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ov. Mike Pence can rail against those despotic bureaucrats in Washington to his far-right constituency’s delight, but the much-maligned ment of $3 to $25 per month into the feds have managed to save the day for account for persons with incomes above roughly 350,000 Hoosiers in need and $11,500. There are some other strictures perhaps for Pence himself. as well that folks on true Medicaid don’t Approval of his Healthy Indiana 2.0 plan ends a Kabuki dance of more than a have to endure. But hey, Pence Happens, and the feds knew good and well their year brought on by Pence’s insistence on choice was between half a loaf and none holding his ground against Obamacare as long as the Republican caucuses were even if it meant holding his neediest calling. And every month some Hoosubjects hostage. siers died for lack of affordable medical At last, the valve opens for a massive care. Nobody knows how many. If Pence influx of federal dollars that would have cared, he didn’t say. been welcomed with glee from the getAnd remember, Pence has asked the go if they financed fighter jets or highways instead of clinic visits and surgeries U.S. Supreme Court to cut off federal health insurance subsidies for more than for people of a socioeconomic class that 100,000 Hoosiers under another section of tends Democratic. the Affordable Care Act, just because the Sure, it’s expansion of Medicaid by state opposes the ACA. Take that, Obama! another name; but with enough room To hear Pence now, crowing about his for Pence to claim a states’ rights victory triumph and extolling his comparatively and blunt a backlash from the GOP repuny health program as a model for the actionary wing, which is running out of nation, can’t be pleasant for the profespurists on this fading issue anyway. sionals on the other side of the table. But Clearly, the minions of the Obama administration who negotiated with Pence over all these Sure, it’s expansion of Medicaid tedious months had no interest in prolonging by another name; but with enough the agony – they aren’t room for Pence to claim a states’ running for president – and they sent signals all rights victory. along that they’d find a way for him to save face if he would close some of the gap between Indiana’s program if you know a lot of government emand Medicaid. ployees, you’ve heard a lot of accounts They got there, in part, by coaxing of hard work for which politicians take Pence into accepting a reduction in the credit. Without being privy to this marasum he wanted participants to pay into thon dance, I am surmising that some health savings accounts, the “skin in salary-earners with no agenda aside the game” feature that goes along with Pence’s overall philosophy of demanding from giving Indiana money for health care did their jobs, while a governor that low-income recipients of governbeset with hubris and fearful of the Tea ment help, unlike high-income benefiParty did his. ciaries of the inheritance tax repeal or It’s a shame it had to work this way, private schools spending tax subsidies, show “responsibility.” Something like the with real victims twisting in the wind. But a bureaucrat who manages to sell “ennobling” benefit he ascribed to his Obamacare to a guy who’s shouting food stamp cuts. “Repeal Obamacare” has earned his/her It will be a hardship for some – a paypaycheck for sure. n
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The House Education Committee has passed HB 1609 on to the full House for consideration. The bill calls for the removal of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as the chair of the State Board of Education in order to allow the board to elect its own chair. A few bills with similar goals are also moving through the Senate, and there are other bills in both chambers that would make the superintendent an appointed position instead of an elected one. However, there is another bill in the House that would give the state legislature an even greater reach into the executive branch. House Bill 1351, authored by Rep. David Wolkins, R-Warsaw, seeks to place restrictions on rulemaking. According to the digest of the bill, it “Voids state administrative rules, guidelines, and other policies or standards that are not specifically authorized by state statue or do not implement a federal requirement. Establishes the office of regulatory accountability in the Legislative Services Agency to review administrative rules for compliance with regulatory goals specified by the general assembly.” The bill would repeal much, if not all, of Indiana Code 4-22-2. So what does that mean exactly? In essence, the bill would strip any authority for making policy rules from the various executive state agencies that run the state’s day-to-day operations.
Every state agency, like the Department of Natural Resources, State Department of Health, Department of Environmental Management, etc., have commissions and boards that make and enact the rules of action within that given agency. These boards are typically made up of individuals from the general public who have a vested interested in the topic and mission of the agency. The governor typically appoints the positions with very specific guidelines for the appointments, for example, boards must be politically balanced and have representatives from specific areas of interest that are essential
enact prudent regulations aimed at protecting the public’s health and environment,” says Kharbanda. “This bill, in its present form, would not only completely undermine their future discretionary rulemaking ability, but their many years of hard work creating prudent regulations that were not explicitly authorized by federal or state law.” Instead of letting the appointed experts in each given field address the problems and rules facing the agency, HB 1351 would put everyone’s issues under one roof, an “office of regulatory accountability” within the legislative service agency. The office would then review the rules according to the goals set forth by the general assembly. Kharbanda says this would be actually make government “It’s very disturbing legislative less efficient. “Agencies like IDEM branch overreach.” or IDNR or IURC [Indi— JESSE KHARBANDA, ana Utility Regulatory Executive Director, Hoosier Environmental Council Commission] or ISDH could be paralyzed in going forward with rule-making, slowing to the agency’s mission or service. the administration of state and federal HB 1351 would change all of that. law,” says Kharbanda. “This bill disables agencies with vast The vast impact of the bill on multiple technical expertise from proactively solving state agencies is what has the Hoosier problems,” says Jesse Kharbanda, ExecuEnvironmental Council so concerned and tive Director of the Hoosier Environmental watching what happens. “It’s very disturbCouncil. Kharbanda is very concerned with ing legislative branch overreach,” says the overreach potential in the bill. Kharbanda. “This bill overturns decades “Regulatory agencies have had longof long-established practice by Indiana’s executive branch.” n standing, statutorily authorized ability to
Ritz could be stripped of State Board Chair seat The House Education Committee moved legislation that would strip the elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction of her position as chair of the State Board of Education. HB 1609, authored by Rep. Jud McMillin, R-Brookville, would let the appointed SBoE choose its own chairperson from existing board members. Current state law dictates the superintendent is chair, who for now is Democrat Glenda Ritz. McMillin said that making this move would put the board in the best position to “remove politics from the equation.” Since Ritz’s election two years ago, she has been battling with the board’s other members, all of whom are appointed by Republican Gov. Mike Pence. But critics of the legislation disagreed. Joel Hand, a lobbyist for the Indiana Coalition of Public Education, said “As long as the General Assembly and elected body determines policy,” the education programs will always be political. HB 1609 passed 8-3 and moves to the full House for consideration. E-cigarette liquid rules passes committee The Senate Commerce and Technology Committee met with protest as it considered SB 539. The bill, authored by Sen. Carlin Yoder, R- Middlebury, would establish regulations on e-liquid – the fluid used in electronic cigarettes. Under the bill, a manufacturer of e-liquids must obtain a permit issued by the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission. The bill also bans the sale of e-liquids to a minor, requires childproof caps, and requires ingredients to be listed on the bottle. Supporters said the bill is needed to regulate the conditions e-liquids are manufactured under and to control access to minors. Critics said the bill would increase manufacturers’ costs for permits and security to the point that it could drive them out of business. Yoder acknowledged some of the concerns but said that he is committed to continue working on this bill and that it’s not in its final form. It passed the committee 6-4 and moves to the full Senate for consideration. Relaxed alcohol rules pass House Combined distilleries, microbreweries, and farm wineries are one step closer to selling their alcohol from the same serving area after a bill passed the Indiana House. HB 1053, authored by Rep. David Ober, R-Albion, removes a literal wall between a microbrewery, farm winery, and artisan distillery. Current law requires a structure to be in place that separates the service of microbrewery beer, farm-produced wine, and distillery liquor. The bill would allow any combination of these small alcohol producers to serve at the same bar in the same building. Under HB 1053, any excise violation will shut down all services being offered, as opposed to only the service with the violation. For example, a combined distillery and microbrewery both would be shut down even if only the microbrewery violated the law. The bill passed 97-0 and now moves to the Senate for further consideration. —THE STATEHOUSE FILE NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 02.04.15 - 02.11.15 // NEWS 5
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bill that passed a Senate committee would allow unauthorized immigrant students living in Indiana to pay in-state tuition. Senate Bill 345, authored by Sen. Earline Rogers, D-Gary, and heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee, allows graduates who went to an Indiana high school for at least three years to attend a state college and pay the same tuition as a typical resident students. The bill would take effect next fall. Attorney Kevin Muñoz, a former educator, said the bill is important for the large number of undocumented immigrant students in the state. “As an educator and a high school advisor, we were taught to treat each family equally,” Muñoz said. “We were instructed that our job was to inspire youth to use their maximum potential. Although they are excellent students, they are strapped for funds and they can’t contribute to the Indiana economy like everyone else.” Muñoz said the key reason he supports this bill is because it “promotes equality” and that the “spirit of Indiana is to promote education.”
Guadalupe Pimentel, an Ivy Tech Community College student and leader of the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance, shared her personal story about why the bill would benefit other individuals in situations like hers. After moving to Indiana at the age of 6, Pimentel learned English and became fluent by the third grade. She graduated from Pike High School in 2010 and, due to difficulties paying for school, enrolled at Ivy Tech. She is expected to graduate in May 2017. “I was excited, but at the same time furious because it will take me seven years to finish my undergrad” degree, Pimentel said. “Not because I was lazy, not because I was incapable of finishing or going to class. It makes me sad because I am as capable as other students. “I speak English, I go to class, but due to circumstances that were out of my control, it has taken me seven years.” Indiana University School of Social Work faculty member Lindsay Littrell spoke in favor of the bill, saying that it has been a pleasure getting to know the “young undocumented leaders” in her community. “I have learned so much from them. They think more, they (know) their pres-
ence in the classroom is meaningful, it’s needed. It enriches every person’s education in higher education,” Littrell said. “The work that they’re doing in the community benefits all of us.” Littrell challenged the committee to consider that the benefits were not just for those students but “for all of us.” Despite supporting the bill, Sen. Brandt Hershman, R-Buck Creek, had some concerns with the lack of acknowledgment from the federal government. “It troubles me that though Congress and the president have ignored the opportunity – all the discussion has been about illegal immigration and none of it has been about legal immigration,” Hershman said. “Making it easier for people to come to this country and become citizens.” The committee amended the bill to only make it effective for the next two years. Appropriations Chairman Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, said the bill would need to be “discussed again” before extending it further. The bill passed the committee 8-4 and now moves to the full Senate for consideration. n Katie Stancombe is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news service powered by Franklin College students.
“I speak English, I go to class, but due to circumstances that were out of my control, it has taken me seven years.” — GUADALUPE PIMENTEL, Ivy Tech Community College student and leader of the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance
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very five years the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a governmentappointed group of top nutrition experts, lays the scientific groundwork for new national dietary guidelines and makes recommendations to the Agriculture and Health and Human Services departments. Because a draft of the Committee’s new guidelines calls for consumption of more plant-based foods and less animalbased foods based on environmental implications, Congress immediately directed the Obama administration to ignore recommendations that ventured into the realm of “agricultural production practices and environmental factors,” claiming that those issues are not within the committee’s expertise. Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., C.S.S.D., boardcertified specialist in Sports Dietetics and director of nutrition education for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research and encourages higher standards of ethics, disagrees. “The committee should consider sustainability. It is their job to look at all the science and make recommendations.”
What’s the beef? Although the battle is playing out on a national stage, albeit behind closed doors because Congress issued a gag order to Committee members, the effects will be felt in Indiana, long known as an agricultural state. Seemingly not worried about the Committee’s recommendations, Joe Moore, executive vice president of the Indiana Beef Cattle Association, is nevertheless angry, charging that there is “not one business person, 8 COVER STORY // 02.04.15 - 02.11.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
nutritionist or doctor on the committee. They’re all academics and they have agendas; most are anti-meat. That’s been brought forth in this.” On the contrary, PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., fires back with claims of conflict of interest for six of the 11 committee members, citing evidence of financial ties to the meat, dairy or egg industries. “Having advisors tied to the meat or dairy industries is as inappropriate as letting tobacco companies decide our standards for air quality.” Moore, who “vehemently disagrees” with the Committee’s recommendations, accuses the “academics [of] trying to turn the ship” through “group think.” Levin is thankful that the DGAC contains academics instead of lobbyists or industryfunded researchers with any agenda. “That’s the whole point of it being a transparent committee selection process. It wasn’t always like that.” Arguing that the DGAC was “only supposed to consider the nutritional value of food, not sustainability of the environment,” Moore insists that the recommendations go against
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“30 years of peer-reviewed science. It’s crap. A plant-based diet doesn’t meet science; it’s only opinion. Lean meat is a valuable part of any healthy diet. Congress told the Ag Secretary the Committee should only consider nutrition – the extraneous crap should be ignored. They just want millions of dollars in funding to go study their new food requirements.”
Nutritional information Dietary requirements have been firmly established by reputable groups, such as the American Dietetic Association, which states that “appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.” Vegetarian diets are proven to provide several health advantages, including lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure and lower risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index and lower cancer rates. The China-Cornell-Oxford Project, aka the China Study, the largest comprehensive study of human nutrition ever conducted, presented groundbreaking results. Supported by a partnership between Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventative Medicine, the China Study recommends a plant-based diet for best long-term health. “People who ate the most animal-based foods got the most chronic disease. People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest. There are virtually no nutrients in animal-based foods that are not better provided by plants.” A whole-food, plant-based diet provides protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals. It reduces incidents of cancer, heart disease,
diabetes, obesity, autoimmune diseases, and bone, kidney, eye and brain diseases. Considered “bullet-proof,” the 20-year China Study included extensive testing that resulted in 8,000 statistically significant associations between diet and disease. The study discovered links between nutrition and carcinogens. Findings from the China Study indicate that animal protein promotes the growth of cancer. Almost one-third of Americans over age 20 are obese. One out of 13 has diabetes. Heart disease kills one out of three. Many of these health issues can be prevented – and some reversed – by a plant-based diet. Similarly, the Harvard Health Professionals follow-up study monitored more than 37,000 men and more than 83,000 women for nearly 3 million “person-years.” It found that consumption of red meat was associated with an increased risk of premature mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes. Many physicians and researchers, such as Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D. at the Cleveland Clinic, and Dr. Dean Ornish, Harvard Medical School graduate, have found that a plant-based diet can stop the progression of heart disease. Chronic diseases also can often be prevented or reversed by eating a plant-based diet, providing tremendous savings. Currently, more than 75 percent of the $2.8 trillion annual health care cost is spent to treat chronic disease. Robert Ostfeld, M.D., director of the Cardiac Wellness Program and associate professor of Clinical Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, says a whole-food, plant-based diet provides the best health benefits without the side effects of medications to treat chronic disease. “There is no need to consume meat,” Levin concludes. “There is no protein or amino acid that can’t be gotten from plants. Calcium is readily available in beans and greens. Vegetables have a lot
of protein; it’s very difficult to under-consume protein. In fact, it’s twice as absorbable: 60 percent vs. 30 percent in milk.” “The facts speak for themselves,” adds Kim Ferraro, Hoosier Environmental Council senior staff attorney. “This ‘need for meat’ is just corporate brainwashing. How many more studies do we need from credible, academic institutions?”
Sticking to the diet The fact that meat is not good for humans may be indisputable, but many people find it tough to stick to a plantbased diet. “We eat too much meat,” Ferraro continues, “because food speaks to many aspects of our lives.” What was once a delicacy due to price is now an everyday staple – which is the crux of the problem. “If everyone in the world ate like we do, we’d need eight planets to sustain it.” The USDA has been tracking Americans’ food intake since 1909. Between then and 2007, the average American’s meat intake increased from 124 pounds per year to more than 200 pounds. Cheese intake rose from less than 4 pounds to nearly 33 pounds per year. Despite Moore’s claims that the demand for beef has “never been higher” even while prices also have never been higher, the recent trend appears to indicate a decline in overall meat consumption. “Prices are up; people are eating less,” explains Tom Hertel, an economist at Purdue University. “People respond to prices. Total consumption is falling 10 percent.” Americans consume more meat when it’s cheap and convenient, Levin says. Fast food and pizza delivery play a role, but she points out that the government encourages people to consume more beef, cheese and pork. The USDA admits that prices and availability are influenced by federal
agricultural support policies. Levin calls them “checkoff programs” – contracts to put more cheese on burgers, for example. “Daily farmers pay a fee to the program, which then creates campaigns like ‘got milk?’ – generic promotions that benefit the farmers,” she elaborates. “The USDA is behind the scenes with Domino’s to figure out where they can put more cheese.” This type of marketing manipulates the trends. Even more serious is the controversy it raises: why is the USDA involved in creating guidelines? This organization was created to get people to eat more meat, then it was tasked with creating dietary guidelines. “It’s a huge conflict of interest,” Levin states.
Production Indiana ranks 27th in cattle production with approximately 800,000 head of cattle. The Hoosier state is 5th in the country for commercial hog slaughter, up from 7.7 million in 2007 to 8.5 million in 2012. Americans eat 100 million chickens per hour because they think it’s healthier, Levin adds. Food production uses half of all land where vegetation can grow. Because farming is the biggest source of greenhouse gases, Timothy Searchinger, a researcher with Princeton University and the World Resources Institute, an environmental group, told NPR that dietary recommendations have to consider environmental impact. As part of a paper he’s preparing for the National Academy of Science, Hertel compares four resources: land, irrigation water, GHG and nitrogen. He says dairy, poultry, pork and eggs are “in the same ballpark” when it comes to resources used, but beef is “off the charts.” One pound of beef takes seven pounds of feed, compared with three pounds for pork and two pounds for poultry. Beef uses 1.6 cubic meters of
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Overcrowding animals in CAFOs lead to conditions that can spread E coli via the air, even contaminating nearby vegetables.
irrigation water per mega calorie; most farmed animals use 0.2. The 2014 documentary Cowspiracy points out that the water footprint of animal husbandry is greater than that of other activities. Animal agriculture in the U.S. uses 34 trillion gallons of water a year, or one-third of all fresh water. It is also the biggest user of water and the number one water polluter. One pound of beef requires 2,500 gallons of water to produce; one gallon of milk, 1,000 gallons of water; one pound of cheese, 900 gallons. Animal ag also uses 45 percent of all land and is the leading cause of resource degradation. It is responsible for 91 percent of Amazon rain forest destruction and is the leading cause of species destruction, ocean dead zones (from run-off) and habitat destruction. One acre of rainforest is cleared every second for grazing farmed animals; already 136 million acres have been lost to cows and soy production. One-third of the land is becoming desert due to farmed animal grazing. Hertel explains that increased demand for meat encourages farmers to clear forests and plow up grasslands. “Conversion of land for agriculture has become a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades.” In 2009 the Worldwatch Institute, an independent environmental research institute, estimated
that animal agriculture is responsible for 51 percent of climate change (producing 32.6 million tons of carbon dioxide annually), compared with transportation at 13 percent. Simply put, it is the number one contributor to human-caused climate change. “Raising and killing animals for food is killing the planet,” states Demosthenes Maratos, with The Sustainable Institute, in Cowspiracy. “Beef is more resource-intensive,” Hertel recaps. “The animals are not as efficient at converting [grain into food].” Moore objects, stating that “cattle eat food we can’t, like soy and corn stalks, and turn plants into food. They eat plants so I don’t have to.” He says US beef producers do “the best job of anyone in the world: 20 percent of farmers in the US feed 80 percent of the world.” He also says cattle numbers are on the way up, quoting State Board of Health figures of 20,000 Indiana locations registered as having a cow. “We are not destroying the environment through animal ag.” However, the animal ag industry is responsible for 15 percent of total global carbon emissions; approximately two-thirds of that is the result of beef production.
The other white meat Cattle are grazers who live outside, Moore says in defense of his industry. “The other production method is CAFOs, where you put things in a barn and confine them to a small space. It’s a totally different industry. Animal activists decry CAFOs; they look at beef as a good thing.” CAFOs are concentrated animal feeding operations. Indiana has more than 1,800 CAFOs and the Indiana Depart-
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ment of Environmental Management receives 60-70 new applications each year, primarily because small-scale livestock farming is not cost-efficient and row crops are too expensive. Noting that “any type of product that uses natural resources has an environmental impact,” Josh Trenary, executive director of the Indiana Pork Producers Association, a non-profit group representing 3,000 hog farmers and a power lobby, says that of the total crop land acres available, regulated animal ag uses only 3.6 percent. People express concern when they see the large barns, Trenary acknowledges. “We hear ‘there are too many pigs in Indiana,’” he says, adding that the CAFO system allows farmers to “decrease their environmental footprint” by housing “animals and manure on one site.” It’s part of the “improved efficiency” of the industry, along with reduction of crops consumed due to genetic improvements in feed rations, he explains. Comparing 1959 with 2009, for each pound of pork produced, 78 percent less land and 42 percent less water is needed. “If the pork industry makes animals more efficient, it uses fewer resources,” Trenary says. “We are feeding and housing more efficiently,” he continues. “If the public wants a product using resources efficiently, we do a good job of that. We work to provide a safe, lean protein source at a low cost while minimizing the environmental footprint.” He justifies the use of “deep pit storage” of effluent under the barns and says it is pumped out and land-applied as nutrient fertilizer. “You can’t get any more sustainable than that cycle.” However, Ferraro says the manure is not good for fertilizer due to the way it’s collected and stored. She draws attention
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to the sheer amount produced, estimating that farmed animals produce 17 times the amount of waste as humans produce. Cowspiracy’s numbers are even higher, claiming cows alone produce 130 times more than humans.
Factory vs. family farming One development that has exacerbated the problem is the transfer from traditional farming — family-owned with diversity of animals and crops sold to local consumers — to an industrialized system: the monoculture that is factory farming, where farms specialize in one thing, crop or animal. “People aren’t farmers anymore,” says Ferraro. “They’re contract managers. Outside corporations like Perdue control meat production, price and how animals are raised and slaughtered.” In Indiana, she says, 80 percent of all farmed animals are in nearly 2,000 confined feeding operations “because of outside influence to get big or get out. To make up for prices, they must mass produce.” One of the many issues with these large farms is animal overcrowding, which often leads to illness. “The problem is that animals are given prophylactic antibiotics (to prevent sickness) because of confinement and worry of illness,” Ferraro says. “That produces resistance in humans and gets into the water.” Studies link antibody resistance to eating meat, and early puberty in girls to growth hormones used in animal ag. Levin says that many are treated with the same drugs used for humans; 70 percent of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to farmed animals. “Why do they need antibiotics? The conditions are filthy.” Overcrowding and filthy conditions
are breeding grounds for Escherichia coli bacteria. A USDA study found that E. coli can be spread from factory farms to plant farms via air, contaminating vegetables grown for human consumption. The CDC explains that E. coli can cause diarrhea, urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and other conditions. Trenary said the CDC study claims about antibiotic resistance have been discredited and that one third of the antibiotics sold for animals are not used in human medicine. Furthermore, he references FDA guidance documents 209 and 213. The first phases out use of growth hormones and limits use of antibiotics for the pig’s health; the second provides procedures for phasing out growth hormones. Because “all slaughterhouses are federally inspected every hour they’re open if they ship out of state,” Trenary believes there is no misuse of medicines.
rests on the principle that we must meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Therefore, stewardship of both natural and human resources is of prime importance.” For Jim Benham, president of the Indiana Farmers Union, a producer-driven membership organization with the primary goal of sustaining family farms and strengthening rural Indiana, that means ensuring that small farms remain viable and figuring out a fair way to treat animals. “We have a moral obligation to treat them with respect and give them a great life.” It starts with improving the environment by building up the soil without chemicals. Soil health has declined. “We have raped the ground of everything it has,” he says, blaming the problem on the need to “produce more, more, more.” For example, seeds are now infused with insecticide to guarantee more yield per acre. That model is counter-productive. Mass production drives down prices, so farmers Ferraro says the answer is “to raise aniturn to whatever makes the most money. mals in ways that benefit them, the land “We’re growing corn and soybeans [for aniand the community: sustainable farmmal consumption] on ground that should ing.” The HEC promotes legislation to be pasture,” Benham says. “It’s a battle for incentivize sustainable farming because the dollar, not a question of what you want it believes that sustainable techniques to do. We must figure out how farmers can such as free-ranging should be incormake a decent living.” porated to work with the environment He says there were a lot more farmers in order to protect air, soil, water, food, in the early 1900s because the return on animals and people from harmful chemiinvestment on a farm matched that in a cals, pesticides and large manure lagoons city. According to USDA findings, he says, that breed disease. These practices also today’s farmers are at 30 percent parity. increase the quality of life for animals, His concern is that current pricing and farmers and their neighbors. eating habits are not allowing people to Moore calls sustainable ag a “dangermake enough per acre to live. “We need ous word” and says it has “no definition; to get back to a time when 160 acres of diversified farming was enough to make a living.” He believes that factory “If everyone in the world ate like farms and lack of representation for rural areas has we do, we’d need eight planets to changed our way of life. Of Indiana’s 50 state senators, sustain it.” 35 come from 10 coun— KIM FERRARO, ties – all urban. But 15 of Hoosier Environmental Council 82 counties are rural and, he says, not represented, which means farmers can’t make changes. “We lost it’s not possible to define. It’s a political the balance of urban and rural that our word people use to hammer what they government was created to protect.” don’t agree with. It doesn’t mean anyFarmers need to make a living, but thing. We’ve been raising cattle the same Benham says all the politicians want to way for 250 years and we can keep on for hear is that we can feed people cheaply. 250 more; that’s sustainable.” “You have three things: price, quality and The generally accepted definition of time. But you can only have two at once. sustainable ag integrates three goals: What does the public want? What is the stewardship of the environment for its public willing to pay for?” long-term health; economic profitability; and social and economic equity – or quality of life for farmers. The SustainContemplating the environmental able Agriculture Research and Education impact of what we eat is a new developProgram at the University of California ment, Hertel believes. “Consumers do Davis defines it clearly. “Sustainability
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Production of one pound of beef uses seven pounds of feed, three pounds for pork and two for poultry.
a lot of things that aren’t good for the environment, like driving,” he reasons. “If our national goal was to minimize our environmental footprint, we would ask everyone to walk or bicycle to work, cease the use of air conditioners, and become vegetarians.” Knowing that it is not possible for scientists to dictate human behavior, he says an economist’s response is to tax these items to influence behavior. In a paper he’s preparing, Hertel writes: “The combination of high conversion rates from crops to livestock products and extremely rapid growth in consumer demand for meat, milk and eggs in developing countries has placed an increased burden on the planet’s resources.” He adds that “the heavy reliance on beef represents a misallocation of resources, given the large environmental footprint of these beef-derived calories.” Beef cattle release methane and require a lot of land, both for grazing and for growing crops to feed them. “Viewed through this economic lens, the problem with the current set of consumer choices is that the market price for beef — and many other products — does not reflect some of these environmental costs,” Hertel writes. “The economic logic of the situation is that we need to account for these externalities,” he explains. “It’s a compelling case to tax environmental ‘bads.’” Taxation across the board would be incentive to change behavior. “Don’t tell people what to eat, just make sure they’re paying the full cost. The beef industry would feel it.”
The bottom line & the solution But while Hertel sees this as an opportunity for the animal agriculture industry and government to subsidize technology
that would reduce emissions, not everyone is satisfied with merely taxing behavior that puts our planet in jeopardy. Cowspiracy gave us the solution to climate change: stop eating animals. No other lifestyle choice has as far-reaching and profound effect on the planet. “This is a ‘humans eating animals issue,’” states producer/director Kip Andersen. Each year approximately 10 billion farmed animals are killed, according to an analysis of USDA reports by the nonprofit Farm Animal Rights Movement. Before they’re killed, they consume seven times as much grain as the human population; more than half of U.S. grain and legumes, and 40 percent of world grain, are fed to farmed animals. Farmed animals use 30 percent of all land worldwide and are the reason for deforestation; 70 percent of forests in the Amazon are now used for grazing. The ultimate goal resulting from U.N. climate negotiations in Peru is to stabilize GHG at a level that keeps global warming below 2 degrees C (3.6 F), compared with pre-industrial times. According to “Approaches to defining a planetary boundary for biodiversity” by an international team of 18 experts with the Stockholm Resilience Center, climate change and high rates of extinction of animals and plants are pushing the Earth into a danger zone for humanity. Having identified a set of boundaries beyond which anthropogenic change will put the Earth system outside a safe operating space for humanity, the group expressed alarm about clearance of forests and pollution from nitrogen and phosphorus in fertilizers. “Four boundaries are assessed to have been crossed, placing humanity in a danger zone,” read a statement of the study in the journal Science. Those
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four are climate change, species loss, landuse change and fertilizer pollution. And yet, climate change continues to accelerate and GHG emissions have increased since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1992. The animal ag industry produces more GHG emissions than all forms of transportation combined. The recent landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that dietary change can “substantially lower” emissions. Not only can a vegan diet achieve rapid reductions in GHGs, it can also reverse the ongoing world food and water crises. The population in 1812 was 1 billion. In 1912 it was 1.5 billion. By 2012 it had jumped to 7 billion. There are an estimated 70 billion farmed animals. Due to dramatic increases in population and the resultant increased demand for meat, farmed animal populations are projected to double between 2006 and 2050. Meat consumption is expected to rise 75 percent by 2050, dairy by 65 percent, but cereals only 40 percent. As early as 2020, the people in China are predicted to eat 20 million tons of meat and dairy a year. How do we feed billions of people? asks Stephen Wells, executive director of Animal Legal Defense Fund. “What we choose to eat has a greater impact on the environment and the lives of other animals than any other choice we make. More than 55 billion land animals are slaughtered each year around the world. More than a quarter of the land on our planet is taken up by animal agriculture. One-third of the Earth’s land is used to grow feed for these animals.” Eating plants, rather than the animals that consume plants, would dramatically reduce the amount of land needed to grow
crops, use only a fraction of the amount of water, and result in less pollution – specifically, GHG. “Discussing dietary habits makes people understandably uncomfortable,” Wells writes, “but we cannot afford to ignore uncomfortable realities.” According to peer-reviewed studies, if this trend is not radically changed, agricultural emissions will take up the entire world carbon budget by 2050, meaning that every other sector, including energy, industry and transportation could not contribute any carbon – a virtual impossibility. Dietary change is essential to contain global warming. An academic paper titled “Land, irrigation water, greenhouse gas, and reactive nitrogen burdens of meat, eggs, and dairy production in the United States” by Gidon Eshela, Alon Sheponb, Tamar Makovc and
Ron Milob states: “Livestock-based food production is an important and pervasive way humans impact the environment. It is the key land user and source of water pollution by nutrient overabundance. It also competes with biodiversity, and promotes species extinctions. Empowering consumers to make choices that mitigate some of these impacts through devising and disseminating numerically sound information is thus a key socio-environmental priority.” The paper demonstrates how minimizing beef consumption mitigates the environmental costs of diet most effectively. Similarly, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization states that “an effective strategy must involve replacing livestock products with better alternatives, rather than substituting one meat product with another that has a somewhat lower carbon footprint.” But there is no national or global plan to achieve that. “We can prove the bad effects of factory farming, but what are we willing to do about it?” Benham asks. Advocates of alternatives to animal products base their arguments on
he prepares for the comment period on the DGAC’s report. “Expect a lot of outcry on what the Committee advises. It’s never been done before.” It’s never been done before because powerful lobbyists from the animal ag industry, including the Farm Bureau, fight government mandates to reduce production while simultaneously appealing directly to consumers and leaders in the food industry to maintain – and increase – demand. Ferraro notes that the Farm Bureau paid for outside law firms to fight every case against the ag industry the HEC brought. (Representatives of the Farm Bureau failed to return multiple invitations to be interviewed for this article.) Levin doubts the DGAC’s report will go much farther because the USDA can reject it. “[The USDA] will never say eat less meat. They may say eat less saturated fat, but they won’t say eat less meat or dairy. It’s coded, and Americans don’t understand what they’re really saying.” Despite the challenge of standing up to lobbyists in an era when journalists and environmentalists who speak out are being sued and even killed, Levin says with the evidence mounting, “it’s going to get harder for lobbyists to pay anyone, especially scientists, to “[The USDA] will never say eat sacrifice his or her reputation by claiming meat isn’t less meat. They may say eat less harmful to human health saturated fat, but they won’t say or the environment.” Although she believes eat less meat or dairy.” the ag industry will — SUSAN LEVIN, continue to “do its best to Director of Nutrition Education for the hide the facts or pretend Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine evidence doesn’t exist” as long as they can afford to, she says that “anyone who profits from meat sales is going to need expensive lobbynutrition and health, compassion for ists who are willing to pretend that the animals or environmental issues. Their preponderance of science doesn’t show arguments have been largely ignored. the benefits of plant-based diets.” Consumption of animals has continued Everybody cares about something, and even increased, causing some to Ferraro says. “We try to reach people doubt that change will ever occur. who are moved by animal suffering. For “Indiana is an ag state,” Ferraro those who don’t care about animals, we reflects. “The corporate giants co-opted reach them on environmental, personal government to implement policies that health or water issues.” benefit them. That’s why the push for It’s a slow effort at education, but Ferag-gag legislation.” But changes are raro believes they are making a differhappening, she insists. “With the obesity ence. “More people are making different epidemic and people caring about anichoices.” It will get worse before it gets mals and the environment, it’s coming better, she warns, but it will get there. to a head. There is greater awareness, There are so many reasons to get thanks to social media and undercover there, Levin adds: the environment, investigations by animal rights groups. nutrition, ethics. “What people eat is People are starting to rise up and apply relevant to everyone. The message is not pressure for policy change and personal mixed; there’s so much evidence. Whatchange. There is cause for hope.” ever tactic it takes to get people to this That hope comes tinged with caution. place. All roads lead to this place.” n Moore vows to work with legislators as
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STAGE EVENTS Cripple of Inishmaan Feb. 5-March 1. The inhabitants of a small Irish island get a chance at stardom when a Hollywood director visits to cast his latest film. All yearn for instant fame, but an unlikely outsider ends up stealing the spotlight. Martin McDonagh (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Pillowman) based his black comedy in part on the making of Robert Flaherty’s fictional documentary Man of Aran, filmed in 1934 in a small island chain off the coast of Ireland. Phoenix Theatre, all tickets $20 opening weekend, then $33 adult, $20 for 21 and under, phoenixtheatre.org First Friday Feb. 6. Opening this month: Landscape Beyond, new surreal and abstract landscapes by Benaiah Cusack (Harrison Gallery); COLD, DARK, UNSECURITY, a meditation on violence featuring contributions from 11 artists and benefitting the faithbased Ten Point Coalition (Stutz Art Gallery); Signs Hidden in Plain Sight, a decade-plus in letterpress broadsides by Carl Pope (Indy Reads Books); new work by Herron MFAs Kristen Morsches, Di Sun and Justin Walsh (Primary Gallery); and open studios at the Circle City Industrial Center (except for Litmus Gallery, which recently closed its doors for good). Head to nuvo.net for more options. Various locations, FREE So Costly a Sacrifice: Lincoln and Loss Feb. 6-July 5. The Indiana State Museum is once again drawing from its vast collection of Lincoln artifacts, this time to show how Americans coped with the end of the Civil War and the death of Abraham Lincoln. Among the 100-plus pieces are the last portrait of Lincoln painted from life and an artillery shell that targeted Colonel Eli Lilly’s troops. Indiana State Museum, included with museum admission, indianamuseum.org Shostakovich 7 Jan. 6-7, 8 p.m. The ISO closes out its three-part Midwinter Russian Festival this weekend with the orchestra’s first-ever performance of Shostakovich’s 75-or-so-minute “Leningrad” Symphony, conducted by music director Krzysztof Urbanski. Hilbert Circle Theatre (Feb. 6), The Palladium (Feb. 7); prices vary, indianapolissymphony.org Tango Buenos Aires Feb. 6, 8 p.m. It’s the life of Eva Peron, from her birth in a village in the Pampas to her post-WWII First Ladyship, told through traditional dance and music. Palladium at the Center for Performing Arts, $15-50, thecenterpresents.org
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Wolves e Through Feb. 28. You may remember the Midwest premiere of playwright Steve Yockey’s darkly magical Octopus at the Phoenix Theatre in 2009. Josefa Beyer gave it four stars in NUVO. I saw it four times. This month, Theatre on the Square is giving Yockey’s Wolves its local premiere. Two Octopus actors — Jason Gloye and Nate Walden — are in it, along with Lucinda Phillips and Jeff Martin. On the surface, it’s about two gay men who are no longer a couple but still share an apartment in a big city. Ben (Gloye) is lonely but fearful to the point of never going out. He doesn’t want his former lover to go out either. In his mind, the city is like a forest filled with dangerous beasts. Jack (Walden) is also lonely but he wants to go out and hunt for someone to take the edge off that loneliness. He also thinks that by bringing a dangerouslooking man home from the bars he can convince Ben that “just because some wolves were bad once doesn’t mean all wolves are bad.” Jack thinks Ben is crazy and Ben thinks Jack is stupid. The audience thinks so too, but we sympathize with them not wanting to be labelled as such because we’ve been there. This relationship story is rendered creepy by the fact that there is a female Narrator (Phillips) whispering frequently
in Ben’s ear when she isn’t flirting with the audience. She is sexy, maternal and terrifying. When Ben does come home with a Wolf (Martin)... well, let’s just say that it’s a good thing director Lori Raffel’s minimalist set design cleans up easily and that its cool metallic cityscape wouldn’t show blood spatters anyway. Eric Bryant’s fight choreography is excellent and well-executed. There are many other references to “Little Red Riding Hood.” Jack wears a red hoodie. Ben’s weapon of choice is a giant axe that just happens to be leaning up against the firewood piled just inside the apartment door. But don’t go expecting a predictable retelling of the classic folktale. There are moments of humor but Yockey also takes us off the path in disturbing new ways with no guarantees of happy endings. The night I saw this show was one of those unlucky tech nights that just happen sometimes. Curtain was mysteriously delayed for several minutes. The lights did odd things. And a promised “haze” effect never materialized. Perhaps because of all this, the acting took a while to gel too. But even with all the technical difficulties, I left the theatre feeling thoroughly creeped out in a satisfying way and intrigued by what the script had to say about personal boundaries and heroism. — HOPE BAUGH Theatre on the Square
Jeff Martin, Jason Goyle and Nate Walden in Wolves. PHOTO BY ZACH ROSING
The 39 Steps w Through Feb. 15. Actors Theatre of Indiana’s The 39 Steps, directed by Richard J. Roberts, is a lot of fun. It spoofs Hitchcock-style mysteries delightfully and lets us enjoy the top-notch physical comedy skills of four local actors. Logan Moore plays Richard Hanney, a well-meaning English gentleman who goes out for a night at the theatre only to become embroiled in a conspiracy involving secret agents and Nazi sympathizers. Lisa Ermel plays the three women that claim Hanney’s attention along the way: first, a seductive German woman that slinks in beside him at the theatre; second, a winsome Scottish lass; and finally Pamela, darling Pamela. Don Farrell and Ian McCabe play everyone else, from constables to innkeepers to lingerie salesmen to villains, and more. Quick changes in costumes, props, set pieces and personalities are seamless. The crisp, black-and-
The entire 39 Steps cast.
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Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev e Jan. 30. “Brilliant” so aptly describes the second installment in the ISO’s three-part Midwinter Russian Festival that I may end up using the term more than once. Two standards of the repertoire comprised the concert: Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 in E Minor. The podium guest was brilliant young Han-Na Chang, 32, from South Korea; the keyboard guest was brilliant young Vadym Kholodenko, 29, the Gold Medalist of the 2013 Van Cliburn Competition from Ukraine. Still, though brilliant (as I said) describes this concert from start to finish, it lacked the near-perfection of the preceding Friday’s first Russian program. Spectacular is an adjective I could apply to Kholodenko’s keyboard prowess. This best of the Russian-Soviet composer’s five piano concertos is filled with nostalgic whimsy. Kholodenko hit just the right tempo with all the right nuances, demonstrating a perfect touch with optimum pedaling. We knew that he knew he was in complete command and control. With Chang using graceful, even balletic baton motions, she easily held her end of the bargain. This was the best Prokofiev Third I’ve ever witnessed — by itself a five-star performance. Kholodenko returned for an encore, the Ground in C Minor by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell. It sounded like a later arrangement as our artist played near the bottom of the piano’s compass, below that of a harpsichord. Tchaikovsky’s Fifth is dominated by its “fate” or “providence” motive, which is heard in one guise or another in each of its four movements. Chang began the work showing absolute control over her standard Romantic orchestra (absent the bass drum). Then ISO principal Robert Danforth’s horn solo, opening the slow movement (Andante cantabile), introduced us with perfection to another memorable Tchaikovsky theme, leading to yet a counter-theme, the two playing over the movement with two harsh interruptions by the “providence” motive: It was nicely put together. And so it went with the Waltz movement which followed: Tchaikovsky at his balletic best, but ending with a glum statement of providence, again. Somewhere, possibly in the fourth movement, Chang lost her baton; I didn’t see it but heard about it afterward from patrons as we were exiting. When transitioning from the Finale’s Andante maestoso to the Allegro vivace section, Chang momentarily lost control of her players. There was a total cacophony of sound. Then, remarkably, our forces just as quickly coalesced again, and with Chang’s racing tempo, they were hanging on for dear life. With the excitement came a fear of their unraveling again, but they didn’t. Chang would have been better served with a slightly reduced tempo — in this section only. Otherwise her conducting was ... brilliant. n —TOM ALDRIDGE Hilbert Circle Theatre
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EVENTS Maurice Manning Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. Butler’s Visiting Writers series rolls on with a reading by the Danville, Kentucky-born Maurice Manning, a Guggenheim Fellow whose debut collection won the Yale Younger Poets Award (picked by W.S. Merwin). Manning wrote a spot-on editorial for The New York Times in 2012 in which he considers the meaning of the word “conservative.” An excerpt: “The root of the word comes from the Latin verb ‘conservare,’ which means ‘to keep and preserve.’ ... By these lights, I would qualify as a conservative. My goal in tending our 20 acres is to preserve the character and health of this land. ... Here in Kentucky we have a number of so-called conservatives who advocate mountaintop removal, a destructive technique used by the coal industry. It is surely the most egregious and unnecessary form of coal extraction.” Clowes Hall, FREE, butler.edu Local history meet-and-greet Feb. 14, 2-4 p.m. A chance to talk local history with several recently published authors. Scheduled to participate are David Williams (Indianapolis Jazz: The Masters, Legends and Legacy of Indiana Avenue), Julie Young (The Famous Faces of Indianapolis WTTV Channel 4, etc.), Nelson Price (Hoosier Legends and Indianapolis Then and Now, etc.) Forrest Bowman, Jr. (Sylvia: The Likens Trial), Tom Rumer (A History of Westfield, Indiana: The Promise of the Land) and Fred Cavinder (Forgotten Hoosiers and Historic Indianapolis Crimes). Bookmamas, FREE, bookmamas.com George Takei Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. Butler’s Diversity Lecture series opens with a visit from 2012’s “most influential person on Facebook,” according to Mashable.com. We’re not vouching for the validity of the study, but it’s clear that Takei vaulted back into the public consciousness right around the time he publicly came out — not that he hadn’t been a prolific advocate for social justice before that, in part by reminding Americans of our shameful history of interning Japanese Americans during World War II (including Takei, who lived in camps from ages 4 to 8). Clowes Hall, FREE, butler.edu NoViolet Bulawayo Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. The Zimbabwe-born, now Stanford University-based NoViolet Bulawayo was roundly praised for her first book, We Need New Names, whose young protagonist, Darling, pals around with friends Bastard, Chipo, Godknows, Sbho and Stina in a shantytown named Paradise. “In Bulawayo’s steady hands, what could be a tale of woe becomes a story of resilience,” said NPR. Atherton Union Reilly Room, Butler University, FREE, butler.edu
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We can enjoy different versions of Hamlet without toppling the Bard from his pedestal, says IUPUI prof
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erri Bourus is taking on the academic establishment with Young Shakespeare’s Young Hamlet, which tries to account for the existence of three “radically different versions” of Hamlet published between 1603 and 1623. The first features a Hamlet who’s much younger than the others. A majority of Shakespeare scholars have long insisted that the 1603 text — “Young Hamlet,” if you will — was penned by someone other than Shakespeare. The preferred culprit? An unethical printer who, with the help of theatergoers or actors, churned out a pirated version absent the ineffable touch of the Bard. Bourus isn’t buying it, and in the first three chapters of her new study, she elegantly deconstructs that reductive theory. Then she delivers three more delightful chapters where we learn about the inner workings of the three scripts while engaging with economic, social, moral and intellectual issues of the seventeenth century. Bourus is a director and general editor at the New Oxford Shakespeare Project, an IUPUI-based effort to produce a new edition of Shakepeare’s plays — scheduled for completion in 2016 — using the “latest advances in editorial theory and practice,” often by returning to source texts. She’s also the founder of Hoosier Bard Productions, a community theater troupe that serves as a laboratory for the project where Bourus and company might try out their latest interpretations and reconstructions of plays that have long bedeviled Shakespeare scholars. In keeping with the New Oxford Shakespeare Project’s emphasis on airing out theories that have long been accepted to be true — even when textual sources fail to support those conclusions — Bourus’s Young Shakespeare’s Young Hamlet refuses to accept received wisdom and embraces the complexity that such variants offer to contemporary readers. “The relationship between the three early printed versions of Hamlet is the most complicated and important textual problem in the study of Shakespeare,” states Bourus in the prologue.
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YOUNG SHAKESPEARE’S YOUNG HAMLET: PRINT, PIRACY, AND PERFORMANCE BY TERRI BOURUS, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2015 READING AND SIGNING OF YOUNG HAMLET W H E N : F E B . 26 A T 1 P . M . WHERE: IUPUI BARNES & NOBLE SIGNINGS: ARE ALSO PLANNED FOR THE VONNEGUT LIBRARY, INDY READS BOOKS AND BARNES & NOBLE IN AVON. (DATES AND TIMES TBA). BOURUS IS TAKING THE BOOK ON THE ROAD, HEADING TO CHICAGO’S NEWBERRY LIBRARY, SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE IN LONDON, THE SOCIETE FRANCAIS AT THE SORBONNE AND THE SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY IN ROME BEFORE THE SUMMER IS THROUGH.
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And, for Bourus, it can be a pleasure to encounter these forgotten texts for the first time. Instead of trying to find villains who subverted Shakespeare at every turn, we ought to enjoy the 1603 script for what it is — not to mention the 1604 and 1623 versions. When I first confronted the 1603 text, unknown to the modern world until discovered in 1823, I had to adjust my relationship with the Hamlet that is still generally performed, namely the 1623 text with its changes made by scholars and directors over five centuries. But we ought not treat Shakespeare differently than other playwrights. His 1603 Hamlet should be understood as the first script for a play that evolved as it was performed. And it certainly was performed quite often in its time. “Between 11 June 1594, and 24 January 1637, a play called Hamlet was repeatedly performed in and around London, always by the same acting company,” Bourus notes. No evidence has yet been found as to
who would have played a teenage Hamlet. However, in citing “A manuscript elegy of 1619,” Bourus gives a first-hand account of someone who “remembers various roles played by the recently deceased leading actor of Shakespeare’s company, Richard Burbage.” Burbage would have been “between 32 and 34 years old” when he first he portrayed Hamlet between late 1599 and early 1601. Playing a teenager would have been inappropriate for Burbage, who at that time reportedly had a bit of girth about him. If he wanted Burbage in the role, Shakespeare had to change to an age-appropriate Hamlet in the text that was printed in 1604. However, a playwright can’t change one character’s age without affecting other characters and key relationships. Doing this requires both repositioning some scenes and altering and enlarging some dialogue while keeping the initial thrust of the play — the story of a family caught within the web of regicide and revenge. When Bourus and Hoosier Bard mounted a production using the 1603 text, audience members came face-toface with a playwright who had a vision, and subsequently had to adjust that vision to fit the realities of an acting company. It’s the ongoing stuff of theatre. n
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OPENING Jupiter Ascending Mila Kunis is a cleaning lady whose DNA is the same as that of the most powerful lady in the universe. Directed by the Wachowski siblings, who are really the only folks who could get this kind of thing made (though its release has been delayed for months, so maybe funding will dry up soon). With Channing Tatum and Eddie Redmayne, so that may draw in a few viewers, despite the awful, awful reviews. PG-13, opens Thursday in wide release Mommy Critical notice has been pretty good for this new one from Canadian enfant terrible Xavier Dolan about a widowed mother struggling to raise her violent son. It’s familiar territory for Dolan, whose debut was called I Killed My Mother and delivered on its title. R, opens Friday at Keystone Art The Seventh Son Jeff Bridges plays a knight and Julianne Moore is an ageless witch in a fantasy epic that’s evidently bad enough to be released in early February. PG-13, opens Thursday in wide release
CONTINUING The Loft i Five married guys (Karl Urban, James Marsden, Eric Stonestreet, Wentworth Miller and Matthias Schoenaerts) share a penthouse loft. The plan is to have a place for all their erotic liaisons. But something goes wrong; horribly, horribly wrong! There’s lots of melodrama and loud acting as the guys try to figure out what to do about the body in their loft. The men are creeps and the movie is throwaway fare, though there are some “so bad it’s good” moments. R, in wide release Project Almanac u Another shaky cam “found footage” flick. A group of teenagers get ahold of a time machine. At first they use it to hop back in their own lives to re-do tests, buy lottery tickets and the like. They use the video footage as a guide for future trips and agree to only time travel as a group. Then things go wrong. Minor fare, and the shaky cam is tremendously irritating. The film has been sitting on the shelf for over a year, which should tell you what you need to know. PG-13, in wide release
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till Alice puts you in the shoes of someone with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease, so take a moment and ask yourself if that’s a vicarious experience you want to have. I didn’t. Alzheimer’s scares the crap out of me. The idea of having your memories, your sense of you, stripped away is terrifying. I watched the film only because it’s part of my job description. Just before it started, I took a few deep breaths, put my misgivings on the shelf and resolved to give it a fair shot. And that’s what I did. Ideally, this is the point where I tell you how rewarding the film turned out to be, but it wasn’t for me. Star Julianne Moore will likely win an Academy Award for her performance, and her nuanced work here is certainly deserving. Kristen Stewart is also quite good as one of her kids. Is it worth being miserable to watch their efforts? I don’t think so, and I’ve recommended a lot of “feel-bad” movies over the years. Look, Alzheimer’s Disease is fucking horrible. And it’s real. It’s right out there, striking at our loved ones — and maybe you or me someday. I wouldn’t want to go see a movie that shares the experience of shingles, so why in the world would I want to do so with this nightmare disease? Seeing it from the perspective of the afflicted person adds no insight. The philosophy of Moore’s character is one many of us have adopted long ago. While the relationship between Moore and Stewart’s characters is interesting, most of the film follows well-traveled roads. It’s defiantly non-sentimental, but
FILM EVENTS The Overnighters Feb. 9, 5 and 7 p.m. A Sundance winner, The Overnighters focuses on pastor Jay Reinke, who has converted his North Dakota church into a dorm and counseling center to accommodate migrants looking for work in the state’s oil fields. Another one worth driving for in Goodrich’s Documentary Days series. Goodrich Hamilton 16, prices vary, goodrichqualitytheaters.com
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writer-directors Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer, working from Lisa Genova’s novel, still aim at the mainstream audience. The family looks like it lives next door to the families in Woody Allen movies. Alice (Moore) is a highly respected linguistics professor at Columbia. Her husband John (Alec Baldwin in a thankless role) is a biologist. The kids (Stewart, Hunter Parrish and Kate Bosworth) are are upscale NYC types, by behavior if not occupation. Alice’s onscreen journey doesn’t go all the way to her death, but what it shows is harrowing. Of course, the story also includes a momentary triumph — a
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speech before a big crowd — that allows Alice to receive a standing ovation. If only all the individuals living with Alzheimer’s could be celebrated for their triumphs. If only all their caregivers could be celebrated for their dedication. One of the great things about youth is the sense of invulnerability. My guess is that on those rare occasions where young people even consider Alzheimer’s, they assume that it will be cured before they reach the typical age for its onset. I suspect they will be right. For the rest of us, Alzheimer’s remains one of a number of grim possibilities that come with advanced age. We forget things and wonder if that’s just part of being human or if it’s an early sign of dementia. We use memory tricks and worry about what our need for them may indicate. Life is amazing. Wondrous. It’s also tough, especially in the last third. n
IU Cinema Beth B, who first surfaced as a No Wave provocateur in the late ‘70s is headed to IU Cinema with her latest, a doc on the burlesque scene called Exposed. “It’s an overwhelming artform, you know, with penises and vaginas in your face. The huge struggle with Exposed was to dispel the knee-jerk reaction to burlesque and make it engaging and universal,” she told us; head to nuvo.net for the full interview. Exposed screens Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. and Beth B will give a lecture featuring “mature content and graphic nudity” on Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. Also this week: The theatrical, director’s and final cut of Blade Runner (from 3 p.m. on Feb. 7, DCP) and the hugely important indie feature The Exiles, a near-documentary about Native Americans living in L.A., circa 1956 (Feb. 8, 3 p.m., 35mm). Indiana University (Bloomington), prices vary, cinema.indiana.edu
Winter Nights: Bringing Up Baby (1938) Feb. 6, 8 p.m. He’s three years old, gentle as a kitten, and likes dogs. Preceded by film trivia. On 35mm. Indianapolis Museum of Art, $9 public, $6 member, imamuseum.org
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Winterfest was bigger and better with more amenities for patrons — give-away water in cans with INbrew labels got multiple thumbs up. Expanded space between quadrants of tasting stations in two connecting buildings and the outdoor Firkin Tent allowed people to huddle and compare favorites of the moment. For me, the best part is about people — reuniting with craft beer patrons who come every year, talking with brewers I don’t often see and meeting new brewers, including Black Swan assistant Lindsay Perdue, who joins Indiana’s handful of female brewers. Very special was seeing 18th Street founder/brewer Drew Fox and Bare Hands founder/brewer Christopher Gerard, who is the “comeback kid” from a devastating injury. His Thai-inspired lineup still awes, as do his fruit and food variations — peanut butter beer? Hey, why not? DISCLAIMER: It is impossible to get to 80-plus brewery stations, and no, I will never name one Indiana brewery as the favorite. Why? No one sets out to make bad beer. Everyone showcases his/her best at Winterfest, and it’s just plain fun to experience what everyone is doing and striving toward. I set out to learn if there’s a trend regionally and nationwide. Standards remain constant, balanced brews are in the upswing, as are tweakings for unique combinations beyond the water-malt-yeast-hops paradigm. As always, I start with Bell’s because it was here before BRBP started in 1990, and Larry Bell set a regional standard for me with Twohearted and his faithful support of Indiana craft. New Brews & other news BRBP is getting a makeover as part of its 25th anniversary. It’s closing Feb. 8-12 to install a floor in the bar, put new paint and art on the walls and redo the restrooms. Expect an expanded menu that still includes favorites. Publican John Hill invites all to “stop by the Brewpub to see the changes.” Report from Tristan Schmidt, who stopped in at Danny Boy the day after its grand opening. “Enjoyed the Keg Killer, a nitro Scottish Ale that tastes very smooth but packs a sneaky punch at 9%. Bloomington Brewing: Ole’ Floyd’s Belgian Dark Strong, epitome of complexity and balance; proves quality comes from flavor, not overkill of hops. New Events Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Union Jack Broad Ripple bi-weekly Wednesday Soccer Trivia Night. Feb. 4. Madison Ave Pub, TwoDEEP tap takeover. Feb 4, 6-9 p.m. Twenty Tap, Bier tap takeover. Feb. 7, 1-5 p.m. Michigan City’s first Shelf Ice Brew Fest, located on Franklin Street (6th and 8th St.). $35, $ 55 VIP, shelficebrewfest.com Feb. 10, 8 p.m. Union Jack Broad Ripple, return of weekly Pub Feud.
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CNO’s ethos: Strip away all of the accoutrements and distractions and focus on the food. And that sweaty guy, RJ Wall, is trying to transform Indianapolis into a hub for up-and-coming culinary talent, and he wanted to use his dinners as a platform to show off new the skills of young line chefs. He enlisted Andrew Whitmoyer, now the chef and kitchen manager at Thunderbird, to help run the back-of-house elements of the dinners. A full year later, I sat down with them at Milktooth to check in on how they had progressed over the year. Wall and Whitmoyer knew they’d be taking on somewhat of a challenge. After all, central Indiana is known as a “chain city,” with massive franchises swooping in and supplanting the local market with cookie cutter food. Not only was the plan to serve high-end, experimental food to Hoosier diners, but also to do it without any of the pageantry or stuffiness of other pre-fixe style dining options. They didn’t know how long it would last or if it would make it a year, or if there would be enough chefs to fill out the ranks. A year later, and Wall has new faith in our dining scene. “There is a whole lot more culinary talent than I had originally thought,” he said. Instead of having to beg and scrap for chefs, he found most were more than willing to show off their chops. “The Indy food comm is much more hungry, open and receptive to moving forward and progressing than I had thought.” RJ Wall (left) and Andrew Whitmoyer embrace a year of growth — and each other. PHOTO BY MICHELLE CRAIG
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“Indy cooks are very anxious to work with other cooks that they normally don’t get a chance to,” Whitmoyer said. “That was awesome to see that grow. They’re excited to do this event and they want to be part of it.” Sometimes they don’t have enough spaces for the number of chefs that want to cook for the dinners. “We get a lot of requests to be part of it,” he said. The biggest surprise, though, was how big and underserved the vegetarian community is by the fine dining scene. Every time Wall and Whitmoyer have put on a veggie-friendly event, tickets have sold out. “I could have sold 200 tickets to the last vegetarian dinner,” Wall said. And it’s not just vegetarians, either. Both Whitmoyer and Wall have noted that their diners’ palates are a lot more adventurous than they initially gave them credit for. Whitmoyer has a theory on that. “The openings of places like Bluebeard that push exotic and not well-known ingredients have made people more receptive to that, for the chain culture that we have in Indy.” But that doesn’t mean that every dish is a hit. “Hoosiers have a texture issue. The things that come back uneaten are things that are traditionally not texturally appealing,” Wall said, referring to the “one or two” dishes that come back to the kitchen at every dinner. Compared to a regular brick-and-mortar, though, that’s hardly a percentage to worry about. As for their day jobs, Whitmoyer and Wall will have to find a way to balance between the increasing demand for bigger, better, and more dinners and their day — or, in both cases, night — jobs. “We both have full-time jobs, and I still work 60 hours a week. Its a timing thing with us,” said Whitmoyer. If they’re having trouble juggling, you’d never know it. Their anniversary dinner is a planned blowout, with local kitchen rock stars like Jon Brooks, Erin Till and Pete Schmutte coming in to ruin your whole week with a five-course, bring-you-toyour-knees menu with tickets on sale for a (totally worth it) hundred bucks. This time, they’re returning to the place where they first began, making the fullcircle connection at Thunderbird. If you’ve ever called yourself a “foodie” in polite conversation, you owe yourself a ticket to one of these dinners. You may just catch a rising star on the way up. n
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GREENING YOUR COMMUNITY HEC sounds warnings on pending legislation
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amiliar with the Hoosier Environmental Council’s annual event called “Greening the Statehouse?” The folks at HEC are expanding the basic concept of reaching out to tell people what the Indiana Legislature is up to by taking their show on the road. There are two events left in the “Greening Your Community” series. We reached out to Amanda Shepherd from the HEC and she filled us in with the following details: “GYC is a new initiative this year, in the spirit of bringing the passion and focus of HEC’s annual Greening the Statehouse to communities across the state. Each event consists of the showing of three short videos on current issues and a discussion aimed at getting people charged up to help with the 2015 legislative session.” HEC Big Kahuna Jesse Kharbanda will be addressing the following bits of legislation, both good and (mostly) bad. Here’s Shepherd’s summary of the bills:
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WATTS & WHATNOT Second Sunday Slow Saunter Feb. 8, 1 p.m. On the second Sunday of every month, the Indiana Forest Alliance organizes a leisurely walk through the woods. We have the date and location for the next one, but we’re waiting for the alliance to post more deets on their website: indianaforestalliance.org. Spurgeon Hollow (Monroe), FREE
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by agri-business groups which seek to protect industrial livestock facilities from regulation and reform. SB 249: Would prohibit counties and other local government bodies from passing ordinances or other protections to stop new construction or expansion of livestock operations, introduced by Senator Jean Leising. HB 1351: Sweeping proposal to limit the ability of state agencies to adopt reasonable regulations to protect health, the environment and natural resources, introduced by Rep. Dave Wolkins. SB 412: Anti-clean energy bill introduced by Senator Jim Merritt (R-Indy, chairs the Senate Utilities Committee) an extremely weak replacement for the statewide enercited about working on the B&O Trail project. He came from the northern Indiana community of Cedar Lake where he was town manager and assistant town manager. He previously worked for the City of Bloomington, Indiana Parks & Recreation Department. We will also have an update on the B&O Trail in Hendricks County including the equestrian trail. Come and join us. All are welcomed. Refreshments will be provided.”
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Horticulture Symposium: The Living Landscape Feb. 21, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Dr. Douglas W. Tallamy (Pro-
gy efficiency program abolished by the 2014 legislature. This bill makes energy efficiency goals for utilities voluntary and allows the biggest energy users to forgo efficiency programs. HB 1320: Anti-solar bill introduced by Eric Koch (R-Bedford, chair of the House Utilities Committee) which drives up the cost of investing in solar by creating significant financial roadblocks to those homes seeking to install solar panels and small wind turbines; fails to acknowledge benefits of on-site generation to electric grid and other customers. SB 312: Above ground storage tank registration; introduced by Senator Ed Charbonneau (R-Valpo, chair of Senate Environmental Affairs Committee) this requires registration of thousands of above-ground chemical storage tanks and disclosure of their contents to state and water utilities; also requires spill threat response planning by water utilities. HB 1001: The Budget Bill. HEC is a coalition partner for higher funding of public mass transit and Hoosier State passenger rail service running from Indy to Chicago; both appropriations bills are sponsored by Randy Truitt (R-West Lafayette). n fessor and Chair, Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware) will present two lectures. The keynote talk, The Living Landscape, will show gardeners how to create a landscape that is full of life by designing a beautiful home garden full of bio-diversity. His second talk, Building Pollinator Populations at Home, will discuss the important ecological roles of the thousands of species of moth and butterfly pollinators and point out the plants required to support their populations in our landscapes. The Toby, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, $95 IMA members, $90 HortSoc members, $100 public, $75 students
My reasoning for settling on Classic Cleaners isn’t exactly scientific — I’m no scientist. I base my recommendation on that fact that they use a product that is German-made and is not classified in Europe as either a hazardous material or hazardous substance. It is also biodegradable and has been tested dermatologically with good results. Basically, I trust the Germans and their European neighbors more so than others when it comes to matters of the environment and my health (ahem, GMOs). Research on another product, Green Earth, indicates that it is likely safe, but there are a few studies that make it my second choice. That said, I would absolutely choose it over any dry cleaner that uses perchloroethylene (perc). Locally, Tuchman Cleaners use Green Earth. You may also consider hand washing your delicate “Dry Clean Only” clothes and taking them to the cleaner for pressing only. Unless the fabric/fibers are ultra sensitive, your garment should be fine. Two other eco options include professional wet cleaning and liquid carbon dioxide cleaning, but I didn’t find any local cleaners providing those services. Beware of cleaners using hydrocarbon cleaning methods and, of course, perc. PIECE OUT, RENEE
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Over the years we’ve collected hundreds (literally) of VHS tapes with the typical kids playing T-ball, kids playing basketball, kids’ birthdays — you get the idea. And we have hundreds of tapes with business stuff on them. We have the technology to start digitizing, but that’s going to leave us with hundreds (see above) of VHS-carcasses and miles of nasty magnetic tape. Does somebody like RecycleForce take VHS? If not, what’s the best way to get rid of the tapes and not have to turn them into funky Legolike blocks? Thanks! — DAVID
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The following IU alums and faculty are nominated for a Grammy: BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL: Edgar Meyer, double bass with mandolinist Chris Thile on Bass & Mandolin; and Booker T Jones, organ on Mindi Abair’s Wild Heart BEST JAZZ VOCAL: Chris Botti, trumpet on “Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro” BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM: Steve Allee, piano on Rufus Reid’s Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project; John Clayton, bass, composer, leader and liner notes for The L.A. Treasures Project; Jeff Hamilton, composer, leader, producer, rhythm for The L.A. Treasures Project BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA: Jerry Hey, horn arrangement for Get On Up: The James Brown Story; Andrew Hey, engineer and mixer for Get On Up: The James Brown Story BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION: Steve Allee, piano, for the track “Recognition” on Rufus Reid’s Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project; Scott Wendholt, trumpet on “OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer” by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, on “Suite for Three–Scott,” written for Wendholt by Brookmeyer; and Edgar Meyer, composer with Chris Thile for “Tarnation.” BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM-NON-CLASSICAL: Edgar Meyer for Bass & Mandolin BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM: three citations for engineering & producing, David Miles Huber, surround mix engineer; surround mastering engineer; surround producer for Chamberland: The Berlin Remixes BEST OPERA RECORDING: Aaron Sheehan, early music tenor on Charpentier: La Descente D’Orphée Aux Enfers; and Franz Grundheber, baritone on Schönberg: Moses Und Aron BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Cory Smythe, piano for In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL: Lawrence Brownlee, tenor, with Constantine Orbelian, conductor (Kansas City Symphony Orchestra) for Virtuoso Rossini Arias — RITA KOHN
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he 57th Annual Grammy Awards are stocked with Hoosiers this year, with 13 alums and one faculty member from IU's Jacobs School of Music nominated in 10 categories. For Best Instrumental Composition and for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, three of the five nominations have IU ties. Two IU Alums are up for Best Contemporary Instrumental; two for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media; and two for Best Opera Recording. Double bassist Edgar Meyer is cited in three different categories: Best Contemporary Instrumental, Best Instrumental Composition and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical). David Miles Huber is up for both engineering and producing for Best Surround Sound Album. Jerry Hey and Andrew Hey are up for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton could take duo honors for Best Contemporary Instrumental. Allee is on the album up for Best Large Jazz Ensemble and Best Instrumental Composition. Botti, Booker T Jones and Meyer are previous winners. Lawrence Brownlee, Franz Grundheber, Hamilton, Huber, Aaron Sheehan and Cory Smythe are previous nominees. Brownlee, in an email interview wrote, “It is a dream come true to be nominated for a Grammy award. It is confirmation that people respect my artistry and what I am trying to say as a musician. I am so grateful to those involved in the project whose contributions made this CD special because Delos is not a major label compared to others, but the level of professionalism, high standards of artistry and commitment to excellence will continue to make them a major player in the area of classical recording. I'm as happy for them as a label as I am honored to be nominated.” Reflecting on being company with fellow IU alums, Brownlee touches on “the impact the Jacobs School of Music is having in the field of music, and the instruction and preparation committed students receive there from the world class faculty and staff, in wonderful facilities. It would be incredible to win the Grammy, but having been nominated with so many wonderful colleagues, it feels that I have already accomplished something I can be proud of.” Steve Allee, the sole faculty member
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nominated this year, in an email interview underscores Brownlee’s observation. “Teaching at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University feels like coming home to me. I have a close bond with so many of the professors.” Allee describes Rufus Reid’s Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project as “important to the large ensemble art form. His compositions present a new perspective, one that has not been previously explored. His pieces are personal; they are advanced in a harmonic way and emotionally engaging, pleasant and exciting to listen to. I find it commendable that Rufus, rather than resting on his past accomplishments as sideman for Dexter Gordon, Eddie Harris, Stan Getz, Thad Jones and Nancy Wilson, is writing something brand new that is original, fresh and in an entirely new style. It takes courage to do this.” Allee's full 20-member ensemble will appear at The Jazz Standard in New York City from Feb. 26-March 1. Linda Cajigas at Jacobs School of Music did massive sleuthing to find Grammy-IU connections from resources dating 2007 to the present. Eight current faculty members are winners, including Joshua Bell, Dale Clevenger (as part of ensembles, including Chicago Symphony Orchestra brass), Sylvia McNair, Pacifica Quartet (Simin Ganatra, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Masumi Per
Rostad, Brandon Vamos) and André Watts. Eight current faculty members have received nominations, including Steve Allee, David Baker, Wendy Gillespie (as part of Fretwork and Phantasm), Timothy Noble, Menahem Pressler (as part of Beaux Arts Trio), Michael Spiro, Carol Vaness and Wayne Wallace. Alumni winners 2007-2014 include Jim Beard (keyboards), Chris Botti (trumpet), the late Michael Brecker (saxophone/ composition), Randy Brecker (trumpet/ flugelhorn), Angelin Chang (piano), John Clayton (double bass) Peter Erskine (drums), Jerry Hey (arranger), Booker T Jones (multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/producer/arranger), and Edgar Meyer (double bass). Alumni nominees include: Jamie Barton (mezzo), David Bixler (arranger on 40 Acres and a Burro, nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album), Heather Martin Bixler (violin on 40 Acres and a Burro, nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Vivica Genaux (mezzo), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Eric Guinivan (as part of Los Angeles Percussion Quartet), Jeff Hamilton (as part of Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra), David Miles Huber (engineer/producer), Aaron Sheehan (early music tenor), Cory Smythe (piano) and Carolyn Worra (soprano). n
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fter a hiatus in 2014, the Red Bull Thre3style competition – where DJs battle in a series of shows to be crowned World Champion – is back in the USA. The competition, which originated in Canada, has grown into a worldwide event that features DJs from more than 20 countries, but in 2014 they didn’t schedule any events in America. But this year, the competition comes back to the U.S.A. – and lands right here in Indianapolis on Friday. The Vogue will host one of three North Regionals qualifiers. The winner moves on to the US Finals in Phoenix, and a chance at a spot in the World Finals in Tokyo. This year’s regional competitors are DJ Muff, DJ Topspeed, DJ Alee, DJ SpareChange and Cool Hand Lex. In Thre3stlye, competitors have just 15 minutes onstage each; they’re judged on both technical ability and crowd reaction, based on a set of five criteria: skill, originality, creativity, stage presence and audience response. So yes, bringing out fans and getting the crowd hyped during the 15 minutes will help each DJ’s cause, but this isn’t a high school prom king competition: being popular isn’t going to win it for them. We got a little bit of wisdom from 2011 US Champion Big Once, one of the three judges for Friday’s regional, before the show.“The DJ that brings the most friends doesn’t always win, which is a good thing,” he says. “Obviously you want to get the crowd engaged as much as you can, but it’s not a popularity contest.” Fellow judge and 2012 World Champion Four Color Zack backs the sentiment. “The competition is a party at its core, so of course we love seeing the crowd fall in love with the DJ. With that said, crowd participation is only one part of the judging criteria.” This is what makes Thre3style such a unique competition. Each competitor must be well-rounded and excel in each judging criterion in order to win. With five competitors battling for one spot, a slip up in any criteria could very well cost them the victory. And there’s only one rule for the competition: play a minimum of three genres of music during the 15-minute set. Whether that’s country, rap or trap, play three and they’re in the clear. This allows DJs to play the music they want to play, to take a risk, to be different. Song choice plays a large role in deter-
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t recently occurred to me I've never written about the great matriarch of the Avenue, Madame C.J. Walker and her massive contribution to the Avenue, the Madame Walker Theater. After opening in December of 1927 the Madame Walker still sits as the crown jewel of the Indiana Avenue. Today, it represents the last standing architectural remnant of the Avenue's once-bustling nightlife culture. In its early years, the building not only functioned as the headquarters of Madame Walker's business operations but also housed a movie theater, concert hall, ballroom, doctor's offices, coffee shop and a restaurant among other things. The Walker Theater was a hub around which much of the neighborhood's commerce and recreation grew. By the time Madame Walker, born Sara Breedlove, relocated to Indianapolis in 1910, she was well on her way establishing herself as the first female self-made millionaire in the history of the United States selling beauty products. Walker selected Indianapolis as her company headquarters because of the city's strategic access to several major railroad networks. She was also impressed by the city's vibrant Black community, which quickly became the focus of Walker's philanthropic spirit.
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sion come to fruition. But her daughter A'lelia Walker helped see the project through to completion. Since opening in 1927 the Walker Theater has hosted countless musical performances some of which have acquired legendary status in music lore, like Wes Montgomery's 1959 performance in the Theater's Missile Room where the bold guitar virtuoso was discovered by saxophone giant Cannonball Adderley and Little Richard's 1965 performance at the Walker Casino which must rank as one of the very first rock and roll concerts ever in Indy. The Walker Theater has played a significant role in local Black pop culture, popping up in the work of Leroy Carr: “I would rather be in Naptown than any place I know, I can get me a ticket and stop by the Walker show” (in “Naptown Blues”) and poet Mari Evans: "late Sunday afternoons, the Madame Walker tearoom stylishly packed, “Positively no stale seconds, crisp gloves, the soft silks gleaming” inferior or refuse merchandise (in “I Am A Black Woman.”) The Walker Theater was a source will be used, stocked or sold.” of pride for local Black residents, offering a beautiful alternative to white-owned businesses that often provided Black patrons with secondIt's unfortunate, but perhaps not rate goods and services, a circumstance surprising to note that the impetus that hinted at in the Walker Theater Drugpropelled Walker to begin planning the store's slogan which promised "positively concept of Walker Theater stemmed no stale seconds, inferior or refuse merfrom an incident of racial discrimination chandise will be used, stocked or sold.” in Indianapolis. The incident occurred in Eighty-eight years have passed since 1915 at the Isis Theater formerly located the Madame Walker Theater first opened Downtown at 113 N. Illinois St. Walker its doors and the facility remains a source arrived at the ticket counter to purchase of pride for the community. For me, the a 10-cent ticket from a young white theater represents the generous and cashier only to be told the price for "colresilient spirit of Madame C.J. Walker who ored" patrons was 25 cents. Infuriated, overcame conditions of extreme poverty Walker refused the purchase, returning and racism to create a lasting legacy for to her offices and instructing her atall people of Indianapolis to enjoy. n torney to file a lawsuit against the Isis. As legend goes, it was at this moment that >> Kyle Long hosts a show on she also vowed to build her own theater. WFYI’s HD-2 channel on Walker passed away in 1919, and Wednesdays and Saturdays sadly never had a chance to see her vi-
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Joyful Noise Recordings is on the move — but not too far. The local label moved across the Murphy Art Center hallway into new offices this month, which include an expanded performance space and a new spot for the label’s record store. The label will showcase their new space at a show on First Friday featuring label artists David Adamson, KO, Serengeti, Yoni Wolf and Yonatan Gat. We’ve got behind the scenes photos of their currently in-construction new space above and at NUVO.net. Friday’s show is free and all-ages; beer from Indiana City Brewing will be on sale.
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Riff Raff 7:30 p.m. Rescheduling his canceled show from Dec. 10 due to sickness, Riff Raff is finally back – and according to recent gossip blogs, is completely unrecognizable after adding 55 pounds of muscle. Riff Raff, what are you up to? (PS: We’ve got our fingers crossed he wears that Justin Timberlake-inspired denim suit he wore to the 2014 VMAs onstage at the Emerson.) This show is sold out. Emerson Theater, 4630 E. 10th St., SOLD OUT, all-ages SHOWCASE Writer’s Block 9 p.m. Doors open at 9 p.m. for this producers showcase, which features AC, Son of Thought and Jawnski in February. There’s open decks from 10 – 10:30 p.m. and featured performances immediately following. Those interested in producing should turn out for this low pressure, chill monthly. Sabbatical, 921 Broad Ripple Ave., $5, 21+ Avenue Indy Jazz Quintet, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Must Be The Holy Ghost, Melody Inn, 21+
Blues Jam, Main Event, 21+ Jay Elliott and Friends, Tin Roof, 21+ Blues Jam with Gordon Bonham, Slippery Noodle, 21+ The Family Jam, Mousetrap, 21+
THURSDAY POP Jamaican Queens 9 p.m. Entertainment Weekly describes Jamaican Queens as such: “a bit like Ariel Pink got a little drunk with Destiny’s Child and got carried away with the Auto-Tune.” If that doesn’t convince you to give them a chance, maybe local openers Street Spirits and Doug will. Sleepy Kitty will play as tour openers. White Rabbit Cabaret, 1116 E. Prospect St., $5, 21+ DANCE Midnight Donuts midnight Tony Beemer holds down this late night dance extravaganza on Thursdays at the Hi-Fi. He’s bringin’ in special guests, too, including this week’s skullcrusher, DJ Hellhammer (a.k.a. Dave Britts).
(PS: There’s actual donuts there, too, but you’ve got to show up early.) The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, FREE, 21+
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Bob Marley’s Birthday Bash 10 p.m. It’s a big week for tributes to the dearly departed. Count this Melody Inn show as one of the best on the block. Featuring Indyca, ROTN3, Reggae Lou, The Trip and Feezy, this Bob Marley Birthday Bash is a chill way to salute the king of reggae.
Trippin Billies, Vogue, 21+ Dustin Worrell’s Birthday Bash with Anthony Attalla, Blu Lounge, 21+ Our Lady, Aviator, Night Cap, House Olympics, house venue (address unlisted), all-ages The Shotgun Genome, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ My Brother The Bear, Union 50, 21+ Tantric, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Kilgore Trout, No Pit Cherries, Jake Strakis, Melody Inn, 21+ Fire Retarded, Shame Thugs, Dirtbike, house venue (address unlisted), all-ages
FRIDAY FIRST FRIDAY Cosmic Microwave Radio 6 p.m. The first installment of this experimental sounds and video event features 30 minute noise sets from DMA, Mr. Freedom, Derek Johnson, Luminous Points, Jim Kincaid and Matt Pagan. Come out early to mess around with noise toys and drink free local beer. If you can’t attend, stream live via the Facebook event page. Murphy Building Room 303, 1043 Virginia Ave. LOCAL LABELS Joyful Noise Opening
Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., $6, 21+ JAM Rumpke Mountain Boys 10 p.m. Cincy’s Rumpke Mountain Boys are regulars at about every jam and roots festival you can think of. People love their signature bluegrass blend – trashgrass, they call it. See them on a small stage this Friday at the Mousetrap. Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., $8, 21+ Buckaroo Bash, Radio Radio, 21+ RedBull Thre3style, Vogue, 21+
Craig Moore Release Show, Louie’s Bar and Restaurant, all-ages Eastern Midwestern, Busman’s Holiday, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ Rory Connolly, Broad Ripple Tavern, 21+ The Main Squeeze, Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Nigel Mack and The Blues Attack, Slippery Noodle Inn, 21+ Steve Smith and Conga J., Chilly Water Brewing Co, 21+ Vintage Blue, Rathskeller, 21+ The Black Cadillacs, Bailiff, AbsonitesAbsonites, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Let It Happen, Picture Perfect, The Day After, Safe House, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Back Bones of Music Series: Fistful of Bacon, Serendipity Martini Bar, 21+ Mighty Brother, Blueline Gallery (Bloomington), 21+ Funkyard First Friday, Funkyard Art Gallery and Coffee Shop, all-ages Jonny Craig, Down with Webster, Emerson Theater, all-ages DJ Rican, Subterra, 21+ Night Moves with Action Jackson and DJ Megatone, Metro, 21+ WTFridays with DJ Gabby Love and DJ Helicon , Social, 21+
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LEGENDS Count Basie Big Band 7 p.m., 9 p.m. Here’s a big one: The Count Basie Orchestra (winners of every jazz poll in the world, basically; 18-time Grammy winners; regulars at every major jazz festival) stops at the Kitchen this Saturday for two performances. This 18-piece band was founded by Basie and led today by Scotty Barnhart. And they still bring the swing, hard. Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., $35 - $45, 21+ TRIBUTES ICON: J. Dilla Edition 10:30 p.m. This weekend features a couple of tributes to the legendary J. Dilla, but this ICON event at the Kitchen is by far the biggest. Don’t know Dilla? He produced for the biggest names in hip-hop in the ‘90s, plus made killer music of his own. Expect cuts from Madlib, Common, Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, MF Doom, D’Angelo and many more by DJs Metrognome and Kinetik at this show. Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., $10 in advance, 21+
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The Contortionist 6:30 p.m. The Contortionist’s newest offering is called Language, and dropped on eOne Music last September. They’re hitting up the Emerson for a show with Revocation, Fallujah, Toothergrinder and Cast From Perfection.
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Maidens and Metal 9 p.m. Rocket Doll Revue will do the dancing, Sacred Leather and Burn The Army will do the playing and you’ll just need to show up and admire.
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LOCALS The Down-Fi, Digital Dots, Hot Screams 9 p.m. Sam’s is low-key hosting some of the best local lineups in town. Haven’t hit up Silver Circle in a minute? This week’s the time. Sam’s Silver Circle, 1102 Fletcher Ave., 21+ REUNIONS
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The Return of Dent 7 p.m. Big news for fans of legendary Indy bands: Dent is reuniting for Lazy Hawk and Bebe’s 4th Annual Birthday Bash. I know. We can’t believe it either. Model Stranger, Join The Dead, Dead Man’s Grill and Dead Birds Adore Us will provide support and guest openers Mardi Belle will kick off the night. Rock House Cafe, 3940 S. Keystone Ave., $7 in advance, $10 at door, 21+
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LOCALS Pizza Party 8 p.m. Vacation Club, Big Colour and the Ghost Gun Summer Crew play this pizza party at an actual PIZZA PLACE. The king of pizza places, actually. Come out, be cool and enjoy these Square bands. Pizza King, 1267 Shelby St., donations accepted, all-ages
HIP-HOP Nelly 10 p.m. Yes, that Nelly. Hope you got your tickets early as this is sold out. (It’s also the official launch party for new old school hip-hop station 93.9 FM.)
Tennessee Walker, Two Guys with Guitars, Mallow Run Winery, all-ages Princess Ball, Monon Community Center, all-ages Nailed It, Blu, 21+ Royal with DJ Limelight, The Hideaway, 21+
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Brad Paisley, Elliot Hall of Music (Lafayette), all-ages Chiller Variety Flowcase, Serendipity Maritni Bar, 21+ Tendrils de Sound, Chiasma, Mr. Moon’s Suicide Machine, Lafayette Theatre (Lafayette), all-ages Whipstitch Sallies, Chilly Water Brewing Co., 21+ Nigel Mack and The Blues Attack, Henthorn/Feaster Band, Slippery Noodle Inn, 21+ 26th Annual GospelFest, Clowes Memorial Hall, all-ages Cornfield Mafia, 8 Seconds Saloon, 21+
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FILF: Food I’d Like to F*ck I want to experiment with bringing food into the bedroom as a sexy play thing. Are there any foods that I should *absolutely* avoid? Honey seems like a nobrainer, but are there others? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Just don’t put sugar down there—you can put sweet things, just not sugar, catch my drift? Whip your whipped cream at home with some vanilla extract and some splenda and then throw your own pie eating contest right there in your bedroom. In other words, treat your vagina like it’s on the Atkins diet and you’ll be fine. DR. D: I’d keep sugary things away from your vagina. Whipped cream is fine on the mons (the triangular hair-baring area) but you might want to avoid getting it near the vaginal entrance. Otherwise just keep things on your chests or close to the genitals, but not anywhere it could cause a yeast infection.
Helpless or herpless? My ex has herpes, and she found out she got it while we were on a “break.” After we broke up, I got tested and came up negative. Is one test enough or should I get tested again to make sure? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: If one test is sufficient (I’ll defer to Debby on that one), you should go out and buy a lottery ticket, because you are the luckiest son of a bitch on Earth. Then you should stay inside during thunderstorms and quit gambling because this is the luckiest you will ever be in your life and it’s almost certainly a transient period. Rota fortuna and all that, ya know. DR. D: One test is usually sufficient, assuming it’s been at least several weeks since you would have been exposed to the herpes virus. If you have questions about your personal risk for herpes or other STI, check in with your healthcare provider. And if at some point in the future you learn you have herpes (whether from your ex or some future partner), you might want to ask your healthcare provider about antiviral medications. If you and your ex decide to
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Dirty boys Sometimes my boyfriend has really dirty fingernails. Should I be worried about infection from that? They’re not long, but they’re pretty dirty from his job, even when he scrubs regularly. — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: You hold him down and scrub that shit out before he puts his grubby paws in your pristine secret garden! While I’m down for all the standard grossness of sex, this shit is foul, and there are about a million different kinds of dirty. If he works for the city morgue or trash collection, you need to get him a new pair of clippers with one of those things that actually digs out the gunk from under there. Maybe it’s just regular ol’ dirt (as my mom called it “good clean dirt”) which is pretty inoffensive on the grand bacteria scale (unless it’s farm dirt, which is pretty dirty), and it’s no big deal. But if I were you, I would set up a “clean-nails-for-blowjobs” exchange system with some haste and nip this habit in the bud in the shortest and most efficient way possible. DR. D: Probably not, but then again I don’t know what they are dirty from (I would be less concerned about him working in the garden and more concerned about him worked with lots of chemicals or anything else that could be irritating to your vagina). If you don’t experience any irritation, it’s probably fine. You could get him one of those nice thick nail brushes and take a bath together (soaking can be better than scrubbing) as a part of date night. Otherwise, if it doesn’t bother your vagina or anus or wherever else his fingers are likely to wind up, carry on.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo author John Creasey struggled in his early efforts at getting published. For a time he had to support himself with jobs as a salesman and clerk. Before his first book was published, he had gathered 743 rejection slips. Eventually, though, he broke through and achieved monumental success. He wrote more than 550 novels, several of which were made into movies. He won two prestigious awards and sold 80 million books. I’m not promising that your own frustrations will ultimately pave the way for a prodigious triumph like his. But in the coming months, I do expect significant progress toward a gritty accomplishment. For best results, work for your own satisfaction more than for the approval of others. Virgo
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Volume 1, Taurus actress Uma Thurman plays a martial artist who has exceptional skill at wielding a Samurai sword. At one point, her swordmaker evaluates her reflexes by hurling a baseball in her direction. With a masterful swoop, she slices the ball in half before it reaches her. I sugindymassage.co ALLI gest you seek out similar tests in the coming days, Taurus. Check up on the current status of your top skills. Are any of them rusty? Should you update them? Are they still of maximum practical use to you? Do whatever’s necessary to New Age & Curiosities • Classes & Readings ensure they are as strong and sharp as ever. Virgo
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the baseball film The Natural, the hero Roy Hobbs has a special bat he calls “Wonderboy.” Carved out of a tree that was split by a lightning bolt, it seems to give Hobbs an extraordinary skill at hitting a baseball. There’s a similar theme at work in the Australian musical instrument known as the didgeridoo. It’s created from a eucalyptus tree whose inner wood has been eaten away by termites. Both Wonderboy and the didgeridoo are the results of natural forces that could be seen as adverse but that are actually useful. Is there a comparable situation in your own life, Capricorn? I’m guessing there is. If you have not yet discovered what it is, now is a good time to do so. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1753, Benjamin Franklin published helpful instructions on how to avoid being struck by lightning during stormy weather. Wear a lightning rod in your hat, he said, and attach it to a long, thin metal ribbon that trails behind you as you walk. In response to his article, a fashion fad erupted. Taking his advice, fancy ladies in Europe actually wore such hats. From a metaphorical perspective, it would make sense for you Aquarians to don similar headwear in the coming weeks. Bolts of inspiration will be arriving on a regular basis. To ensure you are able to integrate and use them — not just be titillated and agitated — you will have to be well-grounded. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): According to the Bible, Jesus said, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Author David Foster Wallace added a caveat. “The truth will set you free,” he wrote, “but not until it is finished with you.” All this is apropos for the current phase of your journey, Pisces. By my estimation, you will soon discover an important truth that you have never before been ready to grasp. Once that magic transpires, however, you will have to wait a while until the truth is fully finished with you. Only then will it set you free. But it will set you free. And I suspect that you will ultimately be grateful that it took its sweet time. Pisces
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