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VOL. 17 Feedback ISSUE 15 Bad cover choice for Halloween issue irreverent depiction NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust TO ALL (517) 371-5600 Fax: (517) 999-6061 1905 E. Michigan Ave. Lansing, MI 48912 www.lansingcitypulse.com of the beloved image CREDITORS The last • • • • remaining Settlor, Carolyn The “rest of us” must be a pretty small also belies your Irene Green aka Carolyn ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5061 Green, DOB: 03/07/1921, of group, and its collective pulse, nearly stated dedication 4475 Village Dr. Number 44, or email [email protected] Grand Ledge, MI 48837, died CLASSIFIEDS: (517) 999-5066 undetectable, if you believe your recent to an educated and September 29, 2017. There is PAGE no personal representative of cover (Halloween Issue, Oct. 11) wasn’t compassionate the Settlor’s estate to whom Letters of Administration have 7 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz deeply offensive. Everywhere else readership base. been issued. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 treasured, (apparently) the holy depictions Many of your claims against the Michael ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER • Mickey Hirten J Green and Carolyn Green Meridian Mall faces uncertain future of Mary and her son have withstood the audience are at least Trust, dated March 8, 2016, [email protected] will be forever banned unless ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR • jonathan@lansingcitypulse. changing times. “Madonna and Child” is presented to Marsha Green the singular reference needed to evoke Trustee, within 4 months after com • (517) 999-5068 the date of publication. Bradley PAGE PRODUCTION & EVENTS MANAGER • affiliated or are the A. Vauter (P35762) of Bradley gratitude and reverence for millions of agencies that credit Vauter & Associates, P.C., 912 [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 beneficiaries of Charlevoix Dr., Ste. 120, Grand STAFF WRITERS • Lawerence Cosentino the world’s faithful.How disturbing, then, Ledge MI 48837, and Marsha 9 Green, Trustee, 2514 Fairfax [email protected] the cover of your recent publication. It and acceptance of Rd., Lansing MI 48910, (517) Todd Heywood shouldn’t be necessary to explain why the otherstheir unselfish to Christian service 484-9643. Vienna Choir Boys return to Wharton [email protected] featured artist’s profane distortion of the values and faith SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR • Rich Tupica internationally recognized holy icon, “Our teachings. Showing respect for the sacred [email protected] ASSISTANT SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR Lady of Perpetual Help” deserves rejection, art of the world is only one stance resonant PAGE Mandy Jackson • [email protected] with your stated desire to represent the 16 Contributors: Andy Balaskovitz, Justin Bilicki, Daniel hope you’ll apologize to the community “rest of us”, but it’s an essential one. E. Bollman, Capital News Service, Bill Castanier, ofand Lansing, the firmest home of of denouncements, many houses of I ­— Mary C. Cusack, Tom Helma, Gabrielle Lawrence Rebecca Wissner Nine gifts for animal companions worship.Your willingness to promote an Johnson, Eve Kucharski, Terry Link, Andy McGlashen, Lansing Kyle Melinn, Mark Nixon, Shawn Parker, Stefanie Pohl, Dennis Preston, Allan I. Ross, Dylan Tarr, Rich Tupica, Ute Von Der Heyden, David Winkelstern, Paul Wozniak CITY OF LANSING Cover SUMMARY OF Interns: Kelly Sheridan, Shruti Saripalli, ADOPTED ORDINANCE #1219 Art Sherry Min-Wang Distribution manager: Paul Shore • (517) 999-5061 Lansing City Council adopted an Ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, to amend Chapter 286, Cover Art by Sykler Ashley Delivery drivers: Frank Estrada, Dave Fisher, Jack to add Section 286.16 that requires the City provide an employee with a summary of benefits when the Sova, Richard Simpson, Thomas Scott Jr. employee separates from City service.

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A Site Plan and Special Use Permit application from Core Campus Lansing, LLC, for the properties at 918 and 1010 East Grand River Avenue to demolish existing structures and construct a 10-story (132 feet in height) mixed-use building with the following uses:

•12,220 square feet of retail space •347 market rate apartments •Parking structure with 158 parking spaces

The properties are located in the East Village Zoning District.

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Dated: November 16, 2017 East Lansing, MI 48823 CP#17_308 City Pulse • November 22, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION Cost-saving move Ingham County Commission quietly ends meeting videos OF THE WEEK Ingham County’s Board of Commissioners OF THE WEEK quietly stopped video recording its meet- ings, ostensibly to save money. The decision was prompted by a February email from Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum as a possible cost-saving measure as commissioners faced a budget crisis. In April, commissioners approved a resolution that ended a contract with Granicus, a digi- tal service provider. “The Video/Audio Recording System used to record the Board of Commissioners meetings has been showing signs of failure over the past few years,” she wrote. “It is to the point where I believe a decision should be made by the Board of Commissioners on whether or not the system should be replaced or no longer used. As you are being faced with tough budget decisions, this Photo illustration by Todd Heywood/City Pulse 2414 Hopkins Ave. could be a cost-saving opportunity.” Events inside the Ingham County Courthouse will get blurrier with decision by the Lansing Township Bids to replace the system came it at about $81,000, Byrum wrote in the email. Ingham County Board of Commissioners to end videotaping its meetings for the public. A resident contacted City Pulse The new system would have used voice-ac- to complain about this Lansing tivated technology to focus a camera on a Commissioners last week approved a con- and broadcast the video of the commission’s Township quaint ranchhouse that speaker as well as broadcast the video online. tract for Revize LLC to do that work, includ- meetings. Until last month, the city, he said, is partially hidden behind seven “This is not an effort to limit transparen- ing security upgrades, for $99,000. That’s had no clue the county was ending the video vehicles in varying states of repair. cy,” said Republican Commissioner Randy on top of another $20,000 paid to Gravity recording. Some are legally parked on the Maiville in an email. “The full board meet- Works for the similar work. “I wanted people to know what the com- property’s driveway, while others ings the past few years have been brief, civil East Lansing Commissioner Mark missioners were doing,” he said. He said he are parked on the grass on parts and non-contentious. If the meetings are Grebner said the video was an unnecessary watched them himself of the property’s front and side audio recorded how much effort, technology thing. He was on the commission when then “It’s a way for people to know what is yards. That may be a violation of the and expense should the county invest to have County Commissioner Virg Bernero pushed happening and what people are doing,” he township’s ordinance prohibiting video for about five or six hours a year?” for the recordings. said. frontyard parking. Under one “While the Board’s meetings are no lon- “I said at the time it was a bad idea Cable access is funded in part by money of the cars near the house are ger videotaped, all meeting minutes can be whose time had come,” Grebner said of vid- raised from franchise fees from cable provid- mufflers and exhaust systems, indicating some sort of work may accessed online at no charge to the public or eo recording. ers. But state law prohibits countiess from be happening on the vehicles as the press,” wrote Sarah Anthony, chairwom- For the longtime commissioner, video applying for and using that money, said well. an of the commission, in an email. “This introduced an element which allowed peo- Ingham County Controller Tim Dolehanty. practice is in compliance with the Open ple to grandstand for the cameras and dis- But cities, like Lansing, can and do access Property records from the Ingham Meetings Act.” tract from the work of the commission. those funds. That would have been a like- County Treasurer’s Office show the 1955, three-bedroom home is Byrum told commissioners at an April Bernero on Monday confirmed Grebner’s ly place for a regional partnership, Bernero 1,092 square feet and set on 0.147 19 Finance Committee meeting that audio opposition. said. However, he said no one from the from meetings would be “openly posted” acres. Those records show the “I just don’t understand this,” Bernero county reached out to the city and its public property is owned by Zacks Julio on the county website. The audio was to be said. “This is about democracy and govern- access station to seek a partnership. and Renate L. DeZacks Revocable posted by Becky Bennett, the director of the ment transparency. Grebner has apparently “We didn’t even know anything about it Living Trust. Julio and DeZacks are Board of Commissioners’ Office. However, been able to convince his fellow commis- until we got a letter about it,” he said. With listed as the responsible taxpayer. in a search of the county website on Monday sioners to take a step back.” only six weeks left in office, Bernero said No one answered the door on night, nearly five months after the contract As for the plan to make audio of the meet- he would encourage incoming Mayor Andy Sunday afternoon when City Pulse with the service provider was canceled, no ings available online, Bernero was aghast. Schor, who also served on the county com- knocked. audio files for recent meetings were located. “Can you imagine anything more boring mission, to explore a partnership with the — Todd Heywood Bennett said on Tuesday morning that than watching the meetings? That would be county to make the video recording available when the county ended the contract with listening to them.” again in the future. Granicus, it left the website without the tools Early in his tenure at City Hall, Bernero This is the second time since August that “Eyesore of the Week” is our weekly look at to upload audio. said he directed staff at the city’s public access the commission has come under fire for some of the seedier properties in Lansing. It rotates each with Eye Candy of the Week. If you have a “That’s part of the reason we need station to work with the county to obtain suggestion, please e-mail eye@lansingcitypulse. to upgrade the website,” Bennett said. See County, Page 6 com or call Berl Schwartz at 999-5061. 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • November 22, 2017 Mission to the desert MSU experts wrestle with food access at Cristo Rey High-level officials and ground-level ketball, to host fun events, quinceañeras experts, from MSU President Lou Anna (15th birthday parties for girls), social Simon on down, assembled at the Cristo activities,” Garcia said. “Today we use this Rey Community Center gym Thursday for gym as a space to feed people. Last year a Thanksgiving reality check. we fed over 26,000 meals here. We’re In a gym used to feed hungry people, changing as the neighborhood changes.” the experts looked for ways to apply the Against a backdrop of festive stacks university’s expertise to the persistent of hay and Thanksgiving decorations, problem of “food deserts,” low-income Garcia implored food donors and volun- neighborhoods without access to healthy teers to remember Cristo Rey in summer, food. when school lets out and the need is even Simon herself gave the opening more acute. remarks, to demonstrate that the huge, Rich Pirog, director of the Center agriculturally minded university a few for Regional Food Systems at MSU, miles away was taking its land grant mis- said about 1.8 million Michigan res- sion to heart. idents, including 300,000 children, Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse “We believe we have to start doing live in lower income communities that Lorraine Weatherspoon (second from left), a professor of human nutrition at MSU, things differently,” Simon said. “We have “restricted access to healthy foods.” makes a point at a food access forum at Cristo Rey Community Center Thursday. Listening, weren’t hearing and understanding what Lorraine Weatherspoon, a professor of from left to right, are moderator Sheril Kirshenbaum, Rich Pirog, director of the Center we needed to know to make a difference in human nutrition at MSU, decried the for Regional Food Systems at MSU, Joan Nelson, director of the Allen Neighborhood all the matters that relate to food security “misconception that [low-income] indi- Center, Cristo Rey director Joseph Garcia (not visible here) and Dilli Chapagal, immigrant and insecurity.” viduals don’t care about healthy food or and refugee liaison at the Greater Lansing Food Bank. Simon defined food access the way they don’t want it.” She said her research most experts have begun to talk about has repeatedly shown otherwise. “They The fund is a public-private part- before the forum was Prabu David, dean the problem, as obesity and related health just can’t get to it,” she said. nership modeled after programs in of MSU’s College of Communication Arts issues hit low-income communities along Pirog introduced the idea of the “food Pennsylvania, California and Illinois to & Sciences. The two men talked about with hunger. swamp,” a density of junk food in a neigh- provide “flexible, patient capital” to “good how to tell Cristo Rey’s story “in a real “It’s not just having food, but having the borhood that research has shown can be food” enterprises that benefit food des- way.” right food, prepared in the right way, that a better predictor of obesity than the lack erts. MSU is among the fund’s support- “My goal here was to connect with a bends the needles on all the health issues of a full-line grocery store. ers. few experts, take them on a little tour, put that we know make a difference in learn- Weatherspoon said low-income neigh- Pirog declared that the federal Healthy a face to a concept,” Garcia said. Behind ing,” Simon said. borhoods are offered “a plethora of Food Financing program, which provided him, wranglers carted away a wood- Joseph Garcia, Cristo Rey’s executive high-calorie, high-sugar foods” linked to $3 million in seed money to the Michigan en table hand-crafted for the forum by director, was impressed to see Simon at diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hyper- Good Food Fund in 2013, “is definitely Charlotte, Michigan-based woodworker the forum. tension and a host of other ailments. investing in co-ops, but you have to be Nathan Shaver. MSU will haul the table “I was pleased to see deans here as Pirog called for a “systems approach” loan ready, with the right person manag- to other places around the state for more well,” Garcia said after the forum. “There’s to the problem, including not just food, ing the co-op.” food access forums. a lot of expertise at MSU. We ought to be but also housing, transportation and After the forum wrapped up, Garcia “I appreciate data,” Garcia said. “I able to connect those dots.” social connectivity. said it was a good start to what he hoped appreciate matrixes. But we are not cogs, Garcia took the opportunity to school “If you have to take one or two buses would be a long-term relationship. we’re people.” the assembled academics and experts on to get to the full-line grocery store, you Among the MSU officials Garcia met — LAWRENCE COSENTINO the reality of feeding hungry people. don’t really have food access,” Pirog said. I was elected to the Mason City Council, I “People think they know us,” he said. Joan Nelson, executive director of the was astonished to learn how many people “They think they know the issues. The east side’s Allen Neighborhood Center, County were watching our meetings online and on reality is, they are layers away from what’s cited a growing network of integrated television,” the Republican lawmaker said. “I going on.” programs there, including a neighbor- from page 5 think this is a step back from transparency.” In a few days, Cristo Rey volunteers hood garden and hoop house, gardening what appears to be a rollback of transpar- Case Naeyerart, who works for the GOP and staffers would be busy supplying education, exercise programs in the park ency efforts. Back then, City Pulse reported in the state Legislature, said she found irony about 400 Thanksgiving dinners, in sit- and a weekly farmers’ market that dou- commissioners attempted to circumvent between the actions of local Democrats and down and delivery form. bles the value of SNAP benefits. the Open Meetings Act to discuss troubling the vocal demands for transparency by state “I’d like people to remember that “We see life as an integrated whole, not audit findings related to the county trea- leaders of the party. there’s 364 other days in the year,” Garcia just having a breadbasket program,” she surer. That post is held by Democrat Eric “On a state level, we are hearing over and said. “I’ve got more than enough volun- said. Schertzing. over about transparency from Democrats,” teers for this event.” When the subject of food co-ops came At the time, Grebner defended the she said. “But here we are locally and we Garcia told the group about Cristo up, Nelson winced. actions. see them moving away from transparency. Rey’s 50-year evolution, from a commu- “We lost the East Lansing Food Co-op “The voters can’t have both: us, like, actu- That’s not lost on me.” nity center bursting with activities and recently, so it’s a painful topic for a lot of ally dealing with reality,” Grebner said. “And As a Republican, she’s in the super-mi- events to a borderline rescue mission people,” Nelson said. doing it in a public session. And therefore, nority on the Commission. She’s one of only struggling to maintain food, medical and Pirog said half a dozen applicants we do this privately.” three GOP commissioners on the 14-mem- financial programs, mostly for the work- around the state have asked the Michigan Mason-area Commissioner Robin Case ber body. And that super-majority raises ing poor. Good Food Fund for financing and tech- Naeyerart said she was disappointed by the another transparency issue for the body. “This gym space was used to play bas- nical help to start co-ops. decision to end the video broadcasts. “When — TODD HEYWOOD City Pulse • November 22, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7 East Lansing • Meridian Township • East Lansing • Meridian Township • East Lansing • Meridian Township • East Lansing • Meridian Township Uncertain future Meridian Mall faces shifting paradigm in suburban retail landscape As digital retail swallows 9 percent of all But the mall can’t rely on the current sta- sales and traditional national retail stores tus quo forever. close down locations nationwide, American The facts cannot be ignored: U.S. Census malls are faced with a dilemma: adapt or die. data shows that online shopping has cap- The future of CBL Properties’ Meridian tured 9 percent of all sales, and that num- Mall could see it no longer relying on hous- ber steadily increases each passing quarter. ing anchor stores, many of which are down- This trend coincides with many retail giants sizing. J.C. Penney, RadioShack, Macy’s and either declaring bankruptcy or compensating Sears have all announced closures. Macy’s for the changing market by eliminating tra- shut down its Lansing Mall locatio but ditional brick and mortar locations. retained its spot at Meridian Mall. But this is not enough to declare the “Having two malls in a market the size of idea of the American mall dead, at least Lansing — one on the east, one on the west, not according to those within the industry. puts some of these retailers from the nation- Stacey Keating, CBL Properties’ public rela- al perspective into distress,” said Chris Buck, tions director, downplayed the impact online Meridian Township’s economic development shopping has on malls, referring to its effect director. “Their first line of defense is to min- as “complementary.” Still, Keating said malls Skyler Ashley/City Pulse imize the number of competing stores in a are finding new ways to adapt to the chang- With the holiday season here, malls are facing further growth in digital sales, which region.” ing market nationwide. already account form 9 percent of retail sales. Shopping centers like Meridian Mall are Given Meridian Township’s much high- “Malls around the country, including our turning to alternatives to stay alive. er median household income of $65,000 mall here, have said that retail as we know compared to Lansing at $35,000 and it may not come back,” Buck said. “The mall a lineup of storefronts. Like its neighbor, a lasting influence across the industry. “I Delta Township at $58,000, according to of the future might end up having a mixed Meridian Mall brought in a movie theatre, think that’s why you see properties reinvent- Census.gov, the Meridian Mall has a dis- component of storefronts and experience Studio C!, and opened a gym with Planet ing themselves to offer more than just retail,” tinct advantage over the Lansing Mall in opportunities.” Fitness. said Keating. appealing to major retailers. Also competing Malls are fighting back by focusing on Huhn said Meridian Mall’s other main The Meridian Mall brought in the with Meridian Mall is the Eastwood Towne what online retail cannot provide: real tactile competitor, Eastwood Towne Center, pri- Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame earlier this Center, Lansing Charter Township’s outdoor experience. Experience opportunities engage marily engages its shoppers through a vari- year, following Keating’s notion that inter- shopping center. Lansing Charter Township consumers beyond sales, such as restaurants, ety of restaurants. Other shopping centers activity must eventually become the main reports a median household income of arcades or movie theaters. The Lansing Mall might want to follow their lead: Government focus. $42,000 according to Census.gov. adopted this strategy in light of its own recent data from the United States Agriculture Malls are also turning their eyes to the Meridian Mall’s general manager, Todd retail woes, devoting a serious amount of Department shows that almost half of the office space market. The Fairlane Town Huhn attributed the market of Michigan space to Regal Cinemas and Tequila Cowboy. money millennials spent on food came from Center in Dearborn opted to skip searching State University students as another import- Meridian Mall is running parallel with going out to eat. for a new big box retailer and instead rent- ant factor when comparing Meridian Mall’s this strategy by investing its economic future Keating said the decline of malls as a success with its competitors. in providing shoppers with more than just social hub for younger consumers is having See Mall, Page 8 ‘Disturbing’ letters the talk of Okemos; but police tight-lipped An unidentified Missouri man is wanted were “not illegal,” combined with the man’s as the reason his department would not Scott Hughes, a spokesman for the office, on a felony warrant for malicious destruc- alleged felony actions on Nov. 10, Okemos seek extradition. Traditionally, an agency declined to provide specific information tion of property, but Meridian Township Public Schools went into a heightened secu- seeking extradition of a wanted felon from regarding the suspects age or details of Police say they’re not going to seek extra- rity state last week. Police are refusing to another state has to foot the bill for arrest- his alleged crime. He said state court rules dition. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg identify the man, but they allege he traveled ing, lodging and transporting the accused. mandate prosecutors to protect the privacy with a story that has tongues wagging in the to the township earlier this month. Decisions about when and if to seek an of persons who have not yet been arraigned township. Meridian police have tried to coordinate extradition order can also be contingent on criminal charges. Unrelated to the felony allegations, the with the St. Louis Police Department to on more than just financial issues, officials “When you have high publicity cases man came to police attention last week after check in on the suspect’s mental well being, said in background interviews. The distance where you have a suspect and nobody’s been over 40 residents of Okemos received what but so far he has not been cooperative. the person would need to be transported as arraigned it puts us in a difficult situation,” police described as “disturbing” commu- Despite obtaining a warrant for mali- well as the seriousness of the crime are tak- Hughes said. He also said law enforcement nications through the U.S. Postal Service. cious destruction of property against the en into account as well. For instance, some has expressed concerns that pre-arrest pub- Police say the alleged felon was behind the unidentified man, police and prosecutors one wanted on a misdemeanor charge for licity related to issued but unserved arrest mailings, which originated from St. Louis, are being tight lipped about not only his retail fraud, commonly known as shoplift- warrants could unduly risk the safety of law Missouri, where the man lives. identifying information, including his age, ing, but who is detained in Hawaii, is high- enforcement sent out to apprehend a sus- The cryptic letters read, “Man can never but also regarding the specifics of what he is ly unlikely to face an extradition request pect. escape from his conscience. You can deceive accused of doing. Officials declined to reveal from Michigan. However, a person facing He also declined to explain why prose- others but never yourself.” whether the charges stem from actions a murder charge found in Florida is almost cutors were not seeking extradition in this The investigation into the letters also against a private home or a business. certainly expected to be extradited. Bach case. included the U.S. Postal Inspector Service. Meridian Township Police Investigations referred additional questions to the Ingham — SKYLER ASHLEY As a result of the letters, which police said Sgt. Brad Bach cited financial constraints County Prosecutor’s Office. and TODD HEYWOOD 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • November 22, 2017

work out of the mall for the next 10 years, sales controller, told the Detroit Free Press. something new.” while the automotive company renovates an It’s a strategy that economic officials like Should Meridian Mall one day have to Mall office building of its own. Buck have become privy to, as they plan for resort to adopting one of these techniques, In-house access to amenities such as food the future investments of their own malls. Huhn wouldn’t consider that a sign of fail- from page 7 courts, shopping and gyms at no extra cost “You could see housing centers. You’ve ure, but of success. ed an empty space to Ford. Now 1,800 Ford made the deal especially appealing, David got all the parking in the world, you’ve got “That’s an evolution that’s going on out employees will conduct their daily office Dubenksy, Ford Motor Co.’s marketing and a Planet Fitness, you’ve got a food court, there right now, the mall industry continues you’ve got restaurants,” said Buck. “If you get to evolve,” said Huhn. “Our main goal is to NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS creative you can put a wide variety of uses try and stay ahead of that.” EAST LANSING PLANNING COMMISSION into an existing footprint instead of building — SKYLER ASHLEY

Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing Planning Commission on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, 101 Linden Street, East Lansing. 33-20-01-12-322-043 992 TOURAINE AVE 33-20-01-12-322-054 993 TOURAINE AVE 1. A public hearing will be held to consider an application from MJW Investments, 33-20-01-12-322-040 1002 TOURAINE AVE Inc. for Modified Site Plan and Special Use Permit approval for the property at 550 33-20-01-12-322-027 1003 TOURAINE AVE 33-20-01-12-322-039 1008 TOURAINE AVE Michigan Avenue to convert 634 square feet of the existing ground floor retail space 33-20-01-12-322-028 1009 TOURAINE AVE to recreational use (fitness center). The properties are located in the B-2, Retail Sales 33-20-01-12-322-038 1014 TOURAINE AVE Business. 33-20-01-12-322-029 1015 TOURAINE AVE 33-20-01-12-322-037 1020 TOURAINE AVE 2. A public hearing will be held to consider Ordinance 1418, an ordinance to amend 33-20-01-12-322-030 1021 TOURAINE AVE the Zoning Use District Map to rezone the Hawthorn Neighborhood into the R-O-1 33-20-01-12-322-036 1026 TOURAINE AVE Residential Rental Restriction Overlay District. The proposed District the boundary 33-20-01-12-322-031 1027 TOURAINE AVE 33-20-01-12-322-035 1032 TOURAINE AVE of the platted Hawthorn Subdivision as recorded with the Ingham County Register 33-20-01-12-322-032 1033 TOURAINE AVE of Deeds on December 14, 1976 in Liber 34 and pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. The rezoning 33-20-01-12-322-034 1038 TOURAINE AVE includes the following properties: 33-20-01-12-322-033 1039 TOURAINE AVE

Parcel Number Street Address 33-20-01-12-322-041 1150 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, City of East Lansing, 33-20-01-12-322-042 1151 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given an 33-20-01-12-322-055 1207 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S opportunity to be heard. These matters will be on the agenda for the next Planning Commission 33-20-01-12-322-026 1208 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S 33-20-01-12-322-025 1214 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S meeting after the public hearing is held, at which time the Commission may vote on them. The 33-20-01-12-322-024 1220 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S Planning Commission’s recommendations are then placed on the agenda of the next City Council 33-20-01-12-322-023 1226 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S meeting. The City Council will make the final decision on these applications. 33-20-01-12-322-022 1302 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S 33-20-01-12-322-067 1307 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S 33-20-01-12-322-021 1308 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters 33-20-01-12-322-068 1313 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to 33-20-01-12-322-020 1314 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S 33-20-01-12-322-069 1317 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S individuals with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the 33-20-01-12-322-072 1319 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning 33-20-01-12-322-019 1320 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S Department, 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 33-20-01-12-322-071 1323 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S 1-800-649-3777. 33-20-01-12-322-070 1325 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S Marie E. Wicks 33-20-01-12-322-018 1326 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S City Clerk 33-20-01-12-322-017 1332 CHARTWELL CARRIAGEWAY S

33-20-01-12-322-009 1303 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY Dated: November 16, 2017 33-20-01-12-322-008 1306 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY East Lansing, MI 48823 33-20-01-12-322-010 1309 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY 33-20-01-12-322-007 1312 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY CP#17_306 33-20-01-12-322-011 1315 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY 33-20-01-12-322-006 1318 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY 33-20-01-12-322-012 1321 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY 33-20-01-12-322-005 1324 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS 33-20-01-12-322-013 1327 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY EAST LANSING HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION 33-20-01-12-322-004 1330 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY 33-20-01-12-322-014 1333 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY Notice is hereby given of the following public hearings to be held by the East Lansing Historic District 33-20-01-12-322-003 1336 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY 33-20-01-12-322-015 1339 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY Commission on Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., in the 54-B District Court, Courtroom 2, 33-20-01-12-322-002 1342 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY 101 Linden Street, East Lansing. 33-20-01-12-322-016 1345 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY 33-20-01-12-322-001 1388 CHARTWELL DUAL CARRIAGE WAY 1. A public hearing will be held for the purpose of considering a request from Irving Benson, for the property at 140 Center Street, to remove damaged siding and install 33-20-01-12-322-061 961 CRIMSON CT new siding to the home using a new material. 33-20-01-12-322-060 966 CRIMSON CT 33-20-01-12-322-062 967 CRIMSON CT 33-20-01-12-322-059 972 CRIMSON CT 2. A public hearing will be held for the purpose of considering a request from Dave 33-20-01-12-322-063 973 CRIMSON CT Gutow, for the property at 135 Beech Street, to remove existing siding and install new 33-20-01-12-322-058 978 CRIMSON CT siding to the home using a new material. 33-20-01-12-322-064 979 CRIMSON CT 33-20-01-12-322-057 984 CRIMSON CT Call (517) 319-6930, the Department of Planning, Building and Development, East Lansing City Hall, 33-20-01-12-322-065 985 CRIMSON CT 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, for additional information. All interested persons will be given an 33-20-01-12-322-056 990 CRIMSON CT opportunity to be heard. 33-20-01-12-322-066 991 CRIMSON CT

33-20-01-12-322-048 962 TOURAINE AVE The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as interpreters for the 33-20-01-12-322-049 963 TOURAINE AVE hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals 33-20-01-12-322-047 968 TOURAINE AVE with disabilities upon request received by the City seven (7) calendar days prior to the meeting. 33-20-01-12-322-050 969 TOURAINE AVE Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should write or call the Planning Department, 33-20-01-12-322-046 974 TOURAINE AVE 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone: (517) 319-6930. TDD Number: 1-800-649-3777. 33-20-01-12-322-051 975 TOURAINE AVE 33-20-01-12-322-045 980 TOURAINE AVE 33-20-01-12-322-052 981 TOURAINE AVE Marie E. Wicks 33-20-01-12-322-044 986 TOURAINE AVE City Clerk 33-20-01-12-322-053 987 TOURAINE AVE Dated: November 16, 2017 East Lansing, MI 48823 CP#17_307 City Pulse • November 22, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9

ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER ‘It’s got to be fun’ From the Austrian Empire to laser tag, Vienna Boys Choir rolls keeps the tour bus rolling.

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO but the weight of tra- Christmas in Vienna sounds like a dition sits lightly on staid affair, but when I caught up with their shoulders. the Vienna Boys Choir last week, they “I don’t need the were tearing a boisterous swath across the boys to scream like United States with their ebullient, danc- it’s a Wagner opera,” ing choirmas- Cagnin said. “I like ter from it light and mild and Italy, Manolo bright, and it’s got to Cagnin. be fun.” “Today we’re One of the choir’s going to play current crowd-pleas- laser tag and ers is a rousing pol- go bowling,” ka about a man who Cagnin said. takes a mountainside “We have an vacation. electric piano “Everything goes Manolo Cagnin on the bus and wrong. It starts we’ll use it to raining, the heat is try out ideas.” unbearable, things Courtesy Photo The choir’s angelic aura will precede it are breaking,” Cagnin The Vienna Boys choir is a well-oiled troupe of 100 boys, aged ten to fourteen, divided into four touring to MSU’S Wharton Center Tuesday, but said. He tells the kids groups that appear around the world. Cagnin is eager to bring the venerable to think of Mr. Bean, organization down to Earth. the hapless BBC-TV imperial outfits to sailor suits, the big the Vienna Boys Choir look like upstarts: “We sing with a lot of passion and a lot bumbler played by Rowan Atkinson. thing for kids back then. Since 1926, the St. Thomas Choir in Liepzig, founded of heart and a lot of body language, like in “I’m not a music teacher,” he said. “A they’ve gone on 1,000 tours in 100 coun- in 1212. Johann Sebastian Bach himself Italy,” he said. “It’s 25 normal, good boys, ten-year-old kid doesn’t care about B tries, adding a lot of secular tunes and directed the choir in the mid-1700s. not so extremely wonderful, but we work major or what the dominant chord is. We world music to their growing repertoire. A good friend, also named Manolo, every day, we talk about what the composer means and It’s now a well-oiled troupe of 100 was a choirmaster at the Vienna Boys Vienna Boys Choir: rehearse.” how to communicate it.” boys aged ten to fourteen, from dozens Choir and suggested Cagnin look into it. Christmas in Vienna The touring Another tune, “Mambo Italiano,” of countries, divided into four touring But Cagnin’s dream was to conduct 7:30 p.m. Tues, Nov. 28 Wharton Center Cobb Great and rehearsing calls for a half-shouted, half-sung “hey.” groups. operas and symphonies, not boys’ choirs. Hall time Cagnin “Everybody plays soccer,” he tells the “I was not so sure about it at the begin- $15.50-55.50 “Every day we are on the bus for 1-800-Wharton and his charges boys. “You make a goal, yell ‘Aaaay.’” hours,” Cagnin said. “It’s not, ‘OK, silence, ning — working every day with children, spend together To rehearse a song driven by an Italian nobody speaks now. Sleep, eat and sing.’ spending most of the time on the road,” creates a rapport most maestros would dance rhythm called a tarantella, Cagnin That’s not human. They are developing Cagnin said. “Then I thought, ‘Why not? envy. danced in front of them, to imitate the their personality. We have to support I’ll try it for a couple of years. Ten years “I understand in one second when gyrations caused by the bite of a tarantu- them.” later, I’m still here.” something’s wrong,” Cagnin said. “They la (according to legend). Part of his job is to deal with the boys’ He discovered that he could do things know what I’m going to say, from my face, “They need to move their body, not personal problems. in Vienna he couldn’t have done in a con- my hair, my body. You can have that only just sing with the brain,” he said. “All kinds of things come up every day,” ventional career. when you know each other deeply.” Cagnin takes the choir on tours all over he said. “‘My glasses are broken, I’m fall- “I can’t understand, with the modern Watching Cagnin’s constantly flying, the world, from Singapore to Vietnam ing in love with this girl and what should conductor — one day in New York, one almost prehensile head of hair, you believe to New Zealand, carving out an empire I do?’” day somewhere else, ‘Give me a crescendo, that it signals his moods to the kids. of sound that would have astonished He ran through his answer suspicious- give me a diminuendo,’” he said. “Music is “My job isn’t just to play the piano and Maximilian. They still sing for Sunday ly fast: “It’s OK, when I was 14, I did life. I can’t work for two hours and make to conduct,” he said. “We deal with life.” Mass in Vienna’s Imperial Chapel, as they ba-ba-ba-ba.” music that comes from the soul.” Laser tag and electric pianos were have for 500 years. It’s not the life Cagnin planned for. The freshening element at the choir not around when the choir was found - The appeal of “normal boys” making After studying violin and viola in his comes from the group’s rapid turnover. ed in 1498, when Holy Roman Emperor extraordinary music has only grown over hometown of Venice, he moved to Milan, “Every year, it’s something new — new Maximilian I moved his court and its the war-torn centuries. where he started conducting and com- children, a new feeling, a new atmosphere. musicians to Vienna and started the choir. When the Habsburg Empire fell posing. It’s like a wonderful drug. You can’t say Franz Joseph Haydn sang with them. after 1918, the choir thrived as a private In Liepzig, Germany, he worked with a ‘stop.’ Every day is a new wonderful day Mozart and Bruckner worked with them. institution, under the name of Vienna boys’ choir that goes back so far it makes and probably I will die in Vienna.” The list of alumni is mind-boggling, Sängerknaben. The boys switched their 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • November 22, 2017 Sugar plums and rat traps Capital Ballet Theatre mounts 37th ‘Nutcracker’

By LAWRENCE COSENTINO who dance en pointe for two solid hours in Everybody acts like they are tired of “The the classic mold. Nutcracker,” but let the smallest snippet of “The older girls log quite a few hours on Tchaikovsky’s magical ballet waft into an their toes and go through a pair of shoes a elevator and the hardest cases crack a sug- show,” Heise said. ar-plum-eating grin. Sunday was the troupe’s last day of Besides, it’s not that hard to freshen up the rehearsal at its Old Town studio. The crew long-lived holiday classic. Lansing’s method moved the show into the Wharton Center is to kill the Rat King a different way each for rehearsals Monday, complete with an year. impressive flotilla of scenery and costumes, The Nutcracker The annual pro- all crafted by volunteers. After a dress Capitol Ballet Theater 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., duction by the Capital rehearsal the day before Thanksgiving, Nov. 24-25 Ballet Theatre is now in the company will take Thanksgiving off to 2 p.m. Sun., Nov. 26 $18-28 its 37th year of non-re- fuel up for the weekend’s performances. 1-800-Wharton peating rat extermina- Monday has been set aside for a reduced- tion. rate community outreach show for schools, “Nothing too terribly violent,” spokes- senior centers, home schooled kids and woman Chanin Heise reassured me. “One others “who may not have access to see it year, they stabbed him with a sword. Another otherwise,” Heise said. year, he ended in his boxer shorts, with hair The music of Tchaikovsky is the ballet’s Courtesy photo flying everywhere.” perennial draw, but the production sneaks The Rat King (Ellie Rentz) and the Nutcracker (Emme Rush) in the Capital Ballet The- And that killed him? in cues from a dozen other composers, atre’s version of “The Nutcracker,” on stage this weekend at the Wharton Center. “Well, he exploded.” from Beethoven and Dvorak to a couple of The fun of the Capital Ballet’s “Nutcracker,” heavenly melodies by “Giselle” composer At the party, Clara nods off and drifts to Grand Ledge senior Tara Fedewa plays besides the 36 ways it has already found to Adolphe Adam. the land of sleep, where a series of fantastic the principal role of Sugar Plum Fairy, kill the Rat King, is its ever-evolving panoply Besides the classic choreography, the scenes appears before her eyes. with Haley Rosendale of Holt as Clara and of sights, sounds and movements. production is crammed with color and That’s where the action and artistry real- Eliana Jahjah of Lansing as Fritz. The show features young dancers of all bustle, from villagers running around in ly kick in. From then on, it’s one delight- How will the Rat King meet his demise ages and skill levels, from bouncing 8-year- the town square to a Christmas party at ful dance after another, choreographed by this year? olds (called “little guest dancers”) wearing heroine Clara’s house with lots of little girls artistic director Gregory George and guid- “You have to come to the show,” Heise ballet flats to graceful 18-year-old ballerinas in big long dresses. ed by ballet mistress Ela Alabuszew-Kutek. said slyly.

River,” said Angel. “Our first project will be Flappers and fresh water rebuilding the storm water infrastructure around the 1920s holiday bash at Broad Museum raises funds for river cleanup Frandor area, putting in waterfalls and low impact By MEGAN WESTERS The party will feature live music from designs that will clean the Imagine strolling along the banks of The Springtails, a folk band that spe- water.” the Red Cedar River and coming across a cializes in 1920s-style music, along with Other projects that Art in live performer playing music, a beautiful artist talks and locally sourced food and the Wild has in the works are outdoor art installation, or a kiosk where drinks from Morton’s Fine Catering and two amphitheaters where live poets’ work is on display. Imagine, further, Spartan Catering. 1920s era dress is performances can take place, that these songs, words and art displays encouraged and first floor galleries in the bump-outs on the sidewalks helped to edu- Broad will be open to guests from 6 p.m. with access to electricity for Art in the Wild cate the public to 7:30 p.m. musical performers or poets, Courtesy photo Holiday Celebration about the river “Last year we did almost the same exact as well as a family fishing The Art in the wild fundraiser attracted nearly 200 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 and the woods event, same motif,” Angel said. “It was area by the river. guests last year at the Broad Museum of Contempo- Broad Art Museum Angel said about half a 541 E. Circle Dr., East Lansing around them. so effective that we kept the same motif rary Art, among them: (Left) Theresa Lark, executive $60/person or $100/couple That’s the this year.” Last year, 125 guests showed million dollars in grant funds director of Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council, artinthewild.org have been secured “to rebuild and state Rep. Andy Schor, the next mayor of Lansing, (989) 550-1181 picture that up. This year, about 200 are anticipated. Art in the Wild And while it was and will certainly be a that area so it can be healthy.” who were joined by Dr. Melody Angel, one of the leaders plans to paint in real life, with the help of fun party, the goal is serious: environ- The goal of Art in the of the organization. their second annual Holiday Celebration mental reclamation of the concrete-caked Wild, now in the process of fundraiser. Red Cedar floodplain near the Frandor becoming a non-profit, is to “We have some great sponsors and “This event is 1920s themed, so peo- Shopping Center, turning the vast park- raise 10 million dollars to donors who really care about these issues,” ple are definitely encouraged to dress up,” ing lots circling the area into natural help make this happen. said Angel. said Melody Angel, committee charwom- storm water purifiers and educating the The organization is tackling these “We just want everyone who comes out an of Art in the Wild, a subcommittee of public on why it all matters. problems a step at a time, with two fund- to the Holiday Celebration to have a good the Mid-Michigan Environmental Action “Right now, 50 to 75,000 pounds of raisers a year and an ongoing search for time – it’s a fun event.” Council. pollution are dumped into the Red Cedar donors big and small. City Pulse • November 22, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

Skyler Ashley/City Pulse Fireworks explode behind the capitol moments after the tree was lit at this years Silver Bells in the City celebration. Tickets for the Wharton Center — With such shows as “Waitress,” “On Your Feet!” Ten holiday gift ideas that go beyond materialism and “The Lion King,” the Wharton Center By JONATHAN W. THURSTON and dedication to the local arts. The Robin affordable option for a full theater experi- appeals not just to the theater buffs but to Sometimes, the best gifts under the tree posts events about a month in advance, so ence is a ticket to the Riverwalk Theatre. anyone who loves a good show. Most tick- aren’t the biggest ones. Sometimes, they pick up a ticket for a January event when This theater hosts performances that usu- ets are between $15 and $45, but for larger come in an envelope and appeal more to you check their calendar. They are located ally come four days a week for two weeks, shows, the cost can be more. The Wharton the experiential side of the holidays rather at 1105 S. Washington Ave. Tickets average and each ticket costs about $10. It has a also offers gift certificates if you’re not sure than the capitalistic side. These gifts can be at $15. full schedule for the coming months with which tickets to get. in the form of tickets, gift cards or even club Powerhouse Gym Membership — For shows like “Buried Child” and “Bridge to Impression 5 membership — Here we memberships. Get your family, friends and those wanting a new place to work out Terabithia.” have a gift for the whole family. A member- loved ones the gift of experiences, something or get some exercise, a membership from Lessons from Okemos Music Academy ship with Impression 5 gets you free admis- they’ll remember long after their toys break Powerhouse Gym might be the perfect gift. — Most people at some point have at least sion to the Impression 5 Science Center, or their kitchen tools rust. Located at 4790 S. Hagadorn Road in East touched a musical instrument. Paying for a exclusive member night events, a discount Mother & Earth Baby Boutique Gift Card Lansing, The membership gives you 24-hour month’s worth of lessons can go a long way at the Impression 5 store, special program — A perfect gift for parents or parents-to-be, access and the opportunity to take classes in starting up a new habit or rejuvenating an offers and free / discounted admission at a gift card from Mother & Earth Boutique from some of the gym leaders. The cost is old one. The Okemos Music Academy, 3444 a variety of science centers and museums allows you to help parents out without hav- $19.99 a month, and that includes one free Hagadorn Road, offers 30-minute private nationally. Stop by at 200 Museum Drive to ing to ask what exactly they need or risk- hour with one of the personal trainers. lessons at $30 plus requires a $25 registra- pick up your membership. ing giving the same gift as someone else. Soup Spoon Cafe Gift Card — No mat- tion fee. Strange Matter Coffee Co. Gift Card — Located at 1212 Turner St, the boutique has ter the person’s sex, interests, hobbies or Gift Card for Bake n’ Cakes — Nothing For some people, having that cup o’ joe in the gifts available as low as 75 cents and as as age, it is hard to go wrong with a restaurant says holiday love like brownies, cookies, morning is a gift in itself. Help give the gift high as $350. The boutique also offers class- gift card. The Soup Spoon Cafe on 1419 E. cakes and, of course, pies. Bake n’ Cakes of espresso with a gift card. Strange Matter es on yoga and breastfeeding, ranging from Michigan Ave. offers gift cards of any dol- offers gift cards for any dollar amount, so offers gift cards online for any amount, and $12 to $65. lar amount, and its menu covers breakfast, give your family and friends the craving their the gift card covers both drinks and various Tickets for The Robin Theatre — Does brunch, lunch and dinner. Its food items can sweet-tooths so desire. Located at 3003 E. souvenirs. Located at 337 S. Washington your partner love music? How about art or vary from $3 to $29, and its entire menu is Kalamazoo St., this bakery has both sweet Square and 2001 E. Michigan Ave., Strange drama? The Robin Theatre has something available at soupspooncafe.com. and savory bakes, something for everyone to Matter offers the gift of caffeinated aware- for everyone with its frequent performances Riverwalk Theatre Tickets — Another enjoy. ness. 12 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • November 22, 2017

THROUGH DEC. 17 >> MICHIGAN chase. The event features more than 100 STEAM TRAIN NORTH POLE Michigan-based artists and recurs daily. EXPRESS FREE. 5-8pm. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 In this holiday themed ride, you’ll take N. Washington Square, Lansing. Designed in collaboration with Elderly a four-hour excursion into the village of Instruments, Farida’s Old Town series Ashley- a two hour ride to and from the THROUGH DEC. 31 >> guitars are true modern classics. With village, and two hours there. In Ashley, WONDERLAND OF LIGHTS AT models ranging from $379 to $899, these you’ll be able to enjoy a classic-style POTTER PARK ZOO instruments make fantastic gifts for the Christmas village with a post office that Potter Park Zoo decorates for the hol- musicians in your life. Available in our mails to Santa’s workshop, elves and a iday season with thousands of lights. The Lansing showroom or at elderly.com. holiday raffle. zoo’s 23rd annual Wonderland of Lights has beautiful animal exhibits, holiday THROUGH DEC. 22 >> HOLIDAY displays, cookies and crafts for all ages. Elderly Instruments ART MARKET Bring a wrapped present on Dec. 2 for 1100 N. Washington Ave., Lansing. Sponsored by Health Management free admission to Wonderland. 5-8pm. (517) 372-7890, elderly.com. Associates, this market supports local Thursday-Sunday. $7/$5 children 3-12/ artists by making both contemporary fine children under 3 FREE. Potter Park Zoo, art and modern crafts available for pur- 1301 S Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4222, potterparkzoo.org. Wharton Center for Performing Arts, ed parade begins at the Grand Ledge Fire FRIDAY, NOV. 24 >> MASON 750 E Shaw Ln., East Lansing. (517) 432- Barn and makes it’s way down to Bridge HOLIDAY CELEBRATION 2000, whartoncenter.com. Street where you can find Santa and Mrs. Mason’s 17th annual Holiday Claus. 7 pm. Downtown Grand Ledge. Celebration presents the Santa Band FRIDAY, NOV. 28 >> VIENNA BOYS (517) 627-2383, grandledgechamber.com along with visits from Santa himself CHOIR: CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA at the Mason Historical Museum. The The choir performs holiday favorites SATURDAY DEC. 2 >> HOLIDAY lighting ceremony begins at 6:15pm from around the world with their “angel- HULLABALOO with the parade stepping off right after. ic” tones, harmonies and repertoire. An Old Town participating businesses Do your owners drive you 6-7:30pm. FREE. Downtown Mason. enchanting event full of music and hol- offers shopping specials, treats and crafts crazy during the holiday’s? (517) 676-1046, masonchamber.org. iday joy for the entire family. 7:30pm. for the kids. FREE. 10am-7pm. Old You deserve a Bowser Beer! $20.50 public/$15.50 youth ages 5-18. Town, Lansing. Iloveoldtown.org. Fill your furry favorite’s NOV. 24-26 >> ‘THE NUTCRACKER’ Wharton Center for Performing Arts, stockings with the numerous AT CAPITAL BALLET THEATRE 750 E Shaw Ln., East Lansing. (517) 432- SATURDAY DEC. 2 >> SCROOGE Capital Ballet Theatre presents its gifts Soldan’s has to offer! 2000, whartoncenter.com. SCRAMBLE 5K 37th rendition of a family favorite, The Old Town Commercial Association is Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s classic tale is Soldan’s Feed & Pet Supplies FRIDAY, DEC. 1 >> 46TH ANNUAL hosting its 11th annual Scrooge Scramble. choreographed by Gregory M George GRAND LEDGE NIGHT LIGHTS Either walk or run along the Lansing 8 Mid-Michigan Locations! with sword fights, sugar plums and CHRISTMAS PARADE River Trails; awards are given to the top Opens at 9am mid-Michigan’s best young dancers. 7:30 Before the parade begins, join the three in each age category. All proceeds soldanspet.com pm Friday and Saturday; 2pm Sunday. mayor in the Christmas tree lighting cer- $31.50/$18.00 youth and students. emony in Bridge Street Plaza. The light- See Events, Page 13 City Pulse • November 22, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 13

From Page 12 SATURDAY DEC. 2 >> PHIL day tables and miniatures. 11am-5pm DENNY AND FRIENDS CHRISTMAS Saturday/1-5pm Sunday. $12/$10 adv./$3 go to the Old Town Association. 10am. COLLECTIVE children. Downtown Grand Ledge. (517) $25. Old Town, Lansing. Iloveoldtown. The evening brings together saxophon- 627-2383, grandledgechamber.com. org. ist Phil Denny along with Kayla Waters, JJ Sansaverino, L’Renee and Sam Trump DEC. 2-3 >> CHRISTMASPALOOZA SATURDAY DEC. 2 >> WINTER in an exciting night of lively holiday LanSINGout gay men’s chorus pres- GLOW arrangements and original music. Jazzy ents its annual holiday concert. The East Lansing’s annual holiday festival holiday hits are to be expected. 7:30pm. concert will feature holiday favorites. has a little of everything for everyone. $28-42.50. Pattengill Auditorium, 626 Flaming Bear will have candles for sale The event features activities for the entire Marshall St., Lansing. facebook.com/ at the event. 7:30pm Saturday; 3:00pm family. Enjoy roasted marshmallows, pic- annualpdcc. Sunday. Tickets are available at door. Give a sense of tures with santa, ice carving demonstra- First Presbyterian Church of Lansing, well-being, balance tions and so much more. 2-5pm. FREE. DEC. 2-3 >> MSU ARTS & CRAFTS 510 Ottawa St., Lansing. lansingout.org. and harmony to Ann Street Plaza, intersection of Albert HOLIDAY SHOW and M.A.C. avenues, East Lansing. (517) MSU’s 54th annual Arts & Crafts SUNDAY, DEC. 3 >> SANTA CARES those we love this 319-6888, cityofeastlansing.com/winter- Show is one of the largest in the state AT LANSING MALL holiday season. glow. with more than 300 crafters/artisans. This event is open to all children There is something for everyone from of special needs. Everyone deserves a 541 E Grand River SATURDAY DEC. 2 >> candles, jewelry, furniture, children’s toys chance to take a picture with Santa, and WILLIAMSTON CHRISTMAS LIGHT and so much more. 9am-5pm Saturday; with this event anyone can. Guests will be Ave, East Lansing PARADE 10am-4pm Sunday. FREE. MSU Union, able to visit Santa in a calming environ- 10am-9pm Light up the town and watch illumi - 49 Abbot Road, East Lasning, uabevents. ment, before the general public. FREE (517) 203-1113 nated floats, vehicles and bands march com. (not including photo packages). 8-10am. massageandwellnessonline.com through the streets of Williamston. Visit Lansing Mall, 5330 W. Saginaw Hwy., with Santa, pet some animals and watch DEC. 2-3 >> HOLIDAY TRADITIONS Lansing. the Christmas tree light up to kick off the TOUR holiday season. 6pm. FREE. Downtown This annual tour around Grand Williamston, williamston.org. Ledge features historical houses around the Opera House, decorated trees, holi- See Events, Page 17 Massage & Wellness ‘Tis the season to relax! Jn us  30-min massages from $38 1-hour massages from $50 BLACK FRIDAY Purchase $100 in Gift Cards & Receive a FREE $20 Gift Card!

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Happy Howlidays! Nine gift ideas for animal companions

BY JONATHAN W. THURSTON If the time-honored saying that dog is man’s best friend is to be believed, then including the pet as a member of the family is just a natural progression of the thought. A quick glance at the store shelves reveals that you can find even stockings for your companion animal. Below is a list of nine gifts you can find for your companion.

Soldan’s Pet Supplies, 12286 Old U.S. 27, Dewitt; 1802 W. Grand River Ave., Okemos; 6201 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing; and 5200 S. MLK Jr. Blvd. Precisions Brand Pet Beds for dogs and cats, $20-40, What pet home is complete without a pet bed? They’re soft and allow for your dog or cat to curl up and burrow or rest their head on the lining cushion. FURminator Grooming Tools, $43-$63. grown in Charlotte. There are also cat toys If you want to keep your pet’s fur nice and for the catnip to be inserted into. smooth, these grooming tools are perfect for Marty Made Sliding Front Terrarium, the job and come in a variety of sizes to fit $90 to $1,200. These terrariums were built your animal’s natural fur. in Michigan and can vary in size from 20 Nutrisource Grain-Free Treats, $4 These long up to 280 gallons. organic treats are a great reward for your dog’s good behavior. Great for training, the AnnaBelle’s Pet Station, 600 S. Capitol treats come in salmon, chicken and rabbit Ave., Lansing flavors. Dog Training Sessions, $120. These six- week-long training classes are geared toward Preuss Pets, 1127 N. Cedar St., Lansing. making you a better dog owner and making Fluval Flex Aquarium Kit, $150. This your dog a more obedient companion. curved front aquarium is a popular starting No-Slip Keystone Martingale Collars, ing clicker comes with 10 tricks kit for anyone interested in getting his or her $10. Coming in a variety of colors and sizes, to teach your dog the basics in first fish. The 15-gallon kit is a fun gift for these collars are great for your pooch to feel 10 easy steps. You and your all ages. safe and pampered. companion will be impressing Go Cats Catnip, $4-13. This catnip is Click-a-Trick Cards, $10. This dog train- your friends and family by the next get-together!

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From Page 13 THURSDAY, DEC. 7 >> HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AT MSU SUNDAY, DEC. 3 >> LANSING HORTICULTURAL GARDENS CONCERT BAND’S HOLIDAY Enjoy holiday trees, a holiday FESTIVAL CONCERT plant sale and plenty of refreshments. The Lansing Concert Band continues 12-7:30pm. FREE. Parking not included. their concert season for the 72nd year. MSU Horticulture Gardens, 1066 Bogue The band is accompanied by the Steiner St., East Lansing. (517) 355-5191, hrt. Chorale for seasonal classics. 3pm. msu.edu. $12/$5 students/children FREE. East Lansing High School, 509 Burcham Dr., SATURDAY, DEC. 9 >> REO TOWN East Lansing. (517) 321-3274, charlotte- HOLIDAY POP-UP MARKET performingartscenter.com Take a trip over to Reo Town and hop from vendor to vendor in an epic dis- TUESDAY, DEC. 5 >> FESTIVAL play of local crafts, food, and holiday gift OF THE TREES AT TURNER DODGE ideas. Check out the event to see the par- Smith Floral’s Greenhouse is not only the home of HOUSE ticipating storefronts. 10am. FREE. Reo The sixth annual Festival of the Trees Town, Lansing. beautiful floral arrangements, but holiday trinkets, at Turner Dodge House is decorated on poinsettias and more! Make Smith Floral your one all three floors with holiday trees. This stop holiday shop! annual event is hosted by the Friends of SATURDAY, DEC. 9 >> CHRISTMAS Turner Dodge House and Lansing Parks PAW-TY AT SOLDAN’S OKEMOS and Recreation. There are roughly 50 An event for pet owners to kick off the 1124 E. Mt. Hope Ave., Lansing trees decorated by local artists, business- holiday season with a photo booth, free es and community organizations. 1-7pm food and a chance to get an ornament 8:30am-5:30pm Tuesday- Thursday; 5-8pm Friday; for the tree. FREE. 9am-4pm. Soldan’s (517) 484-5327, smithfloral.com 12-8pm Saturday; 12-6pm Sunday; Pet Supplies, 1802 Grand River Ave., closed Monday. $5/children under 12 Okemos. (517) 349-8435, soldanspet. FREE. Turner Dodge House, (517) 483- com. 4220, lansingmi.gov/939/turner-dodge- house. SATURDAY, DEC. 9 >> BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AT THE LANSING MALL TUESDAY, DEC. 5 >> HOLIDAY Spend the morning with St. Nick GLITTER AND APPLAUSE himself at the Lansing Mall. Enjoy food, Join the Arts Council of Greater stories and craft time with the jolly old Lansing with a red carpet for the Applause man. FREE. 9am. Lansing Mall, 5330 W. Awards Show. Featuring entertainment Saginaw Hwy, Lansing. with John Dale Smith and the MSU Musical Theatre Touring Group. A silent SATURDAY, DEC. 9 >> OPEN auction will be held of the original City HOUSE AT THE CAPITAL AREA Pulse Summer of Art covers. There will HUMANE SOCIETY be a cocktail hour as well as hors d’oeu- Bring your pet to take a picture with vres and live music. 6-9pm. University Santa. The event will feature a bake sale Club of Michigan State University, 3435 with treats for pets as well as their own- Forest Rd., Lansing. (517) 372-4636, lan- ers. Adoption specials will be running all singarts.org. day. 10am. FREE. Capital Area Humane Since 1972 Society, 7095 W. Grand River Ave., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6 >> WINTER Lansing. Cahs-lansing.org. WINE & STEIN AT POTTER PARK ZOO Everything Strings for Celebrate the holidays with zoo ani- SATURDAY, DEC. 9 >> A NOT SO mals. Patrons of the age 21 and older can SILENT NIGHT AT REACH STUDIO sample beer, wine and spirits as they walk ART CENTER Everyone on Your List around the zoo’s Wonderland of Lights. Over 100 pieces of art, local busi- 5-8pm. $30-35. Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. ness gift cards and other gift-able items Great Holiday Deals • Instrument Giveaways Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing. (517) 483- Beginner Packages • Gift Certificates 4222, potterparkzoo.org. See Events, Page 19 and More!

An example of the many con- tainers Mackerel Sky is offering for airplants and succulents--in an assort- ment of shapes, colors, sizes, and styles to coordinate with any taste or décor. Priced from $18.00 to $55.00. The pictured pots are by Arakawa Pottery from California. Mackerel Sky Gallery 211 MAC Ave. East Lansing, MI 48823 517-351-2211 Elderly Instruments • 1100 N. Washington, Lansing (517) 372-7890 • elderly.com 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • November 22, 2017

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From Page 17 are up for silent auction. The event includes a wine and beer cash bar and Gobble-Wobble gives out 350 baskets refreshments. There will be a preview party before the event offering addi- tional sales and socializing. 7-9:30pm main event. $25-40. REACH Studio Art Center, 1804 S. Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 999-3643, reachstu- dioart.org.

SATURDAY, DEC. 9 >> HANDEL’S ‘MESSIAH’ AT WHARTON CENTER MSU’s Choral Union, University Start your holidays Chorale and State Singers share the early with the incredible stage to present this amazing 276 year old tradition. 8pm. $20/$18 story behind Peter Pan, seniors/$10 students. Wharton Center Finding Neverland at for Performing Arts, 750 E Shaw Ln., Wharton Center Dec. East Lansing. (517) 432-2000, whar- toncenter.com. 12-17. Tickets from $43 at whartoncenter.com or SUNDAY, DEC. 10 >> LANSING SYMPHONY HOLIDAY POPS 1-800-WHARTON. Enjoy an afternoon of Christmas carols and holiday classics with the

Lansing Symphony Orchestra. Demi Kelly Sheridan/City Pulse Fragale and the MSU Youth Chorale Pastor Victor H. Trevino at Bread House South’s 2017 Thanksgiving Basket Handout will join the Orchestra for a tradition fiddle.org. event in Lansing on Tuesday. This is the second year of the Gobble-Wobble Thanksgiving that will get everyone in the holiday spir- event. Trevino said they gave out 350 baskets, almost quadruple last year. it. 3pm. $20-$55. Wharton Center for SATURDAY, DEC.16 >> TEASE A Donations have been given by members of the church, community members and busi- Performing Arts, 750 E Shaw Ln., East GOGO CHRISTMAS CIRCUS nesses. Along with the basket giveaway, Trevino also does a 50-mile walk to gain sponsors Lansing. (517) 432-2000, whartoncen- Get ready to get your bells jingled. and raise money for the church. Every day for five days in October, the pastor walked 10 ter.com. Tease A Gogo is is back for another year of holiday entertainment. This event miles. He said this event is important to the members because a lot of people, including himself, know what it’s like to have struggles. SUNDAY, DEC. 10 >> CHRISTMAS offers a naughty evening of burlesque, “That’s where my heart is and most of all of our members have been through suffering, IN THE VILLAGE drag, sideshows and more. There will also and that’s why they’re all in. They see the ministry giving back to the community, people Join Santa in the old-fashioned be delicious food, fabulous holiday drinks are more apt the give when they see. That’s why this thing has grown,” Trevino said. “Next Christmas in the Village. Meridian and a photo booth. 10pm. 18+. $15/$12 year, I already told our church and I’ve told our community, we’re doing a thousand bas- Historical Village will be transformed adv. The Avenue Cafe, 2021 E. Michigan kets.” with buildings being decorated and open Ave., Lansing. Teaseagogo.com. for visitors.Volunteers will be in their tra- — KELLY SHERIDAN ditional dress sharing their favorite past time stories. 2-4pm. FREE. Meridian ones. Visit stores early in the morning or late Historical Village, 5151 Marsh Road, Last-minute holiday shopping tips at night, or schedule a midweek afternoon shopping trip so you aren’t spending what Okemos. (517) 347-7300, meridianhis- • Stay within your budget. Even last-minute inventory left by the time last-minute shop- little time you have left waiting on lines or toricalvillage.org. shoppers have holiday shopping budgets. But pers begin shopping. Local retailers are often hunting for parking. it can be harder for last-minute shoppers to incapable of slashing prices as significantly as • Give something less traditional. Holiday FRIDAY, DEC.15 >> HOLIDAY SING! stick to their budgets because they have less their larger competitors, and that may mean gifts need not come from stores. Rather AT TEN POUND FIDDLE time to comparison shop and hunt for deals. they have more extensive inventories avail- than spending their time shopping for gifts Ten Pound Fiddle’s Sally Potter leads As the holiday shopping season winds down, able throughout the holiday shopping sea- for loved ones who seemingly have it all, a community sing-along with special resist the temptation to go over budget. If a son. In addition, shoppers who stick with lo- last-minute shoppers can give the gift of a do- guests. Lyric books will be provided gift you had in mind is available but more cal retailers won’t have to pay shipping costs nation in their loved one’s name. Last-minute to sing your favorite holiday songs all than you can spend, look for something else. to ensure items arrive on time. shoppers who want to give something more evening long. 7:30pm. $15/$12 mem- • Shop local. National chains and big box • Shop during off-peak hours. Shopping tangible can create a homemade gift that’s bers/$5 students. MSU Community retailers are renowned for rolling out great during off-peak hours can help last-minute both unique and heartfelt. If your DIY skills Music School, 4930 S. Hagadorn Road, deals during the holiday season, but such shoppers make efficient use of the limited are lacking, give a loved one the gift of a night East Lansing. (517) 337-7744, tenpound- stores may have very limited or unimpressive time they have to buy gifts for their loved out on the town at your expense. 20 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • November 22, 2017 Shadow man

‘Crooked Hat’ mystery has Detroit as a backdrop lenge writing a standalone By BILL CASTANIER Dolan describes Pellum as he goes book, espe- Ann Arbor writer Harry Dolan takes about putting fliers at the Detroit cially “with a readers on an old-fashioned hunt for Institute of Arts, Third Man Records character who a murderer with many possible out- and Shinola: “You might have won- has personality comes not unlike “Murder on the Orient dered about him. He wore good clothes, defects.” Express” in his new mystery, “Man with but sometimes he wore them carelessly. “With a Crooked Hat.” One sleeve rolled up and one left down. my previous Like “ Orient Express,” not everything Shirttail’s untucked. His hygiene left no books, I had a is as it seems for newly minted private room for complaint, but his shaving was whole cast of detective Jack Pellum, and there are haphazard … If you got close enough to characters to many false leads, crooked roads and dead see his eyes, you might have suspected he draw on,” he ends as he searches for the killer of his wasn’t getting enough sleep.” said. wife. Not a pretty picture of Pellum who lost In “Man The only lead the former Detroit his job as a homicide detective because of with a Crooked homicide detective has is he saw a suspi- his compulsion to solve his wife’s murder. Hat,” Dolan cious man lurking in the area about the Amazingly, he finds someone who saw focuses only on time of his wife’s murder and the man the man with the crooked hat and, as two characters, was wearing a crooked hat. he investigates, another murder ensues. the pursued The reader is given the killer’s name, He discovers other murders stretching and the pur- Michael Underhill, in the first sentence back decades that may be related to his suer. of the book, and, as the plot unveils itself, wife’s murder. That’s pretty much all you As the book we learn more about the killer’s personal can say about the inner workings of the draws to a life than we know about his hunter who book without giving away some amazing dramatic con- many believe, including his parents, has switchbacks and dead ends. clusion, we descended into madness. It’s been eight years since Dolan increasing- Pellum spends his days putting up fli- arrived on the mystery scene introducing ly learn more ers with a vague image of a man wearing readers to his successful David Loogan about the kill- a crooked hat and the invocation “Have series, set in Ann Arbor. er’s personal You Seen Him?” along with an email “I’m a perfectionist and not a writer life. address. who can spill out words,” Dolan said. “In some “Writing is an isolated activity. It’s a ways, the book long-term thing writing a book, and is told from his important part in Pellum’s healing from sometimes you feel you are not making (the killer’s) perspective and his relation- the loss of his wife. progress.” ship with a new woman,” Dolan said. Dolan said he chose the title of the His latest book is set in Detroit and Pellum’s past is more vague, but we do book derived from the urban legend of a the suburbs. “I didn’t want to put it learn that he has a troubled history with “shadow man” or someone on the wrong in Ann Arbor, so I spent many days in his parents who expect more from him. side of the law, because “I liked how it Detroit researching the book.” His dad is a judge and uses his influence US 127 & Lake Lansing Rd sounded.” The setting is mostly in what is now to help get his son back on the right track He is working on another standalone called Midtown Detroit, and Dolan said even setting him up as a private inves- www.NCGmovies.com book involving an Iraq war veteran that he selected actual places to put in the tigator and buying him a billboard near (517) 316-9100 book such as Pellum’s apartment. Detroit Metro Airport. is staged in both Michigan and Houston. Student Discount with ID Dolan said it was an interesting chal- One client he attracts becomes an ID required for “R” rated films

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EVENTS Steiner Chorale brings it home for the holidays 12-Step Meeting. AA/NA/CA all welcome. From 12 to 1 p.m. FREE. Donations welcome. Cristo Rey Community Center, 1717 N. High St. Lansing. Current Events. Get in "the now" with world events From 11 a.m. to noon FREE. Meridian Senior Center, 4406 Okemos Road Okemos. Ladies Silver Blades Figure Skating Club. All ON THE skill levels welcome. Lessons, practice, exercise and fun. From 9:30 to 11:20 a.m. $5 and yearly dues fee. Suburban Ice, 2810 Hannah Blvd. East Lansing. Lunch at the Meridian Senior Center. TCOA provides tasty, and nutritionally balanced meals. 12-1 p.m. $5.75/$3 suggested for ages 60+. Meridian Senior Center, 4406 Okemos Road Okemos. TOWN Party Bridge. Weekly activity at Meridian Senior Events must be entered through the calendar Center. From 1 to 4 p.m. $1 Members/$2 Public. Courtesy Photo at lansingcitypulse.com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Meridian Senior Center, 4406 Okemos Road Okemos. Steiner Chorale Wednesdays for the following week’s issue. Charges may apply for paid events to appear Saturday, November 25 in print. If you need assistance, please call MUSIC Ella at (517) 999-6704. Live Music w/ Act Casual. Express your creativity with wearable art. At 8 p.m. FREE. Lansing Brewing Company, 518 E. SHIAWASSEE STREET Lansing. Dec. 3 Wednesday, November 22 517.371.2600. CLASSES AND SEMINARS EVENTS The Steiner Chorale will kick off its 50th keep focused on making sure every Five FREE Yoga Classes for MEN. Men are Button-making Party (Age 6 & up). Express your season Dec. 3 in a big way, collaborating part of the arrangement was receiving invited to try Bikram Yoga. FREE. Bikram Yoga creativity with wearable art. From 11 a.m. to noon with the Lansing Concert Band on John attention. Capital Area, 1355 E. Grand River Ave East Lansing. FREE. Capital Area District Libraries Dansville Branch, 517-862-8926. Rutter’s joyful “Gloria” and “Magnificat” “The “Magnificat” is seven movements 1379 E. Mason St. Dansville. (517) 623-6511. Line Dance Lessons. Start with beginner/basic as well as several Christmas classics. long and the “Gloria” is three Minecraft Free Play (All ages). Challenge yourself dances. From 7 to 9 p.m. FREE. Tequila Cowboy, Artistic director and conductor Corb movements long, so it’s easy to get or teach your family how to play. From 2 to 4 p.m. 5660 W. Saginaw Hwy. Lansing. Felgenhour said the event is extra buried in the magnitude of it,” the FREE. Capital Area District Libraries Okemos, 4321 Mindfulness. Meditation for beginners and Okemos Road Okemos. 517.347.2021. special because it is taking place at East Director said. “You just have to stay experienced. From 7 to 9 p.m. Chua Van Hanh Saturday Holiday Matinee (All ages). Watch Lansing High School, where founding focused and make sure you’re giving all Temple, 3015 S. Washington Lansing. The Polar Express. From 11 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. FREE. director Bill Steiner taught. the right attention to the aspects of the Capital Area District Libraries Downtown Lansing, 401 two pieces.” HOLIDAYS “It’s kind of a coming home,” Felgenhour South Capitol Ave. Lansing. 517-367-6363. Thanksgiving Dinner-Senior Discovery said. “[Steiner] started the choral Felgenhour said there were many program there, and then he started the things to consider when choosing which Group. Thanksgiving meal and speaking about their ARTS Meals on Wheels program. From 10 a.m. to noon Steiner Chorale, and so, really, that was material to perform. “This year, we Holiday Open House at Eggleston Gallery. Join FREE. Allen Market Place, 1629 E. Kalamazoo St. his home base.” were wanting to select things that would us for tasty treats, holiday music and free drawings. Lansing. Rutter’s music combines ceremonial have good audience appeal and a little From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. FREE. Eggleston Gallery and bit of familiarity with it, but it will also Studios, 14035 Webster Rd Bath. (517) 999-3343. heft with luminous melodies, gorgeous MUSIC encourage other singers who would Small Business Saturday. Shop from a curated harmonies and, Tavern House Jazz Band. From 7:30 p.m. want to join our efforts,” he said. selection of contemporary fine art and modern in the Magnificat, to 10:30 a.m. Tavern and Tap, 101 S. Washington Steiner Chorale, craft. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Lansing Art Gallery, 113 S Lansing Concert a distinct Latin- The chorale will be joined by the Lansing Square Lansing. Washington Square Lansing. (517) 374-6400. Band American tinge. Concert Band and director Jerry The “Magnificat” Sullivan, who are already in the midst of EVENTS John Rutter’s “Gloria” Sunday, November 26 and “Magnificat” has been set their concert season. Family Storytime (Ages up to 6). Stories, CLASSES AND SEMINARS 3-5 p.m. Sun., Dec. 3 to music many songs and activities to build early literacy skills. In addition to their big joint Charlotte Yoga Club. Beginner to intermediate. East Lansing High times, but before 11:15 a.m.-noon FREE. Capital Area District performances, the band will perform a From 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. $5 annually. AL!VE, 800 W School Libraries Webberville, 115 S Main St. Webberville. Rutter tackled the few songs on their own. The culmination Lawrence Charlotte. 509 Burcham Dr., East 517.521.3643. job in 1990, only of the concert is a Lansing Concert Juggling. Learn how to juggle. From 2 to 4 p.m. FREE. Lansing PJ Storytime (Age 3 & up). Kids bring a cuddly $6-13 J.S. Bach gave Band tradition: a sing-a-long of Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St. East toy and/or wear their PJs for storytime. 7-7:30 p.m. (440) 225-4076 it an extended Christmas and holiday carols. Lansing. steinerchorale.org/tickets treatment. FREE. Capital Area District Libraries Holt-Delhi, If any audience members are worried 2078 Aurelius Road Holt. 517.694.9351. EVENTS Rutter wasn’t about their shaky vocal skills, never Family Day @ The Grid. Experience some arcade sure how to approach the task until he fear: the Steiner Chorale will have your Thursday, November 23 and pinball fun. From 12 to 4 p.m. FREE. The Grid thought about the text’s connection with CLASSES AND SEMINARS back. “We’ll be joining the band on that,” Arcade & Bar, 226 E Grand River Ave Lansing. 517- the Virgin Mary. According to St. Luke, (TOPS) Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh-in 5:15 Felgenhour said, as if there were any 885-3010. Mary uttered the Magnificat’s poetic p.m. In room 207. At 6 p.m. First meeting FREE. doubt. Lansing Area Sunday Swing Dance. At 6 p.m. $8 burst of praise when she learned she Haslett Middle School, 1535 Franklin St. Haslett. Felgenhour hopes people will take time dance, $10 dance & lesson. The Lansing Eagles, 4700 was to be the mother of Christ. A Course in Miracles. Group on peace through to enjoy some classic holiday music to N. Grand River Ave. Lansing. (517) 321-0933. forgiveness. From 7 to 9 p.m. Unity Spiritual Center “In countries such as Spain, Mexico and kick off the Christmas season. of Lansing, 230 S. Holmes Lansing. 517-371-3010. Puerto Rico, feast days of the Virgin Monday, November 27 are joyous opportunities for people “It’s a busy time for a lot of people, Capital Area Crisis Rugby Practice. All CLASSES AND SEMINARS but the kind of music that we’ll both be experience levels welcome. From 6 to 8 p.m. FREE. to take to the streets and celebrate A Course in Love. Weekly group dedicated to the performing at this concert it’s just a great St. Joseph Park, 2125 W. Hillsdale Lansing. with singing, dancing and processions,” study of the spiritual psychology. From 1 to 2 p.m. way to start off the holiday season,” he Free Yoga for Kids and Youth. All ages invited. Rutter explained. “These images of Unity Spiritual Center of Lansing, 230 S. Holmes From 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. FREE for Youth ages 6-13. said. The Steiner Chorale and Lansing Lansing. 517-371-3010. outdoor celebration were, I think, Parents pay usual rates. Bikram Yoga Capital Area, Concert Band will reprise the Rutter Opioid Therapy Group. Group therapy for those somewhere in my mind as I wrote.” 1355 E. Grand River Ave East Lansing. 517-862-8926. program 3 p.m. Dec. 17 at First United struggling with opiate addiction. From 11 a.m. to noon The chorale has been rehearsing for Methodist Church in Eaton Rapids. Lansing Area Codependents Anonymous. At this event since early November, and 5:45 p.m. FREE. Everybody Reads Books and Stuff, — Kelly Sheridan See Out on the Town Page 24 Felgenhour said it was important to 22 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • November 22, 2017

A survey of Lansing’s Musical LAndscape TURN IT D WNBy RICH TUPICA Fri., Dec. 1 Jahshua Smith Wed., Dec. 6 ABK Wed., Nov. 22 Kari Holmes

Jahshua Smith at Mac's Bar ABK at The Loft Kari Holmes at Tequila Cowboy

Friday, Dec. 1 @ Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Wednesday, Dec. 6 @ The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Wednesday, Nov. 22 @ Tequila Cowboy, 5660 W. Lansing. All ages, $15, $12 adv., 8 p.m. Ave., Lansing. All ages, $13, $10 adv., 7 p.m. Saginaw Highway, 21+. FREE, 8 p.m. Lansing hip-hop artist Jahshua Smith headlines Friday, Dec. 1 Anybody Killa (ABK) brings “The Dirty Warrior Tour” The day before Thanksgiving – aka “Blackout Wednesday” – is the at Mac’s. Openers are Yellokake & Jenna Camille, Apollo and to Mac’s Bar, local openers include A.I., Underground biggest bar night of the year, and Tequila Cowboy in the Lansing Mall Krissy Booth. Smith, a Detroit native, debuted in 2006 with Hoodlumz and Eastside Thoroughbred Ent. ABK (real name is celebrating it with a free performance from Kari Holmes, a local “The Megaman Mixtape” – then using the name “JYoung the James Lowery) has cultivated a devoted cult following of modern-country singer. After spending time recording in Nashville General.” At the time, Smith was a Michigan State University “juggalos” since the Insane Clown Posse signed the fellow with her musical partner and husband, William Shadrick, she dropped student and co-hosted “The Cultural Vibe,” Impact 89-FM’s painted-face rapper to its Psychopathic Records label her debut record, the six-song “Something New” EP. The moody- hip-hop show. In 2013, Smith’s following expanded beyond in 2003. That same year, Lowery’s “Hatchet Warrior” LP pop single “More from Me” supported the disc and made the Top Michigan after “The Final Season” LP, his 2013 debut full-length, reached No. 4 on the Billboard’s Top Independent Albums 200 on Music Row. Prior to that, she issued a single track, “Nothing climbed the CMJ hip-hop charts. From there, he opened for chart and No. 98 on the Top 200. Lowery, 44, is a Detroit I Can Do,” in 2012. Her catalog is available via iTunes. Holmes is the likes of Wiz Khalifa and performed spots at SXSW and native and draws lyrical inspiration from his Native American a lead vocalist who not only pens her own tunes, but also plays Van’s Warped Tour. In 2016, Smith issued his latest record, heritage, calling his style “spiritual rap” and branding himself rhythm guitar, banjo and mandolin. Her contemporary sound has “The Fourth Wall.” Smith said the record follows the television as a “Native American warrior.” Fans can pick up a copy been likened to Shania Twain, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood. theme used on “The Final Season,” and explores “breaking of his latest record, the eight-song “Killa Features” EP. through the fourth wall” and connecting with his listeners. The disc, released this year via his Native World imprint.

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The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Y2K Dance Party CLOSED Karaoke Nacho Punk Night Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Karle Delo CLOSED Karaoke, 9 p.m. Karaoke, 9 p.m. Coach's, 6201 Bishop Road DJ Trivia, 8 p.m. Pool Tourny, 7:30 a.m. Alskn "walleye" AYCE DJ, 9 p.m. Darb's Tavern, 117 S. Cedar St. Scott Seth Esquire, 1250 Turner St. Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Live Blues w/ The Good Cookies, 8 p.m. Mike Skory & Friends, 8:30 p.m. Be Kind Rewind, 9:30 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. Glamhammer 9 p.m. CLOSED Miranda and the M80s Icy Dicey The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Midnight Gold, 8pm Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Bluffing the Ghosts, 8pm The Sho, 8:30pm

Reno's East, 1310 Abbot Road The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave. Sir Pizza/Grand Cafe, 201 E. Grand River Ave. . Tequila Cowboy, 5660 W. Saginaw Hwy. Kari Holmes, 8pm Homespun, 8pm Kari Holmes, 8pm Watershed Tavern and Grill 5965 Marsh Rd. Capitol City DJ's Waterfront Bar and Grill, 325 City Market Dr City Pulse • November 22, 2017 www.lansingcitypulse.com 23

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SUDOKU BEGINNER TO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row, column, and outlined 3-by-3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once. No guessing is required. HELP A LITTLE ONE SHINE — GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC WITH A The solution is unique. CMS GIFT CERTIFICATE Answers on page 25 Community Music School College of Music www.cms.msu.edu • (517) 355-7661 4930 S. Hagadorn Rd., East Lansing, MI 48823 24 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • November 22, 2017

fine dining.” minutes before being dolloped with Chicago native Scott Bowdish opened chive butter, finished in a broiler, and the original location after semi-retiring served on a 300-degree plate. in Saugatuck and finding himself disap- “This is the way the classic chop- pointed with the lack of local places to houses do it, and we’ll be following that get a good steak. Tyler Bowdish, mean- religiously,” Bowdish said. “It doesn’t get while, had spent his career working his any better than that.” way up through progressively higher- The menu also features a lobster mac- end restaurants in front-of-the-house and-cheese dish (which boasts an entire positions, until he finally landed at leg- lobster tail) and wild-caught Faroe Island endary Chicago chophouse, Ditka’s. salmon, as well his father’s specialty cevi- “Mike Ditka would come in once a che appetizer. BOWDIE’S CHOPHOUSE / TROPPO ITALIAN KITCHEN / SAHARA’S DELIGHT week to eat and sign autographs. He was Bowdish hopes Bowdie’s will gener- Allan Ross/City Pulse a really nice guy,” Tyler Bowdish said. “I ate enough buzz to get diners flock- Bowdie’s Chophouse opened to the public last week in downtown Lansing. It’s the second learned a lot about treating customers ing back to Michigan Avenue and location for the family-run business, which was started in Saugatuck three years ago by the with respect and how a professional res- Washington Square. father of general manager Tyler Bowdish. taurant should be run.” “Downtown Lansing doesn’t seem to So when his father opened Bowdie’s, be a destination dining location right By ALLAN I. ROSS restaurant, which was opened in 2014 Bowdish was a natural pick for GM. now, and our goal is to get people to For last week’s annual Silver Bells in in Saugatuck by first-time restaurateur Although the 48-seat dining room was drive to here for dinner,” Bowdish said. the City event, two new restaurants near Scott Bowdish. His son, Tyler Bowdish, routinely packed, it was set up in a his- “That’s what we’re going to feed our the parade route officially opened to the serves as general manager at both toric Victorian home, so an expansion success off of.” public, while a third — an overhaul of a locations. was out of the question. The idea for a Lansing mainstay — offered a sneak peek “Their restaurant in Saugatuck is second location remained on the table Downtown’s other two newcomers at what’s to come. Could the downtown very successful, and I think Lansing until Johns approached them about his Although Troppo closed with zero dining landscape be mounting a comeback is lucky they chose to open a second building in Lansing. fanfare last fall, it recently completed a after a rash of closings in 2016? location here,” said Doug Johns Jr., “We paid a visit, and it seemed like major interior renovation, downshifting “We’re counting on it,” said Tyler who owns the Bowdie’s building. a perfect fit for us,” Bowdish said. “This from its fine dining décor into a sleeker, Bowdish, general manager of Bowdie’s “Downtown will now have a top place had been an institution for so long, more contemporary look, which includes Chophouse, a new steakhouse that took notch steakhouse again that will com- and it was small, which is what we were an open kitchen. It is expected to reopen over the former home of the Knight Cap. plement all the other entertainment already used to. Plus we knew that there soon under the slightly tweaked moni- “The Lansing restaurant scene seems to be options within walking distance.” was a market for a steakhouse in the ker, Troppo Italian Kitchen. It was briefly going through some changes right now, The Bowdishes were able to take area, so we said, let’s give it a shot.” open last weekend for Silver Bells and its and I think we’re coming in at a good time.” advantage of the massive interior reno- The Lansing Bowdie’s has 36 seats, annual Brunch with Santa event, but has Since the Knight Cap and Troppo vation performed by the last tenants, including eight seats at the bar that can closed again with no word on the official both closed earlier this year (more on Leo and Gregory Farhat, another father/ also be reserved in lieu of a table. Come relaunch; no one from the restaurant, the latter in a minute), a newcomer, the son partnership. The Farhats purchased summer, the patio will nearly double the including owner Kris Elliott, returned a French-themed brasserie EnVie, has held the Knight Cap in 2015 from original capacity with 32 seats. The menu will be call for comment. the mantle of premier downtown eatery. owner Charlie Sinadinos and kept the tight: just a shortlisted set of steak-and- Meanwhile, Sahara’s Delight became Meanwhile, nearby Soup Spoon Café con- name, but closed their version of the seafood items and a few classic appetiz- downtown Lansing’s third Middle Eastern tinues to be a major draw for epicureans 48-year-old bistro after only two years. ers. The Bowdishes lured Jason Campbell, restaurant when it opened on Friday in on the east side. Bowdie’s is the second They had time to give the interior an a Cordon Bleu-trained fine dining chef the space vacated three weeks ago by location for the family-owned/operated elegant, contemporary look – com- who worked in several Southeast and Lou & Harry’s, 119 S. Washington Ave. plete with a new, muted blue-gray Prairie State restaurants, to hone their Check back next week for full details. color scheme – which is still in place at menu. Bowdie’s. Tyler Bowdish said the look All steaks will be 100 percent USDA Bowdie’s Chophouse plays into the restaurant’s refined-yet- Prime, 28-day, dry-aged meat that will 320 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing approachable sensibility. only receive a salt-rub before hitting the 4-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 4-11 p.m. “This isn’t your normal stuffy steak- grill. After their designated cook time, Friday-Saturday house,” Bowdish said. “This is very casual the cuts will get a rest for six to eight (517) 580-4792, bowdieschophouse.com

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