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An alumnus of New Horizons Youth Ministries tells her story to Theresa Rosado — and we include an excerpt from that alum’s upcoming book.
Losing Her Religion............................................. P.06 Excerpt from Deirdre Sugiuchi’s Unreformed..... P.13 FOOD and DRINK What’s your diet of choice? NUVO’s editors tried four, in fact.
Sampling the diet fads........................................ P.24
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What is the cost to society when someone’s driver’s license is suspended? A study conducted through the IU McKinney School of Law answered that question and more, determining that that punitive action for nontraffic-related violations is costing the state and Hoosiers a lot more than we realize.
Unlicensed to Drive............................................. P.06 Sports: Indy runners in L.A.................................. P.20 VOICES Leppert on the details of governing................... P.04 Marcus on job losses........................................... P.05 Ask Renee............................................................ P.28 Savage Love........................................................ P.35
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Now that the illustrious bicentennial year is in full swing, we wanted to take a look at the family who built Indy — literally. The Vonneguts are responsible for the designs of buildings all around the city. Barbara Shoup wrote an essay remembering the life and writing of Harper Lee, Lisa Berlin has another Mr. SAD cartoon and Ed Johnson-Ott weighs in with his Oscar picks.
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The Easthills........................................................ P.29 Dilana.................................................................. P.30 Cultural Manifesto: Pavel.................................... P.32
CORRECTION CONTRIBUTORS In the Feb. 10 issue of NUVO, the caption for the photo in our story “The rent is too damn high!” was incorrect. It should have read: “Last year Downtown Indy projected downtown Indianapolis will have over 30,000 residents” and not “30,000 residential units.”
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overning requires attention to detail. It has been a rough stretch in Indiana regarding the details, and frankly, I am outraged by it. The screw-ups all belong to Republicans due to their near-exclusive control of state government. But when I pointed out yet another faux pas this week, a Democrat basically told me that the electorate doesn’t care about the “process.” She may be right, but today I write why she should be wrong. Many people credit French novelist Gustave Flaubert for the origin of the old saying, “the devil is in the detail.” While searching briefly for the source of that great idiom, I found that his original saying was that “God is in the detail.” And since then, there have been many variations of the proverb, most notably, “governing is in the detail.” Nearly 150 years since the phrase was coined, every iteration of it is words by which to live. With that in mind, here are important details that voters may not care about but should. First, Indiana is replacing its lieutenant
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governor following a resignation from that office for the first time. We have known about this expected resignation for almost two months. Gov. Mike Pence should have had his team devote some time in January to developing a precedent-setting process for the orderly replacement with our Legislature. He hasn’t. The Indiana Constitution features two sentences on the matter, and our forefathers left the details of how to implement it to the first bunch faced with it. That’s us. These details seem unimportant given that the Republican governor has supermajorities in both chambers. But governing today will ultimately be very important when the politics aren’t convenient in the future. What happens when our chambers are split evenly? What happens when it is an emergency without constitutional guidance? Leaders rose to that occasion when Gov. Frank O’Bannon passed away in 2003 and got the job done respectfully. But they didn’t create a process that transcends time and politics.
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UPCOMING: ARI SHAFFIR responsibility and pay for it, partially, through government aid. Similarly, we turn business decisions into public policy events. We are too quick to pay companies to locate or expand in our communities. We then feel betrayed if they leave for the sweet wine flowing elsewhere. Today in Indiana, there is a loud pounding of chests because United here is a common, comforting Technologies will close manufacturing acceptance that “What is, is.” However, any disturbance (actual or facilities in Indianapolis and Huntington. About 2,100 jobs will be lost as anticipated) of “What is” may become unreasonable fear. See those daily stock production moves to Mexico. Yet Indiana is the self-declared busimarket reports. Emotionally and econess-friendly state. How can we protest nomically, we (Hoosiers, Americans, all when firms decide that other states humans?) are unprepared for change, are more attractive? Are we conservaalthough we will blithely insist, “The tives being jilted by companies moving only constant is change.” elsewhere? Thus, when oil prices fall, select indiEconomic freedom, as we understand viduals, companies, communities and it, permits businesses and households countries which depend on those prices to move as they please. What they leave behind in damaged workers, We shouldn’t be surprised when jobs spoiled neighborhoods, lapsed business relationare lost, nor should we overreact ships, and environmental often become with the simian chest thumping seen hazards governments’ responsibility. In that case, retraining recently among public officials. workers and preserving prior living conditions could require higher taxes on companies to pay for the economic suffer severely. Likewise, a rise in those dislocation they cause. same prices brings hardship to a differFor years we’ve had “unemployment ent set of entities. insurance.” Ultimately that “insurance” What should we do when companies is paid for by workers through lower leave town, abandoning workers, relawages and fewer jobs. tionships, and property? That is hardly Is the next step to require workers to different from natural disasters and their buy private insurance in case a job is lost effects on those left behind, disadvanfor reasons beyond the control of the taged by forces beyond their control. worker? Isn’t that the health care soluHow do we help flood victims, corn tion given us by a Congress, the same farmers, or oil field workers? Should we Congress that now calls it “Obamacare?” take the health care route? Losing jobs might be as natural as In health care, we once believed in floods, tornados and blizzards. We strange mists and devilish spirits. Ultishouldn’t be surprised when jobs are mately, we blamed the sick for getting lost, nor should we overreact with the sick. They failed to take the precautions simian chest thumping seen recently advised by grandparents and, more among public officials. recently, by research. Afterward, we set My former dean used to say, “We must up systems requiring private insurance all learn to play the accordion, to make (sharing the risk with others). Finally, we music as we expand and contract.” n accepted the burden of illness as a public
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WHAT HAPPENED? Lawsuit over child protection worker’s caseload dismissed A Marion County court Monday dismissed a lawsuit against the state claiming a child protection case manager’s caseload was illegal. State law prohibits caseworkers from taking on more than 17 children at a time. The lawsuit, filed in July last year, said Mary Price had 43 children under her supervision – more than double the limit. Monday, however, a judge ruled Price does not have the legal right of to sue over the state’s failure to follow the case ratio law. Instead, they suggested Price seek help in the State Employee Appeals Commission, an administrative board under the executive branch. The Indiana Attorney General’s Office represented the Department of Child Services and its director in the lawsuit, and would continue to do so if the ruling is appealed. The ruling comes after the Department of Child Services added 113 additional caseworkers to offset the amount of cases on a worker.
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Young escapes challenges to U.S. Senate candidacy Todd Young’s name will stay on the ballot for U.S. Senate after a lengthy Election Commission hearing, but that decision might be challenged in court. During Friday’s hearing, attorneys from both the Indiana Democratic Party and Young’s Republican primary opponent, U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, challenged Young’s ballot petition signature count. By law, Senate candidates are required to gather 500 signatures from each of the nine congressional districts in the state. County clerks then verify the signatures. A report by the Indiana Election Division showed Young had 501 signatures in the 1st District. A hand count of the paper petitions by multiple media organizations found 497 signatures, which is one less than the Democratic Party’s count and four less than the government report. Young’s attorney, David Brooks, argued Friday the campaign had enough signatures after reviewing clerical errors. The vote was split 2-2 when it came to the committee. Debate continues while fenced hunting regulations advance A decade of discussion about high fenced deer hunting preserves is advancing as a House committee passed new regulations. Senate Bill 109 would transfer oversight of nearly 400 privately owned deer farms and seven preserves from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to the Board of Animal Health. In addition to deer, some of the hunting preserves are expected to hold mountain goats. The Board of Animal Health would have control over all records and requirements. The legislation regulating the fenced hunting preserves passed the House Committee on Natural Resources with an 8-4 vote and now moves to the full House for consideration, where it could be amended. Rep. Sue Errington, D-Muncie, said she has two alternatives to the bill. She said lawmakers should clarify that this is not a business that Hoosiers want. Errington also proposes they hold people accountable so the taxpayer doesn’t take on the risk of a deer with Chronic Wasting Disease being exposed to the wild and causing damages. — THE STATEHOUSE FILE 6 NEWS // 02.24.16 - 03.02.16 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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TO DRIVE Report finds state’s motor vehicle laws punish the poor, result in uncollected debt
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n 1996 Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, marking a major shift in national welfare policy. The federal measure, which vests key decisional authority in the states, replaced the existing entitlement scheme with programs designed to limit direct aid and promote employment opportunities for the nation’s economically disadvantaged. Yet for many low-income adults in Indiana — a majority of whom reside in either central cities or rural areas — the growing suburbanization of jobs and the lack of reliable public transportation create significant barriers in the transition from welfare to work. State policies that authorize driver’s license suspensions for non-moving violations, combined with increased reinstatement fees, exacerbate these barriers, preventing many from becoming economically self-sufficient.
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These policies can be traced to reforms at the federal level. In 1990, Congress enacted legislation compelling Today, a majority of Indiana’s estimatstates, under threat of losing a portion ed 420,000 suspended motorists have of federal highway funds, to suspend lost their licenses, not for OWIs or hathe driver’s licenses of those convicted bitually reckless driving, but for a variety of drug offenses. Six years later, federal lawmakers required states to impose the Driver’s license suspensions significantly same penalty on non-custodial parents impact employers, government delinquent in paying child support. Since resources, and public safety. then, the driver’s license has become a tool for states to induce socially acceptof offenses unrelated to driving safety: able behavior. The problem is, it doesn’t unpaid traffic tickets, bouncing checks, work. According to a report from the truancy, fuel theft, failure to show proof National Cooperative Highway Research of insurance, failure to pay child supProgram, an estimated 75 percent of port, controlled substance violations, motorists with suspended or revoked and even graffiti. driver’s licenses simply continue driving.
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prevent the restoration of driving privileges indefinitely, even for those who can secure the requisite insurance coverage. By failing to consider an offender’s abilIn recognizing the flaws in this outity to pay, the system deprives itself of the dated policy, state lawmakers have very revenue it seeks to generate. The enrecently taken steps to reverse it. In 2014 hanced reinstatement fees were expected the General Assembly enacted legislation to bring in an additional $17,700,000 in eliminating certain mandatory license annual revenue starting in 2015. Actual revenue generated came to only $9,788,770. Although a modest increase over the previous year, the The driver’s license has become a amount fell far short of tool for states to induce socially fiscal projections —nearly million short. acceptable behavior. The problem is, $8Beyond these costs, driver’s license suspenit doesn’t work. sions significantly impact employers, government resources, and public suspensions for non-traffic offenses. The safety. Police officers spend countless measure, which took effect on January 1, hours citing, arresting, and processing 2015, also created a “specialized driving suspended drivers, imposing a significant privilege” program. Under this arrangestrain on law enforcement personnel ment, most suspended drivers are eligible and diminishing efforts at ensuring for a probationary license, allowing them highway and public safety. The BMV to travel to and from work and other likewise invests significant time and designated locations during certain hours resources in processing non-highway of the day. safety violations, detracting from what While the new law is certainly a step should be the agency’s core mission of in the right direction, other state poliensuring public safety. And in the state cies directly undermine its potential for trial court system, traffic violations repmeasurable reform. With growing resent the largest number of prosecuted budget restrictions in recent years, and cases; adjudication of license suspena persistent reluctance in raising taxes, sions for non-driving offenses only adds the state increasingly relies on fines and to congested court dockets. fees to generate additional streams of revenue. Driver’s license suspensions S E E , U N LICE N S E D , O N P A GE 0 8 have played a central role in this process. In early 2014, the BMV reported a total of $131 million in unpaid license reinstatement fees. Rather than analyze the underlying reasons for this uncollected debt, the legislative solution was simply to increase these fees in the hopes of recovering desperately-needed funds. Last year, reinstatement fees for persons suspended while driving without proof of insurance rose dramatically — in some cases as much as 233 percent. These costs are often prohibitively expensive and may
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New Report Recommends Changes in Policy A new report published by the Health and Human Rights Clinic at the Indiana University McKinney School of Law examines these issues in greater detail. Among the report’s key findings include the following:
MORE THAN 216,000 Hoosiers have
suspended driver’s licenses for unpaid traffic fines or failure to appear in court, a number roughly proportional to the total populations of South Bend and Evansville combined.
MORE THAN 67,000 state residents
have suspended licenses for failure to show proof of insurance.
APPROXIMATELY 8,000 Indiana motorists have been suspended for failure to pay child support. INDIANA IS ONE OF ONLY 14 STATES (soon to be 12) with laws that authorize driver’s license suspensions for controlled substance violations. The report concludes by suggesting that state motor vehicle laws should be limited to (1) establishing standards for driving competency, (2) ensuring public
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safety by removing dangerous drivers from the road, and (3) penalizing those found guilty of reckless or negligent driving. To that end, Indiana should discontinue the use of license suspensions as a revenue-generating measure and tool for punishing behavior unrelated to safe driving. To be sure, Indiana drivers must be held accountable for violating traffic laws. However, measures that appropriately consider an offender’s ability to pay are likely to reduce the economic burden on the state’s most financially vulnerable residents while increasing their mobility and access to jobs. By implementing income-based payment plans, authorizing community service hours in lieu of monetary sanctions, or granting periodic fee “amnesties” to those who pay their base citation fines, the state is likely to recoup a significant portion of uncollected debt and get drivers back behind the wheel legally. Such policy solutions will certainly generate a degree of resistance from an uninformed public. However, if we expect Hoosiers to take a proactive role in achieving financial independence, the path to self-sufficiency begins with removing the most obstructive of economic roadblocks. n
DRIVER’S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS FOR NON-MOVING VIOLATIONS 1. Failure to show proof of insurance 2. Failure to appear in court or pay traffic offenses 3. Failure to pay 3 accrued parking violations within 30 days of notice 4. Payment to BMV with a dishonored check 5. Failure to complete driver safety improvement course 6. Failure to pay child support 7. Controlled substance violations 8. Fuel theft convictions 9. Graffiti 10. Truancy, suspension or expulsion from school 11. Juvenile delinquency (including running away; habitual disobedience of parents; curfew, alcohol, or fireworks violations; and any other act that would be a criminal offense if committed by an adult.) 12. Attempted purchase of alcohol by a minor 8 NEWS // 02.24.16 - 03.02.16 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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An alumnus of New Horizons describes the torture of “teen treatment” PART 5 OF THE NUVO SERIES “TO HELL AND BACK” B Y T HE R E S A R OS ADO ED ITORS@NUVO.NET
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(Above) Deirdre Sugiuchi is a survivor of New Horizons Youth Ministries’ facility in the Dominican Republic. (Above right) Deirdre is shown here as a teenager working in the heat on the director’s house.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: To Hell and Back: A NUVO series is an in-depth look at New Horizons Youth Ministries, a “therapeutic ministry for teens” that was once based out of Marion, IN and the many abuses that are associated with the treatment facility. In this article, New Horizons alumnus Deirdre Sugiuchi reflects on her personal experiences and her advocacy against abuse in the teen treatment industry. We also examine the drug and medical violations the Indiana Department of Child Services uncovered at the Marion facility as well as the laws that shape the practice of teen treatment facilities in Indiana and the Dominican Republic. Deirdre maintains a blog at www. deirdresugiuchi.com/blog where she updates her followers on the progress of her upcoming book Unreformed. An excerpt from the book is shared on P13.] >>> NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 02.24.16 - 03.02.16 // COVER STORY 9
(Left): Deirdre and a friend on a lunch break from picking and shoveling during one of the quarterly work weeks. (Center) Deirdre with friends after church on Sunday. Students were allowed only about fifteen minutes to socialize. (Right): Youth Group at Starr House. Deirdre was reprimanded for “being seductive” for her nervous habit of twirling her hair.
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eirdre Sugiuchi finds Athens, Georgia to be a place where dreams come true. “I love my life here,” she says of her family’s adopted home. “I’m surrounded by a creative, supportive community. I married my best friend, who’s a talented musician and a maker and a respected educator. We’re raising an amazing kid. We live in a historic house, restored by my husband, which is walking distance to downtown and to our independent bookstore, Avid Bookshop, where I curate music and the [music and literature series] New Town Revue. I have a fantastic job serving as a children’s librarian. I get kids excited about reading.” Despite her difficult past, Deirdre remains connected to survivors of what’s called the “teen treatment industry.” She blogs about the abuses she witnessed at New Horizons while a student there in the early ’90s, identifying concerns she has with the past and current treatment of children in the teen treatment industry. I asked Deirdre how she found herself in a New Horizons Youth Ministries facility and what life was like before then. Raised in Greenwood, Mississippi, Deirdre was homeschooled and placed in a Christian academy, a practice that mirrored many evangelical households in Indiana. Pockets of faith-based communities rooted in the teachings of biblical literalism — the belief that the Bible is the inerrant word of God — surround a network of churches, private Christian schools and seminaries. Citing biblical passages in response to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision, dissatisfied white community members throughout the predominately black Mississippi Delta established segregation academies, faith-based private schools that excluded the majority of impoverished
but as a female, she had no choice — the husband is head of the household.” When adolescence hit, Deirdre grew disillusioned of her parents’ faith. “Once at private school, I was done being the Christian weirdo. I was headed toward the other extreme — artist, feminist, freak — behaviors which I’m sure justified in my father’s mind his decision to send me to Escuela Caribe.” “Once you have control of all Deirdre argued with her communication, no one questions father. “Growing up I was not allowed to listen to secuwhen you interrogate someone. lar music. When I hit adoWhen you torture them physically, lescence I became obsessed with alternative and indie no one blinks an eye. ” music as well as bands like the Beatles and the Kinks. — DEIRDRE SUGIUCHI I’d go on long walks or runs down River Road, down the Boulevard, always wearing my Walkman.” Deirdre would not win her father over. “My father twined with Judaic law. “My father became a born-again fundamentalist when is a true believer. He trusted the Christian machine to solve his problems.” I was five. With his conversion came the rules. We couldn’t watch TV, couldn’t listen to secular music. We girls could only wear dresses because the V of our pants Like many families, Deirdre’s parents might make men look at our crotch.” heard about New Horizons through She was pulled out of public school after James Dobson’s radio show, “Focus on third grade and placed in a Christian the Family.” Former New Horizons Direcacademy when her father raised objector and CEO Charles Redwine spoke tions over a science project. “Everything on the show. The Asbury Theological in our life revolved around church, three Seminary graduate presented himself as times a week.” a doctor and authoritarian on reactive Rushdoony advocated homeschooling attachment disorder. (According to and the dissolution of state government. He believed secular education “produces the Mayo Clinic, “Reactive attachment disorder is a rare but serious condition not only a proliferation of sin but of in which an infant or young child doesn’t mental problems and serious personalestablish healthy attachments with ity disorders.” His teachings regularly parents or caregivers. … With treatment, preached the evils of humanism and children with reactive attachment disoropenly encouraged the subjugation of der may develop more stable and healthy women. “My mother wasn’t completely relationships with caregivers and others. on board with my father’s fanaticism, Black families. Today, approximately 67 percent of the private schools surrounding Greenwood identify themselves as Christian academies. Deirdre’s father was a follower of R.J. Rushdoony, a theologian who preached a variation of biblical literalism inter-
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Without inspecting any of the facilities, Deirdre’s parents placed her on a flight to the Dominican Republic, where she eventually found herself in the remote mountains of Jarabacoa. An internist, her father agreed with New Horizons staff on treating her with Lithium. “I was always thirsty, cotton-mouthed. My ears would ring. I was very clumsy. I fell a lot. I used to stretch my hands out and just watch them shake. I became really paranoid.” Deirdre found it difficult to take classes, work as required in the tropical heat and meet the rigorous demands of a program that took away points for any performance the “caregivers” thought was less than satisfactory. “I thought very slowly. I had trouble making decisions. I would drift during conversations. I was very tired all the time. I struggled to focus — it felt like my head was wrapped in cotton. There was this chemically induced distance between me and other humans. I was always hungry and gained weight, which was extremely depressing.” Misdiagnosed with atypical bipolar disorder while in the program, Deirdre later learned that she did not have the condition that New Horizons and her parents labeled her with. “I have ADHD. The medication they used to treat me, Lithium and later Depakote, was harmful to me. “It’s just heartbreaking to realize that my father could do that to me, just drug me without even being a psychiatrist, without sending anyone to evaluate me, because he did not like what I was writing in my letters, but then I was just resigned. I had no choice.” Deirdre and other alumni question their treatment. One example: After an alumnus returned home from the program in 2001 she was ordered to give a blood >>> draw for a custody hearing. She
<<< was surprised to discover she had been given Lithium. She writes, “I was on crazy high med doses at New Horizons. I was on Wellbutrin but that’s the only one I know of. When I left and had my blood tested, my Lithium levels were dangerously high.” [EDITORS NOTE: Accounts from alumni don’t include the names of the sources in this article since those alumni were juveniles at the time of these allegations. These accounts have been culled from the “Justice for Children” archives at justiceforcildren.org.] A pharmacologist was alarmed to hear of the absence of serum blood draws at New Horizons needed to safely dose levels of Lithium. After examining over 12 psychotropic drugs identified by New Horizons students and reviewing their
under drugs such as Lithium and Haldol they recount bizarre hydrotherapy sessions with buckets and hoses, with water sometimes used to make breathing difficult. They were put on work projects using pick axes and made to lift and carry large boulders and logs. They chopped wood and cut grass with machetes, despite safety warnings on medication labels to refrain from such activities. An incident report written by New Horizons staff in 2007 at Escuela Caribe states: “[Staffer] Mr. Seabrooke responded initially [to non-compliance by a student] by pouring a small bucket of water on [her] head. [Staffer] Mrs. Wall administered medication at Mr. Seabrooke’s request and prescribed by the staff psychiatrist (Dr. Julio Chestaro Breton). [The student] complied but with some verbal resistance. She then complied for a short period of time, completing request“My father is a true believer. ed exercises. Her non-compliance, both verbally and physically, He trusted the Christian began to resurface at which time machine to solve his problems.” Mr. Seabrooke placed (her) in a therapeutic hold. He then ordered — DEIRDRE SUGIUCHI that water be sprayed on her and himself with the hose.” In one instance, staff used the denial of medication actually prescribed for a student as punishment. statements he stated, “Lithium in parAn alumnus placed at Escuela Caribe ticular is very troubling considering it rewrites: “I was given a large bottle of quires frequent monitoring to avoid heat, small oval yellow pills twice after having dehydration and toxicity, which if not done can result in death. Most students, if surgery. I was told they were for pain but not all, were subjected to being in the sun our house mother never gave me any and when I asked why she said the house and exercising for at times an excess of 8 father needed them more and had taken hours a day. Escuela Caribe had only one all of them and that pain was my punishnurse on staff to handle all medications ment. But for what I don’t know.” for a campus full of students.” Medication violations discovered at the Marion facility by Grant County Department of Child Services were also troubling. In January of 2009 Grant County DeIn a document obtained from a FOIA partment of Child Services investigators request, Grant County Department of made an unannounced inspection of the Child Services issued a Plan For CorrecMarion facility. The investigator wrote: tion for New Horizons’ Marion facility “Shea also showed us the staff office in January of 2009, sixteen years after isarea and where medications are kept. suing its child caring institution license. Upon looking at the medication sheets, A DCS residential licensing consultant it was observed that they were grossly stated the reasons were due to the numbehind in appropriate documentation. ber and severity of medical care related Apparently, the staff members have problems. “These problems included not been regularly signing or initialing sporadic, improper and insufficient when prescribed medications are given documentation of medications and to the residents.” The investigator also psychotropic medications administered noted months of sloppy record keepto children, a lack of proper training for ing. One resident had been prescribed medicine administration, insufficient four psychotropic medications, and the and inconsistent supply of medication, and a lack of proper review of psychotro- documentation of dosing was utterly incomplete: “There were only 12 out of pic medication by a physician. These is30 days initialed for the month of Nov sues need to be addressed immediately.” 2008, and five out of 31 days initialed in Alumni accounts reveal the prevaDecember 2008, and only one day had lence of medication issues similar to the been initialed for this month, January, ones identified by DCS in each program and that is likely because we were preslong before the Plan For Correction ent when the the medications were being was issued. Some alumni were strongly sedated while performing physically strenuous and hazardous tasks. While S E E , RE LIG I O N , O N P A GE 1 2
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DRUGS ADMINISTERED TO TEENS AT NHYM: LITHIUM
Lithium is used to treat the manic episodes of manic depression. Manic symptoms include hyperactivity, rushed speech, poor judgment, reduced need for sleep, aggression, and anger. It also helps to prevent or lessen the intensity of manic episodes. SYMPTOMS OF OVERDOSE
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governing the consent and standards of psychiatric care, “there is currently no national human rights body in the Dominican Republic to oversee human rights inspections in mental health facilities, or to impose sanctions on those that violate patients’ rights.” Alumni question their diagnoses at New Horizons — many thinking that strong disagreements with parents over evangelical beliefs were misdiagnosed as mood disorders. An alumnus that resided at the Marion facility in the mid ’90s added, “I have no history of mood disorders. I know they had me on antidepressants, probably all of us. The details are fuzzy but I remember sitting with a psychiatrist for a brief moment and he wrote the scripts off New Horizons’
given out that evening.” The investigator indicated that, ”The girls were not able to state all the names of the medications they were taking.” In 2007 an alumnus from the Marion facility wrote about the strong sedatives she was prescribed and the difficulty of staying awake in a performance-based program. “They sent me out to work every day at first. But I was always so tired that I would sleep instead. They eventually just started leaving me all the time in solitary confinement. I kept sleeping. So they started pouring water on the floor to deter me from lying down. I slept anyway. They had me so sedated I could not keep myself awake, even though I wanted so badly to stay awake because it kept getting me in trouble.” In her incident and progress While under drugs such as Lithium reports New Horizons described her sedation as and Haldol they recount bizarre an authority problem, a hydrotherapy sessions with buckets refusal to stay awake. Many alumni comand hoses, with water sometimes plained that there were few doctors assessing used to make breathing difficult. their conditions for medications or treatment. Only two were identirecommendation. I never had any mood fied in the Dominican Republic: Doctor problems or behavior problems at New Zackheim, who died shortly after being Horizons. Sure, I fought with my parents, sentenced to federal prison in part for but what 15 year old doesn’t?” writing fraudulent diagnoses for adolescents, and Dominican psychiatrist Julio Chestaro, who lives 40 minutes away from the New Horizons property in La Deirdre’s criticisms of New Horizon’s Vega. Trained in Spain, Dr. Chestaro treatment methods are unflinching — stated that for the past 12 years he’s been “Children, particularly traumatized “in charge of the psychopharmacology children, need love. New Horizons is reviews of those that are medicated.” completely reckless in their care of chilDr. Chestaro stated that he continues to dren. They believe that in order to enact treat teens for the facility, which is now change, you must traumatize children. known as Crosswinds. I’ve known so many whose lives have Parents placing children in a facility been negatively impacted by that organiunder the care of a psychiatrist in the zation. NHYM calls [itself] Christian, yet Dominican Republic are taking sigrefuses to practice basic compassion or nificant risks. Although in 2006 Mental radical empathy. I imagine this is directly Health Law 12.06 was passed in the related to the way many of the people country mandating broad civil rights who ran New Horizons were raised. You
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have this unending cycle of abuse, which just needs to stop.” One of the reasons Deirdre is a forceful advocate for “teen treatment” reform is that legislatures have failed to enact policies regulating potentially abusive facilities. Though abusive facilities such as New Horizons were identified decades ago, families have failed to see an enactment of the types of regulatory laws needed to prevent abusive facilities from finding loopholes. “In 1979, when I was five, child advocate Kenneth Wooden testified before Congress about horrific abuses occurring at Escuela Caribe, about how staff there would beat children, shave their heads, force them into solitary confinement, then force them to confess their sins. Wooden delivered testimony eleven years to the day before I was sent away and all Caribe-Vista did was change its name and move on.” New Horizons’ child-caring license was revoked by the State of Indiana in 2009, but it could still operate as a private contract faith-based facility in Indiana. New Horizons had a legal right to operate as an unlicensed private contract faith-based facility, advertising as a therapeutic ministry. Designated as a Title IV-E facility, the State of Indiana was very clear that their jurisdiction only encompassed New Horizons’ facility in Marion, Indiana. An administrative hearing reported that although New Horizons “operated facilities in the Dominican Republic and Canada, any facility owned and operated by the entity beyond the legal boundaries of Indiana, is not covered by the Indiana license.” The response of New Horizons’ leadership in regards to the violations is alarming to those interested in the safety of children. New Horizons leadership repeatedly expressed an unwillingness to update or change their ministries’ childcaring policies. New Horizons President Emeritus Tim Blossom testified at the hearing, trivializing the Indiana Department of Child Services’ policies and citing of the facilities’ violations. “New Horizons’ leadership viewed the efforts S E E , REL IGION, O N PA GE 1 4
Haldol is used to treat schizophrenia. It is also used to control motor and speech tics in people with Tourette’s syndrome. SYMPTOMS OF OVERDOSE
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(Left): Deirdre at TKB House in the Dominican Republic, most likely after devotions. Next to the kindest housefather she had. (Right): Some of the most beautiful beaches are in the Dominican Republic. This was taken in Samana.
“RESIDUE” by Deirdre Sugiuchi
AN EXCERPT FROM HER BOOK UNREFORMED #teentreatmentindustry 45-degree hospital corners on your bed. Measured by Eric with a protractor. If you don’t get it right, you will never leave. Measure the bed’s collar with your hands. Make sure it’s 10 inches. You will die here. This will never end. Eric calls you lazy. Eric calls you forgetful. Do not flinch. Do not cringe. Empty the drawers. Feel for roach droppings. Remember, he checks with a flashlight. Or you could be a low-ranker, permanently. Clean the lid of your shampoo. Check your soap for hair, your brush. You are never going to go home and start that band. Make sure that your T-shirts, pants, and underwear are folded in threes, that your clothes are hung in order, everything spaced one finger-width. Remember cross-country; conserve your energy during exercise sessions. Stay within an arms’ distance of Eric at all times. Ignore the way his eyes crawl over your body. Never let him know that you see. Check your shoes for dust. Check the floor with your flashlight. Run your hands over its surface and scoop up loose hair. Not one drop of water on the Pyrex, or you could be assigned a discipline session. Where they’ll slam you into a wall. Yell. Bend you over a chair. Beat you with a strap they call Mr. Brown. Scrub the same tile over and over with a scrub brush, bristles worn to the nubs. Smile when Eric tells you to do it again. Cut the grass with a dull machete. Work faster. Everything Eric says about you is true. Be compliant. Be compliant. At all times, be compliant. Don’t ever give him a reason to break you. During lunch I log into the survivor’s group. Jenny’s talking about how last night she had THE DREAM, the one we all have, the one where we are sent back to reform school in the Dominican Republic. I used to get it. All the time. Sometimes I’d be married and a mother. Sometimes a student at the University of Georgia, all gothed-out. Sometimes I’d be small town Mississippi Delta, helpless and fifteen. I know what it feels like, to dread sleeping because you might have the dream again. I suggest Jenny try eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, a therapy that helped me. That night I post to her thread, the one about the dream: I’m over it, but never really. Because of everything I lost.
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Because of everything we went through. Because the school’s only changed their name (again), and it’s still happening. And, yes, I’m happy in my life now, but all that doesn’t go away. Does anyone ewlse have similar feelings? Jenny writes back. In less than three minutes. Yes, Deirdre. I have all the same feelings. It doesn’t all go away. Because we always have that monkey on our back. In some way. You think about the ones who transformed with you, when you became no longer that Deirdre. The ones who helped you survive the program. You think of the one arrested for carjacking. Of the sex worker jailed for stabbing her pimp thirty-seven times. Of the one whose body is found burned in the California desert. How at fourteen he had the face of a choirboy, that curly hair, those large blue eyes. You think of all the ones who attract predators, of the ones who marry abusers. Of you, stalked by a twice-convicted rapist, six months after you “graduated.” You think of the drug addicts, the workaholics, the eating disorders, the ones who succumb to suicide. All these kids, all these faces, they stay in your head, all these kids who aren’t shown compassion at that crucial time. My therapist says, Do you really want it all to go away? Do you want to lose the perspective you have, the strength? Do you want to give up what you are working on now? I shake my head no. I tell her that it’s my story, that I have to write it. That I hope to convince the government to regulate the teen treatment industry. But I tell her I’ll never stop wishing this wasn’t my story to tell. I tell her I’ll never stop wishing this didn’t happen to me. •
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Deirdre questions New Horizons therapeutic claims. “Their methods were similar to those outlined in this report on brainwashing C.I.A. Director Richard Helms wrote for the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover back in 1956. It’s not hard to break someone when you have [that person] isolated. It’s easy to break an individual’s mind when you have complete control.” Deirdre cites the Helms report: Controlling communication is one of the most effective methods for creating a sense of helplessness and despair. “The effect of complete control over student’s lives in the program came at a price.” She continued to say, “Once you have control of all communication, no one questions when you interrogate someone. When you torture them physically, no one blinks an eye. When you restrict their access to food and water and sleep people accept it.” Adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Leslie Hulverson from the Indiana University School of Research recommends that alumni or parents concerned about View of campus from higher up the mountain. treatment received from a counselor licensed in Indiana that seems unusual or abusive refer any licensed professionals R E L I G I O N , F R O M P A G E 12 for misconduct to the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency. Dr. Hulverson of DCS investigator Myron Dance as “jerking around”. DCS restated the sever- also says, ”I would also recommend that the people affected by this could speak ity of violations New Horizons faced — with someone at a mental health advounsupervised night care of children with known sex predators, repetitive excessive cacy organization such as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill or local exercise for discipline with disregard to therapeutic benefit and numerous medi- chapters of Mental Health America for cation violations. Blossom referred to the additional guidance.” For ten years Deirdre has assisted in violations as DCS’s “little rules and regumoderating forums for New Horizons lations”, stating that instead of changing alumni, creating a safe space to heal and New Horizons’ policies as suggested by find support from each other. “Facilities DCS they considered switching over to like New Horizons focus on breaking the an unlicensed facility over the summer of 2009. Blossom stated he would change individual into compliance, damaging their charges for life. Because the thing the policies only if he was shown a basis is, when you have been traumatized like we were, unless you figure out what happened to you, you tend “Facilities like New Horizons to replicate trauma. And focus on breaking the individual I saw that happen over and over in adulthood, into compliance, damaging their not just to me, not just to my friends, but to people I charges for life.” met on an alumni listserv — DEIRDRE SUGIUCHI afterward, people who had been there before and after me. Many of us have or have had PTSD, trust and intimacy issues, or employ numbing for it. “If that is the decision of DCS, so behaviors, because we were traumatized. be it. We’ll part.” Facilities like this should be abolished. Despite the severity of the violations, They destroy lives. That’s why I speak DCS acknowledged New Horizon’s reliout. I write because of that, because I gious right to operate as an unlicensed was silent for 12 years after I left, befacility. At the hearing Indiana Statute cause I hope that by not remaining silent 31-27-2-7 was read — DCS exempts any longer that maybe I will be able to from licensure a non-profit child caring prevent what happened to me and to institution and a group home operated all those kids I knew from happening to by a church or religious ministry that is future generations of kids.” n a religious organization exempt from federal income tax. 14 COVER STORY // 02.24.16 - 03.02.16 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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n the corner of Washington and Meridian, fiction and architecture fuse under the name Vonnegut. In the shadows of the building designed by his grandfather, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. began his best-selling novel Breakfast of Champions by remembering a syphilitic man trying to cross the street in downtown Indianapolis. This is where Vonnegut’s inspiration began – walking around the city built by his family. Along the street and in every direction there are buildings designed by his father and grandfather. In an interview with NUVO before his death, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. described his relationship to the city of Indianapolis and mentioned the exact location described in Breakfast of Champions: “My special situation was that I was the son and grandson of architects. And so I saw building. We were building the city, and that was exciting. The thing my father was proudest of was the Ayres clock at the intersection of Washington Street and Meridian,” said Vonnegut. All three generations were builders and creators whose influence can be found around Indianapolis today. Von-
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Offit about what it was like to walk down the streets of New York with Kurt. Sidney made the comment that Kurt once pointed out to him a business that was way up in the window of a high rise. Kurt asked if Sidney ever noticed it, to which Sidney replied, ‘No.’ Kurt said that no one notices it because no one is ever looking up.” Not only did Vonnegut look up, he looked within himself and his hometown. Chris Lafave found a connection to Vonnegut while reading Breakfast of Champions as he graduated from college and went on to work as the memorial library’s “My special situation was that I was the curator. quite a son and grandson of architects … We were bit“Iofthink his pride in Indianapolis (the building the city, and that was exciting.” city is mentioned — VONNEGUT in most of his works, both fiction and non-fiction) comes from being able to walk around a city in his Vonnegut’s writing and world view: youth and relate to many of its buildings “Vonnegut did speak about being a writer child of an architect,” says and landmarks,” says Lafave. Nothing Whitehead. “He said that relationship will bond you to a city more than knowwith architecture allowed him to design ing your ancestors built it.” “radically novel structures which turned And those landmarks and buildout to be habitable. ings are being used and repurposed “I continue to learn things about Kurt every year. Just down the street from Vonnegut that bring a smile. I was talking with his New Yorker friend Sidney S E E , V O N N E GU T S , O N P A GE 1 6 negut’s grandfather, Bernard Vonnegut, has a list of accomplishments that includes the First Chamber of Commerce in Indianapolis, the Athenaeum, the William H. Block Company building, Shortridge High School, the John Herron Art Institute and many others. His father, Kurt Vonnegut Sr., designed the All Souls Unitarian Church, Indiana Bell Telephone Building and several signature art deco buildings throughout Indianapolis. I spoke with CEO of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, Julia Whitehead, about the influence of all this architecture on
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There’s still a couple of days left to see this show, so bring your kids if you have any. It’s a show that reflects both the diversity and creativity of contemporary artists living in Indy. Several things distinguish this from your typical gallery exhibition. First of all, the placement of the artwork on the walls is a little lower than normal for the 3-12 yearold-set. Secondly, your typical gallery exhibit doesn’t offer coloring books with line drawings featuring line drawings of the 2D and 3D work on display. (There are a limited number still available at the gallery.) The descriptions in this book by the artists quite nicely give insight to the displayed work. “I consider myself a kind of mad scientist and these are manifestations of my experience in a chaotic world,” Todd McCutcheon says. His mixed media on canvas painting is entitled “Artifice, Slate 7.” In this work you see a lot of day to day objects that come alive – in Day-Glo colors – that might have an existence somewhere in an alternate universe, a universe where Dali and Picasso are hanging out playing soccer. Not to be missed is Cathleen Williams’ mixed media on birch painting Verda T-8, picturing her English Bulldog Zadee Zee, as a cyborg, the Terminator’s best friend. Seriously. The inclusion of the work of abstract pieces like Philip Lynam’s painting record/record – engaging to the eye with its strange geometric lattice-like juxtapositions – is a wonderful thing. After all, aren’t most kids’ first art ventures sort of abstract? If I had to pick a favorite, though, I think I’d go with Greg Potter’s painting that depicts a hippo in a boat, mostly underwater, with a shark’s fin attached and a four-blade propeller. While adults can appreciate the quite astounding use of color – fine gradations of blue with a limited palette – many children (and children at heart) will more likely be interested in the claim that the title of this acrylic on canvas painting makes: “Hippos Kill More People than Sharks.” Who knew? — DAN GROSSMAN Gallery 924, 924 N. Pennsylvania St.
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the Breakfast of Champions intersection is the latest project to renovate a Vonnegut building that was built in 1922. The 12-story building at 130 East Washington Street was sold for $9.5 million to Onward Investors LLC. Because the building is in the locally designated Monument Historic District and the Washington Street-Monument Circle National Register Historic District, the IHPC will be approving plans as they are made for the building. “The work approved entails removing the existing first and second floor granite façade, replacing it with a glass and metal canopy,” says Emily Jarzen, Sr. Architectural Reviewer for the Department of Metropolitan Development. “New windows will be installed in the south, west and north elevations.” Efforts like these to preserve the Vonneguts’ historic buildings are also at work in the Athenaeum global. Formerly
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known as Das Deutsche Haus, the Athenaeum is one of the most iconic buildings designed by Bernard Vonnegut. It is home of the Rathskeller, Indianapolis’s annual German Fest and lavish German Renaissance Revival architecture. President of the Athenaeum Foundation, Cassie Stockamp, tells me it was also Kurt Vonnegut’s favorite family building in Indianapolis. She is one of many who constantly work to protect and share the history of the Athenaeum. “The historical roots literally ground us to our heritage. The German philosophy behind the Freethinkers is important to our heritage,” says Stockamp. “They were abolitionists, believed in women’s rights and the freedom of thought. We have everything from church to Burlesque. It doesn’t matter whether I agree with it or not, and that comes from our roots. “I think of Vonnegut as a man who questioned. He didn’t approve of the status quo. I think there’s still an influence of that.” n
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Lisa Berlin is an Indianapolis artist whose other projects include HEN, a two-person performance troupe with Aimee Brown (aka Tender Evans), and General Public Collective, an artist-run gallery, project space and concept shop in Fountain Square. She will be releasing Mr. Sad. soon in book form, but for now NUVO will run these bits of advice, comics and general guidance for your well being.
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oppy Champlin started doing standup right out of college, but for years was not out on stage. She would reference a “boyfriend” in place of her girlfriend or pretend to be straight altogether. It wasn't until 2000 when she was standing in the spotlight at Hollywood Improv, that the two biggest things in her life were merged. “I don't know why Scott put me on the show, he must think I am gay,” says Champlin, remembering what she said on stage that night. “I am not going to say whether I am or not, but I mean I know what pussy tastes like.” The owner of the improv came up to her after and booked her for Vegas immediately after. Since then her career has been built on the raw honesty of her set. Champlin has left her mark behind microphones across the country by bringing together a touring group called The Queer Queens of Comedy, now in its 10th year of running. The queens constantly rotate through LGBTQ comics for the touring standup show. Champlin hosts, sings and ushers the 30-minute sets. During the Indianapolis stop Karen Williams and Mimi Gonzalez will share the bill. The concept for the Queens was born in 2005 Provincetown, when Champlin felt that her standup warranted a headline at bigger clubs and music halls. “So I called up the head of this music hall … and said ‘I would like to come headline that room,’” says Champlin. The promoter told her that she just wasn't a big enough name. “What if I bring two other comedians who don't have a big enough name and we call ourselves the queer queens of comedy?” she asked. He gave it a green light. They had 450 people at the first show. “It is such a good show now, and it’s in such good shape because I have been doing it for 10 years any kind of club can fit it in,” says Champlin. Though the tour usually sticks to comedy clubs, the women are hardly tied down. Champlin has notches on her belt like LOGO, Showtime, HBO, VH1, Joan Rivers,
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and the promise of suit — a paycheck from a suit — didn't really materialize, only then did I really start doing comedy,” says Gonzalez. After a few fails at open mic nights Gonzalez was discouraged. “It’s part of the due paying — getting up after failing,” says Gonzalez. “When a comic has a bad day at work, everyone sees it.” For her, identity has played a pivotal role in her sets and writing (she currently uses her journalism chops for a few LGBTQ magazines in the northeast). SUBMITTED PHOTO “I came out when gay was only three Karen Williams letters — G.A.Y,” says Gonzalez. “Now I am a woman who identifies bisexual, Oprah, Comedy Central and more. woman of color, citizen, taxpaying voter, Williams has her own LOGO comedy part time journalist. I could just go on special called I need a snack. She also and on about all my ‘labels … when I has moved with force across the councame out the whole saying was labels are try with her tour Healing With Humorfor soup, closets are for clothes.” Freedom From Fear, a show dedicated Much of her set touches on race, sexuality and society — all things she found to be points of contention and com“It is hard for lesbian comics to fort when she was performing get to where we have gotten … for troops overseas. “The military is a culture We are really strong.” shock,” says Gonzalez. The last time she was in Iraq it was — POPPY CHAMPLIN 2007 — in the thick of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. While she was under no threat because she was not enlisted, she did find to victory over sexual violence. Gonzathat it was something that soldiers lez has appeared on LOGO, The Today wanted to talk about. Show, and The Latino Laugh Festival. “By coming out as bisexual it afforded She also spent time overseas performsome of the military people to come up ing for U.S. military troops in Iraq, to me afterwards,” says Gonzalez. SeverAfghanistan and Korea. al just wanted to talk to her and vocalize Gonzalez came to comedy far later that they were gay. All three have used in life than Champlin. It wasn't until their microphones to kickstart positive after college and being in the workforce change, even if it’s just a family laugh. (using her journalism degree to do ad “It is hard for lesbian comics to get to sales) that she made the first step with where we have gotten … We are really open mic nights. strong,” says Champlin. n “As the corporate luster lost its shine
ISO plays new works to a small house t No better proof of repertoire choice relating to turnout was demonstrated than in Friday’s only weekend ISO concert. I’d guess that the Circle Theatre was less than onequarter filled for a single program (no weekend duplicates) SUBMITTED PHOTO featuring Sibelius and Guest conductor Edwin Outwater Brahms bookending two new works by Sarah Kirkland Snider, 46, and Caroline Shaw, 34, the latter a Pulitzer Prize winner in 2013. Guest conductor Edwin Outwater was joined by Shaw and soprano Shara Worden. In Friday’s program, Snider’s offering came first, Three songs from her incidental music to Unremembered: 1. The Guest - 2. The Swan - 3 The Witch. These three — out of 13 — recall Snider’s imaginative childhood. For the three Snider songs, Worden returned to the podium, the lights returned, and she hooked herself up to an amplifying system. What to say about her singing? Whether intentional or not, her notes blended with the orchestra’s held tones such that she couldn’t be clearly heard, even with amplification. Vocally Worden sings nearly “white” with an occasional trace of a light vibrato. The orchestra tended to hold sustained notes while shifting rough harmonies beneath them. In short I found myself unable to respond to these latter-day songs (while admiring the former-day Schubert). Not so with Caroline Shaw’s following ISO commissioned Lo for Violin and orchestra, with Shaw herself doing the violin solo. Though compositionally similar to the Snider songs, Shaw’s use of tonal harmonies made all the difference in my response. Lo’s three connected movements spun a web of continuous lines over shifting harmonies filled with common and not-so-common chords. The concerto featured a prominent use of the bass drum without timpani (rather like Paganini’s first violin concerto). As any piece of new music should accomplish, this one revealed new beauties. Shaw’s violin work was light as she blended with her players without much contrast. Outwater began the program with Sibelius’s piece The Oceanides, one whose modal inclinations recalled for me the composer’s Sixth Symphony, but with the music more continuous in its overlapping phrases. The concert ended with Brahms’ familiar Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a, the theme being the St. Anthony Chorale from a Haydn woodwind quartet now thought to have been written by one of his students. Both works received routine, uneventful performances. Feb. 19 — TOM ALDRIDGE
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PREVIEW WRITING DISGUSTED Amber Kristin has a disgust with civilization, but she doesn’t want you to feel discouraged by that. Kristin is a writer and organizer with The Geeky Press — the brainchild of Brad King, vice president of the Indianapolis Writer’s Center. The press, in addition to hosting a slew of writing events around town, will soon host a series of readings titled “Disgust with Civilization.” The idea is derived from a Kurt Vonnegut quote: “I was goofing around like everybody else in Indiana, and all of a sudden stuff came gushing out. It was disgust with SUBMITTED PHOTO civilization.” Amber Kristin “A lot of people write from that place of frustration, of being disgusted,” says Kristin. “Maybe that’s how they cope with that feeling or how they even help others cope with it. The idea of the reading is just to offer people the opportunity to get up and talk about the things that disgust them or piss them off.” She hopes that people leave feeling relieved with each piece, just having said it out loud, or at least a bit better after sharing it with someone else. That point of community is The Geeky Press backbone. The reading will allow serval local authors (including NUVO writer Michael McColly) to share the prose and poems pouring out their frustrations about the world. Kristin will share one of her pieces of fiction that takes places in an ecological dystopia. “Brad and I call what we do at the Geeky Press ‘professional amateurism,’” laughs Kristin. “We’re just doing what we think is fun.” The two just received 50 submissions for their first anthology titled Bad Jobs and Bullshit, set to come out some time between this fall and next year. King will put up his own money to publish the book, and any profit will be split between the writers. Between hosting one-day writing retreats to readings at Indy Reads, King has been building a fierce writer’s community since the creation of the press in April 3, 2014. Kristin joined one year later. “I just feel like the language, communicating in writing and speaking and reading the things that you write, that’s what humanity is,” says Kristin. “Without that we wouldn’t be a thing. One thing we have kind of lost in culture with the rise of television and in-home entertainment is this community aspect of getting together and talking in-person about our ideas.” — EMILY TAYLOR Tuesday, Mar. 1, New Day Meadery, 1102 Prospect St.
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’ve been living in Harper Lee’s world lately to prepare for a library talk I gave last week about To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman. I reread both books, watched the film, and saw Indiana Repertory Theatre’s production of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” I read Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, by Charles J. Shields, and The Mockingbird Next Door, Marja Mills’s memoir about her friendship with Harper Lee. I thought a lot about Lee’s struggles PHOTOS COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS with her first novel, Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee, original book cover which she never got right, and her strugof To Kill A Mockingbird. gles with To Kill a Mockingbird, which she go so right that it catapulted into the fame someone who must write. “I like to and fortune that most writers dream of — write,” she said. “Sometimes I’m afraid and stopped her in her tracks. that I like it too much because when I I thought about a 2005 conversation get into work I don’t want to leave it. As Lee had with a waiter at a party in New a result I’ll go for days and days without York, described near the end of Shields’ leaving the house or wherever I happen biography. “Why didn’t you write anto be. I’ll go out long enough to get paother book?” the waiter asked. pers and pick up some food and that’s “‘I had every intention of writing many it. It’s strange, but instead of hating novels,’” Harper Lee reportedly said, ‘but writing I love it too much.” I never could have imagined the success To Kill a Mockingbird would enjoy. I became overwhelmed.’” Writing isn’t about inspiration; In the concluding paragraph of his biography, Shields it’s about addiction, obsession. wrote, “Rather than allow herself to be eternally frustrated, she ‘forgave herself’ and lifted She spoke about the novels she hoped the burden from her shoulders of living to write, books that would “…leave some up to the book. She refused to pressure record of the kind of life that existed herself into writing another novel unin a very small world…to chronicle less the muse came to her naturally.” something that seems to be very quickly But the muse never comes naturally. going down the drain. This is small-town Writing isn’t about inspiration; it’s about middle-class southern life as opposed to addiction, obsession. The muse is knowthe gothic, as opposed to Tobacco Road, ing and needing the way writing will take as opposed to plantation life.” you away from the real word into a world “In other words,” she concluded, “all of your own making, one you have the I want to be is the Jane Austen of south power to shape and control. Alabama.” Harper Lee knew this. The sad thing is, she could have been. In 1964, still struggling with the It is its own kind of weird blessing not second novel she never produced, she to be famous, not to have people waiting described herself to an interviewer as
to see what you’ve written next, to judge if it is better or worse than what you’ve written before. It is its own weird kind of blessing to keep the carrot of recognition ever before you. Maybe, maybe the next novel will be the one that makes you a “successful” writer. When it’s not, well, you go at it again. Harper Lee had an editor who believed passionately in her work and guided her through revision after revision of both Go Tell a Watchman and To Kill a Mockingbird. She had friends who believed in her so much that they gave her enough money to quit her job and do nothing but write for a year. She knew writing was hard, that it was supposed to be hard. Shields described Lee’s 1966 response to a Sweet Briar College student who asked about her typical workday. Harper Lee told the class, “‘To be a serious writer requires discipline that is iron fisted. It’s sitting down and doing it whether you think you have it in you or not. Everyday. Alone. Without interruption. Contrary to what most people think, there is no glamour to writing. In fact, it’s heartbreak most of the time.’” What might Harper Lee have written if “Mockingbird” hadn’t been a publishing phenomenon; if instead, good reviews and moderate sales had given her confidence as a writer, a manageable taste of recognition, the courage to go on? What if she’d never had to occasion to say to her cousin, Dickie Williams, who asked the question she had surely come to dread, “Richard, when you’re at the top there’s only one way to go.” In his conclusion to Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, Charles J. Shields wrote, “A little more than a year after To Kill a Mockingbird was published, Nelle wrote to friends in Mobile, ‘People who have made peace with themselves are the people I most admire in the world.’ From all indications, she seems to have done that.” I so hope he’s right. But I wonder. And now we’ll never know. n
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HS HOOPS WHY THE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ TOURNEY STILL RULES The old guys will tell you that the one-class basketball tournament was better. Every generation, a team like Milan, Plymouth, or Delta would post an upset or four, and Indiana would rally around the underdogs.
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I liked the old tourneys too, but I love this one. Sunday night, the sectional draw was held in advance of the 2016 edition, and I can’t wait for this thing to get started. Here are five reasons why: 5. Gyms still fill for the games. There’s a false notion being advanced by the traditionalists that the tournament has lost its special place in Hoosier culture because of its evolution to a four-class system. Not so much. Tickets are still tough to get, and the gyms are packed. 4. I can’t remember a year with talent more widely spread. There are nationally ranked players on more than a dozen teams around the state, and they are spread across several classes. It will be hard to find a game locally without really good players. 3. The price is right. I can walk into a gym, get a hot dog and water, and only spend $10. 2. The vibe is exactly the same as when you were a student. You want to feel a wave of nostalgia? Walk into an Indiana high school gym packed with fans in March to watch your old high school team. Nothing has changed. 1. First round games are going to be incredible. This tournament – because it isn’t seeded – may see potential champions lose early. Pike and Southport could win the 4A tournament, but play each other in the first round. How about Kyle Guy and Lawrence Central being paired against C.J. Walker and Tech? Why wait for the great matchups? And don’t forget Cathedral with Eron Gordon against North Central with Kris Wilkes. (NOTE: Find five more reasons to enjoy the tourney at nuvo.net.) — KENT STERLING Kent Sterling hosts a sports talk show on CBS Sports 1430 in Indianapolis every weekday from 3 p.m.-6 p.m., and writes about Indiana sports at kentsterling.com.
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Two Indianapolis runners finish in top 30 in U.S. Olympic Marathon qualifying race
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rin Nehus-Vergara cracked the top 20 in the U.S Olympic marathon trials earlier this month. That’s even more impressive when you consider she’s parenting a small child — and helping her husband as he fights stage 4 colorectal cancer. “Running in my second Trials was a dream in itself, given that I have had a child since the 2012 Olympic Trials held in Houston, Texas and with my husband’s situation fighting for his life this year,” she told NUVO. “Also, my husband was deployed serving in Afghanistan during the 2012 Trials, so he was unable to see me race. Having him and my daughter there this year was the icing on the cake.” Nehus-Vergara was one of two Indianapolis women who competed in the February 13 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles finished in the top 30, a race in which the top three finishers earned a spot to represent the United States in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the Olympic Games on August 14. Whitney Bevins-Lazzara, 34 (2:43:52); and Nehus-Vergara, 34 (2:41:10); took 30th and 19th, respectively, in what amounted to a contest of attrition as much as a foot race for the 26.2 miles. Of the 198 initial entrants in the women’s race, 49 dropped out on a sunny day that saw temperatures rise into the mid-70s. Bevins-Lazzara, an Indianapolis-area native and Indiana University alum who attended Westfield High School, trained for the race under the tutelage of renowned running coach Steve Magness in Houston, Texas, and will soon return to Indianapolis. She believes training in Houston’s heat helped acclimate her to race day conditions and is content with her top-30 finish. “The first half physically wasn't bad, but I was straining more at half-way than I typically am,” she told NUVO. “Although I was getting tired, others were fading worse. Mentally and physically I felt stronger being able to run people down.” Nehus-Vergara, like Bevins-Lazzara, said the heat was brutal and that it caused her nearly race-ending severe cramping in her thighs and calves. “Thankfully taking fluid during the
Erin Nehus-Vergara took 19th at the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in L.A. on Feb. 13.
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“Boston is the tentative plan, however, I'm going to meet with my coach “Mentally it was a grind from the and we will figure out a get-go, as I felt cold chills by the plan for the rest of 2016,” she said. “I've never run first stages of the race.” Boston and seeing as I'm not as beat up from the — ERIN NEHUS-VERGARA Trials, I should be able to bounce back quickly and start training soon.” Nehus-Vergara has early stages, I believe, allowed me to race yet to determine what’s next for her in a relatively strong last 10k (6.2 miles) competitive running. She may do the compared to the field,” Nehus-Vergara March 19 Sam Costa Half-Marathon in told NUVO, also noting that in previous Carmel, or perhaps the Indianapolis shorter distance races she suffered from Mini-Marathon scheduled for May 7. But severe heat exhaustion. “Mentally it was she says fighting cancer alongside her a grind from the get-go, as I felt cold husband and 2-year-old daughter takes chills by the first stages of the race.” precedence for now. Bevins-Lazzara, whose father passed away in 2009, also sees herself competing in marathons for more The prestigious Boston Marathon (a than just herself. race this writer will compete in, by the After an unenjoyable running experiway) is scheduled for April 18 — and that ence at Indiana University, she quit the run could be in Bevins-Lazarra’s immeteam and the sport for nearly a decade diate future.
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Whitney Bevins-Lazzara placed 30th at the trials. Next up? Maybe Boston.
until 2012, when she says she “got back into running initially as a way to honor or make my father proud. I think I did that. I think he would be proud of what I've done. The journey now has become more personal and about more than just how fast I can run 26.2 miles.” Both runners, considered moderately old in the world of elite running, still have a burning desire to train and compete going forward. “I cannot imagine my life without running as it has been so instrumental
in shaping the person I have become and building amazing friendships that I will have forever,” said Nehus-Vergara. “I’m not exactly sure yet what the future holds but confident that whatever is ahead is more than I could hope for, just like this Olympic cycle ended with a top-20 finish and more importantly a husband who is regaining his health despite sacrificing for me along the way to achieve my goals.” Though 34, Bevins-Lazzara feels somewhat like a newbie to the sport after taking such a long time off. She thinks her best days still lie ahead. “I'm very excited as to what the next four years will bring,” she told NUVO. “Assuming I stay healthy, I have no doubt that I'll be back at the Marathon Trials in 2020.” Other Indianapolis runners competing in the Trials in Los Angeles included Anna Weber, 28 (56th place and 2:48:36); Jesse Davis, 34 (70th place 2:29:39); and Jordan Kyle, 29 (95th and 02:38:20). n
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he Hollywood Employee Recognition Awards are this Sunday night on ABC. “But wait,” you say, “hasn’t the filmmaking community already been rewarded with the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the British Academy Film Awards, along with several others that weren’t televised?” Here’s the thing: In an industry built on hype, excess and self-congratulation, the Academy Awards remains the King Kong of movie prizes. You win this one and the title will be attached to your name forevermore. As usual, we’re listing all the nominees. I shall offer commentary for a while, then I’ll start getting tired of it all and I’ll write less and less. Usually, my growing disinterest in writing about all the categories coincides nicely with your growing disinterest in reading about them. Let’s see how that works with this year’s nominees.
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The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Spotlight Of the eight nominated films, the one that will be remembered the most 20 years from now is Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller’s action extravaganza that avoids CGI as much as possible in favor of a staged-by-real-people-using-real-
things stunts. The film is a mega car chase that starts here, goes over there, then comes back here again. Within that minimalist framework, the script deftly weaves plot lines and character detail, including a hell of a starring performance by Charlize Theron. Oh, did I mention that Miller puts Mad Max in a supporting role in favor of a powerful female lead? Fury Road is a smart, starling thrill ride that reminds us of the power of cinema. Alas, it doesn’t have a chance in hell of winning (too crazy). Neither does Brooklyn (too ordinary), The Room (too small), or Bridge of Spies (too oldfashioned). You can forget about The Martian, as well. Matt Damon’s wonderful performance as a stranded astronaut who never loses his sense of humor and can-do attitude is so good that the movie isn’t being taken seriously enough. The Revenant is grim and gross, but its leading man suffers all over the place, and the direction is very showy. It’s going to win a number of awards, and could possibly be the dark horse in this category. Spotlight has already been named Best Picture by some other organizations. It’s serious, important, very well done and boasts a great ensemble cast. The film’s liability is its popularity. It’s been hot on the awards circuit so long that voters are taking a second look at the other titles, and they’re noticing that The Big Short also has a swell ensemble cast, and it takes a difficult to understand subject (economics – ouch!) and makes it entertaining. SHOULD WIN: I’d love a Mad Max: Fury Road surprise, but I’ll be happy if Spotlight or The Big Short wins.
WILL WIN: Spotlight. Unless The Big Short steals the prize, or The Revenant creeps up and rips it out of everybody’s hands.
BEST ACTOR Bryan Cranston, Trumbo Matt Damon, The Martian Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl Leonardo DiCaprio will win his first Oscar for his work here. He’s spot-on in the role, but I question how many acting choices there are to make when your task is primarily to suffer convincingly. I have great respect for DiCaprio, but all of the other actors in this category had far more difficult roles. SHOULD WIN: Matt Damon was outstanding as an astronaut who keeps his bearings and sense of humor even in the face of death. It would be a treat to see this particular nice guy finish first. WILL WIN: DiCaprio. Surest pick of the night.
BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett, Carol Brie Larson, Room Jennifer Lawrence, Joy Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn Jennifer Lawrence is a delightful person, but her role in Joy isn’t a good fit. Saoirse Ronan’s quietly complex work in Brooklyn isn’t showy enough, while Cate Blanchett’s performance in Carol isn’t exciting enough. Charlotte Rampling is
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christian Bale, The Big Short Tom Hardy, The Revenant Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Sylvester Stallone, Creed Christian Bale and Mark Ruffalo won’t win. They were both part of great ensemble casts and the voters won’t reward them over their castmates. Count Tom Hardy out – he’s done better work elsewhere. I’m still wondering why he was even nominated for this film. In a normal year, Mark Rylance would be a shoo-in for his sly performance in Bridge of Spies, but the film just isn’t getting the respect it deserves. Besides, Sylvester Stallone is nominated for playing Rocky Balboa in Creed! Who doesn’t want to see Sly walking up the stairs, beaming at the audience giving him a standing ovation, and delivering an acceptance speech guaranteed to make us choke up? SHOULD WIN: Mark Rylance … oh hell, Sylvester Stallone! WILL WIN: Sylvester Stallone. USA! USA!
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara, Carol Rachel McAdams, Spotlight Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs I’ll keep this one short and sweet. Rooney Mara was memorable in Carol — who would have dreamed that the girl in the dragon tattoo could also be … THAT GIRL! But Alicia Vikander is white hot right now and she’s already won this award from a couple of other organizations.
Lenny Abrahamson, Room Tom McCarthy, Spotlight Alejandro Iñárritu won last year for showing off like crazy in Birdman. His work in The Revenant is impressive, preposterous and excessive. I thought the last hour was more of an endurance test for the audience than the lead character. Mine is a minority opinion, however. The Academy will overlook George Miller’s amazing work in Mad Max: Fury Road and reward Iñárritu instead. I’m grumbling just thinking about it. SHOULD WIN: George Miller, damn it! WILL WIN: Alejandro Iñárritu
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Colombia: Embrace of the Serpent France: Mustang Hungary: Son of Saul Jordan: Theeb Denmark: A War Son of Saul is a devastating experience. It has played more widely across America, which increases its visibility to voters giving their ballot a quick scan. Plus it deals with the Holocaust, and foreign films dealing with the Holocaust generally win. SHOULD WIN/WILL WIN: Son of Saul
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies Carter Burwell, Carol Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens John Williams could feel the love for his work on Star Wars, but Ennio Morricone has never won an Oscar, and his score for The Hateful Eight has drawn well-deserved praise.
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Bridge of Spies Ex Machina Inside Out Spotlight Straight Outta Compton After all the criticism the Academy received for its lack of diversity, will they try to make amends by voting for Straight Outta Compton, a celebrated film that didn’t get the Best Picture nomination many thought it deserved? Of course not. Spotlight will win – because it’s excellent, and because those that aren’t voting for it in the Best Picture category will opt to reward it here. SHOULD WIN/WILL WIN: Spotlight
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Will Charlie Kaufman’s adult drama Anomalisa, which includes a puppet sex scene, be the surprise winner over the heavily-favored, and equally deserving Pixar hit, Inside Out? No it won’t.
Joshua Oppenheimer’s powerhouse followup to The Act of War – both films deal with the bizarre aftermath of the slaughter of more than a half-million people in mid-1960s Indonesia – could be the surprise winner. But more likely the insightful biography of singer Amy Winehouse will receive the trophy.
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CHEF JOSH BROWNELL’S BUSTED KNUCKLE RED MOLE SAUCE The Latin inspired sauce is excellent with tacos and entrees with chicken, beef, or pork.
BUY IT: • 12 oz QuaffON! Busted Knuckle Robust Porter • 4 oz dried Guajillo chilies • 4 oz dried Arbol Chilies • 7 oz chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (canned) • 12 small tomatillos (peeled and halved) • 1 lb tomato pieces • 4 cloves garlic • 1 medium red onion (chopped) • 1 cup cilantro • 1 Tbsp cumin • 1 Tbsp chili powder • 2 tsp cayenne (This is where you can increase or decrease the heat in your sauce.) • 8 oz Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips
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remove the leaves from the tomatillos, peel the garlic cloves.
2. Combine all ingredients except for the
chocolate, in a medium saucepan, (this is a great recipe for a crock-pot)
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medium heat. YOU DO NOT WANT TO BOIL THE SAUCE, KEEP IT JUST BELOW A SIMMER.
4. When the sauce has been to temp for 45
minutes, you may transfer to a blender, or use an immersion blender. You want to puree the sauce to a smooth and even consistency.
5. When the sauce is smooth, you may bring
back to temp, and incorporate the chocolate, stirring with a whisk. As long as the sauce is not reducing, you may hold hot for a few hours. Season the sauce to your liking with kosher or sea salt, pepper, and cayenne. As with any slow cooked sauce, it will be tastier the next day.
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his is the time of temptation: when the New Year’s resolutions lose their luster and the idea of letting go of your healthy eating habits just shakes your bones with excitement for those long lost carbs and sugars. The NUVO office is no exception. We decided to pull together a quick dining-on-a-diet guide. By no means is this list comprehensive, but it’s a way to keep your sanity. Bear in mind that these diets are a fulltime way of life for those who have dietary restrictions or are passionate about ending the detriment caused by meat production. For a complete Indy dining guide go to nuvo.net/indianapolis/restaurants.
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Ezra’s, The Caveman Truck and Flying Cupcake all have separate prep areas to care for gluten allergies.
GIVING UP THE GLUTEN Reducing the amount of wheat in your diet can be more simple than you may first think – after all, we live in a beautiful world full of corn and quinoa and oats and rice and buckwheat and the almighty potato. There’s a big world of starches to keep your stomach full and wheat-free, and that means there’s a million ways to be gluten-free at many Indy restaurants: Think opting for corn chip nachos at Old Point Tavern instead of sandwiches or going for a lettuce and rice bowl instead of flour tortillawrapped monstrosity at your favorite burrito joint. Massive disclaimer here: This kind of freewheelin’ thinkin’ applies if you’re avoiding gluten for reasons other than serious allergies and conditions like celiac disease. That’s because, as those with celiac disease know, even if you order gluten-free off the menu, there’s the risk of gluten contamination in kitchens that process gluten-filled dishes for other diners. Glutenfreeindy.com and findmeglutenfree.com are great resources for those looking to research options
before they go: When I was digging, I learned that the Caveman Truck and Ezra’s Enlightened Cafe have dedicated gluten-free food prep spaces. Ditto for The Flying Cupcake’s 56th and Illinois location, which has a special space for baking gluten-free cupcakes – plus their Carmel, Mass Ave and 82nd St. locations all offer gluten-free treats in separate display cases to minimize cross-contamination. Plus, traveling food fests like the Gluten Free Food Allergy Fest returns to the Fairgrounds in October with tons of options and info for those living totally gluten-free. But if you’re cutting gluten because you’re looking to lose a few, or simply because you find you feel better without it (many do!) know that in 2016 restaurants are becoming increasingly more sensitive to the needs of diners that wanna cut the wheat. I’ve found my body runs best when I phase out most wheat products, so I opt for Asian cuisine at spots like Rook and Thai Spice, where I can do rice noodle and curry dishes. Drinkers: Grab gluten-reduced concoctions at New Day Meadery and Mallow Run Winery, plus check in with big brew-list places like The Aristocrat, Twenty Tap, District Tap and Union 50 for gluten-free suggestions. Trader Joe’s, The Hop Shop and Bloomington’s Sahara Mart carry gluten-free six-packs. — KATHERINE COPLEN, SENIOR EDITOR
WHERE TO GO: Ezra’s Enlightened Cafe, 6516 Ferguson St. Public Greens, 900 E. 64th St. Tulip Noir Cafe, 1224 W. 86th St.
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Kale. We are still shocked he put kale in it.
JUICING There are two ways to approach this: juicing as some kind of cleansing/detox/weight-loss program during which you’ve restricted yourself to liquids OR as a way to get more veggies and fruits into your diet. Since a) yours truly doesn’t have a broken jaw, and b) the research is pretttty sketchy on the benefits of an all-blended menu, I’ve opted for juicing-as-supplement to what I’m eating already. A quick search online reveals that a great many juice recipes involve starting with kale — and then trying to cover up the taste of the stuff. Since I’m no fan of the ubiquitous green hipster food myself, a few stabs at adjusting a recipe I’d come across yielded this concoction:
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½ cup kale 1 banana 1 tbsp peanut butter 1 tsp honey 8 oz. unsweetened plain almond milk All of that stuff run through a Ninja juicer on “extract” yields a pretty tasty — if somewhat strangely-colored — drink that fits nicely into an imperial pint glass or so. In order to avoid hunger pangs later, simply garnish with a pizza. (I’m kidding. Kind of.) Most medical types don’t recommend juicing for weight-loss or detox — if you’re not getting protein (which is common in these diets) you’ll lose muscle mass, and you’ve already got a liver and kidneys to flush stuff out of your system. Beyond that, a good friend who pulled off a multi-week all-blended diet revealed these lovely tidbits: “The worst part was the headaches. After day two, I began to get headaches and felt a bit weak and dizzy. Once the ‘cleanse’ part of the diet happened I did start to feel better and even had a nice jolt of energy. The first five days were rough, though. My relationship barely survived.” Yes, there is such a thing as being “hangry.” Also, if you’ve shelled out for a decent blender, that sucker can make some fantastic warm-weather run drinks. The missus and I mix bananas, pineapple, spiced rum and coconut-water ice cubes. After two or three, you don’t give a damn about your weight. — ED WENCK, MANAGING EDITOR
WHERE TO GO: Natural Born Juicers, 865 Massachusetts Ave. The Garden Table, 908 E. Westfield Blvd.
VEGAN Full disclosure: I have been an onand-off-again vegetarian or vegan for large chunks of my life with years of meat eating in between. Indy’s kitchen forces of nature know their damn way around bellies, fillets, charcuteries and swimmers of the earth; but I’ll be the first to say that our chefs have got to step up the vegan game. Contrary to popular belief, not consuming animals (or derived byproducts) isn’t restriced to a raw or an overly carb-heavy plate. While you can find something at almost any restaurant (enjoy that $10 block of iceberg lettuce), thoughtfully created and plated vegan meals are few and far between. Places like The Sinking Ship, Broad Ripple Brewpub and
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Taken from Tinker Street’s Instagram. A former vegan offering.
Twenty Tap have you covered on the bar food front. The vegan fish and chips at the Brewpub is made with fluffy tofu, battered with their own brew and fried golden with Old Bay seasoning (They currently are sporting 21 options that can be made vegan). Twenty Tap and Three Carrots both have house banh Mis that are completely different, but can hold their own against the Vietnamese traditional sandwich. Tinker Street — in addition to having one of the best wine lists in the city — has botanical covered in a way that brings out the qualities of each veggie. Many go vegan for health reasons or dietary restrictions, but for those who see it as a tangible way to exercise their passion for environmental and animal rights, consider taking it a step further and asking about the origin of your produce, the impact it took to process it and the most sustainable mediums for change. You’re already on the right track.
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stream effects of the food choices you’ve been making.” Seems like a lofty goal. It also seems like it would be difficult to eat out on this program, but Indy has mastered the art of healthy living. I had breakfast at Café Patachou and was surprised at how easy it was to make decisions while being confined to the rules of the Whole30. The staff was great in helping me identify ingredients I could and couldn’t eat. Although I was eyeing everyone’s croissant French toast, I ordered an omelet with potatoes, avocado, and bacon and was not disappointed. Shopping on this program was a bit more difficult because it required me to ditch my Frosted Flakes nightcap, but places like Locally Grown Gardens and Wildwood Market stock tons of fresh fruits, vegetables and some meat options. By the end, I was already feeling much better, mentally and physically. I considered keeping it going, but a cheeseburger and fries just kept calling my name. — ANNIKA LARSON, NEWS INTERN
WHERE TO GO: Café Patachou, 4901 N. Pennsylvania St. Cook at home. Go to CrossFit. You will feel better.
— EMILY TAYLOR, ARTS EDITOR.
WHERE TO GO: Three Carrots, City Market, 222 E. Mitchell Broad Ripple Brewpub, 842 E. 65th St. Tinker Street, 402 E. 16th St. Duos Kitchen, 2960 N. Meridian St.
WHOLE 30 My first thought before I began the Whole30 was, “Really?” On the Whole30, added sugars, alcohol, grains, legumes, and dairy can’t be consumed for 30 days. Grains! Dairy! Seriously? The point of the lifestyle change is to reset your body and allow you to reevaluate your relationship with food. The guidebook says “Push the “reset” button with your metabolism, systemic inflammation, and the down-
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A mean whole30 friendly omelet from the house of Hoover.
PALEO/PRIMAL DIET When it comes to eating “primal” on a paleo diet, it’s all about going back to basics. There is no need to pattern your plate after Fred Flintstone and find this biggest dinosaur burger around, but rather throw out everything processed. If
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it comes in a box on a shelf or is processed with a bunch of words you can’t pronounce or spell — don’t eat it! Instead treat your palate to natural meats, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds. Then say no to grains, legumes (sorry, no peanuts), dairy (good-bye cheese), starches (no rice potatoes or pasta) and alcohol (that is by far the hardest part). It may seem like there is nothing left to enjoy but that is farthest from the truth. Herbs, spices and seasonings are your best friend! Dining out may seem a bit intimidating at first when going paleo, but if you just think about going back the basics, everything will work out. The Caveman Truck is a given with an entire menu dedicated to the primal palate. There is also Artie’s Paleo To Go, which is a meal delivery service with a primal friendly menu that delivers to CrossFit locations around town. But if you find yourself away from the Caveman Truck and it’s too late for a delivery from Artie, there are still lost of choices out there. Farm–to-table restaurants are always great choices to stay away from processed foods. From there, it’s only a matter of sticking to meat-and-veggie entrees and asking for any dairy-based sauces to be left off your plate. Another great choice is Asian cuisine. Now I know you are thinking, “What about the rice?” But, any great Chinese or Japanese restaurant serves steamed rice on the side. Simply ask for the entree without rice or simply sliding the rice bowl to the side solves that problem. For the sweet tooth, stick to raw sugars, fruits and honey. Eating the basics can be simple without sacrificing taste. — AMBER STEARNS, NEWS EDITOR
WHERE TO GO: Tomo, 7411 N. Keystone Ave. Bluebeard, 653 Virginia Ave. Cerulean, 339 S. Delaware St.
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Central Indiana’s Aveda salons put on this “green carpet” event at City Market — quite literally (and so do you). The organizers tell us:
Come dressed in your best eco fashion (upcycled, recycled, vintage) ready to celebrate the Earth in style. Prizes for best hair, make-up and eco fashion. We’ll have 3 signature eco cocktails featuring 360 Vodka (a portion of sales benefit HEC). Beer and wine will also be available for purchase from Tomlinson Tap Room and the kitchen is open for food orders until 9 p.m. Indianapolis City Market, 222 E. Market St., $10 advance, $20 door Earth Charter Indiana Night (Pacers V. Bulls) March 29, 5 p.m., 7 p.m. tipoff. This event during NBA Green Week is presented by Earth Charter Indiana, a group headed up by former NUVO Managing Editor Jim Poyser (who’s now the Big Kahuna at ECI). The 5 p.m. presentation preceding the game is a look at what Poyser’s been doing; namely, educating Indiana’s youth about everything from climate change to proper recycling. Your ticket includes admission to the event and the game that follows, plus a chance to see your group’s name in lights on the big board and courtside seats during warmups. (Upper and lower balcony seats have been reserved for ECI ticket holders for the game.) Order online by heading to pacers.com/tickets/938 and using the password “earth.” We like Jim. We like Earth Charter Indiana. We like the Blue and Yellow Menace. You should, too. Bankers Life Fieldhouse,125 S. Pennsylvania St., $24.20 upper balcony, $40.70 lower balcony Earth Day Indiana 2016 April 23, 2016, times TBD. It’ll be here before you know it! You’ll want to get this annual event on your calendar now for two big reasons: number one, it’ll be a constant reminder through the dark winter months that SPRING MUST ARRIVE. Secondly, it’s worth noting that the event has moved to a bigger space — that’d be Military Park — for “additional exhibitors, activities, performances, and workshops.” Military Park, 601 W. New York St.
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I think you’ll appreciate that I turned to the Ask Renee archives for your answer. And since we’re only a few weeks past Groundhog Day, I thought it would be appropriate to repeat it just for you! Sally, sweetheart, I hope you don’t mind that I use Terms of Endearment when I tell you that there is a place in Indianapolis that will recycle old tapes. As you surmise, there’s some kind of Weird Science with recycling tapes that’s best left to the specialized plastics recycling Goonies at Plastic Recycling Inc. (plastic-recycling.net/) They will grind up old tapes and start the process of turning them into new products. They are only open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. though, which can be challenging unless it’s Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Anyway, I don’t want to turn this into The Neverending Story of recycling. That’s actually The Secret of My Success — short and sweet answers to your green questions!. PIECE OUT, RENEE
You’ll also need to throw away any mixed metal/ plastic pieces and small pieces. You can recycle the bulky plastic body and all metal pieces. PIECE OUT, RENEE
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Q: Thanks for your good work! My otherwise perfectly good blender needs a small part replacement. Seems to me that repairing, rather than replacing, is the greenest — as well as the most economical — way to go. However, the only repair shops I find are for large appliances, not small. Are small appliance repairers a thing of the past? Thanks for your help, — JULIANN A: Juliann, You may know that my favorite
appliance guy lives under my same roof and he’s worked with Vogel Appliance Service (vogelappliance.com). Since they’re more focused on large appliances, he recommends Mr. Fix It for your blender. I had a nice chat with Mr. Fix It and I concur that he’s your guy. He saves appliances from the 1930s and younger and his specialty is American made machines — they just don’t make ‘em like they used to! We definitely agree that repairing is the greenest option, but if it’s time to retire your blender, be sure to take it to an electronics recycling, like RecycleForce. PIECE OUT, RENEE SIGN UP for the AskRenee Newsletter at indianalivinggreen.com.
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“Frank Hannon was very cool when we opened for Tesla at the Egyptian Room, and we'd opened for REO Speedwagon a few times and they'd been really responsive,” adds Campbell. “It's funny, because I don't liken us to classic rock, but the reality is we've played a lot of shows with that kind of thing, we've done a lot of that and their fans have always responded very well to us. So we certainly embrace that.” The band plans to play a marathon set for the release show, including the entire new album and much of their older material, making it a chance for fans new and old alike to really acquaint themselves with the sound of the Easthills. This should serve them well in their goal to really get fans excited to spread the new songs to a wider audience. “We're really going to try and put a big push behind this thing and really work to get it heard,” says Campbell. “We've never had a bad response to a live show, or anyone really listening to us. But I feel even stronger about this new album. We've really tried to put our best foot forward.” As for collaborating with artists like Gillard, who they've admired for years, one thing stands out in Campbell's experience that he hopes to emulate as the band develops. “We've noticed that the guys who really make it in this business, they're really talented but they also tend to be genuinely nice people too,” he laughs. “There are definitely reasons for why they stick around.” n
It’s a rare occasion for a debut album to be Grammy nominated within the first few months of its release. For twin brothers Ryan and Rich Meyer and friend Johnny Stevens of Highly Suspect, having their band’s debut Mister Asylum nominated for two Grammys – Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song, for “Lydia” – was an unexpected but highly welcome surprise. And although lead singer and bassist, Rich, would describe their sound as something you would want to “eat some Cheez Its and watch some Netflix” to, we say that it’s a bit too heavy to be just casual background music to your Friday night Netflix and chill sesh. Even the more mellow tracks like, “Mom” and “Lydia,” aren’t for the faint of heart. Each song is gritty, heavy, and driven by raw aggressive riffs. For people who are fans of the Stone Temple Pilots, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Kings of Leon, even Diamond Head and Metallica, we think Highly Suspect’s Mister Asylum will not disappoint. Rich says the band’s big move from Cape Cod to The Big Apple was the main inspiration for Mister Asylum. “This place [New York City] doesn’t sleep, and we went from a very beachy, laid back, fluffy environment, and then all of a sudden we’re in New York City… It’s either keep up or get trampled,” he says. Their album exudes a chaotic vibe. Songs like “Bath Salts,” and “Bloodfeather” are raw and grimy. “It was a very stark change in our lives,” Rich says. “We’re like sponges, we soak up the environment and then the art comes out as a result of what environment we’re in.” When they found out Mister Asylum was nominated for two Grammys, Rich says, “It wasn’t glorious. ... Ryan came down and gave me a hug and told me we had two Grammy nominations. ... I didn’t really believe it. We were all just kind of in a daze for a while about it.” Their first Grammys appearance left them empty-handed, but there were still humbling, starstruck filled moments. “The whole thing was pretty surreal… I was surrounded by all of these celebrities,” Rich says. “Justin Bieber was right next to me getting ready for his performance. And my mom got to see Adele from five feet away, and that was pretty cool. She’s a huge fan, obviously. Whose mom isn’t a huge fan of Adele?” — PAIGE WATSON See show listing in Soundcheck
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ou may recognize her. After all, Dilana earned runner-up status on reality TV show Rockstar Supernova in 2006, where she competed with 14 other vocalists to earn a spot fronting a supergroup with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, Metallica bassist Jason Newsted and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Gilby Blarke. She also starred in 2010’s Angel Camouflaged as a singer struggling with addiction – plus stepped in to create the soundtrack. The next year, she held lead singer status in Tracii Guns’ version of the L.A. Guns, albeit briefly. 30 MUSIC // 02.24.16 - 03.02.16 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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an audience of 5,000 — we give everything we’ve got on stage. It’s always what we give — all our best.” Dilana left her home in South Africa in the mid-’90s under duress and it took her almost a decade to return. “I do try to return at least once a year [to South Africa],” Dilana says. “And now, I can tour there — I’m still
an independent musician. I feel much has changed since I left, but then some days, it feels like nothing has changed. At least, apartheid is over and there is a mindset for peace now. I think the younger generation wants peace, but they are often at the mercy of the older generation’s hate and instigation. But there are more big changes coming for my homeland – I can feel it and I am hopeful.” She’s hopeful too, for a new collaboration — a specialty of Dilana’s – and she often looks for someone real, someone writing and performing from the heart, someone to share a bond and commnicate with.
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“I don’t want an 8-5 writer,” Dilana says. “And I can’t connect to speed writers. I want someone who can only write from the heart. I want something personal, someone to share stories with, even if we’re different. I am always looking for that silver lining we have in common. I want to collaborate with someone I can open up to, be honest with, just be me. It’s hard to be vulnerabe, but I always seek a true connection.” Her future plans could also include a return to film, as well. “I loved doing film,” Dilana says. “I had a good time in the Angel role. It was a new challenge for me — to be in front of
the camera and to be someone else. Hollywood is such a flaky scene, though. If it comes, it comes. I’ll be ready for it, if it does. I have other goals, like a Christmas CD. Every year the holiday comes and goes and I really want to make a holiday CD a priority. I have another tour I would like to do, and two new CDs of original music. I can imagine a return to South Africa, too, and this time to stay, for both my daughter and me. The crime rate and danger are less now than they have ever been. I’m getting itchy feet, too, having been in LA for almost 11 years. I want my daughter to know something else, like her roots and culture. I look only to the future for the both of us.” There have been many lessons for Dilana over the years as an entertainer, including one which should be followed by professionals everywhere. “I always tell my girls in the band,” she says, “No matter how tired you are from being on the road – no matter how unbelievably tired you may feel – no one in the audience should be able to tell.” With a toddler in tow on the road, Dilana knows this kind of tired. “You do whatever you have to,” she says “Whatever it takes, to get that energy level up high, then higher, before you go
on stage. Later, after the show, after the audience has gone, you can go into the corner and die for a bit. When you are alone, perhaps at breakfast the next day – then you can lament how tired you are. But never let the audience see. Never let anyone see how tired, or angry, or upset you may be. When you entertain, it must be with all you have. I read something recently, about speaking when angry. The piece said be sure to do that – speak when angry – it will be the best speech you will ever live to regret. So, I don’t do that, speak or perform or entertain when angry or tired. I do what I have to get the spirits up, get the blood flowing, and then later, I can deal with the other stuff. It never comes on stage with me.” “I think all artists hear their own music, and every once in awhile they might cringe or laugh at something they used to sing, to passionately feel,” Dilana says, “and that’s part of the game. But if my fans had to remember me for anything, I would want it to be one particular CD: Beautiful Monster. It’s a snapshot in time, a crowd-funded project and I thought it was just a beautiful, heartfelt piece of work. I was in it for every beat, every note. I love this CD and I am so very, very proud of it.” n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 02.24.16 - 03.02.16 // MUSIC 31
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timbales and piano. It's a hybrid rhythm based on the Mozambique groove. We rehearsed it a couple times and the more we did it the more it felt right — as long as I didn't play too loud, because the timbales is a very loud instrument. I had to practice the dynamics. You have to get used to that with Pavel, he goes high and low and you have to go along with him. Pavel likes to push things to the limit. The thing I like about Pavel is that he can listen to a rhythm and come up with a melody and chord progression and still be sensitive to the rhythm and make it fit. Pavel's music is always challenging. Playing with Pavel has been the most challenging music I've ever played. NUVO: Pavel, was it challenging for you to find the right dynamic balance with Raul's percussion?
“My doctor had seen me so many times he asked, ‘What sport do you play?’ I said, ‘None, I just play the piano.’ ”
PAVEL POLANCOSAFADIT: It started back in December. There's a really nice studio in Richmond, Indiana called the Milk House. It's a farm that has been transformed into a recording studio. They told me they wanted to record a project with me to help promote the studio. I thought it would be a good opportunity to try something different. So I talked to Raul about recording as a duo and he was willing. He's always willing, Raul is a soldier and a hardworking musician. NUVO: Raul, how did the idea of recording strictly with piano and drums strike you? RAUL PADRO: I couldn't picture playing with just timbales and piano. At first I didn't know what to do on my own. I've always had the crutch of playing with Andre Rosa-Artis [of Sancocho, a group Padro also performs with] who is by far the best conga player in Indianapolis. He's got amazing technique and a great feel. It's nice to play with somebody like that. "Off the Cuff" was the first track Pavel and I came up with that was just
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POLANCO-SAFADIT: Raul is very good. Some of these pieces are very hard to learn musically. But you wouldn't believe how quickly we put these songs together. I think that's because we know each other so well. Raul puts things together and I can't even imagine what he's doing with his feet and hands to get those sounds. It's crazy to me. When a new musician comes in and tries to learn the music we've found it takes awhile, but with Raul it's very quick. NUVO: Pavel, the CD release party is this Saturday at the Jazz Kitchen. If NUVO readers haven't caught one of your shows before, I should point out that you're exceptionally animated when you perform. I've seen you jumping off the piano bench, kicking the keyboard, and just generally gyrating your way through a performance. I'm curious if you're aware of how dramatically you're moving while you play. POLANCO-SAFADIT: No, I'm not aware. Except when I get hurt.
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NUVO: Wait, you get hurt while playing the piano? POLANCO-SAFADIT: Oh my, yes! One of the last times I hit the piano with my elbow and I had to go to the doctor. He bandaged me up because I had more gigs to play. Four days after I was playing so hard that I cut my finger. I was bleeding all over the keyboard. A month later I injured my neck when I was recording in the studio. My doctor had seen me so many times he asked "what sport do you play?" I said, "none, I just play the piano." [laughs] NUVO: Raul, you've seen Pavel injuring himself at the piano? PADRO: Oh yeah, then he'll call me the next day and tell me he hurt his elbow. I need a cup of coffee and some ginkgo biloba to pep me up before I play with Pavel. I have to be ready for some of his wild and crazy ideas. It's always a challenge and that's why enjoy playing with this guy. He's very imaginative and creative. NUVO: Pavel, I know your bassist Steve Dokken will be joining you for the CD release performance on Saturday. I was joking with you recently that Steve is your secret weapon in the band because he's such a phenomenal player and you'd never guess how funky and hard he plays if you didn't know him. How would you describe Steve's style as a bassist? POLANCO-SAFADIT: Steve is furious! He's a madman on the bass! He played with Henry Mancini for 12 years and he does a lot of work in the recording studio. But he's part of my family now. n
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started playing, and they enjoyed what we did, and we would play gigs with them.” Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $15 advance, $17 door, all-ages
ROCK Beech Creeps, The Cowboys 8 p.m. Brooklyn twisty rockers Beech Creeps pop up with The Cowboys Joyful Noise,1043 Virginia Ave., donations, all-ages
FEST Monumental Music Jam 6 p.m. Billy Currington, Kelsea Ballerini, Old Dominion and Kane Brone are booked for this country music fest. (Organizers would like you to know presenting sponsor AAA is offering their members highly discounted tickets.) Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., prices vary, all-ages SUBMITTED PHOTO
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WEDNESDAY LOCALS SM Wolf, Digital Dots, BIGCOLOUR, The Hecks 9 p.m. Indy + Indy + Indy + Chicago at this local showcase. White Rabbit Cabaret, 1116 E. Prospect St., $5, 21+ ROCK Hop Along, Amy O, Kleinerwasserbar 9:30 p.m. Frances Quinlan’s voice is pure, aching pleasure, a cracking, soaring mystery. She’s a stellar songwriter, too. (We recommend “Tibetan Pop Stars.”) Amy O will release her newest record at this show, called Arrow and dropping on Let’s Pretend Records. The Bishop, 123 S. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $12,18+ HIP-HOP Mickey Avalon 9 p.m. Here’s one of those weird coincidences: Mickey Avalon was once booed off stage while opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers (probably unfairly; booin’
somebody trying to entertain you is always bad form, partygoers) and this week he’ll “open” for the Red Not Chili Peppers, a RHCP cover band about 48 hours before they take the Vogue stage. Okay, maybe we’re stretching here. Honestly we’re just happy to see Avalon back out and about. He’ll perform with Dirt Nasty, Andy D and DJ Action Jackson. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $25-$75, 21+
Salsa Night, Red Room, 21+ Free Jazz Wednesdays, The Chatterbox, 21+ Karaoke Wednesdays, Shorty’s Pub, 21+ Karaoke with DJ Vicsta, Alibi Pub and Grill, all-ages The Family Jam, Mousetrap, 21+ Wacky Wheel of Fortune Karaoke, Monkey’s Tale, 21+ Service Industry Night, PT’s Showclub, 21+
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BYOV 6 p.m. All hail the proliferation of vinyl nights popping up in Indy. There’s designated nights to bring your favorite wax at Goose The Market, State Street Pub and a handful of others. But Lola’s stands out because it’s an all-ages affair – and as such, they ask you to bring “family-friendly” stuff. No Vaginal Defecation, please.
Highly Suspect 8 p.m. Here’s a little bit more from Paige Watson’s interview with Rich Meyer of Highly Suspect, who relocated from Cape Cod to NYC: “The music scene used to be flourishing on the Cape, and now sadly enough it’s dwindling. It’s not doing so hot. About 10-15 years ago, there were a couple really prominent bands on the Cape. They were reggae, like skarock bands. We were good friends with them and we used to go to all the shows, and look up to them. They were our heroes. When we started, the inspired us. They were part of the reason we started doing it ourselves. We saw them doing it, and it just made us believe in ourselves. ‘If they can do it, we can do it too!’ We
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WRAPPED UP Here Come The Mummies 9 p.m. They’re men. Dressed as mummies. To conceal their supersecret Nashville session player identity and perform very crude funk songs without, you know, their mommas bein’ mad. Intrigued yet? The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., prices vary, 21+ Rayland Baxter, The Hi-Fi, 21+
METAL Sacred Leather, All Hell, Sadistic Ritual 8 p.m. CRUSH IT. 5th Quarter Lounge, 306 E. Prospect St., prices vary, 21+ COVERS The Red NOT Chili Peppers 10 p.m. Nope. Not the Chili Peppers. Bet they’ll nail that “Under the Bridge” opener, though.
Muuy Biien, Birdbath, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ DJ Littletown Presents Kray’s Dirty 30, State Street Pub, 21+ Megan Hopkins, Dave Vogt, Union 50, 21+ Boogie Goose, The Blue Lighters, Max Jeffrey and The Explosions Frameworks, Donovan Wolfington, Wounded Knee, House Olympics, house venue unlisted, all-ages
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SATURDAY ALBUM RELEASE Lily and Madeleine 8:30 p.m. Lily and Madeleine drop their new album this week, and follow it up with record shop in-stores at Landlocked (Sunday) and LUNA Music (Friday). Check online for our interview with the sisters. JAZZ Pavel and Direct Contact CD Release party 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. See Kyle’s interview on page 32.
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The DOJO 7 p.m. This monthly showcase features Ace One, Jeremiah Stokes, Scoot Dubbs and Jamar Bowers.
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Business Casual, The Mousetrap, 21+ Mungion, 800 lb Gorilla, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+
I The Breather, Forevermore, My Enemies & I, Emerson Theater, all-ages
GUITAR HERO Tommy Emmanuel 8 p.m. Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel’s intricate finger style compositions earned him an appointment to the Order of Australia. Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $39.50 advance, $45 door, all-ages The Party, The District Tap, 21+ The Motet, Lafayette Theatre (Lafayette), all-ages Jazz on the Avenue, Madame Walker Theatre Center, all-ages
7 p.m. Our Barfly is in serious love with the new McHalo album. See that low at the bottom of the page. Cosmic Preachers and Yogi Winslow (of Minute Details) will open up – plus expect a battery of guests, improv jams and collaborations. Grove Haus, 1001 Hosbrook St., all-ages AUGHTS Howie Day 8 p.m. Can you hear it? The strands of Day peeking through the clouds? It’s Howie. “Even the best fall down sometimes,” he croons reassuringly. “Even the wrong words seem to rhyme,” he says. “Out of the doubt that fills my mind” – oh Howie, sing to us – “I somehow find” – oh, wrap it up, Howie – “you and I collide.” Here come the tears.
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Luis Bonilla 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Trombone player and composer Bonilla is busy busy. He teaches at Manhattan School of Music, Temple and New England Conservatory; plays in the Mingus Big Band, Jazz at Lincoln Center Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra and the vanguard Jazz Orchestra; plus appears as a sideman with Dave Douglas. But he’ll make time for two shows in Indy this weekend to showcase compositions from his 30 years on the scene.
SNOWMA-GETTIN’ DOWN with Chicago Loud 9, Dell Zell, HISO Music, Birdy’s, 21+
The Warehouse, 254 1st Ave. S.W., $25 - $35, 21+
Brent James and The Vintage Youth, Rathskeller, 21+
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Yheti, Magnetic Inflect, Christian and Taj Lumin, Mousetrap, 21+
Dave Muskett Acoustic Blues Band CD Release Party, Slippery Noodle, 21+ IN The Valley Below, The HI-Fi, 21+ The Melismatics, The Common, Reckless Edward, Melody Inn, 21+ Aaron Watson, 8 Seconds Saloon, 21+ State Street Pub AV Club, 21+
Dumpstaphunk, Audiodacity 9 p.m. This New Orleans funk collective got called the “best funk band from New Orleans right now” by the New York Times. And that ain’t nothin’! This show will be filthy. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $20 advance, $25 door, 21+
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Jason Aaron Coons 9 p.m. When Jason Aaron Coons re-teamed with his college friend and music producer Tom Daugherty to collaborate on Coons’ sophomore album, Ride, both of them hungered for a sound they had only just missed the first time around. “The first album was straight-up rock pop,” Coons says. “At the time I was trying to make more a synth-pop album, but it ended up being a little more rock than I wanted. But Tom and I have gotten better, and we’ve finally created the kind of sound we originally set out to make.” That fine-tuned sound is packaged in a record which consistently delivers, transitioning fluidly from the up-tempo rhythms of a voice embracing the impulsiveness of youth to the more sedate and thoughtful pace of a speaker nearing adulthood. “This record is my interpretation of my own awakening,” Coons says. “I’m 29 years old, and I’m not a kid, anymore. The record really focuses on that transition from that general, youthful happiness we all feel when we’re first out on our own to that sinking realization that life is full of challenges. It’s not a concept-album by any means, but by the end of it you really do get that sense that, ‘Yeah, we’ve all grown up.’” Coons’ thematic evolution makes itself evident in the first three tracks — including the album’s titular track — which speaks to the joys of the careless life rushing past us in that fleeting window of time when we’ve emerged on the adult scene without any of the inconvenient worries that come later. Late in the record “Nations” tries to hang onto such youthful whims claiming that “We will never grow old…” yet saying so with the hesitant awareness that none of it rings as truth. Hailing originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Coons moved to Indiana as high-schooler, graduated from Noblesville, and then took his talents to Bloomington where he studied music at Indiana. By the time Coons’ family decided to move back to the South, Coons — now well-adjusted to life in the Midwest — stayed put. “I love the South and still feel very much attached to it,” Coons affirms, “but if you meet somebody who’s been to several different places, lived in different parts of the country, and has experienced other cultures then you’ve met somebody who sees the world through a different lens.” 34 MUSIC // 02.24.16 - 03.02.16 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
To amplify that diverse perspective, Coons turns to the synthesizer, and while it harkens some listeners to a familiar style from decades ago, the similarities of his music to ’80s style pop is more coincidental than deliberate. “Several bands right now seem to be putting out a sound which has a little bit of an ’80s flair to it,” he explains, “and a lot of that has to do with the fact that many of the new synthesizer software programs on the market are replicating the original synthesizer sounds from that time. I’m actually using a program which draws from the Access Virus synthesizer — the same kind which Depeche Mode used.” Besides Daugherty, Coons has also teamed with Owen Thomas — creative designer for The Band Perry — forming a musical, production, and artistic trio whose distinct end-product stands out among Circle City performers. “There really are [no other acts like ours] around here. You know, I’m pop, and I’m not ashamed to say it. People like to make fun of it, but what are most people listening to on the radio right now. Most of those people who make cracks about it are always listening to it, too,” Coons says laughing. Still a new face in the Indy circle, Coons evokes a mixture of confidence believing he can “go as far as his talent will take him” with a paradoxical awareness that “this is not an easy business.” “But I trust myself,” he says. “I trust that if I do the right thing and make the best material that I can then people will hear about it, and it will get around. I suppose this is a naïve notion, but it’s also what people like us do. It’s what we have to do. You can’t dwell on the hurdles in front of you if you’re a newly starting independent singer/songwriter…the money needed to get your work heard, for example…but we believe in our talent, and we believe that we can overcome those obstacles. Nowhere is Jason Aaron Coons’ self-trust more evident than in his explosive use of his synthesizer, transforming him from an extremely talented yet mechanically safe singer in his first record into a dynamically powerful and artistically bold figure in his second. — DONOVAN WHEELER The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave. Ste. 4, 8, 21+
Summer Camp: On the Road Tour 8 p.m. Winner of this jam gets a free ride to Summer Fest. Lined up to compete: Dell Zell, 800 lb. Gorilla, Flatland Harmony, Hyryder and Sweater Vest. The Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., prices vary, 21+ The Lady Presidents, Chris Dance and The Holy Echo, Monkey’s Tale, 21+ Peter and The Kings, Dirtbike, Pioneer, 21+ Dark Star Orchestra, Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, all-ages Bulletwolf, Long Live the Goat, Archarus, Melody Inn, 21+ Meklit, Lafayette Theatre (Lafayette), all-ages
Chris Antonik, 3:1 Three To One Band, Slippery Noodle Inn, 21+
Melody Inn, 4630 E. 10th St., $10, 21+
Davult, Birdy’s, 21+ Electronic Frolic Dance Party, The Spot Tavern (Lafayette), 21+
Hot Jazz for Cool Kids, Central Library, all-ages
Karma TO Burn, Chemical Envy, Convoy, Void King, Tracksuit Lyfestyle, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+
Americana Sunday Songwriter’s Circle, Jazz Kitchen, 21+
Southern Country, 8 Seconds Saloon, 21+ There Are Ghosts, Memetics, State Street Pub, 21+ Face the Music with Bulletproof Soul Band, Bobby Hayden Jr, Rick Bozzo, Lexi Harvesting Murphy, Molly June, DPZ, Kenyon, 10th of Never, J-PHill, The Mill Top, 21+ Human Error, Melody Inn, 21+ Pouya, Fat Nick and The Buffet Boys, Suicide Boys, Emerson Theater, all-ages
SUNDAY FOLK Marshall Lewis 8 p.m. On his debut EP Higher Nature, Lewis is a young soul dealing with old issues and on his second effort, Learned he’s still a young soul dealing with old issues but now from the vantage point of someone who has punched through the tangled webs of myriad volatile emotions, mastered his crafts in the process, and left a platonic, beseeching love letter to the world. On Learned Lewis is responsible for the vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, slide guitar, banjo, keys, percussion and the album is produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by former music blogger Kevin Flick. — DR. RHONDA BAUGHMAN
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s prime time for you to love your memory, make vivid use of your memory, and enhance your memory. Here are some hints about how: 1. Feel appreciation for the way the old stories of your life form the core of your identity and self-image. 2. Draw on your recollections of the past to guide you in making decisions about the imminent future. 3. Notice everything you see with an intensified focus, because then you will remember it better, and that will come in handy quite soon. 4. Make up new memories that you wish had happened. Have fun creating scenes from an imagined past. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Most of us know about Albert Einstein’s greatest idea: the general theory of relativity. It was one of the reasons he won a Nobel Prize in Physics. But what was his second-best discovery? Here’s what he said it was: adding an egg to the pot while he cooked his soup. That way, he could produce a soft-boiled egg without having to dirty a second pot. What are the first- and second-most fabulous ideas you’ve ever come up with, Capricorn? I suspect you are on the verge of producing new candidates to compete with them. If it’s OK with you, I will, at least temporarily, refer to you as a genius. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You may be familiar with the iconic children’s book *Where the Wild Things Are.* It’s about a boy named Max who takes a dream-like journey from his bedroom to an exotic island, where he becomes king of the weird beasts who live there. Author Maurice Sendak’s original title for the tale was “Where the Wild Horses Are.” But when his editor realized how inept Sendak was at drawing horses, she instructed him to come up with a title to match the kinds of creatures he could draw skillfully. That was a good idea. The book has sold over 19 million copies. I think you may need to deal with a comparable issue, Aquarius. It’s wise to acknowledge one of your limitations, and then capitalize on the adjustments you’ve got to make. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “People don’t want their lives fixed,” proclaims Chuck Palahniuk in his novel *Survivor.* “Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” Your challenge in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to prove Palahniuk wrong, at least in regards to you. From what I can tell, you will have unprecedented opportunities to solve dilemmas and clean up messy situations. And if you take even partial advantage of this gift, you will not be plunged into the big scary unknown, but rather into a new phase of shaping your identity with crispness and clarity. Pisces
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