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What I saw on Syria’s border smashed my heart into a million pieces. By Kristin Wright
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y brother Bill died of complications activist, local entrepreneur, from AIDS in 1996. Nobody ever kickboxer and Virgo working to help nonprofits, small businesses really talks about how or why. He was and startups. a missionary, married and divorced, but it’s not hard to connect the dots of his life to know he was gay, closeted and alone in his last days. He chose to spend his final years tain that voter registration and the TV raffle volunteering for Damien Ministries, a nonwere completely unrelated. While I didn’t profit care-giving association. He helped staff the booth this year, I brought a group set up, was the first member and sat on the of 10 friends and at no point in time was board of directors for the Damien House, voter registration obligatory for entering a federally subsidized group house that to win the TV. On the contrary, one friend cared for HIV-positive and AIDS patients in expressly asked and was told absolutely not a comfortable and loving environment out— they were unrelated. The Office of the side Washington, DC. Indiana Secretary of State agreed when it I rarely talk about Bill. We barely knew cleared the county party a week later. each other. He was far older than I was, led a Much like when folks on the left tried very solitary life away from our family, and, to out me for political gain, it saddens frankly, it’s not a comfortable conversation. me that Democrats would try to exclude Bill is just a part of why I have been an Republicans from the LGBT conversation. LGBT ally as long as I can remember. Being I’m not alone as a Republican ally. There an ally isn’t particularly easy as a straight are many like me: dozens who worked the Republican, yet not for the reasons you may booth at Pride and countless others who think. Of course I get flack from some on the are trying to move my party forward. fringes on the far right, but the most resisYeah, our national platform sucks when tance I’ve encountered has been from staunch Democrats. As a former two-time candidate for Yeah, our national platform sucks elected office in Downtown Indy, I cannot tell you how many times when it comes to LGBT issues, Democrats, many of whom are gay, have tried to “out” me as a but there is a generation of political maneuver — to try to young Republicans who are doing shame me if I was gay. I wouldn’t be ashamed if I was everything they can to change that. gay. I’m not, and this is the first time I’ve ever really put that out there. But there is a point. I am it comes to LGBT issues, but there is a ashamed of my Democrat friends attemptgeneration of young Republicans who are ing to make a political issue of Republicans doing everything they can to change that. having the audacity to participate in the Indy I attended my first Indy Pride event on a Pride festivities on June 9. rainy day in 2006. Back then it was only barely A quick summary: The Marion County a cluster of tents in University Park. I worked Republican Party had a booth where it raffled a booth for my boss at the time, a Republican off a TV for those who filled out cards expressstate officeholder who happened to be the ing their views on several important issues first in state government to include LGBT conrelating to the cerns in his office’s nondiscrimination policy. LGBT community. Democrats Seeing how the event has grown over the last seven years has made me even more proud to accused the be a member of the Indy community. Marion County As I mentioned, I’m not alone as a GOP of bribing Republican ally. There are many out there Pride particilike me and we will continue to fight. What pants into regwe don’t need is the two-front war we istering to vote encounter when dealing with the opposi— an activtion from our right and Democrats who ity completely unrelated to the feel we have no business being part of the conversation. Democrats: Let us help move raffle and the our party forward and don’t make LGBT questionnaire. It didn’t take issues a political beachhead. If being an ally is reduced to political gamesmanship – a rocket scieneverybody loses. tist to ascerNUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.26.13 - 07.03.13 // VOICES 5
WHAT HAPPENED? Levee questions remain In the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for its flood control projects along the White River at the junction of the Warfleigh, Butler Tarkington and Rocky Ripple Neighborhoods, the Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, identified the two approaches its engineers prefer to complete the project — both of which will exclude Rocky Ripple. The plan also outlines more proposed tree clearing along existing levee sections to comply with federal engineering requirements — in total, about 7.5 acres described generally as “mature bottomland hardwood forest.” In addition, the Corps’ proposed actions in the yet-to-completed section would clear between 5.5 and 9.6 acres. The city would be responsible for finding land to mitigate losses with new plantings. The document is available for review at Central Library and online at tinyurl.com/MidtownFloodPlans. In response to a request from the City of Indianapolis (the Corps’ cost-share partner in the project), the Corps will extend the FEIS public comment period from its original closing date on July 8 through Sept. 6, though that decision will not be formalized until it is published in the federal register. At an informational meeting the Butler Tarkington Neighborhood Association held Monday, residents voiced continued concerns about the Corps’ proposed action. Issues include fears that Rocky Ripple will be excluded from the project’s flood protections, and, if so, that property values and safety issues would result. (The Corps insists that it would not pursue a project that would endanger residents.) Other concerns focus on the effects the levee-building project could have on Central Canal and Butler University’s Holcomb Gardens. “The Flood wall needs to protect Rocky Ripple, we need to help these people,” Glenn Pratt, a retired engineer, said at Monday’s meeting “We could be affecting these people’s water supply.” Residents also expressed a desire for more active involvement from Mayor Greg Ballard. “It’s time to go to Mayor Greg Ballard and say it’s time to talk to us like smart people, creative people, concerned people,” a woman commented. Before arriving at a final agreement, including federal and local financing commitments, the Corps expects city officials will submit an official response to the FEIS . “Our path is laid out in the document,” Carol Labashosky, a Corps public affairs specialist, said in a telephone interview Tuesday. “There is discussion about the Rocky Ripple alternative (in the plan), however that was not our proposed action.” In response to a question about the liklihood of the Corps diverting from its proposed actions to fold Rocky Ripple into the plan, Labashosky said, “That’s something the city has to answer.”
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yria. Here I am, staring out at red earth dotted with green trees, an azure sky, the sun shining on a tiny border town. “How did I get here?” I ask myself, gazing out at this vast expanse, mere miles from a gruesome conflict zone that has captured world headlines for more than two years. As a human rights journalist, I wanted to visit the Syrian border to gain a firsthand perspective of the revolution, the conflict, and the refugees living along the country’s borders. While I didn’t originally have a single contact along the border, a bizarre twist of circumstances led me to follow a link from Twitter to an article on NUVO, which led me to a Facebook page for the Syrian American Council of Indianapolis. My up-close, firsthand experience came to life thanks to the efforts of Kenan Rahmani, a law student at Notre Dame and board member at Syrian American Council, who helped me plan an adventure I will never forget. A disclaimer before I relate my experiences: Syria is controversial. I’m telling my story here with the full knowledge that most Americans do not support intervention in Syria. I wasn’t sure what I thought about intervention before I went. I wanted to go there with an open mind. I wanted to learn about the people, share in their struggle, understand in whatever ways I could. What I saw smashed my heart into a million pieces. I do not know what you will think, or feel, based on my account. But I hope you will see it as a starting place, a beginning of dialogue. And I hope, if possible, you can find a way to put yourself in the situation of the courageous people I met along the way.
What I saw on the border I’m walking out of Hatay Airport near Turkey’s southern border with Syria. I can feel the sun blazing through my white headscarf, and I’m fumbling with my iPhone, trying to find the number for
the contact Rahmani gave me. aid box with gratitude. He is still wearing a In a moment, Esmat Rastan arrives to suit. They fled Syria only 15 days ago — with pick me up. Rastan is a volunteer with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Watan Syria, the border-based NGO I’m Everyone I visit talks about freedom, here to visit. I throw my backpack in his a future in Syria beyond this horror. I car and jump in beside him. Then we’re see so much suffering, but in the sufferoff in a cloud of dust tearing down the ing there is a unity that catches me by road toward Reyhanli, the Turkish border surprise. People who come as refugees, town where Watan Syria is located. with nothing, are doing everything they “So that’s Syria,” he says, pointing to can to help other refugees. the right. The landscape seems so tranquil. “I want the world to come and see what’s But that tranquility is an illusion. Since Syria’s going on. I want everyone to know.” peaceful revolution began in March of 2011, — SYRIAN REFUGEE IN REYHANLI, TURKEY more than 90,000 people have been killed as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad massacres, brutalizes, exterminates his own people. The next afternoon, I join Yisser Bittar of the Syrian American Council and another Watan Syria staffer for a visit to a An hour later, I’m sitting across from hospital in Reyhanli. A wall surrounds the Mulham Al-Jundi, who operates the Watan dilapidated structure that is the hospital, Syria office in Reyhanli. He’s telling me and guards stand at the entrance gate. about the border town he now calls home. Inside, it doesn’t look like a hospital. Reyhanli used to be a town of about Bare wires hang from the ceiling, and 50,000 people, he explains. But today, paint is peeling off the walls. The halls are with Syrian refugees arriving nearly every eerie and silent. We wind around a corner day, the town’s population has doubled and enter the first room, where I’m sur— now past 100,000. There are no jobs, prised to see a set of bunk beds. On the little infrastructure, and just the other day, explosions could be heard only a few S E E , B O R D E R , O N P A G E 08 miles away. It’s a flawed refuge, Reyhanli, with its crumbling buildings, dusty streets, and impoverished economy. Early one morning I accompany Rastan and a few others to deliver Watan Syria’s aid boxes throughout Reyhanli. We load up a van with heavy boxes containing macaroni, rice, cheese, salt, corn, tuna, sugar, and oil —staples that thousands of refugee families can’t afford to purchase for themselves. We carry the boxes into makeshift “homes” all over the city. Crumbling brick structures, tarps held down with rocks, tents pitched on rooftops. That morning I begin to get to know some of the Syrian refugees of Reyhanli, the beautiful children I see running through muddy streets, the women making homes out of shacks and tents. I visit a family of five living in a small windowless shack. The father accepts their
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GET INVOLVED Suffragettes Picket the Propylaeum Honoring Our Past and Preserving Our Future Look at 1410 North Delaware Street on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, and you’ll see women dressed as suffragettes picketing on the lawn of a 3 story home. From 4:30 - 7:00 PM, the suffragettes, Members of the Indianapolis Propylaeum Historic Foundation are staging the mock protest to draw attention to the Propylaeum’s Capital Campaign “Honoring Our Past and Preserving Our Future.” Wed., June 26, 4:30-7 p.m. 1410 N. Delaware St. FREE Friends of the Library book sale A library card is all that’s necessary for admittance to the Friends of the Library sale. Proceeds will support the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation’s programs and services. Fri., June 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Library Services Center 2450 North Meridian St. IndyHub 5x5 “Face Your City: an urban love affair @ Georgia Affair,” will showcase five projects that IndyHub organizers say “embrace Indy’s past and present while propelling our city forward with innovative, creative and sustainable ideas.” The winner will be funded to the tune of $10,000. The crowd can weigh in on favorites. The Cool Bus, a previous 5x5 winner, will be on site demonstrating how projects funds are being put to work. RSVP at indyhub5x5faceyourcity.eventbrite.com Fri., June 28, 6:30-10 p.m. Georgia Street (enter from alley next to Omni). FREE. Leonard Peltier Day Rally The United Urban Warrior Society, Indiana Chapter, will hold a rally in Peltier’s honor. Wed., June 26, 1 p.m., Monument Circle Thrifty Thrills (a burlesque benefit) DJ Micromachine, burlesque women and men, a comedian and a magician will all be in on the act. All of the door proceeds support the Damien Center, plus 5 percent of the bar earnings. Sat., June 29, door opens at 8 p.m., show starts at 9, Indy’s Jukebox, 306 East Prospect St. $15 .
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BORDER , FROM PAGE 06 lower bunk, a small girl lies underneath a white blanket. She smiles, a little. I can’t use her name or take her picture, but this is her story. She is just turning 15 years old and comes from a suburb of Idlib in northwestern Syria. One sunny day she took a walk to her sister’s house. She couldn’t have known it would be for the last time. One bullet from a sniper went through her spine and her life changed forever. Today she spends her days in this bed, her body paralyzed but her spirit somehow unbroken. She is convinced there is a surgery that will help her, if she can only find the right doctor. Her family has no money and no resources. So for now, they are waiting. As long as they are waiting they still have hope. They don’t know, and in the unknown lies their last fragment of comfort. “I think you’re very brave,” I say to her, leaning in to kiss her cheek, feeling with every second the stark inadequacy of my words. “I’m so sorry.” Bittar and I walk down the hallway. A heavy silence hangs in the air. In the next room, a woman, 25 years old, lies in a bed. Her father is there with her, and as she relates her story, he interjects, explaining more about the one horrific day that changed their lives forever. They were living as IDPs, internally displaced people, in a small village. One day she was inside the house where they were staying when she heard the sound of a helicopter overhead. The next moment, shrapnel was flying in all directions as a TNT barrel packed with metal scraps fell from the sky, exploding in the village. She felt a sharp pain as a piece of metal sliced through her leg. There were screams, flames. Smoke billowed into the clear sky overhead. Then silence. When she woke up, she stumbled, blood flowing from both of her legs. Around her, pieces of the bodies of her mother, her sister, and her five nephews lay on the ground. Twenty-four people were killed that day, mostly children. The next day, her father explains, Assad’s regime announced that they had defeated the terrorists in that village, that the 24 people they had killed were terrorists. But they were all women and children, almost his entire family. He tried to bury the bodies. There wasn’t time. Helicopters kept returning, swooping low and dropping more barrels. He knew his daughter would die if she didn’t receive help. They fled. So here they are. They arrived five days ago. Her father is describing those last hours they spent in the village. “The regime does not differentiate between civilians and the Free Syria Army,” he’s saying. After a few minutes he quiets, tears coming to his eyes. “I want the world to come and see what’s going on. I want everyone to know.” I’m sitting near his daughter’s bedside, and she pulls up the blanket to show me what happened to her that day. One leg is gone, the other one has a series of gashes, huge chunks of her leg are missing, carved out by the flying shrapnel of the TNT barrel.
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Despite the heartbreaking stories she heard while visiting Syrian refugees, Wright says “I’ve never seen so much laughter among so many tears.”
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The aid group Watan Syria distributes aid to refugee families from Syria.
She reaches for a piece of cardboard beside her. It’s covered in school photos, held together with children’s stickers. “My nephews,” she says, pointing to each one. “This one was cut in half. This one was beheaded ... .” I feel hot tears streaming down my face. I’m feeling something different now, something beyond the sadness, something that clutches the pit of my stomach with a wrenching, sickening grip. Rage. Rage at this inhuman monster that is Assad and his regime. But it does not take very long, sitting here in this hospital, staring into the eyes of this woman who has lost so much, to begin to grapple with something else, something beyond the rage: responsibility.
The time to act is now These atrocities have gone on for more than two years amid a hesitant U.S. response, largely consisting of a lot of discussion and little action. And today, while children run for their lives as TNT barrels explode in their neighborhoods, sending shrapnel through tiny bodies — wrecking, breaking, destroying, shattering lives — we’re still debating. Everything I have seen on the Syrian border culminates in a realization at that moment: There is not going to be another time to act. The time to act is now. We have to stop Assad from murdering
his own people. We have to intervene. I’m grateful for the administration’s recent decision to aid Syrian rebel forces, and I’m thankful that the U.S. has authorized another $100 million in humanitarian aid. It’s so important, with millions displaced and thousands horrifically injured. But at this point, two years into a brutal regime ravaging Syria’s civilian population, it’s not enough. Assad must be stopped from waging his campaign of terror against the people of Syria. Instead of attempting to put a Band-Aid on the problem, we need to stop him in his tracks. A no-fly zone — now gaining increasing bipartisan support — would prevent Assad’s regime from dropping his weapons of terror from the skies, limiting his ability to ruthlessly slaughter Syrian civilians. No more families terrorized by the sound of a helicopter nearing their home. No more TNT barrels falling into neighborhoods where children are playing. That single, practical action will save lives by taking one murderous tactic out of Assad’s hands. We can stop Assad from murdering his own people. We can and we must. I left Hatay Airport on another sunny day much like the one on which I arrived. I felt the warmth of the sun through my headscarf, scanned through my iPhone to upload another image of the border, prepared for my return trip to Indianapolis. But in my mind all I could see were images of the people I met, the longsuffering people of Syria who dream of a chance not just at life, but at freedom. I hope we can find a way to help them make that beautiful dream a reality. Kristin Wright is the director of development at Exodus Refugee Immigration, and a writer covering human rights issues. She can be reached at kristin@kristinwright.net.
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It's the same as it ever was for Samuel E Vazquez (no period after the E, though it stands for Enrique; he just thinks it reads better that way). A 20-plusyear Indy resident and Herron grad working his way into the gallery scene, Vazquez started out life in San Juan, Puerto Rico (born in 1970), before moving to the Bronx in 1979. He became involved with the NYC graffiti and break dancing scene by 1983, and managed to tag a serious number of subway lines, not to mention the walls of the Graffiti Hall of Fame, before moving to Indy in 1991. 10
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NYC in the ‘80s was, says Vazquez, defined by friendly competition, by writers (read: graffiti artists) pushing each other creatively, learning the trade from mentors and banding together in gang/guild/clan fashion. Vazquez still identifies himself as the member of several graffiti crews, including the IBS (International Bombing Squad) and UW (Urban Warriors). While much of Vazquez's work has moved in the direction of abstract expressionism (his descriptor), he says he still approaches the creative process in the same way, learning from peers, taking inspiration from both the fine art and graffiti world. There's a give and take to that process of artistic growth — and because Vazquez is, in a sense, the genuine article, he's become a resource for Indy-based graffiti writers, as well as the community at large. This week, he'll demonstrate graffiti technique at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. He'll take part this September in Subsurface, a gathering for graffiti artists from around the Midwest. He has plans for an educational project that could make quite a splash on a green space somewhere in Indy (we can't give details yet, but it sort of involves a subway car). He refers to Afrika Bambaataa when he talks about this mentorship process, noting that the DJ was driven to empower former gang members (like Bambaataa) to direct their energies toward creative exploits (hip-hop, b-boying, graffiti) rather than mindless destruction. But in another way for Vazquez, it can never be the same. Just as, say, one can
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learn and master calligraphy, one can certainly learn and practice graffiti art — but because it was a practice that developed in response to social, economic and political forces, and was unique to its time period, contemporary efforts are doomed to a certain inauthenticity. “When it first started, nobody paid you to paint,” Vazquez says over coffee at Mo'Joe provided gratis by a barrista who's among the city's many admirers of his work. “Now kids come in who started writing in high school and who can make a living getting sponsorships. The motivation isn't the same now; the expression isn't a direct response to the environment.” That sense of detachment has something to do with his first leaving the graffiti world behind (he saw no graffiti potential in Indianapolis when he moved here in the early '90s) — and with the way his work has transformed into a more abstract, canvascentric practice that's often fueled by memories. Take his series of abstract paintings named after locations in the Bronx. “Uptown & the Bronx (Van Cortlandt Park-242 St)” — a long horizontal canvas stretched to imitate a subway train — is named after the last Bronx stop for a subway line, and thus refers to the centrality of subway cars to the graffiti scene. Vazquez distinguishes between street art by trained artists who have chosen to use the street as a canvas and than those who painted on subways and urban buildings because they had nowhere else to turn. “The city's landscape is harsh with stark brick tenements, steel, concrete, rust, rubble,
UPCOMING SHOWS Graffiti demonstration by Brame UW (Vazquez) during Final Fridays June 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Indianapolis Museum of Art Rock Those Rails (new and recent paintings) July 5, 6-9 p.m. at Five Talents Gallery & Studio (Circle City Industrial Complex) Underlined Phrases of a Limitless Format (new paintings) Aug. 16-Sept. 27 Clowes Memorial Hall Our Romance Cannot Last (new paintings) December 2013 Cultural Arts Gallery at IUPUI More info: twostrangerswaitingforlovers.tumblr.com and grey sky,” Vazquez says. “Graffiti was our way to bring beauty to otherwise decaying and depressing-looking neighborhoods.” Vazquez says he still creates his abstract work in much the same way that he tagged a wall — there's “a sense of being spontaneous; I'll pick colors, but what comes out isn't planned.” In the same sense, he says he would do sketches for graffiti work, but that “would only take you to a certain point,” with the final product coming about by happenstance and improvisation. He says he heard people say at one time that he hadn't developed much as a graffiti writer, but he argues that was by design: “To me it's about immediacy; you're not thinking about blending colors when you only have 20 minutes; the lines are rough and the colors might have drips here and there.” Not that Vazquez didn't practice his hand during daylight hours; he's scanned sketchbooks from the late '80s and early '90s that show a impressive range of tags in a variety of styles (one might liken them to a variety of types or fonts, some legible, others not so much to the uninitiated). His intention with the designs “is that letters look like they're moving; that they're alive and have funk and motion.” Some tags have arrows heading one way or another, to sort of force the words into action. Others intertwine like piping into a tight, closed circuit. Vazquez says he “still doesn't consider it illegal to just write on a wall,” being that it was “innate to just express ourselves and communicate to people.” Subway cars
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were initially a very popular medium; some artists even used them to get out specific messages: Stop the Bomb, Merry Christmas NY (Vazquez says he avoided embedding political messages in his work because he felt it'd already been done by artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat). But by the early '80s, New York City had emerged from a stultifying budget crisis and Mayor Ed Koch had committed himself to ignoring AIDS and cleaning up the city, starting with those graffiti-covered trains. Thus it became dangerous to tag subway cars, with punishment elevated
from a slap on the wrist to serious jail time; Vazquez recalls one close call in 1986 when he was collared by an undercover cop while “motion tagging” (or writing on the interior of a car while in motion). He managed to avoid arrest because he ditched his supplies and was left with only a mask (and he couldn't be arrested for merely having paraphernalia). Vazquez had established himself in the graffiti world by the late '80s, when he was studying at the NYC College of Technology and living in Harlem. He had joined some of the “higher crews,” had written in the
Graffiti Hall of Fame (a sort of pocket park dedicated to “legal” graffiti that's been an ever-changing canvas for crews from around the city since the early '80s). But a gradually gentrifying Harlem was becoming ever more expensive, and when his family moved to Indy, he came along. Graffiti wasn't really a thought when he got here; looking at Indy's downtown he says he thought, “Wow! This is the inner city?” So he hunkered down to learn graphic design. When he graduated he joined an art direction team responsible for the look of several landmarks, including Conseco (now Bankers Life) Fieldhouse. But by the turn of the millennium, he found himself missing the hands-on element of graffiti art, the notion of “attacking a surface rather than a computer screen,” the texture of a canvas. A long road trip in 2002 was something of a rebirth for him, and he began painting at home that year; a graffiti project soon followed, and he began getting involved in both the fine art and graffiti scenes. Vazquez's solo exhibition last year at the Madame Walker Theater Center drew the attention of local press, and 2013 will see a run of shows in spaces both great and small, notably Clowes Memorial Hall, where he hopes to make a splash with larger canvases and reach a different kind of art patron and consumer. Showing me proposals for upcoming shows, Vazquez impresses with his organizational sense (you can imagine him S E E , V A Z Q U E Z , O N P A G E 12 NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.26.13 - 07.03.13 // COVER STORY 11
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Moves to temporary residence in Harlem (eventually settles in Washington Heights
First involvement with B-boy scene, tags school bathroom walls, spends time in Puerto Rico
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Starts seriously writing using graffiti tag of “Brame”; writes on subway lines (1-7, A, C, G) and walls in Bronx and Manhattan before leaving NY
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Begins attending NYC College of Technology; moves to Harlem; becomes member of Detained by undercover UW (Urban Warriors or United Writers) crew police while motion before leaving NYC tagging (or writing while riding a subway train); avoids arrest after ditching tools
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Moves to Indianapolis with family; begins studying graphic design at Herron; works throughout ‘90s as part of team on art direction for Indianapolis International Airport, Conseco (now Bankers Life) Fieldhouse
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Quits graphic design job; takes solo crosscountry trip, making stops in Seattle and NYC; returns to graffiti world on occasional projects
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Above: “Uptown & The Bronx (Van Cortlandt Park - 242 St.)” 2011. Left: Throwup (or bubble letters) reading Brame-UW
VAZQUEZ , FROM PAGE 11 working in a corporate environment) and enthusiasm. He has a lot of projects in the air, and it would be difficult for the average Indy resident to miss his work in the coming months. One wonders how the tug and pull of planned/unplanned, authentic/imitative, street/gallery, growth/decay will
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play out in his work and life in years to come. Because while he's not quite sure about the motives of the next generation of street artists, he's still eager to share his stories and work with them. Meanwhile, he’s moving forward into another stage of his own work that's, ironically, associated with a historical movement similarly born and bred in another time and place (namely, abstract expressionism). It's all about tension and energy for
Vazquez, thinks of the subway as a writer’s muse. “The city is so vibrant; the energy is so intense you not only feel it, but you can touch it. The subway added to the intensity; the sound of its electric sparks bouncing off the third rail, the banging of steel as the subway moved up and down the tracks, the hiss of the breaks and roar of its mechanical system. All in harmony with the attitude of our expression — colorful, lyrical, bold, funky, groove, hip-hop, poetic."
PERFORMANCES Indianapolis Early Music Festival June 28: Mr. Jones and the Engines of Destruction: Here’s the deal with the name: Mr. Jones is English architect Inigo Jones, who tried to bring a theorbo (a long-necked lute with extended bass range) from Italy to England, only to have it impounded at Dover by customs officials who though it might be a weapon. Daniel Swenberg — a expert on historical plucked strings — is the bandleader; he’ll be joined by soprano Nell Snaidas. June 30: Le Nef with Michael Slattery: The Early Music Fest rolls on with the concert version of Dowland in Dublin, a recent album by Montreal early music group La Nef and tenor Michael Slattery featuring Celtic-infused interpretations of 16th and 17th century airs by English composer John Dowland. Two performances remain on the Fest calendar (July 12 and 14). Indiana History Center, 7:30 p.m., $22 adult, $12 student, emindy.org Encore Celebration Gala Weekend Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Rita Moreno and Jimmy Webb are this year’s inductees to the Michael Feinsteinfounded and Carmel-based Great American Songbook Hall of Fame. The weekend begins Friday with a dinner dance at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. Inductees will be honored in elegant fashion Saturday night at the Palladium by Feinstein, Broadway star Megan Hilty, TV star Jimmy Smits, Duke of Hazzard turned pop vocalist Tom Wopat and acoustic guitar legend Jose Feliciano. The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, June 29, 7:30 p.m., $500 adult (both events), $75-200 concert, thecenterfortheperformingarts.org Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre: Legends of Love Say it in your best Barry White voice: “The rich, chocolately Gregory Hancock Dance Theater presents Legends of Love, a tribute to the finest, sweetest thing in the universe.” It’s a collection of love stories from India, China, the Middle East and elsewhere. The Tarkington at The Center for the Performing Arts, June 28-29, 7 p.m., $34-39 adult, gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org Boeing Boeing Indiana’s longest running summer theater (in operation since 1960) presents a French farce about jetsetters and lotharios recently revived on Broadway. Shawnee Theatre (Bloomfield), June 27-29, 8 p.m.; June 30, 2 p.m., $14-16 adult, $7-8 child, shawneetheatre.org Thrifty Thrills: A burlesque benefit for the Damien Center You spend years building up your burlesque wardrobe — feather boas in every Pantone number, more props than Carrot Top and Gallagher’s hateful love-child. And then somebody like Barbacoa Jones comes along with the devilishly ingenious idea for a benefit for the Damien Center: namely, that each performer must buy his or her entire wardrobe (save for one bra, one pair of underwear and shoes) from thrift shops. The entire entry fee heads straight to the Damien Center, plus five percent from the bar. Indy’s Jukebox (306 Prospect St.), June 29, 9 p.m., $15
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New ISO CEO Ginstling has big plans; board remains ‘vigilant’ regarding bottom line BY TO M A L D RI D G E EDITORS@NUVO.NET
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n March 18, Gary Ginstling took the reins as the new CEO of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, over a year after Simon Crookall surreptitiously resigned the position. Ginstling comes from the Cleveland Orchestra, where he served as general manager since 2008. NUVO: How do you compare the change from the Cleveland Orchestra — considered by many to be in the top ten in the world — to the ISO, classed as a major orchestra in America? GARY GINSTLING: Every orchestra has its own, unique assets. What attracted me to the ISO was the combination of all the great assets that were here: [music director] Krzysztof [Urbanski]; [principal pops conductor] Jack [Everly]; the quality of the musicians; [ensemble-in-residence] Time for Three; the venue right here in the heart of the city — which it isn’t in Cleveland. NUVO: You’ve talked about four areas of focus for the organization: unity, accessibility, innovation and excellence at the heart of everything the orchestra does. Could you expand on these? GINSTLING: It starts from what happens on the stage, from our music director and our musicians and the performances they give at a high level. I just want to make sure that excellence permeates everything we do in the organization, off the stage as well. Then there’s unity. Another word for it is transparency. I’ve heard a lot of people say — of course, over the past year — “Gosh, I didn’t even know that the ISO was in trouble financially.” I want everyone to understand where we are, that we’re on the same page. For a great orchestra it takes a lot of money, a lot of ticket sales, a lot of donations from the community in order to support us. We raised a lot of money in the campaign last fall, but we have a lot more to raise to keep the operation going. We have a chance to balance our budget this year; we’ll be close, and we’ll do so with a much more reasonable draw from our endowment than we have in past years. Another critical factor is that the ISO be more accessible. I mean giving more people opportunities to come into the concert hall. A great example of that is our recently concluded ticket price reduction, where we put all our remaining seats on sale for $20. We had full houses and great audiences, great energy. We want to break down whatever barriers there are price wise. We’re going to get the orchestra out into neighborhoods and parks.
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New ISO CEO Gary Ginstling has high regard and expectations for the symphony’s future seasons. PERFORMANCE
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WHERE: ALL AT CONNER PRAIRIE (EXCEPT HAPPY HOUR) JUNE 28-29: MOVIE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS JULY 3-5: STAR SPANGLED SYMPHONY JULY 12-13: BROADWAY STANDING OVATIONS, FEAT. VOCALISTS BEN CRAWFORD (SHREK) AND TED KEEGAN (PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) JULY 19-20: MUSIC OF THE ROLLING STONES JULY 25: HAPPY HOUR AT ATHENAEUM THEATRE, FEAT. TIME FOR THREE AND CELLIST/VOCALIST BEN SOLLEE
Finally we need to be more innovative, even though I think the ISO has innovation in its DNA. Looking at the collaboration we have with Time for Three and the work we’ve one with New Am [or New Amsterdam, a Brooklyn-based new music outfit]. All these things are pushing the boundaries of what a symphony orchestra can be. The innovation needs to extend beyond just what happens on the stage. We need to be creative about how we put our programs together, our concerts together, start times, length of concerts, pricing — all those things we need to experiment with and find models that the public responds to. I want to extend features like our Happy Hour and give young people more opportunity to hear the orchestra regularly. NUVO: What fundraising strategies have you been involved with since you’ve been here to support the orchestra’s new fiveyear contract, given what happened last fall?
GINSTLING: It was certainly a difficult year, and I think the most important strategy I’ve been focusing on is communication, and making sure that it ties back to what I said earlier about transparency. We need to be really hitting high goals on ticket sales. We have major fundraising goals. I can’t repeat it too many times that the board has made a commitment to be absolutely vigilant about finances and to be a proper steward of the organization’s assets by reducing its draw on the endowment to a reasonable level, and as a result the year-to-year fundraising need goes up. The community is going to be hearing us more and more asking it to support this organization philanthropically. It’s our burden to make the case for why we’re worthy of that support. NUVO: What’s your artistic vision for the ISO? GINSTLING: I think probably my biggest observation so far is the extraordinary artistic level of the concerts with Krzysztof. You mentioned the Brahms [the Lasic recasting of his Violin Concerto to a “piano” concerto]; the Lutoslawski Concerto for Orchestra was incredibly well played. At the same time you have terrific pops shows with Jack that are really entertaining and energizing. Jack is one of the best in the business. We’re fortunate to have him, and the orchestra plays so well for him as well. It’s amazing that the orchestra can be so at home artistically in both genres. That’s, to me, a highlight of my first three months.
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CONTINUING Rethinking the American Dream: Russell Young, Robert Indiana, Whitfield Lovell e Selected works by Lovell are the standouts here; his sharply-detailed portraits, drawn in Conté on surfaces ranging from paper to wood, evoke the breadth of African-American history. The Conrad through June 30 Ai Weiwei: According to What? q One of today’s foremost artists, a sort of spokesperson for what ails China, is the subject of a new retrospective covering more than two decades of work, including early pieces influenced by Duchamps’s readymades and recent large-scale works exploring his complicated relationship with his homeland. Indianapolis Museum of Art, through July 21 Self-Portrait Show r 43 self-portraits — by the loosest definition of the form — by 43 Indy artists. A.J. Nafziger’s “Self Portrait,” which portrays the artist decked out in Christmas lights, is as conceptually intriguing as technically sharp. Gallery 924 through July 26 Summer exhibitions at Indianapolis Art Center A typically diverse showcase for artists from around the country is anchored by a group show, Under Construction, featuring work created using tape, floor debris sod. Of exceptional note is Margi Weir’s Frontline Series/Detroit finds abstract beauty — beautifully rendered in various inks and tusche — in the derelict neighborhoods of a bankrupt, crumbling Detroit. Meanwhile, Lee Littlefield’s sculptures, on display inside and out, blend animal and plant life in a whimsical, Seussical fashion. Indianapolis Art Center through Aug. 4
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f you go to Primary Gallery on Friday, June 28 to see Heather Stamenov talk about her new solo show, TA-DA!, you’ll see the work of a young artist in love with the human figure. However, it’s not until you get into her studio at the Stutz — she’s a Stutz Resident Artist for 2012-2013 — that you’ll be able to just how much energy and movement Stamenov invests in her work. Tubes of paint cluster on the floor; clumps and splatters of dried paint line the walls. “I paint on a stretched canvas hung on the wall,” Stamenov says. “If you look closely there are a lot of drips. The paint on the floor in my studio is often from using the floor as a palette — or having palettes on the floor and just getting carried away.” Looking at the large 8 by 12 foot canvas hanging outside her studio, “The Drapes Match the Carpet,” you can see the drips that she’s talking about. The painting’s long gestural strokes convey a sense of realism, and the wildness of the composition is appropriate to the subject matter: eight scantily-clad adolescent girls on what looks like a sleepover. Here and there you see bursts of bright color. (“The pops of color are really indicative of the age of the people I’m painting,” she says.) But it’s not just about flinging paint; she does quite a bit of preparation before she even picks up a brush. “Compositions start with photography,” says Stamenov, who earned an MFA in painting from the University of Connecticut in 2012 and is currently adjunct professor at the Herron School of Art and Design. Stamenov uses models — sometimes her own students at Herron — for her reference photos. “I actually print dozens of photos from the ‘performance’ and spread them out on the floor ripping parts of photos, looking for the gestures and expressions that I want to use,” she says. “It’s not precise; I usually just go for it and then sort it out on the canvas. So, no sketching. And a lot of times that means I have to add elements and change the composition as I’m working; that’s something I like, that back and forth.” There’s also another element that’s hard to overlook in “The Drapes Match the Above, “Men Who Cry” by Heather Stamenov is among the paintings on display at Primary Gallery. At right, Stamenov is pictured in her studio. PHOTO BY DAN GROSSMAN
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Heather Stamenov talks about her big, vibrant, erotic paintings on display through Friday at Primary Gallery
HEATHER STAMENOV: TA-DA! w WHEN: SHOW RUNS THROUGH JUNE 28, 6:30-8:30 P.M., WITH ARTIST’S TALK AND Q&A WHERE: PRIMARY GALLERY (MURPHY ARTS CENTER, STE. 217)
Carpet” — these women are particularly hirsute and/or are wearing hair-suits. The painting alludes to the myth of the Amazon warrior. And it also refers to representations of the female nude from the Renaissance era down to the present — contemporary pornography included — which depict females as hairless save for the top of the head. Stamenov says she’s influenced by a group of feminist historians at the
University of Connecticut, some of whom challenged her student work. “In all my party scenes there were all these women who were basically being violated — very sexual,” she says. “I’m really interested in how people are feeling, not just representing them as objects and flesh. So how do you get past that part of representing someone just as an object? That’s how the whole art history discourse came in.” In another sense, her work at Primary Gallery has less to do with art history than with what happens when a bunch of young people get together and revel in the sheer joy of being alive. For instance, the large scale painting “Happy Birthday Harmonized,” which shows a group of twelve young people, male and female, singing joyfully on an air mattress floating on a river. “It’s more about the people,” she says. “I really enjoy the effect that those huge paintings have on you. The piles of figures and — boom — you have so much to look at and the way they all act together. The way they come together as people.”
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Indianapolis Indians A late June homestand rolls on with visits from the Red Wings and Bats. Note that they’ll go on the road for a few games to Louisville before returning to Indy for a one-off July 4 game. Fireworks follow the Friday night game. June 26-28 vs. Rochester Red Wings June 29-July 1, July 4 vs. Louisville Bats Summer Yoga Series Growing Places Indy is hosting weekly yoga classes on the Near Eastside throughout the summer; this week’s instructor is Riana Schneider. Suggested donation is $10, but it’s pay-as-you-wish. Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center, June 27, 4 p.m. (and most Thursdays through Aug. 8) Meditation Peace Hikes Global Peace Initiatives leads guided hikes in the “spirit of mindfulness” through the Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds each Friday at 5:30 p.m., sometimes in silence, sometimes in dialogue. Hikes take one hour and leave from the Efroymson Family Pavilion (or the main entrance). Indianapolis Museum of Art, Fridays, 5:30 p.m.
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NUVO: Does the venue location or pool and water make any difference, mentally or physically, when you compete? MATT GREVERS: It’s always nice to be in a beautiful place. A scenic venue can keep you calm and at peace. When I’m a happy person I swim faster, so I guess it does make a difference how a venue looks. I also like a warmer pool. I don’t like to be shocked when I jump into the water. NUVO: Would the USA Swimming team be better at diving than the USA Diving team would be a swimming?
NUVO: Ryan Lochte had a reality show — what style of TV show would you like to be a part of?
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GREVERS: I know a lot of swimmers can dive pretty well. I think a lot of people have that country club background of both swimming and diving, but I bet you the divers would be better swimmers. I can’t dive for anything!
Major Taylor Wellness Ride Mayor Ballard and friends will help kick off this year’s Indiana Black Expo with a 11-mile bike ride winding through our city’s historical districts (including Indiana Ave.). IndyCycloplex (home of Major Taylor Velodrome), June 29, 10 a.m. ride, indy.gov
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24 Hours of Booty A fundraiser for LIVESTRONG that challenges participants to bike into the wee hours of the morning on a closed, traffic-free loop returns for its second year. June 28, 7 p.m. to June 29, 7 p.m. on the Butler University campus, 24hoursofbooty.org
AlleyCats Our professional ultimate frisbee team has clawed back into contention of late. One local match remains on the month. Kuntz Stadium, June 29, 7:30 p.m., $10 adults, $6 kids, myalleycats.com
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GREVERS: I don’t think I want to be in TV too much. I like my private time. But maybe a game show or some adventure show — just for a little bit of my time — that I could be competitive at outside of swimming; that could be kind of fun. NUVO: On vacation, do you still rock the Speedo or do you choose a different swimsuit style? GREVERS: Depends where I am — if I’m in Europe I will; other people do it, it’s comfortable, you don’t have tan lines and it’s what I carry with me. I wouldn’t say Speedo, though; I would say brief. NUVO: Why is this event such a big deal? GREVERS: World trials, it’s a really big deal. It’s the second biggest thing right behind the Olympics. It’s really the same thing without the hype or publicity. It’s proving that you’re the best in the world. NUVO: Michael Phelps is no longer a part
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Gentle giant Matt Grevers is the favorite to win the Men’s 100 backstroke at the USA Swimming National Champtionship and world Championships Trials.
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of your team, and he had such a huge presence. Who is going to surprise people and capture the media’s eye in Rio? GREVERS: There are a lot of up-and-coming swimmers, but no one will get it like Michael. It’s hard to imagine what he was able to accomplish. His presence wont be replaced by any individual, but the team is doing well and is very focused. NUVO: What was the moment for you when you went from being just another young athlete to dedicating your life to becoming an Olympic champion? GREVERS: When I was 10 years old I set a national record. I was the fastest person in U.S. history, in my age group, at that event. The fastest person felt pretty cool, and I wanted to be on the ultimate stage. I knew then I wanted to be an Olympian. NUVO: What two songs have you listened to most prior to racing in your career?
GREVERS: One would be “Make Yourself” by Incubus. That got me going through my young career, kind of my mantra through high school. My newest one, “Some Nights” by fun., just happened to be the song I needed right before the 100 backstroke in London. NUVO: Choose a location for your last swim ever. GREVERS: The coolest place I’ve ever swum was in Rome. Just an amazing experience because of the location. The indoor warm-up pool was marble and absolutely beautiful. NUVO: You have a bunch of medals — where do you keep those, and do you get tired of showing them to people? GREVERS: I keep a couple Olympic medals on hand, my parents have two. Olympic medals are the only ones I keep track of. No, I don’t get sick of it. I’ve worked very hard for those medals, so when I do get to show them, and see people can appreciate what I’ve done and the sacrifices I made, that’s pretty cool.
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OPENING The Heat A buddy cop comedy directed by Paul Feig ( Bridesmaids, Freaks and Geeks) and starring Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Marlon Wayans and Michael Rapaport. Rated R, Opens Friday Love Is All You Need t Romantic comedy and melodrama mix freely in this multilingual feature that takes place mostly in Italy. Pierce Brosnan plays a burned-out English widower living in Denmark who travels to Italy for the wedding of his son. Ida (Trine Dyrholm) is a Danish hairdresser recovering from cancer whose husband has split for a younger woman. Ida heads to Italy for her daughter’s wedding and bumps into the father-in-law to be. Nothing earth shattering going on here and the screenplay has some bumpy moments, but the actors are good, the scenery is spectacular and director Susanne Bier creates and sustains a beguiling atmosphere once the story moves to Italy. —Ed Johnson-Ott Rated R, Opens Friday
CONTINUING World War Z t Brad Pitt stars in this very loose adaptation of Max Brooks’ novel about a worldwide zombie plague. Pitt plays a United Nations troubleshooter who has quit the job in order to spend more time with his wife and child. He gets pulled back in by the crisis, traveling from Pittsburgh to Korea to Jerusalem to Cardiff, Wales searching for an explanation and a way to stop the mayhem. Pitt is solid and some of the set pieces are stunning, but the film is uneven and the ending is anticlimactic. — Ed Johnson-Ott Rated PG-13, In wide release The East r A thriller about a female agent (Brit Marling) infiltrating a group of eco-activists/eco-terrorists (including Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgard) that operates much like a cult. The first half of the story is the more interesting, watching the group force big business polluters to wallow in their own sludge and feeding corporate drug makers a dose of their own bad medicine. The filmmakers take no moral stand on the activities — you must decide whether the actions are outrageous or deserved. — Ed Johnson-Ott Rated R, at Keystone Art Cinema Before Midnight e Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) met in 1995’s Before Sunrise, and rekindled their romance in 2004’s Before Sunset. This installment of the collaboration between director Richard Linklater and the two actors (who are co-credited as writers with Linklater) finds the couple nearing the end of a six week vacation in Greece. They have kids and conflicts, presented with gloriously long takes that allow conversations and/or arguments to fully play out. Some scenes are hard to watch – not because of any structural, performance or pacing problems, but because they feel so real. A must for fans of the series, but newcomers will have no trouble stepping in. — Ed Johnson-Ott Rated R, at Keystone Art Cinema
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Decidedly not good for you, White House Down is most satisfying action film of summer BY ED J O H N S O N -O TT EJOH N S O N O T T @ N U V O . N E T
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had more fun at White House Down than at any movie I’ve seen so far this summer. This is that rare summer flick that delivers exactly what it promises: two-plus hours of rollicking, preposterous, often downright cheesy action with lots of guns and explosions and property destruction coupled with a mix of quips and tension in service of an over-the-top plot. It’s Die Hard in the White House, it’s a buddy movie, it’s guaranteed to make you roll your eyes. It’s summertime, and this kind of escapist fare is often attempted, but rarely pulled off. White House Down manages to get just the right balance of stock characters and mayhem. Sure, the film has virtually the identical story as Olympus Has Fallen, released just a few months ago. The studio spent last year competing with a rival outfit to see who could get their “White House Under Siege” movie finished first. For me, the similarities just made the viewing experience more enjoyable, as it offers a chance to see how two different teams approach a similar project. The set up: Dashing Washington D.C. police office John Cale (Channing Tatum) goes to the White House – with his plucky 11-year-old daughter Emily (Joey King) in tow – to apply for a job as a secret service agent. The interview, with former colleague Agent Carol Finnerty (Maggie Gyllenhaal) goes poorly — John is too undisciplined and rebellious, natch. Dejected but determined to make the day positive for his child (who happens to be a White House fanatic who can rattle off all sorts of information about the place that will come in handy later), he takes her on a White House tour. Led by tour guide Donnie Donaldson (Nicolas Wright), who gets enough camera time that you know
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he’ll be a key secondary figure, the group sees the sights and bumps into none other than President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx). Just after young Emily asks an uncomfortably specific question, the attack begins. The Capitol building is bombed, but that’s just a diversion so the mercenaries, led by the viciously effective Emil Stenz (Jason Clarke), can seize the White House and take the President hostage – all part of an even bigger wicked plan. From that point on, it’s fist fights, shooting and explosions as John, separated from Emily and protecting the president, attacks the attackers while trying to find his little girl. I enjoyed watching Cale and President Sawyer bond, although the screenplay has Foxx teetering on the line between movieplausible president and flat-out action
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movie hero at times. Other cast members of note, by the way, include Richard Jennings as the Speaker of the House, James Woods as the Head of the Presidential Detail and Michael Murphy as the Vice-President. I enjoyed the escalating insanity and inanity. Most of all, I appreciated the fact that director Roland Emmerich (2012, Godzilla, Independence Day) managed to use his ham-handed technique to make the most entertaining, cheesy, dumb-ass movie of the summer … so far.
FILM EVENTS Slapsticon 2013 A four-day festival dedicated to silent and early sound comedy relocates from Washington, D.C. to Bloomington this year. On the bill are Marx Brothers rarities, Hal Roach and Mack Sennett comedies, one of Buster Keaton’s final films (the 1966 Italian comedy War Italian Style), Columbia talkies starring Harry Langdon and Charley Chase — and a ton more unavailable-on-DVD shorts and features. Two top silent film pianists — Philip Carli and Andrew Simpson — will do their thing throughout the weekend. Tickets run $30 for one day and $99 for a four-day pass. IU Cinema (Bloomington), June 27-30, cinema.indiana.edu
Ai Weiwei’s Fairytale In 2007, Chinese artist/activist/ etc. Ai Weiwei invited 1,001 Chinese citizens to the Kassel, Germany during the art exhibition Documenta 12, then asked them to discuss their lives and dreams for the future. Ai Weiwei’s Fairytale, a 2.5 hour documentary directed by Ai, chronicles the project. Indianapolis Museum of Art, June 27, 7 p.m., $9 public, $5 member
Midnight Movies: Spice World Starring George Wendt. Keystone Art Cinema, June 28-29, midnight, $7.50 Summer Nights: National Lampoon’s Animal House I gave my love a chicken that had no bones. Indianapolis Museum of Art, June 28, 9:30 p.m., $10 public, $6 member Charlotte’s Web Starring Paul Lynde. Artcraft Theatre (Franklin), June 28-29, 2 and 7:30 p.m., $5 (discounts avai.)
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Omar Castrellon at Thr3e Wise Men took home Brew Bracket’s trophy June 15 for Rocky Ripple Pale Ale. Jerry Sutherlin from Rock Bottom Downtown took second place with Sugar Creek Pale. “Really everything out there was dang tasty,” reported Mike Sale. The Audacity of Hops by Tom Acitelli (Chicago Review Press) offers up a chatty discourse about the modern craft beer movement, starting in 1965 with Fritz Maytag salvaging San Francisco-based Anchor Brewing Company, then continuing forward to 1976 with a dynamic duo — Jack MacAuliffe founding New Albion Brewing and “beer hunter” Michael Jackson writing The World Guide to Beer . Its 350 pages overflow with vignettes about people passionate enough to stand up to The Big Guys — and bring beer back to its original place within a society that’s increasingly geared toward quality of life, sense of locale and responsible connections with environment. The book’s not about beers per se, but the folks who craft and offer them for our enjoyment. Acitelli never seems to have stepped inside Indiana, but that’s okay not to be mentioned; we know who our pioneers are, and we regularly savor their artistry. And that’s Acitelli’s point: Made and mostly consumed locally, craft beer showcases our community’s particular geography, style and innovation, thus our specialness.
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MONTPELLIER, FRANCE – Visiting French wine country is getting easier by the day, but it’s still no Napa. Some French winemakers are starting to talk about tourism but few have embraced it. It took an American family, and specifically their young son, to kick start tourism through social media in the southern Languedoc wine region. The Languedoc is the largest wine producing region in the world but has never been a tourism destination. Joe, Liz and Ryan O’Connell packed up and moved from Louisiana to a small village just outside Carcassonne. While Joe, a former house builder, worked on building his home and winery, Ryan started blogging, tweeting, and doing videos about Languedoc wine. At the time, no one else was doing it. So far only a few others have joined in. “It’s fortunate for us, but I’d bet most other wineries are five to ten years away,” Joe O’Connell, O’Vineyards, said. “We go to meetings and try to help them and they look at us and say “pfffff!” Languedoc wines were long the boxed wines, bulk wines, or plonk – as the French would say. In the last 15-20 years the region has emerged as a leader in producing high-quality value wines. It doesn’t take a Twitter account and Facebook though to achieve success, but it doesn’t hurt. Virgile Joly has emerged in recent years as the face of the organic wine movement and Languedoc wines. He does a personalized visit for those who find his small village of Saint Saturnin de Lucian. His white Grenache Blanc has received critical raves. Joly is a man of rare passion who has a growing business, fan base, and interest in luring tourists. He uses social media extensively and adds a personal touch with his charm.
Howard W. Hewitt, Crawfordsville, writes about value wine every other week for 22 Midwestern newspapers.
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alerie Vanderpool, chef and cofounder of Zest! Exciting Food Creations, has added a new establishment to her stable: Twist Lounge, a Parisian-themed cocktail parlor poised to capitalize on Indy’s newfound desire for chic cocktails and original tastes. Blessed with the experienced kitchen of Zest!, which already had a strong libations menu, Twist is already a positive addition to SoBro’s nightlife. But there were some missteps on a recent visit. It’s certainly a visually stimulating space. Pupils dilate as hands separate the chain mail hanging from Twist’s doorway. In the open layout, focus darts from the stainless steel bar top and antique door extension to the faux couch swings that are wisely bolted to the floor. A metallic colored divan runs the length of a wall with clear plastic modernist chairs in opposition. Wooden creates serve as tables while stacked mirrors and mix-andmatch light fixtures line the wall. There’s a semi-private room in the front, an out of place disco ball and “Twisted Mary,” a mustachioed mural of a none-too-pleased maiden. The feel is a mash of Francophile and industrial. It’s fun and relaxed even though it tries a little too hard. The menu offered both haves and have-nots. The cheese board ($16) was a sprawling collection of yesses. Edamame hummus and crudités, both light and welcomed, served as a brief respite from the bountiful supply of cheeses — including herbed Gouda, smoked Gouda and Asiago cheese on one visit. Flatbreads and homemade pretzel rolls were top facilitators to the crowning piece of the plate: the house boursin. Each creamy slather offered punches of oregano, basil and dill. The amount was ample; we were left wanting to lick the jar. Even the citrus-marinated olives were balanced enough for those who normally find olives too briny. Another find on Twist’s menu was an original spin on the Tex-Mex staple Queso Fundido ($12). The queso’s salsa roja added enough heat to establish its presence without limiting itself to only the daring. House-made chorizo, sourcing meats from local favorite Smoking Goose, imparted texture and flavor. The chili-spiced tortilla chips were tempting on their own. But then there were the misses. The popcorn shrimp cocktail ($13), for instance, comprised of spicy citrus-grilled shrimp atop Twisted Sistaz popcorn (made exclusively for Zest!/Twist by Just Pop in! Popcorn) and a lime-coconut-avocado salad. While it piqued the collective inter-
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est at the table, it fell well short of expectations. The shrimp, four per order, were grilled well, but lacked any note of the spicy citrus taste advertised. The salad, when discovered underneath stale popcorn, was indistinguishable from a storebought guacamole. Another discrepancy on the menu was the Big Girl Pigs-in-Blanket. While they were every bit as tasty as the description reads (smoked kielbasa, smoking goose sausage, Parmesan, white cheddar, Gouda and house mustards) the miniscule proportion doesn’t match the steep $16 price tag. While the food vacillated between sublime and mundane, Twist’s cocktails were delicious. They handled the classics well — of course, with an added twist — like their Margarita ($9) and Collins ($8). But the true stars were their originals: the
strong and fruity gin-based Corpse Reviver #2 ($13); the smoky, stingy Garter Belt’s ($13) bourbon and absinthe verte; and the Blood & Sand ($12), with its surprisingly light scotch and brandy mix. All were well received. All were tapped for seconds. It was an enjoyable evening made better by sharing with a group of friends — the design of both the lounge and its small plates menu trend toward sharing. But Twist has work to do if it’d like to be on level with the likes of The Libertine, Ball & Biscuit and Bluebeard. The wait staff, both behind the bar and throughout the lounge, was slow and uninspired. The food menu is still evolving to find solid combinations. But the cocktails are excellent. Billed as the “sexy sister” to Zest!, Twist Lounge looks good, but still has a little lipstick on her teeth.
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Grab your flapper dress and pork pie hat for a trip back in time to 1933, the year The Elbow Room Pub was established on the corner of North and Pennsylvania streets. In honor of its 80th birthday, The Elbow Room is celebrating June 27 to 29 with jazz music, dancing and Prohibition-era cocktail samples. “For many decades we were one of the only restaurant pubs in this area of downtown, and we are proud to be able to continue to serve customers in such a beautiful building, with rich history and tradition,” says Beth Lux, co-owner of The Elbow Room Pub with her husband, Rick Lux. Templeton Rye is sponsoring a VIP party June 26 from 6-8 p.m.; the first 100 guests to walk through will be handed a free etched rocks glass. Guests are encouraged to dress in with Prohibition-era outfits and dance to music by the Josh Silbert Jazz Trio. Flat 12 Bierwerks will tap a special 80th Anniversary Brew June 27 at 7:30 p.m.; later in the night Hendricks Gin will providing samples specials. Ever wondered how Maker’s Mark gets that red wax on their bottles of whiskey? Join reps for a
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PIZZA JOINTS From wood-fired gourmet to greasy, late-night goodness, we offer a few options not associated with efforts to evade the Affordable Care Act (we’re looking at you Papa John, if that is your real name). Aunt Polly’s Pizza If you’ve ever woken up in the dead of night with a case of the munchies and a craving for comfort food, Aunt Polly’s is where you need to go. They’re open from 3 p.m. until the wee hours of the morning (3 a.m., Thu-Sat), and they offer favorites ranging from fried chicken to mac ‘n cheese to, naturally, pizza. Dine in, carry out or have them deliver your craving to you — just be warned, they serve a wide swatch of Indy, and so delivery times can get long. If you’re hungry and in a hurry, take a ride and get it while it’s hot. 5339 English Ave., 317-638-3663, auntpollyspizza.com Bazbeaux NUVO readers have never selected anything other than Bazbeaux as the city’s Best Pizza. Pour over a massive list of ingredients and craft your own masterpiece, or skip the work and choose one of the standard favorites like the Basilica, which drops tomato
sauce for pesto, adds black olives and sun-dried tomatoes, and finishes off with feta cheese. Several locations, bazbeaux.com Byrne’s Grilled Pizza Byrne’s Grilled Pizza, part of the city’s first wave of food trucks, offers fresh, handmade pizza to passersby. Try the Byrne’s Specialty, a combination of pesto, artichoke hearts and ricotta cheese with fresh spinach and tomatoes. The thin crusts are crisp and slightly chewy at the center for a pleasing pop. “All our stuff is handmade, hand cut, nothing’s frozen. It’s all about freshness and appearance,” says manager Derek Reinstrom, who’s earned his stripes in seven pizza joints over the years. Locations vary, 317-606-2111, @ByrnesPizza Greek’s Pizzeria This fast-expanding Indiana-based chain has the goods to stand up to the city’s best pizza joints.
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Pizzology The owner, Athanasios Chris Karamesines, has supposedly worked in every American pizzeria chain, but Greek’s pizza is probably like none you’ve ever tasted. The gourmet house has toppings of feta cheese, meatballs and black olives that marry well with Greek’s signature slightly sweet tomato sauce. Try your favorite toppings on traditional crust or stuffed into a calzone shell. Several locations, greekspizzeria.com The MacKenzie River Pizza Co. Part of a small family chain, MacKenzie River Pizza Co. offers a rustic country atmosphere and food that’s hearty and assertive in
both portion size and flavor. The pizza is the star of the menu, with an exemplary crust and a wide and well-thought-out array of toppings. MacKenzie River offers a variety of options, from buffalo chicken mac and cheese to blackened cod tacos. Kitchen staff and management are known to jump in and help when the joint gets jumpin’. 4939 E. 82nd St., 317-288-0609, mackenzieriverpizza.com Napolese Rustic Neapolitan pizza is becoming more and more in demand here in the States, and this sister eatery to Café Patachou’s is happy to oblige. Napolese is a cozy pizzeria
with all the style of a classic Italian restaurant. Build a pizza yourself or choose from some winning combinations like the BLT (bacon, caramelized leeks and taleggio) or PFG (pancetta, roasted fingerling potatoes and gorgonzola). To satisfy your sweet tooth, try the Nutella Stuffed Pizza or the rotating selection of Patachou’s own Premium Gelato. Several locations, napolesepizzeria.com The NY Slice “Everything’s working in favor of food trucks right now,” says John Ban, owner of The NY Slice, which operates two food trucks as well as
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Grey Granite’s Rich In The Blood - Book 1 The Eye The Shield is exactly what the Indianapolis rap scene needs. Granite’s unique sound couldn’t be more approachable, melding classic coastal hip-hop elements with his own Midwestern spin. This is a truly singular album. He’s stayed true to what his fan base loves him for — but he’s done in drenched in diamonds. I like the fact that Grey Granite knows, no, embraces who he is as a musician. This album speaks volumes about the rapper he is, and who he’s transforming into. He’s energetic, he’s open — and he’s a multifaceted personality who brings all these traits to his rap game. Take “Game Of The Greats,” which boasts a slowed down, ethereal vibe that would make the perfect soundtrack for a night cruise. His rhymes are chanted in a relaxed cadence while a dirty south percussive beat plods along in the back. Another stand out: “Much Better.” With production credits going to Lonegevity, this song possesses a powerfully melancholic, yet hopeful tone. Pattering percussion paired with subtle keys lend it a sparse and powerful feel. The only lyrics spoken are, “Tonight’s gonna be much better.” This song finds strength in its minimalism, and for this reason it deserves respect. Granite chose his production crew wisely. Rich In The Blood is Granite’s first full-length release. Rather than sticking with one producer for the entire album, he mixed it up by switching producers on several songs. Furthermore, he opted to keep features off his pieces. I think by keeping RITB a relatively autonomous operation, he was allowed more creative freedom, and it’s heard. The Naptown references in here will make an Indy city native’s heart flutter. From “12 Long’s Donuts” to rhymes on Southside life, Granite is rich in the Indy bloodline. You want an album that bangs with a classic rap feel? Sure, here you go. You want an album that has enough edgy experimentation? Right here. Rich In The Blood — Book 1 The Eye The Shield should be a summer staple for all hip-hop fans, especially us Indianapolis ones. — RACHEL HANLEY
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t’s an inauspicious building from the outside, a detached garage on James Sweeney’s Southside property where previous owners used to shoot opossums — for fun or necessity isn’t noted. Now it’s the practice space for the motley carnivalistic rock band Phoenix on the Fault Line. Sweeney, who plays guitar, added a small foyer and bar, and doubled the thickness of the walls for soundproofing. Known as “The Bunker,” it has all the markings of a rehearsal room. Posters advertising previous gigs line the walls. There’s a V-shaped guitar on display that POTFL received for winning Birdy’s Battle of the Bands in 2011. And then there are the trappings that could only be unique to a close-knit group of friends. This one has its own 10 Commandments (“Thou shalt not be a douche via social media,” is one) Break that or any of the other nine and you have to take a shot from the Jug of Death. A leather-bound, tequila-shaped container, it looks like something Indiana Jones would rescue from treasure thieves. It’s called the Jug of Death because it contains remnants of various liquors — including moonshine and absinthe — going back years. Rumor is there’s even a cicada in it, but that’s never been substantiated. A device like this is necessary to keep order in a nonet. That’s right, Phoenix on the Fault Line has nine members. That includes two guitarists, three horn players and, yes, two drummers. Over a recent gathering at The Bunker that included copious consumption of Hamm’s beer (logistically sound for a nine-piece at $10.99 per 30-pack) and fun with a homemade radish gun, Sweeney explained they’ve just kept adding members since starting six years ago. They’ve all known each other since their youth.
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“The fun thing about this band is nothing has ever been planned,” Sweeney said. “Things just happen and eventually you look back and think, ‘You know, this all kind of makes sense.’” Vocalist Tony Ferreira was the only one actively pursued. Everyone else just sort of showed up to practice over time — bearing beer, of course. Sweeney says the door’s still open for more, but they’d have to get a bigger rehearsal space. “Obviously we’re pretty open-minded,” he said. “We don’t want to limit ourselves to anything.” That most definitely includes their music. With their fourth record, Zombie Kill 85, officially out July 19, POTFL are taking their pirate-y pummel to new heights. “If Danny Trejo has 30 minutes of zombie killing to do, this is what he should be listening to,” Ferreira said of the new material. They’ll get to play it on one of their biggest stages yet, opening for Black Sabbath Aug. 18 at Klipsch Music Center. Basically tales of survival in the zombie world, Ferreira was inspired to take on such a theme when the band wrote a song titled, “They’re Coming to Get You Barbara.” “I started waving my hands trying to sell the guys (on this idea),” he said. “This is known as rabbit-holing within the band. There’s very complex, neuro-linguistic programming you have to do with nine guys to get them on the same page.” Added Sweeney, “Tony’s either a BS artist or a master manipulator. We still don’t know. I don’t think we want to at this point.”
The new record comes on the heels of POTFL’s first book, 9 Shall Rise. Guitarist Chip Strohs fleshed it out into a novel from Ferreira’s ramblings on time travel at band practices. “We all kind of laughed it off, but then he started talking about it at shows,” Strohs said of the singer’s ideas. “He was referencing stories none of us knew about. Finally it got to the point where it either needed to be written down or let go.” The book parallels their previous album, Basement of the Coliseum, and both set up the new record. POTFL’s next plan is to write another book or graphic novel and keep moving the story forward. As self-proclaimed dorks, they figure they live in their own world anyway. This way other people can experience it. Fortunately, as rowdy as a nine-member collective can get, everyone involved in this one learned to check their ego at the door early on. “That’s really served us well,” said bassist Nate “Johann 51” Gray. “It’s allowed us to all mature as players. I think that’s why our sound keeps evolving too. Everyone has a say. It all kind of gets blended in. It’s a neat thing to have nine talented players with good ideas.” Though that also means each section of the group has to think like it’s a department within an office. “We just have to carve out space. There’s not a lot of it there,” Darby, who plays trombone, said of the horn section. The same goes for both drummers — Big Andy and Ocho (some of the members are only known by nicknames or part of their real appellation). “You just have to play a lot less,” Big Andy said. “It’s two hands on one steering wheel. Once you get past that, you really respect each other’s boundaries on not overplaying.” Indeed, what’s kept Phoenix on the Fault Line going, other than their longtime friendship, is their union in opposition to personal agendas. “We learned a long time ago this beast is much bigger than any one of us,” Ferreira said.
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Tim DeLaughter plans to gather all former members of his symphonic pop group The Polyphonic Spree together for a show celebrating the band’s 15th anniversary in 2015. But does he know where the more than 100 former members are now? “Well, no,” he said to us in early June by phone. “But there’s a lady that’s out there that’s photographing every member that’s ever been in The Polyphonic Spree, and she’s getting ahold of people that I couldn’t even find before. So we’re going to share information about how to get ahold of these folks. It’s been kind of tough, but I’m finding them.” He knows where one is, at least; that’s because she’s on a tour of her own. “Some of them [are still in music], some of them aren’t. … Annie Clark [of St. Vincent] is the one that’s most well-known after The Spree, I think.” Forget the former members: Piecing together tours for the 20-plus member group that exists now is a huge challenge for DeLaughter. Luckily his blood family is on board with his sprawling musical family. “[My wife] pretty much runs the show,” he said. “She manages the group and sings in the choir occasionally, but mostly produces and helps me out tremendously.” His four kids are in on it too. “But my son [and my other children], they’ll contribute ideas,” he said. “We unveil the show by cutting this piece of material that goes across the stage; I was cutting it like a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil The Polyphonic Spree and that’s how we start our show. My son came out and said, ‘Dad, you should cut a heart out of that fabric. That’d be a lot cooler!” And he was right — it was cooler. Now The Spree always cuts a heart into the scrim. “I think there’s a playful side about the Spree’s music that kids tend to like. But now they’re at a point where they say, ‘Dad, we like some of your rockier stuff!’ from my earlier days.” Those earlier days included his neo-psych band Tripping Daisy, which toured through the ‘90s, until lead guitarist Wes Berggren overdosed on a combination of drugs in 1999.
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After Berggren’s father stepped in to record a few tracks on the self-titled album that was released in 2000, the band disbanded. But members Mark Pirro, Bryan Wakeland and Jeff Bouck, along with DeLaughter, weren’t done making music together. So they started working on this idea that came into DeLaughter’s head — a pop balm for the pain of losing their friend. Inspired by his love of ‘60s pop mini-orchestras like The Men, DeLaughter assembled a 12-member group, headed for the road. He picked up more on the way — a trombone here, a cello there, then a french horn, full choir and more. “This whole thing started as an experiment,” DeLaughter said. “I was just thinking, I need to get these sounds in order to create this idea. It wasn’t until it went off so well that I thought that it could be a band. Then, it became something way more.” Way more, as in 20-plus singers and instrumentalists in coordinated, psychedelic choir robes touring in a 27-passenger hockey bus — one of two that exist in the United States. “There’s no lounge, just standing in the aisle or laying down in your bunk. We pull a trailer with that.” They’re in that bus now, touring the United States now in preparation of the release of Yes, It’s True in August. It’s the fourth full-length from the band, one that leans on the drum machine and instrumental solos. His musical family unit is breaking out of sectional choruses, and into their own spotlights. But it’s still The Spree — one crazed, psychedelic family acting as one. “[The musicians] are part of making this specific energy happening onstage,” DeLaughter said. “This band moves as a big, one unit, especially onstage, especially as we interact.” NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.26.13 - 07.03.13 // ARTS 27
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ast week the eyes of the world focused on Brazil as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets. They were there to protest a host of grievances, from government corruption to economic inequality. In hopes of gaining a better insight on the protests, I called Brazilian hip-hop emcee Criolo. The 37-year-old rapper gained respect as an important voice in Brazilian culture after releasing his acclaimed 2011 LP Nó na Orelha (Knot in the Ear). The LP earned Criolo the praise of Brazilian music royalty like Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso, who called Criolo “possibly the most important figure on the Brazilian pop scene.” A product of São Paulo’s favelas, Criolo’s personal struggles with poverty have left a deep mark — they also inform nearly every aspect of his art. Songs like “Não Existe Amor em SP” (“Love Doesn’t Exist in São Paulo”) poetically articulate the hopes and frustration of Brazil’s working class, inner-city poor. I spoke with Criolo via phone from his recording studio in São Paulo, where he humbly shared his thoughts on protest and hip-hop in Brazil.
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NUVO: What are your thoughts on the current wave of protests? CRIOLO: Right now there are masses of people pouring out into the streets to protest. Everyone has there own reason for being out there, but they are coming together as a collective – even though we don’t know what the final outcome will be. But I think it’s important for your readers in the United States to understand that there are places in Brazil where just managing to stay alive is a form of protest.
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protest the excessive spending on infrastructure for those events. There’s been a particular focus on contrasting those expenditures with the urgent need for more hospitals and improved healthcare for Brazilians. What’s your opinion on the boycott?
CRIOLO: Let me be very frank with you. I have seen three friends from my neighborhood die in hospital waiting rooms because there wasn’t NUVO: As an artist what is your role in these enough staff to attend to them. I’ve seen a lot demonstrations? of people suffering; you only need to look at the CRIOLO: Just faces of our people to because I’m an understand that. There artist, I don’t dif“There are places in Brazil are a lot of reasons ferentiate myself that suffering. We from anyone else, where just managing to stay for could discuss it endwhether they’re a lessly. But it all goes alive is a form of protest.” dentist, cobbler, back to corruption. nurse or carpenter. But I have made — CRIOLO NUVO: Lastly, I did a 25 year career want to ask at least of writing songs one question about that alert people music. The hip-hop movement in Brazil is to what’s going on. If I just start talking about so strong. How do you see Brazil’s position what’s been happening over the last week, it in the global hip-hop scene? would be almost irresponsible of me. People coming out to the streets is a legitiCRIOLO: Who am I to comment? mate way for them to express themselves. NUVO: A lot of people look to you as the leader. But the important question is what happened to bring our nation to this point? That CRIOLO: No, I’m just an apprentice. There are question is at the root of it all. kids rhyming on the street who can school me. The central problem is corruption. Ever since But I will tell you this. Everywhere I travel in we were colonized, ever since the slave ships Brazil, I meet members of the hip-hop comarrived, ever since the indigenous populations munity and they have an incredible desire to were forced into Catholicism, the problem has contribute to the culture, to express a sentiment been corruption. I could talk to you for five of solidarity and to create a better future. years – we could debate with the greatest minds of our planet until the saliva runs dry in our Thanks to Artur Silva for his assistance mouth and our bodies deteriorate – but if we in crafting this piece. don’t stop the problem of corruption none of this will serve any purpose. NUVO: Some Brazilians have called for a boycott of the Olympics and World Cup to
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THURSDAY HIP-HOP Baauer, Jim E Stack Trap and bass specialist Baauer brought “Harlem Shake” to life and now we must watch a million viral videos. Luckily he has other redeeming qualities, like working with No Doubt. Joining him is San Fran’s Jim E Stack . The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave.,9 p.m., $10 advance, $20 at door, 21+ ROCK Mardelay, Estocar and Faux Paw IndyRockLive.com and The-instore. com present Mardelay at the Melody Inn. Preparing for the release of What We’ve Become (Extended Addition) on July 9, the group will be joined by Seattle’s Estocar and West Lafayette’s Faux Paw. The Melody Inn, 3826 N Illinois St, 9 p.m., $5, 21+
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and Fizz in the reincarnation of Soda Pop Festival, which was held 1972 in Griffin, Ind. The original festival featured The Eagles, Cheech and Chong, Ravi Shankar and The Amboy Dukes, among others. But over the three days of the event, the festival slowly slid into anarchy, ending with the burning of the stage by the fans. The promoters were subsequently sued by multiple plantiffs (including the States of Indiana and Illinois). But they’re planning a revival in Evansville for this weekend — fingers crossed no stage burning this time. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum, 300 Court St. (Evansville) June 29 – July 1, 7 p.m., prices vary, all-ages FOLK Ladies Night We don’t celebrate the hardworking ladies in Indiana music enough. This night is a step to fix that. Hosted by Indianapolis First Lady Winnie Ballard, this show features Jennie DeVoe, Kate Lamont and rising sister duo Lily and Madeleine. At the adjacent Garfield Park Arts Center, a closing reception for the Hoosier Women in Art exhibit will happen concurrently. Garfield Park MacAllister Ampitheater, 2524 Conservatory Dr. 7 p.m., $10 advance, $15 at door, all-ages ROCK Rollover The first band ever to be signed by legendary promoter Bill Graham, Rollover was founded in 1991 and ventured back into the studio in 2012 after years of touring. They’ll stop by the Indy Hostel, which is celebrating their 10th year anniversary this summer. Indy Hostel, 4903 Winthrop Ave. 7 p.m., $10 advance, $10 at door, 21+ HIP-HOP Andy D, Yip Deceiver, Oreo Jones, DMA Two of Indy’s most outrageous personalities + one of Athens, Georgia’s favorite duos, Yip Destroyer. Throw in powerfully weird songwriter DMA and we’ve got ourselves a big, strange show. Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., 9 p.m., $5, 21+
ROCK O.A.R. “I think there’s always room for growth in any relationship you have. Especially with the band. Like you said, we are like a family. We’re blood. We’ve been doing this so long together, once you get through the ups and downs, there’s nothing really that can knock us down, or deteriorate our relationship. We’ve gotten over all those humps that I think a lot of bands end up breaking up over. I think now we’re just really comfortable with each other, our roles in the band, being on stage recording music: I guess just being a working, touring musician. It takes a lot of time to figure out how to balance everything especially with personal lives, work... And that’s what it’s really all about: ... making sure you don’t tour too much where it affects your home life, making sure you tour enough, that you’re able to stay inspired to be creative and keep that brotherly bond with everyone. I guess what I’m trying to say is, it’s all about find the right balance. And I think we’ve found it.” That’s O.A.R.’s Richard On talking about the bond between his bandmates. Hit up NUVO.net for the rest of our talk with On. Lawn at White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St. 6:30 p.m., prices vary, all-ages POP Matt and Kim Pop duo Matt and Kim are musical partner and life partners. And dance partners. And probably other kinds of partners too. This husband and wife duo is seriously connected — there is no Matt without Kim and no Kim without Matt. After ten years, they’ve hit a recent breakthrough kicked off by the success of 2009’s “Daylight.” Hit up NUVO.net for our interview with Matt, who talks their DIY aesthetics and building songs from a single beat. Broad Ripple Opti Park, 780 W. 66th St., 5:00 doors, 6:30 show, kids under 8 free, $20, all-ages Fall Out Boy (sold out), Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, all-ages Pavel, Direct Contact Latin Jazz Band, Jazz Kitchen, 21+
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BEYOND INDY CHICAGO Gloria Trevi, Olympic Theatre, June 28 - 29 O.A.R., Charter One Pavillion, June 28 Rush, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, June 28 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Awolnation, Cold War Kids, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, June 29 The B-52’s, Ravinia Park, June 30 Toby Keith, First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, June 30 Bon Jovi, Soldier Field, July 12
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 FESTIVAL Warped Tour How does a bluegrass boy from Bloomington, IN work his way onto the Warped Tour lineup? His blend.
Despite his more audible allegiance, the Monroe County native has notable punk rock fluxed into his folky sound. Themes of struggling through youth, the aftermath of lost love and resent remain clear throughout singer-songwriter Austin Lucas’s work. Songs include consistently polished harmonies, making his songs easy listens for firsttime fans. After all, he is a graduate of the Indiana University Children’s Choir. This mix has helped Lucas land spots on other diverse, and less genre-strict festivals. Lucas played at least once each day during this year’s South by Southwest. Lucas will be a worthwhile spot on Warped Tour’s lineup, which lands at the Klipsch Music Center on July 3. This year’s fest includes 3OH!3, Bowling For Soup, Hawthorne Heights, Motion City Soundtrack and Story Of The Year, among others. Klipsch Music Center, 12880 W. 146th St., times vary, prices vary, all-ages
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FESTIVALS Electric Forest, Rothbury, Mich. June 27 – 30, Family Roots, Glouster, Ohio June 27 – 30, Summerfest Milwaukee, Milwauke, Wis. June 26-30, July 2-5 Coast West Music Fest, Muskegon, Mich., July 1-6, Essence Music Festival, July 4-7, New Orleans WaveFront, Chicago, Ill., July 5 – 7, Duck Fest, Martinton, Ill., July 11-14 Camp Bisco, Mariaville, NY, July 11-13, Peace Through Music: Bellefontaine,Ohio, July 13-14 Forecastle, Lousville, Ken., July 12-14 Bunbury Music Festival, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 12-14
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EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE Chengdu, China, barber Liu Deyuan, 53, is one of the few who still provide traditional “eye-shaving,” in which he holds the eye open and runs a razor across the lids’ inner surfaces. Then, using a thin metal rod with a round tip, he gently massages the inside of each lid. Liu told a reporter for the Chengdu Business Daily in April that he had never had an accident (though the reporter apparently could not be enticed to experience the treatment himself, preferring merely to observe), and a highly satisfied customer reported afterward that his eyes felt “moist” and his vision “clearer.” A local hospital official said eye-shaving can scrape away scar tissue and stimulate the eyes to lubricate the eye sockets.
Cultural Diversity • One of April’s most popular Internet images consisted of face shots of the current 20 contestants for Miss South Korea — revealing that all 20 appeared eerily similar, and Westernized. Commented one website, “Korea’s plastic surgery mayhem is finally converging on the same face.” Wrote a South Korean commenter, “Girls here consider eye surgery just like using makeup.” Wrote another, “I loved this episode of the Twilight Zone.” The country has the highest rate of cosmetic surgery per capita in the world. • Michinoku Farm of Tokyo finally agreed in May to withdraw its whale meat dog chews, but only after angering environmentalists for having favored the country’s pampered canines over endangered North Atlantic fin whales, which were the source of the chews. The meat was purchased from Iceland, which openly defies the international moratorium on whale meat. (Japan officially disagrees with world consensus on which species are endangered.) • A marriage-encouraging initiative in the Sehore district of India’s Madhya Pradesh state awards gifts and financial assistance to couples agreeing to wed in mass ceremonies, but the country also suffers from a notorious toilet shortage. Consequently, the district announced in May that to qualify for the government benefits, the groom must submit to officials a photo of himself beside his own toilet to prove that he and his wife will have home sanitation.
Latest Religious Messages • Recurring Theme (People Purporting to Speak for Islam): (1) A Saudi judge ruled in April that it was finally time for Ali al-Khawahir, 24, to suffer for stabbing another boy in the back when Ali was 14. The victim was paralyzed, and under Saudi justice, Ali must also be struck with paralysis or else raise the equivalent of about $260,000 to compensate the victim. (2) Saudi cleric Abdullah Mohamed al-Daoud in May urged his 100,000 Twitter followers to “sexually harass female cashiers” to discourage them from working outside the home. (He is the one who urged in February that babies be veiled to protect them from sexual harassment.) • Closer to God Than You Are: (1) Crystal 34 CLASSIFIEDS // 06.26.13 - 07.03.13 // 100% RECYCLED P APER // NUVO
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McVea, author of a recent book chronicling her near-death experience, told a “Fox & Friends” TV host in April that among her most vivid memories of the incident was getting so close to God that she could “smell” him. (2) In May, Anna Pierre, a candidate for mayor of North Miami, Fla., announced on her Facebook page that she had secured the endorsement of Jesus Christ. That would be doubly fortunate for her since a month earlier, she had complained that unknown people had been leaving bad-luck Vodou-ritual feathers, food scraps and candles on her doorstep. (Jesus’ stroke is apparently not what it used to be: She finished seventh in the race.) • Religious Messages From All Over: (1) A catering company in Leicestershire, England, became a holy site in May after the Hindu owner found an eggplant that resembles the elephant-headed Lord Ganesh. He said that he prays to it now twice daily and has so far welcomed about 80 visiting worshippers. (2) As part of his recent U.S. tour, the Dalai Lama, introduced to a University of Maryland audience by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, greeted the governor on stage by rubbing noses with him.
Questionable Judgments • Expectant North Carolina parents Adam and Heather Barrington (who is due in July) have disclosed that they will accept underwater midwifing from the Sirius Institute of Pahoa, Hawaii, which arranges for the mother to swim with dolphins pre- and post-natally. “It is about reconnecting as humans with the dolphins so we can ... learn from one another,” said Heather. Said Adam: “Dolphins are very intelligent and healing, which ... calms mother and baby. ...” Biologists writing for the Discovery Channel, however, reminded readers that underwater births are extraordinarily dangerous and that dolphins are “wild animals” that gang-rape female dolphins and “toss, beat and kill small porpoises.” Said another, the Barringtons’ plan is “possibly the worst idea ever.” • Local Governments at Work: (1) Washington, D.C., began registering its dogs this year by their primary breeds and, faced with many owners who claimed not to know their dog’s heritage, quixotically settled on the Mexican hairless dog, or “xoloitzcuintli” (pronounced “show-low-eats-QUEENTlee,” according to The Washington Post) as the breed that will be listed in city records for those dogs. An official said the decision might encourage owners to learn more about their dog’s breed. (2) Of all the businesses that could fall out of favor with a local government, it was the restaurant Bacon Bacon that was shut down in May by the city of San Francisco — because of neighbors’ complaints about the smell! (The fragrance of bacon is widely experienced as entrancing all across America.) A petition to overturn the ruling was underway at press time. • More than 50 Iowa sex offenders have open-carry gun permits, thanks to a 2-yearold state law that requires any disapproving sheriff to demonstrate “probable cause” in advance that a sex offender will use a gun ille-
EDITOR’S NOTE: Starting this month, we will be ceasing publication of News of the Weird. Yup, we will miss it too, but as we focus more and more on dedicating our pages to local stories written by local writers and illustrated and photographed by local artists, we just couldn’t keep spending these pages on non-local features. Plus, you can still find your News of the Weird here: newsoftheweird.com. gally in order to reject his application. Before that, a sheriff could use a sex offender’s previous felony conviction as sufficient cause. Said Washington County Sheriff Jerry Dunbar, “(J) ust the presence of a gun on a hip could be a threat to get (sex-crime victims) to cooperate.”
Perspective • Congress established the Interagency Working Group in 2009 to set guidelines on advertising healthy foods to children, and public comments on the guidelines are now being posted. General Mills appeared among the most alarmed by the IWG proposals, according to its comments on the Federal Trade Commission website (as disclosed by Scientific American in May). Of the 100 most commonly consumed foods and beverages in America, GM asserted, 88 would fail the IWG standards, and if everyone in America started following the health recommendations, General Mills asserts that the cost of feeding the entire nation would increase $503 billion per year.
Least Competent Criminals • Dennis Gholston, 45, with outstanding traffic warrants in Pennsylvania, decided in May that, even though alone in his car, he could not resist using a high-occupancy vehicle lane (HOV) on the New Jersey Turnpike near Carteret. His decision was even more unsound because, according to the officer who stopped him for the HOV violation, Gholston was hauling about $4,000 worth of heroin in the car, and he was charged with intent to distribute.
A News of the Weird Classic (December 2009) • But What If the Device Falls Into the Wrong Hands? A 55-year-old British man whose bowel was ruptured in a nearly catastrophic traffic accident has been fitted with a bionic sphincter that opens and closes with a remote controller. Ged Galvin had originally endured 13 surgeries in a 13-week hospital stay and had grown frustrated with using a colostomy bag until surgeon Norman Williams of the Royal London Hospital proposed the imaginative operation. Dr. Williams, who was interviewed along with Galvin for a November 2009 feature in London’s Daily Mail, wrapped a muscle transplanted from Galvin’s leg around the sphincter and attached electrodes to tighten or loosen its grip.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY © 2013 BY ROB BRESZNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): “To know when to stop is of the same importance as to know when to begin,” said the painter Paul Klee. Take that to heart, Aries! You are pretty adept at getting things launched, but you’ve got more to learn about the art of stopping. Sometimes you finish prematurely. Other times you sort of disappear without officially bringing things to a close. Now would be an excellent time to refine your skills. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it’s hard to determine whether or not they are genuine.” So said Joan of Arc back in 1429, right before she helped lead French troops in the battle of Patay. JUST KIDDING! Joan of Arc never had the pleasure of surfing the Web, of course, since it didn’t exist until long after she died. But I was trying to make a point that will be useful for you to keep in mind, Taurus, which is: Be skeptical of both wild claims and mild claims. Stay alert for seemingly interesting leads that are really time-wasting half-truths. Be wary for unreliable gossip that would cause an unnecessary ruckus. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): French Impressionist painter Claude Monet loved to paint water lilies, and he did so over and over again for many years. Eventually he created about 250 canvases that portrayed these floating flowers. Should we conclude that he repeated himself too much? Should we declare that he was boringly repetitive? Or might we wonder if he kept finding new delights in his comfortable subject? Would we have enough patience to notice that each of the 250 paintings shows the water lilies in a different kind of light, depending on the weather and the season and the time of day? I vote for the latter view, and suggest that you adopt a similar approach to the familiar things in your life during the coming weeks. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “In order to swim one takes off all one’s clothes,” said 19th-century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. “In order to aspire to the truth one must undress in a far more inward sense, divest oneself of all one’s inward clothes, of thoughts, conceptions, selfishness, etc., before one is sufficiently naked.” Your assignment in the coming week, Cancerian, is to get au naturel like that. It’s time for you to make yourself available for as much of the raw, pure, wild truth as you can stand. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Gertrude Stein was an innovative writer. Many illustrious artists were her friends. But she had an overly elevated conception of her own worth. “Think of the Bible and Homer,” she said, “think of Shakespeare and think of me.” On another occasion, she proclaimed, “Einstein was the creative philosophic mind of the century, and I have been the creative literary mind of the century.” Do you know anyone like Stein, Leo? Here’s the truth, in my opinion: To some degree, we are all like Stein. Every one of us has at least one inflated idea about ourselves — a conceited self-conception that doesn’t match reality. It was my turn to confront my egotistical delusions a few weeks ago. Now would be an excellent time for you to deal with yours. Don’t be too hard on yourself, though. Just recognize the inflation, laugh about it, and move on. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When I close my eyes, I get a psychic vision of you as a kid playing outside on a warm summer day. You’re with friends, immersed in a game that commands your full attention. Suddenly, you hear a jingling tune wafting your way from a distance. It’s the ice cream truck. You stop what you’re doing and run inside your home to beg your mom for some money. A few minutes later, you’re in a state of bliss, communing with your Fudgsicle or ice cream cone or strawberry-lime fruit bar. I have a feeling that you will soon experience an adult version of this scene, Virgo. Metaphorically speaking, either the ice cream man or the ice cream woman will be coming to your neighborhood.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): During the past 10 months, you have been unusually adventurous. The last time you summoned so much courage and expansiveness may have been 2001. I’m impressed! Please accept my respect and appreciation. You’ve had a sixth sense about knowing when it’s wise to push beyond your limitations and boundaries. You have also had a seventh sense about intuiting when to be crafty and cautious as you wander through the frontiers. Now here’s one of your assignments for the next 12 months: Distill all you’ve learned out there in the borderlands and decide how you will use your wisdom to build an unshakable power spot back here in the heart of the action. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the most influential scientists in history. He produced major breakthroughs in both chemistry and physics. Have you ever used devices that run on electricity? You can thank him for playing a major role in developing that wonderful convenience. And yet unlike most scientists, he had only the most elementary grasp of mathematics. In fact, his formal education was negligible. I propose that we name him your role model of the week. He’s a striking example of the fact that you can arrive at your chosen goal by many different paths. Keep that in mind if you’re ever tempted to believe that there’s just one right way to fulfill your dreams. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The only thing that we learn from history,” said the German philosopher Georg Hegel, “is that we never learn anything from history.” I’m urging you to refute that statement in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. I’m pleading with you to search your memory for every possible clue that might help you be brilliant in dealing with your immediate future. What have you done in the past that you shouldn’t do now? What haven’t you done in the past that you should do now? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now would be a pretty good time to talk about things that are hard to talk about. I don’t necessarily mean that you’ll find it easy to do. But I suspect it would be relatively free of pain and karmic repercussions. There may even be a touch of pleasure once the catharsis kicks in. So try it if you dare, Capricorn. Summon the courage to express truths that have previously been hard to pin down. Articulate feelings that have been murky or hidden. For best results, encourage those you trust to do the same. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are you familiar with Quidditch? It’s a rough sport played by wizards in the fictional world of Harry Potter. All seven books in the series mention it, so it’s an important element. Author J.K. Rowling says she dreamed up the sport after having a quarrel with her boyfriend. “In my deepest, darkest soul,” she reports, “I would quite like to see him hit by a bludger.” (In Quidditch, a bludger is a big black ball made of iron.) I bring this up, Aquarius, because I suspect that you, too, are in position to use anger in a creative and constructive way. Take advantage of your raw emotion to make a lasting improvement in your life. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In his erotic poem “Your Sex,” Joe Bolton exults: “My heart simplified, I touch the bud of happiness — it’s in season. And whatever grief I might have felt before simply dies inside me.” You might want to write that down on a slip of paper and carry it around with you this week, Pisces. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, the bud of happiness is now in season for you. You have good reason to shed the undertones of sadness and fear you carry around with you. I’ll tell you the last lines of Bolton’s poem, because they also apply: “Sometimes I think it’s best just to take pleasure wherever we want and can. Look: the twilight is alive with wild honey.” (The full poem: tinyurl.com/JoeBolton.)
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