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Visually impaired HSE grad continues to add to his sprinting success story By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com The 2021 Paralympic Games in Tokyo ended little more than a month ago. But Noah Malone ACHIEVEMENT is already certain he wants to compete at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. The Paralympics are held every four years, shortly after the Olympics in the same city. The 2020 Olympics were postponed a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Malone, who is visually impaired, earned silver medals in the 100 and 400 meters for the U.S. in the Paralympics in the T12 division for visually impaired runners in late August and early September. The 2020 Hamilton Southeastern High School graduate and Indiana State University sophomore also was part of the U.S. gold medal-winning 400 universal relay team, which included runners with other types of disabilities. The pandemic placed limits on what the athletes could do in Tokyo. “It was definitely difficult, but I do feel the experience was great,” Malone said. “There were no fans and we couldn’t sightsee around the city, but in terms of the hospitality, all the things we got to do in the Olympic Village and the track (competition) itself, it was still amazing.” There was no 200-meter race in the Paralympics this year. So, Malone bumped up to competing in the 400, an event he’d never run before. “He surprised me with what he ran at U.S. Paralympic Trials to get on the team in the 400 and surprised with the ease that he ran in the prelims at the 400 and backed it up in the finals,” Indiana State assistant track coach Anthony Bertoli said. Malone said running a 47.9 (seconds) in the 400 did surprise him a little. “Everything in the 400 went to plan,” he said. “The 100 was OK, I couldn’t have done better in the 100. Getting silver to two world record holders, I can’t really complain.”

Clockwise from left, Brittni Mason, Nick Mayhugh, Noah Malone, and Tatyana McFadden, celebrate after winning the 400 universal relay in Tokyo Paralympics. (Photo courtesy of Olympic Information Services)

Malone had run a personal-best 10.55 seconds in the 100 prelims and 10.66 in the final. Bertoli, who serves as the sprints coach, said Malone is very humble. “He’s an amazing athlete and even better person,” Bertoli said. “He’s going to do some pretty amazing things when it’s all said and done. He’s going to do his part to advance Paralympic Track and Field by pushing his competitors.” Malone, who is legally blind, said his eyesight was normal until he was 13. Then the first day of school in eighth grade, he couldn’t see the board. His father took him to the doctor and it was discovered Malone had Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, a severe mitochondrial optic disease that causes central vision loss in both eyes. According to Indiana State, Malone is the only visually impaired athlete on scholarship in Division I sports. Bertoli saw how driven Malone was as he prepared for Paralympics. “Noah had to spend most of the summer here on campus training by himself, and that’s not an easy thing to do with some of the longer workouts,” Bertoli said. “He had to find the inner drive and determination. He always gave me full effort every day and was smart with his body.” As a freshman for the Sycamores, Malone was fourth in the 100 (10.66) and 200 meters

(21.57 seconds) and ran anchor on the thirdplace 400 meter relay in the Missouri Valley Conference outdoor meet in May. That 400 relay team set the school record in 40.58. “He definitely came in and played a big role in the team’s success and set a tone for the sprint squad,” Bertoli said. Bertoli said Malone had some obstacles to overcome, mostly with logistics in indoor meets. “He can’t see far enough down the track to know that he’s got a clear track and he’s not going to run anyone over,” Bertoli said. “His teammates played a big part in helping him because I wasn’t able to be on his hip the entire time. He’s just one of the guys.” Bertoli said Malone is able to see the lane lines. “But in the 200 indoors, he couldn’t see the curve coming about halfway through the race,” Bertoli said. “By that time in the race, you are moving pretty fast. We’ve got a couple more things to figure out on how we address that (during the indoor season). There were a couple times this year in my head I put some limitations on him and he kept proving me wrong over and over.” Other than a little help indoors, Malone said his training is the same as every other member of the team. Malone said his experience at Indiana State prepared him well for Tokyo.


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Lawrence Central grad named Catholic Doctor of the Year By Chris Bavender news@geistcurrent.com

City, N.Y., but his work involves frequent back-and-forth travel to California and Hawaii. He has a telemedicine practice based 2002 Lawrence Central High School gradout of California and is assigned to Joint uate Dr. Daniel O’Connell has been named Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam with the Air Force Catholic Doctor Reserve. ACHIEVEMENT of the Year During the COVID pandemic, by Mission O’Connell was deployed to the east Doctors Association, a nonprofit coast. founded in 1959 to assist in training, “I was asked to be on the ground sending and supporting doctors in New Jersey/New York within 24 and their families who come from hours’ time to assist with the COVID across the United States and elsepandemic in the NYC ‘hot zone’ in O’Connell where to serve people of all faiths early April 2020,” he said. “I am in some of the most underserved areas of still subject to secondary deployment at the world. any time by executive order, and although The award is given to recognize the efanother email was recently sent out reforts of a doctor who has responded to the minding myself and others of this very real call of Jesus Christ to “heal the sick.” possibility, no official orders have yet mani“I do this by way of seeing both patients fested in 2021.” in-person and remotely via telemedicine. I O’Connell’s Catholic faith is his guiding was an avid telemedicine enthusiast before foundation in his role as a healer. the pandemic, and during the pandemic this “We are called to various ministries, as industry has grown significantly,” O’Connell I felt called to attend a Catholic medical said. “Although clearly not everything can school to become a Catholic physician with be done via online platforms, much can be the ultimate aim of integrating my faith in accomplished successfully, and I would Christ with our profession,” he said. “I could even go so far as to say for a large number not imagine practicing medicine without of patient cases the care provided via telethis foundation.” medicine is ironically superior to that which O’Connell will be honored with the World would have been otherwise done in person.” of Difference Award Oct. 24 at the Los AngeO’Connell, who was nominated by the les Archdiocese Annual Mass for Healthcare Young Catholic Professionals of Orange Professionals at the Cathedral of our Lady County, Calif., is based in Long Island of the Angels.

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Maloy’s play key factor in Noblesville girls soccer success By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com In Makenna Maloy’s view, there are several key factors in the Noblesville High School girls soccer team’s success the past three seasons. “One being friendship, everyone on the team is so close and genuinely enjoys each other’s company, so we do everything for each other. We want to win for each other,” said Maloy, an NHS senior. “Another being grit, and in my opinion this is the biggest one. We’ve lost players to concussions, (anterior cruciate ligament injuries) and many more injuries, but this team’s grit didn’t let that affect us. Players stepped up when we needed them to, and even if we aren’t playing our best game or are down, I’ve never seen anyone on this team give up. So, ultimately, I think it’s our grit that makes us so successful as a team.” Noblesville won the past two Class 3A state championships. The 3A No. 1 Millers saw their 55-game unbeaten streak come to an end with a 4-2 loss to No. 2 Homestead Oct. 13 in the regional semifinals at Homestead. Noblesville finished 16-1-1. The

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Fishers-based food pantry helps feed Hamilton County By Jillian Kurtz news@currentinfishers.com In two months, the Al Huda Food Pantry has helped feed almost GIVING BACK 100 families in the Hamilton County area. The pantry, operated out of the Al Huda Foundation at 12201 Lantern Rd. in Fishers, is open every second and fourth Saturday of the month, operating from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. No sign up is required to receive a donation. Those who are in need of food or basic goods can drive up and receive donations. A volunteer approaches the car and the recipient is asked to fill out a basic form asking how many people are in the household and what type of goods they need. Each box is customized based on the needs of that person or family. The pantry has dried goods such as rice and pasta, canned fruits and vegetables and also is able to provide dairy and meats, based on need. The pantry also offers personal care items. “Much of our food comes from donations. We also are partnered with Gleaners and are able to purchase items from them at a very low price,” Al Huda Foundation board member Mountaha Yasin Kassab said. The food pantry served 28 families in August and 34 in September. As word continues to spread about the pantry, organizers are hoping for continuous growth and be able to feed more families in need. “We’ve had this idea for a long time but just didn’t have a place to hold it,” Yasin Kassab said. With the new Masjid, the Al Huda Foundation was able to have a designated space to operate its food pantry. “It’s a part of our religion to feed our neighbor,” Yasin Kassab said. “I’m so proud of the fact that our community is so generous and the kids are so happy to help, too.”


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Woman collects computers for refugee teens By Chris Bavender news@currentinfishers.com A Fishers woman is making sure Afghan refugees at Camp Atterbury in southern Indiana have the tools GIVING BACK they need for success in their new nation and has organized a donation campaign to set up a computer lab on site. Rupal Thanawala, president of the Carmel-based Asian American Alliance, said 47 percent of the refThanawala ugees are under the age of 18, and she wants to ensure their education isn’t left behind. “For us, one of the things we really focus on is ‘classroom to boardroom,’ and we want to support diverse people, and this fits into our ideology,” Thanawala said. “And, we wanted to do what we could to help these young kids from a different country who may be going through mental and emotional trauma.” The idea started with a request for simple items: sidewalk chalk and crayons. “Someone I was in touch with at Homeland Security said ‘Can you get sidewalk chalk and crayons – these kids have nothing,’” she said. “That is a basic thing, but that does not help teenagers who are probably going to go straight to high school, so I thought ‘What can I do for all age groups?’” Thanawala, vice president for Black Data Processing Associates Indianapolis, originally wanted to get 50 to 100 used laptops and iPads. But Hoosiers stepped up to help. “I am so blessed so many people are coming forward. It shows the generosity of all our Hoosiers,” she said. So many donations have poured in from individuals and corporations that Thanawala is now expanding the original plan, and through Homeland Security, she will be able to provide laptops and iPads to all the U.S. bases housing Afghan evacuees. Thanawala is also collecting gently used ethnic clothing for Afghan women who prefer not to wear Western clothing. To donate a used laptop or iPad, make sure the device has been wiped. Donations can be coordinated through Thanawala at rthanawala@yahoo.com.

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Fishers council approves 2022 budget, hears introduction for Compiled by Anna Skinner • anna@youarecurrent.com The Fishers City Council met Oct. 11. It approved the 2022 budget, heard an introduction of a new mixed-use development and more. What happened: The council unanimously approved the 2022 budget. What it means: Budget highlights include the hiring of three new police officers and eight new firefighters, the construction of a new fire station, Nickel Plate Trail activation and programming, and restroom facilities at the AgriPark. What happened: The council heard an introduction of a new development called Highline at Delaware Park. What it means: Highline at Delaware Park is a mixed-use development that is proposed to have 280 multi-family residential units, 18,600 square feet of first floor restaurants, commercial and retail and 4,800 square feet for a standalone restaurant. What happened: The council heard an introduction of a proposed $4.8 million general obligation bond. What it means: The bond would address several road projects throughout the city, as well as focusing on gaps in trail connectivity. Since it was the first reading, no vote was taken. Council member Jocelyn Vare asked City controller Lisa Bradford to explain the specifics of the road projects and the trail connectivity, and Bradford said that would be available at a later date.

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Indiana. The organization serves six counties including Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion and Tipton. The award supports their services that include but are not limited to aiding in maintenance, insurance, housing, childcare and travel for those being served. • Faith in Indiana, a faith-based coalition including 10 Hamilton County congregations that seek to build leadership and organize people of faith to advocate for effective changes. The award will support the organization’s goal of training, educating, engaging and mobilizing groups in Hamilton County. • Roberts Chapel Church and Burial Association (Settlement) Inc., a Hamilton County African American cultural heritage site that aims to bring history, acknowledgment, education and legacy of African American pioneering in the county. The award will support the installation and services of the Legacy Walk experience to celebrate the anniversary. The full list of initiatives and grants funded can be found at bit.ly/3ALbwVk.


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Theater at the Fort presents live shows for the first time in more than 2 years By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Theater at the Fort in Lawrence is proving that the show does go on. Live theater returned to the Theater at the Fort this month, with “The Laramie Project” being the first production at the theater in more than two years. “The Laramie Project” ran from Oct. 1 to 10. First, the theater was closed for renovations. Then, it remained closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theater closed in 2019 after its parent organization, Arts for Lawrence, received a $5.8 million grant from the Lilly Endowment’s “Strengthening Indianapolis through Arts and Culture Innovation” initiative. The grant money went toward establishing a cultural campus with an amphitheater and moving a repurposed Fort Harrison communications building to the campus to be used for visual arts programming and gallery space. Renovations were also completed at the theater. The theater reopened in January 2020 and offered swing dancing, and then it closed again because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Programming began again in June of this year, but live theater didn’t return until this month. “When we closed for construction in the summer of 2019, I didn’t anticipate that the theater would remain closed for two very quiet years. It is surprisingly invigorating to receive an audience once again, to dim the house lights, raise the stage lights and get absorbed into the stories that the actors portray on the stage,” Arts for Lawrence Executive Director Judy Byron said. “There is nothing like live theater, and we are so proud to offer quality programming in the newly renovated historic theater.” The theater’s first foray back into live theater was “very heavy,” according to program director Jay Hemphill. “‘The Laramie Project’ is Hemphill about Matthew Shepherd and his murder that happened in October 1998,” Hemphill said. “It focuses on hate crimes, language and descriptions of torture, so it’s a heavy show, but one we felt

Actors perform on stage during an improv event at Theater at the Fort in Lawrence. (Photos courtesy of Arts for Lawrence)

Christmas Puppet Show” will be at Theater at the Fort Dec. 4. The show is designed for the whole family and features holiday marionettes, music and audience participation. There will be two performances. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for seniors, students and military. Children age 2 and younger are free. Hemphill is hoping the theater makes a splash with its reopening. “We want to have our programming reflect our community,” Hemphill said. “We are a very diverse community here in Lawrence, so we need to have that represented on our stages.” Hemphill said the theater offers a “blend of music” during its summer concert series so there’s something for everyone. It also offered a cultural festival Oct. 9 and partnered with local schools for a Día De Los Muertos event at the cultural campus. There was a Juneteenth Jubilee in June. “I want the stage to reflect my audience, and I want my audience to reflect my community,” Hemphill said. “When you have that goal in mind, you know exactly what you need to be doing and finding partners to fulfill that duty.” For more, visit artsforlawrence.org. ON THE COVER: Renovations were done to the historic Theater at the Fort as part of $5.8 million in grant funds from the Lilly Endowment. (Photo courtesy of Arts for Lawrence)

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we should do as we try to expand our offerings out here.” “Queens at the Fort: A Drag Show” was Oct. 15. The show was hosted by local drag diva Heather Bea and featured Indianapolis drag performers. Upcoming shows include “Macbeth,” which will be presented in cooperation with Bard Fest and the Agape Theater Company. “Macbeth” is Oct. 22 to 30. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $20 for seniors, students and military. Following “Macbeth” is “Elizabeth Rex,” a play that starts with the meeting between

Queen Elizabeth I and one of the actors from Shakespeare’s troupe. “Elizabeth Rex” runs Nov. 5 to 14. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $20 for seniors, students and military. Then, Circle City Tap will return with its IndyFringe production, “ONE US.” The performance features themes of equality, acceptance and unity through dance, poetry and literature. “ONE US” runs Nov. 20 to 21. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $20 for seniors, students and military. To celebrate the holidays, “Peewinkle’s

In addition to live theater, Theater at the Fort also offers free showings of popular films. One upcoming film is “It’s a Wonderful Life” Nov. 27 in conjunction with the city’s annual holiday event, A Lawrence Christmas. “‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ coincides with A Lawrence Christmas, which is the Lawrence parade that happens here,” Theater at the Fort Program Director Jay Hemphill said. “It’s their kick-off for the holidays. So, people can go to that and come see the film at night.” The film is a free showing and will feature live carolers.


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Commentary by Terry Anker “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.” So penned English playwright William Shakespeare in the 1599 comedy “As You Like It.” But the notion that social order is structured like a theatrical performance is much older. Likewise, the concept that we humans follow a tight pattern of progress from infancy to aged decline is seen in art and literature long before being reinforced by this play. Of course, on the most specific level, we are all individual thinkers, liberated by our own free will to live as we see fit. Still, a child of 5 is unlikely to paint a masterwork, teach a graduate class or lead a platoon into battle. She is held to the constraints of the parts available to her as dictated by her then position. Once past, she may not return to reprise the roles again. A childhood squandered cannot be regained without regard to the number of toys that we might, as later adults, gather around us. And in our advancing years, we move from expressions of the passion of middle life to the wisdom earned in twilight times. Some resist this natural progression, while others embrace it. Even if we aspire to take a lead, can we hope to escape our assigned parts, be it understudy or bit player? Disguising our features behind a Kabuki mask, would the audience accept us against type? Even more, if all the world is a stage, are we better as its actors or as its patrons, simply paying to observe as others perform? Could we be destined to contribute in each role and position on the stage and in the audience?

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I don’t have many friends. I know that sounds sad, but honestly, outside of family and my co-workers, I don’t have the time or energy to hang with people long enough to develop a close relationship. And that’s why when I get together with one of my few best gal pals, it generally doesn’t matter that we haven’t seen each other for months or even years. We have such a wealth of shared experiences that we can fall right back in to wherever we were when we last met. Take for instance two women I’ve known since high school. Though we live in different cities now and usually meet only for Christmas coffee, I consider them “best friends.” We grew up together, navigating first boyfriends, rebellious stints and the inevitable drama that runs rampant among teenage girls. It’s easy to be with them now because we understand how and why we became the people we are today. For me, that’s how I build a friendship, through long-term shared experiences. Like my old neighbor. We lived across from one another for 10 years and basically raised our children in a commune. We dealt with first-time home ownership issues, organized kindergarten carpools and watched our husbands fire golf balls at rooftops after every cul-de-sac chili party. We talk every so often, but I still consider her a close friend. The point is, I don’t need many friends in my life because I have three really good ones plus great coworkers and family. And frankly, I don’t have time to make new ones. So I’m okay with sounding sad, because I’m actually quite happy. Peace out.

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known to disappear when placed in a confined environment under 40 degrees. Do you have a tough time finding things I often require marital help for this search in your refrigerator? I am mostly talking to and seizure. Last night, I hollered upstairs the men reading here. Of course, we have to my wife: no trouble finding the refrigerator, do we? “Mary Ellen, where’s the mustard?” Here’s some stuff I couldn’t find this “In the refrigerator.” week: Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks, Sara Lee’s “Gee, thanks, that really cuts down the Cheesecake and Aunt Jemima’s syrup. What amount of time I’d have spent looking in the do these women have against me? Why are washer and dryer.” they avoiding me? The inevitable I did find a tube sigh wafted down Here’s some stuff I couldn’t find this of anchovy paste from the living room week: Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks, Sara Lee’s behind the vegeand cut through table bin, which Cheesecake and Aunt Jemima’s syrup. me like a dull knife expired in 2014, but What do these women have against me? slicing a squishy I believe the differtomato. Why are they avoiding me? ence between fresh “Keep looking, – DICK WOLFSIE anchovy paste and Dick. It’s there.” stale anchovy paste “It’s not here, is pretty academic, so I put it back where I dear. Are you sure we have mustard?” found it. “Yes, I’m sure. Look behind the pickles.” I know these other things are in there “Are you sure we have pickles? I don’t see somewhere, and my wife hides the good any pickles.” stuff from me. I’m convinced that when I’m Mustard should be the easiest thing to sleeping, Mary Ellen sneaks downstairs and find, but even when it’s right in front of me, rearranges everything in our second fridge. I always think we are out of it, so I keep She shoves the jar of horseradish behind buying more. That’s why there are three the milk carton, buries the tartar sauce half-full containers on the lower shelves under the bag of spinach and conceals the and five more full ones poking out their lettuce in the lettuce bin (Never underesticrusty heads from inside the door. mate how tricky she is). I can never find anything. I can’t even It annoys me that companies like Amana, find a funny way to end this column. I think Frigidaire and Maytag label parts of the I’ll just relax, maybe go in the kitchen and fridge. Who are they to tell me where to put make myself lunch. A hot dog with mustard my food? I want to jam everything onto the and relish sounds good. top shelf so I don’t have to bend down to Okay, maybe just a hot dog. eat directly out of the appliance. Sometimes, around midnight, I’ll crave a ham sandwich on rye with mustard. The Dick Wolfsie is an author, rye bread is easy (you seldom lose things columnist and speaker. Contact in a bread box) and I can usually sniff out him at wolfsie@aol.com. the ham. But mustard should have an extra label: Warning: This condiment has been

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simple: you put a wig with a swim cap. Both of those things exist individually, but to put them together to solve one of the most pressing issues and barriers that prevent a lot of curly girls from going swimming, for me that seems simply genius.” Harris said she hopes Swim Hair will encourage more people -- especially in the Black community -- to embrace the water and learn to swim. Drowning rates of Black children age 5 through 18 are “significantly higher” than white or Hispanic children, according to a 2014 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A 2017 study by USA Swimming also reported that Black children are much less likely to be able to swim than white or Hispanic children. “I’m here to raise awareness of the fundamental life skill of swimming,” Harris said. “Learning to swim is a life-changing event that can save your life and others. People in my culture are drowning at an alarming rate, and it stems (in part) from fear and anxiety associated with getting their hair wet. The reviews I’m getting are people are getting back in the water, and that’s what it’s all about.” Learn more at myswimhair.com.


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Pink Martini to perform at the Palladium By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com When China Forbes’ former Harvard University classmate Thomas Lauderdale contacted her about being CONCERT a vocalist in a band in 1994, she had no idea what would eventually transpire. “I didn’t even think we would make an album,” Forbes said. “It was just this fun band he put together to play at political fundraisers and events in Portland. They were playing all covers, not originals. It was just a fun party band with a cocktail flair.” Twenty-seven years later, that band, Pink Martini, is still going strong. Pink Martini will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Forbes said Lauderdale, a pianist, had an idea to sing songs in their original languages. The music is a multilingual mix of jazz, classical and old-school pop music. “There was a spirit of inclusion always,” she said. “Thomas saw beyond Portland.” Forbes, who has made Portland her home, has sung songs in more than 25 languages. “I grew up with a French grandfather, and my father always wanted to speak French with me,” Forbes said. “I studied French from seventh grade on, but I never became fluent because I never got to live there. I studied Italian in high school because I wanted to sing opera. I lived in Rome as a mother’s helper.” Forbes was an actress and a singer-songwriter in New York when Lauderdale first called her. She went back and forth between Portland and New York the first few years. Forbes had been in a drag queen film. “It was an over-the-top film, but we went to Cannes Film Festival for the movie,” Forbes said. “I got asked to sing a song at a party, and Thomas asked if he could come as my accompanist. We thought we should bring Pink Martini here to play, because so much of our music came from films in the early days.” The band’s first big hit “Sympathique”

FEINSTEIN’S Feinstein’s in Carmel’s Hotel Carmichael will feature Edmund Bagnell of Well Strung at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22. The Phelps Connection will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23. For more, visit feinsteinshc.com. BEEF & BOARDS Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “Phantom” through Nov. 21. For more, visit beefandboards.com. CIVIC THEATRE Civic Theatre’s production of “The Color Purple” will be presented through Oct. 23 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit civictheatre.org. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Pink Martini, featuring China Forbes, will perform Oct. 23 at the Palladium in Carmel. (Photos courtesy of Pink Martini)

China Forbes is the lead vocalist for Pink Martini, which performs Oct. 23 at the Palladium.

(Je ne Veux Pas Travailler), was co-written by Lauderdale and Forbes. “My little drag queen music proved to be the springboard,” Forbes said. “The film ‘Franchesca’ is hard to find. I think the only place it exists it is dubbed into Italian, which makes it seem better.” Forbes and Lauderdale began writing more songs together and collaborating with others. Forbes said Lauderdale has become a very good songwriter. “I write all the time, but when I have

a backlog of songs that are waiting to be recorded and released, I kind of slow down because I don’t want even more of a backlog,” Forbes said. “I’m working on a solo album now and I have a lot of songs that I love.” When Forbes had vocal cord surgery in 2011, Storm Large joined the band as a temporary replacement. She eventually began splitting time with Forbes because Forbes didn’t want to be on the road as much when her son was younger. Forbes does the majority of the concerts now. “My son is 12 ½, and it was really amazing to have this time together when the world was in lockdown (amid the COVID-19 pandemic) and people suffering,” Forbes said. “It was such a confusing thing to be happy to be home at that moment. I had never been with my son for so long. Since he was born, I’ve been touring periodically.” Unlike bands who perform in support of an album, Forbes said the band keeps touring. “We promote all of our albums. It’s nonstop touring,” Forbes said. “We’re lucky to be at this for so long and still have an amazing fan base and play such amazing (concert) halls.”

An Evening with Clint Black is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. Purchase tickets at thecenterpresents.org. BELFRY THEATRE The Belfry Theatre presents its season opener, “Cheaper by the Dozen,” at Noblesville First United Methodist Church, Oct. 21 to 31. For more, visit the belfrytheatre.com.

ATI to present Blessing’s new play editorial@youarecurrent.com Actors Theatre of Indiana will present a reading of Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Olivier Award nominee Lee Blessing’s play “The Family Line” in ATI’s Theatre Lab Series at 2 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Studio Theater in the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. In Blessing’s new drama, the main character, Finn has just lost his mother suddenly to COVID-19. He is a mixed-race 15-year-old who must now be transported to his estranged father. No one dares fly, so Finn’s white grandfather, Jonah, whom he’s never met, is tasked with making the nonstop, cross-country drive. They spend 24 hours together, each getting to know a perfect stranger at the most imperfect time. For more, visit atistage.org.


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Hancock’s journey on display By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Gregory Hancock pays homage to “The Wizard of Oz” and his own past in his latest production. DANCE “There’s No Place Like Home” is an autobiographical piece. The story follows a boy from Kansas who sets out on a journey down the Golden Path to India. Like the fictional Dorothy, Hancock is from Kansas originally. Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre will perform the premiere of “There’s No Place Like Home” Oct. 28 to 30 at The Tarkington at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. “It’s a very personal piece, and those are sometimes scary to do to make yourself vulnerable, but the dancers are trusting me with my vision,” said Hancock, who is the GHDT executive artistic director. “It’s my journey through life and what we’re looking for and why things happen the way they do. I’ve gone to India several times and I’ve always found a lot of enlightenment, peace and chaos, too. It’s a very spiritual place, and, hopefully, that’s infused into the piece. Everybody can relate to it because we are

From left, Hannah Brown, Camden Lancaster and Olivia Payton (seated) appear in costumes created by the Kalbeliya gypsies in “There’s No Place Like Home.” (Photo by Lydia Moody)

all on a spiritual journey and a journey through life. I think at some point we all wonder what we’re doing here and why we’re here.” Company dancer Thomas Mason portrays Hancock. “It’s challenging because I want to honor his story and do the best I can do,” Mason said. “It’s also challenging physically. I’m on stage the majority of the show and dancing to the most of my ability, so it’s very tiring.” For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.

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Tucker.” “I do a yodeling song, ‘I want to Be a Cowboy Sweetheart,’ which was written by Sharon McNight is eager to get back on Patsy Montana,” McNight said. “She was the the road. first woman to copyright a country “The last time I song in the Library of Congress.” COMEDY worked really was McNight learned how to yodel by January 2020, except watching Roy Rogers on “The Tofor teaching a class or performing a night Show” with Johnny Carson. benefit on Zoom,” McNight said. “It’s “He tried to teach Johnny how been quiet. That’s tough on a cometo yodel, and Johnny couldn’t do dian, because you have to be funny it,” she said. “I thought ‘Gee, I McNight all the time. Your passion is to be a think I can do that,’ and the rest is screwball, so it’s been tough entertaining history.” myself. It’s odd to work all your life performMcNight has performed at some of Miing, and then have a long dry spell.” chael Feinstein’s other clubs. McNight will perform her unique blend of “Wherever the check doesn’t bounce is comedy and music at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at where I work,” McNight said. Feinstein’s in Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. McNight earned a Tony Award nomination “Make you laugh and make you cry is aland a Theater World Award for her perforways my motto,” McNight said. mance as Diva in “Starmites” in 1989. McNight, who is based in Los Angeles, McNight does many charitable perfordoes impressions of famous actresses such mances to support AIDS organizations. She as Bette Davis and Mae West. She sings was honored by having her name engraved “Everybody’s Girl” as Mae West. in the Circle of Friends on San Francisco’s McNight researched, wrote and perNational AIDS Memorial in Golden Gate Park. formed her one-woman show, “Last of the For tickets, visit feinsteinshc.com. Red Hot Mamas: The Musical Times of Sophie

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Order a bacon bialy sandwich at Coat Check Coffee in Indianapolis and pair it with either a pistachio, top, or orange cardamom latte, bottom. (Photo by Anna Skinner) bacon, an egg soufflé, American cheese and jalapeño jelly that was sweeter than it was spicy. I suggest pairing your bialy sandwich with either a pistachio latte (a staple at Coat Check Coffee) or one of their seasonal lattes, like the orange cardamom latte. Coat Check Coffee operates out of the Athenaeum at the corner of Michigan Street and Massachusetts Avenue.

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Blueprint for Improvement: Toast-worthy basement wet bar Commentary by Larry Greene Built in 2015, this home is in Westfield’s Preserve of Bridgewater neighborhood. The homeowners wanted to add a bar to their finished basement.

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Don’t read too much into it Commentary by Curtis Honeycutt I wouldn’t say I have a book problem. It’s more like I have a time problem. You see, the pile of books on my bedside table keeps growing. The stack GRAMMAR GUY features stories and accounts I’m looking forward to reading, but I just can’t find the time. But this isn’t the entire story. You see, I own this handheld digital rectangle called an Amazon Kindle. This rectangle holds hundreds of books on a simple black-and-white screen. While reading it, I can press my finger on a word I don’t understand and the rectangle will define the word for me. It’s fantastic. NOTICE OF APPROVED ORDINANCE NO. 092021C AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING CERTAIN REAL ESTATE TO THE CITY OF FISHERS, HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA NOTICE IS HEREBY PROVIDED that on October 11, 2021, the Common Council for the City of Fishers, Hamilton, Indiana (“City”), meeting in a duly noticed public meeting, and in accordance with Ind. Code §36-4-3-5.1, passed Ordinance No. 092021C, annexing approximately 106.88 acres located outside of but contiguous to the City, generally known as the Cove at Thorpe Creek Property (the “Annexed Territory”), generally located on the west side of Florida Rd, north of 113th Street, parcels 13-12-31-00-00-030.000 and 13-12-31-00-00-039.000. This Annexation Ordinance is available for review at the City of Fishers, One Municipal Drive, Fishers, Indiana 46037 c/o Megan Vukusich, Department of Planning and Zoning, and available online at www. fishers.in.us.

Again, I see this less as a “book” problem and more of a “time” problem. There’s a term for people like me: bibliobibuli. Coined by author H.L. Mencken in 1956, bibliobibuli means “the type of people who read too much.” In “Minority Report,” a compilation of Mencken’s notebooks published after he had a stroke, the author writes, “There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion.” While I’m also fond of whiskey and religion, books have a special place for me. As a bibliophile (a person who either collects or has a great love for books), I go back and forth in a struggle between physical and digital books. I love how physical books have a place on the shelf. The pulpy paper of their pages reveals intentionally laid out letters forming shapely paragraphs. On the other hand, digital books have a backlit screen, which allows me to read without the aid of my bedside lamp. As I’m fond of reading late into the night, I find it more conscientious to have my lamp off so my wife can fall asleep more easily. So now you understand my dilemma. I hope I never find a cure for my need to read.

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Clarity Care Givers offers our Caregivers a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive culture focused on strong connections, exceptional pay, flexible scheduling, an IRA, and caregiver recognition, to name a few. Come to Clarity Care Givers, LLC Trusted, Requested - Preferred OPERATIONS MANAGER Clevernest is a growing company servicing homebuilders, architects, and residential clients throughout central Indiana, as an Andersen Window and Door Dealer, specializing in the installation of all that we sell. We are looking for an Operations Manager, who possesses a strong supportive mindset of “how can I help” and deeply appreciates finding joy on executing tasks and projects on a daily basis. This position is responsible for the activities related to operations after the sale; therefore, one must have the ability to juggle multiple projects at once and be an advocate for our clients. Requirements: The ideal candidate is professional, entrepreneurial minded, and able to lead and assist with all aspects of a project post sale until completion; day to day warehouse, inventory, and field supervision; and likes to get his hands dirty! Construction or Carpentry skills required. To Apply: CLEVERNEST INC 240 W. Carmel Drive 46032 tom@clevernest.com; 317-688-8100 www.clevernest.com S P E C

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