doctor who has sought stop just short of turning her inside out: Her her,” says Hull, noting Anna’s cold persona. ing the Thirty Years’ War in the 1600s, the treatment from Jung and who's not above posture stiffens as if she's being stretched “But after I spent more time with her, I commentary is much broader. making a diagnosis of his own. on a torture rack, her jaw juts out, her eyes could see where she was coming from.” “There is always something going on like “If there's one thing I have learned in my nearly burst out of their sockets. Hull says she grew to empathize with this somewhere, and not just military con- short life, it's this,” Gross declares. “Never By contrast, Fassbender and Mortensen a person surrounded by constant violence flict. It’s about thinking of war in a broader repress anything.” are nearly reduced to elegant wallflowers. and the strength it sense,” she says. To Cronenberg, Mortensen's Freud is often dryly amus- ‘Mother Courage takes to keep mov- Despite deliberately anachronistic cos- those must sound ing, especially when he tries to maintain a and Her Children’ ‘A Dangerous ing despite the tumes that aim to distort the sense of Method’ like words to live by. pompous air in the powerhouse presence of Michigan State University slow loss of her period to frequent out-of-character asides The filmmaker has Spielrein. Theatre Playing at Celebration Fairchild Theatre own humanity. designed to throw the audience off balance, Cinema Lansing, never been one to As Jung's high-mindedness slowly dis- 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, Hull conduct- Hull and Colson argue that this show is 200 E. Edgewood Blvd., soft-sell kinkiness integrates — “Why should we put so much Wednesday, Feb. 8, and ed considerable accessible to everyone. Lansing or ignore the scar- effort into suppressing our most basic Thursday, Feb. 9; 8 p.m. www.celebrationcinema.com Friday, Feb. 10; 2 and 8 p.m. research for the “I'm not interested in doing some dusty ier side of human instincts?” he wonders as he contemplates Saturday, Feb. 11; 2 p.m. role, including tak- old piece for a bunch of Brecht scholars,” nature. an affair with Spielrein — Fassbender Sunday, Feb. 12 ing a trip to Berlin Colson says. “We're doing this piece for a Even so, what's most shocking about unveils a mass of conflicted emotions and $15; $10 students to see a produc- modern, contemporary audience.” Cronenberg's treatment of Christopher unaddressed desires buried inside a seem- (800) WHARTON www.whartoncenter.com tion of “Mother As Hull’s final performance at MSU, Hampton's screenplay (adapted from John ingly upright, pipe-puffing family man. Courage.” In a “Mother Courage” will be a bittersweet fare- Kerr's book, “A Most Dangerous Method”) While Knightley may have the dramatic twist of fate, the well. “I’ve enjoyed my time here so much,” is its unexpectedly low-key atmosphere. It fireworks in her corner, Fassbender mas- performance was canceled the day Hull Hull says. “I’ve had so many wonderful is reminiscent of his 1988 shocker, “Dead terfully and subtly etches a portrait of a arrived, due to an injury sustained by the experiences onstage and off. It’s a beautiful Ringers,” in which Jeremy Irons played dedicated doctor who is utterly incapable lead actress from pulling the character’s show to honor that.” twin gynecologists; the movie was so calm of helping himself. boyancy with her deadpan delivery. Their Addams chemistry is electric. But it's Morton who almost steals the from page 12 spotlight with her sultry showstopper, “Waiting,” at the end of Act One. them all go.” Get it? 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(517) 393-7469 ID required for “R” rated films 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • Feb. 1, 2012 Courtesy photo Love is a comic battlefield for Roger Ortman and Lisa Sodman, who play multiple roles in Stormfield Theatre's "Romantic Fools," directed by Rob Roznowski. Birthday Registered &Patient Discounts 517.487.9090 Serving the Lansing Area Since 1974 1041 N. Cedar • Lansing, MI www.sucasajewelers.com ‘Fools’ rush in at Stormfield Romance is a laughing matter in 'vaudeville' show By MARY C. CUSACK Thankfully, the material gets better Chalk one up for truth in advertising, as and eventually allows the cast to stretch. a show subtitled “A Comic Vaudeville” lives Sodman hits her mark as the “Nightmare up to its promise. in a Sexy Skirt,” bringing to life every man’s From the props to the physical farce, the worst imaginings of a bad first date. show is a throwback to traditional vaude- Playwright Rich Orloff creates the ville styles, spiced up with most successful gags when presenting modern-day sexual politics. modern clichés in the context of familiar Review The full title of Stormfield vaudeville bits. He hits a home run when Theatre’s production is Man gives a “Who’s on First” play-by-play “Romantic Fools: A Comic Vaudeville.” of a swingers party. The work is a series of vignettes that trace Abbott and Costello ‘Romantic Fools’ the evolution of relationships from blind must be rolling in Through Feb. 19 dates to meeting Mr./Ms. Right, conclud- their graves — with 7 p.m. Thursdays; 8 p.m. ing with matrimony. The first act focuses laughter. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 on the many clichés of dating and sexual Ortman and p.m. Sundays Stormfield Theatre politics between single people. Sodman hit their 201 Morgan Lane, A cast of two, aptly named Man (Roger stride in the opening Lansing Ortman) and Woman (Lisa Sodman), play of Act Two, when $18 Thursdays; $24 Fridays and Saturdays; multiple characters. Eventually the broad they prove that a $20 Sundays; $10 characters morph from Man and Woman little competition is students with ID; $2 off to Roger and Lisa, more realistic char- good for a relation- regular price for seniors (517) 372-0945 acters who deal with self-doubt as they ship. www.stormfieldtheatre.org grow toward emotional intimacy. It’s more The show would humorous than it sounds. seem to climax with It is obvious that director Rob Roznowski “Vegetarians in Lust,” in which Lisa seduc- has great affection for the script, and has a es Roger by talking dirty. Never have the pair of actors who fearlessly throw them- words “Doritos” and “Cheetos” been more selves into roles that require a complete salacious. lack of self-consciousness to be successful. That bit is funny, but the show actu- Ortman and Sodman are game while play- ally peaks when Ortman takes the stage ing everything from a caveman to a call as Groucho Marx, a wedding planner who girl. persistently hits on his client. Ortman has The script relies on the familiar, some- mastered the speed of Marx’s clipped quips times tired Mars/Venus contrasts. As with and winking nods to the audience. any vaudeville show, for every amateur Unfortunately, after this vignette the magician who can’t find the right card, show loses its edginess and the couple there’s a contortionist who amazes with devolves into being the titular romantic her ability to pull herself through a small fools. wire hoop. The play may not end with a whim- An early vignette involving Lisa’s blind per, but it doesn’t end with a bang, either. date with a caveman is predictable and Save the cigarette for the next Tennessee almost painfully goofy. Williams production. 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Do I even want to share my life with someone?’” By ALYSSA FIRTH and Froggy meet along the way. Sondheim's 'Company' DeKatch said. Playwright Joseph Zettelmaier is pick- The 37-year-old Zettelmaier has already “I don’t think anyone has found the ing up where a famous outlaw left off in his won his second Edgerton Foundation New By CHRISTOPHER HORB equation for a perfect relationship, but he’s new play, “Dead Man’s Shoes,” which gets American Plays Award for “Shoes”; he won When the lights come up on the Holt kind of looking to his friends for answers.” its world premiere at Williamston Theatre. his first in 2009 for “It Came From Mars,” Dimondale Community Players’ produc- The cast includes Joe Quick, Doak In 1881, outlaw George Parrott was which was produced by Williamston Theatre tion of “Company,” it will be the realization Bloss, Joe Dickson, Sarah Hauck, Mandy hanged for the murder of two law enforce- and Ann Arbor’s Performance Network in of a dream for its star, Chad Fuller, Joe Baumann, ment officers in Wyoming. After his death, 2010. Zettelmaier’s culture-clash comedy, DeKatch. Mandy Fuller, Shelly Drs. Thomas Maghee and John Eugene “And the Creek Don’t Rise,” broke records “I love Sondheim, of course, Garyet, Nate Tyocki, Osborne took Parrot’s body to study his at Williamston last summer, becoming the and I’ve always been a really Nicole Martin, Abbie “criminal brain” and to perform experi- theater’s best-selling show ever. big fan of this show. This is Tyocki, Abigail ments on the corpse. Among other things, Zettelmaier said he knew he wanted to one of those roles I’ve always English, Amanda Parrot’s skin was write a different kind of Western before he wanted to do,” said DeKatch, Knowlton and 'Dead Man's Shoes' made into a pair even started his research. who leads the cast as Bobby in Veronica Gracia- Williamston Theatre of shoes that Dr. “One of my big things is, I never write the Stephen Sondheim musi- Wing. 123 S. Putnam Road, Osborne kept — the same play twice,” he said. “I always like cal. “ C o m p a n y , ” Williamston and later allegedly to be different.” “Company,” directed by which won the Through Feb. 26 wore to the inau- 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; Kelly Stuible, bows Thursday Tony Award for 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 gural ball when at Holt Junior High School. best musical of p.m. Sundays he became gover- It’s a character — and a 1970, is known for 8 p.m. preview Thursday, Feb. nor of Wyoming 2; all seats $15 story — DeKatch can strongly its unusual non- in 1893. Photo by Luke Anthony Photography As of Feb. 3: $20 Thursdays, relate to these days. linear plot being $25 Friday and Saturday The story of “It’s about a single 35-year- Chad DeKatch can't decide composed of series evenings, $22 matinees ($2 Parrott was one whether to put a ring on it in off for seniors); $10 students old man surrounded by lots of of vignettes. 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Holt Junior High School, similar journey the taking it in a completely different one.” Pecote and Froggy have escaped from pris- 1784 Aurelius Road, Holt last couple years.” DeKatch said the show has endured on, and the play follows them on their jour- 7 p.m. Thursdays and In “Company,” because there’s so much for audience ney through the Wild West. Pecote is on a Fridays; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays confirmed bachelor members — whether single or married — mission to find Osborne and get vengeance $12; $8 students and Bobby finds himself to identify with in Bobby’s journey of self- for his friend, Parrott. seniors examining the ins discovery. Zettelmaier, who lives in Milan, said the Authorized Warranty Service (517) 694-3411 and outs of marriage “He’s a good guy, very real. You want to parts of Pecote and Froggy were written and monogamy by get on board with him and make the right with Parker and Gribble in mind. “Shoes” 1915 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing, MI 48912 examining the lives of his closest friends decision — whatever that decision is. You co-stars Paul Hopper and Maggie Meyer, (517) 351-9339 www.capmac.net — five very different sets of couples — as want him to win.” who play the many characters that Pecote [email protected] Music Made in Michigan! Seth and May Uplifting folk/pop songs with a message from the award-winning Northern Michigan duo. Thursday, February 2, at 10 p.m. “BackStage Pass” is repeated Saturdays at 11 p.m. on WKAR-TV and Saturdays at 8 p.m. on WKAR World. College of Communication GIVE Arts and Sciences Watch #bspwkar online anytime at WKAR.org! NOW! 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • Feb. 1, 2012 Courtesy Photo supposed to run right through his small You probably won't see Stunning piece of property. former presidential candidate Sanville brings a native intensity to his Herman Cain yukking it up in role. His Agostino physically dominates the audience when comedian ‘Stone’ his son, and he owns the stage. D.L. Hughley takes the stage Purple Rose Theatre He convincingly portrays an increasing- at Connxtions Comedy drama is a solid triumph ly drunk, paranoid Sicilian who has lost his Club this weekend: Last fall, wife and mourns her passing by occasion- Hughley created a firestorm By TOM HELMA ally talking to her as if she is still there. His of controversy when he used It takes a singer with a great voice to lines are infused with passion and Sicilian Twitter to tell the world that bring out the complexities of a well-com- words of “wisdom” that must have come Cain looks "like he should be posed opera. Likewise, it takes an actor from the personal life of Mastrosimone on the Cream of Wheat box." with great range to project the nuances of when he was growing up. Cain's supporters were not a well-written script. Behold the pairing in The scenes with Janice, however, come amused. Don't expect the “A Stone Carver,” by epic-writer William to life with a different shimmering inten- former CNN host to pull any Mastrosimone, which demonstrates the sity. Swarthout is initially appalled at what punches when he performs talents of Purple Rose Theater’s artistic seems to be the at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and director, Guy Sanville. It’s a marriage of old man’s repug- Saturday. Tickets are $25. mind and heart made in, if not heaven, at nant disrespect for ‘A Stone Carver’ Connxtions is located at 2900 least close to Sicily. women, and yet as Purple Rose Theatre N. East St. in Lansing. Call “A Stone Carver” is a word- the play progresses 137 Park St., Chelsea (517) 374-4242, or visit www. Through March 10 Review opera with soaring heights she manages to 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. connxtionscomedyclub.com for of spirited and passionate find a way to carve Wednesdays and more information. Saturdays; 8 p.m. conflicts between aging first through the stony Thursdays and Fridays; generation Sicilian-American sculptor exterior of this 2 p.m. Sundays Agostino Malatesta (Sanville), a bit beyond troubled soul to $25 Wednesdays and his prime years, and his only son, Raff find, first a playful Thursdays; $35 Fridays and Saturday and Sunday (Matthew Davis), who has assimilated to humor that his son matinees; appear like the coolest of cucumbers. Add has never seen, and $40 Saturday evenings STORMFIELD THEATRE to the mix, Raff’s fiancée, Janice (Charlyn then the tender- (734) 433-7673 www.purplerosetheatre.org presents Swarthout), and this Italianate salad gets ness inside. Pistons vs. San Antonio truly tossed. In the midst of Spurs (transportation included) Agostino is old-school, a man of many this Mastrosimone throws in a plot twist Feb. 14...... $39pp words — most of them bilingual curses. that wrenches one’s soul. 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Mack, April Matthews, Volodymyr Shcherbak, Jacob Varty and By the Riverside Courtesy Photo Rebekah Zurenko. Hours: Thursday In celebration of Black History 2-5 p.m.; 2-6 p.m. Friday and month, the exhibit on display "The World of Mike," by painter Mike Scieszka, continues Saturday; Noon-4 p.m. Sunday. 110 is “Color Blind.” The show will through Feb. at Absolute Gallery. Charles St., East Lansing. (517) 319- feature textile artist Anna William, 6832. www.scenemetrospace.com artist and author Julian Van Dyke, photography. Curtis describes his landscape collec- and Shalonda James-Garza photographer. Reception: tion as a “haunting world of vast spaces, dotted with Shiawassee Arts Center Courtesy Photo 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, orchards, fences, barns and silos. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 Work by former Owosso resident Thursday & Friday, 1-6 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. 119 N. 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Avenue, downtown East Lansing Lansing Art Gallery 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. facebook.com/grandartsupply 517.351.2211 | mackerelsky.com "Solitude,” an exhibition of Curtis Hans Miller’s fine art Find us on facebook 22 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • Feb. 1, 2012 their individual quests Courtesy photos The ‘March’ for power and struggle "The Hollow March" is for survival. the first book of "The begins “What you don’t Haunted Shadows" tend to see in fan- series. Author Chris Former City Pulse writer tasy is renaissance,” Galford plans a trilogy Chris Galford ventures Galford said. “This about the Idasian series is mired in one Empire, a society into a fantasy world — for all the good and threatened by war and all the bad it brings. on the verge of what By ALLISON BERRYMAN I wanted to show a he calls a “cultural Michigan State University graduate and world where tradition and technological former City Pulse writer Chris Galford says and innovation are at renaissance.” he has hit “a fantasy goldmine” with “The their greatest point of Hollow March,” his first novel for Amazon clashing, and to cap- Kindle. ture the human factor “The Hollow March,” published late last that conflict inevitably year, is an adult fantasy novel, the first in presses. There is sim- Galford’s “The Haunted Shadows” series. It ply so much one can introduces the fictional Idasian Empire, a do therein, so many society threatened by war and on the verge paths one can head of what Galford calls a “cultural and tech- down. It’s a fantasy nological renaissance.” The story focuses goldmine.” taking something of a grassroots push for on two families in the midst of chaos, and Galford, who moved from Lansing to literary regard. One has even taken it upon Golden, Colo., last year, graduated from himself to operate a Facebook book page MSU with a bachelor’s in journalism. chronicling my book’s journey. I certainly Although reporting the news is not quite couldn’t ask for more.” as time-consuming as penning a fantasy Although the novel was originally self- novel, he found his training in journalism published for Amazon Kindle, Schuler’s useful while writing “The Hollow March.” Books & Music in Lansing has agreed to “Oftentimes you see a lot of superflu- carry “The Hollow March” in hard-copy COMING SOON ous writing in novels — over-description, format. Galford claims to be an advocate if you will. Journalism helps a person cut for physical reading material; however, to Schuler of Okemos down on that, slicing to the core of a scene he insists the reader will have an equal- Talk & Signing as succinctly and powerfully as possible. It ly enjoyable time reading “The Hollow teaches you the value of brevity, as well as March” in either format. where and how to break it. My novel may “Personally, I’ve always been a propo- DAVID FINCH be long, but it would be far longer without nent of the physical copy,” he said. “It’s two of the Haunted Shadows trilogy, “At Author Of my time as a journalist, and certainly not a sensory thing — or a possessive one. Faith’s End.” No date has been announced as organized.” I like the experience of having a book in for its release. THE JOURNAL OF Another important aspect of journal- my hands, the weight of it, the feel of it, In the meantime, he offers some advice ism, the use of social media, came in handy knowing that I undeniably own it. Call it to fellow writers and journalists who hope BEST PRACTICES: for Galford in the process of publishing his a quirk. to have their own work published. A Memoir of Marriage, novel. While Facebook and Twitter allowed “In truth, though, the difference between “Learn your market and your niche. For Asperger Syndrome, & him to spread the world to fellow authors e-reader or book reading is just one of per- all the joys of finally getting your work into One Man’s Quest to Be and book reviewers, he credits his blog, sonal taste. They read the same. The feel the public eye, being an author is a lot of The Walking Den (cianphelan.wordpress. is the same. It’s not like reading on your work. You are the primary cheerleader, so a Better Husband com), as his primary source of promoting computer monitor, where you must sit to speak: the publicist, agent, or what have Five years after David Finch “The Hollow March.” and scroll. Either way, you can take them you. Be ready for the challenge, and have a married Kristen, the love of his “I’ve done my best to use all the resourc- where you will, flick through pages as you concrete plan of attack. life, they learn that he has Asperger es presently available to me,” Galford said. may and devour the story at your leisure.” “In terms of self-publication, organiza- syndrome. The diagnosis explains “My friends and associates have been a Publication of “The Hollow March” is tions like Amazon and Barnes and Noble David’s ever-growing list of quirks big help in that regard, taking word of the only the beginning of Galford’s career as a make the process easy. But success? That’s and compulsions,but it doesn’t book to the streets, so to speak, and under- novelist. He is in the process of writing part on your shoulders.” make him any easier to live with. 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Shove thy neighbor & idle worship To read more of Amy's advice and Q: My commit- probably engaging in “future discounting,” an A: It’s the teenage fangirl approach guidance, please visit our Web site at www.lansingcitypulse.com ment-phobic boy- econ term explaining how we’re prone to forgo to being a man. (Are your bedroom walls friend of several years big benefits down the road for a small immediate plastered with photos of her that you took is also my neighbor. reward. It helps to recognize that you’ll be tempt- while pretending to check your phone?) I resolved to make it Amy alkon ed to go for the quick fix. You’ll be lonely some Here you are imagining this woman running [email protected] work with him and night and want a snuggle, rationalize all the rea- slow-motion through a field of daisies into then caught him on sons he isn’t so bad after all, and before you know your arms. The reality: She’s walking out FriendFinder exchanging numerous mes- it, there’ll be a familiar barnacle attaching itself to of the coffee shop, probably without giving sages with some woman in Tijuana. He the beer tap on your hull. you a second thought. Yes, she might be out claimed he was just being friendly. I asked To avoid backsliding, don’t rely on yourself of your league. There’s a way to know for sure if he’d correspond with a guy. He respond- to gin up self-control in the moment; use tricks in seconds, and it’s by asking her out. Pining ed, “No. I'm not gay.” Humiliatingly, I’ve let like “precommitment” to your goal, a strategy over a woman transforms her from a person him use me for things he can't afford. (He’s originated by Nobel Prize-winning economist to an unapproachable ideal. The more you been unemployed for two years.) He some- Thomas Schelling and recommended by Dr. grow your fantasy girl the more impossible times showers at his tiny apartment but Roy Baumeister and John Tierney in their it’ll be for you to speak to the real deal. If basically uses it for storage. He refuses to book, “Willpower.” Precommitment involves set- you want an imaginary something in your move in with me so we could pay expenses ting things up in advance so it’s hard to cheat. life, have an imaginary goldfish. Should things with money his grandma gives him for his Research suggests that two of the most helpful go badly, you could make it die an imaginary rent, but he spends all his time at my place measures are recruiting others to monitor your death and flush it down your imaginary toilet. (where I pay for everything). He partakes progress and establishing financial penalties for of my cable TV, Internet, food, and beer, relapse — the higher, the better. It also helps to Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones and he even eats food I buy specially for give yourself small rewards for daily good behav- my 9-year-old son. Well, he’s now my ex- ior. Maybe put aside $5 on each day you don’t “In a Roundabout boyfriend. As he’s been many times before. call him and give yourself occasional lump-sum Way”— freestyle What’s with him? Is talking to some ran- rewards (like at the two months loser-free mark). puzzling for all . dom woman on the Internet worth losing The website stickK.com can help. (You can con- By Matt Jones everything over? figure it to forfeit your money to a cause you hate —Fuming if you fail.) Research from Baumeister’s lab also Across suggests that practicing daily self-discipline unre- 1 “Tsk, tsk” A: Feminists have hammered into us girls lated to your goal (say, making yourself a weird 10 They’re to dye for that we aren’t supposed to sit around dreaming green health shake every morning) increases 14 LOLcat-eating-a-cheez- of being rescued by some prince. Somehow, I overall self-control. This should increase your burger noise don’t think the alternative’s supposed to be opt- self-respect. Which should increase your chanc- 15 How scripts are read 17 Taking one’s sweet time ing for the mooch neighbor who eats your kid’s es of having a man in your life who sings your 18 Harry Potter’s house food while using your DSL to talk to some chiq- praises — stuff like “your lips are like wine,” not elf uita in Tijuana. “your Wi-Fi’s, like, free.” 19 It’s one step up from Reality, like angry little dogs, often bites. Every giga- day, I wake up wishing for home-invasion house- Q: I’ve been delighted and humbled by 20 To some, a “rat with cleaners. But, as much as both Nature and I my interactions with this girl who goes to wings” abhor a vacuum, at a certain point, I have to pull my favorite coffee shop. She is in a band 21 English Channel swim- mer Gertrude one out, lest my rugs provide shelter to a lot of little and probably has lots of dates and fans, 24 Creatures that do a things with a lot of little legs. You, likewise, can pre- but I keep picturing us together, and not waggle dance tend you’ve found Prince Charming, but that won’t just sexually — making dinner, going on 26 Title for Italian monks transform your Parasite Charming (not even if you hikes, doing little couple-y things. I’m not 27 Animal frequently seen throw both hands into the air and say “Poof!” six or sure why she’d want to go out with me, but as roadkill 52 Michael’s wife, for a 8 Leather shoe, for short 34 Baked potato rub seven times, very energetically). I can’t stop thinking about her. 28 Late Cars bassist while 9 Accident victim helper 35 Tendency to let things Why do you keep taking him back? You’re —Fixated Benjamin ___ 57 2007 documen- 10 “Quo ___?” slide 29 ___ about (roams) tary with the tagline “This 11 Sleep like ___ 36 Kumquat coat Interested in placing a classified ad in City Pulse? 30 Grammys rival might hurt a little” 12 Devil’s advocate 42 Peter Lorre’s role in City Pulse Classifieds Call (517) 999-5066 or email [email protected] 31 Paid attention to a 58 Medicine that slows a phrase “Casablanca” lecturer, for example chemical reaction 13 It’s bigger than family 43 American or Foreign MACHINE TOOL ELECTRICIAN DIRECT CARE WORKERS 33 Worst Actor winner’s FULL TIME & PART TIME 59 Like some ground beef 16 Nighttime soap of the follower AND PIPEFITTERS - experienced prize - for openings in Dexter. Long-term Visit www.turningleafrehab.com to apply 60 Unlikely to change... 1980s 44 State placement. Own tools required. 37 EPA concern ever 20 2-in-1 shampoo-condi- 46 Put money behind, as Good work ethic. Please contact Mike 38 Primus lead Claypool tioner since 1987 a candidate or Jim at 734.427.2422 or ENERGY PERFOMANCE CONTRACTING The Lansing Housing Commission (LHC) is accepting 39 Help breaking into a email [email protected] 22 Unit of light 49 Suzanne Vega song proposals for energy performance contracting services (Esco) puzzle Down for its public housing communities located in Lansing Michigan. 1 Shoe sole curve 23 Bubbled up (from) about child abuse Room for rent. Share kitchen, washer & dryer. Close 40 Explosive stuff LHC operated 832 housing units consisting of townhouses, 2 Holy city? 24 Hogs 52 Backtalk to bus line, restaurants and convenient stores. $350/month mid-rise apartments, duplexes and single family homes. The 41 “The Little Mermaid” Call 243-0759. 3 Three-ingredient des- 25 Cupid’s Greek coun- 53 Suffix for opal or sal RFP package is available by contacting Forrest Babcock villain at [email protected] or calling 517-487-9847. Sealed serts terpart 54 Single stock: abbr. Creative General Manager Lansing’s Top Gay 45 Prefix before duct Nightclub is seeking a full-time creative general manager. Must proposals are due before the close of business on March 16th, 4 Egyptian president of 29 “Nope, you’re wrong!” 55 Program with a possess a high-school diploma and have bar management 2012. Minority and woman owned business are encouraged 46 Night spots the 1970s follow-up “Buddy List,” for short experience. Must be highly organized and have great people to respond. LHC reserves the right to waive inconsequential 47 Metamorphosis parts irregularities and to reject any and all proposals (517) 487-9847 5 Barstool dweller 32 Hopping video game 56 CEO-to-be’s degree skills. Send cover letter and resumes to [email protected]. 48 Wound (around) Please no calls. 6 Insurance gp. character 50 Visual jokes 7 Palindromic woman’s 33 They’re strummed VOLUNTEERS/ORGANIZERS FOR SALE - Dentist chair, or tattoo chair. 51 One of a box of 13, Volunteers and organizers wanted. Fight for justice and name with a B and D Fully operational and in excellent condition, $4,000 new, just a perhaps equality in the workplace and in the community. Help the couple years old. Also have 2nd one with one non-functional helpless, punish the wicked. Join Lansing Workers Center, switch, easily replaced. Selling for $450 for the best one, $250 517-342-6435 [email protected] for the 2nd - by them both for $575. Call 517-575-5599 or ©2011 Jonesin’ Crosswords • For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to Meetings every Tues, 7pm Gone Wired Cafe. email [email protected] for pix... your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Answers Page 29 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2012 Listings deadline is 5 p.m. the THURSDAY BEFORE publication. Paid classes will be listed in print at the cost of one enrollment (maximum $20). Please submit them to the events calendar at www.lansingcitypulse.com. If you need help, please call Jessica at (517) 999-5069. E-mail information to [email protected]. Feb. 1-5 Return trip to ‘Paris’ The East Lansing Film Society journeys through the lighter side of the City of Light by bringing back writer-director Woody Allen's hit "Midnight in Paris." The comic fantasy — starring Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen and Kathy Bates — is nominated for three Academy Awards, including best picture and best director. City Pulse arts and culture editor James Sanford called the film “a beguiling turnaround, throwing out the arch, starchy dialogue that has hobbled too many of Allen's recent films and recapturing the joy and comic electricity that, outside of ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona,’ hasn't surfaced very often in his output during the last decade.” 7:30 p.m. today, Hannah Community Center in East Lansing; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2, and 7 and 9:15 p.m. Feb. 3-5, Wells Hall on the Michigan State University campus. Courtesy Photo Feb. 2 'Soul Fitness' author speaks at MSU Frederick D. Haynes III, author of “Healing Our Broken Village” and the daily devotional “Soul Fitness,” speaks about his fight against racial, social and economic injustice Wednesday, February 1 as part of Michigan State University’s 12th annual visiting faculty lecture series, Classes and Seminars “Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey.” The event is organized by the College of Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 Osteopathic Medicine. Haynes has been the senior pastor at Friendship-West Baptist p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 351-5866. Church in Dallas for three decades. 5 p.m., Kellogg Center Big Ten A, MSU. Free. Frederick D. Haynes III Community Yoga. Power yoga class. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. Feb. 3 Drop-in figure drawing. Easels and drawing boards provided, bring other supplies. All are Women's Expo returns to Lansing welcome. 7:30-10 p.m. $5, $3 students. Kresge Art Museum, located at Physics and Auditorium roads, Wall Street Journal columnist and best-selling author Jeffrey Zaslow and self-proclaimed “Wall Wizard” Brian MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. Santos are among the guests at the 12th annual Mid-Michigan Women’s Expo, which takes place this weekend at E-mail Basics. Set up e-mail account & learn to the Lansing Center. Zaslow will discuss his latest book, "The Magic Room, A Story About the Love We Wish for Our send and receive messages. 11 a.m. FREE. CADL Daughters," and Santos is scheduled to demonstrate painting techniques for the home. Ingham Regional Medical Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood St., Stockbridge. (517) 851-7810. Center will host 20 booths giving several free healthcare screenings, including cholesterol, high blood pressure, Google Basics. By appointment only. 11 a.m. FREE. diabetes and stroke risk assessments, and more. Pregnant women may receive a free 3D/4D ultrasound photo CADL Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood St., Stock- as well. More than 250 businesses focused on health, home and style will be included. Tickets can be purchased bridge. (517) 851-7810. in advance at any Meijer store for $6; admission at the door is $8 for adults and $6 for children under 14. 10 Intermediate Microsoft Word. Learn how to a.m.-8 p.m. Feb. 3; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 4; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 5, Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (616) format pages, create tables and more. 11 a.m. FREE. 532-8833, or www.kohlerexpo.com CADL Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood St., Stock- bridge. (517) 851-7810. Internet Basics. Learn how to do a simple search. 11 a.m. FREE. CADL Stockbridge Library, 200 Feb. 3-18 Wood St., Stockbridge. (517) 851-7810. Microsoft Word Basics. Modify text, cut and Occupy Sherwood Forest paste text; open, close, and save documents. 11 a.m. FREE. CADL Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood St., Long before the Occupy Movement talked about taking from Stockbridge. (517) 851-7810. the rich and giving to the poor, there was Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men. The hero of Sherwood Forest returns See Out on the Town, Page 26 this weekend in All-of-us Express Children’s Theatre’s production of “Robin Hood.” The story is familiar, but All- - - LAWN CARE - - of-us Express artistic director Miranda Sue Hartmann MOWING - Vacation Mowing Eavestroughs Cleaned - Fall Cleanups promises some new twists: “The part of Maid Marian will - Rolling - Garden Tilling Bushes be called Marian Harper instead,” Hartmann said. “She’s a Trimmed - Sidewalks Edged Tree little bit stronger than Maid Marian: She wields weapons, & Brush Removal - Hauling Stump Grinding - Bush Pulling Seeding, Snow and even fights with Robin. When we first meet her, she is removal and salting hunting the king’s deer.” “Robin Hood” is directed by Morgan Commercial/Residential Lees, an alumna of the All-of-us Express Guild Program. 7 Free estimates p.m. Fridays; 2 and 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, through Feb. 18, R. Knott Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. LAWN • LANDSCAPE • SNOW $7 adults; $5 17 and younger. (517) 333-2580 ex. 0, or at the (517) 694-7502/ (517) 993-2052 door. www.cityofeastlansing.com/allofus Courtesy Photo City Pulse • February 1, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25 to classic punk and alternative rock. Vapid has Friday, Feb. 3 “Day One” @ (SCENE) Metrospace, been playing shows and recording since 2006. 110 Charles St., East Lansing, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. For a discounted admission fee, be sure to bring Day Two of the fest (Saturday) features a col- turn it a canned good to the show. lection of indie and folk groups, including Thursday, Feb. 2 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Simien the Whale, The Sunset Club, Newday Ave., Lansing, 18 and over. $7, $5 with canned good, Dreamers, Bangups, Citizen Smile, Meadower, show at 9 p.m. The Blue Effect and Commodore Cosmos. Middle of the Mitten host 17 bands Saturday, Feb. 4 “Day Two” @ The Loft, 414 E. Down Michigan Ave., Lansing, 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. A survey of Lansing's Nothin' 2 Lose at The Colonial Courtesy Photo musical Landscape For those looking for some foot-stompin’ retro Wale By Rich Tupica rock and blues covers, Nothin’ 2 Lose plays a rap style draws heavily from the “go-go” genre, two-nighter at the Colonial Bar and Grill on which is a rawer, more percussion-heavy off- Rocking out for the Greater Lansing’s south side. On Friday and Saturday shoot of disco. The 27-year-old rapper was Lansing Food Bank the band will tear through classics with a sound raised by Nigerian parents in Washington, similar to the Allman Brothers, Humble Pie where he first gained a local following with a and The James Gang. The Lansing-based band string of mix tapes. Since 2006 he’s been gain- includes vocalist Jamie Rohda, Geoff Crusen ing international momentum and managed to (lead guitar), Steve Garcia (drums) and Phil sign a couple million dollar record deals. In DeMaggio (bass). 2009 Lady GaGa was featured on Wale’s single, Friday Feb. 3 and Saturday, Feb. 4 @ The Colonial “Chillin’.” Bar and Grill, 3425 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Monday, Feb. 6 @ Causeway Bay Hotel Grand Lansing, 21 and over, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Ballroom, 6820 South Cedar Street, Lansing, advance, doors 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m., ticket infor- Pump House hosts Americana rockers mation at: www.walemusic.com. Grievous Angel, a Ferndale-based folk group Rap-metal lives at The Loft named after the classic Gram Parsons tune, performs at the Pump House on Sunday. The West Virginia-based alt-metal band Bobaflex Courtesy Photo Mark Foyer of Gun Lake Americana band has won multiple honors has been dropping progressive hard-rock at the Detroit Music Awards, including the albums since 1998. Tuesday the band rocks The Since opening, The Record Lounge has always awards for “Outstanding Acoustic Group” and Loft along with openers Wayland, Prospect Hill been a record store dedicated to supporting local “Outstanding Folk Group.” The band’s sound is and Circus Asylum. Bobaflex is led by found- Courtesy Photo Lord Vapid bands. Each year the vinyl shop hosts the Middle mainly a mixture of folk, rockabilly, blues, and ing members Shaun McCoy (guitar, vocals) and of the Mitten festival, a live music event that fea- alt-country, but also includes some cosmic jam- Martin McCoy (guitar, vocals). While the band For all the local rock scene folks who have tures Michigan-based groups and solo acts. The ming, vintage rocking and roadhouse boogies. has been through many lineup changes, it an urge to do something positive for those 4th annual event is spread across two days, in Sunday, Feb. 5 @ Pump House, 368 Orchard St., continues to tour and record. The outfit’s lat- in need, the Benefit for The Greater Lansing two different venues: (SCENE) Metrospace and East Lansing, all ages, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. est album, “Hell in My Heart,” was released on Food Bank at Mac’s Bar may be the ticket. The Loft. Pre-sales are available at the Record Billboard topping rapper, Megaforce Records in late 2011. On Thursday, five local bands will perform Lounge for $10, tickets are $12 at the door; one Tuesday, Feb. 7 @ The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Wale, hits Lansing in hopes of raising some funds — all door ticket allows entry to both nights. For more Lansing, $13 advance, $15 at door, 18 and over, money and canned food donations go to the ticket information, visit www.facebook.com/ Wale (pronounced: wah-lay), is a major-label doors 8 p.m. food bank. This annual event is hosted by local MiddleOfTheMitten. rapper signed to Rick Ross’ Maybach Music musician Todd Karinen of Jackpine Snag, a Day One kicks off Friday at (SCENE) and fea- Group. He performs Monday at the Causeway heavy-blues band. Performers include Lord tures headliners Gun Lake, an emerging Ann Bay Hotel Grand Ballroom in Lansing. His Vapid, Croatone, Bert, The Plurals, and Paul Arbor-based indie-folk group led by songwrit- new single, “Lotus Flower Bomb,” is currently Dubya and The Oak River Bridge Boys Band. er Mark Fain. Opening the extended show are topping the Billboard Rap/Hip-Hop charts. Lord Vapid (a.k.a. Andrew Lucas) is a Lansing- American Opera, Life Size Ghost, Sunny Side Wale, whose real name is Olubowale Victor Post it at based one-man-band that draws influence Up, Nathan K, Nathan Alan, Match by Match, Akintimehin, is touring in support of his sec- www. facebook.com/turn it down from ‘50s and ‘60s R&B while also giving nods Paige Bolen and Vince Zydeck. ond studio album, “Ambition.” Wale says his To be listed in Live and Local, e-mail your information to [email protected] by Thursday of the week before publication. Wednesday THursday FRIday saturday Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Jr. Blvd. Nothing 2 Lose, 9 p.m. Nothing 2 Lose, 9 p.m. Brannigan Brothers, 210 S. Washington Square Jammin' DJs, 9 p.m. Jammin' DJs, 9 p.m. Jammin' DJs, 9 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Cloud Magic, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314, E. Michigan Ave. Tryst Thursdays, 8:30 p.m. Avon Bomb, 9 p.m. Summer of Sol, 9 p.m. The Firm, 227 S. Washington Square DnW Sound DJs, 9 p.m. Various DJs, 9 p.m. DJ Donnie D, 9 p.m. Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Driver & Rider Show, 7 p.m. Kathy Ford Band, 7 p.m. Karaoke, 7 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. Krosby's Konspiracy, 9:30 p.m. Still Rain, 9:30 p.m. Starfarm, 9:30 p.m. Starfarm, 9:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Animeaux, 9 :30 p.m. The Sunset Club, 7 p.m. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Croatone & Bert, 9 p.m. DJ Southpaw, 9 p.m. Broccoli SamuraI, 9 p.m. Rick's American Cafe, 224 Abbott Road Jedi Mind Trip, 10:30 p.m. JYD Band, 10:30 p.m. Rookies, 16460 S. US 27 Sea Cruisers, 7-10 p.m. Water Pong DJ with Ryan, 9 p.m. Karaoke with Bob, 9 p.m. Karaoke with Bob, 9 p.m. Rum Runners, 601 East Michigan Ave. Open Mic, 9 p.m. Josh Josh Marquita, 9 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & The Beeftones, 9 p.m. Dr. Gunn, 9 p.m. Dr. Gunn, 9 p.m. Sunday Open Jam with Bad Gravy, 9:30 p.m., Green Door; Karaoke, 9 p.m. Drag Queens Gone Wild, 11 p.m., Spiral Dance Bar; DJ Mike, 9:30 p.m., LeRoy's Bar & Grill; Open Mic, 5 p.m., Uli's Haus of Rock. Monday Steppin' In It, 9:30 p.m., Green Door: Easy Babies funk trio, 10 p.m., The Exchange. Open-Mic Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Michigan Brewing Company-Lansing. Tuesday Tommy Foster & Guitar Bob, 9 p.m., The Exchange; Neon Tuesday, 9 p.m., Mac's Bar. Jazz Tuesday Open Jam, 9 p.m., Stober's Bar, 812 E. Michigan Ave. 26 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2012 versation. 7 p.m. FREE. Sammy's Lounge, 301 E. Jolly games, board games, and snacks. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Wood St., Stockbridge. (517) 851-7810. Out on the town Road, Lansing. (517) 402-4481. Dewitt District Library, 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. Kindergarten Storytime. With Kathy Schroder Baby Time. Books and songs for ages 2 years and for stories, puppets, props and lots of audience from page 24 (517) 669-3156. www.dewittlibrary.org. younger, with a parent/caregiver. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Bananagrams Night. Play the hot new timed participation. 1:30 p.m. CADL Stockbridge Library, Events Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport word game. 7 p.m. FREE. Schuler Books & Music 200 Wood St., Stockbridge. (517) 851-7810. Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 x3. Alcoholics Anonymous. Open meeting for family Toddler Storytime. Ages 1-3. 10:30 a.m. FREE. (Lansing), 2820 Towne Centre Blvd., Lansing. (517) and friends with American Sign Language interpreta- CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., 316-7495. www.schulerbooks.com. tion. 8 p.m. FREE. Alano Club East, 220 S. Howard Lansing. (517) 367-6363. www.cadl.org. Thursday, February 2 Preschool Storytime. Ages 3-5. 10:30 a.m. FREE. St., Lansing. (517) 482-8957. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. Grand Classes and Seminars CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Microsoft Excel Basics. Learn to use a spread- Ledge Baptist Church, 1120 W. Willow Hwy., Grand Yoga XL. Learn to move with confidence. 7:15-8:15 Lansing. (517) 367-6363. www.cadl.org. sheet for tasks like balancing a checkbook. 10 a.m. Ledge. (517) 256-6954. p.m. $8 suggested donation. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Advanced LinkedIn. Learn how to maximize Okemos Library, 4321, Okemos Road Okemos. (517) Practice Your English. Allows community mem- Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. your LinkedIn profile. 6 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown 347-2021. bers to join conversations and practice speaking Eating Disorders Anonymous Meeting. A Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) and listening to English in a friendly, relaxing atmo- group of people recovering from eating disorders 367-6363. www.cadl.org. sphere. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, who talk about recovery. 7-7:45 p.m. FREE. CADL Toddler Storytime. Ages 2-3. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Theater 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Mason Library, 145 W. Ash St., Mason. (517) 899-3515. Okemos Library, 4321, Okemos Road Okemos. (517) "Dead Man's Shoes." (Please See Details Feb. 2) Baby Story Time. For babies 6-24 months of age www.cadl.org. 347-2021. 8 p.m. $25. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Wil- and their adult caregiver. 11:30 a.m. FREE. Dewitt Friends Book Club. Discuss "Arc of Justice," by liamston. (517) 655-SHOW. www.williamstontheatre. District Library, 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) Events Kevin Boyle. Noon. FREE. Okemos Library, 4321, com 669-3156. www.dewittlibrary.org. Morning Storytime. All ages welcome for sto- Okemos Road Okemos. (517) 347-2021. "Romantic Fools." (Please See Details Feb. 2) Toddler Tales. For toddlers 2-3 years of age ries, songs, rhymes and fun. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta 8 p.m. $24, $22 senior, $10 student. Stormfield and their adult caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Dewitt Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Music Theatre, 201 Morgan Lane, Lansing. www.storm- District Library, 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) Lansing. (517) 321-4014. Jazz Thursdays. Various artists featured each fieldtheatre.org. 669-3156. www.dewittlibrary.org. Fedora Film Series. A fabulous film every Thurs- week. 6:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. Mumbai Cuisine, 340 Baby Time. Books and songs for ages 2 years and day night. 7 p.m. FREE. CADL Stockbridge Library, Albert St., East Lansing. (517) 336-4150. Literature and Poetry younger, with a parent/caregiver. 10:30 a.m. FREE. 200 Wood St., Stockbridge. (517) 851-7810. Music & Movement Storytime. Dance and sing Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Euchre. Come play euchre and meet new people. Theater to music, and learn to play with instruments and Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 x3. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta Township "Dead Man's Shoes." The year is 1883. The notori- more. 1 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, Toddler Storytime. Ages 2-3. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Lansing. ous outlaw Injun Bill Picote has escaped from prison, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. Okemos Library, 4321, Okemos Road Okemos. (517) (517) 484-5600. along with a hard-luck drunk named Froggy. 8 p.m. 347-2021. Karaoke. Every Thursday Night with Atomic D. 9 $15. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. Baby Storytime. Featuring movement and p.m. LeRoy's Classic Bar & Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., (517) 655-SHOW. www.williamstontheatre.com Saturday, February 4 stories. 3 p.m.. FREE. Okemos Library, 4321, Oke- Lansing. (517) 482-0184. "Romantic Fools." A dozen sketches about love, Classes and Seminars mos Road Okemos. (517) 347-2021. Mid-day Movies. Watch recent releases on the lust, dating and romance, from a date with a caveman Beginner Tai Chi. Can build strength and reduce big screen. 2 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing to the joys of dull sex. 7 p.m. $18, $16 senior, $10 stu- stress. 8-9 a.m. $8. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Music Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. dent. Stormfield Theatre, 201 Morgan Lane, Lansing. Lansing. (517) 488-5260. Jazz Wednesdays. Live entertainment. 7-10 p.m. www.cadl.org. www.stormfieldtheatre.org. Relics of the Big Bang. Emphasizes research cur- FREE. ENSO, 16800 Chandler Road. East Lansing. Sierra Club-CMG. MSU Beyond Coal. Speakers rently underway at CERN. 8 p.m. $3, $2.50 students (517) 333-1656. www.enjoyenso.com. include Callie Bruley, MSU student activist and Anne & seniors, $2 kids. Abrams Planetarium, 400 E. Jazz Wednesdays. Featuring the Jeff Shoup Trio. Woiwode. 7 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, Friday, February 3 Grand River Ave., East Lansing. (517) 355-4676. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Gracies Place, 151 S. Putnam, Wil- 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 487-6467. http:// Classes and Seminars Tai Chi in the Park. Meditation at 8:45 a.m. fol- liamston. (517) 655-1100. cmgsierraclub.yolasite.com/. Relics of the Big Bang. Emphasizes research lowed by Tai Chi. 9:30 a.m. FREE donations. Hunter Together, Let's Jam. Music experiences for Electronic Waste Collection. Bring electronics currently underway at CERN. 8 p.m. $3, $2.50 stu- Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. teenagers and adults of all ability levels to gather to ensure they are disposed of properly and do not dents & seniors, $2 kids. Abrams Planetarium, 400 Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Contact Bob Teachout (517) together. 7:30 p.m. FREE. MSU Community Music end up in a landfill. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Power On, 114 W. E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing. (517) 355-4676. 272-9379. School, 841-B Timberlane St., East Lansing. (517) Allegan St., Lansing. [email protected]. Overeaters Anonymous. 9:30 a.m. FREE. Spar- 355-7661. Pre-School Story Time. An open story time for Events row Professional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., pre-school aged children. Stories and a craft. 10:30 MSU Comics Forum. Jessica Abel, award winning Lansing. (517) 485-6003. a.m. FREE. Dewitt District Library, 13101 Schavey Literature and Poetry comics creator and professor will be this year's Skiing or Snowshoeing. Snowshoeing class runs Road, DeWitt. (517) 669-3156. www.dewittlibrary.org. Lansing Area Science Fiction Association keynote speaker. 11 a.m-6 p.m. FREE. Snyder/Phil- from 1-3 p.m. Space is limited, so contact for a spot. Teen Gaming. Drop-in crafting for teens. Wii Weekly Meeting. Informal dinner and lively con- lips Hall, The intersection between Grand River Ave. 9:30-11:30 a.m. $15, $20 to rent equipment. Harris and Bogue St., on MSU campus, East Lansing. www. Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian Town- comicsforum.msu.edu. www.msu.edu. ship. (517) 349-3866. D.L. Hughley. Comedy. 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. $25. Pre-U.S. Citizenship Class. Focus on the English Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St., Lansing. vocabulary required to be successful during the U.S. (517) 374-4242. www.connxtionscomedyclub.com. Citizenship intenerview. 10 a.m. FREE. CADL Down- Seniors Outreach. Books will be made available town Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. for checkout. Noon. CADL Stockbridge Library, 200 See Out on the Town, Page 27 ERASER-FREE SUDOKU HARD TO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row, col- umn, and outlined 3-by-3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once. No guessing is required. The solution is unique. To avoid erasing, pencil in your pos- sible answers in the scratchpad space beneath the short line in each vacant square. For solving tips, visit www.SundayCrosswords.com Answers on page 29 City Pulse • February 1, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 27 2 p.m. $22. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Wil- Out on the town liamston. (517) 655-SHOW. www.williamstontheatre. from page 26 com "Romantic Fools." (Please See Details Feb. 2) (517) 367-6363. www.cadl.org. 2 p.m. $20, $18 senior, $10 student. Stormfield Theatre, 201 Morgan Lane, Lansing. www.storm- Events fieldtheatre.org. MSU Comics Forum. Several panel discussions with academics studying comic books and profes- sionals working in the comic book industry. 11 a.m.-6 Monday, February 6 p.m. FREE. MSU Snyder Hall, MSU Campus, East Classes and Seminars Lansing. www.comicsforum.msu.edu. Divorced, Separated, Widowed Conversation Salsa Dancing. DJ Adrian "Ace" Lopez hosts Lan- Group. For those who have gone through loss of a sing's longest standing weekly salsa event. Singles spouse due to death or divorce and ready to move welcome. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5. Gregory's Bar & Grille, on. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. David's Episcopal Church, 1519 2510 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. (517) Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272. 323-7122. Photography Seminar. Single Lens Reflex Cam- D.L. Hughley. Comedy. 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. $25. eras. Part of photo seminars lead by local instructor Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St. Lansing. Bob Grzesiak. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Call for price. Dewitt (517) 374-4242. www.connxtionscomedyclub.com. District Library, 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) Moonlight Skiing and Snowshoeing. Glide along 669-3156. www.dewittlibrary.org. the moonlit trails as you ski or snowshoe through the GriefShare Seminar. A DVD series, with small sparkling snow., 6-9 p.m. $3, $9 to rent equipment. support group discussion. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Grace Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian United Methodist, 1900 Boston Blvd., Lansing. (517) Township. (517) 349-3866. 490-3218. Investing Fundamentals. Avoid common invest- Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. St. David's [email protected] Prep.1040.com/spartantaxrelief/ ing pitfalls and make more-informed decisions. 10 Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. —PAID ADVERTISEMENT— a.m. Okemos Library, 4321, Okemos Road Okemos. (989) 587-4609. www.stdavidslansing.org. (517) 347-2021. My Cub & I. For children under 3 years old, enjoy nature activities, games, walks, crafts, stories and Theater songs. 10:30-11:30 a.m. $35 for six weeks. Harris "Dead Man's Shoes." (Please See Details Feb. 2) Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian Town- 3 & 8 p.m. $22 matinee, $25 eveing. Williamston ship. (517) 349-3866. Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. (517) 655- Timber Tots. For 3 and 4 year olds. Enjoy nature SHOW. www.williamstontheatre.com activities, games, walks, crafts, stories and songs. "Romantic Fools." (Please See Details Feb. 2) 9-10 a.m. $35 for six weeks. Harris Nature Center, 8 p.m. $24, $22 senior, $10 student. Stormfield 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian Township. (517) 349- Theatre, 201 Morgan Lane, Lansing. www.storm- 3866. fieldtheatre.org. Events Sunday, February 5 Euchre. Come play euchre and meet new people. CLOSE, CONVENIENT AND SAFE: Classes and Seminars 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta Township Enrichment Center, Overeaters Anonymous. 2 p.m. FREE. Everybody 4538 Elizabeth Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. WE ARE EAST MAIN APARTMENTS Social Bridge. Come play bridge and meet new Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lan- by Shelly Olson, Sales Executive people. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. Delta sing. (517) 485-8789. www.becauseeverybodyreads. Located downtown on the banks of Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, com. the scenic Grand River, East Main Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Apartments offers a quiet, peaceful Writers’ Discussion Group. Share work, get Meets on the third floor. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Down- environment in the midst of the city. feedback, talk about projects and try different town Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave. Lansing. Study or just relax with your friends, (517) 367-6300. www.cadl.org. prompts and activities. 4:30 p.m. FREE. CADL Park Free in our ample lots, Walk to Relics of the Big Bang. Emphasizes research Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood St., Stockbridge. work or class. currently underway at CERN. 4 p.m. $3, $2.50 stu- (517) 851-7810. We have well tended grounds that dents & seniors, $2 kids. Abrams Planetarium, 400 Monday Morning Movie. Get your film fix at free parking is usually available. Easy the library. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Township District include picnic areas with barbecue E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing. (517) 355-4676. access to I-496 puts us less than 5 Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 grills and tables; and raised commu- The Super Sky Show. Children will hear star minutes from the MSU campus. myths and learn about the night sky and the planet nity gardens that allow the luxury of ext.4. We are family owned and managed. around them. 2:30 & 3:30 p.m. $3, $2.50 students & Pre-School Storytime. Ages 3-6. 2 p.m. Okemos planting and growing herbs and Our apartments are spacious, comfort- seniors, $2 kids. Abrams Planetarium, 400 E. Grand Library, 4321, Okemos Road Okemos. (517) 347-2021. vegetables for summer enjoyment. Our River Ave., East Lansing. (517) 355-4676. deck and dock on the river can be used able, convenient and safe. We are your for fishing or beginning an excursion "home away from home". Be sure to Music check out our website: Events Open-Mic Mondays. 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Schizophrenics Anonymous. A self-help sup- our residents, both furry and non-furry. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 853-0550. port group. 10 a.m. Room 215-F, Community Mental Alcoholics Anonymous. Closed meeting for those Health Building, 812 E. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) We are only 4 blocks from the down- who desire to stop drinking, with American Sign Lan- 485-3775. (517) 614-7820. town Cooley Law Library and many of guage interpretation. 9 a.m. FREE. Alano Club East, Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Anyone wanting to our residents are young professionals or 220 S. Howard St., Lansing. (517) 482-8957. lose weight is welcome. 7 p.m. FREE to visit.. Eaton Cooley students, we are close to LCC and Rapids Medical Center, 1500 S. Main St., Eaton Rap- Davenport University as well. For those Theater residents who bike the river trail we offer "Dead Man's Shoes." (Please See Details Feb. 2) See Out on the Town, Page 28 inside storage and bike racks. Plenty of 28 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2012 NEW IN TOWN » Vine and Brew PRESENTS D.L. HUGHLEY SPECIAL SHOW! New intown Feb. 3 & 4 8 & 10:30 pm FOR TICKETS: By ALYSSA FIRTH The latest liquor 517.374.HAHA(4242) store in the area is more “Pick your Seat” by purchasing your tickets online at than just a convenience connxtionscomedyclub.com store. Local craft beers, Michigan-grown foods, 2900 N. East St. Lansing, MI 48906 international wines and more are available at Vine Monique Goch, Moxy Imagery/City Pulse & Brew in Okemos. Kurt Kosal, owner of Vine and Brew, runs the specialty Join us for a First Friday Vine & Brew has its beer and wine shop with his wife Leslie. official opening this Ladies Night Out weekend, with several for roughly 15 years, most The grand opening events to showcase its recently at Goodrich’s features the type of Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 | 7-9 pm products and customer Shop-Rite in East Lansing. events the store plans 113 S. Washington Square service. Craft beers are the to offer in the future. Style By Design “We just try to make store’s biggest focus: Thursday will feature a Lansing, MI 48933 the whole beverage and Vine & Brew offers a “Foods from Michigan” Come join us for Dresses, suits & separates food experience a fun make-your-own-six-pack tasting from 4-7 p.m. A option. Any six-pack sparkling wine tasting chocolate, champagne & shopping! Jewelry, handbags, shoes & more experience and try to If we don’t have it, we can get it! bring as many new and can be changed with no takes place from 5-7:30 interesting items in as upcharge, according to p.m. on Friday, and a Please RSVP. Show your Women’s Expo we can,” said owner Curt Kosal. representative from ticket stub & receive 10% off Kosal. He said Michigan Dark Horse Brewing Co. (517) 367-7088 or (800) 708-4003 Tuesday-Saturday 11am-7pm Kosal is running the breweries are on the will be at the store for 113 S. Washington Sq., Lansing, MI 48933 Sunday & Monday by appt. only store with his wife, Leslie. rise. “I don’t know if a a beer tasting from 1-4 Although it’s their first lot of people realize it, p.m. on Saturday. business, he said he but we’re on the cutting “It will be an ever- developed an interest edge in that regard, and evolving endeavor, but in wine and spirits after it’s just growing,” Kosal we’re having fun with it,” working in the industry said. Kosal said. nutrition & wellness coaching. 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Out on the town $10. Presbyterian Church of Okemos, 2258 Bennett Road, Okemos. (517) 349-9536. from page 27 Laughter Yoga. A six-week class with Kiran Gupta, a licensed clinical social worker. 5:30-6 p.m. FREE. ids. Judy @ (517) 543-0786. Campus Village Center, 1151 Michigan Ave., East Schizophrenics Anonymous Self-help Sup- Lansing. [email protected]. port Group. For persons with schizophrenia and Mindful Motivator. For those seeking weight loss, related disorders. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Sparrow Profes- stress management and healthy goal achievements. sional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. FREE. Presbyterian Church 485-3775. of Okemos, 2258 Bennett Road, Okemos. (517) 930- Yoga 40. For those in their 40s, 50s, 60s and 4265. beyond; yoga is for anyone of any age. 7:15 p.m. Internet Basics. Learn how to do simple Suggested $7. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. searches. 2 & 6 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing (517) 488-5260. Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. Presbyte- www.cadl.org. rian Church of Okemos, 2258 Bennett Road. Okemos. (517) 505-0068. Caregivers Program. Those caring for one with Events dementia can garner skills to manage stress & Game On. Play a variety of board and video games. increase effective caregiving skills. Part of six-week 3-5 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 series. 2-4 p.m. FREE. Valley Court Community Cen- Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 x3. ter, 201 Hillside Ct., East Lasnsing. (517) 887-1440. Compassionate Friends. For grieving parents Intro. to Computers. Professionals from Career who have lost a child of any age. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Quest instruct attendees in the basics everyone FREE. Salvation Army Community Center, 701 W. Jolly needs to know. 2:30-4 p.m. FREE. Capital Area Michi- Road, Lansing. (517) 351-6480. gan Works, 2110 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 492-5500. Morning Storytime. All ages welcome for stories, EcoTrek Fitness Outdoor Workout. Meet in songs, rhymes, and fun. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Town- parking lot. Parking lot is just beyond Whiskey Barrel ship District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. Saloon. 5:45-7 p.m. $12. Lansing River Trail, Clippert (517) 321-4014. St., Lansing. (517) 243-6538. www.ecotrekfitness. Mid-day Movies. Watch recent releases on the com. big screen. 2 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing On the Way To Wellness. Barb Geske provides See Out on the Town, Page 29 City Pulse • February 1, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 29 bridge. (517) 851-7810. Out on the town Internet Basics. Learn how to do a simple search. Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny January 25-31 11 a.m. FREE. CADL Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood from page 28 St., Stockbridge. (517) 851-7810. ARIES (March 21-April 19): The coming week is likely LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to research pub- Microsoft Word Basics. Modify text, cut and Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave. Lansing. (517) 367-6363. to be abnormally free of worries and frustrations. I'm lished in the journal Psychological Science, many people paste text; open, close, and save documents. 11 a.m. www.cadl.org. afraid that means you're not going to have as much right FREE. CADL Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood St., are virtually allergic to creative ideas. When asked to Introduction to Computers. Professionals to complain as you usually do. Can you handle that? Or consider a novel proposal, they're quite likely to reject it from Career Quest instruct attendees in the basics Stockbridge. (517) 851-7810. will you feel bereft when faced with the prospect of having in favor of an approach that's well-known to them. (More everyone needs to be comfortable with computers. so little to grumble about? Just in case, I've compiled a info here: tinyurl.com/3oor4nq.) This could be a problem 2:30-4 p.m. FREE. Capital Area Michigan Works, 2110 Events list of fake annoyances for you to draw on. 1. "My iPhone for you in the coming weeks, Libra, since one of your S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 492-5500. Comedy Club Open Mic Night. 7 p.m. $8, $4 wont light my cigarette." 2. "The next tissue in my tissue strengths will be your ability to come up with innovations. Daddy/Daughter Butterfly Ball. Children can students. Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East box doesn't magically poke out when I take one." 3. "I want bring a parent or guardian as '"date" for a dance. St., Lansing. (517) 374-4242. www.connxtionscomedy- some ice cream, but I overstuffed myself at dinner." 4. So it won't be enough for you to offer your brilliant notions Call for tickets. 7-8:30 p.m. $14. Hannah Community club.com. "I ran out of bottled water and now I have to drink from and original departures from the way things have always Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 333-2580 Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. Grand the tap." 5. "My cat's Facebook profile gets more friend been done; you will also have to be persuasive and diplo- ext. 0. Ledge Baptist Church, 1120 W. Willow Hwy., Grand requests than me." 6. "When people tell me I should feel matic. Think you can handle that dual assignment? Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. Ledge. (517) 256-6954. grateful for all I have instead of complaining all the time, I SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "A single sunbeam is 5:45-6:45 pm. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Practice Your English. Allows community mem- feel guilty." enough to drive away shadows," said St. Francis of Assisi. Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 346-9900. bers to join conversations and practice speaking and TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The state of California I'm afraid that's an overly optimistic assessment. In many listening to English in a friendly, relaxing atmosphere. www.becauseeverybodyreads.com. was named after a storybook land described in a 16th- circumstances, just one ray of light may not be sufficient 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot century Spanish novel. The mythical paradise was ruled Pre-School Storytime. Stories and crafts. to dispel encroaching haze and murk. Luckily for you, Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. by Queen Calafia. Gold was so plentiful that the people Ages 3-6. 10:30 a.m. Okemos Library, 4321, Okemos though, there will be quite an assortment of sunbeams Road Okemos. (517) 347-2021. Baby Story Time. For babies 6-24 months of age who lived there made weapons out of it and even adorned appearing in your sphere during the coming weeks. Here's and their adult caregiver. 11:30 a.m. FREE. Dewitt their animals with it. Did the real California turn out to be the complication: They won't all be showing up at once, Music District Library, 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) anything like that fictional realm? Well, 300 years after it 669-3156. www.dewittlibrary.org. got its name, the California Gold Rush attracted 300,000 and they'll be arriving in disparate locations. So your task Jazz Tuesdays. Hosted by the Jeff Shoup Quartet For toddlers 2-3 years of age and visitors who mined a fortune in the precious metal. Your will be to gather them all up and unite them so they can and will feature regular guest artists from the MSU Toddler Tales. their adult caregivers. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Dewitt assignment, Taurus: Think of the myths you believed in add to each other's strength. If you do that successfully, Jazz Studies Department and the Mid-Michigan jazz District Library, 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) when you were young and the fantasies that have played you'll have more than enough illumination to chase away community. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. Stober's Bar, 812 E. 669-3156. www.dewittlibrary.org. at the edges of your imagination for years. Have any of any darkness that might be creeping around. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Daddy/Daughter Butterfly Ball. Call for tickets. them come true, even a little? I suspect that one may do SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Poet Elizabeth 7-8:30 p.m. $14. Hannah Community Center, 819 Ab- just that in the coming weeks and months. Alexander says that in order to create a novel, a writer Wednesday, February 8 bot Road, East Lansing. (517) 333-2580 ext. 0. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Bill Moyers' DVD The needs a lot of uninterrupted time alone. Poems, on the Language of Life, poet Naomi Shihab Nye is shown giving Toddler Storytime. Ages 2-3. 10:30 a.m. FREE. other hand, can be snared in the midst of the jumbled Classes and Seminars Okemos Library, 4321, Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) advice to aspiring young poets. She urges them to keep Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 rhythms of everyday chaos — between hurried appoint- 347-2021. an open mind about where their creative urges might take p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. ments or while riding the subway or at the kitchen table Baby Storytime. Featuring movement and stories. them. Sometimes when you start a poem, she says, you Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 351-5866. waiting for the coffee to brew. Alexander says that inspi- 3 p.m.. FREE. Okemos Library, 4321 Okemos Road, think you want to go to church, but where you end up is at Community Yoga. Power yoga class. 6:30-8 p.m. Okemos. (517) 347-2021. the dog races. I'll make that same point to you, Gemini. As ration can sprout like grass poking up out of the sidewalk FREE. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. (517) you tune in to the looming call to adventure, don't be too cracks. Whether or not you're a writer, Sagittarius, I see 488-5260. Music sure you know what destination it has in mind for you. You your coming weeks as being more akin to snagging poems Drop-in figure drawing. Easels and draw- might be inclined to assume it'll lead you toward a local than cooking up a novel. ing boards provided, bring other supplies. All are Jazz Wednesdays. Live entertainment. 7-10 p.m. bar for drinks when in fact it's nudging you in the direction CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "A true poet does not welcome. 7:30-10 p.m. $5, $3 students. Kresge Art FREE. ENSO, 16800 Chandler Road. East Lansing. of a wild frontier for a divine brouhaha. bother to be poetical," said the poet Jean Cocteau. "Nor Museum, located at Physics and Auditorium roads, (517) 333-1656. www.enjoyenso.com. Jazz Wednesdays. Featuring the Jeff Shoup Trio. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Renowned comic book does a nursery gardener perfume his roses." I think that's MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. writer Grant Morrison claims he performed a magic 7-10 p.m. FREE. Gracies Place, 151 S. Putnam, William- wise counsel for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. Microsoft Word Basics. Ages 1-3. 9:15 a.m. FREE. ritual in which he conjured the spirit of John Lennon, who ston. (517) 655-1100. It's important that you do what you do best without any CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., appeared and bestowed on him the gift of a new song. I've embellishment, pretentiousness, or self-consciousness. Lansing. (517) 367-6363. www.cadl.org. heard Morrison sing the tune, and it does sound rather E-mail Basics. Set up e-mail account and learn Literature and Poetry Lennon-esque. The coming week would be a good time Don't you dare try too hard or think too much or twist to send and receive messages. 11 a.m. FREE. CADL Lansing Area Science Fiction Association for you to go in quest of a comparable boon, Cancerian: yourself like a contortionist to meet impossible-to-satisfy Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood St., Stockbridge. Weekly Meeting. Informal dinner and lively con- a useful and beautiful blessing bequeathed to you by the expectations. Trust the thrust of your simple urges. (517) 851-7810. versation. 7 p.m. FREE. Sammy's Lounge, 301 E. Jolly departed spirit of someone you love or admire. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Collectors prefer Google Basics. By appointment only. 11 a.m. FREE. Road, Lansing. (517) 402-4481. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "There are works which wait, wild orchids, says William Langley, writing in the UK's Pizza & Pages Book Discussion. Read any book CADL Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood St., Stock- and which one does not understand for a long time," said Telegraph. Orchids grown in nurseries, which comprise that fits theme of Historical Fiction, grades 3 and bridge. (517) 851-7810. Oscar Wilde. "The reason is that they bring answers to 99.5 percent of the total, are tarnished with "the stigma Intermediate Microsoft Word. Learn how to up. 4 p.m. Okemos Library, 4321 Okemos Road, questions which have not yet been raised; for the ques- of perfection." Their colors are generic and their petal format pages, create tables and more. 11 a.m. FREE. Okemos. (517) 347-2021. tion often arrives a terribly long time after the answer." patterns are boringly regular. Far more appealing are the CADL Stockbridge Library, 200 Wood St., Stock- I predict that sometime soon, Leo, you will prove that exotic varieties untouched by human intervention, with wisdom true. You will finally learn the brilliant question their "downy, smooth petals and moistened lips pouting whose crucial answer you got years ago. When it arrives, you will comprehend a mystery that has been churning in in the direction of tautly curved shafts and heavily veined SUDOKU SOLUTION CROSSWORD SOLUTION pouches." Whatever your sphere or specialty is, Aquarius, From Pg. 26 From Pg. 23 the semi-darkness all this time. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Shedding is healthy — not I suggest you model yourself after the wild orchid collec- just for cats and dogs and other animals but also for us tors in the coming days. Shun the stigma of perfection. humans. Did you know that you shed thousands of parti- PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): While doing a film a cles of dead skin every hour? And just as our bodies need few years ago, actress Sandra Bullock stumbled upon a to shed, so do our psyches. I bring this up, Virgo, because stunning secret: Rubbing hemorrhoid cream on her face you are in an unusually favorable phase to do a whole lot helped shrink her wrinkles and improve her complexion. of psychic shedding. What should you shed exactly? How I predict that at least one and possibly more comparable about some of these: old ideas that don't serve you any discoveries will soon grace your life. You will find unex- more, habits that undermine your ability to pursue your pected uses for things that were supposedly not meant dreams, compulsions that are at odds with your noble intentions, resentment against people who did you wrong to be used in those ways. Here's a corollary, courtesy of a long, long time ago, and anything else you carry with scientist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, that describes a related you that keeps you from being fully alive and radiant. To talent you'll have at your disposal: "Discovery consists paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, the price of freedom and of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what aliveness is eternal shedding. nobody has thought." 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. 30 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 1, 2012 Food Finder listings are rotated each week based on space. If you have an update for the listings, please e-mail [email protected]. OM, $$ E M I L’S — Lansing's old- are also available and Casual Dining est restaurant still has calzones and strombolis DIMITRI’S — The former charming atmosphere, are made to order. 208 CONRAD’S COLLEGE stalwart of downtown although its often over- S. 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Saginaw, Lansing; more on Lansing east in downtown Williamston East Lansing. 11 a.m.-3 Monday-Saturday 7 side for almost 40 years. offering some of the fin- a.m. Monday-Friday, a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Sunday Dine in or pull up to the est dining in the area. noon-3 a.m. Saturday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; (517) 323- drive-thru window for Try specials like the noon-2:30 p.m. Sunday. 6867; TO, $$. dinner on the go. 2418 E. Dancing Zorba veg- (517) 337-2723. www. Michigan Ave., Lansing. etarian sandwich with conradsgrill.com. D, EL BURRITO — A cozy, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday- grilled veggies, roasted OM, $. authentic taqueria offer- Saturday. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. eggplant, zucchini, ing homemade Mexican Sunday. (517) 487-5774. portabella mushrooms CORAL GABLES — cooking and baked TO, P, $ and baby tomatoes on DOWNTOWN Serving meals for gen- goods. 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