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[email protected] City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 3 Favorite Things Local musician A.J. Glaub and Profeti della Quinta Lamento d’Arianna: Music of the Italian Renaissance his rusty mixing console sun. jan. 26, 7:00 p.m. Fairchild TheaTre, msu audiTorium Presenting the evolution of the Italian madrigal, from the highly expressive polyphony of de Rore to the revolutionary madrigals by Monteverdi that shaped the Baroque era.

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A.J. Glaub is the social media friends on Lansing’s Eastside. We and events coordinator for Elderly discovered the mixers sounded bet- Instruments, but he is also a local ter when you poured beer into them. rad dad and somewhat infamous It’s exploded in sparks on stage at TickeTs & inFo Lansing-based musician and Mac’s Bar, right before I threw it MUSIC.MSU.EDU/EARy-MUSIC Eastside noise maker. He talked with across the bar. I once performed in 517-353-5340 City Pulse about a rusty-but-trusty a flooded basement, tingling with piece of music equipment that’s been electric current from the exposed with him for years. electrical cable the entire time. It’s My favorite thing is a Realistic had moods, eras, multiple lives and Stereo Mixing Console from the always gives me something new and Accurate Inspections ’80s. A dear friend stuck it in my exciting when I push it to create. The hands in 2004, suggesting I would fuzzy lettering on it says “77 Han,” know what to do with it. I was 20, a nonsense naming of the device. What is Radon? I’m 35 and a half now. The cartoon character is a stupefied Radon is a naturally occurring gas found Back in 2004, I was recently intro- Porky the Pig, or something similar. in uranium deposits that can be found in duced to “internal feedback.” For the This item holds extremely deep sen- the soil underneath your home. The gas uninitiated, this is similar to when timental value to me. As I said, this is odorless, tasteless and invisible, which a microphone creates feedback, but was a gift from a very close friend makes the concern greater. inside the hardware and much more who had a traumatic brain injury bonkers, diverse, strange and inter- and was unable to remember me esting. It’s like a harsh sine wave afterwards. I hold on to the memory Why should you test for Radon? that’s all brittle timbre and/or blast- of our friendship very closely. • Radon is the second leading cause of ing crunch with no chromatic con- These memories speak to a more lung cancer. trol. You can try it at home, just plug disordered time of my life. While • Elevated radon levels in your home is an output into an input. This par- my current favorite things are a risk and a hazard to your family and ticular mixer responds in the most healthy living and my relationship loved ones. dynamic and exciting way. with my daughter, this item rep- • Knowing the air quality of your home It’s in rough shape. It was already resents the “me” most people prob- is your duty as a home owner. pretty corroded when I received it. ably know or remember. It allows All the knobs are dented and bro - me to re-identify in a positive way. Have your home tested for ken from years of zero respect, from I still make plenty of crazy noise, which it eternally rebounds. If you but now I’m a “scene elder”, and it’s Radon every 1-2 years as the look at the bottom right corner, important for me to be a good exam- radon levels can change that dent is from throwing it across ple and show that endless inspira- Mac’s. tion and self-care go hand in hand. I’d become obsessed with the most (This was edited and condensed by The Most Trusted Inspectors in Mid-Michigan abrasive, inside-out, broken and Rich Tupica. If you have suggestions Locally owned and operated free music equipment I could pos- for Favorite Things, please email sibly find. I soon met like-minded [email protected].) 517-669-2196 accurateinspectionsllc.com 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020 VOL. 19 ISSUE 24

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NOW AT 10:00 A.M. SUNDAYS on City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 C PULSE NEWS & OPINIONOF THE WEEK C Let the Counting Begin OF THE WEEK In November 2018, more than two- dramatically thirds of state voters supported sweeping shifting the changes to Michigan’s absentee voting work of his laws, bringing us in line with 27 other office away states that allow no-reason absentee vot- from polling ing. Prior to the adoption of Proposal 3, locations. In popularly known as “Promote the Vote,” the Novem- voters could only cast absentee ballots if ber 2019 they were over age 60, planning to be out election, of town on Election Day, serving as a poll Swope hired A Wheelchair ramp at B E 615 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., worker, unable to vote without assistance 227 polling S TE at the polls, unable to vote in person due workers to help EN Lansing to religious reasons, or in jail awaiting with just 26 results being Festooned with greenery and arraignment or trial. percent of the vote, while the 28 people disclosed prior to the close smelling of fresh pine, the wheelchair Not surprisingly, the advent of no-rea- in his office counted the lion’s share of of polling locations, possibly influencing ramp on the north side of 615 N. son absentee voting has had a profound the votes. voters who haven’t cast their ballots yet. Martin Luther King Blvd. is a cheer- impact on voting patterns in cities across This sea change in voting patterns, and Yet dozens of other states have ad- ful sight and a possible life saver for the state, including Lansing. A whopping the likelihood that even more voters will opted rules that allow early processing of the resident, a 90-year-old veteran who had developed health issues and 76 percent of capital city voters chose choose to cast absentee ballots in future absentee ballots. In Maine, for example, become prone to falling in recent to cast absentee ballots in last year’s elections, creates a major challenge for municipalities can choose to process months. August primary election and 66 percent in Swope and his peers. If you can’t even absentee ballots up to three days before With the coming of winter, the the November general election. open the deluge of absentee ballots an election, but are not permitted to man’s family was worried he would To the credit of Chris Swope, Lansing’s before the polls close, how can they count them until after polls have closed. take a serious fall on the porch amiable and highly effective city clerk, all be tallied before the sun comes up Delaware allows local elections officials steps, so they called the Tues- the use of absentee ballots by city voters the following day? In all likelihood, they to begin opening absentee ballots the day Toolmen, a band of itinerant began to rise long before Proposal 3. A cannot and perhaps should not. Asking Friday before a Tuesday election but re- sawhorse samurai affiliated with the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition. decade ago, absentee votes represented the clerk’s staff to pull an all-nighter to quires them to do so in a public meeting about 28 percent of all ballots cast in the count the absentee ballots is a tall order, so challengers can observe the process. Since 2010, the Tuesday Tool- men have built about 300 handicap city. By 2015 that number had surged and one that makes mistakes in the wee With less than ten months to go before accessible ramps in the Lansing to nearly 45 percent, thanks to Swope’s hours of the morning all the more likely. voters head to the polls for the presi- area, along with many handrails, grab persistent and successful efforts to add dential election, time is growing short bars and miscellaneous indoor proj- eligible voters to the permanent AV to make the necessary changes here in ects. On a typical Tuesday, about 25 list, his continuous outreach efforts to The Michigan — and for clerks to implement volunteers show up at 9 a.m. and get make city residents aware of their voting CP Edit them — that would allow opening, prepar- down to work. By 4 p.m., the ramp is

options, and more recently, establishing Opinion ing and perhaps even counting absentee ready to use and the crew is already multiple offices with extended hours to ballots before Election Day. on its way to DeLuca’s Pizza. accommodate walk-in absentee voting up A major obstacle to making it happen For the volunteers, it’s a fun and to 40 days in advance of the election. That’s why lawmakers should approve is Ruth Johnson herself, now a state rewarding project, and not because of the pizza. Although few clerks around the state changes to state election statutes to allow senator who chairs the Senate Elections “It makes a huge difference in have been as aggressive and successful clerks to open and prepare absentee Committee. Despite her opposition, people’s lives,” program coordina- as Swope, Secretary of State Jocelyn ballots for counting well before the polls we urge the Capital region’s legislative tor Brady Calkins said. Last week, Benson still expects the statewide open on Election Day. Secretary Benson delegation to work with Clerk Swope and the Toolmen had a grand day build- average for absentee voting to reach called for such changes more than a year others to get the ball rolling by drafting ing a ramp for a disabled child. or exceed 50 percent in the upcoming ago, but her warning that clerks are not and introducing legislation based on best “His mom had been carrying him 2020 presidential election, nearly double equipped to deal with the onslaught of practices in other states, then working up and down the steps,” Calkins said. the rate in the three previous statewide absentee ballots apparently fell on deaf to persuade Senator Johnson and other “At the end of the day, the guys got to elections. ears in the Michigan Legislature. At this reticent Republicans to get on board. see this 9-year-old kid use the ramp, The overwhelming success of no-rea- writing, no bills have yet been introduced and that’s what makes the program worthwhile.” son absentee voting has had predictable to help ease the counting crunch by Call (517) 332-4663 if you know of side effects. Because local clerks are allowing the early processing of absentee See Letters to the Editor on page 8. Send letters to the someone who could use some help not permitted to open or count absentee ballots. from the Toolmen. ballots until the polls close at 8pm on Opponents of such changes, including editor on this editorial or any other topic to Election Day, the task of promptly tallying former Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, “Eye Candy of the Week” is our look at some the final vote and reporting the results allege that opening absentee ballots be- [email protected]. of the nicer properties in Lansing. It rotates each with Eyesore of the Week. If you have a suggestion, has become vastly more challenging. fore Election Day will lead to all sorts of Please limit them to 250 words. please e-mail [email protected] or call Berl According to Clerk Swope, the change is calamities, such as voter fraud or election Schwartz at 999-5061. 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020 The highest taxpayer-funded paychecks in Greater Lansing

Which government East Lansing Andy Kilpatrick $113,025 Total: $1,562,130 employees raked in the 1. City Manager George Lahanas 8. Parks Director Brett Kaschinske Gross Payroll: $66,246,403 $172,902 $112,929 Percent of Gross Payroll: 2.4% most cash in 2019? 2. Fire Chief Randy Talifarro $131,537 9. Police Chief Daryl Green $111,000 Hundreds of government employ- 3. Finance Director Jill Feldpausch 10. Assessor Sharon Frischman ees working for the cities of Lansing $127,089 $109,000 Overall Top Ten and East Lansing and Ingham 4. Police Chief Larry Sparkes $116,805 Total: $1,242,041 1. Community Health Centers Interim County government were paid more 5. Public Works Director Gross Payroll: $60,340,228 Medical Director Priti Pathak than $100 million in total last year. Scott House $115,439 Percent of Gross Payroll: 2.06% $190,575 Many of them collected six-figure 6. Police Lieutenant James Campbell 2. Community Health Centers Primary paychecks, leaning heavily on taxpay- $110,287 Ingham County Care Physician Melvin Cherry er dollars to bring home the bread for 7. Fire Captain Cameron Howie 1. Community Health Centers Interim $186,987 their own families. $110,189 Medical Director Priti Pathak 3. Community Health Centers Family City Pulse recently collected pay- 8. Police Lieutenant Tresha Neff $190,575 Medicine Physician Luis Valle roll records for the largest earners $104,836 2. Community Health Centers Primary $183,033 in the three largest municipalities in 9. Deputy Fire Chief Dawn Carson Care Physician Melvin Cherry 4. East Lansing City Manager Greater Lansing over 2019. About $103,621 $186,987 George Lahanas $172,902 70% of those highest paid employees 10. Police Lieutenant Marc Smith 3. Community Health Centers Family 5. Lansing City Attorney Jim Smiertka are men, and they included elected $100,332 Medicine Physician Luis Valle $161,769 leaders, top government adminis- Total: $1,193,039 $183,033 6. Ingham County Controller trators, doctors, judges, lawyers and Gross Payroll: $21,792,303 4. County Controller Tim Dolehanty Tim Dolehanty $153,372 emergency personnel. In Lansing, the top ten biggest Percent of Gross Payroll: 5.47% $153,372 7. Community Health Centers Dental earners accounted for about 2% of 5. Community Health Centers Director Stephen Pittel $149,956 the city’s total $60 million payroll. Lansing Dental Director Stephen Pittel 8. Probate Court Judge Richard Garcia The ten most lucrative jobs with 1. City Attorney Jim Smiertka $161,769 $149,956 $149,490 the city of East Lansing account for 2. Mayor Andy Schor $134,058 6. Probate Court Judge Richard Garcia 9. Probate Court about 5.5% of the city’s $21.8 million 3. Chief Strategy Officer Shelbi Frayer $149,490 Judge Shauna Dunnings $149,220 payroll. And in Ingham County, the $134,000 7. Probate Court 10. Ingham County Prosecutor 10 highest paid government employ- 4. Human Relations and Community Judge Shauna Dunnings $149,220 Carol Siemon $136,064 ees comprise 2.4% of the $66.3 mil- Services Director Joan Jackson 8. County Prosecutor Carol Siemon lion in total pay. Johnson $126,789 $136,064 Source: Ingham County Human Here’s a quick look at where some 5. Fire Chief Michael Mackey $124,471 9. County Health Department Resources Director Sue Graham. of the biggest paychecks were sent 6. Public Services Deputy Director Officer Linda Vail $135,999 Freedom of Information Act requests out during 2019: Christoper Mumby $115,000 10. County Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth filed with Lansing and East Lansing. 7. Public Services Director $127,434 — KYLE KAMINSKI

cant action taken, but it’s something we’re all thinking about now. I think Is Barack Obama Street coming to Lansing? the atmosphere was generally sup- portive.” Board of Public Service “I support doing something to hon- “I don’t know how to feel about it,” Kilpatrick said board member or President Obama, as once upon added board member Nancy Mahlow. Stacey Locke brought up the idea at examines name change idea a time we had a president worthy of “It’s nothing against Obama. He was a board meeting earlier this month. The idea has been raised: Should honor.” a great president, but there’s always Locke and board members Jason Lansing rename a local street after At least 15 streets in the United a big controversy with renaming Wilkes, Cleophus Anderson and President Barack Obama? States and two outside the U.S. (in streets. There would need to be public Dulce Cardenas couldn’t be reached Samara Morgan, chairwoman of Spain and Tanzania) have already discussions and homeowners would for comment. Lansing’s Board of Public Service, been named after the 44th president. need to be notified. There are costs. “It was a very informal discussion,” said she would be “thrilled” to see a The Lansing City Council has vot- It’s just a whole bunch of hoops.” added board member Walt Sorg. “It’s local street renamed after the former ed to rename streets after historic City officials said renaming a street definitely an interesting concept, president after the concept first sur- icons in the past. And almost all of involves a formal recommendation but I can’t think of any circumstanc- faced at a board meeting earlier this the ideas have generated controver - from the Board of Public Service, es where we’ve named a street after month. The idea is still in its infancy. sy among local residents. The big- which would then head to the City someone who is alive before. I don’t No proposals have been developed. gest was in 1994 and 1995, when Council for a public hearing and final know how that works. One of the But interest in the name is growing, the Lansing City Council approved approval. Lansing Public Service main points was that he’s a historic she said. renaming Grand Avenue for migrant Director Andy Kilpatrick said any national figure, but again, it’s just an “Some citizens are interested in rights champion Cesar Chavez – then name change would also generate early idea.” exploring the possibility of naming a voters reversed the decision the next costs for local business owners and Morgan noted that no specific street after President Obama. Right year. More than 20 years later, a part for new signage. streets have been identified as the now, we are in a preliminary discus- of Grand River Avenue was renamed “I was very supportive of the idea,” preliminary discussions continue, sion phase and just brainstorming after him, despite some opposition added board member John Krohn. ideas,” Morgan explained in an email. from merchants in Old Town. “It’s early, and there was no signifi- See Obama, Page 7 City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7 Michigan pulls plug on anti-marijuana campaign Misleading advertisements health risk that is well-documented brain. But the actual takeaway caused example of the public rising up over an among youth, we do not want to stig- some industry insiders to raise their issue and the government responding. removed after public outcry matize adults who are using marijua- eyebrows, especially in a state that has It’s sort of the American condition to The Michigan Department of na,” according to a department spokes- legalized marijuana for both medical distrust the government and expect Health and Human Services is tapping woman. and recreational adult consumption. them to just ignore these pleas from the brakes on a recent anti-marijua- The ads all featured a heavyset, mid- Rick Thompson, owner of the the people. But in this instance, we’re na advertising campaign after facing dle-aged man lecturing a supposedly Michigan Cannabis Business seeing a very responsive government.” backlash over its largely false and mis- teenage version of his younger self. Development Group, argued the vid- The original ads were supposedly leading take on cannabis consumption. The younger actor — who portrayed a eos weren’t clearly intended for a teen- geared to discourage ages 14-20 from “The goal of this federally funded stereotypical red-eyed stoner — played age audience and used “inappropriate smoking marijuana before they’re media campaign is to address a prob- video games and ate pizza and was too and well-disproven tropes about can- legally able to do so under state law. lem that is well-documented among lethargic to respond to the conversa- nabis.” And the bearded “high school- The state spokeswoman previously youth,” according to an emailed state- tion while being chastised about the er” in the video hardly appeared teen- declined to discuss the obvious per- ment from an HHS spokeswoman supposed consequences of marijuana. aged — instead more likely in his early petuation of negative stereotypes, but that was sent earlier this week. “We’re “No career. No friends. No money. to mid-20s. noted that the video clips tested well currently rethinking how to craft the What happened to us, man,” the older After HHS disabled comments with focus groups before they were most effective messaging possible for man asked in one of the videos, essen- before deleting the videos, social put online. this campaign.” tially insinuating that all pot smokers media blowback had been fierce. However, it appears state officials With about $300,000 in feder- are somehow incapable of graduating Some viewers slammed the recent are now heading back to the draw- al grant funding, the department college or going on to serve as produc- campaign for supposedly discour- ing board to rethink their advertising produced a series of short videos in tive members of a professional society. aging the growth of a lucrative new plans. December that were designed to warn “Marijuana messed with our brain. state-wide industry and spreading a “Kudos to the Whitmer admin - about the “health risks and dangers” of We can’t focus.” dated “Reefer Madness” mentality to istration for responding quickly,” teenage marijuana use. But after mar- That advertisement, along with exaggerate the negative side effects of Thompson added. “As a governmental ijuana enthusiasts cried foul over the at least four others, were removed smoking marijuana. lesson, $300,000 is a pretty inexpen- campaign last week, all but one clip from public view over the weekend And it appears state officials took sive price to pay. We’ve seen the gov- were abruptly pulled from YouTube. after several statewide news outlets that feedback into consideration. ernment waste more money and learn A spokeswoman said the ads were reported on their controversial exis- “It’s actually really encouraging,” a lot less.” initially slated to appear on various tence. Only one, 15-second clip that Thompson said this week. “This is an — KYLE KAMINSKI social media and streaming services specifically warns about marijuana’s until mid-April. But after they were effects on teenage brain development removed online, those plans have been remains online. RFP/20/064 CART OPERATIONS EVALUATION as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. Proposals will be accepted at the CITY OF LANSING PURCHASING “paused” altogether while officials Department officials said they had OFFICE, 1110 S. PENNSYLVANIA, LANSING, MICHIGAN 48912 until 2:00 PM local time in decide on how to reshape the message intended for all of the ads to address effect on FEB. 18, 2020 at which time proposals will be opened. Complete specifications research that points to marijuana’s and forms required to submit proposals are available by calling Stephanie Robinson, of the campaign. CPPB at (517) 702-6197, or email: [email protected], or go to www.mitn. “Although the goal is to address a detrimental impact on the teenage info. The City of Lansing encourages proposals from all vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. CP#20-012

River Avenue’s original name. Others in the local business community CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF LANSING Obama complained about the costs associ- SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED MINUTES ated with changing logos and other A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP from page 6 signage. But eventually (and with OF LANSING WAS HELD AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICES LOCATED AT 3209 WEST MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING, MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2020, AT 7:00 vehement support from Lansing’s P.M. Hispanic community) the changeover but she hopes that awareness of the was made official. MEMBERS PRESENT: Clerk Aten, Treasurer Rodgers Trustees: Harris, McKenzie, Bankson idea could serve as the impetus for At this juncture, it’s unclear wheth- MEMBERS ABSENT: Supervisor Hayes; Trustee Broughton a “citizen movement” to put some er the Obama concept will actually ALSO PRESENT: Michael Gresens, Attorney changes into motion. develop into a recommendation for ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD: “Any time the public is engaged in the City Council, but Morgan encour- Motion to appoint Clerk Aten Chair pro tem. a positive cause, I’m happy,” Morgan ages those with feedback to reach Meeting called to order by Chair pro tem Aten. Approved minutes of the meeting held on December 10, 2019. added. out to the Lansing Board of Public Agenda approved. In 1989, Logan Street was renamed Service. Approved request from Trustee to suspend stipend for two months due to absence. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. In Adopted Resolution 20:01 – To Opt out of the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution (The email address is publicser- Act 152 of 2011. 2010, Main Street became Malcolm X [email protected].) Adopted Resolution 20:02 – Township Board Resolution to Adopt Poverty Exemption Income Street. In 2018, the City Council voted “We kind of just throw these things and Asset Test. Approved 2019 amusement device license renewal for VFW Post 6132. unanimously to change Grand River out there at these meetings,” Mahlow Approved 2019 used car lot license renewal for University Foreign Car Repair. Avenue to Cesar Chavez Avenue. And added. “It’s just a suggestion that Approved budget amendment #1. that idea faced significant backlash turned into a discussion. A lot of Approved Claims. from local preservationists and the times that’s where it ends. We don’t Meeting adjourned. Old Town Commercial Association. really know where this will go just Diontrae Hayes, Supervisor Some, at the time, wanted to main- yet.” Susan L. Aten, Clerk CP#20-007 tain the historic integrity of Grand — KYLE KAMINSKI 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020

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As an American patri- ident for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” That includes hearing testimony ot, I as well as all American people deserver to see what is happening, limiting from witnesses who have knowledge of the president’s actions pertaining to his transparency only to protect classified information and whistleblower anonymi- attempts and those of his personal representative, Rudy Giuliani, to bribe the ty. Our Senators must vote for a fair trial with witnesses and public documents. Ukrainian government to announce an investigation of Joe Biden and his son. Without a fair trail, our democracy is at stake. I’m life long Republican and I am The President has done his best to prevent such testimony hoping that it would very disappointed in the party I’ve supported for 50 years. Do the right thing undermine the House’s case against him. and support a fair trial. It is time to strike a blow against this Mafia-like behavior at the highest level David Thomas of government and in favor of honesty in government. It is time for everyone Lansing to speak out against the most thuggish behavior of a president at least since Richard Nixon’s Watergate burglary and cover-up. Decency and democracy demand it. Lewis Siegelbaum Jack and Margaret Sweet Professor Emeritus of History Michigan State University What's the rest of the story? I found the Mike Stratton “Breaking up with pot: When the going gets weird” Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum Michigan State University story (Jan. 8, 2020) to be quite riveting and mostly very well done. But I have two MAJOR problems with it. One, when I got to the end, I felt like I was about to finish a book only to find the last 20 pages ripped out. What the heck?!?! Ending a story with a rock-bot- NEVER SPOKEN AGAIN: tom experience and “I knew I had to find a way, but life certainly wouldn’t be any fun anymore” -- and then nothing else ... well to say it leaves the reader ROGUE STORIES OF wanting much more is an understatement. We need to hear about the recovery, the next steps... what happened after that? I kept looking for a “continued on page X” or “part 1 of 2” ... but nothing. SCIENCE AND COLLECTIONS Then the other thing... the title. I was expecting something about a casual pot user going a little too far and kind of a cautionary tale in the face of the dra- matic changes in weed laws and potential availability and consumption that is changing our culture. But Mike’s story is one of serious addiction involving both alcohol and pot ... really simply a story of someone who has to stop using, whatever the drug of OPENING RECEPTION choice, or face losing everything. That’s some fairly extreme substance abuse Friday, Jan. 24, 6–8pm there — though he was admittedly a “functional” user for much of it -- and for a lot of the story, the pot use is secondary to the alcohol use. Please join us and guest curator I hope Mike will do a follow-up story. I’d love to hear about his progress from David Ayala-Alfonso to celebrate that point. our next lead exhibition Never Thanks Spoken Again: Rogue Stories Steve Underwood of Science and Collections. This Lansing traveling exhibition reflects on (Editor’s note: The “rest” of the story is in Stratton’s book, “The little green the birth of modern collections, book: (a guide to breaking up with marijuana”), is available on Amazon. City the institutions that sustain them, Daniel R. Small, Excavation II, 2016, mixed media installation. Pulse published an excerpt.) and their contingent origin stories. Installation view at Hammer Museum. Courtesy of the artist.

Never Spoken Again: Rogue Stories of Science and Collections is a traveling exhibition curated by David Ayala-Alfonso and produced by Independent Curators International For more information, visit (ICI). It is the result of a new series of programs, pioneered with the support of the Hartfield Foundation, aimed at providing opportunities to alumni of ICI’s Curatorial broadmuseum.msu.edu. Intensive as they move through the stages of their career, and reflecting ICI’s commitment to fostering and championing new curatorial voices who will shape B/20/059 Delta River Dr Rehabilitation as per the specifications provided by the City of the future of the field. Never Spoken Again is made possible with the generous support of ICI’s Board of Trustees and International Forum, with additional support Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the CITY OF LANSING, C/O LBWL, from SAHA. Support for this project at the MSU Broad comes from the Eli and Edythe Broad endowed exhibitions fund. PURCHASING OFFICE, at 1110 S. PENNSYLVANIA AVE., LANSING, MICHIGAN 48912 until 2:00 PM local time in effect on Feb. 6, 2020 at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by contacting Stephanie Robinson at (517) 702-6197, or [email protected] or go to www.mitn.info. The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors including MBE/ WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. CP#20-014 City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

aggressive, bull- whatever’s on your mind to someone in-a-china-shop who isn’t your chum like you’re Jim It’s 2020, as if Lucido tactics thats made Carery in “Liar, Liar” doesn’t add to him so effective your charm. as a legislator — In 2020, those stepped on by nine public acts reckless chatter are being embraced, last year, chair of encouraged, reassured, empowered. couldn’t tell a committee that’s In 2020, more and more people are In some other crazy,” and now he’s watching his step. handled a quarter treating others — regardless of what time and in some POLITICS Last year, four former female Lucido of the bills moved personal characteristic makes them other place, Sen. Democratic state senate employees in the Senate, stand out — with respect. Or at least Pete Lucido’s care- went public with their complaints MIRS Senator of they should be. less comments to that a male co-worker’s antics were the Year in 2019 — is clearly his big- Is the media explosion around the younger women inappropriate, at best. They felt their gest weakness. Lucido story inflamed by the political he’d met around the concerns were cast aside because his In 2020, shielding yourself as some atmosphere of 2020? Probably. But, state Capitol would technical value to the Senate D’s was wild, fast-talking Italian attorney whether it’s 2020 or not, choosing not have been nervously too valuable. They all ended up leaving from rough-and-tumble Macomb to keep it professional, courteous and laughed off. their jobs. He kept his. County is growing thin. When you’re respectful with others isn’t OK. Telling a 22-year-old female reporter Neither Shirkey nor Senate Minority a conservative Republican making a (Kyle Melinn of the Capitol news she could “have fun” with a pack of Leader Jim Ananich may suffer any sexual innuendo to a reporter from a service MIRS is at melinnky@gmail. high school boys or they could “have lasting political damage from these liberal news outlet, you’re playing with com.) fun” with her would have yielded yucks brushfires, but there’s no way they’re fire. Running your mouth and saying and backslaps from the guys within opening themselves up to he either earshot. The embarrassed young wom- being re-ignited by looking the other B/20/060 Willard Pump Station Improvements as per the specifications provided by the City an, alone in the situation, would not way. of Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the CITY OF LANSING, C/O LBWL, share in the jovial display. This is not some other time or some PURCHASING OFFICE, at 1110 S. PENNSYLVANIA AVE., LANSING, MICHIGAN 48912 As it was, Allison Donahue’s expe- other place. This is 2020 in the center until 2:00 PM local time in effect on Feb. 18, 2020 at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by rience last week emboldened Sen. of a deeply sensitive and hotly political contacting Stephanie Robinson at (517) 702-6197, or [email protected] or Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) to environment. The time of loud, over- go to www.mitn.info. The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors including MBE/ share her interaction with Lucido, a bearing people shaming others with WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. CP#20-013 Republican from an affluent northern belittling snide comments has entered Detroit suburb, from an orientation a vortex. Now, it’s the perceived bullies training 14 months prior. A potential being publicly shamed on social media. PUBLIC NOTICE future Senate majority leader, Lucido The bigger the political figure, the Of Vehicle Auction January 31, 2020 - 12 p.m. puts his hand on the lower back of the louder the blowback. 2005 Chevy Impala VIN: 2G1WF52E359176853 33-year-old freshman, checks her out Lucido, the same guy once pictured 2011 Chrysler 200 l VIN: 1C3BC1FBXBN600498 2017 Nissan VIN: 3N1CN7AP7HL871241 and says “I can see why” he unseated screaming his lungs out a Donald Auction will be held at an incumbent male Senator at the bal- Trump rally, isn’t going to get a P. J.’s Towing lot box. pass as the president seeks a second 1425 Rensen St. Lansing, MI 48910 How many times have creepy term. Especially when he’s an elected NO PHONE CALLS CP#20-015 exchanges played out around the Republican representing a state Trump Capitol? According to the female won in 2016 by a handful of votes. PUBLIC HEARING – PROPOSED FUNDING ALLOCATIONS colleagues and staff who’ve talked to Instead of working the system to FY2020, 7/1/2020 – 6/30/21 McMorrow, the list is long. advance his But, wrongly or rightly, the poster road plan to NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Case No. 19-1UDC-0863 child for this conduct is Pete Lucido, keep vehicle Dept. No. 1 IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL TO: ALL LANSING CITIZENS AND ORGANIZATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE the chairman of two powerful Senate registration STATE OF NEVADA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF FROM: LANSING PLANNING BOARD committees. A potential 2022 guber- fees in the CHURCHILL natorial candidate. Someone who county in PAMALA LYNN BENTON, Plaintiff, SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020 SCOTT CHRISTOPHER BENTON, passed up a clear shot at Congress. A which they Defendant. SUMMONS TIME AND PLACE: 6:30 p.m., Neighborhood Empowerment Center, fast-talking senator who said on public are collected THE STATE OF NEVADA SENDS 600 W. Maple Street, Lansing, MI. GREETINGS TO THE ABOVE television the week before that he’d go or position- NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby SUMMONED and required PURPOSE: TO PROVIDE CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE AND COMMENT around his own leadership to push for ing himself to serve upon the plaintiff, PAMALA LYNN BENTON, whose address is ON PROPOSED OBJECTIVES, GOALS AND PROJECTED USE OF COMMUNITY the road-funding plan he wanted, if to challenge 924 Brass Ring Road, Las Vegas, NV 89123, and ANSWER to the DEVELOPMENT FUND RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Complaint which is herewith served BLOCK GRANT, HOME AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAMS, TO BE need be. Whitmer upon you, within 20 days after service of this Summons upon you, INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S ANNUAL ACTION PLAN SUBMISSION FOR FY 2019 (7/1/2019 Now, Lucido is under investigation in 2022, exclusive of the date of service. – 6/30/2020). In addition, you must file with the by the Senate Business Office, facing Lucido is the Clerk of this Court, whose address is shown below, a formal written For additional information, please contact Doris M. Witherspoon, Senior Planner at (517) 483- calls for his resignation, putting his Michigan answer to the complaint, along with the appropriate filing fees, in 4063, M-F, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. leadership in a position of having to face of the accordance with the rules of the Court. If you fail to do so, judgement by default will be taken against PLEASE NOTE – Entitlement Grant Awards for FY 2020 (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021) publicly discipline him so the mud he’s bullying, you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This action is brought have not been announced by HUD as of the date of this publication. Amounts kicked up doesn’t splatter on them. objectifying to recover a judgement dissolving proposed herein for FY 2020 CDBG, HOME and ESG activities are based on prior the contract of marriage existing Senate Majority Leader Mike conduct that between you and the Plaintiff. entitlement awards. If the grant amounts HUD actually awards to the City of Lansing The filer certifies that this document for CDBG, HOME and ESG are different from the amounts shown in the link, pro-rata Shirkey, R-Clarklake, thought little of makes Trump does not contain the social security adjustments will be made to the budget amounts proposed for each activity. referring to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as so despised number of any person. Sue Sevon “my” governor as if he were referring by so many CLERK OF THE COURT Shellie Hooten Copies of the Proposed Funding Allocations for FY 2020 (7/1/20-6/30/21) can be found on the to his automobile or his breakfast. people. DEPUTY CLERK 73 Main St., Fallon, NV 89406 City of Lansing’s website at: www.lansingmi.gov/development Then he called the governor “bat shit The same CP#20-011 CP#20-002 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020 What Bernie (might have) said

Several months INFORMED DISSENT a woman can’t beat Trump. Is he ago, a very pro- wrong? gressive, proudly I know more than one shell- feminist friend shocked progressive who has their asked me who I doubts, and not without reason: was supporting in In 2016, America had the choice the Democratic JEFFREY C. BILLMAN between a smart, overqualified wom- race for president. I an and a loutish, racist, aggressively said I wasn’t sure, but I was leaning ignorant man. The man won. toward Elizabeth Warren. There are caveats galore, of course. “She won’t win,” she replied. Trump’s election required a perfect “So who are you voting for?” confluence of events: Start with “Biden,” she said quickly. That Hillary Clinton’s godawful campaign, took me aback. Of the major led by an uncharismatic candidate Democratic candidates, the mod- tarnished by a quarter-century of erate former vice president was the ginned-up pseudo-scandals. Throw one probably least aligned with her in the FBI’s mishandled email-serv- values. er investigation that the media “Why don’t you think Warren can hyped like it was Iran Contra times win?” I asked. Watergate to the power of Teapot “This country won’t vote for a Dome. Add some Russian hacking woman.” and Wikileaks dirty work. Mix in a The only thing that mattered, she late callback to Anthony Weiner’s added, was defeating Donald Trump. dick pics. And for the coup de grace, She thought Joe Biden was the safest the Electoral College, which gave path toward that goal. Everything Trump the White House despite else was secondary. earning 3 million fewer votes, I have no idea if Bernie Sanders thanks to a football-stadium-size told Elizabeth Warren in late 2018 margin spread across three states. that a woman couldn’t beat Donald In an election that close, every- Trump in 2020. I’ll confess some thing mattered. skepticism that such a remark would So yes, maybe Bernie would have have gone unleaked for a year only won because he’d have rallied the to surface weeks before the Iowa millennials who stayed at home. caucuses. But it’s possible that Maybe he would have won because Sanders said the Rust Belt would have responded the gate with stories painting her as, to accept a man’s flaws (Trump won STATE OF MICHIGAN well, a bitch. And Warren has been just six weeks after the “grab ’em by PROBATE COURT it; CNN’s to his message. Or maybe he would COUNTY OF INGHAM labeled “angry” and “antagonistic,” the pussy” tape came to light) and NOTICE TO CREDITORS audio of their have won because he is not a wom- Decedent's Estate another way of calling her “unlike- doubt a woman’s ability and where- File No. 19-745-DE post-debate an. able.” withal (remember that time Hillary Estate of Rafael Ramirez. Date of interaction This thesis can’t be tested, of birth: 10-26-1967. TO ALL CREDITORS: last week course. Who knows where Bernie To become the first black presi- coughed?). She’ll also have to deal NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Rafael Ramirez, died suggests would have ended up after a billion dent, Barack Obama had to not only with the fact that female ambition May 19, 2019. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all Warren dollars worth of “he honeymooned in be an exceptional politician, but tends to make men uncomfortable. claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented believes he the Soviet Union” ads? But Sanders, he also needed the stars to align. In short, she’ll have to be excep- to Yolanda Jimenez-Ramirez, personal representative, or to did. It’s also at least, wouldn’t have had to endure With the economy tanking and the tional. And like Obama, she’ll need both the probate court at 313 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48933 possible that the torrent of misogyny, both from Iraq War a dumpster fire in 2008, some stars to align. and the personal representative within 4 months after the date of Sanders said Trump and his supporters and from whichever Democrat won the nom- Despite the economy, Trump is publication of this notice. ination would almost certainly win unpopular, widely perceived as crass, Date: 01/05/2020 something the media, that Clinton did. Yolanda Jimenez-Ramirez in November. And Obama had given venal, mendacious, impulsive, cor- 907 Cleo Street that Warren Three years later, “I’ll vote for a Lansing, MI 48915 a speech opposing the Iraq War in rupt, and cruel. A good candidate, 517-402-1846 CP#20-010 interpret- woman, just not that woman” has ed in a way become a meme, but like any good 2002—before his opposition carried man or woman, will make the elec- STATE OF MICHIGAN any consequence—while Clinton tion a referendum on the president PROBATE COURT Sanders meme, it gets at something real: COUNTY OF INGHAM backed it. He was lucky and good. while also motivating the party’s PUBLICATION OF NOTICE didn’t intend. Large swaths of the country despised FILE NO 18-000578-GM-P33 Either Hillary, but they’ll probably find To become the first woman pres- base to turn out. It’s a fine line to In the matter of Dakota E. Heinlein. ident, Warren (or Klobuchar) will walk, but if it happens, Trump will TO ALL INTERESTED way, I’m less some reason to despise the next PERSONS:* Valerie Eve Rogers need to defeat an incumbent pre- lose. whose address(es) are unknown interested woman who makes a serious run for and whose interest in the matter siding over a growing economy. To There’s no reason that candidate may be barred or affected by the in The Feud commander in chief, too. following: TAKE NOTICE: ONE OR MORE than I am Consider the Democratic pri- break through the barrier in the can’t be a woman. But like Ginger ANNUAL REPORTS ARE BEING FILED WITH THE INGHAM the question mary: Among the reasons Kamala worst rich country in the world Rogers, she’ll have to do it backward COUNTY PROBATE COURT. Annual Report of Guardian on underlying it. Harris never caught on was that to be a woman, she’ll have parry and in high heels. condition of minor. For the sake Democrats voters feared a black misogynistic depravity that knows (Jeffrey Billman is the editor Date: 1/13/2020 Tammy McDowell of argument, woman wouldn’t be electable. Amy no bottom and a media that still of INDY Week, in Durham, North 904 Paul Revere Court Potterville, MI 48876 assume Klobuchar, who seemed primed to treats Trump as normal. She’ll have Carolina.) 517-885-1009 CP#20-006 Sanders said make a Rust Belt case, was met at to persuade a country conditioned City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

Living small Kyle Kaminski/City Pulse At about 1,000 square feet, the homes in developer Dave Muylle’s Cottage Row on Lansing’s east side are not quite tiny, but the village breaks sharply from traditional home building patterns.

Tiny homes throw a potent pebble into Lansing’s housing pool

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO group of more than 50 Lansing area resi- a potential model for the Lansing group, is The words “housing bubble” bring to dents, from builders to accountants to peo- Detroit’s tiny home community, just off the mind bleak images of foreclosure sales, tax ple looking for a home they can afford. Their Lodge Freeway’s Elmhurst exit, on the city’s auctions and rows of huge, muscle-bound goal is to start a non-profit organization and west side. McMansions, sitting empty for lack of buy- build a settlement of tiny homes for low-in- The nonprofit Cass Community Social ers. For more than half a century, homes in come and homeless people in Lansing. The Services builds and manages the homes, which America got bigger and more expensive until group is led, for now, by the Rev. Jon Pohl are set on 25 vacant lots purchased from the the bubble spectacularly burst. of Asbury United Methodist Church, until a city for $15,000. Across the nation, a dramatically down- board of directors is established. So far, 19 homes, ranging in size from 250 to scaled vision of affordable housing is pop- At the same time, local developers such as 400 square feet, have been built, six more are ping up, like outcrops of colorful mush- Dave Muylle and Brent Forsberg are putting underway and 10 larger homes for families are rooms, and it’s starting to pop up in Lansing. a toe in the tiny and small house markets, planned. They are the first new structures the “Tiny homes” (under 600 square feet bucking decades-long traditions and lay- neighborhood has seen since 1974. and often half that in size) and their bigger ers of legal barriers that have discouraged A volunteer work force built each home in a brothers, “small homes” (under 900 square Americans from living small. few weeks with donated goods. feet) look like a cute fad on TV, but a group In a sharp rebuke to the institutional drab- of Lansing area residents see them as a par- Casitas at Cass ness of many public housing projects, the Cass tial solution to the crying need for afford- The diverse group that gathered at Asbury homes are designed in different architectural able housing. United Methodist one night last week dis- styles: Cape Cod, modern, shotgun, Victorian. Living in a tiny home can be a lifestyle agreed on the details, but there was a clear Cathedral ceilings make them feel much larg- choice, as it is on chirpy HGTV shows, or a consensus that tiny homes have the potential er than they are. Porches and patios extend the crucial key to home ownership for people in to help people in poverty attain the dream of living space and enhance the feeling of com- poverty or the homeless. home ownership. munity. The cost of the first seven homes was Lansing Area Tiny Homes is a diverse Michigan’s most conspicuous example, and See Homes, Page 12 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020

and energy efficiency, didn’t know any- Homes body at the LATH meeting, but he sat in a rear pew and listened intently, his interest piqued by the group’s Facebook from page 11 page. A few years ago, faced with a month about $40,000. and a half shutdown from his job at The Rev. Faith Fowler, the nonprof- Ford Motor Co., Warrenbug joined a it’s director, said the homes are meant group in New Orleans that built homes to offer disadvantaged people “the pride for people displaced by Hurricane and dignity of owning a home, and, ulti- Katrina. mately collateral.” Occupants pay a dol- He’s interested in helping the Lansing lar a square foot monthly rent and are group make its tiny homes energy effi- required to take financial literacy class- cient. es and do volunteer work in the com- “I’ve been in too many homes doing munity. After seven years, if the require- audits for people where they have their ments are met, the house is theirs. utilities shut off because they can’t pay The Cass project is one of a long the bill,” he said. “I like the whole idea string of tiny house projects across the of tiny homes.” nation, many of which have their roots The diversity of the Lansing group was in political activism. evident in the conversations that broke Dignity Village in Portland, Oregon, out after the meeting. Warrenburg, clad began in 2000 as a tent city and evolved in a tweed suit and beret, stood in the Courtesy photo into a village of over 40 tiny homes. lobby next to Benjamin Jones, a beard- Developer Brent Forsberg is building a village of small homes ranging in size from Opportunity Village in Eugene, Oregon, ed, ruddy builder, dressed in ski cap and 760 to 900 square feet in an abandoned trailer park near Eaton Rapids. evolved from an Occupy Eugene heavy work clothes. encampment to a village of 30 very tiny Jones loves architecture and has ing a tiny home in a rural area near can move in this fall. He was delight- shelters (about 200 square feet in size) studied it since high school. Tiny homes Dimondale for a woman who is retiring ed to learn of the LATH meeting and is with a communal yurt for sleeping on combine that interest with his other in April. eager to take part in the group. cold nights. Second Wind Cottages in driving passion, protecting the environ- The house will be about 320 square “This is a good chance to show how Ithaca, New York, turned a homeless ment. He has long planned to build his feet and cost $15,000. He plans to posi- we can reinvent the idea of communi- encampment behind a Wal-Mart into own homestead, following principles of tion two shipping containers, each 20 ty, how to live and how to give back,” he a village of 20 winterized tiny homes. sustainability. feet by 8 feet, at right angles to each said. Hickory Crossing in Dallas, built in “I want to put as minimal a footprint other, creating a patio space between Mary Lynn Granado’s interest in the 2016, houses 50 chronically homeless on the planet as possible,” Jones said. the wings. (The client calls it a “catio,” Asbury Church meeting was far from people. The list is long and getting lon- “We don’t need these 3,500-square-feet for her cats.) There will be a bedroom, a abstract. She needs an affordable alter- ger. mansions to live in.” bath, a kitchenette and living area with native to her current housing situation. The average American house put out a trundle bed for guests. The house will “I’m going to be alone one day,” she over 28,000 pounds of carbon dioxide be heated with a wood stove and pow- said. “My husband’s dying of kidney Beret and ski cap in 2015, while the average Cass tiny ered by a solar grid. Water will come failure and I need a place to live that I The Cass project came up frequent- home puts out 3,500 pounds a year, from a well and there will be a septic can afford.” ly at the meeting at Asbury United according to data from Cass Community tank. Granado’s income from disabili- Methodist. Brad Warrenburg, a utility Social Services. Jones will start work as soon as the worker specializing in rebate programs Jones has just finished design- shipping containers arrive, so the client See Homes, Page 13 Now Enrolling For Spring Session!! Tickets on Sale Now! Classes for Children & Adults

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ship and equity that low-income peo- ing in a 5,000-square-foot house,” he “The city called it a chicken coop, a Homes ple don’t get,” Betz said. “If I had a tiny said. “I’m coming up on 73 this May, Katrina cottage,” Muylle said. “It should home available to me, I would love to but I’m pretty energetic. I still want to be celebrated. People like it and it solves purchase one myself.” make a contribution.” a problem.” from page 12 Betz’s hopes for the project go Forsberg’s development team is beyond helping low-income people talking with the city of Lansing to ty payments comes to about $1,000 a build equity. “If this is done right, we Blue thing on Elm develop a “pocket style neighborhood” month, but she has years to go before can house a lot of the homeless popu- of similar homes in REO Town. He her regular Social Security payments lation,” he said. Street plans to apply for a zoning variance to kick in. Betz said he is asking LATH for a The most famous “tiny home” in get the village approved. He’s busy with She doesn’t want to end up in a fed- “road map” of “all the things we need Lansing is the much-talked-about other projects and expects to submit his erally subsidized housing project and to get done and changed to have this 600-square-foot home on Elm Street plans to the city this summer. hopes to help the group any way she happen,” from zoning to other kinds of in REO Town, built by developer Brent In the meantime, Forsberg bought can. red tape. Forsberg on a 33-foot-wide lot. The an abandoned trailer park near Eaton “Even working, people are strug- “We have a ton of laws associated simple rectangular structure has no sec- Rapids at a tax sale and approached gling,” she said. “I’d like to be a part of with everything, and so does the state,” ond floor and no basement. The robin’s- the city with a proposal for a village of this even if I can’t afford to have one Betz said. “I’m interested in making egg-blue exterior is frequently called “small homes” ranging in size from 760 built for myself.” it as easy as possible to build these “edgy,” even by Forsberg himself. to 900 square feet. because I think they’d be a valuable Muylle said he supports Forsberg’s Two of the planned 12 homes in the resource to the community.” REO Town house, even though it’s not The city is seeded with seekers of what he would have built. See Homes, Page 14 The cottages and simplicity with plans for nestling into the councilman a tiny home. When it comes to tiny houses, Architect Frederic Lee McLaughlin Lansing City Councilman Brandon is planning to build his own tiny home Betz is a believer. on a southside lot he picked up at a tax “The work Dave Muylle has done on sale in the 1980s for about $700, on the east side has been awesome,” said the west side of Everett Lane between Betz, whose First Ward includes the Crest and Hodge streets. McLaughlin east side. can expound for an hour about the Muylle, a small-scale developer and design principles behind the roof- restorer of craftsman-style homes, is top patio at East Lansing’s El Azteco, the mastermind of Cottage Row, a vil- which he designed, but let’s stick to our lage tucked into Lansing’s east side. tiny topic. So far, four cottages are completed He plans to build a house about 570 and occupied and two more are under square feet in size, using straw bale construction. At 1,000 to 1,100 square construction. Straw bales, cemented feet, the cottages exceed most people’s in place by a mortar-like semi-liq - definition of “tiny home,” which is fine uid, make surprisingly strong exterior with Muylle, because he doesn’t like walls. Michigan’s building code allows the term anyway. it. (Benjamin Jones, the man who is MSU FEDERAL CREDIT UNION “I don’t consider myself a tiny home building the shipping container homes SHOWCASE SERIES builder,” Muylle said. “What I’m inter- near Dimondale, is also building a ested in the size and the design of the larger straw bale home for a client near house being appropriate — maybe it’s Harrison. When two inspectors came 400 square feet, maybe it’s 900.” to look at the semi-finished home, one Roomful of TeeTh He’d like to see the city make it eas- bet the other that straw bale construc- ier for small builders like himself to tion was prohibited and he lost the and dublin participate in the creation of their own bet.) homes “instead of leaving housing in Straw bale walls are thick, making the hands of a few big developers.” tiny spaces even tinier, but McLaughlin GuiTaR QuaRTeT “My project took four years before I has his retirement nest all laid out. finally got approval to build this thing, “I’m focusing on doing it as simply TUE. 1/28, 7:30PM, FAIRCHILD THEATRE because of increased density, shared as I can,” McLaughlin said. He hopes it Roomful of Teeth is a GRAMMY-winning vocal project dedicated to driveways and things like that,” he said. will come in under $50,000. reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice and the Dublin Muylle’s eight-plus years of hard When McLaughlin tells people about Guitar Quartet is a pioneering group entirely devoted to new music. work may reverberate beyond his little his plans, he gets a lively response. “I Together they present “How Little You Are” by Nico Muhly, a beautiful new village. Councilman Betz watched the live in the state Capital,” McLaughlin chamber work written for vocal ensemble and guitar quartet, including a cottages go up when he lived on Leslie said. “I’ve talked with everybody from variety of other works by living composers such as Mazzoli and giants of Street. He still lives nearby and walks tea partiers, a few years back, who were contemporary music like Philip Glass. his dogs by Muylle’s village frequently. very interested in this, to the most lib- Roomful of Teeth and Dublin Guitar Quartet are guest artists of the MSU Federal Credit Union Entrepreneurial Musical “They’re gorgeous,” he said. “I’m very eral types.” Artist in Residence program. Additional support provided by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest But he is concerned that the advo- that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from Michigan Council for Arts and impressed with his work.” Cultural Affairs, and the Crane Group. Dublin Guitar Quartet international touring is supported by Culture Ireland. Two weeks ago, Betz met with Jon cates put their money where their Pohl of Lansing Area Tiny Homes and mouth is. tickets & info “We’re not encouraging people to MUSIC.MSU.EDU/SHOWCASE offered his support. 517-353-5340 “I believe they’re a path to owner- build affordable houses while we’re liv- 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020

somebody does something stupid and Homes it’s a total failure, so what? That’s the way we make progress.” Single-family homes have been from page 14 approved, built and sited in the same way for generations, Muylle said, and a village are now under construction, re-evaluation is long overdue. despite the winter weather. The houses “Only one in five households is the are clustered to create more green space standard mom, dad and kids,” Muylle around the village. said. “We’re trying to fit everybody into It took about six months for the same thing and it doesn’t work.” Forsberg’s team to get the project A zoning variance here and there approved, chiefly by getting the lots isn’t the answer. rezoned from single family residential “They don’t want to do a variance,” to higher density residential. Muylle said. “It sets precedents and In Lansing, homes on lots wider than they get their hair on fire about that. 40 feet must measure at least 24 feet There needs to be systemic change.” by 24 feet, according to zoning admin- Forsberg is sympathetic to city offi- istrator Susan Stachowiak. When a lot cials who are wary of tiny homes, for is 40 feet wide or less, the house must fear the city will be stuck with enclaves be 20 feet by 20 feet. Kyle Kaminski/City Pulse of substandard housing, but he has Anyone can apply for a variance, but A blue 600-square-foot home in REO Town, built by developer Brent Forsberg, his own concerns about the future. As Stachowiak said no one has done so gets double takes from passers by. Forsberg hopes to develop a “pocket style wages stagnate and the homeless pop- since she took her post in 2000. neighborhood” of tiny homes in REO Town. ulation grows, how will we keep people “Both Dave Muylle’s and Brent sheltered in a way that respects human Forsberg’s houses comply with that should spend no more than $1,200 a landscape, from zoning to building dignity and doesn’t help fry the planet? requirement,” she said. month on housing and utilities. codes, is stacked against people who “The cities of 50 years from now will “I’ve had a few people over the years The prospect of a huge, unfilled think small. be shaped by decisions we make today,” inquire about tiny houses, but nobody’s demand for affordable housing – a “Last year, there were six new house Forsberg said. “These are great conver- ever submitted anything official,” she demand that is likely to grow — was building permits pulled in Lansing, sations to be having in the community added. “I know they say it’s a trend, but obvious. and two of them were mine,” Muylle as we define what housing looks like I don’t know.” But what form should the housing said. “What are these guys afraid of? If for the future of our civilization.” Forsberg thinks he knows. In his take? view, smaller homes are a logical Forsberg turned to the principles of response to several recent changes in architect Andrés Duany, founder of the the housing market that are hardening Congress for the New Urbanism, an into long term trends. influential urban planning think tank “There is a fad component, with the with a charter that calls for “the recon- Enter to win 2 tickets to the TV exposure and all that, but what figuration of sprawling suburbs into we try to look at is, what is the trend communities of real neighborhoods.” behind that?” he asked. “For my par- “How do we build a living experience Lansing Symphony ents’ generation, investing in a house, at a people sized scale?” Forsberg said. spending time in the yard and working “That’s how we designed these homes.” on the house was a big part of their life. Orchestra Now people want to get out, be more active and have other experiences out- Future of civilization side the house.” Dave Muylle insists he doesn’t build The 2008 housing crash and eco- “tiny homes,” but he said he would love Night at the Movies nomic downturn put jets under that it if Lansing Area Tiny Homes chal - trend. Shocked homeowners found lenged the city with a set of drawings, that those dream houses upon which a site, a cadre of volunteers and com- February 15, 2020 they lavished so much money and time munity support. weren’t the solid investments everyone “That’s the way things change,” he thought they were. said. From 1950 to 2015, American hous- Like Forsberg, Muylle believes that es got bigger and bigger, including the people are woven into the fabric of a Visit houses Forsberg was building. The neighborhood much more effective- average size of an American house was ly when they live in smaller homes 2,657 square feet in 2015, up 40 per- embedded in a neighborhood than in lansingcitypulse.com cent from 1975. larger apartment blocks. “We finally saw that trend turn in “I know it’s messy,” Muylle said. 2015,” Forsberg said. All the while, “You’re dealing with a lot of small labor and material costs continued to builder-owners instead of one develop- increase. er, but we don’t incentivize that kind of “In the Lansing area, median building, and we give millions of dol- household income is $43,000 a year,” lars to big multi-use projects,” he said. Forsberg said. At that income, families Muylle said the city’s regulatory City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 15 Join us Friday OF Feb. 7 from 5 to 8PM Visions with D. Eric Johnson Wildlife

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ARTS & CULTURE ART • BOOKS • FILM • MUSIC ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ comes to life at Sycamore Creek

By DAVID WINKELSTERN was an easy one. What’s a hard one?” Norr Allen will Ever since Tom Arthur, the pastor of On Jan. 24, 25 and 26, “Letter from play Martin the Sycamore Creek United Methodist Birmingham Jail” will be a trickier per- Luther King Jr. Church, acquired the building on formance to pull off in a church setting. South Pennsylvania Avenue five years Swan-Badgero will direct the multifac- ago, he thought the sanctuary was an eted reading of the Rev. Martin Luther ideal place for community theater. King Jr.’s eloquent 1963 discourse about Much of the remodeling that has been racism — written after being arrested done in those five years has made the after a non-violent demonstration. church more accommodating to the- The staged reading follows the MLK ater groups. “We holiday. “Honoring MLK is more than “Letter From a even remodeled a one-day-a-year effort,” Arthur said. Birmingham Jail” our streetscape “It takes considerable intentional per- Sycamore Creek United this past summer severance to resist racism.” Methodist Church 1019 S. Pennsylvania and included an Since the 44 year-old attended Duke Ave., Lansing outdoor stage,” University Divinity School, Arthur Friday, Jan. 24 and Saturday, Jan. 25: 7 p.m. Arthur said. has been impacted by “Letter from Sunday, Jan. 26; 10 a.m. Inside, the Birmingham Jail”— and what a power- $5 Donation at the door sanctuary has ful, prophetic message it has for those enhanced acous- hesitant to speak out about justice. tics, theatrical lighting and a sophisti- Building friendships with blacks that cated sound system. Its 140 fixed seats experienced struggles with racism made are just right for local play productions. King’s message even more important to “We’re excited to partner with the arts Arthur. And after the predominantly to produce art that inspires and chal- white Sycamore Church joined the pre- lenges,” Arthur said. dominantly black Epicenter of Worship In February 2018, the pastor’s wish in south Lansing for a service that to host a genuine community the- included the “Letter,” Arthur was even David Winkelstern/City Pulse ater production was realized when more compelled to spread its message. Peppermint Creek Theatre Co.’s pro- About a year ago, Arthur got the duction of “The Christians”— a play set idea for a staged reading. After brain- said. “So now it’s a whole cast of per- He was on the team to bring in a church — was held at the Sycamore storming with Swan-Badgero and the formers.” “Congregations Organizing for Racial Creek Church. PCT founder Chad pastor’s wife, Sarah, she “did the hard The reading has Norr Allen as King in Reconciliation” to Lansing. It’s a move- Swan-Badgero directed that play. work of taking our ideas and reworking jail while following various resistance ment that began in Grand Rapids. “I asked Chad,” Arthur said, “That them into a script,” Arthur said. movements from over 50 years ago to The Sycamore Creek Church hosts two Sarah had 12 books published. They current times. The diverse cast includes “Understanding Racism” workshops a range from popular devotionals to fic- Tashmica Torok as the “Organizer” and year and bimonthly CORR caucuses. tion books for young adults. “She’s the AnnaMarie Horn as the “Judge.” Mike Arthur said they “integrate faith with expert,” he said, “I’m the organizer and Shalley, Rick Dethlefsen and Dan understanding how racism is personal, producer.” McCole play white preachers. Reader structural and cultural.” “I originally just wanted Peppermint #1 is Melik Brown and #2 is Ana Hattey. Over 100 people from about 20 Creek Theatre to do the work,” Arthur Arthur feels the enactment of King’s churches have been involved in the said. Schedules didn’t mesh to make it a readings personally. “MLK is speaking workshops. Two-dozen Sycamore Creek PCT production (this is the final week- to people like me and my church,” he members are “helping Sycamore Creek end for its “Gloria” at PCT’s, Central said. “And especially to whites like me move toward becoming an anti-racist United Methodist Church home in who have platforms of influence in the church,” Arthur said. downtown Lansing). Swan-Badgero white community.” The $5 suggested donation to attend still managed to help recruit actors, The pastor has a history of using “Letter from Birmingham Jail” will lead the three rehearsals and direct his platform to promote racial justice. support CORR in Lansing. The origi- “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” “After Ferguson, I got more involved nal plan was to take their production Arthur’s original idea was to have in racial reconciliation in Lansing,” to different churches. “We just ran out David Winkelstern/City Pulse Arthur said, referring to a 2014 inci- Tom Arthur, a pastor at the Sycamore one person memorize the “Letter” and of time and energy this time around,” deliver it in a dramatic way during a dent when an unarmed black teen, Arthur said. “But it could travel in the Creek United Methodist Church, had Sunday service. “Chad and Sarah had Michael Brown, was shot by a white future.” the vision to remodel to accommodate bigger, more creative ideas,” Arthur officer. community theater productions. City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 17 Sound Around explores the meaning of music at Broad Art Lab By SKYLER ASHLEY improvisation- part of a noise rocker’s arsenal, often “They have a really nice bell sound to Want to make some noise? Do you al feel. Kellicut produce polarizing results. For example, them,” Kellicut said. have a rock ‘n’ roll disposition, but think called it a “hoote- one can choose to harvest the tranquil But people can bring anything they’d guitar music is old and in the way? Don’t nanny.” He wants sounds of running water, or the cacoph- like. Kellicut said a friend of his is bring- fret, you oddly specific hypothetical attendees to feel ony of a buzzsaw striking a rusty sheet ing a broken typewriter. For devices that reader — the Sound Around at Broad uninhibited in of metal. And Kellicut has no real pref- prove incompatible with contact micro- Art Lab has you covered. terms of what erence, he says with a grin on his face. phones, attendees can substitute a reg- Inspired by the avant-garde styl- sounds they can “I could go either way. I’ve played in ular microphone. Four-track recorders ings of artists such as John Cage, potentially create. some loud, noisy punk bands, and I’ve and iPads loaded with recording apps Pierre Schaeffer and Sonic Youth, local Kellicut first also recorded loops of pouring water will be available to capture the resulting musician Corey Kellicut became acquaint- and other tranquil sounds,” Kellicut harmony or cacophony. The Sound Around Kellicut will lead ed with this said. “I really want this to be improvised,” Free Sunday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m. a group demon- obscure and dar- For the purposes of Sound Around, Kellicut said. I’d like to see people lis- to 4 p.m. stration that ingly guerilla form of music-making Kellicut is providing several random tening to each other, so you’re not just MSU Broad Art Lab 565 E. Grand River Ave., promises to dis- after spending an afternoon with his objects that can be hooked up with experimenting with sound on your own, East Lansing play a creative use younger brother, Tom. The pair joyous- contact microphones. Some examples but you’re also listening to what other (517) 884-4800, broad- museum.msu.edu/artlab of contact micro- ly wasted away a Saturday playing with include cutting boards, metal mixing people are doing and interacting with phones, ultimate- a contact microphone, a small record- bowls and other metal cookware that them.” ly proving how any household object ings device that allows one to pick up can be filled with water. can theoretically become an instrument. frequencies from an array of random Kellicut performs around Lansing with objects. different solo projects and his band “Twenty years ago, I was visiting my Tweed Wolves. Picture a group jam with brother, and he had just made a con- musicians of all skillsets, using whatev- tact microphone out of a Piezo disc for er’s available to them. his guitar. We realized we could put it “A symphony orchestra musician will on any object that could produce vibra- be there, as well as at least one elemen- tions,” Kellicut said. “We spent all night tary school student. They will both be putting the mic on things around the on equal footing, one listening to the house. Especially in the kitchen — there other and vice versa,” Kellicut said. was a lot of good sounds in there.” Sound Around will have a loose, Contact microphones, when used as DON’T FORGET • WE’VE GOT THE PULSIFIEDS BACKPAGE CLASSIFIEDS Rates start at $24 Find a for 4 lines House! Advertise Your Service! Keep Learning Discover a better you today with Adult Enrichment programs at Lansing Community College. Choose among a diverse array Find a Job! of exciting and creative learning opportunities and elevate your mind through entertaining and intellectual stimulation. Submit your classified ad to Suzi Smith: Sell Your Stuff! 517-999-6704 or [email protected] lcc.edu/keeplearning

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By DAVID WINKELSTERN What also makes “Boy Gets Girl” The “Boy Gets Girl” play at Riverwalk gripping is that its fable about a man Theatre’s Black Box is nothing like a crossing the line in pursuit of a woman Hallmark movie. It’s not is all too real — and its cast is superbly Review the kind of story where lifelike in its portrayals. The combined the jerk sees his flaws and realism is hard to watch at times, but I turns into a sweet ol’ chap and, by gosh never considered turning away. and golly, he gets the gal after all. Janet Colson is Theresa Bedell (the Rebecca Gilman’s “Boy Gets Girl” “Girl”). All of Colson’s mannerisms, starts off mood swings and emotional outbursts “Boy Gets Girl” cheery enough. seem authentic. Every breath she takes $14 General Admission A blind date fits her role. As the entire cast, Colson $12 Senior/Student/Military Thursday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. is full of awk- doesn’t just depict a character. She, Friday, Jan. 24, 8 p.m. ward laughs and they, all portray genuine person- Saturday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. alities. Sunday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m. and comedic Riverwalk Theatre displays. The Michael Banghart has just the 228 Museum Dr., Lansing encounter right amount of charm and creepi- (517) 482-5700, riverwalktheatre.com ends up being ness to be Tony Ross (the “Boy”). Ben the catalyst Holzhausen is believable as Mercer for a series of intense and frightening Stevens — a co-worker who ques- Courtesy Photo events. tions his own aggressiveness. As editor Janet Colson in Riverwalk Theatre's Black Box production "Boy Gets Girl." If “Boy Gets Girl” were a book, it Howard Siegel, Greg Pratt is perfect as would be a real page-turner. It is filled a mild-mannered boss. an aging-but-now-hip icon that is both “Boy Gets Girl” is a realistic reminder with dialogue that is cleverly amusing, Sabrina Dahlgren is marvelously delightfully subdued and over-the-top of the problem and the trauma it cre- unnerving, quick-witted and loaded ditzy as the young and naïve assistant at the same time. Like every charac- ates. And the play won’t offer solace to with power. Like a good chapter, every Harriet. Michelle Booher-Purosky ter in “Boy Gets Girl,” he exposes ways those affected, either. scene ends with a final, profound line. seems natural as a detective named men and women’s perceptions of sex Anyone who might be triggered by Its suspense and quick pace makes Beck. Bob Purosky, offers a stand- and romance are different. such reminders should avoid it. Those the two-and-a-half-hour-with-inter- out performance as filmmaker Les To really listen is a repeated message brave enough to endure “Boy Gets mission show never dull. Director Kennkat. of the play. It has those onstage and Girl’s” horrors and very graphic lan- Brian Farnham deserves some cred- Kennkat is modeled after sex- ideally, the audience, examining their guage will be rewarded with a thriller it for that. He also warrants praise ploitation directors a’ la Russ Meyer. own relationship actions and expecta- with some laughs and lots of potent for designing a multifaceted set with Kennkat’s crude honesty and frank tions. acting. properties that are beyond most Black humor is a sharp contrast with the Sadly, since the occurrences of Just don’t even think about taking a Box sets. mostly serious cast. Purosky represents female assaults are commonplace, first date to it.

Will these people fulfill Camus’ The cynical ‘Gloria’ lacks important nuance prophecy: In the absence of meaning- ful work, see their souls die? By TOM HELMA party the previous night. A fourth per- al? Nope. Albert Camus once said, “Without son to complete the group soon joins Anasti Her is Kendra (or Jenna). Gloria, played by Fillona Thomas — work, all life goes rotten, but without them, but Gloria is nowhere to be Her character is full of herself, empty and who has only drifted in and out of meaningful work, the soul found. of empathy and deep down shallow, the scene twice and looks weird to the Review withers and dies.” This is a New York publishing house. annoyingly so. foursome and weirder to the critic — In Peppermint Creek’s These folks are writers, sort of. Maybe The contrast could be compelling, resolves that issue quickly. new stage play “Gloria,” now playing the Great American novel was once in but Her pushes it way too hard. The She pulls out a chrome-plated at Central United Methodist Church’s their earlier imaginative minds — but outcome is exhausting. six-shooter worthy of the Lone Ranger cavernous this “ain’t” that. Matters are made worse when Adam and promptly shoots two of them. End “Gloria” Great Room, Confusion alert: The six characters Carson (Lorin), shows up onstage and of act one. $15, General admission $10 military/senior/student the lights come in this production portray 13 charac- over-the-top, begs, pleads, nay exhorts We soon learn as act two opens, a few Thursday-Saturday, up on three ters. It isn’t always clear as to who is people to quiet down. Two histrionics years later, that Gloria has shot, killed Jan. 23-25, 8 p.m. or maimed 18 people, including herself. Sunday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m. 20-something who. in one play; one scene — it’s too much. Peppermint Creek/Central millennials sit- Connor Kelly is Dean (or Devin), a The intern Ndegwa McCloud joins A reason? Nuance? Not explained at United Methodist cynic who has been there a while. A these two. Mild-mannered, exceeding- all. 215 N. Capitol Ave., ting foursquare, Lansing desks facing disillusioned college graduate, he real- ly over-accommodating, his character Act two, in two scenes, elaborates (517) 927-3016 each other. izes that his dreams have morphed into is relegated for the most part to run- the basic premise of the play: A trage- peppermintcreek.org They are a career he does not like. ning to get lattes for whoever demands dy can easily morph into opportunism, peering over Unlike Kelly’s work in many previ- it of him. as the characters that survive a horrible laptops, chatting casually about noth- ous shows, wherein his performanc- Storm Kopitsch rounds out the event find ways to exploit it. Whatever ing of consequence, blathering in es have bristled with electricity, Kelly bunch, filling in the gaps in conversa- post-traumatic stress there is for survi- banalities, asking around as to who did here appears to phone in his character. tion with nothing much, a lot of active vors, it is suppressed, transformed into and did not go to officemate Gloria’s Laconic, to be sure, but is it intention- listening. That’s it. profitable memoirs, a television show City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 19

cian-in-top-hat showmanship to his vor. Even when you think you are ready smoking in the auditorium, but a kalei- Oh, the urbanity own disciplined precision and gorgeous — when you have not been lulled into doscopic escapade through the streets tone, erasing the distinction between complacency by extroverted drama and of Paris, courtesy of George Gershwin, Yehuda, symphony airlift fun and high art. Everybody in the rollicking showmanship — there is no effectively shook off the post-Ravel icebound audience to Paris orchestra seemed to be on Yehuda’s preparation for the merciless beauty reverie. Maestro Muffitt’s professional wavelength. There was even a wink- of Maurice Ravel. Judging by its title, uprightness, his skill at opening up the By LAWRENCE COSENTINO wink moment when Yehuda took the the “Mother Goose” suite promised the music and burnishing every detail, was Mid-January is not a propitious time clarinet out of his mouth and it seemed most lightweight fare of the night. But almost misplaced in “An American in to pile more angst onto a pre-oppressed to continue playing! Of course, the nobody is ready for a miraculous trip Paris” because it made you notice how populace, already weighed down by foul notes were emanating from acting back to a state of mind associated with labored some of the transitional pas- weather and fouler news. principal Tasha Warren, a few rows childhood. Ravel’s downy reveries and sages really are. Review So, without waiting for back, who took over the seat vacated haunting harmonies, like the impossi- A bit of headlong rushing, some April, the chestnut blos- by Yehuda for the night and produced ble touch of a long dead loved one, are throwaway carelessness, a spritz of good soms and all that stuff, the Lansing many memorable moments. so painfully lovely they seem to come old schmear and schmaltz, might have Symphony whisked a packed house of Yehuda was almost as much fun to from a forbidden place. In the tran- livened things up and papered over the semi-frozen Michiganders to France watch as he was to listen to. His body scendent last movement, the strings music’s inherent cracks. But the perfor- Saturday night. twisted and swayed as he coaxed long, generated a long, sweeping arc of airy mance was grand where it needed to On paper, the program presaged a ductile melodies and adroit bursts of uplift, with a throbbing undertow, cli- be. In the nick of time, trombonist Ava frivolous night, but there are deep and punctuation from his ebony horn. His maxing with a glittering eruption of Ordman goosed the big finale with a dark layers in music director Timothy virtuosity was beyond impressive, but it percussion. magnificent, sliding “whomp” that put Muffitt’s lightest soufflés. always served an emotional mood or a Need a cigarette now? Sorry, no it over the finish line. Two famous works, “The Sorcerer’s musical thought, the same way a stunt Apprentice” by Paul Dukas and George by Buster Keaton revealed some aspect Gershwin’s “An American in Paris,” pro- of his character while making you say vided the obligatory fireworks, but the “wow.” A sudden ascent to a dog-whis- cream of the concert was in the middle. tle-high note, while breathtaking to fol- I’d be surprised if 20 people in the low, finished the phrase leading up to packed hall had ever heard the clari- it as logically as a tail completes a cat. net concerto of Jean Francaix. Thanks When Yehuda played alone, pianissi- largely to the athletic and agile artist- mo, he took the volume down to a dar- ry of principal clarinetist Guy Yehuda, ing threshold of audibility, command- stepping out Saturday as soloist, the ing the stage so completely that people concerto went over in grand style, like stopped coughing, or even breathing. an airship built by the Montgolfier In the dense second movement, brothers. Yehuda packed even more colors, ges- A jaunty, slightly off-kilter prom- tures and textures onto the canvas, enade, utterly out of touch with the melding complexity with comedy in a weightier manifestations of 20th way that never got confused or over- century music, set a mood of urbane loaded. The bumptious bustle receded drollery. Soloist and orchestra adroitly completely in the slow movement, a bounced the melody back and forth in a languorous play of undulating, intri- fine-tuned two-act that only tightened cate sighs. as the music grew more complex. The other half of the night’s cream Yehuda yoked the concerto’s magi- center had a completely different fla- 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020 ‘RESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit Music’ is a cultural tour de force

By BILL CASTANIER And fortu- dous cooperation of poets, publish- I’ve known M.L. Liebler for the nately for lov- ers, musicians and lyricists, it would better part 20 years now, and if he’s ers of Detroit have been impossible to compile this passionate about anything it’s poetry music, he’s anthology, Liebler said. and music, especially if they relate to partnered with Both Liebler and Daniels have what Detroit. another Detroit can only be called musical rolodex- Liebler has written 15 books of native, poet Jim es (an old-fashioned way of keeping poetry and fiction and has taught Daniels, to edit contact information) that are a mile English and creative writing for 40 a new anthol- deep and a country wide. As an exam- years at Wayne State University. He’s ogy of poet- ple, there aren’t many books that can the leader of a pack of musicians ry: “Respect: Liebler boast work from the poets Phillip called “Beatles Forever,” which does The Poetry of Levine, June Jordan, Rita Dove, an unusual tribute to the Beatles Detroit Music,” Nikki Giovanni or Melba Joyce Boyd. based on a short story he wrote. For which is singu- In addition, three of the five MC5 a number of years each summer, he’s larly unique in members have contributed work to led a class of students to London for a its breadth of the anthology, including Rob Tyner’s deep dive into the Beatles’ culture and genres and the “Grande Days,” when he considers the music. talent they were famed rock palace. “Now the Ballroom able to bring to stands empty, nobody ever comes to the project. play.” If you Michael Zadorian has a piece on the remember such infamous song of the MC5 “Kick out a thing, the Daniels the Jams,” and the time a high school nearly 500- their own oeuvres. classmate convinced a teacher to let page book is Daniels takes you on a trip to his him play it in class. Most everyone telephone directory thick — filled teen years with his poem “School’s knows the rest of the lyrics. with the poetry of more than 100 con- Out, Alice Cooper, 1972” and writes Liebler and Danielson first approach tributors from both the deep Detroit about a “guy named Alice with the face a couple of other publishers before 50% OFF CALENDARS music scene and poetry world. of cartoon death.” Readers will have to settling on Michigan State University All sales final. “Respect” is literally an A to Z dig deeper to catch his drift about his Press. It was MSU Press that convinced collection of poetry featuring the “sky-blue panties.” Liebler to change his original title “I famous, the infamous and fledgling Anyone who’s seen and heard Patti Just Wanna Testify,” to “Respect” as a SCHULER BOOK CLUB poets and musicians, like Marrim Smith will get his poem “Patti Smith way to honor the Detroit superstar. He February 19 · 6pm Akashi and Michael Zadorian. The at the Punch and Judy Theater,” where said it was Aretha Franklin’s funeral famous include Eminem, Jack White, he writes “She’s one freaky kind of that helped turn it around for him. Join us monthly for The Schuler Book Billy Braggs, Paul Simon, Robbie scarecrow scaring all the birds away.” He said the idea for an anthology Club! Book Clubs can help you to Robertson, Gordon Lightfoot and “Respect” is also a musical tour of all grew out of his book “Heaven Was create community, engage with what Wayne Kramer. They riff on Detroit the venues that made and still make Detroit,” a collection of essays on you are reading and read beyond your music of all genres including blues, Detroit famous. The poetry takes you Detroit Music. Liebler has two entries comfort zone. The Schuler Book Club jazz, rock, northern soul, techno and on a ride from the Bluebird Café (jazz) in the book including “Rhythm and will curate its reading to the group each month, and is open to new and hip-hop. to the Grande Ballroom (rock) and to Blues Fire,” which he dedicates to the avid readers! This month we’re reading The book is broken up by music cat- the blues clubs that are a cloudy mem- Falcons and Sir Mack Rice. It ends The Bromance Book Club by egory, so it makes it easy to jump back ory for most. with this line: “It’s our good fortune Lyssa Kay Adams. and forth. Both Daniels, who teach- Liebler stresses that all the entries to have new hymns for our northern es at Carnegie Mellon University, and were obtained gratis, or as he calls souls.” The Falcons (not to be confused MAGIC / KEYFORGE Liebler have contributed pieces from it “all for free.” Without the tremen- with the original Detroit Red Wings) GAME NIGHT were a 1955 rhythm and blues group Tuesdays · 6pm known for helping create soul music Curious Book Shop and Sir Mack Rice was the composer 307 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing of “Mustang Sally,” which has been Play Magic or KeyForge in a casual, covered innumerable times. friendly environment. All Magic 517.332.0112 • We validate parking products are 20% off for those who Mon. - Sat. 10-7, Sun. 12-5 Liebler recognizes they missed some attend the event. curiousbooks.com big name, like Smokey Robinson and Patti Smith, due to running out of time Celebrate the Chinese New Year or missing a connection, but the early KID’S STORY TIME with 20% off Used Books popularity of this anthology seems to Saturdays · 11am demand a volume two. Jan. 25 - Jan. 30 What is known for sure is garnered Jump into the pages of our favorite from a single line by poets Hajjar books! We will sing songs, make a craft Archives Book Shop Baban, A’leetzia Burns, Nandi Comer and go on a new adventure. 519 W. Grand River, East Lansing and Marrim Akashi in their collabo - 517.332.8444 • Free parking rative work “A Mediation on Music,” Mon. - Sat. 11-6, Sun. 12-5 “Daddy taught us young, this music [email protected] was holy.” City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21

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Community Night: The Self - Discussion topic is the Self. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Inner Ascended Masters Ministries, 5705 S. Washington Ave., ON THE Lansing. 517-657-5800. Lansing Area Mindfulness Community - I 7-9 p.m. Chùa Van Hanh Temple, 3015 S MLK Blvd., Lansing. 517-420-5820. lamc.info.

Line Dancing - Join line dancing for fun, exercise, and staying involved in a social TOWN activity. 1-1:30 p.m. Hannah Community Center, Events must be entered through the calendar 819 Abbot Rd., East Lansing. 517-337-1113. at lansingcitypulse.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesdays for the following week’s issue. Sean McBrearty @ Allen Neighborhood Center - Join us for “pretty good coffee” Charges may apply for paid events to appear and great conversation! 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Allen in print. If you need assistance, please call Neighborhood Center, 1611 E Kalamazoo St, Suzi at (517) 999-6704. Lansing. 517-367-2468. Chinese New Year at the Meridian Mall Winter Workdays at CCBS - Join us for Wednesday, January 22 a stewardship workday at Capital City Bird Sanctuary. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 6001 Delta River The Greater Lansing Chinese officially usher in the Year of the Rat. CLASSES AND SEMINARS Drive, Lansing, michiganaudubon.org. Association Visitors to the Meridian Mall will be Chinese New Year is teaming up greeted with a vibrant smattering of Aqua Fitness - Fun for all fitness levels. ARTS Sunday, Jan. 26 Sunday with the Chinese New Year traditions, including 10:30-11:30 a.m. Hannah Community Center, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Meridian Mall a parade — yes, there will be a dragon Meridian Mall to celebrate — live music, choreographed dancing, 819 Abbot Rd., East Lansing. 517-337-1113. Color & Creativity - 6:30-8 p.m. Reach 1982 W. Grand River Ave., Studio Art Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, Okemos Chinese New singing and family-friendly games. The Business Model Workshop - 9-10 a.m. Lansing. 517-999-3643. reachstudioart.org. (517) 349-2031 Year, or Lunar Year of the Rat marks the beginning of Gaynor Entrepreneurship Lab, 651 N. Shaw meridianmall.com New Year, and the cycle of the zodiac’s 12 animal signs. Ln, East Lansing. Free Form Sculptural Weaving - Create a unique, one-of-a-kind sculptural weaving. 1-4:30 Group Dance Class - Beginning Salsa. 8:15- p.m. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Camertone: International Chamber The Future - Talk about the future. 10-11:30 a.m. 9:05 p.m. The MAC, 2900 Hannah Blvd, East Road, East Lansing. 517-337-1113. Soloists Concert Series - 7-9 p.m. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Rd., East Lansing. 517-364-8888. UrbanBeat, 1213 Turner St. Old Town, Lansing. Lansing. 517-337-1113. Low-tech Screenprinting: Art, Craft, Line Dance Lessons - All ages welcome. 7-9 Business. 4:30-6 p.m. Reach Studio Art Center, Thursday, January 23 ICBA 2020 Meet the Judges - This provides p.m. Overdrive Lansing Mall, 5330 W Saginaw 1804 S Washington Ave, Lansing. 517-999-3643. members of the legal community an opportunity Hwy, Lansing. reachstudioart.org. CLASSES AND SEMINARS to network with respected judges. 5:30-7:30 p.m. WMU Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 300 LITERATURE AND POETRY Sorry, I’m Not Leaving Art Exhibition - 11 Aqua Fitness - Fun for all fitness levels. 10:30- S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. a.m.-6 p.m. ongoing. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. 11:30 a.m. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Adventure Club Storytimes - 4-5 p.m. Washington, Ste. 101, Lansing. 517-374-6400. Road, East Lansing. 517-337-1113. Lansing Grassroots Philosophy - Discussion Grand Ledge Area District Library, 131 E. group oriented around philosophy, psychology, Jefferson, Grand Ledge. grandledge.lib.mi.us. Teen Wheel - 6:30-8 p.m. Reach Studio Art Grow with Google - Plan & Budget (Adults). self-exploration, and questioning assumptions. Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, Lansing. 517- Learn about making good financial decisions, 6:30-8 p.m. Kelly’s Downtown, 220 S Washington Family Storytime (Ages up to 6) - 11 a.m.- 999-3643. reachstudioart.org. researching costs, and planning. 6-7:30 p.m. Square, Lansing. 12 p.m. CADL Webberville, 115 N. Main St., CADL South, 3500 S. Cedar, Lansing. cadl.org Webberville. cadl.org Tween Wheel - 4:30-6 p.m. Reach Studio Art ARTS Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, Lansing. 517- Learn517: In the Sky - Ages 6 to 11. Fee: $5/ PJ Storytime (Ages 3–12) - 7-7:30 p.m. 999-3643. reachstudioart.org student, $4/adult Walk-in registration only; 1:30 Boy Gets Girl - 7-9:30 p.m. Riverwalk Theatre, CADL Holt-Delhi, 2078 N. Aurelius Rd., Holt. p.m. Michigan History Center, 702 W. Kalamazoo 228 Museum Dr, Lansing. 517-482-5700. MUSIC St., Lansing. michigan.org. riverwalktheatre.com. EVENTS Caleb Shannon, saxophone - Free. 6 Strength & Balance (Adults) - Improve Community Art Projects - 3-6 p.m. Reach Allen Farmers Market - 3-6:30 p.m. p.m. Cook Recital Hall, 333 W. Circle Dr., East your posture, strength and balance in a weekly Studio Art Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, with Mori & Mama performance 5 p.m. Lansing. events.msu.edu. series. 2:30-3:30 p.m. CADL Okemos, 4321 Lansing. 517-999-3643. reachstudioart.org. Okemos Rd., Okemos. cadl.org Studio (in)Process - 6-9 p.m. MSU Broad Art FRIDAY, JAN. 24 >> 'NEVER SPOKEN AGAIN' OPENING RECEPTION Zumba - Want to lose weight and have fun too? Lab, 565 E Grand River Ave, East Lansing. 517- 6:30-7:30 p.m. Federated Polish Home, 1030 W. 884-4800. broadmuseum.msu.edu.

MSU Broad Art Museum and guest curator Mt. Hope Ave., Lansing. 517-882-2838. MUSIC David Ayala-Alfonso are celebrating the LITERATURE AND POETRY opening of “Never Spoken Again: Rogue Absolute Music Chamber Series - 7:30- Stories of Science and Collections.” This Friends of Delta Township District Library 10:30 p.m. UrbanBeat, 1213 Turner St. Old Town, nomadic exhibit analyzes the curious origins Bake and Book Sale - Over 5,000 items Lansing. urbanbeatevents.com. of modern art collections, the institutions including books, CDs, and DVDs all 75 cents or less. 3-7 p.m. Delta Twp District Library, 5130 Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble - MSU Brass. that sustain them, and their contingent Davenport Drive, Lansing. 517-321-4014. 7:30 p.m. Fairchild Theatre, 542 Auditorium Rd, origin stories. “Never Spoken Again” also East Lansing. 517-355-1855. music.msu.edu. features work from an international roster PJ Storytime (Sensory Friendly) - 6:30-7 p.m. Grand Ledge Area District Library, 131 E Friday, January 24 of artists. Jefferson St, Grand Ledge. Free. Friday, Jan. 24, 6 p.m. CLASSES AND SEMINARS EVENTS Broad Art Museum Aqua Fitness - Fun for all fitness levels. 10:30- 547 E. Circle Dr., East Lansing Aqua Fitness - Fun for all fitness levels. 10:30- 11:30 a.m. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot (517) 884-4800 11:30 a.m. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. 517-337-1113. broadmuseum.msu.edu Rd., East Lansing. 517-337-1113. See Out on the town, Page 24 22 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020

Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny Jan. 22 - Jan. 28, 2020

"Decade in ARIES (March 21-April 19): German writer serious and somber author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Review, Part 1"-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) declared "It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship," he fun stuff from that English writer Lord Byron (1788–1824) was added. All that's true, I think. To hone our ability 2010 & 2011. the greatest genius of the 19th century. Here's an to express tenderness and warmth, even when interesting coincidence: Byron regarded Goethe by Matt Jones we're not at our best, is the most demanding as the greatest genius of the 19th century. I bring task on earth. It requires more courage than this to your attention, Aries, in the hope that it will that of a soldier in the frenzy of battle, as much Across inspire you to create a similar dynamic in your own life during the coming months. As much as imagination as a poet, and diligence equal to that 1 Part of PSL possible, surround yourself with people whom of an architect supervising the construction of a massive suspension bridge. And yet on the other 6 Henna, e.g. you think are wonderful and interesting and enlivening—and who think you are wonderful and hand—contrary to what Dostoevsky believed— 9 Bean that goes interesting and enlivening. sometimes love is mostly fun and inspiring and in bars entertaining and educational. I suspect that the 14 Make up (for) TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus-born coming weeks will be one of those phases for you. 15 Fish eggs Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was a renowned German composer who lived most of his life is SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How well do you 16 Ivy League sch. Germany and Austria. He became so famous nurture yourself, dear Scorpio? How diligent are 17 Game show legend and well-respected that England's Cambridge you in providing yourself with the sustenance that who, in his late 80s, University offered him an honorary degree if ensures your body, mind, and soul will thrive? Are returned to host he would visit the campus. But Brahms was too you imaginative in the ways that you keep yourself "Let's Make a Deal" timid to risk crossing the English Channel by boat. excited about life? Do you take strong measures for a week in 2010 (There were no airplanes and Chunnel in those days.) He declined the award. I beg you not to to avoid getting attached to mediocre pleasures, 19 Heavy weight, in even as you consistently hone your focus on the France do anything even remotely like that in the coming weeks, Taurus. Please summon the gumption desires that lead you to joy and deep satisfaction? 20 Health stat that necessary to claim and gather in all you deserve. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you can be misleading to meditate on these questions. 21 Farm grunt GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to my 22 Billboard's Hot analysis of the astrological omens, the coming SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Seven books 100 #1 song of 2010 weeks will be one of those rare times when you can of the Bible's Old Testament refer to a magical (originally a limited- safely engage with influences that might normally place called Ophir. It was a source of exotic finery time free download rattle you. You'll be protected as you wander into and soulful treasures like gold, peacocks, jewels, on Kesha's MySpace the unknown and explore edgy mysteries. Your frankincense, and precious sandalwood. One page in 2009) 49 Regrettable 5 Friend of Roo and Pooh 35 Magazine first intuition will be highly reliable if you make bold problem: No one, not even a Biblical scholar, has published in 1945 attempts to solve dilemmas that have previously 23 Black Widow portrayer, 51 Kind of poster 6 Brand used in pipes ever figured out where it was. Zimbabwe? India? 36 Give a lift confounded and frustrated you. If you've been Tunisia? Its location is still unknown. I am bringing in tabloids 54 IBM computer that beat 7 Form of the Sanrio waiting for the perfect moment to get a bit wild 25 Forest growths two humans on "Jeopardy!" character Gudetama 38 North America's oldest and exploratory, this is it. this to your attention because I suspect that in in 2011 8 Predatory fish sport 2020 there'll be a good chance you'll discover and 26 Neptune's home gain access to your own metaphorical Ophir: a 56 "___ oughta!" 9 Bifurcate 42 In shreds CANCER (June 21-July 22): J. M. W. Turner 27 "Good Will Hunting" (1775–1851) is regarded as one of England's fount of interesting, evocative resources. For best director Gus Van ___ 57 Templeton, in 10 Pig in ___ 43 Inside looks? results, be primed and eager to offer your own "Charlotte's Web" greatest painters. He's best known for his luminous 28 Break down 11 Symbol that's a 48 Drummer in the Electric and imaginative landscapes. His experimental use skills and riches in exchange for what this fount 59 "Cast of thousands" Mayhem 31 Shareable PC files lowercase letter split by a of light and color influenced the Impressionist can provide to you. films vertical line 50 Award for Alfonso painters who came after him. But the weird thing 34 Veteran actress who 60 Only one of 2011's top 12 Part of A.D. CuarÛn is that after his death, many of his works were lost CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn got to host "Saturday 10 highest-grossing films for decades. In 1939, a famed art historian found filmmaker Steven Soderbergh says it's crucial Night Live" in 2010 after a 51 Potter's device that wasn't a sequel 13 1,024 bytes, briefly over a hundred of them rolled up like tarpaulins for us to have a well-developed story about who grassroots campaign 52 Misjudgment 62 Broad, flat beans 18 Hair-covering garment in the basement of an art museum. Let's apply we are and what we're doing with our lives. It's so 37 Red-headed Disney 53 "Finding Dory" actor this event as a metaphor for what's ahead in important, he feels, that it should be the trigger 63 Long-handled farm tool 22 Like nanotechnology's your life, Cancerian. I suspect that buried or lost princess scale Willem that flings us out of bed every morning. We've got 39 AI game competitor 64 Thrown for ___ elements of your past will soon be rediscovered 24 It's on the plus side 54 Join metal to metal and restored. I bet it will be fun and illuminating! to make our story so vivid and interesting that it 40 ___ Boogie ("The 65 Farm machinery 55 "Four and twenty continually motivates us in every little thing we do. manufacturer 25 "Lady Marmalade" Soderbergh's counsel is always good to keep in Nightmare Before singer LaBelle blackbirds baked in ___" LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my early adult life, I Christmas" character) 66 ___ Poly (West Coast 56 "Hold up!" lived below the poverty line for many years. How mind, of course, but it will be even more so for you school) 27 Ring setting did that impact me? Here's one example: I didn't in the coming months. Why? Because your story 41 A cappella group 58 Amts. in recipes formed in 2011 that won 67 Temptations 29 Songwriter Redding own a mattress from ages 23 to 39, but rather will be expanding and deepening, and you'll need 60 Active chemical in slept on a two-inch thick foam pad that lay directly to make the necessary adjustments in how you tell NBC's "The Sing-Off" Down 30 Round red root 44 Part of RPI cannabis on the floor. I'm doing better now, thank you. your story to yourself. 1 Gyro ingredient, often 31 Bear whose chair was But my early experiences ensured that I would too hard 61 Mauna ___ (former 45 Do some math 2 Smashable items Hawaiian erupter that's forever have profound empathy for people who AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I'm a big fan of self- 32 1857 litigant Scott don't have much money. I hope this will serve as 46 Elizabethan collar 3 Gin complement neither one you're editing. For example, every horoscope I write shape 33 Works into the probably thinking of) inspiration for you, Leo. The next seven weeks evolves over the course of at least three drafts. 4 Crate contents in "Angry schedule, with "for" will be the Empathy Building Season for you. The For each book I've published, I have written 47 Dorm leaders Birds" cosmos will reward you if you build your ability to but then thrown away hundreds of pages that I appreciate and understand the pains and joys of ©2019 Jonesin' Crosswords ([email protected]) A nswers Page 24 other humans. Your compassion will be tonic for ultimately deemed weren't good enough to be a both your mental and physical health. part of the finished text. And yet now and then, I have created a poem or song in one rapid swoop. SUDOKU Advanced VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ancient Greek author My artistic artifact is exactly right the first time it Theophrastus was a scientist before the concept flows out of me, with no further tinkering needed. of "scientist" existed. His writings on botany were I suspect you're now entering a phase like that, TO PLAY influential for hundreds of years after his death. Aquarius. I'm reminded of poet Allen Ginsberg's But some of his ideas would be considered operative principle: "first thought, best thought." unscientific today. For example, he believed that Fill in the grid so that flute music could heal sciatica and epilepsy. No PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Who don't you modern research suggests that the charms of the want to be, Pisces? Where don't you want to go? every row, column, and flute can literally cure physical ailments like those. What experiences are not necessary in your drive But there *is* a great deal of evidence that music to become the person you were born to be? I outlined 3-by-3 box can help relieve pain, reduce anxiety, reduce the side effects of drugs, assist in physical therapy, encourage you to ask yourself questions like those contains the numbers 1 and even make you smarter. And my reading of in the coming weeks. You're entering a phase the current astrological omens suggests that the when you can create long-term good fortune through 9 exactly once. therapeutic effects of music will be especially for yourself by knowing what you don't like and dramatic for you during the next three weeks. don't need and don't require. Explore the positive No guessing is required. effects of refusal. Wield the power of saying NO LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "Learning to love so as to liberate yourself from all that's irrelevant, The solution is unique. is difficult, and we pay dearly for it," wrote the uninteresting, trivial, and unhealthy.

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AA surveysurvey of Lansing’sLansing’s MusicalMusical LAndscapeLAndscape TURNTURN IT ITDD WNWN!By By RICH RICH TU TUPICPICAA Friday, January 24 Mustard Plug’s Rick Johnson returns solo to Mac’s

Rick Johnson chats with City Pulse, prior to his Friday show at Mac’s Bar, about his long career in DIY music. Friday’s show at Mac’s Bar is a fundraiser for The Commons, a locally founded group that’s aiming to open a neighborhood center. Follow the group at facebook.com/thecommonslansing. The Commons fundraiser features Rick Johnson Rock & Roll Machine, Rent Strike, more Friday, Jan. 24 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. All ages, 8 p.m., $15, $10 adv. For 15 years, Rick Johnson has toured our society.” said the ska-punk outfit is “loosely working is also “98 percent” through wrapping up the world playing bass with Mustard Also performing at the fundraiser are on something,” but didn’t specify beyond a new Sharkanoid album with the band’s Plug, while also moonlighting in bands like Mover Shaker, Rent Strike and austhebear. that. Last year, he toured Japan with the co-founder, Dan Potthast. Bomb The Music Industry!, Wack Trucks, As for the headliner, the Rick Johnson Rock group, but missed many of the band’s For Johnson, who cut his teeth in the Sharkanoid and The Stitch Up. During that and Roll Machine, Johnson simply calls it other dates. golden years of the ’90s alt-rock boom, time, he’s also fronted The Rick Johnson his “one-man freak out.” But that’s not all “Because of my other touring require- he said his longevity comes from staying Rock and Roll Machine, a one-man lo-fi he’s up to right now, he also hosts “I’m in ments, I only played about half of Mustard focused on his passion for music, and not synth-pop project. Love With a Girl Named Spike,” a podcast Plug’s shows last year,” Johnson said. getting consumed with success and money. Friday, he brings that solo act to Mac’s covering “Degrassi Junior High.” “This year, however, is turning out to be He’s just kept as busy as possible. Bar for a fundraiser concert support- “I am never not working,” said Johnson, pretty busy. Mustard Plug is doing a West “Basically, I grew up in the era of grunge ing The Commons, a Lansing-based group 39, who also operates Cold War Studios, Coast run shortly and also might be going and punk,” he recalled. “It was cool to be in that, in part, states its mission as: his own Grand Rapids-based recording to Australia.” a band in those days. It’s probably still cool, “A (future) social center in Lansing, facility — a business he started out of Looking back, after countless days in the but maybe not as a 40-year old at the class Michigan that wants to see neighbors come necessity. tour van, he’s had amazing memories, like reunion. But, back then, I put all my eggs in together in mutual self-reliance. In our time “Basically, in order for me to justify buy- touring with the late Wesley Willis, but he’s that one basket, so I had to run with it. You of escalating social and environmental cri- ing recording gear, I had to do something also had a few tense incidents along the know, a rock and roll shark’s gotta keep ses, we need to chart a course towards commercial with it,” he said. “Also, to seek way, too. swimming, gotta keep moving.” a different future. The Commons wants out a living only doing music things, it made “A group of skinheads tried to stab me “I mean it is pretty insane that I just get to support the growth of the many formal sense to open up a studio.” with a screwdriver in Rockford, Illinois, in to tour as much as I do,” he added. “I never and informal groups that are fighting rac- Beyond recording other bands at his stu- 2007,” he recalled. “That was possibly the thought I would be able to go to the place ism, gender-based oppression, reliance dio, Johnson also frequently hits the road craziest thing.” that I have ended up.” on the police, greed, inequality and all of with various bands doing sound and tour On a more positive note, it’s mostly the other forms of domination that exist in managing. As for Mustard Plug, Johnson been a dream come true for Johnson, who

DESTINATION WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Trivia Night: Name That Song 10PM All Request Cocktail Night 9PM Diva Karaoke 9PM Detroit Punk Free 9PM Coach's Pub & Grill, 6201 Bishop Rd. Kathy Ford Band 9PM Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River, East Lansing Karaoke 9PM Karaoke 9PM Karaoke 9PM The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Old School - DJ Jalese 8:30PM Showdown 9PM Showdown 9PM Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. Karaoke Corzo Effect 8:30PM Miranda & the M80s 8:30PM LIVE Lansing Brewing Co., 518 E. Shiawassee Live Music with Atomic Boogaloo 8PM The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Blockhead 9 PM Homegrown Throwdown 2020 7PM AND Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine 8PM Annual Bobby Knucklez Bday Bash 7PM Reno's North, 16460 Old US 27 The New Rule 7PM The New Rule 7PM Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Tim Grimm and Ben Bedford 7:30 p.m. LOCAL Spiral, 1247 Center St. Doomsday Drag Show 9PM Good Vibes Party 9PM Disco Ball 9PM Urban Beat, 1213 Turner St. Camertone 7PM Absolute Music 7:30 PM Taylor Hermann Quartet 7:30 PM Matt Bliton Band 7:30PM Upcoming show? Contact Unicorn, 327 Cesar E. Chavez, Lansing Open Mic 9:30PM Live Music with Good Cookies 9PM Live Music with Off The Ledge 9PM [email protected] Wildlife Pub, 6380 Drumeller Rd., Bath Open Mic 7:30PM 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020

From Page 21 Festival - 12-7 p.m. Snyder-Phillips Hall, 362 Introduction to Zentangle - Learn about The Four Horsemen Bourbon Barrel Ballroom Dancing Begins - Learn the basic Bogue St, East Lansing. the peaceful meditative drawing process. Release - 3-10 p.m. Ellison Brewery + Spirits, steps and fundamentals. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Al!ve, 12-1:30 p.m. Charlotte Library, 226 S. Bostwick, 4903 Dawn Ave, East Lansing. 800 W Lawrence Ave., Charlotte. myalive.com. Never Spoken Again Opening Reception - Charlotte. 517-543-8859. retreadart.com. 6-8 p.m. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 Owl Prowl Campfire - Roasting marshmallows Beginning Drawing - It’s never too late to E Circle Dr, East Lansing. 517-884-4800. Kitchen Skills: A Workshop for Teens & Young and learning about Michigan Owls. 7-8:30 learn to draw! 1-3 p.m. Hannah Community Adults. Learn how to fix quick and easy meals. p.m. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Rd, Center, 819 Abbot Rd., East Lansing. Teen Studio: Portfolio. 3-6 p.m. Reach Studio 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Grand Ledge Area District Library, Okemos. 517-349-3866. meridian.mi.us. Art Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, Lansing. 517- 131 E. Jefferson St., Grand Ledge. 517-627-7014. Neuroscience Seminar -Free. 12:30 p.m. B, 999-3643. reachstudioart.org. Statehood Day Celebration - a FREE 342 Wells Hall, East Lansing. events.msu.edu. Lunar New Year (All ages) - Usher in the celebration of 183 years of Michigan History! The Witch, The Beauty and The Handsome Year of the Rat by learning about the Zodiac and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Michigan History Center, 702 W. Science of Disney - 10 a.m. Impression 5 Prince - for all ages. 7-8:30 p.m. East Lansing New Year customs. 1-2:30 p.m. CADL Foster, Kalamazoo St., Lansing. 517-420-1342. Science Center, 200 Museum Dr, Lansing. 517- Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Rd., East 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing. 485-8116. impression5.org. Lansing. 517-333-2580. ARTS Mushroom Cultivation - Learn the process LITERATURE AND POETRY MUSIC of growing mushrooms on logs. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Boy Gets Girl - 8-10:30 p.m. Riverwalk Hunter Park GardenHouse, 1400 E. Kalamazoo Theatre, 228 Museum Dr, Lansing. 517-482-5700. Friends of Delta Township District Mike Skory Piano Party - 8:30 p.m. Henry’s St., Lansing. riverwalktheatre.com. Library Bake and Book Sale - Over 5,000 Place, 4926 Marsh Rd, Okemos. 517-580-3075. items all 75 cents or less. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. PreSchool Playdate - museum experience Schrodinger’s Cat is in Town - Special 5130 Davenport Dr., Lansing. 517-321-4014. for young children providing hands-on learning encore edition of the Community Open Call! 2-4 Saturday, January 25 experiences. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. MSU Museum, 409 p.m. MSU Broad Art Lab, 565 E Grand River EVENTS W Circle Dr, East Lansing. 517-355-2370. Ave, East Lansing. 517-884-4800. CLASSES AND SEMINARS 2020 State 4-H Rabbit and Cavy Show - 6 Science of Disney - 11 a.m. Impression 5 Taste of Jewelry: Cold Forming - 10:30 p.m. Michigan State University Pavilion, 4301 2020 Capital Area Master Gardeners Science Center, 200 Museum Dr, Lansing. 517- a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lansing Makers Network, 2400 Farm Ln, Lansing. 517-432-5566. canr.msu.edu. Winter Symposium - 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. LCC 485-8116. impression5.org. W. St. Joe, Lansing. West Campus, 5708 Cornerstone Dr., Lansing. GEM Social Club - For ASD Teens and Young 517-267-5452. mgacac.files.wordpress.com. Women’s Aviation Career Symposium The Witch, The Beauty and The Adults. Join us for an evening of friendship, - Interested in a career in aviation? 9 a.m.-2 Handsome Prince - For all ages. 2-3:30 p.m. socializing, food & fun! 6-8 p.m. The Peoples Beginning Beekeeping: What’s the Buzz p.m. WACS Michigan- Lansing Airport, 16641 East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Church, 200 W. Grand River Ave., East Lansing. All About? - Workshop. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Allen Corporate Aviation Drive, Lansing. Abbot Rd., East Lansing. 517-333-2580. Neighborhood Center, 1611 E. Kalamazoo Ave., Refuge Recovery Lansing - 7:30-8:30 p.m. Lansing. 517-367-2468. LITERATURE AND POETRY MUSIC Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. Code Club - Bring your own laptop or use a Character Storytime (Ages up to 10) - 2-3 Glen Erin Pipe Band Presents the 261st TGIF Dance Party - all welcome! 7 p.m.-12 library laptop (Ages 7-17). 2-3:30 p.m. CADL p.m. CADL Downtown Lansing, 401 S. Capitol Robert Burns Birthday Gala - Good a.m. Hawk Hollow, 15101 Chandler Rd., Bath. Haslett, 1590 Franklin St., Haslett. Ave., Lansing. cadl.org food and drink, bagpiping, Highland dancing 734-604-5095. tgifdance.com. and Celtic music. 5-10 p.m. Eagle Eye Empowerment and Goal Setting Yoga Friends of Delta Township District Library Banquet Center, 15500 Chandler Rd, Bath. We Laugh Comedy Show - 7-9 p.m. Cadillac Workshop - 2-5 p.m. Lansing Hot Yoga, 914 Bake and Book Sale - Over 5,000 items all 75 glenerinpipeband.com. Room, 1115 S Washington, Lansing. 517-798-6175. Elmwood, Lansing. cents or less. 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. 5130 Davenport Dr., Lansing. 517-321-4014. Old-time String Band Fiddle Tunes ARTS Expungement Clinic - For convictions from Repertoire with Mike and Mary Ross - Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties. 9 a.m.-1 EVENTS 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Elderly Instruments, 1100 N MSU 3rd Annual Social Justice Art p.m. WMU-Cooley Law School, 300 S. Capitol Washington Ave, Lansing. 517-372-7880. Ave., Lansing. 2020 State 4-H Rabbit and Cavy Show - elderly.com. 6:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. MSU Pavilion, 4301 Farm Ln, FRIDAY, JAN .24 >> LIBERATION & LIBATIONS Lansing. 517-432-5566. canr.msu.edu. Singers on the Grand present “Fifties AT REPUTATION BEVERAGE CO. An event curated by Sometimes Art House SATURDAY, JAN. 25 >> TUBING AT HAWK ISLAND and hosted at Reputation Beverage Co., Come to Hawk Island and slide down one Liberation & Libations features tarot of many 16 foot wide sculpted snow lanes. card readings, an artist market, craft/ An uphill conveyor lift is there to transport decompression table and “all the coffee, riders back to the top of the hill. Worried tea and kombucha your heart desires.” about the cursed sun melting away the Donations suggested. fun? Snowmaking machines are on deck Friday, Jan. 24, 6 p.m. to extend the time the snow-tubing hill is Reputation Beverage Co. usable. 800 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing (517) 657-3913 $8/person plus $5 vehicle entrance fee. reputationbev.com Saturday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hawk Island Park SUDOKU SOLUTION CROSSWORD SOLUTION 1601 E. Cavanaugh Road, Lansing (517) 676-2233 From Pg. 22 From Pg. 22 facebook.com/inghamcountyparks SATURDAY, JAN. 25 >> INSPIRATIONAL ANIMAL POSTERS PRINT AND TAKE AT ALT PRINTING CO. ALT is hosting a two-hour workshop in which children will get to design a print featuring inspirational animal graphics. Attendees get to leave with a customized, handmade poster with a funky animal letting you know that you can accomplish anything. $35. Saturday, Jan. 25, 10 a.m. ALT Printing Co. 1139 Washington Ave., Lansing (517) 388-3558 altprintingco.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25

Favorites” - 6-8:30 p.m. Grand Ledge Opera Favorites” - 2:30-5 p.m. Grand Ledge Opera - 7-8:30 p.m. Residential College of Arts and Read a Poet/Write a Poem: The Ghazal Poets House, 121 S. Bridge St., Grand Ledge. House, 121 S. Bridge St., Grand Ledge. Humanities Theater, 362 Bogue St., East Lansing. and the Ghazal w/ Guillermo Delgado. 7-8:30 517-432-3493. jsp.msu.edu. p.m. C303 Snyder Hall, 362 Bogue Street, East Monday, January 27 Lansing. 517-884-1932. poetry.rcah.msu.edu. Sunday, January 26 MUSIC CLASSES AND SEMINARS EVENTS CLASSES AND SEMINARS Happy Birthday, Mozart! - Join us for Aqua Fitness - Fun for all fitness levels. 10:30- music and birthday cookies. 7:30 p.m. Fairchild Capital City Toastmasters Open House Empowerment and Goal Setting Yoga Theatre, 542 Auditorium Rd, East Lansing. 517- - Learn public speaking, leadership skills, and Workshop - 2-5 p.m. Lansing Hot Yoga, 914 11:30 a.m. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Rd., East Lansing. 517-337-1113. 355-1855. music.msu.edu. develop confidence. 6:30-8:30 p.m. CADL Elmwood, Lansing. Downtown, 401 S Capitol Ave, Lansing. Juggling - Learn how to juggle! 2-4 p.m. Basic Principles of Photography - 9-11 a.m. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Rd., East Tuesday, January 28 Garden Club Tuesday Meeting - 1-3 p.m. Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., Grand Ledge Area District Library, 131 E East Lansing. Lansing. 517-337-1113. CLASSES AND SEMINARS Jefferson St, Grand Ledge. Drop-in Homework Help (Grades 1-8) - Screenagers Documentary - explores ARTS teenagers’ use of social media and video Free tutoring in general subjects by students Aqua Fitness - Fun for all fitness levels. 10:30- games as well as internet addiction. 3-5:30 from MSU Community Learning Services. 5-7 11:30 a.m. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot p.m. CADL Okemos, 4321 Okemos Rd., Okemos. Rd., East Lansing. 517-337-1113. Adult Clay Winter B - 6:15-9:15 p.m. Reach p.m. Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Rd, Studio Art Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, East Lansing. screenagersmovie.com. Group Dance Class - Beginning Hustle - Group Dance Class - Beginning West Lansing. 517-999-3643. reachstudioart.org. ARTS 7:15-8:05 p.m. The MAC, 2900 Hannah Blvd, East Coast Swing - 8:15-9:05 p.m. The MAC, 2900 Lansing. 517-364-8888. Hannah Blvd, East Lansing. 517-364-8888. Mixed Media: Adult. 6:30-8 p.m. Reach Studio Art Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, Boy Gets Girl - 2-4:30 p.m. Riverwalk Theatre, Lansing. 517-999-3643. reachstudioart.org. 228 Museum Dr, Lansing. 517-482-5700. Group Dance Class - Beginning Nightclub Protect Your Online Identity and riverwalktheatre.com. 2 Step - 8:15-9:05 p.m. The MAC, 2900 Hannah Reputation and Social Media Profile Blvd, East Lansing. 517-364-8888. Stalking Awareness - Free. 5-7 p.m. Hannah Mixed Media: Teen. 4:30-6 p.m. Reach Studio MUSIC Community Center, 819 Abbot Rd, East Lansing. Art Center, 1804 S Washington Ave, Lansing. Homeschool Study Group - 1-4 p.m. Grand 517-999-3643. reachstudioart.org. Ledge Area District Library, 131 E. Jefferson St., Zumba - Want to lose weight and have fun too? Bath Community Drum Circle - Come jam MUSIC with us! 2-4 p.m. Bath Community Center, 5959 Grand Ledge. 517-627-7014. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Federated Polish Home, 1030 W. Park Lake Road, Bath. bathtownship.us. Mt. Hope Ave., Lansing. 517-882-2838. EVENTS Roomful of Teeth - 7:30 p.m. Fairchild LITERATURE AND POETRY Theatre, 542 Auditorium Rd, East Lansing. 517- CABS Beale Street Sendoff - Come and send 355-1855. music.msu.edu. the winners on the road to the International Game Night at the Fledge - Board and card games. 7 pm to close. 1300 Eureka St., Lansing. Book Discussion Group (Adults) - This Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN! 4-8 p.m. Pump Yan Zheng, Chamber - Free. 6 p.m. Cook House Concerts, 368 Orchard St, East Lansing. Info at 517-203-9287. 7 p.m. month: “My Beloved World” by Sonia Sotomayor 7-8 p.m. CADL Webberville, 115 N. Main St., Recital Hall, 333 W. Circle Dr., East Lansing. events.msu.edu. Profeti della Quinta - Taylor Johnston Early Refuge Recovery Lansing - 6-7 p.m. The Webberville. cadl.org Music Series. 7 p.m. Fairchild Theatre, 542 Fledge, 1300 Eureka St., Lansing. Auditorium Rd, East Lansing. 517-355-1855. Preschool Storytime - 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Grand music.msu.edu. ARTS Ledge Area District Library, 131 E. Jefferson St., Grand Ledge. 517-627-7014. Singers on the Grand present “Fifties Hebreo: The Search for Salomone Rossi

Happy BirtHday, mozart! 1/27 MONDAY, 7:30 PM FAIRCHILD THEATRE, MSU AUDITORIUM 10th annual celebration! Works by Mozart include Divertimento for Winds No. 8 and No. 14, Sonata in B-flat Major, Piano 4 Hands, and Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos. Join us for music and birthday cookies. 10 th Anniversary Generously sponsored by Martha L. and John R. Brick, and “Dinner and a Concert” from the State Room Restaurant Joanne & Bill Church inside the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. West CirCle series

iNFo aNd tiCKets music.msu.edu/westcircle 517-353-5340 26 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 22, 2020 FOOD & DRINK DINING OUT IN GREATER LANSING Mafioso-themed bagel shop coming to stadium district BY SKYLER ASHLEY A downtown bagel shop with eclec- Goodfellas Bagel Deli tic, Michigan-made ingredients and Soft-opening expected first week of February a staff that treats customers like 625 E. Michigan Ave., old friends — that’s the ambition of Lansing (517) 580-8611 Goodfellas, a new stadium district facebook.com/ restaurant expecting its soft opening goodfellasbageldeli the first week of February. Co-owners Adrian Joseph and Nate Parisian decided to try their hand at ster cinema. For example, “The Don” the bagel hustle after deciding that features ham, bacon, egg, whole grain there weren’t enough bagel options in mustard and garlic and herb cream downtown Lansing. cheese, while “The Godfather” has “I like bagels, he likes bagels — we sausage, fried onion straw, muenster all like bagels. And this was all born cheese and avocado cream cheese. out of there not being enough options “One of the facets of our business is for breakfast sandwiches,” Joseph that we didn’t want to have stuff that said. is easily accessible. We want to go The menu will be structured around straight to the producer, straight to a score of signature bagel sandwich- the farm,” Joseph said. “We’re using a es, each named in tribute to common lot of cage-free eggs and sustainably Skyler Ashley/City Pulse phrases and names from classic gang- See Goodfellas, Page 27 Goodfellas co-owners Nate Parisian (left) and Adrian Joseph. Pop-up restaurant to sling health-conscious food By SKYLER ASHLEY Worn down by greasy food? Did your favorite brunch spot let you down last week with some soggy French toast? If you’re craving something new, a unique dining oppor- Abundance Café tunity is com- ing to the Old Pop-Up Lunch Town Marquee Saturday, Jan. 25, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this weekend. Sunday Jan. 26, Abundance 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Old Town Marquee Café, an occa- 319 Cesar E. Chavez Ave., sional pop- Lansing (517) 853-5880, up restaurant oldtownmarquee.com started by Erin Meadows, is Friends don't let friends returning for its third round of dishing eat at chain restaurants! out health-conscious, homemade food over a single weekend. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Daily ! “Abundance Café is a healthy, made- from-scratch type of restaurant. I Daily Food Specials focus on healthier options made with Six Soups Served Daily! whole foods,” head chef and owner Courtesy Photo 12 Draft Micro Brews, Erin Meadows, 45, said. “It’s to help Erin Meadows, founder of Abundance Café, is hosting another pop-up this weekend to meet that niche of special dietary all Michigan made at Old Town Marquee. needs. There’s a lot of people that are Boutique wines gluten-free or vegan, but there’s not a wait to be served. Meadows prepares supplied by Circle F Ranch in Fowler. Classic Cocktails. lot of places for them to get delicious the food beforehand at Morton’s Fine Fruits and veggies are normally sup- Catering food to eat.” Catering, where she works, and brings plied by farmers markets, but the win- Just because Abundance Café is a pop- it to the Old Town Marquee’s warming ter has Meadows hitting up the local 1419 E Michigan Ave., Lansing up doesn’t mean the format is any dif- kitchen. options at Meijer and Horrocks. (517) 316-2377 ferent than a standard café-style restau- Ingredients used by Meadows are as rant. You place your order, sit down and local as possible. Chickens and eggs are See Pop-up, Page 27 City Pulse • January 22, 2020 www.lansingcitypulse.com 27

Ann Arbor. since late last year. According to the toward the family and friends of Pa- Goodfellas “We had to set up an exclusive pair, it’s been an uphill battle, as the risian and Joseph, nobody truly curi- route to get these bagels every day. space was left in a state of disrepair. ous to try Goodfella’s gourmet bagels They don’t deliver the bagels because “The place had been vacant for will be turned away. from page 26 there’s a one-day shelf life, so every nearly a year. There was nothing “We want a place where if you bagel we’re turning over is the fresh- here for a long time,” Joseph said. “It come, you should expect to be spo- est you can get,” Joseph said. looked crazy before this; it was left in ken to like a goodfella — you know?” sourced ingredients.” Joseph and Parisian have been ren- a rough spot.” Joseph said. “It’s a mantra and a real Goodfellas’ fresh bagels and coffee ovating the former Capitol City Scoop While the soft opening is geared cool environment.” will be supplied by Zingerman’s in location at 625 E. Michigan Ave.

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