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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6704 BY ADVERTISEMENT Yes on sanctuary city or email [email protected] PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a As a friend to immigrants I think PAGE mortgage given by Harold Jay Leeman, Jr. to Diane K. Abbott, that Lansing could be named a sanctu- EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz Personal Representative of the 7 [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 Estate of Harold Jay Leeman, ary city. Many people that are immi- Sr., dated July 21, 2015, and ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten recorded August 12, 2015, in grants come to Lansing. Immigrants are Ingham County records at 2015- Have something to say [email protected]

031073, is being foreclosed treated like they’ve been here forever. In Old-school TV antennas making a comeback on by The Estate of Harold about a local issue ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Ty Forquer Jay Leeman, Sr. The property the Letter from a Birmingham Jail by [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 subject to this foreclosure or an item that is described as: Lots 358 Martin Luther King Jr. he says “anyone PRODUCTION MANAGER • Allison Hammerly and 359 Foster Farm, City of Lansing, Michigan, according appeared in our pages? who lives inside the United States can PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Now you have two ways never be considered an outsider any- STAFF WRITERS • Lawrence Cosentino Page 39, Ingham County [email protected] records. Commonly known where within its bounds.” I think that 11 as 529 North Francis Street, to sound off: Todd Heywood Lansing, MI, Parcel Number he’s saying that everyone can be apart of [email protected] 33-01-01-14-126-351. There is currently due and owing on the 1.) Write a letter to the the U.S. and no on can be left behind. I GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Brooke Reed mortgage $25,310.40 exclusive Organissimo gives the Beatles a funky organ transplant of taxes, costs and attorney editor. think that making Lansing a sanctuary SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR • Rich Tupica fees, bearing interest at a default • E-mail: letters@ interest rate of 6.0%. The period city is a good idea because it will help [email protected]:30 a.m. Saturdays within which the premises may lansingcitypulse.com be redeemed shall expire six (6) • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 bring more people together as a whole. PAGE SALES EXECUTIVES • Mandy Jackson, Shelly Olson months from the date of sale. E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, The foreclosure sale of this MI 48912 No one can be left out of the city if we Liza Sayre, Suzi Smith property will take place on [email protected] March 16, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. • Fax: (517) 371-5800 are all together. 13 at the Ingham County Veterans [email protected] Memorial Courthouse, 313 West • At lansingcitypulse.com Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, [email protected] Michigan. 2.) Write a guest column: —Areyon Mack In the event this property is sold Contact Berl Schwartz for Katrina Daniels joins Lansing Art Gallery, MICA goes 'volunteer-led' [email protected] at foreclosure sale, the borrower will be held responsible to the more information: Holt Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, person who buys the property publisher@lansingcitypulse. Daniel E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill at the mortgage foreclosure com COVER Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle sale or to the mortgage holder or (517) 999-5061 for damages sustained by the Lawrence Johnson, Eve Kucharski, Terry Link, Andy property during the redemption period. (Please include your name, ART McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, Thomas E. Woods address and telephone Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, Allan I. Ross, Rich Cummins Woods 421 West Ionia Street number so we can reach you. Tupica, Ute Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak Lansing, MI 48933 Keep letters to 250 words or Delivery drivers: Frank Estrada, Dave Fisher, Paul Shore, (517) 487-0800 fewer. City Pulse reserves Photo by TY FORQUER Dated: February 2, 2017 the right to edit letters and Richard Simpson, Thomas Scott Jr. ICLN 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8, 2017 CP#17-033 columns.) Interns: Diamond Henry, Jamal Tyler

THIS WEEK Editor & Publisher THIS WEEK with Berl SchwartzBerl PUBLIC NOTICES onSchwartz NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS on EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL • Etienne Charles, Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing City Council on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, to consider the following: MSU jazz professor

1. A public hearing will be held to consider Ordinance 1396: An ordinance to Amend Section Saturday at 10:30 a.m. 8-182 of Article IV – Restaurants and Take-Out Stores of Chapter 8 – Businesses – of the Code of the City of East Lansing.

2. Ordinance 1402: An ordinance to amend Section 2-61 of Article III – Officers and Employees and Section 2-342 of Article V – Boards and Commissions of Chapter 2 – Administration – of the Code of the City of East Lansing to exempt the Planning Commission from preparing the annual Capital Improvements Program and transfer that duty to the City Manager.

The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting, upon notice to the City of East Lansing, prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 319-6920, TDD 1-800-649-3777.

Marie E. Wicks City Clerk CP#17-053

CITY OF EAST LANSING

ORDINANCE NO. 1399

AN ORDINANCE TO ADD SECTION 26-240 TO ARTICLE IV - OFFENSES INVOLVING PROPERTY RIGHTS - OF CHAPTER 26 - OFFENSES - OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EAST LANSING TO PROHIBIT UNLAWFUL ENTRY ON LIBRARY PROPERTY.

THE CITY OF EAST LANSING ORDAINS:

Section 26-240 is hereby added to Article IV of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of East Lansing to read as follows:

Sec. 26-240. Unlawful Entry upon Library Property.

No person shall willfully enter upon the lands or premises of the East Lansing Public Library without lawful authority after having been forbidden to do so by the Library Director, or his/her designated agent. No person being upon said lands or premises shall refuse or neglect to forthwith depart therefrom upon being requested to do so by the Library Director or his/her designated agent.

Marie E. Wicks City Clerk CP#17-052 City Pulse • March 8, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION

Taxing trouble FOR Major Brown Clarke backer owes $72,000 in delinquent taxes DESIGN The host of mayoral candidate Judi Club on Forest Road. Brown Clarke’s kickoff fundraiser owes over “And as far as the back taxes, I'm sure $72,000 in delinquent property taxes, in- I'll bring it to his attention and I'm sure terest and fees either personally or through he will make good on it,” Brown Clarke limited liability companies of which he is said in interview with City Pulse before member. her fundraiser. She told City Pulse on Feb. Property records show Lansing attorney 27 the event raised over $20,000 for her Edwar Zeineh (pronounced Zaney) owns campaign committee a week before she of- at least 14 properties in Ingham County. ficially announced her bid for mayor. Zeineh Property taxes are delinquent on eight of Zeineh said by email Monday from Is- those properties for a total of $72,374.78 rael that he was “not in a position to articu- properties, while two others are not. in overdue taxes, interest and fees, Ingham late specific amounts or properties” while The City Council held a hearing Feb. County Treasurer Eric Schertzing verified he was “on a spiritual journey.” 27 on an amendment to the city’s rental Monday. Three of the 14 properties are “If there are balances due and owing, registration ordinance that would require owned by Zeineh himself. I’ll pray that on this journey I receive the property owners to be current on property Three are owned by E Squared Hold- wisdom and blessings to address any bal- tax payments before being able to register ings, a limited liability company. Docu- ances in the near future,” he wrote. the property as a rental. ments from the state of Michigan show he Five of the properties are residential. Of During the hearing, several landlords was the only member to sign the registra- those, one appears to have an unregistered spoke against amending the ordinance, ar- tion papers for E Squared. The remaining land contract on it. The City Council last guing delaying payment of property taxes East Lansing eight properties are owned by E L Invest- year amended its ordinances to require was a business decision that allowed them Juliet Levy-Weston of Lansing was the first ment Properties, another limited liability land contract properties to be treated as to invest more money in improving the person to correctly identify the detail shown company. State and court filings list Ze- rentals until a land contract is placed on properties they owned. in the Jan. 25 "Eye for Design," which she may ineh as a member of that LLC. file with the Ingham County Register of Schertzing, the county treasurer, dis- pick up at City Pulse. She said that the "red Six of the eight properties are in Lansing. Deeds. No land contract has been filed for puted that business model. stone carved twigs in the shape of the letter The other two are in Lansing Township. the property, according to the City of Lan- “The business model that purports to Y are on the old Forestry building on West Brown Clarke was informed of her sing’s Assessor’s Office and the Ingham work by delaying tax payments is not one circle at MSU.” Indeed, the word FORESTRY is host’s tax issues four days before he hosted County Treasurer’s Office online databas- I would like to have in my community,” he spelled out on the frieze over the entrance to her Feb. 23 fundraiser at the University es. Two properties are registered as rental See Zeineh, Page 6 the building, called Chittenden Hall. The detail above can be found in East while she denied it was a commentary on Lansing. The first person to correctly iden- Run of her life the leadership of Virg Bernero, it certain- tify its location will receive a City Pulse Eye for ly is a contrast to the “angriest mayor in Design mug. Send your answer to debollman@ Former Olympic medalist makes bid America” schtick he’s perfected. comcast.net by Wednesday, March 15. for Lansing Mayor’s Office “A community of grace is one in which everyone feels empowered,” Brown Clarke, — Daniel E. Bollman, AIA Olympic Silver Medalist Judi Brown Clarke 55, told supporters and the media of her has signed up for what may be the run of her vision of the city under her leadership. “Ev- life. Last week she announced she’s seeking eryone feels like there is a place for them. to become Lansing’s first African American There is a destination and they're being and female mayor. cultivated in a way which they have a level The announcement was “the worst of independence and a level contribution.” kept secret” in the city, Brown Clarke, a While Bernero has announced he will first-term Councilwoman, said Thursday not seek a fourth term, she’s still facing an during a press conference at the Michigan Brown Clarke uphill battle. State Rep. Andy Schor, the Women’s Historical Center. Brown Clarke only other declared mayoral candidate, touted her work as diversity director for language to solve a problem,” she said on has done well in pre-filing polls. Those the National Science Foundation's Bio- the “City Pulse Newsmakers” TV show last polls put Schor over Bernero and Brown Computational Evolution in Action Con- week. “I have that ability, having sat at so Clarke in third place in a three-way pri- sortium Center at Michigan State Univer- many different tables, of sitting at the table mary. City Clerk Chris Swope has also said sity and her work with corporations like and problem solving solutions for Lansing he is considering a run. Nike as evidence she can bring a new en- in this area, so being an elected official Brown Clarke enters the race with a seri- ergy to harnessing hi-tech jobs in the city. they're a parallel within my professional ous financial handicap. Her campaign com- “I have an incredible toolkit, and it's not background that rival or actually surpass mittee — which has not filed a required end- just within politics. I can sit at the table. because they're not within a very limited of-year report, and has been fined $25 by One of the beautiful things of working at scale of just creating policy.” Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum — had Beacon and the Science and Technology She also pitched a call for a renewed a deficit of over $12,000 in loans owed to Center is bringing together different scien- sense of decorum and respect in the city. tific skills and coming up with a common She called for “a community of grace,” and See Brown Clarke, Page 6 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 8, 2017

PUBLIC NOTICES violated campaign finance law, records show. Zeineh Zeineh made headlines in 2013 when he NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING sued the city over a property dispute involving EAST LANSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE from page 5 2006 and 2010 E. Michigan Ave. After buy- Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held by the East Lansing Community Development ing the properties from Drain Commissioner Advisory Committee on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 6:30 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom Patrick Lindemann, he placed obstacles in #2, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing. said. “It is such a very usury business model that really is not a functional business model. If the back alley. The city argued the alley was a The hearing will be for the purpose of reviewing budget recommendations for the Program Year 17/18 you can’t get money less than what we charge, fire lane and ordered him to remove the bar- Community Development Block Grant Program, Mini Grant Program, and Human Service Grant riers. He didn’t, so the city removed them. Program prepared by the Community Development Advisory Committee. the prospects for your business are not good.” With interest and fees, tax bills can be in- He sued the city and won $7,961 in awards Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City Hall, creased nearly 50 percent. and attorney fees. In July 2016, he filed a 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. Brown Clarke said Friday on the “City federal civil rights action against the city, Pulse Newsmakers” TV show that she was city fire department officials, officials from The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters uncertain how she will vote. the Lansing Police Department and Lansing 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 “There was probably about seven or eight Mayor Virg Bernero. That lawsuit is ongoing meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning people that came up and gave some really in the federal district court in Grand Rapids. Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800- compelling reasons” for opposing the amend- On March 1 paperwork showed a directed 649-3777. Marie E. Wicks ment, Brown Clarke said. “I think there’s ex- mediation between the parties had failed to City Clerk CP#17-049 ceptions to everything. I think you can’t have result in a settlement of the concerns. a blanket all or none you-pay-your-taxes be- Records also show that Zeineh’s father, cause life happens. I would not be punitive.” Faeik, owes $9,434.40 in delinquent taxes on CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING Andy Schor, the only other declared can- two properties he owns whose billing address SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED MINUTES didate for mayor, declined to comment for is a Tecumseh River Drive property owned by A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF this story. Edwar Zeineh. One of those properties, 800 LANSING WAS HELD AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICES LOCATED AT 3209 WEST MICHIGAN This is not the first time Zeineh has given Baker St., was the location of a homicide the AVENUE, LANSING, MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2017 AT 7:00 P.M. money to Brown Clarke. Campaign finance same day Zeineh was hosting Brown Clarke’s MEMBERS PRESENT: Supervisor Hayes, Clerk Aten, Treasurer Rodgers records from the county show he donated campaign kickoff fundraiser. Trustees: Broughton, Harris, DeLay $300 in his own name, and another $300 MEMBERS ABSENT: Trustee McKenzie for the LLC E L Investment Properties. The — Todd Heywood ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD: later donation had to be returned because it Meeting called to order by Supervisor Hayes. Minutes of the meeting held on January 24, 2017 approved. Agenda approved as amended. quite frankly sexist because this question Adopted Resolution 17-3: appointment to Board of Review. Brown Clarke would not be asked of Virg Bernero nor would Authorized Township Supervisor and Clerk to sign letters of understanding with Union. it be asked of Andy Schor,” she said. “So that Adopted Resolution 17-4: Law Enforcement Officers Regional Training Commission. Approved special fund budget amendment. from page 5 question is put to bed.” Adopted Resolution 17-5: re-appointments to Planning Commission. A skeleton is her dismissal as the head Authorized Township Clerk to sign engagement letter for Lyle D. Hepfer & Company and approve fees. her and her husband, 54-A District Court coach of the MSU women’s track and field Approved 2017 rental fund budget. Judge Hugh Clarke Jr. On Feb. 23, a fund- team in 1997. She was dismissed in January Amusement Device Licenses approved for: Sunshine Laundromat and Boston’s Restaurant and raiser hosted by attorney Edwar Zeineh (see 1997 after it was revealed she and a volunteer Sports Bar. Approved vacation pay out request. related story), raised over $20,000, she said. track coach had violated NCAA rules, she said Claims approved. But Schor enters the race with over $70,000 in an interview with the Marshall Chronicle Executive session held to discuss attorney-client privileged communication & pending litigation. in his campaign war chest. at the time. At the same time, an MSU men’s Board returned to regular session. Approved settlement of MTT case as proposed and authorized Township Attorney and Assessor to She acknowledged, in an interview with wrestling coach was also found to have violated take necessary action to reach settlement. City Pulse last month, that if she got in the NCAA rules. He was given a two-week paid Meeting adjourned. race she would be the underdog. However, suspension, while she was terminated. Diontrae Hayes, Supervisor she also asserted that her depleted campaign Brown Clarke, who at the time had not Susan L. Aten, Clerk CP#17-050 account was a strategic move in order to married Hugh Clarke and thus was known as avoid drawing attention to herself. Judi Brown, was found to have allowed ineligi- She has served as a member of City Council ble students to use hotels paid for by the MSU ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS at-large for the last three years. Asked to iden- track program and permitted an ineligible stu- EAST LANSING CITY HALL tify a successful ordinance or resolution she dent to live in an on-campus apartment with SITEWORK AND ADA IMPROVEMENTS took the lead on, she declined, saying she was an eligible scholarship athlete without paying CITY OF EAST LANSING a "team plauer." She pointed instead to being full rent. The most serious allegation was that 410 ABBOT ROAD named to leadership roles for the last three she directed student athletes to mislead inves- EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48823 years —twice as vice president and once as tigators about their knowledge of a volunteer Sealed bids will be received by the City of East Lansing up to 11:00 AM, Friday, April 7, 2017, at president. coach’s participation. which time they will be publicly opened and read for the furnishing of materials, labor and equipment “I think during the time that I was presi- “A lot of times athletes — because they're for concrete and paving work at East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Proposals may either be mailed or hand delivered to the Director of Parks and Recreation, at 410 dent last year I've heard tremendous feed- close to their coach — will come to their coach Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI, 48823. back on the decorum and how we carried and say, ‘What do I do?’” she said of the alle- ourselves as a Council, that we were cohe- gation. “And at that point in time it was like I The Contract Documents may be electronically obtained by contacting the Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation, East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823, sive,” she said. “Now we didn't always agree, can't talk about it and so on, but I shouldn't (517) 319-6940. but we didn't agree on the issue. There wasn't have even said that. Anything that I would say a lot of personal attacks and things like that.” was considered me talking or coaching them.” A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday, March 16 at 2:00 P.M in Conference Room A of East Lansing City Hall. Brown Clarke rolls into the race with some She said the experience has taught her negative political baggage. and allowed her to grow, noting that she The City of East Lansing reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive defects in proposals, Key among them is a whisper campaign was recently awarded a diversity leadership and to make the award in its own best interest. that she would end up sharing the power of award by MSU President Lou Anna Simon. CITY OF EAST LANSING the Mayor’s Office with her husband., Judge “I've grown,” she said. “I'm a leader and By: Marie Wicks Clarke. I've learned from that.” City Clerk CP#17-051 “Anyone that thinks anything that my husband has the ability to influence me in realms — Todd Heywood that he has no expertise — It's offensive and City Pulse • March 8, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

Public Affairs. She and Schor got to know Courtesy Photo each other when she interned for the House Pictured: A All aboard Dems. She is taking a leave from Vanguard. 306-degree With Bernero not running, While Schor’s momentum is formidable, omnidirectional it’s too early to call it for him. Major play- antenna that Schor’s support piles up ers, such at the Lansing Regional Chamber is frequently Seats on the Andy Schor Express to City of Commerce and the UAW, won’t likely installed by The Hall are quickly filling up. decide their endorsements until after the Antenna Men. Schor, who officially filed for mayor on filing deadline. Moreover, Lansing City Tuesday, will announce today that the Greater Clerk Chris Swope is still considering a Lansing Association of Realtors is support- run as of Tuesday, which would make the ing him. On the labor side, he already has August runoff primary at least a three- the plumbers and pipefitters local and the way race with Councilwoman-at-Large Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Judi Brown Clarke, who announced her Millwrights. The latter’s candidacy last week. Swope, who would endorsement cited his have to forego a fourth term as clerk, could support in the state House be formidable, given that he has not even our business is access to high-speed Internet. of Representatives on such drawn an opponent in his last two races. What people are looking for now is they don’t Over the air want to pay for 400 channels when the only issues as prevailing wage *** and right to work. Five into two won’t go: Five candidates Digital antennas catching on watch 12, so they want to just pay for what And with incumbent have officially filed for the two City Council as a way to beat cable costs they watch.” Virg Bernero out of the at-large seats — two of them members of the Still, Holland warns that even with the way, pols have been quick Lansing School Board: Spadafore and more When Lansing resident Meegan Hol- ability to cut down on overall costs, “the up- to get onboard. All the recently Guillermo Lopez. Incumbent Brown land calculated her cable bill in the summer front investment isn’t to be taken lightly.” Ingham County commis- Berl schwartz Clarke has announced for mayor, precluding of 2015, she realized she was paying $184 “I think the actual digital antenna is $300 sioners, including Repub- her from running again for her at-large seat. a month. That’s when she understood she and my DVR is right up around there too.” licans, are backing Schor, a Democrat who Incumbent Kathie Dunbar presumably is needed a change. Her DVR is a Channel Master. “I can’t say served on the Board of Commissioners for 10 running, although she has yet to file. “I was unemployed at the time,” Holland I’m fully happy with it,” Holland said. “It’ll years before going to the House. The mayoral Lopez said he’s wanted to serve on the said. “I thought ‘You know what, this is ri- pixelate in the weather. When it pixelates re- election is nonpartisan. Council for a long time, but he couldn’t while diculous, even if I do get a job it’s ridiculous,’ ally badly, I turn off the DVR and run the sig- Four of the five countywide elected of- he was still a city employee. He retired as an which I did shortly thereafter actually, but nal right from the antenna to the TV. If you ficials are supporting him — only Register of equal opportunity specialist in 2014, ending a it was definitely a cost-saving thing. When love DVR, you might want to consider TiVo, Deeds Derrick Quinney hasn’t yet signed on. 30-year municipal career. I called to cancel (AT&T U-verse) they said, but that’s a monthly cost I didn’t want.” Quinney, a longtime UAW member and leader, Born in Mexico, Lopez, 67, has been a ‘Oh we’ll work with you,’ but I said, ‘Too late, (Other customers report having better said he will decide after the union determines strong voice in the effort to declare Lansing I’ve already invested in an antenna.” success with the Channel Master DVR.) its endorsement. a “sanctuary city,” but he said, “That’s only The antenna that Holland is talking about Heinze does agree that cost and reception And a host of neighborhood leaders are one issue.” is a digital antenna that is tailored to receive can be a barrier for many, but the digital sys- backing him — no doubt looking for more “I’ve lived here for 30-plus years, and I’ve local channels that Holland actually wants to tem has “definitely increased quality” of chan- attention after nearly three terms of a City seen our neighborhoods go downhill. Look watch, and watches more frequently. In fact, nel transmission overall. Heinze estimated Hall many of them see as favoring down- at MLK and Holmes and Pennsylvania. the quality tends to be better than through that it would cost between $400 and $500 to town and the Michigan Avenue Corridor We need neighborhood empowerment and a cable provider, because the broadcast isn’t get an antenna through the company. over their needs. development. compressed. “People say, ‘Well that’s a lot of money,’ There are also five Lansing School Board “The economic base for a city is its hous- “I’m watching TV from about a half dozen but if you’re spending $100 a month for your members behind him: Peter Spadafore (him- ing stock,” he added. “We have houses going channels,” Holland said. “I do have Netflix entertainment vis a vis cable or the satellite self a candidate for an at-large seat on the City down in value. How do we help families and I do have Amazon Prime, so I’m not company, it’s only five months of payments,” Council), Gabrielle Johnson Lawrence, Missy keep their homes up? Neighborhoods go hurting for movies and TV shows.” Heinze said. “If you don’t have the cash on Lilje, Nino Rodriguez and Shirley Rodgers. down in value when city services are lack- And Holland is not alone in this transition, hand you can put it on a Visa or MasterCard, And thus far two regional leaders are ing. The streets are terrible. Many side which allows viewers to receive as many as 40 make the payments, pay a little interest but supporting him: Delta Township Clerk Mary streets are nothing but potholes. or so broadcast channels in mid-Michigan. at the end of the day at month six you’re free. Clark and, intriguingly, the Lansing Town- “We’ve done a lot of good stuff downtown Mike Heinze owns The Antenna Men, The average person can save $1,200 or more ship supervisor, Dion’trae Hayes. Given that and on the Michigan (Avenue) Corridor, but which is keeping busy installing digital an- a year by going this route.” Bernero once likened the township to North it’s time to focus more on neighborhoods.” tennas in the Lansing area and beyond. It certainly seems that the cost is not out- Korea, her support suggests a new era of The other three who are running for the “Back in 2008 there was something called weighing the demand. Denny Duplessis, co- cooperation. That should be music to the two at-large spots are Christopher Jackson, a the digital transition, when the broadcast TV owner of Denny’s Antenna Service in Ithaca, ears of the business community, which was legal aid attorney; Justin DeBoer, 28, a cook stations went from analog to digital. What Mich., which mails antennas out nationwide, tiring of the conflicts Bernero had with other and Lansing native; and Michael Ruddock, happened with that is a large percentage of said there is no shortage of buyers. mid-Michigan leaders. 23, a senior at MSU who is slated to graduate the TVs were digital already, so a lot of people “Probably the biggest states are Wiscon- Meanwhile, Schor smartly distanced in May from the James Madison College with got coupons to get digital converter boxes,” sin, Illinois, Florida, Texas, Washington state, himself from TJ Bucholz, a Bernero target a major in social relations and policy. Heinze said. “My son needed a job, so we California, we do a lot of Colorado sales. It’s before he pulled out of the race. Bucholz *** thought that this was an opportunity to make all over,” Duplessis said. helped Schor, an old friend, with his roll- Finally, a reader raised the question of a little money selling converters and upgrad- And as far as demographics go, Duplessis out. Bernero tied Schor to the dark-money whether former city employees could con- ing antennas. We initially started in Ingham said that interested buyers range from 25 to group No Secret Lansing Deals because tinue to collect their pensions while serving and Eaton County and over the last eight their 80s. Bucholz is its spokesman. Schor denied any on the City Council. Two candidates fall into years we’ve expanded into about 20 counties, “Younger and younger people are having connection to the group, but to play it safe, that category: Lopez and retired internal which is about a 60-mile radius of Lansing.” their first home and they decided they don’t he confirmed Tuesday that he won’t further auditor Jim DeLine, who is running to The short-term job opportunity flour- want cable and they have a widescreen 60” use Bucholz, calling the issue a “distraction.” represent Lansing’s Second Ward. ished into something sustainable and now, TV and they know that ‘hey, I can get great He did, though, hire one of Bucholz’ The answer is yes, according to City it’s a matter of expansion. picture on this thing and watch football,” employees, Chelsea Coffey, to serve as his cam- Attorney James Smiertka. Council mem- “We have four employees and we need to Duplessis said. paign manager. Coffey, 23, a Saginaw Valley bers are not in the retirement system, and keep them busy to make a living, so we keep State University graduate from Vassar, was nothing prohibits them from receiving their expanding to markets like Kalamazoo, Battle — Eve Kucharski development manager for Bucholz’ Vanguard pensions. Creek, etc.,” Heinze said. “What has driven 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 8, 2017

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO funds and donations from Friends of the Li- Lansing architect Todd Gute is a busy braries organizations. man, but he found time to go to an adult col- The most dramatic part of the transfor- oring session at the Capital Area District Li- mation will greet visitors right away. Ty Forquer/City Pulse braries’ downtown Lansing branch last fall. Inside the front doors, a large, curved Above: A new circulation/information desk replaces the library’s lobby, which was “My kids are too old and too cool to color desk big enough for an airline check-in will separated from the rest of the floor by a glass wall. with me anymore,” he explained. suck patrons deeper into the library. Also, he needed the practice. His next job Simplification and de-cluttering are key the space suddenly was to color in the whole library. goals of the project. Circulation and infor- look much larger. Gute is the project architect for the mation services will both be found at the big “We wanted better $670,000 make- new front desk, instead of separate stations. sight lines for where the over of the library’s The old glass partition between the foyer and patrons are and what Capital Area help they might need,” District Libraries’ first and second main floor, where people tended to clump floors that will be like leaves blowing in from the street, is gone. Johnson said. “People downtown branch unveiled in a se- “Some people didn’t go beyond the glass,” could wander around (Reopens Monday, ries of events this Gute said. “They saw it as a barrier.” in back, and unless March 13) they came to the desk, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday- month. The hold shelves are closer to the doors, we couldn’t see that Thursday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. The renova- so nearby state workers and other people in Friday-Saturday; 1-6 p.m. tion simplifies and a hurry can pick them up and check out fast. they were struggling to Sunday opens up the in- Head librarian Kathy Johnson said the find something.” 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing terior, adds more new configuration also will free up a “float- The cramped sec- (517) 367-6363, cadl.org places to sit and ing” staffer to approach patrons and ask if ond-floor bathrooms generally spiffs up they need help. were completely rebuilt the 1964 “Mad Men”-era interior of the glit- She finds that more than half the time, and made barrier-free. tering white rectangle at 401 S. Capitol Ave. when she approaches patrons, they are re- The downtown Ty Forquer/City Pulse The makeover is a big step in the library’s lieved to get help. branch makeover was 21st-century pivot from a maze of book- “We need to offer help instead of waiting inspired, in part, by The library’s first floor renovations include revamped children’s shelves to a flexible hub of information and at the desk,” Johnson said. “Quite a few peo- a similar one at the areas, an expanded fiction section and new furniture. social activity. ple don’t want to touch a computer, or they South Lansing branch, 3500 S. Cedar St., three said security wasn’t the primary reason for The project was paid for by CADL reserve just got a device and haven’t got a clue what the new open design. to do with it.” years ago. “We loved the open feeling there,” CADL “We have security guards that make New furniture and carpet are integral to rounds,” she said. the makeover. Executive Director Maureen Hirten said. Across all branches, fewer books are now A side benefit of lowering the shelves Some of the old furniture was original to and opening up the second floor is that the the building; other pieces were hand-me- more appealingly presented, often face out- ward, as in retail stores, rather than packed library’s signature design element suddenly downs from Lansing Community College pops out everywhere. and CADL’s Delta Township branch when spine-out until the shelves groan. “(Retail) is the model,” Hirten said. “Do At first glance, it looks like 10-foot-tall, those libraries got new furniture. square-trousered squid are attached to the There are 45 new plugs for personal elec- you want self-help books from 1998? Do we need three shelves of Abraham Lincoln biog- windows, but there’s more to the panels than tronic devices and many more places to sit, meets the eye. When Kenneth Black, mid- solo or in groups. The renovations add 36 raphies?” In the past few years, CADL has added Michigan’s leading Modernist architect, de- new seats to the first and second floors. The signed a new library for Lansing in 1962, he furniture doesn’t look industrial, but it’s du- hundreds of online books to its catalog. Phys- ical books that don’t circulate often enough was in a phase of decorative Modernism. rable enough to be hosed off every night. The The library’s exterior glitters with a lat- carpet comes in easy-to-replace squares, in end up in the basement’s used book store, the Book Burrow, unless they’re classics or ticework of white squares made of concrete case of spills or other damage, and there are embedded with glittering quartz crystals. plenty of spares ready to go. deemed essential for some other reason. “We’ve discovered, in all the libraries The designs are colophons, or publishers’ The fiction collection has been expanded emblems, of four major publishers of the on the first floor, with CDs and DVDs mov- where we’ve done renovations, that less is Ty Forquer/City Pulse 1960s. ing to the second floor. more,” Hirten said. “If you have good stuff Lowered second-floor shelves open out there, it circulates.” From inside, the panels shield the sun’s The makeover is even more dramatic on rays and let you know where you are in no up the space, revealing the windows’ the second floor, where the shelves have been Hirten acknowledged the obvious secu- decorative elements. sawed down from 90 to 60 inches, making rity benefits from better sight lines, but she See Library, Page 9 City Pulse • March 8, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

Other people kept stuff for two months while people were waiting.” There were complaints. A man told Hirten that with fines being charged, he and his wife could no longer take a couple of boxes of books to Florida and keep them all winter. “I told him, ‘You are the reason we’re doing it,’” Hirten said. Hirten got hooked on libraries early in By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Oct. 23, 2015, declared that libraries “have life, in her hometown of Port Jervis, about The Capital Area District Libraries sys- become largely social centers.” 90 miles from New York. She spent a lot of tem has gone through some changes since Buying, storing and processing books is time at Port Jervis’ Carnegie library, thinking Maureen Hirten became executive direc- no longer the library’s main reason for exis- it might be a nice place to work someday. She tor in 2011, but the heart of the job hasn’t tence. In the past two years, the downtown studied English at State University of New changed. Lansing branch has cut its book collection York with no particular career in mind. “You are basically a servant,” Hirten by 10 percent, and the branch’s airy new re- “I liked to read, but I didn’t want to teach said. “It’s a very public job. You have to design, to be unveiled Monday, reflects that or do anything with it,” she said. “All I wanted please the board, the staff, the munici- change. (See related story, p. 8.) to do was spend my time in college reading palities and the communities. They’re all Today’s librarians, Manguel lamented, different things.” asking you for something, and you’ve got are forced to do things that society is “too mi- She got her first library job in Baltimore to be nice to all of them.” serly or contemptuous to fulfill, from home- in the 1970s and became a librarian after Hirten, 66, leaves behind fewer books less shelter to nursery, fun fair and provider getting a master’s degree at the University of and more of almost everything else, includ- of social support and medical care.” Maryland’s library school. ing overdue fines, as she retires in May to Hirten takes issue with that phrasing. She always found library work while fol- move with her husband, City Pulse's associ- “I don’t feel forced,” Hirten said. “Change Ty Forquer/City Pulse lowing her husband’s journalism career ate publisher, Mickey Hirten, to Florida. is going to happen, and you’re going to get Maureen Hirten, executive director of around the country and raising three sons. As director, Maureen Hirten presided dragged along if you don’t learn the lesson Capital Area District Libraries since In New York in the 1990s, she was rolling in over an explosion of services and activi- the first time.” 2011, retires this month. clover, with free run of expensive early data- ties, from online services to the ubiquitous CADL’s core mission isn’t changing, ei- bases such as Lexis/Nexus in the library of a “Minecraft” nights to a Library of Things ther, especially in the “post-truth” era. Al- cent of voters. Branches in Haslett, Mason, Gannett newspaper office serving the West- that invites patrons to check out a telescope ternative facts don’t get much sanctuary at Okemos and South Lansing were all remod- chester-Rockland area. or a metal detector. the library. eled, culminating in the 2017 renovation of “That was the best,” she said. “Those ser- “One of the things I wanted to do when “What’s quality, reliable information?” the downtown Lansing branch. vices, you paid by the minute. I became a I became director was to expand outreach,” Hirten said. “Librarians can steer you to Another part of Hirten’s legacy is the old- computer librarian right when database re- she said. “That is the future of libraries. We databases, to peer-reviewed journals that fashioned overdue fine, enforced by a credit search was getting huge.” can’t just stand up on the hill and expect will give you good information. That’s one reporting service, and non-resident fees, She later became director of the Burling- people to climb up and use us.” of the things we pride ourselves on. Expert both of which the system did without until ton College library. There’s no shortage of hand wringing in assistance.” 2012. She was still unpacking boxes after the the beleaguered libraries of the land. “Re- CADL doesn’t look very beleaguered. The “We found that a lot of stuff wasn’t com- move from Vermont to the Lansing area in inventing the Library,” an op-ed piece by high point of Hirten’s tenure was a successful ing back,” Hirten said. “People kept stuff, Alberto Manguel in The New York Times 2014 millage campaign, approved by 77 per- got billed and never used the library again. See Hirten, Page 10

panels lining the interior, give the building a Ty Forquer/City Pulse Library stylish serenity. A bank of “It is a very significant piece of architec- computers is from page 8 ture,” Gute said. “As architects, we have a available to certain amount of reverence for it.” patrons on uncertain terms. Gute’s team colored the library with the library’s The library’s decorative touches, along hues that respect Black’s cool, understated remodeled with the sunken gardens buffering the build- interior design. Black’s light maple wood second floor. ing on the east and west and the warm wood panels, a feature that would be prohibi- tively expensive today, were cleaned and repainted. The stain on the wood had a greenish pigment typical of the 1960s, Gute said — a tough color to work with, but the builders came up with a match. A prodigal son who hadn’t set foot in a library for years, Gute started nosing around the place as soon as his firm got the job, beginning with his coloring class. ey Law School, Auto-Owners Insurance and walking distance of “all four major down- “I was amazed at how many people are in several Lansing churches, but the library town department stores.” that library, even during the day,” Gute said. project has special significance for Gute. That era has vanished, but with retail “There are people there to get books, but a Mayotte merged in the 1980s with Ken- activity and housing returning to Lansing’s lot of people are there that are doing work neth Black’s firm after both went through a downtown, the library’s 2017 makeover re- and don’t have Wi-Fi. Frequently, every com- few iterations. That means Mayotte’s lineage affirms its status as a community hub and puter had a person sitting at it.” goes back to 1913, when Kenneth Black’s makes Black seem like a prophetic figure. As the design process progressed, Gute father, Lee Black, started his architectural “People who are now moving out of city found that a building that was designed for practice in Lansing. areas find that their new surroundings are Ty Forquer/City Pulse “book processing and book lending” was sur- “It’s kind of like I’m working alongside my not the Utopia they expected,” Black said Renovations to CADL’s downtown branch prisingly adaptable. ancestors,” Gute said. in 1947. “We must again capture the elusive include shelves that display books cover Gute’s firm, Delta Township-based Mayo- When the library was dedicated in 1964, quality of humanness and weave it into the out, similar to a bookstore. tte Group Architects, has worked with Cool- a press release bragged that it was within physical framework of our cities.” 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 8, 2017

to townships, rural areas and places like the Hirten VFW Children’s Home last year. March 23 - April 23, 2017 The libraries bustle with programs like The Michigan Premiere of a from page 9 “book a librarian,” which gives patrons a half ferocious and provocative hour with a staff member. adaptation of one of the most 2002 when a real estate agent told her there “Nine times out of 10 it’s a technology prescient works of literature of was an opening at CADL’s Okemos branch. question — using Word or something like the last century. She transferred downtown to work in ad- that,” Hirten said. “Our business librarian will (Contains mature language/content) ministration in 2005. even work with you on your business plan.” At an academic or newspaper library, Hirten likes to amaze her fellow Rotary Pay-What-You-Can Preview people have to come in to get their work Club of Lansing members by telling them Thursday, Mar. 23 @ 8PM done. Hirten found public libraries to be the library has resources like Lynda.com, a $15 Previews completely different. database with thousands of courses in busi- Mar. 24 @ 8PM “You had to think up ways to get people ness, technology and creative skills. Mar. 25 @ 8PM to come in,” she said. “Social media makes “They say, ‘What? Our company pays for by GeorGe orwell Mar. 26 @ 2PM it easier now, but we had to come up with that,’” Hirten said. “We have people who get Mar. 30 @ 8PM displays, events, holiday observations, and it library cards just for Lynda.com.” dApted by A was fun.” Hirten is most proud of is a new line item MichAel Gene SullivAn Getting people in the door is still central in CADL’s budget devoted to supporting Williamston Theatre to CADL’s mission. outreach ideas from library branches. She Directed by Tony Caselli 122 S Putnam St.,Williamston “Our biggest challenge is people have no knows the programs by heart and happily Featuring: Tobin Hissong, Curran Jacobs, ticks off some of the recent fruits of the Pub- John Lepard, Robin Lewis-Bedz, 517-655-7469 idea what’s in the library,” Hirten said. “They Brandy Joe Plambeck, David Wolber www.williamstontheatre.org still think back to when they were kids and lic Service Grants program. went in for their book report and used the At the South Lansing branch, iPads were encyclopedia.” loaded with Zinio digital magazines, about To reach out to the public in as many 110 downloadable titles offered by CADL. ways as possible, Hirten hired librarians spe- A popular Story Walk in Haslett adapted cializing in local history, digital literacy and an idea that started in Vermont to Merid- business outreach, plus two more outreach ian Township’s Orlando Park. In Dansville, librarians and a mobile librarian. Training a librarian used a grant to buy six iPads to sessions on new technology, inside and out- teach kids how to do stop-motion animation. AMERICANHERO side the CADL system, are required from ev- In Stockbridge, a librarian donned a gorilla eryone on staff, regardless of age or job. suit to read “The One and Only Ivan” (about by bess wohl CADL’s old Bookmobile, on its last legs a gorilla) to fourth- and fifth-graders. in 2015, was replaced and sent on the road In Webberville, a grant funded adult art DIRECTED BY ANDY CALLIS classes and maker classes for kids. The Holt branch launched a program of exercising in DIDN’T SEE THAT the park, with Zumba and tai chi. Hirten said the grant applications are simple and all EXTRA WORK COMING? of them are accepted. To Hirten, there’s noting wrong with turning libraries into “fun fairs” or sources of “social support,” as Manguel sniffed in the Times. And the remark that libraries have turned into “homeless shelters” doesn’t faze her in the least. “It’s a public space,” she said. “Homeless people come in to use the computers, they read, they know where the newspapers are, YOU’LL BE GLAD they are not here to cause problems. We don’t TO SEE THIS COMING. let people who are obviously high or intoxicat- ed come into the building, homeless or not.” With the downtown remodel finished, Hirten is ready for the move to DeLand in central Florida. A 2-month-old grandchild and Volusia County’s 18-branch public li- WE’RE MAID FOR THIS. brary system are two strong incentives. “I’ve already got my library card, checked out the online stuff, and I’m really im- March 17-25, 2017 OFF ANY SERVICE pressed,” she said. 8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays | Black Box Theatre 10% She avidly reads both physical books and e-books on her laptop. $5 Students/$10 general at the door New customers only. Par ticipating locations only. Some r estrictions may apply. 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Jazz tribute gives the Beatles

a funky organ transplant Courtesy Photo Organissimo (left to right: Lawrence Barris, Jim Alfredson and Randy Marsh) released “B3tles,” a Beatles tribute CD, this week.

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Alfredson said. “A lot of the tunes are compatible with instruments, and try to jazz that up.” It’s not easy to utter the name of Organ- Beatles covers have a mixed history in improvisational musicians,” Marsh said. Not that it stopped them from trying. issimo’s new Beatles tribute CD, featuring R&B and jazz. Some, like Ella Fitzgerald’s “They became standards.” “Within You Without You” finds Alfredson in Lansing-based Hammond B-3 organist Jim “Hey Jude,” make you wince. Others, like Lovingly crafted arrangements, com- the role of Beatles producer George Martin, Alfredson, guitarist Lawrence Barris and Ray Charles’ “Eleanor Rigby” or Nina Sim- bined with on-the-spot synergy at Alfred- layering track upon track. drummer Randy Marsh. one’s “Here Comes the Sun,” are revelations. son’s home studio, helped the trio make the Alfredson asked Marsh to play Ringo It’s spelled “B3tles” and pronounced “bee- “Basie’s Beatle Bag” must have made eyes tunes their own. Starr’s famous rhythm from “Tomorrow threedles,” like it rhymes with “Don Chea- roll in 1966, when the Beatles were still hap- “The tunes are radically different but still Never Knows” and a second track of “washy dle’s.” pening, but 50 years later, it’s just plain fun recognizable,” Marsh said. “You pick a song, cymbals.” Barris came up with the title. to hear Count Basie’s swinging plinks and jam around with it and see if it can be done “George Martin, in a sense, was like (ar- “It’s so bad, it’s good,” Barris said. “What bright Beatles melodies go for a spin in the with our chemistry, so it doesn’t sound pre- ranger) Gil Evans was to Miles Davis,” Marsh else could we call it?” same vehicle. tentious or corny.” said. “He added orchestrations, harmonies. Tuesday night, the chart-topping organ When a studio executive put a sheaf of “We didn’t slick them up for the sake of The thing they did with multi-tracking, they trio were set to play several tunes from their Beatles tunes in front of pianist Theloni- slicking them up,” Barris said. were the first to really explore that. What soulful Beatles ous Monk, it was considered an insult to Alfredson and Marsh bumped “Taxman” Jim did with ‘Within You Without You’ was Organissimo homage at Mori- Monk’s artistry. into a 7/4, James Brown-style groove instead really cool.” CD Release Parties arty’s Pub in Lan- Volunteered tribute, however, is anoth- of the straight-up 4/4 of the original. Barris The climax sounds like a tsunami push- sing, with more er matter. contributed nuanced arrangements of “I ing a pinball arcade into a Gothic cathedral. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 release parties in Barris said he didn’t worry about how Will” and “If I Fell.” “If we’re out there doing concerts and Centennial Room at Grand Rapids and other Beatles covers worked or didn’t work. “‘If I Fell’ is such a beautiful melody, it just somebody wants to hear it, I don’t know how Founders Brewing Co. Clawson set for “We just picked songs we liked and ar- lends itself to a groovy swing,” Barris said. we’re going to replicate that,” Marsh said last 235 Grandville Ave. SW, later this month. ranged them the way we wanted to,” he said. Alfredson added galloping buoyancy to week. Grand Rapids After five CDs “It was really an artistic endeavor.” an obscure favorite of his, “I Dig a Pony.” Sure enough, they are being asked to Sponsored by West Michigan dominated by “All You Need is Love” is more of a medi- play it live at CD release parties like the one Jazz Society original compo- tation than an anthem, with gentle harmonic scheduled for Moriarty’s Tuesday night. Al- 9 p.m. Saturday, March 25 sitions, a recent tweaks that sound so right they might worm fredson has responded by importing the Black Lotus road trip took the their way into your permanent mental map drone he created on a modular synthesizer 1 E. 14 Mile Road, Clawson trio on its first of the tune. Alfredson and Barris worked out for the CD to his digital organ, playing the detour into cover the chord changes together. melody over it, and taking off from there. territory since it “We stumbled on them, and we both The CD’s packaging was crafted with al- started in 2001. knew, ‘That’s a cool re-harmonization. That’s most as much care as the music. Alfredson’s “For a long time, Beatles tunes were so way better than the original,’” Alfredson said. idea for the cover, a collage of photos and cari- sacrosanct, I didn’t think you could do a cov- “A good song is a good song,” Marsh said. catures based on the cover of “Revolver,” was a er,” Alfredson said. “Lennon and McCartney are comparable natural for Lansing artist Dennis Preston. Driving to Michigan from a gig at a music with any great songwriters — Gershwin, “He flipped out,” Alfredson said. “Who festival in Tupelo, Miss., a few months ago, Al- Cole Porter.” else could do it?” fredson cranked up a Beatle-thon and they all But Alfredson found there is a difference Promotion is the next challenge. The disc got carried away calling their favorite tunes. between playing a Tin Pan Alley standard in is already among the “biggest gainers” and The Beatles have been hyped for so long as organ jazz style and tackling the Beatles. “most added” on jazz radio nationwide, ac- the greatest thing ever that it’s become easy to “The Beatles were so closely associated cording to the Jazz Radio site, but why not forget how good they really were. Courtesy Photo with writing their own songs,” he said. “It’s take it to the source? Alfredson happens to “From a musical point of view, when it “B3tles” includes funky organ trio takes on one thing to improvise over a Cole Porter know people who know Ringo and Paul. comes to melody, counterpoint and all that Beatles classics like “All You Need is Love” tune and another thing to take ‘Within You “I’m going to sent them a bunch of cop- stuff, you can’t dismiss the Beatles catalog,” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Without You,’ which is built around Indian ies,” he said. 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 8, 2017

Perspective on Landscape,” an exhibi- Courtesy Photo tion of Seaman’s work, opens Monday at “All My Relations,” Photography the MSU Museum. The exhibit includes featuring the photos from three photography series, photography of “Melting Away” and “The Last Iceberg,” Camille Seaman, of extremes which explore the Arctic and Antarctic opens later this Camille Seaman captures regions, and “The Big Cloud,” which doc- month at the uments her storm chasing work. MSU Museum. storms, glaciers and Polar bears “I was just really awestruck by the The exhibition By EVE KUCHARSKI beauty and the fact that these forces includes her Massive tornadoes and below-freez- that are at play on our planet are both so photos of Arctic ing temperatures are just a normal day’s beautiful and so terrifying,” she said. “So and Antarctic work for photographer Camille Seaman. constructive and destructive. They are so glaciers, as well as She doesn’t shy away from the things visually stunning, yet most people go the photos from storm that scare most people. In fact. she man- other way to avoid seeing them.” chasing in the ages to bring the beauty out of them. “All My Relations,” as well as “Next Stop Great Plains. “My relationship with my fear is very Atlantic,” a photography exhibit by Ste- different than most people’s,” Seaman phen Mallon, are the MSU Museum’s con- said. “I tend to lean in toward my fear tribution to the “Water Moves MSU Initia- rather than be repulsed by it. I am always tive.” The campuswide, multi-disciplinary self-analyzing. Why am I afraid? What initiative aims to draw attention to the Seaman’s work ment is somehow separate from social is- am I really afraid of?” world’s aquatic habitats and the changes in the Arctic and Antarctic covers every- sues is, I think, at our own peril.” “All My Relations: An Indigenous to them caused by human influence. thing from the “perpetually changing” Howard Bossen, professor of photog- faces of glaciers to the debris and “minu- raphy and visual communication at MSU tia” left behind by animals and humans. and an adjunct curator at the MSU Mu- The project spans 12 years, including seum, said that Seaman’s unique take on Seaman’s most recent trip to the Antarc- her subjects is why he picked her work. tic in January 2016. “Camille’s work is different in the Seaman’s storm-chasing work was a sense that there are a lot of people who long-term project as well, lasting eight have photographed the Arctic and the years. During that time, she photographed Antarctic, and there are a lot of people a variety of storms, who have photographed big storms, “All My Relations: including the largest but there are very few people who have An Indigenous tornado in recorded photographed either of those subjects Perspective on history, El Reno, as beautifully, as powerfully as she has,” Landscape” which spanned near- Bossen said. “It’s different. I think part of FREE ly 3 miles in diam- the difference is she brings the influence March 20–Sept. 29 eter. The work was of her Shinnecock culture to it.” Main Gallery, MSU inspired by both her Seaman will host two public talks at Museum daughter’s interest in MSU this month. The first, March 26 at 409 W. Circle Drive, East storms, as well as her the MSU Museum, will focus on her ex- Lansing Shinnecock Native hibition. (517) 355-2370, museum.msu.edu American heritage. “I hope that people gain a better un- Magazine When asked if derstanding of why she chose to pho- Digital eBook magazine Print (OverDrive) Photography she considered her- tograph these subjects, how she went (Zinio) talk with Camille self an environmen- about actually making them, being on Seaman tal photographer, icebreakers for weeks on end — commu- FREE Seaman said that nication and things like that, how you Sunday, March 26, 2017 she feels all photog- actually make photographs when your Pick your favorite format 2-3 p.m. raphy fits that mold eAudiobook equipment can start freezing in a few (hoopla) and start celebrating. MSU Museum in some way. minutes,” Bossen said. 409 W. Circle Drive, East “I think that be- The second talk, March 29 at the Col- Lansing cause of my indig- lege of Communication Arts and Scienc- (517) 355-2370, enous upbringing museum.msu.edu es building, will discuss Seaman’s work and my perspective photographing the Dakota Access Pipe- Standing Rock: of connectedness line protests at Standing Rock. Talk with and that everything “She’s going to put that into context Photographer is related, there’s no of indigenous rights to water, the sacred- Camille Seaman environmental. It is ness of water to her culture.” the same thing as Seaman said she hopes her unique Kids ages 3–8 can pick FREE up a free activity calendar Wednesday, March 29, portraiture; they’re perspective, rooted both in indigenous 2017 all connected,” Sea- and Western culture, will help to give in- and earn fun prizes! 3-4:20 p.m. man said. “I’m hop- sight on the state of the planet. Communication Arts and ing that the work “It’s a very dangerous time, and it’s al- Sciences, room 145 becomes personal most more important than ever to show 404 Wilson Road, East to people, that they Lansing how beautiful our planet is, to show how understand that this beautiful life can be here and remind is their planet that people that these things are not to be they are a part of. That they share DNA taken for granted,” Seaman said. “We with most of the life forms and creatures only get one Earth, and I’m not interest- on this planet, that humans are not sepa- ed in moving to Mars.” rate from nature. To say that the environ- City Pulse • March 8, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13

“We looked at many candidates from goals is looking at new facilities,” Whit- Groups like the Lansing Poetry Club all over the state for this particular posi- ney said. “We’re looking between Fran- and DANCE Lansing often use MICA Art scene shakeup tion,” she said. “Katrina’s resume would dor and the Capitol and between REO as an event space. When asked if these Lansing Art Gallery adds Katrina Daniels, have been enough, but having worked Town and Old Town. There are a couple groups would still have access to the MICA Gallery becomes ‘volunteer-led space’ with her personally and professionally of big projects in the works that we may space, the best Terry could offer is “prob- for over a decade, it’s such a joy to have want to be a part of.” ably yes.” He said it will take some time By TY FORQUER her on board.” Up in Old Town, MICA Gallery has for MICA Gallery find its bearings as a Former MICA Gallery program direc- Daniels starts her new job March 16. no plans to replace Daniels. Terry Terry, director-less space. tor Katrina Daniels has a new gig, but One of her challenges will be drawing president of MICA’s board of directors, “It’s going to take a few months to re- she isn’t moving far. Lansing Art Gallery new traffic to the Lansing Art Gallery’s said the gallery will “return to its roots as group,” he said. & Education Center, 119 N. Washington downtown location, on the lower level of a volunteer-led space.” Square, about a mile south of MICA’s a building on the north end of Lansing’s Terry said the gallery is effectively Old Town digs, announced last week that downtown retail district. MICA Gallery, closed until next month, when he plans Daniels will join its staff as exhibitions by contrast, benefitted from the bustling to exhibit a show he is curating. Beyond and gallery sales director. retail scene in Old Town. that, the future of the space is unclear. At Lansing Art Gallery, Daniels will “That’s one of the great things about “We’re looking to other arts organiza- help judge exhibitions, handle artist con- where MICA is located,” Daniels said. “I tions to maintain a community space,” he tracts and installations, oversee the gal- could just open the door on a warm day, said. lery’s retail space and manage interns, put a sign outside and put some music Terry is hoping to find a “collective” of docents and volunteers. During her time on, and people just flowed in naturally.” local arts groups willing to curate shows at MICA Gallery, Daniels partnered Downtown, by contrast, is busy all day and take on day-to-day gallery duties. with community groups and businesses but quiet on nights and weekends. MICA will continue to produce Lansing like Bloom Coffee Roasters, the Lansing “We’ll have to find inventive ways of JazzFest and Michigan BluesFest, and Derby Vixens and the Lansing Bike Party drawing people to the space — or bring- Terry said a MICA-produced exhibition to bring new audiences into the gallery. ing the work to them,” Daniels said. of motorcycle art in Detroit’s Hart Plaza She’s hoping to bring similar program- That is likely to involve activities like is in the works for this summer. He’s also ming to the Lansing Art Gallery. the Lansing Art Gallery’s summer pop- hoping to take an exhibition of Michigan “One of the things I found challeng- up art activities, which brings art dem- visual artists on tour to galleries across ing at MICA is that a lot of people don’t onstrations out to the sidewalks. Future the U.S. feel comfortable in formal art spaces,” projects could venture even further from Terry seemed open to the idea of a Daniels said. “Having a non-traditional the gallery. gallery-less version of MICA. partnership can create an opportunity “We’re really excellent grant writers “I like to have a physical gallery, but for people who are maybe new to the arts here,” Whitney said. “Within the next the world is changing,” he said. “Main- to engage with a more formal art space.” year, (Katrina will) be able to be one the taining a brick and mortar space is not Daniels is a graduate of Michigan best grant writers in Michigan. If you can core to our mission.” State University, where she studied in- dream it, you can do it. We can make the terior design, art history and museum case to funders that we should go outside studies. She has been involved in the the gallery walls to reach populations Lansing art scene for over a decade, in- where they live.” cluding a 2007 internship at Lansing Art Or, perhaps, the gallery itself will go Gallery. somewhere else. Whitney said Lansing Barb Whitney, executive director Art Gallery is not committed to down- of the Lansing Art Gallery, was happy town and is actively exploring other op- The Face of the Maker: to find a fit for the position so close to tions. home. “Strategically, one of our ultimate “In the Spirit of Friendship”

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As soon as Muffitt dusted off the music fraught with the melancholy of the attic, gram, Soviet-era composer Dmitri Shosta- box off and turned the crank, the orchestra with broken bits of history — a feeling that kovich’s Fifth Symphony, was a monu- Centipedes shuddered to life with wheezy snippets of is not unfamiliar to post-modern audienc- mental effort that almost made it to the Tchaikovsky and Mozart and a broken blast es. The musicians’ tight precision and re- promised land, but could have used one of Beethoven — the Fifth, of course, only it lentless focus kept the music from feeling more rehearsal. Muffitt and the orchestra and flexatones sounded like it was being held under wa- random or cluttered, despite the outbursts, have worked miracles with massive works Lansing Symphony, Berlinsky ter like a stubborn rat refusing to die. Was digressions and trapdoors. before, from Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” lift the lid on an epic Russian century Schnittke out to preserve the tradition or The next work on the program took the to Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony to Shosta- trash it? This music box had neglect issues. audience to a time when Schnittke’s sal- kovich’s own 10th Symphony last year. But By LAWRENCE COSENTINO A centipede skittered out from under the vaged music box was brand new. a few technical issues, including a nail-bit- Piquing curiosity instead of smacking ballerina’s skirt and a spring went “ping.” Dmitri Berlinsky, the night’s guest so- ing pileup in the first climax of the finale people to attention is a great way to start a The stage was crammed with musi- loist, has a dark and chocolate-y tone that and an occasional lack of tautness in the symphony concert. cians, but they never played en masse. A makes you completely forget he’s scrap- epic first and last movements, kept this The Lansing Symphony’s opener Sat- series of vignettes, like pen-and-ink drawing two things together. (Not all violinists one from joining the ranks. urday night, Soviet-era composer Alfred ings, brought writer Nikolai Gogol’s bus- achieve this goal.) The gorgeous, flowing However, Muffitt and the orchestra Schnittke’s Suite from “Dead tling, eccentric characters to life, using Violin Concerto of Russian romantic Al- managed to grasp the miraculous when Review Souls Register,” was like a odd combinations of instruments. (The exander Glazunov is one of his specialties. it really counted. Muffitt played the last 19th-century Russian music music was adapted from a TV miniseries Is it a sacrilege to say I loved Berlinsky’s movement, with its famously ambiguous box rescued from the attic, of Gogol’s hilarious and sad masterpiece, take more than Itzhak Perlman’s? Berlin- climax, as a forced march and triumphal with a headless clown and a one-legged “Dead Souls.”) sky’s earthy, rooted sound, lush as a carpet apotheosis all at once, glorying in its hor- ballerina. It made you want to lean for- Nobody goes to the symphony expecting of moss sheltered by an enchanted orches- rific duality. ward and peer inside, if only to see what to hear a tuba play a tango or a duet com- tral forest, made the moody exertions of The slow movement, the heart of the was waiting to skitter out. bining a wooden flute with a flexatone, a romantic concertos feel natural and warm, symphony and surely the most difficult When maestro Timothy Muffitt brings wobbly metal instrument that sounds like a like a campfire with stars glittering over- part to put over, was sublime from start to out something that stretches the audi- caffeinated spirit from beyond. A prepared head. finish. ence’s ears, it usually fits a larger theme — piano, altered to create haunting overtones, As a rule, cadenzas — the show-offy bits I hate to keep picking on principal obo- in this case, an ambitious night covering evoked a Bulgarian chorus all by itself. at the end of most concertos — are extreme ist Jan Eberle, but she keeps on asking for three generations of Russian composers. Stentorian organ tones, an electric gui- tests of how long the audience can go with- it. Eberle’s solo, the heart of the heart of The poly-stylistic head games of tar pwee-oink and delicate harpsichord out thinking about dinner, but I was all the symphony, matched or surpassed any Schnittke, the inheritor of so much musi- passages kept the audience guessing all the attention when Berlinsky split like a wood performance I’ve heard on record — and cal tradition, ushered the audience into the way to the abrupt and strange ending. sprite into two beings, double-stopping there are a lot of them. The truly miracu- vastness of Russia through the back door, It sounds like a stunt, but this was rum- and playing fugues with himself. lous thing about the performance was its with quiet eccentricity instead of bombast. maging with a purpose. The music was The final and biggest work on the pro- trembling, balalaika-like arc of pain. City Pulse • March 8, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 15

African-Americans. personal reading habits trend toward “During Reconstruction, strides were fantasy authors like Jim Butcher. Blazing trails made and there was hope (for African “I’d love to do a dragon book,” she said. Beverly Jenkins shakes up romance Americans),” she said. “Then, in 1876, Although Jenkins said she didn’t with black characters, historic settings Reconstruction died with lynchings and graduate from MSU, she attributes her the Klan. African-Americans said to time on campus as instrumental in her By BILL CASTANIER themselves, ‘We’ll go west if we can’t live development. Romance writer Beverly Jenkins is ex- here.’” “MSU made me,” she said. hausted. Some African Americans were even Jenkins lived in Hubbard Hall in the “I’m running all over the country — met at the Mississippi River by armed late ‘60s, a turbulent time on campus. from Los Angeles to South Carolina to forces to keep them from leaving, be- “We were waiting on the revolution, Chicago to Dallas,” Jenkins said. cause they were so important to the while today the resistance is led by Teen City Pulse caught up with the author Southern economy. Vogue,” she joked, comparing that time while she was at her home in Belleville, Jenkins is also doing her part to to today’s political climate. Mich., on a respite from a demanding change the popular notion that sex is Jenkins said she writes about two author tour. Jenkins had no inkling she’d the major component of any romance books a year, which might seem prolific be a writer on the road for a book pro- novel. to the layperson. She would disagree. motion tour when she was sitting at her “We no longer have Fabio on the cov- “I’m still a slacker when it comes to clerk’s desk at the MSU Library some 22 er,” she said, referring a popular form of some romance writers like Nora Roberts years ago. cover art which showed a ripped Cauca- who seem to have books coming out ev- “All I ever sian character with flowing hair, shirt ery month,” she said. Girls’ Night Out wanted to do open to the waist, about to seduce an at- presents romance was work at tractive woman. author Beverly the library,” she “It’s all about the story now,” she said. Jenkins said. “I had no “And the (romance) tree has grown many CHULER OOKS 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9 other aspira- new branches including paranormal, S B FREE tions.” Courtesy Photo fantasy and veterans.” &MUSIC Schuler Books & Music Fast for- “Breathless,” by Michigan-based Jenkins said romance novel market (Eastwood Towne Center ward to 2017, romance author Beverly Jenkins, has grown to a $1.3 billion industry that Girls’ Night Out presents location) and Jenkins has features African-American protagonists controls 30 percent of the market. It’s 2820 Towne Center Blvd., Award-winning Romance written more in the 19th century old West. the best selling portion of the mass pub- Lansing Author BEVERLY JENKINS (517) 316-7495, than 20 novels, lication market. schulerbooks.com mostly for the it’s a great way to teach African-Ameri- While she writes romance, Jenkins’ romance im- can history,” she said. “African-Ameri- Thursday, March 9 @ 7pm print Avon. Her cans were part of the American history Eastwood Towne Center location latest, “Breathless,” hit bookstores earlier quilt.” Award-winning, this year. Nearly all of her work is set in The idea of education is one reason USA Today the 19th century with African-Ameri- sheWant included a detailed more bibliography in bestselling romance can characters as the lead protagonists. her new book. author Beverly Jenkins said when she began writing in City“It answers Pulse? the question, ‘Did black Jenkins is touring to the 1980s, African-American characters people actually do that?’” she said. promote the release were virtually non-existent in the ro- FollowJenkins said the 19thus century on has so Commercial & of Breathless, the mance genre. much to offer historically, especially for Residential second book in her “That may be one reason I got so many social media sizzling series set rejection letters,” Jenkins said. “Sandra in the Old West. Kitt began writing for Harlequin back Fully Insured Breathless earned in 1980s and became the first black ro- starred reviews in both Kirkus Reviews mance writer.” facebook.com/lansingcitypulse and Publishers Weekly, which called Still, Jenkins was uneasy with the Breathless “exquisitely written.” genre, since most black romance books @citypulse @lansingcitypulse Call Joan at: used the era of slavery as a backdrop. MSU Alumnus THOMAS C. “I felt our lives were more than slavery (517) 881-2204 FOSTER presents Reading the and Jim Crow,” she said. Silver Screen To escape the literary tropes of slavery, Jenkins has shifted her settings to Curious Book Shop the 19th century old West, where free Thursday, March 16 @ 7pm Meridian Mall location black people migrated to the plains. Mon-Sat 10-7, Sun 12-5 “I call my writing ‘edutainment,’ and www.curiousbooks.com We love when Thomas C. Foster visits the store! 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Wednesday, March 8 Music An Afternoon of Romantic Music. Isoa Chapman, violin, and Matthias Chang, piano. 1-2 p.m. FREE. Plymouth Congregational Church, 2001 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing.

Classes and Seminars Ty Forquer/City Pulse Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for The Robin Theatre hosts a bake sale and beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 silent auction to benefit the Refugee members. Williamston High School, 3939 Development Center Sunday. Vanneter Road, Williamston. Mindfulness. Meditation for beginners and Sunday, March 12 experienced. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. It’s not uncommon to catch Chua Van Hanh Temple, 3015 S. Washington Ave., strains of live music drifting out of Lansing. (517) 420-5820, ow.ly/CIHU305nMqx. organizers decided to do something twice about it,” she said. Beyond Stretching Class. Learn slow the Robin Theatre. But passers- to show solidarity with community Other local movements to reduce muscle tension. 7:30-8:30 by Sunday may catch a whiff of members that may be fearful or organizations are Bake Sale and p.m. $10. LotusVoice Integrative Therapies, 4994 something else: fresh baked goods. Silent Auction concerned about a crackdown on chipping in this for Refugee Park Lake Road, East Lansing. beyondstretching. Sunday, the REO Town Theatre Development weebly.com. immigrants and refugees. Sunday’s weekend as well. hosts a bake sale and silent auction. event, Doherty said, was put Comedy Coven is Center 1-4 p.m., Sunday, All proceeds from the day will go to together with other community hosting a benefit Events the Refugee Development Center. March 12 After School Action Program. Light meal, members who felt that there was an show, “Standup The Robin Theatre tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside “We wanted to make sure that urgency to take action. for Sanctuary,” 1105 S. Washington Ave. Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., people in our community know Beth Sanford, owner of Rubie’s Friday at the Robin (989) 878-1810, Lansing. that they’re supported,” said Paradise Salon and another Theatre, and therobintheatre.com After School Teen Program. For teens in Sara Doherty, one of the event’s grades 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints organizer of the event, said that the Strange Matter organizers. “I think the Refugee residents of Lansing that come to Coffee Co., which donated gift Episcopal Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Development Center has been doing Lansing. (517) 351- 2420, elpl.org. her salon are very open and willing baskets for Sunday’s auction, will incredible work in support of our Allen Market Place — Indoor Season. to help their fellow community also donate $1 from every drink Locally grown, baked and prepared foods. entire community.” members. sold at it’s Michigan Avenue shop 3-6:30 p.m. FREE. Allen Farmers Market, 1629 E. The silent auction includes art between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911, ow.ly/Bol “Everybody that walks through pieces donated by local artists, those doors are really concerned to the Refugee Development Center. 1303O4VE. including paintings, ceramics and A closed step and being proactive right now,” With all the benefits, the Alcoholics Anonymous. jewelry, and local businesses meeting. 6 p.m. Donations. Pennsylvania Ave. Sanford said. “I just think that says organizers of the event are Church of God, 3500 S. Pennsylvania Ave., are contributing items like a lot about Lansing.” hoping to send a clear message Lansing. (517) 899-3215. gift certificates and baskets. She said that her customers to refugees and immigrants in the ICACS Whisker Wednesday. Pet adoptions. Community members are donating All animals spayed/neutered, vaccinated and and other citizens of Lansing are Lansing area. baked goods and other foods not just talking the talk, but they’re “We just want them to feel that microchipped. Noon-6 p.m. Ingham County to be sold. Anyone interested in Animal Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. (517) taking action. they’re welcome,” Sanford said. 676-8370. contributing items to the bake sale “There are people calling “We just don’t want people to think Practice Your English. Practice listening or silent auction can find more senators who’ve never done it that everybody feels that they’re to and speaking English. All levels welcome. information at therobintheatre.com/ 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 before, people getting involved not welcome.” calendar. in politics that never thought Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl. As Lansing leadership grapples org. they would and people starting with whether or not to embrace the fundraisers that have never thought See Out on the Town, Page 17 “sanctuary city” label, the event — DIAMOND HENRY City Pulse • March 8, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17

Hut Two Hike releases 'Beach Noir' EP at the Avenue

Saturday, March 11 @ The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. 21+, $5, 8 p.m. The Lansing-based band Hut Two Hike releases its debut disc, “Beach Noir” (GTG Records), Saturday at the Avenue Café. Opening the show are Lee Gus Varner, Half Tongue, Conspicuous Bystanders and the Plurettes. Hut Two Hike recorded the new six-song disc with producer Tommy McCord at the GTG House in Lansing. The record moves from moody, haunting ballads like “Why Else?” and “Yards” to the feisty, organ-driven ‘60s garage-rock of “Nevada Stomp.” The band, which shares songwriting duties, comprises Mark Cauley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Sam A survey of Lansing’s Slocum (lead guitar/keys), Alan Esser (bass), Ariella Zanoni (drums) and Musical LAndscape guitarist Andy McGlashen. Cauley said the band already has some new sat. march songs he’s excited about. “Andy wrote a song called ‘Spittin’ Blood,’ that By RICH TUPICA I love. It’s got this dirty, ominous, jazz vibe to it that makes me sing in an 11th almost sotto voce way that I’d never thought to do before.”

Cruthu releases 'The Angle of Eternity' LP at Mac's Wednesday, March 15 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. 18+, $8, 8 p.m. Lansing-based doom-metal band Cruthu releases its new full-length LP, “The Angle of Eternity,” Wednesday at Mac’s Bar. Headlining the show is Castle, also opening are Sauron and WitchFist. Cruthu’s new album, its first on vinyl, is a follow-up to the band’s three-song debut, “Creation Demo,” which was released in the summer of 2014, just a few months after the band’s genesis. Cruthu comprises vocalist Ryan Evans, guitarist Dan McCormick, bassist Erik Hemingsen and drummer Matt Fry. Scott Lehman also plays bass on the album. The new six-song wed. march record, recorded to tape on throwback analog equipment, was co-produced by McCormick and George Szegedy, drummer for Lansing rockers Peoples Temple. “The album is traditional doom metal with heavy movements and 15th passages — well-structured and deliberate,” said McCormick. “We were going for a more lo-fi, circa-’70s sound.

Tret Fure at the Pump House

Saturday, March 11 @ The Pump House, 368 Orchard St., Lansing. $15-$20, 7 p.m. Virginia-based singer/songwriter Tret Fure performs an evening of stories and songs Saturday at the Pump House. Inspired by folk music heroes like Judy Collins, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, Fure began her career at 16, singing in coffeehouses and campuses across the Midwest. By 19, she had moved to Los An- geles and landed a spot playing guitar and singing for Spencer Davis. In 1973, she recorded her self-titled debut on MCA/UNI Records with the late Lowell George of Little Feat as producer. Soon after she sat. march opened for such bands as Yes, Poco, and the J. Geils Band. Since then, she’s recorded a long list of ac- claimed folk albums for her label, Tomboy Girl Records, while also gigging across the country. Her latest 11th Tret Fure LP, “Rembrandt Afternoons” was released in 2015.

v Contact [email protected] LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Service Industry Night, 3 p.m. Flux Capacitor (FREE), 8 p.m. '80s Karaoke Hut Two Hike CD Release Party, 8 p.m. Black Cat Bistro, 115 Albert Ave. Alistair, 8 p.m. Buddies - Holt, 2040 N Aurelius Rd Mark Sala, 9 p.m. Buddies - Okemos, 1937 W Grand River Ave The Tenants, 9 p.m. Classic Bar & Grill, 16219 Old US 27 Lee Groove, 9 p.m. Champions, 2440 N. Cedar St. Lee Groove, 7 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Travis Faber, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Coach's, 6201 Bishop Rd The New Originals, 9 p.m. Jammin' DJ, 9 p.m. Darb's Tavern, 117 S Cedar St Sarah Brunner, 9 p.m. Eaton Rapids Craft Co., 204 N Main St. Steve Cowles, 6 p.m. Rob K., 6 p.m. Esquire, 1250 Turner St. Karaoke with DJ Jamie, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Live Blues w/ The Good Cookies, 8 p.m. Mike Skory & Friends, 8:30 p.m. The Hot Mess, 9:30 p.m. The Rotations, 9:30 p.m. Gallery Brewery, 142 Kent St. Open Mic, 7 p.m. Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. "Johnny D" Blues Night, 9 p.m. Karaoke Kraze, 9 p.m. Soulstice, 9 p.m. Glamhammer, 9 p.m. Harrison Roadhouse, 720 E. Michigan Ave. Alistair, 5:30 p.m. La Senorita, 2706 Lake Lansing Road The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., The Bandura Gypsies, 7 p.m. The Latin Affair, 9 p.m. Winter Warm Up, 5 p.m. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Head North, 7 p.m. Eryn Woods, 8 p.m. Wulfhook, 8 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic w/ Jen Sygit, 9 p.m. Atomic Boogaloo, 9 p.m. Jim Shaneberger Band, 9 p.m. James Reeser & Back Seat Drivers, 9 p.m. Reno's East, 1310 Abbot Road Chris Laskos, 8 p.m. Mark Sala, 8 p.m. Reno's North, 16460 Old US 27 Kyle's Open Mic Jam, 7-11 p.m. Kathy Ford, 7:30 p.m. Oxymorons, 7 p.m. Life Support, 7 p.m. Reno's West, 5001 W. Saginaw Hwy. The New Rule, 8 p.m. The New Rule, 8 p.m. Ryan's Roadhouse, 902 E State St. Sarah Brunner, 6 p.m. Tavern & Tap, 101 S. Washington Square Tavern House Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. Tequila Cowboy, 5660 W. Saginaw Hwy. From Big Sur, 4 p.m. Hoosier Highway, 4 p.m. Hoosier Highway, 4 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog Open Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m. Frog & the Beeftones, 9 p.m. Frog & the Beeftones, 9 p.m. Watershed Tavern and Grill 5965 Marsh Rd. Sarah Brunner, 7 p.m. Bobby STandall, 7 p.m. Capitol City DJs, 10 p.m. Capitol City DJs, 10 p.m. Waterfront Bar and Grill, 325 City Market Dr. HENDERSHOTTl, 7 p.m. 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 8, 2017

Celebrate Recovery. For all hurts and hang-ups. After School Teen Program. For teens in grades Thursday, March 9 6 p.m. Donations welcome. Trinity Church (Lansing), 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal Out on the town Classes and Seminars 3355 Dunckel Road, Lansing, (517) 492-1866. Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- (TOPS) Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh-in 5:15 Mason Codependents Anonymous. Support 2420, elpl.org. from page 17 p.m.; meeting 6 p.m. First meeting FREE. Room 207, group. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Mason First Church of the 12-Step Meeting. AA/NA/CA all welcome. In room Haslett Middle School, 1535 Franklin St., Haslett. Nazarene, 415 E. Maple St., Mason. 209. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. Cristo Arts (517) 927-4307. Rey Community Center, 1717 N. High St., Lansing. Walk-In Wednesdays. Art activities for all A Course in Miracles. Group on peace through Music Beginning Embroidery. Ages 8-16 create own pin ages. 4-5:30 p.m. FREE. Reach Studio Art Center, forgiveness. 7-9 p.m. Unity Spiritual Center of Music at the Mansion - Circulo Trio and or key fob. Call to register. 3:30-4:30 p.m. FREE. 1804 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 999-3643, Lansing, 230 S. Holmes St., Lansing. (517) 371-3010, Friends. Featuring internationally recognized CADL Leslie, 201 Pennsylvania St., Leslie. (517) 589- reachstudioart.org. unitylansing.org. chamber ensemble. 7 p.m. $10. Turner-Dodge 9400, cadl.org. House, 100 N. East St., Lansing. (517) 483-4220. Drop-in Coloring. Ages 13 and up use coloring sheets and other supplies. 2-7:30 p.m. FREE. CADL Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Open Mic Night. Cash bar & food concessions available. 7-11 p.m. FREE. Michigan Princess Webberville, 115 S. Main St., Webberville. (517) 521- Riverboat, 3004 W. Main St., Lansing. (517) 627-2154, 3643, cadl.org. michiganprincess.com. Ladies Silver Blades Figure Skating Club. All "Indiana Jones: A skill levels welcome. 9:30-11:20 a.m. $5 and yearly Day in the Life"— Theater dues fee. Suburban Ice, 2810 Hannah Blvd., East Lansing. (517) 881-2517, ladiessilverblades.com. if anyone can get Heidi. Classic story about girl from the Swiss Alps. away with it... 7-8 p.m. 2/42 Community Building, 2630 Bennett Road, Okemos. (517) 339-2145, mmft.org. Arts Matt Jones Modern Dance Class. No experience necessary. Events For ages 18 and up. 6-7:30 p.m. $10. Central United Across Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) After School Action Program. Light meal, 1 His treehouse 339-0905. inspired the "Tree- tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside house of Horror" Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. See Out on the Town, Page 19 5 Manufactured 9 First full month of spring MARCH 9-11 >> ‘HEIDI’ AT MID MICHIGAN FAMILY THEATRE 14 "On the Water- front" director Kazan Mid Michigan Family Theatre take’s on a classic children’s story in its latest 15 Musk of Tesla production. “Heidi,” adapted from Johanna Spyri’s 1881 novel, tells the story of Motors a young orphan in Switzerland being cared for by her grandfather. Lucille Miller’s 16 Livelihood 17 Indy gets in his adaptation follows the book closely. Part of the proceeds from Thursday’s show ___ and drives, benefit 2/42 Community Church’s upcoming mission trip to Haiti. 7 p.m. $7/$5 only to miss a stray students and seniors. 2/42 Community Building, 2630 Bennett Road, Okemos. blowgun missile ... 19 Arcade coin (517) 339-2145, facebook.com/midmichiganfamilytheatre. 20 Pilfer THIS meat?) Down 34 Superlatively 21 Kremlin denial 52 Health clinic leaflet 1 Hotel needs minimal 23 "You're not fully subjects, for short 2 In a big way 35 Advised strongly THURSDAY, MARCH 9 >> CIRCULO TRIO AND FRIENDS clean ..." soap 53 10th grader, for 3 Take the bus 36 Oktoberfest quaffs AT TURNER-DODGE HOUSE 24 Maya of Vietnam short 4 Girl Scout Cookie 41 Like Charlie Memorial fame 54 Up to this point with peanut butter Parker's sax 26 Hindu prince's title 56 "Jeopardy!" cre- and chocolate 44 Necessity The Circulo trio returns to the historic Turner-Dodge House Thursday for 28 BLT spread ator Griffin 5 Rx order 47 Sports channel the Music at the Mansion concert series. Founded in 2015 at Michigan State 31 Indy turns on his owned by Disney 59 "The Untouch- 6 Late "Hannity & University, Circulo Trio has presented concerts throughout the U.S., Canada car radio to hear ables" agent Eliot Colmes" co-host 48 Observatory's "Wild Wild West" band 62 Like hairpin turns Colmes focus and Thailand. 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Events Out on the town FRIDAY, MARCH 10 >> ‘STAND UP FOR SANCTUARY’ AT COMEDY COVEN Family History Open House. Free sessions led by experts, plus get help using library resources. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing, 3500 S. from page 18 This month’s edition of the comedy witches’ monthly show is a special standup showcase benefiting the Refugee Development Center. “Stand Up Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840, cadl.org. Lansing Record and CD Show. With dealers Friday, March 10 For Sanctuary” features performances by the ladies of Comedy Coven, as from three states. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE/$7 early Classes and Seminars well as guest performers Kathie Dunbar, Suban Nur Cooley, Emily Dievendorf, access. University Quality Inn, 3121 E. Grand River Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for Mimi Fisher. 8 p.m. $10. The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. Ave., Lansing. rerunrecords.com. beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 comedycoven.com. Little House on the Prairie Party. Ages 6 and members. Williamston High School, 3939 Vanneter up enjoy snacks, crafts and activities. 11 a.m.-noon Road, Williamston. FREE. CADL Haslett, 1590 Franklin St., Haslett. (517) 339-2324, cadl.org. Music MARCH 10-12, 17-19 >> ‘RED’ AT RIVERWALK THEATRE MILegalize Lansing Fundraiser. Party with Ship of Fools-Tribute to the Grateful Dead. 7-11 industry experts, food and gift bags. 1-4 p.m. p.m. $10. Michigan Princess Riverboat, 3004 W. Main Riverwalk Theatre’s latest production explores one of the giants of 20th $20 donation. ACT Laboratories, 617 E. Hazel St., St., Lansing. michiganprincess.com. century American art. “Red,” directed by Rita Deibler, presents abstract artist Lansing. ow.ly/lPGe309urRQ. Second Saturday Supper. Baked chicken dinner. Irish Singer Karan Casey. 7:30 p.m. $25/$20 Mark Rothko, at the peak of his career, as he struggles to come up with art members/$5 students. MSU Community Music All are welcome. 5-6:15 p.m. $9/$5 kids. Mayflower School, 4930 Hagadorn Road, East Lansing. intended for New York’s brand new Four Seasons restaurant. Told from the Congregational Church, 2901 W. Mount Hope Ave., tenpoundfiddle.org. perspective of Rothko’s assistant, the play depicts how ever-changing the Lansing. (517) 484-3139, mayflowerchurch.com. relationship between an artist and their creation is. The earned six Tony awards Theater in 2010, including Best Play. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $12/ Arts Artist's Garage Sale & Art Show. Artwork and Heidi. Classic story about girl from the Swiss Alps. $10 students and seniors. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 7-8 p.m. 2/42 Community Building, 2630 Bennett art supplies for sale. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Keller's Road, Okemos. (517) 339-2145, mmft.org. 482-5700, riverwalktheatre.com. Plaza Upstairs, 107 S. Putnam St., Williamston. RED. Play about abstract painter Mark Rothko. 7-9 p.m. $12/$10 seniors and students. Riverwalk Theater Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700, FRIDAY, MARCH 10 >> KARAN CASEY AT TEN POUND FIDDLE RED. Play about abstract painter Mark Rothko. riverwalktheatre.com. 7-9 p.m. $12/$10 seniors and students. Riverwalk Ten Pound Fiddle hosts one of Ireland’s most influential singers Friday at the Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700, riverwalktheatre.com. Events MSU Community Music School. Karen Casey has been described by The Wall After School Teen Program. For teens in grades Heidi. Classic story about girl from the Swiss Alps. 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal Street Journal as “one of the true glories in Irish music today.” A little over a 2 p.m. 2/42 Community Building, 2630 Bennett Road, Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- decade ago, Casey was introduced to American audiences as a vocalist in Irish Okemos. (517) 339-2145, mmft.org. 2420, elpl.org. supergroup Solas. Since striking out on her own, Casey has release four solo Comedy Coven: Standup for Sanctuary. albums and is a regular performer on “A Prairie Home Companion.” 7:30 p.m. Comedy benefit for the Refugee Development Center. 8 p.m. $10. Robin Theatre, 1105 S. $25/$20 members/$5 students. MSU Community School, 4930 S. Hagadorn Sunday, March 12 Washington Ave., Lansing. comedycoven.com. Road, East Lansing. (517) 337-7744, tenpoundfiddle.org. Classes and Seminars Howl at the Moon: Guided Night Walk. Dogs on Charlotte Yoga Club. Beginner to intermediate. 11 non-retractable leashes welcome. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Music a.m.-12:15 p.m. $5 annually. AL!VE, 800 W. Lawrence, $3/$7 per family. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Arts Children's Concert with Joe Reilly. Songs about Charlotte. (517) 285-0138, charlotteyoga.net. Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. Atta Road, Meridian Township. (517) 349-3866, bit. Art Show. Collage art by Jane Reiter, with free nature and environmental education. 10-11 a.m. $3- Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., East ly/HNCprg. demo on decorating art aprons. 1-6 p.m. FREE. Delta $5 donation. MSU Community Music School, 4930 Examination of icy ecosystems and Lansing. (517) 371-5119. Ice Worlds. Township Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. Hagadorn Road, East Lansing. ow.ly/DDJ4309uwTG. ice on other planets. 8-9:30 p.m. $3-4. Abrams Kendo Martial Art Class. Martial arts practice (517) 327-0938, tanglewrangler.wordpress.com. Spring 2017 Songwriter Workshop. Workshop Planetarium, 755 Science Road, East Lansing. ow.ly/ on creativity, song structure and more with Dewey group. 10-11:30 a.m. $5. Westside Community YMCA, S30L307wkTS. Longuski. 2-4 p.m. $35/$30 in advance. Six String Raspberry Pi. Ages 12-18 build computer and play See Out on the Town, Page 20 Place Music/Recording, 125 E. Grand River Ave., games on it. Call to register. 3:30-5 p.m. FREE. CADL Saturday, March 11 Williamston. (517) 996-6095, sixstringplace.com. Leslie, 201 Pennsylvania St., Leslie. (517) 589-9400, Tret Fure CD Release Concert. Celebrating cadl.org. Classes and Seminars release of "Rembrandt Afternoons." 7-10 p.m. $15- St. Casimir Church Fish Frys. Fried fish and Reiki Reflexology Training. Two-day training in all $20. Pumphouse Concerts, 368 Orchard St., East sides for Lent. 4-7 p.m. $10/$9 seniors/$5 kids. aspects of the foot to help wellness. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Lansing. (517) 484-1712, ow.ly/PvqX309kCbx. St. Casimir Catholic Church, 800 W. Barnes Ave., $250. Willow Stick Ceremonies, 1515 W. Mt. Hope Lansing. (517) 485-8930. Ave., Suite 3, Lansing. willowstickceremonies.com. Filth of Progress: Immigrants, Americans, Winter Snowshoe Hike. Lantern-guided walk and the Building of Canals and Raliroads in through the snow. Rentals included. 6-8 p.m. $8/$3 the West. 1-2 p.m. FREE. Library of Michigan, 702 members. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 373-1300. Advertise your Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224, mynaturecenter. upcoming garage/yard sale in org/programs. 40 SUNDAY, MARCH 12 >> LANSING SYMPHONY JAZZ BAND

Under the direction of MSU music theory Professor Ron Newman, the Lansing For only Symphony Jazz Band brings together 17 of Michigan’s finest jazz musicians to Five lines - 6 to 8 words per line Deadline Monday: at 10 a.m. play big band selections from the past and present. Performers include jazz musicians who have played alongside legends like Count Basie, Buddy Rich, To place an ad, Maynard Ferguson and more. Founded in 2001, the Lansing Symphony Jazz please contact Suzi at Band is one of the handful of jazz groups in the U.S. associated with classical (517) 999-6704 or email ad copy to orchestras. 7 p.m. $20/$10 students. Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 487-5001, lansingsymphony.org. [email protected] 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 8, 2017

Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny March 8-14 MARCH 13-14 >> KAREN VURANCH AS MOTHER JONES

ARIES (March 21-April 19): As soon as you can, sweep into your nightmare and carry off a delicious poi- Mary Harris “Mother” Jones was once called “the most dangerous woman sneak away to a private place where you can be alone son that has been damaging you in ways you've become in America” because of her tireless efforts on behalf of working people and — preferably to a comfy sanctuary where you can comfortable with. A bandit angel might sneak into your their unions from the 1880s to the 1920s. She is famous for her wit and sharp indulge in eccentric behavior without being seen or imagination and burglarize the debilitating beliefs and heard or judged. When you get there, launch into an psychological crutches you cling to as if they were bars tongue in the face of mine bosses, National Guardsmen and thugs. Next week, extended session of moaning and complaining. I mean do of gold. Are you interested in benefiting from this ser- West Virginia storyteller and actress Karen Vuranch recreates the famous it out loud. Wail and whine and whisper about everything vice? Ask and you shall receive. that's making you sad and puzzled and crazy. For best activist in two Greater Lansing performances. Monday, the actress performs SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Evolved Scorpios don't results, leap into the air and wave your arms. Whirl on MSU’s campus; Tuesday she brings the show to UAW Local 602 in Lansing. fantasize about bad things happening to their competi- around in erratic figure-eights while drooling and mess- Both performances are co-sponsored by Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives, the ing up your hair. Breathe extra deeply. And all the while, tors and adversaries. They don't seethe with smoldering let your pungent emotions and poignant fantasies flow desires to torment anyone who fails to give them what MSU Poetry Center and the MSU Department of Theatre. Monday: 7 p.m. RCAH freely through your wild heart. Keep on going until you they want. They may, however, experience urges to Theatre in Snyder-Phillips Hall, 362 Bogue St., East Lansing. Tuesday: UAW Local find the relief that lies on the other side. achieve TOTAL CUNNNG DAZZLING MERCILESS VICTORY 602, 2510 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing. events.msu.edu. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "I've always belonged over those who won't acknowledge them as golden gods to what isn't where I am and to what I could never be," or golden goddesses. But even then, they don't indulge wrote Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935). in the deeply counterproductive emotion of hatred. Monday, March 13 That was his prerogative, of course. Or maybe it was Instead, they sublimate their ferocity into a drive to keep Out on the town Classes and Seminars a fervent desire of his, and it came true. I bring his honing their talents. After all, that game plan is the best Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for perspective to your attention, Taurus, because I believe way to accomplish something even better than mere beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 your mandate is just the opposite, at least for the next revenge: success in fulfilling their dreams. Please keep from page 19 members. Williamston High School, 3939 Vanneter few weeks: You must belong to what is where you are. these thoughts close to your heart in the coming weeks. 3700 Old Lansing Road, Lansing. (269) 425-6677, Road, Williamston. You must belong to what you will always be. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "The noble art koyokai.wordpress.com/about. A Course in Love. Weekly group dedicated to GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Nothing is ever as simple of music is the greatest treasure in the world," wrote Reiki Reflexology Training. Two-day training in all the study of the spiritual pyschology. 1-2 p.m. Unity as it may seem. The bad times always harbor opportuni- Martin Luther (1483-1546), a revolutionary who helped aspects of the foot to help wellness. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Spiritual Center of Lansing, 230 S. Holmes St., ties. The good times inevitably have a caveat. According break the stranglehold of the Catholic Church on the $250. Willow Stick Ceremonies, 1515 W. Mt. Hope Lansing. (517) 371-3010, unitylansing.org. to my astrological analysis, you'll prove the latter truth in European imagination. I bring this up, Sagittarius, Ave., Suite 3, Lansing. willowstickceremonies.com. Marketing Mondays: Your Business Needs to the coming weeks. On one hand, you will be closer than because you're entering a phase when you need the kind Get on Instagram. Using photo sharing app for you've been in many moons to your ultimate sources of of uprising that's best incited by music. So I invite you to business. Call to register. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Small meaning and motivation. On the other hand, you sure Events as hell had better take advantage of this good fortune. gather the tunes that have inspired you over the years, Refugee Development Center Bake Sale Business Development Center, 309 N. Washington You can't afford to be shy about claiming the rewards and also go hunting for a fresh batch. Then listen intently, and Silent Auction. With art, baked goods, gift Square, Suite 110, Lansing. (517) 483-1921. and accepting the responsibilities that come with the curiously, and creatively as you feed your intention to certificates and more. 1-4 p.m. Robin Theatre, 1105 Support Group. For the divorced, separated and opportunities. initiate constructive mutation. Its time to overthrow S. Washington Ave., Lansing. ow.ly/NV3S309yXlw. widowed. 7:30 p.m. St. David's Episcopal Church, CANCER (June 21-July 22): Seek intimacy with anything about your status quo that is jaded, lazy, sterile, Lansing Area Sunday Swing Dance. 6 p.m. $8 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272, experiences that are dewy and slippery and succulent. or apathetic. dance/$10 dance & lesson. The Lansing Eagles, 4700 stdavidslansing.org. Make sure you get more than your fair share of swirl- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Either you learn to N. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 490-7838. Painting Basics, Session 2: Acrylic II. For ages ing feelings and flowing sensations, cascading streams live with paradox and ambiguity or you'll be six years old One World One Sky. Big Bird and Elmo take 14 and up. 6:45 p.m. $40. Jackson School of the and misty rain, arousing drinks and sumptuous sauces, for the rest of your life," says author Anne Lamott. How imaginary trip to the moon. 2-3:30 p.m. $3-4. Arts, 634 N. Mechanic St., Jackson. (517) 784-2389, warm baths and purifying saunas, skin moisturizers and are you doing with that lesson, Capricorn? Still learning? Abrams Planetarium, 755 Science Road, East jacksonarts.org. lustrous massages, the milk of human kindness and the If you would like to get even more advanced teachings Lansing. (517) 355-4676. buttery release of deep sex -- and maybe even a sensa- about paradox and ambiguity — as well as conundrums, Music tional do-it-yourself baptism that frees you from at least incongruity, and anomalies — there will be plenty of Theater New Horizons Community Band. Learn to play some of your regrets. Don't stay thirsty, my undulating chances in the coming weeks. Be glad! Remember the RED. Play about abstract painter Mark Rothko. an instrument or dust off an old one. 9-11 a.m. MSU friend. Quench your need to be very, very wet. Gush and words of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr: "How 2 p.m. $12/$10 seniors and students. Riverwalk Community Music School, 4930 Hagadorn Road, East spill. Be gushed and spilled on. wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700, Lansing. (517) 355-7661, cms.msu.edu. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Would you like to live to the have some hope of making progress." riverwalktheatre.com. age of 99? If so, experiences and realizations that arrive Events in the coming weeks could be important in that project. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lichen is a hardy form After School Action Program. Light meal, A window to longevity will open, giving you a chance to of life that by some estimates covers six percent of the Music tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside gather clues about actions you can take and meditations earth's surface. It thrives in arctic tundra and rainfor- Lansing Symphony Orchestra: Jazz Band. Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. you can do to remain vital for ten decades. I hope you're ests, on tree bark and rock surfaces, on walls and toxic 7 p.m. $20. Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center, After School Teen Program. For teens in grades not too much of a serious, know-it-all adult to benefit slag heaps, from sea level to alpine environments. The 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing. (517) 487-5001, from this opportunity. If you'd like to be deeply receptive secret of its success is symbiosis. Fungi and algae band lansingsymphony.org. 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal to the secrets of a long life, you must be able to see with together (or sometimes fungi and bacteria) to create a Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- innocent, curious eyes. Playfulness is not just a winsome blended entity; two very dissimilar organisms forge an 2420, elpl.org. quality in this quest; it's an essential asset. intricate relationship that comprises a third organism. I DIY Face Masks. Ages 12-17 create personalized VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You're ripe. You're delec- propose that you regard lichen as your spirit ally in the See Out on the Town, Page 21 table. Your intelligence is especially sexy. I think it's time coming weeks, Aquarius. You're primed for some ster- to unveil the premium version of your urge to merge. ling symbioses. CROSSWORD SOLUTION SUDOKU SOLUTION To prepare, let's review a few flirtation strategies. The PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you normally wear From Pg. 18 eyebrow flash is a good place to start. A subtle, flicking From Pg. 18 adornments and accessories and fine disguises, I invite lick of your lips is a fine follow-up. Try tilting your neck you not to do so for the next two weeks. Instead, try to the side ever-so-coyly. If there are signs of reciproca- out an unembellished, what-you-see-is-what-you-get tion from the other party, smooth your hair or pat your approach to your appearance. If, on the other hand, clothes. Fondle nearby objects like a wine glass or your keys. And this is very important: Listen raptly to the you don't normally wear adornments and accessories person you're wooing. P.S.: If you already have a steady and fine disguises, I encourage you to embrace such partner, use these techniques as part of a crafty plan to possibilities in a spirit of fun and enthusiasm. Now you draw him or her into deeper levels of affection. may inquire: How can these contradictory suggestions LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Let's talk about a compas- both apply to the Pisces tribe? The answer: There's a sionate version of robbery. The thieves who practice this more sweeping mandate behind it all, namely: to tinker art don't steal valuable things you love. Rather, they pil- and experiment with the ways you present yourself . . . fer stuff you don't actually need but are reluctant to let to play around with strategies for translating your inner go of. For example, the spirit of a beloved ancestor may depths into outer expression.

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Events Out on the town After School Action Program. Light meal, tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside TOP FIVE Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. from page 20 After School Teen Program. For teens in grades 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal facial treatment. Call to register. 4-5 p.m. FREE. Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- CADL Williamston, 201 School St., Williamston. (517) 2420, elpl.org. 655-1191, cadl.org. LCC West Toastmasters. Public speaking Dr. Seuss Celebraton. All ages enjoy stories, group. 5-6:30 p.m. LCC West Campus, 5708 DINING GUIDE games and more. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. CADL Cornerstone Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-1314, lccwest. Webberville, 115 S. Main St., Webberville. (517) 521- toastmastersclubs.org. Based on your votes in City Pulse’s 2016 Top of the Town contest, we’ve as- 3643, cadl.org. 12-Step Meeting. AA/NA/CA all welcome. In room sembled a guide to your favorite Lansing-area eateries. We’ll run single categories Drop-in Pi Crafts. All ages make a Pi craft. 11 209. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. Cristo in the paper periodically, but the complete dining guide is always available on our a.m.-7 p.m. FREE. CADL Aurelius, 1939 S. Aurelius Rey Community Center, 1717 N. High St., Lansing. website or on our official mobile app, The Pulse. The app is available on iPhone Road, Mason. (517) 628-3743, cadl.org. Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. 5:45 and Android platforms; head over to facebook.com/lansingapp or text “pulse” to Social Bridge. Come play bridge and meet new p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 people. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. Delta 77948 for links to download. E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 515-5559, coda.org. Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Bon appétit! Meet Storybook Character Pete the Cat. For Lansing. (517) 484-5600. ages 3-6. 10-11 a.m. FREE. CADL Mason, 145 W. Ash St., Mason. (517) 676-9088, cadl.org. Top 4 Asian buffet Mother Son Dance. For young men and their female role models. 7-9 p.m. $10/$12 non-residents. Asian buffet (okemos) xiao Tuesday, March 14 Crowne Plaza Lansing West, 925 S. Creyts Road, #1 #3 Classes and Seminars 4920 Marsh Road, Okemos 3415 E. Saginaw St., Okemos Lansing. (517) 323-8555, deltami.gov. (517) 381-8388 (517) 580-3720 Capital Area Crisis Rugby Practice. All levels Overeaters Anonymous. For those struggling welcome. 7-8 p.m. $3. Gier Community Center, 2400 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; xiaochinagrille.com with food. 7 p.m. Presbyterian Church of Okemos, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 11 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday; Hall St., Lansing. crisisrfc.com. 2258 Bennett Road, Okemos. (517) 505-0068, oa.org. a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon- Capital City Toastmasters Meeting. Learn Pi Day Activities. Enjoy fun activities, free pie and 9 p.m. Sunday public speaking and leadership skills. 7 p.m. FREE enter to win a Grand Traverse Pie Company pie. Call hibachi grill & sushi buffet for visitors. See web for location and schedule. (517) to register. 3-5 p.m. FREE. CADL Dansville, 1379 E. #2 775-2697, 639.toastmastersclubs.org. 5837 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing #4 world buffet Mason St., Dansville. (517) 623-6511, cadl.org. (517) 886-9999 5003 W. Saginaw Highway, #3, Lansing Introduction to Twine. Workshop for creating Pi Day Activities. Family fun celebrating 3.14. Call text-based web games. 6-7 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, hibachigrilllansing.com (517) 327-6688 to register. 4-5 p.m. FREE. CADL Williamston, 201 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 366 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing. ow.ly/lfvr308CaUv. School St., Williamston. (517) 655-1191, cadl.org. a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday. Michigan Audubon: How to be a Good Purple Pi Day Fun. Grades 5-12 do math activities. Call Martin Landlord. Learn to install housing for to register. 3:30-5 p.m. FREE. CADL Leslie, 201 young birds. 6-9 p.m. $25. Michigan Audubon Pennsylvania St., Leslie. (517) 589-9400, cadl.org. Office , 2310 Science Parkway, Ste. 200, Okemos. Reminisce: One Room Schoolhouses. michiganaudubon.org. CADL Librarian Bill Nelton presents “One Room Starting a Business. Course for aspiring Schoolhouses.” 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Aurelius, 1939 Lansing. peaceedcenter.org. Anniversary Celebration. With rain garden entrepreneurs. Call to register. 9-11 a.m. FREE. S. Aurelius Road, Mason. (517) 628-3743, cadl.org. Small Business Development Center, LCC, 309 N. presentation. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Fenner Nature Center, Washington Square, Suite 110, Lansing. (517) 483- Events 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. wildoneslansing. 1921, ow.ly/woxf3078u3r. After School Action Program. Light meal, org. Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Have a support Wednesday, March 15 tutoring and activities. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Eastside system, lose weight. Wheelchair accessible. 6 p.m. Community Action Center, 1001 Dakin St., Lansing. Arts Classes and Seminars FREE first visit. St. Therese Church, 102 W. Randolph After School Teen Program. For teens in grades Kresge Life Drawing Open Studio. Open studio Gentle Yoga. Relaxing pace class suitable for St., Lansing. tops.org. 7-12. 2:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. All Saints Episcopal drop-in life drawing sessions with nude models. beginners. 11 a.m.-noon. First class FREE/$5/$3 Church, 800 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 7-9:30 p.m. $5/students FREE. Kresge Art Center, members. Williamston High School, 3939 Vanneter 2420, elpl.org. 600 Auditorium Road, East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. Music Road, Williamston. Jazz Tuesdays at Moriarty's. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Allen Market Place — Indoor Season. Locally Mindfulness. Meditation for beginners and Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) grown, baked and prepared foods. 3-6:30 p.m. experienced. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. 485-5287. FREE. Allen Farmers Market, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St., Chua Van Hanh Temple, 3015 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 999-3911, ow.ly/Bol1303O4VE. Lansing. (517) 420-5820, ow.ly/CIHU305nMqx. Theater Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed step meeting. 6 Beyond Stretching Class. Learn slow movements p.m. Donations. Pennsylvania Ave. Church of God, Karen Vuranch as Mother Jones. 7 p.m. to reduce muscle tension. 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. 3500 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 899-3215. Snyder/Phillips Hall, The intersection between Grand LotusVoice Integrative Therapies, 4994 Park Lake ICACS Whisker Wednesday. Pet adoptions. River Ave. and Bogue St., East Lansing. (517) 884- Road, East Lansing. beyondstretching.weebly.com. All animals spayed/neutered, vaccinated and 1932. Reflections on Peace, Justice and Settler microchipped. Noon-6 p.m. Ingham County Animal Moscow Festival Ballet: Swan Lake. 7:30 p.m. Colonialism in Palestine. Dr. Stephen Gasteyer Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. (517) 676-8370. Tickets from $20.50. Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw presents his reflections on Palestine and justice Practice Your English. Practice listening to and Lane, East Lansig. (517) 432-2000, whartoncenter. beyond a two state formula. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Red speaking English. All levels welcome. 7-8 p.m. FREE. com. Cedar Friends Meeting House, 1400 Turner St., East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. Meet Storybook Character Pete the Cat. TUESDAY, MARCH 14 >> MOSCOW FESTIVAL BALLET: ‘SWAN LAKE’ Special storytime for ages 6 and under. 10:30- 11:30 a.m. FREE. CADL Williamston, 201 School St., Williamston. (517) 655-1191, cadl.org. Initially a commercial failure, “Swan Lake,” has become one of the most popular St. Paddy's Day Storytime & Craft. For ages 6 ballets in history. Under the artistic direction of former Bolshoi principal dancer and under. 10:30-11 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing, Sergei Radchenko, Moscow Festival Ballet brings the Tchaikovsky classic to 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840, cadl.org. the Wharton Center stage Tuesday. The run time for the full-length ballet is Storybook Quilt Storytime. Storyteller Linda Kuhlman reads stories and share her quilts with approximately two hours and ten minutes, which includes an intermission. 7:30 ages 3-6. 10:30-11 a.m. FREE. CADL Haslett, 1590 p.m. Tickets start at $20.50/$18 students. Wharton Center, 750 E. Shaw Lane, Franklin St., Haslett. (517) 339-2324, cadl.org. East Lansing. (517) 432-2000, whartoncenter.com. Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter 15 Year 22 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 8, 2017

Renovation work to the building will include adding windows and exterior lighting and giving it a more subdued color scheme. Niecko said the Lansing’s store’s inventory will be tailored to suit local tastes, including requests for nearby microbreweries and craft spirit distill- eries. “If it can be sold in Michigan, we’ll put it on our shelf,” Niecko said. “I’ve seen this industry change so much over the last 20 years, and I plan to stay on top of the latest developments to make sure that things never get boring. We’ve had our eye on Lansing for a while, and it’s exciting to bring (this concept) there. I think we’re going to appeal to a lot of people.” MEGA-BEV / ULTA BEAUTY Not everyone’s on board, however. Allan I. Ross/City Pulse On Sunday, Lansing City Councilwoman In May, this former south Lansing grocery store, 3630 S. Cedar St., will become the fifth location Jody Washington lambasted the busi- for Mega-Bev, a southwest Michigan-based purveyor of craft beer, wine and liquor. It will be ness in a public post on her personal the biggest liquor store in Lansing and the second biggest in Michigan. Facebook page. She denounced Mega- Bev as a “predatory business,” and By ALLAN I. ROSS including high-end scotches and hard- sarcastically thanked Niecko — whom A longtime Lansing eyesore — and to-get imports — and the relatively new she called out by name — for open- one of the South Lansing’s largest field of craft beer. These items seem like ing Mega-Bev in the “run down” South vacant retail spaces — will soon be a no-brainer in today’s economy, but it Cedar corridor. The post had over 100 transformed into the second biggest was a novel move in the mid-‘90s. reactions and comments. liquor store in the state. Over the next “I had worked with (craft beer) long “This isn’t a corner liquor store,” three months, Scott and Trina Niecko enough at that point to see there was Niecko said. “There aren’t going to be will spend roughly $1.2 million to reno- a market,” Niecko said. “The grocery beer signs with prices hanging on the vate the 10,000-square-foot building at stores weren’t carrying anything craft building like you see at other places. 3630 S. Cedar St., formerly an L&L Food or imported, except for Corona, but This is an upscale retail store special- Center, into the newest location for we were doing great with it. I started izing in rare and exotic (spirits), and it’s Mega-Bev, their family-owned chain of going after every craft beer I could get going to be a destination location. Our specialty spirit outlets. When it opens my hands on. That’s about the time you other stores are clean and well lit and this May, Mega-Bev will be the first started seeing things like winter ales have become a vital part of their com- business to call the 72-year-old building with ginger and nutmeg. Most people munities, so I don’t understand what home in over a decade. had no taste for it, but I could see there (Washington) is worried about. I think if “It’s pretty raw in there right now,” was a segment that really craved those people come in and check us out once Scott Niecko said from his office in kinds of beers.” we’re open, they’ll see there’s really no Battle Creek. “We’re currently in there Niecko continued to open stores in comparison. There really isn’t any other drywalling and doing some reframing. other parts of town, occasionally sell- store like this in Lansing.” All the coolers and compressors and ing some off, and eventually expanded shelving should be installed by April, into the nearby cities of Marshall Frandor Beauty and I anticipate (the build-out) going and Portage. His wife, Trina Niecko, Last week we listed the former home very smoothly. We’ve already taken care joined the executive management of Tripper’s in Frandor as one of the of all the (legal) hoop jumping. I’m used team in 2008, and two years later they town’s most high-profile vacancies, but to the hoops by this point.” rebranded the enterprise under the it turns out that wheels were already Considering this is Niecko’s 12th name Mega-Bev. The Nieckos eventu- spinning to bring a new business into business opening, his confidence seems ally hired both of their daughters — the that location. Patrick F. Corr, president well placed. In 1995, he entered the elder, Chelsie, serves as the company’s of Frandor’s property management world of retail spirit sales when he operations manager, while Darian company, Corr Commercial Real Estate, bought a pint-sized, 800-square-foot manages Mega-Bev’s marketing and announced via Frandor’s Facebook party store in Battle Creek named, fit- training. In 2012, the Nieckos opened a page that national cosmetics chain tingly, the Party Store. He had spent 12,000-square-foot Kalamazoo location, Ulta Beauty would be moving into the some time in the world of commercial which became the largest liquor store in 10,000-square-foot location this fall. sales, but he had no experience in retail- Michigan. “We’re thrilled to ride the wave of ing beer, liquor or wine before hopping “But it’s not just about being the big- momentum we’ve been experiencing in on the entrepreneurial wagon. gest,” Niecko said. “It’s extremely impor- the last 24 months with the additions of “My youngest daughter had just tant to us that we ensure that each of high caliber tenants,” Corr said. been born, and the idea of being self- our locations is providing outstanding Last year, the shopping center add- employed was suddenly very alluring,” service, first and foremost. I’ve done ing children’s clothing outlets Carter’s Niecko said. “It just seemed like a good a little bit of self-studying and a lot of and Osh Kosh B’gosh, women’s clothing opportunity. It was so small — I think it tasting, but I’m not a connoisseur (of store Dressbarn and fast casual eatery was the smallest place in town — and alcohol) by any stretch. I’m a listener. I’m Blaze Pizza. Discount retailer T.J. Maxx I thought maybe I could build it into just a conduit for the customer to get opened in Frandor in October 2015. something bigger.” what they want.” Ulta has two other locations in the That thought turned out to be pro- Niecko said the Lansing store will area: 333A N. Marketplace Blvd. at the phetic in more ways than one. A year stock over 10,000 products, about 2,000 Marketplace in Delta Township and 4886 after buying the Party Store, Niecko of which will be craft beers. (By com- Marsh Road in Meridian Towne Center opened a second location in town that parison, the next largest craft beer store across from Meridian Mall in Okemos. was nearly four times the size of the first in Lansing stocks between 600 and 700 Do you know of a new Greater Lansing one. The new store enabled him to start styles of beer.) The new business will business that should be featured in New in specializing in imported and Michigan- create about 12 to 15 permanent local Town? Send an email to made wine, specialty liquor brands — jobs, with interviews starting this week. [email protected]. City Pulse • March 8, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 23

the slight spiciness of the gyro meat and Gyro skillet the tanginess of the feta cutting through Party the hearty potato and egg. The tomato, every onion and tzatziki sauce bring a fresh- night, — Sophia's ness that ties everything together. 7 days R a week! This homestyle joint also offers dinner entrees, sandwiches and Greek spe- House of Pancakes cialties, but I don’t know if I’ll ever be A certain bakery in town has a motto: able to tear myself away from the avail- “Butter makes it better.” able-anytime breakfast menu. In my kitchen, the motto is a little different: “Feta makes it bet- — Ty Forquer Fiesta with the “Best-a” ter.” From pasta to pizza to THE soup, so many things ben- MON-THURS:11:00 am -11:00 pm efit from a healthy sprin- DISH FRI-SAT:11:00 am -12:00 am kling of the Greek cheese. What’s your I’ve recently started add- favorite dish/drink? SUN:11:00 am -10:00 pm ing feta to my scrambled Do you have a go-to dish or drink at Serving American and Mexican food eggs, and it’s a game changer. your favorite local restaurant? We want So when I grabbed a booth at Sophia’s to know about it. Email your favorite House of Pan- dish/drink and a short explanation about Happy Hour cakes, my eyes why you love it to food@lansingcity- 1/2 OFF ALL ALCOHOLIC DRINKS Sophia’s House of (EVEN THE GREEN ONES!) Pancakes quickly locked pulse.com, and it may be featured in a 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday- in on the gyro future issue. If possible, please send a skillet. This sub- Saturday; 7 a.m.-4 p.m. photo along with your description — a Monday-Friday Sunday stantial break- nice smartphone photo is fine. Cheers! 1010 Charlevoix St., Grand fast dish features 3pm to 6pm, 9pm to close Ledge gyro meat, toma- Cantina Only (517) 627-3222, to, onion, tzatzi- sophiashouseofpancakesgl. ki sauce and, of com course, feta, all layered on bed of tasty hash browns and then topped with four country fresh eggs. The whole thing is served in the requisite cast iron skillet. The flavors work together nicely, with Want more City Pulse? Follow us on (517) 485-0166 social media [email protected] 2706 Lake Lansing Road, Lansing

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