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The third annual Festival of Faiths kicks off Sunday, celebrating the diversity of faiths in Indianapolis. However, one faith-based group will be excluded from the festivities in a effort to avoid political controversy. Dan Grossman takes a look at what happens when faith and advocacy collide.
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This week, we’re all about Dig IN, and we’re helping you put together a game plan for spending your day at the park. We also have an interview with local Rachel Ray’s Kids Cook-Off star Sabrina Richard, plus info on chef Brandon Baltzley’s visit to the city for a Chefs’ Night Off dinner.
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In addition to our BIG Chreece insert, we’re continuing the Chreece magic with interviews with headliner Mick Jenkins and performer Rehema McNeil; plus, Jonathan Sanders sits down with new foursome Moxxie before their Radio Radio show date this weekend. Oh, you want more? How about literally hundreds of bands to see this weekend? We call that Soundcheck in our land.
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completely understand a human’s wish to live in an environment that is not threatening to their physical safety and mental health on a daily basis. I sympathize with the kind of desperation that would lead someone to cross a river in the dead of night and crawl under or over barbed wire to literally climb out of debilitating poverty. I totally empathize with a personal wish to raise one’s children in an environment that is safer and more nurturing than the hardscrabble, dirt-packed, dustbowl of a village from which they just escaped. Yet, one rather unsympathetic question still vexes me. Why haven’t some immigrants picked up any English words or phrases in the decades that they’ve been living here?! Sure, education may have been limited in their original birthplace, but years-worth of exposure to the English language – to any language ... and someone’s lexicon isn’t going to naturally expand at all?! If I were going to live in another county – legally or illegally – knowing enough of the language to get by would make life so much easier. And I also think that conservative criticism toward granting more privileges to illegal aliens might not be so harsh if some immigrants made a concerted effort to not occasionally slow down the basic workings of daily society. But the larger issue: that many people leaving the same place are leaving for a
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reason. If I was going to the trouble of covering myself in mud while I crawled on my belly toward attack dogs – on purpose – while also putting myself in a position to be the duck end of a carnival shooting game? That’s got to mean something – especially when all of that will probably end with my being crammed into a vehicle with 37 others as desperate for a change of venue as I obviously am. I may get very frustrated over a “transplant’s” apathetic attitude toward learning the language, traditions and driving patterns of their new
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How can you argue that they should not be educated? Don’t you want these children to someday become an asset to our society instead of a burden? Well let’s ask Mike Pence, shall we? Chalkbeat.com reminded us on August 18 that Pence is quite proud of what he sees as his big accomplishment of 2013: the State Preschool Pilot Program. This program removed Indiana from a
Even if you don’t like the fact that an adult who wasn’t born in Indiana is living here illegally, how can you argue that their children had any part in that choice? How can you argue that they should not be educated? country, but I believe it is imperative that the children of these people begin their education at as young as age as possible. How could you argue with that? How could anyone? Even a conservative? Even if you don’t like the fact that an adult who wasn’t born in Indiana is living here illegally, how can you argue that their children had any part in that choice?
list of the last 10 states that do not provide aid to poor families for the purposes of school tuition. “All children deserve access to a highquality education that enables them to define their life paths,” said Mayor Greg Ballard. “Now is the time to take action to address affordability and expand access for our most vulnerable children.”
How is it that we have a mayor and a governor so completely divided by such a huge sea of political differences and governing styles? Pence’s stance – and I know this will come as a huge shocker – is that the program is meant to be more limited. “It does require that an eligible child be a citizen or qualified alien because it is designed to be consistent with how funds are distributed under the federal Child Care and Development Fund grant program,” said Marni Lemons, spokeswoman for Pence. “However, it is important to note that unauthorized children are not at risk of not being accepted/being enrolled in other publicly funded preschools.” Charming sentiment. Pence is such a giver. Even the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is criticizing Pence for his non-inclusive attitude toward the children of illegal aliens with regard to this program. “Indiana is rightfully proud of its steps to expand preschool programs and elevate quality, but it’s shortsighted and wrong to deny children educational opportunity from the starting line because of their immigration status – especially children who are clearly here through no fault of their own,” Duncan said. “There is no better bang for our buck educationally than preschool, and we need more children in America getting an early start – not fewer.” So… Pence doesn’t want to educate the children of illegal aliens because he doesn’t like illegal aliens, but he’s also not going to want to support the children of those aliens in a few decades when they’re not educated enough to be an asset to the state. Once again, ladies and gentlemen, give it up for our governor. He’s special. n
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consequence and that being known few years ago, I passed some means they are immune to harm or time with the guy now known responsibility – that the rules that apply as the world’s most notorious to other people just don’t apply to them. child molester. They think that fame and wealth At the time, Jared Fogle was early in his allow them to let their darkest impulses improbable climb to becoming the face off the leash. of the Subway sandwich chain, a man I walked away from that long-ago who parlayed the single act of backing encounter with Fogle convinced that he away from the table into a reported $15 wasn’t going to handle celebrity well. million fortune. This was years before It was clear, even then, that he thought he agreed to plead to charges of child his odd celebrity entitled him to an pornography having sex with minors. exemption from the rules of conduct and I ran into him at an airport. We both courtesy other people observe. were on a flight back to Indianapolis Fogle has done some deplorable that had been delayed several hours things. He’s paid for sex with children. by weather. He bought child pornography even when The passengers who were stuck it was clear that federal investigators and waiting with us at the gate were making the full weight of the law were closing in jokes and teasing Fogle. They had seen on him. him eating at another sandwich chain in The cliché now is to refer to him as the the airport food court and thought that “monster next door.” was funny. That’s not quite right on either count. Another man might have rolled with The problem with calling child the joke, but Fogle didn’t or couldn’t. He molesters monsters is that we seem to wasn’t rude, confrontational or hostile. make so many of those monsters. The He just tensed up and made it clear that number of children who are sexually he thought his fellow passengers were abused in this state, this country and the world overwhelms comprehension. And part of the horror of They think that fame and wealth it is that, all too often, the children who were abused allow them to let their darkest grow up to be abusers of impulses off the leash. children themselves. That’s the tragedy of this – the wrongs done to children tend to live on and on and on. nothing but a bunch of jerks. Nor is the next door part quite correct. My work has brought me into contact Jared Fogle wasn’t one house over. He with a lot of people who have become was right there within our walls. He was celebrities. Some folks handle renown on the flat screen in the family room better than others. and the set in the basement. He was The smart ones take the responsibilistreaming over the desktop or the tablet. ties seriously but not much else about He was even on the phones we – and our having a name or a face everyone knows. children – carry around. They are able to separate out who they He was part of our lives—and part of really are from what other people might our children’s lives – because we made perceive them to be. They understand him part of our lives. that fame doesn’t change the fact that we We took a man whose only real all breathe the same air and have to live contribution to the world was learning on the same earth. to eat turkey sandwiches on whole wheat Others, though, think that fame bread and….. changes things. They believe their We made him a celebrity. n celebrity insulates them from
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WHAT HAPPENED? Subway Jared faces child porn charges The former pitchman for national food chain Subway restaurants is expected to plead guilty to federal charges of distributing child pornography and engaging in commercial sex acts with minors. U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler announced the charges against Jared Fogle last week. Fogle has already signed a plea agreement to plead guilty to the charges against him. In the agreement, Fogle faces a minimum of 5 years in prison and a fine of $1.4 million in restitution to be paid to his 14 victims, eight of whom are still minors. The restitution penalty is the largest amount ever ordered in a pornography or sex trafficking case in the history of the Southern District of Indiana. According to court documents, Fogle admitted to receiving child pornography over several years. He also admitted to coordinating his travels for Subway with engaging in commercial sex acts with underage victims across the country. The restaurant chain dropped Fogle as its spokesman after the investigation went public. FCC fines company for blocking Wi-Fi The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau has fined a company contracted to provide event Wi-Fi services for the Indiana Convention Center. The FCC announced a $750,000 settlement with Smart City Holdings, LLC. Smart City provides internet and telecommunications service for convention centers and hotels across the country, charging a day-by-day access fee to exhibitors and visitors. The FCC determined Smart City often blocked users from using their cellular data plans to create mobile Wi-Fi connections if they opted not to pay Smart City’s per diem access. The FCC began its investigation from an informal complaint regarding consumers who couldn’t get internet service at several venues serviced by Smart City. Investigators found evidence of blocked “hot spots” in Indianapolis, Ohio, Florida and Arizona.
ACLU challenges sex offender voting rules The ACLU of Indiana filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Blackford County man challenging a state law that limits his access to voting. The law in question prohibits registered sex offenders from voting in person at their designated polling places. The law, which took effect in July, was passed to maintain offenders’ separation from children due to the number of polling places located in schools. The plaintiff, Brian Valenti of Hartford City, is on the offender registry from an offense that occurred more than 25 years ago in California. The ACLU contends the law infringes on his right to vote by limiting him to absentee voting only. The ACLU also says the law isn’t needed because children are not allowed in polling places unless accompanied by an adult voter and children at schools hosting polling sites are separated at all times. —AMBER STEARNS 6 NEWS // 08.26.15 - 09.02.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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he Festival of Faiths is an annual event, started in 2013, that celebrates the diversity of the religious community in the Hoosier state. This year’s festival will focus on life cycle rites. In the spirit of celebrating such rituals, an Indy-based group called The Christians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East (CPJME) proposed in June 2015 to stage a Palestinian wedding celebration; a performance that envisions the interfaith marriage of a Muslim man to a Christian woman. “Our goal was to show everyone that there are Muslim Palestinians; there are Christian Palestinians,” said IUPUI sophomore Haneen Nedal Anabtawi – a member of the campus group Students for Justice in Palestine — who was one of the organizers of the proposed event. “We’re not there to say take this side or take that side, we’re just there to show people that we exist. We have a beautiful culture.” This performance, however, will not happen at the festival. In mid-June, the Center for Interfaith Cooperation (CIC) — the group that organizes the annual festival — excluded CPMJE from participation. No one involved in this dispute contends that this exclusion has to do with the subject of the proposed performance: an interfaith Palestinian wedding. But they would all agree that it has everything to do with the group that proposed the event. CPJME describes itself as a group “with a burning concern for peace and justice in the Middle East. That concern is focused on Israelis and Palestinians, both of whom have deep historical roots in the ‘Holy Land.’” The website text expresses its sympathies with both peoples but slightly favors one over another. “Since the Palestinians suffer so much more than the Israelis, our concern tends to focus on the inequities and sacrifices that plague their lives.” According to Don Knebel, CIC executive committee member, such a mission means that the CPJME is an advocacy group and does not constitute a religious institution. “We are a festival of faiths where we have religious institutions that are cel-
Yakshagana Hindu dancers were one of the many highlights in last year’s Festival of Faiths. This year’s festival will feature weddings from different faith traditions.
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“We are a festival of faiths where we have religious institutions that are celebrating the various traditions. We do not have political advocacy groups especially ones that have controversial missions.” — DON KNEBEL, CIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ebrating the various traditions,” Knebel said. “We do not have political advocacy groups especially ones that have controversial missions. We wouldn’t accept Planned Parenthood; we wouldn’t accept a Christian Right-to-Life group. There are opportunities for discussion of political issues that takes place at other events of ours and we’ve done that.” The CIC leaderhsip used the example of the Right-to-Life group in a letter to some of its board members who had concerns about CPJME’s exclusion from the Festival of Faiths. The letter, dated June 26, stated that the CPJME’s participation “would create controversy in an event designed to promote harmony and
mutual understanding.” But Edward Curtis IV, Religious Studies professor in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, saw nothing political about the thrust of the CPJME’s mission. “The group is dominated by ordained ministers of the Protestant tradition,” said Curtis. “And the question is, then, are you going to have a true festival of faiths that requires us to love all people and to struggle for justice and to want for our neighbor what we want for ourselves? That is at the heart of the Christian tradition. You may call it political, but making sure that the Palestinians have basic rights, the freedom of movement, the freedom for shelter, to obtain
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visit by Israeli scholar Ilan Pappé — a harsh critic of Israel — to the IUPUI campus that was sponsored in part by CPJME, stating that such visits would likely fuel “the flames of extremism” and create “an anti-Semitic climate on campus that may become hostile to Jewish students.” “This is not an issue directed at the Palestinians,” said Knebel. “It’s not an issue directed by the Jews against the Muslims.” Knebel, an Indy-based attorney who is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, insisted that the executive committee decision could’ve been appealed to the full CIC board. This, he said, is a more diverse body both religiously and ethnically than the executive committee. “The executive committee for the Center for Interfaith Cooperation meets every month,” Knebel said. “The board meets quarterly so the executive committee has the ability to make short term decisions… If people are aggrieved or believe that they are aggrieved by a decision of the executive committee, they can appeal that decision to the full board which is more representative of the public as a whole.” But Curtis claimed he did ask CIC Executive Director Charlie Wiles — when he visited the June 18 meeting of CPJME to inform the group of its exclusion from the Festival of Faiths — if CPJME would be able to appeal. “I asked Charlie if we could bring this decision before the full board of the CIC,” said Curtis. “Charlie said no.” Wiles recalled this incident somewhat differently. S E E , F AITH S, O N P A GE 0 8
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basic healthcare, all of these things… we don’t consider it political, we come from a tradition called the social gospel.” Curtis, who is a CPJME board member, was also a CIC board member — until recently. Four days after receiving the letter of explanation, Curtis resigned from the CIC board. “The reason why I can no longer support the CIC or participate in its activities is that I feel that the organization has fallen into a pattern where it is being used to promote the political agenda of those who are supporting the status quo that is the occupation in Israel,” Curtis said. “I believe that people who support the occupation of Palestinian lands should be part of the CIC and I support Lindsey Mintz — who’s one of the chief lobbyists for the state of Israel in the state of Indiana — as chair of the CIC. My only request is that those who also support the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Occupied Territories also have an equal voice at the CIC with respect and dignity. And frankly, that is not happening.” Mintz is the CIC board chair and the executive director of the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC). The JCRC released statements on its website blog in support of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza and against the nuclear deal with Iran, which the Obama administration achieved in concert with the other five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. And such positions put it in line with current Israeli policy under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The JCRC also criticized a January 2015
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GET INVOLVED Festival of Faiths Sunday, Aug. 30 1-5 p.m. The Festival of Faiths celebrates the religious and cultural diversity that exists in Indianapolis through experience and education. The event will feature music, dance, food, displays, and activities from the numerous faith communities represented in the city. This year’s theme focuses on faith traditions in religious ceremonies. “I’m looking forward to a Sikh wedding,” says Don Knebel, executive committee member for the Center for Interfaith Cooperation. “Last year the hit thing at the festival was the Sikh booth showing people how to tie turbans. They say that, if the weather’s nice, they’re going to have a traditional groom riding on a white horse picking up his bride. I can’t tell you how exciting that idea is if it really comes to pass.” Community youth from different backgrounds will participate in a leadership workshop, “I AM CHANGE,” hosted by the Desmond Tutu Center for Peace, Justice and Social Change. The youth will also lead “Social Awareness Table Conversations” throughout the afternoon. A “Creative Zone” will provide hands-on activities for children and families. Dance for Universal Peace will host a more relaxing “Quiet Zone” offering yoga, meditation, and other related workshops. The primary attraction is the SACRED ARTS stage, which will showcase performances representing Sikh, Jewish Klezmer, Middle Eastern, Christian, Mormon, Gospel, Punjabi and Buddhist faith traditions. Highlighting the stage will be Danish singer Anita Lerche, who found her niche in contemporary Punjabi music. Not only will Lerche bring Bollywood to the festival, but she will also sing gospel with a local AfricanAmerican choir from St. Rita’s Catholic Church. In collaboration with this year’s Festival of Faiths, the Children’s Museum will launch its latest exhibit, “National Geographic Sacred Journeys” on Saturday, Aug. 29. This exhibit features artifacts from various world faith traditions including fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the throne belonging to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a replica of the shroud of Turin and a pamphlet written by Martin Luther. During Saturday’s opening Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington will create a peace sand mandala on the museum floor. (Museum general admission is required to visit the exhibit.) Veterans Memorial Plaza, FREE, centerforinterfaithooperation.org
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“Yes, I attended the CPJME Board meeting to convey the decision of the executive committee,” Wiles responded in an email. “I discouraged taking the issue to the CIC Board and encouraged CPJME to partner with a church or a mosque to conduct a wedding demonstration. Board members have the prerogative to bring anything before the board. I believe I said it was not a good idea. However, as executive director, I am not in a position to say ‘no’ to a board [member] who is pursuing any type of a grievance.” So the CPJME didn’t appeal to the full board. Curtis was the CPJME board member who originally contacted Students for Justice in Palestine and asked them to come up with an event for Festival of Faiths. When asked about the prospect of another group sponsoring a Palestinian wedding celebration, Curtis said he didn’t know if the CIC would allow a religious group unaffiliated with CPJME to do so. And the CPJME’s proposal wasn’t reorganized under the banner of a church or a mosque as Wiles claims that he suggested. So what’s going on here? Is it bias rearing its ugly head in the CIC — the powerful allying themselves against the powerless — as Curtis suggests? Curtis pointed to the example of the Catholic Conference, a group that might reasonably be called an advocacy group — if you take a look at their website — which is a festival sponsor. “They [the Catholic Conference] wouldn’t have their literature represented, but neither would we,” Curtis said, contending that CPJME wouldn’t have engaged in any political advocacy alongside their proposed Palestinian wedding celebration. On this point, Knebel states, “I have no knowledge of any commitment by CPJME not to pass out literature. All I know is that it requested a booth, which is where it would have conducted its planned ‘wedding.’ We can't control what participants say or do at their booths.” Or is the CPJME trying to make an “issue” out of the exclusion of CPJME rather than appealing the decision to the full board as Knebel contends? “It was more important to have this in NUVO to cast doubt on the Center for Interfaith Cooperation than it is to have this presentation,” said Knebel. Or is this whole thing based, in part, on a misunderstanding? “Here’s where I think I probably dropped the ball,” said Knebel. “In 2013 when we were a tiny little just started organization with our first Festival of Faiths, we should have probably articulated the policy that we applied more recently [with the CPJME exclusion]… we probably should have put that in a written document so I wouldn’t
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have found myself talking to a reporter.” And there was a meeting of board members to discuss concerns about the executive committee decision according to Wiles. “We also invited anyone from the board who had a concern to attend a [July 2] meeting and openly discuss the decision,” Wiles stated. “Ten board members, representing diverse communities, attended the meeting where we had a robust discussion and shared good ideas on how to be clearer about the mission and purpose of Festival of Faiths for future applicants.” So what lessons are to be drawn here? Perhaps when you have a big tent in terms of religious and political affiliation, your diverse array of constituents and board members are not always going to see eye to eye. Maybe the line between advocacy and religious belief is also at issue here. Another question: Is there more involved than just holding hands and singing Kumbaya in being true to one’s faith tradition? “Peace and justice…. Those aren’t just nice little add-ons, those are the heart of what it means to follow Jesus Christ,” said Curtis.
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merica’s six-month family reunion starts anew on September 10th with the return of the NFL — but not without a great deal of bother. No, because to get there we all have to pile into dad’s shitty Mercury Sable and drive the 4,000 light-years through the barren plains of the preseason, without air conditioning or humor and it is AWFUL. Someone will puke in the car and many more will rupture their ACLs and get shipped off to Saskatchewan, never to be heard from again. It is a hellish death-march to the very end, which never seems near – until it is. Until we’re There. Until we, as a country, spill out of the dank backseat and into the cool, autumn-y goodness of the Regular Season, flush with hope and joy and vats of homemade chili, eager to get on with Fall. As family reunions typically are, it’s attended by a mixed bag of cool cousins and forgotten in-laws and that deranged great-uncle from Phoenix yelling in Comic Sans font about how Obama is paying ISIS to murder white people.
(#AllLivesMatter!) We drink too much and laugh a lot, although we bicker with each other even more – but not about Chris Berman, who we all agree needs to be hogtied and locked in one of those fucked up jail cells from Superman 2 and shot into outer space. His horribleness unites us. The whole season-long gathering will be its usual hodgepodge of randomness and moments and Roger Goodell suspending a barbecue pit for CONDUCT DETRIMENTAL, probably — none of it making much sense, but none of it needing to. It will be strange. It will cost you dearly in terms of your general health and also your money. Mostly, though, it will be fun. It’ll be great fun, really, even if you’re the Browns or Redskins or Raiders fans in the family and you know that your team will wallop your soul in the dick over and over and over again, for laughs. It’s even more fun for fans of teams that aren’t ugly grease fires of failure, of course — for teams that are relevant. >>>
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Oh hey look, the Colts are that! They are relevant!! They’re relevant because Curtis Painter spent all of 2011 playing quarterback like a Labrador trying to lick peanut butter off the inside of his facemask while simultaneously trying to hit open receivers. This proved to be an unsound way to go about things. It made the Colts a very terrible football team, thus paving the way for AnPainter drew Luck’s arrival the year after. He is the Colts’ Patron Saint of Continued Relevancy, Painter is, and we shall toast him! CHEERS TO YOU AGAIN, SAINT CURTIS!! (Outside a bus station somewhere east of Shreveport, Painter senses the toast and nods solemnly and holds up his Hardee’s cup filled with Dark Eyes vodka — which is immediately picked off by a pigeon.) Anyway, I bet Buffalo fans are nice, relatively speaking. I bet you could wear a Colts jersey to their stadium and not get prison-shanked in the neck. Buffalo fans are the exact opposite of Cincinnati fans.
My 9-year-old son and I own a fantasy football team together, and I’m on the fence about it. On the one hand, we spend quality time researching stats and figuring out lineups and otherwise enjoying each other’s company — it’s basically this century’s version of having a catch with your father on the baseball field you couldn’t afford, but built in your backyard anyway. (“Hey, dad … [chokes up] … wanna pick up Donald Brown off waivers?” Everyone sobs.) On the other hand, 9-year-olds do not take kindly to losing in general, particularly when their dad foolishly starts Randall Cobb instead of Julio Jones on the day Julio Jones scores about 700 points, for example, and HOLY HELL THEY WILL NEVER EVER EVER LET YOU FORGET HOW STUPID YOUR FOOTBALL DECISIONS ARE. Listen, I’ve got enough people in my life questioning my choices — clients, judges, other judges — so I don’t need the added stress of disappointing my son week in and week out, which I will undoubtedly do. We never win shit. Ever. And it’s always my fault, because just like filling out NCAA brackets or doing grammar good, I am terrible at fantasy football. We’re the New York Jets of our league. My son should trade me for a blocking sled.
Bruce Arians roams the reunion handing out high-fives and Jell-O shots to everyone he sees, jovial as always, with the pimp-walking confidence of a cheetah — which also happens to be the pattern of the Kangol hat he’s wearing. He is the Colts’ cool Uncle Bruce and he is BOSS AS FUCK. He is the white Bill Withers. We don’t see much of Uncle Bruce nowadays, but that doesn’t mean we don’t think about him. We certainly do. He’s still, after all, our bookie. And he is this particular Colts era’s mentor in many respects. He taught us how to make a proper Old Fashioned when we were 12 and how to shoot dice well before that. He taught us how to hot-wire a Suburban and fielddress a deer and run a vertical passing attack. There is a lot of Uncle Bruce in Andrew Luck and T.Y. Hilton if you look Uncle Bruce has arrived. hard enough, which we often do. We are grateful for his wisdom and kindness. We’re grateful for everything Uncle Bruce has done and continues to do — like how he slips us $50 bills and black-market switchblades and tells us to “go have some fun” when Coach Pagano isn’t looking. Coach Pa-
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gano does not approve of such reckless things that have little to do with football or being a “Horseshoe guy.” We kind of wish he did. Uncle Bruce senses this. “He’s a good man,” Uncle Bruce reassures us as he calmly exhales the steam from the vape pen he’s packed with kindbud oil, his gaze now fixed on a distant horizon in his mind. He takes another hit. Time stands still. He exhales. “A damn good man.” And with that he doffs his Kangol and heads for the door, handing out pairs of nunchucks and cash to a group of Vikings fans milling about the foyer. Everyone loves Uncle Bruce and they always will. But we know that he loves us best. (Meanwhile, the Colts play the Titans. Sigh.)
WEEK 4
V. Jaguars, Oct. 4, 1 p.m.
The Jaguars’ helmets look like they have trench foot. They are so remarkably Jaguars-y that it hurts my brain.
WEEK 5
At Texans, Oct. 8, 8:25 p.m.
All family gatherings inevitably get to a point where we’re spending a little TOO much time together. Sometimes you just need a — break. Breakfast turns into swimming turns into lunch and games of
cornhole and Uno and wanting to go tubing on the lake and now it’s getting dark out and JUST GET YOUR KIDS THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME FOR ONE GODDAMN MINUTE, STEVE! JESUS. That’s what “Thursday Night Football” is starting to feel like.
whistle that night, for good or ill. (Starts drinking Beam-’n-bath salts.)
WEEK 7
V. Saints, Oct. 25, 1 p.m.
What’s more fun than a Thursday game? EVERYTHING.
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V. Patriots, Oct. 18, 8:30 p.m.
Let us not talk about Deflategate. Fuck Deflategate, it is dumb and exhausting and boring. It is a series of confusing confrontations without a clear winner or a clear loser, without a beginning or an end. It is exactly like the Davis Cup in that sense. Just know this: the Colts host the Patriots on October 18th. That gives us exactly 53 days to pre-game with a vengeance; to start imbibing whatever concoction most angers up our blood. Choose wisely, you guys. And be prepared. This city burns after the final
Onside kick! Onside kick! Onside kick! The Colts’ kickoff songs over the years have ranged from Trick Daddy to Lil John to whoever does that “WE READY” song, I’m not exactly sure who it is — but they’ve all seemed to get the job done for the most part. With their “job” being to amp up the crowd, and I guess the players, too — perhaps the players even more so. So what will be the song this year? That is an interesting question! And by “interesting” I mean “not the least bit interesting!” We are not meatheads, we don’t care one way or the other. The better question is this: what would be the WORST possible kickoff song the Colts could choose? What song would fail most spectacularly at getting the crowd HYPED as well as getting the players whipped into a violent frenzy as they mentally and physically prepare to launch themselves downfield as human missiles? I HAVE IDEAS: • “Away in a Manger” • “Glory of Love” by Peter Cetera (from the Karate Kid II soundtrack) • “Stonemilker” by Björk (You really have to listen to it to fully
grasp its potential here. Whatever it is, it sounds sad as shit — like a whale slowly dying of gout and moaning all of her regrets in life through Icelandic goth-poetry.) • The “By the Seaside” ringtone from the iPhone 5, on a continuous loop • “Holocene” by Bon Iver (It’s what global famine sounds like if global famine were crying alone in a Jiffy Lube bathroom. It is terrifyingly bleak. Even the songwriter’s description of it on Wikipedia makes me want to guzzle antifreeze: “’It’s partly named after the (geological) era, but it’s also the name of a bar in Portland where I had a dark night of the soul.’ He also stated that ‘the title is a metaphor for when you’re not doing well.’”) Yes, yes, any of these would do nicely. They would all fail their job in breathtaking fashion. I do adore them so. I hope the Colts pick one and play it! The Saints would be so confused.
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At Panthers, Nov. 2, 8:30 p.m.
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rings out from the kitchen, possibly a bowl shattering or maybe a vase. “HEY KEEP IT DOWN OUT THERE YOU GUYS, JIMINY CHRISTMAS!!!” he yells sharply, his eyes wild with rage. He can hear the muffled giggling of those damned Chargers fans through the door. To hell with them, he thinks as he quickly drifts off to sleep — his stories still playing on the muted television, his Coors Banquet beer still un-sipped. It is 5:38 in the evening. (Colts 41, Broncos 17. It will be so.)
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ever played, but I guess they have. Is this the most non-historic, non-existent “rivalry” in the NFL? It has to be, doesn’t it? Have any two teams only played each other five times?? Anyway, what I’m getting at is this: the Panthers still remind me of one of those generic, unlicensed teams from Double Dribble or Any Given Sunday or the TJ Maxx CLEARANCE rack, with their fake mascots and fake teal uniforms and how they actually only exist in a fictional realm. They’re the “L.A. Breakers” or the “Miami Sharks” of the NFL. They are the “Carolina Panthers!” (Still sounds weird.)
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V. Broncos, Nov. 8, 4:25 p.m.
Peyton Manning roams the reunion too, but not without a nagging sense of anxiousness. He is filled with fret and armfuls of coasters that he’s continuously setting beneath the cups of all the Ravens fans who apparently don’t know that the table they’re sitting around is made of the finest English walnut money can buy. He abhors water rings on his coffee table; they represent imperfections, and imperfections represent failure. He hikes up his slacks sighs the frustrated sigh of a man with more
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important things to do. He has the beef tenderloin to marinate and the boat to gas up and don’t even get him started on the cigarette butts strewn about the deck that he just KNOWS the Bears fans left and won’t clean up, because they are ungrateful layabouts. He is League Dad and he’s had it UP TO HERE with hosting this thing for decades on end. He is too old for this now. He desperately wants to pass on the hosting duties to a younger fella — but who? Manning escapes the noise and chaos of the gathering as he cracks open a Coors Banquet beer and sits on the davenport in his den, too tired to think, too worried to relax. Just then a terrific crash
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At Falcons, Nov. 22, 1 p.m.
There are people among us who know very much about the intricacies of football. You know, technical shit like blocking schemes and … (Googles “football terms”) … the Cover-3 defense and so forth. I am not one of these people. I listen to Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski and Mike Mayock talk all their crazy-complicated football analyses and
they may as well be yelling at me about quantum mechanics, in Elvish. None of it makes sense, and I used to fear none of it ever would. That is until Rick Venturi began popping up in various Indy media outlets last year. I don’t want to over exaggerate this, so I will put it in rather understated and very true terms: he is the Obi-Wan-FUCKINGKenobi of football, a real Jedi’s Jedi who knows everything there is to know about the game and — better yet Venturi — how to impart that wisdom upon stupid dweebs like myself. He takes massively convoluted principles of the game and breaks them down into simple, digestible little nuggets that are delicious and not-confusing! I wish he were President of Football. Rick Venturi in 2016! #MakeFootballUnderstandableAgain
WEEK 12
V. Buccaneers, Nov. 29, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay still has a football team. They’re called the “Buccaneers.” That is the extent of my knowledge about
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and NFL football team. Oh — and I think they had a staph infection epidemic in their locker room a couple years back. That’s it. That’s all I know.
WEEK 13
At Steelers, Dec. 6, 8:30 p.m.
(Curtains rise) Andrew Luck sits quietly in his Pittsburgh hotel lobby on a bitterly cold Saturday night in November. He is reading The Poetics of Space, a 1958 book by Gaston Bachelard that applies the method of phenomenology to architecture. Out of nowhere, some greaser Steelers fan smashes a tablesaw over his head. “Hahaha, GREAT HIT RIGHT THERE, PAL!!!” Luck says joyfully, extending his blood-soaked hand to his assaulter, the nonverbal cue for help me stand up. Luck’s assaulter does in fact help him up, but he is not entirely sure why. He is confused. Luck slaps his attempted murderer on the butt and they go their separate ways, each respecting the other a little bit more than before. (Curtains close) This concludes tonight’s “OVERLY NERDY ANDREW LUCK THEATER,” goodnight!
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At Jaguars, Dec. 13, 1 p.m.
be pubes on a urinal in the gift shop bathroom. There will be no AFC Champions banner commemorating this year, I guarantee it. There will be none because if there is one so recklessly hung, I will shoot it down with an M-160 rocket launcher, for our dignity. It is the right thing to do.
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V. Texans, Dec. 20, 1 p.m. (See WEEK 14.)
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At Dolphins, Dec. 27, 1 p.m.
Fish, mammal or plush toy?
The Colts will enter the meaningless Dolphins game in Miami with a roughly 400-game lead on the rest of the AFC South, having already locked up the #1 seed in the AFC Playoffs. The Bill Polian/Tony Dungy Era Colts would seal the starters in protective bubble wrap and leave them home. The dreamy Bruce Arians Colts Era That Never Was would play the starters for 60 minutes AND bet them each $10,000 that they couldn’t win by 50 or more points. (“PROVE ME WRONG, LADS.”) The Ryan Grigson/Chuck Pagano Colts will be somewhere in between, I suppose. I don’t know if that’s good or bad. Rick Venturi will hash that out later for us.
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V. Titans, Jan. 3, 1 p.m.
13-and-3. See you in Santa Clara. WE WILL DEVOUR YOU.
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91st Annual Hoosier Salon e Through Sept. 26, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. I was expecting to see at least one painting of a covered bridge at the 91st Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition on the fourth floor of the Indiana History Center, but I saw none. Since it’s 2015, I thought maybe that I might just possibly see a 3D-printer-extruded sculpture of a covered bridge. There were, not surprisingly, plenty of landscapes in this juried exhibition of 153 works by 126 artists judged by artists Quang Huang of Austin, and Randall Sexton of San Francisco. (The competition rules required that an artist be a current resident or have lived in Indiana for at least a year.) Anthony King’s oil painting “Corner Pasture,” depicted a typical Brown County landscape in a hyper-realistic style, suggesting the first hint of fall with the changing color of the trees in the fields in the foreground also with the oppressive heat of summer weighing down the low hills in the background with a blanket of haze. There were also city landscapes, such as “A Million Reflections” by Rob Proctor depicting the Cloud Gate sculpture (a.k.a. the Bean) and the Magnificent Mile skyline in Chicago. This painting, which won King an award for best first time exhibitor, was interesting because it had the type of ornate gold frame used by many Hoosier Salon artists — that it really could have done without. What, aside from talk of covered bridges, does a typical — or a stereotypical — Hoosier Salon painting consist of? Judging from the material on display here, there’s no reason to paint with a broad brush. There was a wide array of 2D and 3D work stretching stylistically well outside the Impressionistic and plein air landscape genres with which Hoosier Salon is typically associated moving into realms of abstraction and surrealism. According to Carmel Gallery Manager Richard Anderson, there was indeed one on display. And I missed it. — DAN GROSSMAN Indiana History Center, $7 adults, $6.50 seniors, $5 ages 5 to 17, hoosiersalon.org
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photographer who builds small worlds only to destroy them in the photographic process. A furniture-maker who shrank the scale of his designs when unable to find adequate studio space upon moving to San Francisco. An industrial designerturned-toy inventor exploring the details of the Mid Century Modern era by reducing iconic designs to a 1/12 scale. A knitter who challenged herself to create smaller and more intricate works that would eventually land on notable television programs and film. The artists featured in The Miniature, an exhibit at Indiana University’s Grunwald Gallery, are from various backgrounds, but what they share is a fascination with scale. The exhibit shows what it takes to make a piece that requires a microscope to see. Talk about detail. The exhibit is co-curated by Grunwald Gallery director Betsy Stirratt and miniature knitter and Bloomington resident Althea Crome. Showcasing the work of ten artists, including Crome, the exhibit represents the gap between miniature design and the contemporary art world. “We decided to select people that really illustrated the range of miniatures being made today,” says Stirratt. “It was important that we select work that
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“Staging Area” by Thomas Doyle.
bridged the two worlds and also created a fun and fascinating experience for visitors to the show.” Tiny sets, clothing and paintings are definitely a niche market, but that doesn’t keep it from thriving and
expanding. Crome’s work alone, tiny knitted pieces inspired by art history and other sources, has been displayed in venues as notable and varied as The Martha Stewart Show, Ripley’s Believe It or Not and in Henry Selick’s film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. Viewing this miniature art through a microscope only touches the tip of the iceberg in terms of the work that goes into each piece. “Doing the research for a miniature project can be about the same as researching a master’s thesis,” says William Robertson, whose work on display at Grunwald includes a working 1/12th scale replica of the Louis XV Microscope. “For this project I read hundreds of pages on the creation of instruments, the marketing to the court, the artist style and what influenced it along with every other detail from the period.” The artists who primarily re-create historical works spend days looking over old blueprints or analyzing fulltime prototypes to determine how to translate the details on a small scale. Even the ones who bring to life objects of their own imagination spend time researching what scale and materials will serve the piece best. Once the books are closed, actually creating these tiny works of art is its own ordeal. Often it means venturing into unknown territory, as many designs have never been attempted >>>
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“Doing the research for a miniature project can be about the same as researching a master’s thesis.” — WILLIAM ROBERTSON
For some of the artists, such as photographer/diorama creator Matthew Albanese, the work doesn’t even end when the creation is complete. “The miniatures themselves are a completely different experience in person from what they are through the lens,” he says. “Half the time, I destroy them if I haven’t already during the photographic process.” It’s a lot of work but it’s worth it for sculptor/photographer Joe Fig. “Working in miniature scale gives the viewer a God’s-eye perspective,” says Fig. “We hope people are inspired by the show” adds Stirratt. “And that it makes them ask the question ‘how did they do it?’ and ‘can I do it too?’” n
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nteractive art at its fin(d)est and most fetching. Word play was all over the place this weekend as I, your intrepid reporter, braved the wilds of Fountain Square in support of Finders Keepers — a geocaching art scavenger hunt. Art lovers can see the actual, larger works of art from iMOCA in The Murphy Building. Finders Keepers is a beautiful free exhibition. No tickets, no admission, and the scavenger hunt is on for those who enjoy the scavenging and the hunt. This is good news for me, and anyone remotely like me. Why is this good news, you ask? Because I might just be the worst geocacher in the entire history of the hobby. Seriously, if this was Willy Wonka, there is absolutely no golden ticket in my future. On the flip side, like Wonka, I did have lots of chocolate with me to snack on while out and about. For me, chocolate helps cushion the blow of failure — failure in that metaphorical sense, not literally. But I can’t lie — I actually had a really good time on the scavenger hunt — looking slightly shifty whilst trekking about and peering into the area’s dark, shifty corners and suspicious hidden holes, snapping photos of the entire process. So it was in that spirit of assignment and adventure, and for the love of exploring my city and trying something completely new, I got out there to geocache. I got out there in the light and heat, in and around the Fountain Square area and southern downtown. I don’t want to admit how much technology I had, nor the fact I wore my lucky shoes; moreover, I certainly don’t want to admit how many hours elapsed before I gave up. I even researched and asked questions of the ultra-helpful folks at the iMOCA. So, it’s not like I wasn’t prepared. And while I did not interview new executive direc-
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tor Paula Katz, I have a hunch she would have also tried to help me along in my geocaching quest, should I have asked. All I can say is that, first, I gave geocaching my level best. Next I asked a friend to help. At one point, I even asked strangers for advice. And in the end, I mostly took a lot of pictures, laughed heartily at both the sky and the ground, then took swigs of water to make sure I was properly hydrated, and in fact, not succumbing to the sun’s intensity. I cajoled my intrepid geocaching companion to triple check those coordinates on his fancy iPhone — none of which actually helped me locate priceless works of miniature art. I’m sure the pieces are there, and I’m sure those of you top-ranked geocachers out there will find them. So, for those of you better at the sport, the coordinates are listed on their website indymoca.org. Although unsuccessful in actually locating the geocache art nuggets, I did
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find a few things equally as important and possibly just as priceless. I was reminded that I rarely, if ever, view any opportunity as a failure — I always make sure I learn something from an experience and the Finders Keepers geocache scavenger hunt and exhibit is no different. I saw a part of the city completely foreign to me. I found yard sales. I found awesome art ALL OVER the area that I caught only while on foot — I would not have noticed most of it from a moving car, and certainly not if I had been the driver. Quite frankly, all of Indianapolis feels like a geocaching activity to me now — there’s life in every nook and cranny in this city. And I’m now officially confused when I hear people say there’s nothing to do here. There’s almost too much going on here and too much to do. I’m not even sure what I might tell someone to go look at and do first. Wait. Yes, I do! I would tell them to first visit the iMOCA exhibit at the Murphy Building, then download the GPS coordinates from their website. The featured artists include local favorites like Brent Aldrich, Leticia Bajuyo, Lobyn Hamilton, Robert Horvath, Indy Droids, Jon Love, Copy Culture, Guatam Rao, Constance Scopelitis, Marna Shopoff, Jeffrey Teuton and Andrew Winship. There’s some real talent on display at the iMOCA for this exhibit and it’d be a shame to miss it. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 08.26.15 - 09.02.15 // VISUAL 15
EVENT Moving on and up Aug. 30, 7:15 p.m. Dwight Simmons is coming home for an encore, and to let some things go. Namely some jokes that are starting to wear thin. At least for him. Simmons will be recording his first stand-up album at Morty’s, one of the first clubs he performed at in Indy. The album, he says, is a way to document his bits and move onto new material. That older material first started to blossom in Bloomington was where he got his start as a comedian. The Funny Bone opened during his sophomore year. In fact, he was on the first sound check when the club turned into The Comedy Attic that it is today. Now the ten or so comics who got their start at the same time are all off doing great things. “There is this unspoken competition amongst us,” laughs Simmons. Who is winning? “Right now I would say, I don’t know if you have heard of him, this guy named Thomas Brady. I would say he is winning right now. But we are going to catch him.” Simmons seems to be right on his tail. He has already put the notch on his belt of opening for David Letterman. “When you think of Indiana you don’t think of a ton of famous comedians,” laughs Simmons. “I felt a sort of connection with him [since we are both from Indiana]. … We aren’t really on the map as far as comedy scenes go. But I feel like we have a really strong one there.” According to Simmons his new material is going to be “a goof way to talk about social issues.” But those issues are hardly goofy. Things like police brutality, LGBT and women’s rights all fill up his time at the mic. “Working in New York is easier because people are more liberal than in Indiana,” says Simmons “But that is also a catch 22. You don’t want to do bits with audiences that just agree with you. You kind of need a push back from the audience ... You don’t want to just talk to the people that are on your side, that is the easy way out. ... It’s kind of a win if you can get people who are on the edge to laugh and nod their head and say ‘yeah that’s a good point.’ I found that I liked that feeling almost as much as I like getting ridiculous laughs” — EMILY TAYLOR Morty’s Comedy Joint, 3625 E. 96th St., $10, 848-5500, mortyscomedy.com
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et’s be real, you either love or hate Broadway shows. There is nothing in between. If you are in the former group it’s likely that you have heard of Norm Lewis. He has taken on roles in Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera and Chicago. Now he’s touring as a cabaret singer and swinging by the Columbia Club this weekend. We had a quick phone chat before his show.
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NUVO: How did you get started singing? NORM LEWIS: I started in the church ... it was just a rite of passage basically. My dad was a deacon. My grandfather was a preacher so I kind of had to be in church. Being in the choir was a social thing anyway. In my particular church there wasn’t an audition or anything like that. If you wanted to sing you got up and did it. Some people could and some people couldn’t, but we tried to make a joyful noise every Sunday. NUVO: How do you make the jump back and forth between TV work and Broadway at the same time? LEWIS: It’s been a really great transition. It’s different skill sets. It’s the same intention but it’s a different skill set as far as execution. So I love going back and forth. When I did Scandal I was very lucky because I was still doing Porgy and Bess on Broadway, so I was going back and forth. I would go and shoot what I needed to shoot in Los Angeles and do the rest of week at Porgy and Bess. So I would fly to L.A. on a Sunday night, stay as long as they needed me then fly back and do Porgy and Bess. NUVO: How do you recreate classical characters as your own? Or do you try and be as true as possible?
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LEWIS: I do both of those things. ... There are a lot of times when things can almost be robotic and you can still get away with it. In the case of Javert in Les Mis, the music is so staccato and he is a very stern character. If I just got up there and sang the music it would still work because it’s written so beautifully. The way the music moves it tells the story anyway. But I wanted to actually delve deeper and study
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the words and find out more information about who this character was. ... I would try and use it as a monologue instead of singing it. In fact that was one of my exercises. ... from there I found a new depth to it. It gave me a lot of subtext. NUVO: Any dream characters that are on your acting bucket list? LEWIS: I have been lucky. I have gotten to play a lot of guys that I wanted to play. One that comes to mind is I would love to do Harold Hill in The Music Man. And maybe one of these days I will get to explore that one. I am looking forward to seeing some new projects out there that would fit who I am and who I can fit into. NUVO: What is the hardest part of Broadway? LEWIS: The hardest part is making sure that it is fresh eight times a week. You being able to physically handle all of that material in that amount of time. You want to make that first show and that last show be just a good because it’s a new audience every time. So there is discipline with that. Phantom was actually the most challenging show I think I have ever done. And physically, vocally, emotionally I
was pretty disciplined for 9 months. I just did the show and went home. I didn’t do much talking during the day. I watched what I ate. Not that I am a big drinker, but I didn’t drink at all for nine months. NUVO: If I were to pull out your iPod (do people still use iPods?) what would you be listening to? LEWIS: I have a slight crush on Beyonce right now. NUVO: Don’t we all. LEWIS: The new Michael Jackson album. I also go back to the classics and listen to Johnny Mathis, who is my favorite singer of all time. I will listen to Renée Fleming. I love some DJs in the house music realm. I am across the board. It depends on the mood I am in at that time. Whitney Houston is one of my favorite singers. ... You could find anything up in there. NUVO: When was the last time you were in Indy? LEWIS: I think I stopped by on my way to Kentucky. We stopped to visit some friends that lived here. It wasn’t long at all. n
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t’s 1976 and 15-year-old Minnie Goetz (Bel Powley) keeps a diary on her cassette tape recorder. One of her dictated entries changes everything. “I’ve just had sex! Holy shit!” In a minute I’m going to tell you something that will likely stir your emotions. First I remind you that times were different then. This was a period of exploration. There were lines, but they were fuzzier than they are now. Bear that in mind as I inform you that the guy Minnie just had sex with is her mother’s thirtysomething boyfriend. The age difference is eventually addressed, but this is not a movie about child molestation. It’s a coming-of-age story – a terrific one – and Minnie is a very determined young person unwilling to wait for what she wants. That is what propels actor Marielle Heller’s feature directing debut, which offers the most realistic
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depiction of the counterculture era I have ever seen. Phoebe Gloeckner wrote the book on which the film is based and Heller incorporates bits of underground comicstyle animation to reflect the panels in the (partially) graphic novel. Minnie’s mother Charlotte (Kristen Wiig) is involved in the counterculture herself, particularly in the area of recreational drugs. Her boyfriend Monroe (Alexander Skarsgard) is an affable, immature fellow (when he finally gets found out, he gripes that Minnie manipulated him). The pair’s hazy state of being is a factor in Minnie’s behavior.
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The cast includes little sister, Gretel (Abigail Wait), mostly absent step-dad, Pascal (Christopher Meloni), well-to-do fellow student, Ricky (Austin Lyon), best friend, Kimmie (Madeleine Waters), skateboarder Chuck (Quinn Nagle) and sort-of role model, Tabatha (Margarita Levieva). Everybody is good or better, with standout work from Wiig and Skarsgard, but Bel Powley gives a star-making performance in the lead role. The movie rides on her ability to carry the anxieties of a regular teen while revealing herself to be exotic, daring, sexual, artistic, admirable, fierce and more, all depending on the moment. She is what kids like me wanted to be: the one that actually does it instead of just talking about it. And by “it” I mean everything. One wrong move could have thrown the whole movie off, but Powley gets it right again and again. And so does the cast and crew – I thought Chris Meloni’s character veered close to becoming cartoonish, but the film allows a scene where he drops his pretenses. Bottom line: The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a beaut. n
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fter the press screening of Mistress America, the new collaboration between Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, I thought of ways the movie could be pitched: “Like a Wes Anderson film without the dioramas!” “Like a Kevin Smith movie without Kevin Smith!” Neither line is quite accurate, but they get across the idea — Mistress America is funny, engaging and full of characters that do not talk or behave like real humans. I was one of the people that didn’t like Baumbach and Gerwig’s popular 2012 comedy, Frances Ha. This one works for
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me. It’s funny in the typical smartasses-inNew-York fashion, which I usually get sick of after a while. But midway through this one, it veers into screwball comedy land, which turns out to be a very wise move. Overwhelmed college freshman Tracy (Lola Kirke) meets Brooke (Gerwig) — her mom is going to marry Brooke’s dad — and everything gets much more interesting.
Brooke lives in Times Square! She preforms with a band! She’s going to open a quaint, family-style Williamsburg restaurant with her boyfriend, who is “off in Greece betting against the economy or something.” Other characters include a tense classmate (Matthew Shear) of Tracy’s and his jealous girlfriend (Jasmine CephasJones), an “ex-friend” (Heather Lind) of Brooke’s and more. Some of them end up on a road trip to Connecticut for an investment pitch. That’s where the screwball aspect of the story kicks in. There’s lots of laughs, leading up to a moment of clarity. But only a moment. Mistress America is uneven, but it delivers when it counts, and that’s all I require. n
Bill Hudnut: Twilight Reflections, Evening Meditations t Debuts Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m. on WFYI-TV. Given the current political climate, it’s startling to remember that former Indy Mayor Bill Hudnut’s a Republican. Hudnut, now in his nineties and facing a bevy of health problems, is the subject of a conversation with John Krull airing on WFYI this week. Bill Hudnut: Twilight Reflections, Evening Meditations is just that — a program that’s more introspective than informative. The basics are here: Hudnut was a former preacher-turned-politician, a Presbyterian minister who served in Congress, wrangled with opponentturned-pal Andy Jacobs, Jr., and eventually became the mayor who took the nap out of Naptown. Hudnut built a stadium and waited for an NFL franchise, stood on a snowbank during the blizzard of ’78 and told Indy everything would be OK. As host John Krull opines here, the modern Republican Party wants nothing to do with a Hudnut today — nor a Lugar or a Goldsmith, for that matter (and one wonders about Ballard). One of the more interesting revelations in this half-hour show is the origin of the anti-RFRA letter sent to the Indy Star and signed by Indy’s five living Mayors: The notion was Bev Hudnut’s idea, the Mayor’s wife and ever-present companion. Although the documentary’s rather short on biographical and historical touchpoints — we see Hudnut walking in front of the ruins of a Ramada Inn that had been struck by an Air Force plane in 1987 with no direct reference to the disaster, for example — it’s long on political contrast. The 16-year-tenure of Bill Hudnut as Indy’s mayor was instrumental in turning the Circle City from India-No-Place to a Super-Bowl-host city. The very notion of bringing disparate viewpoints together to find common ground for the common good is all but lost in today’s screaming over who’s got the proper exclusionary bona fides to be a “real Republican.” The Mayor himself describes the modern GOP as “rigid” and “obstinate” — one gets the sense he’s used stronger language behind closed doors. Bill Hudnut, ever cheerful, ever positive, doesn’t look defeated as he remembers watching his party move to the right. As he and Krull mark how the Republican base declared him “too moderate” (a laughable concept, as the film rightly notes), Hudnut looks ever hopeful. In the Mayor’s own words, how does one build a world class city — or a world-class political movement, for that matter? “Tolerance is important. Inclusivity is important.” Thanks, Mr. Mayor. — ED WENCK
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rgument is sugar, and we swarm SHOWING: NOW, KEYSTONE ART around it like flies. RATED: R, e So says former NBC News president Richard Wald in regard to our obsession with the sort of debates explored in the Directors Robert Gordon and Morgan documentary Best of Enemies. The film Neville don’t pretend that these men aren’t revolves around the famous feud between off-putting in an effort to make a puff piece political pundits Gore Vidal and William F. about them. Instead, the filmmakers focus Buckley Jr. It feeds our urge to be flies on on the heated, animalistic arguments the wall in the midst of such a fight. between the men, which left audiences Best of Enemies suggests that we utterly entranced at the time. wouldn’t have The Daily Show or The One of Vidal and Buckley’s discusO’Reilly Factor without the televised sions resulted in the kind of outrageous debates between Vidal and Buckley in the personal attack that would get millions of summer of 1968, during the Democratic hits on YouTube if it happened today. In and Republican national conventions. the heat of the moment — and unfortuABC pitted the men against each other nately on live television — Buckley freaked in the hopes of increasing its lethally low out at Vidal, slinging slurs and threatenratings. The network was so unsuccessful ing to hurt him. Gordon and Neville dig that those in the industry joked, “If the under the sensationalist surface of this president put the Vietnam War on ABC, it would be cancelled in 13 weeks.” Vidal and Buckley But when they got together, they emerged on ABC like a revealed their raw, primal selves. two-headed dragon, Vidal being the liberal brain and Buckley the hardheaded conservative — much like incident and show how it haunted both Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly. Neither one men. It’s refreshing that the film doesn’t was an everyman. Both spoke like stuffy merely revel in their entertaining anger; it intellectuals. But when they got together, explores the inner turmoil behind it — the they revealed their raw, primal selves. humanity amid the hysterics. Therein lies the thrill of political theater Best of Enemies moves at a blistering — watching polished pundits get dirty, pace, buzzing with the same uncomproseeing them pushed off their pedestals mising intensity as Vidal and Buckley’s and onto the ground with the rest of us. debates. It may take you a while to warm A major strength of the film is its honesty up to these guys — they’re hardly the about Vidal and Buckley having a hard time kind of heroes that moviegoers like to relating to average viewers because of their root for. But just as their debates did backgrounds. Both born into wealth, Vidal nearly 50 years ago, this film sucks us into was the haughty author of several bulky the spectacle of arguments turning political books, and Buckley founded intellectuals into animals. n the elitist magazine National Review. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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first glimpsed Indianapolis hip-hop culture in 2010. DJ Metrognome and company held a hip-hop summit at the Martin Luther King Jr. Service Center off Illinois. That day would be my first billed show as an artist playing my own set. As I look back at the five years since that summit, it seems as if the entire city has evolved immensely – but nowhere more so than our flourishing hip-hop community. I’ve played all over the country since then and I can say with confidence that there is no place like home. Each side of the city has its own distinct flavor; from the Westside to the East, everyone is making their mark somehow or someway and contributing to Indianapolis hip-hop. This winter I worked on a project with Sirius Blvck, and I romanced the idea of throwing a huge music festival. I have an annoying habit – like
many of you – that propels me to constantly tackle a million projects that at first seem daunting, but eventually work themselves out. GhostGunSummer, a hip-hop collective I am a part of, played a show at Pizza King in Fountain Square, and I mentioned my idea to Jon Rogers, the executive director of Musical Family Tree. MFT is so significant to Indiana music that I wanted to take it a step further and create a vessel to stimulate some funds for their newly formed 501c3. On that day in January we decided to move forward and start planning Chreece. Chreece is a drunken portmanteau I accidentally created on my cooking show Let’s Do Lunch. I meant to toast Abbi Merris from Bluebeard, who was cooking that day on the show, and my brain could not decipher between peace and
cheers. Thus, the word Chreece was born. It kind of spread like wildfire, and I decided it was the perfect title for such a celebration. My intentions are to unify every emcee in the state and beyond to come together for a day of Cheers and Peace to Indiana hip-hop culture, everyone from the art rappers to the trappers, the experimental to the based, and the golden age. It is important that everyone knows how important and special hip-hop is in our state. From the afternoon to the evening there will be something for everyone to explore and enjoy, and Fountain Square is the perfect neighborhood because everything is within walking distance. — OREO JONES
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MICK JENKINS
(closes out The Hi-Fi) In recent years, Jenkins’ home city of Chicago has been best-known for its drill music, but this young emcee hails from another sect of Chicago hip-hop, a group of lyrically prodigious spitters who honed their craft at poetry open mics. This perhaps explains why Jenkins is something of an anti-hero in hip-hop, offering simple messages — like his “Drink More Water” mantra — that illuminate larger ideas and avoid indulging the genre’s usual hedonism. It’s Serious Music that doesn’t lose anything sonically, thanks to his jazzy influences and weed residue.
THE NATIVE SUN
(closes out White Rabbit Cabaret with Rusty Redenbacher, Rehema McNeil, Sonny Paradise and Feeray Carrera. Find their blurbs in following list) That the Native Sun has put out just two studio releases during their almost 10 years together is a testament to their effort and craftsmanship. As a three-part hip-hop trio — drums, bass, emcee — putting together their work can take a bit longer, but it arms them with the power of performance. Thanks to their live instrumentation and comfort with one another, they can create a vivid, visceral sound both on wax and on stage. Drawing comparisons to the Roots feels too easy for a hip-hop band, but dammit if the musical abilities of B Meeks, B Young and Sleepy don’t evoke the same type of feelings, especially with their boom-bap foundation.
SHOW YOU SUCK
(closes out Pizza King) The name is misleading. Show You Suck’s music has little to do with how he values your character, and in fact, it largely promotes PMA, or Positive Mental Attitude, for everyone. See, Chicago doesn’t hate everybody. Show and his music are all about fun; every song sounds like a party, with bright sounds, absurd lyrics, and a myriad of pop culture influences. And pizza — lots of pizza.
SEDCAIRN ARCHIVES
(closes out Fountain Square Plaza) The most eclectic headlining act, David Moose Adamson’s newest incarnation Sedcairn Archives plays with darker electronic pallets, favoring minimalist soundscapes that leave a ton of empty space for experimentation. It’s an interesting juxtaposition against their drums, which have a tendency to get pretty busy thanks to their juke and footwork influences, a trait that keeps their varied style sounding distinctly Midwest.
MATHAIUS YOUNG
(closes out General Public Collective) As both a rapper and a producer, Young’s handle on the entire creative process of his music feels something like a filmmakers’. Between his raspy voice and disconcerting use of synths — not to mention the fact that his name dots every facet of his song credits — the apt comparison feels like a young John Carpenter. He’s a master of creating atmosphere, and he spits confidently and methodically, never getting ahead of himself or the audience.
EJAAZ
(closes out Joyful Noise) There’s a thoughtfulness to EJAAZ’s work that’s evident as soon as his plainspoken lyrics hit your ears. He favors quiet production and soundscapes that are often stark and cold, full of empty space, and he warms up with his willingness for introspection and adaptable, melodic flow. He can go in or pull back, with an impressive handle on how to treat different beats and create diverse sounds. >>>> 20 CHREECE // 08.26.15 - 09.02.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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When Pharaoh touches down, he does so with a direct delivery that relies on emphasis and repetition to make an impact. It helps ground his taste for outer space, which shows up most noticeably in his beat selection.
ACE ONE & NEVI MOON
The rapper/producer combination of Ace One and Nevi Moon, respectively, hails from Strong Roots Records. Ace strives to bring heady concepts to his hip-hop which pairs nicely with Moon’s eerie goth dance production.
ANDY D
Rocking a denim vest, fanny pack and a commanding mustache/ rat-tail combo, Andy D (with wife and musical partner Anna Vision at his side) is a fearless showman.
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While BBH can sound almost Ben Steincatatonic at times, it gives his rap a weirdly arresting directness that never feels too serious, offset by his sly jokes, loopy delivery, and an ‘80s production
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groups of performances that run a gamut of styles to rock the party.
DAVID PECK
Peck can capably fill the roles of both hip-hop producer and trip-hop musician, and sometimes they wind up being the same role. He likes clap drums and loading up the lower end, but leaves enough middle ground for someone to ride the beat if they want to.
DECKADEMICS DJS
Deckademics is Indianapolis’s first and only school that teaches the craft of being a DJ, from in the club, to battling, to scratching, to spinning in the club and some of their students will be gracing the plaza with their spins and sounds.
DOM HEARD ’EM SAY
Dom’s whole style is soft in the best possible way, from his smooth delivery to his fondness for velvety, 1000-thread-count beats.
DRAYCO MCCOY
Young Drayco McCoy has been known to get crazy, always talking shit and swerving recklessly through flows both intricate and ignorant. Trust that he is equally ready to roll up on something chill and let it burn slow.
DYLAN PREVAILS
Dylan Prevails will tackle any type of production style, no matter whether it’s from the coasts, the South, or the Midwest. He can get sinister or serene – but he leans toward sinister.
EWOKIE TALKIE
Boss L basically does an incredible Juicy J impression, from the flow all the way to the pitcheddown voice, and manages to distinguish himself by putting a low-key neurotic twist on the ignorant persona.
If there’s a trademark Indiana rap sound right now, Evansville beatsmith Ewokie Talkie has captured it, slathering dreamy synth-pop over Dilla drums with just a tinge of avant-garde instincts.
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Ghost Gun Summer features several of the city’s most prolific and popular young rappers and producers who have been on tour together and helped foster Fountain Square’s recent rap surge. Features Chreece founder Oreo Jones, Sirius Blvck, John Stamps, Freddie Bunz and Grey Granite.
A quartet out of Muncie, Bored. sounds like a manifestation of the city’s seedier, stranger side, a style they’ve deemed “meth-hop.” Their lyrics and influences swerve between surreal and banal, all with a bent of purposeful unconvention.
CAS ONE
No one can say Cas One doesn’t give it up in his lyrics, which are full of striking personal honesty and introspection.
CICADA SHELLS
A hip-hop duo from Indianapolis that owes a heavy debt to Aesop Rock, offering timely references with a message, delivered through a barking flow over samples and boom-bap drums.
THE COMDOT
The Comdot moved to Indianapolis from Charlotte and has recently come on the scene as an eager emcee with a hearty bellow and restless delivery, ideal for his traditional sonic tastes.
CUT CAMP
An artistic collective featuring a wide variety of musicians and other artists, Cut Camp will be breaking out their hip-hop side, with different
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GRXZZ
There’s no sound or beat so mighty mighty that Grxzz can’t muscle it with his gruff, weighty delivery, but he’s also shown the ability to finesse more ethereal sounds with the softer side of his songcraft as well.
HARRY OTAKU
This unbelievably mellow Indy producer has a knack for the cinematic — literally. Our personal favorite Otaku project is his 37-part beat tape dedicated to Coming To America.
HUMAN III
Fiercely individual and extremely woke, Human has a clear-cut way of seeing and putting things, unafraid to speak on any topic with his firm delivery.
INDIANA CHIEF & BLU THAT BAD MF
The pair is currently working on a collaborative project, which will surely include more of the pair’s
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hazy-yet-aspirational stonerisms, just as concerned with crumbling herb as stacking paper.
IRIS
A producer who helped co-found Strong Roots Records, Iris’ debut tape unexpectedly became one of the label’s most-downloaded efforts, thanks to its bright sounds, varied instrumentation and hip-hop sensibilities.
JAECYN BAYNE
Bayne started out in Indianapolis, moved to California, then re-
turned with a vengeance, Jaecyn Bayne has done everything (including the big label circuit) plus developed an assaultive, rat-a-tat flow that underscores his taste for riffing on traditional conceits.
JAWNSKI
It’s impossible to listen to the drums and soul samples in Jawnski’s productions and not think of J. Dilla, but he’s a deft beatmaker in his own right, and his instrumental tapes can leave you feeling fuller than most mixtapes.
JERON BRAXTON
Drenched in reverb and rocking a methodical flow, Braxton is more concerned with fostering atmosphere and feelings than hard-and-fast #bars.
KE’ONDRIS
Ke’Ondris has a rapid flow that can dominate a first impression, but he’s got other assets too, armed with a great ear for hooks and some very wavy beats.
KOBRA KAI
Comprised of three Indiana rappers — Ricky Freezer, BPZ, and Spacedad — KOBRA KAI sounds more down South than Indiana, partial to the Zaytoven-style keyboard sounds of the ‘00s, goofy song conceits, and heavy, rhythm-driven flows.
LOST CULT
Eric Brown’s various projects (Audio Record / Mad Lab / Echomaker) are avant garde experiments that currently twist their way into new project Lost Cult.
MANDOG
Another Dilla-influenced producer, ManDog understands the power of stilted drums and uses them to dramatic effect, to the point that they might make you motion-sick. That’s meant in a good way.
MAXIE
Formerly known as Yung Tone, Maxie has an elastic style that he can pull on or snap back into place, adding tension to the weight of the words in his verses.
MERC VERSUS
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Read our interview with Mick Jenkins on page 30.
Merc Versus is a classic. Like many traditional emcees, he stays in a straight line on the track, with a penchant for dusty boom-bap beats and unwavering bars that have something to say.
MF GOON
NEW WAVE COLLECTIVE
Florida emcee MF GOON is largely inspired by Detroit’s Bruiser Brigade; he never seems to spit the same way twice, living up to his namesake and going goofy in ways that somehow both juxtapose and suit his preference for minimalist bizarro beats.
A collection of three Indianapolis emcees, Don Chambers, J-Ice, Fre$co are sure-handed emcees capable of laying down their slippery rhymes over several different styles, often anchored with a catchy sample.
MOLLY JUNE
Nick Nice has developed an urgency and intensity to his delivery while still keeping his obscure allusions, and Petey Boy’s more traditional selfpromotion and braggadocio should be a fun complement.
MR. KINETIK
OK NOW! always has a story to tell, which is good, because he speaks his mind well, building on clear ideas throughout his verses with a tight, efficient flow.
Formerly an acoustic singersongwriter, Molly June still does her own hooks, but has otherwise veered far away from that style, sporting a fleet flow that typically skates across modern EDM-style production. Whether it’s in the studio, on the boards, or behind the mic, Mr. Kinetik is an Indy hip-hop veteran, powered by funk, jazz, and soul influences that spawn a bevy of different sounds.
NAGASAKI DIRT
Dirt has been kind of an enigma during his short time on the scene, and although his body of work is small, it’s potent: laden with dark, ambient sonics and punctuated by his gravelly drawl.
NATHAN ARIZONA
Nathan Arizona, a.k.a. the Loud Stankin Caucasian, has a deliberate delivery that thrives on its brevity and is equal parts dry humor and hyperbole.
NICK NICE & PETEY BOY
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POINDEXTER
There’s a bit of an absurdist tilt to Poindexter, who twists his highstrung delivery in unexpected ways that carve up traditional beats and sounds into something intensely undulating and kinda wild.
POPE ADRIAN BLESS
When Pope Bless preaches on the track, it’s hard not to listen. He raps in a low baritone that demands your attention, while his sharp delivery and rugged street rhymes will keep it.
PSALM ONE
In the decade-plus that Psalm One has been rapping, she proved herself borderless as an artist, one whose open creativity has produced countless diverse projects with many different collaborators, in part because she can spit with anybody.
R-JUNA
R-Juna has a through-andthrough underground style. He makes virtually all of his own beats and aims to send a message with his topical, philosophical lyricism.
REHEMA MCNEIL
Read Kyle Long’s interview with McNeil on page 32
RUSTY REDENBACHER
One of the city’s best-known hiphop ambassadors for a long time, Redenbacher pretty much can and has done it all in the Naptown music scene. When it comes to rocking the mic, he keeps his style old school with a strong delivery and rhyme structure.
SHADOW VILLAGE
From the Eastside of Indianapolis, Shadow Village is an “open artist coalition” who gravitate toward dark, murky production and wild lyricism with unexpected turns. Features Luke Hazel, iIIus, John Trimpe, Tone J and Ashes the Bull.
SONNY PARADISE & FEERAY CARRERA
Sonny (Son of Thought) put out Black Marvel Soul Series Beat Tape, a collection of boom-bap tracks “dedicated to graffiti writers all over the globe” in April; he’ll play with Feeray, whose Broke Street Billionaire$ tape is hot, hot, hot.
STAKZILLA
Stakzilla currently hails from Bloomington, a big-voiced emcee with a larger-than-life persona and indiscriminate taste for beats and song conceits, giving him an vibrant, unpredictable sound that can twist on a dime.
STRONG ROOTS ALL STARS
Strong Roots is one of Indiana’s premiere independent hip-hop labels, and they showcase their talented, eclectic roster with this collective of label all-stars.
TEAM GREEN
Another musical collective from the Nap, Team Green consists of several different artists whose tastes gravitate toward experimental electronica, laced with a variety of rhymes from versatile emcees.
TEDDY PANZER
Most singable anthem from Teddy Panzer’s standout single “Seven Stacks”? “Life’s hard so death’s better be simple.” We also hear he produced a couple songs on Chreece founder Oreo Jones’ upcoming record Cash 4 Gold.
THE KLINIK & MAJOR TOM
Producer/emcee and Strong Roots Records’ rep The Klinik will perform with DJ Tomazaki just a week after his spot at the #JBBB7.
TONY STYXX
Tony Styxx loves to help Indianapolis, whether he’s donating his spare time or showing love behind the mic, where he’s a dope, limitless spoken-word artist whose ability to eat a beat should not be underestimated.
TYLER KNAPP
Knapp’s productions are like miniature vacations, with influences from all over the world that, thanks to their lush sounds, feel like a nudge to get away — before the boom-bap drums drop, then you’re back home.
UPSHOTT
An ultra-aggressive hip-hop group out of Warsaw, UpShott’s unrestrained intensity will almost literally bend your ear to take a listen, spitting passionately over big drums and “trap” sounds that’s a crazy live performance.
XEI THE GHOST
Xei’s authoritative, straightahead delivery borders on spoken-word-style, and it provides an almost palpable anchor against his ambient, fluttering soundscapes. n
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EVENTS Dig IN Chef Competition Aug. 30. Chefs’ Night Off and Indy On Deck are coming together to host a chef competition during Dig IN, sponsored by Ivy Tech. They hope to give festival attendees a little taste of the excitement of both of their events in one stop. Thom England described the event thusly on the Dig IN website: “The competition will have three sous chefs competing in each round. They will have a mystery basket that includes three items all chefs have to use. They will have 30 minutes to cook. Then judges will taste food and announce the winners.” Head to the website (digindiana.com) closer to the event to find out when the competition is going to be on the day. White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St., digindiana.com
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Baltzley joins CNO lineup for one night Aug. 31, 6 p.m. One of the judges in town for the event is chef Brandon Baltzley, who is currently blowing up the scene in Boston at Ribelle. He’s staying a little longer to cook an extra-special Chefs Night Off dinner the night after Dig IN. There are literally a handful of tickets left, but this is what we know about it so far: Brandon Baltzley’s dish for this dinner is going to have huitlacoche tortellini, woodbury clams and thai spices. Carlos Salazar and Abbi Merris’s dessert is going to be a foie torchon, peach in cake form, chocolate and Sauterne gel. Cocktail hour with appetizers from Eli Laidla with Nourish will start at 6 p.m. Nourish Restaurant, 6 courses, $85, digindiana.com Devour Downtown is on! Aug. 24-Sept. 6. It really is the best time of the year for Indianapolis foodies. For two weeks, you can get discountprice meals at restaurants all over downtown. Right now, restaurant menus are posted on the website, so you can make a plan to get the most out of your two weeks. Go online to nuvo.net/food and let us know what your best picks are for this dining event. Various Locations, devourdowntown.org
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Get a beer right away. This may seem obvious, but once in a while someone gets a wild hair that they should get food first and quench later. But the sun in the park is brutal, and you’ll be thirsty about 10 seconds after your first bite. Lines get long at the beer tent, too, so you may want to embrace that mead and cider life.
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Stay out of the sun as much as possible. The hotter you get, the less you can eat, and this is a marathon of dining. I’ll be bringing an umbrella. I’m that serious.
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Drink way more water than you think you need. There’s nothing worse than being accidentally way too day drunk at a food festival. Make sure you’re upping your water-to-beer ratio from 1:1 to 2:1 when you’re drinking outside in the sun.
Who ran out first last year,
... and what they’ll be serving this year: OAKLEY’S: Red chile braised duck with a scallion masa pancake and lime cilantro crema. Oakley’s ran out first last year, and it seems they’re poised to do it again this year with a little Mexican treatment on a farm-fresh duck. It’s going to be spicy, citrusy and amazing. CIRCLE CITY SWEETS: Grilled peach shortcake with Wildflower Ridge honey lavender creme. Well, Cindy Hawkins is definitely planning on doubling down on last year’s numbers. I’ll probably be hitting this up right after Joseph Decuis, because oh my god read the description back to yourself. There’s no better thing to do with fresh summer peaches than get a little char on them and serve them with sweetened cream. SEVERIN BAR (OMNI): Stone ground grit bar. We have no idea what this is going to be, but we’re stoked and willing to try it.
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NICEY TREAT: Last year’s 90 degree day made Nicey Treat a crowd favorite, which is no surprise given their gift for infusing frozen treats with layers
DIG IN
WHEN: AUG. 30, N O O N -5 P . M . WHERE: WHITE RIVER STATE PARK, 801 W. WASHINGTON ST. T I C K E T S: U P F O R G R A B S A T D I G I N D I A N A.O R G OR AT THE GATE.
e tracked down Thom England, director of Taste of Indiana and one of the organizers of the single best food festival in the state. You’ll get full way before you fill up your passport, so he’s giving us the insider secrets that will help you make the best of your ticket. Make sure you come ready to wait in line for the regular admission, and then make great haste to these tents when you get through the gate.
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upon layers of delicious flavors, like basil, chili-chocolate and sour cherry cola. Make sure you stop by to get reacquainted with this cooling dessert that started as a humble food cart. SPICE BOX: Festival-goers loved Spice Box’s lamb dish last year, and this year they’re coming back with something they’re calling “Chicken Panache,” which has no established recipe that we can find, which makes it all the more intriguing.
Editor’s picks:
JOSEPH DECUIS: Wagyu Manga Meatball Bahn Mi. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Aaron Buttls is the Degas of beef, and wagyu is the purest expression of bovine perfection. Exceptionally marbled, this is the most flavorful, juicy beef you’ll ever eat, I promise you. Joseph Decuis always blows it out on the tent decoration front, and even provided shade for their (always long) line. Go here first. THE LOCAL: Chicken and Its Lunch ... cured, braised and grilled chicken drumettes, corn meal, bacon root vegetable gravy. Matt Stum recently took over the kitchen at this Craig Baker-owned joint famous for unbelievable farm-totable, dressed-down food. Listen, it’s always good, and Stum is taking the
opportunity to show off his chops. Did you read that? Cured, braised, and grilled chicken drumettes. You know that’s going to taste amazing. GATES CATERING: Sweet corn gnocchi with grilled Fischer Farms pork belly, blistered Anaheim peppers and Traders Point Fleur de la Terre. Two of the most perfect foods on earth are sweet corn and pork belly, and Brad Gates is putting them together in the form of pillowy-soft sweet corn gnocchi. Pair that with some Trader’s Point cheese and roasted peppers and you’ve got my vote for a must-try. BEE COFFEE ROASTERS: Crimson Coffee Soda. I beg your pardon, Bee Coffee Roasters? You combined my two favorite things into one delicious, caffeinated, fizzy cup of perfection? I can’t wait to get this in my cup and try it, then maybe try to replicate it at home. COBBLESTONE GRILL: Pork carnitas with avocado mousse, sweet corn relish and cilantro green tomatillo salsa. Carnitas are big at this year’s Dig IN, and I’m really excited to try Omar Guzman’s version from Cobblestone Grill. He’s knocked it out of the park using flavors from his childhood, and I have no doubt he’s going to do it again at this event.
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BROTHER O’ BROTHER, BAD WOLFE (CANTON, OH), HUMAN LIGHTS and THE SMOKING FLOWERS (NASHVILLE). Doors @ 8, show @ 9. $5. Fri 08/28
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MINUTE DETAILS and ANDREW NOONAN. Doors @ 8, show @ 9. NO COVER!
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• Chocolate for the Spirit • Best Boy & Co. Sauces • Simply Divine Bakery • Newfangled Confections • Inga’s Popcorn • Pierogi in a Pinch • Boyd’s Fudge • Thomas Family Outdoor Food Company
• 18 On The Square: Pulled pork and smoked sweet corn salsa
• Delicia and La Mulita: Carnitas with yogurttomatillo salsa
• Circle City Soups: Pintxo of mushroom and goat cheese
• Goose the Market and The Smoking Goose: Smoked beef sammy
• Circle City Sweets: Grilled peach shortcake with Wildflower Ridge honey lavender creme
• Northside Social and Kitchenette: Pancetta mac and cheese
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• J. Ford’s Black Angus: Oriental brisket steamed buns with pickled chilies, honey ginger scallion mayo and cilantro greens
• Cerulean: Corn pound cake with mango and lime • Joseph Decuis: Wagyu manga meatball bahn mi • Lasalle Grill: Braised and chilled Maple Leaf Farms duck breast • Meridian: Hot brownroasted turkey, bacon jam, Mornay sauce, white bread, tomato salad • Spire Farm-to-Fork Cuisine: Mushroom ragout with gnocchi, jowl bacon and smoked corn coulis • Tulip Noir: Chilled sweet corn buttermilk soup • Valley Kitchen & Bar: Brush Your Shoulders Off • Endangered Species Chocolate
• Severin Bar: Stone ground grit bar • Tinker Street Restaurant and Wine Bar: Tomato gazpacho with watermelon relish • Nourish: Duck confit chilaquiles
FOOD TRUCKS • Maple Leaf Duck Truck • Bea’s Soda Bar: Honey blossom crème soda • Citizen Hash: Tijuana bacon street corn • Duos Indy: Schnabeltier raclette with Heirloom
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• OAKLEYS bistro: Red chile braised duck with scallion masa pancake and lime cilantro crema • Peterson’s Restaurant: Trout in a Fur Coat • Shoefly Public House: Peri peri roasted sweet corn • The Oceanaire Seafood Room: Roasted elk with corn and pickled jalapeño
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BY SA R A H M U R R E L L SMURRELL @NU VO . N ET
here are a lot of things to deal with at 11: Getting through grade school, homework and literal days of standardized testing. But Sabrina Richard has an extra challenge: Getting to the last round of Rachel Ray’s Kids Cook-Off. She’s been way into cooking since watching the biography of food media’s most famous figure, and we can’t wait to see how far she goes in this season of the show. Stay tuned to Food Network to catch our hometown hero. In the meantime, get better acquainted with this petite choux of a sweet kid with these ten questions as she inches closer to food fame.
NUVO: What kitchen skill has been the most difficult to master so far? How did you discipline yourself to keep practicing even though it was frustrating? SABRINA: My mom is a wedding planner so I have spent some time working with one of her cake bakers to help me perfect baking. Baking is a science. Cooking is an art. The hardest thing I’ve tried to master is layered cake. First you have to perfect the cake, and I am not the best baker. (Julia says “Never apologize, no excuses” so I’ll just keep practicing). Then you have to perfect and balance the cake. It took me many tries, and seeing so many of my mom’s pretty cakes made me want to get better. I admit though, desserts aren’t my strongest, but they are super delicious to try over and over! NUVO: Which food celebrities have you met so far? SABRINA: Of course I have met Rachael Ray and our first celebrity judge Robert Irvine from Restaurant Impossible. Stay tuned to the series to see how far I advance to see who else I may meet. Just know with every celebrity I made it a 28 FOOD // 08.26.15 - 09.02.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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SABRINA: Brussels sprouts! I love them and I know how to prepare them a million different ways! NUVO: There are a lot of similarities between grade school and working the line in a professional kitchen: A variety of personalities, someone always telling you what to do and a lot of time spent doing homework so you can move up. How do your kitchen skills help you deal with the challenges of being a regular kid?
NUVO: What first sparked your interest in cooking? SABRINA RICHARD: I always watched Food Network and cooking shows growing up. About four years ago my mom and I watched the movie Julie & Julia. I fell in love with Julia Child. I ran around the house saying her name in her beautiful accent and wanted to learn everything about her and how to cook. Julia Child said “If you can read, you can cook.” Well, I could read, so I learned how to cook. Julia taught me that.
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mixer. I’ve named mine. I use her almost daily. Everything from potatoes, to ice NUVO: Are you planning on going to cream, to pasta, to cake, to whipped culinary school? cream all come out perfectly because of Sky. I have many attachments, and she’s SABRINA: I don’t know. I admit that. I am mine allllll mine! only 11, and right now I am just enjoyI also love my bench scraper. We ing middle school and this experience. learned about them from Rachael, and I hope to expand my cooking and learn it really helps keep my work space clean more in the immediate future and to and organized! meet more chefs. I also want to work at The Kitchen Spider. I learned about events like Rev, Zoobilation or DigIN. All these on the show too. Before this I always dumped out my pasta water and it was heavy “Julia Child said ‘If you can read, (and kind of scary) so you can cook.’ Well, I could read, so sometimes I had my parents help me with it. Now I learned how to cook. Julia taught I gently scoop out pasta me that.” — SABRINA RICHARD (or anything else) out of boiling water. They’re dreamy — and really made things easier for me! As soon as I save my pennies — a lot of these are super cool events in our city and have some of my favorite restaurants of pennies! — I will add to this list a Le Creuset dutch oven. I mean what fan of and chefs at them. My parents always go Julia Child doesn’t need, yes need, one and I’m jealous I’m not old enough. of these? So yes, I can’t live without it, NUVO: Three kitchen tools you can’t but I’m learning how — for now — but live without and why: not for long I hope. point to learn something new. Boy did I!
SABRINA: I have three kitchen tools I can’t imagine not having in my life: Sky, my beautiful sky blue Kitchen-Aid stand
NUVO: What is one dish you’d be happy to make every day for the rest of your life and why?
SABRINA: I like school. I have fun. In school I have to deal with math and fractions which help me with cooking. The other day I actually used fractions in choir as well — I thank cooking measurements for that too. There are LOTS of fractions in cooking. There is quite of bit of science too, I kind of like that. Mostly though, I like the history and social studies. I mean think about it, if I want to learn about Italy, let’s eat Italian. France — OK Julia Child, teach me! I also think that the responsibility in a kitchen (fire, oil, knives, other people, fire, fire, did I mention fire?) make me have to be responsible. So if I don’t get my homework done, my parents know I must be responsible in some area of my life, so I can’t exactly use the excuse “I forgot” because, well, they know I didn’t. NUVO: How did your classmates react to your food TV fame? SABRINA: I admit, most don’t know about it, it’s not like I ran around telling everyone. How do you do that really? My family says it’s important to be humble. My brother Kyle is a super good baseball player and he teaches me about humility on the field, so I want to be the same. One of my teachers announced it before class and my best friends all know, my Girl Scout troop is pumped and my friends at Conner Prairie, where I volunteer, all are super excited. I think once the season premiere airs, it will catch on and get real for people. It still doesn’t feel real for me! NUVO: How can people keep up with you on social media, and when should they watch TV to see you? SABRINA: Thank you for asking! Rachael Ray’s Kids Cook-Off is on Monday nights at 8 p.m. on Food Network. n
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Hey, lady! I need an eco-recycler in Hamilton County. I have three TVs that need to go. Can you give me a hint where to find one? Thanks so much. — MYRNA
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What should we do with our old trash cans now that Meridian-Kessler is using the blue Republic carts? Thanks, — LINDA
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I know I talk a lot about RecycleForce (I can’t help it, I love those guys!), but there are other options if the near east side of Indianapolis is not convenient to you. Specifically, in Hamilton County you can go to the Hamilton County Household Hazardous Waste Center in Noblesville. If you’re outside of Indy and Hamilton County, you can use the Indiana Recycling Coalition EcoPoint search to find where to take just about anything for recycling. Using this site, I also found End of Life Electronics in Fishers. Happy recycling! PIECE OUT, RENEE
Anne, there is no plan for the can. Linda, there’s no agenda. That said, it really depends on what your old can is made of. If it is plastic, then you may recycle it through curbside collection (put it in your bin or mark it to be taken away on recycling day) or take it to a plastics recycler like RecycleForce. If it is too dirty or not made from plastic, then it can go out on heavy trash day – just be sure to mark it as trash. I’m sure this piece will get some of you thinking creatively about reuse instead of recycling or trash. The first thing that comes to my mind is a DIY composter. If you have ideas, feel free to post them in the comments section. I’ll tweet the good ones @GreenIndy! PIECE OUT, RENEE
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Now that we as a greener Indy have shiny new garbage cans coming — street by street, one per (plus-or-minus) 100,000 households — please, what can we hope is our collective plan to recycle/reuse the (plus-or-minus) 300,000 unrecyclable and unacceptable old trash cans we have sitting in our garages? It kinda makes me heartsick to think where all of them, including my own, are heading. — ANNE
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I’m diabetic and use insulin pens. I have always presumed that the used pens are not recyclable; however, I’m not sure about the needles’ plastic caps. This isn’t the actual plastic/needle part or part of the pen but rather a clear plastic cover about the size of a fingertip that covers and aids in installing the actual needle part that screws on to the pen. The plastic cap has a small paper tab that keeps it sterile which I’ve nearly always tossed. My question is: Are these small plastic
covers recyclable or are they so small that I should toss them so they don’t gum up the machines? Also what about plastic bottle caps? Remove and toss, remove & recycle or leave attached? Thanks, — SUSAN
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You’re right on point with wondering if the plastic covers are too small. Tiny pieces of plastic, paper, metal, etc. — even if they’re recyclable — can slip through the machines at the recycling facility. I recommend trying to find out what number of plastic it is and collecting them in a likenumbered container (like a water bottle or butter tub). Once full, the whole container can go in your bin. I’m not entirely familiar with insulin pens, but I believe you would treat them like a syringe or other medical sharp. IN.gov has a page that gives information about sharps collection programs throughout the state (click the Sharps Collection Program XLS link). Collection is through the Marion County Health Department in Indy and through the Household Hazardous Waste Syringe Disposal Program in Hamilton County. As for plastic bottle caps, you can leave them on the bottle. I’m sure you don’t have many of these though, since you use your reusable water bottle/ travel cup/travel mug whenever you possibly can. PIECE OUT, RENEE SIGN UP for the AskRenee Newsletter at indianalivinggreen.com.
Dance for the Trees Square Dance Sept. 5, 6:30-10 p.m. It’s a benefit for the Indiana Forest Alliance, including a potluck at 6:30 p.m., dancing at 8 p.m. (with music by the New Hoosier Broadcasters and calls from Tamara Loewenthal and Alexander Sings). In addition to the pitch-in, a $10 donation’s suggested, or better yet, go the $25 membership route. The venue, by the way is a “fragrancefree zone” — Lazy Black Bear asks that you not wear any perfume, colognes, scented lotions or clothes that have heavy aromas. Oh, and another reason to join IFA?
The McKinney Family Foundation has generously offered us a $50,000 matching grant to fund our efforts to protect the proposed State Wild Areas, as outlined in our Wild Indiana Campaign,indianaforestalliance. org/wild-indiana-campaign, and to continue to build a strong base of forest protectors around the state. In order to receive that funding from the McKinney Family Foundation, we must raise $50,000 in individual contributions. That’s where you come in! Your continued support has gotten us this far, and now your dollars are worth twice as much! Double your impact today! You can help to meet our match right now by going to the IFA website and clicking on Join IFA. Once you’ve made a contribution through PayPal, you can then help others to meet our match by posting to your Facebook and Twitter that you are an IFA supporter, and telling them how they, too, can protect Indiana’s native forests. Alternatively, you can mail in the donation with a check to IFA. (Full disclosure: Kevin McKinney publishes NUVO and Indiana Living Green.) For more info, email audrey@indianaforestalliance.org Lazy Black Bear, 3875 S. Co. Road 50 W. (Paoli), $10-25 Ecoblitz Weekend Sept. 12-13, all day, both days. What’s an “ecoblitz weekend,” you ask? It’s volunteers conducting a “survey for vascular plants, fungi, and amphibians and reptiles. Please contact audrey@indianaforestalliance.org if you are interested in volunteering!” Low Gap Road (Unionville), FREE September Slow Saunter Sept. 13, 1 p.m. A leisurely walk through the Orchard Ridge State Wild Area, in JacksonWashington State Forest. Jackson-Washington State Forest (Brownstown), FREE
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It does my heart good that one of the best songs of 2014 is named after a small Indiana town. But it’s more than just a name: Strand of Oaks’ “Goshen, ‘97” on last year’s HEAL was released by Bloomington label Dead Oceans, and written, of course, by Timothy Showalter, who was born and raised in Goshen. HEAL was an exercise in rock-and-roll catharsis, a true blue masterpiece that rewards multiple listens. We’ve written extensively on it since its release (and you can find that writing on NUVO.net). But in this space, we’d like to let Showalter talk about why he loves Indiana, and how that bleeds into his songwriting. Strand of Oaks headlines Saturday’s Hops and Flip Flops block party at Daredevil Brewing Co. in Speedway. “I spent 18 years in Indiana, around that. I get confused if it’s Indiana, or if it’s my parents, or something. As I move forward, I think about it. I just was home visiting family maybe a month ago. It was a situation where I ran into a lot of people that I knew. I don’t get home much, and I saw my parents’ friends who have known me since I was a baby, cousins, aunts and uncles. I was like, ‘Oh, wait a second!’ This is not just my family. It’s something about genuine interest in things, in other people. I know there’s all kinds of people everywhere, but just from someone who has lived in Philadelphia, which is a place I love, but it’s a slightly rougher existence here. I think because it’s a bigger city, and there’s so many people on the East Coast, you kind of become isolated and a little bit more withdrawn, just to protect your own space, perhaps. But I think it’s hard as a performer, and maybe as a person, and as a songwriter, there’s always Indiana in there because I don’t feel that way. I’m the guy out of place because I’m trying to talk to everybody. “Yesterday I was walking with my wife in my neighborhood, and some guy recognized me from being in the band. That really doesn’t affect me that he knows my band, but the thing that I like is that I got to talk to him for a little bit. I was like, ‘Ah, human connection! Human interaction! This is great!’ It’s not empty chatter. That’s how I want to write these songs, and have my relationship with my fans. “We were in Belgium, and we play really great shows there, and every time we play there someone inevitably comes up and is like, ‘Everyone was so happy and hugged each other and got really into it!’ And I’m like, that’s what I want to do! I don’t want to have people with their arms crossed, and not connecting with one another. And I want to connect with them.
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MICK JENKINS: I’ve had new experiences and growth, just in living life, learning life, and learning music. There’s new things happening in the world, so just constant change. NUVO: These two projects have a pretty different vibe to them. What were you aiming for on this one? JENKINS: On The Water[s] I would make music and then adjust it based on the concepts. On Waves[s] I was really just going into the studio and doing exactly what I felt every night and then leaving it like that. I wasn’t going for anything. I wasn’t trying to do something. I was doing exactly what I felt. We were making music man. “Your Love” which is the standout track [is] something I’ve never done before. I didn’t intend to make a song like that. I got a beat like that and I was like, “Aw man I can do
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NUVO: The Wave[s] stream was released on the one-year anniversary of The Water[s]. How have you changed as an artist over that period?
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ewly founded hip-hop fest Chreece is chock full of Indiana talent, but Chicago artist Mick Jenkins is set to close out the festival Saturday night at The Hi-Fi. Chreece, a combination of cheers and peace, is a great fit for Jenkins. “I first heard of Mick through Sirius Blvck [who is also on the Chreece bill, performing with Ghost Gun Summer],” said festival founder Oreo Jones. “Mick has a unique style. He belongs in a diverse lineup and I feel like Chreece embodies that. There are so many different sub-genres of hip-hop and this festival will have something for everyone. From the art rappers, the trappers, the experimental, based, and the avant garde — I think he will fit in perfectly.” Known for his conscious rap style, Jenkins burst into the spotlight with concept tape The Water[s]. We chatted with Jenkins a few days before the release of his most recent tape Wave[s] on Aug. 21. It's the latest in a string of releases that has pushed Jenkins to the front of a competitive Chicago scene.
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something with this” — which is refreshing. With The Water[s], that’s what I had been doing so much — adjusting music based on the concept — which is fine, to deliver a concept, but I wanted to take a break from that and Wave[s] was my chance to do that. NUVO: The Indianapolis show is the first in a crazy busy month for you, 31 shows in 36 days. Got anything special planned to kick things off with a bang? JENKINS: Just a good show man. It’s brand new music, it’s a brand new set and I have extra elements to the show that I didn’t have before. That’s really what it is, to give people a good show. I think people will feel it, people like the energy in my show — that’ll be all that they need. NUVO: You mentioned that Wave[s] was you stepping away from a concept-based tape. Moving forward, do you think you’ll move to adapt to a wider audience?
JENKINS: Nah, definitely not, that’s just for Wave[s]. I’ll always continue to push concepts, always have something to say. I just wanted to take a break from that. I did Water[s] in a year and two months and I did Wave[s] in two months … because of how free-flowing it was and how easy it was to go purely off of rhythms and let those be the waves in the way that they were. NUVO: How important do you think it is to get in the studio and knock out tracks and keep the freshness there? JENKINS: It’s precious. I feel like it is definitely sharpening my skills. With a track like “P’s and Q’s” being one of the ones that comes out, it’s an opportunity to play around and see what I can do out here. [Editors note: For Jenkins, water represents the essential qualities of life that many people seem to forget, hence the water themed projects.] NUVO: H2O time: how much water do you drink on an average day? JENKINS: I just try to make sure my piss is clear. I drink two cups of water in the morning right when I wake up, that’s the first thing that I do. But if I piss and it’s yellow, I’ll grab some water. I just make sure my piss is clear, that’s the best way to do it. n
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ocal rock quartet Moxxie hasn't even hit a stage in Indy yet, but even a quick glance at social media shows their name's on everyone's fingertips. It's a rare thing to have this much hype in advance of a band's very first live performance. But Moxxie is a rare band. First envisioned by Jamie Jackson (drums) and Ryan Gibbons (guitar) of Shine Indy, the band only moved from concept to reality when they realized singer/guitarist Jessie Phelps, formerly of Ghost of Kin, was looking for a new project. And Jessie happened to know a bass player from Bloomington, Paige Talbert, who helped seal the deal. And as they've each been part of various bands, having all this come together quickly hasn't, to them, seemed strange in the least. “We're just a band out of Indianapolis with members who have experience in different areas,” says Jackson. “We wanted to bring it together and try to work with each other to build something strong.” “The thing about it is, we've all been around Indy for a while,” Gibbons adds.
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“Jamie and I work with organizations that have tried to help bands get out there. But through all of that we learned a lot about the business of music. We knew about the business of music before, but now it's like we started to see what people do and what they don't do. And you realize there's so much opportunity out there if you just do it the right way.” Since their first rehearsal, sometime in March, Phelps took the reins as the band's lead songwriter and driving creative force. And in a few short months they've managed to put together a finished EP, Fake Summer, which they plan to give a “soft release” during their debut at Radio Radio on the 28. Though you won't have S E E , M OXXI E , O N P A GE 3 2 NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 08.26.15 - 09.02.15 // MUSIC 31
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had the chance to see them live prior to that show, they recorded their EP live at Azmyth Studios in Indianapolis with minimal overdubbing. So, as they'd say, what you hear is what you get. “When it comes to what I do personally, I prefer the live way,” says Gibbons. “I think about the bands that I love like Led Zeppelin. Those guys weren't fucking around spending an entire day re-recording a snare hit. It was always more about the emotion and the feeling of the moment.” “That's what's the realest too,” Phelps agrees. “That's what you're going to see on stage. Why would you want to rely on a computer? We might as well have a sound guy on stage, a puppetmaster … I want to always sound real and raw.” The band will bring that sound to the stage with support from Among the Compromised and The Prowl, two bands from Indianapolis they personally selected for the job. “We did toil over it, because we had several options for the show itself,” says Jackson. “But as a group we wanted to get a bill that was just a solid rock-and-roll 'bring the action' bill. And we wanted to keep the ticket price down because the show is not about us making money. We want a lot of people to be there, because we're very proud of what we've been working on.” “Picking the bands was the fun part of it, I think,” says Phelps. “We got to choose who we felt would really bring the sound and the energy and the crowd, but then
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at the same time who would be cool to just chill with afterward.” Unlike Among the Compromised, who seemed to hit the Birdy's stage this spring as a fully-formed juggernaut no one had prepared for, Moxxie has its members' experience in other bands to fall back on, something which already has them looking toward a future well beyond their first show together. “I think we've all been through struggles with other bandmates where we know what we could do, but were held back or things got cut short,” says Phelps. “That's been the case with me. And I think we all know we're very confident in who we're playing with, so we're ready for this show in a sense that we know we're going to bring it. We can sense the good outcome.” “For me, it's all about the music,” Jackson explains. “And everybody says that, but the four of us tend to live it. I hate it when people say they make sacrifices to do things that they love. We don't make sacrifices. We just make it a part of our daily thing. This is fun! And a fun byproduct of it is we've all become pretty good friends. When we communicate now it's not just band stuff, everything flows together. It's funny how that works out, and how you build on that.” Gibbons says in the end the bands live and die on the songs they bring to the table. “The big thing to me is the songs. That's why it's been so much fun playing with this band, because Jessie writes in a way that connects with me as a player, and I feel what we're doing is going to connect with people when they hear it.” n
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've wanted to interview spoken word artist-turned-rapper Rehema McNeil since she dropped her debut EP Davu last year. On that release, she explores themes of social justice and women's empowerment with a strong Afrocentric vibe. That's exactly the same mix of elements I typically spotlight in this column, so when I saw McNeil was listed as a performer at the Chreece hip-hop festival happening this Saturday in Fountain Square, I jumped at the chance for an interview. You can catch the full conversation with McNeil on my Cultural Manifesto radio show this Wednesday night at 9 on 90.1 WFYI Public Radio. McNeil performs at 12:30 a.m. at White Rabbit Cabaret on Saturday (technically Sunday morning.) NUVO: You released your debut project Davu last year. Tell us about your entry into the world of hip-hop.
A CULTURAL MANIFESTO WITH KYLE LONG KLONG@NUVO.NET Kyle Long’s music, which features off-the-radar rhythms from around the world, has brought an international flavor to the local dance music scene.
NUVO: The Indianapolis hip-hop scene is almost completely dominated by men. You're one of just a small handful of women currently working as an MC in the Indianapolis scene. Any thoughts you'd like to share on the gender gap in Indianapolis hip-hop?
MCNEIL: Honestly it is what it is. It is males that are dominating the rap scene. But I do feel like there's a door that's open wide for any MC to take over that “You’ve got to take the game by storm.” female path and blaze it. There are some dope women MCs in — REHEMA MCNEIL this city like Lexy Contra, Azieb Abraha and there are a few others. I feel like what REHEMA MCNEIL: My entry was an overnight I'm doing stands up for and represents the surprise. Honestly, Davu was supposed to women. I hope that it's empowering. be all poetry but when I was in the studio NUVO: Did that lack of representawith Terrance Anderson (who produced the tion and diversity on concert bills here tracks I was writing to different samples and in Indy discourage you from getting beats he had) nothing was really coming to involved in the music scene? mind. I asked if it was ok if I tried something different and I tried writing a rap. After we MCNEIL: I'm not going to lie. I've seen some laid that down I was like I want to do another shows and thought, “Dang, I wish I was on one and then another one. that bill." But I always push myself to connect with new people. I try to find out who NUVO: There's a specific track on the the coordinator of the event is. Sometimes Davu EP I wanted to ask you about. people might be into what you do but they "Terrorist" references the 1921 Tulsa don't know you exist. I always try to find Race Riots in Oklahoma. Why did you out who is putting events together so I can decide to incorporate that bit of history introduce myself. Sometimes it's not their into your music? fault if they don't know who you are. MCNEIL: A part of who I am is reflected in You've got to take the game by storm. my music. It's hard sometimes to not be You don't have to wait for somebody to preachy, but it's important to tell the truth give you permission. You don't have to and speak up about your passions. Even if wait for people to acknowledge you in you might be ridiculed or mocked. I want order to show the light and the talent to stand for something that's positive. you have. Just do what you do. Stay When it comes to "Terrorist,” throughgrinding and stay humble. n out history people have been saying why doesn't the Black community get itself together and start saving their money and KYLE LONG investing in each other. That happened in Tulsa and it really hurt me when I read about the outcome of that story. >> Kyle Long broadcasts weekly on WFYI 90.1 FM Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
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17th Annual Bean Blossom Blues Fest, Bill Monroe Music Park (Bean Blossom), all-ages
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Haley Jonay will perform during Indy Pride’s 20th Anniversary soiree at Indy Fringe on Saturday.
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WEDNESDAY FUNDRAISERS Julian Jam 5:30 p.m. Let us introduce you to the best combination of two words in the English language: sky farm. That’s where this month’s Julian Jam will go down, on Eskenazi Health’s rooftop sky farm. And this one is a doozy: it features the musical styles of IndyChamber’s Michael Huber in a 9-piece R&B band. There’s also plenty of hors d’oeuvres, plus beer and wine. All proceeds support the Julian Center. Eskenazi Health, 720 Eskenazi Ave., $50 per person or four for $150, all-ages DANCE Retro Rewind 10 p.m. A very special return of Retro Rewind makes us feel all funny inside. DJ Marcus takes over the stacks again. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., 21+
COUNTRY Smoking Horse, State Champion 10 p.m. Smoking Horse plays its last show (sob) with Louisville alt-country kings State Champion supporting. State Street Pub, 243 N. State Ave., 21+ Avenue Indy Jazz Quintet ft. Tom Wright, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Sugar Moon Rabbit, 3AM Blues Band, Gypsy Moonshine, Melody Inn, 21+
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A Morbid Curiosity, Etched in Stone, Skinner, Voltumna, Death Collector, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+
The Bishop, 123 S. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $8, 18+
Logan Brill, Union 50, 21+
Runaway Brother, Secret Grief, Hoosier Dome, all-ages
History of Jazz on Indiana Avenue, Central Library, all-ages Mitch Shiner, Eagle Creek Park Marina, all-ages
THURSDAY ROCK Foo Fighters 7 p.m. We worship at the altar of Grohl. Klipsch Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St., prices vary, all-ages
David Nail, Walker County, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Jaywalker, Kenny Meeks, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Your Chance To Die, Battersea, Hatchling, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Brett Wiscons and Friends, Union 50, 21+ The WannaBeatles, Artcraft Theatre, all-ages Stonecutters, R’Lyeh, Potslammer, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Foals Listening Party, LUNA Music, all-ages
Kammy’s Kause Friday – Saturday AH! It’s time for Kammy’s Kause once again, a.k.a. officially the most wonderful time of the year. This year – the 12th for the Cultural Vision Award nominee – features (deep breath, this is gonna be long): Chad Mills, Landon Keller, Party Lines, Breakdown Kings, The Twin Cats, Mike Boo, Matt Street, Henry French, Eli Chastain, IAMLION, Mikial Robertson, Blue Moon Revue, Tied To Tigers, Shadeland, Veseria, Shiny Penny, Nash Walker and The Doctors, Jenn Cristy, bleedingkeys, Audiodacity, Chemical Bomb Police, Rural Route III, Fan The Flame, Me and Mine and The Proforms. There’s also (another deep breath): a blood drive, a silent auction, a petting zoo, pony rides, face painting, ballon artists, bounce houses, live art, food trucks, a beer garden, and camping. And the best thing of all: all money goes to 4pSupport Group, which helps kids and families (like founder Jared Hiner’s daughter Kammy) living with 4p-.
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LOCAL Love Moon, Sleeping Bag, The Icks 8 p.m. Ayiyiyi! So happy that this lineup (which played the Bishop on Tuesday) is heading up for an Indy date. Love Moon and Sleeping Bag are in the midst of a cross-country tour, and they’ll pick up The Icks here for a dose of organ punk. Yum. Joyful Noise, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 208, $5, all-ages Digital Dots, Phases, Pnature Walk, State Street Pub, 21+ Will Scott, GG”s Bar and Grill, 21+
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American Legion Park, 10584 S. State Road 13 (Fortville), $10, $5 for 12 and under, all-ages LOCAL Hunter Smith Band Album Release 5 p.m. What kinda ice cream are you going to eat while you hit up this all-ages, free album release? Traders Point Creamery, 9101 Moore Road, FREE, all-ages JAZZ Amina Figarova times vary. Jazz pianist and singer Amina Figarova brings out her 12th album (yep, it’s called Twelve) through the Kitchen. Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., 21+ LOCAL Jacob Latham Album Release Show 7 p.m. This local releases his new album Burn at this all-ages Bloomington show. Russian Recording, 1021 S. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $10, all-ages
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PARTIES Indy Pride 20th Anniversary Soiree 6 p.m. Big congrats to Indy Pride on the occasion of its 20th annivesary! They’re celebrating with a big ass show, featuring performances from Party Lines, The Clams, Haley Jonay, the Indy Pride bag ladies, IndyProv, plus DJs Action Jackson, Andy Austin, Gabby Love, Charbonneau, Chachi Guerrero and a drag show. This party is about to be off the hook. IndyFringe, 719 E. St. Clair St., $5 suggested donation, all-ages ALBUM RELEASE Byrd House Sound EP Release 8 p.m. Two of our favorite things: album releases, and shows for a good cause. Thanks to Byrd House Sound for making this both! Your $5 admission will go to hunger fighters at Gleaners, plus Three Pints Brewing Co. will donate 50 percent of their sales from the evening as well. A special United State of Indiana guitar (created by Jeff Byrd, USI and Roadworthy Guitars of Bloomington) will be raffled off — and you guessed it, all raffle proceeds will go to Gleaners, too. It’s a good causeapalooza at Grove Haus. Grove Haus, 1001 Hosbrook St., $5, all-ages HIP-HOP Gas Mask Nation, Pope Adrian Bless, Jeremiah Stok3s, Kara Beth Rasure 6:30 p.m. A full night of local tunes (including Pope Adrian Bless,
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Colleen Green 8 p.m. Big ups to Colleen Green on the occasion of her hi-fi release I Want To Grow Up on Hardly Art. The LA DIY queen hits up The Bishop with Jaill and Punani Huntah (a questionable but hilarious band name). She toured more than 200 dates in 2013, and is poised to keep up the speed after the well-received release of her newest on Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. She recorded in the studio with a full band for the first time with this one, including dudes from JEFF The Brotherhood and Diarrhea Planet.
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have decided in good spirits, to take some time off from the unrelenting road. This fall we will be easing off the booking-throttle and not touring this winter into the next year to make time for new projects. Thank you so much for trusting your ears to us and letting us into your homes all of these years. All shows currently on the books will remain in effect, so come out and see a show before we send it off at Terrapin Harvest Fest, the first week of September! This is not the end, it’s the beginning of a new chapter for all of us.” The Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., 21+ PUNK Zero Boys, The Lickers, Stealing Volume. Deadbeat Sailors 7 p.m. A rare all-ages set by the legendary Zero Boys. Hoosier Dome, 1627 Prospect St., $10, all-ages Chreece, various locations, some all-ages, some 21+ Goldie, Exquisitely Yours, The Chatterbox, 21+ Dugan Brothers, Greta Speaks at IMH Neighborhood Fall Kick-Off Fest, all-ages TV Mike and The Scarecrowes, Nat Russell, LUNA Music, all-ages
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WEDNESDAY CLASSIC Van Halen, Kenny Wayne Shepherd 7:30 p.m. Since David Lee Roth was born in Bloomington, we’ve taken to referring to Van Halen as a local band. It’s a stretch, but hey, we’re the ones printing this magazine. PS: On NUVO.net we’ve got an interview with Kenny Wayne Shepherd with questions for The Reverend Peyton! Klipsch Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St., prices vary, all-ages NUVO.NET/SOUNDCHECK
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Abstinence from abstinence-only The sex ed at my kid’s school sucks. Abstinence only, no condom demos, nothing helpful. What are some good books I could pick up that will be helpful and ageappropriate for a 14 yo to learn about sex? SARAH: I was just reading a Wall Street Journal article that reported some frightening numbers about pregnant teens and their birth control choices. Of the ones that didn’t use any birth control at all, 31% thought they couldn’t get pregnant at the time. Take a second and absorb the raw, uncut stupidity of teenagers for a second and let’s all just realize that we’ve failed them, starting with abstinence-only sex ed. As I’m not an expert in the area, I can only advise you as far as the shopping process. Let me just say this: there is a lot of sex-negative, sexist, anti-gay bullshit out there parading around as “real answers to teens’ questions,” so thoroughly screen the reading materials you give them. DR. D: Of course! A well-respected book for parents is called For Goodness Sex: Changing the Way We Talk to Teens about Sexuality, Values, and Health by sex educator Al Vernacchio who himself teaches teenagers. Why
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I’m 29 and having erection problems for the first time in my life. Kinda freaked out. I can get hard but sometimes go soft during sex and can’t get it going again. What should I do? Its starting to bug my gf.
DR. DEBBY HERBENICK & SARAH MURRELL do you need a book? Well, for one thing: times have changed since you were first educated about sex if, indeed, you ever got much of an education about sex. Checking out sites like PlannedParenthood.com (for health care and birth control info) and CDC.gov (for STI info) might give you some information to keep you current. Al’s book might help you develop some comfort around talking with your kid about sexuality whether that’s about condoms, sexual orientation, birth control, gender identity, sex in or outside of marriage, your family’s values, abortion, sexual pleasure, orgasm, masturbation, or things that your kid sees on the web or in movies and wants to know more about. As for resources for your 14-year old, sites like Scarleteen.com and SexEtc.org are well-regarded and pretty open places where young people can go to learn about the kinds of things people their age are curious about. Talking about sex openly in your family will let your kid know that you know sexuality is an area of life that people of all ages are curious about and that it’s okay not only to have questions, but to get one’s questions answered from good sources. Reading a book yourself, or checking out websites
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SARAH: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: erections are the body’s way of telling you how healthy you are. I would go right to your doc just to make sure that it’s not something larger going on. People have erection problems for all kinds of reasons, and if it persists, I bet Debby could recommend some sex therapists to help you work through it. DR. D: The strength and reliability of penile erections is influenced by so many things: age, hormones, general health, medication side effects, performance anxiety, feeling turned on (or not), and even (as relevant) air/water temperature. Most young healthy men who have erection difficulties are influenced by per— SARAH MURRELL being formance anxiety — not actual erectile dysfunction (ED). But you never know! So when erectile difficulties become an ongoing issue, Sarah’s correct that a good thing to do is to check in with a doctor or nurse to screen, for example, for things like diabetes, heart disease, or other health conditions or medication side effects. If you find yourself super focused on your partner and pleasing her then that could be affecting things too. Many men I know, even as young as college-aged guys, have been helped by reading a book like The New Male Sexuality or The Sexual Male: Problems and Solutions even though both books are kind of older (still good info, though, and often all it takes to address common enough erection issues in young, healthy
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men). If you’d like to meet with a sex therapist, you can find one locally through www.sstarnet.org or www.aasect.org.
Note for note, hump for hump Do you have any music recommendations for good sexy music? SARAH: God bless Spotify, the gift to lazy DJs everywhere. They’ve already got you covered here with a really nice Sexy Beats playlist. That’s if you like things a little more electronic. You could also go with a deep house kind of mix, any record from the Cool Jazz era of you want it to be really classy, or maybe a little Brazilian bossa nova. The long and the short of it is a persistent but gentle beat, some nice atmospheric sound of some kind and something that still sounds good at a low volume. You want to be able to hear, but it should be what people in the radio biz call “bed music” rather than an all-consuming music video vibe. DR. D: Since people have such widely diverse music tastes, I’m not sure I can recommend one band or musician over another. Some people don’t even want to hear music during sex but would be fine with it as part of a sexy night (like while making or eating dinner). If you’re out with someone you’re into, try to choose a live music spot where you can get to talk with one another (if you’re trying to get to know one another) or dance with one another (if the connection you’re looking for is more physical). Music, like sex, is a bit instinctual and I suspect you’ll figure it out.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You like to run ahead of the pack. You prefer to show people the way, to set the pace. It’s cleaner that way, right? There’s less risk you will be caught up in the messy details of everyday compromise. But I suspect that the time is right for you to try an experiment: Temporarily ease yourself into the middle of the pack. Be willing to deal with the messy details of everyday compromise. Why? Because it will teach you lessons that will serve you well the next time you’re showing the way and setting the pace. Aries
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you ready to revise your ideas about how love works? Would you consider re-evaluating your relationship to romance, your approach to intimacy, and your understanding of sex? I hope you will not only be willing but also excited to do these things. Now is a favorable time to make changes that will energize your love life with a steady flow of magic for months to come. To get the party started, brainstorm about experiments you could try to invigorate the dynamics of togetherness. Make a list of your customary romantic strategies, and rebel against them all. Speak sexy truths that are both shocking and endearing. Taurus
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Querencia is a Spanish word with many nuances. At its simplest, it refers to your favorite spot, a place where you long to be. But its meaning can go even deeper. Querencia may be a sanctuary where you feel safe and authentic, or a situation that enables you to draw on extra reserves of strength and courage. It’s a special kind of home: an empowering shelter that makes you feel that you belong in this world and love your life. Can you guess where I’m going with this message, Gemini? These days you need to be in your querencia even more than usual. If you don’t have one, or if you don’t know where yours is, formulate a fierce intention to locate it. Gemini
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): The art of effective communication consists of knowing both what to say and what not to say. It’s not enough to simply find the words that accurately convey your meaning. You have to tailor your message to the quirks of your listeners. For example, let’s say you want to articulate the process that led you to change your mind about an important issue. You would use different language with a child, an authority figure, and a friend. Right? I think you are currently at the peak of your abilities to do this well, Cancerian. Take full advantage of your fluency. Create clear, vivid impressions that influence people to like you and help you. Cancer
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Arthur Conan Doyle first used the term “smoking gun” in a story he wrote over a century ago. It referred to a time the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes burst into a room to find a man holding a pistol that had just been fired, along with the fallen body of a man who had been shot. Since then, the meaning of “smoking gun” has expanded. Now it’s any piece of evidence that serves as compelling proof of a certain hypothesis. If you can’t find the cookie you left in the kitchen, and your roommate walks by with cookie crumbs on his chin, it’s the smoking gun that confirms he pilfered your treat. I believe this is an important theme for you right now. What question do you need answered? What theory would you like to have corroborated? The smoking gun will appear. Leo
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): At least for now, I suggest you suspend the quest for order and refinement and perfection. The wise course of action is to disengage from your fascination with control, and instead give yourself to the throbbing, erratic pulse of the Cosmic Wow. Why? If you do, you will be able to evolve faster than you thought possible. Your strength will come from agile curiosity and an eagerness to experiment. Do you remember when you last explored the catalytic wonders of spontaneity and unpredictability? Do it again! Virgo
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is the deepest, darkest phase of your cycle. The star that you will ultimately make a wish upon has not yet risen. Your pet monsters seem to have forgotten for the moment that they are supposed to be your allies, not your nemeses. Smoke from the smoldering embers in your repressed memories is blending with the chill night fog in your dreams, making your life seem like a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a taco. Just kidding about that last part. I wanted to see if your sense of humor is intact, because if it is, you will respond resiliently to all the cosmic jokes in your upcoming tests. Libra
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, here’s what God says to each of us: “Go the limits of your longing ... Flare up like flame and make big shadows that I can move in. Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” Whether or not you’re on speaking terms with the Creator, this is excellent advice. It’s time to give everything you have and take everything you need. Hold nothing back and open yourself as wide and wild as you dare. Explore the feeling of having nothing to lose and expect the arrivals of useful surprises. Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The sun and the expansive planet Jupiter are currently making a joyful noise in the sign of Virgo, which is your astrological House of Career and Ambition. This does not necessarily mean that a boon to your career and ambition will fall into your lap, although such an event is more likely than usual. More importantly, this omen suggests that you will influence luck, fate, and your subconscious mind to work in your favor if you take dramatic practical action to advance your career and ambitions. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): On August 28, 1963, Capricorn hero Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech to a crowd of thousands in Washington, D.C. In that address, he imagined what it might look like if African Americans were free of the bigotry and oppression they had endured for centuries at the hands of white Americans. In accordance with your astrological potentials, I encourage you to articulate your own “I Have a Dream” vision sometime soon. Picture in detail the successful stories you want to actualize in the future. Visualize the liberations you will achieve and the powers you will obtain. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you have been patiently waiting for a propitious moment to buy a new yacht, pledge your undying love, or get a tattoo that depicts Buddha wrestling Satan, now is as close as you’ll get to that propitious moment, at least for a while. Even if you have merely been considering the possibility of signing a year-long lease, asking a cute mischief-maker on a date, or posting an extra-edgy meme on Facebook or Twitter, the next three weeks would be prime time to strike. Diving into a deep, heart-crazed commitment is sometimes a jangly process for you Aquarians, but these days it might be almost smooth and synchronistic. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ready for a ritual? Get a piece of paper and a pen. Light a candle, take three deep breaths, and chant “YUMMMM” five times. Then spend ten minutes writing down the qualities you would like your perfect lover to possess. Identify both the traits that would make this person unique and the behavior he or she would display toward you. Got that? When you are finished, burn the list you made. Disavow everything you wrote. Pledge to live for at least seven months without harboring fixed beliefs about what your ideal partner should be like. Instead, make yourself extra receptive to the possibility that you will learn new truths about what you need. Why? I suspect that love has elaborate plans for you in the next two years. You will be better prepared to cooperate with them if you are initially free of strong agendas. Pisces
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