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ccording to Indeed.com, the average teacher in Indiana is making somewhere around $35,000. Indeed. com also says that Indiana music teachers only make $22,000 a year. (Let’s just with a bonus for each student — but ignore the studies that say early training only if that student passes standardin art and music strengthens cognitive ized tests. Because that’s going to attract abilities — abilities that lend themselves more teachers to the dwindling pool of well to higher grades in every academic educators we’re already struggling to class.) Indiana Special Education teachers keep in schools? are doing a bit better at $42,000 annually. And can someone also please tell me On Aug. 23, Vernon Elliot of The Busiwhen the point of school became to pass ness Standard News reported on an idea a watered-down version of a test full of put forth by Chris Christie, New Jersey’s auspicious governor (and a passenger in the GOP presidential primary Apparently, Christie believes that clown car). Apparently, Christie believes that the the teachers of the United States are teachers of the United moochers of the highest order. States are moochers of the highest order and should be knocked down a peg or 20, financially speaking. stuff that the “average” kid should know “Teachers are paid too much, that’s instead of just teaching kids for the sake what’s bankrupting the system,” Christie of learning? This has created at least one said. “Some teachers make six-figure generation of bleeting little sheep who salaries and that’s not including retiredon’t know anything about anything. But ment benefits.” you know what they can do? “Some?” “Six figures?” Christie’s stateFill in those little ovals with a #2 pencil! ment appears to be misleading at best. “Teacher pay should be determined by Vernon clarified that the teachers unions how well their students are doing,” Chriswere reporting that only senior admintie said. “They need to be held accountistrators were making anything resemable. If students are failing, teachers are bling a six figure salary, and typically nothing more than glorified baby sitters.” only if the administrator held a doctorElliot closed out his thoughts by reate. Most “real” teachers make mid-level minding us that Republicans tend to hold salaries at best. grudges against educators because they On July 12, 2015, the IndyStar reported typically vote Democratic. An example that school districts all across the state of those sour grapes would certainly be are struggling to find first-time teachers Republican presidential candidate Ohio as the number of graduates from educaGov. John Kasich who said that he wanted tion programs has dropped a dramatic to do away with teachers’ lounges, so they 63 percent in recent years. wouldn’t have a place to complain. “It has become a real struggle,” DecaOn a daily basis, Indiana teachers tur County Community Schools Supermaneuver through and around attitudes intendent Johnny Budd told the Greensfrom both parent and child. They work burg Daily News. “The pool of applicants within a curriculum that doesn’t teach has definitely dried up.” knowledge so much as it just focuses on For the 2009-2010 school year, the “the right answers”. And, for that clearly Indiana Department of Education issued thankless job, they are as underpaid as 16,578 teaching licenses. During the 2013- they are overworked. 2014 school year, they issued only 6,174. What could teachers possibly have to Christie’s brilliant idea is that teachers complain about? n should be paid minimum wage along
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Davis has become a national figure – and a darling of the religious right – by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that gay unions now are legal. She says God directed her to defy the law. “To issue a marriage license which conflicts with God’s definition of marriage, with my name affixed to the certificate, would violate my conscience. It is not a light issue for me. It is a Heaven or Hell decision,” Davis has said through her lawyers. “I was elected by the people to serve as the county clerk. I intend to continue to serve the people of Rowan County, but I cannot violate my conscience.” Davis is ducking the dilemma John F. Kennedy faced squarely. She wants to continue to serve in a public office in which the duties required of her conflict with her faith. She wants to have it both ways. She can’t. As JFK demonstrated more than 50 years ago, the honorable thing to do when the duties of a public office clash with the dictates of a person’s faith or conscience is to resign the office. But one does not have the right to hold both the office and the public hostage to one’s religious views. JFK clearly never met Kim Davis, personal Kim Davis doubtless wants to see herself as a martyr, the clerk for Rowan County, but she’s not. Martyrs make sacrifices for their faith and Kentucky their beliefs. They don’t force others to make the sacrifices. The fancy name for what my conscience tells me to be in the what Davis is doing is “theocracy,” national interest, and without regard to government established by supposed outside religious pressure or dictates. divine guidance. And no power or threat of punishment The real name is tyranny. A tyrant is could cause me to decide otherwise. someone who uses a position of power “But if the time should ever come – that is not answerable to law to deny and I do not concede any conflict to other citizens their rights within the law. be remotely possible – when my office Kim Davis’s story demonstrates that would require me to either violate my we Americans don’t always have to go conscience or violate the national interaround the world to find a person who est, then I would resign the office; and I would deny others their liberty. hope any conscientious public servant Sometimes a would-be tyrant is much would do likewise.” closer to home – as close, in fact, as the JFK clearly never met Kim Davis, the county clerk’s office. n clerk for Rowan County, Kentucky. hen John F. Kennedy campaigned for president in 1960, he ran into a problem. Many clergy members – mostly evangelical Protestants – worried publicly he couldn’t fulfill the duties of the nation’s highest office because he was a Catholic. The conservative ministers argued he would take direction from the pope and thus undermine both our national security and the rule of law. Kennedy met the challenge by going into the Bible Belt – Texas – to give a speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association. Kennedy said he believed in an absolute separation of church and state, because that was the only way to protect the human conscience. The heart of his speech came near the end, when he said: “I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me. Whatever issue may come before me as president, if I should be elected, on birth control, divorce, censorship, gambling or any other subject, I will make my decision in accordance with these views – in accordance with
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WHAT HAPPENED? Pence announces task force to address drug problem Gov. Mike Pence announced the creation of a drug task force on Tuesday to address the state’s growing epidemic of substance abuse. The Governor’s Task Force on Drug Enforcement, Treatment and Prevention is made up of a team of 21 experts with various specialties. The force has been charged with four main goals. First it is to evaluate the extent of resources, identify gaps in enforcement, treatment and prevention and make recommendations for improvement. Secondly, it is to identify effective strategies so federal, state and local law enforcement can successfully work together to combat drug abuse. The force is charged with analyzing available treatment resources and identifying best practices for treatment of drug addiction. And lastly, the team is asked to identify programs and/or policies that are effective in prevention of drug abuse, including programs that focus on youth. IPS approves pay raise for teachers Educators in the Indianapolis Public School district are receiving their first significant pay hike in five years. Amid the teacher shortage, IPS prioritized teacher raises as a step in retaining and attracting quality teachers. Kristen Cutler, media relations coordinator for IPS said the amount of the raise will depend on where a teacher is in his or her career. But, she said about a quarter of IPS teachers will begin receiving that raise immediately. The baseline salary for new teachers is raising from $35,684 to $40,000. Teachers now make between $38,400 and $52,000. Once the raises take effect they’ll earn between $40,200 and $53,200. Cutler also said IPS has changed the amount of time it would take to reach the maximum salary. Previously educators would reach the cap after putting in 25 years of service. Now they will reach it in 16 years. Another candidate enters 9th congressional district race Bloomington resident Robert Hall officially announced his bid to be the Republican nominee for Indiana’s 9th congressional district seat Tuesday. Hall said in a statement he’s the “true conservative” in the race. Hall wants to fill the seat being vacated by Rep. Todd Young, R-Indiana, who is running for an available seat in the U.S. Senate. Hall will face several other Republicans who already have signaled their candidacies. State Sens. Erin Houchin, R-Salem, and Brent Waltz, R-Greenwood, as well as Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, also will compete for the nomination. At present, 2012 candidate Shelli Yoder is the only announced Democratic candidate vying for the seat. — THE STATEHOUSE FILE 8 NEWS // 09.09.15 - 09.16.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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hortly after the Covanta: COMMENTS OPEN piece came out, I received an email from a representative of Covanta accompanied by a letter that will be sent to “certain stakeholders on Covanta’s proposed Advanced Recycling Center.” Most of the letter was focused on debunking everything Indiana Recycling Coalition has to say about the new Advanced Recycling Center. There was one statement that seemed to make the most sense in their argument.
“Covanta would not invest $45 million into building the Advanced Recycling Center if the intention was to just burn the material. That simply doesn’t make any business sense. The company has every incentive to ensure the recyclable materials that are recovered meet the needs of valued manufacturing customers. And those remaining materials not currently able to be recycled will generate renewable steam energy through the Covanta Energy-from-Waste facility.” I do believe that they wouldn’t build a $45 million facility to pretend like they are recycling. However, I also know that they make money from that renewable steam. And I believe that if they can’t get the price they want out of a load of recyclable material, they will burn it. (Opinion, not fact.) The letter goes on to say: “We [Covanta] believe the IRC has been misled by a few companies… Some of the very same paper companies that have publically opposed Covanta’s plan to increase recycling in Indiana have purchased and accepted recycled fiber from a similar facility in Montgomery, Alabama.”
Covanta suggested that I contact the CEO of the company that owns Montgomery, Alabama’s one-bin recycling facility, so I did. Apparently I’m the first person from Indianapolis (other than Covanta) to reach out and ask questions about their setup. Infinitus Energy is the Florida-based designer, builder and operator of Montgomery’s waste recovesry facility. I had a lengthy chat with Kyle Mowitz, the CEO of Infinitus, who provided me with some eye-opening information. First of all, Montgomery’s facility is able to recycle just over 60 percent of the full waste stream. That means 60 percent of Montgomery’s garbage is being recovered as recyclable, not that 60 percent of the recyclables are being recycled. In that case, 100 percent of the recovered recyclables are being recycled. Mowitz said that pretty much all of the recyclables are staying within the Montgomery region except for mixed paper, which is currently going to China. S E E , A L A BA MA , O N PA GE 1 0
GET INVOLVED LUNG FORCE Walk 2015 Sunday, Sept. 13, 1 p.m. The American Lung Association (ALA) will host a LUNG FORCE Walk in downtown Indianapolis. The fundraiser is designed to raise money and awareness to fight lung cancer, especially in women, and other lung-related ailments such as chronic lung disease and asthma. The walk itself is free, however participants who raise $100 or more will receive a commemorative t-shirt. The ALA hopes to raise $90,000 through the event for research, advocacy, education and awareness. Celebration Plaza, 801 W. Washington St., FREE, lungforce.org Citizens water rate increase public hearing Wednesday, Sept. 16, 5:30 p.m. The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor will host a public hearing to discuss a proposed rate increase by Citizens Energy. The central Indiana water utility is seeking to raise its rates by 22 percent to address ongoing infrastructure needs and to reduce the company’s debt. The public will be allowed to make comments on the proposed rate increase at the meeting. Manual High School Auditorium, 2405 Madison Ave., FREE, oucc.in.gov Patents and trademarks seminar Wednesday, Sept. 16, 10 a.m. The downtown branch of the Indianapolis Public Library will host representatives of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a seminar titled, “Patents and Trademarks 101: Information You Need to Protect Your Intellectual Property.” The day-long seminar will provide an an overview of patent, trademark and copyright secrets; share instruction on utilizing the USPTO databases; and other useful information. Indianapolis Public Library, 40 E. St. Clair St., FREE, indyipl.org
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offer some insight, but believes it fell on deaf ears. (Covanta and Infinitus are competitors in the waste management/ According to Mowitz, plastic film is one recovery industry; however, Mowitz of the more challenging materials for which claimed that his only motivation for to find a buyer mostly based on price. coming out saying that the two faciliMaterials that can’t be recycled go ties should not be compared is that if to a landfill. Infinitus does not have fithe Covanta facility is not successful, it nancial gain on materials that cannot be could reflect poorly on his.) recycled. Mowitz admitted Infinitus has When asked if there are consesold materials to recyclers that have spoquences for Covanta if the comken out against mixed stream recycling. pany does not achieve its goals, two So, they’re doing it! Based on my concepts were offered — Covanta conversation, the program in Montjeopardizes its $45 million investment and the city can walk away from the deal. The initial recovery goal A mixed waste recovery facility is 18 percent of the waste stream. Covanta officials is “very hard to operate and even pointed out that over 50 of Indy’s waste is tougher to create a great product.” percent made up of non-recycla— KYLE MOWITZ, CEO, INFINITUS ENERGY bles. Plus, the contract uses the term “acceptable waste” — it cannot be too contaminated to be recycled. gomery seems like a successful pro(Things like rain and snow can totally afgram considering it’s relatively young fect the quality of a load of recyclables.) and still working out the kinks. When I asked Mowitz if he thought Mowitz did share his displeasure with a one-bin system is the right choice the knowledge that his facility in Montfor Indianapolis, he said yes, which gomery has been used as an example in is not exactly what I wanted to hear. creating the case for a one-bin recycling He said that one-bin works very well facility in Indianapolis. While he did in low volume markets, which sadly not want to be negative toward Covdescribes Indianapolis. anta, Mowitz said, “It’s not an accurate What’s wrong with us? Why do only reflection or comparison” because it is 10 percent of Indy households think a completely different format, technolrecycling is important enough to pay ogy, system and overall operation. He $6/month? Why don’t our elected ofbelieves the City of Indianapolis and ficials want to pursue the infrastructure Covanta have chosen a technology that’s to make recycling a city-provided sernever been used or proven on mixed vice? Why isn’t there a full proposal for waste. And Mowitz would be the first single-stream recycling from Indiana to say that his mixed waste recovery Recycling Coalition and/or other stakefacility is “very hard to operate and even holders awaiting approval from the tougher to create a great product.” mayor or a private recycling company? Mowitz said he has met with Covanta I have to admit, I kind of agree with and actually reviewed the system proKyle. If Indy residents aren’t willing or posed for Indianapolis. He said he doesn’t have confidence that it can achieve what they think it’s going to achieve. He said he tried to
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The legal case against the city A civil suit brought against the city of Indianapolis by two businesses and a private citizen regarding the deal made with Covanta by the Ballard administration continues to make its way though the appellate court system. Graphic Packaging International, RockTenn Converting Company and Cathy Weinmann filed suit against the city claiming the deal violated rules for project bidding and public notice. Marion County Judge Cynthia Ayers dismissed the case stating the plaintiffs didn’t have the legal standing to make their complaint. The two companies and Weinmann immediately filed an appeal. Several organizations have filed amicus briefs with the court in support of the complainants including the ACLU of Indiana, Citizens Action Coalition and Common Cause Indiana. A hearing date for the appeal has not yet been set. able to commit to recycling; if our government doesn’t see recycling as a priority for budgeting or to focus energy on finding grants; if Indiana Recycling Coalition doesn’t have the ability to draft a plausible single-stream recycling proposal; if Ray’s or Republic aren’t able to provide the service for free…then maybe a one-bin system is the best solution for our low volume city. But rather than make that decision behind closed doors with the company that burns our trash, let’s have a public discussion about it. Rather than take the first offer, from the company that has fined our city for not producing enough trash, let’s find the best solution for long-term recycling in Indianapolis. Unfortunately, it may be too late. n
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eing the worst at something tends to motivate people to work for change. In the 2014 general election, Indiana had the lowest voter turnout in the country with only 28 percent of registered voters casting a ballot. On November 3, Hoosiers will (hopefully) head to the polls to elect municipal leaders including mayors and city or
town council representatives. In Marion County, the mayors of Indianapolis, Beech Grove, Lawrence and Southport will be chosen as well as city council seats in those municipalities. Town council seats will be up for grabs in Speedway, Cumberland, Homecroft and Warren Park. Voter turnout in the 2011 municipal elections was, in a nutshell, pathetic. Only 13 percent of registered voters in Marion County participated in the re-
election of Mayor Greg Ballard. In the May primary that year only 9 percent of Indy residents determined who the candidates would be in November. With this year’s primary turnout coming in just over 7 percent, trends suggest as few as 11 percent of registered voters could select the next mayor of Indianapolis and seat a new city-county council. Low voter turnout is not unique to Indianapolis or Indiana. States all over the country have been battling with how
to get the general public more engaged in government and how to encourage folks to exercise their constitutional right. Voting trends are analyzed and surveyed by universities, advocacy groups and even the U.S. Census Bureau. The data looks at all sorts of variables including ethnicity, age, education, socioeconomic status, lifestyle, etc. The list goes on and on. Most of the data is geared toward voting S E E , A PA THY, O N PA GE 1 2
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Hill always wanted to work with little kids, so after graduating high school, she went to Bowling Green State University, where she earned undergraduate and gradun Election Day, Sara Hill talks with her firstate degrees in education. She and her husband moved to graders about doing something she’s never done Noblesville in 2009, in part so they could be closer to his herself: voting. family in Lebanon. She and her husband don’t really bring The children’s lessons in democracy don’t get into the up politics much. nitty gritty of electoral politics or candidates’ stands on isShe knows she will have a somewhat greater stake in the sues, of course. They’re more about “voting process when her son starts attending public to decide on two different things,” Hill says. “In my opinion, school in Noblesville, but for now, politics Though the majority of Hoosier voters I feel like not on a federal, state and local level are off her have voted at least once in their lives, Hill is radar. voting is better hardly an exception: When local elections “In my everyday life, I don’t feel the efthan making an roll around, people stay away in droves. Only fect of some of the laws and policies that uneducated vote.” about 30 percent of eligible Indiana voters —Sara Hill are passed, so that’s another reason that it turned out for last year’s general election. doesn’t interest me very much,” Hill said. Why doesn’t Hill vote? And Noblesville’s coming elections aren’t exactly excit“In my opinion, I feel like not voting is better than making ing. Republicans dominate the local government – there an uneducated vote,” she said. are no Democrats on the city council – and Republican Hill, 35, lives with her husband and their toddler son in Mayor John Ditslear is running for his fourth term. May’s Noblesville, and she teaches full-time in the Carmel Clay primaries have essentially decided November’s results. Hill Schools. She’s busy, and it can take a lot of time to learn the says it’s easy to feel disconnected from the candidates. nuances of the issues and candidates’ stances on them. “I feel like sometimes our officials get elected because of “The health reform issues, I think that whole topic can popularity, not because of what they stand for,” Hill said. be really confusing, and immigration…. all of those things Is it the candidates’ responsibility to get people excited are things that are familiar, but things I just don’t feel like I about their ideas? Or are people obligated to educate understand and know enough about.” Hill said. themselves about the candidates? Should the state provide Getting to the polls can be a hassle, too. more accessible voting options? Or do many voters just “As a teacher, you’d have to take a day off to even go lack the initiative to go to the polls? vote,” said Hill. “Sometimes it’s the process of the polling All questions I’m looking forward to examining as I follow place and being able to be there to actually physically vote.” Sara Hill leading up to the November elections. n She’s never really considered absentee or early voting options. Growing up in South Bend, her parents voted, but she says Jill Sheridan Poulos lives in Carmel with her husband and their they never really talked about politics around the dinner table. two children. She is a reporter for 90.1 WFYI Public Media.
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In order to better understand why Indy residents don’t vote, NUVO, in partnership with 90.1 WFYI, decided to find a few and ask. The goal was simple — identify and find individuals who, based on our research, represented the typical resident who is registered to vote, but doesn’t exercise his or her right. Most registered non-voters are educated — most have college degrees or are currently in college. Socioeconomic levels range from poverty level to upper middle class. Ethnic groups — specifically African-Americans and Asian-Americans — may register to vote, but won’t make it to the polls. And women tend to vote more than men. Armed with this information we took to the streets and social media to find registered non-voters to ask the question: Why don’t you vote? Identifying registered non-voters and actually finding them, however, turned out to be harder than anticipated. In truth, finding someone willing to admit they don’t vote as well as explain why proved to be a challenge. The founding fathers felt a society governed through democracy was the best way for this nation to develop and representatives elected by the people was the fairest way for their voices to be heard. History has illustrated through women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement that voting is a right that is worth fighting for. It is also very personal and designed to be void of persecution through a secret balloting system. It’s not surprising that people weren’t jumping at the chance to share why they choose to vote or not to vote. But with some perseverance, we found two people. Meet Sara and Toran, a teacher and a college student who don’t vote, are willing to talk about why and are willing to learn more.
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s a working college student, Toran Fiene is a state’s education system. busy guy. Life currently revolves around school at “Everyone takes government as a senior — when stuIUPUI, work at Ball Systems in Westfield and home dents are becoming or already are of voting age,” recalls in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood. Toran. “It may just be a brief overview, but I personally felt He is a registered voter and keeps up with what people like I learned enough to at least know what a Senator or a are talking about. But when it comes to U.S. Representative does so I can determine municipal politics and elections, Toran says who I think is the best candidate for the job.” “Since I’ve been that’s unchartered territory. In Indiana, the concept of government of voting age, “I typically don’t really look at anything is introduced in first grade and is reiterlocally I’ve never locally because I feel like I’m rather ignorant really known who ated in the second grade. The third grade to what the elected positions are,” Toran curriculum looks at what defines governwould be the admits. “So how can I qualify someone?” ment services at the local, state and federal better candidate levels. Fourth graders get to learn about It’s a valid point and one that is rather or had a really common among people who are registered the structure of state government along strong opinion to vote, but choose to stay away from the with their Indiana history. The structure of about it. So I just the federal government is introduced in the polls on Election Day. “Since I’ve been of voting age, locally I’ve wouldn’t show up fifth grade curriculum, but is revisited again never really known who would be the better in the eighth grade, the 11th grade through to vote.” candidate or had a really strong opinion —Toran Fiene U.S. history and in the 12th grade as its own about it. So I just wouldn’t show up to vote.” semester class. Local government structure And it’s not just a lack of knowledge about the candiis not a part of the mandated curriculum. dates, but the positions and the structure of the municipal So where does someone go to learn about city and/or government system. county government structure? In Toran’s mind, a no vote is better than an uninformed vote. That is a great question. Comparatively, Toran says it’s easier to follow what Learning the difference between city and county governgoes on nationally because there is constant informament isn’t an easy venture for most Hoosiers across the tion out there — in the press, on the internet, etc. — that state. In Indianapolis, our joint city-county government make it easier and less time-consuming to learn about the system — affectionately known as UniGov — makes that candidates and the issues. However local elections and local education even more complicated. issues don’t get the same amount of mass media attention. Thankfully, Toran is willing to learn over the next few Municipal government is also overshadowed in our weeks leading up to Election Day. n 14 COVER STORY // 09.09.15 - 09.16.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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Urban League and the Indianapolis Public Library, three forums between now and Election Day will aim to turn apathetic voters into informed voters. “Electing Our Future: What You Need to Know about Indianapolis Government In Order to Cast an Informed Vote” is the title of the forum series. “Local government really has the most direct effect on someone’s day-to-day life,” says CCL faculty member Sheila Suess Kennedy. However understanding that effect and from where it originates isn’t well known. Kennedy and the members of the Electing our Future committee hope the upcoming forum series will change that. All of the forums will be held at the downtown branch of the Indianapolis Public Library from 6 – 8 p.m. The forums are designed to be non-partisan — as Kennedy says, “No politics, no spin, just basic information that will help you evaluate the priorities and capacities of the candidates for mayor and council who are asking for your vote.” MON, SEPT. 21 How does Indianapolis Work? The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce will take responsibility for this initial presentation, and will include a brief description of where we are in the federal/state/local scheme of things; a discussion of home rule/ state authority; and a description of city structure: mayor, council, departments, municipal corporations and what each does. The forum will explain how Unigov makes Indianapolis different from other cities, and will describe how we finance city services. TUES, OCT. 6 What are the issues we face? The Center for Civic Literacy and the League of Women Voters will be lead partners for this forum. How does Indianapolis deal with change? With diversity? What do citizens need to know to make informed decisions on quality of life issues: environmental, public health, education, transportation, arts and culture, civic life? How do we identify and allocate dwindling resources—with resources broadly defined to include civic, corporate and religious organizations and nonprofits, sources of expertise, & civic energy. TUES, OCT. 20 What do we want Indianapolis to look like 5, 10, 15 years from now? If we want a city that is healthy, wealthy & wise, how do we get there? The Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee will share insights from its Indy 2020 project. n
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The 2015 NUVO voter guide! Information about local elections is out there if you know where to look. That’s why NUVO will bring you the 2015 VOTER GUIDE! We will break down the mayoral races in Indianapolis, Lawrence, Beech Grove, Southport and Bloomington as well as all 25 city-county council district races. (Don’t know what district you even live in? No worries — we’ll answer that question too!)
Follow Sara and Toran with NUVO and WFYI As the campaign season for the municipal elections ramps up and educational opportunities continue to grow, NUVO and WFYI will continue conversations with Sara and Toran as they learn about municipal government, the issues and the candidates. You can read about their progress in NUVO and on nuvo.net as well as listen for updates on 90.1 WFYI. There will also be opportunities to follow the conversation via Facebook and Twitter and voice your opinions with #ElectingOurFuture. Is municipal government important to you? Let us know about it. Tell us (and Sara and Toran) why they should care. If you’ve asked yourself the question “Why should I care?” when it comes local government, then follow us even closer.
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PREVIEW Catching up with Dan Cooper on his Spiritual Journey Sept. 9-Oct. 23. Reception Sept. 10, 5:30-7 p.m. Dan Cooper and I were hanging at one of his favorite hangouts, Alibi’s Grill, on Indy’s Northeast side, when I noticed something strange. Cooper had just handed me a flyer with the info for his “Jacob’s Dream” upcoming show at the Jewish Community Center entitled Spiritual Journey — that opens Sept. 9 at the JCC Art Gallery — when I happened to spot a vintage Bob and Tom poster dating from the ‘80s on the wall. And then I noticed that one of the men portrayed in his flyer painting “Jacob’s Dream” is a dead ringer for Bob Kevoian. The other man in the painting might be mistaken at a distance for Tom Griswold. They’re actually Cooper’s brothers; in the painting both of them are conjoined, like branches, and their bodies below the abdomen merge into a tree rooted in the soil against the backdrop of a yellow sky. The one who resembles Bob is his brother Les, dressed in red, while the other resembles more his brother Ron, dressed in blue. Les is reaching out, arms parallel to the soil, as if he’s diving for a football. Meanwhile Ron is reaching upward towards the sky while beside them something that looks like a double helix twirls upwards into the sky. The title for this painting is “Jacob’s Dream” — which doesn’t have anything to do with Bob & Tom, of course — but rather the biblical story of Jacob and his brother. Cooper — born in 1952 in Greensburg, Ind. — often finds himself painting landscapes where faith and science intersect. So it figures that, in this acrylic on canvas painting, Jacob’s ladder is represented as a strand of DNA with a distinctive double helix. Cooper was in the first group of 12 artists to be involved with the Religion, Spirituality, and Arts Initiative headed by Rabbi Sandy Sasso through Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary. But the JCC Art Gallery poses unique challenges — since sunlight often floods the long hallway in which the gallery is located but Cooper will be making the best of it in order to highlight certain aspects of his painting that require proper illumination in order to be seen. “This will be the first show that I may have three paintings that I’ll be able to control the angle so the invisible elements show up,” he says. (Maybe this goes to show that Cooper is both a handyman like Esau and a dreamer like Jacob.) — DAN GROSSMAN Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center ONLINE: See an extended version of this story on nuvo.net.
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hen artist CS Stanley, born and raised in Greenwood, tells me that “everybody is running behind on sleep” I know he’s specifically referencing those I’ve just met at the First Church of Cannabis. But it’s 2015 — and I happen to think everyone, just about everywhere, is probably running behind on proper rest — especially artists. Artists all over the world, from all eras, have needed to give up sleep, as well as take risks and create their own opportunities — and they still need to do these things if they plan on being noticed or sufficiently employed. CS Stanley knows this, but like some of the rest of us, this completely self-taught artist once believed he would never be able to make a living doing what he loved. I first saw the work of Stanley on the ’Merica 2015 Art Campaign trail — both his work and that of fellow artist Shannon McKeon, were so visually arresting, I couldn’t stop talking about it for days. The ’Merica campaign plays off of the idea of being the stereotypical American. The ideas range from surveillance to consumerism and even some elbow shots at celebrity idolization. The show changes locations and runs until the election this fall. A variety of artists come together for popup visual art shows with each round and will continue until voting day. I must say, as a former art gallery owner myself, I came from a town that did not have (and is still clumsily laboring toward) that strong sense of community needed for a thriving arts district.
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seem to understand this. “I love Stanley’s sense of humor in some of his pieces, like ‘Swine Flew,’ with that flying pig attached to the drone,” says McKeon as we stood in the midst of the first ’Merica show. “I also love “I see it as an opportunity to discuss the detail in his work, too. Stencils piss me off: I don’t some of the harder topics that have the patience to chisel away all those pieces of America is faced with.” paper and then spray. So — CS STANLEY kudos to CS Stanley for being able to master that craft. And his mural work You can have an art scene without at the Cannabis church is absolutely community, but it is often a cold, lifeless, brilliant! I have to make a visit there some almost perfunctory endeavor — and it time to check it out in person.” fades quickly. A community, however, is And she’s right, so I did. not complete until it contains a vibrant I’ve seen a few online photos of Stanarts network, as opposed to just a scene. ley’s mural work at the Church and while Indianapolis and its plucky Hoosiers good, it’s easier to appreciate in person.
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Stanley’s marbling of the sanctuary, along with a respectful, yet tongue-in-cheek recreation of the hands from Michelangelo’s fresco “The Creation of Adam,” are perfect for the First Church of Cannabis — as is Stanley’s re-imagining of David. It was the Renaissance, after all — and the First Church of Cannabis definitely qualifies for our own modern equivalent. I soon caught up with Stanley at The First Church of Cannabis, where he was recently appointed as the Minister of Art, on a sunny Monday afternoon. CS arrives, looking quite dapper for someone running on 20 minutes of sleep, and before we head to the sanctuary, Bill Levin (the FCoC Grand Poobah) needs me to know something. “In the deluge of people coming in and out — we got to know each other,” says Levin. “I love artists — been in that business for years. I asked for his portfolio and CS brings his canvases in from the car — and I thought, oh yes, a real artist. And I found a piece I had to have, but by the end, he gave me the piece. That was not my intention, but he has a glow of love about him, and you just know you can trust him. It’s hard to put into words, but there are some people, and CS is one of them, who have a beautiful heart, and who is >>>
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<<< someone truly into what he’s doing and shares what he loves without malice or hate — so I knew he was perfect for us.” Levin continues, “And he started immediately, and within three days, he had his own room and set of keys. When CS told me his idea for David in the sanctuary, I was blown away. He pulled that from nowhere, from everywhere.” “It was only about four years ago when I decided to do something I enjoyed,” says Stanley. “I was working 60 hours a week, I rarely saw my children, and I just knew it was time to do something different. I saw Bill in the news, and I totally support the cause.” But marijuana legalization isn’t the only cause that Stanley is getting behind. He has been apart of the ’Merica campaign since the beginning. Today he hopes that the show will reach into a tri-state area in the next few years. “I see it as an opportunity to discuss some of the harder topics that America is faced with,” says Stanley. “Topics that should be the focus in every day discussions until they’re solved. It permits me the chance to share my opinions with others in hope that they’ll take something new away from the experience. I’d like to believe that information is contagious and reaching a few will eventually affect the masses. This campaign reflects that goal.” n
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or those recovering from illness, art really does have the ability to inspire and even heal. Patients staying at Wishard Memorial Hospital, then known as City Hospital, in Indianapolis over 100 years ago were able to see softly hued murals while they were recovering. At that time the mural project’s supervisor, the famous Hoosier Group artist William Forsyth, regarded it as “the most ambitious and monumental work yet undertaken by Indianapolis artists.” The story of this significant public art project reflects talents and collaboration from noted Hoosiers, like T. C. Steele, who made their landmark in the art community in the early twentieth century. This is why conservators this summer worked to rescue four murals painted in 1914. The murals on the fifth floor of the former Burdsal unit of Wishard Hospital faced an uncertain future. The building was recently acquired by Indiana University and was slated for demolition this summer. Before the demolition work began, art conservators from Fine Arts Conservation, Inc. acted quickly to save the historic sites. The four were a collection in the country’s first hospital art commission to promote healing and wellness. “They do support the widely known fact that art is very beneficial in the healthcare work place,” said Sherry Rouse, Indiana University’s curator of campus art. Rouse added that the Indianapolis hospital was ahead of its time. The public has largely forgotten the collection in the decades since their completion. Their age and deterioration have substantially altered their appearance over the last century, and what remains is only a fraction of the groundbreaking project. Encouraging the patients with comfort and serenity, the large collection of murals showed scenes of idyllic landscapes by renowned artist T. C. Steele. In the children’s ward, murals of boys playing rope games and girls holding bouquets lined the walls. Religious iconography was scattered throughout in the hopes of helping patients recover. When they were completed in 1916, it is believed that the murals covered nearly a quarter of a mile along the hospital’s interior walls. Before the mural project began in 1914, the commissioned project was supported by the St. Margaret’s Guild, a group of women devoted to improving the hospital. The guild donated funds
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to make it possible for established and emerging Hoosier artists to paint the murals in the Burdsal Unit. The collaborative artists who painted the murals in 1914 were led by William Forsyth, and included T.C. Steele, John Hardrick, Otto Starke, Clifton Wheeler, Wayman Adams, Simon Baus, Walter Hixon Isnogle, Carl Graf, Jay Connaway, William E. Scott, Emma B. King, Dorothy Morlan and Marinus Andersen. This remarkable piece of Indiana’s art history was uncovered by Michael Ruzga’s team from Fine Arts Conservation, Inc. before demolition begins on the IUowned Bursdal Unit building. Although
the collection have previously been lost or damaged, after the Burdsal building encountered water leaks and structural problems in the past. In the 1960s several of the murals were further damaged when they were removed from the walls in an attempt at restoring them. Several organizations have conducted campaigns to remove the most significant mural fragments over the years, the most prominent of which was the Indianapolis Museum of Art exhibition’s “Preserving a Legacy: Wishard Hospital Murals” in 2009. Thirty-six of the murals painted between 1914 and 1916, including several by Steele, are now displayed at Eskenazi Hospital. These mural were also featured in the 2004 publication, The Art of Healing: The Wishard “They do support the widely known Collection. Others have fact that art is very beneficial in the remained hidden under layers of paint until now. healthcare work place.” The conservation of — SHERRY ROUSE the Wishard murals is a meticulous process. Future work will include they are still hidden behind thick layers carefully removing layers of dirt and of green paint, the conservators were discolored varnish from the surface of able to see a few features in three of the the paintings. The funding to restore the murals. One mural features a mother, or paintings will be led by Sherri Rouse. nurse, accompanied by a cherub or baby. Until fundraising begins, the murals will The process of removing the murals be safely stowed at an art storage buildfrom the walls without damaging them ing in Bloomington. is labor-intensive. Ruzga’s conservation Richard Thompson, associate univerteam used a 20-inch metal spatula to slide sity architect for research, remarked on behind the murals and remove them from the two important reasons behind the the wall. One section took three days to current conservation project, “Saving the murals for art’s sake had been done beremove, while another took four days. fore,” but he added that the murals were, “It was a miracle we got them off of the wall, and it will be a miracle when we raise “coordinated by artists and assisted and supported by many others,” Thompson the money to salvage them,” said Rouse. The rescued murals were wrapped around said the importance of the murals lies in the fact that viewers can “recognize the a cylindrical tube and removed from the intent of the healing significance.” n building with a crane. Several murals in NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 09.09.15 - 09.16.15 // VISUAL 17
A&E EVENT 49th Annual Penrod Art Fair “Indiana’s Nicest Day” Sept. 12, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. If your job is to stage the Penrod Arts Fair — one of the largest one-day fairs in the nation — it just might help if your day job is a construction contractor. This is the occupation of Festival Chair John Andrews. However, the main reason he gives for his involvement isn’t the logistical challenge but the fact that Penrod proceeds go to support Indy art organizations. “Our mission is to further the arts and culture of the city through big grants and through small ones we’re able to do that, and we also have a pretty fun event,” he says. Andrews finds it hard to name an event or artist that he’s looking forward to the most at Penrod, to take place at the IMA grounds on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “I think it’s the fact that you have so many different opportunities to see different mediums of art, everything from our dance stage to musical acts ranging from jazz to blues and rock…” he says. “And then you’ve got so many different artists showing their work [more than 300 from 18 states]. I think the cool thing is that you can see so much. Not to mention that we try to have really great food and drink offerings.” When pressed, he points to artists who’ll be demonstrating woodturning and Indy’s own K.P. Singh, who first started displaying his architectural drawings 42 years ago at the fair and will be there this year. But the fact that the Penrod Fair, in its 49th year, takes place on the beautiful IMA grounds should be as much a draw as any particular Penrod offering. The August, 2014 installation of the Lichtenstein “Five Brushstrokes” sculpture onto the IMA mall lawn forced some logistical challenges to fair organizers. But the mall will be open to pedestrians. “It’s a nice place just to sit, if people want to sit in the grass and eat some food in the middle of a pretty crowded environment,” says Andrews. The main stage will butt up against Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture, which was ranked #2 out of 10 in a July 2015 USA Today poll asking readers to name best places to propose (so there may be some proposals amidst the hoopla). Andrews estimates that, if weather is good — and Penrod lives up to its trademark moniker “Indiana’s Nicest Day”—one can expect 25,000 attendees. “The legend is that they picked this weekend for the fair because statistically we’re supposed to have the best weather of the year,” he says. — DAN GROSSMAN Indianapolis Art Museum, $15 presale, $20 door, children ten and under free, penrod.org
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rin Drew had no idea that what started as a one-time popup shop would snowball into one of the most innovative feminist and queer performance art spaces around town. The show titled Difficult Women was born out of Drew just needing a name. “I like to name projects that I am working on, even if they are one night shows,” says Drew. “Just because naming makes this cohesive and a little easier to conceptualize.” Drew is the co-founder of Difficult Women and a member of General Public Collective. When a performance artist friend of her’s, Jill Flanigan, was coming through Indy in April, she quickly reached out to Hen and Copy Culture to pull together a three-part performance art show. “I like the idea of blurring the lines between visual art and music,” says Drew. “For some reasons those scenes … don’t co-mingle as much as you would think.” Apparently Drew isn’t the only one who wants to see those lines blur. The show is currently a mix of music, multimedia work and video performance pieces. The first show had over
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100 people RSVP to the event. And the upcoming night in September will house Mary Ocher’s live music, Hen’s two piece punk dance recital pageant and video work by Bad Psychic and Copy Culture. Shows like this allow for those who are systematically silenced by — yes, even the art world — to have a space that celebrates their experiences. And it helps when you have a killer name like this one. “I thought it was funny,” says Drew. “I was thinking of an umbrella term to describe the artists and musicians who were going to play in that first show, without being too literal. The term “difficult” got stuck in my head as something that could be a slur or deterrent … I like choosing to own difficulty.” So do Taryn Cassella and Anna Martinez, the duo that make up the Copy Culture col-
lective here in Indy. The two have been shot down for several grants in a row — something that would beat down many artists — but it doesn’t keep them from going bigger and bolder with conception and design. Both women have a background in painting and window merchandising (which is reflected in much of their work). Cassella tends to learn toward three dimensional functioning forms; while Martinez thrives in the two dimensional mediums. Right now Martinez is mulling over the idea of free-standing paintings where you are intended to see the back as well as the front. The combination of their work leads to provocative installations that utilize space and composition to create an abstract, subtlely forcing you to reconsider your interaction with each piece. Their work is starting to be known for being anticlimactic. Something that they see as a mark of success when the viewer feels that way. As Eric Booth said, isn’t art just making connections outside of what you already know? The two applied for an Art Prize grant a few months ago, only to be turned down. One of the the concerns from judges was that they wouldn’t be able to build the >>> freestanding wall that their exhibit
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time. We stuck out and everyone got it, which was nice. “We try and keep in mind more of our feminist ideals [for these shows]. Even though we are inherently like that anyway.” Their work is always show specific, and this round is no exception. “It’s not more obvious that we are feminists, but it’s a different kind of feminism than our personal work,” says Martinez. “For me I like to have the platform for people to see it in different forms … A lot of people might see our work for different reasons, but Difficult Women is for women and non-male artists and maybe it inspires them do more … to feel “The term “difficult” got stuck in my to comfortable in their own skin.” head as something that could be a Cassella and Martinez slur or deterrent … I like choosing to seem to be right in line with Ocher’s thoughts own difficulty.” about her music. “There is no doubt in — ERIN DREW my mind that we need to keep raising our voices on matters of social injustice (in the gender sphere as much as the others) — yet I wouldn’t The focus of their next filmed perforwant to dedicate my entire focus to that mance piece will center on object fetishism (and how the body is an object itself). particular subject, that would force me to miss out on the vastness of the human “Our process starts when we get the experience. Just because I was born a objects,” says Cassella. Their first Difwoman and experience certain barriers ficult Women video was them in track in the social sphere, I’d be putting more suits interacting with various materials. chains upon myself instead of breaking At first they had a strict story line about out of them if I did. Even the very fact competition. In the end they decided that this question is ever-present in all against the stereotypical narrative. sorts of variations, shows that we have When they were planning for this first show, they admitted to talking themselves internalized a certain lack of emancipation, what we should be doing is actively in circles over the idea of a feminist show. living the life we had envisioned for “It was the ’70s feminist, Judy Chicago ourselves.” says Ocher. n type shit,” laughs Cassella. “Which there is nothing wrong with that. It was just way too sterile … I think we figured that out this
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Sept. 19 and 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. This is the very event at which Dennis Byrne, Indiana’s “Godfather of Disc Golf,” spotted a blind player navigating a temporary course with the help of a friend (see the story to the right). That moment led to the development of a stateof-the-art course — the first of its kind — at the Indiana Blind School. During our interview, Byrne raved about this particular event. Greg Beilfuss, a rec planner with IDNR, shot us an email with the following info: The 50-plus, free, hands-on activities taking place at this year’s “Experience” include things like: disc golf, pony rides for kids, mountain biking on both a skills course and a real mountain bike trail, fishing, archery, shooting sports, “Tiny Tots Off-Road Motorbike” rides for little kids, horseshoe pitching, orienteering, and much, much more. These fantastic outdoor recreation activities are mostly presented by grassroots organizations like the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association, or the Speedway Horseshoe Leagues, and some by IDNR staff, like the GoFishIN program. Last year, over 22,000 people came out to the Fort over two days to participate in this free event. This event offers free parking at the Major E.J. Bean Defense Finance Center (southwest corner of 56th and Post Road), free buses into the park, free hands-on outdoor recreation activities of all kinds, and even onsite food available (the only thing not free!) from a wide variety of non-profits and other vendors. This year’s event is much more walkable than in past years, while offering the same number of activities (there will be no ‘trolleys’ available or needed this year), but the walking distance from one end of the event to the other is less than a mile, and a limited number of accessibility vans will be available on site to those who need them for event access. Fort Harrison State Park, 5753 Glenn Road, 562-1338, hoosieroutdoorexperience.in.gov, FREE
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ennis Byrne is pragmatic about the difference between traditional golf and disc golf: “If you told your wife you were going out for four or five hours with your buddies, leavin' the kids and the dog at home and droppin' a hundred bucks or more, she’d belt you before you got out the door. “Tell her you’re gone for 90 minutes, you’re taking the kids AND the dog AND the course is free, she’ll start the car for ya.” Alright, so we can’t really speculate on anyone else's marital situation, but Byrne’s got a point: This really is a game for the everyman. And Byrne should know — since he retired from managing a Yamaha plant a few years ago, he's devoted all his time to a gig as a professional course designer. He's been called the "Godfather of Disc Golf."
We’re gathered around a “tee pad,” approaching hole three at Sahm Park. Joining us is Matt Boals, an enthusiast and supporter who owns a retail company called Griffin Disc Golf. Boals is a big dude who, like Byrne, has a bag slung over his shoulder. The bag holds maybe a dozen discs or so, and Byrne has handed me three: a fairway driver and the disc equivalents of a mid-size iron and a putter. The driver’s heavy and it’s got a fairly sharp edge — it’s a disc built for distance. The other two discs are progressively lighter with edges that become more blunt as the objects drop weight, changing the way the craft cuts the air to become slower and more accurate as the player approaches the “hole.” That “hole” is actually a basket. Above the basket’s landing platform (a circular piece of metal with a rim suspended on a pole a few feet off the ground) is strung a network of chaining. A successful shot
sees the disc strike the chains and either drop onto the metal surface below or nest in the links. Discs that hang on the edge or perch atop the basket don’t count, and discs that strike the target and ricochet away aren’t counted, either. The chains, in addition to providing the necessary “give” to keep clean shots from bouncing away, provide a sound that’s critical to any game of this kind — the ringing of the links is just as aurally satisfying as hearing a small white ball find the bottom of a cup. The course at Sahm Park is in rough shape. Some of the holes are in disrepair, most of the old particle-board tee markers have long succumbed to the elements. The tee pads were built before the rules had been standardized; the concrete launching surfaces need to be widened to the regulation 5-by-12-foot box. This isn’t just a bummer for casual players — there’s historical significance
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A disc “hole” or basket — some of the baskets on the Sahm course are prototypes built by the creator of the sport, former Wham-O employee “Steady” Ed Headrick (left). Dennis Byrne (left) and Matt Boals. Byrne’s designed dozens of disc golf courses (right).
to the southwest — and those trees in the woods will bring Sahm’s course back to the level of difficulty it enjoyed before the emerald ash borer wiped out most of the original course’s hazards. Sahm's "Amen Corner" no longer sports the flora that made it tough, and a hole called "Thread the Needle," has, well, lost its needles. The gents are on a deadline: they hope Sahm will be one of the courses “His buddy would ring the chains for utilized for the 2016 him, the blind kid would throw, his Deaf Disc Golf Association National buddy would help him find the disc Championships. Another event that and the process would start again.” Boals and Byrne — DENNIS BYRNE, ON SEEING A BLIND PLAYER have on the horizon ON A DISC GOLF COURSE FOR THE FIRST TIME is the 2017 Professional Disc Golf Association's Amateur and Juniors World Championships, the "PDGA Am Worlds." Byrne and Boals are fishing for It’s something that Byrne was a part of private donations to bring Sahm back in 1992: “The first two courses I coto better than its original condition. designed were built for championship Refurbishment runs $750 per hole — play,” he chuckles. money that the Indy Parks Department “So, nahh, there was no pressure.” just can’t shell out right now — so The deaf community isn’t the only group Boals and Byrnes have hit on an arwith disabilities benefitting from Byrne’s rangement. The Parks Foundation has set up a tax deductible account: donate experience as a course designer, though — the Indiana School for the Blind boasts the the cash, and your advertising graces first course in the world designed for the the hole as a sponsor. The Magic Bus visually impaired, and it’s Byrne’s creation. has already snagged two. “I was hosting a temporary golf course Not only are Boals and Byrne rehabout at Fort Ben,” remembers Byrne, “and a bing the existing course, they’re expandbunch of Boy Scouts wanted to play. One ing the run from its present nine to a full of ’em was blind. His buddy would ring the 18-hole walk. Indy Parks has given them chains for him, the blind kid would throw, access to the woods that ring the course here, too. A few of the baskets are “Mach 1” prototype builds, created by the father of the sport, “Steady” Ed Headrick, while he was perfecting the gear. The Indy Disc Golf Club had cut a 50/50 deal with the city to buy 18 baskets for $3,000 back in 1990, and nine would up in the ground at Sahm.
his buddy would help him find the disc and the process would start again.” That Scout — a kid named Jacob Ayres — made course development for the blind an award-winning Eagle project with Byrne’s help. Using the Blind School’s course as a kind of living lab, visually-impaired golfers can program a key fob at each tee that starts the basket beeping — and the discs themselves are programmable, too. “There’s a chip that sits in the center and you can put anything in there, just like a ringtone,” explains Boals — finding the disc is obviously a challenge for the blind. But the rewards? Jacob once told Dennis about the manner in which his blindness affected his gait and posture. “Jacob said he had to be in careful control of his body — but when he wound up and let that disc go, he finally felt free.”
SPONSOR THE COURSE Interested in sponsoring a hole? Dennis Byrne says: The donations are going to a fund earmarked just for this project. The fund is maintained by the Indy Parks Foundation (a 501-c-3 charity). Sponsors can contact them directly or myself at disc. golf@hotmail.com. The $750 hole sponsorship covers a new basket, two new tee signs, two mounting sleeves (for all basket locations), concrete for two tee pads and mounting the sleeves and tee signs. They will be able to put their logo/info on the two tee signs for that hole and they will get a nod on the new course map and the rules sign for 10 to 15 years! n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 09.09.15 - 09.16.15 // SPORTS 21
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The Visit y The announcement of a new M. Night Shyamalan film used to be exciting. After his gripping ghost story, The Sixth Sense, he presented one striking, Hitchcockian concept after another — a superhero origin story grounded in reality, a rural alien invasion marked by crop circles, a 19th century village haunted by monsters in the forest surrounding it. These films ended up having flaws, but they enveloped us in an intoxicating air of mystery. Shyamalan’s ideas later grew murky, making audiences question his abilities. His latest film seems like comeback with its deliciously simple story of two kids meeting their menacing grandparents. Unfortunately, The Visit is a bad backward step rather than a triumphant return to his roots. The film follows two precocious pre-teens as they make a documentary about a week with their grandparents in Pennsylvania — Shyamalan’s childhood home. Becca (Olivia DeJonge) is an angst-ridden artist — is there any other kind? Her little brother Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) is a goofball, always joking and freestyle rapping. While enjoying time in the countryside with their grandparents, they try to get a confession from them on tape about why they grew estranged from their mother (Kathryn Hahn). Their documentary turns into a horror film when Grandma and Grandpa start acting strange and sinister, scratching on the walls at night and muttering about monsters in the backyard. It’s all creepy in a kid-friendly, Goosebumps kind of way. Despite their dark elements, Shyamalan’s films ultimately evoke a sort of Spielbergian warmth. But the innocence of The Visit goes off the rails and gives way to mere midnight movie silliness. As the grandma (Deanna Dunagan) ravenously gnashes on cookies like a wild animal, you’ll feel like you are in so-bad-it’s-good territory. The Visit is the type of film that inspires drinking games. Shyamalan’s venture into lighthearted horror here is more of a disappointing detour than a refreshing change of direction. The Visit feels like a film he made before The Sixth Sense, before he learned how to send chills up our spines. — SAM WATERMEIER PG-13, Opens Friday in wide release
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y son Donald loved the adventure comedy A Walk in the Woods and said it deserved five stars. Our dear family friend Sue, who was at the same screening, thought the movie was funny and very likable. I’m sharing this information because I’m about to tear into the film and thought it only fair to remind you that mine is but one opinion. If A Walk in the Woods had starred two guys we never heard of, and was written and directed by newcomers, I would be more forgiving. But it stars Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, damn it, with Ken Kwapis (numerous episodes of The Office, including the pilot, the 100th episode and the series finale) directing a screenplay loosely adapted from Bill Bryson’s popular book. Redford worked for a decade to get the film made — he originally wanted Paul Newman to costar with him. Knowing that made me expect something more than a broad comedy with a few sentimental moments. I expected more layers, more expertise, more wellshaded characters. More everything. I mean, who would have imagined a movie about two old guys attempting to walk the Appalachian Trail could be so pedestrian? Ahem. Redford plays celebrated travelogue writer Bill Bryson, presented here as a reserved, wincing grouch. His wife, Catherine, played with warmth and a hint of condescension by Emma Thompson, says “Talk to people, it’s good for you!” He replies, “I don’t like talking to people!” There’s your marital dynamic. When he comes up with the idea to hike the Appalachian Trail, Catherine demands that he find someone to go with him. After reaching out to a number of friends and acquaintances and
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getting shot down, he hears from Stephen Katz (Nolte), a traveling companion from years ago. They parted on bad terms, but Bryson is willing to give it another go in order to placate his wife. Katz, of course, turns out to be a mess. A red-faced overweight fellow with the social skills of a Chris Farley character, he’s the Oscar Madison to Bryson’s Felix Ungar. And so the odd couple starts walking, with Katz getting out of breath within minutes. When the real Bryson hiked the trail, he was at least 20 years younger than Robert Redford. The 79-year-old has taken great care of himself, but the age gap between the actors and the men they portray makes a difference. At this point in his life, Robert Redford looks like a rough sketch of Robert Redford (I’m not being flippant — check for yourself and you’ll see what I mean). Nick Nolte, meanwhile, looks like what the Monty Python boys used to call “mostly dead.” Watching fragile people stumble and fall through slapstick bits is more harrowing than funny (granted, my son, our friend and most of the audience did not sound like they agreed with me). The low-key road (path?) comedy is
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9:30 a.m.: Take in or buy some art at Penrod Festival Known as “Indy’s most beautiful day,” this arts fest has a little bit of everything. You can get artisan-made gifts, and there will be a huge play section for kids if you have rugrats. Now, this fest does require the purchase of tickets to get in, however, there will be a beer garden, so you can get your money’s worth pretty efficiently. You can ride your bike in for free, and there will be a bunch of shuttle locations around Midtown. IMA Grounds, 4000 Michigan Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $15, penrod.org NOON: Lunch and music at French Market Fest Get into this festival right when it opens and get your French food cravings satisfied. Here is the lineup they’ve promised: seafood crepes, escargot en croute, French onion soup, beignets, tarte flambé, quiche, French dip roast beef, and Provencal chicken are all available — even Marcel Proust’s madeleines. They’ll also
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5 p.m.: Perk up at Pearings Get a coffee or a smoothie at Pearings near the circle then head west and walk your beer off along the canal. From inside the Wholesale district, you can easily walk or bike over to White River State Park and take in a little paddle boating or sit and watch the runners and dog-walkers pass. You’ll need to get the light back in your eyes a bit before you go somewhere nice for dinner. 6 W. Washington St., 608-6456, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., pearingscafe.com
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Southern Supper w/ Chef Ben Vaughn Sept. 21, 6:30 p.m. Come hungry and get ready for a country inspired comfort food from Chef Ben Vaughn’s new book release. Come for dinner or come for dinner & an autographed cookbook. He’s stopping by Indianapolis from his homebase of Atlanta. Here’s what you can expect from the dinner: • Cornbread and Biscuits, Honey Black Pepper Butter • Fried Chicken, Black Eyed Peas, Collard Greens with Ham Hocks, Fried Okra • Lemon Sheet Cake
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The CANvitational is Sun King’s way of celebrating the art of canned craft beer. What started with one Oskar Blues beer has now turned into the latest craft beer revolution, and this event brings in representative from all kinds of close and far-flung breweries putting their brews in cans. I talked to Clay Robinson about the fest, and the official word is that the festival is kept small for a reason, “so people don’t feel like they’re spending the whole festival waiting in lines,” he said. Bless
7 p.m.: Relaxed dinner at Tinker Street End your perfect Saturday of drinking, biking and eating with a stop at Herron-Morton’s badass new restaurant, Tinker Street. It’s an easy bike ride to navigate up from anywhere downtown, and they have a gorgeous outdoor patio if you’re feeling a little too sweaty to dine indoors. And should you need any more encouragement, both Charlie Kimball and Andrew Luck are known to be big fans of this place. It’s been a huge boon to the neighborhood, and they have an outstanding menu for the meatlessly-inclined. 402 E. 16th St., tinkerstreetindy.com
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Bonus — 9 p.m.: Drinks at the Thirsty Scholar We love the look and feel of this bar on the corner of 16th and Penn. Whether you like craft beer on draft or a really smooth cup of espresso, they can hook you up. And since they’ve become a common hangout spot for students studying late into the night, it’s the perfect place to relax and unwind before totally hanging up your party shoes. 111 E. 16th St., #101, thirstyscholar.net — SARAH MURRELL
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Jonathan Brooks, Abbi Merriss and Carlos Salazar. Each chef did a course of their own, and then they paired up for a final two courses. Nourish provided the setting and Eli Laidlaw provided the hors d’oeuvres. As you’d expect, it was outstanding. The range of dishes played like a really great record, each leaving a unique impression but playing nice with the one before and after. Somehow, things got even better when the chefs paired up. Brooks’ and Baltzley’s cheese course presented as a Twinkie was the perfect mix of Brooks high/low thing and Baltzley’s gift for harmonizing funky foods. Merriss and Salazar’s foie torchon-topped peach cake is now in my top 5 death row desserts. What surprised me, though, was seeing a more finished version of Baltzley’s dish on the Ribelle menu a few days later, the huitlacoche linguine, fermented clam, and a broth made of roasted melons and kombu dashi, with just a sprinkle of basil on top. This dish was a bit transcendent for me, a recent Orthodox convert to the church of fermented foods. There was
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Dust off your candle sticks and support a local florist. Tablescapes are serious business at Yelp’s White Night. Yelpers know how to dinner party. Visit a new business to purchase ingredients for the dinner. The goal of this event is to celebrate Indiana’s harvest season. We encourage you to explore a new farmers market, purchase croissants at a bakery you’ve been meaning to visit and learn your butcher’s name.
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“There’s so many interesting characters in [the Wild West] because time and whatever other impulses we have have allowed them to become these legends, sort of half-fictional characters, which to me is really appealing. I’ve always loved the literary tradition of magical realism because it allows for so much of that. To me, that’s really interesting because I find that a lot of the time you can get to the truth a little faster with fiction, in a weird way. You can paint a clear picture. There’s a great book by [Michael Ondaatje] called The Collected Works of Billy The Kid that’s kind of a portrait of that historical character but told in verse, partially, and also a few snippets of prose. It’s really great because it paints this incomplete picture, and your mind just has to fill in the blanks. I think that’s a really beautiful way to tell a story. I think a lot of the characters that come out of this part of the world are like that. We know certain things about them, and other things we don’t know, and we’ve allowed the cultural subconscious to create the rest. — KATHERINE COPLEN Lord Huron with Son Little, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 8 p.m., The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $20, 21+
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sweet and uplifting spirit. So I saw her at the Mercy Jazz Festival, and we were talking about it. And I said, 'Would you be interested in writing a song for me?' And she said yes, and we discussed what it would be about. I told her where I am in my life, how I feel and what I've done. … We started the record in the Christmas of 2013 and she gave me the song then. When I heard it, I couldn't believe it. It has this really beautiful rhythmic sense and harmonic sense, and I love the fact that it's a story. It's a story of empowerment and being your authentic self. She gave it to me, we rehearsed it, and it was really, really nice because she has a whole different way of looking at the music. Her universe is very broad and getting even more so. I really enjoyed it.” On recording “32 Flavors” by Ani DiFranco for this album: “It was in my live repertoire because to me, she's a poet more than anything. The thing that I love about the music
“[My mother] was a nurse, and she worked in the community. She worked with generations of people. She would work with one girl’s child, and that child would bring her child, and that child would bring theirs.” — DIANNE REEVES
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First and foremost, Ben Schneider is a storyteller. With five releases under his belt – including two well-received folk-flecked indie rock full-lengths – the Los Angeles-based leader of Lord Huron has had plenty of time to tell stories through song. And he’s spun some yarns: stories of cowboys and lovers and gangs and undertakers. But he doesn’t stop there. The graphic designer, now 31 and touring full time, threw in movie trailers and a comic book or two, plus frequent illustrations released on the band’s Instagram account. Ben Schneider is world-building, and his world is Wild West dusty, guided by (fictional) author George Ranger Johnson (also a Schneider creation), whose Lonesome Dreams adventure novel series provides the backbone to Lord Huron’s 2013 album of the same name – or is it the other way around? Taking a wide view, Schneider’s creating an indie band Alternate Reality Game, executed over a series of years and releases. Up close, well, singles like “Fool For Love” are just as catchy without any of the associated clues and contexts. He’ll bring his band back to Indianapolis on Tuesday. I grabbed a few minutes on the phone with him before then. Here’s a bit of Schneider’s thoughts on the lure of magical realism; find the full conversation on nuvo.net.
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that I do, I have the musicians come up with a groove, or I'd just improvise, and I could always just improvise and use these words [the lyrics to '32 Flavors']. I love the strength of the words – well, the strength of her music any way. I decided that I know I've been doing it [live], but I want to include it because not everybody has heard it. So we did it. On Beautiful Life's “Long Road Ahead,” a song written for her mother: “My mother was a pretty extraordinary person, as I guess we believe all our mothers are. She really touched a lot of lives. She had her faults like everybody, but she was able to take those faults as things that she learned about herself and change them and use them to help other people. She was a nurse, and she worked in the community. She worked with generations of people. She would work with one girl's child, and that child would bring her child, and that child would bring theirs. It was like that. It was really a pillar in the community. For me, even now, we
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just lost her like almost four years ago, you hold onto everything that you ever learned. Everything that you ever saw the shining example. For me, my mother really held the sky up for me in a lot of ways. She was a wise person. This song, a mother lives in her children, and in children in general. She always saw light, and she always saw the best in them. This song was really my journey with her, and some of the things that she would say, and her spirit.”
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On her many awards, including a new honorary doctorate from Julliard: “It's pretty extraordinary. This is the second one; the first one was from the Berklee School of Music. There are all of these amazingly brilliant lights of students that are at this graduation. More than anything it's an opportunity to let them know to be unique and be yourself, and do your thing to the fullest. Enjoy what it is that you do. I know that you'll hear from a lot of them in different kinds of ways. You could feel the passion in the room. To be celebrated with some of the other people who received the honorary doctorate, and hearing their lives, it just made me feel so grateful for having art in my school. It made me grateful for being able to take something that I'm most passionate about, and it saved my life. n
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STREAM A TRACK FROM FLANNELGRAPH’S JIMMY WEBB TRIBUTE LP Sometimes you know from the second you skim the first few sentences of a press release that something is going to be baller. You just know. It’s a great feeling. I had one of those moments when Jared Cheek from Flannelgraph Records emailed me about the Jimmy Webb tribute LP that comes out at the end of September, Still on the Line. Webb, of course, is one of the best known and best loved American songwriters of the 20th century, whose collaborations with Glen Campbell, Art Garfunkel, The 5th Dimension, Carly Simon and others are innumerable and beloved. We’ll have much, much more about this album the week of the release date courtesy of NUVO writer Stephen Deusner, but for now, we’re really happy to premiere the first track from Still On The Line, a version of Webb’s “Ocean In His Eyes” by The Cairo Gang on NUVO.net. (Fun fact: Cairo Gang leader Emmett Kelly is a frequent collaborator of Bonnie “Prince” Billy, who lays claim to track three of Still on the Line.) Webb released “Ocean In His Eyes” in 1974 on his album Land’s End. It was later
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r. Lonnie Smith is a world renowned jazz icon and an undisputed master of the Hammond B3 organ who shares the stage and the studio with some of the greatest names in jazz. At age 73 Smith's performances retain the same passion and precision that have propelled his 50-plus-year career in music. I recently talked hip-hop, and musical healing with Smith via phone in advance of his Friday, September 11 appearance at the Jazz Kitchen as part of Indy Jazz Fest 2015. NUVO: I read an interview where you described your first encounter with the Hammond B3 organ. You stated that the sound of the organ engulfed you with a physical presence comparable to air or water. That must be an incredible way to experience music. DR. LONNIE SMITH: The organ is part of me. It's part of my being. You know when you meet your first love and you feel like this is someone who has been missing in your life? That's what it felt like. Electricity overcame my body. It's like a flame going through my body when I touch and play an organ. I am at one with the organ. NUVO: In 1967 Columbia Records released your debut LP as a leader Finger Lickin' Good. The album was produced by John Hammond, who also signed you to Columbia. John Hammond is credited for signing and helping to launch the careers of musicians like Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen, Count Basie and so many others. What do you remember about your first encounter with John Hammond? SMITH: John Hammond had a lot of great things in mind for us when he came to watch us play. I wasn't even thinking I was going to get signed to Columbia. We were in a club called Bon-Ton I think. He came in with his wife and heard us. We were playing behind some dancers. Right away, John Hammond wanted to sign us. Right there on the spot he wanted to sign us. He didn't care if he had to write the contract on a napkin. When I signed with Columbia Records I didn't even have a group together. I'd just been playing with George Benson. Grant Green and all these people had started asking me to record with them but I didn't want to do it because I'd just started playing. I said, "Wow, everything is happening so fast."
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I made one album for Columbia. After that I started playing with Lou Donaldson. He was on Blue Note and we made "Alligator Boogaloo" together. That record took off and then Francis Wolff called me over to Blue Note and he wanted to sign me. It was really a great thing. I didn't know
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store everyday until closing time. One day he said "can I talk to you?" I said, "Yes sir." He said, "Why do you come into the store every day until closing time?" I said, "Sir, if I had an instrument I could learn how to play it and make a living." That stuck with him and he took me into the back of the shop and there was a Hammond B3 there. My eyes lit up. He said, "if you can get this out of here it's yours." See? That's an angel. I didn't have any money and that organ was selling for three-grand then! I didn't have any money. [laughs] That was the beginning of a lot of good things. NUVO: I first encountered your music through hip-hop. Your work has been sampled by hip-hop artists like A Tribe Called Quest who used elements of your recording of "Spinning Wheel" in their track "Can I Kick It?" for example. How do you feel hearing your music sampled in hip-hop productions?
“The organ is part of me. It’s part of my being. You know when you meet your first love and you feel like this is someone who has been missing in your life?”
SMITH: I'm always open to new things. New things inspire me. What they did with the music was great. It worked. I remember hearing one of my daughters rapping off one of my songs and it was perfect. I couldn't — DR. LONNIE SMITH believe that the music fit like that. It's perfect for them to sample and play the music. I enjoy that very much. all this was going to happen. [laughs] But I saw a picture yesterday. What was it it happened. You know what I do believe called… [pauses] something out of Compin is that we all have angels. Some people ton. They were rapping and stuff. They do not recognize those angels. A lot of were telling their life story and history these people I'm talking about are angels. in their music. It's good because they're I just got off the phone with Lou Donaldtelling their history. Sometimes people son before you called me. We still keep in misunderstand that kind of music because touch. He's one of those angels too. of the way the stories are told or because NUVO: When you make reference to of the profanity. I don't use profanity, so "angels" are you using the word figurathat's hard. But you've still got to undertively? Or are you suggesting that these stand where they're coming from. n people exerted a supernatural influence on your life and work? SMITH: Exactly! Art Kubera was an angel. He gave me my first organ. He owned a music store. He didn't sell organs, he sold accordions and things like that. I used to be in that
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Sept. 10, 8 p.m. Hinson’s pompadour, fangs, pistol and jet-black suit make for a pretty campy comic presence onstage, but when Unknown starts soloing, the joke’s over: This “hillbilly vampire” can keep pace with the best pickers in the business. He’s also the voice of Early Cuyler in the animated show The Squidbillies on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, and Reverend Guitars has issued a signature-model axe commissioned by Hinson, complete with vampire-bat fret markers and a silhouette of Hinson’s hairdo on the headstock. (You can buy another version of the instrument without the graphics: it’s called the ‘Stu D. Baker. Get it?) — ED WENCK Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., $15 in advance, $20 at door, 21+ Losing September, Hell Came Home, Pragmatic, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Blis, Hoosier Dome, all-ages The Depaysement, Johnny Habu, Great Future, American Beauty, all-ages Laura Rain and The Caesars, Slippery Noodle Inn, 21+ Axis: Sova, Sedcairn Archives, State Street Pub, 21+ Start Making Sense, Talking Heads Tribute, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+
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SMITH: Oh yes, I remember that! I don’t remember the song but I was on my way somewhere to play. It was nighttime and we were driving. A song came on the radio with Wes playing. I’d been nodding off because it was late, but when he came on and started playing I woke up and and said “who is that?” I fell in love with his playing right from the beginning. From the very, very start. Those records back in the day were like gems because they inspired so many musicians. To this day we still remember those records. I wish it was like that today musically. The feeling and spirit that came out of the music was something else. It wasn’t just playing the notes. It came from their heart. The Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., $25-$45, 21+ CELEBRATIONS
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NUVO: You rose to fame in the mid 1960s providing organ accompaniment for guitarist George Benson’s group. During the late 1950s Indianapolis organist Melvin Rhyne helped to popularize that organ and guitar combo sound in his work with Wes Montgomery. Being based in Indianapolis I’m curious if the records Mel Rhyne and Wes Montgomery recorded together influenced you.
Five Year Mission 5th Anniversary Show 10 p.m. Congrats to the excellent Star Trek tribute band Five Year Mission of their FIVE YEAR Anniversary! Does that mean it’s a golden anniversary, if Five Year Mission is celebrating Five Years? We declare it to be so. They’ll play with Pop Goes The Evil and SM Wolf. Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., $6, 21+ The Icks Tour Kickoff/Video Release with ByBye, General Public Collective, all-ages Biters, Ricky Rat Pack, The Jetbirds, White Rabbit Cabaret, 21+ ina and The Wondrous Flying Machine, The Warehouse, all-ages Duran Duran Listening Party, LUNA Music, all-ages The Knollwood Boys, Dietrich Jon, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Running, Oozing Wound, Creeping Pink, State Street Pub, 21+ Bomb Cats, Rock house Cafe, 21+
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Built to Spill, Monday at the Bluebird in Bloomington FESTS TURN Festival 9 a.m. The Bonesetters and Bigfoot Yancey play this urban sustainability fest. Brookside Park, 3500 Brookside Pkwy S. Drive, FREE, all-ages ROCK Drive-By Truckers 9 p.m. Southern rock mainstays The Drive-By Truckers are on a seemingly never-ending tour across the US – but we’re not complaining. Their drunken stage shows are legendary. The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $20 in advance, $25 at doors, 21+
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SUNDAY RECORD RELEASES Pogue Out Walking Premiere 4 p.m. Great news for lovers of Stuart Hyatt’s Sound Map release: He’s put together another album celebrating the intersection of place and sound along with quite a host of collaborators, and this Sunday is the live world premiere of one of the tracks. Organizers write: “ ‘Pogue Out Walking’ imagines George Pogue coming back to life only to discover that his namesake creek had been buried under the city of Indianapolis.” It’s one of several tracks on Pogue’s Run, which includes compositions and performances from William Tyler, Eluvium, Benoit Pioulard, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Marcus Fischer and Joseph Terrana, and the only one that will be peformed live on Sunday by writer/performer William Tyler (Nashville instrumental guitar wizard). “Pogue Out Walking” features narration by Rich Komenich and writing by novelist Ben Winters. But the musical performance is only one component to this album release/ event: expect a screening of Jonathan Frey’s short film What is the City Hiding and science field notes presented by Fikru Hailu. LUNA Music, 5202 N. College Ave., FREE, all-ages ROOTS Zac Brown Band 7 p.m. One of our favorite things about the Zac Brown Band is it’s fan picnic dinners before the show. They go all out, according to drummer Chris Fryer. Here’s what he told us the last time the Zac Brown Band swung through town: “There are several recipes that are creations of Zac’s.
There is beef tenderloin that has rub on it called Georgia clay rub and it’s something that Zac created. There is pork tenderloin that has sauce on it that Zac also created. And then there is a family recipe for a type of coleslaw called pocketknife slaw. It’s an old family recipe that has been passed down for generations in Zac’s family. Zac has sort of hot-rodded it a bit and made some modifications. So those three dishes are at every single eat and greet. Then, the rest of the dishes, all the sides and the dessert, those are all creations of Rusty’s [the Zac Brown Band chef] and it happens on a daily basis. Rusty goes out to the local farmers’ markets and local farms and he buys fresh produce and he comes back late morning, around noon and they get busy cooking it. And they never know what they’re going to make until the day of. It’s sort of a real challenge for Chef Rusty and his team because they don’t know what they’re going to cook. It’s almost like an episode of Chopped every single day for them! But they do really really great work and I haven’t had anything yet that was even questionable. It’s all been amazingly good.” Klipsch Music Center, 12880 E. 146th St., prices vary, all-ages Pharez Whitted Featuring Opal Staples and John Robinson, Indiana Landmarks Center, all-ages IKILLYA, Final Drive, Devil To Pay, Burn the Army, 5th Quarter Lounge Musica de las Americas: Pavel and Direct Contact, Marian University, all-ages Cathy Morris, Monroe County Public Library, all-ages
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MONDAY ‘90S Built to Spill 8 p.m. Their latest LP, Untethered Moon, brought them to Indy earlier this year. Now it’s Bloomington’s turn for a stop on the Spill train – one of the loudest bands we’ve ever seen live, certainly. The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $20, 21+ ‘90S The Ataris, Injecting Strangers 8 p.m. We never pass up a time to let you know that The Ataris are technically a local band, formed right in beautiful Anderson, Indiana. The original lineup toured their 10-year-old album So Long, Astoria last year, so we’re not entirely sure what members will make their way onstage with singer/guitarist Kris Roe at Monday’s show. We do know they have a long awaited full-length due out at some point in the
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TUESDAY POSERS Phases 9 p.m. This is not the one true Phases, the awesome Fountain Square band that we love a lot that opened up for Viet Cong and played dozens of other local shows. No, this is some kind of imposter Phases, a band formerly called JJAMZ that includes members of Rilo Kiley, Phantom Planet and The Like. Don’t get it twisted. This isn’t our Phases. This is LA’s Phases. Are you ready to start a turf war? We are. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $10, 21+ Lord Huron, The Vogue, 21+ Mugen Hoso, Gay Black Republican, Dirty Rotten Revenge, Melody Inn, 21+ Acoustic Warrior Kings, Slippery Noodle Inn, 21+ Hippo Campus, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ Dianne Reeves, Madame Walker Theatre Center, all-ages NUVO.NET/SOUNDCHECK
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Infection rejection What is the best way of cleaning sex toys? Is there a good way to make sure they get totally disinfected? SARAH: I’ve always been told to do soap and water. A nurse friend washes hers with pre-surgery soap, but I don’t think that’s necessary. Also, some internet research has yielded the fun fact that you can put glass dildos right in your dishwasher. Scratch dish duty from the kids’ To Do lists on that day. DR. D: I often wonder what people mean when they ask about toys being “disinfected”. As in, what are people imaging they are infected with in the first place? Maybe some vague sense of “germs” but of course things are more complicated than that. There’s bacteria; there are viruses — some sexually transmitted, some not. And unfortunately very little is known about whether or how cleaning sex toys — or certain kinds of sex toys — removes those bacteria or viruses. Some colleagues and I actually conducted a study on the topic a few years ago. As part of the study, women who were enrolled in a larger ongoing study (many of whom we knew to have HPV) were given
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Hair today... I read a horrifying story on the internet where a girl basically got a hairball in her vagina caused by having sex on her bed that she let her cats sleep on during the day. Is that even humanly possible?
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SARAH: I READ IT TOO AND I HATE IT SO MUCH. I really can’t imagine, honestly. You’d have to be living in a virtual shag carpet of hair and slide your dildo firmly against the mattress to get cat hair up in there. More than anything, I just want this story to be zapped from my brain Men In Black/Eternal Sunshine style. I think there’s more to this tale, like “Oh and I masturbate with my cat’s Furminator” or something, but I’m not sticking around to find out. DR. D: My understanding is that the woman in question doesn’t know what caused the clump of hair to gather in her vagina but her personal theory is that perhaps her boyfriend’s penis, over time, pushed cat
Heel to the no My boyfriend says he doesn’t like when I wear heels when we’re out together, but sometimes he asks me to wear them during sex. What the hell? SARAH: [Shrug] Probably a porn thing. Maybe an insecurity thing if you’re taller in heels. Upside: Nice! You’ve got a perfectly valid reason to skip them if you hate them, and a reason to invest in some really skanky ones if you don’t!
“Generally speaking though, less porous products (e.g., silicone, glass, and hard plastic toys) are probably easier to keep clean. ” — DR. D hair into her vagina. Possible, I suppose, but unlikely — especially because gravity and vaginal discharge tend to keep the vagina pretty clean. If I remember correctly, she had an IUD string that had gathered some of the hair and her gynecologist thought the hairs looked more like old tampon fibers, but since the woman had mostly been using menstrual cups lately she didn’t think they were likely to be (old) tampon fibers. Who’s to say? Cat hairs or other kinds of hairs are unlikely to get drawn into the vagina or anus on their own, so the penis theory is viable. Another is if she inserts vibrators or dildos into her vagina as many sex toys attract dust and hair like nobody’s business.
DR. D: That’s a good question to ask him, not us! Is he intimidated by how tall you are in heels when you’re out together? Or is it a case of you looking hot and him feeling jealous? Is it a “lady in the street and a freak in the bed” kind of preference he has? Good questions to ask him and — gently, kindly — get a conversation going. In the end, though, you are a grown up who gets to decide how to dress herself when she goes out. He needs to respect that.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “More and more I have come to admire resilience,” writes Jane Hirshfield in her poem “Optimism.” “Not the simple resistance of a pillow,” she adds, “whose foam returns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuous tenacity of a tree: finding the light newly blocked on one side, it turns in another.” You have not often had great access to this capacity in the past, Aries. Your specialty has been the fast and fiery style of adjustment. But for the foreseeable future, I’m betting you will be able to summon a supple staying power — a dogged, determined, incremental kind of resilience. Aries
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The fragrance from your mango groves makes me wild with joy.” That’s one of the lyrics in the national anthem of Bangladesh. Here’s another: “Forever your skies ... set my heart in tune as if it were a flute.” Elsewhere, addressing Bangladesh as if it were a goddess, the song proclaims, “Words from your lips are like nectar to my ears.” I suspect you may be awash with comparable feelings in the coming weeks, Taurus — not toward your country, but rather for the creatures and experiences that rouse your delight and exultation. They are likely to provide even more of the sweet mojo than they usually do. It will be an excellent time to improvise your own hymns of praise. Taurus
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There have been times in the past when your potential helpers disappeared just when you wanted more help than usual. In the coming weeks, I believe you will get redress for those sad interludes of yesteryear. A wealth of assistance and guidance will be available. Even people who have previously been less than reliable may offer a tweak or intervention that gives you a boost. Here’s a tip for how to ensure that you take full advantage of the possibilities: Ask clearly and gracefully for exactly what you need. Virgo
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Why grab the brain-scrambling moonshine when you may eventually be offered a heart-galvanizing tonic? Why gorge on hors d’oeuvres when a four-course feast will be available sooner than you imagine? According to my analysis of the astrological omens, my fellow Crab, the future will bring unexpected opportunities that are better and brighter than the current choices. This is one of those rare times when procrastination may be in your interest. Pisces
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): As I hike up San Pedro Ridge, I’m mystified by the madrone trees. The leaves on the short, thin saplings are as big and bold as the leaves on the older, thicker, taller trees. I see this curiosity as an apt metaphor for your current situation, Leo. In one sense, you are in the early stages of a new cycle of growth. In another sense, you are strong and ripe and full-fledged. For you, this is a winning combination: a robust balance of innocence and wisdom, of fresh aspiration and seasoned readiness. Leo
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hope it’s not too late or too early to give you a slew of birthday presents. You deserve to be inundated with treats, dispensations, and appreciations. Here’s your first perk: You are hereby granted a license to break a taboo that is no longer useful or necessary. Second blessing: You are authorized to instigate a wildly constructive departure from tradition. Third boost: I predict that in the next six weeks, you will simultaneously claim new freedom and summon more discipline. Fourth delight: During the next three months, you will discover and uncork a new thrill. Fifth goody: Between now and your birthday in 2016, you will develop a more relaxed relationship with perfectionism. Virgo
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A “wheady mile” is an obsolete English term I want to revive for use in this horoscope. It refers to what may happen at the end of a long journey, when that last stretch you’ve got to traverse seems to take forever. You’re so close to home; you’re imagining the comfort and rest that will soon be Libra
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Trying improbable and unprecedented combinations is your specialty right now. You’re willing and able to gamble with blends and juxtapositions that no one else would think of, let alone propose. Bonus: Extra courage is available for you to call on as you proceed. In light of this gift, I suggest you brainstorm about all the unifications that might be possible for you to pull off. What conflicts would you love to defuse? What inequality or lopsidedness do you want to fix? Is there a misunderstanding you can heal or a disjunction you can harmonize? Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Is feeling good really as fun as everyone seems to think? Is it really so wonderful to be in a groove, in love with life, and in touch with your deeper self? No! Definitely not! And I suspect that as you enter more fully into these altered states, your life will provide evidence of the inconveniences they bring. For example, some people might nag you for extra attention, and others may be jealous of your success. You could be pressured to take on more responsibilities. And you may be haunted by the worry that sooner or later, this grace period will pass. I’M JUST KIDDING, SAGITTARIUS! In truth, the minor problems precipitated by your blessings won’t cause any more anguish than a mosquito biting your butt while you’re in the throes of ecstatic love-making. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In this horoscope, we will use the Socratic method to stimulate your excitement about projects that fate will favor in the next nine months. Here’s how it works: I ask the questions, and you brainstorm the answers. 1. Is there any part of your life where you are an amateur but would like to be a professional? 2. Are you hesitant to leave a comfort zone even though remaining there tends to inhibit your imagination? 3. Is your ability to fulfill your ambitions limited by any lack of training or deficiency in your education? 4. Is there any way that you are holding on to blissful ignorance at the expense of future possibilities? 5. What new license, credential, diploma, or certification would be most useful to you? Capricorn
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yours. But as you cross the “wheady mile,” you must navigate your way through one further plot twist or two. There’s a delay or complication that demands more effort just when you want to be finished with the story. Be strong, Libra. Keep the faith. The wheady mile will not, in fact, take forever. (Thanks to Mark Forsyth and his book Horologicon.)
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The story of my life features more than a few fiascos. For example, I got fired from my first job after two days. One of my girlfriends dumped me without any explanation and never spoke to me again. My record label fired me and my band after we made just one album. Years later, these indignities still carry a sting. But I confess that I am also grateful for them. They keep me humble. They serve as antidotes if I’m ever tempted to deride other people for their failures. They have helped me develop an abundance of compassion. I mention this personal tale in the hope that you, too, might find redemption and healing in your own memories of frustration. The time is right to capitalize on old losses. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s never fun to be in a sticky predicament that seems to have no smart resolution. But the coming days could turn out to be an unexpectedly good time to be in such a predicament. Why? Because I expect that your exasperation will precipitate an emotional cleansing, releasing ingenious intuitions that had been buried under repressed anger and sadness. You may then find a key that enables you to reclaim at least some of your lost power. The predicament that once felt sour and intractable will mutate, providing you with an opportunity to deepen your connection with a valuable resource. Pisces
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