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On the Cover: Jim Book, Starlight, race director for the 2014 New Albany Criterion, rides on Water Street along the New Albany riverfront. Book is a co-founder of the 0.7-mile race, and also competes. photo by christopher fryer
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More room at the inn in Jeff In last week’s column about the Forecastle Festival, I bemoaned the misguided thought that Jeffersonville lacked hotels within walking of downtown Louisville. I singled out the Sheraton Riverside Louisville hotel as the only “decent” facility that met such criteria. (The hotel almost instantly sold Jason Thomas, Editor out shortly after the announcement of Forecastle’s lineup, possibly giving Jeffersonville a business boost from festival-goers). What slipped my mind is that two hotels are located a hop, skip and a jump from the Sheraton: the Fairfield Inn and Suites and TownPlace Suites, both of which are Marriott properties. So there you have it — two additional more-than-decent
hotels within stumbling distance of Louisville. Switching gears, the New Albany Crit races into downtown Sunday for its second go-round. How many cities New Albany’s size have a USA Cycling-sanctioned competition snaking through its downtown? That’s SoIn. Writer Jerod Clapp mentions the fact that cycling, like soccer, is bigger in Europe than stateside. Hey, New Albany has Louis Le Francais, so why not a crit? Clapp reports that cycling is gaining momentum in Southern Indiana, with New Albany as a mini epicenter. But organizers envision more than just a bike race. Race director Jim Book, who also owns Bean Street Cafe in Floyds Knobs, sees a weekend festival with the race as the centerpiece. Oui oui, Mr. Book. — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.
Organically speaking at new art exhibit What: Larry Beisler: Organics
exhibit (concurrent with the Wini Kemple Harrison exhibit) Where: Southern Indiana Paint Supply Annex, 1638 Market St., New Albany When: Through Aug. 7 Larry Beisler lives and creates in his studio near Elizabeth. He is a Kentucky native, graduated from Saint Xavier High School and attended Bellarmine University. Beisler has an extensive exhibition record in the Kentucky and Southern Indiana area, and has received recognition in many competitions. Carving is Beisler’s greatest love. He has no preconceived idea as to what he is going to create, but let’s the stone tell him what it wants to reveal. The use of and organic material, his choice of color and character of stone, gives a movement and energy to the pieces that would be otherwise be absent. His largest public work is a large bas relief sculpture representing the founding
history of Corydon. It was commissioned as part of the Millennium project, and is located on the town square in Corydon. Beisler has apprenticed for several well-known artists in Louisville, where he studied stone carving and bronze casting. He has created work for the Louisville Ballet, Stage One and the Kentucky Opera. He was a partner in Beisler - Mills Gal-
lery in Louisville and continues to work with local and regional galleries. He accepts commissions for private individu-
als, as well as public sculpture. — Arts Council of Southern Indiana [artscouncilsi.org]
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When: 6 p.m. Friday (exhibit runs through Oct. 11) Where: Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany Cost: Free The exhibition features paintings by Rebecca Norton and Nicolas Jorcino. The artists bring both modern aesthetics and timeless ideas to the centuries-old medium of painting. They test the spatial limits of two-dimensional art through the feeling of depth that they infuse in their compositions. While exploring the galleries visitors can enjoy refreshments, live jazz by the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet, and the opportunity to meet artists.
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What: Kentucky Music Weekend When: Friday-Sunday Where: Iroquois Amphitheater; park, 1080 Amphitheater Road, Louisville Cost: $10 “suggested donation” for adults For the 39th consecutive year, the Kentucky Muis Weekend folk festival brings together some of the finest folk musicians and Kentucky traditions to Louisville’s Iroquois Amphitheater and the tree-lined area nearby. Voted into law as Kentucky’s “Premier Folk Festival”, KMW continues to be one of the top folk festivals in the country. [kentuckymusicweekend.com]
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deadline is tonight (Thursday) at midnight. Sign up at www.truesport.com/index.php/events/truesport_event/317, or register the day of at 7:30 a.m. at least a half hour before your race. Fees and other details are available at the event’s website above. You can also visit facebook.com/NewAlbanyCrit
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NY — Kind of like soccer, Jim Book said cycling is bigger han it is stateside. Bean Street Cafe said the sport’s notoriety is starting to r, at least in Southern Indiana and Louisville. ason he and a few friends started up the New Albany
running comes up on Sunday. Though the Tour de ention like the World Cup in soccer, he said there’s a hinks the NAC just might be more fun. k, race director. “The streets, from a racer’s position, are great with that. The roads are wide, so it’s very easy mat. Your pro one two and three (top levels of competitors), or 28 mile an hour average.” ourse through downtown New Albany, starting and tion of Peal and Market streets, Book said the race gives erience a competition and spectators an opportunity to t can be to watch a race.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 “It’s definitely fun to bring an experience right in their back yard, something they’ve never seen before,” Book said. “When people get down there and watch it, they think it’s pretty cool.” Without too many cycling competitions to choose from locally, Book said he and the event’s major sponsor, Clarksville Schwinn powered by Wayne Supply, wanted to make sure it was accessible to everyone who wanted to participate. Donald Rush, the race’s volunteer coordinator, said for spectators, they’ll get to see the athletes run the course several times from a single point, whereas a big road race might only give them one or two chances to see the riders. He said whether a rider’s chosen steed is a Bianchi Vertigo or a Huffy, it’s open to anyone who wants to give it a shot. “This brings awareness to the general public,” Rush said. “It’s a great sport, it’s growing and more people should get involved. Not just in the competitive aspect of it, but recreational, as well.” Book said when he and his bike club started scoping out locations for the race, New Albany made sense for them on a number of levels. “We wanted to do this and looked around from Louisville, the Jeffersonville market and New Albany,” Book said. “It just seemed like New Albany was a little more open to new concepts. There was a little bit of trying to get them familiar with it, but the businesses enjoyed it and
WhAT ThE CrIT?
The definition of a criterium According to Merriam-Webster, a criterium is a bicycle race of a specified number of laps on a closed course over public roads closed to normal traffic Sports jargon leaves the uninitiated and non-followers to feel like they’re not a member of the cool kids club. In every journalist’s (read: uncool kids) style man-
Cyclists compete in last year’s New Albany Crit downtown. sUbMitteD photo city really liked it last year. So when I approached them about hosting it again, they were all for it. That’s been great, just having their support because it’s a hard thing to make happen.” He said after the first year, the city jumped at the opportunity to host the NAC again. Mayor Jeff Gahan said it’s great for businesses along the course and a way for the city to promote healthy lifestyles. “We’ve had a really good reception from some of the downtown merchants,” Gahan said. “It lets people come into the city and see what’s going on. It promotes the city, the sport and its’ a win for everyone.” Curtis Tolson, a professional cycling coach out of Louisville, raced in the NAC last year and said he plans to give it another go this year. As a Cat 1 — an elite level of cycling athlete — he said it’s a fun course to run and perfect for cyclists of all levels. But he also
ual, an entire section is dedicated to making sense of the language specialized to those competitive endeavors. Even so, you won’t find crit in the Associated Press Style Manual. That’s where MerriamWebster’s definition comes in, as seen above. Crit is short for criterium, which according to the famed dictionary’s website, has its roots in Greek, Latin and French.
said he’s glad to see events like this help the sport gain popularity. “When I started this in 1981, people just thought you were kind of weird,” Tolson said. “Some of them probably still do, but it’s way more mainstream. I’ve actually turned it into a business. It’s gone from total obscurity to something you can make a living with.” Book said road races are great for television, but he’s excited to give New Albany a chance to see some of the athletes who live within its limits. “It’s the most fun because of the spectators,” Book said. “Especially with New Albany having the merchants and businesses downtown, we hope to get people to see downtown who may have never experienced it before. Eventually, if time progresses and it can become a festival that has a race in the middle of it, that would be awesome.”
Literally, it translates to competition, but Jim Book, event coordinator for the New Albany Crit, broke it down a little further. “It’s just a group of guys racing for a finish under a specific time limit,” Book said. The race is timed, typically between a half hour or an hour. The first rider across the finish line at the end of the time limit without getting lapped is the winner. — Jerod Clapp
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Brandy coming to Louisville Copper & Kings to open Owners Joe and Leslie Heron of Copper & Kings American Brandy Co. are ready to introduce brandy to Louisville. The veteran beverage entrepreneurs have been producing pure American brandy for several months at the Butchertown distillery while completing construction on the cuttingedge facility which includes a copper-pot still distillery, basement maturation cellar, art gallery event space, modern office suite and third floor tasting room with sky deck, according to a news release.
Info: [copperandkings. com]
“We field numerous inquiries daily about when we’ll be open for touring and tasting so we decided to just do it,” owner Joe Heron said in the release. “Above all, we want this to be a community asset and not just a tourist attraction.” The final phase of construction, which will outfit the outdoor courtyard with a fire pit, pig roast, catering prep kitchen and landscaping, will finish later this summer.
Movies: é “Lucy”
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“Hercules” “Step Up All In”
ALBUMS: July 29
books: July 29
é “Hypnotic Eye” by Tom Petty
é “Lucky Us” by Amy Bloom
“Savages” by Theory of a Deadman
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“Tribal” by Imelda May
“Fast Track” by Julie Garwood “Dear Daughter” by Elizabeth
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UNTIL DEATH DO US PARTY Contact: Facebook: facebook. com/untildeathdousparty; Twitter: @uddup_official; Reverbnation: reverbnation.com/untildeathdouspartyofficial; Email: untildeathdouspartyband@gmail.com Band Members: Turner Puckett (vocals), William Hunt (bass), Seth Christian (drums), all from Jeffersonville; Matthew Langdon (guitar), Clarksville How did the band form, and what is the meaning of its name: Our band formed in October of 2012 after Turner Puckett quit his previous band and decided he wanted to put together a band of what he knew as the best musicians in the area. At the time the band consisted of Matthew Langdon, Turner Puckett, William Hunt, and Derek Wenning. After playing shows for almost a year in the Louisville area, Derek Wenning left to pursue his education and Until Death Do Us Party signed with Little Heart Records. UDDUP then
Upcoming gig: July 28, Spinelli’s, South Fifth Street, Louisville
recruited Seth Christan. The meaning behind the name stems from an album of Turner Puckett's favorite local band, Uh-Huh Baby Yeah!'s, first full album “Til Death Do Us Party.” Please describe your sound/inspiration: Our sound, currently, is inspired by everything that our father's raised us on. An old school rock ‘n’ roll style with our same pop/punk sound infused in. What are your goals: Our longterm goals are to continue to tour the country and hopefully be able to live off of the music that we love to play. In the short-term, we're hoping to go on a large-scale tour of the East Coast and Midwest. What do you make of the Southern Indiana music scene: The Southern Indiana music scene is filled with
such a diverse mix of bands and genres. We've come to learn that there is a close knit family between a majority of them and we're glad to
say that we feel welcomed by this family. Every band that we've played with and met has been incredibly friendly.
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Local SoIn Happenings Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/ or organization’s upcoming events/new features/entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com
Bicentennial Park Concert Series
When: 6 p.m. Friday Where: Bicentennial Park, Pearl and Spring streets, New Albany Junk Yard Dogs
Jeffersonville RiverStage
When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: RiverStage, Spring Street and Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville Wulfe Brothers w/ guest Sparechange Millionaires
Live music at Huber’s
When: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Where: Huber’s Orchard, Winery and Vineyards, 19816 Huber Road, Starlight Saturday: The Resonators; Sunday: South Upland
Live music at Roadhouse
When: 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday Where: New Albany Roadhouse, 1706 Graybrook Lane Friday: Keeling & Rhoads
Farmers Market
When: 8 a.m. Saturday (ongoing) Where: New Albany Farmers Market, 202 E. Market St. The Downtown New Albany Farmer’s market is a managed by Develop New Albany with help from volunteers in the New Albany community.
Farmers Market
Saturday: 9 a.m. to noon (May 31 through Oct. 25) Downtown Jeffersonville at the corner of Chestnut and Locust streets (on the Wall Street United Methodist Church lot). Tuesdays: 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (June 3 through Oct. 28) At the 10th Street entrance to Jeffersonville High School Jeffersonville Main Street, Inc., is accepting applications for the Farmers Market. Both food and art/craft applications are available online at jeffmainstreet.org.
Live on State at Wick’s
Where: Wick’s Pizza Parlor, 225 State St., New Albany When: Friday and Saturday Friday: 11 p.m., Blameshift; Saturday: 9 p.m., Juicebox Heroes [wickspizza.com]
Twilight Cinema at RiverStage
When: 7 p.m. Saturday Where: RiverStage, Spring Street and Riverside Drive, Jeffersonville “Despicable Me 2” with Radio Disney
Concerts in the Park
When: 7 p.m. Friday (free) Where: Warder Park, Court Avenue and Spring Street, Jeffersonville Grand Slam (oldies, variety with some songs of the late Randy Atcher); in case of rain, call 812-283-0301 and the message will tell you if the concert has been canceled.
Heirloom tomato dinner
When: 6 p.m. Aug. 8-9 Where: Winston’s Restaurant, 3101 Bardstown Road A tomato cocktail, dessert and entrée take over the menu at Winston’s during the annual heirloom tomato dinner. Chef John Castro worked with local producers for years to bring the best tomato varieties to Winston’s and diners now have two opportunities to taste his selections. Cost is $65 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Optional wine pairings are available for an additional $25 per person. For reservations, call 502-456-0980.
Get in the groove IUS Music Department announces 2014-15 lineup
Unless otherwise noted, all Music Department concerts take place in the Richard K. Stem Concert Hall in the Paul W. Ogle Cultural & Community Center on the IU Southeast campus, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany. Also unless otherwise notes, tickets to concert are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, and $5 for students. For the most up-todate concert schedule, please visit ius.edu/music.
LINEUP
• Sept. 14, 3 p.m.: Louisa Woodson; Faculty Harp Recital with guest artist Ryan Gardner, trumpet; Stiefler Recital Hall (free). • Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.: A/Tonal; Stiefler Recital Hall (free). • Oct. 26, 3 p.m.: Commonwealth Brass Band, Richard K. Stem Concert Hall • Nov. 9, 3 p.m.: IU Southeast Concert Choir & Community Chorus; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall • Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m.: IU Southeast Concert Band; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall • Nov. 23, 3 p.m.: IU Southeast Orchestra: Richard K. Stem Concert Hall • Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.: Commonwealth Brass Band; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall • Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., Dec. 7, 3 p.m.: Holiday Pops Spectacular; ;Richard K. Stem Concert Hall NOTE: The Holiday Pops concerts are part of the OGLE CENTER PRESENTS series for 2014-2015. Unlike prior years, there will be reserved seating for these concerts and no senior discounts. All other performances by the IU Southeast Music Department are general admission with no reserved seating. • Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.: Lindsey Goodman, flutist; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall (free)
Part of IU Southeast Music Department's New Dynamic Records recording residency • Feb. 15, 3 p.m.: IU Southeast Concert Band Winter Pops; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall • March 1, 3 p.m.; New Millenium Duo; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall (free) • March 15, 3 p.m.; Ceruti Chamber Players; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall (free) • April 12, 3 p.m.; IU Southeast Concert Choir & Community Chorus; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall • April 15, 7:30 p.m.; Commonwealth Brass Band; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall • April 19, 3 p.m.; IU Southeast Concert Band; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall • April 24, 7:30 p.m.; IU Southeast Guitar Ensemble; Stiefler Recital Hall (free) • April 26, 3 p.m.: IU Southeast Orchestra; Richard K. Stem Concert Hall Summer Pops Concert Series All Summer Pops concerts take place in the new Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County Amphitheater at IU Southeast. • June 5, 7 p.m.; Commonwealth Brass Band • June 12, 7 p.m.; IU Southeast Concert Band • June 19, 7 p.m.; IU Southeast Orchestra