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I am stunned and appalled by this farce (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com we just called a Presidential Election. ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6704 Since when does nasty name calling, (low or email [email protected] energy Jeb, Lyin’ Ted and Crooked Hillary) PAGE outright lies, racism and devisive, rhetoric EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz 7 [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 have a place in our election process? ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten Differences of opinions, yes, but the crass- [email protected] ness, disrespect and flat out lying displayed East Lansing Food Coop’s building up for sale ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Ty Forquer by Donald Trump was reprehensible! I can- [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 not believe this coarse, vulgar man is going PRODUCTION MANAGER • Allison Hammerly to be the President of this great nation. PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 Where is the Democratic Party in all of STAFF WRITERS • Lawrence Cosentino 11 [email protected] this? Why are they not demanding and con- Todd Heywood ducting investigations into the shinnanigans [email protected] that occurred in the last weeks of debacle of New mural shows complexities of Malcolm X ADVERTISING an election? Why are FBI Directer James SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR • Rich Tupica Cuomy and his antics not being investigated PAGE [email protected]:30 a.m. Saturdays and prosecuted? Why is Congress as a whole, SALES EXECUTIVES • Mandy Jackson, Liza Sayre, not questioning his actions? Granted, many FREE 14 Suzi Smith CADL Downtown Lansing Republicans are giddy with glee at Trumps [email protected] [email protected] supposed win, but where are the moderate, will be closed from [email protected] decent, intelligent Republicans? Why are a newspaper for the rest of us Localwww.lansingcitypulse.com authors get in on adult coloring book craze Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, THEY not voicing thier concern and outrage Daniel E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill Dec. 31, 2016– at the dishonesty of the Trump campaigne. COVER Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle What FBI Director Cuomy did was a lie Lawrence Johnson, Eve Kucharski, Terry Link, Andy McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, and totally unethical and it has brought us ART Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, Allan I. Ross, Rich March 2017 crass, unqualified, narcissistic, bigotted ego Tupica, Ute Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak for a remodel. maniac who will throw this country into cha- Delivery drivers: Frank Estrada, Dave Fisher, Paul Shore, os . Already the violence against minorities A llififetetimPhotose of llesesson sonby sLawrence from teachcher Cosentino,er Joanannana Sta designrk, p. by8 Allison Hammerly Richard Simpson, Thomas Scott Jr. and immigrants, that he encouraged in his

supporters has begun. It will only get worse THIS WEEK Editor & Publisher and will tear this country apart. THIS WEEK with Berl SchwartzBerl These branches are Regarding the Trump campaign and FBI onSchwartz Directors Cuomys’ letters, where is Wikileaks on available to serve you: now? Why the silence? Why are they not re- • Etienne Charles, leasing information about the colusion be- tween the Trump campaigne and FBI Direc- MSU jazz professor CADL SOUTH LANSING tor Cuomy? Rudy Guliani was smack in the Saturday at 10:30 a.m. middle of it. In an interview two days before 3500 S. Cedar St. the release of Cuomy’s letter, he was all but rubbing his hands in glee, grinning from ear to ear, telling the interviewer, “We have CADL FOSTER a few things up our sleeve.” Indeed they did 200 N. Foster Ave. and WHAT they did was a lie, and unethical, but that’s what you get when you are dealing with the dregs of society. And Trump wants Guliani for Attorney General or some other high cabinet post!? God help us! — Shelley Centeno Find more branches Lansing at cadl.org. Correction Due to a reporting error, the Nov. 30 New In Town column incorrectly stated that White Bros Music and the Travelers Club International Restaurant & Tuba Museum were evicted from their Okemos locations to make way for a development project. It was also reported, based on statements from White, that a Hungarian cimbalom recently restored by White Bros Music and purchased by the Royal Shakespeare Co. was played recently at a graveside memorial for William Shakespeare. The instrument was bought approximately 15 years ago by the com- pany and has been used in several pro- ductions, but City Pulse was not able to confirm its use at a graveside service. City Pulse • December 14, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION CADL is aware of the impact its im- pending closure will have on the home- Library shutdown less community of Lansing. According FOR CADL’s wintertime renovations a challenge for many homeless to Susan Cancro, the executive direc- tor at the Advent House Ministries, the When Mike Karl entered the down- Executive Director Maureen Hirten Lansing branch library has let Cancro DESIGN town branch of the Capital Area District said. know about the upcoming renovation Library, he wasn’t thinking about books. “You can’t actually tell who is home- to attempt to make the period of clo- Karl had only two things on his mind: to less,” Hirten said. “As long as you follow sure go as smoothly as possible. get warm, and to get to sleep. our rules, you can stay as long as you “We realize it’s going to cause some “I slept in the bathroom, to tell you the want her within library hours.” disruption for people who go there, so truth, because I couldn’t get much sleep Karl said the amount of homeless we want to make sure they know where at night,” said Karl, founder of Homeless people at the library are so many, the they can go during the week or week- Angels, a community-funded homeless Homeless Angels program used to send end,” Cancro said. “They can go to the hotel program. “I’m not the only one that volunteers to walk into the library just to New Hope Day Center at Volunteers does that. I’ve found people down there seek individuals out to offer them aid. of America on Larch downtown, not sleeping.” too far from the library. That was over a de- It’s available all day and cade ago, and Karl has there are meals there" long since found hous- on weekdays. ing, but his situation is On the weekends, not unique. Though the Advent House Shelter bathrooms are now pa- can fill in the role of the trolled to ward off people VOA day shelter while sleeping in them, many individuals are between homeless people still overnight stays. seek out the library to Cancro said that the get shelter — especially closure is coming at a Property: Lansing in the winter months. bad time because re- However, Starting Dec. sources have been espe- Timothy Bowman of Lansing was the 31, the downtown branch, cially slim recently. first person to correctly identify the detail in at Kalamazoo and Capi- “Our resources are the Nov. 2 Eye for Design as ‘’one of the mill tol streets, will close until always strained. I can’t stones in front of the Christman Building at least mid-March for speak for VOA, but for (below),” 208 N. Capitol Ave. The numbered a $600,000-plus reno- Advent House we ac- series of stones recall the historic use of the vation. Though this will commodate whoever old Mutual Building as the headquarters for be an inconvenience for comes to us,” Cancro the insurers of farms and grain mills The snow-topped detail below can be many, for its homeless pa- said. “Over the last few found in East Lansing. The first person to trons, it could be a night- months we’ve seen an Eve Kucharski/City Pulse correctly identify the location of the detail mare. increase of about 17 to will receive a City Pulse Eye for Design mug. “I’m really disappoint- Even in freezing weather, many line up before the library opens. 20 percent in use of our Send your answer to debollman@comcast. ed that they’re closing for Often, the individuals who do are homeless. day shelter on the week- net by De. 21. so long, because here I ends.” don’t have a CATA card, so I can’t hop “When we used to walk in there, it Karl speculates the homeless may — Daniel E. Bollman, AIA on a bus to go to a new library location seemed like there were hundreds of flood the CATA station, nearby restau- to even get a book,” said Larry Banner, people in there, and I want to say 60 rants and potentially other libraries a man who has been homeless for three percent of them were probably home- when the closure displaces them. months now, noting that the library is less,” Karl said. “You can pretend to “It’s going to be hard, especially if his only outlet for the Internet. “Every read a book even if you can’t read. they’re doing this in the wintertime,” month is going to be a bother for me be- What is the library going to do? They Karl said. “It only takes seven minutes cause I can’t contact any of my people or can’t kick you out.” for hypothermia to start.” anything.” Often, it is the homeless who stay at Still, some homeless individuals say It’s not difficult to see why the library the library the longest. that even with the inconvenience of the is such a big draw for the homeless. The "In winter on a cold day, as soon as closure, the benefits of the renovations downtown branch is centrally located the library opens up, or even before the will outweigh the costs in the long run. and provides a variety of amenities. The library opens up, there’s a line of people “If that’s what it takes, two months obvious are books and Internet access, waiting to come in,” said public service for a brand new one, then so be it,” said but arguably most important, it serves librarian Sara Doherty, who has been at John Martinez, who has been home- as an informal warming center for many. the library for 10 years. “It depends on less for two months. “That’s going to be It is also a safe, publicly accessible space how cold it is, how windy it is, how snowy awesome. That’d be one thing, a step that requires no fee for admission. it is, whether people feel like braving the ahead for Lansing.” Another draw is that library staff street, and what else is open. Frequently won’t ask patrons about their housing we have people who wait until we open — Eve Kucharski status. It’s why many choose to come," and stay until we close.” 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 14, 2016

dence. That’s when he threw his sign into the Poverty Law Center, and the national YAF “There was a dearth of background in- crowd. The sign, one protester told the ultimately withdrew support for the group. Milo fallout formation in those reports,” she said. “There flamboyant speaker, hit a protester in the Spartans for Free Speech was formally Prosecutor takes on was not enough there, factually, to support face. Yiannopoulos dismissed the concern recognized as a registered student group on the allegations and us doing anything.” with the flick of his hand, his own video Dec. 1, said Jason Cody, MSU spokesman. alt-right icon, MSU Police She said it was “odd” that officials sub- shows. Protesters closed in on him and he He said MSU still had Young Americans for It’s Gretchen Whitmer vs. Milo Yian- mitted “not one second” of video of the was quickly surrounded by MSU police of- Liberty listed at the event sponsor and de- nopoulis and the MSU Police. event or arrests, despite officers' wearing ficers and escorted from the crowd. nied involvement by the Spartans for Free A week after the alt-right icon appeared body cameras. He released a video of his antics during Speech. at Michigan State University, the interim Seven people were arrested during pro- his speech. MLive.com ran a photograph Both groups announced on their Face- Ingham County prosecutor is asking the tests proceeding Yiannopolous’ appearance of one of Yiannopoulos’ crew holding a book pages, as well as on the event page for MSU Police to investigate if Yiannopou- on Dec. 7. sign he created in the speaker’s hotel room. the Yiannopoulos appearance, that Spar- los may have committed a crime. And she Capt. Doug Monette, spokesman for the The news outlet incorrectly identified the tans for Free Speech was responsible for the is calling on the police to provide more MSU Police, said officials were working to man — identified in the Breitbart video as event. evidence that five protesters they arrested provide prosecutors with requested infor- Hayden — as an anti-Yiannopoulos protest- Spartans for Free Speech did not re- committed a felony. Two other protesters mation. He declined to release any infor- er. MLive reporter Ryan Kryska declined to spond to messaged questions on Facebook, were arrested on misdemeanor charges. mation about the five people facing felony comment. although the questions were seen. The Prosecutor’s Office generally does not charges. While the video was shown to the capac- Initially, Cody identified Ross Emmett handle such criminal cases. “We won’t release any of that informa- ity crowd at Conrad Hall, MLive and other as the faculty adviser for the group Young Whitmer is calling on the MSU Police tion until they are arraigned,” he said. media reporters couldn’t see it because they Americans for Liberty. However, Emmett to investigate Yiannopoulos for throwing a Yiannopoulos appeared on campus as were barred from attending and covering said in an email that he is not the adviser, poster board protest sign, which read “Milo part of his “Dangerous Faggot Tour.” He’s the event, raising free-speech questions. despite repeated reports that he was. He said he had served as faculty adviser for one of the groups last year, but not this year. “Opponents of the event continued to broadcast my name as the advisor even though I was not," he said by email, "and even Breitbart cited me as the advisor. I have no idea who the advisor is at this point.” Cody said the Department of Student Life declined to identify the faculty advisers for Young Americans for Liberty and Spar- tans for Free Speech out of concern for their safety. Neither group is listed as a registered student organization on the MSU Depart- ment of Student Life’s official list of such or- ganizations. Cody said student groups have the option to be listed publicly. Whitmer, a former state legislator from East Lansing who is widely expected to run for governor in 2018 as a Democrat, said she also had concerns about potential First On the left a Milo Yiannopoulos supporter, identified as Hayden, in a YouTube video created by the alt-right speaker, creates an anti-Milo Amendment violations at the event. She protest sign. He along with at least one other person infiltrated the anti-Milo Yiannopoulos protest at Michigan State University Dec. said the refusal to allow local media in was 7. Yiannopoulos also joined in the protest. Despite being a supporter of Yiannopoulos, Hayden was pictured by MLive.com as an anti- troublesome. Yiannopolous protester. The speaking event has raised questions about law enforcement and the First Amendment on the campus. “Either we’re for free speech and a free press, or we’re not,” she said. sucks,” into a crowd of protesters. He could openly gay and lectures on the threat of Breitbart was the only news organization Registered student groups can rent var- face disorderly conduct or assault charges. feminism as well as Islam to the West. He allowed inside. ious locations on campus for $50 an hour, “I would be curious if the agency is go- is a tech editor at Breitbart.com, which has The State News, The Lansing State including Conrad Hall, that are not avail- ing to look at that,” Whitmer said by phone. been called the go-to news outlet for mem- Journal and MLive all reported they were able to the public. In addition, the groups “They need to.” bers of the alt-right, a white supremacy barred from entering the event by organiz- are eligible to receive up to four uniformed A video produced by Yiannopoulos movement in the United States. The move- ers from Spartans for Free Speech. Lead- officers assigned to the event at no charge. and shared on the far-right website Breit- ment has made headlines since the Novem- ers of the student group communicate only Monette declined to discuss how many bart.com shows the controversial speaker ber election in large part because President- through anonymous Twitter and Facebook uniformed officers were present at the throwing the sign into the crowd. He had Elect Donald Trump has appointed Steve communications and declined to be identi- event. been masquerading as a protester. Whit- Bannon, the former editor of Breitbart, to a fied when communicating with The State Cody, said Young Americans for Liberty mer said she was unaware of Yiannopoulos’ key advising role in the White House. Ban- News. The reason? The student organizers was charged “about $650” by MSU for se- video or actions until City Pulse brought it non has been accused of fostering the alt- said they feared retribution for hosting Yi- curity at the event. Tickets for the event to her attention. right movement with the content the web- annopoulos’ appearance on campus. were $4 each. Whitmer is also taking on the MSU Po- site has published. Young Americans for Liberty, another Robin Luce-Hermann, a lawyer who lice Department by demanding more evi- Media reports and amateur video from conservative student group, originally represents the Michigan Press Associa- dence against anti-Yiannopoulis protesters the event show that about 100 people gath- sponsored the event, but it announced on tion, said she was uncertain if the move whom the police want to charge with resist- ered in front of Conrad Hall to protest Yi- the group’s Facebook page in early Decem- to exclude local press was illegal. Case law ing and obstructing the police, a felony. On annopoulos’ appearance on campus with ber that Spartans for Free Speech had taken has established that even when a group is Friday, Whitmer announced that she had a stated goal of shutting the event down. over the event. Young Americans for Liber- taxpayer funded or supported it can under rejected warrant requests for protesters by Yiannopoulos along with at least two oth- ty arose from the ashes of the collapse of the certain circumstances refuse to admit the MSU police and requested additional in- ers infiltrated the protest masquerading as student group Young Americans for Free- media. But she said this case was “clouded” formation to support the charges. She said protesters. He ultimately revealed himself dom. Young Americans for Liberty was list- the requests were accompanied with no evi- to cheers from supporters. ed in 2006 as a hate group by the Southern See Yiannopoulis, Page 7 City Pulse • December 14, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

dictions on how the law is enforced in courts. and Foods for Living. Meijer and Kroger He said in some jurisdictions, the ac- are nearby in Meridian Township. MIP reform cused would serve six months’ probation What’s next? “We’re at a location that is extremely well Snyder expected to reduce and receive some substance abuse program- Troubled Food Co-op populated with grocers,” Woiwode said. ming. When that was complete, the charge puts building up for sale She said that if the owners decide to sell, alcohol possession to a ticket would be removed from their record. But in The East Lansing Food Co-op, which the co-op would not necessarily relocate, Hundreds of underage area residents other jurisdictions, minors were being put in has been troubled financially for several at least immediately, even though several have been charged each year for possessing jail for their first offense. years as competition has increased in the communities have expressed an interest in alcohol. But that could change if Gov. Rick In addition to reducing the severity of the healthy food market, has placed its build- having it. Snyder signs legislation passed earlier this penalty for a first-time infraction, the legis- ing on the block. “We’ve been batting around some ideas,” month into law. lation specifically allows a minor to decline “We’re concerned about being able to pay she said, such as forming a buyers' club, The new legislation amends Michigan’s a Breathalyzer test. Some minors have been our bills,” said Anne Woiwode, speaking for participating in farmers markets, selling Minor in Possession law to create a civil in- arrested after such a test because the ma- the board of directors. She added that the through special orders and serving vegans, fraction for first-time violations. Currently, chine detected alcohol in their system, a vio- co-op has been able to hold on longer than “who don’t have a whole lot of options.” those under 21 caught with alcohol can face lation of the law. Others have been arrested many expected. “This is the beginning of the discussion.” fines and jail time. They also rack up a per- for refusing a Breathalyzer test, Jones said. The board voted last week to recom- Woiwode said the co-op is in some ways manent criminal record, which can hamper The Republican lawmaker said the mend the sale to the co-op’s owners, who a victim of its own success. job and educational prospects. change was part of a broader movement by will receive a letter in January. Meanwhile, “Ironically, we were at the cutting edge” The change in the law is good news, said Michigan’s elected officials to reduce crimi- the board has listed the property, at 4960 in the Lansing area of introducing organic East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows. He nal prosecution for nonviolent criminal of- Northwind Drive, with Realtor James Vla- products that are much easier to find now, and others supported the shift. fense. hakis for $675,000. The property is listed not just at grocery stores but at farmers “We felt that the use of a noncriminal “We don’t want to lock everybody up for as 8,044 square feet, of which about half markets and elsewhere, Woiwode said. approach was a better approach,” Meadows everything,” he said. is occupied by the food co-op’s retail store, But she said the co-op’s mission isn’t just said. Meadows praised the change, which he which is open to the public. The rest is about the groceries it provides but the “val- Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, spon- had advocated when he served in the Michi- leased. ue of having a community-owned store.” sored the legislation. He said he epects the gan House of Representatives. Woiwode said that in addition to cash She said it is more committed to its governor will sign it. “I never liked that we were writing misde- flow concerns, the co-op wants to preserve workers than large corporations. It is also He said it was to address “an extremely meanor tickets at the outset,” Meadows said. its equity, which she valued at $100,000 to more involved in the community through unreasonable approach.” He noted the City Council just approved $200,000. volunteer efforts by members, as well as by “I had parents calling and their son or an ordinance decriminalizing possession of She discounted a report that foreclosure providing financial support. daughter was caught with a beer but now small amounts of marijuana. Under the or- was imminent, but she said the mortgage “Cooperatives are not the most efficient was facing a criminal charge that was going dinance, adopted by City Council in Octo- holder, Lake Trust Credit Union, is “con- corporate structure,” she said, “but they are to stick with them for the rest of their lives,” ber, an individual 21 and older can possess cerned about our finances and wants us to the most democratic. And that, for us who he said. up to an ounce of marijuana and smoke it be realistic.” are the owners, is what really matters.” He stressed that the new legislation on private property. Those under 21 caught The food co-op is located a few blocks does not change criminal charges related to with pot would face a civil infraction with from two major healthy food competitors, — Berl Schwartz drinking while under the influence. Minors a $25 fine and a requirement they attend a Whole Foods, which opened last spring, who consume alcohol and drive can still substance abuse class. face criminal prosecution. However, under Both moves, he said, rectify a poor public the new legislation, the first time a minor is policy move. Rana Elmir, deputy director of the caught with alcohol, a civil citation, similar “Law enforcement has a tendency to go Yiannopoulis ACLU of Michigan, said her group is also to traffic ticket, will be issued. after the low-hanging fruit,” he said. “Like reviewing the event for possible First Under current law, a first offense for mi- the high school sophomore with a couple of from page 6 Amendment issues. nor in possession, referred to as MIP, can joints. I’m not sure that’s good public policy.” “A student has approached us about the result in a fine of $100, probation, alcohol For his part, Jones, who opposed decrim- because one media outlet was given access. situation, and we're looking into it,” she treatment and the potential of time in jail. inalization of marijuana but does support Under the law, she said, because the said. “However, issues related to the First Subsequent offenses could lead to a $200 medical marijuana, said he would favor a group was renting the facility they have Amendment are rarely black and white — fine, and up to 30 days in jail, plus probation move to change possession of marijuana in “tenant rights,” which means they can pick facts and context matter and therefore it and alcohol treatment. small amounts to a civil infraction. and choose who gets into an event. would be irresponsible to comment before The new legislation could see a first-time “It was common when I was a police of- “Free speech is all about the idea of the we do our investigation.” offender face a $100 fine and alcohol classes. ficer, that if you caught someone with a bag- exchange of ideas and viewpoints, and A second offense could rack up a $200 fine gie of pot, and they were polite, you’d wave it when you try to limit who participates — Todd Heywood and alcohol classes. A third charge would in the wind, dumping out the contents,” he then that undermines that very aspect of result in a criminal charge, still a misde- said. “Then you’d say, don’t let me catch you the First Amendment,” she said. meanor. doing it again.” East Lansing reported issuiing about 300 MIP charges so far this year. — Todd Heywood PUBLIC NOTICES Jones said there is a disparity among juris- CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN NOTICE OF POSTING OF TOWNSHIP BOARD MINUTES PUBLIC NOTICES On December 7, 2016, the following minutes of the proceedings of the Meridian Township Board were sent for posting in the following locations: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED WATER PROJECT WEST SIDE WATER SUPPLY, CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING, MICHIGAN Meridian Township Municipal Building, 5151 Marsh Road Meridian Township Service Center, 2100 Gaylord C. Smith Court ALL INTERESTED PERSONS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF LANSING, WEST SIDE WATER DISTRICT: Hope Borbas Okemos Branch Library, 4321 Okemos Road West Side Water will hold a public hearing on Tuesday December 27th at 6:00pm at the Haslett Branch Library, 1590 Franklin Street Lansing Township Office Board Room, 3209 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road The purpose of the public hearing is to provide an opportunity for comment on the Snell Towar Recreation Center, 6146 Porter Ave. upcoming proposed water main upgrade projects at various locations within the West Side Water and the Township Web Site www.meridian.mi.us. District boundary. A map of the locations for water main replacements will be available at the meeting. This project is expected to be financed through a loan from the Rural Development Agency of the U.S. November 15, 2016 Regular Meeting Department of Agriculture. At the public hearing all citizens, taxpayers and property owners of the West Side Water BRETT DREYFUS, CMMC District shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in regard to the proposed project. TOWNSHIP CLERK

CP#16-276 CP#16-275 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 14, 2016 Opening up to the ‘other’ Veteran diversity trainer Joanna Stark ponders — and fights — human nature

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO about love, logistics and married life Joanna Stark has an odd way of stay- when one spouse is blind and the other is ing inspired, even for a teacher. The fol- not. She once told Stark’s students about lowing slip of student feedback is taped her first encounter with J.J. Jackson, to her kitchen wall: when she was in her stressful third week “On the first day of class, I saw this lit- as a driver for Spec-Tran, CATA’s extend- tle old lady coming down the hall, and I ed service for people with disabilities. said to myself — or was it God? — ‘please “I was very overwhelmed and had a don’t let that be her.’” van full of people, and I asked how to get The more they dread Stark, the better to Grand River,” she said. “The only guy she likes it. At 86, she is Exhibit A in her who answered was this blind guy in the own long-running class on dealing with back of the van.” workplace diversity. She eventually fell in love with “the “They come in thinking I’m going to blind guy” and married him. be an old fuddy-duddy,” Stark said. The stories told in Stark’s classes reso- Flipping prejudice into respect is her nate beyond the categories in the sylla- stock in trade. About 10,000 students bus. One of Stark’s students approached have taken Stark’s Lansing Community Cindy Jackson after the class and told College’s class in diversity in the work- her that although she had no disability, place during her time there. (Other in- their story had opened her up to the pos- structors have also taught alongside her.) sibility that she, too, could be happy in Last week, she led her last class at love and life. LCC. She is retiring this year after 40 “That just blew me away,” Jackson years of teaching. said. Martha Bibbs, the first African-Amer- Stark’s disability panels include peo- ican and first female director of person- ple with hearing impairments, cerebral nel service for the state of Michigan, has palsy and, perhaps most revealingly, known and worked with Stark for most people with “hidden disabilities.” of those years. Among the latter is another LCC “She has been consistent in her dedi- teacher, Sylvia Wood, who, at 17, was one cation to issues of diversity,” Bibbs said. of the first people in Michigan to get a “She’s lived it, and she teaches it.” pacemaker. Wood looked able-bodied at That dedication even extends to a casual glance, but her story turned a Stark’s TV habits. light on for Cindy Jackson. “I never watch ‘Mad Men,’ because I “Sylvia talked about fainting, pass- don’t want to go back to those days,” she ing out, being weak and not being able said. to do things,” Jackson said. “People told her she was just trying to get attention. It Moved to tears made me think deeply about what people The first time Cindy Jackson sat in with disabilities go through.” on one of Joanna Stark’s classes, she was In Stark’s class, J.J. Jackson has field- moved to tears. ed all kinds of questions about dating, “A lot of people were,” Jackson said. how he handles his home, how he match- “Her class opened me up on a much es up his clothing, what it’s like to be a deeper level.” father as a blind person. He tells them The heart of Stark’s approach is to about his high-level job as a human re- bring guest panelists to her class to talk source manager at Amoco Oil in Chicago about their lives as women, African- and explains how he manages interview- Americans, people with disabilities, La- ing job applicants, arranges travel and tinos, Native Americans, Asians, LGBTQ handles other work demands. people or members of any group that is “They’re afraid of the unknown, of our marginalized or stereotyped. disability, and it’s up to us to eliminate Jackson’s husband is J.J. Jackson, a those barriers of fear and remind them former MSU faculty member and advo- that we’re just like they are,” Jackson cate for people with disabilities. He has said. “We have the same hopes, the same appeared on Stark’s panels for 20 years, desires and pains. We’re all connected in both as a blind person and as an African- this big universe.” American man. Martha Bibbs said some students Cindy Jackson often joined her hus- Courtesy Photo band on Stark’s panels to talk frankly See Stark, Page 9 Joanna Stark already looked formidable at age 8, on a farm near Bowling Green, Ohio. City Pulse • December 14, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

singing in choir. The experi- ence had an impact on her life Stark that went beyond music. The choir director took the from page 16 group to the East Coast and come into the class “very skeptical,” and into the South, a new experi- Stark doesn’t discourage them from say- ence for Stark and the other ing so. Bibbs served on Stark’s panels members. several times with her husband, former On one tour, just inside MSU track and field coach Jim Bibbs. the Mississippi state line, the She didn’t mind when a white student choir bus stopped and the asked her why African-Americans “stick director let everyone off for together” in cities and don’t move to the a daily one-mile walk. Stark country. Far from being offended, she and a few other women wan- welcomed the chance for dialogue in the dered into a nearby field to safe space Stark had created. prod the spindly, fluffy cotton “We answer them honestly,” Bibbs plants, which they had never said. “It’s not a situation where they feel seen before. A man on horse- they are being blamed. We have just got back gallantly approached to get to know each other.” them and asked what they were doing. Bowling Green and beyond They told him they were Joanna Stark wasn’t too fond of milk- on their way to Tougaloo Col- ing cows, cleaning chicken coops and lege, a historically black col- “slopping hogs” on a farm near Bowling lege near Jackson, to perform Green, Ohio, where she grew up. a concert. But she excelled at business classes, He ordered them off his Courtesy Photo typing and shorthand at Bowling Green property. State University, all the while suppress- “All this Southern charm, Stark read the newspaper over the radio to visually impaired people for 20 years. ing a deeper desire to become a doctor. then boom — when he found “Girls weren’t encouraged to go in that out we were going to a black hood, west of Harrison Road and south County — and they weren’t the only op- direction,” she said. college, he kicked us out,” Stark said. “It of Kalamazoo Street, where she still ponents. She parlayed her business skills into was a defining moment for me. I had re- lives. She gladly sent her kids to the “A guy who used to run a gun shop part-time jobs almost immediately, but ally no idea of discrimination, other than multi-hued Red Cedar Elementary. would drive by (the shelter) and check what she enjoyed most at BGSU was against girls.” As a haven of diversity, the neighbor- how many lights were on,” Stark recalled. The choir went on to Tou- hood fell short in one respect. The Starks The Women’s Commission also set up galoo College, sang the con- were one of only two Jewish families who a task force on sexual assault, which was cert, stayed in a dorm with lived there in the early 1980s. (Stark con- also opposed by some of the male com- black students and had a verted to Judaism, her husband’s faith.) missioners. great time. “I remember a third-grader at Red Ce- Stark taught management training at About 40 schools around dar saying, ‘Do you live in a tent?’” Stark nearly every state prison in the 1980s, Bowling Green were inter- said. “I thought to myself, ‘They’ve been when women began to be hired as cor- ested in hiring Stark, but reading too many Christian Bible sto- rections officers. she wanted to go to a big city ries.’” “They were the toughest,” she said. and opted for Cincinnati. She “They didn’t want to hear about women.” taught typing in an inner-city Power and pushback Male resistance to gender equality neighborhood and had only Joanna Stark admitted that her hus- never comes as a surprise to Stark. one white student in her class. band, a Jew from the Bronx, was more “Who wants to give up power? No- In 1961, Joanna moved to “sophisticated about differences” than body,” she said. East Lansing with her hus- she was at first, but she caught up fast. Stark found that the best way to win band, Stanley Stark. A pro- After many of Stanley Stark’s classes, his men over, whether she was dealing with fessor at the University of panelists and students gathered at the a corrections officer or a county com- Illinois at the time, Stanley house to eat and socialize. missioner, was to ask how they’d feel if had just been hired at MSU, As her kids grew older, Stark found their own wives or daughters had been where he would teach for 31 part-time work at Michigan’s Civil Ser- unfairly treated. years. vice Commission and got involved in a “Men with daughters are converts,” As a business management variety of causes and activities. For 20 she said with a trace of irony. “It’s funny. professor at MSU, Stanley years, she read newspapers for the blind You’d thing they would (be) with wives, Stark introduced courses on on the radio. but there are so many men who feel they women and minorities in the In the 1970s, U.S. Sen. Debbie Sta- can tell (their wives) what to do, how to workplace. benow, then the chairwoman of Ing- vote. That happened a lot last Novem- “They didn’t even know ham County Board of Commissioners, ber.” how to spell ‘diversity’ back appointed Joanna Stark to lead the In- When Stanley Stark retired in 1991, then,” Joanna Stark said. gham County Women’s Commission to he had little trouble making the case that She spent much of their investigate employment rights, domestic his wife was qualified to take over his early years together at home, violence and other issues relating to the MSU workplace diversity class. raising three kids, stirring status of women in the county. The com- Before long, LCC asked her to teach a a pot with her left hand and mission set up shelters and counseling variant of her MSU diversity lessons. The Courtesy Photo holding a book with her right. centers in Ingham County and at MSU. syllabus the Starks developed has been In 1979, Stark headed the Ingham County Women's She was overjoyed to live in A few male county commissioners adopted by criminal justice and police Commission and fought male county commissioners to East Lansing’s ethnically di- pushed back, insisting that domestic establish a shelter for victims of domestic abuse. verse Flower Pot Neighbor- violence was not a problem in Ingham See Stark, Page 8 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 14, 2016   

Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse Last week, Stark taught her last workplace diversity classes after 40 years at LCC.

 cepted that men will not stop looking at women. I don’t care if all they do is look. Stark But they don’t give women enough respect in what they can do.” from page 9 With her last class at LCC under her belt, Stark hasn’t decided what she’ll do academies and nursing schools around next. the state. “I won’t be quiet, I know that,” she said. ‘I won’t be quiet’ She will be spending more time at home, In one of Stark’s most enlightening helping her husband with his mounting exercises, she announces to her students health problems. They have been married that she is a magician who can change for 62 years. their sex and asks them how they expect She is still troubled by gender dispari- their lives to change the next morning. ties in education, a problem she relates to “That stymies men,” she said. “They personally. When she was growing up, her don’t get beyond saying, ‘I wake up in the mother limited her to one Saturday trip to morning and play with my boobs.’ Seri- the library and two books a week, which ously, I have gotten that.” she usually had read by Sunday. Almost After the election of Donald Trump, 70 years after leaving the farm, her early ALL ANIMALS. ALL DAY. EVERY DAY. Stark is less sanguine than ever about the thoughts of becoming a doctor still nag at country’s progress where racism and sex- her. ism are concerned. “I might want to work with the push “I fear right now that our differences for STEM (science, technology, engineer- • Anesthesia and Pain • Interventional have been enhanced by the political situ- ing and math) education for girls in the Management Radiology ation,” Stark said. “I’m feeling very unset- schools,” she said. • Behavior Services • Neurology Service • Camelid and Farm • Oncology tled about it; I didn’t think we’d end up In the meantime, it’s no small comfort Animal Services • Ophthalmology here.” to know she has planted seeds of tolerance • Cardiology • Orthopedic Surgery On the other hand, she has been heart- in thousands of hearts and minds. • Dermatology • Primary Care ened by recent progress in rights for LG- She keeps her glowing student evalua- • Diagnostic Imaging/ • Rehabilitation Service BTQ people. She recalled a class 10 years tions like rare meteorites. One of them is Radiology • Soft Tissue Surgery ago where a student started to cry after a the cringing student evaluation cited at • Equine Services • Zoo and Wildlife gay panelist spoke. the beginning of this tale, which goes on • Internal Medicine Service “He seems like such a nice man, but a bit further. he’s going to Hell,” the student sobbed. “The joke was on me,” wrote the student “I don’t have that anymore,” Stark said. who dreaded the approach of the “little old Small Animal 517-353-5420 (24/7) “I hope it continues, but I don’t know. I lady” on the first day of class. “There is still see some hate.” such a wealth of information to be shared Large Animal 517-353-9710 (24/7) After decades of pondering human that it is a shame 16 weeks are almost over. nature — and often fighting it — Stark I will certainly be more open to any teach- said she has learned as much as she has er or manager that I have after this.” cvm.msu.edu/hospital taught. Stark smiled as she watched me read it. “I do think men and women are wired “Stanley put that one up,” she said. differently,” she said. “I have finally ac- “You can’t ask for much more that that.” City Pulse • December 14, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER

Mosaic project honors civil rights activist

By TY FORQUER sage or a symbol that ties into Malcolm X’s Other than a few street signs and a his- life, including handcuffs to represent his torical marker, this is little evidence of the time in prison and a pair of two right feet nearly 15 years Malcolm X spent in Lan- to represent limited social mobility. Other sing. But a new community art project is tiles, like one that reads “black lives mat- hoping to offer a new perspective on the ter,” connect Malcolm X’s message to con- controversial civil rights leader and former temporary social issues. Lansing resident. The mural will remain in the atrium of Last week, REACH Studio Art Center the LCC Library, in the college’s Technolo- and Lansing Community College unveiled gy and Learning Center Building, through a life-size, freestanding mosaic mural of February, which is Black History Month. Malcolm X. The project is a collaboration After that, the piece will move to a perma- between REACH Studio Art Center’s Teen nent home at Lansing’s El-Hajj Malik El- Open Studio and Lansing Community Shabazz Public School Academy, located College sociology students. The Teen Open at 1028 Barnes Avenue, just off of Martin Studio is dedicated to creating community Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The school, Ty Forquer/City Pulse art pieces with a social message. The LCC named after Malcolm X, uses the Arabic A new mural unveiled last week depicts civil rights leader Malcolm X, who lived in students visited the teen artists four times name that he adopted later in life. Lansing as a child. The project is a collaboration between REACH Studio Art Center and over a two-month period to lead discus- Malcolm X’s time in Lansing was Lansing Community College. sions on race relations and civil rights. marked by racial violence and tragedy. “Service learning helps students apply Born in Omaha as Malcolm Little in 1925, Jewelers and working as a busboy at either leader’s controversial views. what they learn in the classroom to real Malcolm X came to Lansing with his fam- the Mayfair Bar or Coral Gables. “He was always portrayed as a violent life,” said LCC sociology and anthropol- ily in 1928. In 1929, the family’s northwest Malcolm X’s turbulent time in Lansing activist, but he really wasn’t,” said LCC ogy professor Aliza Robison. “In this case, Lansing home burned in a suspected ar- set him up for a life in crime and drugs, student Muhamed Musa. “He encouraged we talked to Lansing area high schoolers son, likely by the Ku Klux Klan or a similar which is where most history books pick people to defend themselves, not to be the about Malcolm X and gave them a better group. In 1931, Malcolm X’s father, Earl up his story. Malcolm X was arrested in aggressor.” idea of who he was, what the social move- Little, was killed by a streetcar. His death Boston for burglary and sent to prison, The project includes one element that ment was about and how social inequality was ruled an accident, but rumors sug- where he converted to Islam and eventu- represents the change in Malcolm X’s life. relates to them.” gested he was killed by the Black Legion, ally emerged as a fiery civil rights activist. His glasses, the students explained, feature “Our goal is to create space for dialogue another white supremacist group. In 1939, Until his assassination in 1965, Mal- one regular lens and one mirrored lens, that is often difficult,” added Franchesca Malcolm X’s mother had a nervous break- colm X returned to the Lansing area sev- representing two periods of his life. The Cifuentes, coordinator of LCC’s Center for down and was committed to the Kalama- eral times to visit family and friends. He mirrored lens also allows viewers to sym- Engaged Inclusion, which helped coordi- zoo State Hospital. Malcolm X and his sib- married his wife, Betty Shabazz, nee Sand- bolically see themselves in Malcolm X. nate the project. “I was so proud to see how lings were split up, and he was placed in a ers, in Lansing in 1958, and he spoke at The mosaic also features a smiling Mal- our students dove into it.” foster home in Mason, where he attended Michigan State University in 1963. colm X, a purposeful contrast to the mili- The mural is comprised of small ceram- high school. From there, he bounced be- Several of the teens involved in the tant image often seen in news clippings ic tiles designed by the 10 teen artists and tween Boston, New York and Lansing, in- project said that school civil rights les- and history books. This was not lost on 15 LCC students. Each tile contains a mes- cluding stints in Lansing working at Shaw sons mostly focus on Martin Luther King Deborah Jones, a niece of Malcolm X who Jr. and his message of peace, barely men- traveled from Grand Rapids for the unveil- Ty Forquer/City Pulse tioning Malcolm X. The complex leader’s ing. REACH Studio Art black nationalist views and militant stanc- “When I saw this piece, it was truly Center student es make Malcolm X a delicate subject for emotional,” she said. “I always remember Emily Tschirhart, teachers. uncle Malcolm smiling. It’s heartwarming 16 (right), One of the teen artists, 16-year-old that these students learned so much about discusses her Everett High School student Jasper Bald- him and about each other. This is truly contribution to the win, said Malcolm X’s flaws made him re- amazing.” Malcolm X mosaic latable, as opposed to King, who is often Teen Open Studio participant Kinzer with LCC fine treated with saint-like reverence. Kofoed, a 16-year old student at Okemos’ and performing “He was just like any of us,” Bald- Nexus Academy, was inspired by the way arts coordinator win said. “But he managed to change the Malcolm X turned his life around. Melissa Kaplan. world.” “It started as a sad story of an oppressed The project looked at the entire life of young man,” said Kinzer Kofoed. “It was a Malcolm X, including his childhood in great learning experience, seeing how he Lansing, attempting to give context to the changed throughout his life.” 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 14, 2016

passion help put creativity at the forefront in strengthening and growing our cities and Artistic ovation communities, and we are so fortunate to Arts Council of Greater Lansing have them in our region." recognizes local artists, art supporters The East Lansing Arts Commission, an advisory board to the City Council, was rec- By TY FORQUER ognized for its contributions to public art in Last week, over 200 local artists, art East Lansing, including the city’s Percent for supporters, business leaders and communi- Art ordinance. The policy, which went into ty members gathered at MSU’s University effect nearly two years ago, requires new Club to celebrate the local arts scene. developments to set aside 1 percent of their The Dec. 6 Holiday Glitter event, the total budget to fund permanent public art Arts Council of Greater Lansing’s annual projects. fundraiser, included the group’s Applause “It’s a tremendous honor,” said Arts Com- Awards, as well as a silent auction that fea- mission chairwoman Sarah Triplett. “This tured pieces of art from City Pulse’s first shows the power of a group working with ever Summer of Art. the government to accomplish goals.” The 17 art pieces up for auction were fea- Keys to Creativity, a relatively new non- tured on the cover of City Pulse throughout profit art space in the Lansing Mall, was rec- the summer and on several fall covers pro- ognized for its dedication to education and moting the Art Council’s monthly Arts Night collaborative projects. Larry Grudt, execu- Out event. The silent auction raised over tive director of the nonprofit, was surprised $2,200, with over $660 going to the artists to learn that such a young project would be and the rest benefitting the Arts Council. Six honored with an Applause Award. pieces didn’t sell at the auction, and Deborah “I was blown away,” he said. “There are a Mikula, executive director of the Arts Coun- lot of really solid groups in the area that have cil, is hoping to set up an online auction to been doing great work for a long time.” sell the remaining pieces early next year. Since launching in October 2015, the gal- The Arts Council’s Applause Awards lery has expanded from one storefront to recognize the contributions of artists, arts two. Its Community Art Gallery offers a va- organizations and art patrons in the region. riety of local art for sale, as well as classroom This year’s winners are the East Lansing space, while its Events Gallery hosts individ- Arts Commission, the Greater Lansing Con- ual exhibitions, music events and commu- vention and Visitors Bureau, Peppermint nity meetings. Keys to Creativity also curates Creek Theatre Co. artistic director Chad a space in the Allen Neighborhood Center. Badgero, the Allen Neighborhood Center, Grudt is also thinking beyond the walls of Keys to Creativity and artist/art educator the gallery, trying to find ways to engage Laura Weber-Gajewski. Julie Pingston, se- artists in what he calls the “arts outer ring” nior vice president and COO of the Greater in communities like Charlotte, Williamston Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau, and St. Johns. He’s also looking at opportu- received the Ted Sondag Individual Leader- nities to partner with local theater groups ship Award. and planning a summer-long, region-wide "We are so proud to honor these indi- art project. viduals and businesses who are making a “It’s not just art exhibitions,” Grudt said. difference in their communities through “We’re inviting dance, music, theater — as the arts,” Mikula said. “Their dedication and much creative stuff as we can get into.”

Courtesy Photo Sarah Triplett, chairwoman of the East Lansing Arts Commission, accepts an Applause Award on behalf of the group at last week’s Holiday Glitter event. City Pulse • December 14, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13

Hallward (Kristen Beth Williams), who Guide to Love & Murder” is morbid but swears the man she marries will have never gory. Rapson is the true star, switch- “wealth and property,” Navarro must ob- ing genders and accents and costumes tain earldom by eliminating the eight with every scene, somehow making all of family members before him in the line of his deaths seem justifiable. He’s especially succession (all played by John Rapson). adept nailing double-entendre phrases Staged like like, “May I warm my hands in your muff?” Murder” is a gleefully naughty story with “A Gentleman’s a play within a But his best scenes are opposite Massey Murder by evocative but ultimately unmemorable Guide to Love & play, the show as Navorro leads each D’Ysquith family songs. The show won four Tony Awards Murder” features Navarro member to their unwitting demise. in 2014 including best musical, but it was 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. narrating his Aided by an incredibly ornate set de- (musical) numbers fortunate to not compete with the likes of 14 and Thursday, Dec. 15; 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16; 2 p.m. unlikely journey signed by Alexander Dodge, complete Dark comedy dominates in “Book of Mormon” or “Hamilton.” That and 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. from the bottom with red velvet curtains and digital pro- said, the cast is incredible, with voices to 17; 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. as he coordinates jections designed by Aaron Rhyne that Wharton Center’s latest show match. Add to that exquisite costumes Sunday, Dec. 18 Tickets start at $41/$28 the “accidental” jump locales and continents, the show By PAUL WOZNIAK and a striking set, and this show turns students deaths of almost moves along briskly with minimal set It’s nothing personal, just business — Edwardian murder into comic spectacle. Wharton Center 750 E. Shaw Lane, East all of his rela- changes. family business, that is. For the high body Set in 1909 London, a poor Monty Na- Lansing tives. But don’t The best songs, such as “I Don’t Un- count in the show, “A Gentleman’s Guide varro (Kevin Massey) finds out that he is (517) 432-2000, whartoncenter.com worry, they’re all derstand the Poor,” lightly skewer the to Love & Murder” is relatively tame. But a distant hier of the wealthy D’Ysquith pompous twits bubble of British aristocracy, But the real if you like a little black humor (pronounced “DIE-squith”) family. Review anyway. joy is watching Rapson strut around with with your musical, this show Through family friend Miss Shingle (Jen- Like an Alfred Hitchcock film with mu- a new voice and sneer before comically is a fun night out. nifer Smith), Navarro learns that mother sic by Gilbert and Sullivan, “A Gentleman’s biting it — over and over again. Written by Robert L. Freedman (book was disinherited from the D’Ysquith fam- and lyrics) and Steven Lutvak (music and ily for marrying a musician. In order to lyrics), “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & win the heart of his vain girlfriend Sibella

THE FRIENDS OF Turner-Dodge House & Lansing Parks and Recreation PRESENT 5TH ANNUAL Festival of Trees

Photo by Joan Marcus Monty Navarro (Kevin Massey, right) sets out to claim an earldom by killing off the D'Ysquith heirs (all played by John Rapson, left) in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," which opened at the Wharton Center Tuesday.

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While there are risqué coloring books pens made by Sharpie, Tombow or Pris- on the market, the “adult” in “adult col- macolor. Outside the lines oring books” usually refers more to the “Because they are soft, you can meld Local authors jump into intended audience than to the books’ the colors together,” he said. “The color- content. Local bookstores like Schul- ing book lines are too fine to use tradi- adult coloring book craze er Books & Music and Barnes & Noble tional crayons.” By BILL CASTANIER carry racks of popular adult coloring Preston is already planning his third “Stay within the lines” was a com- books, with topics ranging from intricate coloring book, which will include even mon admonition heard by young baby mandalas to exotic travel sites. There are more of his older work, as well as simple boomers as they worked on their color- also a number of Donald Trump coloring drawing lessons and exercises. One thing ing books. (Those stubby crayons were books which, to no one’s surprise, trend Preston likes about coloring is that you no help.) toward the crude. get to pick your own colors, unlike the Today, those same baby boomers, Locally, artist and caricaturist Dennis 1950s Paint by Numbers kits he grew up joined by millions of others, are driv- Preston has jumped into the market with with. ing an adult coloring craze. The trend two of his own adult coloring books, both “I used to buy Paint by Numbers, but took off in 2013 with the publication of released this year. I just used the oil colors,” Preston said. “I “Secret Garden: an Inky Treasure Hunt “Adults are like little kids in adult was painting werewolves.” and Colouring Book” by Scottish author bodies,” Preston said. “They can put on The trend also offers a fresh revenue Johanna Basford. The author has hit the music they like and create their own stream for huge franchises like “Star bestseller lists again this season with her books.” Wars,” “Harry Potter” and “The Lord of new holiday coloring book “Johanna’s Preston released his first book, “Crea- the Rings,” which all have popular color- Christmas.” tures, Critters and Cuties,” at the urg- Courtesy Photo ing books featuring the critters and char- ing of his spouse and a local promoter. “Nude Coloring Book,” by MSU Professor acters of the books and movies. It is filled with bizarre animals of Pres- Karl Gude, is a collection of tasteful “The nice thing about coloring books ton’s own imagination. His second book, black and white nude figures. 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Wednesday, December 14 Classes and Seminars Courtesy Photo Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for The Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle, a beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 old time music-inspired performance art group, members. Williamston High School, 3939 performs at the National Assembly of State Vanneter Road, Williamston. Arts Agencies at the Grand Rapids Public Arts French Playtime. Playgroup ages 1-6 Museum in September. The group presents its encouraging French language education. 9:30- annual holiday show this weekend. 11:30 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. FREE. Aux Petits Soins, 1824 E. Michigan Ave. Suite F, Lansing. (517) 999- December 16-18 7277, apsfrenchclass.com. Shamanic Education & Healing Clinic. Some holiday enthusiasts start Talk and demos on contemporary shamanism. unpacking the Christmas ornaments narrate our show," said Rogers. chance to perform at our home 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5-$10 donation. Willow Stick and breaking out their holiday "Dylan wrote an original tune that venue,” said Rogers. “We really Ceremonies, 1515 W. Mt. Hope Ave., Suite 3, records as soon as Thanksgiving’s will be debuting during this show," designed the theater from a Lansing. (517) 402-6727, willowstickceremonies. leftovers are in the fridge. The com. added Gluf Magar. "We're upping performance art background. The Lansing Unionized Vaudeville our sketch comedy game this time beautiful theater Spectacle, however, starting Music around. Dr. Dan will be returning with curtain, the blacked Lansing Unionized Manchester Community Brass Band. planning for the season when his crazy experiments that never out stage, the Vaudeville "Silver and Gold (and a bit of brass) for temperatures were still in the 80s. quite go right." decorative elements Spectacle’s fourth Christmas." 8-8:45 p.m. FREE. CADL "The holiday show is its own annual Holiday And of course, there's holiday — I think all of that Show Stockbridge, 200 Wood St., Stockbridge. (517) enterprise," said manager and music. The group presents its own makes a perfect 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16; 851-7810. performer Lindsay Gluf Magar. "We vaudevillian take on classic tunes, environment for the 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. start working on in it September. It Saturday, Dec. 17; 2:30 with swinging arrangements that show.” p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 Events takes months to put together." Allen Market Place — Indoor Season. draw influence from Americana, With months of $12 Locally grown, baked and prepared foods. Founded in 2011 by Dylan Rogers, blues and gypsy jazz. preparations and The Robin Theatre 1105 S. Washington 3-6:30 p.m. FREE. Allen Farmers Market, 1629 E. the musical group specializes in This year’s concert also features a the ideal venue, Ave., Lansing Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911, ow.ly/Bol vaudeville-style performance with new element, which was constructed Lansing Unionized 517luvs.com 1303O4VE. elements drawn from what Rogers by Rogers and his wife, Jeana- Vaudeville Spectacle Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed step describes as "fringe performance meeting. 6 p.m. Donations. Pennsylvania Ave. Dee Allen. The duo put together a is hoping to pack the theater all Church of God, 3500 S. Pennsylvania Ave., art." The group’s shows feature cantastoria, which is a storytelling weekend. The Friday night show Lansing. (517) 899-3215. everything from strong man acts to tradition that features a singer sold out two weeks ago, and the ICACS Whisker Wednesday. Pet adoptions. standup comedy to puppetry. This narrating a story, accompanied Saturday evening show is also sold All animals spayed/neutered, vaccinated and year is the group’s fourth annual by illustrations rolling by on a long out. A Sunday matinee was added to microchipped. Noon-6 p.m. Ingham County holiday show. Animal Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. (517) banner wrapped around two crank accommodate interest. 676-8370. "The holiday show is a little shafts. The practice, which would “We’re excited that it’s now part After School Action Program. Light meal, different from what we do throughout typically take place on public streets, of people’s holiday traditions,” tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside the rest of the year," Rogers said. dates back centuries. Gluf Magar said. “It’s a charming, Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., While the holiday show includes many "It's a really fun micro-theatrical magical, hour-and-a-half journey with Lansing. of the band's usual antics — and a thing," Rogers said. "We like to twists and turns, and we hope that After School Teen Program. For teens in few familiar characters from past incorporate elements of street we somehow add some joy to your grades 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints years — the group hopes to step up Episcopal Church, 800 Abbot Road, East performance in our shows." holidays.” Lansing. (517) 351- 2420, elpl.org. its game in a few key areas. Rogers and Allen are also owners Mindfulness. Meditation for beginners "We have a great puppeteer who and operators of the Robin Theatre, — ALLISON HAMMERLY and experienced. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Donations has built and designed a large- where the holiday show is being held. scale puppet that's going to help us See Out on the Town, Page 17 “It’s exciting for us to have the 16 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 14, 2016 Wally Pleasant at the Loft Friday, Dec. 16 @ The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, $15/$13 adv., 7 p.m. East Lansing anti-folk songsmith Wally Pleasant became a fixture in the local music scene back in the ‘90s thanks to his sharp, humor- ous songbook. While adult life has slowed his output in recent years, Pleasant — now living in Charlotte with his family — has a new al- bum in the works and still performs periodically. He takes the stage Friday for a rare show at the Loft. In his early days, Pleasant played weekly shows at Cuppa Java and was a fixture at Castellani's Mar- ket, Hobie's, WhereHouse Records and open-mic nights at the Riv. A survey of Lansing’s Since his debut some 25 years ago, Pleasant has penned a string of Musical LAndscape stripped-down underground classics like “Denny’s at 4 a.m.,” “Small fri. dec. Time Drug Dealer,” “Stupid Day Job,” “The Day Ted Nugent Killed All By RICH TUPICA the Animals,” and “Dead Rock ‘n’ Roll Stars,” to name a few. 16th Wally Pleasant

Jackpine Snag at the Avenue Cafe

Friday, Dec. 16 @ The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. 18+, $5, 8 p.m. The Avenue Café hosts a heavy bill Friday, featuring local bands DeverauX (melodic metal), the Jackpine Snag (heavy-blues power trio), Past Tense (thrash metal) and Tempest, a hard-rock quartet from Wil- liamston. The Jackpine Snag, known for its noisy, blues-influenced sound, has been a fixture at rock clubs in Lansing and beyond since its formation in 2011. The band, which has released a string of 7-inch singles via the Silver Maple Kill Records imprint, comprises guitarist/vocalist Joe Hart, drummer Todd Karinen fri. dec. and bassist Jason Roedel. The trio’s latest release, “The Fire Tower” EP, was released digitally in June 2014, 16th and a limited edition vinyl version followed a few months later. To sample some of the Jackpine Snag’s ear- Jackpine Snag splitting sounds, visit: thejackpinesnag.bandcamp.com.

Rookie of the Year at Mac's Bar

Monday, Dec. 19 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, $10/$8 adv., 5 p.m. Rookie of the Year frontman Ryan Dunson performed a solo acoustic show over the summer at Mac’s Bar; Monday he returns with the full band. Opening the all-ages show are Fireworks For Buddah, City Under Siege and Carolina Wray. Rookie of the Year, led by indie-pop songwriter Dunson, is on a Midwest/ East Coast tour through December. The North Carolina-based outfit has seen many lineup changes since its formation in 2005, but Dunson has been a constant. Over the years, the emo-tinged outfit has released mon.dec. a string of albums via One Eleven Records, along with some self-released efforts. The hard work has led to some Billboard charts action and several tours, including spots on Van’s Warped Tour. 19th Rookie of the Year

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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Service Industry Night, 3 p.m. All Star Open Mic, 8 p.m. Past Tense, 8 p.m. Holiday Tease a GoGo, 9 p.m. Black Cat, 115 Albert Ave. Buddies - Okemos, 1937 W Grand River Ave John Persico, 9 p.m. Classic Bar & Grill, 16219 Old US 27 Lee Groove, 9 p.m. Champions, 2440 N. Cedar St. Lee Groove, 7 p.m. Coach’s Pub & Grill, 6201 Bishop Rd. DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. Blue Haired Bettys, 9 p.m. Jammin' DJ, 8 p.m. Colonial Bar, 3425 S Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Open Mic, 9 p.m. Homespun, 9 p.m. Homespun, 9 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. EagleMonk Brewery, 4906 W. Mt. Hope Hwy Craig Hendershott, 7 p.m. Eaton Rapids Craft Co., 204 N Main St. Steve Cowles, 6 p.m. Darrin Larner, 6 p.m. Esquire, 1250 Turner St. Karaoke with DJ Jamie, 9 p.m. DJ Fudgie, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 10 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Live Blues w/ The Good Cookies, 8 p.m. Mike Skory & Friends, 8:30 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9:30 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9:30 p.m. Gallery Brewery, 142 Kent St. Open Mic, 7 p.m. Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. "Johnny D" Blues Night, 9 p.m. Karaoke Kraze, 9 p.m. Harrison Roadhouse, 720 Michigan Ave., Alistair, 5:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Cheap Girls & Wally Pleasant, 7 p.m. I Prevail, 6:30 p.m. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Secret Space/Heart Attack Man, 7 p.m. Shapes & Colors/Stories Untold , 7 p.m. Speak Easy, 8 p.m. Flash Photography , 7 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic w/ Jen Sygit, 9 p.m. Jennifer Lewis & the Professionals, 9 p.m. Freddie Cunningham Blues Band, 9 p.m. Spoonful, 9 p.m. Reno's East, 1310 Abbot Road The New Rule, 8 p.m. Alistair, 8 p.m. Reno's North, 16460 Old US 27 The New Rule, 8 p.m. Reno's West, 5001 W. Saginaw Hwy. Life Support, 8 p.m. Rush Clement, 8 p.m. Ryan's Roadhouse, 902 E. State St. Tavern & Tap, 101 S. Washington Square Tavern House Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. Tequila Cowboy, 5660 W. Saginaw Hwy. ONE – Only Tribute to Metallica, 8:15 p.m. LOCASH, 8:15 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog Open Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m. Live Music, 9 p.m. Live Music, 9 p.m. Watershed Tavern and Grill 5965 Marsh Rd. Trevor Compton, 7 p.m. Capitol City DJs, 10 p.m. Capitol City DJs, 10 p.m. Waterfront Bar and Grill, 325 City Market Dr. Mike Skory Blues, 6 p.m. Oxymorons, 8 p.m. City Pulse • December 14, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17

(517) 272-9840, cadl.org. THURSDAY, DEC. 15 >> LADYLIKE GALA AT PEPPERMINT CREEK THEATRE COMPANY Film Movement Series. Short Film Festival Out on the town featuring award-winning, foreign or independent For its 2016-17 season, Peppermint Creek Theatre Company is highlighting the film. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. CADL Okemos, 4321 Okemos from page 15 roles of women in society with a series of female-focused plays. It’s annual Road, Okemos. (517) 347-2021, cadl.org. Holiday Gift Wrapping Party. Wrap your gifts welcome. Van Hanh Temple, 3015 S. Washington holiday gala further explores these themes through discussion and performance. with some supplies provided. 5:30-7:30 p.m. DeWitt Ave., Lansing. (517) 420-5820, ow.ly/CIHU305nMqx. The evening features musical performances by local female singers, as well as District Library, 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) Arm Knitting. For ages 6 and up. 1-2 p.m. FREE. visits from special guests like WLNS broadcaster Jane Aldrich and Suban Nur 669-3156, ow.ly/bsO4306Vdly. CADL Holt-Delhi, 2078 Aurelius Road, Holt. (517) 694- Ladies Silver Blades Figure Skating Club. All 9351, cadl.org. Cooley of Capital Gains Media. Proceeds from the gala help fund the company's skill levels welcome. 9:30-11:20 a.m. $5 and yearly Family Storytime. Ages up to 6 build early literacy season. 7-9 p.m. $30. Peppermint Creek Theatre Company, 6025 Curry Lane, dues fee. Suburban Ice, 2810 Hannah Blvd., East skills. 11:15 a.m.-noon. FREE. CADL Webberville, 115 Lansing. (517) 927-3016, peppermintcreek.org. Lansing. (517) 881-2517, ladiessilverblades.com. S. Main St., Webberville. (517) 521-3643. Mason Codependents Anonymous. 7-8 p.m. Preschool Holiday Storytime. Preschoolers Rey Community Center, 1717 N. High St., Lansing. Drop-in LEGO Club. Ages 4 and up use FREE. Mason First Church of the Nazarene, 415 E. enjoy holiday stories and craft. 9:30-10 a.m. FREE. CADL Senior Reminiscing Series. Join us for imagination skills. 3:15-4:30 p.m. FREE. CADL Maple St., Mason. CADL Foster, 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing. (517) 485- fun and nostalgia. 12:30-1:30 p.m. FREE. Williamston Webberville, 115 S. Main St., Webberville. (517) 521- Rock Your Mocs | 21st Century Michigan 5185, cadl.org. Senior Center, 201 School St., Williamston. 3643, cadl.org. Through Native Eyes. Panel discussion on native Senior Discovery Group. Joan Nelson speaks on Coloring for Adults. Supplies and hot beverages Drum Circle. Meditative drumming session. 7-9 governance, traditions, environmental sustainability recent travels to Micronesia. 10 a.m.-noon. FREE. provided. Call to register. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. CADL p.m. $10 suggested donation. Inner Ascended and more. 5:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Michigan History Allen Market Place, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Mason, 145 W. Ash St., Mason. (517) 676-9088. Masters Ministry, 5705 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. Center, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 241- allenneighborhoodcenter.org. Decorate a Gingerbread House. Ages 8-12 make lightiam.org. 6852, ow.ly/5D7B305wEyF. Toddler Holiday Storytime. Toddlers enjoy mini gingerbread house. Call to register. 4-5 p.m. Family 3D Print It. Use simple software to design Winter Wonderland Storytime. Holiday music, holiday stories and crafts. 10:30-11 a.m. FREE. CADL FREE. CADL Williamston, 201 School St., Williamston. personalized gift. Call to register. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. stories, and hot cocoa. Call to register. 5-6 p.m. Foster, 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing. (517) 485-5185, (517) 655-1191, cadl.org. CADL South Lansing, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. See Out on the Town, Page 18 cadl.org.

Theater A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder. Broadway musical comedy about an heir to a family fortune. 7:30 p.m. Tickets from $41. Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000, whartoncenter.com.

Thursday, December 15 Classes and Seminars Lunch at the Senior Center. Call day before A SPECIAL HOLIDAY EVENT to order meal. Noon-1 p.m. $5.75/$3 suggested THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15TH donation for ages 60 and up. Meridian Senior Center, 4406 Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 706- OPEN TIL 8Pm 5045, meridianseniorcenter.weebly.com. (TOPS) Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh-in 5:15 p.m.; meeting 6 p.m. First meeting FREE. Room 207, Haslett Middle School, 1535 Franklin St., Haslett. (517) 927-4307. A Course in Miracles. Four-week workshop on peace and forgiveness. 7-9 p.m. Unity Spiritual Center of Lansing, 230 S. Holmes Road, Lansing. (517) 371-3010, unitylansing.org. Celebrate Recovery. For all hurts and hang-ups. 6 p.m. Donations welcome. Trinity Church (Lansing), 3355 Dunckel Road, Lansing, (517) 492-1866.

Literature and Poetry Chipmunk Story Time: Earl the Squirrel. Storytime and nature activities. 10-11 a.m. $3. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian Township. (517) 349-3866, bit.ly/HNCprg.

Music Open Mic @ The Colonial Bar & Grill. Weekly bring-your-own-instrument open mic. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. The Colonial Bar & Grille, 3425 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. (517) 882-6132.

Events After School Action Program. Light meal, MUSIC BY PHIL DENNY, FIVE UNTIL EIGHT PM tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. FESTIVE SHOPPING WITH COMPLIMENTARY WRAPPING After School Teen Program. For teens in grades 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal THE SEASON’S BEST GIFT IDEAS Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 2420, elpl.org. 12-Step Meeting. AA/NA/CA all welcome. In room . . 209. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. Cristo 113 North Washington Downtown Lansing 517 482 1171 kositcheks. com 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 14, 2016

Friday, December 16 Lansing. (517) 483-1488, lcc.edu/showinfo. fortune. 8 p.m. Tickets from $41. Wharton Center, Out on the town Sistrum Bright and Gay Cabaret. Concert by 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000, Classes and Seminars women's choir. 7 p.m. $15. Central United Methodist whartoncenter.com. French Playtime. Playgroup ages 1-6 encouraging Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. sistrum.org. Happendance & MSU Orchesis. Holiday Dance from page 17 French language education. 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 4-6 Mason Orchestral Society Holiday Concert. Celebration. 8-10 p.m. $15/$10 seniors. Riverwalk p.m. FREE. Aux Petits Soins, 1824 E. Michigan Ave. Featuring 'Carol of the Bells,' 'White Christmas' Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. FREE. CADL Williamston, 201 School St., Williamston. Suite F, Lansing. (517) 999-7277, apsfrenchclass.com. and others. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. Subtext. 1st Semester Theatre Studio Play. 8 p.m. (517) 655-1191. Mud & Mug. Pottery course. 7-10 p.m. $25. Reach St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 955 Alton Road East FREE. Black Box Theatre, 411 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. Studio Art Center, 1804 S. Washington Ave. Lansing. Lansing. (517) 351-7215, masonorchestras.org. lcc.edu/showinfo. Theater (517) 999-3643, reachstudioart.org. The Coffeehouse at All Saints. Musical/spoken Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder. word showcase 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Events Broadway musical comedy about an heir to a family beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 Episcopal Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. After School Teen Program. For teens in grades fortune. 7:30 p.m. Tickets from $41. Wharton Center, members. Williamston High School, 3939 Vanneter madmimi.com/s/05f514. 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000, Road, Williamston. Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- whartoncenter.com. Theater 2420, elpl.org. Music A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder. Back to the Moon for Good. Show on space LCC Rock Band. Directed by Chris Rollins. 7:30 Broadway musical comedy about an heir to a family exploration. 8-9 p.m. $3-4. Abrams Planetarium, 755 p.m. FREE. Dart Auditorium, 500 N. Capitol Ave. See Out on the Town, Page 19

SATURDAY, DEC. 17 >> COCOA AND CLASSICS AT THE BROAD ART MUSEUM Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones

The Broad Art Museum invites students and families to get cozy in its education "Make It Work"— wing with some hot cocoa and holiday tunes. Local singers Twyla Birdsong, a freestyle puzzle Benjamin Hall and Julianna Wilson and keyboardist Corey Kendrick perform full of style. seasonal tunes, and visitors can work on winter-inspired art activities. 3-5 p.m. Matt Jones FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Circle Drive, East Lansing. (517) 884-4800, broadmuseum.msu.edu. Across 1 Divisions of "The Hunger Games" DEC. 16-17 SISTRUM'S BRIGHT AND GAY CABARET series 10 One-named R&B Lansing women's chorus Sistrum presents its annual cabaret-style holiday concert, singer with the hit "1, 2 Step" this year under the guidance of its new artistic director, DeWitt Public Schools 15 Unaware choral conductor Meghan Eldred. The concert features music celebrating several 16 Historic account religious traditions, including new and classic tunes, as well as works inspired by 17 1990 Warrant hit the poetry of Robert Frost and Sara Teasdale. Audience members are invited to that was overplayed on MTV, but banned join on several numbers, and American Sign Language interpretation is provided by Canada's Much- for both concerts. $15 /$100 for table of eight. 7 p.m. Friday; 3 p.m. Saturday. Music Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. sistrum.org. 18 Urban Dictionary fodder 19 Need to unwind DEC. 16-18 >> HOLIDAY DANCE CELEBRATION AT RIVERWALK THEATRE 20 So last week 21 Strong quality 45 South African 4 Like some cranes fermentation tanks Holiday music comes alive at Riverwalk Theatre this weekend as two local 22 Home to part of playwright Fugard 5 Bumps an R down to 31 Ride, perhaps Lake Tahoe, for short dance groups team up for a special holiday show. Happendance, one of the 46 Potential Snapchat a PG-13, perhaps 35 Tropics definer 23 Essence from rose debut of 2017 6 Peaceful poem longest running modern dance companies in Michigan, and MSU Orchesis, a 36 2016 NBC family petals 48 Track on a compi- 7 Barnyard fowls drama full of surprise student dance organization, come together to perform a seasonal concert on 24 "Guarding ___" lation album, maybe 8 Troika moments Riverwalk's intimate stage. Dancers are set to perform several short pieces, (1994 Nicolas Cage 52 "___ More" (Back- 9 More questionable, 40 Original host of movie) ranging from classical ballet to contemporary dance and hip hop. 8 p.m. Friday- street Boys song) maybe "This Old House" 26 Nearby 53 Broadcast 10 1980s defense sec- Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $15/$10 seniors, students and military. Riverwalk 42 What some rib- 28 Put the ___ on 55 Chronicler of Don retary Weinberger bons denote Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700, riverwalktheatre.com. (squelch) Juan 11 Tardy 43 Spanish Formula 31 Bezos or Buffett, 56 Exploiting, in 12 Phish lead vocalist One racer Fernando e.g. England Trey 44 "I Want ___!" (1958 SUDOKU INTERMEDIATE 32 Enjoy Mt. Hood, 57 Orange Free State 13 Rifle-man? Susan Hayward film) say colonizers 14 Suspected Soviet 47 "Freek-A-Leek" TO PLAY 33 Eerie sign 58 Cheapen spy of the McCarthy rapper ___ Pablo 34 Phone setting 59 Chimichanga era 49 Basketball Hall-of- Fill in the grid so that every 36 Accessories often ingredient 25 Title sheep in a Famer Thomas gifted in June 60 Protectors of the wordless Aardman 50 Al ___ (pasta row, column, and outlined 37 Bait shop purchase orbs? movie request) 38 1958-61 polit. alli- 27 Fenway star Gar- 51 Neatens a lawn 3-by-3 box contains the ance Down ciaparra 54 Transportation to numbers 1 through 9 exactly 39 "Nature ___ a 1 Obiter ___ 28 Bulgogi or galbi, Tel Aviv vacuum" 2 "___ Life: The John e.g. once. No guessing is required. 41 Put under a spell Lennon Story" (2000 29 "Can't fool me!" The solution is unique. 44 "Star Trek: TNG" TV biopic) 30 Source for wood counselor Deanna 3 Mushroom features used in Budweiser Answers on page 21 ©2016 Jonesin’ Crosswords • For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Ans wers Page 21 City Pulse • December 14, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 19

Night, Deadly Night." 9 p.m. FREE. Windwalker Gallery, 125 S. Cochran St., Charlotte. facebook. Out on the town com/FreakshowFilmFest. Subtext. 1st Semester Theatre Studio Play. 8 p.m. from page 18 FREE. Black Box Theatre, 411 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. lcc.edu/showinfo. Science Road, East Lansing. (517) 355-4672. ow.ly/ SOuP304fb2G. Events Howl at the Moon: Guided Night Walk. Dogs Drop-in Wycinanki Craft. Make a wintry paper on non-retractable leashes welcome. 7-8 p.m. $3. cutting craft while supplies last. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian CADL Holt-Delhi, 2078 Aurelius Road, Holt. (517) Township. (517) 349-3866, bit.ly/HNCprg. 694-9351, cadl.org. Jingle Bell Storytime. Merry tales and sing-a-long Drop-in Ornament Making. All ages can make songs for ages 2-6. Call to register. 10:30-11:30 a.m. holiday ornament with provided supplies. 11:30 a.m.- FREE. CADL Mason, 145 W. Ash St., Mason. (517) 2:30 p.m. FREE. CADL Foster, 200 N. Foster Ave., 676-9088, cadl.org. Lansing. (517) 485-5185, cadl.org. Minecraft Game Night Using a Library Family Tree Talk. Bring family photos and flash Computer. Ages 8-15 game together. Call to drive to search ancestry.com Library Edition. 2-5 register. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. CADL Holt-Delhi, 2078 p.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing, 3500 S. Cedar St., Aurelius Road, Holt. (517) 694-9351, cadl.org. Lansing. (517) 272-9840, cadl.org. Free Milk & Cookies for Pets. Dog- and human- friendly treats. 11-3 a.m. FREE. All Soldan's locations, Saturday, December 17 see web for addresses. soldanspet.com. Classes and Seminars Free Public Tours. Meet at Visitor Services just C Division Advanced Speakers Toastmasters. before tour. 1 p.m. FREE. Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Theme of "Reflection." 9:30-11:30 a.m. FREE. Dart Circle Drive, MSU Campus East Lansing. Bank, 1020 Charlevoix Drive, Grand Ledge. (517) Holiday Storytime. Stories, activities and 896-4091, 5799.toastmastersclubs.org. refreshments for ages 3 and up. 11 a.m.-noon. FREE. French Club for Kids. Activity group for ages 6-12 CADL Dansville, 1379 E. Mason St., Dansville. (517) encouraging French language use. 2-4 p.m. FREE. 623-6511, cadl.org. Aux Petits Soins, 1824 E. Michigan Ave. Suite F, ICACS Holiday All Nighter. Animal shelter offers Lansing. (517) 999-7277, apsfrenchclass.com. reduced adoption rates. 11 a.m.-4 a.m. Ingham French Playtime. Playgroup ages 1-6 encouraging County Animal Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. (517) French language education. 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 4-6 676-8370, ac.ingham.org. p.m. FREE. Aux Petits Soins, 1824 E. Michigan Ave. Suite F, Lansing. (517) 999-7277, apsfrenchclass.com. See Out on the Town, Page 20

Music Sistrum Bright and Gay Cabaret. Concert by women's choir. 3 p.m. $15. Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. sistrum.org. Breath of Heaven. Choir and string quartet, with dessert reception. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Okemos Community Church, 4734 Okemos Road, Okemos. okemoscommunitychurch.org. Grand Ledge Holiday Wishes. Christmas music and holiday cheer for the Grand Ledge Food Bank. 7 p.m. $8/$10 at door. Grand Ledge High School, 820 Spring St., Grand Ledge. 40 MSUFCU Showcase Series: A Jazzy Little Christmas. With the MSU Professors of Jazz. 8 p.m. $20/$18 seniors/$10 students and kids. Fairchild Theatre, 542 Auditorium Road, East Lansing. (517) 353-5340, music.msu.edu.

Theater A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder. Broadway musical comedy about an heir to a family fortune. 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets from $41. Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 432- 2000, whartoncenter.com. Freakshow Film Festival. Screening of "Silent

SATURDAY, DEC. 17 >> A JAZZY LITTLE CHRISTMAS WITH MSU PROFESSORS OF JAZZ

MSU’s jazz faculty supergroup presents an evening of swingin’ seasonal hits Saturday. “My colleagues and I really enjoy getting to play our holiday favorites to finish off the semester and ring in the holiday season," said Rodney Whitaker, artistic director for the group and director of jazz studies at the College of Music. In addition to Whitaker on bass, the group features trumpeter Etienne Charles, drummer Randy Gelispie, tenor saxophonist Diego Rivera, pianist Xavier Davis, guitarist Randy Napoleon and trombonist Michael Dease. 8 p.m. $20/$18 seniors/$10 students. Fairchild Theatre, 542 Auditorium Road, East Lansing. (517) 353- 5340, music.msu.edu. 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • December 14, 2016

moon. 2:30-3:30 p.m. $3-4. Abrams Planetarium, 755 Science Road, East Lansing. (517) 355-4672, Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny Dec. 14-20 Out on the town ow.ly/2VGl304fahD.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Living is a form of not that you are? I dare you to more fully acknowledge and from page 19 Arts being sure, not knowing what next or how," said dancer express your singular destiny. Start today! LCC Dance Open House. LCC's jazz, tap, ballet, Tease A Gogo Christmas Circus. Burlesque Agnes De Mille. "We guess. We may be wrong, but we SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "To dream . . . to dream and modern dance classes. 4 p.m. FREE. Dart variety show. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. $10 in advance/$12 take leap after leap in the dark." As true as her words has been the business of my life," wrote author Edgar Auditorium, 500 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 483- at door. The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. might be for most of us much of the time, I suspect they Allan Poe. I don't expect you to match his devotion to 1488, lcc.edu/showinfo. Lansing. teaseagogo.com. don't apply to you right now. This is one of those rare dreams in 2017, Scorpio, but I do hope you will become moments when feeling total certainty is justified. Your more deeply engaged with your waking fantasies and vision is extra clear and farseeing. Your good humor and Music the stories that unfold as you lie sleeping. Why? Because expansive spirit will ensure that you stay humble. As you Sunday, December 18 Grand Ledge Holiday Wishes. Christmas music your usual approaches to gathering useful information take leap after leap, you'll be surrounded by light. Classes and Seminars and holiday cheer for the Grand Ledge Food Bank. 2 won't be sufficient. To be successful, both in the spiritual p.m. $8/$10 at door. Grand Ledge High School, 820 TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "We are torn between Charlotte Yoga Club. Beginner to intermediate. 11 and worldly senses, you'll need extra access to perspec- nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and Spring St., Grand Ledge. tives that come from beyond your rational mind. Here's a.m.-12:15 p.m. $5 annually. AL!VE, 800 W. Lawrence, strange," wrote author Carson McCullers. Are you ready a good motto for you in 2017: "I am a lavish and practical Charlotte. (517) 285-0138, charlotteyoga.net. to give that adage a twist, Taurus? In the coming weeks, Theater dreamer." Juggling. Learn how to juggle. From 2 to 4 p.m. I think you should search for foreign and strange quali- A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder. FREE. Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., ties in your familiar world. Such a quest may initially feel SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Physicist Stephen Broadway musical comedy about an heir to a family East Lansing. (517) 371-5119. odd, but will ultimately be healthy and interesting. It will Hawking is skeptical of the hypothesis that humans may fortune. 1 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets from $41. Wharton Kendo Martial Art Class. Martial arts practice also be good preparation for the next chapter of your someday be able to travel through time. To jokingly Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 432- group. 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Westside Community YMCA, life, when you will saunter out into unknown territory and dramatize his belief, he threw a party for time travelers 3700 Old Lansing Road, Lansing. (269) 425-6677, 2000, whartoncenter.com. find ways to feel at home there. from the future. Sadly, not a single chrononaut showed koyokai.wordpress.com/about. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "If you don't use your own up to enjoy the champagne and hors d'oeuvres Hawking Monday, December 19 imagination, somebody else is going to use it for you," had prepared. Despite this discouraging evidence, I Events Classes and Seminars said writer Ronald Sukenick. That's always true, but it will guarantee that you will have the potential to meet with Holiday Peace Party and Pop-Up Market. Figure Drawing. No drawing experience needed. be especially important for you to keep in mind in 2017. Future Versions of You on a regular basis during the next Live music and local goods sold for local causes. 3 6 to 9 p.m. $15 or less if more people turn out. Inner You Geminis will have an unparalleled power to enlarge, nine months. These encounters are likely to be meta- p.m.-2 a.m. The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Ascended Masters Ministry, 5705 S. Washington refine, and tap into your imagination. You'll be blessed phorical or dreamlike rather than literal, but they will Lansing. ow.ly/Q1Mf30738y0. Ave., Lansing. lightiam.org. with the motivation and ingenuity to make it work for provide valuable information as you make decisions that Free Public Tours. Meet at Visitor Services just Support Group. For the divorced, separated and you in new ways, which could enable you to accomplish affect your destiny for years to come. The first of these marvelous feats of creativity and self-transformation. before tour. 1 p.m. FREE. Broad Art Museum, 547 E. widowed. 7:30 p.m. St. David's Episcopal Church, heart-to-hearts should come very soon. 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272, Now here's a warning: If you DON'T use your willower to Circle Drive, MSU Campus East Lansing. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): During these last take advantage of these potentials, your imagination will Lansing Area Sunday Swing Dance. 6 p.m. $8 stdavidslansing.org. few weeks, you may have sometimes felt like smashing be subject to atrophy and colonization. dance/$10 dance & lesson. The Lansing Eagles, 4700 Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for holes in the wall with your head, or dragging precious CANCER (June 21-July 22): Why are Australian N. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 490-7838. beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 keepsakes into the middle of the street and setting them sand wasps so skilled at finding their way back home One World One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure. members. Williamston High School, 3939 Vanneter on fire, or delivering boxes full of garbage to people who after being out all day? Here's their trick: When they Big Bird and Elmo take imaginary trip to the Road, Williamston. don't appreciate you as much as they should. I hope first leave the nest each morning, they fly backwards, See Out on the Town, Page 21 you abstained from doing things like that. Now here are imprinting on their memory banks the sights they will some prescriptions to help you graduate from unpro- look for when they return later. Furthermore, their exit- ductive impulses: Make or find a symbol of one of your SATURDAY, DEC. 17 >> MILK AND COOKIES FOR PETS AT SOLDAN'S PET SUPPLIES ing flight path is a slow and systematic zigzag pattern that orients them from multiple directions. I recommend mental blocks, and bash it to pieces with a hammer; Santa doesn't get to hog all the milk and cookies this year. Dogs and their owners that you draw inspiration from the sand wasps in 2017, clean and polish precious keepsakes, and perform ritu- can drop by any Soldan's Pet Supplies locations Saturday for some free treats. Cancerian. One of your important tasks will be to keep als to reinvigorate your love for them; take as many trips to the dump as necessary to remove the congestion, Locally-baked snacks from Riker's Dog Treats and Answers goat milk are on the finding your way back to your spiritual home, over and over again. dross, and rot from your environment. menu for dogs, while humans can enjoy eggnog and cookies. Non-canine pets are LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Vault 21, a restaurant in AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Singer-songwriter welcome to enjoy Riker's cookie crumble topping. Holiday attire is encouraged but Dunedin, New Zealand, serves sautéed locusts. For $5, Tom Waits has a distinctive voice. One fan described it not required; limit of one serving per pet. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. All Soldan's locations, see patrons receive a plate of five. The menu refers to the this way: "Like how you'd sound if you drank a quart of dish not as "Oily Sizzling Grasshoppers," but rather as bourbon, smoked a pack of cigarettes and swallowed a web for addresses. soldanspet.com. "Sky Prawns." Satisfied customers know exactly what pack of razor blades. Late at night. After not sleeping they're eating, and some say the taste does indeed for three days." Luckily, Waits doesn't have to actually do resemble prawns. I bring this to your attention, Leo, any of those self-destructive things to achieve his unique SATURDAY, DEC. 17 >> TEASE A GOGO CHRISTMAS CIRCUS because it illustrates a talent you will have in abundance tone. In fact, he's wealthy from selling his music, and has during 2017: re-branding. You'll know how to maximize three kids with a woman to whom he's been married If you think being on Santa’s nice list is overrated, burlesque variety show Tease the attractiveness and desirability of things by present- for 36 years. I foresee a similar potential for you in the A Gogo offers a naughty evening of burlesque, drag, circus-style sideshows and ing them in the best possible light. coming weeks and months. You may be able to capital- VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The literal translation more. Hosted by Naughty Autie, the evening features performers like Vivacious ize on your harmless weirdness . . . to earn rewards by of the German word Kummerspeck is "grief bacon." It expressing your charming eccentricities . . . to be both Miss Audacious, Kitty Hawk, Ed Venture and more. Holiday and/or circus attire refers to the weight gained by people who, while wal- strange and popular. lowing in self-pity, eat an excess of comfort food. I know is encouraged, and attendees can immortalize their festive getups in a free PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Was punk rock born on more than a few Virgos who have been flirting with this June 4, 1976? A fledgling band known as the Sex Pistols photo booth provided by Kendall D. Lartigue Photography. 9 p.m. $12/$10 adv. development lately, although the trigger seems to be played that night for a crowd of 40 people at a small The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. teaseagogo.com. self-doubt as much as self-pity. In any case, here's the venue in Manchester, England. Among the audience good news: The trend is about to flip. A flow of agree- able adventures is due to begin soon. You'll be prodded members was Morrissey, who got so inspired that he SATURDAY, DEC. 17 >> ICACS HOLIDAY ALL-NIGHTER by fun challenges and provocative stimuli that will boost started his own band, The Smiths. Also in attendance your confidence and discourage Kummerspeck. was a rowdy guy who would soon launch the band Joy Division, despite the fact that he had never played The holidays are a time for hope and goodwill, and this extends to our animal LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, an instrument. The men who would later form the companions as well. To help every animal in its shelter find a home for the you are incomparable," wrote journalist Brenda Ueland. Buzzcocks also saw the performance by Johnny Rotten season, the Ingham County Animal Control and Shelter is pulling an all-nighter, Pause for a moment and fully take in that fact, Libra. It's and his crew. According to music critic David Nolan, extending its hours in hopes of luring potential pet owners. Reduced adoption breathtaking and daunting. What a huge responsibility these future pioneers came away from the June 4 show it is to be absolutely unique. In fact, it's so monumental with the conclusion, "You don't have to be a virtuoso or rates are available during the event. To see some of the animals currently that you may still be shy about living up to it. But how a musical genius to be in a band; anyone can do it." I see available at the shelter, see the Pet Page ad on page 2 of this issue. 11 a.m. about if you make 2017 the year you finally come into parallels between this seminal event and your life in the Saturday-4 a.m. Sunday. Ingham County Animal Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. your own as the awesomely unprecedented creature coming weeks. (517) 676-8370, ac.ingham.org. 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East Lansing. members. Williamston High School, 3939 Vanneter Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. 5:45 Road, Williamston. Out on the town p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 Family Storytime. Ages up to 6 enjoy stories, E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 515-5559, songs and activities. 11:15 a.m.-noon. FREE. CADL from page 20 coda.org. Webberville, 115 S. Main St., Webberville. (517) 521- Overeaters Anonymous. You are not alone. 3643, cadl.org. Events Get support in your weight loss. 7 p.m. FREE. Jenga Tournament. Ages 8 and up win small After School Action Program. Light meal, Presbyterian Church of Okemos, 2258 Bennett prizes. Call to register. 1-2:30 p.m. FREE. CADL tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside TOP 5 Road, Okemos. (517) 819-3294. Okemos, 4321 Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 347- Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. Speakeasies Toastmasters. Improve listening, 2021, cadl.org. DINING GUIDE After School Teen Program. For teens in grades analysis, leadership and presentation skills. Noon-1 Minecraft Game Night. Ages 8-15 game together. 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal p.m. FREE. Ingham County Human Services Bldg., Call to register. 5-6:30 p.m. FREE. CADL Dansville, THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 5303 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (616) 841-5176. 1379 E. Mason St., Dansville. (517) 623-6511, cadl.org. GREATER LANSING AS DECIDED 2420, elpl.org. Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Have a support Rock 'n Read Storytime. Ages 3-6 enjoy books, Write for Rights Annual Peace Community system, lose weight. Wheelchair accessible. 6 p.m. music and movement. 10:30-11 a.m. FREE. CADL BY CITY PULSE READERS Gathering. Signing letters in support of prisoners FREE first visit. St. Therese Church, 102 W. Randolph Haslett, 1590 Franklin St., Haslett. (517) 339-2324, of conscience. 6:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. Donations St., Lansing. tops.org. cadl.org. welcome. University United Methodist Church, 1120 Simple Stress Relief Clinic. Q&A on handling Senior Discovery Group Meeting. Talk on CEI Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2016 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing. (517) 336-5921. emotions using flower essences. 6:30-8 p.m. $5- Community Mental Health services and senior Top of the Town contest, we’ve assembled a Atheists and Humanists Meeting. Open forum $10 donation. Willow Stick Ceremonies, 1515 W. mental health. 10 a.m.-noon. FREE. Allen Market guide to your favorite Lansing-area eater- discussing how to handle Trump presidency. 5 p.m. Mt. Hope Ave., Suite 3, Lansing. (517) 402-6727, Place, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 367- ies. We’ll run single categories in the paper $1.75 plus food bill. Asian Buffet, 4920 Marsh Road, willowstickceremonies.com. 2468, allenneighborhoodcenter.org. periodically, but the complete dining guide Okemos. (517) 914-2278, atheists.meetup.com/453. Winter Family Storytime. Seasonal stories and Cards Against Humanity Tournament. Earn is always available on our website or on our Music a handcrafted gift to wrap up for mom. 10:30-11 official mobile app, The Pulse. The app is discounts for winning black cards. 7-10 p.m. FREE. a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing, 3500 S. Cedar St., Jazz Tuesdays at Moriarty's. Featuring Bill Heid. available on iPhone and Android platforms; American Fifth Spirits, 112 N. Larch St., Lansing. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 272-9840, cadl.org. head over to facebook.com/lansingapp or text (517) 999-2631, ow.ly/10wp301l6Sf. Lansing. (517) 485-5287. Allen Market Place — Indoor Season. Locally Christmas Jingo. Drop in to play Jingo and grown, baked and prepared foods. 3-6:30 p.m. “pulse” to 77948 for links to download. celebrate the holidays with Miss Joye. 3:15-4:15 p.m. Bon appétit! Events FREE. Allen Farmers Market, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St., FREE. CADL Leslie, 201 Pennsylvania St., Leslie. (517) After School Action Program. Light meal, Lansing. (517) 999-3911, ow.ly/Bol1303O4VE. 589-9400, cadl.org. Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed step meeting. 6 tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside Mad Science Mondays. Ages 5 and up enjoy p.m. Donations. Pennsylvania Ave. Church of God, Top 4 PIZZA Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. science-based activities. 3-5 p.m. FREE. CADL 3500 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 899-3215. After School Teen Program. For teens in grades Dansville, 1379 E. Mason St., Dansville. (517) 623-6511, ICACS Whisker Wednesday. Pet adoptions. Deluca's restaurant and pizzeria 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal #1 cadl.org. All animals spayed/neutered, vaccinated and Family-owned Italian restaurant famous for Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- Social Bridge. Come play bridge and meet new microchipped. Noon-6 p.m. Ingham County Animal its pizza 2420, elpl.org. 2006 W. Willow St., Lansing people. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. Delta Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. (517) 676-8370. LCC West Toastmasters. Public speaking (517) 487-6087 Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, After School Action Program. Light meal, group. 5-6:30 p.m. LCC West Campus, 5708 delucaspizza.com Lansing. (517) 484-5600. tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside Cornerstone Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-1314, lccwest. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11 Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday; closed toastmastersclubs.org. After School Teen Program. For teens in grades Sunday Minecraft Game Night. Ages 8-15 game together. Tuesday, December 20 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal Call to register. 6-7:15 p.m. FREE. CADL Leslie, 201 Classes and Seminars Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- #2 Cosmos Pennsylvania St., Leslie. (517) 589-9400. Old Town pizzeria known for its adventurous French Playtime. 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it offered.” Metro Lansing restaurant to be shuttered Her first taker was Rick Sauer, who within the last month, following the unex- launched his gourmet burgers-and-pou- pected closures of Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven tine concept, Nomad Kitchen, out of the Pizza and Max & Erma’s in the Eastwood Avenue in September 2015. What started Towne Center and the Beer Grotto in as a six-month lease was extended through downtown Lansing. Heidel said despite January 2017, but last month Sauer was the location’s loss, which he puts at over offered an assistant general manager posi- $200,000 this year alone, he and his part- tion at the Creole in Old Town. Both Sauer ners would still be interested in opening and Kelly said the departure was amicable, another Metro Lansing store. although it does leave the Avenue without “We really like this area and the com- food service for about a month. Still, Kelly munity, but we just need a higher volume was in high spirits earlier this week. location,” Heidel said. “The flow of traffic “Steve is going to be a great addition to and the economics on this side of town the east side,” she said. “His pop-ups were just didn’t work. We make everything from very popular, and he brings a great energy scratch, and that equates to (a lot of waste) with him. And I’m really looking forward to if you have soft lunches and abbreviated eating ramen every day.” dinners, which is what was happening. After a while, it just became painful.” RUCKUS RAMEN / LOTSA PIZZA / FAMOUS DAVE’S / CRAFTY PALATE Fired up Allan I. Ross/City Pulse Lotsa Stone Fired Pizza, a new fast- Crafty exit Last month, restaurateur Jeff Oade added roll-up, garage-style doors to his REO Town building. casual pizza chain, will take over the former Last week, Crafty Palate, 333 S. He’ll spend the next year transforming that space into a restaurant named the Rusty Nail. home of American Apparel in East Lansing Washington Square in downtown Lansing, early next year. Construction crews are cur- announced it will permanently close on rently renovating the space at 115 E. Grand Dec. 21. The news came via the business’ By ALLAN I. ROSS local ingredients and tweaked to appeal River Ave. to transform the former retail Facebook page. The Avenue Café is swapping to American palates. Ruckus Ramen will store into Lotsa’s sixth national location. “It is with a heavy heart that we American fast food for Japanese fast food. be the second ramen restaurant in Metro “It’s an assembly-line style restaurant, announce the closing of Crafty Palate In mid-January, local DJ/aspiring restaura- Lansing, following the opening of Sapporo like Chipotle or Subway,” said spokeswoman Restaurant & Deli,” the statement read. “It teur Steve “DJ Ruckus” Swart will transform Ramen and Noodle Bar in East Lansing Jenna Martino. “We pride ourselves on being was our extreme pleasure to have celebrat- his recent pop-up restaurant experiment, earlier this year. fast and using the freshest ingredients. And ed birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and Ruckus Ramen, into a full-time gig, operat- “We’re doing things a little different from the stone-firing gives the pizza crust a great holidays with so many. We are very thank- ing out of the Avenue’s kitchen. (Sapporo),” Swart said. “I think they’re more combination of chewy and crunchy.” ful for our family, friends and regular guests “This is something I’ve wanted to do for traditional, and we’re a little more experi- Although the other locations offer beer and sincerely hope to see everybody one years,” Swart said. “One of the great things mental with what we’re doing. But there’s and wine, the East Lansing restaurant will last time to express our gratitude for your about living in Lansing is the willingness of plenty of room for good ramen in Lansing.” not have a liquor license. The first Lotsa support and to spread some holiday cheer (business owners) to collaborate and take Last year, Avenue Café owner Colleen opened in West Virginia in October 2015, before we go.” chances with new ideas. You don’t see that Kelly made the novel decision to turn her with additional restaurants opening in Husband-and-wife team Tim and Peggy in bigger cities.” kitchen into a business incubator. Rather college towns in Maryland, Wisconsin and Pinter opened Crafty Palate in May 2015. Swart is planning a Tuesday through than have her own kitchen manager, she Indiana since then. Manager Colleen Dick said that although Saturday dinner hour schedule for Ruckus decided to contract local entrepreneurs “Fast-casual and pizza both do well the restaurant had many loyal customers, it Ramen when it opens next month at the to use her facility, giving them a chance to near college campuses, so it’s a good fit,” struggled to connect with the downtown Avenue, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing’s experiment with their own menus and build Martino said. “We’re really looking forward dining crowd. Eastside Neighborhood. He hosted two a following. For Kelly, it was a win-win. to being in East Lansing.” “There just isn’t enough traffic coming sold-out ramen dinner pop-ups there — “I was never able to get my kitchen in the door,” Dick said. “We had a lot of par- one in November and another last week where I wanted it to be for my customers, Famous no more ties and group events, but the day-to-day — giving him confidence that Lansing will and (turning it into an incubator) solved After a three-year run, the Famous business wasn’t enough.” be receptive to the cuisine. Swart worked that problem,” Kelly said. “It also created an Dave’s barbecue restaurant in Holt abrupt- Dick said the outpour of support from with local chefs to hone the menu, which opportunity for someone creative to try ly closed on Monday due to “low sales vol- the restaurant’s regulars has been “over- offers traditional Japanese soup dishes, something that they might not otherwise ume.” Operating partner Jerrid Heidel said whelming,” and while there won’t be any salads and dumplings, all sourced with have the resources for. I liked the flexibility staff was notified on Sunday night. official farewell party, the restaurant is “We were trying to stay open until after booked through its closing day with holi- (the holidays), but a business transaction day parties. forced our hand,” Heidel said. “It’s been “We’ll be partying every night,” Dick rough. We’ve been losing $5,000 a week. said. “I don’t know if (the owners) plan to We’re selling well below what the mini- open another restaurant anytime soon, but mum projection was for this location.” you never know. There’s always a chance Famous Dave’s is the latest high-profile for a Christmas miracle.”

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