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Deanna Hurlbert, assistant director of the LBGT Resource Center Brad Shafer, assistant scoutmaster Travis Lunsford, for Boy Scout Troop 109 of Okemos MBLGTACC 2013 Planning Coalition Comcast Ch. 16 Lansing: 11 and 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 10 Comcast Ch. 30 Meridian Township: 11:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10; 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, through Saturday, Feb. 16; and 11:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16. Watch past episodes at vimeo.com/channels/citypulse City Pulse • February 6, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION reached for comment Tuesday afternoon. In her memo, Wood also explains that Since being elected Council president she rearranged Council member seating That was fast a month ago, Wood has publicly offered so that at-large members sit to her right Bernero knocked off dais as arch- to buy the mayor breakfast and make him and ward representatives sit to her left. She enemy City Council President Carol chicken soup while he was sick as a sign of cited historical reasons for this, but also: Wood takes time out of her busy civility. The auspicious start to 2013 after the “We have witnessed both the public and OF THE WEEK schedule to reorganize seating. historically hostile politics between Wood the press pitting one side against the other. “Honeymoon over,” mayor says. and Bernero appears headed back to its old Due to these concerns we will be changing ways, Bernero said. around the seating arrangements on the WHAT IS Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero no lon- He’s also upset over Wood’s handling of dais to strike a better balance.” ger has a seat on the City Council dais. a Council issue involving Councilwoman The new lineup just happens to sepa- He’ll now sit at a table on the floor when Kathie Dunbar, a Bernero ally. “The shades rate the three Council members from he comes to a meeting. of old Carol are coming through,” he said. each other who have the strongest record A Friday memo from Council President “She offers me chicken soup one night of supporting the administration: Kathie Carol Wood to fellow Council members and the next day kicks me off the freakin’ Dunbar, Jessica Yorko Tina Houghton. and the administration does not say why dais? What kind of a welcome is this? That should be fun for them. the mayor’s seat will be occupied by the “It’s been less than a month and the internal auditor. Wood could not be honeymoon is over.” — Andy Balaskovitz WHAT COULD BE?

members, namely Brian Jeffries — who ing them home. faces Dunbar in a re-election bid this The com- Computers year — and Wood, had orchestrated a mittee also “politically motivated” attack against her discussed over a damaged computer. who would be Rendering by Amanda Harrell-Seyburn and politics Jeffries denies anything was calculat- responsible Property: 210 Michigan Ave., East Lansing ed and said he has never mentioned the for investigat- Owner: Devi Gayatri Inc. It appears the 2013 City Council incident or the nature of the closed ses- ing files on Assessed value: $160,100 elections are in high gear, with sion publicly. Council mem- Kathie Dunbar alleging opponent As Dunbar tells it, her city-issued bers’ computers Owner says: Could not be reached for Brian Jeffries is making political- laptop computer was damaged dur- — the commit- comment ly motivated attacks against her ing an argument between her and her tee agreed that Architecture critic Amanda Harrell-Seyburn over personal matters. Jeffries then-husband. She thought at the time should fall on says: When a street vista terminates, like it does denies it. it was “beyond repair. I did not report the Information at Grand River and Michigan avenues in East the computer was damaged because I Technology Lansing, a good design principle is to place a It all started with committee assign- was ashamed to admit, and didn’t want department building in the line of sight — a landmark building ments. to relive, how bad things had gotten at at the request that serves as a gateway to downtown and a When I asked Lansing City Council the end of our marriage.” Months later, of the Council transition to the western neighborhoods. The President Carol Wood on Jan. 29 why Dunbar was asked to bring in the laptop president. building in the sketch above is a bold alternative Councilwoman Kathie Dunbar — who for “software updates.” When she told Those changes to the convenience store, facing the intersection has served seven years on the Council — a Council staffer about what had hap- to the Council’s with iconic architectural details. It is a rare was not appointed to chair any commit- pened, Dunbar said she asked the staffer policies would opportunity when a single building can transform tees or serve on any boards or commis- to keep the incident private. need final a place — this could be one. sions, Wood’s response was: “Despite assurances that my personal approval from a “I think there are some issues there, family matters would remain confiden- majority of the The three 'Now Open' signs and even the name things I can’t go into. There are some tial, that conversation has become the full Council. “24/7” suggest that you could walk into this conve- outstanding issues that are being dis- basis for a politically motivated witch Personnel nience store at any time of the day. The store doesn't cussed in closed session that I can’t go hunt, led by Brian Jeffries,” Dunbar said. Committee quite live up to its name, though: the windows are into at this time,” she said. “I know very little of her divorce,” minutes from dark and its hours are unknown at best. So this is a private issue involving Jeffries said in an interview Tuesday, Jan. 25 and This building at the split of Grand River and Dunbar? I asked. responding to Dunbar’s allegations. He 29 show that Michigan avenues has shut down and re-opened over “Correct.” declined to comment on why the com- Council mem- From top: Kathie the past few years, previously housing a 7-Eleven. Curious. There was more to it than puter usage policy was discussed in bers discussed Dunbar, Brian Regardless of what goes on inside, the view from committee assignments. Why was the closed session, citing confidentiality. possible sanc- Jeffries, Carol Wood the outside is unimpressive for such a prominent Council meeting in closed session about Wood, Councilwoman A’Lynne tions against parcel. Vandals seem to have gotten to the 24/7 a Dunbar? Why doesn’t the public know Robinson and the interim city attorney Council mem- few times, including the tasteful addition of the what the issue is? are also staying mum about the nature of bers for violating rules related to com- inscription 'Buyin' on the storefront. And the tele- A little hint, it turns out, was an agen- the closed session to discuss “computer puter usage. Dunbar is not mentioned by phone box out front is missing its phone, so good da item on the Council’s Jan. 7 and 14 usage” and why it was called in the first name. Minutes show the committee dis- luck calling for directions to another liquor store. Committee of the Whole schedules: an place. On Tuesday, the Council Personnel cussed an “offending Councilmember.” — Dylan Sowle “executive session” to discuss, in part, Committee, chaired by Robinson, met for To Dunbar, the meeting minutes sug- “computer usage policy.” nearly two hours to amend its “policies gest that the committee wants to search “Eyesore of the Week” is our look at some of the seedier Exactly one week after my interview and procedures,” which largely focused her hard drive, or the committee is alleg- properties in Lansing. It rotates each week with Eye Candy of with Wood, Dunbar issued a prepared on amending rules for using computers the Week. If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lan- singcitypulse.com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. statement alleging “several” Council during Council meetings and for bring- See Dunbar, Page 6 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 6, 2013

asked if the computer usage policy was being scouting. One of the requirements is a diver- Dunbar updated because of incidences surrounding sity ticket item, Shafer said. Dunbar, Wood said: “No comment.” Gay scouts “What my offer was at that time was from page 5 Wood said going into closed session Lansing scouting, religious leaders exactly what scouting is looking at now, was at the recommendation of former City support making optional the ban on which is let the chartering organizations ing that she had it cleared for a reason. Attorney Brig Smith. Interim City Attorney gay Boy Scouts make the call,” he said. “They have no grounds to search my hard Don Kulhanek said the closed sessions were Shafer never actually filed the lawsuit, drive,” Dunbar said in an interview. “There’s to “discuss a confidential legal opinion.” He For years, assistant scoutmaster Brad but he prepared the lawsuit on behalf of a no reason.” declined to comment further. Shafer of Okemos has advocated an end scout in Ann Arbor and sent it to the BSA as After Tuesday’s committee meeting, when Dunbar’s statement says that the alleged to the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gay a “threat,” he said. It’s around that time two investigation into her computer is coming in members. He’s hoping for progress today years ago when the Boy Scouts began to look a year when both Dunbar, who is supported when the national organization votes on at their discrimination policy and decided by Mayor Virg Bernero, and Jeffries, who whether to make such a ban an option for last year to uphold it. is not, run for re-election for their at-large local troops. Nationally, the BSA has been Shafer believes the local option is a good Council seats. The top four vote getters in facing mounting pressure from corporate compromise. He said a blanket policy allow- the nonpartisan primary election in August sponsors and gay rights activists to change ing gay people into any troop could cause will face each other for the two seats in the the policy. major upheaval from the more conservative November General Election. Should BSA make the ban optional, sev- churches that charter scouting troops. Bernero defended Dunbar Tuesday, saying eral others in the local scouting and religious Wood is engaging in “McCarthyism tactics.” community will join Shafer in welcom- For God and Scouting “I was just trying to adjust to new Carol ing gay scouts. No one interviewed for this Religion has a key place in the scouting tra- when the old Carol came out and pushed story would outright oppose allowing gay dition. The oaths of all three branches of scout- new Carol back in the closet,” Bernero said, scouts, though some local scoutmasters and ing — Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturing referring to Wood’s statements shortly after the Catholic Diocese of Lansing declined to Crews — contain a promise “to do my duty to being elected Council president that she comment until the national organization God.” Religious groups make up 70 percent of plans to have a less contentious relationship decides. all BSA charter organizations. Charter orga- with the administration. Shafer was haunted by a 2000 U.S. nizations provide meeting space, occasional Wood could not be reached Tuesday after- Supreme Court decision that allowed BSA to funding and input on leadership to troops they noon to respond to Bernero’s comments. continue its discriminatory banning of gay sponsor. However, troop and charter relation- Last week, she said that she sent tentative Boy Scouts and leaders — he felt he had to ships can vary from unit to unit. committee assignments to Council members do something about it. The Rev. Jeanne Randels is the pastor on a Friday and, after not hearing from anyone, “I knew pretty well what I wanted to do at Okemos Community Church, the char- made them official on the following Monday. because of my background as a civil rights ter organization for Troop 109. She said she attorney. I wanted to — as strange as this would be “delighted” if the BSA voted to lift — Andy Balaskovitz sounds — sue the Boy Scouts over their anti- the ban. gay policy,” Shafer said. “It’s about time,” she said. “They’re tak- PUBLIC NOTICES He added that the vast majority of scout ing a step in the right direction,and that’s a Ingham County is seeking proposals from experienced and qualified general contractors leaders in the area he’s talked to support good thing.” for the Willow Health Center Renovation project. The prebid notice is posted on-line at lifting the ban. An Eagle Scout, Shafer is The Rev. Zachary Bartels is the pas- http://pu.ingham.org under the Current Bids link and assigned #2-13. Copies of the bid documents may be purchased from Commercial Blueprint, 3125 Pine Tree Road, Suite an assistant scoutmaster for Troop 109 in tor at Judson Memorial Baptist Church in B, Lansing, MI 48911, 517-372-8360. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for Okemos, which with 80 members is one of Lansing. He said if Troop 33, the Boy Scout February 11 at 10 AM, at the Willow Health Center, 306 W. Willow St., Lansing, MI 48906; to register the largest troops in the area. troop his church charters, wanted to allow email [email protected]. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid guarantee in an amount equal to 5 percent of the total bid amount. Direct all questions to [email protected] no later than 3 PM on Through his wood badge training — the gay members into the group, he wouldn’t see February 13. Proposals are due on February 20 by 11 AM in the Purchasing Office. highest level of training in Boy Scouts — he a problem with it. advocated changing the policy. “I don’t see that affecting anything,” he Ingham County seeks bids for Janitorial Services for the Ingham County Department of Transportation and Roads facilities. Bid is posted on-line at http://pu.ingham.org under the Current Bids link and Five “ticket items,” or service projects, are said. “I’d be really surprised if it did.” assigned #18-13. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for February 13 at 1 P.M., in the Board needed to complete wood badge training, Room of the Road Department, 301 Bush Street, Mason, MI 48854; to register email nwallace@ which are supposed to help both society and See Scouts, Page 7 ingham.org. Direct all questions to [email protected] no later than 3 PM on February 20. Bids are due February 26 by 11 AM.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing Planning TIM BARRON Commission on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing: EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING A public hearing will be held to consider Ordinance 1294, a request from Rockwood Development Group, LLC to rezone the properties at 6290, 6330, and 6350 Abbot 6AM-9AM Road, along with a vacant parcel along Abbot Road, from RDD, Multiple Family Residential, under the Charter Township of Meridian’s Zoning Code to RM-8, Planned Unit Development, under the City of East Lansing’s Zoning Code. The combined properties are approximately 24.35 acres.

Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next Planning Commission meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission may vote on them. The Planning Commission's recommendations are then placed on the agenda of the next City Council meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on these applications.

The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning And hear Berl Schwartz of City Pulse Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800- 649-3777. call Tim an ignorant slut — or worse. Marie E. McKenna City Clerk Every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. City Pulse • February 6, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

their stance on it. It’s been divisive already.” While other local officials could jump fraud through robo-signing and forgery. Scouts He called making the ban a local option “the into the race, no other names have surfaced. He’s been a party to lawsuits against banks, best compromise” for the situation. Reps. Andy Schor, D-Lansing, and Sam foreclosure firms and attorneys to bring the from page 6 Major corporations have stopped fund- Singh, D-East Lansing, while never ruling issue further visibility. ing the national BSA because of their policy. anything out, are not making overtures in He’s taken part in several press confer- Some religious groups, like Congregation Companies like Merck, UPS and Intel have that direction. Former Rep. Mark Meadows ences and pushed for additional legislation Shaarey Zedek, a synagogue in East Lansing pulled their charitable donations to the BSA said he’s not interested in getting into that to assist homeowners from being swept out and their Boy Scout troop, Troop 180, took a in recent months. race. of their homes as a result of callous bank stand against the ban years ago. Shafer said the discriminatory policy has The Capitol newsletter MIRS has learned policies. “I think it’s wonderful and well over- caused bad press and charity relations for that Hertel has been making the rounds He was chosen to become vice president due,” Rabbi Amy Bigman said. “Our troop the organization. He referred to the case of with several influential political players in of the Michigan Association of Registers of and synagogue took a stand many years Jennifer Tyrrell of Bridgeport, Ohio, a for- town and has tentatively secured some sig- Deeds in 2011. ago against the policy of the Boy Scouts of mer leader of her son’s Cub Scout pack who nificant support. Since a primary election is Before leaving the legislature in 2012 America in regards to not allowing homo- was kicked out because she was a lesbian. some 19 months away, however, no one is due to term limits, Bauer was the rank- sexuals in the troop or as leaders.” “You’ve had leaders quit over this, you’ve coming out publicly in support of any candi- ing member on the House Appropriations The scoutmasters for Troops 33 and 108 certainly had leaders fired over this, and it’s date in advance of a formal announcement. Subcommittee on Higher Education, a sub- said they didn’t want to comment on wheth- not making very good press for scouting,” he One source said Hertel appears to be committee she chaired when the Democrats er they would lift the ban until the BSA said. “It’s so difficult to get good adult lead- doing a lot of “early work” in attempting to were in the majority. On that body, she was made their decision and troop leadership ership in scouting and to throw somebody clear the field for 2014 in the hopes of avoid- an advocate for Michigan State University had a chance to discuss it. out because she’s a lesbian — it’s ridiculous.” ing a lot of “late work” down the line. and increased state funding for the state’s Phone calls to Lansing area Catholic Another source said a potential show- university system as a whole. churches that charter Boy Scout groups were — Sam Inglot down between Hertel and Bauer would She also sponsored legislation, since punted on to the Catholic Diocese of Lansing. make some local Democrats “uncomfort- picked up by Schor, to include libraries in Michael Diebold, diocesan communications able,” since both are popular in Lansing and the state’s “gun-free zones” after an inci- director, said they would not make a state- will force people to choose sides. dent at the downtown Lansing Capital Area ment until the BSA made its decision. The 23rd, with its 63 percent Democratic District Library a few years ago. Both Bigman and Randels wanted to see base, is a solidly Democratic district. The Bauer has also been passionate about the BSA take the decision a step further and Replacing Whitmer last Republican to give the seat a realistic gender workplace equality as it relates to pay create a national policy against discrimi- Curtis Hertel Jr. positioning himself push was former state Rep. Paul DeWeese and pursuing a state income tax credit for nation. However, they believe the same as for a state Senate run in 2014 in 2002, who ended up losing 55 percent some student loans. Shafer, that a policy allowing gay people into to 45 percent to now-Lansing Mayor Virg any troop could anger some of the more con- Ingham County Register of Deeds Curtis Bernero. Through redistricting, the seat — Kyle Melinn servative chartering organizations out there. Hertel Jr., is positioning himself for a 2014 has only gotten more Democratic, giving state Senate race to replace term-limited Republicans little hope of securing it in the Creating an inclusive community Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, near future. Scout leaders agree: Membership is multiple sources have confirmed. In only his first term as register of deeds, declining and the policy banning gays is Hertel, 35, is into his second term as reg- Hertel has made a name for himself by partly to blame. Some believe that opening ister of deeds and was an Ingham County being out front on the issue of foreclosure the doors to gay scouts and leaders could commissioner from 2001 to 2008. He’s increase membership. also worked for the state Department of “It’s no secret. Membership has been Community Health and in the Legislature declining for quite awhile,” said Chris with the House Democratic Caucus. He is LaMarche, 20, an Eagle Scout and Michigan the son of former House Speaker Curtis State University student. “It’s video games, Hertel. it’s kids not being outdoors as much and “I love my job. I think we’re doing good, 37 sport commitments, but another contribut- important work for the people of Ingham ing factor is this policy banning gay people.” County,” Hertel said when asked about a LaMarche said his best friend in high possible run. “I strongly believe in public school came out to him while they both were service, and I’m not ruling out any options in Scouts. LaMarche said they had to keep it a right now. I’ll look to see where I can best secret or his friend risked getting kicked out. “I serve the public and the people of Ingham know that, at least in Michigan, you’ll find that County and make an announcement when story repeated over and over again,” he said. the time is right.” Shafer can relate to LaMarche’s story. He’s Asked specifically if he was ruling out had several scouts in his troop approach him a run for the 23rd District, which includes over the years and talk to him in confidence all of Ingham County with the exception “as a lawyer” who told him they were gay. of Williamston and four rural townships, Steve Easley, 61, is an assistant scoutmas- Hertel said, “No, I’m not ruling out the ter for Troop 109 at Okemos Community Senate at this point.” Church, along with Shafer. He believes Former Rep. Joan Bauer, D-Lansing, has PUBLIC NOTICES the ban conflicts with the goals and values openly talked about her interest in pursuing CITY OF LANSING of scouting. He and LeMarche are both a run for the Senate seat. She said she has PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST involved with Inclusive Scouting, an online spoken to Hertel about his interest and it FOR THE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013 Boy Scout community that has been advo- has not changed her plans at all. EAST LANSING SCHOOL ELECTION cating change to the policy. “This is a big county,” she said. “I figured Notice is hereby given that the public test of the program which will be used for tabulating the results Easley also sees the BSA’s proposal to there would be others interested and there of the East Lansing School Election to be held Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in the City of Lansing will be conducted at the City Clerk’s Election Unit located in the South Washington Office Complex at make the ban optional as a necessity, both likely will be more. I never expected a free 2500 South Washington Avenue on February 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. for membership and funding purposes. ride.” “In my personal perspective, Boy Scouts Bauer, a former Lansing City Council The public accuracy test is conducted to determine that the program used to tabulate the results of have struggled ever since this became an member, won a competitive Democratic pri- the election counts the votes in the manner prescribed by law. issue,” he said. “Corporations and people with mary in 2006 to secure her first term in the Chris Swope money have decided that they don’t want to House. She ran unopposed in her two pri- Lansing City Clerk support Boy Scouts because they didn’t like mary elections for re-election. 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 6, 2013 ‘All we got is the spirit’ A press roll through jazz history with drummer Randy Gelispie By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Erin Doyle Groom/Michigan State University In the 1990s, Randy Gelispie, seen here on WKAR-TV in 2009, joined the MSU jazz faculty and became the drummer and elder spirit of its crack house band, the MSU Professors of Jazz.

andy Gelispie folded his At 77, Gelispie regards everything life Memphis) kept him up until early morning. after-hours joints. He was under age, but hands and gave thanks for puts in front of him with curiosity and won- He went to the woodshed, whittled sticks everyone in town knew him and looked the his meal. Settling into a booth der. An avid bow hunter, he loves to spend out of kindling and banged on cans until he other way. Cops helped him carry his drums at the Lansing Mall Panera time in northern Michigan. If no game is was 6, when his parents got him a wood- into the clubs. With everyone in town su- Bread, he began to dismantle afoot, he is content to sit in a tree and lis- framed snare drum and a cymbal. (Metal pervising him, a life of abstemiousness took his Rsandwich, like a jeweler taking a watch ten to the wind, the rustling leaves and the was subject to wartime rationing.) When root. apart. woodpeckers. he was 11, his Uncle Nathan bought him his “You work with older people, they’re go- “Ever since I can remember being in the ing to look out for you,” he said. “Never was world, I wanted to play the drums,” he said, curious about smoking or drinking.” The peeking under the crust. “Go to work at noon, get off at six — I’m hittin’. Why church elders’ pipe tobacco, Mix No. 7, was At 16, Gelispie played in Ray Charles’ would I travel? There were so many bad cats to play with.” the only temptation. band, substituting for a sick drummer, at the “I wanted to smoke when I grew up, but I Armory in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. Randy Gelispie on playing jazz in Akron, never did. I’m shooting for Methuselah.” “I was so young I didn’t have sense Straight out of high school, Gelispie went enough to be scared,” Gelispie said. Just be- Ohio, as a young man to work at Akron’s dominant employer, fore Charles came on stage, his bass player, Goodyear, while playing the local clubs. Edgar Willis, turned to Gelispie. “You just “Go to work at noon, get off at 6 — I’m watch Ray,” he whispered. “Stay with Ray.’” “You can hear some slick rhythms in the first set of drums for about $130. hittin,’” he said. “Why would I travel? There While telling the story, Gelispie set the woods,” he said with a grin. On Saturdays, Gelispie tagged along with were so many bad cats to play with.” top slice of bread aside, air-drummed on the The next gig, the next student, the next his grandfather as he delivered homemade exposed meat and shot a glance to his right, sandwich are all packages on his porch. For pork rinds to the clubs. Shangri-La at a phantom Ray Charles. “Ray started me? What’s in this thing? “I’d watch the cats playing for about five A map of Akron’s 1950s jazz scene is playing. I heard him say, ‘That’s nice, son, He parted the meat from the cheese, set minutes until the next club,” Gelispie said. burned like neon into Gelispie’s mind. At that’s nice.’ Edgar Willis winked at me.” them aside, and examined the bottom slice “Those were happy times, watching guys the bottom of the Howard Street hill, half He sat back, savored the memory and of bread. Then he started in on the meat. play.” way up from North Street, was the Rhythm gave the sandwich a rest. Charles is one of At 11, Gelispie started in on the snare Bar. Benny Rivers’ club was at the top of the Gelispie’s two most revered musical idols. So slick drum at the Supreme Council of the House hill. Halfway down the block was the Pacific, John Coltrane is the other. He has gotten When Gelispie was 4 years old, he wan- of Jacob, a sanctified church in Akron that is later renamed the Tropicana. The High Hat compliments from both. dered away from home, crossing two major still going strong. “It was church songs, but was across the street. Four or five doors back “Years later, I’m on the road, I hear all intersections, to stand in front of Ross Mu- the way they played them had a jazz concept, north was the 40 Club. All of them had jazz these horror stories about how hard Ray sic on Howard Street in midtown Akron, like the bebop cats,” he said. “I hate to use five nights a week. was on drummers,” Gelispie said. “Then I to look at the drum kit in the window. He this word in the church, but it was so slick.” On Friday and Saturday nights, after the got scared.” was calmly walking back home when a car In mid-20th-century mid-America, jazz regular gigs, the musicians gathered at the After years of travel in hundreds of clubs, screeched to the curb and his frantic father was almost a utility, like water or gas. Ge- Cosmo, upstairs from the High Hat, and playing with some of the world’s greatest scooped him up. lispie saw Basie, Ellington and many other jammed until dawn. musicians, Gelispie settled in Lansing and “They had the police and everybody look- touring greats at Akron’s Palace and Ritz “And that was just Akron!” he cried. became the firebrand and father figure of ing for me,” Gelispie said. “That’s the only theaters. At 15, he saw alto sax great Sonny “Then there was Cleveland. Cleveland had jazz studies at MSU. His students revere time I ever got a spanking.” Late every night, Stitt at the Armory, little dreaming that 20 so many clubs. Did I name them? I played him, and many say he changed their lives. A Gelispie crept out of bed, laid his head on years later he would tour and record with all of them. The Shangri-La …” tribute to Gelispie, with a wild-card line-up the dining room table and listened to the the music’s celebrated post-Charlie Parker With so much going on in his backyard, of fellow musicians and colleagues, is set for radio, turned low. Swing, jazz and rhythm alto player. Gelispie had no intention of going on the Sunday at The Avenue café. and blues (from “Randy’s Record Shop” in While still in junior high, Gelispie played See Gelispie, Page 9 City Pulse • February 6, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

“Those people went stone crazy!” Ge- Gelispie lispie cried, bending over with laughter. One memorable night, during Gelispie’s from page 8 stint with guitar legend Wes Montgomery, Thelonious Monk climbed on stage and road, but the headiest days of American launched into “Happy Birthday.” jazz were at hand. Old timers, swing bands, “We just played beboppers, juke-joint cookers and avant- like he was an- Jazz Alliance of garde players were all on the scene at once. other cat,” Gelispie Mid-Michigan A herd of giants, from Armstrong to Elling- said. “Nothing un- (JAMM) Tribute to ton to Monk to Miles Davis, criss-crossed usual.” Randy Gelispie the country. By 1958, Gelispie was doing the 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, Dumps and doors@ 2:30 p.m for Silent same. Auction “The jobs went down everywhere,” he dives The Avenue Café, 2012 E. said. “I can’t remember all the clubs. It’s bad A keen listener, Michigan Ave. Gelispie meshed Jam Session 6 p.m-7 p.m. when you go to the room number of the ho- $25 tel you had last week.” especially well www.jazzjamm.com or call (313) 444-JAMM Consider two weeks from Gelispie’s 1969 with organists. schedule, starting with an organ trio gig in In 1963, the trio Afterparty 7-10 p.m. with of organist Gene Randy Gelispie (drums), a Buffalo club from Monday through Sun- Bill Heid (organ) and Perry day. Late Sunday night, they packed up the Courtesy Photos Ludwig, guitar- Hughes (guitar) organ and shoved it into the corner of the Gelispie played the shrinking pool of jazz clubs in Lansing and Detroit on weekends, ist Jerry Byrd and Bar30, 2324 Showtime Dr., Gelispie scored a Lansing Twp. club. They flew from Buffalo to Newark the (517) 485-0030 next morning, rented a car and drove to hotel, took a shower, changed clothes and (He didn’t.) hit single, “Sticks Rudy van Gelder’s legendary studio to re- hit at 9:30 in Raleigh,” Gelispie said. “We While scaling the jazz heights, Gelispie and Stones,” that cord the Sonny Stitt album “Night Letter” were doing all that kind of stuff all the time.” enjoyed working with entertainers like ruled juke joints across the country for (still available on CD on the Prestige label). Gelispie’s reputation grew. Between sets Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, who came on stage months. Check it out on YouTube and you’ll They caught a plane in Newark, flew back at a gig with guitar legend Wes Montgom- in a coffin and dressed like Dracula, and hear Gelispie’s high hat shimmer, like wall- to Buffalo, picked up the organ, put it in the ery at New York’s Jazz Gallery, one of jazz’s blues powerhouse Big Maybelle. to-wall shag, over a bone-cracking shimmy trailer and drove from Buffalo to Dayton, greatest drummers, Philly Joe Jones, yanked “You talk about a trouper,” Gelispie said on the snare. Ohio, where they arrived Tuesday morning, the sticks out of his hands. “Get up, moth- of Maybelle. After sending the crowd into a Gravel-voiced keyboard player Bill Heid, set up and played Tuesday through Sunday. erfucker, you’re too young to be playing so frenzy with her hit song, “Candy,” Maybelle longtime Detroit organist and a veteran of They packed up at 3 a.m Monday morning good,” Jones told Gelispie. Alto legend Can- would turn her back to the audience, take 50 years at the Hammond B3 console, first and shoved off for Raleigh, N.C., arriving at nonball Adderley offered Gelispie a spot in out her false teeth, drop them in her bosom, saw Gelispie in the trio with Byrd at Count 7:30 that evening. “We set up, went to the his band if drummer Roy McCurdy ever left. turn around and whistle the blues. See Gelispie, Page 10 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 6, 2013

track “9,000 Archie Shepps,” in honor of the Gelispie avant-garde tenor sax player. “We had to name the tracks to get royal- from page 9 ties,” Heid explained. “We had a ball.” By the mid ‘70s, Gelispie had settled in Basie’s in Harlem in 1969. When Ludwig left Lansing with his second wife, Violet Jean, the trio, young Heid moved into the chair. and a growing family. He worked a day job “These guys were veterans, but Randy at GM’s Fisher Body plant, where both plant just coached me along,” Heid said. “When managers were jazz fans. Looking back, he I turned meters around or did stupid stuff, said, it was a good time to settle down. he never gave me a hard time, like some of A handful of Lansing clubs, including the those guys.” Stables and the Stone House, still hosted Heid played with Gelispie dozens of jazz. Most weekends, Gelispie played in De- times, from Pittsburgh in the 1970s and the troit clubs like Baker’s, Club Mozambique, East Coast to Detroit and Lansing in the Dummy George’s and Jazz West. When 1980s, as gigs slowly dried up. longer gigs came up, Gelispie’s sympathetic “We played in some real dumps and bosses at Fisher Body didn’t ask for a vaca- dives,” Heid said. “We might make 20 dol- tion slip. lars each, split the cost of hauling the B3 (or- gan) and go home with $15 apiece.” Sound in motion As club work skidded to a nadir in the In the late 1980s, Gelispie started tutor- Courtesy Photos late 1980s and early 1990s, Heid, Gelispie ing drum students at MSU and was brought Gelispie settled in Lansing and worked at and trumpeter Walt Szymanski scampered on as an instructor by Jazz Studies director GM's Fisher Body plant in the 1970s and 1980s off to Oakland University to record scores Rodney Whitaker in 1991. for a dozen or so adult films produced by Heid, who considers schools “prisons,” jazz-loving porn star John Leslie. (On the thinks MSU was forward-thinking to take musician in New York. Internet Movie Database, Gelispie is cred- Gelispie in. “I always learned something that was ited as drummer on three Leslie opuses, “Even though he’s teaching at Michigan priceless in a lesson, every time,” Ptasnik with his name spelled three different ways.) State, he never has that ‘jazz goes to college’ said. “And it was always something I could The high-end jazz in some of Leslie’s films vibe, talking about textures and that corn- use in music and in life.” is often more arresting than the action. For ball academic nonsense,” Heid growled. Joshua Davis, another Gelispie drums Leslie’s “Mad Love,” Gelispie and the trio Gelispie’s students talk about him the student who is now working as a musician fulfilled a precise request for four minutes way acolytes talk about a Zen master. Ryan in New York, kept it simple: “I owe every and ten seconds of “crazy music” with a cli- Ptasnik graduated from MSU last year after paycheck I ever earned to him.” mactic free-jazz freakout. They named the studying with Gelispie and now works as a Gelispie’s most frequent reminder to jazz students is to listen. Courtesy Photo “A drummer never plays alone,” Gelispie CAPITAL AREA DISTRICT LIBRARIES said. Only after learning to listen carefully, When Gelispie was 4 years old, he he tells them, will there be occasions to solo, wandered into midtown Akron to look at a The or “let them know it’s a drum.” drum kit in a music store window. Until he Jeff Shoup, a mainstay of the Lansing got his first drum at 6, he whittled his own jazz scene, studied with Gelispie for seven sticks and banged on cans. the people’s paper since 1962 BLAZERyears through graduate school. “His teaching style is like his drumming,” “That he was life-changing for me is may- The Shoup said. “It’s like this effortless thing.” be an understatement,” Ptasnik said. “It will If there’s a signature feature to Gelispie’s go beyond my life.” the people’s paper playing, it’s the “chang-a-lang” of his ride Gelispie said he’s only passing along the since 1962 BLAZER cymbal, a sonic nimbus like the mist at the blessings he’s gotten. fringe of a great waterfall. “His cymbal beat “I look at music as a wonderful feeling,” is definitive,” Shoup said. “I remember, just he said. “Spiritual? All we got is the spirit.” watching his hand on the cymbal, especially With his bread gnawed to the bare crust, THE BLACK PRESS: when he’s playing fast tempos. There’s all Gelispie carved out time for one more story. this sound in motion coming out.” After an early-1960s gig with Wes Mont- SOLDIERS WITHOUT SWORDS Even non-drummers study with Gelispie gomery in New York, Gelispie saw John Col- to soak in his experience and knowledge. trane approach the bandstand. “I love your Detroit-area guitarist Ralph Tope studied feeling,” Coltrane told him softly. Saturday, Feb. 9 • 2–4 pm with him for two years. With the possible exception of Ray “He took all the greatest things from the Charles, no musician is dearer to Gelispie We’re partnering with The New Citizens Press for a screening of this greats who came before him, internalized it than Coltrane. award-winning 1999 documentary. It’s the story of African-American and made it his own,” Tope said. “Coltrane’s playing is from the earth, from newspaper journalism and the ongoing struggle against censorship Gelispie has 14 children (from two wives, the beginning,” he said. “It starts from here, and discrimination. A panel discussion will follow, featuring: both deceased) and 19 grandchildren, but yet it’s out there, and everything in between that’s just biology. As a teacher, his progeny is beautiful.” He swept his hand from the • Rina Risper (Publisher, The New Citizens Press) is legion. Recently, Tope was having a drink floor to the ceiling. “It reminds me of when • Ben Wade (Retired publisher, Telegram News and Jackson Blazer) at Small’s Nightclub in New York and heard you look out into space and you see all those • Alan Wade (Publisher, Jackson Blazer) a drummer play a familiar three-part lick: beautiful colors. You know there’s nothing DOOT-da-doot-da-doot, BOPE-a-dope-a- out there but that beauty.” dope, BOP-a-dop-a-dop. Sure enough, the The compliment from Coltrane means a drummer had studied with Gelispie. lot to Gelispie, but he relishes its sequel even Last week, Ptasnik and three other MSU more. 401 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing jazz grads were touring Ohio, teaching jazz “Coltrane asked about you three or four 517-367-6363 | cadl.org in middle schools, passing on the jazz mes- times,’” Montgomery told him later. “But sage. don’t ask for no raise.” City Pulse • February 6, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER bow room. Anselmo said the Sam Inglot/City Pulse mall’s management pursued The rebounding him to be the first in a hub economy is Endgame for of art galleries — which only forcing Ric made it as far as two. Craig Anselmo, owner Mitchell Smith Glass moved of Anselmo in next door to Anselmo in Gallery in the ‘art mecca’ October 2010. Anselmo said Meridian Mall, Local mall’s gallery project the larger space allowed him to relocate to provide a world-class ser- his 12,000 dissolves after three years vice to the area. square foot “My collection represents art collection, a lifetime of world travel,” which includes By ALLAN I. ROSS Anselmo said. “I set this up sculptures, Less than three years after it began, Me- to be like a museum, giving paintings and ridian Mall’s fledgling “art mecca” will soon you plenty of space to take a chessboards. be uninstalled, having never made it past its couple steps back and enjoy This spring, his first phase. It’s an inauspicious end to what the individual pieces.” location will was supposed have been a bold expansion of He shuffles through his become a Shoe the thriving Lansing art gallery scene. gallery, pointing out the fa- Carnival. Ironically, it appears the effort is being vorite pieces in his collection. thwarted by an otherwise improving econo- The engraved elephant tusk, my: At least some of the gallery space will be the Chinese silk wall hang- replaced by a national shoe store looking for ing, the bubbling Zen foun- mall space. And Meridian Mall management tains. Soon it will all be mov- says bringing in artist tenants — that would ing, destination unknown. well as socks, handbags and wallets. He also upcoming film, “Oz the Great and Powerful.” be the international, mixed media collection “Art is not a common thing,” Anselmo said that the new tenants will knock out part “I no longer need the mall — I need a of Anselmo Gallery and the custom-made says, pausing near some African carvings. of the store’s rear wall to create an exterior production facility,” Smith said. “Most of my glasswork of Craig Mitchell Smith Glass — “It’s important to be able to interact with it. entrance, giving shoppers another way to en- sales are from outside. My lease goes until was only a temporary fix to vacant store- But it’s disappearing.” ter the mall from the parking lot. Construc- next month, and I still don’t know yet what’s fronts as a result of the economic downtown. Anselmo, an architect by trade, was born tion is expected to begin in March. going to happen. But I’d rather be next to a Moreover, management is still offering space and educated in the Philippines before mov- That coincides with Craig Mitchell gallery than a shoe store. I’m anxious.” in the mall, just in a different location. ing to the U.S. in the 1950s. He designed Smith's departure. Anselmo said that he’s talking with a leas- Ric Anselmo says he feels blindsided. some of the Lansing area’s iconic landmarks “As the economy continues to improve, ing agent at the Lansing Mall across town “It doesn’t seem right,” said Anselmo, — including the University Club, the MSU we’re starting to get national companies about moving there, but admits he has res- owner of Anselmo Gallery. His business will Children’s Garden and the firehouse on who are looking to expand into Michigan,” ervations about both the available store sizes vacate its prime location next to Macy’s by Abbot Road — and he taught architecture Parsons said. “The state is becoming more and whether a gallery would be well received. the end of the month. “I created this to be at Michigan State University and Lansing favorable to do business. We’ve offered to Donna Randall, co-owner of Gallery 1212 a beautiful place where people could come in Old Town, said she thinks Anselmo is and look at art, to bring their kids to teach making a mistake by looking toward another them, and what do they want to do with it? “The economy has improved, and they want to let someone in mall move. She spent five years in the ‘90s They want to sell shoes here now. Ah.” who can make them a lot of money. It’s sad to say it, but art running Nature’s Scoop, a yogurt store adja- Anselmo turned his head away and threw cent to the Lansing Mall, and said she was up his hands in frustration: “Aren’t there has to pay for itself.” always surprised how costs kept adding up. enough shoe stores in the world?” Donna Randall, co-owner of Gallery 1212 “It’s just so expensive in all these ways you However, Meridian Mall manager Larry never think about,” she said. “You have to Parsons paints a different picture. stay open for mall hours, for one, and that’s “Ric knew that this was a temporary situ- Community College. He was always an avid move Ric to another space in the mall, but an increase in labor costs right there. You pay ation when he signed the lease,” Parsons said art collector, and in 1996 he opened the first he doesn’t seem to want that. We always had for so many little things. Every time it snows, by phone. “When we approached him (in Anselmo Gallery in East Lansing. And for 14 the right to move him. He should take a look you have to pay part of the snow plow bill.” 2010), we had space to fill, and we offered years, he did just fine. at his lease.” Randall moved to her location, 1212 him a very special deal to keep lights on until “Then three years ago, (Meridian Mall) Smith, 49, will leave the mall in March to Turner St., in 2010. At 1,100 square feet, it's we could find a permanent tenant.” came to me, begging me to move in,” An- pursue work in Florida. Although he’s been less than one-tenth the size of Anselmo Gal- Due to a confidentiality agreement, nei- selmo said. “And now they want me to take creating art for almost 30 years, his store in lery, but she says space has never been an is- ther Parsons nor Anselmo would give the a space that’s half this big somewhere else the mall was his first full-time gallery. sue; she has full range of classes, workshops details of the deal. While the idea was to fos- — that’s not enough room to show my art. “They made both Ric and I exquisite and a rotating monthly showcase. ter a creative community that would attract They’re so shortsighted. I’m attracting cus- deals, but I always knew that it wouldn’t last “Just because you want a bigger house other artists to the mall, the only other gal- tomers from hundreds, thousands of miles forever,” said Smith, whose 6,000–square- doesn’t mean you need one,” she said. “I, lery owner to bite was Craig Mitchell Smith. away. Having an art gallery in this mall is foot gallery is about half the size of Ansel- for one, really appreciate the Meridian Mall The two galleries are still surrounded by nine better than advertising.” mo’s. “I had Plan B in place from day one. for supporting art, and I think Ric should empty storefronts. But Parsons said the mall is responding They wanted to make an art mecca, but they be happy that they supported him for three In July 2010, Anselmo, 84, moved his gal- to renewed interest in retail space. Ansel- could only find the two of us.” years. But I understand why they’re doing lery from the 3,000-square-foot space he’d mo’s former slot will become a Shoe Carni- Smith talked by phone from Walt Disney what they’re doing. The economy has im- been leasing at 3320 E. Lake Lansing Road val, an Indiana-based footwear retailer with World in Orlando, where he just finished in- proved, and they want to let someone in who in East Lansing to the Meridian Mall, where over 400 stores nationwide that sells men's, stalling some of his art in the EPCOT theme can make them a lot of money. It’s sad to say he was given about 12,000 square feet of el- women's, children's and athletic footwear, as park — glass poppies, to coincide with the it, but art has to pay for itself.” 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 6, 2013

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Donzaleigh FreedoSLAVERY TO Abernathy AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY HATE PART I Daughter of civil rights icons: ‘We have a moral obligation to help others’ We believe in the separation By ALLAN I. ROSS “Slavery to Freedom: An American of church and hate. Odyssey” is an annual lecture series com- memorating Black History Month. Three 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave. different speakers will be featured who Pilgrim Congregational Worship Service have become icons of the African-American struggle for civil rights. United Church of Christ Sunday - 10 AM

Donzaleigh Abernathy, 55, is a play- their own history. We need to learn from Lansing MI (517) 484-7434 wright and actress, appearing in shows our Jewish brothers and sisters who re- PilgrimUCC.com such as “The Walking Dead” and “Shame- count their suffering so that they never less.” She is also the daughter of the late have to go through that again. A lot of black Rev. Ralph Abernathy, a prominent leader people take their freedom and liberties for of the Civil Rights movement and Dr. Mar- granted. They’re standing on the shoulders tin Luther King Jr.’s closest confidante. of people who didn’t get to enjoy that free- dom. We have a moral obligation to help What was your childhood like? others, to make sure that we will never We had to participate in my father's endure that suffering ever again. We need work, I remember this vividly. He wanted to go forward with a clear understanding to make sure we understood what was hap- of our path and of the suffering that other pening. We walked on the frontlines of ev- people endured for us. ery single major civil rights march. When my Mom asked us if we wanted to go (to Do you think your father and Dr. King an integrated school), I was the first to raise would be happy with the state of race my hand. We had three white ministers live relations in 2013? in my home. If our home could be integrat- They would be ecstatic that President ed, why not our schools? Our churches? Obama was elected. They would also be When I was little, we only used to see pleased with the number of black people, my father on the Jewish people, Asians and women repre- “Slavery to weekends, and sented in public office. But I think they’d Freedom: An every time we had be frustrated that discrimination with American Odyssey” to say goodbye on housing is still a concern. That struggle is Monday, he would still ongoing. Featuring Donzaleigh Abernathy tell us that he My father’s main concern was giving Feb. 7 might not come young African-Americans hope. When you 5 p.m. back. He wanted see violence with African-Americans, you FREE us to be prepared. ask why. He wanted to address those issues. Big Ten A, Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center He knew his work He wanted to reach out to disenfranchised, was dangerous to help them find their voices. and that he could get arrested, go to jail or worse. Are there any marginalized groups But he wanted to make sure our life today that draw your attention? was happy. Weekends were a big playtime Sadly, there’s still this hatred for minori- for us. He’d wake us up early on Saturday, ties who are becoming the majority of this make breakfast for us, and on Sunday we country. The presidential election ignited went to church. We met (the Kings) ev- that conversation again. You can change ery Sunday for dinner together. My sister laws and affect equality on a certain level, was best friends with Yolanda (King) and but teaching people to love one another — my brother was best friends with Dexter the court can’t dictate that. (Scott King). Discrimination against gay people is wrong. I did an advertisement for gay mar- Is Black History Month still relevant riage in Maryland, and I hope it helped be- in the 21st century? cause it passed. We shouldn’t let (the LGBT It is most definitely essential — I just community) be alone in their fight. The wish it wasn’t the shortest month. I’m a Civil Rights movement had whites, Jews, young woman, but I remember not being everyone helping us; now we have an obli- able to go into a dressing room at the de- gation to help other groups. partment store and having to use a black The people who speak out the loudest water foundation. I remember before I (against equal rights) are usually the people could go into certain restaurants. trying to hide who they really are. That’s Black people don’t know enough about what my parents taught us. 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 6, 2013 Meet the speakers WelcomeMBLGTACC Attempting to pronounce the acronym for the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference phonetically makes you sound like you’re trying to summon an archaic deity of some sort. (Our best attempt: “Em-bleg-tac.”) LZ Granderson: Emi Koyama: All inclusive But the acronym for the conference is as big as the event itself — it’s the largest college Bridging sports, politics and the LGBTA conference in the country, with an average attendance of 1,700. By MARISOL DORANTES The annual conference started in 1993 and is hosted by a different college in the Midwest each LGBT community “Survivor,” “Asian,” “dyke” — these are all words year. This year, students at Michigan State University are carrying the torch and striving to make that Emi Koyama uses to describe herself. this the biggest conference yet. By DYLAN SOWLE Also a self-described “multi-issue social justice The event, which is open to all college students, will be at the Lansing CNN and ESPN contributing writer LZ activist/writer/rogue intellectual,” Koyama is not Granderson returns to his home state to de- afraid to speak her thoughts, no matter how taboo liver a keynote speech at this week’s MBLG- and unorthodox they may seem. TACC, a return to the conference after speak- Koyama is one of four keynote speakers at this ing there in 2009. He’s fresh off of covering year’s MBLGTAC conference in Lansing. She writes the Super Bowl in New Orleans. and speaks about feminism, intersex and disability What’s a sports writer doing at the largest issues and sexual and domestic violence, among oth- LGBT conference in the U.S., you ask? From ers. working on SportsCenter, to covering poli- “I’m not exactly sure what I will be talking about tics in his CNN column, to giving a TED talk yet,” she said of her visit to Lansing this week. “I last year called “The myth of the gay agenda,” am always researching new things … I like to shake Granderson’s career spans a broad spectrum. things up a bit, you know?” He sees the varying topics of his career and Although Koyama researches and writes about life as not so much different, but as parts of many different topics, they all revolve around the one larger picture. idea of acceptance. One of Koyama’s focal points is “I don't see sports and social issues as sepa- stigmatization and victim blaming. Ben Cohen: rate. Social issues dictate who gets to become Koyama began volunteering in homeless shel- Robyn Ochs: Athlete working to end bullying an athlete and who doesn’t. Or who gets to be- ters in the 1990s in Portland, Ore., where she still Advocate, teacher, author come a coach and who doesn’t. So much of it lives. She is the founder and director of the Portland- By JUSTIN ANDERSON bleeds side to side,” he said. based Intersex Initiative, an advocacy organization By DYLAN SOWLE England Rugby World Cup cham- Granderson’s journalism isn’t separate for those born with conditions when genetics and Educator/activist Robyn Ochs is one pion Ben Cohen retired from the game from his involvement in the LGBT com- genitals don’t align under “standard” definitions of the foremost speakers on LGBT issues. in 2011 to focus his attention on his munity. The 40-year-old Detroit native was of sex. Her personal website, eminism.org, claims: She’s been a featured presenter and speak- project, the Ben Cohen StandUp Foun- named the 2011 Journalist of the Year by the “Putting the Emi back in Feminism since 1975.” er at past MBLGTACC conferences, and is dation, which heightens awareness on National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Asso- While working in homeless shelters, she ob- an outspoken advocate for gay marriage. homophobic bullying and raises funds ciation, and the winner of the GLAAD award served that the rules to stay there were based on a "We have marriage equality in Massa- to support those working to stop it. for online journalism in 2009. singular set of morals and values: no drugs or alco- chusetts now, so mission successful,” she He’s also one of the first straight ath- Through his speeches and opinion col- hol. Koyama uses this example to develop her stance said. “And after that, we said to ourselves, letes to focus on LGBT issues. His phil- umns, Granderson — who is openly gay — has on human coping through hardships, noting it is not 'Are we done?' And of course, we aren't anthropic work has reached millions gained a platform for making his voice heard. a sufficient approach. done. We'll keep working." through his public speaking events and “The more that people are exposed to “There is a very linear way of thinking when it Ochs has taught courses on LGBT his- his social media contacts. LGBT people, the less opposed they are to let- comes to how someone should or shouldn’t deal tory and politics, and calls the MBLG- Cohen has done a lot with the Stand- ting them have the same rights as everyone with trauma. If you aren’t positive, then something TACC event “a highlight of my year.” She Up Foundation to fight for the rights else,” he said. “More than parades and poli- is wrong with you,” she said. Koyama is trying to can attest to the enthusiasm and power of of the LGBT community and to end cies, what has managed to change people's change the way people see and marginalize victims the event. homophobia in sports. The StandUp minds the most is simply meeting LGBT who do not conform to what is accepted as the “ap- “There's something so exciting about Foundation is supported by donations people.” propriate” way to grieve. watching people who have felt isolated be from individuals and with the help of In his speech, Granderson said he will Koyama does not speak in allegories, but she in a space with 1,500 actively engaged peo- corporations and organizations such as draw on material from his TED talk, a hu- manages to be just as engaging because her thoughts ple,” Ochs said. “It's especially important Nike, Microsoft and the Human Rights morous 18-minute speech on the absurdity stem from personal experiences, including her work for students from smaller towns, or areas Campaign. of the idea of a certain gay lifestyle. He’ll also as a volunteer at rape crisis centers and literature with little support from their communities. Cohen’s message cuts close to home focus on what to expect from the next four that has influenced her beliefs. Koyama is inspired They can expect, perhaps for the first time, — his father was fatally wounded de- years with the Obama administration and by literary figures Gloria Anzaldúa, author of “Bor- to feel the power of community.” fending a man who was being attacked how to gain acceptance and increased rights derlands/ La Frontera,” and Michiyo Fukaya, a Japa- In addition to her speaking experience, at a nightclub. His speaking engage- for LGBT citizens. nese-American lesbian and poet. Ochs is the co-founder of Harvard Univer- ments focus on the importance of char- Following the conference, Granderson has Koyama’s work, while based on feminism and sity's LGBT Faculty and Staff Group, and acter, having respect for yourself and another busy month ahead. He’ll speak at four sexual identity, is at its core about all-inclusive prin- its Trans Task Force. She is the editor of others and working for equal rights for different schools before visiting the White ciples. “Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around people of all backgrounds. House for a series of briefings. Then he’ll “I write to create pressure to change things,” she the World (2005, 2009),” an international Cohen couldn’t be reached for com- cover the NBA All-Star Weekend in Houston. said, “whether it’s in politics or the emergency room, anthology with authors from 42 countries. ment. But, Granderson said, none of these are as where sometimes people don’t get help if they are She also wrote “The Bisexual Resource A gay icon in Europe, Cohen has ap- important as volunteering at his son’s upcom- there for reasons outside what is socially acceptable.” Guide” and is the editor of “Bi Women,” a peared on the covers of LGBT-friendly ing school dance. quarterly publication. magazines Attitude, Compete and Out. 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World Series of drag competitions — a spot on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” in the show’s fourth season. Since then, he said, “It’s been crazy!” MBLGTACC While being a plus-sized performer isn’t a limiting factor, Royale recalls the struggles he’s dealt with over the years. Attempting to pronounce the acronym for the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Center Friday through Sunday. Online registration costs $65 and at-the-door “It does make a difference, only because the plus-sized Transgender Ally College Conference phonetically makes you sound like you’re trying to tickets are $75. queen has to work extra hard,” he said. “You have to work summon an archaic deity of some sort. (Our best attempt: “Em-bleg-tac.”) Attendees will have nearly 100 workshops to choose from — including some on gender and harder to bring it — because if you’re sloppy and you’re big, But the acronym for the conference is as big as the event itself — it’s the largest college sexual identity in the legal profession; counseling students on LGBT-related issues; and the “Campus that’s what they expect. But that’s not the image plus-sized LGBTA conference in the country, with an average attendance of 1,700. Pride Index” for LGBT-friendly campuses — as well as entertainment and speaking events. (performers) should have. We are glamorous, beautiful and The annual conference started in 1993 and is hosted by a different college in the Midwest each Read on to find out more about the keynote speakers, things to do and eat sexy.” year. This year, students at Michigan State University are carrying the torch and striving to make while you’re in town and a profile of prominent, plus-size drag queen Latrice Royale, who One thing that often comes with reality TV stardom is this the biggest conference yet. performs at Spiral on Saturday. being at the mercy of the editors. Royale said his maternal The event, which is open to all college students, will be at the Lansing Happy MBLGTACC! nature portrayed on the show doesn’t reflect what audiences experience at his gigs. “Watching ‘RuPaul,’ you’d think I was a mother figure and I sit at home and bake cookies all day,” he said. “We work There’s an emotion behind it, the costuming. It’s a journey, it’s really hard at the clubs. We like to en- Start your a trip. It’s a lot to take in. tertain so we have to bring it. I While his stint on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” — a reality TV don’t think ‘RuPaul’s Drag show seeking out America’s next drag star — may be over, Race’ showcases the Royale said he might be back on the small screen soon. true palette engines “I’m working on some projects, trying to get some things of all the in the works to get my own show,” he said. “I love television girls.” — you can reach so many more people at once.” ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Royale’s upbringing wasn’t as flashy and glam as his star- star stops at Spiral dom. “It was pretty much the ghetto,” he said. “My mom was Latrice Royale By Rich Tupica hardworking, a single parent. But we made it through. I was Ben Cohen: Before Latrice Royale was a world-famous, plus-sized drag born in ’72 — in the ‘80s, Compton got really bad with the w/ DJ John Cruz Athlete working to end bullying gangs, of course.” @ Spiral Video and queen and reality TV star, she was Timothy Wilcots, a child of Dance Bar the ‘70s growing up in Compton, Calif., just blocks away from Back in those days, Royale didn’t feel comfortable discuss- By JUSTIN ANDERSON Saturday, Feb. 9 gangsta rap legends Eazy E and Dr. Dre. ing his homosexuality or his desire to hit the drag stage. 18+, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. England Rugby World Cup cham- Today, the 40-year-old is riding the wave of his television “That took a long time,” he said. pion Ben Cohen retired from the game stardom, performing high-energy drag shows at clubs across Royale started doing drag with a dance group called in 2011 to focus his attention on his the country, including a gig Saturday at Spiral Video and Alliance from Miami after he moved to Florida at age project, the Ben Cohen StandUp Foun- Dance Bar. 20. His first gig was at the Copacabana in Fort Lau- dation, which heightens awareness on “People don’t expect the things they see from me be- derdale. Over time, he would go on to teach aspiring homophobic bullying and raises funds cause I’m such a large-framed being,” Royale said. “They drag queens. to support those working to stop it. don’t expect the high kicks and dancing, the big energy and After a couple of decades, Royale’s hard work He’s also one of the first straight ath - splits. They don’t expect me to move the way I do on stage. in the drag scene paid off when it landed him on the letes to focus on LGBT issues. His phil - anthropic work has reached millions through his public speaking events and his social media contacts. Cohen has done a lot with the Stand - Up Foundation to fight for the rights Welcome MBLGTACC! of the LGBT community and to end THE DATE! homophobia in sports. The StandUp SAVE Foundation is supported by donations from individuals and with the help of corporations and organizations such as Nike, Microsoft and the Human Rights Campaign. CONFERENCE Cohen’s message cuts close to home SPECIAL — his father was fatally wounded de- fending a man who was being attacked at a nightclub. His speaking engage- Buy a lunch ments focus on the importance of char- Get the 2nd acter, having respect for yourself and Statewide March, Rally & Festival others and working for equal rights for HALF OFF! people of all backgrounds. offer expires 1/10/13 Cohen couldn’t be reached for com- Check us out on ment. Facebook & at gtpie.com Saturday, August 24th A gay icon in Europe, Cohen has ap - peared on the covers of LGBT-friendly Downtown: 316.0900 East Lansing: 203.3304 Okemos: 381.7437 www.michiganpride.org Find us on Facebook! magazines Attitude, Compete and Out. 200 S. Washington Sq. 1403 E. 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Courtesy Photo Bar 30 in the What to do Eastwood Towne Center is a OUT & ABOUT restaurant by day, but Need to step away from the conference for some grub or entertainment? We’ve got transforms you covered — there’s plenty to do in Lansing, East Lansing and Okemos this weekend. into a nightclub at Here’s a list of bars, restaurants, museums, art galleries and activities you can hit night. while you’re here, separated by region for easy navigation.

East Lansing/Okemos Dillahunt) who must fight to maintain /MSU Campus custody of a mentally handicapped teenager. Also showing are festival The Eli and Edythe Broad Art circuit faves “The Intouchables”(French Museum, 547 East Circle Drive on MSU’s comedy), “Chasing Ice” (climate change campus, offers contemporary art and documentary) and the Oscar-nominated culture with a historical and modern “A Royal Affair.” ($10/$8 matinee; (517) Schuler Books & Music has an entire collection, including pieces from Salvador 393-SHOW; celebrationcinema.com/elfs). East Side section dedicated to LGBT literature. Dali and Andy Warhol. The building Stores include DSW, Banana Republic Coffee? Beer? Wine? Liquor? Food? itself could be considered a work of Old Town/North Side and Ann Taylor. If you’re hungry, Live music? The Avenue Café at 2021 E. art, challenging the notions of modern Mitchell’s Fish Market features fresh Michigan Ave. has it all. The Avenue has a architecture. (Noon to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 Old Town is one of Lansing’s most seafood and a full bar; Bravo! has Italian full breakfast/lunch/dinner menu and will a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; FREE; popular historic districts. Within two fare; and PF Chang’s focuses on Asian host live music on Friday and Saturday. (517) 353-9836; broadmuseum.msu.edu). blocks from the corner of Turner Street food. Tucked in the back of Eastwood is The Michigan Avenue corridor bridging If you’re looking for a little physical and East Grand River Avenue in Lansing, Bar 30 — restaurant by day, nightclub by East Lansing and Lansing is an up-and- activity, the Spartan Ice Hockey team’s you’ll find art galleries (including Gallery night. (3003 Preyde Boulevard, Lansing. coming destination for the area, recognized home at Munn Ice Arena, 1 Chestnut Road 1212, Katalyst Gallery and Absolute (517) 316-9209). for its ability to connect communities. on campus, is open for public skating this Gallery), retail shopping (Tallulah’s For a full list of Eastwood Towne The Soup Spoon Café, 1419 E. Michigan weekend. (1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Friday, Folly, October Moon and Love, Betti) Center stores and restaurants, go to Ave., offers gourmet breakfast, lunch and 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. and dining (Meat [barbecue], Portable shopeastwoodtownecenter.com. dinner in a casual setting. For live music to 6 p.m. Sunday. ($4 MSU students, $5 Feast and Friends [lunch café] and there’s the Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan public, $2 rental, (517) 353-4698). Golden Harvest [creative breakfast/ Ave., and Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Kitty-corner from the MSU campus is lunch]). There are also bars, including the Downtown Lansing Ave. If you’ve got the munchies after all Red Haven, 4480 S. Hagadorn Road in LGBT-friendly Esquire and the rock and Downtown Lansing offers many different that late night partying, fill up at Theio’s Okemos, a farm-to-table dining experience blues bar Unicorn Tavern. Old Town is options for dining and shopping and must- Restaurant across the street from Mac’s specializing in small plates. Red Haven also where you’ll find Preuss Pets at 1127 see attractions, including the Michigan State — it’s open 24 hours. offers seasonal dinner and drink menus N. Cedar St., a massive pet store that’s Capitol (with tours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. designed for sharing, tasting, sipping and practically a zoo, with a wide variety of Friday) and the Lansing River Trail, which enjoying. The buzz has made it all the small animals, reptiles, birds, and both West side provides a beautiful view of the Grand River way to Anthony Bourdain, who will be freshwater and saltwater fish. and the iconic Ottawa Street Power Station The EagleMonk Pub and stopping by the restaurant in May after a And there will be a host of LGBT- building. While you’re downtown, you can Microbrewery is the only true local speaking engagement. (5 p.m.-10 p.m. friendly events all weekend at official pop into the Lansing City Market, 325 City microbrewery in Lansing. There are always Friday-Saturday; 5 p.m.-9 p.m. Sunday; MBLGTACC sponsor Spiral Video & Market Drive, to find a variety of farm-fresh nine different handcrafted beers to choose (517) 679-6309, eatredhaven.com). Dance Bar, including an 18-and-up Rain produce, mini-restaurants — including the from (including the house favorite, Red Eye The East Lansing Film Society is Glow event at 9 p.m. Friday and a drag Waterfront Bar and Grill — bakeries and a Rye), as well as three types of homemade showing the film “Any Day Now” this queen show featuring Latrice Royale on massage station. wine and four homemade sodas. They also weekend (3:45 p.m. Friday, 6:45 p.m. Saturday (see previous page). Downtown also has the eclectic Tavern make their own pizza dough for some of Saturday) at Studio C!, 1999 Central Park For a full list of Old Town stores on the Square, which serves small plate the best bread sticks in town. Drive in Okemos. The film focuses on a and restaurants including hours, go to meals until 11 p.m. then has a DJ on Friday (4906 W Mount Hope, Lansing, Noon- gay couple (Alan Cumming and Garret iloveoldtown.org. and Saturday night; P Squared, a wine 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, noon-8 p.m. bar with an condensed menu; and Harem Sunday. (517) 708-7350). Eastwood towne center Urban Lounge, an upscale nightclub The Eastwood Towne Center is an featuring VIP tables with bottle service. south Side outdoor shopping center featuring a For more downtown bars and variety of retail stores and restaurants. businesses, got to downtownlansing.org. The Hawk Island Snow Park, inside a local county park, has sledding, snow tubing, skiing and snowboarding. A 1.5 mile trail around the park’s lake is cleared of snow for walking and jogging. If it gets too cold, warm up in the snack bar that offers hot chocolate and coffee. (10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Snow tubing/sledding hill: $7 adult/$5 Friendliest Bar in Town child/$20 family [$1 for snow tube Full Menu Live Music rental]; Skiing/snowboarding hill: $10 All Weekend adult/$8 child/$30 family [1 p.m. to close; rates higher for all-day passes]. 1601 E. 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing (517) 853-0550 Cavanaugh Rd. Lansing. (517) 676-2233). City Pulse • February 6, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17

Photo by Chris Purchis John Manfredi and Eric Eilersen (seated), Lydia Hiller, Emily Sutton- teenage daughter, Rachel. Smith and Sutton-Smith is all sweaty-earnest in Andrew Head ‘Days’ to remember this role, determinedly one-dimensional, (standing) in exuding the character of a drab, humor- Williamston Williamston show examines less and androgynous android, one who Theatre’s eccentric post-9/11 nuclear family has given up hope on this world and production of yearns desperately for a safe forever after. “End Days.” By TOM HELMA Arthur, played by John Manfredi, is no How do we respond, how do we recover help whatsoever; he’s a CEO who survived from a national trauma? “End Days,” now the attack on the Twin Towers while his playing at the Williamston entire staff of 60 was annihilated. Review Theater, shows the unfolding Sutton-Smith is stuck for almost all impact of the 9/11 experience the play in the never-changing role of that of St. John of the Apocalypse. ter tomorrow? Laufer poses that question on a nuclear family. Although there may the religiously delusional Sylvia. Arthur, Is there comfort and reassurance in the engagingly in this play, reminding us all very well be 10,000 aftermath stories of however, slowly comes back to life emo- notion that the world might not end for at that nothing beyond the present moment that fateful September day, this story is tionally as a richly textured, deeply car- least 100 years as opposed to the day af- is entirely real. more than just another one. ing individual. Writer Deborah Zoe Laufer’s script He is aided in this transformational gives us a glimpse of the reasons that journey by his teenage neighbor, Nelson, sometimes lurk behind a person going played by Eric Eilerson in a dazzling Elvis off the deep end of catastrophic religious outfit. Nelson has an existential trauma Think unique thinking, and how our seemingly nutty of his own to work through. Eilerson extremism twists the lives of our clos- brings a naïve, wide-eyed innocence to est loved ones. the stage that is considerably endearing. this Valentine’s Day... “End Days” Emily Sutton- He plays well against the numbed-out Williamston Theatre Smith as Sylvia Arthur and—most engagingly — against Through Feb. 24 is accompanied the slightly older and cynically burned 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 3 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. on stage by an out Rachel (Lydia Hiller), a wonderfully Sundays iconic Jesus, who tricked-out gawk that is part Goth, part $20 Thursdays/Friday- is invisible to her drama queen and explosively pissed off by Saturday evenings; $22 Saturday/Sunday family but fully her mother’s religiosity. matinees/$10 students/$2 dominant in her Hiller sports a wide range of wigs senior discount thoughts. She is and get-ups ranging from skeletal to 122 S. Putnam St. take-me-Jesus scary, embodying a lost soul screaming Williamston (517) 655-7469 ready for the im- for attention. You dream it, we create it. willamstontheatre.com mediacy of the Just when one thinks this constella- apocalypse, but tion of characters cannot get any crazier, 517.487.9090 wrenchingly concerned as well for the Stephen Hawking appears — motorized Serving the Lansing Area Since 1974 salvation of the souls of her clinically wheelchair and all — to offer a slightly Locally owned and operated for 37 years depressed, emotionally shut-down hus- more reasoned explanation as to the like- 1041 N. Cedar (At Maple) • Lansing, MI band, Arthur, and her angry, rebellious lihood of the world coming to an end than www.sucasajewelers.com 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 6, 2013

by ALLAN I. ROSS Courtesy Photo Photographer James Balog spent four years setting up his EIS project, “Chasing Ice,” a work of visual art that’s which difficult to review as a film. documented What a world … Is it accurate? Undeniably. Beauti- melting Doc shows striking images of melting ful? Breathtakingly so. Controversial? No glaciers via more so than a tasteful nude photo. But time-lapse glaciers, but doesn’t inspire change the medium is indeed the message, and in photography. the case of “Chasing Ice,” it’s impossible to By ALLAN I. ROSS argue with 80 minutes of melting polar It’s pretty much settled that humans ice caps in high resolution. Or at least five are responsible for changing the world’s actual minutes and a whole lot of filler. climate. Unfortunately, we’re submerged Meet environmental photographer in the world of pop culture where loud- James Balog, who built his career show- mouthed idiots like Rush Limbaugh dupe ing how inextricably linked humanity is Americans into questioning the facts. It’s with nature. His wildlife photography documenting the slow retreat of dozens of cliff as he snaps photos of a gushing, icy sad that people even think climate change has ranged from iconic National Geo- miles of glacier in a single year, Balog also waterfall. We get it — he’s dedicated. is still up for discussion. graphic covers to limited edition U.S. captures on video a Manhattan-size hunk And that’s why you can’t really fault the Which brings us to the documentary postage stamps, and his work with forests of ice crumbling off a Greenland glacier. film. There’s nothing like being shown vi- and endangered species has earned him The scale is so big it almost defies hu- sual evidence of your errant ways to make awards, appearances on CNN and a TED man understanding — sort of like climate you feel guilty about something you’ve talk. “Chasing Ice” follows him as he em- change itself. done wrong. But what if the only thing barks on his career-defining project, the Unfortunately, the movie saddles itself you’ve done wrong is exist? Yes, it’s true, Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), which consists with needless drama. Do we really need we’re altering the environment, but what of a set of time-lapse cameras set up at 13 to spend so much time seeing that they are we supposed to do about it? I don’t locations — mostly in or near the Arctic lost a year of shooting due to faulty elec- have a windmill in my backyard, but I do Circle — to capture glaciers as they “calve” tronics? That’s cutting room floor mate- have CFC bulbs in all my sockets and use Coming Soon (break off) into the ocean. rial. Meanwhile, viewers are treated to a canvas bags every time I go shopping. to Schuler of okemos The images are striking. In addition to squirm-inducing trip to the surgeon to Balog says that he just wants to be watch Balog endure his third knee repair able to tell his daughters that he was Book Signing surgery, after which he receives a strong doing everything he knew how to do with Lansing Author admonition to stop his glacier-hopping to fight global warming. And he is: antics. Can you guess if he listens to the He’s taking the best damned pictures doc? Nope — very next scene there he is, of melting ice caps that have ever been DAVE DEMPSEY digging his toe grips into the side of an ice taken. 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FRI. feb. 8 >> Identities The way we identified ourselves at age 6 is vastly different than how we identify ourselves at 18, 31 or 67. This Friday, (SCENE) Metrospace will host an evening of experimental theater exploring the realms of personal identity. The show will consist of monologues, short scenes and performance art, many of which are original pieces written by the cast, based on how they interpret their identities. Director Holly Johnson says that the show will involve breaking down the fourth wall and other aspects ON THE not often seen on stage. The event will be performed by members from the Lansing Art Works art collective. 7 p.m. FREE, donations appreciated. (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., Lansing. fri. feb. 8 >> 'Urbandale' One of the things that make a play or a musical great is if the audience can find it to be relatable. That’s why “A Chorus TOWNListings deadline is 5 p.m. the THURSDAY BEFORE Line” and “Death of a Salesman” remain fresh after so many years. This Friday, guests will be able to see a show that publication. Paid classes will be listed in print at the cost could be taking place in any neighborhood, but is based on one of Lansing’s own. “Urbandale,” a show that’s been a year of one enrollment (maximum $20). Please submit them to the events calendar at www.lansingcitypulse.com. If you in the making, will bring alive the Urbandale community, an eight-square-block Lansing neighborhood bounded by US 127, need help, please call Dana at (517) 999-5069. Email I-496, Kalamazoo Street and Clemens Avenue. The show will have houses, and gardens, come alive, and will discuss the information to [email protected]. complexities of its residents and the Red Cedar River’s effect on the neighborhood. An audience discussion will follow the show. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Foster Community Center 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing. (517) 884-6290. Wednesday, February 6 SAT. feb. 9 >> Tribute to the Beatles Classes and Seminars The Beatles led the British Invasion to America, eventually changing the face of music. Needless to say, they didn’t need Drawing Class. For all levels with Shirley Hazlett. Pre-registration required. 1-3:30 p.m. $50 for 4 much “Help!” They left an impact like no one before them, and only few have since. This Saturday, guests will get a chance weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner to hear what it would have been like had the Fab Four played with a symphony. The evening will bring together the Lansing St., Lansing. Symphony Orchestra and the Classical Mystery Tour, a group that look and sound like John, Ringo, George and Paul — Community Yoga. For all levels. 6 p.m. FREE. Just shaggy hair and all — for a one-night-only performance. Get ready to “Come Together,” and don’t worry, there won’t be B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. any walruses making an appearance. 8 p.m. $15, $30, $40. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. After School Youth Gardening Program. (517) 487-5001. lansingsymphony.org. Ages 11-17. 3:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. sun. feb. 10 >> darwin Discovery Day Family Storytime. Stories activities for kids 6 Charles Darwin’s birthday is Feb. 12, 1809, which means if he were still alive and under. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing today he would have been … really old. The MSU Museum is celebrating Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 272-9840. a few days early as part of Darwin Discovery Day this Sunday, as guests Babytime. Beginning story time for babies under 2. 10:30-11 a.m. East Lansing Public Library, 950 will be able to celebrate one of the most influential men in history. “Tails of Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Scales” will focus on Darwin’s study with all things coldblooded and scaly. Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 Not only will there be cake — this is a birthday celebration, after all — but p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. there will be tours, lectures and activities. Found a natural object in your Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. backyard and want to know if it’s more than just a rock? Museum curators The Ex-Offender Initiative. Discussion. 6-7 and faculty members will be on hand to identify if you’ve made a Darwin- p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (5170 sized discovery. 1-5 p.m. FREE. MSU Museum, MSU Campus, East Lansing. 484-7434. pilgrimucc.com. (517) 355-2370. museum.msu.edu. Mid-Day Mosaic: Central UMC's Stained Glass Windows. 12:15-12:45 p.m. FREE. Central tue. feb. 12 >> Paczki Day United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., This Tuesday is Mardi Gras, aka Fat Tuesday, aka Paczki Day, and it’s a day to celebrate the doughnut’s lesser known cousin: Lansing. (517) 485-9477. the paczki. The deep-fried dough balls may look like jelly doughnuts, but they have slightly different consistencies and are ENO Monthly Meeting. 7 p.m. Foster Community Center, 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing. filled with a variety of fillings, ranging from fruit to cream. Lansing’s Roma Bakery has been celebrating Fat Tuesday for the Out-Of-County Marketing Panel. RSVP last 43 years, so you know they’re making the little delicacies right. So enjoy as many paczkis as you can manage to eat at [email protected]. 4-5 p.m. FREE. MICA — just don’t look up the calorie count. Roma Bakery, 428 North Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 485-9466. romabakerydeli.com. Gallery, 1210 N. Turner St., Lansing. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First feb. 12-17 >> 'Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy' Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Saginaw Hwy., Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. The 1992 film “Sister Act” had something for everyone. Nuns. Las Vegas. Maggie Smith. But the real star (besides Whoopi Events Goldberg, of course) was the music, and in 2011, that movie made Fenner Nature Center Walking Group. 5 p.m. the transition into a Broadway musical. Now the Tony-nominated FREE. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope show is coming to the Wharton stage, brining along the same, Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224. mynaturecenter.org. familiar story, with a few changes. The show features a cast with Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East resumés that would make even Mother Superior proud. Having Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. the music written by an eight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken Grande Paraders Square Dance Club. Round (“Beauty and the Beast,” “Little Shop of Horrors”) doesn’t hurt dancing, 7 p.m. Modern-style square dancing, either. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $5, $4 club members. Holt 9th Grade 8 p.m. Saturday; 1 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000. See Out on the Town, Page 21 whartoncenter.com. Photo by: Joan Marcus 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 6, 2013

FunDubMentals at Marley Bash The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, 18+, $6 adv., $8 door, 9 p.m. turn it Over the past three years The FunDubMentals have been playing its hybrid of reggae/dub/ska/roots music across the state. In 2010, they were voted “Best New Band” in the Northern Express Magazine. Friday, the band headlines a Bob Marley Birthday Bash at The Loft. Opening the show are Skee Town Stylee, a Muskegon-based reggae/hip-hop band, and the Lansing-based Down salsa group, Salsa Verde. The FunDubMentals, a Traverse City-based four piece, have also played a list of summer festivals, including slots at the Kalamazoo A survey of Lansing's Islandfest, Earthwork Harvest Festival, Rootenany, and the Beaver Island Music fri. feb. musical Landscape Festival. A couple of other high points were opening for Sierra Leon Refugee All Stars at the Traverse City Opera House and warming up the stage for The By Rich Tupica 8th Wailers at the Rave Eagles Club in Wisconsin.

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Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, 18+, $3, Lansing, 18+. $7, Grove St., East Lansing. $15 public, Lansing, all ages, $5, children free, 9 p.m. 9 p.m. $12 members, $5 students. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. Hitting the decks at Ginger Fest at Mac’s Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles record la- The Traverse City-based, old-time country Fresh off the release of their latest vinyl Bar are some of the area’s busiest DJs, one bel has released stacks of great albums from the sextet Sister Wilene makes its Ten Pound LP, “Blue Water,” Flatfoot plays an all-ages of whom is Glitter Magik, a Red Invasion likes of the Dead Kennedys (Biafra´s band), The Fiddle debut Friday. Sister Wilene plays tunes show Saturday at The Avenue Café. The Lan- Records artist. The self-proclaimed “King of Butthole Surfers, The Dicks, The Melvins — even from the old days when country music was sing/Ann Arbor-based alt-country/rock ’n’ roll Glamour” has been spinning at Lansing clubs Noam Chomsky. Another band on that impres- dominated by heartfelt ballads and great swing five piece often reflects honkytonk origina- for five years. In that time he’s performed sive roster, Thrall, returns Thursday to Mac’s Bar, songs. Fans of Patsy Cline and Bob Wills-style tors like Buck Owens and Johnny Cash, while at major events like Shuto Con and Electric along with local openers Jack Pine Snag, Mind- songs may want to check out this show for an also touching on some Big Star and Pogues Forest. While his wild stage antics (he “makes guards, and Dennis Quaid & The Fat Boys. Thrall, evening of earnest tearjerkers and danceable vibes. As for the new record, guitarist/vocalist it rain with glitter”) has gained him attention a Detroit-area band, is led by vocalist Mike Hard, ditties. Lead vocalist Mary Sue Wilkinson is Aaron Bales said the band amped up the soul. in the local electronic scene, he’s also gained a wild and strange front man who’s also known known for her previous work in bands like “There are several songs that have big, almost recognition beyond Lansing for his house for his previous work in God Bullies and Hand Iowa Rose and The Pets, bands that drew Motown soul vibes to them,” Bales said. remixes that are played on Detroit area radio Over Head. God Bullies formed in the mid-‘80s some regional and national attention. Her vo- “We spread out more on this than any other stations. Sharing the Ginger Fest bill is Craig and released records with Alternative Tentacles, cal duets with guitarist Roger Brown are soul- record we’ve done. There’s still some country Doepker, who will bang out some disco and Sympathy for the Record Industry and Amphet- ful and reminiscent of George Jones & Tammy in there, but it’s pretty broad sonically. There’s house. Also making some noise are DJ eKlipx amine Reptile. Since 1995 Hard has primarily Wynette or Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner. piano organ on just about everything, there , EL ES Dreams, Young Anakin, Illustrated and focused on Thrall, but has also played some God The band also features Steppin’ In It member are horn parts in a bunch of spots — that is Nic Bouldin. Bullies reunions and solo gigs along the way. Joe Wilson on steel guitar. totally new for us.”

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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Peter Nelson Jazz Quartet, 9 p.m. Boogie Bob, 4 p.m. SmoothStreet, 8 p.m. Flatfoot, 8 p.m. Bar 30, 2324 Showtime Drive D.J. Skitzo, 10 p.m. D.J. John Beltran, 10 p.m. D.J. John Beltran, 10 p.m. D.J. Skitzo, 10 p.m. Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Jr. Blvd. Live entertainment, 9 p.m. Cryn Wolf, 9 p.m. Cryn Wolf, 9 p.m. Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St. Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. Brian McCree, 8 p.m. Nick Gaza, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Nick Gaza, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Dave Menzo, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Tryst Thursdays, 8:30 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9:30 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9:30 p.m. The Firm, 229 S. Washington Square DnW Sound DJs, 9 p.m. Various DJs, 9 p.m. Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Kathy Ford Band, 7:30 p.m. Karoke with Joanie Daniels, 7 p.m. Tyme 2 Play, 8 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. Stan Budzynski & 3rd Degree, 9:30 p.m. Beats 'N Angles, 9:30 p.m. Starfarm, 9:30 p.m. Starfarm, 9:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Fundubmentals, 9 p.m. Artronica, 8 p.m. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Thrall, 9 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic Night, 9:30 p.m. The Burnsides, 9:30 p.m. The Spring Tales, 9:30 p.m. The Spring Tales, 9:30 p.m. Rookies, 16460 S. US 27 Sea Cruisers, 7-10 p.m. Water Pong DJ, 9 p.m. Karaoke Dance Party, 9 p.m. Live Bands, 9 p.m. Rum Runners, 601 East Michigan Ave. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Dueling Pianos & DJ, 9 p.m. Dueling Pianos & DJ, 7 p.m. Dueling Pianos & DJ, 7 p.m. Uli's Haus of Rock, 4519 S. MLK Jr. Blvd. Various Artists, 9 p.m. Various Artists, 9 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Riffraff, 8:30 p.m. Easy Babies, 8:30 p.m. Waterfront Bar & Grill, 325 City Market Drive Suzi & The Love Brothers, 6 p.m. Craig Hendershott, 6 p.m. Joe Wright, 6 p.m. Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert D.J., 9 p.m. D.J., 9 p.m. Brian Randall Band, 9 p.m. Brian Randall Band, 9 p.m. Sunday Karaoke, 9 p.m. Drag Queens Gone Wild, 11 p.m., Spiral Dance Bar; DJ Mike, 9:30 p.m., LeRoy's Bar & Grill; Open Mic, 5 p.m., Open Blues Jam, 7-11 p.m. Uli's Haus of Rock. Monday Steppin' In It, 9:30 p.m., Green Door: Easy Babies funk trio, 10 p.m., The Exchange. Open-Mic Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Michigan Brewing Company-Lansing. Monday Funday, 9 p.m., The Firm. Tuesday Tommy Foster & Guitar Bob, 9 p.m., The Exchange; Neon Tuesday, 9 p.m., Mac's Bar. Jazz Tuesday Open Jam, 9 p.m., Stober's Bar, 812 E. Michigan Ave. City Pulse • February 6, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21

Quintet & the New Horizons Band. Refreshments. 1 6-8 p.m. FREE. Foster Community Center, 200 N. Music Out on the town p.m. FREE. Plymouth Congregational Church, 2001 E. Foster Ave., Lansing. (517) 708-4393. iteclansing.org. Symphony Band. 7:30 p.m. $10 adults, $8 seniors, Grand River Ave., Lansing. plymouthlansing.org. Kindergarten Information Night. RSVP. 7 p.m. FREE students with ID & under 18. Cobb Great Hall, from page 19 FREE. Lansing Christian School, 3405 Belle Chase Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) Way, Lansing. (517) 882-5779 ext. 107. Campus, 5780 Holt Road, Holt. (517) 694-0087. TheatER 432-2000. whartoncenter.com. Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh in, 6 p.m. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. Reno's East, 1310 "U.P." A man takes a road trip searching for Meeting, 6:30 p.m. FREE to visit. St. David's Abbott Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-7366. answers, ending up in the U.P. 7:30 p.m. $15, $10 students. RCAH Auditorium, Snyder-Phillips Hall, Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) Friday, February 8 882-9080. stdavidslansing.org. Music MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 355-6690. Classes and Seminars Water media. All levels welcome, with Donna Marshall Music Open Jam Night. Instruments Our Daily Work/Lives. Soma Chaudhuri, MSU Randall. Pre-registration required. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & PA provided. All ages welcome. 6 p.m. FREE. Department of Sociology. 12:15-1:30 p.m. FREE. MSU $50 for 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Marshall Music, 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) Thursday, February 7 Museum Auditorium, MSU Campus, East Lansing. Turner St., Lansing. (517) 999-1212. 337-9700. marshallmusic.com. Classes and Seminars De-Stress at Your Desk. Instructor Simone After School Youth Gardening Program. Kids Lansing Matinee Musicale. Asbury Brass Learning the Keys & Navigating the Mouse. Ranes. 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Creative Wellness, 2025 Type faster & control the computer more effectively. Time: ages 5-10. Activities. 4-5:30 p.m. FREE. Hunter Abbot Road, #200, East Lansing. (517) 351-9240. Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. Oil Painting. For all levels with Patricia Singer. Pre- Kalamazoo St., Lansing. registration required. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $50 for 4 Advice Goddess & Family Storytime. 10:30 a.m. CADL Downtown weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner St., Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (Please Lansing. Savage Love see details Feb. 6.) Winter Night Hikes. Bring flashlight & warm Polarity Yoga & 5 Tibetan Rites. Taught by clothes. 6-8 p.m. $5 non-members, FREE Fenner CAN NOW BE READ ONLINE Danelle Hutcheson. 12:10-12:50 p.m. & 5:45-7 p.m. $10 members. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount www.lansingcitypulse.com per class, $48 for 6 weeks. ACC Natural Healing & Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224. Wellness, 617 W. Ionia St., Lansing. February SmArts Workshop. 10 a.m.-Noon. $10 Drawing Class. For all levels with Shirley Hazlett. non-members, $5 basic SmArts members, FREE Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $50 for 4 Level 2 SmArts members. MICA Gallery, 1210 N. weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner St., Turner St., Lansing. (517) 372-4636 ext. 3. “Follow My Lead”- Lansing. (517) 999-1212. Alcoholics Anonymous. With ASL interpretation. Slavery to Freedom. Speaker Donzaleigh -it’s a symbolic 8 p.m. FREE. Alano Club East, 220 S. Howard St., Abernathy. Reception follows. 5 p.m. FREE. Kellogg Lansing. (517) 482-8957. gesture. Conference Center, 219 S. Harrison Road, East Alcoholics Anonymous. Closed women's meeting. by Matt Jones Lansing. (517) 432-4979. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Drop-In Art Class. For preschoolers. 10- 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. 11:30 a.m. $1 per child per class. Delta Township Across Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Lansing. Events 1 Dirk Benedict co-star (517) 323-8555. Bea Christy Dinner. Socializing, 5:30 p.m. Dinner, 4 “Well, aren’t you the Family Education Day. Focus on eggs. 5 p.m. 6:15 p.m. Must RSVP. $17. Lansing Center, 333 E. fancy one?” FREE. Lansing City Market, 325 City Market Drive, Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 393-9883. 10 Maidenform competi- Lansing. (517) 483-7460. Singles TGIF Hoops Rivalry Bash. Costume tor Codependents Anonymous. 7-8 p.m. FREE. 14 “Positively,” to Pierre contest, craziest MSU & U of M fans. 8 p.m. $12. Community Mental Health Building, 812 E. Jolly Road, 15 “Let me handle the Hawk Hollow Golf Course, 15101 Chandler Road, Lansing. (517) 672-4072. situation” Bath. (517) 281-6272. singlestgif.com. 16 Stratford-___-Avon Daddy Daughter Dance. Under the Sea Ball. 17 Mail-order publica- Events 6:30-8 p.m. $24 per couple. Play, 4972 Northwind tions for those who make Spanish Conversation Group. English & Spanish Drive, East Lansing. (517) 708-8746. kids’ sandwiches? spoken. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 20 Migraine sensation 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Music Euchre. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta 21 “The Iceman Cometh” Grand River Radio Diner. Featuring Brian Carter. Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, playwright Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Lansing. (517) 484-5600. 22 “There will come Grand River, Lansing. (517) 483-1710. lcc.edu/radio. Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy's Classic Bar ___...” Frog and the Beeftones. 9:15 p.m. Coach's Pub 57 Hyundai model sity’s affiliated denom. 39 “___ Te Ching” & Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482-0184. 23 Easter or Christmas and Grill, 6201 Bishop Road, Lansing. (517) 882-2013. 25 Hockey legend Bobby 59 Helsinkian, e.g. 6 Part of DJIA 40 Handheld device, for MSU Film Collective Screening. "Certified Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. $10 adults, $8 28 Stint on Broadway 60 Reason to watch 7 How more and more short Copy." Discussion follows. 8 p.m. FREE. B122 Wells seniors, FREE students with ID & under 18. Cobb 29 “The way I see it,” “Sesame Street” and old movies can be 41 Big ISP, once Hall, MSU Campus, East Lansing. Great Hall, Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East online “Nova” on mute? viewed 42 Keep slogging Speech Night. Presented by survivors of brain Lansing. (517) 432-2000. whartoncenter.com. 30 “Consarn it, ye 65 Just around the 8 Jazz pianist Krall 44 Rum from Puerto Rico injury & families. RSVP. 6:30 p.m. Peckham varmint!” corner 9 Show up to 45 “Sorry, you’re on your Industries, 3510 Capital City Blvd., Lansing. (517) TheatER 32 “I Spent My Summer 66 Kind of off-road 10 He-cow own” 455-0264. motorcycle racing 11 Words of regret 46 Full of subtlety "End Days." 8 p.m. $25. Williamston Theatre, 122 Vacation Rolling a 300” Bananagrams Night. Timed word game. 7 p.m. 67 “The Star-Spangled 12 Captain’s journal 47 Bayer Leverkusen’s S. Putnam, Williamston. (Please see details Feb. 7.) and such? Schuler Books & Music Lansing, 2820 Towne Centre Banner” contraction 13 Plug-___ country: abbr. "U.P." 8 p.m. & 11:55 p.m. $15, $10 students. RCAH 35 Deli loaves Blvd., Lansing. (517) 316-7495. schulerbooks.com. 68 Pull on a tooth 18 Yell out 49 Department store Auditorium, Snyder-Phillips Hall, MSU Campus, East 36 “Do this or ___” Grand Opening. Concert, give-aways & more. 7 69 N.Y congressman 19 Opera set in Egypt section Lansing. (Please see details Feb. 6.) 37 “Laters” p.m. FREE. Guitar Center, 517 Mall Court, Lansing. 40 New York Shake- Anthony taken down by a 22 1970s synthesizer 50 When someone will be "Princess and the Pea" & "Rapunzel." The two speare Festival founder sexting scandal in 2011 brand back, often classic fairy tales. 7 p.m. $7 18 & above, $5 under Joseph 70 The Ravens got four in 23 Rapscallions 55 Be penitent Theatre 17. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East "End Days." A story exploring love, loss and family. 43 About 2 stars for Super Bowl XLVII: abbr. 24 Flockmates 56 Epitome of easiness Lansing. (517) 333-2580 ext. 0. 8 p.m. $20. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, canned hipster beer? 26 Parisian street 58 Pen sound MSU Vagina Monologues. Series of monologues. Williamston. (517) 655-7469. williamstontheatre.com. 48 Musical sequence Down 27 Apt. ad stat 59 Flower: Sp. 8 p.m. $16, $11 students. Pasant Theatre, Bogue "U.P." 7:30 p.m. $15, $10 students. RCAH 51 Wheels 1 Floor cleaner 29 Different ending? 60 He had the first billion- St. and Wilson Road, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000. 31 “Blast!” view YouTube video Auditorium, Snyder-Phillips Hall, MSU Campus, East 52 Signal 2 Bathtime sounds whartoncenter.com. 33 Cartoon skunk ___ 61 Squeezing serpent Lansing. (Please see details Feb. 6.) 53 India Pale ___ 3 San Diego neighbor "Almost, Maine." 7:30 p.m. $8 adults, $5 students LePew 62 Closest star to you "Almost, Maine." Short vignettes about love. 54 Passes into law 4 Cremona currency, and seniors. Okemos High School, 2500 Jolly Road, 34 Walk like you’re cool 63 Wrath 7:30 p.m. $8 adults, $5 students and seniors. 56 Early late show host once Okemos. (Please see details Feb. 7.) Jack 5 Wilberforce Univer- 38 Sciences’ counterpart 64 Hosp. areas Okemos High School, 2500 Jolly Road, Okemos. okemosdrama.net. ©2012 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. 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GUITAR CENTER Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Out on the town Lansing. (517) 367-6300. cadl.org. Future is Now. Soup & sandwich luncheon from page 21 fundraiser. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7000 W. Saginaw Hwy., Lansing. (517) 321-6100. Literature and Poetry 8th Annual Un-Valentine's Show. With John Book Signing Kim Harrison. Meet the Michigan Latini, Dave Boutette & Jamie-Sue Seal. 8 p.m. $12 author. Reserve tickets. 6 p.m. Schuler Books & advance, $15 door. Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., Music Lansing, 2820 Towne Centre Blvd., Lansing. Lansing. (517) 487-9549. (517) 316-7495. schulerbooks.com. Fashion & Fitness Expo. Shopping, treatments & giveaways. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Renewed Spirit, LLC, 2110 Hamilton Road, Okemos. (517) 580-4734. Saturday, February 9 Capital Area United Way Benefit. Cocktails, 6 Classes and Seminars p.m. Dinner, 7 p.m. Show, 8 p.m. $150, $1000 table Explore the World Wide Web. 10 a.m.-Noon. of 8, $200 VIP, $1200 VIP table of 8. University Club FREE. Foster Community Center, 200 N. Foster Ave., MSU, 3435 Forest Road, Lansing. (517) 203-5024. Lansing. (517) 708-4393. iteclansing.org. Tai Chi in the Park. Taught by Bob Teachout. 9 Theater Sam Inglot/City Pulse a.m. FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, "End Days." 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. $22 & $25. 1400 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. Employees prepare for the grand opening of the Lansing Guitar Center, which U.S. Citizenship Class. Learn steps to apply happens 7 p.m. Thursday. (Please see details Feb. 7.) for citizenship & get ready for interview. 10-11:30 "U.P." 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. $15, $10 students. RCAH a.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Auditorium, Snyder-Phillips Hall, MSU Campus, East to come in and play.” and experiment with other Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. cadl.org. Lansing. (Please see details Feb. 6.) The 54-year-old chain students or learn specific Photography Class. With Ron St. Germain. 10 "Princess and the Pea" & "Rapunzel." 2 p.m. has other Michigan songs. The express plan a.m.-1 p.m. $55. Woldumar Nature Center, 5739 Old & 4:30 p.m. $7 18 & above, $5 under 17. Hannah New locations, including stores ($99) is similar, but you only Lansing Road, Lansing. (517) 322-0030. Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. intown in Detroit, Grand Rapids get four half-hour sessions Staying Connected with Facebook. 1-3 p.m. (Please see details Feb. 8.) and Kalamazoo. The new per week in addition to the FREE. Foster Community Center, 200 N. Foster Ave., MSU Vagina Monologues. 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. $16, Lansing. (517) 708-4392. iteclansing.org. store joins other local music hour of open class time. $11 students. Pasant Theatre, Bogue St. and Wilson Guest Lecture Series. Photographer Mary Road, East Lansing. (Please see details Feb. 8.) Lessons range from band By RICH TUPICA shops, including Music Robert. Reception, 2 p.m. MSU Museum. 1 p.m. MSU "Almost, Maine." 7:30 p.m. $8 adults, $5 students Guitar Center is the Manor on South Cedar and orchestra to vocals and Union, MSU Campus, East Lansing. msu.edu. and seniors. Okemos High School, 2500 Jolly Road, largest chain music store Street in Lansing, Elderly keyboards. Caricature Workshop. Instructor Dennis Okemos. (Please see details Feb. 7.) in the world, and this week Instruments in Old Town, Guitar Center has also Preston. Pre-registration required. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 Lansing gets a store of White Bros. Music in been headed upwards, p.m. $85. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner Literature and Poetry St., Lansing. (517) 999-1212. gallery1212.com. its own. On Thursday, the Okemos … and Marshall according to Mattias. Books and Bagels. "A Nest for Celeste," Henry Re-Entry of Prisoners. Forum on role Cole. Grades 4-6. Register. 2-3 p.m. FREE. East California-based company Music, which is practically “We’re continuing to of volunteers. 8:30-10:30 a.m. FREE. Pilgrim Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East next door on East Grand grow, and that’s what we opens its 242nd location Congregational United Church of Christ, 125 S. Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. in the Frandor Shopping River Avenue adjacent to plan on doing,” he said. And Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 332-5181. Center with a grand opening Frandor. Mattias said Guitar while it’s only been public a Overeaters Anonymous. 9:30 a.m. FREE. party that’s guaranteed to Center has a team that short while, he said Guitar Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Sunday, February 10 Ave., Lansing. catch some eyes. scouts and picks locations. Center has had its eye on Classes and Seminars “We’re going to have “It’s really based on Lansing for years. Backyard Birding 101. Intro to backyard birding. Events 1-2:30 p.m. $5 members, $10 non-members. Fenner flood lights out there and what’s around the area,” “Since 2004 or 2005, I Lucas Oil Monster Truck Nationals. America's Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. Mattias said. “I don’t think decided we needed to put we’ll be giving away free youngest touring monster truck team. 7:30 p.m. $15 (517) 483-4224. mynaturecenter.org. T-shirts all night,” said it’s about a competitor at all. a store in Lansing,” Mattias & $30 advance, $18 & 30 day of. Breslin Center, Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. district manager Vince There are a lot of great things said. “I think it has a great MSU Campus, East Lansing. (800) 968-2737. Orchard Street Pump House, 368 Orchard St., East Mattias, a 14-year employee in Frandor. A great mix of community, a great college, Relay For Life Lansing Kickoff. Informational Lansing. (517) 485-9190. open house. 1-3 p.m. FREE. Lansing Mall, 5330 West of the company. The grand stores and restaurants, and there’s a good atmosphere Spiritual Talk, Pure Meditation & Silent Saginaw Hwy., Lansing. (517) 664-1413. Prayer. One of Mata Yoganandaji's "Inspiring Talks." opening party starts at 7 it’s centrally located.” and a lot of music happening Fenner Nature Center Walking Group. 8-9 7 p.m. FREE. Self Realization Meditation Healing But the Lansing location in Lansing. I just thought it p.m. and goes until the store a.m. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, Bath. (517) 641-6201. closes at 10 p.m. will have one thing that was a place we needed to Ave., Lansing. (Please see details Feb. 6.) Meal Planning. Basics of healthy eating. 2-3 p.m. Mattias oversees seven no other Guitar Center in get to.” Film Screening. "The Black Press: Soldiers stores, including the the state has: a separate Meanwhile, word has Without Swords." Discussion follows. 2-4 p.m. CADL See Out on the Town, Page 23 Lansing location. He said studio space devoted to it that Marshall Music is his team is ready for a flood teaching music lessons. A planning a massive interior SUDOKU BEGINNER of musicians. One thing to representative from the renovation of its own keep in mind if you plan to studio said that professional this spring, which means TO PLAY stop by — this is a hands-on local instructors have been Lansing may be cultivating a Fill in the grid so that every row, col- kind of store. Guitar Center hired to provide private new image as a music hub. umn, and outlined 3-by-3 box contains music lessons through Stay tuned. is known for having much the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once. of its stock plugged in and one of two packages: the No guessing is required. The solution is ready to jam on. standard plan ($199 per unique. Guitar Center “The store is an amazing month) gets you four one- 517 Mall Court, Frandor Shopping hour lessons per week in To avoid erasing, pencil in your pos- place to demo gear,” Mattias Center sible answers in the scratchpad space said. “We have a large one of the studio’s six lesson Lansing Township selection of guitars, drums, rooms, plus an additional beneath the short line in each vacant 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday square. amplifiers, keyboards, hour of open class time that 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday pro audio and recording allows students to meet Noon– 6 p.m. Sunday Answers on page 24 equipment. 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Music Out on the town Afterglow Jazz Show. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Bar 30, 2324 Showtime Drive, Lansing. (313) 444-5166. from page 22 Evening of Smooth Jazz. Featuring Nick Colionne. 5:30 p.m. $38. Holt Performing Arts CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Complex, 5885 West Holt Road, Holt. (517) 372-7246. Lansing. (517) 367-6300. cadl.org. The Riverside Pops Series. Organist Donnie Beginning Classical Yang Tai Chi. Instructor Tim Rankin. 3 p.m. $12 advance, $15 at door. Grand Bernath-Plaisted. Reserve your spot. 3-4 p.m. $95. Ledge Opera House, 121 S. Bridge St., Grand Ledge. Creative Wellness, 2025 Abbot Road, #200, East (517) 372-0945. lto-pops.org. Lansing. (517) 351-9240. creativewellness.net. Intermediate Tai Chi. Instructor Tim Bernath- Theater Plaisted. Reserve your spot. 4-5 p.m. $95. Creative "End Days." A story exploring love, loss and family. Wellness, 2025 Abbot Road, #200, East Lansing. 2 p.m. $22. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, (517) 351-9240. creativewellness.net. Williamston. (Please see details Feb. 7.) GriefShare Seminar. A DVD series, with small "U.P." 2 p.m. $15, $10 students. RCAH Auditorium, support group discussion. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Grace Snyder-Phillips Hall, MSU Campus, East Lansing. UMC, 1900 Boston Blvd., Lansing. (517) 490-3218. (Please see details Feb. 6.) Overeaters Anonymous. 2-3:15 p.m. FREE. Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., Conference room F, 2nd floor, Lansing. (517) Monday, February 11 332-0755. Classes and Seminars Alcoholics Anonymous. With ASL interpretation. Meditation for Stress Management. Instructor 9 a.m. FREE. Alano Club East, 220 S. Howard St., Mike Limauro. 7-9 p.m. $40. Creative Wellness, 2025 Lansing. (517) 482-8957. Abbot Road, #200, East Lansing. (517) 351-9240. Codependents Anonymous. Meets on the third creativewellness.net. floor. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing Learn to Meditate. Focus on secular Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 672-4072. fundamentals. 7:45-8:30 p.m. FREE, donations. C. Weaver Physical Therapy Exercise Studio, 1720 Events Abbey Road, East Lansing. (517) 272-9379. JAMM's 4th Annual Tribute Concert. Honoree Babytime. Beginning story time for babies under 2. Professor Randy Gelispie. 3-6 p.m. $25, $10 student. 10:30-11 a.m. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Community Infomation Day. Registration Photography Class. With Ron St. Germain. 6:30-9 recommended. 1-3 p.m. FREE. Lansing Catholic p.m. $55. Woldumar Nature Center, 5739 Old Lansing High School, 501 Marshall, Lansing. (517) 267-2100. Road, Lansing. (517) 322-0030. Capital Area Singles Dance. With door prizes. Kundalini Yoga. No experience needed. Taught by 6-10 p.m. $8. Fraternal Order of Eagles, 4700 N. Emily Emersen. 5:45-7 p.m. $12 per class, $60 for 6 Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 819-0405. weeks. ACC Natural Healing & Wellness, 617 W. Ionia Be My Valentine! Love Yourself! Family Valentine Craft. All ages welcome. 2-3 St., Lansing. massageandwellnesslansing.com Show your special someone This Valentine’s Day is p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Potter-Walsh Neighborhood Meeting. 6:20- Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. 7:20 p.m. Faith Fellowship Baptist Church, 1001 Dakin how much you care: all about you!: Support East Lansing Public Second Sunday. St., Lansing. 30-minute aromatherapy massage 30-minute massage Library. 4-9 p.m. Dublin Square Irish Pub, 327 Abbot Online Job Tools. Registration required. 6-7 p.m. Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2222. dublinsquare.net. CADL South Lansing Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., 30-minute European facial 30-minute European facial Church of Comedy. Adult comedy. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Lansing. (517) 272-9840. Spa Manicure & Pedicure Ionic Foot Detox Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River, Lansing. American Sewing Guild Lansing Clippers' (517) 484-4825. sirpizza-mi.com. Meeting. Demo with Mary Adkins. 6:30-9 p.m. $130, 2 1/2 hours. $110, 2 hours. Showbiz Sundays Drag Review. To Wong Foo. 18 FREE. UAW Local 652, 426 Clare St., Lansing. (517) & over. 11:30 p.m. $5. Spiral Dance Bar, 1247 Center St., Lansing. (517) 371-3221. See Out on the Town, Page 24 RenewedSpiritSpa.com (517) 580-4734 2110 Hamilton Road, Okemos 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • February 6, 2013

Register. 6:30 p.m. $8. Lansing Center, 333 E. Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny February 6-12 Out on the town Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4277. Homework Help. For students grades K-8. 5-7 from page 23 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot ARIES (March 21-April 19): "What we need is more reflected the conventional moral code, which regarded people who specialize in the impossible," said poet a "birth out of wedlock" as scandalous. But I think we Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. 699-8062. lansingclippers.com. Theodore Roethke. For the foreseeable future, Aries, can safely say that this old dogma has been officially Monday Movie Matinees. Intended for adult Alzheimer's 101. Know the 10 warning signs. 7-8:30 you could and should be a person like that. I'm not retired. According to recent statistics compiled by the audience. 1 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, p.m. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, saying that you will forevermore be a connoisseur of CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. amazements and a massager of miracles and a magnet over 40 percent of the kids born in the U.S. are to East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. for unexpected beauty. But if you want to, you can play unmarried mothers. Just goes to show you that not Divorced, Separated, Widowed Conversation Music those roles for the next few weeks. How many exotic all forbidden acts remain forbidden forever. What was Group. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. David's Episcopal Open Mic Blues Mondays. Blues, rock and explorations and unlikely discoveries can you cram into unthinkable or out of bounds or not allowed at one time Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272. spoken word. 6:30-10:30 p.m. FREE. Midtown Beer your life between now and March 1? How many unimagi- may evolve into what's normal. I bring this up, Libra, Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. St. David's Co., 402 Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 977-1349. nable transformations can you imagine? because it's an excellent time for you to divest yourself Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): North America's most of a certain taboo that's no longer necessary or mean- (989) 587-4609. powerful and iconic waterfall is Niagara Falls, which ingful. Chronic Pain Support Group. For those Tuesday, February 12 straddles the border between the U.S. and Canada. In SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): While trekking up Mount experiencing any level of chronic physical pain. 4- Classes and Seminars 1969, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed to 5:30 p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, Katahdin in Maine, naturalist Henry David Thoreau had a Extreme Couponing. Call to register. 6-8 p.m. shut down the American side of this elemental surge for "mountain-top experience" that moved him to observe, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. FREE. Center for Financial Health, 230 N. Washington a few months. They performed their monumental magic "I stand in awe of my body." You're due for a similar Square, Lansing. (517) 708-2550. by building a dam made with 27,800 tons of rocks. Their splash of illumination, Scorpio. The time is right for you Events Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh in, 6 p.m. purpose was to do research and maintenance on the to arrive at a reverent new appreciation for the prodi- Social Bridge. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. Meeting, 7 p.m. FREE to visit. Eaton Rapids Medical stony foundation that lies beneath the water. I'm thinking gious feats that your physical organism endlessly per- Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth that you Tauruses could accomplish a metaphorical ver- Center, 1500 S. Main St., Eaton Rapids. (517) 543-0786. forms for you. What could you do to encourage such a Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. sion of that feat in the coming weeks: some awesome breakthrough? How can you elevate your love for the Intro to Computers. 2:30-4 p.m. FREE. Capital Mac's Monday Comedy Night. Hosted by Mark task that allows you to peer beneath the surface and flesh and blood that houses your divine spark? Area Michigan Works, 2110 S. Cedar St., Lansing. Roebuck & Dan Currie. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Mac's Bar, make refinements that enhance your stability for a long SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): How do you like Speakeasies Toastmasters. 12:05-1 p.m. FREE. 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-6795. time. your caviar? Do you prefer it to be velvety and smooth, Ingham County Human Services Bldg. 5303 S. Cedar Daddy Daughter/Mother Son Dances. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): National Geographic or would you rather have it be full of strong, fishy taste? St., Lansing. (517) 887-1440. reports that dung beetles have an intimate relation- If it's the first option, beluga caviar is your best option. Tai Chi & Qigong. Taught by Bruce Ching. Drop ins ship not only with the earth but also with the stars. If the second, sevruga should be your favorite. What? City Pulse Classifieds welcome. 5:45-7 p.m. $12 per class, $60 for 6 weeks. Scientists in South Africa found that the bugs use the You say you never eat caviar? Well, even if you don't, Interested in placing a classified ad in City Pulse? ACC Natural Healing & Wellness, 617 W. Ionia St., Milky Way Galaxy to orient themselves while rolling their you should regard the choice between types of caviar (517) 999-5066 or [email protected] Lansing. massageandwellnesslansing.com. precious balls of dung to the right spot for safekeep- as an apt metaphor for the coming week. You can Water media. All levels welcome, with Donna ing. The bright band of starlight in the sky serves as a either have velvety smoothness or a strong taste, but Accounting Manager. Prep & maint of finan, Randall. Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $50 for navigational aid. I nominate the dung beetle to be your not both. Which will it be? Set your intention. acctg & statistical rptg, incl rpt finan infor to parent co. Reqd. Bach in Acctg or Fin (or FDE). 7 yrs progr. public 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner St., power animal in the coming weeks, Gemini. It will be CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Dear Astrology acctg exp to incl: 6 yrs US GAAP & IFRS; 6 yrs public Lansing. (517) 999-1212. prime time for you, too, to align your movements and Guy: I have been reading your horoscopes since I was rptg, mult currencies & effect on fin stmts, & in a manufg After School Youth Gardening Program. Kids decisions with a bigger picture and a higher power. 19. For a while, I liked them. They were fun riddles that environ; 4 yrs consolidated rptg for SEC registrants & public cos; 15% or less travel. Mail resume: Janina Time: ages 5-10. Activities. 4-5:30 p.m. FREE. Hunter (Read about the research here: http://tinyurl.com/ made me think. But now I've soured on them. I'm sick Austin, Gerdau, 5591 Morrill Rd, Jackson, MI 49201 Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. GalacticBeetles.) and tired of you asking me to transform myself. You just Kalamazoo St., Lansing. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You should go right keep pushing and pushing, never satisfied, always say- Patient Coordinator Immediate FT position in home health agency in Lansing. Experienced and Eligible Cavanaugh Park Neighborhood Association. ahead and compare oranges and apples in the com- ing it's time to improve myself or get smarter or fix one candidates please email your resume to 6:30-7:30 p.m. Cavanaugh Elementary, 300 W. ing week, Cancerian. Honey and butter, too: It's fine of my bad habits. It's too much! I can't take it any more! [email protected] Cavanaugh Road, Lansing. (989) 621-9212. to compare and contrast them. Science and religion. Sometimes I just want to be idle and lazy. Your horo- Immediate FT Microsoft PowerPoint Basics. Registration Bulldogs and Siamese cats. Dew and thunderclaps. scopes piss me off! - Crabby Capricorn." Dear Crabby: Quality Assurance Specialist position in home health agency in Lansing. Experienced required. 6-7 p.m. CADL Downtown Lansing Library, Your assignment is to create connections that no one I've got some good news. In the coming week, you are and Eligible candidates please email your resume to 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6356. cadl.org. else would be able to make . . . to seek out seemingly completely excused from having to change anything [email protected] Drop-in Writer's Workshop. 6-9 p.m. FREE. East improbable harmonies between unlikely partners . . . about yourself or your life. Stay exactly the same! Be Housing Discrimination? Call the Fair Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. to dream up interesting juxtapositions that generate frozen in time. Resist the urge to tinker. Take a vacation Housing Center at 1-877-979-FAIR. www.fhcmichigan.org fertile ideas. Your soul needs the delight and challenge from life's relentless command to evolve. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. Greater Lansing Weavers Guild. Mingle, 6:30 p.m. of unexpected blending. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Young art student City Pulse is seeking candidates to join its Program, 7 p.m. FREE. St. Matthews Church, 2418 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The collection called Grimm's Andrzej Sobiepan sneaked into Poland's National sales team. Full time and part time positions available. Fairy Tales includes the story "The Devil and His Sales experience required, preferably in advertising/ Aurelius Road, Holt. lansingweavers.blogspot.com. Museum with a painting he had done himself and man- marketing. Opportunity to grow. EEO. Submit resume to Grandmother." In one scene, the devil's grandmother aged to surreptitiously mount it on one of the walls. [email protected]. is petting and rubbing her grandson's head. Or at least It hung there for a while before authorities noticed it Events that's what the English translations say. But the authors and took it down. "I decided that I will not wait 30 or 40 Distribution Driver - PT Job opening Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. All-you- wrote in German, and in their original version of the years for my works to appear at a place like this," he to stock schedule racks in Greater Lansing area. flexible can-eat pancakes, beverages & more. 5-7 p.m. St. text, grandma is in fact plucking lice from the devil's hours. Must have van or SUV w/own insurance, computer, said. "I want to benefit from them in the here and now." cell phone w/text and energy. e-mail resume to: garrett@ hair. Your job in the coming week, Leo, is to ensure that This is the kind of aggressive self-expression I'd like to wayforwardinfo.com See Out on the Town, Page 25 no one sanitizes earthy details like that. Be vigilant for see you summon in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Don't subtle censorship. Keep watch for bits of truth that wait for the world to come and invite you to do what SUDOKU SOLUTION CROSSWORD SOLUTION have been suppressed. You need the raw feed that you want to do. Invite yourself. P.S. The English transla- From Pg. 22 From Pg. 21 comes straight from the source. tion of Sobiepan's Polish last name means "his own mas- VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her book Jung and ter." What can you do to be more of your own master? Tarot, Sallie Nichols notes that the sixteenth card in PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Before any system can most Tarot decks portrays lightning as a hostile force: leap to a higher level of organization, says poet Susan "jagged, zigzag strokes that slash across the sky like Goldsmith Wooldridge, it has to undergo dissolution. angry teeth." But there's one deck, the Marseilles Tarot, "Unraveling or disintegrating is a vital, creative event that suggests a kinder, gentler lightning. The yellow making room for the new," she declares. Guess what and red phenomenon descending from the heavens time it is for the system we all know and love as YOU, resembles a giant feather duster; it looks like it would Pisces? That's right: It's a perfect moment to undo, tickle and clean rather than burn. I suspect you'll be dismantle, and disperse . . . as well as to unscramble, visited by a metaphorical version of this second kind of disentangle, and disencumber. Be of good cheer! Have lightning sometime soon, Virgo. Prepare to be tickled faith that you will be generating the conditions neces- and cleaned! sary for the rebirth that will follow. "To change from one LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Years ago, "bastard" was reality to another," writes Wooldridge, "a thing first must a derisive term for a child born to unmarried parents. It turn into nothing." (Her book is Poemcrazy.)

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By MARK NIXON By GABRIELLE JOHNSON I’m a sucker for old restaurants. In a business where restaurants routinely Everyone has certain memorable places in their hometown. I remember fade to black, you have to admire a place that has outlasted many of its rivals the two-for-one deal on Quality Dairy ice cream cones that sent my dad, and a good many of its customers. brother and me scouring all the area QDs on Tuesday The Knight Cap is such a place; one of the granddaddies The Knight Cap nights for mint chocolate chip, our favorite. I think of the of fine dining in Greater Lansing. It opened in 1969, a few 320 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Dining room hours: tantalizing aroma of popcorn and roasted peanuts luring blocks east of the Capitol, before Michigan Avenue boasted me into The Peanut Shop as I walked by. And I think of 11 a.m.–10 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–11 p.m. a ballpark or the Lansing Center. my very favorite restaurant, The Knight Cap. Snug and leather-bound, this is one of those if-the-walls- Friday, 5 p.m.–11 p.m. Saturday. Closed Sunday. I’ve eaten many memorable meals at The Knight Cap. could-talk places that has hosted generations of lobbyists, Bar is open until midnight all six days. I’ve celebrated birthdays, graduations and gone on dates lawyers and assorted scoundrels who hatch deals over (517) 484-7676 | theknightcap.com. — some where the food was a wonderful complement … martinis and thick steaks. The fact that it is next door to a FB, TO, OM, RES, P, $$$$. and many where the filet was the highlight of the evening. topless bar only adds to the old school allure. The Knight Cap is a Lansing institution, and with today’s Age is not always kind to institutions, however. My re- trend towards chain eateries, digital news and e-readers, cent visits to the Knight Cap revealed a restaurant that has lost a step. it’s a tradition that we should be wont to promote. There is nothing terrible about the food. But not much terribly exciting, The Knight Cap is nothing if not quirky. The restaurant is seriously either. small, with a capacity of 52, and the interior is pure '70’s camp — very The clear winner is the lobster bisque, a staple of the Knight Cap’s limited deep reds and many coats of arms figure prominently. On my latest trip for menu. As the bisque was presented at our table, the server finished it off with a dinner, I was lucky enough to be waited upon by Ricque, one of the most drizzle of sherry straight from the bottle. It was just the right touch to a bisque talented servers I have even encountered. that is notoriously hard to make. Ricque is an artist. Some might call him a bullshit artist, and granted, The seafood chowder was rich with butter and cream, boosted by loads his steady stream of chatter might be endearingly classified as such. He of garlic and an herb we guessed was tarragon. Alas, the chowder was barely presents himself to you with a flourish and lays himself at your service. He warm. Why can’t restaurants get this simple fix fixed? describes the nightly specials in a way that makes you think he hand-chose I also question why you can buy a cup or bowl of bisque and other soups, but them, “Tonight, I have a wonderful Greg Norman ribeye.” He compliments the chowder only comes bowl-sized at $12. the ladies and commiserates with the men. Ricque is an absolute treasure And though we were the only ones dining at that time, it was surprising that and makes you feel like you’ve just had an experience, not merely dinner. the server first brought my companion gumbo instead of the chowder. OK, an On this trip I ordered what I always order, as it is one of my favorite honest mistake. Then, bread arrived without any butter. OK, an oversight. meals in the world. I started with a cup of the chicken andouille gumbo, But here’s where things got serious. The Knight Cap is known for its steaks. which is not recommended for the faint of heart. The gumbo brings the On my first visit, I ordered their “famous” 7-ounce sizzler steak. It arrived closer heat, but not unpleasantly so. A wedge of cornbread is jammed into the to medium well done (I had ordered medium rare); tender but quite dry; and thick tomato-y stew. One companion started her meal with the lobster worse, not very warm. bisque, which is too sweet for my taste but she claims its the best she’s had. On our second visit, I ordered the prici- See He Ate Page 27 Our fellow diner started with a shrimp cock- See She Ate, Page 27

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On the whole, the dining experience He Ate at the Knight Cap was a mixed bag. The Caesar salad (for two) was above average, from page 26 with the choice of adding anchovies. Every recipe I’ve ever read for a classic Caesar est steak on the menu ($38) — Tournedos salad calls for anchovies. We opted for those Oscar, thickly cut beef tenderloin medal- thin, salty fillets that bring salt and sea to lions topped with crab meat, hollandaise the fore. This would have been a top-notch sauce and asparagus. Caesar if more garlic was mashed into the order by Again, I ordered the steak medium dressing. rare. Again, it arrived overdone, slouching We tried two desserts, a New York-style Feb 10 toward almost-cool, with the juices seem- cheesecake and a chocolate torte that, ingly wrung out of it. The flakes of crab according to our server, had something meat were scant and virtually tasteless. The involving lava. The chocolate kind. The Fair Trade Long Stem Roses hollandaise lacked the one-two punch of cheesecake was fine — though swimming lemon-and-butter that makes or breaks this in once-frozen strawberries — and the torte sauce. was a chocoholic’s dream date. None of us For that special someone... To be fair, another steak ordered by one got the “lava” thing. Apparently the volcano dinner companion was spot-on. He ordered had gone extinct, because nothing was $ .99 the “Greg Norman Wagyu Sirloin.” He flowing in, on or around the torte. 24 /doz. sliced into the middle of it and a burst of A word about our server, Ricque. He steam curled skyward. It was juicy through- has been a fixture at the Knight Cap for 12 out, and cooked precisely as ordered. years and he probably can recite the entire This night, a Friday, was a dining first menu backwards, in his sleep, in several for me. My steak-loving friend brought his languages. His courtly manner sets a tone Available in Order by phone own steak knife, a wood-handled device of refinement befitting an old steakhouse. whose blade folded like a jack knife. I asked He helps you with your coat, both on arrival Kirabo ~ 337.8000 for an explanation, and he replied: “Restau- and departure. He alone may be worth the ELFCO ~ 337.1266 rants give you serrated knives, which shred price of admission for some diners. the steak. I want my steak sliced.” Throughout our meal, Ricque was at- or in store Hmmm ... I wasn’t going to argue with tentive without hovering. This man knows a man holding what looked like standard his craft, and pays attention to detail. The Pickup only at ELFCO issue for Navy SEALs. kitchen should take note. 4960 Northwind Drive Red • Pink • Lavender • Orange Feb. 13th & 14th and I was thrilled to see that the seafood She Ate options are not merely an afterthought, but are also delicious. from page 26 While I assume it’s become evident to all that I have a lot of love for The tail, boasting fresh, oversize shrimp that Knight Cap, I do have one criticism. The were elegantly presented and which are desserts are downright bad. Wanting to thoughtfully priced per piece. be sure that this was still the case, the The same diner was hypnotized three of us ordered bananas foster, which by Ricque’s description of the above- confirmed my previous observations. We mentioned ribeye and ordered it without were presented with a platter of vanilla even opening his menu. If he had done ice cream, sliced bananas and whipped so, he would have learned that the steak cream. Everything was white, everything Valentine’s Day weighed in at a bruising 2 lbs. The eyes was bland, and 90 percent of the dish of other diners followed my friend’s remained on the plate. If you’ve got a entrée as it was presented to him, and hankering for something sweet after you specials everyone was treated to a performance enjoy the best steak in town, stop by the rivaling that of John Candy v. the Old Soup Spoon Café for their bread pud- Irish beer 96’er. ding if you’re heading to East Lansing or Liquors & The rest of us kept our wits about us Okemos, or Mediteran for any of their liquers and ordered entrées that a normal hu- homemade delicacies if you’re heading $1 man being could handle. I requested my back into Lansing. OFF petit filet medium well and knew when I The Knight Cap also offers a surpris- sunk my knife into the meat that it was ingly reasonably priced lunch menu, and perfectly prepared. I always order this if you’ve got a little extra time or want DRINK steak — and the ramekin of béarnaise to have a special lunch midweek, work always sits untouched. The flavor of the it into your rotation. I know from past meat is so delicious that I don’t want any experience that the San Francisco Cobb other flavors to compete for my attention. Salad is fresh, colorful and an excellent SPECIALS! I ordered a baked potato as my accom- value for $9.50. paniment, although after the gumbo and Lansingites, we’ve got a responsibility MUSIC BY filet I was pretty well stuffed. I managed to keep our homegrown, locally owned, a few bites before I had to close up shop. independent businesses thriving. If I Meanwhile, my friend devoured her need to do my part by enjoying a won- LINCOLN COUNTY PROCESS! shrimp scampi while I snuck a bite of it. derful steak dinner at a cozy little joint The shrimp was light, garlicky and but- nestled next to a strip club, consider me tery. 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