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Vare announces new communication plan By Sadie Hunter sadie@youarecurrent.com

cerns by opening the door between Fishers residents and our city government.” Throughout her campaign, Jocelyn The plan consists of five initiaVare promised tives that are new or continued GOVERNMENT transparency from Vare’s campaign, like the and communica“Listen to Fishers” hotline that altion if elected. lows residents to share ideas and Now, the new at-large Fishers concerns via confidential voicemail city councilor is keeping her word, messages. recently unveiling a new plan with Other efforts include monthly the goal of improving comemail newsletters and munication between city monthly submissions to loresidents and fellow councilcal media, sharing upcoming ors. Vare, a Democrat, took meetings, discussions and office Jan. 1 after defeating votes by the city council. incumbent Republican Rich Vare also announced regBlock in the Nov. 5 general ular office hours beginning election. Jan. 29. Each Wednesday, Vare “My campaign was rooted from 7:45 to 10:45 a.m., she in the belief that all resiis encouraging residents to dents should be informed, and their stop by Launch Fishers, 12175 Visionvoices should be heard,” Vare said. ary Way, to talk with her. Similarly, “I have heard a chorus of concerns but through social media, Vare also from residents during the past five said she will conduct quarterly “ask years or so. Above all, I learned of me anything” events on Facebook the need for better local governLive, where residents can ask quesment transparency, checks and tions and share ideas and concerns. balances and listening to citizens. “In a recent podcast, Mayor (Scott) We can start addressing these conFadness stated that one of his 2020

priorities is building a sense of community to help residents feel connected to our city,” Vare said. “My priority is to help him achieve this. I don’t expect monthly city council meetings to be standing-room-only. But I know that Fishers will become a stronger city when residents are confident that their ideas are heard and their concerns are legitimate. New efforts to put residents first will indeed disrupt City Hall’s groove a little bit, but I am confident that we can work together to make meaningful improvements. Without our residents’ contributions and ideas, Fishers will just be a city where people come and go. Instead, I see a city that residents are proud of because they helped to create it.” The “Listen to Fishers” hotline number is 888-518-7117. Residents can subscribe to the monthly newsletter at jocelynvareforfishers.com. Dates and times for the “ask me anything” events will be posted to Vare’s Facebook at facebook.com/ jocelynvareforfishers. For more, Vare also can be emailed at varej@ fishers.in.us.

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Holly Schwomeyer and her son Drew remember Allison Koers at the Angel of Hope garden in Noblseville’s Forest Park. (Photo by Anna Skinner) Founded Jan. 25, 2011, at Fishers, IN Vol. IX, No. 26 Copyright 2018. Current Publishing, LLC All Rights Reserved. 30 South Range Line Road Carmel, IN 46032 317.489.4444 info@youarecurrent.com The views of the columnists in Current in Fishers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the positions of this newspaper.

Westfield for an alternative route to Keystone Parkway. He was part Hamilton County Commissionof the team that brought Ivy Tech er Mark Heirbrandt Community College to the county, POLITICS recently announced and he also helped expand the counhis reelection ty jail and was instrumental campaign for 2020. He has in bringing the historic 1868 been a county commissioner Bell Ford Covered Bridge to since 2013. Hamilton County. Recognitions and accomHeirbrandt said many plishments during his terms of the accomplishments include being presented came about after conversawith four Association of Intions with members of the Heirbrandt diana Counties Awards and community. receiving the Indiana Association of “I’ve always communicated conCounty Commissioners Outstanding sistently and honestly with resiTeam of Commissioners Award. He dents. When people come together helped secure $100 million in fundwith new ideas and new solutions, ing to improve traffic conditions we have a greater impact,” Heiralong Ind. 37 corridor in Fishers brandt stated. and Noblesville, and he helped open Heirbrandt said he also helped Lowe’s Way between Carmel and the county manage a balanced bud-

get with strong cash reserves and noted that the county has enjoyed a taxpayer savings of $25 million through 25 years of energy efficiency initiatives. If reelected, Heirbrandt said he will continue to focus on providing resources for public safety, improving roads and finding taxpayer savings. “In order for our community to succeed, we need to be proactive about providing the best resources while maintaining fiscal responsibility,” he stated. Heirbrandt lives in Westfield with his wife Gina. They have three sons, Blake, Ethan and Evan. Heirbrandt is a member of St. Maria Goretti Catholic Parish. For more, visit markheirbrandt. com.

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munity, serving as the Cub Scout pack co-fundraising chair and secretary for the pack committee. Her passion for Just as a conductor oversees an creative expression also sparked her orchestra, Les Reinhardt coordinates involvement with the Fishers Arts Counthe technical elements cil, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting, PROFILE involved in a theatrical supporting and advocating for local performance. artists and performers. After graduating from Ball Favorite music: Mid- to State University with a degree late-’90s in technical theater, she and Favorite sound: Her son’s her husband, Jason, moved laughter to San Francisco. Working as Guilty pleasure: Watching a production stage manager, “Rick & Morty” She organized multiple theater Strong belief: Everyone components, including sound should express themselves and Reinhardt effects, costume changes, mufind a creative means to do so sic and scenery for rehearsals and perBest theatrical experience: “The Life formances. Reinhardt also was involved and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” with a ballet company, where her work Favorite movie: “The NeverEnding provided the opportunity to travel to Story” China and Spain. Favorite celebrity: Ryan Reynolds Now that she and Jason are both Least favorite celebrity: Kid Rock working remotely, they are able to take Do you have an interesting friend advantage of the top schools in Fishers, who lives, works, or worships in Fishwhere their son Cameron is in second ers? Send suggestions to sgattlieb. grade. Reinhardt volunteers in the comcurrentinfishers@gmail.com

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FISHERS Detour: Ind. 32, Ind. 38 and Eighth, Conner, Project: Ind. 37 ImNixon and Logan provement Project streets Location: ConstrucCONSTRUCTION tion began at 126th CARMEL Street in August and Project: Extension of will be followed by 146th, 131st Lowes Way and 141st streets, ending with 135th Location: From Keystone Parkway Street. to Range Line Road Expected completion: 2022 Expected completion: July 2020 Detour: Ind. 37 will remain open GEIST during all phases of construction, Project: 82nd Street Improvement with two northbound and two Project southbound lanes open during each Location: 82nd Street between phase. There will be closures on Lantern and Fall Creek roads. Travel side roads with alternate routes lane to be added in each direction in always accessible, which will be anaddition to street resurfacing, drainnounced at the time of the closure. age improvements, sidewalks and Project: Utility relocation for future ADA-compliant access ramps. 96th Street expansion Expected completion: November Location: 96th Street between Lan2020 tern and Cumberland roads Expected completion: 96th Street WESTFIELD expansion to begin next year, utility Project: Westfield Boulevard work expected for the next several connector months Location: The extension will conProject: Downtown infrastructure nect the roundabout at Ind. 32 and improvement Shamrock Boulevard with David Location: Lantern Road closed Brown Drive. The project began south of 116th Street to Fishers last week as the contractor plans Pointe Boulevard to begin installing erosion control Expected completion: Lantern Road measures, staking and clearing of phase to last 90 days and began right of way. Oct. 7. Overall project to be complete Expected completion: End of 2020 in fall 2020. Project: Monon Trail bridge Detour: Lantern Road access open Location: Monon Trail closed near from the north for local traffic and Ind. 32. Fishers Elementary School but will Expected completion: This project be closed between 116th Street and has been extended to last through Fishers Pointe Boulevard. Use Fishthe winter. ers Pointe Boulevard for detour. Project: Grand Junction Plaza NOBLESVILLE & NORTH

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Senior fund grants $715K By Sadie Hunter sadie@youarecurrent.com

opment, a Noblesville-based nonprofit that works to provide affordable housing, received $17,500, which also Focused on helping senior citizens will be used for home repairs. in central Indiana, the Central Indiana Meals on Wheels of Hamilton CounSenior Fund is doty received $25,000 to help fund its NONPROFITS ing just that with Sponsor-A-Senior meals program. its recent granting Shepherd’s Center of Hamilton County of more than $715,000 to local nonalso received $25,000 for its Reaching profits that serve seniors. Resources program, which aims to The CISF, a special interest fund of link senior citizens with resources the Central Indiana Community Founto food, housing, social opportunities dation, recently named 25 groups, and other services. including several nonprofits in HamilAdditional grants, totaling $715,189, ton County, that will benefit. were given to several organizations, CrossRoads Church of Westfield including: Boone County Senior SerMake this the season you start received $10,000. The money will be vices ($50,000); Booth Tarkington used to pay for home repairs for seCivic Theater ($10,000); Christamore new traditions. nior-owned homes across the county House ($38,500); CICOA ($50,000); The holidays are a wondrous time of the year, filled with family gatherings for the church’s Hoosier Home Repairs Concord Center Association ($28,389); The holidays wondrous time of the year, filled withyou family gatherings 2020 program. The church will host Connect2Help ($25,000);are EdnaaMarin Make start The holidays are a wondrous time of thethis year,the filledseason with family gatherings loved one from their home now. But, for seniors, it can also be a time a camp that will allow approximately Christian Center ($30,000); Englewhen new feelings oftraditions. loneliness and isolation take hold. That’s one reason 300 middle and high school students wood Community Development Corp. The holidays are a wondrous time of the year, filled with family g to spend a week repairing homes ($30,000); Fletcher Place Community why the holidays are a perfect time to move into our community. Our loved one theirFree homehallsnow. But, seniors, it can also be a time and building relationships with the Center ($5,000); and from Gennesaret are bustling with for fun and engaging festivities, and events The holidays are a wondrous timealso ofvisitors the be year, filled with family gatherings loved one from their home now. But, for seniors, it can a time homeowner. Clinic ($25,000); among others. making it easy to meet friends and create new traditions. Your loved when of loneliness and isolation That’snow. oneBut, reason Hamilton Area Neighborhood Learn more feelings at cicf.org. loved gatherings onetake fromhold. their home for seniors, it can also b TheDevelholidays are a wondrous time of the year, filled with family

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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Familiar surroundings helped Jinnie Tomes make ACCOMPLISHMENT the next step in her pageant career a triumphant one. The 18-year-old Fishers resident was the first runner-up in the Miss Indiana Teen USA pageant in 2018. Tomes, a 2019 Hamilton Southeastern High School graduate, was crowned 2020 Miss Indiana Teen USA at the Nov. 23-24 pageant in Fort Wayne. “Honestly, it’s hard to say (what the judges liked). Every year is so different,” Tomes said. “Different judges, different outcomes. Maybe it was I was much more comfortable with how the competition was ran. If I had the upper hand at all, it’s because I knew what was happening.” The Miss Teen USA pageant date and

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site has not been determined. Tomes, a University of Kentucky freshman psychology major, was judged on interview, active wear and evening gown. The top five contestants then answered a question on stage. “This is something that I’ve definitely worked towards for a couple of years,” Tomes said. “Being in pageant since I was 9 years old, this has been the end goal. I just wanted to prepare myself to get here because being in the USA system is something that I’ve always wanted to be a part of. Something the USA system focuses on is being confidently beautiful. I like that platform in general.” Her personal platform is “Live Happy, Live Healthy.” “I do a lot of work for the American Diabetes Association,” she said. “Diabetes is something that is prevalent in my family. When I was making my platform, I wanted something that impacted me.” Tomes said she has a lot of sponsors to help her prepare for the national competition. “I get walking training and makeup training,” Tomes said. Tomes has been in various pageant systems through the years. She won the Junior Teen Division of the national Miss American Coed pageant in November 2016. Tomes is available for personal appearances. To request an appearance, visit missindianateenusa.com. Tomes can be followed on Facebook and Instagram at missindianateenusa.

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comes in Hamilton County. Andrea Davis, interim executive director of HAND, said the monA Noblesville organization is ey will be used by the Hamilton benefitting from the County Home Repair Partnership, a HOUSING philanthropic group that includes HAND, efforts of the Shepherd’s Center of HamWomen’s Fund of Central ilton County and Habitat Indiana. for Humanity of Greater The organization, a Indianapolis. subsidiary of the Central “Most of the grant money Indiana Community Fund, pays for construction suprecently awarded $20,000 to plies and labor, but the imDavis Hamilton Area Neighborhood pact of these grants on our Development, a Noblesmission is huge,” Davis said. ville-based nonprofit that works Davis said according to The Cento improve and provide affordable ter for Neighborhood Technology, housing. approximately 61 percent of HamilThe intended use of the $20,000, ton County households spend more however, is more focused than the than the recommended 30 percent variety of work HAND does. The of income on housing. money must be used specifically for The WFCI awarded an additional critical repairs on homes owned by 13 grants, rounding the total amount women with low or moderate into $241,500.

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Layout for the Angel of Hope Memorial Garden in Fishers Heritage Park. (Submitted photos) From left, Holly Schwomeyer, Allison Koers and Drew Schwomeyer.

A HEALING HOPE By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com

Holly Schwomeyer knows the pain of losing a child. COVER STORY That’s why she proposed the Angel of Hope garden to the Fishers Parks and Recreation Dept. Schwomeyer’s daughter Allison Koers died May 15, 2018, following a seizure in her sleep that caused cardiac arrest and put her in a coma. She was 32. Schwomeyer was attending a support group when she learned about the Angel of Hope Memorial Garden in Noblesville’s Forest Park. “I went up and visited, and it really is a place of healing when you see it,” the Fishers resident said. “It’s just so beautiful, so I decided with all the parks we have in Fishers and both my children grew up here in Fishers, it would be a perfect amenity.” When she visited her daughter’s grave in Highland Cemetery in Fishers, she realized other children are buried there as well. “I thought, ‘Wow, I’m not the only parent out there.’ There’s more out

there in Fishers, and it would be a good thing for all of us to find a healing place, a place we can go other than the gravesite of our child to celebrate their lives,” she said. Schwomeyer proposed the idea to the parks department, and on the one-year anniversary of her daughter’s death, the parks department approved the proposal. The Fishers Parks Foundation was instrumental in establishing the garden. “(The parks department) passed (Schwomeyer’s proposal) to us because it’s not something they have budgeted for in the current budget year or on the horizon to be able to make it a priority,” Fishers Parks Foundation President Lisa Knowles said. “We took a look at it and just thought it fit our mission perfectly. The parks foundation’s mission is to give residents the opportunity to support our parks and have an opportunity to have more of a voice in our parks, so this was the perfect project for residents and the parks foundation and the city to partner together.” The parks foundation worked with a landscape designer to obtain financial estimates and create a design. A

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groundbreaking for the Angel of Hope garden in Fishers Heritage Park, 10595 Eller Rd., was held last month. The garden will be near the gazebo in the park. “I’m very thankful and so grateful the (Fishers Parks Foundation) was so receptive to this,” Schwomeyer said. “I have such a passion because of my child and so many other parents out there who have lost children. Fishers is such a great community, and we are all about children in our commu-

nity, so they’ve been so receptive and passionate about it as well. I think it’ll be a beautiful amenity for Heritage Park and a wonderful place for us to go.” Schwomeyer said visiting the Angel of Hope Memorial Garden in Noblesville helps her with her grief and strengthens her faith. “(Allison’s) father died three years ago, and knowing her daddy is up there with her makes it a bit easier,” she said.

FUNDRAISING FOR THE GARDEN Fishers Parks Foundation President Lisa Knowles said the foundation had funds available, and local businesses have reached out to donate plants and planters for the memorial garden. “We are ready to roll (with landscaping), but we need more donations to fund the angel and the pavers,” Knowles said. “There are opportunities for people to donate. We would like to get the excavation work done over the winter and, depending on fundraising, we

would like to have (the project) done in the summer.” The fundraising goal is $90,000. If all goes as planned, Knowles wants to have the garden’s first ceremony Dec. 6, which is an annual national remembrance day. “The goal is a peaceful place for families and friends to gather to breathe and remember and heal and find hope,” Knowles said. For more or to donate, visit fishersparks.org.

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Life license

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Commentary by Terry Anker So-called self-help gurus have asked us if we really know ourselves since the “me” generation. One can assume the question is more existential than tangible. With the exception of infirmity or infancy, we recognize enough about ourselves to provide our given name, city of domicile and perhaps a few important numbers – namely Social Security and birthdate. From the youngest age, we humans find it important to label ourselves (or at least to recognize those labels applied to us). Eventually, some of us resist. We don’t like our names. We don’t like our families. We don’t like our addresses. Whatever the genesis, we march out into the world hopeful to create a new identity unmarked by that provided at baptism or afforded by our progenitors. From the start, we are branded with an official birth certificate. We believe its veracity because we have no way of personally knowing if it is accurate or not. Besides, could we “be” without it? And as we age, it becomes more important, at least to get along in our social order, to be one, consistent person. At 16, we get a state-issued driver’s license. By adulthood, we have mortgages, wills and all sorts of legal documentation. But what if we lose it? How do we “prove” our identity? Could we? Are we our own construction or God’s -- a simple accumulation of settled assumptions or a bureaucrat-stamped license to exist?

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@ youarecurrent.com.

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keep our lives on the rails and the new phone will stop the kids complaining about me never getting their Friends, congratulations. We have made it to the other side. The holidays text requests for cash. I also received a milk frother, which I had specifically are behind us and, at HUMOR least in my six-pack, the requested back in October, and a new hallway light fixture whose hyperlink Wilsons came through I had emailed to both my youngest relatively unscathed. Did we have daughter and mother-in-law. Again, some tears? Sure. Did I flip off my not jaw-dropping moments. But in an husband, Doo, behind his back? On extremely thoughtful multiple occasions. gesture, Doo bought But the tree did not See, I learned long a single-cup fall, no one required ago to be crystal clear me Keurig because he ER services, and with my gift list, remembered me perhaps the miracle saying months ago of all miracles, I got how nice it would be to enjoy a cup of everything I asked for, and more. coffee at school. I know! He does lisSee, I learned long ago to be crysten! It almost made me feel bad about tal clear with my gift list, often just giving him the bird. Almost. purchasing and wrapping said items Congratulations again on surviving myself to ensure marital harmony. the holidays. Next up, dance competiBut this year was a whirlwind (I tion season! blame a very late Thanksgiving), Peace out. and I barely had enough time to buy everyone else’s presents, let alone my own (bless you, Amazon Prime). So, I wasn’t exactly sure what I’d Danielle Wilson is a find under the tinsel-ized tree come contributing columnist. Christmas. You may email her at info@youarecurrent.com. Two things were pretty much a given. The 2020 planning calendar will

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Rise’n Roll opens in Fishers By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com An Amish bakery known for homemade doughnuts recentBAKERY ly opened in The Yard at Fishers District near the 116th Street and I-69 interchange. Franchise owner Casey McGaughey learned about the bakery in early 2019. “I was introduced to the Rise’n Roll in earlier 2019. I had never had it, and a friend of mine was really familiar with them,” the 38-year-old Indianapolis resident said. “They have a store in Greenwood, and we went down and explored the product. I was wowed by what I experienced, so I called them up and asked if they had any opportunities available for franchising.” McGaughey said the company was searching for partners in the Indianapolis area. The company started in 2001 in Elkhart County, where an Amish couple produced the food and sold it from their front porch. “I was in love with that (The Yard)

Rise’n Roll started as an Amish bakery and recently opened in Fishers. (Submitted photo)

development as far as the location, everything about Fishers with the way it’s growing the population and the need for something like this,” McGaughey said. “I like the localized food aspect of the development, and I thought bringing Rise’n Roll to the north side of Indianapolis and the suburbs, it really made sense to be in that development.” Rise’n Roll, 9705 Fishers District Dr., Suite 740, is open from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and is closed Sundays.

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Lippia to join Carmel Symphony Orchestra for Sinatra & Friends By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Carmel’s Center for the Performing Arts seems the perfect fit for Steve Lippia. CONCERT “I inhabit the world of the Great American Songbook,” Lippia said. The Center for the Performing Arts is home to the Great American Songbook Foundation. Lippia will appear with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra for his Sinatra & Friends show at 8 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts. Lippia previously performed with the CSO in 2009. “One of the first shows I brought to the pops market was a show called ‘Simply Sinatra’ because of the amazing name recognition, the popularity and the great music he’s known for,” Lippa said. “That’s usually the first show (promoters) will pick.” If he returns to the same venue, Lippia does a show featuring songs by Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Vic Damone and Nat King Cole. “This show will have some of those elements,” Lippia said. “I’ve not seen the Palladium, so this will be a great introduction to what is supposed to be an amazing facility.” Lippia said there are usually 18 to 20 songs in his set. “I always bring a little extra music, and if we are running ahead of schedule, we include those songs,” he said. “I really like the big ballads. I think they are more interesting. The arrangements are a little more inspiring with the ballads. I like the uptempo and medium-tempo songs a lot, but there is something about those ballads that intrigue people. Those are the ones that give the lyricists time to shine.

Steve Lippia will perform at the Palladium. (Submitted photo)

“When you think of the music of Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn and Cole Porter, all the greats showed their best stuff particularly with ballads.” Lippia said audiences always like Sinatra’s blockbuster hits. He worked for a long time with a former Sinatra conductor, Vincent Falcone Jr. “He told me Sinatra was so tired of singing ‘Strangers in the Night’ and was happy when ‘New York, New York’ came along,” Lippia said. “So, he was able to ignore ‘Strangers in the Night,’ or he asked his arrangers to put together a shorter version of it.” In addition to “New York, New York,” Lippia said the two most requested songs are “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Summer Wind.” “I get an informal survey when I

meet people after the show,” Lippia said. “It’s an audience-driven show. I want to make sure they hear most of the songs they expect to hear, but I also want to sneak in a song or two they might not expect me to perform.” Although the Las Vegas resident has had long-term engagements in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, Lippia prefers to tour, traveling all across the U.S. and internationally. “Residency engagements are a great thing financially, but it can get a little tiresome,” Lippia said. “Just when you think everything is going great and attendance is super, then there is some merger or acquisition, or some kind of change at the top. They’ll say, ‘Wow, you are doing great, now get out.’” Lippia worked with Janna Hymes in Williamsburg (Va.) when she was music director of the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra. Hymes became CSO music director in 2017. She stepped down as Williamsburg’s music director in May 2019. “It was one of my favorite pop shows I ever did, and I’ve done hundreds of them,” Hymes said. “Some of them are the original Nelson Riddle arrangements. They are just incredible. When we did them, the audience was so excited because he has the same inflection as Sinatra. What’s great about Steve is his Rat Pack rhythm. He’s a terrific singer, great entertainer and he tells good stories.” In addition to the concert, the Rat Pack Party, a ‘50s-era cocktail party, is set for 6:45 p.m. The Palladium party will feature period cocktails, finger food and Sinatra-style music. Period attire is optional. Admission is $20. For more, visit carmelsymphony. org.

Cash tribute concert set editorial@youarecurrent.com For the past 12 years, James Garner and his band have faithfully recreated Johnny Cash’s biggest hits with stunning accuracy. “A Tribute to Johnny Cash” is set for 3 p.m. Jan. 12 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Garner previously performed at The Tarkington in September 2018. The group plays all of Cash’s hits, such as “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Ring of Fire” and “I Walk the Line.” Garner and his band have performed more than 500 professional shows. In addition to performing across the United States, Garner’s group has released three full-length albums, making it the most recorded and published Johnny Cash tribute show in the nation.

Westfield — Uncorked with Kristopher Huntley is set for 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at Urban Vines Winery & Brewery, 303 E. 161st St. Westfield — Uncorked with Stay Tuned, featuring pop and folk music, is set for 7 p.m. Jan. 11 at Urban Vines Winery & Brewery, 303 E. 161st St. Carmel — Writers at the Winery is set for 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at Sugar Creek Winery, 1111 W. Main St. Carmel — Dance Discovery Class: Broadway is set for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts. For more, visit thecenterpresents.org. Carmel — Meet Me on Main, held the second Saturday each month, features live music, face painting and caricatures. It is set for 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 12 in the Carmel Arts & District.

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Vareen ready to step out at Palladium By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com As Ben Vareen’s stage, film and TV career has spanned 50-plus years, the triple threat PERFORMANCE actor/singer/ dancer is identified for different roles by various generations. “I get tickled. I still get people saying I grew up to you on ‘Zoobilee Zoo,’ or I saw you on ‘The Muppet Show’ or ‘The Mike Douglas Show,’” said Vareen, laughing. Nothing, however, is quite like performing in his own show. “That’s gold. That’s the reward,” Vareen said of being on stage. “My show is my gratitude performance to my audience. They’ll see singing and dancing from the shows I’ve done and shows that I’ve wished I’ve done. I pay tribute to artists, my friends. It’s an evening of celebration of life. If I do my job, I hope to inspire somebody. “What is a blessing for me is I get to spread the word of love and unity.” The “Steppin’ Out with Ben Vareen” tour will stop at 8 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. “I’m coming and celebrating with Michael Feinstein, who is keeping alive and preserving the Great American Songbook,” Vareen said. Feinstein is the director of the Center and founder of the Palladium-based Great American Songbook Foundation. “We have a mutual friend, Liza Minnelli,” Vareen said. “Michael used to come out to my house rehearsing his piano and learning the music of the Gershwins, long before he became Michael Feinstein when he was just Michael.” Vareen, 73, received a lifetime achievement award from New York’s Gold Coast Arts Center late last year. “It’s always humbling and takes me by surprise because I’m busy doing the work,” he said. Vareen had a breakout role, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in

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8 p.m. Jan. 7, 9, 10, 11, “Steel Magnolias,” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, 14; 1 p.m. Jan. 8; 1:30 and 7 p.m. Jan. 12 Indianapolis Set in 1987, “Steel Magnolias” is the story of six Southern women who share recipes, beauty tips and gossip in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, La. Cost: $47.50 to $72.50

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7:30 p.m Jan. 14, 16, “Morning After Grace,” 17; 6:30 p.m. Jan. OneAmerica mainstage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, 15; 1 p.m. Jan. 18; 2 p.m. Jan. 19 Indianapolis Three neighbors in a Florida retirement village wake up one morning to find their lives tangled together. Cost: Cost: $22 to $80

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8 p.m. Jan. 11 “Sinatra and Friends,” Carmel Symphony Orchestra, Palladium, (6:45 p.m., Rat Pack Party) Center for the Performing Arts Steve Lippia, a Grammy-nominated recording artist, is known for his youthful interpretations of Great American Songbook standards. Cost: $5 to $65

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The Fishers Arts Council recently announced the opening of its new exhibit space, The Alcove. It will be home to artists for exhibits lasting three months rather than the normal one-month exhibits at The Art Gallery at City Hall. The name The Alcove was selected after a contest where Facebook friends of Fishers Arts Council were asked to name the space. The final name was selected by the FAC Board from the list of names provided. For the first exhibit in 2020, FAC presents the work of Gale Sturm, who enjoys painting a wide variety of subjects. As a teacher at Lawrence Central High School, Sturm concentrated on designing and building stage sets for plays and musicals. He designed more than 150 sets for school plays and musicals, community theater and children’s theater. FAC will have a joint reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 10 for Strum and Jeanette Pomeroy Parssi, who will be this month’s featured artist. For more, visit FishersArtsCouncil.org.

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