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LAND OF THE (DISRESPECTED) INDIANS When almost the entire American Indian contingent of Indiana’s Native American Indian Affairs Commission resigned en masse in June of 2008 they left the funds from the sales of “Indiana: Land of Indians” license on lock down. Three years later, the commission is still without members, leaving in limbo over $150,000 meant to address the issues of Native Americans. B Y L O RI LOVELY C OV ER: CHIEF JOHN CR OW D O G C OV ER PH OTO BY STEPHEN S I MO N E TTO

arts

Wednesday,Sept28th

Sam King

Tennessee Walker

Thursday, Sept 22nd

Finest Grain

in this issue 15 A&E

IMA’S FLOW EMBRACES WHITE RIVER

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After two years and some two dozen visits to Indianapolis, New York-based artist Mary Miss has pondered the invisibility of the White River in the day-to-day lives of local residents. The result is a ten-day festival, starting this week. BY ANGELA HERRMANN

23 FOOD

food

04 LETTERS

Even casually peruse the Clay Oven’s menu, you’ll find at least a hundred authentic items, all reasonably priced, and more than enough to keep you in Indian food for months without ever repeating a dish. BY NEIL CHARLES

Zanna Doo Saturday, Sept 24th

Punch Judy Tyler Bryant Sunday, Sept 25th

05 HAMMER

Woomblies Rock Orchestra featuring Cathy Morris

26 MUSIC

THE CLAY OVEN

Friday, Sept 23

39 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY 06 HOPPE

movies

Wednesday, Sept 21st

25 MOVIES

Thursday, Sept 29th

Lloyd Dobler Effect Friday,September30th

Oktoberfest Polka Boy Gene Deer Honor by August Saturday, October 1st

Oktoberfest Gene Deer Honor by August

36 WEIRD NEWS

MONEYBALL

You’ll hear people say the movie is about baseball and accounting, but it’s more about how being determined, neurotic and a little ornery can sometimes work in your favor. BY ED JOHNSON-OTT

music

BEST LOTUS EVER

Each year we take our best shot at inspiring Indy readers to make the 45-minute trek south to Bloomington to experience the finest music event in the Midwest: The Lotus World Music & Arts Festival. This time around, no cajoling is necessary: with 26 acts representing over 20 nations, the 2011 line-up is the strongest in the festival’s 18-year history. BY KYLE LONG

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B Movie Celebration by Sam Watermeie Your Go&Do weekend by Jim Poyser Bounce: a new TV network for AfricanAmericans by Marc Allan

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Fiesta Indianapolis by Ted Somerville Tour of the Coops by April Schmid Orange 2011 by Kelley Jordan and Paul Pogue

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Cluster-fest 2011 by Chris Pennell

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Current Indy Island resident Katherine Ball likened international climate change campaign 350.org to “a good cause but a strange way of creating awareness about climate change by reducing it to one single number” (“Living on Indy Island,” cover, Aug. 24-31). Ball observed that too many environmentalists have stopped being in touch with nature. What she didn’t mention is the number 350 was inspired by NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen who was the first to publicly testify before congress in 1988 that global warming is real. 350 is the number he and leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide — measured in parts per million in our atmosphere. 350 translates into many languages — numerals are among the few things most people around the world recognize. More to the point, 350 tells us what we need to do. To preserve our planet and avoid runaway climate change, scientists tell us we must reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from its current level of 392 ppm to below 350 ppm. 350 is a symbol that contains, rightly understood, the recipe for a very different world, one that moves past cheap fossil fuel to more sensible technologies, more closely-knit communities, and a more equitable global society. If Ball believes the use of the number 350 to create awareness about climate change is strange and illustrates that too many environmentalists have stopped being in touch with nature, she could study the writings of author, environmentalist, activist and founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben. He wrote The End of Nature and other seminal books about the climate crisis and environmental issues. McKibben is not living on an artificial island with his head in the sand. He is so in touch with nature that he recently was arrested for civil disobedience during an ongoing protest outside the White House urging the Obama administration to reject a permit for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline project, which would deliver Canada tar sands oil to refineries in Texas, rather than focus on developing clean energy. Getting in touch with nature is important. But how many of us are so moved by nature that we go beyond experiencing its beauty to fighting for its — and ultimately our — survival?

— Clarke Kahlo INDIANAPOLIS

NUVO’s mischaracterization

I was disappointed to read this quote in the preview of this week’s Indy Jazz Fest in NUVO (Music, Sept. 14-21): “Wednesday’s Cabaret con-

cert by Kevin Mahogany will be another world entirely: that of The Columbia Club, which still feels a bit too exclusive. But one person’s tightassedness is another person’s swank.” It is difficult to tell whether the quote is directed at The Cabaret or at the Columbia Club, but either way it creates a negative perception, steeped in a stereotype, rather than fact. If the writer would have attended the performance at The Cabaret with Kevin Mahogany on Wednesday night she would have experienced a very different “vibe” than described. Yes, he or she she would have walked into an elegant and sophisticated room filled to capacity. However, scanning the audience, she would have noticed an audience that was casual and relaxed; mingling, sitting around tables drinking, eating, and laughing with each other before the show. Scanning the audience she would have seen that the group that was nearly 40% African American. Folks in their 30s were sitting with folks in their 60s, gay and straight alike. During the show, the audience laughed at Kevin’s cracks about the band and the audience, burst into spontaneous applause at some very fine scat singing, shouted out requests, and jumped up for a rousing standing ovation to show their appreciation for an evening of top-notch talent. This was all happening in, yep, The Columbia Club. Exclusive? No.Tight-assed? Not so much. Swanky? Definitely. That is, swanky as we and Miriam Webster define it: “full of life or energy; swingin.’“

Shannon Forsell,

CABARET AT THE COLUMBIA CLUB

Corrections: In last week’s five star review of Brian McCutcheon’s ‘Out of this World’ exhibit at the IMA, we mistakenly spelled his first name as Brain. While McCutcheon might not mind the attribution of high intelligence, it mortified us, and we apologize for the error. Just as the NUVO Arts Guide went to press a few weeks ago, we learned ARTBOX closed its downtown location near the Omni Severin Hotel. The closing of all public parking along McRee St. was a major factor in leaving this location according to Jason Myers, ARTBOX owner. “It was a cool place, but tough location,” he said about the downtown gallery. However, the ARTBOX located in the Stutz II building will remain open and continue to participate in First Friday events.

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HAMMER Keep calm and Kerry on Stay on the Colts’ bandwagon

BY S T E V E H A M ME R S H A M M E R@N U V O . N E T

fter a second consecutive defeat where the Indianapolis Colts were so thoroughly humiliated that their season now appears to be a painful death march and even their opponents feel pity for them, it's now safe to dispense with even the illusion of optimism and head directly into full panic mode. Unless a faith healer can cure Peyton Manning's neck injury within the next few weeks, the hapless Colts are on their way to a season where they not only fail to make the playoffs but struggle mightily to win even a single game in the 16-game season. This isn't something Colts fans are used to experiencing in the Manning era, which began in 1998 and included a single Super Bowl victory interspersed among a string of playoff disappointments. Even in Manning's debut season, when the team still sucked, there was optimism about the future. A Colts fan today would be hardpressed to find even one reason to look forward to the rest of the season. If their four preseason games and two regular season games are any indicator of what awaits them, it's going to be a very long season indeed. Despite the players' bravado about how one player's absence can't ruin an entire 53-man team, the theory seems to be proving itself. With Manning, the Colts are Super Bowl contenders; without him, they're one of the worst teams in the National Football League and could be on track to being one of the worst ever. This is very distressing news for Colts fans, to say the least, yet their solidarity with the team has not yet been broken. All of their games are sold out for the rest of the season. Fans aren't yet showing up to Lucas Oil Stadium with paper bags over their heads, as they often did in the preManning years. Angry mobs bearing pitchforks and torches have not yet started assembling in front of the stadium demanding justice. Instead, in a parody of a famous British poster from World War II, someone stapled signs to telephone poles downtown urging folks to "Keep Calm and Kerry On," in reference to hapless quarterback Kerry Collins.

Even though no outward signs of panic are evident just yet, if you listen closely, you can hear the subtle but very real thuds created by fans jumping off the Colts' bandwagon. The most important change is in the pronoun used to describe the team. As recently as a few weeks ago, most fans described the Colts in the first-person plural: We. As in, "We really beat the hell out of the Patriots." This always irritated me because, despite the fact my tax dollars have subsidized their stadiums for nearly 30 years, the Colts have yet to send me a single royalty check. But that has changed. The Colts are now referred to in the third-person plural: They. As in "They looked horrible against the Browns." Historians of the future will note that the number of consecutive losses it takes to take a team from "we" to "they" was exactly two. Yes, it's going to be a dreadfully long season full of disappointment and defeat if Manning doesn't return at full strength. Yes, their losses will continue to be ugly, one-sided affairs if a fix isn't found immediately. My message to Colts fans, like the signs downtown urge, is to stay calm. Things can't get much worse; that is to say, no matter how badly the Pittsburgh Steelers crush them, it will still only count as one loss, not two. As someone who remembers when the Colts were lucky to win three games a season, I can assure you that you will survive this latest misfortune. If you were using the word "we" when talking about the team, please continue to do so. Unless you are a player or coach about to be fired from the team, your paycheck will not be affected even if the Colts don't win another game this decade. Your home, children and pets are in no danger from the Colts' ineffective play, except maybe if Collins tries to toss your baby to a firefighter from a burning building or if Pierre Garcon tries to catch it. When you truly love someone or something, no obstacle is too big to be overcome. The fair-weather fans deserting the team merely means that tickets will be cheaper from scalpers. Your Sunday afternoons will free up. You will have more time to spend with your friends and family. The Colts, at this point in time anyway, suck and appear likely to continue to suck. So what? If you're a true fan, you know that fortunes can change. If this team's collapse makes you jump off the bandwagon, you were never truly on it to begin with. Keep calm and Kerry on, Colts fans. It can only get worse.

If you listen closely, you can hear the subtle but very real thuds created by fans jumping off the Colts’ bandwagon.

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HOPPE Human scale

So long to the big city

BY DAVID HOPPE DHO P P E@ N UVO.NET

was visiting my neighborhood bank the other day, doing a little of what I, in my more tripped-out moments, like to call “business.” While in the midst of this transaction, a fellow sauntered in and went to the window beside mine, where he and the teller exchanged a pleasant greeting. The teller asked the new arrival how his weekend went. “Exciting,” he replied. “I was up in Chicago. Had a great time. Glad I don’t live there, though.” As someone who grew up in what our neighbors to the north so fancifully call “Chicagoland,” I couldn’t help but be intrigued by what this guy said. It actually made a lot of sense to me. My son recently moved away from Chicago. He’d lived there for the past eight years, first as a college student and then, after graduation, in the kind of indentured servitude that is the lot of so many people in their twenties who graduate with a bachelor’s degree in the liberal arts. My son loved Chicago in many ways. His grandparents and great grandparents were Chicagoans; he was introduced to the city at an early age and grew up aspiring to make its brawny scale and accelerated rhythms his own. His mother and I encouraged him in this. Like the members of so many generations before us, we thought Chicago’s size and scope represented a wealth of opportunity, especially for a bright kid who was starting out in life. That’s not the way things played out. The great Chicago novelist Nelson Algren famously called Chicago a “city on the make.” He was referring to the appetite the mid-twentieth century metropolis he knew so well had for making money, making deals, making things happen. Whether these deals were made on the table, or under it didn’t matter so long as you got yours and there was plenty to go around. Mayor Richard Daley the First — father of the recently retired Ritchie the Second — was known as The Boss in those days; he had signs put up that proclaimed Chicago to be “the city that works.” After applying to over 200 places, my son wasn’t so sure about that. Oh, he wound up getting a job — with low pay, long hours and zero benefits — the standard issue for college grads without a technical degree or a taste for high finance. He was glad to

have it! And he stuck with it for two years, working some days from 8 in the morning until 11 at night, because he knew if he quit, there’d be a line of people eager to take his place. This wasn’t exactly the Chicago life my son pictured for himself. Not that he minded scuffling for a living; he knew that was likely to be part of the deal. But he thought there might be some sliver of light at the end of his particular tunnel, a chance to get a leg up. Unfortunately for him, Chicago didn’t seem so much on the make as made. Its public transit system, which he used every day, was unreliable. The cost of living was always going up and taxes were never ending. The Chicago for people with money seemed to be getting farther and farther away from all those people who had just enough to get by. My son moved to Greensboro, N.C., in July. Greensboro has a population of 270,000, compared to Chicago’s three million. In Chicago there are approximately 12,750 people packed into every square mile; I doubt they even bother to count such things in Greensboro. In Greensboro, my son and his partner live in twice the space for about half the rent they paid in Chicago. Sure, downtown Greensboro is rather pokey compared to the Mag Mile, but there are decent places to eat locally grown food, the beer is great and there’s a lively arts and music scene. More to the point: my son found a job within a month of setting foot in the place. Still no benefits, but there seems to be opportunity for growth. Greensboro may lack Chicago’s outsized panache, but it has something Chicago seems to be losing: human scale. Chicago and other American mega cities reflect the structural decay of our economy. They are increasingly designed for the benefit of that small fraction of the population who possess a disproportionate share of the wealth and whose buying power drives the cost of almost everything to the edge of most people’s means. Wherever you have a city with a large financial sector, you have a city that teeters on being unaffordable. This means that cities like Greensboro and, for that matter, Indianapolis, are the new centers for opportunity, especially for young, creative adults who aren’t ready to be programmed on to a one-track career path. These are places where face-to-face interaction is still possible; where people can matter. After a lifetime of being told that bigger is better, that growth is the measure of all things, maybe we’re about to discover something new: that cities where we can actually live may be the most exciting places of all.

After a lifetime of being told that bigger is better, that growth is the measure of all things, maybe we’re about to discover something new.

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HAIKU NEWS by Jim Poyser

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THUMBSUP THUMBSDOWN UNCHECKED POWER

No wonder Indiana’s politicians seem so out of touch — a large part of the electorate is totally disconnected from the political process. Only two states have lower voter turnout percentages than Indiana and only seven have smaller percentages of registered voters, according to the 2011 Indiana Civic Health Index released last week. We’ve abandoned our watchdog responsibilities and left the lunatics in charge of the asylum. Voter turnout in both presidential and mid-term elections trails the national average. Last year’s midterm election turnout is on par with the 1994 levels, the lowest since at least 1974, the index reported. It’s clear we lack political engagement. Now the question is: Are we going to bellyache about the direction of the city, state or country, or are we going to do something about it? You can register online or in person and early voting options enable you to cast your ballot for a month ahead of the election.

THE JUSTICE LEAGUE

When the economy is weak and jobs are scarce, challenges mount for those seeking to protect basic rights for those lucky enough to have jobs. Central Indiana Jobs With Justice never backs down and is now recognized as a fixture in the activist community, always ready to chant down Babylon when workers’ rights are under attack. This Friday, Sept. 23, the group will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a Neon Love Life benefit concert and social justice poetry slam at Steelworkers Local 1999, 218 S. Addison. Even as we celebrate JWJ, Allison Luthe Carter, a lead JWJ organizer, deserves extra special recognition for her tireless chants of “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” Luthe Carter will be leaving her position later this year as budget cuts force a shift to part-time staffed leadership.

BRUTAL REALITY

Today’s teenagers face a brutal landscape. One study found dating violence to be the No. 1 cause of injury among young women. Another found that among Indiana high school girls in 2009, 13.7 percent reported being hit or otherwise physically injured by a boyfriend or girlfriend. The statistical landscape is also threatening to boys — especially older ones living in households experiencing domestic violence. One survey found that 100 percent of the boys polled tried to intervene and 62 percent were injured in the process. A special conference focused on the issues of youth, domestic violence and the Latino community will convene at the Sheraton downtown on Sept. 22. Even as community leaders mull more effective intervention strategies, let’s ask ourselves how we can ease violent tendencies in our homes and communities.

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Land of the Indians O

ver $150,000 intended to address the issues of Native Americans in Indiana is locked in state coffers with no viable route to fulfill its mission. When almost the entire American Indian contingent of Indiana’s Native American Indian Affairs Commission resigned en masse in June 2008, citing a litany of complaints against the Daniels Administration, they walked away from their duty to allocate the monies put in trust from the sale of “Indiana: Land of Indians” license plates. Gov. Mitch Daniels has neglected to re-seat the commission, leaving the license plate proceeds — not to mention state leadership on Indian affairs — in limbo. The account held an estimated $157,000 as of August, according to Dan Bastin, settlement director with the Indiana State

Auditor. In addition to the interest it generates, the trust fund grows by $25 with each new plate purchase, but with no commission to decide on where to allocate the money, the cash flow is at a standstill. “The money needs legislative action to move,” Bastin said. “Without the commission, no use of the money is allowed: the money stays put.” Indiana code mandates the trust fund balance cannot revert to the state’s general fund. But as years pass without any evidence that the funds are benefiting the state’s Native American community, sales are dropping. The Land of Indians license plates reached a sales high of 2,490 in 2008. As of August, the state had sold 1,475 in 2011.

License plate funds on lockdown BY LORI LOV EL Y • EDIT ORS@N UV O.N ET the administration containing the terms “those crazy Indians,” “on the warpath” and “tomahawks.” In response to NUVO’s open records request seeking to review these emails, state workers processing the request said they found only one correspondence string A Fractured Relationship containing any of the terms identified by In a five-page resignation letter signed the resigning commission members. It by five of the commission’s seven Native wasn’t associated with anyone in the govAmerican members, the authors highlighternor’s office. ed seven areas of concern. In the email, replying to a colleague’s They led with their concern that Daniels observation that she was still alive, never fully seated the commission. The Livengood, who worked for the commis15-member commission was to have seven sion for about two months, wrote, “Yes, representatives of state agencies and eight barely, these Indians are crazy …” Native American members appointed Livengood did not return several calls for by the governor. Daniels never filled the comment. eighth seat; the Indian members never The state is still processing a more received a majority vote. expansive open “They absolutely records request. roadblocked us,” The commissionsaid Dark Rain ers’ walkout marked Thom, a former the second time the commissioner and commission dismember of the solved due to comShawnee Nation. missioners’ frustraThe letter goes tions over claims on to list unfulfilled of a lack of support promises and assurfrom the Daniels ances offered to the administration. commission by both In the resignation the Department - Dan Bastin, settlement director, letter, commissionof Workforce Indiana State Auditor’s Office ers recalled the hisDevelopment, tory of the first comcharged with offermission: ing administrative “From the beginning, the chairman, a support to the commission, and the govergood, decent and honorable Cherokee gennor’s staff. tleman and attorney named Brent Gill, was The letter concludes: subjected to withering, relentless attacks “We cannot be a part of an administrafrom the most extreme and irresponsible tion that not only refuses to help native voices in Indian country. Governor Daniels people, but also actively interferes with our gave him no support. He resigned.” efforts to help them. Above all, Governor The governor’s office maintains it conDaniels’ word is not to be trusted. tinues to search for replacement members. “We’ve had enough. We resign.” In addition, when commission members reviewed the computer records of Aleeah Procrastination or Prevarication? Livengood, appointed by the governor “The Native American Indian as the group’s executive director, they Commission currently does not have reported finding a series of “disparaging, appointed members,” said the goverdisrespectful and hateful messages” from nor’s press secretary, Jane Jankowski, in

“We’re still putting the money where it needs to go,” said Graig Lubsen, communications director of external affairs for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. “But our involvement ends there.”

“Without the commission, no use of the money is allowed: the money stays put.”

PHOTO BY STEVE HIGGS

Dark Rain Thom, an author and former member of the state’s Native American Indian Affairs Commission, encourages Indiana’s Native American population “to band together so we’re working in strength and union ...”

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response to questions about the commission’s future. “We continue to talk to members of the Native American Indian community to help identify potential commission members. Until the commission is reconstituted, the money from license plate collections will continue to be held in trust.” It’s a similar statement to the one she made in 2008, shortly after the walkout. Several long-time observers question why, after three years, the governor hasn’t been able to find suitable replacements. Debra Haza, one of the originators of the lobbyist group Native Voices of Indiana (NAIVOI) and a member of one of the federally recognized Little Traverse Bay bands of Odawa Indians in Michigan, helped lobby for the formation of the commission for Native American Indian Affairs. “So many applications have been sent in,” Haza said. “And we’ve asked him repeatedly about it, but he won’t return our messages. NAIVOI co-founder Sally Tuttle, a Kokomo resident and member of the federally recognized Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, also lobbied for the commission’s formation. She says she knows of four qualified applicants — none of whom have had a reply from the governor. Some former commissioners hold on to the hope that, at some point, Indiana’s governor will recognize the group’s value by seating it and fostering a productive relationship with the state. But, they say, it probably won’t be this governor. Shortly after the walkout, Brian Buchanan, chief of Indiana’s Miami Nation and former chair of the commission, told The Indianapolis Star: “This administration has its own expectations — and that is to make the governor’s administration look good, not to address the true concerns of the Native community. If powers change, then definitely I see it as a possibility to get back on track again.” He was even more blunt recently with NUVO. The commission under Daniels was, he said in an email, “a JOKE.” Still, others underscore the idea that

Indiana’s Native American Community 2010 Census Findings

• 18,462 people reported 100% native lineage = 0.3% of Indiana’s total population of 6,483,802 • 49,738 people, or 0.8 % of the state’s population, reported native lineage alone or in combination with another race • People reporting Cherokee lineage represented the largest portion of those responding. Nations with at least 500 members in Indiana claiming at least partial native heritage include Apache, Blackfeet, Chippewa, Choctaw, Iroquois, Navajo, Potawatomi and Sioux. People claiming roots with Mexican-American tribes and South American tribes also were counted. More than 40 tribal nations were represented in the 2010 census.

opportunities remain to resume the commission’s work. Thom points out that the commission was never formally dissolved. “There’s still an opportunity,” she said. However, with the five resignations and the departure of one state worker, Brian Fahey — who the resigning commissioners said was forced by the governor to resign — the commission does not have enough remaining members to establish the required nine-member quorum . Since most of the remaining members are state employees, Jankowski said, “… it would not make sense for them to meet.” Haza said: “We want the commission to be reseated so we can work to represent all Indian people [in the state]. It’s not costing the state any money; it’s already funded.” State Rep. Shelia Klinker, D-Lafayette, worked to direct the license plate funds to the commission. She said she does not believe the governor will re-seat the commission, predicting that he will allow the license plate fund to lie dormant until his term expires.

An Unfulfilled Mission

The state had a Council for Native Americans established by Gov. Evan Bayh under the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. While serving on the council, which focused primarily on repatriation of ancestral remains, Tuttle said she realized the needs of the state’s Native American community went beyond that. Haza and Tuttle lobbied the state to create a group more focused on service to the native community and worked with the Indiana Legislative Services Agency on the statute mandating the commission’s creation. Established by the Indiana General Assembly in 2003 with support from the late Gov. Frank O’Bannon, a Democrat, the commission’s purpose was to serve as an advisory group to federal, state and local government officials. The commission’s core mission was to study and make recommendations about issues affecting Indiana’s Native American community, such as employment, education, housing, health and civil rights. Haza said she and Tuttle designed the commission with the intention of serving all Indian people in the state as an advisory group intended to raise awareness of issues of the native community to the level of other minority groups. “We seated representatives from other agencies like education, workforce development and health on the commission so we could talk directly to them in order to bring our minority into that realm and raise Indians to the status of minority equal to the others,” Haza said. The commission was not created to oversee funds from the license plates. It began to receive the funds when Historic Prophetstown, a non-profit living history site in Battle Ground, Ind., changed its focus from native peoples to historic farming. Prophetstown received money from license plate sales until the end of 2008, when legislation introduced by Rep. Klinker directed the funds to the commission. Shortly after receiving that duty, the commission disbanded. According to Tuttle, the only money dispersed by the commission went for expenses and salary for the office of the executive director. The commissioners walked out before CONTINUED ON PG. 11

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Kylo Prince decorates a cake with metal files at a recent rally he helped organize downtown on Leonard Peltier’s birthday to raise awareness of Peltier’s decades-long imprisonment and the ongoing effort to have him exonerated.

Taking AIM in Indiana Effort underway to establish new chapter BY LO R I LO VEL Y If the Grand Governing Council approves his application, Kylo Prince, of the Long Plain First Nation in Manitoba, Canada, could become chairman of a new American Indian Movement chapter in central Indiana. As such, he hopes to unite Native Peoples and tackle issues like racism and recognition. He knows it won’t be easy. One challenge Prince faces is the lack of willingness to work together that toppled Indiana’s Native American Indian Affairs Commission. “There are many different nations represented, and not all have the exact same cultural values,” Prince said, adding that even they have misconceptions about other Indian nations. “This is one of the prevailing issues that needs to be addressed and set aside. We know we are different and we need to learn to respect that which is different from our own and work together. We cannot have an effective voice if we have this internal conflict. We must put aside our differences and concentrate on similarities. One arrow can be easily broken, a quiver full of arrows – not so easily. Humility is the key.”

Prince Charming

Humility is a trait the soft-spoken Prince possesses. Calling himself a “servant,” this self-

described “peaceful warrior” has been working for Native causes for years, even while facing personal challenges. “I just want to help my people and all others who follow my people’s ways,” he said. “I don’t want my ego to get in the way of service to the people.” Prince, who grew up in Winnipeg until he was adopted by a family in Seymour, Ind., at age 8, graduated from Brownstown Central High School mid-term in order to join the U.S. Marine Corps in 1988. Afterward, he went “home to my rez” in 1992, where he participated in his first sweat lodge with his father, grandfather and other relatives … and where he began to learn about his Native heritage, which includes a tie to Kiishkii Makwa, the first chief of his reservation. In addition to his Ojibwe blood, he has Oglala and Hunkpapa ancestry. He started what he calls his “true walk on our Red Path” in 1995 and did a vision quest during the coldest winter in Manitoba history in the Turtle Lodge, taught by Leading Earth Man, a traditional chief and medicine man from Sagkeeng, Manitoba. The scars on his body show that he became a sun dancer that year. Since then, he has served as Fire Keeper for four lodges, at which time he was given a second name by the Grandfathers: Leader of the Wolves. He has performed volunteer work CONTINUED ON PG. 10

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at the Turtle Island Community Center and for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the First Nation Repatriation Program of Manitoba, an organization that provides counseling for Native People who were adopted outside of their race during the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. He served as a board member at the Native American Community Center in Bloomington and worked as a Native American Spiritual Guide at a U.S. Penitentiary. Prince acknowledges having a “violent record” in Manitoba, where he struggled with drugs and alcohol, but credits the births of his two children for bringing about a change. While in prison for robbery, he became the Elder’s assistant, preparing lodges and learning to pour water the Dakota way.

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The new Indiana chapter has yet to be sanctioned by the GGC, but Prince hopes to gain approval at the upcoming annual meeting. Prince reports that he has drafted bylaws and a mission statement and has selected his Council in preparation to work for an area that spans beyond Indiana to Kentucky, Illinois and parts of Michigan and Wisconsin. Ortiz recognizes that bringing people together is difficult, and promises to support Prince and serve in an advisory position. In addition to support from AIM, friends and his Council, Prince said he will be guided by the seven sacred laws of the Anishinaabe: Honesty, humility, truth, wisdom, love, respect and bravery. “Humility means our egos are out of the way because we are not in it for ourselves, but for all people,” he said. “Wisdom means that we can sit and listen and recognize what is good for all people and truth means we are truly walking the seven sacred laws.” Having faced racism and several of the problems common among Native Peoples, Prince said, “I was born an Indian and I will die an Indian. That is why I want to be involved in AIM. We need the world to know of our struggles and that we are still here and we shall remain.”

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Founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, AIM was created by Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt and George Mitchell, all Ojibwe Indians and onetime residents of Minnesota’s penitentiary. Initially established to oppose police brutality, the organization soon evolved into a bona-fide indigenous rights movement, uniting Native Peoples in an effort to promote cultural pride and sovereignty, taking on the government and making a stand for Indian issues. As a result, American Indian activists gained a national platform. AIM membership numbers are difficult to calculate because, as Albert RunningWolf Ortiz, a Kiowa based in Brookville, Ind., explained, there is no membership card to display. Ortiz, who has served as chairman of the AIM Support Group of Indiana for two years, says, “If you stay sober, help Native People and are accepted by them, you’re an AIM member.” Or, as Chris Orcutt, Indianapolis resident of the Chippewa tribe based in Turtle Mountain, N.D., puts it, “If you’re Indian and you want to be part of AIM, you’re AIM.” AIM’s current focus is on protecting sacred lands, ensuring religious freedom, promoting sovereignty and ending the use of team mascots that promote racist stereotypes. According to Ortiz, the purpose of all AIM chapters is to support and endorse decisions

of the Grand Governing Council; help free AIM activist Leonard Peltier, who many believe was wrongfully convicted of murdering two FBI agents during a shoot-out in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota; and help Native People. Because, as Ortiz explains, AIM is a spiritual movement, its goal is to help Native People learn “who they are and where they come from.” As part of its mission to protect the spiritual and physical welfare of Native People, AIM strives to educate non-Indian people about conditions and promote understanding of the history that led to the current state of affairs. Events like the Longest Walk 3, organized by AIM founder Dennis Banks, help bring attention to health issues such as diabetes, from which he says as much as 50 percent of the Native population suffers.

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another appointment could be made, and it was difficult to find replacements after the walkout, Jankowski said. “Two governors have appointed members to the commission since it was created and at least twice the commission was unable to function in a productive manner and became defunct,” she said. Jankowski declined to say whether the governor’s failure to seat the commission is an indication of his dissatisfaction with the qualifications of those who have sought to serve. The first governor to seat the commission was Joe Kernan, a Democrat. Daniels seated the second and signed an appropriations bill in 2006, allocating a $100,000 biennial budget for the commission. Because these funds may be transferred back to the state’s general fund if they are unused, some people interviewed for this story suggested that Daniels would prefer to see cost savings for the state rather than insist on a productive Native American Indian Affairs Commission.

“When it comes to Indian issues, we won’t get anywhere with Daniels,” Haza said. “It’s the same thing our people have been dealing with for 500 years.” Tuttle and Haza say they’ve gotten the run-around from the governor and the BMV in their attempts to find out where the money is and who’s looking after it. Tuttle went to the governor, but says he wouldn’t talk to her. She tried to meet with legislators, but says she was ignored.

“Everything has its time. The commission’s time is yet to come.”

A Complicated Agenda

The difficulties facing any Native American Indian Affairs Commission go deeper than the degree of support - Dark Rain Thom it can garner from the state’s chief executive. There are deeper political issues of Indian empowerment, sovereignty and internal conflict. The Miami Nation of Indiana has tried for years to achieve state recognition. Though such recognition could aid a multi-step process to achieve federal recognition and a host of potential ben-

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Debra Haza lobbied for the creation of the state’s Native American Indian Affairs Commission. She now refuses to buy Land of the Indian license plates because the funds are not available to benefit the state’s American Indian community.

The 2009 American Community Survey offers some more in-depth demographic information on Indiana’s Native American community. • In Indiana, the 2009 inflation-adjusted, per capita annual income for the state’s Native American population was $17,326. • About 25% of those responding to the ACS survey were uninsured.

associate’s degree, 300 had a bachelor’s degree and 96 had a graduate degree. • 4,230 Native American females over 25 in Indiana were surveyed. An estimated 1,550 had some college experience, 258 had an associate’s degree, 370 had a bachelor’s degree and 213 had a graduate degree.

• Of about 12,000 people over 15 years old surveyed, an estimated 5,011 were married and about 2,300 were divorced or separated.

• Of 13,575 Native American or Native Alaskan households surveyed in the state, about 11,000 had been in the same house for over a year. About 250 had moved into the state during the past year.

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efits, Miami leaders place the immediate focus elsewhere. “State recognition, which is a completely separate status from federal recognition, is a great step towards facilitating further cooperation and communication between the Miami Nation of Indiana and the State of Indiana,” Miami leaders wrote in a March 2011 news release announcing that Sen. Randy Head, R-Logansport, was sponsoring a bill to grant the Miami state recognition. The bill stalled early in the legislative process and failed to receive floor debate. State recognition would enable the Miami Nation of Indiana greater protections for their artwork and religious ceremonies, “which have been challenged in the past,” according to the Miami’s release. They also noted that state recognition would enable limited federal assistance for education, job training and housing. Services offered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service are

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reserved for the 563 federally recognized tribes, they added. None of the federally recognized tribes are based in Indiana, but the Pokagon band of Potawatomi Indians, based in Michigan, has tribal service areas in Indiana to serve its members living in the northeast corner of the state. Nationwide, more than 100 tribes have gained state recognition, but an estimated 150 do not have recognition at the federal or state level. The issues of recognition and support create touchy issues within the local Indian community. One is whether license plate money must be reserved for native peoples indigenous to Indiana or if it can be used for all American Indians living within the state. Another issue is whether the money should be reserved for only non-recognized tribes or spread among all tribes, including those federally recognized. Tuttle said that while she was working on the language to establish the Native American Indian Affairs Commission,

Sen. John Waterman, R-Shelburn, who also served as one of the committee’s two representatives from the General Assembly, advised her to include language in the statute banning discussion about sovereignty if she hoped to have it win approval in the Senate. While Tuttle said she continues to sympathize with the struggle of the Miamis for state recognition, she agreed that the commission was not the vehicle to provide a platform for that quest. The commission did broach issues of recognition, but, according to former commission chair, Chief Brian Buchanan, who is also a long-term leader in the Miami effort to gain state recognition, the discussion was not aimed at recognition for a specific tribe. “The commission never took a stance on recognition,” he said. “We were working on a proposal to the governor to consider an executive order for the process. The commission was not allowed to advocate for any individual tribe, but we could consider creating the process of recognition.” First among the commission’s “vital conclusions” listed in its 2006 annual report is the recommendation that “the State of Indiana recognizes all Native Americans to be equal by accepting a Native American State Recognition process that accomplishes and satisfies equality for all of the Native Community in its entirety.” Questions about casino rights are also common. Haza said casino concerns may be keeping the governor from re-seating the commission. “He won’t even let the commission reconvene,” she said. “It’s all connected.” Initial research from the Indiana Gaming Commission indicates that under current federal law, tribal gaming would not be permitted in Indiana regardless of tribal recognition by the state or federal government.

Unity through Diversity

Aside from the distractions of money, power and politics, a larger issue remains for Native Americans in Indiana — recognition at a more fundamental level. “Is the native voice being represented in the state government?” Tuttle asked. “Every other minority is represented. I’m asking for fairness.” Traditionally, Indiana was home to the Miami, Potawatomi, Shawnee, Wea,

Eel River and Lenni Lenape (Delaware) nations, according to the American Indian Center of Indiana. And, according to the center, more treaties addressed Indians from around Indiana “than any other group of Indians from one area.” Of 385 treaties, center materials note “more than 100 … name or mention the tribes of Indiana.” Now it’s a diverse patchwork of native people who reside in Indiana but trace their lineage to tribes all over the Americas. Former Commissioner Brian Fahey, appointed as a representative of the Indiana Department of Education, seems confident about the future, knowing the funds are safe and accumulating. “They will be available when the new governor comes in and reconstitutes a new commission to work on issues such as education and outreach,” he said. Until then, Dark Rain Thom said that the Indian people “need to band together so we’re working in strength and union before we can have any power as a commission.” The last commission had “good and capable directors,” she said, but the “governor’s lack of cooperation” made it clear that “until there’s a change of administration, this is just not the time a Native American commission will succeed. “Everything has its time. The commission’s time is yet to come. We’re waiting for the wind to blow the right way so we can do something for all Indians.”

According to the American Medical Association: • One in five Indian girls and one in eight boys attempt suicide. Put another way, the teen suicide rate is 150 percent higher than the national average. • The death rate from alcoholism is four times the national average.

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Another classic, but of a different nature, ‘Madama Butterfly.’

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Spend a weekend enjoying low-budget screen wonders with like-minded B movie lovers in downtown Franklin. The historic Artcraft Theatre brings old-school charm to the occasion, as film buffs and filmmakers gather to take in such offbeat, underappreciated flicks as 7 Brothers Meet Dracula, Dino Wolf and Beach Blanket Bingo. The celebration’s guests include, among others, the Chiodo Brothers, makers of the cult fave Killer Klowns from Outer Space. The film festival starts Friday and finishes up late Sunday. Screen times vary. $85 for admission to all events; $35 for Friday pass; $45 for Saturday pass; $40 for Sunday pass. See nuvo.net for a feature on SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Madama Butterfly @ Clowes Memorial Hall Clowes hosts a Puccini classic, by Indianapolis Opera, that’s sure to please opera enthusiasts and newbies alike. Cio-Cio San, better known as Butterfly, betrays her religion by marrying a winsome U.S. naval officer, Lieutenant Pinkerton, whose intentions may be less than pure. Pinkerton sets sail for distant ports, and Butterfly is left in Nagasaki to await his return. Will he ever return to her? Acclaimed for her portrayal of Puccini operatic heroines, Jee Hyun Lim takes to the stage in the title role. The story is told in three acts with two 20-minute intermissions. Italian with English super-titles. 8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Ticket prices vary. 4602 Sunset Ave., 940-6444, www.indyopera.org

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A celebrated voice in contemporary poetry, Robert Haas heads to Butler’s campus this week, kicking off the

university’s Visiting Writers Series in strong fashion. Haas quickly established himself as a poet to be taken seriously with his 1973 collection, Field Guide. He served as the U.S. poet laureate in the mid-1990s, and more recently he earned the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for his 2007 collection of poems, Time and Materials. Butler’s Atherton Union Reilly Room hosts the event, which is open to the public and does not require a ticket. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. 4600 Sunset Ave., 940-9861, www.butler.edu

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Spring Awakening @ Phoenix Theatre A combustible mix of sex, youth and rock & roll, this musical adaptation of a late-19th century German play took Broadway by storm in 2006, earning eight Tony Awards. The story tracks the tumultuous lives of a group of teenagers as they confront adolescent angst and charge passionately toward adulthood. The original play was banned in Germany for its controversial content. Duncan Sheik wrote the music for the adaptation, adding vibrance and a here-and-now feel to the production. The show runs at the Phoenix from Sept. 22 - Oct. 23. Performance times vary. Tickets: $25 adult; $15 child. 749 N. Park Ave., 635-7529, www.phoenixtheatre.org

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An Evening of Kathakali @ Butler Theatre Enjoy highly stylized and exquisite Indian dancing and drama without having to travel halfway around the world. Kathakali performers emerge on stage in stunningly elaborate costume-and-makeup combinations that take hours in the dressing room to pull together. This enchanting form of dance/drama originated in the Indian state of Kerala in the 17th century. Executing Kathakali’s gestures and movements requires tremendous concentration and skill. This performance features Kunju Vasudevan Namboodiripad , Butler’s Christel DeHaan Visiting International Theatre Artist. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. Tickets: $10 general; $5 seniors and non-Butler students; free for Butler students. 4600 Sunset Ave., 940-9659, www.butler.edu/theatre

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Going Solo Festival @ IRT This festival proves that good theater requires neither a big budget nor a large cast, with a trio of intimate and engaging one-actor plays appearing on the IRT stage. In Lost: A Memoir (Sept. 20 - Oct. 15), a woman named Cathy, played by Constance Macy , sets out to search for her brother, who’s been incommunicado for months. Mark Goetzinger assumes the role of Yogi Berra, the Yankees backstop famous for his malapropisms, in Nobody Don’t Like Yogi (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23). Rounding out the theatrical trifecta is James Still ’s take on gregarious chef and Francophile James Beard in I Love to Eat. Performance times and ticket prices vary. 140 W. Washington St., 635-5252, www.irtlive.com

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Carmina Burana @ Hilbert Circle Theatre The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra joins forces with the Indianapolis Children’s Choir in a performance of Carl Orff’s emotionally stirring, much loved masterwork. Inspired by 24 medieval poems, Carmina embraces Orff’s “total theater” concept in which music, words and movement unite, giving rise to a powerful sensorial experience. The evening of music also includes a performance of Orawa, a 1988 piece by one of conductor Krzysztof Urbanski’s favorite composers, Wojciech Kilar, whose work has been featured on screen in Bram Stroker’s Dracula and The Pianist. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday . Ticket prices vary. 45 Monument Circle, 262-4908, www. indianapolissymphony.org

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East Africa: Fundraiser for Famine Relief @ The Village Experience FREE

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Dracula: A One-Woman Show @ Indiana History Center Fully indulge in the gothic thrill of Bram Stoker’s literary masterpiece with a riveting 90-minute performance by master storyteller Megan Wells. Currently the resident storyteller for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s “Once Upon a Symphony” program, Wells pieces together a riveting tale using the journals of Jonathan and Mina Harker, two of the main protagonists in Stoker’s novel. The recounting takes place in the 290seat Frank & Katrina Basile Theater , a suitably intimate environment for a night of spine-tingling storytelling. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: $20 advance; $25 door. 45 W. Ohio St., 232-1882, www.storytellingarts.org

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Feast of the Hunters’ Moon @ Fort Ouiatenon Park Head northward to the banks of the mighty Wabash River and spend your weekend immersed in a reenactment of the annual fall gathering of the French and Native Americans. The Feast attracts thousands of participants and tens of thousands of spectators -- and for good reason. The event, held on the grounds of an 18th century fur-trading outpost, is a feast for the senses, with fresh and hearty food readily available and the scent of wood smoke pervading the air. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday. Single-day tickets: $10 adult; $5 child; $25 family. 3129 S. River Rd., West Lafayette, 765-476-8411, www.tcha.mus.in.us

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Open Bra Pageant: Ta-Ta’s & Tiaras @ Crackers Comedy Club Been hankerin’ to shake what your momma gave ya? Well, anybody can be a star at Open Bra Night — it’s just like an open mic night, but naughtier! Ladies of all shapes and sizes are invited to come try their hand at the classic art form of burlesque. Sing a song, do a dance, or just do your thing. Angel Burlesque has finally brought the excitement of burlesque to Indy, with shows that are both professional and theatrically-based. Crackers Comedy Club will host this open event, and all proceeds from the evening will benefit the Indiana AIDS Fund. $8, 8:30 p.m. 6281 N. College Avenue, 631-3536, www.angelburlesque.com

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IMA exhibit embraces White River B Y A N G E L A H E R R MA N N E D I T O RS @N U V O . N E T Indianapolis is considered the largest city in the United States not constructed on a navigable body of water, and so the White River quietly winds through mostly unnoticed, obscured by a thick screen of trees and shrubs. After all, residents have considered the White River a place to discard waste for nearly 200 years. With the exception of bridge crossings, most people give about as much thought to the White River as they do their household drains. What goes around comes around — especially when considering the human hydrologic cycle: What flows down the drain can return as potable water via the river. With more than 60 percent of the city’s drinking water drawn from the White River, where raw sewage still is regularly deposited by antiquated Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs), what does it take to get people to notice this natural resource upon which life depends? After two years and two dozen visits to Indianapolis, New York-based artist Mary Miss has pondered the invisibility of the White River in the day-to-day lives of local residents. “Could there be a project that tries to make people aware of the river?” asked Miss during a telephone interview, a question that guided the development of her installation, FLOW: Can You See The River, which opens this week at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and along six miles of the White River. Miss, a world-renowned artist, is described on the IMA website as someone who is “reshaping the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, landscape design and installation…” She’ll bring the issue of our relationship with the river into view with a series of installations involving mirrors and red “push-pin” markers. Residents will be able to see themselves in focal points within the context of the White River and use their mobile phones to learn more about what they see at each installation. “Because the White River is a boundary of 100 Acres, and through Mary’s environmental and ecological interests, this project progressed to what we will see and experience throughout Indianapolis,” said Katie Zarich, IMA’s Deputy Director for Public Affairs. As a result of her extensive interviews and conversations with those affiliated with academics, arts, environment, humanities, municipalities and sciences, Miss, in collaboration with EcoArts Connections in Colorado, has made it easier for residents

to make the connection between the clean water coming into their house and the notso-clean water in the river. As the project evolved, Miss was mindful of Butler University biology professor Travis Ryan’s observation that all property is riverfront property. “I’m not a scientist, I’m an artist,” said Miss. “If it’s something that I could understand or that would pique my curiosity, then I’m a good test person because now I know a lot more about rivers and how they work.” She hopes, in turn, that FLOW will help others think about all of the ways water travels to and from the White River. One installation that will help visitors understand their place in the White River’s watershed is the giant walkable floor map installed in the Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion at the IMA.

Where water flows in and out

For Miss, it’s not enough to learn facts and figures about the river. She said everyone is inundated with information. “How do you communicate about the river where things are happening, where water enters the wetland, where water flows in and out,” asks Miss. The challenge for her is how to create a real experience. She said art should be direct and visceral. What is the emotional connection? For instance, what would a 100-year flood event at the 100-Acres Park look like? “At the IMA around the lake, I’ve put an 18” wide [red] cloth band around trees every 20 feet at the 100-year flood level,” said Miss. “As you walk the perimeter, sometimes it’s 20 feet high, sometimes it’s waste high, but you see that line. You can measure those marks in terms of your own body.” Miss is also interested in creating “modest-scale interventions that are almost acupuncture-like rather than trying to do some major construction,” said Miss. These markers point out landscape features such as sewer outflows and pollution, flood plains and wetlands, and strive to make sustainability tangible. IMA staff credit Mary’s leadership and vision that shaped FLOW into a citywide initiative. “She has gone to great lengths to involve community groups from around — Mary Miss the city through scheduled workshops, performances and the web site, www.flowcanyouseetheriver.org,” said Zarich. Through FLOW, Indianapolis is part of the City as Living Laboratory, Sustainability Made Tangible through the Arts projects, developed in collaboration with Marda Kirn at EcoArts Connections. Miss credits Kirn with the development of relationships among the various community organizations and the 10-day festival of events coinciding with the opening of FLOW. “We hope to start something in Indianapolis,” said Miss.

“Now I know a lot more about rivers.”

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Internationally-renown artist Mary Miss is part of a series of events about our water system.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS FOR FLOW 22 THURSDAY FLOW: Can You See the River? with Artist Mary Miss Come behind-the-scenes with artist Mary Miss as she speaks about FLOW, her citywide public art project. 7 p.m. Free. Tobias Theater, IMA.

23 FRIDAY Fall Water: Evening in 100 Acres Come celebrate the Fall Equinox with an evening of dance and music at the IMA’s 100 Acres. Dancer Oguri and company will perform an original piece created for the occasion, accompanied by a live sound score by composer Paul Chavez. Q & A following the performance. $8 adult/$4 students. 7:30 p.m.

24 SATURDAY Flow: Can You See the River? Family Day Art, science and nature come together for this fun and educational afternoon of activities. Join Mary Miss at 100 Acres to learn about the importance of waterways and our natural environment. Create handmade

paper from materials found in the park, and enjoy the interpretive dance of the Susurrus Dance Company as they capture the movement of water. Free. 12 – 5 p.m.

27 TUESDAY Will We Run out of Water? Join business leaders, water experts, and engineers to explore the significance of water management and economic development in central Indiana. The event will include lunch, followed by a tour of the Nature Conservancy’s new headquarters, the Efroymson Conservation Center. $10 donation toward lunch appreciated. 11:30 a.m. 620 E. Ohio Street.

27 TUESDAY Super Cities Don’t Wreck Their Water World Visit Marian University for an evening of art, music and critical thought. Conservation expert Michael Nelson, PhD, will speak about the critical role water plays for the Earth, and the moral imperative of saving the planet. Scott Sanders will read his work, and a town-hall style discussion will follow. Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library. Free. 7 p.m. For more FLOW events see our calendar on nuvo.net.

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A&E REVIEWS MUSIC

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Ten-year-old Umi Garrett

ICO WITH UMI GARRETT INDIANA HISTORY CENTER; SEPT. 17. e A ten-year-old pianist and a slip of a girl, Umi Garrett delivered an amazing performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488 on Saturday. With Kirk Trevor on the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra’s brand-new podium, this was a concert to remember. Garrett sailed through her beautifully integrated part with perfect finger work, her notes cascading like a string of pearls. The orchestra did a bit less well with a missed clarinet entrance in the first movement. Garrett played as an encore Liszt’s note-dazzling “Dance of the Gnomes,” showing her ability to compete with most any touring adult. Her only age-related limitation was that she possessed a limited dynamic range. Trevor began his program with Beethoven’s well-known Egmont Overture, Op. 84. The impassioned F Minor piece gives way to a triumphal conclusion. For some reason, this work seemed excessively dry in the IHC’s Basile Theater acoustic. Otherwise Trevor gave us a routinely good account. Following the break, we heard an excellent reading of Debussy’s well-known Prélude à l’après-mid d’un faune (1894). Flutist Anne Reynolds gave us lovely solo playing throughout, and the orchestra’s accompanying languidness was telling. To conclude the ICO’s season inaugural program, Trevor gave us Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 (1917), the “Classical Symphony.” Composed with small-scale forces, leaner harmonic textures and with a brevity outdoing the late symphonies of Haydn and Mozart, this less-than-20-minute, four-movement work enjoyed a spirited, if not perfectly precise performance. But young Umi Garrett dominated the evening. For more review details, visit www.nuvo.net. — TOM ALDRIDGE ISO — URBANKSI DEBUT ISO CLASSICAL SERIES PROGRAM NO. 1; HILBERT CIRCLE THEATRE; SEPT. 16-17. w Krzysztof Urbanski, in his third indoor appearance with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, wowed his medium-sized audi-

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ence with three Russian works from the standard repertoire, centered by the everpopular Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. in B-flat Minor, Op. 23. Veteran pianist Garrick Ohlsson easily held up his end of the bargain in their disparate-aged collaboration. Urbanski began his program with Mikhail Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla (1842). Playing it as fast as I’ve ever heard it, he and his players had the mutual measure of each other, the ten-minute piece coming across as energized and energizing. Both Ohlsson and Urbanski fully realized the partnership inherent in Tchaikovsky’s score with a perfect dynamic balance between piano and orchestra. Taken throughout at a deliberate tempo, Op. 23 was given as revealing a performance as I’ve recently heard, with precise entrances and commanding piano work — never covered, yet never pounding. Urbanski’s “pièce de resistance” was a work he had learned recently and conducted Friday for only his second time — the Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47. Having memorized the score, Urbanski proceeded to follow its every nuance, unaffected by tradition — and made it work. His account of the symphony’s third movement, one of the most heart-rending Largos in the symphonic genre, deserves special mention. And once again it was our conductor’s control of its dynamics, from whisper soft to medium loud, that made it a moving testament to the composer’s tortured spirit. For more review details, visit www.nuvo.net. — TOM ALDRIDGE OPENING NIGHT GALA 2011 INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, HILBERT CIRCLE THEATRE, SEPT. 18. e It was a rose garden party filled with surprises and delights intended to mark “brilliant beginnings, bold direction and beautiful music” culminating in the passing of the baton to Music Director Kryzsztof Urbanski by Conductor Laureate Raymond Leppard with Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly. Urbanski opened the program with a resounding Star-Spangled Banner and led the orchestra in a seamlessly partnered presentation with pianist Garrick Ohlsson of Tchaikovsky’s “Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23. Ohlsson wowed with his incredible lyricism, bringing forward the composition’s intricacies of introspection and expansiveness. Ohlsson further proved his power through lightness of touch with an encore of Chopin’s Waltz in E-flat major, Op. 18. With the Gala Entr’acte arranged by Jack Everly, the ISO demonstrated its approach to music as a living art embracing classical and popular cultures in concert with each other. It’s a bit of fun for the audience and a challenge the excellent ISO players can embrace without missing a beat. Everly conducted the Overture to West Side Story in tribute to the 50th anniversary of the film release and A Tribute to Irving Berlin arranged by Everly in 2009. Everly announced this composition will be played in NYC by the New York Philharmonic on October 14, with credits to the ISO as the premiere performance site. With Vittorio Monti’s Czardas, arranged by Time for Three and Steve Hackman, the mix of musical

genres took center stage and what could happen next was up for grabs. Virtuosity was over-the-top. The program closed with Urbanski conducting the Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila, Mikhail Glinka’s celebratory opera marked by buoyant joyfulness overcoming obstacles. — RITA KOHN PIPE UP! GRAND HALL, INDIANA LANDMARKS CENTER, SEPT. 18. r Resounding delight marked the formal dedication of the restored 1892 Thomas Sanborn pipe organ in the elegant Grand Hall of Indiana Landmarks Center. The Cook family was recognized as the primary benefactors of both the restoration of Central Avenue Methodist Church and the historic organ, which is the centerpiece of the Grand Hall and its sweeping dome, gilded embellishments and brilliantly hued stained glass windows. A hush swept across the overflowing audience as Dr. Charles Webb, recognized at the premier organist of Indiana, issued forth Louis Vierne’s stirring Carillon, showcasing all of the organ’s capabilities from richly melodic to bring-the-house-down bombast. Also participating were organists Martin Ellis, Mary Ellen Burgomaster and June Edison, and violinist Ginny Womack, trumpeter Mike White and pianist Randy Frieling. Dr. Michael Davis served as Master of Ceremonies and director of the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir Chamber Singers, whose rendition of Shenandoah was a highlight. The audience participated in the singing of five hymns, leading Davis to comment that a 600-voice choir with organ accompaniment fills the space with magnificent qualities. Goulding & Wood Organ Builders of Indianapolis was entrusted with the restoration of the 119-year-old organ and the Conrad Schmitt Studios of New Berlin, Wisconsin oversaw recreation of the stenciled pipe display, the motif of which appears on the walls throughout the Hall. The concert was presented by Indiana Landmarks and the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. — RITA KOHN

THEATER/PERFORMANCE ROMEO AND JULIET ECLECTICPOND THEATRE COMPANY, IRVINGTON LODGE, THROUGH SEPT. 24. t The newly founded EclecticPond Theatre Company presents a fresh and relatable telling of Shakespeare’s best-known romance. The pared-down script offers a swift interpretation of these star-crossed lovers with a focus on blind love and devotion, both romantic and familial. An ensemble of young professional actors make inventive choices to illuminate familiar scenes in an accessible way. As Romeo (A.J. Morrison) admires Juliet (Maria Souza-Eglen) during the notorious balcony scene, as she is perched brushing her teeth. And we are faced with the naiveté of this teenage tryst and the goofiness of young lust. Overall, the show is charged by exciting performances from the entire ensemble, most notably Lauren Briggeman as Benvolio, Christa Shoot Grimmer as the Nurse and Jeremy Grimmer as both Mercutio and Paris. However, while the small-scale production quality keeps this piece light on its feet, it

also lends an amateurish air to a production peopled with professional quality actors. If directors Catherine and Thomas Cardwell can retain a talented cast with each new production, they might reach their ambitious goal to take their shows to area high schools. They bring an effective analysis of this classic to life in a way that will engage teenagers as well as reintroduce older audiences to the simple beauty of this tale of woe. 5515 E. Washington St., 317-207-2080, www.eclecticpond.org. — KATELYN COYNE

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Robert Horvath’s “Neurofraud”

ROBERT HORVATH: INTANGIBLE ENCHANTMENT FRANK & KATRINA BASILE GALLERY (HERRON GALLERIES); THROUGH SEPT. 22 e Robert Horvath, Assistant Professor of Painting at Herron School of Art and Design, presents a strong group of paintings and two maquettes in this solo exhibition. The maquettes feel kitschy and gaudy and are interspersed with small, craft store fur balls and hobbyist foam. There is an overriding sense of decadence and an unexpected lushness inherent in all of the art in the show. The colors and shapes Horvath incorporates into his recent paintings are odd and almost otherworldly; his move away from figurative painting is both unexpected and successful. The artist professes to use “a technique of glazing in multi layers to create a luscious candy-colored sweetness in the surface of the works.” The effect is alluring and draws the viewer into the works, which have a gorgeous sheen and a rare sense of perfection. The addition of a body of work as unexpected and unusual as this to Indianapolis’ gallery scene is certainly welcome. Horvath’s art is idiosyncratic and bizarre, and it will lead many to question their notion of beauty. Ultimately, the viewer is left with the overwhelming sense that beauty comes in strange forms. 735 W. New York St., 317-2789419, www.herron.iupui.edu. — CHARLES FOX

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FOOD Freshness and vitality

The Clay Oven serves up tasty Indian food BY N E I L CH A R LE S N CH A RL E S @N UV O . N E T The Clay Oven takes its name from the traditional tandoor, a specialized oven capable of achieving extremely hot temperatures, employed widely in India and the Middle East for the rapid cooking of meats, vegetables and breads. It’s a fitting name, as several of this excellent restaurant’s signature dishes are prepared in this manner, and the ownerchef has spent years honing his skills in London and Florida, amongst other places . Indian cuisine is one of the most sophisticated and complex in the world, with thousands of regional specialties, most of which never leave the country. A shame, perhaps, but if you even casually peruse the Clay Oven’s menu, you’ll find at least a hundred authentic items, all reasonably priced, and more than enough to keep you in Indian food for months without ever repeating a dish. Although the emphasis may be upon the aforementioned tandoori dishes, there’s

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SEPT. 22

Barley Island, 639 Conner St., Noblesville; 6:30 p.m. Hoosier Beer book signing; 7:30-9:00 p.m. pub quiz with teams of up to 6 people. Questions about Beer, Indiana, Indiana Beer, General Knowledge, Trivia, Oldies. Free; prizes.

also a healthy assortment of meat (specifically lamb, chicken and seafood) as well as a smattering of goat. In addition, there’s a significant selection of excellent vegetarian dishes, quite a few of which are vegan, so there really shouldn’t be any trouble satisfying almost any dietary requirement. Except for beef and pork eaters, that is. On a recent visit, we were particularly impressed by the freshness and vitality of practically every dish sampled. It was obvious that the spices, if not absolutely freshly ground, had been prepared in the very recent past. Vegetables were crisp and fresh tasting, with a good variety of preparations. One of my frequent complaints about Indian establishments is that the sauces can be too easily overwhelmed by cream and butter, diluting the impact and aromatics of a properly spiced dish. Not so here. Particularly tender and perfectly spiced was the tandoori chicken ($10.95, including rice, pappadum and mint chutney.) Deep red in color from marinating in lemon, yogurt and spices, it was slightly blackened on the outside and wonderfully moist within. The other chicken dish, Chicken Tikka Massala ($11.95) was a hair less successful, being a bit heavy on the tomato. But, as it’s not a real Indian dish anyway (its origins are in Glasgow), we weren’t too disappointed. Surprisingly (for an avowed carnivore), the standout of the meal was a plate of chana saag ($10.95.) Yes, you heard it here first: a vegan dish blew my socks off. Mildly

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The tandoori chicken ($10.95, including rice, pappadum and mint chutney).

spiced with garlic, ginger and fenugreek, this creamy, profound dish of garbanzo beans, tomatoes and spinach was little short of ethereal. Eat this with your hands and a naan bread ($1.95); it’s a good way to appreciate the dish’s complexity. Rounding out the meal was an unusual and tasty pudding made from carrots instead of rice, but the texture was still similar. Light and delicate, but deeply flavored, it rounded the meal off perfectly. A great way to sample many of these dishes is to try the buffet lunch for $7.99.

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that creates lovely lace as you sip down; whiffs of spices and an effervescent first taste escalate into layers of malt and yeast-inspired flavors and finishes dry. Truly a top-of-the line Germaninspired brew served in a specially inscribed dimpled mug or a lager glass. Rock Bottom Downtown and College Park, through Oct. 23, $1 from each Rocktoberfest sale goes to the annual “Miracle on Washington Street” a project of the Rock Bottom Foundation. December 2010, 450 homeless and displaced guests from local area shelter partners arrived at the Rock Bottom in downtown Indianapolis for a Christmas Day celebration. To volunteer, donate, sponsor or for more information: collegepark@ rockbottom.com or call Jennie Heslar at 317471-8840 or Tony Hiatt at 317-471-8840. Twenty Taps at 54th & College with a tasty pub menu is a family friendly companion to Upland’s up the street Tasting Room. Triton Brewing, 5764 Wheeler Road (46216) is serving their first house ale on tap — Fieldhouse Wheat — in addition to a line up of guest beers.

SEPT. 24

Herron-Morton Place Oktoberfest, 1900 block of Alabama Ave., 3-10 p.m. Food vendors, live music. Tickets: $5 in advance; $10 at the door. Proceeds go towards an endowment to maintain the HMP Park.

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MOVIES Moneyball BY E D JO H N S O N - O T T EJO H N S O N O T T @N U V O . N E T

r (PG-13) Moneyball looks like an underdog sports movie, but it veers away from the path usually followed by films of the genre. My suggestion is that you set aside any preconceptions and just go with the flow. That’s a good idea in general, but especially when dealing with an odd duck like this. You’ll hear people say the movie is about baseball and accounting, but it’s more about how being determined, neurotic and a little ornery can sometimes work in your favor. Based on the 2003 book by Michael Lewis, with a screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball tells the story of how Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane revolutionized baseball by focusing on statistics rather than star power, to the confusion and frustration of many of his own staff. Some baseball fans have complained that both the film and the book play too loosely with time lines and focus

too much on certain characters. What a shocker — a fact-based film that takes liberties with facts. What makes Moneyball a pleasure isn’t the new-approach-to-baseball business. The appeal of the film comes from its quirky rhythms, its engaging script, its interesting characters and its fine cast. Brad Pitt gives a sly, thoroughly agreeable performance as Billy Beane, former ballplayer turned not-so-hot administrator. After a strong season, the low-budget Oakland A’s best players get purchased by the high-budget New York Yankees. How depressing. At a particularly frustrating meeting, Beane meets, and soon hires Peter Brand, a sullen young accountant played by Jonah Hill. Peter Brand is made-up, by the way. The real guy reportedly didn’t want his name used. Hill’s character reminded me of a big toad sitting unresponsive in the park. Brand’s social skills are poor and he appears to be intimidated by pretty much everybody, but when it comes to his statistic-based formula for creating a winning team, he is resolute. Restraint is crucial to making the character work, and Hill holds himself back admirably. Pitt and Hill work wonderfully together. The old guard of the team doesn’t know what to make of Brand, plopped in their meeting rooms like a lump of clay, and Brand looks about as uncomfortable as

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Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill star in ‘Moneyball.’

a human can be. Beane gets a kick out of the situation and watching his affectionate relationship with Brand is a treat. Kerris Dorsey provides strong support as Beane’s tween daughter, ably teaming with Pitt to make their scenes together matter. Philip Seymour Hoffman is solid, if unremarkable, as the coach who strongly resists Beane and Brand’s new approach. Chris Pratt, so delightful as

Andy in Parks and Recreation, is fine as first baseman Scott Hatteberg. Some writers have referred to the film as this year’s The Social Network, but director Bennett Miller’s (Capote) production lacks the urgency of the 2010 hit. Still, it’s rewarding to watch a movie this smart, this insightful and this weird.

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The following are reviews of films currently playing in Indianapolis area theaters. Reviews are written by Ed Johnson-Ott (EJO) unless otherwise noted. ABDUCTION (PG-13)

For as long as he can remember, Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) has had the uneasy feeling that he’s living someone else’s life. When he stumbles upon an image of himself as a little boy on a missing persons website, all of Nathan’s darkest fears come true: he realizes his parents are not his own and his life is a lie, carefully fabricated to hide something more mysterious and dangerous than he could have ever imagined. 106 minutes.

At Franklin Artcraft Theatre, you can spend the weekend enjoying low-budget B MOVIE CELEBRATION screen wonders like 7 Brothers Meet Dracula, Dino Wolf and Beach Blanket Bingo.

The celebration’s guests include, among others, the Chiodo Brothers, makers of the cult fave Killer Klowns from Outer Space. The film festival starts Friday and finishes up late Sunday. Screen times vary. $85 for admission to all events; $35 for Friday pass; $45 for Saturday pass; $40 for Sunday pass. See nuvo.net for a feature on this festival by Sam Watermeier.

CIRCUMSTANCE Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri) and her brother, Mehran (Reza Sixo Safai), have grown up privileged, in a home filled with music, art and intellectual curiosity. While (R) Atafeh dreams of fame and adventure, and she and her best friend explore Tehran’s

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underground scene with youthful exuberance, her brother returns home from drug rehab, renounces his former decadent life, and replaces his once obsessive practice of classical music with more destructive pursuits. 107 minutes. At Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema.

DOLPHIN TALE (PG)

Inspired-by-fact story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun. Without a tail, Winter’s prognosis is dire, but it will take the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist, the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics doctor and the unwavering devotion of a young boy to make the miracle happen. 112 minutes.

KILLER ELITE (R)

Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro star in a based-on-fact story that pits two of the world’s most elite operatives — Danny, an ex-special ops agent (Statham) and Hunter, his longtime mentor (De Niro) — against the cunning leaders of a secret military society (Owen). Covering the globe from Australia to Paris, London and the Middle East, Danny and Hunter are plunged into a highly dangerous game of cat and mouse where the predators become the prey. 100 minutes.

DRIVE r (R)

In this arty thriller, Ryan Gosling stars as a Hollywood stunt man who moonlights as a getaway driver. Carey Mulligan plays his love interest while Albert Brooks is the B-movie maker turned criminal that stands in their way. Back in the ‘70s, when arty movies with existential heroes were all the rage, I’d squirm impatiently in my seat as the filmmakers laid the mundane moments on thick to establish the authenticity of their stories. Drive made me fidget a little, but not too badly, as the atmosphere, style and tension held my interest until we reached one of the “Holy shit!” violent action scenes.

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music Lotus Fest:

Best lineup ever at Bloomington world music showcase BY K YL E L O N G M U S I C@N UV O . N E T LOTUS WORLD MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL Sept. 22-25 in downtown Bloomington TICKETS: Sept. 22: $22 advance, $27 door for Mavis Staples at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre Sept. 23: $33 advance, $38 door for festival showcases Sept. 24: $37 advance, $42 door for festival showcases Sept. 25: $5 or free with Lotus pin for World Spirit Concert

ists/acrobats Strange Fruit, Nordic fiddlers Frigg, Hawaiian hula master Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole, Malian bluesman Sidi Toure and so many more. And what would any great festival be without people? Williams estimates attendance at the four-day event to be around 9,500, but adds “that doesn’t count the street scene that has emerged in the last dozen years. People gathered downtown, not attending any performances, but just soaking up the environment, the energy and the joyfulness on the street. There are street musicians, performers, processions; it’s a very lively artistic experience in itself.” In case you’re still not convinced, let me offer a personal testimony. Attending Lotus as a teenager was a life altering experience for me. At 19 years old, I had a burgeoning interest in global music sounds, but having the opportunity to get face-to-face with the thundering drums of the Afro-Brazilian ensemble Olodum quickly turned my interest into an all-out obsession, one which has shaped my career path and life pursuits to this day.

Discounts for students and seniors available. Free options include Lotus in the Park (Sept. 24) and other outdoor performances (acrobatic ensemble Strange Fruit on Sept. 24). Find tickets and further info at lotusfest.org.

very year we take our best shot at inspiring Indy readers to make the 45-minute trek south to Bloomington to experience the finest music event in the Midwest: The Lotus World Music & Arts Festival. This time around, no cajoling is necessary: with 26 acts representing over 20 nations, the 2011 line-up is the strongest in the festival’s 18-year history. Festival director Lee Williams maintains that “Lotus is not about the stars; it’s about discovering music you’ve never heard before.” While that’s certainly true, this year’s edition has its share of big names, including soul music legend Mavis Staples, kicking off the festival Thursday night, and the Creole Choir of Cuba, which has left audiences breathless with a repertoire celebrating Cuba’s Haitian heritage. That’s not to mention the electrocumbia beats of Colombia’s Bomba Estereo, and Brazil’s sultry samba songstress Luisa Maita, whose 2010 debut album was so good it immediately spawned a sequel full of DJ remixes. The Friday and Saturday night showcases that make up the core of Lotus aren’t free, but there are budget-conscious options. Saturday’s Lotus in the Park, which won’t cost a penny, will feature music workshops, kids activities and performances by Bulgarian folk group Bulgarika and Dominican merengue maestro Joaquin Diaz. At Sunday’s World Spirit Concert, for a mere five bucks you can catch spellbinding vocalist Nawal of Africa’s Comoros Islands, and the unlikely trio of Palestinian musicians Tareq Rantisi and Ali Amr performing with Indian vocalist Srinivas Krishnan. We’ve only scratched the surface here: There are also Australian performance art-

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between Malian music and American blues. SIDI TOURÉ: The roots of American blues music are in Africa because of the deportation of Africans for slavery. Musicians like Ali Farka Touré have shown the link between Malian music and American blues. Whatever I play, it’s in the tradition of Gao (a town in East Mali). I play in a pure African way, but you can hear these common roots. NUVO: Could you tell me about your experience with American blues music? TOURÉ: I discovered American blues music late in my life. After I recorded my first album Hoga, people started telling me that my music sounded like American blues. So one day, while I was at the Great Market of Bamako, I saw an album called The King of Blues with John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Muddy Waters. I bought the album, listened to it and heard that what people were telling me was right. It seemed that we were playing together, yet I didn’t know their music at all. NUVO: I understand that you come from a noble family and they opposed your decision to pursue music. What inspired you to choose a career in music despite your family’s opposition? TOURÉ: Even when I was a young boy, some people in my neighborhood predicted that I would become a singer. For example, when I went to my neighbor’s house to pick up a “pancake,” she always asked me to sing before she would give me the food. Yes, my family opposed my desire to become a musician, because with the name Touré or Maïga you must not sing. Only the griots could sing. It was hard for them to accept, but as time went by they understood. I had to follow my destiny and make my own way. NUVO: What are your thoughts on touring America for the first time, and what can audiences here expect from your live performance?

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PLAYING THE BLUES, THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM THE DELTA Sept. 23, 10:30 p.m.; Sept 24, 4:30 and 10:30 p.m. Malian guitarist Sidi Touré has been making music professionally for 30-plus years, but his 2011 release, Sahel Folk, is only his second recording overall and his first to see a U.S. release. Like his famous fellow countryman, the late Ali Farka Touré (no relation), Sidi specializes in the Malian folk music often dubbed Songhaï blues, due to its uncanny similarity to AfricanAmerican blues music. Touré’s appearance at Lotus will undoubtedly be one of the festival’s mustsee performances. I spoke with Touré about his connection to American blues and his thoughts on embarking on his first American tour. NUVO: I’m very curious about the connection

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TOURÉ: Touring America is a great opportunity for me. It’s exciting. Not everyone can play here, so I’m very proud, and I praise God for giving me this opportunity. I also thank the people who believed in me; in particular, the people from Thrill Jockey Records. The audience can expect a good show. I’ll be accompanied on the guitar by two virtuosos: Jambala Maïga on kuntigui [mono-cord traditional guitar] and Douma Maïga on kurbu [3-string traditional guitar]; no percussion, just guitar. It will be an occasion for Americans to discover another facet of Malian music.

The Orchid Ensemble has been blending traditional Chinese sounds with contemporary Western art music and a variety of global influences for 14 years. The Vancouver-based trio features the talents of Lan Tung, a Taiwanese master of the erhu (a 2-stringed violin); Jonathan Bernard, a Canadian-born, classically-trained percussionist; and Mai Han, a Chinese virtuoso of the zheng (a 21 string zither). Media coverage of the Orchid Ensemble often cites the group’s virtuosity but underemphasizes the intense soul and passion the trio imbues deeply within each note. That passion jumps out at the listener, even via YouTube: Witness a performance of the Ashkenazi Jewish melody “Ya Ribon” in which Lan Tung coaxes screams, cries and moans out of her erhu, sounding like a delta blues picker. I spoke with Bernard via phone from his home in Vancouver. NUVO: How did you become involved with Chinese music? JONATHAN BERNARD: My background is as an orchestral and chamber music percussionist, conservatory-style, growing up playing with orchestras and reading music. But to make a long story short, I came to Vancouver and I started playing gamelan. In Vancouver there are many composers who are interested in writing for gamelan and different instruments in the Asian tradition. So through my activities playing gamelan, I was invited to play with a Chinese ensemble that needed a percussionist. I was fascinated by these instruments, and I was very inspired by this activity, so that led me to join Lan Tung’s group, The Orchid Ensemble. NUVO: Is The Orchid Ensemble’s repertoire primarily built on traditional Chinese music? BERNARD: Our repertoire is very diverse, and what we present in concert is very diverse. There are original compositions, some being more tonal than others. But there are arrangements of traditional pieces, some very pure traditional pieces.

Thanks to Nicolas Richard for interpreting this interview.

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Lan has become more of a composer over the years, so we do more of her pieces. Also there’s also a lot of improvisation, both modal and free improvisation. NUVO: What can audiences expect from Orchid Ensemble’s performance at Lotus Fest? BERNARD: They can expect diversity. For instance, we’ll be playing a piece based on a traditional Bengali melody. We’ll be doing a piece by Moshe Denburg, a Jewish composer who is the son of a rabbi, and maybe a piece based on a Mongolian melody…I don’t know what kind of preconceptions there are about “Chinese music,” but I’m sure they exist, and I think a lot of these preconceptions, both musical and social, are broken down through our concerts.

WITCZAK: Yes, in our repertoire we have traditional Polish folk songs; the latest one, for example, is called “Anna With the Gorgeous Black Eyes.” It’s a song that my grandmother used to sing, but we added an African beat to make it fresh. Polish folk music plays a very important role in our style, especially in our original songs, as the roots of the tradition are seated deep under our skin and remain in our memories. I recall winters in my childhood when it snowed so much we could not leave our home and we would sing traditional folk songs to pass the time. So the music is in my heart, as it was passed on to me by my ancestors.

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NOT JUST ROMANI MUSIC Sept. 24, 10:30 p.m. It would be far too easy to describe Dikanda as a gypsy band. Yes, the music and culture of the Romani people are an obvious source of inspiration; and, yes, a large part of the group’s songbook is drawn from famous Romani standards like “Ederlezi” and “Usti, Usti Baba.” But Dikanda’s sound extends far beyond the borders of the Balkans, incorporating elements of Russian, Kurdish, Indian and African music, all filtered through the group’s native Polish heritage. Founded in Szczecin, Poland, in 1997, the 6-piece band is centered around the work of lead vocalist and accordionist Anna Witczak. Witczak possesses a powerful and deeply soulful voice capable of faithfully interpreting an impressive array of musical styles, from the plaintive tones of traditional Bulgarian music on “Sadila Mom,” to the melismatic twists of the Rajasthani folk piece “Kaman Song.” Witczak told me she broke several Polish traffic laws while speeding home in time for our afternoon Skype appointment. NUVO: How do you describe Dikanda’s musical style? ANNA WITCZAK: It’s easy to describe: The style is Dikanda. Honest, fiery music played straight from the heart. I know people like to categorize and label everything, but I hope one day we can be recognized as simply playing Dikanda music. NUVO: You work with a broad range of music genres: Macedonian, Bulgarian, Indian. Is there an element that binds these different styles together? WITCZAK: No, there’s not one particular thing that ties these different styles of music together. Our group shares a similar musical sensibility. Sometimes, without even talking to each other, we find ourselves going to the same concerts or enjoying the same music. So our sound is built around the mutual shared interests of the group. NUVO: How do you choose the music you perform with Dikanda? WITCZAK: I choose the music based on what touches my heart. Sometimes I’m moved by the rhythm of the music. There are so many rhythms, but there’s only one that can represent a song and give it the right feeling. NUVO: Is traditional Polish music part of your repertoire?

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NUVO: What can audiences expect from your performance at Lotus Fest? WITCZAK: The audience can expect to get goosebumps. They can expect to be moved to dance. Some might cry, some might smile. They will see handsome talented men on the instruments, and gorgeous girls singing, and they will be moved forever. Thanks to Malgorzata Babiarz for interpreting this interview.

JOAQUIN DIAZ:

TRADITIONAL MERENGUE, STRAIGHT FROM THE STREETS Sept. 23, 7:15 p.m.; Sept 24, 4:15 and 8:45 p.m Joaquin Diaz is a master of the raw, frantically-paced, traditional style of merengue called tipico — or, as its known in his native Dominican Republic, “perico ripiao” (ripped parrot), a name taken from that of the brothel where the sub-genre was supposedly born in the late 1800s. The style is the country cousin of the slick, brassy, pop-fueled merengue that has become an international sensation and is commonly heard at salsa clubs around Indy. Diaz’s tipico is merengue stripped to its essence: percussion, bass and the maestro’s own wailing, diatonic accordion, on which he plays a mix of traditional classics and original compositions. I recently caught up with Diaz via phone to talk about merengue and his musical roots. NUVO: You started playing music very early. JOAQUIN DIAZ: Yes, my dad was a musician, and we always had a guitar and accordion

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in our house. I started playing the accordion when I was nine years old. As a child I would play on the streets or in the parks and restaurants of my village, San Pedro. There was a beach there called Boca Chica, which is the biggest beach on the island, and on the weekends my father and I would go there to play music together. NUVO: Tell me how your merengue is different from the style played by pop artists like Elvis Crespo? DIAZ: It’s the pure Dominican merengue, with accordion, played in the original style. Merengue has grown into something that is different — the popular merengues use piano and horns. But I continue to play the traditional meringue of the Dominican Republic, so we don’t lose our folkloric identity. I’m known for playing the traditional meringue, but I can play the popular style too.

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In Santo Domingo, people want to hear the pop stuff, but I am trying to preserve the traditions of the Dominican Republic. NUVO: I’ve read that you spent some time in San Antonio, Texas, studying conjunto music. DIAZ: Yes, it was great. I had the opportunity to play with people like Mingo Saldivar, Santiago Jimenez and Eva Ibarra. These are

the stars of Tex-Mex music. I was in San Antonio for six months, studying and playing music. Playing together we fused these two different folk musics — conjunto and merengue — into one. I loved the experience. NUVO: Any other musical influences? DIAZ: I also love the Forró music of Brazil — artists like Sivuca, Luiz Gonzaga and Forró in the Dark, who I played with in New England a few years ago. There’s a great connection with all these Caribbean rhythms; it’s all a part of the same musical family. NUVO: You had a heavy touring schedule this summer. Are you looking forward to playing Lotus Fest? DIAZ: Yes, I was in Indiana two years ago, and the people really supported our Dominican tipico music. We just ended a tour of Europe where we played in places like Switzerland, Estonia and Belgium. I also played in Borneo, Malaysia. To us it’s a great pleasure to expose international audiences to the traditional merengue sound. I’m happy to have the opportunity to share this great, joyous music. Thanks to Artur Silva for interpreting this interview.

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Clint Carty’s project Kaleidoscope Jukebox may be unfamiliar to listeners around Indianapolis — or even Bloomington, Carty’s home for the last 7 years — but the producer/composer/ multi-instrumentalist’s moody downtempo creations are catching all the right ears. Like those of Thievery Corporation, the heavyweight champions of downtempo, whose label ESL Music is in talks to release

Carty’s debut LP. Other artists and arbiters are also on the scene: An ESL subsidiary, Rhythm & Culture, has released a remix by Carty for the group Second Sky; and Zeb: The Spy from Cairo, a globe-trotting DJ who melds Eastern instrumentation and Western beats, recently commissioned Carty to remix a track. The Kaleidoscope Jukebox sound merges soulful downtempo trip-hop beats with a shifting sonic palette that moves freely between jazz, bossa nova, psychedelia and a variety of eastern sounds, all filtered through a dub reggae sensibility that Carty cultivated during his many years gigging with Bloomington reggae band Coyaba. Carty builds these soundscapes through a variety of techniques, which include sampling, software programs like Kontakt and live instrumentation including sitar and drums. Carty arrived a few minutes late to our interview at Bloomington’s Soma coffeeshop, carrying a bag of records he’d just scored. Flipping through the albums, I got a clear insight into the raw materials that constitute the Kaleidoscope sound: cheap

60’s Middle Eastern belly dance LP’s, 40’s swing jazz, oddball spoken word recordings. NUVO: You got your start as a professional musician here in Bloomington with the reggae band Coyaba. CLINT CARTY: With Coyaba, I was strictly a dubmaster and effects unit. Sort of like King Tubby, only live on stage. It was an interesting instrument for me; it was like DJing, but you’re DJing what they’re playing. I had no original source of sound other than a simple oscillator. So I would split their mics and run delays and reverb on them in the moment. It was a good experience; we got to play with a lot of great people, including Toots and the Maytals and a couple of shows with The Wailers. NUVO: How do you describe your sound? CARTY: I guess I would call it global downtempo. It’s all over the place though; hence, the name Kaleidoscope Jukebox. I started out working with swing jazz, and I’ve only recently started to focus in on the global sound. I’ve decided to run with that.

which seems to be the opposite from how most people start. But there’s no pattern: It happens as it happens, and it’s different every time. In terms of where it comes from — honestly, I don’t even think I write the songs. It’s weird how it happens. I sit there, and give it my attention, and it comes to me. It’s different when I play with musicians: we’ll jam, but with me alone, it’s a slow process. There’s a lot of tinkering and then it just clicks. It’s like it’s given to me, almost. NUVO: Many of your songs have a strong Asian influence. CARTY: I latched on to some classical Indian music through the library; I was a library nerd, music-wise. I think what really catapulted my interest was “Gangster Shit,” by French triphop producer DJ Cam. It was just a simple little sitar that he sampled, maybe just two or three notes, but that set it off for me. I really got into it and tried to learn to play sitar. NUVO: Any other important influences on your work?

CARTY: Old school Trip-hop. DJ Krush was really influential, also Thievery Corporation. NUVO: Your productions are full of texture Dub reggae. When I got with Coyaba, they and layers, and it’s hard to identify what’s influenced me a lot; I’d always tinkered sampled and what’s live. around with dub, but they completely CARTY: I play quite a range of instruments. I schooled me on every form of Jamaican music. The biggest influence is old-school play a few types of flutes, Bansuri mainly. I Ninja Tune; Herbaliser was pretty pivotal also play sitar. It might for me. How I found sound like I’m using out about all this in loops, but I’m not. I use Newcastle, Indiana, multi-sampled virtual “I’ll play around blows my mind. instrument software, with scale books, and it is crucial in NUVO: Several labels my music. Each note have shown interest in or jam along with is sampled multiple your work, including times. How hard you a tune from some Thievery Corporation’s hit the key triggers ESL Music. far-away place and a different way you CARTY: I sent ESL would play or pluck come up with somesome demos, and they that note — it’s really thing from that.” played them for the expressive. I’ve also Thievery boys, and I got been hiring musicians —Clint Carty on creating a new track a response from them. through a studio in the I sent them the album UK, mainly vocalists — I just finished. They’re but also, on my latest on tour in Europe now, song, “Melting Pot,” so I’m just playing the waiting game at this Turkish violin and clarinet. I’ll send them point, but I’m confident about it. I’ve also my track, pick an instrument and, if they been talking to Thomas Blondet, who runs feel it, they’ll record something. Within Rhythm & Culture, which is distributed by two days I have it back, and I’m all giggles, because it’s nothing I can find around here. ESL. I have a remix coming out on Rhythm & Culture for a group called Second Sky, who The Turkish violin cost me 80 pounds, and just released an album, The Art of Influence. that’s the best money I’ve ever spent. NUVO: What other instruments do you play? CARTY: Bass and keys are my main thing. Keyboards are how I build my music up. I also play many forms of percussion: djembe and things like that. Guitar: that’s how I started off in music, playing guitar and singing Dylan tunes. NUVO: So you’re self-taught? CARTY: Yes, I never had formal lessons. I took a music theory class at IU, but, to be quite honest, people have to tell me what scale my songs are in. NUVO: How does the process of creating a new track begin for you? CARTY: Sometimes it starts from listening to a record. It could come from a sample. I’ll play around with scale books, or jam along with a tune from some far-away place and come up with something from that. For me it definitely always starts with the melodic part and not so much with drums or bass,

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NUVO: So what’s your live set-up like? Are you basically just DJing your own music, or is there some improvisation? CARTY: It’s a mix. When I produce, I’m building songs for performance now. But with the older stuff, especially the jazz tunes that more sample based, it would be more DJ’ing. With the newer stuff I use Ableton, lay down a foundation and improvise on that. I also have guest musicians, horn players who sit in from time to time. There’s a groundwork I lay down, and it’s built upon in the moment.

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Wednesday

WORLD YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE: SACRED MUSIC OF THE MIDDLE EAST Indianapolis Central Library, 40 E. St. Clair St. 7 p.m., free, all-ages

To celebrate International Day of Peace, Yuval Ron, a multi-instrumentalist whose work is devoted to uniting the divided peoples of the Middle East by showing the ways in which their musics and cultures are similar, will present a program integrating the musical traditions of Judaism, Sufism and the Christian Armenian Church. Call it a warm-up for Lotus, this weekend in Bloomington.

Thursday

ROCK THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, JONATHAN COULTON The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave. 8 p.m., $23 (plus fees), 21+

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Skittz, Blake Allee and Tony Styxx, who make up the triple threat here, are banding together to release their new albums on the same night. Skittz, presently of Breakdown Kings and The Proforms, formerly of Mudkids, will premiere Rhymestrong; Blake Allee — an up-and-coming rapper and producer who recently released a single on the format of the future, floppy disk — will bring his debut, My Best Friends Are Machines; and Tony Styxx, who’s also known for his spoken word work, will unveil his full-length debut, It’s Bigger Than Me. With special appearances by Mic Sol, Sonny Paradise, ACE ONE, Scoot Dubbs, Joe Harvey, Hinx Jones and DJ Spoolz. CDs available for purchase for $5 each, or three for $12.

Saturday

ROCKY ROCK ROCKY RIPPLE FESTIVAL 840 W. 53rd St. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., free, all-ages

Rocky Ripple, that scrappy town tucked in a creek bend of a much larger city, celebrates its 11th annual festival this weekend. Andra Faye, the blueswoman who once made her home in Rocky Ripple and a once-member of the now-on-hiatus Saffire (The Uppity Blues Women), will headline at 5 p.m. Also on the bill are Zydeco ensemble Mojo Gumbo, party band Gemini, electric blues trio 78 RPM, classic rock outfit Whoa Tiger and acoustic duo Cathy Hurt and Joel Conner. CHANCE OPERATIONS FOUND OBJECT ORCHESTRA INTERNATIONALE IndyFringe Building, 719 E. St. Clair St. 8 p.m., $15 adults, $8 students, all-ages

A Michigan-based electro-acoustic trio devoted to making music on found objects, as well as a few conventional musical instruments. James Cornish, who’s been through down for the experimental Free Slate Festival, will play euphonium, trumpet and flute; Ian Fulcher will man electronics and trumpet; and Curtis Glatter will handle the titular found objects, as well as keys and percussion. JAZZ JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 355 City Center Dr., Carmel 8 p.m., $15-110, all-ages

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SOUNDCHECK Marsalis doesn’t play “outside” enough for you, if you buy the charges that his hiring practices are ageist, racist or sexist, if you’re tired of the way he defines jazz as “America’s classical music” — and, accordingly, treats jazz like some do classical music, restricting new entrants to the canon, preferring the music of certain golden age — well, then, you’re free to skip this one. But if you care to hold two attitudes in your head at once, and acknowledge that, despite Marsalis’s conservatism, his band is one of the finest in the country, capable of playing in a certain style and from a certain repertoire at an extremely high level — and that Marsalis has helped launch a generation of young, very talented players, including APA Cole Porter Fellow and Indy Jazz Fest performer Aaron Diehl — well, then, good tickets are still available, and I’ll see you there.

Sunday

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“Secret Agent Man,” “Poor Side of Town,” “Summer Rain”: a few of the hits Johnny Rivers scored during the late ‘60s, when the born-toolate guitarist enjoyed his most mainstream success. But he’s always been around, playing in-the-pocket, straight-ahead rock and roll that might be best compared to early rockers like Buddy Holly, while at the same time dabbling in dif ferent styles — chiefly soul; his covers of “Baby I Need Your Lovin” and “The Tracks of My Tears” both charted, and a version of “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” still gets plenty of airplay.

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Elvis Costello’s Indy appearance will involve a heavy element of chance, with set lists for his Singing Songbook tour determined by a spin of the wheel (of fortune), upon which are listed 40 songs, including hits, rarities, new ones and surprises. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch described the show as “three hours of hilarity, musicality and unabated joy” — and really, can you beat that? No, you can’t. Sure, you’ve experience three hours of joy, but it hasn’t been unabated. Some of the set list is determined by the band, but here’s a sample of the songs chosen by a spin of the wheel, from a Portland, Maine, show in July: “Clubland,” “Riot Act,” “I Want You,” “The Spell That You Cast.” If the wheel lands on jackpot, well, you get a super medley of songs upon a certain theme or sharing a word in their titles. This should be fun. MINIMALISM SHELLAC

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A rare live performance by perhaps the most ethically-sound band in the universe. Shellac is famous for not really doing any of the things band are supposed to do. They record infrequently; they rarely do press (the band’s PR folks turned down our request for an interview, naturally); they rarely tour, although they’ve been making the rounds a bit more often recently; and they certainly don’ t bother with any major-label BS, having made their home on the indie Touch & Go for years. And, of course, guitarist Steve Albini — who’ s perhaps best known for his work as a producer and engineer — is vocal in his denunciations of the industry, and of those silly enough to think they might become rock stars.

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Plus, beer is a soft drink in Russia “When I get to Africa, I have to worship him,” said Elizabeth Osei, part-time first lady of the Akwamu people of eastern Ghana, speaking of her husband Isaac, who is the Akwamu chief. “When I get back, he has to worship me” (because Elizabeth is the president of the couple’s New York City taxi company, where they work 12-hour days when they’re not Ghanian royalty). Isaac’s reign, according to an August New York Times report, covers several months a year and requires divine-like wisdom in adjudicating his people’s disputes. Another New Yorker with a prestigious double life is Mohamed Mohamed, a state transportation bureaucrat, who recently returned to his cubicle in Buffalo, N.Y., after nine months as prime minister of Somalia. The Buffalo News reported that the Somali native, though shocked by the level of the country’s dysfunction, at least got to stand up to “terrorists, pirates and warlords” and “address dignitaries from the United Nations.”

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• The convenient Russian myth that “beer” (up to 10 percent alcohol by volume) is a “soft drink” will end shortly, following the enactment of restrictions signed by President Dmitry Medvedev in July. Beer had been rapidly replacing vodka as the country’s primary alcoholic beverage, as people drank it with impunity around the clock in public places (since they pretended they were consuming nothing more powerful than a “cola”). • Until recently, impoverished Indonesians sought to cure various illnesses (such as diabetes and high blood pressure) by lying on railroad tracks as trains approached, thus allowing electrical charges from the tracks to course therapeutically through their bodies. A combination of anecdotal successes and dissatisfaction with the state-operated health care system led to the instances in which hundreds at a time lay on the tracks, according to an August Associated Press dispatch. • What Goes Around, Comes Around: In February, 12 villagers from a South African shantytown allegedly burned down a pastor’s home and killed him out of anger and fear that he was using an “invisible penis” to seduce women. The accused, who are due to answer for their superstition in court in September, according to African Eye News Service, became 11 in May when one of the men died mysteriously, and those 11 are now terrified that the pastor’s family has placed an active curse on them.

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• My Rules: The Aug. 6 revival spectacular in Houston, billed as a day of prayer

and attended by 30,000 people at Reliant Stadium, was also billed as a day of fasting, which apparently took at least a few worshipers by surprise, and Reliant’s concession stands (which were open all day) only added to the temptation to ignore the fast. One otherwise-devout man from San Angelo, Texas, told the Texas Tribune that it was OK for him to eat because of an “agreement” he “made with God earlier.” • Defining “Smite” Down: Fed up with the theft of Bibles from the Basilica of San Salvatore al Monte in Florence, Italy, the Franciscan priests in charge posted signs and spoke prayers urging the pilferer to repent. In the event that he does not, reported London’s Daily Telegraph in August, the prayer asked that the thief be afflicted with “a strong bout of the (runs).”

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• My Kids Live With a Child-Killer? John and Kristine Cushing married and raised two daughters, but Kristine became mentally ill and in 1991 killed the girls as they slept. She was hospitalized for four years and eventually monitored for 10 more. Meanwhile, John divorced her and married Trisha, and they raised two sons, but eventually divorced and reached a shared-custody agreement. By 2005, Kristine had been approved by California doctors to return to society, and soon she and John reconnected. Understandably, Trisha became horrified at the prospect that Kristine might relapse, in which case her and John’s two sons would be at risk. In August, a judge in Seattle (where John and Kristine once again cohabit), influenced by Kristine’s clean record since her release, turned down Trisha’s request for sole custody. • Highly Questionable: (1) German Paz, 33, was sentenced in Orlando to 15 years in federal prison in June for sexual exploitation of a minor via the Internet. He had begun contacting a 13-year-old girl and was using the screen name The Delightful Deviant. (2) Gareth Shand, 6, was welcomed into the first grade in San Antonio in August with an immediate in-school suspension. He is growing his hair long for a cancer-support organization, but that puts him in violation of his school’s dress code.

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• Direct Pipelines from the Pentagon to U.S. Enemies: (1) A U.S. military investigation disclosed (according to a July Washington Post report) that at least four of the eight Afghan trucking firms involved in a $2.16 billion Pentagon contract designed to ferry supplies to American troops are likely to have employed subcontractors with direct ties to the Afghan Taliban. (2) United Nations investigators revealed (according to an August New York Times report) that about half of the U.S.-supplied weapons for Ugandan and Burundian troops to battle the Somalian terror group al-Shabab have ultimately wound up in al-Shabab’s hands. (The poorly paid Ugandan and Burundian troops apparently found arms sales more profitable than fighting terrorists.)

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People with issues

• Ned Nefer, 38, pushed a 6-foot mannequin along U.S. Highway 11 in June, for 65 miles from Syracuse, N.Y., to Watertown, N.Y., because “(The mannequin and I) really love the outdoors.” The mannequin, Nefer said, is his wife “Teagan,” who came to Nefer merely as a head but for whom Nefer constructed a body and “married” in 1986. Said a Watertown social services worker, to the Watertown Daily News, “I wouldn’t classify (Nefer) as dangerous at all. He seemed quite happy in his own little world.” Nefer’s “first” wife passed away, and it is possible, the social services lady said, that this is his way of dealing with the loss.

Least competent criminals

• Charged with crimes that could send him to prison for life, Gary LaBon, 50, nonetheless chose to defend himself at trial and told the jury in August that any kidnapping, rape or assault he might have committed on the 69-year-old woman in Hawthorne, Calif., in 2009 was “self-defense.” LaBon insisted that he was in fear for his life because the woman was a “gang member.” Judge Kathryn Solorzano took the unusual step of advising the jury to “disregard most of what Labon said during his argument,” according to the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif. (Jurors quickly convicted LaBon on all counts, and he awaits sentencing.)

Recurring themes

• From time to time, Tibetan Buddhists inadvertently support the seafood industry with campaigns of “liberation” of living beings. In August, a Buddhist group purchased 534 lobsters from a Gloucester, Mass., wholesaler, sprayed them with holy water, clipped off their claw bindings, and released them into the Atlantic Ocean. (Of course, the lobsters were almost certainly re-caught, by Gloucester lobstermen.) (A 2004 News of the Weird story from Marina del Rey, Calif., reported that a Buddhist group made monthly pilgrimages to the harbor, purchased bait and “liberated” it, though it almost certainly was immediately eaten by fish.)

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• A two-week spree of five customer holdups in front of ATMs in Cambridge, Mass., came to an end in November (2003) with the arrest of Richard McCabe, 38. In four of the five robberies, bank security cameras photographed the perpetrator, and McCabe was apparently so disliked by so many that when police released the photos, more than 100 people called, eager to rat him out. Said a detective, “Many ... people knew him personally from dealing with him in the past.”

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