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name vagina doesn’t make them sud- denly appear. Believe me, if they did, high school would have been very Pubic different for me.” Eyesore With so much energy turned toward the issue, Eve Ensler, playwright of the famous debate production, “The Vagina of the week Monologues,” decided to come With eyes on the November elec- to Lansing and help the female tion cycle, thousands of women legislators of Michigan put on a gather at the Capitol to protest performance of their own. censorship and heavy-handed “I’m beyond excited,” said Maggie abortion legislation; female poli- Martin, a Michigan State University ticians read from “The Vagina arts and humanities major, before the Monologues” show. “I was involved with the MSU production of ‘The Vagina Monologues’ You’ve never seen the word in one and it changed my life. The show speaks area so much in your life, let alone at the to the issue of not saying ‘vagina,’ foot of the Capitol steps. how fear of the word is damag- Property: Westbound Michigan Avenue sidewalk, Vagina. ing and how embracing the East Lansing Signs and chants echoed the word word is actually very Owner: City of East Lansing across the front lawn of the Capitol in empowering.” downtown Lansing on Monday night. The fear and Owner says: Non-motorized plan grades quality Several thousand people showed up stigma surrounding with “E,” but bike lanes are in the future to support Rep. Lisa Brown, D-West the word is used to Architecture critic Amanda Harrell-Seyburn says: Bloomfield, and Rep. Barb Byrum, make bad decisions Sam Inglot/City Pulse Social activities at the sidewalk level are vital to D-Onondaga, after they were banned on women’s behalf, Jess Klein, 27, a program coordinator at the Women’s a community and can be directly proportional from speaking on the House floor last Martin said. Resource Center at Eastern Michigan University in to the health of the physical infrastructure. week for a day because they said “vagina” The situation Ypsilanti, attended Monday’s rally. “The event was incredibly Cafes, markets, food carts, musicians or simply and “vasectomy,” respectively. involving Brown and empowering and inspiring. I may be disappointed in pedestrian traffic thrives when the physical The legislators were speaking in Byrum has Martin Michigan right now, but I couldn’t be prouder of our female environment is supportive. However, as the opposition to Republican-led bills that, “appalled,” but she legislators,” she said. infrastructure erodes, so too can these activities as Brown put it, “turn back the clock” on said the “backlash — jeopardizing the social life of sidewalks. women’s reproductive rights, essentially has been extraordinary.” makes me speechless — which is very undoing the U.S. Supreme Court deci- “There has been a terrific response to hard to do.” Leisure bicyclists beware: double-pad the seat and sion in Roe vs. Wade. such a horrible thing. What the House Byrum then introduced Eve Ensler, pack the hemorrhoid cream when traveling the north The ban has sparked national media is doing is wrong but the opposition to “The Vagina Monologues” playwright, to sidewalk between Harrison Road and Grand River attention and Brown has appeared those who don’t support it is even worse,” the steps. Avenue on Michigan Avenue. The ride’s about to get on several national news programs to she said about the ban of representatives. “Are there any Michigan vaginas in rough. talk about the incident. Comedian Jon “What we have seen in Michigan … is the house?” Ensler belted into the mic, This high-traffic thoroughfare connecting Lansing Stewart quipped on “The Daily Show” an embarrassment,” said Senate minor- causing a roar of cheers from the crowd. and East Lansing should probably be a model for Monday night: “Vaginas aren’t like ity leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East “Any Michigan vagina-friendly men in safe passage, whether you’re on a bike or in a car. Voldemort or Beetlejuice. Invoking the Lansing, to the roaring crowd. “We need the house? Michigan rocks!” Unfortunately, the cars win out here. Since there are to take a stand, and that begins tonight.” Ensler reminded everyone who attend- no bike lanes or even a wide shoulder on either side of On the steps of the Capitol, Byrum, ed that they have “sheroes” in Michigan, Michigan Avenue between Harrison and Grand River, standing next to Brown, made it clear that applauding the efforts of Byrum and those out for a leisurely bike ride have little choice but the controversial legislation — coupled Brown and other female legislators. to use the sidewalk. A vast majority of this half-mile with the silencing of legislators — will be “I literally had one day off but I had stretch of sidewalk — which fronts several houses, prime cannon fodder for the upcoming to be here,” Ensler said. “You know why? apartment complexes, businesses and a restaurant — political battles during election season. These women stood up for our rights. is covered in sharply uneven pavement, gaps in con- “There are two words that they don’t They voiced what we want, and they crete and the occasional sunken manhole cover. want to hear on the House floor, and those were shut down, and no one can put the But there is hope. According to East Lansing’s are ‘vagina,’ ‘vasectomy.’ But my friends, genie back in the bottle. The vaginas are Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, the goal is to there is one thing they don’t want us to do out — and we are here to stay!” reduce the westbound and eastbound lanes from in November — and that’s vote!” Byrum Ensler also encouraged the crowd to three to two, making room for bike lanes. It couldn’t shouted over the cheers and applause. demand a “direct, open apology from the come soon enough, as that same plan gives this Hundreds of signs amongst the thou- people who made this ban happen.” stretch of sidewalk the lowest grade possible — “E” sands of supporters — like “Remember Brown, Whitmer and Byrum part- — for quality of in-road bicycling. in November” and “Vaginas Vote” — nered up with Ensler, eight other female preached to the looming election cycle. legislators and 21 actors to perform “The — Andy Balaskovitz Rich Tupica/City Pulse “I am overwhelmed with the amount Vagina Monologues” on the steps of the “Eyesore of the Week” is our look at some of the seedi- Several thousand women’s rights of support that we’re receiving,” Byrum Capitol. The cheers from the perfor- er properties in Lansing. It rotates each week with Eye Candy supporters protested censorship said. “Not just in Michigan but around mance could be heard nearly a mile away. of the Week. If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@ and proposed conservative abortion the United States and around the world. lansingcitypulse.com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. legislation at the Capitol Monday. It is so humbling, for a woman like me, it — Sam Inglot 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 20, 2012
owners to describe the 2 a.m. bar scene on deployed, and the police took off about 15 Checking in on the block between Allegan and Washtenaw minutes after closing time when the last BALLE-hooing streets include: “craziness,” “ruckus” and major group of people broke up. “scary.” But the vibe in the early hours on Being on Washington Square late on Saturday seemed just more lively than any- the weekends is far from dangerous, said local businesses Washington Sq. thing else. Marshall Weathers, 29, who was out at A bolstered, on-foot police presence was the bars for the night. Sure, Weathers said, In my ”How local is local?” column, Quieter at quitting time, police say. one remedy, in the opinion of several shop sometimes a fight springs up or someone I mentioned I was attending a national A visit supports them. owners, and the tactic seemed to work. breaks a window, but those situations are conference in Grand Rapids of locally Three officers stood on the southwest cor- not indicative of the culture on the block. owned businesses. It was a whirlwind It’s 10 minutes before closing time for the ner of the block next to one of their cruisers Problems are usually because of, as he put of entrepreneurs from all regions of the six watering holes of Washington Square in parked near Club X-Cel, with another cop it, “a few young, drunk, idiots” that get out country, sharing their downtown Lansing. Instead of drunks veer- car parked across the street near The Firm. of line every now and then. energy, successes and ing off the sidewalk into the street and loud The officers walked both sides of the strip It was more than a few young, drunk idi- pitfalls freely with one crowds congesting the walkways, as there and didn’t appear to deal with any problem- ots that were involved in a situation in late another in an atmo- were in April and May, there is calm. atic bar patrons. April when a crowd of roughly 60 people sphere of”can-do-ness.” The three police officers patrolling the Their presence kept people from loitering got caught up in a fight. The mob created a Young and old (Grace block on foot could have had something to after closing time. The regular megaphone chaotic scene as it ebbed and flowed through Lee Boggs, 93-year-old do with it. and siren crowd dispersal routine used by the streets, cutting off traffic and eventually matriarch for social Words used in the past by some area-shop bouncers at Club X-Cel did not need to be drawing the attention of police. justice from Detroit, That was the last major incident to hap- gave a sterling keynote PUBLIC NOTICES pen on Washington Square, said Mike from her wheelchair); Yankowski, a Lansing Police Department black, brown, white and all colors in NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS patrol division captain. between; bankers and bakers, bookstore EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL “Have there been citations for open intox- and film theater owners, restaurateurs Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing City Council on ication or disorderly conduct? Yeah, prob- and farmers, architects and manufactur- Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, to consider the following: ably some of those,” he said. “But nothing ers were all represented. 1. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from Infinity Companies, LLC for like what happened back in April.” What becomes clear from attending Modified Site Plan and Special Use Permit approval for the property at 213-217 Ann Street. The department aims to put “extra a BALLE (Business Alliance for Local The application would permit a fifth floor penthouse to be added to the already approved resources” in bar areas like Washington Living Economies) conference is that four story, mixed-use building being built at 213-217 Ann Street. The property is zoned B-3, City Center Commercial District. Square during peak bar times Thursday there is an indefatigable power of creative through Saturday, he said. Two to six officers possibilities alive and well in this nation 2. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from Spencer Soka for Special in the area and foot patrols like the one on of small local businesses. Here are a few Use Permit approval for the property at 313 East Grand River Avenue. The proposed application would allow for alcohol sales under a Class C liquor license at the existing State Saturday are more common as the warm possibilities being born in other com- Side Deli restaurant. The property is zoned B-3, City Center Commercial District. weather bar-season opens up. munities: Rusty Chain Beer in Buffalo, Yankowski said he will meet with bar N.Y., brews its own recipe for local beer 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 owners, managers and staff from the East while simultaneously supporting a bike- to the City of East Lansing, prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable Michigan Avenue and Washington Square able community. Claire’s Restaurant accommodations or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot Road, East districts on Tuesday to go over upcoming and Tavern in Hardwick, Vt., was Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 319-6920, TDD 1-800-649-3777. events that bars should be aware of, best formed using a Community Supported Marie E. McKenna practices for keeping business orderly after Agriculture approach. RSA Social Finance City Clerk closing and policy procedures. The meeting in San Francisco is a financial firm that NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING is a regular thing, he said, that helps “open targets triple-bottom-line — a way of EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION lines of communication” between bars and accounting that takes into account social, police. It helps push bar operators to “take ecological and economic factors — small Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing Planning Commission on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, 101 ownership” of any issues they’re having. local businesses while returning profits to Linden Street, East Lansing. “When everyone is on the same page, investors, large and small, thereby mak- everyone can be successful,” he said. ing it more viable for small businesses A public hearing will be held to consider an application from E&G Connection LLC, for Site Plan and Special Use Permit approval for the property at 115 Albert Avenue. The proposed that want to do well by doing good. application would allow for a restaurant serving alcohol sales under a Class C liquor license at — Sam Inglot There was lots of chatter by represen- the former Refinery retail space. The property is zoned B-3, City Center Commercial District. tatives of local BALLE networks about Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning and Community Development, East Lansing City how to grow the support for locally owned Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next Planning Commission See Link, Page 7 meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission may vote on them. The Planning Commission's recommendations are then placed on the agenda of the next City Council meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on these applications. PUBLIC NOTICES The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters CITY OF LANSING for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning SLU-3-2012, Vacant Property – W. Jolly Road Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800- Special Land Use Permit – Church 649-3777. The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, July 9, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in Council Marie E. McKenna Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, Michigan, to consider City Clerk SLU-3-2012. This is a request by Bethel Seventh-Day Adventist Church for a special land use permit to construct a church on the vacant 2.99 acre property located on the north side of W. Jolly Road Notice of Public Hearing between S. ML King Blvd. and Tressa Drive. Churches are permitted in the "A" Residential district, which is the designation of the subject property, if a Special Land Use permit is approved by the The Ingham County Housing Commission has developed its 2012 Annual Agency Plan in Lansing City Council. compliance with the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. The Plan is available for review at the Housing Commission Office located in Carriage Lane Apartments, 3882 Dobie Rd. For more information about this case, phone City Council Offices on City business days, Monday Okemos, MI. The Housing Commission office hours are Monday – Friday 8am-5pm. Please call through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please 517-349-1643 for an appointment. In addition, a public hearing will be held on Thursday July 12, attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted between 8 2012 at 6:00 pm in the Multi-purpose room of Carriage Lane Apartments. Public is welcome. a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Monday, May 21, 2012, at the City Council Offices, Tenth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933 1696. Bruce E. Johnston Executive Director CHRIS SWOPE, LANSING CITY CLERK City Pulse • June 20, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7
balizing tendency also concentrates power sense that given the choice of several pro- relations in Lansing for years. He already Link away from the local community and with labor Democrats in state House races, has the support of the International it much of its wealth. the UAW — like most unions, PACs or Union of Operating Engineers, the from page 6 The fifth annual post-holiday survey of endorsing organizations endorses — uses Michigan Laborer’s District Council, independent businesses by the Institute winnable as a tiebreaker. the Michigan Nurses Association, the business. Grand Rapids, the host commu- for Local Self Reliance yielded power- Nobody likes to bet on a loser, espe- Regional Council of Carpenters and nity, has more than 500 local businesses ful evidence that pro-local attitudes are cially in this term-limited environment Millwrights, the SEIU and the Teamsters. in its Local First network, while Ann yielding direct benefits for their mem- where long-time relationships between The UAW’s decision to stay out of the Arbor has more than 250. Bellingham, bers of local networks. The survey tal- lobbying groups and politicians don’t 68th District is interesting in the sense Wash., Buffalo, Burlington, Vt., Chicago, lied responses from 1,768 businesses, all exist because there are no long-time legis- that it didn’t endorse Andy Schor, who’d Bloomington, Ind., and many more cit- independent and locally owned, across 49 lators. That makes endorsements during already nabbed the local Operating ies were represented. In each community states. Among the notable results: the primary election season critical. Engineers and the Plumbers and locally owned businesses cooperate with • Independent businesses in com- In the 67th, Cochran is seen as the Pipefitters endorsement. each other to build a strong commu- munities with an active “buy indepen- moderate who, on paper, stands up Schor is also the perceived frontrun- nity — one they have roots in and will dent/buy local” campaign run by grass- best against former Vevay Township ner, having campaigned for the job for not abandon when profit margins aren’t roots groups like Capital Area Local First Supervisor Jeff Oesterle, the likely about a year now. He’s got the money and up to Wall Street speculators’ whims. saw revenues grow 7.2 percent in 2011, Republican nominee in this competitive, the institutional support. Zingerman’s from Ann Arbor is just one compared to 2.6 percent for those in 50/50 swing seat. Being a former UAW The problem is before he took a leave example. Paul Saginaw, the co-founder, areas without an alliance. member for eight years certainly didn’t of absence to campaign, Schor worked spoke about how employees are full part- • Looking solely at retail respon- hurt Cochran's chances either. full time for the Michigan Municipal ners in developing business opportunities dents, the survey found those in areas In the 69th, the ball seems to keep roll- League, which has pushed for reforms and how they will keep their company’s with an active alliance reported holiday ing in Singh’s direction. The former East geography, despite the possibility of sales growth of 8.5 percent in 2011, com- Lansing elected official has had excellent See Melinn, Page 8 growing national, focused on the region pared to 5.2 percent for retailers in areas of the state. Laury Hammel, owner of without such an initiative. Longfellow Clubs (a set of five tennis and Have you visited one of our locally athletic clubs in the Boston area), offers owned lumberyards recently for that economically disadvantaged children free summer deck project? tennis lessons at the clubs. (Terry Link was the founding director There was lots of energy and discus- of MSU’s Office of Campus Sustainability sion of the need for a new economy, one and recently retired as director of the based not upon greed and self-aggran- Greater Lansing Food Bank. He can be dizement but on community, creativity reached at [email protected].) and the environment. Local entrepre- neurs who dominated this meeting want to take back their places from the global Fortune 500 conglomerates that control so much of the economy. Fred Keller, CEO and founder of Cascade Engineering UAW backs Cochran, in Grand Rapids, discussed becoming the first certified B-Corporation (public ben- Singh; stays out of 68th efit corporation. Keller believes the triple- In the heart of Lansing’s vibrant Old Town neighborhood, the summer bottom-line is not only essential and mor- Former Lansing Fire Chief Tom annex of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at MSU is housing ally right but also profitable. His company Cochran and former East Lansing has seen steady double-digit growth Mayor Sam Singh both received the the first-ever solo exhibition of recent Cranbrook Academy of Art figures for years while moving from being endorsement of the UAW CAP Council graduate Kristin Cammermeyer. predominantly a plastics manufacturer on Monday, securing their spots as the into developing parts for wind turbines, frontrunners in their June 22 to July 22 developing a low-cost water filter for the respective state House Third World, hiring disadvantaged citi- races. thursdays 12 to 9 pm zens (parolees, disabled, etc.), paying liv- Cochran is running Fridays, saturdays and sundays 12 to 6 pm ing wages and working to make his com- in the Democratic 226 east grand river avenue, lansing pany the first publicly “anti-racist” firm in primary in the south the country. Now with 1,500 employees Lansing/Delhi For more information, go to broadmuseum.msu.edu in five states, there is no doubt that Keller Township/rural has found a gold mine of possibilities. Ingham County 67th Where do the possibilities end? They state House District don’t. Ideas have power, and the idea of against former radio an economy of small, locally owned enter- personality Walt prises that have both their community Sorg and Delhi Township Trustee Jerry and the planet at heart provides endless Ketchum. opportunities for human development in Singh is in a battle with former East any community. See what microfinance Lansing School Board member Susan has unleashed in Bangladesh, Botswana Schmidt for the Democratic nomination and Bolivia. The entrepreneurial spirit, in the East Lansing/Meridian Township- when channeled for the local com- based 69th. mon good, has what scientists refer to Meanwhile, the UAW took a pass on as “emergent properties.” We tend to the seven-person Democratic primary in run into problems when we try to scale the Lansing-based 68th, with Local 602 everything up and assume the specific President Art Luna saying there were model will work everywhere — just look too many “friends” of organized labor to at abandoned Walmart and K-Mart stores choose among. Kristin Cammermeyer, Inheritance (detail), 2010, Mixed media on OSB boards sprinkled around the planet. But that glo- The decisions are significant in the
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For years, the majority party — wheth- Melinn er its Republican or Democrat control — has routinely put the squeeze on free A hoop from page 7 speech. House Speaker Jase Bolger’s spokesman, Ari Adler, said the Marshall to the binding arbitration laws for police Republican, as a lonely freshman, was house officers and firefighters. once banned from speaking for a three The League also was painfully neutral week-stint for saying something the on P.A. 4 of 2011, the law that allows majority Democratic Party didn’t like. gubernatorial-appointed emergency man- There was a time during the tenure of rises gers to revoke negotiated union contracts House Speaker Andy Dillon, a Democrat, A new urban agriculture in troubled cities and school districts. when major pieces of legislation passed project hopes to support While the changes to the binding without debate. The situation has both farmers markets and arbitration law ended up being agreeable improved remarkably under Bolger, but the surrounding neighbor- to all sides, the debate was contentious. it’s still not where it should be, obviously. hood Schor doesn’t personally support P.A. 4, Each of the 110 members of the but his choice of employment didn’t put Michigan House represents around Picture an old-fashioned barn him in a position to stop it either. 89,000 people. The House is the people’s raising: Rural farmers bustling For those reasons, picking Schor over house. Everybody’s voice should be heard. about in straw hats and overalls, candidates like Dale Copedge, Ted O'Dell, I understand that can create a long hammering nails and hoisting Griffin Rivers, A’Lynne Robinson or any- session, which can be torturous for wooden beams above their heads. body else who has been there for labor everybody watching — media includ- Picture it in an urban Lansing may not be 100 percent defensible to its ed. But what gives one set of 89,000 neighborhood. members. Instead, the UAW made the Michiganders the right to silence another The construction of the new safe bet and took a walk on the race and set of 89,000 Michiganders? Urbandale Farm hoop house on vowed to endorse whoever emerges from The majority party may not like what Friday on the 700 block of South the Democratic primary. members of the minority like to say, but Hayford Avenue was a “modern- once we lose the ability to openly discuss day counterpart” to the old-time Nothing new about censuring significant changes of public policy, our barn raising, Linda Anderson said. The latest fuss created by Rep. Lisa government stops looking like a democ- Anderson is a co-founder and Brown, D-Bloomfield Hills, and Rep. racy. co-director of the Lansing Urban Sam Inglot/City Pulse Barb Byrum, D-Onondaga, being cen- (Kyle Melinn is the editor of the MIRS Farm Project. She, along with Jeff McCabe (top), maneuvers through the bowed sured on the Michigan House floor for Newsletter. He can be reached at melinn@ Laura Delind, started the non- frame of the hoop house. McCabe, owner of Nifty saying “vagina” and “vasectomy” during lansingcitypulse.com.) profit urban gardening group in Hoops in Ann Arbor, provided the materials for the an abortion debate is surprising in that 2010 and worked with the city and hoop house and volunteered his time and four years it’s taken the media this long to write county to get funding and land for of know-how to the project. about the open censuring that goes on the the hoop house project. House floor. It took nearly 11 hours of labor from over Supporting urban farm projects like this 30 volunteers coupled with a handful of has benefits twofold, Schertzing said. By PUBLIC NOTICES mandatory water breaks to finish the hoop expanding the growing season with the hoop CITY OF LANSING house. house, the farm will be sustainable finan- NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING “It was wonderful. It reminded me of how cially by providing produce to Lansing-area Z-3-2012, 5133 Balzer Street close knit and supportive the local food and farmers markets. Rezoning from “A” Residential District to “DM-1” Residential District local farming community is in the Lansing It’s not unusual for hoop houses to pay for area,” Anderson said. themselves in two to four years, according to The Lansing Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., The 30-foot-by-48-foot, 1,500-square- Anderson. Neighborhood Empowerment Center Conference Room, 600 W. Maple St. (Corner of W. Maple and N. Pine Streets) to consider Z-3-2012. This is a request by Shannon Wiggins and Mohamad foot hoop house resembles a pole barn made Another benefit is such projects build a Abduljaber to rezone the property at 5133 Balzer Street, legally described as: entirely out of metal poles for the frame and better sense of community, Schertizing said. a translucent tarp for the walls and roof. A “The Lansing Urban Farm Project has LOT 20 SUPERVISORS PLAT OF BALZER SUBDIVISION hoop house is not a greenhouse, however. captured a lot of young folks’ attention from “A” Residential District to “DM-1” Residential District. The purpose of the rezoning is to permit They both house fledgling produce and are in particular and convinced them, ‘Hey, the use of the subject property for two single family homes. intended to extend a crop growing season, Lansing is pretty cool. I think I’m going to If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing. Written comments will be accepted but a greenhouse is a permanent structure stay here,’” Schertzing said. between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on city business days if received before 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at the whereas a hoop house is more of a “crop Over half the volunteers were from a Lansing Planning Office, Dept. of Planning and Neighborhood Development, Suite D-1, 316 N. Capitol protection device,” as John Biernbaum, a diverse group of volunteers with MSU Ave., Lansing, MI 48933-1236. For more information, call Susan Stachowiak at 483-4085. professor of horticulture at Michigan State Student Organic Farm. CITY OF LANSING University who helped with the project put it. Originally from India and living NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A $4,000 community development grant in Lansing since last summer, Vaidy Z-4-2012, 315 E. Jolly Road from the city and matching funds from the Lakshminarayanapuram, 55, said he worked Rezoning from “F” Commercial District to “G-2” Wholesale District Ingham County Land Bank paid for the between India and the United States for 13 hoop house on property the Land Bank years with General Electric before retiring in The Lansing Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., Neighborhood Empowerment Center Conference Room, 600 W. Maple St. (Corner of W. Maple and donated, said Ingham County Treasurer Eric February, at which time he began work with N. Pine Streets) to consider Z-5-2012. This is a request by Amerco Real Estate Company to rezone Schertzing, who chairs the Land Bank. The the MSU group. the property at 315 E. Jolly Road, legally described as: project came in $700 under budget. This “I’m switching from my career in the cor- COM 696 FT E & 38 FT N OF S 1/4 COR SEC 33, TH N 243.5 FT, E 252.54 FT, S is the first time the county has dedicated porate life to that of a farmer,” he laughed. 241.54 FT, W 253.8 FT TO BEG; SEC 33 T4N R2W resources to this kind of project, he added. Organizers with the Urban Farm Project The Land Bank acquires tax-foreclosed prop- said the hoop house goal is to ramp up food from “F” Commercial District to “G-2” Wholesale District. The purpose of the rezoning is to permit the expansion of the adjoining U-Haul business (self-storage, truck/trailer rental) to the north at 5020 erties then sells them for redevelopment. production. The harvested produce will be S. Cedar Street. “A house rises in Lansing, a hoop house,” sold on location at the Urbandale Farm he said while standing in the shade of the Stand every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you are interested in this matter, please attend the public hearing. Written comments will be accepted between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on city business days if received before 5 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at the finished structure. “We’re trying to promote and at the Allen Street Farmers Market on Lansing Planning Office, Dept. of Planning and Neighborhood Development, Suite D-1, 316 N. Capitol economic models that are sustainable, and Ave., Lansing, MI 48933-1236. For more information, call Susan Stachowiak at 483-4085. this is one of the next pieces.” See Hoop house, Page 8 City Pulse • June 20, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9
in the area as a training space, a commons and Sam Inglot/City Pulse Hoop house a neighborhood anchor.” The completed During the first season, the farm will Urbandale Farm from page 8 largely be run by Anderson, Delind, Urban hoop house will Farm Project apprentices and Sarah Fillius, provide urban Wednesdays from 2:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. who will be the on-site manager of Urbandale farmers a space “We felt the need for a stable, sustainable Farm and actually lives in a Land Bank-owned to grow frost- food system in property next door to the plot. sensitive crops Green thumb? Get involved! a larger place “As it progresses, ultimately we’ll invite like tomatoes, Lansing Urban Farm Project where we could more and more residents to help out and peppers and www.lansingurbanfarmproject. more intensive- hopefully over the course of months and years eggplants earlier wordpress.com Contact: Sarah Fillius, Farm ly raise food,” they’ll become partners in the enterprise,” in the season along Manager Delind said. Delind said. “We’re hoping it will be an asset with leafy greens sarah.lansingurbanfarmproject@ gmail.com “We also want to the neighborhood.” year round. Office phone: 517-999-3916 this place to benefit people — Sam Inglot PUBLIC NOTICES
Notice of Letting of Intercounty Drain Ingham County, MI Contract and Review of Apportionments 517.676.8395
BURRELL INTERCOUNTY DRAIN for all properties and public corporations in Ingham County; or at such other time and place thereafter, to which we the Drainage Board aforesaid, may adjourn the same the apportionment for benefits Notice is Hereby Given, that we, Michael Atayan, Eaton County Drain Commissioner, Patrick and the lands comprised within the "Burrell Intercounty Drain Special Assessment District", and the Lindemann, Ingham County Drain Commissioner, State of Michigan, and Keith Creagh, the Director apportionments thereof will be subject to review for one day, from nine o'clock in the forenoon until five of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, will on July 11, 2012, at the o'clock in the afternoon. At said review the computation of costs for said Drain will also be open for Eaton County Drain Commissioner's office in Charlotte, Eaton County, proceed to receive sealed bids inspection by any parties interested. Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective until 10:00 a.m. of that day, when bids will be opened and publicly announced for the construction participation in the meeting should contact the Drain Commissioner in the county which they reside of a certain Drain known and designated as "Burrell Intercounty Drain," located and established in at the numbers noted below (voice) at least one week in advance of the meeting to request mobility, Eaton County: Delta Charter Township; Ingham County: Lansing Charter Township. Persons with visual, hearing, or other assistance. disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting should contact the Drain Commissioner in the county which they reside at the numbers noted below (voice) at least one week Whereas, The owner of any land or any county, city, village, or township in the Special Assessment in advance of the meeting to request mobility, visual, hearing, or other assistance. District of the Burrell Intercounty Drain who may feel aggrieved by the apportionment of benefits made by the county drain commissioner, may within 10 days after the day of review, appeal therefrom by The Burrell Intercounty Drain will be let as follows, having the average depth and width as set forth. making application to the probate court of the county in which the assessed property is located for the All stations are 100 feet apart. appointment of a board of review.
Beginning at station number 0+00 at the downstream end of said drain and extending upstream to The following is a condensed description of the several tracts or parcels of land constituting the Special station number 33+34, a distance of 3,334 feet, and having an average depth of seven feet, and an Assessment District of said Drain, viz. Exact property description and apportionment information must average width of bottom of three feet. be obtained on the date and at the locations stated above.
This Notice of Letting, the plans, specifications, and bid proposal shall be considered a part of the Part of the East ½ of the Southeast ¼ of Section 12, Town 4 North and Range 3 West, Delta Contract. The following items will be required and a contract let for same. Charter Township, Eaton County, Michigan. Part of the West ½ of the Southwest ¼ of Section 7, Town 4 North and Range 2 West, Lansing Charter Township, Ingham County, Michigan. Install 50 lineal feet of 21-inch diameter, 778 lf of 18-inch diameter, 365 lf of 15-inch diameter, and 552 lf of 12-inch diameter C-76 Class IV reinforced concrete pipe. Install 128 lf of 10-inch Now, therefore, All unknown and non-resident persons, owners and persons interested in the above diameter dual wall HDPE pipe. Install 17 4-foot diameter and two 18-inch diameter catch basins. described lands, and you Install six 5-foot diameter and three 4-foot diameter manholes. Install 731 lf of 12-inch diameter CSP driveway culvert with flared end-sections. Reconstruct 2,300 lf of road and associated In Eaton County, the driveway approaches. Eaton County Clerk, Said job will be let in accordance with the plans and specifications now on file with the other documents Eaton County Board of Road Commissioners, pertaining to said drain, in the office of the County Drain Commissioners of the Counties of Eaton Delta Charter Township Supervisor; and Ingham to which reference may be had by all parties interested. Complete copies of the plans and specifications with required bid forms are available to prospective bidders upon request And in Ingham County, the and for a non-refundable deposit of $40.00 (plans will be mailed for an additional $10.00). Plans may also be obtained at Fitzgerald-Henne & Associates, Inc., 4063 Grand Oak Drive, Suite Ingham County Clerk, A109, Lansing, Michigan, (517) 887-1100. Contracts will be made with the lowest responsible bidder Ingham County Department of Transportation and Roads, giving adequate security for the performance of the work, in the sum then and there to be fixed by Lansing Charter Township Supervisor; us, reserving to ourselves the right to reject any and all bids, and if no satisfactory sealed bids are received, we reserve the right to proceed immediately after the rejection of sealed bids and at the And the Michigan Department of Transportation; same time and place and without further notice to let the contract by open bidding, likewise reserving the right to reject any and all such open bids and to adjourn such letting to such time and place as which public corporations are liable for assessments at large for reason of benefits for public health, we shall publicly announce. convenience, welfare, and the improvement of highways, and are hereby notified that at the time and place aforesaid, at such other time and place thereafter to which said letting may be adjourned, we The date for the completion of such contract, and the terms of payment therefor, shall and will be shall proceed to receive bids for the construction of said "Burrell Intercounty Drain", in the manner announced at the time and place of letting. Any persons desiring to bid on the above mentioned work hereinbefore stated; and also, that at such time and place as stated aforesaid from nine o'clock in the will be required to deposit with the Drainage Board a cashier's check, money order, certified check forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon, the apportionment for benefits and the lands comprised or a bidders bond (cash is not acceptable) payable to the Burrell Intercounty Drainage District in the within the Burrell Intercounty Drain Special Assessment District will be subject to review. amount of five percent (5%) as a guarantee that they will enter into contract and furnish the required bond as prescribed by law. The checks of all unsuccessful bidders will be returned after contracts And You and Each of You, Owners and persons interested in the aforesaid lands, are hereby cited are awarded. All bids must be made on bidding blanks furnished by the Burrell Intercounty Drainage to appear at the time and place of such reviewing of apportionments as aforesaid, and be heard with Board. All excavations shall be bid by a unit of linear measure or lump sum and not by volume. respect to such special assessments and your interests in relation thereto, if you so desire. Payments will be cash upon approval of the engineer. Given under our hands this 12th day of June A.D. 2012. NOTICE OF DAY OF REVIEW OF APPORTIONMENT FOR DRAIN SPECIAL ASSESSMENT Members of the Burrell Intercounty Drainage Board:
Notice is Further Hereby Given, that on the July 17, 2012, at the Michael Atayan Patrick Lindemann Eaton County Drain Commissioner Ingham County Drain Commissioner Eaton County Drain Commissioner's Office 1045 Independence Boulevard, Charlotte Keith Creagh Eaton County, MI Director of Agriculture 517.543.3809 By: Brady Harrington Deputy for the Director for all properties and public corporations in Eaton County; and at the P.O. Box 30017 Lansing, MI 48909 Ingham County Drain Commissioner's Office 517-335-4497 707 Buhl, Mason 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 20, 2012
& art • books • film • music • theater Arts Culture West Point Knights back in the Jazz up your weekend day.) “He keeps the time, but his Meet the East Lansing Summer Solstice headliners concept is so different from any- Stories by LAWRENCE COSENTINO one else,” she said. “His solos are Staff sergeant, song stylist ing road for Cole. One afternoon about 30 off the charts and he loves being Light doesn’t always travel at the speed years ago, her mother came to pick up Cole on stage. We only started play- of light, no matter what Einstein said. at day care and found her standing on a ing together but he’s the bass Follow a shadow at dusk in mid-June. tree stump, singing to the group. player of my dreams.” The same goes for sound. Alexis Cole’s “Not much has changed,” she declared. Saturday marks the first time voice comes at you in voluptuous slow Back then, she bonded with a friend who all four will play together. motion, like melting chocolate. When she was just a certain she wanted to be a doctor Cole is already immersed in sings “Someday My Prince Will Come” (and became one). her next project, devoted to the (captured in 2009 on CD with the great “We had a third guy, a best friend, who compositions of Detroit bari- jazz pianist Fred Hersch) you get the feel- never knew what he wanted, and we always tone sax legend Pepper Adams, ing she’s well-equipped to wait, with a dirty felt bad for him.” who died in 1986. Jazz-friendly, martini and a good novel. She’s not suffer- Vulnerability, never a plus in the mili- beat-ish poet Barry Wallenstein ing much. tary, is not Cole’s thing. Among her vocal wrote the lyrics in tandem with Saturday’s headliner at the East Lansing assets is impeccable diction, for which she Cole, who sings on the CD, due Summer Solstice Jazz Festival has one of credits her grandmother, a jazz pianist and out in September. the more interesting regular jazz gigs singer “in the classic style.” around. Three years ago, she finished basic “Whenever I mumbled, she said, ‘Don’t ‘Cone’ is back, and training in Ft. Leonard Wood, Miss. Now you want the people to understand what he’s not alone Staff Sgt. Cole is the lead singer with the you’re saying?’” Some cats don’t fit categories. West Point Jazz Knights Big Band, a high- As a youngster, she admired folk singer Friday’s headliners, Wycliffe level, high-energy strike force you wouldn’t Judy Collins. Recently, she has gotten to Gordon and Niki Haris, reduce bring to a nursing home. know Collins, hanging out at her Christmas the distinction between instru- “It’s not crazy — the music is acces- party and even helping engineer one of her Courtesy Photo mental and vocal jazz to a tech- sible — but we’re on the vanguard of the recent recordings. Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and vocalist Niki Haris nicality. bands working in New York right Jazz came into the picture perform at the festival at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Haris is a singer with a mel- now,” she said. when Cole was 18. She low, joyful, triumphant “instru- The gig let Cole settle answered a bulletin After studying voice and piano at the ment,” as the pros like to call their resonat- down after extended board notice about a University of Miami, she ended up with a ing carbon-based pipes. Gordon is a trom- stints in the Far gig in South Beach master’s degree at Queens College. Along bonist who just happens to send his plead- East and on cruise hotel with a vibist the way, she found time to study Indian ing, strutting, whispering voice through a ships, in between and sax player. classical singing in Mumbai. metal tube. critically acclaimed “As soon as I Cole had effusive praise for the musi- As a teacher, Gordon’s mantra is “sing it recordings and started checking cians she will bring to East Lansing. first.” (He has even published a pedagogical performances at the music out, I Her pianist, John di Martino, left her book under that title.) He urges his stu- places like Lincoln thought, ‘Wow, at a rare loss for words. “When I play with dents to sing a melody, at least mentally, Center. Despite this is what I’m him I feel like I’m, I don’t know, ah …” She before working the valves. Haris massages the travel, life has supposed to hesitated as if to cool down a hot meta- a melody like a horn player, trading licks not been a wind- be doing.’” phor. “Well, he lays down a bed of amazing with her bandmates the same way a con- Courtesy Photo harmony.” summate horn or sax player would. Alexis Cole She put her drummer, Ian Froman, in Gordon heard Haris sing at a brewery in performs the same ménage: “He sits back there and the singer’s home town, Benton Harbor, a at 7:30 p.m. whispers beautiful rhythms,” she said. few years ago. “She just kind of knocked me Saturday. Cole is most excited at her latest band out,” Gordon said. member, veteran bassist James Cammack, Haris is the daughter of jazz-soul piano who played with piano legend Ahmad legend Gene Harris. Besides singing pop, Jamal for 30 years. (Cole was surprised R&B, soul, jazz and blues, she’s a cho- to find that Cammack also played in the See Gordon, Page 11 East Lansing Summer Solstice Jazz Festival Friday, June 22 Saturday, June 23 4:30 p.m. Detroit Tenors 4:30 p.m. Neil Gordon Trio 6 p.m. Community Music School Jazz 6 p.m. Modern Jazz Messengers Orchestra 7:30 p.m. Alexis Cole 7:30 p.m. Wycliffe Gordon & Niki Haris 9:15 p.m. East Lansing Summer Solstice 9:15 p.m. Ritmo Jazz Orchestra Interlude Peter Nelson Quartet Interlude Anthony Stanco Quartet 10:45 p.m. Afterglow with Diego 10:45 p.m. Afterglow with the Lansing Rivera Quartet (at Beggars Banquet, Community College Faculty Quartet (at 218 Abbot Road) Beggars Banquet)
All performances (except afterglows) take place at 230 Albert Ave., East Lansing. Admission is free. Call (517) 319-6927, or visit eljazzfest.com. City Pulse • June 20, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11
neighborhood schools helped him research Gordon the story. “I love doing stories like this (because) from page 10 they could be told anywhere, from Benton Harbor to Paris,” he said. “It’s the develop- reographer and actress with an impres- ment of a community.” sive resume. She has worked with a slew Although Gordon plays gigs around of legends, from Ray Charles to Mick the world and teaches at the Manhattan Jagger, but got her widest exposure as one School of Music, East Lansing holds a of Madonna’s backup singers from 1987 special interest for him. In his three years to 2001 (she is prominently featured in at Michigan State University, first as art- the “Truth or Dare” documentary). Her ist in residence and then as a professor of work with Gordon takes her back into her jazz, he gave the area some memorable father’s jazz-soul territory. moments, crowned by the 2001 Wharton Georgia-born Gordon was a stalwart Center premiere of his jazzy score for the of Wynton Marsalis’ great septet in the Oscar Micheaux silent film, “Body and 1990s, where he acquired the nickname Soul.” “Cone,” short for “Pinecone” (a tweak at Last August, he premiered “Within Our his rural Georgia roots). Since then, he has Gates,” another Oscar Micheaux film score. flourished as a player, winning Trombonist “I’m not rich by any stretch, but I do stay of the Year from the Jazz Journalists’ busy,” he said. Association five times, triumphing in In 2004, the Brass Band of Battle Creek large-scale composition and branching out premiered Gordon’s tribute to Muhammad into other instruments, including trumpet Ali, “I Saw the Light.” and didgeridoo. “The best times were the rough times, Telling stories, short or long, is a special- getting the jazz program off the ground ty for Gordon. In March, he premiered his and working out the curriculum,” he said. epic 90-minute dance and song production, On a visit last year, he dubbed the MSU “Beyond the Blackberry Patch,” chronicling program’s progress “amazing.” the history of an African-American enclave “You have two jazz bands, they both in the King Lincoln district of Columbus, sound good,” he said. “I remember when Ohio — a thriving neighborhood before we were struggling to get the instrumenta- they built the interstate. Kids from eight tion for one band.” Good grief! It’s ‘Charlie Brown’ By HOLLY JOHNSON Courtesy Photo The Peanuts gang is back in action for the Lansing Lucas C. Holliday stars in Community College Performing Arts Summer Stage Lansing Community College's Under the Stars production of “You’re a Good Man, production of "You're a Good Charlie Brown” at LCC’s amphitheatre. Based on the Man, Charlie Brown." Charles M. Schulz comic strip, the ‘You’re a Good musical follows Charlie Brown and Man, Charlie his crew as they play baseball and Brown’ the piano and exchange valentines. “The show is really happy and Through Sunday, June 24 bouncy,” said director and LCC the- (269) 342-4733 Lansing Community College Summer Stage ater instructor Connie Curren- Under the Stars in the Oesterle. “We all get to remem- amphitheater (rain location ber what is was like to be little is Dart Auditorium) KALAMAZOO 8 p.m. nightly and go through a day of Charlie Free Brown.” The cast includes Lucas C. Holliday as Charlie Brown, as well as recent LCC Theatre Studio Program graduates Michele Savala as Lucy; Scott Laban as Schroeder; Jason Brian as Linus; (313) 292-2488 Devin Fraught as Snoopy, and musical theater major Miranda Amy as Sally. ROMULUS
US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd www.NCGmovies.com (517) 694-1500 (517) 316-9100 LANSING - OFF SOUTH CEDAR AT 1-96 Student Discount with ID MAIN OFFICE — HOLT VISIT CELEBRATIONCINEMA.COM OR CALL 393-SHOW ID required for “R” rated films 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 20, 2012 Mill Supplies’ mad makeover Artist Tiffany Klein launches a gallery and workshop in a 102-year-old downtown Lansing building
By LAWRENCE COSENTINO newborn child family When Tiffany Klein says “I need my space,” she means it engagement weddings literally. Klein, a Lansing-based artist and interior designer, senior pictures boudoir needs a laboratory more than she needs a gallery. In Mention this ad and get her hands, plaster becomes velvet, fiberboard turns into 20% off your next session wood and PVC pipes aspire to the glory of Roman columns. (517) 490-4195 Her wall-sized, multime- [email protected] 781 Hull Rd, Mason dia art glimmers with gem- (same building as BlueGrass Lawn & Landscape) stones and mirror shards, with frames made of textured Like me on Facebook! facebook.com/MeganKolbergPhotography cement. She collects weird stuff like an 18th-century fish- ing chair from Spain and, to make ends meet, runs a sev- en-person custom furniture and design shop. Klein is a paint-spat- tered being of almost pure energy, and now she has La Fille Gallery, four floors and 10,000 square feet, in which to run amok: the former Mill Supplies Corp. building downtown, across from the convention center. Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse “It’s a pretty big building Tiffany Klein touches up the ceiling of the former Mill for one person,” she admits. Supplies Corp. building. “It’s a pretty big building for one It ought to do for now. person,” the artist admitted of her new home. Built in 1910 as the home of the Rikerd Lumber Co., the long brick the perfect backdrop for a mad alchemist. monolith crests Michigan Avenue like the Klein loves to manipulate concrete, bulkhead of a Great Lakes freighter rid- plaster, paint and other surface finishes, ing the steep slope of Museum Drive. Its but most of all, she likes to mess with huge windows, bowling-alley-scaled wood your mind. The Roman columns in her floors, medieval-looking freight elevator, showroom are drainage tubes from a farm brick walls and overall industrial heft make supply shop. Fake copper, complete with an instant patina of age, is a specialty. The first floor ceiling is not supported by thick, not-oaken beams, not held in place by not- wrought-iron buckles and not-nails. (It’s all plaster and paint.) By this weekend’s open- From business brunch to tournament lunch, ing, the entrance will ham-on-rye to pizza pie, Groesbeck’s new be graced by sumptu- ous-looking chandeliers full-service catering transforms any on- made out of paint stir- course occasion into a memorable event. rers. “I love chemistry,” she said. “I’m a pyro. I mix it, In fact, it looks like yours is up next! blend it, bleed it.” Klein got her zest for Find out more: 517-483-4333 messing with stuff from or LansingMi.gov/golf Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse her dad, a fiberglass wiz- ard who molded spoilers “This is my brain,” Klein declared of this painting: It also Mayor Virg Bernero depicts four women dancing. See Tiffany Klein, Page 13 City Pulse • June 20, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13 Broad-ening out to Old Town July 12 - August 19, 2012 After serving as a bank and a bar, the former Chrome The hilarious team of Aral Gribble and Cat gets a new lease on life as a pop-up art gallery Wayne David Parker By PAUL WOZNIAK Kristin Cammermeyer. Cammermeyer was return to Tuna, Texas for the Perhaps, like its namesake, the Chrome the “perfect fit,” according to Gass, because 4th of July Tuna High School Cat has nine lives. The Old Town build- “her work is very much about using the Class Reunion, once again ing was once a bank, then a bar — and for detritus from reclaimed buildings and tak- portraying Tuna’s entire Allison Gass, contemporary art curator for ing bits and pieces of construction material population in this outrageous the Broad Art Museum, it offered the ideal and turning them into art.” quick-change comedy! space for a pop-up art gallery. “I want my inventory to have a very “In advance of having our own terrific broad vocabulary,” said Cammermeyer, By Jaston Williams, Joe Sears Pay-What-You-Can Preview building (this fall), we’re really excited to who has collected two years’ worth of and Ed Howard find a place that had its own strong history previously used materials from places Thursday, July 12 @ 8PM that we could completely transform for a like Detroit and Vermont. Cammermeyer Directed by John Lepard little while and change people’s relation- endorses recycling through her art, but she ship to it,” Gass said. has a larger vision in mind. Performances: Williamston Theatre That transformation is titled “I don't want it to just be about detritus. Thurs., Fri. & Sat. @ 8PM 122 S Putnam St.,Williamston “Resituating,” the first solo exhibition by I want it to be more indicative of the texture Sunday @ 2PM 517-655-7469 recent Cranbrook Academy of Art graduate See Pop-Up, Page 14 With 3PM performances on Saturdays starting July 21 www.williamstontheatre.org
Left: Courtesy photo from Capital Area District Library; Right: Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse What was originally the Rikerd Lumber Co., above, has become Klein's four-story workspace, left, which still contains a few remnants of its previous inhabitants.
impeccably,” Gnass said. “Took every bit of Tiffany Klein inventory out of here.” Aside from removal of carpeting, drop from page 12 ceilings and paneling, little rehab work was needed. for General Motors and built parts of the When Gnass and Klein peeled the DeLorean car. As a youngster, she frolicked carpet back, starting at the front door, with giant fiberglass bowling pins and more they found a nifty tile mosaic advertising than one Big Boy (of restaurant fame). Norton Abrasives, a supplier. They left it Until last fall, Klein shared a there, along with other historic nuggets 700-square-foot studio with Jason Belous like the weathered letters “BER” (from at Against the Grain, an interior design “LUMBER”) on an interior wall. and furniture studio in Old Design showrooms Town. She found out about La Fille Gallery and a gallery for 60-odd the Mill Supplies Building Opening reception works of art fill the airy from Camron Gnass, owner of 4-8 p.m. Friday, June 22 ground floor. Upper Traction, a brand development Regular hours 10 a.m.-7 p.m. floors will house a fab- company just down the street, Thursdays and Fridays; 10 ric shop, Klein’s master a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays; other at 617 Michigan Avenue. times by appointment workshop and a space to Mill Supplies closed shortly 336 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing sell her finds from travels after CEO Joseph Newman (517) 526-7150 around the world, includ- retired in 2009. Gnass and a ing her Spanish fishing partner bought the building and threw an chair, a baroquely detailed Beatles “Sgt. open house for friends, including Klein, Pepper” sofa and an Egyptian “thing” from last fall. the 1770s with blue wrought iron squir- “I fell in love with the space as soon as rels. I walked in,” Klein said. When she had a Klein has been pouring herself into the moment of doubt, an owl painted on the interior since November, weaving a semi- bottom of the toilet seat helped persuade transparent web of creative chaos over the her the move would be wise. building’s sober industrial bones. For over 50 years, the building’s last “She brought out the best of what was tenant, Mill Supplies Corp., built and ser- there, and hid what was an eyesore,” Gnass viced heavy equipment for GM and other said. “This building is the most amazing big clients. “They cleaned the building canvas for her.” 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 20, 2012
sculptures that come Pop-Up up to pieces on the wall. I really see them HOMTV: from page 13 as an extension of the painting process in a ‘We’re with of what we want to see around us. broader way.” If I'm going to be using discarded Cammermeyer materials, I want to turn them wants viewers to the times into optimistic gestures,” she says. discover their own Trained as a painter, meaning in her Cammermeyer incorporates a works, but she hopes now’ variety of mediums into creating to provoke positive TV studio open house her art, including photography. emotions. “I want to shows off renovations “I'm interested in trying to under- avoid making work stand these things through mul- that feels like it's fro- By TRACY KEY tiple mediums. I think that's really zen and that's it. Kind When it comes to modern media and interesting. It of a period at the end technology, practically every couple of ‘Resituating’ keeps it really of a sentence.” years brings the equivalent of a new era Through July 22 fresh. I just Courtesy Phote Gass insists that in history. With facilities dating back to Regular hours don't want to Artist Kristin Cammermeyer's “Resituating” exhibit is installed in the the official Broad 1992, the studios of HOMTV and CAMTV are noon-9 p.m. commit to one,” opening will not in Meridian Township seemed almost Thursdays; noon- former Chrome Cat building. The opening reception will be Thursday. 6 p.m. Fridays, she said. “It's mark the end of pop- ancient, left in the dust when the digital Saturdays and interesting when you tion of her pieces as they move from loca- up exhibitions like this one. era swept in. However, a recent renova- Sundays come at the same idea tion to location. “I think that there’s a way that art lives tion project has brought a much-needed 226 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing via different mediums, “There's a piece in the show that's a in museums that’s very important but upgrade to the dated facilities. you end up with different stop-motion animation of a de-installation there’s also something very important “We’re with the times now,” said answers because of how of some of the installations,” she said. “I about bringing art out into the world in Deborah Guthrie, communications direc- that media functions.” have it looping so it does this expansion unexpected spaces,” Gass said. “Part of the tor for HOMTV/CAMTV. Cammermeyer says she began paint- (and) compression. It's just like breathing. mission here is to make contemporary art Previously, the ing small reliefs that grew off the canvas. It's perpetual.” feel resonate with the world, resonate with HOMTV/CAMTV main control room Eventually, multiple assembled compo- “She's quite brilliant at taking paintings things you do every day. Installing art in Open House for HOMTV, the gov- nents slowly crept off of the wall. Two- and really literally breaking (them) apart,” different, unexpected, maybe even famil- ernment access tele- 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, dimensional photographs of the three- Gass said. “You will see some more tradi- iar places is a way of making sure you are June 20 vision station for dimensional installations become inspira- tional paintings, some installations that looking a little bit differently at the world 5151 Marsh Road, Meridian Township, tion for new works as does the deconstruc- look like collaborations (and) large-scale around you.” Okemos and CAMTV, a chan- Free nel for community (517) 853-4000 programming, was Join us for our Annual stuck in what Guthrie Keeping it short calls a “small congested area that made Michael McCallum unveils two new films Sunday it difficult to train a lot of our journalism Strawberry Social! and telecommunications students.” The By MARY C. CUSACK Says McCallum, “It’s a great way to stay computers lacked direct connections to with Kari Anne & the Lost Creek In March, Detroit's Uptown Film fresh creatively, to come up with different share information. The teleprompter Festival named local filmmaker Michael characters, different stories.” was a homemade contraption. McCallum the Michigan Independent As much as shooting shorts feeds “You can imagine how separate every- Friday, June 22nd Filmmaker of the Year. He has not rested McCallum’s fire, so does the premiere thing was,” Guthrie said. on his laurels. party. “It’s a great way to show some work, Thanks to a $326,600 renovation, the 2:00-3:30pm Having recently completed shooting have a great time and also talk about control room was relocated to a larger and his next feature film, “Buffalo,” McCallum ‘Buffalo’ and the next project,” he said. more appropriate room and a production found time to finish two short films. This On Sunday “Memento Mori” and “Small editing suite for student interns was cre- Great Strawberry Desserts! leads to an interesting question: Since he Town Fireworks” will be unveiled. While ated in another location in the building. has scored numerous awards for his fea- both films are about the failure of relation- “That allowed us to streamline all of our ture films, why does McCallum continue ships, the tones contrast wildly. computers so we have a direct connection Great Entertainment! to put pre- “Memento” is a tiny slice of life, with a to the other computers,” Guthrie said. Free! ‘Memento Mori’ cious time and slight plot and no backstory. A man simply Great Fun! Bring a Friend! and 'Small Town resources into comes home early from to work to find his See HOMTV, Page 15 Fireworks' short films? ex-girlfriend in his apartment, picking up RSVP (517) 337-0066 Presented by Rebel Pictures, After all, short the last of her things. The eight minutes of UnSAFE Film Office and films are noto- almost real-time are just enough to high- Vernacular Films riously hard light the extreme tension of this experi- 7 p.m. Sunday, June 24 Kelly’s Downtown, 220 S. to market and ence. Washington Square, Lansing typically yield As with McCallum’s past works, the $5 little financial strength of the films comes from the pro- (517) 708-2007 return. duction values and the attention to detail. www.facebook.com/rebelpictures Anyone who “Memento” has no soundtrack, mak- knows McCallum and his work could pro- ing the silences between the nameless vide at least a partial answer: McCallum couple (Cody Masalkoski and Christine doesn’t make movies to make money — Therrian) that much more uncomfortable. although, of course, that would be nice. Heartbreaking moments speak volumes 2530 Marrtt Road East Lansing, MI 48823 He does it for the love of making films about the nature of men and women, like Courtesy Phote and collaborating with his equally driven the woman still picking up after the man, www.eastlansingseniorliving.com A technician edits a program at HOMTV peers, including editor Jonathan Worful A Capital Senior Living Community and CAMTV's revamped studios. and director of photography A.E. Griffin. See Shorts, Page 15 City Pulse • June 20, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 15
interns. Guests can also walk through the The performances are outstanding. HOMTV alumni hall of fame that has been created Shorts Dewitt, playing against character, is an all- to honor past interns and show how what out bitch whose every line is jaw-dropping from page 14 they have done after their involvement at from page 14 in its nastiness. Every bitter, nasty state- HOMTV. ment that she makes is jaw-dropping. If Now, rather than transferring foot- “We’ll also have the opportunity for and the man saying something significant her words aren’t enough, she completes age by tape or USB, the computers can people to act like a news anchor and and meaningful that, in just two words, the evisceration with a simple cock of her share information instantly and upload it read from a teleprompter,” Guthrie said. isn’t enough to win her back. head. directly to the Internet. “We didn’t have prompters that were real “Fireworks” focuses on a relationship Musician Sam Corbin is hysterically “The time it takes to do things is cut before — we had ones we made out of that needs to die. In the opening scene, funny as ex-boyfriend and crooner Cam. drastically,” Guthrie added. “It saves a wood,” she added, with a laugh. Ally (Kayla Dewitt) meets boyfriend Allen When he sees Ally in the Record Lounge, tremendous amount of time to produce “It’s hard for us to get the word out (McCallum) in a bar and immediately he immediately serenades her with a song programs for residents.” about who we are and that were here,” picks on everything from his clothes to his to win her back, while Allen looks on with HOMTV hosts an open house tour Guthrie said. weight. The day gets worse, as the couple helpless incredulity. Corbin will be playing from 6-8 p.m. today. Visitors will be able “I’d really like people to know about strolls around town and meets all of her at the premiere; it is only fitting that he to watch a live Meridian Township meet- the services we provide for Meridian ex-boyfriends, each one more goofy or will premiere the unedited version of his ing being taped and edited by the student Township.” grope-y than the last. song.
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zy sport,” Jurek said. Jurek writes about A different kind of discovering how the Tarahumara may have the ‘dine and dash’ purest approach to run- ning. He notes: “The real Want to get the best out of your feet? secret of the Tarahumara: Learn how to eat, advises Scott Jurek They didn’t prepare for runs. They didn’t run to By BILL CASTANIER runs.” win or for medals. And As an eighth-grader in rural Minnesota, “You have to simu- they didn’t eat so they Scott Jurek hated running. As a high- late what it’s like (to could run. They ate, and schooler, he only ran to stay in shape for run more than 100 they ran, to survive.” Nordic skiing. Today, Jurek, 38, is one of miles at one time), He also found that the the world’s best ultramarathoners and and practicing fuel- Tarahumara in their run- thinks nothing of going out for a 30- or ing is very critical or ning discover what Jurek 40-mile run twice a week while logging you end up walking,” calls “a zone beyond geog- 120-mile weeks. he said. raphy and beyond even Let’s make it clear, though, that running Or, in Jurek’s case, the five senses.” (A more and training for ultramarathons requires sleeping. curious reader wanting to Jurek to think constantly about his body’s In 2004, during a know more about “zones” well-being. Jurek, a physical therapist, is quest to set a world might consider the book in a sport that actually demands what he record running four Courtesy Phote “The Harvard Psychedelic calls “intensive body management on long 100-mile runs in a “The longer and farther I ran the more I realized that what I was often chasing Club” which details the pre-set timeframe, was a state of mind,” writes Scott Jurek in "Eat and Run." early days of LSD and Jurek lost track of his Weil’s membership in that hydration and ended up stopping to take a to competitive. But what will surprise most elite club.) three-hour nap. Even though he failed to runners is that Jurek has achieved success Jurek writes that he is convinced “that set a new world record, Jurek finished the in his grueling sport using a plant-based a lot of people run ultramarathons for race after his nap. diet. Throughout the book Jurek has sprin- the same reason they take mood-altering “It was bittersweet. It was my worst race kled recipes, such as the one for Strawburst drugs”: “The longer and farther I ran the and a great race. It didn’t go perfect, but Anti-Inflammatory Smoothie, which he more I realized that Travel Writer what stands out for me is I remember get- uses in place of ibuprofen to treat pain and what I was often Scott Jurek ting back out there. It was very rewarding.” swelling. chasing was a state The author hosts a PAUL VACHON Jurek has discovered in both his career Jurek — like one of his health idols and of mind.” "fun run" at 7 p.m. and his running that physical condition- fellow author, health guru Dr. Andrew Weil Jurek is travel- Wednesday, June 20, Moon Michigan’s at Playmakers, 2299 ing is only part of a successful formula for — wants to help others find a lifestyle that ing the country W. Grand River Ave., Upper Peninsula an ultramarathoner. He said running has considers the entire body rather than just promoting his new Okemos. It will be followed by a signing Learn about Vachon’s U.P. helped him connect with the lost art of promoting exercise or just healthy eating. book and running and Q&A session at 8:30 “intuition” and the need to pay attention In his quest for insight into mind, body with local runners p.m. itineraries, carefully designed to both the body and environment. As a and spirit, Jurek writes about seeking out at his stops, hoping Free, but RSVPs are to ensure that every traveler requested at www. result, Jurek gradually evolved into a veg- the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico, whose to inspire people to playmakers.com finds the trip suited to their etarian and then a vegan. legendary running lifestyle was profiled in keep motivated and (517) 349-3803 individual needs! His new book, “Eat & Run: My Unlikely author Christopher Mcdougall’s “Born to possibly to adopt Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness,” Run.” a healthier style of Meridian Mall location: details that journey and can provide inspi- Jurek had run against some Tarahumara eating. 7 p.m. Mon. June 25 ration for all types of runners, from casual runners, besting them in ultramarathons. He probably won’t focus on the puking But he was told those runners were part of and torn ligaments that seem to go “foot Lansing location: the B and C teams, and that he should run in foot” with running ultramarathons. He with the A-team in the Tarahumaras’ home will focus instead on the delights of tofu, 7 p.m. Wed. June 27 in Copper Canyon. fruit, long grain rice, beans — and coconut “I thought I could learn from these ice cream. “Hey,” he said. “I’m a fan of dark Bestselling Author ancient tribes and why I was doing this cra- chocolate.” LINDA CASTILLO Gone Missing Come in for vintage trading cards and... 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Farmers markets: Freshening up the city
By JOE TOROK about what it will show. Lansing’s farmers markets are like “I suspect low-income areas will have modern-day caravans. Independent more access to more varieties of soda,” he vendors assemble under tents, forming a said. nutritional oasis of leafy greens, colorful Take a stroll down any major vegetables and fresh fruit like strawberries thoroughfare in the area and stop into with supple flesh, so unlike their rubbery every gas station or convenience store cousins found in abundance at any local you see (forget about fast food for now). supermarket. These are the closest, most accessible The caravan allusion hints at a topic food stores for large chunks of Lansing’s of conversation not far from the lips of urban population. You’ll find coolers anyone concerned with healthy lifestyles: brimming with soda and sugary drinks, food deserts. processed foods in boxes, candy, sweets Despite how it may sound, food deserts and greasy rollers with processed meats are not simply expanses of populated tumbling up and down. It’s so ubiquitous regions without any food whatsoever. that few of us give the overabundance of Instead, these are areas with little or no obesity-, diabetes-, hypertension-, and access to specific kinds of foods, namely heart disease-causing foods a second those that sustain healthy diets. thought. Conventional wisdom suggests that Want fresh fruit? Maybe you’ll find a urban areas, especially those with higher sad little lime next to the hard liquor. concentrations of poverty, are more likely And where there is access to more to fall within a food desert. The thinking wholesome food choices, as the studies goes that along with food deserts come in the Times story suggest, such options obesity and a myriad of health problems are typically interspersed with heavily Sam Inglot/City Pulse associated with being overfed and marketed, cheaper-by-comparison, pre- Shoppers at the annual opening day of the Allen St. Farmers Market on May 23 browse undernourished. packaged sundries. Shopping at a typical the produce selection of Giving Tree Farm, one of 27 vendors at the market this year. On April 17, The New York Times supermarket is like putting a chapel inside published a story that brought the a brothel: Chances are, even the minister understand just what kind of access people streets was easy, building an actual farmers conventional wisdom surrounding food will prove to be human. have to fresh food. market that would come to thrive at that deserts into question. Two recently Such nutritional swamps are why “We found in early canvassing that location took a bit more effort. Hamel published studies, one sponsored by the farmers markets are so important in urban people didn’t have vehicles to always go says her first question was, “Farmers — do Public Policy Institute of California, the areas. to the supermarket,” Vaughn-Payne said. we know any?” In fact, the neighborhood other by the RAND Corp., complicated the In Lansing, three farmers markets serve For people with children, who make ends center did have a relationship with link between access to fresh produce and tracts of the city that fall into what the meet by buying in quantity, a trip to the one farmer who helped the group with rates of obesity. Department of Agriculture defines as food supermarket every couple of weeks in a networking. Establishing that there was a Philip Howard, an assistant professor deserts. Conversations with the managers borrowed car isn’t conducive to purchasing need for the operation was the first task. in the Community, Agriculture, Recreation of those markets reveal that not only is the many perishable fruits and vegetables. “I had to reach out and pitch the and Resource Studies Department at availability of fresh, seasonal produce (i.e., Hollie Hamel has been the market concept of a farmers market in the middle Michigan State University, doesn’t even nutritionally dense food) vital for these manager for the Allen Street Farmers of the city,” Hamel said. “On an act of faith like the term “food desert.” communities, it’s also hard work ensuring Market, a project of the nonprofit Allen they came on our word that we would find “Lots of areas are classified as food such access. Neighborhood Center, since it opened in a market for their produce.” deserts on an overly simplistic basis,” Peggy Vaughn-Payne is the executive 2004. In early conversations with eastside The Allen Street market added two or Howard said. “It’s a lot more complex than director of the NorthWest Initiative, a residents, Hamel says her organization three vendors a year until it maxed out access.” nonprofit organization that manages the found patterns of food purchasing similar its space. Now, at the peak of the season, Howard and colleagues are still Westside Farmers Market, now located on to what the Northwest Initiative would 28 tents are set up every Wednesday analyzing data from a research study Martin Luther King Boulevard between find a few years later: Proximity to fresh afternoon, 16 of which house farmers they published last year. In the study, Oakland Avenue and Saginaw Street. produce was a big issue. selling fresh produce. the researchers extensively recorded the Vaughn-Payne says the market “People were driving long distances to Heading south, nearly 60 percent of inventory of select items in local stores. didn’t spring to life on its own last year. reduce the cost of food,” shopping on a the population of Lansing lives below On one end of the nutritional spectrum Members and volunteers of the Initiative large scale once or twice a month, Hamel Interstate 496. Yet, unlike the north end they tallied fresh produce, and on the did neighborhood surveys, going door-to- said. “They were not buying perishables.” of town, which now has four markets with other end, soft drinks. While the data is door (which they still do) and collecting While the decision to place the market produce during the growing season, south still being analyzed, Howard has a hunch information at neighborhood events to at the corner of Kalamazoo and Allen See Market, Page 22 22 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 20, 2012
who might make best use of the market’s Market offerings. “One of the challenges we face right from page 21 now is promoting our acceptance of the Bridge Card and the Double Up Food Where to find Lansing didn’t have a farmers market until Bucks Program,” Jagmin said. The Double 2009. Up program (which all three seasonal the farmers The market originally operated out of markets in the city offer) allows shoppers Benjamin F. Davis Park. While the space to double the amount they spend, up to was lovely, finding a more accessible $20, on their Supplemental Nutrition Allen Street Farmers Market location became a priority. So this year the Assistance Program-eligible Bridge Card 2:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, through October East Lansing Farmers Market market has relocated to the parking lot of at farmers markets. Corner of Kalamazoo Street and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, July 8-October the Grace United Methodist Church, on While administrating such programs Allen Street, Lansing Valley Court Park, 300 Valley Court, the corner of Boston Boulevard and Mt. can be time-consuming, it’s worth it in the East Lansing Hope Avenue. end to residents who might otherwise go South Lansing Farmers Market “We needed to find a way to tap into without fresh food. 3-7 p.m. Thursday, through September Michigan State University the larger population of south Lansing,” “There are very few grocery stores in Corner of Boston Boulevard and Student Organic Farm Stand said Janelle Jagmin, manager of the South this area,” Jagmin said, as she motioned Lansing Farmers Market. “That’s why we Mt Hope Avenue, Lansing 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday, toward the half-abandoned shopping through October brought it here.” center across the street that formerly held The move has had an impact: Jagmin Westside Farmers Market Corner of Auditorium Road and Farm an L&L supermarket. 4-7 p.m. Monday, through Sept. 17 Lane, MSU says this year, on average, the market has Farmers markets now speckle the 743 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. doubled both sales and attendance. Like greater Lansing area every growing season. (between Oakland Ave, and Saginaw Meridian Farmers Market other managers, Jagmin says getting the Some, like the East Lansing Farmers word out can be tough, especially to those Market, are less concerned with access Street) 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May-October; 8 and more focused on local producers: If a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, July 11-October you don’t grow or make it, don’t expect to Old Town Farmers Market 5151 Marsh Road, Okemos sell it there. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. First Sundays, through Oct. 7 (Central Park Pavilion) “Before farmers markets become Corner of Grand River Avenue and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. select Saturdays at popular, it might have been fine to Turner Street, Lansing Meridian Mall (open year-round) wholesale,” said Michelle Carlson, manager of the East Lansing market. “Now that Lansing City Market Holt Farmers Market Sgt.’s Soups there are more markets and customers are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, through Nov. 17; and Sandwiches more informed, people don’t want to buy 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; open year-round 4-7 p.m. Thursday, July-September wholesale.” 325 City Market Drive, Lansing 2150 Cedar Street, Lansing (located at $.50 o the Veterans Memorial Gardens on any Soup & Sandwich Combo Thursdays in July) Cannot be used with any other discounts or specials | exp. 7/3/2012 Bath Farmers Market 3-7 p.m. Thursday, open year-round $5 o (winter hours 3-6 p.m.) Purchase of $20 James Couzens Memorial Park, Soups, Pastas, Grains & Snacks 13733 Webster Road, Bath 517-262-1994 Cannot be used with any other discounts or specials | exp. 7/3/2012 DeWitt Farmers Market 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, through Oct. 9 Downtown DeWitt Hickory $5 o Corners Purchase of $20 Grand Ledge Farmers Market Greenhouse 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, through Oct. 27 Fresh produce Maypole Park, 215 S. Bridge St., and Gourmet foods and Gardens Grand Ledge Cannot be used with any other discounts or specials | exp. 7/3/2012 15% o entire purchase Wines Hard Ciders Apple Brandy Apple Vodka Fresh Cider Jams Salsa Cannot be used with any other discounts or specials | exp. 7/3/2012
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I ing out with him so much until it like he has a healthy sperm count.” maintain hope that he’ll eventually stops being hard. Save for meeting a develop the attraction to me that I fairy godmother in the supermarket have for him and that compatibility and having her transform you into Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones will trump looks, because he often a 4-foot-11, 18-year-old hottie from tells me how much he appreciates Manila, there’s only one way you’ll “I See London”— me. Am I fooling myself, or could he ever make this guy fall for you, and but can you see the outgrow his Filipina fetish? that’s by installing a tripwire. Olympic message? by Matt Jones —Boring American Woman Q: I’m 27 and passionately in love with a 24-year-old woman I just Across 1 Abbr. describing British A: If people could override their started dating. I said something in pounds physical attractions, strip clubs could passing about not knowing whether 4 Bullfighting cheer hire homely but very kind women to I want kids, and she said, “If I’m not 8 Five-nation project in the sky: abbr. bare only their souls. For the price pregnant within two years by you, 11 “___ longa, vita brevis” of a lap dance, they’d tell a man all I'll get pregnant by somebody else.” 14 The AFL’s labor partner about their work easing the suffering Shocked, I asked who. Her answer: 15 No longer active, as a boxer: abbr. of cancer patients or nursing stray “Preferably a friend, but it doesn’t 16 Palindromic Cambodian dogs back to health. Afterward, he’d really matter.” My jaw dropped. I leader Lon ___ go home to his hot but mean wife wonder whether I even matter or I 17 Perrins’ steak sauce partner and do his marital duty — while fan- am just being used. 18 Keep score tasizing about Martha getting little —Disturbed 19 Glastonbury ___ (hill in Buster to a really good home. England) 20 “Much ___ About Whenever you start looking at A: You were probably picturing Nothing” your friend through future-husband- yourself as more of a sex machine 21 Back muscle, for short colored glasses, remind yourself that than a sperm dispenser. (If there’s 22 Predetermine 24 Where a victorious the guy’s learning Tagalog, and not a movie of your relationship in your team’s road leads, so it’s 48 Fix a manuscript Down 33 Tear into pieces because he calls the cable company mind, it’s the kind that gets blocked said 50 There’s no accounting 1 Bunches 34 No Clue and they say, “Press one for Tagalog.” by Net Nanny software. In hers, Julie 26 Poem section for it 2 Chart for beachcombers 35 “Invasion of Your Pri- 27 “The long wait ___” 52 Smoky get-togethers, 3 Song heard frequently vacy” glam rock band Lust is a powerful and automatic Andrews and the von Trapp children 28 Right in the middle of for short during the 2012 Diamond 36 Olympic figure skater biochemical reaction driven by sex are bounding through the meadows the rankings: abbr. 54 “Just ___ bit too Jubilee Kulik hormones in the brain. One study by in their clothes made out of cur- 29 Big ___ (London much...” 4 MMA fighter Tito 37 Some soldiers: abbr. landmark) 57 TV comedy show with 5 “I Will Be” singer Lewis 39 They blink on websites Dr. Ingrid R. Olson suggests that we tains.) 30 Presidential nickname Goldie Hawn 6 Raison d’___ 49 Text, for short appraise whom we find hot in 13 mil- The fact that her romantic role 31 One of many hooked to 62 How people read to 7 No Clue 51 “øQue ___?” (“How’s it liseconds or less — approximately 25 model seems to be the speeding bul- a train their kids 8 ___ the finish going?” in Spanish) 35 Tear into pieces 65 Part of IPA 9 “Me too!” 52 Huge fire to 30 times faster than an eye blink. let doesn’t mean that she isn’t into 38 Abbr. on nutrition labels 66 “What ___, chopped 10 Walks through the mud 53 Bear from “The Jungle And unfortunately, we can’t rejig- you or that she’s using you. In fact, 40 ___-country (Drive-By liver?” 11 Where Olympic athletes Book” ger whom we lust after — any more her honesty suggests otherwise. (She Truckers’ genre) 67 Early travel journalist come from to convene in 55 “Memories of You” 41 Hit song from “Achtung Nellie London pianist Blake than we can convince ourselves that didn’t let you get all attached only to Baby” 68 Stat for Hank Aaron 12 Wrecked from the back 56 Takes some movie something that smells like ass really tell you to either dad up or get out.) 42 TV character who ate 69 Tony winner Caldwell 13 Mythical creature with scenes out smells like lily of the valley. But, numerous studies splashed cats 70 Taco Bell sauce choice goat horns 58 “That’s kinda funny!” 43 2012 Seth MacFarlane 71 Tattoos, slangily 23 ST: ___ (fan abbrevia- 59 “___ Fire” (Springsteen You need to stop focusing on how across the media show that single movie with Mark Wahlberg 72 Three sheets to the tion for a later “Star Trek” song) 44 “Yeah, I bet you do...” wind series) 60 Bugs that get “picked” laugh 73 Extremely long time 25 Tennis tactic 61 No Clue Interested in placing a classified ad in City Pulse? 45 Blood relatives 74 Ques. counterpart 30 “What a relief!” 62 Passing blurb City Pulse Classifieds Call (517) 999-5066 or email [email protected] 46 Nervous twitch 75 ___ kwon do 31 Drink in a red can 63 Forearm bone 47 Computer storage 76 ___ Plaines, Illinois 32 Have ___ with (be con- 64 Kid DELIVERY DRIVER NEEDED City Pulse is seeking candidates to join its units, for short nected to) City Pulse needs a driver with car to deliver the paper on sales team. Full time and part time positions available. Sales Wednesdays starting by 9 a.m. Call (517) 999-5069. experience required, preferably in advertising/marketing. Opportunity to grow. EEO. Submit resume to monique@ ©2011 Jonesin’ Crosswords • For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to lansingcitypulse.com. your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Ans wers Page 31 City Pulse • June 20, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25 Listings deadline is 5 p.m. the THURSDAY BEFORE publication. Paid classes will be listed in print at the cost of one enrollment (maximum $20). Please submit them to the events calendar at www.lansingcitypulse.com. If you need help, please call Jessica at (517) 999-5069. E-mail information to [email protected]. JUNE 21 & 22 A patriotic performance Celebrate the Fourth of July a little bit early by attending one of the “Mudge's Follies” performances Thursday or Friday in Grand Ledge. The shows feature a large variety of songs about Michigan — and many written by native Michiganders — including "In My Merry Oldsmobile," "On The Good Ship Lollipop," "Ghostbusters," "School's Out," "Old-Time Rock & Roll," "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "Material Girl." The cast is made up of volunteers of singers, dancers and musicians. Proceeds help fund the Grand Ledge Emergency Assistance Program, which helps those in need of medicine, fuel, transportation and rent. 7 p.m. $8 in advance, $10 at door, kids 12 and under are $5 at the door. The Grand Ledge High School Auditorium, 820 Photo by Kourtney Monroe Spring St., Grand Ledge. (517) 627-2715. Wednesday, June 20 Classes and Seminars JUNE 22 Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 351-5866. A beat of their own Community Yoga. Power yoga class. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. (517) Attitude Dance Co., a component of Michelle’s Studio in Haslett, is 488-5260. partnering with Over the Ledge Theatre Co. in a professional dance Grande Paraders Square Dance Club. Modern performance titled “Echoes of a Heartbeat” at the Ledges Playhouse. The Western-style square dancing. Casual attire. 6:30 performance explores various emotions of the heart, such as love, loss p.m. $3 members; $4. Lions Community Park, 204 and liberation. “There is no other emotion that can really move people the W. Jefferson St., Dimondale. (517) 694-0087. way love can or the way relationships can, good or bad,” said Michelle McDevitt, Learn Bike Repair. Help maintain the MSU Bikes' rental fleet and earn time to work on your own bike. Attitude Dance Co.'s artistic director. “Echoes” features contemporary lyrical 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Dem- dance with a ballet edge, splashes of hip-hop and poetic motions that use the body onstration Hall, MSU Campus, East Lansing. www. as a storyteller. Music spans from classical to modern, including Leon Russell, bespartangreen.msu.edu/happenings.html. Adele and Florence and the Machine. Attitude Dance Co. is celebrating its Coupon Swap. Meet other coupon enthusiasts, third year of performance and is holding open auditions for their ensemble exchange coupons, and discuss deals and strategies. 6-7:45 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District in September. 8 p.m. $10; $8 seniors; $6 children. Over the Ledge Theatre, Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- Ledges Playhouse, 137 Fitzgerald Park Drive, Grand Ledge. (517) 318-0579. 4014 ext. 4. www.dtdl.org. www.overtheledge.org. Real Talk For Teens. Comprehensive sex education classes for teens. Teens who attend all Courtesy Photo sessions will get $50 certificates to Target. 5-7 p.m. FREE. South Side Community Coalition, 2101 West Holmes Road, Lansing. (734) 926-4766. JUNE 23 JUNE 22-23 The Michigan Peace Team. Learn how the Peace Team functions and began. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, 125 S. More on restoration Tune in for 24 hours of radio Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-7434. www. Those who would like to know more about preserving Mason's Raynor Park holds an annual ham radio PilgrimUCC.com. an old home are invited to attend a wood window operators’ field day this weekend. Working under Weed Warrior. Learn how to control common invasive plants around Fenner and in your own yard. restoration workshop. Sponsored by the Allen simulated disaster-type conditions, approximately Neighborhood Center in partnership with Lansing 60 radio operators will test how prepared they See Out on the Town, Page 27 Community College and the Ingham County Land would be to handle a real emergency. Hosting Bank, the tutorial is a follow-up to a class held in the event is the Lansing Area/Ingham County April. Conn Allison, Keton Edwards and Davy Muylle Amateur Radio Public Service Corps, a volunteer R. Knott will teach proper restoration techniques in a hands- emergency communications organization. While Lawn,Lawn, Landscape Landscape & Snow & Snow Services Services on class featuring stations that spotlight stripping the event functions as a test run for ham radio Mowing Vacation Mowing paint from wood window sashes, using heat, steam operators, there will also be a station for non- Eavestroughs Cleaned Spring Cleanups Rolling Garden Tilling Stump Grinding or chemicals and repairing rotten or missing wood licensed individuals to go on the air. Participants Bushes Trimmed or Pulled Sidewalks Edged sections. “The Tours and Tutorials offer neighbors will demonstrate how effective ham radios can be Tree & Brush Removal & Hauling Seeding inspiration, instruction and even hands-on skill- with microphones, traditional Morse Code and the Snow Removal & Salting Since 1986 building opportunities for their own retrofits," said latest digital radio devices. The Field Day begins at FREE ESTIMATES Joan Nelson of the Allen Neighborhood Center. 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday and lasts until 2 p.m. Sunday. FREE. Noon. FREE. 1501 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. www. Raynor Park, 730 E. Ash St., Mason. (517) 589-8346. 517 517 993-2052 694-7502 restorationworks.org. (517) 367-2468. www.lansingarpsc.com. 26 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 20, 2012 turn it Down A survey of Lansing's musical Landscape By Rich Tupica
Moon AND Sun RISE IN Old Town Festivalgoers who prefer specialty beers and tasty food along with live music may want to check out the Festival of the Moon (6 to 11 p.m. Friday) and Festival of the Sun (2 to 11 p.m. Saturday) in Old Town. As for the music, Moon headliners include Tony Lucca of NBC’s “The Voice,” along with Courtesy Photo locals Billiards Music and Ben Keeler & the 500 DJ Scotty V Club. On the following day the Sun stage hosts head- Boutique, October Moon and Perspective2. Friday, June 22 @ The liners Frontier Ruckus, along with Those Willows, Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23 @ Festival of the Loft, 414 E. Michigan Sabertooth Fiancee, Empty Orchestra and Elliot Street Moon & Sun, César E. Chávez Plaza at Turner Street Ave., Lansing, 18 and Lunatic. and Grand River Avenue, Old Town Lansing. over, $5 for 21 and over, Bell’s Brewery supplies Moon patrons with an assort- $8 for 18 to 20, doors 10 Scotty V returns to the jungle Courtesy Photo ment of their brews and specialty beers, complemented p.m. Tony Lucca by grub from Grand Grillin and Mark's Gourmet Dogs. Those involved in the ‘90s electronic music scene Festival of the Sun hosts an “ultimate” wine and beer tast- undoubtedly remember Scott VanGilder, a.k.a. DJ R.E.M., Blink 182 Gaytar, and Jerimiah Gager (bass/vocals). Keyes ing, with more than 120 wines and brews from local and Scotty V. Aside from being an owner of Spin Cycle at Summer Singalong? calls the band “a punk-rock homage to both national wineries and breweries, plus food from Trailer Records (a defunct electronic music store), VanGilder Mike Watt and Nicki Minaj,” taking influence Park’d “Slow” Fast Food, Purple Carrot Truck and was also a busy jungle/drum and bass DJ, spinning Fusion Shows is hosting a series of events dubbed from the likes of Sonic Youth and Meshuggah. Restaurant Mediteran. at parties and events in Lansing and Detroit. For the “Summer Singalongs,” which feature local bands cov- The Mindguards play Mac’s Bar June 28, along The two-day fundraiser — which happens at César first time in many years he returns to the decks Friday ering entire sets by some of their favorite acts. The with headliners The Scarred (California punk) E. Chávez Plaza at the corner of Turner Street and at The Loft. Also spinning some jungle are Ronin first, all-ages installment happens Saturday at The and Violent Affair (Oklahoma punk). Local Grand River Avenue — is hosted by the Old Town Selecta, Bassdrive, Bang Tech 12, Sylock, Joey P and Loft. Taking the stage is Red Cedar Riot as the All acts include The Jackpine Snag and the oddball Commercial Association. With your entrance fee to both Barron. So what will VanGilder be spinning? “I’ll be American Rejects; Mike Vail & The Great Lake rockabilly gospel-punks Chaz Brackx & the Big Festival of the Moon and Festival of the Sun, you receive playing older jungle and ragga from '94 to '99, with Effect as R.E.M.; Midwest Skies as Blink 182; Eyes On Bucks. Brackx recently recorded a few tracks at a souvenir glass and three drink/food tickets. For those a dab of stuff from later years,” he said. “It will be The Sky as No Doubt; Guest Stars/Frank & Earnest as Lord Vapid’s lo-fi studio in Lansing, apparently who want to bring along the kids, children are welcome at hard and fast — just how junglists like it.” VanGilder The Lawrence Arms; and Way to Fall as Green Day. for a debut 7-inch. Festival of the Sun on Saturday until 7 p.m. — but young- said he plans to keep it real, mostly. “I’m using vinyl, Saturday, June 23 @ The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Thursday, June 28 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., sters cannot attend Festival of the Moon. just like I used to,” he said. “I’m looking forward to lug- Lansing, all ages, $7, doors 6:30 p.m. Lansing, 18 and over. $10, 9 p.m. Tickets for Festival of the Moon are $12 in advance ging 50 pounds of records up the Loft staircase. (But) Local electro-punks debut at Mac's or $15 at the gate. Festival of the Sun are $17 in I may play an MP3 or two.” While he said he doesn’t advance or $20 at the gate. A $25 weekend pass to plan to DJ full-time, VanGilder will also support the scene Armed with some guitars and a couple of Korg both festivals is also available. Tickets are available with the re-launch of his site mijunglist.com, in an effort Kaosilators, The Mindguards mix fat electro beats at festivalofthesun.com, or from the Old Town to promote the “small but thriving” jungle scene in with raucous-punk melodies. The new duo fea- Commercial Association, Tallulah’s Folly, Grace Michigan. tures Richard Keyes (vocals/guitar), formerly of Post it at www. facebook.com/turn it down
To be listed in Live and Local, e-mail your information to [email protected] by Thursday of the week before publication. Wednesday THursday FRIday sat u r day 621 The Spot, 621 E. Michigan Ave. Phil Denny, 8 p.m. Ray Potter, 8:30 p.m. West/Radd1, 9 p.m. DJ Leeky, 10 p.m. Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St. Comedy Open Mic, 8 p.m. Roy Haber, 8 p.m. Roy Haber, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Roy Haber, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Jr. Blvd. DJ, 9 p.m. X-Ray Ted, 9 p.m. X-Ray Ted, 9 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Cloud Magic, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Tryst Thursdays, 8:30 p.m. Summer of Sol, Midnight Summer of Sol, Midnight The Firm, 227 S. Washington Square DnW Sound DJs, 9 p.m. Various DJs, 9 p.m. DJ Donnie D, 9 p.m. Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Driver & Rider Show, 7 p.m. Kathy Ford Band, 7:30 p.m. Karaoke with Joanie Daniels, 9 p.m. The Alligators, 8 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. Stan Budzinski & 3rd Degree, 9:30 p.m. Jen Sygit & Lincoln County Process, 9:30 p.m. Root Doctor, 9:30 p.m. Still Rain, 9:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. As They Sleep, 5 p.m. Summer Singalong, 6:30 p.m. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Oh My God, 9 p.m. The Skeetones, 9 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Rob Kladja open mic, 9 p.m. The Hardwires, 10 p.m. The Simpletons, 10 p.m. The Waxies, 10 p.m. Rick's American Cafe, 224 Abbott Road DJ Dan, 10:30 p.m. ICE DJ's, 10:30 p.m. Hulkster, 10:30 p.m. Hulkster, 10:30 p.m. Rookies, 16460 S. US 27 Sammy Gold, 7-10 p.m. Water Pong DJ, 9 p.m. Karaoke dance party with DJ Klimaxx, 9 p.m. Live Bands with DJs & DJ Klimaxx, 9 p.m. Rum Runners, 601 East Michigan Ave. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Dueling Pianos & DJ, 9 p.m. Dueling Pianos & DJ, 7 p.m. Dueling Pianos & DJ, 7 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & the Beeftones, 9 p.m. Dr. Gun, 9 p.m. Dr. Gun, 9 p.m. Waterfront Bar & Grill, 325 City Market Drive Mike Eyia Quartet, 7 p.m. Joe Wright, 7 p.m. Stan Budzinski & 3rd Degree, 7 p.m. Uli's Haus of Rock, 419 S. MLK Jr. Blvd. New Band Riven, 9 p.m. Red Herring, 9 p.m. Jamboozle, 9 p.m. Zepplin's, 2010 E. Michigan Ave. Squirt Gun Warriors, 9 p.m. Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert St. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. Two Tone Tobacco, 9 p.m. Sunday Open Jam with Bad Gravy, 9:30 p.m., Green Door; Karaoke, 9 p.m. Drag Queens Gone Wild, 11 p.m., Spiral Dance Bar; DJ Mike, 9:30 p.m., LeRoy's Bar & Grill; Open Mic, 5 p.m., Uli's Haus of Rock. Monday Steppin' In It, 9:30 p.m., Green Door: Easy Babies funk trio, 10 p.m., The Exchange. Open-Mic Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Michigan Brewing Company-Lansing. Tuesday Tommy Foster & Guitar Bob, 9 p.m., The Exchange; Neon Tuesday, 9 p.m., Mac's Bar. Jazz Tuesday Open Jam, 9 p.m., Stober's Bar, 812 E. Michigan Ave. City Pulse • June 20, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 27
Music "Swamplandia!,'' 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township Spanish will be spoken. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Out on the town Jazz Wednesdays. Featuring the Jeff Shoup District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) from page 25 Trio. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Gracies Place, 151 S. Putnam, 321-4014 ext. 4. www.dtdl.org. 351-2420. Williamston. (517) 655-1100. Lansing Walkability Audit. Need volunteers. 5-6 p.m. FREE. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Concert in the Park. Summer music series, with 5:30-8 p.m. FREE. Gier Community Center, 2400 Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224. fofnc.org. exciting new performers, lawn seating. 7 p.m. FREE. Thursday, June 21 Hall St. Lansing. (517) 292-3078. cityoflansingmi. Creative Entrepreneurs Workshop. An St. Johns City Park, located off Morton and Park Classes and Seminars com. informational workshop and property tour for Streets, St. Johns. (989) 224-8944. Yoga 2XL. Learn to move with confidence. 7:15-8:15 South Lansing Farmers Market. Locally artists and creative entrepreneurs. 3 p.m. FREE. Live Band Karaoke. With the Kathy Ford Band. p.m. $8 suggested donation. Just B Yoga, 106 Island produced food, youth activities and educational East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbott Road, East Sing or sit in on any instrument. 8 p.m. FREE. Lou & Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. opportunities. 3-7 p.m. FREE. Grace United Lansing. (517) 372-4636. www.lansingarts.org. Harry's Sports Bar and Grill, 16800 Chandler Road, Eating Disorders Annonymous Meeting. A Methodist, 1900 Boston Blvd. Lansing. (517) 482- East Lansing. www.tabwakleymusicproductions.com. group of people recovering from eating disorders 5750. Events Stan & 3rd Degree. Live music. 9:30 p.m. FREE. who talk about recovery. 7-7:45 p.m. FREE. CADL Lowe's South Side Cruise-In. Open to classic Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. Grand Green Door Blues Bar & Grill, 2005 E. Michigan Mason Library, 145 W. Ash St., Mason. (517) 899-3515. cars and trucks, hotrods and classic motorcycles. Ledge Baptist Church, 1120 W. Willow Hwy., Grand Ave., Lansing. (517) 482-6376. Real Talk For Teens. 5-7 p.m. FREE. (Please See 6-11 p.m. FREE. Lowe's, S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) Ledge. (517) 256-6954. Sammy Gold (SaGoBa). Pop-rock. 7-11 p.m. FREE. Details June 20) 699-2940. Practice Your English. Speaking and listening to Rookies Restaurant, 1640 S. US 27, Lansing. (517) Bananagrams Night. Play the hot new timed English in a friendly, relaxing atmosphere. 7-8 p.m. 487-8686. Events word game. 7 p.m. FREE. Schuler Books & Music, FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, Fiddlers ReStrung. A 19-piece string ensemble Morning Storytime. All ages welcome for stories, 2820 Towne Centre Blvd., Lansing. (517) 316-7495. East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. that consists of students from Saline High School. songs, rhymes. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Township www.schulerbooks.com. Youth Service Corps. East side youth grow food, 1 p.m. FREE. Dewitt District Library, 13101 Schavey District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) "The Deep Blue Sea." 7:30 p.m. $8, $6 seniors, $3 and develop leadership skills. Ages 11-17. 3:30-5:30 Road, DeWitt. (517) 669-3156. www.dewittlibrary.org. 321-4014. students. (Please See Details June 20) p.m. FREE. Hunter Park Community Garden House, Nick Chase. Karaoke. 8 p.m.-Midnight. FREE. Leo’s Karaoke. Every Thursday night with Atomic D. 9 Third Thursday Potluck. Get information 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999- Spirits & Grub, 2085 W. Grand River Ave., Okemos. p.m. LeRoy's Classic Bar and Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., on community gardening and enjoy food and 3910. (517) 349-1100. Lansing. (517) 482-0184. fun. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Webster Farm Community Lansing Walkability Audit. Need volunteers. Karaoke by Ryan. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. Leo’s Euchre. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta See Out on the Town, Page 28 3-5 p.m. FREE. Allen Neighborhood Center, 1619 E Outpost, 600 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 292-3078. 367-7755. Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Allen Street Farmers Market. Fresh fruits Trevor Compton. Live music, variety. 7-11 p.m. Mid-day Movies. Watch recent releases on the and vegetables, meats, crafts, activities and more. FREE. Mark’s Watershed, 5965 Marsh Road, Haslett. big screen. 2 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing 2:30-7 p.m. FREE. Allen Neighborhood Center, 1619 (517) 999-7433. Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. E Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 485-4279. www. Mike Vial. Live music, variety. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Blue www.cadl.org. allenneighborhoodcenter.org. Gill Grill, 1591 Lake Lansing Road, Haslett. (517) 339- Kids Time: Ages 5-11. Help Eastside youth to grow Colonial Village Neighborhood Meeting. The 4900. food, develop leadership and life skills. 4:30-5:30 Association meets on the third Wednesday. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, p.m. FREE. Grace United Methodist, 1900 Boston Theater 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999- Blvd., Lansing. (517) 482-5750. "Around the World in 80 Days." Jules Verne's 3910. The Scandinavian Society of Greater story of a global adventure that starts with a Spanish Conversation Group. Both English and Lansing. Fellowship and music; a dance around bet; part of MSU's Summer Circle Theatre. 8 the maypole and a potluck dinner. 2-5 p.m. FREE. p.m. FREE. MSU Auditorium, 150 Auditorium Commercial & Residential Faith United Methodist Church, 4301 S. Waverly Road, Road, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000. www.theatre. Lansing. (517) 482-8357. msu.edu. Retaining Walls / "The Deep Blue Sea." Director Terence Davies' "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." Based film stars Rachel Weisz as a free-spirited wife on the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. Brick Pavers•Bark/Topsoil trapped in a passionless marriage. 7:30 p.m. $8, $6 8 p.m. FREE. LCC Outdoor Amphitheatre, N. Unity Spiritual seniors, $3 students. Hannah Community Center, Washington behind Dart Auditorium, Lansing. www. Plantings • Seeding 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 980-5802. lcc.edu/showinfo. Renaissance Center Knit-Wits. Bring a project of your own or join us Tree & Shrub Pruning in one of our community projects. 3:30 p.m. FREE. Literature and Poetry 230 S. Holmes St. (corner of Holmes & Prospect) Dewitt District Library, 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. Baby Time. Books and songs for ages 2 years and Complete Mowing Service (517) 669-3156. www.dewittlibrary.org. younger, with a parent/caregiver. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Drop-In LEGO® Day. Children, ages 4 Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Experience a Aeration • Grub Treatments and up, can drop in, get creative and make Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 x3. Spiritual Renaissance something from the library's Legos. 10 a.m.- Lansing Area Science Fiction Association Stump Grinding 1 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Meeting. New location. Informal dinner and lively Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. www. conversation every week. 7 p.m. FREE. Buddies Tree & Brush Removal elpl.org. Grill, 2040 Aurelius Road, #13, Holt. (517) 402-4481. Uplifting messages DTDL Book Club. Discuss Karen Russell's Spring & Fall Clean-Ups of truth to use Rototilling in your own life New Construction through the practice of right thinking Lawn Renovations & meditation Snow Removal And More! Lovely place for weddings, • FREE ESTIMATES • memorial services and christening.
(517) 484-2360 Delivery of Landscape Supplies • References Available Licensed & Insured (517) 505-1261 Serving Lansing, E. Lansing & Other Surrounding Areas Open Jam with Bad Gravy, 9:30 p.m., Green Door; Karaoke, 9 p.m. Drag Queens Gone Wild, 11 p.m., Spiral Dance Bar; DJ Mike, 9:30 p.m., LeRoy's Bar & Grill; Open Mic, 5 p.m., Uli's Haus of Rock. Steppin' In It, 9:30 p.m., Green Door: Easy Babies funk trio, 10 p.m., The Exchange. Open-Mic Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Michigan Brewing Company-Lansing. Services 10:30 a.m. - Sunday Tommy Foster & Guitar Bob, 9 p.m., The Exchange; Neon Tuesday, 9 p.m., Mac's Bar. Jazz Tuesday Open Jam, 9 p.m., Stober's Bar, 812 E. Michigan Ave. (517) 490-8671 28 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 20, 2012
(517) 351-2222. www.dublinsquare.net. 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. Theater Out on the town Chip Christy. Live music. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Dublin Old Town Lansing Scrapfest. A two week "Around the World in 80 Days." 8 p.m. FREE. Square Patio, 327 Abbott Road, East Lansing. sculpture competition ends, and the pieces are (Please See Details June 20) from page 27 (517) 351-2222. www.dublinsquare.net. up for auction. 6 p.m. FREE. Old Town, Grand "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." 8 p.m. Ray Townsend. Variety. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Reno’s River Avenue and Turner Street, Lansing. (517) Garden, 5508 Hughes Road, Lansing. (517) 853-7809. FREE. (Please See Details June 20) West, 5001 W. Saginaw Hwy., Lansing. (517) 321- 485-4283. Teen Craft. Make paracord/survival bracelet. Folk Tales for Fun. A show for the whole family. 0616. Candy Land. The club will be transformed into For teens 6th-12th grade. 1 p.m. FREE. Dewitt 7 p.m. $4 pre-school age, $6. Mid Michigan Family Jerry Sprague. Variety. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Reno’s everyones favorte childhood game, with free District Library, 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) Theatre, 440 Frandor Ave., Lansing. (517) 339-2145. East, 1310 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- candy. 9 p.m.-2 a.m., $5 21 and up, $10 18 years 669-3156. "Echoes of a Heartbeat." A professional dance 7366. old. Xcel Nite Club, 224 S. Washington Square, Colonial Village Walking Group. Meet neighbors program exploring the emotions of the heart. 8 p.m. Trevor Compton. Variety. 9-11 p.m. FREE. Tavern Lansing. (517) 484-2399. and get some exercise at the same time. Walks $10 adult, $8 senior, $6 student. Ledges Playhouse, 109, 109 Grand River Ave., Willliamston. (517) 655- Colonial Village Walking Group. 10 a.m. FREE. are 30-45 minutes. 7 p.m. FREE. Grace United Fitzgerald Park, off Jefferson St., Grand Ledge. (517) 2100. (Please See Details June 21) Methodist, 1900 Boston Blvd., Lansing. (517) 580- 318-0579. www.overtheledge.org. Drop in Craft Projects. Each week will feature a 8560. different craft. 1-5 p.m. FREE. Dewitt District Library, Foam Party. Largest foam party in Lansing. 9 p.m.- Theater Literature and Poetry 13101 Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) 669-3156. www. 2 a.m. 21 and up $5, 18-20 $10. Club X-cel, 224 S. "Around the World in 80 Days." 8 p.m. FREE. Music & Movement Storytime. Dance and dewittlibrary.org. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 281-9502. www. (Please See Details June 20) sing to music, and learn to play with instruments Jubilee Craft Show & More. In conjunction clubxcel.net. "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." 8 p.m. and more. 1 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District FREE. (Please See Details June 20) with the Annual Red Cedar Jubilee. 1-7 p.m. Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- FREE. Downtown Williamston, Grand River Ave., 4014 ext. 3. Music Williamston. (517) 655-1549. www.williamston.org. Jazz Thursdays. Various artists featured each Literature and Poetry Jeni Decker. Author of "'I Wish I Were Engulfed in Storytime With Ms. Deb. Ms. Deb will read three Field Day for Ham Radio Operators. Radio Flames" visits. 6:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township week. 6:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. Mumbai Cuisine, 340 operators work under disaster-type conditions to Albert St., East Lansing. (517) 336-4150. books on the topic of the week and do a craft. 10 District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) a.m. FREE. Barnes and Noble, 5132 W Saginaw Hwy., test how organized they are. Noon. FREE. Rayner 321-4014 ext. 4. www.dtdl.org. The Williamston Summer Concert. Music every Park, 730 E Ash St., Mason. (517) 589-8346. Thursday through August 30. Featuring a variety Lansing. (517) 327-0437. www.bn.com. of different genres. 7 p.m. FREE. McCormick Park, Writers Roundtable. Get feedback and connect Music located at N. Putnam and High Streets, Williamston. with other writers. 6-7:45 p.m. FREE. Delta Saturday, June 23 Summer Solstice Jazz Festival. Jazzed- Sound & Sights. Various performances take place Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Classes and Seminars infused festival in featuring high-caliber local outdoors at multiple spots throughout downtown Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. Beginner Tai Chi. Can build strength and reduce and national jazz performers. 4:30-10:30 p.m. Chelsea. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Downtown Chelsea, stress. 8-9 a.m. $8. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., FREE. Downtown East Lansing, Grand River Chelsea Manchester Road & Middle St., Chelsea. Lansing. (517) 488-5260. Avenue, East Lansing. (517) 319-6927. eljazzfest. www. chelseafestivals.com/soundsights. Friday, June 22 Tai Chi in the Park. Meditation at 8:45 a.m. fol- com. Don Middlebrook and Living Soul. Live Classes and Seminars lowed by Tai Chi. 9:30 a.m. FREE. Hunter Park Com- Grand River Radio Diner. Featuring Phil music. 7-11 p.m. FREE. Brookshire Inn, 205 W. Summer Night Hike. Search for signs of munity GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo Denny. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Gr and Cafe/Sir Pizza, Church St., Williamston. (517) 655-4694. www. nocturnal life, and learn about adaptations of St., Lansing. Contact Bob Teachout (517) 272-9379. 201 E. Grand River, Lansing. (517) 483-1000. www.lcc. brookshiregolfclub.com. creatures of the night. 7-9 p.m. $5, members Overeaters Anonymous. 9:30 a.m. FREE. Spar- edu/radio. East Harvest. Alternative indie soul and acoustic FREE. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount row Professional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., Grand River Radio Diner. Live concert music, with Jetty Rae and Dan Henig. 7 p.m. $5. Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224. www. Lansing. (517) 485-6003. featuring Those Willows. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Grand (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing. mynaturecenter.org. Parenting Group. Lecture and group discussion Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River, Lansing. (517) (517) 319-6832. www.scenemetrospace.com. Real Talk For Teens. 5-7 p.m. FREE. (Please See each week. 10-11 a.m. Call to register. Women's 483-1710. Rory Miller. Live music. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Blue Gill Details June 20) Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Sammy Gold (SaGoBa). Pop-Rock. 6-9 p.m. Grill, 1591 Lake Lansing Road, Haslett. (517) 339- Lansing. (517) 372-9163. FREE. Coach's Pub and Grill, 6201 Bishop Road, 4900. Events Follow the Girls Badge. Girl Scouts of all levels Lansing. (517) 882-0790. www.coachspubandgrill. Ricky & Nikki. Live music. 7-11 p.m. FREE. Ryan’s Festival of the Moon. Food, great music can earn the badge. 10 a.m. to Noon, $10 per com. Roadhouse, 902 E. State St., St. Johns. (989) 224- from national bands and beer from Bell's girl, $4 adult. Michigan Historical Museum, 702 W. Oh My God. The original trio lineup with The 2550. Brewery. Call to volunteer or email danielle@ Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 373-3559. Plurals. 9:30 p.m. $10. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Ashley Batton. Variety. Noon-2 p.m. FREE. oldtownmainstreet.org. 6-11 p.m. $10 advance, Restoration Works. A follow-up to the April Wood Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-6795. www. Potbelly’s Sandwich Shop, 233 E. Grand River Ave., $15 day of, $25 weekend pass. Burchard Window Restoration. With expert Dave Muylle. 9 macsbar.com. East Lansing. (517) 203-4278. Park, Old Town, Lansing. (517) 485-4283. a.m.-Noon. FREE. Allen Neighborhood Center, 1619 E The Tenants. Variety. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Blue Gill Grill, Cheap Dates. Live music. 10 p.m.-Close. FREE. www.festivalofthemoon.com. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3924. 1591 Lake Lansing Road, Haslett. (517) 339-4900. Dublin Square Patio, 327 Abbott Road, East Lansing. Alcoholics Anonymous. Open meeting for Cory Tyan. Variety. 5-9 p.m. FREE. Dublin Square family and friends with American Sign Language Events Patio, 327 Abbott Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2222. interpretation. 8 p.m. FREE. Alano Club East, 220 S. Festival of the Sun. Fine wines paired with www.dublinsquare.net. Howard St., Lansing. (517) 482-8957. tasty tapas, cold brews and Lansing's best Life Support. Live music. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Reno’s Storytime. Stories, rhymes and a craft for ages local entertainment. Call to volunteer or email West, 5001 W. Saginaw Hwy., Lansing. (517) 321-0616. 2-5. 10:30-11:15 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Li- [email protected]. 2-11 p.m. Bill Slaght. Variety. 6-10 p.m. FREE. Reno’s East, brary, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. $17 advance, $20 day of, $25 weekend pass. 1310 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-7366. Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed women's meet- Burchard Park, Old Town, Lansing. (517) 485-4283. ing. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. Michael's Episcopal Church, www.festivalofthesun.com. Occupy Lansing. General assembly meetings, also reoccupying Reutter Park at 9 p.m. 1 p.m. FREE. ERASER-FREE SUDOKU MEDIUM Reutter Park, Corner of Kalamazoo & Townsend St., Lansing. www.occupylansing.net. TO PLAY Gardeners Roundtable. Share questions, advice and experience about gardening. 11 a.m.-Noon. Fill in the grid so that every row, col- FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 37 umn, and outlined 3-by-3 box contains block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3918. the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once. Beer & Wine Tasting. Try free samples. 2-4 p.m. No guessing is required. The solution is FREE. Vine and Brew, 2311 Jolly Road, Okemos. unique. www.vineandbrew.com. Salsa Dancing. DJ Adrian "Ace" Lopez hosts To avoid erasing, pencil in your pos- Lansing's longest standing weekly salsa event. sible answers in the scratchpad space Singles welcome. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5. Gregory's Bar & beneath the short line in each vacant Grille, 2510 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. square. For solving tips, visit (517) 323-7122. www.SundayCrosswords.com Tea with Juliette. Juliette will share stories about herself and Girl Scouts. 10:30 a.m. - Noon, $12.50 .
Answers on page 31 See Out on the Town, Page 29 City Pulse • June 20, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 29 NEW IN TOWN » Meat Southern BBQ & Carnivore Cuisine Out on the town East Lansing. (734) 426-8247. www.stjamesdexter.org. from page 28 Theater "Around the World in 80 Days." 8 p.m. FREE. Michigan Historical Museum, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., (Please See Details June 20) Lansing. (517) 373-3559. "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." 8 p.m. MSU Bee-Palooza 2012. Short sessions on FREE. (Please See Details June 20) honeybees, pollination, gardening and more. 1- Folk Tales for Fun. 7 p.m. $4 pre-school age, $6. 5 p.m. FREE. MSU Horticulture Gardens, MSU (Please See Details June 22) Campus, East Lansing. www.facebook.com/ events/435317199813125/. Jubilee Craft Show & More. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, June 24 FREE. (Please See Details June 22) Classes and Seminars Delta Rocks! Family Festival. Crafts, inflatable Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. attractions, mobile zip line, rock wall, face painting Meets on the third floor. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL and more. Noon-6 p.m. FREE. Sharp Park, 1401 Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Elmwood Road, Lansing. www.deltami.gov/parks. Lansing. (517) 367-6300. www.cadl.org. Lansing Derby Vixens VS. Ann Arbor Derby Overeaters Anonymous. 2 p.m. FREE. Every- Dimes Brawl Stars. & The Lansing Derby Vixens body Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Capital Corruption vs. the Floral City Roller Girls Lansing. (517) 485-8789. from Monroe. 6 p.m. $12 advance, FREE 10 and The Family Show. "Space Chase," for children under. Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. from preschool through grade 3 and their http://bit.ly/derbyvixens623. families. 2:30 p.m. $3, $2.50 students & seniors, Field Day for Ham Radio Operators. Radio $2 kids. Abrams Planetarium, 400 E. Grand River operators work under disaster-type conditions to Ave., East Lansing. (517) 355-4672. Allan I. Ross/City Pulse test how organized they are. Noon. FREE. Rayner Park, 730 E Ash St., Mason. (517) 589-8346. Events We’re proud to be a part of cook 600 pounds of beef Urbandale Farm Birthday Festival. Take a Atheists and Humanists Dinner Meeting. this great community, and brisket, pulled pork and farm tour, visit the on-farm market, enjoy birthday Robert Simpson on finds in paleontology of we’re hoping to attract a ribs at any time. The Beast cake at noon, and fun activities for kids. 10 a.m.-2 "missing links." 5 p.m. FREE. Great Wall Buffet whole new crowd down represents the restaurant’s p.m. FREE. 700 Block of Hayford Ave., Lansing. www. Restaurant, 4832 W. Saginaw Hwy., Lansing. (517) New lansingurbanfarmproject.com 914-2278. here to keep the Old Town single-biggest investment Salsa Dancing. DJ Mojito spins salsa, merengue,& intown momentum going.” and required the Music Bachata. 7 p.m.-Midnight. $5 21, $7 under 21. The two men are construction of a separate Summer Solstice Jazz Festival. 3-10:30 p.m. Fahrenheit Ultra Lounge, 6810 S. Cedar St., Lansing. lifelong friends who had weather-proof shed out FREE. (Please See Details June 22) Alcoholics Anonymous. Closed meeting for those By Allan I. Ross been kicking around back to hold it. The food Live Music at Altu's. Featuring a different music who desire to stop drinking, with American Sign Lan- For years, the Old the idea of opening a is smoked for 20 hours, act each Saturday. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Altu's guage interpretation. 9 a.m. FREE. Alano Club East, Town commercial scene restaurant together for resulting in a buttery-soft Ethiopian Cuisine, 1312 Michigan Ave., East Lansing. 220 S. Howard St., Lansing. (517) 482-8957. Capital Area Singles Dance. Meet new friends has been, in a word, years. Johnson honed his texture that McPharlin (517) 333-6295. www.eatataltus.com. Charlie Sizemore. Live music. 12:45 p.m. FREE- with door prizes. 6-10 p.m. $8. Eagles, 4700 N. Grand quaint (we’re casting a chops managing local says diners won’t find $65. Eaton County Fairgrounds, S. Cochran St., River Ave., Lansing. (517) 819-0405. blind eye, Fish Ladder businesses, while McPharlin anywhere else. Charlotte. www.wildlifefestival.com. East Lansing Farmers Market. Fresh fruits and Tattoo and Golden attended culinary school “It’s all about the Summer Singalong Volume One. A group of vegetables, meats, crafts, activities and more. 10 Harvest). The charming and worked at Atlanta’s 5 carnivore experience,” he our favorite bands together, and each band will be a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Valley Court Park, 400 Hillside Ct., East Lansing. boutique district, largely Seasons Brewing Co., the said. “The way we prepare paying tribute to one of their favorite bands 6:30 p.m. $7. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Stewardship Work Days. Families with children composed of art galleries biggest brewpub in the it, you’ll have juices www.theloftlansing.com. and community members can volunteer for a couple and specialty retail southeastern U.S., before dripping down your chin. Hittin Home. With Easy Babies. 7:30 p.m.-Midnight. hours helping keep Fenner beautiful.n, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and antique shops, is a moving back to Michigan. Bring your bib.” $7. Crosby Mint Farm, 1250 East Parks Road, St. FREE. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope mecca of tasteful décor “We started catering Johnson says that Johns. (800) 345-9068 ext .103. Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224. fofnc.org. Sunday Soup. A soup meal plus a vote on but has thus-far been an and perfecting our obtaining a liquor license The Aimcriers. A night with three separate shows first acoustic then electric around 9:30 p.m. 8 p.m. the artist proposals. Noon-2 p.m. $5. Scene antithetical hangout for barbecue recipes in case is in the works (“I can’t FREE. Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River, Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing. (517) 319- red-blooded ‘merican we ever decided to go imagine eating barbecue Lansing. (517) 484-4825. 6832. www.scenemetrospace.com. males. through with it and open without beer — it’s a Carrie Newcomer. Singer illuminates life with But wait a second, a place,” Johnson said. “We crime”), and hints that startling depth, humor and clarity. 7:30 p.m. $20. what’s that smoky aroma knew that if you wait ‘til weekend and breakfast Center for the Performing Arts, 509 Burcham Drive, See Out on the Town, Page 30 in the air? In a bold you’re ready, you’ll never hours are possible as move, two entrepreneurs do it. And then earlier this well. But for now, it’s • Flowering Petunias, have given Turner year, something just lit a just a matter of staking Street a notable shot of fire under us.” the claim of being the The Pansies and Dianthus testosterone with their Johnson credits a neighborhood’s resident Book $6.99 per at new barbecue joint, Meat fortuitous walk through apex predator. All other annual flats are $8.99 Southern BBQ & Carnivore Old Town the same week Burrow • Wild Bird Seed Mix Cuisine. that the short-lived Wild Located in the lower level of $.49 per lb. “We want to be a sort Rose Café closed (also the Meat Southern BBQ & the Downtown Lansing Library, of husband day care,” site of the former Mama Carnivore Cuisine (401 S. Capitol Ave.) • Thistle Seed said Tim McPharlin, who Bear’s Café), and he says 1224 N. Turner St. $1.19 per lb. co-owns Meat with his they basically “fell into” the Old Town Lansing Thousands of used • Several items of fresh produce partner, Sean Johnson. location. All of Meat’s meat (517) 580-4400 books, movies, picked daily from our eld. “We’ll have ESPN on all the is prepared in a massive meatbbq.com (Speci c items and quantity may vary) time, and men can hang wood-burning rotisserie magazines, music Temporary hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. out while their wives go stove — nicknamed “The Monday through Saturday and more! antiquing or boutiquing. Beast” — that can slow- 1434 E. Jolly Road, Lansing | 517.882.3115 30 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 20, 2012 Monday, June 25 p.m. $1.50. Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 toastmastersclubs.org. Out on the town Elizabeth Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Summer Tutoring. For students, grades K-6. An Classes and Seminars Social Bridge. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. informal group tutoring from high school and college from page 29 Divorced, Separated, Widowed Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth volunteers. 10:30 a.m.-Noon, FREE. East Lansing Conversation Group. For those who have gone Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) Music Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. through loss of a spouse due to death or divorce Monday Morning Movie. Get your film fix at the 351-2420. The Forecast. Folk, indie rock music. 6 p.m. $8 and are ready to move on with their lives. 7:30 library. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Township District E-Reader User Group. Learn how to download advance, $10 at door. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan p.m. FREE. St. David's Episcopal Church, 1519 Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- library books to your Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc. Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-6795. www.macsbar.com. Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272. www. 4014 ext.4. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Dewitt District Library, 13101 stdavidslansing.org. Westside Farmers Market. Get fresh produce Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) 669-3156. www. Theater GriefShare Seminar. A DVD series, with small and more. 4-7 p.m. FREE. 743 N. Martin Luther King dewittlibrary.org. "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." 8 p.m. support group discussion. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Grace Jr. Blvd., Lansing. www.nwlansing.org/wfm.html. United Methodist, 1900 Boston Blvd., Lansing. (517) FREE. (Please See Details June 20) Colonial Village Walking Group. Walks are Events Folk Tales for Fun. 3 p.m. $4 pre-school age, $6. 490-3218. 30-45 minutes. 10 a.m. FREE. (Please See Details Compassionate Friends. For grieving parents (Please See Details June 22) Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. St. David's June 21) who have lost a child of any age. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. Dream Big Storytime. Children, ages 2-6, FREE. Salvation Army Community Center, 701 W. (989) 587-4609. www.stdavidslansing.org. can enjoy folk tale stories, rhymes and make a Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) 351-6480. Chronic Pain Support Group. For those craft. 10:30-11:15 a.m. East Lansing Public Library, Mid-day Movies. Watch recent releases on the experiencing any level of chronic physical pain. 4- 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. big screen. 2 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing 5:30 p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, www.elpl.org. Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. www.cadl.org. Music Game On. Play a variety of board and video games. Events Open-Mic Mondays. Sign up to play solo, duo, 3-5 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Euchre. Play euchre and meet new people. 6-9 with your band. Spoken-Word acts welcome. Drink Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 x3. specials. 6:30-10:30 p.m. FREE. Michigan Brewing Morning Storytime. All ages welcome for stories, Company, 402 Washington Square, Lansing. (517) songs, rhymes and fun. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Town- 977-1349. ship District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014. Literature and Poetry Kids Time: Ages 5-11. Help eastside youth to grow Talk and Signing with Paul Vachon. Author of food, develop leadership and life skills. 4:30-5:30 "Michigan's Upper Peninsula." 7 p.m. FREE. Schuler p.m. FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, Books & Music, 1982 Grand River Ave., Okemos. 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999- (517) 349-8840. www.schulerbooks.com. 3910. Storytime. Stories, rhymes, songs and a craft for ages 2-5. 10:30-11:15 a.m. & 6:30-7:15 p.m. FREE. Tuesday, June 26 East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Classes and Seminars Lansing Walkability Audit. Need volunteers. Beginning Yoga Class. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $10. 5:30-8 p.m. FREE. Grace United Methodist, 1900 Center for Yoga, 1780 East Grand River Ave., East Boston Blvd., Lansing. (517) 292-3078. Lansing. Contact Carolyn Ojala for details (517) 388- Authorized Warranty Service Tuesday at the Park. Join for stories, songs, and 2049. more. Bring a blanket and picnic lunch. 1 p.m. FREE. Schizophrenics Anonymous. A self-help support 1915 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing, MI 48912 Couzens Park, Webster Road, Bath. (517) 669-3156. group for those affected by the disorder. 10 a.m. (517) 351-9339 www.capmac.net www.dewittlibrary.org. Room 215-F, Community Mental Health Building, 812 [email protected] Colonial Village Walking Group. 7 p.m. FREE. E. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) 485-3775. (Please See Details June 21) Yoga 40. For those in their 40s, 50s, 60s and be- Grand River Connection Networking. yond. 7:15 p.m. Suggested $7. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Each child needs a safe, MSUFCU will provide complimentary appetizers Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. loving family... and an open bar. 6-8 p.m. FREE. MSU Federal Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Anyone wanting to like yours. Credit Union, 3777 West Road, East Lansing. (517) lose weight is welcome. 7 p.m. FREE to visit.. Eaton 485-3963. www.grandriverconnection.com. Rapids Medical Center, 1500 S. Main St., Eaton Stories in the Garden. Teen volunteers read Rapids. Contact Judy at (517) 543-0786. stories to children in this beautiful outdoor setting. Schizophrenics Anonymous Self-help Sup- MICHIGAN 10-11:30 a.m. FREE. MSU 4-H Children's Garden, MSU port Group. For persons with schizophrenia and Campus, East Lansing. www.elpl.org. CHILDREN related disorders. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Sparrow Profes- 15,000 are living in Foster Care. sional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 485-3775. Music Seeking Safety. Practice skills and learn about Jazz Wednesdays. Featuring the Jeff Shoup new resources. 1:30-3 p.m. FREE. Justice in Trio. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Gracies Place, 151 S. Putnam, Mental Health, 520 Cherry St., Lansing. (517) Williamston. (517) 655-1100. 887-4586. Eastwood Summer Music Series. Outdoor Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. Pres- family friendly concert. With Kitty Hawk. 6-8 p.m. byterian Church of Okemos, 2258 Bennett Road, FREE. Eastwood Towne Center, 3000 Preyde Blvd. Okemos. (517) 505-0068. Lansing. 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in detail. This is a test that has no right or wrong a healer corrects an imbalance in someone's body answers, Leo — similar to what your life is actually before it becomes a full-blown symptom or illness. I SUDOKU SOLUTION CROSSWORD SOLUTION bringing you right now. The building you've envisioned see this as an important principle for you right now, From Pg. 28 From Pg. 24 represents the next phase of your destiny. The path Aquarius. It's a favorable time to catch potential distur- symbolizes how you get here. The key is the capacity bances prior to the time they exit the gate of change. or knowledge you will need. If you're alert for pre-beginnings, you should be able VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My first poetry teacher to neutralize or transform brewing problems so they suggested that it was my job as a poet to learn the never become problems. names of things in the natural world. She said I should PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Neurophysiologists be able to identify at least 25 species of trees, 25 flow- say that singing really loudly can flush away metabolic ers, 25 herbs, 25 birds, and eight clouds. I have unfor- waste from your cerebrum. I say that singing really tunately fallen short in living up to that very modest loudly can help purge your soul of any tendency it might goal, and I've always felt guilty about it. But it's never have to ignore its deepest promptings. I bring these too late to begin, right? In the coming weeks, I vow to ideas to your attention, Pisces, because I believe the correct for my dereliction of duty. I urge you to follow current astrological omens are suggesting that you do my lead, Virgo. Is there any soul work that you have some really loud singing. Washing the dirt and debris been neglecting? Is there any part of your life's mission out of your brain will do wonders for your mental that you have skipped over? Now would be an excellent hygiene. And your soul could use a boost as it ramps time to catch up. up its wild power to pursue its most important dreams.
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By JOE TOROK Marley, Barack Obama and other inspira- With its bright yellow, green and black tional leaders filled the wall. Dirty bamboo exterior, the Palace of Jamaica — on the place mats attempted to further the tropi- south end of the Washington Square down- cal décor. A stack of CDs sat near a stereo town business district — is difficult to miss. in the front window, inviting anyone who If the vibrant hues don’t catch your enjoys lyrics that would make you grand- eye, perhaps the denizens of the liquor mother blush. store next door will. When we pulled up, The owner and cook took our order and a disgruntled customer promised arson answered questions like, “what is escovi- the next time he was treated so shabbily. etched (sic) fish?” with vague responses 517.487.9090 One doesn’t expect that kind of energetic like, “it’s the way it’s cooked.” We wanted Serving the Lansing Area Since 1974 exchange a few blocks north, at least not to try the escoveitched fish but passed for 1041 N. Cedar • Lansing, MI until last call. two reasons: It would www.sucasajewelers.com The colors of the Jamaican flag beckon take around an hour Palace of diners, and I came prepared. Before din- to cook, and there was Jamaica ing, I chatted up a friend who was born a mysterious question 424 S. Washington and lived in Jamaica for a time. She told mark residing where Square, Lansing 12:30 p.m.-10 p.m. me about the ins and outs of Jamaican cui- the price of the dish Saturday and Monday; sine, and, a few months should have appeared. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; closed prior, even brought me In any event, the Sunday the national dish, ackee oxtail was tasty. The (517) 977-1763 and saltfish — an acquired little star-shaped D, TO, P, $$$ taste. bones of the meat are We went for lunch, but not something you’ll missed the lunch menu experience at many restaurants in town, Review (which is essentially slight- and the meat, though a bit fatty (and there- ly smaller portions for fore delicious) and hard to extract from the a few items) by the time we arrived, just nooks of the bone, is covered with what before 2 p.m. I still went with the oxtail, seemed to me to be a mild kind of barbe- although begrudgingly — the dish cost cue. $11. Why so much, I wondered. Palace of The jerk chicken was even better. Real Jamaica isn’t full service, and, in fact, it pieces of chicken are covered with a jerk advertises itself as takeout. By the time I sauce we were warned was spicy. It did realized the garbage smell that kept waft- have mild heat, but the flavors, a mixture ing through the air was from an unemptied of spices without any one dominating the can a few feet away inside the little restau- others, are what made the dish. rant, I wish I had taken the menu's advice The sides for our meals were the same. to ask for my meal to go. Mixed vegetables — cauliflower, broccoli, As we sat waiting for our meals, I took stock of the environment. Posters of Bob See Palace, Page 35 City Pulse • June 20, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 35
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soft drinks were a nice surprise. Palace If I go back to the Palace of Jamaica, I’ll certainly do takeout: The salvage-yard- from page 34 waiting-room ambiance, complete with the heavy-duty black rental rugs and ill- carrots — looked and tasted like they were fitting makeshift door to the backroom, cooked fresh out of a bag. Conspicuous in just couldn’t be saved by a couple posters their tastelessness, aside from a decent of Bob Marley. And the sticker shock of a texture from not having been overcooked, nearly $30 bill gave me reason to think there was absolutely nothing to them. next time it has to be lunch. The dish came with a mixture of rice But, hey, when there are plantains and and beans, too. Like the vegetables, the oxtail on the menu, you already have me rice and beans didn’t have a whole lot halfway hooked. Maybe next time I’ll order going for them, although when the meat ahead for the escoveitched fish or the goat was gone, the rice did provide a nice way curry — and perhaps enjoy my meal in a to gather up all the leftover sauce. nearby park. I was thrilled when we saw that plan- tains would be a side as well. I fry them at home often, and enjoy the subtle sweet- ness they give to a meal. Ours were a little overcooked and didn’t look like much in a small dark-brown-to-black pile, but they still imparted a touch of sweetness, which is all I could really ask for. Besides, there French cuisine at American Prices aren’t many places in town that will serve City Pulse’s James Sanford fried plantains next to oxtail. The addiction talks entertainment news My Jamaican friend advised I try a soda starts with just one bite! every Friday around 7:50 am or two with my meal. While my compan- ion was happy with her grapefruit soda, I was equally satisfied with my ginger beer. And hear Berl Schwartz of City Pulse The ginger beer (very much not like gin- ger ale) has a floral scent and flavor, out of call Tim an Ignorant Slut — or worse! which ginger rises to the forefront. Again, Every Wednesday at 8:30! when compared to the three or four typi- Dine In/Take Out cal soda options at most restaurants, these Mon-Sat 10am-9pm | Sun 11am-6pm 36 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • June 20, 2012
FREE family entertainment brought to you by the Holt Community Arts Council
2012 music in the garden
Veterans Memorial Gardens Amphitheater 2074 Aurelius Rd., Holt
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Made possible with the support of Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, Arts Council of Greater Lansing and the Delhi Township Downtown Development Authority.
All ShowS StArt At 7:00 P.M. July 5 - The Lash creates a unique mix of rock and traditional Celtic music and instruments; featured on PBS’s nationally syndicated “Backstage Pass.”
July 12 - Frank-o and the Americans melds soulful vocals, groovy percussion, and first-rate guitar-playing; easy to listen to but not easy listening.
July 19 - Hullaballoo is a high-energy, 11-member group, featuring a horn section and a fun, eclectic repertoire that will make you want to dance; Ann Arbor Summer Festival regulars.
July 26 - Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys play rockabilly, honkytonk blues, and surf tunes; retro but not cliché; also featured on “Backstage Pass.” www.holtarts.org The Holt Farmers’ Market will be at Veterans Memorial Gardens on Thursdays in July from 4-7 p.m. before the concerts.
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