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Leaving holes

Random bullets and the maiming of the innocent

by Neal McNamara

Which of the six bullet holes in the side of 1002 Vincent Court matches the hole in the hand of the 7-year-old girl? It was two Sundays ago after 10 p.m. when Lansing police received a call that on the 1000 block of Vincent Court something had come through the window of an apartment and struck a young girl in the arm.

 
 
News

Eyesore of the week

by Drew Winter

This house is in a state of real estate purgatory, but it looks like hell. Burned wood, olive siding, an overgrown lawn and matter board windows accentuate this gem. The property has been derelict for over a year, said neighbor Chad Battle, a recent graduate of Cooley Law School.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Start making cents

Author traces roots of corporate crisis, offers alternatives

by Adam Molner

For about 1,000 years we’ve been asleep. Corporate marketing and advertising, growing ever more sophisticated, has been our lullaby. Now, as a result of the financial crisis, many of us are starting to wake up. Think of Douglas Rushkoff as an alarm clock.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Grape-est of all time

MSU’s ‘Kid Purple’ delivers KO

by Paul Wozniak

Despite his love of dark, politically incorrect humor, author Donald Wollner keeps his underdog, Rocky-esque story simple and straightforward, punching along with almost bare-knuckled wit.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Light up the sky

LCC brings early summer fireworks with minimalist ‘Our Town’

by Tom Helma

The magic of live theater came out of the dark auditorium and into the open air of downtown Lansing last weekend with a revival of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” on Lansing Community College’s outdoor stage.

 
 
Arts and Culture

We want the funk

by Rich Tupica

While most people know George Clinton as the psychedelic-funk pioneer, the mastermind behind Parliament-Funkadelic actually got his start singing doo-wop at Motown Records in Detroit, working alongside a young Michael Jackson. The Jackson 5 actually recorded the Clinton-penned “I’ll Bet You” in 1970.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Fest facts

What’s new at this year’s Common Ground

by Rich Tupica

In celebration of a milestone, Common Ground organizers have made an effort to revitalize the annual festival with jolts of new music and an expansion from Riverfront Park into downtown Lansing. “This is our 10th anniversary, so we’re thinking, ‘How do we blow the doors off of it this year?’” said Amanda Snook, the festival’s marketing manager.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Summer Activities

by City Pulse

July 1 Concert in the Park Outdoor concert series continues with the The Old Town Blues Band. 7 p.m. Georgetown Park, 6300 Haag Road, Lansing. FREE. (517) 483-6019. Muelder Summer Carillon Series Carillon recitals by visiting and local performers, followed by tours of Michigan State University’s Beaumont Tower.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Marky is a punk

by Rich Tupica

This year’s Common Ground Festival may be stocked with big-name musicians, but Marky Ramone is the only punk rock legend on the bill. After spending 15 years in The Ramones, the band responsible for “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Sheena is a Punk Rocker,” etc.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Right-brainstorm

Public weighs in on cultural assets, barriers in region

by Liz Reyna

It felt like a classroom. Gathered together in the Governorīs Room in the Lansing Center, seven groups of art and culture advocates scrambled to narrow down what they thought were three cultural assets to the Lansing area and three barriers to reviving the regionīs art scene on their large Post-it notepads.

 
 
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It sucks

Another business feels the affects of Lansing's Combined Sewer Overflow project

by Drew Winter

Daniel Besina had to raise his voice over the bangs and clangs of construction in order to be heard. He was trying to explain to Lansing city officials that the Combined Sewer Overflow project construction going on in front of his deli, Handy’s Market, is gutting ...

 
 
News

Eyesore of the week

by Drew Winter

This house is in a state of real estate purgatory, but it looks like hell. Burned wood, olive siding, an overgrown lawn and matter board windows accentuate this gem. The property has been derelict for over a year, said neighbor Chad Battle, a recent graduate of Cooley Law School.

 
 
News

Leaving holes

Random bullets and the maiming of the innocent

by Neal McNamara

Which of the six bullet holes in the side of 1002 Vincent Court matches the hole in the hand of the 7-year-old girl? It was two Sundays ago after 10 p.m. when Lansing police received a call that on the 1000 block of Vincent Court something had come through the window of an apartment and struck a young girl in the arm.

 
 
News

Feedback

by Readers

It is really sad to hear that (Magdalena’s and Green River Caf%u9A60are closing. I think we are ready in East Lansing to have vegan or vegetarian restaurants, but I donīt think the owners were ready to run a restaurant. I had a few bad experiences at the Green River Caf%u9832elated to the service and not the food, and I was not the only one.

 
 
News

The Enterprise

As Delta Dental lays off workers, public records show the nonprofit’s top 11 executive were paid a combined $9.9 million in 2007. Board members pulled down ample compensation as well.

by Neal McNamara

For a nonprofit company, Delta Dental certainly is a profit monster. The Okemos-based multi-state dental benefits company, according to its 2007 tax filing, made over $1.4 billion in revenue, and compensated its top officers and board members over $13 million including $3.

 
 
News

Signs, everywhere signs

Another attempt to keep order at Lansing City Council meetings

by Angela Vasquez-Giroux

Every few years, it seems, a brave (or foolish, depending on how you look at it) member of Lansing City Council will attempt to change the Council’s rules to discourage the antics of the so-called “regulars” who dominate public comment at Council meetings.

 
 
News

Everybody owns

An eastside Lansing bookstore plans to go from corporate to coop

by Drew Winter

Unlike traditional businesses with owners who invest capital and then hire employees, members own a co-operative business. Co-ops can take a number of different forms, but Harris plans on instituting a system in which members would pay annual dues in exchange for product discounts.

 
 
News

Here to stay

Lansing Police Chief Mark Alley is passed over for fed job

by Angela Vasquez-Giroux

The odds that Lansing Police Chief Mark Alley will be heading to Grand Rapids to become the next U.S. Marshal of the Western District have dropped from slim to nearly none. But donīt cry for Alley. Like the underdog in the championship game, he was happy to be in it.

 
 
A & E

My Mr. Wu

Thoughts on Len Kluge

by Lawrence Cosentino

Orson Welles used to talk about a certain kind of role he often played late in his career, a character he called “Mr. Wu.”

 
 
A & E

Local theater fixture, City Pulse critic dies

by Eric Gallippo

Actor, director, Spotlight Theatre founder and City Pulse theater critic Len Kluge, 63, died early today at his home in Grand Ledge.

 
 
A & E

Thoughts on Len Kluge

by Tom Helma

There are many times in life when we think we know someone, and yet we don’t. We observe him, we interact with him, and we experience him on the stage of life, as well as on and off stage in the theater.

 
 
Arts and Culture

We want the funk

by Rich Tupica

While most people know George Clinton as the psychedelic-funk pioneer, the mastermind behind Parliament-Funkadelic actually got his start singing doo-wop at Motown Records in Detroit, working alongside a young Michael Jackson. The Jackson 5 actually recorded the Clinton-penned “I’ll Bet You” in 1970.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Common Ground Festival

by City Pulse

Capital Region International Airport Stage Sheryl Crow 9:30 p.m. Hunter Brucks 8:15 p.m. Thom Jayne The Nomads 7 p.m. Pearl Vision Stage Saving Abel 9:30 p.m. Red - 8:15 p.m. Framing Hanley 7:15 p.m. Taddy Porter 6:30 p.m..

 
 
Arts and Culture

Summer Activities

by City Pulse

July 1 Concert in the Park Outdoor concert series continues with the The Old Town Blues Band. 7 p.m. Georgetown Park, 6300 Haag Road, Lansing. FREE. (517) 483-6019. Muelder Summer Carillon Series Carillon recitals by visiting and local performers, followed by tours of Michigan State University’s Beaumont Tower.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Marky is a punk

by Rich Tupica

This year’s Common Ground Festival may be stocked with big-name musicians, but Marky Ramone is the only punk rock legend on the bill. After spending 15 years in The Ramones, the band responsible for “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Sheena is a Punk Rocker,” etc.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Fest facts

What’s new at this year’s Common Ground

by Rich Tupica

In celebration of a milestone, Common Ground organizers have made an effort to revitalize the annual festival with jolts of new music and an expansion from Riverfront Park into downtown Lansing. “This is our 10th anniversary, so we’re thinking, ‘How do we blow the doors off of it this year?’” said Amanda Snook, the festival’s marketing manager.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Light up the sky

LCC brings early summer fireworks with minimalist ‘Our Town’

by Tom Helma

The magic of live theater came out of the dark auditorium and into the open air of downtown Lansing last weekend with a revival of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” on Lansing Community College’s outdoor stage.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Start making cents

Author traces roots of corporate crisis, offers alternatives

by Adam Molner

For about 1,000 years we’ve been asleep. Corporate marketing and advertising, growing ever more sophisticated, has been our lullaby. Now, as a result of the financial crisis, many of us are starting to wake up. Think of Douglas Rushkoff as an alarm clock.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Grape-est of all time

MSU’s ‘Kid Purple’ delivers KO

by Paul Wozniak

Despite his love of dark, politically incorrect humor, author Donald Wollner keeps his underdog, Rocky-esque story simple and straightforward, punching along with almost bare-knuckled wit.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Sheīs lost control

Artist lets paint take own course

by Josh Garvey

When someone not involved in the creation of paintings envisions the artistic process, they may be inclined to imagine someone holding a paintbrush and a palette, perhaps wearing a jaunty beret while making measured strokes on canvas. Jessica Klumpp Heldīs process is pretty far from that.

 
 
Arts and Culture

1st Sunday

gallery walk & other exhibitions

by City Pulse

The Clinton County Arts Council Featuring works in watercolors, acrylic, colored pencil and pencil by Sylvia Hirshegger. Reception: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. July 12. Hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. T F, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. S. 211 N. Clinton Ave., St. Johns. www.clintoncountyarts.org.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Right-brainstorm

Public weighs in on cultural assets, barriers in region

by Liz Reyna

It felt like a classroom. Gathered together in the Governorīs Room in the Lansing Center, seven groups of art and culture advocates scrambled to narrow down what they thought were three cultural assets to the Lansing area and three barriers to reviving the regionīs art scene on their large Post-it notepads.

 
 
Arts and Culture

New office, Old Town

Arts Council finds home in Lansingīs arts district

by Liz Reyna

Sitting outside on the steps of 1208 Turner St., in Lansing’s Old Town, Leslie Donaldson knows just about everyone that passes.

 
 
Arts and Culture

TURN IT DOWN

Donīt be īthat guyī

by Rich Tupica

If youīre planning to head out to a local show this week, please, donīt be "that guy." You know who Iīm talking about, the one-man-mosh pit. The lone dancing buffoon. Look around; Are others partaking in your thrashing and/or spastic dancing? If not, then odds are you are drunk and making an ass out of yourself.

 
 
Food

Healthy appetites: Roma Bakery

by Joe Torok

Well, it prob ably should. If you can manage to avoid the sweets, cookies, cakes and candies, owners Mena and Sostine Castriciano offer a few surprisingly nutritious options in their little North Cedar Street bakery/ deli/mini-grocery store. Fresh-made salads top the list of wholesome options at Roma.

 
 
Arts and Culture

Where the rubber meets the toad

by Amy Alkon

You settled for a Hog parked in your living room, mowing through your groceries and mining the couch crevices for spare change. Not surprisingly, the guy isnīt saying, "Gimme all your money, and make sure thereīs no dye pack in there." He tells you he loves you, how happy you make him, how beautiful you are.

 
 
News Haikus

Our first News Haikus entry

by sara2

As the name of this Weblog implies, entries with the heading News Haikus will consist of observations on the news written in the haiku form. For our purpose, the use of the term haik...

 
 
 

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