NUVO: Indy's Alternative Voice - June 22, 2011 by NUVO

THIS WEEK JUNE 22 - JUNE 29, 2011

VOL. 22 ISSUE 18 ISSUE #1045

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RIP METROMIX It was with a heavy heart that we learned Gannett will publish the final issue of Metromix (aka Indy. com and INtake) this Thursday. We’d be remiss if we didn’t pay our respects to the dearly departed. Inside you’ll find our tribute to the now deceased corporate faux-altweekly, including our spin on “The Burning Question.” B Y ED ITO RS

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PATIENTS DROWNING IN DEBT AS ASSISTANCE POLICIES FAIL

Local nonprofit hospitals often drop the ball when it comes to alerting their patients that financial assistance may be available to help cover treatment costs. A new report issued by the Health Accountability Project challenges local health care providers to be more transparent with their patients about aid availability. BY REBECCA TOWNSEND

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INSIDE ART

Through his work with the Correctional Industrial Facility in Pendleton, Ind., Dan Cooper inspires inmates to explore perspective and portraiture. The results of their artistic labor are now on display at the Indianapolis Art Center through July 11. BY DAN GROSSMAN

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A&E CLASSIFIEDS COVER STORY FOOD FREE WILL ASTROLOGY HAMMER HOPPE LETTERS MUSIC MOVIES NEWS WEIRD NEWS

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON

For Hopi artist Wayland Namingha Jr., tradition plays a huge role in life and art alike as he crafts kachina dolls, featured at this year’s Indiana Market & Festival at the Eiteljorg. Guided by his father’s example, Namingha now strives to carve out his own style in the “New Traditional Movement.” BY LORI LOVELY

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A QUEST FOR QUALITY

The second installment of NUVO’s Brewers Roundtable brought up issues of comparing home- and professional brewing. Reps from Sun King, Bell’s Brewery, Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., among others, gathered to hash out the craft beer journey from hobby to business. BY RITA KOHN

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As a member of the NUVO Editorial Department, the Digital Platforms Editor is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the NUVO.net web site and for the preparation and dissemination of all NUVO digital content in general. Additionally, the selected candidate will contribute to strategic planning for NUVO’s digital presence across platforms, take a leading role in developing projects to improve NUVO’s web presence, and assume responsibility for implementing and managing these projects. Primary responsibilities include hands-on daily management of NUVO.net and social media outlets, managing, editing and contributing content. Maintaining the digital calendar events will also be a key part of weekly duties. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to and, when appropriate, lead ongoing research and development efforts related to digital media trends as journalism continues to evolve. A bachelor’s in English, journalism, communications, new media or a related field is required, as is experience in designing, implementing and managing digital content. Familiarity with CMS, HTML, WordPress and other basic digital tools is a must, and candidates should be interested in web-related technologies, particularly user interfacing and community building, SEO, RSS and mobile applications. Applicants should have excellent communications, interpersonal and organizational skills, as well as strong peer-management and teaching capabilities. On top of all that, we’d prefer you be familiar and engaged with Indianapolis, local arts, culture and music and the NUVO brand. To apply, submit your resume and cover letter to hireme@nuvo.net by Monday, June 27.

Working as a member of the NUVO Editorial Department, the A&E Editor is responsible for the day-to-day coverage of A&E on NUVO. net and week-to-week coverage of A&E in print, both our weekly publication and our CityGuides series. The Arts and Entertainment Editor will serve as a protagonist for all things A&E in the Indianapolis area, telling stories through multiple media in print and web via print stories, blogs, photos, video. The position encompasses all the arts, plus comedy, sports and recreation, film and food. Critical acumen toward the arts is necessary, but you have a veteran team of reviewers to assign, edit and manage. Applicants should have curiosity about all genres of A&E; we’re not interested in someone who loves one genre, say, visual arts, but can’t stand classical music. We want someone who enjoys the “high” arts and the “low” arts. We want someone with an insatiable desire to discover the new innovator, artist, protagonist, etc. in the community, as well as respect and knowledge for those who comprise Indy’s A&E cultural history. Therefore, it’s essential for the A&E Editor to be out in the community with frequency. Responsibilities will include: assigning or contributing features, reviews and cover stories, acquiring and assigning appropriate artwork or photography to accompany; provide fresh daily content to nuvo.net, contribute A&E content to CityGuides series; and manage event and calendar entries related to all things A&E, though finding capable assistance is acceptable. We’d like applicants to have a bachelor’s in English, journalism, communications or new media, strong writing and editing skills with an interest in growing digital media and audiences and excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills. The ability to work well with a large number of writers is key, while a sense of humor and enthusiasm may be essential to flourishing in the highstress environment of publishing an alt-weekly. Please send a cover letter, resume and up to three published clips in electronic format by July 6 to hireme@nuvo.net.

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HAMMER Gannett move unsurprising Three words: money, money, money

BY STEVE HAMMER SHAMMER@NUVO.NET

o someone carrying the physical and mental scars from 25 years of newspaper work in Central Indiana, the big news that Gannett is folding Metromix comes as no surprise. (Please be advised that this column, like the other 875 I’ve written, represents only my views, not necessarily those of NUVO’s management or staff.) There’s an old cliché in the newspaper business that the quickest way to become a millionaire newspaper owner is to start with $2 million. Hundreds of newspapers in Indy have sprouted with optimism only to die agonizing deaths. Observant, long-time residents can recite name after name of failed weekly or monthly newspapers. Some of them were good, some not really, but all are deceased. Why? Newspapers are expensive to print and it takes a hell of a lot of hard labor to produce even a bad one. I’ve

worked for some badly run, completely disinterested small daily newspapers in my career. Even they required a devoted and underpaid crew living and breathing the job just to put out a crappy paper they’re ashamed to bring home with them after a 12-hour shift. Lots of veteran small-town daily newspaper reporters become alcoholics or worse for that very reason (and it’s why I got out of the daily game, hopefully for good, a few years ago). If putting out a bad newspaper costs a lot of money, putting out a good one costs even more. Writers appreciate getting paid for their work; so do photographers, layout artists, printers and drivers. It cost Gannett too much money to keep printing newspapers and hauling them around to all its distribution sites around the city. Slashing that cost but using their editorial talent to strengthen their online and daily products is just efficient business. That’s what they’re doing and it is arguably a smart move. By no means was inTake / indy.com / Metromix a bad newspaper. Especially or ironically, in its last few months it got

funnier and edgier and wasn’t a halfbad read. From the start, the paper had top-notch talent, some of the finest in city history. Writers like David Lindquist and Jim Walker and photographers like Michelle Pemberton will one day be in a hall of fame for Indiana journalists who always do an awesome job, if one exists. Despite their work, the company still shut the paper down. I think the reason it went away is that it was appealing to a market that doesn’t exist, one where people are young and rich and trendy but who have little or no social conscience other than an allegiance to partying and devotion to conspicuous consumption. The actual, real-life young and rich people in Indianapolis all work like hell at their jobs to stay young and rich and most of them care about their community on levels beyond the transient and superficial. They could have made it work, but no right-thinking executive at Gannett would have ever approved such a plan. They could have tried to go all Hunter S. Thompson, Howard Stern and Sarah Silverman on the city. Things like pulling

Metromix had talented writers, but appealed to a market that didn’t exist.

outrageous stunts and publishing scandalous gossip from the skateboard and punk rock communities… They could have been stirring up every existing pot in the city and creating more to stir, too. I wish they’d given me the opportunity of running it into the ground. I’m pretty sure I could have been more efficient at it. I’d have hired midgets and fire eaters, asked Mitch Daniels what music he listened to when he smoked pot in college, picketed the NUVO offices and organized flash mobs at cupcake shops. I’d have found all the city’s John Waters and Warhol wannabes, bought them crates of cold Pabst, and turned them loose on the city, bailing them out of lockup at 5 a.m., if need be, but printing and posting anything they did. That might have failed, too, but it may have cultivated a solid base of people with reason to feel passionate about the newspaper, something Gannett’s weekly never quite pulled off, as far as I could tell, and ultimately why it’s gone away. A good newspaper, like NUVO, is a tree with deep roots in its community and is much harder to chop down than one would think. I’m sorry for the people whose stories now will never be told in Metromix, but I’m not surprised that it went away. It’s all about money; there’s nothing personal about it.

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HOPPE Palladium’s boffo budget Moscow on the White River

BY DAVID HOPPE DHOPPE@NUVO.NET

f some of our local arts administrators have looked in need of a shot of PeptoBismol, maybe it’s because of the latest news from Carmel, our plush cousin to the north. Last week, Steven Libman, the president and CEO of Carmel’s Center for the Performing Arts, informed the good people of his adopted town that he will need $4 million in taxpayer’s money to keep his stages humming for another year. That’s over $2 million more than the city of Indianapolis invests in all the arts over a 12-month period. Hence the heartburn among some of our arts workers. As of the 2010 census, some 829,718 people reside in Indianapolis. Carmel is less than a tenth this size, at 79,191. But as America’s Great Recession has so ably demonstrated, the hard times in this latest economic downturn have not been shared so much as parceled out, with the majority taking it on the chin while a small but affluent fraction have actually fared pretty well. Well enough, that is, to build a $175 million complex that, since it opened last January, has attracted performers ranging from the Kronos Quartet to Clint Black. And well enough to enable the Carmel City Council to ante up $2 million — more, it bears repeating, than Indianapolis’ entire annual arts budget — each year for the past two years in order to cover Mr. Libman’s administrative expenses. The latest $4 million request doesn’t really come as a surprise. At least it shouldn’t. Carmel’s Center for the Performing Arts has made no bones about its ambition, which is to establish itself as one of the top concert venues in North America. Carmel’s mayor, Jim Brainard, has been clear about this from the start. That’s why he chose to make a performing arts complex the centerpiece of his plan for downtown Carmel’s redevelopment. From his point of view, a world-class arts venue sends a message ‘round the world that Carmel (oh and, yes, the Indianapolis “metro” area) is a major-league destination. Running such a venue is not cheap. Even though the Palladium, the acoustically glistening neo-Victorian pile that serves as the Center’s star attraction, has reportedly sold 93 percent of the tickets for its inaugural season, that revenue only covers less than half of the costs associated with this kind of enterprise. “It’s more popular than we ever

believed,” Mr. Libman told the Star, adding, “The people in this community aren’t going to settle for mediocrity. They only want the best, and that’s what we will give them.” “Libman knows what he has to have,” the Star quoted the infelicitously named Carmel City Council president, Eric Seidensticker. “The city’s on the hook for the cost and Libman has that leverage point.” On one level, arts fans in this notoriously funding-stingy part of the world have to love this. Here you have Carmel, one of the most famously conservative communities in the nation, not only hitching its downtown development wagon to the arts, but effectively adopting a government-sponsored arts funding model that you’d expect to find in Amsterdam in the ‘80s or, for that matter, Moscow in the ‘60s. And so the Center’s 2012 budget is projected to be $13 million — which is almost twice what was originally estimated. Where Mayor Brainard once said the city would need to pitch in somewhere between $300,000 and $1 million every year to keep the Center going, now there is a request for $4 million. “I’m not privy to the city’s budget,” Steven Libman told the Star, sticking it, you might say, to Eric Seidensticker. “What I do know is you don’t build a performing arts center like this and abandon support.” Not that anyone is suggesting abandoning Carmel’s Center for the Performing Arts. As has been noted, ticket sales have been great; the line-up of acts is impressive. People might, however, wonder just how much walking around money Steven Libman and his celebrity artistic director, Michael Feinstein, actually need in order to make the Center succeed. It’s great that Carmel has invested so plentifully in the Center. One hopes, with Mayor Brainard, that the arts will, in fact, fuel Carmel’s continued growth and development. But those of us who advocate for the arts in this otherwise cash-strapped region also have cause to be concerned by the way Mr. Libman is playing his hand. No matter how successful the Center is, it will never, in itself, constitute what many creative people have been a trying to build in these parts — a multi-dimensional cultural scene. Yet the funding demands being made on behalf of the Center could easily suck the air out the room for other initiatives — in the larger metropolitan area, as well as in Carmel. What’s more, if the Center should prove less than a spectacular hit in the long run, falling short in both commercial and civic terms, the story of its outsized demands could be used by arts skeptics as proof that their abiding suspicions — that the arts are self-indulgent, oversold and unsustainable — are justified. There’s a lot on the line in Carmel. So if your local arts administrators look a little green, pass them something soothing — and give them a hug.

Those of us who advocate for the arts have cause to be concerned by the way Mr. Libman is playing his hand.

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GADFLY

by Wayne Bertsch

HAIKU NEWS

HALF YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 1 by Jim Poyser

1000 blackbirds catapult from the sky like wingless metaphors Boehner moved to tears taking leadership but it’s us should be weeping Facebook will soon have to face sharing shareholder info, like or not women’s tears cause drop in men’s testosterone, a rise in handkerchiefs I think Colts lost to Jets because their special teams aren’t special enough 2010 ties 2005 for hottest year ever — surf’s up! over one million houses will be foreclosed this year: home bitter home tea party effort to unseat Richard Lugar is a mere tempest Olbermann exit abrupt; some conjecture that the die was Comcast if Egypt protests continue to build I say Mubarak is hosed

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THUMBSUP THUMBSDOWN PUT THIS IN YOUR PIPE

We’re all for allowing grownups to make their own decisions, but the weight of smoking-related health care costs shifts onto us all the cost of these personal decisions. New research from the American Cancer Society Action Network suggests smoke-free laws and a $1-per-pack tax increase would drop the number of smoking Hoosiers by 105,600 and reduce the state’s annual smoking-related Medicaid expenditures by about $2.6 million. Overall savings estimated to Hoosiers? More than $116 million with estimated revenue generation of $210 million. A little something to ponder on your next smoke break…

INDIGENOUS INSIGHT

We welcome to Indy members of the World Archaeological Congress, who are meeting at IUPUI this week to discuss the representation or misrepresentation of native cultures in exhibitions worldwide. Keeping in mind the old maxim “Anything worth doing is worth doing right,” we figure if such exhibits are worth staging, it’s worth honoring the voices charged with the protection and preservation of the cultural histories upon display. Kudos to the Congress for setting a diverse table. We’re proud to have you in our city and hope your interactions lead to greater insight for us all.

WEIGHTY WATER

When was the last time you hiked with a 40-pound container of water just to provide for the basic needs of your family? Perhaps giving it a try will inspire some support for the efforts of Indy-based Africa Water is Life, which works with World Hope International to support well-drilling projects in several African nations in need of greater access to clean, safe water. Organizers will give the public a chance to port water African-style at the Fishers Freedom Festival (June 25-26) and Carmel Fest (July 3-4). If modern living has softened you too much to shoulder the burden, buying a bracelet handmade in Sierra Leone is just one of many other ways to get connected and support wider access to the life-giving flow we take for granted.

PPIN BUDGET BLUES

Boo to state lawmakers. Your misguided efforts to defund Planned Parenthood have caused employees to go without pay for a day. So in addition to reduced availability of health care services to Medicaid patients, you’ve succeeded in curbing consumer spending power as paychecks are cut. We’re waiting to see if any political points you gain translate into a statistically significant drop in local abortion numbers.

THOUGHT BITE By Andy Jacobs Jr. Mitt Romney’s campaign strategy: Say it, er, wasn’t so.

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news Patients drowning in debt

Assistance policies fail

BY RE BE CCA T O W N S E N D RT O W N S E N D @ N U V O . N E T

on-profit hospitals in Indianapolis are — in many instances — failing to meet their obligations to patients who qualify for financial assistance. And public health advocates are calling on state officials to investigate. At issue is how well the four local nonprofit hospitals — IU Health, St. Vincent Health, Community Health Network and Sister of St. Francis Health Services — develop and implement the financial assistance policies they are required to maintain by federal and state law. In short, a new report released Wednesday by the Hospital Accountability Project found some comply better than others, but all could improve their efforts to make people aware of available financial assistance. The project builds on previous research findings that — regardless of whether people have health insurance — hospital-related debt is a major driver of foreclosure and bankruptcy problems across the country. The project identified numerous instances in which people in need of medical care do not seek it because of the misguided belief that their inability to pay for the services precludes treatment. When cash-strapped patients do obtain care, the report found it common for them to be trapped in bureaucratic black holes where the policies meant to assist them are obstructed while more draconian collections policies are employed. After the report’s release, project organizers will call on Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller to investigate complaints identified through the project. “At best, the inadequacies in the Marion County nonprofit hospitals’ charity care programs prevent them from completely fulfilling their charitable missions,” the report concludes. “At worst, they are disregarding the law and IRS regulations, cheating taxpayers and putting their nonprofit status at risk.” As part of the hospitals’ nonprofit service mission, they are required to provide medical services to all people, regardless of their ability to pay. Nonprofit hospitals are supposed to post their financial assistance policies in high-traffic areas such as emergency rooms and hospital admissions waiting areas. The report outlines several suggestions that hospitals may employ to address the “glaring disconnect” identified between the conceptualization and actualization of these institutions’ written financial assistance pol-

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icies. These suggestions include screening incoming patients for financial aid eligibility and assisting those who are qualified in completing the application process. “Through front-end screening, aggressive notification and implementation, and assistance with the application process hospitals will become more efficient with their resources and patients will avoid unnecessary hardship,” the report noted. Having effective policies is an important step but training the staff to implement those policies is what makes the real difference in effective patient care. The report’s authors note that hospital administrators usually demonstrated “open attitudes and a desire to learn more about ways they may be able to improve their policies and procedures to better protect vulnerable consumers.”

“At best, the inadequacies in the Marion County nonprofit hospitals’ charity care programs prevent them from completely fulfilling their charitable missions.” An exception is noted for St. Francis Health Services, however, leading the project organizers to question whether the hospital’s outof-town corporate headquarters might be responsible for “disappointing” interactions between project leaders and hospital staff at the local level. This disconnect also translates to the hospital’s communication of its assistance policies to qualifying patients. “Much of our consumer outreach has been focused on the south side of Indianapolis, St. Francis’ main service area, so we have heard numerous horror stories about their harsh collection practices and failure to provide information about financial assistance to those in need,” the report notes. “We are concerned that a lack of local decision-making is preventing St. Francis patients in Indianapolis from getting the help they need.” On the flipside, the report recognizes IU Health as having the most comprehensive written financial assistance policies. And while the authors identify areas of possible improvement for all hospitals, they also note that with the policy revi-

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Planned Parenthood forced to close clinics by Catherine Green

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sions necessitated by passage of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the timing is ideal for administrators to consider and act upon the report’s findings. The law carries greater reporting requirements for hospitals to make public information on their debt collection and financial assistance policies. Reports containing information on charity care and how much bad debt hospitals must contend with will be considered during regular federal reviews of nonprofit hospitals community benefit activities. “We would like to continue having open discussions and dialogue with the hospitals,” said Lindsay Helmbock, the project’s director. “We think we’ve made some progress. “It’s important for consumers to get the help and assistance they need, especially with the economic hardships they’re going through during this recession.” Helmbock noted a palpable sense of anger during public outreach meetings from people unaware of the existence of financial assistance — even for underinsured people not on public assistance and with incomes of up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. During these meetings, project organizers helped people to discover billing errors,

Republicans defend anti-abortion law by Sarah Seward

Locals question state takeover of Howe HS by Amanda Wood

avoid collections headaches through negotiated payments arrangements with hospitals and gain financial assistance by helping to explain the services that are available but may not be fully understood. The success of such meetings may serve as inspiration for hospitals as they consider future community outreach efforts, Helmbock said, suggesting that getting out to meet with community members could provide an excellent opportunity for nonprofit hospitals to comply with rules requiring them to assess community needs. Though all local hospitals were contacted for comment on this story, none were able to respond within the tight deadline parameters dictated by press time. The Hospital Accountability Project is a joint effort between the Citizens Action Coalition Education Fund and Indiana Legal Services. Community Catalyst provided the funding as part of a nationwide effort engage communities in health planning and help people avoid financial ruin driven by overwhelming health care costs while enabling access to needed care. The full reports associated with the Hospital Accountability Project in Indiana are posted at the CACE website at caceindiana.org.

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the burning question

How will you fill the void in a world without Metromix? Laura McPhee

Jim Poyser

DIGITAL EDITOR

MANAGING EDITOR

Yeah! More time to answer email!

Rebecca Townsend NEWS EDITOR

Quit my job and move to Paris.

Aaron Berkey ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

SENIOR DESIGNER

Spanking to internet porn and searching for WMDs.

Christa Phelps DISTRIBUTION MANAGER

I will reclaim my ritual “Thursday Under Desk Nap.” I have really missed them.

“After a brief period of grieving, I’ll take up the cause of recycling old Metromix issues and turning them into NUVO’s”.

Scott Shoger

Ryan Stroble

Emily J. Snider

MUSIC EDITOR

ACCOUNT MANAGER

Macramé.

More time with Grandpa.

First, Oprah and now Metromix. How can I learn to love again?

Steve Hammer

Lauren Guidotti

Jarryd Foreman

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR-IN-EXILE

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Create my own mindless questions each week and have my friends answer them!

Probably go back to reading Indy.com....wait, I mean INtake...wait, I mean...err.

I plan on feeding the ducks in SoBro, using the Metromix stands as breadkeepers.

Beth Belange

Andrew Roberts

Molly Flynn

PROMOTIONS & SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

CONTRACTS ADMINISTRATOR

Guess I’ll have to start paying for real toilet paper.

Metromix? Is that some kind of girly drink?

Mary Morgan

Adam Cassel

Celebrate more room on street corners for performance art.

What’s this Metromix you speak of?

Austin Considine CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Great. I was totally jockeying for “Local Celebrity.” Anyone have a spare sense of purpose for rent?

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

Spend more time wooing the GM of Cadillac Ranch.

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Good-bye Metromix

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A brief, but significant, celebration

BY N U V O E DITO R S E DI T O RS @ N U V O . N E T

hen word reached the NUVO offices a few weeks ago that Gannett was going to cease publication of its weekly Metromix paper here in Indianapolis, our first reaction was disbelief. Or, perhaps more accurately, relief. It’s been a long eight years for our locally owned and independently operated newsweekly in the face of the competition that began with the launch of the product Gannett called INtake in 2003, continued when they changed the name to Indy.com in 2008, and again when they changed the name to Metromix in 2009. To hear they are throwing in the towel on the weekly print product gives us cause for a celebration, albeit a brief one.

A little history

INtake/Indy.com/Metromix was never truly a local product, but with the backing of one of the world’s largest publishing corporations behind it, we always considered it a formidable competitor, whatever they were calling it. INtake first appeared in 2003 as Gannett began publishing or took over the publishing of ‘faux’ alt-weeklies in cities all across the country. Most, if not all, of these new products were launched in cities like Indianapolis where an independent altweekly already existed. According to their own marketing material, the great corporate allure of these weekly papers was coveted advertising dollars in exchange for delivering the coveted young demographic of readers newspapers across the country are scratching and clawing to attract in order to survive. It’s the same motive and marketing mantra Gannett used in 2007 when it partnered with the even bigger corporate publishing giant Tribune to first produce Metromix. Over the next three years, metromix.com rolled out as a website in more than 60 cities across the U.S. “Gannett and Tribune are a powerful combination of deep local market experience, superior content and national scale,” said Tim Landon, Tribune Interactive president at the time of the launch. “With this partnership we can grow Metromix into a true national brand, adding value for advertisers who want to reach a highly desirable demographic.” Since Tribune was already publishing Metromix newsweeklies in some of these cities, Gannett followed suit in 2009. By this time, INtake had already been renamed Indy. com, but Gannett renamed the product a third time to Metromix, creating a national network of article and advertising sharing, and laying off staff of their newsweeklies in cities like Cincinnati, Nashville, Louisville and Indianapolis. In some cases, the papers died as soon as the regional website launched. In others, including Indianapolis, Gannett continued

Metromix Indianapolis will publish its final issue on Thursday, June 23, 2011.

to publish both the website and weekly newspaper. That trend is now coming to an end, however. In addition to Metromix Indianapolis, Nashville’s Metromix weekly print product died earlier this year. Cincinnati and Louisville can’t be far behind.

The big difference The irony of Gannett launching a weekly product to compete with NUVO has never been lost on us, as our very existence came about in order to provide an alternative to the Indianapolis Star and its mainstream coverage of news, events, organizations and individuals. When our first issue hit the stands on March 14, 1990, then-Editor Ron Tierney explained the impetus: “The sad fact of the matter is that many of the country’s largest cities are down to just one newspaper… one major ‘print’ voice for hundreds of thousands of people. [So], a few of us got together to see what we could do to create a second voice for Indianapolis.” Our motives for creating NUVO have not wavered in the 21 years since that first issue was published. We exist to provide an alternative source of local, independent and original news, arts, entertainment and music coverage. To put it another way, we exist to tell stories – your stories. And our stories and storytelling were always distinct from Metromix. As the Indianapolis Business Journal said in an article last week, “Metromix and NUVO have been a contrast in styles. “Metromix often contains shorter articles with lots of pictures. Its reporters have written about such topics as coping with holiday stress, living together before marriage, retro

fashion from the 1980s and the hippest Super Bowl parties. NUVO typically has longer, more in-depth stories on weightier topics such as politics and urban decay.” No matter what stories we are telling, they only make it to publication thanks to the dedicated efforts of our sales staff and the support of local advertisers. The Gannett and Gannett-Tribune models work in reverse. Publications are created in order to generate revenue via advertising dollars and stories are often tailored to increase advertising sales or paid for by advertisers out right in the form of “advertorials.” We don’t have advertorials at NUVO, which isn’t to say we wouldn’t have struggled as much over the past seven years if we did. Instead, we all took pay cuts, senior employees resigned to free up capital, remaining staff absorbed their workloads, and we cut expenses every way we could. Like many other newspapers, the size of our paper also got smaller both in area and the number of pages – though we did not cut the actual amount of editorial content in each issue. We also got serious, for the first time, about expanding beyond print journalism and legitimately embracing digital. To be honest, INtake, Indy.com and Metromix made us better. Few of us doubt that we could have quite easily written the NUVO obit several years ago if the challenge of competition had not made us fight so hard to hold our own against the publishing industry’s Wal-Mart equivalent. It is in that spirit that we empathize with our friends, neighbors, fellow journalists and newspaper staff members who are losing their jobs as a result of this latest round of Gannett changes. While management originally stated no jobs would be cut by ending

Metromix is a network of local entertainment websites backed by a joint venture between media companies Gannett and Tribune Co. A guide to local restaurants, bars and clubs, events, concerts and movies, Metromix is currently available in over 60 markets. In late 2009, the company launched 27 new sites to complete their presence in the top 50 DMAs. The company recently introduced Metromix Deals, a suite of new features on its websites that showcase deals and specials to its visitors who use the sites to plan nights out in their cities. Metromix also operates mobile sites, an iPhone app and in several markets, a Metromix-branded print publication or section within another publication, e.g., in RedEye in Chicago. In October of 2010, Metromix launched a new section to their site which offered aggregated deals in each respective market. Originally launched by the Chicago Tribune as a local Chicago site, metromix.com targets young, socially active adults looking for an insider’s perspective on local trends and hotspots. Users are typically 21 to 34 years of age with significant disposable income and highly active social lives. It has earned various awards including the EPpy Award for Best Entertainment Site and the Digital Edge Award for Best Advertising Program.

the print version of Metromix in Indy, as this issue goes to press the AP is now reporting that more than 700 Gannett employees will be laid off this week, including an estimated 30-60 at the Indianapolis Star, several of whom did contribute to Metromix. That NUVO continues to exist today is a testament both to an incredibly dedicated, overworked, and underpaid family of employees and an incredibly loyal community of readers and advertisers. Since Gannett launched their competitive weekly, we’ve seen our print and digital readership grow to the highest numbers in our 21-year history. We’ve grown to have twice as many readers as their product could draw, and recent months have brought both the highest pick-up rate for any single print issue of NUVO and record-breaking numbers of unique visitors and pageviews on our website. Things are good. We are grateful. And, once again, we are relieved. At least temporarily. We know metromix.com will challenge us to keep our own digital efforts stellar. And we know that other print products are already vying for their places on Indianapolis newsstands. For today, however, we are celebrating the survival of the local, the independent, and the storytellers. More importantly, we are celebrating the loyalty of our coworkers, our readers and our local advertisers. Thank you all.

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FEATURE Inside art

Indianapolis Art Center exhibit displays work by prisoners BY DAN GROSSMAN EDITORS@NUVO.NET On Wednesday, June 8, at 6:30 p.m., Dan Cooper arrives at the entrance of the Correctional Industrial Facility (CIF), a medium security prison in Pendleton, Ind. After putting his art materials through an X-ray machine and submitting to a pat-down, he’s escorted through the prison by a recreation department staffer into a vast courtyard. An austere chapel with an angular southwardfacing window rises above the flat-roofed housing units surrounding the courtyard. You might mistake this facility, if only for a moment, for a community college campus. But then you see the orderly lines of male inmates walking past guards after an evening count. A few minutes later, seven inmates file into the classroom where Cooper is waiting. For an hour each Wednesday, Cooper volunteer teaches art class at CIF. The father of two grown sons, Cooper lives with his wife and youngest son on Indy’s Northeast Side. He’s a native Hoosier, born in Greensburg in 1959, and an avid sports enthusiast who has a penchant for mashing up serene Midwestern landscapes with the surreal in his own painting (See “Burn 3: Reflection,” this page). He also teaches in a wide variety of media at the Indianapolis Art Center. Cooper launches into a lesson involving the art of perspective, using the push handle of the classroom’s glass door to illustrate. He assigns the task to his students for the evening: find a still life subject and draw it using pencil on paper. One of the men in attendance is Chris Wilfong, 37, who’s been in Cooper’s class just five weeks. He’s chosen as his still life subject a pair of sunglasses. Wilfong, convicted of robbery in 2006, once worked as a crew chief at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He speaks with intelligence and wit (of the southwardfacing chapel, he says it has “poor feng shui”); once he starts drawing, it’s clear he’s quite talented. “Everyone has to be an artist to get into this class,” notes Cooper. Meanwhile, Cooper’s longer-term students — Marty Moore, Butch Slusser and Bill Bolton — are getting down to brass tacks, starting to paint with acrylic on canvas. It so happens that all three of these inmates are included in the Inside show running now through July 11 at the Indianapolis Art Center. Marty Moore, who spends more time making finely detailed wooden keepWHAT: Exhibit, Inside WHEN: Through July 11 WHERE: Indianapolis Art Center, 820 East 67th St. INFO: 255-2464, www.indplsartcenter.org HOW MUCH: Free

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Artist Dan Cooper regularly works with the inmates of P endleton, Ind.’s Correctional Industrial Facility.

sake boxes, miniature grandfather clocks and the like than he does painting, has friends and family auction his work off on eBay. But today this compact and muscular 52-year-old, sporting a goatee and a wide variety of tattoos on his limbs, is unrolling a canvas that he’s been working on. Then he starts to paint. His canvas portrays a rural landscape, with a barn, bushes and trees in the foreground. But the composition is flat — both the bushes and the tree lack a certain definition. Soon, Cooper is hovering over Moore’s shoulder to give some criticism. Moore, convicted for murder in 1993 — with a date set for release in July 2014 — has three paintings in the Inside show at the IAC; they’re all self-portraits picturing his cat on his shoulder. “Here’s what I did,” he says. “We were on lockdown. I’ve got a cat in my cell. And I had some pictures taken of me and the cat. So I tried this in colored pencil. That’s my first one. And then I tried it again. And I did the cat in colored pencil and me in pencil. And my last drawing, it was all in pencil.” While Cooper looks over Moore’s composition, Butch Slusser, a 57-year-old doing time for attempted murder, due to be released in December 2016 works on his own landscape. After painting a baby blue background, he brushes orange streaks across it. The painting starts to look vaguely Turneresque. One thing that Cooper does with his students is show them paintings by prominent artists to see if they can develop creative sensibilities of their own by experimenting in a particular artist’s style.

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“Burn 3: Reflection)” by Dan Cooper

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“Windmill” by Butch Slusser

For Slusser, that artist is J.M.W. Turner. Since Cooper showed him works by the 19th-century landscape and seascape painter, Slusser has painted a wide variety of seascapes. But he’s also composed desertscapes, having become a fan of Louis L’Amour westerns. When asked if he sells any of his paintings on eBay like fellow student Marty Moore, Slusser says, “I just give them away.” Cooper comes by to take a look at Slusser’s composition, but instead of offering criticism — at this point, there’s nothing really that needs it — he says, “Man, that reminds me of the fluorescent paint back in the ‘60s.” Back then, Cooper says, his bedroom had “fishnet, tin speakers and black light posters.” Slusser laughs. Slusser’s paintings in the Inside show include desert and seascapes but also a beautiful portrait of a yellow bird sitting on a branch, its beak pointed upwards against the backdrop of a reddish black sky. He says of Cooper’s teaching style: “A lot of times, I’ve thought, well it’s finished. He’d point out a few things. I’d always have to agree with him. Dan’s a good man.” The quietest man in the room is Bill Bolton, 58, who grew up in Brown County. He’s hard at work on a landscape that he’d started the previous week; it features a mountainous landscape against a yellow sky. Bolton, who’s serving time for dealing cocaine — and has a date set for release

sometime in 2017 — is sweating profusely and occasionally beads of sweat drip down onto his canvas. (It’s very hot in the room since CIF’s air conditioning isn’t working and it’s likely these conditions will continue all summer.) Bolton was inspired to paint while working for a farmer whose wife sat outside and composed landscapes. “I started painting cream cans and saws,” he says. “I used to stand and watch her and watch her work on my lunch break. I started watching Bob Ross, too. He made it look so easy.” “Dan showed me one picture by [Russian modernist painter Wassily] Kandinsky,” says Bolton. “I told Dan, I don’t know what this is. I never studied abstract, didn’t know nothing about it. Then I just got into it.” Looking at Bolton’s works — and there are many in the Inside show — it’s hard to believe that he’s not at all acquainted with early-20th-century European art. But these inmates wouldn’t follow Cooper’s instructions if they didn’t trust him. In fact, they leave the job of titling their works to him.

Beginnings

A friend of Cooper’s, Sarah Getts, started inmate art program ten years ago, part of an outgrowth from her church group. She knew Dan as a co-leader of their kids’ Cub Scouts troop. She asked Cooper if he was interested in helping her with the class; soon enough, he was teaching it on his own.

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“Man/Women” by Bill Bolton

“It’s been interesting to watch,” she says, “because Dan starts the new guys out with just pencil and paper. And then he progresses to colored pencils, sometimes crayons… getting different media for them. And then he’ll also bring in books from the library about different artists and then have them painting… taking on the style of their favorite artists. It’s been a very rewarding avenue for me.” It’s been about a year since she’s been back to CIF to visit. “I’m excited for the guys because I know where they started,” she says. “They look forward to it probably because Dan treats them just like he’d treat anyone else. They appreciate that they’re in contact with someone real. He isn’t there for any other reason than he enjoys being there.” One of Cooper’s first students was a man who signs his paintings by his last name, Kerssemakers, who was already painting murals in CIF before Cooper started teaching his class. You can still see the murals along the interior walls of the facility. “One thing you learn in my class is that you can’t use any photos or magazines he had access to, to create original art,” says Cooper. “Everything he was painting in murals was from pictures [such as those found in] National Geographic... After a while he realized from what he was hearing

from the others is that he wasn’t doing original art. And he realized that and he started taking the class until he was released.” Talking with Cooper, it’s clear he loves teaching this class as much as his students enjoy being taught by him. “I like working with people who are inclined towards something that they’re already interested in,” he says. “There’s quite a bit of advantage that we’re not dealing with limitations of class duration. We’re working with some individuals over an extended period of time, all the way from a beginning level. I’ve had some opportunities where I could sort of test out some class ideas with them that I can in turn learn from to be able to use in classes at the Indianapolis Art Center.” “Understand, I also find it relaxing,” he continues. “It was probably three or four months ago, I was in there, and they’d all come in and I said, ‘Man, I’m so glad to be here,’ and they kind of looked at me. ‘It’s really relaxing to come here,’ and they were like, ‘Are you crazy?’ For me, I get a chance to come in and do art and talk about art.” For information on the exhibit at the Indianapolis Art Center, call 255-2464 or visit www.indplsartcenter.org. For more on Dan Cooper, check out cooperfineart.com.

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For comprehensive event listings, go to www.nuvo.net/calendar

do or die

Only have time to do one thing all week? This is it.

THURSDAY

COMEDY

Oz, Unscripted: An Adult Trip @ ComedySportz Take a break from the ballgames and come watch these “actletes” competitively improvise at ComedySportz. Each show is complete with scoreboards, referees and fouls. Audience interaction drives this improvisation team’s show each night. Don’t miss an opportunity to see these performers every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from now until July 1. Doors open at 9:30 p.m. $12 per ticket. 721 Massachusetts Ave., 951-8499, www.indycomedysportz.com.

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SATURDAY & SUNDAY

SPECIAL EVENT

Indian Market and Festival @ Military Park

This annual Eiteljorg Museum-sponsored festival spotlights Native American culture by showcasing over 140 artists, storytellers, dancers and singers. Available to the crowd is a wide array of Native American cuisine including the popular Indian tacos. Stop by the Dogbane Family Activity Area for arts, crafts and demonstrations. On the day of the event tickets run $10 for non-members, $8 for members. Children 17 and under are free. Purchase tickets prior at Marsh Supermarkets or at 1-800-6222024 for only $8. Event begins at 10 a.m. and lasts throughout the day. 601 West New York Street., 636-9378, www.eiteljorg.org.

SATURDAY

SPECIAL EVENT

Brew-Ha-Ha @ Phoenix Theatre

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Performers this weekend will bring Native American tradition to life.

What better way to support the local arts than drinking local beer? The annual Brew-Ha-Ha microbrew festival directly benefits the Phoenix Theatre and features over 50 beers from local brewers such as Barley Island, Upland Brew Pub, Sun King Brewery and more. Admission includes unlimited samples. There will be live entertainment and food from many vendors as well. 3-7 p.m. Advance tickets $25, cash at gate $30, $10 for designated drivers. 749 N. Park Ave., 635-7529, www. phoenixtheatre.org.

STARTS WEDNESDAY

N.I.T.E. Ride @ Downtown Indy

Robot Machines Exhibition @ Lala Gallery

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We for one welcome our android overlords.

A Hoosier summertime favorite, Marsh Symphony on the Prairie.

SATURDAY

MUSIC

STARTS THURS.

American Landscapes @ Conner Prairie

FREE

SPORTS

IWKA Isshinryu World Karate Championship Tournament @ Indianapolis Marriot East

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The Isshinryu World Karate Championship will be hosted by the Indianapolis Isshinryu Bushido. Featuring 3 days of competition from over 500 competitors in 65 divi-

sions, the tournament will showcase a unique style of karate. We’re hoping the Cobra Kai stay out of it, but there’s no telling what could happen. In addition, duels, seminars and an informal game of Mudoball, a sport similar to volleyball, will be played. Tickets are $10; times vary. 7202 East 21st Street, 721-1805, www.isshinryu.bizland.com.

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Enjoy Gershwin, Copeland, Bernstein and many others as the 30th anniversary of Marsh Symphony on the Prairie launches this Saturday. Edwin Outwater will conduct the Orchestra as they perform favorites of American classical music. Pianist Jiwon Park, winner of the Maurer Young Musicians Contest, will also perform the first movement of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. Tickets are $22 for adults and $11 for children ages 2 to 12, or enjoy the whole season for $180. 13400 Allisonville Road, 639-4300, www.indianapolissymphony.org.

Review of ‘Beer, Bread & the Seeds of Change’ by Rita Kohn Your Go&Do weekend, June 24-26 by Catherine Green

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SATURDAY

SPECIAL EVENT

VISUAL ART

Need an excuse to visit the fine Indiana town of Lafayette? Then come see an exhibition featuring Herron School of Art graduates Cara Owens and Brandon McDonald (and others) at Lala Gallery and Studio . Running through July 9, the futuristic exhibit, entitled Robot Machines, reveals the intricacies and influences robotics has on art. The exhibit is saturated with impressive interactive robots, cartoon-like robot posters with binary code messages and three-dimensional friends from the future. 609 Main Street, Lafayette, IN, 765-4147962, www.lalagallery.com.

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Darren Connor of Bier Brewery

/GALLERIES

Tired of dodging traffic on your Schwinn bike? Attend N.I.T.E. Ride and take in the sights of downtown Indy alongside your fellow cyclists. The route will cover approximately 20 miles and includes IUPUI campus, Monument Circle, Butler campus and other examples of the beauty that makes Indianapolis so great. Registration is $29 and those who preregister will receive a t-shirt. Lights and helmets are required. While you can register the day of, this event is expected to sell out. 1001 West New York Street, 767-7765, www.niteride.org.

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Get on your bike and (nite)ride.

Summer Solstice at the IMA by Stacy Kagiwada

An all-day celebration of Hispanic culture.

July 10th, Noon - 10PM

Featuring live music & entertainment with national and international artists, a beer garden, foods and snacks from various Latin regions including Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, and moreâ&#x20AC;Ś a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s area with bounce houses and pony rides, vendors selling arts & crafts, handmade items, and toys. Admission is FREE of charge! Fireworks starting at 9:45pm. An amazing downtown Indianapolis event! American Legion Mall 700 N Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis, IN For more info call 317-860-0606

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SATURDAY

SOCIAL JUSTICE

2011 Indiana CAFO Watch Conference @ Mill Creek Civic Center

Sponsored by the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project, this conference aims

to address the environmental, health and economic impacts of Controlled Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). The conference will feature speeches from people such as Dr. Meghan Davis , a Johns Hopkins pre-doctoral fellow discussing antibiotic use in livestock, and other professionals. County health officials will make presentations as well. A continental breakfast is included with the $10 registration fee. 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. 17 Veterans Blvd., Chesterfield, IN, 765-9622184, www.indianacafowatch.com.

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Environmentalist Barbara Sha Cox leads the fight against industrial farming.

25, 26

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

SPECIAL EVENT

2011 Woodruff Place Home and Garden Tour @ Woodruff Place

Whether you like the styles of Victorian, Queen Anne or neoclassical revival, Woodruff Place Home and Garden Tour

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SUNDAY

PERFORMANCE ARTS

is the place to be. This weekend, between 12 and 5 p.m., the historic Woodruff Place is open to the public for a tour of seven houses and three gardens. Woodruff Place is known as Indianapolis’s first suburb and was designed in 1872 by James Woodruff. Tickets are available for $10 at early purchase and $12 for day-of purchase. Tickets available at Woodruff Place Town Hall , 735 East Drive, 7302946, www.woodruffplace.org.

FREE

The Best of Both Rooms @ The Sinking Ship Sundays are the new night for comedy in Indianapolis thanks to The Sinking Ship. The pub and restaurant will feature local and regional talent including stand-up, sketch comedy and improvisation. With drink specials, affordable food and a friendly atmosphere, the laughs are sure to come easily. 4923 North College Ave., 920-7999, www. thesinkingship.com.

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Local stand-up comedian and BoBR organizer Ryan Remington.

GO&DO

6281 N. College Ave.

Young, fresh, loaded with energy, and just a lot of fun to be around, Kenny Smith is a guy who knows how to stir things up and keep audiences roaring with laughter. He is a regular on The Bob & Tom Show and has become a ﬁxture on college campuses and in comedy clubs across the country.

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247 S. Meridian St.

Buress has appeared on the Late Show With David Letterman, the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, and Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham. He’s written for shows like SNL and 30 Rock and will be appearing in the upcoming documentary “The Awkward Kings of Comedy”.

Tim Harmston and James Ervin Berry 6/29-7/2

“Give the Lady What She Wants,” by Lois Main Templeton.

SUNDAY

FREE

VISUAL ART

Lois Main Templeton @ Editions Limited Gallery Editions Limited Gallery is pleased to present “Give the Lady What She Wants,” the newest work from art legend Lois Main Templeton . This work represents a closing of Templeton’s career in Indianapolis as she prepares to launch a new chapter of her life in Maine. The exhibit is strong, energetic and poetically powerful, true to Templeton’s artistic style. ModernMasters Fine Art Brokerage, LLC , an Indianapolis-based fine art company representing works by artists such as Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dali, recently added Templeton to their stable of artists. With this, Templeton will exhibit her works on a more national level. Templeton was this year’s recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at our Cultural Vision Awards. The opening reception for this exhibit will take place from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday and will run until July 17. 838 East 65th Street, 466-9940, www.editionsltd.com.

Learn to grow your own tasty produce with Growing Foods Indy.

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WEDNESDAY

SPECIAL EVENT

Garden Adventures @ Indiana State Museum

Join Growing Foods Indy at the Wishard Slow Food Garden to dig into the ins and outs of personal gardening. While working alongside experts to harvest and care for the community garden, knowledge of crop biodiversity, local food systems and the “grow your own” movement will be discussed. $5 per session, 10:30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. 650 West Washington Street, 232-1637, www.indianamuseum.org. 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 06.22.11-06.29.11 // go&do

A&E FEATURE

(Above): Work by Wayland Namingha Jr. (Right): Wayland Namingha Jr.

Like father like son

Culture preserved in art at this year’s Indian Market

BY L O RI L O VE LY E D I T O RS @N U V O . N E T

ayland Namingha Jr.’s first trip to the Eiteljorg Museum’s annual Indian Market & Festival — in fact, his first trip east of the Mississippi River — involved a long drive from his home in Kykotsmovi, Ariz., with his family and a collection of the kachina dolls he carves including this year’s winning piece: a Koyala clown kachina doll. Although 2009 was the first year he participated in a major market — the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market — the young Hopi artist still considers himself a “newbie” to market competition and says he wasn’t expecting to be considered in the running for the signature artist here. “This means a lot,” he says. “Usually at shows, you see the jewelry and carvings made with high-end materials like marble get attention. It’s good to be a traditional carver now.”

Heritage of tradition

Tradition plays a pivotal role in Namingha’s life as well as his art. Living in the village of Oraibi (the oldest continually inhabited community in North America) on the third Mesa on the Hopi Reservation, the genial artist farms the cornfields given to him by his father, practicing the time-honored dry farming method commonly used in the high desert area since the 12th century. “It’s my alone time,” he says with a soft drawl characteristic of the third Mesa. “It’s when my problems go away and my creativity flows.” His creativity has been evident since he was a boy, sitting in the sawdust created by his father’s carving, imitating fundamental

techniques with a horseshoe file. “I watched my father carve since I was an infant,” Namingha reminisces. “It’s a tradition that is passed down. When males 10 and older are initiated into society, they’re allowed to carve kachinas. But they don’t earn the right to carve them right away. They have to explain the meaning and the significance of why we give them to infants.” Kachina dolls are traditionally carved by me, the men of the village prior to each Kachina ceremony and given to uninitiated girls at the Spring Bean Planting Ceremony and Home Dance Ceremony in the summer. The purpose of the dolls is to acquaint children with some of the more than 300 different kachinas, or katsinas, and teach them traditional ways of life. Kachinas are spirits who guide and protect. They represent ancestors, animals and natural elements who can use their power for human good, such as bringing rainfall, healing or fertility. According to Hopi religion, kachinas typically visit the village from February to July, helping to bring rain to renew the land for the growing season by singing and dancing, before returning to their home in the San Francisco Peaks — near Flagstaff, Ariz. — to rest.

Clowning around

Koyala is one of the clown kachinas that provide amusement during ceremonies, cleansing participants of their wrongs and imparting lessons about acceptable standards of behavior in the Hopi community. When Namingha was working on the winning kachina, he was “stuck,” he says. Then inspiration struck. “I was looking at pictures of my two boys, who did a clown dance. I had some white wash, so I copied their costumes when I painted the doll.” Finding inspiration close to home is typical of this family man, whose goal was to share a booth at the Santa Fe market with his father — a dream that nearly came true in 2009 when both men’s applications were accepted. But the younger Namingha lost his father before that dream could come true. His father’s example still guides him, but Namingha, who worked as a carpenter until

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Santa Fe’s housing market slowed in 2006, is establishing his own unique style within the realm of the “New Traditional Movement.” The first kachina dolls were carved from a single piece of cottonwood root in the “Early Traditional Style” from roughly 1880 to 1910. Simple in form and no longer than 8-10 inches, they were usually flat or cylindrical and were intricately painted with dyes and pigments made from native minerals available in the area. Namingha still walks the land to find his own pigments. He uses no acrylics or oils. “I always use local natural pigments. I find lighter colors like grey, white and yellow in the washes. It’s more rewarding to find them.” Once found, the pigments undergo a process of stabilization, boiling with juniper pitch. “These techniques are not new,” he points out. “They have been passed down for generations.” Through the years, the painting has become more detailed and the dolls more proportionate. As Namingha explains, “In the late ‘70s and ‘80s, kachinas got away from the traditional style to a more contemporary style. They were more lifelike, like sculptures painted with acrylics and coated with linseed oil.” One change during the 1970s resulted from the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty ban on selling of kachina dolls that featured feathers from birds such as eagles, parakeets, hawks, pheasant or quail. Instead, the feathers of the dolls were carved in the wood, which led to a new form of Hopi art — the kachina sculpture. These days, Namingha says carvers use feathers from small game birds, although the Hopi are allowed to harvest feathers from birds of prey for ceremonial use. “It’s a major part of who we are. They are messengers between us and the spiritual beings.” More recently, a revival of the traditional style has occurred as part of the “New Traditional Movement.” This style emulates the simplicity and softer natural pigments of the traditional style used before tourist consumption influenced design. “The more traditional style is geared more toward the face than detailed bodies,” Namingha explains. “The dolls have big

heads that express more personality.” Namingha’s personality appears as his style evolves. “I got away from the ‘bellyacher’ style where they’re in a bent-over position, holding their stomach.” Some of his recent carvings have experimented with slightly tilted heads. “It’s just a little movement that adds interest. It’s different from the traditional style.” Subtle variances don’t detract from his reverence for tradition. Using only natural materials, such as cornhusks from his farmland, Namingha carves only known kachinas — “I never make up new kachinas.” He selects the most popular ones, such as sun kachinas and the ogre family, and says his favorites are the animals because “people connect more with them.” No matter which kachinas he creates, this gentle and generous man considers himself fortunate to be who he is and says if it weren’t for traditions like the kachina ceremonies, “we’d be nothing.” Sharing his art through the Market allows him to teach others about the Hopi (the Peaceful People) and how they live. “We’re still practicing our religion,” he says.

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DANCE APHASIA DANCE COMPANY e The Toby at Indianapolis Museum of Art; June 18. We are mesmerized by two human bodies moving in sync with electronic music from under a patchwork cloth, at times topped by saffron fabric. Dancers Ted Stoffer and Sayaka Kaiwa undulate, crawl and stretch, metamorphosing into seemingly impossible positions for human bodies. Sleight of hand wonderment, whimsical interrelationships, questionably induced stillness pulls you into the center of each movement, never knowing what to expect from the opening mass of cloth slowly weaving to the tock-tick bouncing off the walls to the closing “skin exchange” with a

surround-sound fullness. Movement grows in companionship, with layers upon layers of music suggesting a universe inhabited by a hitherto unknown multitude. While the concept of stretching human expression through a broad swath of movement is not new — MOMIX brought us into inventiveness and physical beauty of a different kind some 30 years ago — Aphasia enlarges the vocabulary with two people filling the stage for an hour-long performance piece, titled Rencontres des Imbeciles (Under Erasure) , originally produced in May 2010 at the Brighton Festival, UK. In this U.S. premiere, Indianapolis native Stoffer returns to showcase the singular art form he has developed during a worldwide dancing and choreographing career since graduating from Warren Central High School in 1998. Kaiwa, a native of Japan, co-created the show and performs with Stoffer. Johan van Kreij composed and performed the encompassing music. The enchanting lighting design is by Christian Francois. Learn more at www.dancce.gr/ted_stoffer-en.html. —RITA KOHN

VISUAL ART WELCOME TO THE TOWN OF TUCCENEN BY BRANDON SCHAAF r Big Car Gallery; through July 16. The four almost life-size portraits at the center of this show (original drawings on paper reworked in Photoshop and printed on Foamcore) portray the “four cool dudes who live, play,

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eat, work and giggled in a town called Tuccennen,” according to the artist. They also happen to be portrayals of the members of the band Honey Beast that played on First Friday at Big Car. The most striking of them is “Tobacco Jasper,” a skeleton dressed in a hoodie, who represents the artist/musician himself. According to the text written in Sharpie on the wall adjacent to the portrait, Tobacco Jasper is “a contemplative 23-year-old” who likes to draw and paint while listening to This American Life on NPR. Beside Jasper, you can see his best friend Sioux Twelve, a hairy dude dressed only in underwear with a hamburger for a head (being a cook for Mr. Burger). Through the hole in Tobacco Jasper’s belly, you see Sioux Twelve reaching his snakelike arm through to touch Jasper’s finger with his own. It’s a touching gesture of friendship and solidarity between two guys just starting out in the world. It occurred to me after following these characters’ stories written on the wall, that Tobacco Jasper and his friends would make great characters in an animated series — soundtrack provided by Honey Beast, of course. 1043 Virginia Ave. Suite 215, 450-6630, www.bigcargallery.org. —DAN GROSSMAN

MUSIC ISO SYMPHONIC HITS – FINAL PROGRAM e Hilbert Circle Theatre; June 17-18. When has the Circle Theatre not been packed with

the programming of one of Western music’s greatest icons, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”)? Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conductor laureate Raymond Leppard, now 83, returned once more to the podium and a full house, first to introduce the Ninth with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93. The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir with director Eric Stark and four vocal soloists joined the orchestra in the Ninth’s fourth and final movement. From the beginning of No. 8, Leppard’s style returned to his former players as though they had never parted company: a slow tempo and a steady beat, he articulates the phrases, bringing out often hidden voices within the ensembles. As Leppard launched the Ninth’s first movement, he once again took a very moderate tempo as he succeeded in revealing the concealed beauties within the unfolding drama. The Scherzo could, however, have benefitted from a faster tempo, his pace conveying a lack of energy, as he observed both sets of repeats. The slow movement is a true Adagio, which our conductor laureate captured in its essence. As for the “Ode to Joy” movement, it held together rather well, considering its many difficulties in execution. With tenor Sean Panikkar and baritone James Westman having the only solo parts, both provided somewhat overly opulent deliveries. The Choir gave us a well-honed projection marred a bit by being too soft in places to be heard above the orchestra. Still, Leppard scored a triumph with this concert. May he have many more. For the full-length review, visit www.nuvo.net. —TOM ALDRIDGE

FOOD A quest for quality

The brew discussion continues BY RI T A K O H N E D I T O RS @N U V O . N E T “Quest for quality” is the mantra for craft home- and professional brewers. This surfaced as the overarching link between panelists at the May Brewers Roundtable at Sun King Brewing Company. Definition or expectation of quality, however, is what separates micro- from macrobrewers. The consensus of the panelists was that macro beer isn’t bad beer; it’s made with carefully calibrated precision, using the latest computer technologies to produce a tastes-the-same product, batch after batch, year after year. “It’s simply not full of amazing flavors and nuances,” offered panelist Bill Ballinger, two-time winner of Indiana State Fair Homebrewer of the Year and an aspiring professional craft brewer. “Achieving those amazing flavors and nuances is what pushed the homebrewing and the microbrewing industry,” pointed out Anita Johnson, owner of Great Fermentations. Serving as moderator, Johnson established the focus of the roundtable to be “the synergy between the craft brewing industry and homebrewers, because there are few industries where the exchange of ideas, knowledge, experience and people from the professional to the amateur are so free. Many of the pioneers of the craft brew industry started out as homebrewers.” Johnson cited Larry Bell of Bell’s Brewery, Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head, Pete Slosberg with Pete’s Brewing Company and Ken Grossman of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. as beginning as homebrewers following 1978 legalization in the United States during the Carter administration. “The synergy doesn’t stop there,” pointed out Johnson. “Homebrewers have helped to resurrect and commercialize styles [that died out in the wake of the macrobrewing industry]. Jeff Renner from Michigan brought back Classic American Pilsner, a pre-Prohibition style lager. Rye IPA started up again with Denny Conn.”

Humble beginnings

Most of Indiana’s current pro brewers began as homebrewers, including roundtable panelists Dave Colt, head brewer WHAT: 16th Annual Brew-Ha-Ha, a benefit for the Phoenix Theatre WHEN: June 25, 3-7p.m. WHERE: 749 N. Park Ave. Brewers include Sun King, Bier Brewery, Powerhouse Brewing, The Ram, and Oaken Barrel. INFO: Contact Michael Shelton, 6352381, mshelton@phoenixtheatre.org or visit www.phoenixtheatre.org/brew-ha-ha.html.

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From left: Jim Matt (Sun King), Andrew Castner (The Ram) and Dave Colt (Sun King).

at Sun King; Jim Matt, assistant brewer and Quality Control Manager at Sun King; Darren Connor, head brewer at Bier Brewery; Jon Lang, head brewer at Triton Brewing; and Jon Myers, head brewer at Powerhouse Brewing. Panelist Andrew Castner, head brewer at The Ram, recalled his past. “My being a brewer happened by accident. I went to Oaken Barrel part-time to clean kegs.” An audio-video production major, Castner switched careers when he eased into brewing at OB, learning from head brewers Ken Price and Mark Havens, who started as homebrewers. Though he bypassed homebrewing, Castner said he learns from them, starting with the MECA Homebrewers who regularly stop in at Oaken Barrel to comment on Havens’ recipes, and who now also stop at The Ram to offer their opinions. Castner said he initiated The Ram’s Small Ale Homebrew Competition “to highlight the brewer(s) who can create the best and most balanced flavor combinations while also making a sessionable pint that everyone can enjoy again and again.” For Castner to professionally brew Bill Tilt’s winning Better Bettor Bitter, scaleability was a consideration. It wasn’t a simple matter of doubling or quadrupling a homebrew recipe. “It’s pretty scientific,” said Connor, adding that a brewer has to know what happens with a homebrew recipe on a professional setup. And it’s being able “to fix it” when the unexpected happens, as it did for Lang’s Pro-Am experience with homebrewer Mark Schiess when dry hopping went awry. “Anything you bring from homebrewing is useful, but in actuality professional brewing differs from homebrewing,” said

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Sun King’s Colt. “It sounds easier than it is,” he pointed out. “It’s very physical cleaning the much bigger kettles.” Colt earned a hearty laugh from everyone in attendance. As a business, it’s important to have a lineup of brews the public wants to buy. A brewery and brewpub have to have guaranteed “sellers” as the house beers before making specials that might have lesser appeal. “The housebeers, the menu we have all the time, are crucial to appeal to your audience,” added Castner. “Some customers want to see boundaries pushed, and with five gallons separated from the regular brew day batch, you can pull it off. Coffee-vanilla stout can sell out in a night but it doesn’t have mass appeal.” “I get to do what I love to do,” said Jim Matt, who continues to homebrew, sharing the results with fellow Sun King worker Dave Colt. “Sometimes he likes my experiments.” Do they ever end up on the Sun King menu, an audience member wanted to know. Perhaps. Essentially, there’s a difference between having to appeal to paying customers and adoring friends. “Everybody loves free beer,” observed Connor.

From entertainment to enterprise Jon Myers, head brewer at Powerhouse Brewing, pointed out the transition from homebrewing to pro — owning a small business — requires more than knowing how to brew good beer. Financial backing to start up, knowing how to navigate the legal aspects and developing a brand and a following are essential. “You have to be everything. There are daily fires you have to put out,” said Bier Brewery’s Darren Connor. “Beer has to be right every time you put it out.” A homebrew mistake is not as costly as it is for a pro brewer. Though, as Bill Ballinger pointed out, it took him a week to figure out what was wrong with what looked like a bad batch and to turn it into what he characterized as “awesome.” Homebrewers are equally skittish about throwing out good ingredients. It’s essential to take outside factors into consideration, including those you can’t control, such as weather conditions, availability of ingredients for a particular style or water quality the day of brewing. While homebrewers are freer to experiment, customers have grown to expect something different, something out of the ordinary from breweries and brewpubs. It’s all about good quality that translates into good flavor for the customer. “Some people buy the same beer every week; some are looking for something else weekly,” observed Castner. “People are finding more flavors in beer than in wine,” added Myers. “The question we ask every day is: How can we make this better?” summarized Connor. The panelists agreed some of the best advice comes from homebrewers and from regular customers who have developed discerning palates. They also agreed that the industry has to grow its customer base. But that’s a topic for the next roundtable. BRT2 is dedicated to Joan Easley of Easley of Winery, the first local business to make available homebrewing supplies.

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JUNE 22

Indiana craft beers “Rally in the Alley” (between the Indianapolis City Market and the “gold building”) 4:30-7 p.m. Park at the City Market Arena Lot (bordered by Alabama, Wabash, New Jersey and Market) — ask for a voucher with your beer and pay only $1 to park. Check out www.indycm. com/tomlinsontaproom.

JUNE 23

WFYI & Indiana Week In Review broadcasting from Sun King Tasting Room, 5-8 p.m.; includes roundtable discussion and tasting session. 6023702; www.wfyi.org, www.sunkingbrewing.com.

JUNE 24

Indiana State Fair Brewers’ Cup competition entries are due by 7 p.m. on Friday, June 24, at Sun King Brewing Company, 135 N. College Ave. Details at www.brewerscup.org.

JUNE 24 AND 25

The Taste of Crown Point beer garden on the Square. 219-663-4545; www.crownbrewing.com, www.crownpoint.net/events.htm.

JUNE 25

Hoosier History Live program on “Prohibition in Indiana,” Marc Carmichael of the Indiana Beverage Alliance and Clay Pendleton of the Indiana Historical Society join host Nelson Price, 11:30 a.m. on WICR 88.7 FM and always online at www.hoosierhistorylive.org. Broad Ripple Brewpub is one of the show’s sponsors. Brew-Ha-Ha, 700 block of N. Park Ave. 3-7 p.m. Advance tickets $25 online or call 635-7529; $30 cash only at the door; designated driver $10. Check www.phoenixtheatre.org/brew-ha-ha.html for more.

JUNE 27

Squealers Award Winning Barbeque, 5515 W. 86th St. (86th & Zionsville Rd.) 6:30-8 p.m.; Girls Pint Out event to learn tips and tricks to firing up the grill and pairing food with beer. For more: www.squealersbarbeque.com/index.php; www. facebook.com/girlspintout.

JUNE 28

Flat 12 four-course Beer Dinner, Stone Creek Dining, 13904 Town Center Blvd., Noblesville. 6:30 p.m. $50 per person; 770-1170; www.stonecreekdining.com/Noblesville/.

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Oaken Barrel seasonals: Uberweizen German Wheat and Blueberry Stout. The Ram Downtown, Fishers: Easy Rye-der, the 1000th batch in the history of the Indianapolis RAM Restaurant and Brewery; 2010 Barrel-aged NUTorious Brown Ale; Spring Fever Light, blonde ale infused with Jasmine and Lemon Peel; Bill’s Bettor, nutty malt with a light body and dry finish; Barefoot Wit, tart and refreshing with additions of orange peel, coriander and chamomile. Rock Bottom Downtown: Summer Blonde Honey Ale, golden-colored, light bodied, crisp and refreshing with subtle hint of honey. Crown Brewing Third Anniversary special release: Dunkel Weizenbock, a strong German-style dark wheat, malty sweetness, dark fruit and spicy clove and bananas, slightly sweet palate, finishes dry. Half Moon, Kokomo: English-Style Brown Ale, medium bodied with nutty and roasted malt flavors. Patrick’s Kitchen, Zionsville: Sun King’s A Few Hops More! and Popcorn Pils; Upland’s Double Dragon Fly; People’s Brewing Farmer’s Daughter American Wheat.

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MOVIES Green Lantern r (PG-13) B Y S A M W A T E R M E IE R E D I T O RS @N U V O . N E T

omic book films are enjoying quite the renaissance lately. Ever since The Dark Knight grounded Batman in gritty reality, these films have been rising above standard popcorn fare. Their characters have grown more complex and their worlds more tangible. Fortunately, Green Lantern is no exception. Although it doesn’t have the aesthetic realism of The Dark Knight, Green Lantern brims with emotional realism and depth. That should come as no surprise considering the film is directed by Martin Campbell, who seamlessly balanced surrealist spectacle and humanist substance in such action films as Goldeneye, The Mask of Zorro, and Casino Royale. Thanks to his direction and a solid cast, the performances in Green Lantern exude down-to-earth credibility. However, much of the film doesn’t take place on Earth, but on a lush planet called Oa. The beginning of the film finds this alien world threatened by an amorphous blob named Parallax, a crea-

ture that feeds off of fear and consumes entire civilizations. This portion of the film is thick with the atmosphere of a 1950s creature feature (which is fitting considering the Green Lantern comics first became popular during that decade). To help in destroying this creature, the alien warriors of Oa recruit a human: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds), a cocky test pilot in the vein of Han Solo. Once bestowed with this intergalactic responsibility, Hal’s self-assured persona is revealed to be a façade. Beneath his brawn lies vulnerability and fear. In this regard, Reynolds is perfect for the role. Like Hal, he bears humility and sensitivity behind his cocksure smile and chiseled physique. Hal finally dons the green suit and magic power ring when he realizes that his fear is not a weakness — and that admitting it is an act of courage. This revelation is uplifting and unprecedented. Never before has a comic book film exposed a hero’s fear in such an upfront manner. Reynolds’ charisma makes Hal a hero audiences can root for. On the flip side is Hector Hammond, a mad scientist played to creepy perfection by Peter Sarsgaard. While performing an autopsy on an alien from Oa, Hammond absorbs the same alien powers as Hal, but doesn’t go on to use them for good. With a brain the size of

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a planet and yellow eyes gleaming with hate, Hammond is a ghastly sight. His urge to defeat our hero stems from envy of Hal’s physical perfection. See, villains have insecurities, too. Sarsgaard is perfectly cast here, as he truly is the opposite of Reynolds. While Reynolds has goodness beneath his foreboding exterior, Sarsgaard smolders with menace beneath his frail body and soft voice. Despite brief screen time, he leaves a lasting impression as a supervillain. In regards to the other supporting players, Blake Lively is largely wasted as Hal’s

love interest. And as Hammond’s father, Tim Robbins doesn’t bring the gravitas the filmmakers were probably expecting. In the end, the film is like Hal himself in that its strengths far outweigh its weaknesses. Amidst all this talk of acting, I forgot to mention that the film is action-packed and visually arresting. Most critics are panning Green Lantern, but to me, it’s a highlight in the lackluster pool of summer movies.

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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. BAD TEACHER Some teachers don’t give an F. For example, there’s Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She’s foul-mouthed, ruthless, inappropriate, etc, etc. When she gets dumped, she sets out (R) to win a rich, handsome substitute (Justin Timberlake), competing for his affections with an energetic colleague, Amy (Lucy Punch). Everything gets very rude and stays that way. Jason Segel plays a sarcastic gym teacher. 89 minutes.

BEGINNERS (R)

Writer-director Mike Mills watched his father come out of the closet late in life and crafted this fictional tale focusing on his alter-ego Oliver (Ewan McGregor) and Oliver’s father Hal (Christopher Plummer), who comes out at age 75. We follow Hal as he begins a new part of his life and Oliver as he supports his father and later finds himself attracted to a French actress (Melanie Laurent) he met at a party. The comedy/drama was a hit on the film festival circuit earlier this year and could provide a nice change of pace from more traditional summer fare. 104 minutes. At Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema.

BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (NR)

Documentary look at New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham, a Schwinnriding cultural anthropologist obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society soirees for the Times’ Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” 84 minutes. At Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema.

CARS 2 (G)

Pixar doesn’t do sequels very often, but studio honcho John Lasseter got some new ideas while traveling around the world promoting the original in 2006. Accordingly, Mater the tow truck (Larry the Cable Guy) will visit Tokyo, London and Italy to support his racecar bud Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) as he competes in the Grand Prix. There’s a spy story subplot too, with Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer providing voices for the British secret agent cars. 107 minutes.

THE GOONIES

A rerelease of this film seems fitting after the recent opening of Super 8, a love letter to early Spielberg films like this one. Inspired by Spielberg, but directed by Richard Donner, The Goonies follows a group of imaginative kids (that’s redundant, right?) as they search for buried treasure in their Oregon hometown. As exuberant as the characters at its core, this film is a bona fide classic. Don’t miss midnight screenings on Friday and Saturday at Landmark’s Keystone Cinema. 114 minutes. — Sam Watermeier

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This film is virtually critic-proof. It is difficult to analyze — or resist — because there is something simply entertaining about a man inheriting six penguins (the predicament of Jim Carrey’s character). This premise is so quirky that it’s a shame director Mark Waters and the screenwriters didn’t have more fun with it. Even Carrey tones down his cartoonish acting style in the film. Thankfully, what the film lacks in imagination, it makes up for in heart. Beneath its cutesy surface lies a poignant parable for parenting. (Get used to the ‘p’ alliteration; it comes up a lot in this film.) 95 minutes. — Sam Watermeier

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Too bad TV shows rarely have theme songs anymore. Wilfred really could use one to sum up what is a simple — and extremely odd — show. Something like: Ryan is seeing things that no one else can see He sees a dog, a furry dog, that looks like you and me The dog can talk and smokes a bong And he’ll teach Ryan right from wrong Come on along and meet Wilfred. Now Wilfred’s an Australian mutt And he belongs to Jenna He’ll lick your face or sniff your butt But to Ryan, he’s a winner Come on along and meet Wilfred. And that’s essentially the story of this strangely endearing American adaptation of the Australian show of the same name. When we meet Ryan (Elijah Wood), he’s planning his suicide. He’s afraid of his own shadow, unhappy with his work prospects and unable to find any direction. But then his neighbor, Jenna (Fiona Gubelmann) pops over and asks him to watch her dog, Wilfred (Jason Gann, who co-created and starred in the original version). In short order, Wilfred is both the figurative angel and devil on Ryan’s shoulder, imbuing him with guts and moxie while dispensing advice that’s not always sound. Blow off work? Break into the neighbor’s house? Hit on Jenna? Wilfred’s got some-

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thing to say about all of it. Is this funny? Sometimes. And the cast is uniformly strong. But mostly, Wilfred is weird. No weirder than the premise of Mr. Ed (a talking horse) or My Mother the Car, I suppose. But... weird. FX sent the first three episodes and I can’t decide whether I’ll watch a fourth. Probably will, because the premise of the show still strikes me as so strange that I can’t not watch. But there’s another reason to tune in: The press kit promises appearances by Ed Helms, Rashida Jones, John Michael Higgins, Nestor Carbonell, Jane Kaczmarek, Mary Steenburgen, Peter Stormare and Dwight Yoakam. That’s a ton of talent right there. I want to see what they’ll do. Another reason to watch: Louie is on next. Last year, the debut season of comedian Louie C.K.’s show took us to some dark but hilarious places — horrible dates, a terrible encounter with a heckler, a dangerous trip to the South and so on. That was nothing compared with what Louie has in store for us this year. In the first three episodes, he deals with his sister’s pregnancy, the violent death of a stranger, his poor financial situation and a sexual encounter that leaves the woman broken. Even the simplest of interactions turns into an ordeal. Sometimes that’s very funny, but it’s often hard to watch. That’s exactly what Louie is aiming for, I suppose: He wants to mine every disaster to find the comedy. But even if you find the early episodes too dark, don’t give up. In the fourth show of the season, he has a chat with Joan Rivers, who gives him some perspective and makes everything we’ve witnessed till this point understandable and worthwhile. Really.

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usic’s original made-for-TV act, the Monkees, celebrates its 45th anniversary this summer with a reunion tour. And unlike some previous times when Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Davey Jones (and on rare occasion, Mike Nesmith) have regrouped, there hasn’t been a release of a greatest hits set, an album or some other companion event to enhance the occasion. But make no mistake, in an era when music is more omnipresent in television than ever, the Monkees’ impact is being felt as strongly – maybe more strongly – than at any time since the group’s original heyday. Look no further than Glee, the hit Fox television series, according to Monkees singer/drummer Dolenz. “‘The Monkees was initially, it was a television show about this imaginary group that lived in an imaginary beach house and had these imaginary adventures,” Dolenz said in a mid-June phone interview. “But all the members of the cast, as it were, could actually sing and play and dance and act. And Glee is very similar. It’s a television show about an imaginary glee club that doesn’t really exist. But now I understand they’re on the road. And they all can actually do it. They can all sing and dance and act. So I would say that’s the closest thing that has happened since The Monkees.” But of course, it’s not the only current show that parallels The Monkees’ TV show, which was a huge hit during its run from 1966 to 1968. Disney, as Dolenz noted, has “flat out came out and just said publicly” that the original Monkees television series had a major influence on the musicthemed shows that have helped launch the careers of Miley Cyrus (in Hannah Montana), Demi Lovato, the Jonas Brothers and Selena Gomez. Still, no other television show (including a few failed attempts to launch new Monkees shows) has ever quite captured the mix of madcap humor and quality pop music that came together on the original The Monkees television show. Granted, there were some influential names involved in creating The Monkees phenomenon. The show was the brainchild of Bob Rafelson (also known for his work with Jack Nicholson) and Bert Schneider, who saw the Beatles movie, A Hard Day’s Night, as inspiration for the show.

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THE MONKEES Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St. Sunday, June 26, $65-102 (plus fees), all-ages Once NBC picked up The Monkees, Rafelson and Schneider brought in Don Kirshner to supervise the music. Songwriters in the project included Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (who wrote extensively for the group), as well as Neil Diamond, Jack Keller, Harry Nilsson, Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Dolenz, who was a seasoned actor by this time — he starred as a young boy in the popular television series Circus Boy under the name Mickey Braddock — recalls having a special feeling about The Monkees project after auditioning for the pilot. “I remember that year (1965), I was up for two or three different pilots that year that were musically oriented,” Dolenz said. “Because of the British invasion and also because of the folk music phenomenon, just because of music in general, there were a few shows that were being piloted that year that had some sort of musical theme. And I remember going to some other interviews and auditions for other shows, that they never made it on the air. I guess it was just in the wind at the time. “But I do remember when I went to the Monkee audition after my first audition, I do remember thinking to myself — and I remember telling my agent at the time —‘You know, I think this is really going to be a good one. I really would like to get this part.’” Once The Monkees started airing, the show took off, and in addition to filming episodes for the series, those involved in the project immediately worked to turn Dolenz, Jones, Tork and Nesmith into a true recording group and a touring band. Tork and Nesmith were musicians already (and Nesmith pro-

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duced some of the studio sessions), but Jones and Dolenz, who was anointed drummer more or less because the other three Monkees didn’t want to play that instrument, came from acting backgrounds. Though The Monkees sometimes had backing bands for its original tours, they played instruments (if you include Jones on tambourine) and sang during the shows. During the show’s three-year run, The Monkees were truly a triple-media threat, drawing huge television audiences, reeling off hit songs such as “Pleasant Valley Sunshine,” “Daydream Believer,” “Last Train To Clarksville” and “I’m a Believer,” and filling venues as a touring act. The group worked relentlessly, putting in long hours on both weekdays and weekends. “It was a couple of years of very, very intense work: 10, 12 hours a day doing the TV show,” Dolenz said. “Then I would end up going into the studio at night to record sometimes two or three lead vocals a night. Then we started rehearsing on the weekends for the tour. But I had also had a series when I was a kid, so I was familiar with the filming, the TV process. So that part was kind of easy for me. I was comfortable and very familiar with it. The recording and playing part of it was a little more of a challenge for me.” The show only lasted until 1968, but The Monkees continued recording until 1970. (They made a film, Head, in 1968 — complete with a soundtrack — after the show was canceled; Rafelson and Nicholson cowrote and co-produced the film.) After the band fell apart in 1970, there have been occasional reunion tours, includ-

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ing a 1996 outing in support of a new studio CD, Justus, which Dolenz, Nesmith, Tork and Jones wrote and recorded in its entirety. The most recent tour was in 2001, with Dolenz, Tork and Jones. That tour ended on a sour note, though, when Tork was booted from the tour shortly before it ended. He subsequently complained about “backstage” partying — a sensitive issue for Tork, who had overcome a drinking problem. As recently as 2009, Jones had rejected the notion of ever doing another Monkees reunion. Dolenz declined to comment on either situation, saying simply that only Tork and Jones could speak to those moments of conflict. Nevertheless, when offers to do a 45th reunion tour came along, Dolenz, Jones and Tork accepted. Nesmith, who has never enjoyed touring, isn’t participating. Dolenz, who joins The Monkees tour after a year-long stint in a British theater production of Hairspray, promises concerts that not only will include the original hits, but a couple of new twists in the show that weren’t present in past reunion tours. “This time, we’re doing the entire soundtrack to the movie (Head), which we did as a pure cult movie. But it has some wonderful songs,” Dolenz said. “And then we also did a poll. We took a poll on the Internet about what songs the fans want to hear that we have not done before in concert. They came back with some very interesting choices. So we’re doing a few of those, too.”

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Jazz at Crispus Attucks Is the Crispus Attucks Museum Indy’s best-kept jazz secret? Not for long, hopefully. This week, we’ll take a look at the museum, which is attached to a high school that has turned out generations of exceptional jazz talent, not to mention a few fine athletes along the way. Once a segregated school, Crispus Attucks High School employed exceptional music teachers who helped launch the careers of internationally-known jazz legends J.J. Johnson, Slide Hampton and the Montgomery brothers (Buddy, Monk and Wes). Local jazz legends Jimmy Coe and Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson also number among its graduates. The museum houses a small stage that acts as a tribute to a popular local ‘40s and ‘50s jazz trio, The Three Souls, led by drummer Al Coleman. The display is complete with each member’s instruments, as well as an outstanding portrait of trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Museum curator Robert L. Chester is passionate about his responsibility to preserve the jazz culture of Attucks, as well as Indy’s jazz culture as a whole. “We have here not only in our museum…not only three-dimensional objects, but numerous jazz tapes and recordings in a variety of formats,” Chester said. I was particularly impressed by a display spanning the entirety of a wall titled “Indianapolis Jazz Legends.” The tribute contains no less than 30 framed charcoal portraits that cover two decades of local jazz artists. The Indianapolis Public School system requires fourth grade classes to tour the museum as part of the curriculum, Chester said. “The students are just blown away when they see what we are all about. They really let us know how much they appreciate what we are doing here. That really is the greatest reward of all, when youngsters can relate and approve and are enamored with what we are doing.” Chester thinks the museum is doing unique work. “Our goal is not to compete with the big museums, but to be an undeniable force to be reckoned with right

alongside of them,” Chester said. “With all humility and a level of respect, I have no knowledge of anyone doing anything close to the level we are doing here at the Crispus Attucks Museum. With all due respect, I am aware there are other professionals doing a great job in their own area of expertise associated with this music of jazz in Indianapolis. None of them are anywhere near where we are with our experience or where we are heading. We hear we are the best-kept secret; we are diligently moving away from that title as far away as we can.”

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More notes Last week, Indy Jazz Fest announced several of the artists who will perform during the fest’s six day, seven night run, which lasts from Sept. 11 to 17. Four venues are new to the festival this year: The Cabaret at the Columbia Club, the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center at the University of Indianapolis, Connor Prairie and the Madame Walker Theatre. OptiPark and Indianapolis Art Center will offer an expanded, 3-stage outdoor concert Saturday, Sept. 17 from 1 to 11 p.m. Tickets go on sale August 1, with VIP and weeklong options available. The main stage will feature George Benson, Yellowjackets, the Rufus Reid Sextet with Steve Allee, Spyro Gyra and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. The Jazz Legacy Stage has The Melvin Rhyne Trio, Cathy Morris, WOW and The Indy Guitar Summit. A major chapter of Indiana Avenue’s history closed this month with the passing of “The Voice,” Hazel Johnson Strong. Strong, who followed in the tradition of shouters like Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, could fill a large room without any amplification. CRISPUS ATTUCKS MUSEUM 1140 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 12 to 5 p.m. Admission: $5 adults; $2 youth 6 to 13; $2 seniors over 65 and college students with ID; free for IPS students, teachers and parents. 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO // 06.22.11-06.29.11 // music

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RIP JOOKABOX, LONG LIVE DMA Word came down the pike in early February that Jookabox was no more, having broken up a couple months in advance of their final record, Eyes of the Fly , which released without a whole lot of fanfare in April on Asthmatic Kitty, for it is hard to drum up much attention fanfare without a release show. The band was always centered around David “Moose” Adamson, who started it as a (mostly) solo project as Grampall Jookabox, then expanded it by adding a drummer and, eventually, about two years prior to the breakup, a guitarist and bassist. But as Adamson explains in the following interview, Jookabox had become so much a full-fledged, full-band project that he couldn’t imagine playing the band’s songs on his own. And so he heads forward as a solo artist under another name, DMA, derived from his initials. His first album as DMA, Drem Beb, releases in a limited, cassette-only run this Friday on Joyful Noise Recordings, at a release party at the Earth House that will also feature the final perfor mance by Jookabox. Think of it as a funeral and an, er, bris — or christening, or whatever secular version of a birth celebration you people are celebrating these days.

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Moose: There were a lot of reasons, but basically “personal” reasons, not getting along and not agreeing about things, etc. It came down to a conversation between me and Ost where I was saying, “Let’s find some new people or tour as a two-piece again,” and he just didn’ t feel excited enough about some unknown ver sion of the band to quit another job for tour . I did not want to play Jookabox songs with another drummer or solo. I really love The Eyes of the Fly. It’s a hardfought record. It went through a lot of changes. It took about a year to get it to how it ended up sounding. We were playing way different versions of several of those songs at shows throughout the year. A lot of thought went into every part of it. I think it ended up really solid and fat because of that.

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Time was that 1989’s Absolute Torch and Twang marked the end point to k.d. lang’s country music output, which dated back to the early ‘80s, when the gifted vocalist was figuring out how to differentiate her voice from Patsy Cline’s. But all things come around, and L.C. Lang’s latest, Sing it Loud , released this April on Nonesuch, is festooned with banjo, pedal steel and all the country accoutrements — including a new band, the Siss Boom Bang, featured on the cover, the first time a band has had such a place of prominence since her, country days playing with the Recliners. Not that this new one sounds the same as Absolute Torch; it’s a bit more in the alt-country vein, circa 2000 or so, with a Lucinda Williams-style rocker or two, and a number that would’ve worked for Patsy, the appropriately oneiric “A Sleep with No Dreaming.”

Thursday

ELECTRONIC JUNIOR BOYS, MIRACLE FORTRESS White Rabbit Cabaret, 9 p.m., $12 advance (mokbpresents.com), 21+

Ontario-based electro-pop duo Junior Boys simplified things a little on their latest album, this year’s It’s All True, opening with the busy, aggressive but well-balanced “Itchy Fingers” — which gestured back to the densest of ‘80s synth-pop — but then settling back into a low-key, hook-y,

DMA Moose: I needed to make it known that a change was happening. We had a tour booked for Jookabox and I could’ve gone out and done it solo, but it would have been a depressing rip-off. We had done a lot of tour ing as a full band and I think that’ s what people would have been expecting. I was thinking about doing something new for a while, and DMA was the name I wanted to use for it. I just want to make honest, wild, free jams and have fun doing it. Something about writing for a full band and being in a full band is very restricting for me. DMA is looped crust-funk suitable for sassy dancing and mom dancing. NUVO: And let’s talk about a new song, “Riding Holiday,” from your new record, Drem Beb. Were you inspired by any driving/riding/ car songs when you put it together? What exactly is a riding holiday? Moose: Duh, Scott, a riding holiday is riding or driving around for fun. Those words started out as just verbalizations. But I have always loved driving fast, wasting gas and playing music loudly. My first car was a 1970 Dodge Challenger.

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SOUNDCHECK bedroom pop sound that was always one of the band’s core modes, even as it co-existed with a taste for contemporary R&B and Kraftwerk-style techno on past records. Of course, all of those things co-exist in the live show, which draws on a half-decade-plus of genre-surfing work, from Timbaland to Oscar Peterson and back.

Friday

HARD ROCK THE LAST GOOD YEAR, GOLIATHON, THE GLASS IDENTITY CRISIS Birdy’s Bar and Grill, 2131 E. 71st St. 8 p.m., $5, 21+

A hard rock showcase headlined by 2007 Battle of Birdy’s champions The Last Good Year, who will record their performance for a live album. INDIE MARGOT AND THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO’S, VACATION CLUB, CALEB MCCOACH, ADAM KUHN The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 9 p.m., $15 (plus fees), 21+

The guys in the Indy-born, now Chicago-based indie-rock band Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s were disinclined to go the direct-funding route before this year. Here’s how they put it on their pledgemusic.com page, in a letter signed by the imaginary Margot: “In the past, we haven’t attempted this model because, quite honestly, a lot of the campaigns we saw felt disingenuous and at times, distasteful.” But they finally came around, launching a campaign to raise money for a new record, launched this April, full of the kind of incentives designed to bring the super-fan closer to the band. At the $1000 level, you’ll get the chance to record a two-song single with the band. For $250, band member Erik Kang will play violin or lap steel on your record. For $100, the band (or at least lead singer Richard Edwards) will play two songs for you via Skype. And an introductory $15 pledge comes with a gift of a digital copy of the band’s upcoming record, delivered to your inbox the day of its release. The campaign is ongoing at pledgemusic.com; 237 percent of the goal has been raised (!), with plenty of incentives still on the board.

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No wonder this one is starting so early: J. Brookinz, Grey Granite and the small army of collaborators that brought you two albums worth of pot-themed hip-hop — The Gateway Drug , Vols. 1 and 2 — will perform the entirety of both albums Saturday night at the Earth House. JAM UMPHREY’S MCGEE, BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS The Lawn at White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St. 7 p.m., $25 (plus fees), all-ages

The Chicago jam band Umphrey’s McGee has long enjoyed a huge local following. And they deserve it, not least because the guys in the band are good friends to local bands, having loaned the Twin Cats some gear after the Indybased group was robbed last year in Chicago. Not to mention that a full-fledged live album, 2007’s Live at the Murat , was recorded at our local temple to the Egyptian gods. With soul dudes Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears.

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Somewhere between press releases, the title to Kenny Rogers’s latest album, a collection of gospel tunes available exclusively at Cracker Barrel gift shops beginning in April, changed from For the Love of God to The Love of God. That’s really something of a shame, given all the fun I could have had in the Cracker Barrel gift shop, yelling the name of Kenny Rogers’s new album with just enough of an edge to make it sound like an expletive, all the time couched in such a respectful setting as to make people think twice, as in, For the love of God!! Kenny Rogers’s new album, is just so terrific, wholesome and filled with the spirit. Holy shit.”

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Monday

BLUES DUKE ROBILLARD BAND The Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College A ve. 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., $15, 21+ Duke Robillard is a musician’s musician, a walking encyclopedia of music who shares his knowledge on the stage, and one of few artists whose epic solos are worth playing on the radio and seeing live. The guitarist/singer/songwriter was one of the founding members of Roomful of Blues, was a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and has recorded with Bob

Umphreys McGee Dylan, Ruth Brown, Jay McShann and Big Joe Turner, among others. He’s been responsible for several strong bluesy-jazz (jazzy-blues) albums for Rounder and Point Blank records and has been a mainstay at Stony Plain Records for the last 13 years. The Blues Music Awards named him Best Blues Guitarist four times in a span of five years. And, to add one more piece to the pie, he’s also one of the most sought after producers in the business, working on albums for such artists as McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon and Billy Boy Arnold. – Matthew Socey HIP-HOP DAS EFX, MARC VERSUS & STONE MESSIAH, SON OF THOUGHT, ACE ONE

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While caricatured for their over-use of the suffix “-iggity” to end just about any word, Das EFX strongly influenced hip-hop in the early ‘90s with their rapid-fire, nonsense word-filled style, which included a lot of “diggities,” for sure, but also a dictionary’ s worth of inventive neologisms and nonsense words.

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Indiana is home to some pretty outstanding festivals that not only feature great bands but draw fans from all over the world — Dude Fest, Indy Jazz Fest, Lotus Fest. But the most important of the homegrown music festivals, and quite possibly the most unfamiliar to Hoosiers, is Plan-It-X Fest. Plan-It-X Fest serves as an exposition for Bloomington-based Plan-It-X records. Over the past 17 years the label has helped shape the identity of DIY punk across the country and the globe. Founded in 1994, the same year that punk re-exploded into the mainstream, PlanIt-X (or PIX) sought to keep punk anchored to its underground, counter-culture roots. PIX mastermind Chris Johnston has built his label’s reputation (as well as his own) on his knack for discovering fantastic underground bands. While most bands that start off on PIX proudly retain their underground status, they all become heroes of sorts in the underground. Some of PIX’s more notable collaborators include Brooklyn art-pop-punks Japanther, infamous Florida folk-punks Against Me!, Pensacola folk-party-punks This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb and Bloomington indie-folk-punks Defiance, Ohio. With 2011 marking the fourth installment of the very much occasional PIX Fest, Johnston pulled out all the stops, bringing in outstanding headliners for a weekend of shows (June 24 to 26) held at Rhino’s Youth Center in Bloomington. This year, the initial lineup was so impressive that the first batch of 500 tickets sold out in 3 hours — all the way back in November! In response to the high demand for tickets, PIX has since expanded the Fest into the Rhino’s parking lot and released several hundred more tickets, which were quickly snatched up as well.

Friday’s opening festivities will include sets from Nana Grizol and David Dondero, and will culminate with what will surely be a rousing set from local favorites Defiance, Ohio. Saturday’s line up is pop-punk-heavy and features Imperial Can, Pink Houses, The Max Levine Ensemble and Columbus, Ohio, sensations Delay. Sunday’s lineup demonstrates Plan-It-X’s folk prowess with sets from Andrew Jackson Jihad, Ghost Mice, Kimya Dawson and the mighty Mountain Goats. In addition to tons and tons of music (40 bands on the official roster), Bloomington will erupt with pre-parties and after-parties, as well as a poetry reading at Boxcar Books. A list of PIX-related events can be found on the PIX Fest site: http://pixfest.hijinx.nu/ —NICK SELM

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Sophistafunk performs on the Stable Stage at the Stable Studios Music Festival.

STABLE STUDIOS MUSIC FESTIVAL Stable Studios, June 18

The Stable Studios Music Festival, a classic rock, jam and funk festival headquartered in a horse farm turned studio in Spencer, Ind., had a special, can’t-putyour-finger-on-it quality when I showed up Saturday afternoon. Maybe things were just mellow. The weekend’s intermittent drizzle of rain left a muggy sensation lingering in the air. The crowd’s size was surprisingly small, but it was diverse: ages of attendees ranged from barely old enough to walk to old enough to barely walk. The Stable Studios Music Festival took a page from West Virginia’s hippied out, laid-back All Good Music Festival by avoiding any overlap between bands playing one or the other of the fest’s two stages. Additionally, they installed a second, permanent stage on the opposite end of the stable from the original Main Stage, eliminating the hike between far-flung stages which attendees to last year’s Wuhnurth festival, a similar event hosted at Stable Studios, were forced to make. I heard grumbles that $50 for a pre-sale weekend pass ($70 at the gate) was too pricey for a small, local festival. Others recognized the steep price for what it truly was: commensurate with the cost of large headlining names such as Dumpstaphunk and Headtronics. Adding fuel to the fire was the $20 parking fee. Once inside, however, Stable Studios did a nice job providing a homey atmosphere for the weekend. Atop the pond (the festival ground’s focal point), a paddle boat floated around a handful of swimmers. Hammocks were tied to nearby trees and surrounded by a handful of miniature tepees. A large willow tree had been turned into the “Dream Tree,” decorated with painted glass bottles as ornaments. Saturday evening kicked off with Gravelmouth, winners of the Stable Studios Music Festival fan-voting contest. The southern Indiana-based band kept things mild and relaxed with traditional rock ’n’ roll until their closing number, a rousing version of Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name.” After a precautionary note — “You might want to put the earmuffs on the kids for this one; we couldn’t resist the opportunity to play it on stage” — Gravelmouth let loose and riled the audience with the fun, familiar cover. Snake Oil Syndicate played on the all-

new Stable Stage, which, with its walls and backdrop covered in a reflective, tin foil-like material, could have doubled as a life-size grow room for, um, horticulturalists. Snake Oil Syndicate maintained the same warm rock’n’roll vibes generated by Gravelmouth, but introduced jam and jazz elements via a saxophone. Also like Gravelmouth, Snake Oil Syndicate hails from south-central Indiana and is new to the local festival circuit. Around 8 p.m., Twin Cats fans crawled out of the woodwork to fill the muddy, slushy dance floor in front of the Studio Stage. Older spectators wishing to take less of an interactive approach lined their lawn chairs across the back of the crowd, well out of the way of hoopers and dancers. A noticeably different, mega-funky, voiceover-less introduction to long-time opener “Peloton” marked the beginning of a slightly-tweaked set that saw the band’s familiar repertoire given reworked intros and extended interludes. New York-based Sophistafunk made their Indiana debut at the festival, exceeding expectations to say the least. From a jazzy, mellow alternate version of “Same Mistakes” to a smooth, softened cover of “Renegades of Funk,” the all-male trio from Syracuse, N.Y., impressed with funked-up electro hip hop. “Burn Just to Breathe” was even sexier in person than it is on the Sophistafunk EP, in large part due to keyboardist Adam Gold’s deep voice. Well-behaved children meandered among the old hippies and free spirits throughout the sets, rarely heading into the fray in front of the stage. During Sophistafunk’s performance, however, one little girl was so moved by the funk that the crowd cleared a circle around her when she started breakdancing. With feet in the air and her airborne body balanced on her hands, the young girl’s face was merely inches from the ground. Later, when Dumpstaphunk called a group of females from the audience on-stage to dance, Little Miss Breakdancer was front-and-center rocking out with the big girls. She was truly one of the weekend’s superstars. Stable Studios scheduled ten bands for Sunday afternoon and evening, but canceled seven of 10 sets that day due to unfavorable weather. Only The Main Squeeze, Howard Lewis and Lovins and The Giving Tree Band played their scheduled sets. —DANIELLE LOOK

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Golden orb spiders of Madagascar spin robust webs. Their silk is stronger than steel yet able to bend and expand when struck by insects. Here’s an equally amazing facet of their work: Each morning they eat what remains of yesterday’s web and spend an hour or so weaving a fresh one. I’m thinking that your task in the coming weeks has some similarities to the orb spider’s, Aries: creating rugged but flexible structures to gather what you need, and being ready to continually shed what has outlived its usefulness so as to build what your changing circumstances require. (Thanks to the California Academy of Sciences for the info on orb spiders.) TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The year is almost half over, Taurus. Shall we sum up the first part of 2011 and speculate about the adventures that may lie ahead of you in the next six months? The way I see it, you’ve been going through a boisterous process of purification since last January. Some of it has rattled your soul’s bones, while some of it has freed you from your mind-forged manacles. In a few short months, you have overseen more climaxes and shed more emotional baggage than you had in the past three years combined. Now you’re all clean and clear and fresh, and ready for a less exhausting, more cheerful kind of fun. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Advertisements are often designed to make you feel inadequate about the life you’re actually living so you will be motivated to “improve” your lot by buying what they’re selling. In this short horoscope, I don’t have room to express how much soul sickness this wreaks upon us all. Recently HBO unleashed an especially nefarious attack. Promoting its new streaming service, it informed us that “The story you could be watching is better than the one you’re in.” Fortunately, Gemini, you won’t be tempted to swallow that vicious propaganda anytime in the coming weeks. Your personal story will be profoundly more interesting and meaningful than the narratives that HBO or any other entertainment source might offer. CANCER (June 21-July 22): A company that manufactures processed food made a promotional offer: If you purchased ten of its products, it would give you 500 frequent flyer miles. An American man named David Philips took maximum advantage. He bought 12,150 pudding cups for $3,000, earning himself more than a million frequent flyer miles — enough to fly to Europe and back 31 times. This is the kind of legal trick you’re now in a good position to pull off, Cancerian. So brainstorm freely, please: How could you play the system, outwit the matrix, rage against the machine, or subvert the Man? No need to break any laws; the best gambit will be an ethical one. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): While watching fast-talking politicians talk on TV, my Polish grand-uncle would sometimes mutter, Zlotem pisal, a gownem zapieczetowal. I only learned what those words meant when I turned 18 and he decided I was old enough to know the translation: “written in gold and sealed with crap.” One of your interesting assignments in the coming weeks, Leo, will be to identify anything that fits that description in your own life. Once you’ve done that, you can get started on the next task, which should be rather fun: Expose the discrepancy, and clean up the mess. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Years ago I did a book tour that brought me to Eugene, Oregon, where my sister and her husband and their daughter live. They came to my reading at a bookstore. My Virgo niece Jasper was seven years old at the time. I was surprised and delighted when she heckled me several times during my talk, always with funny and good-natured comments that added to the conviviality of the moment and entertained everyone in attendance. Who said Virgos are well-behaved to a fault? Your assignment this week is to be inspired by my niece: With wit and compassion, disrupt the orderly flow of any events that could use some smart agitation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on,” wrote author Samuel Butler. Ain’t that the truth! You may be practicing as diligently as you can, gradually trying to master your complex instrument, but in the meantime your lack of expertise is plainly visible to anyone who’s paying close attention. Luckily, not too many people pay really close attention, which gives you a significant amount of slack. Now and then, too, you have growth spurts — phases when your skills suddenly leap to a higher octave. The coming weeks should be one of these times for you, Libra. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In August and September, millions of seabirds known as Sooty Shearwaters leave their homes in New Zealand and travel thousands of miles to the Gulf of the Farallones, just off the coast of San Francisco. Why do they do it? The feeding is first-class; the tasty fish and squid they like are available in abundance. I suggest you consider a Sooty Shearwater-type quest in the coming weeks, Scorpio. The very best samples of the goodies you crave are located at a distance, either in a literal or metaphorical sense. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I really thought I’d understand sex better by now. After all these years of doing it and studying it and thinking about it and talking about it, I still can’t regard myself as a master of the subject. The kundalini’s uncanny behavior continues to surprise me, perplex me, and thrill me with ever-new revelations. Just when I imagine I’ve figured out how it all works, I’m delivered to some fresh mystery. How about you, Sagittarius? Judging by the current astrological omens, I’m guessing you’re due for a round of novel revelations about the nature of eros. As long as you keep an open mind, open heart, and open libido, it should all be pretty interesting. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A few years ago, Eve Ensler took her famous play “The Vagina Monologues” to Pakistan. She and a group of local Muslim actresses wowed a crowd in Islamabad with discourses on vibrators, menstruation, and “triple orgasms.” I invite and encourage you to try something equally brave in the coming weeks, Capricorn. Give your spiel to a new audience; take your shtick to a wild frontier; show who you really are to important people who don’t know the truth yet. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When my “macho feminist” memoir The Televisionary Oracle was published in 2000, I suffered from comical delusions about its chances for mainstream acceptance. For example, I tried to get a review in The New York Times. As I know now, that had as much likelihood of happening as me traveling to the moon in a rainbow canoe carried by magical flying mermaids. But in lieu of that kind of recognition, others arrived. One of my favorites: My book went along for the ride with a group of goddess-worshipers on a spiritual tour to the ancient matriarchal city of Catal Huyuk in Turkey. They read my writing aloud to each other, amused and entertained. I suspect you will soon have a similar experience, Aquarius: having to “settle for” a soulful acknowledgment that’s different from what your ego thought it wanted. Take it from me: That’s actually better. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): My favorite plant food for my African violets is a natural fertilizer called Big Bloom. One of its key ingredients — the stuff that makes it so effective — is bat guano. I’d like to suggest that you’re about due to embark on the Big Blooming phase of your own cycle, Pisces. And it’s more likely to reach its deserved pinnacle of fertility if you’re willing to summon just a hint of bat-sh** craziness from the depths of your subconscious mind. But remember: just a dollop, not a giant heap.

To check out my expanded audio forecast of your destiny for the second half of 2011, go to http://bit.ly/ LookForward.

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