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45,000 HOOSIERS AFFECTED BY FSSA ERRORS B y now, the news that Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) doesn’t work well isn’t news at all. It’s a familiar tale. Mistakes at FSSA pile up to the point where even the governor has to pay attention, then reforms are promised and enacted. Then you hope there’s a lengthy period of time before the cycle starts up again. I am here to tell you that the new descent into chaos has already begun. 6 VOICES // 08.17.16 - 08.24.16 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
An individual I represent has been told by FSSA that he owes the state more than $6,000 in overpaid food stamp benefits over the past four years. Upon further investigation, it turns out that this was all one big mistake by FSSA, one of those “agency errors” you hear about. Doesn’t matter, though. The individual must pay that money back, and since he lives on a fixed income, it will just be taken from his monthly benefits — which means he’ll have less
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money to spend on minor things like food. Again, this was a mistake made by the state, not this gentleman. He must pay for their screw-up. And he’s lucky, if you can believe that. Many others owe hundreds or even thousands of dollars back to the state under similar circumstances. They only have the money they earn through a limited income to help repay the agency’s mistake. If they receive other public benefits, such as Social Security or Social Security Disability, the state has the ability to garnish these wages, no matter how limited. We’ve asked the FSSA what it plans to do about this. After several months of dithering, officials told us two things. First of all, it’s the federal government’s fault. Unfortunately for FSSA, federal rules do give the state some leeway to act like decent human beings — they could adjust, reduce or forgive the overpayment without any penalties. Then the state told us that the FSSA has no policy to cover this situation — but don’t worry, they’ll come up with one by the end of the year. While they diddle around and conduct a bunch of meetings to figure out the right thing to do, this gentleman will have his monthly benefit reduced from $16 to $6 to cover what is owed. Once again, the incident I just recited isn’t isolated. With more than 900,000 people in Indiana receiving SNAP benefits, it is not an infrequent occurrence to see agency errors put people at risk. Our state’s error rate is 5 percent, higher than the national average. That translates to 45,000 Hoosiers affected by FSSA errors. What should bother everyone is the nagging sense that this agency (or the administration that runs it) doesn’t care whether there was an agency error involved. It doesn’t matter that these folks live in poverty and need assistance to get food and health care or that they are disabled and need services and support. You see, those folks who rely upon the social services network to help keep their heads above water don’t have powerful lobbyists working for them at the Statehouse, so it gets pretty easy to ignore them or cast them aside or use them as the guinea pigs in some grand experiment to show that the private sector knows how to handle government services the best. The “benefits” of that effort were proven in the state’s failed food stamp partnership with IBM, which is costing the taxpayers of Indiana millions of dollars. As a result, we usually have to wait until things get really awful before the
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administration decides that the bad PR means they must show they care — for a little while, at least. This is just the current problem I’m dealing with from FSSA; there is repeatedly an issue through one department or another. But crisis management is not the answer for what ails FSSA. Caring about the agency’s mission and doing something about it would be a good place to start. n
What should bother everyone is the nagging sense that this agency (or the administration that runs it) doesn’t care whether there was an agency error involved.
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WHAT HAPPENED? Race for governor considered a toss-up by Cook Political Report The 2016 Indiana gubernatorial race between the Democrat candidate, former House Speaker John Gregg, and the Republican candidate, Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb, has been placed in the “toss-up” category, according to the Cook Political Report.
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Analysts at the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan publication, expect the race to be competitive because of the recent changes to the Republican ticket.
A bicentennial initiative creates the Children of Indiana Nature Park
After Indiana Gov. Mike Pence accepted Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s offer to run as vice president, the state Republican party had to select a new candidate. The party chose Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb, who previously served as a campaign strategist and senior staff member to former Gov. Mitch Daniels and U.S. Sen. Dan Coats before becoming the state lieutenant governor in March. According to analysts, Holcomb’s background gives him “some claim to incumbency,” but it makes it difficult for Democrats to place blame on Holcomb for the controversies connected to Pence’s term, such as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. That could be good news to Republicans. A recent Bellwether Research Poll found that only 40 percent of Hoosiers approved of Pence’s job performance as governor. However, Drew Anderson, Indiana Democrats communication director, said in a statement that Hoosiers feel the state is going in the wrong direction, and argued Democrats can tie Holcomb to the controversies that occurred during Pence’s term. “To Hoosiers, Eric Holcomb’s embrace of Mike Pence would mean a repeat of what’s caused Indiana to fall behind the rest of the nation,” Anderson said in a statement. “Mike Pence’s RFRA has now turned into a full out rejection of Gov. Pence, Eric Holcomb, and their out-of-touch ideological agenda that has damaged the state’s economy and its reputations.” A new poll conducted by the Democratic-affiliated Expedition Strategies shows Gregg leading Holcomb 46 percent to 39 percent. The poll was held from Aug. 1 until Aug. 3 and surveyed 800 likely voters. According to analysts from the Cook Political Report, the results are not surprising, as Holcomb’s name identification for voters is below 50 percent. Brooks, Rokita return to November ballot Republican U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks and Todd Rokita are back on the ballot to defend their seats in the upcoming election. When Gov. Mike Pence dropped out of the gubernatorial race to be presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate, he left an opening on the Republican ticket. Both Brooks, who represents the 5th District, and Rokita, who represents the 4th District, withdrew from their respective races last month in an effort to run, instead, for governor. However, a committee ended up selecting Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb for Pence’s replacement. The Indiana Republican Party decided to put Brooks and Rokita back in their original races during caucuses Saturday. —THE STATEHOUSE FILE
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he Nature Conservancy (TNC) partnered with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Cope Environmental Center and the Indiana Department of Education to create the Children of Indiana Nature Park in celebration of the Hoosier bicentennial. According to Laura Sertic, the Community Education and Outreach GLOBE Intern at TNC, it’s the first park in the country of its kind with the goal of connecting Hoosier children to nature. Any K-12 student in Indiana is able to visit the Children of Indiana Nature Park’s website to download a free deed with GPS coordinates to a specific area of the Children of Indiana Nature Park. Whether the student wants to visit their spot online or in person, they’re
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able to see what’s living on their plot of land and the stewardship that occurs there as well. The Children of Indiana Nature Park is located in Centerville, Ind. But Sertic emphasized that if the Centerville park is too far, the Bicentennial Nature Center Network — a group of nature centers that partnered with the park — is able to give access to any of the curriculum from the Children of Indiana Nature Park’s website, as well as other park locations, so no child will be more than an hour away from a park. The park is divided into different sections, each section designated to a different Indiana county. “I think a lot of the work and preparing for it (the park) was getting the partners together who could help make the purchase happen, help provide the educational components,” said Melissa Moran, the Community
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Outreach Coordinator for TNC. “We needed someone to design the website … and to make the connections both to conservation and to education.” In the last 200 years, the number of people who have grown up around nature has dropped over 40 percent, according to Moran. “There are just fewer and fewer people who have that sort of intuitive connection with the outdoor world,” Moran said. “They’re living more in the urban areas now.” Moran also added that today’s children are in an electronic age, spending more than 50 hours a week on their electronic devices. That’s more time than a fulltime job and four times the amount recommended by pediatricians. “In order to care about something, you need to know about it first, you need to know what it is,” Moran said. “Kids can recognize more than 1,000 corporate
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GET INVOLVED MOVIE: Hoosiers Sept. 23-24, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. It’s time for moviegoers to hit the gym. The Historic Artcraft Theatre will show the 1986 movie Hoosiers to commemorate Indiana’s bicentennial. “It’s a great Indiana tale and it’s filmed in Indiana,” said Dave Windisch, advertising and public relations director for the theatre. “There are people that live locally that the filmed was based on and if someone asks you to, say, show a movie that people identify with Indiana and its history — there’s not much else outside of the Hoosier bubble that people think of right away.” The historic movie theater will show Hoosiers during the weekend of September 23 and 24, according to Assistant Volunteer Coordinator Mary Foreman. “We will be showing the movie that weekend because that is when the torch relay will be coming through Johnson County,” said Foreman. “We thought that it would be a nice tie-in with the community and show the Hoosier spirit.” That same weekend the Franklin Chamber of Commerce and Discover Downtown Franklin also will be holding events in the downtown area for families and the community. Adding more reason to celebrate, the movie will have its 30th anniversary this year. “We thought that Hoosiers was such an iconic movie and certainly represents small town America and how it can really achieve greatness,” said Diana Wilson, the owner of Ann’s Restaurant and the local sponsor of the showing at the Artcraft.
Children receive a “deed” to a section of land in the park they can claim as their own.
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“Do you have that personal connection to plants and animals and understand how the whole network of species is important in conservation?” — MELISSA MORAN
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logos but only know a few native plants and animal species.” TNC tested this theory out on a group of 30 kids who came to their office. On a screen with logos blurred as the background image behind a clear photo of a flower, kids immediately began naming off all of the logos. Sertic said that it took four or five kids naming labels before one mentioned the flower. “It’s making that personal connection into knowing what it is and being able to care about it,” Moran said. “We’re thinking about who the next generation of conservationists is. Do you have that personal connection to plants and animals and understand how the whole network of species is important in conservation?” Research shows the benefits of being integrated with nature. Children in
2016 have a higher incidence of nearsightedness because they’re not outside exercising. The lack of exposure to dirt and soil increases the chance of allergies and a lower immune system. And in adults who spend at least 30 minutes a week outside in a green space, there’s a decrease in high blood pressure and depression. “It’s a great place to learn to be a scientist or more inquisitive,” Moran said. “There’s lots of data saying that kids really benefit from [a] well-being and health standpoint from being in nature.” For the younger generation of children, and the next generation of conservationists, an encouragement to be integrated with nature is crucial from parents, grandparents, teachers, etc. Not only are the health benefits relevant, but it has also been shown
that students who spend more time in nature are better learners. “Parents shouldn’t be intimidated if they’re not a biologist or a scientist themselves,” Moran said. “It’s just the process of helping their children to learn about it and to ask the questions and help them discover what it is. The website is a tool that can help do that and the information is there. You can just … explore it together.” “You can learn together,” Sertic added. “It’s a more meaningful experience … for the young person if their parent or grandparent or teacher, somebody that they look up to and trust, is spending that time with them to learn about nature, because it shows the child that it’s important,” Moran said. n
Wilson is lifelong friends with Gene White, who played on the famous Milan High School basketball team. She said some of the team will reunite on stage. Those in the audience will be able to hear memories as well as differences between what happened in history and the movie. White continued to play his last two years in high school, where he never played in front of an empty 500-seater capacity gym. “Basketball was Indiana at the time and now it’s nationwide,” said White. “But our team won and we got a lot of publicity.” The team was known as the Miracle Five and “knew basketball by Ripley County basketball.” White graduated from Milan High School and continued to Franklin College where he graduated in 1958. He was in the army for two years then took up teaching, first at Milan and then Franklin Community High School. He retired from Franklin High School and became an active instructor at the Franklin College, teaching for another 25 years as well as being the coach for the women’s basketball team for 10 of those years. —THE STATEHOUSE FILE Artcraft Theatre, 57 Main St., Franklin, IN Tickets:$3 - $5
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ties when I was a kid,” says Benn. “… So the world hadn’t changed. There was no Will and Grace on TV, no strong gay men, Stonewall didn’t happen until ‘69. A lot of gay men were still in the closet, and certainly as kids everything around us was indoctrinating to get married.” He gave the example of being part of a fundraiser at his father’s African Methodist Episcopal church where he and a young girl had to say fake I-dos and a walk down the aisle. “[It told me] this is who you are supposed to be,” says Benn. “ … That’s your life, there is no other choice.” As a child Benn says he was — like so many men — pressured to play sports and be assertive. Because of his resistance, he was often bullied. Much of the play retells stories from his childhood, like when he was teased in grade school. He recalls a girl walking up to him and saying “James, you’ve got titties.” “That crushed me,” says Benn. “I was mortified … so I’m wondering then, am I a bro, am I a woman — what am I? How do I fit?” The hatred he experienced was amplified by “...He supported me at a time when He remembers people weren’t supporting gay people.” racism. going to a Waffle House as a teenager and the waitress saying, “Well, what will you have, Sambo?” “He [Butchie] and I struggled dealing Benn went onto say how Indianapolis with our homosexuality even though I has had a long history of racial issues, had loving parents, still, it was the sixearning to love yourself can be one of the hardest things in the world — and for James Solomon Benn, it’s taken his whole life. And as the the gay son of an Indianapolis pastor, it’s been no small task. Benn, whose play will run in Indy Fringe for the first time, decided to write the show Little Butchie Sings to tell his story of self-acceptance. “This character I do is Little Butchie, who is sort of my bratty inner child,” says Benn. “Little Butchie kind of needs to be healed from what he went through as a young gay child and all the barriers that came up against him to love himself and become a self-actualized authentic person. From the church upbringing, to the Bible telling you, ‘You’re going to burn in hell. This is against God.’ “[The] barriers that I witnessed in church, that gave me pause as a gay kid, were the way I saw effeminate men and strong [butch] women were treated,” says Benn. “Church folks smiled in their face, but talked about them negatively behind their back. I didn’t want to be the butt of jokes like them.
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from the Klan controlling state government in the ‘20s, to Black people only being allowed to go to a small amusement park that was here one day a month. “We couldn’t play their reindeer games,” says Benn. For him, growing up in the Midwest was not filled with Hoosier hospitality, or the comforting safety of home. It wasn’t until he found the open stage of the theater that he began to also find himself. “Theater is a safe place for gay people, [so I thought] maybe I can do that,” says Benn. At his high school, Shortridge, Benn enrolled in a cappella groups and choir, but his true musical training came from Bethel, his father’s church. “That’s where I was exposed [to music],” says Benn. His artistic love flourished when he later attended Herron School of Art for graphic design. “Even while I was at Herron I was running around the painting studios singing Broadway show tunes,” laughs Benn. It was there that he finally decided to come out of the closet. He sat down and wrote a letter to his father, telling him that he was gay. His father penned back
and said: “You are my son and nothing can change that.” “And he said that I was his hero,” says Benn quietly. “… He supported me at a time when people weren’t supporting gay people.” Benn hopes his show will lend that same support. The show has been done before in New York, but has since been revamped to include more material pertaining to the Black Lives Matter and LGBT movements. Little Butchie Sings includes a lot of just that — singing. It also laces together comedy and storytelling. Because the play was originally far longer than the 45 minutes allotted for Fringe shows, costume changes will take place on stage. “Indy Fringe is a different animal,” says Benn. “ … If you go over they shut the lights off.” Benn was able to cut down costs by borrowing costumes and made the 10-minute set changes as painless as possible by having minimal props. But for him the music and the message are what gives him unwavering faith in the show. “We all have that God energy,” says Benn. “I think breath is the breath of God. So you need to tap into that — call it prayer, call it meditation, call it whatever … You got to love yourself before you can love anyone in this world. So that’s what I have been working on, that self-love piece. I am trying to let other people know, take that road, try that. “Whatever you are going through, whoever has told you you’re not good enough or don’t belong, that is not true,” says Benn. “Don’t hold onto that. Let it go. Let it roll off your back.” n
“Little Butchie kind of needs to be healed from what he went through as a young gay child and all the barriers that came up against him to love himself and become a self actualized authentic person. From the church upbringing, to the Bible telling you, ‘You’re going to burn in hell. This is against God.’” — JAMES SOLOMEN BENN NUVO // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // 08.17.16 - 08.24.16 // COVER STORY 11
An excerpt from Überview of Indy Life Part II from NUVO.net I cracked open my window to let in some fresh air and glanced at Jimmy in the rear-view mirror. He reminded me of a younger Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood. His face was tight, agitated, and he twitched in his seat. “I could kill her,” I heard him muttering from the back. I couldn’t resist the bait. “Kill whom?” “My ex!” “Oh,” nodding my head as if I understood. “She’s making it hard for me to see my son. Beautiful bald-headed kid … oh, there’s a bit of blonde hair sprouting up here and there.” … “We met at a bar, exchanged phone numbers, slept together — she’s a whore — I wasn’t the first one … one thing led to another … and boom! The next thing you know — there was a kid — dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb me.” He breathed in deeply, as if it were his last. “How old are you, Jimmy?” “Twenty-seven.” “Twenty-seven. Mm … mm … mm,” I chuckled. “You’re a young man, with a great future.” I could see a look of doubt cross his face, and was prompted to continue. “I was living in LA, Jimmy. Came home late one evening after a long, out-of-town film shoot, and the house was stripped of everything, everything but my books — my wife and three beautiful dAug.hters nowhere to be found. In a few minutes the cops arrived, served me with a restraining order, based supposedly on my having ‘inappropriately touched’ one of my dAug.hters.” Jimmy and I locked eyes in the rear-view mirror. “A lie, of course, concocted by her corrupt lawyer, who shortly afterwards died from a massive heart attack, much to my … quiet satisfaction.” “I bet you could have killed her,” he said. “I guess I wanted to … I don’t know … it wasn’t her fault. I’d been unfaithful … years earlier … then she had … it’s hard to build trust again.” Jimmy looked out the side window. I took in a big breath. “Now flash-forward a quarter-of-a-century, Jimmy, and, if you’ll excuse the patriarchal pride, my three girls love their dad, even as I adore them, always have, always shall.” “And what about the bitch ex-wife?” he shot back. I put the window up and rolled into a graveled parking lot leading to a lakeside restaurant, framed by dozens of docked boats swaying lazily on the reservoir. I slipped the car into park and turned around. “My ex?” It was hard to continue. “My ex … my ex is dying … and all I can do is encourage my children to … love her through this … this … difficult time.” Jimmy said nothing as I swiped the “Trip Completed” indicator on the app. He got out of the car, lit another cigarette and told me to stop by the restaurant sometime.
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hy does a taxi cab confessional work? In a ride across town, for some reason, the human mind finds safety in often opening up to someone they may never see again. For D. Paul Thomas, those people are the inspiration for his one-man Indy Fringe play Überview from the Heartland. Thomas, a native Hoosier, cut his teeth as an actor, director and playwright in New York and LA before coming back home to Indiana four years ago. He has written over seven oneperson shows, worked on Long Day’s Journey Into Night which showed at the Kennedy Center and wrote a play about Dietrich Bonhoeffer attempting an assassination of Hitler. That show was an Off Broadway piece that received some good reviews but a negative one from The New York Times. But for Thomas the power of humanity is the human story. Something he’s focusing nearly all of his time on now. Currently he is meeting with a group of employees from Wal-Mart and writing a play (working title is Welcome to Wal-Mart). “I am really examining the whole corporate dynamic and what I view as so frequent, the exploitation of the workers,” says Thomas. Now back in Indiana for his family, Thomas picks up occasional gigs as a playwright and voice actor, but for the
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day-to-day, Thomas drives an Uber. “As a playwright I would come back from driving and take copious notes on the passengers who were fascinating, humorous, or dramatic,” says Thomas. He began writing down the conversations, altering the names and giving a Humans of New York-type glimpse into everyday people’s lives around Indy. Several of the pieces he wrote from behind the wheel of his Uber car were first published in NUVO. (One of the stories is excerpted to the left.) Thomas’ show is very bare bones: him sitting on a stool in the middle of the stage reading and acting out parts of his interactions — including nine months of the more raw conversations that he has had. “There is just something that takes place in the intimate confines of a car or a cab where people will sort of spill their guts, they are just talking, particularly if
they are a little lubricated,” says Thomas. “I think there is a sort of anonymity that you will never see each other again,” says Thomas. “Our paths will never cross.” One thing he will do in the show is ask the audience to rate the “passengers” the way that Uber drivers do in real life. (Mind your Ps and Qs or you might get kicked to Lyft.) If their rating matches the one that he gave the real passenger, they get a free ride from him to anywhere in Indy. Thomas has made sure to change the rider’s names for their protection. “I think with the change of names … I think everything is done — and certainly it is my hope that everything is done — in a favorable light or a good spirit,” says Thomas. He has also conducted interviews in the car for a potential radio show. He was surprised at how many people were open and agreed to be interviewed. For him the stories he hears are a way to process through the narratives of everyone he encounters each day. “I feel like I am just learning enough now to write plays,” says Thomas. “… It has taken me a long time to appreciate just how special theater is and the structure and the narrative dynamics that can take place on stage … Stories have a way of helping me make things flesh and blood and bone.” n
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friend of hers in New York, who was the original playwright. When the show was first performed it debuted at the New York Fringe in 2008. It won the Encore Award, meaning it got to stay on stage for another week after the festival closed. It continued to sell out for every show. Burk Hartz plans on making this show significantly different from years past. For one, the set is entirely two-dimensional “to make it feel like a live comic book.” “It’s like comic book a romance “They have brought a new light to the meets novel,” says Burk Hartz. characters in a totally different way.” “So we decided to go with that feel of a live comic book, and even more with the acting this time. Like ‘Yonks, who done it “This is one of my favorite shows to Batman’ kind of style.” do because it focuses on the female This cast list is bringing a new light roles as being comedic,” says Burk to the show as well. Known performers Hartz. “Versus, ‘Here’s some funny guys like Ryan Ruckman (from Fat Pig), with the one funny female friend.’ So ComedySportz performers and “a the women are actually empowered in total no-name (Allison Womack) who this and they can see the big picture of is the weirdest person I know and is it all. Not that this show has a victim, amazing,” laughs Burk Hartz. but the sort of victim is the guy they tie “[They bring] a totally different up in the basement.” When the semi-romance story appeared energy to a fantastic script,” she says. “They have brought a new light to the in Indy Fringe in 2010, Wisdom Tooth characters in a totally different way. I am sold out every show but one. Burk Hartz in no way trying to recreate the old show, acquired the rights to the script from a allie Burk Hartz is on a mission to help women take over comedy. Alright, not take over entirely, but she has spent her time this year, as artistic director for Wisdom Tooth Theatre, bringing up plays where women are the lead. Which is why Wisdom Tooth’s The Boy in the Basement is such a good fit for them at Indy Fringe.
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but let this cast make it their own. Their own personalities are shining through and making some really great choices. “After our first read-through I knew it was going to be great again,” says Burk Hartz. It’s got to be good karma when you find an embroidered backpack at Salvation Army with one of the character’s names on it — which Burk Hartz did. “You know it’s a good cast when after rehearsal for the show you aren’t worried, you are just excited for the show,” says Burk Hartz. She added an anecdote of knowing she’s completely at ease with the cast when, in rehearsal, she can show them the stick figure drawings of sex positions she wants them to do, and they just nod their heads, smile and are ready to roll.
For Burk Hartz, what really makes the show really sing is the raw, un-gendered humor that comes from the four women who lead the show. “I honestly just love that, again, the women are the funny part,” says Burk Hartz. “They aren’t just the dumb blonde or quirky or whatever. The women are super, super funny. “The strength in the comedy is you don’t think about the genders in it all,” says Burk Hartz. “… I am empowered to empower other women to be funny.” The decision was one that Burk Hartz made after being frustrated with the lack of female comedy roles, writers and comedians. “I guess honestly, working in the comedy industry in New York, L.A. and Indianapolis, you don’t see a lot of female standup, [when you do] they are telling jokes like guys instead of being funny themselves,” says Burk Hartz. “But also if you look at the world of cinema, television and theater, there are way more women doing it than men. For whatever reason most of the writers still are men, and they write 10 roles and seven are for men, but only 10 men audition and 30 women audition. I want to balance the scales.” n
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or the first year ever, Indy Fringe will be hosting a formal Short Fringe stage. The idea is hardly a new one. Fringes all around the world hold shorter cheap or free stages to give passersby a snippet of what’s behind each curtain call of the festival. And it was traveling to one of those that inspired the new addition in Indy. Pauline Moffat, executive director of Indy Fringe, was awarded a Creative Renewal Grant from the Indianapolis Arts Council last year. The grant allowed her to stamp her passport for several of the biggest Fringes in the world. When she was at a festival in Australia, she was impressed with the power of the short Fringe stage. The idea translated to reality when No Exit’s executive director, Lukas Schooler, came to Fringe with an idea for coordinated street performances. The result was Schooler taking over the curation of 15-minute time slots on the revamped stage. “It’s a cool opportunity for artists who are already performing in the Fringe, artists who are performing in the Fringe, to test out new material … to revisit older material, to make shortened versions of previously performed works and then just to perform,” says Schooler. Schooler is trying to bring in thematic arrangements every night. He hopes to have everything from standup, to a burlesque and drag night. He noted that during the day, the stage will be more family-friendly. “We are always really happy to see
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people push the boundaries of what performance can be,” says Schooler. “The Fringe festival is here to expand the perceptions of what performance is. We invite people from all over the world to come and perform for Indianapolis. The short festival is an exciting opportunity to give people a smaller taste of something that could be expanded upon.” No Exit is taking full advantage of the stage (which will be a 50-foot area near the expanded beer tent). They are using it as a way to test out new material. Each member of No Exit is being asked to create a 15 minute show based on a future Fringe show they would like to see. “It’s a way to see how an audience would react to these future projects we want to do,” says Schooler. No Exit has stepped back from their normal season run this year to refocus the company on their artistic goals — something the short stage will help do. He hopes that this stage will be the birthplace for public spontaneous performances, put on by alternative theater companies like No Exit, in the next few years. n
The short festival is an exciting opportunity to give people a smaller taste of something that could be expanded upon.” — LUKAS SCHOOLER
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From the company that ran Billy Elliott the Musical earlier this year, Harbin has been mulling over the idea of a burlesque-style show for a while now. “I have been thinking about burlesque … as what it used to be,” says Harbin. “It was far more like an Ed Sullivan or a true sort of variety show than it was going to see strippers.”
Theatre on the Square Main Stage Aug. 19, 10:30 p.m.; Aug. 20, 1:30 p.m.; Aug. 23, 9 p.m.; Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 28, 4:30 p.m.
D. PAUL THOMAS’ ÜBERVIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND
Thomas moved back from LA to Indy after 40 years. His career as an actor and producer took him everywhere from LA
to New York. But he has fallen back in love with simple human storytelling. This show is based on nine months of being an Uber driver. Indy Eleven Theatre Aug. 19, 9 p.m.; Aug. 20, 3 p.m.; Aug.. 23, 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 24, 6 p.m.; Aug.. 27, 10:30 p.m.; Aug. 28, 4:30 p.m.
JAMAHL KEYS’ MAGIC, MUSIC, MISCHIEF!
According to Pauline Moffat, “Jamahl is a local magician but better known around the country than at home. He is slick, professional and a wonderful entertainer.” Indy Fringe Basile Theatre Aug. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 21, 3 p.m.; Aug. 24, 9 p.m.; Aug. 25, 6 p.m.; Aug. 27, 4:30 p.m.; Aug. 28, 3 p.m.
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Chicago mobster meets clowns. I will leave the rest to your imagination.
ComedySportz Aug. 18, 6 p.m.; Aug. 20, 7:30 p.m.; Aug. 22, 9 p.m.; Aug. 26, 10:30 p.m.; Aug. 27, 9 p.m.; Aug. 28, 1:30 p.m.
JAMES SOLOMON BENN’S LITTLE BUTCHIE SINGS
Turn to page 11 for the whole backstory. To sum it up though, it’s a musical telling Benn’s tale of self-love and acceptance growing up as a young gay Black man in the Midwest. His words are stuff to live by.
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CHICAGO STYLE DEFINITION: Our neighbors to the north created this signature style all the way back in the ’40s. Coming in a few distinct variations, the main key is that the pie is cooked in a deep dish. Some may do it with the ingredients on the inside (stuffed); others keep the ingredients on top for all the world to “ooh” and “aah” at. Naysayers will claim you can’t get a good Chicago-style pizza outside of the Windy City, but here we have empirical evidence that this claim is false.
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Ale Emporium The Ale’s claim to fame is their wings — and for good reason. They’re freaking phenomenal. But if you don’t get one of their deep dish pizzas at least every third time you’re there, you’re doing yourself an injustice. As with all deep dish pizzas, don’t be in any hurry; it’s going to take a while to get it baked to perfection. Don’t mind the long wait time, it’s worth it in the end. Plus, the longer it takes to come out means the more time you get to order from Ale Emporium’s impressive list of beers. Allisonville
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The great debate in the food world for decades has been this: Which pizza style is best? While we’re still no closer to finding the answer (maybe the answer is all pizza is the best pizza), the good news is this debate has brought nearly every style of pizza into our fair city. Two of the top contenders, Chicago-style and New York-style, both have firm holds in Indy, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have our fair share of others. You may have heard of some, like the original Neapolitan-style pie. Some you may have eaten without knowing it. Have you ever had St. Louis-style? If you’ve spent some time in a certain Fountain Square watering hole, you just may have. Get to know where to try all the different styles, and if there is a style you don’t see here that you know is served in Indy — consider the elusive Sicilian and Nonna styles — let us know. (As always, this is not a comprehensive list, just a few of the places that serve mighty fine pizza pies in the Circle City. We’ve chosen to list only local restaurants and chains, so if you’re missing your Papa John’s or Pizza Hut, head elsewhere.) Editor’s note: All styles defined throughout are both 1) subjective and 2) determined by the expertise of our professional eater and food editor Cavan McGinsie. Wanna fight? Take it to the comments on NUVO.net. 16 COVER STORY // 08.17.16 - 08.24.16 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
New Bethel Ordinary So, this isn’t your typical Chicago-style fare. In fact, I’ve never seen another pizza like it. But it’s definitely deep dish and stuffed, and at the end of the day, it’s one of the best pizzas you’ll ever have. The Ordinary is out in Wanamaker, so kind of off the beaten path, but if you’re ever in the mood for truly original pizza that is anything but ordinary, this joint is well worth the trip. The fact that it’s one of the few places to get a pig’s brain sandwich and Rocky Mountain oysters — bull or sheep testicles, for those of you who aren’t addicted to Chopped — is just an added bonus for any adventurous eaters out there. Wanamaker
South of Chicago If you’re looking for the most traditional Chicago-style pizza in Indy, you’ve come to the right place. This Fletcher Place hang is owned by some Chicago transplants and they do everything as close as it gets to Chi-town as possible. Deep dish? Check. Tons of mozzarella? Check. Sauce on top? Check. Beer? You
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guessed it. This is the real deal and a good place to catch Da Bears and chat about Dit-ka and dat time ya went to da Crosstown Classic and da Cubs lost. Fletcher Place | Greenwood | Fishers | Noblesville
Stout House There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of this place, but if you have, it was most likely regarding the deep dish pizza. Tucked away in a small strip mall not too far from the Fashion Mall, Stout House looks exactly like a place where you would find the best pizza in Chicago. It’s unassuming, with a few pool tables and mostly regulars at the bar drinking domestics. It’s what we like to call a hidden gem ... but with pizza this good, it won’t stay hidden forever. Keystone
Union Jack It’s an English-style pub and soccer bar on the Broad Ripple strip. While many English pubs are known for their fish and chips and bangers and mash — that’s a lot of “ands” — Union Jack has perfected their deep dish pizza. They also offer New York-style pizza, but why the hell would you go for that when their deep dish is award-winning? Get the “meat head” and prepare yourself for a meat- and cheesefilled meal for the ages. Oh, and wash it down with a local pint or two. They always have plenty on tap. Broad Ripple
GOURMET STYLE DEFINITION: This is the newest of the styles and it’s not always easily recognizable. The most defining factor is the use of “fancy” toppings. While these places will always offer the classics, you’re doing it wrong if you’re not trying the pies that offer options like shrimp bisque, kimchi or ‘Nduja. While you may not know what all of the names mean, there is a good chance that if you branch out, you just may find something you love.
Bazbeaux The original Indy place to get an out-ofthe-box pizza, Bazbeaux is named after a jester who used his creativity and whimsy to create new dishes in Mediciera Florence, and that is how this place looks at pizza. Their pies may sound a little out there at times, but as they have proven time and time again, their creative outlook leads to some of the best and most-loved pizza in the city. Downtown | Broad Ripple | Allisonville | Carmel
Coalition Fast doesn’t have to mean lower quality. And Coalition is fast. The owners are also pretty into not having to share pizza, and that’s two philosophies I can get S E E , P IZZA, O N P A GE 1 8 NUVO // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // 08.17.16 - 08.24.16 // COVER STORY 17
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its brick and mortar space. It is quickly making a name for itself with those who lean toward a thin-crust pizza (a rarity in this neck of the woods). The slices are crispy and the toppings a-plenty. And an added bonus: it’s inexpensive.
behind. Nothing is worse than having to give up your pizza dreams of taking your palate on a new tastecation just because the majority of the group wants to play it safe — at Coalition, that won’t be happening. With 12 different offerings of fast-cooked pizza with high-quality toppings, all at 11 inches, there is no stopping you from finding and devouring the pizza you crave. Or two. Or three.
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Jockamo Upper Crust Pizza They call their pizza “Indianapolis pizza” and that’s what it is. You won’t find it anywhere else. While they’re known for their aptly named Slaughterhouse Five pizza (soooo much meat) and the cheesiest of cheese pizzas, the Cheese Louise, Jockamo’s has options that I’ve never seen elsewhere, like the Koreaninfluenced Seoul Man with Korean BBQ sauce, kimchi, carrots, green onion and a choice of meat or The Bollywood topped with housemade spicy masala sauce, chicken, green onion, peppadew peppers, fresh garlic, goat cheese and finished with toasted coconut. It’s hard to pinpoint what makes this place stand out. Maybe because it’s not just one straightforward, obvious answer; maybe it’s just simply well-made pizza. But most likely it’s because it’s hard to say anything when your mouth is full of delicious pizza. Irvington | Greenwood | Lawrence
Rockstone Pizzeria & Pub It’s all about the wood-fired oven that gives the crust a flavor unlike any other gourmet pizza. And as much as some wet blankets may tout that the crust is the worst part, this pizza
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will stuff their misled thoughts back into their heads, right through their mouths. Add to that perfectly charred crust layers of choice toppings like mushroom truffle spread, goat cheese and fresh basil, and you have a thing of wonder. P.S.: Rockstone is owned by the same people as Big Lug, so that means you can get house-made brews to accompany your pizza pies. Nora | Fishers | Downtown
GRILLED STYLE DEFINITION: It’s a style that you rarely see in restaurants and are more likely to come across when your friend invites you over for grilling out. Grilled pizza has a distinctive flavor, similar to wood-fired, but with crispier, thinner crust.
Byrne’s Grilled Pizza Our only grilled pizza spot was a food truck for a long time, but recently it got
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The team behind Pizzology (a.k.a. the study of pizza) has found exactly what makes a great pizza, and it’s a simple answer that will take any cuisine and make it great. They know “better food comes from better sources.” The ingredients on the pizzas here are chosen with care; they come from small local farms here in our state, where the plants and animals are treated with integrity. So, whether you’re getting something simple like a Margherita or stepping out and trying a signature option like a Culatello with white grape, fennel, Smoking Goose culatello (the king of all salumis) and basil, you can feel good knowing that this pizza is a pizza of principle. Mass Ave. | Carmel
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DEFINITION: If you’re from here, this is most likely the style you grew up eating — as if the name didn’t make that obvious. There’s a good chance that you will recognize all the names of the toppings; the crust isn’t really thick, nor is it super thin. It may be a little greasy (but don’t dab it off with a napkin, that just ain’t right), the cheese will be stringy and the best part is it tastes damn good, especially when watching ’80s and ’90s films.
HotBox If you’re anything like me, the cups in your dorm room or college apartment consisted entirely of HotBox’s plastic cups from all of the times you ordered pizza and a Coke to save you when you were too blitzed to drive and suffering from the drunchies. What you may not realize is that HotBox is a local chain and they don’t try to do anything but make good, easy pizza. The best way to get some HotBox is with The Deal, a large one-topping pizza, breadsticks and two sodas for $16.99. That, ladies and gents, is a deal. P.S.: If you haven’t had their Dragon’s Breath, the official pizza for Gen Con this year, well, then you need to call and order some right now. It’s not on the menu, but hopefully they’ll still make it. Various Locations
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WB Pizza WB makes a mighty fine pie for eaters of all culinary persuasions. They offer options for those of us that love meat, like the Grant Park or The All Meat (it’s literally all the meat), but they have the awesome addition of many vegetarian and even vegan offerings with plenty of fresh, veg-friendly toppings. While this is all about pizza, and they do pizza well, I, much like Ben Wyatt, would suggest getting a calzone and coating it in their vegan garlic butter. Glendale
NEAPOLITAN STYLE DEFINITION: The original. The Godfather of pizzas. The Neapolitan is a simple pizza with hand-formed dough — get that rolling pin outta here — and minimal ingredients. It’s the most similar to what you would get in Italy, but, as with all things, we have Americanized it in a few ways. Namely, we
have added different toppings than the classic, which is simply crust, mozzarella, San Marzano tomatoes and, if you’re feeling “pazzo,” some fresh basil. But when has being inventive ever been a bad thing?
Diavola When you order pizza here, you may get confused. That’s because your pizza can be ready in 90 seconds. Yes, Diavola has the only Marra Forni oven in the state and its excessively high temperature can get a perfectly charred crust in under two minutes. They also rely on fresh ingredients and keep their recipes authentic in order to ensure that we get a pizza unlike any other outside of Naples. SoBro
Napolese Part of the Patachou family, this pizzeria is hard to place in the right category. But, much like the Sorting Hat in Harry S E E , P IZZA , O N P A GE 2 0
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Potter, I let them choose their own “house,” which they did with their name. Using fresh, locally sourced ingredients and some of the most creative and intriguing options for toppings, the team behind Napolese has deemed their pizzas “artisanal pizzas” — and who am I to disagree?
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DEFINITION: Thin, cut into triangles and meant to be folded in half, creating a yummy grease tunnel. This is possibly the pizza we’ve all seen the most of. This is the style Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo would nosh on to fuel their Ninja skills; Tim Curry delivered this to Kevin McCallister while he lived in the lap of luxury while lost in New York; and Joey Tribianni ordered two of these more times than we can count, and he didn’t share any with his Friends. There’s no doubt New York-style is the celebrity of all pizza, and I think it’s high time you get out there and see why.
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Bella Pizzeria This small local chain specializes in New York-style pizza, and they’re proud of it. Their crowning achievement is The Big Bella, a monster of a pizza at 30”. It’s the perfect size to feed everyone at your party — or a small bear. With simple offerings done well, Bella Pizzeria lives up to its name by making a beautiful pizza pie. Keystone | Carmel | Noblesville
Giorgio’s Pizza This place even looks like a New Yorkstyle pizzeria. Situated just off the Circle, it is a favorite for people of all walks of life and is usually packed during lunchtime. Opened in 1990 by Neapolitan immigrant Giorgio Migliaccio, the place serves up two styles, New York Neapolitan (New Yorkstyle) and the thicker Sicilian-style. Though they only have a few options, they do them to perfection. Downtown
ST. LOUIS STYLE DEFINITION: St. Louis-style pizza is similar to many of the other thin crust pizzas, though it may be the absolute thinnest. This pie has a singular aspect of using unleavened dough for its crust. It’s a rare style to come across anywhere outside of Nelly’s hometown, but one place in Indy serves it up ‘til 3 a.m. every day of the week.
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wee hours of the morning along with cocktails and beer. A Jesse Lee Rockstar Pizza is the perfect way to end an evening in Fountain Square — unless of course you’re vegetarian, in which case, you gotta go for that Garden Pizza. Fountain Square
HOPS & FIRE 1259 IN-135, Greenwood
COALITION 365 West 116th St., Carmel
HOTBOX PIZZA Multiple locations
ROCKSTONE 433 N Capitol Ave., 1435 E. 86th St. 11501 Allisonville Rd., Fishers
TAVERN STYLE DEFINITION: It’s all in the name, it’s a style you would typically get in a tavern. It is similar to Midwest and New York, but the biggest difference is the pieces are cut into squares and the crust is thin and crunchy.
Pizza King “If you’re a newbie, go for the royal feast,” Will McCarty, NUVO’s Senior Designer and self-proclaimed Pizza King ultra lover says. “I’ve been all over the place and Pizza King is the best pizza ever!” We’ll take it from him. Their pies are thin and cut bite-size, and the toppings are chopped up small and go all the way to the edge. Pizza King: Perfect for those of us that don’t like crust. Various Locations
BROAD RIPPLE BREWPUB 842 E. 65th St.
MAIN ST. GRILLE 200 S. Emerson Ave., Greenwood
BEBOP PIZZA KITCHEN 705 E. 54th St.
TOPPERS PIZZA Multiple locations
PIEZANOS PIZZA Multiple locations
PUCCINI’S SMILING TEETH Multiple locations
BAZBEAUX Multiple locations
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GREEK’S PIZZERIA 205 Park St., Westfield 30 N. Main St., Zionsville 18 E. Jefferson St., Franklin
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The Dugout Here’s your chance to get tavern pizza in a tavern. Dugout is a little hole-inthe-wall neighborhood bar that serves cold beer, and they also happen to make pretty damn good pizza. It’s another place that keeps things simple. But as you’ll see here, simplicity can be a beautiful thing when done correctly. Fletcher Place n
608 Mass Ave. 13190 Hazel Dell Pkwy, Carmel
DIAVOLA 1134 E. 54th St.
JOCKAMO UPPER CRUST PIZZA Multiple locations
SO ITALIAN 515 E. Main St., Brownsburg
JET’S PIZZA 1490 E 86th St
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e The mediums that Detroit-based artist Scott Hocking used to create RCA at Tube Factory artspace are things to which most people don’t assign much value: found slabs of StyroSUBMITTED PHOTO foam and fire-deformed gobs of plastic. Much of Hocking’s work strives at transformation — if only temporary transformation — of abandoned spaces. In 2009, he built a pyramid in an abandoned Detroit factory with materials he found onsite. These materials just so happened to be wood blocks contaminated with creosote, a carcinogen. Actually, pretty much the entire factory was contaminated and the Environmental Protection Agency eventually came to remove everything inside, including the pyramid. In RCA, Hocking took a different approach. Rather than building something onsite in the old Indianapolis RCA factory — the last use for which was as a recycling facility — he took some of this stuff and displayed it in Tube Factory artspace. Included is a pyramid composed of partially burnt Styrofoam and pieces of strangely deformed plastic and foam that he mounted and displayed as wall-hanging sculpture. It’s hard not to read a little irony into the work of composing a pyramid — a structure suggesting permanence — out of materials that will soon have to be disposed of to make room for the next Tube Factory exhibition. On the other hand, some of the wall-hanging elements look like they might be original works of a contemporary abstract sculptor. But, in fact, there was no sculptor who had worked with these found pieces — pieces that might resemble the intestinal innards of some silicon-based life form — only the elements. Much of the foam and plastic had apparently been set ablaze in various attempted arson attempts. And strange things happen to plastic when it burns. You might read this as a parody of some of the more opaque contemporary art exhibitions but I don’t think irony and parody are what Hocking’s going for. My takeaway was that our culture is all grist for some future archaeologist from a species derived from a line of cockroaches viewing pyramids made of Styrofoam and stone with the same objective eye. But maybe you will see something different. It’s not just the exhibition that’s of interest here; it’s the practice of an artist driven by strange expedients.
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ost of the time, icebergs can only be found in large bodies of freezing cold water. This Friday and Saturday, however, Hoosiers might find an iceberg or two floating in Indianapolis’ Downtown Canal. Of course, these icebergs won’t actually consist of ice. Instead, they will take the form of illuminated light fixtures created by the artist duo of Quincy Owens and Luke Crawley, who are taking part in the city’s first-ever IN Light IN. Produced by the Central Indiana Community Foundation in partnership with Northern Lights, this free event will take place on the nights of August 26 and 27 at the Downtown Canal and Indianapolis Cultural Trail along Walnut Street, bringing more than 20 local, regional, national and international artists together for one giant visual spectacle. In recent years, Owens and Crawley have created numerous public art pieces for organizations in Indiana and beyond, with many of these often involving some sort of lighted element. This includes five light sculptures at White River State Park (in the park’s Locust Grove area) and a pair of Ka-Bike-O-Scope pieces on Indy’s south side. Nevertheless, the duo has never taken part in a light festival before now, much to Owens’ chagrin. “As Luke and I started doing more and more work with light, we realized that there aren’t a whole lot of light festivals here in the United States,” he says. “I even wrote several grants over the past few years to try to get a light festival to Indianapolis.”
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This being said, the duo was ecstatic when IN Light IN organizer Joanna Nixon asked them to be a part of the light festival. “IN Light IN says something about the leaders of our city and their vision for what we bring culturally to the public,” Owens says. “But then, it’s also more specifically about the arts and how you can interact with the arts in a number of different ways.” After deciding on their global warming-themed iceberg piece called “2058: The First September Without Ice”, Owens and Crawley quickly began making logistical choices, deciding to make 18 icebergs of varying sizes as opposed to one monster-berg. “We decided it might be more fun to take the idea and to make them into smaller ones because multiples have a power as well, just through the repetition of form,” Owens says. As a result, each iceberg will be a part of a choreographed lighting sequence using DMX controls. Like Owens and Crawley, Melissa Mongiat and Mouna Andraos are a duo of artists who enjoy engaging the public with their work. Cofounders of the Montreal interaction design studio Daily tous le jours, Mongiat and Andraos will be traveling to Indianapolis for IN Light IN to present a
visual display called “McLarena”. “It’s a piece that was originally created to pay tribute to Norman McLaren,” Mongiat says. “We were commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada to bring Norman’s work out in the streets and to reinterpret it today.” For their tribute, Mongiat and Andraos chose to create an interactive piece based on a 1964 animated short that McLaren co-directed with Grant Munro titled Canon. “[In the film], you can see Grant Munro doing the first series of movements,” Mongiat says. “And as he repeats it, he’s canonized on the screen.” After thinking about this repetition of movements in the film, the duo eventually formulated their idea for “McLarena”, which will be presented for the first time outside of Canada at IN Light IN. “We thought, ‘Why not have collective canons?’” Mongiat says. “So we have people imitate the choreography, we project them on the screen, and they reenact the film as a way to create the film together. But to spice it up, the second person imitates the first person. So you’re always imitating the person before you, up to 10 people.”
“IN Light IN says something about the leaders of our city and their vision for what we bring culturally to the public” — QUINCY OWENS By bringing so many engaging artists to one part of the city, Nixon believes Indy is in for something it’s never witnessed before. “There are going to be so many art installations and experiences that are going to be pretty jaw-dropping in many cases,” says Nixon. By having the festival be open to all, Owens ultimately believes IN Light IN will be a great thing for Indy’s art community too. “It’s just something that’s being brought to the city for the people of our city,” he says. “I don’t know what’s better than something like that.” n
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ndianapolis native Chris Lingner and Cuban-born Rodrigo Almarales are two bold, young entrepreneurs, currently dancing with the Cincinnati Ballet, who will bring an epic experience to a worldwide audience: on August 20, 12 of the hottest international ballet stars will take the stage under the lights of the Gran Teatro de la Habana Alicia Alonso in Havana, Cuba for the Ballet Royalty Gala. “The theater is usually the hardest part of the equation, but in this case, we had the theater before we had the dancers,” Lingner says. The show will be livestreamed around the world. And correlating it was no small task. “This is an event in Cuba, but it’s really an event for the world,” Lingner says. And he’s right. The US has only recently reestablished diplomatic relations with Cuba and even more recently have airlines been permitted to fly directly between the US and Cuba. “Cuba really is something special and it has many places and ideas worth sharing,” Lingner says. “Rodrigo and I are really excited about this entire project. We’ve worked really hard this past year to make this happen — and even when we had a five minute break, it was put to use coordinating this project. We’re really proud of all the synchronized efforts. So many have been willing to help us. It’s really great to do something for the fans on this big of a scale. It’s being produced as if it’s the Oscars and we’re going to try to come as close as we can to that level.” Almarales himself, will dance in the show, while Lingner has taken on production efforts. Both gentlemen have
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managed to arrange for 12 internationally acclaimed and admired ballet stars to perform in one of the world’s most beautiful yet enigmatic areas, all the while livestreaming the event around the world for fans to enjoy. And these dancers are a big deal. Aside from Almarales himself, other dancers include: Iana Salenko, Ivan Vasiliev, Daniil Simkin, Maria Kochetkova, Semyon Chudin, Misa Kuranaga, Joseph Michael Gatti, Jurgita Dronina, Matthew Golding and Adiarys Almeida. Before work could begin, Lingner had to first visit Cuba — and received a warm welcome from the Minister of Culture, as well as from locals and Almarales’ family. “It was eye-opening, a very different culture,” Lingner says. “Some people have said Cuba is not just a country but its own planet. And they’re right. People talk to each other over there — they welcome each other. Doors are, literally, almost always open. There’s only so much of something to go around and so they help one another. It’s such a chill, carefree environment. And safe! I heard no guns while there and I saw no violence while I was there, either. My Spanish is limited, so I relied on the kindness of Rodrigo’s family and their friends to help me around. And even with all of the major stars and films and events they’ve had in the past and even going on right now, everyone treated us so well while we there — and not just that. They treated us like we were important, like we were the next big thing. There was no finger wagging because we were Americans — in fact, we were taken very seriously and treated very genuinely. I’ll never forget that.” “There’s a new dancer coming aboard for the show, as well. And we’re planning a show next year for others who may want an opportunity like this. But I really want to humanize these amazing artists for this event, too” Lingner says of the special features and behind-
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replaces actually being in the theater with the performers, it’s become clear to me that the way content is being consumed is evolving, and I really think this event will bring our art to a new level and into the 21st century.” n
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Adult Summer Reading Program Book Discussion Wed., Aug. 17, 5-6:30 p.m. It’s a book club that’s open to all. Part of the Library’s Adult Summer Reading Program, this discussion will be led by experts from the Indiana Writers Center. The focus will be on books with an Indiana tie. (Much like your NUVO Books section!) Next up on the list is Bones on the Ground by Elizabeth O’Maley. Indiana Historical Society, 450 W. Ohio St., FREE
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he first thing that Pablo Helguera did during his Aug. 5 lecture/workshop at Librería Donceles was to ask all the attendees what their favorite books were. The last thing was to ask attendees to appropriate a sentence from any of the Spanish language titles on the shelves and make short stories out of them. Such activities will be par for the course in this itinerant Spanish-language bookstore where the exchange of ideas and language takes precedence over monetary exchange. Not that you can’t purchase a book, if you so desire. As a visitor to Librería Donceles — at Listen Hear at 2620 Shelby Street — you are allowed to purchase a single book, at a price that you set. And while Librería Donceles titles are exclusively in Spanish, and while there will be programs geared towards Indianapolis’ growing Hispanic/Latino population, there will also be activities for English speakers and bilinguals as well. Pablo Helguera started the first Librería Donceles in 2013 in New York City, where he is director of Adult and Academic Programs at the Museum of Modern Art.
NUVO: How did you conceive the idea of Librería Donceles? PABLO HELGUERA: I am an avid used bookstore fan and a bibliophile. Also as a Latin American artist and writer, I can’t help but notice the scarcity of Spanish-language books in the US, despite the fact that there are millions of Latinos in the country. The last Spanishlanguage bookstore in New York City, where there are more than 2 million Latinos, closed in 2007. So I felt it was important, as an act of resistance and promotion of the Spanish language, to open one of my own — and show in this climate of cultural stereotyping that every culture is very intellectually complex — that it produces philosophy, science, and literature.
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HELGUERA: When we received the donations, we were overwhelmed by the amount — more than 25,000 books. We started to organize them in piles. A friend of mine started making comments about the kinds of books we were finding (“these are from the Marxism of the ‘70s type”, or “here are more of those books that you find on the subway in Mexico City”). So it occurred to me that we should just embrace You are allowed to purchase a those unorthodox categories, single book, at a price that you set. which are informal but very descriptive. So we have a section titled “libros pésimos” (terrible books) or He has since taken Librería Donceles “libros cursis” (“kitschy titles”). I was on the road to Phoenix, Seattle, Brooktrying to embrace the fact that a store lyn, Seattle and Chicago. None of the is in a way a portrait of its owner, and aforementioned cities have Spanish lanbeing as direct and sincere about it as guage bookstores to accommodate their possible is something that would conHispanic and Latino populations. nect best with the visitor. And now this Spanish-language bookNUVO: Can you talk of some of your store is in Indianapolis through Oct. 22 favorite bookstores, bookstores in Helguera was born in Mexico City in Mexico that influenced you? 1971 and grew up there. Librería Donceles takes its name after Mexico City’s HELGUERA: When I was a teenager and Donceles Street. decided I would be an artist, I would go Helguera answered the following to downtown Mexico City where there questions by email. is Donceles Street — a street lined with used bookstores. The title came from
The Public Collection Book Drive Through Aug. 31. You know the beautifully designed public library boxes that are scattered throughout downtown? If you didn’t know, those are part of The Public Collection, and they don’t fill themselves. Curated by the Indianapolis Library, the art and literacy project is in need of more books. They are hosting a drive to restock the book shares. All reading levels are accepted.
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there. But my strongest experience with used bookstores comes from my time of being an art student in Chicago. I was broke most of the time and I would go to every used bookstore I could find to find interesting books or records. I remember most fondly Bookman’s Alley in Evanston. It was an amazing place that you could be at for hours — a combination of someone’s eccentric living room with many interconnected rooms. That bookstore finally closed about three years ago. It was so sad to see it go. NUVO: What kind of events have taken place in the various iterations of Librería Donceles? HELGUERA: Dozens — readings, discussions, music, everything. We work with local organizations, magazines and individuals to host events. We have an open door policy: we will pretty much open any event that people might want to do there, as long as there is a connection with the bookstore’s focus — Spanish language and Latin American culture and issues. n
Central Library, 40 E. St. Clair Street, FREE It’s a Mystery: A four hour intensive mystery writing workshop with Larry Sweazy Aug. 20, 1-5 p.m. Taught by award-winning author Larry D. Sweazy, this class will be part lecture, part workshop and part discussion. He will touch on everything from characterization, plot, setting and fair play to writing a successful mystery series. Indiana Writers Center, 812 E. 67th Street, $76 Nonmembers, $52 members, $44 student members/teacher members/senior members/military members/librarian members Author Talk with Indiana Novelist Barbara Shoup Mon., Aug. 22, 6-7:30 p.m. Hoosier author — and head of the Indiana Writers Center — Barbara Shoup will be hosting a talk about her book An American Tune as part of the Library’s Adult Summer Reading Program. This program will be held in the Nina Mason Pulliam Indianapolis Special Collections Room. Central Library, 40 E. St. Clair Street, FREE
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Spirited Away at SGIS August 18, 9:30 p.m. As part of The Office of First Year Experience’s Welcome Week 2016, IU Cinema and the IU School of Global and International Studies (SGIS) will welcome everyone back to campus with an outdoor screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning animated masterpiece, Spirited Away. A Japanese answer to Alice in Wonderland, the film follows a little girl as she tumbles into a dreamlike spirit world. The screening will take place on the lawn facing the south side of the SGIS building. Seating will open at 7:30 p.m. and the film will begin at 9:30. Before the movie, you can enjoy a tour of the SGIS building, along with food and games. School of Global and International Studies, 355 N. Jordan Ave. (Bloomington), FREE (no ticket required), cinema.indiana.edu Raiders-versary! August 19-22. Join IU Cinema this weekend to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the classic adventure film that gave birth to Indiana Jones. This weekend-long extravaganza not only includes two screenings of Raiders of the Lost Ark (August 19 at 7 p.m. and August 21 at 3 p.m.); it also features a screenings of a stunning shot-for-shot remake made by three 11-year-old boys in Mississippi. They finished every part of the movie, except one — the film’s explosive airplane scene. Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made finds the trio reuniting two decades later to finish the labor of love from their childhood. This documentary will screen on August 20 at 3 p.m. and August 22 at 7 p.m. while the actual fan film will play on August 20 at 7 p.m. and August 21 at 6:30 p.m. Come on down to B-Town for a Spielberg-sized weekend of pure movie magic. IU Cinema, 1213 E. 7th St. (Bloomington), $3 for all tickets, cinema.indiana.edu The Phantom of the Opera August 20, 7:30 p.m. This silent horror classic will come to life at the Historic Artcraft Theatre with live orchestral accompaniment courtesy of the Franklin Chamber Players — a 19-piece orchestra that includes the electric organ, which is bound to make the macabre world of this film even spookier. This annual screening and performance will be retired indefinitely after this summer, so catch it while you can. The Historic Artcraft Theatre, 57 North Main Street (Franklin), Ticket prices vary ($10-20), historicartcrafttheatre.org
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Toby has a plan to give his two sons the financial security he and Tanner never had. Over the years there has been tension between Toby and hotheaded Tanner, but they are united now – for however long “now” lasts. Investigating the bank robberies falls to Texas Ranger Marcus (Bridges) and his partner Alberto (Birmingham). Marcus sees a puzzle in the crimes and begins assembling the pieces, while teasing Alberto about his Mexican/Comanche ancestry. So why doesn’t Alberto punch his partner in the nose over the racist wisecracks? The movie never verbalizes an explanation – all we know is that the two lawmen are as close to each other as the bank robbing brothers, and that the brutal repartee is a longstanding part of it. The four lead actors are excellent, with Bridges turning in his best performance since True Grit, while the setting is an equally important character. Poverty-
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stricken West Texas (played here by New Mexico) offers beauty and desolation in abundance. Maybe overabundance. I understand how important it is that we know that the people are poor and that many of them were screwed by the banks, but there were times when I felt like grabbing the director and saying, “Back off a little, we get it!” That’s pretty much all I have to complain about here. Hell or High Water takes an utterly predictable plot and makes it feel new. The drama is genuine and the action scenes are corkers, especially a shootout near the end. There’s something happening here. n
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cultures on a snazzier spaceship. Make that two Borg. Jack (KeeganMichael Key) and Sam (Gillian Jacobs) have been invited to audition for Weekend Live! and the rest of the troupe are thrilled for them, because they’re positive, supportive people. Except that it’s really eating them up, especially Miles (Birbiglia), the leader and oldest member of the group. The rest of the troupe are Allison (Kate Micucci), Lindsay (Tami Sagher), and Bill (Chris Gethard, who opened for Birbiglia the last time he played in Indianapolis. The possible loss of two members isn’t all The Commune have to worry about. They’re about to lose the theater that has long been their home. But still they struggle to keep positive, even when
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the universe appears to be saying, “Get mopey!” Don’t Think Twice has lots of laughs along with the drama, much of it coming from the improv troupe’s shows. Birbiglia knows his subject well and what we see feels genuine. As a writer-director, he continues to grow – watch how adroitly he handles six people sharing the screen repeatedly. Time for a little cheerleading here: If you’re a fan of indie films, comedy, improv comedy, and/or well-textured ensemble acting, then go see Don’t Think Twice. Mike Birbiglia’s latest is rich and rewarding. Now it’s our turn to reward him. n
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Adam Duritz can make a stadium feel like a living room with his piercingly intimate, confessional lyrics. But over the last few years, his band, Counting Crows, strayed from the personal and veered into the universal. Duritz felt the shift during the making of the 2012 album of cover songs, Underwater Sunshine — a far cry from the band’s diarylike debut, 1993’s August and Everything After. “When we were making the covers record, I realized what a waste it is to spend your entire life only working on one person’s song, even when that person is yourself,” Duritz says. “Having a bunch of songs that I didn’t own in my spine was really good for us. It was refreshing to spend time looking at the way other musicians see the world. We became a much better live band after that.” This Sunday, Aug. 21, Counting Crows will perform at Klipsch Music Center, co-headlining with Rob Thomas. Since they both blossomed in the same era, Duritz is looking forward to walking down memory lane but also to learning new things, even from playing the old hits. Counting Crows’ first big radio hit, “Mr. Jones,” strikes a completely different chord for him now than it did when he wrote it back in 1991. Essentially about the urge to be a rock star, the song takes on a new meaning after being filtered through his decades-long dance with fame. “When the guy in the song says, ‘When everybody loves me, I’ll never be lonely,’ you’re supposed to know he’s wrong,” Duritz says. “I still understand the desire of a kid to be a rock star because I still have that desire every day, but I also know in my bones how that’s not going to fix you, it’s not going to make you never be lonely. I know that in a deeper sense now than I ever could have known it then, when I was just a kid.” Duritz adds that while 25 years does more, “Tuesday does something to a song, too. And so does Wednesday. Days are like filters, and when you pour songs through them, they all come out a little differently.” Touring brings that constant change, which Duritz always opens himself up to on stage. As he says, “If you’re not trying to repeat the same experience over and over again, you can feel free to let today and yesterday influence the music.” — SAM WATERMEIER See show listing in Soundcheck
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hat truth can art teach us when that art is a lie? When it comes to Indiana native, Haley Fohr, she’s spent the better part of this decade using her Circuit des Yeux project to influence the music scene in Lafayette (her hometown), Bloomington (her college town), Chicago (her new home) and the world. After touring extensively last year to promote her most collaborative effort, In Plain Speech, she shifted gears early this year with a Chris-Gaines-meetsZiggy-Stardust persona she's deemed Jackie Lynn. With the recent release of the selftitled Jackie Lynn debut, I spoke with Fohr (who speaks for Jackie) about influences and portraying Jackie live on stage before the show at The Spot Tav-
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ern in Lafayette on Sunday, August 21. Fohr describes Jackie as cool and confident and, when I conduct this interview from a BMV parking lot — real professional here — she says Jackie wouldn’t even need a book when waiting at the BMV, since “she’d be lost in her thoughts.” NUVO: I know Suicide was a big influence on the sound of Jackie Lynn. What else inspired Jackie? HALEY FOHR: When I was starting the project I was really getting into
Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. I read the Gram Parsons biography, and just all the Kill Bill movies [were inspirations]. I think Uma Thurman is such a badass, in general. It’s kind of like powerful, country glamour. All the glitz and glam. It’s also all super American and down to earth. And I wanted it to sound like Suicide was the backing band, sonically. Suicide, I found at a pretty early age, so I thought it would be an interesting pairing. NUVO: Do you think Jackie may connect with a different audience than you have in the past? FOHR: Time will tell, I guess. It’s a different entity, so I hope people will react differently. NUVO: Have you seen or heard praise from new fans so far?
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FOHR: It’s hard for me to tell. It’s only been out for a couple of weeks. I’m learning not to really pay attention to affirmation and whatever is on the Internet. I think the Internet is a really weird place to be right now. This last year and a half has been really overwhelming for me. I feel really grateful to just be able to live my life as an artist, and do the best that I can in that platform. NUVO: On your older song “My Name is Rune” you embody and escape as the character Rune. As a songwriter what is the process and benefit of becoming someone else? FOHR: It depends on the situation. For me, with Jackie, I am able to open up to things that maybe I would be uncomfortable doing under my own identity, but I’m learning a lot about myself and it pushed me instead of my personal worldview. And, with “My Name is Rune,” it’s really personal. It’s escapism, but it’s not a character really. I became infatuated with Rune for a period of my life, and I imagined myself as this person. Rune was a part of me and probably still is. NUVO: Jackie Lynn starts out her album with “Bright Lights,” in which she seems very idealistic about living in the city and just life in general. Does she still embrace that optimism?
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FOHR: She’s very mercurial, as am I. So who’s to say how she feels at any kind of point, but her outlook is overall positive, I’d say. NUVO: Did the city in particular inspire her and the sound expressed on the album? FOHR: She wrote everything in the city so of course. Location does a lot to music, you know? All the bands that started at CBGB’s sound the way they do because of CBGB’s. Like if they were playing at Carnegie Hall they’d sound like a totally fucking different genre of music. Jackie’s music sounds like the city because she made it in the city. NUVO: Is Jackie excited to go on tour? FOHR: Yeah, she likes to move around. It’ll be good. NUVO: Is she familiar with Indiana? FOHR: I don’t know. I don’t think so. NUVO: What is the process of bringing Jackie Lynn to a live setting? What should people expect? FOHR: I mean, Jackie Lynn is a step in a direction for me as a performer to become a shadow. I really wanted to become a shadow. So you’ll see me becoming a shadow at the show, and getting one step closer towards the entity. n
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Gene Deer is absolutely the most underrated Hoosier musical treasure still walking the Earth. As other Indiana blues acts get acclaim and success, Gene keeps it real, playing regular gigs at the Slippery Noodle, biker fests and inside seemingly every nook and cranny in the state that’ll have him. Besides being one of the best guitar players in the state, Gene is a consummate showman, with every show featuring his brand of rocked-up blues and covers that range from Uriah Heep to Kiss to Leadbelly. Last fall Gene was gifted a resonator guitar, one of these metal-fronted guitars favored by oldtimey blues and country artists. Instead of playing it a few times and putting it away, inspiration struck and Gene ended up writing an entire album using this instrument. Deer’s baritone voice fits right in with the resonator and what results is a varied album that not only celebrates the guitar, but also Gene Deer’s talent. Gene is at his best when he puts one foot outside the blues and mixes in some sugar and pop. “Come with Me” puts so much more love, hope and optimistic vibes in than your ordinary blues cut. “Listen To The Night” is hands down one of Deer’s greatest songs, with perfect singing, awesome guitar playing and the kind of homespun imagery that Mellencamp would kill for. It’s a perfect feather in the cap for an unassuming, humble little record that is one of the best of the year. — JEFF NAPIER Album release show at State Street Pub on Friday, August 19. 3826 N. Illinois 317-923-4707
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When Lemmy Kilmister died late last year, local doomsters Devil to Pay recorded perhaps the best, and greatest tribute ever. Not only does “Your Inner Lemmy” bear all of the hallmarks of classic Motorhead, the song inspires you to reach for Lemmy’s greatness. The song is included on Devil to Pay’s new opus, A Bend Through Space and Time, and flawlessly fits in to this astounding collection of songs. A Bend Through Space and Time is both a companion piece to and a continuation of 2013’s Fate Is Your Muse. Think Nugent’s Free For All and Cat Scratch Fever, Priest’s Screaming for Vengence and Defenders of the Faith or Molly Hatchet’s debut album and Flirtin’ with Disaster to catch my drift. All of the hallmarks of Fate are still in play here. Molten metal intertwined with doom, introspection and a dash of aliens are back in play on Bend, and there’s nothing redundant or tired about this album. “Recommended Daily Dosage” and “Don’t Give Away the World” are blazing psychological headfuck anthems, and “Knuckledragger” is an unlikely love song. The brightest of the bright here are the punishing “Laughingstock” and the incredible 7-minute doomy masterpiece “The Demons Come Home To Roost,” which show Devil To Pay with a lot left to say and no signs of slowing down.
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HILLBILLY HAPPY HOUR w/ PUNKIN HOLLER BOYS. Doors @ 7, Show @ 7:30. $5. MINUTE DETAILS, NORTH BY NORTH (Chicago), YOUNG KINGDOM, HAPPY INCIDENT. Doors @ 9, Show @ 10. $5.
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The Melody Inn welcomes NYC swing band SWEET MEGG & THE WAYFARERS. Doors @ 8, Show @ 9. $5. MUSICAL FAMILY TREE and CLASSICAL MUSIC INDY present “Mash Up Tuesday” w/ HOLY SHEETS, CRESCENT ULMER, THE JAZZ TRIO, JOHN ALVARADO Doors @ 7, Show @ 8. NO COVER
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People’s choice punk band plays Kids Punk Rock Night
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here’s something very honest about the way lead singer and vocalist Hugo Cruz describes the launch of his band Fastidio. Merging classic American punk rock with a frenetic edge and lyrics almost entirely in Spanish, the band seems unlikely to have built a loyal following. And perhaps no one is more surprised than Cruz that they’ve done exactly that. “I grew up in Mexico City, I came to America when I was 18. And we started doing this because we couldn’t think of anything else to do,” Cruz explains. “We only knew we wanted to play something. We knew what we liked. But at that time I didn’t even know how to play guitar. So I bought my first guitar and I learned how to make sounds. Because that’s what it really was then: noise.” Cruz is self-deprecating, compared to what you’d expect when talking to the leader of a band named last year’s “People’s Choice” for best band at the Melody Inn during the annual Punk Rock Night Awards. I caught a performance of theirs at the Mel, easily past 1 a.m., and the place seemed to be clearing out. Then the band took the stage, and suddenly a secret crowd emerged from against the walls, rushing the stage, forming a ferocious, concentrated mosh pit unlike anything I’d seen in such an intimate venue. “I don’t know if they’re all really good friends who come and support Fastidio, or if they really like us,” Cruz tells me, with absolutely no hint of a put-on when reminded of that performance. “I never think about it. Like I said before, our very first show we sucked, we played like, ‘ugh,’ you know? But the people came in, our friends came to the show, and I heard a lot of good comments.” Despite that reaction now, the band all but had to be goaded into its first show back in 2013, a mere nine months after first picking up their instruments. “We’d gotten six songs written, when Eduardo Luna called and asked if we’d like to play Espanglish Night at the Melody Inn. And we didn’t want to play, because we weren’t ready. We sucked!” he laughs. “Every weekend he’d call: ‘Hey, you wanna play?’ Finally we’re like ‘Okay, let’s do it.’ So our first show ever was Espanglish Night in 2013 at the Melody Inn, playing with La Armada. They’re a 32 MUSIC // 08.17.16 - 08.24.16 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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big deal, those guys. Now pretty much whenever they come to Indy we play with them.” Though they’d like to get to work on some studio recordings, the band’s fallen victim recently to personnel changes. With a brand-new bass player and guitarist learning the ropes — the band has only played a handful of shows together in the current lineup — there has understandably been a learning curve involved. (“We have to get where we feel good together before we do something like that,” Cruz explains. “Because if you record a CD then it’s forever.”) But from a songwriting standpoint, the band appears to be on firm creative ground. Whether creating songs through a full-band jam process or after the fact around Cruz’s lyrics, Fastidio’s lack of pretension about their abilities lets them work more freely. “It’s a little hard, because like I said, we are not musicians,” Cruz admits. “But if you really like something, you’re gonna
get into it. If I can be honest with you, I never thought about the stage. I always came to shows and supported musicians but I never thought I’d be the one up on that stage. So every time I have a show I get nervous starting about a week before. I’m nervous right before the show, but as soon as I get to the stage and I can hold my guitar, everything’s gone.” His advice to those who have yet to experience a Fastidio show is to just take the plunge, even as the band’s members did themselves just a few years ago. “If I could say something to the people who have never seen Fastidio, they’re gonna have fun,” he says. “If they like to mosh and get crazy, it’s gonna be a fun show.” n
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he Bloomington-based multi-instrumentalist Tomás Lozano plays one of the most fantastic and mysterious instruments on planet Earth — and for that, he’s one of the greatest gems of the Indiana music scene. In addition to performing with a handful of the Hoosier state’s most unique music ensembles, Lozano is also a co-founder of the Indiana Hurdy-Gurdy Workshop. And what is a hurdy-gurdy? It's a musical instrument operated by turning a crank, which spins an internal wheel that rubs across a set of strings like the bow of a violin. Much like the bagpipe, the hurdy-gurdy is a multi-voiced instrument that is capable of simultaneously producing both a steady drone and melody. The hurdy-gurdy first appeared in Europe roughly 1,000 years ago and, after a period of decline in the 20th century, has experienced a modern renaissance thanks to adventurous musicians like Lozano. The Indiana Hurdy-Gurdy Workshop will be held in Brown County August 18 to 22. It’s currently the only workshop on the continent of North America devoted to this rare and beguiling instrument. If you have an interest in this wondrous musical instrument, you can go to earlymusicinmotion.org to register for classes. NUVO: When did you been playing the hurdy-gurdy? TOMÁS LOZANO: I began playing the hurdy-gurdy back in 1999. But I first saw a hurdy-gurdy in Spain when I was 16. I saw a hurdy-gurdy player and I was just mesmerized by the instrument. But it’s not the sort of instrument you can just go to the music store and buy. So it took me many, many years to get one. When I first acquired my first hurdygurdy, I had no one to teach me. I had no one to show me the technical parts — and the hurdy-gurdy requires a lot of technical adjustments and tweaks. To set it up, you have to put cotton on the strings, you have to add just the right amount of rosin, and there are many other small details needed to make the instrument playable. Because I had to learn it all myself, I had a really hard time in the beginning. So I’m always open to helping new hurdy-gurdy players learn so they will not go nuts like I did. I went nuts for a long time just trying to make it playable. NUVO: You mentioned first seeing the instrument played in Spain. In Spain,
the hurdy-gurdy is known as the zanfona, correct? Can you tell us about the instrument’s role in Spanish music? LOZANO: In Spain the zanfona was traditionally played in the northwest region of the country, particularly in Galicia. It was played for different social events and dances. It was accompanied by bagpipes and drums sometimes, or just the instrument by itself with someone singing. It was also played by blind men and beggars. During different times in history, it had different roles. Then in Spain in the 1960s, the instrument almost disappeared. There was basically only one or two families that played the instrument. But in the 21st century the instrument has had a big revival. All over Europe the instrument is having a big revival.
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Sometimes there is no middle point with it. I know people who really hate it! [laughs] They hate the sound. But other people hear it and say, “Wow!” NUVO: You’re part of a few different groups in Bloomington including Daily Bread & Butter and Kativar. I know you also perform with the Arabic music ensemble Salaam. What role does the hurdy-gurdy have in your work with these groups?
LOZANO: In Daily Bread & Butter it has a big role because the instrumentation of the trio is Hungarian accordion, difNUVO: I would guess that revival has ferent bagpipes from Europe, and the been led by musicians like you who hurdy-gurdy. We play traditional dance are rediscovering the hurdy-gurdy and music from Europe. Many of the pieces bringing it back into circulation. we play were actually originally played with hurdy-gurdy in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. With Salaam I play some Middle Eastern tunes using “I went nuts for a long time just lots of drones on the hurdygurdy. The hurdy-gurdy has a trying to make it playable.” buzzing bridge that can work — TOMÁS LOZANO as percussion and I work with Salaam’s percussionist Tim Moore to create rhythms while at the same time I am playing drones. So the hurdy-gurdy brings all LOZANO: Yes, but in Spain there was no these different layers. one making hurdy-gurdies for many years. In Kativar I play the hurdy-gurdy in Then one guy started to make them, and a couple different ballads, playing the now there are several people making melody and the drones as well. As you really good hurdy-gurdies in Spain. said the hurdy-gurdy is a little bit mysterious, it adds different layers of deepness NUVO: For me the hurdy-gurdy was and musicality into the group. always a very mysterious instrument, I also play with another band called particularly in regard to how it worked M3RDE which features two hurdy-gurdies and how the sound was produced. You used the word “mesmerized” to describe and a bagpipe. We play traditional French tunes. I play an alto hurdy-gurdy, Michael your first response to the instrument. Opp plays a soprano hurdy-gurdy, and What was it about the hurdy-gurdy that mesmerized you? Was it the sound itself, Clancy Clements plays bagpipes, musette and the Border pipes. We play dance or the mechanics of the instrument? tunes from Auvergne, Brittany and other LOZANO: Everything. I was mesmerized regions of France. It’s a very unusual by how it worked, the shape, the keys, combination in the United States to see the cranking of the wheel and all the not only one hurdy-gurdy but two hurdydifferent sounds that could be made. gurdies playing at the same time. I encounter that response many times NUVO: Is that pairing of bagpipe and now from other people when I play the hurdy-gurdy a traditional instrumeninstrument. tal combination commonly found in The hurdy-gurdy is an instrument Europe? where you either love it, or you don’t.
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LOZANO: Yes, they were traditionally played together in many events. For example, in the central region of France they would have wedding parades led by bagpipes and hurdy-gurdy. Behind them would be the groom and bride and the guests. They would go around from the church to a place of celebration and the hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes would play for the dancers after the wedding. Later when the accordion appeared, hurdy-gurdy was also played with accordion. So I would say it’s common to find hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes and accordion playing together in Europe. NUVO: Am I correct that this weekend’s workshop is the only hurdy-gurdy workshop in North America? LOZANO: Yes, I think it’s currently the only hurdy-gurdy workshop here. There used to be a hurdy-gurdy workshop in Seattle years ago, but they stopped. So five years ago I started this hurdy-gurdy workshop with two other friends. We started it because there was nothing else in the happening in the States and having it in Indiana was a good central point. We have people coming from both coasts and all over the U.S. So this is a little more convenient for everyone rather than having it in the Northwest. n
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WEDNESDAY FREE STAGE Lauren Alaina, Clare Dunn 7:30 p.m. An American country singer from Rossville, Georgia, Alaina was the runner-up on the 10th season of American Idol. Her debut studio album, Wildflower was released on October 11, 2011. Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., free with fair admission, all-ages
restaurant; a loose & lively rendition of the torch song ‘Summer Music’ (notable for its propellant rhythm section, shaking tambourines & snapping reverb springs); & a lap-steelguitar-injected revival of ‘Bobby Malone Moves Home,’ an old favorite from Ashworth’s former project, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.” The Bishop, 123 S. Walnut St., (Bloomington), $8, 18+ Blues Jam, Slippery Noodle, 21+ Blues Jam, Main Event, 21+
CASIO Advance Base, Hello Shark, Frank Schweikhardt 9:30 p.m. Owen Ashworth has a special treat for us: A live album, recorded in Bloomington with Mike Adams on drums. They recorded it together at The Blockhouse – but, as Ashworth says in his own label’s press release for the album, they didn’t know that the engineer was recording the entire set. More: “Set highlights include ‘The Only Other Girl from Back Home,’ an autoharp-driven country ballad about two Michigan teenagers whose friendship is tested when they both get jobs at the same lousy
Hex Mundi, White Knight, Melody Inn, 21+ Psychic Temples, Pravada, Joyful Noise, all-ages
THURSDAY ROCK S-E-R-V-I-C-E, Lung, Spandrels 8 p.m. This local super group features We Are Hex’s Jilly Weiss on vocals – and any time you can see Jilly Weiss roll around the Mel stage, you want to see it. Lung and Spandrels play as well. Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., $5, 21+
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HIP-HOP Master P 10 p.m. As HipHopDX reminded us earlier this week when Master P, Moe Roy and Snootie Wild dropped “Believe,” Master P has single-handedly sold 75 million records. Just let that marinate in your mind grapes a minute. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $45 - $125, 21+ FREE STAGE Anthony Hamilton 7:30 p.m. An American, Grammy Award-winning R&B singer-songwriter and record producer who rose to fame with his platinum-selling second studio album Comin’ from Where I’m From (2003), which featured the title track single “Comin’ from Where I’m From” and the follow-up “Charlene.”
Kammy’s Kause 2016 Friday – Saturday This gigantic fundraiser for 4p- Support Group features all kinds of local bands playing their hearts out for a very worthy cause. On Friday, Nate Wolfe, Megan Hopkins, Dave Vogt, Keller and Cole, Shiny Penny, Veseria, Brandon James Whyde and The Devil’s Keep, Me & Mine and Coup D’eTat will play. On Saturday, Eric Pedigo, A.J. Sandlin, Jeff Kelly, Ryan Brewer and Ben Clark, Bleedingkeys, Sweet Poison Victim, Mikial Robertson, Dell Zell, Blue Moon Revue, Jenn Cristy, Chad Mills, Shadeland, Tied, Landon Keller, The Twin Cats, Breakdown Kings and Audiodacity will play. Plus: there’s a kidzone, a blood drive, and a motorcycle ride planned, too. Kammy’s Kause rocks. American Legion Park, 10584 S. State Road 13 (Fortville), prices vary, all-ages POP Toto August 19 - August 20, times vary Steve Lukather, guitarist and vocalist and now manager for Toto, says that the ‘80s yacht rock mainstays are experiencing a level of success that would surprise you. That success is backed up with a two-night stand in Indy this week. Here’s a bit from our interview with Lukather, who goes by Luke: “Our average audience would be people our own age, right? You’d think, give
or take, either side of the fence, somewhere between 45 and 65. But our audiences are not like that when you look out at the audience. Certainly there’s people that represent that demographic. But most of our audience is not a bunch of old people. They know all the songs, which is bizarre. We seemingly sold five million records in the last five years. Very quietly. Once I took over the management of the band, and got my team together, I started looking under rocks for stuff, and I found a whole bunch of really interesting information. I renegotiated a deal with our original record company, Sony, which is really exciting for our 40th anniversary coming up. Now we’re hitting the road and everything is going really, really, really well.” Conner Prairie, 13400 Allisonville Road, prices vary, all-ages
emanates from those mysterious biorhythms. It is, literally, something within. So unless the planet goes extinct (which, I guess is a possibility) the blues will color on. As far as new fans find the way, they’re (mostly) human so the choice is to ‘feel’ it.” Hoosier Park Racing and Casino, 4500 Dan Patch Circle (Anderson), prices vary, 21+ ‘90S 98°, O-Town, Dream, Ryan Cabrera 8 p.m. Millennials: You are officially old enough to be pandered to on package tours. How do you feel? Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $39.50 - $89.50, all-ages SURF
POP ABBA The Concert 7:30 p.m. Woe is us that we never saw ABBA live. And thank god for traveling cover bands like this that bring (as much as is possible of) the experience to us live. Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., free with fair admission, all-ages BLUES ZZ Top 7 p.m. Here’s ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on the constant appeal of the blues: “Blues ain’t ever obsolete or, shall it be said, ‘over,’ as it
An Evening with the Beach Boys 8 p.m. Wait, weren’t the Beach Boys just here? You’d be forgiven for a flash of déjà vu. Beach Boy Brian Wilson was just here, but this non-Wilson-affiliated Beach Boys tour features the Mike Love version of the crew. Like that Meryl Streep movie: It’s complicated. Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St., prices vary, all-ages Minute Details, North by North, Young Kingdom, Happy Incident, Melody Inn, 21+ D.A. Baby, B. Woo, Emerson Theater, all-ages 3rd Fridays on the Plaza, Fountain Square, all-ages Dee Dee Bridgewater, Cabaret at the Columbia Club, 21+ Charlie Ballantine and The Providence Band, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Brantley Gilbert, Klipsch Music Center, all-ages
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Open Stage Blues Jam, Hilltop Tavern, 21+ Friday Night Vibe, Bartini’s, 21+ Night Moves, Metro, 21+
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Anthony Hamilton, Thursday at the State Fair Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1202 E. 38th St., free with fair admission, all-ages JOIN THE CLUB Hoosier Dome Volunteer Meeting 3 p.m. Ever been interested in volunteering at the spectacular, all-ages Hoosier Dome? Never even considered it? Now obsessed with the idea? Learn about what it takes to run the Dome at this pizza party slash volunteer gathering. Those 18 and under are welcome to volunteer with the permission of a parent or guardian. Hoosier Dome, 1627 Prospect St., FREE, all-ages
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DAN SAVAGE: A problem you and I share! The fun is in the chase, the excitement of someone new and that first time. You may return for a second or maybe a third time — but then what or who is next? Often regardless of whatever feelings may have started to develop. For those who don’t understand, just imagine we’re talking about food. You like food. You like lots of different types of food. Right now, your favorite food is hot dogs. But you don’t want to eat that every day. Occasionally, you might want an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet. I believe the secret to a good relationship — besides love and passion — is keeping it downright dirty! It’s about keeping that spark alive. If the fun starts to fade, spice it up with toys, games, risky locations, additional people, rubber dog masks — you can’t know what will excite you both until you give it a try! But that’s the key, that you both like it. There are millions of people all over the world in long-term relationships that on the face of it maintain a fun and healthy sex life — can it really be that hard? Or maybe long-term relationships aren’t for you, PFFT! Question? mail@savagelove.net Online: nuvo.net/savagelove
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Can you imagine feeling at home in the world no matter where you are? If you eventually master this art, outer circumstances won’t distort your relationship with yourself. No matter how crazy or chaotic the people around you might be, you will remain rooted in your unshakable sense of purpose; you will respond to any given situation in ways that make you both calm and alert, amused and curious, compassionate for the suffering of others and determined to do what’s best for you. If you think these are goals worth seeking, you can make dramatic progress toward them in the coming weeks. Aries
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As I tried to meditate on your horoscope, my next-door neighbor was wielding a weed-whacker to trim her lawn, and the voices in my head were shouting extra loud. So I decided to drive down to the marsh to get some high-quality silence. When I arrived at the trail head, I found an older man in ragged clothes leaning against the fence. Nearby was a grocery cart full of what I assumed were all his earthly belongings. “Doing nothing is a very difficult art,” he croaked as I slipped by him, “because you’re never really sure when you are done.” I immediately recognized that his wisdom might be useful to you. You are, after all, in the last few days of your recharging process. It’s still a good idea for you to lie low and be extra calm and vegetate luxuriously. But when should you rise up and leap into action again? Here’s my guess: Get one more dose of intense stillness and silence. Taurus
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): My readers have a range of approaches for working with the counsel I offer. Some study the horoscopes for both their sun signs and rising signs, then create do-it-yourself blends of the two. Others prefer to wait until the week is over before consulting what I’ve written. They don’t want my oracles to influence their future behavior, but enjoy evaluating their recent past in light of my analysis. Then there are the folks who read all 12 of my horoscopes. They refuse to be hemmed in by just one forecast, and want to be free to explore multiple options. I encourage you to try experiments like these in the coming days. The moment is ripe to cultivate more of your own unique strategies for using and interpreting the information you absorb — both from me and from everyone else you listen to. Gemini
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Have you been drinking a lot of liquids? Are you spending extra time soaking in hot baths and swimming in bodies of water that rejuvenate you? Have you been opening your soul to raw truths that dissolve your fixations and to beauty that makes you cry and to love that moves you to sing? I hope you’re reverently attending to these fluidic needs. I hope you’re giving your deepest yearnings free play and your freshest emotions lots of room to unfold. Smart, well-lubricated intimacy is a luxurious necessity, my dear. Stay very, very wet. Pisces
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my opinion, you need to bask in the glorious fury of at least one brainstorm — preferably multiple brainstorms over the course of the next two weeks. What can you do to ensure that happens? How might you generate a flood of new ideas about how to live your life and understand the nature of reality? Here are some suggestions: Read books about creativity. Hang around with original thinkers and sly provocateurs. Insert yourself into situations that will strip you of your boring certainties. And take this vow: “I hereby unleash the primal power of my liberated imagination.” Leo
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I suspect that you will soon be culminating a labor of love you’ve been nurturing and refining for many moons. How should you celebrate? Maybe with some champagne and caviar? If you’d like to include bubbly in your revels, a good choice might be 2004 Belle Epoque Rose. Its floral aroma and crispy mouth-feel rouse a sense of jubilation as they synergize the flavors of blood orange, pomegranate, and strawberry. As for caviar: Consider the smooth, aromatic, and elegant roe of the albino beluga sturgeon from the unpolluted areas of the Caspian Sea near Iran. But before I finish this oracle, let me also add that a better way to honor your accomplishment might be to take the money you’d spend on champagne and caviar, and instead use it as seed money for your next big project. Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some species of weeds become even more robust and entrenched as they develop resistances to the pesticides that are designed to eradicate them. This is one example of how fighting a problem can make the problem worse — especially if you attack too furiously or use the wrong weapons. I invite you to consider the possibility that this might be a useful metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming weeks. Your desire to solve a knotty dilemma or shed a bad influence is admirable. Just make sure you choose a strategy that actually works. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to compose an essay on at least one of the following themes: 1. “How I Fed and Fed My Demons Until They Gorged Themselves to Death.” 2. “How I Exploited My Nightmares in Ways That Made Me Smarter and Cuter.” 3. “How I Quietly and Heroically Transformed a Sticky Problem into a Sleek Opportunity.” 4. “How I Helped Myself by Helping Other People.” For extra credit, Capricorn — and to earn the right to trade an unholy duty for a holy one — write about all four subjects. Capricorn
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When you were born, you already carried the seeds of gifts you would someday be able to provide — specific influences or teachings or blessings that only you, of all the people who have ever lived, could offer the world. How are you doing in your quest to fulfill this potential? Here’s what I suspect: Your seeds have been ripening slowly and surely. But in the coming months, they could ripen at a more rapid pace. Whether they actually do or not may depend on your willingness to take on more responsibilities — interesting responsibilities, to be sure — but bigger than you’re used to. Libra
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I suspect that in the coming months you will be drawn to wandering through the frontiers and exploring the unknown. Experimentation will come naturally. Places and situations you have previously considered to be off-limits may be downright comfortable. In fact, it’s possible that you will have to escape your safety zones in order to fully be yourself. Got all that? Now here’s the kicker. In the coming weeks, everything I just described will be especially apropos for your closest relationships. Are you interested in redefining and reconfiguring the ways that togetherness works for you? Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you’re playing the card game known as bridge, you’re lucky if you are dealt a hand that has no cards of a particular suit. This enables you, right from the beginning, to capture tricks using the trump suit. In other words, the lack of a certain resource gives you a distinct advantage. Let’s apply this metaphor to your immediate future, Pisces. I’m guessing that you will benefit from what may seem to be an inadequacy or deficit. An absence will be a useful asset. Pisces
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