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PUBLIC NOTICES Mfcld\((#@jjl\*, CITY OF LANSING PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST FOR THE TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 WAVERLY SCHOOL ELECTION (0',<%D`Z_`^Xe8m\%CXejè^#D@+/0() ,(. *.($,-''=Xo1 ,(. 000$-'-(nnn%cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd 8[m\ik`jè^èhlì`\j1 ,(. 000$,'-( Notice is hereby given that the public test of the program which will be used for tabulating the E\nj Fgè`fe% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % + :cXjj`]`\[X[èhlì`\j1 ,(. 000$,'-- results of the Waverly School Election to be held Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in the City of Lansing will be fi\dX`cZ`kpglcj\7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd conducted at the City Clerk’s Election Unit located at the South Washington Office Complex at 2500 GlYc`Z Efk`Z\j% % % % % % % % % % % % +# - South Washington Avenue on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. C\^Xc Efk`Z\j % % % % % % % % % % % % % . <[`kfiXe[GlYc`j_\i 9\icJZ_nXikq :fm\i Jkfip% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % / glYc`j_\i7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd ,(. 000$,'-( The public accuracy test is conducted to determine that the program used to tabulate the results of 8ikj :lckli\% % % % % % % % % % % % (( 8ikj:lckli\<[`kfi the election counts the votes in the manner prescribed by law. AXd\jJXe]fi[ K_\Xk\i% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % (* aXd\j7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd ,(. 000$,'-/ Chris Swope Jldd\i :Xdg Jg\Z`Xc J\Zk`fe % % % % % (. Fek_\Kfne<[`kfi Lansing City Clerk 9ffbj% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % )) A\jj`ZX:_\Zb\ifjb` a\jj`ZX7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd ,(. 000$,'-0 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 8[m`Z\ >f[[\jj% % % % % % % % % % % % % )* JkX]]Ni`k\ij :cXjj`]`\[j% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % )* CXni\eZ\:fj\ekèf The City of East Lansing in the Counties of Clinton and Ingham cXni\eZ\7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd Afe\jèË :ifjjnfi[% % % % % % % % % % % % % )* 8e[p9XcXjbfm`kq NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADOPTION OF THE BROWNFIELD Flk fe k_\ Kfne% % % % % % % % % % % % % % )+ Xe[p7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd PLAN #17 FOR THE CITY OF EAST LANSING PURSUANT TO AND IN Klie `k ;fne % % % % % % % % % % % % % % ), Gif[lZk`feDXeX^\i ACCORDANCE WITH ACT 381, 1996, AS AMENDED, OF THE PUBLIC ACTS IXZ_\c?Xig\i OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. =i\\n`cc 8jkifcf^p% % % % % % % % % % % % ** X[Zfgp7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd ,(. 000$,'-- =ff[ % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % *+ JfZ`XcD\[`X:fejlckXek Please take notice that a Public Hearing shall be held before the Council of the City of East Lansing Alc`\Gfn\ij on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 7:30 pm in Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing, MI 48823 alc`\7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%ZfdKn`kk\i17AGfn\ij(,, on the adoption of the Brownfield Plan #17 for the City of East Lansing, within which the Authority 8[m\ik`jè^ shall exercise its powers, all pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Brownfield Dfe`hl\>fZ_#JXc\j:fejlckXek Redevelopment Financing Act, being Act 381 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan of 1996, as dfe`hl\7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd ,(. 000$,'-) amended. 8ccXeIfjj XccXe7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd ,(. 000$,'-* The brownfield site includes the property at 514 Michigan Avenue. The property consists of land J_\ccpFcjfe and there is no personal property included. A detailed legal description of the property along with j_\ccp7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd ,(. -+*$(.'* maps and a copy of the Brownfield Plan #17 are available for public inspection in the Department of 8jj`jkXekkfk_\GlYc`j_\i Planning and Community Development, City of East Lansing, 517-319-6930. Editor & Publisher AfXe9fcXe[\i Berl afXe7cXejè^Z`kpglcj\%Zfd Please note that all aspects of the Brownfield Plan are open for discussion at the public hearing, at Schwartz :feki`Ylkfij19i`Xe9`\ebfnjb`#Aljkè9`c`Zb`#9`cc:XjkXe`\i# which all interested persons will be provided an opportunity to be heard and written communication will DXip:%:ljXZb#A\]]?Xdd\i#Kfd?\cdX#:_i`jkfg_\i?fiY#JXd be received and considered. The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, @e^cfkK\iipCèb#Bpc\D\cèe#8[XdDfce\i#;\ee`jGi\jkfe#8ccXe@% such as interpreters for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being Ifjj#Af\Kfifb#I`Z_Klg`ZX#JljXeNff[j#GXlcNfqe`Xb#8dXe[X considered at this meeting, upon notice to the City of East Lansing prior to the meeting. 7 p.m. Wednesdays ?Xii\cc$J\pYlie#Lk\Mfe;\i?\p[\e#Al[pNèk\i Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations or services should write or This week @ek\iej1Kfep8cXe#8cc`jfeD%9\iipdXe#8cpjjX=ìk_#8[Xd call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbott Road, East Lansing, MI, 48823, 517-319-6920, TDD @c\e`Z_#>\eeXDlj`Xc Mike McLaren, executive director, Michigan Press ;\c`m\ip[i`m\ij18Y[lcdX_[`8c$IXY`X_#;Xm\=`j_\i#BXi\e 1-800-649-3777. Association EXmXiiX#Ef\cc\EXmXiiX#9i\ekIfY`jfe#Jk\m\Jk\m\ej Marie McKenna Ari Adler, Press Secretary to House Speaker NOTICE OF ELECTION CHRIS SWOPE Jase Bolger SCHOOL ELECTION LANSING CITY CLERK TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 CITY OF LANSING Dan Hartley & Jake Pechtel of the Capital City Film Festival To the qualified electors of the City of Lansing, Counties of Ingham and Eaton, State of Michigan

Notice is hereby given that the City of Lansing will conduct the Waverly School Election in the City ::=JYp I8:?

The following proposal will be submitted to City of Lansing electors who reside in the Waverly School District

Waverly Community School District – Operating Millage Renewal Proposal

Voting Precincts and Polling Places are:

Lansing Ward 4 Pct. 41 - Cumberland School

All polling places are accessible and voting instructions are available in alternative formats of audio and Braille. An accessible voting device is also available.

Photo Identification Required to Vote: Under Michigan law, ALL voters will be asked to show photo identification to vote at the polls. Voters without identification will be required to fill out and sign an affidavit in order to receive a ballot.

To see if you are registered or to find your polling location, check the Lansing City Clerk’s web site at www.lansingmi.gov/clerk.

The Lansing City Clerk’s Election Unit, 2500 S. Washington Ave, will be open on Saturday, May 5, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to issue and accept absentee ballots to qualified electors. Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 2 p.m. is the deadline to request an absentee ballot be mailed to a voter or have one issued and taken out of the Clerk’s Office.

Monday, May 7 at 4 p.m. is the deadline to request an absentee ballot. Ballots requested on Monday, May 7 must be requested and voted in person at the Clerk’s Office at 124 W. Michigan Ave, 9th Floor.

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tenance and other essential services,” the ballot language “I resent the Financially reads. A similar proposition failed in a special election notion that Eye earlier last year. Some say that I’m somehow candy! ‘prudent’ part of the reason it passed the second time was the bal- attempting to Bernero’s plan to spend a por- lot language was more explicit misappropriate of the week tion of police millage money lacks about how the revenue would police millage Council support. He says consoli- be distributed. The Council dating police headquarters at the also approved resolutions in money.” South Washington Office Complex support of the millage on Oct. won’t happen without it. 24 and May 2 in the run-up to the elections. Yet language Support for the administration’s plan in those non-binding resolu- to spend a portion of millage money on a tions is even more vague than new police headquarters is nowhere to be the ballot questions, saying found on the City Council. the money should support “police, fire and in May last year, Jeffries, Wood and former While at least two Council members — roads.” City Attorney Brig Smith said in an Councilman Eric Hewitt suggested consoli- Jessica Yorko and Tina Houghton — are email: “I don’t see any legal issues with the dating police operations to help close this holding back support as they await more Mayor’s proposal. The previous (Council) fiscal year’s budget gap. Hannan called it a details, five others outright oppose it, say- resolutions supporting the millage are “pipe dream” and “gum drops and lollipops.” ing the plan is not what they pitched to indeed advisory in nature.” “You can’t just pull the plugs on police sta- voters. “This is not what we told people,” But Council members see Bernero’s tions without having an alternative, and Property: Tallulah’s Folly, 1220 Turner St., Councilwoman Carol Wood said last week move as a fast one on voters. “We were very the alternative costs millions of dollars,” Lansing — a sentiment echoed by Council mem- specific when we sold it to them, and it looks Hannan said at the time.) Appropriating Owner: Clair Lindemann bers Derrick Quinney, A’Lynne Robinson, like it’s coming up short,” Council President millage funds means less money the city Jody Washington and Brian Jeffries. Brian Jeffries said on “City Pulse on the Air” would have to borrow through bonding, Assessed value: $100,700 Councilwoman Kathie Dunbar could not last week. While he will “concede” on other Bernero said: “The only rationale for build- be reached for comment Tuesday. capital expenditures like police car equip- ing a police station is because we need one. Lansing residents love their outdoor At issue is a relatively small piece of ment, “In terms of a build-out for a new So if we need it, if we truly need it, then spaces, clamoring for them at the first waft Mayor Virg Bernero’s fiscal year 2013 bud- police precinct, that goes way beyond what a percentage of it should come from the of warmth. One of these beloved outdoor get recommendation. He’s asking to use was anticipated and contemplated.” millage.” If Council adopts a budget with- spaces is the courtyard at Tallulah’s Folly in $193,900 in new millage revenue on reno- Moreover, the administration has pro- out the appropriation, is the transition to Old Town. Whether for feasting on delicious vations to a former armory on Washington posed spending $450,000 from the General Washington Avenue still on? “No,” he said. food from a food truck or to relax during an Avenue that the administration plans to Fund on capital improvements at the While Bernero pins the “political bullshit, afternoon of shopping, the courtyard is an use as a new police headquarters. South Washington Office Complex, which political rhetoric, political games” squarely oasis. “I resent the notion that I’m somehow is temporarily being used by the Office of on Wood and Jeffries, Council opposition And why is it so great? Because it fol- attempting to misappropriate police mill- Community Media. Bernero’s budget says — at this point — is coming on more than lows all of the rules of a great outdoor urban age money,” Bernero declared Tuesday. it’s going to cost between $3 million and $14 those fronts. At last week’s Council meeting, space. It is of good scale (not too big and Bernero is adamant that “what we’re doing million to relocate the LPD there. However, 3rd Ward Councilwoman A’Lynne Robinson not too small), well articulated and defined is in compliance” with what was promised the wide gap in estimates is because the city said the appropriation “infuriates” her. “I, by edges. Visually pleasing, sorbet-colored voters. “I guess what’s being debated now hasn’t decided on a final improvment plan. too, am not happy,” 1st Ward Councilwoman masonry walls define the sides with planters is: Is it legitimate to have some go toward a He hopes renovations will start in the next Jody Washington added at the time. filled with beautiful plants lining their edges. police station. Why wouldn’t it be? … It’s the two to three years. The administration also For 2nd Ward Councilwoman Tina It is whispered that these walls may become financially prudent thing to do. plans to issue bonds to pay for the over- Houghton, “The jury is still out. I need living walls home to vines and foliage. The “These people are castigating me for doing all project. Bernero’s chief of staff, Randy more information. I would like to find the entry to Tallulah’s is the terminated vista at the fiscally responsible thing,” he added, spe- Hannan, said it’s possible that a portion of money elsewhere. I totally agree we need the end of the courtyard. It is also a sensory cifically referring to Jeffries and Wood. the millage money would be used to pay off to be out of leases and into SWOC (South place that plays to more than just the visual Of the nearly $2.9 million of pro- debt services in the future. Washington Office Complex). How we get sense: Glass glitters in the concrete paving jected revenue coming in to the Police Police Chief Teresa Szymanski was there, I need to research.” and the sparkling sound of water from the Department as a result of the millage, unavailable to comment for this story. Others are hearing directly from voters. fountain greets you, beckoning you in. Bernero proposes using about $600,000 But stay tuned, as the Lansing Police “I just spent two days with folks having this David Gregware, owner of Tallulah’s Folly, to rehire seven officers who were laid off in Department is scheduled to have its budget conversation, with constituents,” At-Large saw what few did: An opportunity to create a this fiscal year. Another $132,000 would hearing before Council on Monday night. Councilman Derrick Quinney said Monday really inviting place in what was once a drive- go toward other capital improvements, like Jeffries said it costs $70,000 to $80,000 night. “We were very adamant about the way way to a garage. It has been transformed into radar units, printers and modems in police to bring back a police officer. Combine the we proposed it the second time. In doing so, a magical bit of urbanism. cars. After the proposed $193,900 renova- General Fund and millage appropriations for the catch phrase was personnel cuts. It’s not tion, the remaining $2 million would be the proposed renovation, and you’re closer what they bought, if you will. Folks are hav- — Amanda Harrell-Seyburn used to maintain services. The police bud- to $650,000, which could almost double the ing issues with that. We talked about per- get overall is about $34.5 million. number of officers the administration wants sonnel, and that’s what I promoted.” Lansing voters approved a 4-mill prop- to bring back, he said. Bernero countered Tuesday: “I believe a “Eye candy of the Week” is our weekly look at erty tax increase Nov. 8, with “1.5 mills to But Bernero points out that there’s been vast majority of citizens were voting for the some of the nicer properties in Lansing. It rotates each with Eyesore of the Week. If you have a suggestion, be dedicated to police protection, 1.5 mills support on the Council for a consolidated full enchilada.” please e-mail [email protected] or call 999- to be dedicated to fire protection, and 1 police headquarters, including from Wood 5064. mill to be dedicated to local road main- and Jeffries. (Indeed, after the millage failed — Andy Balaskovitz 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 11, 2012

respites and romantic lunches. “This is more K_`jN\\b1CXejè^Ëj9l[^\k for the purist,” Kaschinske said. Beating the Built and planted from 1938 to 1942 with money from Lansing industrialist Eugene F. >l\jkj1 Cooley, the gardens gracefully pack a lot of bushes variety into less than an acre. There are cot- 9i`XeA\]]i`\j tage-y nooks, formal beds of perennials and After seasonal cutbacks, city looks for annuals, shady corners, winding side paths Gi\j`[\ek# help at Cooley Gardens and grand vistas. CXejè^:`kp:fleZ`c Most important, Cooley is an oasis in a Brett Kaschinske was hustling through a post-industrial plain of concrete, surround- IXe[p round of meetings April 2 when he pulled ed by Interstate 496 to the north and the his orange truck next to the early spring parking lot of the former Oldsmobile plant ?XeeXe green of Cooley Gardens. to the west and south. Even the nearby Unlike the downtown cubicle refugees who Three Sisters, the towering smokestacks ?fjk\[Yp :_`\]f]JkX]]#CXejè^ steal an hour of sanity in Cooley’s cool pines of the Eckert Power Plant visible for miles 9\icJZ_nXikq DXpfiËjF]]`Z\ and flowerbeds, Lansing’s parks and recre- around the city, seemed to disappear when ation director was still working. In suit and Kaschinske stepped down into the sunken tie, he started pulling weeds, picking up trash annual bed. “You come down here and it’s a and tugging at storm-downed branches. different world,” he said. “This grass is really thick,” he said. Soon that annual bed will need filling. Lansing’s hidden treasure suddenly needs “It changes and it moves all the time,” a lot of love. This year, Kaschinske said the gardener Eric Stinson said. “You really can’t parks department would be left with 29 sea- leave it alone for very long.” sonal employees, down from over 50 last Beginning in the mid-1990s, Stinson year. tended the gardens full time, often with the He said his staff is “still working out” help of two interns, but he retired in 2010. how best to allot shrinking resources among In the garden’s heyday, from 1942 up to the Lansing’s 115 parks and 10 miles of River Trail. early 1960s, Stinson said, up to four full-time “We have over 2,000 acres of parkland to staffers kept the gardens going, with three to maintain, but shuttering Cooley is not on the five seasonal laborers. table,” he said. “We’re looking for volunteers In 1984, after a period of neglect, a sup- 9i`XeA\]]i`\j to deal with the port group, Friends of Cooley Gardens, To volunteer at Cooley issues out there, formed and Stinson came on board full time IXe[p?XeeXe Gardens, call Parks Director Brett Kaschinske at (517) planting, weeding, during the summer until 1995, when he went 483-4277 or email him at et cetera.” to full-time, year-round work. In the 1990s,

or email him at bkaschin@

To volunteer at Cooley lansingmi.gov. To put a “rush” the Friends held a yearly plant sale to help Gardens, call Parks Director 8n\\bcpcffbXkk_\`jjl\j on the requisition, buy plants and pay outside help. Stinson Brett Kaschinske at (517) 483-

4277 or email him at or email Xe[k_\g\fgc\Y\_è[k_\`jjl\j Michigan’s warm- credits forestry manager Paul Dykema (“He him at bkaschin@lansingmi. est March on record has suddenly thrust the has the heart of a gardener.”) with commit- gov. garden into mid-May form. By the first week ting city funds to help. è>i\Xk\iCXejè^ of April, the magnolias were shedding their “The parks department has been tak- [ [ petals and Cooley’s fabled bed of magnifi- ing hits for as long as I can remember,” cent old peonies was forming buds a month Stinson said. “When I started, it took 30 ahead of schedule. minutes for everybody to punch out in the Jle[XpjXk “We didn’t expect to be cutting grass in afternoon.” March,” Kaschinske said. In addition to beating the bushes for But Cooley Gardens is not your average volunteers, Kaschinske is reaching out to ((((1*'X%d% mow-and-move-on city park. MSU’s Master Gardener program for more If Frances Park, the manorial sprawl of expert guidance. However, Stinson insisted fe:_Xee\c(-èCXejè^ pavilions and lawns overlooking the Grand that any plans to keep Cooley in form with- River, is the crown jewel of the city’s park out “very serious backup” are “not realistic.” system, Cooley is the hidden gem. There Stinson said the Gardens need a “busi- NXkZ_gXjk\g`jf[\jXk are frequent weddings and public events m`d\f%Zfd&Z_Xee\cj&Z`kpglcj\ here, but the place is best suited for solitary See Cooley Gardens, Page 7 Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse PUBLIC NOTICES Lansing Parks and Recreation CITY OF LANSING Director Brett NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Kaschinske chats SLU-5-2012, 615 S. Capitol Avenue w i t h Be u l a h Special Land Use Permit – Parking Lot Voorheist, 83, a The Lansing Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., 20-year volunteer Neighborhood Empowerment Center Conference Room, 600 W. Maple Street (Corner of W. Maple at the sunken and N. Pine Streets) to consider SLU-5-2012. This is a request by Studio Intrigue Architects to gardens next to construct a surface parking lot on the property at 615 S. Capitol Avenue. Parking lots are permitted in the "D-1" Professional Office district, which is the designation of the subject property, if a Special Cooley Gardens. Land Use permit is approved by the Lansing City Council. The city is looking for funding help If you are interested in this matter, please attend the 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 for this hidden p.m., Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the City of Lansing Planning Office, Department of Planning and gem in the parks Neighborhood Development, Suite D-1, 316 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing, MI 48933-1236. For more system. information concerning SLU-5-2012, call Susan Stachowiak at 517-483-4085. City Pulse • April 11, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

“pension tax,” or the elimination of the state 3/20/12 Collette rules the state can- Ingham judges keep Repubs on edge income tax exemption on pension income, not enter into a consent agreement with and a new law that gives appointed emer- Detroit until March 29, as part of another The mosquitos buzz- inaccurate) portrayal of events on Rachel gency managers the power to alter bar- maturation of the Open Meetings coming around Gov. Rick Maddow’s national MSNBC show. gained contracts. plaint against the Detroit Financial Review Snyder and the GOP- Why do Ingham County’s judges get all The Ingham County Court’s power isn’t Team. The Court of Appeals invalidated the Legislature these days are the luck? a secret in the legal community, which ban three days later and told Collette they’d wearing black robes. Since new laws are generated in the city makes a spot on the bench appealing to dis- take care of the matter until further notice. The Ingham County of Lansing, most resulting court challenges trict court judges and local lawyers. It can 4/2/12 Canady agrees with House Circuit Court is mak- originate in the Ingham County Circuit also generate interest from statewide inter- Democrats on their “immediate effect” ing its presence known Court, giving our judges a bigger stage est groups looking to support a particular argument. The Court of Appeals paused the these days by raising legal to opine on statewide issues. Back in the candidate — a dynamic we could see this injunction a week later. questions about the laws coming out of the 1990s, Judge James Giddings, now retired, year with Judge Paula Manderfield opting 4/2/12 Judge Joyce Draganchuk bans Capitol this session. At least six times in the went a few rounds with then-Gov. John not to seek re-election. the Detroit Financial Review Team from last seven weeks, the court has temporarily Engler for the former’s rulings on a prison- Here’s a recap of the Court’s most recent meeting to sign put the breaks on a Snyder-signed law. ers’ rights lawsuit. rulings. a consent agree- STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT Their opinions aren’t sticking at the Now, Chief Judge William Collette has 2/15/12 Collette rules that emergency ment with Detroit INGHAM COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT appellate level, but the Ingham bench — if become Snyder’s sparring partner. Recently, financial review teams should meet in pub- on the argument FAMILY DIVISION only for a few days — is raising public ques- he ordered that financial review teams — lic. The Highland Park School District’s that state law only NOTICE OF HEARING tions about what the heck Snyder & Friends the gubernatorial appointed group that new emergency manager was temporar- allows the body FILE NO. 12-606-CA & 12-605-GA are doing. figures out if an emergency manager should ily removed from office and the Detroit to exist for 90 In the matter of Heywood Edwards The latest example came last week when be named for a broke city or school district Financial Review Team began meeting in days. The Court TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be Judge Clinton Canady III suspended the — meet in public. public. of Appeals lifted held on 04/19/2012 at 11:00 AM, at 313 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, immediate implementation of two new laws The initial decision and others that 2/15/12 Collette overturns a state law the ruling two MI 48933 before Judge Economy for the following purpose(s): out of concern that neither had the required followed created interesting theater this that had scrapped Oakland County’s new days later, allow- Hearing for guardian and two-thirds support in the GOP-run state spring as emergency managers in Flint and commissioner district maps. While upheld, ing a consent conservator. House to make them effective immediately. the Highland Park School district were in part, in the Court of Appeals, the state agreement to be If you require special accommodations to use the He threw down a temporary restraining pulled from power only to be put back in by Supreme Court struck down Collette’s rul- signed. court because of a disability, or if you require a foreign order on both laws. One law would stop an appellate court. ing. (Kyle Melinn language interpreter to help you fully participate in court graduate student research assistants from The Ingham Court’s decisions haven’t 3/20/12 Judge Rosemarie Aquilina is the editor of the proceedings, please contact the court immediately to make unionizing. The second would keep school all been for show. After Collette’s decision kicks out Flint Emergency Manager MIRS Newsletter. arrangements. districts from taking union dues out of on the unconstitutionality of a mandated 4 Michael Brown for about a week since the He’s at melinn@ Date: 04/06/2012 Deann Moreno employees’ checks. Neither, he said, should percent contribution that state employees Flint Financial Review Team never met in lansingcitypulse. 5303 S. Cedar St. Lansing, MI 48909 take effect until next April or until the con- were ordered to set aside for retiree health public. The Court of Appeals put Brown com.) (517)-887-9664 stitutionality of how the House conducts its care, Snyder & Friends changed course back into office six days later. immediate effect vote is settled. and refunded each state employee around The state Court of Appeals lifted the $1,000 a piece shortly after the new year. restraining order Monday and politely Collette’s presence also has forced told Canady it would handle the case from Snyder to go straight to the GOP-controlled Capital Area District Library now on. But the House Democrats ben- state Supreme Court on two high-profile efited from a 17-minute scathing (albeit questions — the constitutionality of the Libraries are the original “recyclers,” loaning out the same books and movies over and over again! Join us for these ously bobbing up and down over the top of a events to help you celebrate and protect Mother Earth. Cooley Gardens sunken garden wall. “That’s Beulah,” Kaschinske said. from page 6 Lansing’s hidden treasure has its own hidden treasure: century-old Scott Sunken nesslike and capable Friends group” like the Gardens, a small stone-walled sanctuary cadl.org/events Fenner Conservancy, which runs a robust where Beulah Voorheist, 83, has worked as array of educational programs and events at a volunteer for 20 years. Fenner Nature Center on the city’s east fringe. She worked her way through the beds “The Friends of Cooley are pretty much with a narrow rake designed to catch leaves on ice now,” Stinson said. “We have $4,000 and trash without harming young plants. in the bank and four or five well-intended The rake was also good for leaning. people who don’t have the business skills “I’m achin’ all over, but I got a few things to make that kind of robust organization done,” she said. “We need to move some Rethink • Rewind • Restart: Knitting with real,” he said, including himself in that things. We need some men out here.” description. “We’re really not players any- A car-sized tree limb, partially downed An Interactive Sculpture Recycled Materials more.” by last week’s high winds, was hanging As part of Ingham County’s Recycle Rama, Go green with your needlework! Local artist Kaschinske said the parks department is from a splinter and sinking into the garden. local artist Jane Reiter will lead participants in Jane Reiter will demonstrate knitting with looking for a “different model” of operations. Voorheist’s native politeness was clearly at a project to build a sculpture from repurposed recyclable materials like t-shirts, audiocassette “We don’t have the budget to maintain war with her impatience. and recycled materials. Help create a recycled tapes, fabric and plastic bags. Basic knowledge the quality we once had, but we’re still trying “It’s blocking the tulips,” she said. masterpiece in the library lobby! of knitting is helpful but not required. to maintain the gardens,” Kaschinske said. Kaschinske told her the crew would take Saturday, April 14 • 1–5 pm Tuesday, April 17 • 1–3 pm “They’re still beautiful.” care of it. CADL DOWNTOWN LANSING CADL HASLETT Kaschinske paused to straighten out an “What are you going to do, with this early 401 S. Capitol Ave. • (517) 367-6363 1590 Franklin Street • (517) 339-2324 ornamental conifer that had bent double spring?” she asked Kaschinske. in the winter, getting a face full of needles “We’re looking for help.” for his trouble, when he spotted a van in the “Good. Working here is good for the soul. Sunday, April 22 • 2–4 pm parking lot. Well, if you like flowers.” CADL DOWNTOWN LANSING “There’s somebody over there,” he said. 401 S. Capitol Ave. • (517) 367-6363 A cloud of white hair could be seen vigor- — Lawrence Cosentino 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 11, 2012 When the Capital City becomes Cinema City In its second year, the Capital City Film Festival reels in new ideas

By JAMES SANFORD Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, Cochran and are being advised to bring as many fans as they can round Sure, the Capital City Film Festival has movies. But Hartley decided to reach out to the program. That led to up to the showing. it also includes a full day of speakers, courtesy of TedX a Sunday afternoon showcase of AFI films being added to Gabriel and Cochran are pleased with the growth of the Lansing and the Media Sandbox Capstone Series, as well the schedule. festival in its second year. as the dramatic poetry of Kinetic Affect and the retro “Nothing was preconceived, but I think if you stay “We had more than twice as many films submitted as rhythms of Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle. And open to those kinds of things natural patterns sometimes we did last year — approximately 280 films,” Gabriel said. let’s not forget the nightly musical performances from acts emerge,” Cochran said. “Kismet? Is that what they call it “Remember: We have to whittle that down to 35.” like Greensky Bluegrass, Murder By Death, William Elliott when things naturally come together?” That meant hours and hours of screenings for Hartley. Whitmore and Lights. The unofficial slogan for this year’s festival, according “After last year’s festival I set a mandate for myself for “It got to the point where we considered a name to Gabriel: “Lose the disc.” As much as possible, the CCFF 2012: to be overwhelmed with great submissions.” Hartley change,” admitted Dominic Cochran, who cofounded the is going to be all-digital. wrote in a blog post on the festival’s website. “So much festival last year. “But we just decided we didn’t want to “Last year, when we had a BluRay player we were using so that narrowing it down to our relatively short, four-day depart from being a film festival at heart. That will always for some of the presentations, we killed it,” Gabriel said. program would be a daunting task. … Maybe I should have be the heart and soul of everything we do.” “It was brand-new. It lasted two days. We also had a couple been careful what I wished for last year.” Besides, cofounder Jason Gabriel said, the different of discs that played erratically.” “We had to turn away so many great films,” Cochran aspects of the festival are all tied together: “Hopefully, the So it’s goodbye to unreliable DVDs and hello to purer noted. “It’s heartbreaking. But it’s a good problem to music will help people find the films, and vice versa.” digital presentations. Even the 24 teams competing in have.” In some cases, the lineup fell into place through what the new Fortnight Film Festival, which gives Michigan In the future, there may be more room on the Cochran called “happy accidents.” filmmakers two weeks to assemble a short movie, were schedule. “For example, we had Greensky Bluegrass booked as told to shoot their projects with a digital camera, make “This year, we’re already at the point where we can call the musical act for opening night,” he said, “and then we their edits and upload the file to the judges instead of the festival a financial success,” Cochran added. “Even if got a documentary submission about (the Lansing music burning it to a disc. we didn’t sell another ticket — and the week before the store) Elderly Instruments. It just made sense to put them According to Gabriel, the Fortnight contest has attracted festival is always the busiest week, sales-wise — we’ve got together and make the whole evening a package: See filmmakers from all over the state. They started work plenty of seed money for next year.” the movie, then go across the street and hear the music March 23, and their finished productions were due last So the tentative plan for the third Capital City festival played live.” Thursday. The top 15 films will be screened Sunday, with involves expanding to two weekends, with a few films Similarly, when Cochran and programming director cash prizes for the first-, second- and third-place entries. possibly screening on the weeknights in between. “We Dan Hartley noticed that two of the festival submissions A decibel meter will help determine the winner of the really wanted to grow slowly and smartly, and we think next came from filmmakers taking part in the American Film Audience Award at the screening, so Fortnight contestants year’s the time to do it,” Cochran said.

Gennafer Musial/City Pulse Elderly Instruments got in early on the Doing things differently Internet business boom; the store's clients include such An opening-night documentary profiles a major musicians as Elvis Costello, local success story: Elderly Instruments John Mayer, Vince Gill and members By RICH TUPICA Things Strings,” a 60-minute documentary of R.E.M. and Following Elderly Instruments about the 35,000 square-foot shop located Metallica. purchasing manager Ray Aleshire through in a large brick building on the edge of the “employees only” area in the level Old Town and its expert employees, some below the showroom one quickly realizes: of whom are more eccentric than others. this isn’t a run-of-the-mill guitar shop. It premieres Thursday at the Capital City Heading toward his office, Aleshire Film Festival at the Lansing Center. works his way through the labyrinth of “Musicians tend to fit in better here shelving units bursting with stock, while and musicians tend to have a wide range he passes by a swarm of personality quirks,” said Aleshire, who’s old and it steadily became a fixture in 15 Michigan State University students, of fellow employees, also the vocalist and harmonica player ‘Elderly the music scene, mainly in the acoustic/ including Brad Corlett, the coproducer all busy filling in Those Delta Rhythm Kings, a veteran Instruments: All folk sect. Fast forward 40 years and its and principal editor. Albers said he Internet orders for jump blues outfit. “Our staff runs the Things Strings’ grassroots ideals are still intact, even with wanted to show viewers what a “magical rare vintage guitars, whole gamut. There are all kinds here, Capital City Film Festival a customer list that includes superstars place” the store is. or perhaps tracking a lot of extremes and weird senses of 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12 like Vince Gill, John Mayer, Elvis Costello “I wanted to capture the feel of the down an item for a humor. Songwriting fosters that to some Lansing Center, 333 E. and members of Metallica and R.E.M. place,” Albers said. “When you walk Michigan Ave., Lansing customer waiting extent, you have to look at the world in a Albers, who also teaches film and in, there’s a feeling of welcoming and $5 upstairs. different way.” documentary classes at Michigan State you can pick up any instrument, from a capitalcityfilmfest.com Either way, the “Doing things differently” is likely the University, produced and directed the couple hundred dollars to $10,000 or hustle and bustle of key to the store’s success. Stan Werbin, documentary over a three-year period, the store inspired veteran filmmaker Bob Elderly Instruments' owner, cofounded starting in March 2009 — with help from Albers to make “Elderly Instruments: All the store in 1972 when he was 25 years See Elderly, Page 9 City Pulse • April 11, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

one of their Saturday night smackdowns; the Elderly enterprise is so bare-bones that the “stars” “Detachment“ have to build their own ring and set up the 7 p.m. Saturday, April 14 from page 8 folding chairs for their audience. They don’t even have a street team to distribute their $12,000. That’s really unusual, and kind Festival photocopied fliers to the local Pizza Hotline. of amazing. The show, they insist, is staged, but it’s “I also wanted to be sure that the not phony: “Nothin’ fake has real doctor source of this place, which is the owner bills,” mutters Pitt, one of the veterans. Stan Werbin, came across as both a sort of Indeed, “Fake” is achingly frank when it funky guy who never came out of the ‘60s Highlights comes to detailing how this head-cracking and this very serious businessman who had hobby ruins bodies and relationships. While a clear concept of what he wanted to do For more reviews, see none of the wives, girlfriends, parents or with the store, he’s incredibly successful,” kids of the wrestlers are interviewed, all the Hell is a place with a blackboard, according Albers added. Screening Room on page 12 fighters seem to have sacrificed marriages, to director Tony Kaye's "Detachment," a Customers have always had the ability friendships and romances in their quest for portrait of inner-city high school life that to walk in and nonchalantly pick up and small-town celebrity status. makes "Dangerous Minds" look like an Up play a $7,000 guitar or a $200 bass at “Man on a Mission“ 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 13 Much of “Fake” is devoted to Gabriel Croft, With People pageant. Happiness is hard Elderly — a “kid in a candy shop” vibe an amiable, slightly daydreamy rookie who’s to come by in Carl Lund's sometimes that’s helped to build its local reputation, in the process of building up his body and unsettling screenplay, which spells out (in not to mention Werbin’s foresight to creating his persona. He plans to play a sort no uncertain terms) that poor supervision, jump on Internet sales during the web’s of avenging angel, but his friends warn him lack of discipline, helpless administrators genesis. against overanalyzing his character: “You’re and misguided No Child Left Behind policies Werbin said today at least 75 percent of trying to write this guy a bibliography when have put many kids and teachers on the fast his business is accrued from online sales you should really just write him a quote,” one track to disaster. Henry Barthes (Adrien made from across the globe. The store first mentor helpfully suggests. Brody) is a substitute teacher who drifts began to branch out far beyond Lansing If the emotional and physical pain seem from classroom to classroom, hoping for back in 1975, the first year it printed a genuine, the humor in the film is largely the best and usually ending up in a worst- mail-order catalog. unintentional. Although the men spend case scenario. In his latest assignment, he's But it was no doubt the 1990s If your dad is a Skylab astronaut and alarming amounts of time reminding everyone stuck trying to teach English to a few dozen Internet boom that solidified Elderly you grew up in a neighborhood full of of their heterosexuality, they certainly take zombies who are fluent in profanity and little Instruments as an international leader in NASA employees, it’s understandable why their sequins, feathers, eye makeup and else. Meanwhile, his fellow instructors pop vintage fretted and stringed instruments, you might be interested in space travel. But rainbow halos as seriously as any card- pills to keep themselves in a state of false including banjos, electric guitars, what would you pay to make that dream carrying drag queen or pansexual rock star. bliss, weather withering tirades from ignorant mandolins, ukuleles, steel guitars and all come true? Does $30 million or so sound — James Sanford (Screening at Old Town Temple, 502 the accessories that go along with them. reasonable? E. Grand River Ave., Lansing) See Reviews, Page 10 “The Internet changed everything. We It did to Richard Garriott, who made his still have a print catalog, but we used to fortune by designing computer games for print about four or five a year and send the Apple II back in the late 1970s and spent them out,” Werbin said. “Now we print Capital Area District Library a sizable chunk of his savings to follow in his one a year and call it good, because really father’s footsteps. The lighthearted “Man the idea is to get people to the website; on a Mission” chronicles the engagingly there are no space constraints.” eccentric Garriott (he’s sort of like Dudley Beginning Canning So what does Elderly’s cofounder think of Moore’s “Arthur” character, minus the Thursday, April 12 • 6:30 pm “Elderly Instruments: All Things Strings”? alcoholism) as he prepared to head to the “I liked it,” Werbin said. “The interesting stars aboard the Soyez TMA-13 in 2008. Canning is a great way to preserve nutritious produce, thing is that we gave them no direction Garriott’s dedication is impressive, to say but it’s important to do it safely. MSU Extension educator at all. We said, ‘Do what you want.’ Also, the least: In addition to writing a whopper of Joyce McGarry will demonstrate several methods, there are people who have worked here for a check, he must endure punishing physical including freezing, water bath and pressure canning. over 30 years and they’re not in it. But we training, learn the Russian language and even CADL AURELIUS • 1939 S. Aurelius Rd., Mason • (517) 628-3743 have 75 or 80 people working in the store, undergo precautionary surgery. If Garriott so they weren’t going to have everybody in ever griped about any of this or experienced it no matter what. self-doubts, director Mike Woolf must Preparing Your Garden for Spring “And that wasn’t their plan anyway,” he have looked the other way. “Mission” is so Saturday, April 14 • 11 am added. “I think their plan was to get a slice determinedly upbeat and sunny that it can’t of the existence of Elderly Instruments.” Join us for easy care tips to make this your best growing season yet. help but come across as much more than a Sabrina Jenkins, certified Master Gardener and owner of Second Nature Being a local musician and longtime mildly entertaining, starry-eyed puff piece. Elderly employee, Aleshire said the Designs, will talk about soil preparation, pruning, planting bulbs and — James Sanford (Screening at Lansing Public Media adding low care native plants to your garden. store has been around for so long many Center, 2500 S. Washington, Lansing) folks view it as a usual part of the music CADL HASLETT • 1590 Franklin Street • (517) 339-2324 community, rather than a local gem. “A lot of people in town take Elderly for granted because they’ve grown up around “Fake It So Real“ The Vanishing of the Bees: it — musicians included,” Aleshire said. 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14 Film Screening and Discussion* “But if you’ve ever lived somewhere else Paint your face, squeeze into those and gone to music stores in other places Spandex pants with the glittery belt, lace up Monday, April 16 • 6:30 pm there’s really no other place like us. the boots and tie on your headband. Ta-da! Honeybees world-wide are mysteriously vanishing from hives, “It’s the number of products; it’s our You’re either ready for ‘80s Night at the club, bringing crisis to the food farming industry. Join us as we watch openness to playing the instruments that or an evening with the Millennium Wrestling and discuss this important film, which the UK’s channel 4 calls, are here, no matter who you are. It’s kind Federation in Lincolnton, N.C. “An essential documentary.” Learn more at vanishingbees.com. *Registration required; call (517) 694-9351 ext. 3. of a combination: learning center, cultural Director Robert Greene’s reasonably center, intellectual and interchange for gritty documentary follows a devoted band CADL HOLT-DELHI • 2078 Aurelius Road • (517) 694-9351 musical ideas.” FDGORUJIDUP of musclebound guys as they prepare for cadl.org/events 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 11, 2012

explodes, lashing out at a smart-mouthed Reviews underachiever and informing her that life “Teddy Bear“ “We Need To Talk About Kevin“ as an illiterate will be "a carnival of pain." 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15 from page 9 It’s often a rough ride, but "Detachment" is impressively played, and the dingy colors parents or reminisce about the good old and rough-edged cinematography give days when moms and dads actually showed it a documentary-style punch. While the up on Parent/Teacher Night. The soon-to- movie brings up more issues than it has be-ousted principal (Marcia Gay Harden) time to adequately address, its hard-nosed can't offer much assistance to anyone as approach perfectly suits the unsentimental she struggles to hold herself and her career material. — James Sanford (Screening at Old Town together. One associate (Lucy Liu) finally Temple, 502 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing) March 22 - April 22, 2012 The title refers to what the increasingly In a beautiful character study that’s every distressed mom Eva (Tilda Swinton) tries “Director Tony Caselli bit as good as director Sofia Coppola’s to tell her cheerfully clueless husband, chose his cast well.” “Lost in Translation,” Dennis Peterson (Kim Franklin (John C. Reilly), to no avail. But - City Pulse Kold) is a mountain of a man, a 38-year- Eva has watched her son mature from old Danish bodybuilder who’s still living at an inconsolable screaming infant to a “And the actors are all winner.” home with his nagging mother. Dennis is hostile child to a sullen, secretive teenager - Lansing State Journal exceedingly socially awkward, but he really (Ezra Miller) who ties up his little sister in comes alive when he’s powering weights tinsel garlands (“Kevin and I were playing “. . . lighthearted romance around and flexing with other men in front ‘Christmas Kidnapping!’ she happily squeals) with a great score” of mirrors at the gym. Something’s buzzing and collects computer viruses; she’s not - MLive.com around in that thick skull of his, but you sure what’s coming next, but the almost Book & Lyrics by Alan Gordon can never really tell what it is, creating a relentlessly ominous mood maintained Music by Mark Sutton-Smith ¸-YVT[OL]LY`ÄYZ[U\TILY charming mystique. Why does he have such by director Lynne Ramsay suggests that Directed by Tony Caselli you know you’re in for a hard time talking to women? Why is he so whatever it is, it won’t make a mother something special.” subservient to his mother? Will he find love proud. This frequently jarring, sometimes Featuring: Leslie Hull, Emily Sutton-Smith - lansingonlinenews.com in Thailand? The questions are compelling, uncomfortably funny adaptation of Lionel and Joseph Zettelmaier and there’s some surprisingly good acting Shriver’s novel constantly challenges Performances: Williamston Theatre from real-life bodybuilder Kold. — Allan I. viewer sensibilities a la “American Beauty” and “Little Children.” At its center is a Thursday & Friday @ 8PM 122 S Putnam St.,Williamston Ross (Screening at Lansing Public Media Center, 2500 S. Washington, Lansing) stupendous, extraordinarily complex Saturday @ 3PM & 8PM 517-655-7469 Sunday @ 2PM performance by Swinton that keeps pulling www.williamstontheatre.org you in, even when the subject matter Read more reviews at threatens to become agonizingly grim. — James Sanford (Screening at Lansing Public Media lansingcitypulse.com Center, 2500 S. Washington, Lansing)

Media Center Noon — Film: Professional Shorts Block 1, Old Town Temple Schedule 2 p.m. — Film: Student Block 2, Lansing Public Media Center A full festival pass, including access to all 2:30 p.m. — Film: “Fake it So Real” (with short, “Street screenings and events, is $50. Individual tickets Pillow”), Old Town Temple for screenings are $5. Music shows are individually 4 p.m. — Film: Two documentaries “Bath School priced. Visit capitalcityfilmfest.com for details. Disaster” and “everydayPeople,” Lansing Public Thursday, April 12 Media Center 5 p.m. — Film: Professional Shorts Block 2, Old Town 4:30 p.m. — Opening Night Party at Troppo (free) Temple 7 p.m. — Opening Night Film: “Elderly Instruments: All 6:30 p.m. — Film: Long-form comedy shorts, Lansing Things Strings,” Lansing Center Public Media Center 8 p.m. — Music: Greensky Bluegrass, The Loft ($10) 7 p.m. — Music: William Elliott Whitmore, The Loft ($10) Friday, April 13 7 p.m. — Film: “Detachment” (with short, “Yearning”), Old Town Temple 9 a.m.-1 p.m. — TEDxLansing, featuring Alison Gass, 7:30 p.m. — Film: “Boogie Stomp” and “Horizontal Stephen Thomas, Jim Luke, Jeana-Dee Allen Rogers, Terry Accidents,” Lansing Public Media Center Link, Suban Nur Cooley, Simon Perazza, Glenn Stutzky, 9 p.m. — Film: Wes Anderson double feature, “Bottle John O’Malia, Erik Proulx and Tashmica Torok; music by Rocket” and “Rushmore,” Old Town Temple (free) Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle and poetry by Kinetic Affect, Lansing Public Media Center ($35) Sunday, April 15 1 p.m. — Lunch 11 a.m. — Film: Fortnight Film Contest Screening, awards dialogue 2 p.m. — Michigan State University Media Sandbox, ceremony at 1:30 p.m., Lansing Public Media Center Lansing Public Media Center (free) 2 p.m. — Film: “Teddy Bear” (with short, “The 6:30 p.m. — Film: “Man on a Mission” (with short, Telegram Man”), Lansing Public Media Center for change “Little Mom”), Lansing Public Media Center 4:30 p.m. — Film: American Film Institute Directing 7 p.m. — Music: Murder By Death, The Loft ($13) Workshop for Women Films, Lansing Public Media 9 p.m. — Film: “Searching for Sonny” (with short, Center “Cotton County Boys”), Lansing Public Media Center 7 p.m. — Music Lights, The Loft ($13) Saturday, April 14 7 p.m. — Film: “We Need to Talk About Kevin” (with short, “Daddy’s Pride”), Lansing Public Media Center Noon — Film: Student Shorts Block 1, Lansing Public Brought to you by OCLC, a nonproﬁt library cooperative, with funding by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Geekthelibrary.org does not support or oppose any candidate for Venue addresses: The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing Old Town Temple, 502 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing public office and does not take positions on legislation. Lansing Public Media Center, 2500 S. Washington, Lansing Troppo, 111 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing City Pulse • April 11, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

Arts& Culture art • books • film • music • theater Courtesy photos Two coups — beaucoup cool Saxophonist Sonny Rollins comes to Wharton Center on Oct. 7; soprano Renée Jazz legend Sonny Rollins and opera star Renée Fleming top Fleming performs on Feb. 27. Wharton Center’s jazz and classics lineup in the new season

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Vienna, Prague, Geneva, London and Two musical titans, saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins Bologna. and soprano supreme Renée Fleming, will headline the “He’s not easy to book,” Brand said. 2012-2013 Wharton Center jazz and classics series. Both “He turns a lot of work down.” artists are making their first appearances at Wharton. This year, Michigan got lucky with Whether you dig the Scotch-on-the-rocks kick of Rollins: the Wharton gig and Rollins’ Rollins’ “St. Thomas” or swoon to the single-malt mellow headlining appearance at the Detroit of Fleming’s “O mio babbino caro,” that’s two colossal coups Jazz Festival Aug. 31 are two of only three for the Wharton Center. Both U.S. performances on his artists have combined popular The complete 2012-2013 Wharton Center schedule this fall. (The appeal with critical acclaim as season will be announced on Sunday. Visit third is in St. Louis.) few artists have. www.lansingcitypulse.com for details. Few would deny that In the jazz world, it just Rollins and alto sax inno- doesn’t get any better than vator Ornette Coleman Rollins, one the most enduring and accomplished musi- are the two foremost living legends of tions from the spine-tingling cians America has produced. His career stretches back to jazz, but it would be a mistake to think of voice of diva Renée Fleming historic stints with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk in Rollins as a relic. Well before the Sept. 11 is just as rare an opportunity. the 1950s, followed by influential piano-less trio work that attacks sent Rollins fleeing from his New Fleming, who appears Feb. opened the tenor sax to wider realms of expression. York apartment, saxophone in hand, he 27, limits her recitals to half a At 82, Rollins is still in fine form and more in demand entered a new phase of creative energy and critical recogni- dozen or so a year. than ever. Wharton Center executive director Michael tion. Last year’s live CD, “Road Shows Vol. 2,” was a near- In the classical world, it would be hard to find an artist Brand has been trying to land Rollins for years. Rollins' unanimous critics’ pick as best of the year. Wharton date on Oct. 7 falls among gigs in Marseille, For classical music lovers, the chance to get direct vibra- See Wharton, Page 12

behind the role when he originally audi- male attackers,” Friedlander said. Friedlander, 43, has been in films and A real tioned, but was surprised to learn from Another chapter that Friedlander said television for more than a decade. Fey who else Frank was based on. would especially be good for Michigan While he is still filming “30 Rock” epi- standup guy “There was one episode that was called readers details how to beat up a Big Foot. sodes, he said standup is his priority. the ‘Sun Tea’ episode, where my character Friedlander claims attacks are on the rise “Anything else I do is something I do, Judah Friedlander is Frank, instead of going to the bathroom, because of the country’s deforestation but standup is always home base and ready to ‘Rock’ Lansing he just takes a leak in, like, a Mason jar in problem. number one for me,” he said. his office and leaves it there.” “They're being forced out of their homes, Performing at a college rather than a By ALYSSA FIRTH He asked Fey if that actually happened into the suburbs, into the cit- comedy club or theater won’t necessarily Judah Friedlander holds several differ- on “Saturday Night Live.” ies. That's why Big Foot change his set, according to Friedlander. ent titles and wears several different faces. “And she's like, ‘Yeah.’ I'm like, ‘Who attacks are on the rise,” He said he often makes material up on the In addition to being the self-proclaimed the hell would do that?’ And she's like, he said. “Most are cool, spot. “World Champion of the World” and ‘Actually, several people,’” he said. but like any society, you One of his latest bits is his campaign for “World’s Greatest Athlete,” Friedlander Friedlander shared his World know, there's always the presidency. He asks the audience which is also known as the smart-mouthed, Champion of the World secrets some scumbags. issues they want addressed and responds uncouth writer Frank Rossitano on the in his book, “How to Beat Up You gotta watch with what he would do about them, as well NBC sitcom, “30 Rock.” Anybody: An Instructional and out for them, so as a few of his own platforms. But the comedian said he has been Inspirational Karate Book by the I teach you how When asked if he would be seeking stu- doing standup comedy almost every night World Champion.” The book to protect yourself dent votes on Friday, Friedlander said he for more than 20 years, adding that he features several fighting against a Big firmly believes that the youth is ahead of is looking forward to his first shows in tactics, including offense Foot.” current politicians. Michigan. as the best defense and a “The government and television media “It’s where special chapter for wom- are always behind where the people stand, Judah Friedlander winners are born en, “written in a language and the young people, I think, are further Fairchild Theatre, — I like it,” he only women can under- advanced people in their thinking,” he said. Wharton Center said in a phone stand,” according to “I think people, especially young people, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13 interview. Friedlander. they have too many rules restricting them $20; $10 students Friedlander “So if a male in general.” www.whartoncenter.com performs Friday criminal read Viewers can preview Friedlander’s act (800) WHARTON at the Wharton that chapter, at www.judahfriedlander.com, which fea- Center. he wouldn't tures clips and updates. You can also follow Friedlander’s portrayal of Frank is based be able to dis- him on Twitter (@JudahWorldChamp). on several former “Saturday Night Live” cover women’s Courtesy photo writers that “30 Rock” with whom writer/ secrets to pro- star Tina Fey once worked. Friedlander tect them- “30 Rock” star and author Judah Friedlander returns said he had known one of the inspirations selves against to standup comedy Friday at the Wharton Center. 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 11, 2012

tarists, John Scofield. “The Hollowbody Wharton Band” matches Scofield with two other top jazz guitarists, Peter Bernstein and Kurt from page 11 Rosenwinkel, with Bill Stewart on drums and Ben Street on bass. who combines accessible, popular appeal Brand said he thought the jazz series with lavish artistic acclaim (Sir Georg Solti was complete until a colleague dragged called her one of the two greatest voices he him to New York in January to hear the Capital City Film Festival rolls out the documentaries ever worked with). Birdland Big Band, a Big Apple-based Fleming, 53, has nailed nearly every sig- bebop machine devoted to the music of Part of the fun of a film festival is having nificant soprano role in opera, stretching Charlie Parker and his worthy constituents, the chance to make discoveries. The Capital into contemporary material like Blanche led by veteran drummer Tommy Igoe. City Film Festival is no exception. Here DuBois in Andre Previn’s “A Streetcar “Man, was that a band,” Brand said. “Live are a couple of the notable documentaries Named Desire” while maintaining sway at Birdland” will cram itself into the Pasant screening this weekend. over the great Handel, Mozart and Puccini Theater Oct. 25, where Brand expects they “everydayPeople” — How do you see roles. She’s also been game for offbeat will return every year. The jazz series is the Saugatuck and Douglas area? Is it West excursions like playing diva Renata Flambé rounded out Dec. 6 by Latin powerhouse Michigan’s answer to Fire Island? Would on “A Prairie Home Companion” and sing- Tiempo Libre, returning to Wharton after you call it the Ann Arbor of the lakeshore? ing in the nonexistent language of Sindarin successful dates there in 2006 and 2009. In their insightful documentary “every- for the soundtrack of “The Lord of the Brand said the jazz series got a bit out of dayPeople,” directors Jeff and Steve Croley Rings: The Return of the King.” Fleming’s hand this year. “We thought we were only offer a slightly more complex portrait of Courtesy photo 2010 disc “Dark Worlds” explored what she going to do a smaller thing in classical and the community as they investigate how The partnership of Bob Baldori (on called an “alternate universe” of rock tunes jazz, because with the economy, you never a large lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender harmonica) and Bob Seeley is chronicled by Muse, Death Cab for Cutie, Leonard know. But there were too many things to population has been welcomed (and even in the documentary "Boogie Stomp." Cohen and others. get.” embraced) in what is seen as a largely con- “We’ve been trying for six years to get her As Brand acknowledged, Wharton’s clas- servative, heavily Christian region. The film Hamlin says. For the residents of Saugatuck and we finally got on her radar,” Brand said. sics series is comparatively slim next season, takes its title from the name of a restaurant and Douglas, those may be words to live by. Last year, Wharton came close to snagging with only two dates besides Flemings’s. The in Douglas that has become a gathering (Screening at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14 Fleming, but Ann Arbor’s University Music BBC Concert Orchestra with conductor place for LGBT residents. at Lansing Public Media Center, 2500 S. Society lured her away. Keith Lockhart will come to town Jan. 31, One longtime resident describes Washington, Lansing.) While Fleming is here, she will do a and a perennial crossover favorite, flutist Saugatuck as being “like a Norman “Boogie Stomp” — That Bob Baldori master class for Michigan State University Sir James Galway, arrives with his “Legacy Rockwell painting.” But which one of the is a phenomenal pianist is no secret: He's College of Music students. Tour” March 28. Galway will also do a mas- artist’s works showed rainbow flags fly- been performing sizzling boogie-woogie Beyond the Sonny Rollins date, ter class at MSU. ing in the annual Fourth of July parade or around the world for decades. But his docu- Wharton’s 2012-1013 jazz series has more That means there will be a complete depicted gay men and lesbian couples hap- mentary “Boogie Stomp” demonstrates he’s depth and strength than usual. On March absence of non-pops symphonies, opera pily blending into the country line dances an accomplished filmmaker as well. 20, a true all-star package tour from the and chamber groups at Wharton next year, at the local roadhouse? “Boogie Stomp” ambitiously weaves Monterey Jazz Festival teams vocalist Dee other than performances by the Lansing To find the roots of this tolerant attitude, together three plotlines: Baldori’s working Dee Bridgewater, who sang at Wharton Symphony and the MSU College of Music. the Croleys look back to the beginnings of relationship and friendship with his part- in 2011, with four of jazz’s leading artists: However, Brand said the classics will Saugatuck and Douglas, when, we’re told, ner, Bob Seeley; Seeley’s background in the bassist Christian McBride, pianist Benny return in force the following season. Talks are artists from the Ox-Bow colony rubbed Detroit music scene; and the rise of the Green, saxophonist Chris Potter and drum- under way to renew the Wharton’s partner- shoulders with vacationing Chicago gang- boogie-woogie form in American music. mer Lewis Nash, each of whom has a truck- ships with the Michigan Opera Theatre and sters. Alienating the LGBT population in a Through careful scripting and smooth edit- load of recordings, awards and hard-core the Detroit Symphony. Brand is also work- small town would be foolish from an eco- ing, “Stomp” seems to move effortlessly jazz-lover cred. ing on a visit from Russia’s St. Petersburg nomic standpoint, according to local busi- — even elegantly — from fascinating his- The Monterey date will be followed up Symphony, with Yuri Temirkanov conduct- ness owners. tory lessons and helpful explanations of April 7, with an intriguing all-star date ing, for the fall of 2013. The hour-long documentary sometimes musical terms to the material that charts headed by one of jazz’s most respected gui- repeats itself (too many sources seem to Seeley’s long career before he teamed up say the same thing), but it truly hits home with Baldori. when the Croleys discover the Hamlins, To those who don’t know them, the men two retired Methodist pastors whose son seem to be a mismatched team. Once they was gay and who died of AIDS in the mid- get behind their pianos, however, the combi- Riverwalk Theatre 1990s. They speak movingly about their nation is genuinely combustible. The musi- 228 Museum Dr. across from the Lansing Center reactions to his life and his passing, and cal segments in “Stomp” practically dare they express great dismay at anti-gay atti- you not to dance in your seat: Number after tudes. number rocks, rolls and roars. (Screening “The power of people who can invoke at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at Lansing MOSTLY this hatred because people don’t think Public Media Center., 2500 S. Washington, MOVIES the same way is hurting everybody,” Joan Lansing.)

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and Queen in its programs. ‘The music The troupe last paired with the LSO for a tribute to Elton John in 2009. Silver screen songs is timeless’ For “Piano Man,” Joel hits includ- Singers on the Grand performs Lansing Symphony teams ing “Uptown Girl,” “Only the Good Die music from the movies at Riverwalk Young” and the ubiquitous title tune have with Jeans 'n Classics for been given symphonic arrangements that a salute to Billy Joel remain true to the original compositions By ADAM ILENICH while making use Lights! Camera! Vocals! By CHRISTOPHER HORB of the sweeping ‘Piano Man: The The 12-member Singers on the Courtesy Photo Roll over Beethoven, it’s time to rock. instrumentation Music of Billy Joel’ Grand performs “Mostly Movies” The lights go up on the Lansing a full symphony Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Music from featuring Jeans ‘n Classics Saturday and Sunday at Riverwalk Leonardo Symphony Orchestra's “Piano Man: The orchestra provides. Theatre, with the help of a seven- Music of Billy Joel” at Wharton Center’s Meilleur said 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14 DiCaprio and Kate Cobb Great Hall, member “Grand Band” and classical Winslet's "Titanic" Cobb Great Hall Saturday. It's the LSO's it’s not as unlikely Wharton Center dancers Chloe Gonzales and Michael is part of the latest collaboration with the Jeans ‘n pairing of styles as $15-$40 Chan. The program includes solos, "Mostly Movies" Classics band. one might think. (517) 487-5001 duets and close-harmony numbers. concert. According to Jeans ‘n Classics head- “(Joel’s) classi- www.lansingsymphony.org Among the films spotlighted will liner and former Detroit resident Jean cal training comes be "O Brother Where Art Thou?," Meilleur, the opportunity to put his own through in his mel- "The Wiz," "The Bodyguard" mark on Joel’s hits is a huge thrill. odies. There’s an availability in his songs and "My Fair Lady." Additional “This isn’t a tribute act — we’re not just that allows for really opening them up for songs include “As Time Goes By” going out there trying to clone an artist’s other instruments. He’s an easy choice to (from “Casablanca”), “Steam performances,” he said, in a phone inter- orchestrate.” Heat” (from “The Pajama view. “There are certain inflections that Joel is a six-time Grammy-award win- Game”) and “My Heart Will must be there to be true to the originals, but ner and has sold over 150 million records Go On” (from “Titanic”). I’m singing in my own voice. It’s all about worldwide. celebrating the music, some of the greatest “The music is timeless,” Meilleur said. pop music that’s ever been written.” Meilleur, who has been performing Founded by Peter Brennan, the Canada- professionally for over 25 years, and is Singers on the Grand: based Jeans ‘n Classics has been combining in his 15th year of headlining for Jeans 'Mostly Movies' rock musicians and singers with symphony ‘n Classics, sees the group’s orchestras worldwide for over 20 years, and shows as chance to intro- 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15 has tackled the likes of Michael Jackson, duce the uninitiated to the Riverwalk Theatre Bruce Springsteen work of symphony orches- 228 Museum Drive, Lansing Courtesy Photos tras, something he says is $10 in advance; $12 at the door Jean Meilluer, right, “hugely important.” (517) 482-5700 sings the hits of Billy “I hope people discover www.riverwalktheatre.com Joel with the LSO that they have a cultural gem Saturday. in their midst in the LSO,” Meilleur said. “These people are incredi- ble musicians, and Each child needs a safe, it’s so thrilling to loving family... play with them. like yours. “For a town to have an orchestra that MICHIGAN is capable of CHILDREN pulling off so 15,000 are living in Foster Care. many kinds of music is really something special.” 'ARDEN"EDS 3PRING&ALL#LEANUP 7EEDING %DGING -ULCHING $ESIGN2ESTORATION .EW0LANTINGS ,ETUSREFRESHYOUR &ERTILIZATION GARDENANDRENEWYOUR /UTDOOR#OLOR ENTHUSIASMFORYOUR #OLOR"EDS OWNYARDANDHOME #ONTAINERSWITH!NNUALS 4ROPICALS 3PRING 3UMMER &ALL 7INTER$ESIGNS #OLOR 4O 2ENTFOR0ARTIES%VENTS 4URNER3T ,ANSING -)\ \WWWTHEPLANTPROFESSIONALSCOM\GARDENS THEPLANTPROFESSIONALSCOM City Pulse • April 11, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 15

For a night, and for keeps LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN’S CD party celebrates big year for Professors of Jazz

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO The disc also includes three new tunes by “The Teacher,” the new CD by Michigan the group’s new pianist, Reginald Thomas. State University’s Professors of Jazz, is no Saturday’s concert will reassemble the idle vanity project, and Saturday’s release professors, backed by veteran drummer party at the Creole Gallery promises to be Randy Gelispie, with new faces Michael no run-of-the-mill concert. Dease on trombone, Perry Hughes on The CD documents a watershed year guitar and vocalist Mardra Thomas, all of in the members’ artistic output. Through whom perform on the 2010-2011, with CD as well. MSU Professors the support of the Whitaker said the of Jazz CD Arts Council of sessions at Glenn Release Party Greater Lansing, Brown’s East Lansing 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14 four of the profes- studio were “serious Creole Gallery sors wrote ambi- fun.” Whitaker was 1218 Turner St., Lansing tious new suites impressed with Brown, $25 www.stpconcerts.com and premiered the award-winning them to sellout guitarist. audiences at the “He’s amazing,” Whitaker said. “He’s Creole Gallery. quick. You ask him about editing some- The challenge thing, he’s doing it while you’re talking.” inspired them The four-concert series of commissioned NIGHT FOR Courtesy Photo to dig deep and works pushed the Professors artistically, Rodney Whitaker deliver some of and Creole audiences responded in kind. their best perfor- With so much music to include, Whitaker mances yet. The is leaning toward a double CD, but prom- CD bottles some of that lighting, including ised it would be affordable. tenor saxman Diego Rivera’s multi-layered “A lot of this music was born out of that “Spanish Tinge,” bassist Rodney Whitaker’s commission, and people came out and sup- NOTABLES lyrical “Up South” and Trinidad trumpeter ported us at the gig,” Whitaker said. “This Etienne Charles’ rippling Caribbean suite. was a way to put it down so it can last.” HONORING MICHIGAN’S NOTABLE AUTHORS CELEBRATING MICHIGAN PEOPLE, PLACES & EVENTS

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fun-ﬁlled day camps! Turner-Dodge House CIRCLE PINES CENTER including: 100 E. North St. Lansing, MI 48906 serving locally-sourced, summer camp 6 organic foods, while Zoo Civil War "MM$BNQT teaching peace, social justice, camp dates Survival Passport environmental Sessions 1 American Girl Dr. Seuss stewardship and July 1-14 cooperation in a non (2weeks) All camps run 10 a.m. to 2:30 sectarian traditional Session 2 p.m. Campers are asked to coed camp in July 15-21 bring a sack lunch. southwest Michigan, (1 week) For more information and to for ages 8-17 Session 3 make reservations, please call (269) 623-5555 July 22- Aug 4 517-483-4220. [email protected] (2 weeks) You can visit the Turner-Dodge web site at http://www.lansingmi.gov/parks/tdodge/index.jsp 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 11, 2012 Summer Camp Special Section Hilton has been at Camp Copneconic for almost 11 years, and said the number of No time to be homesick campers has remained consistent from year to year. The camp offers day camps, one-week Camps offer a variety of summer activities camps and two-week camps. Hilton said the numbers for two-week campers are growing. By ALYSSA FIRTH say, the Lansing association (which operates “We feel like there's still a lot of kids who With the rise in temperatures comes the the Mystic Lake camp). We're very different,” are interested in having a summer camp expe- rise in children being sent off to Michigan’s Hilton said. rience, and we change things up every week,” numerous summer camps. Parents in almost Depending on what parents are looking she said. “We still do a mix of those traditional any area of the state have options to send their for, each camp — including others outside camp activities that kids back in the ‘50s and Courtesy Photo child or children for one day, one week or of the Michigan YMCA Camps — has some- ‘60s, but then we've also added some of the Summer camp is a great place to learn several weeks. Although times have changed, thing different to offer. Children from age newer camp-type things.” the basics of scuba diving. many of yesteryear’s traditions still remain. 3 to those entering 12th grade are welcome High ropes courses, zip lines and aqua toys Camp Copneconic in Fenton is one of 15 at Camp Copneconic. However different or are among the more modern activities that well cared for when they come to camp,” Michigan YMCA Camps, all located in the similar each camp is, Hilton said a camp Camp Copneconic provides, but traditional Hilton said. lower peninsula. Shelly Hilton, an associate experience provides the opportunity for kids activities include arts and crafts, archery and According to Hilton, some of the main executive director for Copneconic, said while to boost their self-esteem and a chance to try nightly campfires. concerns that parents have include how their they all have that YMCA connection, they something new, especially if it is their first For the concerned parent, a summer camp children be supervised or what will happen operate independently of each other. time away from home. preview is provided where parents can ask if their child gets sick. She said the staff is “We're all governed by the YMCA of the “They gain some independence, a sense questions, meet the staff and see where their always prepared for any child who is home- USA, so we're all connected through that, but of responsibility for themselves and their child will be staying. sick or who is unsure about staying away from we're a complete separate association from belongings,” Hilton said. “They see that their kids are going to be home. Campers are always grouped together with kids their own age, and Hilton said that many of them make friends during that first day at camp. “We just tell them they're going to have so much fun that they won't have time to even Community and be homesick, because they just go, go, go every day,” she said. Continuing Education Like other camps in the state, Camp Copneconic runs year-round rather than Lifelong Learning just operating during the summer. For more information on Michigan YMCA camps, visit www.michiganymcacamps.org.

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near Fremont. Family Camps are also YMCA camps available. (231) 924-0829 Camp Hayo-Went-Ha — Offering single- in Michigan gender, long-term programs in Central Lake. (877) 547-5915 By ALYSSA FIRTH Kimball Camp — Offers Day and Resident Camp Al-Gon-Quian — Ann Arbor Camp programs year-round in Reading. YMCA’s overnight camp for campers (517) 283-2168 ages 6 through 16. (734) 661-8051 Camp Manitou-Lin — Day and overnight Camp Copneconic — A year-round camps are available, as well as a Horse camp and retreat center in Fenton. (810) Day Camp program; located on Barlow 629-9622 Lake in Middleville. (888) 909-2267 Camp Eberhart — Located on Corey Mystic Lake Camp — Horse riding, swim- Lake, five miles west of Three Rivers. (888) ming, sports and “high adventure” activi- 922-6732 ties are the focus; located in Lake. (517) Camp Echo — A coed, residential camp 827-9650 on Long Ryerson Lake for ages 8 to 17, Camp Ohiyesa or Camp Nissokone — Day, overnight and family camps in Holly. (248) 887-4533 Camp Pendalouan — Summer camps on Big Blue Lake in Montague, near Muskegon. (231) 894-4538 Camp Pinewood — Archery, fishing, 8c$>fe$Hl`Xe drama and outdoor living skills are among the activities at this camp in ?Xpf$N\ek$?X Twin Lake. (231) 821-2421 E`jjfbfe\ Sherman Lake YMCA — Multiple special- interest day camps and resident camps are provided, including dance camp, horse camp, Gilmore K`dY\ij Piano camp, and Weird Science camp; located near Augusta.

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Peter Morris president kicking the life players, such as Morris concurs that Double first soccer ball. the Vegas entertainer baseball has always been Author of "Don't Kill the Umpire" Two noted baseball and 31-game-winner intertwined with the fabric header 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19 authors, Peter Morris Denny McLain and of America. Capital Area District and Tim Wendel, will St. Louis Cardinal “Baseball has taken on Two authors of baseball Library be in Lansing next pitcher Bob Gibson, the mantel of the national 401 S. Capitol Ave., books come to town on Lansing week to discuss why who was deeply dis- pastime and the American the same night Free the game of baseball turbed by the death of character,” he said. “That’s (517) 367-6308 seems larger than life. Martin Luther King why issues like the color By BILL CASTANIER Unfortunately, you but still managed to barrier, steroids, the base- In 2010, President Obama threw out the Tim Wendel will have to make a put together a season ball strike and teams leav- first pitch of the baseball season in recogni- Author of “Summer of “fielder’s choice” since for the ages by “playing hometowns were seen tion of the 100th anniversary of President ‘68: The Season That they are scheduled to ing like a man on fire,” as a great betrayal by soci- Changed Baseball William Howard Taft’s first toss. — and America — speak at the same time according to Wendel. ety. Mark Twain once umpired a baseball Forever,” in different locations. Wendel said the “That’s why baseball and game. Earvin Magic Johnson and a group 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19 Morris talks about Cardinals and the teams like the ‘68 Tigers of investors are willing to pony up $2 bil- Sculer Books & Music the sport’s influence on Tigers were very dif- played such a hallowed role 2820 Towne Center lion for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Blvd., Lansing American culture for ferent teams: “The St. in living up to the billing of The Detroit Tigers celebrated opening Free the Historical Society Louis Cardinals looked the national pastime.” weekend of the 2012 season by pummeling (517) 316-7495 of Greater Lansing at like they stepped right Courtesy Photo Morris said sometimes the Boston Red Sox with two walk-off hits 7 p.m. April 19 at the out of Gentleman’s Tim Wendel remembers the we forget how much base- and a 3-0 record. Fans are already specu- Capital Area District Library in downtown Quarterly, while the Detroit Tigers' World Series ball shaped America. He lating about a World Series appearance. Lansing. Tigers looked like they triumph in "Summer of ‘68: The cites baseball terms such That’s why baseball is called America’s In addition to making the case that base- had just come from Season That Changed Baseball as “level playing field,” “fair pastime. It’s hard to imagine an American ball is the national pastime, he will provide the bar. They came — and America — Forever.” and square” and “not com- an overview of early baseball in Lansing from very different ing out of left field” that and its continuing presence. Morris has backgrounds, but when the time came have crept into our language. written “A Game of Inches,” “Catcher,” they both closed ranks.” Wendel said he was inspired to write “Level Playing Fields” and “Baseball Fever: Wendell also makes the case that the the book on the ’68 Tigers while channel- Early Baseball in Michigan.” He recently 1968 series represented the last pure surfing and watching the talking heads published the electronic book “Don’t Kill games of baseball in a time before league yell at each other. the Umpire” about the history of violence playoffs and wild-card spots. “I wanted to go back in history and find COMING SOON in the sport. “It was the best team from the American as difficult of time to write about and I was to Schuler of Lansing Wendel, author of “Summer of ‘68: The League and the best team from the National captivated by the 1968 season.” Season That Changed Baseball — and League — period,” Wendel said. Wendel also found an unlikely source Sports Writer America — Forever,” will talk about the The series also saw pitchers who still for baseball love in Royal Oak native and impact the 1968 World Series champion retain records that may never be broken, counterculture activist Tom Hayden, who Detroit Tigers had on the game and on the such as Gibson’s single season earned run spent the summer of 1968 planning disrup- TIM WENDEL nation. He appears at 7 p.m. April 19 at the average of 1.12 and Denny McLain’s 31-7 tive demonstrations. Eastwood Towne Center location of Schuler season record. After the ‘68 season, Wendel Hayden provides a wonderful contrast to Summer of ’68: Books & Music. Wendel’s book serves as a said baseball recognized that the “pitchers the typical baseball analyst or expert. Here’s Season that Changed Baseball testament to a team that is credited with were too good” and lowered the mound a 1960s activist who seemingly reviles —and America—Forever holding a city together and giving its resi- and shrunk the strike zone to accommo- everything traditional but, having grown dents something to cheer about after the date batters. up as a high school friend of Tiger catcher We are so excited for this event, devastating 1967 riots. His book also reinforces the popular idea Bill Freehan, finds himself on the outside combining two of our favorite The book also gives a game-by-game that the Tigers pulled the city of Detroit looking in as the Tigers enter a singular and passions – a great history book analysis of the iconic 1968 World Series together. He recalls in the book how Tiger remarkable time in baseball history. and baseball! and in-depth profiles of its larger-than- and Detroiter Willie Horton, following a Today, Hayden, 71, plays baseball nearly game on the night the riots started, went every day in a California league. 1968 was one of America’s most into the city to help quell the disturbance, Wendel said baseball “has always cut tumultuous years—a year of at great risk to his own safety. against all neighborhoods.” political turbulence, civil unrest, Contrast that with teammate Mickey Morris agrees, adding that “baseball’s and violence. Lolich, whose National Guard unit was core values and its promise and betrayals called in to patrol the streets. have always shaped America at all levels.” In Summer of ’68, Tim Wendel looks at this unforgettable year Quality used and collectible books in all categories. through the lens of baseball. 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Listings deadline is 5 p.m. the THURSDAY BEFORE publication. Paid classes will be listed in print at the cost of one enrollment (maximum $20). Please submit them to the events calendar at www.lansingcitypulse.com. If you need help, please call Jessica at (517) 999-5069. E-mail information to [email protected]. APRIL 13 Squirming and wriggling with worms Harris Nature Center offers a variety of programs to help students use their senses, investigate insects and balance an ecosystem. This Friday, children 5 to 14 years old are encouraged to further their science education during Weekday Science. Activities will focus on the theme “Amazing Annelids” — also known as worms. “The annelid family includes worms that are round in shape that vary in size from microscopic to nightcrawler size,” said Kit Rich, Harris Nature Center Coordinator. “Since the spring rains usually bring our worms up out of the ground, it seemed the perfect time to study them.” 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. $4. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Okemos. (517) 349-3866. APRIL 14 Real food and real estate This Saturday, the Old Town Commercial Association will host its fifth annual Taste and Tour of Old Town. Visitors and residents can experience Old Town’s atmosphere at this progressive food sampling and exclusive loft tour. Participants will be able to try cuisine from 13 different restaurants, including Craving’s Gourmet Popcorn, Wednesday, April 11 Golden Harvest, Sir Pizza Grand Café, Trailer Park’d, Classes and Seminars Pablo’s Panaderia and The Purple Carrot food truck. In Grande Paraders Square Dance Club. Round addition to sampling savory eats, visitors will get to know dancing and alternating and more. 7:30 p.m. $4 what kinds of living accommodations Old Town offers by members; $5. Holt 9th Grade Campus, 5780 Holt exploring multiple lofts at open houses. Participants Road, Holt. (517) 694-0087. Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 can end the tour with a drink at The Unicorn Tavern, p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. which will have an extended “happy hour.” Noon-5 p.m. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 351-5866. $13 advance, $15 day of, $5 to tour lofts only. Old Town Community Yoga. Power yoga class. 6:30-8 p.m. Commercial Association, 1232 Turner St., Lansing. (517) FREE. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. (517) 485-4283. www.iloveoldtown.org. Courtesy Photo 488-5260. Drop-in figure drawing. Easels and drawing boards provided, bring other supplies. 7:30-10 p.m. $5, $3 students. Kresge Art Museum, located at APRIL 14 Physics and Auditorium roads, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. Party for the pooch Knee High Naturalist. Ages 2-5 for a playgroup The Capital Area Humane Society is a nonprofit that cares for over 8,000 animals every year. 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After the live auction, complimentary beer, wine and snacks will be available, PilgrimUCC.com. along with music from Global Village. RSVPs are requested due to limited space. 6 p.m. $100, $1,250 per sponsored Parent Workshop. Help youth make healthy table of eight. Eagle Eye Golf Club, 15101 Chandler Road, East Lansing. (517) 626-6060. www.adoptlansing.org. decisions and avoid consequences of pregnancy & more. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Eastern High School, 220 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 541-8771. APRIL 15 Events Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. Grand Ledge Baptist Church, 1120 W. Willow Hwy., Grand Story and tradition through dance See Out on the Town, Page 27 For over three decades the Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre has educated and entertained audiences throughout the world. On Sunday, the Act R. 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are American Opera, Those Willows and Nathan a mixture of roots music, like Alan, with doors at 7 p.m. folk and bluegrass, while also Closing out the fest on Sunday night is the electro- incorporating some punk turn it pop sensation Lights. Ambassadors will open the ethos. all-ages show (doors at 7 p.m.). Thursday, April 12 @Moriarty’s Pub, Lights first hit the Canadian charts in May 2008 802 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing, with her debut single, “Drive My Soul.” Since then 21 and over, FREE, 10 p.m. she’s scored hits (and millions of YouTube views) Celtic Quintet takes Down with the songs “Ice” and “Second Go.” the Outside Track A survey of Lansing's Lights, a.k.a. Valerie Poxleitner, is a 24-year-old Ontario native who has steadily built a name for Hailing from Scotland, Ireland, musical Landscape herself with some help from MuchMusic, the Juno Cape Breton and Vancouver, By Rich Tupica Awards and a spot on the Warped Tour. Her cur- the members of The Outside rent album, “Siberia,” dropped last October, and Track create a seamless blend Film Fest hosts four Courtesy Photo was called “sonically sophisticated” by All Music of Canadian, Scottish and Irish Outside Track nights of national acts Guide, which gave the album a near-perfect rating. music; it made the young group April 12-15 @ Capital City Film Festival – The Loft, 414 E. the talk of the last International Folk Alliance songwriter for the renowned roots-rock band Last Michigan Ave., Lansing, age requirements and ticket Conference. The award-winning group has gar- Train Home, while Cooper is a former journalist for prices vary. Visit www.theloftlansing.com. nered fans across the globe, and on Friday it plays The Washington Post and has released two critically FREE Cletus Got Shot the Ten Pound Fiddle. The five members use fiddle, praised solo records. accordion, harp, guitar, flute, step-dance and vocals Sunday, April 15 @ Pump House, 368 Orchard St., show at Moriarty's to create a new, vibrant sound while keeping tradi- East Lansing, all ages, 2 and 7 p.m. tional folk as the sound’s backbone. For more infor- Mid-Michigan Bluegrass mation, visit www.tenpoundfiddle.org. hosts last show of season Friday, April 13 @ Ten Pound Fiddle – Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove Street, East Lansing, all The Mid-Michigan Bluegrass Association hosts four ages. Box office at 7 p.m., doors 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. show. area groups in the big barn at Woldumar Nature $15 public, $12 Fiddle members, $5 students. Center on Sunday. Taking the stage is the Grand River Band, For Heaven’s Sake, Kari Anne and Lost show Features music of Tom T. Hall Creek and Out Of the Blue. The Grand River Band Nashville songwriting duo Eric Brace and Peter features an assortment of local musicians, includ- Courtesy Photo Greensky Bluegrass Cooper will play the family-friendly songs of leg- ing Janette Burzan (vocals), Russ Morse (drums), endary country songwriter Tom T. Hall, who made LeRoy Harvey (guitar, banjo, vocals), Ed Love (gui- Aside from premieres of Michigan-made films, the Billboard charts back in 1974 with tunes about tar, mandolin, vocals), Ikes Taylor (bass, vocals), Jeff screenings of international indies and TedX confer- baby ducks ("I Love"), root-beer-drinking snakes Wilmore (fiddle, guitar, mando, vocals), Alisa Dyer ences, the 2nd Annual Capital City Film Festival Courtesy Photo ("Sneaky Snake") and "The Song of the One-Legged (viola). All proceeds of the show benefit Woldumar. also hosts live music each night at The Loft. Kicking Cletus Got Shot Chicken." Last summer, Brace and Cooper, along For more information contact Henry Casillas at things off on Thursday is the indie-bluegrass band Cletus Got Shot has been bridging the gap with a number of country and Americana musicians, [email protected]. Greensky Bluegrass, with openers Joshua Davis, between folk-protest songs and punk rock since traveled to Hall’s farm outside Nashville to record new Sunday, April 15 @ Woldumar Nature Center, 5739 Flashing Blue Lights and The Whiskey Pickers. it formed in 2007. The Fayetteville, Ark.-based versions, resulting in the Grammy-nominated album, Old Lansing Road, Lansing, all ages, suggested dona- This is an 18 and over show; doors open at 8 p.m. trio has performed hundreds of shows across “I Love: Tom T. Hall’s Songs of Fox Hollow.” The LP tion of $4 for adults and $2 for seniors, children are The following night, Murder By Death returns the Midwest, playing songs blending edgy features contributions from Patty Griffin, Duane Eddy FREE, 2 – 6 p.m. to Lansing to perform its storytelling brand of bluegrass, gospel, country, folk and even some and others. Songwriters Brace and Peter Cooper Americana at an all-ages show. Openers include classic union-organizing songs. On Thursday, produced and performed on the record, which Bars of Gold, The Fencemen and Flatfoot, with the band plays a free gig at Moriarty’s Pub. In was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” doors at 7 p.m. keeping with the band’s unconventional nature, The pair performs those songs at 2 p.m. Sunday at Saturday features an all-ages show by folk-soul the band’s bassist uses a homemade bass made the Pump House. Later that same night (at 7 p.m.) songwriter William Elliot Whitmore, known for out of a gas tank. Opening the show is the Brace and Cooper play a set of their own material his distinctive voice and banjo style. The openers Devils’ Cut, a Lansing-based band that plays at the same location. Brace is the lead singer and Post it at www. facebook.com/turn it down

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Sunday 4th Annual Pride Brunch & Silent Auction April 15, 2012 11:00 am Capitol City Grille - Radisson Downtown 111 N. Grand Ave., Lansing, MI Tickets $30 in advance and $35 at the door

Sunday 4th Annual Pride Golf Outing May 20, 2012 10:00 am shotgun start Wheatfield Valley Golf Course, Williamston $70 per golfer includes 18 holes & a cart, lunch & dinner, 4 hole-in-one contests & much more! Hurry only a few spots left!!!

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a.m. $84 for 8 weeks. Center for Yoga, 1780 E. Grand Out on the town River Ave., East Lansing. (517) 351-6640. Library eBooks. Learn all about the collection of from page 24 downloadable materials. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Ledge. (517) 256-6954. Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Practice Your English. Speaking and listening to Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. www.dtdl.org. English in a friendly, relaxing atmosphere. 7-8 p.m. Farm to Table: Beginning Canning. Learn to can FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, safely and several canning methods. 6:30 p.m. FREE. East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. CADL Aurelius Library, 1939 S. Aurelius Road, Mason. (517) 628-3743. www.cadl.org/farm. Youth Service Corps. East side youth grow food, and develop leadership skills. Ages 11-17. 3:30-5:30 Our Daily Lives Series. A panel discussion on top- p.m. FREE. Hunter Park Community Garden House, ics connected to the exhibit, "The 1930s and The New 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999- Deal." 7 p.m. FREE. MSU Museum, MSU Campus, 3910. East Lansing. (517) 355-7474. www.museum.msu.edu. "Hop." Movie about the Easter Bunny's son going to Hollywood. Call for showtimes, FREE 12 and under, Events $4 adults. Celebration Cinema, 200 E. Edgewood Morning Storytime. All ages welcome for stories, Blvd., Lansing. (517) 393-7469. songs, rhymes. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Township Relay for Life Meeting. Team captain meetings District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) to prepare. 6 p.m. FREE. East Lansing High School, 321-4014. 509 Burcham Drive, East Lansing. (517) 319-9256. Karaoke. Every Thursday night with Atomic D. 9 relayforlife.org/eastlansingmi. p.m. LeRoy's Classic Bar and Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482-0184. Music Euchre. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta Open Jam. Rock night. 8 p.m.-Midnight, FREE. Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Zeppelins Music Hall, 2010 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Lansing. (517) 484-5600. (517) 580-8722. Mid-day Movies. Watch recent releases on the azz Wednesdays. Live entertainment. 7-10 p.m. big screen. 2 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing FREE. ENSO, 16800 Chandler Road, East Lansing. Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. (517) 333-1656. www.enjoyenso.com. www.cadl.org. Jazz Wednesdays.Featuring the Jeff Shoup Trio. Kids Time: Ages 5-11. Help east side youth grow 7-10 p.m. FREE. Gracies Place, 151 S. Putnam, Wil- food, develop leadership skills. 4:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. liamston. (517) 655-1100. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3910. MSU Film Collective Series. Showing "Alternative Literature and Poetry Soundtracks from the Underground." 8-11 p.m. FREE. Shakespeare's Birthday Party. The evening will Wells Hall, MSU Campus, East Lansing. www.english. be open-mic, limited to the first 14 to sign up. 7:30 msu.edu/film. p.m. Suggested donation $5, $3 students. Creole Celiac Awareness Dinner. A gluten-free dinner, Gallery, 1218 Turner St., Lansing. (517) 267-0410. including appetizers with wine, salad, lasagna and Baby Time. Books and songs for ages 2 years and more. 5:30 p.m. $30. Kellogg Conference Center, 55 younger, with caregiver. 10:30 a.m. FREE. (Please S. Harrison Road, East Lansing. (517) 349-02294. See Details April 4) Open Studio Night. The MSU Department of Art, Lansing Area Science Fiction Association Art History and Design invite public to demonstra- Meeting. New location. Informal dinner and lively tions in sculpture, printmaking & more. 5-8 p.m. conversation every week. 7 p.m. FREE. Buddies Grill, FREE. Kresge Art Center, Physics and Auditorium 2040 Aurelius Road, #13, Holt. (517) 402-4481. roads, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 355-7610. Capital City Film Festival. Red carpet premiere party, FREE at Troppo and more. Visit website for Thursday, April 12 details. 4:30-8:30 p.m. $5 film screening, music $10- Classes and Seminars 13, $50 weekend pass. Downtown Lansing, Wash- Yoga 2XL. Learn to move with confidence. 7:15-8:15 ington Square between Michigan and Washtenaw p.m. $8 suggested donation. Just B Yoga, 106 Island avenues, Lansing. www.capitalcityfilmfest.com. Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. "Hop." Call for showtimes. FREE 12 and under, $4 Eating Disorders Annonymous Meeting. A adults. (Please See Details April 11) group of people recovering from eating disorders Spanish Conversation Group. Both English and who talk about recovery. 7 p.m. FREE. CADL Mason Spanish will be spoken. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Library, 145 W. Ash St., Mason. (517) 899-3515. Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) Yoga Classes for Beginners. With Gaby Kende, yoga teacher and certified yoga therapist. 9:30-11 See Out on the Town, Page 28 ERASER-FREE SUDOKU MEDIUM TO PLAY

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Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian ing bulbs and adding low care native plants. 11 a.m. Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Road, Meridian Town- Out on the town Township. (517) 349-3866. FREE. CADL Haslett Library, 5670 School St., Haslett. ship. (517) 349-3866. Swiss Steak Dinner. Swiss steak, mashed pota- (517) 339-2324. www.cadl.org/farm. Herb Container Garden. Bring own container, from page 27 toes and gravy, hot vegetable and more. 4:30-7:30 Homebuyer Education. Learn about financing class size is limited. 11 a.m.-Noon, $10. Smith Floral 351-2420. www.elpl.org. p.m. Price varies. Christ United Methodist Church, options & programs available to get your first home. and Greenhouses, 124 E Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. 517 W. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) 394-2727. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Center for Financial Health, (517) 484-5327. www.smithfloral.com. 230 N. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 708-2550. Cooking with Herbs. Bring own container, class Music Bird Watching. Give bird watching a try with the Jazz Thursdays. Various artists featured each Events help of an experienced birder. 9 a.m. FREE. Harris week. 6:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. Mumbai Cuisine, 340 Alcoholics Anonymous. Open meeting for family See Out on the Town, Page 29 Albert St., East Lansing. (517) 336-4150. and friends with American Sign Language interpreta- Faculty Recital. Featuring Justin O'Dell, clarinet. tion. 8 p.m. FREE. Alano Club East, 220 S. Howard 8 p.m. $10, $8 seniors, FREE students. MSU Music St., Lansing. (517) 482-8957. Building Auditorium, MSU Campus, East Lansing. Storytime. Stories, rhymes and a craft for ages www.music.msu.edu. 2-5. 10:30-11:15 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Li- Avon Bomb. Live music. 10 p.m. FREE. Dublin brary, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Square Irish Pub, 327 Abbot Road, East Lansing. Bites & Bids Library Fundraiser. Featuring a (517) 351-2222. www.dublinsquare.net. silent auction, appetizers, live music, family fun and Jazz Concert. Featuring Connor Mikula and the more. 6-8 p.m. $30, $50 couple or family. East Lan- Aurum Saxophone Quartet. 7 p.m. $3 students, $5. sing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. www.elpl.org. (517) 319-6832. www.scenemetrospace.com. Alcoholics Anonymous. A closed women's meeting. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. Theater Capital City Film Festival. Screening several "The Usual: A Musical Love Story." Original mu- films, musical guest Murder by Death. Visit website sical about love in a neighborhood bar. 8 p.m. $22. for details. 2:30-9 p.m. $5 film screening, music $10-13, Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. $50 weekend pass. (Please See Details April 12) (517) 655-SHOW. "Spy Kids 4." Part of Flick's Family Film Fest. Billy Bell's Lunge Dance Concert. "So You Call for showtimes, FREE 12 and under, $4 adults. Think You Can Dance" star Billy Bell. 7:30 p.m. FREE. Celebration Cinema, 200 E. Edgewood Blvd., Lansing. Fairchild Theatre, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) (517) 393-7469. 242-7431. www.rcah.msu.edu/events. "The Wizard of Oz." Embark on the journey with Dorothy and Toto as they travel to the Emerald City. Music 7 p.m. $10 door, $8 online. Charlotte Performing Greater Lansing Community Concert. Helix Arts Center, 378 State St., Charlotte. (517) 541-5690. Saxophone Quartet. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ingham County hpami.org. Medical Care Facility, 3860 Dobie Road, Okemos. (517) 353-9958. The Pat Zelenka Project. Live concert. Noon- 1 Friday, April 13 p.m. FREE. Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River, Lansing. (517) 483-1000. www.lcc.edu/radio. Classes and Seminars Ben Schuller. Live concert. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Relics of the Big Bang. Emphasizes research cur- Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave., rently underway at CERN. 8 p.m. $3, $2.50 students Lansing. (517) 483-1000. www.lcc.edu/radio. and seniors, $2 kids. Abrams Planetarium, 400 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing. (517) 355-4676. Howl at the Moon. Bring your best friend, Theater 2-footed or 4-footed, and walk through the moonlit "The Usual: A Musical Love Story." 8 p.m. $25. woods. 8 p.m. $3. Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van (Please See Details April 12) Atta Road, Meridian Township. (517) 349-3866. "The Wizard of Oz." 7 p.m. $10 door, $8 online. Our Daily Work/Lives. Lisa Fine on the Enrico (Please See Details April 12) Fermi Atomic Energy Plant and works of Downriver Detroit. 12:15-1:30 p.m. , FREE. MSU Museum Audi- Literature and Poetry torium, MSU Campus, East Lansing. www.museum. Music & Movement Storytime. Dance and sing Courtesy Photo msu.edu. to music, and learn to play with instruments and Billy Dean is on the road now, but he may soon be doing many of his shows in his living room. Candlelight Yoga. With the acclaimed cellist Suren more. 1 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, Petrosyan performing. 7-8:15 p.m. $15. Hannah Com- 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. Dean of country He plans a regularly scheduled series munity Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) Jonathan Balcombe. Author on "The Inner Lives of concert dinners. "I'm going to contin- 333-2580. of Animals." 7 p.m. $20. Kellogg Center, 55 S. Har- Billy Dean plays solo ue to tour," he told Billboard. "I've got a Tedx Lansing. Energizing environment to network, rison Road, East Lansing. www.animalsandsociety. acoustic set in Holt new record I'm working on. But I wanted org/static/events. with music by the Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spec- to record new music in front of people. tacle and Kinetic Affect. 9 a.m. $35. Lansing Public That's kind of how Media Center, 2500 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. Saturday, April 14 By ALLISON M. BERRYMAN Country music star Billy Dean performs it got started. My www.tedxlansing.eventbrite.com. Classes and Seminars Billy Dean Weekday Science. Enhance your child's science Relics of the Big Bang. 8 p.m. $3, $2.50 student- a solo acoustic set at the Holt Performing whole life and 8 p.m. Saturday, April 14 education, program on worms. 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. $4. sandseniors, $2 kids. (Please See Details April 13) Arts Complex Saturday. Dean is expected musical life came Margaret Livensparger Theater Beginner Tai Chi. Can build strength and reduce to perform songs from his most recent together.” Holt Performing Arts YARD OR GARDEN stress. 8-9 a.m. $8. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., album, “Let Them Be Little,” in addition Dean, 50, has Complex Lansing. (517) 488-5260. been topping the ASSIST THIS SPRING? to several of his Top 10 singles spanning 5885 West Holt Road, Holt Tai Chi in the Park. Meditation at 8:45 a.m. fol- over the last 18 years. country charts $20 reserved seating; lowed by Tai Chi. 9:30 a.m. FREE. Hunter Park Com- But the next time you see him might be since 1990, when $25 premiere seating munity GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo when you drop by his place. “Only Here For (517) 699-6439 St., Lansing. Contact Bob Teachout (517) 272-9379. In a feature last month in Billboard A Little While” Experienced and Conscientious Overeaters Anonymous. 9:30 a.m. FREE. Spar- Magazine, Dean announced he is launch- cracked the Top Fair Rates with Free Consultation row Professional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., ing a concert series that will spare him a 5. Challenging Projects Welcomed Lansing. (517) 485-6003. Parenting Group. Lecture and group discussion lot of travel time. “Live From Our Living In the years since, the Florida native Fertrell Natural Soil Amendments, each week. 10-11 a.m. Call to register. Women's Room” will be set up for fans at the Dean has been named American Country Fertilizers and Animal Health Products family farm in Center Hill Lake, Tenn. Music New Vocalist of the Year and won a !.*0"/-1&).+0hk!.*0"/-2&110) Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. The singer refers to his rural home as Grammy for his contribution to the 1996 [email protected] Farm to Table. On soil preparation, pruning, plant- “Dean Acres.” compilation album “Amazing Grace.” City Pulse • April 11, 2012 www.lansingcitypulse.com 29 Out on the town ® from page 28 size is limited. 12:30-1:30 p.m. $5. Smith Floral and Greenhouses, 124 E Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-5327. www.smithfloral.com. FreeFree CommunityCommunity Worm Composting. Turn food and yard scraps into gardeners gold. 12:30-2 p.m. Suggested donation of $5. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3910. HealthHealth FaiFairr Lummi Sticks & Sit-Upons. Make a lummi stick, a percussion instrument used to keep time and more. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $6, $4 seniors, $2 kids. Michigan In partnership with the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and Tri-County Office on Aging Historical Museum, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 373-1359.

Events Salsa Dancing. DJ Adrian "Ace" Lopez hosts Lan- sing's longest standing weekly salsa event. Singles Thursday, April 12, 2012 Spin & Win! welcome. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $5. Gregory's Bar & Grille, Stop by CATA’s Prize Wheel 2510 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing. (517) AM PM 323-7122. 10:00 until 1:00 for your chance Habibi Dancers. With special guest artist Roula to win prizes. Said. 8 p.m. $15, $20 at door. Aladdin's Resturant, 300 CATA Transportation Center (CTC), N. Clippert St., Lansing. www.habibidancers.org . 420 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown Lansing 9th Annual Fur Ball. Fundraiser for the Capital Area Humane Society. WIth an auction, beer, wine and snacks. 6-11:30 p.m. $100. Eagle Eye Golf Club, 15500 Chandler Road, East Lansing. (517) 626-6060. . Art Expo. Featuring local and neighboring artists. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Hannah Community Center, 819 FREE Screenings & Services: Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 333-2580. Taste & Tour Old Town. Attendees can sample a variety of Old Town's fare and tour real estate. s#HOLESTEROL'LUCOSE s-EDICARE!DVANTAGE s3TROKE2ISK!SSESSMENTS Noon-5 p.m. $13 advance, $15 day. Old Town, Grand s"LOOD0RESSURE McLaren Greater Lansing River Avenue & Turner Street, Lansing. (517) 485- )NFORMATION s"ODY-ASS)NDEX Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI 4283. www.iloveoldtown.org. s#ELIAC$ISEASE'LUTEN Need Participants. Bring an umbrella for an s(EIGHT7EIGHT s/RGAN$ONOR2EGISTRY umbrella mosaic, dance, and a parade. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. s.UTRITION#OUNSELING &REE$IET)NFORMATION FREE. Downtown Williamston, Grand River Ave., Wil- Gift of Life Michigan MI Capital Celiac Group liamston. (517) 410-9307. [email protected]. MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine Capital City Film Festival. Screening several s.UTRITION%DUCATION s3ENIOR3ERVICES s3UBSTANCE5SE$ISORDER films, musical guest William Elliott Whitmore. Visit Ingham County-MSU Extension 35$ 3CREENINGS website for details. Noon-9 p.m. $5 film screening, 2ESOURCES music $10-13, $50 weekend pass. (Please See Details s-EDICARE-EDICAID s&AMILY/UTREACH s35$4REATMENT2ESOURCES April 12) #OUNSELING2EFERRALS Pierogi Day. Order fresh frozen pierogis to be !SSIST0ROGRAM s,EAD0OISONING0REVENTION Mid-South Substance Abuse Commission ready by May 5. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. $1.25-$15. Polish Tri-County Office on Aging s#HILDRENS3PECIAL Federated Home, 1030 E. Mt. Hope Ave., Lansing. (EALTH#ARE s3UBSTANCE!BUSE3ERVICES (517) 339-4604. s(EALTH#OVERAGE Ingham County Health Department Discover the Park. A guided walk, to explore a %NROLLMENTS 'ARDENING National Council on Alcoholism new place to walk. 10 a.m. $3. Ted Black Woods, 540 s%"4 7)#!CCEPTANCE E. Grand River Ave., Okemos. (517) 349-3866. %DUCATION9OUTH0ROGRAMS s)NGHAM(EALTH0LAN Recycle Rama. Drop off electronics, books, )NFORMATION Bring proof of income and residency. s-)#HILD fabrics, cooking oils, and more. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. s(EALTHY2ECIPESWITH Ingham County Health Department, 5303 S. Cedar Allen Neighborhood Center s"RIDGE#ARD St., Lansing. www.lansingrecycles.com. ,OCAL0RODUCTS s-EDICARE-EDICAID "Spy Kids 4." Call for showtimes, FREE 12 and s!LZHEIMERS)NFORMATION Lansing City Market under, $4 adults. (Please See Details April 13) Alzheimer’s Association NorthWest Initiative Breakfast with a Cause. A variety of breakfast s%MERGENCY casseroles, coffee, tea and more. To benefit the s#ANCER0REVENTION s3ICKLE#ELL4RAIT 0REPAREDNESS0LAN food banks. 8-10 a.m. Donations. Incu-Bake, 1967 s1UIT3MOKING2ESOURCES 4ESTING3IGN 5P Aurelius Road, Holt. www.incu-bake.com. Lansing Emergency Management Sickle Cell Disease Association Pancake Breakfast. Homemade pancakes, egg s#ANCER0ATIENT)NFORMATION casserole, fruit and more. Donations go to a new American Cancer Society s6ISION3CREENINGS s3ENIOR,EGAL3ERVICES roof. 9 a.m.-Noon. Donations encouraged. Faith s%YEWEAR!DJUSTMENTS United Methodist Church, 4301 S. Waverly Road, s/STEOPOROSIS3CREENINGS Sixty Plus Elderlaw Clinic #LEANINGS Lansing. (517) 882-0661. Beals Institute Lansing Ophthalmology s3PINAL3CREENINGS Music s0OSTURAL%VALUATIONS Benefit Concert, Chris Trapper. Front man Waverly Chiropractic Center of the Push Stars, money raised will go to three different organizations. 5:30 p.m. $30. Lou & Harry's, 16800 Chandler Road, East Lansing. www.iie.lifeasaze- bra.com. To learn more about the Health Fair and how to use the bus to get there, Live Music. Live music at dinnertime. 6:30-8:30 call: (517) 394-1100, email: [email protected] or visit: cata.org. See Out on the Town, Page 30 30 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 11, 2012

of art available, omlet bar and drinks. Help raise funds River Ave., Lansing. www.music.msu.edu . talk about projects and try different prompts and Out on the town Michigan Pride. 11 a.m. $30. Capitol City Grille, Radis- Singers on The Grand. 2 p.m. $10 advance, $12 at activities. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Stockbridge Library, 200 son, 111 N. Grand Ave., Lansing. www.michiganpride.org. door. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, Lansing. Wood St., Stockbridge. (517) 851-7810. from page 29 Salsa Dancing. DJ Mojito spins salsa, merengue, (517) 482-5700. www.riverwalktheatre.com. p.m. FREE. Altu's Ethiopian Cuiine, 1312 Michigan bachata. 7 p.m.-Midnight, $5 21, $7 under 21. Fahren- Ave., East Lansing. (517) 333-6295. heit Ultra Lounge, 6810 S. Cedar St., Lansing. Theater Tuesday, April 17 "The Piano Man: Billy Joel." The Lansing Alcoholics Anonymous. Closed meeting for those "The Usual: A Musical Love Story." 2 p.m. $22. Classes and Seminars Symphony performs the music of Billy Joel. 8 p.m. who desire to stop drinking, with American Sign Lan- (Please See Details April 12) Schizophrenics Anonymous. A self-help support $15-40. Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. guage interpretation. 9 a.m. FREE. Alano Club East, Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre. Com- group for those affected by the disorder. 10 a.m. (517) 487-5001. www.lansingsymphony.org. 220 S. Howard St., Lansing. (517) 482-8957. municating messages through dance and songs in Room 215-F, Community Mental Health Building, 812 Singers on The Grand. Performing music of the Occupy Lansing. Direct Action meeting. General Plains Indian society. 1:30 p.m. $12. Cobb Great Hall, E. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) 485-3775. silver screen, 1930s to present-day. 8 p.m. $10 ad- Assembly each Sunday at 7 pm. 5 p.m. FREE. Gone Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (800) Yoga 40. For those in their 40s, 50s, 60s and be- vance, $12 at door. Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Wired Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) Wharton. www.whartoncenter.com. yond. 7:15 p.m. Suggested $7. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Drive, Lansing. (517) 482-5700. www.riverwalkthe- 853-0550. www.gonewiredlansing.com. Ave., Lansing. (517) 488-5260. atre.com. Capital Area Singles Dance. Meet new friends Literature and Poetry Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Anyone wanting to MSU Professors of Jazz. CD release show. 8 with door prizes. 6:30-10:30 p.m. $8. Ramada, 7501 Poetry Reading. Poets George Dila and Dennis lose weight is welcome. 7 p.m. FREE to visit.. Eaton p.m. $25. Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., Lansing. W. Saginaw Hwy., Lansing. (517) 819-0405. Hinrichsen share poetry and conversation. 7 p.m. Rapids Medical Center, 1500 S. Main St., Eaton (517) 487-9549. www.stpconcerts.com. Scandinavian Society of Greater Lansing FREE. Gone Wired Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lan- Rapids. Judy @ (517) 543-0786. Billy Dean. The country music star. 8 p.m. $20-25. Meeting. A video on Denmark and on Norway, sing. (517) 346-0099. becauseeverybodyreads.com. Schizophrenics Anonymous Self-help Sup- Margaret Livensparger Theater, 5885 W. Holt Road, followed by a potluck dinner. 2-4:30 p.m. FREE. Faith port Group. For persons with schizophrenia and Holt. www.holt.tix.com United Methodist Church, 4301 S. Waverly Road, related disorders. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Sparrow Profes- Lansing. (517) 316-1394. Monday, April 16 sional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) Capital City Film Festival. Screening several Theater Classes and Seminars 485-3775. films and musical guest Lights. Visit website for "The Usual: A Musical Love Story." 3 & 8 p.m. Divorced, Separated, Widowed Conversa- Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. Pres- details. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. $5 film screening, music $10-13, $22 matinee, $25. (Please See Details April 12) tion Group. For those who have gone through loss byterian Church of Okemos, 2258 Bennett Road, $50 weekend pass. (Please See Details April 12) "The Wizard of Oz." 1 & 7 p.m. $10 door, $8 and are ready to move on with their lives. 7:30 p.m. Okemos. (517) 505-0068. Art Expo. Featuring local and neighboring artists. online. (Please See Details April 12) FREE. St. David's Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Intro to Computers. Professionals from Career Noon-5 p.m. FREE. Hannah Community Center, 819 Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272. Quest teach the basics. 2:30-4 p.m. FREE. Capital Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 333-2580. GriefShare Seminar. DVD series, with support Area Michigan Works, 2110 S. Cedar St., Lansing. Literature and Poetry Coffee Tasting & Dessert Buffet. Tasting of group discussion. 6:30-8 p.m. FREE. Grace United (517) 492-5500. J. Gabriel Gates. Author of "The Sleepwalkers!" Rwandan coffee and other African coffees. 1:30-3 Methodist, 1900 Boston Blvd., Lansing. (517) 490-3218. On the Way To Wellness. Barb Geske provides available for book signing. Noon-4 p.m. FREE. Schul- p.m. Donations for Association Mwana Ukundwa. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. St. David's nutrition and wellness coaching in a positive, er Books & Music, 1982 Grand River Ave., Okemos. Haslett Community Church, 1427 Haslett Rd. Haslett. Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. informative format. 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. $10. (517) 349-8840. www.schulerbooks.com. (517) 339-8383. www.haslettcommunitychurch.org. (989) 587-4609. www.stdavidslansing.org. Presbyterian Church of Okemos, 2258 Bennett Road, Student Art Show. The Capital Area Career Chronic Pain Support Group. For those experi- Okemos. (517) 349-9536. Center, New Media Students. 2-5 p.m. FREE. Coffee encing any level of chronic physical pain. 4-5:30 p.m. Computer Class. Learn Excel. 7 p.m. FREE. Com- Sunday, April 15 and Friends Cafe, 5100 Marsh Road, Okemos. (517) FREE. Women's Center of Greater Lansing, 1710 E. munity of Christ, 1514 W. Miller Road, Lansing. (517) Classes and Seminars 347-0962. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. 882-3122. Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. "Spy Kids 4." Call for showtimes, FREE 12 and HomeWork Help. Drop-in help for grades K-8 from Laughter Yoga. With Kiran Gupta, a licensed Meets on the third floor. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Down- under, $4 adults. (Please See Details April 13) clinical social worker. 5:30-6 p.m. FREE. Campus town Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. the MSU Student Michigan Education Association. 5-7 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Village Center, 1151 Michigan Ave., East Lansing. (517) (517) 367-6300. www.cadl.org. Music 775-4834. Overeaters Anonymous. 2 p.m. FREE. Every- Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. www.elpl.org. Mid-Michigan Bluegrass Association Con- Farm to Table. Screening of "The Vanishing of the Yoga for Well Being. With Amy Noren, RYT 200, body Reads Books and Stuff, 2019 E. Michigan Ave., cert. The MMBA meets every third Sunday of the trained in alignment based yoga. 6:30-8 p.m. $10. Full Lansing. (517) 485-8789. Bees" film. 6:30 p.m. FREE. CADL Holt-Delhi Library, month to play a concert. 2-7 p.m. $4, $2 seniors. 2078 Aurelius Road, Holt. (517) 694-9351. http://www. Spectrum Family Medicine, 2025 Abbot Road, East Relics of the Big Bang. 4 p.m. $3, $2.50 students Woldumar Nature Center, 5739 Old Lansing Road, Lansing. and seniors, $2 kids. (Please See Details April 13) cadl.org/farm. Lansing. (517) 482-2382. Greater Lansing Against War & Injustice Speakeasies Toastmasters. Become a better History of Haslett. With light refreshments All-School Recital. Support students of the speaker. 12:05-1 p.m. FREE. Ingham County Human served by the Friends in the Barnes House. 3-5 p.m. Meeting. To plan local events & actions for peace MSU Community Music School. 3 p.m. FREE. MSU and social justice. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Central United Services Bldg., 5303 S. Cedar St., Lansing. FREE. Meridian Historical Village, 5113 Marsh Road, Community Music School, 841-B Timberlane St., East Bicycle Safety. Learn proper sizing of your bicycle Okemos. (517) 347-7300. Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) Lansing. (517) 355-7661. cms.msu.edu. 410-1243. and more. 7 p.m. FREE. Dewitt District Library, 13101 Gardener's Roundtable. Discuss various garden Stefan Koch. Recital by Lansing Symphony cellist. Schavey Road, DeWitt. (517) 669-3156. www.dewit- topics, swap ideas, tips, and occasionally seeds and 4 p.m. FREE. MSU Community Music School, 841-B tlibrary.org. Events plants. 12:30-1:30 p.m. FREE. Hunter Park Commu- Timberlane St., East Lansing. (517) 355-7661. cms. Coffee & Organization. A guided discussion on all Euchre. Play euchre and meet new people. 6-9 nity GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., msu.edu. clutter-related and organization topics. 10-11:30 a.m. p.m. $1.50. Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Lansing. (517) 999-3910. University Chorale/Choral Union. Featuring FREE. Espresso Royale Café, 1500 W. Lake Lansing Elizabeth Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Fauré - Requiem, Britten - Cantata Misericordium Road, East Lansing. [email protected]. Social Bridge. Play bridge and socialize. 1-4 p.m. Events and more. 7 p.m. $10, $8 seniors, FREE students. $1.50. Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Pride Brunch & Silent Auction. With an array Plymouth Congregational Church, 2001 E. Grand Elizabeth Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Events Adding Years. Stephanie Howard, co-author of Compassionate Friends. For grieving parents. "Give Them Something Better" on longevity secrets. 7:30-9:30 p.m. FREE. Salvation Army Community 6:15 p.m. FREE. Holt Seventh Day Adventist Fellow- Center, 701 W. Jolly Road, Lansing. (517) 351-6480. ship, 5682 Holt Road, Holt. (517) 543-6978. www. Mid-day Movies. Watch recent releases on the adventist.org. big screen. 2 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing "Spy Kids 4." Call for showtimes, FREE 12 and Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6363. under, $4 adults. (Please See Details April 13) www.cadl.org. Monday Morning Movie. Get your film fix at the Game On. Play a variety of board and video games. library. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 3-5 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext.4. Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 x3. Morning Storytime. All ages welcome for stories, songs, rhymes and fun. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Delta Town- Music ship District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. Open-Mic Mondays. Sign up to play solo, duo, (517) 321-4014. with your band. 6:30-10:30 p.m. FREE. Michigan Kids Time: Ages 5-11. Help eastside youth to grow Brewing Company, 402 Washington Square, Lansing. food, develop leadership & life skills. 4:30-5:30 p.m. (517) 977-1349. FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3910. 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To adopt one of these pets from the Ingham County Animal Shelter, call (517) 676-8370. Zephyr Zephyr is cute and 600 Curtis St., Mason, MI 48854. Hazel is a sweet cuddly. She loves girl who gets to curl up on a nice www.ingham.org/ac/home.htm along with other pillow. pets but would prefer to be an Diamond is a Kane only cat. Kane is a young dog sponsored by: beautiful long who had a rough start In Memory of Diane Castle Realtor Whitey haired girl who is in life. He's looking front declawed. for someone to love 517-327-5189 She needs a home him and give him the without dogs. stability he needs. Mercia sponsored by: Mercia is a 3 year old sponsored by: German shepherd Everybody Reads Linn & Owen Jewelers 517-482-0054 who has already had Books & Stuff some training. She'll Okemos make a great family sponsored by: 1802 W. Grand River Captain is a very 517.349.8435 dog! Dewitt sponsored by: sweet pit bull who 12286 U.S. 127 will need a special 517.669.8824 Dale & Matt Lansing Schrader family because he is www.soldanspet.com 5200 S. MLK blind. 517.882.1611 5206 W. Saginaw Hwy. 517.323.6920 Charlotte 515 Lansing Road 517.541.1700 Sponsor a pet on the next Adoption Page for only $35 — $6 goes to the shelter. To sponsor, call by Nov 3: 999-5061 Now!! Adopt a pet on this page and Soldan's will thank you with a $10 gift certificate. Contact (517) 999-5061 after you adopt. 32 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • April 11, 2012

show. Proceeds go to Michigan Pride. 18 & up $10, members; $5. Holt 9th Grade Campus, 5780 Holt Habibi Dancers Out on the town 21 & up $5. 9 p.m. Club X-Cel, 125 N. Clippert St., Road, Holt. (517) 694-0087. from page 30 Lansing. (517) 333-3232. Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 present p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. Storytime. Stories, rhymes, songs and a craft Music Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 351-5866. Timeless Dance for ages 2-5. 10:30-11:15 a.m. & 6:30-7:15 p.m. FREE. Jazz Tuesdays. With Jeff Shoup Quartet, artists Community Yoga. Power yoga class. 6:30-8 p.m. The Evolution of Bellydance East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East from the MSU Jazz Studies Department and the FREE. Just B Yoga, 106 Island Ave., Lansing. (517) Lansing. (517) 351-2420. mid-Michigan jazz community. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. 488-5260. "Spy Kids 4." Call for showtimes, FREE 12 and Stober's Bar, 812 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Drop-in figure drawing. Easels and drawing under, $4 adults. (Please See Details April 13) boards provided, bring other supplies. 7:30-10 p.m. April 14, 2012 Return to Paradise. Lansing's orginal all-male Literature and Poetry $5, $3 students. Kresge Art Museum, located at Adult Book Discussion. This month "Hotel on the Physics and Auditorium roads, MSU Campus, East Doors 7:30pm Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford. 6:30 p.m. Lansing. (517) 337-1170. Concert 8:00pm FREE. Dansville Library, 1379 E Mason St., Dansville. Anime & Manga Drawing. For teens, to learn (517) 623-6511. how to draw their own characters in the popular Japanese Anime style. 3-5:30 p.m. FREE. East Lan- at the door Book Discussion Group. "The Leisure Seeker" by $15/$20 Michael Zadoorian. 1 p.m. FREE. Williamston Library, sing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. EL Hannah Community Center 201 School St., Williamston. (517) 655-1191. (517) 351-2420. Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Discussion. 6-7 Albert A. White Theater p.m. FREE. Pilgrim Congregational United Church of 819 Abbott Road, East Lansing Wednesday, April 18 Christ, 125 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 484- 7434. www.PilgrimUCC.com. Classes and Seminars The Ecological Role of Fungi. With Paul Olexia, Grande Paraders Square Dance Club. Round Holt High School Professor Emeritus Kalamazoo College. 7 p.m. FREE. Starring Roula Said dancing and alternating and more. 7:30 p.m. $4 Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., 5885 Holt Rd, Holt Lansing. (517) 887-0596. www.wildoneslansing.org. Carol Hess. Professor of Musicology, on what do April 14 & 15 we in the U.S. know about Latin American music. Sunday 7 p.m. FREE. MSU Library, 100 Main Library, MSU Saturday 10am-6pm Campus, East Lansing. www.lib.msu.edu. 10am-8pm Events Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. Grand Ledge Baptist Church, 1120 W. Willow Hwy., Grand $1.00 OFF Ledge. (517) 256-6954. Practice Your English. Speaking and listening to COUPON English in a friendly, relaxing atmosphere. 7-8 p.m. (One coupon per person. Not valid with any other o er.) FREE. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Adults $4.00 Youth Service Corps. 3:30-5:30 p.m. FREE. (Please See Details April 11) Knee High Naturalist. 1-2 p.m. $5. Please See Children 17 & Details April 11) Tickets available at: Colonial Village Neighborhood Meeting. The under FREE Association meets on the third Wednesday. 7-8:30 New Aladdins p.m. FREE. Grace United Methodist, 1900 Boston Frandor Shopping Center Blvd., Lansing. (517) 482-5750. (517) 333-8710 Authorized Warranty Service "Spy Kids 4." Call for showtimes, FREE 12 and And online at: under, $4 adults. (Please See Details April 13) www.habibidancers.org 1915 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing, MI 48912 Toddler Storytime. Stories, songs and activities www.homeshowLansing.com (517) 351-9339 www.capmac.net Weekend workshop info available online [email protected] See Out on the Town, Page 33

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Lansing Area Science Fiction Association Out on the town Meeting. 7 p.m. FREE. (Please See Details April 11) Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny April 11-17 Fiction Book Discussion. This month's title, "Ama- from page 32 ryllis in Blueberry" by Christina Meldrum. FREE. 6:30 ARIES (March 21-April 19): You had to take the test acknowledging how mysterious our world really is. I'd p.m. FREE. Holt-Delhi Library, 2078 Aurelius Road, for ages 1-3. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Downtown Lansing before you got a chance to study more than a couple be pleased if lovers everywhere uttered it at the height Holt. (517) 694-9351. Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 672-4072. of the lessons. Does that seem fair? Hell, no. That's the of making love. I nominate you to start the trend, Virgo. www.cadl.org. bad news. The good news is that this test was merely You're the best choice, since your tribe, of all the signs Toddler Storytime. Stories, songs and activities a rehearsal for a more important and inclusive exam, of the zodiac, will most likely have the wildest rides and for ages 2-3. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Okemos Library, 4321 Lansing’s which is still some weeks in the future. Here's even most intriguing adventures in the coming weeks. Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 347-2021. better news: The teachings that you will need to master LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A starfish that loses an Preschool Storytime. Children can enjoy fun Premier before then are flowing your way, and will continue arm can grow back a new one. It's an expert regenera- tales, songs and craft. 10 a.m. FREE. Webberville to do so in abundance. Apply yourself with diligence, tor. According to my understanding of the astrological Library, 115 South Main St., Webberville. (517) 521- Plant Aries. You have a lot to learn, but luckily, you have omens, you are entering a starfish-like phase of your 3643. & at 10:30 a.m. FREE. 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By JOE TOROK Upon arriving, we were seated and Many restaurants in the area advertise greeted by an experienced server, tall with fine dining, yet deliver a thoroughly mid- gray-speckled hair and an impish smile. dlebrow experience. There was friendliness and elegance in While that might make for a great way each deliberate gesture. He took our order to bring in folks whose conception of "fine for tea and, with a smile, promised it would dining" begins and ends at a plate of lob- arrive within the hour. ster or a French-sounding cut of beef, it’s So it was disappointing when a new not the best way to impress those actually server arrived to discuss the menu. While looking for a true fine dining experience. our new, young server was perfectly friend- A higher grade experience does exist, ly, the juxtaposition against her refined though, and you’ll find it at The Knight colleague, whose efforts at service were Cap, on East Michigan Avenue, across natural, fluid and personable — what one- from the Lansing Center. Reservations are expects when dining fine — was stark. recommended, and not just for securing a She seemed nervous, awkwardly and :fd`e^Jffe table; when you arrive, your table is set, halfheartedly placing napkins on our laps, complete with recently poured glasses of opening the menu for us and placing it on water. our table setting, forgetting things here :_`Zb\e=`\jkXJXcX[ The interior is lush and and there, like the size of my steak order intimate with floral print or that we had already declined drinks. table cloth and cushy In truth, I don’t blame the server. Our booth and table seating, guess was that she was new to serving at and softly lit with strings Knight Cap, and when a casually dressed Klib\pI\lY\e Review of white lights along the couple walked in and didn’t immediately ceiling and tabletop elec- order a bottle of wine, someone marked :Xgi\j\JXe[n`Z_ tric candles. it as a good opportunity for a new hire to When observing a space that insists get some training. The problem, though, Jg`eXZ_JXcX[n`k_>fXk:_\\j\ on fancying itself as upscale, details mat- is that when I pay close to $100 for an ter — even the most trivial. At the Knight evening out, I don’t want a server who’s Cap, the ceiling fans are a good indicator learning on the job. of attention to detail: The blades were not The menu recently changed at The only dustless, they shined so brightly they Knight Cap, so we asked (twice) about might serve as a mirror for adjusting a tie. those changes and discovered that prices fresh local produce One expects the dress to be a tad for- had been reduced in many cases, and sal- ~ we are your year round Farmer’s market open every day to everyone ~ mal at a place where meals with drinks ads, if desired, are now ordered separately. for a party of four could run into the hun- We started with a traditional Caesar dreds of dollars, but jeans are certainly not salad for two ($15). The dressing had a out of place. A small bar sits at one end strong punch of acidity, but the greens of the restaurant, adding to the relaxed were nice, and when the vinegar wasn’t environment; thankfully, no television can overpowering, the anchovies and fresh be found. Fine dining is a hard sell with "Sports Center" flashing on a big screen. See Knight, Page 35

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compliments to the chef were in order. Join our Top Shelf wine club. Knight My companion chose the mashed potatoes, which were heavy on the garlic and April is the birthday month from page 34 parsley. While I enjoyed the strong flavors, for our wine club. As a she was disappointed in the potatoes-as- thank you to all our loyal ground pepper made for a tasty begin- garlic-vehicle approach, and I could under- members we are offering ning. stand how the combination might not have the club for $55.00 for I went with the Knight Cap’s self-pro- been ideal. Perhaps a well-seasoned server claimed famous sizzler, a rustic cut of beef, might have offered such insight. the month of April. prepared medium rare and rested before While the after-din- served. The steak comes with two enor- ner coffee was medio- Knight Cap You do not need to be a mous, crispy onion rings that could very cre, it certainly didn’t 320 E. Michigan Ave., member to receive the well have been an appetizer in their own spoil the delightful Lansing 11 a.m.-midnight special pricing, so April is right. A fluffy rice pilaf made for a pleasant cheesecake with straw- Monday-Friday; a great month to join and light side. berry sauce. The straw- 5 p.m.-midnight I garnished my steak with sautéed but- berries had a tart burst Saturday save $5.00. There is no ton mushrooms and looked forward to a on first bite, followed (517) 484-7676 cost to join and no FB, TO, OM, RES, soft, earthy accompaniment. Those poor quickly by a wave of P, $$$$ monthly commitments. mushrooms, however, as my companion gentle sweetness. The noted, were drunk out of their minds. It’s a cake itself was dense Stop in the wine good thing we didn’t order drinks because and creamy with a mild flavor, deferring to department or give us a call the mushrooms soaked up enough of the the smile-inducing zest of the berries. at 349-5150 to get started. alcohol they were cooked in to trigger a I’ll go back to The Knight Cap for the breathalyzer. food and the atmosphere, but when I do, My companion went with the petite I’ll have a request that must not be refused: filet mignon, cooked medium rare and, I’d like that tall, handsome server, the one like my own, served after it had rested. who walks between tables as if he’s skat- With a delicate béarnaise sauce, each bite ing on ice, the one with enough humor and is an experience to savor and remember; charm to make an evening truly fine.

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