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RENAISSANCE OF CITY MARKET Led by newly appointed executive director Stevi Stoesz, the downtown Indianapolis City Market is experiencing a revival, from the first full year of Indy Bike Hub YMCA to some new, locally minded vendors. B Y K A T Y C AR TER AND HEATHE R CHAS TAI N C OV ER PH OTO OF STEVI ST O E S Z BY BRAN D O N KN AP P
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NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE APPOINTED
Current score: Men, 5; Women, 0. Gov. Mitch Daniels has appointed his former chief counsel — Mark Massa — to serve on the Indiana Supreme Court and replace retiring Chief Justice Randall Shepard. BY LESLEY WEIDENBENER
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NUVO lost one of our own this week. Jazz Notes columnist and WICR host Chuck Workman passed away in his home over the weekend. To honor Chuck and the work he did in the greater Indianapolis music community, we have thoughts from David Baker, Mark Allee, Cathy Morris and many others. If you would like to contribute your own memory of Chuck, email it to us at NUVO.net. Rest in peace, Chuck. You will be dearly missed. BY MATT SOCEY
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HAMMER Mourner’s memories Legacies leave profound marks
BY STEVE HAMMER SHAM M ER@ N UVO.NET Tumultuous times are upon us. National outrage continues over the murder of a young Florida teenager whose only crime was to have worn a hoodie and be caught being black in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time. Locally, the city lost an incomparable leader with the death of Rev. Boniface Hardin. As founder of Martin University, Hardin’s mission focused on opening opportunities for the city’s AfricanAmerican community, but his influence was not limited to any certain demographic. He walked with giants in life and stands among them now; his was the definition of a life well spent. We mourn his loss along with two other local luminaries — philanthropist Marilyn Glick and my dear friend and long-time NUVO contributor, jazz legend Chuck Workman. Memorials to these people can be found on pages 9 and 26. This sadness builds on a week of personal grief and suffering in the Hammer household. After a long illness, Soja, our beautiful Russian Blue cat, passed away on Friday. Soja’s death has affected me more profoundly than any event since my mother died in 1999. Soja was that important, and that beloved, to me. And while few outsiders can understand the depth of mourning and grief that the loss of someone else’s pet brings, everyone who has tended to an animal for any length of time has experienced such despair. She was a remarkable being and one of the most unique and irrepressible characters I shall ever encounter. Soja (pronounced SAH-jah) came into my life in 2001, when two elderly women brought her into the animal clinic where my girlfriend at the time worked. The women wanted to have her euthanized because Soja had started wetting the carpet, probably in jealousy over a new cat being introduced into their home. My ex, to her credit and my eternal gratitude, told them off. “There’s nothing wrong with her and I’m not going to put down a healthy animal for no reason,” she told them. She brought her to our home instead. You know how, on rare and magical occasions, two people hit it off so quickly and effortlessly that it seems like fate has bestowed an astonishing gift upon you that you feel unworthy of receiving?
That was Soja and me. In time, people said we looked alike and had exactly the same personality. Like me, she was shy, resisted changes and was slow to warm to strangers. But once she trusted you, she emitted so much love and warmth that it became overwhelming. We were inseparable from the start. Her silvery coat shone blue in sunlight. It was so beautiful that it amazed all who met her. Her soulful green eyes expressed emotion in a most unusual way. Not too long after we met, I went through some very serious health issues, both physical and emotional. The latter issues caused many of my friends to abandon me and I suffered a loneliness I have never felt before or since. Soja was there to console, to love, to express belief in me. She helped me recover and took joy in my renewed happiness. When I met my wife, Soja fell as deeply in love with her as I did and our home filled with happiness, excitement and love. Soja blossomed even more. My writing skill is inadequate to the task of expressing the depth and breadth of what Soja meant to us. I see her as a catalyst for everything good that has happened to me over the past decade. Our feelings of grief and sadness are incalculable. Like many cats in her breed, she suffered from kidney and digestive problems. When she took seriously ill last November, the vet we consulted was grim in her assessment. We could choose a series of very costly and invasive treatments, none of which offered very much hope, or we could treat her worst symptoms and let her reach a dignified end. Last week, her little body began shutting down. She put on a brave face but, by the end of the week, she wasn’t eating or drinking and could barely walk. For the first time, she seemed to take no joy in life. We made the tough decision to put her to rest. We kissed her goodbye and told her how much we loved her. She was too weak to acknowledge us with much more than a grateful look and a resigned disposition. Her end was quick and painless. It rained all morning Friday but the storms began to clear by mid-afternoon. Standing outside my house, I was idly looking up into the sky when I saw a cloud that was shaped exactly like Soja at rest. Of course, clouds can look like whatever your imagination wants them to be. But I swear Soja was there. “She belongs to the clouds and the sky,” my wife said as we held each other. Our sweet kitten is at rest. My hope for all of you is that you too find the deep, abiding and eternal love that we feel and felt for our beloved Soja.
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want to give a great, big Hoosier hug to Mitt Romney. Yes, Mitt Romney. If it weren’t for Mitt’s penchant for saying one thing and then another — you know, like the one about how he hates Obamacare, yet invented it as Romneycare; or that he respects a woman’s right to choose, but has never considered himself pro choice — I’d be feeling like the Bill Murray character in the movie Ground Hog Day. In case you haven’t seen it, Bill plays a weatherman stuck in Punxsutawney, Penn. Every night he sets his alarm and every morning he wakes up to find that the same day is starting all over again. Or, as the French are famous for saying, the more things change, the more stay the same. If it weren’t for Mitt’s flip flops, the world would be almost too predictable to bear. Take, for example recent testimony by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno. The general told the House Armed Services Committee that planned cuts to the Army’s budget will reduce troop strength down to 439,000 over the next five years. He said he’s confident the Army can meet its commitments over this period of time, but… there’s a catch. “The risk that we are accepting is that we will not get into long-term, simultaneous operations again as in Iraq and Afghanistan over a 10-year period.” Did you get that? Gen. Odierno says that cuts to troop strength will make it impossible for us to go and do what we did in Iraq and Afghanistan again. He calls this a “risk.” It appears the philosopher Santayana was wrong. Even if we remember the past — in fact the past doesn’t even have to be past — someone in the government will be hellbent on making sure we repeat it. They call that national security. That’s not all. Here in Indiana we’ve just muddled through another legislative session. Once again, the city-hating yucks elected by a majority of registered Hoosiers have concluded that what’s holding down the state’s below-average income level isn’t its unwillingness to embrace new ideas. No, the problem is gay people. Just like last year and the year before that, IN republicans embraced gay-bashing. Not content with having made it impossible for
gay people to marry or form civil unions in this state, Republican legislators went after the Indiana Youth Group’s license plate. Nine years ago, NUVO presented IYG with a Cultural Vision Award for its “emphasis on building youths’ self-esteem, personal skills and leadership potential, while still providing an array of health, counseling, education, substance abuse and advocacy services.” But we can’t have that in Indiana. As Micah Clark of the American Family Association of Indiana put it: “The Indiana Youth Group promotes dangerous lifestyles that run counter to state law.” The idea, I guess, is to do all we can to make Indiana a gay-free state. There must be a secret study somewhere that says Fortune 500 corporations are longing to set up shop in Indiana, but are hanging back because we’re so damn gay. Yeah: that’s it. I wonder what Republicans will go after next year? Maybe they will ban those touring companies of Broadway musicals. Meanwhile, here in Indianapolis, we’ve had another downtown shooting spree. This is getting to be an annual occurrence. The latest one happened on a Saturday night; a bunch of teenagers were hanging out near the downtown canal and somebody in a car decided they made handy targets. Fortunately, no one was killed. But, as usual, none of the victims was white, which means that nothing to speak of is likely to be done about it. There’s been a lot of hand wringing, of course, about parental responsibility, the scourge of gangs and cultural breakdown. There always is when these shootings take place. But, just like always, no one in official circles is saying anything about how easy it is to for teens — or anybody else — to get their hands on guns in this city. Although gun advocates never tire of complaining about how everyone is always trying to take their beloved weapons away, the fact is guns might as well be fashion accessories in parts of this town. Sadly, there’s about as much chance of our doing something constructive about guns here as there is of seeing our streets finally being well-paved. The city is crowing about how the mild winter weather has lightened our pothole census. The trouble is that the surfaces of many of our busiest thoroughfares have been so bad for so long nobody seems to notice anymore. Think I’m kidding? Cruise past the headquarters of the Indianapolis Foundation on Alabama St. some time. The last time I tried it, I thought I head a voice calling, “Wagons Ho!” So I say bless Mitt Romney’s flip floppery. We may never know where he stands, but at least it’ll be different from wherever he stood before.
There must be a secret study somewhere that says Fortune 500 corporations are longing to set up shop in Indiana, but are hanging back because we’re so damn gay.
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reports of Iran’s nuclear program greatly exaggerated study: last decade is warmest on record; proves global climate strange Geraldo blames the hoodie, but he’s a menace with his microphone let’s pray rally by atheists in DC goes reasonably well Mexico City earthquake only ruins hope End Times aren’t coming study links Facebook and narcissism; I will de-friend researchers employers asking for my Facebook password must be in like with me! Hurrying Hoosiers’ not so finest hour finds that Sweet Sixteen tastes sour Marilyn Glick lives on in innumerable community goods as does Boniface another community hero: RIP
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INDY UNITES AGAINST GENOCIDE
As far removed from modern day Indiana as genocide may seem, several people within the community have experienced firsthand the horrors of such beastly reality. And this awareness has helped plant the seeds of the city’s first Genocide Prevention Summit planned for this Saturday, March 31, at the Interchurch Center located at 1100 W. 42nd St. Local resident Kizito Kalima will discuss his experiences surviving the 2004 genocide in Rwanda and emphasize his position that the genocide was preventable and “it must be prevented from happening again … politicians and concerned citizens in Indiana can make a difference.” See pg. 20 for more.
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Issues of equity do not appear to be a top priority of the Mitch Daniels administration. At least we don’t see commitment reflected in recent choice of Mark Massa. Massa is, indeed, talented, experienced and well-spoken. He is also thoroughly ensconced in the Old Boys’ network as evidenced by his service as Daniels’ former chief counsel. Massa is not the problem; it’s the idea that an all-male bench represents a balanced judiciary. Daniels could have appointed Indiana Judicial Center Executive Director Jane Seigel, who spends her days helping Indiana judges work through complicated legal issues. The governor has been quoted as saying gender would be a tie-breaker in his deliberations. His decision to bypass her implies that she is less equipped to interpret the law. Where is justice when we need it?
FASHION BEYOND FACE VALUE
Local fashion designer Liz Alig and her eponymous clothing line have partnered with Uganda’s One Mango Tree to source organic cotton, building on a long-standing tradition of supporting global fair trade. Alig reports that partnerships between tailors and the One Mango Tree projects in the northern region of the conflict-scarred African country “have changed the lives and circumstances for hundreds of people in the region.” In addition, the label will continue its partnerships with with Mi Esperanza in Honduras and Ghana’s Global Mamas. The 2012 Liz Alig Spring Collection launched March 25. Local retailers include Indy Swank, Lesley Jane, Mary and Marthas, and Redemption. The full collection can be viewed online at www.lizalig.com.
THOUGHT BITE By Andy Jacobs Jr. Santorum “throws-up” when he hears JFK’s iconic separation of church and state statement. One assumes Santorum has to be hospitalized when he hears about the American Revolution which happened because our founders were tired of the monarch running the church his church running the state.
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news New Supreme Court Justice appointed
and has served as a deputy state and federal prosecutor, will not serve as chief justice. The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission will make that choice from among the sitting justices. But Daniels said he’s confident Massa will make his own historic mark on the state’s highest court. “I’m quite at peace I made the finest choice I could have made,” Daniels said as he introduced Massa in his office Friday afternoon. In Massa, Daniels said he found a judicial candidate who shows a “proper sense of judicial restraint” and will shy away from making law from the bench. Massa said he was honored to replace Shepard, for whom he clerked from 19911993, and to join a 5-member court that he said has the respect of judges nationally. “I will strive every day to justify your confidence,” Massa told the governor. Daniels chose Massa — who will leave his post as executive director of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute — from a list of three names forwarded by the nominating commission. Indiana Appeals Judge Cale Bradford and Jane Seigel, executive director of the Indiana Judicial Center, were the other two finalists. The appointment means Indiana will remain without a woman on its supreme court. Only two other states have allmale courts. Indiana hasn’t had a woman on the court since Myra Selby left the bench in 1999 after serving four years. In fact, Selby is the only woman ever to have served on the state’s highest court. She was also the state’s first — but not the last — black justice.
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ov. Mitch Daniels has appointed his former chief counsel — Mark Massa — to serve on the Indiana Supreme Court and replace retiring Chief Justice Randall Shepard. Massa, 51, who clerked for Shepard
“I predict plenty of applause for his service and performance in the years to come.” —Retiring Chief Justice Randall Shepard on the Mark Massa’s appointment to the bench
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Mark Massa, 51, is the newest justice on the Indiana Supreme Court. Gov. Mitch Daniels (left) made the announcement Friday afternoon.
Daniels said he would have liked nothing better than to have appointed a woman to the state’s supreme court and said he has appointed women to the appeals and tax courts. But he said that desire did not trump the importance of choosing the best candidate for the position, which he said as Massa. Shepard, who chaired the nominating commission that picked the finalists, called Massa “smart and caring and creative.” “Mark Massa’s tenure on the supreme
court will demonstrate that he has the character, mental power, and generosity of heart to serve in ways that will make Indiana a place of great justice,” Shepard said in a statement. “I predict plenty of applause for his service and performance in the years to come.” Lesley Weidenbener is managing editor of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news service powered by Franklin College journalism students and faculty.
Trayvon Martin Protest March PHOT O S A N D S T O R Y B Y B R A N D O N K N A P P E DI T O RS @ N U V O . N E T An estimated 2,500 protesters gathered on the American Legion Mall and Monument Circle early Monday evening to support the family of Trayvon Martin, a Florida teenager who was killed February 26 while walking home from a convenience store, unarmed and carrying Skittles and a tea for his younger brother. The shooter, George Zimmerman, has not been charged. Some protesters chanted “No Justice, No Peace” and “Skittles and tea, don’t shoot me” while others carried signs that read “Justice for Trayvon” and “Thou shalt not kill.” The first group of protesters left Crispus Attucks High School around 4:30 p.m., and marched to American Legion Mall, where they were joined by a second group at Monument Circle. A moment of silence was held, and everyone joined hands in solidarity as a community. Later in the evening, protesters sang the chorus to “We Shall Overcome,” before dispersing around 7 p.m. Visit NUVO.net to see a slideshow of the rally. Clockwise, from top left: The protest march was a family event; parents involved their children as active participants; A march participant holds an image of Trayvon Martin high as Monument Circle filled with protesters; Protesters gather on the American Legion Mall.
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R.I.P Hardin, Workman and Glick Legacies live on
This weekend marked the passing of several Indianapolis legends including educator and activist Rev. Boniface Hardin, jazzman Chuck Workman and philanthropist Marilyn Glick. Readers are encouraged to email their memories of these city leaders to editors@nuvo.net. NUVO’s initial tribute to Workman can be found on page 26. Rita Kohn offered the following remembrances of Hardin and Glick:
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Father Boniface Hardin, president emeritus of Martin University, passed away on March 24. NUVO presented Hardin with a lifetime achievement award at its Cultural Vision Awards in 2001. Father Hardin and I shared a passion for making lifelong learning a pursuit for people of all walks of life. He built Martin University from a handful of like-minded students and a dream of touching a multitude. A NUVO story grew out of our initial introduction. I remember coming to his office “decorated with books” and overflowing with plans for a fruitful present and future that mediated disappointments of the past. Over the years we met and exchanged notes about the slow but steady progress of the collective impact of Martin University. But best of all, we shared impressions of books we were reading. Along the line he reminded me to care about the stories of neighborhoods and to honor stories of individuals who support those who dream and achieve. Father Boniface Hardin looked for ways to grow justice and equity. His was a path of caring paved with a common sense approach toward uniting and unifying people toward a common goal be it for personal betterment or civic action. A Mass for the Dead at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 29, at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral Church, 1347 N. Meridian St.
Marilyn Glick 1922-2012
Philanthropist Marilyn Glick, who died March 23 at age 90, was a long-time supporter of the local arts scene, donating millions — with her husband, Gene, and through the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Family Foundation — to make possible programs such as the Eugene and Marilyn
Glick Indiana Authors Award (which annually rewards prizes of up to $10,000 to winning authors), and projects such as the Glick Peace Walk, part of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene and Marilyn Glick. Marilyn Glick epitomized sunshine. She stood shoulder-to-shoulder with her husband, Eugene, though her diminutive stature measured well below his large frame. “Bunny and Gene” lived the life of a shared dream, initially pooling their resources and working in concert to build a business and raise a family, both predicated on the notion that making the world a better place is what comes naturally. I can’t remember how I first met Bunny. Thirty years ago when I came to Indianapolis, I knew of Marilyn as a collector of glass art, which she shared not only in engaging displays in her warm and welcoming home, but at the Indianapolis Museum of Art for the general public to enjoy. She solicited my assistance to promote eye care for children long before she and Gene endowed the Glick Eye Institute at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She and Gene were avid proponents of knowing our history and guiding our lives through the exemplary actions of others long before bringing the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail and the Indiana Authors Award to fruition. Bunny and Gene sparked dinner conversations with delightfully told stories, challenged our thinking with pointed civic concerns and always left us feeling treasured. Hard work carried from humble beginnings not only anchored her way of life, it cloaked her actions in humility, humanity and grace. Marilyn and Gene Glick shared their income to create a better city for the public at large and in numerous quiet ways they gave their wealth of love and caring to family and friends. Marilyn’s singular strengths remain with us, doubled through her abiding unity with Gene. Memorial donations may be made to the Glick Eye Institute at I.U. School of Medicine. 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 03.28.12-04.04.12 // news
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he historic Indianapolis City Market is experiencing a renaissance — one that will take you back to a time of greater community, natural food choices and preparation and carefully crafted products both unique and useful. Newly appointed Executive Director Stevi Stoesz is leading the revitalization efforts. In December, the Indianapolis City Market Corporation board of directors chose Stoesz to return the City Market to a true public market, a place that would attract shoppers, offer affordable retail space for small businesses and encourage the use of the public space. “We want to return it to a true artisan craft place. A place that will leave a legacy, not only for Indianapolis, but for her people,” Stoesz said. A $3.5 million investment from the City of Indianapolis allowed for the creation of the Indy Bike Hub YMCA, which opened in September 2011 in the east wing [see next page]. That money also was used to upgrade other amenities at City Market, such as enhancing the aesthetic vibrancy of the market’s interior. Regarding the main building, situated in the center of City Market, Stoesz said the opening of the Tomlinson Tap Room has been a huge success. [See page 12.] Tomlinson has 16 kinds of Indiana craft beer on tap. “Craft beer is gaining so much popularity in Indiana right now, but Tomlinson isn’t just for people who want to drink beer,” Stoesz said. “It’s a place where people who work in the area come after work and meet friends.”
What’s old is new again
Public markets are making a comeback, not just in the United States, but Canada
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and Europe as well. This comeback is what drew Stoesz back to the City Market after being away for seven years. In 2008, Stoesz’s former boss, James A. Riley, asked her back to the City Market. “He called me and said he was invited to come back and work, but he wasn’t sure he wanted to,” Stoesz said. “He would only do it if he could assemble the right team. So I asked him, ‘How bad is it?’ and he said, ‘It’s not pretty.’ That’s when I said, ‘I’m totally in.’ This is an opportunity to affect real change. A chance to leave a public legacy for what this is and what this market can be.” Back in the early 1900s, the City Market was a destination. People came to buy food, mingle with friends and enjoy local business. In the 1950s, more than 200 vendors occupied the City Market. It was a vibrant, active community, but in the ’60s, things changed. It shifted away from being for all people and became more for downtown employees. Stoesz says the local food initiative is growing and people are now more conscious of where their food comes from. “Public markets offer artisan-crafted foods from people who can give you a dialogue about where your food is coming from,” she said. “The agricultural component is strong for us right now to conserve the Hoosier heartland. That very local initiative is greener, and you can truly eat off your land in a healthful and socially conscious way.”
City Market’s future
Fundraising is high on the City Market’s priority list this year. Stoesz says it’s part of the goal to reduce the market’s subsidy from the city. The city owns the not-for-profit organization and leases it to a board of directors. Currently, the City Market receives $375,000 a year from the city, an amount that includes utilities and some infrastructure. “Our goal is to get off the taxpayers’ dole. I think that’s what everyone wants: for us to be self-sufficient,” Stoesz said. The City Market leadership team is looking into fundraising ideas to attract more people to the market. She said they are looking at potentially expanding the farmers’ market,
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being more aggressive about obtaining private events and getting more programming. “We want for people to come out and never really know what to expect,” Stoesz said. “You know you’ll have fun, see friends … and maybe a spontaneity of events.” She added that the City Market is hoping to attract more local artists. “We’re in the business of raising up small businesses and artists.” Currently, the City Market has 30 vendors and 1,200 visitors a day. Stoesz says the City Market is a great opportunity for an appropriate vendor. “We have to make sure our vendors are the right product mix that fit in with our mission as a public market.” Stoesz credits part of the City Market’s upswing from social-media efforts and Tomlinson Tap. “The young Urbanite is gravitating to this culture. They are making this a definite part of their daily routines. They are coming here for a crafted crepe or cultured cheeses, those artisancrafted foods.”
The Original Farmers’ Market The Original Farmers’ Market will begin its 15th season on May 2. Every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., more than 50 producers travel to the heart of Indianapolis to share their locally produced goods such as meats, eggs, cheeses, poultry, honey, syrups, plants, produce, freshcut flowers, flax seed and baked goods. This season’s first market will include a special dedication to Your Neighbor’s Garden owner Ross Faris, long-time farmers’ market vendor and pioneer in the local food movement. Faris died from injuries suffered in a bicycle accident in November 2011. Faris’ widow, Sherry Faris, will ring the market bell to officially start the farmers’ market. A presentation will follow to honor the many contributions the Faris family and Your Neighbor’s Garden made to area farmers’ markets. The Original Farmers’ Market will be held every Wednesday through Oct. 31. Currently, the Indy Winter Farmers Market is continuing on Saturdays in the west wing, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through April 21.
Underground Indy A mysterious gem lies beneath City Market called the catacombs. It used to serve as the basement to Tomlinson Hall in 1885, but no one really knows how the catacombs were used. Stevi Stoesz, City Market executive director, says in 1912, the city’s mayor opened the catacombs for people to seek shelter during a brutal winter. In the ’50s and ’60s, the catacombs were used for black-tie events. The catacombs are steeped in Indiana history. The limestone inside the catacombs is Bedford Limestone from southern Indiana. It was cut out of the quarries in the 19th century, carted on horse and wagon to a train station and eventually transferred to another horse and wagon and transported downtown. City Market is working with the Indiana Landmarks to preserve the 20,000 square feet of this Roman-looking expanse. Ideas ranging from a nightclub to a speakeasy to restaurants have all been tossed around as potential uses. During the Super Bowl, this once off limits entity became a tourist attraction. City Market offered tours of the catacombs and hopes to offer more tours this summer. See pg. 13 for more on the catacombs.
INDY BIKE HUB YMCA City Market’s east wing: cyclers’ paradise By Heather Chastain • editors @nuvo.net
The Indy Bike Hub YMCA is gearing up for its first full riding season. Organizers are planning events to keep the buzz building about cycling in Indianapolis. “With the milder temperatures of winter, the riding season for die-hards probably never ended. For the rest of us, the riding season is fast approaching and the Indy Bike Hub YMCA is at the center of it,” said Karin Ogden, executive director of the Indy Bike Hub YMCA. Beginning in April, the YMCA and Bicycle Garage Indy, which has a sales and full-service shop in the hub, will kick off a monthly networking series designed to encourage more people to commute by bicycle. It will educate people and emphasize how easy it is to ride instead of drive. On May 18, you can participate in Mayor Greg Ballad’s Ride to Work Day, being organized by INDYCOG. The Central Indiana Bicycling Association will also feature rides that leave from the hub. To prepare for the influx of riders, Bicycle Garage Indy is extending its hours at the hub to include weekends. “Providing a central location for bicycle commuters to park their bicycles and be able to meet and connect with each other will be a catalyst for Indianapolis to be regarded as a progressive community that will attract employers and employees,” said Randy Clark, president and founder of Bicycle Garage Indy. “We look forward to serving bicyclists who work, live and visit downtown Indianapolis.”
Biking in Indiana
The Indy Bike Hub YMCA, which opened Sept. 7 of last year, is just one piece of Ballard’s plan to make Indianapolis a bike-friendly city. Currently, the city has 64 miles of bike lanes, a drastic change from just a few years ago when there were not any lanes. The mayor’s plan is to create more than 200 miles of bike lanes across the city. This will make Indianapolis competitive with the top-ranked cities in bike-lane availability. Last year, Bicycling magazine ranked Indianapolis 45th among the 50 most bicycle-friendly cities in the United States. The magazine considered a host of factors in the rankings, including bike lanes, off-street paths, other bicycling amenities and the dynamics of the local biking community. Topranked Minneapolis has 46 miles of on-street bike lanes, while Portland, Ore., — with more than 200 miles — was second. Boulder, Colo.; Seattle; and Eugene, Ore.; rounded out the top five. Ballard, who talks passionately about bicycling efforts, says raising Indianapolis’ profile in such circles will help attract talented people. “The new generation of professionals today are looking for livable cities that are vibrant and connected,” Ballard said. “Bikes lanes add that aspect to Indianapolis and give them transportation alternatives. The biking comThe Indy Bike Hub YMCA munity has grown among professionals, and City Market’s east wing including that option gives Indianapolis an advantage when it comes to selecting a city indymca.org to start your career.” facebook.com/IndyBikeHubYMCA
The planned construction
Planned construction as part of Ballard’s citywide connectivity initiative will connect existing infrastructure, neighborhoods, commercial centers and destination points citywide. It will expand Indianapolis’ current greenways and bikeways network by nearly two-thirds — achieving a total of 200 miles by 2015. The project will be supported by $20 million in RebuildIndy funds. The next big project will take place on West 71st Street. The city will add a multiuse path on 71st Street from just west of Georgetown Road to Spring Mill Road. From there it will head north on Spring Mill Road to 75th Street, where it will then head east on 75th Street to the Monon Trail. The Lafayette Road bike lanes project will be finished in the spring, with only bike symbols, signs and green painted lane markings remaining to be completed. The 0.8-mile-long 71st Street Connector Trail was opened in October. It joins Eagle Creek Park and its extensive trail system to the trail network on nearby Intech Park’s 200-acre grounds. The Connector Trail
allows pedestrians and cyclists to safely enter Eagle Creek Park from 71st Street and provides access to the nearly completed 13 miles of new bike lanes along Lafayette Road and White River Parkway, linking New York Street downtown to the north county line. Federal stimulus grants provided 85 percent of the funding for the 71st Street Connector Trail, with the city spending roughly one dollar for every six dollars of grant funding applied. The trail incorporates sustainable design elements, including five boardwalks built above wetlands, and features benches constructed from Indiana limestone. The 71st Street entrance to Eagle Creek Park allows access to the new trail. “Indianapolis has seen an unprecedented increase in bike facilities over the last four to five years. The Bike Hub is only a part of that,” said Jamison Hutchins, planning manager of the city’s office of sustainability. “We have gone from zero to 65 when it comes to on-street bike lanes. The Cultural Trail, a world-class cycle track, is almost complete, which connects all the cultural districts and many greenways. Our bike community, including CIBA, INDYCOG and HMBA (Hoosier Mountain Bike Association), has stepped up to take advantage of the momentum. People are going to be surprised how many people take the streets on two wheels.”
Commuter impact
Cycling enthusiasts see the addition of the Indy Bike Hub YMCA as an extension of advocacy efforts to help create a bicycle-friendly Indianapolis. “I think it’s good for the city,” said Noah Dennis, a YMCA member and bike commuter. “I’ve been seeing more and more bikes out, more people commuting, more people making use of the trails and pathways. People feel safer on their bikes now that there is a defined space for cyclists to work with the traffic flow. People are recognizing this is a nice means of transportation and a good workout.” The addition of the Indy Bike Hub YMCA and the bike lanes have allowed Dennis to commute daily on his bike. “I have a safe place to park it and I no longer have to worry about paying for expensive downtown parking,” he said. It’s not just parking concerns that are prompting people to jump on their bikes. According to the National Survey of Bicyclist and Pedestrian Attitudes and Behavior, which was sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the call for bike facilities is building from the bottom up. People are driving less and looking for more transportation choices. Between May and September 2008, with gas at $4 a gallon, Americans drove 57.8 billion fewer miles than during the same months in 2007. When average gas prices were under $2 in March 2009, American were still driving less. Americans drove more than a billion fewer miles in March 2009 than during that month in 2008 when the gas price was $3.
More than a bike hub
Winter hasn’t kept people from enjoying all the Indy Bike Hub YMCA has to offer. It is a full-facility YMCA that features a wellness center with cardio machines, strength machines, free-weight machines, free towel service, locker rooms and free WiFi. Karen Doe, Indy Bike Hub YMCA wellness director, says the indoor group-cycling classes have been a huge success with 155 participants in February alone. Members are also taking advantage of the cardio equipment, strength and free-weight equipment as well as the other group exercises classes the facility offers.
Park your bike
Anyone can park their bikes at the Indy Bike Hub YMCA. Guests can park for $1 an hour or $5 a day. If you need more than a place to store your bike, the facility offers a bike-commuter membership. You can store your bike and use the facility showers for $39 a month. YMCA members can park their bikes for free. Heather Chastain is the Electronic Media Coordinator for the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis.
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A DOWNTOWN GATHERING PLACE Food, beer, flowers... and sweets By Katy Carter editors@nuvo.net For years, it seemed City Market was doomed to be known as nothing more than a food court. Like a stately Victorian mansion rehabbed with 1960s Pepto-pink tile and 1970s wood paneling, it was a piece of our city’s history being forced to wear a new decade’s “improvements,” via chain food and mall-like atmosphere.
But that wasn’t the original purpose of the City Market. And thanks to a recent facelift (now protected by a spot on the National Register of Historic Places), some additions (bathrooms are nice) and a slew of new, locally minded vendors, City Market is becoming much closer to its younger self: a place for downtowners to gather and support local businesses and artisans. Here’s a sample of just some of the riches inside.
Tomlinson Tap Room
Fermenti Artisan
Climb atop a stool at Tomlinson and you’ll be sitting at a 100-year-old bar pulled from the old Hook’s drug store. As the bartender pours one of the Indiana craft beers on tap — and, by the way, they’re all from Indiana — turn to the south and you’ll see the walk-in cooler encased in wood salvaged from a barn in southern Indiana. It graces the handcrafted tabletops, too. Tomlinson Tap Room exemplifies with local effort, from the beer to the logo. Manager Kristin Knapp says that, while the fiercely growing craft beer industry in the city has given Tomlinson plenty of hype and customers, it can still be a challenge to get people to come into City Market after sundown. Because of its status on the Historic Register, no exterior signage is allowed. “Lots of people still don’t know where City Market is,” Knapp said. But warmer weather will help give a clue. Starting this summer, once a month Tomlinson will offer outdoor seating in the City Market plaza, with food vendors setting up grills. Live music and a family-friendly atmosphere will be a visible, audible draw for those downtown — no signage necessary.
Chef Joshua Henson and Mark Cox each have 21 years in the restaurant business. But it wasn’t until five years ago that they became interested, perhaps mildly obsessed, with fermented and cultured foods. They are both certified healing-foods specialists who can tell you all the reasons their food is good for you. “Once you start getting into cultured and fermented foods, a lot of what you might have learned in classical French culinary training begins to make a whole lot more sense,” Cox said. “Use butter. Drink fermented beverages. Every culture in the world traditionally used fermented and cultured foods.” The business partners are fiercely loyal to local foods — their meats come from The Smoking Goose or Rhodes Family Farm, and they have a “one-state-away” policy for all cheeses. Stop in for a bite to eat, and you can also taste one of their on-draft pours of kombucha (fermented tea) or water kefir (cultured flavored water — like a mild tart soda). With a start at weekend farmers’ markets, their customers quickly wanted weekday access, and Henson and Cox had been eyeing City Market for a few years. Said Cox: “We wanted to help the market become again what it was when it opened — a place for local farmers and artisans to sell their goods.”
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Oberer’s Florist
Opened: November 2010 Hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday. Jenn Burns came to Indianapolis to open a flower shop. The only restriction? It had to be in a farmers’ market-like setting. Her employer, Oberer’s, is a company that until two years ago had never operated outside Ohio. They’d wanted to move into the downtown Indianapolis market, and at the same time, were trying to get back to their own farmers’ market roots. City Market offered the venue to do both. Oberer’s in City Market is a wholesaler — so the prices can be half of what you might pay in a regular florist shop. This draws a good downtown customer base — Burns fills many orders for downtown businesses, but also enjoys regular walk-through customers. Her favorite things about a retail location at City Market are working in a beautifully restored 19th-century building and getting to know people. “Regular customers walk through, and they like to stop and talk — it’s a little like Cheers.” Just don’t expect to buy flowers from Ted Danson.
U-Relish Farm
Opened: Fall 2011 Hours: 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., MondaySaturday. Cara Dafforn spent five years making “terrible Crock Pot meals” — but she was doing it to help her sister, a mom in need of a quick way to get dinner together. But those years taught her plenty, because her mealsin-a-minute, now wildly successful, are sold most often to busy mothers who would rather have a healthy meal on the table at home than swing by the drive-thru. Stop at U-Relish, and you can walk away with a brown bag that contains the complete ingredients and directions for making a vegetarian Crock Pot meal. If you’re in a meatier mood, pick up some pastured beef from Richard Culler’s farm right at Dafforn’s storefront. In a pinch, she might throw in some hot sauce or cherry mustard before sending you on your way. Dafforn grows the herbs for her meals — celery, parsley, thyme and rosemary — in her Fountain Square urban garden. She is an informal expert on all things Crock Pot, and claims to own 49 of the slow-cookers. “I’m in love with the Sylvania 1.5 quart,” she said when asked and gave the reasons why. The biggest is that you can pick one up for $13 at Walgreen’s.
Circle City Sweets
Opened: May 2010 Hours: 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. From small-batch jams to wedding cakes, everything you can buy at Circle City Sweets is made from scratch. Owner and head pastry chef Cindy Hawkins wouldn’t have it any other way. What started as an after-work hobby became a full-time gig just six years ago. Since then Hawkins has added professional training at The French Pastry School in Chicago to her resume, in addition to building — and already expanding — her full production kitchen and storefront at City Market. Seems like a busy six years, but she’s had help. She recruited her mother — the one who taught her to bake — to help in the kitchen (word on the street is that she makes the World’s Best Sugar Cookie). Drawn to the City Market by financial decisions, Hawkins loves the direction it’s going under new leadership. “The community here, both with customers and other vendors — it’s something I couldn’t have had in a stand-alone store.”
Jazzy Doris’s Homemade Pies Opened: 2009 Hours: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednesday.
“Anything with booze in it usually goes over well,” Doris Castillo confides with a hearty and mischievous chuckle. She’s listing the favorite pies of her customers — including her creme de menthe squares and Kentucky bourbon pies. A nearby regular puts in her vote for the sweet potato. After working at a steel mill for 17 years, Castillo found pie-making by walking from her home at 54th and College across the street to ask for a job at Broad Ripple Pie Company. She’s been making pies since then, over 13 years. Some remember her from The Jazz Kitchen — the stint that inspired her current name. Her pies haven’t changed a bit, and while she won’t give away her crust secret, an astute observer might notice the seltzer water on the ingredient list. The only drawback to Jazzy Doris’s Homemade Pies is that, if you want a slice, you need to get it on a Wednesday. On the plus side is that, if you’re willing to risk her selling out of your preferred flavor, you can show up after 1 p.m. and she’ll give you two slices for the price of one.
Want to see the City Market in action? Then don’t miss Indiana Living Green’s launch party. ILG is owned by NUVO and is a statewide monthly magazine celebrating all things ecological. This is a zero-waste party, so bring your own pint glass!
Indiana Living Green launch party Saturday, March 31, 7 p.m.-3 a.m., FREE Potluck from 7-9-ish. Organized by The Food Coalition, potluckers are encouraged to bring food and drink from local sources; bring recipes to share! And bring your own plates, cutlery, etc. No waste! 8:30-9:30 p.m.: Earth Hour, lights out: global shutdown of electricity, drumming, firedancing, Threshold Choir in the catacombs 9:30-11 p.m.: performance art, fire spinning, drumming, Know No Stranger, Q Artistry, free tours of the catacombs 11 p.m.: International Earth Hour Fashion Show 11:45 p.m.: Dancing to DJ Salazar 1 a.m.: Dancing to DJ Kyle Long Some of the participants: Q Artistry Know No Stranger INDYCOG Threshold Choir Phil van Hest Molly Wyldfyre
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These young American riders had to face challenges above and beyond those born into a European cycling culture, according to Lee, whose Thursday talk at Marian University will focus on the themes of his book, now entering its third printing on Breakaway Books. “There are certain requirements: You have to be able to put out a certain amount of power on the bike to be able to hold those speeds; you have to be comfortable riding in those close packs; you have to have a certain amount of technical and strategic savvy in how you plan out your race. But on top of that for Americans over in Europe, there really does need this incredible cultural flexibility. Obviously, Europe is a comfortable, advanced place, but it’s one thing to go there on vacation and another to live over there. Professional cyclists are on the road the
majority of months of the year, and they may spend just a month at home. It rains a lot in northern Europe, and the food can be quite different. A lot of these guys have to make the decision to quit college, because they can’t pursue both cycling and their education. “There’s just a tremendous amount of sacrifice in those areas. That’s what I’ve tried to capture in the book, some of these decisions and hardships in the sport. Some days you’ll be out there on a five-hour race, and it’ll be 35-degree rain the whole time and you’ll crash three times. You need to be able to pick yourself up, put that day behind you and move forward.” — Scott Shoger March 29, 7 p.m. @ Marian University Theatre, 3200 Cold Spring Road; free; marian.edu
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As more than a bit of a cycling neophyte, I figured that Daniel Lee’s 2011 book —
The Belgian Hammer: Forging Young Americans into Professional Cyclists —
simply had to refer to some sort of legendary trainer, a cross between, oh, Bobby Knight and Rasputin screaming in Flemish to “ride, ride, ride.” This is not the case. The titular phrase is of Lee’s own invention, meant to describe the crucible that is Belgium for young American cyclists looking to make the leap to professional competition. “The term ‘hammer’ is, of course, common in cycling — when someone’s riding really hard, people say he’s putting the hammer down — and Belgium personifies the toughest style of racing,” Lee explains. “If you put it in American sports terms, people think about team in Chicago and Pittsburgh playing a smashmouth style of football. It’s kind of the same thing: Belgium’s known for tough conditions, with its rain and cobblestones, while Italy’s known more for its flair and finesse.” For years, ambitious American cyclists headed over to Belgium as a sort of pilgrimage. Lee, who got into bike racing as a teenager in the ‘80s, inspired by Greg LeMond’s Tour de France victory and the exoticism of the sport, made his way over there during the early ‘90s while in grad school, spending three weeks racing as an amateur. He found the trip impressive (he still has a journal from the experience), but left that world behind for a spell while launching into his career as a journalist, which eventually took him to The Indianapolis Star and San Jose Mercury News, among other publications. But in recent years, he’s returned to the bike in earnest, becoming part of a Fishersbased bike team, M.O.B., which has helped launch champion riders, including Guy East
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and Adam Leibovitz. And having embarked on a slightly different career path — he currently works as communications director for cycling component manufacturer Zipp Speed Weaponry — he began to think more about the process by which guys like East and Leibovitz rise to the top, and how it might just make a good book. “I read a lot of cycling books, most of them about the Tour de France and riders in their prime, and I hadn’t really read a book about what it takes to get there. If this were baseball, it would be about what it takes to get out of the minors.” All this ended up taking Lee back to Belgium, where what was a freelance experience for aspiring American riders when he went there in the early ‘90s has since become something officially sanctioned, with US Cycling team operating a training program for younger riders in Flanders. “They stay over there anywhere from a couple weeks to a whole season, racing for the US Development Team . It gives them a chance to train on the same roads they’ll be racing on. One thing that’s hard for Americans to grasp is how small the countries are; Belgium, for instance, is about the the same size as Maryland. So these races go over the same roads, and there’s kind of an advantage where, if you know these roads really well, you know when you can move up in the field, where the tough and dangerous parts are — even where certain potholes are.” Lee followed several racers through the 2010 season for The Belgian Hammer, heading to both domestic and international races, logging hundreds of hours of interview time. Key figures emerged: Ben King, who Lee describes as a “quiet, shy kid with inner toughness, proud of having the guts to chase his dream full-on,” and who has ended up joining the Tour de France-competing Radio Shack Nissan Trek team; Marian University’s Sinead Miller, who, like other women riders, pursued her dream knowing that, as Lee puts it, “like in other areas of pro sports, women riders don’t get as much attention, don’t make as much money.”
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Urbanski conducts Smetana @ Hilbert Circle Theatre
The ISO is all about tone poems this month: First Holst’s The Planets; now Smetana’s Ma Vlast (or “my country”), a six-poem cycle that depicts all that was the Czech Republic circa the late 1800s: its victories on the battlefield; its natural beauty; its maiden warrior, Sarka, who demanded that her followers murder Citrad, the youthful guard of the tomb of Libuse, before throwing herself upon his funeral pyre, consumed by grief. The first three poems in the cycle are on this weekend’s bill, along with Elgar’s Cello Concerto, performed by Zuill Bailey, and a musical apertif, Krzesany, by the contemporary Polish composer Wojciech Kilar. This weekend is the last chance to see Urbanski before May 18, when he returns for the final two weekends of concerts on the season.
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Two new works make up Dance Kaleidoscope’s latest production, All the World’s a Stage . First up is “Rem
All the World’s a Stage review by Rita Kohn Urbanski conducts Smetana review by Tom Aldridge Linda Gregg’s Butler visit by Emma Faesi
March 29, 11 a.m.; March 30, 8 p.m.; March 31, 5:30 p.m. @ 32 E. Washington St.; $20-75 (student discount available); indianapolissymphony.org embrance of Things Past,” choreographed by Norman Walker with a score by Butler prof Frank Felice featuring
fractured Baroque music and spoken excerpts from Shakespeare’s sonnets. Then comes “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy,” choreographed by DK head David Hochoy and using music by Tchaikovsky.
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Will Allen, guest star for this weekend’s grand opening at Peaceful Grounds.
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which celebrates its grand opening this weekend, was little more than a series of decrepit concrete bunkers a year ago. What a difference a few months — and plenty of volunteer power — makes. This weekend’s series of receptions, dinners and workshops — highlighted by a visit from Will Allen, the basketball player turned urban farmer — is intended to keep the ball rolling. Even last year, Profitt could sense the potential of the space, according to last month’s Indiana Living Green cover story by Betsy Sheldon, from which we excerpted for this Go&Do pick. At the time Profitt pictured “a place that will employ a lot of people: 20 to 30 working on the demo farms, 16 to 20 people in the restaurant.” She summoned up sharply focused images: a group in the teaching kitchen learning to can tomatoes; a wall of vertical lettuces tended to by high schoolers; workshop students learning a new vocabulary — vermiculture, aquaponics, mycoscaping — with hands-on practice caring for, respectively, worms, feeding fish and growing mushrooms; local restaurateurs shopping for from-the-field produce for their evening menu; a potter’s wheel demo in full spin; a parking lot packed with school buses and cars. Profitt has been here before: Believing that peace cannot be attained until the most basic human needs are met, her Global Peace Initiative has developed and nurtured gardens (some 47 in all) in schools, faith communities and neighborhoods throughout the city — with the pur-
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pose of feeding the hungry. Profitt estimates that she drew on more than 725 volunteers to help grow soil and clean up the property between September and October 2011. And right now, worms are helping to make the Southport-based Peaceful Grounds a viable agricultural option — 250 cubic feet of them. It’s not hard to believe that the three wind rows at Peaceful Grounds, each 1 meter high and 50 yards long, contain millions of worms grazing on nitrogen-rich compost (local food scraps) and hiding in carbon (wood mulch). In the process, they eat their body weight per day, cast what they eat, and double in number per month. The end product is a highly fertile growing medium. “Right now, we’re creating worms and worm castings just as fast as we can,” says Proffitt. Proffitt is confident that the farm center will fit right into the Southport community and serve it well. In fact, she reports that already residents are excited about the worms. “They’re fascinated that there’s something wonderful going on here after 10 years of vacancy.” She expects that neighbors won’t have any complaints. Unlike other farm livestock, “Worms don’t smell or make a lot of noise.” The grand opening conference begins Friday with a private reception with Will Allen, before moving into full days of workshops and meals, highlighted by Allen’s keynote speech on March 31. Breakout sessions will cover topics including compost-
ing for safe soils, aquaponics, hoop house construction, mushrooms, kitchen gardening, kiln building, cheese making, community project design and canning. Ticket prices range from $50 for
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melody, then sent it off to old Johann Sebastian to flesh it out for him. Bach drew on the full-range of contrapuntal tricks, offering up canons, fugues, ricercari and a fullblown trio sonata to his highness. Ensemble Voltaire will present the Musical Offering in its entirety in two concerts this weekend. March 30, 7:30 p.m. @ Trinity Episcopal Church, 3243 N. Meridian St.; April 1, 2 p.m. @ The Athenaeum, 401 E. Michigan St.; $20 adults (4062), $15 seniors, $10 young adults (18-40), $5 students; indybaroquemusic.org
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@ Clowes Memorial Hall When C.S. Lewis’s epistolary novel The Screwtape Letters first made its way to the stage in 1961, the playwright, John Forsyth, expanded on the source text by staging action rendered only as exposition in the novel’s series of letters from Screwtape to a younger, lesser experienced demon. Forsyth’s play — first named Dear Wormwood, now Screwtape — is still occasionally performed, as is a song-and-danceladen version that dates from this century. By contrast, the adaption headed to Clowes Saturday takes things back to the basics; it’s essentially a one-man show featuring the voluble Screwtape and his servant, Toadpipe , in a very physical, non-speaking role. First staged off-offBroadway in 2006, the production is several years into a run of national tours presented by the Fellowship for the Performing Arts, a non-profit organization whose mission is “to produce theatre from a Christian worldview that engages a diverse audience.” Max McLean , who stars as Screwtape and co-adapted the play with Jeffrey Fiske (and also serves as president and artistic director of the Fellowship of the Performing Arts), talked with us about the history and demands of the project. — Katelyn Coyne NUVO: What was your impetus to start this project? MCLEAN: It actually came to me. Somebody saw me do another show and said, “I think you’d make a really good Screwtape.” I didn’t know if it was a compliment or not, but I was intrigued. I read the book and loved it, but I never saw it as theatrical literature. This fellow [Fiske] is a theater professor at Drew University in New Jersey. He had an idea how to do it. I said if we can get the rights from C.S. Lewis’s estate we’ll give it a go. And that’s how it began. NUVO: What changes were made to dramatize Lewis’s manuscript ? MCLEAN: First of all, we had to find the story arc for the play in the book. That’s not obvious when reading it. But it’s there. It is essentially a “hunt” story, a predatorprey story. Screwtape is the predator. The patient, a kind of everyman, is the prey. So
we looked at those two arcs. The patient goes from very indifferent to spiritual credence to becoming quite devout, despite all of the Screwtape’s efforts. And then the more theatrical journey is what happens to Screwtape, who begins the show as this master of the universe character. He loves ruining people’s lives, and he is really good at it. Audiences love him because of that. He goes from the master of the universe character to someone that really has to roll up his sleeves and work incredibly hard.
Maile Meloy’s work for an adult audience has been thoroughly acclaimed; her most recent story collection, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It , was named a best book of the year by the Times — both New York and Los Angeles — and she’s received awards from The Paris Review, PEN and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. But she’s looking towards a younger audience these days: Her first book for young readers, The Apothecary , was published last October, and she reports in a Q&A on her website that she’s working on another one concerning The Apothecary’s lead characters — Janie Scott, an American transplant to England whose parents are looking for international work while on Hollywood’s blacklist; and Benjamin, the headstrong son of an apothecary.
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NUVO: C.S. Lewis said that it was difficult to write this piece, unenjoyable even. How is it for you to play it night after night?
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MCLEAN: I love playing Screwtape, I’m ashamed to say. He’s really one of the great literary creations of the 20th century. One thing you need in theater is a compelling larger-than-life central character. And boy, Lewis wrote a good one. The book and the play are probably one of the best examples of reverse psychology in literature.
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NUVO: Where do you find the stamina?
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MCLEAN: That’s certainly a legitimate question, in most roles. Once you see it, and understand the depth of it, the constellation of ideas that Lewis created, you just don’t get to the bottom of it. That’s what’s so amazing. So many plays after two or three weeks, you’ve logged the depths of it. There’s nothing else left. In this play, I find that it continues to challenge me. So I still get tremendous joy. NUVO: What do you hope that audiences will take away from the production as a whole? What’s the message? MCLEAN: There’s a lot of messages. Lewis loved to do two things: to tell stories and to teach Christian theology. One of his central messages is that the quality of our lives is the result of the sum total of choices that we make. That’s nothing new. However, the thing that Lewis would add to that is that those choices are influenced. You’re not on your own. You are being influenced to the good or to the evil. Or as St. Paul says ,“Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against these powers and principalities.” What The Screwtape Letters does is to draw the material curtain so that we can see the supernatural world. March 31, 4 and 8 p.m. @ 4602 Sunset Ave.; $29-89 (plus applicable fees); screwtapeonstage.com
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Brown Bag Talk on environmental justice
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The self-promotion never ends here at NUVO, but we swear there’s always an element of selflessness to it, as with our pick for this month’s First Wednesday discussion, brought to you by ACLU of Indiana, hosted by NUVO/Indiana Living Green managing editor Jim Poyser and
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concerned with the question, “Whose air/ food/water is it, anyway?” The panel of four for the 50-minute discussion consists of Kim Ferraro , water and agriculture policy director for the Hoosier Environmental Council (and opponent of recycling firm VIM in a past NUVO cover story); Gabriel Filipelli, director of the Center for Urban Health at IUPUI; John Gibson , project coordinator for Earth Charter Indiana’s Sustainable Indiana project (about which you’ll find more in this month’s Indiana Living Green); and Nathaniel Jackson, IUPUI’s new earth-friendly executive chef. April 4, noon @ WFYI, Reuben Community Room, 1630 N. Meridian St.; free; aclu-in.org
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like mine, who don’t know their biological parents — can’t grow up angry, because it’s going to lead to another killing.” Kalima is one of several speakers scheduled to attend the Summit, including Don Kraus, the CEO for Citizens for Global Solutions, a Washington-based advocacy group advocating for genocide prevention which has helped organize the summit, and
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Kizito D. Kalima had, by all accounts, made it through. He had survived a Rwandan genocide that took the lives of his parents and other family members. Once he made his way to the States he found refuge in sports, then worked his way through college at Indiana University-South Bend. But he kept getting headaches — migrane headaches, seven days a week. He went to doctors. Was he allergic to any type of food? Nope. Maybe a blood workup would point to the cause? Nothing there either. “But one day, a doctor asked me if I had ever been involved in a traumatic event,” recalls Kalima, a featured speaker at Saturday’s Indiana Genocide Prevention Summit. “Of course, based on my background, this person sensed that something happened to me. So I said, yes, I survived a genocide; I got hit by a machete on my head and almost died. From there, we started talking. He explained that there’s no cure; you have to be able to talk it out. It took me a long time; the genocide happened in 1994, but I didn’t start talking about it until 2005. But as I started talking about it, my migrane headaches started going down and I was able to sleep. It got to the point where I was comfortable; I even started making jokes about it. And that’s when I said I need to help other people.” The Indianapolis-based Kalima has since made it part of his life’s work to encourage other survivors to share their experiences as well, often during programs organized by his organization, the Global Genocide Prevention Alliance . Last year, the Alliance organized a workshop at the Decatur Discover Academy bringing together a group of 70 children drawn from those of both Hutu and Tutsi heritage. Kalima explains that, because Rwandan emigre populations in the Midwest are divided by geography — with South Bend being home to a majority Tutsi population, and Dayton, Ohio, being home to a population comprised largely of those from a Hutu background — some of the children at the workshop had never sat down beside a person of his or her opposite tribe. “Those people in South Bend are still feeling like victims of genocide, and the people in Dayton have been demonized; people still think of them as killers — and not all of them are,” Kalima says. “Some of them were involved in it, but they have kids born here or who grew up here. Those young kids are innocent, but because of what their parents got into, there’s a division within the Rwandan community in the Midwest. So what we do is try to bring them together.” He set ground rules for the workshop: while each attendee would end up talking about his or her personal experience, it was important to remember that they were all human beings, all Africans, all Rwandans. “It ended up being like group therapy,” he says. “Someone would say some ridiculous thing, and you wonder if they’ll ever get a chance to heal. But at the same time, they haven’t seen anyone able to overcome obstacles; what they know is the same cycle. For people who have been hurt, every little thing leads back to the genocide — even if you don’t have gas money, it leads back to the genocide, those memories. If you can minimize those barriers, it’s easier for them to say, I have a
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car, I have a job, I have a family, so why am I angry? Once they figure out that they have a life, you start questioning: Why are you angry about people who are millions and millions of miles away from you; why are you angry at people who hurt you twenty years ago? No one ever asks them these questions.” Not that Kalima would necessarily call the work therapy; he note that there’s a strong bias against psychological treatment — or, in general, asking for help — in Rwandan society. “It’s not acceptable in our society to go to a therapist, because once you go to one, you’re considered crazy, a psycho. When I came here, I was 17, 18 years old, and I was determined to change, and I lived with people who were open and would talk about it. I always tell my wife that I was raised by a computer. When I had a headache, or anything else — I didn’t have parents, I’ve been on my own since I was 14, running around the world — I would Google, “How do you deal with anger? Why am I always angry or aggressive?” I got to the point where I said, I have to help myself, and as I was continuing to look for an answer, I met people: coaches, teachers, preachers, people who served as mentors or referred me to other people who helped me. The issue is asking for help.” This kind of personal growth is central to the reconciliation process, according to Kalima. “For a genocide survivor, reconciliation is personal. Of course, our government has a beautiful policy that says, you need to forgive and move forward. But that’s easier said than done — and who’s telling you to do that, someone who’s never been through what you’ve been through? The most important thing is when regular people, individually, decide to reconcile and forgive. Once you forgive, you feel free — and from there, you live your normal life. What the government has done looks good on paper; but I still have family members who will never forgive, because they’ve been hurt. For some of them who were old enough to know to exactly what was going on during the genocide, it’s so hard for them to see a future where Rwandas — Hutus and Tutsis — will live in harmony. But these kids — including some,
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Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz) works in the sewers of a 1943 Polish town. He also uses the sewers as escape routes following his criminal activities. Socha, known commonly as Poldek, says he “knows the sewers better than I know my own wife.” In Darkness, directed by Agnieszka Holland ( Angry Harvest, Europa Europa) tells what happens when Socha helps a group of Jews hide from the Nazis beneath the streets. He does this at first for money. He continues doing it for humanitarian reasons. The story points are overly familiar, but In Darkness is still effective. Holland is a good filmmaker and uses the contrast between the sewers and the surface world quite well. David F. Shamoon’s screenplay, based on the book In the Sewers of Lvov by Robert Marshall presents a varied group of Jewish refugees, and adds shades of gray wherever possible. What really makes the production rise above its familiar structure is renowned Polish actor Robert Wieckiewicz. Most actors selected to play blue-collar workers and/or criminals look like character actors. Wieckiewicz looks like a specific real human being somehow captured on celluloid, a complicated man who elects not to share the details of his thoughts with those around him, like movie characters usually do. He is so compelling that he makes the screenplay more vivid. One can argue whether the film focuses too much on his character and not enough on the Jewish refugees living their peculiar nightmare. But it’s hard to imagine anyone doing a better job with the role than Wieckiewicz. — Ed Johnson-Ott
The Hotel Rwanda is mentioned during this network narrative about the Rwandan genocide; characters reject it as a possible safe haven, suggesting that only those who can pay will be let in (not true, but news wasn’t traveling too effectively in those days). Contrast that with the mosques that are at the center of Kinyarwanda: Muslim clerics have resolved to open them up to all who need refuge, Christians and Muslims alike. The ecumenical goodwill of the imams earns unreserved praise from the film; it seems to have been made to tell their story of rising above the insanity. But there’s room, especially at the beginning, for multiple storylines and ideas, including a shocking early scene in a re-education camp that suggests that neither truth nor reconciliation can erase the past. Winner of the 2011 World Cinema Audience Award for Dramatic Feature at Sundance. March 30, 7 p.m. @ Earth House (237 N. East St.); free, with donations accepted. Director/producer Alrick Brown is scheduled to attend; presented in conjunction with the Indiana Genocide Prevention Summit. — Scott Shoger
WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
One wonders if anyone will be awake to run the projector as Herron’s World Film Festival, a 29-hour movie marathon curated by Ball State Associate Professor of Architecture Olon Dotson, runs into the a.m. hours — perhaps reinforcements are scheduled through the proceedings. This is the fourth such festival at Herron, programmed by Dotson in concert with Couched Constructions, the current show in Herron’s Bershire Gallery, which features repurposed couches (some of them retrieved from the streets of Indianapolis) and was curated by one of Dotson’s fellow architecture profs, Wes Janz. The festival kicks off with documentaries concerning the downfall of Detroit ( DEFORCE), the downfall of a St. Louis public housing community ( The Pruitt-Igoe Myth) and the ascendence and downfall of the Black Panthers, as seen by the Swedes ( The Black Power Mixtape, 1967-1975). Here’s the lineup from there: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Basquiat, Dirty Pretty Things, Down by Law, In the Soup, Smoke Signals, Lalee’s Kin: The Legacy of Cotton, Darwin’s Nightmare, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, Mystery Train, Killer of Sheep, Sidewalk. Begins March 30, 5:30 pm.; ends March 31, 10:30 p.m. @ Basile Auditorium, Herron School of Art + Design; free; herron.iupui.edu.
REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA
You know the story: Set in 2056, the population is suffering from an epidemic of organ failures. GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants on payment plans, is born. If you miss a payment, Repo Men will come calling. GeneCo has created a world where surgery addicts are hooked on painkilling drugs and murder is sanctioned by law. Now’s your chance to sing along. March 31, midnight @ Irving Theatre (5505 E. Washington St.); $8, 17+.
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Welles’s penultimate effort, a pseudo-documentary being presented at the IMA on April Fool’s Day (in DVD, those tricksters), is testament to the magpie-like brilliance of his post-Hollywood career. He had learned to make virtue of necessity and limited resources; a film like Othello, for instance, saw Welles piecing together footage shot in different countries (a fight scene in Morroco; Desdemona’s death in Rome) as if it were a coherent narrative shot entirely in Venice. That approach reached its apotheosis with this many-stranded tapestry of abandoned documentary footage (a profile of art forger Elmry de Hory by French director Francois Reichenbach), stock footage (UFOs blasting Washington, D.C.) and ostensibly unrelated sequences filmed by Welles — in a French train station (with the director doing magic tricks), on the streets of Rome (an over-long sequence where he lavishes his lens on his girlfriend, Oja Kodar), in the cafes of Paris (where a garrulous Welles discusses the nature of truth and fiction over an endless meal). The speed of the film is invigorating, as Welles playfully edits together all of these strands, raising questions of authorship and revisiting key moments in his past when he played the showman ( the War of the Worlds hoax; his training as a magician). Everything for the first hour is true, according to Welles; afterwards, you’re on your own. April 1, 2 p.m. @ The Toby, Indianapolis Museum of Art; $5 public, $3 members. — Scott Shoger
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IU Ballet’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’
DANCE THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IU BALLET, MARCH 23 AND 24 e Nature contrived to collaborate with art the evening of March 23, when frightful storms were mitigated into happy endings. In keeping with the theme of hopefulness overriding despair, we patiently waited out the storm (and tornado threats) in safe places on campus in the same way that the Princess and her Court went into its 100-year deep sleep. In retrospect this tale of a doomed princess — with music by Tchaikovsky and choreography by Pepita — whose life is taken by the prick of a spindle somewhat follows the movement from cottage industry to industrialization. The large contingent of IU dancers rose to the demands of sustaining a real-life story surrounded by magical transformations. The dancers grew into the requirements of intuitive mime and a wide palette of dancing styles, delivering character and dancing roles with authority and injecting the delicate whimsy required to make the whole sparkle beneath the seriousness of living under a cloud of doom. Michael Vernon aptly finessed the original Petipa choreography that has been handed down, adding with grace what has been lost to round out the story. C. David Higgins closed out his 40-year scenic design career with a beautifully rendered set. Stuart Chavetz conducted the Concert Orchestra with verve. — RITA KOHN
STORYTELLING WINDOW OVER WABASH: VIEW FROM THE CHARLEY CREEK INN, 1919-2012 TOLD BY LOU ANN HOMAN; INDIANA LANDMARKS CENTER, MARCH 24 t
puts a human spin to the history of an almost century-old Indiana hotel. As much historian as storyteller, Homan details her recent experiences visiting Wabash to fulfill a commission to research the history of the structure that was recently refurbished and re-opened as Charley Creek Inn. She takes us with her as she meets key people in Wabash who ask her, “Do you know the story of…?” to which she replies, “No,” and awaits edification. Thus, we become privy to highlights, from when the city’s founding families began building on the former site of Miami and Potawatomi villages, to the excitement of Wabash becoming the first electrically lighted city in the world in 1880, to a devastating fire that leveled the entire downtown. Homan brings her joyful pursuit of reclamation into her stories. — RITA KOHN
THEATER HAROLD AND MAUDE BUCK CREEK PLAYERS, THROUGH APRIL 1 i This cult classic simply didn’t translate into theater magic in this production by Buck Creek Players. Blackouts that punctuated scenes lasted an average of 30 seconds killed any momentum; if the crew in the booth and on stage pick up the pace, the three-hour play could be shaved by a half-hour. Still, the title characters of the show shone. Evan Reed as the macabre Harold had a wonderful deadpan as the isolated and quirky young man whose penchant for fake suicides has made him an outcast. Serita Borgeas captivated as the creative Maude. But their performances couldn’t be saved from uneven direction by Cheryl Fesmire, who’s ultimately responsible for pacing issues and awkward staging. — KATELYN COYNE
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FOOD FEATURE Mushroom nerd Eric Osborne’s gourmet fungi
BY CA RRO L K R A U S E E DI T O RS @N U V O . N E T Eric Osborne has been a mushroom fan for years. Lately, the former language arts teacher has been transforming his hobby of growing and cloning mushrooms into a business that hopefully will soon be able to supply a local distributor with 200 pounds of gourmet fungi each week. “I’m a mushroom nerd,” Osborne explained. “Growing mushrooms is the way I can use the knowledge and skill I have to benefit people.” Certain mushroom varieties are highly nutritious and some possess significant medicinal value. However, the button mushrooms at your local supermarket won’t win points for either nutrition or medicinal value, and Osborne doesn’t bother with them. He grows shiitake and oyster mushrooms as well as more exotic varieties, including reishi and lion’s mane. “Mushrooms are the best non-animal source of vitamin D,” he observed. “Drying them in the sun can boost vitamin D content by 100% or more. And certain other mushrooms are turning out to be major anti-carcinogens. Several instances in which the medicinal value of mushrooms was discovered were due to mushroom growers ingesting them and having very low incidences of cancer.”
Mycelium’s reproductive organ Although it’s relatively easy to grow mushrooms from kits, cloning them requires lab-quality hygiene, specialized equipment and lots of patience. Unlike vascular plants that grow above the ground, fungi grow underground in the form of spreading networks of threadlike mycelia. Mushrooms are merely the mycelium’s reproductive organ, designed to scatter spores. In order to grow mushrooms you must first grow mycelium. To do this, Osborne clones and grows fungi cultures on agar inside sterile petri dishes. Two weeks later he uses those cultures to inoculate bags of sterilized grain placed inside a dark room that is kept at 75 degrees. Over the next two weeks the contents of each bag become overrun with white mycelia. Once the mycelium is sufficiently mature, the grains are transferred to the final fruiting substrate: sterilized sawdust or woodchips. After another two weeks of incubation, the various kinds of mycelium on their substrates are either suspended from the ceiling like punching bags or placed on shelves inside a room that has 24-hour light and 90% humidity. Within a few days, clusters of mushrooms begin to thrust their heads out into the air in every direction, awaiting harvest.
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Osborne speaks of fungi with respect, even reverence. “Fungi is the world’s first or second oldest organism, and also the single largest organism in the world,” he emphasized. The renowned mushroom researcher and author Paul Stamets has identified a 2400acre area of Oregon that is inhabited by a single mycelium that could be more than 2000 years old. Osborne was captivated by nature, and by mushrooms, from childhood. “When I was a kid in the first or second grade, I learned the genus species names of all the native snakes in Kentucky,” he recalled. “Snakes are scary but they’re also beautiful. Mushrooms are similarly scary, but you can eliminate the element of fear through knowledge. Mushrooms and snakes appear together quite a lot in the woods, and both of them are inextricably linked in human history and religion. There is a strong argument that the manna from Heaven in the Old Testament was the desert puffball, also called the desert truffle. When broken open it looks just like a loaf of bread with a crust. It comes with the dew and it withers with the sun, and you can only eat it within a single day, for it will breed worms and stink, just like it says in the Bible. “Mushrooms were the food of angels in that story, and they were also the food of the gods around the world in shamanistic traditions.”
Beware of poisonous specimens Osborne taught himself to hunt for edible mushrooms but stressed that identifying wild mushrooms is something that should be done with great care. Some mushrooms are easily identifiable as edible or poisonous, but other varieties can be easily confused. “I always make it a point to remind people that there are mushrooms out there that will kill you in excruciating ways, so be SURE before you eat anything,” Osborne
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emphasized, identifying an excellent site In the coming months Osborne hopes to identify mushrooms online is mushrooto build larger rooms for inoculation and mexpert.com. “But you should do a spore fruiting. He sells considerable quantities print to be certain of identification. Velvet of mushrooms to restaurants in Louisville Foot is a good edible mushroom, but it’s but can’t keep up with the demand. He quite similar to the poisonous Galerina. hopes to build a new 50 x 25-foot grow The edible one has white spores and the room soon, and he wants to experiment poisonous one has rusty brown spores.” with making his own mycorrhizal formuAfter growing mushrooms for sevlas, since gardeners have discovered that eral years as a hobby, plants do better when Osborne experienced certain strains of syma vision of his longbiotic mycorrhizae are deceased grandfather, introduced into the who had not grown soil. Fungi researcher mushrooms but was a Paul Stamets has disrenowned farmer. His covered that certain grandfather reminded strains of mycelia him that agriculture is appear to have the in his blood, and that ability to negate heavy he should use his skill metals and other toxic to help others, and contamination in soil, Osborne obeyed. He and Osborne would now leads workshops like to explore this that allow adults and avenue of research. children to identify Growing fungi is not wild mushrooms and just a business opporto grow the easier tunity for Osborne. It’s — Eric Osborne varieties at home. also a spiritual voca“Oyster and shition, an act of faith. take mushrooms are “Mushrooms are so ideal beginner’s mushrooms because they overlooked, yet they’re so important,” he grow easily and are easy to recognize,” summed up. “Mushrooms have had such Osborne said. “Mushrooms are a great way an enormous impact upon who we are as for kids to get started in gardening. They human beings. In ancient Greece, the name love it when the mushrooms start fruiting of the Myceneans means ‘the mushroom because they go from the size of a pea to people.’ How did all this get lost? As mushthe size of a plate in four days. Then the rooms are our closest relative outside the kids get on Facebook and are all excited animal kingdom, they take us back into about their mushrooms!” ancient history. “Re-discovering their essential place in agriculture and food/medicine helps to A spiritual vocation build us a brighter future. They are a completion of the cycle in more ways than one.” Mushroom bags filled with ripened For more on Eric Osborne: www.magspawn will be available at the workshop. nificentmushrooms.com. or connect with Participants will also be able to make their Magnificent Mushrooms on Facebook. own shiitake mushroom logs by hammering wooden plugs inoculated with mushroom spawn into holes drilled into hardwood logs.
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Tim Burton, a maple syrup producer from Medora, is willing to stake a bucket of his prized syrup on the prediction that in just a few years, the Indiana Artisan Marketplace will be the number one craft show in the nation. It’s an event about skilled craftwork (not, say, scrap-booking or puffy paint): art, jewelry, food, wine, woodwork, and soap, made by juried artisans. To be a member of Indiana Artisans, the official organization for recognizing the highest-quality handmade art and food in the state, work is judged on design, taste, packaging, and marketability. In its sophomore year, the Marketplace, taking place this weekend at the Fairgrounds, will showcase over 100 juried vendors from Indiana and 40 from Kentucky. These vendors get a chance to show their wares to wholesalers on Friday (pre-registration and credentials required), and to the hungry retail public on
Saturday and Sunday (ticket info and hours below). The event is modeled after the wildly popular Kentucky Crafted fair in Lexington, now in its thirtieth year. The Marketplace offers Burton a chance to showcase his work in his home state, after first making his name in the Chicago scene. For years he’s participated in the Chicago Green City Market on Saturdays during the summer, and has developed relationships with big-name chefs in that scene. His syrups are on the menu at Four Seasons Hotel, and he’s currently collaborating with Stephanie Izard (of Top Chef fame) to create a wine-infused maple syrup to use and sell at her new restaurant, The Littlest Goat Cafe. And while there’s a reason he’s traditionally focused on Chicago — “People love the Hoosier charm that comes with goods made in Indiana” — he welcomes the opportunity to focus more on his home state as well. His newest venture is a line of infusions, where he ages his maple syrup in rum and brandy barrels, creating a unique product that’s been coveted by Oprah Winfrey’s former personal chef, Art Smith. By contrast, Anita Hopper, who markets recycled leather goods under the brand ReFind Originals, is a first-time vendor focused on her home market. The Irvingtonbased Hopper got her start when she picked up a leather coat at Goodwill about 6 years ago, and succeeded in making a purse out of it. Even before her first Marketplace, she’s been impressed with the organization. They
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GIVING BACK From Roger Baylor, New Albanian Brewing Company (NABC) in New Albany: “On Friday, March 2, tornadoes swept through areas just north of us and caused loss of life and much physical devastation. The following day, NABC put jars on the bars at both locations and asked for tornado relief donations. We recommended dedicating a dollar for every beer, and said we’d match the total contributed at the end of the day. After much deliberation, it was our management decision that shortterm relief needs were being amply met, and we’d direct the donations to the school in Henryville, which absorbed a direct hit from the s torms. In addition to customer donations, our friends in Dayton, Ohio, also took up a collection, and their check was added to the proceeds. Including our match, the amount we sent to Adopt-A-Classroom came to $2051.00 … and if you’ll see in the screenshot above, OfficeMax is matching this donation, which means that a dollar per craft beer in the jar will be worth $4,102 toward restoring Henryville’s schools.” From Monarch Beverages: “Monarch employees, in conjunction with other volunteers of the United Way of Indiana, moved logs, cleared creek beds and consoled Hoosiers who had lost it all.” Brewer’s Guild of Indiana donated $5000 to the Red Cross Southern Indiana storm victim relief fund. In addition, Kwang Casey, owner of Oaken Barrel, Greenwood, organized the March 10 Charlestown Pizza Company beer festival to raise money for the relief, with breweries from Indiana and Kentucky donating beer. Make donations at RedCross.org. If you have an item for Beer Buzz, send an email to beerbuzz@nuvo.net. Deadline for Beer Buzz is Thursday noon before the Wednesday of publication.
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do a great job promoting artists, and can answer the countless questions that come up when an artisan starts working in the wholesale business.” She had heard so many good comments about last year’s Marketplace — other artisans told her it was their best show of the year — she decided to apply to be a member. “The Marketplace offers a chance to have a lot of people come through to see and purchase your work, and being a member will help me become better equipped to sell wholesale.” The Indiana Artisan Marketplace drew 5000 people in its inaugural year, and organizers hope to double that number this weekend.
Burton thinks the real value of Indiana Artisans, besides allowing the vendors access to large crowds of customers over one weekend, is the validation it gives to the artist. “When a product has been accepted into the Artisans, it has met a standard — the bar has been set higher, and the work has exceeded that. Buyers like to know this before they purchase.” Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m.-6 p.m; Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; @ Expo Hall at the Indiana State Fairgrounds; Admission $10 (children under 15 free); indianaartisan.org
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music In Memoriam Jazz legend Chuck Workman
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ne of NUVO’s longtime voices died over the weekend. Jazz columnist Chuck Workman passed away over the weekend in his Indianapolis home. Workman was host of two jazz radio shows for WICR-FM 88.7 and was a contributing writer, most notably penning his jazz column Jazz Notes, at NUVO since 1993. Jazz guitarist Bill Lancton simply called Workman “the best.” “When I did my first CD, the first person who got one was Chuck. The following Sunday, he opened up his Sunday show with a song from my CD and it was ‘Wow, Chuck liked it.’ It was very cool. He was a great supporter, a selfless supporter of local musicians. We all loved him and were pleased when he enjoyed our performances. He will be a big void in the local scene,” Lancton said. Workman grew up in Lockefield Gardens and graduated from Cathedral High School in 1950. He was able to witness the Indiana Avenue jazz scene and got to know such scene staples as Wes Montgomery and David Baker. Baker, now Chair of the Department of Jazz Studies at Indiana University, still remembers his first encounter with Workman. “He was expressing interest in being a DJ. He read all the books and talked Wes Montgomery and Freddie Hubbard. He was able to accomplish that by embracing the Indianapolis scene. He went to bat for us. He was able to get us on the air and to get us work in Indianapolis and to keep jazz alive,” Baker said. His first radio job was in the inaugural year of WTLC-FM in 1967, the first radio station in town that was African-American owned. He was the station’s music director until he left in 1968 and joined WTTV in 1969 to be the state’s first AfricanAmerican sports director. While at WTTV, Workman joined WIAN-FM in 1970 as a producer and jazz host. He stayed with WIAN until 1990, while at the same time working at WTPI from 1985-2005. He joined WICR in 2006, where he hosted the Saturday Evening Jazz Show and the Sunday Morning Jazz Show . “This is such a huge loss to the community and just in jazz. The way he worked for our students – he encouraged them,” said Doug Hoursemeyer, director of underwriting for WICR. “The man himself was credibility. He had it.” The last few years at the Labor Day Street Fair at the Jazz Kitchen, Workman was selling portions of his jazz CD collection with the proceeds benefitting the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation. One of his final public
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REMEMBERING CHUCK WORKMAN “I’m not quite ready yet, but when I am, I will enjoy listening again to the tapes of our radio interviews. His enthusiasm was so sincere, and so infectious.” Becky Archibald, jazz artist “He really believed in a world that had room for all of us, and this was one of the ways he worked toward that dream.” Gene Maresca, former president, Nationalities Council of Indiana
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appearances was at The Jazz Kitchen as emcee for an album release party for Wes Montgomery’s Echoes of Indiana Avenue and celebration of Montgomery’s birthday on March 6. David Allee, owner of The Jazz Kitchen, one of Workman’s “second offices,” said Workman was a champion of all things jazz. “He was always supportive of everything. A champion of all styles of jazz. Big band, smooth, Latin, it didn’t matter. I rarely heard him say a bad word about a performer. All he wanted to do was promote jazz to everybody in the city with his radio shows and his writing. He was very concerned about the scene in Indianapolis and in general,” Allee said. The last few years of Indy Jazz Fest saw Workman conduct on-site interviews with the artists right after their performance. Even though he could chat with the likes of Yellowjackets, Rufus Reid and Al Jarreau, he also kept his eye and ear out for the lesser known acts. “He was always interested in who was coming in [to town], and not always big stars. He was eager to see young and upand-coming talent. He had so much jazz
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information, it didn’t matter the style. He was around for so long and he knew it all. All that and he was just a good dude,” Allee said. Workman was inducted into the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 2002 along with Wes Montgomery, David Baker, and Mary Moss. He also received the Indiana Black Expo’s Lynn Dean Ford Print Award in 2010. He was inducted into the Indiana Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame this past October. This past January, Workman wrote in NUVO that there needs to be an official Indianapolis jazz museum. He wrote “I can’t help but wonder how we can pass on a jazz legacy to future generations when we can’t preserve the past to build on to. Could there be a museum devoted to jazz and our local legendary performers for the public to enjoy and future musicians and music educators to use to maintain Indy’s reputation? Let’s keep our legacy alive in the world jazz community.” We agree. And this museum should have a section devoted to Chuck Workman.
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“An everywhere man, he was an integral part of everyone’s efforts to bring innovative and original music to the Indianapolis community. All jazz musicians were touched by his presence and countless listeners as well.” Cathy Morris, jazz violinist “One of the hardest things I’ve had to do in my time at the University of Indianapolis was to tell our students of Chuck’s passing this morning. There isn’t a student who spent time with him who didn’t grow as a broadcaster and as a person because of his willingness to share himself and his experiences.” Scott Uecker, general manager, WICR-FM “It seems like I knew Chuck forever. I was front of house mix engineer at the Walker Theatre from the night it reopened in 1987 until 2001—14 years . I had plenty of opportunities to chat Chuck up about music and musicians, locally and world reknowned.” DK JAZZ from NUVO.net We encourage you to send your memories of Chuck to NUVO at kcoplen@nuvo. net. We’ll be running these contributions in his memory online at NUVO.net. Barfly honors Chuck on page 30
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BY K YL E L O N G M U S I C@N U V O . N E T As a passionate devotee of music, I tend to filter many of my life experiences through the art form’s lens. So, perhaps you’ll understand if I tell you that last week, when I had the tremendous honor of spending a few brief moments with Dr. Angela Davis, my mind repeatedly turned to music. I saw Davis during her speaking engagement at Cincinnati’s National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Davis spoke eloquently in defense of the powerless, delivering a message of compassion, mercy and justice. Still, my thoughts returned to music – but I’m not delusional. Dr. Davis is also a devotee of music, which has occasionally played a significant role in the framing and context of her theories. For example, the former Black Panther opened her remarks that evening with the lyrics of a song, quoting from the old spiritual and civil rights anthem “Freedom is a Constant Struggle.” Later in the lecture, Davis discussed concepts contained within her 1999 book Blues Legacies and Black Feminism, a volume exploring the sociological importance of blues singers Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and Bessie Smith. Despite her numerous achievements, Davis will forever be remembered for her brief connection with the Black Panther Party. Her alleged involvement in the liberation of Black Panther George Jackson in 1970 earned Davis a spot on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted fugitives list, and 18-month jail sentence. The incident made international news, inspiring songs by John Lennon (“Angela”) and The Rolling Stones (“Sweet Black Angel”). As I left the Freedom Center’s auditorium and made my way back home to Indianapolis, I began reflecting on Davis’ association with the Black Panthers, and the way the organization used music to expand its influence and reach. The Black Panthers were among the first activist groups to fully realize pop culture’s tremendous potential as a means to disseminate information. This pop-savvy sensibility influenced many aspects of the Panther organization: the bold graphic design of Emory Douglas, the cool radical chic of the group’s black leather uniforms and of course, music. The Panthers paid close attention to music, and even attempted to create their own musical stars. In 1969, the group’s “Minister of Information” Elaine Brown released a vocal jazz album titled Seize the Tim e. With arrangements by noted avant-garde musician Horace Tapscott, Seize the Time featured ten songs espousing the Panther’s revolutionary rhetoric. Brown’s next LP, 1973’s Until We’re Free , would be released
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by Motown Records, further extending the organization’s pop culture reach. The Panthers’ other musical act, The Lumpen, were far less successful. A Temptations-inspired R&B vocal group, with a Marxist inspired name, The Lumpen dedicated their repertoire to radical propaganda songs like “Revolution is the Only Solution,” and “Old Pig Nixon.” On the Black Panther history website, It’s About Time, Lumpen vocalist Michael Torrance describes the group’s music as “Simply another facet of service to the Party and the Revolution.” The group would have only one release, the 1970 single “Free Bobby Now.” These recordings went largely unnoticed at the time, and have since faded even deeper into obscurity. The Panthers’ greatest contribution to music would come in the form of inspiration. In the late ‘60s, the Black Panther Party inspired a generation of underground musicians and poets, who collectively created a template for what would later become rap music. Artists like The Last Poets, The Watts Prophets and Gil Scott-Heron combined militant Panther-influenced spoken word over raw funk and jazz beats. The Panther influence would continue on into the hip-hop era, culminating with the emergence of Public Enemy, whose lyrics and aesthetic were clearly modeled after elements of the Black Panther movement. The influence continues today with artists like The Roots, who participated in a 2010 musical tribute to the Black Panthers held at London, England’s Barbican Theatre. Personally, I can say that my own discovery of Panther ideology came through the music of Heron, The Last Poets and Public Enemy. If not for the work of these artists, it’s unlikely that I would have found myself absorbing Davis’ message last week in Cincinnati.
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Mediumship Channeling musical spirits in Fountain Square BY JUSTIN S PI CER M USIC@ N UVO.NET Fountain Square has found itself the center of the universe. This isn’t due to a crack in the space-time continuum or the failings of physics, but rather the tireless work of the bands formed within the Indianapolis neighborhood. The bonds are tight, with bands trading members, rotating concert slots and sharing road stories in an effort to transforms themselves and their community. Last year’s CATARACTS Music Festival served as a coming-out event for many Fountain Square bands. They opened their own homes to fans and the curious with great success. But a neighborhood block party can’t sustain itself year round, and with the loss of Shared Heritage as a performance space, the Fountain Square noisers have had to adapt. Hence, the opening of Mediumship. Located at the intersection of Orange and Wright Streets in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood of Indianapolis, the space founded by Joey Shepard and Jacob Gardner aims to consolidate the neighborhood’s diverging interests. “Mediumship is essentially a vessel in which we can put all of our efforts as a collective,” Gardner said. “Although its original function was aimed at being a DIY label, it serves as an equally functional venue and recording studio.” The scope of Mediumship is ambitious
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Mourning the loss of all-ages venue BY N ICK SELM M USIC@ N UVO.NET All-ages cornerstone the Dojo has shuttered its doors and disbanded its collective for the foreseeable future. After a recently tumultuous bout of money issues, the allages, DIY venue is no more.
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and Gardner isn’t shy about it. “By offering recording services, booking, and eventually vinyl pressing to regional and even national artists, we’re here to help foster our community by showing people (not literally) there is more than one way to skin a cat.” The all-in-one venue speaks to how engrained music is in their lives, right down to the name itself. “Generally speaking, Mediumship refers to the practice of “mediums” that mediate communication between spirits of the dead and other human beings,” said Shepard. “Therefore, our collective tries to facilitate experiences that cultivate any type of interaction with the spirit world. We try to highlight the inherent magick in coming together for music, collectively changing consciousness for a few hours, and returning home a changed individual.” Gardner and Shepard’s cause is noble, dedicated to the dissemination of music— and not just the work of Fountain Square. Mediumship is also focused on this year’s CATARACTS festival. “We are having one show a month in preparation for this year’s CATARACTS,” said Gardner. “The next show at Mediumship will be April 5 with Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk, Kevin Greenspon, Vehicle Blues, and Street Spirits. There will also be many events to come around Fountain Square in anticipation for CATARACTS, which will be on September 15 this year. “ Shepard succinctly sums up the goals of Mediumship with one last thought: “We want to elevate our environment through the creation and dissemination of music. Lift it up…” BABY BIRDS DON’T DRINK MILK, KEVIN GREENSPON, VEHICLE BLUES, STREET SPIRITS Thursday, April 5, Mediumship The venue has, since its inception nearly three years ago, carried with it the tag of “embattled.” After a brief stint on the Eastside next to the Emerson Theater, the venue was booted by the landlord after police and neighbors complained one too many times about noise and “those darned kids!” It was, in fact, a performance by hardcore legends Terror that brought on the final complaints from neighbors. The most recent incarnation was helmed by scene mainstay John Suiters. Suiters had earned his spot in the hardcore scene by playing guitar in local favorites Axis & Allies and by being the brains behind The 1511, a
house venue in SoBro that, until 2010, was the hub of the local hardcore scene. In summer 2010, Jackie Palmer and Clark Giles were booted from the original Dojo location on the Eastside. With the scene scrambling for a new location, Suiters stepped up to help find a new place. “The Dojo opening took a lot of hard work and sacrifices,” noted Dojo volunteer Matt Aull. “And it seemed great that [Suiters] was so willing to step up.” The second Dojo incarnation opened at 22nd and College Avenue in late summer 2010. At first, only the dozen or so denizens at the core of the hardcore scene were booking shows there. But word spread quickly to other promoters and in no time at all, the Dojo had become the place for small, all-ages DIY shows in the city. Shows at the Dojo were booked via email requests from promoters. Volunteers worked the venue during shows, controlling the PA, working the door and closing up shop afterwards. With a scant rental fee of $50, almost anyone could afford to book a show there. But even as shows became more frequent and the Dojo became more
financially secure, there was trouble at the heart of the operation. After trouble from the IRS and internal strife, Suiters announced that the venue’s last day of operation would be January 12, 2012. “It is a bummer to see a DIY, all-ages venue that hosted some great shows go down so ugly,” said Aull. “And it sucks that the consensus with everyone, including me, is that the Dojo closing was a really good move.” “The Dojo was the only thing in the city that really kept the scene alive at all,” said Dojo volunteer and former Bolth drummer James Lyter. “Without the Dojo, we don’t have much of anything.” Suiters opted out of explaining his side of the story, commenting only, “I don’t want anything to do with it. The Dojo was filling a need. When that need vanished, so did the venue. I’m just so drained lately with all the bullshit. I don’t care to talk about it. I just wish more people actually appreciated what it took to keep it open.” Although the drama at the Dojo may have left a bad taste in the mouths of some dedicated Indy scenesters, the search for more all-ages, DIY venues will continue. 2131 E. 71st St. in North Broad Ripple 254-8971 / Fax: 254-8973 GREAT LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 7 DAYS A WEEK! FOOD / POOL / GAMES / & MORE!
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the nickname of his favorite singer – Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age. It also embodies the type of service the owners want to impart to the guests. “Historically, a night porter is the person responsible for hotel guests’ needs during the late night and early morning hours,” said Markoff. The, operators will take care of their guests needs with a small menu featuring gourmet macaroni and cheese and other comfort food options and a large variety of vodka, whiskey and tequila. The art adorning the walls and gourmet comfort food are not the only things that will be curated by the new owners. The music is specially chosen for every night at the bar. ( Editor’s note: See a playlist designed by The Night Porter online at NUVO.net) The owners plan on hosting a few DJ nights a week, but Markoff’s not ruling out the possibility of hosting larger events. The space, mostly empty except for a few scattered high top tables, could easily accommodate over one hundred people standing with enough room for a full band setup. Indy DJ Action Jackson hosts a dance night called Night Train every Friday evening at 10 p.m. There is no cover for the weekly event, which features indie rock and current dance hits. “I can’t wait for everyone to see the place. It’s truly realizing a dream of having my own rock bar – and not a cheese ball rock bar!” said Markoff.
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Cara Jean Marcy hosts writers’ round Different name, new album
BY RO B N ICHOLS M USIC@ N UVO.NET The past few years have been special ones for Americana singer-songwriter Cara Jean Wahlers. An album, Goodnight Charlotte, topped dozens of Best-of lists at the end of 2010; the music was used as the soundtrack to the film Paradise Recovered. She hosted multiple songwriter-in-theround nights in Indy and she met the man she will marry. To celebrate a step into the next phase of her life and career, Wahlers – who became Cara Jean Marcy both personally and professionally when she got married earlier this month – has one last singer-songwriter show planned. Tim Grimm, Marcy, Bill Price and special guest Evan Slusher will hit the stage at Locals Only on March 30. “The three of us, Tim, Bill and I, will join each other on stage for a traditional writers’ round. It’s a lot of fun to share a stage with a few of your friends, telling stories and laughing in between songs,” she says. The shows she has been behind have been a hit for a number of reasons. The music is good, and the audience seems to enjoy the atmosphere of candlelit tables and a no-smoking policy. “Because of this choice, I was contacted by the national office for the Center for Disease Control and interviewed about being an exsmoker and a performer who supports nonsmoking music venues,” said Marcy. “I’ve organized probably a half dozen of these performances in the last year with local and regional artists, because it’s pretty fun to play with people whose work you admire,” she said. “I’ve had the hope of bridging the gap between Bloomington, Louisville and Indianapolis, bringing new talent to town and allowing Indianapolis
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musicians to make connections with other regional musicians.” After this final show, Marcy plans to get busy on her next album. “I just confirmed that I’m recording a live album. and Danny Flanigan (Hopscotch Army, The Rain Chorus) is going to play lead guitar, while Ryan Williams (Playboy Psychonauts, Warner Gear) is going to play bass. I’m pretty excited about it,” Marcy said. “I played with Ryan Williams in a band called The Warner Gear years ago. It was a great experience, a great band and I was immediately taken by Ryan’s elegant bass lines. We’ve talked a bit about it. He played bass with me for the NUVO Best of party at Sun King last summer and we work really well together.” After the critical success of her most recent album, the choice to make a new record with a similar sound is something that Marcy has considered. “I originally thought that thematically I wanted to go a completely different direction than Goodnight Charlotte, but then realized that I was trying too hard to change my voice,” Marcy said. “I’m looking at a few songs that I considered for Goodnight Charlotte that I didn’t include, as well as some new songs I’ve just started performing.” Wahlers says she is thinking about her next studio release too. “One thing I know for certain about the studio album is that it won’t be limited to guitar and cello,” she said. “That’s what made Goodnight Charlotte different. But if I do another album with that arrangement, I think it becomes less special. So, I’m looking at filling the arrangements out a little more.” Of her name change, she said, “It was a difficult decision to make that took a lot of consideration.” In the end, she had a couple good reasons for the change. “I didn’t want to draw the line between who I am personally and who I am professionally,”she said. “And Marcy is easier to spell than Wahlers.” CARA JEAN MARCY, TIM GRIMM, BILL PRICE, EVAN SLUSHER Friday, March 30, 8 p.m., $10, 21+ Locals Only
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ROCK CHRISTIAN TAYLOR SHOWCASE The Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois ST. 8 p.m., $5, 21+
Christian Taylor rounds up a batch of singer-songwriters around every month or so. NUVO writer Grant Catton wrote, of his October showcase, “Curly-haired and wiry, he rocks the beats a little harder, his high-pitched voice coming out as a whine as he croons his poetic lyrics; Taylor channels Neil Young at times.” He’ll play with Mantra Noise and The Innate.
Thursday
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take a turn performing one song or two at a time, and sharing the inspiration and stories behind their best work,” said host TJ Reynolds.
PSYCH ROCK BEAR IN HEAVEN
I saw Bear in Heaven at SXSW, where they were making the buzz band-y rounds. Headed by vocalist Jon Philpot (who rocks a distinct Perry Farrell vibe), Bear in Heaven are poised to be the buzziest bear -named band to break out of Brooklyn in a bit. They also apparently cause me to embrace brazen alliteration. Bear in Heaven will release their album I Love You, It’s Cool on April 3, but I’m betting you’ll get a sneak peak at their show at The Bishop. During their set at the Under the Radar showcase at SXSW, they played only new music.
Friday
GLOBAL BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES Clowes Memorial Hall, 4602 Sunset Ave. 8 p.m. $25-40, all-ages
Bela Fleck has performed in one way or the other for over 35 years. Though he began his work in a relatively traditional bluegrass context, as the years progressed, his stylistic scope widened, combining bluegrass with classical, jazz, pop, and other styles from all around the world. His recent Grammywinning album, Rocket Science, reunites him with the original Flecktones lineup, not seen since Howard Levy’s departure in 1992. SINGER-SONGWRITER CARA JEAN MARCY, TIM GRIMM, BILL PRICE,
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GLOBAL CHICAGO AFROBEAT PROJECT Mousetrap, 5565 Keystone Ave 10 p.m., $3, 21+
Ranging from seven to fourteen (or more) members, the Chicago Afrobeat Project always brings a crowd on stage. They also bring a crowd of musical styles to the stage, including afrobeat, funk, jazz and rock. Columnist Kyle Long spoke with David Glines, a guitarist for the group, about the influence of Fela Kuti, seminal afrobeat artist. “After untangling all that spins out of Fela’s music, from the brilliant use of street wit to the horn melodies that chill your spine and the clever criticisms of political leaders, what’s left is simple: a rhythmic pocket so deep that it’ s impossible to fight,” said Glines. Get into that rhythm at this Friday’s show with the Chicago Afrobeat Project.
Saturday
HIP-HOP RAPPERS IN THE ROUND Indy Hostel, 4903 Winthrop Ave. 8 p.m., $8, all-ages
Hosted by TJ Reynolds and accompanied by the Freehand Orchestra, this event will feature emcees from The Cut Camp, as well as Tony Styxx, Brad Real, Four See, Blackberry Jam and singer-songwriter Sphie. “It will be an extremely intimate setting, and a chance for fans to hear more closely the intricacies of these accomplished wordsmiths. Each emcee will
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Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502. N New Jersey St. 7 p.m., prices vary, all-ages
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Sharon Van Etten is on a serious rise. Once known mostly for her contributions on other rising indie band tracks like The Antlers’ “Thirteen” and The National’s “Think You Can Wait,” Van Etten has come into her own on her acclaimed third album, Tramp, released on Jagjaguwar early this year. She didn’t break from those who helped give her a boost, though. The National’s Aaron Dressner produced and recorded this album, and guested on it as well (with his brother Bryce Dessner, Beirut singer Zach Condon, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner and The Walkmen’s Matt Barrick). She’ll perform with The War on Drugs, another Bloomington label-bound band (this time, Secretly Canadian) with a rapidly rising profile.
Monday
EDM EOTO
Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 9 p.m., $10 advance, $12 at door, 21+
Electronic/house/dubstep duo EOTO is launching a full-scale 3-D lotus flower stage on this tour. EOTO plays entirely without pre-recorded loops, which is less common than one would think for a professional electronic act. The lotus stage is 17 feet tall and envelopes the duo completely; this show will also include former Glitch Mob member Kraddy.
Tuesday
PUNK THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 8 p.m., $20 in advance, 21+
British post-punk/new wavers The Psychedelic Furs wrote the track “Pretty in Pink” on which John Hughes titled the film of the same name. But before and way way after that, the brothers Butler (Richard and Tim, vocalist and bass player, respectively) have been crafting bites of New W ave heaven. Presented by A-Squared Productions, this is a non-smoking show. Tickets are available at Indy CD and Vinyl and at the Vogue box office. Red Light Driver will open.
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Toilet etiquette Plus, bottle rocket explodes… where it shouldn’t
Back to the Fundamentals: The multicultural Macquarie University, in suburban Sydney, Australia, said its restroom posters, installed last year, have been successful in instilling toilet etiquette. The lined-through figure of a user squatting on top of a toilet seat was especially helpful, apparently. Complaints of unsanitariness were such that some students were timing their classes to use restrooms in a nearby mall instead. (Lest anyone believe the problem is confined to multicultural institutions, a recent memo by the 785-member Lewis Brisbois law firm in San Francisco instructed employees to clean urine from toilet seats, to always take the farthest stalls or urinals available, to mask sounds by toilet-flushing (if desired), and to not make eye contact in the restroom. [Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 1-122012] [Above The Law blog, 2-1-2012]
Can’t Possibly Be True
• Louis Helmburg III filed a lawsuit in Huntington, W.Va., in February against the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and its member Travis Hughes for injuries Helmburg suffered in May 2011 when he fell off a deck at the fraternity house. He had been startled and fallen backward off the rail-less deck after Hughes attempted to fire a bottle rocket “out of his anus” -- and the rocket, instead, exploded in place. (The lawsuit does not refer to Hughes’ injuries.) • U.S. Immigration agents in a $160,000 Chevy Suburban that had been customdesigned and -armored specifically to protect agents from roadside kidnappings became sitting ducks last year when kidnappers forced the vehicle off the road near San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and got the door open briefly, enabling them to fire 100 rounds and kill one of the two agents inside. According to a February Washington Post report, the Department of Homeland Security had failed to modify the vehicle’s factory setting that popped open the door locks automatically whenever the driver shifts into “Park.” • When Rose Marks and her extended family of Romanian-Gypsy “psychics” were indicted last year for a 20-year-run of duping South Floridians out of as much as $40 million, victims of the clan were elated that justice might be at hand. (A typical scam, according to prosecutors, was to take a client’s cash, “to pray over it,” promising its return but somehow figuring out how to keep it.) However, in December, the Markses’ attorneys reported that “several” of the so-called victims had begun to work with them to help clear the family, including one who reportedly paid Rose over time $150,000. According to the lawyers, these “victims” call the Markses “friends,” “life coaches” and “confidants,” rather than swindlers.
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Inexplicable
• David Myrland, an anti-government “sovereign” now serving three years in federal prison for threatening the mayor of Kirkland, Wash., filed a federal lawsuit in February accusing various officials of conspiracy -- by the manipulation of bad grammar, i.e., “backwards-correctsyntaxing-modification fraud.” Each word of the original complaint, coded by Myrland as to part of speech, “proves” to him that the complaint was “fraudulent” and “handicapping.” (Random sentence from Myrland’s filing: “For the WORDS OF an ADVERB-SYNTAXGRAMMAR-MODIFICATIONS ARE with an USE of the SYNTAX-GRAMMAR with the VOID of the POSITIONAL-LODIALFACT-PHRASE with the SINGLE-WORDMODIFIER AS THE: A, AS, AT, AM, BECAUSE (many words omitted) FACT by the VASSALEES.”) (“Sovereigns” generally reject the federal government, and Myrland did not explain why he expected a federal judge would have authority to help him.) [Seattle Weekly, 2-14-2012] [Scribd.com, 1-23-2012]
Unclear on the Concept
• Jason Bacon, 41, was arrested in Eureka, Calif., in March after responding to a classified ad for a used motorcycle by offering to trade about $8,000 worth of his home-grown marijuana for it. According to an officer on the scene, Bacon told a deputy, “I know you can’t sell it, but I thought it was OK to trade it.” • Kathleen Mathews was outraged that the local community could turn on her 26-year-old son, Jesse, who had been charged with capital murder for killing a Chattanooga, Tenn., police officer. She told the judge in a letter that Jesse is a “good man,” and lamented, “You do one little thing that pisses people off, and they want to hold it against you forever.” [Chattanooga Times Free Press, 2-12-2012]
Our Dynamic Democracy
• Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey, a staunch abortion opponent, introduced a bill in January to ban the use of human fetuses in processed food. Although the principal anti-abortion advocacy official in the state said he had never heard of such a practice, Sen. Shortey asserted that it was a problem and that he had been reading up on it on the Internet. • Kyle Bower, 19, was elected in November to a seat on the Alburtis (Pa.) Borough Council. Before being sworn in, however, he was sentenced to probation for stalking an ex-girlfriend and tossing a brick through her window. Now that he is seated, he still must answer to 2010 charges in Kutztown, Pa., of resisting arrest for public drunkenness. In both incidents, he also displayed an uncanny ability to slip out of handcuffs and wander away from arresting officers.
Creme de la Weird
• Madeleine Martin, the chief animal protection official for the state government of Hesse, Germany, told a newspaper in Frankfurt in February that among the reasons why the country needed an antibestiality law was that she knew of “animal brothels” in Germany (presumably, not animal-animal mating services but human-
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animal facilities). (Without an anti-bestiality law, authorities usually must prove that the animal has been physically harmed in order to obtain a conviction.)
Least Competent Criminals
• Law enforcement officers turn to Facebook nowadays to help solve crimes, knowing that some perpetrators cannot resist bragging about or even showing off things they’ve recently stolen. For example, Steven Mulhall, 21, will be easily prosecuted for stealing the nameplate off the door of Broward County (Fla.) judge Michael Orlando -- since he posted in March a photograph of himself holding it following a courtroom visit. (In other Facebook news, in Tacoma, Wash., in March, corrections officer Alan O’Neill, 41, was charged with bigamy after his long-estranged first wife found out about the second one when Facebook suggested the two be “friends.”)
Recurring Themes
• In February, a 41-year-old man in a pond in Gosport, England, apparently suffered an epileptic seizure while feeding swans in water about three feet deep. Firefighters were called, but the first one to arrive remained on shore, explaining that he had been trained only for “ankle deep” water and would have to await a colleague trained in “chest high” water. In July 2011, a man committed suicide in San Francisco Bay by wading into neckdeep water and remaining until he died of
hypothermia. Firefighters from the city of Alameda watched from the shore because they lacked water-rescue “training.” (In neither situation was it proved that the victim would have survived if rescued sooner.)
Armed and Clumsy (all new!)
• Men (almost never a woman) Who Accidentally Shot Themselves Recently: Lee Miars, 30, Myrtle Creek, Ore., while pointing a gun at his head to illustrate a story for friends (January). A 22-year-old Navy SEAL, San Diego, Calif., while pointing a gun at his head to convince friends it was unloaded (January). Riki Ingram, 18, Baker, La., shot his leg while “holstering” his gun to his pocket following a robbery (December). Ethan Bennett, 36, Monroe, Wash., aiming at a squirrel running up his leg, shot his foot (November). Special Deputy Ted Maze, Bedford, Ind., shot his hand while reloading at a training session (June). Kenneth Fortson, 21, Atlanta, was killed in a police chase following a home invasion (by, apparently, holding a gun as his pickup truck hit a tree and jarred his trigger finger) (October). Larry Godwin, 68, Redfield, Iowa, shot himself twice firing at a raccoon in a live trap (February). Thanks This Week to Richard Zehr, Chip Sharpe, Kent Heustess, Sandy Pearlman, Perry Levin, Kathryn Wood, Peter Smagorinsky, Sarah Winter, John Smith, Scott Johnston, Karen Bledsoe, and Shawn Tolliver, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In Karley Sciortino’s NSFW blog Slutever.com, she announces that “this blog is intended to trick strangers into thinking my life is more exciting than it actually is.” I highly recommend you adopt that approach, Libra. Do whatever it takes -- lying, deceiving, exaggerating, bragging -- to fool everyone into believing that you are a fascinating character who is in the midst of marvelous, highdrama adventures. APRIL FOOL! I wasn’t totally sincere about what I just said. The truth is, your life is likely to be a rousing adventure in the coming days. There’ll be no need to pretend it is, and therefore no need to cajole or trick others into thinking it is. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem,” said author William Gibson, “first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by a--holes.” This is a good time to check in with yourself, Scorpio, and see if Gibson’s advice applies to you. Lately, the jackass quotient seems to have been rising in your vicinity. APRIL FOOL! I was halfjoking. It’s true that you should focus aggressively on reducing the influence of jerks in your life. At the same time, you should also ask yourself rather pointedly how you could reduce your problems by changing something about yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do not under any circumstances put on a frog costume, go to a shopping mall, and ride around on a unicycle while reciting erotic poetry in German through a megaphone. APRIL FOOL! I lied. That wouldn’t be such a terrible use of your time. The astrological omens suggest that you will be visited by rather unusual creative surges that may border on being wacky. Personally, though, I would prefer it if you channeled your effervescent fertility in more highly constructive directions, like dreaming up new approaches to love that will have a very practical impact on your romantic life. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is stirred to the point of rapture by Jay Gatsby’s silk shirts. “I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before,” she sobs, burying her face in one as she sits in his bedroom. I sincerely hope you will have an equivalent brush with this kind of resplendence sometime soon, Capricorn. For the sake of your mental and even physical health, you need direct contact with the sublime. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. It’s true that you would profoundly benefit from a brush with resplendence. But I can assure you that plain old material objects, no matter how lush and expensive, won’t do the trick for you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Last December a woman in Tulsa, Oklahoma made creative use of a Wal-Mart. She gathered various ingredients from around the shelves, including lighter fluid, lithium, and drain cleaner, and set up a meth lab right there in the back of the store. She’s your role model for the coming week, Aquarius. APRIL FOOL! I lied, kind of. The woman I mentioned got arrested for illegal activity, which I don’t advise you to do. But I do hope you will ascend to her levels of ingenuity and audacity as you gather all the resources you need for a novel experiment. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A Filipino man named Herbert Chavez has had extensive plastic surgery done to make himself resemble Superman. Consider making him your role model, Pisces. I hope he inspires you to begin your own quest to rework your body and soul in the image of your favorite celebrity or cartoon hero. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, you’d be wise to avoid comparing yourself to anyone else or remolding yourself to be like anyone else. The best use of the current cosmic tendencies would be to brainstorm about what exactly your highest potentials are, and swear a blood oath to become that riper version of yourself.
Homework: Life is a bitch and then you die. APRIL FOOL! Here’s the truth: Life is conspiring to give you exactly what you need, exactly when you need it.
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