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Sealed proposals will be received by the City of East Lansing Parking Administrator at 181 Division (Division Garage/multi-color) up to 11:00 A.M., Monday, June 13, 2016, at which time and place proposals will be opened and read for the furnishing of materials, labor and equipment for installation of new generator for the Division Street Parking Garage in the City of East Lansing. Proposals may either be mailed to the City of East Lansing (Attn: Caleb Sharrow) at 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48823 or hand delivered to the Office of the Parking Administrator located at 181 Division Street, East Lansing, Michigan.
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The City will apply its Local Purchasing Preference Policy, Policy Resolution 2009-3, in making the award of this contract.
The City of East Lansing reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive defects in proposals, and to make the award in its own best interest.
CITY OF EAST LANSING Marie Wicks City Clerk CP#16-132 City Pulse • May 25, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION partner developer Continental Real Es- tate Cos. He said they will seek an exten- $35 M for infrastructure sion of the pre-development agreement Ingham County bonding considered to help fund Lansing’s Red Cedar project through the City Council. Brown Clarke said on Monday she was C The developers of the Red Cedar Re- year. He said either the city or the county surprised to hear that the Council would naissance project on Michigan Avenue in have the ability to issue the bonds, and be asked to extend the pre-development OF THE WEEK Lansing may seek about $35 million in that neither is near its bond capacity. He agreement. bonds funded through Ingham County declined to offer specific numbers. “Our next meeting is in June,” she said. for construction of the elaborate infra- Kara Hope, D-Delhi Township, who “It’s going to time-out before our next structure needed to raise the proposed chairs the Ingham County Board of Com- meeting.” mixed-use building above the Grand Riv- missioners, said she has had preliminary She was concerned the agreement had er floodplain. conversations about the proposal. not been brought to the Council’s Mon- “They have a better credit rating than As for putting the county’s full faith day meeting, the last one of the month. the city of Lansing, and thus you would and credit behind the project, she said it She said a special meeting could happen, have, over the course of 20-plus years, $7 was a “good question and not something but with the impending holiday weekend to $10 million savings in interest rates,” I take lightly, especially in light of the oth- it was unlikely. Councilmembers Patricia said Bob Trezise, the CEO of Lansing er large capital projects we have coming Spitzley and Adam Hussain are already Economic Area Partnership. our way — like the jail. out of state traveling, meaning all six of The proposal was greeted with skep- “I want to take a closer look and see if the remaining eight members of the body ticism by the president of the Lansing this is just a boon for the developers, or would have to be at the meeting. Ap- City Council, Judi proval of the deal would Brown Clarke. “I can’t require six votes, she even fathom why the noted, since it is finan- Property: Alice B. Cowles House county would even be cial in nature. remotely interested Trezise said the proj- East Lansing in bonding for that,” ect was “extraordinarily she said. “Why would complicated.” To begin, the name of this house is pro- a taxpayer in Leslie or “We have all the piec- nounced "coals," like the lumps found in the Stockbridge care about es on the table,” Trezise Christmas stockings of naughty children. this?” said. “But we haven’t put Designed by architect J. J. Scott of Toledo, the LEAP is working them all together. We building was one of 11 houses known as Faculty with developers to don’t even have a draft Row. This string of residences was construct- shepherd the project, in place of a develop- ed for Michigan Agricultural College faculty which will cost $196 ment agreement.” between 1857 and 1874, along what is now million in private in- Image from Lansing Economic Area Partnership While the pre-devel- West Circle Drive. vestment, through the An artistic rendering from a bird's eye view of how the proposed $196 opment agreement put This home, formerly called “Number Seven,” necessary approval av- million Red Cedar Renaissance project could look when completed. a payment to the city for was separated from the other buildings and enues. The project will the golf course by devel- was sited facing them from the south side of also require $70 million in public funds if it really benefits the entire community,” opers at $7.5 million, Trezise said that the road. This circumstance likely contrib- for infrastructure. Hope said. final number could change. He declined uted to its continued existence after the other Under the proposal being floated by Council President Brown Clarke also to estimate what the final payment might houses were demolished to make way for larger Trezise, the county would seek about $35 wondered whether county taxpayers be. classroom buildings and dormitories. Cowles House is regarded as the oldest million in bonds to build plinths — in would support underwriting millions of “We have a pretty good idea in our essence, giant cement pads. Those plat- dollars for the development. mind right now right now, but I would building on campus, although extensive reno- forms would then serve as the base for Trezise argued the project is “a cata- not say it out loud because it could change vations have reduced the original fabric of the development of market-rate housing, lyst” to “regional development hopes and still. It depends on what routes the bonds the building to its foundation, plus the north town homes, retail space, a boutique ho- aspirations into the future.” go.” Trezise said. “We would have to pay (front) and east elevations. A clear change in tel, another traditional hotel, and student “Michigan Avenue is truly the back- attention to how much benefit the city is brickwork and window proportions are easily housing for an estimated 1,200 students bone for the entire area,” he said. getting from the bond sales.” noted along the front elevation. on the far east side of the former Red Ce- But with investment in development Those benefits could include how The home’s original bricks were produced dar Golf Course. projects comes risk, Trezise said. The en- much money the municipalities, Lansing locally, using clay gathered from the Red Because the property is parkland tire project could fail, but that is part of and the county, stand to make in the re- Cedar River by college students. One of those owned by the city, it does not generate why the agreements and plans have taken turn on the bonds, he said. students was named Albewles. His grandson, property tax. Once it is sold to a private nearly two years to come to fruition. “It is all coming together in the next university alumnus Frederick Cowles Jenison entity it will begin to generate tax rev- “All we can do is minimize the risk,” he couple of weeks,” Trezise said. He said provided the funds used in the 1950s remodel enues, which in turn will be captured to said. “We’ve been tenacious in our work developers and LEAP expect to break and renamed the home after his mother. pay back the county bond expenses, an in protecting the taxpayers.” ground in August. arrangement known as Tax Increment Developers signed an pre-develop- Brown Clarke said that time frame —Daniel E. Bollman, AIA Financing or TIF. ment agreement with the city in No- was a surprise. “Whoa, that’s quick.” Trezise said that budgets supplied vember 2014 that expires Tuesday. Trez- by the developers show that the project ise said there won’t be a final purchase — Todd Heywood “Eye candy of the Week” is our weekly look at some of the nicer properties in Lansing. It rotates each with Eyesore of would generate enough property tax rev- agreement and development agreement the Week. If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lan- enue to cover the cost of the bonds each by then with Ferguson Development and singcitypulse.com or call Berl Schwartz at 999-5061. 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 25, 2016
left — with a hefty $160,000 payout, ing with the city of Lansing, he failed to New objection raised plus a year’s worth of benefits, including file financial disclosure forms acknowl- health care. Bernero, for his part, says it’s edging the relationship, as required Bernero rejects Council’s time limit a personnel matter. He also told WILS by the City’s ethics laws. In addition to on interim attorney appointment morning radio host Dave Akerly that he that, the Abood Law Firm is one of 39 When The Lansing City Council ap- gave McIntyre an “$80,000 bonus,” on approved outside legal counsel firms for proved Mayor Virg Bernero's appoint- the way out the door. Brown Clarke has the city. ment of Joseph Abood as the interim city estimated that the McIntyre affair could Abood has since told WLNS that he attorney on March 28, it did so for just cost the city more than $250,000 in pay- believes his brother, Andrew, will be ask- two months. outs and legal expenses. ing the city to remove the Abood Law But with the expiration date looming, During the earlier fights between Ber- Firm from a list of approved outside le- Bernero has informed the Council that nero and the Council over the McIntyre gal firms. he intends to ignore the deadline. events, Bernero has consistently said he Concerns were also raised about the “My administration will continue to Abood retained sole authority for supervision of employment of his daughter, Nicole Mal- recognize Mr. Abood as the city’s interim departmental heads, including the city son. Malson was hired by McIntyre as city attorney until such time as I refer his was approved the Council. He did not attorney. But the city attorney reports to an administrative assistant to both Mc- appointment to Council as permanent object to the two-month time limit, vid- both the mayor and the Council. Intyre and Abood when he served as dep- city attorney or appoint a different in- eo of the meetings available on the city’s “It seems whenever it is convenient uty city attorney. She has been reporting dividual to this position,” Bernero wrote website show. The resolution, including for the mayor, the city attorney is an em- directly to him as interim city attorney. the council on Monday, “and I urge the the two-month time limit, was approved ployee of both City Council and the may- Abood told the Council in March that it City Council to do the same.” by Abood himself. or,” said Brown Clarke. “But whenever was not an agreeable situation. Bernero said that the Council over- “Randy was sitting right there through it’s inconvenient, then the city attorney Hannan said last week the Bernero stepped its authority when it limited the whole discussion and after, and he is an employee of the mayor and the ad- had given Abood to resolve the issue by the time of the appointment. “Although never said anything. Exactly when did it ministration.” the end of the fiscal year, June 30, the a time limit is part and parcel of an in- become a problem?” asked Council Pres- Abood is also facing harsh criticism by same day her nearly $55,000-a-year con- terim position, the City Council does not ident Judi Brown Clarke. the Council after a City Pulse report last tract expires. have the legal authority to establish such The mayor’s move comes as the Coun- week by City Council revealed significant a limit,” he wrote. cil and Bernero tangle over the departure ethical concerns. That report revealed — Todd Heywood Randy Hannan, Bernero’s chief of of former City Attorney Janene McIntyre. that while maintaining a 50 percent in- staff, was present when the resolution Council wants an explanation of why she terest in the Abood Law Firm since start-
had signed a plea agreement in the U.S. They brought a host of allegations Ex-state rep. faces jail District Court in Grand Rapids. against DeWeese, accusing him of also DeWeese pleads guilty DeWeese admitted to instructing his defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by staff to falsify records at NBO Medical, enticing patients into receiving medi- To defrauding Blue Cross clinics the physician owned in Flint and cally unnecessary screenings and physi- Former Ingham County state Rep. Grand Rapids but wasn't present at. Two cal therapy, then billing the programs to Paul DeWeese is facing up to five years individuals included his electronic signa- increase revenue while not collecting co- in federal prison after pleading guilty ture on records he was obligated to per- pays from the patients, according to court last week to defrauding Blue Cross Blue sonally review in order to be able to bill documents. Shield of Michigan through his medical BCBSM for their cost. The terms of the plea agreement in- practice. As part of his plea agreement, De- dicate the federal prosecutors, who were City Pulse has also learned that De- Weese could face up to five years in jail, originally a party in the civil suit along Weese voluntarily surrendered his Mich- three years of probation, a fine up to with the state, won't be pressing addition- igan medical license for life earlier this twice as much of the losses involved and al charges in that case. month and agreed to pay a $10,000 fine. a mandatory $100 fee. The civil suit was settled out of court His license was suspended last year fol- He will have to pay Blue Cross Blue earlier this month. The original complaint lowing an FBI raid on his Lansing office. Shield $172,991.56 in restitution — pre- demands a jury trial for their allegations, Before felony charges were ever for- cisely the amount DeWeese had the in- but that will evidently not be held. Court mally entered in early April, DeWeese surance corporation fraudulently billed documents revealed a statement from De- for. He could be fined, though, up to Deweese Weese, evidently discussing his conduct. twice that amount. He admits that his lax approach to pain The agreement filed in federal court formal charge. That's the reason for the management "made it easier for some of was signed by DeWeese March 22 and by dates." my patients to divert to illegal ends con- Advertise your his lawyer, Larry Willey, on March 28. DeWeese had first been named in a civil trolled substances I prescribed." upcoming garage/yard sale in "This was a resolution that happened suit in December 2012, where two former "I pursued this arena of medical prac- before there was a charge, which is not employees of the clinics alleged they had tice because there is a high unmet need unusual," Willey said. "In this case, ne- been improperly billing patients. When for treatment and because of the immense gotiations occurred before there was a they raised concerns, they were fired. amount of suffering associate with chron- ic unrelieved pain and untreated addic- tion," he said in the statement. "While my For only PUBLIC NOTICES motivation was honorable, my actions at Five lines - 6 to 8 words per line Notice of Public Hearing times contributed to the problems." Deadline Monday: at 10 a.m. DeWeese is scheduled to be back in The Ingham County Housing Commission has developed its 2016 Annual Agency Plan in compliance with the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. The Plan is available for review at the court for sentencing Aug. 22. To place an ad, Housing Commission Office located in Carriage Lane Apartments, 3882 Dobie Rd. Okemos, MI. The please contact Suzi at Housing Commission office hours are Monday – Friday 8am-5pm. Please call 517-349-1643 for an — MIRS news service appointment. In addition, a public hearing will be held on Thursday July 14, 2016 at 6:00 pm in the (517) 999-6704 or email ad copy to Multi-purpose room of Carriage Lane Apartments. Public is welcome. [email protected] Shanda. Johnston Executive Director CP#16-131 City Pulse • May 25, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7
league Donald Morelli described a series of Morelli named several MSU research tives are tied to the state’s public policy, or “working research” and plain-old-research projects with potentially significant impact lack of it. Island of urgency projects at MSU tackling solar tech, storage on the nation’s energy mix, including the Responding to a question from the audi- Energy forum a study in contrast batteries, biofuels, capture of waste heat and transparent photo-voltaic panels developed ence, Erhardt said MSU’s decision to wean between MSU and state government other energy sources. by Professor Richard Lunt at MSU. itself off coal “made sense,” in part, because While MSU has taken the wheel and “MSU is doing a lot of things to make “Take a skyscraper in New York City, 100 of the state law’s renewable energy mandate. started to drive its own transition from its distribution and production system a lot stories tall — we can coat the windows with “Policy and public perception of energy coal toward renewable energy, the state of more efficient and a lot more diverse,” she material,” he said. and sustainability has been one of the driv- Michigan is still fussing with a stack of road said. “The transparent panels will generate ing forces of the energy plan — the need maps. That’s the impression left by a public By contrast, Robert Jackson, a high- electricity, won’t block the view, and will for change, the desire for change,” she said. policy forum last week on Michigan’s energy ranking official at the state’s Agency for even absorb infra-red radiation that causes “But that progress is also made and/or chal- future in downtown Lansing. Energy, spoke with the urgency of a middle buildings to warm up in the summer.” lenged by the political environment.” The monthly events, hosted by MSU’s manager considering a cost-cutting switch Wei Lai, a professor of chemical engi- The questioner asked Erhardt to com- Institute for Public Policy, seem to be set- from two-ply to one-ply tissue. Snyder cre- neering, recently got a $500,000 National ment on energy packages moving through tling into a pattern, familiar from a March ated the agency in March to “help Michigan Science Foundation grant to develop cheap- the state legislature that would either repeal 16 forum on the Flint water crisis: Research- reduce energy waste and adapt to changing er, non-lithium-based, non-flammable bat- or sidestep key provisions of the Clean, Re- ers from MSU lay out a six-alarm, house-on- needs and technology.” tery technology. (The batteries would be newable and Efficient Energy Act of 2008. fire problem, talk about how they’re dealing Jackson didn’t mention climate change based on sodium, which is more plentiful.) “Having those policies in place helps us,” with it in-house and gently suggest broader or greenhouse gases. He talked about put- Morelli himself is working on capturing Erhardt said. “if it repeals, we won’t repeal. policy solutions, while an official from Gov. ting together “a stakeholder group that’s and using waste heat, a potentially signifi- But at the same time, it keeps things moving Rick Snyder’s office lists a few modest, mar- putting together a road map.” cant source of energy, from a wide variety of forward.” ket-driven tweaks that dribble on the fringes “We’re also engaged in looking at and industrial processes, ranging from large die- Nobody else on the panel touched the of the blaze. After the scheduled talks, the creating road maps,” he continued, “and one sel generators to automobile exhaust pipes. legislative question. MSU people stick around to answer ques- of them is an energy markets road map.” Erhardt said the most conspicuous of Jackson said he kept his comments brief tions and the state official slips out of the Jackson listed several modest measures MSU’s “research in action” projects, com- “so we can give enough time for Q&A at the room. such as requiring industrial operations to bining research and present-day useful- end, because that’s where we’re starting up MSU’s sustainability director, Anne Er- replace or repair aging equipment with en- ness, is MSU’s anaerobic digester, installed dialogue and we can really communicate hardt, said the university is not only reduc- ergy efficient technology. “Requiring” may in 2013. The digester processes food waste what’s important to the state.” ing greenhouse gases and becoming more be too strong a word. Jackson said the state from campus into methane, creating elec- Following in the footsteps of Snyder energy efficient, but it is also investing in is “trying to encourage putting in place mar- tricity, for about 30 farm buildings on south spokesman Ari Adler at the Flint water fo- energy research and becoming a “leader in kets that would address” the problem. campus. rum in March, Jackson left the room before sustainable energy.” It was left to Donald Morelli, a profes- Although MSU President Lou Anna Si- the Q&A started. Last year, MSU’s power plant completed sor of materials science at MSU, to inject a mon has declared she wants the university the switch from coal to a mix of natural gas sense of urgency into the forum. to take the lead on energy, she isn’t acting in —Lawrence Cosentino and biofuel. Erhardt told the group that the “We can’t talk about energy without talk- a vacuum. Erhardt said MSU’s energy initia- university had reduced its greenhouse gas ing about climate,” he said. emissions by 25.2 percent since 2010 and The world’s future, Morelli said, depends she hoped it would hit 30 percent this year. on “how much carbon we put into the atmo- The energy plan approved by the MSU sphere and how we control it.” He presented Submit your Board of Trustees in 2012 calls for the climate models that ranged from “a degree 5,200-acre campus and its 545 buildings or two” global rise in temperature to five or original works for the to be powered by 40 percent renewables by six degrees before century’s end. now 2030 and 100 percent in the long term. She The latter scenario, he said, would have reported that renewable energy accounted “catastrophic effects like the swamping of for 8.5 percent of MSU’s total energy use in cities near the water’s edge, melting of polar 2014-‘15, up from 2 percent in 2012. ice caps and so on.” To that end, five parking lots on south Morelli added that even though hydrau- campus will be fitted with solar carports ex- lic fracturing and horizontal drilling have pected to generate 10 MW of electricity. The spiked a bonanza in domestic oil produc- project, approved in September 2015, is still tion, but “we’re still talking about a finite in the planning phase. The peak power de- resource.” mand on campus is 63 megawatts, accord- “There’s only so much oil inside the earth ing to data from MSU. and eventually we’re going to take it all out,” Besides the carports, Erhardt and col- he said.
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money behind the $2.5 million spent by Citizens for Michigan’s Energy Future, Renewable energy which isn't required to disclose donors Who is stepping up but is suspected to be funded by energy utilities, on broadcast TV ads that aired and stepping out? in 2015. The likely biggest benefactors of The Michigan Climate Action Net- this largess? According to the Campaign work recently called for the state to Finance Network: “Gov. Rick Snyder, work toward a 100 percent renewable whose nonprofit and administrative ac- energy system by count received $50,000 from Consumers; 2050. This aligns House Energy Chair Aric Nesbitt (R-Law- with the aim of the ton), who received $25,900; and House climate science if Speaker Kevin Cotter (R-Mt. Pleasant), Double Platinum Palette In-Kind Advertising Artist Awards we want to stave off who received $21,000. But, overall, the Major Title Sponsors Sponsors Diamond Award: MSU Federal total climate disrup- House Republican Campaign Commit- Credit Union tion by the end of tee received the most from the groups at City Award: City of East Lansing the century. San $58,250” (MCFN). SBS Painting Award: Student Diego is aiming to Lest we forget, that meager 10 percent Book Store meet that by 2035, Renewable Energy Standard that we set Raymond King Award for San Jose by 2022, back in 2012, met this year, was fought Painting: James P. Strouse & and San Francisco Gold Palette Sponsors Lauren Ciesa tooth and claw by these same energy by 2020. Aspen, Colo., Burlington, Vt., behemoths, who spent $24 million to Lake Trust Credit Union Best of Show Gallery Award: Ithaca, N.Y., and Greensburg, Kan. have defeat it. Delphi Glass Mackerel Sky Gallery of Contemporary Craft already done it. Our own Grand Rapids I am not optimistic that, given this cast Silver Palette Sponsors In-Kind Sponsors Saper Galleries has a goal of 100 percent by 2020. of characters, we will see anything like a DTN Management Company Adams Outdoor East Lansing Art Festival Meanwhile, back at the state Capitol, reasonable energy policy coming from this East Lansing Responsible All Grand Events Photography Award: our utility big boys have been spending legislature or governor, who seem to see Hospitality Council CATA Dave Courey Media & Imaging millions to steer us away from renew- everything through some narrowly con- Eli & Edythe Broad Art Dave Courey Media & Imaging M.J. Bauries Jewelry Award: able energy. They now are poised to put stricted short-term financial bottom line. Museum Foresight Group In memory of her thoughtful a stake through the heart of the state’s So why should we wait? Let’s celebrate dedication to our community Lansing Art Gallery Granger already met mini-Renewable Energy and support those enterprises, whether Willingham & Coté LSJ Media Tim Knight Emerging Artists Standard that they lobbied hard against Award: In memory of his they be companies, nonprofits, munici- Maloney Carpet in 2012. The pending bill, SB 438, Bronze Palette Sponsors dedicated service to the Art palities or colleges, that are aggressively removes any legal requirement to meet East Lansing Downtown Martin Luther Chapel Festival investing in a renewable energy future any standard, leaving it to the capricious Management Board Michigan Radio Honorary Awards while simultaneously reducing their market (which they largely control) to Greater Lansing Convention & Mid-Michigan Environmental Campus Town Mall overall energy footprint. What local enter- Action Council determine what should be accomplished. Visitors Bureau Redhead Design Studio prises are doing major upgrades to energy MSU Surplus & Recycling Center Who cares about the climate or the lost McAlvey, Merchant & Chris & Corinn VanWyck conservation and efficiency? Which are Associates The Plant Professionals opportunity we are throwing under the Warmels & Comstock putting solar to use? How many are being Metzger Reality/WLM Red Cedar Spirits bus? How interesting that the city in this transparent in the process? We see that Special Thanks Properties Smokin’ Sleddog Records state doing the best economically is doing those enterprises that openly pursue a Plante and Moran, PLLC Such Video The City of East Lansing: the most with renewable energy. Accord- triple-bottom-line balance sheet — what WKAR City Council • Arts Commission ing to a report earlier this year from the Austrian economist Christian Felber calls Pewter Palette Sponsors Communications • E.L. Hannah Coldwell Banker Hubbell/ Woody’s Oasis Michigan Campaign Finance Network, a Common Good Balance Sheet — are Community Center • Fire our friends at DTE and Consumers spent BriarWood Children’s Area Department • Information successful. The growing movement of Eric & Joanie Brogan Family Organizations Technology • Parking & millions in 2015 coddling the Legislature funds into socially responsible business Image Builders Unlimited The Amazing Clark Code Enforcement (PACE) • to redirect policy in their antiquated funds and those funds’ performance, Parking Department • Police Jack & Peggy Roberts Basket Weaving direction, $361,242 by DTE and $311,117 coupled with the commitment of more Department • Public Works & MSU College of Arts & Letters East Lansing Public Library by Consumers Energy. In addition, DTE and more global investors to adhere to Environmental Services made $307,170 in political contributions Paramount Coffee Ele’s Place the Principles of Responsible Investing, ...and the many city employees and CMS Energy, the parent company Van Atta’s Greenhouse and Eli & Edythe Broad Art and community volunteers who denotes more than a passing trend. Flower Shop Museum go the extra mile to make this of Consumers Energy, $240,400. And of What is being conceived should be Williams Auto World Lansing Jaycees event a success! course, this all pales in light of the dark powered entirely by renewable energy or Event Transportation Goldfish Swim School Grant Support else not be built. As I see new buildings Capital Area Transportation Happendance going up, I wonder if we can expect that Authority Holt Community Arts Council they will have rooftop solar? Impression 5 Science Center Based on my own household’s invest- Applause Party/Hotel Service Lansing Art Gallery Want more ment in solar power, the DTE/Consumers East Lansing Marriott at Matt Epling Middle School 2012 futile expenditure to fight renewable University Place Arts Competition City Pulse? energy could have powered an additional Potter Park Zoo 1,600 homes for 20+ years. Let’s hear Reach Studio Art Center Follow us on who the renewable energy leaders in this Red Cedar Wood Carving Guild community are. Maybe City Pulse can WKAR social media feature them weekly as they do the Eye Candy of the Week. Meanwhile, contact your legislator and governor and let them know we need a real Renewable Energy facebook.com/lansingcitypulse Standard for our times — 100 percent by 2050. Let’s get starting now. @citypulse @lansingcitypulse (Terry Link, the founding director of the Office of Sustainability at MSU, is a consultant.) City Pulse • May 25, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9
ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER Photo by Nicole Rico City Pulse Publisher/ The results are (almost) in Editor Berl City Pulse celebrates Top of the Town Schwartz recognizes a winners at River Rock Concert group of 2015 Top of the Town By KAYLEIGH GARRISON from Eastside Fish Fry, Cravings Popcorn, winners at last After battling it out with hundreds of con- El Azteco, Jersey Giant, Lou and Harry’s, year’s Top of tenders and two rounds of voting, a select Sweetie-licious Bakery Café, Zaytoon and the Town Party. group of Greater Lansing warriors will soon Strange Matter Coffee Co. A beer tent is also be named as winners in the 2016 City Pulse/ available for party attendees. Contemporary Art, better known as MICA, Fox 47 News Top of the Town Awards. Over Being a contender in Top of the Town City Pulse River Rock Concert which runs the MICA Gallery in Old Town June 10-11 16,000 participants cast votes in this year’s means more than just bragging rights. It’s and hosts Old Town JazzFest and Michigan contest, and the winners will be announced also a great opportunity to promote local BluesFest. The weekend includes a diverse The Verve Pipe Top of the Town in the June 1 issue of City Pulse. Eastside businesses. Sam Rashed is owner/opera- slate of music, food and community events. “Villains” 20th Party Fish Fry, which placed third for best fish fry tor of west Lansing’s Zaytoon Mediterra- The soundtrack for June 11’s festivi- Anniversary With Elliot Street in last year’s contest, is one of the businesses nean restaurant, which placed second for Concert Lunatic, City Mouse, ties is provided by James Gardin, Stefanie Stefanie Haapala and gunning for a first place finish this year. best Mediterranean restaurant in last year’s With Wally Pleasant Haapala, City Mouse and Elliot Street Lu- James Gardin and Triple Lindy "I think any recognition in the city is contest. He sees Top of the Town voting as a Saturday, June 11 natic. The festival kicks off June 10 with a Friday, June 10 good. The fact that some people think we're show of support from the community. $15/$5 adv. performance by the Verve Pipe, who will $25/$15 adv./$20 adv. the best fish fry is something to be proud "I'm already very proud about how far present a 20th anniversary performance reserved VIP seating of," said Patrick Duke, general manager of we've come since we opened two and a Two-night combo: of its multi-platinum "Villains" album in $28/$18 adv./$23 adv. Eastside Fish Fry. half years ago,” he said. “It makes me feel its entirety. Singer/songwriter Wally Pleas- VIP reserved seating City Pulse will celebrate the winners of very proud knowing I have a good, quality ant is also on the bill, performing his 1992 the contest June 11 at the first-ever City Pulse product." debut album, “Songs About Stuff,” cover to River Rock Concert. The Top of the Town The two-day River Rock Concert is a cover. Local ‘80s cover band Triple Lindy Party will feature food and beverage options fundraiser for the Michigan Institute for will open the show.
Courtesy Photo The recording sessions gave the singers The MSU an inside look at how the music they listen All for one Children’s Choirs to on CDs — well, more likely their smart- MSU Children’s Choirs release album, recently released phones or iPods — is made. prepare for European tour a new album, “We “It took a lot of work, but it was worth it,” Are One,” and said Carter Findlay, 12, a choir member who By TY FORQUER are preparing for When Kyle Zeuch stepped in as director sang on the CD. “It was really cool.” a European tour. of the MSU Children’s Choirs in 2013, he The groups will celebrate the album re- knew he had big shoes to fill. He is just the lease Wednesday with a free performance third director of the group, which won two at the MSU Community Music School. The Grammy awards in 2006 while under the concert doubles as a send-off for the group’s direction of founding director Mary Alice done an international tour,” Zeuch said. the CD are available at MSU’s Community European tour, which will take 25 singers Stollak. The choirs sang on the Grammy- “This was a great chance to do something Music School, and Zeuch hopes to make it on a week-long concert tour with stops in winning recording of Ann Arbor composer we’ve never done before.” available on digital outlets soon. Munich, Salzburg and Austria. William Bolcom’s “Songs The MSU Children’s Choirs is actually “The kids are really excited that they’ll be “The kids are very excited to visit Salz- of Innocence and Expe- five choirs, with singers ranging in age from able to find themselves on iTunes,” Zeuch said. burg, which is where ‘The Sound of Music’ CD release/ 7 to 18. Between the five groups, the program The choirs raised over $9,000 to help was filmed,” Zeuch said. “It’s also Mozart’s Europe send- rience,” recorded by the University of Michigan has a roster of over 200 singers. Zeuch said cover recording costs, licensing fees and the hometown, so we’ll explore that too.” off concert School of Music and con- that people are often surprised by the so- cost of commissioning the new work. To raise The groups will have to make a few MSU Children’s ductor Leonard Slatkin. phistication of the groups’ repertoire. He can the money, the groups performed private changes to their repertoire for the tour. Choirs challenge the groups, in part, because they concerts and collected donations. They also Many of the concert venues are cathedrals 7 p.m. Wednesday, But Zeuch soon real- ized he couldn’t measure don’t have some of the mental hang-ups of organized creative fundraisers like a service and chapels. Some don’t have a piano, and June 1 others prohibit non-sacred music. FREE himself against the past. adult musicians. where the singers would send videos of sing- Findlay, who will also be on the tour, MSU Community “I felt pressure at “Young people don’t know what’s sup- ing Valentine’s Day greetings for a small fee. Music School the beginning, but I posed to be hard. They don’t have this precon- “We’re trying to get away from selling visited Europe when he was 4, but doesn’t 4930 S. Hagadorn quickly learned that we ceived notion of, ‘Oh, I can’t do that,” Zeuch candles and cheese logs,” Zeuch said. remember much of the trip. Road, East Lansing don’t make music to said. “They just sing because they love to sing.” The CD was recorded over the course of “I’ve been there before, but there are go- (517) 355-7661, ing to be some cool things I haven’t seen,” cms.msu.edu win awards,” Zeuch said. That repertoire is on display on the two days in MSU’s Fairchild Theatre and was “The accolades come groups’ new album, “We Are One,” which recorded and engineered by MSU record- he said. when you’re doing good was released last month. Pieces on the CD ing engineer Jen Shangraw. The condensed And while a trip to Europe is a great op- work day in and day out.” range from a Bach cantata to a traditional recording schedule was chosen to keep the portunity, Findlay finds enjoyment in the And that hard work is paying off. The South African song to the title track, “Sisi project from dragging on too long. simpler parts of the choir experience. choirs recently released an album and are Ni Moja: We Are One,” which was commis- “They were pushed, but they still had an “I really like singing with my choir preparing for a European tour. sioned for the combined choirs from com- enjoyable experience,” Zeuch said. “I didn’t friends,” he said. “We have some really cool “The MSU Children’s Choirs have never poser Jacob Narverud. Physical copies of want them to hate the process.” songs. I just love to sing.” 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 25, 2016
July or August. The album features steel guitarist Doyle Grisham, a longtime Caribbean member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band. “It’ll be a busy summer,” Middlebrook dreamin’ said. Don Middlebrook brings Middlebrook is a founding member of the Trop Rock Music Association, which tropical vibes to mid-Michigan promotes trop rock throughout the U.S. By TY FORQUER The group started in 2005 as a social It may seem like trop rock, the genre club for a handful of tropical-minded of Caribbean-flavored music popular- musicians. Over the next decade, it grew ized by artists like Jimmy Buffett, is best into an 8,000-member organization with suited for cruise ships and beach resorts. members in 48 states, Canada, England, But Michigan native Don Middlebrook Mexico, St. Thomas, Cayman Islands and thinks it has a place in Michigan, too. Costa Rica. “People ask me how I can live in “I was surprised how big it got,” Mid- Michigan and think tropical, but people dlebrook said. “Now it’s a national orga- in the north need it more than anyone,” nization. It’s like watching a genre come Middlebrook said. “It’s an escapism that alive.” everyone could The group even has its own awards Don Middlebrook use a little of.” ceremony, which takes place at an an- With Rush Clement Middlebrook nual convention in Key West, Fla. Last 6:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, splits his time year, Middlebrook snagged the Song- Courtesy Photo June 1 between homes writer of the Year award, and his lat- FREE Local artist Tom Cocozzoli specializes in “artography,” digitally-altered photography, like in Haslett, Sau- est album, “Songs from Talespin Bay,” Reno’s East gatuck and Flor- earned an Album of the Year award. He “Guitars,” shown here. 1310 Abbot Road, East ida. The guitarist was also given the I Can award, which Lansing and songwriter recognizes charitable work in the trop He was pleased (517) 351-7366 City Pulse’s See web for other summer has been part of rock community. with some early re- Summer of Art dates: the Greater Lan- Charitable work is a core part of the Meet the artist sults and decided Tom Cocozzoli’s ‘Capitolfest’ To submit your work for donmiddlebrook.net sing music scene trop rock ethos. Communities of trop the Summer of Art, please to print and frame for over 20 years. rock enthusiasts — who often call them- kicks off City Pulse’s Summer of Art go to lansingarts.org. some of the photos. He and his band, the Pearl Divers are selves “parrot heads,” a term coined by By CALLIE OPPER Please read the rules He even landed an gearing up for a busy run of summer gigs, Buffett — have sprung up around the City Pulse and the Arts Council of carefully. Pay particular exhibit of his work attention to these: with stops all over the Midwest. He’s lined nation, and many of them encourage Greater Lansing have teamed up for at the East Lansing 1. If selected, the original up several mid-Michigan performances, volunteerism and charitable giving. The Public Art Gal- the Summer of Art, which puts original art must be given to the including a run of Wednesday evening Mid-Michigan Parrot Head Club, also art by area artists on the cover of City Arts Council of Greater lery in the Hannah gigs at Reno’s East. He’ll even make his known as the Rum Chums, has raised Pulse each week for Lansing to be auctioned. Community Center way to Pittsburgh in August for a pre-con- over $80,000 for local charities since its 15 weeks, beginning The artist receives 30 earlier this year. cert party before Buffett himself performs inception in 2003. with this issue. To- percent of the sale price. Cocozzoli enjoys 2. Published art will be in the city. “We like to party with a purpose,” day’s cover features taking photos and Middlebrook is also preparing to re- Middlebrook said. “We have heroes used horizontally. City turning them into “Capitolfest,” created Pulse reserves the right to lease a new album, “Guitar Island,” in peppered all over the country.” by Tom Cocozzoli crop or rotate art. something “almost from a photo taken 3. Photographs of art unrecognizable.” by his wife, Carol Ann that is not intended to “I’ve always seen Cocozzoli. be donated (e.g. large the world with a For 61-year-old Tom Cocozzoli sculptures) will not slightly different be accepted. Artistic Cocozzoli, his work as a pair of eyes than photographs, including most people,” Co- book cataloger at Michigan State Univer- photographs of art, will sity is not his primary passion. In recent be considered. Please be cozzoli said. years, his digital “artography” — digitally- clear if you are offering The focus of his altered photography — has become an es- the art piece or the art is not a political sential part of his life. This pursuit started photograph for auction. statement or pro- when he wondered what he would do once Questions? moting any cause. Email publisher@ Cocozzoli warns he retired. lansingcitypulse.com or Cocozzoli started to fill his free time by call (517) 999-5061. against looking for learning to play guitar, writing some songs deeper meanings in and drawing cartoons. his images. “I’ve always been the creative type but “I don’t take myself too seriously,” said mostly in the field of music,” Cocozzoli Cocozzoli, “I’m having a blast doing it, and said. “When I hit a dry spell in music, I I hope others will find it fun and whimsi- discovered that music wasn’t the only en- cal.” deavor that could satisfy my creative drive.” While Cocozzoli has no plans to quit his While touching up some digital photos, day job yet, he has had some success selling Cocozzoli began to explore some of the his photographs. more abstract effects offered by photo-ed- “A year ago, I had no concept of digital iting software. artography, but there’s been some nice rec- “I accidentally stumbled on the concept ognition and financial uptick,” he said. of digital artography,” Cocozzoli said. “I As for others thinking about dabbling Courtesy Photo just started taking other photos and ma- in art, Cocozzoli’s advice to them is simple: Michigan native Don Middlebrook, seen her performing in Key West, Fla., specializes in nipulating them for fun.” “Try it. You might like it.” the Caribbean-flavored style of rock popularized by artists like Jimmy Buffett. City Pulse • May 25, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 25, 2016
shallow superficial boyfriend is the real problem. This is followed by “Honestly,” written by Stephen Korbar. A couple (Ben Guen- Headline ther and Kathryn Willis) is sitting on a Subhead park bench, on the verge of a break-up. The catch here is that ending the rela- tionship allows them to share all the lies plays is the idea they had told each other since the dawn “Secrets” of secrets. The Ixion Theatre of the relationship. Voila! Can this rela- Going public result is a kalei- tionship now be saved? 8 p.m. Saturday, May 28; 7 p.m. Sunday, May 29 doscope of inti- We move from here to “Reunion,” also Ixion Theatre highlights $15 macies, as many by MacGregor. A clueless married man Let’s improve HOME local writers in ‘Secrets’ The Robin Theatre threads weave (Frawley) has an opportunity to hook up 1105 S. Washington Ave., through the com- with a more-than-willing former class- Lansing By TOM HELMA mon theme. But mate (McGauhey). Good playwriting always starts with (517) 775-4246, each play stands ixiontheatre.com Next up is Ron Frankel’s “Blind the story. on its own, each Date.” A woman (Willis) comes to a res- “Secrets,” this year’s installment of Ix- holding a differ- taurant for an Internet-arranged date Join the conversation! ion Theater’s annual bouquet of locally- ent light to the darker areas of relation- with a man (Frawley) who is wearing written one-act plays, had an ships. Somehow, together, they form a Choose one of the following conspicuous sunglasses. She doesn’t re- off-stage prelude. The group coherent whole as well. The evening is alize that he is blind, and when he re- sessions that works best for you. Review requested submissions from an affirmation of joyous humanity. veals this to her, she throws a fit over his local writers, which it whit- Opening the evening is David Mac- “deception.” He rakes her over the coals tled down from 115 submitted scripts Gregor’s “Small Talk.” A shy young wom- for insensitivity to his condition. After down to 30 nominees and then finally to an (Anna Raymo) is brought in to see a she trounces off, there’s a twist for the the six plays being staged at Robin The- psychotherapist (Angharad McGauhey) audience. Wednesday, June 1 atre. Whew! by her career-jumping boyfriend (Jes- “Riding lessons,” by Brett Hursey, be- 5:30 p.m. Credit for putting together this pre- se Frawley). The boyfriend feels she is gins with a guy (Guenther) and his imag- Cristo Rey Community Center lude goes to Ixion founder Jeff Croff and holding back his career, because she inary clown (Bonner), and it ends with 1717 N. High Street a talented trio of readers: Oralya Garza, cannot engage in — what else? — small a woman (McGauhey) riding off on an Lansing, MI 48906 Paige Tufford and SaDonna Croff. Tuf- talk. The conceit is turned on end when imaginary unicorn. ford also took on the task of directing the she discovers how easy it is to con- The evening ends with “Pumps,” also these six plays. Bravo to all. nect emotionally with someone else by Hursey. This comedy looks at how we Thursday, June 2 The common thread for all of the (Daniel Bonner) and that maybe her attach power to inanimate objects — in 8:30 a.m. this case, high-heeled shoes — allowing South Lansing Community them to transform us. Development Association Each play builds on the one preced- 800 W. Barnes Avenue ing it, until we realize that all these se- Lansing, MI 48910 VISITS MICHIGAN crets have one thing in common: the sad (Inside St. Casimir) AJAHN SUCITTO existential loneliness that underlies all A distinguished Theravada Buddhist Monk in the Thai forest searches for relationships. tradition will lead a day of meditation on The ensemble cast of six actors, in Thursday, June 2 multiple roles, deftly portray the poi- 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4th at Amitabha Village Retreat Center gnant characters in these vignettes. All South Lansing Community six of the actors perform competently Development Association near Lansing. The public is cordially invited to attend. 800 W. Barnes Avenue and handle the diverse roles exceedingly Lansing, MI 48910 Better than a hundred years of mischief is one day spent in contemplation. well. (Inside St. Casimir) The real strength of the evening, how- DHAMMAPADA ever, is the freshness of the material it- About Ajahn Sucitto. Ajahn was ordained in 1976 self. We sometimes give short shrift to and trained in the forests of Thailand. Later he was a original works, but these works display founding member of Cittaviveka (Chithurst Buddhist the dazzling talent of writers among us. Monastery), the first Ajahn Chah monastery in the west. FOOD & DRINK PROVIDED. He was abbot for over two decades. His short biography can be found on Wikipedia at Conversations begin 30 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajahn_Sucitto. minutes after start time. Author of dharma books and leader of many Want more hundreds of retreats, Ajahn has devoted his life to spreading dharma for the well being all. City Pulse? About attending the teaching on June 4th: The day with Ajahn (9:30 am – 5 pm) is sponsored by the Lansing Buddhist Association. Follow us on There is no fee to attend, and any donation is welcome. Participants will offer a noon meal to social media Ajahn, and then share lunch with each other. Registration is required as places are limited. Please email your contact information to [email protected] to register. Eric Schertzing Details about the location, schedule will be facebook.com/lansingcitypulse sent upon receipt of your email. To learn Ingham County Treasurer @lansingcitypulse more about the Lansing Buddhist Association, @citypulse 517-676-7220 | http://tr.ingham.org visit their website at lansingbuddhist.org. City Pulse • May 25, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13
he said. books.” But the experience provided some The success of the fantasy genre, ‘I steal valuable lessons in discipline and or- Brooks said, has allowed a variety of dif- ganization skills. It also allowed him to ferent voices to emerge. practice his story telling. “I’m not a ‘Game of Thrones’ guy, from everyone’ “You can use words any way you want,” where nothing gets better — ever,” Fantasy author Terry Brooks Brooks said. “Whoever tells the best sto- Brooks said. “My books, although dark, ry when you go to court wins.” have a sense of optimism to them. I’m finds inspiration in diverse literature Although Brooks was successfully bal- also a romantic.” By BILL CASTANIER ancing writing and law careers, he felt Brooks enjoys using nature imagery, Author Terry Brooks has written the stagnated. So he uprooted himself and especially water and trees. He attributes great American novel — more than 35 moved out to the Pacific Northwest. that to growing up near a river and living variations of it, actually — in his ground- “It saved my career,” he said. “I began on one now. In “The Sorcerer’s Daugh- breaking career as a fantasy writer. travelling and experiencing and getting ter” trees become phantasmagorical de- “I steal from exposure to different places and ideas.” mons whose roots strangle their victims. Terry Brooks everyone,” he He points to his novels, which now The trees kill some of the heroes and Author talk and told City Pulse by draw influences from places like Hawaii heroines, but they also save others from book signing phone from his and Europe. a beast who wants to kill them. 7 p.m. Thursday, June 2 home in Seattle. “Corn fields were not provocative,” he Brooks likes to have his characters FREE* That group said. delve into philosophical issues, like what Schuler Books & Music includes William When Brooks was growing up in Illi- constitutes evil. (Eastwood Towne Center location) Faulkner, whose nois, there was very little fantasy litera- “The demons are just like us,” he said. 2820 Towne Center Blvd., work Brooks ture available. He recalls reading “Tar- “In fact, they are us.” Lansing studied intensely zan” books and John Carter pulp stories Courtesy Photo (517) 316-7495, in college. He when he was young. He points to the U.S. schulerbooks.com even wrote his Recently released novel “The Sorcerer’s re-publication of the “Lord of the Rings” SCHULER BOOKS senior thesis on Daughter,” by fantasy author Terry trilogy in the 1960s as fantasy’s rebirth, *This is a ticketed event. &MUSIC the celebrated Brooks, is the final book in his “Defenders and he credits the recent “Harry Potter” Tickets are free with of Shannara” trilogy. purchase of “The Sorcerer’s author. Brooks phenomena as moving the genre into the Talk & Signing with Beloved Daughter” while supplies last. likes to work in mainstream. Epic Fantasy Author a “Faulknerian “As a child I was always living in my “Harry Potter made the world safe for twist” into his head, thinking stories up,” he said. “I fantasy,” he said. TERRY BROOKS would make my friends play the stories fantasy novels, “where secrets destroy a Movies and television have also con- Thursday, June 2 @ 7pm family, and having a moral template de- out.” tributed to the genre’s recent resurgence Eastwood Towne Center location stroys you.” His favorite location for such role- and success. MTV television show “The His most recent fantasy novel, “The playing was along the Rock River in Ster- Shannara Chronicles,” which is based on Terry Brooks He has Sorcerer’s Daughter,” includes this twist, ling, Ill., where he grew up. He returned Brooks’ fantasy novels, was just renewed written 23 New York as well as kidnapping, epic chases, nasty to the area after college to practice law. for a second season. Times bestsellers magic, grueling battle scenes, glorious “It was a really honorable job, but by “The TV show is free advertising,” during his writing and terrifying monsters and a tender the end, I was pretty well disenchanted,” Brooks said. “I’m a book guy, and it sells career, and has over love story. The book, which hit book- 21 million copies of stores just last week, also borrows gen- his books in print. His erously from Sherlock Holmes, Indian world of Shannara, myths, the Grimm brothers, James Bond first explored in and even Shakespeare. 1977’s The Sword “Fantasy stories go a long way back, of Shannara, is brimming with untold and they are all variations of one anoth- stories and unexplored territory. The epic MTV series, The Shannara er,” Brooks said. “It’s all in how your voice US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd Chronicles, debuted in January of tells those stories and uses plot lines and this year; Now Brooks breaks new characters.” www.NCGmovies.com ground with The Sorceror’s Daughter, Brooks, 72, also cites two life experi- (517) 316-9100 a standalone adventure. This will be a ences that have influenced his writing: his ticketed event. Please visit our website childhood and his short-lived law career. LANSING - OFF SOUTH CEDAR AT 1-96 Student Discount with ID VISIT CELEBRATIONCINEMA.COM OR CALL 393-SHOW ID required for “R” rated films for full details. Young Adult Duo K.A. BARSON & CORI MCCARTHY Wednesday, June 8 @ 7pm Merdian Mall location 7 K.A. Barson is, celebrating the release of here sophomore novel Charlotte Cuts Commercial & It Out, a funny, relatable contemporary Great used books for everyone! story set in the heart of the Midwest. 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It looks like summer is finally here in Pulse’s Top of the Town Party. (For more information JULY 15-16 >> OLD TOWN SCRAPFEST Lansing. (517) 372-0529, carcapitalautoshow.org. Michigan. (I’m crossing my fingers and on the Top of the Town Party, see p. 9; for more Old Town ScrapFest celebrates creativity and resource knocking on wood even as I type this.) information on the musical acts, see Turn it down, p. reuse. Artists or teams of artists are given one hour JULY 30 >> TASTE OF DOWNTOWN Now that we can go outside without fear 20.) Advance tickets available online, concert tickets to collect up to 500 pounds of scrap metal, which See what downtown Lansing’s food scene has to offer of windchill or hail storms, it’s time to are $10 more at the door. See the web for a full they must use to create an sculpture. The results at the seventh annual Taste of Downtown. Over 100 start making summer plans. City Pulse schedule and ticket prices. Adado Riverfront Park, are unveiled at ScrapFest, with $3,500 in cash prizes different wines are available, and Lansing Brewing has put together some of the best local Lansing. riverrockconcert.com. available for jury-selected winners. The two-day Co. provides tasty brews for those who prefer beer (and not-so-local) summer events to festival also features live music, a beer tent and a over wine. American Fifth Spirits will also be on hand, keep you entertained all summer long. JUNE 17-18 >> SUMMER SOLSTICE JAZZ FESTIVAL variety of artists booths. Old Town, Lansing. (517) 485- serving up cocktails made with its locally-sourced East Lansing’s Summer Solstice Jazz Festival 4283, oldtownscrapfest.org. liquors. Live music is provided by Taylor Taylor, Avon Local festivals: celebrates its 20th anniversary with a diverse slate of Bomb, Phil Denny and Air Margaritaville. Check Greater Lansing features a variety of summer festivals local and international jazz artists. Highlights include JULY 30 >> CAR CAPITAL AUTO & BIKE SHOW the website for an up-to-date list of participating and activities. From car shows to concerts to cultural soulful pianist Marcus Roberts, the cream-of-the-crop Car and motorcycle lovers from Michigan and restaurants, cafes and pubs. Attendees must be 21 events, there’s an excuse to get outside almost every Chicago Jazz Orchestra, a summit of four young beyond come together in downtown Lansing this or older. $25. 100 block of South Washington Square, weekend this summer. Here is a list of some of the vocalists and a tripled roster of top avant-garde/ summer for the 24th annual Car Capital Auto & Lansing. tasteofdowntown.org. region’s biggest summer events: free-jazz groups. FREE. Downtown East Lansing. (517) Bike Show. The event features over 70 classes 319-6980, eljazzfest.com. of cars and motorcycles, and 150 awards will be AUG. 5-6 >> LANSING JAZZFEST JUNE 4 >> BE A TOURIST IN YOUR OWN TOWN handed out to winning vehicles. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The 22nd annual JazzFest takes over Turner Street in It only takes a dollar to get in on Lansing’s Be A Tourist JUNE 25 >> LANSING BEER FEST FREE for general admission/$15-25 for vehicle Old Town August 5 and 6, serving up a healthy portion In Your Own Town. Enjoy unique tours, fun activities The fourth annual Lansing Beer Fest returns to registration before July 22/$20-30 for vehicle of local and national jazz talent. This year’s lineup has and one-day discounts at a variety of destinations. This REO Town June 25. The outdoor festival features registration after July 22. 100 N. Capitol Ave., not yet been announced; keep an eye on the webpage year’s event includes 53 businesses throughout Lansing over 25 Michigan breweries pouring over 100 for the latest information. FREE. Old Town, Lansing. and East Lansing. Pick up a passport for $1 anytime craft beers. The event also includes local food (517) 371-4600, jazzlansing.com. throughout the month of May. Collect stamps on your trucks, vendors and live music from Mark Warner, passport at each location you visit to enter a prize Dusty Strings and the Jonestown Crows. VIP AUG. 12-14 >> GREAT LAKES FOLK FESTIVAL drawing. Call or see the web for participating locations tickets, which include early entry and extra tasting The Michigan State University Museum’s celebration of and passport selling locations. (888) 252-6746, lansing. tickets, are available online or at the REO Town folk music, dance and culture takes over the streets org/events/be-a-tourist. Pub. $35/$30 adv./$40 VIP. REO Town, Lansing. of downtown East Lansing August 12 through 14. The lansingbeerfest.com Great Lakes Folk Festival features a variety of artists JUNE 4-5 >> RIVERBANK TRADITIONAL POW WOW and genres ranging from Western swing and gospel The 14th annual Riverbank Traditional Pow Wow JULY 5-10 >> COMMON GROUND MUSIC FESTIVAL to reggae and salsa. The weekend-long event also comes to Adado Riverfront Park June 4 and 5. This Lansing’s biggest summer music festival returns features hands-on workshops a craft marketplace and event features a variety of activities involving Native July 5 through 10 with a packed slate of local and local food vendors. FREE. Downtown East Lansing. American culture, including crafts, performances and international talent. This year’s lineup includes (517) 432-3357, greatlakesfolkfest.net. food. FREE. Adado Riverfront Park, Lansing. (517) 721- country stars Tim McGraw and Dierks Bentley, Ty Forquer/City Pulse 1502, facebook.com/events/1692777584297555 rapper A$AP Rocky, singer Jason Derulo and AUG. 20 >> ART FEAST rock bands Rise Against, AWOLNATION and Milky Thousands of Greater Lansing residents Food and art collide this August at Old Town’s ART JUNE 10-11 >> CITY PULSE RIVER ROCK CONCERT Chance. See web for full schedule and ticket prices. made their way to Adado Riverfront Feast. The outdoor festival hosts both an art fair and Two-day outdoor rock festival featuring the Verve Pipe, Adado Riverfront Park, Lansing. (517) 267-1502 Park to catch Snoop Dogg at last year's Wally Pleasant and more. June 11 also includes City commongroundfest.com Common Ground Music Festival. See Summer Guide, Page 15 City Pulse • May 25, 2016 City Pulse's 2016 Summer Guide 15
artists, including the Tale of Us, Matthew Dear and Loren. Movement takes place in the heart of Detroit voted as Summer Guide at Hart Plaza. Ticket prices range from $175 to $300 from page 14 for the whole weekend; individual day tickets cost best food truck rally, allowing spectators to fill their bellies $85. Hart Plaza, 1 Nelson Mandela Drive, Detroit. movement.us pat i o while feasting their eyes on over 30 art-filled vendor since the booths lining the streets of Old Town. Local businesses will also get in on the festivities, offering sidewalk sales JUNE 10-11 >> KELOORAH beginning! and other treats. The Saturday event begins with the Live music is the focal point at Keloorah, a post- 2008, 2009, art fair from 10 a.m.-5 p.m; the food truck rally runs 11 Nascar event at the Michigan International Speedway. 2010, 2011, a.m.-3 p.m. FREE. Old Town, Lansing. (517) 485-4283, On June 10, Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers, 2012, 2013, iloveoldtown.org/art-feast. the Neighbourhood and Third Eye Blind are on deck. 2014, 2015 Saturday’s line up features big-name artists Elle King, and 2016! SEPT. 16-17 >> MICHIGAN BLUESFEST Andy Grammer, Fitz and the Tantrums and Grouplove. If the end of summer has you singing the blues, you Ticket prices range from $60 to $375. Michigan can commiserate with the artists at the 23rd annual International Speedway, 12626 US-12, Brooklyn, MI. Michigan BluesFest. The two-day event features a (517) 592-6666 mispeedway.com/keloorah. variety of regional blues artists. Aside from the music, the festival features children’s activities, vendors and JUNE 16-18 >> ISLAND FESTIVAL a variety of food offerings. The 2016 lineup has not Kalamazoo’s Island Festival takes attendees on a been released, keep an eye on the website for the tropical getaway through food, music and good latest info. FREE. Old Town, Lansing. (517) 371-4600, vibes. After a one-year hiatus, the Island Festival oldtownbluesfest.com. once again fills the streets of Kalamazoo with reggae music. This year’s lineup features over fifteen reggae artists and food from eight local restaurants. Daytime Destination festivals: events are FREE; evening concert tickets start at $5. With close to 20 Michigan music festivals, many just a See web for complete schedule and ticket prices. short drive from Lansing, it’s easy to find something Mayor's Riverfront Park, 251 Mills St. Kalamazoo. the that meets your taste and genre preference. These islandfestkzoo.com. destination music festivals are packed with some of the biggest names in country, folk, electronic, jazz and pop JUNE 18 >> FOUNDERS FEST 2016 Peanut521 E. Grand River Barrel AVE. 351-0608 music. Founders, Grand Rapids’ flagship brewery, hosts its ninth annual street festival, Founders Fest 2016.. The MAY 28-30 >> MOVEMENT ELECTRONIC MUSIC event features eight different bands including local FESTIVAL Michigan indie rock group the Go Rounds. Attendees Summer is finally here! Jam out to cutting-edge electronic music at this year's must be 21 or older. 3 p.m. $20-$35. Founders Brewing join us on the patio and enjoy Movement Electronic Music Festival, which kicks off Saturday. The dance-centric event features over 124 See Summer Guide, Page 16 a great burger and a cold beer.
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JULY 23-24 >> MO POP JUNE 15-18 >> ‘THE GROUNDLING’ 24 bands take the stage at Detroit’s West Riverfront When New York Landscaper Bob Malone stumbles Parks for this year’s Mo Pop festival. Popular artists onto an outdoor production of “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” like G-Eazy, the Head and the Heart, and BORNS are he immediately gets sucked into Shakespeare’s prose. slated to perform. Tickets for the weekend range The show has such an impact on him that Malone sets from $109.50 to $249. West Riverfront Park, 1801 W. out to write a new Shakespeare play, which he stages Jefferson Detroit. mopopfestival.com in his garage. Ages 12 and up are invited to enjoy the show. 8 p.m. AUG. 19-21 >> HOXEYVILLE Sounds of bluegrass and indie folk music resonate JUNE 22-25 >> ‘FALLEN ANGELS’ over 85 acres of farmland, surrounded by the The MSU Summer Circle Theatre presents “Fallen Manistee National Forest, at the Hoxeyville Music Angels,” one of Noël Coward’s best known plays. Festival. This year’s lineup features over 33 artists. The Ann Folino White directs this comedic tale about two outdoor festival is surrounded by a scenic river and friends, Jane and Julia. Both women have long been includes several biking trails, campgrounds and paths married and have all but forgotten about their mutual to explore between musical acts. Presale general former lover, Maurice. But when the Frenchman admission tickets are $130. hoxeyville.com comes back into their lives and requests to see both of them, trouble ensues. Ages 8 and up are invited to SEPT. 2-5 >> DETROIT JAZZ FEST enjoy the show. 8 p.m. Enjoy classic jazz music on the streets of downtown Detroit at the 34th annual Detroit Jazz Fest. This JUNE 10-11, 17-18 >> ‘MOUNT OLYMPUS JUNIOR year’s line-up features some of the biggest names HIGH’ in jazz, including Ron Carter, John Scofield, Brad What were Apollo and Poseidon like as teenagers? Mehldau and Roy Hargrove. FREE. Hart Plaza, 1 “Mount Olympus Junior High” takes a humorous look Nelson Mandela Drive, Detroit. (855) 529-9338, at the adolescent lives of Greek gods and goddesses. detroitjazzfest.com. See Summer Guide, Page 18 Fireside Grill 6951 Lansing Rd Dimondale, MI 48821 (Between Canal & Crowner Rds) Patio Seating Only Special OFF Your 20% Total Bill Bring in this entire ad for your discount. Expires June 15, 2016 Steaks • Seafood • Burgers • Pasta • Salads Patio seating only. Cannot be combined 517-882-7297 with other coupons, offers or discounts. FiresideGrillLansing.com Not valid for gift certificate purchases. City Pulse • May 25, 2016 City Pulse's 2016 Summer Guide 17
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Wednesday, May 25 Classes and Seminars Legal Basics for Small Business. Basic course on legal entities. Call or register online. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Charlotte City Hall, 111 E. Lawrence Ave., Charlotte. (517) 483-1921, sbdcmichigan.org. Senior Discovery @ ANC. Speaker to be announced. 10 a.m.-noon. FREE. Allen Market Place, 1619 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Lansing. (517) 367- Courtesy Photo 2468, allenneighborhoodcenter.org. Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 Karen Sheridan (left) and John Seibert p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. rehearse a scene from "Chapatti," which Washington St., Lansing. (517) 351-5866, lamc.info. opens Thursday at Williamston Theatre. Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed step meeting. May 26-June 26 6 p.m. Donations. Pennsylvania Ave. Church of God, 3500 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 899-3215. “Chapatti,” by Irish playwright imagination.” dark moments in “Chapatti” Christian O’Reilly, is a story of love, Ultimately, “Chapatti” is not a their life.” Williamston Theatre Events May 26-June 26 Cruisin' for Kids Car Show. Fundraiser car loss, rekindling lost emotions — flashy production. It features just Dan and Betty’s 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 3 p.m. and 8 show. Kids vote for the best ride. 5:30-8:30 and pets. two actors and relies heavily on relationships with p.m. Saturday (no 3 p.m. FREE to visit. Neff Kindergarten Building, The play is told from the monologues from the pair. their animals p.m. show Sunday, May 950 Jenne St., Grand Ledge. (517) 505-0406, 28); 2 p.m. Sunday perspective of two pet owners, Dan “It’s kind of an empty place,” mirror their own Thursday, May 26: Pay blessingsinabackpackgl.org. (John Seibert) and Betty (Karen Seibert said of the play’s set. “Very personalities, what you can 2016 Volunteers of America Stand Down for Preview week, May Homeless Veterans. Provide services to the Sheridan). Between the two of few props and two chairs.” quirks, and 27-June 2: $15 them, they collectively care for 20 Sheridan thinks the stripped- struggles. (The Opening night, June community's homeless veterans. 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 3: $35 FREE. Adado Riverfront Park, Grand Ave., Lansing. animals, 19 cats on Betty’s side and down presentation offers an play, after all, June 4-June 25: $28 (517) 489-5278. Friday and Saturday one dog, Chapatti, on Dan’s. The intimacy to the performance. is titled after evenings/$25 Pop-Up Stories: The Birds and the Bees. lonely pair meet by chance, and an “It allows the audience to feel Dan’s dog.) matinees/$10 Community members share romance stories. unexpected spark ignites between like they’re a part of it,” Sheridan The similarities students/$2 discount for 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Robin Theatre, 1105 S. seniors and military them. said. “And the audience is being between people Williamston Theatre Washington Ave., Lansing. 122 S. Putnam St., Mid-MI Genealogical Society. Topic: Little- “Sometimes people gravitate asked to take it in in a different and animals are Williamston Known Resources and Search Tips. 7-9 p.m. FREE. toward the animals they need. I’m way. We are doing things (this way), vital to the story. (517) 655- 7469, williamstontheatre.org Plymouth Congregational Church, 2001 E. Grand the cat woman, and he is the dog because we are in a small black “(Animals) River Ave., Lansing. mmgs.wordpress.com. guy,” said Sheridan. “We meet by box theatre. You walk off the street create this space; they are Allen Street Farmers Market. Locally grown, chance. It’s really a lovely story and you’re in the theatre.” important in peoples’ lives,” baked and prepared foods. 3-6:30 p.m. FREE. Allen Street Farmers Market, 1619 E. Kalamazoo about two people in a particular This approach focuses the Seibert said. “That unconditional St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911. point in their life.” attention of the audience on love that a pet can give you is dealt ICACS Whisker Wednesday. Pet adoptions. But don’t expect to see any the play’s main message: the with, and the differences between All animals spayed/neutered, vaccinated and four-legged friends wandering the universal struggle for love and cats and dogs is dealt with. And microchipped. Noon to 6 p.m. Ingham County Williamston Theatre stage. companionship, whether it be with the comparisons are dealt with an Animal Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. (517) 676- “We haven’t hired any animals, animals or humans. interesting fashion too.” 8370. Practice Your English. All skill levels welcome. and they’re not supposed to be “(Chapatti) is really accessible, 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 hired,” Seibert said. “They’re lots of humor, Sheridan said. “And Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 2420, elpl.org. only referred to. There are times you know, some dark aspects as — EVE KUCHARSKI Empowering Employment Possibilities when they are dealt with on well. But certainly, it’s about people See Out on the Town, Page 22 stage, but it’s all in the audience’s making their way through these 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse •May 25, 2016
A survey of Lansing’s Musical LAndscape By RICH TUPICA
Verve Pipe, Wally Pleasant at two-day River Rock Concert Thursday, May 26 @ The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. 18+, $7, 8 p.m. To save $10 on pre-sale tickets, visit: riverrockconcert.com
The first ever City Pulse River Rock Concert features a roster of emerging local bands and solo Lansing Medical Cannabis Guild presents stacked lineup of legendary local acts. The two-day concert, acts. Singer/songwriter Stefanie Haapala, the City Pulse River Rock sponsored by the Lansing Medical Cannabis Guild, happens at indie rockers Elliot Street Lunatic, hip- Concert Adado Riverfront Park. The bands kick off June 10 with a special hop artist James Gardin and pop punk Friday, June 10: performance by the Verve Pipe, which formed in East Lansing outfit City Mouse provide the evening’s 5 p.m. — Gates open 6:30 p.m. — Triple Lindy in 1992. For the first time ever, the band performs its landmark, soundtrack. The evening also includes 8 p.m. — Wally Pleasant platinum-selling “Villains” LP in its entirety. The breakthrough City Pulse’s Top of the Town Party, which performs “Songs About Stuff” 9:20 p.m. — The Verve Pipe alt-rock album, which produced radio hits like “The celebrates the winners of this year’s performs “Villains” Freshman,” “Photograph” and “Cup of Tea,” turned 20 contest. (See p. 9 for more on the Top Saturday, June 11: this year. Adding to the ‘90s nostalgia is an opening per- of the Town Party.) The Grand American 3:30 p.m. — Gates open 4:30 p.m. — James Gardin formance by anti-folk singer/songwriter Wally Pleasant, Fish Rodeo presents a variety of river- 6:30 p.m. — Stefanie who also cut his teeth in the ‘90s East Lansing music themed events earlier that day. Haapala 8 p.m. — City Mouse scene. Following the album-centric theme, Pleasant The River Rock Concert is a 9:30 p.m. — Elliot Street performs his debut record, 1992’s “Songs About Stuff,” fundraiser for Michigan Institute for Lunatic cover-to-cover. Triple Lindy, a local ‘80s cover band, also Contemporary Art, which runs the performs. Gates open at 5 p.m. MICA Gallery in Old Town and hosts Old Town JazzFest and Then, on June 11, the River Rock Concert hosts a Michigan BluesFest.
Fishbone at Mac's Bar Thursday, June 2 @ Mac’s Bar, 2600 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, $23/$20 adv., 7 p.m. Known for its dynamic, fast-paced blend of punk, funk, ska and hard rock, Fishbone gained a cult follow- ing in the late 1980s thanks to a string of acclaimed records. The Los Angeles-based outfit, led by vocalist/ saxophonist Angelo Moore, formed in 1979 and gigged across the city with contemporaries like Theloni- ous Monster and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. By 1983, Fishbone signed with Columbia Records and re- corded a single and an EP. In 1986, the group dropped its debut full-length, “In Your Face,” and opened a national tour for the Beastie Boys. Since then, the band has continued to release records on various labels, thu.june most recently 2014’s “Intrinsically Intertwined” EP. The band headlines June 2 at Mac’s Bar; openers are 2nd Fishbone Downtown Brown, Frank and Earnest and Matt Wixson's Flying Circus.
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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Service Industry Night, 3 p.m. Hailey Wojcik, 8 p.m. The Underground Chaos Tour, 8 p.m. N.P. Presley, 8 p.m. Black Cat Bistro, 115 Albert Ave. DJ Don Black, 9:30 p.m. Sarah Brunner, 8 p.m. Blue Gill Grill, 1591 Lake Lansing Road Jacob Ford, 7 p.m. Mike Vial, 7 p.m. Champions, 2440 N. Cedar St. Karaoke, 8 p.m. Coach’s Pub & Grill, 6201 Bishop Rd. DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. Live Music on the deck, 6 p.m. DJ, 9 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Dale Wicks, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Darb's, 117 S. Cedar St. Karaoke, 8 p.m. Scott Seth, 9 p.m. Esquire, 1250 Turner St. Karaoke with DJ Jamie, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Live Blues w/ The Good Cookies, 7 p.m. Mike Skory & Friends, 8:30 p.m. Avon Bomb, 9:30 p.m. Avon Bomb, 9:30 p.m. Gallery Brewery, 143 Kent St., Artzy Phartzy Night, 5 p.m. Open Mic, 7 p.m. Mark Sala, 7 p.m. Rob Klajda & Co., 7 p.m. Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. "Johnny D" Blues Night, 9 p.m. Karaoke Kraze, 9 p.m. Glamhammer, 9:30 p.m. Miranda & the M-80s, 9:30 p.m. Harper's, 131 Albert Ave. Peter Melichar, 6 p.m. Alistar, 6 p.m. Mark Sala, 6 p.m. Harrison Roadhouse, 720 Michigan Ave. Chris Laskos, 5:30 p.m. Leroys, 1526 S. Cedar St. Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Heed The Assailant, 6:30 p.m. No Stars, 7 p.m. Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. The Spring Boom, 7 p.m. Mutual Benefit, 7 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic w/ Jen Sygit, 9 p.m. Adventures of Fat Boy, Jive Turkey, 9 p.m. Off the Edge, 9 p.m. Electrocat, 9 p.m. Reno's East, 1310 Abbot Road Kathy Ford Band Lansing Live, 7 p.m. Steve Cowles, 7 p.m. Jerry Sprague Band, 7 p.m. Chris Laskos, 7 p.m. Reno's North, 16460 Old US 27 Jacob Ford, 7 p.m. Ronny Hernandez, 7 p.m. Bobby Standall, 7 p.m. The Tenants, 7 p.m. Reno's West, 5001 W. Saginaw Hwy. Darrin Larner, 6 p.m. Jacob Ford, 6 p.m. Ronny Hernandez Duo, 6 p.m. Kathy Ford Band, 6 p.m. Tavern & Tap, 101 S. Washington Square Tavern House Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. Tequila Cowboy, 5660 W. Saginaw Hwy. Scott DuBose, 8:30 p.m. Scott DuBose, 8:30 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog Open Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m. Good Cookies, 9 p.m. Good Cookies, 9 p.m. Watershed Tavern and Grill 5965 Marsh Rd. Trevor Compton, 7 p.m. Mark Sala, 7 p.m. Capitol City DJs, 10 p.m. Capitol City DJs, 10 p.m. Waterfront Bar and Grill, 325 City Market Dr. Open Mic, 6 p.m. Alex Mendenhall, 6 p.m. Joe Wright, 6 p.m. City Pulse •May 25, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21
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This fully renovated 883 sq. ft., two bedroom, one bath is perfect for a starter home on a quiet street.
1517 Redwood Street Lansing - $49,900 ($495 per month*)
Agent: Adriane Lau 517-881-5182 RE/MAX Real Estate Professionals
This fully renovated 680 sq. ft., two bedroom, one bath home offers many updates throughout. Land contract financing is available.
818 Holten Street Lansing - $55,000 ($595 per month*)
Agent: Maggie Gerich 517-303-0527 RE/MAX Real Estate Professionals
This fully renovated 748 sq. ft., two bedroom, one bath house is a great way to start your journey in homeownership. Land contract financing is available.
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3355 Dunckel Road, Lansing. (517) 492-1866. Out on the town Clean Power Plan Update. Explanation of federal requirements for power plants. 5-7 p.m. FREE. Michigan Energy Options, 405 Grove St., East from page 19 Lansing. (517) 290-8602, glrea.org. Group. Workshop for resumes, cover letters, Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh-in 5:15 p.m., interviews and interpersonal skills. 6-8 p.m. meeting 6 p.m. First meeting FREE. New Hope Women's Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 Church, 1340 Haslett Road, Haslett. (517) 927-4307. E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163, womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. Music First Presbyterian Church Spring Salad Open Mic @ The Colonial Bar & Grill. Weekly 1414 S. PENNSYLVANIA AVE. LANSING MI. 48910 Luncheon. Donations benefit church's mission bring-your-own-instrument open mic. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. programs. 11 a.m.-1:20 p.m. $8 suggested donation. FREE. The Colonial Bar & Grille, 3425 S. Martin First Presbyterian Church (Lansing), 510 W. Ottawa Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. (517) 882-6132. WAX - SHATTER - HASH - EDIBLES - CBD EXTRACTS St., Lansing. 517-482-0668, lansingfirstpres.org. Thursday Night Live! Courthouse Concert WE GET CLONES TO ORDER - WE HELP SET UP GROW ROOMS Series. Mason Middle and High School Jazz Bands Music perform on courthouse lawn. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Ingham $7.00 GRAMS & UP OF FLOWER Sit in with the Band. With the Kathy Ford Band. County Courthouse, 341 S. Jefferson St., Mason. 8-11:30 p.m. Reno's East, 1310 Abbott Road, East (517) 676-1046, masonchamber.org. Lansing. (517) 881-8125, kathyfordband.com. CERTIFICATIONS COMING SOON Hailey Wojcik. With Stef Chura, Scary Women and Events Sumarah. 8 p.m. The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ladies Silver Blades Figure Skating Club. Ave., Lansing. avenuecafelansing.com. Lessons and practice. All skill levels welcome. 9:30- 11:20 a.m. $5/$2 skate rental. Suburban Ice, 2810 Hannah Blvd., East Lansing. Thursday, May 26 Mason Codependents Anonymous. A fellowship Classes and Seminars to develop healthy relationships. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Lunch at the Senior Center. Call day before Mason First Church of the Nazarene, 415 E. Maple to order meal. Noon-1 p.m. $5.75/$3 suggested St., Mason. (517) 515-5559, coda.org. donation for ages 60 and up. Meridian Senior Red Shoe Brew. Michigan craft beer tasting and a Center, 4406 Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 706- homebrew contest. 5-9 p.m. $30. Ronald McDonald 517.253.8217 5045, meridianseniorcenter.weebly.com. House, 121 S. Holmes St., Lansing. rmhmm.org/ MON: CLOSED; TUES-SAT: 10 A.M.-7 P.M. Capital Area Crisis Rugby Practice. All levels events/red-shoe-brew. welcome. 6-8 p.m. FREE. St. Joseph Park, 2125 W. Reiki Share for Reiki Practitioners. Open to all SUN: 11 A.M.- 5 P.M. Hillsdale St., Lansing. crisisrfc.com. practitioners who have completed Level II or higher. Celebrate Recovery. For all hurts and hang-ups. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Willow Stick 6 p.m. Donations welcome. Trinity Church (Lansing), QUALITY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE MMMP See Out on the Town, Page 23 LET’S GET LOUD GROUPLOVE n THIRD EYE BLIND n FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS ANDY GRAMMER n THE NEIGHBOURHOOD n ELLE KING JOE HERTLER AND THE RAINBOW SEEKERS
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Out on the town Theater Chapatti. Two lonely animal lovers form a bond. from page 22 8 p.m. Pay what you can. Williamston Theatre, Ceremonies, 1515 W. Mt. Hope Ave., Suite 3, Lansing. 122 S. Putnam St., Williamston. (517) 655-7469, (517) 402-6727, willowstickceremonies.com. williamstontheatre.com. SCCMUA Open House. For the Southern Clinton Co. Municipal Utilities Authority. 5-8 p.m. FREE. SCCMUA, 3671 W. Herbison Road, DeWitt. (517) 669- Friday, May 27 8311, sccmua.com. Theater Spanish Conversation. All skill levels welcome. From Earth to the Universe. Planetarium show 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 about the history of astronomy. 8-9 p.m. $4/$3 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. kids. Abrams Planetarium, 755 Science Road, East Lansing. (517) 355-4672, abramsplanetarium.org. Arts Chapatti. Two lonely animal lovers form a bond. Post Oak Elementary Student Artists 8 p.m. $15. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam St., Reception. Drawings of robots, monoprints, Williamston. (517) 655-7469, williamstontheatre.com. sculptures and more made by students. 2:30-3:45 p.m. FREE. Post Oak Elementary, 2320 Post Oak See Out on the Town, Page 24
THURSDAY, MAY 26 >> RED SHOE BREW
Stop by the Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan Thursday and have a beer or two. The first ever Red Shoe Brew features beers from Michigan breweries like EagleMonk Pub and Brewery, Lansing Brewing Co., and Dark Horse Brewing Co. Proceeds from the evening support the Ronald McDonald House, which provides a home-away-from-home for families of children who are hospitalized or receiving treatment in the Lansing area. This event is open to people 21 and up. Admission includes six tasting tickets and one food ticket, additional tickets may be purchased for $2 each at the event. 5-9 p.m. $30. Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan, 121 S. Holmes St., Lansing. (517) 485-9303, rmhmm.org. 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse •May 25, 2016
leaninlansing.com. One Day Meditation Retreat with Master Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny May 25-31 Out on the town Gilbert. Class to increase meditation effectiveness. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $30 donation requested. from page 23 14796 Beardslee Road, Perry. (517) 292-3110, ARIES (March 21-April 19): To convey the best strat- there will be other times when you will have good rea- egy for you to employ in the coming weeks, I have drawn sons for not embarking on an available adventure. But lansingbuddhist.org. inspiration from a set of instructions composed by Tai Chi at Allen Market Place. Instruction in now is not one of those moments. aphorist Alex Stein: Scribble, scribble, erase. Scribble, Music Qigong, meditation and Yang style tai chi forms. No SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Russian poet Vera erase, scribble. Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble. The Scratch Pilots Present: Get Busy. With DJs class April 30. 9-10 a.m. FREE. Allen Market Place, Pavlova tells about how once when she was using Erase, erase, erase. Scribble, erase. Keep what's left. In DJ's E-NYCE, MR.NEDDLES, Don Black, McCoy & 1619 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 272-9379. a pen and paper to jot down some fresh ideas, she other words, Aries, you have a mandate to be innocently Muzik. Ages 21 and up. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $3. The RIV, 231 got a paper cut on her palm. Annoying, right? On the empirical, robustly experimental, and cheerfully impro- M.A.C. Ave., East Lansing. Events contrary. She loved the fact that the new mark substan- visational — with the understanding that you must also tially extended her life line. The palmistry-lover in her City of Lansing Memorial Day Ceremony. balance your fun with ruthless editing. celebrated. I'm seeing a comparable twist in your near Featuring guest speaker James Butler. Noon. FREE. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "One must think like future, Scorpio. A minor inconvenience or mild setback Saturday, May 28 Evergreen Cemetery (Little Arlington Section), 2600 a hero to behave like a merely decent human being," will be a sign that a symbolic revitalization or enhance- Classes and Seminars E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4276. wrote Taurus memoirist May Sarton. That's a daunt- ment is nigh. Lean In Lansing. Professional development group Free Public Tours. 1 and 3 p.m. FREE. Eli and ingly high standard to live up to, but for the foreseeable SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Norway is moun- for women. 9-11 a.m. FREE. Register for location. Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Circle Drive, MSU future it's important that you try. In the coming weeks, tainous, but its neighbor Finland is quite flat. A group Campus, East Lansing. you will need to maintain a heroic level of potency of Norwegians has launched a campaign to partially Native Michigan Wildflower Sale. Locally grown and excellence if you hope to keep your dreams on remedy the imbalance. They propose that to mark perennial wildflowers. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. $3.00-$3.75. track and your integrity intact. Luckily, you will have an the hundredth anniversary of Finland's independence, extraordinary potential to do just that. But you'll have to See Out on the Town, Page 25 work hard to fulfill the potential — as hard as a hero on their country will offer a unique birthday gift: the top a quest to find the real Holy Grail in the midst of all the of Halti mountain. Right now the 4,479-foot peak is fake Holy Grails. in Norway. But under the proposed plan, the border GEMINI (May 21-June 20): "Whatever you're meant between countries will be shifted so that the peak will to do, do it now," said novelist Doris Lessing. "The condi- be transferred to Finland. I would love you to contem- tions are always impossible." I hope you take her advice plate generous gestures like this in the coming weeks, to heart, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, there is no Sagittarius. It's a highly favorable time for you to bestow good excuse for you to postpone your gratification or extra imaginative blessings. (P.S. The consequences will to procrastinate about moving to the next stage of a big be invigorating to your own dreams.) dream. It's senseless to tell yourself that you will finally CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I believe that every 40 get serious as soon as all the circumstances are per- one of us should set aside a few days every year when fect. Perfection does not and will never exist. The future we celebrate our gaffes, our flaws, and our bloopers. is now. You're as ready as you will ever be. During this crooked holiday, we are not embarrassed CANCER (June 21-July 22): French painter Henri about the false moves we have made. We don't decry Matisse didn't mind being unmoored, befuddled, or our bad judgment or criticize our delusional behavior. in-between. In fact, he regarded these states as being Instead, we forgive ourselves of our sins. We work to potentially valuable to his creative process. Here's his understand and feel compassion for the ignorance that testimony: "In art, truth and reality begin when one led us astray. Maybe we even find redemptive value in no longer understands what one is doing or what one our apparent lapses; we come to see that they saved knows." I'm recommending that you try out his attitude, us from some painful experience or helped us avoid Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, the time has getting a supposed treasure that would have turned out come for you to drum up the inspirations and revela- to be a booby prize. Now would be a perfect time for tions that become available when you don't know where you to observe this crooked holiday. the hell you are and what the hell you're doing. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sometimes the love (July 23-Aug. 22): Proposed experiment: SUNDAY, MAY 29 >> 2016 HERITAGE JAZZ TOUR LEO you experience for those you care about makes you Imagine that all the lovers and would-be lovers you have feel vulnerable. You may worry about being out of con- ever adored are in your presence. Review in detail your trol or swooping so deeply into your tenderness that The 2016 Heritage Jazz Tour, which comes to the Lake Lansing Park Band Shell memories of the times you felt thrillingly close to them. you lose yourself. Giving yourself permission to cherish Fill yourself up with feelings of praise and gratitude Sunday, offers an evening of smooth jazz in the open air. Presented by Heritage and nurture can make you feel exposed, even unsafe. for their mysteries. Sing the love songs you love best. But none of that applies in the coming weeks. According Look into a mirror and rehearse your "I only have eyes Productions, the concert features singer/saxophonist Paula Atherton, singer/ to my interpretation of the astrological omens, love will for you" gaze until it is both luminous and smoldering. guitarist Bryan Lubeck, trumpeter Ginetta M. and Detroit-based producer/ be a source of potency and magnificence for you. It Cultivate facial expressions that are full of tender, will make you smarter, braver, and cooler. Your words drummer Brandon Williams. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, lawn focused affection. Got all that, Leo? My purpose in urg- of power will be this declaration by Syrian poet Nizar ing you to engage in these practices is that it's the High chairs and/or coolers. No alcohol or dogs allowed in the park. 5 p.m. FREE. Qabbani: "When I love / I feel that I am the king of time / Sexy Time of year for you. You have a license to be as I possess the earth and everything on it / and ride into Lake Lansing Park Band Shell, 1621 Pike St., Haslett. erotically attractive and wisely intimate as you dare. the sun upon my horse." (Translated by Lena Jayyusi VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): "Consider how hard it and Christopher Middleton.) is to change yourself and you'll understand what little FRIDAY, MAY 27 >> YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL AT ALL-OF-US EXPRESS chance you have in trying to change others," wrote PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In November 1916, CHILDREN’S THEATRE editor Jacob M. Braude. Normally I would endorse his at the height of World War I, the Swedish schooner poignant counsel, but for the foreseeable future I am Jönköping set sail for Finland, carrying 4,400 bottles predicting that the first half of it won't fully apply to you. of champagne intended for officers of the occupying Greater Lansing’s youth theater talents are on full display Friday as All-of- Why? Because you are entering a phase that I regard Russian army. But the delivery was interrupted. A hos- us Express Children’s Theatre presents its second annual Young Playwrights as unusually favorable for the project of transforming tile German submarine sunk the boat, and the precious Festival. The festival features three plays written by young playwrights. “A Life yourself. It may not be easy to do so, but it'll be easier cargo drifted to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The story than it has been in a long time. And I bet you will find the didn't end there, however. More than eight decades of Type,” by Audrey Tieman, follows a writer under the pressure of a tight challenge to reimagine, reinvent, and reshape yourself later, a Swedish salvage team retrieved a portion of deadline. “The Steinmetz Pink,” by Ava Brewer, is a mystery set in the 1920s at least as much fun as it is hard work. the lost treasure, which had been well-preserved in the frosty abyss. Taste tests revealed that the bubbly alcho- about the search for a missing diamond. “The Elevator at the End of the World,” LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason," says author lic beverage was "remarkably light-bodied, extraor- by Ellison Winterstein, tells the story of a man in purgatory who is confronted Rebecca Solnit in her book The Far Away Nearby. That's dinarily elegant and fantastically fresh, with discreet, with temptations and moral dilemmas. The plays are performed by 29 local a thought she had as she contemplated the possibility slow-building toasty aromas of great finesse." (Source: of riding a raft down the Colorado River and through tinyurl.com/toastyaromas.) I foresee the potential of a youths between the ages of 11 and 18. 7 p.m. $7 adults, $5 youth. Tickets can the Grand Canyon. Here's how I suspect this meditation similar resurrection in your future, Pisces. How deep be purchased at the ELHCC front desk. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot applies to you, Libra: There have been other times and are you willing to dive? Rd, East Lansing. (517) 319-6957, allofusexpress.org. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. City Pulse •May 25, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25
Street Pump House, 368 Orchard St., Lansing. (517) Out on the town 371-5119 THURSDAY, JUNE 2 >> SIMON JOYNER AT WILSON CENTER AUDITORIUM Events from page 24 Nebraska-based singer/songwriter Simon Joyner comes to Wilson Center Comics Crash Course For Kids. Kids of all ages Auditorium in St. Johns for a night of indie-folk music. A trailblazer in the Meridian Township Farmers Market, 5151 Marsh learn from a pro. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Everybody Reads Road, Okemos. wildoneslansing.org. Books and Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) Omaha indie-rock scene, Joyner has been described by indie-folk icon Conor 346-9900. Oberst, aka Bright Eyes, as an "American songwriting treasure." In the early Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. A Theater fellowship to develop healthy relationships. 2-3 p.m. ‘90s, Beck included Joyner in a list of top 10 albums for Rolling Stone magazine. Secrets. Collection of one-act plays with Ixion FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Theatre Ensemble 8 p.m. $15. The Robin Theatre, Joyner is promoting his new book of lyrics, "Only Love Can Bring You Peace: Lansing. (517) 515-5559, coda.org. 1105 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. ixiontheatre.com. Selected Lyrics 1990-2014," and his latest album, "Grass, Branch & Bone." Local Lansing Area Sunday Swing Dance. Lessons Chapatti. Two lonely animal lovers form a bond. 6-6:45 p.m., dance 6:45. $8 dance/$10 dance & musicians Elliott Eremita and Aidan Pope (of the American Automobile) open 8 p.m. $15. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam St., lesson. The Lansing Eagles, 4700 N. Grand River Williamston. (517) 655-7469, williamstontheatre.org. the show. 7 p.m. $7. The Wilson Center Auditorium, 101 W. Cass St., St. Johns. Ave., Lansing. (517) 490-7838. The Little Star That Could. Planetarium show (989) 227-2425, wilsoncenterauditorium.org. Sunday, May 29 for families. 2:30 p.m $4/$3.50 seniors and students/$3 kids. Abrams Planetarium, 755 Science Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Classes and Seminars Road, East Lansing. (517) 355-4672. Charlotte Yoga Club. Beginner to intermediate levels. 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. $5 annually. AL!VE, 800 Theater W. Lawrence Road, Charlotte. (517) 285-0138, Secrets. Collection of one-act plays with Ixion "Plays With charlotteyoga.net. Theatre Ensemble 8 p.m. $15. The Robin Theatre, Words"—you Juggling. Learn to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. Orchard See Out on the Town, Page 26 can't avoid the drama. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 >> BANJOS LIVE! AT ELDERLY INSTRUMENTS Matt Jones Across Four of the nation’s finest banjo players come together Wednesday to play 1 Alter, as text a show at Lansing’s revered vintage instrument shop. Elderly Instruments 6 Does in, slangily hosts Bob Carlin, Joe Newberry, Greg Cahill and Ken Perlman for a diverse 10 Org. that enforc- es liquid regulations program of five-stringed feats. The quartet are in town for the 12th annual 13 Carpenter's joint Midwest Banjo Camp, which kicks off Thursday at Olivet College. Considered 14 Pouty expres- sions elite pioneers of playing the banjo, the four men have impressive resumes. 16 "Bali ___" For those who can’t make it out Wednesday, the concert is streamed live 17 Ibsen play with at concertwindow.com. 7:30-8:40 p.m. $15. Elderly Instruments, 1100 N. unintelligible dia- logue? Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-7880, elderly.com. 19 Shade thrower? 20 "And that's the way ___" WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 >> ‘INSIDE PEACE’ FILM SCREENING 21 Chekhov play about the empty spaces in wine bar- In reality shows like “Lockup” and “Jail,” prison inmates are stereotyped as rels? hopeless, violent and dangerous. “Inside Peace,” showing at East Lansing’s 23 Cleveland cager, Nothing" braska campus site 35 "___ Buddies" (Tom 55 With 61-Across, 7 "Watch out for flying Hanks sitcom) Hannah Community Center Wednesday, offers a new perspective. The film for short 24 Classic 1950 film Williams play about golf balls!" 37 Like bartered follows three inmates in San Antonio’s Dominguez State Jail in their difficult noir living quarters on a 8 Afrocentric clothing things journey to break out of the prison system. Growing up in deprived, run-down 25 First-year class, tram? line since 1992 38 Inquisition targets slangily 59 "___ American 9 Behave like a bear 39 Tailor's goal neighborhoods, Trinidad, David and Jake entered the prison system at a young 26 "Family Feud" host Life" 10 "What's good for 40 AOL competitor, age. But their lives changed course when they entered a peace class offered Harvey 60 Canadian singer/ ___ ..." once songwriter ___ Naked 11 Marketing rep's 44 Where Moscow in the jail. 7 p.m. $5/17 and under FREE. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot 28 Geek blogger Wheaton 61 See 55-Across product package Mules may be served Road, East Lansing. (517) 332-5523, ow.ly/9BoZ300ugBP. 31 Golfer Isao ___ 63 Honolulu hangable 12 Aspires to great- 47 "Mutiny on the 32 Group with pitch- 64 The Care Bear ___ ness Bounty" island forks and torches 65 13th-century Mon- 15 Starter starter? 48 Nike competitor SUDOKU ADVANCED 36 Captain Hansen of gol invader 18 "Little" car in a 49 Difficult questions "Deadliest Catch" 66 "C'___ la vie!" 1964 hit 51 Microscope piece 37 O'Neill play about a 67 Tissue issue 22 First name of a 52 Air Force student TO PLAY brand-new theater? 68 Drummer Peter Fighting Irish legend 53 Boston Bruins Hall 41 "Oedipus ___" of Kiss 24 Jean jacket mate- of Famer Bobby Fill in the grid so that every 42 "California Drea- rial 56 Grub min'" singer Down 27 "Wet/dry" buy 57 IRS agent, for row, column, and outlined 43 Speedy breed of 1 Business school 28 Jane who divorced short 3-by-3 box contains the steed, for short subject Reagan 58 0, in Spain 45 Prevailed 2 Convene in 29 '98 Apple 59 Emperor that numbers 1 through 9 exactly 46 Like some IPAs 3 Fancy salad green 30 Last word of a hasn't been around once. No guessing is required. 50 T-shirt store free- 4 They can mean Ricky Martin hit for 99 years bie, maybe "yes" 33 Chew like a beaver 62 Enumeration The solution is unique. 52 Dot-___ boom 5 Hereditary helix 34 San ___ (Italian shortcut 54 "Much ___ About 6 University of Ne- Riviera city) Answers on page 26 ©2016 Jonesin’ Crosswords • For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Ans wers Page 30 26 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse •May 25, 2016
1105 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. ixiontheatre.com. Music public speaking and leadership skills. 7 p.m. FREE. Out on the town Chapatti. Two lonely animal lovers form a bond. Heritage Jazz Tour. Smooth jazz concert. 8-11 CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., 2 p.m. $15. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam St., p.m. FREE. Lake Lansing Park Amphitheatre, 1621 Lansing. (517) 775-2697, cadl.org. Williamston. (517) 655-7469, williamstontheatre.com. Pike St., Haslett. (850) 376-7740. Hopeful Hearts Grief Group. Learn, grow and from page 25 heal together. 10-11 a.m. FREE. The Marquette Activity Room, 5968 Park Lake Road, East Lansing. Monday, May 30 (517) 381-4866. Classes and Seminars Lansing Area Co-Dependents Anonymous. 5:45-6:45 p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Support Group. For the divorced, separated and Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 515-5559, widowed. 7:30 p.m. St. David's Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272, coda.org. Overeaters Anonymous. Support for weight loss stdavidslansing.org. efforts. 7 p.m. FREE. Okemos Presbyterian Church, 2258 Bennett Road, Okemos. (517) 819-3294. Events Speakeasies Toastmasters. Improve listening, Social Bridge. Play bridge and meet new people. Colonial Life is Hiring in the Lansing area! When you join my Free Consultations! analysis, leadership and presentation skills. Noon-1 team, we o er you unrivaled compensation, award-winning 1-on-1 Benefit Counseling! No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. Delta Township p.m. FREE. Ingham County Human Services Building, Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Lansing. training programs, and exible schedules! Call me to set an College Tuition Benefits! 5303 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (616) 841-5176. appointment or interview today! (517) 484-5600. Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Have a support system, lose weight. Wheelchair accessible. Weigh- Thad Anderson - District General Agent in 6:30, meeting 7 p.m. FREE first visit. St. Therese Tuesday, May 31 Church, 102 W. Randolph St., Lansing. tops.org. Colonial Life, "Making Benefits Count" Teen Advisory Council. Leadership group for 3100 West Road Bldg 3, Suite 300 D: (517) 336-3515 Classes and Seminars grades 9-12. Enroll online. 4-5 p.m. FREE. Building East Lansing, MI 48823 C: (248) 633-3437 Capital City Toastmasters Meeting. Learn Twentyone, 1288 N. Cedar St., Mason. (517) 889- 5103, ow.ly/Yu9ZM. Yawn Patrol Toastmasters. Learn public speaking. 7-8:30 a.m. Studio 1210 Place, 1210 Turner St., Lansing. (989) 859-2086, yawnpatrol.com.
Music Jazz Tuesdays at Moriarty's. Featuring Larry Barris and Jim Alfredson. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 485-5287. The Scratch Pilots Present: Turntable Tuesdays. Featuring DJ'S Ruckus, Elemnt, Skitzo, Butcher & Virus. Ages 18 and up. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. FREE. Green Door Blues Bar & Grill, 2005 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing.
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SUDOKU SOLUTION From Pg. 25 City Pulse •May 25, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 27 Greater Lansing Islamic School NOW ENROLLING Registration is now open at the Greater Lansing Islamic School for the academic year 2016/2017. This Pre-K through grade eight private school offers a comprehensive education in English language arts, science, math, science, in addition to Arabic and other heritage subjects. There is a sliding tuition scale, and GLIS is accredited by AdvancED, NCA, CASI.
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LOSE WEIGHT & MAKE MONEY thursday, JUNE 2 >> HIDDEN KEY FASHION SHOW AT SPARTAN STADIUM With the World’s HEALTHIEST COFFEE! Are you interested in Spartan athletics, fashion and supporting a good cause? Helps control appetite to lose weight The sixth annual Hidden Key Fashion Show, hosted by the Aitch Foundation, Supports happy mood features MSU coaches, former athletes and cancer survivors on the runway Promotes health and focus sporting clothing from local designers and retailers like Lady Aitch Designs, TASTES AMAZING! Kositchek’s, Playmakers, Matilda Jane Clothing. Funds raised by the fashion POWERFUL INCOME OPPORTUNITY! show go toward research at MSU to advance early detection of cancer. 5:30- ONE CUP A DAY IS ALL IT TAKES! 11:30 p.m. $100/$75 adv. Spartan Stadium, fourth floor stadium suites. 535 Maintaining a Healthy Weight Just Got More Fun... Chestnut Road, East Lansing. (517) 410-9916, aitchfoundation.com.
WAY MORE FUN [email protected]. We believe everyone deserves a chance to be healthy and t. It is our commitment to Out on the town Downtown River Market. With nutrition demos help you get there! Are YOU ready? If you’re ready to nally take control of your weight and live music. 3-7 p.m. Lansing City Market, AND your health, NOW is the time to make it happen! 100% All Natural! from page 26 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460, lansingcitymarket.com MUCH MORE Than Just Another COFFEE! Events LCC West Toastmasters at Eaglemonk. Fun impromptu speaking activities. All are welcome. Bible and Beer. Discussion of scripture's power Harvested from the world’s most pristine co ee farms and PACKED with the purest 5-6 p.m. FREE. EagleMonk Pub & Brewery, 4906 in daily events. 6 p.m. Kelly's Downtown, 220 S. ingredients on earth, no co ee ANYWHERE compares to Valentus’ SlimROAST. W. Mount Hope Highway, Lansing. (517) 483-1314, Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 482-0600, Visit: ExperienceValentus.com/GarWayNation lccwest.toastmastersclubs.org.
Wednesday, June 1 Classes and Seminars What Every Small Business Needs to Know About Accounting. Basics of financial management. Call or register online. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Charlotte City Hall, 111 E. Lawrence Ave., Charlotte. (517) 483-1921, sbdcmichigan.org. Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington St., Lansing. (517) 351-5866, lamc.info. Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed step meeting. 6 p.m. Donations. Pennsylvania Ave. Church of God, 3500 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 899-3215.
Music Banjos Live. Featuring Bob Carlin, Joe Newberry, FREE GRAM WITH PURCHASE FOR EVERY NEW PATIENT Greg Cahill and Ken Perlman. 7:30-8:40 p.m. $15. Elderly Instruments, 1100 N. Washington Ave., ALL MEDS TESTED AT QUALITY CANNABIS TESTING FACILITY Lansing. (517) 372-7880, elderly.com/calendar/bjo- concert. 6020 S. Cedar, Lansing MI 48911 517-253-0936 Events Allen Street Farmers Market. Locally grown, baked and prepared foods. 3-6:30 p.m. FREE. Allen Street Farmers Market, 1619 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3911. ICACS Whisker Wednesday. Pet adoptions. All animals spayed/neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. Noon to 6 p.m. Ingham County Animal Control, 600 Curtis St., Mason. (517) 676-8370. Practice Your English. All skill levels welcome. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 2420, elpl.org. Inside Peace: Michigan Premiere. 7-9 p.m. $5. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 332-5523, insidepeacemovie.com. Kidney transplant 101. Community education program for those considering a kidney transplant. MENTION THIS AD FOR 7 p.m. Okemos Conference Center, 2187 University Park Drive, Okemos. (800) 633-7377, beaumont.edu/ transplantation. RELAX: Alternatives to Anger. Course on calming down from anger. Call to register. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Michigan State University Extension- Eaton County Office Building, 551 Courthouse Drive, 5735 S Cedar St. Ste 2, Lansing Charlotte. (517) 543-2310. 517-203-5832 City Pulse •May 25, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 29 TOP 5 DINING GUIDE THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN GREATER LANSING AS DECIDED BY CITY PULSE READERS
Based on your votes in the first round of City Pulse’s 2016 Top of the Town contest, we’ve assembled a guide to your favorite Lan- sing-area eateries. Last year's complete dining guide is always available on our website or on our official mobile app, The Pulse. The app is SUMMER EDITION available on iPhone and Android platforms; head over to facebook.com/lansingapp or text Ty Forquer/City Pulse “pulse” to 77948 for links to download. Lansing Brewing Co., which opened last fall in downtown Lansing, added yet another option for local beer connoisseurs. The brewery Bon appétit! specializes in Angry Mayor IPA, named after Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero. By ALLAN I. ROSS chain Famous Dave’s also arrived in up with a sturdy, 64-ounce glass vessel Top 5 UPSCALE DINING With the recent spike in Lansing- Holt during the boom. filled with a craft beer that might not area barbecue joints and microbrew- “The best part (of barbecue cuisine) available in any other format than “pint eries, being the hero of the summer is that it’s so diverse,” said Matt Gillet, at the bar.” backyard party has never been easier. co-owner of Saddleback. “There are so In 2012, Eaglemonk Pub & Brewery #1 Capital Prime Why suffer through charred burgers many ways to be the best.” and BAD Brewing Co. set up shop in Upscale surf and turf restaurant with con- scraped off a grill and washed down Gillett and his business partner, west Lansing and Mason, respectively. temporary ambiance with skunky light beer when you can Travis Stoliker, studied under com- Both took a workmanlike approach to 2324 Showtime Drive, Lansing. treat your family and friends to falling- petitive pit master Lonnie Smith. They production with their spartan décor (517) 377-7463 off-the-bones smoked ribs doused in competed under his tutelage two years and quickly developed passionate fol- capitalprimelansing.com killer house-made sauce, paired with ago in Georgia’s annual Big Pig Jig, aka lowings. Then last year, three more 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; a charming craft brew made from 11:30 a.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday; 2-9 the “Super Bowl of Smoking,” the year joined the fray: Ellison Brewery + p.m. Sunday locally-sourced ingredients? It’s a good Smith won the grand championship. Spirits, which opened in an out-of- time to be a beer or barbecue buff Saddleback’s smoker was designed the-way former warehouse in Meridian The Creole here in the capital city. by Smith, taking Lansing-area diners Township last summer; Lansing #2 The vanguard of the recent barbecue within one degree of separation from Brewing Co., which revived a century- New Orleans-inspired bar and restaurant serving cajun food and more. invasion is Old Town’s Meat Southern world-class brisket and ribs. old name in downtown Lansing; and 1218 Turner St., Lansing BBQ & Carnivore Cuisine, which fired Capital City BBQ keeps the diversity Old Nation Brewing Co., which set (517) 371-1361 up its wood-burning rotisserie stove, going by incorporating its smoked up shop in a former police station in thecreolelansing.com nicknamed “the Beast,” four years ago. pork into traditional Vietnamese offer- Williamston. 2-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 2-11 p.m. “I had no intention of starting any ings, such as the banh mi, an authentic Travis Fritts, one of the owners of Old Friday-Saturday; 2-9 p.m. Sunday kind of trend when I opened,” said Vietnamese pork belly sandwich. And Nation Brewing Co., studied beer mak- Sean Johnson, owner/operator of then earlier this year, the newest addi- ing in Germany during the microbrew #3 Dusty's Cellar Meat. “I was just taking a hobby that I tion to the scene was Craig “Gump” bubble that popped in the late ‘90s. Known for its gourmet options and exten- had a passion for and trying to make Garmyn, who opened Gump BBQ on “When I came back to Michigan in sive wine list it work as a business. I consider myself the eastern fringe of REO Town. 2002, the second wave of craft beer 1839 Grand River Ave., Okemos. very lucky that it’s working.” “I’d never been in the restaurant was just happening,” Fritts said. “No (517) 349-8680 When Johnson opened, Metro business, but I’ve been barbecuing one was certain if (microbreweries) dustyscellar.com Lansing residents had the local for 26 years, so I thought, ‘Why not?’” would bounce back. But we’ve all been 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 11 a.m.-9 BackYard BarBQ restaurants and Garmyn said. “You can’t have too much working in this industry for a long p.m. Sunday chain barbecue joint Smokey Bones barbecue in town, especially if it’s time, and by the time this (building) in Eastwood Towne Center to choose good.” became available, it didn’t take long English inn between, with soul food staples Ida’s That no-such-thing-as-too-much- for us to settle into a groove and get #4 and Vernadine’s having recently of-a-good-thing sentiment is shared our production going.” Fine dining restaurant known for its gor- geous location on the Grand River passed into the void. by the visionaries behind a wave Meanwhile, in Old Town, Ozone 677 S. Michigan Road, Eaton Rapids “There was already a barbecue (cul- of new Lansing-area microbrewer- Brewhouse is putting the finishing (517) 663-2500 ture) in town, and I wanted to build on ies. Downtown Lansing’s Midtown touches on its production facility and englishinn.com that,” Johnson said. “But no one was Brewing Co., which started as a sat- tasting room, giving cerevisaphiles 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. & 5-9 p.m. Monday- doing what we were doing at the level ellite location for the now defunct a hops-lined inroad into the quaint Thursday; 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. & 5-10 we envisioned. I think that’s what the Michigan Brewing Co. in Webberville, boutique district. A grand opening p.m. Friday; 5-10 p.m. Saturday; 1-7 p.m. difference was.” was the first out of the gate in 2009. announcement is coming soon. Sunday Last year, Johnson expanded Meat It has since transitioned into a stand- So if you’re entertaining guests this into a neighboring storefront and add- alone brewery/purveyor of craft beer. summer, it’s almost better if you don’t #5 soup spoon cafe ed a full bar and a second smoker, just Over the past seven years, it’s intro- have time to fire up the grill. Grab a City Pulse readers love Soup Spoon’s in time to keep up with newcomers breakfast options, soups and sandwiches duced many craft beer novices to a few slab of ribs from one of these Metro 1419 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing Saddleback BBQ in REO Town, Capital new concepts — including the beer Lansing barbecue joints and fill up (517) 316-2377 City BBQ near the Old Oakland growler. You no longer have to schlep your growler with something special soupspooncafe.com Neighborhood and Crossroads BBQ a flimsy cardboard case of cans to your at any of these microbreweries, and 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 7 a.m.- in downtown Grand Ledge. National backyard barbecue. Now you can roll you’re good to go. midnight Friday; 8 a.m.-midnight Saturday; closed Sunday 30 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 25, 2016
Lansing Brewing Co. These babies your mouth and you immediately reach for Party IPA Cheese Bombs— 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday- aren’t your typi- another. every Thursday; 11 a.m.-1 a.m. cal bar fare moz- Historically, I’m not a cheese lover or a night, 7 days Friday-Saturday; noon-10 zarella sticks. fan of heavily breaded, fried foods. These p.m. Sunday They are dollops defy all expectations and are reminiscent R a week! Lansing Brewing Co. For a food to be craveable, for me, it has 518 E. Shiawassee St., of thick mozza- of carnival food in the best way possible. Lansing to be something I won’t make at home. rella cheese that Remember the dough that funnel cakes are (517) 371-2600, Maybe it’s a cooking technique I haven’t lansingbrewingcompany.com are oh-so-lightly made from? Imagine that surrounding a mastered, a spice blend I can’t put my fin- breaded and flash clump of cheese. Are you craving them yet? Serving American and Mexican food ger on or something so labor-intensive that fried. The bread- I’d rather pay someone else ing is almost an afterthought, akin to tem- —Gabrielle Lawrence Johnson to make it for me. Lansing pura on sushi rolls, and it’s airy enough to let Brewing Co.’s IPA Cheese the cheese shine through. And shine it does, THE Bombs are craveable for all before you dip it in the spicy aioli and plop DISH of those reasons, and also it into your mouth. A moment of ecstasy because they make me lose follows before the cheese bomb — which all self control. could be called a cheese pillow — melts in
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