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VOL. 14 Feedback Have something to say about a local issue ISSUE 7 see the point in putting them Don’t step on the or an item that appeared out of work. (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com little guy But the rules are the rules, in our pages? ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-6705 So the Greater Lansing and they are already promul- Now you have two ways to PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 Taxi Authority is requiring gated, nothing to be done. I sound off: or email [email protected] cab companies to have at least wonder though, whether the 5 three vehicles to be licensed, rules would allow the inde- 1.) Write a letter to the editor. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz • E-mail: letters@ [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 but there are a LOT of one and pendent small operators to lansingcitypulse.com two vehicle cab owners cur- form cooperatives that could • Snail mail: City Pulse, 2001 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church celebrates 100 years in current location ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 rently in the communities. meet the three or more vehicle MI 48912 EDITOR • Belinda Thurston I have not noticed a glut of requirement, while still allow- • Fax: (517) 371-5800 [email protected] • (517) 999-5065 cabs in the region, so I assume ing the operators to do so with 2.) Write a guest column: PAGE ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • Allan I. Ross Contact Berl Schwartz for that these small operators are reasonable autonomy? more information: [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 useful and are earning a liv- If they haven't thought of [email protected] 13 PRODUCTION MANAGER • Angus McNair ing for themselves. As much this, I hope it would be an or (517) 371-5600 ext. 10 [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 as I understand the desire to option they could pursue. (Please include your name, CALENDAR EDITOR • Jonathan Griffith address and telephone number Inaugural Lansing Maker Week showcases the local creative spirit [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 consolidate competitive opera- so we can reach you. Keep STAFF WRITER • Lawrence Cosentino tions into larger, more mono- — Ken Salzman letters to 250 words or fewer. City Pulse reserves the right to [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 lithic corporate entities, I don't Lansing edit letters and columns.) MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR • Rich Tupica PAGE [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 PUBLIC NOTICES ADVERTISING • Shelly Olson 20 [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 City of Lansing Notice of Public Hearing Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, Daniel E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Allen Toussaint shares upbeat, varied bill with Preservation Hall Jazz Band Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle City Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, Lansing, MI, for the purpose stated below: Johnson, Terry Link, Andy McGlashen, Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing, other interested persons Preston, Ute Von Der Heyden, Paul Wozniak and ad valorem taxing units to appear and be heard on the establishment of an Obsolete Property COVER Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Fisher, Rehabilitation District (the “District”), pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Obsolete Ron Lupu, Brent Robison, Robert Wiche Property Rehabilitation Act, Public Act 146 of 2000, for property located at 228 and 232 S. Washington Square, Lansing, Michigan, legally described as follows: ART Interns: Anne Abendroth, Beth Waldon, Krista Wilson, 228 S. WASHINGTON SQUARE – LOT 27 BOARD OF STATE Sarah Winterbottom AUDITORS SUB REC L 1 P 26 “LUTHER FLANAGAN, JULY 4, 1928, DETROIT” courtesy of RITA FLANAGAN 232 S. WASHINGTON SQUARE – LOT 28 BOARD OF STATE THIS WEEK Editor & Publisher AUDITORS SUB REC L 1 P 26 CITY PULSE Berl Schwartz on the Detroit Free Press editorial page 7 p.m. Wednesdays Creation of this District will enable the owner or potentially the developer of property within the District editor Stephen Henderson to apply for an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate which would result in the abatement of certain property taxes. Further information regarding this issue may be obtained from AIR Photographer Ernst Floeter Steven L. Willobee, Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), 1000 S. Washington Ave., Suite 201, Writer Dan Mishkin Lansing, MI 48910, 517-702-3387. School board candidates Shirley Rodgers, Bryan Beverly and Julee Rodocker CP#14_246

City of Lansing Notice of Public Hearing The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the CITY PULSE City Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, Lansing, MI, for the purpose stated below:

To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing, City Assessor, other interested persons and ad valorem taxing units to appear and be heard on the establishment of an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Certificate (the “Certificate”), pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act, Public Act 146 of 2000, for property located at 228 and 232 S. Washington Square, Lansing, Michigan, but more particularly described as follows:

228 S. WASHINGTON SQUARE – LOT 27 BOARD OF STATE AUDITORS SUB REC L 1 P 26

232 S. WASHINGTON SQUARE – LOT 28 BOARD OF STATE AUDITORS SUB REC L 1 P 26

Approval of this Certificate will provide the owner or potentially the developer of property an abatement of certain property taxes for the improvements to the property noted above. Further information regarding this issue may be obtained from Steven L. Willobee, Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), 1000 S. Washington Ave., Suite 201, Lansing, MI 48910, 517-702-3387

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The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is seeking a vendor for snow/ice removal at its “For Sale” properties. Insurance required. Qualification Packet is available after October 1, 2014 at Ingham County Land Bank, 422 Adams, Lansing, Michigan 48906, 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday or at www.inghamlandbank.org. Responses are due October 10, 2014 at noon and will be opened October 10, 2014 at noon. The Ingham County Land Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses are encouraged to apply.

CP#14_250 City Pulse • October 1, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION ing to the Detroit airport or driving and uses a wheelchair, and Karla Hudson, paying for parking. who is blind, argue the move breaches A long 200 yards It’s just another hurdle the popular the Americans with Disabilities Act by Michigan Flyer and bus service has had to endure. The bus posing major mobility hurdles. stop change comes a year after the com- They filed a court summons for the passengers challenge pany struggled to get a federal grant Wayne County Airport Authority Sept. 19, C to increase the number of trips it takes, arguing the new location at the Ground OF THE WEEK Detroit Metro bus stop change serving more passengers. Capital Region Transportation Center “discriminates By MICHAEL GERSTEIN Internationl Airport officials fought the against plaintiffs and others similarly sit- Bogus. grant out of fear the bus service could uated” and “treats them like second-class That’s what Chad Cushman has to negatively impact traffic to and from the citizens, unjustly disregards their basic say about why his Michigan Flyer now Lansing airport. rights to equality and dignity, and causes has to drop passengers off two football Detroit Metro argues the bus stop had embarrassment, humiliation, harassment fields away from the terminal door at the to move because the traffic was simply too and emotional distress.” Detroit Metropolitan Airport. congested, and cars would often pass the On top of these discriminatory charg- "All I know is it has nothing to do with bus – even on the right – as it was loading es, they allege the new location also sub- safety," said Cushman, vice president of and unloading. jects them to an “unnecessary risk of the Michigan Flyer/Indian Trails com- “(They were) really unsafe conditions,” bodily injury and death” because it's not pany. said Michael Conway, the airport's pub- a curbside location. For the past four and a half years, the lic affairs director. “We're obligated to A letter from the head of the State stop was right outside of a heated wait- address that. Transportation Commission and some ing room for international arrivals at the “All we're doing is moving the bus 500 passenger emails also urged the air- McNamara Terminal. But since Sept. 22, stop,” Conway laughed on a later conver- port to reconsider for the same reasons. Property: 300 S Washington passengers have had to walk or wheel 200 sation over the phone. “I never experienced congestion there,” J.W. Knapp's Building yards to get to the same place. He added that all the other buses – with writes one Lansing resident, Dennis Lansing The change could hit the Flyer’s bot- the one exception of the employee shuttle Groh, “I walk with a cane due to a medi- tom line. It’s also a matter some disabled system – were also moved to the new cal disability and am 75 years old; and the passengers want to take to federal court. location at the Ground Transportation new location will be exceedingly hard for Throughout the past 10 years, as this build- The bus service offers an alternative Center. ing sat vacant, it served as the subject of stud- from East Lansing and Ann Arbor to fly- But passengers Michael Harris, who See Bus, Page 6 ies by area professionals as well as students of interior design at Michigan State University. Courtesy photo Designed by Orley Munson of the Lansing- Still tuned Old based architectural firm Bowd Munson, postcard this sleek landmark was constructed by the with an Christman Co., which completed work in 1938. to Heaven image of While the building is often thought to be St. Paul’s executed in the Art Deco style, it is more accu- Historic landmark St. Paul's Episcopal rately characterized as Art Moderne. These Episcopal Church turns 100 Church Modernistic styles are similar, as each devel- on Ottawa oped during the 1930’s. However, the former By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Street style is identified by zigzagging vertical ele- A century of storms and lulls haven't across ments and stylized geometric details, while the put much of a dent in St. Paul's Episcopal from the latter is streamlined and exhibits a horizontal Church in downtown Lansing. The state emphasis. Here, the building is treated with arched mass of stained glass embedded wide, glass block bands and alternating yel- Capitol. in the church's south wall, facing the state low enamel panels. The horizontal bands are Capitol on Ottawa Street — the glori- interrupted periodically by blue enamel towers, ous Te Deum Laudamus window — still directed the minister to scan the church them. The church was designed by its rec- marking the building’s primary entrances. makes the church look like a giant vintage for any "open and notorious evil livers," tor. Henry J. Simpson, who was also an Additional ornamentation is limited to a radio, tuned to Heaven. call them out and bar them from Holy artist and engineer, at a cost of $35,000. few multi-colored panels, further characteriz- Inside, the brick walls burn quietly with Communion. It replaced an older church, an overgrown ing the shift away from Art Deco. An additional royal purple and blood-red stained glass To the relief of some, perhaps, Lewis cottage next to the present one, which was reduction in decorative details occurred later, work that is without equal in Lansing and didn't do that. built in 1873. Before that, Lansing's first as Art Moderne was overtaken by the austere, perhaps all of mid-Michigan. At a potluck supper after the service, Episcopal services were held in the Senate mid-century International Style. If the landmark building has barely Lewis explained that there's been a "theo- Chamber of the old State Capitol, begin- Recently returned to productive use, the changed since it was built in 1914, the logical shift" since the fire and brimstone ning in the early 1850s. building now serves as a mix of offices, residen- life inside it is another story. The changes days of 1914. The service is less of a flog- As Lewis soldiered through reading tial apartments and retail spaces. of the past century popped out in bold ging now and more of a celebration of after reading Sunday, Don Lawrence relief Sunday when the Rev. Karen Lewis, God's love. found himself kneeling a lot more than — Daniel E. Bollman, AIA priest-in-charge, led a one-shot centenni- "There used to be a lot in there about usual. al service using the1892 Book of Common 'wretched sinners' and so on," Lewis "This is hard on the knees," said Prayer, the same book the congregation explained. "Trust me, we don't say Lawrence. used 100 years ago. 'wretched sinners' any more." Lawrence called the old service "priest- “Eye candy of the Week” is our weekly look at some of the nicer properties in Lansing. It rotates each with Eyesore of The people in the pews, following As the service went on, many eyes centric." the Week. If you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lan- along with their booklets, found a shock- darted toward the sumptuous stained singcitypulse.com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. er on the first page. The old prayer book glass and elaborate woodwork around See St. Paul's, Page 7 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 1, 2014

His House voting record, as would says he wants more information released — Enhance state-provided financial aid Schauer pledges be expected, aligns with the Democrats. about campaign contributions and greater to make college more affordable Where he stands on issues is clear from disclosure of elected officials' finances. He It's quite an agenda, much of which will the rating he received from special inter- wants a nonpartisan commit- never make it through what is likely to be to reverse cuts est groups. According to data complied tee, rather than the political a Republican-controlled legislature. Still, by the Vote Smart parties, to determine legisla- it represents a notable change from the Record reflects core Dem principles; research center, on tive districts as well as stron- Snyder's administration trickle-down theory Can he fire up the base, independents? abortion or reproduc- ger voting rights laws. of fiscal policy promotes business tax cut tive rights, he is high- If elected, Schauer with the belief that they would encourage Although he's been a congressman and ly rated by Planned said he would terminate job creation. long-serving Michigan legislator, Mark Parenthood and gets the Aramark contract for Schauer's opened floodgates of spending Schauer's political record hasn't really sur- zero ratings from the prison food service. A sav- might seem like pure political pandering. faced as an issue in his bid to unseat Gov. National Right to vier Snyder administration ELECTION 2014 But there is a credible analysis that suggests Rick Snyder. Snyder's record, as befits an Life Committee. The would take this issue off the it is possible. incumbent, frames the campaign so far. Michigan Chamber table, acknowledge that it tried to save $14 Writing for MIRS news service, Mitch Voters know what they get with Snyder; of Commerce gener- million, picked a bad company and move on. Bean, former director of the nonpartisan Schauer is more of an unknown, which is ally ranks Schauer's The hard issues for Schauer involve mon- House Fiscal Agency, analyzed Schauer's good, and bad. voting records with MICKEY HIRTEN ey, and his campaign literature is larded with spending plans and found that they were While there may be a lack of enthusiasm low grades. He's well pledges to restore funding, reverse tax cuts, feasible if the Michigan economy continues for Snyder — he is, after all, statistically tied thought of by the American Civil Liberties increase tax credits and new investments. a slow, but steady recovery. in polls with Schauer — as the challenger, union, disliked by conservative groups like Here are some of the major initiatives he Bean identified $1.1 billion in income tax Schauer needs to energize voters, engage the The John Birch Society, the Eagle Forum, proposes. Hang on! credits and exemptions and another $1.1 bil- base and convince independents to vote for the Club for Growth and Americans for — Restore funding for K-12 classrooms lion in education and revenue sharing and him. He lacks the fire that propelled Lansing Prosperity. Schauer gets great marks from — Reverse cuts to higher education offered this opinion. Mayor Virg Bernero through his failed 2010 labor unions, most military and veterans — Cut taxes for the middle class “So is the plan feasible? If the economy campaign. But neither is he as polarizing. groups and senior citizen lobbies. — Restore the Child Tax Credit continues to grow and the plan is phased There's a price for passion. As for the campaign, Schauer has what — Increase the earned income tax credit in — yes, the additional revenue to pay for Because Schauer has been out of politics might be described as soft and hard issues. — Restore Homestead Property tax cred- it would be available,” Bean wrote. Fiscally since losing the 7th District congressional The soft issues first. it for seniors possible doesn't mean politically possible. seat, which includes Eaton County, to Tim He is for the repeal of the anti-union — Eliminate the retirement tax on “The biggest challenge would be to get Walberg in 2010, his record is the politics of right-to-work legislation that Republicans seniors' pensions the Legislature to agree to these proposals,” the past. Republican attacks against a vote tried to rename as “Freedom-to-Work.” This — Restore the six weeks of unemploy- Bean wrote, adding, “It's still the case that taken as a state senator in 2004 are pretty plays to his base and, in fact, to popular ment benefits cut by Snyder the Governor proposes and the Legislature stale when weighed against a Democratic opinion, according to the early-September — Invest in workforce training disposes.” attack on Snyder's Right-to-Work position survey by Public Policy Polling: 45 percent — Expand lending programs to small There have been five new polls in the or his Aramark prison food service plan. of those surveyed disagreed with the legis- businesses past week: Two give Snyder a healthy lead: So what is Schauer's political pedigree? lation while on 41 percent supported it. For — Expand movie and television tax cred- Rasmussen, 47-41, with 9 percent unde- In Congress, he voted with the Democrats Democrats, this is a potent get-out-the-vote its cided, and Mitchell Research, 46-41 per- for the economic stimulus package, which issue. — Provide small business with tax cred- cent with 6 percent undecided. A poll by brought $17 billion in aid to Michigan, Schauer favors allowing same-sex mar- its, grants and loans Denno (D)Vanguard Public Affairs favors according to Pro Publica. He voted for the riage, which Snyder sort of opposes, prefer- — Reverse cuts in revenue sharing Snyder 43-to 41, with 16 percent undecided. Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, ring to allow the courts to untangle the issue. — Restore Historic Preservation Tax A Public Policy Polling survey conducted which sought to lower greenhouse gas emis- He has said that same-sex marriages per- Credits for the League of Conservation voters has sions (it failed in the Senate) and pushed two formed before a stay by the federal Appeals — Invest in regional transit Snyder up — 46-44, with no undecided pieces of legislation through the House of Court are valid, but he declined to award — Move the state toward universal pre- reported. And finally, a poll by We Ask Representatives: the Clean Act, designed to state benefits. school America has both candidates tied at 43 per- mandate notification of hazardous materials Schauer promises more transparency for — Enhance state-provided financial aid cent and 10 percent undecided. accidents and a resolution “Recognizing the government. Michigan has some of the most to make college more affordable These results vary quite a bit, especially life and achievements of Will Keith Kellogg.” restrictive “openness” laws in the nation. He — Provide small business with tax credits accounting for undecided voters. It's still a PUBLIC NOTICES to create good middle class jobs statistical tie, but Snyder seems to be ahead — Increase need-based financial aid slightly. In the remaining weeks of cam- NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION — Invest in community colleges and tech- paigning, Schauer needs to catch fire. He has nical and skilled trades training programs time, if he can do it. Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing Planning Commission on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing: went around the bus on either side. Bus “That's exactly what it looks like when you A public hearing will be held to consider an application from Harrison Village Houses, LLC, for Site have no enforcement,” Cushman said. “They Plan and Special Use Permit approval for the property at 117 Center Street to construct a 487 square foot, single-story addition to the existing structure on the site. The property is zoned B-2, Retail Sales from page 5 took (the photo) on a day when clearly there Business District were some international flights that had me and others like me to get to the new stop.” arrived.” Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given Cushman dismisses the safety claim. He argued that scene wasn't typical. an opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next Planning Commission He pointed to the airport maintaining “The bottom line is, if indeed they were meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission may vote on them. The employee shuttle drop-offs at the termi- concerned about safety, all they have to do is Planning Commission's recommendations are then placed on the agenda of the next City Council meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on these applications. nal, which makes 168 trips a day, while the put some enforcement out there and it takes Michigan Flyer makes 16 per day, he said. care of the issue,” Cushman said. The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters Moreover, he said no one has been injured Cushman didn't offer any alternate for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the at the stop. And with proper road enforce- theories for why the stop was moved to meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning ment, any concern of traffic congestion or the Ground Transportation Center. But he Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800- injury could be altogether alleviated. knows one thing for sure. 649-3777. The Detroit Metro Airport presented “We know this can hurt business,” he said. Marie E. Wicks Cushman with a series of photos revealing Roughly 50,000 people a year use the City Clerk heavy traffic. One photo depicted passengers Flyer to get from East Lansing to Detroit, CP#14_254 exiting in the middle of the road while cars Cushman said. City Pulse • October 1, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

me who wrote that letter," Lewis said later Sunday's service was enhanced by an St. Paul's with arched brow. "Are you kidding?" unexpected discovery. A few weeks ago, while Bradley Deacon, a member of the church rummaging in a side room, church member from page 5 and avid participant in its choir since 1995, Barbara Lindquist found two large, bulbous thought Lewis' letter "tied everything togeth- brass vases, tarnished and dented. "The lay people had little opportunity to er." They were gifts to St. Paul's from George say anything besides 'Amen,'" he said. "This church isn't a museum piece, it's a Ranney, the Civil War hero, leading Lansing The most obvious change in the past living community," Deacon said. physician, land giver, tree planter and name- century is the presence of Lewis herself at Deacon couldn't resist dropping a hint sake of Ranney Park. The vases honored two the altar. Women weren't ordained in the about the building. children Ranney and his wife, Isabella, out- Episcopalian church until 1976. "Did you see the raccoon window?" he lived: Ralph, who died in 1893 at age 20, and Pam Irwin and her husband, John, both whispered. Florence, who died in 1891 at age 10. 80 years old, were married at St. Paul's 58 Just inside the Ottawa Street entrance, Linquist cleaned them up and put one at years ago. Pam Irwin said the service remind- a stained glass window renders St. Francis, each end of the altar for Sunday's service. ed her of those she attended in her youth. patron saint of animals, in the company of a "This is about the oldest thing we have "I wouldn't want to do it all the time, but very robust raccoon, a deer and other native that was used in these services 100 years I loved it," Pam Irwin said. Michigan fauna. ago," Lindquist said. The only wriggle room Lewis had to shorten the service was in her sermon, which she kept to a lively 10 minutes. She "read" a letter from an imagi- ATTENTION! nary church member from a century ago, Landlords, new homeowners, addressed to the congregation of the future. The letter was packed with period details bargain shoppers! like scratchy crinoline skirts and World War I Zeppelin attacks. It was also full of dry humor. "Are the sermons still full of words of damnation, hell and our state of sinfulness?" SINCE 1921 she asked, in the voice of the fictitious letter writer. "Do you struggle with inviting those who are different from us into the service? I IS HAVING A CLEARANCE SALE! wonder sometimes whether the church will catch up to the changes in the world." Up to 90% off outdated hardware "After the service, several people asked 222 S. Grand Ave., Lansing (517) 485-9488 Mon-Fri: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 1, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICES BRIEFS CITY OF LANSING MSU prof makes ArtPrize shortlist; A total of 28 artists from the Lansing NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING qualifies for shot at $200K prize area participated in the 19-day art compe- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 7:00 tition in various indoor and outdoor ven- p.m., on the proposed creation of IDD-1-14, the City Council of the City of Lansing has received a East Lansing artist Henry Brimmer ues throughout downtown Grand Rapids. request from Cameron Tool Corporation to create the Lansing Industrial Development District (IDD- 1-14) encompassing property commonly known as 1800 Bassett, Lansing, Michigan and legally made the ArtPrize 2014 Juror’s Shortlist The piece has generated a lot of media described as: for his installation piece, “there’s some- buzz throughout Michigan since its instal- thing happening here ... ” lation. The name for this the piece comes N 3 FT LOT 2 SHIRLEY PARK, ALSO LOTS 1 THRU 9 INCL, OUTLOTS A & B, ALL VAC SHIRANN ST SHIRANN SUB, ALSO PARTS LOTS 27 THRU 34 ASSESSORS PLAT NO 11 COM N LINE Brimmer is an assistant professor from Buffalo Springfield’s 1967 protest BASSETT ST 163 FT W OF E LINE LOT 30, TH N 231 FT TO N LINE LOT 31, W 1.5 FT, N 165 of graphic design and photography at song, “For What It’s Worth.” FT, W 167.76 FT, S 66 FT, W 169.65 FT, S 197.64 FT, E 85.66 FT TO POINT 90.34 FT W OF NE Michigan State University. He’s one of sev- ~ Belinda Thurston COR LOT 29, S 14.91 FT, E 80.99 FT, S 117.34 FT TO N LINE BASSETT ST, E 172.3 FT TO BEG; en shortlist artists from Michigan. There ASSESSORS PLAT NO 11 Tax ID 33-01-01-08-126-004, and Council reappoints BWL PARTS LOTS 31, 33 & 34 COM SW COR LOT 31, TH E 125 FT, N TO S LINE LOT 34, E 169.65 FT, N 66 FT, W 283.88 FT TO E LINE LMRR, S'LY 264.03 FT ALONG R/W TO BEG; ASSESSORS PLAT commissioners NO 11 Tax ID 33-01-01-08-126-093, and The Lansing City LOTS 27, 28 & W 25.7 FT LOT 29, EXC COM 9.3 FT W OF NE COR LOT 29, TH S 14.66 FT, W Council on Monday 80.99 FT, N 14.91 FT, E 81.04 FT TO BEG, EXC PARTS ABOVE LOTS USED AS BASSETT ST R/W approved the reappoint- ASSESSORS PLAT NO 11, Tax ID 33-01-01-08-126-082; and, ment of David J. Price and For more information, please call 517-483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please attend the Margaret Bossenbery as public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., Monday, October 13, 2014, at the City Clerk’s Lansing Board of Water Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48933 or email at city.clerk@ and Light commissioners. lansingmi.gov. The terms expire June 30, 2018. Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk Price serves as BWL chairman; Bossenbery is CP#14_248 vice chairwoman. City of Lansing In a fit of political Notice of Public Hearing Courtesy photo pique, the council with- Photo of Henry Brimmer’s art installation, “there’s The City Council of the City of Lansing will hold a public hearing on Monday, October 13, 2014, at held approval of both 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, Lansing, Michigan, for the something happening here…” when their reappoint- purpose stated below: ments were first proposed. To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing and other interested persons were a total 1,537 entries in this year’s con- The vote on Monday was 5-2 in favor, to appear and be heard on the creation of Lansing Industrial Development District (IDD-1-14) as test. with Council President A'Lynne Boles and requested by the applicant for the location indicated below: All 20 on the shortlist will qualify for Councilwoman Carol Wood voting no. Applicant: Cameron Tool Corporation the jurors' grand prize of $200,000. They Boles pledged in August to hold the By: Tracy Selden also qualify for $20,000 category awards. reappointment of Price and Bossenbery IDD Location: 1800 Bassett, Lansing, MI Brimmer installed nine militaristic past the Nov. 4 election when city voters figures in silhouette along the rooftop will decide whether to expand member- Legally described as: and ledges of the Urban Institute for ship on the BWL board. She said that this N 3 FT LOT 2 SHIRLEY PARK, ALSO LOTS 1 THRU 9 INCL, OUTLOTS A & B, ALL VAC SHIRANN Contemporary Art. The resulting image would allow the council to weigh the full ST SHIRANN SUB, ALSO PARTS LOTS 27 THRU 34 ASSESSORS PLAT NO 11 COM N LINE BASSETT ST 163 FT W OF E LINE LOT 30, TH N 231 FT TO N LINE LOT 31, W 1.5 FT, N 165 leaves observers to wonder if there’s a true composition of a new board. FT, W 167.76 FT, S 66 FT, W 169.65 FT, S 197.64 FT, E 85.66 FT TO POINT 90.34 FT W OF NE threat or not. ~ Mickey Hirten COR LOT 29, S 14.91 FT, E 80.99 FT, S 117.34 FT TO N LINE BASSETT ST, E 172.3 FT TO BEG; ASSESSORS PLAT NO 11 Tax ID 33-01-01-08-126-004, and

PUBLIC NOTICES PARTS LOTS 31, 33 & 34 COM SW COR LOT 31, TH E 125 FT, N TO S LINE LOT 34, E 169.65 FT, N 66 FT, W 283.88 FT TO E LINE LMRR, S'LY 264.03 FT ALONG R/W TO BEG; ASSESSORS PLAT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NO 11 Tax ID 33-01-01-08-126-093, and

The City of East Lansing in the Counties of Clinton and Ingham LOTS 27, 28 & W 25.7 FT LOT 29, EXC COM 9.3 FT W OF NE COR LOT 29, TH S 14.66 FT, W 80.99 FT, N 14.91 FT, E 81.04 FT TO BEG, EXC PARTS ABOVE LOTS USED AS BASSETT ST R/W NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO TIF ASSESSORS PLAT NO 11, Tax ID 33-01-01-08-126-082. PLAN #18 FOR TROWBRIDGE VILLAGE BROWNFIELD PLAN FOR THE CITY OF EAST LANSING PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT 381, 1996, AS AMENDED, Creation of IDD-1-14 as requested by Cameron Tool Corporation will make certain property OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. investment (real and personal property) within the District eligible to be included in applications for tax abatements and/or exemptions. Further information regarding this application may be obtained Please take notice that a Public Hearing shall be held before the Council of the City of East Lansing from Mr. Karl Dorshimer, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, 1000 South Washington Ave., Ste. 201, on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing, Lansing, Michigan, 48910, (517) 702-3387. MI 48823 on the Amendment to the Brownfield Plan #18 for the City of East Lansing, within which the Authority shall exercise its powers, all pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the CP#14_249 Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act, being Act 381 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan of 1996, as amended. B/15/031 WINTER MAINTENANCE 2014-2015 as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PURCHASING The brownfield site includes the property at Trowbridge Plaza and is for the demolition, removal of OFFICE, 8TH FLOOR CITY HALL, 124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 until soil, and construction of a new mixed-use building. A detailed legal description of the property along 3:00 PM local time in effect on OCT. 14, 2014 at which time the bids will be opened and read with maps and a copy of the Amended Brownfield Plan #18 are available for public inspection in the aloud. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by calling Dan Department of Planning, Building and Development, City of East Lansing, 517-319-6930. MacLennan at (517) 702-6195, or email: [email protected], or for content and purpose of this bid contact Traci Shell, at (517) 483-7821 or go to www.mitn.info . The City of Lansing encourages Please note that all aspects of the Brownfield Plan are open for discussion at the public hearing, at bids from all vendors including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. which all interested persons will be provided an opportunity to be heard and written communication will CP#14_252 be received and considered. The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being PUBLIC NOTICE considered at this meeting, upon notice to the City of East Lansing prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations or services should write or The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is seeking 10-15 vendors for snow/ice removal call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI, 48823, 517-319-6920, TDD at its properties. Insurance required. Qualification Packet is available after October 1, 2014 at Ingham 1-800-649-3777. County Land Bank, 422 Adams, Lansing, Michigan 48906, 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday or at www.inghamlandbank.org. Responses are due October 10, 2014 at noon and will be opened October Marie Wicks 10, 2014 at noon. The Ingham County Land Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. City Clerk Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses are encouraged to apply.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF LETTING OF DRAIN CONTRACT maintenance to the Drain will be open for public inspection by any interested parties. AND DAY OF REVIEW OF APPORTIONMENTS Pursuant to Section 155 of the Michigan Drain Code of 1956, as amended, any owner of FOWLER DRAIN land within the Drainage District or any township or county aggrieved by the tentative apportionment of benefits made by the Drain Commissioner may appeal the apportionment within ten (10) calendar NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, Patrick E. Lindemann, Ingham County Drain days after the day of review of apportionment by making an application to the Ingham County Probate Commissioner, will receive sealed bids at the Office of the Ingham County Drain Commissioner, 707 Court for the appointment of a Board of Review. Buhl Avenue, Mason, Michigan 48854, until 9:00 a.m., local time on October 7, 2014, when bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for improvements and maintenance to a certain drain known and Any drain assessments against land will be collected in the same manner as property taxes. designated as the FOWLER DRAIN, located and established in Aurelius and Onondaga Townships in If drain assessments against land are collected by installment, the landowner may pay the assessments said County. in full with any interest-to-date at any time and thereby avoid further interest charges.

Plans and Bidding Documents may be viewed beginning on September 22, 2014, at the The following is a description of boundaries of land constituting the special assessment office of the Ingham County Drain Commissioner, 707 Buhl Avenue, Mason, Michigan 48854 or may be district for the FOWLER DRAIN: obtained at LSG Engineers and Surveyors, 3135 Pine Tree Road, Suite D, Lansing, Michigan 48911. Paper copies of the Bidding Documents and full-size drawings will be available for a non-refundable fee Beginning at the Southwest corner of Section 31, T2N, R2W, Aurelius Township, Ingham County, of $35.00 at the office of LSG Engineers and Surveyors. Ground shipping with purchase is an additional Michigan; thence N00°27'W, 1315.2 feet along the West line of Section 31, Aurelius Township; thence $20.00 per set. Priority overnight shipping with purchase is an additional $25.00 per set. N47°01'E, 977.2 feet; thence N81°30'E, 322.0 feet; thence N59°57'E, 134.9 feet; thence S80°55'E, 567.1 feet; thence N02°10'W, 290.5 feet; thence N48°00'E, 150.5 feet; thence N06°07'W, 239.8 feet, A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on Thursday, September 25, 2014, at 9:00 more or less, to the East-West 1/4 line of Section 31, 929.0 feet West of the center of said Section a.m., at the Office of the Ingham County Drain Commissioner, 707 Buhl Avenue, Mason, Michigan 48854. 31, Aurelius Township; thence N28°22'E, 828.2 feet; thence N13°44'W, 182.2 feet; thence N43°45'E, Representatives of the Drain Commissioner and Engineer will be present at the pre-bid conference to 373.8 feet; thence N20°56'E, 423.9 feet; thence N25°35'W, 483.2 feet; thence N25°48'E, 385.9 feet; discuss the contract. All prospective bidders are required to attend and participate in the conference. thence N14°44'W, 295.1 feet, more or less, to the North line of Section 31, 288.7 feet West of the North All bidders must sign in by name of attendee, business represented, and email address. Only bids 1/4 corner of said Section 31, Aurelius Township; thence N00°36’W, 1319.2 feet; thence N89°23'E, from bidders in attendance at the pre-bid conference will be opened. All others will be considered non- 292.1 feet, more or less, to the North-South 1/4 line of Section 30, 1321.0 feet South of the center responsive. The Engineer will transmit any addenda that the Engineer considers necessary in response of said Section 30, Aurelius Township; thence N89°23'E, 697.9 feet; thence N52°32'E, 831.1 feet; to questions raised at the pre-bid conference to all prospective bidders of record. Oral statements may thence N75°31'E, 1327.3 feet, more or less, to the East line of Section 30, 502.0 feet South of the not be relied upon and will not be binding or legally effective. East 1/4 corner of said Section 30, Aurelius Township; thence N75°31'E, 33.9 feet, more or less, to the East right-of-way line of Gale Road; thence along the East right-of-way line of Gale Road N00°32'W, The number and length of the sections of the drain, and the average depth and width of each 493.4 feet, more or less, to the East-West 1/4 line of Section 29, 33 feet East of the West 1/4 corner section, are as follows: of said Section 29, Aurelius Township; thence along the East-West 1/4 line of Section 29, Aurelius Township, S89°40'E, 237.1 feet; thence N56°35'E, 610.9 feet; thence S89°49'E, 577.6 feet; thence Section Length of Section Ave. Depth Ave. Width N66°43'E, 1401.6 feet, more or less, to the North-South 1/4 line of Section 29, 902.5 feet North of 1 1,400 feet 4 feet 4 feet the center of said Section 29, Aurelius Township; thence along the North-South 1/4 line of Section 29, 2 12,296 feet 3-14 feet 4 feet Aurelius Township, N00°40'W, 209.9 feet; thence S74°32'E, 937.0 feet; thence S15°14'E, 328.1 feet; thence S04°38'E, 576.7 feet, more or less, to the East-West 1/4 line of Section 29, 1025.7 feet East For those portions of the drain that are closed, the following approximate quantities and of the center of said Section 29, Aurelius Township; thence S04°20'E, 892.3 feet; thence S37°25'W, character of tile or pipe, along with appurtenances, will be necessary and a contract let for the same. 329.3 feet; thence S59°27'E, 483.1 feet; thence S00°37'E, 425.2 feet; thence S11°38'E, 236.7 feet; The following quantities are approximate and final payment will be made on measured quantities: thence S45°19'E, 511.7 feet; thence S13°45'E, 245.2 feet, more or less, to the South line of Section 29, 1759.7 feet East of the South 1/4 corner of said Section 29, Aurelius Township; thence S13°45'E, No. Description Qty. Unit 405.6 feet; thence S38°57'E, 521.0 feet; thence S17°43'W, 1826.1 feet; thence S22°59'E, 115.3 feet, 1 12” SLCPP Solid Wall Storm Drain 150 Lineal Foot more or less, to the East-West 1/4 line of Section 32, 1659.3 feet East of the center of said Section 2 24” SLCPP Solid Wall Storm Drain 505 Lineal Foot 32, Aurelius Township; thence S14°05'W, 1355.4 feet; thence N89°39'W, 1323.7 feet, more or less, to 3 24” Class III RCP 40 Lineal Foot the North-South 1/4 line of Section 32, 1338.5 feet South of the center of said Section 32, Aurelius Township; thence N46°59'W, 627.5 feet; thence N89°43'W, 872.0 feet; thence S45°54'W, 638.5 feet; thence S33°15'W, 1575.1 feet, more or less, to the Southwest corner of Section 32, Aurelius Township; There will be 9 culverts constructed as part of the project. (The existing crossing No. 7 is being removed thence along the South line of Section 32, Aurelius Township, N89°45’E, 9.9 feet, more or less, to the and disposed of and is not being replaced.) The following quantities and information are approximate: Northeast corner of Section 6, T1N, R2W, Onondaga Township; thence S00°59'E, 1346.0 feet along the West line of said Section 6, Onondaga Township; thence N89°35'W, 1340.2 feet; thence S01°06'E, No. Location of Culvert Type of Culvert Size of Culvert 1102.3 feet; thence S89°43'W, 1327.0 feet, more or less, to the North-South 1/4 line of Section 6, 247.6 C-1 Station 23+00 CSP 78” feet North of the center of said Section 6; thence S89°43'W, 755.4 feet; thence S41°47'W, 333.4 feet, C-2 Station 32+26 CSP 78” more or less, to the East-West 1/4 line of Section 6, 984.2 feet West of the center of said Section 6, C-3 Station 46+54 CSP 78” Onondaga Township; thence S10°46'W, 276.8 feet; thence S44°58'W, 543.0 feet; thence N62°55'W, C-4 Station 56+00 CSP 78” 673.1 feet; thence N89°24'W, 341.2 feet; thence N10°17'W, 172.3 feet; thence N65°02'W, 398.2 feet, C-5 Station 69+96 CSP 78” more or less, to the West 1/4 corner of Section 6, Onondaga Township; thence N00°26'W, 2712.6 feet C-6 Station 87+51 CSP 84” along the West line of said Section 6, Onondaga Township, to the point of beginning. C-8 Station 117+37 CSP 60” C-9 Station 121+26 CSP 60” In addition to the assessed parcels and tracts of land listed above, Aurelius Township, and C-10 Station 130+77 CSP 60” Onondaga Township, and Ingham County shall be specially assessed at large for benefits of the improvements and maintenance. The contract will be let in accordance with the Contract Documents now on file in the Office of the Ingham County Drain Commissioner and available to interested parties. Bids for the contract will NOW THEREFORE, all unknown and non-resident persons, owners and persons interested be made and received in accordance with these documents. in the above-described special assessment district, and you:

Bidders shall comply with the Ingham County policies regarding the payment of Prevailing Supervisor of Aurelius Township Wages, and Equal Opportunity/Nondiscrimination, as set forth in Ingham County Board of Commissioners Supervisor of Onondaga Township Resolutions #02-263 and #02-283, respectively. Ingham County Clerk Ingham County Road Department The contract will be entered into with the lowest responsible bidder giving adequate security for the performance of the work in the sum specified in the Bidding Documents. I reserve the right to are hereby notified that at the time and place aforesaid, or at such other time and place thereafter reject any and all bids, and to adjourn the letting to such time and place as I shall publicly announce. to which said bid letting may be adjourned, I shall proceed to receive bids for the maintenance and improvement of the FOWLER DRAIN, in the manner hereinbefore stated, and, also, that at such time The date for the substantial completion of such contract is June 30, 2015, with final completion and place as stated above from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. local time, the apportionment of benefits to by July 31, 2015. The terms of payment are contained in the Contract Documents. Any person desiring lands comprised within the FOWLER DRAIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT will be subject to review; to bid on the above-mentioned contract will be required to deposit bid security in the amount specified in the Bidding Documents as a guarantee that they will enter into a contract and furnish the required AND YOU AND EACH OF YOU, owners and interested persons in the aforesaid lands and bonds as prescribed by the contract specifications and applicable law. The checks of all unsuccessful public corporations are cited to appear at the time and place of such review of apportionments, and be bidders will be returned after the contract is awarded. All bids shall remain open for one hundred twenty heard with respect to such special assessments and your interests in relation thereto, if you so desire. (120) days after the day of the bid opening, but I reserve the right at my sole discretion to release any bid and bid security before that date. This notice is pursuant to Section 154 of the Michigan Drain Code of 1956, as amended. Proceedings conducted at the pre-bid conference, bid opening and day of review are subject to the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective DAY OF REVIEW OF APPORTIONMENTS participation should contact Patrick E. Lindemann, Ingham County Drain Commissioner, at (517) 676- 8395, or through the Michigan Relay Center at (800) 649-3777 (TDD) at least fourteen (14) days before NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, the apportionments for the scheduled event to request mobility, visual, hearing or other assistance. benefits to the lands comprised within the FOWLER DRAIN DRAINAGE DISTRICT will be subject to review for one day from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the Ingham County Drain Commissioner’s Office, Dated: September 17, 2014 Patrick E. Lindemann located at 707 Buhl Avenue, Mason, Michigan 48854. At this time, or at such other time and place to Ingham County Drain Commissioner which I may adjourn, I will have the tentative apportionments against parcels and municipalities within Phone: (517) 676-8395 the Drainage District available to review. Also, the tentative computation of cost of improvements and CP#14_241 Finding a home Diversity and our differences, how we relate matters

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Finding a home Diversity and our differences, how we relate matters

By BELINDA Y. THURSTON Series is a part of the Michigan State Rita Flanagan’s father left Yazoo, Miss., University 60/50 Project which is meant after his family collected enough money to help people respect and value differ- to get him a bus ticket out of town. He ences. “did something,” she said, that could have gotten him killed – a glance at a white Michigan critical woman, or not crossing the street to clear Wilkerson won the Pulitzer Prize in a path for white people – she guesses. 1994 as the Chicago bureau chief for The Dixya Acharya left Nepal five years ago New York Times for a series of stories after spending 17 years in a Bhutanese ref- about survivors of Midwest flooding. Her ugee camp in squalid and cramped living journalism career began at the Detroit conditions. She was 4 when her parents Free Press, which she says makes return- abandoned their 30-plus acres of land ing to Michigan special. fleeing violence in their homeland to keep “Michigan is so critical in talking their 10 children safe. about the Great Migration,” she said in Both their journeys brought them to a telephone interview from her home in Lansing, an unlikely destination given Atlanta. “It’s one of the suns people fled their histories but where safe haven and to.” prosperity was possible. It’s fair to say had the Great Migration Migration, resettlement, immigration: not occurred Motown, a rich part of these are terms that carry stories of strife Americana and the fabric of music for the and survival. They are weighted with poli- TOP: Courtesy photo ABOVE: Belinda Thurston / City Pulse nation, would have never been born. tics and prejudice. They are the founda- TOP: Johnson Flanagan migrated from the South for a better future for his family. Here he’s “Whereever I go, Motown is one of tion of our country, yet the source of so shown in 1940 with four other black postal carriers with the Hamtramck Station. His son, the revered touch points throughout much fear and resistance. Luther Flanagan, would marry Rita Tucker Flanagan and eventually move to Lansing. They the world,” Wilkerson said. “It’s almost Today we can see the dynamics of had four children ABOVE: Rita Flanagan, 81, of Lansing, shares family history documents incomprehensible that it would not have migration being played out in the reac - and photos at her dining room table. Her husband’s father migrated from Georgia. Her existed.” tion to the arrival of the Central American father migrated from Mississippi. Unlike many who migrated to Detroit, both men got jobs Berry Gordy Jr.'s parents were from child migrants, and even in the racial as postal workers, not in auto or manufacturing. Georgia, she said. His father migrated to tension in Ferguson, Mo., according to Detroit and the family came into some Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Warmth of lessons: munities land that was not prime but affordable Other Suns,” which chronicles the Great • Escaping atrocities and injustices Wilkerson will discuss the impact of and was being sold to blacks. It was on Migration of African Americans from the • Community reactions to the newcom- the Great Migration as a guest lecturer that land that Gordy began his business South. ers Thursday with Soledad O’Brien at the The Great Migration bears a trifold of • What they created in their new com- Wharton Center. The Signature Lecture See Home, Page 11 11 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 1, 2014

(now Hampton University). He served ing on whites to block the moving vans. Avenue sending a clear message against in World War I. He eventually moved to The rioting that followed delayed open- having African Americans working in the Home Detroit after getting married and held ing of the project until April, when 1,800 auto plants, LaSorda said. two jobs, one a secretary for Ford and the soldiers and police finally escorted black “Mysteriously, the microfilm copy of from page 10 other as a postal clerk. tenants into their homes.” the Lansing State Journal of that march that hired and promoted black music, He bought a home in the Conant disappeared,” he said. giving birth to a genre and opportunity Gardens subdivision. Unwelcome mat When there’s a “large influx of people for countless artists. Flanagan said the development was Wilkerson said that type of scene was who may look different there’s a resistance But the impact goes deeper than music. a source of pride for black people. They played out across the nation. to their arrival,” Wilkerson said. “It hap- Urban neighborhoods and language as owned nice homes. Their children could Fear of losing at times fueled loathing pens in every migration.” we know them sprang forth. Dearborn, get a good education. They were a part of that holds lasting impact on race relations Mich., was born of white flight in the a growing, vibrant city. to this day. Go back to where 1950s. Idlewild, the black resort town But they were not welcome. “At every leap forward in this search for you come from near Baldwin, would not have thrived. Flanagan can remember holding her freedom and search for citizenship, you There are always newer newcomers. brother’s hand as she walked a mile to run headlong into further resistance and Lansing is growing a reputation as school and back in the time leading up to isolation,” Wilkerson said. sanctuary and a safe place to settle for Escaping a “caste” system the Detroit race riot in the 1940s. She can Black neighborhoods sprung up in a growing refu- The Great Migration was “one of the remember the police on their horses. less-favorable sections of towns. White gee commu- largest internal migrations in our nation’s flight to suburbia began. nity. According history,” Wilkerson said. “It was the com- “They left with the to Erika Brown plete redistribution of an entire popula- hopes of a freer life, Binion, director tion.” being able to raise their of the Refugee More than 6 million African Americans children in safer spaces, Development fled the South from World War I to the have Center, there are 1970s, according to her research. their children go to 70 countries and “It’s hard to talk about the migration school, complete an 51 languages rep- without talking about the reason for their education,” she said. resented in the desire to flee,” Wilkerson said. “They ended up being Lansing School African Americans were “defecting furrowed into the worst District. from a caste system that was so extreme, neighborhoods.” Wilkerson Acharya works so repressive.” In Lansing, the for the RDC as a It was against the law to play checkers neighborhoods were on family liaison. She together in Birmingham, she said as part the west side, accord- moved to Lansing of a long list of “could nots.” ing to Jesse LaSorda, a year and a half “Anything you could imagine was sepa- a trustee with the ago with her rate. It was all encompassing and suffo- Historical Society of husband. They cating.” Greater Lansing and recently bought There were “so many rules to memorize past president of the a house and have with penalties that would mean your life.” Lansing Area African her in-laws living “Every couple days an African American Genealogical with them. American was lynched for some perceived Society. She loves breach of this caste system,” she said. “It’s The black neighbor- Lansing and the a nerve dangling experience to live under hood was from West St. community, often the repression that was the caste system.” Joe and Martin Luther Dixya calling it “awe- The Great Migration “began because King Jr. Boulevard some.” people had always wanted to flee the going south to the river. But there are bittersweet moments. South but there was not the catalyst for a He said it was a part of “I feel welcome and not welcome,” she mass migration until World War I.” the Oldsmobile factory said. “I was over in a store with my fam- The North recruited in the South to fill space at the time. ily, the Kmart. We put the stuff in the car “the lowest-paying, least wanted jobs in “It was a four or five and a homeless man came over asking for the harshest industries – iron and steel Courtesy photo block area south to the cans. He started shouting, ‘you Indian foundries and slaughtering and meat- river,” he said. “They people go back to your country.’” packing,” Wilkerson details in her book. A flier calls for “White People Needed” to help protest a black housing project being built in Detroit in 1941. The flier would not have them in Even though the man spoke from igno- That fueled a dream that prosperity and any other blocks in any rance – they are not Indian – the assault peace would be found. is in the book “Conant Gardens, A Black Urban Community, 1920-1950.” Lansing resident Rita Flanagan’s father and direction in Lansing.” stung. father-in-law are cited in the book. The auto industry and “But a man came out from the store Mississippi to Michigan state government were and yelled at him to leave us alone, he said Rita Flanagan’s voice takes on hushed employment attractions these people are legally here and contrib- tones in her own dining room as she She remembers the fear and knowing it in Lansing for African Americans, he said. uting. What are you contributing?” describes why her father, Charles Tucker, was because of the color of her skin. But the environment was less than left the South. She flips to a page in a history book warm. Common ground “His family raised up enough money about her neighborhood bearing a poster: William Thompson was the first African It’s hard to imagine Detroit without to put that young man on the bus to take “Help the white people to keep this district American to graduate from Michigan Motown, or Chicago without Michael him as far as the money would go,” she white. Men needed to keep our lines solid. State University in 1904, LaSorda said. Jordan or Oprah Winfrey, or television said. “He ended up in Hampton, Virginia.” We need help. Don’t be yellow. Come out. Thompson could only get a job as a jani- with "The Cosby Show." Tucker was rushed out town because We need every white man. We want our tor at the Durant Motors plant. But those are just some of the larger, “he did something,” she said. girls to walk on the streets not raped.” When Thompson got pneumonia in more noticeable contributions to culture Flanagan said she believes his family According to the book: “In February the early 1920s, LaSorda said “no physi- as a result of the Great Migration. was protecting him from being lynched. 1942, when the city and federal authorities cians would treat him. His son said the The deep layers can be felt in local That’s what sent her father from his opened Sojourner Truth Homes to house only person who would treat him was a innovations in business, education, sports home. He would go to school in Virginia. black workers in North-central Detroit, veterinarian.” and more. He became a Pullman porter to raise mon- the Seven Mile/Fenelon Neighborhood In 1924 the Ku Klux Klan marched in In Lansing, the auto industry helped ey in order to attend Hampton Institute Association distributed this leaflet call- the Labor Day parade down Michigan See Home, Page 12 City Pulse • October 1, 2014 www.lansingcitypulse.com 12

Lansing. “I believe that empathy and being able “Where are the black people?” to put ourselves in the experiences of oth- Home Besides numbers, she said attitudes ers lets us recognize we have a lot more in were different too. She said she felt the common,” Wilkerson said. from page 11 black community “had no fight to them.” Today’s newcomers also have a lot to give rise to a middle class of blacks who She said she had come from more tur- offer. could buy lakeside cabins. A professional bulent times and a more active demand- Binion said a big part of her job is class developed because of the state gov- ing community. “educating our community about who our ernment jobs available. And it wasn’t just about black or white. refugees are and what they bring to our Rita Flanagan’s husband, Luther It was about equality and opportunity for community. Entrepreneurship, restau- rants, clothing stores, teaching.” “At every leap forward in this search for freedom and search for citize- The Great Migration shows us “we all ship, you run headlong into further resistance and isolation." have so much more in common than we Oct. 3 have been led to believe,” Wilkerson said. 8 p.m. — Isabel Wilkerson Every migration has proven we are more alike than different, she added. Flanagan, took a job with the state as assis- everyone. And, uncovering the stories from our past tant director of the Office of Economic “If the library didn’t have the books help steer us in the right direction in the Opportunity, in 1971 that moved their you want, you need to fight to get more future. family from Detroit. The in-state migra- books. If you want bus service, speak up “When you know the history, it’s almost tion was “culture shock,” Flanagan said. and get the bus service.” as if you have X-ray vision. You can look She went from the most densely popu- We all have similar dreams, Wilkerson past what you’re looking at and see the lated African American communities to said. underpinnings of it.” SETH BERNARD & MAY ERLEWINE AT CMS Oct. 4 7 p.m. Nov. 1 7 p.m. CONTRA AND SQUARE DANCE

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ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER Courtesy photoS Studio, featuring 3-D printing, sewing and (Right) fabric design, and bike repair facilities will Innovate Maker Todd also be open to the public. Wilson “(It’s) a cooperative, open-source philoso- grinds a phy that helps empower individuals for the and infiltrate support greater benefit of the community,” Jodlowski Inaugural Lansing Maker Week arm for a said. This goal perhaps best defines what Halloween makes a maker. Now take it one step fur- showcases the local creative spirit device. ther — imagine what kind of products some (Left) How- of those individuals might develop if they By CASEY BYE To Halloween banded together and you’ll have a pretty good This week a dinosaur was removed from co-creators idea of what the 48-hour StartUp Weekend: downtown Lansing. On the rooftop of 619 Jerry Maker Edition strives to achieve. E. Michigan Ave., home of Jerry Jodloski’s Jodloski “Friday anyone can pitch as many ideas as entertainment company, Jammin’ DJs., a red (left) and they want,” Parkinson explained. “Then every- inflatable T-Rex stood frozen in mid-roar for Steve Sneed. one votes on the projects and people form the month of September, its tiny clawed arms teams to develop those projects. Someone spread in a display of terror. Or was that a comes in and says ‘I could do marketing and giant smile and an open-arms welcome? It’s communications for you guys,’ and they join hard to say, but given that the mega-carnivore tume his mother made for him. robotics, pneumatics, video production and a team. It’s however you see yourself getting was the unofficial mascot of the first-time “I was the envy of all the other caped cru- hacking into Wii gaming devices to build new to Sunday to get your idea completed, that’s event Lansing Maker Week, it’s probably the saders with their cheap plastic, store-bought exhibits each year,” Sneed said. how you do it.” latter. (It violated city ordinance for rooftop masks,” he said. For him, Lansing Maker After four years of planning, Jodloski and StartUp Weekend has been held across the inflatables, so it was bye-bye dino.) Week is the result of four years of work — and Sneed, along with other local Halloween dis- globe, but this is the first one in the Midwest, Jodloski and Steve Sneed are the cre- maybe a little play. play and costume innovators, will present a and it’s a testament to the capital area’s ators (or “co-mad sci- “When Steve and I trick-or-treat grab-bag full of attractions, inventive spirit that it’s being held here, not entists,” as they prefer Lansing Maker Week lived across the street from the Lansing Makers Network’s life-size in Detroit or Chicago. So whether choosing to be called) of How- Various locations throughout from each other, we’d MegaOperation board game to Impression to participate in developing their own proj- To Halloween, a first- Lansing and East Lansing have a friendly com- 5’s demonstrations on how to make your own ect during StartUp Weekend or heading over Oct. 6-12 time event Oct. 12 at Tours, demonstrations, and open houses: 2-6 p.m. petition every year glow-in-the-dark slime. to How-To Halloween to get their hands on the Lansing Center. Monday, Oct. 6; noon-6 p.m. Tuesday, with our Halloween “I’m excited to see our fashion incubator,” luminescent slime, it’s doubtful attendees will Oct. 7 -Sunday, Oct. 12 displays,” Jodloski Willis said, referring to the Runway, a collab- How-To Halloween will Keynote presentations: 6-7 p.m. leave Maker Week without at least some spark serve as the Saturday Monday, Oct. 6-Friday, Oct. 10 said. “Hundreds of orative workspace in the recently renovated of that maker mentality igniting in them. anchor for the inaugural Reception 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6-Thursday, Oct. 9 people would show up Knapp Centre catering to fashion students, “Originally, it was our hope that families FREE Lansing Maker Week, a Startup Weekend: Maker Edition: 7 p.m. Friday-5 and traffic would be designers, models, bloggers and photogra- would walk away thinking, ‘yeah, we can do weeklong ode to inno- p.m. Sunday (registration required) backed up for blocks phers. “It’s the first in the state of Michigan. something even cooler,’” Sneed said. How-To Halloween: Noon-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 vation sponsored by Lansing Center as our attractions There are under 10 in the country.” The event will allow the community to get the Lansing Economic 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing became more and An exhibition at the Broad Art Museum a better idea of what it means to be a maker. $5 more elaborate.” will include a Tandoor oven and cook- Area Partnership, with how-tohalloween.com, lansingmaker.com (full Following Lansing Maker Week, it’s likely support from the City schedule of events) But as serious mak- ing demonstration. Friday, at the StartUp many more will be tempted to join that com- of Lansing and the City ers, they weren’t con- Weekend: Maker Edition reception, keynote munity. of East Lansing. The tent settling for simple speaker Joe Carr will describe starting one of “The ability to make something cool out of event’s organizers hope to appeal to the area’s adoration. the first 3-D printing retail spaces. The East nothing can be magical,” Jodloski said. creative class, which has a rich history of “I learned different technologies such as Lansing Public Library’s new 2.0 Makers As long as it's not inflatable. ingenuity. “For Lansing, making is a pillar of our com- munity,” said Tony Willis, manager of busi- ness acceleration at LEAP. “Manufacturing is A ‘Heart’ night’s work a Michigan thing. Michigan makes. Lansing makes. We really want to open people’s eyes Jeffrey Scott Handley Jr., who goes by the artist name Geoph Aldora Espen, was to what encompasses a maker.” one of the organizers of Lansing’s Got Heart, a music/poetry/art extravaganza last Lansing Maker Week will consist of a Thursday at the Loft in downtown Lansing. The art on display by local artists was series of events around the capital area a mess of ordered chaos — chairs everywhere, some layered with paintings, some appealing to the so-called makers — hobbyist empty, some stacked sideways and upside-down in order to draw attention to the builders, tinkerers and inventors. works perched, some used for body painting (top photo). Peculiar, but it worked. A maker could be a fashionista, a foodie, “There was a lot of art sold at the event,” Handley said. “There's definitely an en- a bike fixer, a Halloween display creator or thusiastic market for good, original art in Lansing.” someone who just want to get his hands on However, most of the attention was focused on the stage in the next room where a 3-D printer. musicians and spoken-word artists performed. Among the most memorable were The week’s events will comprise demon- energetic rock act the Heat Pipes and hip-hop artist Mark D Beats (bottom right), who strations, hands-on projects, keynote lec- closed his set with a song about the Civil War. He was joined by Robert Douglas Gay (bottom left), a jazz saxophonist who worked with David Bowie on the soundtrack tures and tours of the area’s maker spaces, to the film “Labyrinth.” Between songs, Gay said he is thousands of years old and including the Old Town home of the Lansing helped build the pyramids. Makers Network. Jodloski said he was struck Now that’s heart. by the power of making when he was just a kid, inspired by the homemade Batman cos- 14 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 1, 2014

Sticks,” fiber and handmade Courtesy image paper sculpture by Sally Rose. "Spirit Reception: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. Whispers" 5. Hours: 1-3 p.m. Monday- by Sally Friday. Residential College in the Rose, part Arts and Humanities at MSU, of the 362 Bogue St., Room C210, East "More than Lansing. (517) 355-0210. Memory Mackerel Sky “Crop Circles,” Sticks" carvings and mixed-media exhibition sculpture by Maureen Bergquist at Lookout! Gray. Reception: Noon-4 p.m. Art Gallery. New Exhibits Seymour and photography by Wendy Hill. Sunday, Oct. 5. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 Reception: Noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. Hours: p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-6 EagleMonk Pub and Brewery “Tree Fame) “A Matter of Taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday. 211 M.A.C. Sherds,” woodwork by Allen Deming, and Bitter,” featuring various artists. Hours: Noon- p.m. Thursday-Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Ave., East Lansing. (517) 351-2211. “Western Lights: Personal Views of America,” 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; 2-4 p.m. Sunday. 306 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 372- MICA Gallery “They Are All About the photography by Ike Lea. Reception: 3-5 p.m. 213 W. Malcolm X St., Lansing. (517) 484-1880. 4293. Plaid: Jennifer Hennings and a Community of Sunday, Oct. 5. Hours: 3-10 p.m. Tuesday- Craig Mitchell Smith Glass Indoor and Grove Gallery and Studios “Evolution of Artists,” by various artists. Reception: Noon- Thursday; noon-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; noon- outdoor glass art creations. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 Pattern” by Dolores Slowinski. Reception: 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. Hours: Noon-5 p.m. 8 p.m. Sunday. 4906 W. Mt. Hope Highway, p.m. Thursday-Saturday; Noon-6 p.m. Sunday; Noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. Hours: Noon-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Lansing. (517) 708-7350. or by appointment. 1220 N. Washington Ave., Thursday-Friday; noon-4 p.m. Saturday; noon- 1210 Turner St., Lansing. (517) 371-4600. East Lansing Public Art Gallery “Small Lansing. (517) 349-1345. 5 p.m. Sunday. 325 Grove St., East Lansing. Neighborhood Empowerment Center Things Considered,” photography by Patricia Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum “The (517) 333-7180. “Artists for Empowerment,” by members Bender. Reception: 1-2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. Land Grant: Flatbread Society,” a project by Ledge Craft Lane Handmade quilts, wall of the Mid-Michigan Art Guild. Reception: 1 Hours: 6 a.m.-10 pm. Monday-Friday; 8 a.m.-8 various contributors. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. hangings and table runners by Shirley Waldrop. p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Hours: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Hannah Tuesday-Thursday & Saturday-Sunday; noon- Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. Monday–Friday. 600 W. Maple, Lansing. (517) Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East 9 p.m. Friday; closed Monday. 556 E. Circle 120 S. Bridge St., Grand Ledge. (517) 627-9843. 372-5980. Lansing. (517) 894-2166. Drive, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 884- Great Lakes Artworks Wood art by John Lookout! Art Gallery “More Than Memory North Foyer Gallery at the East Lansing Public Library Various works by Sharon 3900. HAND-PAINTED Tarr and her students. Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Lansing Art Gallery “Of Consequences: Historic Granary Studio Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday; 10 Industry and Surrounds,” sculpture and WOODEN BOXES FROM BRAZIL more by Sarah Lindley and Norwood Vivano. PRESENTING Open Sunday, October 5 from 1-4pm a.m-5:30 p.m. Saturday. 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. ARTISAN SALE Saturday and First Sunday. 119 N. Washington “NEW PAINTINGS BY Peculiar Perspectives Fantasy/wildlife/ landscape art and photography by Tony Square, Lansing. (517) 374-6400. One of a kind Steele and Matt Mulford. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. MSU Museum “#me:from Silhouettes to FRESHTEH PARVIZI” Selfies,” a history of self-portraits. Hours: A SELECTION OF NEW AND RECENT WORKS BY THE EAST LANSING Wednesday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday; call for hours Sunday- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. ARTIST. A RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, Fall finds Tuesday. Noon-5 p.m. First Sunday. 107 S. Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 409 W. Circle Drive, AUGUST 3 FROM NOON UNTIL 4:00 P.M. THE EXHIBIT RUNS Putnam, Williamston. (517) 485-6277. MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 355-7474. Wearable art & décor Riverwalk Theatre Paintings by artist Cindy THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25, 2014. Saper Galleries and Custom Framing Jewelry Evans. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday Crafters aprons Hand-painted wooden boxes from Brazil. Wool felt accessories Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 10 and during performances. 228 Museum Drive, Pottery a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday; 1-4 p.m. First Sundays. Lansing. (517) 482-9812. Seasonal pillows 433 Albert Ave., East Lansing. (517) 351-0815. 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By ALLAN I. ROSS giving … it’s right around the corner.) In- Once upon a time, Halloween meant stead, have fun with some healthy food. two things: Candy and costumes. Oh, Saving Halloween Put edible candy eyes on a tray of peel- and also: It was for kids. and-eat-shrimp and pretend like they’re But as America has become increas- Turning the holiday back over to its rightful celebrants — the kids screaming as you eat them alive. Carve a ingly immaturized — where movies Mr. Bill face into an apple and pretend based on toys from the ‘80s rule the box Halloween needs saving, and you can Franklin from the same show.) “Ameri- like he’s screaming as you eat him alive. office and video game systems have be- help starting this year. Here’s how: can Horror Story” has four good years of You get the point —pretend you’re a soul- come basics of home entertainment — so material to pull from (the current season, less monster and eat things alive. ‘Tis the too has the ultimate children’s holiday Wear something scary “Freak Show,” is filled with good ideas). season! been usurped by grownups. The world does not need another And big-screen-to-small-screen hits Of course, the adults don’t go trick-or- foam-fingered Miley Cyrus (too last year) “Hannibal” and “Bates Motel” have some House rules treating — heck, the kids barely go out or Dead Robin Williams (too soon). In good gross-out possibilities. anymore. When I was a kid, we never fact, what’s with the whole dressing-like- If you’re just not that into the dress- Rather than go out to the bar or even even thought about going out before a-celebrity-and-calling-it-a-costume up thing, go as the Deetz family and their throw an adults-only Halloween party, dark; nowadays, strict candy-begging thing, anyway? Halloween is supposed dinner guests from “Beetlejuice.” People what about transforming your front yard hours are enforced in many municipali- to be about the supernatural. Save Slutty may not know who you are until you stra- into a haunted attraction? You’ll be to- ties to keep kids off the street after sun- Cheerleader and White Trash Dude for tegically gather around a table at some tally getting into the spirit of the holi- set. And why do the kids need to beware? a theme party next summer. And don’t point in the night and do an impromptu day, you’ll be able to flex your skills as a Because grownups are speeding off to even think about wearing a pair of glass- rendition of “Day-O (The Banana Boat handyman and you’ll be the talk of the costume contests at the bar. es and saying you’re Clark Kent — lame. Song).” It’ll kill. neighborhood for the next year. And come on, your kid doesn’t need Inspired by the runaway success of Some possible ideas: to see Sexy Ninja Turtle, Sexy Female “The Walking Dead,” television is in the — Zombie Graveyard: Dig a shal- Jack Sparrow or Sexy Big Bird (yes, all of midst of a horror trend. If you’re looking Lay off the candy low trench in your front yard and put a those are for sale) running through the to do something timely and Halloween-y, Your metabolism is probably nowhere fake tombstone at the head of each it. Lay neighborhood. It’s time to take a stand, go as Moloch or the Headless Horseman near what it used to be, and you won’t a black light beside it. Apply some latex people. The ultimate kids holiday needs from “Sleepy Hollow.” (If you want to be notice the results of the sugar overload zombie embellishments (slit throat, dan- to go back to the kids. REALLY scary, go as naked Benjamin for weeks. (Save the binging for Thanks- See Halloween, Page 16

Alternative this one’s always flown under the horror cross-country trip through living radar. Fun fact: The producers considered dead territory. Twinkies are con- Halloween Movies putting masks and prosthetic limbs on Ca- sumed. Bill Murray doesn’t make it. “Halloween” and “Night of the Living puchin monkeys to bring the gremlins to Oops, spoiler alert. Dead” are no-brainers, but if you’re look- life. Just think of all the nightmare fodder “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long ing to make your party a multi-media ex- we missed with that one. Blog” Before Neil Patrick Harris perience, consider ending the evening with “Army of Darkness” Skip the 2013 re- was “NPH,” he was just a strug- one of these: make of “Evil Dead” — go for the best of the gling actor on hiatus from his “Shaun of the Dead” Criminally, not original Sam Raimi trilogy with this hor- hit TV show because of a writ- everyone has partaken in the Cornetto Tril- ror/comedy mash-up. Chances are you’ll ers strike. He worked with a pre- ogy. Start ‘em off with this, the founder of probably end up with at least one chain- “Avengers” Joss Whedon to create the feast. No one’s going to get all the gags saw-handed Ash at your party. Go ahead this cult classic, which will one day an alternative audio track for “Harry Potter in one viewing, so be prepared for requests and let him say, “groovy, baby” along with be as popular as “Rocky Horror Picture and the Sorcerer’s Stone” that can be down- to borrow your copy. Do not fall into this the movie as much as he likes. It’s his day. Show.” Bet. loaded (archive.org). Then just switch the trap — you’ll never get it back. “Zombieland” The name says it all. “Wizard People, Dear Reader” For audio on your TV and play this along with “Gremlins” “Ghostbusters” got all the Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and the this one, you’ll actually have to do a little the adventures of Ron the Bear, Hagar the love this year for its 30th anniversary, but dude from “The Social Network” go on a prep work. Comedian Brad Neely recorded Horrible and Roast Beefy O’Weafy. 16 www.lansingcitypulse.com • City Pulse Promotional Section City Pulse • October 1, 2014

gravedigger. When enough curious kids to a local butcher shop and get some calf ing to a human stew inside a big pot. As Halloween gather, have your gravedigger give you a brains, intestines and identifiable pig you hack off pieces of your victim, take code word to cue you to burst from the parts and load that cooler up. Stick signs them to her for cooking. Yum! from page 15 ground. Shamble toward the kids, moan in each one — Johnny. Mary. Tommy. — Creature From Behind the loadly and watch them scatter. Bonus: Then find an old table, cut a hole in it House. There are a lot of moving parts gling eyeball, etc.) and smear your face Have your gravedigger wear some fake and have an actor dangle a leg through it. with this one, so pay attention. One per- with glow-in-the-dark makeup. Then brains under his hat and you pretend to Find a cow shank and line it up with your son lies on the sidewalk in front of your lie in the trench and cover yourself with eat them. actor’s knee and pretend to hack it off house with fake intestines spilling on the leaves. It helps if you have a fog machine — Cannibal Butcher Shop. You can with a meat cleaver. Make sure your actor ground. You play a concerned friend/ rolling across the yard. Then get a friend find an old non-working glass cooler on- screams like crazy for the full effect. Bo- to dress in overalls and pretend to be a line or at a restaurant clearance sale. Go nus: Find someone to play a witch tend- See Halloween, Page 18

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Peacock Road Family Farm presents The Civil War Hosted by the Tenth Michigan Infantry • Celebrating the 150th anniversary

Civil War reenactors from across Michigan will recreate the sights and sound of a portion of General Sherman's Georgia Campaign. Federal and Confederate soldiers as well as authentically dressed civilians of the era will fill the camps with activities.The event will include three skirmishes (battles), living history camps, a period fashion show, and a Military Ball on Saturday night! Saturday October 11, 2014 10:00 am-4pm Civil War Ball - The Pavilion/Event Barn 7:00 pm-10pm -Tickets $15 each or $25/couple Sunday October 12, 2014 11:00 am-3:30pm For a full schedule of events please visit www.tenthmichiganinfantry.com 11854 Peacock Rd Laingsburg, Michigan 48848 • (517) 651-9193 • [email protected] www.peacockrff.com PEACOCK ROAD FAMILY FARMS HALLOWEEN FUN October 4 & 5 Grandparents Weekend All grandparents get in free October 18 & 19 S'more Festival Farmer Ed’s Pulled Pork Eating Contest October 25 & 26 Halloween Party Weekend! Trick or Treating all over the farm Pumpkin carving Costume contests at 4 p.m. both days

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you turn your flashlight to show the kids where it came from, you’ll be illuminat- Halloween ing an image of horror that will be seared into their little brains forever. You can from page 17 even make a game of this one — see how many dropped bags of candy you can col- parent who’s trying to figure out what lect by the end of the night. happened. As the kids begin to gather As you can see, giving Halloween back around the person on the ground, tell to the kids isn’t just the right to do, it can them about a big hairy creature that came actually increase your enjoyment of the from behind the house and attacked. Use holiday. And you’ll be inspiring a whole a flashlight to shine on the ground so the new generation to return Halloween to kids become distracted by the horror. its creepy, kooky roots — sort of like a Then, as you describe the creature, have slay-it-forward. an actor friend in a gorilla costume sneak And seriously — no celebrity cos- up behind you and stand quietly. When tumes.

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hands-on person. You can feel it in his tions and its roots handshake. He didn’t send someone to do are intact, that it ‘People-ish’ plurality it. He was there, body, mind and spirit.” wasn’t meant to be Allen Toussaint shares upbeat, varied Wednesday, Toussaint will show why trendy or commer- he’s a national treasure as he shares a cial.” bill with Preservation Hall Jazz Band Wharton Center bill In the past 50 By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Preservation Hall with another New years, Toussaint has In 2012, New Orleans music icon Allen Jazz Band and Orleans institution, worked with dozens Toussaint got a National Humanities Allen Toussaint the Preservation of artists in dozens Medal from President Barack Obama. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 8 Wharton Center Cobb Hall Jazz Band. of musical styles, Toussaint is among a handful of artists Great Hall First, Toussaint from the Kennedy- who are in both the rock ‘n’ roll and the $15-45 will play a set of era crooning of R&B (517) 353-1982, blues halls of fame, but even for him, whartoncenter.com his own hit tunes, singer Ernie K-Doe going to the White House was an extra giving a seminar (look him up) to the high high. in R&B-rock-funk- earnest vibrato of “It felt royal,” Toussaint said. pop-country history going back to 1961. Elvis Costello. “Especially with this president. He’s a After that, the Preservation Hall band “I’m inspired by will take the stage for a traditional New whoever I’m with at Orleans jazz party. For a finale, Toussaint the time,” Toussaint will come back to the piano and everyone said. “I feel like a will jam at once. sort of chameleon. I Some jazz can be smug, self-referential like it that way.” and insidy, but Preservation Hall’s rau- Even if you think LUXURY BUS TOURS cous concerts are as inclusive and infec- you don’t know LEAVING FROM EAST LANSING MEIJER tious as they come. Toussaint’s songs, LAKE LANSING ROAD “There’s a joy in that music,” Toussaint you probably do. GREAT LAKES CROSSING said. “It’s very honest, very people-ish. It Many of them OUTLETS has that foot tapping vibe, but in the slow, seeped into Saturday Nov. 8, mournful tunes, you can feel its founda- American culture in Monday Jan. 19 2015 (MLK Day) weird and wonder- BASEBALL HALL OF FAME WEEKEND ful ways. Taking deposits for 2015, 2016 and 2017 in “Working in a Cooperstown, New York Coal Mine,” a mon- KENNY ROGERS CHRISTMAS ster hit for R&B & HITS TOUR- FOX THEATRE great Lee Dorsey Main Floor Center Seats!!! in 1966, snuck into Courtesy photo Friday, December 6 Martin Scorsese’s DETROIT RED WINGS Venerable performer Allen Toussaint shares the stage with the film “Casino” and 7:30 games Preservation Hall Jazz Band next week. October 31 vs. Los Angeles Kings was covered by Devo December 31 vs. New Jersey Devils in 1981. “Mother-in- 2006 album with Costello, “The River in CHICAGO HOLIDAY TRIP 37 Law,” the definitive word on the dreaded Reverse,” a “milestone” for him. Hilton Palmer House relation “sent from below,” was a No. 1 (SHOP, VISIT MUSEUMS, GO “After all of these years of doing what TO THE THEATRE, HAVE FUN) hit for K-Doe in 1961. “Certain Girl” was I do, that was a quite a luxury,” Toussaint GREEKTOWN CASINO the B-side of the Yardbirds’ debut sin- said. “He is a great songwriter and he has 2 Trips: gle in 1964. Toussaint will play them all heart, soul, and respect for all musics.” Oct. 31 includes $20 bonus play Wednesday. While pronouncing that last word, Dec. 31, 4:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. trips “And of course, I don’t leave home 8 NIGHT BAHAMAS CRUISE Toussaint put a pointed accent on the “s.” Sailing Aboard Royal Caribbean without ‘Southern Nights,’” he added. He is proud of his plurality and respects International’s Grandeur of the Seas! “Southern Nights” is Toussaint’s signa- it in others. Departing from Baltimore, Maryland ture song from his signature 1975 album. “That’s who we are as Americans,” he Starting at $723 Cruise Only! In Toussaint’s LP version, the song is a said. “I’m very glad I was open enough to CALL MARY AT 517-455-4305 FOR strange swim in a syrupy swamp, but it accept it all and take it very seriously with FLYERS • E-MAIL: was turned into peppy No. 1 hit by Glen equal respect for all genres.” [email protected] Campbell in 1977. At 75, Toussaint is working as hard Toussaint revels in his chameleon col- as ever. He’s got a crowded calendar of ors. The artists who commissioned his gigs, both solo and with other artists, and songs and arrangements pushed him in is writing a lot of new music. He’s now LANSING’S directions he might not have taken oth- busy recording music he wrote for a play FAV0RITE erwise. based on Mary Pope Osborne’s children’s CREATIVE NIGHT “If it wasn’t for Lee Dorsey, I certainly book, “A Good Night For Ghosts,” about 0UT ! wouldn’t have written ‘Working in a Coal two kids who go back in time to 1920s Mine,’ at least not that way,” Toussaint Looks like ART, Feels like a PARTY! A little bit of paint, New Orleans and meet Louis Armstrong. a little bit of wine, and a whole lot of FUN! said.” You certainly wouldn’t write it for He’s just finished music for two ballets, Luther Vandross.” : including “Waitin’ at the Station,” for cel- WE’D L0VE T0 H0ST Y0UR For dessert, expect Toussaint to serve -Birthday Parties -Bachelorette Parties ebrated choreographer Twyla Tharp, and “Java” (trumpeter Al Hirt’s biggest single, -Team Building Events -Family Get Together has a new album coming out soon. -Girls' Night Out from 1964) and “Whipped Cream,” a No. Clearly, the medals and accolades 1 hit for Herb Alpert and the Tijuana aren’t weighing him into complacency. Brass, known to many as the theme for No experience required, only enthusiasm! “I’ve never been tricked into that vibe,” TV’s “The Dating Game.” he said. “No way. As soon as I get through Located in Frandor. Sign up online! 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by ALLAN I. ROSS to build up to something beautiful. Their she’s been building up to this for a while. intuitive connectedness as actors can only Solid turns in “Bridesmaids” and even the be attributed to the seven years they spent largely forgettable “The Secret Life of Walter together as cast mates on “Saturday Night Mitty” have whetted audiences’ appetite for Live” where they stood out as two of the most her dramatic chops. It’s Hader, however, reliable utility players in the show’s recent who’s the film’s real secret weapon. years. Wiig and Hader make their relation- For three years, he honed his gay impres- ship feel authentic, and as they develop (or sion as the hedonistic Club Kid Stefon on telling. rediscover, as the case may be) their private “SNL”’s “Weekend Update” segment, so at Even though director/co-writer Craig language, the audience feels like we’re being first it’s disorienting to see him do something ‘Twins’ piques Johnson won for best screenplay at Sundance this year, the story still feels a little paint-by- Flawless chemistry, effortless numbers. After 10 years of living on oppo- site ends of the country and not speaking to humor sustain Sundance winner each other, twins Maggie (Wiig) and Milo On its surface, “The Skeleton Twins” (Hader) reunite to hash out their broken sounds like just another “slash slash, hug lives. Their beloved father killed himself by hug” art house dramedy. One of the main jumping off a bridge when they were teen- characters even calls himself a “tragic gay agers and their mother (Joanna Gleason) is cliché” as he caresses the bandages on his a dippy, self-obsessed New Age type who’d wrists. But the natural chemistry between rather send her kids positive energy than its stars, Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader — and do any actual mothering. Dysfunction, thy the moments of revitalizing comedy they name is denial! draw from the film’s script — more than But that dysfunction haunts the siblings’ make for any lack of groundbreaking story- adult lives. Maggie is married to lovable galoot Lance (Luke Wilson) who’s too high on life to realize his wife has slipped into a deep depression. Meanwhile, in the wake of a suicide attempt, Milo moves in with Courtesy photo them in upstate New York where he wastes “Saturday Night Live” vets Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig in “The Skeleton Twins.” no time seeking out Richard (Ty Burrell), a figure from his past who is the key to the sib- let into an alternate universe. Because we this similar, yet subdued. Hader success- lings’ fallout. kind of are, and there’s a real thrill to that fully translates some of the more flamboy- But like jazz musicians riffing on a stan- escape. ant mannerisms from Stefon into Milo, but dard piece, Hader and Wiig use the material “The Skeleton Twins” fits neatly into keeps his performance far from caricature. Kristen Wiig’s plan for pop culture domina- Milo hides his pain in misdirection and lies, tion. It took me a while to warm up to her but as he and Maggie realign their magnetic on “SNL,” but it turns out I like her way bet- cores, he begins to open up to her in a way ter as a dramatic actress than as a comedian that feels raw, painful ... and real. (which is good news, because she has no less The ever-game Wilson does his best to than five dramatic films in the pipeline). But keep up, but he’s out of his depth in this two-person party. Burrell, however, pulls off a Bryan Cranston-worthy character trans- formation from the dopey dad he plays on “Modern Family” to a deeply conflicted for- mer English teacher who can’t shake the sins LANSING - OFF SOUTH CEDAR AT 1-96 of his past. VISIT CELEBRATIONCINEMA.COM OR CALL 393-SHOW “The Skeleton Twins” is more than just US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd an amuse-bouche to the impending awards www.NCGmovies.com season fare. Unfortunately, it seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle of fall films. But (517) 316-9100 hopefully, Wiig and Hader continue to seek Student Discount with ID out challenging roles like these — the world ID required for “R” rated films doesn’t need “Stefon: The Movie.” Commercial & Residential Fully Insured

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The Indie Film Series at Studio C! continues mysterious box of 60-year-old undeveloped this weekend with six new titles, blazing an photographs at an auction. What he found art-house movie trail that will lead into the was over 100,000 negatives by an amateur ON THE 17th Annual East Lansing Film Festival at the photographer/professional nanny named end of the month. Series programmer Susan Vivian Maier that would go on to set the Woods once again cherry-picked the films photography world on fire. This documentary from the buzziest international, independent tracks Maier's strange life and is lush with and documentary fare making the festival her photography. TOWNEvents must be entered through the calendar at circuit rounds. “Fascinating film,” Woods said. lansingcitypulse.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays “These are some of the best movies out for the following week’s issue. Charges may apply for there, and if it weren’t for (the Indie Film “The Past” paid events to appear in print. If you need assistance, Series), Lansing audiences would never get please call Jonathan at (517) 999-5069. (PG-13, drama, 130 minutes — in French to see them on the big screen,” Woods said. and Persian with English subtitles) October’s lineup features a bevy of films From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Wednesday, October 1 featuring strong female characters, including Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation”) comes the Classes and Seminars a mind-bending documentary about a Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, ‘50s-era photographer whose brilliant work twisty story of an Iranian man who reunites rhymes and activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL with his estranged South Lansing Library, 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. was only recently discovered, a coming-of- Indie Film Series (517) 367-6363. wife in Paris to Friday, Oct. 3-Friday, Oct. 29 age comedy/drama about three Swedish Studio C! Meridian Mall Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 finalize their 1999 Central Park Drive, p.m. FREE. 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Easels and drawing boards provided. 7-9:30 p.m. $7/$5 students. this story on her real-life experience of being recommended.” Kresge Art Center, 600 Auditorium Road, East swindled by a con man following her 2004 Lansing. (517) 337-1170, artmuseum.msu.edu. “Venus in Fur” Guided Meditation Early Morning. Finding stroke. calm and centeredness. 7:30-8:15 a.m. Donation. “(Actress) Isabelle Huppert is excellent,” (NR, drama, 96 minutes — in French and LotusVoice Integrative Therapies, 4994 Park Lake Woods said. “This examination of greed, German with English subtitles) Road, East Lansing. (734) 973-2040. Cosmology and Spirituality. Relativity and emotional manipulation and simple need is Roman Polanski's first non-English- spirituality. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational gripping and beautifully acted.” language feature in 51 years is an adaptation United Church of Christ, 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., of David Ives' Tony-nominated play about the Lansing. 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(517) 999-3911. remarkable 70-year career, and features Despite having no instruments or musical Capital Area Crisis Men’s Rugby Practice. interviews with Nathan Lane, Tina Fey and experience, two rebellious 13-year-old Weather permitting. All experience levels Swedish girls decide to form a punk rock welcome. 6:30 p.m. FREE. St. Joseph Park, 2151 W. the late James Gandolfini. Hillsdale St., Lansing. crisisrfc.com. “It’s a tender, funny and intimate look at a band. Director Lukas Moodysson adapted Drop-In Writer's Workshop. 30 min. of writing one-of-a-kind performer,” Woods said. the film from his wife’s graphic novel. followed by peer critique. 6-9 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East “It’s the sleeper film of the program,” Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. “Finding Vivian Maier” Woods said.

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They invited me on tour and we became close. They were one of my favorite bands growing up. I wanted to write songs and play guitar like R.E.M. when I was 13. So turn it Down that was really heavy, special and affirm- A survey of Lansing's musical LandsCAPE ing. I am actually going to see Mike Mills tonight. He’s part of that Big Star concert By Rich Tupica we’re doing. He’s playing bass.

interview with: Pete Yorn Did you play in any high school bands? Songwriter Pete Yorn plays an all-ages, Just for fun. I had high school bands and acoustic solo set Sunday at the Loft. The I hear you’re a fan of the late we’d jam in my basement. My first experi- New Jersey native’s musical genesis hap- songwriter Chris Bell of Big Star. ence singing live was a talent show at my pened in the late ‘90s in small Los Angeles Coincidentally, I'm playing a concert to- high school. We played “Talent Show” by clubs. After he signed with Columbia morrow night in Los Angeles. It’s an autism the Replacements. I was the drummer and Records and released 2001’s “Music- charity. We’re going to play Big Star’s first sang from behind the drums. It was a re- forthemorningafter,” he hit the alterna- two records in their entirety with Jody ally small suburban town. I wouldn’t trade Pete Yorn tive mainstream with hits like “Life on a Stephens, the original drummer from Big those experiences for anything, but there Chain.” In 2009 he released a collaborative Star, along with an all-star band. The song was always that “Born to Run” idea that Hollywood. A lot of great singer/songwrit- album with actress Scarlett Johansson and I’m going to play is Chris Bell’s “I am the when you grow up in a certain place you ers were performing there. Elliot Smith followed it up with a solo, self-titled disc Cosmos.” take it for granted and you can’t wait to was playing in there. Aimee Mann, too. on Vagrant Records. Last year he released get out of there and get to the big city. a record with his band, the Olms. Yorn What drew you into Big Star So how did you land the deal talked to us by phone from Santa Monica. and Chris Bell? What was your life like leading with Columbia Records? First of all, let me say I think it’s so cool up to the recording of “music- I had the op- What are you up to these days? that you’re writing about him and draw- forthemorningafter.” portunity to play An Evening with I’ve been in the studio on and off for ing more attention to him as an artist I was in college up at Syracuse. My for Columbia in Pete Yorn whole plan was to go to law school. Music w/ Westrin & Mowry a bit now. I’m finishing up the new solo because he was amazing. Very few times their offices. It @ the Loft record. There is no tentative release date have I heard a song and it just stopped me seemed like a pipe dream. But around my was so nerve- 8 p.m., all ages junior and senior year I was just writing 414 E. Michigan Ave., but if all goes right it should be out in the in my tracks and I just listened to it over wracking. I had Lansing new year. and over. I heard Chris Bell’s song “I am so many songs during those cold Syracuse just written Sunday, Oct. 5 $28/$25 adv. the Cosmos” and it just fucking cut right winters. I decided it was pretty safe to try a song called Planning on breaking out some through me. I didn’t know what the hell music right after college and if it didn’t “Just Another.” new songs at the Loft? it was. Then I did the research and found work I could always go to law school. That I played that I’ll probably break out some new stuff. out how tragically he died. Out of all of his way I wouldn’t be 30, practicing law and and “Murray” for them. He said, “We’ll The show is solo. It’s just my guitar and songs, that’s my favorite. Scarlett Johans- regretting that I never tried music. be in touch.” Then a month later they me. I wanted to do something really son and I did that for our covers record a sent someone else out to California to stripped back, but it’s really high energy. few years ago. So you got serious about music come see me again. I feel like a day or two There is no set list. It’s a lot of taking after college? before that I wrote “Life on a Chain.” I requests and just having fun with the Your “Day I Forgot” LP fea- I moved to California in 1996, right played it for him and he said, “Let’s make intimate crowds and playing songs from tured R.E.M.’s guitarist Peter after graduation. I just started playing a record.” It still gives me chills right now my whole catalog, new stuff and covers. It’s Buck. How did that happen? around, developing my stuff. I got a really talking about it. really freeform. The R.E.M. guys liked my first record. good gig at this place called Largo in West

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316-7495, schulerbooks.com. (517) 349-3866, meridian.mi.us. speaking Spanish. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Fall Poetry Chalking. River Trail behind Shaw Pint Sized Picassos. Drop in art for ages 2-5 Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- Out on the town Hall. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. MSU campus, East with adult. 10-11:30 a.m. FREE/$1 per child . Delta from page 23 Lansing. (517) 884-1932. poetry.rcah.msu.edu/ Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, See Out on the Town, Page 26 calendar.html. Lansing. (517) 323-8555, deltami.gov/parks. LGBT Reception on LCC Centre. Reception by Anti-Aging Evening. 5:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. LCC Multicultural committee. 1 p.m. Gannon Building, Doctor's Approach Dermatology, 2685 Jolly Road, 422 N. Washington Square, Lansing, lccgsa.org. Okemos. (517) 993-5899, drsapproach.com. ELPL Maker Studio Opening. Lite snacks and Thursday, October 2 Senior Games. Bingo/partner bridge 1 p.m., demos of the new creative space. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Classes and Seminars euchre 1:30 p.m. FREE, bridge $3/$2 members. Marriott (East Lansing), 300 Mac Ave., East Lansing, Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Contact Jan. 5:15 p.m. Meridian Senior Center, 4000 N. Okemos Road, elpl.org. $5. New Hope Church, 1340 Haslett Road, Haslett. Okemos. (517) 706-5045, ow.ly/BYN2F. Greater Lansing Rose Society. Discussing (517) 349-9183, newhopehaslett.com. Mind Benders: Trivia. Interactive trivia game. recent rose show. 6 p.m. FREE. Grand Traverse Pie Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh-in 6 p.m., 11 a.m.-noon, FREE. Meridian Senior Center, Company, 1403 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing. meeting 6:30 p.m. FREE to visit. St. David’s 4000 N. Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 706-5045, (517) 651-6793, greaterlansingrosesociety.lifeyo.com. Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) meridianseniorcenter.weebly.com. October Suits and the City. Lansing's LGBT 882-9080, stdavidslansing.org. Cancer Resource Group. Resource group to professional networking social hour. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes empower those touched by cancer. 6 p.m. FREE. FREE. Zoobie's Old Town Tavern, 611 E. Grand River and activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL Downtown CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Ave., Lansing. gaylansing.org. Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) Lansing. (517) 410-9761, cadl.org. 367-6363. cadl.org. Music Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-8:30 Events MSU Guest Recital. JoDee Davis, trombone. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Quan Am Temple, 1840 N. College Ave., Spanish Conversation. Practice listening to and p.m. FREE. Hart Recital Hall, Music Building, MSU Mason. (517) 853-1675, quanamtemple.org. campus, East Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music.msu. Tarot Study Group. With Dawne Botke. 7 edu/event-listing/jodee-davis-trombone. p.m. FREE. Triple Goddess New Age Bookstore, Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Marshall Music Open Jam. Join other 2019 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 883-3619, local musicians. 6 p.m. FREE. Marshall Music, triplegoddessbookstore.net.. "The Short Version"- 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700, Lansing Area Codependent Anonymous. Held -saving a few letters. marshallmusic.com. in room 214G. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Community Mental Fusion Shows presents. Live music. 21-up. 10 Health Building, 812 E. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) 515- Matt Jones p.m. FREE. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave., East 5559, coda.org. Lansing. (517) 351-2506, crunchyseastlansing.com. Sign Language Classes. For ages 12 and up. Across 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Meridian Christian Church, 2600 1 "Let's go," to Dora Literature and Poetry Bennett Road, Okemos. (517) 492-6149. 6 It can make a date R.A. Salvatore Author Event. Author talk and Preschool Science Exploration. Hands-on 10 Show segments book signing. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Schuler Books & Music science while searching for seeds. 12:30-2 p.m. $4. 14 Rewrite (Eastwood). 2820 Towne Centre Blvd., Lansing. (517) Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Okemos. 15 Carmen or Cartman 16 "We've got trouble!" 17 Terrible dictionary We have definition of fortified wine? Straw bales 19 iPod model 20 Tater Tots maker 21 Time out for Timothy Hardy Leary 23 Take back Mum Plants 25 Empty ___ syndrome 2 for $8.99 (9-inch pot) 26 Instrument for Hawai- ians and hipsters $.22/lb 29 Paper format? 63 Killing time It Oak"? 39 Farmer's storage Cabbage 32 Shaggy's voice 64 Center of activity 12 "The Bluest Eye" 43 Co-star of Bea, Betty, 36 Without company 65 Needing a massage author Morrison and Rue Thistle Seed $.99/lb 37 Kenny Loggins's 66 Mad Libs category 13 Pick up a few things 45 Suckered "Danger ___" 67 Sporty Jaguar 46 Right there on the 38 "Ewwww!" 18 Cold and clammy map Farm Market 39 Hero's pursuit 22 Dennis's sister, in 48 ___ fit (tantrum) 1434 E. 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MSU Creative Writing Center. All types of Out on the town writers are encouraged to attend. 7:30 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East from page 25 Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. 2420, elpl.org. Teen Game Haven. Play a variety of games; Euchre. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta board, cards and video. 3-5:30 p.m. FREE. East Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy’s Classic Ladies Silver Blades Figure Skating Club. Bar & Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482- Lessons, exercise and practice for adult women. All 0184. skill levels welcome. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Suburban Ice, Dimondale Farmers Market. Live music, locally 2810 Hannah Blvd., East Lansing. (517) 574-4380. grown produce. 3-7 p.m. FREE. Bridge Street, Dimondale. (517) 646-0230, villageofdimondale.org. Music Domestic Violence Vigil. For victims/survivors Rally In The Alley Open Mic. 6:30 p.m. FREE. of domestic violence. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Michigan American Legion Post 48, 731 N. Clinton St., Grand Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame, 213 W. Ledge. (517) 627-1232. Main St., Lansing. (517) 355-1100. ow.ly/BYxCF {REVOLUTION} at Tavern. Electronic music, Student Organic Farm Farmstand. Shop for 21-up. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. FREE. Tavern on the Square, local, organic fruits and vegetables. 11 a.m.-5:30 206 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 374-555 p.m. FREE. MSU Erickson Hall, 620 Farm Lane, East MSU-China IX Faculty Concert. "Master Lansing. (517) 230-7987, msuorganicfarm.org. Pieces: A Faculty Fanfare of Opera." 7:30 p.m. Capital Area Audubon Society. Aspen Ellis: $10/$8 seniors/ students FREE. Fairchild Theatre, Seabirds in the Gulf of Maine. 7 p.m. FREE. Fenner East Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music.msu.edu. Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224, capitalareaaudubon.org. Theater Smith Floral Harvest Basket Sale. Fresh "The Gravedigger." A new perspective on the produce grown on site. 3-7 p.m. Smith Floral, 1124 E. classic Frankenstein tale. 8 p.m. $15. Williamston Mt. Hope, Lansing. (517) 484-5327, smithfloral.com. Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. (517) 655-7469, Latin Night At The Avenue. The Best In Latin williamstontheatre.org. music. 18-up. 9 p.m. $5/$3 students. The Avenue Cafe, 2021 Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 492-7403, avenuelansing.com. Superintendent's Visit. Robyne Thompson leads Friday, October 3 a conversation. 6:30 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Classes and Seminars Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- Weekday Science. Science education theme of 2420, elpl.org. non-flowering plants. 1-2:30 p.m. $4. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Okemos. (517) 349- 3866, meridian.mi.us. 10 Table Tennis. 10 a.m. FREE. Meridian Senior Every Saturday Center, 4000 N. Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 706- 5045, meridianseniorcenter.weebly.com. THIS WEEK: Wolf hunting Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed women’s THIS WEEK: State Legislature Hosted by meeting. 7:30 p.m. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Newsmakers Berl Schwartz 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. Events Drew YoungeDyke "Teza" Screening and director Q&A. Part Public Relations manager, Michigan Craft Beer, Spirits & Grub! United Conservation Clubs of MSU's 60/50 project. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah Game Day Specials Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. Tiger Baseball, Lions Football & english.msu.edu. MSU Football, Lansing Bike Party. Bike ride with TGIF stop. 5:45 p.m. FREE. Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Circle Drive, $2 Domestic Drafts MSU campus, East Lansing. facebook.com/groups/ $1.50 O Michigan Pints lansingbikeparty. 1/2 o Wings, Fries Nachos & Cheese Sticks See Out on the Town, Page 27 Jill Fritz Wednesday: Ladies Night Director, Keep Michigan Wolves Protected 4-11 p.m. 1/2 o Appetizers for Ladies $3 Glasses of Wine Belinda Thurston $9 Bottle of Wine (selected) City Pulse Editor Hours: Sun-Wed. 11:30 a.m.-Midnight Thurs.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m.

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become violent, but why? 8 p.m. $12/$10 seniors. Out on the town Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) O’REILLY AUTO PARTS/STOCKYARD COMEDY ZONE/JOKERS ARE WILD 482-5700, riverwalktheatre.com. from page 26 "The Gravedigger." (See details Oct. 2.) 8 By ALLAN I. ROSS “We’re all big Speculation and rumors ‘Jeopardy’ fans,” he said. Old Town Farmers Market. Featuring local foods p.m. $35. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. (517) 655-7469, williamstontheatre.org. have abounded about what and products, live music by Deacon Earl. 3-7 p.m. Hail hydra "Animals Out of Paper." Drama about an origami would happen to the former Corner of Turner Street and Grand River Avenue, Comedy must be artist and her prodigy. 8 p.m. $10/$5 students. Paul Revere’s building since Lansing. (517) 485-4283. it closed last summer, but like the hydra of Greek Lansing Community College, 500 N. Capitol Ave., Artists & Crafters Needed. Space to sell during this week I confirmed with mythology: Chop one Lansing. (517) 483-1546, lcc.edu/showinfo. Silver Bells. 3-8 p.m. FREE. Christ Community Missouri-based O’Reily Auto head off, and more grow Church of Greater Lansing, 227 N Capitol Ave., Enterprises that the building back. When Connxtions Lansing. (517) 482-0600, christcommunitylansing.org. will be leveled and an Comedy Club closed StoryTime. Ages 3-6 years enjoy stories, songs Saturday, October 4 O’Reilly Auto Parts store will last spring, it left a hole and crafts. 10:30-11:15 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Classes and Seminars be built on the property. in mid-Michigan for Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- Domestic Violence Support Group. Noon-1:30 “We don’t have a permit nationally touring stand- for construction yet, so given up comedians. But now FRIDAY, OCT. 3 >> ‘SONIC SALON’ AT THE BROAD the time of the season, we’ll that hole will be filled by The Stockyard BBQ in Charlotte is probably just wait until next two new comedy clubs. becoming the Comedy Zone. “The museum of the 21st century doesn’t have to be a place of quiet reflection on the spring to start, after the thaw,” In Charlotte, The Courtesy photo said project administrator Stock Yard BBQ has pieces within,” said Broad Art Museum spokesman Jake Pechtel. But would you ever Sheldon Jennings. O’Reilly gotten a massive interior building that it used to use think that would entail someone banging together farm equipment next to an exhibit? Auto Parts was founded in overhaul — including the for comedy in the mid-‘00s — coincidentally named the The Broad’s new series, “Sonic Salon,” invites artists to utilize the museum space 1957. It has 4,257 stores in 42 construction of a stage — to states including two in the become the Comedy Zone, Comedy Zone —to create The as a laboratory for creating work with an emphasis on the exchange of ideas. The Lansing, on the a 160-seat club. Its first show Jokers are Wild. first installment features Thollem McDonas, a pianist, composer and educator who south and west will be the weekend of Oct. “I’m excited to bring sides. 24-25. comedy back to Lansing,” will utilize farm tools and other implements, in conjunction with the Broad Exhibition New As for the “If demand is there, it will Tripp said. “We’ve been talking ‘The Land Grant: Flatbread Society,’ to create an evening of improvised music. The intown liquor license, be open five days a week,” about doing this forever, but I’m a procrastinator at heart. performance is meant to create an instruction-based, participatory and site-specific that will be said owner/operator Terry going to the newly Ranshow. “And if it really takes When Connxtions went out, concert and dialogue. 7 p.m. FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Circle formed restaurant group off, I’d like to expand someday people started pestering me. Drive, MSU campus, East Lansing. (517) 884-4800, broadmueseum.msu.edu. Potent Potables Project. and have a place about the I’m doing this to keep them It’s the brainchild of Aaron size of Connxtions, about 400 quiet.” Matthews, Al Hooper and seats.” Tripp said he’s already FRIDAY, OCT. 3-SUNDAY, OCT.5 >> ‘CHILDS PLAY’ AT RIVERWALK THEATRE Sam Short, the team behind Nationally touring starting to line up acts, but he comedians are being booked doesn’t expect the 175-seat Just in time for the Halloween season, director Amy Rickett brings the Zoobie’s Old Town Tavern and the upcoming Creole by Funny Business. Ranshaw club to be open until January. Tony-winning play “Childs Play” to the Riverwalk Theatre’s Black Box. and Cosmos projects. Short said he’s keeping the The Stockyard BBQ and It's a thriller about rivalry between two faculty members at a Catholic Theater said that the newly acquired barbecue theme, but cutting PREVIEW liquor license is for one of off dinner at 8 p.m. on show Comedy Zone boarding school. After a few violent encounters among the students, a two upcoming projects the nights. 1820 Lansing Road, Charlotte former pupil begins to believe there is a demonic possession to blame. 8 group is working on, but he Steve Tripp, owner of 11 a.m.-10 p.m. daily Tripper’s in Frandor, will (517) 993-6093, p.m. Friday/Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. $12/$10 seniors and students. Riverwalk Theatre, wouldn’t elaborate yet. But he did dish on the name, Potent reopen a 3,000-square-foot thestockyardbbq.com. 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. riverwalk.com (Continues Oct. 10-12) Potables. empty space inside the

Events "The Gravedigger." (See details Oct. 2.) 3 p.m. FRIDAY, OCT.3-SATURDAY, OCT.4 >> ‘ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER’ BY LCC PERFORMING ARTS Antique Harvest Festival. Antiques, food, art and 8 p.m. matinee $24, evening $27. Williamston Playwright Rajiv Joseph must have a thing for animals. The creator of demos and seasonal goods. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Centennial Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. (517) 655-7469, Farm Antiques, 4410 W. Howe Road, DeWitt. (517) 669- williamstontheatre.org. “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” which electrified audiences at last Theater 5069. ow.ly/BZ6pY "Childs Play." (See details Oct. 3.) 8 p.m. $12/$10 week at the Peppermint Creek Co., is also the writer of “Animals Out of PREVIEW Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy’s Classic Bar & seniors. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Paper,” presented this week by Lansing Community College’s Performing Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482-0184. Lansing. (517) 482-5700, riverwalktheatre.com. At the Hop-Sock Hop. '50s/'60s music with contests. "Animals Out of Paper." (See details Oct. 3.) 8 Arts Department. “Animals” is the story of an origami artist who opens 6 p.m. $5. Lansing Eagles, 4700 N. Grand River Ave., p.m. $10, $5 students. Lansing Community College, her studio to a teen prodigy and his teacher. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. $10/$5 students. Lansing. (517) 490-7838. 500 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-1546, lcc.edu/ LCC Black Box Theatre, 168 Gannon Building, Lansing. (517) 483-1488. lcc.edu/showinfo Cat Craze. Cat adoptions. 9 a.m. FREE. Frandor showinfo. Shopping Center, 300 Frandor Ave., Lansing. (517) 676- [Continues Oct. 10-11] 8370. ac.ingham.org. Books and Bagels. "Brown Girl Dreaming" by 2420, elpl.org. p.m. FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, Jacqueline Woodson. 2 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Sunday, October 5 Teen Tech Time. Teens have access to a cluster of 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163, Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, Classes and Seminars laptops. 3-5 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. elpl.org. Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. Tai Chi in the Park. For beginning and Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St., East experienced tai chi practitioners. 9-10 a.m. FREE. Music Lansing. (517) 371-5119, [email protected]. Music Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 E. Matt LoRusso Trio. Jazz. 9 p.m.-midnight, FREE. Spiritual Talk, Pure Meditation and Silent MSU-China IX Student Concert. 8 p.m. $10/$8 Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 272-9379. Troppo, 111 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) Prayer. 7 p.m. FREE. Self Realization Meditation seniors/students FREE. Cook Recital Hall, Music Improv Theatre Workshop. Create a character 371-4000. Healing Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, Bath. (517) Building, 333 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing. (517) 353- and scene. Students 10 a.m., adults 12:30 p.m. $20. Music at the Barn. With Taylor Taylor and 641-6201, selfrealizationcentremichigan.org. 5340. music.msu.edu. MSU Community Music School, 4930 S. Hagadorn DJClarinet. 11 a.m. FREE. Lansing City Market, Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. Road, East Lansing. (517) 355-7661, cms.msu.edu. 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. (517) 483-7460, Third floor meeting room. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Theater Getting Started In The Arts. Behind the scenes lansingcitymarket.com/events/live-music-barn. Downtown Lansing, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. of the professional casting process. 1 p.m. FREE. (517) 515-5559, coda.org. "Topdog/Underdog." Two brothers struggle to Studio 707 Productions, 2722 Michigan Ave., Lansing. reconnect and overcome their tumultous pasts. 8 Theater (517) 295-0544, petersklar.eventzilla.net. p.m. $15. 1133 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 775- "Topdog/Underdog." (See details Oct. 3.) 8 p.m. Events 4246, ixiontheatre.com. $15. 1133 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 775- MSU Federal Credit Union Dinosaur Dash. A "Childs Play." Catholic school students suddenly 4246, ixiontheatre.com. See Out on the Town, Page 28 28 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • October 1, 2014

Robert Lindahl, trombone. 3 p.m. $10/$8 seniors/ 372-9163, womenscenterofgreaterlansing.org. more. 1-3 p.m. FREE. Small Business Development Out on the town students FREE. Fairchild Theatre, MSU campus, East Support Group. For the divorced, separated and Center, LCC, Suite 110, 309 N. Washinton Square, from page 27 Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music.msu.edu. widowed. Room 9. 7:30 p.m. St. David’s Episcopal Lansing. (517) 483-1921, sbdcmichigan.org. Jazz Band Bash. Featuring the LCC jazz band and Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272, Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Have a support system, competitive 5K run/walk&kids activities. 9:30 a.m.-1 faculty quartet. 3 p.m. FREE. Lansing Community stdavidslansing.org. lose weight. 7 p.m. FREE to visit. Eaton Rapids Medical p.m. Prices vary. MSU Museum, MSU campus, East College, 500 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-1546, Center, 1500 S. Main St., Eaton Rapids. (517) 543-0786. Lansing. (517) 432-4655. museum.msu.edu. lcc.edu/showinfo. Events Not So Happy Endings Support Group. For Antique Harvest Festival. Antiques, food, art Social Bridge. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. women ending relationships. 5:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. demos and seasonal goods. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Centennial Theater Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Farm Antiques, 4410 W. Howe Road, DeWitt. (517) 669- "The Gravedigger." (See details Oct. 2.) 2 Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Ave., Lansing. (517) 896-3311. 5069. ow.ly/BZ6pY p.m. $24. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Mac’s Monday Comedy Night. Hosted by Mark Hopeful Hearts Grief Group. Learn, grow and heal Antiquarian Book and Paper Show. Over 180 Williamston. (517) 655-7469, williamstontheatre.org. Roebuck and Dan Currie. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Mac’s together. 10-11 a.m. FREE. The Marquette Activity Room, tables of items. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $5. Lansing Center, Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-6795, 5968 Park Lake Road, East Lansing. (517) 381-4866. 333 E, Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 332-0112. macsbar.com. Capital City Toastmasters Meeting. Learn public Lansing Area Sunday Swing Dance. Lessons Club Shakespeare. 6-8:45 p.m. Donations. CADL speaking and leadership skills. 7 p.m. FREE. CADL 6-6:30 p.m., dance 7-10 p.m. $8 dance/$10 dance & Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Downtown Lansing, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) lesson/students FREE. The Lansing Eagles, 4700 N. Monday, October 6 (517) 367-6300, cadl.org. 367-6300, cadl.org. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 490-7838. Classes and Seminars Speakeasies Toastmasters. Improve listening, Meet the Critters. Meet the Harris Nature Center Adult Rape Survivor Support Group. Saints, Sinners & Cynics. Lively conversation, analysis, leadership & presentation skills. 12:05-1 p.m. animals & hear their stories. 3-4:30 p.m. $3/$7 family. Registration preferred. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Women’s variety of topics, no judgment. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. FREE. Ingham County Human Services Bldg. 5303 S. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Okemos. Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Coral Gables, 2838 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing. Cedar St. Lansing. (616) 841-5176. (517) 349-3866, meridian.mi.us. Lansing. (517) 372-9163 (517) 882-9733, saintmichaellansing.org. Job Seekers Support Group. Finding the right Monday Movie Matinee. Movies intended for an Transgender Support Group. Discussion for parents and guardians. 7:15 p.m. FREE. MSU LGBT Music career. 10 a.m.-noon, FREE. Women’s Center of adult audience. 1 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. Resource Center, 556 E. Circle Drive, East Lansing. MSU Faculty/Guest Recital. Ava Ordman and Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) Better Living Book Club. “8 Weeks to Optimum (517) 927-8260. Health” by Andrew Weil, 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Home Alone: Ages 10-17. Home alone info: calling 911 Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- and visitors. 6-8 p.m. $12/$10 Delta Twp resident. Delta 2420, elpl.org. Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, French Club. Practice listening to and speaking Lansing. (517) 323-8555. deltami.gov/parks. French. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. 5:45- Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. 6:45 p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 BabyTime. Intended for ages 1-18 months with adult. E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 515-5559, coda.org. 10:30-11 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Compassionate Friends of Lansing. Support for Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. parents who have lost a child. 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. Homework Help. Free drop-in tutoring provided by Salvation Army (South) Community Center, 701 W. Jolly MSU's SMEA. K-8, 5-7 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Road, Lansing. (517) 351-6480. Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, elpl.org. Events Bible and Beer. Discussion of scripture in Music everyday settings. 6 p.m. Midtown Brewing Co., Open Jam at (SCENE) Metrospace. All 402 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 482-0600, S and C Construction talents and styles welcome. 7 p.m. $3. (SCENE) [email protected]. Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing. (517) 319- Encore! Fundraiser for MSU CMS. Dinner, 6832, facebook.com/scenemetrospace. performances and silent auction. 6 p.m. $50/$300 Over 40 years of experience per table. Spartan Stadium, MSU campus, East Specializing in Roofing, Recycling, Demolition, Lansing. (517) 355-7661, cms.msu.edu/el/encore.php. New Home Construction and Remodeling. ToddlerTime. Ages 18-36 months listen to stories Tuesday, October 7 and music. 10:15-10:45 a.m. and 11-11:30 a.m. FREE. for more information, Contact: Classes and Seminars East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Ask a Business Librarian. Market research and See Out on the Town, Page 29 TIM BARRON EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING 6AM-9AM Homeowners! Are you an unemployed homeowner? Are you behind on mortgage payment or property taxes? Are you afraid that you’ll fall behind? Get free help. RESCUE funds are available to eligible homeowners. Call today to see what options exist for you. If you’ve already experienced a foreclosure, start rebuilding credit today through our post-foreclosure program. And hear Berl Schwartz of City Pulse 517-708-2550 • Centerforfinancialhealth.org call Tim an ignorant slut — or worse. Center for Financial Health is a Michigan nonpro t organization approved Every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. by HUD-and-MSHDA to provide housing counseling and education. 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Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, Out on the town elpl.org. Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny Oct. 1-7 from page 28 Teen Movie Mania. Watch a blockbuster hit on the library big screen. 3-5 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public ARIES (March 21-April 19): As I hike through the gift: a troll doll, one of those plastic figurines with frizzy, Lansing. (517) 351-2420., elpl.org. Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420, wilderness at dusk, the crickets always seem to be brightly colored hair. Around the same time, his mother "Sporcle Live!" Trivia. Team based. Win elpl.org. humming in the distance. No matter where I go, their urged him to enter an upcoming comedy contest at Crunchy's gift certificates. 7 p.m. FREE. Crunchy's sound is farther off, never right up close to me. How can a nearby club. Jimmy decided that would be fun. He Pizza & Burgers, 254 W. Grand River Ave., East Music that be? Do they move away from me as I approach? I worked up a routine in which he imitated various celebri- Lansing. (517) 351-2506, crunchyseastlansing.com. MSU Guest Recital. Featuring Chris Van Hof, doubt it. I sense no leaping insects in the underbrush. ties auditioning to become a spokesperson for troll dolls. trombone. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Fairchild Theatre, MSU Here's how this pertains to you: My relationship with With the doll by his side, he won the contest, launching the crickets' song is similar to a certain mystery in your Music campus, East Lansing. (517) 353-5340. music.msu. his career as a comedian. I foresee the possibility of a life. There's an experience that calls to you but forever MSU Guest Recital. With arx duo, percussion edu/event-listing/chris-van-hof-trombone. comparable development in your life: an odd blessing or seems just out of reach. You think you're drawing nearer, ensemble. 7:30 p.m. $10/$8 seniors/students FREE. Fusion Shows presents. Live music. 21-up. 10 unexpected gift that inspires you to express one of your about to touch it and be in its midst, but it inevitably Cook Recital Hall, Music Building, 333 W. Circle p.m. FREE. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave., East talents on a higher level. eludes you. Now here's the good news: A change is Drive, East Lansing. (517) 353-5340, music.msu.edu. Lansing. (517) 351-2506, crunchyseastlansing.com. coming for you. It will be like what would happen if I sud- SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Dear So-Called denly found myself intimately surrounded by hundreds of Astrologer: Your horoscopes are worse than useless. chirping crickets. Mostly they are crammed with philosophical and poetic TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In three years, you crap that doesn't apply to my daily life. Please cut way Wednesday, October 8 City Pulse Classifieds will comprehend truths about yourself and your life back on the fancy metaphors. Just let me know if there Classes and Seminars Interested in placing a classified ad in City Pulse? that you don't have the capacity to grasp now. By then, is money or love or trouble coming my way -- like what Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes and (517) 999-5066 or [email protected] past events that have been confusing to you will make regular horoscopes say! -Skeptical Scorpio." Dear activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL South Lansing Library, sense. You'll know what their purpose was and why they Skeptical: In my astrological opinion, you and your fel- 3500 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. occurred. Can you wait that long? If you'd rather not, low Scorpios will soon feel the kind of pressure you just Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 p.m. I have an idea: Do a meditation in which you visualize directed at me. People will ask you to be different from FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Washington Now Accepting New donors Earn CASH yourself as you will be three years from today. Imagine what you actually are. My advice? Do not acquiesce to TODAY. Talecris Plasma Resources. Call:517-272-9044 Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. asking your future self to tell you what he or she has dis- them. covered. The revelations may take a while to start rolling Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Tomatoes are Meridian Mall Arts, crafts, antiques, collectibles & in, but I predict that a whole series of insights will have Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. Saginaw a staple of Italian cuisine now, but there weren't any home-business shows. Oct. 17-19, 31-Nov. 2, Nov. 14-16. arrived by this time next week. Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954, fcgl.org. Space limited. For info, visit smetankacraftshows.com or tomatoes in Europe until the 16th century, when Spanish GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The journey that awaits Drop-in Figure Drawing. 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Let's use these facts as metaphors while and smoke even as it has remained difficult for you to Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 (FRIB) as Commissioning Manager of Accelerator Systems we speculate about your fate in the next eight months. Division; set requirements for global control systems, act integrate. But I predict that will change in the coming ext. 4. dtdl.org. I believe you will acquire or generate a beautiful new as Area Manager for linear accelerator segments. Manage months. You will finally find a way to bring it into your Allen Street Farmers Market. Featuring locally Physics Application and Modeling Group as Group source of value for yourself. There's a small chance you conscious awareness and explore it with courage and grown/prepared foods. Live music by Ollin. 2:30-7 p.m. Leader, support commission and operation of the linear will stumble upon a treasure equivalent to the wild pearl. accelerator of FRIB. Qualified candidates will possess grace. 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Hillsdale St., please go to www.jobs.msu.edu and search for posting Congress to actually read or listen to a reading of any AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This is prime time to Lansing. crisisrfc.com. number 0150. MSU is committed to achieving excellence bill before they voted on it. The proposal has been in do things that aren't exactly easy and relaxing, but that through cultural diversity. The university actively limbo ever since, and it's unlikely it will ever be treated on the other hand aren't actually painful. Examples: Practice Your English. Practice listening to and encourages applications and/or nominations from women, seriously. This is confusing to me. Shouldn't it be a fun- speaking English. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities. Extend peace offerings to adversaries. Seek reconcilia- MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. damental requirement that all lawmakers know what's tion with valuable resources from which you have been in the laws they pass? Don't make a similar error, Leo. separated and potential allies from whom you have Understand exactly what you are getting into, whether become alienated. Try out new games you would eventu- SUDOKU SOLUTION CROSSWORD SOLUTION it's a new agreement, an interesting invitation, or a From Pg. 25 From Pg. 25 ally like to be good at, but aren't yet. Get a better read tempting opportunity. Be thoroughly informed. on interesting people you don't understand very well. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Oliver Evans (1755-1819) Catch my drift, Aquarius? For now, at least, leaving your was a prolific Virgo inventor who came up with brilliant comfort zone is likely to be invigorating, not arduous. ideas for steam engines, urban gas lighting, refrigera- PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your oracle is built tion, and automated machines. He made a radical pre- around the epigrams of conceptual artist Jenny Holzer. diction: "The time will come when people will travel in stages moved by steam engines, almost as fast as birds From her hundreds of pithy quotes, I have selected six fly, 15 or 20 miles an hour." We may be surprised that that offer the exact wisdom you need most right now. a visionary innovator like Evans dramatically minimized Your job is to weave them all together into a symphonic the future's possibilities. In the same way, I suspect that whole. 1. "It's crucial to have an active fantasy life." 2. later in your life, you might laugh at how much you are "Ensure that your life stays in flux." 3. "I have every kind underestimating your potentials right now. In telling you of thought, and that is no embarrassment." 4. "Animalism this, I'm hoping you will stop underestimating. is perfectly healthy." 5. "Finding extreme pleasure will LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When Jimmy Fallon was make you a better person if you're careful about what a senior in high school, he received a weird graduation thrills you." 6. "Listen when your body talks."

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