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Cover art: "Unite" by Alexander Watts. See story on page 12. 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 14, 2017 City Pulse • June 14, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 3 City of Lansing MAYORAL DEBATE

What: Candidates for Mayor of Lansing face-off When: Wednesday, June 21 @ 7pm Doors open @ 5pm Judi Brown Clarke Where: Lansing Brewing Co. 518 E. Shiawassee St. North of Lugnut Stadium Watch: Live on ACD’s Facebook page streaming through ACD’s Fiber Optic Network. Andy Schor

other candidates to be announced 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 14, 2017

PUBLIC NOTICES VOL. 16 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF MERIDIAN NOTICE OF POSTING OF TOWNSHIP BOARD MINUTES ISSUE 44 On June 8, 2017, the following minutes of the proceedings of the Meridian Township Board were sent for posting in the following locations: (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com Meridian Township Municipal Building, 5151 Marsh Road ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6704 Meridian Township Service Center, 2100 Gaylord C. Smith Court or email [email protected] Hope Borbas Okemos Branch Library, 4321 Okemos Road Haslett Branch Library, 1590 Franklin Street PAGE Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz and the Township Web Site www.meridian.mi.us. 7 [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten May 16, 2017 Regular Meeting Councilwoman pays fine after being threatened with arrest [email protected] BRETT DREYFUS, CMMC ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Ty Forquer TOWNSHIP CLERK [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 PRODUCTION MANAGER • Amanda Proscia CP#17-173 PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 STAFF WRITERS • Lawerence Cosentino 9 [email protected] Public Notice Todd Heywood [email protected] The Ingham County Land Bank is accepting Qualifications for Real Estate Professional Services City Pulse’s 2017 Summer Concert Guide to list and sell residential properties. The Request for Qualification Packet is available after June SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR • Rich Tupica 14, 2017 at the Ingham County Land Bank, 3024 Turner Street, Lansing, Michigan, 48906, 8:00 am [email protected] to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday or at www.inghamlandbank.org. Responses are due at the Land Bank offices by 2 pm on June 28, 2017 and will be opened at 2 pm June 28, 2017. The Ingham County PAGE SALES EXECUTIVES Land Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses Mandy Jackson • [email protected] are encouraged to apply. RFP#: ICLB 06-2017-REAL ESTATE Suzi Smith • [email protected] CP#17-171 10

Dennis Preston exhibits psychedelic rock posters Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, Daniel Public Notice E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle Lawrence The Ingham County Land Bank is accepting Proposals for Appraisal Services for Residential Johnson, Eve Kucharski, Terry Link, Andy McGlashen, Properties and/or Vacant Residential Properties. The Request for Proposal Packet is available after June 14, 2017 at the Ingham County Land Bank, 3024 Turner Street, Lansing, Michigan, 48906, COVER Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday or at www.inghamlandbank.org. Responses are due at the Dennis Preston, Allan I. Ross, Rich Tupica, Ute Von Land Bank offices by 1:30 pm on June 28, 2017 and will be opened at 1:30 pm June 28, 2017. The ART Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak Ingham County Land Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women- and Minority- Owned Businesses are encouraged to apply. RFP#: ICLB 06-2017-APPRAISE Delivery drivers: Frank Estrada, Dave Fisher, Paul CP#17-170 “Unite,” by Alexander Watts Shore, Richard Simpson, Thomas Scott Jr. Interns: Danielle Chesney, Clarissa Kell, Dylan Tarr City Pulse • June 14, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION Berneroway C OF THE WEEK Mayor distorts history in defending his road thru Ormond Park

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero insisted different options. And on Tuesday that back in 1989 the Lansing we didn’t know back City Council purchased parcels of land for then what some of the Ormond Park for one purpose and one pur- options would have pose only: a new entryway to Groesbeck Golf been.” Course. However, Sid “It was purchased by a previous city coun- Worthington, another cil that included the likes of Lucille Belen and Councilman from then, Alfreda Schmidt,” he declared in an interview recalled the exact oppo- on WKAR. “It was adopted unanimously for site. the express purpose of creating a driveway “Yes, yes,” he said by into Groesbeck Golf Course.” phone Tuesday. “That’s Property: 401 South Capitol Ave. – Trouble is: The City Council resolution what it was for.” Lansing Public Library, Lansing says specifically not that the parcels must be He recalled the used for that purpose but that they “could” purchase was part of The patterned cladding on this building, be. a larger plan to revi- which serves as the downtown branch The language is clear: “A new drive could talize the languishing of the Capital Area District Libraries, be constructed through Ormond Park if course. Those plans, he brightens the streetscape a few blocks the City acquired access to E. Grand River” said, including spruc- south of the Capital Building. The Avenue. ing up the clubhouse rounded entrance lobby, located at The 1989 resolution cited improvements to include a restaurant. the north end of the ground level, sits that would increase traffic to the course and The city, he recalled, shadowed beneath a deep cantilevered that the only access to it was through resi- had just obtained the canopy. Rising two additional floors dential streets. course from the State of above the ground floor, the upper levels are clad in precast white concrete panels Over the years, neighbors have success- Michigan. with exposed quartz aggregate. The fully fought the entryway through the park Lindemann said at panels are imprinted with the trademark despite traffic through their streets. the time there was dis- emblems — called ‘colophons’ — of

But this year, Bernero succeeded where cussion about creating several well-known book publishers. other administrations have failed. His plan an entrance off of Wood Street, which he said tionality and accessibility. Designed by Lansing-based architect to spend $358,000 in parks millage mon- “would be ideal” because it would remove the That process, he said, has to be done in Kenneth C. Black, construction of the ey for the new road survived neighborhood traffic concerns from the neighborhood. But public and with a public hearing — some- building was completed in 1964. In all, opposition. Bids are being sought to build the Worthington said he didn’t think that idea thing the Bernero administration has reject- the building’s Mid-century details offer road by fall. had come up in “88 or ‘89.” ed out of hand. a softer version of the International The 1989 resolution reflects that all eight At the end of the day, Lindemann argued, Asked if he thought the city should hold a Modernism popular earlier in the members, including Belen and Schmidt, vot- the city hasn’t “really looked at all the alter- public process to develop an outside-the-box century. This seems altogether fitting, ed for it. But if the intent was that the land natives.” plan, as Lindemann called for, Worthington given Black’s apparently dim view of modern development patterns. He was must be used for a road, the resolution does He noted he recently completed a said he did — with a caveat that it not delay an early skeptic of the artificiality of not say so. drain-related redesign of property owned by transfer of management of the course to the post-war suburban development and he The current Council is already looking the Lansing Board of Water & Light which Lansing Entertainment and Public Facility encouraged his colleagues to renew their into how the road proposal ever got insert- abuts both Bancroft Park and the golf course. Authority. That move, he said, was some- focus on urban centers. ed into the city’s master plan for parks. The That area would be right for putting in a driv- thing he’d supported for years. Black graduated from the University of Council voted 8-0 on Monday to investigate ing range, a new entrance and parking — and Bernero has done exactly that in the new Michigan, where he had studied under that, just hours after the state Department has the bonus of moving the golf traffic from budget, which takes effect in July, despite the guidance of Finnish architect Eliel of Natural Resources said it too was looking the neighborhood and protecting Ormond the Council’s opposition. Bernero vetoed the Saarinen. In 1930, he joined the Lansing into it. Park. Council measure, but opponents to the trans- firm founded by his father and he was In his WKAR appearance, Bernero “So there’s an opportunity for looking fer to LEPFA were unable to overcome it. elevated to Fellowship in the American accused Council members of “giving us his- at some alternatives here,” he said. “I think But as for a public process and that out- Institute of Architects in 1952. trionics” rather than “read the history.” that’s what they should do.” of-the-box plan? But Ingham County Drain Commissioner He doesn’t dismiss the Ormond plan out “I don’t want to be a buttinski into what —Daniel E. Bollman, AIA Pat Lindemann — who served on the Council of hand, but he said no one knows if that is the city is doing,” Worthington said, “But it’s in 1989 — suggested it was the other way the “best way.” never a bad idea to look at that.” around. He said it’s Bernero who is “misread- “If that was me out there, I’d take a hard ing” history. look at all the options and think outside the “Eye candy of the Week” is our weekly “It says it could be used for that,” said box,” he said. That thinking, he said, should — TODD HEYWOOD look at some of the nicer properties in Lansing. Lindemann. “It was our intent when I was look at the golf course as a whole — the It rotates each with Eyesore of the Week. If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lansingci- on the City Council to look at a variety of greens to the clubhouse, to entrances to func- typulse.com or call Berl Schwartz at 999-5061. 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 14, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICES Fight begins CITY OF LANSING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Brown Clarke counters stringent pot ordinance The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 26, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan to consider an Ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, to amend chapter 830, section 830.06 of the Lansing with a more moderate plan for dispensaries codified ordinances providing criteria for revocation or objection to transfer, issuance or renewal of licenses to permit the sale of beer and wine and/or spirits on premises. The future of Lansing’s flourishing medi- recreational marijuana is legalized next year, For more information, please call Lansing City Council at 517-483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted cal marijuana industry is resting on a razor’s as advocates hope, the city could reaps mil- between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., on the day of the Public edge, caught in the middle of a staring con- lions in annual tax revenues from those sales. Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933 test between differing factions of the City Containing and controlling the industry or email [email protected]. Council. as it finds its own balance is a delicate ballet Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk The entire Council took its first look at among competing interests: neighbors who www.lansingmi.gov/Clerk www.facebook.com/LansingClerkSwope two approaches Monday night. One, pro- say the businesses are eyesores and draw too CP#17-174 posed by the Public Safety Committee, would much traffic; business owners who say they NOTICE OF DAY OF REVIEW OF APPORTIONMENTS use zoning to sharply reduce the number of just want to provide quality “medication” Ingham County Drain Commissioner dispensaries. The other, proposed by mayoral for their patients in a convenient location Patrick E. Lindemann candidate Judi Brown Clarke, takes a more and build their businesses, and the patients Notice is Hereby Given that a Public Hearing of Apportionment for special assessment moderate approach. themselves, who want the plethora of dispen- of costs incurred by the drainage districts listed below will be held at the office of the Ingham County But it’s not a fight over just medical mari- sary choices currently available to them. Drain Commissioner, 707 Buhl Avenue, in the City of Mason, Michigan, 48854, on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. juana. Council members acknowledged that And from that conflict arises two draft it would also create a framework for how the ordinances competing for the attention, and At the meeting to review the apportionment of benefits, I will have the tentative apportionments city would regulate recreational marijuana ultimately the blessing, of the Council. against parcels and municipalities within the drainage district available to review. Any drain assessments against land will be collected in the same manner as property taxes. should it be legalized. On one side is a draft ordinance, referred For assessments to be collected in installments, the Drain Code (Act 40 of 1956, Sec. 154 [e]) “Yes, I think this does lay the ground- to as 6D, produced by the Public Safety provides that the assessment may be paid in full with any interest to date at any time and thereby work” for how recreational marijuana Committee after nearly 18 months of public avoid further interest charges. would be regulated, said Councilwoman meetings. On the other, a new draft called DRAIN NAME MUNICIPALITY SECTION NUMBERS Jody Washington, 1st Ward, who supports D&P 1, brought to the table Monday night A05-00 ALLCHIN DRAIN LEROY TOWNSHIP 10, 15, 16 the more cautious road. Council President by Brown Clarke, an at-large Councilwoman B12-00 BIRD DRAIN WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16 B20-00 BROWNELL DRAIN STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 27, 28, 33-35 Patricia Spitzley, who indicated interest in a who is giving up her seat to pursue the Mayor’s VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE 26, 27, 35 more moderate approach, agreed. Office. “D&P” stands for the Development B22-00 BULLETT LAKE DRAIN WILLIAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP 13, 24, 25 At stake at a minimum is the fate of an and Planning Committtee, which she chairs. LOCKE TOWNSHIP 17-20, 29, 30 C20-00 COLLAR DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 1, 12 estimated 60 dispensaries, some believed to Draft 6D appears to have the staunch WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 7, 8 have multi-million-dollar revenues. And if backing of the committee chairman, C23-00 COLUMBIA STREET DRAIN VEVAY TOWNSHIP 6, 7 Adam Hussain , 3rd Ward; At-Large CITY OF MASON 5-8 C46-00 CHERRY RIDGE NO. 2 DRAIN WILLIAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP 22, 27 Councilwoman Carol Wood, who chaired D01-00 DANA AND STARKS DRAIN LEROY TOWNSHIP 4, 5, 8, 9 the committee last year; and Washington. L16-00 LOWE LAKE DRAIN WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 34, 35, 36 That draft imposes strict zoning restrictions STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 1-3, 10-15, 22-28, 33-36 on where medical marijuana establishments VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, 35 L29-00 LINDSAY DRAIN VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE 23, 26 can be located in the city, and how far they L40-01 LOCKE/WILLIAMSTOWN, WILLIAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP 25, 36 can be from one and other as well as from WOODVIEW DRAIN schools, playgrounds and other locations. L43-00 LOCKE DRAIN NUMBER 3 LOCKE TOWNSHIP 11, 14 M05-00 MARSHALL AND WILCOX DRAIN LEROY TOWNSHIP 32 Browne Clarke’s version, D&P 1, loos- INGHAM TOWNSHIP 1, 12 ens the zoning restrictions. For examples, WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 5-8 it would eliminate a distance requirement N05-00 NOTTINGHAM CITY OF WILLIAMSTON 12 CONDOMINIUMS DRAIN between businesses and change the distance P02-00 PATRICK DRAIN INGHAM TOWNSHIP 25, 26, 36 a dispensary could be from a park by mea- WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 19, 29, 30, 31 suring it from playground equipment, not BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 1 Celebrating Dads STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 6 boundaries. P06-00 PHEENY DRAIN BUNKER HILL TOWNSHIP 4, 9 Date: Friday • June 16 Brown Clarke declined an invitation to P10-00 POLLIWOG MARSH DRAIN STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, 28 Time: 2:00 – 3:00pm discuss her proposal with City Pulse. VILLAGE OF STOCKBRIDGE 22, 27 P13-00 POWELL DRAIN WILLIAMSTOWN TO WNSHIP 15, 16, 21, 22 All Dads are Special and we want to A City Pulse analysis of zoning restrictions S18-00 SMITH AND CONKLIN DRAIN WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP 23, 24, 25, 26 celebrate all of them in our lives that have contained in 6D found that five of every six S31-00 SULLIVAN CREEK DRAIN LOCKE TOWNSHIP 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34 dispensaries would have to shut down. The LEROY TOWNSHIP 3, 4 made us feel special every day! Come enjoy S42-00 SWAN AND BEATTY DRAIN WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 13, 24 an afternoon of food and fun, and celebrate! analysis identified 62 dispensaries in opera- LEROY TOWNSHIP 19 Every dad that attends receives a free box of tion at the time. All but eight of them would S44-00 SQUAW CREEK DRAIN WILLIAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP 13, 24, 25 chocolates! To RSVP to this event, please call be forced to close if 6D’s restrictions were LOCKE TOWNSHIP 16-21, 28-33 V01-00 VANDERHOOF AND ROBINSON ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 36 Maggie Quinn at 517-337-0066. adopted. It also found the zoning restric- DRAIN WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 31,32 tions would cluster the industry in areas to VEVAY TOWNSHIP 1, 12, 13, 24 Call or Visit us online for the northwest part of the city and along the INGHAM TOWNSHIP 4-8, 17-20 W01-00 WAUBANAKIN DRAIN ALAIEDON TOWNSHIP 24, 25, 36 more information. southern tier. WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 19, 29-32 Neither Spitzley nor Washington said W11-00 WHEATFIELD NO. 1 DRAIN WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 17-20 they were in favor of clustering the business- W12-00 WHEATFIELD NUMBER TWO WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP 10, 11, 15 INDEPENDENCE VILLAGE DRAIN es. OF EAST LANSING In D&P 1, while some of the restrictions,

Proceedings conducted at the day of review are subject to the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Persons like the 500-foot distance from another dis- with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting should contact the 2530 Marfitt Road Ingham County Drain Commissioner at (517) 676-8395 or the Michigan Relay Center at 711 (TTY) at East Lansing, MI 48823 pensary, are gone, it contains another obsta- least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to request mobility, visual, hearing, or other assistance. You cle: a 25-dispensary cap. That’s fewer than are Further Notified that persons aggrieved by the apportionment may appeal to the Ingham County tel 517-337-0066 half of the current facilities in operation, and Probate Court within ten (10) days of the Day of Review. about half of a 48-business cap adopted by Patrick E. Lindemann eastlansingseniorliving.com Ingham County Drain Commissioner CP#17-164 See Pot, Page 7

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In a memo to the Council, City Clerk Pot Chris Swope said he supported the move to Special treatment? a commission. Councilwoman facing arrest over from page 6 “I believe the approval process would less likely be subjected to a lawsuit with a diverse ticket gets relief from city attorney Council in 2010 in an ordinance that hasn’t commission to further document the due been enforced since the state courts ruled process,” he wrote. When Lansing City Councilwoman Tina that dispensaries are illegal. A new state Brown Clarke, whose version calls for a Houghton opened the screenshot from her law taking effect this year legalizes them but commission, said the committee propos- nephew last month, the last thing she expect- leaves it to local jurisdictions whether to al creates “an undue burden” on the City ed to see was her name on a list of people allow them. Clerk’s Office. She said a commission rep- with warrants for their arrest. Brown Clarke’s proposal would save more resents the best practices in a number of But there it was. dispensaries, but far from all. It would allow other states. The warrant was issued May 2 after she for 15 licenses in the first year and up to 10 Hussain pointed out that previous drafts failed to appear for a hearing before Judge more the next year. If more businesses met of 6D had included a commission, but that it Patrick Cherry of 54-A District Court. That all the licensing requirements than there are had been removed out of concerns related to hearing was for her to explain why she had licenses available, the licenses will be award- finding people to serve the body. not paid the fine for an expired parking ed by a random draw of names. City Attorney James Smiertka informed meter ticket she received on Nov. 10. Todd Heywood/Citypulse While Monday’s Committee of the Whole the Council that the question of having a “I couldn’t believe it,” she said. She called Councilwoman Tina Houghton awaits a meeting was supposed to be the first time commission was “a political decision.” the city attorney, James Smiertka, “and asked District Court hearing. for all eight Council members to begin the The consensus of the Council Monday him what it was all about.” process of vetting 6D, with the D&P 1 on the night was that if there is to be a commission, Smiertka said he ordered the warrant Houghton said she doesn’t understand table, the process of reviewing 6D agreed it should have seven members in order to quashed and set up a new hearing. He said how it was an issue. She noted Smiertka was upon by the Council two weeks ago was avoid tie votes, including one from each of it was one of three responses any citizen in the first person she thought to call. shelved. the city’s four wards. Each Council member the same boat may receive who contacts his As for Smierkta, he said his office handles Instead, the opening salvo in what is like- would forward a name for appointment to office.. Another is to escort the person to about 2,100 criminal and civil warrants a year. ly to become a weeks-long if not months- the commission to the mayor. court for immediate arraignment and to pay “This was handled in the same manner as long battle focused on whether to have a The full Council will meet again as the the ticket off. The third is do nothing. if any other person had contacted our office locally appointed commission to review and Committee of the Whole at 4 pm. June 26 to He said his office was asked only “the with the same query,” Smiertka wrote in an approve licenses. continue its discussions. procedure to respond,” and after reviewing email Monday. Licenses would be approved by the city Houghton’s file determined the quash and But he was unable to furnish any data to clerk under 6D. Denials of licenses would — TODD HEYWOOD hearing were appropriate. show the office had done so for other citizens. also have to be reviewed by the clerk, raising But one of Houghton’s colleagues on the “Our office does not maintain records concerns about possible due process com- Council is calling foul. specifically on motions to quash civil arrest plaints. “Our relationship with the city attorney warrants because no records exist of which is on a professional basis with what we do method is utilized,” he wrote. “Each case is with Council,” said Carol Wood. She said the different based upon the circumstances.” Council needs to discuss whether there was He acknowledged that an “oral survey” of 2017 LANSING JUNETEENTH an ethical violation. staff in the office revealed no other Council Council President Patricia Spitzley nixed members had sought action in relation to a that in an interview Tuesday morning. parking ticket since he was appointed city “I don’t know that there is a role for attorney last year. Celebration Council,” she said. “I think Tina wishes she Houghton was in court Monday, where had paid her parking ticket. I know I wish she “claimed full responsibility,” and paid her Join us for the official start she had paid her parking ticket. And that’s all $90 fine and fees. Capitol City Kick-Off of the Lansing Juneteenth I am going to say about that.” — TODD HEYWOOD Juneteenth Opening Program Celebration Weekend. Our keynote speaker is the Celebrating Lansing's 24th annual celebration inspiring Ms. Indira K. and the 13th State of Michigan Holiday. Glass, Secretary of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP. Additionally, the Thursday, June 15 ceremony will include Safe disposal of unwanted meds 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. talented community Lansing City Hall Lobby, 124 W. Michigan Ave, Lansing, MI perfomers and presenters. Old or unneeded medications FEATURED ENTERTAINERS can be a safety hazard, but JUNETEENTH FREEDOM FESTIVAL don’t send them down the Fri. & Sat., June 16-17 St. Joseph Park, Lansing, MI drain. Safely dispose of them Bring lawn chairs, water bottles and blankets to the park! The Park opens Friday at 3 p.m. Events include vendors, with Capital Area Take family activities, a ballgame commemorating the NEgro Back Meds. ROBERT “LEADBELLY” JONES ORCHESTRA RITMO League, community recognitions and stage performances. On Saturday, we open with the African-American Parade at 10 a.m. Staging begins at the Letts Community Center and www.takebackmeds.org ends at St. Joseph Park. At noon, the Festival opens with the Peace Walk and Main Stage Performances. Activities Over 30 locations across Greater Lansing include food and merchandise vendors, children’s activities, a health fair, educational exhibits and more. For more information: (517) 887-4312 MEN OF GOD’S HEART 313 LIVE EXPERIENCE

Visit LansingJuneteenthCelebration.org for more details! 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 14, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Flunked out CITY OF EAST LANSING Lansing Everett math teacher dismissed EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL For viewing ‘inappropriate’ online images RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PUBLIC HEARING ON A Lansing Everett High School math AMENDED FY2018 BUDGET AND TAX RATE instructor is out of a job after students pho- WHEREAS, a public hearing on the proposed budget for the City of East Lansing is required by tographed him viewing “inappropriate” City Charter and the State Budget Law; and, Internet images while pupils took an exam, WHEREAS, a public hearing is required under the provisions of the Truth in Taxation Law; and, Superintendent Yvonne Caamal Canul and School Board President Rachel Lewis have WHEREAS, after the budget was adopted the City received rollback calculations from Ingham confirmed. County; and, Students caught the teacher, whom nei- WHEREAS, the general appropriations act must set forth the total number of mills to be levied and ther school official would identify, looking at the purposes for the millage; pictures of “girls in bras.” They posted photos to Facebook. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of East Lansing does hereby establish the date of Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., in 54-B-Court Room 2, City Hall, “As is shown in the Facebook post, he 410 Abbot in East Lansing, Michigan, as the date, time, and place for the required public hearing; taught mathematics and was a tenured teach- and be it further resolved that for the purposes of the hearing it shall be assumed that the total tax er,” Caamal Canul wrote in an email Monday rate will be 22.1851 mills consisting of 17.5679mills for operating purposes, 1.8250 mills for solid waste, 0.7946 mills for debt service, and 1.9976 mills for the Library pursuant to section 1 of night. “As soon as we were made aware of 1887 PA164. the posting and the incident, we started an Courtesy Photo immediate investigation which also included The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a Snapchat by an Everett High School student subject of this hearing. revision of historical access to websites using district equipment and on district time. We Lewis said the district’s policy specifical- The budget is available for public inspection at the East Lansing Library and City Clerk and Finance were made aware of the student’s posting on ly prohibits employees from using personal Office at City Hall; along with the City’s website: cityofeastlansing.com under Finance. June 7 and by the end of the week, the teach- email and social media as well as looking at Public comments, either oral or written, are welcome at the Public Hearing. The City of East Lansing er was no longer an employee of the district.” inappropriate images. She was unaware the will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio Citing privacy concerns, neither official staff computers had software designed to fil- tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting upon seven (7) calendar days’ notice to the City of East Lansing. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should write would comment on how long the teacher had ter out content. or call: Shelli Neumann, Human Resources Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823, been with the district or exactly what “inap- “I know there was an immediate action (517) 319-6893, TDD (517) 337-0767. propriate content” he had accessed. taken by the principal and the central office,” This notice is published by: Marie E. Wicks, City Clerk, City of East Lansing, Michigan, 410 Abbot “The district has strict policies regarding Lewis said. “I do believe that our administra- Road, East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 319-6881. professional behavior, including appropriate tion handled things appropriately and they use of the internet,” Caamal Canul wrote, “all did it pretty quickly.” Marie E. Wicks, City Clerk CP#17-168 of which were violated in by this incident.” — TODD HEYWOOD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL

Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing City Council on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, to consider the NO BALONEY following:

Ordinance No. 1413; an ordinance adopting the Michigan Uniform City Income Tax Ordinance by reference by adding Chapter 41: Taxation - City Income Tax –to the City Code of the City of East Lansing VOTE THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS: Chapter 41 - Taxation - City Income Tax - is added to read as follows: Sec. 41-1. That the uniform city income tax ordinance, being Chapter 2 of Act 284 of the Public Acts of 1964, as amended (MCL 141.601, et seq), a true copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, be and the same is hereby enacted by reference as if set out herein in its entirety. City Council Sec. 41-2. That as provided at Section 3 of Act 264 of the Public Acts of 1964 [MCL 141.503(1)], the 4th Ward rate of tax shall be as follows: RAFFONE Subject to the exclusions, adjustments, exemptions and deductions herein provided, an annual tax of one percent on corporations and resident individuals and one-half percent on non-resident No glitz, no glam, no shiny bright. individuals for general revenue purposes is hereby imposed as an excise on income earned and received on and after the effective date of this ordinance. Sec. 41-3. That as provided at Section 31 of Act 24 of the Public Acts of 1964, as amended (MCL Making things clear in plain black & white. 141.631), the exemptions shall be as provided therein. Paid for by Committee to Elect Kathi Ann Raffone, 1221 Muskegon Ave., Lansing, MI 48915 Sec. 41-4. That printed copies of said uniform city income tax ordinance shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk, available for inspection by the public at all times. Sec. 41-5. That pursuant to Section 2a of Act 284 of the Public Acts of 1964 (MCL 141.502a), the PUBLIC NOTICES imposition of an excise tax on income under this ordinance shall not take effect until this ordinance is approved by the qualified and registered electors of the City of East Lansing. Public Notice

The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, such as interpreters for the The Ingham County Land Bank is accepting Bids for Tree and Brush Removal and Trimming hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting, upon notice Services. The Request for Proposal Packet is available June 14, 2017 at the Ingham County Land to the City of East Lansing, prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable Bank, 3024 Turner Street, Lansing, Michigan, 48906, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday or accommodations or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot Road, East at www.inghamlandbank.org. Responses are due at the Land Bank offices by 1 pm on June 28, 2017 Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 319-6920, TDD 1-800-649-3777. and will be opened at 1 pm June 28, 2017. The Ingham County Land Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses are encouraged to apply. RFP#: Marie E. Wicks ICLB 06-2017-TREES City Clerk CP#17-172 CP#17-169 City Pulse • June 14, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER 2017 Summer Concert Guide ummer has arrived, which means it’s time to dig the lawn chairs out from the depths of the garage, shake out the picnic blankets and mark your calendar for a packed season of outdoor live music. From St. Johns to Mason and Grand Ledge to Haslett, a multitude of free outdoor concerts Sare ready to provide the soundtrack to your summer.

Performers range from summertime regulars like the Sea Cruisers and Root Doctor to throwback groups like ‘80s cover band Starfarm and Beatles tribute band Toppermost. Even classical musicians get in on the act, with appearances by the Lansing Concert Band, the Meridian Community Band and a variety of MSU student ensembles. So cut out this list, pin it to your family bulletin board and get ready to enjoy a Ty Forquer/City Pulse summer of free concerts in the sun. Professors of Jazz, MSU’s jazz faculty super-group, performs at the Lansing City Market’s Music on the Grand concert series. This year’s series adds R&B to its popular COMPILED BY DANIELLE CHESNEY AND THE CITY PULSE STAFF jazz and blues offerings.

Jazz on the Grand concerts is the Music Building across the Grand Ledge. (517) 627-2383, LANSING CONCERTS June 22: MSU Professors of Jazz street. All concerts at noon except where grandledgechamber.com. IN THE PARK July 20: Horn and Holland noted. FREE. W.J. Beal Botanical Gardens, June 15: The Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Sept. 14: Brandon Marceal 408 W. Circle Drive, Okemos. (517) 353-9958, Spectacle with Abbey Hoffman and the music.msu.edu/event-listing/music-in-the- Storytellers All concerts at 7-9 p.m. except where noted. Blues on the Grand garden-class-jazz. June 22: Red Herring with Shelby and FREE. Each concert is in a different city park. June 14: Thornetta Davis Jake (517) 483-6019. Aug. 9: Root Doctor June 28: Spartan Student Jazz Combo (7 p.m.) June 29: Tell Yo Mama with Rachel Lynn Aug. 16: Pat Zelenka July 20: M.I. Concerts Percussion and Flute Curtis June 21: Kari Lynch at Sycamore Park, 1415 Sept. 6: Frog and the Beeftones Duo July 6: Grand Ledge Burns with Exit-86 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing Aug. 25: Brass Tacks Quartet July 13: The Invasion with Rick Kelly June 28: Jill Jack at Cherry Hill Park, 515 River R&B on the Grand Sept. 7: Spectra Saxophone Quartet (6 p.m.) July 20: Showdown with Sierra Denae St., Lansing July 12:EAST Alise KingLANSING SUMMER July 27: Root Doctor with Kari Lynch July 4: Lansing Concert Band (8-9 p.m.) at CONCERT SERIES Aug. 3: Kari Holmes with Clique Adado Riverfront Park, 201 E. Shiawassee St., ST. JOHNS CONCERTS IN THE Aug. 10: Taylor Taylor with Alex Mendenall Lansing PARK Aug. 17: Fabulous Oldies but Goodies Band July 12: Jump Street Swing at Turner-Dodge All concerts start at 7 p.m. Concerts will be with Darin L. Larner House, 100 E. North St., Lansing cancelled if it rains. FREE. Ann Street Plaza, Aug. 24: Life Support Band with Bridgette July 19: Tejano Sound at Frances Park, 2701 corner of Albert and M.A.C. avenues, East All concerts start at 7 p.m., rain or shine. Moores River Drive, Lansing Lansing. (517) 319-6888, cityofeastlansing. FREE. William E. Tennant Performance Shell, GulockEASTWOOD TOWNE CENTER July 26: Lansing Unionized Vaudeville com/summerconcertseries. St. Johns City Park, 805 W. Park St., St. Johns. Aug. 31: Global Village with the Lost Spectacle at Moores Park, 400 Moores River HitchhikersSUMMER MUSIC SERIES Drive, Lansing July 7: Root Doctor June 14: Sea Cruisers Aug. 2: 496 West at Fulton Park, 4300 Sheffield July 14: Paddlebots June 21: Lansing Concert Jazz Band Blvd., Lansing July 21: Earthwork Music Showcase featuring June 28: Lansing Concert Band All concerts 6-8 p.m. FREE. Center Aug. 9: Sea Cruisers at Grand River Park, the Springtails, Jen Sygit and Sam Corbin, July 5: The Flying Latini Brothers Court, Eastwood Towne Center, 3003 3205 Old Lansing Road, Lansing Gifts or Creatures and Red Tail Ring July 12: Homegrown Productions Preyde Blvd., Lansing. (517) 316-9209, July 28: Taylor Taylor July 26: Root Doctor shopeastwoodtownecenter.com/events. Aug. 4: Starfarm Aug. 2: Miranda and the M80s June 20: Brenda Loomis GRAND CONCERT SERIES AT Aug. 18: Kathleen and the Bridge Street Aug. 9: Toppermost June 27: Kids’ Night Out (family entertainment LANSING CITY MARKET Aug. 16: Mountain Town Singers and games) Band July 11: Showdown Aug.MSU’S 25: Heartland COLLEGE Klezmorim OF MUSIC’S Aug. 23: Roaring Twenties Band July 18: Bobby Standal and Paulie O Food and drinks available at Lansing City MUSIC IN THE GARDEN Aug.GRAND 30: Matt LEDGEKing (Elvis MUSIC Impersonator) IN THE July 25: Root Doctor Market. All concerts start at 6 p.m. FREE. PARK Aug. 1: Don Middlebrook & the Pearl Lansing City Market, 325 City Market Divers Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460 ext. 234. The MSU Food Truck and Dairy Story Aug. 8: Smooth Daddy lansingcitymarket.com. ice cream will be available during the Food concessions available. All concerts 7-9 performances. The rain location for all four p.m. FREE. Jaycee Park, 525 E. River St., See Concerts, page 11 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 14, 2017 Ingham County Animal Shelter To adopt one of these pets from the ICAS call (517) 676-8370. 600 Curtis St., Mason, MI 48854. ac.ingham.org ‘Pretty weird things’ Dennis Preston shows off classic rock ‘n’ roll posters

By DANIELLE CHESNEY Dennis Preston sat in the Lansing Mall on a recent afternoon, doodling a cari- cature in a leather sketchbook. Just feet away, mall visitors can have a Jimi Hendrix experience or “ah” and “um” at a portrait of LeapClover Frog HarperCheese Nip RosaDigits Charles Mingus, courtesy of Preston’s pen. The Keys to Creativity Event Gallery Clover needs an experienced Cheese Nip is a big goofy guy Digits is a talkative, spunky and Leap Frog is an adorable Harper is a sweet, snuggly Rosa is a gorgeous long haired is hosting a collection of Preston’s rock bigowner goober who canwho give will him need the a girlwho looking just wants for to an sit active in your home galsassy looking older gal for looking a low keyfor an home. exercise, training, & guidance lap and snuggle. He's a love- adult only home. She is super posters, which he illustrated for various hepatient needs. family. He would He's prefer just toa where someone is home the She’s pretty chill but prefers regional venues in the 1960s and ‘70s. The majoritybug who willof the jump time up andas she friendly and will come running be the center of someone's give you kisses and he has exhibition is part of the Lansing Mall art goofyworld! old man looking enjoys being around people upto forseek a ection out attention or treats. on She her is the best ears! front declawed. gallery’s series of events honoring the 50th Courtesy Photo for a second chance! more than anything! own terms. anniversary of the Summer of Love. Dennis Preston’s concert posters, like this Sponsored by: Sponsored by: In memory of In memory of Preston, a musician himself, drew most one for Leon Russell and Edgar Winter, are Schuler’s Book & Music Anne & Dale Schrader Rodica's cats Rodica's cats of the posters for a concert promoter in on display this month at Keys to Creativity the Detroit area. Preston would vary his in the Lansing Mall. approach to the art based on the artist and the situation. in a magazine or an album cover. 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jumped at the chance to work with the movements, your group again, even if it will cut into his expressions — to Concerts No off season summer break. create these char- MSU’s Rob Roznowski prepares for “They are the nicest, kindest, most acters.” from page 9 even-keeled people I’ve ever worked with While it’s a bit summer show at Williamston Theatre professionally,” he said. of a hike out to Aug. 15: Natchez Trace “Murder for Two” is a two-person musi- Williamston — Aug. 22: Life SupportMASON By Ty Forquer cal that plays off of classic murder mys- about 15 miles Summer is supposed to be a chance teries. True to the trope, a great American from the middle THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE for university types to relax. Not so for novelist is killed at his own surprise birth- of Lansing — Department of Theatre Professor Rob day party. Mark Schenfisch plays a small Roznowski insists Roznowski, artistic director of MSU’s town policeman who is trying to prove his it is worth the trip. Roznowski Summer Circle sleuthing skills by solving the case before “You can get a All concerts start at 6 p.m. FREE. “Murder for Two” Theatre. The the real detectives show up. The suspects, nice dinner and Ingham County Courthouse lawn, Williamston Theatre outdoor theater a dozen eccentric party guests, are all catch a show,” he said. “There’s a really cool July 13-Aug. 20 315 S. Jefferson St., Mason (517) 676- Call or see website for prices series, which played by one actor, Andrea Wollenberg. food scene. It’s really becoming a great 1046, masonchamber.org. and show times kicked off last “It’s like ‘Clue’ on steroids,” Roznowski destination.” Williamston Theatre 122 S. Putnam St., week with “See said. June 22: Life Support (acoustic) Williamston Rock City & Other The casting of this musical was diffi- (517) 655-7469, Destinations,” cult, Roznowski said, because both actors July 6: The Brian Randall Band williamstontheatre.org Due to an editing error, July 20: Sea Cruisers will open and must be able to play the piano. There is Williamston Theatre’s summer Aug. 10: Backwoods Band close four more no band or pit orchestra; the two per- shows, “Taking Shakespeare” Aug. 24: Twilight Memories Big Band shows before the calendar flips to July. formers take turns accompanying each (now playing through Sunday) and Sept. 14: Mason High School Oh, and he’s also preparing to direct other. Wollenberg has performed this “Murder for Two” (July 13-Aug. Marching Band and Cheer Squad “Murder for Two,” which opens at play before, and Roznowski is looking 20), were left out of the Summer Williamston Theatre July 13. forward to working with her and explor- Theatre Guide in our May 24 issue. “It’s a busy time,” Roznowski said with ing the cast of characters she must bring The complete schedule, including a laugh. to life on stage. the shows at Williamston Theatre, SOUNDS OF SUMMER AT Rehearsals for “Murder for Two” begin “That’s the best part of acting,” is available at lansingcitypulse.com/ LAKE LANSING PARK SOUTH next week. Roznowski, who has directed Roznowski said. “You work with every summertheater. three other shows at Williamston Theatre, tool at your command — your voice, your

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BY JOHN HEIMBUCH Courtesy photo Failure: DIRECTED BY JOHN LENNOX “Interplay,” by Alexander Watts, was made with Sharpie on paper and cardboard and then June 21-25 . 7 p.m. touched up in Photoshop. Watts describes the piece as “a visual representation of the A Love Story harmonious exchange of energy between nature and culture on humid summer evenings.” BY PHILIP DAWKINS RECOMMENDED: AGE 10+ DIRECTED BY ANDY CALLIS July 25-29 . 7 p.m. RECOMMENDED: AGE 10+ Meet the artist Alexander Watts sends strong messages with simple materials

By CLARISSA KELL ress,” Watts said. Art has always found a way into Watts said he works art into many facets AT THE DART AUDITORIUM Alexander Watts’ life, and even more late- of his life. He is only halfway through his JulyRECOMMENDED: 19-23 . ALL 7 AGESp.m. ly, as he’s been picking up some new tools time at Loyola, but he would love to have while he is away at college. his art be a viable career. Watts, who grew up in East Lansing, “I like to tackle social issues in my art, studies digital media and visual commu- I’ve been very active with social issues in nications at Loyola University Chicago, my adult life,” Watts said. “Art is a powerful where he is learning more about digi- and universal tool.” LCC’S OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATRE tal design software. Many of his works, including the cover art for this issue, were lcc.edu/showinfo created as collages that he touches up with Photoshop. “I am super jazzed about (this week’s Pride Issue cover), this is a huge honor,” Neck Watts said. “Being gay is something I love about myself, and being able to safely voice or this on such a public platform is a tremen- Back dous privilege.” Pain? The art was described by Watts as The MSU Center for Orthopedic Research is conducting “a visual representation of the inclusive a series of research studies to understand the and unifying forces housed within the mechanisms of manual medicine in treating pain. LGBTQ+ community.” “Nothing really matches the nurturing Who can participate? nature of the queer community,” Watts said. “I’m so incredibly lucky to have a Those with neck pain. supportive family, loving friends and a Those with low back pain. generally respective community that lets Those who have not had spinal surgery. me exist as I am.” All participants must be between the ages of 21 and 65. Watts, 19, said he thinks so many groups within the community are overlooked, and Participants will be compensated and it is essential to accurately and inclusive- receive up to 4 treatments of manual medicine. ly represent everyone who helped shape LGBTQ+ history. Interested? Call, email, or visit our website “Drag queens, people of color, trans people and everyone at the intersections (517) 975-3301 [email protected] orthopedicresearch.msu.edu of these identities were and still are fun- damental to the queer community’s prog- Watts City Pulse • June 14, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13

PRIDE 2017 City Pulse LGBTQ Inclusion Awards to honor eight An émigré from oppression, a rights advocate since Town. Tickets are $20 in advance at www.lansingci- Capital Imaging and Absolute Gallery. grade school, a transgender leader, two health work- typulse.com or by calling (517) 999-6704 before 2:30 Alex Jackson of A&M Photography photographed ers, a union that made domestic-partner benefits p.m. Thursday. Tickets at the door are $25. the recipients for their individual awards, which are happen in a big way, and a newspaper that chroni- Tickets include a party with heavy appetizers and framed covers of City Pulse with their pictures on cles all things gay: Those are some characteristics of half-price on all drinks — and a wrist band for the them. this year’s recipients of the second annual City Pulse White Party the next night in Old Town as part of the Introducing the honorees will be state Sen. Curtis LGBTQ Inclusion Awards on Thursday night. annual Michigan Pride Festival. The wrist band has a Hertel; journalist Todd Heywood, a 2016 honoree; The recipients this year are Rachel Crandall- $10 value. Spiral general manager Liz Deatrick; 2016 honoree Crocker, Emily Dievendorf, S. Hope Dundas, Delicious The awards ceremony begins at 8 p.m. Sam James McClurken; City Pulse editor and publisher Jackson-Clark, Dwayne Riley, Nana Thierry, the news- Singh, the Democratic leader of the state House of Berl Schwartz; Ligia Romero-Balcarcel of the Lansing paper Between the Lines and the UAW. You can learn Representatives, is the master of ceremonies. Area AIDS Network; 2016 honoree Dr. Erik Wert; and more about all eight honorees in profiles appearing Food is being provided by Zaytoon Mediterranean, Dee Hurlbert, director of the LGBT Resource Center inside this section. Jersey Giant, Whipped, McAlister’s Deli, Eastside at Michigan State University. The awards party and ceremony begin at 7 p.m. at Fish Fry and Waterfront Bar & Grill. This year’s winners were selected by a mix of 2016 Spiral Dance Bar, 1447 Center St., in Lansing’s Old Other sponsors are Spiral, The Plant Professionals, honorees and community leaders. As openly gay candidates proliferate, Swope recalls when it wasn’t so easy

By TODD HEYWOOD Peter Spadafore, who was just endorsed He provided a real-time experience from visible helps that. It helps bring everyone Sixty-five votes and 21 years. Those are by the Lansing Regional Chamber of earlier this month. forward. It helps give that gay kid a posi- the numbers that span Lansing City Clerk Commerce for the City Council; an LCC “The person who is running against me tive vision of what their future can be rath- Chris Swope’s political career. trustee, Ryan Buck; and three county com- made a comment that made me scratch er than thinking ‘I have to hide this for the The first number is how many votes missioners, Ryan my head when he said rest of my life.’” Harold Leeman Jr. garnered over him in Seabolt, Brian at a candidate forum While there have certainly been an 1995 to win the 1st Ward Council seat. That McGrain and that since Virg was increase in the visibility of out LGBT can- was a year of political upheaval in the city. Bryan Crenshaw. leaving office maybe didates and elected officials, and there has The city had just gone through a controver- “No one made it was time to clean been significant gains in equality for the sial early retirement scandal, and there was anything about out the closet,”Swope community, there remains a dark under- a call for a clean sweep in City Hall. Swope their sexuality,” said. “Now closet tone still — one that echoes the reality 21 was hoping to be one of those voices and to Swope said about isn’t usually a politi- years ago. make history as the city’s first openly gay the three county cal term, it’s usually a “I think there are always going to be elected official. commissioners. term referring to the people who are antigay, who are fighting Swope announced his candidacy in the “It wasn’t even LGBT community. So, our progress,” Swope said, “I think unfor- newsletter of the Lansing Association mentioned. It just I think that was kind tunately it’s never going to leave us at all.” for Human Rights, an LGBT community wasn’t a thing.” of an oblique refer- In 1996, Bob Gross, a beloved sports advocacy organization. He promised read- He suspects the ence.” writer for the Lansing State Journal, was ers he would run as an “openly gay candi- out candidates on Swope’s opponent, found brutally murdered and his body set date.” Anonymous notes were distributed this year’s ballot for Jeremic Clayborn III, on fire. His murder was classified as a hate to seniors and church attendees highlight- the City Council said he never made crime. In recent years there have been cas- ing his sexuality. — Spadafore, and that comment. es in Eaton County and Ingham County Swope said he had more votes at the Dunbar, Amanda State Rep. where men have preyed on the LGBT polls that day, but lost in the absentee bal- Bernes and Jim Jon Hoadley, community to rob and assault them. And lot count. McClurken — won’t D-Kalamazoo, who is Larkin Neely Jr. is facing a felony murder The fliers contributed to his loss, he face the kind of Todd Heywood/City Pulse one of three openly and armed robbery charge in the brutal recalled. whisper campaign gay House members, murder of Kevin Wirth earlier this month, Swope But the political landscape started he faced in 1995. said having members a murder civil rights experts have said has changing dramatically after that. “I think individ- of the LGBT commu- the hallmarks of a antigay bias crime. Swope was elected to the Ingham uals’ attitudes have changed,” he said. “I think nity sitting at the table is important. McGrain, the county commissioner, said County Board of Commissioners in 2000 it is very broad. It’s not just Lansing. It’s not “You’re no longer talking about us, living in a “progressive bubble” it is some- and as a clerk in 2005. just Michigan. Look at what was on TV in you’re talking to us,” he said. “That makes times easy to forget that “there are people Swope helped usher in an openness to 1995 and the change to today. Some of our a difference. I can walk across the aisle and out there with misdirected hatred against LGBT elected officials that has become a media notables are out. We’re still a little bit have a conversation now.” us as gay men.” hallmark of Ingham County. Currently, lacking when it comes to movie stars. I think For Swope, there is a more fundamental “It’s always in the back of my mind, that there are at least two on city councils; Ruth it’s our whole society changing.” reason to be out. hate crimes are happening in the neigh- Beier in East Lansing and Kathie Dunbar in That doesn’t mean wisps of homopho- “Our society is not universally positive,” borhood,” he said. “I think it is our duty to Lansing; a Lansing school board member, bia aren’t still there in the political realm. he said. “Having people out, known and advance the struggle.” 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 14, 2017

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DWAYNE RILEY: S. HOPE DUNDAS: BETWEEN THE LINES: EMILY DIEVENDORF: Glass of water Reason for hope Back in the soup Not Debatable Dwayne Riley, prevention manager at the In an earlier life, S. Hope Dundas was a After the Supreme Court’s marriage equali- Emily Dievendorf, 38, has been an activist for Lansing Area Aids Network, has life-saving systems and database administrator, but she ty ruling in 2015, the staff of the Michigan-based as long as she can remember. The president of news and wants to share it. got tired of seeing her transgender friends LGBTQ paper Between the Lines thought they the Lansing Association for Human Rights since Riley, 28, helps people overcome their getting shoddy medical care, or being could loosen up a little. 2015 was already getting thrown off the school reluctance to be tested for HIV and connects refused care, and longed to be part of the “We actually had conversations about, ‘What bus in grade school for calling out the bus driv- them with the latest prevention and treat- solution. do we do now? Maybe we should just do a gay er’s racism. ment tools. Dundas, 43, has worked at Ingham cooking book,’” co-owner Jan Stevenson said. In high school, Dievendorf wanted to be “As a black gay man, HIV impacts the com- Community Health Center for about two “Then came November 2016 and we were back Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. munities I identify with in many ways,” he said. years as a physician assistant, specializing in in the soup.” Activism was an obvious choice for her. There “That diagnosis of HIV can change the trajec- transgender patients. In little over a year, she The election and aftermath brought a wave are plenty of gray areas in life, she said, but civil tory of someone’s life.” has built up a clientele of about 60 patients of newly emboldened anti-gay threats and legis- rights are not among them. Public perception of HIV as a death sen- who come from as far as Midland to the lative attempts to erode gay rights. “Human rights, what we all deserve at the tence is 15 or 20 years behind the reality, and north and Milan to the southeast. “The wolves have been released,” Stevenson bare minimum, how we should be treated equi- that complicates Riley’s job. Every day, she sees the toll harassment said. tably and fairly — that is not debatable,” she said. HIV prevention and treatment have and systemic discrimination take on the Like opportunistic strains of bacteria, end- “I can defend that forever.” improved to the point where patients can health of her transgender patients. lessly mutating “religious freedom” bills keep on After working in the state Legislature, she reach undetectable viral levels, he said. She said that up to 40 percent of trans- coming. joined Equality Michigan and became the group’s “Not only that, but the medications that gender people attempt suicide, compared to “It doesn’t matter that you can get mar- director. are available now are highly effective and often about 4.6 percent in the general population. ried if someone can say, ‘You’re evil, so I’m not Many people told her not to expect much people live out their life expectancy they “It’s beyond even the elevated risk that going to sell you a house, I can throw you out progress under a Republican-controlled state would have if they are HIV negative.” lesbian and gay and bisexual people expe- of my restaurant and fire you from your job,’” Legislature. He sounds like a man with a glass of water, rience,” she said. “Mental health issues are Stevenson said. “We passed an anti-bullying bill,” she said. trying any way he can to get the attention of pretty common — depression, anxiety, In 2018, Between the Lines will celebrate 25 “We played defense and stopped a lot of horri- people around him who are dying of thirst. PTSD, homelessness, unemployment and years of continuous publication. Stevenson and ble things when the Legislature threw one thing “The epidemic is not what it was in the underemployment, lack of insurance.” Susan Horowitz, who are also partners in life, after another at us. We built a marriage move- 1980s and ‘90s, but there are still populations Four days a week, she works at Eastern took over the publication two years after it was ment and helped get the marriage case to the that are disproportionately impacted by HIV,” Health Center at Lansing’s Eastern High started by a group of students at the University Supreme Court.” Riley said. School, giving primary care to all students of Michigan. Some battles were more bruising than others. “One of two black gay men, and one out while helping LGBTQ kids work through Back then, it was hard just to find people The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival ended its of four Latino gay men, are expected to be the problems they face. She often links them who were willing to be out in the paper. “People 40-year run in 2015 after Equality Michigan led diagnosed with HIV in their lifetimes.” with Teens Respecting and Understanding wanted to keep their jobs,” Stevenson said. a push to include trans women and a series of While studying at the University of Each Other — TRUE— a support group The paper’s key activist phase started in 2004, top acts boycotted the event. (Founder organizer Michigan, Riley started volunteering in health that meets at 4 p.m. Thursdays at Everybody when Michigan’s anti-gay-marriage amendment Lisa Vogel didn’t mention the controversy over services in nearby Ypsilanti and went on to Reads bookstore. shocked the LGBT community. inclusion of trans women as a reason for the fes- work in intervention services in Detroit. “That group is particularly good for trans “We stepped into a leadership role,” tival’s demise.) “That’s when I knew it was my passion,” and non-gender-conforming kids 14 to 18,” Stevenson said. “We were not only writing, but “I re-initiated a conversation about trans he said. she said. A support group for younger stu- organizing.” inclusion in feminist spaces and will go down in In Lansing, Riley manages a team of HIV dents is in the works. Even in the age of social media, print read- history for that, for good or bad, and I’m really test counselors and outreach specialists. The Since the November election, the pros- ership is growing. About 15,000 copies go out proud of that,” Dievendorf said. prevention program takes HIV testing and pect of cuts to federal funds that help each week, mainly in Detroit, and about 50,000 While struggling to run and fund LAHR, counseling into the community, using a rapid Ingham’s health centers, the repeal of the readers visit its website. Dievendorf finds time to help Equality Michigan test that can be used in the office or go any- Affordable Care Act and its trans-friendly Between the Lines is one of 12 papers in the with pro bono victim services and hate crime where it’s needed. provisions, and a fresh wave of anti-LGBTQ National Gay Media Association. “In 2016, our response. LAAN also does outreach events such as a harassment and violence, have Dundas on distribution, as a group, went up 16 percent,” “When somebody is murdered in a hate national testing day, coming up June 24. edge. “I feared for my patients, but there Stevenson said. crime, they don’t get shot and the suspect walks Most of Riley’s family lives in Detroit, but are a lot of signs for hope,” she said. “The Stevenson jokes that for her and Howowitz, away,” she said. “They are beaten, burned, dis- he feels he’s where he needs to be and plans greatest promise is in the upcoming gener- 25 years of home and work life adds up to “75 membered. People need to hear about it and to work in the field indefinitely. ation. They are so strong and resilient and years together.” consider why we need to provide safe, accepting “Lansing is a unique place,” he said. “I’m hopeful and they’re very creative and they “But we have no plans to slow down as long spaces wherever we can.” comfortable here.” defy boundaries.” as it’s fun,” she said. “And it is.” City Pulse • June 14, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17

UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS RACHEL CRANDALL-CROCKER: DELICIOUS JACKSON-CLARK: THIERRY NANA: Spoke in the wheel Happy but scared Be yourself, honey Not just a talker In summer 2000, the three largest automak- Eight years ago, pioneering transgender When Lansing drag queen Delicious Thierry Nana is living out a life of liber- ers in the United States announced they would activist Rachel Crandall-Crocker created the Jackson Clark works the stage to Jill Scott’s ation that began 29 years ago in Cameroon. extend health benefits to same-sex partners of International Transgender Day of Visibility, “Hate on Me,” her toughness, vulnerability, He moved to Lansing two years ago. their employees. March 31. joy and defiance radiate from every pore: “In Cameroon, people cannot be happy or The joint announcement by General Motors The day is now marked in dozens of coun- “Go ahead and hate on me, hater, I’m not free to say they are gay,” he said. Corp., Ford Motor Co. and the Chrysler divi- tries, from Russia to Africa to Asia. This year, One afraid of what I got paid for.” He was ridiculed in school and his father sion of DaimlerChrysler AG heralded the full World Trade Center was lit up in the transgen- Jackson Clark, 38, is a legend in Lansing, tried more than once to beat the gay out of participation of America’s manufacturing sec- der pride colors of pink, white and blue. not only for his 18-year run of Saturday gigs him. He tried to commit suicide three times. tor in a quiet revolution already underway “It’s weird to see articles on Facebook that at Spiral Dance Bar, but also for mentoring “I wasn’t happy to be gay, but that was among many Fortune 500 companies. are all in Chinese with my name in the middle,” countless LGBTQ kids in the community, in because the way people were making me Gerald Kariem, Region 1D director of the Crandall-Crocker said. “I hope they’re not say- person and via Facebook. feel,” he said. United Auto Workers union, said the break- ing I’m a dirty rotten bitch.” Jackson Clark is glowing extra brightly An aunt already lived in Lansing. Thierry’s through was not the result of some dramatic Did we mention that she has a warped sense these days. He just married his partner of mother hoped the aunt could cure him of top-down directive. The bargaining was done of humor? three years, Kyle Clark, May 20. They had a being gay. He hoped to find gay paradise. that year the same way it is always done: The Crandall-Crocker, 57, founded Transgender big wedding in his grandmother’s backyard But happiness was elusive at first. union locals put together resolutions and sub- Michigan in Lansing with her life partner, Susan and a reception for 400 people at the Eagles Between his accent and the culture shock, mit them to the bargaining team. Crocker, whom she married two years ago. Lounge. he said, “People looked at me like I was com- “The resolution came from the members,” “We are really, really happy,” Crandall said. “I Basking in Jackson Clark’s warmth and ing from Mars.” he said. “To their credit, GM agreed.” really love her so much.” poise makes it seem possible to be yourself He started going to First Presbyterian Once GM was on board, the UAW was able Outside the marital cocoon, however, things in spite of it all, and that’s a life-saving mes- Church and came under the mentorship of to take the resolution to Ford and Chrysler in aren’t so bright. sage for young LGBTQ people. James McClurken, a gay man and a church a classic piece of “pattern bargaining.” “A lot of my community are really, really “We try to grab young kids before they elder. Kariem described the milestone as a logical scared,” Crandall-Crocker said. “I know one get to that suicidal age and talk to them,” He started taking art classes at Lansing extension of UAW’s strong traditions. “UAW person who stopped her transition when he said. “Life is not that bad. I tell them, ‘Let Community College and painted at night. not only advocates for better wages, health and Trump was elected and went back to being a them say, “Fag this” and “fag that.” You just be McClurken and his husband, Sergei Kvitko, safety, but at the same time we are a social man. That’s why Transgender Michigan was cre- who you want to be, honey.’” hosted an exhibition of his work at their movement,” he said. ated.” He decided to try his skills as a drag mansion, the Potter House. The art show He declined to detail disagreements that Transgender Michigan has one of a handful queen about 20 years ago, for a drag show at doubled as a portfolio that helped him into must have broken out among rank-and-file of toll-free help lines in the nation for transgen- Club Paradise. the Kendall College of Art and Design, in membership leading up to the resolution, but der people. They recently started a Facebook “It wasn’t hard because I did it on Grand Rapids, studying fashion design and he admitted that his own path took some group for transgender people who are disabled. Halloween,” he said. He ended up trying for painting. twists and turns. The group’s annual Pride in the Park event Miss Paradise at a big drag show. With only six months of English study “Some folks don’t know how to have that in Ferndale, the largest transgender event in “I haven’t stopped since,” he said. under his belt, he is making stunning progress. discussion,” he said. “I didn’t. My granddaugh- Michigan, drew 300 people this year despite a Performing is a big release after a rough He has another art exhibition at McClurken ter taught me how to have that discussion. She relentless day of rain. About 1,000 people are day job in home health care and Kvitko’s house July 27 and is aiming to taught me about judging. I had to take a look at on the statewide mailing list with thousands “When I’m stressing out, I can take that get into Grand Rapids’ ArtPrize festival. He my own personal inventory.” more involved in local affiliates. frustration out in my performance and do a plans to take advantage of Kendall College’s The LGBTQ community, he said, is firmly One of Crandall-Crocker’s fondest hopes good show,” he said. “Making yourself look ties with FIG Collective in Brooklyn, an ultra- installed as a crucial spoke of the “great wheel” for the future is to create a first-class, spacious totally different — I love that.” chic “concept store” and workshop, to take of UAW. shelter for transgender people. His “nuclear jam” is “Hate on Me,” but the Big Apple by storm. “It’s no different than civil rights with Martin “Shelters say they have rooms for men he also gets the right feeling from Love To’s “Everyone who enters that school became Luther King,” he said. “I remember people hav- and rooms for women and no rooms for us,” “Talkin’ Body” and any number of songs by famous,” he said. “That’s my goal. I want to be ing conflicts about civil rights, affirmative action Crandall –Crocker said. “I have friends that Beyoncé and Rihanna. in the runway show and I will make it. I’m not and all that. The bottom line is it was the right were kicked out of shelters in the middle of “I’m versatile with that,” he said. “But if I just a talker.” thing to do.” winter when there were beds available.” don’t feel it, I don’t do it.”

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els south on Grand Avenue, then west on Michigan Pride 2017 Ottawa Street and finally south on Capitol ‘Unflagging devotion’ Avenue to end up at the Capitol steps. As the parade passes, spectators are encouraged to Friday, June 16 follow the parade to the Capitol for the ral- Inclusion Awards posthumously White Party ly. Registration for parade participation is honor gay rights leader Old Town kicks off this year’s Michigan free; see michiganpride.org for registration Jeffrey Montgomery Pride with a multi-venue party. A $10 wrist- details. Noon. FREE. Adado Riverfront Park, 300 N. band grants access to festivities at Spiral By TODD HEYWOOD Dance Bar, Esquire Bar and Sir Pizza Grand Grand Ave., Lansing. Jeffrey Montgomery is no longer walking Café. Revelers are encouraged to wear white among us, but his passion for equality and in solidarity with the LGBTQ community. freedom have shaped the way the LGBT Rally at the Capitol Steps community — indeed, the country — think 7 p.m.-2 a.m. $10. Old Town, Lansing. Immediately following the parade, a ral- about queer freedom. ly at the Capitol steps features Shane Montgomery, the founder of Detroit’s Tri- Shananaquet, a 14-year-old transgender Saturday, June 17 angle Foundation, will receive a posthumous Adrian High School student and LGBT honor at the second annual City Pulse In- Michigan Pride Parade activist. In January, he was selected to be a clusion Awards Thursday. He died last year This year’s parade begins at Adado youth ambassador for the Women’s March at 63. The statewide rights group Equality Riverfront Park and ends at the Capitol on Washington’s Youth Initiative. Michigan was formed out of a merger with steps. Participants meet at Adado Riverfront FREE. Michigan State Capitol, 100 N. park at 11:30 a.m.; the parade steps off the Triangle Foundation in 2010. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Henry Messer in 1991. The group’s main goal at noon. From the park, the parade trav- Montgomery took a personal tragedy and turned it into a stellar career as one of the was to track anti-LGBT violence. It com- leading national voices for sexual freedom missioned a study of the controversial use Michigan Pride Festival of police resources to conduct sting opera- Saturday’s outdoor festival takes over Old and against anti-LGBT violence. In 1984, after he raised millions of dollars to restore tions targeting men who have sex with men Town’s Turner Street, offering live music in public spaces. That study revealed the from Starfarm, Ty Teon, Emma Sapphire and renovate the historic Detroit Orchestra Hall, the trajectory of his life was forever Michigan State Police called such operations and more. Child-friendly activities, pro- “Bag-a-fag.” vided by Impression 5, are available from altered. His partner, Michael, was shot out- side a Detroit gay bar. His national platform came from an odd 2:30-4 p.m., and a beer tent is available for murder case in Detroit. Scott Amedure, a adult partiers. Parking is available at Lot He recounted being told, the day after the funeral, that he should not expect an arrest Lake Orion gay man, participated in the 56; attendees are encouraged to carpool to taping of an episode of the television tab- reduce their carbon footprint. or even heavy lifting by Detroit police in the efforts to find his lover’s killer. It was, he was loid talk program “The Jenny Jones Show” 1-10 p.m. $10 suggested donation. on March 6, 1995. On the show, Amedure Intersection of Grand River Ave and Turner told, “just another gay murder.” Using his fundraising skills and a dis- revealed his crush on Jonathan Schmitz. Street, Lansing . arming wit and charm in public speak- Once back in Metro Detroit, but before the ing, Montgomery launched the Triangle show aired, Amedure left sexually suggestive See michiganpride.org for more details Foundation with John Monahan and Dr. notes at Schmitz’s home. Schmitz withdrew and frequently asked questions. cash, purchased a shotgun and showed up at Amedure’s front door. He shot Amedure twice, left the scene and called 911 to confess Committed to Equal Housing to the murder. He was convicted of second Rose Vadnais degree murder in 1996. Real Estate and Design Professional Montgomery came to national attention as an outspoken critic of Schmitz’s “gay pan- ic attack” defense, as he did again in 1998 in the brutal beating death of Matthew Hubbell Briarwood Shepherd in Wyoming. Cathy Renna, who For the month of June, I will be donating 3% of my net commissions to the was with the national media group GLAAD, Lansing Association of Human Rights OR the charity of your choice. said Montgomery was instrumental in get- 830 W. Lake Lansing Rd., Suite 290, East Lansing ting national media to understand the ridic- 517.706.2442 ext.1242 (office) 541.515.5150 (cell) ulousness of a gay panic defense, which led, in part, to the judge rejecting it as a defense in the case. Montgomery graduated from Michigan State University and came of age as the LGBT movement was in its infancy. He par- Celebrate with PRIDE! ticipated in the Gay Activist Alliance, which once operated on Michigan Avenue. But his national and statewide accolades also hid a dark side. Montgomery struggled with alco- holism and was a heavy smoker. “No other local activist for LGBTQ rights and sexual freedom from the past twenty-five Sistrum is welcoming new singers! years has had the potent impact on our histo- Orientation is Aug. 23, 6-7 p.m. at Central ry as Jeffrey Montgomery,” said Tim Retzloff, an adjunct assistant professor at Michigan United Methodist Church (215 N. Capitol State University who has extensively studied Ave., downtown Lansing) the LGBTQ rights movement in Michigan. “His unflagging devotion to queer justice and www.sistrum.org social justice will be a model for generations to come.” City Pulse • June 14, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 19

ple who go to college, but really, it’s age-ap- Shemanski also recommends on-campus Campaign gave East Lansing a 100 percent in Island of acceptance propriate,” Hurlbert said. “There are still a job training. its municipal equality index, putting it leaps lot of folks who, when they come to college, “I’ve worked on campus, and supervisors and bounds above Lansing’s 65-point score Transgender, non-binary students have some degree of self-awareness, and this will use ‘sir’ with customers and employees, and at the same level as the state’s top-scoring find support in MSU programs is their time to really explore that more fully and it’s definitely a situation where I don’t feel cities, Ann Arbor and Detroit. and meet other people who are LBGT.” comfortable saying, ‘Don’t call me sir, because Though Shemanski said they experi- By EVE KUCHARSKI And with nearly 40,000 undergraduate that’s not what I am,” Shemanski said. “If they enced various instances of homophobia and While other students stressed about fixing students, the campus is filled with many stu- put something out there, something to reas- micro-aggressions since coming to campus, their hair or picking the perfect outfit, Jay dents of diverse backgrounds exploring their sure that you can come forward about it, that they said that overwhelmingly their MSU Hull felt a huge sense of relief on ID card day sexualities and gender identities for the first would be really cool.” experience was positive, especially recently. at MSU. After six months of coming out to time. But perhaps the school’s saving grace is “I’m seeing a lot more moves by the friends and family with their chosen name, “I think our unit really excels at meeting that the MSU LBGT Resource Center staff Resource Center to put more stuff up,” Hull didn’t have to anymore. student needs in a way that’s intersectional, realize where the school falls short, and, Shemanski said. “Just seeing advertisements “It was really freeing to come to college, that honors all the intersecting identities and according to Hurlbert, there is a push to do for LGBT stuff everywhere, and in terms of where no one knew me by my birth name. experiences that students have,” Hurlbert better. my singular most positive experience on cam- I just introduced myself as Jay, and it was said. “We’ve been particularly successful at “We are still struggling with bathrooms,” pus, finding TransAction was pretty great.” so cool,” Hull said. “I changed my preferred connecting with students who are African Hurlbert said. “However, there is a plan in TransAction is an on-campus club for name, so I had an ID card, and it was one of American, Latino place to roll out and transgender and gender non-conforming stu- the happiest moments of my freshman year.” and international “In college, being with people who accepted add to the network dents and their allies, one of several on-cam- Hull is nonbinary, someone who does not students who are my trans identity and people who were trans of restrooms that are pus LGBT clubs. Both Hull and Shemanski identify as either male or female, hence the also LBGT.” available.” are part of the student-run organization. they/their pronouns. Nonbinary people can But that isn’t to and who had a wide range of presentations, Hurlbert said that “TransAction is super fulfilling,” Hull said. identify as either both male and female or say MSU’s campus I got to be a little kinder to myself. MSU is one of the “That was really a crucial part of me being neither, depending on the individual. The is perfect. Google I got more comfortable and started to nation’s few campuses able to express myself and be comfortable MSU senior said that until coming to college, “LGBT-friendly that has a gender-in- with myself. I feel like at a smaller college, a they struggled to find common ground with college campuses” present myself like I wanted to.” clusive multi-user bath- group like that would have been more diffi- their family and peers. and Michigan State — Jay Hull, nonbinary MSU student room. And as trans- cult for me, and (at MSU) it wasn’t really.” “At home, I felt like people weren’t respect- University doesn’t gender issues become ing my identity as trans, so I had to be super, make the top 50. more prominent in the super trans-masculine in my presentation, As with any campus, homophobia and trans- national discussion, other shortcomings are in my actions and in my name, because that phobia sometimes rears their ugly head. revealed. was the only way I felt valid,” Hull said. “In “I had one professor, and he misgendered “We have a lot that’s changed, or that there college, being with people who accepted my students overtly in class,” said Joe Shemanski, are plans of action in place to address some trans identity and people who were trans and a senior microbiology student at MSU. “I of the needs that have arisen more clearly in who had a wide range of presentations, I got called him out on it, and he said, ‘Oh no, it’s the last few years,” Hurlbert said, citing con- to be a little kinder to myself. I got more com- for the foreign exchange students to avoid cerns like healthcare access and transition- fortable and started to present myself like I confusion.’ What kind of excuse is that?” al access for students who are transgender, wanted to.” Shemanski, who is also nonbinary, iden- emergency funds for students who might be For the first time in years, Hull said, they tifies as gay. They said that even with MSU’s cut off from their family and gender-neutral can wear skirts without worry of being per- resources, there’s still a lot the university can housing options and roommate selection ceived as too feminine. do better. availability for students to have more options According to Dee Hurlbert, the director of “First, more neutral bathrooms, because in choosing who they’ll live with. the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender there are barely any, their distribution is very So even though MSU doesn’t reach the Resource Center at MSU, Hull’s exploration clustered and a lot of it is out of the way,” country’s top lists of LGBT-friendly schools, of their identity is natural. College is a time Shemanski said. “Then, I think the teachers there are signs of forward progress. The of growth. getting more sensitivity training — especially city of East Lansing itself was rated espe- “It’s important to note that it’s not just peo- the older generation, the tenured people.” cially LGBTQ friendly. The Human Rights

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LOVE THY NEIGHBOR coming and affirming to all people.” THY Open to all For Weingartner and many others, that’s a step in the right direction. Gay | Straight | Atheist | Jew Faith Lutheran Church celebrates “As a gay Christian, I’ve struggled through- Muslim | Christian | Homeless LGBTQ-friendly recognition out my life trying to figure out what it means to be both gay and a Christian,” Weingartner said. Rich | Democrat | Republican By DYLAN TARR And while he has always felt welcome at the Black | White | Brown Just in time for National Pride Month, church, the RIC recognition assures him that Faith Lutheran Church in Okemos is spread- Male | Trans | Female he’s fully included in Faith Lutheran’s com- ing the word that its doors are open to all. In munity. As the church moves forward with

a public statement issued June 7, the church its officially LGBTQ-friendly congregation, NEIGHBOR has made clear its intent to create a safe wor- Weingartner is excited for a future of inclusion.

ship space for the LGBTQ community. “We will be assessing our building, signs The statement comes after Faith and worship services to make sure they fully Let’s Live Together in Peace Lutheran was recognized by the nonprofit support our welcoming statement and that we ReconcilingWorks, an advocacy group for are truly welcoming and inclusive to all people,” Pilgrim Congregational 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave. the equality of LGBTQ Lutherans. Since Weingartner said. “We will continue education Sunday - 10 AM 1984, the organization has been helping to events on a variety of topics of diversity to allow United Church of Christ provide and identify safe space congrega- our congregation to continue to grow.” (517) 484-7434 tions, churches and other religious groups To commemorate the new policy, Faith Lansing, MI PilgrimUCC.com with its Reconciling in Christ, or RIC, recog- Lutheran will hold a diversity-based service nition program. this Sunday. The service will include passag- “RIC is a designation that congregations es, hymns and prayers focused on inclusion. receive when they adopt a public welcoming “We are also encouraging people to wear statement,” said Rich Weingartner, a Faith something that reflects who they are and Lutheran congregation member and head gives them a story to tell about what makes of the team that led the church through the them unique,” Weingartner said. process of becoming RIC recognized. And while Weingartner said the RIC des- Churches that become RIC recognized ignation specifically highlights equality for welcome all gender identities and sexual all sexual orientations and gender identities, orientations, said Weingartner, adding that Faith Lutheran is devoted to celebrating ReconcilingWorks strives to dismantle sys- diversity in all forms and welcomes anyone tematic injustices in faith-based settings and just the way they are, no strings attached. encourages the “adoption of a welcoming LGBTQ friendly churches are often diffi- statement to fully welcome everyone was cult to find, especially in mid-Michigan. To natural for our congregation.” Weingartner, Faith Lutheran is a place where The process to become RIC recognized everyone is not only welcomed but also Support LGBT students took about a year to complete and focused on affirmed, and he hopes Faith Lutheran’s RIC at LCC through the outreach and education within the church to recognition will enable the LGTBQ commu- help the congregation learn more about the nity to find a safe place to worship and a lov- LGBTQ community. Even during the appli- ing congregation. Betsy Lou Robson cation process, Weingartner saw the church But most importantly to Weingartner, evolving in a positive direction. Faith Lutheran’s RIC recognition “reassures Memorial Scholarship “We have had an increased interest of me that I am loved and accepted by God and people coming to our congregation, either as the congregation, exactly as I am.”

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ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER form a song specifically written for her. tening to older jazz music, and I just fell in Golden ambitions “Before I went there, I had the drive to do love with the sound.” what I love, but it is just so inspiring to see Hoke was researching summer music Haslett High School junior others with so much talent and passion for programs when she discovered the Grammy music,” she said. Camp program. It was close to the deadline, dreams big at Grammy Camp Rachel Hoke, Barnett’s mother, said the but Barnett focused on the application, made level of talent at the Grammy Camp was her audition recording sound as good as it By CLARISSA KELL something she had never seen before. could and sent it off. Every year, the biggest names in American “You will definitely see these people At Grammy Camp, Barnett and the oth- music vie for the Grammy Awards’ gilded become Grammy nominated,” Hoke said. er vocalists were paired up with songwriters, gramophone trophies. This summer, just And there is precedent there. Maren also high school students, who were charged Courtesy Photo over 100 high school students — including Morris, who won a Grammy for Best Country with writing a song for each vocalist to per- Haslett High School junior Jennifer Barnett one from East Lansing — got a boost on their Solo Performance in 2016, gave a shout-out form at the end of the program. The singers was one of 119 students selected to attend path to Grammy eligibility through the orga- to Grammy Camp during her acceptance were asked to perform a song that really this year’s Grammy Camp. The camp nization’s five-day Grammy Camps. speech. She attended the program in 2015, displayed their sound and musical taste for offers an intensive five-day experience Jennifer Barnett, a 16-year-old Haslett High the first year of the program. the songwriters, so the writers could create for high school instrumentalists, singers, School junior, was one of 119 students select- Barnett has been studying under Grammy- a song that matched well with the vocalist. songwriters and audio engineers. ed out of over 1,000 other instrumentalists, nominated jazz singer Sunny Wilkinson for Barnett was the first to perform but the last for them,” Barnett said. vocalists, songwriters and audio engineers who years, and she often performs with a jazz com- vocalist to get her song. Barnett and her bandmates from Grammy applied for this year’s Grammy Camps. bo featuring local jazz fixtures Ron Newman, “I didn’t like the song that I was given Camp are trying to meet up again to record “This experience was the highlight of my Ed Fedewa and Austin Howard. right away,” Barnett said. “I had to change a new song together, because they had so year,” Barnett said. “It was an amazing expe- “I have the best dynamic with my coach,” it up — it was too much like something you much fun at the camp. rience, and I gained so much inspiration.” Barnett said. “We are close friends despite would hear on the radio. Being a songwriter Barnett said the best thing that came Of the 119 students selected, Barnett the age difference, because she completely myself, I just couldn’t sing something that I from the experience was everyone she met. was the only one from Michigan. The stu- understands what I am going through.” felt I wouldn’t normally sing.” She misses the other campers already, but dents were split into smaller groups, which Barnett said she first got into music When it came to the final performance, she has been keeping in touch with them. attended camps at either Belmont University through Amy Winehouse. She loved her the songwriters performed how the song was “At other programs, I didn’t make that in Nashville or the University of Southern sound and memorized the lyrics to the entire originally prepared, and then the vocalists strong connection that I did at Grammy California in Los Angeles. Barnett’s group, “Frank” album. took to the stage with their bands to perform Camp,” Barnett said. “I was just so in awe which featured 32 students, attended the “From (Winehouse) I found jazz,” their renditions of the songs. of everyone’s skill and absolute passion for camp May 30 to June 3 in Nashville. She Barnett said. “I started listening to who Amy “It was amazing to see how everyone had music. I can’t emphasis enough the impor- worked with other campers to learn and per- Winehouse listened to, and then started lis- their own twist to the songs that were made tance of the relationships and connections.”

comfort zone at times, particularly in more tury modern furniture on wheels propelled serious moments, but his banter with the by the synchronized running crew. The audience and Woolsey were spot on. show’s biggest hang-ups are not the scene As the equally smart but more seasoned transitions, but the slower, single person bal- FBI agent Hanratty, Woolsey is a stand- lads, where the stage feels empty. A spotlight out performer. Although he looks more like to isolate the singer might help, but without ing his daring exploits in between. During Farnham’s younger brother than a mid- it, the fully lit stage swallows the singers. Worth falling for this time, he cashes homemade phony checks dle-aged federal agent, Woolsey works hard The rest of the supporting roles and cho- while impersonating a Pan Am pilot — one behind his dark mustache to make his char- rus do their part to keep up the energy. Karyn ‘Catch Me If You Can’ of his many disguises —and falls in love with acter feel as authentic as possible. Hanratty’s Perry’s choreography blends swing steps with a nurse named Brenda Strong (Taylor Rupp). Act I song, “Don’t Break the Rules,” is a ‘60s pop dances charms like a con man He’s doggedly pursued and eventually caught jazz-driven showstopper punctuated with that looks sharp “Catch Me If You by intrepid FBI investigator Carl Hanratty the tightest choreography of the entire pro- in unison. The Can” By PAUL WOZNIAK (Adam Woolsey) but not before stealing hun- duction. And Woolsey’s scenes drive the chorus kicks are Riverwalk Theatre 7 p.m. Thursday, June The old maxim says crime doesn’t pay. dreds of thousands of dollars. Accompanied show with the intensity of a man on fire. nicely in step with 15; 8 p.m. Friday, June But in Terrance McNally’s musical adapta- by the music and lyrics of Marc Shaiman and Strong supporting performances come musical director 16-Saturday, June 17; 2 p.m. tion of “Catch Me If You Can,” crime not only Scott Wittman, the songwriting team behind from Rupp, as the over-capable/under-con- John Dale Smith’s Sunday, June 18 $22/$20 seniors/students/ pays, but it’s also lots of fun. Based on the Broadway’s “Hairspray: The Musical,” “Catch fident love interest, and her father Roger, tight pit band. military feature film of the same name, the musical Me If You Can” is a genre- and globe-hop- played with intensity by Ben Holzhausen. And Kris Maier’s Riverwalk Theatre 228 Museum Drive, Lansing (517) tells the story of Frank Abagnale Jr., a real life ping musical with nods to jazz standards, But the show’s most valuable player is Laura costumes are also 482-5700; riverwalktheatre. conman-turned-FBI investigator. Riverwalk Dusty Springfield, John Denver and others. Croff. Croff plays two roles, first a ‘60s era fun, starting with com Theatre’s production works very hard to con- Farnam is a capable fit for the smart and stewardess for “Riverwalk Airlines,” perform- pastel colored leg- jure the sights and sounds of the swinging suave Abagnale. Encouraged by the lofty ing the preshow announcements and perfect- gings and evolving ‘60s. What Riverwalk lacks in star power — dreams and stick-it-to-the-man attitude ly setting the tone for the goofy production into colorful yet period appropriate suits and no Leo or Tom Hanks here — it makes up for of his own father, Frank Sr. (Bob Purosky), to follow. She returns in Act II as Brenda’s dresses. One particular highlight is the cus- with strong performances, great costumes Abagnale is less a criminal mastermind than sassy southern mother, Carol Strong, who tom Elmer’s Glue-inspired headgear created and lots of music and dancing. a driven individual who exploited systemic describes young Frank as a “hunky hunk of for an in-show “commercial.” Set between the years of 1964 and 1969, weaknesses in the name of the American you betcha.” Her song, “Family Tree,” along- Those subtle touches are notable in a “Catch Me If You Can” follows a young, dream. Farnham’s strong voice, smooth side Holzhausen and his bushy mustache, is large and sometimes loud musical like this. charming Abagnale (Brian Farnham) from steps and boyish features make him easy to an Act II highlight. Despite its minor flaws, this is a con worth his first con — impersonating a substitute root for. During Thursday’s opening night Director, set and properties designer Jane falling for. teacher — to his eventual capture, highlight- production, Farnham struggled to find his Falion keeps the show moving with mid-cen- City Pulse • June 14, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 23 Trouble in Amish Paradise MSU veterinarian publishes debut thriller

By BILL CASTANIER cat or dog stories save for Precious, a learning the ways of the Amish. Along Last week I read two books. The first mixed-breed canine sidekick of the vet. the way, he will find a love interest and was “Camino Island,” another ballyhooed In fact, the tension in the book begins learn more about the home remedies thriller from John Grisham, who is well with a large black dog that is killing farm and superstitions of the Amish. He even known for the more than 20 legal thrill- animals and may be rabid. grows to like being called “veterinary” as ers he has penned. The second, “Casting Erskine has been a veterinarian for he tries to decipher the German of the Demons Into Swine,” is by MSU veteri- nearly 30 years, and his power of obser- Amish. narian R.J. Erskine of Grand Ledge. Set vation and the ability to convert it to He said the book began more as a in the 1980s, the novel follows a young prose is impressive. He studied at the “memoir book” similar to James Herriot’s vet who gets caught up in a mystery in University of Illinois before moving to “All Creatures Great and Small,” but that Courtesy Photo Pennsylvania’s Amish country. Pennsylvania, where he received both an his first drafts of the novel “read like a “Casting Demons Into Swine,” a self- Grisham’s annual entry in to the beach advanced degree and an intense intro- clinical manual.” published novel by MSU veterinarian R.J. read world is a literary mystery — which duction to the lives of Amish farmers. “I struggled with balance and learned Erskine, is a thriller set in Pennsylvania’s I am a sucker for — in the vein of John Erskine, who lives on a gentleman’s to write realistic and not crude (in Amish country. Dunning’s “Booked to Die” series, which farm in Grand Ledge, recently met with describing treatments and procedures),” features an independent bookseller as me at the Delta Township Library to talk he said, adding that he also learned a lot the protagonist. In Grisham’s novel, some about his long-awaited — by him — book. about plot, dialogue and pacing. SCHULER BOOKS high-tech thieves steal five original F. Several decades ago and right across the Some of the book is tear-jerking and USIC Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts, including street from the library, cows ranged at some is outright funny, including the &M “The Great Gatsby,” from a university’s a large dairy farm owned by the Sharpe name of Erskine’s publishing company, KAREN DIONNE presents the archives. The manuscripts land in the family. He reflects on what it was like in Stray Voltage, a less than subtle refer- hands of a successful independent book- the 1980s for a young veterinarian. ence to the effects of high power lines on highly anticipated thriller seller in a Florida beach front communi- “I like how dairy farmers think,” cattle and people. The Marsh King’s Daughter ty, which is run by a man with a penchant Erskine said. “They are straightforward, He emphasizes that the novel is not “a for rare books and beautiful women. It’s practical and you know where you stand. primer on Amish life,” nor is it a thrill- Wednesday, June 14 @ 7pm- rumored he may trade in and collect sto- They face the eternal struggle against the er in the shadows of a Robin Cook. The Meridian Mall location len literary gems. entropy of nature, and they know there book, which Erskine sees as developing Almost our entire An insurance recovery company hires are no guarantees.” into a series, is “more about how com- staff has been a young woman to go to the island and The book is semi-autobiographical mon people deal with a problem.” wowed by the act as bait and detective. Coincidently in that Erskine’s first job in the field newest book by — and there are many coincidences in is the basis for the book’s backdrop. So Michigan author “Camino Island” — the young woman when he writes about prolapsed pla- Karen Dionne — had summered on the island growing up centa repair, he did it. Erskine is one The Marsh King’s as a child and a teenager. Without giving of those writers who keeps daily jour - Daughter—one of away the dreadful conclusion, let’s just nals, and it’s those journals which allow the most anticipated say that in the end, everyone gets what him to re-create the life of a young vet titles of the summer they want. and the realistic scenarios in the book. season! Praised by Do not read this book. Instead order When he writes about what it was like US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd Lee Child and Karin Slaughter, and sure Erskine’s more lifelike and enjoyable to be called out in the middle of the to thrill fans of The Girl on the Train, read off of Amazon ($9.99 paperback, night during a raging snow storm to www.NCGmovies.com we predict this book is going to be $3.99 Kindle). It is a much more inter- help a desperate farmer, he nails it. massive, so be one of the first to read esting and layered approach, with much Erskine’s protagonist, Malcolm (517) 316-9100 it! more likable characters, including an old Cromarty, is a likeable, dedicated vet who Student Discount with ID Scout — the Jeep-like vehicle —named is dealing with a recent divorce while ID required for “R” rated films EPIC READS Summer 2017 “Lucille” after B.B. King’s guitar. Meet-up Interestingly, Grisham and Erskine do have something in common. Both writ- Thursday, June 15 @ 7pm ers turned to self publishing their first Eastwood Towne Center location books, which led to Grisham peddling his So many YA books… books from the trunk of his car. The 21st Classicon 51 A Comic, Pulp, Paperback & Glamour Art Show so little time. Epic century equivalent finds Erskine selling Reads invites readers his novel on Amazon. The self published 1,000‛s of collectable Golden & Silver Age Comics, Digests, of all ages to join a book is uncharted territory for Erskine, Pulps, Pinup & Glamour Art available for sale or trade along round-table where whose previous published work detailed with Classic Paperbacks featuring wonderful, politically you’ll get to strike such choice subjects as mastitis therapy incorrect cover art from the 20‛s - 60‛s. up conversation with and ruminant physiology. Sat. June 24th authors who will gab Don’t be alarmed when you read “self 10 am-4 pm $3.00 Admission about their books and published.” Erskine’s book is profession- University Quality Inn other fan favorites. ally edited and presented with very few 3121 E. 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Wednesday, June 14 CLASSES AND SEMINARS Endnote X7 and Endnote Online. Basic Courtesy Photo Introduction. 10 a.m.-noon FREE. MSU Library, 366 W. Hip-hop producer Terrel Wallace, aka Tall Circle Drive East Lansing. 517-353-8700. Black Guy, comes to Lansing Saturday for Alcoholics Anonymous. At 6 p.m. Donations the Jump Off, a beat battle where local welcome. Pennsylvania Ave. Church of God, 3500 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Lansing. 517-882-4114 producers compete for cash prizes. Mindfulness. Meditation for beginners and JUNE 12 experienced 7-9 p.m. Chua Van Hanh Temple, 3015 S. Washington Lansing. 517-420-5820. ow.ly/3aWI30crcLc We see rap battles all the time on Shamanic Healing & Education Clinic. Shamanic television, in movies and in YouTube creating an outlet for these Wallace attracted many past demonstration clinic and talk. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free/ videos. But this weekend, Lansing Donations accepted. Willow Stick Ceremonies, 1515 W. underappreciated artists. winners, such as Mosaic and Young Mt. Hope Ave., Suite 3 Lansing. audience can see the behind-the- “It’s kind of an ongoing Heat, to come back to compete in SMART Recovery. Self Management Addiction scenes music producers battle it out opportunity for producers who are front of the well known producer. Recovery Training for any dependency. 1-2:30 p.m. in a different kind of contest. FREE. Cristo Rey Community Center, 1717 N. High St. typically behind the scenes in the hip “It’s a great networking tool,” Lansing. 517-507-9166. smartrecovery.org Music producers and beat makers hop industry to be at the forefront, Pumphrey said, Walk-In Wednesdays. Art activities for all face off in the Jump Off beat battle “especially for The Jump Off ages. 4-5:30 p.m. FREE. Reach Studio Art Center, so they can showcase their music,” Saturday at the Robin Theatre. 7 p.m. Saturday, 1804 S. Washington Ave. Lansing. 517-999-3643. Pumphrey said. “No rappers aspiring rappers June 12 reachstudioart.org The event, hosted by All of the involved.” and folks who Above Creative, brings 16 of these $10 MUSIC Participants bring 15 to 20 pre- want to see who’s Robin Theatre artists into one venue to compete 1105 S. Washington Turn Up the Bricks at Allen Farmers Market. prepared beats and are judged bubbling up in the Ave., Lansing Performance from Turn Up the Bricks. 5-6:30 p.m. tournament-style in front of a panel on creativity, mix, technique and beat scene, to (989) 878-1810, FREE. Allen Market Place, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St. of judges for $200 and some serious presentation by judges hand share a card or therobintheatre.com Lansing. 517-999-3911. allenneighborhoodcenter.org bragging rights. Concerts in the Park. Thornetta Davis performs. selected from the Lansing area. maybe connect and 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Lansing City Market, 325 City Tyson Pumphrey, who performs The tournament is set up so that figure out who’s Market Drive Lansing. 517-483-4313. lansingmo.gov/ as Ozay Moore, said the beat battle producers face off head-to-head, going to produce their next project.” parks grew from a need for beat makers Tavern House Jazz Band. From 7:30 p.m. to going back and forth attempting to Pumphrey said the ultimate goal 10:30 a.m. Tavern and Tap, 101 S. Washington Square to have an exhibition for their work, one-up each other’s beats. of the event is for the producers, Lansing. 517-374-5555 separate from other artists. “It’s a win for everybody,” said usually hidden in the industry, to Turn Up the Bricks at Allen Farmers Market. “I’m originally from Seattle, and Performance from Turn Up the Bricks. 5 to 6:30 Pumphrey. “It’s a win for contestants emerge from behind the curtain. p.m. FREE. Allen Market Place, 1629 E Kalamazoo St these events were happening all for just being able to have an “As AOTA, we’re always trying Lansing. 517-999-3911. allenneighborhoodcenter.org the time,” said Pumphrey, executive audience where it’s just about to show the flipside of the coin director of All of the Above Creative. EVENTS them for a second, stepping out as it pertains to hip-hop culture,” Allen Farmers Market. From 2:30 to 7 p.m. FREE. “That culture already existed where from behind their computer in their Pumphrey said. “We want people to Allen Market Place, 1629 E Kalamazoo St Lansing. I was from, and when I moved out basement or their dorm room or leave feeling as if they got a taste 517-999-3911. to Lansing, I saw that we had tons ANC Senior Discovery Group. YMCA rep. wherever it is they make their music. of some more of what hip hop has discusses blood pressure and diabetes. 10 a.m.-noon of talent, a lot of great producers, And it gives our audience a chance to offer. We like people to leave FREE. Allen Neighborhood Center, 1611 E Kalamazoo but there wasn’t really a solid inspired, encouraged, enlightened, St. Lansing. allenneighborhoodcenter.org to participate and celebrate it with or consistent avenue for these them.” educated and a little further into ARTS producers to pursue. When are This beat battle features an what the culture’s about.” Conscience of the Human Spirit: The Life of these guys going to have a chance appearance by producer Tall Black Nelson Mandela. From 12 to 2 p.m. Free. Lookout! to have a moment in time where Gallery, 362 Bogue St., MSU campus East Lansing. Guy, real name Terrel Wallace, who Pop Up Demo: Juanita Baldwin. Demonstrations they’re getting their just dues? I saw will serve as judge and performer by professional artists. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art a need, and decided why not try to — DANIELLE CHESNEY Gallery, 113 S. Washington Sq. Lansing. 517-374-6400. for the evening. Originally from fill it?” Detroit, Wallace is now based in See Out on the Town, Page 21 This event marks six years of London. Pumphrey said he believes City Pulse • June 14, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25

forgiveness. 7-9 p.m. Unity Spiritual Center of Donations welcome.. Cristo Rey Community Center, Lansing, 230 S. Holmes Lansing. 517-371-3010. 1717 N. High St. Lansing. THEATRE Phantom of the Universe. From 8 to 9 p.m. unitylansing.org Club VINE: Chardonnays of the World . Wines Out on the town $3-4. Abrams Planetarium, 755 Science Road East Capital Area Crisis Rugby Practice. All from California, Chile, Argentina, Spain and Italy. Lansing. (517) 355-4672. experience levels welcome. 6-8 p.m. FREE. St. Appetizers too. 6:30-9 p.m. $40 + tax and gratuity . Taking Shakespere. Michigan premiere. 8-9:30 from page 24 Joseph Park, 2125 W. Hillsdale Lansing. crisisrfc.com Capital Vine , 2320 Showtime Dr Lansing. p.m. Adult $30, Military/Senior (65+) $28, Student Celebrate Recovery. For all types of hurts and Practice Your English. Practice English in friendly $10. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam Williamston. lansingartgallery.org. hang-ups. 6 p.m. Donations welcome. Trinity Church setting. FREE. All skills welcome. 7 to 8 p.m. FREE. 517-655-SHOW. www.williamstontheatre.org (Lansing), 3355 Dunckel Road Lansing. http://ow.ly/ East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road East LITERATURE AND POETRY sVbF30crhfz Lansing. 517-351-2420. Bookworms at the Broad. Stories/songs about Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. At Spanish Conversation. Practice listening to and EVENTS Golf Fore Giving Golf Outing. Fundraiser to motion + art! Ages 2-5. Siblings welcome. 1-2 p.m. 5:45 p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, speaking English in a friendly setting. All skill levels benefit Cristo Rey Community Center.9 a.m. to 2 FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. 2019 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing. 517-515-5559. coda.org are welcome.7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public p.m. College Fields Golf Club, 3800 Hagadorn Road Circle Drive, MSU Campus East Lansing. elpl.org Library, 950 Abbot Road East Lansing. (517) 351- Okemos. 517-927-4536. cristoreycommunity.org THEATRE 2420. Phantom of the Universe. Presentation on dark Taking Shakespeare. Michigan premiere. 8-9:30 The Storytellers. Songs/stories from Caribbean, matter. 8-9:30 p.m. $3-4. Abrams Planetarium, 755 Thursday, June 15 p.m. $25/$23 Military/Senior (65+)/$10 Student. Western Africa and more. 6:30 to 7 p.m. Grand Science Road East Lansing. 517-355-4672. CLASSES AND SEMINARS Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam Williamston. 517- Ledge Area District Library , 131 E. Jefferson St Small Town, Big Engines. Eighth annual (TOPS) Take Off Pounds Sensibly . Weigh-in 655-SHOW. Grand Ledge. 510-627-7014. grandledge.lib.mi.us 5:15 p.m. In room 207. 6 p.m. First meeting FREE.. Dimondale Business Association car show. 6-8 p.m. Haslett Middle School, 1535 Franklin St. Haslett. 517- EVENTS Downtown Dimondale, Bridge Street Dimondale. 517- 646-8358. discoverdimondale.com 927-4307 12-Step Meeting . AA/NA/CA all welcome. Every Friday, June 16 Cruize in at the Double Deuce Diner. Band, A Course in Miracles. Group on peace through Tuesday and Thursday in room 209. 2-1 p.m. FREE. CLASSES AND SEMINARS firewordks and classic cars. 5 p.m. 555 W. Main St., Mud & Mug. From 7 to 10 p.m. $25. Reach Studio 517-290-4971 Art Center, 1804 S. Washington Ave. Lansing. (517) SATURDAY, JUNE 17 >> OLDSMOBILE HOMECOMING 999-3643. See Out on the Town, Page 28 Car lovers from all over Michigan and beyond roll out their prized automobiles Saturday for the Oldsmobile MUSIC Homecoming. This year’s event is hosted by the Auto Owners Insurance Complex in Lansing, giving patrons and Live Music w/ Chris Canas . Pottery workshop. Guests can bring snacks. 7-10 p.m. Lansing Brewing exhibitors more room to show off their cars in the world's largest one-day Oldsmobile car show. The event, Company, 518 E. SHIAWASSEE STREET Lansing. 517- which is hosted by the local chapter of the Oldsmobile Club of America, is free for spectators; fees are required 371-2600. http://www.reachstudioart.org/ to participate in the car show, for sale lot or swap meet. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Auto Owners Insurance Complex, 6101 Anacapri Blvd., Lansing. (517) 645-7438, reolds.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 17 >> LANSING BEER FEST

Over two dozen Michigan breweries will be pouring pints in REO Town Saturday for the fifth annual Lansing Beer 40 Festival. The lineup includes heavy hitters like Bell’s Brewery, Dark Horse Brewing Co. and Perrin Brewing Co., as well as local brewers like Midtown Brewing Co., Old Nation Brewing Co. and Ellison Brewery. For those who Commercial & aren’t fans of beer, the festival also includes ciders, spirits and wine. The slate of live music features Young Residential Pioneer, Vandalay and LOA, and food trucks offer a bite to eat between drinks. Designated drivers can buy a ticket to enter for only $10. The 21-and-up event is held outside, rain or shine. 4-9 p.m. $35/$40 VIP. REO Town, Fully Insured on Washington Avenue between South Street and Elm Street. lansingbeerfest.com.

JUNE 15-17 >> LANSING JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION Call Joan at:

Every year, Juneteenth is celebrated across the country to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. This year’s 23rd annual Lansing Juneteenth Celebration offers a variety of activities and spanning (517) 881-2204 several locations. The festivities begin Thursday with a kickoff event in the lobby of City Hall. The next day SATURDAY, JUNE 17 >> ART IN THE PARK AT RANNEY PARK offers the Freedom Festival at St. Joseph Park in Lansing. The celebration wraps Saturday with the African American parade and a second day of the Freedom Festival. Juneteenth will also include a health festival, Musicians and artists team up for a free outdoor concert Saturday at Ranney Park. In a partnership between essay contest and an assortment of vendors. FREE. Call or see website for locations and times. (517) 394-6900, MidMichigan Environmental Action Council’s Art in the Wild Committee and Marshall Music, Art in the Park lansing juneteenthcelebration.org. features performances by the Webberville Concert Band, Tom & Mary, Marshall’s School of Music Rock Band and more. At the end of the event, audience members are invited to participate in a ukulele play-along and/or JUNE 16-17 >> ‘DR. HORRIBLE’S SING-ALONG BLOG’ AT OVER THE LEDGE THEATRE CO. a drum circle with instruments provided by Marshall Music. The concert aims to bring awareness to a project Dr. Horrible, an aspiring supervillain, faces steep odds as he attempts to join the super exclusive Evil League of initiated by Ingham County Drain Commissioner Patrick E. Lindemann to reduce water pollution in the Red Evil in Over the Ledge Theatre Co.’s staged reading of Joss Whedon’s “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” Played Cedar River and create new public spaces and trails along the river. Food is provided by the CruZine food truck; in this production by Josh Martin, Dr. Horrible is foiled every step of the way in his quest for infamy by Captain attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, chairs and snacks. 2-6 p.m. FREE. Ranney Park, 3201 E. Michigan Hammer, a self-centered, walking parody of a superhero, played by Andrew Snyder. The duo’s antics escalate Ave., Lansing. artinthewild.org. when Penny (Ann Carlson), an unsuspecting love interest, enters the mix. 8 p.m. $8. The Ledges Playhouse, 137 JUNE 16-18, 23-25 >> ‘SISTER ACT’ AT OWOSSO COMMUNITY PLAYERS Fitzgerald Park Drive, Grand Ledge. (517) 318-0579, overtheledge.org.

When lounge singer Deloris Wilson is witness to a mob crime, the wise-cracking musician takes SUNDAY, JUNE 18 >> ‘CELTIC WOMAN’ AT WHARTON CENTER refuge with the witness protection program in an unlikely location: a Catholic convent. “Sister Act,” Fusing the traditional and the modern, Celtic Woman blends centuries of musical tradition into a unique Owosso Community Players latest production, follows Deloris as she inspires the convent choir performance Sunday at the Wharton Center. The quartet has enjoyed 12 years of success, selling 10 million with her infallible voice and fresh disco moves — much to the disapproval of the straight-laced albums and 3 million tickets worldwide. Celtic Woman — singers Máiréad Carlin, Susan McFadden, Éabha Reverend Mother. Detroit School of the Arts valedictorian and jazz musician Savannah Fisher plays McMahon and violinist Tara McNeill —are joined by a group of talented musicians and dancers to showcase the the lead role of Deloris Wilson in this musical adaptation of the classic Whoopi Goldberg film. 8 p.m. group’s 2016 release “Voices Of Angels,” as well as other songs from its extensive catalog. 3 p.m. Tickets start Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. $23. Joseph H. Lebowsky Center, 122 E. Main Street, Owosso. at $47. Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000, whartoncenter.com (989) 723-4003, owossoplayers.com. 26 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 14, 2017

Powerface reunites at the Loft

Saturday, June 17 @ The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. 18+, $12/$10 adv., 8 p.m Powerface, the defunct ‘90s-‘00s metal band, reunites Saturday at the Loft for the first time since the band’s last reunion show in July 2010. Openers are Jonestown Crows, Heartsick and LOA. The concert benefits amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research and the family of Bill McCann, a local man who was recently diagnosed with the disease. Powerface earned a solid following into the early 2000s, packing venues like the now closed Temple Club. The Holt-based groove-metal band, which disbanded in 2004, comprises vocalist Jeremy Keinitz, bassist A survey of Lansing’s Jeremy Schopp, drummer Chris Doerr and guitarists Robb Underhill and Musical LAndscape Elijah White. After its formation in 1992, Powerface issued a series of Sat., June records on various labels, including Yikes!, Heavy Jack Records and Four/ Seven Media. The band’s first full-length, “The Method,” hit stores in 1997, Powerface By RICH TUPICA 17th and “Steal Your Soul” followed in 2003.

Young Pioneer at Bridge Fest, Lansing Beer Fest Saturday, June 17 @ Lansing Beer Fest, REO Town, Lansing. 21+, $35/$30 adv., 4 p.m. The alt-pop sounds of Young Pioneer can be heard at two Lansing shows this week, starting with a free Thursday performance at Bridge Fest, which starts at 5:30 p.m. near the Lansing City Market, 325 City Market Dr., Lansing. The Accidentals and Tangelo also perform. Then, on Saturday, Young Pioneer takes the stage again at the fifth Annual Lansing Beer Fest. The outdoor craft-beer shindig happens on Washington Avenue between South and Elm streets in REO Town. Sharing the bill are Vandalay and sat., June LOA. To sample Young Pioneer’s sound, check out the video for the band’s single, “Playing Pretend,” on Youtube. Its 2015 “Where Does the Night End” LP is also streamed on the band’s channel. 17th Young Pioneer

The fretless at the robin theatre

Friday, June 23 @ The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave, Lansing. All ages, $15/$12 adv., 7:30 p.m. At this year’s Juno Awards, aka the Canadian Grammys, the Fretless were nominated for Instrumental Album of Year. Next week, the group performs an intimate all-ages set at the Robin Theatre. The Fretless plays a fresh brand of folk music that transforms fiddle tunes and folk melodies into complex yet striking, high-energy arrangements. The group debuted in 2012 with its “Waterbound” LP, which earned the Ca- nadian group a handful of folk music awards, plenty of critical acclaim and the opportunity to tour across Fri., June Germany. The Fretless comprises fiddle/viola players Trent Freeman, Karrnnel Sawitsky and Ben Plotnick along with Eric Wright on cello. Last year, The Fretless released its latest Celtic-folk record, “Bird’s Nest.” 23rd The Fretless The disc is available online via CD Baby.

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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Service Industry Night, 3 p.m. Open Mic. GTG Free Devil's Cut Black Cat Bistro, 115 Albert Ave. Joe Burt, 8 p.m. Buddies - Holt, 2040 N Aurelius Rd John Persico, 6 p.m. Bobby Standal, 6 p.m. Bill Strickler, 6 p.m. Buddies - Okemos, 1937 W Grand River Ave John Persico, 9 p.m. Brookshire Inn, 205 W. Church St. Rush Clement, 6 p.m. Champions, 2440 N. Cedar St. 3rd Degree, 8 p.m. Billy Mac, 8 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Live Music, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Coach's, 6201 Bishop Rd DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. Pool Tourny, 7:30 a.m. Alskn "walleye" AYCE Darb's Tavern, 117 S Cedar St Blue Hair Betties Eaton Rapids Craft Co., 204 N Main St. Sarah Brunner, 6 p.m. Steve Cowles 6 p.m. Bill Strickler, 6 p.m. Esquire, 1250 Turner St. Karaoke with DJ Jamie, 9 p.m. White Party, 9 p.m. Pride Day The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Live Blues w/ The Good Cookies, 8 p.m. Mike Skory & Friends, 8:30 p.m. LIttle Brothers Cozmic Van, 9:30 p.m. The New Rule, 9:30 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!! Avon Bomb, 9 p.m. ICY DICEY, Cybil and the Beast Harpers, 131 Albert Ave. Reggae Lou, 5 p.m. Daryn Larner, 5 p.m. Steve Cowles, 5 p.m Harrison Roadhouse, 720 E. Michigan Ave. Allistair Beerens, 5:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., The Bad Hombres, 8 p.m. Hoist - A Tribute to Phish, 9 p.m. Powerface, 8 p.m. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. A Daydream Away, 7 p.m. P-Lotus, 5 p.m. Red Legs, 9 p.m. Eryn Wood, 6:30 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic w/ Jen Sygit, 9 p.m. 3rd Degree, 9 p.m. Martila Sanders & Gee Q, 9 p.m. Good Cookies, 9 p.m. Reno's East, 1310 Abbot Road Don Middlebrook , 6 p.m Reggae Lou, 6 p.m. The Tenants, 6 p.m. Bobby Standal, 6 p.m. Reno's North, 16460 Old US 27 Chris Laskos, 6 p.m. Mike Cooley, 6 p.m. Bob Standal, 6 p.m. Kathy Ford - Duo, 6 p.m. Reno's West, 5001 W. Saginaw Hwy. Mike Cooley, 6 p.m. Jacob Ford, 6 p.m. Chris Laskos, 6 p.m. Mike Cooley, 6 p.m. Ryan's Roadhouse, 902 E State St. Alistair Beerens, 6 p.m. Tavern & Tap, 101 S. Washington Square Tavern House Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. Watershed Tavern and Grill 5965 Marsh Rd. Alistair Beerens, 7 p.m. Mark Sala, 7 p.m. Waterfront Bar and Grill, 325 City Market Dr. Open Mic Craig Hendershott and Scott Seth Craig Hendershott and Scott Seth City Pulse • June 14, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 27

Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny June 14-21

ARIES (March 21-April 19): There are places in the discerned the most evocative colors for you Libras. "All for It"--literally so. oceans where the sea floor cracks open and spreads *Electric mud* is one. It's a scintillating mocha hue. Matt Jones apart from volcanic activity. This allows geothermally Visualize silver-blue sparkles emerging from moist dirt heated water to vent out from deep inside the earth. tones. Earthy and dynamic! *Cybernatural* is another Across Scientists explored such a place in the otherwise frigid special color for you. Picture sheaves of ripe wheat 1 Greek letters shaped waters around Antarctica. They were elated to find a blended with the hue you see when you close your eyes like pitchforks "riot of life" living there, including previously unknown after staring into a computer monitor for hours. Organic 5 Retired NHLer Lari- species of crabs, starfish, sea anemones, and bar- and glimmering! Your third pigment of power is *pastel onov whose nickname nacles. Judging from the astrological omens, Aries, I was "The Professor" adrenaline*: a mix of dried apricot and the shadowy 9 Wright of 2017's "Won- suspect that you will soon enjoy a metaphorically com- brightness that flows across your nerve synapses when der Woman" parable eruption of warm vitality from the unfathomable you're taking aggressive practical measures to convert 14 Hosiery shade depths. Will you welcome and make use of these raw your dreams into realities. Delicious and dazzling! 15 Neighborhood near blessings even if they are unfamiliar and odd? SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you ever hide behind Greenwich Village, TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I'm reporting from slangily a wall of detached cynicism? Do you protect yourself 16 Bacteria in spinach the first annual Psychic Olympics in Los Angeles. For with the armor of jaded coolness? If so, here's my pro- recalls the past five days, I’ve competed against the world's posal: In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite 17 Poetic foot top mind-readers, dice-controllers, spirit whisperers, you to escape those perverse forms of comfort and 18 Vivacity spoon-benders, angel-wrestlers, and stock market safety. Be brave enough to risk feeling the vulnerability of 19 Crack filler prognosticators. Thus far I have earned a silver medal hopeful enthusiasm. Be sufficiently curious to handle the 20 Racquetball match, in the category of channeling the spirits of dead celebri- in a way? fluttery uncertainty that comes from exploring places ties. (Thanks, Frida Kahlo and Gertrude Stein!) I psychi- 23 Debtor's note you're not familiar with and trying adventures you're not 24 2010 Apple debut cally foresee that I will also win a gold medal for most totally skilled at. 25 With 44-Across, accurate fortune-telling. Here's the prophecy that I SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "We must unlearn predict will cinch my victory: "People born in the sign of exasperated complaint the constellations to see the stars," writes Jack Gilbert about endless cor- Taurus will soon be at the pinnacle of their ability to get in his poem "Tear It Down." He adds that "We find out the ridors? telepathically aligned with people who have things they heart only by dismantling what the heart knows." I invite 31 ___Pen (injector for want and need." some allergic reactions) you to meditate on these ideas. By my calculations, it's 59 Limp Bizkit frontman 11 Barrier later renamed an Olympic event in Tokyo GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While reading Virginia 34 Garlicky dip for for Herbert Hoover time to peel away the obvious secrets so you can pen- Fred in 2020 Woolf, I found the perfect maxim for you to write on a sweet potato fries, e.g. 60 Taj Mahal location 12 Maladies 45 Game show option etrate to the richer secrets buried beneath. It's time to 35 "Look ___ this way slip of paper and carry around in your pocket or wallet 61 Embarrassing defeat 13 No-good conclusion? after The Banker makes dare a world-changing risk that is currently obscured by ..." 62 "Orange" drink that's 21 Andrew Marvell's "___ an offer or underwear: "Let us not take it for granted that life 36 Seize suddenly easy risks. It's time to find your real life hidden inside the really black Coy Mistress" exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in 37 Pouting counte- 47 Bygone detergent with pretend one, to expedite the evolution of the authentic 63 Yearling, previously 22 Go bad, like kale what is commonly thought small." In the coming weeks, nances an apt brand name self that's germinating in the darkness. 64 Her friends include a 25 Willie of "Eight Is 49 "Leaving Las Vegas" dear Gemini, I hope you keep this counsel simmering 38 Tony-winning Swee- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When I was four Backpack and Map Enough" and "Charles in actress Elisabeth constantly in the back of your mind. It will protect you ney portrayer Cariou years old, I loved to use crayons to draw diagrams 39 Part of an M.O.? Charge" 50 Boulangerie purchase from the dreaminess and superstition of people around of the solar system. It seems I was already laying a 40 Dies down 26 Weeping statue of 51 Airer of "RuPaul's Drag you. It will guarantee that you'll never overlook potent Greek legend foundation for my interest in astrology. How about you, 41 "Shameless" blurb Down Race" before it moved little breakthroughs as you scan the horizon for phantom 27 Be an ass in the lot, to VH1 Capricorn? I invite you to explore your early formative 42 "I would give all my 1 Louvre Pyramid archi- miracles. And it will help you change what needs to be fame for a pot ___ and maybe 52 MSNBC contributor memories. To aid the process, look at old photos and tect I.M. changed slowly and surely, with minimum disruption. safety": Shakespeare's 2 Scraped elbow souvenir 28 "X-Men: Days of Future Klein ask relatives what they remember. My reading of the Past" star Berry CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now that you've mostly "Henry V" 3 Jon's usual waitress, in 53 ___ gobi (Indian potato astrological omens suggests that your past can show 43 Montreal steak 29 Bought hook, line and dish) paid off one of your debts to the past, you can go win- "Garfield" you new clues about what you might ultimately become. seasoning? sinker 54 "How to Train ___ dow-shopping for the future's best offers. You're finally 4 Feature on some Blu- Potentials that were revealed when you were a wee tyke 44 See 25-Across Rays 30 Specialized slang Dragon" ready to leave behind a power spot you've outgrown may be primed to develop more fully. 46 Part of Q.E.D. 5 "Rhapsody ___" 32 St. ___ Girl (German 55 National economic and launch your quest to discover fresh power spots. 48 Ear, in German beer brand) 6 45th American vice indicator, for short So bid farewell to lost causes and ghostly temptations, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I often ride my bike 49 Left like a tossed 33 "Peer Gynt" dramatist 58 Announcement of president Cancerian. Slip away from attachments to traditions that into the hills. The transition from the residential district football? Henrik when Alaska lands in 7 Only U.S. state with a longer move you and the deadweight of your original to open spaces is a narrow dirt path surrounded by 55 African country just non-rectangular flag 36 Phrase before "Move Washington, e.g. family's expectations. Soon you'll be empty and light and thick woods on one side and a steep descent on the north of the equator 8 It provides coverage ahead" in "Whip It" 56 Move like a batch of other. Today as I approached this place there was a 9 Episode summaries 39 McCafe option free -- and ready to make a vigorous first impression homemade slime new sign on a post. It read "Do not enter: Active beehive 10 City between Jackson- 41 "2017: The Year for Ani- when you encounter potential allies in the frontier. 57 Ingredient in some mal Liberation" sponsor forming in the middle of the path." Indeed, I could see diaper rash creams ville and Tampa LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I suspect you will soon have 44 Martial art debuting as an up-close and personal encounter with some form of a swarm hovering around a tree branch that juts down lightning. To ensure it's not a literal bolt shooting down low over the path. How to proceed? I might get stung ©2017 Jonesin’ Crosswords • For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to out of a thundercloud, please refrain from taking long if I did what I usually do. Instead, I dismounted from my your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Ans wers Page 24 romantic strolls with yourself during a storm. Also, forgo bike and dragged it through the woods so I could join any temptation you may have to stick your finger in elec- the path on the other side of the bees. Judging from the trical sockets. What I'm envisioning is a type of lightning astrological omens, Aquarius, I suspect you may encoun- SUDOKU ADVANCED that will give you a healthy metaphorical jolt. If any of ter a comparable interruption along a route that you your creative circuits are sluggish, it will jumpstart them. regularly take. Find a detour, even if it's inconvenient. TO PLAY If you need to wake up from a dreamy delusion, the lov- PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I bet you'll be extra cre- able lightning will give you just the right salutary shock. ative in the coming weeks. Cosmic rhythms are nudging VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Signing up to read at the you towards fresh thinking and imaginative innovation, Fill in the grid so that every open mike segment of a poetry slam? Buying an outfit whether they're applied to your job, your relationships, row, column, and outlined that's a departure from the style you've cultivated for your daily rhythm, or your chosen art form. To take years? Getting dance lessons or a past-life reading or maximum advantage of this provocative luck, seek out 3-by-3 box contains the instructions on how to hang-glide? Hopping on a jet for stimuli that will activate high-quality brainstorms. I under- numbers 1 through 9 exactly a spontaneous getaway to an exotic hotspot? I approve stand that the composer André Grétry got inspired of actions like those, Virgo. In fact, I won't mind if you at when he put his feet in ice water. Author Ben Johnson once. No guessing is required. least temporarily abandon at least 30 percent of your felt energized in the presence of a purring cat and by The solution is unique. inhibitions. the aroma of orange peels. I like to hang out with people LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I don't know what market- who are smarter than me. What works for you? ing specialists are predicting about color trends for Answers on page 29 the general population, but my astrological analysis has

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envisioned comfort classics,” including upscale takes on meatloaf, chicken pot pie and burgers. Other items include Want to a vegetarian cauliflower “steak,” fried green tomatoes and slow-roasted bar- becue ribs slathered in house-made see your event? barbecue sauce. Everything is made from scratch in-house, including the Go on lansingcitypulse.com condiments. Specialty milkshakes — both with and without alcohol — will to put yours in the paper! be given test runs on diners through the early summer before a final shake menu is eventually settled on. Similarly, a brunch menu is still in the works, to be unveiled in the coming months. “If you want to throw a label, I’d call (the Dolson) a bedroom community gastro pub,” Short said. “We employ THE DOLSON chefs, not cooks. But we also wanted to make sure we were still approach- Carlito Sandini/City Pulse able. This is out-there stuff, but it’s still The Dolson opens in downtown Charlotte this week. The restaurant’s interior design is based on good, heartwarming, hand-crafted the Dolson automobile, a brass era vehicle that was manufactured in the city in the early 20th food.” century. The signature cocktail menu was By ALLAN I. ROSS It didn’t take long for Vanderstelt to developed by assistant general man- set his sights on the Potent Potables ager Heather Haslacker and features This week, the Lansing exurb of Project, the 4-year-old restaurant four “models” named for Dolson Charlotte unveils its biggest attrac- group made up of Al Hooper, Aaron styles, including the Model E 32HP, tion yet in its effort to lure sidewalk Matthews and Sam Short. Potent made with Espolon Reposado tequila, shoppers and destination diners out Potables had breathed new life into house-made jalapeno syrup, rosemary, of their urban comfort zones. Lansing- Old Town’s dining scene with the cucumber and soda. Haslacker was [email protected] area foodies, meet the Dolson, a high- one-two-three punch of Zoobie’s named Best Bartender in last week’s concept scratch restaurant opening Old Town Tavern, the Cosmos and Top of the Town contest for her drink- Thursday in downtown Charlotte that’s the Creole, and Vanderstelt hoped to slinging skills at Zoobie’s. equal parts historic preservation proj- bring some of that magic to his neck Both the restaurant’s name and the ect, economic development tool and of the woods. themes in its décor are nods to the place to grab a burger and bourbon “Really, if you’re thinking about Dolson automobile, which was manu- chocolate malt. creative, inventive food in the Lansing factured in Charlotte for four years in “This isn’t just a cool joint for area, (Potent Potables is) the first thing the early 1900s. CROSSWORD SOLUTION Charlotte — this is comparable to that pops into your head,” Vanderstelt Short calls the theme “brass-era From Pg. 27 what’s cool in Detroit, Grand Rapids said. “And working with them has been industrial,” a fusion of pre-Art Deco and even Chicago,” said co-owner a dream.” styles that evoke turn-of-the-last- Jason Vanderstelt. “It’s an amazing “To be honest, we really weren’t century optimism. The lighting is all building, an incredible menu and looking (to open a restaurant) in this done with Edison bulbs, the bar area a prime example of the potential area, but after meeting with Jason, I features white subway tile, and a Charlotte wants to reach.” knew this would be a good fit for us,” diamond-tufted banquette stretches Vanderstelt, 43, is one of the city’s Short said. “We’re always looking to along the length of one wall beneath biggest cheerleaders. He grew up in push the boundaries of what dining a massive mural of a Dolson. The only Charlotte, started his first company can look and feel like, and this commu- remaining Dolson car in existence was there at the age of 12 — a DJ company nity was very receptive to our ideas.” bought in 2012 by Charlotte resident that’s still in operation today — and Darrell Vanderstelt oversaw the Joe Pray, the fourth generation owner/ has served in a variety of city leader- construction process, which included director of the nearby Pray Funeral ship positions. His latest role is lead removing the plaster that had cov- Home. marshal of the #CharlotteRising move- ered the brick walls for decades in the “Joe brought it up and let me sit ment, aimed at reinvigorating the building’s last incarnation, the Gavel in it,” Vanderstelt gushed. “Hopefully city both commercially and culturally. restaurant, which closed in December. he’ll bring it in again this Friday. It’s SUDOKU SOLUTION The Dolson is an offshoot of Dutch For 32 years, it was owned and oper- gorgeous, and he gave us some spare From Pg. 27 Brothers Development Group, a ated by Tom and Sheryl Hewitt, who parts to use in our design. I think it’s commercial and residential develop- sold the property for $305,000 last perfect that this car that’s a symbol of ment company he cofounded with his year. Vanderstelt estimates he and his Charlotte has become a major part of brother, Darrell Vanderstelt. team put about $1 million of work into the city’s renewal.” “We knew if wanted to improve the 3,200-square-foot space, including this community, we needed to find The Dolson (opens Thursday) re-enclosing the restaurant’s original 112 S. Cochran Ave., Charlotte a restaurant property,” Vanderstelt breezeway, which had been opened 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 said. “Restaurants are always vital to and used as an alleyway by the city. a.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday a downtown area’s resurgence. We They also painted the exterior of the (517) 983-5264, thedolson.com figured, let’s capture the building and three-story building, but work on the bring someone in to run the restau- other two floors was left to the future. Do you know of a new Greater Lansing busi- rant. Darrell and I aren’t restaurateurs; Short worked with chef George ness that should be featured in New in Town? Send we’re just professional eaters.” Sztroin to develop the menu’s “re- an email to [email protected]. 30 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 14, 2017 ‘We’re going back to Burma’ Naing Myanmar Family Restaurant to close for summer

By MEGAN WESTERS Moe Naing Israel and Mi Latt Thenda moved to the Lansing area in June 2013 and opened Naing Myanmar Family Restaurant in November of the same year. What started Megan Westers/City Pulse as a family dream has becoming a favorite Mi Latt Thenda (left) and Moe Naing of many local diners, who have fallen in love Israel, owners of Naing Myanmar Family with the food that this family has been serv- Restaurant, are closing their business for ing to the community. the summer to travel to Burma. “This is my wife’s dream to own our own business,” said Israel. “When you order, we cook,” he added. While their dream has come true, this “That’s why people wait. Some people they summer, they plan on finally cashing in their play cards and sit down. They know. I say ‘I’m hard work for a vacation. sorry’ and people say ‘That’s no problem.’” “We are going back to Burma,” said Israel, Aside from the food that Naing Myanmar noting that they haven’t been back to see delivers, the customer service is a little dif- their family in 29 years. ferent than your traditional restaurant. The Naing Myanmar Family Restaurant will “Family Restaurant” in the name is not a be closed from June 17 to Sept. 5, a long time gimmick. Israel and Thenda have two sons, to go without some of the area’s best Thai, ages 12 and 3. When dining in, you may see Malaysian, and Burmese food. But the cou- their youngest in the corner playing with ple promises to come back. toys or their oldest helping his father serving “We will reopen in September, yes,” said Israel. customers. While Israel said it might bother A big part of the restaurant’s success is its some customers, it’s the way it has to be for INSPIRING, authentic food, including traditional dishes this hard working couple. from Malaysia (Maggi soup and vegetarian “Some don’t like it that my kids are here,” ENGAGING AND fried egg noodles), Burma (tea pickled leaves Israel said. “I say if you don’t like it, you don’t with beans salad or fried water cress) and come. I have no choice. We try our best. We REFRESHING. Thailand (Thai tom yum soup or Thai ladna). don’t have any relatives here.” The large menu that Naing Myanmar boasts The couple explained that owning their Tickets on sale NOW is surprising considering the space that the own restaurant is their dream career, but it’s for most events! couple works in. The kitchen and restaurant also a way for their family to be able to see space fit in a small strip mall storefront on more of each other and work together. Lansing’s south side. And while there is a dining “When I was in Boston, I worked a long time room, many people choose to order takeout. As a (at a coffee shop),” Israel said. “I would close and result, Naing Myanmar often has a one and a half come home, and by then they’re all sleeping. I to two hour wait on the weekends. would wake up, and my son is going to school. “Here, we make food, and it’s all fresh, no I never saw them awake. This, with our own reheated food,” Israel said, explaining why business, we can all work together.” the food can sometimes take a bit longer Taking their sons to see their extended fami- than other takeout joints. See Burma, Page 15 2017-2018 35th Anniversary Season

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