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hen Sayra Perez left an Indiana Canine Assistant Network training session at the Indiana Women’s Prison last week, she was in a minor collision — an incident in which she said she was the victim. But not long after the police arrived, she was in handcuffs, on her way to the Marion County Jail. Perez, 21, is undocumented. She made the decision to drive without a license. To many people, that is the end of the story. No more need be said. But to Perez, who has been actively involved in efforts to enact immigration reform, the incident highlights the indignities facing undocumented people, the need to change existing law and a commitment to live unafraid. IMPD answered some preliminary questions for this story, and shared the police report. In short, according to IMPD media relations, the police department exists to enforce the law, not dictate policy. The official line: Officers do not check immigration papers and when they catch someone driving without a license, they issue a ticket. From a law enforcement turf standpoint, such divisions make sense. Immigration is handled and enforced at the federal level. But immigration reform activists point to thousands of deportation cases of people arrested in Indiana where “traffic offenses” are listed as the primary charge, underscoring a reality that for undocumented people, minor infractions often carry major-league consequences. “There’ve been around 4,700 deportations in two years – out of those, 30 percent were for traffic offenses,” said Isaias Guerrero of the Indianapolis Congregation Action Network, which has made immigration reform and support of the undocumented community one of its main priorities. “That’s the outrage: The Obama administration came up with memos saying if you are not considered a threat to the community you should be released – that’s what we’re not finding. We are wondering why this is still happening.” [Guerrero based his figures on information he received from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in response to a Freedom of Information Act Request.] In Perez’s case, driving a vehicle without having received a license was one of three charges made against her upon her arrest — the other two being disorderly conduct and violating rules for a turn at an intersection.
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Sayra Perez next to a mural she painted in conjunction with the Near West Collaborative neighborhood cleanup efforts under a bridge near Warman Street and Oliver Avenue. She said the bird, which is part of the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance logo, symbolizes flying a away from fear.
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her in cuffs and told her that she was being arrested for operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a valid license.” Perez said she was on the phone with her attorney’s office, searching through glove box papers, looking for her registration when the officer approached and said, “I think it’s time for you to hang up and step out of the car.” As she was telling the attorney’s assistant that the officer wanted her to get out of the car, she said the officer
The facts of the case are currently under dispute. The accident happened at the intersection of Girls School Road and 21st Street. According to Perez, she was heading south on Girls School and made a left-hand turn, guided by the traffic signal’s green arrow, when a driver heading north on Girls School also made an east-bound turn and collided with her car’s back right-side. According to the police report, the other driver claimed Perez was speeding “They were raised here and they’re and hit him. Perez points to living in fear … denied an identity, the scrapes over her right rear tire and asks how it is possible which itself is a human right” that she hit him. That debate, however, was — KEVIN MUÑOZ, ATTORNEY quickly overshadowed by other issues that, within minutes, led to Perez’s arrest. Those facts repeated himself a second time and, as she are also a matter of dispute. The police reached for the door to pull herself out, report filed by Officer Robert Lowe culmihe grabbed her arm and handcuffed her nates with him standing beside her car, before she knew what has happening. ordering her to get out several times. “I may have been rude,” Perez said. “But “She kept going through papers,” the I promise you, not till after I was handreport reads. “I ordered her out twice cuffed. I did everything I was asked. Until more. She ignored my orders. I took her by he yanked me out of the car — and I was the left arm and pulled her out of the car. She started yelling that I had no right and violently attempted to pull away. I placed S E E , Q U E S T , O N P A G E 11
As the people of Indy were partying Saturday on the Cultural Trail, the next chapter in the tale of two parties unfolded … Gov. Mike Pence signed Senate Bill 621 , a piece of legislation which, in the next election cycle will eliminate the City-County Council’s four at-large council seats —just as new district maps, designed by Republicans, take effect. Currently Democrats hold all the at-large seats, enabling the party’s 16-13 majority. SB621 also gives Mayor Greg Ballard more control over the budget and appointments to his cabinet and the Metropolitan Development Commission. On Saturday, Pence released a lengthy statement (posted in full at NUVO.net) outlining his decision. “While I am signing SEA 621 because it strengthens the Mayor’s financial authority and protects taxpayers, it is regrettable that this legislation also includes the removal of the four at-large seats on the City-County Council,” Pence said. In response, Council President Maggie Lewis issued the following statement: “I am deeply disappointed in this decision but it is my goal to continue to do the work of the people and lead in a fashion that focuses on achieving results for the city of Indianapolis.” And while we’re on politics … The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday that David Wyser, who worked as chief deputy prosecuting attorney of the Marion County’s Prosecutor’s Office from 2005-2010, has entered an agreement to plead guilty to federal bribery charges. Officials found it suspicious that the Committee to Elect David Wyser (as Prosecuting Attorney for Hamilton County) deposited a $2,500 check from the father of a person imprisoned on murder and conspiracy to commit murder charges the day before that sentence was modified at Wyser’s request. The matter has yet to be played out in court. U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett credited the multi-agency Public Integrity Working Group for its work on the case. The group is charged with investigating charges of waste, fraud and abuse by public officials. Anyone with information on public corruption is encouraged to alert investigators at (317) 229-2443. (NUVO also welcomes news tips on such matters.) From potential jailbirds to actual free birds … Congratulations to Indiana’s peregrine falcons! Atop Kathy Q’s four eggs hatched at her nest Downtown on Market Tower, at least 17 more have hatched statewide and the Department of Natural Resources is watching nearly 30 more. The birds’ successful breeding may lead to their de-listing from Indiana’s endangered species list. Talk about cementing a relationship … Horizon House is celebrating its 25th anniversary as the city’s only day center in service to the city’s homeless population. People and organizations interested in honoring the occasion are invited to purchase a $100 custom engraved brick to be laid in the “Pave the Way “ walkway leading up to the agency’s door. Horizon House serves almost 3,000 people a year offering everything from a place to pick up mail, do laundry and shower to collaborative partnerships that provide medical care and legal services — all from one location. For details on buying a brick, contact Scott Brannon at 317-423-8909 ext. 326 or scottb@horizonhouse.cc. Feed the information flow … Reconnecting to Our Waterways, “a grassroots movement that is helping neighbors strengthen waterways, and in turn, helping waterways strengthen neighborhoods,” is soliciting a stream of information from community members via online survey. Dive in via row.questionpro.com/. — REBECCA TOWNSEND NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 05.15.13 - 05.22.13 // NEWS 9
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QUEST , FROM PAGE 9 already handcuffed. And I thought, ‘Well, I’m already going to go down, let’s do this pridefully — not showing them fear.’ “It is really humiliating. I wouldn’t want my family members, my friends to go through something with this. Just because I don’t have license — even though I’m not at fault — that you can get put away.”
DEEPER ISSUES Some states — Illinois, for instance — issue drivers licenses to undocumented people. Indiana State Sen. Frank Mrvan, D-Hammon, presented a bill to the 2013 General Assembly suggesting that Indiana do the same. It did not receive a hearing. This case has yet to be resolved, and really, to Perez and to her supporters with the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance and the Indianapolis Congregation Action Network, the protests that arose after her arrest are not about a wholesale indictment of the police — it’s about sparking dialogue and understanding. The case to activists serves as a springboard to raise awareness of the challenges undocumented people face in their lives, and that social justice demands change. “With Syra, and the situation that Dreamers face, it’s particularly sensitive,” said her attorney, Kevin Muñoz. “They were raised here and they’re living in fear of deportation and authority, and denied an identity, which itself is a human right.” [The term “Dreamers” refers to young undocumented people who could find a path to citizenship if Congress were to ever act on so-called Dream Act legislation.] Muñoz refers to the wider issue of deportations, which can spring from arrests for minor infractions, as “crimigration.” And he hopes that through more discussion and education, officials will begin to better understand the “humanitarian concerns” that many undocumented people face. Perez moved to the U.S. with her mom and sisters when she was five. The rest of her family already lived here and her grandfather was a citizen. In the late ‘90s, he applied for their citizenship, a process that can take decades. When he died two years ago, Perez said, “the process was put on pause.” She has also applied for the Deferred Action for Action for Childhood Arrival program, which would provide a two-year work permit and a social security number so that she could get a driver’s license. Meanwhile she is stuck in limbo. “People have responsibilities, they have lives, they have children, they have to go to work and it isn’t always at walking distance or a bus isn’t available,” she said. “You can’t always catch a ride. If people could avoid it they wouldn’t do it. You have to try to live as well as you can. There are some things you can’t avoid and some you just have to get around.”
ALTERNATIVE CONSEQUENCES Not everyone makes the decision to drive, a path that carries different consequences. Guadalupe Pimentel is, like Perez, and member of the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance. She said her mother is terrified of deportation and won’t let her drive. “It’s very difficult, if I have to get somewhere but my dad can’t take me,” Pimentel
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Following Perez’s arrest, activists with the Indianapolis Congregation Action Network and the Indiana Undocumented Youth Alliance gathered at the Circle Downtown to hold a prayer vigil and spread awareness of the issues undocumented people face.
Isaias Guerrero of IndyCAN plays Amazing Grace at Saturday’s prayer vigil.
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said. “At times I may seem unreliable because I’ll be late or say I can’t make it. I could try harder, but it is hard. It has cost me, my reputation.” She looks at Perez’s case as an opportunity to encourage the undocumented community to stand up and share their stories — to connect with a larger community of supporters. Ironically, Perez’s arrest happened just three days before the two-year anniversary of her last arrest — in the office of thenGovernor Mitch Daniels. She, Pimentel and other undocumented students were arrested during a sit-in in which they had hoped to have an opportunity to voice to the governor their objections to a 2011 bill that prevented undocumented students from receiving in-state tuition rates. With that arrest came a sense of responsibility, Pimentel said, a responsibility that Perez is shouldering in her current situation. “We need to help people that think they don’t have a voice, because they do,” Pimentel said. “We must share our story to help others. Even though I’m undocumented, I have a lot of privilege. We need to use our privilege to help people with less privilege.” IndyCAN is searching for a place where people can publicly share stories about the victimization that can accompany deportations.
Local Natural History Tom Swinford, a long-time ecologist for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, will discuss local natural history of Marion County by highlighting the flora and fauna of the eight state nature preserves in Marion County. RSVP to Stacy at scachules@conservingindiana.org Thursday, May 16, 2013, Oliver’s Woods Nature Preserve, 8825 River Road, 6:30- 8:00
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(From Left) Erick Gama and Omar Gama, both students at IU Bloomington, and Guadalupe Pimentel from Ivy Tech were part of the group arrested two years ago in Gov. Mitch Daniels’ office.
er bill supporter why lawmakers should bother with undocumented youth when they should be concerned about “our own kids” being able to pay for education. “I hear that often,” Perez said. “What about our kids? And I hate that. I am your kid. I may be adopted, but I am your kid. “When I think about home, I think about here. I don’t remember what Mexico is like; I don’t have anything to go back for.” She was excited that Gov. Mike Pence just signed a law enabling current undocumented students to keep in-state tuition. When she lost in-state tuition, the bills became too much to bear. Now she thinks that she will probably allow her to finish school pre-vet studies. The tuition break will not apply to kids who are not yet in college. “It’s sad to me,” Perez said. “How do I encourage kids graduating now? They just want to go to school. How bad can that be?”
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ehind hi d the h main i campus off Butler B l University, down a steep set of stairs and over a bridge spanning the canal, the university’s past and future lie side by side. To the left is what appears to be an overgrown field, although the golden flowers and grasses now in abundance suggest something sweeter than abandonment: It’s the Butler University Prairie, proclaimed by a sturdy wooden sign to have been established in 1987 by the Holcomb Research Institute and the university. As the sign states, the prairie was intended to serve “as an outdoor laboratory for Butler ecology courses, as a public educational resource, and as a natural area for birds and wildlife.” That research institute, once considered world-class, went the way of so many dandelions under the spray of Roundup: over the years it faded away into a sort of oblivion for retired Butler University science professors to ponder wistfully as a casualty of the university’s shift in direction. But just like dandelions, the roots of that 12
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early mission have come alive again, again in in this this case after lying dormant for some years. Evidence of that new growth can be viewed simply by turning around. Just across a gravel drive is another ecological experiment: The Center for Urban Ecology’s farm, a decidedly different sort of landscape, but one that shares an underlying goal of connecting nature to people. (Beyond that, speaking to more continuous Butler traditions, are the Butler University soccer fields, brilliant green and dandelion-free after recent rains — possibly with the help of a little fertilizer and weed killer. But none of that — no synthetic fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides — is sprayed on the farm itself, except what the wind carries.) The farm’s neatly laid out rows are largely brown on this spring day in late April, although there’s evidence of early plantings. This spring’s bumper crop of dandelions is already robust. They crowd the corners of the fenced-in acreage, sneaking in beneath the chicken wire attached to the slatted wooden fence. Last year’s sun-
bleached mulch still holds the other soso called weeds at bay — at least for now. With a radio tower nearby alongside a super-sized satellite dish, this could be the middle of nowhere, but with a link to everywhere. What did this landscape look like a hundred years ago? 500? The way it looks today is testament to the fact that no purity really exists when it comes to land itself and what springs from it, unless you count human species as natural. This may be exactly what Timothy (Tim) Carter, director of Butler’s Center for Urban Ecology (CUE), would have you recognize: that humans are part of the landscape, and although largely destructive, we are also inherently creative, and therefore have the capability to come up with brilliant solutions to the problems we have created, often unwittingly. So what can we do, Carter and the CUE seem to ask, to celebrate and cultivate our natural/built spaces to make our lives comfortable and yet harmonious with the landscape and all it offers?
FROM FR IDEAL TO REALITY The goal of urban ecology, Carter says, is to “actually improve conditions for humans and non-humans in these places we call cities.” And while he’s speaking of cities generally, his vision is for Indianapolis to be a great big laboratory for some of the ideas he, the university, and community collaborators come up with together. The goal is putting ideas in place that can be replicated elsewhere, but tailored to the needs of individual communities. As an organization operating within the university, but bankrolling its projects through external fundraising efforts and an extensive web of community partnerships, CUE is the hub of a wheel that continues to grow larger. It radiates outward into the larger community of Indianapolis, looking for meaningful ways to bring everyone to the ecological table. But the farm itself is just one spoke on that wheel. Other CUE initiatives include the Make Change water program in the Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood, the Indy Food Fund
and Indy Food Council, the Reconnecting to our Waterways project, a school partnership program between CUE and three Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS Montessori 91, Shortridge Law and Public Policy Magnet, and the Butler University Laboratory School) to incorporate sustainable agriculture into existing educational goals, and the reflective piece, the “we are city” cultural collaboration with Indiana Humanities and IUPUI. These initiatives are in addition to research emanating from the university and an extensive cross-disciplinary internship program on campus that includes a biodiesel program and an overall commitment to reducing net carbon emissions on campus. All of this falls under the umbrella of “urban ecology” — a concept that isn’t new, as the Holcomb Institute prairie attests. But it may be groundbreaking in terms of how Carter and CUE envision it manifesting in the city and beyond.
research can be translated into things like designer ecosystems — green roofs, rain gardens, permeable surfaces for storm water drainage — things that, while they may happen on a small scale, they’re benefiting those who implement them, while doing good things for the environment. In other words, they’re offering more sustainable ways of living in an urban setting, in contrast to those green lawns Carter talked about. As Carter says, “You can’t take humans out of it. Or you can’t just view them as negative. You have to understand them as part of this system.”
URBAN ECOLOGY AWAKENINGS
SLOW-GROWING BEGINNINGS CUE started out as an academic umbrella for the work of research biologists at Butler who were concerned about the impact of the urban environment on its non-human inhabitants (including flora). At that point, CUE was an organization in name only — it had yet to hire any staff, and didn’t have a budget. The faculty includes Travis Ryan, a herpetologist (known around CUE as the turtle guy); Rebecca Dolan, who directs the Friesner Herbarium; and Carmen Salsbury, biology department chair, who studies the behavioral ecology of mammals. “They kind of informally created this thing called the center for urban ecology,” Carter says. “And all they really did was they decided to start doing research, literally out our backyard.” Fast forward to 2008, when they received a grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust to hire a staff person — Marjorie Hennessy — and could budget for an intern program, which Hennessy ran. “As a result of that grant and this program manager being here, the university decided, hey, let’s not only leverage that investment in her position, but let’s create a director position,” recalls Carter. “So that’s how I got here, in 2009.” (Hennessy left CUE last January to take a job in Sitka, Alaska, working for a wilderness conservation society — a connection she made through Niccolas Mink, Urban Sustainable Foods Fellow for CUE, who also co-owns a salmon fishery operation in Sitka. More on that later.) “So the history of the CUE has been very much biological. It was these biologists doing biological research that happened to be in a city,” Carter says. “And I think it’s an important distinction to make. That that’s how urban ecology as a discipline has emerged; ecologists who happened to be interested or living near a city started to do their work in the city. And so they would look at the ways that the city impacted whatever critter or organism they were interested in, whether it’s squirrels or turtles or plants.”
SOCIAL-CLIMBING SQUIRRELS Salsbury, one of the Butler biologists who helped start CUE, has researched the habitats of squirrels in the city. What she found, Carter says, is that assessed property value was the best predictor of the density of squirrel nests: “ So what’s going on? It’s not that squirrels like rich people; it’s like, what are the resources that are at places that have higher assessed value? There’s probably more birdfeeders; there’s more feed for those squirrels to live on.” As with all backyard critters that prefer the
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urban lifestyle but then wreak havoc on our property or invade our homes, as Carter puts it, “we pretend they shouldn’t live here; but where else are they going to live?” From the animals’ perspective, “It’s super easy food. They’re thinking, ‘I don’t have any predators that can mess with me, I can avoid these humans anyway.’ Basically you’re king of the castle. And so when we think about urban wildlife, we have to think about, not just why are they there. … What then do we do about it, and how do we talk to people about it in a way that’s meaningful and interesting?” Take weeds. “We call a lot of things weeds. Weeds are really just plants that you don’t want. That doesn’t mean that they’re inherently flawed or something [think dandelions, or the South’s kudzu], which seems to be by definition what a weed is. But really it’s just because maybe we want a monoculture of turf grass. … So what you’re creating there is a system that has to be maintained. You have to eliminate things. But ecology doesn’t want to be maintained that way. If you would stop fertilizing and cutting your lawn, it would look radically different. … And so that’s an educational thing for people. “And people still might say, well, I really value that; and then you can maybe work with them on, what impact does that have outside of your lawn? How are you impacting the rest of society because of runoff? You have to not just be dismissive of human preference and culture. … You have to be really thoughtful about that.” So while CUE is embedded in biology, it extends far beyond. That’s where the idea becomes an ideal: the notion that scientific
Carter grew up on the south central border of rural Pennsylvania. “Steve Earl has a song that says, ‘Ain’t nothin’ bring you down like your hometown,’ and that’s how I feel about Waynesboro. Whenever I would go back I would be like, ‘Oh, man,’ there’s something about the rural nature of it that was simultaneously great but also didn’t fit me very well.” From there it was on to the other Indiana University — the one in Pennsylvania (no relation to the one in Indiana), and then on to Knoxville, Tenn., where he earned his undergraduate degree in ecology and evolutionary biology. From there he moved to Asheville, N.C., where he worked a couple of years as a carpenter and got married. “That was a very formative time for me in regards to my professional career. I was building these huge custom homes in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains, using cedar, which has zero regard for resource use, for waste. … And the dude that I worked with, he was all into this thing called green building, and I was like, what is that? Whoever heard of that? “And so it was really interesting to be exposed to this [idea that] you could construct or develop in a way that actually is not harmful to your surroundings or the environment more generally. And that led me back to, could I do something academically or in graduate school that would fit that niche, our human-natural system relationship?” This led Carter to graduate school at the University of Georgia’s Odum School of Ecology. “At the time no one was really doing a whole lot of work around green roofs,” Carter recalls. (A green roof is one that is covered in vegetation, which reduces storm water runoff and lowers cooling costs. It can also provide a means of growing food.) “First we built a green roof on campus, which was the first green roof in the Southeast on a campus; and then we studied it from a storm water management perspective, from an impact to urban streams perspective. … And then we looked at the economics of it, and the policy of it.” That holistic approach is a hallmark of how CUE does its work now. Carter completed his doctorate at UGA in 2006, then did post-doctorate work on a habitat conservation plan he developed around an endangered fish species affected by Atlanta’s urban sprawl. “The way we developed the plan was to work and to understand how development practices could be done in a way that both allowed for development to continue but also protected this endangered fish.” Carter also worked on climate change and sea level rise. “Again, how do you get people to care about this kind of stuff? It wasn’t just, we’re going to do the academic research and publish it, but how do we make it relevant for those coastal jurisdictions? Whether you’re a city council person
MAKING CHANGE: ONE DROP AT A TIME Butler senior Mollie Louret loved her work as a CUE intern so much she decided to stay in Indianapolis after graduation. She’ll continue working as a part-time staffer to coordinate the project she’s worked on all year, Making Change Indy. Louret, who comes from a small town near the University of Illinois in Champagne, majored in political science. She had taken Tim Carter’s course on urban ecology, and as she says, “felt really moved by that class … not so much the science and numbers part, but just the connection that we felt with Butler, with the city.” Says Louret: “People talk about this Butler bubble. Students live and eat and socialize within this little campus, so it was really nice to have that course to expose me to some other parts of the city.” Carter asked Louret to become involved as an intern in CUE’s urban waters project, which was funded by the city through an EPA grant. Make Change Indy offers incentives for residents of the Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood to take actions that have a positive impact on water. Residents who install a rain barrel, plant a rain garden, or conserve water in other ways earn alternative currency that can be cashed in at local restaurants such as Duos, Unleavened Bread Café, and also at Freewheelin’ Community Bikes. Although the pilot program is limited to area residents, Louret hopes that, in true CUE fashion, it can be refashioned to fit other communities looking at alternative currency as an incentive for doing good things for the environment. As Louret says, “How cool would it be to have something like this that would be in other neighborhoods or throughout the city to encourage people to shop locally and to do good things for their water?” Learn more about Make Change Indy at makechangeindy.com.
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BURT’S BEES (AND BIODIESEL) CUE intern Jordan Burt knows a lot about bees. A senior from Elkhart, Ind., Burt doesn’t look like your typical beekeeper — if such a thing exists. Burt, a selfdescribed “econ and finance guy,” who also plays for Butler’s soccer team, has approached the bees holistically: that is, ecologically and economically. It was that approach that got the beehive going down on the CUE Farm. After Burt got connected with CUE, director Tim Carter suggested starting an apiary. “So I just started doing research and met a lot of cool beekeepers around town, and by the end of the year we had fully-functioning beehives.” Now, a couple years later, the bees are still buzzing: and while Burt continues to keep an eye on them, he’s initiated another project, also approached with an entrepreneurial spirit. The CUE Farm was given a gator, a small tractor powered by diesel fuel. As Burt recalls, “We were like, ‘Hey, wouldn’t that be cool if we ran it on bio-diesel?’ Again, I didn’t really know much about it; but I was like, hey, let’s do it.” Burt collected used vegetable oil from Atherton Union, and with the help of the chemistry department, converted it to bio-fuel. “We put the bio-diesel in the gator. Worked like a charm. Smelled great.” At that point, Burt and CUE applied for a Butler Innovation grant, and were given $30,000 to expand operations from producing two to three gallons to 2,000 to 3,000 gallons a year. Burt hopes to increase campus usage of the fuel, “to get as many vehicles on it as possible; and hopefully this influences decisions in the long run.” This summer Burt will head to Boulder, Colo., where he’ll work for a start-up incubator. “I’m really into entrepreneurship,” he says.
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From left to right: Nicolaas Mink (CUE’s Urban Sustainable Foods Fellow), farm manager Tim Dorsey, Tim Carter and Butler student (now graduated) Mollie Louret.
or the general public, why should you care about sea level rise? You hardly ever see it; it’s not like it’s a tornado or a hurricane; it’s gradual, but the vulnerabilities are real.” Carter then transitioned into a faculty position at the University of Georgia. And after about a year and a half, he was off to Butler and CUE.
BACK ON THE FARM What happened to Holcomb — the Research Institute, that is? While Carter doesn’t know the intricacies of Holcomb’s demise, he believes that in its heyday “it was a really great asset for the university.” Its primary purpose, he says, was to perform ecological research. So there’s a sort of full circle with the work of CUE picking up in momentum and reach. But this time, that reach is farther, deeper — more intricately connected with a larger impetus toward sustainability on campus and in the city. Near those early ecological roots, the CUE farm awaits its first community supported agriculture (CSA) shares, expected to be ready in a couple weeks; and it begins this year’s growing season with a waiting list. In addition to fledgling plants promising leafy greens and vegetables, berry bushes are already filling out, pushing up to their stakes. Bees are silent in their coffin-like chamber. Crawling strawberry vines have already flowered, evidence that the bees will get to do their thing, and that fruit will follow. Likewise a gaggle of young pear and apple trees, just past the sapling stage, are also popped with green. When Carter and farm manager Tim Dorsey sat down with me a few weeks before, on a blustery day last March, nothing was in bloom. But now, the promise of bounty is in the air. While the Farm is by no means the focus of CUE, it is an important spoke in the ever-expanding wheel. It offers another example of how urban ecology can “work” in the community.
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On that particular day, the three of us huddled in an old smoking enclosure downsized from Lilly Corporate Center and repurposed here as a shelter, or a sort of vestibule, next to the farm gate. Like so many days this spring, the day was unseasonably cold; and the three of us perched on hay bales as I clicked away on my laptop taking notes. Carter made a joke about the resident badger. As Carter puts it, “We’re always interested in ways that not just environmental things can be improved, but also how the whole humannatural relationship can be restored, improved, so that relationship is healthier. And food gives us access to that in a very unique way. “And so whenever you can provide a tangible example of where food comes from, then it does all those things that we holistically understand as urban ecology. It improves the physical environment, as well as the social and cultural system. So that was kind of the impetus behind at a deep level why CUE would even be interested in urban agriculture, or farming, to begin with.” In 2010, a student group was interested in starting a campus garden, and CUE, as Carter puts it, “gave some institutional heft to that.” So they supported the students in finding a spot — that under-an-acre plot down by the soccer fields and next to the Holcomb Institute’s urban prairie — a size that is intentional. Carter asserts that since most people in urban situations who are trying to grow their own food are constrained by land, CUE wanted its own agricultural experiment to mimic (or model) those conditions. If you visit the farm, it’s easy to see how the acreage could be expanded. But, Carter says, “We don’t want to do that.”
BEYOND FARM TO FORK Enter Dorsey, who started out as a backyard hobbyist turned growing expert through the trial and error of growing his own food and working with other local
farms, such as Growing Places Indy. “So at some point,” Dorsey recalls, “my interests had turned toward small scale agriculture … our home gardens were getting bigger, expanding into neighbors’ yards. We were actually doing a little CSA-type thing amongst some friends.” When Carter was interviewing candidates for the farm manager position, he was impressed with Dorsey’s vision of the farm not just in the next growing season, but five or 10 years out. And that fit in well, the farm operating as a living laboratory for smallscale community agriculture, looking for sustainable growing models. As Dorsey says, “I’m growing what the farm’s capable of right now and hopefully laying the table for some more educational programming. At the same time, consistent with CUE’s goals, fostering this sort of sustainable urban agriculture piece.” On Dorsey’s list this growing season are tomatoes, several varieties of summer and winter squash, assorted greens (including several Asian varieties), herbs galore, berries, rhubarb, peaches, apples, and, of course, flowers: poppies, zinnias, marigolds, nasturtium, cosmos, and sunflowers. In addition to individual CSA shares, the CUE farm supplies produce to local restaurants such as Bluebeard, Black Market, and Napolese. (While shares are made available to the general public, as of this writing there was a waiting list. To find out if space has opened up, visit butlercampusfarm.com). With the advent of large-scale agriculture and downsizing (and outsizing) of the family farm, intimate knowledge with growing practices — crop rotation, natural methods of pest resistance, etc. — is dwindling. Farmers like Dorsey see their role as important to the reversal of that trend. The phrase “food security” gets thrown around a lot these days. And yet it’s a real-
ity that speaks directly to that idea of food availability, outside of what the large corporations produce, all centered around vast monocultures of corn and soybeans. If we don’t have access to food grown in California due to a fuel shortage or national disaster, for instance, it is conceivable that a developed country such as this one could experience disastrous food shortages.
FOR HE’S A SUSTAINABLE (FOODS) FELLOW Nicolaas Mink is the go-to guy for the food security side of CUE’s sustainability mission. As CUE’s Urban Sustainable Foods Fellow, Mink’s mandate is to galvanize, energize, and otherwise motivate local food groups to work together toward common, sustainable food-friendly goals. (Mink continues to serve as chief salmon steward and co-founder of his company Sitka Salmon Shares in Sitka, Alaska.) Mink’s position came about after the Indianapolis chapter of LISC (Local Initiative Support Corporation) and IUPUI conducted a food system study for Indianapolis that looked at inventory, needs assessment, and recommendations for the city. Mink’s role is to initiate and facilitate some of those recommendations toward making Indianapolis more “food secure,” which includes making more sustainably-produced food accessible to more people. One of those line items is to “build on some of the successes of the Central Indiana Food Coalition.” That organization was instrumental in early efforts to bring together local growers, producers and other food-focused organizations and individuals who shared a common goal of making more local, sustainable food available to more Indianapolis citizens — not just those who could afford it. But as the group’s funding diminished, the coalition still continued to meet, but without an administrative clearing house. Mink and CUE are helping to bridge that gap. The Indy Food Council, for instance, is taking over the Coalition’s Local Food Guide. Mink and the council will continue to convene the local food community. One of the Indy Food Council’s programmatic initiatives is the Indy Food Fund (IFF), which provides small grants and microloans. The grants and loans of between $500 and $10,000 go to local for-profit and nonprofit businesses that, as Mink explains, are “seeking to create a healthier and more sustainable food system.” What do these programs look like? In true CUE spirit, they’re collaborative, and work across disciplines. For example, IFF funded a partnership between Meals on Wheels and Avec Moi to develop locally grown and produced, healthier senior meals that will be delivered by Meals on Wheels. Issues of Indy’s food system on the whole, Mink says, fall into four general categories: sustainable local growing; nutrition, health and well being; hunger and social justice; and community and economic development. If it seems unwieldy to lump all these concerns into one catchall category — food systems — that’s because it is. But Mink boils it down more simply: “So our vision, then, at the Food Fund, and with this emerging Food Council, is
to have a food system that really provides healthy and nutritious food for everybody, than enhances ecology and that provides meaningful economic and civic opportunities for Indianapolis’ residents.”
ECOLOGICAL SOUL SEARCHING Ironically, while Carter was doing his sea-level rise visualization work at the University of Georgia, the earliest paper he could find that did a national survey of sealevel rise in the country was done out of the Holcomb Research Institute at Butler. When Carter tells me this, we’re sitting in a gazebo at Holcomb Gardens, near the Holcomb Institute’s former home on campus (which now serves as the business school). “I would always say — whenever I would give these talks on sea-level rise — so there’s this long history of sea-level rise research happening at Butler.” As we talk, the buzz of riding lawn mowers and weed trimmers drowns out the birdsong that is usually the soundtrack here — a reminder that much work is to be done if the tide is going to shift, even within the university itself. And that is one of Carter’s and CUE’s major goals: to make good on Butler President Jim Danko’s signing off as one of 674 universities who have pledged to eliminate net emissions of greenhouse gases (in other words, to become carbon neutral). “There’s great potential and great momentum toward campus sustainability leadership here. In five years, we could really have a big cultural shift that has happened. We could look back and say, culturally, the Butler campus recognizes the campus as its environment … the whole of campus is this human natural system that we need to think of comprehensively.” But change can happen slowly, Carter acknowledges. “The scale of Butler is just not as big as the city, but it can be profound when you think of campus as the laboratory extending into the city, and the city as the laboratory extending into all cities as these really important environments.” The lawn mowers stop, and for a few moments, the birdsong takes over, soon replaced by the sound of an airplane overhead. Carter is thoughtful as he looks around and considers the gardens themselves. Even these gardens, which have been maintained in much the same way for decades — not much seems to have changed appearance-wise, other than the size of the trees — provide an opportunity for change. The building which sits at the entrance, in need of a major makeover, could offer a gathering place for those interested in exploring and furthering CUE’s goals. As Carter puts it, “I think part of leadership is taking stances that can be challenging to people’s presumptions about the world. And that, I think, is what we can do here.” NOTE: To find out more about CUE’s collaborative project “we are city,” including city-relevant briefings and information on this August’s summit, visit wearecity.us. To learn more about CUE in general, visit butler.edu/urban-ecology.
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NUVO: How do you move beyond the binding of one partner to what is a more balanced relationship? HOCHOY: In same-sex partnering there is a lot more equality. The men aren’t always lifting and supporting the women.
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gor Stravinsky’s searing dance cantata Les Noces (The Wedding) caused quite a stir when it premiered in Paris on June 13, 1923 — due to both its proto-feminist choreography by Bronislava Nijinska and Stravinsky’s typically intense score. This week will perhaps see some more pot-stirring when Dance Kaleidoscope premieres a same-sex intepretation of the cantata choreographed by its artistic director, David Hochoy, with the aid of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Njinkska’s choreography for the piece was dark, reserved and implicitly critiqued the notion that a woman’s duty is to marry. Hochoy departs from Njinkska’s constrained world to open up a new frontier defined by openness, equality and uplifting spirituality, where same-sex partners are openly affectionate and sensitive to each other’s hopes and fears. He replaces Nijinska’s rigid movements with expansive and fluid choreography that features ten dancers paired as same-sex couples, with an eleventh assuming the role of the official performing the marriage rites. During a May 3 rehearsal, it was evident the dancers were working into and out of the music to define their relationships to the piece. While the music is patently not pretty, the dancing transcends to show the qualities of grace. When Dance Kaledioscope premiered a portion of Les Noces during last month’s Butler ArtsFest, Hochoy admitted, in introducing the excerpt from the stage, that it might have been the hardest work he’s ever tried to choreograph, despite having already worked on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: “It is difficult to navigate through Stravinsky’s music. You have to count until it becomes part of you.” He told us more about the challenge in a recent interview.
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HOCHOY: We don’t have any parents in the piece. Only a kind of priest/shaman/elder who presides over the marriages. NUVO: What other challenges are you dealing with in creating this work? HOCHOY: The major challenge was trying to decipher the music, and seeing how it could fit the idea, and then sustaining and developing it through the piece to a satisfactory ending. I didn’t want it to be a political piece. I don’t want to say samesex marriage is good or bad, but simply to present it. Amazingly, it still is shocking.
NUVO: Why is it important for an audience member to experience this new work? HOCHOY: Stravinsky was a genius, and a little bit crazy. The score is very layered and also has a lot of vitality. I think we have captured the essence of something that is very individual and unique to Dance Kaleidoscope, and which is reflected in the dancing, and also in the dancers. It is a piece that redefines them in a wonderful way. NUVO: How are you able to leap beyond the original structure of the ballet with a female/male marriage? HOCHOY: I restricted myself to using same-sex couples and partnering, and listened to music a lot. I created a structure that was congruent with the existing ballet libretto, and then took it to places that seemed to fit.
REVIEWS 4000 Miles t Amy Herzog’s character-driven dramedy 4000 Miles, making its Midwest premiere at the Phoenix, unfolds as a mystery where fragments of tragedy and dysfunction fit together like puzzle pieces that lock into place only in the final minutes. When Leo turns up by at his grandmother’s Manhattan apartment after a 4000mile trek by bike, he finds there an unexpected guide to maturity in the aging, yet animated Vera. As Leo and Vera, Andrew Martin and Martha Jacobs have a synergistic relationship defined by inborn love and driven by their tenuous term as roommates. Director Bill Simmons elicits nuanced performances from the duo, but fails to deliver on short scenes involving women who revolve through Leo’s life. Arianne Villareal is a force as the outrageous art student and one-night stand, and Jacqueline Keyes is natural as the ex-girlfriend Bec, but their scenes lack a subtlety that informs Leo and Vera’s relationship. Design choices drive forward the play but lack originality. Phoenix Theatre through June 9 — KATELYN COYNE Indianapolis Opera: The Flying Dutchman r Stage director Joachim Schamberger wins the accolades in this IO production of Wagner’s three-act opera, The Flying Dutchman. Schamberger employed translucent “curtains” which captured the video while we could see the live cast members backlit through the curtain—a novel visual effect. Bass-baritone Kevin Short and soprano Jane Dutton starred in the story dealing with redemption through sacrificial love. In general, the singing was less impressive than the staging. For a more detailed review visit nuvo.net. Clowes Memorial Hall, May 10 and 12
NUVO: Why is Les Noces important for you to undertake at this point? DAVID HOCHOY: I think it is the most challenging and complex score that I have ever worked on, and that includes a suite of Medieval music that I worked on for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Green Show that was very difficult to count. I think that at this stage of my career, with so many pieces behind me, that I was able to take Les Noces on and not be so terrified of it.
Know No Stranger’s The Hunt Think it would be cool to go on a wild road trip with your closest friends, do crazy stuff all day like flash mobbing, taking pics with random folks, and finding new Indianapolis places to treasure — and then walk away with hundreds of dollars? Then The Hunt, a 24-hour citywide scavenger hunt organized by theater collective Know No Stranger, might just be for you. The primary goal of the hunt is for players to have fun — an entire day of fun — but Know No Stranger also hopes to show players some of its favorite spots in the city and beyond that are otherwise overlooked. And there’s one other ulterior motive, according to Know No Stranger member Michael Runge: “This is like using the city as a performance venue.” The participation fee — $55 per team — will be used toward prize money awarded to winning teams. The list of tasks will be extensive; players can pick and choose tasks based on team members’ interests, abilities and resources. Sample tasks: Capture a live pigeon (unharmed!). Complete a paint-by-numbers painting. Find the oldest date-of-birth on a tombstone at Crown Hill Cemetery. Teams who play green, using the bus or bikes, will earn extra points. Players will meet at the City Market on Saturday, May 18 at 4 p.m. to receive packets. For anyone considering playing, the statement — “Pardon me but we are participating in a scavenger hunt and wondered if…” — should be used liberally, as it will excuse a lot of silly behavior. Follow Beverly Braden on nuvo.net as she embarks on this adventure with her teenage twins.
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FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO BYLINES Woman’s Press Club of Indiana celebrates 100th anniversary B Y RITA KO H N RKOHN@NUV O . N ET
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ebruary 18, 1913 was a cold day in Indianapolis. But that didn’t keep thirteen women from gathering at The Ayres Tea Room to discuss a hot topic — their right to write bylined (or signed) stories for the front pages of newspapers across Indiana. By the close of their luncheon they resolved to form an organization to bring the women journalists of the state into, as they put it, “a closer fellowship of social and intellectual intercourse.” Thus with Hester Alverson Moffett, publisher of the Elwood Daily Record, as president, The Woman’s Press Club of Indiana became an active entity in civic affairs. “Yes, [the name] is Woman’s, with an ‘a’,” explains Marion Garmel, WCPI secretary and one-time arts reporter for the Indianapolis Star and News. “That’s how they spelled it in 1913, and we’ve kept it that way for spelling — even though we welcome male members to join WPCI in pursuit of excellence in communication for both sexes.” When the WPCI was created, women were on the staffs of newspapers, but in Indiana as elsewhere, they were relegated to the so-called women’s pages, filled with soft stories about society events. Nevertheless, women journalists and authors were attending sessions of the Indiana legislature and paying close attention to issues surrounding family welfare, social justice and the economy. To them it seemed essential for balanced reporting to have all points of view, including theirs, on page one. They were paying particular attention to arguments surrounding the introduction of the first child labor law and treatment of women in prison. Barred from membership in the all-male press club that existed in 1913, they wanted a means to communicate with one another in championing the issues that concerned them, including child labor, education, food safety, mental health, physical health and women in prison, according to reports from the first meeting. At the March 1913 founding meeting the original 13 were joined by 15 others as original founders of WPCI. With ten from Indianapolis, the rest of the state was well represented including two each from Franklin, Marion and Terre Haute; one each from Bedford, Elwood, Evansville, Franklin, Ft. Wayne, Martinsville, Muncie, Peru, Richmond, Rockville, South Bend and Upland. Garmel points out that though the founding members were active professionals, “Many, maybe most, were already members
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of the Indiana Federation of Clubs,” which had been organized a decade earlier. In this capacity they were actively engaged in volunteer service to improve the community and enhance the lives of others, and thus already had a platform for bonding. From the outset member’s interests and activism represented diverse issues, some championing local needs, others devoted to statewide needs. Some zeroed in on care for widows and children that included public health nursing, safe streets and exemplary schools and courts. One spearheaded the establishment of Turkey Run State Park. Some pursued rights for the blind and insane. Not all were suffragists, and some were members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Some served on city and state boards in Indiana — all prior to women gaining the right to vote and run for office with ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
No longer an organization only for women or print journalists, WPCI includes professional communicators in all media from the entire state. Its mission is to advance professional standards, provide the exchange of journalistic ideas and experiences and coordinate efforts of interest to communicators. Seven WPCI members have been inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame, two into the Indiana Broadcast Hall of Fame. A founding affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women, WPCI sponsors a communications contest for professional communicators with winning entries going on to compete nationally in the NFPW contest. It sponsors annual high school journalism and prison writing contests and offers scholarships to college students and mature writers planning careers in journalism, according to Marion Garmel, who serves as chair of the 100th anniversary committee. This February, nineteen current WPCI members gathered at the replicated Ayers Tea Room in the Indiana State Museum to raise glasses as current president Elizabeth Granger offered a toast the 100th anniversary. Diversity in interests, work history and location remains, with most in print, broadcast, television and on-line journalism. Some are photojournalists and editors, owners of public relations firms, authors of fiction and non-fiction books. Some blog, author columns or lead with social media. Some teach journalism; some advocate for social justice and environmental issues. While they arrived from all corners of the State and represent hometown interests, all say they are dedicated to mutual support and remaining vigilant to the appearance of diverse voices in the reporting of issues of concern to all the citizens of Indiana.
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This week, Storytelling Arts, in partnership with WFYI and the Indiana Historical Society, launches its Life Stories Project, dedicated to recording, sharing and preserving the memories and stories of ordinary Hoosiers. The project runs from May 22 to Nov. 30 in various locations, beginning May 22 at Madame Walker Theatre Center (four spots remain open for those interested in signing up via lifestoriesproject.net). Storytelling Arts President Ellen Munds says the project was in part inspired by StoryCorps, a national project that, like Life Stories Project, is dedicated to recording stories of everyday people — and then excerpting those stories for broadcast and web publication. But while StoryCorps interviews usually take place between two people who know each other (for instance, a son interviewing a father), Life Stories Projects interviews will be conducted by trained, volunteer interviewers unrelated to the storyteller. Munds says that about 30 interviewers were trained earlier this month to prompt memories, ask questions and record stories. Munds says she’d been thinking for some time about launching something like the Life Stories Project as part of a trend toward incorporating the stories of everyday people into Storytelling Arts programming. Storytelling Arts was founded in 1988 to host a Hoosier Storytelling Festival that largely featured professional storytellers, but even those professionals were, according to Munds, “trying to rekindle” the average listener’s interest in storytelling. In the recent past, Storytelling Arts has introduced programs like the As I Recall Storytelling Guild (designed to aid seniors to recall and craft stories and memoirs) and Jabberwocky (a themed, live storytelling event with an open mic component) that encourage ordinary members of the community to speak their piece. Once storytellers have signed up for hour-long appointments through lifestoriesproject.net, they’ll be provided with worksheets containing storytelling hints and prompts. “We think a lot of people are coming with stories in mind,” Munds says. “But even if someone comes and tells that story, the interviewer is trained to lead people in different directions,” asking a given storyteller to say more about a person or family member he or she happened to mentioned during the course of a story. The Lilly Endowment and Nina Mason Pulliam Foundation kicked in funds to make the launch of Life Stories Project possible, funding the purchase of sound equipment (four portable kits including mics and headphones) and paying for sound engineers and website creation and maintenance. Recordings and photographs will be placed online for a year (provided that a release form is signed), and recordings will be archived in the oral history collection of the Indiana Historical Society. Storytellers will receive a copy of their recording through the mail, and excerpts from stories should be posted to lifestoriesproject.net within the month. Here’s the calendar thus far: May 22: Madame Walker Theatre Center June 9 and July 14: Central Library July 20: Indiana Historical Society July 21: Indiana Landmarks Center
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Division I Men’s Lacrosse Quarterfinals It’s another first for the Amateur/College Sports Capital of the World: Indy is the first city not on the East coast to be awarded games in the Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse Championship. Eat that, Columbus! Lucas Oil Stadium, May 19, noon and 2:30 p.m., $15-30 Indy Bike Polo Polo + bikes = eco-friendly fun. Summer matches take place Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. and Sundays at noon at 46th Street and Haverford Road. New players are invited to take part, as equipment is shared, but it also makes for a great spectator sport for the faint of heart. The friendly games offer another way to get some exercise without realizing it. Arsenal Park; Sundays at noon; Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.; FREE Buffalo Bisons at Indianapolis Indians The year has again started off well for the mighty Indians, who lead the International League’s West division (Indy being the furthest point West in the entire International League), once again beating up on divisionmates like the too-proud Columbus Clippers and the unfortunately-named Toledo Mud Hens. The Bisons (leading the north division) are in town this week for a four-game series that includes a May 16 11 a.m. game perfect for lunchtime field trips. Victory Field; May 15, 1:35 p.m.; May 16, 11:05 a.m.; May 17, 7:15 p.m; ticket prices vary
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lucid dream, where you are engaged in a massive party, see nearly everyone you know and surreal events just keep unfolding. Congrats to Brian Payne and the entire team who put this amazing celebration together. It was Indianapolis at its finest.
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Virginia Ave. restaurant Tortas Guicho Dominguez plays host to a Mayan dance demonstration; the exceptionally tall Stephen Pohuski, part of the Project in Motion dance troupe, takes a breather; street drummers bang away outside of Embassy Suites; and the Broad Ripple Marching Band gets down downtown.
Indy AlleyCats The city’s ultimate frisbee team is presenty professional p ing enjoying a bye week to recover its spirits after dropping three games in row. They return to action on their home turf against division rival Cincinnati Revolution. Kuntz Stadium, May 18, 7:30 p.m., $10 adult, $6 kids
National Robotics League Championships The National Tooling & Machining Association will be bringing robot mayhem to Indianapolis with the 2013 National Robotics League Championships. This is the NRL’s third year in Indy, but they’ve got something new in the gears: this year they’re partnering with the National SeaPerch Challenge for an aquatic contest. The robot gladiators, all made by students across the country, will be duking it out underwater at the IU Natatorium. The competition helps to introduce students of all ages to explore the technology and skills that are shaping our future — that, and it’s just plain cool. May 17-19, IUPUI, 420 University Blvd., FREE
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Pictured: Travis DiNicola INDY READS Indy Reads is a laudable, long-standing nonprofit organization dedicated to solving the problem of adult illiteracy in Central Indiana. Indy Reads trains volunteers to tutor adults who come forward to improve their literacy skills. Over the years, Indy Reads has produced a number of programs, from spelling bees to scavenger hunts, in an effor t to help people better understand the dimensions of adult illiteracy and to raise the funds needed to address the issue. But they took it up a notch or two with an ambitious venture that literally places Indy Reads on the city’ s map: a bookstore called Indy Reads Books. Not only is it a constant, on-going fundraiser for Indy Reads, it’ s also the city’s only Downtown bookstore, and a destination for all things written and spoken word.
Pictured: Tyler Gough INDY URBAN ACRES The locally grown food movement in Indianapolis continues to flourish, and Indy Urban Acres is an exemplary addition. This eight-acre organic farm donates 100 percent of its har vest to families in need. In 2012, over 35,000 lbs. of fresh organic produce was grown; each one of those pounds represents a main course or a side dish, but also security in a food-insecure world. In addition, over 1,000 kids visited Indy Urban Acres in 2012, seeing for themselves how food is grown — and how to grow their own. Add in the 500 or more volunteers and you can see how this establishment is a true community effort to provide nourishment to those who might not otherwise have access.
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Star Trek into Darkness Director J.J. Abrams is once again helmsman on this twelfth installment of the Star Trek series, with much of the cast from 2009’s Star Trek reprising their roles. It’s in 3-D (having been converted in post-production). In wide release. (PG-13)
CONTINUING Peeples u Craig Robinson, so good in numerous R-rated comedies and as Daryl in The Office, is wasted in this toothless PG-13 Meet the Parents knockoff. Robinson’s character Wade crashes the Peeples family reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their daughter Grace’s (Kerry Washington) hand in marriage; Daddy David Alan Grier objects. It could have worked if the characters had edges, but blandness prevails. (PG-13) — Ed Johnson-Ott
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hen the Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby opened Friday, the movie didn’t simply appear on the cineplex screens – it exploded through the theater walls like the Kool-Aid mascot, that giant, destructive glass pitcher lummox with a smile permanently affixed to its icy face. Luhrmann’s take on the novel is filmed in Annoy-a-Vision, an everything-andthe-kitchen-sink approach where the filmmaker ladles excess on glitz on clutter on razzmatazz, covers the whole thing in jimmies and glitter and then uses his camera to whoosh from here to there because God forbid anyone has to wait even a whole instant for their visual gratification. The story is set in the 1920s but the music is contemporary – all the better to draw in the CW audience, my dear. Three defenses for the decision: One, the sounds may be different, but the tone matches the times. Two, in a film so packed with artificiality, what difference does it make? Three, orchestras weren’t common during the days of gladiator flicks, but we didn’t get fussy about that. So there you go. On the off chance the visual and aural assault isn’t enough to make smoke come
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out of your ears, the film is also available in 3D. If you’re a fan of the process, let me assure you it is not used well enough to justify paying the extra fee. Because everything, including the backgrounds, looks so phony, shots of the actors look like they were blown up from View-Master reels. Now I have fond memories of ViewMaster discs (did you know they once had Star Trek episodes on View-Master?), but a whole movie filmed that way is not a treat. So what about the story and the people? Luhrmann’s take on Fitzgerald’s classic book is surprisingly faithful. In the film’s bookends, we even see lines from the book onscreen – floating in View-Master 3D, natch, the way Fitzgerald would have wanted. The plot (for those of you who managed to dodge the book in high school): Nick (Tobey Maguire) moves from Minnesota to New York in 1922 to learn about bonds. He rents a place on Long Island next door to a mysterious figure named Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), a wealthy Yaleeducated recluse who throws lavish parties
Luhrman’s Gatsby tears through the screen with Kool-Aid Man-like grace he usually doesn’t attend. While visiting his cousin Daisy (Carey Mulligan) and her husband Tom (Joel Edgerton), who live across the lake, Nick meets Jordan (Elizabeth Debicki), a cynical friend of theirs. Nick gets invited to one of Gatsby’s parties where he meets the legend and learns that Gatsby had a relationship with Daisy years earlier and desperately wants to win her back. Complications ensue. I’ve talked with people that were greatly affected by the plights of the characters in this iteration of The Great Gatsby. I felt no emotional connection with the players, not for a second. Most of the time they didn’t even seem to be interacting with each other – rather, they appeared to be reciting lines while posed oh-so-carefully like paper dolls in Luhrman’s elaborate dioramas. Leonardo DiCaprio does what he can with the title role. Early on, he exudes a Citizen Kane vibe despite a shaky accent and the frequent and thoroughly unconvincing use of the phrase “old sport.” His persona grows more ragged as the story progresses, which is appropriate. Tobey Maguire, thankfully, only exhibits his infuriating smirk once or twice. Alas, the rest of the time he is simply there, a flat outsider. Again, neither actor should be judged too harshly. How hard it must have been to establish depth of character in Baz Luhrmann’s wading pool of an adaptation.
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Alison Klayman’s 2012 documentary, which follows the multimedia artist from his work on the Beijing National Stadium through his detention by the Chinese government, plays the Toby this weekend in concert with an exhibition of his work at the IMA. The Toby, Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 16-18, $9 public, $5 member Italian Film Festival A showcase for new Italian film closes out Saturday with Tormenti (12:30 p.m.), a 2011 film set in 1930s Italy and consisting of static, graphic novel-like sketches with a soundtrack provided by well-known Italian actors; and E Stato il Figlio (3 p.m.), a family drama that won best cinematography at the 2011 Venice Film Festival. Central Library, May 18, FREE Vintage Movie Night: House of Mystery Film historian Eric Grayson dredges up a 1934 mystery by Poverty Row studio Monogram, starring Ed Lowry, Verna Hillie and an ancient mansion with a dark secret. Garfield Park Arts Center, May 18, 8 p.m., $4 Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes will drop by Monday with their new animated film, which is produced by Mewes, directed by Steve Stark and based on characters created by Smith. A Q&A will follow the film; given Smith’s well-documented talents as a storyteller, it should be worth the cost of the ticket alone. Clowes Memorial Hall, May 20, 8 p.m., $40-55 (plus fees)
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May has been declared Session Beer Month by a contingent of craft beer lovers led by beer writer Jay R. Brooks, whose Brookston Beer Bulletin appears daily at brookstonbeerbulletin.com. Brooks defines session beers as 4.5 percent alcohol by volume or below, calling them “beers that need not be analyzed, dissected, sipped, or sniffed in abundance” and “delicious beers that not only enhance a good conversation but can extend it through multiple rounds.” Often referred to as “lawnmower beers,” they are particularly refreshing after an hour or more of modifying your lawn to match that of your neighbors. Beer Buzz welcomes your comments concerning your favorite low alcohol craft brew. From the earliest days my go-to session has been Broad Ripple Brewpub’s Lawn Mower Pale Ale. Its sunny yellow color soothes by sight, and its slightly but delicately hopped flavor makes for a thirst-quenching clean finish. At 5 percent ABV Jay Brooks would consider it an “extreme session,” but I’ll not waiver, remembering that savoring craft beer is very personal. Email your “go-to sessionable brews” to rkohn@nuvo.net. American Craft Beer Week events May 15 The RAM Fishers: 92.3 WTTS Tapping Tour to kick off American Craft Beer Week, 5 p.m., tapping the 2012 GABF Medal-winner, Anaheim IPA, with WTTS giving out their Spring New Music CD. Sinking Ship: Triton Tap Takeover and Pink Ribbon Saison Tapping, 7 p.m., a Belgian-style pale made with white and pink peppercorns and coriander. May 16 Black Acre Brewing Co: Girls’ Pint Out and Girls Rock! Indianapolis, 6-9 p.m.; dress as your favorite rocker for the costume contest; $5 donation to raise money for Girls Rock! (girlsrockindy.com). Flat 12: Double Pogue’s Reserve, a Special beer to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Pogue’s Run. More at flat12.me. Red Lion Grog House: Triton Tap Takeover & Pink Ribbon Saison Tapping, 6:30 p.m. Triton Brewery: American Craft Beer Week Tapping, 5 p.m., featuring a bourbon barrel beers and sweet and spicy Pink Ribbon Saison. May 17-18 Ninth Annual River Roots Music and Arts Festival on the Ohio River, just south of downtown Madison, featuring Ben Solee and The Carolina Chocolate Drops and introducing Christine Balfa and Balfa Toujours; beer garden with Upland, New Albanian, Great Crescent, Powerhouse and Sun King; more info at RiverRoots.org.
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Hoosier Momma breezes into spring with new marg mixes, first pitches BY KAT HE R IN E C OP LE N • KCOPL EN@NUVO.NET
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hen we caught up with the Bloody Mary-makin’ ladies at Hoosier Momma they were gearing up to throw the first pitch at the Indianapolis Indians game on Mother’s Day. How did they prepare? Indy-based founders KC Cranfill and Erin Edds had different strategies. Edds practiced in the front yard with her husband; Cranfill got a fresh manicure –– in Indians red, of course. They’ve come a long way since they created their first batch of Bloody Mary mix, mixed up and served by Edds on a Saturday morning at the Indy Winter Farmers Market in 2010. Now, they count celebrity chefs like Ted Allen and Art Smith among their admirers, and have converted many brunch and lunch restaurants in Indy and beyond to Momma devotees. Their mixes populate the parties thrown for Indy’s many major sporting events. And they’ve spread out across the country, too: Hoosier Momma distributes in stores and bars across the Midwest and is represented on the East Coast by co-founder Cat Hill, who currently lives in Connecticut. Not bad for three years in the biz. So what’s the big deal? Anyone can mix tomato juice and vodka, but a real homemade Bloody Mary is a difficult drink to prepare; equal parts smoky and spicy, with exactly the right kind of tomato juice required — and then there’s the question of garnishes. It’s been called the world’s most complex cocktail for a reason. We much prefer to let the ladies of Hoosier Momma provide an already perfected drink mix. And provide they do: now, Hoosier Momma offers a spicy mix along with the original, and, new this year, two kinds of margarita mixes. And even though you can now find them in a Louisiana Walmart, they’re Hoosier to the core — right down to the mix’s bottles, which are modeled after the vintage milk bottles enjoyed by winners of the Indy 500. They answered a few questions collectively via e-mail. NUVO: How is the perfect Bloody Mary prepared? MOMMAS: A Bloody Mary is one of the most complex cocktails out there. It plays on all of the five basic tastes: sweetness, sourness, saltiness, bitterness and umami. There is no one perfect way to prepare a Bloody Mary. It is all up to the mouth of the drinker. NUVO: Can you give us a few secrets about the preparation? We want to become cocktail pros. MOMMAS: When it comes ingredients, fresh is always best. Always use clean, recently made ice, [because] old ice tends to hold flavors and odors from the freezer. Don’t be intimated by the mixology trend; prepare what you know will taste great!
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NUVO: When’s the perfect time and perfect weather to drink a Bloody Mary? What’s the perfect venue for a Bloody Mary? MOMMAS: On a Sunday afternoon in the low ‘70s on a deck out by the water. For venues: Tailgating or brunch are great Bloody Mary-drinking venues. We always say that a Hoosier Momma Bloody Mary makes day drinking acceptable. NUVO: What’s the most insane garnish you’ve seen on a Bloody Mary? The garnish debate can get pretty contentious. MOMMAS: We’ve seen herring, sliders, pickled vegetables, olives, celery and cheese in a Bloody Mary. Our friend Ben of Benny’s Bloody Mary Beef Straws makes beef straws (similar to a hollowed-out Slim Jim) for them. They are fun to serve because of the great naughty comments we hear. NUVO: What’s the advantage of being a gluten and vegan product? MOMMAS: We are produced at a gluten free facility right here in Indianapolis. By being gluten free and vegan there is nothing in our mixes that limits consumers; it appeals to everyone. The low sodium and low calorie count doesn’t hurt either. NUVO: It’s been just over a year since you
launched the margarita mix. How many margs have you collectively drank this year? MOMMAS: We love doing our margarita “research,” so it would be well into the hundreds. NUVO: You are three successful women running an independent business. What advice would you give to young women entrepreneurs looking to start their own business? MOMMAS: Don’t do things the way they have always been done. Look at things from a different perspective. And don’t let anyone tell you it can’t be done. Remember: never get too high or get too low. Maintain a steady course.
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Tortas Guicho Dominguez y El Cubanito A torta is an Hispanic sandwich that’s often quite small. The only thing small about this excellent sandwich shop is the space. From the menu to food itself, “big” is the operative word. It takes two hands (and plenty of napkins) to manage one of these creations. The foundation is baked telera, a light bun that measures six inches across, but, when stuffed, seems like it could pass for a shuffleboard puck. The telera comes packed with a variety of meats, like smoked pork and chorizo sausage, as well as cheeses and veggies. Bring an appetite. 641 Virginia Ave, 658-0735, tortasguicho.com Mama Irma Mama Irma’s food, make no mistake about it, comes straight from the heart. The interior of this tiny Peruvian restaurant in Fountain Square is simply but colorfully decorated in gold and burgundy; the atmosphere, comfortable and inviting. Servers are effusively friendly and extremely helpful. And the ceviche, composed of squid, shrimp and tilapia, is truly remarkable. A touch spicy and seasoned with just a few flakes of cilantro and thin slices of marinated onion on a bed of a lightly dressed slaw, it’s a meal in itself. 1058 Virginia Ave., 423-2421
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rank Schweikhardt’s second studio album Kitchen Table is big-eyed and hushed; an honest, simple dip into the steady perceptions of this Midwestern musician. Standout tracks include “Motel,” with its soft pick electric guitar, paced percussion and lulling space between lyrics. The track sets the album’s precedence, seems to take us back, give us the perception of our world before us with this steady beat toward some sort of understanding. Kitchen Table keeps us driving, rocking back and forth with a sense of speeding down an open road. That open road is a constant character in Schweikhardt’s life as a former tour bus driver, and thus a character introduced to us, his listeners. Third track “Marble Mountain” alludes to Vietnam, where the artist spent six weeks stacking mile upon mile on a motorbike. “I walk through the valley / Was it the shadow of death / You walk through the valley / It was something like death.” The track asks the listener to curl into the coaxing hush of deep vocals, feel these extra miles away, the depth in repetitive lyrics. “Budapest” is similar, but more upbeat, a churning track contrasting the similar, sleepy vocals. “Woke up slow on the train / Looked out for an hour / Didn’t brake, the ground was rolling.” But tracks like “Cottage Grove” bring us — the Midwesterners — home, all those miles spinning back on themselves to present the front porch, the kitchen floor, maybe the familiar kitchen table. “You should come down to my town / It’s not too far / We can sit on the front porch or walk around.” The lyrics are repetitive, like the others, but there’s something less sure about them: like being at home, living in this familiarity, causes a yearning for an “other.” The journey is over: here is my front porch, here is my Indiana (no surprise either that Cottage Grove is a road in Schweikhardt’s current home of Bloomington). The familiar electric guitar picking builds
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up, ascends momentarily into a full gasp of sound, a revelation from the previous thoughtful pluckings. It yields a disconnect from what is being said and what is being felt: how very Midwestern. This assurance of sound yields an assurance of emotion, that these hushed words meant something, they mean something. And the album, appropriately, convenes at “the end of the road.” Final track “The Kingdom” strums to a melodic halt in its center, but a raspy, hushed Schweikhardt creeps in, tells us that “like a wheel in the mud, it won’t go.” The consistent strums, tapping along percussion, yield this sense of continued repetition. The rolling of the tire. Kitchen Table is full in its empty space: the space between words, beats, strums; the space between people, between here and home. It’s Schweikhardt’s journey to find that space and feel it, to give it to you to feel it too. Lean into that open air. Here’s a few selections from our conversation with Schweikhardt.
stem from the contrast. I probably settled into that like three years ago and I actually haven’t thought about it completely since. NUVO: Yes, I read that you spend a lot of time away. You spent six weeks in Vietnam on a motorbike! SCHWEIKHARDT: I spent six weeks in Vietnam, yeah. I bought a motorbike and traveled about 1,800 miles or so. I was in Southeast Asia for five months. After that, I did some traveling around Europe. There’s definitely a lot of influences on the album from those travels. From like the grand ideas, the perspectives that you get from travelling. One of the tracks in the album alludes to Vietnam, “Marble Mountain.” It’s really personal stuff. You have these things you put on records, like really personal stuff.
PUNK ROCK PROM 2013 AT THE HOOSIER DOME This past weekend, Piradical Productions held their annual all-ages Punk Rock Prom at the Hoosier Dome in Fountain Square, where patrons were encouraged to “dress your best and bring your dancing shoes.” This year featured several pop punk acts, including The Purple Peanut Armada’s last show, girl-punk group No Direction, Pirad favorite Highway Magic, the energetic Automagik and shred masters Diarrhea Planet, who have made this their second consecutive appearance in Indy’s Punk Rock Prom. Plenty of antics were seen throughout the show, including but not limited to: stage dives, crowd surfing, pool toys of various shapes and sizes, kids hanging upside down from a steel beam above the stage, the Purple Peanut Armada’s bass player inviting participants to shave his head on stage, Automagik’s drummer enlisting the crowd’s help to send a Mother’s Day message to his mom, kids rushing the stage to grab a microphone and sing along to their favorite songs and organizing the traditional Punk Rock Prom photo booth. At the end of the night, as also per tradition, all the bands and everyone in attendance gathered around the front of the stage for a group photo. It was the largest one yet. – SCOTT RAYCHEL
NUVO: So [did] this traveling between your first and second album affect the way the second album came out? SCHWEIKHARDT: My last album was a lot more inward –– focused. And intentionally on this album, the root of the songs is more inward, but these songs express themselves more through outward experience. And I think it’s definitely related to what I’ve been doing the last few years and the place I’ve been in. The way I’ve been living has affected the way I think about writing.
NUVO: This week I’ve been getting into the new album. And I’ve been interested in this concept of “staying” or “going” which I feel is encased in your album title Kitchen Table.
NUVO: What is it about the Bloomington music scene that makes you stay?
FRANK SCHWEIKHARDT: The title of the album has been around for a long time. I was really wanting the title of the album to be something that everyone related to in a personal way. Like those words are going to evoke some sort of meaning to anyone. With those songs, it sort of felt like there was a communal essence to those words, what a kitchen table is. The past four years, I’ve been gone a lot. It is something like the contrast between this intimate thing and then what it means to be part of that and what it means to be away from that. The songs
SCHWEIKHARDT: Living in Bloomington, it feels like there’s a lot of support and there’s a lot of encouragement and a lot of people doing similar things. There’s a lot of camaraderie. Specifically with this album, there’s about five or six people that play on the record. A full band album. If I didn’t have those guys to play with, the music wouldn’t be very good. For me, without Bloomington, this album wouldn’t be possible to do. A lot of people want to put in the time, actually want to pull together. It’s an easy place for that to happen. Everything is easy here in a way.
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WEDNESDAY SOLO Kristin Hersh This singer-songwriter was formerly the leader of punk/hardcore trio 50 Foot Wave and Throwing Muses, but she’ll be solo at this stop. If you’d like, you can pick up Kristin Hersh’s memoir before you head out to the show. DO317 Lounge, 1043 Virginia Ave., 8 p.m., 21+ Peter Murphy, Old National Centre, all-ages Jai Baker,DJ Zeuus, Latitude 39, all-ages Glow Wednesdays Blacklight Party, The Vogue, 21+ OMG with Action Jackson, Buck Rodgers, The Casba, 21+ Latin Fever, Blu, 21+ Living with Lions, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Dyna-mics, Spacehate, Crucial P, Melody Inn, 21+ Blues Jam, Slippery Noodle, 21+
THURSDAY METAL Cauldron, The Gates of Slumber, The Cocaine Wolves, Krum Cauldron headlines this slamfest, which features Muncie’s Cocaine Wolves and Indy’s groovy metal makers Krum and doom metal band The Gates of Slumber. That last group has a new EP, titled Stormcrow, out now. Indy’s Jukebox, 306 Prospect St. 8 p.m., 21+ FUNDRAISING Build Indy’s Celebrate the City Party There’s 10 finalists left of the 96 nominations for Formstack’s 30 MUSIC // 05.15.13 - 05.22.13 // 100% RECYCLED P APER // NUVO
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FRIDAY ROCK Foals, Surfer Blood Equally delightful for critics and fans, Surfer Blood charmed us in 2010 with Astro. They spent some time with Les Savy Fav and Pixies in 2011, spreading their exotic-tinged indie rock across the country. Frontman John Pitts ran into a bit of trouble with the law in 2012, and later that year moved with his band to Cali to record Python with the rest of the group. They’ll play with Foals, Oxford rockers touring February’s Holy Fire. Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 8 p.m., $18, all-ages
ROOTS RiverRoots Music and Folk Arts Festival Festival organizer Greg Ziesemer said to us last year, “What we want to be known for is bringing acts that are up and coming — bands with an upward trajectory. We had the Carolina Chocolate Drops play here in [2011] and nobody really knew who they were. And they blew people away here. Then they won a Grammy,” said Ziesemer. “We want to be a festival known as that discovery place, a launching pad.” This year’s headliners include Christine Balfa and Balfa Toujours, Ben Sollee, and The Carolina Chocolate drops. Be sure to check out the Jam Tent, Folk Art Village and copious amounts of beer. Riverfront of Madison, IN. Friday – Saturday, prices vary, all-ages PARTY Singularity Celebrating the launch of Mojo Radio (an online station that includes local DJs and producers), IndyMojo proudly presents Singularity, a Memphis DJ who specializes in progressive house. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 9 p.m., 21+ Kwanzaa Popps The IRB Sound, Vess Ruhtenberg, Dan Glenzig, Raw Cartney, Radio Radio, all-ages Krista Detor,Waldron Arts Center (Bloomington), all-ages Barshiri Asad Presents, The Jazz Kitchen, 21+ WTFridays, DJ Gabby Love, Helicon, Social, 21+ KDC, Bleach Drinker, Dead Princess Black Unicorn, Lafrate, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Vintage Blue, Birdy’s, 21+ The Mundies, Elephant Quiz, Mousetrap, 21+ Lo Cash Cowboys, 8 Seconds Saloon, 21+ Punkin Holler Boys, Pete Berwick, The Melody Inn, 21+
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SATURDAY FOLK Elsinore, KO, Liz Janes Champaign’s Elsinore has a brand new record chock full of alt rock coming out soon, and we’re excited. They’ll play in Indy with locals KO and Liz Janes, who’s moved from piano recitals to noise music to folk. She’s signed to Indy label Asthmatic Kitty. DO317 Lounge, 1043 Virginia Ave., 9 p.m., $7 advance, $10 at door, 21+ CREEPY Here Come The Mummies Funk / R&B + creepy crawly hybrid super band Here Come The Mummies will venture to Indy for Pole Day celebrations. Can mummies go out in the sun? We’re about to find out. Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 4790 W. 16th St., 7 p.m., $15, all-ages ROOTS Max Allen Band Album Release One of the hardest working music men in Indy, Max Allen is back with another album and another release show. This time, the band will celebrate at Radio Radio, bringing a bunch of copies of Everyone Thinks You’re Weird along with them. Plenty of notable Indy residents pop up on this release, including Rusty Redenbacher. Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St. 8 p.m., $10, 21+
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ROCK The Whigs Athens’ rockers The Whigs are touring Enjoy The Company ; the album was produced by John Agnello, whose hand has been on other rock records by The Hold Steady and Drive-by Truckers. They’ll be accompanied by Drivin’ N Cryin’. Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St. 8 p.m., prices vary, all-ages
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FRONTIERS OF PARENTING Caribou Baby, a Brooklyn, N.Y., “ecofriendly maternity, baby and lifestyle store,” has recently been hosting gatherings at which parents exchange tips on “elimination communication” -- the weaning of infants without benefit of diapers (as reported in April by The New York Times). Parents watch for cues, such as a certain “cry or grimace” that supposedly signals that the tot urgently needs to be hoisted onto a potty. (Eventually, they say, the potty serves to cue the baby.) Dealing with diapers is so unpleasant, they say, that cleaning an occasional mess becomes tolerable. The little darlings’ public appearances sometimes call for diapers, but can also be dealt with by taking the baby behind the nearest tree. One parent even admitted, “I have absolutely been at parties and witnessed people putting their baby over the sink.”
Can’t Possibly Be True • Washington, D.C.’s WRC-TV reported in March that a woman from the Maryland
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Democracy Blues • The city council of Oita, Japan, refused to seat a recently elected member because he refused to remove the mask he always wears in public. Professional wrestler “Skull Reaper A-ji” said his fans would not accept him as authentic if he strayed from his character. Some masked U.S. wrestlers, and especially the popular Mexican “lucha libre” wrestlers, share the sentiment. (At press time, the issue was apparently still unresolved in Oita.) • At a Jan. 8 public meeting, Cooper City, Fla., Commissioner Lisa Mallozzi, annoyed with local activist (and former commissioner) Gladys Wilson, told her (according to video and audio of the meeting), “(B) low me.” Wilson, 81, said later she did
not understand what the phrase meant; Mallozzi said later that she meant only that she needed to blow her nose.
Unclear on the Concept • Passive possession of child pornography is not a victimless crime, authorities say, because by definition a child had been abused in the creation of the image, but that reasoning was no relief for New Zealander Ronald Clark, who was sentenced to three months in jail in Auckland in April for watching pornographic cartoon videos of short-statured elves and pixies. A child-protection activist acknowledged that no child was harmed in the creation of the Japanese anime artwork, but insisted that it was still injurious because “(I)t’s all part of that spectrum.” Clark said he wondered if he might also be convicted for viewing sexual stick-figure drawings. • John Leopold, the former county executive of Anne Arundel County, Md., serving 30 days in jail for illegally forcing his government security detail and another employee to perform personal errands, apparently wasted no time in March displaying a similar attitude toward his jailers. He quickly demanded that the jailers serve him a breakfast of Cheerios, skim milk, bananas and orange juice instead of the scheduled fare. (Last year, Anders Breivik, the imprisoned 2011 mass murderer of 77 in Norway, famously began a hunger strike when rebuffed over his 27-page list of demands, including Internet access and a series of menu and climate-control improvements.)
Suspicions Confirmed • California street gangs stage fights whose locations can be accurately predicted using the same algorithm that anthropologists use to predict where lions and hyenas will fight in the wild to protect their own territories. A UCLA researcher, using the standard “Lotka-Volterra” equation on 13 equal-sized criminal gangs in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in east Los Angeles, produced a table of probabilities showing how far from each gang’s border any fights were likely to occur. In the period 1999 to 2002, the formula correctly showed that about 58 percent of shootings occurred within 0.2 miles of the border, 83 percent within 0.4 miles, and 97 percent within 1 mile.
Perspective • Animal-rights activists have had success in recent years making covert videos of abuses on farms and in slaughterhouses, showing defenseless animals being cruelly mistreated in patterns unlikely to be caught by government inspectors making orderly, rare visits. However, as The New York Times reported in April, legislators in Iowa, Utah, Missouri and almost a dozen other states believe that the greater problem is that such videos “defame” the operators of these farms and slaughter-
houses, and the states have proposed to criminalize the activists’ conduct, which might be “trespassing” in that they gain access only by subterfuge, for instance, pretending earnestly to apply for jobs. The typical state legislation would also require that any such video must immediately be turned over, not to government or the media, but to the operator -- allegedly, so the abuse could be dealt with, but also coincidentally denying the activists their most valuable tool.
Least Competent Criminals • Just Because It Worked Once: Carl Bellenir, 48, was arrested in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in February after he had successfully cashed in, at a Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, several rolls of pennies that had been stuffed into rolls labeled for dimes. Bellenir apparently did not realize that the rolls would be examined later in the day and so returned the very next morning to the same bank and tried it again. Police were called, and Bellenir fled, but he was captured down the street at a Bank of America trying the same trick.
Strange Old World • Dateline Saudi Arabia: (1) A newspaper in the capital city of Riyadh reported in April that three men from the United Arab Emirates were booted out of a religious festival by Saudi morality police because they were thought to be “too handsome” and would make Saudi women improperly attracted to them. (2) Another Saudi daily reported in April that a schoolteacher had agreed to marry her suitor but only provided that the man take on two of her colleagues as extra wives. (Saudi Arabia allows men as many as four.) The newspaper reported that the woman had rented three apartments in the same building, signaling that the deal had perhaps been sealed.
Readers’ Choice • Kent Hendrix heroically rushed to the aid of a female neighbor being assaulted by an acquaintance on their residential street in Millcreek, Utah, in April and scared the man off (though he soon turned himself in). Hendrix is a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and, more to the point, a black belt in karate, and even more to the point, was aiming his favorite samurai sword at the attacker. Said Hendrix, “His eyes just got huge ... that he was staring down 29 inches of razor.” Thanks This Week to Cheryl Juba, Kevin Kawaguchi, Peter Wardley, and Paul Krause, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The 14th-century poet Dante was a major influence on 20th-century novelist James Joyce. “I love Dante,” wrote the author of the epic novel Ulysses. “He is my spiritual food.” And yet Joyce felt he had to absorb Dante in small doses. “Dante tires one quickly,” he said. “It is as if one were to look at the sun.” Is there any influence like that in your own life, Libra? Judging from the astrological omens, I’m guessing it’s a fine time for you to get as much sustained exposure to that glorious source as you can bear. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Greek poet Sappho was renowned in antiquity. The nine books she wrote were so esteemed that the historian Strabo wrote, “in this whole span of recorded time we know of no woman to challenge her as a poet even in the slightest degree.” And yet little of Sappho’s work survives. As of 2004 there were just 264 fragments and three complete poems. But then a fourth complete poem emerged. Its text was written on papyrus that had been wrapped in the casing of an Egyptian mummy. The mummy had been stored for years in a backroom at Cologne University in Germany before someone discovered its hidden treasure. Your assignment, Scorpio, is to seek an equivalent recovery. Search for a part of the past that’s still beautiful and useful, even if that quest leads you to unlikely and obscure places. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When I turn my psychic attention in your direction, I smell smoldering smoke. Here’s how I interpret that: Your internal fire is burning with less than maximum efficiency. Do you agree, Sagittarius? If so, do you know why that might be? Did you not provide enough kindling? Is the wood too green? Is the ground wet? I urge you to find out what the problem is. You can’t afford to have sputtering flames and sooty light and spotty warmth. You need a steady blaze that radiates brilliant light and strong heat. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Very few of us are completely uninhibited about expressing who we really are. Most everyone is shy about revealing at least one facet of his or her identity. Why? Maybe because we’re afraid that people will judge us harshly for being different from what they think we should be. Or maybe our secret side is at odds with our self-image, and we hesitate to acknowledge it even to ourselves. What is this part of you, Capricorn? In what sense are you still in the closet about a truth or quality or event that’s central to your character? I urge you to have a conversation with yourself about it. You aren’t necessarily ready to tell the whole world about it, but now might be the right time to start considering the possibility that you can give it more room to play. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I absolutely forbid you to be a slave of happiness, a victim of pleasure, or a prisoner of love. Wait. Sorry. I take that back. What gives me the right to forbid you from doing anything? It’s your life. You’re the boss. So let me reframe my previous advice. Dear Aquarius, I beg you not to be a slave of happiness, a victim of pleasure, or a prisoner of love. None of the good things in life will give you what you need if you make yourself crazy or sick while pursuing them. That’s the cautionary news. The encouraging news is that in the next five weeks, I think you will have a knack for cultivating a graceful relationship with happiness, pleasure, and love. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t be like the ducks that are floating on Phoenix Lake a short distance from where I’m sitting. They’re feeding entirely on the surface, happy to skim a few insects from the top of the placid waters they’re drifting on. No, Pisces, be more like the frogs that are diving to probe for morsels down below. This is a phase of your astrological cycle when the quest for more variety can deepen your perspective and provide better nourishment.
Homework: Do you allow your imagination to indulge in fantasies that are wasteful, damaging, or dumb? I dare you to stop it. Testify at Freewillastrology.com. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 05.15.13 - 05.22.13 // CLASSIFIEDS 39
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