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Savage support language” won’t cut it for most readers. (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com I was surprised to see the backlash And what’s wrong with the editorial ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6706 in this issue's letters against the switch board of the City Pulse? You are pub- PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 from Advice Goddess to Savage Love. lishing in a city with a major university or email [email protected] I'm pleased that you have dropped Amy right next door. What about your young- 6 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz Alkon. Dan Savage's subject matter er readers? Is this the image of Lansing [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 may be more explicitly sexual, but I feel you want to project? I hope that the City MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz like his column is more "appropriate" Pulse is not taking a nose-dive in quality. [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 Niowave officials absent from another community meeting ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR • Allan I. Ross for CityPulse's wide range of readers If so, I will have no choice but to feel the [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 because he treats the people who solicit shit out my feelings of disappointment PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper his advice with respect instead of tak- and find something else to read. PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 ing cheap shots at their problems (and CALENDAR EDITOR • Dana Casadei 7 [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 making bad puns.) Please keep Savage — William Rowan STAFF WRITERS in the paper. Lansing Lawrence Cosentino [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 — Kate Brattin When my wife told me she wrote to the An old convent on the East Side comes down as a Sam Inglot cost-cutting move for the Catholic Diocese of Lansing [email protected] • (517) 999-5065 Lansing City Pulse to complain about the replace- MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR • Rich Tupica ment of Amy Alkon with columnist Dan PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-6709 Words cannot describe my reaction Savage, I rolled my eyes and wondered SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT • Julie Powers to the news that the so-called “Advice why she was making a big deal. I knew 8 [email protected] • @JPowers155 Goddess” had been replaced by Dan the Advice Godess is the first thing she ADVERTISING MANAGER • Karen Wilson Savage … But I will try anyway. As an reads each week, and I enjoy it myself, [email protected] • (517) 999-6706 avid City Pulse enthusiast and as a “This but I also know Savage is a popular col- ADVERTISING Lansing artist conjures up the top-secret Shelly Olson American Life” devotee, I was over-over- umnist. I pointed out that the City Pulse Haunted Art Exhibition inside an abandoned schoolhouse [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 overjoyed to discover that one of my suggested Amy's column could still be Kristina Jackson favorite NPR contributors had joined accessed on her website. After reading [email protected] • (517) 582-6211 your ranks. His frankness, open-mind- the first Lansing installment of Savage Michael McCallum COVER [email protected] • (517) 484-4072 edness, and wit has always delighted me Love, though, I have to throw my full Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Bill Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, to no end, and the fact that is refresh- support behind my wife. I don't consider ART Tom Helma, Terry Link, Kyle Melinn, Dennis Preston, Joe Torok, Rich ing perspectives will be featured in your myself a prude, but the questions posed Tupica, Paul Wozniak, Amanda Harrell-Seyburn, Ute Von Der Heyden, Judy Winter already delightful publication — right and Savage's responses are practically Delivery drivers: Abdulmahdi Al-Rabiah, Dave Fisher, Karen about my favorite crossword, no less — is pornographic. No, not practically, they BACK TO SCHOOL by RACHEL HARPER Navarra, Noelle Navarra, Brent Robison, Steve Stevens almost too much to bear. I would keep WERE pornographic. I like to leave the Editor & Publisher rambling about how happy this advice City Pulse out so guests might pick it up Berl column switcheroo of yours has made and look through it, but if the rest of his CITY PULSE ON THE AIR Schwartz me, but my allotted 15 minutes for break columns are like this, I'll probably be Author Jack Ebling 7 p.m. Wednesdays (I’m at work right now) is, alas, almost hiding it. Seems to me like that sort of Lansing Parks Board President Rick Kibbey up. content is what should be left to internet, So … thank you, thank you, thank you, and give us Amy back to spark conversa- Bill and Cecile Fehsenfeld, founders of Schuler Books & Music THIS WEEK thank you, thank you … tion about relationships.

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‘What about young readers?’ and bring back Amy CORRECTION Recently I opened the City Pulse and – as has been the custom for years – turned Last week’s issue included an outdated to Amy Alkon’s column. In its place was promotional photo of Stringtown Trio as “Savage Love,” which counseled one read- part of a story on the Sun Dried Music er seeking advice to “go ahead and feel the Festival. The photo included former band shit out of your pissed-and-hurt feelings.” member/musician David M. Ross, who Mr. Savage then enjoined the fellow not was born Dec. 30, 1952, and passed away to “go to war with your exes,” “trash them on March 14. We regret the error. on Facebook,” or reveal himself to be “an angry and vindictive psycho” to mutual friends. I read the letter prompting this Have something to say about a local issue advice several times; there was abso- or an item that appeared in our pages? lutely nothing to indicate that the fellow seeking help was contemplating going “to Now you have two ways to sound off: war” or was vindictive, let alone “psycho.” 1.) Write a letter to the editor. One hopes an advice columnist would • E-mail: [email protected] • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 possess a couple of key attributes; insight • Fax: (517) 371-5800 and style (see Amy Alkon’s column). Mr. 2.) Write a guest column: Savage may be a great friend and full of Contact Berl Schwartz for more information: [email protected] good advice on a personal level, but solv- or (517) 999-5061 ing non-problems and expressing himself (Please include your name, address and telephone number so we can with the style and class of an 8th grader reach you. Keep letters to 250 words or fewer. City Pulse reserves the right to edit letters and columns.) trying to impress friends with “colorful City Pulse • August 29, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5

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in his first term, ran against four other would be moving there. Republican trustee candidates and Two issues Hall hammers on are pro- Delhi blame came out with 30 percent of the vote. posed roundabouts in downtown Holt, Dougan, a four-term Ingham County an unincorporated community that Eyesore commissioner, ran unopposed and tal- makes up the main hub of the township, game lied just over 200 more votes than the and a supposed “rain tax” that he says is Democratic incumbent, Roy Sweet, “on the horizon.” Goodrich said the sup- Is a new era of politics dawning in who was a Goodrich appointee. posed tax has never been on the books of the week Delhi Township? Hall’s campaign strategy rang with a and that the Tea Party tone: “We are the grassroots,” township has More on the Tea Following strong showings in the he said, going door-to-door through- little control Party Aug. 7 primary, it’s obvious a new breed out the township hearing what people if the county Kyle Melinn says the Tea of Republican politicians are gaining have on their minds. Hall claims that decides to Party lacks statewide support in Delhi Township — and at between the three of them, they have put in round- support. See P. 6. least two township officials say the shift knocked on 4,000 doors throughout abouts if it is contributing to a new era of divisive the township. has the funding. politics. Hall denies he’s a Tea Party mem- Hall said he and the Bajema/ The race for township supervisor is ber and says that his positions on fiscal Dougan team are running to unseat the particularly nasty. Outgoing Supervisor “Good Old Boys’ Club” that he said has Stuart Goodrich, who has served for 10 plagued Delhi politics for over a decade years, was clobbered earlier this month through appointments and “backroom Property: 11280 S. U.S. 27, Dewitt Township by his primary opponent, Jeff Hall, a deals.” Owner: Eagle Ocean Properties, LLC conservative minister and former presi- While denying Hall’s accusations of Owner address: 26492 Blue Water Road, dent of Right to Life of Ingham County. his own Good Old Boys’ Club, Goodrich Helendale, Calif. Hall picked up 1,384 votes Aug. 7, or said Hall, Bajema and Dougan are Assessed value: $21,300 70 percent of Republican voters, which attempting to form their own in a single was more than the two Democratic can- election cycle. Owner says: Could not be reached for comment didates earned combined. “When you have three that are run- Architecture critic Amanda Harrell-Seyburn Hall is also running as part of a ning together, that ‘club’ is formed a says: Great outdoor places, particularly outdoor slate with incumbent township Trustee whole lot quicker than when you have rooms, are as invaluable to a community as Derek Bajema and Ingham County them running one at a time,” he said. great buildings. An outdoor room is an open- Commissioner Steve Dougan, who is To say the least, Goodrich is ticked air place defined by edges, hedges and a tree running for township treasurer. off, not with the fact that he lost, but canopy or garden walls — or it could be the The surge of Tea Party support here because of how he was beat — with outdoor space beneath the canopy of a filling is contributing to a divisive political what he called negative and partisan station from an earlier era. Where cars once climate that has never existed in Delhi, politics. He said that there is a lot of lingered for service, today is an opportunity to said Goodrich, who identifies himself as “misinformation” and “untruths” relat- create a place for people to gather, whether a moderate Republican. ed to past and present political issues it’s a restaurant like Artie’s Filling Station or a “Partisan-based politics have issues simply align with the traditional like the sludge dryer (an alternative courtyard at Tallulah’s Folly in Lansing’s Old Town. no place in township government,” Republican Party. He is against virtu- energy project that voters denied in At the southwest corner of West Round Lake Goodrich said. He added that this elec- ally any new spending. He opposed sep- May), the rain tax and the roundabouts. Road and South Old U.S. 27 in Dewitt Township tion season, unlike any others in the arate fire and police millages in August Moreover, Goodrich said he’s going to is an opportunity to join a growing practice — past, has become rampant with party 2010 that voters approved by 52 per- endorse Democrat C.J. Davis against some of the best outdoor rooms in the Lansing rhetoric. cent and 53 percent, respectively. Hall Hall because they have similar views on area occur in the most unexpected places. “That’s the way politics is at the believes the township board should township issues and the role of town- national level. But we’ve never had have looked to cut spending elsewhere. ship government. Is it a gas station? Is it a house? One thing is it in the township. It’s very unfortu- “When the millage came into Delhi, Evan Hope, the Delhi Township for sure: It looks terrible. The dark blue, weed- nate. There shouldn’t even be parties it was proposed as: If this didn’t hap- clerk of 14 years, said in recent years overtaken structure here might not be as rough at the township level,” he said. “Forget pen, you were going to have cuts to fire and leading up to this election season as the collapsed barn across the street, but it has the Republicans and Democrats, that and police. But the truth is, if it didn’t there’s been a shadow of “divisive” and a decrepit style all its own. If it was a gas station, sort of thing, you work with who you happen, then the board was going to “partisan” politics in the township — it was operated during a time when wood and feel is the best person. I was accused have to decide where they were going which is entirely new. brick pump canopies were the norm. There may of appointing ‘my people’ and making to have to cut the budget,” Hall said. And Davis, the Democrat who nar- have been two driveway entrances at one time, but ‘backroom deals’. I have never made a “That’s why you have a balanced bud- rowly won the primary by three votes you’d have to hack away at the bushes and flow- backroom deal in my life.” get. Not because people worked hard to against Tim Currin, thinks the cam- ers that have pushed up and broken the concrete When asked about the apparent divi- make sure it was more balanced. They paigns have focused on negative, parti- before you could really tell. A quick peek inside siveness, Hall’s response was: “The divi- just went and got more money.” san politics. That will ultimately reflect reveals that a For Sale sign is being used as a bar- sive atmosphere is due to the people mak- Delhi Township is roughly bordered poorly on the community and create a rier to board up a window. ing their voice clear that their leaders are by Interstate 96 to the north; College haze of uncertainty for potential busi- not willing to listen. Divisiveness comes Road to the east; Nichols Road to the nesses to move in, he said. — Sam Inglot when people start to push back because south; and Waverly Road to the west. It’s “If an atmosphere of strife is seen by “Eyesore of the Week” is our look at some of the seedi- these people forgot who they work for.” population, which has grown steadily outside businesses, they’re not going to er properties in Lansing. It rotates each week with Eye Candy The other members of the spend- since the 1990 Census, is over 25,000. come near us,” he said. of the Week. If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@ less, cut-more team pulled in substan- Hall believes that if the township lansingcitypulse.com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. tial support as well. Bajema, a trustee taxes were lower, even more people — Sam Inglot 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 29, 2012

grant and surrender Michigan’s health care exchange to the federal government. Tea Party not connecting with mainstream So much for helping Michigan’s own insurance industry, which benefits more For all the noise anti-gay activist Gary Glenn won the hearts or catching up on life. Lathered-up Tea from a local exchange. Tea Party activists of a band of 200-some Tea Party folks back Party folks are flooding local and state The dynamic is putting rational are making within in February, but ended up dropping out of Republican meetings and getting their Republicans in danger. Not only is it chas- the Republican Party the Republican primary a few weeks before people elected to key leadership posts. ing them to the irrational right, the Tea these days, you’d think Election Day when he couldn’t crack double Former Michigan Republican Party Party is pushing the party further into the this hodge-podge col- digits in the polls. Chairman Saul Anuzis, potentially the most land of unelectability. lection of every spec- Glenn asked his supporters to flock to accessible GOP activist of all time, didn’t (Kyle Melinn is the editor of the MIRS trum of conservatism the only other candidate with a ghost of a stand a chance against super-conservative Newsletter. He’s at melinn@lansingcity- imaginable would be chance of defeating “establishment” candi- Dave Agema in this past May’s Republican pulse.com.) kicking butt at the bal- date Pete Hoekstra — Clark Durant — who National Committeeman race. lot box. was promptly crushed. Two years prior, solidly conservative It may be true in more Republican In Southwest Michigan, Jack Republican Bill Schuette nearly didn’t win strongholds like Indiana and Texas and in Hoogendyk, named Michigan’s most con- the nomination for attorney general and smaller communities like Delhi Township, servative state lawmaker one year, thought former Michigan State University Trustee but it’s not happening in Michigan’s larger he’d give try again against U.S. Rep. Fred Don Nugent failed to win his party’s nomi- races. Upton, R-St. Joseph, with the help of Tea nation for re-election. Where’s Outside of the Republican Party appa- Party activists. Their crimes? They were “establishment” ratus itself and some local races, Tea Party Hoogendyk hoped that the same senti- and just not right enough. candidates flopped spectacularly in the ment that swept Richard Murdock past The Tea Party spectrum is so diverse August primary. U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar in Indiana would spill that’s it’s impossible to brand these folks Niowave? Let’s start in the U.S. Senate race, where over. He even spent a few days south of the with one specific ideology. Some are strictly border in hopes the Tea Party brotherhood focused on fiscal policy. Some rope national Company sends a representative would return the favor. defense into the mix. Others blend in some to a community meeting with little It didn’t happen. Instead, Hoogendyk social issues. Still others focus on fringe knowledge of the pole barn contro- rallied the same batch of tin-hatters and conspiratorial issues like Barack Obama’s versy got smacked by almost a 2-to-1 margin. The birth certificate. whooping was markedly worse than the Supporters of former presidential can- Residents of the Walnut Neighborhood one he received in his ’10 primary against didate Ron Paul are finding a home under want to move beyond airing their complaints Coming Soon Upton when he allegedly didn’t have as this banner. This crew didn’t call it quits about a 14,000-square-foot pole barn in the to Schuler of okemos much Tea Party support. even though Mitt Romney rapped up the neighborhood. Problem is, their corporate In the state legislature, the big talk about nomination in March. neighbor is not showing up to community TALK & SIGNING taking out the “RINOs,” “Republicans in They embroiled themselves into meetings to discuss solutions. Name Only,” yielded only one real cred- Republican Party minutia and managed At a community meeting last week — NYT-Bestselling Author ible challenge to an arguably moderate six of Michigan’s 30 voting delegates to the which included three City Council mem- Republican incumbent — Rep. Wayne Republican National Convention in Tampa. bers, Mayor Virg Bernero, members of his ELOISA JAMES Schmidt in Traverse City. Of the 115 GOP delegates and alternates in cabinet and about 25 neighbors — one party Join us for an evening of romance The Tea Party candidate was Jason Tampa this week, 21 are Paul supporters. was curiously absent: Niowave. While the and refreshments as we celebrate Gillman, author of the blog “Michigan And the head of the Paul’s operations company has retained local landscape archi- with wine and a chocolate dipping Taxes Too Much.” in Michigan, Adam de Angeli, told me the tect Bob Ford — who attended — to plan fountain! Gillman, despite being an elected number of Paul supporters are growing, not a redesign of the exterior of Niowave’s new Traverse City county commissioner, barely shrinking. building, Ford said he was “naïve” about In Eloisa’s new book, The Ugly managed 35 percent against Schmidt. Paul and Tea Party activists are taking the controversy at hand. He was on a fact- Duchess, Theodora Saxby is the So why is the Michigan Republican advantage of this polarizing political atmo- finding mission and took notes to share with last woman anyone expects the establishment so petrified of the Tea Party sphere where the space for middle ground Niowave officials. gorgeous James Ryburn, heir to activists? seems to be shrinking. Neighbors are clearly frustrated that for the Duchy of Ashbrook, to marry. Why is Ron Weiser, the former ambas- The people who feel strong enough to nearly two months of vocalizing their issues, The tabloids give the marriage six sador and chairman of the Michigan spend any free time on politics are loudly very little has been accomplished. months. Theo would have given it Republican Party, at risk of not winning his espousing fringe positions that, in the long “There’s a lot of high tensions because they a lifetime…until she discovers that own party’s nomination for the University term, does damage to public policy. have been unable to meet with us,” Walnut James desired not her heart, and of Michigan Board of Regents? Take Gov. Rick Snyder’s recent decision Neighborhood Organization President Rina certainly not her countenance, but It’s because Tea Party activists have to abandon a bill to develop a state-run Risper said during the meeting. Several her dowry. Now James faces the nearly completely taken over the Michigan health care exchange. neighbors have said Niowave did not show battle of his lifetime, convincing Republican Party. With the Republican-led House para- up to a meeting last month after company Theo that he loved the duckling Most other Michiganders spend their lyzed by the fear of Tea Party repercussions officials were invited. The neighbors, who who blossomed into the swan. nights and weekends working on their for even touching “Obamacare,” Snyder is 7 p.m. Wed. 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simply want to speak directly with Niowave. years of disuse had fallen into terrible dis- A “Silver Jubilee Booklet” from 1947 pro- Niowave One Walnut Neighborhood resident named repair,” Diebold said. He added that it cost vided by the Capital Area District Library Paul, who declined to give his last name, said the church $30,000 a year in utilities and says that the first Resurrection Mass was from page 6 Niowave’s absence at a neighborhood meet- maintenance. “It was nothing the parish was held in 1922 at the site. Classrooms and ing in July “spoke volumes to me. going to rehab into anything else. … It was additions to the church came later in the have been meeting with each other on and “It’s like we’re on the first story of a two- a total drain on parish finances, a terrible ‘20s; a high school was built in 1939 for off since early July, have two desires: An story outhouse,” he added, “with Niowave expense for the parish to have to bear for no $75,000. Architectural plans were under- exterior that would make Niowave’s addi- being on top.” good reason.” way for the building that came down on tion look like the adjacent Walnut School Diebold said beyond planting grass, no Friday when the booklet was published in and processes in place at the administration — Andy Balaskovitz plans are in place for reusing the land where 1947. Cost estimates for the convent at the or City Council level so that something like the 3 1/2-story building stood. The cam- time were for $200,000. this can’t happen again. “Our requests have pus sits on 3.24 acres along East Michigan Wayne Wood has lived across Jerome always been the same. I’m not really pleased Avenue, bounded by Custer and Rumsey Street from the Resurrection complex for Niowave is not here. … We really want to avenues and Jerome Street. The former con- 60 years and has been a member ever since. hear from Niowave,” Risper said. vent was on the north side of the property He remembers when a group of Dominican As for the look of the building: “Other facing Jerome. The church is the only build- Sisters lived in the convent. “We miss them than tearing this down, the closest thing we Convent down ing on the property designated as a state more than we miss the building,” he said on want is to have it appear as if it disappeared,” historic site. Monday night. said Tom Cathey, who serves on the board A Church of the Resurrection build- Diebold said sisters of the parish hadn’t Aside from the dust that was kicked up of directors of the Michigan Institute for ing on the East Side comes down as lived in the convent for at least 25 years. Friday from the demolition, he’s not too Contemporary Art in Old Town. a cost-cutting move for the Catholic He said there was little historical signifi- upset. “It was kinda sad to see the building Niowave’s spokesman on the issue, chief Diocese of Lansing cance seen in the building, as it was built deteriorate in that fashion. But when it’s financial officer Mark Sinila, could not be “well after” the main church: “It didn’t cleaned up, no, I won’t miss it.” reached for comment. There will be no resurrecting a convent have any particularly striking architectural A ceremony in early July celebrated that stood for over 50 years on the campus of features.” — Andy Balaskovitz Niowave’s $10 million expansion at its head- a historic church on the East Side. Andy Balaskovitz/City Pulse quarters at the intersection of Walnut and An official with the Catholic Diocese of Kilborn streets. The company specializes in Lansing confirmed Monday that the old All that’s left manufacturing particle accelerators. It is also convent, which was one of six buildings of a former seeking a personal property tax exemption at the Church of the Resurrection in the convent at the from the city worth more than $200,000 as Eastfield Neighborhood, was demolished Church of the part of the expansion, although it suspended because it was rarely used and too expensive Resurrection that effort as a result of the controversy. to maintain. on Lansing’s Bernero asked residents to consider that It met the same fate as a westside dioc- East Side. A Niowave “has a job to do” and that sending esan property last fall for the same rea- spokesman for Ford as an intermediary will help accom- son. A portion of the Holy Cross church the Catholic plish everyone’s goals. “I hope you won’t take and school complex was torn down to the Diocese of that as a sign that they don’t care,” he said. dismay of some neighbors and city offi- Lansing said Ford, who has worked on five of the cials. “It was just an expense that was too the vacant city’s parks master plans and has been in much for the parish to bear,” said Diocese building was landscape architecture for 35 years, said, “I spokesman Michael Diebold. The St. too expensive would have wished a representative would Andrew Dung Lac Vietnamese parish is to maintain. have been here tonight. I did think someone using a portion of the Holy Cross com- would be here tonight.” He would not dis- plex. PUBLIC NOTICES cuss the details of the contract between his While a few local groups used the oth- CITY OF LANSING firm, Landscape Architects & Planners Inc., erwise vacant Resurrection building once a SUMMARY OF and Niowave and said it would be “prema- month, “the rest of the building through the ADOPTED ORDINANCE #1180 ture” to show design concepts he has for the LANSING CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE ON MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012, TO building — “not that I don’t have ideas.” AMEND THE POLICEMEN’S AND FIREMEN’S RETIREMENT SYSTEM ORDINANCE, CHAPTER Also, a timeline for finishing the project 294, SECTIONS 294.01 THROUGH 294.99 OF THE LANSING CODIFIED ORDINANCES, TO is undetermined. Bernero said he would like MAKE IT GENDER NEUTRAL AND TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH CURRENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS BY ADDING DEFINITIONS FOR CREDITED SERVICE, DEPENDENT to meet again with neighbors in the next few AND RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF FINAL AVERAGE COMPENSATION; weeks. 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& art • books • film • music • theater Arts Culture façade. It's completely cleared, like a big empty canvas. That’s when I got the idea for the Haunted Art Exhibition. I had an urge to create a different realm of horror.” We wander on as he explains what will happen in each room at the event. Espen’s personal work will be on display, along with works from other local artists, mixed with live horror performances involving staged violence, torture and murder. He walks from musty room to musty room with a slither in his step, revealing absolutely no fear as he opens each door. We continue further away from the light and as we do so, I start to hear the sound of glass clink- ing on metal. I give Espen a startled look, but he refuses to acknowledge my terror. “It’s an old building,” he says with a grin. Right. As steps follow steps, the noise gets louder and I can only hope for the pigeon lady from “Home Alone” and not some dis- gruntled, bloodthirsty squatter. As we turn into one of the larg- er rooms, a wolf-faced creature leaps around the corner, shining a light in my face and screaming at me. He is one of the performers in the show, doing a week- early dress rehearsal at Espen’s request to give me a preview. (Thanks a lot.) He joins our tour, an inclusion I am utterly pleased with because at least we now have a flashlight. We venture up the stairs to explore Holly Johnson/City Pulse dozens of classrooms, each with its own Artist Geoph Aldora Espen is transforming an abandoned Lansing-area school building into the Haunted Art Exhibition, a free-roam unique fragments of decay. Instead of haunted house/guerilla art show mash-up. Espen is keeping the event location a secret, but is promoting it through Facebook. broken glass, I am now stepping across fallen bits of drywall and ceiling, old mat- tresses and mangled wires. He has a vision location after being rebuffed by several for every room on each of the four floors. Enlightened darkness local galleries. He says his approach to Some will be filled with art, others with art is more traditional, and believes he performers, many with nothing at all. Lansing artist conjures up top-secret Haunted Art was turned away because gallery owners “It’s the element of surprise that is the Exhibition inside an abandoned schoolhouse thought the juxtaposition of his abstract most exciting part,” Espen said. “You will expressionistic style with their art would never know what’s waiting for you.” By HOLLY JOHNSON climbs over heaped shards of broken glass be “ridiculous.” When asked about potential law With shattered windows, boarded-up and then disappears into the basement. I “I feel very strongly that art is objective enforcement interference, Espen doesn’t doors, and white paint plastered over take one glance back. I feel as if I am leav- — that there are rules and principles that appear concerned, saying he would greet graffiti, this massive brick building — ing the natural world and pole-vaulting determine a successful piece,” he says. “A them with a smile and obey their com- once a Lansing schoolhouse — satisfies into an alternate reality. lot of people get caught up with what feels mands, if needed. all the visual qualities of a haunted house. On Wednesday, Sept. 5. at 9 p.m., the good, but true artistic merit comes from “I’ve been trying to contact the city to It appears as if some demonic force, filled space I am being led through will be trans- technical ability. These rules are as calcu- see if I can do this legally, but no one seems with equal parts formed into a combination urban art exhi- lable as those that keep the earth in orbit. to know anything,” he says. “Almost every The Haunted Art splendor and bition/free-roam haunted house. Epsen It’s about achieving truth through expres- day for the last month I’ve put in work try- Exhibition spook, shot the will unveil his unique vision in an utterly sion.” ing to figure out who owns the building. building onto illegal, mostly underground performance Frustrated, he began experimenting Oh well.” 9 p.m. Sept. 5 $5 the property that will throw safety and regard for no- with live art, bringing his easel and paints As he wraps up the tour, Espen hints at Wear closed-toe shoes and with a lightning trespassing laws to the wind. He has a (he prefers acrylics) with him to local bars a planned piece at the Capitol that could bring a flashlight. bolt. Facebook page set up and flyers with the and creating pieces in public. He says he’s very well get him arrested for vandalism For more information, Geoph address on it, but asks me not to mention sold a few paintings that way and been (albeit of the non-permanent variety, but including exact location, email [email protected] Aldora Espen, it in this story. commissioned to do some work, but a true you know cops). We step back outside into 20, greets me, “If they’re smart, they’ll know how exhibition always eluded him. the light, and all apprehension leaves me. clad in tight red to find it,” he says. Espen is largely self- “Then one day, one of my friends told That really wasn’t so bad now, was it? But pants and sporting an electrifying Edward trained, and quick to point out that he’s me about ths place, how she started hear- then Espen quickly ducks back inside for Scissorhands-looking ‘do. He takes me no art student. (“I dropped out of art ing voices from the attic," he says. "I asked something, and I stay firmly planted. around back, where he removes a large school after three weeks.”) He says he was her to take me, and as soon as I saw it, I No more for me, thanks. I need to sleep wooden board from a hole in the brick, inspired to seek out this unconventional just knew. The size, the grandeur, the brick tonight. City Pulse • August 29, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

Courtesy Photos Lansing Art Gallery presents "Painted Visions," an exhibition of Mark E. Mehaffey's paintings. Mehaffey graduated from MiSU and taught art in the Lansing school district from 1974 to New Exhibits day, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, special showings 2002. by appointment. 1209 Turner St., Old Town, Lansing. (517) 484-6534. Gallery Walk September 2 Great Lakes Artworks Creole Gallery Featuring photographary by Richard Loft. Featuring “The Vagina Show,” September 9. Re- Reception: Noon-4 p.m. September 2. Hours: 10 ception: Noon-5, September 9. Hours: 1-5 p.m. a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Saturday & Sunday. 1218 Turner St., Lansing. 306 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 372- (517) 371-2736. 4293. greatlakesartworks.com East Lansing Public Art Gallery LookOut! Gallery Michigan artist Nick Stump exhibits “Captur - “Weavings of War” features fabric arts from ing Moments,” a collection of original artwork, Featuring multi-media art of Mohammed Debra Oliva through Sept. the collections of the MSU Museum, Ariel Zeitlin starts September 9. Reception: 1-2 p.m. Sep- ”MOBE” Elramly. September 9, Noon-5 p.m. 8. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 10 Cooke of Montclair, NJ, and Chris Worland of tember 9. Hours: 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday, The show is one day only. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday & Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. East Lansing. Open Sunday, September 2, from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and Noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Tuesday-Friday. 100 E. North St., Lansing. (517) Saturday and Noon-5 p.m.Sunday. (517) 351-2211 1-3 p.m. Regular hours: Mon.-Fri., 12-2 p.m. Sec- Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, 483-4220. mackerelsky.com. ond floor of Snyder-Phillips Hall, MSU Campus. East Lansing. (517) 894-2166. (517) 884-6290. rcah.msu.edu. Lansing Art Gallery North Foyer Gallery at East Lansing MICA Gallery MSU Museum “Painted Visions” will feature Mark E. Mehaffy’s Public Library “40 Festival Artworks” presents a show of “The Unauthorized Audubon” features work by paintings starting Sept. 4. Reception: 7-9 p.m., The Deckled Edge Art Group presents “Artistic MICA’s festival posters throughout history, fea- two MSU faculty members, poet Anita Skeen Sept. 7. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 1 Expressions 2012,” an exhibit with 14 profes- turing a variety of fine art. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and print-maker Laura B. DeLind, starting p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. 119 N. Washington Square, sional artists presenting an array of paintings Monday-Friday. 1210 Turner St., Lansing (517) September 9. Reception: 2 p.m. September 9. Lansing. (517) 374-6400. lansingartgallery.com. produced in varied media, starts September 1. 371-4600. oldtownarts.org. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 Hours: 10 a.m.- p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (517) 355-2370. p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 museum.msu.edu Ledge Craft Lane p.m. Sunday. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Riverwalk Theatre A showcase of Carol Heath’s watercolors, Abbot Road, East Lansing. The Lobby Art Show is featuring artist Dixie starts September 6. Reception TBA. Hours: O’Connor, member of the Mid-Michigan Art The Mustang Building 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. 120 S. Guild, Working Women Artists, Ledge Craft Lane REACH Teen Open Studio and Lansing Pop-Up Bridge St., Grand Ledge. (517) 627-9843. ledge- and Shiawassee Arts Council. Hours: 10 a.m.- Art partnered to convert the Mustang Building craftlane.com. Ongoing 5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 6-11 p.m. Saturdays; into a pop-up art gallery, featuring photog- Empowerment Center Noon-5 p.m. Sundays. 228 Museum Drive, rapher Anna Wagner, a Waverly High School Neighborhood Empowerment Center Semi- Lansing. (517) 482-5700. Annual show features six artists with a variety student, August 30. Reception: 1-4 p.m., Sep- Okemos Library tember 2. 1213 Turner St., Lansing. of mediums, including photography and mixed Okemos artist Barb Stevens showcases water - media. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 600 color paintings in her show “Color Celebration.” W. Maple St., Lansing. (517) 372-5980. Reception: 2-4 September 9. Hours: 9 a.m.-9 Saper Galleries p.m. Monday-Thursday. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday- The Hebron Glass Collection will showcase 51 Saturday, 1-7 p.m. Sunday. 4321 Okemos Road, Mackerel Sky Gallery hand-blown glass vases, made in Hebron, the Okemos. (517) 349-0250. “Two Views: Journeys in Encaustic” features largest city in the Palestinian West Bank. Re- the work of Bobbi Kilty of Williamston and The Hebron ception: 1-4 p.m. September 2. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 Barb Hranilovich of Lansing and the ancient p.m. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday. technique of using melted beeswax to create 433 Albert Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-0815. saper - Turner-Dodge House distinctive visions. Also featuring the pottery of Glass Collection galleries.com.

Gallery Walk September 9 By The Riverside Continuing a music theme with artist Kurt Meis- ter and Julian Van Dyke. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FINE ART STUDIOS Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 1-6 p.m. Wednes- Gallery 1212 in Old Town presents a three person show, starting September 2nd , featuring the love, loss and emotion in the struggle that is Alzheimer’s disease. Geraldine Ossman has a poignant book “The Slip of the Moon” in memory of her mother. K.W. Bell’s paintings display a full Where can you find range of emotion that caregivers experi- ence. Singer/songwriter Cindy McElroy Open Sunday, September 2, 1-4pm a Wild Goose... illuminates the tragedy and love in Mon-Sat 10-6 Th 10-9 First Sundays 1-4 “Alzheimer’s . . . Feel the Love” a collection and enjoy a of songs, stories and photographs. The Gallery 1212 Partners: Donna Randall, Patricia Singer and Mike Scieszka will also have Jacuzzi ? a “Trunk Show” of many of their fun and 433 Albert Ave Downtown East Lansing 351-0815 1212 Turner St. Old Town Lansing representational works. Visit sapergalleries.com now! 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 29, 2012 Fierce creatures Local facial hair enthusiasts take it on the chin in weekend competition

By TRACY KEY in need, and to the Lansing Cultural Whether you’re sporting a daring Exchange program, which seeks funding Donegal, manly muttons or rocking a to help send middle school student lead- royale, fame, glory and prizes could be yours ers to Otsu, Japan. this Saturday when “beardos” from across “We try to support local charities, some- the nation will their facial hair against thing that we can dedicate more of our each other. It’s all part of the first Great resources to,” Buckler said. “It’s a lot more Lakes Regional Beard and Moustache personal than just donating money to a Championship, a growing new concept national charity. Plus it gives our mothers a in competition. “We love the camarade- chance to not hate our beards.” rie behind facial hair,” said John Buckler, The Great Lakes Regional Beard and organizer of the competition and presi- Moustache Championship invites facial dent of the Great American Fierce Beard hair enthusiasts to see if their face forests Organization. can survive the scrutiny of a panel of experts Courtesy Photo “We’re a bunch of facial hair enthusi- in front of a live audience as it is judged on John Buckler (center) with Hans-Peter Weis (left) and Gerhard Knapp at the German asts that use our beards and mustaches “fierceness,” an intentionally vague term National Beard and Moustache Championship in Bad Schussenried, Germany. as a vehicle for making Lansing a bet- meant to spark imagination and creativity. ter place.” GAFBO has been making the Categories include natural mustache, world hairier business beard, styled goatee and side- “Of course everyone goes for big beards, the sideshow freaks found at cheap car- The Great Lakes since 2002, when burns/muttonchops. There will also be but sometimes there’s more to it than big- nivals. She has placed in seven beard Regional Beard it was born from a novelty group called the “Michigan ness,” he said. “I’ll be looking for an inter- and mustache championships in the cre- and Moustache a “drunken col- Miletus,” named after Miletus Callahan- nal beard — the beard that is the soul of ative category, which challenges women Championship lege bet” between Barile, a Texas celebrity in the facial hair that person.” to craft wacky, wild beards from all Buckler and circuit who will help judge.We already The fiercest beard or most magnifi- types of materials. Her first entry was a Sept. 1 6:30 -11 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan several friends. know the follicles must be fierce, but cent mustache isn’t always found on the Poseidon beard and mustache, complete Ave., Lansing Since then, it what other characteristics separate face of a gentleman. Despite the obvi- with fake bubbles and fish. She has also $10 per ticket, entry into has “literally and the Groucho Marxes and the Abraham ous gender expectations, ladies too are been seen sporting a Batman-themed competitions is FREE facebook.com/GAFBO/ metaphorically Lincolns from the sissy patchy peach fuzz- encouraged to compete in the festivities. Gotham city beard, proving that “any- events grown into the ies? Three categories will allow the use of thing and everything can be turned into charity group it “I’ll be looking for awesomeness defi- artificial facial hair, including two wom- a beard.” is now.” nitely, and how the beard fits the person- an-only sections. “People are coming in from all over the Proceeds from ticket and raffle sales ality of the person,” said Callahan-Barile. “The biggest thing girls should do country, including Texas, Virginia, and at this regional championship will be With experience starring on the reality tele- is to just let loose, go nuts and make a California,” Buckler said. “It’s going to be donated to Haven House, a Lansing- vision show “Whisker Wars,” he has learned beard,” said Tess Jeffries, a champion really wild great time. If you’ve never seen based organization that provides emer- a thing or two about what it takes to boast competitor from Ohio coming to the a beard and mustache competition, you’ll gency shelter and support to families a bold beard. event. This bearded woman is far from have a lot of fun.”

predator that could swallow her if it caught its fan- cy. In fact, she loves spending time on stage with Diversity now Amon Ra, and she says he enjoys it too. “He seems to really like dancing,” she said. “He’s Mosaic festival offers just my favorite little star. I imagine he just thinks of me like a great big warm tree on stage.” The multi-cultural mash-up Habibi Dancers seek to educate and entertain the public about Middle Eastern and Northern African By TRACY KEY culture and customs through their unique tradi - Scales rub against skin as a 6-foot-long boa con- tional dance performances. strictor slithers down the curves of a woman’s body. “There are a lot of people who have just one The woman twists and undulates on stage in front image or stigma about the Middle East because of of hundreds of staring eyes. Suddenly you realize all the crises we’ve had, and it’s nice to be able to you forgot to put on your pants. Just kidding about show them that there is beauty that comes out of the pants — this isn’t really a nightmare (well, the Middle East and Africa, and how their cultures maybe for some people). But the snake is real, and and customs have evolved,” Kepler said. his name is Amon Ra. “I think people will find that we have much more “You could get bitten, you could get strangled in common than they originally thought.” And that — just your usual snake dangers,” said Garnett kind of mentality is one of the driving forces behind Kepler, artistic director, dancer and instructor for the Mosaic Festival. “For the ethnic performances, the Habibi Dancers. The performance group is one we were looking for high quality artists, ones that of 14 multi-cultural acts that will entertain and represented the diverse people of the mid-Michi - enlighten guests this weekend at the third annu- gan area,” said Mike Skory, communications direc- Courtesy Photo al Michigan Mosaic Music Festival at Riverfromt tor for the Michigan Institute of Contemporary Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys bring their modern Park. Art. Skory handpicked each of the performers. rockabilly sound to the 2012 Michigan Mosaic Music Festival But Kepler — who has the stage name Yasmina this weekend at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing. Amal — isn’t worried about flirting with an apex See Mosaic, Page 11 City Pulse • August 29, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

Photo courtesy of Jeana-Dee Allen Rogers The The Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Zoobie’s Spectacle, at work on their latest sessions album inside the former ‘Gypsy-jazz’ band Zoobie's Old Town Tavern, records album 611 E. Grand inside abandoned River Ave. Zoobie's had Old Town bar sat empty for over three By RICH TUPICA Dylan Rogers unlocks the back door of years before the dilapidated, vacant bar on the outskirts the band of Old Town, and slowly pushes it open. transformed it “Hello! Anybody here?” he shouts, care- into a de facto fully entering, crowbar in one hand, flash- recording light in the other. Then the stench hits— the studio. kind of unpleasant odor only found in a building after years of neglect and vandal- ism. Thanks to Rogers and his wife, however, that odor is now ever so faintly covered up with the aroma of household cleansers. We’re inside the former Zoobie’s Old Town Tavern, 611 E. Grand River Ave., which closed in 2009 following the death of establishment-vibe. It shows the pride we essentially live,” he says. “When we perform back outdoors into the grimy, deserted owner Paul Czubek. The broken windows take in coming from Lansing.” In that vein, live, we mix in some theatrical gimmicks. parking lot out back. may be boarded up, but you never know it’s perfect. We do this whole shtick with a back-and- “It was just like years of piss and decay who or what may be lurking in the dis- Zoobie's was built back in the ‘20s by forth between the chorus girls and me, and in there,” Rogers said of the interior of tance (hence the crowbar.) Rogers and his Czubek’s father, Ed, who operated it as Ed's although we can’t really capture that on our Zoobie’s before the exhaustive cleaning band, The Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Bar until 1973. After 73 years of keeping it recording, we wanted to keep that energy.” process took place. “People had broken in Spectacle, are taking their chances with in the family, however, the Czubek family The band’s old-fashioned sound is and just totally used it. My wife, Jeana, and a possible squatter/family of raccoons to decided to sell to Old Town developer Alan inspired from long-gone legendary per- I rolled up with crowbars and respirators. record their new album, utilizing the emp- Hooper, who also owns the Temple Club. formers. We ripped the carpet out and used a gallon ty building’s unique sound qualities. (Hooper, who gave the band his blessing “I take a lot of inspiration from Cab of bleach on all these surfaces —we turned "The acoustics are great," Dylan said. to use Zoobie’s, hasn’t yet announced what Calloway,” Rogers said. “Really, it goes the place from rancid stench to what it is "We had the option of working the Temple his plans are for the building.) Rogers said all the way up to guys like Screamin’ Jay now. We even polished the bar.” Club, but we picked Zoobie's even though it took some elbow grease to get it up to Hawkins and all that.” Now that the band’s sessions at Zoobie’s it was smaller and required some work. par before his theatrical 12-piece band — If recording an album at Zoobie’s will are over, Rogers said it was worth the hard There's this big old wooden bar that absorbs which he calls a blend of “Americana, gyp- accomplish anything, it should be some raw work. sound nicely, and is just what you want in sy-jazz, blues and vaudeville” — could lug recordings. A few minutes into the inter- “We had recorded that first EP in a little a recording studio. Having the original bar their equipment inside. Rogers, the band’s view, Rogers began swatting at his shoes bit more sterile, studio kind of setting,” still in there and a bunch of surfaces that songwriter, is working with indie producer — a swarm of fleas had begun attacking his Rogers said. “We put that out, and that weren't just parallel walls really helped the John Krohn to produce this, the band’s sec- ankles. Apparently, the place had become was pretty good, but we felt like some of sound. Something that fits the whole kind ond album. infested since the sessions wrapped last that energy was lost in a studio. I think we of rust belt, vacant building, and drinking “We wanted to record the whole thing week. The interview was quickly moved captured it at Zoobie’s.”

of JazzFest and BluesFest in Old Town. billy country music-meets-blues vibe.” a good time,” Terry said. “But we’re Mosaic “There hasn’t really been a festival “We were very well received last bringing people back into Lansing to showcasing that sort of music before.” year,” she said. “It was a good diverse have a great time this year. We’re hop- from page 10 Whether you’re into a true blue hillbilly crowd. This year we’ll be playing songs ing this will be one of the biggest enter- beat, Garth Brooks-style country rock from (our new album) along with our tainment weekends in the city.” “I was born and raised here, but my or something a bit more rough-and- old ones. It’s always fun to play to a family came from Lebanon, and I think tumble, you’ll get your fix of dueling new crowd.” this idea of an ethic heritage is really banjos and gritty guitar riffs at Mosaic. Mosaic will also offer a diverse selec- a part of the Michigan culture,” Skory “It seems like some festivals have tion of food. said. “When people see the exceptional a lot of jazz or a lot of blues, but the “There will be a selection of differ- the lineup this year, everyone is going Mosaic lineup has something for every- ent ethnic cuisine, including healthy to love it.” Aside from belly dancers one,” said Delilah DeWylde, lead sing- choices,” Skory said. Exotic eats will and snakes, guests will also be sere- er and bassist of music group Delilah include Mexican, Asian and soul food Where can you find naded with music from Latin America, DeWylde and the Lost Boys. “Last selections. Another layer of enter- a Wild Goose... India, Africa and — new for this year year I had a chance to see other styles tainment will be added by the second — American country music. of music that I normally don’t see or annual Capitol City Dragon Boat Race and wake to a delicious “The addition of some great coun- listen to. Other festivals don’t seem (see story on p. 12) held concurrently. homemade breakfast? try bands will distinguish this year to have as much diversity as Mosaic.” “In the past, not much went on in from the past festivals,” said Terry DeWylde describes their style as edgy, Lansing on Labor Day weekend, and a Terry, president of MICA, organizers upbeat rockabilly rhythms with a “hill- lot of people went out of town to have 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 29, 2012 How to race your dragon Second annual Capitol City Dragon Boat Race sets weekend on fire

By TRACY KEY thrilling.” And you thought your spinning Time to start thinking about what classes were a workout. you’re doing this Labor Day weekend. Last year’s victory set Flanders on fire. Stuff your face with hot dogs and fruit He went from a first-time racer to buy- salad? Look through granny’s photo ing his own personal Taiwan-style drag- album for the umpteenth time at a on boat and traveling across the Midwest family reunion? Or maybe dangle pre- to hone his racing skill and technique, cariously from which he believes will give his team an Capitol City Dragon the horns of a edge in this year’s competition. Boat Race Chinese dragon “You have to give yourself over to Sept. 1-2 Saturday: Practice boat racing per- everyone else in the boat and it becomes begins at 10 a.m., Ceremony ilously down the transformative,” Flanders said. “Getting at Mosaic festival 8-8:30 p.m. Sunday: Races begin at Grand River? I into a Chinese dragon boat and getting 8:30 a.m. Race runs from the think we know all these people to paddle the same way Lansing City Market to the Courtesy Photo Adado Riverfront Park which of these at the same time is an opportunity to be a Admission: FREE options sounds part of something bigger than just your- Rob Flanders (front) keeps his eye on the flag during the 2011 Capitol City Dragon Boat capitalcitydragonboat.com most exciting. self. I fell in love with the sport.” Race. His team, DragonHeart, finished last year's race with the fastest overall time. This Saturday However, Flanders won’t win the pad- and Sunday, the second annual Capitol dle-shaped trophy without opposition. City Dragon Boat Race will pit teams of The Lansing Derby Vixens, a team of fiery women boat competing last year, we can there be collection jars for each team to 23 hopefuls against one another in a series female skaters, won third place in the race bring back that kind of distinction this collect money from onlookers for the of three timed races that test the boaters’ last year, and are returning with double year.” best theme. strength, endurance and teamwork. the force and vigor. Of course, you don’t have to be part of The money will then be used for a “It’s great,” said Rob Flanders, captain “We loved it so much last year we a team to have fun — the event will be a foundation that will improve the down- and flag catcher of DragonHeart, last decided to do two teams,” said Tashmica sight for unsuspecting eyes. town riverfront area. “It makes for a great year’s winning racing team that finished “Mina Firecracker” Torok. “The unique- “We don’t know what to expect,” said ‘staycation,’” Flanders said. “It’s a wonder- in 1 minute 40 seconds. “I hook my ankles ness of the event drew us to it, something Walt Sorg, media coordinator for the ful family event, and something you really in the dragon’s horns and lean out of the that was completely outside our comfort race. “One team is dressing as pirates, have to experience.” boat to pull the flag from the water. It’s zones. And since we were the only all- but that’s about all we know.” Sorg said

your buddies, work on new material, and Laugh track have a lot of fun.” And he’s in good company. Nicholas Lansing student Dressel, 26, a theater major at Michigan State University, recently won the Funniest standup comedians Mouth of the South down in Chattanooga, Tenn., taking home a $1,000 cash prize. polish their acts He said aside from Mac’s, there are plen- ty of springboards for hopeful comedi- By RICH TUPICA ans, including the annual Last Spartan The notorious “Bill Hicks Hates Standing competition that is reserved just Hecklers” video on YouTube is as good for MSU students. MSU also offers an a crash course in standup comedy eti- accredited theater class that is specifically quette as you can get. In the grainy reel designed for potential standups looking from the ‘80s, a drunken female heckler for serious direction. Of course, Dressel is shouts, “You suck!” at Hicks, unleashing taking it. a string of primal screams from the come- “It’s taught by Rob Roznowski, who won dian in which he calls her everything from the Michigan Professor of the Year award a “drunk bitch” to an “idiot piece of shit.” this year," Dressel said. “It’s an acting and Lesson: do not call Bill Hicks names. comedy class culminating in a final where Dealing with hecklers comes along you do a set at Connxtions.” with the territory, and local comedian As with many professions in the enter- Dan Currie, a recent Lansing Community tainment industry, standup isn’t a huge College graduate, said Mac’s Monday Photos and Illustration by Rachel Harper/City Pulse moneymaker for those just starting, but Comedy Night is an ideal showcase for Dressel said it’s not about that. It’s about rookie comedians. Currie hosts the weekly Dan Currie (left) and Nicholas Dressel are student-age performers making a name for the feeling of being on the stage. show and hopes a few aspiring comedians themselves in the local comedy world. They perform every Monday at Mac's Bar. “There is an addictive feeling to con- are among the new college students rolling trolling a crowd that way,” Dressel said. into East Lansing. Currie, 22, and many of the other “We love Mac’s because it’s a place where “If you’re really rocking a room, you “It’s about conquering fear,” Currie said. emerging local funnymen also take the we can do whatever we want,” Currie said. can almost feel like a puppet master “If you’ve been thinking about doing it for stage occasionally at Connxtions Comedy “It’s all us. There are no bookers there, in a sense. It’s like, ‘You will laugh … a long time, the first step is just to do it. Club in Lansing, but treasure Mac’s crowd there’s no pressure. It’s a lot of fun and a now.’ There’s something insanely addic- And whether you get laughs or not, you because they’re more forgiving. It allows great place for comics to come and hang tive about that high. I don’t have a drug did it. Conquering that fear is the best feel- them to be more experimental and try out out. We see each other once a week. You problem, but I can see why other people ing in the world when you’re on stage.” fresh material. know every Monday you’re going to see do. It’s amazing.” City Pulse • August 29, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13

tudy hall used to be either have a bathroom?” Coffee houses and you. Wi-Fi has enabled almost instant a punishment or a blow off, apartment courtyards have replaced visual communication with every single Sdepending on which side of the computer labs as the place to GSD (get corner of the globe. The C-level you and your GPA lived. It was just shit done). That sound you hear is the So thank you, wireless Internet, for you and several other highly motivated drone of empty basement level rooms, PCs allowing us to keep in touch with each crammers — or professional nappers — firmly plugged into the World Wide Web other every second of every day, to enjoy packed into a quiet room, with anything with old-fashioned Ethernet cables, bare videos of cats falling into bathtubs while world above a whisper earning a sharp “shh!” keyboards and barren monitors flashing we’re on the bus, to keep track of how the But Wi-Fi has changed all that. Hell, you lonely cursors. game is going at Aunt Mitzie’s funeral and can probably crank out a well-researched Thanks to Wi-Fi, you can now cruise for helping us slog through our Humanities exploration on women’s portrayal in the through the latest viral videos or catch up 101 homework at 4 a.m. in a coney island. media on a fairly busy night at the bar. on old episodes of “Arrested Development” Oh yeah, and for learning and stuff. is your Swinging from hotspot to hotspot is now at halftime of the game or while your I’ve lived in the area for 11 years, as easy as Tarzan swinging through the friend hits the bathroom at the bar. Of since before Wi-Fi was even a thing, jungle. Is your double mocha cappuccino course, you can probably also use it to get and let me tell you, it’s improved my life getting you too jacked up to finish your work done, but that’s not really what the immeasurably. I’ve gone from driving instant message session with that cute guy Internet is there for. Where do you think around with a phone book under my seat study helping you with statistics? No problem. you are, Russia? in case I needed to call a tow truck to Just walk to the bar next door and switch Take a step back and you see that Wi-Fi using an app on my Android to find all the to red wine — and maybe invite him out to has changed the face of communication good carryout places within a three-block continue the seduction process. itself. Skype has become a verb. Sitting radius on my way home from the bar. hall In fact, wireless Internet has become in front of your desktop to have a face- Christ, if you would have told me then so prevalent, it’s basically second nature. to-face with your girlfriend is as outdated I would even have an Android in 2012, I By ALLAN I. ROSS “What do you mean I can’t get a signal?” as stretching the cord on your landline would have told you to shut your Philip is the new “What do you mean you don’t around the corner so your folks don’t hear K. Dick.

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Cecile Schuler Books & Music — the state’s spent many years working at the nation- largest independent regional bookstore, al level on anti-censorship and free- with three locations in Grand Rapids dom of expression issues. She said that and two in the Lansing area — is cel- bookstores in many ways have become ebrating its 30th anniversary, just as the the “public square” where ideas are entire industry is entering a turbulent Courtesy Photo exchanged. middle age. No one said being a parent Schuler Books & Music founders Bill and Cecile Fehsenfeld in an undated photo from the “If independent bookstores don’t sur- was easy. mid-'90s. Schuler celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. vive we will be more culturally bereft as a “We were young and foolish,” says consequence,” she says. “I hope the public Cecile. will understand that.” Ah, but as the Bard once said, a wise of about 10,000 square feet in the park- paper is different,” he said. “People buying As far as finding someone to carry on man knows himself to be a fool. In 1973, ing lot of Meijer across the street from e-books are still buying paper. Books are the Schuler name, Cecile says she and Bill Bill and Cecile met while working in Ann its current location in Meridian Mall. not going away.” have given it “a lot of thought,” with their Arbor’s Ulrich’s Bookstore. Bill went on In 2002, when Eastwood Towne Center Schuler Books & Music had already children (the store’s siblings?) showing an to work for Tom and Louis Borders, offered a new market, Lansing’s second seen what could happen when DVD and interest. 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Mistakes were made, a shot… and Slate, “and SOS is not being too sensi- me touching him. What should I do? RAPIST, but no one was raped. My husband and I tive.” — Reeling After Problematic Intimate Sex As for what you should do, well, I enjoy a solid, trusting Bering devotes a chapter of his terrific Transgression think you should dump the guilt-trip- BDSM relationship, new book—Why Is the Penis Shaped Like ping, blame-shifting motherfucker. and we’re both quite That? And Other Reflections on Being A: You did not rape your boyfriend.You DAN SAVAGE But if you want to keep seeing this guy, [email protected] happy with not only Human—to the phenomenon of sexsomnia. didn’t ask me to weigh in on whether or not RAPIST, you need a simple way to deter- our sex lives but our “Involuntary sexual ‘automatisms’ occur you raped your boyfriend, RAPIST, but I felt mine whether he’s fully awake when he lives together in general. There is one issue within two hours of sleep onset, during non- obligated to toss that out there. Your boy- seems to be initiating sex in the middle of that concerns me. Roughly twice a month, REM sleep,” says Bering. “In most cases, friend may or may not be a sexsomniac—this the night. Two or three hard slaps across in the middle of the night, my husband will these are harmless enough—gyrating against is just one incident—but he initiated routine the face might do the trick. “attack” me sexually in his sleep. I use the a pillow, vacuous masturbation. But there (for you guys) sexual activity in his sleep, Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly term “attack” lightly because the moment are also more violent and worrisome autom- and you reciprocated. Once he woke up and podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/ lasts for about 30 seconds, and generally I atisms, such as those making SOS so under- you both realized what was going on, you savage. am able to ignore it and go back to sleep. standably uncomfortable. In fact, there have However, there are times when I become been several high-profile rape and child- frightened by these incidents and can’t seem abuse cases involving sexsomnia.” Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones to “get over it” by morning. Generally, the Luckily, there is an answer, SOS, some- attacks amount to my husband groping my thing your husband can do about his prob- “That Show Is So breast painfully and aggressively, violently lem. Corny”—as is this digitally penetrating me, attempting to pen- “The good news is that sexsomnia crossword. etrate me with his penis (vaginally or orally), responds well to pharmaceuticals, so SOS’s and/or shoving me. He doesn’t ejaculate or husband should find a knowledgeable doctor Matt Jones anything, as it is a very short incident. who is willing to prescribe a low dose of one Across He is completely unaware of what he of the benzodiazepines (such as clonazepam) 1 ___-stealer is doing when he does it, and I have been to take before bedtime,” says Bering. 6 Fridge stickers able to wake him up (when I have been But your husband is unlikely to get the 13 1992 Madonna album lucid enough) as it is happening (if it lasts help he needs if you continue to minimize 15 Arctic herd that long). He does masturbate in his sleep the problem for fear of making him feel bad. 16 Corny game show set every so often (never to ejaculation), and so Stop laughing these violent episodes off, on city streets? I’m figuring this is connected somehow. We SOS, and start telling him about every one. 17 Carbon-14, for one have an active sex life, and he has assured me Explain to your husband that all this violent 18 East, in Germany that he is not sexually dissatisfied, and I do sleepfucking has left you feeling traumatized 19 Drag (around) believe him. and that he has to see a doctor as soon as 21 Extremely cold 22 Corny reality show I have spoken to him about these inci- possible. Hearing that might make your hus- set all over the world, dents, and even though I try to laugh them band feel terrible, SOS, but these episodes with “The”? off to hide my fear, he feels terrible about are making you feel terrible. Why shouldn’t 27 Legendary king of what he’s done. He is fully asleep when these he feel terrible about them, too? Crete incidents occur, so it’s not as if he can do any- 29 Deschanel of “New thing about them. I have stopped telling him Q: I accidentally raped my boyfriend. What Girl” when the incidents happen because I don’t happened was I awoke to find my boyfriend 30 More slippery and 61 And all these corny 10 Virus named for a 40 Qatar’s capital want him to feel so bad about something rubbing up against me. After a little while, he gooey TV shows are brought Congolese river 43 Concert concession he can’t control. I have tried seeking advice pulled my hand, motioning for me to get on 32 ___-cone to you by... 11 Subject of debate stand buys from other places, but I am usually told to top of him to have sex, as he has done many 33 Typical guy on ro- 64 Plants the grass 12 Rain-unfriendly mate- 45 Howling beasts “just ignore it” or “just enjoy it.” I don’t enjoy times before. I obliged, and all was well, until mance novel covers after it dries out, say rial 46 Like jerky 65 Slowly slide into 13 Earth Day prefix 48 Top-to-bottom, it. I can’t ignore it. 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Courtesy Photo AUG. 29 Music gives hand to Habitat for Humanity Tonight, the Habi Hour on the River Series will feature Dr. Fab and the Off the Couch Band on the patio of the SINGLE TICKETS FOR Waterfront Bar & Grill. Guests will also have the opportunity to help Habitat for Humanity Lansing raise money to WHARTON CENTER'S 2012-13 rehabilitate and build homes in the Greater Lansing area. This family-friendly event will have two 50/50 drawings SEASON NOW ON SALE at 7 and 8:30 p.m., with money from the drawings and $5 from each meal going directly to Habitat Lansing. 5:30- Most of Wharton Center’s 30th anniversary season 9:30 p.m. FREE, meals $10. Waterfront Bar & Grill. 325 City Market Dr., Lansing. (517) 267-3800. went on sale Monday to the general public. Tickets are now available for "Anything Goes," "War Horse," "Billy Elliot," "Sister Act," "Catch Me If You Can," and AUG. 31 the Green Day punk-rock opera "American Idiot." Also available are tickets for the Blue Man Group, Price is Right comes to Wharton jazz icon Sonny Rollins, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Mannheim Steamroller, Sir James Ever wanted to hear your name called to “come on down?” Galway’s Legacy Tour, and the entire Act One Family Now’s your chance. This Friday, tickets go on sale for The Series. Wharton Center tickets are available for Price is Right Live, which will be held on Oct. 13 at the purchase online at whartoncenter.com and at the Wharton Center. Contestants can get pulled right from Wharton Center box office on the MSU Campus the audience to play classic games such as Plinko and in East Lansing. For more information, call (800) WHARTON or (517) 432-2000. Cliffhanger, and get their chance to spin the Big Wheel. They’ll have to navigate through a sea of appliances, vacations and new cars in order to get a chance to bet at Wednesday, August 29 the Showcase Showdown. Even if your name is not called to Classes and Seminars play, attendees will still have a chance to win as names will Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 be called out throughout the show to win prizes just for p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. being there. Registration to be a contestant takes place Community Yoga. Power yoga class. 6 p.m. FREE. three hours prior to show time in the Wharton Center Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. lobby, with ticket purchase not required to register to be Coupon Swap. Meet other coupon enthusiasts, a contestant. Wharton Center box office, MSU campus $25, exchange coupons, and discuss deals and strategies. $35. whartoncenter.com. (800) WHARTON or (517) 432-2000. 6-7:45 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Courtesy Photo Davenport Dr., Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. Fair Housing Center. The August read is "To Kill A Several items of fresh produce Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Noon. FREE. Everybody English in a friendly, relaxing atmosphere. 7-8 p.m. Congregational United Church of Christ, 125 picked daily from our field. Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-7434. • Tomatoes from our eld Lansing. (877) 979-3247. East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. pilgrimucc.com. Making the Most of Your Gmail Account. Allen Street Farmers Market. Fresh fruits Jazz Wednesdays. Featuring the Jeff Shoup $.99 per lb., $8.95 half bushel Explore the features of your email. 6-8 p.m. FREE. and vegetables, meats, crafts, activities and more. Trio. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Gracie's Place, 151 S. Putnam, • Green Peppers from our eld Foster Community Center, 200 N. Foster Ave., 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. Allen Neighborhood Center, 1619 E. Williamston. (517) 655-1100. 5 for $.99 Lansing. (517) 708-4392. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 485-4279. allenneigh- MSU Choral Union auditions. Auditions for • Hardy Mum Plants Drawing Class. All levels welcome, with Dennis borhoodcenter.org. the 2012-2013 season will be in Room 147. Come $4.99 each O'Meara. 1-3:30 p.m. $50 for 4 weeks . Gallery 1212 Kids Time: Ages 5-11. Eastside youth can grow prepared to vocalize and sing the first verse of The • Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner St., Lansing. food and develop leadership skills. 10-11 a.m. FREE. Star Spangled Banner. The first rehearsal will follow. Thistle Seed Basic Economics-No Math. Learn about the Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of 6 p.m. FREE. MSU Communications Arts & Sciences $1.19 per lb. 2008 financial crisis and investing back in local E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3910. Building, 404 Wilson Road, East Lansing (517) 353- • Cabbage $.25 per lb. economics. 5:30-6:30 p.m. FREE. Faith Fellowship Colonial Village Walking Group. Meet neighbors 9122. • Wild Birdseed Mix Baptist Church, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. (517) 618- and get some exercise. Walks are 30-45 minutes. $.49 per lb. 1855. 10 a.m. FREE. Grace United Methodist, 1900 Boston Music Blvd., Lansing. (517) 580-8560. Jazz Wednesdays. Featuring the Jeff Shoup Events Spirituality. Discuss the spirituality of other Farm Market Practice Your English. Speaking and listening to faith traditions & cultures. 6 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim See Out on the Town, Page 25 1434 E. Jolly Road, Lansing | 517.882.3115 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 29, 2012 turn it Down A survey of Lansing's musical Landscape By Rich Tupica City Pulse hosts: Teenage Slumber Party at Mac's The first in a series of upcoming City Pulse-hosted events happens Wednesday at Mac’s Bar when Teenage Slumber Party and Catalina Wine Mixer play an early, all-ages show. Headlining is Teenage Slumber Party, a Grand Ledge-based Courtesy Photo punk-rock duo made up of Dylan Stan Budzynski at Blues for Dystrophy Sowle (guitar/vocals) and Ariel Rogers (drums). The minimal sound is slop- heads. The band features vocalist Scott py and poppy, sounding somewhat like Whittum, drummer Mike Waller, bassist Courtesy Photo a confused mix between The Oblivians, Kyle Lance, and guitarists Jason Hillside and City Pulse presents: Teenage Slumber Party at Mac's The Gories, Mudhoney and the Moldy Josh Knechtges. Peaches. Opening the show is Catalina Saturday, Sept. 1 @ Blackened Moon Concert Lansing, 21 and over, $10 donation charge. Ave., Lansing. 18 and over. $5, 9 p.m. Wine Mixer, a local pop-punk band featur- Hall, 3208 S. Martin Luther King Blvd., Lansing. Electro - punks return Yeah, sure, "Whatever" ing John Bradford (vocals/guitar), David $10, 7:30 p.m. doors, show at 9 p.m. to Mac's with Hunky - punks Robb (guitar), Jonathan Andrews (bass), and 23rd Annual "Blues for Every Wednesday at Club X-Cel is “Whatever Mike Bologna (drums). The Mindguards mix obnoxious electro beats Wednesdays” featuring DJ Duke (a.k.a. Wednesday, Sept. 5 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Dystrophy" at Green Door with wild punk melodies. The local duo fea- Patrick Duke). The event is also broad- Ave., Lansing, all ages. $6, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. For nearly a quarter century, the Green tures Richard Keyes (vocals/guitar), formerly cast live on 97.5-FM with on-air personal- Fetus Omelet at Door has hosted “Blues for Dystrophy,” of Gaytar, and Jerimiah Gager (bass/vocals). ity Alabama. Along with giveaways and which brings in a long list of local blues- Keyes calls the band “a punk-rock homage swag, there are drink specials and free Blackened Moon rockers to benefit a Muscular Dystrophy to both Mike Watt and Nicki Minaj,” taking cover for ladies 21 and over ($5 for ladies Yup, you read that right — Fetus Omelet charity. The all-day show, happening influence from the likes of Sonic Youth under 21) all night long. plays Saturday at the Blackened Moon this Sunday, features Stan Budzynski & and Meshuggah. The Mindguards head- Wednesday, Aug. 29 @ Club X-Cel, 224 S. Concert Hall. Not surprisingly, Blood Third Degree, Smooth Daddy, Frog & the line Mac’s Bar this Thursday, along with Washington Square, Lansing. 18 and over, cover of the Unborn and Desiring Dead Beeftones, the Burnsides, the Hoopties, openers Lord Vapid (local one-man- charges vary. xcelloungedancebar.com. Flesh are sharing this brutally heavy Big Willy, Krosby's Konspiracy, Mike Espy band) and The Hunky Newcomers (local bill. Also taking the stage is SNDR, & Yakity Yak, From Big Sur, and more. This punk rock). Fans of The Replacements Ouchy, and Hillside Barrier. Fans of is a family-friendly show before 9 p.m., and The Ramones might want to check Pantera, Cannibal Corpse and Hatebreed but its 21 and over after that. unday at the out the Hunky Newcomers’ debut disc, may want to check out Hillside Barrier, Green Door. “Hard Dude Stuff” on GTG Records. a busy Lansing-based group of metal Sunday, Sept. 2 @ Green Door, 2005 E. MichiganAve, Thursday, Aug. 30 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Post it at

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Tween Book Club. Ages 9-12. Read and discuss Out on the town Tricia Springstubb's "What Happened on Fox Street." 1-2 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 from page 23 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. Support Local Growers at Trio. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Gracie's Place, 151 S. Putnam, Williamston. (517) 655-1100. Concert in the Park. Summer music series, with Thursday, August 30 Lansing’s Farmers Markets exciting new performers, lawn seating. 7 p.m. FREE. Classes and Seminars St. Johns City Park, located off Morton and Park Yoga 2XL. Learn to move with confidence. 7:15-8:15 streets, St. Johns. (989) 224-8944. p.m. $8 suggested donation. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Sistrum Welcomes New Members. Lansing Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. Westside Farmers Market Women's Chorus will hold an orientation to welcome QiGong & Tai Chi. Light exercises for those with Off MLK Between Saginaw & Oakland prospective members. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Central United physical limitations, senior citizens or just need to Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave. Lansing. (517) unwind. 8 a.m. Up to $8. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Every Monday June 18 - September 17, 4:00pm - 7:00pm 256-2691. sistrum.org. Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. www.westsidesummerfest.com Eating Disorders Annonymous Meeting. 7- Literature and Poetry 7:45 p.m. FREE. CADL Mason Library, 145 W. Ash St. Urbandale Farm Stand Baby Time. Books and songs for ages 2 years and Mason. (517) 899-3515. cadl.org. younger, with a parent/caregiver. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Codependent Anonymous Meeting. 7-8 p.m. 653 S. Hayford Ave. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Dr., FREE. Community Mental Health Building, 812 E. Jolly EveryE Saturday June - October, 10:00am - 2:00pm Lansing. (517) 321-4014 x3. Road, Lansing. (517) 672-4072 . Lansing Area Science Fiction Association LinkedIn 101. Designed for the beginner computer lansingurbanfarmproject.wordpress.com Meeting. New location. Informal dinner and user looking to professionally network on the conversation every week. 7 p.m. FREE. Buddies Lansing City Market See Out on the Town, Page 26 Grill, 2040 Aurelius Road, #13, Holt. (517) 402-4481. 325 City Market Dr. Open Year Round Tuesday - Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm, Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm www.lansingcitymarket.com OOld Town Farmers Market Corner of Turner & E. Grand River First Sunday May - October, 10:00am - 3:00pm www.iloveoldtown.org Allen Street Farmers Market Corner of Allen & E. Kalamazoo St. Every Wednesday May - October, 2:30pm - 7:00pm www.allenneighborhoodcenter.orgww South Lansing Community Farmers Market Corner of Boston Blvd, & Mt. Hope Every Thursday June - September, 3:00pm - 7:00pm www.southlansing.org

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Concerts at the Shell. Featuring a different Bar 30 & Spare Time Entertainment Center Out on the town music act each week, 7-9 p.m. FREE. McCormick Park, located at N. Putnam and High Streets, from page 25 Williamston. (517) 655-4973. internet. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Foster Community Center, Sunny Wilkinson Jazz Group. Live music. 6 p.m. 200 N. Foster Ave. Lansing. (517) 708-4392. FREE. Waterfront Bar and Grille, 325 City Market iteclansing.org/programs/itec-upgrades. Drive, Lansing. (517) 267-3800. Water media. All levels welcome, with Donna lansingwaterfront.com. New MSU Professors of Jazz. Featuring "Better Randall. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $50 for 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner St., Lansing. Than Alright," a new CD by the Professors of Jazz. intown 7:30 p.m. $10, seniors $8, FREE students & under Experience One Spirit Open House. Learn about the emerging interspiritual age. 6:30-8 p.m. 18. Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. FREE. Heartdance Studio, 1806 E. Michigan Ave., 1-800-WHARTON. whartoncenter.com. By ALLAN I. ROSS Lansing. (517) 203-4918. Literature and Poetry The number 30 has Storytime With Ms. Deb. Ms. Deb will read three inspired generations of Events Lowe's South Side Cruise-In. Classic cars, books on the topic of the week and do a craft. 10 navel-gazers to contemplate trucks, hotrods and motorcycles. 6-11 p.m. FREE. a.m. FREE. Barnes and Noble, 5132 W. Saginaw their unproductive lives Lowe's, S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 699-2940. Highway, Lansing. (517) 327-0437. bn.com. and try to figure out Youth Service Corps. Eastside youth can grow where all the time went. food and develop leadership skills. Ages 11-17. 10-11 Friday, August 31 In fact, card companies a.m. FREE. Hunter Park Community Garden House, Classes and Seminars and party supply stores 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3910. Karaoke. Every Thursday night with Atomic D. 9 Oil Painting Class. Must register and pay in have made a good living p.m. LeRoy's Classic Bar and Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., advance. $50 for 4 weeks. 10 a.m.-noon. Gallery selling dour 30th birthday Lansing. (517) 482-0184. 1212, 1212 Turner St., Lansing. (517) 999-1212. paraphernalia, goading Euchre. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta gallery1212.com guests of honor into Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Relics of the Big Bang. Emphasizes research currently underway at CERN. 8 p.m. $3, $2.50 feeling prematurely over Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Spanish Conversation Group. Both English and students & seniors, $2 kids. Abrams Planetarium, 755 the hill. It’s funny, then, Spanish will be spoken. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Science Road, East Lansing. (517) 355-4676. that Bar 30 chose to slap Sam Inglot/City Pulse Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) that number right there in Dan Zopf, managing partner of Bar 30. 351-2420. Events their name, numerophobes Mid-day Movies. Watch recent releases on the Alcoholics Anonymous. With ASL interpretation. be damned. “We want to draw people bowling” area — basically big screen. 2 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing 8 p.m. FREE. Alano Club East, 220 S. Howard St., Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. Lansing. (517) 482-8957. “Originally we were going here, so we’ve made our a VIP section with its own cadl.org. Kids Time: Ages 5-11. Eastside youth grow food, prices beyond reasonable.” bar. An arcade has also to have 30 draft brands, Colonial Village Walking Group. 7 p.m. FREE. develop leadership and life skills. 10-11 a.m. FREE. and the name just grew And then every night, been added, for those who (Please see details Aug. 29) Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of out of that,” says Bar a neat trick occurs: Bar are better with a joystick Morning Storytime. All ages welcome for stories, E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3910. 30’s managing partner 30 transforms from a than a 10-lb. bowling ball. songs, rhymes, and fun. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Storytime. Stories, rhymes, songs and a craft for Dan Zopf. “We switched casual-ish restaurant to Additionally, the bowling Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, ages 2-5. 10:30-11:15 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Lansing. (517) 321-4014. an upscale nightclub alley’s lounge has been Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- concepts, but the name Kids Time: Ages 5-11. 4:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. 2420 . stuck. It just sounded and martini lounge, with upgraded from its ‘50s-era (Please see details Aug. 29) Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed women's cool.” either live music or DJ glory (or lack thereof) into South Lansing Farmers Market. Locally meeting. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. Michael's Episcopal Zopf is also part of every single night of the a full-service restaurant produced food, youth activities and educational Church, 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing. (517) 882- the team that runs Tony week. It’s a risk, walking called the Grand River Bar opportunities. 3-7 p.m. FREE. Grace United 9733. such a fine line. and Grill. Most noticeably, Methodist, 1900 Boston Blvd. Lansing. (517) 482- Colonial Village Walking Group. 7 p.m. FREE. Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza 5750. (Please see details Aug. 29) “Yeah, you can’t really next door, in the back of the however, owners Michael Passport to Adventure. Local children Friday Noon Stroll. Bring friends, dogs, children Eastwood Towne Center. nail it down to one type and Nancy MacColeman recognized for summer learning. Noon-1 p.m. or stories. Noon. FREE. Hunter Park, 400 S. Holmes At 7,900 square feet, it of place,” says Zopf. “But have given the front a FREE. LCC University Center, 210 W. Shiawasse St., St., Lansing. (517) 367-2468. dwarfs its baby brother next we’re really pulling out all colorful facelift, making Lansing. 517-290-2767. Nite Ride Around Town. 8-10 mile bike ride around Lansing, stop halfway for food and drinks. door (Sacco’s is only 4,500 the stops here. Basically, the building a lot more Music 5:30 p.m. FREE. Beaumont Tower, MSU Campus, square feet), and its staff it’s Miami Beach in Lansing, eye grabbing as you’re Jazz Thursdays. Various artists. 6:30-9:30 p.m. East Lansing. (517) 347-1689. Michigan.” navigating that awkward is more than double that FREE. Mumbai Cuisine, 340 Albert St., East Lansing. of its neighbor. Zopf said Rolling with the times West Saginaw/Grand (517) 336-3150. Music that when Bar 30 opened After more than six River/U.S.-127 cluster. The Williamston Summer Concert Series. The MoonLight Jazz Series. Featuring this week, there were months of upgrades, The As that famous fictional Music every Thursday through August 30. Featuring Introducing Jazz & Jokes. 8 p.m. $15. Best Western 110 employees officially Spare Time Entertainment bowler might say, it really a variety of different genres. 7 p.m. FREE. Plus Lansing Hotel, 6820 South Cedar St., Lansing. Center — formerly the ties the area together. McCormick Park, located at N. Putnam and High www.brownpapertickets.com. working there. Streets, Williamston. The concept of Bar 30 Holiday Lanes bowling alley See Out on the Town, Page 27 is “affordable American — is finally reopening Bar 30 as a more contemporary 2324 Showtime Drive (inside Eastwood eclectic,” and — contrary Towne Center), Lansing the “bar” part of its amusement complex. Mon.-Weds. 11 a.m. to midnight name — is actually a Gone are the eight lanes Thurs.-Sat. 11. a.m. to 2 a.m. full restaurant, featuring at the west end of the www.bar30.com sandwiches, burgers, building — they are Spare Time now a two-story laser US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd appetizers and steaks. Entertainment Center “There is not one thing on tag labyrinth (kids and 3101 E. 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FREE. 700 block of S. Hayford Ave., Lansing. (517) East Lansing Farmers Market. Fresh fruits and hours helping keep Fenner beautiful. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Out on the town 999-3916. vegetables, meats, crafts, activities and more. 10 FREE. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope Capital City Dragon Boat Race Valet Bicycle a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Valley Court Park, 400 Hillside Ct., Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224. fofnc.org. from page 26 Parking. Enjoy the festival and not have to worry East Lansing. East Lansing Farmer's Market. Fresh produce Grand River Radio Diner. Concert featuring about finding a parking spot. FREE. Downtown Old Town Farmers Market. Featuring both and more. 10 a.m.-2p.m. FREE. Valley Court Park, Twyla Birdsong. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Grand Cafe/Sir Lansing, Washington Square between Michigan and produce and artisan vendors selling produce, herbs, 400 Hillside Ct., East Lansing. Pizza, 201 E. Grand River, Lansing. (517) 483-1710. Washtenaw avenues, Lansing. midmeac.org. baked goods, hand-dyed fibers and more. 10 a.m.- Lansing City Market Presents: Summer www.lcc.edu/radio. First Sunday of the Month. Enjoy crafts, 3 p.m. FREE. Old Town, Grand River Avenue and Sundays. All businesses will be open and fully Jazz Festival. Live music, food and drink. Terance creating a game table for children, putting together Turner Street, Lansing. (517) 485-4283. iloveoldtown. stocked to meet all of your shopping needs. Noon-4 Blanchard Quintet, 7 p.m. & Sonny Rollins, 8:45 a picnic table and gardening. 9 a.m.- Noon. FREE. org. p.m. FREE. Lansing City Market, 325 City Market p.m. 4-11 p.m. FREE. Downtown Detroit. www. Prospect Place, corner of Clifford and Prospect Stewardship Work Days. Families with children Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460. lansingcitymarket. detroitjazzfest.com. streets, Lansing. and community members can volunteer for a couple com. Michigan Mosaic Music Festival. Enjoy live Bird Walk. Join the Capital Area Audubon Society bands, multicultural performers, ethnic cuisine and as they lead an informative bird identification hike. kids activities. 4-10 p.m. FREE. Adado Riverfront Park, 9-11 a.m. FREE. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. September 20 - October 21, 2012 531 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. michiganmosaic.org. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-3224. www. mynaturecenter.org. An epic and intimate Literature and Poetry End-Of-The-World comedy Music & Movement Storytime. Dance and sing Music that keeps you laughing ‘til the to music & learn to play with instruments and more. Michigan Mosaic Music Festival. Live bands, multicultural performers, ethnic cuisine and kids unexpected end! 1 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Contains Mature Language and Themes. Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. activities. Noon-10 p.m. FREE. Adado Riverfront Park, 531 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. michiganmosaic. org. Pay-What-You-Can Preview Saturday, September 1 Stan Budzynski & 3rd Degree. Live music. 8-11 Thursday, Sept. 20 @ 8PM p.m. FREE. Zarzuela, 301 E. Michigan Ave., Marshall. Classes and Seminars (269) 789-9180. Tai Chi in the Park. Meditation at 8:45 a.m. $15 Previews (Sept. 21-23) followed by Tai Chi. 9:30 a.m. FREE donations. Fri & Sat @ 8pm, Sun @ 2pm Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block Sunday, September 2 of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Contact Bob Teachout Directed by Tony Caselli (517) 272-9379. Classes and Seminars Overeaters Anonymous. 9:30 a.m. FREE. Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. Featuring: Aral Gribble, Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Third floor. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing Sarab Kamoo and Alissa Nordmoe Ave., Lansing. (517) 485-6003. Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6300. Beginner Tai Chi. Can build strength and reduce cadl.org. Williamston Theatre stress. 8-9 a.m. $8. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Relics of the Big Bang. 4 p.m. $3, $2.50 122 S Putnam St.,Williamston Lansing. (517) 488-5260. students&seniors, $2 kids. (Please see Aug. 31 for by Peter Sinn details) 517-655-7469 Relics of the Big Bang. 8 p.m. $3, $2.50 www.williamstontheatre.org students/seniors, $2 kids. (Please see Aug. 31 for The Family Show. "Space Chase," for children Nachtrieb details) from preschool through grade 3 and their families. Parenting Group. Lecture and group 2:30 p.m. $3, $2.50 students & seniors, $2 kids. discussion each week. 10-11 a.m. Call to Abrams Planetarium, East Lansing. (517) 355-4672. Register. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, pa.msu.edu/abrams. 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. First Sunday Gallery Walk. Richard Lott will be womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. showing off new creations. Noon-4 p.m. FREE. Great Occupy Lansing. General assembly meeting. 1 Lakes Art Works, 306 E. Grand River Ave. Lansing. p.m. FREE. Reutter Park, Corner of Kalamazoo & (517) 372-4293. greatlakesartworks.com. Townsend St., Lansing. Events Events Overeaters Anonymous. Conference room F, Salsa Dancing. DJ Adrian "Ace" Lopez hosts 2nd floor. 2-3:15 p.m. FREE. Sparrow Professional Lansing's longest standing weekly salsa event. Building, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 332- Singles welcome. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5. Gregory's Bar & 0755. Grille, 2510 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. Alcoholics Anonymous. 9 a.m. FREE. Alano Club (517) 323-7122. East, 220 S. Howard St., Lansing. (517) 482-8957. Beer & Wine Tasting. Try free samples. 2-4 p.m. Capital Area Singles Dance. With door prizes. FREE. Vine and Brew, 2311 Jolly Road, Okemos. 6:30-10:30 p.m. $8. Fraternal Order of Eagles, 4700 Urbandale Farm Stand. Purchase fresh, local N. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 819-0405. produce, tour the farm, or volunteer. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. See Out on the Town, Page 28 ERASER-FREE SUDOKU HARD TO PLAY

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with your band. Spoken-word acts welcome. 6:30- Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny August 29-September 4 Out on the town 10:30 p.m. FREE. MBC, 402 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 977-1349. from page 27 ARIES (March 21-April 19): I'm afraid your vibes are Joyce began to suspect that his adult daughter Lucia Theatre slightly out of tune. Can you do something about that, was mentally ill, he sought advice from psychologist When Everyone Shopped Downtown. The Monday Morning Movie. Get your film fix at the please? Meanwhile, your invisible friend could really Carl Jung. After a few sessions with her, Jung told her Historical Society of Greater Lansing's latest exhibit. use a Tarot reading, and your houseplants would ben- father that she was schizophrenic. How did he know? A 1-4 p.m. FREE. Creyts Building, 831 N. Washington library. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Township District efit from a dose of Mozart. Plus — and I hope I'm not telltale sign was her obsessive tendency to make puns, Ave., Lansing. lansinghistory.org/wp1. Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- being too forward here — your charmingly cluttered many of which were quite clever. Joyce reported that 4014 ext.4. spots are spiraling into chaotic sprawl, and your slight he, too, enjoyed the art of punning. "You are a deep- Music tendency to overreact is threatening to devolve into a sea diver," Jung replied. "She is drowning." I'm going Music on the Patio. Featuring Brad Maitland and Dan major proclivity. As for that rather shabby emotional to apply a comparable distinction to you, Libra. These Wixon every Sunday. 6-9 p.m. FREE. Waterfront Bar and Tuesday, September 4 baggage of yours: Would you consider hauling it to the days you may sometimes worry that you're in over Grille, 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 267-3800. Classes and Seminars dump? In conclusion, my dear Ram, you're due for a your head in the bottomless abyss. But I'm here to tell Michigan Mosaic Music Festival. Capital City Schizophrenics Anonymous. 5:30 p.m. FREE. few adjustments. you that in all the important ways, you're like a deep- Dragon Boat race begins at 8:30 a.m. Enjoy live Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Is happiness mostly just sea diver. (The Joyce-Jung story comes from Edward music, multicultural performers, ethnic cuisine Lansing. (517) 485-3775. an absence of pain? If so, I bet you've been pretty con- Hoagland's Learning to Eat Soup.) and kids activities. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE. Adado Schizophrenics Anonymous. 10 a.m. Room 215-F, tent lately. But what if a more enchanting and exciting SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): No false advertising Riverfront Park, 531 N. Grand Ave. Lansing. Community Mental Health Building, 812 E. Jolly Road, kind of bliss were available? Would you have the cour- this week, Scorpio. Don't pretend to be a purebred if michiganmosaic.org. Lansing. (517) 485-3775. 10 a.m. age to go after it? Could you summon the chutzpah you're actually a mutt, and don't act like you know it all Blues for Dystrophy. Live music, money donated Take Off Pounds Sensibly. 7 p.m. FREE to visit. and the zeal and the visionary confidence to head out when you really don't. For that matter, you shouldn't to charity. 2 p.m.-1:30 a.m. $10. Green Door Blues Eaton Rapids Medical Center, 1500 S. Main St., Eaton in the direction of a new frontier of joy? I completely portray yourself as an unambitious amateur if you're Bar & Grill, 2005 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. 517-482- Rapids. Contact Judy (517) 543-0786. understand if you feel shy about asking for more. You actually an aggressive pro, and you should avoid giving 6376. greendoorlive.com. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. might worry that to do so would be greedy, or put you the impression that you want very little when in fact Presbyterian Church of Okemos, 2258 Bennett Road, at risk of losing what you have already scored. But I you're a burning churning throb of longing. I realize it Okemos. (517) 505-0068. feel it's my duty to cheer you on. The potential rewards may be tempting to believe that a bit of creative deceit Monday, September 3 Yoga 40. For those in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond; looming just over the hump are magnificent. would serve a holy cause, but it won't. As much as you Classes and Seminars yoga is for anyone of any age. 7:15 p.m. Suggested $7. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I've got some medicine possibly can, make outer appearances reflect inner Divorced, Separated, Widowed Conversation Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. for you to try, Gemini. It's advice from the writer truths. Group. For those who have gone through loss of a Intro to Computers. Professionals instruct Thomas Merton. "To allow oneself to be carried away SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Christian spouse and are ready to move on. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. attendees in the basics. 2:30-4 p.m. FREE. Capital by a multitude of conflicting concerns," he wrote, "to lore, the serpent is the bad guy that's the cause of David's Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. Area Michigan Works, 2110 S. Cedar St. Lansing. (517) surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to all humanity's problems. He coaxes Adam and Eve to (517) 323-2272. stdavidslansing.org. 492-5500. too many projects, to want to help everyone in every- disobey God, which gets them expelled from Paradise. GriefShare Seminar. A DVD series, with small On the Way To Wellness. Barb Geske, The thing, is to succumb to the violence of our times." It's But in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, there are snake support group discussion. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Grace United Mind-full Motivator, provides nutrition and wellness always a good idea to heed that warning, of course. gods that sometimes do good deeds and perform epic Methodist, 1900 Boston Blvd., Lansing. (517) 490-3218. coaching in a positive, informative, and motivational But it's especially crucial for you right now. The best services. They're called Nagas. In one Hindu myth, a Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. St. David's format. 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. $10. Presbyterian healing work you can do is to shield your attention from Naga prince carries the world on his head. And in a Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (989) Church of Okemos, 2258 Bennett Road, Okemos. the din of the outside world and tune in reverently to Buddhist tale, the Naga king uses his seven heads to 587-4609. stdavidslansing.org. (517) 349-9536. the glimmers of the inside world. give the Buddha shelter from a storm just after the Chronic Pain Support Group. An educational QiGong & Tai Chi classes. Light exercises for those CANCER (June 21-July 22): I dreamed you were a great one has achieved enlightenment. In regards to and proactive support group designed for those who have physical limitations, senior citizens or just need magnanimous taskmaster nudging the people you care your immediate future, Sagittarius, I foresee you having experiencing any level of chronic physical pain. 4-5:30 to unwind. 8 a.m. Up to $8. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., about to treat themselves with more conscientious ten- a relationship to the serpent power that's more like the Lansing. (517) 488-5260. derness. You were pestering them to raise their expec- Hindu and Buddhist version than the Christian. Expect p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. Computer Class. Learn excel. 7 p.m. FREE. Community tations and hew to higher standards of excellence. vitality, fertility, and healing. of Christ, 1514 W. Miller Road, Lansing. (517) 882-3122. Your persistence was admirable! You coaxed them to CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In Lewis Carroll's Speakeasies Toastmasters. Become a better Events waste less time and make long-range educational plans book Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen tells speaker. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Ingham County Human Social bridge and euchre. No partner needed. and express themselves with more confidence and Alice that she is an expert at believing in impossible Services Bldg. 5303 S. Cedar St., Lansing. 1926. Bridge 1-4 p.m.; euchre: 6-9 p.m., $1.50. Delta precision. You encouraged them to give themselves a things. She brags that there was one morning when toastmastersclubs.org Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, gift now and then and take regular walks by bodies of she managed to embrace six improbable ideas before Water media. All levels welcome, with Donna Randall. water. They were suspicious of your efforts to make Lansing. (517) 484-5600. she even ate breakfast. I encourage you to experiment 6-8:30 p.m. $50 for 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, them feel good, at least in the early going. But eventu- Westside Farmers Market. Get fresh produce with this approach, Capricorn. Have fun entertaining 1212 Turner St., Lansing. ally they gave in and let you help them. all sorts of crazy notions and unruly fantasies. Please and more. 4-7 p.m. FREE. 743 N. MLK Blvd., Lansing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the spirit of Sesame note that I am not urging you to actually put those Trek the Trestle. Join the 5th annual 5 mile walk Street, I'm happy to announce that this week is brought beliefs into action. The point is to give your imagination to support "Getting Michigan Moving." 9 a.m. FREE. Events to you by the letter T, the number 2, and the color blue. a good work-out. Wadhams to Avoca Trail, Avoca. stclaircounty.org/ Compassionate Friends. For grieving parents who have lost a child of any age. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Here are some of the "T" words you should put extra AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I'm not necessarily offices/parks. FREE. Salvation Army South Community Center, 701 emphasis on: togetherness, trade-offs, tact, timeli- advising you to become best friends with the dark side W. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) 339-3553. ness, tapestry, testability, thoroughness, teamwork, of your psyche. I'm merely requesting that the two of Music Mid-day Movies. Watch recent releases on the big and Themis (goddess of order and justice). To bolster you cultivate a more open connection. The fact of the Open-Mic Mondays. Sign up to play solo, duo, your mastery of the number 2, meditate on interdepen- matter is that if you can keep a dialogue going with this See Out on the Town, Page 29 dence, balance, and collaboration. As for blue, remem- shadowy character, it's far less likely to trip you up ber that its presence tends to bring stability and depth. or kick your ass at inopportune moments. In time you SUDOKU SOLUTION CROSSWORD SOLUTION VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the creation myths of might even come to think of its chaos as being more From Pg. 27 From Pg. 22 Easter Island's native inhabitants, the god who made invigorating than disorienting. You may regard it as a humanity was named Makemake. He was also their worthy adversary and even an interesting teacher. fertility deity. Today the name Makemake also belongs PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You need more magic to a dwarf planet that was discovered beyond the orbit in your life, Pisces. You're suffering from a lack of sub- of Neptune in 2005. It's currently traveling through the limely irrational adventures and eccentrically miracu- sign of Virgo. I regard it as being the heavenly body lous epiphanies and inexplicably delightful interventions. that best symbolizes your own destiny in the coming At the same time, I think it's important that the magic months. In the spirit of the original Makemake, you will you attract into your life is not pure fluff. It needs some have the potential to be a powerful maker. In a sense grit. It's got to have a kick that keeps you honest. That's you could even be the architect and founder of your why I suggest that you consider getting the process own new world. Here's a suggestion: Look up the word started by baking some unicorn poop cookies. They're "creator" in a thesaurus, write the words you find there sparkly, enchanting, rainbow-colored sweets, but with on the back of your business card, and keep the card an edge. Ingredients include sparkle gel, disco dust, in a special place until May 2013. star sprinkles — and a distinctly roguish attitude. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When novelist James Recipe is here: tinyurl.com/UnicornPoopCookies.

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Auditorium, MSU Campus, East Lansing. Ages 14-18 can dance in a safe and fun environment. younger, with a parent/caregiver. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Out on the town Drawing Class. All levels welcome, with Dennis 7 p.m.-Midnight. $10. Spiral Dance Bar, 1247 Center Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport O'Meara. 1-3:30 p.m. $50 for 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 St., Lansing. (517) 371-3221. [email protected]. Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 x3. from page 28 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner St., Lansing. Lansing Area Science Fiction Association screen. 2 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing Library, Religious Freedom & Health Care. How the Music Meeting. New location. Informal dinner and lively 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. cadl.org. Affordable Care Act requires coverage of birth Jazz Wednesdays. Featuring the Jeff Shoup conversation every week. 7 p.m. , FREE. Buddies Introduction to Computers. Professionals from Career control even for religious institutions. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Trio. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Gracies Place, 151 S. Putnam, Grill, 2040 Aurelius Road, #13, Holt. (517) 402-4481. Quest instruct attendees in the basicseveryone needs to Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, Williamston. (517) 655-1100. Meet Peadar O'Guilin. Join the author of "The be comfortable with computers. 2:30-4 p.m. FREE. Capital Area 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-7434. Inferior" and "The Deserter" for a pizza party. 6 p.m. Michigan Works, 2110 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 492-5500. pilgrimucc.com. Literature and Poetry FREE. Schuler Books & Music, 2820 Towne Centre Game On! Play a variety of board and video games. 3-5 Baby Time. Books and songs for ages 2 years and Blvd., Lansing. (517) 316-7495. schulerbooks.com. p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Events Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 x3. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. Grand Ledge Baptist Church, 1120 W. Willow Hwy., Grand Morning Storytime. All ages welcome for stories, songs, Each child needs a safe, Ledge. (517) 256-6954. rhymes, and fun. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Township District loving family... Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014. Practice Your English. Allows community members like yours. Storytime. Stories, rhymes, songs and a craft for ages 2-5. to join conversations and practice speaking and 10:30-11:15 a.m. & 6:30-7:15 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public listening to English in a friendly, relaxing atmosphere. Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. MICHIGAN Music Allen Street Farmers Market. Fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, crafts, activities and more. CHILDREN Jazz Tuesdays. The Jeff Shoup Quartet 15,000 are living in Foster Care. featuring guest artists from the MSU Jazz Studies 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. Allen Neighborhood Center, 1619 E Department and the Mid-Michigan jazz community. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 485-4279. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. Stober's Bar, 812 E. Michigan Teen Night at Spiral. Wtih DJ Alabama from 97.5. Ave., Lansing.

Wednesday, September 5 Classes and Seminars Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. Community Yoga. Power yoga class. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. Our Daily Work/Lives. "Coney Detroit: Immigration, Work and Hot Dogs in the Motor City" -Joe Grimm. 12:15-1:30 p.m. FREE. MSU Museum

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Offerings include grilled night Friday, 8 a.m.–mid- Fine Dining / salmon with dill sauce as KNIGHT CAP — night Saturday, closed Full Service a seasonal special. 677 Featuring signature Sunday. (517) 316–2377. S. Michigan Road, Eaton steaks and seasonal soupspooncafe.com. SpartanEveryone Is Rapids. 11:30 a.m.–1:30 seafood specialties, OM, D, TO, WiFi, $ CHRISTIE’S BISTRO — p.m. & 5 p.m.–9 p.m. this restaurant's been Welcome To Upscale dining with beef Monday–Thursday, serving downtown TAVERN ON THE Shop Here! and seafood offerings, as 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. & Lansing for 40 years. SQUARE — Specializing elfco.coop well as pasta and salads. 5 p.m.–10 p.m. Friday, 5 320 E. Michigan Ave., in tapas fare. 206 Students! Inside the Lexington Hotel p.m.–10 p.m. Saturday, Lansing. Dining room S. Washington Sq., 4960 Northwind Dr. • East Lansing • Mon ~ Sat 9 ~ 9 • Sun 10 ~ 8 • Closed Labor Day Sept 3rd at 925 S. Creyts Road, 1 p.m.–7 p.m. Sunday. hours: 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Lansing. 11 a.m.–2 Lansing. (517) 323–4190. (517) 663–2500. eng- Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m. Monday–Sunday, sheratonlansing.com. lishinn.com, FB, RES, P, a.m.–Midnight Friday & 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Visit Cottage Gardens Breakfast 6:30 a.m.–11 OM, WiFi $$–$$$$ Saturday. Bar is open Wednesday–Saturday, where the garden experience a.m., Lunch 11 a.m.–2 until midnight all six Dinner served begin- is unimaginable and come meet p.m., Dinner 5 p.m.–9 p.m. GILBERT AND days. (517) 484–7676 ning at 4 p.m. each day. Monday–Friday, Breakfast BLAKE’S — A wide theknightcap.com. FB, Closed Sundays. (517) the friendliest dog Dublin! 7 a.m.–11 a.m., Lunch 11 range of the “best in TO, RES, OM, P, $$$$ 374-5555 tavernonthesq. a.m.–2 p.m. Dinner 5 p.m.– town” seafood, sizzling com. FB, TO, RES, P, We sell wholesale ornamental trees, 9 p.m. Saturday, Breakfast steaks and pasta dishes. STILLWATER GRILL OM, Wi–Fi, $$$ 7 a.m.–10 a.m., Brunch 10 3554 Okemos Road, — Featuring favorites shrubs, perennials & large evergreens. a.m.–2 p.m. Sunday. Room Okemos. 11 a.m.–10 such as Cajun tenderloin TROPPO — It’s Social You’ll also find unique garden statuary, service available 6:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday, steak tips and half–off Hour every day from 3–6 a.m.–midnight Monday– 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. Friday wine on Sundays, p.m. at this American horticulture reference books, mulch & more! Friday and 7 a.m.–midnight & Saturday, noon–10 Monday and Tuesdays, bistro, dinner selections Saturday & Sunday. FB, p.m. on Sunday. (517) Stillwater is sure to be a include veal picatta, Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. TO, RES, $$$. 349–1300. gilbertand- summer hot spot. 3544 lamb chops and pap- CLOSED WEEKENDS blakes.com, FB, TO, Meridian Crossings pardelle bolognese, DUSTY’S CELLAR RES, OM, P, WiFi, $$$ Drive, Okemos. 11 a.m.– featuring Italian sausage and come meet the friendliest dog Dublin! — An intimate gour- 10 p.m. Monday–Friday, and homemade meat- Cottage Gardens A Tradition of Quality Since 1923 met restaurant with an HUMMINGBIRDS — 3 p.m.–10 p.m. Saturday, balls in meat gravy. 120 2611 S. Waverly Hwy., just south of I 96 excellent wine list and Appetizers range from 3 p.m.–9 p.m. Sunday. N. Washington Square, - a well–trained, friendly 517.882.5728 lsenkowicz cottagegardensinc.com simple fried fare to spin- (517) 349–1500. stillwa- Lansing. 11 a.m.–10 @ waitstaff. 1839 Grand ach dip. Entrees include tergrill.com, FB, WB, TO, p.m. Monday–Tuesday, visit cottagegardenslansing.com or getdrtygardening.com today! River Ave., Okemos. a variety of charbroiled RES, P, OM, WiFi, $$$$ 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Brunch 11 a.m.–3 p.m. steaks and seafood Wednesday–Saturday, promo1 Sunday, Lunch 11 dishes and weekly SOUP SPOON CAFE — Dinner served begin- a.m.–4 p.m. Monday– specials. The menu Offering gourmet meals ning at 4 p.m. each day. Friday, Dinner 3:30 also includes burgers, for lunch, this cafe keeps Closed Sundays. (517) p.m.– 9 p.m. Sunday, 4 sandwiches, soups and customers coming for 371–4000. troppo.org. Hosted by p.m.–10 p.m. Monday– salads. Also features dishes like pan–seared FB, TO, RES, P, OM, Berl Schwartz Thursday, 4 p.m.–11 p.m. a full breakfast menu, Atlantic salmon drizzled Wi–Fi, $$$ Newsmakers Friday–Saturday. (517) including omelets, skil- with garlic–dill or honey 349–5150. dustyscellar. lets and cold breakfasts. soy sauce. 1419 E. Casual Dining com, OM, TO, FB, P, Inside the Causeway Bay Michigan Ave., Lansing. RES, $$$$ Hotel, 6820 S. Cedar 7 a.m.–3 p.m. Monday, 7 ALTU’S — Traditional Channel 16 — Sunday, September 2 St., Lansing. 6:30 a.m.–2 a.m.–10 p.m. Tuesday– ENGLISH INN — Ethiopian food served p.m., 5:30 p.m.–10 p.m. Thursday, 7 a.m.–mid- with specials, includ- Beautiful scenery and daily. (517) 694–8123. Lansing — 11 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. savory seafood dishes. FB, TO, RES, P, $$$ See Food Finder, Page 31 Candidates for the state House of Representatives, 67th district

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BRUNCH HOUSE — COLONIAL BAR & 7 a.m.–11 p.m. Friday, 8 wich with grilled veggies, All drinks are naturally Walking out of a diner, GRILL — This 45–year– a.m.–11 p.m. Saturday, EL BURRITO — A cozy, roasted eggplant, zucchi- low in calories, and are Food Finder you don’t often find your- old Lansing institution 8 a.m.–9 p.m. Sunday. authentic taqueria offer- ni, portabella mushrooms friendly to vegans and self thinking, “That was features an upgraded (517) 337–1311. coralga- ing homemade Mexican and baby tomatoes on the lactose– and gluten– blesrestaurant.com, WB, cooking and baked a whole wheat tortilla intolerant. It’s just fruit, from page 30 one fantastic Lebanese menu, including deluxe salad.” You might think burgers, grilled pizzas WiFi, FB, TO, OM, $$ goods. Stop by early for with roasted red pep- ice and vitamins and min- ing the Friday special Elmwood St., Lansing. that, however, after and daily specials. 3425 a breakfast burrito, try per hummus. Now open erals. 111 S. Washington of spicy shredded beef 11 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday– eating at The Brunch S. Martin Luther King DIMITRI’S — The former a lunch special entree for dinner Thursday– Sq., Lansing. 8 a.m.–7 with jalapenos and Thursday, 11 a.m.–9 House, since owner Leo Blvd., Lansing. 9 a.m.–2 stalwart of downtown that comes with rice Saturday.151 S. Putnam p.m. Monday–Friday, 10 ginger served with p.m. Friday & Saturday, Farhat has peppered a.m. Monday–Friday, 10 Lansing now serves and beans, or fill a taco St., Williamston. 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Saturday, Ethiopian bread, yellow closed Sunday. (517) his traditional breakfast a.m.–2 a.m. Saturday, Delta Township with a with marinated pork, a.m.–4 p.m. Monday, 11 Closed Sundays. (517) cabbage and a house 703–9616. OM, TO, D house menu with dishes noon–2 a.m. Sunday. full dinner menu along beef tongue, chicken a.m.–9 p.m. Tuesday– 372–7700. TO, OM, $. salad. 1312 Michigan (for orders more than rooted in his Lebanese (517) 882–6132. TO, FB, with familiar Coney dogs, or a number of other Wednesday, 11 a.m.–10 Ave., East Lansing. 11 $20), P, $$. heritage. Try “Leo’s $–$$. burgers and fries. Also meats. 5920 S. Cedar p.m. Thursday–Saturday, LOGAN’S a.m.–9 p.m. Tuesday– house special,” which find full breakfasts and St., Lansing. 9 a.m.–7:30 closed Sunday. (517) ROADHOUSE — This Saturday, closed Sunday BEST STEAK HOUSE begins with seasoned CONRAD’S COLLEGE dinners like barbeque p.m. Monday–Friday, 9 655–1100. graciespla- national chain special- & Monday. (517) 333– — Low–cost dining for beef, onions and pine TOWN GRILL — beef brisket and tilapia a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday, cebistro.com BW, TO, izes in ribs, steaks and 6295. eatataltus.com, meat lovers, serving nuts sauteed in a frying Featuring creative with lemon butter cream Closed Sunday. (517) RES, P, WiFi, $$ burgers, but the menu OM, TO, P $ steaks and sandwiches, pan, then combined with sandwiches such as the sauce on the expanded 272–1665. TO, $$. is large enough, with including a modified a couple of eggs. 1040 J.F.K. (with chicken, jala- menu. 6334 W. Saginaw, HARRY’S PLACE — A salads, lots of sides BAJA GRILLE — This Philly cheesesteak. S. Pennsylvania Ave., penos, mozzarella and Delhi Twp., Monday– FISH & CHIPS — Serving bar and grill with Greek and a kid's menu, family–owned restaurant 3020 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. 7 a.m.–3 p.m. honey mustard) and a full Saturday 7 a.m.–8:30 fish, fries and more on roots. Try the Greek for even finicky eat- in downtown Mason Lansing Twp. 11 a.m.–9 Monday– Friday, and 8 slew of breakfast items, p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.–3 Lansing's east side for chicken—a half chicken ers to find a meal. offers a wide range of p.m. Monday–Saturday, a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday burgers and (we swear, p.m., (517) 323–6867, almost 40 years. Dine in roasted in lemon oil Monday–Wednesday: options, from fresh sea- 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Sunday. and Sunday (517) 484– this is what the menu TO, $$. or pull up to the drive–thru sauce and doused with two meals for $14.99. food and hamburgers to (517) 337–2210. TO, 1567 TO, WiFi, $ calls them) “Magical window for dinner on the Mediteranean herbs. The 5800 W. Saginaw Hwy., homemade soups and RES, OM $$. Munchies.” 101 E. Grand EDEN ROCK — Paying go. 2418 E. Michigan Ave., all you can eat Friday Lansing. 11 a.m.–10 chili. 402 S. Jefferson CLARA’S LANSING River Ave., East Lansing. tribute to the coastal Lansing. 10 a.m.–9 p.m. fish fry is popular, too. p.m. Monday–Thursday, St., Mason. 8 a.m.–8 BLUE GILL GRILL — STATION — Fun din- 11 a.m.–3 a.m. Monday– lifestyle that was popu- Monday–Saturday. 11 404 N. Verlinden Ave., 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Friday p.m. Monday–Saturday, This eclectic restaurant ing is the motto at this Friday, noon–3 a.m. larized in the 1940s and a.m.–8 p.m. Sunday. (517) Lansing. 9:30 a.m.–11:30 & Saturday, 11 a.m.–10 Closed Sunday. (517) features a variety of onetime railroad station Saturday–Sunday. (517) 1950s in the Isles of 487–5774. TO, P, $ p.m. Monday–Friday, p.m. Sunday. (517) 244–1181. bajagrille.net. fresh fish, including with impressive decor. 333–2723.conradsgrill. the Caribbean. 205 S. 10 a.m.–11:30 p.m. 327–4751. logansroad- TO, $ grouper, salmon, wall- A massive menu offers com. D, OM, $. Washington Sq., Lansing. GRACIE’S PLACE — A Saturday, closed house.com WB, TO, FB, eye, cod and bluegill popular dishes like the 11 a.m.–2 a.m. Monday– classy, cozy restaurant Sunday. (517) 484– OM, $$. BENSON’S made with a unique chicken Hawaiian and CORAL GABLES — Saturday. Closed Sunday in downtown Williamston 9661. TO, FB, $. VINAIGRETTES — In blend of spices in a dozens of sandwiches. Serving meals for gen- (517) 374-1300. eden- offering customer favor- the mood for some secret family recipe. 637 E. Michigan Ave., erations, this family–style rocklansing.com FB, OM, ites like the Dancing JUICE NATION— Fast home–style cooking? 1591 Lake Lansing Lansing. 11 a.m.–10 restaurant offers hand- $ – $$. Zorba vegetarian sand- food that’s not fast food. Benson’s makes all of its Road, Haslett. 11 p.m. Monday–Thursday, made desserts, home- “Michigan Farmhouse” a.m.–2 a.m. Monday– 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Friday made soups and a small cuisine from scratch Saturday, 12 p.m.–2 & Saturday, 10 a.m.–10 menu of homemade and rotates the menu a.m. Sunday. (517) p.m. Sunday. (517) 372– Greek specialties. 2838 daily and seasonally. For 339–4900. bluegillgrill. 7120. claras.com, OM, E. Grand River Ave., lighter appetites, try one com. FB, TO, RES TO, FB, WiFi, P, RES East Lansing. 11 a.m.–10 of the restaurant’s many (eight or more), OM, $$–$$$ p.m. Monday, 7 a.m.–10 sides and salads. 940 WiFi, $$ p.m. Tuesday–Thursday, 32 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • August 29, 2012