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FREE A newspaper for the rest of us www.lansingcitypulse.com May 20-26, 2015 a newspaper for the rest of us www.lansingcitypulse.com 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 20, 2015 CAPITAL AREA LOCAL FIRST LUNCH & LEARN NOON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 • ZOOBIE’S OLD TOWN TAVERN FEATURING CITY PULSE OWNER BERL SCHWARTZ ON “THE INSIDE STORY OF CITY PULSE” All-you-can-eat pizza from The Cosmos, salad and soft drink $12 • Cash Bar Tickets available at www.capitalarealocalrst.com Reserve by Friday, May 29, to be guaranteed a spot Noon Wednesday, June 3 • Zoobie’s Old Town Tavern & Bar, 611 E. Grand River Avenue, Lansing City Pulse • May 20, 2015 www.lansingcitypulse.com 3 Our Faith is over 2,000 years old. Our thinking 37 is not. Pilgrim Congregational 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave. Sunday - 10 AM United Church of Christ (517) 484-7434 Lansing, MI PilgrimUCC.com Newsmakers THIS WEEK: HOSTED BY BERL SCHWARTZ MICHIGAN’S ROADS STATE SEN. RICK JONES R-GRAND LEDGE STATE SEN. CURTIS HERTEL JR. D-EAST LANSING MY18TV! 10 A.M. EVERY SATURDAY COMCAST CHANNEL 16 LANSING 7:30 P.M. EVERY FRIDAY THIS SPACE DONATED IN PART BY CITY PULSE 4 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • May 20, 2015 Feedback Praise for LSO, Cosentino Brewery ad offends VOL. 14 ISSUE 40 Lansing Symphony Orchestra just con- On page 11, the graphics on the left col- cluded its 2014-2015 season to a lengthy umn show The Brewery ad of two naked (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com standing ovation. I was there, having women walking in boots, advertising "no enjoyed yet another great performance. cover tonite" (City Pulse, May 13-19). At risk ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 Deserving of thanks is Lawrence of appearing not to appreciate a good bit of PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6704 or email [email protected] Cosentino of Lansing City Pulse for his 70''s nostalgia, I feel the need to say some- 6 abundant gifts as a writer. Without his thing. It struck me that a debasing cartoon EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 knowledgeable pre-concert writeups and or advertisement depicting a person of color insightful post-concert reviews of the LSO or a gay/lesbian person (pick any demeaning ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten HIrten: Baltimore and Lansing have little in common [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 performances to draw me in, I wouldn't have characterization of your choice) would not been there. I had only been to one previous be printed in the City Pulse, unless it was to ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Ty Forquer PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 LSO concert several years ago but since then make a pointed and political statement. PRODUCTION MANAGER • Angus McNair I have read every one of Mr. Cosentino's Herein lies my discouragement and 10 [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 reviews of the performances, wishing I had bafflement that the The Brewery ad of the CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith been there. naked women advertising no cover charge [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 In January I decided to become a regular was included in the article, apparently to Lansing Symphony announces 2015-16 season STAFF WRITERS • Lawrence Cosentino attendee at the LSO concerts, and I'm so glad show the good old days of the Brewery and [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 Todd Heywood I did. If Mr. Cosentino's skills as a writer drew how much fun it was. I would like to believe [email protected] • (517) 899-6182 me in, Timothy Muffet's vision and abilities that the City Pulse is neither ignorant nor PAGE as the conductor of a talented orchestra are unconcerned about the continual degrada- ADVERTISING • Shelly Olson & Suzi Smith 31 [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 responsible for keeping me there. tion of women that occurs on a daily basis. [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 At each performance, even with high Perhaps it’s that this type of imagery of naked Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, expectations, I have come away impressed. women, whether Dave Menzo goes electric Daniel E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill Timothy Muffet's programming makes from 30 years ago Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Michael Gerstein, Tom the breadth and history of classical music or in the present, Have something to say Helma, Gabrielle Johnson, Terry Link, Andy about a local issue COVER McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Shawn appealing and accessible. The remarkable to sell or advertise Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, guest talents he brings, and Lansing's skilled any old product or or an item that appeared Allan I. Ross, Belinda Thurston, Rich Tupica, Ute ART Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak symphony musicians, broaden my horizons event imaginable, in our pages? and open doorways into the world of music is so commonplace Delivery drivers: Elijah Burton, Dave Fisher, Tyler Ray, Now you have two ways to for the cost of a couple movie tickets. And and pervasive, that Thomas Scott, Robert Wiche sound off: “AND THE WINNERS ARE” by ANGUS Mc NAIR what a unique experience to see works per- it goes by unnoticed. Interns: Ariel Rogers formed with their composers in attendance, It’s not that I’m 1.) Write a letter to the editor. with the musicians they collaborated on. trying to beat a • E-mail: letters@ lansingcitypulse.com Editor & Publisher To be present for a world premiere. And dead horse (this is CITY PULSE THIS WEEK 7 p.m. WednesdaysBerl • Snail mail: City Pulse, 2001 on the to meet the guest artists and the compos- the third time I've E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, on Schwartz MI 48912 Auto dealer Leo Jerome ers themselves. I'm already counting the written to the Pulse • Fax: (517) 371-5800 AIR Lansing Symphony conductor Timothy Muffitt months to the 2015-2016 season. about the way wom- 2.) Write a guest column: Those of us who enjoy life in the Greater en’s bodies are por- Contact Berl Schwartz for Former Lansing Mayor David Hollister more information: Sparrow COO Joseph Ruth 89 FM Lansing area each have reasons why we find trayed). The real- [email protected] this to be a vibrant and rewarding commu- ity is, this horse ain’t or (517) 371-5600 ext. 10 nity to live in. Lansing Symphony Orchestra dead yet. (Please include your name, and Lansing City Pulse are at the top of my address and telephone number so we can reach you. Keep list. — Kathy letters to 250 words or fewer. — Dennis McGeen Hollister City Pulse reserves the right to edit letters and columns.) Mason East Lansing Thursday, June 4th 11a to 7p 1701 E Saginaw St., Lansing, Michigan 48912 DRIVETHROUGH SERVICE Tickets available Online @ www.holytrinity-lansing.org Greek Chicken Kebab, Greek Rice, Homemade Tsitziki, Hummus, Pita, Spanikopita (Greek spinach pie), Baklava - $14 City Pulse • May 20, 2015 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION both of those elements in place result in a professional need for housing. Lansing interested us in particular because of all the development going on.” End of Story Indeed, SkyVue arrives on time to benefit from a flurry of new jobs in the area: MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Historic Lansing car dealership to be will create hundreds jobs when it opens, the new Chevy Camaro OF THE WEEK will add 145 jobs to the Grand River Assembly plant, Jackson demolished to make way for housing National Life is undergoing a major expansion and Sparrow Leo Jerome wants to be there the day the wrecking crew lev- Hospital will soon begin work on a new five-story cancer center. els Story Oldsmobile. Last week, Jerome announced he’d sold Those are all new jobs, possibly bringing new people to town the eastside Lansing property to a market rate housing devel- who are going to need places to live. opers. There’s no demolition date yet, but with construction And then there’s the Red Cedar Renaissance project, the planned to start in November, Story Olds will probably come “high-end village” planned across the street from SkyVue. That down sometime this summer. project is being shepherded by local developer Joel Ferguson and “I think my mother-in-law will want to be there, so I’ll bring Ohio developer Frank Kass. Jerome and his son, Chris Jerome, her, too,” Jerome said. were once attached to the “It’ll be a sad day, but it Red Cedar Renaissance just feels right to be there. with Ferguson, but a fall- That business was good ing out between the two to our family and a lot of camps resulted in a disso- other families. It put a lot lution of any type of part- of kids through college, nership and the launch made a lot of careers.” of a lawsuit. (None of the Jerome, 73, took over three men would com- the dealership, on michi- ment on the split or on the gan Avenue between case, but Ferguson said, Ranney Skate Park “We’re going to make the and Sears just south of city better, and we hope Frandor, from his father- they do the same thing.”) in-law, Karl Story, in When Story Olds is Property: 1548 E. Grand River Ave. 1996; Story died the fol- bulldozed to make way lowing year. Then Jerome for SkyVue, it will be Owner: Ingham Co. Land Bank watched as Oldsmobile an ironic confluence folded in 2004.