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VOL. 12 Feedback ISSUE 33 ‘This is absurd’

After reading the story, “Buried Cases” ‘Head in the sand’ Legislature (517) 371-5600 • Fax: (517) 999-6061 • 1905 E. Michigan Ave. • Lansing, MI 48912 • www.lansingcitypulse.com in the March 13 issue of City Pulse, by Steve Kudos to Walt Sorg for another ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5061 Miller and Rich Tupica, I was very disturbed in-depth and brilliant piece on the PAGE CLASSIFIED AD INQUIRIES: (517) 999-5066 by the notions that information from the Medicaid expansion issue, something or email [email protected] cold case files could not be made available all Michiganders should be up in arms 6 (to the media) for reasons like: “…files are about. Not only is the Legislature on the EDITOR AND PUBLISHER • Berl Schwartz [email protected] • (517) 999-5061 scattered, with no readily available master verge of denying medical care to hun- MANAGING/NEWS EDITOR • Andy Balaskovitz list of victims. Anything really old is in stor- dreds of thousands of their fellow citi- Your tax dollars are going to clean up [email protected] • (517) 999-5064 age somewhere and cost [to] pull them is zens, the net result, as Sorg suggests is Confined Animal Feeding Operations ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR • Allan I. Ross expensive. That the cases are sitting boxes higher insurance premiums for the rest [email protected] • (517) 999-5068 and microfiche reels [and] we can’t have of us and a massive hole in the general PAGE PRODUCTION MANAGER • Rachel Harper one of our data people (pull them).” fund budget which will result in addi- [email protected] • (517) 999-5066 This is absurd. With today’s technologies tional harsh measures affecting all of us. 12 CALENDAR EDITOR • Dana Casadei for imaging, optical character recognition, The Legislature's inaction is not only fis- [email protected] • (517) 999-5069 image comparison and data base manage- cally irresponsible, it is a dereliction of STAFF WRITERS ment, there is no reason (except cost) that their duty to provide for the general wel- As the Lansing School District cuts elementary arts instructors, Lawrence Cosentino [email protected] • (517) 999-5063 these data from the boxes of files and micro- fare of their constituents. Obamacare community groups re-evaluate their roles Sam Inglot film can’t be put into a digital data base for has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme [email protected] • (517) 999-5065 the police & media use. It doesn’t take a “… Court and the continual denial of this by PAGE detective sergeant,” to pull this data, as indi- the Michigan Legislature is hard to com- MARKETING/PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR/ SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT • Rich Tupica cated by the LPD Public Information Officer prehend. Such "liberal" stalwarts as Jan 26 [email protected] • (517) 999-6710 quoted in the story. In fact, it can easily be Brewer and Rick Scott have realized it is done by an entry-level clerk using simple foolish to turn down money that would ADVERTISING MANAGER Shelly Olson Community-supported agriculture cropping copier technology and intuitive software otherwise go to other States to help them [email protected] • (517) 999-6705 programs. Since privacy and data sensitivity provide for their vulnerable residents. up across mid-Michigan ADVERTISING are a valid concern, these programs allow for Our "head in the sand" Legislature is Denis Prisk high levels of image redaction techniques. punishing all of us for the sake of their COVER [email protected] • (517) 999-6704 Police officers researching old cases can eas- purist ideology. Contributors: Justin Bilicki, Bill Castanier, Mary C. Cusack, Tom ART Helma, Terry Link, Kyle Melinn, Dennis Preston, Paul Wozniak, Amanda ily conduct key word searches, visually over- Harrell-Seyburn, Ute Von Der Heyden, Judy Winter, Shawn Parker lay images where the software compares for — Robert Nelson Delivery drivers: Richard Bridenbaker, Dave Fisher, Karen differences, annotate and share files with East Lansing Navarra, Noelle Navarra, Brent Robison, Steve Stevens Interns: Darby Vermeulen, Hannah Scott, Dylan Sowle, other investigators in real time. Can these BUDGET WOES by RACHEL HARPER Justin Anderson, Marisol Dorantes capabilities help? Editor & Publisher Berl For the City Attorneys’ office to quote a CITY PULSE ON THE AIR Schwartz cost of $613.00 then $306.50 and then have Have something to say about a local issue the LPD sergeant say that he doesn’t have or an item that appeared in our pages? Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero 7 p.m. Wednesdays the time to help is confusing to me. If this Former Mayor David Hollister Now you have two ways to sound off: is about time & cost than technology can be Alice Brinkman, founder of REACH Art Studio of great help. It is past time that our City 1.) Write a letter to the editor. Bill Mathewson, Michigan Municipal League general counsel • E-mail: [email protected] THIS WEEK Council authorize the budget that will help • Snail mail: City Pulse, 1905 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI 48912 our fine police department move into the • Fax: (517) 371-5800 21st century and acquire the technology to 2.) Write a guest column: Contact Berl Schwartz for more information: help solve some of these “Buried Cases.” If [email protected] only one case is solved and brings closure to or (517) 999-5061 one family, it is worth every dollar. (Please include your name, address and telephone number so we can reach you. Keep letters to 250 words or fewer. City Pulse reserves the right to edit letters and columns.) — Mark A. Bates Lansing This week on lansingcitypulse.com … BERNERO’S BUDGET, MARCH 25: The good news is that Lansing’s deficit is $4 million less than originally projected. The not-so-good-news is that Lansing residents may now have to pay for fire hydrants and streetlights to make up the remaining $5 million shortfall.

NIOWAVE VOTE ON HOLD, MARCH 22: The long-awaited City Council vote on Niowave’s personal property tax exemption was tabled so that a local architecture firm can render some plans to improve the façade.

MSUFCU GIVES $1M TO BROAD, MARCH 21: Michigan State University Federal Credit Union gave $1 million to the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum to help fund an annual series of lectures, performances and educational programs called the MSUFCU Artist Series.

ON LSD, MARCH 21: The teachers in the Lansing School District have a new five-year contract. However, it didn’t come without sacrifice. Dozens of layoffs are expected and teachers are giving up planning time and pay increases.

LCC HOUSES ON PATH TO DECONSTRUCTION, MARCH 21: The three houses purchased by Lansing Community College last year are slated for deconstruction, much to the dismay of a historic preservation group.

Check out these stories and more only at lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 27, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION ‘We’re not doing enough’ Mayor Bernero budgets for a cold-case detective C Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero It was written by Rich Tupica and Steve cluded that we’re not doing enough,” OF THE WEEK announced Monday that he wants to cre- Miller. Bernero said Monday. “We need to do ate a new position in the Lansing Police The original intent of the article more to get to the bottom of these cases Department dedicated to unsolved was to publicize unsolved homicides in and give the families hope.” homicides. He cited a March 18 City order to assist the Police Department. Bernero’s recommendation is part Pulse cover story as his inspiration. But when police officials said they did of his fiscal year 2014 budget, which The story, “Buried Cases: Lansing not have a list, the story shifted to why he presented to the City Council on Police lack organization with unsolved not. Monday night. The Council has until homicides,” detailed how City Pulse set “After reading your article and talk- May 20 to adopt the budget, which out to do a story on Lansing cold cases. ing to the chief and the captains, I con- takes effect July 1.

envisioned. It’s also important that every- Monday, one week after 4th Ward Behind the one keep in mind the perception that is Councilwoman Jessica Yorko was texting created when this sort of communication multiple Walnut Neighborhood residents is occurring in a public meeting.” during a Committee of the Whole meeting electronic curtain Although she says she doesn’t do on Niowave Inc.’s tax abatement request. Public officials texting and email- it, Washington said her colleagues are “If I see it going on, I will not be part ing during public meetings could “constantly” texting and emailing from of a violation of the Open Meetings Act pose legal problems the dais, which worries her that an open and I will leave,” Washington announced Property: 215 Marshall St., Lansing meetings violation could be on the hori- Monday night from the dais. “OMG, I think I just violated the zon. Washington said Don Kulhanek, But communicating with constitu- OMA,” is a phrase Bill Mathewson likes while acting as the interim city attorney, ents, rather than fellow elected officials, to use when giving presentations about advised the Council two weeks ago that is more of a gray area and may not be elected officials texting and emailing texting during a meeting could be a pos- an open meetings violation, Mathewson during public meetings. sible violation of the Open Meetings Act. said, largely because there isn’t case law There’s something about a stone house That very issue came up during the to follow. But the messages could be sub- that draws people to it. More than likely, it’s Lansing City Council’s meeting Monday ject to FOIA, he said. He suggested that the subtle balance of quaint rustic character when Councilwoman Jody Washington public bodies follow the guidance of their with a bit of grandeur — a castle, on a small criticized her colleagues on the dais for attorneys. scale. texting during meetings. To: 1/10 Yorko said she’d rather hear legal advice The Lansing area doesn’t boast many Not only can electronic communica- from the city attorney, not Washington. stone houses, nor does Michigan, in general tions from the dais come off as secretive, She said she was texting Walnut resi- — not surprising given Michigan’s abun- they may also be a violation of the Open OMG at Council, dents at the meeting about her intentions dance of woodlands. Don’t be fooled, though Meetings Act, said Mathewson, gen- call you after. to table Niowave’s personal property tax — few stone houses in Michigan are actu- eral counsel for the Michigan Municipal exemption. She said she doesn’t see a ally structurally supported by stones. The League. And such communications may problem with Council members’ texting average stone house has a wood frame con- be subject to public disclosure through WORD SEND OPTIONS or emailing each other or constituents struction with a masonry veneer, composed the Freedom of Information Act. But during public meetings, as long as they’re of field, river or man-made stone. It can be because there’s nothing in the law that not deliberating on a decision. hard to distinguish the difference from a dis- says, “Texting is a violation,” it’s up to According to the Michigan Open tance. individual circumstances, he said. Meetings Handbook, a public official who However, sometimes the real deal is obvi- If a quorum, which in the Lansing intentionally violates the Open Meetings ous. The house at 215 Marshall St. is authen- City Council’s case is five members, starts Act can be subject to a misdemeanor and tic and easy to spot, even to the untrained deliberating toward a decision on a public a $500 fine. A court could also invalidate eye. The craftsman-style house features issue via email or text, it could be consid- a decision made by a public body if a vio- exposed rafter tails and an enclosed porch. ered an open meetings violation because lation has occurred. the discussion should be happening in a In 2009, the Ann Arbor City Council — Amanda Harrell-Seyburn public meeting, Mathewson said. unanimously agreed to ban electronic The Open Meetings Act sets rules communications between City Council for meetings of public bodies that are “This is something that has both- members during public meetings. designed to ensure openness and trans- ered me ever since I came on to the City Washington thinks Lansing should fol- parency in government. Council,” Washington said in an inter- low suit and ban emailing and texting “We’ve experienced a communication view. “I truly believe in transparency from the dais. revolution, which is good in a great many and openness in government. As far as “I absolutely do,” she said. “Clearly ways,” Mathewson said. “But we need to my colleagues go, always texting among some of us just can’t control it. That way keep in mind that there are these two- each other is not in keeping with the there’s no question of the Open Meetings “Eye candy of the Week” is our look at some of the nicer decade old laws, FOIA and OMA, which Open Meetings Act. I’ve addressed it a Act being violated.” properties in Lansing. It rotates with Eyesore of the Week. If were written at a point in time when this few times, but people don’t listen.” you have a suggestion, please e-mail eye@lansingcitypulse. type of communication wasn’t in place or Washington brought up the issue — Sam Inglot com or call Andy Balaskovitz at 999-5064. 6 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 27, 2013

print of sustainable pasture grazing and lished.” small farms. “We’re looking to clean Thumbs on According to the sustainable farm advo- up the watershed,” he said. cacy group MoreforMichigan, federal Farm “If a CAFO has a water qual- Bill subsidies dole out an average $42,000 ity problem and you’re really the scale to each of Michigan’s 238 permitted fac- concerned about cleaning up tory animal farms per year. The report also the watershed, why wouldn’t Coalition says taxpayer money props alleges that 37 Michigan CAFOs that have you want to fund them?” up animal factory farms been cited and fined for unpermitted dis- Imhoff said the cleanup charge got $26 million in Farm Bill subsi- subsidies tilt an already lop- Michigan’s large-scale factory farms belly dies between 1996 and 2011. sided system further toward up to the federal Farm Bill for tens of mil- Thursday’s speakers zeroed in on the big farms. lions of dollars in environmental funds bet- federal Environmental Quality Incentive “You don’t need a waste ter spent on sustainable farming, according Program. Nationally, since EQIP started in lagoon at all if you’re farm- to a report issued Wednesday by the advo- 1996, $120 million to $125 million in EQIP ing in a sustainable manner,” cacy group Less = More. funds have gone to CAFOs for a range of Imhoff said. At Michigan State University’s Wells purposes, including building waste lagoons In other sectors of the Hall last week, a panel of experts, activists that threaten nearby groundwater, accord- economy, polluting opera- Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse and farmers from the group called for pub- ing to the Union of Concerned Scientists. tions are expected to pay for lic pressure to make Concentrated Animal The Sierra Club’s Anne Woiwode said their own cleanup “rather Maynard Beery (left), a Mason farmer who switched to Feeding Operations, EQIP has been diverted, if not perverted, than receive subsidies to pay pasture grazing 10 years ago, and author Daniel Imhoff For more info or CAFOs, pay their from its original purpose. for complying with the law,” discuss how millions of taxpayer dollars for large-scale “Less = More” report factory farms is better spent on sustainable operations. on CAFO subsidies in own cleanup costs. Woiwode urged citizens to contact Garry Woiwode said. Michigan is available at When thousands of Lee of the Natural Resources Conservation Lee met last month with nocafos.org/ Restoring%20the%20 animals are crammed Service, the official who handles applica- members of the coalition, but the sides seem in areas around CAFOs by about $26 bil- Balance.pdf into one small struc- tions for the state’s share of EQIP money. to be talking past each other. lion; taxpayers have doled out $4.2 billion ture, animal feces, “The decisions about what kind of prac- “We’re charged with helping people help to clean leakage from manure storage; and urine, body parts and chemical solvents tices get funded and at what levels are made the land,” Lee said. “The large operators health costs from overuse of antibiotics is often stew for weeks in nearby lagoons, largely right here in the state, by the state have the same entitlement the small ones estimated at $1.5 billion to $3 billion a year. waiting to be sprayed on fields as fertilizer. conservationist and a technical commit- do. They’re asking us to discriminate against There is growing evidence that the nation “Waste is being made all the time, not just tee that advises him,” Woiwode said. “They large programs for no reason.” is also waking up to the ethical issues raised when it’s convenient for farmers to apply it can significantly shift it away from CAFOs Thursday’s panel generated two hours by jamming thousands of animals into con- to the fields,” California-based agriculture toward sustainable farming.” of reasons, from water and air pollution to fined areas. writer and farmer Daniel Imhoff said. Reached by phone Friday at his East health problems raised by massive antibiotic Thursday’s panel was long on figures and Thursday’s speakers laid out a stark Lansing office, Lee declined to comment on use in CAFOs. technical data, but it ended with a rousing choice between the wide range of pollution the accuracy of the coalition report. And the cost of cheap meat goes beyond speech from former Missouri Lt. Gov. Joe threats, health hazards and ethical issues Lee said the emails are already rolling the price tag. According to national data Maxwell, now a national spokesman for presented by CAFOs and the lighter hoof- in, but the EQIP eligibility rules are “estab- from the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Humane Society of the United States. factory farms have reduced property values Maxwell still farms in Rush Hill, Mo., where PUBLIC NOTICES a co-op of 52 small-scale farmers is holding out against factory farms moving into the ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS area. 2013 LOCAL STREET PROJECT “Corporate ag takes our faces and our names and plasters it across America, CITY OF EAST LANSING and says, ‘Oh, look at our happy farmers,’” 410 ABBOT ROAD EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48823 Maxwell said. “And behind them is this filth on the land, in the air, inside these build- ings.” Sealed proposals will be received by the City of East Lansing at the Office of the Director of Public Works, up to 11:00 A. M., Monday April 29, 2013, at which time and place proposals will be publicly Maxwell praised a 2009 law passed in opened and read for the furnishing of materials, labor and equipment for curb and gutter replacement, Michigan that will phase out 2-by-7-foot pavement crushing & shaping, storm and sanitary sewer installation, water main installation, spot gestation crates, where sows are unable utility repairs and bituminous paving on Roxburgh Avenue, Pine Forest Drive, Spruce Hill Road and Woodingham Drive in the City of East Lansing. Proposals may either be mailed to the Director of to stretch their limbs or turn around, by Public Works at 410 Abbot Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48823 or hand delivered to the Office of the 2019. Director of Public Works located at 1800 E. State Road, East Lansing, Michigan. For a glimpse of sustainable farming in The Contract Documents, including Specifications, Plans and Bidding Forms may be obtained at the practice, the panel heard from cattle farmer Director of Public Works' Office, located at 1800 E. State Road, East Lansing, Michigan, by paying a Maynard Beery of Beery Farms near Mason. Twenty-five Dollar ($25.00) non-refundable preparation fee. More than 10 years ago, Beery stopped Proposals must be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond payable to the City See Agriculture, Page 7 of East Lansing, in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the bid amount, which shall be forfeited to the City of East Lansing if the bidder to whom the Contract is awarded fails to enter into a Contract within ten (10) days after the Contract is awarded. The unsuccessful bidders' checks or bid PUBLIC NOTICES bonds will be returned upon final award of Contract, approved and executed. PUBLIC NOTICE Prevailing wages are not required for this project. The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is seeking vendors for lawn maintenance. The City will apply its Local Purchasing Preference Policy, Policy Resolution 2009-3, in making the Proof of insurance required. Visit www.inghamlandbank.org for more information. Deadline for award of this contract. submissions is April 5, 2013. The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The City of East Lansing reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive defects in proposals, and to make the award in its own best interest. B/13/045 8 CU.YD. STATIONARY COMPACTOR as per the specifications provided by the City of Lansing. Sealed bids will be accepted at the FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PURCHASING OFFICE, 8TH FLOOR CITY HALL, 124 W. MICHIGAN AVENUE, LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 until 3:00 CITY OF EAST LANSING PM local time in effect on APRIL 9, 2013 at which time bids will be publicly opened and read. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available. Contact Stephanie Robinson, CPPB at (517) 483-4128, or for content and purpose of this bid contact Scott By: Marie McKenna House at (517) 483-4165 or www.mitn.info . The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors City Clerk including MBE/WBE vendors and Lansing-based businesses. City Pulse • March 27, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 7

up with just two strong supporters on the CAPITAL AREA DISTRICT LIBRARIES Council of eight. The veto To Bernero’s advantage, though, are at- Mayor Bernero holds sway over City large candidates Judi Brown Clarke, an Celebrate March is Reading Month... Council by being able to sustain Olympic Silver Medalist and a diversity a veto. This year’s election could director at Michigan State University, and change that. Ted O’Dell, a lobbyist with the Michigan #GetCaughtReading! Library Association, each of whom have iden- Ten months ago, Lansing Mayor Virg tified themselves as neutral parties between Bernero closed out the annual budget pro- Bernero and the Wood/Jeffries faction. Here’s how: cess by alienating some union officials and Local political strategist Joe DiSano, formerly loyal members on the City Council. who’s working on Chong-Anna Canfora’s 1. Read anything, The Council — with affirmative votes 4th Ward campaign to unseat Yorko, said anytime, anywhere by Brian Jeffries, Carol Wood, Jody recently that while he hadn’t given any Washington, Derrick Quinney and A’Lynne thought to disrupting the veto, the “stakes 2. Capture yourself Boles-Robinson — had its own ideas about are high” with Yorko, Dunbar and Houghton reading on Instagram balancing the budget, which chiefly relied up for reelection. on a higher annual payment in lieu of taxes “I think he’s certainly cruising to a smooth 3. Share your photo from the Lansing Board of Water and Light. re-election,” he said of Bernero. Bernero increased the payment in his bud- Canfora’s campaign, with strong union using the hashtag get last year by $3.5 million, but the five ties, is targeting Yorko particularly on public #GetCaughtReading Council members wanted to see $5 million. safety issues, which it says Yorko is down- Bernero banged his fists, promised the playing. However, DiSano said the idea that Winning photos will move would result in higher utility bills for Canfora is “somehow the anti-Bernero can- BWL customers and ultimately vetoed most of didate is incredibly simplistic.” be used in our ads. the Council’s recommendations. The Council A third 4th Ward candidate, Lansing didn’t have the six votes to override Bernero. attorney Bert Carrier, is running on a pro- Should he keep his word on seeking growth platform for downtown. “By and reelection, it’s going to be difficult for any large I find myself in line with a lot of dif- challengers to unseat Bernero, sources ferent ideas the mayor has for growing the around town say. Two candidates have filed city of Lansing,” Carrier said. “I’m not going in the race — retiree Donald Krepps and to commit to joining any faction existing on Gene Gutierrez, an independent contractor the City Council.” for Ingham County’s child services division In his time as mayor, Bernero has suc- cadl.org with no political experience. cessfully exercised his veto power four times instagram.com/cadlibrary While a formidable challenger is yet to — three overturned City Council budget appear, that’s not to say Bernero’s opponents line items in 2006, 2008 and 2012, and the can’t neutralize his power. That old unilat- fourth involved the Lansing Boat Club in eral backstop for blocking legislation — the 2008. Bernero sought to evict the club from NOW ON MY18-TV! veto — may be at risk for the mayor, carrying Grand River Park because a new lease — on 10 A.M. Sundays implications into 2014. public parkland — could not be negotiated Based on the City Charter, the Council with the private club. THIS WEEK: City Council, Budget can override the mayor’s veto, but only with Bernero said last week he has used the six affirmative votes to do so. That looks vir- veto “sparingly.” tually impossible with the make-up of the Bernero said that the prospect hasn’t eight-member Council. Bernero’s had steady been on his mind much heading into elec- support from Council members Kathie tion season. Hosted by Dunbar, Jessica Yorko and Tina Houghton. “On my mind is to get reelected and get Newsmakers Berl Schwartz But all three of those Council members are a Council that shares my vision. I’ll be sup- up for re-election. So is Jeffries, a longtime porting the three ladies,” he said of Dunbar, Bernero opponent who took the most votes Yorko and Houghton. “We’ll see what hap- in a field of four in November 2009. pens beyond that.” Should any of those three lose, and if Jeffries is re-elected, Bernero could wind — Andy Balaskovitz

“Ninety-five percent of our animal prod- Agriculture ucts are produced in these feed concentra- tion, waste-intensive systems,” Imhoff said. from page 6 Maxwell told the group that in 1980, there Carol were about 62,000 hog farmers in Missouri. trying to compete with factory farms and The latest USDA census puts the figure at Wood switched to a pasture grazing, antibiotic-free 67,000 nationally. system. In a discussion following Thursday’s talks, Lansing “We haven’t looked back,” he said. the speakers agreed that the entrenched He wants the city of Lansing to let him factory farm system would take decades to City Council pasture his cows in the unused golf courses. decentralize and downsize, as growing inter- “I believe the cows and the people can get national pressures add to domestic demand President along,” he said. for cheap meat. Comcast Ch. 16 Lansing: 9 and 11:30 a.m. Sunday Despite Beery’s success, a big question “This is easily a 30-year fight,” Imhoff Comcast Ch. 30 Meridian Township: 11:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Every Day hung over the panel: Could small farm- said. “Some say 50.” ers like him satisfy the world’s insatiable demand for cheap meat? — Lawrence Cosentino Watch past episodes at vimeo.com/channels/citypulse 8 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 27, 2013

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Finding fair trade in E.L. The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Authority is seeking vendors for lawn maintenance at its for sale properties. Proof of insurance required. Visit www.inghamlandbank.org for more information. Deadline for submissions is April 5, 2013. The Ingham County Land Bank Fast Track Fair trade or free trade? How many from around the world at her East Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. understand the differences between Lansing shop, Kirabo, 225 E. Grand Public Notice them? As many of you know, I prefer River Ave. Catron doesn’t do nearly the fair trade, buying local when possible amount of globetrotting Saper does, The Ingham County Land Bank is accepting proposals for the Identification and Marking of and linking the local with the global. but she is committed to selling only Hazardous Materials, including, but not limited to, asbestos, mercury and various containerized material, located at various sites listed in the Bid Packet# HM-2013, which can be obtained at the Perhaps you’ll see the advantages as I fair-trade products in which the arti- Ingham County Land Bank office located at Neighborhood Empowerment Center, 600 W. Maple do. sans receive fair wages and treatment. Street, Lansing, Michigan 48906 between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm Monday through I recently visited Saper Galleries, Catron finds and uses suppliers who Friday or at the website: www.inghamlandbank.org, refer to “HM-2013”. Proposals will be due at the office by 12pm on April 4, 2013. The Bid Opening will be April 4, 2013 at 12pm. The Ingham 433 Albert Ave. in East Lansing, and themselves are Fair Trade Federation County Land Bank is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Women- and Minority-Owned marveled at the breathtaking art Roy members, which requires them to Businesses and Section 3 qualified are encouraged to apply. Saper showcases meet a fair trade “Code of Practice.” from around the Gail also has relationships with others

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING world. Two exhib- she has met, like Nigerian activist and EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL its caught my author Jackson Kaguri, who is build- Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing City Council on eye immediately. ing schools in rural Nigeria. Kaguri Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at 7:30 p.m., Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, to consider the following: One was elegant provides her with handmade items that glass pieces from she sells at Kirabo, with 100 percent A public hearing will be held to consider an application from Wolf River Development Company for Site Plan and Special Use Permit approval for the property at 504 Hebron, the other of the sales returned to help fund the Michigan Avenue. The applicant is proposing to demolish the existing gas station handcrafted wood development of the schools. Where we and construct a four story, mixed-use building containing 21 apartment units. The creations from shop matters! Adding these beautiful property is zoned B-2, Retail Sales Business District. Costa Rica. I things to our lives from locally owned The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, such as interpreters for the asked Saper about shops committed to fair trade can hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting, upon notice his method for finding such artwork simultaneously build a better society to the City of East Lansing, prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot Road, East from remote places and getting them here and abroad. Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 319-6920, TDD 1-800-649-3777. back to mid-Michigan. The stories are, Finally, a little update on the local/ in typical Saper fashion, rich in detail global water filter project that resulted Marie E. McKenna City Clerk and a feast for the ears. from my summer trip to West Africa. It turns out his venture to Hebron The project is expected to com- NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING was ostensibly to visit his son Jay, who mence in the next few months, con- EAST LANSING CITY COUNCIL was doing a semester abroad in that necting a Michigan nonprofit, Aqua region. He had heard about the glass- Clara International from Holland, Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing City Council on work done by some artists in Hebron and several civil society organizations Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 7:30 p.m., Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, to consider Ordinance No. 1295; an Ordinance to amend Section 8-101 of Division 3 - Fees and Bonds Generally - of Article and had seen a few pieces at Kirabo, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Ted II - Licenses and Fees Generally - of Chapter 8 - Businesses - of the Code of the City of East Lansing a fair trade store a few blocks west Loudon, professor emeritus of biosys- to require license application fees for a change of ownership. of the gallery (see below). So, despite tems engineering at Michigan State Notice is hereby given of the following public hearing to be held by the East Lansing City Council on warnings not to travel to Hebron, he University, helped develop the Aqua Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 7:30 p.m., Council Chambers, 101 Linden Street, to consider Ordinance No. and Jay made the journey to find an Clara laboratory and is a board member 1298; an Ordinance to renumber the current Section 2-441 and to add a new Section 2-441 to Division artist still creating these unique glass with the organization. Aqua Clara will 10 - Seniors’ Commission - of Article IV- Boards and Commissions - of Chapter 2 - Administration - of the code of the City of East Lansing to specify the membership of the Seniors’ Commission. works. send a small team there to meet with Perhaps more interesting is Saper’s local NGOs that will train Burkinabes to The City of East Lansing will provide reasonable accommodations, such as interpreters for the approach to buying art when he visits construct the filters from locally avail- hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting, upon notice to the City of East Lansing, prior to the meeting. Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable artists around the world. He asks them able materials. Through a small circle accommodations or services should write or call the City Manager’s Office, 410 Abbot Road, East what they want for it and simply pays of friends we have managed to raise Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 319-6920, TDD 1-800-649-3777. it. No quibbling, no seeking discounts sufficient funds to provide the tools, Marie E. McKenna for buying multiple pieces. If Saper likes materials and training resources to pro- City Clerk the art and feels others will, he wants duce and distribute as many as 100 bio- the artist’s trust so he can come back in sand water filters. Each filter removes City of Lansing Notice of Public Hearing the future and acquire more. The pieces 95 percent of biological contaminants he brings back may not be “certified” from the water and can serve a family The Lansing City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 15, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the City fair trade, but what could be fairer than for up to 10 years without power. These Council Chambers, 10th Floor, Lansing City Hall, Lansing, MI, for the purpose stated below: paying the full price the maker asks? filters are ideal for rural, water-stressed To afford an opportunity for all residents, taxpayers of the City of Lansing, other interested persons The woodworker in Costa Rica — areas. The goal is to have the project be and ad valorem taxing units to appear and be heard on the approval of Industrial Facilities Exemption whose beautifully crafted boxes and self-sustaining in a year while expand- Certificate (IFT-1-13) requested by the applicant indicated below: other pieces mesmerized Saper in a ing access to clean water and providing Applicant: General Motors LLC market there — was harder to track employment for a number of local resi- Location: P.O. Box 300, Detroit, MI down. He had to rent a car and drive dents. Location of Project: 920 Townsend Avenue, Lansing, MI into the rural areas to find him. Limited If so interested, you can help this Description of Subject Property: PARTS SECS 20 & 21, AND ALL LOTS, BLOCKS, PLATS, VACATED language skills prevented an extensive Michigan nonprofit distribute its vari- STREETS & ALLEYS LYING WITHIN PARCEL DESC AS: COM INTN C/L WILLIAM ST & E LINE conversation but, again, Saper paid the ous water filter projects where they are M-99, TH E TO W LINE BUTLER ST EXT'D S, N TO SE COR ZUBKUS WAY, N'LY TO S LINE MAIN ST, E TO W LINE WALNUT ST, S TO N LINE WILLIAM ST, E TO W LINE TOWNSEND ST, S TO N artist what he wanted for his work. How most needed by visiting its website and LINE ELM ST, E TO W BANK GRAND RIVER, S'LY TO N LINE GTW RR RIW, W'LY TO E LINE M-99, many of us get paid what we think our making a contribution at aquaclara.org. N TO BEG, EXC PARTS USED FOR CITY OR MDOT STREET PURPOSES; SEC 21 T4N R2W. time and talents are worth? Saper not We are really one family, on one planet,

Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate (IFT-1-13) requested by General Motors LLC will result only brings our community great beauty sharing a common future. in the abatement of real and personal property taxes located within the subject property. Further and tremendous craftsmanship from the (Consultant Terry Link was the information regarding this application for property tax abatement may be obtained from Mr. Karl R. hands of gifted artists, he supports their founding director of MSU’s Office of Dorshimer, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, 500 East Michigan Avenue, Suite 202, Lansing, work and helps make them more pros- Michigan, 48912, (517) 999-9039. Campus Sustainability and recently perous. He links the local and global, as retired as director of the Greater Chris Swope we should. Lansing Food Bank. He can be reached City Clerk Gail Catron sells handmade goods at [email protected].) City Pulse • March 27, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 9 Looking long term How Mayor Virg Bernero’s budget proposal looks beyond June 30, 2014

By ANDY BALASKOVTZ alancing Lansing’s budget is the easy part. WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM Just ask Virg Bernero, who’s had to annu- ally patch over millions of dollars in bud- FY 2013/2014 General Fund Budgeted Revenues Bget deficits since he took over as mayor in 2006. Layoffs here, department reorganizations there. Canceling construction projects, closing a few $112,000,000 golf courses. The real challenge for Bernero — and the City Council, for that matter — is figuring out how to make Lansing solvent for the long run in an era of PROPERTY TAXES declining population, property values, average house- 34% INCOME TAXES hold income, state-shared revenues and skyrocketing health care costs. 26% Since appointing a Financial Health Team in September, long-term solvency has been an under- lying theme in preparation for this budget cycle. Particularly, the more than $600 million in unfunded OTHER REVENUE liabilities for pension and retiree health care hangs 16% from the city’s neck like an albatross that keeps gain- ing weight. The head of that Financial Health Team, former Mayor David Hollister, presented the group’s recom- INTEREST STATE SHARED mendations last week for short- and long-term budget AND RENTS REVENUES solutions. He spoke with Biblical undertones. 1% CHARGES FOR 12% “To the degree we don’t address these recommen- FINES AND LICENSES AND dations, the day of reckoning will come sooner if not FORFEITURES SERVICES later,” he said. 8% PERMITS In this case, the 2% 1% “To the degree Last Judgment we don’t would come Source: City of Lansing, Illustration by Rachel Harper/City Pulse address these from a bank - A majority of the money that comes in annually for the city of Lansing’s General Fund is from property taxes, ruptcy judge or income taxes and state-shared revenues. recommendations, an emergency the day of financial man- reckoning will ager, which times since 2006, including last year. to do that without cutting into police and fire?” could be three Here’s how Bernero thought long-term in this Bernero said the move is also about “not simply come sooner if not to five years out, budget: relying on the state” for revenue sharing money, which later. We have a in Hollister’s is projected to be up over $300,000 from this fiscal structural deficit view. “We have a Cost-shifting year — from about $13.1 million to $13.4 million — structural deficit he crux of Bernero’s budget is built on fees that but which has declined by $8 million since 2001, the that threatens the that threatens Tcould free up $5.5 million a year in the General administration said. sustainability of the sustainabil- Fund. Instead of the Lansing Board of Water and BWL Spokesman Steve Serkaian said that under this city.” ity of this city.” Light’s billing the city for streetlight and fire hydrant the tentative proposal, money paid by customers “From our services, BWL would bill residential and commercial would go toward operating and maintaining the city’s perspective, the customers as part of their water and electricity charg- 34,000 streetlights and 3,000 fire hydrants. The city city must begin es. The administration projects it’ll cost the average owns those, he said, but pays BWL to operate and Former Mayor now to address residential customer $46 a year. maintain them. David Hollister these long-term “I know people aren’t looking for a tax increase, I He said BWL will not act on the request until a challenges,” for- just see no alternative,” Bernero said in an interview budget is finalized. “But if asked through the budget mer Lansing Monday. “I’ve got to get some stability built into the process to do this, we obviously will comply with the Finance Director Jerry Ambrose — now on the emer- budget.” Later on, he called it a “fundamental restruc- city’s request,” he said. gency financial manager’s team in Flint — said last turing and balancing of revenues paying for essential week. city services.” Paying it down, beefing reserves On Monday night, this year’s budget process offi- Bernero says the money would be used next year for and technology cially began as Bernero handed the City Council num- increased spending on roads, a new police detective he Financial Health Team recommended last bers to study for nearly two months before it adopts a and two new fire engines. Also, city employees would Tweek the city kick in $1 million next fiscal year final budget, which takes effect on July 1. The mayor no longer be required to take unpaid furlough days. to both the rainy day fund and for prefunding retiree then has the power to veto anything he doesn’t like In the future, he wants the ability to pay down long- about the Council’s budget, which has happened three term liabilities and increase reserves. “How am I going See Budget, Page 10 10 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 27, 2013

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evenly into the rainy day fund and for Budget prefunding retiree health care. Another long-term consideration in from page 9 Bernero’s budget is investing in technol- ogy. He wants the city to issue $2 million health care costs. In its report, the team in bonds for a cloud-based computing said the city’s reserves are at “dangerously system so users can more easily access low levels” and pegged the city’s unfunded city services over the Internet. Bernero pension and retiree health care liabilities also proposes starting a dedicated IT at over $600 million. Department — with a newly appointed Lansing ranks fifth in the state in cabinet-level director — to modernize the population yet is second behind Detroit city’s technology and possibly work with in unfunded retiree health care liabilities, the BWL and the Lansing School District according to figures from the Financial for shared services. Health Team. (Lansing is at nearly $432 million; Detroit is approaching $6 bil- Police and Fire lion.) he Police and Fire departments Tare held relatively harmless in Bernero’s budget proposal. And aside "I know people aren't for requesting each department’s respec- tive employee unions to reopen contract looking for a tax negotiations — and reorganizing the increase, I just see no Fire Department’s command staff to save alternative. I've got $200,000 — Bernero wants to add a full- TIM BARRON time cold-case detective to the LPD (see EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING to get some stability page 5) and buy two new fire engines. built into the budget." However, in recent weeks, Bernero has specifically called on the the Fraternal 6AM-9AM Order of Police for health care conces - Mayor Virg Bernero sions. In his budget proposal, Bernero on proposal to charge says that a grant funding 11 police officers’ BWL customers for fire salary will end next year and that health care concessions will be needed to keep hydrant and streetlight them employed. services Perhaps working in the city’s favor is legislation approved in 2011 amend- ing the state’s Public Act 312 involving The administration also recogniz- binding arbitration with police and fire es that the struggling Tax Increment unions. Finance Authority will need a $1.4 mil- Until that point, some municipalities And hear Berl Schwartz of City Pulse lion subsidy to keep afloat. The admin- saw binding arbitration as a drain on istration plans to seek approval from the other areas of the budget because arbitra- call Tim an ignorant slut — or worse. state Legislature to refinance the TIFA’s tors at times didn’t properly recognize a debt. Should the city prove successful, Every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Bernero said, that money would be split See Budget, Page 11 City Pulse • March 27, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 11

He foresees SUMMARY OF PROJECTED FULL-TIME POSITIONS BY DEPARTMENT Budget “millions” in nec- essary repairs — (Includes Elected Officials) from page 10 from plumbing to the HVAC sys- city’s ability to pay for the changes. For tem — to a build- City-Wide Staffing Levels FY 2008-FY 2014 example, a community may have had to ing that no longer pay for police and fire raises out of a dif- fits the size of the ferent department’s budget. city’s workforce. 1,500 “One of the biggest concerns we saw “I think we need a was that some arbitrators, particularly in smaller footprint,” good times, weren’t fairly characterizing a he said. 1,000 1,163 1,147 community’s ability to pay,” said Samantha Completed 1,109 1,041 Harkins, director of state affairs for the in 1959 and 888 852 Michigan Municipal League. designed by the 843 The PA 312 amendments specified how local architectural 500 communities would pay for new contracts firm Kenneth C. and set a six-month timeline for arbitra- Black Associates, tions so they wouldn’t last indefinitely. It the new City Hall 0 requires arbitrators to make ability to pay replaced the old FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 the primary factor when negotiating. Richardsonian “Some of these changes have led to Romanesque City Source: City of Lansing, Illustration by Rachel Harper/City Pulse fewer 312 arbitrations,” she said. “We Hall and post Mayor Bernero has had to cut the number of full-time positions since taking office in 2006 by one-third. want to make sure any community going office that was Today's levels are less than half of what they were in 2000. to arbitration has the same standards.” built at the adja- cent location in City Hall: ‘It’s for sale’ 1894. According to the website Michigan designed the city seal on the façade fac- come through the storm. We are alive and t didn’t make it in this year’s budget Modern, former Mayor Ralph Crego’s ing Capitol Avenue. well.” Iproposal, but one more long-term campaign to modernize downtown Bernero’s goal is to move into an exist- Now these proposals sit before the City change could be where city government Lansing was highlighted by the new City ing building downtown that’s more acces- Council until May 20, when the body is does its business. Talking about City Hall Hall. In keeping with popular design at sible than City Hall (have you tried park- required to adopt a final budget. Monday, Bernero proclaimed: “It’s for the time, granite and limestone was used ing nearby during the afternoon?). He’s Council President Carol Wood was sale. It’s available. There’s work we need throughout the building. open to the idea of sharing an adminis- hesitant to comment specifically on the to do, but if someone came in tomorrow The sculptor Leonard D. Jungwirth, trative building with the Lansing School proposals, but she told a local TV station and wanted to put in a hotel, we’d move also known for his Sparty statue on District, and even named the Lake Trust her “biggest concern” is the fire hydrant quick,” he said. Michigan State University’s campus, Credit Union building, four blocks south and streetlight proposal. “Some things at 501 S. Capitol Ave., as a potential site. we’re going to seriously have to look at.” Lake Trust announced last week that it Hollister, who seemed to carry a cryp- plans on opening a new headquarters in tic tone the past several months when The light and hydrant fee Brighton. talking about the city’s long-term financ- es, had a message for the Council last Run and hide? week. Inaction, he said, will likely lead to ach year, the Lansing Board of Water and Light bills the city of Lansing for ernero’s budget this year is $112 an emergency financial manager. Eoperating and maintaining 34,000 streetlights and 3,000 fire hydrants Bmillion, up $100,000 from last “The Council can run,” he said, “but in the city. It costs $4 million for streetlights and $1.5 million for hydrants each year. At the end of his speech to the Council they cannot hide.” year. That money comes out of the city’s General Fund, 72 percent of which is Monday night, he proclaimed: “Lansing funded by property taxes, income taxes and state-shared revenues. has survived the Great Recession. We’ve In his budget proposal Monday night, Mayor Virg Bernero asked for residential and commercial BWL customers to fund those services directly, which would show up on their water and electric bills. The city’s Financial Health Team also recommended the move and pre- dicted it would cost the average residential customer $45 a year and the average commercial customer $1,394. 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ARTS & CULTURE ART BOOKS FILM MUSIC THEATER Opening the door to schools As the Lansing School District cuts elementary arts instructors, community groups re-evaluate their roles By ALLAN I. ROSS program.” CMS classes require tu- Last week, the Lansing Board of Educa- ition, but Buckley said the organiza- tion approved a five-year teachers’ contract tion offers financial assistance. that will get the Lansing School District Buckley said that CMS offers about $7 million closer to closing the next a variety of courses, ranging from school year’s projected $9 million deficit. On early childhood music immersion the chopping block: 87 teaching positions, programs designed for babies up to including 23 professionally certified — or groups that can accommodate se- “endorsed” — elementary school art, music nior citizens who want to learn — or and physical education teachers. re-learn — a musical instrument. These programs aren’t being eliminated, She said the majority of the instruc- mind you — just the positions for teachers tion, however, focuses on elementary who hold specialty degrees in art, music and and high school students. She said PE (the cut also includes 27 non-endorsed she hasn’t heard from anyone in the arts teachers and 37 retiring teachers whose Lansing School District yet, but she positions won't be refilled). According to the said CMS is prepared to handle an plan, those duties would fall to the general increase in student activity. education elementary school teachers, some “But we’re holding out hope that of whom have had special training in these the superintendent will reconsider Allan Ross/City Pulse arts. They will become responsible for teach- her decision,” Buckley said. REACH Studio Art Center founder Alice Brinkman may soon be called upon to assist the Lansing ing their students one-point perspective, beat Alice Brinkman founded the School District with its redesigned arts, music and PE program. counting and proper free throw form in addi- youth-centric REACH Studio Art tion to a regular classroom schedule. Center in 2003 to bring art appreciation sons, then an MSU professor would come about those. The arts community wants to “We have no intention of eliminating the and creation “into a neighborhood setting.” every other week to do something that would hear about them as well.” arts from our curriculum,” said Superinten- She said she initiated contact with the inspire art,” Brinkman said. “At the end of the Last June, the State Education Agency dent Yvonne Caamal Canul at last Thursday’s school district recently to recruit elementa- term, the JINA organization bused all the Directors of Arts Education, a national as- school board meeting. Then, in her Monday ry students for her after-school programs, kids to the cyclotron building to install the art sociation of state officials responsible for pri- Morning Memo two days ago, she wrote, half of which are free. and take a tour. They recognize that art has a mary art education, published a white paper “The district … will begin redesigning our “It was disconcerting to hear (the LSD’s) unique ability to engage a child in learning.” called, “Roles of Certified Arts Educators, arts and physical education programming solution to their budget problem,” she said. But in this case, JINA funded all the Certified Non-Arts Educators, & Providers of efforts in grades K–5 so that there are high “I think it’s a sad day. If there’s going to be art supplies, which went toward creating Supplemental Arts Instruction.” The report levels of inclusivity with the community in less attention to quality art education stan- smashed “atoms” (actually marbles), “flying almost seemed to predict Caamal Canul’s vi- the greater Lansing area.” sion to reach out to the community for help: The arts community appears ready to “…(A)n unintended consequence (of the help, but it is also concerned about the ef- “Our role is to supplement music instruction that is being given in work of community artists and arts organiza- fect of the administration’s decision on arts tions with students) has been the temptation education. public schools. We look forward to helping any student who may not by some policymakers to embrace such sup- Among the resources available to the have adequate music instruction, but we have no intention of replac- plemental programs as cost-saving replace- schools — well, to anyone living in Lansing ing a public elementary school’s music program. ” ments for public school-budgeted arts educa- — are the local visual arts nonprofit organi- tion….(T)he funding — and consequently the zations, REACH Art Studio in REO Town Rhonda buckley, executive director of MSu's community music school programs — are often transient and do not and the Arts Council of Greater Lansing in provide a regular system of universal, sequen- Old Town. And then there’s Michigan State tial, standards-based, K-12 arts education.” University’s Community Music School, the dards, then programs like what we offer out fish toys” and a papier-mâché solar system. The full report can be read at seadae.org. outreach division of the College of Music that of school are going to be even more essential. A cash-strapped school district looking for a So yes, the arts programs will go on, moved into its new digs across from cam- We believe that educating in the arts is a vital quality art education for its students certain- but under a new, untested system, possibly pus in East Lansing two months ago. The piece of educating the child.” ly can’t expect a community-run program utilizing a resource that experts say won’t $1.4 million building received another $1.5 Case in point: Brinkman was contacted to provide education and materials, right? fulfill the students’ needs. But the district’s million in upgrades before the organization last fall by the Joint Institute for Nuclear As- If Caamal Canul is planning to reach out to spokesman, Bob Kolt, remains upbeat, say- moved in, complete with cutting edge design trophysics, a collaboration between several these groups, she’s already got their attention. ing that the Lansing redesign will be “revo- work, musical technology and equipment. universities, including MSU, that is funded “We’re very interested to hear how the lutionary.” (Caamal Canul was unavailable “Our role is to supplement music instruc- by the National Science Foundation. JINA school programs will be redesigned and how for comment.) tion that is being given in public schools,” launched a program in tandem with REACH, the district will involve the mid-Michigan “What we’re doing is very exciting — said Rhonda Buckley, executive director called “Stellar Art,” that combined visual arts arts community in that,” said Leslie Donald- there’s not a model that we’re looking at,” Kolt for CMS. “We look forward to helping any with science education for elementary school son, executive director of the Arts Council of said. “Parents weren’t happy with the system student who may not have adequate music students. Greater Lansing. “I would welcome a dia- the way it was. We’re going to work to make instruction, but we have no intention of re- “One of our instructors planned different logue. The superintendent says she’s excited ours better. We’re going to focus to create a placing a public elementary school’s music art projects that were paired with science les- about some of her ideas. I would love to hear quality program that creates value.” Official Program Guide – Sunday, April 7, 2013 | Lansing Center 57th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show Twice a year, book and paper enthusiasts of all kinds come together in Lansing to search through books, postcards, magazines, posters When, and more. If it’s on paper, you’re likely to find it at the Michigan Anti- quarian Book & Paper Show. where This massive hunt for hidden treasure is happening again on Sunday, & what? April 7, at the Lansing Center in downtown Lansing. From 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. over 65 dealers from across the country will be offering for When? sale an incredible number of items in nearly every category. 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., At the show you will find first editions, unusual and out-of-print books, rare and miniature books, postcards, maps, advertising Sunday, April 7. items, photos, old sports material, autographs, military items, sheet Where? music, ephemera and more. Lansing Center, It’s a mind-boggling experience, as Bill Triola of Lansing said. “Like 333 E. Michigan Ave., walking through the Library of Congress ...” Unlike the Library of Lansing Congress, you have the opportunity (for anywhere from 50 cents to New exhibitors $5,000) to take a piece of that history home with you. Admission: $4.50; kids 13 and younger This stroll through history, for young and old alike, has some items dat- #11 Bartenbaker Antiques - Highland, MI - Sheet Music, Advertising, ing back just a few years and some centuries. It is a wonderful opportunity get in free for everyone from beginning collectors to die-hard history buffs. Ephem, Trade Cards, PC What? Whether you’re seeking a book from childhood or a favorite poet, a #20 Hauser Antiques & Collectibles - Clawson, MI - GS, Child/Juv, This show is one historical map or a Civil War newspaper, a 1950’s auto brochure or a of the biggest book classic movie poster – this is definitely the place to go. MI/Great Lakes, Milit, Trans, Ephem, Trade Cards, PC and paper shows Comments from attendees, some traveling hundreds of miles, #21 Luck Postcards - Akron, OH - PC in the country and include “Love coming to this show!” and it’s a “semi-annual ‘religious’ is the largest in the pilgrimage”. #22 My Book House - Mt. Clemens, MI - GS, MI, Milit, Hist Midwest. Additional features include plenty of seating and live music, featuring What books Dan Kuczek on acoustic guitar. The Lansing Center supplies conces- will you find? sions, making it easy to spend all day there. Admission is $4.50 per person; kids 13 and under get in for free. The “book” part includes antiquarian, rare, collectible and Frequently Asked out-of-print volumes, Questions BY BILL CASTANIER presented by the How can you tell best authorities in if it’s a first edition? Loyal customers of Matt Meyer’s This Old Book (Booth their fields. It varies from book to #54) may have wondered why this long-time bookseller Children’s and book and publisher to didn’t exhibit at the last Antiquarian Book Show in October. nostalgia publisher. It becomes He blames it on the weather. Meyer, who does about Literary and complex. That’s part of 12-14 shows a year, many of them outdoors, had set up modern first the challenge. Some- editions times there are minor at local antique mall in the Chicago area when word was passed that a big storm was going to hit. Meyer covered his Fine bindings, typographical changes private press that are caught and book shelves with tarps and got set to wait the storm out. corrected. The serious “I was ready, but not for 60 mile an hour winds,” he said. Michigan History collector doesn’t want Meyer said 90 percent of his stock was lost when the and Americana the fixed version, he or tarps took off like kites and the book shelves toppled ex- Color plate and she wants the original. posing his books to the torrential rain. illustrated books There are price guides “Most of the stock went into the dumpster,” he said. noticed in the last few years that tion of books that have what he Science and that people use to de- That was the downside, but Meyer said there was an buyers are attracted to more spe- calls “great dust jacket art such as technology termine the value. upside since he admits much of his inventory was “old cific interests. Zane Grey’s ‘The Young Pitcher’ Art and music What is ephem- and stale.” This Old Book is known for what and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ old Natural history, era? Ephemera is a “I was able to clear out the old inventory and I’ve been Meyer calls “books in good condi- Tarzan books.” hunting and fishing term used to embrace hunting ever since,” he said. tion and priced to sell.” He said he The Brookfield Illinois bookseller Civil War and a wide range of minor, Meyer, who began selling at the Michigan Antiquarian sells most books in the range of $8- said even though he does some military history everyday documents, Book & Paper Show more than a decade ago with his 10 and wagers that “he sells more highly rated shows throughout the Mystery and true most intended for one- mother, Dorothy Meyer, said “I learned from her.” books, by volume, than any other year he said the Lansing show is crime time or short-term use, “It’s a hobby and a passion for me.” bookseller there.” much better than all of them. Science fiction, including trade cards, In addition to the large collection of children’s books, he Meyer said when he reads it’s “It’s very well attended and the at- fantasy and horror broadsides, posters, Sports car brochures, tickets, will be bringing a general line of books to the sale in cat- mostly in the categories of Civil tendees have a passion for books.” Vintage bookmarks, photo- egories as varied as military, historical, sports, hunting and War and the American West, but Meyer still enjoys “the thrill of the graphs – and the list fishing and sports. once he’s done he sells them. He hunt” and says that the Chicago paperbacks Meyer said he stays away from general fiction since he’s said he does have a small collec- area is a good place to do it. goes on. Continued on Page 4 Page II • 57th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show Sunday, April 7, 2013 – 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Collectors' Choice Larry Falater 24153 N. Dixie Hwy. P.O. Box 81 List of Exhibiting Dealers Perrysburg, OH 43551 Allen, MI 49227 (419) 872-2758 (517) 437-8977 First-time exhibitors are marked with a . Lost & Found Please turn in or report any [email protected] Lawrence Falater Please take the time to fill out our customer comment items to the Information Booth. After the show, Ronald & Ruth Euton Paper Money, Stock cards which can be found in the concession area. call (517) 332-0123. GS, Milit, Cook, Lit/Fic, Ephem Certificates, PC ... 16 ...... 42 ...

Information Booth Curious Book Shop The Fine Books Company 307 East Grand River 307 E. Grand River Ave. (ABAA) East Lansing, MI 48823 East Lansing, MI 48823 781 E. Snell Road (517) 332-0123 (517) 332-0112 Rochester, MI 48306-2144 [email protected] [email protected] (248) 651-8799 www.curiousbooks.com www.curiousbooks.com [email protected] MMABDA Ray Walsh; Mark Wojcik, mgr. www.abaa.org/bookseller_info. Reference Materials, Supplies GS, MI, SF, Illus, Mags, Ephem php?d=763194 ... across from entrance ... Child, Comics, Mys David & Nancy Aronovitz ... 46 ... GS, Mys/Det, SF, 1sts Ada Books ... 45 ... 9545 28th St. SE Curious Sports & Ada, MI 49301-9274 Entertainment Freddie the Bookie 307 E. Grand River Ave. (616) 401-8311 3600 E. Bristol St. Apt. 111 East Lansing, MI 48823 [email protected] Elkhart, IN 46514-4472 (517) 332-0112 David Aiken (574) 266-5483 [email protected] Medieval Hist, Milit, History, Lit [email protected] Ray Walsh; Mark Wojcik, mgr Fred M. Wacholz ... 66 ... Football Programs, Movie Cook, Milit, Prisoners of War Posters, Lobby Cards, Stills ... 27 ... Ageless Books ... 47 ...

654 Earliglow Lane Sam Gatteno˜ Books Haslett, MI 48840-9775 Da Kine Antiques 542 Lakeland (517) 339-0520 P.O. Box 401 Grosse Pointe, MI 48230 Plainwell, MI 49080 [email protected] (313) 885-2254 (616) 443-5292 Janet O'Brien [email protected] Warren Barber GS, Child/Juv, MI/Great Lakes, www.samgattenobooks.com MI, Local History, Civil War Cook, Ephem Sam Gatteno˜ Veteran GAR Memorabilia, ... 33 ... GS Photo, Trade Cards, PC ... 61 ...... 44 ... Annie Books

P.O. Box 413 Thatcher C. Goetz, bbbbbooks Books of the Ages Robert S. Brooks, Dave's Used Cards Antiquarian Books Haslett, MI 48840 7261 E. Bowling Green Lane 4764 Silverwood Dr. Bookseller 9114 Warner Rd. 6615 Greenwood Rd. (517) 339-9199 Lancaster, OH 43130 Batavia, OH 45103 P.O. Box 145 Haslett, MI 48840-0584 Petosky, MI 49770 [email protected] [email protected] (513) 532-6933 Bristol, WI 53104-9998 (517) 927-1665 (231) 439-9416 Annie Everett Paul Diehm [email protected] (847) 867-7273 [email protected] Thatcher C. Goetz GS, Juv, Cook, Ephem GS, Great Lakes, Milit, Hist Gary Overmann [email protected] David Jaeger GS, MI, Great Lakes ... 9 ... Tasha Tudor, Tolkien, Michael Robert S. Brooks Ephem, PC ... 43 ...... 55 ... Hague, Series, Pop Ups, ... 31 ...... 12 ... Archives Book Shop Award Winners, Child Bessenberg Bindery John M. Gram 519 W. Grand River Ave. ... 1 ... Buckingham Books Wilfrid M. de Freitas - 7300 W. Joy Rd. 2026 Military Street East Lansing, MI 48823 8058 Stone Bridge Rd. Bookseller Dexter, MI 48130 Port Huron, MI 48060 (517) 332-8444 Bookworks Greencastle, PA 17225-9786 P.O. Box 883, Stock Exchange (734) 996-9696 (810) 334-2824 P.O.Box 109 (717) 597-5657 Tower [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Evansville, WI 53536-0109 [email protected] Montreal, Qc, CAN H4Z 1K2 Listing on www.abebooks.com www.bessenberg.com John M. Gram (608) 255-4848 buckinghambooks.com (514) 935-9581 Ray Walsh Jon Buller, mgr MI, Great Lakes, Milit, PC [email protected] Lew Buckingham [email protected] GS Bookbinding, Book Repair, ... 30 ... Peter Dast Western Amer, Mys/Det Fic, www.defreitasbooks.com ... 34 ... Custom Hand Bindery, Custom GS Wilfrid M. de Freitas Espionage Box Making ... 65 ... GS, Lit/Fic, Arch, Vanity Fair Hauser Antiques & ... 58 ... Bartenbaker Antiques ... 50 ... Prints Collectibles

1040 Harlequin Ct. Boulevard Postcards ... 41 ... 465 Grove Ave. Cards from Archives Highland, MI 48357 Between The Lines 534 Glendale Circle Clawson, MI 48017 519 W. Grand River Ave. (248) 719-0679 1573 N. Hickory Rd. Apt. 5 Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4177 Doyle's Books (586) 567-5233 East Lansing, MI 48823 [email protected] Owosso, MI 48867 (734) 417-2608 1704 S. Noble Ave. [email protected] (517) 332-8444 Rosemary & Jack Bartenbaker [email protected] Springfield, IL 62704 Bill Hauser (989) 725-8994 [email protected] Sheet Music, Advertising, Doug Aikenhead (217) 726-8569 GS, Child/Juv, MI/Great Lakes, Alice Tompkins Listing on www.abebooks.com Ephem, Trade Cards, PC Cook, Lit, Art/Arch, Russia, Specializing in Quality Real [email protected] Milit, Trans, Ephem, Trade Ray Walsh Cards, PC ... 11 ... Spirituality, TinType Photos Photo PC Michael Brophy PC, Folios, Real Photo Fic, Specializing in Steinbeck ... 20 ...... 39 ...... 28 ...... 29 ... & Hemingway, Fish Bay Leaf Used & Rare Branchwater Books & ... 48 ... The HER and HIStory Books (ABAA) Booklegger's Used Books Ephemera Castbooks Collection 49 East Lake (ABAA) 11196 W. Clear Lake 1801 Tecumseh River Dr. Early Aeronautica 18 Gunia Ave. Box 105 2907 N. Broadway Branch, MI 49402 Lansing, MI 48906 P.O. Box 2003 Peru, IL 61354 Sand Lake, MI 49343-0105 Chicago, IL 60657 (231) 898-2286 (517) 449-8771 Midland, MI 48641-2003 (815) 220-1305 (616) 636-8500 (773) 404-8780 [email protected] [email protected] (989) 835-3908 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Roger D. Jones www.castbooks.com [email protected] theherandhistorycollection.com www.bayleafbooks.com www.bookleggers.com GS, MI/Great Lakes, Sci/Mech, Ben Castanier www.EarlyAeronautica.com James Bennett Gabe Konrad Lawrence VanDeCarr Nat, Hunt, Fish, Advertising & MI/Great Lakes, Milit, Lit/Fic, Thomas Kullgren Child, Milit, Hist, Tran, Ephem, GS, MI, Art, Ephem GS Historic Posters Arch, Ephem Hist, Milit, Aviation, Ephem, PC Trade Cards, PC ... 3 ...... 13 ...... 14 ...... 49 ...... 7 ...... 4 ... Sunday, April 7, 2013 – 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 57th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show • Page III

Hooked On History Luck Postcards Old Stone Studio 350 W. Kensington Road, P.O. Box 5473 4666 Bunker Road Mason, MI 48854 Suite #108 Akron, OH 44334 (330) 606-9496 (517) 628-3084 Mt. Prospect, IL 60056-1141 [email protected] [email protected] (847) 255-9854 Elaine Luck oldstonestudio.com [email protected] PC Charles Herrick www.hookedonhistory.com ... 21 ... GS, Hist, Cook, Art, Arch, Hist, Bruce R. Herrick Ephem, PC Milit, Hist Magina Books ... 5 ...... 57 ... 2311 Fort St. Lincoln Park, MI 48146-2420 Oldpaperpicker Antiques Jim's Books (313) 928-7177 P.O. Box 5883 280 E. Riley Rd. [email protected] Akron, OH 44372 Owosso, MI 48867 www.maginabooks.com Dick Walker GS, Child/Juv, Cook, Photo, (989) 723-5586 Steve Magina GS, Milit, Hist, Cook Adv Catalogues, Ephem, Trade [email protected] ... 60 ... Cards, PC Jim VanPelt ... 38 ... GS, Child, Hunt, Paper, Ephem McCormick Books ... 8 ... Novi, MI 48375 Out-of-the-Way Books (248) 231-7430 4500 North Kelso Kaleidoscope Books & [email protected] North Adams, MI 49262 Plough & Shear Bindery This Old Book White Raven Books Collectibles www.mccormickbooks.com (517) 287-9018 Battle Creek, MI 49017 9525 Lexington Ave. P.O. Box 980469 Janet Blackhawk [email protected] 200 N. Fourth Ave. 269-339-6246 Brookfield, IL 60513 Ypsilanti, MI 48198-0469 GS, Child, MI, Hist listing on ABE [email protected] Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (708) 997-3837 (734) 485-3770 ... 24 ... Michael J. Gajda Mark Lambert [email protected] (734) 995-9887 [email protected] [email protected] GS, Paper, Ephem Book Repairs, Hand Bindings, Matt Meyer Gregory S. McDonald ... 67 ... Affordable work well done C. Hedger Breed Jeffrey Pickell GS, Child, Milit, Nat, Hunt, Fish Books ... 35 ...... 54 ... GS, Scarce, Rare, Obscure Child, MI/Great Lakes, Fic, 8168 Grand River Ave. Paper Americana Material Sheet Music, Comics, Mag, Saranac, MI 48881 6280 W. Polk Rd. Postcard Wally Triola's Estate Sale ... 51 ... Rock'n Roll, PC (616) 862-7155 Alma, MI 48801 417 Meade Dr. Service Lansing, MI 48917-9676 ... 22 ... [email protected] (989) 463-5896 1114 E. Mt. Hope (517) 230-0734 Yesterday's Books [email protected] Lansing, MI 48910 Gregory S. McDonald [email protected] 3868 Turner Rd. (517) 449-0246 Carol Anne Kouyoumdjian Milit, Hist, Lit, Art, Arch, Nat www.paperamericana.net midwestpostcards.net Richmond, IN 47374 [email protected] Miniature Books ... 17 ... John Kemler Wally Jung (765) 966-3056 Trade Cards, Paper, Ephem, PC www.Triolas.com P.O. Box 111 PC [email protected] Columbia City, IN 46725-0111 Jerry Merkel ... 53 ...... 40 ... Bill Triola MI, Great Lakes, Milit, Hunt, Bob & Becky Scott (260) 503-9567 2281 Spahr Rd. Fish, Trade Cards, Paper, PC GS, Ephem, PC [email protected] Xenia, OH 45385-9315 Partners Book Shaw's Books (937) 677-0828 Distributing 14932 Kercheval ... 26 ...... 18 ... Carol A. Kouyoumdjian [email protected] 2325 Jarco Drive Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230 GS, Miniature Bks, Child, Cook, Jerry Merkel Holt, MI 48842 (313) 824-4932 West Side Book Shop Ygor's Books Trade Cards GS, Mags, Milit, Hist, Paper (517) 749-4916 [email protected] (ABAA) Chicago, IL 60640 ... 2 ...... 59 ... [email protected] www.shawsbooks.net 113 W. Liberty (773) 596-5602 Henry Zuchowski Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Sam Speigel [email protected] GS, MI, Lit, Tran, Ephem (734) 995-1891 Lamb's Gate Mill-Cliff Books Child/Juv, Pop Ups, Ephem ... 63 ... [email protected] Larry Hallock 208 S. Bridge St. 65 Prospect Ave. ... 64 ... Jay Platt Fantasy, SF, Horror, Mys, in Dayton, OH 45415-2233 Grand Ledge, MI 48837-1527 Sheldon Fine Books GS, MI, Travel & Exploration Hardback & Paperback Pieces of History (517) 627-6811 (937) 898-6667 302 W. Green St. ... 62 ...... 32 ... [email protected] [email protected] 11810 Algonquin Hastings, MI 49058 Carol Lamb Barbara A. Clifford Pinckney, MI 48169 (269) 948-1990 Color Code Abbreviations GS, Hist, Fic, Hist, Ephem, (734) 424-9609 GS, Child, Hist, Lit, Ephem, [email protected] Mostly Postcards GS - General Stock Trade Cards, PC [email protected] Julie Moore (variety of subjects) Trade Cards, PC Mostly Paper Items ... 19 ... Neta O'Brien GS, Child, MI, Great Lakes, 1sts - First Editions ... 10 ... Hist, A.C. Doyle, Gruelle/Volland Paper, Ephem, PC Books &/or Paper Adver - Advertising ... 52 ... Mossback Books ... 37 ... Arch - Architecture Leona Lentz &/or Postcards 21978 Greentree Bks - Books P.O. Box 506 Novi, MI 48375 Child - Children’s Books Delton, MI 49046 (313) 300-8626 Cook - Cookbooks (269) 623-2960 [email protected] Ephem - Ephemera Listing on www.abebooks.com [email protected] Fant - Fantasy Evan C. Blackhawk Leona Lentz Fic - Fiction GS, Child, MI, Great Lakes, Hist Postcards, Philatelic Covers Fine Bind - Fine Bindings ... 15 ...... 25 ... Fish - Fishing

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Galway has played with seemingly ev- Courtesy photo erybody, from the Berlin Philharmonic to World-renowned flutist Sir James Galway For home or far away, Pink Floyd. Whether you’re into classical plays Wharton Center on Thursday let us send lilies to music, there’s a good chance you’ve heard him, too. That’s his flute tootling over the better for me.” those you love today. hills of Middle-earth in “The Lord of the Galway reached the top in 1969 as princi- Rings” films. pal flutist of the Berlin Philharmonic under Galway’s “Legacy Tour” stop at the its legendary maestro, Herbert von Kara- Wharton Center Thursday will reveal some jan. But his expansive tastes and broader 1124 E. Mt. Hope, Lansing • (517) 484-5327 • www.smithfloral.com of his range, mixing sublime stuff from ambitions made a breakaway inevitable. Mozart and Debussy with bumptious Irish Galway wanted to do solo concerts, reels and folk songs, splashy Italian opera but Karajan kept the reins tight in Berlin. transcriptions and lots of other tidbits. “Even if you weren’t playing, you had to be In a phone on standby in case somebody dropped their PRESENTED BY AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE interview, Gal- flute or something,” Galway said. “I decided, CONCERT SPONSORS WILLINGHAM & COTÉ, P.C. MERRILL LYNCH “Sir James Galway: way, 72, said not ‘I’m outta here.’” POPS SERIES MEDIA SPONSOR CMU PUBLIC BROADCASTING The Legacy Tour” to pay too much Richard Sherman, Lansing Symphony 7:30 p.m. Thursday attention to the principal flutist — and no mean soloist in Wharton Center Cobb Great Hall “Legacy” label. his own right — was in junior high school $15-$68 “It’s me play- when his father bought him Galway’s hit ing pieces that album, “Man With the Golden Flute.” are part of my legacy to the flute players,” he Sherman will introduce Galway at a mas- said. “Nothing to do with retiring.” ter class at the MSU College of Music Galway’s career has taken him on a Thursday morning. wild ride from his youth in working-class “It was a startling departure from any Belfast. For all his laurels, peaking with a kind of flute playing I’d ever heard,” Sher- knighthood in 2001, Galway retains a can- man said. “His sound was galvanizing for you-believe-this awe at his own story. the whole flute world. It was powerful and “The first school I went to, it was so poor vibrant. He could cover the register of the they didn’t have any musical instruments at instrument like no other.” all,” he recalled. “Mrs. McCaffey, who was Poppish stuff like “Flight of the Bumble- supposed to teach us music, had a tuning bee” endeared Galway to a larger audience, fork and that was it. She would bang a tun- but that didn’t detract from his classical ing fork on the desk and we’d all sing in A.” cred. The next time Sherman heard Galway BRAVO! The flute has a range of charms, from was in college, at the Eastman School of earthy to ethereal, but for Galway, the in- Music, where Galway was briefly a profes- BROADWAY strument’s draw was simple: it was already sor. This time the fare was meatier — all six in the house. Bach flute sonatas in one evening. “It was Featuring Tony Award Winner Debbie Gravitte, “My granddad played it and taught my flawless the whole night,” Sherman said. along with Tony Award Nominee Christiane Noll and dad and my Uncle Joe how,” he said. “I “There was an ease to his playing that was learned from my Uncle Joe.” unprecedented.” Michigan native Doug LaBrecque Growing up, Galway played march tunes, Sherman said Galway rocked the flute opera arias and popular songs (including, of world. course, “Galway Bay”) with equal relish. At “Before him, you had Jean-Pierre Ram- 13, he played Gilbert & Sullivan operettas pal, with this refined, elegant and very in a local ensemble. Such sampling set him French thing, and then this high-energy, SATURDAY APRIL 6 8PM up well for a career that has produced hun- down-to-Earth Irishman came on the scene WHARTON CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS dreds of varied recordings, many of them and turned it on its head,” he said. “crossover” projects. The flute’s low range, in particular, had But first, Galway hustled to build up never been plumbed so deeply. “He covered his classical chops. Recently, he estimated the whole instrument technically,” Sherman that he practiced 10,900 hours before his said. “He showed people what was possible.” first orchestral job in the Philharmonia Galway has sold over 30 million records, Orchestra. in part because he takes his “crossover” “You know how people play golf?” he projects seriously. “People think crossover is asked. “They don’t want to play better easy, but believe me, it’s not,” he said. “You than Tiger Woods — they just want to play with the same care and affection as you CALL 487.5001 LANSINGSYMPHONY.ORG get the thing better for themselves. That’s would play a Mozart concerto. It’s exactly what I was doing. I was trying to get it the same.” 18 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 27, 2013

activities bring community members outside tions will be held in Snyder the university into contact with students, Hall on MSU’s campus. Read poets faculty and poets. Starting in April, CATA “It is distinctive in terms of engaged buses (mostly on major learning,” he said. “The workshops allow routes and serving campus) society poets to be candid about how poetry is con- will carry 12 different poetic ceived, the struggles of being a poet, and to posters celebrating poetry for East Lansing’s celebrates reflect on the craft of poetry. It enriches our Poetry in Motion. The post- poetry throughout April common good and makes us think carefully ers, designed by MSU graph- and slowly as the world goes by.” ic design students, contain By BILL CASTANIER Chicago poet Li-Young Lee, the son of quotes from notable poets, April is National Poetry Month, and, exiled Chinese parents who moved to the such as an excerpt from Amy like the flowers it often celebrates, poetry is U.S. to escape the anti-Chinese attitudes Newman’s “Dear Editor”: about to spring forth all around town. Michi- of Indonesia, will take the first turn on “Let my words be acceptable gan State University’s Residential College in RCAH’s podium at 7 p.m. April 3. Lee has to you / to magnify and be the Arts and Humanities’ Center for Poetry written four books of poetry focused on magnified / In order that we has several activities planned for the month, what has been described as the “beauty of may one day be fully aware of including three poetry readings, a poetic humanity.” whatever gift has been sent chalking of a section of the Lansing River Next up is University of Michigan Profes- our way / even though it’s Trail and Poetry in Motion, which is hitch- sor Laura Kasischke, who will read from her obvious to me there isn’t any- ing a ride on local CATA buses for the second work at 7 p.m. April 10. Her poetry explores thing to see / to actually see.” year in a row. her personal life and basic human desires. On April 15, the section Stephen L. Esquith, dean of RCAH, said Kasischke recently won the prestigious Na- of the Lansing River Trail that the poetry reading workshops and other tional Books Critics Circle Award for poetry just off Farm Lane will be for her book, “Space, in Chains.” She also has chalked for the seventh year written eight novels, including four that have in a row with poetry and been made into movies; her novel “The Life Bill Castanier/City Pulse art. Stephanie Glazier, act- Before Her Eyes” was made into a movie of Volunteers transform a section of the Lansing River Trail ing director of the Center the same name starring Uma Thurman. Ka- into word as part of last year's poetry month celebration. for Poetry, said the chalk- sischke, who grew up in Grand Rapids, will ing is a way of repurposing talk about her philosophy for teaching and in ways people need to be less alone,” she the space, which has a less-than-glowing writing poetry. said. “The brevity is powerful.” public image. Glazier, a 2008 MSU gradu- Coming Soon “Poets can’t think of anything they’d Over the years, she said she has changed ate and a 2012 Antioch graduate in poetry, to Schuler of Lansing rather do than write poetry,” she said. “I am her own poetry and now finds herself work- said the poetry month celebration’s goal is someone who believes that writing brings on ing in shorter lines, using less narrative. to serve the larger community. Talk & Signing inspiration.” She said that this is in contrast Another change she’s noted is that she finds “Poetry is the missing piece in arts edu- to the belief that you have to be highly in- modern writers are less embarrassed to cation,” she said. Mich. Author & Artist spired by something to write. identify themselves as poets. MSU has a rich poetic history. Noted Kasischke teaches in the fine arts pro- The final visiting poet Carl Phillips, a Michigan poet Theodore Roethke taught JEREMY gram at U of M, her alma mater. She said professor at Washington University in St. at MSU in 1935-‘36 when it was still called today’s students are more ambitious and Louis. His work, which is greatly influ- Michigan State College of Agriculture and BASTIAN better organized than she and her contem- enced by his love of classical languages, Applied Science. He once climbed out of poraries were. She attributes much of that mostly deals with the sexuality of gay window and onto a ledge at Morrill Hall as a Cursed Pirate Girl to colleges' costing three times as much. males, morality and spirituality. Phillips means to motivate his students. He was fired We are so excited to welcome “There’s a little more fear about the has won numerous awards such as the soon afterward, but went on to win a Pulit- economy,” Kasichke said. She said that she Theodore Roethke Memorial Foundation zer and two National Book awards. The out- Michigan artist and author Jeremy strongly believes that the world needs poets. 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passionate about spreading Frank's story worldwide. At first that passion seems Diary queen altruistic, but when he meets resistance about focusing on her Jewishness, he be- Peppermint Creek depicts fictionalized comes narcissistic and selfish. effort to publish Anne Frank Houska’s performance is understated early on, but his intensity increases as the By MARY CUSACK plot develops. Even after driving his young Peppermint Creek Theatre Co.’s latest French wife (Genevieve Taricco) to the point production, “Compulsion, or the House Be- of suicide, he can’t relinquish his bid for con- hind,” may be a bit esoteric for trol over the story. Review a broad audience. The biggest Taricco plays dual roles, swinging from challenge is getting past a spec- the measured Ms. Mermin, a publishing ex- tral puppet of Holocaust victim Anne Frank, ecutive on the rise, to the sensual Mrs. Sil- who — figuratively and literally — shares a ver, who starts off strong and supportive but Photo by Trumpie Photography bed with the lead eventually gets pulled into his madness. In Joseph Dickson (left) and James Houska in “Compulsion, or the House Behind.” “Compulsion, or the couple. one particularly touching scene, Mrs. Silver Playwright commiserates with the Frank puppet about House Behind” also slows the pace. symbol for Jewish martyrdom and later as a Rinne Groff’s the romantic experiences she would never The play is as much about mental ill- symbol of his own persecution complex. Peppermint Creek Theatre Co. Through March 30 lead character, enjoy. Joseph Dickson, in four roles, easily ness as it is about Frank and Jewish politics. The title sums up the essential conflict: 8 p.m. Thursday – Saturday Sid Silver (James transitions from smarmy executive to angry Those weighty topics serve as a meaningful “Compulsion” was Levin’s most popular $15 general admission, $10 Houska), was in- lawyer to Israeli theater director. backdrop for a cautionary tale about the de- book, and “The House Behind” was the ti- students/seniors spired by author While compelling, the play does suffer structive path of obsession. tle of a book that Frank had hoped to write 6025 Curry Lane, Lansing Meyer Levin’s from slow pacing. Because they play mul- (517) 372-0945 The puppets, designed by local puppe- someday about her experiences. By combin- peppermintcreek.org 30-year fight tiple characters, Dickson and Taricco have teer Fred Engelgau, are an odd element, yet ing those into “Compulsion, or the House Be- to see his play frequent costume changes between scenes. they make sense in the context of the story. hind,” Groff succinctly identifies the struggle based on Frank's Even when costume changes are quick, each Most meaningfully, Silver strips Frank of her between an obsessed man and a dead young diary published and produced. Silver is scene change requires a stage reset, which humanity, manipulating her image first as a girl for control of her own image. Direct from BroaDway

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thu. march 28 >> Tween Mystery Night Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys come to mind when thinking about young detectives. This Thursday, children aged 9 to 13 (tweens) will be able to let their inner detective get to work at the Delta Township District Library’s Tween Mystery Night. The evening will let tweens show off their sleuthing talents through a variety of activities. See how well your memory matching skills are, do your best to decipher codes and more. Call to register. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. thu. march 28 >> Maundy Thursday Laundromat Service ON THE Little bit of a history lesson for you: Maundy, from the Latin word “Mandatum,” means washing of the feet. On Maundy Thursday, it commemorates the Maundy (feet washing) and Last Supper of Jesus with the Apostles. This Maundy Thursday, the Sycamore Creek Church of Lansing will provide free laundry to remember Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. Anyone is welcome to the event and will receive up to $10 in quarters for their laundry. Detergent will be available while supplies last. Drinks and snacks will also be provided. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Quality Dairy Laundromat, 2625 E. Jolly Road, Lansing. (317) 522- 6702. TOWNListings deadline is 5 p.m. the THURSDAY BEFORE sat. march 30 >> Jazz After Hours publication. Paid classes will be listed in print at the cost of one enrollment (maximum $20). Please submit them to the events calendar at www.lansingcitypulse.com. If you This Saturday, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will be need help, please call Dana at (517) 999-5069. Email information to [email protected]. combining jazz with even more art at Jazz After Hours. The event will feature Rodney Whitaker, director of jazz studies and artistic director for the Professors of Jazz at Michigan Wednesday, March 27 State University. Whitaker is an internationally renowned Mack Classes and Seminars Avenue recording artist and jazz bassist. The evening program will continue to feature different jazz artists, highlighting the Bob Ross Floral & Lanscape Painting intersection of jazz and visual arts. 7 p.m. $10, $7 members Classes. Call for schedule. $50-$75. Hobby Lobby & non-member students, $5 student members. Eli and Edythe Stores, 2775 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing & 5801 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing. (517) 337-2647. Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Circle Drive, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 884-3900. broadmuseum.msu.edu. Drawing Class. For all levels with Shirley Hazlett. Pre-registration required. 1-3:30 p.m. $50 for four weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner St., Lansing. sat. March 30 >> Annual Jaycee Easter Egg Hunt Paper Tigers Lecture Series. Speaker Lindsay Huddleston. 7-8:30 p.m. CADL Downtown Lansing The annual Lansing Jaycees’ Easter Egg Hunt has been a local Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6300. tradition for the past 50 years. The egg hunt starts at 11 a.m. with Babytime. Beginning story time for babies under 2. 10:30-11 a.m. East Lansing Public Library, 950 two groups, one for children 4 and under and the other for ages 5 to Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. 12. The event also includes face painting, crafts and games. Oh, and Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 a bunch of special guests, including the Easter Bunny and Sparty. 10 p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. a.m.-Noon. Capitol Building, 100 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (248) 716- Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. 0539. lansing jaycees.org. The Color of Christ. Speaker Dr. Edward Blum. Tower Room. 7:30 p.m. FREE. MSU Union, MSU Campus, East Lansing. religiousstudies.msu.edu. Writing Your Life. Write a memoir. To register, APRIL 1-3 >> Friends of the Leslie Library Annual Book Sale email [email protected]. 6:30-8:30 Walking into a bookstore can be overwhelming and expensive. Racks and racks of fiction, biographies and science fiction p.m. $80 for 8 weeks. Kellogg Conference Center, 219 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing. grace the walls, all for the low, low price of $19.95. But at this week’s Friends of the Leslie Library Annual Book Sale, you Curator Talk. Ali Gass, “Pattern: Follow the won’t break the bank. On Monday, from 3-5 p.m., there will be a pre-sale for Leslie Friends while the public sale starts at Rules.” 7 p.m. FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Art 5 p.m. Wednesday includes a $1 bag sale, where you can stuff a bag with books for less than you could spend at a vending Museum, 547 E. Circle Drive, MSU Campus, East machine. Hard covers, paperbacks and multimedia will be sold over the three days. Monday, 3 p.m.; Tuesday, 2-8 p.m.; Lansing. (517) 884-3900. broadmuseum.msu.edu. Wednesday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Woodworth Elementary Cafeteria, 212 Pennsylvania St., Leslie. (517) 589-9400. LinkedIn Advanced. Registration required. 6:15- 8:15 p.m. CADL Downtown Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 367-6346. cadl.org. wed. april 3 >> Jazz in the Jackson Lounge Drop-in Figure Drawing. Easels & drawing boards provided. Bring other supplies. 7:30-10 p.m. Continuing in the theme of great jazz musicians this $5, $3 students. Kresge Art Center, MSU Campus, week, get ready for another humdinger. New York jazz East Lansing. (517) 337-1170. vocalist Carolyn Leonhart, a regular performer at the Organizing for Action Meeting. Dinner, 6 p.m. Jazz Standard and Smoke Jazz Club in New York, will be Meeting, 7 p.m. Bring laptop. The Avenue Cafe, performing at Jazz in the Jackson Lounge at the Wharton 2021 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 507-2439. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First Center. The program includes a fundraising event to Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. benefit East Lansing’s Summer Solstice Jazz Festival. The Saginaw Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. “jazz club” will also feature John Ellis on saxophone, Helen Sung on piano, Boris Koslov on bass and Donald Edwards Events on drums. 6:30 p.m. & 8:45 p.m. $40, $150 VIP. Jackson Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lounge, Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) See Out on the Town, Page 22 432-2000. whartoncenter.com. City Pulse • March 27, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 21

Whiskey Pickers at Mac's Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, 18, $7, 9 p.m. turn it Lansing is typically stocked with rockin’ roots shows, and this weekend is no exception. The Whiskey Pickers, a Lansing-based four-piece folk/bluegrass band, headline a bluegrass show Saturday at Mac’s Bar. Opening the show is The Harvestmen, a local acoustic-Americana group with a traditional, throwback sound. The Whiskey Pickers play a mix of traditional and original bluegrass in Down its own signature, rowdy style that the band calls “Michigan Grass.” Whiskey Pickers include Roger Tijerina (guitar, lead vocals, harp), Brian Bienkowski A survey of Lansing's (mandolin), Brian VanAntwerp (fiddle) and Sam Winternheimer (string bass). musical Landscape sat. mar. Bienkowski and Tijerina first started gigging together about five years ago un- der the moniker The Dusty String Duo. A couple of years ago the band evolved By Rich Tupica 30th into The Whiskey Pickers — so named after the band’s love of whiskey.

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(SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave., Uli’s Haus of Rock, 4519 S. Martin St., East Lansing, all ages, FREE, Lansing, all ages, $15, Lansing, 18+, $6 advance, $8 for 21 Luther King Jr. Blvd., Lansing, doors 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m show 6:30 p.m. and $10 for 18+, 8 p.m. $5, 8 p.m. Along with Blur and Pulp, Oasis was a piv- Sublime, led by the late singer/guitarist East Lansing natives Mason’s Case return Blacklist Union, which features former L.A. otal band in the mid ‘90s Britpop boom. The Bradley Nowell, scored some huge hits with to mid-Michigan for a homecoming show Guns vocalist Tony West, brings its brand of songbook of Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, which “What I Got” and “Santeria” in the mid ‘90s. Saturday at The Loft. Opening the show are modern hard rock to Uli’s April 4. Open- included hits like “Live Forever” and “Cham- But the wave of success was cut short after The Skylit Letter, Catalina Wine Mixer and The ing the show are Final Phase and When I pagne Supernova,” helped bring that genre the overdose and death of Nowell in May Getout. Mason’s Case, which is now based in Awake. The Los Angeles-based Blacklist Union to mainstream radio in the United States. In 1996. Badfish, a Sublime tribute, plays uncanny Chicago, is supporting its second album “The released its debut, “After the Mourning,” in 2009, Gallagher left Oasis and started work versions of Nowell’s catchy catalog Thursday Gloom,” which is available on iTunes — it’s a 2006 — the first of three albums on its BLU on his new band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying at The Loft. Opening the show are Billiards follow up to the band’s debut, “What is Great- Records imprint, the latest being 2012’s “Til Birds, which released its debut LP in 2011. Music, The Getout, and Chemical Edge. Badfish est in Life.” The band plays acoustic blues and Death Do Us Part.” Fans of Alice in Chains or (SCENE) Metrospace is screening the band’s is a Providence-based band that’s won its own folk, but mixes in elements of hard rock and Buckcherry might want to check them out. concert film “International Magic Live at The cult following across the map playing Sub- punk. Mason’s Case includes Matthew Alfano West began a stint with L.A. Guns in 2011, O2.” There will be free pizza and merch. The lime’s Long Beach-style ska-rock. A couple of (vocals, guitars), David E. Smith (drums, vocals), which made him the 40th member of the film was released in October and features a weeks ago the band opened a show in Dallas Aaron “AC” Coleman (bass) and guitarist Mike incessantly rotating lineup and the 11th lead full performance in London, recorded on Feb. for Snoop Dogg (aka Snoop Lion). Badfish Vinopal. The guys will be touring relentlessly singer. Another interesting fact about West 26, 2012, and some additional footage from formed in 2001 and has since played clubs and this year in support of these two releases and is his love of appearing on talk shows. Over the tour. The set list includes his solo tunes theaters across the Northeast and Midwest — will put in work on a new EP, planned for a the years he’s had guest spots on Sally Jesse, and some Oasis hits. even selling out shows at prominent venues. mid-2013 release. Maury, Jerry Springer and Ricki Lake.

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LIVE & LOCAL Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat u r day The Avenue Café, 2021 E. Michigan Ave. Peter Nelson Jazz Quartet, 9 p.m. Acoustic Showcase, 7 p.m. Untamed Beauty, 7 p.m. Bar 30, 2324 Showtime Drive D.J. Skitzo, 10 p.m. D.J. John Beltran, 10 p.m. D.J. John Beltran, 10 p.m. D.J. Skitzo, 10 p.m. Colonial Bar, 3425 S. MLK Jr. Blvd. Misery Loves Company, 9 p.m. Heather Jones Band, 9 p.m. Heather Jones Band, 9 p.m. Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St. Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. Ron Feingold, 8 p.m. Ron Feingold, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Ron Feingold, 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Crunchy's, 254 W. Grand River Ave. Nathan Alan & Liz McDaniel, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 10 p.m. Karaoke, 10 p.m. The Exchange, 314 E. Michigan Ave. Wine Night, 8:30 p.m. The Knock Offs, 9:30 p.m. Summer of Sol, 9:30 p.m. The Firm, 229 S. Washington Square DnW Sound DJs, 9 p.m. Various DJs, 9 p.m. Grand Café/Sir Pizza, 201 E. Grand River Ave. Kathy Ford Band, 7:30 p.m. Karaoke with Joanie Daniels, 7 p.m. The Alligators, 8 p.m. Green Door, 2005 E. Michigan Ave. D.J. Sammy, 9:30 p.m. Big Willy Birthday Bash, 9:30 p.m. Global Village, 9:30 p.m. Root Doctor, 9:30 p.m. The Loft, 414 E. Michigan Ave. Lucero, 8 p.m. Badfish, 6:30 p.m. Between You & Me and Forever a Hero, 6 p.m. Mason's Case, 8 p.m. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave. Various artists, 6 p.m. Forever Came Calling, 5 p.m. Fly Union & Fowl, 7 p.m. The Whiskey Pickers, 9 p.m. Moriarty's Pub, 802 E. Michigan Ave. Open Mic Night, 9:30 p.m. The Springtails, 9:30 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9:30 p.m. Smooth Daddy, 9:30 p.m. Rookies, 16460 S. US 27 Sea Cruisers, 7-10 p.m. Water Pong DJ, 9 p.m. Karaoke Dance Party, 9 p.m. Live Bands, 7:30 p.m. Rum Runners, 601 East Michigan Ave. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. Dueling Pianos & DJ, 9 p.m. Dueling Pianos & DJ, 7 p.m. Dueling Pianos & DJ, 7 p.m. Uli's Haus of Rock, 4519 S. MLK Jr. Blvd. Various artists, 6:30 p.m. Unicorn Tavern, 327 E. Grand River Ave. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Frog & the Beeftones, 8:30 p.m. Waterfront Bar & Grill, 325 City Market Drive Suzi & The Love Brothers, 6 p.m. Craig Hendershott, 6 p.m. Joe Wright, 6 p.m. Whiskey Barrel Saloon, 410 S. Clippert D.J., 9 p.m. D.J., 9 p.m. D.J., 9 p.m. D.J., 9 p.m. Sunday Karaoke, 9 p.m. Drag Queens Gone Wild, 11 p.m., Spiral Dance Bar; DJ Mike, 9:30 p.m., LeRoy's Bar & Grill; Open Mic, 5 p.m., Open Blues Jam, 7-11 p.m. Uli's Haus of Rock. Monday Steppin' In It, 9:30 p.m., Green Door: Easy Babies funk trio, 10 p.m., The Exchange. Open-Mic Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Michigan Brewing Company-Lansing. Monday Funday, 9 p.m., The Firm. Tuesday Tommy Foster & Guitar Bob, 9 p.m., The Exchange; Neon Tuesday, 9 p.m., Mac's Bar. Jazz Tuesday Open Jam, 9 p.m., Stober's Bar, 812 E. Michigan Ave. 22 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • March 27, 2013

Music Classes and Seminars Lansing. (517) 484-5600. Out on the town Ukulele Playalong. With Chris Zatzke. Instruments Family Storytime. Ages up to 6. Stories, rhymes Karaoke. With Atomic D. 9 p.m. LeRoy's Classic available. All ages & levels welcome. 6 p.m. FREE. & activities. 10:30 a.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Bar & Grill, 1526 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) 482- from page 20 Marshall Music, 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) Lansing Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 0184. MOMS Club of Lansing. For stay-at-home parents Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East 337-9700. marshallmusic.com. 367-6363. cadl.org. & their kids. 10 a.m. FREE. East Lansing Public Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Mr. Harrison. 8 p.m.-Midnight. FREE. Michael's Bar, Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Weigh-in, 6 p.m. Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 393- Good Friday Service of Remembrance. All 210 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 702-9150. Meeting, 6:30 p.m. FREE to visit. St. David’s 5450. welcome. Noon. Central United Methodist Church, Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) What the Frack, Michigan? Discussion. With Rita 215 N. Capitol Ave., Lansing. Literature and Poetry 882-9080. stdavidslansing.org. Chapman. 7 p.m. FREE. Foster Community Center, Grande Paraders Square Dance Club. Round Out of this World Book Club. “Year Zero,” Rob Water media. All levels welcome, with Donna 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing. (517) 487-6467. dancing, 7 p.m. Modern-style square dancing, Reid. 7-8:30 p.m. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Randall. Pre-registration required. 10 a.m.-12:30 Family Education Day. "Humor and Health," 7:30 p.m. $4 members, $5 guests. Holt 9th Grade Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. elpl.org. p.m. $50 for 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, exercise demonstration & more. 5 p.m. FREE. Campus, 5780 Holt Road, Holt. (517) 694-0087. 1212 Turner St., Lansing. (517) 999-1212. Typing & Mouse Use Class. Improve your Lansing City Market, 325 City Market Drive, Lansing. Thursday, March 28 typing speed & accuracy. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Foster (517) 483-7460. lansingcitymarket.com. Community Center, 200 N. Foster Ave., Lansing. Sweets, Bubbles & Jazz. Wine & jazz. 7:30-9:30 (517) 708-4392. p.m. P Squared Wine Bar, 107 S. Washington Square, Advice Goddess & Drawing Class. For all levels, with Shirley Hazlett. Lansing. (517) 507-5074. p2winebar.com. Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $50 for four Savage Love weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner St., Music Lansing. (517) 999-1212. Sir James Galway: Legacy Tour. Featuring CAN NOW BE READ ONLINE Codependents Anonymous. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Galway & wife, flautist Lady Jeanne Galway. 7:30 www.lansingcitypulse.com Community Mental Health Building, 812 E. Jolly Road, p.m. $15-$68. Wharton Center, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 672-4072. Lansing. (517) 432-2000. whartoncenter.com. Marshall Music Spring Recital. Marshall's Jonesin' Crossword By Matt Jones Events School of Music students perform. 7 p.m. FREE. Spanish Conversation Group. English & Marshall Music, 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) “Classical Remix”- Spanish spoken. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East Lansing Public 337-9700. marshallmusic.com. -recomposing Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) 351- 2420. Theater composers. Euchre. No partner needed. 6-9 p.m. $1.50. Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Road, Matt Jones See Out on the Town, Page 23 Across 1 Insult hurled at 30-across UNITY SPIRITUAL 6 Mediterranean island nation 11 Two for Juan? RENAISSANCE 14 Block, as an Arctic ship 15 Message sender SETI hopes to detect 16 Hose problem 17 Photography size,  based on Elgar? A New Way of Thinking! You Can Change Your Life 19 Lance with a gavel 20 Driver around Hol- lywood For an uplifting message and great music 21 Spectator  join us for Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday  23 “The Price Is Right” game tug on your ear Turtles 38 Contributes Meditation and Prayer Service, 6:30 p.m. 25 Ernie’s special 59 Smokin’ 6 Great Leap Forward 40 Driving force friend 63 Rand of “Atlas name 42 Did some farm 26 Reverberate Shrugged” 7 Jovial weatherman work Located at 230 S. Holmes Street, 2 blocks south of Sparrow 29 “Wowzers!” 64 2013 dance all over 8 Pole dance? 45 “The Pelvis” 30 “South Park” pro- YouTube, based on 9 Loose-leaf selections 48 Rowboat mover tagonist Mahler? 10 Stud fee? 50 Chicken ___ (dish 32 Understand fully 66 Was winning 11 Seriously irritate, on “The Sopranos”) Minister- Rev. 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Sparrow Ave., Lansing. (517) 482-1346. Park Community GardenHouse, 1400 block of E. Bath. (517) 641-6201. Out on the town Pasta Bar Dinner. 5-8 p.m. $7, FREE children Kalamazoo St., Lansing. (517) 999-3910. Student Performance Sundays. Noon-2 p.m. 4 & under. St. Andrew Orthodox Church, 1216 Events FREE. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. from page 22 Greencrest Ave., East Lansing. (517) 202-2892. Family Movie Matinee. Popcorn & movie. 1-3 Circle Drive, MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 884- Singles TGIF at the Hawk. Hors d'oeuvres, music p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 3900. broadmuseum.msu.edu. “Shirley Valentine.” One woman’s journey to and more. 8 p.m.-Midnight. $12. Hawk Hollow Golf Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 4. re-shape her life. 8 p.m. $15. Williamston Theatre, Course, 15101 Chandler Road, Bath. (517) 281-6272. Bunny Day. Students, ages 1-10. Egg hunts & 122 S. Putnam St., Williamston. (517) 655-7469. New in Documentary. Sadia Shepherd’s “The more. Noon-3 p.m. Donations. Capital Area Humane Monday, April 1 williamstontheatre.com. Other Half of Tomorrow.” 7 p.m. FREE. Eli and Society, 7095 W Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) Classes and Seminars “Compulsion, or the House Behind.” About a Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Circle Drive, MSU 626-6821 ext. 130. AdoptLansing.org. Leadership, Management & Personal man who becomes obsessed with Anne Frank. 8 p.m. Campus, East Lansing. (517) 884-3900. 70s Soul Train Party. 21 & up. No rap music. 9 Enrichment Training. 7-8:45 p.m. CADL Okemos $15, $10 students & seniors. Miller Performing Arts Karaoke. Valencia Club. Food and drink specials. p.m.-2 a.m. $10. Gregory's Bar & Grille, 2510 N. MLK Library, 4321 Okemos Road, Okemos. (517) 879-1886. Center, 6025 Curry Lane, Lansing. (517) 372-0945. 8 p.m. Best Western Plus Lansing Hotel, 6820 S. Jr. Blvd., Lansing. (517) 819-6633. inspirationalministriesonline.com/leadership.html. Cedar St., Lansing. Spring Break Art Camp. Ages 7-12. Pre- Literature and Poetry Theater registration. 9 a.m.-Noon & 1-4 p.m. $70 members, Writers Roundtable. Get feedback on your Music “Shirley Valentine.” 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. $22 & $25. $75 non-members. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. writing. 6-7:45 p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Grand River Radio Diner. Featuring Matt Gabriel. Williamston Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 374-6400 ext. 0. Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321- Noon-1 p.m. FREE. Grand Cafe/Sir Pizza, 201 E. (Please see details March 28.) Kundalini Yoga. No experience needed. Taught by 4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. Grand River, Lansing. (517) 483-1710. lcc.edu/radio. “Compulsion, or the House Behind.” 8 p.m. Emily Emersen. 5:45-7 p.m. $12 per class, $60 for 6 International Book Club. “In the Sea There are Blue Hair Betty’s. 9:15 p.m. Coach’s Pub and $15, $10 students & seniors. Miller Performing Arts weeks. ACC Natural Healing and Wellness, 617 Ionia, Crocodiles,” Fabio Geda. 7-8:30 p.m. East Lansing Grill, 6201 Bishop Road, Lansing. (517) 882-2013. Center, 6025 Curry Lane, Lansing. (Please see Lansing. Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (517) coachspubandgrill.com. details March 28.) Metaphysical Mondays. Discussion. 7-8 p.m. 351-2420. elpl.org. Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles. 8 p.m. FREE. Triple Goddess New Age Bookstore, 1824 E. $32.50-$52.50. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center, Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 347-2112. MSU Campus, East Lansing. (517) 432-2000. Sunday, March 31 Learn to Meditate. Enter at rear of building. Friday, March 29 whartoncenter.com. Classes and Seminars 8:15-9 p.m. Donations. C. Weaver Physical Therapy Classes and Seminars Juggling. Learn how to juggle. 2-4 p.m. FREE. Exercise Studio, 1720 Abbey Road, East Lansing. Pregnancy Outcomes & Community Health Theater Orchard Street Pump House, 368 Orchard St., East (517) 272-9379. Survey. Speaker Claudia Holzman. Room 201. “Shirley Valentine.” 8 p.m. $25. Williamston Lansing. (517) 485-9190. Babytime. Beginning story time for babies under 2. 1:30-3 p.m. FREE. MSU International Center, 169 Theatre, 122 S. Putnam, Williamston. (Please see Overeaters Anonymous. 2-3:15 p.m. FREE. 10:30-11 a.m. East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot International Center, East Lansing. (517) 353-5040. details March 28.) Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E. Michigan Road, East Lansing. (517) 351-2420. Oil Painting. For all levels, with Patricia Singer. “Compulsion, or the House Behind.” 8 p.m. Ave., Conference room F, 2nd floor, Lansing. (517) Laughter Yoga. Instructor Kiran Gupta. 5:30-6 Pre-registration required. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $50 for $15, $10 students & seniors. Miller Performing Arts 332-0755. p.m. FREE, donations accepted. Campus Village 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner Center, 6025 Curry Lane, Lansing. (Please see Alcoholics Anonymous. With ASL interpretation. Center, 1151 Michigan Ave., East Lansing. (517) 332- St., Lansing. details March 28.) 9 a.m. FREE. Alano Club East, 220 S. Howard St., 9579. kirangupta-innerview.com. Alcoholics Anonymous. With ASL interpretation. Lansing. (517) 482-8957. Divorced, Separated, Widowed Conversation 8 p.m. FREE. Alano Club East, 220 S. Howard St., Literature and Poetry Codependents Anonymous. Meets on the third Group. 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. David’s Episcopal Lansing. (517) 482-8957. Teen Book Club. Ages 13-18. “No More Dead floor. 2-3 p.m. FREE. CADL Downtown Lansing Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. (517) 323-2272. Alcoholics Anonymous. Closed women’s meeting. Dogs,” Gordon Korman. Call to register. 4-5 Library, 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing. (517) 672-4072. Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. St. David’s 7:30 p.m. FREE. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, p.m. FREE. Delta Township District Library, 5130 Episcopal Church, 1519 Elmwood Road, Lansing. 6500 Amwood Drive, Lansing. (517) 882-9733. Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) 321-4014 ext. 3. Events (989) 587-4609. Chronic Pain Support Group. For those Capital Area Singles Dance. With door prizes. experiencing any level of chronic physical pain. 4- Events 6-10 p.m. $8. Fraternal Order of Eagles, 4700 N. 5:30 p.m. FREE. Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, Teen Advisory Group. Ages 13-18, help plan Saturday, March 30 Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 819-0405. 1710 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 372-9163. programs and more. 5-6 p.m. FREE. Delta Township Classes and Seminars Easter Celebration Service. 9:30 a.m. Central District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing. (517) Tai Chi in the Park. Taught by Bob Teachout. 9 United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capitol Ave., 321-4014 ext. 3. dtdl.org. a.m. FREE. Hunter Park Community GardenHouse, Lansing. (517) 485-9477. Events Annual Lenten Fish Fry. All-you-can-eat. Noon-1 1400 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing. Mata Yogananda's Easter Message & Social Bridge. No partner needed. 1-4 p.m. $1.50. p.m. & 5-7 p.m. $10, $9 seniors, $6 children 6-11, Herbal Tea & Medicial Plant Gardening. Satsanga. 10:15 a.m. FREE. Self Realization $10 take-out, FREE under 5. St. Casimir Church, 815 12:30-2 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Hunter Meditation Healing Centre, 7187 Drumheller Road, See Out on the Town, Page 24

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Music williamston new businesses Out on the town Open Mic Blues Mondays. Blues, rock and from page 23 spoken word. 6:30-10:30 p.m. FREE. Midtown Beer Co., 402 Washington Square, Lansing. (517) 977-1349. Aspiring Freelance Musician Clinic. Instructor Delta Township Enrichment Center, 4538 Elizabeth Hank Horton. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Marshall Music, Road, Lansing. (517) 484-5600. 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700. Mac’s Monday Comedy Night. Hosted by Mark marshallmusic.com. Roebuck & Dan Currie. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. (517) 484-6795. Tuesday, April 2 Classes and Seminars Spring Break Adventures. Games, crafts and more. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $25 residents, $30 non- residents. Fenner Nature Center, 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (517) 483-4224. Spring Break Art Camp. 9 a.m.-Noon & 1-4 p.m. $70 members, $75 non-members. Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington Square, Lansing. (Please see details April 1.) Tai Chi & Qigong. Taught by Bruce Ching. Drop- ins welcome. 5:45-7 p.m. $12 per class, $60 for 6 Photo by J.D. Small weeks. ACC Natural Healing and Wellness, 617 Ionia St., Lansing. Beyond the Fleece in Williamston recently expanded, allowing the fiber art shop to offer more Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Anyone wanting to merchandise and classes. Owner Jill Blain (hand on ribbon) uses fiber from her own farm nearby. lose weight is welcome. 7 p.m. FREE to visit. Eaton professional grade skin-care own your own Irish tavern, Rapids Medical Center, 1500 S. Main St,. Eaton treatments, including facials, you have until Friday not to Rapids. (517) 543-0786. chemical peels, laser hair have to start from scratch. Intro to Computers. Learn from professionals. removal, microdermabrasion, Irish Pub and Grill, 1910 2:30-4 p.m. FREE. Capital Area Michigan Works, 2110 New skin-tightening and skin W. Saginaw St. in Lansing, is S. Cedar St., Lansing. rejuvenation. Being an up for auction. That’s right Speakeasies Toastmasters. Become a better intown entrepreneur runs in the family — just go to the Thompson speaker. 12:05-1 p.m. FREE. Ingham County Human — her husband, Tyler Selph, Auctioneers website Services Building. 5303 S. Cedar St., Lansing. (517) owns and operates the nearby (thompsonauctioneers.com) 887-1440. By ALLAN I. ROSS Water media. All levels welcome, with Donna Cash for Anything Pawn and make a bid, and it could be Spring is off to a relatively Shop. yours, pending bank approval. chilly start, but in Williamston See Out on the Town, Page 25 Brian King is the general No one at the bar could be business is in full bloom. Three manager at Tom Donnelly’s reached for comment, but new businesses celebrated Williamston Barbell Club, according to the website, it’s Wharton Center Presents grand openings last week, 350 W. Grand River. The a package deal, complete while a fourth moved into a 2,800-square-foot space is with a Class C liquor license, space nearly six times the size divided into separate lifting a full commercial kitchen and of its previous location. and training areas. It’s located all equipment required to Beyond the Fleece, right along the Red Cedar maintain the business. And 127 W. Grand River Ave., River. hey, you don’t have to worry used to be cooped up in a King said the gym has the about St. Patrick’s Day for 300-square-foot room inside most up-to-date equipment, nearly a year. Keller’s Plaza, but it recently and will draw top-level moved to a 2,000-square- bodybuilding competitors Beyond the Fleece foot location down the block. from all over the country to Owner/operator Jill Blain 127 W. Grand River Ave., Williamston train there. You don’t have 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday; noon-8 p.m. A Fundraiser for the Summer Solstice Jazz Festival said the store, which focuses to be a member to take a Wednesday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday- on Michigan products, “just Wed, April 3 at 6:30pm & 8:45pm class, which start at $10 Saturday; closed Sunday-Monday exploded,” prompting the need per class. King has 23 years (517) 927-8595 Wharton Center’s Jackson Lounge is for more space. of training experience; his beyondthefleece.com transformed into an intimate jazz Beyond the Fleece features coworkers include top national Facials and More Med Spa club in a special fundraiser for the fiber from her family farm’s bodybuilder Joe Leahy and Kim 311 W. Grand River Ave., Williamston Summer Solstice Jazz Festival, angora goats, angora rabbits, Wathen, a master of exercise Shetland sheep, alpacas 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; closed featuring sizzling new jazz science, who will lead classes Sunday-Monday star Carolyn Leonhart. and llamas. There’s also a in yoga, Pilates, Butts and Guts consignment shop featuring (517) 977-2020 and more. facialsnmore.com work done by local fiber Rounding out the Tickets: $40; artists, as well as spinning Williamston business boom Tom Donnelly’s Williamston limited VIP tickets also classes, crocheting classes, rug is Sweet Cake Co., 122 W. Barbell Club available with premium braiding classes and knitting Grand River. Owner Shayna 350 W. Grand River Ave., Williamston seating, CD, and a chance classes, so you can learn how Bennett creates award- 6 a.m. – 10 p.m. Monday-Friday; 6 p.m.– 4 pm. Saturday; 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday to meet the artist. to make your own alpaca socks. winning specialty cakes for (517) 996-6050 Facials and More Med all occasions, as well as an Spa, 311 W. Grand River, assortment of jumbo gourmet Sweet Cake Co. is owned and operated by TICKETS ON SALE NOW! cupcakes complete with 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, licensed aesthetician Cheryl unique flavors. Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday; closed Selph, who’s been practicing Sunday-Monday for over eight years. Facials WHARTONCENTER.COM • 1-800-WHARTON Own your own bar (517) 402-9401 and More offers a full range of If you’ve ever wanted to sweetcakecompany.com City Pulse • March 27, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 25

email [email protected]. 6:30-8:30 Out on the town p.m. $80 for 8 weeks. Kellogg Conference Center, Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny March 27-April 2 from page 24 219 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing. Juicing 101 Sampling. 5-7 p.m. East Lansing Food ARIES (March 21-April 19): I was too lazy to write been if it helps you rustle up the closeness you're hun- Coop, 4960 Northwind Drive, East Lansing. (517) 337- your horoscope this week, so I went to a website that gry for. Get down on your knees and beg, or climb a Randall. Pre-registration required. 6-8:30 p.m. $50 1266. elfco.coop/wp. hawks bumper stickers and copied a few of their slo- tree with a megaphone and profess your passion. APRIL for 4 weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner Overeaters Anonymous. 7 p.m. FREE. First gans to use as your "advice." Here you go. 1. Never fol- FOOL! I was exaggerating a little. It's true that now is an St., Lansing. (517) 999-1212. Congregational United Church of Christ, 210 W. low a rule off a cliff. 2. Have the courage to honor your excellent time to be aggressive about going after the E-Pathways Informational Session. Learn Saginaw Highway, Grand Ledge. (517) 256-6954. peculiarities. 3. It's never too late to have a rebellious intimate connection you want. But I suggest you accom- about program. Scholarships to LCC. 10 a.m. FREE. adolescence. 4. Criticize by creating. 5. Never make plish that by being ingenious and imaginative rather than Capital Area Michigan Works, 2110 S. Cedar St., Events anything simple and efficient when it can be elaborate crazy and extreme. Lansing. epathways.org. Practice Your English. 7-8 p.m. FREE. East and wonderful. 6. Complex problems have simple, easy- SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): British comedy team Compassionate Friends of Lansing. For Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbot Road, East to-understand, morally clear, wrong answers. APRIL Monty Python did a sketch in which a policeman appre- grieving parents who have lost a child. 7:30-9:30 FOOL! I lied. I wasn't lazy at all. I worked hard to ensure Lansing. (517) 351-2420. hends a criminal. The bad guy says, "Yes, I did it, but p.m. Salvation Army Community Center, 701 W. Jolly that all the suggestions I just provided are in strict society is to blame." And the cop says, "Right! We'll Road, Lansing. (517) 339-3553. accordance with the astrological gestalt. Music arrest them instead." You should adopt this attitude, Codependents Anonymous. 5:45-6:45 p.m. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It's a perfect time to Spring Break Open Jam. Open jam session. Scorpio. Blame everyone else but yourself for your FREE. Everybody Reads Bookstore, 2019 E. Michigan watch the cult classic film Night of the Day of the Dawn All ages & levels welcome. 1 p.m. FREE. Marshall problems and flaws. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, the Ave., Lansing. of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of Music, 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) 337-9700. truth is the opposite of what I said. It's time to take the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh more responsibility for your actions. Bravely accept marshallmusic.com. Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead. It will provide Events the consequences of what you've done — with your Marshall Music Open Jam Night. 6 p.m. FREE. you with just the right inspiration as you deal with your Tea & Talk. Salon Style discussions. 8 p.m. FREE. sense of humor fully engaged and a lot of compassion Marshall Music, 3240 E. Saginaw St., Lansing. (517) own problems. APRIL FOOL! I lied. Don't you dare watch Triple Goddess New Age Bookstore, 1824 E. Michigan for yourself. 337-9700. marshallmusic.com. any horror movies. You're in a phase when you can Ave., Lansing. (517) 347-2112. Lansing Matinee Musicale. Variety of musical make dramatic progress in transforming long-standing SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Banzai skydiving is theater songs. Light refreshments. 1 p.m. FREE. dilemmas — but only if you surround yourself with posi- a step beyond ordinary skydiving. To do it, you hurl your Music Plymouth Congregational Church, 2001 E. Grand tive, uplifting influences. folded-up parachute out of the airplane, wait a while, Jazz Tuesdays. Hosted by the Jeff Shoup Quartet River Ave., Lansing. (517) 485-1363. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The coming week will and then leap into mid-air yourself. If all goes well, you & will feature regular guest artists from the MSU Mr. Harrison. 8 p.m.-Midnight. FREE. Michael's be an excellent time to wash dishes, clean bathrooms, free-fall in the direction of your parachute and catch Jazz Studies Department. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. FREE. Bar, 210 S. Washington Square, Lansing. (517) scrub floors, vacuum carpets, wash windows, do laun- up to it. Once you grab it, you strap it on and open the Stober’s Bar, 812 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. 702-9150. dry, and clean the refrigerator. The more drudge work chute, ideally before you hit the earth. This is the kind you do, the better you'll feel. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The of beyond-ballsy activity that would be perfect for you truth is, you now have astrological license to minimize right now. APRIL FOOL! In truth, I don't recommend Wednesday, April 3 City Pulse Classifieds your participation in boring tasks like the ones I named. banzai skydiving now or ever. Plain old skydiving is fine, Classes and Seminars Interested in placing a classified ad in City Pulse? It's high time for you to seek out the most interesting though. The same principle applies in relation to any Spring Break Adventures. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $25 (517) 999-5066 or [email protected] work and play possible. adventurousness you're considering: Push yourself, yes, residents, $30 non-residents. Fenner Nature Center, CANCER (June 21-July 22): You know what would but not to an absurd degree. 2020 E. Mount Hope Ave., Lansing. (Please see LOST DOG!!! MUST FIND!! REWARDS!!! be a really cool prank to pull off this April Fool's Day? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Should you relo- $$$ cash reward for safe return of Angel. Last seen Arrange to have rubber tires airlifted into a dormant cate to Kazakhstan and grow sunflowers? Is it time to details April 2.) on March 5th in the MLK/ Drawing Class. For all levels with Shirley Hazlett. Holmes area. She is sorely volcano, then set them on fire. Smoke will pour out the think about getting a job in Uruguay and living there Pre-registration required. 1-3:30 p.m. $50 for 4 missed and has been gone top. Everyone who lives nearby will think the volcano for the next ten years? Can you see yourself building March 2nd. Angel is a female weeks. Gallery 1212 Fine Art Studio, 1212 Turner St., is getting ready to explode. Don't forget to videotape your dream home in Morocco on a bluff overlooking American Pit Bull Terrier. She the event for Youtube. Later, when you reveal the hoax, Lansing. has a brown coat with white the Atlantic Ocean? I suggest you spend some quality your video will go viral and you'll become a celebrity. Babytime. 10:30-11 a.m. East Lansing Public Library, on her face, chest, belly, and time thinking way, way outside the box about where paws. She is seven years APRIL FOOL! I don't really think you should try this 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing. (Please see details you belong on this earth. APRIL FOOL! I went a bit old, weighs approximately 50 prank. It's old hat. Back in 1974, a guy named Porky March 27.) pounds, and was wearing a overboard in my recommendations. It is true that you Bickar did it to Alaska's Mt. Edgecumbe. Here's my real Meditation. For beginners and experienced. 7-9 pink and beige collar with a should brainstorm about the kind of home you want to Rabies tag. Angel is a friendly girl who will likely approach oracle for you: It is a good time to boost your visibility create and enjoy in the future. But that probably means p.m. FREE. Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, 3015 S. a stranger. She is the companion to a disabled man. by doing something funny. Or to build your brand by revising and refining your current situation rather than Washington Ave., Lansing. (517) 351-5866. Please help guide Angel back to her adoring family! Spread being mischievous. Or to demonstrate your power by awareness and call 517.575.5599 with any information. leaving it all behind and starting over. Spring Break Art Camp. 9 a.m.-Noon & 1-4 showing off your sense of humor. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your brain has a big- p.m. $70 members, $75 non-members. Lansing Art City Pulse is seeking candidates to join LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the animated TV show ger capacity than you realize. According to professor Gallery, 119 N. Washington Square, Lansing. (Please its sales team. Full time and part time positions available. The Simpsons, ten-year-old Bart is constantly getting Sales experience required, preferably in advertising/ of psychology Paul Reber, it can hold the equivalent of see details April 1.) into trouble because of the monkey business he loves marketing. Opportunity to grow. EEO. Submit resume to three million hours' worth of television shows. As I'm E-Pathways Informational Session. Learn [email protected]. to perpetrate. His teachers punish him by compelling sure you know, your brain is not even close to being full about program. 6-7 p.m. FREE. Lansing Community him to write corrective declarations on the classroom of that much data. And in accordance with the current College West Campus, corner W. Mount Hope & blackboard. It so happens that some of those apolo- Distribution Driver - PT Job opening astrological omens, I suggest you cram in as much new Snow Roads, Lansing. (517) 267-5452. to stock schedule racks in Greater Lansing area. flexible getic statements should be coming out of your mouth material as possible. APRIL FOOL! I told you a half-truth. Writing Your Life. Write a memoir. To register, hours. Must have van or SUV w/own insurance, computer, in the coming week, Leo. They include the following: "I cell phone w/text and energy. e-mail resume to: garrett@ While it's correct that now is an excellent time to pour wayforwardinfo.com will not strut around like I own the place. I will not claim that I am deliciously saucy. I will not instigate revolution. more stuff into your brain, you should be highly discern- SUDOKU SOLUTION CROSSWORD SOLUTION I will not trade pants with others. I will not carve gods. I ing about what you allow in there. Seek out the richest will not Xerox my butt. I will not scream for ice cream." ideas, the most stimulating information, the best sto- From Pg. 22 From Pg. 22 APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, you SHOULD consider ries. Avoid trivial crap. doing things like that. And don't apologize! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): July 2012 was a sad VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The sport of ferret leg- time in the history of mythic creatures. The National ging is an endurance contest. Participants vie to deter- Ocean Service, a U.S. government agency, made a mine who can last longest as a live ferret runs loose formal proclamation that there are no such things as inside their pants. The current record is five hours and mermaids. But I predict those stuffy know-it-alls will 26 minutes, held by a retired British miner. But I predict soon get a big shock, when a Piscean scientist presents that a Virgo will soon break that mark. Could it be you? evidence that mermaids are indeed real. APRIL FOOL! APRIL FOOL! I misled you. I don't really think you should I was exaggerating. I don't really foresee the discovery put a ferret in your pants, not even to win a contest. of a flesh-and-blood mermaid — by a Pisces or anyone It is possible, however, that there will soon be a plea- else. I do, however, suspect that your tribe is now highly surable commotion happening in the area below your adept at extracting useful revelations and inspirations waist. And I suspect that you will handle it pretty well. from dreams, visions, and fantasies — including at LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Risk being a crazed fool least one that involves a coven of Buddhist Ninja clown for love, Libra. Get as wild and extreme as you've ever mermaids.

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Spring Pottery Sale Laura Johnson/City Pulse Rebecca Titus of Titus Farms with her 200 chickens. Eggs and poultry meat are two of At St. David’s Episcopal Curch this farm’s community supported agriculture (CSA) options. 1519 Elmwood Rd., Lansing A few blocks north of Lansing Mall! the seasons change as the weeks go on. You can get a better sense of what seasonality is Thursday, April 4 Friday, April 5 Growing together and what foods are produced in what sea- 5:00pm-8:00pm 10:00am-8:00pm son, and along with it you get some really Community supported agriculture great tasting food.” Saturday, April 6: 10:00am-3:00pm cropping up across mid-Michigan The desire to eat seasonally is one mo- tivator to join a CSA, along with taste, By LAURA JOHNSON education, socio-environmental impacts, Rebecca Titus of Titus health, cost savings and enhanced connec- Farms in Leslie defines tion to community, farmers and food. community supported “I think when you invest in a CSA you agriculture as a subscrip- ORGANIC become more conscious of the location of tion to local, seasonal veg- your food,” Titus said of Titus Farms’ 19- etables. week summer CSA. “And people tell me “You pay ahead and then you get it on a the taste is much different — they haven’t regular basis,” she said. Step aside, Netflix. had such fresh things before.” Well, not quite. Local produce hasn’t CSA provides the opportunity to incor- yet surpassed television as our national porate more fresh vegetables and variety We offer over 150 wines by pastime, but it is on the rise. According into daily diets, like leafy greens, tomatoes, to localharvest.org, thousands of fami- squash, broccoli, herbs, root vegetables the glass, by the bottle, by lies across the country have joined CSA and onions. Some, like Titus Farms, have the flight and in our signature programs in recent years; in some places, shares of eggs, chicken, organic apples and wine-only cocktails in a the demand far surpasses the number of flowers available, too. Charlotte’s Thor- farms. Luckily, in the Lansing area, there napple CSA offers add-ons of pastured “come as you are” setting are a lot of options. meat, eggs and local fruits. But what is a CSA? Essentially, it’s “It definitely helps you eat more vege- Reservations the option to purchase a share (usually a tables and experience vegetables and fruit weekly bag of fresh produce) in a farm and that you’ve never tried before,” Titus said. Group Seating then share in the farm’s harvest over a sea- Many CSAs provide fun, creative recipes Take Out son for a set number of weeks. to help you make the most of your share, “It’s a method that a lot of growers use along with information about the products Waiter Service to kind of create a shared risk between and sometimes farm news and anecdotes. the consumer and the farmer,” said Rita Exchanging stories, asking questions O’Brien of Allen Neighborhood Center’s and developing relationships are other BUSINESS HOURS Hunter Park GardenHouse, which offers benefits of CSA, which is easy to do with Mon – Thu: 11 a.m. – 12 a.m. summer and winter CSAs. Titus Farms’ farmers market style. Instead Friday: 11 a.m. – 1 a.m. “You accept the fact that some things of getting a set bag of produce every week, Saturday: 12 p.m. – 1 a.m. are going to do better than others,” said members can choose from a variety of Find us on Facebook! Emily Freeh, farm manager of Cbi’s Giv- items, ensuring they get what they like and ing Tree Farm in Lansing Township, can use. where spring, summer and fall shares are “People aren’t just grabbing a box and available. “You experience something clos- leaving,” Titus explained, which encourag- www.p2winebar.com 517.507.5074 107 S. Washington Square, Lansing er to what the farmer experiences, and you es people to engage and ask questions. She can see the results of the weather and feel See Organic, Page 27 City Pulse • March 27, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 27

Lansing’s CSA farms are close to town (if Organic not in town), most offer convenient pick- up spots throughout Lansing, East Lan- from page 16 sing, Okemos and Mason. Other local CSAs include Owosso Or- tries to learn everyone’s name, including ganics, offering an 18-week summer ses- children — no small feat with 300 mem- sion with several share options; Wildflow- bers each year. er Eco Farm, offering a 16-week summer There are many different styles of CSA. share; and MSU Student Organic Farm, Some offer a combination of monetary providing both summer and year-round payment and work shares, or what Diane memberships. Every farm has different Thompson of Thornapple CSA calls “sweat styles, dates, offerings, prices and total equity.” In exchange for full or partial pay- available shares. You can pick your own ment, members have the choice to volun- food at some CSAs, like Cbi’s Giving Tree, teer on the farm. Thornapple CSA, for ex- and others have on-farm events, like Ti- ample, asks for a few hours of work a week tus Farms’ Tomato Palooza. Whatever you for a reduced rate during their June to Oc- choose, however, you’ll be supporting local tober season. agriculture and eating fresh, delicious food. “This allows our members more in- “I like to remind people that it’s nice to volvement with the growing of their food support a local farm family who’s being and creates part of our educational compo- responsible environmentally and support- nent,” Thompson said. ing the local food movement,” Titus said. Downtown: 316.0900 East Lansing: 203.3304 Okemos: 381.7437 Hunter Park GardenHouse’s CSA offers “If you feel that small, local, organic agri- 200 S. Washington Sq. 1403 E. Grand River Ave. 3536 Meridian Crossing options of all pay, half-work/half-pay, or culture is important, then you should con- all work. Titus Farms offers either an all- sider joining a CSA.” pay membership or the option to volunteer for 11 weeks in exchange for a weekly stan- Thinking about joining a CSA? dard share from June to October. Many local farms still have summer CSA shares Everyone Is Most local CSAs also have flexible pay available with deadlines in mid-late April. For more information, visit their websites. options, making it easier for more fami- ANC’s Hunter Park GardenHouse: lies to afford them; members have the op- allenneighborhoodcenter.org/food/gardenhouse/csa Welcome To tion of paying one lump sum or in several Cbi’s Giving Tree Farm: cbisgivingtreefarm.wordpress.com MSU Student Organic Farm: msuorganicfarm.org smaller payments throughout the season. Owosso Organics: owossoorganics.com Hunter Park GardenHouse is one of the Thornapple CSA: thornapplecsa.com Shop Here! Titus Farms: titusfarms.com first CSAs to accept Bridge Cards during Wildflower Eco Farm: localharvest.org/csa/M18432 summer shares, making use of the Double Capital Village Trade Cooperative: Up Food Bucks program. And while all of capitalvillagetradecoop.com

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