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n a Saturday afternoon in June I, along with a panel of local artists and arts administrators, had the opportunity to take part in a public As people found more and more of conversation at the Herron School of Art the art they were exposed to confoundand Design. The subject under discusing, they became suspicious. There were sion was Indy’s art scene, and how it’s wisecracks about how “even my kid evolved over the past 30 years. We were could do that.” there as part of the opening festivities Jesse Helms, the senator from North connected to a show at the Indiana State Carolina, didn’t help. He started what Museum, 431 Gallery: Art and Impact, were called “the culture wars” over a which you can visit through Sept. 14. publicly-funded exhibition of erotic At one point, someone raised a hand photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. and asked how we thought the arts had changed since 1984. Good question. The short answer: Massively. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the arts world revolved around artists. Art was considered an almost mystical calling and artists were like secular priests. People turned to artists for their insights, their visions, for what’s been called the shock of the new. Art appreciation was considered an aspirational pastime. People went Helms treated Mapplethorpe’s to art museums, many art as if it was advertising for a of which were built and endowed around this homosexual lifestyle. time, for a healthy dose of “culture,” transmitted through the works of old masters and understood as building blocks of Western Civilization. Helms treated Mapplethorpe’s art as if it was advertising for a homosexual If you didn’t always understand what lifestyle. Making like a disgruntled cusyou were looking at, no matter. It was in tomer, Helms said his tax dollars had no a museum. You took it on faith that it was business being spent on something he good. Not getting it was your problem; it found offensive — as if all of us just love was up to you to figure out what it meant. a good war. This situation was great for artists. It Anyway, by this time (the early ‘90s), made them pioneers, exploring the fronsome kind of paradigm had shifted. tiers of consciousness. And it made art Artists were no longer in charge of the a kind of bellwether, the leading edge of arts, the audience had taken over. Where what we were sure would eventually be once it was up to the audience to figure recognized as progress. things out, it became the artist’s job to It’s been observed that the trajectory anticipate their desires. Today artists and of the arts mirrors our modern fascinaarts organizations spend much of their tion with psychology; as we became time trying to figure out where their audiincreasingly absorbed by our innermost ences — their customers — are going. selves, art also turned inward. Artists The arts have become part of the began bringing back work that was ever service economy. Which begs another more abstract and weird. Maybe that’s question: Is the customer always right? n when the change started.
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he one time I met actor and comedian Robin Williams, it wasn’t the brilliance of his performance that impressed me. It was the quality of his friendship. I met him, briefly, in New York some years ago. I was there to attend a fundraiser for the Christopher Reeve Foundation. Reeve and his wife, Dana, shared birthdays with the actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, as well as newswoman Barbara Walters. They all decided to have a high-ticket birthday party together – and donate the proceeds to spinal cord injury research. I rode the escalator up with movie actor Aidan Quinn, a moment that doubtless imprinted itself more deeply in my memory than it did his. It was truly a star-studded event. None shown more brightly than Williams, who provided the evening’s entertainment. He and Reeve met in college, roomed together for a while and had remained close friends ever since. When Reeve suffered an injury while horseback riding that left him a quadriplegic, Williams was one of the first people to visit him in the hospital. He came in demanding, humorously, to be part of the medical team. Reeve wrote later that was the moment he knew he would be able to go on. That night, Williams dazzled. He did a routine that was partially scripted and partially improvised, one filled with lightning shifts from one deftly crafted character bit to another and quicksilver observational pieces. As I watched him, I was stunned that anyone could have a mind that agile and insights that penetrating. After the show was over, I wandered up to the front of the big
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room. People crowded around Williams. All of us wanted to do the same thing: Tell him how much we enjoyed his performance. He moved around from person to person, accepting the compliments graciously. He thanked each of us supporting spinal cord injury research. And his friend Chris. All the while he was talking with others, he kept glancing over in Reeve’s direction solicitously, trying to make sure his friend was all right. At one point in the evening, Williams huddled with both Reeves. Williams and Dana leaned over Reeve’s wheelchair, talking and laughing, the intimacy of their body language that of people who love each other. Reeve died in 2004. His wife, Dana, passed away a little more than a year and a half later. And now Williams is gone by his own hand. He apparently had battled depression for the past year and had fought with addiction and other demons for many years. In that way, he was like so many other people. The tributes that flowed following news of Williams’ death focused on the wizardry of his stand-up routines and the energetic versatility of his acting. They listed one great performance after another, a series of moments in which he touched audiences. All of those are memorable, but, in the days following his death, I find myself thinking of that moment at the Reeve dinner, when Williams leaned close in with his good friend and his good friend’s wife, his every movement and gesture demonstrating love, support and concern. And I hope that someone somewhere somehow now is trying to show Robin Williams the same kind of friendship. n
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WHAT HAPPENED? CBS drops WISH; moves to WTTV The Indianapolis television market was shaken with news that CBA reached an agreement with Tribune Broadcasting that will move all of the network’s national programming to Tribune-owned WTTV (Channel 4). The move will be effective January 1, 2015. Lin Media’s WISH-TV (Channel 8) will lose its affiliation with CBS at that time. WISH-TV has been a CBS affiliate since 1956. Tribune Broadcasting also owns WXIN Fox 59 in the Indianapolis market. WTTV will become the new home for popular network shows like Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds, and NCIS; news shows such as CBS This Morning and CBS Evening News; and all CBS sports programming including NFL, NCAA, and the Master’s golf tournament. As of NUVO’s press time, LIN Media had made no public statement regarding the future of WISH-TV. Call for groundwater testing Several environmental groups are calling on the Marion County Health Department and Indianapolis Power and Light to test the groundwater near IPL’s Harding Street power plant. The groups claim coal contaminants from coal ash ponds are leaking into the ground. The call for testing is being led by the Hoosier Environmental Council along with the Indiana Public Health Association, Marion County Alliance of Neighborhood Associations, and the Sierra Club. The Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t categorize coal ash as a hazardous material and therefore doesn’t require testing for it, however, Dr. Indra Frank with the Indiana Public Health Association says coal ash poses a serious threat to drinking water. A Marion County ordinance allows the health department to mandate testing of certain lagoons and ponds if a health risk is perceived. The environmental groups are calling on the health department to enact that ordinance force the testing of groundwater around the plant. Three-year communication degree The Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University is receiving praise from university president Mitch Daniels for creating baccalaureate degree programs that can be completed in three years. Daniels had issued a challenge to all departments across the university in January, offering $500,000 to each department or program creating the first three-year degree and the first competency-based degree. The new degree track maintains the same number of credit hours as a four-year track, but requires summer coursework for the accelerated completion. The program is expected to save in-state students more than $9000 on their tuition costs. Daniels says he believes three-year degrees may become a new norm in higher education because of the cost savings as well as faster entrance into the workforce. -AMBER STEARNS 6 NEWS // 08.13.14 - 08.20.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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ith the possibility of an execution occurring yet this year, Indiana officials are standing by their death penalty process, despite controversies over prolonged lethal injections in other states. Doug Garrison, chief communications officer for the Indiana Department of Corrections, said officials are confident they have the right death penalty protocols in place to prevent the types of problems that recently marred executions in Arizona, Oklahoma and Ohio. Michael Overstreet – who was sentenced to death in July 2000 for the 1997 murder, rape, and confinement of Kelly Eckart, an 18-year-old freshman at Franklin College – is likely to be the next inmate to face lethal injection. “He is the closest to reaching the end of the appeals process,” Garrison said. No execution date is set but Garrison said it could be later this year. The last Indiana execution was that of Matthew “Eric” Wrinkles in 2009. Overstreet’s execution comes as states across the nation are struggling to deal with criticisms over the punishment and problems securing the drugs necessary to do lethal injections. Indiana and many states use a three-drug protocol to perform an execution, while others use two drugs and some just one.
The first drug in a two- or three-drug method has often been sodium thiopental, a sedative used to make inmates unconscious before other drugs are administered. But the drug’s American manufacturer has stopped making it and its European counterpart has banned its export to the United States for executions. Three states – Ohio, Oklahoma and Arizona – used the sedative midazolam in recent executions – and all took longer than expected, raising questions about whether the punishments crossed a constitutional line to become cruel and unusual. In early May, Indiana officials announced they would switch to Brevital – an alternative sedative. Now, officials say they have enough Brevital on hand for the next execution, even though executives from its maker – Par Pharmaceutical – say they don’t want it used in that way. “The state of Indiana’s proposed use is contrary to our mission,” the company said in a statement. Par Pharmaceutical executives maintain the company is working with its partners to establish distribution controls on Brevital to “preclude wholesalers from accepting orders from departments of corrections.”
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Similar problems have led officials in many states to remain mum about names of the drugs they use. “The difficulties that many states have had in finding the drugs necessary for lethal injections is a warning to states not currently carrying out executions that problems in this area are likely to arise,” said Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. “Each state carries out its own decision-making on issues such as the death penalty.” And those decisions have become more complicated. The Pew Research Center has found that a majority of Americans still favor the death penalty but the margin has been shrinking. A 2013 Pew survey found 55 percent of Americans said they favor the death penalty for convicted murders, the lowest level of support in the past two decades. Twenty-five years ago, that number was 78 percent. The reasons for shifting opinions are varied, but they include publicity about cases in which inmates have been found innocent. “The number of exonerations from death row has had a profound effect on states considering whether to abolish the death penalty,” Dieter said. “Even if a state has not had a serious miscarriage of justice in this area, they can see that such mistakes can happen based on evidence from other states.” The death penalty is also expensive. According to the Legislative Services Agency, simply trying a death penalty case in Indiana costs an average of $449,887. Meanwhile, the average cost for a case resulting in life without parole is $42,658. Thirty-two states still have the death penalty on their books. Indiana currently has 13 inmates waiting on death row, with many having been there for more than a decade. All still have appeals left. All were convicted of murder. But to receive the death penalty, a prosecutor must also prove one of 16 aggravating circumstances. The most common is the commission of another serious felony, such as rape or attempted murder, at the time of the original offense. Other aggravating circumstances include a defendant’s lack of remorse and his or her criminal record. Once convicted, an inmate has a
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GET INVOLVED Council vote for clean energy in Indy The Indianapolis City-County Council is expected to vote on Proposal No. 241, a resolution that encourages Indianapolis Power & Light Co. to commit to a plan to stop burning coal in Marion County by 2020 and to invest in greater amounts of clean, renewable energy, reducing toxic emissions at the Harding Street plant. Public Assembly Room, City-County Council Building, 200 E. Washington St., Aug. 18, 7 p.m. Landscapes and Human Health Talk Keep Indianapolis Beautiful will sponsor a talk, “Going Native: How Living Landscapes Support Human Health and Thriving Communities” at the main Indianapolis Public Library branch downtown. Researchers Dr. Douglas Tallamy (University of Delaware) and Dr. Andrea Faber Taylor (University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana) will discuss the impact urban green space and native plantings have on the health and well-being of people and wildlife. Dr. Faber Taylor is recognized internationally for her research on the positive impact green spaces have on children with ADHA and children in poverty. Indianapolis Public Library, 40 E. St. Clair St., Mon., Aug. 18, 7 p.m.
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number of appeals available and can be represented by the Indiana Public Defenders Council. Once those appeals are exhausted, an execution date is set and the inmate will be escorted to a separate holding cell where he or she can have more visits. The inmate also has the option of having a final meal prepared for them. “Some ask for it, some don’t,” Garrison said. While being transported to the execution chamber, the inmate will be put on a gurney with lines placed in his or her veins. Witnesses may be allowed, depending on whether the inmate wants them. Witnesses are limited to the warden and assistants, prison chaplain, two physicians, five guests, and a spiritual advisor, along with eight adult family members. The Department of Corrections – which perform the execution and practices the lethal injection process once every quarter – will establish a support room for the victim’s family, upon request. The procedure for administering the state’s three-drug protocol will then begin, just after midnight. The first drug – Brevital, sodium thio-
pental or another sedative – will then be administered, which is meant to force deep and painless unconsciousness. The second one stops the respiratory system and the third stops the heart. But the process doesn’t always go so smoothly. Joseph Wood – executed earlier this year in Arizona – took almost two hours to die by lethal injection. He was injected with an “experimental” cocktail. His lawyers said the execution was illegal citing its cruel and unusual punishment. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said the execution was legal. Dennis McGuire – an inmate on Ohio’s death row – was given the same cocktail of drugs and took 30 minutes to die, an execution that defense attorney Allen Bohnert deemed as a “failed, agonizing experiment.” In April, Clayton Lockett – a death row inmate in Oklahoma – reportedly appeared to regain consciousness after the drugs had been administered. He later died of a heart attack. n Seth Morin is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
Negro League Baseball History Baseball historian and author Phil S. Dixon will give a talk on the history of Negro League baseball in Indianapolis at Martin University. Dixon’s talk will include information about the local league team, the Indianapolis Clowns, and their play against the Kansas City Monarchs, who went on to their first World Championship in 1924. The program will include a special viewing of the documentary, “Black Baseball in Indiana” with insight from Ball State English professor Geri Strecker on how the film was developed. Gathertorium, Martin University, 2171 Avondale Place, Fri., Aug. 22, 10 a.m.
THOUGHT BITE ARCHIVE In a June 17 slap at Nancy Reagan’s stem cell stand, President Bush said, “Life is created by God, not a commodity to be exploited by man.” Unless, of course, that life happens to be that of young U.S. military personnel exploited as cannon fodder in a trumped-up, commercial oil war. (Week of June 23-30, 2004) – ANDY JACOBS JR.
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od doesn’t make mistakes.” Sheila Carlson is sitting in her office at Gleaner’s Food Bank in Indy, where she’s Director of Volunteer Engagement. Her eyes are clear, and the quaver in 8 COVER STORY // 08.13.14 - 08.20.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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her voice is natural; it’s always there. It’s fairly apparent she’s not overly upset by our discussion. She’s fielding questions she’s clearly fielded before. Still, there’s a little catch in her voice when I broach the topic of religion.
You’re a self-described woman of faith. When your child told you she would be living and identifying as a man, what was your reaction? “God doesn’t make mistakes.”
Along with a slight tremble, there’s some bit of steel when she recalls her initial response, the moment when her devout Christianity was shaken to its foundation. She’s working beyond this notion now, her old concept of an inerrant higher power. Or at least she’s trying to. “It’s still a hard one to reconcile,” she tells me, “because I grew up in a private school, Lutheran church all my life, but I also was brought up to not judge. So I’m very accepting. I judge people on are you a good person or a bad person. I don’t care what color you are, I don’t care what religion, what your sexual orientation is, I don’t care about that. I care if you’re a good person or a bad person. That’s what I judge you on.” Sheila’s a friend of mine. I’ve known her for years — she’s done lots of non-profit work in Indy. Habitat for Humanity, now Gleaners. The work suits her: She’s loving, the kind of person who instantly makes you feel warm and at ease. She’s a hugger. But she still has trouble referring to her oldest offspring as “he.” Her son’s name is Brenden Paradies. He was formerly Caprice Carlson, but has now legally adopted a male name — and his mother’s maiden name as his last name — to fully embrace the man he’s become; the man he really always was. I ask Brenden about his Mom’s initial reaction, and he’s blunt: “Yeah. ‘God doesn’t make mistakes’ — she told me that over and over. I got the sense it was a ‘pray the gay away’ kind of thing she tried. And with all of the backlash that I experienced I was prepared for it. I understand it’s hard. She tried to convert me back to what she’d envisioned all that time. I don’t know how she came around. She did, though, at my graduation.” It was Brenden’s graduation from
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Roosevelt University that provided the tipping point for his mom, a “Eureka!” moment that revealed to Sheila that her child was finally happy — and had a massive support network to boot. It was clear to Sheila that all of Roosevelt — faculty and students alike — didn’t just like Brenden, they adored the man. Respected him. Cheered him on. For the first time in Roosevelt’s near century and a half as an institution of higher learning, a student would be the commencement speaker, and that speaker was Brenden Paradies. Sheila felt compelled to post a long missive about what she’d seen, how she’d grieved for the daughter she’d once had, how tough it was for her to accept the change and how she was finally able to refer to her offspring as “Brenden,” not just with tolerance, but with joy. (The piece drew a great many looks after Sheila shared it via social media.) “You could tell that Brenden had the respect of the school, the President and the faculty and was held in high regard,” Sheila wrote of her child’s address. “What came out of Brenden’s mouth was just beautiful. The most amazing speech I had ever heard! Such an accomplished, educated, intelligent, thoughtful, funny and insightful person giving an incredible speech. … I was smiling really big and crying at the same time. “I can’t tell you how proud I am of my kid – Caprice/Brenden. I think in that moment I finally accepted what is. Caprice is no longer, but Brenden IS and Brenden is an amazing person that I am proud to call my child.” Before that moment, though, “pride” was not what came to mind for Sheila when it came to the subject of her transgender offspring.
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“I said ‘You’re gay, fine, but you are not a boy. You are a tomboy and if you are trying to justify liking girls by feeling you are a boy, you are wrong.’” — SHEILA CARLSON SPEAKING ABOUT HER SON BRENDEN
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COMING OUT — HALFWAY? When Brenden was around six years old, a career shift moved the family from Virginia Beach to Brownsburg. Sheila, her husband Keith and Brenden’s kid brother Spencer adapted to the Midwest quickly, trading surfboards for dirt bikes. Brenden expressed an interest in sports: baseball, ice hockey; eventually basketball, volleyball and rugby. On the diamond and on the rink, Brenden played with the guys; Sheila assumed she’d simply produced a female jock. Brenden, after all, certainly appeared to express an interest in boys. After graduation in 2010, Brenden was accepted at Roosevelt U in Chicago to study pharmacy, and started that August. In December, Sheila’s dad — then living in Chicago, too — suffered a massive heart attack. Delayed by an ice storm, Sheila finally made her way north to visit her father in the ICU. As Sheila kept vigil at her unconscious parent’s bedside, her daughter told Sheila the two needed to talk. Sheila wrote, “Then … Caprice decided to drop a bomb. ‘Mom, I think I’m gay.’ Okaaayyy. I never saw that coming, but OK. I have lots of gay and lesbian friends and it never bothered me. So I asked her, ‘Why do you think that?’ ‘Well, I was crying about Grandpa and my friend, Emily, was hugging me and then we kissed and made out.’ OK, this was just the situation, not reality, I thought. She’s experimenting.” The shock of that initial conversation hasn’t worn off 10 COVER STORY // 08.13.14 - 08.20.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
— Sheila still can’t square any of these revelations with her concept of “traditional” gender behaviors. “I was surprised,” Sheila tells me. “She had this encounter with this woman who was a lesbian who was comforting her in her time of vulnerability, so I felt that she was confused … because Caprice had always been interested in boys. I just wouldn’t allow her to date because she’s a strong student but she needs to focus and I felt dating was going to distract her. I mean, she loved Taylor Lautner from Twilight. We went to New York and there were billboards everywhere and we had to go to Chinatown to get a Coach purse … I couldn’t make sense of it.” Speaking with Michele O’Mara, LCSW, PhD, a professional sex and relationship therapist about this — the seeming disconnect between Brenden’s early expressions of traditional “girliness” and eventual coming out as trans — the circumstances aren’t unusual. “[F]or a child who is allowed a wide variety of gender expression, it may not be as noticeable as it is to the little boy who must play sports and doesn’t want to, or the little girl who must wear a dress,” says O’Mara. “The resistance to who one is ‘supposed’ to be seems to draw greater attention to the reality that it doesn’t fit.” And the timeline of Brenden’s self-realization lines up with what O’Mara has seen in her practice. “The three major life phases I see most people becoming aware of their gender during are: early childhood (pre-school or in grade school where gender is introduced strongly); puberty (where one’s body feels like it is betraying them);
or early adulthood when relationships don’t make sense and it’s difficult discerning that it is about gender.” Brenden was actually trying to share his feelings in stages. If he started by coming out as a lesbian, that might somehow lessen the shock of an actual change in gender identity. “I came out as lesbian so I didn’t throw it all on her at once,” he admits. “I tried to be as strategic as possible for her although it didn’t ultimately matter — she’d have to deal with all of it.” Just before Christmas, Sheila’s father passed away. As Sheila dedicated herself to helping her mother and coping with her own grief, her daughter announced she was changing majors at Roosevelt. Sheila’s life seemed to be about nothing but struggle — her oldest kid seemed to be in full revolt, her dad was gone and she felt her marriage slipping away. And then Caprice handed her the next shock. “During this revelation of changing majors,” Sheila wrote, “Caprice decided to tell us that she felt she was a boy. “I said ‘You’re gay, fine, but you are not a boy. You are a tomboy and if you are trying to justify liking girls by feeling you are a boy, you are wrong.’” In retrospect, Sheila realized how ridiculous her pleading was: “Here’s me telling her she is wrong [about] how she feels.” At the time, though, all Sheila could feel was grief — and rage. “It was really hard when she did come home to visit,
maybe twice a year. Keith (Sheila’s husband) was embarrassed to be around her and have her around his friends or family. As she was changing her name and her identity [to] a boy, she was also changing her physical appearance. She had cut off her hair and it was really short, shorter than Spencer and Keith’s. She grew out the hair on her legs and under her arms and she wore a binder for her chest. She wore male clothes and shoes, no makeup and had a man’s wallet. How do you introduce your daughter to people when she looks like a boy? Keith and I decided that we would NEVER call her Brenden. My mom said it one time to me and I went off on her and told her if she EVER said that name again around me, that would be the last time she would speak to me. “Sheila’s family stopped paying Brenden’s tuition. There were fights, accusations. The family told Brenden they needed to “straighten him out” — Brenden’s parents were certain he was mentally ill. Maybe their child needed counseling. Maybe a stint in the Army would do the trick. As Brenden began treatment at the Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago (a non-profit facility for uninsured LGBTQ people), the only familial ally he seemed to have was his maternal grandmother. “My biggest ally was my grandmother for sure,” says Brenden. “She never judged me. She told me, ‘I don’t understand what this means, what this is, but I’m there.’” That’s why Brenden chose the name “Paradies.” As for his time with Sheila, Brenden says “We were lucky we could see each
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other for a weekend and not fight for about two or three years.” “I had panic attacks,” recalls Sheila. “I’d wake up in the middle of the night. I couldn’t breathe. I was freaking out. I couldn’t go back to sleep and my heart was racing. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I was just — I had a hard time dealing. And I cried a lot — so I had to get Lexapro, that helped a lot. Not on it anymore, but it helped me.” Other members of the family were even more troubled by the change, says Brenden. “My brother and I are best friends — losing him was the hardest part. He’s come around now that he’s in college. [At the beginning he] said ‘You’re ruining our family. I hope you know that.’” “My husband and my son; she’s still sis. She’s still Caprice,” says Sheila. “They have not switched over. And so I do not call her Brenden in front of them. Even though they’ve seen the physical changes, because she’s on hormones, so she’s hairy and shaving, and short hair, and deep voiced.” One of the fights Brenden and Sheila had gotten so ugly and heated that Brenden began entertaining thoughts of harming himself. “I had to get picked up by one of my Roosevelt advisors — she drove all the way from Chicago to Indiana to make sure I was safe.” The counselors at Howard Brown were equally helpful. Understand: Brenden was in profound pain. Understand: Brenden’s family thought the real pain would come from the lack of societal acceptance for a transgender person.
“So often it is fear or concern about how their child will be treated by society that motivates their negative reaction, when in reality it is the family that causes more hurt than anyone. “It’s hard for families. It feels like a death. While their child continues to exist, the changes are profound for loved ones … it feels like they have lost a whole person. How their son, daughter, sister or brother speaks, smells, looks, laughs, coughs, dresses, walks, and to some extent, thinks, is affected by a transition. “When families resist pronoun and name usage, it is often sheer awkwardness, grief and even shame or embarrassment. Parents wonder what they did wrong; how they made this happen. They worry about their child’s future, their safety. They worry about what their own parents and siblings will think about them for supporting their child. It’s a hard walk for everyone involved.”
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THE BREAKTHROUGH Brenden has gone through the three stages required by his counselors and physicians at Howard Brown. “I had an extensive physical to make sure body could handle the transformation. I’ve done my research,” he says. “I’m excited about this.” “I haven’t really decided with gender reassignment surgery.” For Brenden, his fellow college students provided a peer support network after all the kids he’d gone to high school in Brownsburg with broke contact with him. And the staff at Roosevelt were incredibly helpful at a time when his family was still coming to terms with gaining a son. “A lot of academic advisers in college helped me figure out my financial aid stuff,” says Brenden, recalling how he’d found his economic footing after his parents had cut off his tuition. “Three main people at Roosevelt helped me. Without them I wouldn’t have graduated college. “They’re not my blood mom and dad, but they’re parents, and their being able to take me under their wing was exactly what I was hoping for. “The only selfish decision I’ve ever made is doing this process. Doing this on my own — it was tough. Dealing with college and all the negative attitudes from my family was
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hard. My friends’ support system, going through college at same time … tough.” But when Brenden delivered the commencement address at Roosevelt, when his mom saw how warm and accepting his classmates were, when Sheila met Brenden’s girlfriend, Sheila finally came to the realization that her child wasn’t just OK, he was thriving. As Brenden’s classmates roared their
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approval for the speech Brenden gave, a speech about how much his time at Roosevelt had meant to him, Sheila was finally ready to celebrate her son. After Brenden’s speech, after the switch had gone off in Sheila’s head, she was ready to put her story online and share it on Facebook with anyone who’d read it. The pride in her child is unmistakable in that post.
“Brenden is off to University of Illinois at Chicago in the fall to finish his master’s degree with a partial scholarship,” Sheila beams. “Yes, my life has changed a lot over the years and yes, I have had a lot to deal with it. And yes, I have been unreasonable and fought with my kid unfairly. There have been a lot of arguments, a lot of tears, a lot of things I don’t understand. But what person in their right mind would CHOOSE to be like this? To be discriminated against? To have a harder life with more obstacles? So I have finally come to realize this is not a choice but an identity. Is it easy to call my child Brenden? NO. But it gets easier. “I want this kid in my life and I want to love him with everything I have and be the best Mom I know how to be. Do I know it all? No. Do I struggle with it and cry about it? Yes. But I am hoping in time, it will be natural. Keith was very proud of our kid and it showed in the pictures and he wasn’t afraid to hug Brenden. I don’t know when or if Keith will ever call our kid Brenden, but I feel safe to say that he loves him.” The Carlsons are healing as Brenden’s journey continues. Sheila and Keith have seen their marriage improve dramatically, and Keith and Brenden now spend time together. Brenden wants to remind me, though, that some of the pain of his transition
lingers. “My mom and I are in a good place now but it was NOT an easy road. … [Journeys like mine] are ugly and rough and [there’s] a lot of family backlash which often leads to child suicide. I fortunately was lucky enough to find Howard Brown Health Center to give me mental and physical support so I didn’t get to a self-harming point.” So what about that notion regarding the higher power that’s such a force in Sheila’s life? What about God making mistakes? I put the question to Matthew Myer Boulton, President and Professor of Theology at Christian Theological Seminary in Indy. He sent the following response via email:
religious narratives are narratives of change and transformation. In the story of Exodus, for example, we can well imagine the ancient Egyptians saying to the Israelites, ‘You were born to be slaves — how dare you dream of freedom? God doesn’t make mistakes.’” “The modes of divine presence in the world are many and mysterious. Sometimes God calls us to endure; other times, to change. But perhaps the most persistent call is to love one another with compassion and open arms, even and especially when we find ourselves face to face with people we don’t understand.” And finally this, from Dr. Michele O’Mara: “While I do not do religious counseling, I agree that there are no “Caprice is no longer, but Brenden IS mistakes here. Now let’s out how to move and Brenden is an amazing person that figure you into a place of peace with who you are. When I am proud to call my child.” you are connected to the truth of who you really — SHEILA CARLSON are, who you were made to be, then you are showing up in this world as “Whenever someone who believes in well as you possibly can and the world is God makes any kind of major change in a better place. Happiness brings out the their life – in their life’s path, location, best in all of us. To live with the pain of vocation, identity, marriage, family, and inner conflict, separated from the truth so on – they may do so not with the idea of who you are, censoring your feelings, that God originally made a mistake, but hiding your gender, you live small in rather that God is calling and accomthis world. We all lose. When you are panying them even in the journey and true and authentic, we all win, because you show up as the best version you are process of change. capable of being.” n “After all, many of the most important
SOME QUICK FACTS ABOUT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE: Many don’t have sex reassignment surgery. It’s expensive and it can be very difficult. Female to male surgery is the most difficult, and therefore it’s the priciest — it can run into the six-figure range. Transgender people can be men or women without the traditional “parts.” Dr. Michele O’Mara tells us: “Gender occurs from the neck up. Sex occurs from below the neck. Anatomy is not gender, it is sex. Gender is the socialization of our maleness or our femaleness, or wherever we land on the continuum. Gender is complicated.” Transgender people can be straight, gay or bi. Dr. O’Mara: “There is no sexual orientation without gender. Sexual orientation is simply an identifier of two things — how one person identifies their own gender, and to which gender that person is typically romantically attracted. Both ingredients are necessary. Without knowing one, the other variable is irrelevant. These labels get very tricky, and become fodder to sensationalize the whole business of being transgender. There are plenty of cisgender females dating other cisgender females who identify as straight too.
‘I am not a lesbian, I just love her.’ There are a lot of reasons that might explain this, but these semantics are personal to the people involved, and in my opinion it is best not to generalize.” It can be tough for transgender people to get health care outside of their transition treatments. According to a survey from the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, “Survey participants reported very high levels of postponing medical care when sick or injured due to discrimination (28%)” and “Respondents faced significant hurdles to accessing health care, including:
FOR MORE INFO AND RESOURCES: Check out Indy PFLAG (indypflag.org) for info on support. Their mission statement: “We work to keep families together through education, acceptance, understanding and support. We promote truth and education about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender loved ones.” Indiana Youth Group (indianayouthgroup.org) is another excellent source. It’s a place where “self-identified lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth are empowered through programs, support services, social and leadership opportunities and community service.” A great resource for more info is GLAAD (glaad.org/transgender). GLAAD’s Transgender Media and Education Program can provide answers to a broad range of questions.
Many stories don’t end as happily as Brenden’s. While Brenden found his old classmates rejecting him, often families will disown relatives — even their children — who come out the way Brenden did. Suicide is a huge problem among transgender youth. Nearly half have considered it. Nearly one-quarter have attempted to take their own lives. {Grossman, A.H. & D’Augelli, A.R. (2007). Transgender Youth and Life-Threatening Behaviors. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors.37(5), 527-37.}
• Refusal of care: 19% of our sample reported being refused care due to their transgender or gender non-conforming status, with even higher numbers among people of color in the survey; • Harassment and violence in medical settings: 28% of respondents were subjected to harassment in medical settings and 2% were victims of violence in doctor’s offices; • Lack of provider knowledge: 50% of the sample reported having to teach their medical providers about transgender care.” NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 08.13.14 - 08.20.14 // COVER STORY 13
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en Con just keeps on growing. Last year’s attendance of 49,058 unique visitors set a new record — which will stand until this weekend, when the gaming convention is expected to draw over 50,000, according to Gen Con’s Jake Theis. And to make space for all those attendees, Gen Con will, for the first time, be taking over the entirety of the Indiana Convention Center, all 1,300,000 square feet of it. But there’s more, says Theis, who emphasizes that the “scale of Gen Con will be tremendous this year.” The convention is partnering with twelve local hotels on gaming events and programming. He counts more than 14,000 “unique gaming events” that will take place during the convention. Reasons for Gen Con’s success? Theis can offer two, one of which is awfully flattering. “Gaming is an international phenomenon, so we have attendees that come from all 50 states and 32 countries. And I think the secondary reason is that Indianapolis has been so great in embracing the convention. More than a third of our attendance base is coming from the state of Indiana, and the number of people from Indiana attending each year keeps rising.” Not that Gen Con has sat back and reaped the rewards after planting roots in Indy. Theis says the organization, whose headquarters is in Seattle, has actively tried to partner with local organizations, including non-profits like Gleaners Food Bank, the beneficiary of Saturday’s outdoor Cones of Dunshire game (move your eyeballs right for more on that) — and for-profits like Sun King, brewer of Gen Con 2014’s signature beer, Froth of Khan (which was, incidentally, named by Gen Con supporters, who chose the title in an online poll over Power Grind Ale, Undead Elixir and Javamancer). And Gen Con is assiduous about making sure there’s something for everything, or as Theis puts it, “making sure that we have a portfolio of events that are exciting for all segments of the customer base. Each year, we’re looking to come up with new family programming, more digital programming, more late-night events.” One thing that’s expanded in the
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recent past to meet customer demand is Gen Con’s Writer’s Symposium, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. “Authors in the speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy and western industries have known about it for years,” he says. “But I think it’s becoming more and more mainstream.” Theis points out that at least four New York Times bestselling authors will take part this year, leading workshops and signing books. So what’s the best way for a newbie to get on the bandwagon? Theis offers two points of entry. Those with kids are encouraged to attend Sunday’s Family Fun Day, which offers loss leader pricing to a family of four ($30 total for four passes, against $50 for an individual one-day badge), on a day when Gen Con steps up its family-friendly offerings, including the Family Fun Pavilion, featuring exhibits and demos geared toward kids, and the Training Grounds, designed to introduce kids 4 to 12 to gaming. And then for those without kids and/ or money, the best place to get started is Georgia Street, where Gen Con will open up for action Wednesday night from 6 p.m. with live music by the Star Trekthemed rock band Five Year Mission and indie songwriter Sarah Donner, plus the tapping of the official beer of Gen Con, the aforementioned Froth of Khan. Programming on Georgia Street, which will also be ground zero for food trucks, is free throughout the convention. n
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hat would an unemployed, hypermeticulous geek come up with if he had a free week on his hands and a burning desire to blow people’s minds? Why, the Cones of Dunshire, a new game for “eight to 12 wizards, a maverick, the arbiter, a corporal and a Ledgerman” — “who just keeps score.” The geek in questions is Ben Wyatt, the boy mayor turned accountant turned campaign manager played by Adam Scott in the NBC series Parks and Recreation, who introduced his complicated strategy game to his wife, Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) in a November 2013 episode. A few more details from Ben: “Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone, you have to build a civilization, which is where the spirit cards come in.” And: “The thing about the challenge play is that it’s basically the game in reverse.” And: “Are the cones a metaphor? Well, yes and no. The prop for the scene was created by a genuine gaming company, Mayfair Games, publisher of the enormously successful Settlers of Catan, which Ben forces his friends to play at his bachelor party in an earlier episode. Parks and Rec co-producer Dave King told Vulture they asked Mayfair to create a “kitchen sinktype” game that would have “elements of Dungeons and Dragons where there were dice, and Catan elements where there would be actual hexes and resources.” And now Mayfair is translating that prop into a playable game, which will debut 7 p.m. Saturday on Georgia Street during Gen Con. Thirty-three players paid $100 each to participate (with proceeds headed to Gleaners Food Bank) in the outdoor version, to be played on a giant carpet rendition of the game board. Mayfair’s Alex Yeager tells us more. NUVO: How’d you decide on gameplay, rules, etc.? ALEX YEAGER: When the producers contacted us, the idea was simply to give them enough of a game that they could write jokes with the material provided. At the time, I don’t think that there was a plan to produce an actual game, and whatever cohesiveness there was to the content was almost an afterthought. As we’ve moved forward with our planning for this charity event, we’ve come to regret that a little bit! NUVO: Are there still tickets available? Would it be fun for spectators to watch?
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YEAGER: The tickets for the event sold out in under six hours, but there is one more special opportunity. As fans of the show may be aware, there a special participant in the game: The Ledgerman, who doesn’t actually play, but keeps score and wears a spiffy hat. We are going to auction this game position off live at the event, and the auction winner will participate as the Ledgerman, take home the hat, and also receive a pass for next year’s Gen Con. The game takes place out on Georgia Street, and we’ve tried to walk a line between something playable, and something still rooted in the crazed imagination of an unemployed geek. The game is being played on a giant carpet with oversized pieces, so players and spectators should have no trouble following the action! Registration for participants begins at 7 pm, with the Ledgerman auction at 7:30 pm and the game starting immediately thereafter. NUVO: I’d guess that you have a good sense of humor to put together this kind of affectionate parody? YEAGER: A lot of our job involves taking games and finding a balance between their inherent geeky qualities, and the mass popularity that we hope our games will have. It was fun to simply let loose and ask, as game producers, show writers and actors, “If this game was created by a person with no sense of marketability, with no filter on the elements included, and no experience with game design, what would it look like?” The ultimate punchline for us, of course, is that now that game exists, and we hope that what the team at Mayfair has done is to be true to the spirit of The Architect (Ben Wyatt’s game design pseudonym), while still having a game that players will enjoy playing. We’ll find out Saturday night! n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 08.13.14 - 08.20.14 // GEN CON 15
A&E EVENTS Cumberland Arts Goes to Market The far Eastside town of Cumberland is mighty proud of this festival showcasing the town’s businesses and artists, now in its sixth year and featuring more than 80 vendors, including environmental groups appearing as part of the fest’s commitment to earth stewardship. Look for a cupcake created for the event by the town’s Two Sisters Cakery and Bakery, plus a special iced tea blend by Teapots and Treasures. And listen for Indy Men’s Chorus, Wild Mercy, Jerry Millman Jazz Band and Hearts Ablaze Cloggers on the two entertainment stages. It all takes place on Saturn Street between Cumberland Town Hall and Cumberland First Baptist Church. Downtown Cumberland, Aug. 16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., FREE, cumberlandfbc.org Jim Gaffigan We last talked with the Chesterton, Indiana-raised Gaffigan in June 2013 while he was on a tour for his first book, the memoir Dad Is Fat. And we asked him if he’d consider writing another one. The answer: “Definitely ... but not right away.” Well, Jim, you lied to us, because your new book, Food: A Love Story, is coming out Oct. 21, which we’d consider to be hot on the heels of the last one. He’ll be the first comedian to play the newly renovated Coliseum, unless you count Pitbull. Indiana State Fair, Aug. 17, 8 p.m., $2545, in.gov/statefair Nerdy Flirty Burlesque What better time to do a nerd-themed burlesque show than during the heart of Gen Con? This is Creme de les Femmes’ third time doing Nerdy Flirty Burlesque, which will feature both male and female performers, with special guests including the now-independent Desda Mae Q Moana and Bottoms Up Burlesque’s Anita Cocktail. Athenaeum Theatre, Aug. 16, 8 p.m., $15 advance (cremedelesfemmes.com), $20 door Studs in Stilettos This fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation brings together a bunch of our favorite things: social justice, burlesque, drag, beer and IndyFringe. Admission is free, but attendees are encouraged to bring tens and twenties to tip the dancers — including members of the Indy Pride Bag Ladies (also hosting), a few burlesque dancers and, as the news release puts it, “straight guys in drag.” The party begins at the IndyFringe beer tent from 7 p.m., where the Bag Ladies operate a photo booth ($5 per picture). 45 Degrees, Aug. 16, 9:30 p.m., FREE, indiana.cff.org
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ioneer Village lures you in,” says Fran Lucas, who occupies the entry spot from the front porch door. With fellow volunteer Sandy Barton, sitting alongside a newly created wagon campsite exhibit, both entice you to come on over, sit a spell and listen to a story of a few centuries back. Or get some tips on how to fingerweave, piece a quilt or knit a muffler. It’s all good stuff to keep your hands busy and your mind fertile. Now retired teachers and empty nesters, Lucas and Barton have been returning annually over the years to the Indiana State Fair’s living history pavilion. They’re joined by about a hundred others, including Louis Turner, better known as the “broom man,” who has been in the left hand corner directly inside the porch door for the past 32 years. “When you get into a spot you keep it. People get used to it,” explains Turner. He’s been coming from Arcola, Illinois, because “Illinois doesn’t have anything like it. I was born and grew up in Tipton, ended up in Illinois to work in a broom factory.” The half-dozen varieties of brooms he sells are handmade; Turner uses a machine only to affix the handles so they are sturdy. Way back it was his daughters who came with him: “I brought them over to learn. You look around, you learn. Now I’ve got my grandkids.” Alec Downs, the oldest, took over the selling while his granddad chatted. Other grandkids were busy helping out in the kitchen, directly to the right of the porch door. The kitchen is also where 11-year-old Jasmine Townsend is spending the bulk of her volunteer time. “I always loved the lifestyle of pioneering,” she offers. “I have a lot of friends at Pioneer Village. One day I asked permission if I could have a job here. Last year I was in the candy shop.” “It’s mostly about learning,” adds Townsend. When there’s a kitchen break, she’s alongside someone who is demonstrating. “I’ve been to every State Fair since 1993,” says Quinton Nannet, poised to enter his junior year at Purdue in premed. The lure he explains goes back to
The Fair Lady Players perform Rita Kohn’s Joyful Opportunities on the Fair’s Opry Stage.
JOYFUL OPPORTUNITIES What Rita left out of her story is that she’s been volunteering at the Pioneer Village since 1983. And if you’ll allow us a moment of self-promotion in recognition of that feat, we’d like to talk on her behalf about Joyful Opportunities, her third original play to be performed by The Fair Lady Players during the Indiana State Fair. It closes its run August 14 and 15 at 1 p.m. on Pioneer Village’s Opry Stage. The play weaves together improvisation with written dialogue to tell the story of how and why five ladies and three gentlemen became involved with Pioneer Village. when he was in second grade. “My dad was volunteering [at Pioneer Village]. He slept over at The White House.” “The White House” is hyperbole for a shelter that’s a shade better than a tent, but it seemed magical to Nannet, who promptly signed on to assist in the cedar shop, annually moving into new experiences including the steam engine, thresh-
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ing machine, baling straw and saw mill. “Now I go wherever I’m needed,” though he admits being somewhat creative in seeing to it that Fair Queens show up for photo opportunities. What he most enjoys is the opportunity to work with old style equipment and materials and “hearing the stories of people of every generation. I love looking at how they work, learning many points of view. “Young people need to show up not only to learn history but to see the fundamental elements of how people lived from those who lived it,” Nannet adds. Outside the kitchen door is the cooper’s corner. In the process of handcrafting a bucket is Mr. Cooper—honestly coming by his name. And yes, he could make a beer barrel, however, he’s into a totally different project — building a frame cabin from timber fetched from a portion of Indiana’s defunct canal system. Then Bill Bailey shows up with a set of oversized spoons, a rigged-up washboard and assorted bits of wood. Within minutes of watching him, empty benches fill up and we’re handed spoons, washboards and bits of wood. There we are, from toddlers to those who toddle, making music with what’s available, just as they did in pioneer days. n
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be clearly identified on performer show pages on indyfringe.org, TicketWeb and through social media. “Sold out” signs will be displayed at all box offices with recommendations for other available shows within walking distance. NUVO: Is the Internet Cat Video Festival for real? MOFFAT: Oddly enough, cat lovers love IndyFringe. We hosted years of sold out shows for Acro Cats (yes, performing cats!) and who could forget Purrlesque, a top selling burlesque show. The Athenaeum wanted to be part of the festival. Spay Neuter Services of Indiana wanted a community partnership They got together and found a way to make it work and we were on board. NUVO: This show is so awful/strange/not my cup of tea. How’d it even get in Fringe? MOFFAT: IndyFringe is an open access, live theatre festival. Anyone can enter.
It’s “first in — first served,” un-juried and uncensored. What more can an actor or audience want than total freedom of expression? Buyer beware — all shows come with warnings, so it’s all about choice. Read the program and listen to the buzz on Mass Ave. Be bold, be courageous — see something outside your comfort zone. That’s half the fun of fringe. NUVO: When’s the trailhead/new theater going to be done? MOFFAT: IndyEleven Theater and The Trailhead are scheduled to open in early 2015. This new black box indoor/outdoor space will provide a new audience experience and an experimental theatre for emerging artists. We’re at capacity in the 100-seat theater and the new ADA Trailhead caps off a fabulous 10 years serving a community of artists and audiences. Thanks for all the support. NUVO: Is the 800 Bloc Theater a real theater? I’ve never heard of it. Sounds Soviet. MOFFAT: We wanted to keep the festival contained to Mass Ave and partnered with Riley Area Development to showcase this empty retail space for the month of August. It might be a concrete box but magic has been worked at the 800 Bloc Theatre. It’s as good a theatre as any on Mass Ave and the shows slotted there will work really well in the space. Position is everything — across the road from the Mass Ave Wine, The
MOFFAT: Buskers make the world go round — they come from all walks of life and bring fun and entertainment with them. They share their art from on the world’s oldest stage, the streets, the sidewalks, the parks and alleys of Mass Ave. Fringe has always pushed the boundaries and after nine years of street performances, we have partnered with IDI, DCE and IMPD to provide credentials to buskers and to explore the possibilities of Indianapolis adopting a policy which is favorable to this age old art. Panhandlers are welcome to audition! NUVO: Has it really been 10 years? Jesus, I’m old/impressed by this August tradition. MOFFAT: Ask some of the reviewers — some of the NUVO team participated in the 2002 public meetings (Theatre 2012) when the best single idea that met all the needs of the group was the idea of a fringe festival. A few NUVO editors have gone on to write fringe shows and perform in the fringe. Phil Van Hest is the perfect example of old. He burst on the scene in 2005; we even named a beer tent after him (Phil Van Hest Memorial Beer Tent). He loved us so much he moved from L.A. to Indianapolis, got hitched, has a kid and now has a full time job! What happened in those ten years? It’s a reminder to keep providing opportunities for the next Phil and to keep the spirit of fringe alive in Indianapolis. Reminder: Phil is back to emcee the Opening Night party on Wednesday, August 13 at The Athenaeum. He just had to appear for the tenth anniversary! n
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Found Footage Festival Comedy writers Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett are celebrating 10 years of traveling the country showcasing VHS obscurities, including industrial training vids, home movies and other amateur or semi-pro weirdness. New to this year’s fest: an exercise video montage featuring the titillating titled Butt Camp, the 1997 instructional video How to Have Cybersex on the Internet and the world’s most obnoxious home shopping hosts, John and Johnny. The Bishop (Bloomington), Aug. 14, 8 p.m., $10, foundfootagefest.com 20 FILM // 08.13.14 - 08.20.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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R, Opens Friday at Keystone Art The Expendables 3 Good questions from Time Out London: “Who actually watches the Expendables movies? Are there legions of middle-aged weightlifting nuts out there who yearn for the good old days of Chuck Norris mowing down foreign Johnnies with an Uzi 9mm?” Yes, yes there are; Expendables 2 grossed $85 million.
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her deceased husband, he eagerly heads for France. There’s your premise. Serviceable enough, especially when the leads are Firth and Stone. Firth is very good at playing sophisticated, jaded, distant fellows that learn to care again, and he uses his skills effectively here. Stone takes her redhaired, blue-eyed American character and crafts a smart, charming young lass just otherworldly enough to make her even more beguiling. You know that the two of them will have some sort of romance — never mind the 28-year age gap. This is, after all, a Woody Allen movie. The visuals are rich — check out the scene in the 127-year-old Nice Observatory
Summer Nights: The Odd Couple (1968) Believe it or not, this week’s Summer Nights feature wasn’t sold out as we went to press. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Aug. 15, 9:30 p.m., imamuseum.org
(designed by Gustave Eiffel). The period songs are well-chosen and well-placed. If only Allen had made his supporting characters as interesting as the leads, the scenery and the music. Take Hamish Linklater, who plays a man smitten with Sophie. For years, Linklater appeared in The New Adventures of Old Christine as the brother of Julia Louis-Dreyfus. He was funny, complex and immensely likable in the show. In Allen’s film, he is a one-note figure hanging around Sophie playing insipid songs on the ukelele. Why hire highly regarded actors if you’re not going to do anything with them? Why create a strikingly detailed world and populate it with only two realized characters? Why make minor movies? As films like Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine show, Woody Allen can still create distinct films populated with interesting people. Magic in the Moonlight is the product of a writerdirector who isn’t trying hard enough. n
Vintage Movie Night: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Kevin McCarthy fights conformity and Communism as a doctor who discovers his fellow townspeople have been replaced by alien Doppelgangers grown from pods. Garfield Park Arts Center, Aug. 16, 8 p.m., $5, gpacarts.org
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Aykroyd) suggest a genuine relationship of trust. But on the whole, Get On Up is about an obsessive, tyrannical, abusive, self-absorbed holy terror who created a dazzling stage show packed with funk and soul. PG-13, in wide release Guardians of the Galaxy w Action-packed, funny and full of heart, Guardians of the Galaxy is a wild space adventure from Marvel Studios that, at various times, reminded me of Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Last Starfighter, The Fifth Element, Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity, and more. Chris Pratt, as one of a group of rag-tag prisoners who learn to use their criminal skills to benefit for the greater good of the universe, sets the tone of the film. He’s spot-on as a Han Solo type, swaggering about and cracking wise, while radiating a sunniness that warms those in his sphere of influence. PG-13, in wide release Hercules y In Brett Ratner’s (X-Men 2) take on Hercules, based on Steve Moore’s comic, the gods might be real or they might be mere legends — we certainly never see one — and Hercules (Dwayne Johnson) isn’t the son of Zeus. He’s an orphan who uses the rumored demi-god status to snag jobs as a mercenary. Sound interesting, but there’s nothing special going on here. Johnson is fine, but doesn’t do anything surprising. The cast includes Ian McShane, John Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Peter Mullan and Rebecca Ferguson. McShane, one of Herc’s traveling crew, takes his nothing role and makes it interesting. Everybody else collects paychecks. PG-13, in wide release The Hundred Foot Journey r Comfort food. Helen Mirren runs a restaurant in France that earned a Michelin star. When the Kadam family, far from their homeland of India, experience a car breakdown near her place, Papa (Om Puri) decides to open a restaurant of his own in a building directly across the street. Sparks fly. Meanwhile, Papa’s son Hassan (Manish Dayal) is a gifted cook. Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon) is an aspiring chef working at Mirren’s restaurant. You do the math. Lasse Halstrom’s feel-good film is charming, but terribly calculated and predictable. A little more dramatic tension would have SEE, CONTINUING, ON PAGE 22
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helped. Trimming the end of the overly-long movie would have helped as well. PG, in wide release Into the Storm u Remember Twister? Imagine Twister with even MORE TWISTERS … and a lame script, and uninteresting characters. Basically, what we’ve got here is a special effects extravaganza and not much more. What a shocker — a deeply flawed popcorn flick released in August! If memories of real tornadoes don’t dampen your enthusiasm, there’s lots of groovy destruction on display here. If you must see it, I suggest you wait until it comes out on video. Then you can read a magazine during the parts between the storms. PG-13, in wide release Lucy y Lucy, you got some ‘splaining to do! Let’s start with “What the hell’s going on here?” In the latest from Luc Beeson (The Fifth Element), a drug mule named Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) undergoes a transformation
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ocal food fest Dig-IN — A Taste of Indiana turns five this year, and organizers have learned plenty since launching the festival on a hot, lateAugust day in 2010. During that first year, festival goers all seemed to arrive at once. Several thousand people attended, and most seemed to get in line at the first vendor tent they came to. Then they kept moving from vendor to vendor in what felt like one endless line. Bottled water was hard to find — as were hand-washing stations — lines were long, booths were poorly marked, and some chefs ran out of food. Event organizers have learned a lot since then. Changes in the layout of food and drink tents in recent years made the lines more manageable. Free bottled water became easier to find, and signs indicating the type of food in each booth let attendees know what they’d be getting before waiting in line — a real plus for vegetarians looking for something that wasn’t topped with bacon. And early-arrival and VIP tickets offered an hour of less-crowded tasting and other perks for those willing to pay for it. “I think the layout really snapped into place last year,” said the festival’s executive director Rob Gaston. “And it worked well, so we’re keeping that the same. The big focus this year has been the front gate operation, which last year we outsourced. This year we’re doing it internally.” One of the trouble spots of last year’s fest, the front gate area was indeed poorly marked and managed. VIP ticket holders and those with early-admission tickets found themselves waiting in line as the extra hour they had paid for slowly ticked away. Gaston started early to make sure things would be different this year. “I formed committees starting in
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February,” he said, “and signed up about 20 to 25 people in three or four different committees, and front gate operations was one of those. I was clear to those people that this was the most important committee. We just met last Monday
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night out there, and I had a 14-page document that’s called tactical front gate strategy, and we went through it.” The biggest strategy was to create separate entrances and make sure they are well marked and managed. “That one unit last year is now in four separate pieces,” Gaston said, with a separate VIP and early-arrival area, an entrance for general admission ticket holders, a separate area for purchasing tickets at the gate, plus a volunteer entrance. Those who ponied up for the sold-out $95 VIP experience or who bought early entrance tickets will have a separate entrance, he said. Staffers will be checking them in ahead of time, so that at 11 a.m., they’ll be able to head into the park and enjoy a relatively uncrowded hour of sampling. SEE, DIG-IN, ON PAGE 24
Hop Cat opens in Broad Ripple Aug. 16 at 11 a.m. with a “Hoosier Takeover” featuring 130 Indiana craft beers on tap including 30 beers each from Sun King and Upland. “This will be the largest number of beers ever available from either brewery on tap at once at one time,” said Hop Cat spokesperson Chris Knape. “All told we will feature beers from 32 breweries from around Indiana.” The tap list is posted at HopCat.com and facebook.com/hopcatbroadripple. Knape reports Hop Cat has hired more than 130 employees with an investment of “more than $2.5 million into the restaurant, which will seat about 300 people.” Expect pub food with locally sourced seasonal ingredients. Across town at 2727 E. 86th St., within the Ironworks complex, Ruth’s Chris Steak House opens Aug. 18 with a 12-tap bar featuring brews from Triton, Bier, Flat 12, Tow Yard, Upland, Three Floyds and QuaffOn!. “Bach of Elijah,” a special-one-time Bourbon stout, was created by the Thr3e Wise Men brewing team using Ruth’s Chris own blend of Bourbon. Coming from Switzerland is an exclusive offering from Storm&Anchor, a relatively new brewery with a passion for hops and experimentation. Their one-of-akind batches are also at the downtown Ruth’s Chris. New Brews August is IPA month. Flat 12 is featuring a very big Fuffet Double IPA with nine different hop varieties from across the globe creating complex tropical fruit, citrus, and pine notes in both the aroma and flavor. Triton’s Soul Crusher IPA made with Citra, Cascade and “a couple other awesome hops” doubles as homage to GenCon. Thr3e Wise Men Klinsmann’s Revenge is a refreshing German Pilsner. Union Brewery and Cutters collaboration Hardin Hoppy Wheat is an easy-drinking American wheat brewed with white wheat, red wheat, 2 row and pilsen; hopped with simcoe, falconers flight, amarillo. Bloomington Brewing Company Dubbel Entendre is packed with flavors of honey, bubble gum and clove, and Benedictine Belgian IPA with German, English and American Cascade hops has floral and earthy flavors. Events Aug 13: The Sinking Ship, 6:30-10 p.m. Triton Tap Takeover featuring some Usua-ales, Specialties and a “Barrel Experiment!” Aug 13: Sun King taps the winning named “Froth of Khan” as the Official Beer of Gen Con at the west block of Georgia Street as the kick-off to the “Best Four Days in Gaming,” 5-10 p.m. Aug. 16: WAMM Festival in Greenwood, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., wammfest.com
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DIG-IN , FROM PAGE 23 “We’ll get them in, get their credentials and hand stamps, and then at 11,” said Gaston, “they can actually just go right in.” So last year’s gate area is now the willcall booth and where attendees can buy tickets at the door. “On the other end of that,” said Gaston, “in the area that has all the stones out there at the park, is where people will flow through the gate, basically just scan their ticket, get their hand stamped, get their program and get in the door. Just next to the Segway station is the VIP entrance, so it will kind of be a little bit private, an exclusive area to come in. And then on the other side of the visitors’ center is where volunteer check-in will be.” Got that? Just in case you don’t, Gaston will have volunteers stationed around the whole entrance area to point you in the right direction. Changes have also been made to the parking area — at least for VIP ticket holders, who this year will be able to park on site. More signage, however, will direct all attendees to parking options. And while parking will not be available at the Indianapolis Zoo, the Indiana Government Center garage will be open as will the White River State Park underground garage. “We recommend the government center,” said Thom England, Ivy Tech Community College culinary program director and one of Dig-IN’s founders. “That’s probably the best place to park.” Also at this year’s festival, attendees will find a new line-up of chef demon-
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BY THE NUMBERS 4,000 Attendees 600 Early admission tickets 200 VIP tickets 340 Volunteers 44 Chefs 18 Breweries 7 Wineries 5 Food artisans 140,000 (approx.)
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The food extravaganza of Dig-IN — A Taste of Indiana is Sunday, and organizers and local restaurants face a busy weekend of prep work even before the first fest-goers arrive. Union 50, for example, will be turning 500 pounds of ground beef and pork into samples of its kimchee meatloaf. Circle City Soups will take 250 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken thighs and create chicken nachos. And Delicia will be making tacos — with a whole goat. “Tents will go up Thursday morning,” said Dig-IN executive director Rob Gaston. “Supplies will start coming out there Friday, and from Friday night through Monday morning, we’ll have security there all night long.” And what will the security team be doing? “Guarding 140,000 plates,” joked Thom England, Ivy Tech Community College culinary program coordinator and one of Dig-IN’s founders. “This is a 24-hour day for some people. Even though it’s just a five-hour event, when you have to go in and get 3,500 pieces of something hot, that can start at 3 a.m.” But there really will be at least 140,000 plates used during the Aug. 17 food fest. Here are a few more Dig-IN details.
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On what sparks the occasional release and tour by The Clean: “Just pure coincidence, usually sparks everything with The Clean these days. “Oh, Hamish is in the country; oh, Robert is in the country! Let’s get together and do a show, and why don’t we write some more music.” And that’s been the business plan ever since ‘77, really. It’s interesting that we’ve carried on doing this, being so separate, because we don’t see each other that often. Even Robert and I don’t see each other that often; we don’t need to. We might trade emails or phone calls. But that’s one of the reasons it’s kept it fresh, kept it part-time, an open book in some ways.” On the organ: “We haven’t got one yet! We might pick one up. We still have to buy some equipment for the tour. But we’ll be looking out for a keyboard.” On what he’s listening to now: “Last night, we were listening to Beachwood Sparks’ last album while we were swimming in a desert river at one in the morning. That was very pleasing.” On doing it themselves: “We really wanted to let people know that you really could do it yourself. The whole post-punk philosophy. We bought our own van, we bought our own PA system, we booked our own tours. We did everything ourselves and it came out of that punk, do-it-yourself ethic. We really wanted to let people know that you really could. We didn’t have a lot of shows. There was no rockstar bullshit. People, we’re all equal.” — KATHERINE COPLEN The Clean, Sunday, Aug. 17, 8 p.m. The Bishop, 123 S. Walnut St., $12, 18+
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10 Minutes with The Clean New Zealand’s The Clean is so legendary that summing up their influence on indie rock music in a mere 400 words seems almost a crime. So I’ll mostly let David Kilgour, who called me last week from Los Angeles , do the talking. Just a bit more, first, though: his band, founded in the late ‘70s by Kilgour and brother Hamish, and rounded out by bassist Robert Scott, formed the foundation of the Dunedin Sound scene with releases like “Tally Ho!” and “Whatever I Do It’s Right” on Flying Nun Records. The Clean has periodically reunited, made music and toured in the last three decades. Their latest release is the quadruple-LP Anthology, out on Merge now. They’ll stop in Bloomington on Sunday.
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or Sonny Alexander, forming a new band is not something to be taken lightly. As he tells it, the Apache Dropout singer and guitarist believes in creating something special that affects audiences – and this is the case with his newest band, the Submarine. “Since I'm a ‘band guy,’ I feel compelled to look at what a band means as a unit of cultural expression,” he says when we talk about his new project. “And I think a band is an opportunity to affect the world, or a community, with a sound, a look, a perspective.” Alexander first dove into the new project on his own, playing a collection of songs he’d written over the years that he saw as “too chord-y” for Apache Dropout. But the songs needed more. So he decided to assemble a rock and roll band that he felt would fit the sound he was aiming to create. Conveniently, the Vibes Music employee didn’t have to look much further than the record store where he works to find himself a rhythm section that fit just right. He called on Jorma Whittaker (Marmoset) to be his bassist and Rachel “Miss Mess” Weidner (Shame Thugs, Thee Open Sex) to be his drummer and back-up vocalist. “Since me and Rachel and Jorma have all been working and hanging at Vibes, it was pretty natural that we would find common ground with our favorite weird, crusty records,” Alexander said. “Jorma has an affinity for obscure '60s and '70s psych, and that's really the sound that I want for the Submarine. I thought it was important to have other people in the band who are as obsessed with records as I am.” She's played in bands with Alexander for years, including The Bloody Mess most recently, but Weidner sees the Submarine as a musical milestone for the band’s compelling captain. “Within the Submarine, [Sonny] finally has the wherewithal and confidence and skill set to expand on ideas that he was just grazing upon with previous projects,” she said. “With the
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Submarine, his complicated melodic patterns and heavy lyricism are met with dynamic support from trained musicians, allowing him to be more experimental without fear that the music itself will fall apart. As we keep saying about the Submarine — it's heavy, but it floats.” Alexander also tapped Jacob Gardner (Raw McCartney, BIGCOLOUR) on synth and Joe Fawcett, (Black Rider, Bonesetters,) on organ, creating a sound that Alexander describes as “a weirdo, or bohemian, or non-normative, or ‘stoned’ take on psychedelia using references to obscure recorded music to
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project romanticism and confusion on a world that sorely needs romance and relates profoundly to confusion.” The band’s first performance came in the form of an impromptu house show on Morris Street in Fountain Square, followed by a gig at the Melody Inn the following week. Since then, the Submarine have continued playing shows around the city, whenever all members are in town and not out on the road with their other projects. The group hopes to record after Alexander returns from his month-long tour with Apache Dropout later this year if not before. n
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NUVO: Where did you grow up? BRYAN KVETON: Grayslake, Illinois — a small northern suburb of Chicago just south of the Wisconsin border. CARL HAUCK: I also grew up in Grayslake. Bryan and I met in high school. TRICIA SCULLY: I grew up in the next town over, Mundelein, Illinois, but I didn’t meet these guys until college, ironically. GARRET BODETTE: I grew up in a really small town 30 miles west of Toledo, Ohio called Delta. ROSS TASCH: Fox River Grove, Illinois — a small town about 30 miles northwest of Chicago. NUVO: What was the music scene there like? KVETON: At the time (2002 - 2006) there were lots of metal/hardcore bands. My band was pretty poppy and probably didn’t fit in super well, but we did our best. HAUCK: I agree with Bryan about the abundance of metal and hardcore bands in Lake County. But there were a couple venues that offered some pretty diverse lineups. One of them was a small public DIY space at the center of a residential neighborhood called Venetian Village Hall, and they had a great mix of local and touring bands on weekends. Everything from post rock, to folk, to electronic, to psychedelic prog rock. NUVO: What’s the first local band that you were in? SCULLY: I can’t even remember the name of my first band — it was something playing off of the Deftones or something. I was in middle school, and we played a Limp Bizkit cover of their cover of “Faith” by George Michael... that’s all I remember... and that’s probably for the best. BODETTE: My first real band that actually played shows was a post-hardcore band called youandwhatarmy. We started playing together sometime about halfway through high school and bands like Thrice and Thursday were our biggest influences at the time. NUVO: What was the first local band that you really feel in love with? KVETON: I remember being really starry-eyed over a post-hardcore band called The Elvi. They were really loud, wore suits, and went nuts on stage—guitars flying, splits, acrobatics. They just seemed like they had it together and their stage show was really energetic. HAUCK: There were quite a few. I actually really liked Bryan’s band What Four. I also dug a folk rock band from our high school called The Story of Everest, and this band called The Softest Sound that was somewhat experimental but mostly just beautiful and epic. — KATHERINE COPLEN 28 MUSIC // 08.13.14 - 08.20.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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NUVO: At which point of the creative process did you know you were tapping into something really special on HEAL? TIM SHOWALTER: I think it was when we started paring down the songs to the 10 that were going to be on the record. My head was moving so fast, and I wrote 30 or 50 songs in like two weeks. Songs were coming out so fast. It really was when I pared down and got those ten songs when I went, “Okay. This is going to be a record. This is not going to be a collection of songs. This is going to be a cleaned up work — or at least try to be a cleaned up work.” And just working with the people I did in the studio, they would take my demos — we all would take my demos — and move them towards an epic we could try and get to. NUVO: At Christmas of 2013, you had a car accident with a semi that almost killed you and your wife. I know you were set to start mixing the record on
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motions or bullshitting me or whatever; or, I can tell if someone gave it everything on a record, whether it be the songwriting or the music. I wanted to try and convey that same feeling on this record. Part of it was, like, these songs do not need to be labored over. I wanted it to be fresh from the point of conception to the point of it being finished. You know, I didn’t want to ruin that initial excitement you get when you write a song. In the past, I have been so overly protective of my songs that I might have compromised the original excitement by thinking, “Oh, I can make this one thing better or I can make this lyric better or this chorus can be changed,” and you can get lost in improvement when, in fact, the first take was probably the best a lot of times. n
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upcoming European tour being interrupted by protesters boycotting Israeli performers. If you had a chance to speak to one of these protesters, what would you say to them about your perspective on this issue?
HARING: I’m really not worried about the protesters, I’m worried about what’s going on in Israel and Gaza. I wish people would talk more about peace and make a bigger effort towards finding a resolution. Right now it feels more like two people fighting and self-righteously clawing at each other NUVO: During this time of heightened with neither side willing to compromise conflict between Israel and Palestine do even a bit. Now another cease fire has you feel you have any responsibility as an ended because one side didn’t get what it Israeli artist to comment on the issue? wanted, and the other side didn’t get what it wanted. It’s endless. I’m not sure protesters would even want to talk to “Artists should be an open channel me. I think they are more for communication at times of war.” into generating awareness by using boycotts. Also, I’m — YUVAL HARING not so sure what I would have to say to them. I am not such a politically active HARING: I think artists should be an open person. I like to listen to punk rock and channel for communication at times of war. watch Mystery Science Theater 3000. But There will always be those who don’t want I will go to all the peace rallies in my city to hear me, because I’m from Israel, but that because I believe in hope, and if I were to is their own business. But by doing that, I meet a hopeful person outside of Israel think they are only falling victim to whatevthat would want to talk to me I’d be happy er media they are plugged into. Media today to tell him that there are many people in has a way of subconsciously taking sides. It Israel who are sick of this endless grind. is so post-modern now that even the war NUVO: Are you able to be creative during itself seems to have a mostly visual purpose periods of conflict? of obtaining the image of victory. NUVO: As a citizen of Tel Aviv, what do you see inside of Israel that isn’t being reported in America? HARING: I’m not in the U.S., so I don’t really know what Americans are seeing. I’m sure that a caption like “civilians on both sides are being held hostage by their idealistic leaders” doesn’t sell as well as others — but that is the truth. NUVO: You mentioned in a recent email to NUVO that you were worried about your
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OPEN STAGE Blues Jam Every Wednesday Indiana natives The Blues Ambassadors perform at Main Event for Blues Jam Night until 1 a.m. This blues and soul band includes four funky dudes who put on an entertaining show week after week. On some nights the quartet also does live recording. Main Event, 7038 Shore Terrace, 9 p.m., FREE, all-ages Sun King Gen Con Froth of Khan Tapping Party with Five Year Mission, Georgia St., 21+ Avenue Indy Jazz Quintet, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Tonos Triad, The Jazz Kitchen Patio, 21+ Blues Jam, Main Event, 21+ Jay Elliott and Friends, Tin Roof, 21+ Blues Jam with Tad Robinson, Slippery Noodle, 21+ The Family Jam, Mousetrap, 21+ Doug Henthorn, Ale Emporium, 21+ Vacation Club, Plains, Maltese Tiger, all-ages Retro Rewind, Vogue, 21+
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treadmills, constructed and performed inside an elaborate Rube Goldberg Machine, danced with 12 dogs, and coordinated a warehouse full of optical illusions – all in epic, single-take videos. They also make pop music, of course, but it’s those perfect, hyper-complicated videos that skyrocketed this Chicago-born band into the pop culture stratosphere. We’ve got an interview on NUVO.net with bassist Tim Norwind. Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 9:30 p.m., all-ages ALL-AGES Red Hot Whiskey Sippers Take a trip down to New Orleans with this entertaining bayoubased ensemble. Indianapolis Zoo, 1200 W. Washington St., 5:30 p.m., all-ages HIP-HOP Ghost Gun Summer Vacation Tour Oreo Jones, John Stamps, Sirius Black, Freddie Bunz and Grey Granite return to good ol’ Indy with a show at the ‘Trap to cap off their Ghost Gun Summer Vacation Tour. We’ve got more about the tour, along with a long playlist of music from the artists, at NUVO.net. At the show, expect support from Arzien and Schroeder. Mousetrap, 5565 N Keystone Ave, 9 p.m., FREE, 21+ DANCE Animal Haus Featured by NUVO as Indy’s best weekly house event in 2010,
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— supporting local music and DIY venues by hitting up this show is an easy choice. Westgate, 6450 W. 10th St., Friday – Sunday, all-ages MEATS St. Thomas Aquinas SausageFest 2014 Originally a very modest Meridian-Kessler Oktoberfest celebration, St. Thomas Aquinas’ Sausagefest — now in its tenth year — has blossomed into a twonight music festival benefitting the church and school at the corner of 46th and Illinois Streets. If you’ve been anywhere near Butler at the start of the school year, you’ve undoubtedly seen the T-shirts; in fact, organizer Kevin Strunk says that banners have been pilfered from the second story of St. Thomas, only to later appear on frathouses nearby. The event features music from parishioners, alums and friends of the church, along with beer from Sun King, a variety of wines and the festival’s namesake dish. Strunk says that over 6,000 links will be dished out over the course of the weekend, including the “St. Thomas Sausage,” a specialty grind of meats from Kincaid’s at 56th and Illinois. (It’s become the butcher’s biggest seller.) There’s also games of chance and this year founder Neal Ziliak will be crowned “Sausage King.” Everything’s donated, from the gear from Tipton
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Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, 4600 Kenwood Ave., Friday – Saturday, 6 p.m FREE, all-ages POP MKTO Musical duo MKTO will be dropping by the Old National Centre on their American Dream Tour of 2014. Their first and only album so far, MKTO, was released in Januray 2014, featuring hit songs like “Classic,” and “Thank You.” Their album has an energetic pop sound and smart lyrics, even referencing Mellencamp in “American Dream.” Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 7 p.m., $20, all-ages SINGER-SONGWRITER Strand of Oaks with Christopher Denny Peep our interview with Strand of Oaks’ Tim Showalter (a Hoosier native!) on page 28. Russian Recording, 1021 S. Walnut St., 9 p.m., $12, all-ages POP Zanna Doo, Ashley Martin, London Rose NUVO Best of Indy Soul and R&B winner London Rose middles at this Biergarten event. Biergarten at the Rathskeller, 401 E. Michigan St., 6:30 p.m., $5, 21+
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FESTS Mystery Flavor This mini fest is mysterious indeed — it’s a Mystery Flavor zine and mixtape release after all. Artists booked includes Chives, Skin Conditions, Rob Funkhouser, DMA, White Moms, Pnature Walk, Digital Dots, Wet Heave, Today’s Hits, The Constants, John Flannelly, No Coast, Manners, Please., The Lemons, Earring, Deeper, Katrina Stoneheart, Chieftan, Sanders Family Band, Glyders, Teddy and The Mofos, The Howl, The Icks and Big Chief Green, plus (naturally) some mystery guests. Music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and murals by The Droops, Joey McGuire, Bradley Steven, Dimitri Morris and Ashton H. Dame on display as well. Westgate is a truly excellent all-ages venue on Indy’s Westside
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SATURDAY SINGER-SONGWRITER Jennie DeVoe She’s been voted by you, our readers, as your favorite local artist for several years. You can get both your fill of Ms. DeVoe and your fill of fabulous German beers and sausage. The Biergarten is gorgeous in the summer, and there’s plenty of places to chill out after work and take in the tunes. Biergarten, 401 E. Michigan St., 7 p.m., 21+ COUNTRY Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett, Jukebox Mafia
(Editor’s note: NUVO’s Jon LaFollete shared this reflection after Lambert’s last stop in Indianapolis.)Lambert is one of Nashville’s most consistent hit makers, churning out polished pop anthems which lean more southern rock than pure honky-tonk. If you look closely at the numbers, however, you notice something amiss. While the Texas native is known for her vengeful and fiery ex-lover machismo, her trio of number one singles (“House That Built Me,” “Heart Like Mine,” and “Over You”) are thoughtful ballads about memories, family and deceased friends. That her kerosene-drenched rockers have yet to reach the summit of the charts speaks to how archaic much of the male-dominated Music City scene remains, but it’s also a testament to how deceptively un-Nashville Lambert is. Though she’s twangy and likes to mount bucks on her wall, her music is also feisty and free-wheeling, elements painfully absent from much of her respective genre. Though she wears her country starlet clothing rather nicely, underneath is a smart songwriter who has penned, or co-penned, almost all of her best material, allowing her to be as independent as she damn well pleases. — JON LAFOLLETTE
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Reggae Revolution More than 16 years later, Danger and DJ Indiana Jones are still spinning reggae and reggae-infused beats at Casba. We’ve been dancing our asses off to their carefully chosen beats for almost as long. Reggae Revolution is not only Indy’s longest-running dance night, but one of the only places to be still dancing all night as the weekend winds down. If you’ve got any energy after a long weekend, head over to Casba. Maybe the $2.50 Red Stripe and Casba shots will help get you out on a Sunday.
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all in my head and just because I’m self conscious when I gain a few pounds. Thoughts?
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SARAH: I used to experience a similar pattern, especially during the winter when my post-holiday gain felt like it was 100 extra pounds and not 10. There’s the part of it where you feel bad about your appearance, but we also have to be aware that exercising less makes us feel like we have lower energy; not to mention that carrying around extra weight is literally more physically tiring from movin’ that extra mass around, meaning you end up with less energy at the end of the day—often leading to a recursive cycle of fat-shaming and anti-social behavior. My best advice is to get into some meditation and make a habit of gauging how you feel in a holistic way, not just stepping on and off a scale. Once you learn to separate your self-esteem from your appearance, get into the habit of being kind to your body with food and exercise and enjoying that feeling rather than the numbers game, the sex thing will work itself out. I promise.
My BF and I have gotten into a habit of having sex where I’m on top. Now when we have sex in other positions, his boner softens up halfway through and he asks for me to be on top again so he can finish. He didn’t used to deflate during other positions. Is something wrong, or is this a ‘humans are creatures of habit’ thing? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Ah, the male boner. It’s a mental game as well as a physical one, getting the old flag to rise up proudly on that pole. There’s not much we can gather with outside speculation about what makes one position that much more bonerific for your boyfriend, so you have to just talk to him about it. Maybe he’s had a tough couple of weeks at work or school and he wants to just kind of take it easy while he bangs. Maybe his thrusting muscles are sore. Maybe you have amazing boobs and you ride it so right, who knows? Answer: he does. So cook a nice dinner together, drink some wine, and ask him for some time out of the saddle. DEBBY: It could be habit but it could also be preference. Have you asked him? Does it feel like a physical thing for him or is it the visual stimulation of seeing you on top that enhances his arousal? There’s no single position that does it for everyone, and preferred positions are a mix of numerous factors, so your best course of action is to talk with him about it. Caring about his preference matters, but he also needs to care about your preference, and it’s okay to want to finish in other positions from time to time as well.
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DEBBY: Generally speaking, sex can be good for people of various body shapes and sizes. Research that looks at body mass index (BMI; an imperfect measure but one of the few we have) and sexual function has found that it’s not BMI that makes or breaks good sex, but how we feel about our bodies. And probably fitness (not just fatness) matters too. So if you feel better about your body when you’re on the skinny side, or if you’re generally fitter when skinny, then either or both of those could translate into better, more confident sex that comes along with greater endurance. What matters is that you figure out what works for you and your sexuality. So good for you for being self-aware.
Headweathered I was circumcised as a babe. It wouldn’t have been my first choice, but whatever; I don’t know/care what I’m missing, chicks dig scars etc. Thing is, the uh, northern face of my glans has suffered from a bit of erosion. I naturally assumed this scarring was a result of my spirit bone being more intense than my admittedly mortal flesh will allow. Apparently though, cut dudes
just have weathered dick heads. Is there a way to get that shit smooth as Will Smith in Hitch? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: I’d give you the same advice that I give women who ask me what kind of pubic topiary men “prefer.” To wit: “By the time he gets face-to-puss with your bush, the only thought in his head at that point is ‘VICTORY!’” In other words, if you think it’s going to be weird for partners, it’s unlikely to be noticed at all. As far as smoothness goes, the makeup artist in me wants to recommend what I always do for weathered skin: healing oils, glycerine-based lotions with hydrophilic hyaluronic acid to plump the skin. Otherwise, spend your thinkin’ calories on something more worthwhile. DEBBY: I’m not sure what you mean about having a weathered glans (head) - this is not necessarily a characteristic of men who have been circumcised. I’d recommend talking with a dermatologist (a doctor who specializes in skin health). There are plenty of skin conditions that can also affect the genitals, or primarily affect the genitals, and if you have one of those it may be treated with a topical cream or ointment, as some are.
Pole Reversal So I’m dating a new guy and will be going from a Top to a Bottom. Can you tell me the best way to get really clean up in there. Are “Shower Shot” safe? And what if I can’t get a Shower Shot and need to do the cleaning soon. What can I do with normal shower items? SARAH: I have friends who are all over the map on this one. I know a lot of bottoms who just kind of time their eating so that they don’t really have to deal with enemas and the lot. However, even if you can’t get the equivalent of an anal super-soaker like the Shower Shot, they might have just what you need at either your local Target or Lowe’s Home Improvement in the form of either a regular enema bag (everything but the continuous pressure!) or get some tubing that would fit an enema nozzle and a faucet diverter and do it your damn self! (Although we should let you know that Indianapolis has-same day delivery from Amazon and there are lots of Prime-eligible options here, FYI.) Since you asked for ways to get “super clean” up there, I might suggest just trying the old hospital-style gravity method first as that might be all the clean you need.
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DEBBY: Shower Shot and other douches are used by some men to clean out their anus prior to having anal sex, but they’re not necessary. Honestly, some people - in advance of bottoming - just avoid foods that are likely to make them feel gassy or loosey goosey and/or they go to the bathroom ahead of time. If you feel more confident doing an anal douche first, try to avoid harsh chemicals and if you notice any redness or itching or irritating, stop and/or check in with a healthcare provider.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The leaves and berries of the deadly nightshade plant are highly poisonous. If ingested, they cause delirium and death. On the other hand, a drug obtained from the same plant is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines. It’s helpful in treating many illnesses, from gastrointestinal and heart problems to Parkinson’s. Is there a metaphorical equivalent in your life, Gemini? An influence that can either be sickening or healing, depending on various factors? I suspect that now is one of those times when you should be very focused on ensuring that the healing effect predominates. Virgo
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): A New York doctor offers a service he calls Pokertox. Jack Berdy injects Botox into poker players’ faces so as to make their expressions hard to read. With their facial muscles paralyzed, they are in no danger of betraying subtle emotional signals that might help their opponents guess their strategy. I understand there might sometimes be value in adopting a poker face when you are in the midst of trying to win at poker or other games. But for the foreseeable future, Cancerian, I recommend the opposite approach. You’re most likely to be successful if you reveal everything you’re feeling. Let your face and eyes be as eloquent as they can be. Cancer
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Swedish word smultronställe is “wild strawberry patch.” Metaphorically, it refers to a special place that feels like your private sanctuary. It may be hard-to-find or unappreciated by others, but for you it’s a spot that inspires you to relax deeply. You might have had a lifechanging epiphany there. When you’re in this refuge, you have a taste of what it’s like to feel at home in the world. Do you have a smultronställe, Virgo? If not, it’s time to find one. If you already do, spend extra time there in the coming week. Leo
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omens correctly, the bells are about to ring for you. The festive lights will flash. The celebratory anthems will throb. It’s like you’re going to win a fortune on a TV quiz show; like you will get an A+ on your final exam; like you’ll be picked as homecoming king or queen. But it’s possible I’m a bit off in my projections, and your success will be subtler than I anticipate. Maybe, in fact, you are about to accomplish the Healing of the Year, or discover the Secret of the Decade, or enjoy the Most Meaningful Orgasm of the Century. Aries
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A teenage Pakistani boy
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for the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, Simon Eroro wanted to interview a group of indigenous rebels in a remote jungle. He decided he was willing to do whatever was necessary to get the big scoop. After making a difficult journey through rough terrain to reach them, he was told he would be given the information that he sought on one condition: that he be circumcised with bamboo sticks as part of a cleansing ritual. Eroro agreed to the procedure, got the story, and ultimately won a prize for his report. I don’t recommend that you go quite that far in pursuit of your current goal, Sagittarius. On the other hand, it might be wise for you to consider making a sacrifice. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Kintsukuroi is a Japanese word that literally means “golden repair.” It refers to the practice of fixing cracked pottery with lacquer that’s blended with actual gold or silver. Metaphorically, it suggests that something may become more beautiful and valuable after being broken. The wounds and the healing of the wounds are integral parts of the story, not shameful distortions to be disguised or hidden. Does any of that resonate with you about your current experience, Capricorn? I’m guessing it does. Let’s call this the kintsukuroi phase of your cycle. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Near the end of his career, the painter Henri Matisse created a papercut composition he called Le Bateau, or The Boat. It is an abstract piece that does not depict a literal boat. That’s why the Museum of Modern Art in New York should perhaps be forgiven for mistakenly hanging it upside-down back in 1961, upon first acquiring the piece. Fortunately, after a month and a half, a knowledgeable person noticed, and the position of Le Bateau was corrected. I’m wondering if there’s a comparable phenomenon going on with you right now, Aquarius? Is it possible that a part of your life got inverted or transposed? If so, will you be sharp enough to see the goof and brave enough to fix it? I hope you won’t allow this error to persist. Aquarius
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