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Improv Shakespeare. Barbershop quartets. Psycho on the big screen (twice!).

Gallery happenings. And musical icons (hi, Willie Nelson!). The sheer variety of what’s happening on the Indy arts scene this fall is staggering, and we at Indianapolis Monthly are excited to offer a guide to it all in this first-ever issue of The Ticket.

Whatever your tastes—and however “artsy,” or not, you consider yourself—I’m betting you’ll find something in these pages to pique your interest and get you out on the town. Want to sing “Red Solo Cup” along with Toby Keith? Find the when and where on page 34. Still think The Shining is the scariest movie ever made? Check it out in a historic theater (page 64).

A major new Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit, beat-the-clock sketching sessions, and offbeat events like Oranje— they all start on page 47. Plus, there’s nothing like a holiday outing to The Nutcracker—and we have those in spades (page 28).

This special issue also offers a glimpse into the indie artist colonies that are forming the next generation of the Indianapolis arts scene. What’s driving the city’s young culturati to strike out on their own, rather than come up through the more traditional channels of the big, established arts groups? Writer Marc Allan explores exactly that starting on page 16.

Not sure where to begin? Consider the ideas shared by local arts types on page 13, where they explain which events they’re most anticipating this season.

Or just dive in and start choosing your own adventures. In this special bonus issue of Indianapolis Monthly, we hope you find an event that excites you to hit the town.

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41 Classical

Indianapolis Opera strikes a new note, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra searches for a new maestro, priceless old violins battle with new ones, and the best upcoming nights out.

47 Visual Arts

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Change of Art

Meet 12 indie arts groups that are transforming the Indianapolis cultural scene.

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25 Theater & Dance

Thanks for picking up this special bonus issue of Indianapolis Monthly!

13 Inside Indy

The hottest tickets of the fall season, actors’ all-time favorite roles, the best seats in the house, and more.

72 Last Look

Make your next dinner-and-a-show night memorable with these pairings of upcoming events and related restaurants.

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How to “do” First Friday, what’s in store at the IMA, a chat with Sarah Urist Green, and your guide to gallery happenings.

61 Movies, Books, Etc.

Pro tips for tackling Heartland, a glance back at Indiana books, and top film screenings, readings, and more.

70 Venue Guide

Where to find the theaters, galleries, and other spots mentioned in this issue, plus ideas for nearby noshes.

A Nutcracker showdown, highlights from IndyFringe’s 10-year existence, what’s going on at “Evening with the Stars,” and the best events on stage this season.

33 Music

What Indianapolis indie wunderkinds Lily & Madeleine are listening to, catching up with The Voice star Josh Kaufman, and fall’s top musical moments, from jazz to country to cabaret.

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Inside Indy OUR CITY, OUR CULTURE, RIGHT NOW

“Art in Odd Places.

It’s basically two different days where artists and performers will set up from City Market to Monument Circle. They’re up and down sidewalks and alleys, in the plaza, and on Monument Circle. If you were walking downtown, you would just stumble across it.”

JIM WALKER, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BIG CAR

“Vonnegut said the only proof he needed for the existence of God was music. We love music as well! So we’ll take the kids to Symphony on the Prairie, and my husband and I will head downtown to the ISO on the occasional date night.

There’s a great lineup of some of our favorite composers this fall.”

JULIA WHITEHEAD, PRESIDENT OF THE KURT VONNEGUT MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Hot Tickets

Which cultural events are you most anticipating this season? We asked a few artsy types.

—SAMANTHA STUTSMAN

“Evening with the Stars brings together the best ballet dancers in the world that we would never have a chance to see here.

There is really nowhere else in the world that you can see this. It’s the must-see event of the year.”

TRAVIS DINICOLA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

INDY READS “I am looking forward to Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona and the play called Red—it won a Tony for the best play—at the IRT. What I’m definitely going to in the fall is the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.”

DAVID HOCHOY, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF DANCE KALEIDOSCOPE

“The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra is doing something really cool: The longtime conductor is retiring, and to replace him, they’re auditioning three conductors. Kind of playing for their lives, like The Voice or American Idol—it just seems so foreign to chamber music.”

MIKE KNIGHT, CREATOR OF SKY BLUE WINDOW

“I am excited about Art in Odd Places, a fabulous event October 17–18.

I also love Butler University’s main black box theater. Every time I walk in, it’s completely transformed. I love the magic in that.”

GEORGEANNA SMITH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NO EXIT THEATRE COMPANY

“The Columbia Club—it’s a great place for their wonderful Cabaret series. I also love the outdoor amphitheater at the IMA; it’s really the perfect place to watch a movie outside, complete with appetizers and a cold beer.”

CHARLES VENABLE, CEO OF THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART

INSIDE INDY

Please Be Seated Before spending two hours in one of these chairs, read on for the best ones to pick. —SAMANTHA STUTSMAN

seat size 19 to 21 inches wide, 35 inches tall good to know All the seats in the boxes are movable, so you can adjust them to get the angle you want. best seat in the house “I prefer the main floor only a few rows back,” says marketing director Josh Lingenfelter.

“There’s a nice break in Row E: Rows A–D are on a riser, so people who sit in Row E have a little more leg room.”

4602 Sunset Ave., 9409697, cloweshall.org

The Coliseum seat size 18 inches wide, 21 inches tall good to know One section of the lower arena features the original 1930 seats that were taken out, restored, and reinstalled.

They look different than the other 6,000, but there’s no price difference. best seat in the house Front row, natch!

Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., 927-7500, in.gov/statefair/ fairgrounds

Hilbert Circle Theatre seat size 22 inches wide, 32 inches tall good to know Plusher than most. best seat in the house The nicest—and spendiest—spot is a theater box, left or right. “Comfy chairs, only eight seats total, lots of leg room,” says ISO spokeswoman Jessica DiSanto. “You can see the whole hall, the whole orchestra, and feel like a king.”

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Indiana Repertory Theatre

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Phoenix Theatre

seat size 18 to 22 inches wide, 33 to 34 inches tall

seat size 19 inches wide, 23 inches tall good to know The only way IRT could afford new seats (in 2001) was to recycle most of what lay beneath the old ones. best seat in the house Want more leg room?

Reserve an aisle seat or the back row of the balcony. The best view and sound, though, is—surprise—up in the balcony.

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good to know Orchestra and gallery seats come in three different sizes: 18, 20, and 22 inches. You can ask to buy the option you like best. best seat in the house The orchestra seats and box tier seats are the most popular—they’re close to the performers and have great views of the audience, too. (Yay, people-watching!)

seat size 18 inches wide, 36 inches tall good to know Seating is first-come, first-serve. best seat in the house “The space is so small and intimate, there really isn’t a bad seat in the house,” says sales director Ryan O’Shea. “But most people gravitate right to the middle.”

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ON STAGE

AS SCENE IN ...

What’s your all-time favorite role? Here’s how these local performers answered.

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EDDIE CURRY BEEF & BOARDS

“Shaw Moore in Footloose and Amos Hart in Chicago. The mean characters are sometimes more fun to play—but the more rewarding characters are those with a journey to redemption.”

MEAGAN MATLOCK ECLECTIC POND

“If I had to narrow it down, two of them would be Tybalt and Benvolio from Romeo and Juliet. We did a rotating cast performance—I now know four roles in that show.”

RYAN ARTZBERGER IRT

“John Proctor in The Crucible ranks really high up there. Iago in Othello is another. There is something incredibly freeing about playing someone who has no rules and no boundaries.”

BILL WILKISON NO EXIT

“There are two types of roles that I enjoy doing: the original role that has never been portrayed before, and the historical character, where you play real people who exist or existed.”

CURRY BY JULIE CURRY PHOTOGRAPHY, MATTOCK BY ZED MARTINEZ, ARTZBERGER COURTESY IRT, WILKISON BY LORRI MARKUM, ISO COURTESY ISO, URBANKSI BY THOMAS RUSSO; PREVIOUS PAGE: WALKER BY BRET ROBINSON; HOCHOY BY JAMES YEE; SMITH BY JULIE CURRY

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START!

WINE DOWN Flip your ISO ticket over—you’ll find a 20-percent discount for Tastings: A Wine Experience, a short walk over at the Conrad hotel.

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HOW TO DO ...

The Symphony

Next time you hit the ISO at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, make a whole evening of it downtown. Here’s some inspiration.

EAT UP Downtown bites offer something for every taste.

There have been sightings of ISO music director Krzysztof Urbanski, guest performers, and musicians at Fogo de Chao, The Capital Grille, Morton’s, Plat 99, and Adobo Grill.

7:00 P.M.

SHOWTIME! The Classical Series season runs from September 14 (the Opening Night Gala!) to June 12.

BEHIND THE CURTAIN One hour before each Classical Series concert, get perspective from musicians, conductors, and guest artists. The pre-concert talk is free to all ticket-holders.

8:00 P.M.

10:00 P.M. 9:00 P.M. TAKE A BREAK During intermission, explore the Hilbert’s second-floor lobby, where there’s always a new exhibit of local artwork.

POST-SHOW PAUSE Hit Reverb, a chance to mingle with the musicians in the lobby, after select performances. There’s free wine and beer! Just don’t be shy: “Most musicians love when audience members come up to say hello,” says the ISO’s Jessica DiSanto.

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CHANGE OF

INDIE ARTS GROUPS ARE POPPING UP AROUND THE CITY LIKE SO MANY ANDREW LUCK JERSEYS. HERE’S HOW THEY’VE TRANSFORMED THE INDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL SCENE.

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EclecticPond Theatre Company .

HOW THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES: A nonprofit touring company based in Indianapolis whose goal is to

produce high-energy, fast-paced versions of classical and modern texts that link to the plays students are required to read and study. /// WHAT THEY’RE KNOWN FOR: 10 x 10—Shakespeare’s top 10 plays in 10 minutes each. If you think you don’t like Shakespeare, well, each play only lasts 10 minutes, and the next one is completely different. If you do like Shakespeare, you get to see 10 works in one show.

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NoExit . how they describe themselves: A collective of Butler University graduates and their friends whose goal is non-traditional performances—often of well-known works like The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. /// what they’re known for: A dark, tutu-free version of The Nutcracker, and a performance of all three of the Theban Oedipal plays on the Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds.

United Methodist Church outside Fountain Square looks like the greatest kids’ playroom ever. In the glorious mess of a main room, which contains stockpiles of oddities like overhead projectors and foam swimming noodles, there’s a corner for painting, a green-screen area for film projects, and a section with assorted power tools where the construction of a giant “steampunk music machine” made of old bike parts is about to begin. In the storeroom, you’ll find shelves filled with costumes—pigeon heads and dinosaurs, among many. And in an adjacent room, what sounds like a vacuum cleaner is, in fact, just that.

Except it’s being used in reverse, to inflate a giant clear plastic ball that someone can get inside to be rolled around.

This clubhouse is home to Know No Stranger, a self-described “art gang” that produces and participates in theatrical and other events around the city. This group of friends, tired of hearing people complain about the culture in Indianapolis, started the avant-garde troupe in spring 2009. “In the circles we were running in,” says Alan Goffinski, one of the founders, “there was a lot of negative energy, a lot of talk about the place that we call home. We got to the point where if everybody who was complaining about what an awful place Indianapolis was just did something positive, we would have a great city.”

Look at the arts culture in Indianapolis over the past several years and it seems that a lot of people are thinking the same way—the city’s young culturati has flourished in the last decade. For a number of years, the city had no Shakespeare companies. Now there are five.

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“There was a time when emerging artists felt that they had to move to bigger cities ... to have a chance.

Now, in addition to having a vibrant local food/local beer movement, we have a parallel local arts movement.”

Want dance? Movies in weird places? A fashion collective? A cutting-edge fashion/film/food event? An eco-conscious music festival? In the last few years, we’ve added all that and more.

Sharon Gamble, co-host of WFYI’s “The Art of the Matter,” first became aware of a critical mass of new theater companies in 2006. She was managing director of the Phoenix Theatre, and she and Bryan Fonseca, the Phoenix’s founder

and producing director, started answering a slew of phone calls that started out: “Can I buy you a cup of coffee? I want to start my own company and need some advice.” Gamble says a confluence of factors contributed to the surge—audiences willing to support up-and-coming companies; printing companies, PR agencies, caterers, microbrewers, and other for-profit firms who see new arts groups as beneficial to the city, so they offer them in-kind goods and services or “friend rates”; support from various foundations; and universities that are turning out graduates with arts and arts-administration skills.

“There was a time when emerging artists felt that they had to move to bigger cities—Chicago and New York in particular—to have a chance at finding audiences and funding to fuel their dreams,” says Gamble. “Now, in addition to having a vibrant local food/local beer movement, we have a parallel local arts movement.”

THIS SPREAD: FRINGE FEST AND KNOW NO STRANGER BY TONY VALAINIS, NOEXIT BY JULIE CURRY; PREVIOUS SPREAD: ECLECTIC POND BY ZED MARTINEZ

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IndyFringe . how they describe themselves: A hub for performances and rehearsals for independent, uncensored artists in all genres. /// what they’re known for: The IndyFringe Theatre Festival, 11 days of performances in eight venues featuring almost 400 different shows, as well as playwriting festivals for women, African Americans, and Hispanics.

Know No Stranger . how they describe themselves: A collective group of friends and artists set on making Indianapolis a more enjoyable place using video, storytelling, puppetry, illustration, and anything else they can think of. /// what they’re known for: Optical Popsicle, an annual festivity of art, fun, and frozen delights, and performances at PBS Kids in the Park, where they have a dinosaur character lead aerobic exercises.

Nowhere is that more evident than Tanjerine, a four-night film/fashion/food event that debuted in April as a spinoff of Oranje, Indianapolis’s annual multisensory showcase of everything hip in art and music. Ryan Hickey, founder of both events, says the city’s burgeoning food-andbeverage scene “definitely played a significant role” in the decision to create Tanjerine, which featured a fashion parade that evolved into a spontaneous dance party, a culinary roundtable moderated by Martha Hoover of Cafe Patachou, and a bartending competition.

In decades past, if you wanted to start an arts company in Indy, you needed infrastructure— especially a place to perform. Advertising was prohibitively expensive, word of mouth was hard to come by, and good luck getting audiences to accept anything outside the mainstream.

Fonseca, who started the Phoenix Theatre in 1983, still remembers the grief he got for staging

Love! Valour! Compassion!, a show that features nine naked men onstage, in 1996. “We’ve helped redefine the center,” he says, referring to the Phoenix and Theatre on the Square.

That’s not to say a startup is easy. It’s not.

There are artists to put together, money to be raised, and shows to be staged.

Still, today’s arts startups have certain advantages. They can spread the word through social media and don’t necessarily need a permanent home. It’s possible to work at IndyFringe, which established a permanent location in 2008 at 719 East St. Clair Street and has, in 10 years, returned nearly $1 million to artists who perform in its space or as part of the annual Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival.

And with all the opportunities for site-specific performances, like at the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, you don’t even need a physical venue.

“Some of this is a symptom of the greater economic culture that we live in now,” says Georgeanna Smith, a member of the NoExit Theatre Company, which was founded a decade ago and began producing full seasons of plays staged around the city in 2008. “Even before the recession, we were starting to see a trend where people were not graduating from college and going immediately to work for big corporations.

They were working for smaller businesses or they were starting as freelancers. Then with the recession, the arts community certainly felt that too—there’s less money to be had, theaters weren’t hiring as much, etc. I think [indie groups] were born out of people anxious to work.”

like every company interviewed for this story, NoExit exists because its founders wanted to do something that wasn’t being done.

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They had nothing against the arts establishment; they just saw an opportunity to add to what was already here. Their DIY battle cry: If work isn’t coming to me, I can make my own. In NoExit’s case, that meant a collaborative effort performing innovative work at non-traditional spaces, venues, and stages. Smith, who joined the company in 2008, says site-specific work became a necessity because permanent space was unaffordable.

“Theater isn’t a competitive sport. Even if you had five different companies all doing a production of the same show that opened on the same date, it still really wouldn’t be a competition because you would be doing it in a different way.”

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Pattern . how they describe themselves: A new way of thinking about and doing fashion in Indianapolis. As such, it endeavors to become a safe space for fashion-minded individuals to engage with each other, creating a network of people with diverse backgrounds and ambitions. /// what they’re known for: Monthly meetups in various locations and Pattern, the magazine, which circulates in seven countries and almost exclusively features the work of the Indianapolis fashion community.

Q Artistry . how they describe themselves: A non-profit collection of artists dedicated to enlightening, educating, and entertaining through original and re-imagined productions, presentations, and events. /// what they’re known for: Cabaret Poe, a musical featuring the work of Edgar Allan Poe, and East Side Story, a musical romp about a friendship on the east side of Indianapolis that parodies West Side Story.

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Also almost everyone involved in an indie company has a day job. Know No Stranger’s Goffinski is a social worker. Smith’s day job is head of the acting program for Young Actors Theatre, and NoExit runs largely on the strength of volunteers. Artists are paid a modest stipend, but the administrators work for free. “It’s hard for artists and performing artists to stay in the city because there’s a lot of work, but there’s not a lot of money behind the work,” says Smith, echoing a sentiment expressed over and over by different groups. “We want to get to a point where we can pay people, to have lots of opportunities for artists to have paying work.”

All the arts activity “is making the city come alive in kind of an underground, rising way,” says Ben Asaykwee, a founder of the theater company Q Artistry, which opened shop in Irvington in summer 2010 and does four shows a year featuring original work. Asaykwee, an Indianapolis native who makes his living as an actor and writer, was based in Chicago when the company started.

When he returned to Indy, he looked in vain for a group that solely produced plays by Indiana playwrights. “Even finding places in Indiana to submit your work was difficult,” he says.

Q Artistry started with a show called Cabaret Poe, a musical Asaykwee wrote and the company performs annually based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Since then, its shows have included East Side Story, a West Side Story parody pitting adults against neighborhood kids (the young actors audition and get mentoring from the working professionals in the show), and Zirkus Grimm—a circus-style retelling of the Brothers Grimm fairytales.

Grimm featured Georgeanna Smith from NoExit and Thomas Cardwell from Eclectic Pond, one of the many new Shakespeare/classics

Motus Dance . how they describe themselves: A nonprofit modern-dance company based in Fountain Square that teaches classes, holds workshops, collaborates with other artists, and presents original, contemporary dance performances. /// what they’re known for: “Sitespecific dance works that are not conservative,” says executive artistic director Heidi Phillips. Their performances often take on topics like suicide, bullying, and exclusion.

Roving Cinema . how they describe themselves: An offshoot of the Indianapolis International Film Festival that brings movies to unusual (but topic-appropriate) places. /// what they’re known for: Screening Fight Club in the catacombs beneath City Market (below), Field of Dreams at Victory Field, and The Big Lebowski at Jillian’s Hi-Life Lanes.

theater companies in town. Indy went without Shakespeare for more than a decade after the Indianapolis Shakespeare Festival went bankrupt in 1991. Then came Heartland Actors Repertory Theatre in 2006, Garfield Shakespeare Company in 2008, and, more recently, Hoosier Bard, EclecticPond, and IndyShakes—each with its own approach.

“Theater isn’t a competitive sport,” says EclecticPond founder Cardwell. “Even if you had five different companies all doing a production of the same show that opened on the same date, it still really wouldn’t be a competition because you would be doing it in a different way.”

Cardwell, who’s from across the pond in England; his wife, Cat; and another friend started the company after moving to Indianapolis, Cat’s hometown. Their goal: Create a company that does adaptations of Shakespeare and other classic works, with a focus on taking the shows to schools. “To show that this is not stuffy and boring and dull,” said Cardwell, who works as an actor at The Children’s Museum and in the Indiana Repertory Theatre box office, “but fascinating, fantastic, fun, frightening, scary. Whatever you want them to do, they are still relevant.” So EclecticPond performs shows like a family-friendly version of Dracula, complete with songs and slapstick humor, and 10 x 10, which is Shakespeare’s top 10 plays in 10 minutes each.

Hoosier Bard, by contrast, is giving Indy— and the world—a scholarly take. The troupe is run by IUPUI professor Terri Bourus, an Equity actor who’s also a general editor for the New Oxford Shakespeare Project. The university hired Bourus with marching orders to make meaningful connections between the campus and the Indianapolis arts community. She and company dramaturge Gary Taylor do that by using lots of local actors to examine and perhaps reconsider Shakespeare’s work. “Lots of people do Shakespeare, and lots of people do Shakespeare beautifully,” says Bourus. “But there are no other companies that I know of that do Shakespeare in quite the way we do it.”

After putting her acting career on hold for several years while she raised a family, DePauw University theater professor Amy Hayes founded IndyShakes two and a half years ago to get back in the game presenting Shakespeare and classicsbased theater. She looked around Indianapolis and thought the time was right. “Mass Ave had exploded, and as I became acquainted with people, I thought something could happen here,” she says.

“There seem to be people who pay to see art.”

So she went to her friend Ronn Johnstone, who has a company called Wisdom Tooth Theatre Project, and asked him to produce her. IndyShakes is now a branch of Wisdom Tooth, which presents its first season at IndyFringe beginning this fall.

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HOOSIER BARD .

HOW THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES: An experimental

Shakespeare company trying to build on what we know about Shakespeare while also creating a new sense of who he was as a playwright and what he has to contribute to theater in the present. It’s the theatrical arm of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis’s New Oxford Shakespeare. /// WHAT THEY’RE KNOWN FOR: The History of Cardenio, which got global attention and was the subject of the documentary C.S.I. Shakespeare and a book. The show was inspired by the first translation of Don Quixote de la Mancha.

ORANJE .

HOW THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES: A fashion-film-food experience featuring a variety

indyshakes is one of many groups that would have faced a tougher road if not for IndyFringe, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Fringe’s home base, the 100seat Basile Theatre on St. Clair Street, serves as both a low-cost rehearsal and performance space in a city that has few such spots.

Fringe connected the audience and performers, helping the artists build a following, and encouraged the arts through competitions such as DivaFest (female playwrights), Onyx (African-American playwrights), and Magic Festival (Spanish plays, in conjunction with IU–Bloomington). The performers made Fringe and, in turn, Fringe helped make the performers, says executive director Pauline Moffat.

The constant among these young arts groups is motivation. Craig Mince, board director of the 11-year-old Indianapolis International Film 22 IM | THE TICKET 2014

Festival and its newer offshoots—including Roving Cinema, which shows movies in unexpected locations (Newsies at the Indianapolis Star building, most recently)—would love to have a full-time person to take the pressure off.

But the organization’s members are motivated by passion. “I’d take a bucket of passion over a bucket of $10 bills anytime,” says Mince, whose day job is running the IMAX Theater at White River State Park. “It helps ensure that the quality of the product is up to par.”

What spurred Mince’s group was the desire to fill the need for year-round film programming in the city. So it created Film to Fork, a dinnerand-a-movie experience, and Roving Cinema to supplement the annual film festival. Everybody can go to a movie theater and watch any given movie on any given weekend, says Mince. “But it’s a rare occasion that you do these fun, experience-centric activities around movies.”

Dan Ripley’s creation of WARMfest, likewise, was motivated by desire. In this case, it was to raise money for a cause—cleaning the White River. Festival director Jack Shepler says that leading up to the 2013 debut festival, organizers teamed with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to remove the honeysuckle along the river in Broad Ripple Park. Days later, more than 10,000 people came out to the multi-day music fest.

Polina Osherov, board member of the fashion collective Pattern, says what we’re seeing in Indianapolis is largely an offshoot of the “maker movement”—the ability for people to be able to create things and market them online. “The threshold for making your own stuff, selling it, and making it accessible to the rest of the world has dropped tremendously,” she said.

“There’s no middle man. You don’t have to find a manager, an agent, or even a store to carry your stuff. You just get an Etsy account, and if your

ORANJE AND WARMFEST PHOTOS BY TONY VALAINIS, INDYSHAKES

BY AMANDA FELLER, HOOSIER BARD BY EMILY SCHWANK

of interactive exhibits and performances filled with excitement and non-stop, creative stimuli. /// WHAT THEY’RE KNOWN FOR: Four nights of craft cocktail competition, beer tapping, film screens, fashion parades, and a main event that combines them all.

IndyShakes . how they describe themselves: IndyShakes exists to produce language-driven, movement-charged, and emotionally truthful classics and classics-inspired plays with simplicity in order to frame and serve the actors who embody the story. /// what they’re known for: Shakespeare—most recently The Winter’s Tale at IndyFringe, helmed by frequent Indiana Repertory Theatre director Richard J. Roberts.

WARMfest . how they describe themselves: A three-day music and arts festival dedicated to helping preserve the White River. WARMfest promotes environmental responsibility, independent business and artisans, and sustainable goods and services through the magic of music, art, and culture. /// what they’re known for: A freewheeling music festival that kicked off in 2013 featuring Michael Franti & Spearhead and Big Head Todd and the Monsters.

stuff is good enough, and you’re on social media and you promote yourself, you have as good a chance of making a living doing it as anybody.”

But it takes time. Pattern got started almost four years ago as the Indianapolis Fashion Collective, in reaction to the surge of people who wanted to be part of the fashion industry in a city that, realistically, had no fashion industry.

For two years, Pattern has held monthly meetups, and what started with 50 members now has 1,050, says Osherov. Their efforts have been so successful that Pattern now publishes a twiceyearly magazine and opened a retail storefront on Mass Ave in August.

Some arts groups have found teaching to be an effective way to build their reputation. When Motus Dance started in 2004, Indianapolis had no place for adults to take dancing without children in the class. Motus, now operating from a Fountain Square studio and offering classes

of 5 to 15 students, serves as a bridge between students studying dance and the world of professional dance.

“If you chose to not take the starving-artist route and to pursue another life, it made it impossible to pursue a professional career outside of that,” says executive artistic director Heidi Phillips. “So Motus filled the gap of bringing people together who still wanted to create and pass on their knowledge and contribute to the community with their art and with their work, without having to give everything up.”

Phillips, a full-time mom, says the challenge has been to build community support. There’s a big leap to make, she says, from having supportive friends and family and doing the best you can on a shoestring budget to taking the next step to solidify things. Ten years in, Motus still can’t support a full-time position. Phillips is paid as an independent contractor, and on a

part-time basis. Everyone else is a volunteer.

“Dance is one of the most poorly supported arts,” she says. “Yet people love it. It’s popular in pop culture, and kids absolutely connect with it. But we don’t support it. So there’s still a gap in the funding and the support of the community that we’re trying to bridge.”

And that, WFYI’s Gamble says, is key. Starting an arts organization is the glamorous and relatively easy part of the equation. It’s the sprint that’s difficult—that is, building a core audience, securing corporate sponsorships, foundation funding, and loyal individual donors. There’s also figuring out infrastructure issues such as location (rent or buy), how to keep employees if the group can’t afford health insurance, the right price point for tickets, and how to costeffectively get the word out about performances.

Because in the end, says Gamble, “Only the fittest not-for-profits survive.”

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Theater & Dance

IIMAGE BY KYLE RAGSDALE, COURTESY IRT

PLAYS, MUSICALS, COMEDY, BALLETS & MORE

Painted Words

Kyle Ragsdale’s poster art for the IRT’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona is theatrical, dramatic, and a little bit mysterious—which is exactly what the local artist was going for. Commissioned by IRT to paint images for each of the nine productions in its 2014–2015 season, Ragsdale read the scripts and used them as inspiration for paintings he says he hopes “only hint at what the play represents and allow each person to be drawn in.”

STAGE ARTS

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LISTINGS THEATER & DANCE

EVENTS

Theater & Dance Calendar SEPTEMBER Oklahoma!

THROUGH OCTOBER 5 … Where

the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain. Don’t pretend you aren’t humming already. Beef & Boards will stage the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic. beefand boards.com

Swing!

SEPTEMBER 5–20 This original

song-and-dance show from Civic Theatre at the Tarkington pays homage to all forms of swing—jive, Lindy hop, West Coast, hip-hop, and more—to

some of the era’s best-known tunes. civictheatre.org

Distracted

SEPTEMBER 11–20 Jesse can’t

sit still. He swears too much.

He raps too much. He laughs and cries too much. Is he a casualty of a world in which distraction is an existential condition? With comic (yes, comic) insight, this play at the IndyFringe Basile Theatre searches for answers. indy fringe.org

Calendar Girls SEPTEMBER 12–OCTOBER 11

British women of a certain age pose nude for a calendar to raise money for charity in this romp, by turns funny and heartwarming. Theatre on the

Beef & Boards’ Oklahoma!

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STATE OF THE ARTS

Poised for Change New time, new place, same jaw-dropping artistry from one of Indy’s top events.

THE TUTUS WILL BE SPINNING in November instead of September this year, and at Clowes Hall instead of the Murat Theatre. But expect the typical excitement from “Evening with the Stars,” the annual Indianapolis City Ballet production that has become arguably the city’s marquee arts event.

“We love the Murat,” says executive director Kevin Hesse.

“We decided to try Clowes Hall to see how that works.

Clowes called us and said that Indianapolis Opera canceled on November 22nd, and that we could have the slot.”

The move to Clowes opens up several possibilities. The stage is significantly bigger, and the lighting capabilities are much more advanced. The company also wants to do more with film—this year, it plans to introduce the acts with a short video rather than through an emcee. Since the stage is so much larger, ICB has decided to include two ensembles along with the 12 other acts.

This year, the audience can also look forward to some of the biggest current names in ballet, as well as some who haven’t graced the performance stage in a while.

“We’ve got Alessandra Ferri, who retired from the Royal Ballet,” says Hesse. “She just did a Broadway show, and she is coming back to ballet. She is going to dance with Herman Cornejo. It will be a world-premiere performance. Two incredible dancers will be creating a new work that will debut in Indianapolis.”

Hesse and his team are devoted to making ballet part of the signature of the city. “You’re constantly looking for what’s new and what’s interesting,” he says. “We are bringing the biggest stars from the biggest companies. You won’t get this anywhere else.” —Samantha Stutsman 7:30 p.m. November 22 at Clowes Hall. Tickets: $35; patron seating $300–$1500.

OKLAHOMA! COURTESY BEEF & BOARDS, EVENING WITH THE STARS COURTESY INDIANAPOLIS CITY BALLET

The best of what’s taking the stage this fall

The Two Gentlemen of Verona SEPTEMBER 16–OCTOBER 19

A band of outlaws, a crossdressing heroine, and a dogowning clown converge in the play that many think was Shakespeare’s first. IRT’s 2014 season opener marks the 450th anniversary of the Bard’s birthday. irtlive.com

Clark Gable Slept Here SEPTEMBER 18–OCTOBER 19

As one of the world’s biggest stars charms his way through the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, his staff frets about what to do with the dead male prostitute in his hotel room at the Chateau Marmont in this glam, dark satire at Phoenix Theatre. phoenixtheatre.org

twists his image. indyfringe.org

Improvised Shakespeare Company SEPTEMBER 26 Watch a fully

improvised Shakespearean play come to life right before your eyes, based on an audience suggestion, at Marian University. marian.edu/mutheatre

OCTOBER

Fiddler on the Roof

OCTOBER 9–NOVEMBER 23 Fifty years after the tale of Tevye and his village hit Broadway comes Beef & Boards’ rendition. Return to Anatevka for this tale of love and loss. beefandboards.com

Dance Kaleidoscope’s Carmina Burana

Red OCTOBER 14–NOVEMBER 9

After winning the biggest commission in the history of modern art in 1958, painter Mark Rothko must beat back his crippling insecurities. IRT presents this Tony-winner for best play. irtlive.com

Jay Leno

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Square’s stage version of the movie is by Tim Firth, who cowrote the film. tots.org

OCTOBER 17 A king of late-night

returns to his stand-up comedy roots at IU Auditorium, one of the first venues nationwide to welcome him back to the stage. iuauditorium.com

Urinetown: The Musical And Ya Don’t Stop SEPTEMBER 26–28, OCTOBER 3–5 In this hip-hop play at the

IndyFringe Basile Theatre, a trio is broken up when only one—the emcee—is picked up by a record label, which then

OCTOBER 16, 19 & 23 In a city

very much like New York, a drastic water shortage has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets in this tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution, staged at University of Indianapolis’s Ransburg

DON’T MISS!

Optical Popsicle 7 PHOTOS THE COURTESY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, DANCE KALEIDOSCOPE, KNOW NO STRANGER/APRIL ART SUDIOS, THE VOGUE

OCTOBER 11

This annual “visual variety show” brings together live bands, puppets, videos, dance, and all things whimsical, creative, and fun. It’s family-friendly, but organizers at Know No Stranger consider it an adult show that kids can enjoy, rather than a kids’ show that adults can enjoy. Unwind your mind at the IMA’s Toby Theater. deepflourish.com/kns/

Auditorium. Oddly enough, it’s a comedy. There’s adult humor, language, and content that some might deem offensive, so consider yourself warned. uindy.edu/arts

Lightning and Jellyfish OCTOBER 17–NOVEMBER 8

Catch the world premiere of this play by Indy’s Lou Harry, set in an ’80s rock-and-roll poster shop, at Theatre on the Square. tots.org

Carmina Burana

OCTOBER 23–26 One of the most popular pieces in the classical music repertoire, this collection of bawdy, satirical medieval poems is set to music by Carl Orff. Dance Kaleidoscope performs the audience favorite at IRT. dancekal.org

Old Jews Telling Jokes OCTOBER 23–NOVEMBER 23

Think you’ve heard ’em all about the priest and the rabbi?

This off-Broadway comedy hit, at Phoenix Theatre, may prove you wrong. phoenixtheatre.org

Suicide Girls

OCTOBER 24 Buckle your seat-

belt for the Girls’ “Blackheart

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LISTINGS

Cultivate

Burlesque” tour at The Vogue.

With stripteases nodding to Game of Thrones, The Big Lebowski, and Pulp Fiction, it’s unlike any burlesque show you’ve seen. thevogue.com

NOVEMBER 8, 14 & 15 Expect

Golda’s Balcony

the unexpected from this biennial experience from Motus Dance, where Indy choreographers set their ideas to music at the White Rabbit Cabaret. motusdance.com

Cirque Peking at the Palladium

OCTOBER 24–NOVEMBER 8

Welcome to a glimpse into the mind of one of the 20th century’s great leaders, telling the story of Golda Meir from her dirt-poor childhood to her post as prime minister of Israel.

Civic Theatre will produce the one-woman show at the Tarkington. civictheatre.org

Cirque Peking

OCTOBER 25 Watch one of the

The Bad Seed

theatergoer. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

OCTOBER 30–NOVEMBER 1

Masters of Illusion

OCTOBER 30 This magic show

has been seen by 100 million people in 126 countries—your chance comes when it plays the Murat Theatre. livenation.com

world’s top acrobatic troupes, the National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China, as it performs daring feats using common, mundane objects.

Their agility and flexibility, on display at the Palladium, will astound even the most jaded

Tania Perez-Salas Compania de Danza

The terror results not from monsters or things that go bump in the night, but the little ones you kiss goodnight, in this freely adapted version of William March’s famous novel at the IndyFringe Basile Theatre. indyfringe.org

The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical NOVEMBER 14–DECEMBER 20

NOVEMBER

Last Comic Standing

NOVEMBER 14–15 Mexico’s premier contemporary choreographer presents an evening of passionate works at the Tarkington. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

NOVEMBER 6 Need a laugh?

Winners and runners-up from the NBC hit bring their comedy tour to the Egyptian Room. livenation.com

With a name like that, you know you’re in for a raucous good time at Theatre on the Square. This alternative to the usual holiday fare is set in north Florida’s premier mobilehome community. tots.org

Battle of the Nutcrackers!

When Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker premiered in St. Petersburg in 1892, it flopped. But in the last 50 years, it’s become a holiday classic—and today, there are more than 750 versions being danced in the U.S., according to Indiana Ballet Conservatory’s Alyona Yakovleva-Randall. Here are four local productions this season, in a nutshell.

Butler Ballet THE LITTLE GIRL Clara THE CHOREOGRAPHY Innovative—

based on historical presentations of this holiday classic

THE SETS Original ones used by

the legendary Ruth Page dance company of Chicago

NUMBER OF DANCERS 124 BONUS POINTS Live orchestra …

Indiana Ballet Conservatory THE LITTLE GIRL Masha (Russian for

“Marie”)

THE CHOREOGRAPHY Traditional—as

close to that of the 1892 Russian premiere as possible

THE SETS Painted to match the

original Russian sets

NUMBER OF DANCERS Up to 150

Angelic voices of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir during the Snow Scene

BONUS POINTS Cast includes a live

WHERE Clowes Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave., 940-9697

WHERE Old National Centre, 502

WHEN 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4; 8 p.m. Dec.

5; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Dec. 6; 2 p.m.

Dec. 7 TICKETS $21.50–$28.50; $17 for children, students, and seniors; group discounts available

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dog … A Nutcracker drums through the audience during intermission N. New Jersey St., 231-0000; The Toby at Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Rd., 923-1331

WHEN 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at

No Exit THE LITTLE GIRL Clara

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre

THE CHOREOGRAPHY Avant-garde—

THE LITTLE GIRL Klara

THE SETS Um, weird? “The look of

and ethnic (which also describes the score, not Tchaikovsky’s original)

inspired by the harsh bouffant style of clowning, a French form

the piece is supposed to feel like Herr Drosselmeyer and his band of ragtag performers just happened upon our city and threw a show together, but they don’t totally understand our fashion or how things work,” says NoExit executive director Georgeanna Smith.

NUMBER OF DANCERS 13 BONUS POINTS Clowns ... Magic tricks ... A toilet-seat throne WHERE The Irving Theater, 5505 E.

Washington St., 356-3355

the Murat; 7 p.m. Dec. 12, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 13, and 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at The Toby

WHEN 8 p.m. Dec. 4–5; 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Dec. 6

TICKETS $45 and up at the Murat, $20 and up at The Toby

seniors

TICKETS $20; $10 for students and

THE CHOREOGRAPHY Modern

THE SETS Contemporary NUMBER OF DANCERS 60–75 BONUS POINTS Includes

dancers from Russia, Spain, China, India, Scotland, Mexico, France, and Africa WHERE Pike Performing Arts

Center, 6701 Zionsville Rd., 216-5455

WHEN 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Dec. 5; 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 6; 3 p.m. Dec. 7 TICKETS $25; $15 for students and seniors

THEATER OF THE ABSURD

For 10 years, IndyFringe has brought the bold, bawdy, beautiful, and, sometimes, even the best of independent theater to us every August. Out of 432 groups and 2,358 performances, these are the ones that remain most vivid in our memories. —NATALIE ATWELL 1 Stand Up Monkey Poet (Matt Panesh, 2007) Due to some particularly bold comments against politicians (“f*cking wankers!”), audience members actually got up and left. “The only show where we have offered a ticket refund!” says IndyFringe executive director Pauline Moffat.

2 Testaclese and Ye Sack of Rome (Sound & Fury, 2005) In the last five minutes, the actors performed the entire show all over again, only this time in fake Chinese. “This trio introduced Indianapolis to the real meaning of ‘fringe,’” says board member Martha Karatz.

3 Underneath the Lintel (Pat O’Brien’s Vanity Theatrics, 2013) A librarian embarks on a global adventure to find out who anonymously returned a library book 123 years overdue. “It illustrates the depth of Fringe programming,” says board member Gary Reiter.

ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW ROBERTS, CIRQUE COURTESY THE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

4 Clown at Work (Brent McCoy, 2008) Brent McCoy’s shy but earnest blue-collar clowning style had the audience wavering between holding their breath and laughing out loud. “His was the first physical comedy show, and he raised the bar,” says Moffat.

5 An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein (Ganas Theatre, 2006) This local production was a series of one-act comedies, including such gems as “Buy One, Get One Free” (a tale of two hookers offering a discount). “This show still holds the all-time record for attendance—233 at one show! Audiences loved its madness and the energy,” says Moffat.

6 archy and mehitabel (Ausable Theatre, 2010) Actor Jeff Culbert introduced audiences to Archy, a politically active cockroach with a critical eye on humanity, and his best alley-cat friend Mehitabel. “It was amazing to see what

such a skilled performer could do with only his imagination and a bare stage,” says technical director Pat McCarney.

7 Phil the Void: The Great Brain Robbery

(Phil van Hest, 2009) Van Hest has been at every IndyFringe since year one, and his shows reward multiple viewings. “I always start my Fringe seeing Phil’s first performance, and then see him again towards the end of the Festival to see how the show has evolved,” says board member Jeremy Hatch.

8 Somewhere in Between (Ben Levein, 2007) This Iraeli troupe’s sketches used comedy and poetry to examine the lives of transgendered people and their place in culture and religion.

“It allowed the audience to better understand the transgender community and engage in a discussion about diversity and social inclusion,” says Moffat.

9 The Honeymoon Suite (Mikelangelo and Undine Francesca, 2006) A gothic couple travels from hotel to hotel, always staying in the Honeymoon Suite, singing brooding, sensual, and darkly humorous songs as they go. “A hypnotic and thoughtprovoking cabaret noir. And the first time anyone had seen a melodica and a theremin on stage,” says Moffat.

10 A**holes & Aureoles (Diane Kondrat and Karen Irwin, 2008) In a set of shocking and hilarious short skits, these local actresses crossed lines with straight-faced discussions of breastfeeding, women’s shelter stereotypes, and impromptu office-supply sex toys. “It pushed every boundary,” says Moffat. “It was outrageous, and the audience gave a standing ovation.

That was the night I knew IndyFringe audiences were open-minded and ready for the next generation of uncensored and unjuried fringe performances.”

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LISTINGS

A Christmas Carol

numbers in a glittering varietyshow format. beefandboards .com

NOVEMBER 15–DECEMBER 26

The snow-blanketed stage at IRT is the backdrop for this holiday favorite. irtlive.com

DECEMBER Broadway Meets Motown

DECEMBER 4–14 Act One of

Anything Goes

NOVEMBER 17–18 This classic Cole Porter tale of shipboard hijinks pulls into port at IU Auditorium, where you’ll be humming tunes like “I Get a Kick Out of You” and “You’re the Top” on your way back up the aisle once it’s all over. iuauditorium.com

The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion

The Three Dollar Bill

NOVEMBER 22 These modern-

day Houdinis mash up the theatrical elements of a Broadway-style production with

the pulsing energy of a rock concert. You won’t believe the seemingly impossible things unfolding before your eyes at the Tarkington. thecenterfor theperformingarts.org

annual revue of off-kilter sketches, song, and dance turns the holidays on their heads. phoenixtheatre.org

A Very Phoenix Xmas 9: Flashing Through the Snow

NOVEMBER 28–DECEMBER 23

NOVEMBER 28–DECEMBER 21

The Phoenix Theatre’s popular

A Beef & Boards Christmas The most wonderful time of the year gets heralded in grand style at Beef & Boards, which will present song-and-dance

The Final Cut

Which productions just barely missed coming to a theater near you?

ter wonderland is the setting for this R-rated sketch comedy holiday show at the IndyFringe Basile Theatre. indyfringe.org

A Christmas Carol

DECEMBER 6–22 Yes, another

one, this time at Beef & Boards.

Forget the bah, humbugs—this is a classic! beefandboards.com

The Wizard of Oz

DECEMBER 12–JANUARY 3 Fol-

low the cast at Civic Theatre down the yellow brick road in this dazzling holiday show, which celebrates the 75th anniversary of the beloved movie. civictheatre.org

Brian Regan

DECEMBER 14 The comedian,

ê BEEF & BOARDS “Even though I really love the shows, Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell won’t be in our 2015 season, because we didn’t have an appropriate time slot for them,” says owner Doug Stark.

“Rent, because the show’s language and content may be offensive to our audience.

And My Fair Lady, because it’s being done by Actors Theatre of Indiana.”

DECEMBER 6–21 A twisted win-

NO EXIT “Clutter, a new play by Lou Harry,” says executive artistic director Georgeanna Smith. “Lou is a local writer, and I love his work, but I have a very specific idea for how we want to stage it, and it will take multiple locations and some juggling. Also, Lord of the Flies—I love this piece, but it felt like the timing wasn’t right.

With our current schedule, we just couldn’t fit it in.”

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE “We have a long-running list of plays we’re interested in, but where we sit in the pecking order as a nonprofit, we won’t get the rights to a lot of shows until the commercial world exhausts it,” says artistic director Janet Allen.

“One play that we would like to eventually do is You Can’t Take it With You.”

who has had stand-up shows on Comedy Central and been featured in Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” takes the stage at the Murat Theatre with his trademark pithy observations on topics as mundane as going to the eye doctor and Fig Newtons. livenation.com

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this Dance Kaleidoscope show spotlights well-loved Broadway tunes, from Rodgers & Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. Act Two shifts into Motown mode, with three choreographers selecting their favorite songs to create dances, all on the Upperstage at IRT. dancekal.org

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Music

PHOTO BY ALLISTER ANN

FROM THE BIGGEST ARENA ACTS TO THE HOTTEST INDIE GROUPS

Sister Act

Madeleine (left) and Lily Jurkiewicz are, quite possibly, the biggest thing going on the Indianapolis music scene. The local sisters, 19 and 17, first garnered attention to the tune of a quarter-million YouTube views when they posted a video of themselves singing in 2013. Then came their album Lily & Madeleine, which got toasted by Vogue, The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and NPR. They’ve since toured the U.S. and part of Europe, and are launching a second album, Fumes, in October. For more, see page 36.

ALBUMS

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LISTINGS MUSIC

EVENTS

Music Calendar

Pop, jazz, country, indie rock, showtunes— something for every set of ears

SEPTEMBER Martina McBride

SEPTEMBER 5 The country

star, who’s garnered 11 Grammy nominations, four CMAs, and multiple double- and triple-platinum albums, will get behind the microphone at the Palladium. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

Indy Jazz Fest

SEPTEMBER 11–20 The hep cats who organize Jazz Fest now stage the event, which had moved from location to location in recent years, at multiple venues across the city. Dig it. indyjazzfest.net

take the stage at the swanky Cabaret! At the Columbia Club. thecabaret.org

The 5 Browns

SEPTEMBER 13 The showtunes

you know and love have a fresh sound when played with 440 keys and 45 feet of piano. The Browns are the only family of five to be simultaneously accepted at Juilliard. Grade them for yourself when they play the Palladium. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

Josh Kaufman

A cheat sheet on the Hoosier and reigning champ of The Voice.

Sara Gazarek

SEPTEMBER 12–13 Anointed “the next important jazz singer” by the Los Angeles Times, Gazarek embraces both traditional sounds and the music of her own generation. She’ll

SPOTLIGHT ON ...

Toby Keith

SEPTEMBER 13 America’s

highest-paid country star brings his act to Klipsch Music Center. livenation.com

Tom Harrel at Indy Jazz Fest

HE’S PLAYED LOCAL GIGS AT ...The Monkey’s Tale (925 E.

Westfield Blvd., 253-2883), The Chatterbox (435 Massachusetts Ave., 636-0584), Radio Radio (1119 E. Prospect St., 9550995), and Birdy’s Bar & Grill (2131 E. 71st St.), among many others—he even rocked out for the downtown lunch crowd at Potbelly Sandwich Shop (55 Monument Circle, 423.9043).

He also headlined this year’s Indiana State Fair Free Stage after having played on a side stage two summers ago.

THE HAT CAME FROM ... Saks Fifth Avenue at the Fashion Mall.

HE LIVES IN ...Carmel, or will soon—he’s using his $100,000 prize money to move there from Fountain Square.

HE’S A HOOSIER BECAUSE ...He moved from his native Florida to Indiana to attend Anderson University, finishing up his degree at IUPUI. And he could be found courtside during this year’s Pacers-Heat playoffs.

CATCH HIM NEXT AT ...Indy Jazz Fest. He’ll play the Murat Theatre at 8 p.m. on September 13 as one of the marquee performers of the September 11–20 festival. Tickets are $37–$57—or $150 for the “VIP experience.”

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HIS INDY BAND IS ...The New Etiquette, jamming since 2010.

Willie Nelson & Family SEPTEMBER 15 This icon’s

catalog includes more than 200 albums over a career spanning six decades. Hear him for yourself at the Palladium. thecenter fortheperformingarts.org

DON’T MISS!

jazz singer, known for hits like “We’re in This Love Together” and the theme from Moonlighting, performs at the Palladium. thecenterfortheperforming arts.org

John Prine

SEPTEMBER 20 One of the few

songwriters honored by both the Library of Congress and a U.S. Poet Laureate, Prine has seen his tunes recorded by Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, John Denver, Carly Simon, the Everly Brothers, and many more. He’ll get behind the mic himself at Clowes Hall. cloweshall.org

Nick Carter & Jordan Knight Trampled by Turtles ~ SEPTEMBER 17 The up-and-

coming bluegrass-rock quintet has played festivals such as Coachella and Lollapalooza, and soon will get boots astompin’ at the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre. live nation.com

Lotus Festival

SEPTEMBER 18–21 Believe it— world music actually sells in Bloomington, whose theaters, churches, and streets host this sprawling annual festival, now in its 21st year. lotusfest.org

Al Jarreau

SEPTEMBER 20 The American

SEPTEMBER 20 One former

Backstreet Boy + one former New Kid on the Block = screaming female fans. Be prepared when you head into the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre. livenation.com

Circle City Sound

SEPTEMBER 26

Yes, she’s Johnny Cash’s daughter.

She’s also, like him, a country-music pioneer, infusing her rustic roots with touches of pop, soul, rock, and R&B. Catch her at Clowes Hall. cloweshall.org

SEPTEMBER 26–27 Settle in for a weekend of barbershop quartets at their best during this convention and contest at Pike Performing Arts Center. circlecitysound.org

these three young guns of country music arrive at Klipsch Music Center. livenation.com

Dierks Bentley, Chris Young & Chase Rice

APA Jazz Fellowship Awards Premiere Series

a rollicking good time when

for the American Pianists Association’s prestigious Jazz Fellowship Awards, handed out every four years, will come to Indy throughout the fall for concerts. Here’s your chance to hear young Christian Sands do his thing at The Jazz Kitchen. americanpianists.org/fellow ships/events

SEPTEMBER 27 Get ready for

Jordan Knight and Nick Carter at Old National Centre

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Rosanne Cash

SEPTEMBER 27 Five finalists

In “Taps, Tunes and Tall Tales,” he dances, sings, and tells stories capturing 50 years of showmanship. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

Gladys Knight

OCTOBER 10 Motown royalty

arrives at the Palladium when Knight, who just released another album, performs hits like “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “Midnight Train to Georgia.” thecenterfortheper formingarts.org

OCTOBER Trace Adkins

OCTOBER 3 A bona fide member of the Grand Ole Opry, the country superstar returns to the Palladium with his six-piece band, the Sarepta Gentlemen’s Club, in tow. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

Tommy Tune

OCTOBER 4 Broadway’s tallest tapper (at 6’6”) takes to the world’s smallest stage (four square feet) at the Palladium.

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Jeremy Jordan

Sweet Honey in the Rock

film-TV star will perform music from Newsies, Smash, and his upcoming film, The Last 5 Years, along with some of his own favorites when he performs at the Cabaret! At the Columbia Club. thecabaret.org

pella quintet rooted in AfricanAmerican history and culture, Sweet Honey in the Rock brings a passionate blend of blues, African, jazz, gospel, and R&B music to the Palladium, where the show will be sign language– interpreted. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

OCTOBER 10–11 The Broadway-

Better Than Ezra

OCTOBER 16 The New Orleans–

based alt-rock trio has a new album, All Together Now, hitting September 9. The group will stop by The Vogue as part of the accompanying tour. thevogue.com

OCTOBER 19 A renowned a cap-

Fleetwood Mac

OCTOBER 21 Don’t stop thinkin’

about October 21, when this Brit-American band rocks out at Bankers Life Fieldhouse for their “On with the Show” tour. livenation.com

ISU Contemporary Music Festival

OCTOBER 17–18 C’est si bon

when Marie takes the stage at the Cabaret! At the Columbia Club in this tribute to Eartha Kitt. Given the honoree, expect the vibe to be set to “sultry.” thecabaret.org

Home Free

OCTOBER 23 Nashville stan-

dards meet pop hits with country twang when this a cappella band, the season-four champs

Rene Marie at the Cabaret! At the Columbia Club

PLAYLIST

Music Mavens

What Lily & Madeleine are listening to HAUNTING, ETHEREAL HARMONIES may be the trademark of Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz, better known simply as Lily & Madeleine, but their tastes run the gamut from classic rock to the latest indie bands. (“I like to listen to music that doesn’t sound like what we do,” says Lily.) We asked the pair of sisters to press “shuffle” on their iPhones, and this is what came up:

LILY

“Lucidity” —Tame Impala “Hello, San Francisco” —Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s “Tiny White Asters” —Shannon Hayden “Riders on the Storm” —The Doors “Vagabond” —Beirut “No. 1 Party Anthem” —Arctic Monkeys “My Moon My Man” —Feist “Oh! Darling” —The Beatles “Taxi Cab” —Vampire Weekend “Hell of a Season” —The Black Keys

MADELEINE

“Bluest” —Gentleman Caller “If I Were Free” —Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros “Pyre” —Son Lux “Architects & Engineers” —Guster “Polite Dance Song” —The Bird and the Bee “Bloom (Bonus Track)” —The Paper Kites “The End” —Best Coast “Guns and Roses” —Lana Del Rey “One to Another” —Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros “Do I Wanna Know?” —Arctic Monkeys

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Rene Marie

OCTOBER 22–24 This Indiana State University fest, established 48 years ago to recognize outstanding composers of orchestral music, will feature guest composer Derek Bermel along with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. indstate. edu/music/cmf

DON’T MISS!

of NBC’s The Sing-Off, land at the Palladium. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

Leading Men of Broadway

NOVEMBER 7–8 Some of Broadway’s brightest lights will shine alongside the ISO as they perform songs from Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Les Miz, and Phantom of the Opera, plus some other classics made famous by males. indianapolis symphony.org

Broad Ripple Zombie Prom

OCTOBER 25 Hey, even zombies

need love, too. After the nowfamous Zombie Walk at 7 p.m., which sends folks lurching and moaning through the streets of Broad Ripple, the Vogue opens at 9 p.m. for a big dance. thevogue.com

APA Jazz Fellowship Awards Premiere Series NOVEMBER 8 Five finalists for

Ethan Bortnick

the American Pianists Association’s prestigious Jazz Fellowship Awards, handed out every four years, will come to Indy throughout the fall for concerts.

This time around, finalist Sullivan Fortner will jam at The Jazz Kitchen. americanpianists .org/fellowships/events

OCTOBER 26 At a mere 13 years

old, Ethan has enthralled national and international audiences as a pianist, composer, singer, and entertainer. In 2011, he headlined a show in Las Vegas, the youngest entertainer ever to do so. See this precocious performer when he brings his family music special to the Palladium. thecenterfor theperformingarts.org

Tonic Ball NOVEMBER 21

For the city’s coolest music festival, dozens of top local bands will converge on Fountain Square to play the songbooks of Fleetwood Mac (and solo Stevie Nicks), Velvet Underground (and solo Lou Reed), and Nirvana (Foo Fighters songs welcome, too) at various venues. secondhelpings.org

stop at the Palladium as part of a limited nationwide tour. thecenterfortheperforming arts.org

Fitz & The Tantrums

NOVEMBER

The Cabaret!

Annual Fundraiser

NOVEMBER 1 Hailed as “Broadway’s golden girl” by The New York Times, Kelli O’Hara—fresh off her fifth Tony nomination—comes to town for this special evening of song at The Cabaret! At the Columbia Club. thecabaret.org

NOVEMBER 4 The star of this L.A.-based neo-soul and indiepop group is rising fast. The six-piece band will bring their sound, which is influenced by classic Motown and Stax record labels, to the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre. livenation.com

Indianapolis Women’s Chorus

NOVEMBER 8–9 The theme is “Dreams and Lullabies,” but leave your pillow at home— these won’t be your typical sleepytime tunes, ringing out at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis. indy choruses.org

to the Palladium for one night only. Start your evening with a pre-concert wine tasting (separate ticket required). thecenter fortheperformingarts.org

George Benson

NOVEMBER 9 For this heartfelt tribute to Nat King Cole, the 10-time Grammy-winning jazz guitarist performs with an

Kix Brooks at the Palladium

The Milk Carton Kids & Sarah Jarosz

NOVEMBER 3 You may have seen these Grammy-nominated folk artists on Austin City Limits. You’ve likely never heard them in person, and you’ll get the chance when they make a

Kix Brooks

NOVEMBER 6 One half of the highest-selling duo in country music, Brooks & Dunn, comes

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orchestra at the Palladium. Unforgettable. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

for the American Pianists Association’s elite Jazz Fellowship Awards, given out quadrennially, are coming to Indy throughout the fall for concerts. The last such show of 2014 features Emmet Cohen at The Jazz Kitchen. american pianists.org/fellowships/events

Christine Ebersole

NOVEMBER 14–15 Crowned “the

apex of New York” by The New York Times, this two-time Tony winner beckons you to pull up a chair in the intimate Cabaret!

At the Columbia Club and settle in for her renditions of classics and Broadway standards. thecabaret.org

NOVEMBER 22 Glee’s “Mr.

Schue” joins the ISO for an evening of Broadway hits and other standards at Hilbert Circle Theatre. indianapolis symphony.org

DECEMBER 5–23 It’s back,

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Celtic Thunder

NOVEMBER 26 The first-ever

Symphony Tour for the Irish singing group, frequently featured on PBS, will highlight holiday favorites along with their signature hits at the Palladium. thecenterfortheperfor mingarts.org

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

NOVEMBER 28 Expect big damn

Randy Newman ~

NOVEMBER 23 The prolific mu-

sician and film-score composer—he’s been nominated for the Academy Award 20 times and won twice—entertains at the Palladium. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

the ISO’s annual tribute to all things holiday. A kick line of Santas dancing across the stage of Hilbert Circle Theatre is just the beginning. indianapolissymphony.org

fun when the locally based bluesy-rock trio plays The Vogue. thevogue.com

The Charlie Daniels Band NOVEMBER 30 Foot-stompin’

“fiddlegrass” defines this Southern star. Ever think the

stately Palladium would host a rendition of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”? thecenter fortheperformingarts.org

DECEMBER Big Band Holidays

DECEMBER 5 Soul and swing liven up the season thanks to the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant. Tap your toes to big-band holiday jazz at the Palladium. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

APA Jazz Fellowship Awards Premiere Series

DECEMBER 6 The five finalists

DON’T MISS!

Tony Bennett NOVEMBER 21

Would you believe that the crooner has sold 10 million records (out of a total 50 million) just in the last 10 years? “My ambition is to actually sound better as I get older,” says Bennett. “It’s all about giving it more depth.”

Judge for yourself at the Palladium. thecenterfor theperformingarts.org

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A Swingin’ Christmas

DECEMBER 10–13 You know your favorite holiday TV variety special? This is kind of like that. Hosts Jim Caruso, Klea Blackhurst, and Billy Stritch bring the season’s joyful tidings to the Cabaret! At the Columbia Club. thecabaret.org

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

DECEMBER 11 Get your holiday

season started with the swank, big-band stylings of this contemporary swing revival band at the Palladium. thecenterfor theperformingarts.org

Audra McDonald

DECEMBER 15 The Broadway

superstar, whom you might have seen as the Mother Abbess in NBC’s The Sound of Music Live!, will do classic showtunes and new works at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. indianapolissymphony.org

Straight No Chaser

DECEMBER 18 This male a

cappella group that made it big thanks to YouTube returns home to the IU Auditorium.

Bet on hearing “The 12 Days of Christmas,” the video of which has been viewed 16 million times. Don’t want to make the drive to B-town? Wait a few days—they’ll play the Murat December 21–22. iuauditorium .com, livenation.com

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“I love the sounds of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, especially the stories and events in history told through works by Russian composers and the power portrayed in late-Romantic works.”

To that end, the ISO will present a mid-winter all-Russian festival, concluding with Beethoven’s Ninth accompanied by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. Play on.

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EVENTS

Classical Calendar

Beethoven, Brahms, and not one, but two, Messiahs ISO Opening Night Gala

SEPTEMBER 14 Don your best

duds and toast the start of the 2014–15 season with Krzysztof Urbanski as he conducts the ISO at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in the overture to Die Fledermaus, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto. No. 1, and excerpts from Carmen. indianapolis symphony.org

University of Indianapolis Opening Night Gala

SEPTEMBER 15 UIndy kicks off

its Faculty Artist Concert Series with this program, featuring Raymond Leppard, conductor laureate of the ISO, wielding the baton. The concert also celebrates the 20th anniversary of the university’s Christel De-

Haan Fine Arts Center, where the event will be held. A series of free concerts will continue for the next 18 Monday evenings. uindy.edu/arts

Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto

SEPTEMBER 26 The season

opener for the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra will be Beethoven’s final concerto, featuring Sean Chen on piano and Kelly Corcoran, one of the three finalists for the ICO’s new music director position, in the conducting slot at Butler’s Schrott Center for the Arts. icomusic.org

Urbanski Conducts Brahms 4

SEPTEMBER 27 Actually, selec-

tions from Webern and Mozart

ISO Opening Night Gala

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STATE OF THE ARTS

On with the Show After a tumultuous few years, Indianapolis Opera is poised to strike a new note.

THE FAT LADY HAS SUNG, but the Indianapolis Opera is not ready to let the final curtain go down yet. Over the last six years, they have watched attendance diminish; funding dry up; and larger companies across the country, like the New York City Opera, close their doors. The 2013–2014 season ended on a sour note as the Opera chose to cancel its final production, Albert Herring, to avoid going into debt, and then longtime artistic director Jim Caraher abruptly resigned.

For the show to go on for this 39-year-old staple of the Indianapolis art scene, the Opera has realized something’s got to give. “We need new,” says Judy Woods, Indianapolis Opera’s board president since 2012. “We have high production costs, we have growing expenses and dwindling finances, and that’s not a model you can sustain.”

No one is quite sure what the new model should be, but thanks to a special grant and help from OPERA America, the Indianapolis Opera has spent the summer conducting research and trying to gather insight on what will make opera relevant to the Indianapolis community. “We want to make a new model based on some hard data, so we have a real chance of success,” says Woods. The Opera knows it won’t be giving up classic, grand operas—but avant-garde productions, operatic musicals, concerts, festivals, and other formats are all on the table to try. So the only certain thing about the upcoming 2014–2015 season is that it will be not a little experimental as the Indianapolis Opera chases its encore.

“No one thinks we’re closing our doors, and the board is committed to not letting that happen, but we need to regroup, we need to rethink,” explains Woods. “I like to think of our coming year as the chrysalis stage, and we are going to unfold our wings and emerge very soon.” We look forward to your unveiling, Madame Butterfly. —Natalie Atwell

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SEPTEMBER

MUST SEE!

(Passacaglia and Piano Concerto in D Minor, respectively) will join the Brahms piece for this lineup by the ISO at Hilbert Circle Theatre. indianapolis symphony.org

Opera Ball

NOVEMBER 15 Indianapolis

Opera marks 40 years of music with a dinner fundraising gala at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. indyopera.org

OCTOBER

Johannes String Quartet

Mozart’s Requiem

OCTOBER 10–11 The dour yet somehow exhilarating notes of this piece will ring out from the ISO at Hilbert Circle Theatre, aided by the voices of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. indianapolissymphony.org

NOVEMBER 17 This Ensemble

Music Society concert, copresented by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, features Performance Today host Fred Child. He’ll lead discussion about the music from the stage as the quartet performs works by Beethoven and others at the

Jerusalem Quartet OCTOBER 15

Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto

OCTOBER 17–18 Guest conductor Andrey Boreyko will lead the ISO and pianist Kirill Gerstein in the concerto, along with Hillborg’s King Tide (an ISO premiere) and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 at Hilbert Circle Theatre. indianapolis symphony.org

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

OCTOBER 18 Ever seen a

conductor-less ensemble?

This celebrated one provides a golden opportunity. They’re

Come at 6:45 for this 7:30 performance by the Ensemble Music Society for a pre-show lecture. The concert, with works by Beethoven, Ravel, and Brahms, will be at the Indiana History Center. ensemblemusic.org

joined at the Palladium by pianist Jonathan Biss for works

by Rossini, Beethoven, Zwilich, and Poulenc. thecenterforthe performingarts.org

Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

All Mozart

OCTOBER 31 As the program

title suggests, it’s all Mozart, all the time for this Halloweennight concert at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Guest conductor Nicolas McGegan leads the ISO and violinist Augustin Hadelich. indianapolis symphony.org

NOVEMBER

Moscow State Symphony Orchestra

NOVEMBER 7 Like Tchaikovsky? Great, because this entire evening at the Palladium is dedicated to the Russian composer, including his celebrated Romeo and Juliet overture-fantasy. thecenter fortheperformingarts.org

Johannes String Quartet

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Indiana History Center. ensemblemusic.org

Venzago Conducts Beethoven’s Eroica

NOVEMBER 21 Former ISO

music director Mario Venzago returns to Hilbert Circle Theatre to lead the symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 and Sibelius’s Finlandia. indianapolissymphony.org

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Handel’s Messiah

DECEMBER 13–14 The most popular show of the year for the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra will be performed as an audience sing-along concert at the Indiana Landmarks Center on December 13 and in a full performance at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church the next night. indychoir.org

Barber’s Violin Concerto

NOVEMBER 22 Emily Glover

Key Changes

Conductors compete to be the next to helm the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra IF INTERVIEWING FOR A JOB in a packed auditorium sounds

like a nightmare, be glad you’re not auditioning to be the new maestro of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. This season, three candidates for the position of music director will lead performances, giving ICO patrons a glimpse of the hiring process—but not, alas, an American Idol–style vote.

The finalists are Kelly Corcoran, who conducts the Nashville Symphony in Tennessee; Matthew Kraemer, who conducts two orchestras in Pennsylvania; and Mischa Santora, who conducts the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.

The successful candidate will replace Kirk Trevor, who has been with the ICO since 1988, just four years after it was founded. The three audition performances, as well as Trevor’s farewell concert, are included in this season’s special “Maestro Pack” ticket ($100).

“The musicians will have a key part in the evaluation, because they’ll be making an artistic evaluation as these candidates prepare repertoire and conduct the orchestra,” says executive director Elaine Eckhart.

The ICO has a roster of 34 musicians, less than half the number at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. But that doesn’t mean the ICO performs scaled-back versions of the same old symphonies—chamber orchestras have their own vast repertoire of music written for smaller groups.

“The sound is different. It’s a little more crystalline, more transparent,” says Eckhart. “You have to be on your game, because if you’re a wind or brass player, you’re probably the only one on that part.”

The ICO will showcase that distinctive sound on its forthcoming CD, which is due out in the spring. Says Eckhart, “This is all part of the ICO moving forward.”

— Ashley Petry

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DECEMBER Festival of Carols

DECEMBER 7, 20–21 Ring in the holiday season with the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir as it performs all-time favorites, from “Joy to the World” to “O Holy Night” to “White Christmas.” The first show wil be at the Scottish Rite Cathedral; the December 20–21 dates will be at the Palladium. indychoir.org

Handel’s Messiah

DECEMBER 20 For the second

Messiah of the month, voices of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir will ring out at Clowes Hall, aided nimbly by the ISO. indianapolissymphony.org

Festival of Carols at the Scottish Rite Cathedral

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TUNING UP

will perform the concerto with Mischa Santora, the second of three maestro finalists for the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, conducting at the Schrott Center for the Arts. icomusic.org

Sound Off

When priceless older violins were pitted against modern ones in an experiment at the last International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, the results hit a sour note for some. The quadrennial contest is back this fall. do a 300th birthday and a multwo Stradivarius, and one del Gesu to play for 20 CLEF NOTES timillion-dollar price tag make for minutes in a dimly lit room while wearing dark goga better instrument? For years, the violin world has gles, with the goal of discerning which instrument thought so, investing millions of dollars and hours they would most want to keep. In the end, 13 partictrying to uncover the secrets of 17th-century Italipants chose a new instrument to take home—and ian luthiers like Antonio Stradivarius and Giuseppe a circa-1700 Stradivarius was distinctly disliked.

Guarneri del Gesu. Even ISO Concertmaster ZachConvinced of a fluke, the violin world demanded ary De Pue, proud owner of a 1757 Gagliano, affirms, a recount when these results were published, and “The greatest makers have been chosen by the best Fritz obliged with another experiment in a Parisian violinists around the world over concert hall with 10 world-class and over again. Strads and Guarviolin soloists in 2012. The results INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF neri del Gesu.” So it was a shock were the same.

INDIANAPOLIS to the community when a doubleBefore you develop buyer’s PERFORMANCES blind experiment conducted by remorse on your $4 million PRELIMINARIES: 9:30 a.m.–12:40 French acoustic researcher Claudia Strad, Kwok explains, “It’s not p.m. and 2 p.m.–6:50 p.m.

Fritz during the 2010 International taking anything away from the September 7–10, Frank and Katrina Violin Competition of Indianapolis Old Italians to say the contemBasile Theater, Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St. effectively proved that professionporary guys have raised their SEMI-FINALS: 1:30–4:15 p.m. al violin players not only couldn’t making skills to such a level and 7:30 p.m.–10:15 p.m. tell the difference between older that had never existed before.

September 12–15, Frank and violins and modern versions, but It’s a real test of modern makKatrina Basile Theater distinctly preferred the newer iners.” You have a rare opportuDONOR APPRECIATION CONCERT: struments. nity to meet some of these mod8 p.m. September 16, Howard “This spawned worldwide disern instruments in person; while L. Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University, 4600 Sunset Ave. cussion,” says Glen Kwok, IVCI top violin players are coming to executive director, as it had long town to compete in the IVCI, a CLASSICAL FINALS WITH THE EAST COAST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: been assumed a qualified violinist new partnership with the Violin 8 p.m. September 17–18, would be able to instantly tell the Society of America will bring in Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, difference between an Old Italian– the best violin makers worldwide 1400 E. Hanna Ave. made instrument and a contempofor its annual convention, FINALS WITH THE ISO: 8 p.m. rary one. Twenty-one musicians, which will be held this year September 19–20, Hilbert Circle ranging from IVCI contestants and from September 15 to 21 at Theatre, 45 Monument Circle jurors to ISO members, were prethe Hyatt Regency IndiaFor more information, see violin .org/event-schedule. sented with three modern violins, napolis. —Natalie Atwell

Wood It Matter?

The winner of the IVCI gets use of this beaut—the 1683 Gingold Strad—for the four years following the competition.

Theories on why your violin will never sound as good as a Strad: WET WOOD Stradivarius might have stored his wood in a Venice lagoon prior to crafting, allowing a perfect amount of rot to create pores in the wood for wonderful resonance. COLD WOOD Thanks to the Little Ice Age (1645–1750), tree growth was stunted, resulting in extra-dense wood and beautiful tonality in violins.

HOLY WOOD Some say Stradivarius salvaged wood from old cathedrals to get that angelic depth of sound.

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Visual Arts MUSEUMS, SHOWS,

Well Suited Sculpture, fashion, and performance come together in Soundsuit, one of several fabric creations by Nick Cave, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Named for the sounds they make when they’re worn, these forms are intricately constructed from found objects—buttons, bead strands, feathers, sisal, colorfully dyed human hair, twigs, toys, and other odds and ends. The sculptures are meant to mask the gender, class, and ethnicity of the wearer.

© NICK CAVE. PHOTO BY JAMES PRINZ

EXHIBIT

GALL ERIES & MORE!

“Visitors seem very wowed by this work.

They’re struck by its unique, imposing nature.”

—Niloo Paydar

ima curator of fashion and textile arts

Sharply dressed: The IMA’s Soundsuit, made up of mixed media including a mannequin, fabric, ceramic birds, metal flowers, and an antique gramophone, stands more than 11 feet tall.

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LISTINGS

EVENTS

Visual Arts Calendar Artist receptions, new exhibits, and a take-no-prisoners art showdown

ONGOING

Coat of Many Colors

THROUGH JANUARY 25 Science

raids the closets of history as the IMA’s in-house scientists turn their microscopes onto a 200-year-old Uzbek coat to show what scientific imaging and dye analysis can teach us about fashion. imamuseum.org

SEPTEMBER The Moment of Conception?

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19

As a companion to his newly unveiled 20-foot by 40-foot installation at Clowes Hall, Phil O’Malley has put together a

making-of exhibition at Herron School of Art and Design’s Marsh Gallery. Stop by the show to garner insight into his process and try to find the moment of conception. herron .iupui.edu

Katie Hudnall THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19

Watch where you sit as Herron assistant professor in furniture design Katie Hudnall blurs the lines between furniture design and sculpture in a fully interactive show at Herron School of Art and Design’s Basile Gallery.

The exhibit will highlight woodworking and sculpture. herron .iupui.edu

DON’T MISS!

Q&A

Scott Stulen

We caught up with a new Indianapolis Museum of Art curator (and the creator of the Internet Cat Video Festival!).

IM: What exactly does a “curator of audience experiences and performances” do?

It’s a new position, something very unique to both the IMA and also the country. It is responding to museums changing. I am curating anything that isn’t an object—so events, performances, film, dance, music, anything that is activating our audience. It’s really thinking about what the audience experience is like when they visit the museum.

IM: So what’s your definition of art?

That’s a hard question. I really think that art can be anything that causes you to react, to contemplate something, or to create conversation. That can be a lot of different things. I think it can be art in the traditional sense, but it can also be more active.

Quest for the West SEPTEMBER 5–7

Hitch up your covered wagon for the biggest Western art show and sale this side of the Mississippi at the Eiteljorg. New this year, Joseph McGurl and Curt Walters join the lineup of more than 50 artists. eiteljorg.org

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IM: What do you have in the works for the IMA? I just finished my tentative plan for the next two years. It’s going to include several things, like a drawing club, film screenings in the parking garage, and interesting tour experiences. I want to do a bike festival, like a drive-in theater but for bikes.

Next summer we’re planning to do an adult summer camp.

Some will be free, some will be ticketed, but all the events will be free for members. The events will vary in scale and a lot will be somewhat limited, but members will get first crack at them. I really want people to come not once a year, but once a month, if not more frequently. —Samantha Stutsman

PAINTING BY ELLIOTT/COURTESY EITELJORG, STULEN COURTESY IMA

IM: Will the Internet Cat Video Festival be coming to Indianapolis?

I am loosely consulting on it now. It was actually a prior contract before I came here. We’re working on doing a special edition of it next year.

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LISTINGS

DON’T MISS!

The Department of Yes: 10 Years of Big Car in Indianapolis

Penrod Arts Fair

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 26

Catch the recap of the full decade Big Car has spent connecting art and people in a retrospective of interactive art at the University of Indianapolis. A formal reception will be happening on the 8th, with live performances running all evening. uindy.edu/arts

SEPTEMBER 6

More than 300 artists will pack the grounds of the IMA, along with food vendors, live stages, and a huge children’s area. For an adult preview, come to the 21+ Evening with Penrod on Friday featuring Todd Snider on the main stage. penrod.org

Fever Dreams

SubSurface

SEPTEMBER 5–7 Catch the best

graffiti writers of the Midwest in the act as they spray over Fountain Square in a weekend dedicated to live aerosol art. subsurfacegraffiti.com

GATHERING: Contemporary Glass from the Heartland SEPTEMBER 5–26 Get fired

up. In honor of the inaugural Indianapolis Glass Month, work from the best of regional glass artists will be on display at Gallery 924 for a juried group show. indyarts.org/gallery-924

Tess Michalik SEPTEMBER 5–OCTOBER 24

Large, light, and expressive, new abstract paintings from Herron School of Art and Design alum Tess Michalik will grace the walls of the Heartland Printworks Gallery in the Stutz Business Center. heartland printworks.com/gallery.html

Artcentric Design

SEPTEMBER 7 What becomes a legend most? A customdesigned room inspired by art.

Artist and interior designer

Barry Lantz will demonstrate by creating a room vignette inspired by Andy Warhol’s Blackglama Judy Garland portrait at Long-Sharp Gallery. modernmastersfab.com

Big Car’s 10th Anniversary

SEPTEMBER 10 To celebrate

the big one-oh, Big Car is pulling together a slew of offbeat performances to pair with the ongoing art exhibition at the University of Indianapolis.

Be sure to sign up to join the

festive dinner afterward at the Alexander. bigcar.org

Oranje

SEPTEMBER 13 The ultimate

mash-up evening of progressive art and music at the Indiana State Fairgrounds adds a spoken-word stage, live chalk art, and an outdoor beer garden to their usual lineup of DJs, dancers, artists, fashion designers, and eclectic attendees. oranjeindy.com

Oranje

Dawn Dark Mountain ~ Open Studio Night

SEPTEMBER 5–26 Vinylphiles’

hearts may break a little at Lobyn Hamilton’s collages made from record shards, but it’s music to our eyes. The new show opens First Friday at Harrison Center for the Art’s quarterly open-studio night. harrisoncenter.org

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SEPTEMBER 20–OCTOBER 4

Specializing in transparent watercolors, Oneida artist Dawn Dark Mountain will be the artist-in-residence at the Eiteljorg in September. She’ll be out on Saturdays to demonstrate her work. eiteljorg.org

Art Squared

SEPTEMBER 20 Channel your

PENROD BY TONY VALAINIS, GLASS COURTESY ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS, ORANJE

BY FX MEDIA/PHIERCE PHOTOGRAPHY, DARK MOUNTAIN COURTESY EITELJORG

SEPTEMBER 5 Mix company with a mixed group of mixedmedia artists including Daniel Querfeld, Glenn Friedel, Ryan Peleaz, and Paul Perkins for a new collage show at The Attic Gallery in the Murphy Arts Building. Stir in a mixed drink, and you’ve got a complete evening. facebook.com/theattic galleryindy

LISTINGS

Bill Viola: Capturing Spectacle and Passion SEPTEMBER 26–JANUARY 20

Can you take the heat?

Projected on a large, doublesided screen, a human figure is besieged by fire on one side and water on the other in this dramatic video-art piece at the IMA. imamuseum.org

OCTOBER FoodCon

OCTOBER 3–31 Who doesn’t

Bill Viola: Capturing Spectacle and Passion at the IMA

inner Picasso and try to make a masterpiece in a day at Fountain Square’s annual art festival. If that fails, you can still walk the artists’ booths, sip some mead, and join in the art parade. discoverfountain square.com

Walter Knabe Cocktail Reception SEPTEMBER 25 Honoring

the 30-year career of local contemporary artist Walter Knabe, Long-Sharp Gallery will sponsor events all season, starting with a cocktail reception surrounded by Knabe’s work at the Skyline Club. modernmastersfab.com

Art vs. Art ~

SEPTEMBER 26 Be prepared to

decide the fate of 32 paintings facing off at the Vogue, where winner takes all and loser takes on the Wheel of Death. Go out for Paint Day at Garfield Park on September 6 to see the birth (and not just the death) of the art. artvsart.net

Prairie SEPTEMBER 26–NOVEMBER 5

Go West, young man, and

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experience the natural beauty of fabricated prairie grasses and noises. Shawn Decker’s large-scale, kinetic sound sculpture made its debut in Chicago and Austria and now rolls into Herron School of Art and Design’s Main Galleries. herron.iupui.edu

Fall Exhibition Series SEPTEMBER 26–NOVEMBER 23

The galleries at the Indianapolis Art Center will be full and eclectic this fall with work from Harry William Sidebotham II, Melissa Kistler, and Josh Winkler, in addition to

love art you can eat? The Harrison Center for the Arts will be celebrating local food providers and preparers at their annual FoodCon. Nonedible art will include new paintings from Tyler Meuninck and Jed Dorsey. harrisoncenter.org

Human/Nature ~

OCTOBER 3–31 Human life

gets explored with natural materials as clay artist Peggy Breidenbach and book artist Barbara Hosein team up at Gallery 924. They’ll be on hand for a First Friday opening reception. indyarts.org/ gallery-924

Monkeys With Guns

OCTOBER 3–31 Battling the

bombardment of information in the age of the Internet, Martin Kuntz turns the chaos into art at the Primary Colours Gallery with collages on canvas of pop-culture imagery. Hear him explain it at an artist’s talk and Halloween party on the 31st. primarycolours.org

Wings, From Warhol to Warren

OCTOBER 3–JANUARY 3 Fly on over to the Long-Sharp Gallery for a new installation from British artist Wayne Warren inspired by Andy Warhol’s early sketches of winged creatures, which will be floating in the gallery as well. modern mastersfab.com

Ed Funk: Printmaker, Painter

OCTOBER 6–31 A pillar in the

Indianapolis art community, both as an artist and owner of Dolphin Paper, Ed Funk’s death last year was strongly felt. A showcase of his life’s work—the ones you can hang on a wall, anyway—will be at the University of Indianapolis. uindy.edu/arts

DG House

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DON’T MISS!

Broad Ripple Fall Gallery Tour OCTOBER 1O

Browse your way down the boulevard as Broad Ripple boutiques bedeck themselves in art for the annual Fall Gallery Tour. Twenty shops and galleries will have unique exhibitions for the occasion. broadripplegallerytour.org

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their annual shrine exhibition. indplsartcenter.org

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Mozart’s Requiem Friday, October 10, 8PM Saturday, October 11, 5:30PM Eric Stark, Conductor Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

Classical Mystery Tour: 50 Years of the Beatles Friday, October 3, 11AM & 8PM Saturday, October 4, 8PM Sunday, October 5, 3PM

Psycho: Film + Live Orchstra

Jack Everly, Conductor

Saturday, November 1, 8PM

Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto

A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch

Matthew Morrison with the ISO

Sandi Patty: Songs of Inspiration

OCTOBER 16 - 18

OCTOBER 24 & 25

NOVEMBER 22

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LISTINGS

First Friday 101

To navigate the galleries for this monthly evening of art frivolity, follow this chart. —MATT GONZALES

START

IS THIS YOUR FIRST FIRST FRIDAY?

WHAT THE HECK IS “FIRST FRIDAY”?

YES, BUT I FANCY MYSELF A CONNOISSEUR.

NO.

Stutz Art Space, 212 W. 10th St., 488-7373, stutzartists.com

ARE YOU BRINGING THE FAM ALONG?

Gallery 924, 924 N. Pennsylvania St., 631-3301, indyarts.org/ gallery-924

YES! ANYONE EVER TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS?

NO.

YEP, ALL SEVEN OF US.

The Alexander Hotel at CityWay, 229 S. Delaware St., 877-933-1313, cityway.com

ARE YOU MOSTLY INTO ART OF THE PICK-UP VARIETY?

Landsharks, 810 Broad Ripple Ave., 254-8157, land-sharks.com

DO YOU PREFER QUALITY OVER QUANTITY?

Harrison Center for the Arts, 1505 N. Delaware St., 396-3386, harrisoncenter.org

JEANS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT? PLEASE.

NO.

The First Friday Food Truck Festival, Old National Centre parking lot, facebook.com/ firstfridayfood truckfestival

GIVE ME A COOL SMALL GALLERY OVER A MEDIOCRE BIG ONE ANY DAY.

NO.

ARE YOUR SECONDHAND JEANS CUTTING OFF YOUR CIRCULATION?

Indy Indie Artist Colony, 26 E. 14th St., 500-2640, indy indieartist.com

Mt. Comfort/ Primary Gallery, 1043 Virginia Ave., Suite 217, 765-753-0390

People For Urban Progress, 1043 Virginia Ave., Suite 213, peopleup.org

HOW’D YOU KNOW?

YEAH, BUT MY HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE HIDES THE WINCING.

DO YOU OWN ANY LOCAL ART?

YES, MOSTLY RAGSDALES. I NEED TO BRANCH OUT.

IS IT LOCAL IF I BOUGHT IT AT TARGET?

Arts A Poppin’, 425 Massachusetts Ave., 822-1200, artsapoppin.com

The Circle City Industrial Complex, 1125 E. Brookside Ave., 536-6654

NO.

JUST GIVE ME A DECENT LOCAL BEER AND A BITE TO EAT

The Alcove at the Conrad, 50 W. Washington St., 713-5000, conradindianapolis .com

CHEAP WINE IS FOR PHILISTINES

TIRED OF CHEAP WINE IN PLASTIC CUPS?

NO.

YES, SHOW ME SOMEPLACE NEW, PLEASE.

ARE YOU IN A BIT OF A FIRST FRIDAY RUT?

NO.

ARE YOU WILLING TO, LIKE, EXPAND YOUR MIND, MAN?

LIKE, TOTALLY.

Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, 1043 Virginia Ave., 634-6622, indymoca.org

Heirloom Classics Jewelry and Beads, 1311 Prospect St., 495-1102, heirloomclassics.com

NOW YOU’RE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE.

NO.

SURE. I MEAN, WITHIN REASON.

The Indianapolis Arts Center, 820 E. 67th St., 255-2464, indplsartcenter.org

Urban Box, Clifford Corners, 3124 E. 10th St., Suite I, jhbcc.org/ locations/cliffordcorners-urban-box/

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ARE YOU INTO BEAD JEWELRY?

LISTINGS

parks, contemporary Native American artist DG House will travel east to reside at the Eiteljorg in October. Meet her and watch her work on Saturdays. eiteljorg.org

Walter Knabe

OCTOBER 12 Long-Sharp

Gallery celebrates the threedecade career of master screenprinter Walter Knabe—including that time he was the official artist of the 2012 Super Bowl and when he did design work for Madonna. modernmasters fab.com

Art in Odd Places

OCTOBER 17–18 Market Street

is an odd place for art, so keep your eyes peeled for visual and performance art popping up as this international idea roots itself in Indy for the first time— but it will probably be hard to miss. artinoddplaces.org

smile for your jack-o-lantern this year. Head to the IMA and let professional artists lead you in carving a jack-o-masterpiece. imamuseum.org

The Rise of American Modernism

OCTOBER 24–JULY 26 The IMA presents a collection of prints, drawings, watercolors, and photographs from Man Ray, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Charles Sheeler, and Katherine Dreier to illustrate the early days of American Modernism. imamuseum.org

Freiteljorg

OCTOBER 31 Take your haunt-

ing haute at the Eiteljorg’s new Halloween party, where you can trick-or-treat the adult way—from tap to tap—and monster-mash to a DJ mixed with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. eiteljorg.org

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here OCTOBER 31–NOVEMBER 19

Pumpkin Carving

OCTOBER 24 Don’t settle for

triangle eyes and a lopsided

When a car bomb exploded in the centuries-old heart of Baghdad’s literary district, book artists from around the world came together to create this extensive art show in solidarity. IUPUI is the only American host for the collection, part of which will be on display in the Herron School of Art and Design’s Basile Gallery. herron.iupui.edu

For the Love of Venus by Walter Knabe

Q&A

Sarah Urist Green As host of the PBS web video series The Art Assignment, Green hands out “homework” every other week from a different artist.

IM: How did the idea for the series come about?

I think it is important to see the artist trying to do something or be in the middle of that thought process. I think people have the misconception that inspiration is like a bolt of lightning and it’s magical, and it’s not—artists, just like anyone else, struggle.

IM: How has the public responded?

People are actually doing these things. With each assignment, I think to myself, are people actually going to do this? And they do. Some assignments get 1,000 responses, and some get a couple hundred, and I like that.

IM: The Fault in Our Stars was huge this summer.

Has your husband [John Green]’s book and movie success affected your work?

One of the reasons that this show has been fun to work on together is that it gives us an excuse to travel together.

I do the large majority of the work for the art assignment, and he shows up to film. I write everything for it, but we talk things through when an artist comes to me with an idea. John’s general role is adviser, and he also kind of plays the everyman that knows less about art than I do.

IM: What do you hope the series achieves?

I hope that it opens previously closed minds to art being made today. I hope people feel more comfortable in museums and galleries. I hope people are less dismissive and afraid or skeptical of contemporary art. I hope that people make things and learn from that experience.

—Samantha Stutsman

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LISTINGS

NOVEMBER

Deborah Butterfield

NOVEMBER 1–JANUARY 4 Call-

excitement—artist Deborah Butterfield, known for her sculptures of horses made from found objects, will present a guest lecture at Herron School of Art and Design. herron. iupui.edu

New Art 2.0

NOVEMBER 12 Rein in your

ing all bargain shoppers: It’s time to start your art collection. The Eiteljorg has slashed those sticker prices for a show of contemporary Western art where high-quality prints can be purchased at just a fraction of the cost of the originals. eiteljorg.org

Walter Knabe Studio Demonstration

NOVEMBER 5 As a writer com-

bating the idea that an artist needs to be starving, Daniel Grant has authored several books, including The Business of Being an Artist and The Fine Artist’s Career Guide. He’ll lecture at Herron School of Art and Design. herron.iupui.edu

NOVEMBER 13 Knabe will

open his Carmel studio for a demonstration of his renowned screen-printing process, with a champagne reception to top off the evening. modernmastersfab.com

TINY III at Gallery 924

DECEMBER

Toys!

DECEMBER 5–26 Amber will

the Venn diagram of artists and elves overlap. Get in the holiday spirit and visit Primary Colours Gallery as it transforms into a veritable Santa’s workshop full of toy-themed art in a juried group show. primarycolours .org

Magnificent Amber

be in the air—not to mention on the walls—for the Harrison Center ’s annual color-themed group show. Quincy Owens and Shannon Hinkle will have new works in the downstairs galleries. harrisoncenter.org

DECEMBER 5–26 This is where

DON’T MISS! Do You Remember, the Fish? No, I Remember the Ice Cream ~

NOVEMBER 7–28 Harrison Cen-

See the world through the lens of Paul Harrison, awardwinning travel photographer and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society for 25 years, when his photos are on display at iMOCA. indymoca.org

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DECEMBER 6 Pick up a gift for that art-collecting cowboy on your list at the Eiteljorg’s annual market, featuring handmade work from more than 30 regional artists. eiteljorg.org

Thursday! Thursday! Live at the IMA, local artists will race the clock to produce as many sketches as they can in one-hour sessions. Once the sketches hit the wall, bidders scramble to be the first to take it down for just $35. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. imamuseum.org

Kyle Ragsdale

NOVEMBER 7–DECEMBER 12

Winter Market

DECEMBER 11 Thursday!

perspective in Michael Hensley’s experimental installation at Gallery 924 that aims to put you inside a fishbowl, complete with floating art. indyarts.org/ gallery-924

Wanderlust

DECEMBER 5–JANUARY 2 Bigger is not better at Gallery 924’s third annual TINY show, where they won’t let any art through the door that has dimensions greater than six inches. indy arts.org/gallery-924

Monster Drawing Rally

NOVEMBER 7–28 Get Goldie’s

ter for the Arts’ Main Gallery will be filled with whimsical works from prolific local painter Kyle Ragsdale. Some of the building’s other galleries will feature new pieces from Douglas David and Jason Zickler. harrisoncenter.org

TINY III

Winter Art Sale

Georgia O’Keeffe and the Southwestern Still Life NOVEMBER 2–FEBRUARY 15

A rare opportunity to see work from O’Keeffe that isn’t just flowers, this large exhibition at the IMA showcases paintings from her time living in New Mexico. imamuseum.org

DECEMBER 12–13 The Indianapolis Art Center has your wearable, decorative, and fineart holiday-shopping needs covered. indplsartcenter.org

New Year’s Eve at the IMA DECEMBER 31 Don’t wander

too deep into the galleries, or you might miss the ball drop at the IMA’s swanky New Year’s Eve party, where you can welcome 2015 in style surrounded by art, music, champagne, and beautifully dressed people. imamuseum.org

O’KEEFFE © BARBARA LATHAM, LATHAM FAMILY EDUCATIONAL TRUST, IMAGE COURTESY INTERNATIONAL ARTS®; TINY AND HENSLEY COURTESY ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS

Daniel Grant

Movies, Books, Etc. READINGS, FILM FESTS & ONE-OF-A-KIND EVENTS

Author!

Author!

Michael Martone, the Fort Wayne native and author, may now teach at the University of Alabama, but he hasn’t forgotten his roots—he’s written and edited several collections of essays about the Midwest.

(Our favorites of his book titles: Pensées: The Thoughts of Dan Quayle, tied with Fort Wayne is Seventh on Hitler’s List.) To hear Martone give a free talk, book it to the University of Indianapolis on October 7.

PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

LECTURE

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LISTINGS MOVIES, ETC.

EVENTS

Movies, Books, Etc. Calendar

SEPTEMBER

George Chakiris

SEPTEMBER 5 The man best

known for his role as Bernardo in West Side Story, for which he won the Academy Award and Golden Globe, comes to the IU Cinema for a lecture and screening of the film. cinema .indiana.edu

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

SEPTEMBER 6 A live orchestra and organ accompany this silent movie at Franklin’s

Historic Artcraft Theatre, whose Art Deco trim is fraying around the edges but hasn’t lost its movie-palace charm. historicartcrafttheatre.org

Gone With the Wind (1939)

SEPTEMBER 12–13 Frankly, Scarlett, we do give a damn that this glorious classic is getting the big-screen treatment at the Historic Artcraft Theatre. “My Own True Love” just doesn’t have the same wistful effect when it’s tinkling through TV speakers. historicartcraft theatre.org

Sherlock Holmes Symposium and Film Series

SEPTEMBER 12–13 A pair of 75th-anniversary screenings of The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock fans will get their fix at IU Cinema

EXPERT ADVICE

How to Do Heartland

Pro tips for navigating Indy’s biggest, longest-running film festival RED-CARPET PREMIERES. PARTIES. Not to mention hundreds of

indie film screenings across Indianapolis. Yes, it’s almost time for the Heartland Film Festival (October 16–25), a 10-day marathon for movie-lovers. Now an Academy Award– qualifying festival within the Short Film category, Heartland has had two Oscar-winning short films over the past five years—meaning you may meet tomorrow’s Oscar nominees and winners. Here are some ways to get the most out of your Heartland experience:

See the 20 festival award winners on October 17. AMC Castleton Square 14 will showcase all 20 winners from among more than 130 movies. The makers behind every film will be in attendance to meet you and answer questions.

Look for guests with a “Filmmaker” badge. Heartland provides unprecedented access to moviemakers—it’s your chance to meet more than 100 of them right here in Indy.

Attend Awards Night. Put on your best cocktail attire and head to the Old National Centre on October 18, when more than $115,000 will be awarded to indie filmmakers, plus Academy Award qualification status will go to the winner of the Best Narrative Short Film category. The red-carpet gala is one of the city’s premier arts events.

Don’t leave when the credits roll. After every one of the Festival’s screenings, you have the chance to share your thoughts with filmmakers, festival staff, and fellow filmgoers doing Q&A sessions.

Buy online, save money. Regular screening tickets are $11 at the box office, but you can score them for $9 each if you buy in advance at heartlandfilmfestival.org.

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LISTINGS

(1939) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) at IU Cinema are part of a conference devoted to the great detective on stage, screen, television, and radio. cinema.indiana.edu

of The Descendants (yes, the George Clooney movie) visits Butler University for a free evening of literary discussion in the Visiting Writers Series. butler.edu

Kevin Kline

OCTOBER

SEPTEMBER 15 The first

American actor to receive the Sir John Gielgud Golden Quill Award will give a talk at IU Cinema, which will also present screenings of his films all September long. cinema .indiana.edu

Teddy at the Indiana Short Film Festival

Josephine Decker

OCTOBER 3 This director and performance artist, recently named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” will present a public lecture at IU Cinema. cinema.indiana.edu

Michael Martone

OCTOBER 7 The Fort Wayne native, now an English professor at the University of Alabama, returns to his home state to discuss his works of short fiction and essay collections at the University of Indianapolis. uindy.edu/arts

Carl Phillips

Tracy K. Smith

SEPTEMBER 17 The African-

American poet, whose Life on Mars won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize, kicks off Butler University’s Visiting Writers Series.

Admission is free. butler.edu

Kaui Hart Hemmings

SEPTEMBER 30 The author

OCTOBER 7 Phillips’s 2004 collection, The Rest of Love, won the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Male Poetry, among other laurels. He’s a Visiting Writer at Butler University. butler.edu

Indiana Short Film Festival

OCTOBER 10–11 Everything has to be under 40 minutes at this fest, which showcases short

films from around the world in every genre. The third annual event, formerly known as the Film Festival of Hendricks County, will be held at the Royal Theater in Danville. inshortfilmfest.com

Godzilla (1954)

OCTOBER 12 & 18 After 60

years, Godzilla remains an indelible icon of Japanese pop culture, an allegorical symbol for nuclear weapons—and a crucial piece of film history.

It screens at IU Cinema. cinema.indiana.edu

Heartland Film Festival

OCTOBER 16–25 This homegrown fest just keeps getting bigger every year—in 2013, it broke records across all categories, including attendance (24,000) and total film submissions (1,521). Screenings of more than 130 movies from around the world are capped off by parties and red-carpet premieres and events. truly movingpictures.org

DON’T MISS!

Hitchcock Festival II OCTOBER 10–11

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The Shining (1980) ~

OCTOBER 17–18 Heeeere’s Jack Nicholson, back on the big screen to scare up some chills during Halloween month at the Historic Artcraft Theatre. historicartcrafttheatre.org

David Levien and Brian Koppelman

OCTOBER 21 These two screen-

writers wrote the scripts for Ocean’s Thirteen, Runaway Jury, and Rounders, and as a novelist, Levien has published

ARTCRAFT COURTESY THE HISTORIC ARTCRAFT THEATRE; TEDDY COURTESY MARGARET ORR

Hitch fans, rejoice: This is your chance to revisit some of the master of suspense’s greatest works on the big screen.

The six flicks are Psycho (1960), The Lady Vanishes (1938), The 39 Steps (1935), Rebecca (1940), Rear Window (1954), and Rope (1948), all at the Historic Artcraft Theatre. historicartcrafttheatre.org

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LISTINGS

DON’T MISS!

the Frank Behr book series.

They’ll speak at Butler University as part of the Visiting Writers series. butler.edu

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

OCTOBER 24 We’re creeped out

just thinking about watching this screening outdoors at the sprawling 100 Acres at the IMA. Brought to you by the folks at Roving Cinema, who think of fiendishly apropos locations for their flicks. indyfilmfest.org

Psycho (1960)

NOVEMBER 1 The ISO will provide live orchestra accompaniment for a screening of the film that changed horror movies forever at Hilbert Circle Theatre on Halloween weekend. indianapolissymphony.org

Mary Szybist

NOVEMBER 5 Szybist’s second book, Incarnadine (2013), won the National Book Award for Poetry. She’ll discuss her work as a Visiting Writer at Butler University. butler.edu

VonnegutFest

TEDxIndianapolis OCTOBER 21

OCTOBER 25 In this silent film,

a famous concert pianist’s mutilated hands must be replaced with those of a recently executed murderer. Soon, they seem to take on a life of their own, and then—horror! This playfully spooky movie comes to vivid life thanks to IU alum Dennis James on the organ in a performance that has become an IU Auditorium Halloween favorite. iuauditorium.com

Jonathan Franzen

OCTOBER 28 We’re guess-

ing Franzen, who famously rejected the almighty Oprah’s

book-club stamp of approval (for The Corrections), will be asked about that act of literary rebellion in his appearance as a Visiting Writer at Butler University. He’s also the author

Ann Katz Festival of Books and Arts Writers and entertainers come to town for this literary celebration at JCC Indianapolis. This year’s lineup hasn’t been announced yet, but past luminaries have included Delia Ephron and Harry Shearer. jccindy.org

NOVEMBER

Cartoons for Cans

NOVEMBER 1 Bring a nonperishable food donation and check out classic animated flicks at the Historic Artcraft Theatre. We’re rooting for something, anything, starring Foghorn Leghorn. historic artcrafttheatre.org

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NOVEMBER 7–9 Head to the IMA for a series of flicks by, for, and about the gay community. indylgbtfilmfest.com

of three other novels, two essay collections, a memoir, and a translation of Spring Awakening. butler.edu

OCTOBER 28–NOVEMBER 15

The General at IU Cinema

Indianapolis LGBT Film Fest

Spirit & Place Festival

NOVEMBER 7–16 This 10-day

forum was born from a 1990 talk by Kurt Vonnegut, Dan Wakefield, and John Updike.

Today, dozens of programs— including plays, discussions, and hands-on workshops—are used to promote civic engagement, respect for diversity, and public imagination. This year’s festival explores the theme “Journey”—of people, places, and ideas. spiritandplace.org

The General (1926)

NOVEMBER 8–9 Buster Keaton’s masterpiece is set to live orchestral accompaniment and a new musical score by Andrew Simpson at IU Cinema. cinema. indiana.edu

TEDX COURTESY TEDXINDIANAPOLIS, THE GENERAL COURTESY IU CINEMA, ORLAC COURTESY IU AUDITORIUM

The Hands of Orlac (1924) ~

What began as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago has blossomed into a global platform for spreading ideas. The world’s leading thinkers and doers attend the annual TED Conference, which has spawned offshoots in cities such as Indy. This year’s speakers at Hilbert Circle Theatre will take on big ideas related to arts, technology, healthcare, humanity, and more. tedxindianapolis.com

NOVEMBER 7–8 The second annual festival, now a two-day affair, features author Jess Walter discussing Vonnegut’s influence, a “breakfast of champions,” a look-alike contest, LEGO literary creations at area libraries, a panel discussion, and more. vonnegutlibrary.org

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LISTINGS

Zadie Smith

Grand Illusion (1937)

author has published four internationally critically acclaimed novels: NW, On Beauty, The Autograph Man, and White Teeth, which made it to Time magazine’s list of 100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005. She’ll stop

by Butler University as part of its Visiting Writers Series. butler.edu

75th anniversary, check out the digital restoration of Jean Renoir’s classic at IU Cinema. cinema.indiana.edu

NOVEMBER 11 The British

NOVEMBER 22 In honor of its

DECEMBER

A Christmas Story (1983)

DECEMBER 5–7 In rural Indiana,

young Ralphie yearns for a Red Ryder BB gun and—aw, you know the rest. The Historic

Artcraft Theatre makes a pleasing backdrop for this gem. historicartcrafttheatre.org

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

DECEMBER 12–14 What was a flop upon first release has become a bonafide Christmas classic. Appreciate it all the more up on the big screen at the Historic Artcraft Theatre. historicartcrafttheatre.org

Amadeus (1984)

DECEMBER 14 The rivalry

between the genius Mozart and the grasping Salieri lives on in Milos Forman’s sumptuous, Oscar-winning period epic set in 18th-century Vienna, shown at IU Cinema. Fun fact: It features Christine Ebersole, who’s coming to the Cabaret!

At the Columbia Club this fall, in the role of Katerina Cavalieri. cinema.indiana.edu

Book Touring

Some of the most memorable titles set in Indiana, and the local sites they cite THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS

You know the drill: Two cancer-stricken teenagers meet at a support group and fall in love and … well, bring your hanky.

LOCAL SCENERY: Green’s mega-bestseller name-checks Indy locations like 100 Acres at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Castleton Square Mall, Holliday Park, and Crown Hill Cemetery.

The U.S. prospers as the fortunes of an upper-class Indianapolis family decline over three generations, between the end of the Civil War and the early 20th century. LOCAL SCENERY: The historic boulevards of Woodruff Place, where Tarkington once lived, are the novel’s unofficial setting.

(John Green, 2012)

A GIRL NAMED ZIPPY (Haven Kimmel, 2001)

This memoir of growing up in 1960s Mooreland, Indiana, was a New York Times bestseller. LOCAL SCENERY: Main Street in Mooreland, about one hour east of Indy.

FORT WAYNE IS SEVENTH ON HITLER’S LIST (Michael Martone, 1990)

A collection of 17 stories about famous and less-than-famous Indiana residents from a Fort Wayne native. LOCAL SCENERY: The titular town, of course, plus Santa Claus, French Lick, and Muncie.

A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST

GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER

The tale of good-hearted, inimitable Elnora Comstock, who catches rare moths to put herself through high school, evolves into a sweet romance. LOCAL SCENERY: Visit the Limberlost State Historic Site to see the 1895 Queen Anne–style log-cabin home of Stratton-Porter—and the swamp that inspired her most famous work.

Set in fictional Rosewater County, Indiana, this novel focuses on a philanthropist whom a family lawyer is attempting to have declared insane so a distant relative can gain control of the estate. LOCAL SCENERY: Who knows? Indy native Vonnegut could have based his setting on any number of rural Indiana counties.

(Gene Stratton-Porter, 1909)

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(Booth Tarkington, 1918)

(Kurt Vonnegut, 1965)

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Here’s how to reach the theaters and galleries listed in this book—with ideas from Indianapolis Monthly’s dining listings for nearby noshes BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE 125 S. Pennsylvania St., 917-2500, bankerslifefieldhouse.com 0.2 MILES: Adobo

Grill MEXICAN 110 E. Washington St., 822-9990 $$ 0.2 MILES: The

Oceanaire Seafood Room

SEAFOOD 30 S. Meridian St., 955-2277 $$$ 0.2 MILES: Fogo

de Chao STEAKHOUSE 117 E. Washington St., 638-4000 $$$$

BEEF & BOARDS DINNER THEATRE 9301 Michigan Rd., 872-9664, beefandboards.com

(Drinking/dining on premises)

BUTLER UNIVERSITY

4600 Sunset Ave., 800-368-6852, butler.edu 0.6 MILES: Napolese PIZZA 114 E. 49th St., 925-0765 $$ 0.9 MILES: Meridian

Restaurant & Bar UPSCALE COMFORT FOOD 5694 N. Meridian St., 466-1111 $$$ 2.7 MILES: Sushi Bar SUSHI 911 Broad Ripple Ave., 257-7289 $$

THE CABARET! AT THE COLUMBIA CLUB

121 Monument Circle, 275-1169, thecabaret.org (Drinking/dining on premises)

THE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

355 City Center Dr., Carmel, 843-3800, thecenterfortheperformingarts.com 0.2 MILES: Divvy SMALL PLATES 71 W.

City Center Dr., Carmel, 706-0000 $$ 0.7 MILES: Woodys

Library Restaurant

CONTEMPORARY 40 E. Main St., Carmel,

573-4444 $$$

5.9 MILES: Late

Harvest Kitchen

CONTEMPORARY 8605 River Crossing Blvd.,

663-8063 $$$

CLOWES HALL

4602 Sunset Ave., 940-9697, cloweshall.org (Restaurants: see BUTLER UNIVERSITY)

THE DECO ROOM

(see OLD NATIONAL CENTRE)

THE DELUXE ROOM

(see OLD NATIONAL CENTRE)

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THE EGYPTIAN ROOM

(see OLD NATIONAL CENTRE)

THE EITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART

500 W. Washington St., 636-9378, eiteljorg.org 0.1 MILES: Osteria Pronto ITALIAN JW Marriott, 10 S. West St., 860-5777 $$ 0.2 MILES: Shula’s Steak House STEAKHOUSE 50 S. Capitol Ave., 231-3900 $$$ 0.9 MILES: Indianapolis Colts Grille SPORTS BAR 110 W. Washington St., 631-2007 $$

GALLERY 924

924 N. Pennsylvania St., 631-3301, indyarts.org/gallery-924 0.1 MILES: Plow & Anchor AMERICAN 43 E. 9th St., 964-0538 $$ 0.6 MILES: Bakersfield Mass Ave TACOS & BOURBON 334 Massachusetts Ave., 635-6962 $$

THE HISTORIC ARTCRAFT THEATRE

57 N. Main St., Franklin, 736-6823, historicartcrafttheatre.org 0.1 MILES: The Indigo Duck SOUTHERN GOURMET 39 E. Court St., Franklin, 560-5805 $$$

INDIANA HISTORY CENTER

450 W. Ohio St., 232-1882, indianahistory.org 0.3 MILES: McCormick & Schmick’s SEAFOOD 110 N. Illinois St., 631-9500 $$$ 0.6 MILES: Tavern on South CONTEMPORARY 423 W. South St., 602-3115 $$ 1.4 MILES: Bluebeard MODERN COMFORT 653 Virginia Ave., 686-1580 $$

INDIANA LANDMARKS CENTER

1201 Central Ave., 639-4534, indianalandmarks.org 0.5 MILES: Chatham Tap Restaurant & Pub PUB 719 Massachusetts Ave., 917-8425 $$

THE HARRISON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE

HERRON SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN

INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS

1505 N. Delaware St., 396-3886, harrisoncenter.org 0.7 MILES: Shoefly Public House FAMILY PUB 122 E. 22nd St., 283-5007 $$ 0.8 MILES: Black Market CONTEMPORARY 922 Massachusetts Ave., 822-6757 $$$

735 W. New York St., 278-9400, herron.iupui.edu 0.7 MILES: Palomino CONTEMPORARY 49 W. Maryland St., 974-0400 $$$ 0.9 MILES: Scotty’s Brewhouse PUB GRUB 1 Virginia Ave., 571-0808 $$

HILBERT CIRCLE THEATRE

45 Monument Circle, 231-6798, hilbertcircletheatreindy.org, indianapolissymphony.org 0.1 MILES: The Capital Grille CLASSIC 40 W. Washington St., 423-8790 $$$$ 0.1 MILES: Morton’s The Steakhouse STEAKHOUSE 41 E. Washington St., 229-4700 $$$$

0.3 MILES: Harry

& Izzy’s CONTEMPORARY 153 S. Illinois St., 635-9594 $$$$

140 W. Washington St., 635-5252, irtlive.com 0.1 MILES: Ruth’s Chris Steak House STEAKHOUSE 45 S. Illinois St., 633-1313 $$$$ 0.4 MILES: St. Elmo Steak House STEAKHOUSE 127 S. Illinois St., 635-0636 $$$$ 0.4 MILES: 1913 Restaurant UPSCALE COMFORT 40 W. Jackson Pl., 634-6664 $$$

1202 E. 38th St., 927-7500, in.gov/statefair/fairgrounds/ 1.2 MILES: Recess PRIX FIXE 4907 N. College Ave., 925-7529 $$$ 1.2 MILES: Room Four CONTEMPORARY 4907 N. College Ave., 925-7529 $$

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 200 N. 7th St., Terre Haute, 812-237-6311, cms.indstate.edu

INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER

820 E. 67th St., 255-2464, indplsartcenter.org 0.2 MILES: The Northside Social CONTEMPORARY 6525 N. College Ave., 253-0111 $$$ 0.2 MILES: Fire by the Monon MODERN AMERICAN 6523 Ferguson St., 252-5920 $$ 0.6 MILES: Sabbatical BAR BITES 921 Broad Ripple Ave., 253-5252 $

INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART 4000 Michigan Rd., 923-1331, imamuseum.org 2.5 MILES: Taste Cafe & Marketplace CONTEMPORARY 5164 N. College Ave., 925-2233 $$ 2.7 MILES: Fat Dan’s Deli DELI 5410 N. College Ave., 600-3333 $ 2.9 MILES: Mama Carolla’s Old Italian Restaurant ITALIAN 1031 E. 54th St., 259-9412 $$

INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

1043 Virginia Ave., 634-6622, indymoca.org 0.1 MILES: Revolucion CANTINA 1132 Prospect St., 423-9490 $ 0.1 MILES: Mama Irma Restaurant PERUVIAN 1058 Virginia Ave., 423-2421 $$

MARIAN UNIVERSITY

3200 Cold Spring Rd., 955-6000, marian.edu 0.4 MILES: The Iron Skillet FAMILY DINING 2489 W. 30th St., 923-6353 $$$

MURAT THEATRE

(see OLD NATIONAL CENTRE)

MURPHY ARTS CENTER

1043 Virginia Ave. 0.1 MILES: Siam Square THAI 936 Virginia Ave., 636-8424 $$ 1.3 MILES: Tow Yard Brewing Company BAR AND DELI 501 S. Madison Ave., 638-9273 $

OLD NATIONAL CENTRE

719 E. St. Clair St., 869-6660, indyfringe.org 0.1 MILES: Mesh AMERICAN 725 Massachusetts Ave., 955-9600 $$$ 0.2 MILES: R Bistro CONTEMPORARY 888 Massachusetts Ave., 423-0312 $$$

502 N. New Jersey St., 231-0000, oldnationalcentre.com 0.1 MILES: Bru Burger Bar GOURMET BURGERS 410 Massachusetts Ave., 635-4278 $$ 0.2 MILES: Pizzology PIZZA 600 Massachusetts Ave., 685-2550 $$

IU AUDITORIUM

THE PALLADIUM

1211 E. 7th St., Bloomington, 812-855-1103, iuauditorium.com

(see THE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS)

IU CINEMA

PRIMARY COLOURS

INDYFRINGE BASILE THEATRE

1213 E. 7th St., Bloomington, 812-855-7632, cinema.indiana.edu

THE JAZZ KITCHEN

5377 N. College Ave., 253-4900, thejazzkitchen.com (Drinking/dining on premises)

JCC INDIANAPOLIS

6701 Hoover Rd., 251-9467, jccindy.org 1.8 MILES: Brugge Brasserie GASTROGRUB 1011 E. Westfield Blvd., 255-0978 $$

KLIPSCH MUSIC CENTER

12880 E. 146th St., Noblesville, 776-8181, livenation.com 0.8 MILES: Stone Creek Dining Company CONTEMPORARY 13904 Town Center Blvd., Noblesville, 770-1170 $$ 6.6 MILES: The Hamilton Restaurant CONTEMPORARY 933 Conner St., Noblesville, 770-4545 $$ 6.6 MILES: Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano ITALIAN 40 N. 9th St., Noblesville, 774-9771 $$

LONG-SHARP GALLERY

50 W. Washington St., 866-370-1601, modernmastersfab.com/long-sharp-gallery/ 0.1 MILES: Eagle’s Nest CONTEMPORARY 1 S. Capitol Ave., 616-6170 $$$$

1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 217, 721-2780, primarycolours.org 0.2 MILES: B’s Po Boy CAJUN 1261 Shelby St., 916-5555 $ 0.3 MILES: Rook VIETNAMESE-INSPIRED 719 Virginia Ave., 759-5828 $

ROYAL THEATER

59 S. Washington St., Danville, 745-1499, royaltheaterdanville.info

SCHROTT CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Butler University, 610 W. 46th St., 940-2787 1.4 MILES: Delicia NEW LATIN 5215 N. College Ave., 925-0677 $$

SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL

650 N. Meridian St., 262-3100, aasr-indy.org 0.3 MILES: Plow & Anchor CONTEMPORARY 43 E. 9th St., 964-0538 $$$ 0.4 MILES: The Ball + Biscuit LOUNGE 331 Massachusetts Ave., 636-0539 $$

THE SKYLINE CLUB

1 American Sq., 263-5000, clubcorp.com/ clubs/skyline-club-indianapolis 1.1 MILES: Cerulean CONTEMPORARY 339 S. Delaware St., 870-1320 $$$

STUTZ BUSINESS CENTER

212 W. 10th St., 488-7373, thestutz.com 0.5 MILES: Saffron Cafe MOROCCAN 621 Fort Wayne Ave., 917-0131 $$

SUN KING BREWING CO.

135 N. College Ave., 602-3702, sunkingbrewing.com 0.7 MILES: Punch Burger BURGERS 137 E. Ohio St., 426-5280 $

TABERNACLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 418 E. 34th St., 923-5458, tabpres.org 2.5 MILES: Twenty Tap PUB GRUB 5406 N. College Ave., 602-8840 $ 2.9 MILES: Zest! Exciting Food Creations CONTEMPORARY 1134 E. 54th St., 466-1853 $$

THE TARKINGTON

(see THE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS)

UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

1400 E. Hanna Ave., 788-3368, uindy.edu 3.1 MILES: B’s Po Boy CAJUN 1261 Shelby St., 916-5555 $ 5.7 MILES: Thai Spice THAI 2220 E. County Line Rd., 881-2243 $$

THE VOGUE

6259 N. College Ave., 259-7029, thevogue.com 0.3 MILES: 317 Burger BURGERS 915 E. Westfield Blvd., 251-1317 $$ 0.3 MILES: Three Wise Men Brewing Company PIZZA 1021 Broad Ripple Ave., 255-5151 $$ 1 MILE: Taverna CONTEMPORARY 1850 Broad Ripple Ave., 257-5972 $$$

WHITE RABBIT CABARET

1116 Prospect St., 686-9550, whiterabbitcabaret.com 0.1 MILES: Thunderbird COCKTAILS 1127 Shelby St., 974-9580 $$ 0.3 MILES: Santorini Greek Kitchen GREEK/MEDITERRANEAN 1417 E. Prospect St., 917-1117 $$ 0.7 MILES: The Bosphorus Istanbul Cafe TURKISH 935 S. East St., 974-1770 $$ See indianapolismonthly.com/dining for full restaurant listings.

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