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This summer, go experience theater with a twist
“People don’t cease
to exist just because the weather is nice. All the things that apply
during the rest of the year also apply during the summer months,”
so says local director Bob Gras. “Theater is a communal event where
we come together and renew our humanity by vicariously sharing our experiences.
Theater is a way of maintaining and expanding upon our rapport with
our species.”.
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Blacks’ departures from city jobs raise concerns
Commission
chair resigns in protest
The chairman of the Lansing Human Relations Commission has resigned
in protest over the Hollister administration’s treatment of
the ousted director of the city’s human relations department
and several other African-American employees.
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City official a passenger on night Graves arrested
The former Lansing human relations director was in Joe
Graves Jr.’s car last year when Mayor David Hollister’s
chief of staff was arrested for drunken driving, sources have told
City Pulse.
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Living
wage is a mixed bag in fight against poverty
In
the recent film “K-Pax,” Kevin Spacey plays an alien tourist
critical of the earthly contradiction. He observes: “And you call
that ‘human’?“ On occasion, even at the municipal level,
politicians take the time to confront some of humanity’s larger
moral dilemmas, social inequality being one of these. In Lansing, Mayor
David Hollister is concerned about employees of companies he does business
with whose wages are close to the poverty line.
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Were
Lansing candidate forms out of date last year as well?
Candidates
who ran for office in Lansing last year might want to check on whether
they filed the right application form with the city clerk. The chances
are good that they did not.
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Planning board votes for sale of Comfort Station
Lansing’s City Council could decide within three
weeks whether to sell the Comfort Station building in Lansing’s
Old now that the city’s Planning Board has recommended it be put
on the market, the city planning director said.
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Lawyer to discuss Death with Dignity
Diverging from her practice
of environmental law more than 10 years ago, Kathryn Tucker wanted to
specialize in a field with a little less red tape.
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Lansing:
John Pollard
Once elected, they forget the
good fight and just want to rule
Civil
Liberties: Henry Silverman
Snooping, snitching – the
new civic virtues
Sports:
Mike Sinnott
Stubborn foolishness pushes gender-equity
suit too far
Live
& Local:
Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding
area!
Music:
Gay
men’s chorus performance will be director’s last
Theater:
‘Ain’t Misbehavin'’
ain’t nothing but great theater
‘Joseph’ is an imagination
running wild
Civic Players wraps it up with
‘Waiting in the Wings’
It’s a small play,
but ‘Negatives’ packs a lot of power
Art:
Sculptures will hit the downtown
streets Friday
First Sunday gallery walk
Advice Goddess: Amy Alkon
Don’t be cheap and always
let the date pay
Restaurant Guide:
Previous
restaurant reviews
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