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VOL. 13 Feedback ISSUE 4 Rain garden solutions keep design simple and still comply with the

I have only recently discovered the City matrix of applicable codes. (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com Pulse newspaper and I thoroughly enjoy Oh, by the way, as long as we are financ- ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 reading it. It has so much information we ing, curbing, and paving our way along the PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 don’t see anywhere else. regional grand plan, how about allocat- or email [email protected] Might I suggest some possible solutions ing some money for a freeway overpass at 5-7 to the downtown rain gardens problem Coleman Road and 127 with mall access? EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz [email protected] • (517) 999-5061

(“Reining in the rain gardens,” 7/31/13)? If Lake Lansing Road at 127 is currently like the MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz the businesses/individuals that adopted the Bermuda Triangle, you may enter but good Supporters for military action in Syria are few [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 gardens are not maintaining them as they luck getting out. Because of new develop- and far between in greater Lansing ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross promised to do, they should be fined and ment on both sides of 127, you can anticipate [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 the money used to pay someone to maintain an additional tens-of-thousands of vehicles in PAGE PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper them. The city fines residents for not main- the near future — won’t that be peachy? [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith taining their yards in summer and their 12 [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 sidewalks in winter, so why not fine those — T.J. Swick STAFF WRITERS responsible for maintain the gardens when East Lansing Lawrence Cosentino they don’t do as they promised? Third annual fest honors Lansing’s Spanish language population [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 Putting trash receptacles at either end Organic is right direction MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR/ of the gardens may help cut down on the Every week I try to pick up a copy of SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT • Rich Tupica PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 amount of trash that ends up in them. Also, the City Pulse. I enjoy reading about sus- ADVERTISING MANAGER • Shelly Olson making the gardens more accessible by put- tainable and organic farming. As a former 25 [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 ting gates at one end of the fences would farmer with some practical experience, I ADVERTISING make them easier to maintain. No one think it has a lot of benefits environmentally Denis Prisk [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 should have to jump over the fences to get to and economically. Right now I am reading Percussionist Lisa Pegher wants to whack the gardens to maintain them. “Foodopoly.” It is writ- Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Bill Castanier, lyrical at Lansing Symphony opener Mary C. Cusack, Amanda Harrell-Seyburn, Tom If all else fails, since Drain Commissioner ten by the lady who Have something to say Helma, Sam Inglot, Terry Link, Kyle Melinn, Shawn Pat Lindemann was so gung ho on establish- is head of Food and COVER Parker, Dennis Preston, Dylan Sowle, Paul ing rain gardens, perhaps he should be respon- Water Watch, and about a local issue Wozniak, Ute Von Der Heyden, Judy Winter sible for maintaining them. I’m just sayin’ … advocacy group in or an item that appeared ART Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Washington, D.C. in our pages? Fisher, Karen Navarra, Noelle Navarra, Brent — Shelley Centeno Good food and water Robison, Steve Stevens Write a letter to the editor. Interns: Jordan Bradley, Hannah Scott, Jordyn Lansing is great to have every AMERICAN GOLIATH BY GREG HOUSTON • E-mail: letters@ Timpson, Darby Vermeulen, Zach Zweifler day. The book was lansingcitypulse.com • Snail mail: City Pulse, 2001 Keep East Lansing roads simple printed in 2012. Editor & Publisher E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, Yes, the modifications and repairs to Over the years MI 48912 Berl the East Lansing boulevards are beautiful from what I’ve read CITY PULSE ON THE AIR Schwartz (Please include your name, Timothy Muffitt, Lansing Symphony Orchestra conductor and much appreciated, although I’m a little and heard, it is an address and telephone number 7 p.m. Wednesdays so we can reach you. Keep Lisa Pegher, Lansing Symphony Orchestra soloist puzzled by the complexity of some of the accurate assessment letters to 250 words or fewer. Gretchen Cochran, chairwoman of Preservation Lansing crosswalks. It reminds me somewhat of a of American agricul- City Pulse reserves the right to Architect Dan Bollman miniature golf course — every run is a little ture. Besides farm- edit letters and columns.) THIS WEEK Developer Tim Hunnicutt different. In a perfect world, people would ing, I’m interested in pay attention to where they are walking by education. I think Dr. DeLind, Dr. Berd, and avoiding stationary and moving objects. Dr. Breibaun of MSU are doing a tremendous With all these new concrete curb “squiggle job of supporting sustainable agriculture. The and wiggle” and “hump and bumps”, life may automobile industry and agriculture really get interesting when a mass of people cross are the leaders for Michigan’s economy. the road together. I hope I’m wrong. In your September issue I especially This I know for sure: In winter, snow and enjoyed the letter by David Albert (“Organic ice gravitate to and around these types of farming is not sustainable without an organ- curb cuts. I feel sorry for the maintenance ic economy.”) Sustainable agriculture can folks that have to clear these puzzles. If you have great economic benefits. have ever tried to plow snow, especially in a snow storm in the middle of the night, — Larry Nelson the surprise meeting of steel with concrete Dansville doesn’t exactly give you a warm and fuzzy feeling. Usually you hear a loud bang along CORRECTIONS with a nice jolt and hope you didn’t damage Because of a reporting error, a story the curb, truck or yourself. last week confused charges with what Just think of the possibilities when these Saeid Zeineh pleaded guilty to in 2009. curb walk obstacles become hidden in the It should have said he was charged with winter or negotiated by a herd of students that conducting and acquiring and main- just walked out of a bar headed for campus. taining a criminal enterprise. He plead- In my opinion, these fancy cross- ed guilty to larceny of over $20,000 for walks should be reserved for Florida, not false pretenses. Michigan. If you want to see well engineered Also, because of an editing error, a crosswalks check-out many on campus. No quote was misattributed in a story last squiggles or bumps to run into, pedestri- week about the Kerrytown BookFest. an and bike friendly, and much less labor A quote about Kerrytown should have intensive to maintain. I realize East lansing been attributed to Deborah Diesen. is like a confined space, but more reason to City Pulse • September 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION

Andy Balaskovitz/City Pulse MSU student Anas Diplomacy Attal, a native of Syria who has C Supporters for military action lived in the U.S. OF THE WEEK in Syria are few and far between for five years, has in greater Lansing seen first hand the atrocities of About 10 years ago, Anas Attal was the Bashar Assad attending a soccer match at a stadi- regime. His family, um in his hometown of Homs, Syria, whom he talks to when security guards opened the everyday, is still gates to the field. living in Homs. Hearing the story, I imagined what it would have been like as a 12-year- old to on the sidelines of the Pontiac Silverdome during a Detroit Lions game. in Homs, which is housing refugees, “No one party is going to be able to Goetsch-Winckler House “Any kid would like to do that,” also was bombed. The United Nations militarily decide this. Even if the U.S. Properties: Frank Lloyd Wright home tour, Okemos Attal, a 22-year-old Michigan State reports that about 100,000 people did a full-fledged invasion, like it did University international relations stu- have died in the Syrian conflict. Attal, in Iraq, it wouldn’t solve the situation Houses are one of the most private archi- dent, said. who has lived in the U.S. for five years, beyond getting rid of the Assad gov- tectural typologies and everyone loves to sneak But shortly after the gates closed talks to his family everyday. ernment.” a peek. It’s hard to pass up a look at interiors behind them, security forces that You might predict Attal is all for Lucas, Attal and U.S. Rep. Mike typically off-limits to the public, especially Frank were loyal to the Assad regime began military action against the regime, Rogers, who represents much of the Lloyd Wright houses. attacking kids and adults with clubs but, like a majority of Americans, he Lansing area, will appear on “City Sure you can visit private-homes-turned- — “right and left,” Attal said. favors a diplomatic approach to top- Pulse Newsmakers” this week, which museums — such as the Meyer May House in “I escaped, started running. I’ve pling President Bashar Assad. airs at 10 a.m. Sunday on My18-TV. Grand Rapids, the Robie House in Chicago, or seen them taking people from the “Then the Syrian people would Rogers, R-Brighton, chairs the Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pa. — but let’s face streets for speaking their minds. We vote on who they want to represent House Intelligence Committee. He it: It’s far more satisfying when houses are still have lived in fear for many years. them,” he said. “I think this is the least was an early supporter of a military occupied as private residences. For that, there In terms of brutality and the lack violent option.” strike, putting him out of step with are the Goetsch-Winckler, Donald Schaberg and of human rights, it’s a very brutal Attal’s view aligns with those of many Republicans and a growing Erling Brauner houses in Okemos. regime.” Russell Lucas, director of Global number of Democrats. The Okemos collection is a special breed of Attal has had two friends killed in Studies in Arts and Humanities at He is backing the president even Wright. The houses are three of only 60 Usonian peaceful protests since 2011, when MSU. though the administration has done an houses, a term coined by Wright to describe his Syria’s civil war — or, revolution, as “The only way to get out of this will “awful job explaining to the American affordable designs for the common American. he calls it — started. His aunt’s home have to be some sort of diplomatic people what is in our national secu- And the homes are open to the public for a rare has been bombed, but his relatives solution,” said Lucas, who is also an tour from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, hosted by the survived. His former apartment house associate professor of Arab studies. See Syria, Page 6 Greater Lansing Housing Coalition in partner- ship with the Junior League of Lansing. The group will meet at Dusty’s Celler, 1839 W. Grand Amy Geishert Kirsten Rintelmann River Ave. in Okemos, at noon. A reception fol- Age: 49 Age: 22 lowing the tour is also at Dusty’s. For more infor- What say you? Residence: Lansing Residence: East mation and to buy tickets, visit glhc.org or call Occupation: State Lansing The conflict in Syria is at the forefront of foreign employee Occupation: Student (517) 372-5980. policy discussions, particularly whether the U.S. “I don’t really think “I think if we want This is a chance to experience our local should intervene with military force. Here around we should go in at this to do something over Wright architecture in person. See how they still point without total there, we need to help Michigan’s capital, City Pulse asked residents: embrace our modern and Midwestern sensibili- international coopera- the people in a more ties over half a century later. “How should the U.S. handle the conflict in Syria?” tion. I feel fine about peaceful way and help (Responses condensed for length.) giving certain kinds of assistance to the reb- the people who are actually getting hurt in els, but as far as direct military intervention, the process. I don’t feel it’s fair to them that — Amanda Harrell-Seyburn — Interviews and photos by Jordan I don’t think at this time.” they’re just getting hurt and killed. Editor’s note: Amanda Harrell-Seyburn has Bradley Jasmine Hunt Erik Jacobson covered architecture and urbanism in greater Gregory Byrd Sr. Age: 21 Age: 22 Age: 50 Residence: East Residence: East Lansing for the past four years as the weekly Residence: Lansing Lansing Lansing contributor to Eyesore/Eye Candy of the Week. Occupation: Student Occupation: Student Occupation: Student Harrell-Seyburn will take a break as she pursues “If you want to help, “Personally, I just feel “I mostly think that her architecture license at Sedgewick & Ferweda send medical supplies like we should not we aren’t told a lot Architects. City Pulse welcomes East Lansing and food. Send archi- intervene. I don’t think of things to persuade tects to rebuild. As our country can afford public opinion and gain architect Dan Bollman as her replacement. far as going to war, to distribute large support based on a few we’re still in war for amounts of money to another country when facts, rather than the whole picture. If we do “Eye Candy of the Week” is our look at some of the nic- the last 11 years. We’ve lost a lot of soldiers, there are things that can be done in the U.S.” help, it needs to be for a good reason, not just er properties in Lansing. It rotates with Eyesore of the Week. men and women. If we want to go and do scratching the surface of the issue to make a If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lansingcitypulse. some type of aid, do that.” reason for an attack.” com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 11, 2013

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, “Encouraging U.S. Rep. reason enough Pro-Assad/Anti- Syria D-Lansing, said Monday she is still diplomacy — Tim Walberg, in their minds intervention rally undecided on military action. opposing U.S. R-Tipton, is to risk another Today (Sept. 11) from page 5 “As one of the senators who voted opposed to war.” 5:30 p.m. meet at Hugh military action in McCurdy Park against going to war in Iraq, I under- military action. Just as the 600 W. Corunna Ave., rity, what is the national United States stand why people are wary of military Syria” “The president Syrian situation Corunna Vigil for peace and calling Then move to downtown interest in any level of engagement in a intervention in Syria, and I strongly Congress has yet to pro- is making for Owosso place like Syria. … It is a confusing mess oppose sending American troops there,” Today (Sept. 11) vide a convinc- some odd polit- In support of Christian 4-5:30 p.m. minorities in Syria up to this point,” he said on CBS’ “Face Stabenow said. “I believe that we must Corner of Abbot Road and ing objective ical bed fellows the Nation” Sunday. be very thoughtful and deliberate when- Grand River Avenue in or outcome of in Washington, median Carl Levin, one of Michigan’s two U.S. ever considering the use of military East Lansing this attack,” said two local pro- senators and the chairman of the Senate force. The evidence is clear that Syria Walberg, who tests are scheduled today by diverse Armed Services Committee, also sup- used chemical weapons against its own represents Delta groups. ports the strike — and more. The U.S. people, including children. In the com- Township and Grand Ledge. “This has Members of the Traditionalist Youth should also “help the Syrian people who ing days, I will continue to be briefed by produced an almost total lack of sup- Network — whose website says it is are resisting Assad to have the weapons our foreign policy and military leaders port from the American people whom I empowering high school and college to fight for themselves,” he said on PBS’ to assess the most effective response to serve. It’s not their credibility that is in “News Hour” last week. these horrific acts.” question, it’s the president’s. That’s not See Syria, Page 7 PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF LANSING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING EAST LANSING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Z-4-2013, Part of 601 Lesher Place (Oak Part) Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing Zoning Board Rezoning from “A” Residential District to “H” Light Industrial District of Appeals on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, beginning at 7:00 p.m., in the 54 B District Court, Courtroom 1, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing: The Lansing Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., Neighborhood Empowerment Center Conference Room, 600 W. Maple St. (Corner of W. Maple and A public hearing will be held to consider a variance request from Katherine and Brian Hall for N. Pine Streets) to consider Z-4-2013. This is a request by the City of Lansing to rezone a portion of the property located at 134 Center Street, located in the RM-14, Low Density Multiple-Family the property at 601 Lesher Place, legally described as: Residential District from the following requirement of Chapter 50 - Zoning Code of the City of East Lansing: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 15, T4N, R2W, Lansing Township, Ingham County, Michigan, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Commencing at the a. Article VIII. Sec. 50-816(4) - Parking and Driveway Setbacks, to allow the driveway Northwest corner of said Section 15; thence S00°24'38"W along the West line of said Section setback in the side (north) yard to remain 0 feet where 3 feet is required. 15 a distance of 796.25 feet; thence S89°39'06"E parallel with the North line of Genesee Street b. Article IV. Sec. 50-301 - Table of Lot and Building Requirements, to allow the existing a distance of 41.25 feet to the East right of way line of the Conrail Railroad and the point of detached garage to remain 2.9 feet from the side (north) yard where 3 feet is required. beginning of this description; thence S89°39'06"E parallel with said North right of way line 258.36 feet; thence N00°50'31"E 117.97 feet; thence S88°33'33"E 162.34 feet; thence S00°37'20"W The applicant is requesting the variances to bring the parking facilities into compliance with 119.79 feet; thence S04°08'03"W 96.44 feet to said North right of way line; thence N89°39'06"W the ordinance requirements, allowing the conversion of the existing Class III rental license along said North right of way line 414.86 feet to said East right of way line; thence N00°24'38"E with an occupancy of two unrelated persons to a Class IV rental license with an occupancy of along said East right of way line 101.15 feet to the point of beginning; said parcel containing 1.40 three unrelated persons. acres more or less; said parcel subject to all easements and restrictions if any. Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City from “A” Residential to “H” Light Industrial District. The purpose of the rezoning is to permit use of Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All persons interested in these the property by the Neogen Corporation for an expansion of their operations in the surrounding area. appeals will be given an opportunity to be heard.

If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing. Written comments will be accepted The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on city business days if received before 5 p.m., Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to the Lansing Planning Office, Dept. of Planning and Neighborhood Development, Suite D-1, 316 N. individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI 48933-1236. For more information, call Susan Stachowiak at 483-4085. meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Department of Planning, Building and Development, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319- NOTICE OF LAST DAY OF REGISTRATION 6930. TDD Number: 1-800-649-3777. FOR THE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013 ELECTION Marie E. McKenna City Clerk To the qualified electors of the City of Lansing CITY OF LANSING Please take notice that the City of Lansing will hold an election on November 5, 2013. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Monday October 7, 2013 is the last day to register in order to be eligible to vote at the November Z-3-2013, 3600 Dunckel Road 5, 2013 Election. Any qualified elector who is not already registered to vote may register for the Rezoning from “F” Commercial & “J” Parking Districts to “DM-2” Residential District November 5, 2013 Election. Persons registering after Monday October 7, 2013, are not eligible to PRD-1-2013, 3600 Dunckel Road vote at this election. Planned Residential Development

The following will be submitted to the electors at the November 5, 2013 Election: The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 30, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI, to consider Z-3-2013 & PRD-1-2013. These are requests by Thomas Hitch on behalf of the owner, FG&P, LLC, OFFICES: to rezone the property at 3600 Dunckel Road, legally described as: Lansing Mayor, Lansing City Clerk, Lansing City Council Member At-Large (2), Lansing City Council Member Second Ward, Lansing City Council Member Fourth Ward. Lot 1, Hospitality Motor Inns, A Subdivision on part of the SW ¼ of Section 36, T4N, R2W, City Of Lansing, Ingham County, MI, as recorded in Liber 29 of Plats, Pages 9-11, Ingham PROPOSALS: County Records, Except Commencing at the NW Corner of said Lot 1; thence S86º09’45” E Proposed Amendment to Article 8 of the Lansing City Charter to Add Chapter 5 “Marijuana” and along the North line of said Lot 1 a distance of 676.19 feet to the point of beginning; thence Section 8-501 S86º09’45” East continuing along said North line 118 feet to the Northeasterly line of said Lot 1; thence S44º58’35” East along said Northeasterly line 109.12 feet; thence S03º50’15” West Eligible persons may register to vote, change their voter registration address or change their name perpendicular to said North line 78.14 feet; thence N86º09’45” West parallel with said North line in any of the following ways: 200.12 feet; thence N03º50’15” East perpendicular to said North line 150 feet to the point of • In Person - At your county clerk’s office; the Lansing City Clerk’s Office (124 W. Michigan beginning; said parcel containing 12.09 acres more or less Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933, (517) 483-4133); any Secretary of State Branch office; designated agencies administered under the Department of Human Services, the from “F” Commercial & “J” Parking Districts to “DM-2” Residential District. The purpose of the rezoning Department of Community Health, and the Department of Labor and Economic Growth; or is to permit the buildings at 3600 Dunckel Road to be converted to Planned Residential Development military recruitment offices. intended for student housing. • By Mail - By submitting a mail-in voter registration application to the Lansing City Clerk (124 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933 or your county clerk. For more information about this case, phone City Council Offices on City business days, Monday • Online - Voter registration addresses may be changed with a driver’s license or personal through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please i.d. number at www.expressSOS.com. attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Monday, September 30, 2013, at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933 1696. Chris Swope, Certified Municipal Clerk Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope, City Clerk City Pulse • September 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

for Peace and Opposing U.S. Military CAPITAL AREA DISTRICT LIBRARIES Syria Action in Syria. “We need to put pressure not on a from page 6 military attack, but some very grand MEET THE AUTHOR diplomatic move to alleviate the situa- students to “speak as one voice against tion,” said Ann Francis, one of the orga- the united voices of decadence, individ- nizers. Luis Carlos Montalván ualism, Marxism, and Modernity” — is That could include an arms embargo, holding a pro-Assad, anti-intervention empowering ethnic and religious minor- rally. (See infobox). The rally is in sup- ities to have a voice in politics, and more Former Army Captain Montalván is the port of minority Christians in Syria humanitarian relief for Syrian refugees, author of the New York Times bestselling who members say are being protected she said. “No military attack and no mili- memoir Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior by Assad. The group has dropped plans tary intervention doesn’t mean we don’t to burn Qurans and pictures of the do anything.” and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him. Prophet Muhammad to mark the anni- Along with Tuesday himself, he’ll be here versary of 9/11, one of the organizers, — Andy Balaskovitz to talk about how this very special service Matt Heimbach, said. The other protest has been organized dog helped him recover from both physical by the Lansing Area Ad Hoc Committee wounds and crippling post-traumatic stress disorder. PUBLIC NOTICES CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT AVAILABLE Books will be available for sale and signing. AND PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE City of East Lansing CDBG Program

The City of East Lansing has completed the 2012 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report covering activities from 7/1/12 through 6/30/13. This is to provide notice that the formal 15 calendar day comment period on the 5IVSTEBZ
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QN Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report begins on September 11, 2013 and concludes on September 26, 2013. Individuals wishing to see and review the Performance Report may do so at the City’s Planning, Building & Development Department located in Room 217, East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

The East Lansing Community Development Advisory Committee will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 5:30 p.m., in Court Room 2, 54-B District Court, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing, to receive comments on the CDBG program performance during the 2012 program year. Individuals and groups wishing to comment on the program performance are 3500 S. Cedar Street, Lansing encouraged to attend the public hearing. 517-272-9840 | cadl.org

Written comments may also be submitted and should be addressed to the CD Advisory Committee, in care of the East Lansing Planning, Building, Development Department no later than 5:00 p.m., on September 26, 2013 or should be presented to the Committee at the public hearing.

The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. (517) 319-6930. TDD 1-800-649-3777. THIS WEEK: Conflict in Syria For further information you may telephone the Department of Planning, Building, and Development Department at (517) 319-6930. Hosted by Marie McKenna, City Clerk Newsmakers Berl Schwartz Dated: September 11, 2013

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013

TO: Citizens of the City of Lansing

FROM: Virg Bernero, Mayor

PURPOSE: NOTIFICATION OF AVAILABILITY OF THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

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Laura Johnson/City Pulse Henry DeBlouw, left, president of Mike Pirrone Produce, and Jack Sinclair, vice president of Wal-Mart's grocery division, lead a group into a pumpkin field.

By LAURA JOHNSON And one of the things they’ve wanted our help with is how reality. This is a factory farm of about 14,000 acres, plus a ost people around here haven’t heard of Capac. to eat healthier food,” she said. few thousand more in other states, with a labor force of 400 A village about an hour north of Detroit and In response, the multinational corporation has pledged to 500 workers, much of it migrant labor. According to the M 90 minutes from Lansing, Capac has a popula- to bring customers more fruits and vegetables while U.S. Department of Agriculture, family farms are defined by tion of less than 2,000 and a rural landscape historically continuing to slash costs: “The big thing for us is price,” ownership and operation, not by size or labor commitments. shaped by farming. Its name stands for “Cows And Pigs Thomas explained. “Our customers tell us they just cannot About 96 percent of U.S. farms can be called family farms, And Chickens,” someone jokingly told me. afford to pay more for healthier choices.” but increasingly they rely on rented land, hired labor, con- But while agriculture still colors the area, over the decades In 2011, Wal-Mart pledged to save customers $1 billion tracted services, mechanization, chemicals and other “labor- its farms have morphed, like so many across the country, from a year on produce, along with another pledge to get a Wal- saving innovations” deemed efficient by the market. smaller family farms to large industrial ones that can’t seem Mart in every so-called food desert in the country. “Over Henry DeBlouw, the 30-year-old president of Mike Pir- to stop growing. They are farms like Mike Pirrone Produce, the last two years we’ve already saved them $2.3 billion,” rone Produce, is a fifth-generation farmer, but he said he which I drove out to tour early one August morning. spends most of his time in the office instead of the Certain images probably spring to mind when you field. “I live on the phone,” he laughed. After distribut- picture a farm tour: pigs, chickens, fields of produce, “Consider who’s defining these words and what we’re trying ing hairnets and gloves, DeBlouw led the tour group bales of hay, an old-timey red tractor. What might into the farm’s cooler and pack house. not come to mind are suits, assembly lines, reporters to sustain here. For Wal-Mart, I’m sure it’s sustaining their The pack house was a whirl of activity — thousands and corporate executives of the world’s biggest food profits and increasing their customers and control over the of cucumbers floated down conveyor belts, sorted by retailer, Wal-Mart. Yet, increasingly, this is the reality market. And for me that’s not an element of sustainability — lines of mostly women into piles of “good” and “bad.” of food and farming. One of Wal-Mart’s sustainability efforts, Sinclair ex- The tour was attended by Andrea Thomas, Wal- environmentally or economically or in terms of social justice.” plained later, is to label more of the produce “good” so Mart’s vice president for sustainability, and Jack as to cut down on food waste. Sinclair, vice president of Wal-Mart’s grocery divi- Laura DeLind The group then piled onto a bus to see some sion — which makes him the single largest buyer of co-founder of the Lansing Urban Farm Project and a Michigan State University anthropologist fields. We rode through downtown Capac with its food in the country and probably the world. They quiet and seemingly struggling Main Street and were in town from Bentonville, Ark., home of Wal- continued past large fields of squash, cucumbers Mart’s headquarters. and rhubarb. “There’s a sprayer up here on the For more than 10 years now, Wal-Mart has purchased Thomas said proudly. “And one of the ways we can do that left, and we need to buy one just like it,” said Joe Pirrone, some of its vegetables from Mike Pirrone Produce. The farm is to work with folks like (Mike Pirrone Produce), where whose father founded the farm in 1951. “So if anybody has grows cucumbers, peppers, zucchinis and pumpkins, among we source locally.” an extra $200,000, that’d be great,” he laughed. Large- others. And now that Wal-Mart is waving the local foods But the narrative is far deeper and more complex than scale farms, under constant pressure to keep growing, rely banner, like many large corporations across the country, the that. Wal-Mart’s sustainability campaign raises a number of heavily on such technologies. company promotes that hardcore. issues, not the least of which hinges on social and environ- The bus stopped at a 16-acre field of green peppers. A “One of the key initiatives we’re really working on is how mental justice. Some argue that corporate buy-in to “local” group of workers was off in the distance, picking and pass- we can be more relevant in each local store,” Sinclair said and “sustainable” is co-opting the terms and rewriting their ing the peppers down the line in bins. “We have to pay our with an endearing Scottish accent to a small crowd of invited definitions. Others wonder whether partnerships with Wal- help here $8 to $9 (an hour) in the field,” Pirrone told a reporters, bloggers and government staffers at the start of Mart are beneficial for farmers or communities at all, not to few of us. “Mexico pays $8 a day.” That makes it hard to the tour. “We’re looking to push our local sourcing as fast and mention how the presence of a Walmart store impacts the compete in a global marketplace, he lamented. as far as we can.” development of truly alternative food systems. And if sus- Pirrone wandered down a row and picked a bell pepper. Local sourcing means a fresher product, reduced trans- tainability is made to fit within a business model of lower They’re grown in raised beds and on plastic, he explained, portation costs and lower prices for customers, he said. “As costs and more output, aren’t we just continuing down the which keeps the ground warmer and pushes the nitrogen we try and improve the freshness, improve the prices of same road that created the socially and environmentally de- from the soil to the plant. Pirrone’s a tough-looking guy, products that we have, and the more local we source our pro- structive agricultural state we’re in now? and he knows his stuff. duce, the better it’s gonna be.” The seed is called Aristotle, Pirrone said. It’s a non-GMO Thomas took the stage next to talk about Wal-Mart’s A big family variety owned by Seminis, which in turn is owned by the sustainability efforts. “What we try to do is really listen ike Pirrone Produce is technically a family farm, but to our customers and care about what they’re looking for. M the imagery that term evokes doesn’t quite mesh with See Wal-Mart, Page 9 City Pulse • September 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9 Wal-Mart from page 8 controversial agribusiness giant Monsanto. When you look up the industrial food and farming chain these days, it almost always leads to the same place. “How do you control for pests?” I asked Pirrone. “Spray,” he answered. A farm of this size doesn’t really have much other choice. It tries to spray more natural rem- edies, though, he said. He picked a pepper leaf and pointed to some blue remnants. “This is copper,” he said. “Copper’s a natu- ral fungicide and keeps the disease out.” After another stop to wade through a pumpkin field, we set off to the Clinton Township Walmart to see the produce through its journey from farm to store. Traveling 30 miles south, we passed small- er farms with quiet farm stands and run- Laura Johnson/City Pulse down markets, tiny next to the massive Left: Joe Pirrone, whose father founded Mike Pirrone Produce in 1951, talking bell peppers in one of the farm’s many fields during an Mike Pirrone Produce. August farm tour. Right: Andrea Thomas (left) and Jack Sinclair, who both work at Wal-Mart's corporate headquarters in Bentonville, But to Wal-Mart, Mike Pirrone Produce Ark., lead a farm-to-store tour near Capac. isn’t massive. “That’s on the small end of our farms,” Sinclair told me as we admired the ploy, or is there more to it? Lansing-area smaller-scale farmers out of the market- Walmart stores plopping down in food bins of locally grown produce in the Walmart farmers and some regional experts wanted place, disconnected communities, perpet- deserts and small communities in general store, the faces of the farmers we’d just met to chime in on these controversial and com- uated cycles of poverty and tied farmers to — while they may be devoid of corporate smiling up at us. “Some of the agribusinesses plex issues. technologies, chemicals and practices that options that will be of help to some, many we work with are much, much bigger.” are increasingly recognized to be harmful places are developing truly alternative sys- Looking around the store at the semi- Wal-Mart and sustainability and unsustainable, he said. tems, like Detroit and some parts of Lan- creepy “rollback” prices smiley faces, I asked he first thing that needs to be done “Monoculture is efficient,” DeLind sing. “This type of resistance is threatened Sinclair and Thomas how they think such T is to define what Wal-Mart means gave as an example. “But you introduce by the arrival of Wal-Mart, or any super- low prices, ever-growing corporate profits by “sustainability.” one germ or one environmental problem, market,” Schnakenberg said. and sustainability can all co-exist if sustain- “Consider who’s defining these words and and the whole mega-system comes falling “We have to have multiple kinds of op- ability means internalizing costs that have what we’re trying to sustain here,” said Laura down. And so when you think in terms of tions,” DeLind admitted. “But I have never been externalized on the environment, farm DeLind, co-founder of the Lansing Urban environmental issues, it’s diversity that seen something, once it gets so large and workers, animals, laborers or Wal-Mart em- Farm Project and a Michigan State Univer- protects us, it’s the ability of many things consolidated, do good for the large major- ployees — or all of the above. After all, the sity anthropologist. “For Wal-Mart, I’m sure to do the same job so that if one piece col- ity of people, or even anything but a small quest for the lowest price and the highest it’s sustaining their profits and increasing lapses it all doesn’t fall apart. minority.” output is what sent jobs overseas and created their customers and control over the market. “Wal-Mart is about growth and captur- a host of social and environmental problems And for me that’s not an element of sustain- ing wealth among a very small percentage Wal-Mart and community in the first place, making the “local” and “sus- ability — environmentally or economically of the global population,” she said. “Real ut Wal-Mart insists on its dedication tainable” push seem somewhat ironic. or in terms of social justice.” sustainability is the redistribution and the B to building strong local communities. “Sustainability does not have to cost Wal-Mart’s “everyday low price” business spread of resources in ways that make it “We want to operate as a solid partner in more, actually,” Thomas answered, slightly model is built on maximizing growth and possible for the vast majority of people to each community,” Sinclair said on the farm defensive. “A lot of sustainability is about be- profits. By some measures, it is the largest live in ways that are meaningful and main- tour. “And agriculture plays such a key role in ing more efficient with your resources, and company in the world, with close to 11,000 tain their welfare.” making sure that we play a part.” as you become more efficient then it actually retail stores in 27 countries globally. Its 2012 “That’s just bullshit,” said Mark Kastel, co- should lower costs.” revenue of almost $447 billion was 15 times So who’s in charge here? director of the Cornucopia Institute, head- “This isn’t about PR, but how to make a larger than that of McDonald’s. uch control and power is the key to real quartered in Wisconsin. “Wal-Mart’s busi- better business,” Sinclair added, before de- According to a 2007 policy brief from The S sustainability, especially in terms of al- ness model is to pillage communities. They claring: “But sustainability in the world has Oakland Institute, Wal-Mart’s business phi- ternative food systems. are job destroyers — the net number of jobs to fit in with our business model.” losophy “undermines labor, local economies, “The control’s in Bentonville, Ark.,” in a community goes down and the wages go Ultimately, the corporation’s goal is to and the interests of producers and suppliers.” Schnakenberg said, referring to the birth- down. And in terms of community monetary give the customers what they want, they both At the same time, the report continued, “to place of Wal-Mart. “Not the local commu- contributions, they’re cheapskates.” agreed. “What we can’t be is the decider” of some degree it is simply the most success- nity. Decisions are made far away that affect “Wal-Mart just moved in around here,” consumer behavior, Sinclair said adamantly. ful player in an economic system that has people over vast spaces without real input said Paul Titus of Titus Farms, a 40-acre “It’s kind of hard to change customer evolved to favor large, integrated companies from those affected most. I think a great deal family farm in Leslie that employs eco- behaviors. You have to decide for yourself,” over smaller-scale, independent businesses.” more power ought to be exercised by people logically conscious practices. “And the first Thomas said. “So we ultimately want to serve As stated on Wal-Mart’s website, the in their local communities. And I don’t mean thing you see is all the small places are what our customers want to buy, and we company is “committed to using size and in official power structures, I mean people gone, and then the larger farmers are defi- know what they buy, so those are the things scale to help the world live better.” Sinclair getting together and deciding what they nitely able to buy out the small farmers. we can focus on to make more sustainable.” and Thomas stressed efficiency as the key. want things to be like.” We just can’t compete. But do customers tell corporations what But efficiency, which essentially means cut- People have to reclaim control of the “Eggs is a good example,” he said. “It costs they want, or vice versa? Do such power- ting costs, is a loaded term. food system, DeLind said. “We need to us $2 a dozen to produce eggs, while some ful companies have a responsibility to raise “You have to be really ‘efficient’ to com- find ways to allow people to take respon- of the huge producers (that supply to Wal- consumer awareness and fuel social change? pete in this globalized marketplace,” said sibility for it, ownership of the processes Mart) do millions a day, and they can do it When Wal-Mart goes local, who’s really in Gary Schnakenberg, an MSU geographer and resources that they need to maintain for less than $1. So the minute these monster charge? And are Wal-Mart’s “local” and “sus- who critically studies agriculture. But the their own welfare.” farms come in, we can’t compete with them. tainable” campaigns just another marketing quest for efficiency and growth has driven That’s why some lament the idea of See Wal-Mart, Page 10 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 11, 2013

Laura Johnson/City Pulse Mike Pirrone Produce's pack house. On the Assembly- line workers, mostly women, sort through bus thousands of An able-bodied writer cucumbers. with two cars and his internal conflict while riding Wal-Mart’s shuttle Jordan Bradley/City Pulse By ANDY MCGLASHEN About 15 people are aboard the Saturday bus to the Walmart Supercenter in Delta Township. Two are in wheelchairs. Most are seniors, a few with their grandkids. There’s a lot of laughter among the passengers, who all seem to know each other. It’s an outing. “We can think about local not as how The driver, Kim Anderson — who is effortlessly friendly and knows most passen- Wal-Mart far away it is but how specific it is to a gers by name — says today’s group is typical. place. It’s the sense of community that “This is their way to get out and get to the store,” she said. “I haul a lot of elderly and from page 9 we have,” she said. “You might have a disabled people, and people without transportation, and they think this is a great thing. farm like Mike Pirrone Produce keep- My people ride two days a week. That’s what they count on.” People say they can go to the store and buy ing some money in the community, but it Wal-Mart launched the free shuttle service in the spring to its stores in Delta them for $1.30, and I say we can’t even raise doesn’t add to the community.” Township, Okemos and Eastwood Towne Center. The retailer contracts with the them for that! So nothing against Wal-Mart, She points to the risks of dependence Owosso-based bus company Indian Trails to pick up shoppers from retirement com- but for the small guy, for the small business undertaken by the farms that sell to Wal- munities, mobile home parks, apartment complexes and other stops. Each store runs person, we just don’t do well around them.” Mart. “There’s company after company a shuttle two days a week, twice per day. There also are Indian Trails shuttles to The Oakland Institute report states that that have put all their eggs in one basket Walmart stores in Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo and Muskegon. when communities shift from local to na- when it comes to Wal-Mart and lost,” she I don’t shop much at a Walmart, probably for the same reasons many City Pulse tional or multinational businesses, it has said. “So I think it’s foolish, but I also un- readers don’t. Critics say the world’s largest retailer pays its employees squat and major impacts on the local economy. “Large derstand that any large-scale company like caps their hours so they can’t get benefits, discriminates against women, is staunchly chains have a more difficult time sourcing lo- Wal-Mart or Meijer or Kroger has to have anti-union and crushes local mom-and-pop stores. cal food than independent retailers because a steady supply of something, but that’s a So I was game when the Pulse asked me to ride the bus and — I’m paraphrasing here they deal in huge quantities and their distri- mentality that can change.” — see if it’s just a way to shake the spare change out of Lansing’s economy and place it in bution chains are highly centralized.” For others, Wal-Mart’s buy-in is good the soft pink hands of Sam Walton’s hoggish offspring. So then, what of Wal-Mart’s new- news for the local food movement. “People On one hand: Yes, of course it is. The shuttle cruises past local businesses and brings ly strengthened commitment to local can be narrow-minded and not see the more wallets into Wal-Mart. Not by being sweethearts did the Walton family come to sourcing? good in it,” Titus said. “Wal-Mart’s looking own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of Americans. The shuttle creates a con- ahead to the future and sees there’s some- flict not unlike Wal-Mart’s latest push to redefine sustainable agriculture, which has the Wal-Mart and the local food movement thing to this ‘local.’ … At least they know potential to drive small, local arms into the arms of dependency on the corporate giant al-Mart defines local as anything we’re out there. (see accompanying story). W within state borders. “So you could “These people are smart, and I think they But if I were among the one in four Lansing residents who live below the poverty line, be down in Monroe County in the southeast want to get on the bandwagon,” he said. I’d care about price. Period. And whatever the external costs may be, Wal-Mart’s prices corner of the state and be getting some crop “Some of this is promotion, they’ve seen the are low. Plus, Lansing was not designed for the convenience of people without vehicles. from over in the lake regions in the north- farmers’ markets jumping up everywhere. If I didn’t have a car — and none of the bus passengers I spoke with does — I’d appreci- west and be pretty darn far away,” Kastel But I’m all for it because it’s great advertising ate a place where I could buy groceries, clothes and household goods all under one roof. said. “They’re using a very coarse definition.” for the small farmer too.” Whether it’s ultimately good for Lansing is open for debate, but there’s no doubt The company will source locally when Titus’ theory is that with the increased Valerie Treve-Reed sees the bus as a service to her. it’s economically beneficial for them only, use of the term, more people will think of She and her husband, Michael Reed, are on food stamps. Michael is in a wheel- Kastel continued. “They’re using the normal farmers markets as a place to do some of chair because he has spina bifida. The couple shares an apartment in Woodbridge matrix they use for all their purchasing deci- their shopping. He hopes so, at least, be- Manor, just off South Cedar Street. Jean Reed, Michael’s mother — also in a wheel- sions, which is price. … They think it’s good cause he worries about the long-term con- chair — lives in a unit nearby. marketing and it might save transportation sequences of our industrialized and dis- “I like Wal-Mart because they’ve got better meats cheaper than over to Meijer,” Treve- costs, but it’s not like they’re willing to pay connected food system. Reed says. a big premium to these farmers because “They don’t realize the impact there Like others I spoke with, she says she’d still shop at Wal-Mart either way, but the they’re higher quality. might be in 40 years,” he said. “And it’s really shuttle saves her the added cost and hassle of taking CATA. “I call this ‘farming by press release.’ It’s sad that this younger generation has no idea I asked City Pulse sustainability columnist Terry Link, a harsh critic of Wal-Mart, a lot easier to support the local food move- where our food comes from, or how to cook.” what he thought. He said greater Lansing should work on fixing the underlying issues ment on paper or a website or on tours than There’s some good and some bad to that make the shuttle feel like a service. it is to do the heavy lifting,” he said. Wal-Mart’s local push, most everyone “If it’s a transportation issue, let’s look at transportation,” Link said. “If it’s access While Marjorie Johns of Stone Cloud agreed. “The big issue here is if you’re seek- to food, let’s look at access to food.” Gardens in St. Johns thinks the different ing a new alternative or working within And if Wal-Mart really wants to help customers, Link said, it ought to stop build- systems have to coexist, she pointed to major the current, taken-for-granted system,” ing stores on Lansing’s fringes and put one in the city. differences between Wal-Mart’s definition of Schnakenberg said. When we get to the Walmart store, Anderson tells the shoppers she’ll be back for local food and her own. “Local used to mean “Is it a bad thing they’re doing?” Kastel them in two hours. something indigenous to a place,” she said. asked. “No. Is it worthy of lauding them as Shirley, who says I’d better not use her last name, asks if I’ll be riding back with them. “Local was measured by familiarity, not dis- a leader in the local and sustainable food I just shake my head. I don’t tell her I drove to the bus stop, or that my wife will pick tance. The term ‘food miles’ is a corruption movement? me up in our other car. of this concept. “No.” City Pulse • September 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER In Gray’s simple composition, a mirror- like aluminum sphere nestles between a cream-colored slab of limestone and a Permanent darker slab of stainless steel. “You’ll look in this glazing ball and you’ll be able to see yourself,” Gray said. The slabs, knit together by three metal ridges, speak of the divides Busby bridged ‘Buzz’ — most conspicuously the racial one. Many Long-awaited Old Town people see the sphere as a heart, but to Gray, it is more than that. Instead of a light-sucking sculpture honors Robert Busby ego, Busby’s “heart” is the shiny bit of spheri- cal perfection he drew out of other people. By LAWRENCE COSENTINO “It’s like Robert in essence to me,” Gray It didn’t take long after Robert Busby’s said. death in 2007 for people to call for a sculp- Gray first came to the Old Town Com- ture honoring Old mercial Association with the design shortly Town’s guiding after Busby’s death. Ena Busby loved the spirit. It took a lot drawings right away. longer to make it “It’s the most beautiful thing someone happen. could do as a tribute to my father,” she said. Sunday after- Meegan Holland, Busby’s mate from the noon, a sculpture by mid-‘90s until his death, said Gray’s sculp- because I’m a stone Courtesy photos Maureen Bergquist ture is “perfect.” sculptor,” Gray said. (Top) Sculptor Gray, Busby’s old “It’s organic. It’s touchable. It speaks to Gray said the Maureen friend and former me. We all trusted her to come up with a per- sculpure’s location Bergquist Old Town denizen, fect design, and she did,” Holland said. is “great.” When she Gray, a will be dedicated In its heyday, the Creole Gallery hosted lived in Old Town, longtime Busby next to the Brenke big names like Wynton Marsalis, Mose Alli- she often walked her friend of Fish Ladder, where son and the MSU Professors of Jazz. Holland dog along the nearby Robert Busby often strolled near the old coal silos did the booking and Busby cooked meals for Lansing River Trail. Busby’s, just south of Turner Street. Visitors will be the musicians upstairs. Thought-provoking Money and mor- works on the invited to help put in hundreds of plants for art graced every wall, in the gallery and up- tality drew the proj- piece that will the landscaping around the site. stairs in Busby’s crib. ect out longer than be dedicated The only thing missing will be Busby him- “He introduced me to a whole new world anyone expected. Sunday in self, but his daughter, Ena Busby, said a fuss of artists and musicians,” Holland said. “We’ve gone a Old Town. like this wasn’t her dad’s thing anyway. Gray was one of those artists. Holland no- long road with this (Bottom) “He would have said, ‘You guys are doing ticed that Gray called Busby “Buzz.” one,” Gray said. For Gray’s untitled too much,’” Busby said. “When people called him that, I knew two years, she cared sculpture will That would make him a minority of one. they went way back,” Holland said. for her ailing parents be installed in From the early 1990s until his death, Rob- “He was family,” Gray said. “We could sit and didn’t have time an area near ert Busby was a friend and quiet mentor to on a bench for hours and feel at ease with to work. the Brenke countless artists each other. He did that for almost anyone After a spurt of Fish Ladder. Remembering and non-artists, he met.” support in the wake Robert Busby bridge-builder Ena Busby and Holland saw no need for a of Busby’s death, Planting and sculpture between the city’s formal commission for the sculpture. a trickle of private dedication diverse commu- “We just all thought it was a good idea and donations, includ- 2-5 p.m. Sunday we all trusted her to do it,” Holland said. Burchard Park, next to nities, owner of ing a fundraiser at Brenke Fish Ladder in Old the Creole Gallery After working for several years in Grand the Creole Gallery in Town Rapids, Holland moved back to Lansing Suggested donation $5; bring and much more. 2011, finally raised garden tools and gloves The city went into this year as statewide news editor for MLive the $4,500 needed Contact Louise Gradwohl at Media Group, in time for the long-awaited for the sculpture. A the Old Town Commercial shock in Febru- Association ary 2007, when he sculpture to go into place. mix of donations and grants raised another Ena Busby hopes more donors step up to (517) 485-4283 was killed by an “Now I’m back and it’s happening,” she $16,000 for landscaping, a pedestal, a two- make the garden a “Busby-esque place.” itinerant handy- said. “I’m very glad to be back.” color gravel walkway and 400 plants. “There’s a new playground nearby,” Bus- man he had taken in and given work. Gray works in a semi-rural house and Holland likes the setting, but she’s skepti- by said. “You can play, then go over and get Busby was an artist himself, so a sculp- workshop near Traverse City. She makes her cal about the two-tone gravel walkway. some culture. Sit and have a moment with ture seemed a perfect tribute, but Ena Bus- bigger sculptures outdoors, in the middle of “I wonder if they really think the dif- someone.” by was amused by some well-meaning early a rescue farm crowded with sheep, llamas, ferent colored pebbles will stay within the But Busby is almost frighteningly good ideas, including a bust of her father. alpaca, goats and horses. lines,” Holland said. “Nothing stays within at switching to her father’s “enough is “A bust?” she laughed. “He would roll In his own art, Busby used found objects the lines in Old Town.” enough” tone. over, get up and come and choke whoever such as discarded shoes, window frames, Ena Busby and Louise Gradwohl, execu- “I think it’s the last thing we’re going to decided that was OK.” dolls, barbed wire and his own hair, carefully tive director of the Old Town Commercial do in his honor. We’ve got the bridge,” she Gray knew Robert Busby wouldn’t want saved over the decades. Gray wanted her trib- Association, want to see benches and more said, referring to the Turner Street Bridge Old Town to behold his stone mug in perpe- ute to blend materials as well. plantings go in. Donors can help via a Kick- over the Grand River, named after Busby in tuity, so she went the opposite way. “The metals were a little reach for me, starter drive at the association’s website. 2009. “This is enough.” 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 11, 2013

a chilly space to groove to island jazz, but Courtesy Photo Charles doesn’t see it that way. Jazz musician Etienne Charles “I love to play in museums,” Charles said. plays the Broad Riding high, flying home “My very first gig in New York as a leader Art Museum was at the Museum of Modern Art.” Asked Thursday. “I Back at MSU, trumpeter Etienne Charles blasts into the Broad Museum to write original music for MOMA’s Sum- love to play in mergarden series, Charles visited the museums,” the response” to the challenge of breaking out of museum and soaked up the art Trinidad-born By LAWRENCE COSENTINO bandleader said. Etienne Charles is on a “Creole Soul” roll. the jazz box without losing respect among ahead of the gig. The Trinidad-born trumpeter/compos- hard-core jazzheads. He plans to do er/bandleader and youngest of the MSU But the disc is already a relic, according the same at the Professors of Jazz hits Michigan State to Charles. Broad, which University’s Broad Art Museum Thursday “The music has completely changed from he’s only seen for a back-to-school bash that celebrates what we recorded,” Charles said. “It goes all from the outside. Charles’ hot new CD. over the place now.” “I’m going to Charles, 30, returns to his post at MSU This year, Charles and a group with see if there’s any- after tearing across MSU alumnus and bassist Ben Williams thing I can tap Etienne Charles the hemisphere hit the Tobago Jazz Experience and the into,” he said. “Mu- with an evolving St. Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival and played a sicians react to the Quintet: Creole Soul blend of cerebral packed fundraiser for the Hyde Park Jazz art around them, the 7 p.m. Thursday jazz and island Festival in Chicago. same way they react Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum dance grooves “Then it got crazy,” Charles said. He rat- to the people in a room, 547 E. Circle Drive, East that’s getting na- tled off a succession of dates from Toronto to because art is just a reflection of peo- Lansing $10/$7 students and tional attention. New York to Denver, Los Angeles and sev- ple’s thoughts and emotions. So we’re members The dean of eral California stops. naturally going to react to it.” broadmuseum.msu.edu The New York Despite his international reach, it’s On an outdoor stage or inside a Times jazz crit- rare for Charles to play his own music in museum, Charles lets the music go where MSU professor Diego Rivera on saxo- ics, Ben Ratliff, gave Charles a lot of ink Michigan, where he usually ends up as a it will, according to the mood and the mu- phone; Randy Napoleon on guitar; Corey for a packed show at Manhattan's Le Pois- sideman with his illustrious colleagues, sicians on hand. “The Folks,” a tune dedi- Kendrick, a professional jazz musician son Rouge July 24, praising Charles for bassist Rodney Whitaker and the MSU cated to Charles’ parents, had a calypso from Illinois who moved to Michigan last stretching his musical appeal while keep- Professors of Jazz. groove on “Creole Soul.” year for graduate studies at MSU, on pia- ing his music “intellectually sound.” Charles is eager to get inside the angular “Now when we play it live, every solo has no; Joe Vasquez on bass; and Cuban-born “He’s got it about as right as he can,” new art museum and fill it with soul. a completely different thing behind it, and percussionist Pepe Espinos. Ratliff wrote. “It’s really extraordinary,” he said of the every night is different,” he said. “One night “It’s fun to play for new audiences,” Last week, “Creole Soul” notched in its building. “Talk about architecture as art — we went completely free jazz! I can’t say Charles said. “They come expecting to hear third week in a row at No. 1 on the Jazz- you cannot NOT see it as you drive by.” what it’s going to be the next night.” a jazz concert, and we give them some- Week charts. Ratliff called the CD a “smart A contemporary art museum might seem Joining Charles at the Broad are fellow thing a little bit different.”

porary mixes. This year will also feature an increased ‘The heart of number of vendors, as well as a beer tent (for a $5 cover), food booths and a vari- ety of merchandise booths, children’s ac- the barrio’ tivities and community booths for non- Third annual fest honors Lansing’s profits and businesses. With the exception of Ian Henret- The music, dancing and feasting on ty, in a featured role as a tap-dancing Spanish language population festival weekend is a colorful blast from Zombie be good delivery boy with a heart of gold, the By CITY PULSE STAFF North Lansing’s rich Latino past. Fes- show’s other men are tepid and indis- This weekend, Lansing will get a fes- tival organizer Lorenzo Lopez said this Over the Ledge show gets tinct. Henretty is quiet and intently tive reminder that Old Town’s stretch weekend’s festival is more than a nod to laughs with sci-fi parody quirky, clear in his performance. of Grand River Avenue is also “el córa- the old days. He called it “a coming to- All this manic monkey business is zon del barrio chicano,” “the heart of gether of community.” By TOM HELMA aided by an on- the Chicano barrio.” The festival will also help the com- “Zombies from the Beyond” is a campy stage three-piece “Zombies from the The Lansing for César Chávez Com- mittee further its goal of erecting a musical melodrama that pays homage orchestra, fea- Beyond” mittee throws its biggest bash of the gateway honoring Chávez at the en- to the cheesy science fiction turing musical Over the Ledge Theatre Co. year, the Tejano/Latino Music Fest, tranceway to Lot 56. Most of the pro- Review black-and-white movies of director Sha- Through Saturday 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday in City Lot 56, the plaza in the heart ceeds from the festival, Lopez said, will the mid-‘50s. It’s a silly send- ron Garner on $12 adults/$10 seniors/$7 of Old Town and the old barrio, now go toward the gateway, to recognize the up, with elements of parody and nostal- keyboard, Scott students named César E. Chávez Plaza. “heart of the barrio.” Ledges Playhouse, 137 gia thrown into the mix, driven by solid Harding on per- Fitzgerald Park Drive, Grand In its third year, the free festival will “Once the gateway is up, it will be the singing, good acting and decent dancing. cussion and ac- Ledge expand to two days; previously it was a only (monument) in the Midwest to Ce- Lead actress Erin Biel plays Mol- cordionist Dan (517) 318-0579 overtheledge.org single-day event. Expect a marathon of sar Chavez. He did a lot of work in this ly Malone, a perfectly coiffed ‘50s- Alt. Alt’s cre- Latino and Tejano sounds, with polka, area, and it’s important for people in this era ingénue. Kayla Greene turns in atively dissonant cumbia, salsa, merengue and contem- area to recognize that work.” a scene-stealing supporting role as musings and Garner’s riffs combine to Charlene “Charley” Osmanski, a sec- create a murky musical ambience. Entertainment Inspiracion 3:30-5:30 p.m.: participation retary who gets spicy in the dance And what would a sci fi musical sat- Schedule: 7 p.m.-midnight: La Hermanos Escamilla 8:30-10:30 p.m.: number “Blast Off Baby.” ire be without silly props? A tiny flying Corporacion 5:30-6 p.m.: Norma Tejano Funk Rachel Mender plays Zombina, the saucer swinging from a string descends FRIDAY SATURDAY Contreras 10:30-11 p.m.: Nelly headmistress zombie who uses her full- from the rafters, earning laughs, as did 6-7 p.m.: Opening Noon-1 p.m.: Opening 6-8 p.m.: Conjunto Ruperto ceremonies throated coloratura soprano to disable the only weapon left to humankind to ceremonies Champz 11 p.m.-midnight: 6:30 p.m.-7 p.m.: 1-3 p.m.: Grupo 8-8:30 p.m.: Salsa/ Tejano Funk the menfolk, turning them into bug-eyed stop the zombie invasion: a vacuum Ballet Folklorica Explosivo Merengue audience minions. cleaner. Yeah, it’s that kind of show.

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you’re bringing all that excitement to the compelling new sounds. Pegher praised hewn material are polished and stacked into front of the stage.” Muffitt as one of a dwindling few conduc- the kind of massive edifice Muffitt loves to Beauty from Each time Pegher plays the cadenza — the tors willing to take a risk at introducing take his audience through. improvised solo that brings everything to a new music to audiences. “It has the greatest emotional depth of head — she looks for new ways to weave the “Tim picks really good pieces that are his symphonies,” Muffitt said. “It holds to- the beats concerto’s manifold themes and moods to- new to audiences, but he has a great way of gether and comes across in an even more gether. “I’m not out to impress the audience getting them ready for it and presenting it,” powerful and profound way than any of his Percussionist Lisa Pegher wants to whack with how fast I can play,” she said. “If I can she said. “I wish there were more conduc- other symphonic works.” lyrical at Lansing Symphony opener get the audience to hear those themes in the tors out there willing to take risks like this.” The opener is Romanian composer percussion line, then I can succeed in making Muffitt will fold Pegher’s percussion pano- George Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. By LAWRENCE COSENTINO sense of the entire piece for everybody.” ply into a rugged Eastern European musical 1, a jaunty romp that lightly hints at the A bomb goes off in a fireworks factory. Audiences have a tendency to lose it after landscape Friday night. The anchor of the rustic roots of the Dvorak to come. The “Nothing to see here,” a cop barks to the on- watching Pegher throw herself into the ca- concert is Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7, music is so much fun it inspired serious- lookers as fireballs erupt behind him. denza and spontaneously burst into cheers. which Muffitt considers the composer’s best. minded Muffitt to fire off a rare bon mot. That’s the paradox of Friday night’s explo- Nothing to see here, folks. “It’s the symphony where we see his mas- “It’s a very unusual piece,” he said. “I sive Lansing Symphony opener. (It’s also a “If Tim takes a second too long to bring tery of the form,” Muffitt said. True to Dvor- would say that it’s one of a kind, except that scene from the classic ‘80s cop spoof “Police the orchestra in, the audience will start clap- ak’s folk-based style, blocks of rustic, rough- he wrote two of them.” Squad.”) Athletic percussionist Lisa Pegher ping,” she said. “If it’s just soon enough, the will join maestro audience realizes it’s not over.” Lansing Derby Vixens Lansing Symphony Timothy Muffitt The cadenza is the musical mountaintop, Orchestra and the home but Pegher’s favorite moments in the concer- Roller Derby Doubleheader! Lisa Pegher, percussion team for a senses- to are the lyrical ones. At the start, mysterious 8 p.m. Friday Wharton Center Cobb Great shattering per- solo ripples lap at the shore of silence. Vixens All-Stars Capital Hall cussion concerto “Immediately the audience is drawn in $15-50 vs. Corruption (517) 487-5001 by Pulitzer Prize- to that introspective, great sound of the whartoncenter.com winning composer marimba,” Pegher said. Killamazoo vs. Jennifer Higdon. An aching melody in the middle of the Derby Darlins Killa Crew Pegher, 33, joined Muffitt and the LSO concerto requires Pegher to handle three in- for a stunning performance of Joseph struments at once. Mallets tucked under her Schwantner’s percussion concerto in 2008. arm, she draws a bow over the vibraphone Saturday Sept. 21, 2013 Muffitt is relentless when it comes to to coax haunting overtones. That’s when she The Lansing Center following the emotional thread, even in the finds her work most satisfying. most overwhelming music. He admires the “When I have a great, beautiful line to Tickets just $12 in advance: www.etix.com! same trait in Pegher. play on the vibraphone, or I get to bow Use code “citypulse” to get tix for just $10! “She transcends the surface technical something, that makes me feel great as a wizardry of solo percussion playing and soloist, because I get to present percussion Kids 10 & under are free! probes the depths of the music,” Muffitt as it should be presented, as a beautiful said. “Both of the pieces I’ve done with her musical instrument,” she said. have a great deal of emotional depth.” That goes for the drums, too. Pegher is most concerned with bring- “People think you just stand up there ing out Higdon’s rich textures with maxi- and beat them, but that’s not the case,” Treat mum clarity. “There are soloists who want she said. “You can play into the head and to make it into a circus act, and the ones it makes a harsh, difficult sound. You play who are trying to get the beauty and the up from the head and get a really beautiful yourself... substance of the music across,” Pegher said, tone out of the drum.” leaving no doubt which camp she favors. She wants to do what any solo pianist or But there’s something intense about per- violinist does, only with a room full of cool cussion, period. The mere sight of a stage hardware. In the past decade, a series of bristling up front with drums, vibraphones, richly textured percussion concertos, from ...This month marimbas, crotales and assorted exotica is Higdon’s and Schwantner’s to a vinegary new startling in the orchestral world. double concerto for percussion and saxo- “When we’re at the back of the orches- phone by composer Mathew Rosenblum, it’s on us! tra, percussion is often the icing on the cake, have given her a chance to do just that. what comes at the climax,” Pegher said. “Here The trick is cluing people in to these

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by ALLAN I. ROSS Courtesy Photo Thor Heyerdahl does for ethnography what Indiana Jones did for anthropology. case may be) beating each other to a pulp, The film “Kon- but there’s a way to do this without insulting Tiki” depicts High seas my intelligence. “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Heyerdahl’s got it right; so did “Die Hard,” “The Matrix” open water and last year’s superb “Dredd 3D.” Give me voyage to prove a character I can relate to, beat the hell out that ancient adventure of him for a couple hours and maybe let him Peruvians once win — is that too much to ask for? navigated the It’s man vs. nature in the You can add a new title to the list of South Pacific. true story of “Kon-Tiki” well-crafted, cerebral thrill rides: “Kon- Tiki.” Although some folks may be hard- he set sail on the South Pacific on a balsa When’s the last time you stared down nature The problem with most action/adventure pressed to put this in the same genre as an wood vessel constructed using 1,500-year- and dared it to blink? movies is that the plot seems like an after- entry in the “Fast & Furious” or “Bourne” old methods and materials. More than anything, Hagen’s hypnotic thought, an excuse to stitch one overblown canons, the swashbuckling ethos and sky- The bulk of the film is just Heyerdahl turn as Heyerdahl is what sells this movie. spectacle into the next. And I get it; I enjoy high stakes make this a pulse-pounder for and his five-man crew attempting to survive He’s beyond confident, beyond cocky, be- car chases, tanker explosions and muscly he- the thinking man. And how much awe- their floating self-maroonment and their yond egotistical in his devotion to his theory, men (or monsters and giant robots, as the somer is it that it’s based on a true story? unraveling psyches on the three-month- but at no point is he anything close to off- “Kon-Tiki” is the dramatization the voy- plus voyage. But let’s be clear: We are talk- putting. Whenever he’s challenged, whether age of real-life ethnographer/professional ing about a motor-less, nigh un-steerable it’s by a fellow academic or a scraggly radio adventurer Thor Heyerdahl (Pål Sverre craft traveling about than the distance from operator, he gets this devilish gleam in his Hagen), who theorized that the Polyne- Lansing to Moscow at an average speed of eye that says: “Doubt if you must, but I will sian islands weren’t settled by Asians, but 1.5 knots, or about 1.75 miles an hour — it’s be proved right.” And dammit if he isn’t. by ancient Peruvians who drifted there on like the anti-“Speed.” It’s easy to see why There’s an incredible shot near the end of rudimentary rafts. It was a tough sell to some folks might be skeptical. the film that puts the crew in an appropriate the scientific community and publications But don’t mistake the lackadaisical mo- context for mankind’s place in the world and AUTHOR EVENTS of his day, so Heyerdahl did the only thing mentum for a lack of tension, excitement or simultaneously sums up the human thirst for he could think of to test his idea: in 1947, drama. Nearly every scene is imbued with knowledge, exploration and adventure. As maRtha the inherent danger of being adrift on the the six men stare at the night sky, the camera ocean surrounded by man-eating sharks and slowly pulls out to reveal a macro shot of the BlOOmfIeld previously unobserved leviathans, where Earth, moon suspended just over the hori- even the mildest storm represents a possible zon; the shot then zooms back down to the My Eyes Feel Like endgame. This isn’t just a physical strug- planet’s surface to find the men still floating, gle; it’s mental combat with the elements. silently wondering whether they’ll succeed They Need to Cry: in their mission or die on the open sea. In the Stories from the end credits, the crew of Kon-Tiki was given credit for inspiring the first generation of as- Formerly Homeless tronauts and giving hope to a generation still

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Thursday, SEPT. 12 >> Comedy 4 A Cause Tommy Thompson, a Minneapolis-based funnyman, leads the next round of Comedy 4 A Cause to benefit the Michigan Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired. Connxtions Comedy Club hosts the 18-and-over event. Thompson, 35, is known for his emphatic comedic delivery. His high energy story telling has helped him become a finalist in the World Series of Comedy 2010. Owen Thomas will warm up the stage. 8 p.m. Visit connxtionscomedyclub.com for tickets. $15 donation. 2900 N. ON THE East St., Lansing. (517) 374-4242. Thursday, SEPT. 12 >> “M*A*S*H” at Riverwalk Theatre Visit your favorite characters of the 4077 Theater Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at the Riverwalk PREVIEW TOWNListings deadline is 5 p.m. the THURSDAY BEFORE Theatre. Directed by Justin Brewer, a new publication. Paid classes will be listed in print at the cost adventure with “M*A*S*H” will take you back to South of one enrollment (maximum $20). Please submit them to Korea. This time, Hawkeye and Duke wage a campaign to the events calendar at www.lansingcitypulse.com. If you need help, please call Dana at (517) 999-5069. Email send a young Korean to the United States to get a better information to [email protected]. education. After the success of the 1970 film, “M*A*S*H,” the TV show captured audiences for years. Despite the Wednesday, September 11 brevity of the Korean War, the TV show lasted for 11 Classes and Seminars seasons from 1972-‘83. riverwalktheatre.com 7 p.m. 228 Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 Museum Drive, Lansing. $8-$14 p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. Friday, SEPT. 13 >> Comedy Night at The Firm Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes & activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing The Lansing stand-up comedy scene is exploding. There are now four bars in the capital city featuring open Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840. mic comedy nights, with the latest to join the line-up being The Firm in downtown Lansing. Friday, host Jason Drawing Class. All skill levels, with Penny Collins. Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $60 for 4 Carlen will lead a pack of local comedians, including Mike Ball, Drew Grimaldi and Elvis Mujic, who will get weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St., Lansing. 12-15 minute sets. And if the weather’s nice, you can enjoy the comedy from The Firm’s patio. 8 p.m. FREE. (517) 999-1212. gallery1212.com. 227 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 487-3663. Drop-in Figure Drawing. Easels & drawing boards provided. 7-9:30 p.m. $7, $5 students. Kresge Art Center, located at Physics & Auditorium roads, MSU Friday, SEPT. 13 >> WWE at the Breslin Center Campus, East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. If you enjoy watching meatheads beat the crap out of each other, WWE is coming back to the Breslin Fear & Spirituality Discussion: 9/11. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, Center for the first time since 2010. It will include appearances by Ryback, Dean Ambrose, Roman 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Lansing. (517) 484-7434. Reigns and more. Ryback won the title of Most Hated Wrestler of the Year by Pro Wrestling Illustrated pilgrimucc.com. Overeaters Anonymous. For beginners and in 2010. With moves like “Shell Shock” and “Boulder Holder,” it’s easy to see why. 7:30 p.m. For tickets experienced. 7 p.m. FREE. First Congregational United call (517) 432-5000. 534 Birch Road, East Lansing. Church of Christ, 210 W. Saginaw Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. fcgl.org. Saturday, SEPT. 14 >> Test Fest Events The first ever Test Fest, coordinated and sponsored by Planned Parenthood, features free STI testing for Strategy Game Night. Learn and share favorites. the first 20 people. The event hopes to break down barriers surrounding testing and sexual health and 5-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. will showcase resources available in the greater Lansing community. Test Fest also offers free food, door 4. dtdl.org. prizes, carnival-style games and a teen art show. Jen Sygit, a Lansing singer/songwriter, performs. 11 a.m. Art from the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. FREE. (517) 853-5880. 319 E. Grand River Avenue, Lansing. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington Square, Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374-6400 ext. 2. lansingartgallery.org. Sunday, SEPT. 15 >> Russell Sherman Recital Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East “I am the youngest pupil in my studio,” 83-year-old pianist Russell Sherman Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. declared in his crackling confessional memoir, “Piano Pieces.” Sherman is Watershed Wellness Center Farmers Market. 9 the master who taught Michigan State University faculty eminences Deborah a.m.-1 p.m. Watershed Farmers Market, 16280 National Moriarty and Minsoo Sohn as well Christopher O’Riley, familiar in these parts Parkway, Lansing. (517) 886-0440. Allen Street Farmers Market. 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. from his performances with the Lansing Symphony. Russell is a notorious Allen Street Farmers Market, 1619 E. Kalamazoo St., fireball, both as thinker and performer. He has played with every major Lansing. (517) 999-3911. orchestra in the country and still runs rings around musicians one-fourth his The League of Women Voters Fall Welcome Meeting. Four Lansing area clerks will discuss age. “The piano is my weapon,” he declared, and he’s not kidding. It would election issues. 7 p.m. FREE. Hannah Community be unwise to let slip a rare chance to hear one of the nation’s great pianists Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. at the acoustically stunning new Cook Recital Hall, playing a juicy program of Capital Area Crisis Men’s Rugby Practice. Schoenberg, Debussy and Chopin. 3 p.m. Sunday, $5-15. Get tickets at music. See Out on the Town, Page 29 msu.edu or at the door. 28 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 11, 2013

Music with a Mission Fiesta State Capitol lawn, FREE. 12:45-9:30 p.m. Sept. 19; 9 a.m.- turn it 9:30 p.m. Sept. 20; 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Sept. 23. A lengthy list of area musicians are booked for the Music with a Mission Fiesta on the State Capitol lawn. The festival, co-sponsored by the Lansing Peace Education Center, is a food and donation drive for the Volunteers of America on Larch Street. Needed are winter wear, towels, blankets, hygiene items, backpacks, Down fresh produce and non-perishable food items. Some of the performers include Magdalen Fossum, Drew Howard, Mighty Medicine, Drew Nelson, Twyla Birdsong, A survey of Lansing's Deacon Earl, Joshua Davis, Jen Sygit & Geoff Lewis. Also appearing are local mural musical Landscape SEPT artists Brian Snyder, Erica Majors and Robert Shelburg. There will also be local artists, drum circles, dance, yoga, open mics, children's activities and speakers. By Rich Tupica 19,20 & 23

K. Flay at The Loft Wayne Szalinski at Mac's Matt Bliton at Creole Airborne Toxic Event at The Loft

FRI. SEPT SAT. SEPT SAT. SEPT MON. SEPT 13th 14TH 14th 16TH The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner Street, The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages. $12, $10 advance, Lansing. $5, 18+. Lansing. All ages, $10, $5 students. Lansing. All ages. $12, $9 adv., 8 p.m. 9 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. K. Flay (real name: Kristine Flaherty) is a Chi- Fresh off their free City Pulse-hosted gig at Local singer/songwriter Matt Bliton Los Angeles-based alt-rockers Airborne Toxic cago native living in San Francisco. The 28-year- the Broad Art Museum, local indie-pop band releases his new disc, “Solid Ground, Endless Event headline an all-ages show Monday at The old indie rapper has shared stages with Snoop Wayne Szalinski plays a show Saturday at Mac’s Sky,” Saturday at the Creole Gallery in Old Loft; opening is American Authors. Airborne Toxic Dogg, Ludacris and Passion Pit. She headlines Bar. Openers include The Bard Owls, Decades Town. The album features original folk-rock Event was formed in 2006 by songwriter/novelist Friday at The Loft; openers include Sirah and and Dizzy Dearest. Named for the eccentric tunes like “Bus Called America” and “Solid Mikel Jollett, mixing indie rock and literary cred- Quinn. Flaherty’s bio says her music combines protagonist of the 1989 Disney film “Honey, Ground” — think Neil Young or the late ibility. The band was initially a duo, but grew into a indie hip hop and electronics. The emerging em- I Shrunk the Kids,” Wayne Szalinski mixes Gene Clark’s Americana-tinged solo work. full band, adding a violinist and keyboardist along cee is a graduate of Stanford University, where influences as diverse as The Smiths and This Bliton will be joined by a massive backing band the way. Not long after its debut gig, it released she earned a double major in psychology and Town Needs Guns with the whole lineage of of local musicians, including Steve Springer an EP that received acclaim from Rolling Stone sociology. It was during her time at college that mathy Midwestern ‘90s emo outfits. The band (drums), Jim Green (electric guitar, vocals,) Jon magazine. It scored a Top 10 modern rock hit she wrote her first rap, “Blingity Blang Blang.” members are natives of the Detroit area, but Ritz (bass, percussion) and Nate Bliton (viola, with “Sometime Around Midnight,” after which Since then she’s released two EPs and two mix relocated to East Lansing to attend Michigan accordion, keyboard, vocals). Also sitting in are Island Records took notice of the band and tapes. Her “We Hate Everyone” and “Less Than State University. The band is Andy Milad (guitar, guitarist Ray Kamalay and vocalists Linda Abar released its second LP, “All at Once.” Airborne Zero” videos have each received over 200,000 vocals), Andrew Adams (guitar), Ian Siporin and Corrina Van Hamlin. Advance tickets for Toxic Event’s latest effort is “Such Hot Blood,” views on YouTube. (bass) and Nick Galli (drums). the show are available at Elderly Instruments. released earlier this year.

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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Dead Ben Rooster, 9 p.m. Elektrophobia, 9 p.m. Jen Sygit, 8 p.m. Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Blvd. Misery Loves Company, 9 p.m. Misery Loves Company, 9 p.m. Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 E. N. East St. Tommy Thompson, 8 p.m. Tommy Thompson, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Tommy Thompson, 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Woody Wood, 9 p.m. Juan Trevino, 8 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9:30 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9:30 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. DJ McCoy & Scratch Pilots, 9:30 p.m. Plan B, 9:30 p.m. SoulXpress, 9:30 p.m. Mix Pack, 9:30 p.m. Harem, 414 E. Michigan Ave. DJ THOR, 9 p.m. DJ Skitzo, 9 p.m. DJ Elemnt, 9 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. K. Flay, 8 p.m. Gunnar & The Grizzly Boys, 8 p.m Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Kathy Ford, 7 p..m. Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Moriarty’s Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic, 9:30 p.,m The DeWaynes, 10 p.m. Avon Bombs, 10 p.m. Avon Bombs, 10 p.m. Spiral, 1247 Center St. Male Review, 9 p.m. Friday College Nights, 9 p.m. Unzipped Sundays, 9 p.m. Tin Can West, 644 Migaldi Ln. DJ Big Dawg Dave, 9 p.m. Well Enough Alone, 9 p.m. Tin Can Downtown, 410 E. Michigan Ave. DJ Mack Attack, 9:30 p.m. DJ Mack Attack, 9:30 p.m. Tin Can DeWitt, 13175 Schavey Rd. DJ Trivia w/ DJ Dave Floyd, 9 p.m. Drew Machak, 7 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & Beeftones, 8:30 Bear Band, 8:30 p.m. Bear Band, 8:30 p.m. Uli’s, 4519 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Super Bob, 8 p.m. Dr. Me, 8 p.m. Waterfront Bar & Grill, 325 City Market Drive Suzi & the Love Brothers, 6 p.m. Rhythms on the River, 6 p.m. Joe Wright, 6 p.m. Dan McLaughlin, 6 p.m. Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert St. DJ, 9 p.m. James Wesley, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. play in a band? book shows? To get listed just email us at [email protected] or call (517) 999-6710 What to do: Submit information by the Friday before publication (City Pulse comes out every Wednesday.) Be sure to tell us LivE & Local lists upcominG gigs! the name of the performer and the day, date and time of the performance. Only submit information for the following week's paper. City Pulse • September 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 29

Lansing. (517) 351-9240. creativewellness.net. Encore Strings perform. 7 p.m. FREE. Marshall FREE. Harrison Road House, 720 Michigan Ave., East Out on the town Music, 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700. Lansing. (517) 337-0200. marshallmusic.com. from page 27 Events Spanish Conversation Group. Both English and Live Music at P Squared. Live music every Thursday, Music Weather permitting. All experience levels welcome. 6:30 Spanish spoken. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public 8 p.m. FREE. P Squared Wine Bar, 107 S. Washington Super Bob Live. Live metal band. 18 and up. 10 p.m. $10. p.m. FREE. Marshall Park, Corner of East Saginaw and Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Square, Lansing. (517) 507-5074. Ulis Haus of Rock, 4519 S. M.L.K. Blvd., Lansing. (517) 882- Marshall streets, Lansing. Household Hazardous Waste Collection. Collecting 5900. ulishausofrock.com. 9/11 National Day of Service. Along City of hazardous waste items for disposal. 2-6 p.m. FREE. Theater Marshallpalooza. Allen Vizzutti & The Oxford High School Lansing’s River Trail. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Lansing City Ingham County Health Department, 5303 S. Cedar St., “M*A*S*H.” Comedy directed by Justin Brewer. 7 Jazz Band. 7 p.m. FREE. Marshall Music, 3240 E. Saginaw Market, 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460. Lansing. (517) 887-4312. p.m. $10, $8 students, seniors & military. Riverwalk St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700. marshallmusic.com. lansingcitymarket.com. Euchre. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. Boot Camp 101. One Book, One Community & MSU Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, riverwalktheatre.com. Theater Army ROTC host. 6 p.m. FREE. Demonstration field, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. All-of-Us Express Auditions. “Treasure Island.” Kids “M*A*S*H.” Comedy directed by Justin Brewer. 8 MSU campus, East Lansing. onebookeastlansing.com. Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy’s Classic Bar & 9-18 years old. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah Community p.m. $14, $12 students, seniors & military. Riverwalk Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482-0184. Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 319-6957. Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. Music Art from the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. 10 riverwalktheatre.com. Sam Winternheimer Quartet. 7-10 p.m. Midtown a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington All-of-Us Express Auditions. “Treasure Island.” Kids Beer Co., 402 S. Washington Square, Lansing. Square, Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374-6400 ext. 2. 9-18 years old. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah Community 9/11 Annual Show. Featuring Full Frontal, Ghoulie and lansingartgallery.org. Friday, September 13 Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 319-6957. more. 7 p.m. FREE. Hum House, 311 N. Magnolia Ave., South Lansing Farmers Market. 3-7 p.m. FREE. Classes and Seminars Lansing. (517) 505-4910. 1905 W. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 374-5700. Oil Painting. For all levels with Patricia Singer. Michigan Beer Show Podcast: Tap Takeover. Tap Preregistration required. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $60 for 4 Literature and Poetry Takeover with home brews, open to public. 8-9 p.m. weeks. Gallery 1212 Old Town, 1212 Turner St., Lansing. Saturday, September 14 Author Signing with Holly Black. Signing and FREE. Midtown Beer Co., 402 S. Washington Square, (517) 999-1212. gallery1212.com. Classes and Seminars discussing her book, “Coldest Girl in Coldtown,” 7 p.m. Lansing. (517) 977-1349. Meridian Senior Center Fall Open House. Tai Chi in the Park. Taught by Bob Teachout. 9 a.m. FREE. Barnes and Noble (Lansing), 5132 W. Saginaw Harvest Basket Produce Sale. All produce grown Information pertaining to older adult issues. 10 a.m.-2 FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 E. Highway, Lansing. (517) 327-0437. bn.com. naturally on the Smith Floral Property. 3-7:30 p.m. p.m. FREE. Meridian Senior Center, 4406 Okemos Road, Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Smith Floral and Greenhouses, 124 E. Mount Hope Ave., Okemos. (517) 706-5046. okemosschools.net. Domestic Violence Support Group. Noon-1:30 Lansing. Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed women’s meeting. p.m. FREE. Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, Family Education Days. Nutrition education and 7:30 p.m. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 6500 Amwood 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. Thursday, September 12 presentation. 4 p.m. FREE. Lansing City Market, 325 City Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460. lansingcitymarket. Classes and Seminars Identifying & Breaking Down the Barriers of com. Writers Roundtable. Get feedback on your work. Events Ex-Offenders. 10-11 a.m. FREE. Northwest Initiative, English Country Dancing. 7-9:30 p.m. $6, students 6-7:45 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Art from the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. 10 1012 N. Walnut St., Lansing. (517) 974-7229. nwlansing.org. $4, MSU students FREE. Snyder-Phillips Hall, MSU, 362 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington p2.hostingprod.com. Bogue St., East Lansing. 517-321-3070. Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh in, 6 p.m. Square, Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374-6400 ext. 2. MSU Film Collective: “Ratcatcher.” Room B122. 8 Meeting, 6:30 p.m. FREE to visit. St. David’s Episcopal lansingartgallery.org. Events p.m. FREE. MSU Wells Hall, MSU Campus, East Lansing. Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 882-9080. WWE Live. WWE superstars live, including John Cena Art Reception. This month’s featured exhibit. 1-3 p.m. (517) 884-4441. filmstudies.cal.msu.edu/film-culture/ stdavidslansing.org. and more. 7:30 p.m. $15-$95. Wharton Center, MSU FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport msu-film-collective/. Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes & Campus, East Lansing. (517) 353-1982. breslincenter. Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014. Comedy 4 A Cause. Benefits Michigan Council of activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing com. Paws for Reading. Kids read aloud to therapy dogs. the Blind & Visually Impaired. 8 p.m. $15. Connxtions Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. Lansing Bike Party. Bike ride with TGIF stop. 5:30 Call to register. 10:30 a.m.-Noon, FREE. Delta Township Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St., Lansing. (517) 374-4242. cadl.org. p.m. FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- connxtionscomedyclub.com. Computer Training. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Faith United Circle Drive, MSU Campus, East Lansing. 4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. MSU Library Film Event. Screening of “Brothers.” Methodist Church, 4301 S. Waverly Road, Lansing. (517) Tour of the Beal Botanical Gardens. “Getting Art from the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. 10 Discussion to follow. 7 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, 100 Main 393-3347. Animals to Carry the Ball.” 12:10-1:50 p.m. FREE. Beal a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington Library, East Lansing. onebookeastlansing.com. College Planning Seminar. Financial aid, selection Botanical Gardens, MSU Campus, off of W. Circle Drive, Square, Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374-6400 ext. 2. Ingham County Genealogical Society Meeting. process and more. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township East Lansing. lansingartgallery.org. “History of Williamston.” 7 p.m. FREE Vevay Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- Harrison Road House Anniversary Party. Live Hall, 780 Eden Road, Mason. (517) 676-7140. 4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. music by Starfarm. Drink Specials. 8 p.m.-midnight. Meditation. For beginners and experienced on See Out on the Town, Page 30 Learning about Healthy Living: Tobacco and You. Thursdays. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE Quan Am Buddhist Temple, Free quit-smoking classes. 2-3 p.m. FREE. Community 1840 N. College Rd, Mason. (517) 347-1655. Mental Health Building, 812 E. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) Voices of Faith and Reason: Clip this coupon for a $2 discount! 887-4312. limit 4 discounts per coupon no photocopies Music Transforming the Status Quo Clean Eating at Creative Wellness. 5:30-6:30 p.m. eum Drive, across from Lansing Mus Cen Marshallpalooza. Charles Yang & East Lansing 228 ter $10. Creative Wellness, 2025 Abbot Road, #200, East

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Lansing. (517) 374-4242. connxtionscomedyclub.com. St. Vincent De Paul/Copper Dine and Drink/the LIEBERMANN's BUILDING Out on the town Drop-In LEGO Club. Ages 6-14, 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) from page 29 272-9840. Watershed Wellness Center Farmers Market. 9 Diabetes Awareness Screenings. Includes A1c a.m.-1 p.m. Watershed Farmers Market, 16280 National blood test, glucose screening and more. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Parkway, Lansing. (517) 886-0440. FREE. Sam’s Club (Lansing), 2925 Towne Centre Blvd. & Urbandale Farm Stand. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. 340 E. Edgewood Blvd., Lansing. Urbandale Farm, 700 block S. Hayford Ave., Lansing. (517) 999-3916. Music Holt Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 2050 Cedar Marshallpalooza. Featuring Oeno, Velvet & Steel, St., Holt. Jeremy Morton & more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Marshall Planned Parenthood’s Test Fest. Food, games, Music, 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700. free STI testing and more. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Old marshallmusic.com. Town Marquee, 319 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. MSU Community Music School Tailgate. Food, face (734) 926-4766. painting, music, sidewalk-chalk murals. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Walk for Christ Community Festival. Live FREE. MSU Community Music School, 4930 S. Hagadorn entertainment & giveaways. 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Road, East Lansing. (517) 355-7661. Adado Riverfront Park, 531 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. (517) Allan I. Ross/City Pulse 515-2372. walkforchristcommunity.org. Theater The St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Shop moved back to its REO Town home last week. It relocated to Lansing's “Cancer Sucks” Benefit. Featuring Tommy “M*A*S*H.” Comedy directed by Justin Brewer. 8 south side after a fire devastated the building and all its merchandise in December 2011. Thompson. To benefit Sue Ellen. 10:30 p.m. Donation p.m. $14, $12 students, seniors & military. Riverwalk $20. Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St., Isabel Olivito, membership and Liebermann’s from 1961 to 1991 See Out on the Town, Page 31 marketing director for Copper, (her father opened the store in said. “It was too formal for our 1931) moved to Milwaukee to Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones guests. They enjoyed the bar be closer to her family in 2010. New area and the patio more. It’s Architect George Nelson intown more casual there.” redesigned the building in 1966 "O-E-O"--changing of She said the move will to Price’s exacting specifications, the guard. also correlate to a shift in the including the trademark floating by Matt Jones menu that will focus more on steps in the store’s entranceway. By ALLAN I. ROSS appetizers and sandwiches, It was the only retail space the The REO Town renaissance which was tweaked based on world-renowned modernist Across 1 Super guy? continues next week with feedback from regular diners ever designed. 6 Nigeria's capital since the grand re-opening of the and the club’s members. The My Sistas Boutique founder 1991 renovated St. Vincent De Tina Wallace relocated to Las menu also consists of salads, 11 On the double Paul Thrift Store, 1020 S. burgers and flatbreads. Vegas, where she said she 14 Adjust to fit Washington St. After a two- “(Our diners) just weren’t had a promising business 15 "What's Happening!!" year move to temporary interested in four different kinds opportunity: She will open a role quarters on South Cedar of steaks, so we scaled back My Sistas Boutique there next 16 Galena, for one Street, it’s back in its to one cut, and added some month. 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She The Milwaukee native spent 25 Blogger Wheaton and local businesses helped the said Copper will effectively 17 years in Lansing, moving of interest to geeks nonprofit continue to operate. become the bar area now, here when her husband was everywhere 54 Norm on a golf course 10 Nervous state 36 Very, melodramati- The store sells second- and diners have had a positive transferred. 26 Where cats get 56 What haters of Miley's 11 Tennis racket string cally chased hand clothing, furniture, toys, response to the banquet facility. “I want to thank all my August spectacle wanted material 40 TV host Graham and 29 Film studio site housewares and art that have “Since we made the change customers for the opportunity from the media? 12 "Forgot About ___" boxer Ken, for two 30 Fidel cohort been donated. It also distributes two weeks ago, we’ve booked to serve them,” she said by 59 Compadre (2000 single featuring 41 Bay Area football 31 This, in Tijuana those goods in emergency 60 Arctic dweller Eminem) player, for short several big parties and have phone from Vegas. “Lansing is a 32 Punk gymnast popular situations to Lansing-area 61 Remains neutral? 13 End-of-proof abbr. 46 "Journey to ___" found that area is being used great place to live and work. I’m in the 1980s? individuals and families, and more effectively,” Olivito said. going to miss it.” 62 1980s "truly outra- 18 "Jaws" resort ("Sesame Street" 35 Telenovelas, in English geous" cartoon provides emergency financial “It’s actually increased the utility 23 11- or 12-year-old feature) 37 Joint owners' pronoun 63 "Melrose Place" actor 25 What things could 47 Aids a criminal assistance for utility payments. of our space.” St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store 38 Slot machine spinners Rob always be 48 "Island of the Blue There is a ribbon-cutting 1020 S. Washington Square, 39 Hero with a black 64 Shannon formerly of 26 Spock crewmate Dolphins" author Scott scheduled for next week, but Gone to Vegas Lansing mask and a big chin? 27 Alex who starred in 49 Singer whose sur- details are still developing. Stay "SNL" One of downtown Lansing’s 10 a.m.-5:30 a.m. Monday- 42 Fisher of "Arrested 2007's "The Water Horse" name is Kilcher tuned for more information. landmark buildings — and Saturday; closed Sunday Development" (anagram of LEET) 50 Unwilling to be talked preeminent retail spaces — is (517) 272-1273 43 Choose Down 28 Opposite of "avec" down to Country club to gastro-pub empty again; after a two-year svdpusa.org 44 Creator of M and Q 1 Bordello big shot 29 Rio de ___ (Buenos 52 Boo-boo Copper Dine and Drink, run in the former Liebermann’s 45 Manager's lists 2 "21" singer Aires' river) 53 ___-European the fine dining restaurant in Department Store gift store Copper Dine and Drink (inside 47 Obama's mother ___ 3 Baltimore player 30 Word after food or languages the Walnut Hills Country Club, building, 113 S. Washington the Walnut Hills Country Club) Dunham 4 Wall St. events kangaroo 54 Brown bag staple, is transforming its dining room Square, women’s clothier My 2874 E. Lake Lansing Road, East 48 Breakfast drinks, 5 Mel with 1,860 RBI 32 Powerful whirlpool informally into a banquet facility and Sistas Boutique closed last Lansing briefly 6 "The Little Mermaid" 33 Plays over and over 55 "Chances ___" focusing its service on the bar month. The building, which 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday- 51 Like grapefruit juice role 34 Keyboard instrument 57 Boy king of Egypt 52 Award bestowed by and patio area, which remain housed the Lansing Art Gallery Wednesday; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. 7 Orion feature 35 "___ It Up" (Bob 58 Sister of Khloe and Queen Eliz. 8 Mentalist Geller open to the public. from 2004 to 2011, is still owned Thursday-Saturday Marley) 53 Thought 9 Gin flavoring Kourtney “We found that the space we by the Price family; Betty Price, (517) 332-1080 had was being underutilized,” who owned and operated copperdine.com ©201 Jonesin’ Crosswords • For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. 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Art from the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. 10 Theater East Lansing. (517) 272-9379. Out on the town a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington “M*A*S*H.” Comedy directed by Justin Brewer. 2 Metaphysical Mondays. Discussion, 7-8 Square, Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374-6400 ext. 2. p.m. FREE. Triple Goddess New Age Bookstore, from page 30 p.m. $10, $8 students, seniors & military. Riverwalk lansingartgallery.org. Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. 1824 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing. (517) 883-3414. Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. City of East Lansing Farmers Market. Growers- riverwalktheatre.com. triplegoddessbookstore.net. riverwalktheatre.com. only market. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Valley Court Park, 400 Zumba Gold. For seniors or beginners. 11 a.m.-Noon, All-of-Us Express Auditions. “Treasure Island.” Kids Hillside Court, East Lansing. $8 drop in rate, $35 5 visit punch card, $65 10 visit 9-18 years old. 10 a.m.- Noon, FREE. Hannah Community Family Pride Parade. Picnic with a bounce house and punch card. Kick it Out! Dance Studio, 1880 Haslett Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 319-6957. cake walk. 12-3 p.m. FREE. Edgewood United Church, Monday, September 16 Road, East Lansing. (517) 582-6784. 469 N. Hagadorn Road, East Lansing. (517) 332-8693. Classes and Seminars Computer Training. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Faith edgewooducc.org. Recipe Club. Make an appetizer to share with the United Methodist Church, 4301 S. Waverly Road, Free Trade Fair & Open Mic. Barter or sell items. 12- group. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, Lansing. (517) 393-3347. Sunday, September 15 4 p.m. FREE. 1200 Marquette St., Lansing. (517) 420-1873. 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. Adult Rape Survivor Support Group. 6-7:30 Classes and Seminars GLHC 2013 Home Tour. An After Glow Reception will dtdl.org. p.m. FREE. Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, be held. Tour, Noon-4 p.m.; After Glow, 4 p.m., $30 tour, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. Spiritual Talk, Pure Meditation & Silent Prayer. Learn to Meditate. Taught by Bob Teachout. Enter $15 After Glow. Dusty's Cellar, 1839 Grand River Ave., womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. 7 p.m. FREE. Self Realization Meditation Healing at rear of building. 8:15-9 p.m. Donations. C. Weaver Okemos. 517-372-5980. glhc.org. Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, Bath. (517) 641-6201. Physical Therapy Exercise Studio, 1720 Abbey Road, Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk. Fundraising See Out on the Town, Page 32 SelfRealizationCentreMichigan.org. event. 1-5 p.m. $15-$45. Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. Orchard Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4221. cadsa.org. Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., East Lansing. (517) Robert Busby Sculpture Garden Fundraiser. Join 485-9190. in planting 400 plants surrounding the Robert Busby Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. Third memorial sculpture. 2-5:30 p.m. FREE. Burchard Park, floor meeting room. 2-3 p.m. CADL Downtown Lansing Old Town, Lansing. Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6300. Real Life, Reel Life: People with Disabilities on cadl.org. Screen. Screening of “Wretches & Jabberers.” 2 p.m. MSU College of Music Guest Recital. Russell $8-$10. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, Sherman on piano. 3 p.m. $8-$20. Cook Recital Hall, East Lansing. (517) 333-2477 ext. 321/315. Music Building, 333 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing. music. The Scandinavian Society of Greater Lansing msu.edu/event-listing. Annual Picnic. Lawn games, bird watching, fishing & Perennial Plant Workshop & Exchange. Hands-on more. 2-5 p.m. FREE. Lions Club Pavilion, Green Arbor workshop and open plant exchange. 4-7 p.m. FREE. Drive, Dimondale. (517) 482-8357. Foster Park Resource Center, corner of Marcus Street Walk for the Animals. To benefit the Capital Area & Foster Avenue, Lansing. Humane Society. 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Out on the town Literature and Poetry “Missing on Superstition Mountain.” By from page 32 Elise Broach. Call to register. 4-5 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Wednesday, September 18 Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. HATE Classes and Seminars Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First City Pulse Classifieds Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Saginaw Interested in placing a classified ad in City Pulse? Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. fcgl.org. (517) 999-5066 or [email protected] How to Optimize Bone Health. Discussion on bone health & lowering fracture risks. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Arthritis Accounting/Purchasing Assistant Provide Care PC, 1106 N. Cedar St. Lansing. 517-267-0107. complex technical support to supervisors; assist with fin We believe in the separation arthritiscarepc.com. analysis, balancing/ reconciliation; exp with large complex payroll processes; general ledger acctg; budget preparation Meditation. 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DTDL Book Club: “The End of Your Life Book The City of Lansing, Public Service Department, FALL Wastewater Treatment Plant Division, has an exciting full Club.” By Will Schwalbe. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta time employment opportunity as a Plant Operator 500. Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. This is a full time position with excellent benefits and COLOR (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. dtdl.org. wages. Salary: $16.93/hr. to $22.18/hr. Requirements: High School Diploma or GED supplemented by one (1) TOUR Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing year of college level course work to include courses in Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- the physical sciences, engineering and/or wastewater 2420. treatment, Associates degree preferred. Two (2) years of experience in the operation and/or maintenance of Art from the Lakes. Exhibit dedicated to lakes. 10 wastewater plant equipment. Michigan Class D Sewage See the extraordinary color aboard a a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington Plant Operator Certification preferred. Applicants without Vintage Diesel Locomotive Square, Suite 101, Lansing. (517) 374-6400 ext. 2. the Certification must be eligible in accordance with State Law to write the Class D Sewage Plant Operator this October. Sit back, relax & enjoy the colors Watershed Wellness Center Farmers Market. 9 examination or must have previously held the position a.m.-1 p.m. Watershed Farmers Market, 16280 National and currently meet the posted education and experience Parkway, Lansing. (517) 886-0440. requirements. Must pass the Respirator Certification Examination prior to placement in this position. Must Allen Street Farmers Market. 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. be able to work rotating shifts and may be scheduled to DAY TRIP Allen Street Farmers Market, 1619 E. Kalamazoo St., perform relief work. Work schedules may include nights, Cadillac to Boyne Falls Lansing. (517) 999-3911. weekends and holidays as the Wastewater Plant is a 7 day per week, 24 hour per day operation. Must possess and OCTOBER 5 Departs at 10:00am. ROUND TRIP $79 Capital Area Crisis Men’s Rugby Practice. maintain a valid State of Michigan Driver’s License. Must Weather Permitting. All experience levels welcome. 6:30 maintain a DOT medical examiners certification. You may find a complete list of requirements at our p.m. FREE. Marshall Park, Corner of East Saginaw and website: www.lansingmi.gov. Applications must be Mt. Pleasant to Cadillac Marshall streets, Lansing. submitted by September 23, 2013. You may apply online, by: (517) 483-4025; drop of applications: to the 1st floor OCTOBER 12 Departs at 10:00am. ROUND TRIP $79 of City Hall, in the Career Center; or mail applications to Music City Hall 124 W. Michigan Ave, 4th Floor R, Lansing, MI Sam Winternheimer Quartet. 7-10 p.m. Midtown 48893. EOE. 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Now Enrolling for Fall Offering music education and music therapy for all ages, incomes and abilities For more information: (517) 355-7661 or www.cms.msu.edu 4930 S. Hagadorn Rd. East Lansing, MI 48823 CMS is the outreach arm of the MSU College of Music City Pulse • September 11, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 35

redcedarcafe.com. TO, a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. WiFi, $-$$ (517) 627-3222. TO, Food Finder WiFi, $ ROMA BAKERY & DELI from page 34 — Traditional Italian SPOTTED DOG CAFÉ lunches, desserts and — Breakfast and lunch. groceries. 428 N. Cedar 221 S. Washington a.m.-8 p.m. Monday- a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. St., Lansing. 9 a.m.-6 Square, Lansing. 8 Saturday; closed (517) 272-0504. TO, p.m. Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday- Sunday. (517) 485-8584. $-$$ a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; Friday; closed Saturday- WINE BAR & BISTRO olympicbroil.com, TO, closed Sunday. (517) Sunday. (517) 485-7574. OM, $ PORTABLE FEAST 485-9466. romabak- spotteddogcafe.com. TO, BUSINESS HOURS AND FRIENDS — erydeli.com. TO, WiFi, D, OM, P, $ Mon – Thu: PANERA BREAD — Breakfast and lunch café $-$$ 3 p.m. - 12 a.m. Coffee, soups, salads, serving wraps, salads, SUGAR SHACK — Friday: bagels and sandwiches. paninis and soup. 1216 SOPHIA’S HOUSE OF Desserts and coffee. 215 3 p.m. – 1 a.m. 310 N. Clippert St, Turner St. Lansing. 8 PANCAKES — Also N. Clippert St., Lansing. Saturday: Lansing. 5:30 a.m.-9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday- serving dinner. 1010 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday- 4 p.m. – 1 a.m. p.m. Monday-Saturday; Saturday; closed Charlevoix Drive, Grand Thursday; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 6:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. Sunday-Monday. (517) Ledge. 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday. (517) 316- panerabread.com, OM, 853-5575. TO, $ Monday-Saturday; 7 2009. TO, D, OM, $ TO, WiFi, $-$$ DAILY FOOD RED CEDAR CAFE — PENN AVE. DINER Coffee and bakery. 1331 — Skillets and other E. Grand River Ave., He Ate, She Ate & DRINK SPECIALS! breakfast items. 6031 East Lansing. 6:30 a.m.- S. Pennsylvania Ave., 8 p.m. Monday-Friday; Lansing. 7 a.m.-2 p.m. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday- will return next week! Monday-Saturday; 8 Sunday. (517) 333-7366.

NEW FEATURED WINE AND COCKTAILS IN SEPTEMBER NEW MUSHROOM AND GOAT CHEESE BRUSCHETTA SMALL PLATE MSU Community Music School LIVE MUSIC EVERY THURSDAY FROM 8PM TIL’ 11 PM SEP 12 ZACK MEYERS TRIO: GONNA BE SOME CROONIN' GOING ON! SEP 19 SAM WINTERNHEIMER TRIO: JAZZ, FUNK AND FUN encore! www.p2winebar.com 517.507.5074 107 S. Washington Square, Lansing We’re celebrating 20 years of music education and music therapy, and we’re marking the occasion with not one, but two BIG PARTIES! Join us! • encore! tailgate (A FREE EVENT FOR THE FAMILY!) September 14th, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. 677 S. Michigan Rd | Eaton Rapids | englishinn.com • encore! evening ($75 TICKETED EVENT FOR THE GROWN-UPS) September 26th, 5:30-7:30 p.m. www.cms.msu.edu/el/encore.php 4930 S. Hagadorn Rd. outreach arm of the MSU College of Music East Lansing, MI 48823 Getaway TIM BARRON & EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING Dine 6AM-9AM $125 Prime Rib for two - Overnight Stay - Breakfast valid Sunday thru Thursday until 10/10/13

Consider Tail of Lobster And hear Berl Schwartz of City Pulse $ Lobster Crown Strip TheLobster Stufed Walleye call Tim an ignorant slut — or worse. Lobster Cake Every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. 19 36 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • September 11, 2013

Yes, you can own a home. The question is: “How?”

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HOME BUYER’S CLUB KICK OFF EVENT: THE HOME BUYER’S CLUB, a service Sunday, September 15, 2013 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm of the Ingham County Land Bank and 2202 Midwood Ave., Lansing Center for Financial Health, provides information and tools to potential home SAME DAY OPEN HOUSES: buyers who have less than perfect credit, have less than 20 percent down, have Sunday, September 15, 2013 | 1:00 – 4:00 pm little or no savings and renters who are 3325 W. Holmes Road, Lansing starting to think about home ownership. 3618 Coachlight Commons Street, Lansing 6042 Valencia Bouelvard, Lansing 936 W. Miller Road, Lansing 1738 Maisonette Drive, Lansing a partnership of:

Take the first step: Call Center for Financial Health: 517-708-2550 to register.