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PULSE NEWS & OPINION
Flexibility key to performing arts center
OF THE WEEK
Consultant: No slam dunk
but no pipe dream either
Whoever is in charge of raising the
curtain on a downtown performing arts
center in Lansing can sit back and take
a smoke break. It’s going to take some
serious researching and soul-searching
to come up with a design that works.
And there might not even be a curtain. Waverly Golf Course shacks
That’s the takeaway from the first These decaying shacks along Sagi-
round of findings, which were pre- naw Highway will soon be razed as a
sented Friday by a national consultant mixed-use development heads to the
hired to shepherd the city through a former Waverly Golf Course. But it
complex and multi-faceted process. certainly doesn’t make them any less
“We think this is possible, but it’s of an eyesore in the meantime.
going to take an innovative approach,” Most of the windows are boarded
Michele Walter, lead consultant for up, but their moss-covered interiors
Connecticut-based AMS Planning & can still get plenty of sunlight from
Research, told the facilities committee the gaping holes in their rooftops. The
of the Mayor’s Art and Culture Com- front doors can sometimes be found
mission Friday. The city retained AMS Courtesy photo
wide open. They’re eye-catching for all
for a $105,000 study, paid for with SoundBox in San Francisco is a flexible, multi-use hall where the San Francisco the wrong reasons.
private funds —$40,000 in cable fees Symphony and other groups perform in a technological "sonic paradise." The developers agree. That’s why
from the Lansing Public Media Center. they are tearing them down “in the
met at the Lansing Center, whether it with a growth rate projected at 2 per-
Walter reported on the findings of a very near future,” said Jay Parnes, vice
comes from a dedicated percentage of cent over the next five years.
survey of potential users that drew 86 president of Florida-based Northern
a hotel or convention tax, a millage, “Performance space is the primary
responses from 77 organizations, from Capital Investments, the company
parking fees or some combination. need, by far,” Walter said. “In terms of
individual artists to regional promoters that bought 120-acre swathe of land
“It will not break even on its own,” building form, we’re talking about a
to major players like the Capital City last September. “We’re still looking at
Walter said. “It’s going to require a sub- music venue.”
Film Fest and the Lansing Symphony. 2019 for our first phase of construc-
sidy, and no one thinks there’s enough The Wharton Center is nearby, but
Based on those findings, she said a tion. It’s a little tricky for us to set an
annual philanthropy available to sus- it’s too big for many uses and it’s oper-
successful facility would require “a very exact timeline.”
tain an enterprise of this magnitude.” ating at capacity, Walter said.
broad and nontraditional notion of Northern Capital bought the Lan-
Walter was hesitant to pin down Wharton’s crowded schedule makes
content,” along the lines of the flexible, sing Township site last year from the
the prospective cost of the facility. “We it hard for the Lansing Symphony to
technologically advanced box venues city of Lansing for $2.2 million. The
were hearing $30-to-40 million, and schedule its concerts on optimal dates
going up around the country, and project will include various retail, of-
it’s very hard for us to imagine getting and accommodate the best guest solo-
would have to reach out to a regional fice and residential space — including
there,” she said. “If you told us $50-to- ists’ schedules.
market. a gas station, car wash, restaurants
$60 million, we’d go, ‘maybe.’” When the consultants ran the num-
“Getting it right will be hard and and a senior center. Construction
bers for a large hall, the “sweet spot,”
you’ll have to be quite inventive,” she could continue for up to a decade.
“This is possible, but it’s going as expected, was a venue with 1,000 to
said. “A traditional 2,000-seat shoebox “It’s 120 acres, so this is a long-term
to take an innovative approach. 1,500 seats, filling a major gap in the
concert hall or proscenium stage is not project,” Parnes added. “This is a long-
Getting it right will be hard and tri-county region.
going to work.” term play for us, and we’re looking at
you’ll have to be quite inventive.” The average Lansing Symphony
Among the facility’s prospective users a lot of different options. We have that
— Michelle Walter, MasterWorks audience is 1,000 (1,200
are a score of smaller local arts orga- purchase agreement in place. We’re
Lead consultant for for pops concerts), “right in the sweet
nizations with small budgets, national being very patient and we’re very ex-
spot of the venue size we’re talking
promoters who cut tough deals to AMS Planning & Research cited to get things moving over there.”
about,” Walter said.
bring touring acts to the area, and the — KYLE KAMINSKI
But the symphony may have to roll
Lansing Symphony Orchestra, which
with some big changes. Survey respon-
operates on a razor thin margin. That
If the project isn’t a slam dunk, it’s dents were interested in flexibility, not
means a money-making facility is not “Eyesore of the Week” is our look at some
not a pipe dream, either. a fixed proscenium.
in the cards. of the seedier properties in Lansing. It rotates
The consultants’ research showed Courtney Millbrook, executive direc- with Eye Candy of the Week and Eye for Design.
A reliable source of revenue will be
that the potential market for such a Have a suggestion? Email eye@lansing
essential, Walter told the group, which citypulse.com or call it in at 517-999-6715.
facility is “growing slowly but steadily,” See PAC, Page 6
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Another judge opposes district court consolidation
‘Courts should reflect Lansing and the rest of the county. And exists for the people and not the judges,”
that should quell Ward’s concerns. Ward wrote. “The public’s confidence in
community’; mayors “We’re still working on the language, our justice system is enhanced when
say it’s a moot point but countywide elections are no longer you have judges who are representative
on the table,” Meadows explained. of the community.”
Plans to unify district courts in Schor confirmed the latest version of Ward also wanted to avoid any “insti-
Ingham County are facing friction from consolidation plans would force judges tutional barriers” to a diverse judiciary
yet another judge who would rather to maintain a home in one of three dis- that could be created through consoli-
keep East Lansing and Lansing sepa- tricts where their courtrooms are locat- dation. Consolidation should be more
rated from the rest of the county. ed. focused on improving the delivery of
Newly elected Lansing District Judge But that doesn’t mean plans to con- “fair and impartial” justice rather than
Cynthia Ward urged the Lansing City solidate district courtrooms are losing finding any cost savings. She suggested
Council to reject plans to consolidate steam, officials emphasized. the cities stand aside to leave the deci-
local district courtrooms. “I am supportive of consolidating sions to local judges.
“Judges should reflect the commu- courts for efficiencies and effectiveness,” “Because merging buildings and a
nity in which they serve,” wrote Ward, Schor said. “I am supportive of voters in significant cost savings are no longer
who sits on the 54A District bench with Lansing electing their own judges and driving the discussion, let’s respect the
Hugh Clarke, another opponent to con- having juries of those from Lansing. Lansing District Judge Cynthia Ward historical jurisdictions of our courts and
solidation. “Such a scenario may strain That seems to be the plan on the table. leave the discussion about operation
the public’s confidence in our judicial I am supportive of making that change concerns this week, noting that a efficiencies to the judges. Let the judges
system. A judiciary lacking confidence as part of any final deal.” diverse judiciary “boosts public confi- examine what the specific needs of the
is a compromised judiciary. When cit- Initial plans would have also shifted dence” within the local court system. community are.”
izens do not trust the courts, they will the county’s eight district court judg- But regardless of race, judges ought to Besides Ward and Clarke, East
look to other means to resolve their dis- es into a countywide election, pushing live in the area where they work, she Lansing 54B District judges Andrea
putes.” Judge Clarke to voice concern that an said. Theoretically, under the prior Larkin and Richard Ball have expressed
But mayors Andy Schor of Lansing out-county, electoral tilt would make it plans, every future 54A District Court skepticism that the savings will be suffi-
and Mark Meadows of East Lansing said more difficult for people of color to ade- judge could’ve lived outside of the city. cient to justify consolidation.
countywide elections for judges are off quately represent minority demograph- “I understand some will argue that 55th District Court Judge Tom Boyd,
the table. Current plans revolve around ics in a diverse city like Lansing. where a judge lives has little to do with a leading advocate of consolidation, said
consolidated courts that maintain sepa- Ward, who like Clarke is African a judge’s ability to administer justice Ward’s recent opposition is “ridiculous.”
rate election districts for Lansing, East American, brought up on those same fairly. But let’s remember that the court
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PAC
and roll band can be there the next day, a symphony that draws about 1,000 To fill out the picture, Walter’s team
that’s OK.” people. will roll out a broad-based online com-
Walter showed the group four re- The New World Symphony Center munity survey in the next few weeks,
cently built venues with features such in Miami Beach has a capacity of only to “confirm demand” and to “provide
from page 5
as mechanized seating and state-of- 750, but “wallcasts” project sound and information that will help carry the
the-art sound systems that provide the image to spectators seated in the park water in selling this project.” A finan-
tor of the Lansing Symphony, wasn’t flexibility to keep a venue buzzing as outside the hall. That hall cost $160 cial feasibility study, to see how much
surprised. many days and nights of the year as million, but it was designed by Frank money can be raised from public and
“That’s the trend,” Millbrook said. possible. Gehry and is “tricked out technologi- private sources, usually comes next. An
“You’d be hard-pressed to find any Soundbox San Francisco, developed cally,” Walter said. “operational model” is planned to take
traditional single-use concert hall built first as a minimal $10 million rehearsal The potential user survey also form by September.
anywhere in the world.” space for the San Francisco Symphony, showed a “fair amount of interest in The potential user survey results
Other potential content for the large brought new audiences to the sympho- a small venue” in greater Lansing. A included a comment Walter heard over
hall includes touring live music and ny, and other users are using the space “sweet spot” of 200 to 300 seats would and over.
comedy, which Walter described as “un- for virtual reality experiences, parties accommodate 13 organizations and “The users were saying, ‘We don’t
derrepresented in this community,” and and hybrid art forms. be used 132 times a year. The data just want another venue. It has to be
youth and family content. The $60 million Anthem in Wash- suggested that a black box-style space something different, something unique
That’s good news, she said, because ington, D.C., a hotter-than-hot com- would be the most optimal. to Lansing,’” she said.
venue planners can avoid the expense mercial venue developed in 2017 as “You have a lot of really small theater Dominic Cochran, co-director of
of a fly tower, the tall backstage space part of the massive District Wharf groups getting 15, 20 people at a show, the Capital City Film Festival, strongly
full of rigging and scenery like the one riverfront development, has a mov- a lot of meetings for under 400 people,” agreed.
at Wharton. She said they run in the able stage allows capacity to vary from she said. She urged the committee to “Whatever we build has to have a
neighborhood of $12 million. 2,500 seated country music lovers to consider including a small venue “as soul,” Cochran said.
But would the symphony embrace a 6,000 standing hip-hop fans. Tanger part of a bigger solution” or as part of a — LAWRENCE COSENTINO
so-called “sticky floor” venue? Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, longer-term cultural master plan.
“The stage has to be big enough and set to open next year, is a $78 million, Walter cautioned that the consul-
we have to have a certain quality of 3,000-seat performing arts center that tants’ next step, an in-depth “activity
sound,” Millbrook said. “If the seats are uses high-tech features to accommo- profile” of each organization, may result
moveable, or not moveable, so a rock date touring acts for 3,000 patrons to in different user numbers.
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The cancer in our midst
But the philosophical question that toward Biden. Presidential elections
will animate the Democratic primary with incumbents are referendums on
isn’t a mystery: Is the next president’s the incumbents. If he’s popular and the
But is the cure the tried and true or job to offer the country a sober, take-
a-deep-breath reset — an antidote to
economy is good, he wins. If not and
it’s not, he doesn’t. The opponent only
a bold, even radical agenda? Trump’s crazy-making — or to push a
bold, even radical agenda?
matters at the margins, so it’s better to
go with a safe choice like Biden than
A few months supplanted by socialism-curious mil- Within that question lie two others, a riskier one like Sanders or Warren.
ago, I found an lennials and Gen Zs. More pointedly, more practical in nature: Which kind That is the essence of Biden’s electabil-
INFORMED DISSENT
interesting read my hope is that Trump’s presidency of candidate is more likely to defeat ity argument.
in an airport proves an ultimately useful shock to Trump? And which, if elected, is But in most of postwar political
bookstore that the system, something that awoke us to more likely to move his or her agenda history, an inexperienced, mendacious
sought to predict the cancer in our midst. through Congress? libertine like Trump would have been
the geopolitics of Defeating him, as I wrote last week, Joe Biden’s theory is that he’ll appeal unthinkable as president. Times have
the 21st century. is but the first step to eradicating this to working-class and suburban white changed: The GOP has been radical-
It was written in JEFFERY C. BILLMAN malignancy. The next president will voters in the Midwest, the ones who ized, and America has become polar-
2009 by George also have to begin an arduous process didn’t like Hillary Clinton but are ized. There are few actual swing voters.
Friedman, the CEO of a leading private of repairing the institutions Trump and turned off by Trump’s antics and want Indeed, Clinton lost not because of
intelligence company, and it’s already his Republican accomplices have glee- a return to bipartisan compromise and Barack Obama supporters who went
gotten some things wrong — e.g., fully sledgehammered. general governmental sanity. In office, for Trump, but because of Obama
China did not fragment by 2020 — but It will be an almost impossible job. he’ll move the ball incrementally and supporters who stayed home. Come
it nonetheless contained some provoc- Getting it could be even more difficult. competently by negotiating deals with 2020, the MAGA base will turn out.
ative ideas. On the one hand, Trump’s approval Republicans; in his view, Trump is Democrats need to match their enthu-
One is American politics has ratings have been stuck in the low-to- the problem, and once he’s gone, the siasm; to do that, their nominee needs
realigned every half-century or so, mid-40s, even with record-low unem- Republicans will come to their senses. to inspire them.
and we’re due for another realignment ployment and solid economic growth, The opposite view, espoused by That’s what Joe Biden misreads
in the next decade. The last realign- two variables that normally augur a Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, about the moment. And it’s not really
ing president, Friedman writes, was glide to a second term. On the other, is that Democrats win by giving pro- his fault: For most of his career, the
Ronald Reagan, who reversed the Trump is not a normal president. He gressive and disaffected voters some- campaign he’s running would have
social-welfare-expanding agenda of the can’t stop himself from being an unlov- thing to believe in – Medicare for All, been the right thing to do. It’s just not
previous realigning president, Franklin able narcissist, and his pathological the Green New Deal – and giving the right thing to do now. And the
Delano Roosevelt, who offered a course need for the fawning adoration of his everyone else an unambiguous choice. presidency Biden wants to have makes
correction to the rapid industrializa- base prevents him from expanding his And when they win, they’ll have done a similar miscalculation: The election
tion set in motion by Rutherford B. support. He’s a bad politician in a good so with enough of a mandate to muscle isn’t about beating Trump. It’s about
Hayes’ monetary policy, and so on. politician situation, and the media has their agenda through Congress (and defeating his nihilistic movement and
That means a president elected in no idea how to handle him. get around or abolish the filibuster). the once-proud Republican Party that
2028 or 2032 will probably set the This is the context in which the Of course, there are plenty of candi- has surrendered to it. So this isn’t a
tone for the rest of my life. Democratic primary’s cattle call is hap- dates who fall between these poles, and time for bipartisan bonhomie. It’s a
For the sake of my mental health — pening. I won’t pretend to have smart most candidates would say they’ll try time to win, and then it’s a time to act.
and democracy — I’m going to hope takes on the million-and-a-half people to both energize the base and appeal Not as payback, but because there
that Donald Trump isn’t a harbinger with their eyes on the throne, or tell to Trump voters — though, especially are real problems that need solving.
of that realignment, but rather the last you I have any insight into what will in a growing economy, this strikes me The climate isn’t going to stop warm-
gasp of a boomer generation being happen over the next six months. as more of a rhetorical than realistic ing all by itself.
solution. (Jeffrey Billman is the editor of INDY
In this dichotomy, however, most of Week, in Durham, North Carolina.)
postwar political history would lean
Court
Boyd added: “Consolidation might
not get done this year because there
are these parochial sentiments being
flamed by some of the judges, but
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eventually this is going to happen. The
He argued that where any given judge constitution calls for a neutral and
lives has no bearing on the adequacy of detached arbiter of justice. How neutral
justice for defendants in the courtroom. and detached are these judges that are
Consolidation wouldn’t erode public just clinging on to their cities?”
trust and would do little to change the Local officials have until November
current representation, he said. to hash out a formal plan for consoli-
“Up until a couple years ago, I lived dation before the legislative mecha-
in Meridian Township,” Boyd add- nism that allows the merger expires.
2019
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ed. “There are no judges that live in Schor hopes to bring a proposal to City
Best Audiologist + Hearing Meridian Township and no judges Council before October. Officials in East
that live in Lansing Township. There Lansing and Ingham County will also
are no judges that live in 14 of the 16 have the final say before consolidation
townships in Ingham County. Does that can take place.
mean these places somehow have an — KYLE KAMINSKI
inferior level of justice?” kyle@lansingcitypulse.com
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Fix the damn insurance
MIRS. broken, we need systems like no-
Riding the strong public momen- fault to come in and pay for medical
tum toward auto no-fault reform, treatment that arises out of a crash,”
legislative Republicans pushed Sinas said.
No-fault and roads are tied as the voters’ out measures last week that were The Senate Fiscal Agency put these
biggest concerns. What will Whitmer do? surprisingly comprehensive and had
defenders of the current system on
costs at $65.9 million over 10 years.
The Michigan Association of Justice
What can she do? their heels. jumped on this cost shift in its eight-
Skeptics of the Legislature’s no- point opposition statement.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer started everyone to reform our broken car
fault auto insurance reform plan “The bills are so weak and full of
meeting individually with the Re- insurance system. I look forward to
shifted their criticism. The new line holes,” the association said in a press
publican Senate majority leader and my meeting with the governor to talk
is that allowing drivers to lower their release Tuesday, that families who
House speaker about how we can best lower car in-
personal injury protection coverage pick the cheapest personal injury
this week in the surance rates.”Publicly, Whitmer has
will cost taxpayers more in higher protection options or get in the most
POLITICS
hopes of crafting been a blank slate on the state’s auto
Medicaid costs. catastrophic car accidents “will go
a deal that will no-fault law. She’s not in support of
Steven Sinas, the legal counsel for bankrupt and end up on taxpay-
raise more road “red-lining,” the banning of selling
the Coalition to Protect Auto No er-funded health care.”
funding money insurance to people in certain areas.
Fault, said the real debate over SB HB 4397 sponsor Rep. Jason
while making She believes state regulators should
1 and HB 4397 is about health care Sheppard, R-Temperance, called
cost-saving have more power in determining
coverage. Both bills, he said, create the arguments “scare tactics” that
reforms to the rates.
are not grounded in reality. For one,
state’s auto insur- But when it comes to the salient
ance law. issues — consumer choice on per- Now that auto insurance Medicaid — unlike Michigan’s cur-
rent unlimited lifetime catastrophic
In the past, Sen. sonal injury protection coverage could be on her plate coverage — operates on a provider
Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, and as opposed to mandatory lifetime
Rep. Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, have coverage, a fee schedule for hospitals any day, the coming fee schedule, so the costs connected
to care will naturally be lower.
met with the Democratic governor in and other providers, how a fraud au- negotiations will signal
Also, if a person is seriously in-
a group setting with Democratic leg- thority should be set up — she’s kept whether the current split jured in an at-home accident or is
islative leaders. Now, days after both her powder dry.
chambers pushed out significant, She’s been all about “fixing the leadership makeup can diagnosed with a terminal disease,
health insurance or Medicaid picks
wholesales changes to Michigan’s damn roads” and letting the Legis- accomplish major policy up the tab.
no-fault law, she’s taking meetings lature take auto insurance as its big
one-on-one. issue. Now that auto insurance could
reforms or is destined to “Why is it that if I’m inside some-
“The governor has always made be on her plate any day, the coming devolve into a do-nothing thing with four wheels and a seat, I
get different insurance coverage?”
it clear she is willing to work with negotiations will signal whether the hyper-partisan pissing Sheppard asked.
anyone who is willing to work with current split leadership makeup can
her,” said Whitmer Press Secretary accomplish major policy reforms or match that voters The three-term House member
routinely expect out of also noted that if covering the ex-
Tiffany Brown. “The administration is destined to devolve into a do-noth-
penses of car accident victims with
looks forward to ongoing discussions ing hyper-partisan pissing match
Washington. catastrophic injuries was such a large
to find real solutions that improve that voters routinely expect out of
cost driver, the 49 other states that
our roads and benefit Michigan Washington, D.C.
“government no-fault.” count on a person’s health insurance
residents.” Interesting, both issues — car
It would be a cost shift. Ratepay- to pick up the tab should have higher
Shirkey told reporters he’d be “de- insurance and road conditions — are
ers’ auto insurance bill may go down, premium costs than Michigan.
lighted” to meet with the governor. tied at 23% as the voters’ top legis-
but everybody’s taxes would go up to They do not, he said.
Chatfield said, “As I’ve always said, lative priority, according to recent
pay for the catastrophic injuries of (Kyle Melinn of the Capitol news
I’m willing to work with anyone and Target Insyght poll commissioned by
Medicaid-eligible drivers who opted service MIRS is at melinnky@gmail.
out of unlimited lifetime benefits. com.)
“What we have here in America
Notice of Public Hearing
is a broken health care system, and
The Ingham County Housing Commission has developed its 2019 Annual Agency Plan in because that health care system is
compliance with the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. The Plan is
available for review at the Housing Commission Office located in Carriage Lane Apartments,
3882 Dobie Rd. Okemos, MI. The Housing Commission office hours are Monday – Friday CITY OF LANSING
8am-5pm. Please call 517-349-1643 for an appointment. In addition, a public hearing will NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
be held on Thursday June 13, 2019 at 6:00 pm in the Multi-purpose room of Carriage Lane
Apartments. Public is welcome. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, May 20, 2019 at
7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th Floor Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave.,
Lansing, MI for the purpose of considering:
Shanda. Johnston An Ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, for the purpose of re-adopting the
Executive Director CP#19-140 Codified Ordinances of the City of Lansing.
For more information, please call 517-483-4177. If you are interested in this matter, please
attend the public hearing or send a representative. Written comments will be accepted
B/19/110 PARKING STRUCTURE REPAIRS 2019 as per the specifications provided by the between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on City business days if received before 5 p.m., on the day of
City of Lansing. The City of Lansing will accept sealed bids at the CITY OF LANSING, C/O the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s Office, Ninth Floor, City Hall, 124 West Michigan Ave.,
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48912 until 2:00 PM local time in effect on MAY 23, 2019 at which time bids will be publicly
opened and read. Complete specifications and forms required to submit bids are available by
calling Stephanie Robinson at (517) 702-6197, email: stephanie.robinson@lbwl.com or Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk, MMC/CMMC
go to www.mitn.info. The City of Lansing encourages bids from all vendors including MBE/ www.lansingmi.gov/Clerk
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Margarita Fest: A glimpse of beach life in Lansing
By DENNIS BURCK tunity to showcase the local restaurants
The Lansing riverfront will transform and builds up an area underutilized in
into a Jimmy Buffett-approved safe the riverfront to kick off summer,” Scott
haven for “tourists” to wear Hawaiian Keith, president and CEO of LEPFA
shirts, flip-flops and seashell necklaces said. “We have a ton of festivals and
for its second annual Margarita Fest, events this year, and it is fitting this first
sponsored by Lansing City Pulse and one is just looking for fun.”
the Lansing Entertainment and Public Last year’s festival sold out, he add-
Facilities Authority. ed. It saw 700 attendees. This year, 200
The festival will feature up to 15 local tickets have been added. VIP tickets
area bars, restau- have sold out, but general admission is
rants and distill- still available, though going fast.
Margarita Fest
May 31, 5:30 to 9 p.m. eries vying for a The celebration will also feature a
$25 GA until May 24, $35 shot at winning costume contest. Patrons are encour- Theresa Rosado/City Pulse
after May 24
(You must bring your Lansing’s title of aged to dress up in their most egregious Attendees enjoy the drinks at last year's Margarita Fest.
print-at-home ticket or best margarita and flaunty tourist-wear for the com-
have tickets with bar- “Last year, we had people from all also be a full-service bar for drinks and
codes available on smart- alongside enter- petition. LEPFA staff members will be
phones to be scanned at
ages and walks of life attending. I love it cocktails for those looking outside mar-
tainment from weaving through the audience to high-
the entrance) when people from all backgrounds and garitas.
Lansing Center steel drum band light patrons with the best costume.
demographics can get together to enjoy Admission includes 15 samples of sig-
333 E. Michigan Ave., Third Coast Narrowed down to a handful of con-
Lansing all the music and food right along the nature margaritas. All attendees must
517) 483-7400 Steel, traveling testants, audience cheers will judge the
riverfront.” be 21 or older. Last year’s winner was
Bit.ly/margfest2019 mariachi troupe winner who will receive free admission
Food trucks Fire and Rice, Maria’s MP Social with a beet juice-based mar-
Mariachi Cristal to next year’s festival.
Tacos, The Smoke ‘N’ Pig BBQ and garita. The winning recipe was fresh
and Jammin DJs. “I love to see people coming out hav-
Sweet Sensations will be on hand to lime, lemon and beet juice with an
“Margarita Fest gives a great oppor- ing a great time,” Keith said.
offer fresh food and desserts. There will orange-infused simple syrup.
Giving kids the arts education they deserve
How one mom works Regardless of their involvement, these
children are safe and finding a place in
to fill Lansing’s gap their community.
Six years ago, AnnaMaria Horn, a
By AUDREY MATUSZ gospel singer and mother of six, was
After 4 p.m., four days a week, the “mortified” when she learned her chil-
voices and laughter of students can still dren’s school, among several others in
be heard through the halls of Lewton Lansing, cut their art programs.
Elementary School in south Lansing. “I knew in suburban areas that isn’t
Thursday, despite an issue, so what’s going to happen to
“Aristocats the on-and-off our kids?,” Horn said.
KIDS!” showers, close to Horn, 44, and her husband, who are
Hope-Central Urban Arts 40 students gath- are trained actor-musicians, knew they
Friday, May 17 – Satur-
day May 18
ered outside under could offer an arts education to their
$0 - $20 a pavilion rehears- children. However, Horn said it didn’t
Gardner Elementary
School
ing for a theatri- seem right that their children would
333 Dahlia Dr. Lansing cal production of be among the only artists in the class.
www.hope-central.org “The Aristocats.” Starting in 2014, Horn turned her
While about 20 “informal” after-school acting classes
students stand “onstage” rehearsing into a nonprofit, called Hope-Central
lines, one runs sound and marks cues Audrey Matusz/City Pulse Urban Arts.
in the script and the rest are either AnnaMaria Horn pauses rehearsal to demonstrate blocking to students. Cats being cats
behind instruments or lost in a book. Part of the tradition of this fami-
ly-operated program is an annual play
Read about Debbie Mikula's
resignation from the Arts Council
directed by Horn and her team of local
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enthusiasm and style. noticing a change in her daughter’s looking at $6,000 for the year, which is
Drum instructor Monique Stephens behavior when she started taking act- more than half of what we brought in.
simplified the swinging percussion ing and ukulele classes through Hope- I’m not sure what we will do next year.”
sections to reflect more contempo- Central. The annual fee to participate in the
from page 10
rary boom-bap drum beats. A hip-hop “Whenever we prod her like ‘show us, Hope-Central Urban Arts Program
specialists. This year, Hope-Central is emphasis seems to resonate with stu- show us,’ she’s a little timid about it and is $20, all of which goes toward stage
staging a production inspired by the dents who improvise on choreographed this is really helping her get more com- uniforms. All seven instructors have a
1970 animated film “The Aristocats.” footwork to hit a “Roy Purdy,” “milly fortable demonstrating her talents with small monthly stipend, but occasionally
The production includes jazzy numbers rock” or other popular hip-hop dance other people,” Fei said. “I’m not a musi- they go above and beyond their require-
such as “Ev’rybody Wants To Be A Cat” moves. The open environment creat- cal person and we are really happy that ments. A large portion of the funds goes
in a way children will enjoy, Horn said. ed by the Hope-Central leaders goes she is exploring different things.” toward transportation for students who
A monthly music class is the only beyond supervision: It’s culturally For Horn, one of the biggest burdens elected school of choice to benefit from
remnant of the arts program at Lewton, expansive. of being an artist is giving back to the Lewton’s Spanish immersion program.
whose music, a few students say, is “bor- In addition to theater, the program has community. Hope-Central has made a According to Horn, nearly 60 of the 120
ing.” specialists brought in from the Lansing point of making seasonal trips to retire- participants in the program do not have
Horn said that the music taught in school district or Horn’s personal circle ment homes where the children sing reliable transportation.
school is “very Eurocentric” and often of local artists and educators. Through retro-pop classics. Horn admitted that Horn said in the five years of the non-
presented without historical context. Hope-Central, students can learn vari- getting the children on board with the profit, she has been unsuccessful getting
After attending one rehearsal, it is ous instruments and art-related trades old-school repertoire was a challenge local grants.
apparent that what the students lack from drawing to audio engineering. at first, but in the end, even her most Regarding networking in arts educa-
in experience, they make up for with Parent Heidi Fei said she started reluctant student “cried when they had tion, Horn says, “I’m a mom of six chil-
to leave.” This was the first year they dren. It's not that I’m not interested in
couldn’t afford to make the tour. attending the different meetings around
Urban arts matter town, we just have to prioritize. One
When she isn’t subbing for teach- negative stereotype about families with
ers in the pre-K through sixth grade an urban core is that we don’t care.”
building, Horn directs and coordinates The reality for many families involved
with instructors without compensation. with Hope-Central is both parents are
Horn says the greatest challenge run- working to feed multiple children.
ning the urban arts program has been “Then you add the social ills or what
getting funding. if the car breaks down? There are no
“We were at risk of not having a pro- breaks for parents at the urban core,”
gram this year,” Horn said. “We are Horn said.
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A shrink and former atheist hash it out
By TOM HELMA were daily occurrences. ensued with delicate and effective con-
Why do we think the way we think, Michael Hayes as Freud and Brian frontation.
act the way we act? DeVries as author C.S. Lewis make a Lewis’ contributions to the conversa-
While many have pon- convincing mismatched pair. Freud is tion are measured and calm. DeVries’
Review dered these questions, few 83 years old, ailing from mouth cancer Lewis holds his own and stands tall
have explored them as and planning his suicide. He is con- as the representative of faith, even as
deeply as Sigmund Freud. fronted by the much younger Lewis, a Freud’s ideas come across with accom-
“Freud’s Last writer and essayist on Christian think- panying spittle.
S e s s ion” take s ing. There is a moment where both are
“Freud’s Last place in the psy- Ostensibly, Lewis is there to offer an reduced to abject fear of an unseem-
Session” chologist’s study apology of sorts for having humorously ly death by the sound of the bombers
Riverwalk Theatre/
Community Circle in England during characterized Freud in one of his writ- overhead — a grudging acknowledg-
Players World War II — ings. Courtesy Photo ment that neither blind faith nor intel-
Thursday, May 16 to
Sunday, May 19 when wailing raid What follows, however, is a spirit- Michael Hayes as Sigmund Freud lectual reasoning can fully address the
228 Museum Dr. sirens and bomb- ed and argumentative 80-minute dia- moment.
Lansing, MI what he sees as Lewis’ irrational notions
(517) 482-5700 ers flying overhead logue about the existence of God and Director Rob Roznowski of MSU
about faith.
a thorough thrashing of the differenc- keeps the dialogue moving and the
Hayes is breathtakingly brilliant in
es between the philosophy of a man of intensity rising throughout the show.
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EVENTS Wuu joins symphony for grand season finale
BOARD GAME NIGHT By LAWRENCE COSENTINO into Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, across the stage like a trio of bear cubs
THURSDAY, MAY 16 • 6PM It’s a delight to get schooled by your almost in a rush, but he added weight under a blanket.
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Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture” was a rich study in light and shade. His mas- and reeds, beginning with principal
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