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INSIDE: The Ingham County Voters Guide

Bending gender lines: Drag kings rule on the issue
By Elaine Yaw

The crowd of at least 400 dykes, drag kings and other spectators at Millennium in Columbus, Ohio, wasn’t losing steam. Here we were nearing the end of a 30-act drag king lineup and everyone around us still cheered just as loudly as everyone had from the beginning. Pat Riarch, the king my girlfriend and I had come all this way to see, was about to come onstage to the chants of “awwwwww suki suki” for the last king.
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Lansing’s center city facing reality, tackling future
Lansing is evaporating into a “ghost town,” according to one downtown resident, but a Capitol-area task force has already started formulating a set of strategies to revitalize the once-thriving district.
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Health & Environment : Dave Dempsy
The Ministry of Environmental Propaganda

Live & Local:
Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding area!

Art:
Friends sharing dreams is the story behind October Moon

Comedy:
Comedy at the Creole: ‘Parallel Lives’ comes to Lansing spot

Music:
Stud finder will lead you to Carreras

Theater:
‘Hedda Gabler’ evokes multiple kudos
LCC goes all out with Steinbeck’s ‘Grapes of Wrath’
Sherry Glaser’s ‘Family Secrets’

On Video:
‘Brotherhood of the Wolf’




Advice Goddess: Amy Alkon
Is romp with younger guy really that newsworthy?

Restaurant Guide:
Café Cubano just keeps growing in Old Town
Previous restaurant reviews

Letters to the Editor