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Planned Parenthood of Indiana faced the State on Monday in a preliminary injunction hearing over the contentious HEA 1210. Indiana’s American Civil Liberties Union represented the provider, calling the law “unconstitutional” on several fronts, while the state’s solicitor general offered a vague solution to concerns over subsidizing abortion: create two separate entities out of each clinic. BY CATHERINE GREEN

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PRINCETON OF ‘AVENUE Q’

Ben Tebbe has become one of the city’s most successful actors, showing up in local ad campaigns when he’s not gracing Indy’s biggest stages. His latest showcase is with the Phoenix Theatre’s production of Tony Award-winning Avenue Q, a raunchy musical coined as Sesame Street Live for adults. BY KATELYN COYNE

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Atlanta-based Mellow Mushroom delivers on our critic’s requirements for truly great pizza: balance and quality of ingredients. BY NEIL CHARLES

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‘TREE OF LIFE’

Terrence Malick’s most recent flick is a meditation on life, the universe and where we all fit in — heavy stuff handled beautifully with impressionist flair and augmented by an effective score from Alexandre Desplat. BY ED JOHNSON-OTT

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THE EVER-EXPANDING IRON & WINE

Singer and songwriter Sam Beam may have started his act with a stripped, nearly solo album, but his stage company has since blossomed. He brings an accompanying six-piece band, horn section and backing vocalists to The Vogue this Friday for a sold-out show. BY ALAN SCULLEY

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Manic Panic: Your enviro-PANIQuiz for the week by Jim Poyser Notes from May’s education roundtable by Rebecca Townsend Scenes from a purple Indy by Daniel Brown Roots/Rock: Frank Dean and Sindacato by Rob Nichols

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LETTERS Mayoral reassessment

Seems to me that unnecessarily selling off the parking meters for 50 years to a Republican crony company for a pittance, and unnecessarily engineering the “sale” of the water company to Citizens Gas (which will end up raising our rates instead of our taxes, but it’s basically the same thing) while paying the Veolia contractors gazillions of dollars to stop providing service, qualify as highly questionable deals presided over by this mayor (“The forgotten mayor race,” Hammer, June 1-6). Further, he’s failed to take the lead on a needed public smoking ban that keeps Indianapolis behind even little old Franklin in progressive tobacco policy. He was even quoted as saying that he wasn’t concerned about the health of workers in bars because they were “transient.” And then there’s the $33.5 million gift of valuable tax dollars to the for-profit Pacers, which happened without any transparency or scrutiny over the Pacers’ books and while they were paying Jamal Tinsley $6 million a year to not play. Are these the kind of decisions that earn a mayor re-election? I’d also take issue with your assertion that Bart Peterson was widely despised; his approval ratings were pretty high until just before the last election. His big mistake was raising the county income tax on the heels of a massive state property tax hike, not realizing that it would be so unpopular it would change the entire dynamic of the race. That decision cost him his job, but although Ballad promised to roll back the tax increase, it hasn’t happened. I don’t think it’s even been proposed. My guess is that people aren’t talking about the mayoral race because a lot of the above stories have been glossed over/cheered for by the major local media, and because it’s June. Things will get more interesting after Labor Day.

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Easy on the nostalgia

My older brother was a member of the same generation (“On a street called Memory Lane,” Hoppe, June 8-15) . He grew up in a neighborhood that was rapidly “mixing” racially. He played ball with black and white kids in the local park. Still when school time came he, a white kid, walked over half a mile to school each day (one way) because he was not allowed to attend the black school that was only three blocks away. There are a lot of great things about small town America, lots of good things about the 50s and 60s, but we need to be careful not to turn it into

a Utopian dream. There were lots of things wrong. As Billy Joel wisely said, “The good old days weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems.”

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‘Welfare war machine’

Hammer, one of your best articles giving credit where it is due and recognizing the problems with the “welfare war machine” of the rich (“The true meaning of Memorial Day,” Hammer, May 25-June 1). The poor man’s welfare cost is only a shadow of this person.

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High-speed challenge

The usefulness of high-speed rail is open to speculation (“Mitch Daniels can count,” Hoppe, May 18-25). Particularly given in the market-driven economy (where) passenger trains are all but nonexistent. Mitch the Man does not really care about any thing of this sort though. His purpose is to make himself the darling of the “I hate Washington” crowd. He could give a fig for anyone living in Indiana that does not live in the rich zip codes. His POV is strictly right-wing and always will be, ‘til the wind blows another direction.

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Left-leaning transport

What is with the liberal fascination with high-speed rail (“Mitch Daniels can count,” Hoppe, May 18-25)? Maybe California is a fiscal basket case because they insist on wasting money on losing propositions like highspeed rail. “Somehow they’re still able to get things down out there.” Have you ever been to California? David, you should live there because you belong in Fantasyland. Oh, and thanks for all the recycled liberal talking points again. Come up with something original or retire, please. P.S. Have you ever heard of airplanes?

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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER We are happy to introduce Rebecca Townsend as NUVO news editor following the departure of Mr. Austin Considine, who is now contributing his talents to The New York Times. Rebecca brings a solid ethic of datadriven investigative journalism and looks forward to putting it to work on behalf of NUVO readers. Her return to Indiana after a six-year absence brings her career almost full circle by reconnecting her to the alternative press and to opportunities to strengthen Indy’s urban core. She began her career in the early ’90s writing for NUVO’s sister publication, The Bloomington Voice. And, while most of her working life has been dedicated to journalism, she spent two years contributing to community development at 54th and College as managing partner of Modern Times Urban Truck Stop, which still feeds the neighborhood today – now in the form of Yats. After an internship in New York City for Sassy Magazine, Rebecca worked her way through Earlham College as a news writer at the Office of College Relations and then spent six-and-a half-years traversing the state as an Indiana AgriNews field reporter. A desire to learn more intensive investigative reporting techniques led her to the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. After moving her family from Indy to Missouri in January 2006, she moved them 18 months later to Jersey City, NJ, for an opportunity to work for The Wall Street Journal’s parent company Dow Jones Newswires. Six months later came a promotion to Chicago where she spent about a quarter of her time on the trading floor tracking corn, wheat and soybean markets, in addition to rice and ethanol. Most recently, she led Missouri News Horizon, a multi-media wire service out of the state capitol building in Jefferson City, working to connect people to the business of their government in innovative new ways. There she focused on sunshine law issues and government transparency, agricultural issues, education, animal rights, pension reform, budgets, environmental issues, judicial issues and more.

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She is especially proud of a multimedia spread on a death row prisoner’s plea for clemency. Though she does not know whether it influenced the governor’s pardon, she was glad to be able to ask him about his thought process regarding the decision about a day before he made it. Earlier this year, Rebecca shared an Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting in small-market radio for work she contributed to public radio station KBIA’s whistle-blowing story on concerns relating to a mid-Missouri nuclear power plant’s safety culture. Rebecca prizes a robust and diverse source network. Readers may contact her at 317-254-2400 ext. 5324 or rtownsend@ nuvo.net.

HAMMER Which way the wind blows Does local TV go too far in storm coverage?

BY STEVE HAMMER SHAMMER@NUVO.NET

henever the weather turns as unpredictable and as violent as it has this spring, the only source of reliable and updated news is local television. Whether motivated by dedication to public safety or just good television, local TV stations are at their best during severe weather events. Weather is the one area in which TV will always outdo every other form of media. If newspapers devoted as much time and attention to the weather as TV does, one third of the paper would be devoted to storm fronts and cumulus clouds. Since almost no radio stations do live news coverage anymore, the flow of music is never interrupted to tell you that you’re about to die in a tornado. The Internet is a good resource for watching weather radar, but is as useless as radio in alerting you to severe weather. Weather coverage is the one and only thing that local TV news does better than anyone else.

Stations create endless promotional ads trying to persuade you that they are trustworthy and fair when, generally speaking, they are neither. At their worst, local TV stations devote a disproportionate amount of coverage to violent crime and local sports. TV consumer advocates are successful mostly at ambushing whomever they’re investigating, thrusting a microphone in their faces and shouting unanswerable questions. Public criticism of television news is well founded. Far too often, the programs suck. Television news is the only form of journalism that taunts the public in its advertising. It’s not uncommon to see advertisements like “What deadly product is in your home right now? We’ll tell you how to keep your children from being poisoned — at 6 p.m.” It would be similar if the front page of the newspaper said, “Famous person dies” and then made you turn 20 pages to see who the famous dead person is. TV weathercasters, on the other hand, are the exception to this rule. They’re like firefighters in the sense that everyone likes

them and they have no hidden agenda. You don’t need them very often, but when you do, they’re always there. By definition, weather coverage is free of political bias, since snowstorms and tornados affect conservatives and liberals equally. And since forecasters are generally also accredited meteorologists, they’ve undergone years of scientific training to be where they are. That being said, severe weather brings out both the best and worst from local television. The stations are performing a valuable public service by informing people where severe weather is most likely to strike but they also ratchet up the hype meter several notches just for good effect. TV stations love to scare the hell out of people by telling them that they’re likely to die at any given moment during a tornado, just as they try to frighten people in the winter by informing them they’re going to be trapped in their houses for weeks by the snowstorm that’s approaching. People don’t go panic shopping for milk, bread and eggs for no reason; they do it

TV weathercasters are like firefighters … everyone likes them and they have no hidden agenda.

because the TV news frightened them into doing so. My dad always said there was a conspiracy between grocery stores and TV news stations to make every flake of snow seem like the beginning of the apocalypse. I don’t believe that but there is no denying that TV tries to make severe weather even more dramatic and scary than it already is to begin with. The recent tornados in Bedford were a prime example of this. Entertainment programming was suspended for nearly 10 hours in favor of storm coverage. Now, if that coverage prevented even one person from being harmed, then it was completely justified and admirable that there were no sitcoms or scripted dramas aired on local TV that night. But for almost everyone else, the coverage just served to frighten people into watching hours and hours of dark red splotches on the weather radar, while the forecasters spoke in grave terms about the dangers of the storm. There came a point in the coverage where I felt that not only was I likely to be killed in the tornado, but that the last thing I’d see before vanishing from the earth was the face of Channel 13’s Nicole Misencik. And I was actually OK with that. One thing that’s undeniable is that local TV news does very few things well other than weather. I don’t mind that they overdramatize the storms and interrupt regular programming since it could potentially save my life. I just wish they’d dial down the hype a bit.

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HOPPE The house on Memory Lane A look back

BY DAVID HOPPE DHOPPE@NUVO.NET

grew up in Mt. Prospect, Ill., a suburb northwest of Chicago. When I was a kid, it seemed the city was a long way off, another world. But when I went back for a recent visit, it only took us about 30 minutes to drive from my son’s apartment on Chicago’s north side to my old front door on – I kid you not – a street called Memory Lane. My wife and son had never seen the place where I was raised. I’m not sure why we put the trip off for such a long time; we’ve often visited Chicago over the years, my son even went to college there. It would have been easy. But other things grabbed our attention and, besides, when it came right down to it, I couldn’t think of anything we could actually do in Mt. Prospect. I remember a conversation I had with a good high school buddy, Paul Lembesis, one night when we were about to graduate. The two of us were walking the typically quiet streets around my neighborhood. Paul observed that Mt. Prospect was a great place to grow up, but didn’t really offer anything to hold us there. A lot of time has passed since then. My son not only graduated from high school, he graduated from college. Meanwhile, my parents, the people who brought me up in that house on Memory Lane, have moved on. They sold the place almost 40 years ago. Now they’re looking after each other, valiantly contending with the unforgiving indignities that, all too often, attend the end of life in America. I suspect my parents are the reason why I finally wanted to make the trip to Mt. Prospect. I wanted to think of them the way they were in those days. And I wanted my family to understand something about them that maybe couldn’t be grasped in any other way. When my parents bought that house in 1950, there was a cornfield at the end of the street. The real estate agent who sold them the place gestured toward the sun as it set over those rows of corn and said, “It’ll be like this forever!” That, of course, was bunk. By the time I was 10, the cornfield had been turned into athletic fields for the high school Paul and I and thousands like us would attend. It was the Baby Boom. The guys who served in World War II had come home,

gotten married and started families. They moved to places like Mt. Prospect, turning it from a small farming town along a set of railway tracks into a Chicago bedroom community – a place dedicated to raising kids. Raising kids is what I think of when I hear people talk about “the Greatest Generation.” As important as their service was in wartime, that generation’s commitment to their kids’ quality of life may have been even greater. In many ways it was a massive improvisation. Nothing like it had ever been tried. Not only did these new veterans create communities for kids, they equipped these places with state-of-the-art schools, YMCAs, public swimming pools and ice rinks, scout troops, Little Leagues and more. Some even say the very idea of being a “teenager” took hold at this time, as did the expectation that everyone should go to college, nurtured by our parents’ unprecedented postwar experience of higher education thanks to the taxsupported G.I. Bill. If this sounds like a kind of utopia, it wasn’t. Although my dad made a point of regularly playing catch with me after driving back from his job in the city, too many fathers were absent for large chunks of time. Too many moms suffered from undiagnosed depression. And the rage to conform – think of Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate – could be soul destroying. Still, as I drove by the blocks of tidy single family homes in Mt. Prospect, it was hard not to feel that for all its flaws, this place had succeeded in making something that’s too rare in America: a culture. Although part of Cook County, Mt. Prospect was a politically conservative place when I was growing up. Barry Goldwater – trounced almost everywhere else during the 1964 presidential election – carried it with ease. This conservatism didn’t keep its people from building and sustaining an outstanding public school system, though the commitment to individual responsibility and corporate conformity was evident in the feverishly tended lawns of the mostly modest-sized homes. The quality of the schools made a shared sense of aspiration palpable. Kids really did come before politics; probably because we pretty much looked the same and came from similarly striving homes. What strikes me now is how such an extraordinary accomplishment could, on the surface, appear so ordinary – and how easily it could be taken for granted. I was lucky to have grown up where I did. Although I’ll never live there again, I’m glad to be reminded that it’s closer than I thought.

This place had succeeded in making something that’s too rare in America: a culture.

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HAIKU NEWS by Jim Poyser

that four hundred buck haircut just doesn’t seem quite so egregious now Feds say cuts to Planned Parenthood violate law, shame humanity Hoosier lawmakers believe states should be able to sink their own ships universities raise tuition again — where does the money go? to build stadiums where athletes work for free to fund college coffers Octomom’s doc has license revoked and revoked and revoked and re… super toxic E. coli makes Europeans afraid to eat shit and a new strain of MRSA superbug makes folks, cows, scared of spilled milk cilantro found to be covered with pesticides — garnish is tarnished! thank you Doc Jack, at the end you exited the world with dignity

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THUMBSUP THUMBSDOWN HOMELESSNESS ON THE RISE

A new survey suggested that homelessness in Indianapolis is at its highest level since 2007. In 2010, social service provider Connect2Help 2-1-1 received more than 37,000 calls for help in securing shelter. As the housing market remains under pressure with an estimated 1.2 million homes expected to experience foreclosure this year, Connect2Help is tracking continued increases in demand for services. Requests for emergency shelter are up 29 percent during the first four months of 2011compared with the year-earlier period. Of those seeking shelter, Connect2Help says 47 percent had no income.

PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS

New grants totaling about $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will enable public housing administrators in Indianapolis and six other communities around the state to hire program coordinators to assist in connecting public housing residents to education and career opportunities. Federal studies suggest that such selfsufficiency programs are successful in helping people achieve increased income. In the present economic environment, who wouldn’t embrace efforts to bump the paychecks of those in the greatest need? Now if we can just get rid of the inherent social inequalities that necessitate public housing in the first place…

EAST 10TH STREET LOOKS INWARD FOR AN EXTERNAL MESSAGE

We applaud an ongoing effort to establish a community narrative along East 10th Street by using the life experience of its residents as the foundation for a new series of public murals. Cast as “a living ethnography and community narrative,” the “I Am East 10th Street” project uses resident interviews to identify locally relevant messages to broadcast back to the community in the form of public artworks. The effort counters “top-down” efforts to manufacture identity using the generic elements of pop culture. People can check out some of the freshly unveiled murals – and absorb an authentic sense of community – at the Made for Each Other community art space at 2807 E. 10th Street.

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THOUGHT BITE By Andy Jacobs Jr. Memorial Day myth: American kids killed in Iraq “died for our freedom.” Their valor is valid. But the war has zero to do with “our freedom.” It is a cynical and deadly fraud perpetrated against fellow Americans by Washington war-wimp politicians. There should also be a BLAME DAY for them. 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 06.08.11-06.15.11 // news

news PPIN heads to court

Blow-by-blow of Monday’s hearing

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does not entitle anyone the right to a particular provider. It entitles the right to choose among those who are qualified under state law.”

Funding issues spin both ways

Falk argued that the new conditions for provider qualification are unconstitutional as they dangle funding eligibility as incentive to cease performing abortions. “The interests of a woman seeking (an) abortion, and those of Planned Parenthood are so close that when restrictions are imposed on the practitioner, the woman’s rights are implicated as well,” he said. Fisher countered that a provider has no right to provide abortions or be considered qualified and that the complainants are leaning on an extension of women’s rights. “We’re not talking about a free-standing right,” he said. “We’re talking about a description of what a Medicaid plan needs to provide.” The point of the new law, Fisher argued, “is to say, ‘We’re going to require such separation of the abortion services from the other services that there’s no risk that there’s going to be that cross-subsidization, even indirectly.’” The Right has offered a solution: split clinics into two entities, one reserved strictly for abortions. Theoretically, abortions could still be performed in the same building as other reproductive health services, as long as all abortion-related items were tracked in separate accounting books.

U.S. District Court on Monday considered legal issues raised by a new state law that obstructs federal funding to Indiana’s Planned Parenthood clinics. The case has received national attention as it marks the first time a state has attempted to deny Medicaid to the reproductive health provider. If the terms of the law are not changed, Indiana risks losing $5.3 billion in Medicaid funding. On June 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to the state asserting that the new law undermines federal law enabling Medicaid patients to seek care “from any provider qualified to provide services.” The definition of “qualified” is now one of the central items of debate. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt heard arguments from Ken Falk of the American Civil Liberties Union, representing Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN), and Indiana Truth and Solicitor General loopholes Thomas Fisher. New informed conFalk called HEA 1210 sent provisions were “unlawful and unconalso fodder for Falk’s stitutional” on several criticism. Among these —Indiana Solicitor General fronts, beginning with changes to protocol are Thomas Fisher restrictions in choice the assertion that life for Medicaid patients. begins at conception, He said the state conand a requirement that ceded a violation of provider choice physicians inform patients, both verbally when it filed to change the state plan to and in writing, of the potential risks of exclude providers that perform aborabortion, including the uncertain propotions. And, Falk said, Indiana Family and sition that fetuses feel pain at or before Social Services Administration (FSSA) 20 weeks. alerted the legislature in its fiscal sumIntroducing the element of conception mary report, prior to the bill’s passage, runs against Indiana law, which states that that “restricting freedom of choice with a “human being is an individual who has respect to providers of family planning been born and is alive,” Falk said. services is prohibited.” Fisher countered that the definition Fisher seemed unthreatened by the HHS of human life “is… a matter of science” letter, which he said lacked analysis. “If the with respect to “a fertilized and whole state loses, it’s not as if there’s going to be organism, that is, a human being in its a declaration that we violate federal law,” biological nature.” Fisher said. “It’s going to be a declaration Judge Pratt questioned the phrasing of that they are not going to pay us a certain the fetal pain provision, at 20 weeks “or amount of money.” perhaps even earlier.” Fisher responded The solicitor general maintained that such open-ended terminology allows the state was within its rights when it for continued scientific development, changed its definition of a qualified prosaying, “Who knows where science will vider. “This is an attempt for the state take us?” plan to incorporate the change [of proThe Right has suggested that physivider qualifications] in state law,” Fisher cians simply offer a disclaimer afterward said. “The freedom of choice provision

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Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher

if they do not feel comfortable endorsing these points. Falk emphasized that Indiana law does not explicitly allow for physicians to disassociate from the required information, and that disclaimers are not a “viable option” as they could open doctors to civil liability. Fisher argued that there is nothing in state law that prohibits disassociation either. Also at issue is a breach of the Contract Clause, a constitutional prohibition on states from enacting laws that might retroactively impair contract rights. In this case, Falk argued the state is restricting agencies from entering into contracts with PPIN. The defense said that this was not a commercial contract as the state is not receiving a service and refusing to pay, but rather is “changing the policy for administering a particular program.”

“We don’t have well-documented or demonstrated cash flows,” he said. “All we have is the prediction of the executive director of what she thinks might happen.” Fisher implied that the “pretty impressive donor base” would perhaps be able to continue providing support, adding, “Who knows what’s going to happen?” When pressed, however, he did acknowledge that PPIN was only able to extend services to existing Medicaid patients, denying care to new beneficiaries. Judge Pratt said she expects to rule on the case by July 1, though she recognized PPIN’s sense of urgency in anticipation of private funds running out. “Time is of the essence,” she noted. Proponents of the law remain steadfast in their commitment. “We can’t stop someone from providing abortion,” said Sue Swayze, legislative director for Indiana Right to Life, outside the courthouse Monday morning. “All we’re saying is we want taxpayer dollars, my tax dollars, not to go or smell or taste or feel anywhere near the operations of abortion mills.” But PPIN Chief Executive Betty Cockrum seemed confident about the outlook. “We have a strong case,” she said in a press release Monday afternoon, “and look forward to continuing to communicate that the state has made a huge and costly mistake — one that breaks laws that are already on the books and erodes Hoosiers’ access to health care across Indiana.”

Moving forward

Falk also challenged an assertion advanced by Judge Pratt’s May 11 ruling denying a restraining order on the new law. “It is clearly, clearly in the public interest to stop this precipitous course of action,” Falk said, referring to the law’s interference with public health services and the billions of aid dollars in stake. PPIN has extended care to its Medicaid patients through June 20 thanks to an outpouring of donations from across 46 states. But, he said, services are hampered in that no new Medicaid patients have been accepted since June 1, and PPIN is only offering existing Medicaid patients services that cannot be delayed. When donations evaporate, PPIN forecasts the closure of seven of its clinics, leaving roughly 20,000 Hoosiers without care. Fisher said such apocalyptic statements are speculative.

Notes from May’s education roundtable by Rebecca Townsend

2011 NUVO Cultural Vision Awards by Editors

Huge hearts, big minds

School on Wheels helps homeless kids BY DA V I D H O P P E D H O P P E @N U V O . N E T It’s a little after five o’clock on a Wednesday at Barton Center, a downtown residence hall for the homeless. We’re in a clean, well-lit activity room on the first floor of this vintage, three-story yellow brick building. Folding tables have been set up and 11 elementary school-aged kids, along with four adult volunteer tutors, are doing schoolwork. The tables are strewn with flashcards, markers, notebooks and worksheets; the room is infused with a quiet energy as tutors coach the kids, occasionally reminding them to concentrate, to keep at it. Such interactions are familiar to anyone who’s ever had homework, or helped a kid try to get it done. This is the kind of thing that’s supposed to happen at kitchen tables all over town. But these kids don’t have kitchens. They lost them when their parents lost their homes. Maybe Mom or Dad was laid-off or fired. Maybe they got sick and SUBMITTED PHOTO didn’t have health insurance, or maybe Emily, 7, found a peaceful place to focus on her homework through the School on Wheels outreach effort. Some estimates used by homeless advocates suggest that the insurance wasn’t enough. In any case, as many as 3,000 children may be homeless on any given night in Indianapolis. when the parents lost their place to live, so did the kids. homelessness. The organization claims Wheels tries to provide them with a staing program. Ten years later, School on “The reality is, depending on who that 72 percent of the kids they have been ble afterschool experience. Wheels serves approximately 400 kids in you ask, there’s anywhere from 4,000 to able to work with have either maintained The name School on Wheels is a bit of 11 locations. 7,000 homeless folks in the city on any or improved their grades. a misnomer. “For most people, the homelessness we one night — and about 3,000 of them are But the demand for tutors and dona“There’s no school, there’s no wheels,” think we know, we don’t,” he explains, children,” says Nathan Hand, a spokestions to help provide kids with backpacks, Hand says. School on Wheels volunteers noting the problems facing homeless kids person for Schools on Wheels. The nonschool supplies and uniforms continues to travel to shelters and, in two cases, school are compounded by stereotypes and misprofit provides one-on-one tutoring and increase, especially in the midst of an ecolocations around the city. “We’re taking conceptions the general public has about educational advocacy for school-aged nomic downturn. education to these children.” homelessness itself. homeless youth. “In a good year, what we’re providVolunteer tutors have had a measurExact numbers are hard to pin down School on Wheels ing tries to meet the need. When the able impact in the lives of these kids. and even the definiwas started in economy tanks, the need goes up and Hand recalls the story of one girl who tion of homelessness Indianapolis by Sally our donations go down. All of a sudstarted the program with 0.5 grade-point is subject to quesBindley after Bindley den there’s a huge gap,” Hand says. “It’s average. “She had a lot of things going tion. For some peoencountered the important for everyone to realize not just on in her life,” he recalls. During the ple, homelessness program during a that this is a real issue, but what they can course of one semester with a tutor, she may constitute an visit to Los Angeles. do about it.” emergency situation, was able to raise her GPA to 2.5. “It was She brought a conSchool on Wheels is currently seeking just a matter of spending some time with caused by domestic cern for homeless volunteers to tutor kids during the comsomebody who cared about her enough violence, foreclosure children back to ing school year, beginning in September. to help her understand how important or job loss. Families Indianapolis, where Volunteers receive training and must subit is to turn things in,” he says. “She’s a with kids find themshe proceeded to mit to a background check. They can work smart kid.” selves in need of meet with represenat the location of their choice for as little One boy, who was in the program for shelter for temporary tatives from shelters, as one hour a week after work. Groups of seven years because his mom lost her periods of time until as well as city and up to four friends can volunteer as a team, home due to a health condition that they are able to get state agencies, to which makes the time commitment per wasn’t covered by her health insurance, back on their feet. learn about what was person just one hour a month. went on to play the lead role in his high But for other famibeing done to meet “There are innocent children who, by no school’s play. lies, homelessness the children’s educachoice of their own, are in this situation,” “That’s an amazing experience for any can be a chronic tional needs. Hand says. “We’re the ones who have a child, let alone one who has gone through condition, the result “She came to choice. We would challenge people to some unbelievable things,” Hand says. “It of living in poverty realize no one was expand their definition of community and shows the strength of these kids. They have across generations. tutoring homeless realize that the kids they don’t see really huge hearts, big minds. “We serve kids in – Nathan Hand, School on Wheels children,” Hand could use their help.” “There’s a fork in the road when kids both of these situsays. “The shelters experience these issues. They can either ations,” Hand says. do the best they can put their heads down and get discour“Some of our kids to provide services, aged because there’s no support around are with us for 30 days, others for up to For more information, or to get but when it comes to teaching a kid how them, or we can help them try to contwo years.” involved with School on Wheels: to spell ‘Mississippi,’ that kind of falls off tinue to focus on education, to see the School on Wheels works with kids Call 202-9100 or email kids@indysow.org the radar.” value in it, so they can make good deciattending kindergarten through high www.indyschoolonwheels.org Thanks to Bindley, Indianapolis became sions for themselves.” school. The majority of these students www.twitter.com/indysow the second city in the nation to adopt School on Wheels is based on the idea are enrolled in Indianapolis Public www.facebook.com/schoolonwheelsindy a School on Wheels afterschool tutorthat education is key in helping to end Schools during the day. School on

“Shelters do the best they can to provide services, but when it comes to teaching a kid how to spell ‘Mississippi,’ that kind of falls off the radar.”

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The 13th Annual NUVO Cultural Vision Awards We here at NUVO spend a lot of time and space identifying opportunities for social progress. And our annual Cultural Vision Awards allow us to host a great party where we can fete a diverse range of people and projects working to make our community a better place in which to live and work. Last Friday, June 3, we hosted our 13th annual awards event and were delighted to fill the Athenauem with people eager to applaud efforts to upgrade public education, enhance our city’s bike friendliness, enable greater nutrition, connect people to art and music in innovative new ways, and advocate for more equitable working conditions. The winners are: Bicycle Garage Indy, Central Indiana Jobs with Justice, Good Earth Natural Foods, IPS Center for Inquiry

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Magnet Schools, ISO’s Residency Program: Time for Three, Katz & Korin, Primary Colours and our lifetime achievement award winner, Lois Main Templeton. For more on these winners, see nuvo.net. Pictured, from top left, moving counter-clockwise: Lois Main Templeton, lifetime achievement award; Rudy Nehrling and Joseph Landman; Connie Szabo Schmucker for Bicycle Garage Indy (with NUVO’s David Hoppe in the background); and a whole bunch of winners.

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Participation in the craft scene has meant ndianapolis isn’t generally considered different things for each of the crafters, the craft capital of the Midwest. That title whether they’re in it to make a living or simis more often associated with Chicago, ply enjoy the creative process and the thrill home of the Renegade Craft Fair, an event of having someone appreciate and purchase that has become so popular its organizers their work. But for Chaney in particular, replicated it in several other major cities, crafting was quite literally a lifesaver. including overseas in London. Here at home, Amanda Maurer Taflinger is making sure Indy at least gets a seat at the craft table. Crafting a living Taflinger, an Irvington resident who also grew up on the city’s east side, moved away On Good Friday in 2009, Aubrey Chaney’s to attend college and then graduate school husband was laid off from his job as a spein Chicago. She’s since returned with a love cialty welder in the racecar industry. He for crafting and a drive to develop a followwas not alone, of course; after the economy ing in Indianapolis. tanked, thousands of Indiana families were This Saturday will mark Taflinger’s scrambling to make ends meet on one INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, a marketincome or none at all. In the Chaney’s case, place where crafters sell their handmade it was none at all — Aubrey Chaney was wares directly to consumers. Upwards of taking care of their three boys fulltime. a hundred vendors will set up shop to sell As she tells it, “A couple of months into their creations, from hair accessories to it, when we had trimmed the budget as recycled glass candleholders to Scrabblemuch as we possibly could, we were still at tile jewelry to one-of-a-kind clothing. The an extreme deficit, even with unemployevent will be held in conjunction with the ment benefits.” Independent Art + Music Festival at the Chaney, a confident redhead who is Harrison Center for the Arts. slight in stature, calls after her 5-year-old The craft exchange is part of what many son who has wandered away from the have called a movement — more than a playground at Ellenberger Park. With her trend — toward buying local. The local son in closer view, Chaney continues: “I food movement has offered consumers had volunteered to help my sister run a healthier, tastier choices and the addibooth [at the 2009 INDIEana Handicraft tional benefit of supporting both our Exchange] selling plush creatures that she farmers and our economy. Transparency had crafted out of felt, and between helpis a big factor in ing unload things I got its success; being to start shopping. And able to shake the although I couldn’t afford hand of the farmer to purchase much, I was who grew your overwhelmed with the broccoli adds an camaraderie.” element of trust. Instead of a competitive It also makes the spirit, she found a caring exchange all the one. “Everyone was there more meaningful. to support one another. The same holds You’d get something nice true in the craft and they’d say, if you like world. my things, please go check As Taflinger puts out this other artist… You it, “I really like the don’t always see such aspect where peofellowship in situations ple can go in and where you’re vying for —Amanda Taflinger, INDIEana talk to the people customers’ attention, and Handicraft Exchange organizer who are making I just knew I wanted to be what they’re buypart of that.” ing … You can pay Chaney and her hussomeone and know band moved to their that it’s supporting their family.” Taflinger current home in Greensborough, about and her husband, Neal Taflinger, who has an hour east of Indianapolis, sight unseen played no small role in getting the fair off (although Aubrey had lived in Indianapolis the ground, are also locavores. “My husband as a teenager). Unable to afford the cost and I go to a lot of the farmer’s markets and of gas to find a home here when her huswe try to eat as much local produce as we band’s job meant relocation to the area can. Being local business owners ourselves, from Columbus, Ohio, the Chaneys bought it’s important to us to frequent local busitheir home through an Internet search, not nesses as much as possible. I think a lot of realizing how distant from Indy it was. our customers are crossovers to the local “When somebody in the country tells food movement as well.” you, oh, we’re just down a ways from such The Taflingers’ customers are those and such, they really mean it’s 20 minutes who shop at their Irvington store, to the closest gas station,” Chaney says. Homespun Modern Handmade. While This remoteness ended up inspiring Taflinger has been busy running the shop Chaney’s brand: Backwoods Belle. Chaney as well as the Handicraft Exchange, not explains: “When we first moved from the to mention raising her 11-month-old son, city into the country, on our first morning, her own crafting has taken a back seat we sat on the back porch with our coffee for now as she nurtures the work of othand were surprised that instead of sirens ers. About 80 percent of the goods sold and arguments, we heard cows and horses. in Homespun, for instance, are made by And when people would say, ‘Oh, just run crafters who participate in the INDIEana over to the Hobby Lobby,’ I’d say, ‘We live Handicraft Exchange, about half of whom out in the backwoods, out in the middle of are local artisans. nowhere.’ And so it became kind of a joke.” One of these crafters, Aubrey Chaney, Chaney’s business was born immewho also works weekends tending shop diately following her experience at the at Homespun, is busy gearing up for exchange. “I went home that very same this year’s event at the Harrison Center. night and tried to figure out what I could

“Being local business owners ourselves, it’s important to us to frequent local businesses as much as possible.”

INDIEana Handicraft Exchange LOCAL ARTISANS CRAFT THEIR OWN NICHE

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Aubrey Chaney, INDIEana Handicraft Exchange artist.

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Amanda Maurer Taflinger has created both the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange as well as the Irvington-based shop, Homespun Modern Handmade. Oh, and she also created, with her husband Neal Taflinger, Zeke.

make that was a little bit different than what was being offered, because the last thing I wanted to do was to infringe upon other artists that I had met and who were so kind, and I wanted a product that my children wouldn’t be tempted to dip into frequently. So having three boys, I started making girlie hair accessories.” Chaney’s accessories turned out to be a hit. “I went and signed up for a sole proprietorship that July, downtown, and became an official businesswoman on faith alone and prepared for [my debut at] the October Handicraft Exchange. And it was a success.” Chaney sighs happily, and adds, “Thank God. Indianapolis was very, very good to all of us that fall.” Since its launch, Backwoods Belle has been the primary breadwinner for Chaney’s family. Her husband is still without fulltime work and has taken on odd jobs whenever available. This year, she’ll roll out a new line of dye-free, soy-based candles to supplement the hair accessories, magnets, and bookmarks she already sells. The Chaneys still pinch pennies; few crafters can make a decent living on crafting alone. But they get by. Chaney grew up learning to make do with what was available, and she’s been able to make the most of that mentality now. “When you didn’t have something, you made it,” she says. “If you needed food, you planted a garden.” Before she started crafting, “I was just a mom who sewed things when I needed to.” Today she’s a bona fide businesswoman, still grateful for what she has.

Craftivism Many crafters “upcycle” materials into products such as jewelry, clothing, handbags and pillows. It’s part of a crafting ethos that developed during the do-ityourself shift in the 1990s. In creating her product line, Chaney uses almost exclusively repurposed fabrics. For now, she isn’t quite able to source all of her materials from existing or local materials. But she

aspires toward that goal, and sees it as an important element of the craft movement. “Don’t get me wrong,” Chaney says. “Not all of us can make our own yarn; we do sometimes have to go to a big box store or a large commercial supplies for goods. And as you move along, you can start to back away from that. But I think [the craft movement] was a way of encouraging people to really examine what it is that you were bringing into your home and why you were bringing it in, not just this drive and need for more, more, more.” Betsy Greer, a London-based crafter who coined the term “craftivism,” sees the crafting movement as a celebration of the personal over the mass-produced. In part because so many women have been involved, though by no means is it exclusively a female enterprise, the craft world has celebrated connection and community over competition and commerce. Further, it’s recognized that crafters, like artists, deserve to be compensated fairly, regardless of gender. Under the term’s entry of the Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, Greer writes, “Women began to look at domesticity as something to be valued instead of ignored. Wanting to conquer both a drill and a knitting needle, there was a return to home economics tinged with a hint of irony as well as a fond embracement.” As Aubrey Chaney puts it, “It’s possible to change the lives of others with something as simple as a print from an artist instead of a print at Walmart or Hobby Lobby.” This is why so many crafters deploy seemingly old-fashioned skills such as needlepoint and traditional sewing techniques to create their wares. In the contemporary craft world, their products are unique manifestations of the form, at times irreverent if not downright salacious. Like other popular niche names in the blogosphere, Greer and her fellow craft bloggers play a crucial role in identifying trends of the trade. In a recent post, Garth Johnson of “Extreme Craft” proclaims that “The craft world is hotness on top of hotness right now.” It’s an assertion that seems to be true, if Aubrey

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Work by Aubrey Chaney, whose business is called Backwoods Belle. To see more, check out our gallery of images on nuvo.net.

Chaney’s experience is any indication. But trends are fleeting. Crafters such as Chaney focus on what they do best, following their creative instincts rather than the latest fashion. “You’ll see trendy, and you’ll see classic,” Chaney says. “I find myself leaning a little bit more towards classic. Only for longevity’s sake. I don’t have the ability yet, I don’t have the overhead to invest in trends on a whim.”

Indie in Indy The term “indie,” first associated with independent record labels, has yielded great semantic and therefore marketing possibilities here in Indy. The Arts Council of Indianapolis’ slogan, “Be Indypendent,” can be seen all over town. Clearly, the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange has taken advantage of the wordplay as well. Amanda Maurer Taflinger credits the do-it-yourself movement and a punk aesthetic with driving the early days of the craft movement. But today, she sees it as a “widespread contemporary handmade movement,” one that is starting to drive a micro-economy all its own, similar to indie record labels. “People have been making handmade goods forever,” Taflinger says, “so it’s not anything new. But I think largely what people consider the indie craft movement… started from the DIY ethos and the punk movement. But over the past few years, since that sprung up, there’s all these different craft fairs around the country, like

THE INDIEANA HANDICRAFT EXCHANGE Saturday, June 11; 12-8 p.m. The Harrison Center for the Arts, 1505 N. Delaware St. This year’s IHE will feature more than 100 indie crafters selling their wares, inside and outside on the Harrison Center grounds. The event will be held in conjunction with the Independent Music + Art Festival, hosted by the Harrison Center, and will include live music and raffle prizes. Local food and beer available for purchase.

Bizarre Bazaar [in Richmond, VA], and Renegade Handmade [based in Chicago]; I mean even the titles of some of them provoke some thought of edginess. But I think as those have become bigger and more widespread, people are becoming more familiar with [contemporary craft] on an even bigger basis. So it’s not quite as obscure anymore, or quite as selective or it doesn’t quite fit into only that aesthetic. It’s definitely widened in its horizon.” Along with that evolution is another, more personal one: the development of each crafter and his or her craft aesthetic. Taflinger says more than 180 crafters applied to get into this year’s Handicraft Exchange. The jury accepted roughly 100 of them. As these fairs become more popular, the competition will only intensify, and artisans will have to work harder to deliver a better product. Taflinger explains, “We get a lot of the same vendors applying, and one of the things that we look for… is if they’ve evolved, if they’re improving their craft or they’re adding new items.” With this in mind, attendees can look forward to a greater variety of goods, making it even less of a necessity to purchase that dishtowel or set of coasters at Walmart or Target. Taflinger adds, “Each year I’ve seen quite an evolution in a lot of the vendors that have participated in some of our events since the very beginning. It’s pretty fantastic because it’s just really nice to see people grow.” SEE FOLLOWING PAGES FOR PROFILES OF INDIEANA HANDICRAFT EXCHANGE ARTISTS.

To learn more and see what’s in store, visit www.indieanahandicraftexchange.com.

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To preview some of the crafters’ work, visit Homespun Modern Handmade, in Indy’s Irvington neighborhood, 5624 E. Washington St. Call 3510280, email info@homespunindy.com, or visit www. homespunindy.com. Hours: Wed. & Thurs. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. 12-6 p.m.

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Josh Johnson Josh Johnson breaks the mold when it comes to the stereotypical crafter: He’s a man, for one thing, and he’s more of a fixture in the Indianapolis gallery scene than in craft circles. Johnson earned his BFA in studio art at the School of Fine Arts at Indiana University in Bloomington about 10 years ago, and has been working as a fine artist ever since. That said, Johnson’s work — edgy watercolors wrought in smoky earth tones and mossy greens, with a quirky, at times dark, edginess — fits the contemporary craft aesthetic as not-your-

typical nature or figurative artist. In his own words, Johnson’s work “dwells in the realm of the lost, forgotten and overlooked,” with subject matter such as “marionettes, flying squirrels and by-gone eras.” As a means to these ends, he employs letterpress and linoleumcut printmaking as well as watercolors. Johnson has also done handmade books and enjoys storytelling — evidenced by his “Spindletons” series. “I do some illustration here and there, and I do comic book shows,” he adds. At the same time, Johnson doesn’t see himself as a typical crafter. “I’m not immersed in that culture,” he says. “It’s

pretty tight knit, with the people that support it and the people that create. It’s a pretty supportive community. But I’m really more of an observer. The printmaking aspect of my work is the handmade aspect that’s most applicable.” Johnson is by no means a newbie, though; the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange will be his fifth contemporary craft fair. He credits Amanda Maurer Taflinger, founder of the exchange, with bringing him in. “I was interested but she urged me to do it,” he says. Johnson’s experience has been largely positive: “I put my work out there and different people are drawn to it for different reasons.”

As a fine artist, Johnson has also sold his work at traditional art fairs such as the Broad Ripple Art Fair. He acknowledges that there’s quite a range in quality as well as expression in the contemporary handmade community: everything from $5 greetings cards to original artwork at a much higher price point. “I have a certain vision and I stick to that,” Johnson says. “It’s a fun environment and it’s a good bridge; I think it might get people interested in looking at art… In some ways it’s a more relaxed way to look at art.” Take a look at Josh Johnson’s work at www.spindletons.com.

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Martha Latta (Sunday Afternoon Housewife) Martha Latta exemplifies the handmade ethos when it comes to both her crafts and her approach to life. As a crafter, she reuses — or “upcycles” — existing materials, while reaching out and connecting folks through collaborative ventures such as her popular series of Indianapolis zip code T-shirts. Latta coined the tagline “Indy loves Indie,” a slogan made popular when she galvanized her own Windsor Place neighborhood, on the city’s near east side, to march in opposition to closing some of the city’s library branches. While Latta does have a part-time day job with Ivy Tech Community College, she sees the crafting side of her work as a major focus, one that has extended into her popular howto e-books and blog (see her web site). She’s also at work on a documentary

about the crafting community — along the lines of Faythe Levine’s Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design (2007). As a poster child of the DIY movement, Latta explored the indie ethos early on through a ‘zine called “Sunday Afternoon Housewife” she co-crafted with Jessica Halvorson. “I started creating it right after I moved to Indianapolis [from Kokomo] and it contained information like recipes, household tips, as well as interviews with local bands, things about gardening, and lots of random stuff,” Latta recalls. The ‘zine morphed into a short-lived all-female band, which then morphed into her craft business. As Latta puts it, “the name actually originated from a conversation with a few friends about how the only time I had to be a housewife with all that I did was on Sunday afternoons.” Latta’s current crafting includes, among other items, her eminently popular Scrabble tile jewelry. “I buy Scrabble

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tiles in bulk off E-bay and I make necklaces out of them,” she explains. The letter is on the back, and there’s a picture on the front. Latta has come up “hundreds of different designs,” she says. “I like doing it because it’s fun,” Latta adds. “And people like it because it’s fun. It’s a little piece of art, you can wear it, and it’s not going to break the bank.” (Latta’s Scrabble necklaces are $9.) In addition to the Scrabble tile necklaces, Latta makes bracelets and earrings, magnets from repurposed bottle caps, and glass tile pendants, which sport pithy advice such as “Freak out and throw stuff” or “Get excited and make things.” Because Latta travels the contemporary craft circuit fairly extensively, she’s in the know about what’s hot and what’s not; what works and what doesn’t. She’s able to share this insider information with both seasoned and wannabe crafters on her blog. One of the best aspects of the craft shows — “now every city has one,” she

says — is the face-to-face contact. “A lot of people see a value in handmade that they can’t find at Walmart or at Target… They want to know about you, about your story; they want to know why and how you make what you make.” At this Saturday’s INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, nearly a hundred handmade artisans, some from as far away as Canada, will accompany Latta. And the momentum is showing no signs of letting up. “As long as people are willing to sit behind their booths and be friendly and talk to people who want to buy from them, it’s going to keep happening,” Latta says. “It’s a lot like farmer’s markets… they’re not dropping off, and I don’t think crafters are dropping off either. Local and handmade and handcrafted: People appreciate it.” Visit www.sundayafternoonhousewife.com.

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Elizabeth Winchester (Curly Pigtails)

The handmade craft circuit offers as many price points as expressions, and for buyers who are interested in putting their eco-consciousness where there mouth is, options abound. Elizabeth Winchester, a girls’ clothing artisan based in Bloomington, crafts one-of-akind designs with sustainable materials such as organically grown cotton. “I work really hard to keep my entire line ecofriendly,” she says. Winchester also tries to ensure that her materials “are either manufactured in the

U.S. or in factories that meet standards for fair wages and working conditions.” Such an approach is harder than it may seem, as sweatshops in Third World countries paying substandard wages continue to drive prices down. As a Certified Public Accountant who worked in San Francisco and Chicago prior to her relocation back home in Indiana with her husband and daughter, Winchester is aware of the challenges of trying to sell items for which most consumers are used to paying much less. But since Winchester’s designs are adjustable, there’s an added value on top of the feelgood element. Winchester’s clothing line, which she

designs and sews herself, is inspired by her own daughter’s atypical physique. Winchester’s toddler daughter is “really tall and skinny,” she says, “and it’s been hard to find clothes that fit her properly.” After experimenting for a while sewing clothes for her daughter and relatives, Winchester decided to give the craft circuit a try. Just a year later, she has several craft shows sewn up, and has many more on the horizon. Winchester’s brand, Curly Pigtails, offers a bit of timeless, understated style and whimsy in a crowded marketplace where most girls’ clothing styles mimic grown-up fashions trends. “First and foremost it’s about picking designs that will be flatter-

ing on all shapes and sizes,” she says. “My biggest thing is I don’t want little girls to look like small versions of women.” While Winchester isn’t earning CPA wages —“my husband is basically financing my whole operation,” she says — she’s hopeful that the more craft shows she attends, the more her business, and personal eco-awareness, will grow. “So often when we buy mass-produced items, we have no idea what they’re really made of or where or by whom. So that’s another nice thing about buying from indie crafters and small businesses.” To learn more about Winchester’s clothing line visit www.curlypigtails.com.

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Candice Hartsough McDonald (Cordial Kitten)

Like many young mothers, when Candice Hartsough McDonald gave birth to her first child, she gave up her day job. But instead of becoming a fulltime mom, she took on fulltime motheringand-freelance illustration. As a fine art and commercial illustrator based in Indianapolis, McDonald had already embarked on forays into the contemporary craft world before her daughter was born. Now, the craft circuit comprises half her income. Dispelling notions of the mother as hobbyist, McDonald says,

“My husband just started doing freelance too, so it’s not like I’m just kind of doing it and he’s supporting me, but we have to support each other now.” Like many artists, McDonald has found an appreciative audience among the growing craft-show clientele, in part due to the lower price points compared to what’s typical at traditional art fairs. McDonald’s small-scale watercolors and drawings, sold in the $10-$20 range as prints, reflect a solid and evolved aesthetic. McDonald’s images are clever, sometimes cute, but with an occasional edge: a bear tangled in wire, two clouds fighting, a tornado of wildlife — quintessential contemporary craft show fare. While the craft-show side of her busi-

ness has grown, McDonald continues to do commissioned illustration and custom portraiture work, some of which comes through contacts made at craft fairs. Her portraits offer something a little different. Rather than traditional, realistic renderings, McDonald depicts clients according to personality, often with a humorous twist; for instance, one family was depicted as picnicking bears. Inspired by the craft world’s enthusiastic support, McDonald has expanded her repertoire. “I started making pendants that have little bitty illustrations, and stuffed animals,” she says. Her stuffed animals, called “cat-erpillars,” are plush cats sewn together so their legs resemble a caterpillar. Each one

has a unique character: wearing glasses, smoking a pipe, or donning a scarf. The more time-consuming work has necessarily taken a backseat, a casualty of balancing mothering with working for a living. Her cat-erpillars have somewhat fallen to the wayside. “I really like to make them, and people really like me to make them, but they take forever,” McDonald confesses. “And I don’t really have that luxury of time anymore.” Her work continues to evolve; she’s noticed a slight change in aesthetic since having a baby. “Well, I started making baby toys,” she laughs. “And teething necklaces.” To see more of McDonald’s work, visit www.cordialkitten.com.

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STARTS SATURDAY

SPECIAL EVENT

Treasures of the Earth @ The Children’s Museum

Part of the National Geographic Treasures of the Earth Exhibit, recreations of the famous Chinese Terra Cotta Warriors will make the Children’s Museum

their permanent home June 11. Visitors will be able to simulate excavation and mineral analysis of shards of the warriors to determine their original color, as well as digitally painting a soldier based on the analysis. This is the Children’s Museum most ambitious exhibit, ever. For this opening day event, hours are 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., free with museum admission. The night before, Friday, 6-9 p.m., is a late-night adventure preview of the exhibit, which otherwise runs forever. See web site for more details. 3000 N. Meridian St., 334-3322, www.childrensmuseum.org.

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Indiana Fever @ Conseco Fieldhouse

For the second game of the WNBA season, our Indiana Fever go head-to-head with the New York Liberty . The Liberty finished 2nd in their conference in the 2010 season with a

record of 22-12 with the Fever hot on their trail finishing 3rd with a record of 21-13. Featuring two of the WNBA’s strongest teams, this game is sure to be an exciting one. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. Ticket prices vary. 125 South Pennsylvania St., 917-2500, www.wnba.com/fever.

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Cirque de la Symphonie @ Hilbert Circle Theatre

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Cirque de la Symphonie brings the magic of cirque to the Hilbert Circle Theatre. With an out-

CIF’s “Inside” @ Indianapolis Art Center

The Indianapolis Art Center is hosting an exhibition entitled “Inside”, showcasing acrylic on canvas paintings. Painting styles range from traditional landscapes to fantastical abstractions, but what makes this exhibit extra special? The artists are men imprisoned in the Correctional Industrial Facility. The exhibit began last week, but opening reception is Friday from 6-8 p.m.; exhibit runs through July 11. 820 East 67th St., 2552464, www.IndplsArtCenter.org.

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standing cast of the world’s best aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers and strongmen, you’ll be treated to the top artists in their respective crafts. The show is set to symphonic music conducted by Jack Everly. La Symphonie opens Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Ticket prices vary. 45 Monument Circle, 639-4300, www.hilbertcircletheatreindy.org, www.cirquedelasymphonie.com.

Cirque de la Symphonie will be a feast for eyes and ears.

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Indianapolis Indians @ Victory Field

The Indians start a four-game home stretch against the Gwinnett Braves from June 11-14. They’re looking to make up ground on the Columbus Clippers, who are way ahead of them in division standings. The Indians will face a stingy pitching staff in the Braves, who have the best team ERA in the league and have given up a league-low number of homeruns. The Indians won’t be back until June 24 after this series, so catch them this home stand. 501 West Maryland St., 269-3545, indyindians.com.

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Alex Presley leads the Indianapolis Indians in batting average.

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Midwest Body Art Festival @ The Marott

The Midwest Body Art Festival — in association with Mode Magazine — will showcase some of the region’s finest body paint artists on June 11. In Indianapolis’ first ever Body Art Festival, artists such as Anthony Camcho, Anything Airbrushed, Yonio and more will present their work. The cost for general admission is $10 and for $40 for VIP tickets — perks including wine, vodka, gift bags and prime seating. The show begins at 8 p.m. The Marott is located at 2625 N. Meridian St., 331-2472, www.modemags.com.

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The Pride Parade is one of our favorite events of the year. Wear your best, and practice waving like a dignitary!

SATURDAY

SPECIAL EVENT

Indy Pride Parade @ Veterans Mall

FREE

Indy Pride, Indianapolis’s largest LGBT celebration, will continue the festivities with the 6th Annual Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade. The parade begins at 10 a.m. and starts at the corner of College and Massachusetts Avenues . The party then moves to the American Legion Mall from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., where over 150 vendors and entertainers — such as Jennie DeVoe, God-Des and She and Kaci Battaglia — will be located. For more, see our feature, page 23. 700 N Pennsylvania St., 630-1223, www.indyprideinc.org.

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Wicket World of Croquet @ President Benjamin Harrison Don’t be late for this very important date! See

Alice, the Red Queen and other characters from Wonderland in this 17th annual, must-experience

croquet tournament. The tournament, complete with judges and equipment, welcomes competitors of all skill levels, but if you haven’t registered yet, then show up to size up the blokes for next year’s competition. The fundraiser will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and costs $25. Proceeds from tournament provide funds for the museum’s educational programs. 1230 N. Delaware St., 6311888, www.pbhh.org/croquet/Croquet.php.

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Live the good life at the Wicket World of Croquet.

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Look at all the art lovers at the Talbot Street Art Fair. Go and be among them.

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FREE

SPECIAL EVENT

Talbot Street Art Fair @ Talbott Street

One of the season’s most-anticipated events is the Talbot Street Art fair in the historic Herron-Merton neighborhood of downtown Indy. The two-day juried event features 270 artists from across the nation and is in its 56th year. Artists’ booths will have works in all mediums on display and for sale. Free and paid parking is available, or go green and park your bike in the Herron High School front lawn. 10 a.m. Free. Downtown Indianapolis, 745-6479, www.talbotstreet.org.

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Jim Fitzpatrick @ Central Library

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Does your bicycle hit more pavement than your car these days? Ours too. Which is why we will be at the Central Indiana Bicycling Association Lecture Series. The series, open to all bicycle enthusiasts,

will feature the adventures of popular cycling experts, authors and entertainers. Author Jim Fitzpatrick will present an illustrated program about 19th century African-American bicycling champion Major Taylor – the 1899 world sprint champion. Known as “the Worchester Whirlwind,” Taylor was the highest paid and most famous athlete in bicycling, the most popular sport of his time. 7 p.m. Free. 40 E. St Clair St., 275-4100, www.majortaylorinaustralia.com.

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Ben Tebbe, one of Indy’s most successful actors

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ou may recognize Ben Tebbe from the many local ad campaigns he has starred in, including commercials for Comcast, Marsh and Tire Barn. But he makes his real artistic bread and butter on stages across Indianapolis. Tebbe is currently appearing in the Phoenix Theatre’s latest undertaking: Avenue Q. The puppetstudded play is known as a “Sesame Street Live” for adults, with themes like racism, debt and Internet porn.

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Born and raised in Greensburg, Indiana, Tebbe’s acting career began at a young age. “I was very fortunate that I grew up in a family that went to arts events,” says Tebbe. “We went to the ballet, to the opera, to the theater. I have a memory that’s pretty vivid of when I was five years old seeing Yul Brenner on stage in The King and I in Cincinnati. [After that], I begged my dad to take me along with him to a community theater audition.” He graduated from Marian College with degrees in theater and business, then a decade ago Tebbe made his Indiana Repertory Theatre debut in a production of Amadeus. “I was really a glorified stage hand. I was scenery in a costume,” he recalls. But something stuck, and Tebbe has grown into one of the most successful working actors in Indianapolis. Most with his kind of local success take the leap to big cities with more theaters. But not Tebbe; a Hoosier at heart, he’s never left. “I’ve never tried. I’ve not moved to New York. I’ve not moved anywhere. I’ve lived in the same house since I graduated college,” says Tebbe. “I’ve always been something of a homebody. I like being close to family. I have nine nieces and nephews, [and] I like being able to go watch them play baseball…or see a dance recital.”

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Tebbe has found consistent work at various theaters in town. While each theater offers varied experience, there is, in his mind, a common denominator. “Whether I’m with Phoenix or IRT or HART or ShadowApe, I’m working with people who have the same passion and commitment as I do for the work that we are doing,” says Tebbe. “[They are] pretty different places in terms of the resources they have, but in terms of actors who are there to do the very best work they can do — that doesn’t change between the theaters.” Every show presents different challenges. Some are more welcome than others, especially in ensemble work, one of Tebbe’s selfprofessed loves in his field. “One of my favorite shows of all time,” says Tebbe, “was Gorey Stories with ShadowApe Theatre Company. I like the precision it

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A young thespian

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Top, Ben Tebbe with his Avenue Q companion. Below, IRT staged Romeo in Juliet in 2010; Tebbe played Benvolio; in his arms is Ryan Artzberger as Mercutio. Above, right: a still from ShadowApe’s Gorey Stories.

requires… aligning those movements. It takes a long time to get to that point. Along the way there are usually hiccups and bumps. “There was one story I thought we were going to tell in one way, through a waltz. So we worked hours — days — on getting this waltz right. And the story wasn’t being told the right way. And we kept trying it and trying it. Tensions got high, but ultimately it’s all to make sure that the product that we put out is top notch. It can be tricky getting there. It takes a lot of time and a lot of listening to one another.” Working with actors he trusts and respects is a major part of making ensemble movement succeed. The community of actors in Indianapolis has close ties, which help them on stage and off. “We stay connected with each other quite a bit,” says Tebbe. “We’ve gotten together to do readings of different plays. If there are actors in town who also write, we’ll get together and give them feedback. We keep ourselves busy.”

securing one of the 2011 Creative Renewal Fellowships. “My creative renewal involves a lot of travel,” he notes. “I want to travel and see the rest of the country. I’ve been to probably 25 of the states. But all of them are east of the Mississippi. I really want to travel out West and see the rest of the country. Experience things I haven’t experienced. Talk to people I haven’t met before. The nice thing [about] the support we get from the Arts Council is to really think of the creative renewal as a process and not think about product at the end.” Tebbe has a handful of big trips in the works. He plans to see the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, the Rocky Mountains, the Badlands, the Pacific Coast Highway and the Northwest. “I love to travel,” he says, “and yet, being an actor in town if I have the money it probably means I don’t have the time because I’m working. And I have the time, it probably means I don’t have the money because I’m not working.”

Renewing creativity

Before Tebbe hits the open road, he performs with puppet in hand in Avenue

Tebbe has put his time to good use,

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Avenue Q on Massachusetts Ave

Q at the Phoenix Theatre [see infobox]. The show, which is celebrated for its racy content and inventive use of puppets, won three Tony Awards. Tebbe’s attraction to the part of Princeton was instantaneous. “From the first time I saw a snippet of the show on the Tony Awards, I was, like, ‘that’s a show I’d love to do.’ I just felt like it spoke to my generation. People in their 30s and probably younger too.” Yet emoting via puppet presents a new kind of challenge. “Physically, it’s hard,” says Tebbe. “On the hand, on the wrist [and in] getting to that point where you are comfortable enough making the puppet express the emotion you need” Tebbe practices with his look-a-like puppet everyday (each puppet resembles the actor using it). “The slightest tilt of the head can say something,” notes Tebbe. “I’ve started taking my puppet home just so I can stand in front of the mirror. What if I move the puppet this way, or shake the head? What does that say?” As for the show, there is a lot to love. “My favorite song in the show is one that I don’t even sing,” says Tebbe. “‘There’s A Fine Fine Line,’ which is a song that Kate Monster sings. There is so much over the top lunacy in the show, [but] it is such a sweet song. It anchors the show in true emotion.” His performance will illuminate the larger message wrapped up in this deranged puppet show. “There is a lot of crazy stuff happening,” he says. “I think that’s something the show says: there is always crazy stuff going on — it passes. Just remember to have fun and enjoy life. And laugh at how seriously we take things.”

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(Top & left): Scenes from last year’s Pride Parade.

Dan Savage will appear at the Night to Unite event on Friday.

Supporting diversity and youth

talent will join the writer. Proceeds from the show, which includes performances by ComedySportz, Young Actors’ Theatre and the Avenue Q puppets, will go toward Savage’s “It Gets Better” project and scholarships for Indianapolis youth. “The festival is only one day, but it will leave a lasting impact,” said Indy Pride president, Scott Van Kirk. But above all else, the festival promises to be fun. As of this week, the festival is in full swing, but really kicks in on Thursday with Girl Pride at Talbott and The Bag Ladies at Greg’s, followed by Friday’s Night to Unite at 7:30 p.m. Arguably, the signature event for every Indy Pride festival is the parade. Saturday’s Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade is the 7th annual parade, and will include 115 entries ranging from floats to walking groups. It begins on Mass Ave at 10 a.m., stretching all the way to the front of the Indianapolis Public Library. The festival continues at 11 a.m. outside the American Legion Mall, where 234 vendors will set up shop, including NUVO, RadioNOW, Adobo Grill, Baskin & Robbins. Live music will be supplied by the smoky-voiced Jennie DeVoe and hometown favorites Neon Love Life and the Indianapolis Men’s Chorus. “This will be a creative, positive, affirming environment where people can celebrate who they are,” said Van Kirk. And what of the protestors that show up every year with their picket signs and megaphones? “Their ignorance will stay far away from the festival,” Van Kirk promised, “where it belongs.” For more a full list of events, see: www.indyprideinc.org.

Indy Pride turns to the teens BY S A M W A T E R ME IE R E D I T O RS @ N U V O . N E T Last year, 55,000 people attended the Indy Pride festival, the largest of its kind in Indiana. This year, Indy Pride, Inc. expects an even larger crowd to help celebrate queer community. In the wake of a recent rash of suicides in the gay teen population, Indy Pride will focus on youth issues in this year’s festival as it continues to support the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community. First, Indy Pride has harnessed social media as a means to reach a wider and younger audience. And to further generate buzz, organizers invited well-known columnist and pundit Dan Savage to speak. Savage is founder of the “It Gets Better” YouTube campaign, but during his appearance at A Night to Unite, held at the Athenaeum Theatre on Friday, June 10, he’ll focus mostly on his new book. It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living explores the struggles and unforeseen boons of living as a gay youth. Husband and coauthor, Terry Miller and a slew of young

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A&E REVIEWS BOOKS BICYCLE DIARIES DAVID BYRNE VIKING; $16 e You’ve likely heard the legend surrounding ex-Talking Head David Byrne. That while on tour he always brings a foldup bicycle and rides around, discovering the city where he’s performing. That legend in fact is a local legend, as Byrne has been here numerous times and allegedly biked around our fair city. Now out in paperback, his Bicycle Diaries expands upon this legend, as Byrne, an avid cyclist, has bicycled all over the world. Each chapter focuses on its own city, from Manila to New York City, the advantages and disadvantages to biking in these places; which cities are friendly, which cities are not. Along the way he dispenses loads of wisdom and philosophy and photography — from a man who’s been riding the pop cultural wave for 35 years or more. His twin artistic interests, music and visual arts are prominent, intertwined with his bicycling adventures, makes this book a great summer read for just about anyone. — JIM POYSER

WE NEVER DANCED CHEEK TO CHEEK: THE YOUNG KURT VONNEGUT IN INDIANAPOLIS AND BEYOND MAJIE ALFORD FAILEY HAWTHORNE PUBLISHING; $18 (SOFTCOVER) e One of Kurt Vonnegut’s oldest and dearest friends – and a pioneering journalist in her own right – Majie Alford Failey makes her contribution to the growing shelf of posthumous Vonnegut books with this memoir about her 70-year friendship with the boy she knew as “Kay.” Failey’s heartfelt account is valuable for at least a couple of reasons. This is the first attempt anyone has made to elaborate on something Vonnegut himself never tired of alluding to: his Indianapolis roots. Failey provides a wealth of anecdotes that help to provide a fuller understanding of the milieu in which Vonnegut grew up and the friends with whom he formed attachments that would last throughout his life. In the process of telling her side of Vonnegut’s story, Failey also succeeds in delivering an evocative sketch of the close-knit, Depression-era, northside community that she and Vonnegut shared. Although Failey, as her title suggests, chronicles their friendship all the way to the end of Vonnegut’s life, it’s her account of the years culminating in graduation from Shortridge H.S. in 1940, on the traumatizing threshold of World War II, that is most resonant. As Vonnegut himself once said: “High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.” — DAVID HOPPE

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ISO guest soloist Antti Siirala.

MUSIC ISO CLASSICAL SERIES PROGRAM NO. 19 r Hilbert Circle Theatre; June 2-4. Matthias Bamert proved to be less than top-notch as the conductor-de-jour — called in at the veritable last minute to replace the ailing Hannu Lintu for the weekend’s penultimate Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra classicalseries program. Perhaps, as a result, Bamert was less than optimally prepared. Featuring guest soloist Antti Siirala, the program’s principal work was the mighty Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15. Siirala seemed a bit tentative in the concerto’s long opening movement, making one or two slips, but more importantly playing beneath the orchestra such that his passage work could not always be heard. The slow movement, however, brought Siirala out of his musical closet: His slight toying with those pianistic figurations made them glow with expressiveness, stirring indescribable emotions enriched by those sublime orchestral interjections. All considered, the Rondo finale came off better than the first movement, with Siirala maintaining his competition with the orchestra, and now revealing in full his excellent finger work. Bamert’s orchestra gave us a generally good account of Brahms’ rich instrumentation, especially in the fugal section. The program opened with Haydn’s Symphony No. 96 in D (“Miracle”). Being the ISO’s first performance ever of this work, it received a wholly routine one, the conductor beating a tempo and the orchestra going through the motions: little precision, no verve, no real excitement. However, Bamert got his players on track with Richard Strauss’s ensuing tone poem, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks , Op. 28 (1895). Till seemed to catch up both conductor and players in expressing its fun and frivolity. For more review details visit www. nuvo.net. —TOM ALDRIDGE

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Frankenstein: A New Musical at Buck Creek.

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sweetheart) without building character. The cast, especially Daniel Robert as Frankenstein and Kelly Najacht as his fiancé Elizabeth, sing effectively and the music is occasionally moving, but the lyrics are painfully hackneyed (Elizabeth pines, “I miss you so, I love you so”). The play’s most redeeming moments belong to The Creature (played fiercely by Dante J.L. Murray), when he lashes out at Frankenstein (“You may be my creator, but I am your master”). The altered ending almost gets to the heart of their love story, but there’s too much missing upfront to make the whole of the play work. 11150 Southeastern Ave., 862-2270; www.buckcreekplayers.com. —JOSEFA BEYER

FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS y Theatre on the Square; Betty Rage; through June 12. In Betty Rage Productions’ inaugural performance, five bridesmaids revolve around an upstairs bedroom at a family wedding, each with various reasons for hiding from the party. Playwright Alan Ball’s (Six Feet Under, True Blood) script is overloaded, taking on more ground than it can realistically cover. He packs too many topics (marriage, divorce, adultery, lust, sexual abuse, AIDS, gay issues, family dysfunction and others) into a series of disconnected scenes. On top of that, little to no action occurs on stage; most characters experience mainly internal conflict or conflict with unseen wedding guests. While the play is a poor choice for a theatrical debut, the cast creates lovable and relatable characters. Karen Irwin’s direction creates a delightful slumber party atmosphere, revealing a rare glimpse into the private interactions between women, which are at times beautiful and at times vicious. Ultimately, Five Women left me wanting to see more from Betty Rage. Here’s hoping they can bloom more fully into their mission to provide more opportunities for “chicks” to produce “cutting edge theater.” 627 Massachusetts Ave., 6858687; www.tots.org. —KATELYN COYNE FRANKENSTEIN: A NEW MUSICAL y Buck Creek Players; D. Scott Robinson; through June 19. Buck Creek took a gamble in staging the Indiana premiere of this 2007 Broadway musical, because it closely follows Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel rather than the widely known horror films and Mel Brooks’ movie it inspired (there were a few giggles last Sunday when this serious version recalled too closely Brook’s comic version). I love the original, not for its observation that science is run amok, but for the moody isolation it describes through the tale of Frankenstein, a young scientist who is cut off from his own life by his bizarre quest to reanimate the dead. Buck Creek’s gamble is lost, because the musical’s 22 back-to-back songs (music by Mark Baron and book and lyrics by Jeffrey Jackson) build plot rapidly and assign “roles” (dead mother, loving dad, childhood

AVENUE Q w Phoenix Theatre; directed by Bryan Fonseca; through July 10. Delightful in every aspect, Avenue Q is destined for a long residency at The Phoenix. The small-space allows for an intimate relationship between stage activity and audience. And despite compactness, production elements are every bit as classy as they are on big stages whether on Broadway or as a traveling company. The Phoenix team matches every expectation for stage setting, puppets and their symbiotic relationship with actors, music, costumes, lighting, animation, choreography — it’s all there with heart, soul, guts. This is a show about seeking and finding personal purpose, companionship, economic security and dignity. It’s an adult version of the fast-paced Sesame Street, so expect risqué in every way and being skewered as an equal opportunity dig. Be prepared to be offended, but equally expect to be touched by lovely ballads revealing innermost longings. To the three dozen people directly involved — thank you for ‘making a village’ in every good aspect of the concept. Dan Tracy, Rachel Lambert and Patrick Weigand designed amazingly lifelike puppets. Emily Ristine (Kate Monster), Ben Tebbe (Princeton), Jason Gloye (Rod/Bad Idea Bear), Eric J. Olson (Nicky/Bad Idea Bear/ Ricky) and Claire Wilcher (Trekkie Monster/ Lucy the Slut) aided by Marcy Thornsberry, became the puppets. You have to witness the transformation yourself to be thrilled by the artistry. Diane Tsao Boehm (Christmas Eve), R. Brian Noffke (Brian) and Da’Keisha Bryant (Gary Coleman) artfully are characters in

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Rachel was a ﬁnalist on Season 7 of Last Comic Standing. She was also featured on Russell Simmon’s Presents, Live at the El Ray, TBS’s Just For Laughs series and Comics Unleashed. She has her own half hour special, Comedy Central Presents Rachel Feinstein. She has also appeared on VH1’s, “Jewtastic” and CNN’s “Not Just Another Cable News Show.”

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The Bad Idea Bears (Eric J. Olson and Jason Gloye) try to convince Princeton (Ben Tebbe) to buy beer instead of pay the rent in Avenue Q on the Phoenix Mainstage. their human form. The 5-piece band is on the money. Bryan Fonseca manages to pull off the impossible – several years ago it was a fantastic production of Angels in America and now it’s Avenue Q. 749 N. Park Ave; 635-7529; phoenixtheatre.org. —RITA KOHN

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show revolves thematically. This theme is especially pronounced in the section of the exhibit entitled “Time Capsules,” which combines wall hanging toy-like sculptures and paintings to create a series of “Life Instructions” for his son. The instructions don’t seem entirely clear, but whimsy doesn’t always require clarity. 1043 Virginia Ave.; www.IndyMOCA.org. —DAN GROSSMAN

In 2004 Andy won the St. Louis leg of the Laugh Across America Contest and was invited to perform at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. In 2008 Andy won the Butterﬁnger Comedy Showdown and in 2009 he received invitations to perform at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, and the Great American Comedy Festival at the Johnny Carson Theater.

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KEVIN POLLAK JUNE 16-18 Meet & Greet

Thursday, June 16 7:30 at Peppers Broad Ripple

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Ryan Mulligan’s work is on view at iMOCA until July 16. Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA); Ryan Mulligan; through July 16. When I sat down to take in the wall-length mural “Shake Walt’s Hand for me,” the first more or less concrete image I saw amidst the fluid pastelcolored lines and abstract imagery was what looked to me like a baby carriage. No sooner did this visual assumption crystalize in my mind than Kathryn Castle, Ryan Mulligan’s wife, pushed their infant son across my line of sight in a baby carriage. Is it any wonder, then, that the whole mural, with its liberal streaks of pink and baby blue, seemed to invoke in me a vision of the universe as seen through a young infant’s eyes? Not to say there wasn’t any deliberation here: In painting this mural, Mulligan used a large number of abstract drawings on paper as references, a number of which are also on display. If the drawings (in marker and mechanical pencil on paper) have a distracted, disjointed quality it may be because Mulligan was drawing them while both watching TV and watching over his infant son — around whom this

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“Flowering Tulips 1” by Barbara Ventura

Renaissance Gallery; through June 24. There’s little, if any, film photography to be seen in this show and that seems a pretty good indication of the way things are going in the realm of fine art photography. There is, however, plenty of Photoshop digital editing going on. Whether or not to Photoshop is the question that most of these photographers have entertained at one time or another. The leader of this alumni group of photographers, their former instructor John 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 06.08.11-06.15.11 // a&e reviews

A&E REVIEWS Paul Caponigro, falls squarely into the pro-digital manipulation camp. One of his manipulated photos on display in this show, “Exhalation IV” is a spectacular skyscape with symmetrical beams of light falling towards the water below, from a double-sun, against a backdrop of vertical clouds that tunnel up towards infinity. There’s a certain spiritual element in the composition here but nothing’s spelled out. Barbara Ventura is somewhat less subtle in “Flowering Tulips I” where you see a woman’s naked backside merged with a tulip petal. But perhaps the most spectacular image of all these is one that didn’t require any digital manipulation at all. Sallie Jo Perraglia’s “Peek-a-Boo” shows a flamingo with its beak hidden by a feathered wing but its eye staring out in the photographer’s general direction. This particular photograph effectively demonstrates that, even in this digitalized world, there’s still a place for straight photography.1 S. Rangeline Road; www.renaissancefineartanddesign.com. — DAN GROSSMAN

bands reminiscent of cut film. The prints were enhanced by graffiti-like color blocks, suggesting overexposure to light. The resin coating of Riley and Enrique’s work struck me as characteristic of recent Artbox shows. Comparatively the stainless steel obelisks of Ronald A. Westerhuis seemed fresh. The futuristic “Matrix” and “Matrix II” rose from their pedestals like oblong, curvilinear prisms, cut with disc-shaped subtractions.The title Shine suited this exhibition just as well as a number of recent ARTBOX shows, although the artworks displayed last Friday were dazzling enough to support a possibly intended double-entendre. 217 West Tenth Street; 955-2450; www.artboxindy.com. —JOSEPH WILLIAMS

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“Magnetic Crisis” by Bruce Riley.

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ARTBOX II; through July 29. The artworks exhibited at ARTBOX last Friday were diverse in subject matter and theme, but they all ‘shone’ in medium; the sculpture was stainless steel, and the painting was coated in resin. If you have been to ARTBOX recently you won’t be surprised by the resin as a technical flourish. Bruce Riley divulged that in his otherwise traditional oil paintings, resin was applied at several different stages, which, combined with translucent pigments, created a ‘layered’ effect. In “Magnetic Crisis,” the canvas evokes a blown-up image from a microscope. It shows a translucent, beast-like organism composed of smaller creatures like sea anemones and centipedes. Seemingly related were Riley’s ‘pattern paintings,’ including “Tricome,” a mosaic of white blotches arranged in the form of tentacles. The nearby colored prints of Jorge Enrique had an equally reflective resin finish. Representatives of his “Urban D-Construction Series,” like “Cinematic 5,” showed horizontal

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Wug Laku’s Studio and Garage; through June 25. Texture was Steven Sickles’ secret to drawing in his audience, as was professed in the artist’s statement for Giggling Angels. For this show, he derived his background patterns from abstract expressionism (see the Rothko-esque rectangles in “Chinese Export East,”) as well as from Chinese hand scrolls (especially the turbulent skyscapebackdrop of “Metal Skin and Ivory Birds”). Each work was a sensory surprise that invited closer inspection. In the foreground, Sickles often used the form of an orb, swirling with thick oil, serving as a textural counterpoint to the background. Only a few of these works could fit into Wug Laku’s small side gallery, but it was this intimate environment which particularly allowed Sickles’ orbs to bristle with energy. I could sense a growing enthusiasm at Wug’s studio; an awareness that the artists’ emphasis on technical subtlety and sophisticated messages has paid off in recent exhibitions, and now they can’t miss. 1125 Brookside Ave.; 270-8258; www. wlsandg.com. —JOSEPH WILLIAMS

WINDOWS AND MIRRORS: REFLECTIONS ON THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN e Earth House Collective; through June 24. A Traveling Mural Project of the American Friends Service Committee, this exhibition isn’t the usual First Friday fare; these murals by over 40 artists are direct and political. “The Change Within” by Susan Harts, to take one example, contains a quote from Albert Camus, “We used to wonder where war lived….and now we know…that it is inside ourselves.” That this quote is featured so prominently seems ironic, seeing

A&E REVIEWS that Albert Camus himself, as a Frenchman born in Algeria, was not sympathetic to the growing insurgency in that country during the 1950s. As a Frenchman, Camus was blind to a fact that might have been obvious to a stranger to the conflict; that France’s behavior in Algeria was that of a colonial oppressor. Can the American presence in Afghanistan be viewed the same way? It certainly can be if you’re a victim of the NATOled bombing campaign in Afghanistan, however enlightened the bombers’ goals may be. Geoff Krawczyk’s “Birth of Tragedy” shows a bloodied victim of one such bombing, a child crouched in a corner, against a nightmarish blueblack background. It’s one of the more accomplished pieces in this show that features the work of professional artists alongside that of novice students. But the varying quality of the murals on display here is almost beside the point in this show that proposes to illuminate a war that is both inside and outside us. 237 N. East St.; www.earthhousecollective.org. —DAN GROSSMAN

“Airstrikes on Weddings” (left) is part of the current show at Earth House, Windows and Mirrors (also below and right). Below, bottom, Lobyn Hamilton’s work (among other artists) is on view at the Athenaeum through June 29.

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FOOD Classy pie

Mellow Mushroom offers new genre of pizza BY N E I L CHA R L E S E DI T O RS @N U V O . N E T The seemingly eternal debate about what does or doesn’t constitute real pizza, who makes the best, who really invented it and why does it all matter, continues to rage unabated today much as it did twenty years ago. In its essence, pizza has become little more than an ever-expanding repertoire of ingredients baked on a bewildering variety of breads in an astonishingly imaginative and diverse array of stylistic renderings. But the really brilliant thing about pizza these days is that it’s so many things to so many people, regardless of its cultural origins. It has become the ultimate international food, and thank goodness for that. The fact that I was taught to make pizza three decades ago in Italy by a man I consider to be the finest Pizzologist of all time should have little or no influence on any comments I make on the subject. It is, however, impossible for me to forget the

irrefutable advice of my mentor, Sr. Gigi, that great pizza is all about two things only: balance and quality of ingredients. When it comes to assessing the myriad styles and renditions of pizza that I encounter, these qualifiers always spring to mind. It was with a little skepticism that we recently set foot into Mellow Mushroom for dinner. Not that I was exactly expecting to enjoy a handful of those stalky, thin shroomy delights that grow on cow manure, (more’s the pity), but I was a little leery of what might constitute the accompanying décor and soundtrack. As it happens, no worries on those counts, because the décor’s a tepid take on psychedelia and the music is just great if (like me) you grew up in the 1970s before Clapton became Clapped-Out. Even though it’s a chain, with its origins in Atlanta GA, of all places, Mellow Mushroom really delivers when it comes to the aforementioned qualifiers. We sampled three main dishes: a wonderful House Calzone ($7.50) which weighed in at over a pound, and was replete with spinach, tomatoes, mozzarella and tomato sauce. The ratio of stuffing to firm, chewy and wonderfully starchy bread crust was impeccable. The same was true of a simple Margarita Pizza I ordered for around $10. In addition to the delicious freshness of the ingredients, the base of the crust had been lavishly brushed with butter and parmesan cheese, creating a delectably

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Mellow Mushroom’s meatballs ($5.95).

authentic and puffy, crisp rim to the pizza. The third dish was an utterly edible steak and cheese hoagie ($4.95 for a generous half), made with the same chewy wholesome bread, and disturbingly easy to eat in its entirety. To start with, we munched on some excellent meatballs ($5.95) and some freshly-baked pretzels with marinara and cheese dipping sauces, washed down with a couple of Fat Tires from the modest draft list. This is definitely a pizzeria I would revisit, mainly based upon the quality of the crust and the balanced application of its toppings. Maybe we have a new pizza genre here…Atlanta-Style, anyone?

BEER BUZZ BY RITA KOHN

JUNE 8

Barley Island Broad Ripple. Guest brewery and discussion; 6 p.m. Rock Bottom College Park, Buffalo Gold Ale Tapping Party; 6 p.m. Headwaters Park, Ft. Wayne, Germanfest, 10:30 a.m.-midnight. (June 8-11). New Albanian’ Public House: Here’s To Beer, non-credit IUS course, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $65 for four Wednesday sessions.

JUNE 9

Sun King Tasting Room, A Few Hops More Tapping, food from Mabel on the Move; music from Woody Pines, 6-9 p.m.

JUNE 11

Harrison Center for the Arts , INDIEana Handicraft Exchange/Independent Music + Art Festival, local artists, music and Sun King Beer, 1505 N. Delaware St., noon-8 p.m., free Great Fermentations, Beginning Brewing Class., 9 a.m.

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Stone Creek, 13901 Town Center Blvd., Suite 900, Noblesville, Flat 12 Beer Dinner. 317-770-1170; http://www.stonecreekdining.com/Noblesville/

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Three Pints Brewpub is now serving their own line-up of brews along with other Indiana brews on tap. 5020 Cambridge Way, Plainfield, just off the I-70 and SR-267 interchange. 317-839-1000; http://www.threepintsbrewpub.com, hours: SunMon: 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Tues-Thu: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri-Sat: 11 a.m.-12:30 a.m. Cutters Brewing Co. 1927 S. Curry Pike on Bloomington’s west side will be opening mid-June, 812-335-2337, http://www.cuttersbrewing.com Upland UpCup 2011 Homebrew first place winner is Randy Jones, Indianapolis, for his “Mother’s Milk Sweet Stout.” Prize is ProAm brewing with Upland Head Brewer Caleb Staton. Jasan Mundy, Bloomington, took second place for his “Kate Middleton after the divorce Ordinary Bitter” and Frank Petrarca, Indianapolis, took third place for his “Hefe for my Hunny” hefeweizen. Honorable mention went to Steven Llewellen, Bloomington, for a Black IPA aged in Oak. Indiana State Fair Indiana Brewers’ Cup Craft Beer Competition: Entries accepted June 9-24 at Sun King Brewing Company Tasting Room; see www.Brewerscup.org or email: brewerscup@indianastatefair.com Puccini’s Smiling Teeth is featuring local and craft brews to pair with their signature pizza. If you have an item for Beer Buzz, send an email to beerbuzz@nuvo.net. Deadline for Beer Buzz is Thursday noon before the Wednesday of publication.

MOVIES The Tree of Life BY E D JO H N S O N - O T T EJO H N S O N O T T @N U V O . N E T

w (PG-13) Out of all the amazing images in The Tree of Life, I was most taken with the hands of the father played so well by Brad Pitt. Those hands, trying to push, protect, control, envelop, guide. Those were my dad’s hands, and mine now, as we keep trying. Trying. I miss my dad. Over the last few years of his life, I watched him grow increasingly pale — his hair wispier, his eyes more distant. He kept fading until the day he was gone. I feel myself dissipating now. Slowly, to be sure, and I’m certainly here far more often than I’m not, but it’s happening. The Tree of Life is written and directed by Terrence Malick, whose other feature films are Badlands (1973), Days of Heaven (1978), The Thin Red Line (1998) and The New World (2005). In my review of his combat-related feature, The Thin Red Line I wrote, “If you’re interested in a cinematic meditation on life

and death that actually has substance, rent Peter Weir’s Fearless. I wish Malick had. Then he might have realized that pretty pictures and vague pondering do not a movie make. War is hell and, moments of brilliance aside, so is The Thin Red Line. Malick’s new production is a 138-minute meditation on life, the universe, and our place in it. The impressionist film includes extended images depicting the creation of the universe, the birth of our world, the age of the dinosaurs, a detailed portrait of a Texas family in the ‘50s, a decades-later visit with one of the now-grown children from that family, and images of an afterlifeish reunion on a beach. Alexandre Desplat supplies the effective score. I don’t know what the me that wrote the 1998 Thin Red Line review would have made of all this. I may very well have praised the wonderfully-done family scenes, acknowledged the beauty of the other segments and made wisecracks about the languid pacing, the moments of Kubrickian trippiness and the questioning voice-overs. The 2011 me recognized various Malick traits I found annoying in the past, but The Tree of Life held me rapt all the way through. The closest I came to distraction was during the scenes of a distressed Sean Penn as Jack, the aforementioned middle-age son. It seemed wasteful to take an actor of Penn’s caliber and give him a nearly wordless part

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The following are reviews of films currently playing in Indianapolis area theaters. Reviews are written by Ed Johnson-Ott (EJO) unless otherwise noted. BLUE HAWAII (PG)

Elvis Presley stars as an ex-G.I. forced to choose between surfing and working at his family’s pineapple company. What a predicament! This breezy musical comedy plays at the IMA Amphitheater on Friday, June 10 at 9 p.m. $10 for the public, $5 for museum members.

JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (PG)

Third-grader Judy Moody is ready for a great summer vacation with her best friends Rocky and Amy. But wait — Rocky is headed for circus camp and Amy is going to Borneo with her mom, leaving Judy with her pesky little brother Stink and secondbest friend Frank Pearl. Then her parents announce they’re leaving for California and Judy will have to stay with her aunt. Will this be her worst summer ever? Hint: See title of movie for a clue. 91 minutes.

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG-13)

Woody Allen’s latest is a fairy tale for adults about a man (Owen Wilson) on a prewedding vacation in Paris with his bride-to-be (Rachel McAdams). One night, while walking the moonlit streets alone, he finds himself transported to another era — a period of time in the City of Lights where he can spend time with F. Scott Fitzgerald (Tom Hiddleston), Ernest Hemingway (Carey Stoll), Gertrude Stein (Kathy Bates) and a woman named Adriana (Marion Cotillard). He returns to modern day Paris in the morning, but his nights are spent in the romantic past. 100 minutes.

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Oozing with cheese, this film plays like a supermarket romance novel brought to melodramatic life. Writer-director Tommy Wiseau stars as a successful banker caught in a love triangle with his fiancée (Juliette Danielle) and his best friend (Greg Sestero). Don’t miss the midnight screenings of the film at the Keystone Art Cinema on June 10 and 11. This is a perfect film to watch at midnight — when your mind is too foggy to tell the difference between good and so-badit’s-good. 99 minutes. — Sam Watermeier

SUPER 8 (PG-13)

In the summer of 1979, a group of young friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a Super 8 movie and soon suspect it may not be an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local sheriff’s deputy (Kyle Chandler from Friday Night Lights) tries to uncover the truth — something more terrifying than any of them could imagine. Written and directed by J.J. Abrams. 112 minutes.

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Young Jack (Hunter McCracken), pictured here with his father (Brad Pitt).

where he only gets to show one emotion. But even as I noted that, I remained under the spell of the film. The most fascinating parts were those of the family in the ‘50s. The O’Briens: Three boys, including young Jack (Hunter McCracken), nurtured by their mother (Jessica Chastain) and more overtly guided by their father. The setting is idyllic, but the frustrations and conflicts of being part of a family are all there. The joys and trials of the O’Brien family seem universal because they are presented so specifically. At the end of the movie, I talked with another writer who seemed similarly affected by the experience. A colleague approached and suggested that we had just watched the longest insurance company commercial ever made. When he heard us talking about the film in serious tones, he was courteous enough to stop joking. My suggestion to you is this: to avoid

being bored silly, don’t go to see The Tree of Life unless you are in a meditative mood. And be prepared to discuss the reunion scene at the end. For what it’s worth, I thought it was a representation of the reconciliation most of us make (or wish to make) with the people and memories that affected us most. The big questions and big images in The Tree of Life reminded me of when I was a boy and my father got the telescope out at night, focused it with his big hands and showed me and my brother and sister the heavens. “Kind of makes you feel small, doesn’t it?” he said and I kept quiet. What I thought was, “No it doesn’t. I’m just as important a part of everything as all of the stars in the sky. All of us are.” I still think that. Each of us is a vital piece of the tapestry of the universe. It wouldn’t be the same without us. We matter as much as anything does. 

Prequel unveiling the epic beginning of the X-Men saga — and a secret history of the Cold War and our world on the brink of nuclear Armageddon. This isn’t just a dandy X-Men flick, it’s a smart, stylish escapist movie. It’s serious when it should be, lots of fun in general, and it manages to take themes already addressed in the franchise and make them seem fresh. Most of the acting is top notch, the story mostly moves at a good clip, most of the plot lines satisfy, and most of the special effects are impressive. Yes, I noticed some weak parts in the production, but I was having too good a time to worry about them. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, January Jones, and Kevin Bacon. 131 minutes. See nuvo.net for the full review.

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music The everexpanding Iron & Wine

Sam Beam prefers playing with others BY A L A N S C U LL E Y M U S I C@N U V O . N E T

t’s ironic to think that one of the largest bands going on the road this spring will be Iron & Wine. It’s a group that began a decade ago with one member: Sam Beam, whose first album as Iron & Wine was a stripped-back, nearly-solo affair. Beam is still the songwriter and voice of Iron & Wine, but he has a lot of company on stage these days — nearly a dozen musicians in all, with a horn section and backing vocalists in addition to a six-piece band. “It gets to be a big handful of people, but I think it’s fun,” Beam said in a recent interview. “I do a lot of solo shows, and I enjoy that, too. But it’s a lot more fun to play with other people. Also, I think it gives you more options when you’re on the stage. You can have everyone stop playing and do a solo song, but then when you want to do a large arrangement, they are there. “Everybody’s got a lot of good ideas. None of the songs or the old arrangements are very sacred. We don’t really play the record note-for-note.” As Beam hinted with that comment, the Iron & Wine “big band” of 2011 is a direct reflection of the path his music has taken over the course of four studio albums. After a pair of low-key, largely solo albums – the 2002 Iron & Wine debut, The Creek Drank the Cradle, and 2004’s Our Endless Numbered Days — Beam’s approach began to expand when he teamed up with Calexico to make the 2005 EP In the Reins, on which Calexico applied its varied instrumentation and mix of Southwestern rock, Mexican and jazz music to a set of Beam’s songs. With his 2007 Iron & Wine album, The Shepherd’s Dog, Beam began to add instruments and expand his arrangements, and now he’s taken that approach further on his new album, Kiss Each Other Clean. Still, Beam is judicious enough with the instrumentation that many of the new tunes still connect back to the spare settings of the first two Iron & Wine albums. For instance, the new song “Walking Far From Home,” has plenty going on – from the eerie undercurrent created with its electronic-type hum and deliberate bass line, to ever-building harmonies, percussion and piano. But there is enough separation between instruments and enough intimacy to make it easy to imagine the

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song in a solo format. The same goes for “Rabbit Will Run,” which has all sorts of instrumental bells and whistles added to the world beat rhythms that form the foundation of the song, or for “Me And Lazarus,” which builds from its quirky synthesizer-based melody to include horns and backing vocals. The bigger twists on Kiss Each Other Clean come on songs such as “Tree By The River” and “Half Moon,” which take things more of a poppy direction with easy-going vocal melodies, harmonies and bright vibes, or on “Big Burned Hand,” which has a Steely Dan-ish quality in its wacky saxophone line. “Definitely, there’s a bit more of an R&B quality to this one, especially with the horn section and the way the vocal arrangements are approached,” Beam said. “Rather than just straight vocal harmonies, like a circle of people singing, this is more like a vocal group. So that in itself, just those R&B little qualities, just those in themselves suggest a bit more of a pop element. And R&B suggests a lot of economy in the way they approach arrangements. They’re generally short, concise arrangements.” For Beam, there’s a simple reason why he has continued to embrace a wider range of instrumentation and build up his sound. “Well, it would definitely have been hard to get more minimalistic, to strip things down more than those early records,” Beam said. “Obviously, you want to make different sounding records. I like that idea. I’m not saying that something new is the only goal when you go into recording something. But I don’t like to feel like you’re stale. You definitely want to shake things up a bit. So obviously the thing to do was to beef up the arrangements, not necessarily just for bombast, but to add some complexity. I like lots of different types of music, so it’s fun to be able incorporate all of that stuff, sometimes in the same song, which is even more fun.” While Beam’s sound has evolved from album to album, he said his songwriting approach hasn’t changed much since the early years, when he was happy to leave his songs in their solo acoustic form. “I kind of approach [songwriting] pretty similarly, because I feel like a song should be able to hold up whether you do it with a big band or you do it yourself. It should be able to survive just as an a capella song,” he said. “So I kind of approach it kind of similarly at the beginning stages. It’s just when it comes time to record the thing, I tend to be less satisfied with doing exactly what I was doing before, so you try to stretch out a bit.” Together, the four Iron & Wine albums have earned Beam a place as one of rock’s most unique – some would say idiosyncratic – songwriters. Beam’s story-telling songs are full of clever wordplay and intriguing and vivid imagery. For a guy who has his share of musical gifts, Beam, 36, was something of a latecomer to music. He once had an estab-

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IRON & WINE, THE HEAD & THE HEART The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. Friday, June 10, 9 p.m., sold out, 21+

lished career teaching college cinematography in Miami and as a filmmaker. Writing music and making demos was merely a part-time hobby when his career took a turn in 2000. That’s when some recordings he had sent out caught the attention of Sub Pop Records. The label approached Beam about making an album, but Beam, who now has five daughters, had to consider his family obligations and his career in film in deciding whether to take on life as a touring recording artist. “Like anybody else who makes music, it was a dream that you had to be able to make living out of playing music,” Beam

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said. “But the reality of building a career over time and what that would mean was a lot different than a dream. And I’d already had children at the time, so my responsibilities were a little bit different than if [Sub Pop] had called me when I was 17 and said ‘Do you want to make records?’ I would have said ‘Hell yes.’ “I still said hell yes, but just slightly more under my breath, with hesitation,” he said. “At the end of the day it just seemed like too good of a thing to pass up.” Film’s loss has been music’s gain ever since Beam made that choice.

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SOUNDCHECK

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Thursday BLUEGRASS ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION, JERRY DOUGLAS The Lawn at White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St. 7:30 p.m., $29.50-$69.50 (plus fees), all-ages

A bluegrass wunderkind who recorded her first album at age 14, fiddler and singer -songwriter Alison Krauss has led the adult contemporaryfriendly nu-grass band Union Station since the mid-’80s, with time along the way for one-of f projects such as her 2007 collaboration with Robert Plant, Raising Sand. PIANO POP RACHAEL SAGE, JULIAN VELARD

Irving Theatre, 5005 E. Washington St. 8 p.m., $10, all-ages

It’s interesting to note that the phrase “on-stage banter” appears prominently in the bios of both Rachael Sage and Julian Velard, a couple NYC-centric singer-songwriters who are attentive to the needs of the live show , right down sequined dresses and slightly off-kilter bow-ties. Velard even inhabits a chatty persona on stage, Mr. Saturday Night, which is naturally the title to his latest record. Both land in the piano-pop tradition — Velard compared to Tom Waits and Harry Nilsson by Time Out London, Sage likened to Fanny Brice by The New York Times. JAM INFECTED MUSHROOM

The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 9 p.m., $20 advance (eventbrite.com), $25 door, 21+

Take your pick from one of two cross-cultural dance experiences this Thursday night. The first features Infected Mushroom, an Israeli-born electronic duo whose core sound is rooted in Goa-style trance. Of course, just because they started with Goa trance — a sub-genre born in the Indian state of Goa, then brought back to Israel by tourists and soldiers on leave — doesn’ t mean that’s all there is to the group. Recent albums have dabbled in breakbeat, rock and industrial, though all with a light touch that won’t spoil the lysergic (or psilocybic) vibe. COLOMBIAN CUMBIA! WITH LOS DE ESTA NOCHE, DJ KYLE LONG

Urban Element, 901 N. Pennsylvania St. 10 p.m., $5, 21+

And your second choice for the night will feature the music of Columbia, specifically the influential dance style known as cumbia. As with all Cultural Cannibals events, DJ Kyle Long will man the tables, playing from his apparently fathomless vinyl collection. But this time around, a live band is also on the bill: Los de Esta Noche, a San Antonio rock band that draws from the gamut of Central and Latin American styles, including norteño and mariachi.

Friday ROCK THE BLACK KEYS, BOOKER T. JONES, NICOLE ATKINS The Lawn at White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St. 8 p.m., $35 (plus fees), all-ages

The guys in Akron-born, blues-steeped, guitar and-drums duo The Black Keys share a few things in common with The White Stripes — a Midwestern background and the same instrumentation, for sure, but also a rise to prominence that couldn’t have been easily predicted, given the rough edge of both groups. Their 2010 release Brothers won a Grammy Best Alternative Music Album, whatever that means anymore. With legendary Stax organist Booker T. Jones and the sultry, powerful soul singer Nicole Atkins. FOLK ROCK IRON & WINE, THE HEAD & THE HEART The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 9 p.m., sold out, 21+

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Saturday DIY INDEPENDENT MUSIC + ART FESTIVAL

Harrison Center for the Arts, 1505 N. Delaware St. 11 a.m., free, 21+

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wander down to Talbot Street Art Fair, ponder over where that other “t” went and why there are so damn many tents, then escape from the clutter to the Independent Music + Art Festival, a laid-back, free showcase for (mostly) local music of all stripes, presented on a couple stages in the courtyard of the Harrison Center. In between bands, you’ll certainly want to run into the Harrison to look over the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, which is the subject of this week’s cover story (pg. 14). But stick around for as much music as you can handle. The lineup? Company of Thieves (from Chicago, a solid piano-pop band), The New Empires (another ringer, a Chattanooga-based chamber pop band) and then a whole mess of locals — indie rockers Jascha, piano-pop Francophiles Wolfy, jazz titan Rob Dixon and his Triology, newcomers Red Birds, master of absurdities Lord of the Yum Yum, hip-hop pedagogue T. J. Reynolds, chamber-poppers Slothpop, soulful folkie Liz Janes, punk trio It’s All Happening and the fresh-faced Hotfox. LGBT INDY PRIDE

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Kaci Battaglia headlines the free entertainment at this year’s Indy Pride, which will land in the American Legion Mall after a march down Mass. Ave. Rather the precocious teen, Battaglia had a major label deal at age 13 from which she went on to tour with major acts of yesteryear — your Backstreet Boys, you (Lil) Bow W ows, your Jessica Simpsons. She celebrated her coming of drinking age with a recent single, “Body Shots,” that chronicles a night at and on the bar , negotiating one body shot after another (“Drink it up, lick it up, suck down”) with Ludacris looking on approvingly. The rest of the lineup is eclectic in the best of ways, including community bands and choruses (Pride of Indy Jazz Ensemble, Indianapolis Men’s Chorus, True Love Apostolic Church Choir), DJs (Knayte, E-Kay, Jackola), rock bands (Neon Love Life, Dangerous Liasion, Obsession) and the Cultural Vision Awardwinning Indy Pride Bag Ladies, giving their take on the unavoidable “It’s Raining Men.” JAZZ DEEP BLUE ORGAN TRIO

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Flanneled crooner Ray LaMontagne has commercially outpaced most of his contemporaries (Ryan Adams, Iron and Wine) who used to be lumped under alt-country. And he’s done so by keeping it loose and soulful, turning in radioready ballads in the key of V an Morrison as well as country and rock workouts on the deeper cuts. His latest album, 2010’s God Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise, finally lists the name of his backing band on the cover.

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Not so interested in this year’s VWMC country mega-ticket (which for the record, includes performances by Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts)? Want the good stuff? Well, it’s right down there in Bean Blossom, where more than 50 bluegrass bands, including the genre’s biggest names, gather together for about a week each summer, playing the mainstage before heading to the parking lot to pick into the night. Featuring Dr. Ralph Stanley, Larry Sparks and J.D. Crowe. www.beanblossom.us EAGLE CREEK FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL Eagle Creek Park, 7840 W. 56th St. June 11-12, noon to 7 p.m., free (with park admission), all-ages

A low-key affair held adjacent to the reservoir, the Eagle Creek Folk fest holds the greatest appeal to musicians; the program begins and ends on both days with play-along sessions, set lists for which are available ahead of time on the website of the Central Indiana Folk Music and Mountain Dulcimer Society, indianafolkmusic.org. But there’s plenty for non-musicians, including sets by Greg Ziesemer and Kriss Luckett, Greg O’Haver, Cricket Creek, Geoff Davis and Tom Harleman. Free workshops will demonstrate the wonders of hammered and mountain dulcimers, autoharps, mandolins, bass fiddles, spoons, washboards and other standbys in the folk instrumentarium.

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DISC-US GORDON BONHAM SOON IN THE MORNING WAY GONE

e File this under the It’s About Bloody Time Department: A new album from Gordon Bonham. As a guitarist and singer, Bonham doesn’t have to grab you by the throat to get his musical point across. He’s backed up by some of Indy’s finest: David Murray on bass, Jeff Chapin on drums, Kevin Anker (a wonderful addition) on keyboards and Tom Harold on harmonica. The one flaw of the album is that there’s not enough Harold, but the addition of Anker’s piano/organ work adds something more to Bonham’s repertoire. Tunes like “Outta Sight,” “Soon in the Morning,” Used to be Lovers” are single-malt, smooth blues tunes. “Looking For My Baby,” the fun instrumental “Carmel Woman,” “Get Back, Jezebel” and a foot stompin’ tribute to Yank Rachell called “The Mule Song” are album highlights. “Don’t Let The Man Get Your Money” offers words to live by for musicians. Gordon Bonham is one of the top musicians in any musical genre in Indiana. Soon In the Morning was well worth the wait. – MATTHEW SOCEY

the front porch-flavored “Bugle Call” and “Make My Love Come Down.” Guitarist Peter Roller shines on “Cigarette Blues.” Peter “Madcat” Ruth is a highlight on “She Changed The Lock.” Y ank’s granddaughter Sheena Rachell plays bass on the album, making this a blues family af fair. According to the album’s liner notes, this reissue of Blues Mandolin Man was partially funded by a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission. Great for them and here’s hoping for more Rachell reissues. – MATTHEW SOCEY

TIM GRIMM THANK YOU TOM PAXTON VAULT

r For Tim Grimm, it all started with Tom Paxton. From the liner notes for this 12-track tribute record: “I learned about the V ietnam War, I learned about mature love, I learned about social protest, I learned about melody and song structure — all while growing up listening to Tom’s songs.” And one could still learn a lot from Paxton, whose stuff has aged pretty darn well, even when concerned with passé subjects (the rambling hobo, the funeral straight out of The American Way of Death , the pitcher who coulda made it big). Grimm tackles songs from across the folk singer’s career, doing justice to the early hits (notably, “Last Thing on My Mind”) and more than likely introducing recent ones to casual listeners (2008’s “How Beautiful Upon the Mountain,” which represents political protestors as chosen people upon the hill). At worst, the album doesn’t do much more than convincingly present Paxton’s work as it stands, as a sort of primer for the uninitiated or greatest hits collection for converts. We still care about the lyrics to “Bishop Cody’s Last Request” and “Home To Me,” but tepid folk-rock arrangements don’t add much to either song. But a few tracks give Paxton’s songs new life: a haunting elegy for our degraded environment, “Whose Garden Was This?”; the rather funny “Forest Lawn”; and the beautifully-phrased “I Give You the Morning,” one of Paxton’s sensitive, generous love songs, given an intimate reading by Grimm and guitarist Jason Wilber. —SCOTT SHOGER

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the stuff of folklore and are hotly fought for on eBay. Family Vineyard Records, a West Lafayette micro-label that specializes in experimental rock, re-released the EP in March on audiophile vinyl with plans to release Hoosier Hysteria this fall. The EP’s initial run of 600 copies sold out shortly after its release, followed by an additional run of 250 copies to meet demand. “Everyone needs to hear this record – plain and simple,” explains Eric Weddle, owner of Family Vineyard Records. “And for 30 years, no one has been able to find this record and spin it on a turntable. BY N O RA SP ITZNOGLE It’s really a public service to music fans. P HO TO S BY KEIT H SMI T H Because Dow Jones only released two M USIC@ N UVO.NET records, which have been out of print since their release, audiences have not been able Rick Thomas was mowing his front lawn to grasp how significant their music was. a few years ago when a car pulled up beside We’ve been very patient to get the sound of him. “These three Devo-looking guys shyly the EP perfect. When you crank up the new got out and approached me. ‘We’re from record, its exhilarating.” Dallas,’ they said, ‘and we’re on a tour of the Zero Boys vocalist turned producer Midwest, so we drove to Lafayette because Paul Mahern is re-mastering both Dow we wanted to see the studio where Dow Jones recordings. “The project had been a Jones and the Industrials recorded. They’re real labor of love, and I our favorite band. Is this think anyone that hears the place?’ I took them the re-mastered EP will down to the studio and agree that we really let them take pictures improved the sonic of the moldy basement quality,” he says. “They where all this mayhem did a great job of makshook our foundations so ing some very amazing many years ago.” recordings at Zounds Some 30 years after Studios in the late ‘70s the band recorded in and early ‘80s, but it Thomas’s basement was in the basement studio, Dow Jones and and not the best mixing the Industrials are —Eric Weddle, on Hoosier environment. We tried acknowledged as one of Hysteria to make this record the Midwest’s seminal jump while keeping the punk/new-wave bands. original intent.” Dave Blood, the late Mahern remembers bassist for The Dead the first time he saw the Milkmen, counted Dow band, in 1979, a year before his Zero Boys Jones and the Industrials as a major influwould play a concert with Dow Jones. “I ence. Yo La Tengo routinely covers “Can’t was 16 at the time, but the person runStand the Midwest” on tour. ning the door was always cool about letThe band released only two recordings, ting me and a handful of friends in. It was both in 1980: an LP split with Bloomington heaven. It really hit home that a small punk band The Gizmos, Hoosier Hysteria, club show could be every bit as amazing and an eponymous EP. Both have become as a huge show at MSA.”

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FEATURE In the beginning Dow Jones and the Industrials came to life when Chris Clark met Greg Horn on the Purdue campus around 1977. “We hung out together for some time and just talked about music, had beers, I threw up on occasion,” Clark remembers. “I was very happy to learn about punk rock and Iggy from Greg. I was already an Eno fan.” Clark began playing in high school. “There were really bad bands around in Indiana,” he says. “Our favorite joke band was Roadmaster. Anyway you kind of get the feeling you just want to show everyone how it should be done.” The duo paired up with drummer Tim North, a friend of Clark’s from his hometown, and then started off modestly, playing before a tiny audience at a house party held near their practice space. “The cops came and shut us down after two or three songs because it was really loud and we were baiting the audience,” Horn says. “But, it was really good too. I remember we were just bursting to expose Indiana people to new music.” It was around that time that Clark attended a performance by Horn and another future Dow Jones dude, keyboardist Brad Garton. “The guys were standing out in the field of weeds playing tape loops on a reelto-reel deck and Greg played ambient, sort of Robert Fripp-like guitar. I don’t know where they were plugged into.” Garton soon joined the trio, taking on the moniker Mr. Science. And the lineup was complete: Horn on guitar and vocals, Clark on bass and vocals, North on drums and Garton on keyboards and electronics. One of Garton’s first performances with Dow Jones was at the Family Inn,

which Clark describes as a “sleazy campus motel.” “Someone decided to promote a show with this ‘new punk music’ or some such nonsense,” Garton says. “The thing that was astounding was the crowd that turned out for it. We did our soundcheck in the afternoon, and when we came back we could barely get into the room! People were literally on each other’s shoulders; the energy was insane.”

Eggplant grenades Clark became student body president at Purdue in 1980, drawing a large turnout of voters. “It was originally a media event to publicize Hoosier Hysteria” he says. “We got a good PR boost and definitely got more gigs.” His presidency was known for its irreverence. Clark reorganized the Purdue Student Association and added two departments. One of these departments, Funstuff, sponsored “Vegetable Awareness Week,” took over the Armory for a giant Fli-Back contest and a Halloween party, and sponsored the infamous “Ganja Giveway,” which raised the collective blood pressure of the campus cops and school administrators, though it turned out to be a contest to win a trip to Jamaica. Horn remembers the Halloween party fondly. “The Armory was a massive warehouse filled with confused Hoosiers,” —Greg Horn he says. “We came in through the industrial doors, parting the crowd in Tim’s dad’s Lincoln Continental. People were going nuts; maybe it was the first time they had the opportunity to. The show made me realize that if you throw bags of vegetables at the audience, they will throw them back at you and hit you in the face while you are trying to play. Eggplants were the worst; it’s a good thing we didn’t give out the

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pumpkins. We all got killed at the end; we had fake blood packs in our shirts that we burst when Billy from the Gizmos jumped on stage and murdered us all. Guitars got broken that night. It was great, except for the broken guitars.” Zounds Studio, the now-famous basement where the band recorded all of its works, was also home to Garton and Rick Thomas. Clark thinks the space ought to go “on the National Register of Historically Subversive Places.” “Our basement was a 24/7 place of constant noise and experimentation,” Thomas says. “A lot of DJI practices and recordings, but also, a never ending place of experimentation, where anyone that was hanging around that day or night would get involved in some sort of wacky experiment. I remember coming home one night and finding Brad and Greg had set up ‘the world’s longest tape delay,’ running a tape loop around mic stands placed in every corner of the studio several times. There are still reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes floating

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around, but a lot of that has been lost.”

In the end Clark’s presidency, freewheeling though it may have been, hastened the breakup of the band. “I spent too much time on it, and it accelerated our demise because everyone was pretty exhausted at the end,” he says. The four original members played as Dow Jones and the Industrials for the last time at a reunion party in a Boone County barn in 1993. In 2003, drummer Tim North died of stomach cancer. Just a few weeks later Clark, Horn and Garton reunited to play a memorial concert for North at Radio Radio. The late LonPaul Ellrich played drums in North’s place. “It was freaky and puzzling when we met drummer LonPaul Ellrich, and he knew all the songs for Tim’s memorial at Radio Radio,” Clark says. Ellrich, in grade school when the band recorded Hoosier Hysteria, was yet another musician steeped in the Dow Jones legacy.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It would be an excellent week for you to declare war on everything that wastes your time. Well, maybe “declaring war” is not quite the right spirit to adopt; after all, we don’t want you to go around constantly enraged and hostile. How about if we phrase it this way: It’s prime time for you to ingeniously and relentlessly elude all activities, invitations, temptations, trains of thought, and habits that offer you nothing in return for the precious energy you give to them. Of course this is always a worthy project, but it so happens that you’re likely to achieve far more progress than usual if you do it now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An uncanny stretching sensation will soon be upon you if it’s not already. Whether you’re prepared or not, you will be asked, prodded, and maybe even compelled to expand. It could feel stressful or exhilarating or both. And it will probably force you to rethink your fascination with anyone or anything you love to hate. For best results, I suggest that you don’t resist the elongation and enlargement. In fact, it would be a very good idea to cooperate. As the odd magic unfolds, it will increase your capacity for taking advantage of paradox. It may also give you a surprising power to harness the energy released by the friction between oppositional forces.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Primatologist Jane Goodall, who lived for years among chimpanzees in Tanzania, is one of the world’s top experts on the creatures. Can you guess what her favorite toy was when she was young? A stuffed monkey, of course. There were no doubt foreshadowings like that in your own childhood or adolescence, Gemini. Right? Signs of the magic you would eventually seek to ripen? Seeds of destiny that had just begun to sprout? Now would be a good time to reflect on those early hints. You’ll benefit from updating your understanding of and commitment to the capacities they revealed. CANCER (June 21-July 22): After all these years, the American presidential election of 2000 still makes me cringe. Because of the archaic laws governing the process, the candidate who “lost” the election actually got 543,895 more votes than the guy who “won.” How could anyone in good conscience, even those who supported the less-popular “winner,” have sanctioned such a result? It was perverse. It was pathological. It was crazymaking. I’d say the same thing if the roles had been reversed, and Gore had become president with a half-million fewer votes than Bush. You must not let something comparable to this anomaly happen in your personal life in the coming weeks, Cancerian. It is crucial that every winner be the one who deserves to be. Don’t sacrifice what’s right in order to serve corrupt protocol or outmoded conventions. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I dreamed you had been tending an unusual garden for months. Your crops weren’t herbs or flowers or vegetables, but rather miniature volcanoes. Each was now ripe and stood about waist-high. They erupted with a steady flow of liquid blue fire that you were harvesting in large, gold, Grail-like cups. Apparently this stuff was not only safe to drink, but profoundly energizing. You sipped some of the potion yourself and distributed the rest to a large gathering of enthusiastic people who had come to imbibe your tasty medicine. The mood was festive, and you were radiant. This dream of mine is a good metaphor for your life in the immediate future. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Darryl Dawkins played professional basketball from 1975 to 1996. One of the sport’s more colorful personalities, he said he lived part-time on the planet Lovetron, a place where he perfected his interplanetary funkmanship. He also liked to give names to his slam dunks. The “Turbo Sexophonic Delight” was a favorite, but the best was his “Chocolate-ThunderFlying, Teeth-Shaking, Glass-Breaking, Rump-Roasting, Bun-Toasting, Wham-Bam-I-Am Jam.” I encourage you to try some Darryl Dawkins-like behavior in your own chosen field, Virgo. Give a name to your signature move or your special play. With playful flair, let people know how much you love what you do and how good you are at what you do.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’re likely to be as attractive and endearing and in demand as it’s possible for you to be. I am not making any absurdly extravagant claims here — am not implying you’ll be as charismatic as a rock star and as lovable as a kitten — but you will be pushing the limits of your innate allure. I bet your physical appearance will be extra appealing, and you’ll have an instinct for highlighting the most winsome aspects of your personality. To help you take advantage of the potential that’s now available, please add the following word to your vocabulary: “concupiscible,” which means “worthy of being desired.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Nicolas Cage is a Capricorn. While performing his film roles, he often loses his composure. Of course the crazy things he does as an actor aren’t real and don’t lead to dire consequences in his actual life. But they afford him a great deal of emotional release. Let’s hypothesize that, like Cage, you could benefit from expressing the hell out of yourself without causing any mayhem. Is there a cork-lined sanctuary where you could go and safely unveil explosions of extreme emotions? Or some equivalent? For inspiration, check this Youtube compendium of Cage uncaged: bit.ly/CageUncaged. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): My divinations suggest that you’d be wise to assign yourself an errand in the wilderness. The precise nature of the errand has not been revealed to me, but I suspect it involves you going to an untamed place whose provocative magic will tangibly alter your consciousness, awakening you to some truth about your destiny that you’ve been unable to decipher. I also believe your task is more likely to succeed if you create a small, whimsical shrine there in your ad hoc sanctuary. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you have any idea of how many of your diapers your mother changed when you were a baby? It was almost certainly over 1,000. Have you ever calculated how many meals she prepared for you? That number probably exceeds 10,000. While we’re on the subject, do you remember who taught you to read and write? Can you visualize the face of the first person besides your parents who made you feel interesting or well-loved or real? I encourage you to follow this line of thought as far as you can. It’s a perfect time, astrologically speaking, to visualize memories of specific times you’ve been well cared for and thoroughly blessed.

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