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City Pulse • August 28, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION As Clarke retires, sordid accusations surface The allegations are so pulpy, the re- OF THE WEEK ports sound more like a gritty drama than real life. “I think it’s pretty fucked-up I had to suck his dick in order to keep my job,” a witness reportedly overheard a woman say in the bathroom of the Lansing City Market. Two witnesses reportedly identi- fied the man in that liaison as retiring 54-A District Judge Hugh Clarke Jr. The woman, witnesses said they were Property: told, was speaking to Lansing attorney 1452 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing Edwar Zeineh — and she was Zeineh’s Owner: SMTS Real Estate Group, East employee. Lansing City Pulse has obtained a police re- port through a Freedom of Information The 21st century has not been Act request containing the two witness kind to the printing business, and statements, which allege Clarke had a the abandoned storefront at 1452 E. drunken sexual encounter in a bath- Michigan Ave. in Lansing seems no room stall near the Waterfront Bar & exception. Grill. The alleged incident occurred The opening page of the Lansing Police Incident Report, which alleges 54-A The storefront housed Rapid more than two-and-a-half years ago, in District Judge Hugh B. Clarke Jr. engaged in sex in the bathroom of the Lansing Printing, Rapid Publications & Ad- December 2016. City Market with a woman who worked for attorney Edwar Zeineh. City Pulse vertising and finally Michigan Ave- After taking their statements, police received the report from the City Attorney’s Office in June after filing a Freedom nue Printing. Its last Facebook post handed the case off to federal authori- of Information Act request. After learning the investigation into the alleged inci- dates from January 2014 and the ties. Lansing’s former police chief, Mi- business seems to have collected dust chael Yankowski, said the police turned dent was no longer active, City Pulse asked for and received a second, less since then, with printing equipment the matter over to the FBI to avoid any redacted version. visible from the window. The sign has conflict of interest in a case involving they were at the bar on a night shortly the female witness followed them into been taken off the front of the build- a local official. Though the FBI may before Christmas 2016. They were vis- the women’s restroom and took two ing and the remaining facade is cov- have investigated the alleged incident, iting with a friend of the male witness brief videos of the alleged encounter ered in grime. Detroit field office special agent Mara at the bar when the friend “mentioned from a nearby stall. The female witness Lansing City Assessor records Schneider said the agency isn’t now. to him that a girl had told him that a said she followed them because she was show Rapid Publications owes “The matter was referred to us but judge up at the bar was making sexual “nosey.” Little is identifiable in the vid- $1,290 in delinquent taxes stemming there is no ongoing FBI investigation,” advances at her and another girl.” eos aside from two sets of shoes, and from 2011 to 2014. Schneider said, citing FBI policy for her The friend, a shop owner, knew a lot in one video an individual is kneeling. The abandoned business sits in inability to comment further. of people “due to the location of his busi- Other areas of the video were pixelated a row of historic brick commercial Though rumors have circulated in lo- ness,” the male witness said. He identi- by police. fronts that date from 1923, two doors cal government circles about the alleged fied Clarke and Zeineh to the witnesses According to the statement, after the down from the Jerusalem Bakery, a incident, with Clarke leaving the bench, and reportedly told them the woman couple left the bathroom, Zeineh ap- shop selling Middle Eastern foods. it seems they may remain just that. No worked for Zeineh. The witnesses pro- proached and spoke with them briefly. The other two stores have two stories charges were ever filed, and Clarke has vided dates for the incident in their sep- Zeineh reportedly then went to use the while the old print shop has just one not been publicly punished or sanc- arate statements one day apart but oth- men’s bathroom and the woman joined and 2,700 square foot of floor space. tioned, but questions remain about erwise generally told the same story. him. The male witness followed and SMTS Real Estate Group of East what became of the complaint. Clarke Both witnesses alleged they saw told police he found her sitting on the Lansing purchased the building for did not respond to repeated requests for Clarke leave for the bathroom with the sink while “the male was going to the $60,000 in April 2014, less than the comment. woman identified as Zeineh’s employ- bathroom.” assessed value of $89,200. SMTS did The police complaint relies on state- ee. The male witness described the man The report goes on to say that the not return a call asking if there might ments by a 25 year-old man and his they believed to be Clarke as “a B/M, woman “apologized” to the male wit- be any new tenants. 23-year-old girlfriend who were in town approximately 60 yrs. old, a little 6’ tall, ness “for being in the men’s bathroom — CHRIS GRAY from Florida to see family. They said freckles on his face, possibly wearing but said she was there to have a conver- glasses,” according to the complaint. sation with the male.” The male witness INFORMED DISSENT The female witness provided a similar “described her demeanor as noncha- “Eyesore of the Week” is our look at some of the Billman and Melinn will seedier properties in Lansing. It rotates with Eye Candy description. lant.” The male witness then entered a of the Week and Eye for Design. Have a suggestion? Email [email protected] or call it in at 517- return next week. According to the police complaint, 999-6715. See Clarke, Page 6 JEFFERY C. BILLMAN 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 28, 2019 Live, work, play at The Roost Bat houses spring up along Grand, Red Cedar rivers Several hundred new housing units Trail. Each of them can hold from 100 went up this summer on the Grand and to 500 bats, depending on the response Red Cedar rivers, in prime Lansing to Lansing’s latest housing project. locations, without a City Council If developers like Pat Gillespie, debate, public input or even a building Harry Hepler or the Eydes were in permit. charge, the project would have a How could that happen? Bats — the trendy name, like The Roost. In lieu fantastic flying mammals who silently of branding, these boxes were lovingly share the city with humans — excel at decorated by kids from Joy Baldwin’s slipping through all kinds of cracks. classes at Lansing’s Reach Art Studios. Courtesy In ear- In the hope of attracting young Peter Fowler of the MSU Bat Association is ready to risk his neck to hoist one of Bat Walk 2019 four bat houses in place along Lansing’s River Trail. 8 p.m. Wed., Sept. 4, ly July, the professional bats by providing the and Thursday, Sept. 5 last of four stifling darkness and summer heat Beaumont Tower roofing torch and then oiled up, insur- president Ryan Mosley thought art 375 W. Circle Dr., East Lansing 20-foot-high they demand, a team from MSU’s free, wheelchair accessible bat boxes student bat association used a paint- ing the housing will last for decades. would be a good way to draw attention Visit Bat Association of And there are other amenities. to the boxes. The new high-rise at the MSU on Facebook for details went up in free Japanese technique called shou four conspic- sugi ban on the exterior. Hunks of There’s no public art requirement for Brenke Fish Ladder is painted with uous locations along the Lansing River reclaimed cedar were charred with a bat housing, but MSU Bat Association See Bats, Page 7

23. igible to run again in 2022 for one more witness statements hadn’t alluded to Clarke Clarke previously declined to elab- term before he turned 70, the cutoff age this. orate further to City Pulse on his de- for running for judgeships in Michigan. After the Lansing police investigator parture. His wife, former Lansing City Zeineh and immediate family members took the couple’s statements and asked from page 5 Council President Judi Brown Clarke, donated $2,500 in total to Clarke’s two Waterfront’s management about video said she was aware of the allegations campaigns for district judge. Zeineh has footage (there reportedly was none), stall, from which he “overheard the fe- stemming from the alleged City Market also contributed lesser amounts to oth- the case was turned over to the FBI. No male tell the male, ‘I think it’s kind of incident. er judges, according to state campaign charges were ever filed by the city, ac- fucked up that I had to suck his dick to “There is nothing I have any concerns finance records. cording to City Attorney Jim Smiertka. keep my job.’” about,” Brown Clarke said. “I always see No formal complaints against Clarke State Police also never had any reports The male witness told police that af- him as a consummate professional. Alle- have been publicly listed with the Mich- referred to them, MSP spokeswoman ter this incident he felt that there might gations aren’t facts. I’m always proud of igan Judicial Tenure Commission, the Shanon Banner said. be “some connection between the law- everything he state agency that typically handles al- The female witness stated that “it ap- yer and the judge that would have com- has done pro- legations of misconduct by judges. The peared to her that the judge was drunk," pelled the female to participate in this fessionally. My commission also has the authority to according to the police report. She not- act and then talk to her boss about it in husband has privately discipline judges. Lynn Hel- ed that “the judge had been drinking the way that she did,” the report said. always been a land, the commission’s executive di- alcohol the entire time that she was All the witness’ names were redacted consummate rector, said he couldn’t comment when there,” and noticed him talking to a from the police report. The woman who professional. asked if the commission had taken any young girl. She added that “when the allegedly engaged in sex with Clarke was That’s my only action or investigated. judge walked out of the bathroom, the never identified by name. City Pulse has comment to Courtesy “Those are very fair questions. May- back of his jacket was tucked into his withheld her description by witnesses offer on the Clarke be it won’t surprise you to know the pants. Someone told him, and due to his due to the implication of sexual coer- matter.” Supreme Court has a rule that we can’t level of intoxication, he couldn’t grab it cion contained in the allegations. De- A story in the Lansing State Journal talk about any of that stuff — I’m afraid out to fix it.” spite multiple attempts to contact Ze- on June 28 quotes Clarke as saying the I can’t answer your questions,” he said. After this alleged incident, Zeineh ineh, he also did not respond to requests decision to retire “was a long time com- The Attorney Grievance Commis- went on to host a fundraiser for Clarke’s for comment. ing. You know you get to a point in your sion, the investigative and prosecutori- wife’s mayoral run, and he personally At end of June this year, Clarke an- life as you approach 65 that you want to al arm of the Michigan Supreme Court donated nearly $4,000 to her campaign nounced he would leave the bench in look at doing other things less stressful.” for attorney misconduct, has no public despite owing more than $70,000 in September after serving nearly nine Former Democratic Gov. Jennifer suspensions listed for Zeineh or Clarke, delinquent property taxes, according to years. He said he was leaving to pursue Granholm appointed Clarke to fill a va- though they can also sanction attorneys Ingham County Treasurer’s Office re- “new business opportunities” and spend cancy on the nonpartisan District Court privately. cords. more time with his wife. Clarke an- bench in 2010. He was elected in 2012 Lansing Police learned of the alleged In 2013, Clarke had ruled in Zeineh’s nounced plans to retire from the court- to serve the balance of the term and re- incident in February 2017, when a lo- favor after a right-of-way dispute with room on Sept. 13 and said he would elected in 2016. He would have been el- cal estate law attorney called to report the city ended up in court. Zeineh later serve his last day on the bench on Aug. it. The attorney’s son, the male witness, sued the city over the same property dis- had reportedly relayed the story to him, pute but dropped the case in early 2018. RFP/20/010 LANSING LIVING MAGAZINE as per the specifications provided by the City of who “felt this was a possible crime that They also now serve together on the Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept proposals at the CITY OF LANSING, C/O LBWL, needed to be investigated.” council of the Criminal Law Section of PURCHASING OFFICE, at 1110 S. PENNSYLVANIA AVE., LANSING, MICHIGAN 48912 until 2:00 PM local time in effect on SEPT. 10, 2019 at which time bids will be opened. According to the report, that attorney the State Bar of Michigan. Clarke is sec- Complete specifications and forms required to submit proposals are available by “believed that the judge told the female retary and Zeineh is a council member. calling Stephanie Robinson at (517) 702-6197, email: [email protected] or go to www.mitn.info. The City of Lansing encourages proposals from all vendors that if she didn’t do this for him, he’d see — SIMON SCHUSTER including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. to it her boss would not get any more (Kyle Kaminski contributed to this CP#19-243 work from him,” though the firsthand story.) HandPress_City Pulse Ad.pdf 2 7/30/2019 11:36:17 AM City Pulse • August 28, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

a lot of interest. At a Bat Walk last Bats fall, over 100 people prowled around Libraries Beale Gardens, where hundreds of bats set out to forage each dusk, plugged from page 6 listening devices into their phones exotic sea creatures, including an ang- and eavesdropped on their echoloca- lerfish. Geometric forms and matrixes tion blips and squeaks. There will be grace the box behind the Impression 5 another walk this year, beginning 8 Museum. A box at the confluence of the p.m. Sept. 4 at Beaumont Tower. Red Cedar and Grand rivers is a sort of In the summer, bats split up into bat ranch, in the form of a bull’s head male and female colonies. In the fall, with wooden horns. The easternmost they come together to mate, find a of the four boxes, near the Potter Park warm spot (probably your attic) and Zoo, is decorated with moths, centi- hibernate. pedes and other items bats love to eat. “I’ve been in very few attics that Mosley got the idea to build the box- don’t have signs that there have been es while starting a community garden bats there,” Fowler said. The Latin near his house on Porter Street a few name of the big brown bat, Eptisicus years ago. While researching organ- fuscus, means “brown house flyer.” ic pest management, he was amazed “They’ve been evolving with us and to learn of the prodigious amounts of living with us for a long time,” Fowler insects bats consume each day. said. Until then, he hadn’t given the furry Boxes won’t keep bats out of attics in creatures much thought one way or the winter, when all they do is sleep any- other. “There was one in my house one way, but they do draw them out of your time and I kind of freaked out about it, house in summer, when they’re active but the more I learned about them, the and can do the most damage. more I fell in love with them,” Mosley Once the Lansing Parks Department said. signed off on the bat house project, it A horticulture major at MSU, was a simple matter for Fowler and his Mosley was also impressed by bats’ team to sink 4-by-4 support posts into inestimable value to the agricultural post holes filled with concrete. The sector as pest managers, and even as MSU Federal Credit Union donat- pollinators. ed the money for the expensive foot- Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printed Learning that a fungal plague called ings and support posts. The National Books in MSU’s Special Collections white nose syndrome was killing bats Science Foundation’s Beacon Center by the millions made Mosley more for the Study of Evolution contribut- determined to raise awareness of bats’ ed money for the boxes and REACH ON EXHIBIT NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 31 crucial role in the ecosystem. Studio’s art supplies. Peter Fowler, a veterinary student Hefting the heavy, 20-foot-tall boxes Special Collections Gallery, MSU Main Library at MSU and Bat Association member, into place, was by far the hardest part said major bat colonies in Michigan’s of the project. Without a cherry picker, This exhibit examines MSU’s growing collection of medieval Upper Peninsula have been all but the team resorted to leaning the boxes manuscripts and early printed books in a variety of genres, both wiped out by the fungus. on a ladder and gradually pushing the ladder closer to the support post, like sacred and secular, including medicine, poetry, cookery, religious “It used to take days to count the devotion, music, history, and astronomy. Materials are interpreted bats,” he said. “Not anymore.” the Marines at Iwo Jima, subjecting So far, Fowler said, colonies in the the man on the ladder to increasing through markings their producers and owners left behind, and Lower Peninsula are holding their stress — in more ways than one. there is a special focus on the "afterlife" of manuscripts that own, but the fungus is inexorably “We almost killed ourselves once or could be repurposed in bindings or divided for use and study by twice,” Fowler said. spreading across the nation. collectors and libraries. Additionally, visitors will be able to hear Outreach projects like the Lansing Eben Gering, an MSU biology boxes are inspired by the One Health research associate, hopes the bat hous- recordings by College of Music students of vocal music from two model, a global movement linking es will help researchers gather crucial manuscript fragments. human health with the health of the data on the number and habits of bats ecosystem. Mosley and Fowler start- hanging around Lansing. Exhibit curated by Tad Boehmer, ed the Bat Association at MSU three He’s also keen on blending art and Curator and Cataloger of Rare Books, MSU Libraries. years ago, using the One Health model science in more creative ways, and not as an inspiration. just to make The Roost the place to be This exhibit is generously sponsored by Jack and Susan Davis. The group is also lobbying for more in Lansing this summer. humane treatment of bats, at MSU “All kinds of people go by these boxes and across the state. on the River Trail,” Gering said. “More scientists and conservationists should “Hopefully we can change the pest MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES think about the role art can play in management policy of bats at MSU,” 366 WEST CIRCLE DRIVE EAST LANSING MI 48824 Mosley said. “They’re killing about 250 what they’re doing. Art has the power lib.msu.edu | @MSULibraries bats a year that they catch in buildings to call attention to important interac- tions going on in the city around us.” Illustration detail from: Denis, le Chartreux (1402 or 1403–1471). D. Dionysii Carthusiani in quatuor and euthanizing them.” Euangelistas enarratione. Paris: Jean de Roigny, 1539. MSU Special Collections Rare Books. The student bat group has garnered — LAWRENCE COSENTINO 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 28, 2019 Old big-box site redevelops as storage and a return to greenspace Like the Talking Heads song, we’ll be large, ugly parking lot in front of the able to sing, “Once there were parking building and putting in earthen land- lots, now it’s a peaceful oasis.” scaping to be covered with plants and The brawny construction workers a small neighborhood park. from Eagle Excavation are busy bust- “I’m incredibly excited with all that’s ing up the blacktop and bulldozing happening at that EDS site,” said earth in front of an old eyesore, the Lansing Councilman Adam Hussain. abandoned big box at Holmes Road “The developer is adding greenspace. and Washington Avenue. That was a major win.” A brownfield deal the city struck The property and building improve- last year in south Lansing is bearing ments to that site come with $4.2 mil- fruit: An Extra Space Storage facili- lion in capital investment, of which ty is to open in September in the old about $800,000 will be eligible for Electronic Data Systems call center, brownfield reimbursement. And while which worked out of the long unused a storage facility might sound like a building before it left after five years in modest use of the space, getting any 2013. businesses into the blighted Logan The excavators are shrinking the Square area is a real challenge for Lansing. A city inspection report labeling the building “functionally obsolete” and approving the site for brownfield reim-

bursement noted the building was too Chris Gray/City Pulse short for modern big-box retail and the Construction workers break up the blacktop to make way for green space as need for office space away from down- Extra Space Storage takes over a blighted area. town was low. The building has housed everything from a roller skating rink ing a shuttered marijuana dispensary. Diego investors Logan Capital for $3 to Ingham County social service offic- “We required a number of site million. es to a Montgomery Ward retail out- improvements. We’re going to be see- Since then, little has changed about let. Hussain said “investment begets ing enhanced landscape on the road — the mostly empty site, but city leaders more investment” and pointed to the a lot of trees,” he said. “It is what it is. have changed their tune with the new long-abandoned Spartan Tire building It was an outdated department store/ owners. just to the north on Washington that’s old office building, a lot of concrete, a “Logan Square is owned by a pri- being retrofitted to provide larger lot of bad concrete. We’re really excited vate entity who recently purchased space for Bull’s Eye Axe Throwing, the we’re getting rid of some of the eyesor- it and is working on reactivating the recreational facility that asks players to ishness, if you will.” space within the mall area (the area channel their medieval warring spirit Across MLK, more businesses are on Holmes is still very active),” Schor and toss axes at a wooden target. vacant than operating, from old fast- texted when reached for comment. The Brian McGrain, Lansing’s director of food restaurants to banks and dry small strip on Holmes does include a economic development and planning, cleaners and acres of big box in the Subway, a Chinese restaurant and a agreed that once the dust settles on the 1962 vintage Logan Square shopping recently opened Central Pharmacy. parking lot reduction, the nicer land- center. Before the malls opened, the “We have had several public meet- scape could help boost nearby “out-lot outdoor shopping center was a thriv- ings and several parties have spent development,” including a strip with a ing shopping mecca leading people to significant time on ideas for Logan There's still Hungry Howie’s pizza and an Andres’ the south side, then the new part of Square. There are many possibilities time to enroll! tailor shop as Lansing. with this property and we will work STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT well as two or But Logan Square has faced decades with the owners and all interested par- INGHAM COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT three vacant of decline and now clings to a Dollar ties to try to reactivate this space.” — FAMILY DIVISION NOTICE OF HEARING units, includ- Tree and the small Great Giant Hussain said he still dreamed of an Late-start classes FILE NO. 19-905-GA Supermarket, which had been a innovative use for that corner, but he In the matter of Joseph Corsetti, especially to the attention of his STATE OF MICHIGAN Save-A-Lot a few years ago. was willing to wait it out. begin in September daughter Angelia Clarise Gay, of PROBATE COURT Cleveland, TN: COUNTY OF INGHAM Mayor Andy Schor threatened “That configuration does not work and October. TAKE NOTICE: A contested PUBLICATION OF NOTICE hearing will be held on 09/17/2019, FILE NOS. 3:30 PM at 313 W. Kalamazoo St., 19-1051-CA and 19-1050-GA to seize the six acres of blight- with 21st Century retail. You’ve got Lansing, MI 48933 before Judge Richard Garcia for the following In the matter of Dorothy Akin. ed property after taking office a sea of asphalt. I would love to see purpose(s): TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Learn more at including: whose address(es) is/are in January 2018. “We need to it demolished,” he said. But “we can’t Contested Hearing to appoint a unknown and whose interest in the Guardian. solve that problem. It’s just a force a developer to do anything.” lcc.edu/getstarted matter may be barred or affected If you require special by the following: big pavement jungle with noth- For now, the nicest property on the accommodations to use the TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be court because of a disability, held on 9-12-19 and 3:30 p.m. at or if you require a foreign Ingham County Probate Court, 313 ing.” The city envisioned mixed- strip might be a second Extra Space language interpreter to help W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48933 you fully participate in court before Judge Dunnings for the use development, maintaining Storage outfit a stone’s throw south proceedings, please contact following purpose: Appointment of the court immediately to make Guardian and Conservator. some commercial property, but on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, arrangements. 8-21-19 with residences on higher floors. recently retrofitted into an old Ford Date 7/22/2019 Brijette Byrd, NicholeTompkins Gene Mellen 2800 S. Michigan Rd. But by the end of the year, dealership, where the stalks of foun- DHHS Adult Protective Services Eaton Rapids, MI 48827

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Z-5-2019, 521 W. Hillsdale Street NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, September 9, Rezoning from “DM-4” Residential District to “D-1” Professional Office District 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI for the purpose of considering: The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 23, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, An ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, to amend the Lansing Codified Ordinances Michigan to consider Z-5-2019. This is a request by Shawn Watson to rezone the property at by amending Chapter 288, Section 288.18 to eliminate the minimum qualifications for the 521 W. Hillsdale Street from “DM-4” Residential District to “D-1” Professional Office District. Director of Management Services, as no such position exists within the City. The purpose of the rezoning is to permit the building at this location to be used for professional offices. For more information, please call 517-483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted For more information, please call Lansing City Council at 517-483-4177. If you are interested between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., on the day of in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Lansing, MI 48933 or email [email protected]. Monday, September 23, 2019 at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933 or email [email protected]. Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk, MMC/CMMC www.lansingmi.gov/Clerk Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk, MMC/CMMC www.facebook.com/LansingClerkSwope CP#19-249 www.lansingmi.gov/Clerk www.facebook.com/LansingClerkSwope CP#19-248 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED MINUTES ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP WHITE PARK IMPROVEMENTS OF LANSING WAS HELD AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICES LOCATED AT 3209 WEST MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING, MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2019, AT 7:00 CITY OF EAST LANSING P.M. 410 ABBOT ROAD EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48823 MEMBERS PRESENT: Supervisor Hayes, Clerk Aten, Treasurer Rodgers Trustees: Harris, McKenzie, Bankson Sealed proposals will be received by the City of East Lansing, MI up to 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, September 17, 2019, for improvements to White Park, 555 Pebblebrook Lane, East Lansing, MEMBERS ABSENT: Trustee: Broughton MI 48823. Work to include pond dredging; invasive species and tree removal; installation of elevated boardwalk, bituminous trail, turnpike trail, and concrete and exposed aggregate ALSO PRESENT: Michael Gresens, Attorney sidewalk; supply and installation of site amenities including picnic shelter, entrance and interpretive signs, benches, bike loops, bike repair station, waste and recycle containers; ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD: and landscaping including trees, restoration and seeding. Proposals may either be mailed Meeting called to order by Supervisor Hayes. or hand delivered to the Director of Parks and Recreation at 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Minutes of the meeting held on August 6, 2019, approved. Michigan 48823. Agenda approved as amended. The Contract Documents, including Specifications, Plans and Bidding Forms may be obtained Authorized attorney to file legal action in circuit court against a business. electronically from the project designer, MCSA Group, Inc. at [email protected] or Approved SPR-19-07 with conditions. 616-451-3346. Approved budget amendment. Claims approved. A Mandatory Prebid meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 10:00 am, at Executive session held to discuss pending litigation. the White Park parking lot on Lake Lansing Road. Board returned to regular session. Authorized attorney and assessor to settle Michigan tax tribunal case. The City of East Lansing reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive defects in Approved settlement agreement in its substantial form with Lansing Board of Water and Light. proposals, and to make the award in its own best interest. Meeting adjourned. City of East Lansing Diontrae Hayes, Supervisor Jennifer Shuster, City Clerk Susan L. Aten, Clerk CP#19-247 CP#19-241

CITY OF EAST LANSING CITY OF EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION ORDINANCE NO. 1466 NOTICE OF ADOPTION ORDINANCE NO. 1460 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 2-241 OF DIVISION 1 – GENERALLY – OF ARTICLE V – BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS – OF CHAPTER 2 – ADMINISTRATION AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING BY – OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING TO AMEND THE UNIVERSTITY ADDING A NEW SECTION, WHICH NEW SECTION SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS STUDENT COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP BY REPLACING THE NATIONAL SECTION 50-532, OF DIVISION I – GENERALLY – OF ARTICLE VI – BUSINESS, PANHELLENIC COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS COALITION SEATS WITH OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS AND AMENDING SECTION 50-793, OF AT-LARGE SEATS. DIVISION VI – EAST VILLAGE DISTRICT – OF CHAPTER 50 – ZONING – OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING TO REQUIRE UNIVERSAL DESIGN THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS: FEATURES IN MULTIPLE FAMILY HOUSING WITHIN BUSINESS DISTRICTS. Section 2-421 of Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of East Lansing is hereby amended to Please take notice that Ordinance No. 1460 was adopted by the City of East Lansing at their read as follows: meeting held on August 13, 2019 and will become effective upon the expiration of seven (7) days after the publication of the following summary of ordinance. Sec. 2-421. - Membership; designation of members. (a) The university student commission shall consist of 11 members appointed each October SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 1460 for one-year terms from each of the following student organizations: (1) The Inter-Fraternity Council of MSU (one). THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS: (2) The Panhellenic Council of MSU (one). (3) The Residence Halls Association of MSU (one). Ordinance 1460 amends the Code of the City of East Lansing by expanding the universal (4) The Inter-Cooperative Council of MSU (one). design features currently required for multiple family housing developments to all new (5) Olin Health Center (one). multiple-family residential developments in business, office and industrial zoning districts and (6) The MSU Council of Graduate Students (one). the East Village zoning district to require the development of dwelling units that are visitable, (7) The Student Assembly of the Associated Students of MSU (one). usable, and safe for occupancy by persons with disabilities and to accommodate a wide range (8) Four members appointed at-large from the general MSU student population of individual preferences and functional abilities in the areas of doorway and hallway widths, by the East Lansing City Council. electrical controls, hardware, flooring, chair lift adaptability, and the requirements for Type A (b) The city manager or his or her designee shall advise each of the aforementioned student and Type B dwelling unit design as specified in the Michigan Building Code. organizations in writing on or before September 1 of each year of the opportunity to designate one of their members for appointment to the commission; provided, however, A true copy of Ordinance No. 1460 can be inspected or obtained at the Office of the City Clerk should any of the student organizations fail to propose a member for appointment by at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan during normal business hours. September 30 of each year, the city council may appoint an additional member-at-large from the general MSU student population to fill the designated seat. Jennifer Shuster City Clerk Jennifer Shuster CP#19-246 City Clerk CP#19-245 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 28, 2019 Real Estate Will state catch up on penal reform for youth? Texas. Georgia. Wisconsin. Michigan. ing at early ages is still being developed. home or at school that are encouraging AUCTION Those are the only four states out of 50 We’re still trying to form the common the youth to break the law. that still treat 17-year-olds accused of sense we hopefully get as an adult,” she In the long run, Smith anticipates Incredible crimes as adults, in all cases, no excep- said. state spending on prisons to decline as tions. Anthony noted there’s also a big racial crime continues its fall and more peo- Low Reserves! It’s an issue that’s been debated for justice component to the problem. In ple are caught at a young, formative age By Order of the County five years but never went anywhere Michigan, 77 percent of 17-year-olds and steered toward a more productive Treasurer of Ingham County while Gov. Rick Snyder was in office. are white, but 53 percent of the kids life. But a bipartisan coalition may finally be that age entering the adult correction Smith said no prospective analy- Tuesday, putting Michigan in line with the main- system are non-white. sis of savings had been conducted for stream. The consequences of the issue came Michigan, but a North Carolina study “It’s clear that other states have made up in the primary election campaign for found that it saved $52 million a year Sept. 10, 2019 it work. No states are going back- Lansing City Council, when a long-shot in lower crime, lower law enforcement wards. They don’t want to put them write-in candidate ran despite a crimi- costs and higher lifetime earnings of Auction - 10:00 am in the adult system,” said Jason Smith nal record that began when he was 17. rehabilitated youth after the change Registration - 8:30 am of the Michigan Council on Crime and Tried and convicted as an adult for cred- went into effect. Delinquency in Ann Arbor, which is part it card fraud, Dan Ross served a year in But in the short run, the youth sys- Auction Location: Lansing Center, of a coalition that includes the ACLU of the men’s unit of the Eaton County Jail. tem does cost the counties more than 333 E. Michigan Ave, Lansing Michigan, agitating for change. That scarlet letter has followed Ross handing someone off to the adult pris- Seventeen-year-olds in Michigan live his whole life; he has an associate’s on system. in a strange legal limbo. Besides the degree but has been passed over for Anthony has been a leader on the issue, obvious — they can’t vote, smoke tobac- work in the career field he studied, med- spearheading a resolution in support of co or marijuana, or drink alcohol — they ical office work, and gets by hustling the change when she was still chair- cannot enter into legal contracts. They for Uber. If he’d instead been tried as a woman of the Ingham County Board of cannot live independently of their par- juvenile, that criminal record would be Commissioners. But Republican Rep. ents or legal guardians. Those parents harder to track. Instead of being thrown Graham Filler of DeWitt is also a spon- (2) Commercial Properties and legal guardians can be charged with in with older men as a 17-year-old boy, sor of the legislation. S Cedar St, Lansing neglect if something happens to them. he could’ve received diversional treat- Progressive groups have agitat- But if they’re accused of breaking a ment or at least been imprisoned with ed on this issue for years, but with a law, no matter how minor, they’re treat- other teenagers. “I think people are nev- Republican majority in the Legislature, ed as adults, punished as adults and er really given a second chance at life,” it’s Republicans like Filler and Sen. Tom forced to carry that lingering stigma as Ross said. Barrett, of Potterville, who will decide an adult. Scott Hughes, a juvenile justice if legislation will reach Michigan’s “If you believe that 17-year-olds are coordinator for the Ingham County new Democratic governor Gretchen children, they should not be in the adult Prosecutor’s Office, said he believed the Whitmer. House at 1723 Osband, Lansing system. They’re juniors and seniors in legislation would be a great benefit for For now, Smith said there are com- high school,” Smith said. “The juvenile the community. “Hopefully, we can steer peting bills in the Michigan House and justice system has great diversion pro- people toward the education system Senate that have both received huge grams. The adult system does not.” and out of the prison system,” he said. majorities in their respective chambers. State Rep. Sarah Anthony, D-Lansing, “It’s rare to see a prison inmate with a Filler said he expects a conference com- said fixing this injustice had long been a high school diploma.” mittee will agree on a bill in a few weeks. priority.Lansing “Young State people’s Journal, decision-mak & - Hughes’ boss, Ingham County The Senate version is a little more gen- Prosecutor Carol Siemon, was an early erous to the counties, paying them for Historical Darius Moon House, Ingham Community Newspapers, 1/8supporter pg, of the policy change. “This the increased costs of putting 17-year- 108 S MLK Jr Blvd, Lansing Aug. 25 & Sept. 1 one’s just not a close call,” she said, while olds in the juvenile system in perpetuity. noting that violent offenders younger The House version reimburses them for Plus Many More than 17 can still be tried as adults -- a just the first two years the change would Outstanding Properties!! policy that will not change. be in effect — 2021 and 2022 — and With prosecutorial discretion, minor then splits the bill with counties 50/50 A deposit of $2,000 in cash crimes will be able to stay in the juve- as it does with younger delinquents. or certified funds is required to nile system, where punishments can A state law prohibits the Legislature receive a bid card. be better meted out with rehabilitation from foisting unfunded mandates on Detailed info on parcels to be offered & terms of programs, education and social sup- the counties, and, anyway, advocates of sale can be obtained on the internet at 40 ports. “Most people that age are doing the change do not want to give prosecu- www.BippusUSA.com. stupid stuff but not irredeemable stuff,” tors a financial incentive to try juveniles Eric Schertzing, Ingham County Treasurer, she said. unnecessarily as adults. 341 S. Jefferson St, Mason, MI (517.676.7220) In other states that have changed Hammering out a deal appeared like- Detailed Info 888-481-5108 or their laws, Smith said juvenile delin- ly, Smith said, but passing a state bud- quency rates have dropped faster than get by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. Visit www.BippusUSA.com the national average, as more people are 30 may impede progress on the crimi- given a second chance and supported nal justice issues until October. with programming to steer them onto Anthony is optimistic. “It should pass the right path. Smith said Michigan’s through fairly quickly,” she said. “People John Bippus AARE CAI CES GRI juvenile justice programming is fam- want to be on the right side of history.” Broker/Auctioneer ily-based and tries to identify gaps at — CHRIS GRAY

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lcc.edu Lansing Community College is an equal opportunity educational institution/employer. Revamped Riverfront: $1.8 million Rotary Park opens today Gone is the drab and dreary con- idea, the foundation matched $1 mil- crete jungle riverfront next to the City lion in funding from 11 donors. The Market. In its place resides the vibrant Rotary Club of Lansing Foundation and colorful Rotary Park, complete was the largest, at $400,000, earning with sun sails, outdoor furniture, a it naming rights. massive beach and event space for Other donors were Delta Dental, Lansingites to live out the tail-end of $250,000; Dewpoint Inc., $100,000; the sweet summer season. Auto-Owners Insurance, $75,000; Four months since its groundbreak- Red Cedar Investment Management, ing, the finishing touches have been $40,000; Gillespie Group and Team put on the new park, a span of redevel- Lansing Foundation at the Greater oped riverfront from the Shiawassee Lansing Convention and Visitors Bu- Street Bridge to the Lansing Center reau, $30,000 each; and four indi- along the Grand River. It will officially viduals who each gave $60,000. The open at noon today with a ribbon-cut- Lansing Board of Water & Light and ting. Wieland, the construction contractor, Most striking of the redesign is a provided in-kind donations. sandy beach made with thousands of “It is going to take a lot more than pounds of sand, an LED-lighted forest Rotary Park to completely change and the sun sail canopy. The park will things about the riverfront down- also have a new kayak boat launch, a town,” Baumer added. “We believe in towering brick fireplace and an event the placemaking term ‘string of pearls,’ space called HUB, short for “Happen- where many parts work together to ing Under the Bridge.” improve the whole.” The Capital Region Community According to Baumer, the founda- Foundation embarked on the “place- tion is looking at a potential 13 more making” initiative for the riverfront projects on the riverfront from the space in 2017, researching developed Brenke Fish Ladder to Interstate 496. riverfronts around the country. The “Depending on who else steps for- goal of placemaking is to create public ward and how much more money we spaces that promote people’s health, raise, we can keep going with a string happiness and well-being. of pearls down the river along with “In 2017, not many people were fa- the gem of the River Trail running miliar with placemaking,” said Laurie throughout.” Baumer, the foundation’s executive The total investment for Lansing’s vice president. “We looked at San An- riverfront projects is near $3 million, tonio, what Detroit and Chicago were including Rotary Park, Baumer said. doing with their riverfronts. We also The beach will not have water access Dennis Burck/City Pulse looked at two other community foun- for swimming due to high levels of E. (Above) The newly constructed Rotary Park frames the "Inspiration" sculpture dations involved with placemaking in coli bacteria in the river, particularly with a sandy beach. Port Huron and Muskegon. after rainfall. (Below) Sun sails will provide shade for future gatherings on the riverfront at the “We figured why reinvent the wheel? “We are not encouraging people to new Rotary Park in downtown Lansing. Let’s pick what we like from all these come in. We are realistic about the different places to make the biggest quality of the water, but are more in- one can even see half the time.” new park, she added. “I think Parks & impact.” terested in its aesthetic value,” Baumer Groups like Lansing 5:01 have al- Rec is going to have its hands full.” Pitching the Lansing community its said. “We have a beautiful river that no ready expressed interest in using the — DENNIS BURCK

CITY OF LANSING CITY OF LANSING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m., on the proposed creation of North Grand River Avenue Corridor Improvement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, September 23 Authority in accordance with the provisions of Part 6, Corridor Improvement Authorities, of the at 7:00 p.m., on the proposed creation of South Martin Luther King Corridor Improvement Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act, Public Act 57 of 2018, as amended (the Act) and as Authority in accordance with the provisions of Part 6, Corridor Improvement Authorities, of the defined by Public Act 57 of 2018 as: Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act, Public Act 57 of 2018, as amended (the Act) and as defined by Public Act 57 of 2018 as: Eligible property within an area along North Grand River bounded by an area of all commercial property, as defined by Public Act 57 of 2018, found within 500 feet of the Eligible property within an area along South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard bounded centerline of North Grand River, east on Franette Road to Old US 27 on East North by an area of all commercial property, as defined by Public Act 57 of 2018, found within Street with branches on North Martin Luther King Boulevard, Turner Road and Capital 500 feet of the centerline of South Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, from the railroad City Boulevard tracks south of Victor Avenue to I-96.

For more information, please call 517-483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please For more information, please call 517-483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., on the day of between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., on the day of the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933 or email [email protected]. Lansing, MI 48933 or email [email protected]. Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk, MMC/CMMC Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk, MMC/CMMC www.lansingmi.gov/Clerk www.lansingmi.gov/Clerk www.facebook.com/LansingClerkSwope CP#19-237 www.facebook.com/LansingClerkSwope CP#19-238 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 28, 2019 NG NSI LA N W O T D L O

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By AUDREY MATUSZ podcast and now a festival. Paranormal storyteller Jenn Carpenter credits her father for Carpenter doesn’t just pass through brewing her fascination with horror Lansing, she studies and tours its culture at a young age. She recalled darkest elements from haunted man- her favorite pasttime with her father sions to the steps of the Capitol build- was driving through South Lansing ing. However, she doesn’t consider listening to his stories about the his- herself a ghost hunter. She said in tory of different storefronts. Her order to carve out a piece in the “over- favorite story came from her father’s saturated” paranormal market she childhood about a haunted waterbed needed to find something exception- store that used to be a grocery store. ally peculiar. One day, the grocery store owner, who Carpenter’s first run of her hor- lived in a flat directly above, caught ror-themed festival, which is Sept. 7 at his wife with another man, killed him the Turner-Dodge House, will include and quietly returned back to work. vendors from across the state. The free “Now that I do that kind of research, outdoor marketplace will include true I was able to look up that actual sto- crime books, creepy plush dolls, food ry and find the facts on what actu- trucks as well as a spooky photo booth. ally happened,” said the paranormal For $5, guests can enter the mansion author. “In telling that story, I’ve for musical performances and pre- heard more ghost stories about that sentations. For example, a screening building.” of a documentary called “Lansing’s The state of horror Lost Places,” produced by Ruin Road, The story of the vengeful grocery a production company that explores store owner is part of a collection abandoned and haunted places in the of local ghost stories she wrote for United States. Additionally, Carpenter her first book, “Haunted Lansing.” Courtesy Jenn Carpenter will host a live show for her folklore She said Michigan’s horror commu- Last year Jenn Carpenter hosted a horror-themed party for her book release at podcast, “So Dead.” nity is small with a “down-to-earth the Turner-Dodge House. This year will have more activities and performances. “I will tell a real story about some- approach.” This value seems to be one who lived embraced by the horror community as group is dedicated to “debunking minister to keep up with the demand Festival of in the house,” a whole, according to horror blogger myths” about ghost hunting. for horror-themed weddings. Like Oddities she said. “His Black, who runs halloweenlove.com. On the charity front of the festival, Carpenter, Lewis believes the horror Saturday, Sept.7 Saved by Zade will have a kitten pet- community is thriving in Michigan 11 a.m.-7 p.m. name is Franklin “I think a lot of that has to do with Free, $5 VIP Dodge and he the fact that we push ourselves to be ting tent where people can decom- and continues to expand on ways to Turner Dodge House press and potentially adopt a rescued reach out to its alternative members. 100 E. North St. Lansing was the grand- intrigued, to be frightened, to know Facebook.com/ son of Franklin ourselves,” Black said. “From that can feline. There will also be a dunk tank “Folks are big into the horror genre festivalofoddities and Abigail come understanding and empathy for where guests can make a donation to and there was a need for it to be avail- Dodge. He has a pretty seedy past.” the human condition.” raise money for the Salus Center, a able all year round,” said Lewis. While she tells fact-based stories, In a blog post in 2016 titled “The local LGBTQ resource center. Carpenter is not a historian. The sto- Depressing State of the Horror For gothic fashion, Lansing’s Full schedule ryteller said occasionally she finds Community,” Black explained the Thrift Witch consignment store and VIP ($5 at the door) Kreatures of the Night will have a 11:15-11:45 a.m. — Presentation on herself “in awkward situations” where economic battles of running a horror Stimson Hospital by Pam and Chris Sturgill she can’t help injecting ghost stories website and mourns the disappear- spread of horrifying bling, bags and Noon-1:00 p.m. — So Dead Podcast live show more. Kreatures is based in Swartz 1:15-2:00 p.m. — True Crime author talk into everyday conversation. ance of independent horror media with Rod Sadler “Someone will say ‘I went to the outlets. However, in Michigan, the Creek and owned by Rick and Lisa 2:15-2:45 p.m. — “Secret” musical performance Lewis. Ten years ago, the couple start- 3-4:15 p.m. — “Lansing’s Lost Places” screening Capitol,' and I’ll say, 'Oh, did you genre seems to be alive and well, with presented by Ruin Road know there is a little ghost boy there?'” several entrepreneurs devoted to the ed offering affordable, special effects 4:30-5:30 p.m. — Paranormal author talk makeup and picked up gigs through with John Robinson Haunted Lansing genre showing out for the event. 5:45-6:45 p.m. — Presentation by Since 2016, Carpenter, 39, and When Carpenter announced in various zombie walks and the Rotten Portal Paranormal Society Manor in Holly, Michigan. Kreatures 8-10 p.m. — Paranormal Investigation with Portal her husband, Dax, have led ghost June the Portal Paranormal Society Paranormal Society (sold out) tours across Mid-Michigan to reveal was leading an onsite ghost investiga- will not offer face painting at the fes- the hidden stories of landmarks in tion, tickets ($35) sold out in a flash. tival, but will have an array of custom- ized goblets, spooky jewelry and other Outdoor performances (free) the area. Through their “Demented Founded in Brighton, the company 1p.m. — Vladmir VanNilsson Mitten Tours,” Carpenter amassed a hosts ticketed paranormal explora- alternative trends. 3 p.m. — Death Duo hoard of information and turned it tions at historical sites in the Midwest. In addition to selling macabre fash- 5:30 p.m. — Scary Women into a true crime book, then a folklore According to its Facebook page, the ion, Lisa Lewis became an ordained City Pulse • August 28, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13

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By DENNIS BURCK Lansing lost its last dedicated art sup- ply store in 2014. Since then, artists had to make do with ordering goods online or traveling to other cities for fine art supplies. Casey Sorrow, the owner of Odd Nodd Art Supply, aims to change that. Taking its namesake from nicknames of the Eckert Station smokestacks, Wynken, Blynken and Nod, Odd Nodd Art Supplies will carry printmaking, sculpting, ceramics, calligraphy, book- binding, painting supplies and more. An aromatic amalgam of fresh wood, pencil shavings and paint greets visi- tors upon entry like any art supply store should. “We’re hoping to fill a niche that isn’t really being filled,” Sorrow said. A veteran illustrator and printmak- er, Sorrow’s work gained attention in Dennis Burck/City Pulse Greater Lansing while he attended Odd Nodd Art Supply owner Casey Sorrow opens a dedicated art supply store in Lansing's REO Town Marketplace. Michigan State University as co-found- er of “Fetus-X,” a controversial comic when you open up a new paint and see retail art store is expertise and quality of restaurants opening just a few blocks strip that eventually was banned from how it flows across the paper, how it goods, Sorrow said. away.” the State News and later reprinted in feels and how it displays. Anybody who “I’m a printmaker and illustrator, and Artist-led workshops will be happen- the Detroit Metro Times. works with art supplies will have a good I’ve been in art supplies for 20 years. ing in the future, but getting the store More recently, he illustrated James appreciation for the different types.” Also, my wife is a bookbinder and does up and running for returning Michigan Joyce’s formerly unpublished work “The One of the standout items Odd Nodd a lot of other paper craft works,” Sorrow State University students to get their art Cats of Copenhagen,” which was pub- carries is Black Wing pencils, the favor- said. supplies is a top priority, Sorrow said. lished internationally in eight languag- ite writing instrument of greats like The couples’ knowledge on multiple es. Sorrow further illustrated author John Steinbeck, Truman Capote and mediums is what Sorrow thinks will set Odd Nodd Peter Trachtenberg as the subject of the Vladimir Nabakov. The pencils are them apart from a larger retail store. Art Supply Wed. and Thurs., 11 a.m.-6 Sunday Book Review in the New York made of California Cedar and Japanese He added that they will carry a number p.m. Times. graphite. They are noticeably different of “much nicer” items at a lower range Fri. and Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1027 S. Washington Ave., Opening an art supply store was from a regular pencil as each is armed which will fit in with the neighbor- Lansing, MI always a goal, Sorrow said. with a heavy-duty square eraser — hood’s eclectic buzz. (517) 258-2509 “It is really cool to open up a new fine-tuning the prose of the next great “This is an area we want to be a part www.oddnodd.com pen and see how it feels, what marks it American novel can get messy. of. We’re excited to see what happens makes,” Sorrow said. “I love the moment What sets apart Odd Nodd from a big next year between the breweries and 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 28, 2019

Meet the cover artist: Emily Frushour

By MATTHEW STINE found that other people liked it too and Vibrant blues, greens and purples it kind of took off from there. I love the swirl together to create the profile of a Great Lakes, so I did that and I have shape we all know and love. “Beautiful people that contact me for custom piec- Great Lakes” by Emily Frushour cap- es with requests like, “We have a place tures an essence of what it means to live on Houghton Lake, could you do one of in Michigan with a minimalistic, yet in- that?” It was something that was easy tense, watercolor painting of the state’s for me to connect to and resonated with most defining feature. Frushour lives in other people. State love is popular right DeWitt and owns 37prime, where she now, so it’s been nice to explore that creates watercolor and mixed media art and create things for people that mean for pleasure and commissions. something to them. Because if you have Courtesy Emily Frushour What exactly prompted your fasci- a connection to lake it’s probably related "Dynamic Great Lakes," by Emily Frushour. nation with painting and Michigan as a to your family, a childhood or the scen- subject? ery. It’s been fulfilling to make things It’s not an exact way of painting, it’s growing up, I’ve always loved things The real jobs I’ve had have always that mean something to people. more free-flow. that are simple and beautiful, things been in graphic design and I’ve en- What draws you to watercolors and So what brought about the name for you can just look at and you don’t have joyed those jobs, but always have ended what do you think it adds to your art? 37prime? to analyze it that much because it’s there up feeling like I still need to do some- I didn’t take any watercolor classes When I was looking for a way to and it’s pretty. And there are a lot of thing else. I was al- in college. I dabbled in everything but brand myself my own name didn’t seem people that don’t know much about art, ways led back to that. I guess what it comes back to is like the thing to do. When I started but if they see something they like they handmade things. when I started teaching kids in classes this business I was 37, and that year know it right away. So that’s something So while I had a out of my house. Watercoloring is some- was really good for me in terms of I want to provide people with. Just a graphic design job, thing that is a fun thing for kids to do growth. I did a lot of things I had never simple, pretty representation of some- I found that I need- and it was fun to explore and be free. done before and a lot of things I never thing they love. ed that additional You know, kids have a way of being care- thought I would do. So by the end of the You can find Emily’s work online creative outlet and free and spontaneous in the things that year, I was really proud of what I had on Facebook, Instagram and Etsy as I just started play- they create. In watercolors, you can’t be done. Also, it was a prime year, 37 is a 37prime. If you prefer a brick-and-mor- ing with water- Courtesy afraid because there are so many mis- prime number and everything just sort tar store, her work is hosted in the Lo- colors. The Great Frushour takes and things that you can’t control of came together. cal Basket Case in Rockford and Mich- Lakes are just because it’s water. I’ve realized it’s been What kind of interaction do you want igan Barn Wood and Salvage in Mason. fabulous, I love it a good method for me because it pushes people to have with your work? She will also be doing Michigan Barn there. So I just played around and the me as a person that always wants things I guess there are a couple things. I Wood’s Fall Pop-Up Market on Sept. 21 first thing that I made that I liked was neat and tidy, and shows you that you want to give people something that and the DeWitt Arts and Crafts Show in "The State of Michigan in Blues and have to let go a little and see what hap- resonates with them — feelings of nos- November. Greens." I posted it on Instagram and pens because it’s not an exact science. talgia, feelings of pride. As an art lover Ingham County Animal Shelter Sponsor a pet on the next Adoption Page for only $35 To adopt one of these pets from the ICAS call (517) 676-8370 $6 goes to the shelter. To sponsor, call 999-5061 now!! Adopt a pet on this page and Soldan’s will thank you with a $10 600 Curtis St., Mason, MI, 48854 • ac.ingham.org gift certificate. Contact (517) 999-5061 after you adopt. Glen is a sweet puppy looking Megara is a sweet gal looking for for his forever home. He came to a family to love. She is very sweet and the shelter with a badly injured gets along with pretty much anyone. leg which has been repaired and She should do fine with kids, cats, he’s now back to being a typical or dogs as long as she’s given time to adjust. bouncy puppy. Sponsored by Sponsored by Anne & Dale Schrader Schuler Books

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In memory of Sponsored by soldanspet.com Rodica’s cats Linn & Owen Jewelers City Pulse • August 28, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 15 New book addresses American slavery and segregation By BILL CASTANIER who wrote the majority decision. sight into why a Creole was chosen to Most Americans are familiar with Research for “Separate” began in represent the case. iconic photographs of “separate but Massachusetts where Luxenberg said, “Tourgee’s novels always had a equal.” For example, white and colored “The roots of separation can be traced.” mixed-race character; he was obsessed drinking fountains of the Jim Crow While visiting the Massachusetts State with it. It makes sense why he asks the South, Rosa Parks’ refusal to take a Archives, he viewed a petition de- committee to procure a mixed-race in- seat at the back of the bus and Brown manding an end to Jim Crow railcars. dividual to become arrested,” he said. v. Board of Education. Yet, few of us “It was 13 feet long with a thousand Luxenberg’s 600-page book is an ex- know anything about Plessy v. Fer- signatures and was folded up into a tremely readable examination of a mo- guson, a momentous 1896 U.S. Su- 4-by-8-inch rectangle. The signatures mentous court case, told through the preme Court decision which codified were legible and included Frederick eyes of those who lived it. The author legal separation of the races until the Douglass, a former slave and a young grew up in Michigan and his 2000 sweeping Civil Rights legislation of the agitator. One thousand people took book “Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey into ’60s. the time to sign the petition and I a Family Secret” won the Michigan In his new book, “Separate: The Sto- could feel their energy,” he said. Notable Book Award in 2010 and was ry of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Luxenberg said he began grasping the Great Michigan Read selection in Journey from Slavery to Segregation,” the quotidian nature of events through 2013. Steve Luxenberg uses his prodigious such documents and used it to convey research skills to help readers under- to readers the importance of what are stand how and why Jim Crow ideas “now outdated ideas.” He added that ruled the land for so long. today petitions “are no big deal,” but in “In 35 years as the 1840s petitions were a respected Steve Luxenberg tells the story of a journalist ed- process, and Congress used to dedicate Plessy v. Ferguson by doing deep iting stories on a morning once a week to read them. research on its key figures. the great Ameri- “The Supreme Court in the 1890s can story of race, was not like the court today,” he said. could imagine the Harlan family sit- I was missing “There were no 5-4 decisions, most ting, making choices of documents to knowledge and decisions were unanimous. There was put into the book,” he said. MICHAEL WOODWORTH The life of Tourgee was documented most of what I not a lot of political divisiveness.” August 29 · 5pm knew about racial In doing his research, Luxenberg by his own writings in newspapers and segregation,” said refuses to use secondary sources. For magazines. Mrs. Tourgee even went so Local author Michael Woodworth will be celebrating his newest picture Luxenberg, the Courtesy example, he visited the Archdiocese far as to get a clipping service. Luxen- book The Crab. Stop in for a meet associate editor Luxenberg of New Orleans to examine baptismal berg said in one collection of clips on and greet and signing! for The Washing- records where he discovered Plessy the Supreme Court, not a single clip ton Post. Plessy v. was about one-quarter black, not one- mentions the Plessy case. He believes SUMMER READING CLUB Ferguson was like snap shots and all eighth which is often cited. He also this to be due to the public not seeing ICE CREAM SOCIAL the case as “a big deal at the time.” the photos were blurry, he said. hired a genealogist to help with the August 31 · 6pm The award-winning author said it records of Tourgee. Luxenberg also pointed out in his in- was expected that the case was brought Despite his focus on assuring factu- terview the importance of the contem- Celebrate our amazing readers and the to an all-white Court. Less predictable, al information is correct, Luxenberg porary black newspapers, which were end of Summer Reading Club! The first eight of the nine justices represented said, “I just don’t look at the facts. I more focused on Plessy and consistent 30 readers to visit us will receive an icy with covering issues such as lynching, treat. Don’t forget to turn in your summer the North, the lone dissenter was from want the texture of it.” reading forms—August 31 is the final day. the South. Luxenberg’s research was buoyed The author-journalist applied his In his research, Luxenberg also by family scrapbooks and correspon- philosophy of "you never know what TALK + SIGNING WITH learned that Homer Plessy, a light- dence left behind by Harlan. you are going to find" to his research ERIN BARTELS on Tourgee, whose novels provide in- skinned Creole, was purposely chosen “It’s the equivalent of his own life. I September 5 · 7pm to violate racial segregation on a Lou- isiana train with full knowledge of the Erin Bartels, Michigan native and local train owners. The idea was to not only Stop in now through Tuesday for author of We Hope for Better Things, end legal separation, but also to save joins us to share her new novel The Words Between Us, a story that shows the railroad the additional expense of how words – the ones we say, the ones maintaining separate but equal pas- 50% off we read, and the ones we write – have senger cars. more power than we imagine. 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age when the Detroit assembly line was ebullient trumpeter Marcus Belgrave turning out one jazz icon after anoth- and his musical “children,” including Source of the sound: er — trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist pianist Geri Allen, violinist Regina Car- Tommy Flanagan, guitarist Kenny Bur- ter, bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Mark Stryker’s ‘Jazz from Detroit’ rell, bassist Ron Carter, pianist Hank Karriem Riggins. Jones, saxophonist Joe Henderson and “It was very important to me to bring tells an epic tale so many others. the story of jazz from Detroit to the By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Pontiac-born drummer Elvin Jones) Pianist Barry Harris, the “professor present day,” Stryker said. “We’ve had an After nearly two decades as an arts and on and on. of bebop,” taught almost everybody who extraordinary history, but this is a liv- journalist for the Detroit Free Press, Everywhere they went, Detroit musi- came after him, both in Detroit and ing, breathing art form in Detroit, still Mark Stryker has stretched into the cians brought a combination of virtuos- New York. Hard-swinging vibraphonist developing, still producing musicians long-playing format, much like his jazz ity, creativity and a work ethic that still Milt Jackson showed his elegant side as who are having a national impact.” idol, saxophonist Sonny Rollins, to tell sets a standard in the jazz world. one-fourth of the Modern Jazz Quartet. That includes MSU’s own Jazz Stud- an epic tale. “You can’t Boundary-pushing reedman and com- ies director, Rodney Whitaker, who gets In “Jazz from Detroit,” out this month tell the story of poser Yusef Lateef also gets a chapter, a chapter of his own. from the University of Michigan Press, jazz in Ameri- as does fecund arranger and bandleader If there’s a downside to the book, it’s Stryker strung together striking por- ca without also Gerald Wilson, who stayed vigorous and this: The siren call of Stryker’s descrip- traits of Detroit’s most iconic jazz musi- telling the his- creative well into his 90s. tive powers and the dreaded “recom- cians, like a series of solos, and lovingly tory of jazz from Stryker found that Detroit jazz, for mended recordings” lists at the end of set them between grand choruses that Detroit,” Stryker all its diversity, has a groundedness and each chapter are bound to put a serious take a longer view said. hard-working intelligence that has al- drain on impressionable readers’ bank of the city’s histo- When Stryker ways kept it embedded in the commu- accounts. Mark Stryker: nity. “That’s the risk you take,” the author Jazz From Detroit ry and culture. is excited about Stryker, 56, had his subject, “It’s not just entertainment,” Stryker said. 4:45-5:45 p.m. Sat., Aug. 31 Stryker Jazz Talk Tent a front row seat to which is often, said. “It’s cultural affirmation, partic- Stryker loves his vinyl collection as Detroit International a lot of that histo- his crisp newspaper prose suddenly un- ularly within the black community. It’s much as the next guy (actually, he loves Jazz Festival ry while covering corks like a Sonny Rollins solo. He de- music to make you feel good, to help you it way more than the next guy), but his music for the Free scribes Elvin Jones’ shattering drum in- understand the world better, to connect biggest hope for the book is that it will Press from 1995 to 2016. He researched novations with both his heart and head. you with your family, your neighbor- move readers to get out of their chairs the rest of it with the care and skill of He makes you feel the shock waves in hood, the larger tradition. All of that is and hear the music played live. a seasoned journalist and the passion of your gut even as he explains just how very much in play when you talk about “It’s easy to get lost in a series of an obsessive music lover. Jones crafted his sound and where it fit jazz in Detroit.” golden ages, but when you go hear Bob In the ’40s and ’50s, jazz blossomed in the history of jazz drumming. With so many great artists to cov- Hurst play with his band, you are hear- like crazy in Detroit. Seeded and fertil- “I’m always trying to put the reader er, Stryker could have lingered in the ing the past, present and future of the ized by the automotive boom, superb on the bandstand,” Stryker said. “Let’s golden age or even stopped there, but it music all at the same time, as you would music education, bustling nightlife, a break it down and figure out what’s was important to him to bring the sto- have hearing the great bands of 1955,” growing black middle class, postwar working, but let’s not turn it into a med- ry of jazz in Detroit through the lesser he said. “The records only tell you so cultural ferment and a small-town- ical textbook. It’s possible to dissect it to known, but no less fascinating, trials much. You have to hear these musicians writ-large spirit of mutual support and death, and that’s the challenge.” and triumphs that followed. live to get the full experience of what mentorship. In a long career covering music and In the ’70s, economic decline, white they sounded like and the meaning of The word “from” is crucial to Stryker’s art in Detroit, Stryker found that jazz is flight and other serious problems hit the the music.” conception of “Jazz from Detroit.” This woven into the city’s fabric in a unique city hard, but innovative artist coopera- In that spirit, Stryker will give a talk is not just a local story. Almost every way. tives like the Strata Corp. and the Tribe about Detroit jazz and his book at 4 influential group in mid-20th-century “Musical standards in Detroit are came forward to advance the music and p.m. Saturday as part of the ultimate jazz had at least one member born and very high, yet the audiences are very keep it woven into the community. celebration of live jazz in Detroit, this trained in Detroit, from the iconic Miles nurturing,” Stryker said. “You have big- The roots were still juicy under the weekend’s Detroit International Jazz Davis-John Coltrane Quartet (with city competitiveness and small-town ashes. Before long, the city saw a beauti- Festival. The University of Michigan Detroit-born bassist Paul Chambers) warmth and that is a special feeling.” ful renewal of its jazz life. Press will have a booth where the book to Coltrane’s own classic quartet (with He takes the reader back to a golden Stryker took special care to celebrate will be available. 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Art Explosion - 9 a.m. Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Dr, Lansing. TOWN 517-485-8116. impression5.org. Events must be entered through the calendar at lansingcitypulse.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Celebrate Fall Welcome with MSU Broad - Welcome back, students! 11 Wednesdays for the following week’s issue. a.m.-3 p.m. MSU Broad Art Lab, 565 E Charges may apply for paid events to appear Grand River Ave, East Lansing. events. in print. If you need assistance, please call msu.edu. Suzi at (517) 999-6704. Threadbare Mitten Film Festival Celebrate Fall Welcome with the Founder Dan Kofed comes from makers. Leading with “What’s your MSU Broad - Welcome back, students! Charlotte, where he had two success- genre?,” coordinators broke up a 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Broad Art Museum, 547 E ful runs of typically horror-heavy lineup to match Wednesday, August 28 Circle Dr, East Lansing. 517-884-4800. Threadbare Mitten the no-frills the inclinations of its audience, with film festival. blocks such as “The Surreal World” The Office Building - 7-9 p.m. Painting Film Festival CLASSES AND SEMINARS This year, and “Romance and Other Absurdities.” with a Twist, 580 Frandor, Lans- ing. 517- Sept. 5 – Sept. 7 cinephiles Saturday’s schedule includes a block, 483-2450. paintingwithatwist.com $0-5 individual days, $25 full Free Medicare Educational Class festival pass. Tickets and the and movie called Female Gaze, dedicated to chal- from Sparrow - Medicare seminars full schedule are available at lovers alike lenging gender conventions in cinema MUSIC threadbarefilmfest.com for 65 and older. 5-6:30 p.m. Hilton will take over at Blue Owl Coffee on Washington Reo Town Avenue. Details on the various loca- Garden Inn, 633 N. Canal, Lansing. Concert in the Park - William E. sparrow.org. for three days witnessing the true tions can be found on facebook.com/ Tennant Performance Shell, St. Johns City grit of Michigan’s independent film- ThreadbareFilmFest. Park 7-9:30 p.m. cityofstjohnsmi.com. Stronger Together Workshop - to prevent gender based violence. 7-8:30 Lansing Children’s Choir Open EVENTS ARTS p.m. East Lansing Public Library, 950 House - 6-7 p.m. First Presbyterian Abbot Rd., East Lansing. Church, 510 Ottawa, Lansing. 7th Annual Michigan Inventors Auditions for “Baskerville: A Sherlock lansingchildrenschoir.org. What’s So Funny - Learn about Expo - 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Kellogg Center, 219 Holmes Mystery” - Andromeda Comm. humor. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Hannah Center, S. Harrison, East Lansing. Theatre. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Windwalker 819 Abbot, East Lansing. 517-337-1113. Thursday, August 29 Gallery, 125 S Cochran, Charlotte. 269- Bath Township Farmers Market - 262-1943. andromedaplayers.org. EVENTS CLASSES AND SEMINARS 3-7 p.m. James Couzens Memorial Park, 13751 Main Street, Bath. shopbfm.org. Happy Hydrangeas - 6:30-9 p.m. 2019 Statewide Disability AARP Driver Safety Training - Painting with a Twist, 580 Frandor, Lansing. Summit - 9 a.m.-3 p.m. MSUFCU - Designed for drivers age 50 and older. 9 Country Line Dancing & Lessons - 483-2450. paintingwithatwist.com. HQ2, 3899 Coolidge Rd., East Lansing. a.m.-1 p.m. AL!VE, 800 W Lawrence Ave, 7-9 p.m. Mason VFW Post #7309, 1243 Hull Charlotte. myalive.com. Rd., Mason. business.masonchamber.org Lansing Mural Festival Film Allen Farmers Market - 2:30- Screening (All Ages) - 6-8 p.m. CADL 7 p.m. Allen Market Place, 1629 E. Clean Eating Lunch: Eat while you Thursday Night Dance Exchange Downtown Lansing, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Kalamazoo St., Lansing. 517-999-3911. watch how to easily prepare dishes at - Calling all Detroit Ballroomers, Chicago Lansing. www.cadl.org. home. 12:15-12:45 p.m. AL!VE, 800 W Steppers, Hustlers, and Two Steppers! 7-10 CCBS Workday - 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Lawrence Ave, Charlotte. myalive.com. p.m. Lucky’s, 400 Baker St., Lansing. Pippin - 7-9:30 p.m. Riverwalk Theatre, Capital City Bird Sanctuary, 6001 Delta 228 Museum Dr, Lansing. 517-482-5700. River Dr, Lansing. michiganaudubon.org. Medical Diagnostic Technologies TOPS Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets 6 riverwalktheatre.com. Informational Seminars - 2:30 p.m. PM at Haslett Middle School, Room 207, Grief and Loss - Drop in sessions. LCC, West Campus, Lansing. lcc.edu. 1535 Franklin St, Haslett. 517 927-4307. Rustic Santa! - 6:30-9 p.m. Painting 2:30-3:30 p.m. Hannah Community with a Twist, 580 Frandor Ave, Lansing. Center, 819 Abbot Rd, East Lansing. 517- Super Hero Science - 9 a.m. Warner Sanctuary Workday - 517-483-2450. paintingwithatwist.com. 337-1113. Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Michigan Audubon’s Ronald H. Warner Museum Dr, Lansing. 517-485-8116. Sanctuary. 7-9 a.m. East side of Erway Lansing Area Mindfulness impression5.org. Road in Hastings. michiganaudubon.org. See Out on the town, Page 20

WEDNESDAY AUG. 28 >> LUG NUTS: WHITE CLAWS AND PAWS THURSDAY AUG. 29 >> REO TOWN READING SERIES

The Lansing Lugnuts host a dog-friendly game The REO Town Reading Series hosts three where patrons are encouraged to invite Fido in for emerging Lansing writers along with one featured the ball game. White Claw hard seltzer will be on writer to read their original works to the coffee special for $3. crowd. Readers include Casey Bye, Rosalie Sanara Petrouske, Ryan Apple and Gavin Broom. 7 to 10 p.m., $8 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Cooley Law School Stadium Blue Owl Coffee 505 E. Michigan Ave. 1149 S. Washington Ave. (517) 485-4500 facebook.com/REOTownReading/ milb.com/lansing 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 28, 2019

Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny August 28 - September 3, 2019 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here are examples years, according to his biographer Jane Leavy. She "Some More of activities I recommend you try in the coming quoted an orthopedic surgeon who said that Mantle Words"-- days. 1. Build a campfire on the beach with friends compensated for his injury with "neuromuscular this time, and regale each other with stories of your most genius." I'm thinking that in the next few weeks themeless. interesting successes. 2. Buy eccentric treasures you're in a position to accomplish an equivalent of at a flea market and ever thereafter refer to them Mantle's heroic adjustment. as your holy icons. 3. 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Bingo Pajama, who formed in the small town of Byron, makes its Lansing debut Thursday at Mac’s Bar. Bingo Pajama rehearses at its Byron practice spot. The group was originally known as VanWagner. (courtesy photo) (courtesy photo) Byron-based outfit makes Lansing debut Thursday, Aug. 29 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, $8, $7 adv., 8 p.m. Bingo Pajama might be brand new to very dear to me.” Harris said coming from a country “Our sound is mostly wholesome, Michigan’s music scene, but the quartet’s The harmony-driven outfit, which town has had its ups and downs, but it organic and uplifting” he said. “We try earthy, rock ‘n roll sound is strikingly headlines Thursday at Mac’s Bar, formed sure wasn’t hard to stand out, given the and have a variety of colors and feels in antiquated. Its unique sound is the result 45-minutes outside of Lansing in the small lack of local competition. our music.” of a record collection stacked with old town of Byron. In 2014 and 2015, under “We really were the band in Byron,” As for the lyrics on the newly penned LPs from the likes of Moby Grape, Little a different name, the group gigged at Harris said. “We’re all barefoot country tracks? Feat, Canned Heat and the Grateful Dead. venues from Flint to Lansing. kids and love being outdoors, so that “We all try and relate our own thoughts “It’s an eclectic mix,” said guitarist Evan The band, which also includes Lucas might lend to some of the woodsy and and feelings through our music, so I can Harris. “We all really like jazz and blues Howe (keys), Jared Langston (vocals/ more natural aspects of our sound.” only really speak for myself and my own and music from the ‘50s and ‘60s or older. bass) and Dalton Boon (drummer), goes The Mac’s Bar show will include sets writing,” Harris explained. “It changes Miles Davis, blues singers Otis Rush and way back. from Flint-based openers Big Donut because what we’re living and experiencing T-Bone Walker are favorites of mine.” “The four of us went to school together,” and Goods. Thursday’s set marks Bingo is always changing. We do all love to read Harris listed a string of acts that Harris said. “Dalton and I began playing Pajama’s first Lansing show and will and are makeshift philosophers of sorts, influence his craft. He described his in his garage, I think the summer after showcase its upcoming single, “The so our lyrical content can be influenced range of musical interests from “Robert seventh grade.” Beautiful Mind of Mabel Hunter.” Beyond by thoughts, conversations or even works Johnson to the Fleet Foxes.” By their senior year of high school, that, the guys have written an album’s of literature.” “My real bridge into older music was the friends performed as VanWagner, worth of original material and are ready For more information, visit facebook. the Fleet Foxes’ first album. It led me to but they broke up shortly following to cut a full-length. While the songs are com/bingopajamatheband and macsbar. find the Beach Boys’ 'Pet Sounds', Harris graduation. The group reformed in Flint still fresh, Harris said the band has surely com. added. “Both of those albums are still and then again in Byron as Bingo Pajama. found its niche.

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Chavez, Lansing Live Music with Darin Larner Trio 9PM Live Music with Lady Luck 9PM [email protected] Urban Beat, 1213 Turner Rd. Sam.I.Am 5PM Fred Isaac 5PM Craig Hendershott 5PM 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 28, 2019 From Page 17 517-483-2450. MSU Pavilion, 4301 Farm Lane, East Cider Mill, St. Johns. ujcidermill.com. MUSIC Renewal - 7-8:30 p.m. Lansing Art Gallery Lansing. lamafest.com. & Education Center, 119 N Washington Mason “Sunshine” Farmers Market East Lansing Farmers Market - 10 Music in the Park Summer Sq, Ste 101, Lansing. 517-374-6400. - 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Maple St. between Jefferson a.m.-2 p.m. Valley Court Park, 300 Valley Concerts - 7-9 p.m. 525 E. Grand River, lansingartgallery.org. & Barnes. business.masonchamber.org. Court, East Lansing. cityofeastlansing.com. Grand Ledge. Summer Fireflies- 6 p.m. Painting with Sexton Class of 2009 Reunion - 6-10 Hudson Mills Tractor Pull - 9 a.m. Wharton Welcomes MSU Concert - a Twist, 580 Frandor Ave, Lansing. 517-483- p.m. Michigan Princess, Grand River Park, 8800 W. Grand River Ave., Fowlerville. Free Admission. Featuring Joe Hertler. 5 2450. paintingwithatwist.com. Lansing. michigan.org. p.m. Wharton Center, 750 E Shaw Ln, East Lansing. 517-353-1982. whartoncenter.com. Summer Programming - Boys & Summer Farmers’ Market - 8 a.m.-2 Lamafest 2019 - 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Girls Club (teens) - 10-11 a.m. Reach p.m. Meridian Twp. Central Park Pavilion, MSU Pavilion, 4301 Farm Lane, East Studio Art Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, 5151 Marsh Rd., Okemos. meridian.mi.us. Lansing. lamafest.com. Friday, August 30 Lansing. 517-999-3643. reachstudioart.org. ARTS 2019 Michigan Chicken Wing CLASSES AND SEMINARS MUSIC Festival - 2-10 p.m. Adado Riverfront Free Public Tours - 1-3 p.m. Eli Park, 300 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. 517-303- Get Soaked Up! - 9 a.m. Impression 5 City of East Lansing Summer and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. 1817. michiganchickenwingfestival.com. Science Center, 200 Museum Dr, Lansing. Concert Series - 7 p.m. Corner of Circle Dr., East Lansing. 517-884-4800. 517-485-8116. impression5.org. Albert Ave and M.A.C, East Lansing. broadmuseum.msu.edu. Patron and Paint - Present your stub for $5 off entry to the after party 6-9 p.m. EVENTS Lake Lansing Community Bandshell Make Simple Jewelry - 1-3 p.m. East The Fledge, 1300 Eureka, Lansing. Summer 2019 - 7 p.m. Lake Lansing Park Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Rd, East Holt Farmers Market Mini-Market South, 1621 Pike Rd., Haslett. lansing.org. Lansing. 517-381-1410. retreadart.com. Patron and Paint - Tickets includes all - 2-6 p.m. Holt Farmers Market, 2150 Cedar painting supplies. ! 6-9 p.m. The Fledge, St, Holt. delhitownship.com. Pippin - 8-10:30 p.m. Riverwalk Theatre, 1300 Eureka St., Lansing. Saturday, August 31 228 Museum Dr, Lansing. 517-482-5700. TGIF Dance Party - 7 p.m.-12 a.m. Hawk riverwalktheatre.com. ARTS Hollow, 15101 Chandler Rd., Bath. 734-604- CLASSES AND SEMINARS 5095. tgifdance.com. MUSIC Art House: Open Studio Time - 11 a.m.- Everything You Need to Know 3 p.m. Lansing Art Gallery & Education ARTS About Parenting - 2:30-5 p.m. East Jazz - 12-1 p.m. MSU Music Building, 333 Center, 119 N Washington Sq, Ste 101, Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Rd, W. Circle Drive, East Lansing. Lansing. 517-374-6400. Friday Clay Lab - 4:30-6:30 p.m. Reach Lansing. 517-351-2420. bestbabykit.com. Studio Art Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, Lansing. 517-999-3643. reachstudioart.org. PQA Plus Advisor Training - Sunday, September 1 Monday, September 2 Greenstone Farm Credit Services, 3515 Hello Fall - 4-6 p.m. Painting with a Twist, West Rd, East Lansing. canr.msu.edu. CLASSES AND SEMINARS LITERATURE AND POETRY 580 Frandor Ave, Lansing. 517-483-2450. paintingwithatwist.com. EVENTS Juggling - 2-4 p.m. Orchard Street Lansing Horror Book Club Meeting Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., East Lansing. - June’s book Bloody Chamber, by Angela Pippin - 8-10:30 p.m. Riverwalk Theatre, 2019 Michigan Chicken Wing Carter. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Blue Owl Coffee, 1149 228 Museum Dr, Lansing. 517-482-5700. Festival - 2-10 p.m. Adado Riverfront EVENTS S Washington Ave, Lansing. 517-575-6836. riverwalktheatre.com. Park, 300 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. 517-303- 1817. michiganchickenwingfestival.com. Car Show - 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Uncle John’s EVENTS Release the Monkeys! - 7:30-9:30 p.m. Painting with a Twist, 580 Frandor, Lansing. Lamafest 2019 - 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. DDL Walking Club -. 10-11 a.m. DeWitt See Out on the town, Page 21 CROSSWORD SOLUTION From Pg. 18 SUDOKU SOLUTION From Pg. 18

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FRIDAY AUG. 30 >> HIP-HOP NIGHT AT THE LOFT Celebrate all things chicken wing with over 10 wing vendors. Entertainment includes live country, The Loft brings the greatest in Midwestern hip-hop blues, pop, rock and R&B. There will also be talent together for one night only. Chicago artists carnival games, inflatable playhouses, a wrestling Malci and Free Snacks will headline, supported by showcase and helicopter rides. Free admission Lansing staple Mikkey Austin. available at the gate for kids 12 and under, cancer survivors, veterans and seniors. 8 p.m., $8 The Loft Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 10 p.m., $5 414 E. Michigan Ave. Adado Riverfront Park (517) 913-0103 201 E. Shiawassee St. theloftlansing.com (517) 303-1817 michiganchickenwingfestival.com City Pulse • August 28, 2019 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21 From Page 20 EVENTS Lansing. 517-999-3643. reachstudioart.org. District Library, 13101 Schavey Rd, DeWitt. 517-669-3156. dewittlibrary.org. Injury Clinic - Ffree consult with a MUSIC sports or health professional. 5:30-7 p.m. Mason Chess & Backgammon AL!VE, 800 W Lawrence Ave, Charlotte. Artist-Faculty Series - Sponsored Club - 6-8 p.m. Bestsellers Books, 360 S. by WKAR. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Cook Recital Jefferson. business.masonchamber.org. Love Your Parks Virtual 5K - 5 p.m. Hall, Music Building, 333 W. Circle Dr., East

Tuesday, September 3 Delta Township, Lansing. Lansing. 517-353-5340. music.msu.edu. Yawn Patrol Toastmasters - 7-8:30 CLASSES AND SEMINARS a.m. Two Men and Truck Corporate, 3400 SATURDAY AUG. 31 — SUNDAY SEPT. 1 >> LAMAFEST 2019 Belle Chase Way, Lansing. 517-214-3327. Group Guitar: Intermediate - 7-8 p.m. yawnpatrol.com. You’ve been to horse shows and rodeos, but have you seen a llama jump and maneuver through AL!VE, 800 W Lawrence Ave, Charlotte. SUNDAY SEPT. 1 >> PATRON AND PAINT AT THE FLEDGE myalive.com. ARTS an agility course? Michigan State University’s Department of Animal Sciences returns with its Group Percussion - Introductory Adult Clay - 6:15-9:15 p.m. Reach llama and alpaca show. There will be a costume group lesson. 5:45-6:45 p.m. AL!VE, 800 W Studio Art Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, contest, handmade crafts as well as a fiber- Lawrence Ave, Charlotte. myalive.com. producing animals for sale.

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The Fledge hosts a painting and tequila bonanza with art supplies and food included. A live DJ will perform during the event and discounts for college students are available.

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