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The front lines of legalizing industrial might be on your back — well, the shirt on it, at least. Indiana activists and artists started a clothing line to bring attention to the sustainable potential of hemp in Indiana and California. The Phoenix Theatre is rolling out a show based on Hispanic fairy tales. And a live recording of an Indiana horror podcast is coming to Indy Reads.
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Hemp — for years it was found guilty by association — but it’s the superfood we all need more of in our diets. Learn all of the incredible benefits eating the seeds and oil has for the human body. Oh, and you can drink it in the form of beer.
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In music, David McMillin tells the weird and delightful story of how his band Fort Frances accidentally got big in Lithuania. Yep, Lithuania. Elsewhere: the Gateway turns six and parties on 4/20, Keb’ Mo’ stops at the Buskirk-Chumley, and Kyle contemplates the legacy and contradiction of Merle Haggard’s work and life.
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magine for a moment: you have a family member who is ill, and the only medicine available to them is illegal in your state. You have tried everything you can to relieve symptoms, but have had little to no success. You have heard of families in other states that have had success with one form of treatment, but it’s still illegal here. What would you do? Would you leave Indiana in an effort to get the medicine your loved one needs? That is too often the case in Indiana when it comes to the compassionate use of CBD oil and medical cannabis. Cannabidol, or CBD, is a key ingredient in cannabis along with THC. However, CBD does not have the same chemical elements of THC, and therefore does not induce a “high”. What it does provide is a wide range of medical benefits. CBD is known to be an effective treatment for reducing nausea and vomiting in cancer patients, suppressing seizure activity, combatting inflammatory disorders, and reducing the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. These are only a few of the medical benefits that could help treat Hoosiers, but why is it still illegal? For one, it is the lack of a state policy in Indiana. Congress has created a catch-22 by restricting medical marijuana due to the lack of research and the viability of cannabis as medicine. Yet, federal law pro-
hibits medical research of marijuana if individual states do not have a policy in place. Currently, 23 states and Washington D.C. have made medical marijuana available to their citizens. I think Indiana should be number 24. For years, I have made it a priority to start the conversation about medical cannabis in the Indiana Senate, but those efforts have been consistently blocked by Statehouse Republicans. Under my proposal this year, research facilities located in Indiana would have the ability to study the efficacy of cannabis as medicine after receiving licenses from
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common sense marijuana policy each year, I will not give up. We made a small stride in 2014 by implementing policies to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp once the federal government allows the state to do so. While I am met with roadblocks to If we can take a small step common sense marijuana policy each in the right direction for farmers, we should do the year, I will not give up. same for our loved ones suffering from illness. Among the many other uses of this versatile plant is the fact that the Department of Marijuana EnforceCBD can be extracted from hemp and be ment (DOME), a new state agency that used to treat serious medical conditions. would oversee the program and review I view this as an opportunity; an opthe effectiveness of medical marijuana portunity to begin the larger conversaon certain medical conditions. My protion of how we as legislators can help the posal would have also permitted physimost vulnerable among us and provide cians to prescribe medical marijuana to Hoosiers with the compassionate care Indiana patients. they deserve. n While I am met with road blocks to
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The question of “What will Mayor Greg Ballard do once he leaves office?” has finally been answered. Ballard has accepted a position with the University of Indianapolis as a Visiting Fellow of the Institute for Civic Leadership and Mayoral Archives and a member of the university faculty. “Former Mayor Ballard’s role continues a University of Indianapolis tradition as we work closely with city leaders,” said University of Indianapolis President Robert L. Manuel. “He’s been a vital partner in UIndy’s efforts to enhance the quality of life in our own neighborhood and throughout Indianapolis. I’m looking forward to seeing firsthand his contributions to UIndy’s intellectual life and student learning opportunities, and I believe our partnership can make a national impact.”
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UIndy’s Mayoral Archives are a multimedia collection of more than a million documents, images, recordings and other artifacts from the administrations of the last five former Indianapolis mayors. The collection begins with the Lugar administration in the late 1960s and the creation of Unigov. Ballard’s role with the institute will include advancing thought leadership strategies to convene conversations with local and national leaders on issues facing U.S. cities as well as advancing the City of Indianapolis’ Mayoral Archives as a resource for officeholders, community leaders, researchers and students. Ballard has also donated papers and materials from his time as mayor of Indianapolis to the archives, which includes the papers and materials from four other Indianapolis mayors: Richard Lugar, Bill Hudnut, Stephen Goldsmith and Bart Peterson. “I’ve enjoyed working with the University of Indianapolis on the many issues of concern we share,” he said. “This new relationship, drawing on the resources of the university, will provide a platform for national conversations on the future of urban life in our country.” Both Lugar and Hudnut taught at the university following their time in the mayor’s office. All four former mayors have also served on the institution’s board of trustees. Ballard’s initial appointment to the university faculty is effective April 20 for one year. — AMBER STEARNS
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he Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at IUPUI were the host organization for SJP’s Midwest Conference April 1-3. Other student chapters from around the Midwest visited the campus to share ideas surrounding their social justice movement. Non-violent and creative action, cross-movement solidarity and other issues were on the agenda. Unfortunately, those attending the conference were witness to something other than “Hoosier hospitality.” On the last day of the conference, flyers and posters were discovered around the campus denouncing SJP’s activities. But the vandalism went beyond simple rhetoric challenging the organization. The president of the IUPUI chapter was vilified in the process. The vandals called her a terrorist, defamed her picture and made threats toward her personally. Around the country, Students for Justice in Palestine face opposition. The vision and mission of the organization
— which is to see Palestinians free from Israeli occupation — is controversial on many levels reaching as high as the federal government. As an organization that supports a controversial ideal, members of SJP are used to being met with opposition. But this attack at IUPUI got very personal — so personal
8. “Unfortunately, my perspective has changed. I was recently harassed, blatantly lied about, slandered, discriminated against, and defamed!” The intimidation and harassment reached far beyond just posters around campus. Through blog posts, social media and other internet traffic, Haneen’s anonymous attackers have branded her a national security threat, speculating “Hate speech, defamation and violence by citing other terrorist attacks like San discrimination have no place in our Bernardino. As a result, a young girl who used to community.” go to class, hang out with — #WESTANDWITHHANEEN her friends and enjoy life as a college student has been much like the innocent women of supposed that the chapter president, Haneen, has witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts become fearful for her own personal circa 1692. safety. Fellow students, faculty and staff have come to Haneen’s aid. Friends “I felt that IUPUI was a warm and make sure she is never on campus welcoming place that allowed freedom alone and the faculty keeps a watchful of speech, freedom of thought, and eye. Chancellor Nasser Paydar spoke freedom of expression,” said Haneen in out about intolerance on campus a few a statement released to the press April
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to more strongly condemn the attacks in the public arena, update the campus on the status of the investigation and to make assurances that any and all future acts of harassment, defamation and discrimination will not be tolerated. “Although we encourage the free exchange of ideas and affirm the right of all university citizens to make views known, we “Even when we vehemently disagree, their do not condone attacks against women, Muslims, we must strive to do so with mutual or people of African derespect and civility. Open dialogue is scent,” the group stated a released statement. central to academic freedom and our in “Hate speech, defamation and discrimination educational mission.” have no place in our — NASSAR PAYDAR, IUPUI CHANCELLOR community.” A few days later, Paydar sent another statement to the students and faculty of the downtown Indiafree expression and exchange of ideas, napolis campus. The new statement including those we may not condone. acknowledged Haneen as a person and Even when we vehemently disagree, a student who had been violated on we must strive to do so with mutual the campus while giving an update on respect and civility. Open dialogue is the investigation to determine who was central to academic freedom and our responsible. educational mission.” “The IU Police Department-IndiaThe statement went on to say that the napolis and the Division of Student Afuniversity “abhors all forms of racism, fairs are conducting ongoing investigabigotry and discrimination” and that tions in concert with state and federal everyone has to do their part to ensure authorities to determine who is behind everyone else’s safety. these activities,” said Paydar last week. But some faculty, staff and certainly “Additionally, the university has taken Haneen’s friends didn’t feel the situasteps leading to the removal of some of tion was being taken as seriously as it the most inflammatory material from should. Conflicting ideals and opinions online hosting services. Only a part of is one thing, but personal and targeted IUPUI’s response can be shared for fear attacks against one specific individual is quite another. The statements against of compromising the investigation.” There was also a reaffirmation of the Haneen have reached beyond her platuniversity’s position on open dialogue form of peace and justice in Palestine. and free speech and stronger language Comments about her make-up and her about the safety of the students and attire add sexism to the list of offenses, their rights. reaching beyond xenophobia, IslamoThe investigation is ongoing as ofphobia, and racism. Haneen’s supportficials work to try and identify those ers wanted stronger language from the responsible for the attacks on Haneen. administration because of the personal It remains unclear as to the real motive nature of the attacks. for the harassment. A case could be Those united under #WeStandWithmade for Islamophobia, xenophobia Haneen asked for the administration (as Haneen is a Palestinian-American), racism and sexism. The attacks were against Haneen specifically and not just the SJP chapter, making the true motive hard to determine. Indiana doesn’t have specific legislaRacism tion addressing hate crimes, but harassment, intimidation and defamation Sexism charges are possible if and when the perpetrators are ever discovered. The Islamophobia inclusion of federal authorities in the investigation allows for the consideration of federal level hate crime violations to Xenophobia be levied if and when appropriate. n days after the incident occurred. “Recent events have underscored the need for me to remind the campus community that there is a place for all voices at IUPUI,” said Paydar in a statement issued to the campus. “ IUPUI is committed to providing forums for the
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race as Bernie Sanders has won the five most recent races. And not everyone at the debate was a fan of Clinton, including Indianapolis native and ith the Indiana primary election Sanders supporter, Wesley Rodgers, quickly approaching, presidenwho was just at the watch party to see tial candidates and their camthe debate. paign teams are working to cover as “I personally believe that he is the much ground as possible. candidate that is seeking to help the The primary election in Indiana is failing working class people,” said May 3. Candidates are starting to open Rodgers. “He is working to give them up campaign offices and host events the tools that they need so that they for Hoosiers. can survive in the harsh United States As a part of that push, dozens that it is now.” gathered around tables at Bent Rail But Clinton supporters didn’t have Brewery in Indianapolis Thursday with nice things to say about Sanders. beers in hand for a Democratic debate “I think Bernie is just a little too watch party, hosted by the Indiana idealistic,” said Indianapolis native camp for presidential candidate Gabrielle Olivera. Hillary Clinton. “He doesn’t really have any real idea what he’s going to do when he gets in there. I think he really just got up there to kind of pro“I think that she has a terrific grasp pose some of his ideas, of the issues, and she has substantial and he’s not really prepared to be president,” policy behind the issues.” continued Olivera. “I feel that Bernie — LYNN BHULLAR, INDIANAPOLIS started out strong discussing the issues, but now he just sounds like another politician because all he’s “I think that she has a terrific grasp doing is attacking her over issues that of the issues, and she has substantial have already been cleared up,” said policy behind the issues,” said Lynn Bhullar. Bhullar of Indianapolis. With Indiana in a position to play a Ryan Secord of Greenwood drove pivotal role the election process, the up to Indianapolis for the watch party state’s primary could be a deciding to support Clinton, which he said he’s factor for who lands the Democratic been doing since 2006. nomination. Early in-person voting “Clinton, to me, represents a blank is happening now and will continue slate,” said Secord. through May 2 at noon. Polls open on The heat is still on in the Democratic primary day, May 3, at 6 a.m. n
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it to stop. “It should not be happening. It’s a deplorable thing,” said Tony Samuel, Trump Indiana campaign vice-chair. he Indiana Republican Party released Instead, Samuel suggested Trump the list of delegates who will select supporters who are unhappy with the the next Republican nominee for delegate process should head to the polls president, days after party leadership on May 3 and ensure a victory for Trump. received threats regarding the nominaDelegates will be allocated to cantion process. didates after the primary. The Indiana Republican Party is assuring voters that delegates will represent their choices on “Our delegates are loyal to Hoosiers, Election Day. “Our delegates are seand your voice will be heard in our lected to represent Indiana at the Republican National primary election on May 3.” Convention,” Indiana Republican Party Chairman — JEFF CARDWELL Jeff Cardwell said in a stateSTATE REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR ment. “Our delegates are loyal to Hoosiers, and your voice will be heard in our The list of 57 delegates includes Lt. primary election on May 3.” Gov. Eric Holcomb, legislators and The delegate battle is contentious beparty leaders. cause so far none of the three candidates Also on the list — Indiana’s 7th still in the race, Trump, Ted Cruz and John District Chairman Tom John, who said Kasich, have secured enough delegates to he received threats after telling Politico win the Republican nomination, which he didn’t see the need to help Donald could lead to a contested convention. Trump secure delegates. All of Indiana’s delegates will be comJohn tweeted an image of one of mitted to vote based on the results of the the threats that stated, “You know primary election on the first convention traditional burial is polluting the ballot. However, if none of the candidates planet. Tom hope the family is well. has a majority after the initial vote, delYour name and info has been given to egates are free to vote for any candidate me on a list that is about to go public. of their choosing. Good luck becoming a delegate, we The state Republican Party will host its are watching you.” spring dinner April 21. Presidential hopeTrump’s campaign in Indiana has ful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has confirmed condemned the threats and called for he will be in attendance. n
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firefighter. He is also a consultant with Hemp Circle Industries, an Indiana company that works with other businesses to explore how they can incorporate hemp into their products and supply chains. It doesn’t seem like the two career paths would be related. But for McKay, it makes perfect sense.
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McKay’s interest in hemp evolved from his dedication to fire safety and his personal investigation into how to make firefighters and citizens safer. In 2010, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health commissioned a multi-year study to analyze the risk of cancer among firefighters due to job exposures. The study determined firefighters have a significantly higher rate of cancer than the average citizen. The study also found that the cancer link among firefighters was directly connected to toxins and chemicals firefighters inhale on the job. Toxins from burning materials are a problem for firefighters as well as citizens. More often than not people die in house fires from smoke inhalation and the toxins in the smoke often accelerate death. “It’s because of all of the plastics and crap,” says McKay. “House fires also burn a lot hotter than they ever did before. And that causes toxins to be released.” And McKay says the toxins and pollutants linger in the air long after the fire is no longer a threat. From the fiberglass insulation and other building materials to the carpet, clothing and everything else, oil-based products dominate a home. The repeated exposure is a factor in the increased cancer risk among firefighters. That realization prompted McKay to begin searching for ways to change the materials, uniforms and tools firefighters use every day in an effort to make the profession safer. Natural fibers were the best and most logical solution.
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(clockwise starting at the top): Last year’s hemp crop at Purdue was exposed to different levels of nitrogen; the Indiana state chemist tests the THC levels of the Purdue crop; researchers inspect the first pass of hemp grain from the thresher and a flower from a male hemp plant.
INDUSTRIAL HEMP Cannabis sativa is one of the most versatile plants that grows naturally, but is vastly underutilized. Hemp and marijuana are both cannabis sativa. Industrial hemp has a lower level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the main psychoactive component that gives the marijuana user a “high.” Marijuana has a THC level of 11 to 30 percent whereas hemp’s THC level is typically below .3 percent. Federal regulations currently have all cannabis, regardless of the THC level, labeled as a controlled substance. As a result it is technically illegal to grow cannabis in most states, including Indiana. A research project at Purdue University is preparing for when the restrictions change. The goal is to be ready when Indiana farmers will be allowed to take advantage of another agribusiness opportunity. “We sort of foresee a future where they are going to change the law shortly,” says Ron Turco, agronomy professor at
Purdue University. “I hope within a year or less at the federal level, they take it out of the drug classification and put it into a boring agricultural classification.” Turco would like for hemp to be as “boring” as corn and soybeans. Hemp has the potential to be boring — but just as vitally important to the economy as the other two commodities. There are three important parts of the hemp plant that can be used in production: fiber, seed, and oil. Hemp fibers are the most versatile because you can essentially create everything. Think of a product, and it’s likely that it can be made out of hemp. Fibers can be made into over 2,000 products,
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from paper to concrete. Plastics, circuit boards and a multitude of other items currently made from petroleum could be made from hemp instead. Even clothing can and is made from hemp instead of nylon and polyester, which are oil-based products. When mixed with lime composites, hemp is used to make “hempcrete,” a type of building material that replaces drywall and fiberglass insulation. Hemp seed is already an annual hundred-million-dollar business. It’s extremely nutritious, and contains essential fatty acids that are necessary for human health. The seed is 30 percent protein — and plant protein is more digestible than meat protein. The hemp protein doesn’t require refrigeration and
can be used as an ingredient in nearly everything. Like a sunflower seed, it’s crunchy and desirable in flavor and is extremely versatile. And then there’s hemp oil, which is good for skin, hygiene, and beauty products. Hemp oil is obtained by pressing hemp seeds, which makes it easy to obtain. Since it’s high in essential fatty acids (nearly 80 percent), hemp oil is specifically good for hair, skin, and nails. Dr. Paul Mahlberg, Indiana University Professor Emeritus of Biology and cannabis researcher, has been studying hemp for over 40 years. With one of only two federal DEA research permits to grow cannabis in the U.S., Dr. Mahlberg can be considered the leading researcher in his field. When talking about the future of hemp, he is hopeful. “We need to start moving ahead. Start using hemp, talking to friends about it, and creating goods with it,” says Mahlberg. “But the most exciting part of it is the scientific aspect. We know a lot about the plant, but there is even more to learn. To continue to study hemp from a scientific standpoint, we can optimize the use of it and expand our knowledge about what it can do.” Dr. Mahlberg believes hemp is the future, and he may not be wrong. In 2014, hemp was legalized in many states, in conjunction with state departments of agriculture for research through pilot programs like the one at Purdue University. Currently Purdue is the only place in the state of Indiana where hemp cultivation is allowed. “Hemp has a great and promising future,” says Mahlberg. “We just haven’t given it a fair chance yet.” The revival of the hemp industry in Indiana could cause an economic, industrial, and agricultural boom for the state. When that boom comes Purdue University wants to be in position to help Hoosier farmers cultivate the best crops possible. “We are looking agronomic issues related to hemp production,” says Turco. “We are looking at things like nutritional level for soil, how much fertilizer kind of questions, planting density, looking at disease issues. We’re looking at planting depth as related to weed pressure. We’re looking at yield for fiber, yield for seed and yield for oil. We’re trying to assess the number of potential varieties that could be introduced into the state.” Since it is illegal to purchase hemp seeds in the U.S., Purdue researchers have to import seeds from other countries to conduct their research. This year’s seeds are being shipped in from Canada, France, Italy, Hungary and Germany. Turco says they try to get seeds from places that have similar climate and soil conditions as Indiana. (Makes sense; Purdue researchers did the same thing for Indiana vineyards to maximize Hoosier grape production.)
The THC level in hemp is less than 1 percent compared to 11 to 30 percent in marijuana.
Hemp cam grow to be up to 20 feet tall. The length of the continuous fiber adds to its strength for production purposes.
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currently no plant materials processing facilities in Indiana. “You can’t transport it very far and make any money,” says Turco. “It’s like everything else in the biological world of plants. You can’t just move things very far because the transportation costs will kill you on profit.” Processing plants won’t locate in an area without an industry to buy the material after it is processed. Right now there are just a few companies in Indi-
The ability to grow hemp in Indiana is something especially important to Jamie Campbell Petty. The founder/president of the Indiana Hemp Industries Association (INHIA) is working to get Indiana to consider the possibilities. She got involved in hemp after her stepson began a clothing business dedicated to using hemp textiles and educating people about the value of hemp. Petty says she didn’t even know that it was illegal to grow hemp until she “I hope within a year or less at the got involved in the legislative process. federal level, they take it out of the drug She learned from a classification and put it into a boring variety of different folks, including agricultural classification.” the Tennessee and Kentucky chap— RON TURCO, ters of the Hemp PURDUE UNIVERSITY Industries AssociaAGRONOMY PROFESSOR tion. She decided Indiana needed its own chapter and started INHIA. ana that are using hemp in some form or Petty’s desires are rather simple — for fashion. The largest importer of hemp fithe state to allow small farmers to grow ber is FlexForm Technologies in Elkhart. industrial hemp. The company specializes in natural fiber “It started out for me simply as an materials used in the automotive and agriculture crop and an agriculture opaircraft industries, modular housing, portunity, especially at a time when we packaging and paneling. The company need small farmers and we want small imports thousands of pounds of hemp farmers,” says Petty. fiber each week. More industries like But a successful hemp industry takes FlexForm in Indiana would drive the more than just farmers willing to grow demand for hemp to be grown and proit. The farmers need a place to sell their cessed locally to keep their costs down. crop. The “sale” of hemp is a compliBut with no local supply or processing cated equation. First there has to be a facilities, companies using plant fibers place to process the plant fibers, harvest the seeds, and/or press the oil. There are
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emp, believe it or not, has a longstanding history in Indiana. Hemp seemingly grows all over the world, and there isn’t a way to pinpoint its exact origins. In the 1800s, hemp was brought to the states and was widely used for clothing and cloth home goods. In fact, hemp was so common that is wasn’t particularly special to people (think of it as in the same manner you’d think of cotton today) and not much was written about the plant. When fibers are removed from the plant, they were used to create many household items, like rope, wagon coverings, tents, and bags. The fibers are incredibly strong and durable, which made the material versatile. The pulp from the plant also produced many products, most notably paper. In many smaller towns in Indiana, “Rope Walks” are still visible. Growers of hemp would stretch the material out along this walk for it to dry, and then put stretchers on either end of the walk to twist the hemp and make rope. Cannabis, hemp’s more exciting and controversial sister, has a strong originating foundation in Indiana and medicine. In the 1930s, Eli Lilly founded Conner Prairie. The farming portion of the land was used for — you guessed it — cannabis. A major cash crop, Lilly moved to use the substance medicinally and sold it over the counter with 23 different variations being sold. In those days, cannabis was prescribed for nearly everything — migraines, stomachaches, cramps, mental illness, the common cold, insomnia, epilepsy, addiction, and sexual issues. As petroleum-based synthetic products gained popularity for being easier and
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Newspaper articles from 1942 and 144 highlighted Indiana’s hemp production for the war effort, which was encouraged throughout the country.
cheaper to produce, hemp production began to slow. However, these petroleum products weren’t yet able to be produced quickly, so during WWII, the government pushed farmers to grow more hemp, as it was a versatile money-maker and could be used in a variety of military products. In fact, Jasper County won an award for its efforts in hemp-growing during the war. Because of this newfound popularity with hemp and cannabis strains, Lilly had more room to grow and experiment with cannabis. Together with Parke-Davis (a pharmaceutical company acquired by Pfizer in 2000), Eli Lilly produced a new strain of cannabis called “Cannabis Americana,” produced solely for medical endeavors. After the war, negative stigma surrounding all Cannabis plants became commonplace, and in 1951, Congress passed the Boggs Act which set stricter punishments for the growing of hemp. Since then, many different laws and regulations have made it nearly impossible to produce hemp for industrial or medicinal purposes.
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have very little, if any, incentive to locate in Indiana. As Turco says, it is the worst “chickenand-egg” scenario ever. The biggest and most immediate obstacle involves the legal permission to grow hemp in Indiana. Achieving that goal would start many balls rolling in many different directions. The path to legislative approval is education — teaching legislators the difference between hemp and marijuana and how hemp could economically benefit the state. Justin Swanson, a government relations attorney with Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, understands the potential hemp has for Indiana’s economy. That’s why he joined the INHIA to educate lawmakers on the values the hemp industry could bring to the state. “We grew up with “Just Say No” to drugs and at the federal level, they made no distinction between marijuana and industrial hemp,” says Swanson. “When I’m talking to legislators for the first time about hemp, I can almost see it on their faces. The first thing they think of is marijuana and that we’re trying to excise marijuana in Indiana.” But Swanson says it is worth overcoming that stigma hurdle because industrial hemp has a great story to tell. “Industrial hemp is a sleeping billiondollar industry for the United States,” says Swanson. “It would be huge for Indiana to be kind of the hemp capitol of the nation, if not the world.”
Those who see hemp as the future for Indiana hope legislators act soon so that Indiana stays competitive in the industry. Kentucky is also exploring the potential of hemp and now has a processing plant outside of Louisville. Sun Strand already processes flax, cotton and bamboo and is set to process hemp when the ban is lifted. If Indiana waits too long, Hoosiers could miss out on the next big thing to hit the U.S. economy and industry. “We really need to get tracSUBMITTED PHOTO tion in that area really fast or this is going to die,” says Turco. “Even if it was legal, if we don’t start looking at this seriously as an income stream, we’re going to have trouble long term.” If and when the government gives the thumbs up for hemp agriculture to begin, Hoosiers should be ready. Purdue University will be ready to assist farmers in maximizing their crops and advocates like Scott McKay are ready to help businesses work hemp into their supply chains and product lines. And with efforts to make our society more sustainable, hemp has bright future ahead of it. “Now is the time to decriminalize hemp,” says McKay. “With everything that we know about hemp and the world around us, it is a no-brainer to industrialize hemp as we move toward a more sustainable culture.” Learning about the value of hemp and opening your mind to the agricultural, industrial and economic possibilities of hemp is what McKay calls “getting hemp-notized.” Since learning about hemp, McKay is not only educating others and working to make fire service safer through hemp, he has incorporated hemp into his every day living. McKay wears hemp clothing and has incorporated hemp oil and hemp seed into his diet. “This could be bigger than the automotive industry,” says McKay. “ And this could create ‘forever’ jobs. That by itself is huge.”” n
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ne of the big campaign topics in this presidential primary — although probably more on the Democratic side than the Republican side — is how to reverse the mass incarceration of minorities in state and federal prisons. An alarming number of people are behind bars because of drug-related charges. And looking at our nation’s history — specifically at the criminalization of cannabis — it shouldn’t come as any surprise that African Americans and Hispanics are the ones serving time. A history of hemp in Indiana and America shows cannabis was perfectly acceptable as a textile crop throughout the 1800s. It wasn’t until “Reefer makes darkies think the end of the Mexican civil war that Americans they’re as good as white men.” learned cannabis had other uses. The end of the war brought Mexican im— HARRY ANSLINGER, migrants across the border looking for a new FEDERAL BUREAU OF NARCOTICS life. The immigrants brought elements of their COMMISSIONER, 1930-1962 culture with them, which included smoking the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant. The immigrants called it “mariguana” and used it for traveled across the Rio Grande. Marijuana sounded medicinal purposes and as a relaxant. Pharma“foreign,” making it easier to build suspicion around ceutical companies, including Eli Lilly, began to grow the growing and cultivating of the cannabis plant. and experiment with cannabis as medicine. In 1906, The second thing Anslinger did was prey on cannabis indica, more commonly known as Indian white America’s segregation and mistrust of people hemp, was patented as a legal drug for medicinal use. of color by negatively associating marijuana with The 1920s brought us Prohibition and with it a growAfrican Americans, Latinos, and other “dark-skinned” ing disdain for any and all hallucinogens and drugs. In immigrants in America. He linked marijuana to all 1930 a man by the name of Harry Anslinger became aspects of minority culture. the first commissioner for the newly created Federal “Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the Bureau of Narcotics, which was under the U.S. Treahistory of mankind,” said Anslinger in documented sury Department. As FBN commissioner, Anslinger testimony before Congress. “Most marijuana smokers began a rigorous campaign to make cannabis illegal. are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainIn order to make Americans fear cannabis, Aners. Their satanic music, jazz and swing, result from slinger did two very distinct things. He began refermarijuana usage.” ring to the type of cannabis that was being smoked by Anslinger continuously vilified marijuana as a drug citizens as “marijuana,” slightly altering the term that
more dangerous than heroin, especially in the hands of minorities. “This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others,” said Anslinger. “Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.” Anslinger made “marijuana” a top priority because of what he believed was the drug’s effect on the “degenerate races.” He claimed the drug led to “pacifism and communist brainwashing. The continuous attack on marijuana made it “un-American” and therefore taboo, even though cannabis and been grown and used for medicine and textiles for generations. As the Jim Crow era evolved, drug laws became a part of the system. Anslinger used unfounded and false research about marijuana to support his claims. Although in-depth research about cannabis dating back as far as 1939 refutes his claims, Anslinger stood by his accusations, instead calling the contradictory research “unscientific.” The FBN commissioner kept his position for 32 years, serving under five different presidents. He served until the age of 70, the mandatory retirement age for his federal post. Anslinger stepped down as the civil rights movement was in full swing. Although African Americans fought achieve equal rights as American citizens, the damage was done and the association of marijuana and “degenerate behavior” of the nation’s minorities was set firmly in societal subconscious. Can the case be made that the modern day mass incarceration of African Americans and Hispanics because of drug charges stems from the 20th Century campaign of one man to criminalize one drug? Possibly. The bigger question is: How do we as a society undo the damage already done? n
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n 2014 Justin Petty was knee deep in moving boxes. He and his college friend, Pieter van Tongeren, were packing up to move to L.A. in the hopes of mobilizing their fashion line — Recreator — composed entirely of material from hemp. To be clear this is not the kind of hemp you can smoke. In fact, you are more likely to get lung cancer before getting high (due to a virtually non-existent THC content). What Petty and Tongeren are using is industrial hemp, a crop that has
been proven to be a far more sustainable substitute to cotton and polyester. When Petty and Tongeren moved to Indy, after their time at the University of Evansville, they were primarily focused on street art and moving the designs to a fashion line. Then they caught wind of what hemp could do. “We started exploring hemp textiles more and more,” says Petty, the director of marketing for Recreator. “[We] found out that they dry faster than cotton, they are antimicrobial — so you can wear them longer and you don’t have to wash them as much — and started really seeing
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e Hank & Dolly’s Gallery’s off the beaten path in the Harrison, so maybe you missed it last First Friday. If so, there’s still time to see this inspired group show curated by Nathan Foxton, who has an oil on panel work, simply titled “Self Portrait,” here. You can easily recognize the painter’s features and lock into his intense gaze through the muted hues. (There’s color in this composition but you have to look for it.) Another self-portrait by Erik Probst, entitled “Actias Luna” goes off in a decidedly surrealist direction. Rising from a sepia background you see a man merged with a moth – his face white under luminous green wings – on the verge of metamorphosis. Afterwards, will he be able to fly? Not everyone in this show has so married of a muted palette: Gustavo Ayala’s oil on plywood “Straight,” portrays a shirtless man from the waist up against a yellow backdrop, displaying abs and pecs that recall the “Before” photographs in those old Charles Atlas ads. Yet the delineation in the torso are stunningly rendered. So is the man’s confrontational glare as he stares straight at you. Straight in what sense you might ask. If there’s mucha testosterone in this particular exhibit, maybe it’s offset somewhat by the addition of Katherine Fries’ “Memory Projection Andrea: Kathryn,” (oil on canvas). The portrait portrays the subject (in color) against a black and white photograph of (one assumes) an older relative, taken a long time ago. In the painting, the photograph appears to be projected on-screen. You can see the similarities in facial features between these two close relatives, generationally separated. Certainly accomplished with dead-on realism, perhaps it’s also a commentary of sorts. Here’s an actual painting projecting a memory forward into the moment, a painting and not a slide projector — an outmoded instrument that hardly anyone uses anymore. After the fall of civilization, with our smart phones turned into bricks, portraiture might again commonly be the task of the painter or sculptor. We’re not there yet, as David Hicks demonstrates with his 3D printed “Patriot,” a head sculpture of a dude wearing a tricorn hat. (Hicks is better known for his large apocalyptic paintings than his work with new media.) Still, try telling Nathan Foxton – to his painted or to his actual face – that portraiture is dead in this iPhone moment. Good luck with that.
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the potential of making a hemp fashion line, and make hemp something that is at least competing with cotton. And make people more aware of what this plant can do, and use fashion to do that.” So they did what anyone with a cause and an idea does — they began a kickstarter campaign. Soon they were ready to take the line to the fashion district of L.A. where they would work out of a shop called 600 and make the clothes in the cut and sew in the back. But the two didn’t want to move until they knew Indiana was on the right track with legalizing industrial hemp. Petty’s stepmom Jamie Campbell Petty was a lawyer in San Diego. After marrying his father the two of them moved to the country in Indiana. They wanted to start farming; meanwhile, Justin Petty was eating up as much as he could in hemp knowledge. “We were always talking shop about growing things,” says Petty. He and his stepmother became very passionate about the potential for this product in Indiana. He began to connect her with people in the industry and she started lobbying for change. “I pitched the hemp idea to her as it’s something that’s industrial, it’s political, it’s a little bit counter-cultural, and disruptive, but it’s also about sustainability and getting farmers crops that they can grow and profit from,” says Petty. “… We thought there was an opportunity here. We saw what was happening in Colorado in terms of going after commercial hemp industries.” The two had a large hand in Purdue’s research pilot program, which focuses on the potential use of hemp as a crop. They are hoping the state will soon allow farmers to use hemp seeds on a commercial basis. “Now we don’t just have to grow it on Purdue’s campus,” says Petty. “We can steadily begin growing it elsewhere and farmers can really start learning how to grow it. I think that is her biggest success, besides all of the other stuff she has connected.” Hemp (as a crop) can be used for textiles, building material, food and >>>
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<<< beverage bases, a replacement for plastics and even biofuel. “It’s really, really strong natural fiber, and I think we are only just starting to explore the potential of it,” says Petty. The potential for use is high but the environmental impact of competitors, like cotton and polyester, is even higher. According to the Ecological Footprint and Water Analysis of Cotton, Hemp and Polyester report produced by the Stockholm Environmental Institute, while cotton requires less energy to grow and produce than hemp, it takes up nearly twice as much land with the same yield. Cotton also uses four times as much water than hemp when it’s processed. Polyester is produced from fossil fuels — a rapidly depleting source. When it comes to cloth, when processed carefully, hemp can be extremely soft, and performs better under heat and moisture than cotton. “I was wondering how I could make a statement about what this stuff can do,” says Petty. “I saw a t-shirt, basically as a walking billboard … I thought that would be a catalyst to help get the indus-
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try going here in the United States.” Recreator — now run by Petty, Tongeren and Matt McClain — will soon be releasing a yoga and athletic line. They also have an in-house designer who is a local L.A. artist. Petty hopes that the products are a reflection of their political work. They plan to continue working toward pro-hemp legislation in California and in Indiana. “I have been interested in organic foods and the cannabis culture for a long time, but I never really had taken it any further than most people take it — it’s a cultural thing you do to have fun,” says Petty. “But once I started looking at the industrial aspects and looking at fashion as a whole, as an industry, you see how much pollution there is. “I thought fashion seems like a very good vehicle to make this well known,” says Petty. “People are certainly conscious of the foods they are eating and what they put in their body, but I started thinking the next step is obviously what they put on their body. That obviously has an effect on your health and there is a story to be told about these products.” n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 04.20.16 - 04.27.16 // VISUAL 17
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Everyone loves a connection to his or her city, state, or alma mater. The Diviners, now on stage through Casey Ross Productions in association with the Carmel Theatre Company, is set in a small Indiana town in the 1930s. It was written by Hanover College graduate Jim Leonard Jr., who also co-founded the Bloomington Playwrights Project, and it premiered at Hanover. This isn’t the first time The Diviners has graced a Carmel stage. In June of 2012, it was staged at the Carmel Community Playhouse. At that time, then-Arts Editor Scott Shoger had an opportunity to speak with the playwright, and Leonard commented on audiences relating to his play: “Well, it’s got a big, bold story and characters that people can identify with. And the fact that it’s set at an iconic time makes it something that translates across years; people can continue to identify with it.” The story’s main characters are Buddy, a mentally challenged 17-year-old with a natural gift for dowsing, and C.C. Showers, an ex-pastor who shows up in Zion, Ind., trying to find a new way of life. Pat Mullen is a sweet, simple, sincere Buddy, a character plagued by aquaphobia due to his mother’s death while saving him from drowning as a toddler. Mullen’s Buddy is likable, and Mullen avoids becoming a caricature. Davey Peluse, playing C.C., gives C.C. a confident demeanor and easy with people, harkening back to C.C.’s past life. The cast is rounded out by townspeople, minor characters who add the “slice of life” element to the show. These are charming, often humorous characters: Zach Stonerock as Ferris, a mechanic, Allyson Womack, Kathryn Comer Paton as Luella, Paige Scott as Norma, Heather R. Owens as Darlene, Audrey Stauffer Stonerock as Goldie, and Johnny Mullins and Tyler Gordon as Dewey and Melvin. One particularly absorbing part of director Ross’ stagecraft is the underwater scene. A combination of slow motion and David C. Matthews’ lighting depicts action when the characters are underwater, cut with moments that they surface with normal motion and lighting. This scene is impressively effective. The production is performed in a black-box theater, so Chris Plunkett and Peluse’s set is minimalist but serves its purposes well, as does Marina Turner’s anachronistic costumes (they still capture the style of the time). In the beginning, some of the actors speak a little too quickly, but that is the only nitpick I can find in this touching show. — LISA GAUTHIER MITCHISON Through April 24, Casey Ross Productions and Carmel Theatre Company, $15, facebook.com/carmeltheatrecompany
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a Lllorona is a Latino folktale about a ghost that wanders around looking for the children she drowned in a river when she was alive. It’s a tale that will be in the Phoenix Theatre’s family-friendly premiere production of Leyenda. The script, written by Bryan Fonseca and Tom Horan, is based on interviews with members of Indy’s Hispanic community and everyone they interviewed knew this particular story. (Leyenda is Spanish for “legend.”) “Everybody knew it to the extent that some people said, ‘Oh you don’t want to tell that story because everybody knows it,’” says Fonseca, artistic director of the Phoenix, who is directing Leyenda. But include it they did. “It’s been so enjoyable and rewarding as an artist, making this story come to life onstage,” says Fonseca. But not every folk tale they featured in this tapestry — woven together with dance and music and other ways of storytelling — is so dire. “On the other end of the spectrum is a very lighthearted story and it’s a cautionary story as all folk tales are,” says Fonseca. “It’s called ‘Dueño de la Casa’ [Master of the House]. This one’s really about young girls at a dance and a newcomer to the dance being warned not to stay past midnight and definitely
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not to dance with this one particular individual. At midnight this young girl is dancing with this young man. And the clock starts striking midnight. And he looks down and he has chicken feet.” The production will feature bilingual actors. Performances will be in English (save for the music) except for the final two performances which will be performed entirely in Spanish. Directing a play in two languages comes with its own peculiar challenges, but it just so happens that director Bryan Fonseca is a Spanish speaker himself (the problem is that he doesn’t speak it every day, he says). But the Phoenix has done plays in Spanish before, notably last year’s Bless Me Ultima. Bridgette Richards, a veteran of a number of Spanish-language productions, acted as translator. “It’s a privilege to come in and try to turn Tom’s words into Spanish when they’re so beautifully written in English” says Richards. Richards is also one of the main performers.
“I play the role the storyteller role ‘Quentista,’” says Richards. “Her role is to set up all these wonderful stories that we hear as audience members. Her story is interwoven throughout the different tales. She gets to know this man who becomes her husband. She woos him through telling all of these different folk tales. I’m playing and I’m playing some great colorful characters inside the stories themselves.” But there is a larger role for this play than merely to entertain. “I received a grant from the Arts Council of Indianapolis,” says Fonseca. “It’s the first ever Transformational Impact Grant. And the purpose of that grant was to see if the arts could be used to help transform a community.” In order to fulfill that mission, Phoenix Theatre will be taking Leyenda to the near Westside of Indianapolis — an area of the city with a large Hispanic presence. They will be gearing up a cut-down selection of Leyenda tales — a third of the length of the theatre version. “Language is the first barrier that we break down by doing performances in Spanish,” says Fonseca. “The [second] of the barriers that we’re going to break down is taking the play…out of the theatre and going into the community. So if transportation was a barrier, if cost was a barrier, we’re going to eliminate those barriers as well…” n
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here exists a town where all your worst nightmares are bound to come true.” And that fictional town is Dead Oaks. The quote above has become the tag line for Chris Waltz’s horror podcast that originally began as a book idea. Waltz imagined a setting where anything terrible that could happen would, and it would be told through a series of short stories. When he was in Colorado at a horror convention (held in the hotel that inspired The Shining) he shared the idea with other writers and they fell in love. They immediately asked if they could write for it as well. “So I decided to open it up to other people,” says Waltz. “If they liked the same idea that I had they could write for it too. So it became more of a collaboration than just me working on it all by myself.” The stories poured in and after a while it became clear that they would be far more powerful heard than read. By October of 2015, the town of Dead Oaks could be found on the airwaves. Well, the digital ones at least. NUVO: Where do you find storytellers? CHRIS WALTZ: I have been using a lot of social media. Websites like Reddit and getting it out there on Twitter. We have a website with our submission guidelines. NUVO: When someone submits a story, what happens next? WALTZ: They just send it in over email, and I read through it and kind of decide if it’s what we are looking for. I don’t like turning people’s stories away, but every now and then we get one in that’s overly explicit or it doesn’t fit in with the theme of the whole podcast. Most of the time I just read it and as long as it’s not completely outside the range of what we are looking for I will get in contact with them and make sure they are okay with us using it in the podcast. I have a couple of people who record the stories for us so I can edit it together. (He uses volunteers, horror fans and voice actors to read the stories.)
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NUVO: What style of writing do you usually get? Short stories? Scripts?
WALTZ: I really only listen to about two or three different podcasts … a half hour is a long time for a podcast. So when I started taking in stories I kept the word limit lower and said if it goes too long it will probably be too long for us to record … if it goes too long people start to lose interest. NUVO: What kind of things are you turning away?
WALTZ: Right now I am wanting things WALTZ: The podcast flips every two that are scarier than they are gross. So if weeks between scripted stories that I people are sending in stuff that’s lots of have been writing. Dead Oaks started as something I just wanted to write and get out there about a town where really bad things happened; It didn’t matter what they “Horror is something that gets were, if it was bad then it hapunder your skin and maybe pened in this place. So I started doing the scripts myself. Then the keeps you up at night.” people who were submitting stories were submitting short stories. — CHRIS WALTZ So the episodes flipped back and forth (script, short story, script, etc.). blood and guts or anything that makes NUVO: How to do you ensure that you uncomfortable for the wrong reaa narrative that’s written isn’t lost in sons, those are the ones I have to turn translation when it’s heard audibly? away and say, “hey, feel free to submit something else” but this is a little too gory or it has rape or things like that in it: things that are not even acceptable topics in horror a lot of the time. We want stories that are creepy and scary, not something people remember because it made them that uncomfortable to read. We want people to like it and not to be turned off from it. NUVO: That’s an interesting point: that some things, even in horror, are just too much. What is a good horror story to you? What are the elements of horror?
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WALTZ: To me, horror is something that gets under your skin and maybe keeps you up at night. Even as an adult I will watch a scary movie or read a scary story and it will keep me awake or keep the lights on. It’s having that story that hooks somebody in. For me that’s relatable characters — you want something good to happen to them even though it’s a horror story that don’t have happy endings. n
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BY NELSON PRICE AND JOAN HOSTETLER q Do you already have the 2004 book? Get this new version to savor the changes occurring during a decade. Co-author Nelson informed me the 2004 edition “went through 10 printings. Last year the London-based publisher contacted us (including co-author Joan Hostetler and photographer Garry Chilluffo) to do a “slightly revised” version. So much has changed in Indy during the last 11-12 years that the book is way more than ‘slightly’ revised. It’s more than half new.” The “half-new” shows a slew of transformations including new ownerships, remodeling and political references — such as replacing a photo of Mayor Bart Peterson at the Cottage Home neighborhood Block Party with the makeover that went into effect after the 2003 kick-off campaign. (Pages 60-61; continuously designated a NUVO “best block party.”) The intersection of Massachusetts, Delaware and New York streets gains new insights about the odd-shaped flatiron building that was saved from the wrecking ball. Same for Fountain Square, Monon Railroad/Monon Trail and Bankers Life Fieldhouse — new depictions to bring those sites up to date. “The biggest thing that ‘dated’ the original book: it had an RCA Dome spread, not Lucas Oil,“ commented Nelson Price during an email exchange about the new book. “The biggest challenge for Joan was tracking down a ‘Then’ photo from 100 or so years ago of the Lucas Oil site. It was just warehouses and modest homes. Nelson Price, a fifth generation Hoosier, hosts the weekly “Hoosier History Live” radio show Saturdays noon - 1 p.m. on WICR-FM. His other books include The Quiet Hero: A Life of Ryan White and Indiana Legends. Historian Joan Hostetler rescues and tracks down historic photographs. Her newest project is the Indiana Album, a community digitization project inviting everyone to bring old photographs to be digitized and catalogued for safe-keeping and ongoing research. Garry Chilluffo, who handled the ‘now’ photography, specializes in architectural and advertising photography. —RITA KOHN 2015; London: Pavilion Books; 144pp. b/w & color photographs; $19.95; 2004 book is still available in all the regular outlets
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MORE YOGA Third Annual Indy Yoga Movement Gala April 22, 7-11 p.m. It’s a big weekend for yoga in Indy. This benefit for Indy Yoga Movement features a talk by Mary Reilly, (more on Reilly in the next item), plus eats, a cash bar and silent auction. According to the organizers, “IYM is a non profit dedicated to bringing yoga to schools in central Indiana … These students are learning how to focus on their breath while physically moving through yoga postures during guided instruction. They also learn meditation skills to help improve their ability to focus in school and better handle the stresses of social and academic pressure.”
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Indiana Design Center, 200 S. Rangeline Road (Carmel), 317-440-5624, $60, indyyogamovement.org IYM Donation Yoga Class April 23, 10 a.m. Ms. Reilly is sticking around to teach a donation class. Reilly’s bio: “Mary Reilly, a senior certified Iyengar yoga instructor who studied under the world renowned B.K.S. Iyengar, has been teaching since 1982, and also teaches nationally, offering retreats and workshops in addition to her regular schedule of classes. B.K.S. Iyengar, founder of the style of yoga known as Iyengar yoga was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. Iyengar was a prolific author of many texts such as Light on Yoga and has been credited with popularizing yoga first in India and then around the world. Reilly was granted the Intermediate Senior II certificate personally from B.K.S. Iyengar before his passing in 2014.”
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Monumental Yoga June 21, 4:30-8:30 p.m. It’s back, this time for the summer solstice. Under the guiding hands of a group of yoga enthusiasts that includes our pal Cassie Stockamp (you can find her at the Athenaeum Foundation), Monument Circle will once again be turned into “one big yoga mat.” It’s quite the event. The “Yoga Village” with vendors and live music opens at 4:30, with meditation at 4:45, a class at 6:30 p.m. and a family-yoga side class at 6:45.
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ow does a heroin addict who spent his days in crackhouses and his nights shooting up behind his wife’s back recover to become an author and teacher who tells hundreds of students to #bringyourasstoclass? The twelve steps and Ashtanga yoga. Ten years ago, Taylor Hunt’s arms were studded with track marks and his moral compass was scrambled by addiction. He couldn’t hold himself up physically, emotionally, or mentally. He entered his third round of addiction treatment a beaten man, and he made a decision to surrender. That surrender led to the twelve steps, meetings, and a new way of life. Six months later, it led to Hunt’s first yoga class. He dove in, and now he’s one of an elite group of instructors to be authorized to teach by the living master of Ashtanga yoga in Mysore, India. This February, Hunt released his recovery memoir, A Way From Darkness. It’s a confessional tell-all that begins
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with Hunt’s first drink and ends with his most recent trip to India to study with Sharath Rangaswamy Jois, his teacher and the successor to Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the founder of the practice. For years, Hunt didn’t want to share his history. It didn’t fit in with his new world, where he’s married with children, runs a business, teaches thirty to forty students a day, and takes the whole family to India for months at a time to learn the method of Ashtanga yoga. Eventually, he opened up to one of his students, Makaila Roberts, and she urged him to tell the world, so he wrote a blog post that reached more than 50,000 people
and then started writing his book. Hunt learned that his past could be an asset, and that people in the yoga community wouldn’t shun him for it. In fact, they welcomed it. By unpacking the skeletons in his closet, Hunt opened a door for others to do the same and thus begin their own journey of recovery. Hunt will visit Indianapolis for a weekend workshop at CITYOGA, the home of the first Ashtanga program in the city. During his phone interview with NUVO, Hunt was in the car with his wife, Jessica, and toddler-aged son, Isaiah, who added to the conversation in the background. Hunt was home for a few days in between workshops. He’s traveling to more than twenty cities in four countries, making trips almost every week and teaching at his own space in Columbus, Ohio in the days in between. He rarely takes a day off. Why? Because he’s on a mission. NUVO: You’re doing workshops all over the world and touring your first book. What are your goals for this? >>>
<<< TAYLOR HUNT: To touch as many lives as possible. To help people get sober and recover. By sharing my story in an open and vulnerable way, I’m hoping it appeals to an audience of regular, non-addicted people. Everyone can benefit from hearing my story, but the addicted person can also hear it and address their demons. NUVO: What is Ashtanga yoga? HUNT: It’s a method that comes from India, and it’s taught in a way that caters to each individual instead of your “normal” class where everyone gets the same verbal cues. The Mysore-style Ashtanga method individualizes teaching so the practitioner can get really good, really quick. It’s also a discipline practice. We ask for commitment, because we build a practice from scratch so that students are getting better at the physical practice, but also diving deeper into the spiritual and commitment aspects. NUVO: Where do recovery and yoga connect?
“Every time I go to a yoga class, I feel like a better human being. Every time I go to a twelve-step meeting, I feel like a better human being.”
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HUNT: The whole thing connects. I share my recovery story to become a better human being. Every time I go to a yoga class, I feel like a better human being. Every time I go to a twelve-step meeting, I feel like a better human being. By doing right action … I’m able to give back to society. I can look in the mirror and accept my life circumstances and choices and live a better life because of both of those things, both yoga and recovery, coinciding.
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OPENING Midnight Special r A spiritual cousin to E.T., this tender sci-fi tale often radiates with Spielbergian warmth, but it ultimately seems to come up short in the end. Something is missing. However, Michael Shannon delivers a poignant performance as a father with a gifted son (Jaeden Lieberher) — a boy with supernatural powers. The film follows them as they outrun government agents and religious zealots. It’s fun, heartfelt popcorn fare, but it could’ve been something a bit deeper.
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Paper Towns April 26, 7 p.m., Based on the best-selling book by Indy favorite John Green, this coming-of-age drama follows a young man as he hits the road in search of his dream girl. The film is playing as part of IU Cinema’s series, “Human Connectedness in a Time of Need.” Featuring films that explore depression in young adults, this series “exposes the importance of network connections as a way of eliminating stigma of mental health.” These screenings are sponsored by IU Bring Change 2 Mind, Union Board and Culture of Change.
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Italian Film Festival and Conference: Franco Maresco Apr. 20-23, Presented by IU’s Department of French and Italian, this is the seventh annual film symposium on new trends in contemporary Italian cinema. Filmmaker Franco Maresco will present four of his films, all of which explore eccentric Italian men on the fringes of society — mafia bosses, jazz musicians, actors and filmmakers.
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he title of Richard Linklater’s beloved 1993 celebration of youth, Dazed and Confused, came from a Led Zeppelin song. Everybody Wants Some!!, billed as the spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused, comes from a Van Halen song. The song may have great meaning to Linklater, but it’s a terrible movie title. So clunky!! The movie, however, is a doozy – funny, entertaining and insightful without making a fuss about it. Where Dazed and Confused dealt with high school life in the ’70s, Everybody Wants Some!! looks at college life in 1980, just a few days before classes start, as Jake (Blake Jenner) – a young pitcher – arrives at the off campus house where the baseball team lives. As Jake gets acclimated, you get to play Jane Goodall with the primates in their natural habitat. You will encounter McReynolds (Tyler Hoechlin), a self-satisfied alpha male sporting a porn star mustache, Finn (Glen Powell), an affable ladies man, and perennial nice guy, Dale ( J. Quinton Johnson). Then there’s Roper (Ryan Guzman) the instigator, Willoughby (Wyatt Russell, Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn’s boy), who urges his teammates to “just be weird,” dour Billy (Will Brittain) and Niles ( Juston Street), who says he’s “too philosophical for this game.” And look, there’s
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our perception of their behavior, or something. Regardless, don’t sit down expecting typical story arcs, because the movie doesn’t work that way. SHOWING: AT KEYSTONE ART My favorite Linklater films have a RATED: R, e dreamlike quality. From the sublime Waking Life to the controversial Boyhood, people and ideas drift through even a girl with enough screen time space and time. Some consider those to warrant a mention: Beverly (Zooey films pretentious and boring. I like to Deutch) is a fine arts major who bemeander with Linklater and his crecomes close to Jake. ated people. Over the course of the film you’ll see Dazed and Confused proved to be lots of alcohol fueled party antics, ina significant early career stop for Ben cluding a teabagging incident, and the Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Milla duct-taping of several guys to a wall. Jovovich, Adam Goldberg, Parker Posey, Cole Hauser, and Joey Lauren Adams. will tell how the EvYou can read it however you choose Time erybody Wants Some!! cast fares, but they all do fine – as a lower-key Animal House or work here. The vintage an ode to the hours before reality, soundtrack is paced with gems, by the way. rules and routine are imposed on I think this is one of those films that will please the freedom of the young. both mainstream filmgoers and the art house crowd. You can read it however you choose – as a lower-key You’ll witness the primates socialize in a disco, a country bar, a punk joint and Animal House or an ode to the hours before reality, rules and routine are an arts event. imposed on the freedom of the young. The plot … actually, there isn’t much Regardless of your point of view, of a plot to speak of. Periodically, we Everybody Wants Some!! is a highly are shown how many days, hours entertaining production that’s easily as and minutes are left until classes good as its title is bad. n begin. The countdown adds a sense of urgency to the boys behavior, or to REVIEW
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SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF Criminal is a lot of computer-hacking and brain-swapping, but it means well.
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riminal conjures up memories of past movie magic. With Kevin Costner as a psycho killer, Tommy Lee Jones as a scientist and Gary Oldman as a CIA agent, it feels like an action thriller straight out of the ’90s. And for the most part, its stars of yesteryear deliver the goods. Poised to be this generation’s Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds kicks the film off as government agent Bill Pope. We follow him around the narrow cobblestone streets of London as he makes his way to the Dutchman (Michael Pitt) — a computer hacker who finds a way to fire off American missiles with the click of his mouse. If you think that’s a charmingly simple and silly premise, you’re going to love what happens next. Pope dies early on at the hands of Hagbardaka Heimbahl (Jordi Molla), another hacker who’s hot on the Dutchman’s tail. In order to catch him before Heimbahl does, Pope’s boss (Gary Oldman) enlists a scientist (Tommy Lee Jones) to literally pick Pope’s brain and transfer his memories to someone who can finish his mission. Unfortunately, Costner’s character, Jericho Stewart, is the only candidate for this experimental procedure. That’s bad news because Jericho is a loose cannon. A hardened death-row convict, he’s an utter psychopath void of emotion. Despite his violent nature, Jericho is largely the perfect candidate — a blank slate for the CIA to slather with information. And, of course, he has a limited amount of time to help them find the Dutchman before Heimbahl blows the world to bits. With its ticking time bomb scenario in which a criminal is humanity’s last hope, the film bears striking resemblance to John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. Costner even acts a bit like that film’s hero, Snake Plissken, with his gravelly voice and devilish grin. But the true thrill
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of Criminal lies in watching Reynolds’ character take over Jericho’s mind, filling his dark soul with sympathy. This is Costner’s show all the way. Tough one minute and tender the next, he keeps you on edge; you can’t take your eyes off of him. Jericho represents the compelling contradiction inherent in many characters from this genre. Like James Bond, Jason Bourne or Snake Plissken, he has the hands of a killer but the heart of a hero. (Fun Fact: Reynolds did this film because he is a huge Costner fan and Field of Dreams is his favorite movie of all time.) Sure, Criminal has a silly set-up: Computer-hacking, brain-swapping — the stuff of ’90s action fantasies like Face/ Off, Virtuosity and Pierce Brosnan’s Bond films. But like those films, it convinces you to suspend your disbelief and strap in for the ride. And like its main character, Criminal is rough and shaky, but its heart is in the right place. n
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DAY TRIPPER THE PERFECT STONED DAY IN BRIP
Invite a few friends over, maybe for a jam sesh or a FIFA tournament. Get to feeling high, in whatever way works best for you. Maybe you get high on life, maybe you need a jimi thing to slide your way and keep you swinging. Then hop in an Uber, taxi, or other mode of transportation where you can relax and just enjoy the nice breeze and the sun in the sky. Make sure and have some philosophical conversation on the way. But, where am I going? You may ask. You’re headed to Indy CD & Vinyl. Make your way across the creaky floors to one of the listening stations and enjoy sharing your favorite songs with your friends. Hopefully they have some Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, “He’s a wild man.” Your next stop, now that the munchies are definitely kicking in, is the Ripple Bagel Deli. Their steamed bagel sammies are incredible and with all the choices you and your friends will be able to find the perfect sandwich. My personal favorite is one a guy made up for me one time, I asked for The Jackpot and he just made me a sandwich. It’s ham, salami, jalapeño, smoked cheddar, provolone, hummus, and spicy mustard on pumpernickel. Get it to go and walk to the next spot for the finishing touch. Canal Bistro just north of the Rainbow Bridge has the best fries. They’re garlic and feta fries and they’re a bit like eating Heaven. Get an order to go along with your sandwich and head over to Triton Tap on Broad Ripple Avenue. It’s the perfect place to get a locally-brewed beer and the good news is they allow you to bring food from anywhere. Chow down on that delicious fare while enjoying a Railsplitter IPA or two. After this I suggest heading home for a quick bit of inspiration, before heading to your final destination. Now that the sun is down, grab your iPod and headphones and prepare yourself a little playlist, then head over to Butler’s Holcomb Observatory & Planetarium for some star gazing. Lying back in the chairs during the planetarium show makes you feel like you’re blasting off into space. Afterward, in the cool night air of the observatory deck, looking through the telescope at whatever is the focal point of the evening while listening to Starálfur by Sigur Rós and eating Lemonheads (they’re so lemony), will make you realize just how small we really are. — CAVAN MCGINSIE
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es, you could boil some seeds and stems with some Country Crock until it turns green and then use that butter to bake your favorite brownies. Sure, these magic brownies may make music sound better and make Doug Benson’s stand-up routine a little more relevant to your life. But, outside of the fact that these tasty morsels aren’t necessarily legal (for God knows what reason), it should come as no surprise that they’re not very good for you either. Enter hemp, the legal and healthy cousin to your favorite canibinoid — you know, dank kush. You’ve heard of hemp, you may have even heard the term utilized interchangeably with marijuana. However, hemp and marijuana are about as similar as a Chihuahua and a Great Dane. According to a report on Fox News Health, “Hemp is a low THC variety of the plant Cannabis sativa, which is also known as marijuana. While marijuana is
psychoactive and imparts a high, hemp does not do so. You cannot get high using hemp in any manner, regardless of the quantity.” Sorry. While hemp may not lead to as many Totino’s pizza rolls, the uses and benefits (for our world, industries, and human health) are incredible and it is high time you start using hemp in your daily life. While I could write thousands of words on the benefits of hemp and its superiority in the fields of textiles, plastics, paper products, medicines, construction, and the list goes on; or about how, due to antiquated laws, we are only recently able to grow hemp in Indiana and even then it’s only in small doses by a group at Purdue Univeristy. But me, being the food editor and all, I plan on sharing just how amazing this plant is for you and a few places around Indy where you can get a taste of hemp. One of my favorite things I’ve heard about hemp deals with Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. It is said that Buddha survived six years of asceticism
by ingesting nothing more than one hemp seed a day — I would’ve died, I can barely go four hours without a burrito. While this may not be a necessarily true story (it may be, who am I to question Buddha?) it does hold a grain of truth; hemp holds some incredible nutritional values. Hemp’s nutritional aspects are astonishing. The most common way to ingest the plant is through its seeds which have a light, nutty flavor. While, unlike Buddha, you may need more than one a day, a small amount of these tossed into your favorite oatmeal or even in a brownie batter mix will do so much for you. For one, hemps seeds are incredibly high in protein, containing all of the essential amino acids, which makes it a complete protein source. If you were to simply drop three tablespoons of hemp seeds into your meal that would add 10 grams of protein. Not only would it add protein, but according to Livestrong. com hemp seeds, “Reduce inflammation, and getting more in your diet may
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which will cause the omega fatty acids to break down, leading to a rancid flavor. Another option for getting that hemp goodness in your food is by using hemp seed oil. It is a perfect and healthier alternative oil to use in place of olive oil if you’re making a homemade salad dressing. It also It is said that Buddha survived six years tastes great mixed into your air-popped of asceticism by ingesting nothing more popcorn, and it’s way better for you than one hemp seed a day. than the Orville Redenbacher’s pour over butter. Make sure not to cook with that hemp oil start the day with a little heart and mind though, it definitely should be used as boost by adding hemp seeds to your hot cereal or yogurt.” “Bonus: Each ounce [of a finishing oil. If you heat it too much, just like if too much light gets to it, the hemp seeds] contains three-quarters of omega fatty acids will break down and the daily recommended Vitamin E and not only void the oil of its nutritional nearly a third of the recommended zinc value, you’ll also be voiding the oil of its to help boost your immune system,” delicious natural flavor. according to a study on superfood seeds Sometimes you don’t feel like cooking by Time magazine. One thing to keep in mind if you’re pur- or you’re the type of person that finds a way to burn mac and cheese (there chasing hemp seeds to put in your food, are directions on the box!); the good make sure that it comes in an opaque news is there are plenty of restaurants package and that you can’t see the seeds around Indy that serve up tasty hempat all. If you can see the seeds then they inspired dishes. Two of my favorites are are continually being exposed to light reduce your risk of heart disease. They may also help lower cholesterol and blood pressure. Omega-3 fatty acids are found in concentrated amounts in the brain, and may play an important role in helping memory and cognition. So,
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[there will be] retail and grocery events [at places like] Fresh Thyme and Whole Foods. This year, we will be pushing hard (and have already secured several) for restaurants to feature hemp-infused foods, and for breweries [to brew] hemp beer, throughout the week. There also will be opportunities for education, discussion and networking.”If you want to try hemp beer and don’t want to wait for June, you can always get the original, Humboldt Hemp Ale. The toasted hemp seeds in the popular brown ale add “a unique, herb-accented flavor.” So, get out there and try some hemp. Don’t smoke it. Eat it. Drink it. Enjoy it. To learn more about Indiana hemp,
researchers. To give you an idea of how laughable this is, Kentucky (you know, the state that still has dozens of dry counties) now has 4,600 acres grown by farmers and producers. Kentucky isn’t the only place ahead of us, many countries have been legally growing hemp for years, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, and Ukraine. Despite these setbacks in Indiana’s hemp movement, there Hemp seeds are incredibly high in have been many recent steps forward. Just protein, containing all of the essential over a month ago on March 7, INHIA hosted amino acids, which makes them a a Hemp Happy Hour at complete protein source. If you were Fountain Square Brewery. The event was full to simply drop three tablespoons of of hemp related products including a special hemp seeds into your meal that would hemp beer brewed by add 10 grams of protein. FSB. Though you can’t get the beer anymore for the time being, Petty tells me there may be a head over to inhia.com; you can chance to get it again during Hemp Hisvolunteer and help get laws passed tory Week, which is June 6-12. so this important plant can become a This year’s HHW is set to be the bigcash crop for Indiana. Make sure and gest ever, Petty says, “We hope many let your voice be heard and let your people will join us to promote the inrepresentatives know you support dustrial hemp industry during this week; industrial hemp. n
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A: There’s no better time than the present to take action to protect the Earth. After all, this Friday is the 46th anniversary of Earth Day (earthday.org) and we have a few local victories to celebrate too. The main event that thousands of people attend is Earth Day Indiana (find info at earthdayindiana.org) on April 23. This year it’s at Military Park and festivities include a 5k run/ walk or 1 mile run. Meanwhile, throughout Indiana, advocates and volunteers are gearing up to spread sustainability statewide. Like the Indiana State University Earth Day Celebration tonight. Or the Indiana Lead Forum addressing lead threats in our water and soil. My good friends at Pogue’s Run Grocer are celebrating Earth Day with special events every day this week. Wednesday is Reusable Bag Day when you can receive 5 cents off for each reusable bag you use; Thursday is Free Seeds Day when you will receive a packet of heirloom seeds with a purchase of $50 or more; Friday they will raffle off a special Earth Day Gift Basket; and Saturday they’ll take a field trip to Growing Places Indy for a tour. There’s a new web site that compiles local sustainability events called Sustainability Scout (check ‘em out at sustainabilityscoutindiana. org/events) If you are hosting an Earth Month event and you don’t see it on there, be sure to submit it so the rest of us can check it out! Another excellent resource for statewide Earth Month events is the Hoosier Environmental Council events page (find those excellent folks at hecweb.org). PIECE OUT, RENEE
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Rinse it Q: Hello! Can you please explain in more detail about recycling dirty, contaminated items? I lightly rinse out my wine bottles and containers; do I need to make sure there is absolutely no residue from the food or beverage? Thanks! — VIRGINIA A: Hello, Virginia! A light rinse is perfect — no need to scrub your recyclables. The reasons for rinsing are threefold: it improves the quality of your recycling, it limits pests (in your recycle bin and at the recycling facility), and it prevents mold. This can be accomplished by adding a little water and swishing or shaking, or using a spatula to scrape out foods like peanut butter. Sounds like you’re doing it just right! PIECE OUT, RENEE
Staying in hot water Q: Renee, If I flip the breaker on my water heater off in the morning and then turn it on when I return home from work, do I save on electricity or does it use the same amount (or more) to heat the tank back up? — BARBARA
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A: Barbara, This question nearly blew me out of the water. I’m no plumber or energy expert, so I don’t want to get in too deep, but here are my thoughts. Unless you have the tiniest water heater, then unplugging or flipping the breaker will not save on electricity. In fact, it will use more energy to bring the water back up to temperature daily. The two most important things you can do to make sure you’re heating your water efficiently are: Make sure you have the proper size of water heater for your home (check out energy.gov). A water heater that’s too small will have the appliance working on overload and too large of a water heater will be heating extra water needlessly. Keep the temperature set appropriately. Most energy-saving checklists recommend setting the temp to 120 degrees. This is hot enough to kill most germs, but not excessively hot. If you are that concerned about how much energy your water heater is using, you may want to consider a tankless or on-demand water heater. These also come in different sizes with different requirements, so make sure you consult a professional. Other water heating tips: Install low-flow faucets and showerheads, Insulate your water storage tank, Insulate your pipes, and Drain a quart of water from your water tank every 3-6 months to remove sediments (do not start doing this now if you never have before). PIECE OUT, RENEE
Marion Earth Day Celebration April 22, 4-7 p.m. Workshops include “Birds of Prey” and “Recycling Done Right.” The Garden House in Matter Park, 1 Matter Park Circle (Marion), FREE Earth Day Indiana 2016 April 23, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. With more that 100 exhibitors, the event has moved to a bigger space — that’d be Military Park — for “additional exhibitors, activities, performances, and workshops.” Also new this year: “The Recycle Run 5K! Run or walk a 5K route that is mostly along the White River! The 5K begins (at noon) and finishes at Historic Military Park at White River State Park but the majority of the course will take you upstream and then downstream along the White River.” Military Park, 601 W. New York St., FREE Garfield ReForest and the Great Indy Clean Up April 23, 8 a.m. The park needs volunteers — they’ve got 175 trees to plant. Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. and Friends of Garfield Park “need 150 volunteers for this project to dig holes and plant the trees. KIB will be on hand to provide a demo on how to properly dig and plant a tree while also providing gloves, shovels and picks. The trees have been donated by the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, FOGP, and KIB.” They’ll also have COFFEE AND DONUTS at 9 a.m. Garfield Park, 2505 Conservatory Drive, FREE Noblesville Earth Day Arborfest April 23, 10 a.m.-1 pm. “This one-day event will celebrate the community, its trees, the earth, and ways to improve and properly care for them.” Shelter 5, Forest Park, 701 Cicero Road, (Noblesville) FREE Mission Monarch: Celebrate Earth Day April 23, 1-4 p.m. Learn how growing things (like milkweed) help the Monarch butterfly population — and how you can help. Crafts and woodland wildflower hikes are part of the day. Cool Creek Nature Center, 2000 E. 151st St., (Carmel), FREE Martinsville Earth Day April 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. In addition to all the vendors and eats, bike in for a free gift. Jimmy Nash City Park, N. Home Ave., (Martinsville), FREE FOR MORE EARTH DAY EVENTS, get your eyeballs over to nuvo.net.
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GATEWAY VI DROPS AT THE HI-FI ON WEDNESDAY
The weed-themed hip-hop project The Gateway shifts a little bit in concept, form and execution every year. A few things stay the same: bunch of emcees and handful of producers get together in a lock-in, light up and make an album in 48 hours. That album, released for five years on 4/20, is an ode to all things green. This year, one very big thing changed. Sirius Blvck took the reins from Gateway founder J. Brookinz, assembling an Indy all-star crew of producers and emcees for the sixth edition of the Naptown tradition. Blvck (real name: Niqolas Askren) says more than 30 Naptown hip-hop artists stopped in to Southeastside’s Kismet to write and record. The record will drop Wednesday and be celebrated the same evening at the HI-Fi. Gateway producers include Harry Otaku, Mandog, TyjuanOnTheBeat, Makwolf Preach, Knags, Duke Jordan, Mathaius Young, Quazar Makeinu, Dylan Prevails, Freddie Bunz, Clint Breeze, One and Keef. Artists are too numerous to name, but Askren says most of the album will be performed live at the show with sets from New Wave Collective, Maxie, Mathaius Young and Ghost Town, plus appearances by Freddie Bunz, Swan, Jeremiah Stokes, Adrian Bless, Indiana Chief, Nathan Arizona, Ke’ondris, Paigegod, Flaco, Xavier Clark, Duke Jordan, Peteyboy, Diop, Blu Thatbad MF, John Stamps, Grxzz, Lino IV, Oreo Jones, Drayco McCoy and Ejaaz. Askren, the album’s spiritual host, will host the event at the Hi-Fi on Wednesday, with assists from KNags and Mandog. And if you see J. Brookinz at the show, buy him a drink to thank him for bringing the magic of the Gateway to Indy. — KATHERINE COPLEN
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[EDITOR'S NOTE] When you get an email from a Hoosier musician that says, “So, my band accidentally got really big in Lithuania,” you need to hear the story. David McMillin of Chicago-based Fort Frances told me that story. Fort Frances plays Friday at the Hi-Fi, before heading off on a short tour. PHOTO BY JOHN STAMPS
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learned many valuable lessons during my childhood in Southern Indiana, but there are two key pieces that have shaped the past year of my adult life: a love of basketball and a sincere respect for 1990s rap. Before I continue, I should inform you that I am a) not good at basketball and b) not a rapper. I am the lead sing-
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er of an alternative rock band called Fort Frances, and I am mildly talented at jogging. But when I was growing up on Washington Street in Columbus, I aimed to develop my street cred. I wore Grant Hill Filas on the playground. When I wasn’t on the court, I aimed to develop my street cred and bought the Friday soundtrack on cassette. I memorized all the words. In fact, I’m listening to 2 Live Crew’s “Hoochie Mama” as I write this, and I can still
hold my own with these lyrics. The future did not shape up as expected, though. The coach cut me from the sixth grade basketball team. My parents made me play trumpet in the middle school band. Nonetheless, I have carried hoops and hip-hop with me throughout my life, and last summer, they merged to take my band and me on an unlikely journey to Eastern Europe. You may not know us in Indianapolis, just 45 minutes from my hometown. But in Lithuania, we’ve become a household name. This success didn’t happen overnight. Its roots lie in an August afternoon in 2012 when my bandmates and I all put on basketball jerseys we purchased at a Chicago thrift store to >>>
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We played “Summertime” everywhere — like, we even played it in our hotel lobby at 3 a.m. for the staff. But my favorite spot was here in the studio at the Lithuanian National Radio station.
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You thought people in Indiana love hoops? This massive basketball outside a museum in Kaunas shows that our respect for the game may pale in comparison to the home turf of Arvydas Sabonis and Zyrdrunas Ilgauskas.
Who needs Good Morning, America? We were lucky enough to appear on Lithuanian National TV’s Labas Rytas.
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use outside the U.S. The “Summertime” view count was also climbing. And it started climbing faster. The views? Nearly all of them were from Lithuania. After being featured on a few blogs and a major radio station, the song had become a seasonal anthem. Fast forward to summer 2015: The organizers of Loftas Fest reached out to bring us to Vilnius, Lithuania for a prime slot on the opening night of the festival. Even better, the U.S. Embassy in Lithuania helped finance the journey. We were officially a product in a cultural exchange. I’ll let a few of my favorite photos from the trip tell the rest of the story.
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record a video for our cover of the 1991 hip-hop gem “Summertime.” Yes, that “Summertime” — the one made famous by the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff. We released the video that summer, and it hovered near the top of the bottomless pit of the internet. Daniel Tosh featured us on his show, and our fans enjoyed seeing us miss lots of layups and hanging out shirtless on a beach. By the winter, it seemed to sink back into the abyss of cyberland. But something changed the next summer. We started seeing an uptick in interest on our Facebook page and our email list, many of the names featuring accent marks and spellings reserved for
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While we’ve struggled to trace the full course of how we earned a place in Eastern Europe’s popular music scene, ZIP FM played a major part. We stopped by to play “Summertime” and take calls from listeners and fine-tune our Lithuanian speaking skills, which included the equivalent of “hello,”“thank you” and “beer.”
The entire experience in Lithuania felt like a dream, but the show at Loftas Fest proved it was real. Here’s the view from the stage. We played for 3,000 people. (To put this in perspective, the last time we played at The Hi-Fi, there were around 100 people.) When we played the first G minor chord of Summertime, I looked at Jeff, and I don’t think either of us have ever worn bigger smiles. The place went insane. We’ll be at The Hi-Fi on Friday, April 22 to celebrate the release of our new record. It’s called Alio, which is a customary way of saying hello in Lithuanian. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 04.20.16 - 04.27.16 // MUSIC 31
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MERLE HAGGARD AND THE WORKING CLASS
he legendary country music singersongwriter Merle Haggard passed away earlier this month on April 6, his 79th birthday. I've spent the last couple weeks revisiting Haggard's enormous catalogue of recorded work, which includes nearly 50 albums released over the course of six decades. It's been fascinating to re-examine Haggard's work in the midst of the current political atmosphere of the United States. Anger, resentment and distrust of establishment politics have fueled the ascendancy of outsider candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Many in the media have been confounded by what they view as a very sudden and unexpected shift in the attitudes of the American public, particularly in regard to the rise of Donald Trump. Pledging support for an isolationist foreign policy, extolling the virtues of conservative Judeo-Christian beliefs, and voicing serious concern over job losses in the crumbling American manufacturing industry, Trump rocketed to the top of the Republican presidential heap. As a songwriter, Merle Haggard has been addressing issues in line with this discourse for the entirety of his career. Haggard became famous for chronicling the concerns and troubles of America's white working class and poor, a trait that earned Haggard the designation "poet of the working man.” Perhaps if politicians had listened more carefully to the concerns of working class white Americans, as expressed through the songs of Merle Haggard, we wouldn't be dealing with Trump's demagoguery today. Haggard was born in Southern California to parents who migrated West from Oklahoma during the Great Depression. He grew up in serious poverty. His family lived in a makeshift home constructed from a railroad boxcar. At age nine, Haggard's father died, and he spent the remainder of his youth being shuffled in and out of juvenile detention facilities until an arrest for attempted robbery landed Haggard in San Quentin Prison around age 19. "I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole" Haggard sings in his moving 1968 hit "Mama Tried.” Haggard drew artistic inspiration from his difficult past throughout his career. His first three number one records — "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" "Branded Man" and "Sing Me Back Home" — all comment on some aspect of prison life and his conflicts 32 MUSIC // 04.20.16 - 04.27.16 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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with the law. 1968's "Branded Man" is my favorite of these early hits, expressing the pain of an ex-convict attempting to integrate back into society. In early 1969 Haggard racked up his fifth number one record with "Hungry Eyes" a ballad reflecting on the poverty of his youth. A few months later Haggard hit the top of the charts again with "Workin' Man Blues.” "I ain't never been on welfare and that's one place I'll never be," Haggard sings in what would be the first of many major songs he'd pen expressing the frustrations of America's working class. Haggard's next pair of number one records, earned the singer an unwanted reputation as a mouthpiece for conservative politicians. 1969's "Okie from Muskogee" finds Haggard throwing punches against the liberal hippie culture of the '60s. 1970s "The Fightin' Side of Me" is an angry, jingoistic defense of American militarism written during the height of resistance to the Vietnam War. Both of these songs became career-defining hits for Haggard, championed by the Nixon administration and loved by millions of fans across the country.
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Interestingly, Haggard attempted to release two songs around this time that distanced himself from a right-wing persona, but Capitol Records initially refused to issue the work. "There's no way the world will understand that love is blind," Haggard sings on his interracial love ballad "Irma Jackson.” And on the unreleased 1970 tune "Somewhere in Between" Haggard wrote, "I stand looking at the left wing, and I turn towards the right and either side don't look too good examined under light… I stand somewhere in between divided wings." The ability to learn, grow and change is one of the characteristics I admired most about Haggard as an artist. In the final decade of his In the final decade of his career career Haggard's views Haggard’s views evolved in ways that evolved in ways that surely mystified his longsurely mystified his longtime fans. time fans. His 2005 track "America First" criticizes American imperialist military campaigns in A 1969 Atlantic Monthly review of sharp contrast to the "love it, leave it" a Haggard concert in Dayton, Ohio attitude expressed in The Fightin' Side observed the enormous influence the of Me.” And maneuvering far outside singer's right-wing anthems had on audithe realm of conservative respectability, ences of that period: "Suddenly they are Haggard composed a pair of tunes for on their feet, berserk, waving flags and both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. stomping and whistling and cheering… There's as much wisdom about the and for those brief moments the majority American experience in Haggard's isn’t silent anymore.” Sound familiar? songs as you'll find in the work of great While Haggard continued to perform writers like John Steinbeck or Langston these songs up until his death, he often Hughes. In this difficult period of our took the opportunity to distance himself nation's history where many of us are from the message. In a 2007 interview with struggling to understand the psyche of Deke Dickerson for a Bear Family Records our fellow countrymen, Merle Hagbox set Haggard stated he was "dumb as a gard's work – and life – holds substanrock" during this period: "Kids are always tial insight. n smarter than the old folks....they see through our bigotry, and our hypocrisy. And I had a great lesson in life to learn, KYLE LONG that they were already aware of. I believe history has proven them right. The Vietnam War was a hoax, the reason we went >> Kyle Long broadcasts weekly on to war was a lie," Haggard said. WFYI 90.1 FM Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
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The Tillers, Chris Dollar, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+
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Timbre 7 p.m. Harpist Timbre released a stunning double album last year, balancing pop and classical composition beautifully. Chris Dance and The Holy Echo and Kara Breath Treasure will open. Indy Alliance Church, 1930 Woodlawn Ave., $5, all-ages The Oak Ridge Boys, The Palladium (Carmel), all-ages ICON Tribute: Outkast, Jazz Kitchen, 21+
Keb’ Mo’, Thursday at Buskirk-Chumley Theatre ( Bloomington)
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An Americana, Blues and Swing Night, The Chatterbox, 21+ EDM, Wild Beaver, 21+ Rumba Latina, Adobo Grill, 21+
Mumford & Sons 7 p.m. Perhaps the band that’s benefitted the most from the stompand-clap “authentic folk” movement of the mid-aughts – and they’ve got a surprising amount of Appalachian passion in them for a bunch of Brits, too – this show will definitely sell out Bankers, regardless of how pissed old school fans were when they “went electric” on their new album. Hey, whatever, “The Wolf” still rips. Note: This show was moved from Saturday night to Sunday to accommodate a Pacers’ play-off game. Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., prices vary, all-ages FOLK
Kenneth Patton, Chef Joseph’s at the Connoisseur Room, 21+
Jason Wilber CD Release Show, The Warehouse, all-ages
Hit the Lights, Emerson Theater, all-ages
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Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., $10, 21+
Crooked I, Emerson Theater, all-ages
Butler University Choral Concert, Schrott Center for the Arts, all-ages
Jeremy Siskind, Nancy Harms, Jazz Kitchen, 21+
FSDC 420 Fest 4:20 p.m. This big-ass double house fest features two stages and 15 acts, including Potslammer, Avadhootz, Krustal, Mr. Clit and The Pink Cigarettes, Ace One, Azieb Abraha and Sidney Fenix, Cozy Miles, Christian Taylor, Luke Knight, Stormin The City, Evan Snyder, Antique Power Division, No More Flavors, Beautiful Ones and standup from Luke Basile. New albums on tap from Azieb Abraha, Sidney Fenix, Teamgreenwhatup and Potslammer. And it’s all free, baby.
El Cuervo Scio, !mindparade, Midwest Industry, The Root Cellar (Bloomington), 21+
Suited-Up Saturdays, Bartini’s, 21+
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newest music vid was directed by Steven Soderbergh.) Phyllis and Pravada will open.
The Harlequins, Video Grave, Long H Sound, Heaven’s Gateway Drugs, State Street Pub, 21+
Philadelphia Phil and Friends, The Chatterbox, 21+
Sindacato 6 p.m. Like Krampus, Sindacato (Frank Dean, Gary Wasson and Jon Martin) only return to the stage once a year.
The Gateway Vi Release Show, The Hi-Fi, 21+
Datsik, Ookay, Drez 8:30 p.m. The moon orbits Earth, the Earth orbits the Sun, and Datsik orbits Indy. He’s back again this week.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I measure the strength of a spirit by how much truth it can take,” said philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Measured by that standard, your strength of spirit has been growing — and may be poised to reach an all-time high. In my estimation, you now have an unusually expansive capacity to hold surprising, effervescent, catalytic truths. Do you dare invite all these insights and revelations to come pouring toward you? I hope so. I’ll be cheering you on, praying for you to be brave enough to ask for as much as you can possibly accommodate. Gemini
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Göbekli Tepe was a monumental religious sanctuary built 11,600 years ago in the place we now call Turkey. Modern archaeologists are confounded by the skill and artistry with which its massive stone pillars were arranged and carved. According to conventional wisdom, humans of that era were primitive nomads who hunted animals and foraged for plants. So it’s hard to understand how they could have constructed such an impressive structure 7,000 years before the Great Pyramid of Giza. Writing in National Geographic, science journalist Charles C. Mann said, “Discovering that hunter-gatherers had constructed Göbekli Tepe was like finding that someone had built a 747 in a basement with an X-Acto knife.” In that spirit, Cancerian, I make the following prediction: In the coming months, you can accomplish a marvel that may have seemed beyond your capacity. Cancer
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I gladly abandon dreary tasks, rational scruples, reactive undertakings imposed by the world,” wrote Scorpio philosopher Roland Barthes. Why did he do this? For the sake of love, he said — even though he knew it might cause him to act like a lunatic as it freed up tremendous energy. Would you consider pursuing a course like that in the coming weeks, Scorpio? In my astrological opinion, you have earned some time off from the grind. You need a break from the numbing procession of the usual daily rhythms. Is there any captivating person, animal, adventure, or idea that might so thoroughly incite your imagination that you’d be open to acting like a lunatic lover with boundless vigor? Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Difficulties illuminate existence,” says novelist Tom Robbins, “but they must be fresh and of high quality.” Your assignment, Sagittarius, is to go out in search of the freshest and highest-quality difficulties you can track down. You’re slipping into a magical phase of your astrological cycle when you will have exceptional skill at rounding up useful dilemmas and exciting riddles. Please take full advantage! Welcome this rich opportunity to outgrow and escape boring old problems. Sagittarius
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In myths and folklore, the ember is a symbol of coiled-up power. The fire within it is controlled. It provides warmth and glow even as its raw force is contained. There are no unruly flames. How much energy is stored within? It’s a reservoir of untapped light, a promise of verve and radiance. Now please ruminate further about the ember, Leo. According to my reading of the astrological omens, it’s your core motif right now. Leo
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “When I grow up, I want to be a little boy,” wrote novelist Joseph Heller in his book Something Happened. You have cosmic permission to make a comparable declaration in the coming days. In fact, you have a poetic license and a spiritual mandate to utter battle cries like that as often as the mood strikes. Feel free to embellish and improvise, as well: “When I grow up, I want to be a riot girl with a big brash attitude,” for example, or “When I grow up, I want to be a beautiful playful monster with lots of toys and fascinating friends who constantly amaze me.” Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In one of his diaries, author Franz Kafka made this declaration: “Life’s splendor forever lies in wait around each one of us in all of its fullness — but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.” I’m bringing this promise to your attention, Aquarius, because you have more power than usual to call forth a command performance of life’s hidden splendor. You can coax it to the surface and bid it to spill over into your daily rhythm. For best results, be magnificent as you invoke the magnificence. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’ve got a controversial message for you, Pisces. If you’re addicted to your problems or if you’re convinced that cynicism is a supreme mark of intelligence, what I’ll say may be offensive. Nevertheless, it’s my duty as your oracle to inform you of the cosmic tendencies, and so I will proceed. For the sake of your mental health and the future of your relationship with love, consider the possibility that the following counsel from French author André Gide is just what you need to hear right now: “Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.” Pisces
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Uh-oh. Or maybe I should instead say “Hooray!” You are slipping into the Raw Hearty Vivid Untamed Phase of your astrological cycle. The universe is nudging you in the direction of high adventure, sweet intensity, and rigorous stimulation. If you choose to resist the nudges, odds are that you’ll have more of an “uh-oh” experience. If you decide to play along, “hooray!” is the likely outcome. To help you get in the proper mood, make the following declaration: “I like to think that my bones are made from oak, my blood from a waterfall, and my heart from wild daisies.” (That’s a quote from the poet McKenzie Stauffer.) Virgo
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In many cultures, the butterfly is a symbol of transformation and rebirth. In its original state as a caterpillar, it is homely and slowmoving. After its resurrection time in the chrysalis, it becomes a lithe and lovely creature capable of flight. The mythic meaning of the moth is quite different, however. Enchanted by the flame, it’s driven so strongly toward the light that it risks burning its wings. So it’s a symbol of intense longing that may go too far. In the coming weeks, Libra, your life could turn either way. You may even vacillate between being moth-like and butterfly-like. For best results, set an intention. What exactly do you want?
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