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MONEY TO BURN This week we present the summation of our online series: simply put, critics think the city’s new contract with Covanta is a bad deal that limits our choices for recycling — in fact, it could cost taxpayers millions. It’s also spawned a lawsuit.
Inside Indy’s latest recycling contract......................... P.09
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The 2015 municipal elections are history, but the 2016 election cycle is already in motion. Having found inspiration from the disaster of RFRA, two people have stepped up to say it’s time to bring LGBT leadership to the statehouse.
Running for office............................. P.06 VOICES John Guy on opinion and compromise.................................. P.04 Dolan on the age of instant sharing.......................................... P.05 Indiana Living Green......................... P.26 Sex Doc.............................................. P.35
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One of Indy’s best hidden gems happens next week: Women317 breaks out a visual and performance art space that is centered on celebrating the brilliant women in Indy’s art world. A dance company that has been on So You Think You Can Dance twice now will be making a stop at Clowes. Their dancers are a mix of disabled and non-disabled performers and are showing how narrow our concepts of movement really are.
Women317........................................ P.15 AXIS Dance Company........................ P.18 SCREENS Ed Johnson-Ott reviews an old favorite............................. P. 20
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WALKING INDY How pedestrian-friendly is Indy? Not very, it turns out, especially in the poorer parts of town.
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Food this week is all about education and competition. First, do you need to go to culinary school to be a great chef? We asked some local chefs for their honest opinions. And see which local chefs are headed to Florida for the World Food Championships, plus a little food porn.
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We’re talking to local musicians Summer and Brandon Sanders from Indien about bands and artists they admire — and in Indien’s case, will play with this week at the Melody Inn. Elsewhere, Keegan Rammel talks with bluesman Lazer Lloyd about bringing American blues to his adopted homeland of Israel, and Kyle interviews legendary poet Nikki Giovanni. Plus: Dozens upon dozens of concerts in Soundcheck!
Summer............................................. P.30 Indien................................................ P.30 Lazer Lloyd........................................ P.31 Kyle Long’s Cultural Manifesto.......... P.32
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ike heat, pressure and speed, does opinion have magnitude? Does opinion have character? For example, does a visitor from North Dakota, sitting next to his friend in Bloomington, have the same intensity, the same degree of unrestricted loyalty and enthusiasm as his host who is an Indiana University alum, former athlete and donor? They both support the Hoosiers, but not with the same magnitude. Sports is one thing. What about gun control? The arguments favoring methods to restrict distribution of murderous weapons appear intellectual, somewhat low key, and based on experiences in other nations. Wait. Did I say “murderous,” a powerful word? Yes, but the word defines the discussion between firearms used for sport and self-protection compared to arms having a single purpose: to kill human beings. Control advocates want only to keep murderous arms away from criminals, the mentally ill, and radical militias. The intensity of opinion is moderate. Not so with gun defenders. They rise to glorious levels of constitutional interpretation while arguing vehemently that shootings will stop if any school teacher or pedestrian can instantly withdraw their concealed weapon to stop a threat of violence. Compromise. They also pull out colorful language to hypothesize that any restriction on guns will ultimately result in an across-the-board ban on all guns everywhere though no person is asking for that. Is it thus fair to say that advocates of gun control have a lower magnitude of temperamental opinion than do defenders of unlimited rights to carry weapons? My view? Absolutely! Another hot spot in our national conversation is abortion. On one hand, no one advocates abortion. No person conceives in order to abort. No person wants to face the decision. No business entity creates essays, political statements or advertisements declaring that abortion is a good thing. It is not a good thing. Everyone suffers: fathers and mothers, parents, siblings and friends. Still, they want the right to choose. They want the
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status quo, the right to make a decision to abort and availability of honest and reliable providers. On the opinion magnitude scale, theirs comes in around four. Not so with opponents. They scream, yell, and pull out false statistics and doctored movies. They state as fact an unprovable theory about when embryos and fetuses experience pain. They protest in public with large signs and loud-speakers. On the opinion magnitude scale of 1-10, their expressions run to 10. If intensity were a game, abortion opponents would win: 10-5. Persons in the LGBT community ask only for equal rights. They do not make a moral or biological argument that being homosexual is a good thing; they do not promote it as a lifestyle. Instead, they accept themselves, recognize awkwardness that might arise, and try to quietly live their lives in a fair and equitable legal and social context. Magnitude of opinion? Three, maybe four? Their opponents, however, are neither quiet nor complacent. Groups campaign to prevent
Compromise. Compromise. expanding the definition of marriage. Legislators pontificate. Laws and constitutional amendments are introduced. Most shocking of all, a knowledgeable friend tells me that in rural areas of some states, the lives of LGBT persons are constantly in danger. Combining all of the declarations of opponents, the violence of the past and possibly of the present, the magnitude of opinion rises to 10. Compromise. Compromise. Compromise. That is the heart of peace in the body politic, and compromise is possible only when the magnitudes of opposing opinions are approximately equal, when all sides respect the opinions of others, and balance becomes the watchword of public policy. n
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themselves into the issue by having their names attached to this story. There are now multiple videos circulating online, and all of them begin right on the edge of the “attack”. You don’t see anything up to the point where Fields is poised over the seemingly docile student, ready to strike. Yes, students are complaining. Yes, now that this has become news, there are plenty of people jumping on the bandwagon and wailing about how this deputy is such a monster and should be forever removed from polite society. This is what comes from giving everyone their own global mouthpiece. This is also what comes – I believe – from a fairly liberal media always coming down on the side of the “victimized” underdog. Sure, some people are truly 100 percent guilty. Lock ’em up. Lock ’em down. Throw the switch. But no one gives a This is what comes from giving thought to how diffieveryone their own global mouthpiece. cult it now is for many people to receive a fair trial when ONE side of an incident when we see perfect strangers doing paints them into a corner from the very and saying things completely on the moment that that incident occurs. outside of any imaginable context and We all have a story. We are all raised to to which we have no connection or be biased against something or someone likely frame of reference. as much as we all want to believe about As if anyone knows what’s really going ourselves that we are magnanimous colon until the facts have been fastidiously orblind benefactors of the common man. recorded and all matters have been inNBC News reported that, “The Justice vestigated. There are enough movies that Department and the FBI announced have been made based on secret factual Tuesday they would open their own stories behind completely fabricated, investigations into whether the girl’s civil publically released news items that make rights were violated. The South Carolina me believe that today’s “news” is at least Law Enforcement Division is also con84 percent live-action comic book strip. ducting a separate probe.” The teenagers who recorded Senior That’s great. Deputy Ben Fields violently subduAnd how many of those investigaing a 15-year-old student who refused tors have already been tainted by public to comply when she was told to leave opinion and cutting-edge high school her math class didn’t waste any time video editing? in posting those videos online. There After this week, I’m starting to think was no thought to the consequences of that cell phones – as well as the privilege those postings. There was no secondof procreation – should not be bestowed guessing rash actions. They thought only until all parties have passed some kind of the attention they would receive and of basic intelligence test with a required the ways in which they could insinuate common sense addendum. n
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WHAT HAPPENED? AG expands access to heroin antidote Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller unveiled a new grant program that aims to give all first responders naloxone and the proper training to administer it. Naloxone – also known as Narcan – is an intervention drug that reverses heroin overdose effects. The drug is administered through a syringe – without a needle – and shot into the user’s nose. The new program is funded through a recent pharmaceutical settlement between the attorney general’s office and Amgen for deceptive drug promotion. First responders can apply for grant funding through the attorney general’s office. A naloxone kit containing one dose costs approximately $75. The attorney general’s office anticipates the first wave of the grant program to fund the distribution of at least 1,000 naloxone kits to first responders. Zoeller said the program may be expanded depending on future need. The Indiana General Assembly passed legislation in 2014 that gave first responders the green light to carry the drug. Indiana scores well on national report card Indiana students and teachers did well on a national “report card.” The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a nationwide test that evaluates student competency in four categories – fourth grade math, fourth grade reading, eighth grade math and eighth grade reading. Indiana students scored third, 14th, 10th and 15th, respectively. “Our student proficiency ratings continue to outpace the national average and Indiana now ranks well above the national average at every level,” Gov. Mike Pence said in a statement. “It is clear that by raising education standards in Indiana, we are setting the bar high for Hoosier students.” According to nationsreportcard.gov, despite scoring above the national average, Hoosier students are classified as having “no significant change” in any of the categories as compared to 2013 scores. When compared to the 2003 assessment, students have shown a gain in scores in all four categories. Pence backs Ritz on teacher assessments Gov. Mike Pence is working with Republican lawmakers to craft legislation meant to protect teacher bonuses despite decreased standardized testing scores. Pence said in a letter to Superintendent Glenda Ritz and the State Board of Education that the lower scores were expected and are typical when a state transitions to new academic standards and assessments, which Indiana did. “Our teachers rose to the challenge and worked hard to prepare students for the new higher academic standards, and I believe our teachers should not be penalized for the anticipated decline in test scores associated with the new exam,” Pence said in the letter. Pence also said it is a priority that the A-F grading system for school districts be applied in a way that is “fair” to schools and communities. Pence also welcomed feedback from the board as legislation is crafted. — THE STATEHOUSE FILE 6 NEWS // 11.04.15 - 11.11.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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hroughout history, movements have grown out of someone telling another that they can’t do something. Denial is a great motivator for change. In Indiana, the realization of the denial of certain rights for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people has motivated several people to action. The state legislature’s passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) shed light on rights that LGBT people don’t currently have. While many groups and organizations are lobbying state legislators to change the state’s civil rights laws to include “four words and a comma” (sexual orientation, gender identity), two people have stepped up to say change in the state legislature will only come from the inside. These two people believe that an LGBT voice is missing in state government. Like the late State Rep. Bill Crawford used to say, “If you aren’t at the table, then you are probably on the menu.” Dana Black and Keith Potts have decided they and their LGBT brethren are no longer going to be served up on a platter. They want to belly up to the table.
Dana Black Dana Black is a native Hoosier and Indianapolis resident. She grew up on Indy’s northside and graduated from North Central High School. (Go Panthers!) As an African-American lesbian, Black grew increasingly tired of how leaders in the state legislature continued to marginalize her and her wife throughout the marriage equality debate. “Not everybody believes the way you believe but I still have to pay my taxes,” says Black. “I didn’t see an LGBT tax break with HJR-3. That’s taxation without representation.” The debate surrounding HJR-3 and how Bosma handled it was a big deal for Black. But it was the 2014 election that ultimately was the last straw sealing her fate as a candidate. “There was no Democrat for me to
Dana Black is a lifelong Hoosier and is married. She believes there are too many issues that aren’t currently being addressed by leadership in the Indiana House.
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conservative Christian base.” LGBT issues aren’t the only reason why Black is running for office. She has a lot of issues she would like to see addressed. Inequality in the criminal justice system, especially among African-American men, and prison reform are big issues Black believes need statehouse attention now. Mental health needs, education, a living wage, equal pay for equal work and the state’s road infrastructure are “Not everybody believes the way you also high on her believe but I still have to pay my taxes. priority list. the governor That’s taxation without representation.” to “For claim we have a surplus when there — DANA BLACK are bridges on the verge of collapse really means that there is no surplus. It’s taxpayer dollars not Black believes that Bosma has gotten being used they way it should be,” says so comfortable in his position that he is Black. “And it shouldn’t be a partisan ignoring the will of his constituents — issue. I’m pretty sure that if a Republican not just the ones who agree with him, and Democrat are in the same car at the but rather all of the people who live in same time when a bridge collapses with the 88th District. their car on it, I’m pretty certain that “Does he realize we [LGBT people] are both of them will be injured.” in his district?” asks Black. “You are the speaker of the House. Speaker means that you speak for everyone, not just the S E E , CA NDIDA TE, O N PA GE 08 vote for,” says Black. “[I live in the] most Democratic county in the state and there was no Democrat to vote for.” Bosma was unopposed in the 2014 election — a seat he has held since 1986. “Democracy is about choice. I deserve to have a choice. I had no choice,” says Black. “For a candidate to win with no competition? Give me a break. That’s unacceptable.”
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Black realizes that there are things about her that may make people feel uncomfortable. You will never see her in a dress, but rather a custom suit, shirt, tie and men’s shoes. (Note: Dana Black is not transgender, but rather a woman who has found her sense of style and comfort in what is traditionally men’s clothing.) Her near waist length thin dreadlocks are a part of her signature look. She knows that some people are going to be put off by that, but she isn’t going to change who she is to satisfy someone else’s image of who she should be. “I’m a woman [and] I’m Black, so being gay was just one more thing. Why should I not be myself?” she says. Still, she believes the demographics of the 88th District and the entire state have changed and are continuing to change, but the representation in the statehouse has not changed. Black also believes that change can never come unless voters have a choice when they go to the polls and she is determined to give people another choice, instead of the same old thing they’ve had for the last 30 years. “I was 15 years old when he [Bosma] was first elected to the statehouse,” says Black. “To me, being in office for 30 years means it’s time to give him a gold watch and send him home.”
Keith Potts Professional actor and entertainer Keith Potts grew up in the Chicago area, went to college in Boston and spent a good portion of his career in either New York or Los Angeles. It was a job that brought him to Indianapolis and finding the love of his life that made him stay. “When I was working here in Indiana, I fell in love in Indiana and I fell in love with Indiana,” Potts says with a smile. Potts says there had always been an interest in politics from a constituent perspective before, but following the marriage equality story was the main catalyst for his recent interest. “The earth has been trembling in terms of the LGBT community in Indiana over the last couple of years with the marriage equality hype and the religious freedom legislation this year,” says Potts. “I feel a strong LGBT voice in our state legislature could be a positive first step in making sure that there is equal protection and fair treatment under the law.” The marriage equality debate motivated Potts to get involved and that involvement continue through the RFRA debate. But there was one shining moment that shifted Potts from an active citizen to a candidate — when Mike
Keith Potts has made Indiana his home, thanks in part to his fiancé. He feels having an LGBT presence on the state legislature as a colleague will help change the tone of some of the rhetoric.
Pence appeared on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. “He refused to give a straight answer on whether he would protect the LGBT community and LGBT Hoosiers,” recalls Potts. “That’s when I decided that it is time for someone in the LGBT community to get in there, to get their hands dirty and to have our voices heard.”
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to seeing who else jumps into this race, whether that’s additional candidates in the Democratic primary or if and when the Republicans have a candidate that they want to put into the race for District 30,” says Potts. “But I very much think that the district and the state are ready for change. And with 2016 being our bicentennial, what better time for it.” Like Dana Black, Keith Potts plans to bring more than just his LGBT voice “I didn’t think that he was fairly and to the statehouse. accurately representing me as a voter, He has a laundry list of issues he feels are the district in which I live, and the state in desperate need of attention from in which I live.” state government. — KEITH POTTS They all fall into three basic categories: investments, infrastructures and inequalities. And beyond LGBT issues, Potts’ residency put him in an area he is most passionate about the safety where he could challenge one of the and working conditions of those who co-authors of the terrible legislation work for pharmacies. It may seem like that made Indiana the laughingstock a random issue, but for Potts it is very of the nation. Potts had made up his personal — his fiancé is a pharmacist mind he would run for State Senate who was recently robbed at gunpoint. in District 30, a seat currently held by According to Potts there are no state Sen. Scott Schneider. requirements for safety or security. “I didn’t think that he was fairly and “I’m of course an LGBT Hoosier, but accurately representing me as a voter, I’m not running to represent just LGBT the district in which I live, and the state Hoosiers. I’m running to represent all in which I live,” says Potts. Hoosiers,” says Potts. “And my voice in However, a few months ago Schneider the state legislature just won’t affect my announced he would not seek reelecdistrict, it’ll represent folks from up in tion, concentrating his efforts instead on his family’s business. That leaves the Dis- Gary to all the way in Evansville. I’m very trict 30 seat open for new representation. excited and optimistic about the change that we can bring." n “And I’m very much looking forward
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SITS ON A STRETCH OF HARDING STREET THAT’S JUST NORTH OF THE SOON-TO-BE-GAS-FED COAL PLANT,
JUST SOUTH OF THE LILLY TECH CAMPUS. IT’S A TYPICALLY BLEAK, URBAN/INDUSTRIAL LOCATION WHERE YOU’LL FIND FREIGHT COMPANIES STACKED WITH SHIPPING CONTAINERS, TRUCK STOPS AND THE OCCASIONAL STRIP JOINT. The Covanta facility itself — a blue and gray affair with a cement stack and giant bays that allow Dumpsters to unload on the “tipping floor” — smells, as you’d expect, like garbage. The front office, a raised, semicircular structure, is clean and quiet — and free of the aroma you’ll find near the guts of the plant. There’s space on the property toward West Raymond Street, space where Covanta intends to build what it calls an “ARC,” an “advanced recycling center.” That’s their term; common vernacular in the industry refers to the facility as a “dirty MRF (materials recovery facility).” The price tag’s right around 45 million bucks. Covanta is the company that burns Indy’s trash for steam that it can turn into power and sell. They signed a new agreement with Indianapolis, a contract that includes a recycling plan that critics are calling inefficient at best, and there are questions about the lack of public discussion regarding that contract. That contract’s also inspired a lawsuit. The lawsuit and its appeals are over a year old: Two paper companies and an Indy citizen are taking the city of Indianapolis to court. (The plaintiffs lost the first round; a decision on the appeal is expected in January 2016.) Over trash. Gargbage. The stuff we leave by the curb. That suit notes that Indy’s got the potential to be throwing away a very large stack of taxpayer dollars, along with any possibility for the city to improve its recycling programs. In fact, what’s become the most contentious clause of the contract prevents Indy from improving its recycling capabilities through 2028 — or pay a penalty of $4 million per year. Every year. Through the end of the deal. The central premise of the suit, brought by Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Rock-Tenn Converting Co. and one Cathy Weinmann, is fairly simple: Indianapolis has signed a new
contract with a That means evBY ED WENCK AND AMBER STEARNS firm called Coverything you chuck WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING FROM RENEE SWEANEY anta without “the goes into a single appropriate applican, and the folks ewenck@nuvo.net • astearns@nuvo.net cation of the Waste at Covanta sepaaskrenee@indianalivinggreen.com Disposal Statute, rate the reusable Ind. Code 36-9-31, stuff from what PHOTOS BY MICHELLE CRAIG controlling such they can burn — or contracts and the what winds up in a process by which they are entered into.” landfill. There’s no curbside bin for you to The suit also alleges that the new plan — deal with. Toss it and forget it. and the plant Covanta intends to build to It’s a kind of recycling that was first support that plan — gives every advanpopular roughly twenty years ago. The tage to Covanta and provides only negaprocess was abandoned as too ineffitive outcomes for Indy’s households. cient — until firms like Covanta began The details paint a pretty grim picture claiming that technological advances in for Indy’s ability to adopt new recycling their separation process coupled with technologies that are sure to develop in cost-savings and consumer comfort the next decade. made one-bin recycling a no-brainer for For Graphic Packaging and Rock-Tenn, a town like Indy. the agreement will mean less recycled Covanta’s ARC will separate the goods paper that can be converted in other from the not-so-good, the stuff that uses — less resources for their manucan have a second life without going facturing processes. For Weinmann and every other taxpayer in “THERE’S A HUGE FINANCIAL Marion County, it extracts millions INCENTIVE FOR THE CITY of dollars in revenue that could be spent on bridges or cops. And for NOT TO DO BETTER WITH City-County Council Vice PresiITS RECYCLING PLANS.” dent John Barth (D, at-large), it’s — COUNCILOR JOHN BARTH (D) a “method of continuing to burn trash under the guise of recycling” that may command a price tag that into an incinerator or into a landfill. It’s outweighs the savings the city claims it what seems like an elegant solution to a will create. long-running problem — ensuring that every Indy household will participate in a recycling program without lifting THE TRASH STREAM a finger. Only about 10 percent of Indy AND THE CASH STREAM households subscribe to the curbside Indy first signed a contract to engage pickup provided by independent conin this burn-for-energy process with tractors. It’s an out-of-pocket cost that Covanta’s forerunner, the more graphiisn’t covered by the thirty bucks every cally named Massburn, thirty years ago. Indy household annually pays for solid The agreement has morphed over time, waste removal. (Two things to note: that but the most recent iteration of the deal 10 percent figure doesn’t cover the folks with Covanta has two big appeals: Indy who take their recyclables to open bins appears to be on the hook for less trash to like those provided at Broad Ripple Park ship to Covanta, and Covanta is offering or in front of Sam’s Club on 86th Street, Indy what’s known as “one-bin” recycling. and that $30 fee is roughly a third of
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what our neighbors in Lawrence and Beech Grove shell out.) The big problem with the “ARC” that Covanta’s proposed, though, is that the process allows for a lot more contamination than the homeowner-sorted, put-the-recyclables-in-a-separate-bin system. That pizza box that’s soaked in pepperoni grease isn’t usable once it’s contaminated, and mingling trash instead of separating it before it goes to a recycling facility ups the percentage of material — especially absorbent products like paper or cardboard — that goes right into the burners. Hence the term “dirty MRF.” But Covanta’s given the city what looks to be a pretty good deal with this particular dirty MRF: they’ve dropped the tonnage the city needs to provide. That’s a big incentive, considering that Indy has been paying fines for shorting Covanta the fuel it needs for the fires. For years the city was supposed to provide Covanta 300,000 tons of garbage annually; the actual average has run right around 262,000 tons from Indy households. Missing that mark has meant millions in fines paid by the city to the firm Indy’s hired to torch its trash — since 2008, Indy’s forked over 2.3 million. With the new contract and the proposed ARC, Covanta dropped the required tonnage to 260K, clearly a mark under the average. For now. Here’s the rub in that regard: packaging is getting lighter. As technology improves and new containers use less materials to do the same job as the boxes and jugs they’re replacing, the bulk weight of what you’re tossing is dropping. Felt a plastic water bottle lately? Seen the marketing distributed by companies that are reducing waste? That tonnage is dropping as companies figure out how to package things more cheaply — while looking “greener” in the process. What’s not dropping are the tax breaks Covanta gets out of the gate: the new
facility will cost the city 70 percent of Covanta’s taxes — up to four million bucks. With the deal, Covanta’s not required to hit any marks — though the company’s initial stated goal is to recycle 18% of what comes into the plant. In fact, paragraph 44 of the original filed complaint states: “The Agreement places no minimum recyclable recovery requirement on Covanta.” Additionally, to ensure that the stream into the incinerator stays robust, Covanta’s managed to include language in the deal that might actually punish Indy’s taxpayers if the city looks for ways to improve its recycling options.
THE DE FACTO $4 MILLION GAG ORDER Here’s the clause in question, the one that has those who’ve actually read the agreement concerned: Section 9.06 City Responsibilities (c). If, during the Term, and except for Existing Programs … the City implements, proposes or provides for a program or official action through an ordinance, resolution, contract, franchise, or official press announcement or publication, which requires, incentivizes or promotes separation of any Recyclables from Acceptable Waste prior to delivery ... the parties acknowledge that the company will suffer material damages the full scope of which are difficult to determine and accurately specify … The liquidated damages will be calculated as of the City Program Commencement Date and will be equal to $333,333.33 per month, multiplied by the number of months remaining in the then-current term of the service agreement. (Boldface added. You can find the entire contract at nuvo.net.) Even though Covanta claims those “material damages” they’d suffer are ambiguous — “the full scope of which are difficult to determine and accurately specify” — they’ve specified a penalty, alright: Four million dollars a year. For the entire length of the contract. Quite a bit more than the current half-million in penalties we’ve been paying, right? Councilman Barth — who says he’s been working on this issue for a while now — is pretty direct with his displeasure. “There’s a huge financial incentive for the city not to do better with its recycling plans,” Barth tells NUVO during a phone conversation. “This contract has been put in place as a means of preserving Covanta’s business model,” which is to burn trash for profit. It’s a model that’s rapidly becoming outmoded as other cities across the globe start to expand their recycling programs. Locking down Indy’s recycling options with a single technology through 2028 may prove extremely counterproductive
as technology progresses. Although Covanta’s part of the agreement states that the company will look for ways to improve the process, again, the deal doesn’t include any specifics — there aren’t any numbers that Covanta has to hit. Like any technology, recycling science is evolving rapidly. (Think about this illustration: compare a website you visited or a car you drove in 1998 versus one you used in 2010 — that twelve-year gap makes for some staggering differences.) The other problem’s one of language: the 1985 agreement defined the term “city” as “the Consolidated City of Indianapolis, Indiana, acting by and through the Department of Public Works.” Some of the legal minds working on the suit can’t seem to agree on who that definition might cover: could a City-County Councilor encouraging — “promoting” — more curbside recycling on his or her Facebook page, for example, be construed as acting on the “city’s” behalf, and therefore have violated the terms of the deal to the tune of $4 million annually? When we asked the Ballard administration to clarify “city,” they responded via email: Throughout this agreement, “City” refers to municipal government agencies, and the agreement was created in a way that allows municipal agencies to support and promote existing recycling programs — including the subscription-based curbside program and the 25 drop-off recycling bins operated by DPW. Again, “existing.” Not new. But what about other programs? Here’s one example: suppose a company from, say, Ohio, decided it wanted to mount a textile drive in Indiana that asked citizens to drop old rugs and clothes by the curb? Simple Recycling is an Ohio-based company that offers curbside recycling of textiles and household appliances to municipalities and their residents free of charge. Residents are encouraged to separate a variety of household items — everything from clothing, shoes, hats and coats to toys, small appliances, kitchenware and small furniture— and drop the stuff curbside. The public-private partnership allows Simple Recycling collection vehicles to follow municipal trash trucks on their routes for all-inone-day pickup. The municipality even gets compensated per pound for the amount Simple Recycling takes. Would that trigger the $4 million annual penalty for “promotion” of “separation of any Recyclables from Acceptable Waste prior to delivery”? Simple Recycling has expressed an interest in reaching into Indiana markets, including Indianapolis, and has even made a pitch for their services to S E E , COV ANT A , O N P A GE 1 2 NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 11.04.15 - 11.11.15 // COVER STORY 11
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the city of Danville. We asked Covanta’s business manager Paige Bernacchi about the issue, in her office at the plant, with a PR rep for Covanta at the table. “That percentage is so small,” says Bernacchi, “… look, as we all know, contracts are about intent.” The implication: unless the city mounts an aggressive curbsidebin campaign beyond the one in place, Marion County taxpayers are in the clear. But — it’s probably prudent to remember that no lawyers were in fact present during this particular conversation. “We’re looking at the best possible technology available,” Bernacchi continues. “Take the laptop you’re using right now. Do you buy a new one every year? Is [that one] the very latest model?” Her point: at some moment in time, you’ve got to go with “best available,” and additionally, when the “best available” carries a price tag of 45 million bucks, a publicly-traded, for-profit waste facility has to protect the cash they’re shelling out.
THE TROUBLE WITH SINGLE BINS
“DON’T THEY (COVANTA) MAKE MOST OF THEIR MONEY OFF OF BURNING TRASH?” — PLAINTIFF CATHY WEINMANN
“I think this should have been the second solution. It’s not bad to capture what you can. It wouldn’t be bad to encourage people through a campaign of some kind to recycle what they can — but there are people who aren’t going to recycle no matter what. “We should’ve been looking at a more progressive solution to get as much recycled the right way first.” Miller’s point: Some folks just can’t or won’t separate their stuff. For the trash generated by the non-participants, a MRF makes sense. Encouraging good actors to do more, though, should be job one — and a single bin makes for an efficient “first pass” in a recycling program. Miller’s not entirely happy about the way the deal was struck, either: “The process was tricky because Covanta already had an agreement from the beginning. It was pretty far along before anyone knew it was even being discussed. I don’t want to say the mayor didn’t give … the IRC
Councilor Barth’s of the opinion that with “dedicated, focused leadership,” Indy could model its recycling program after one like Seattle’s — or even improve its efforts to match the current recycling levels seen in Lawrence. When Barth had a chance to discuss the Covanta deal with Mayor Greg Ballard, the administration expressed to Barth that they felt confident in Covanta’s technology — and that with Indy’s current low recycling rates, this was the best solution. But Jeff Miller, a Republican member of the City-County Council representing the 19th District, is among quite a few people who doesn’t think that the numbers of those who really recycle in Indy is as low as one-tenth. “I think I might’ve read WHAT’S BECOME THE MOST the quote in NUVO,” says Miller, referring to CovCONTENTIOUS CLAUSE OF THE anta’s stated defense of CONTRACT PREVENTS INDY its plant: “Covanta would not invest $45 million FROM IMPROVING ITS RECYCLING into building the AdCAPABILITIES THROUGH 2028 — vanced Recycling Center if the intention was to just OR PAY A PENALTY OF burn the material. That $4 MILLION PER YEAR. simply doesn’t make any business sense.” (NUVO, Sept. 2015) “I don’t think somebody’s (the Indiana Recycling Coalition, which lying, but I think the counterpoint that has been lobbying for alternatives that re‘Only 10 percent of the city’s residents cycle more goods) a chance, but in their do curbside recycling’ — OK, bump that defense, when you’ve got like a month up a little more. I don’t do curbside, but I to put together a proposal — I don’t retake it somewhere myself.” member the exact amount of time, but it Miller points out he’s not alone: “You wasn’t much — that’s really tough.” look at those [public recycling] bins? The IRC understands that Covanta’s They’re stuffed. Every time I go.” participation in a broader strategy 12 COVER STORY // 11.04.15 - 11.11.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
could work, that the recyclable material that escapes the due diligence of good citizens could be sent to a MRF, and that which is too far gone could be turned into energy. But the best solution for Indy might be the kind of combo-platter that Miller supports: use Covanta’s MRF as a backup. The other issue with the new agreement has to do with behavior: the city’s about to train the next generation that throwing everything into a single receptacle is now perfectly “green.” And those who currently subscribe to curbside recycling might be encouraged to drop that monthly bill. Cathy Weinmann, the non-corporate entity named in the lawsuit, lives about a mileand-a-half from Covanta’s current plant. She says she’s seen attitudes shift already: “When I talk to people around here about it, well-informed neighbors of mine, [they say], ‘When that comes up, we won’t have to pay to recycle anymore. It’ll be free.’” “But don’t they (Covanta) make most of their money off of burning trash?”
COVANTA’S DEFENSE Bernacchi takes issue with comments from those opposed to their plan that Covanta is merely trying to take in more trash for the sake of gathering more burnable material and has no intention of truly gathering recyclable goods. She says again (as she tells us she has said many times before — and as every Covanta spokesperson has as well) that it doesn’t make any business sense to spend $45 million dollars on a facility and not use it. “It’s frustrating for us,” reiterates Bernacchi. OK, some background here: It’s important to remember that Covanta is a business. It might be counterintuitive to
think of it as a for-profit, publicly traded institution because of the “utility-like” service it provides the city in the disposal of municipal solid waste. Like the plant currently burning coal down the road, the incinerator that burns our trash creates steam energy that is then used for power. It’s just a different fuel. But Covanta is a for-profit, publicly traded concern — designed to provide a service to its clients for a fee. Our city, like every city, has solid waste that has to go somewhere. When the choices are to pile it up in a heaping landfill or incinerate it to ash, Covanta offers the burn option for a price. It’s capitalism, in a nutshell: modern society creates a lot of garbage. How can we make money off of it? But it’s also true that Covanta’s contract with Indianapolis was about to expire as a new deal was struck, and the proposed investment of $45 million for the MRF could have conceivably been a pretty strong selling point for the city to extend the deal. That’s smart business sense, too — if the new contract that runs through 2028 brings in the current price of approximately $33 per ton, that 260,000 ton minimum that the city hands Covanta is worth $8.58 million, or nearly $103 million over the next twelve years. It’s also worth noting that the city of Indianapolis isn’t Covanta’s only customer. The company has other clients — from trash-hauling businesses (e.g. Ray’s, Republic, etc.) to profiled customers with a lot of solid waste that can’t or shouldn’t go to a landfill. (Ever wonder what happens to those grocery products recalled by a company and returned to the store? Exactly – Covanta burns ’em.) Thinking of Covanta as a serviceproviding business and not a utility like Duke Energy or Citizens Energy goes a long way in understanding the “skin” they have in this game with Indy. Like any business — from a small operation to a Fortune 500 company — growing the business model and diversifying the product or service is key to survival. For Covanta, a company with a published mission of providing “sustainable waste and energy solutions to ensure no waste is ever wasted,” the world of recycling seems to make sound business sense if a company’s trying to diversify — the stuff’s already coming through the front door. According to Bernacchi, the Covanta facility on Harding Street is at capacity. There is only so much solid waste the facility can hold at any given time and the facility can only burn so much tonnage on any given day. When a business hits that type of plateau, diversification is a natural “next-step” conversation. Another cause for Covanta’s growing need for diversification dates back to 2008 and can be laid at the feet of Indy’s city fathers. Prior to that date, the incinerator “plant” was owned by the city and operated by Covanta. The facility, which
went online in the ’80s, was a 20th century alternative to landfills at a time when concerns for Mother Earth were just beginning to take seed and flourish. The city was the landlord and Covanta was the tenant. In 2008, Covanta become owner and operator, responsible for the whole kit and kaboodle. And more responsibility incurs more costs and overhead.
ALL THE PERKS, NONE OF THE OVERSIGHT During a recent national recycling conference held in Indianapolis, Scott Holkeboer, Covanta’s vice-president of business management, stated that Indianapolis was not looking to expand its recycling options. Holkeboer said it was an “unopened door” that Covanta pushed through to open the city’s administration to the possibilities. Covanta, as a business, is looking to diversify its service offerings and their research told them Indianapolis was a great place to start. (Odds are pretty good that if the Circle City thinks that Covanta’s plan is sexy, though, other cities may follow suit — a single-bin recycling plan in a city the size of Indy would be a lovely marketing tool for a firm like Covanta.) And why not? With the current facility running at capacity and customers looking for more disposal options having the ability to separate out the recyclables
Covanta’s required to hit, the fundamental concept behind the ongoing litigation seems reasonable: The contract benefits Covanta and is disadvantageous to homeowners with an Indy zip code. Bernacchi says the terms and conditions of the contract — which, Bernacchi claims were hammered out over a “WE MET WITH OVER 20 long back-and-forth between the city and STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE Covanta’s legal reps HEC (HOOSIER ENVIRONMENTAL — are not uncommon in this industry. “Put-orCOUNCIL) AND THE IRC.” pay” contracts are typical — PAIGE BERNACCHI, COVANTA BUSINESS MANAGER — they’re a stopgap OF SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS against risk for one party. One party — in this case, the city — guarantees to give another party a certain amount the hook for a shortage penalty. Indy’s of stuff at a fixed price over a specified signed a utility-style contract without period (the “put”) or cover the shortfall the kind of ongoing oversight usually (the “pay”). included in utility agreements. It’s not With $45 million going to a new facilso much a waste stream that won’t dry ity, Bernacchi said there would have up as it is a revenue stream for Covanta’s to be some sort of incentive for their shareholders guaranteed by Marion company needs to be met as insurance County taxpayers. Since Covanta Indy on that investment. can process 2,175 tons of waste per day, When our conversation with Bernacthe city of Indianapolis must contribute chi turns to what seems to be a beef roughly one-third of the total when the between Covanta and the IRC over the shop’s operating at full volume or pay latter’s input into the process — and the penalty. the apparent lack of light regarding the And since the language in the conconstruction of the amended contract tract is specific regarding city’s tonnage — Bernacchi’s fairly adamant regarding minimums and vague on what targets creates more space for the “burnables,” Covanta increases its revenue by selling the collected recycled material and taking in more waste to burn from customers looking to increase their business. But a central issue remains: none of Covanta’s other clients are likely on
several points. “We met with over 20 stakeholders, including the HEC (Hoosier Environmental Council) and the IRC.” Bernacchi says the IRC had six months to offer alternatives and none were forthcoming. That statement seems to contradict what Covanta veep Scott Holkeboer said (as we noted earlier) at the Indy recycling conference: that Indianapolis was not looking to expand its recycling options. Ballard’s people told NUVO in an email they’ve been looking for recycling options since 2009: The decision to partner with Covanta to add additional recycling options evolved over several years of discussions with multiple service providers. The City began engaging recycling and waste services providers in 2009 and issued an RFP in 2010 aimed at improving the City’s recycling program. Responses to the City’s 2010 RFP were limited, and the only viable proposal was contingent on an increase in the City’s solid waste fee assessed to homeowners – something the City-County Council has shown little willingness to discuss. Carey Hamilton of the IRC has a different read than Bernacchi on the process, as she told NUVO in a recent phone conversation: “In January of 2014, I saw the S E E , COVA NTA , O N PA GE 1 4
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TIMELINE OF THE LAWSUIT: SEPT. 2014 Graphic Packaging International, Rock-Tenn Converting Company and Cathy Weinmann file suit against the City of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Board of Public Works, alleging that the new contract was awarded to Covanta “without following the proper procedures designed to assure that the contract most beneficial to the public is entered into and that an open and public process is utilized.” The suit also notes the contract degrades the recycling stream and provides disincentive for the city to promote clean recycling.
NOV. 3, 2014 The Defendants file a motion to dismiss and for summary judgment.
APRIL 6, 2015 The court finds for the defense due to the defendants’ “lack of standing.” (“Standing is defined as having a sufficient stake in an otherwise justiciable controversy. … Standing focuses generally upon the question of whether the complaining party is the proper person to invoke the court’s power.” — Appellant’s brief)
SEPT. 2015 Plaintiffs file one appeal and one amicus curiae brief. Amici parties are ACLU of Indiana, Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana and Common Cause Indiana. A decision is expected in January of 2016 — at the earliest.
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“One key element of a successful materials recycling program is the ability to sell recovered material at a price that will support the recycling process,” said Kyle Mowitz, Infinitus CEO. “While our customers have been satisfied with the material we have reclaimed unfortunately the market price for these materials have dropped dramatically.” The company said it appreciates the public’s understanding and would provide more updates as it works in “a cooperative effort on all fronts” to re-open the plant.
mayor at an event, and I expressed concerns about this agreement. He said ‘Get with my people right away — we’re about to sign this deal.’ Then we started to get letters of opposition before them, get resources before them … our intent was to slow things down and get a public, competitive process.” (As they themselves will tell you, the IRC is not a recycling service provider. Only a competitive bidding process could prompt a full proposal to compete with Covanta’s deal.) Although the city and Infinitus have Hamilton’s of the opinion that the way spoken about “restructuring” their deal, Covanta’s describing the process isn’t accurate. “We were in dialogue,” explains the plant was still dark as NUVO went to press. Hamilton further in a followup email, In the meantime, Montgomery, Ala“but we felt we were providing more bama’s trash is headed into a landfill. than enough for the mayor’s office to The key differences between Indy stop and say ‘Hey, wait a minute, we’ve and Montgomery? Covanta has built a got to slow down and provide a public, competitive process.” Doing so will show contract that protects Covanta’s financial interests first and foremost. The Indiaus what these new recycling grants and napolis MRF isn’t reliant on the success new local recycling companies can offer of the recycling program to cover its so that we know we are providing the costs. It’s secure because of the financial best possible service for taxpayers.” guarantees in the contract that are still If anything’s obvious, it’s this: there’s some animosity here; bad blood between the Ballard IF THE DEAL’S REALLY A DOG administration and the City-County Council and FOR INDY AND HER TAXPAYERS, more than a few disagreeAS THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES, ments between Covanta and the IRC. Again, let’s not WHY WAS THE BALLARD be naïve: Covanta agreed to ADMINISTRATION SO EAGER TO what looked to be a good deal for Covanta — and its SIGN THE CONTRACT? shareholders. If anyone at Covanta believed in their hearts that Indy was paying too much for based on the waste energy business — it doesn’t matter if the commodities martheir services with this new agreement, ket for recyclables tanks or skyrockets. expressing said sentiment makes zero Another problem: according to indusbusiness sense. try sources, the contract that Infinitus has with the city of Montgomery has THE MONTGOMERY pretty strict guidelines on just what conEXAMPLE stitutes “recoverable materials.” In Indy, When NUVO’s Renee Sweaney started Covanta gets to determine what is and looking into Covanta’s plans to build a what isn’t recoverable. dirty MRF in Indy, Covanta directed her to Since Covanta’s not beholden to any a MRF in Montgomery, Alabama. Infiniset of standards — and determines tus Energy had opened a facility in that what’s recoverable — there’s no penalty city that may have helped sell Indy on the for Covanta to simply burn more if the concept — reps from the Ballard adminis- commodities market plunges through tration had toured the facility in 2014. their tipping floor. Unfortunately, the Montgomery plant is currently closed. BACK TO THE BURNERS On Friday, October 2, 2015, about 100 AND THE SINGLE BIN workers were told the plant would be What frustrates environmental advoceasing operations according to a report by Brad Harper for the Montgomery cates most are the implications here in Indy regarding the lack of any incentive Advertiser. In short, the commodities in the stream to actually improve recymarket has hit bottom, and the plant cling rates. Moreover, the IRC as well as doesn’t appear to be very cost-effective other green minds contend that investat this time. ment in a better process than a dirty The company said Monday in a MRF opens up the potential for creating statement that it plans to “review a more jobs than the 60 or 70 that’ll be detailed plan that would allow us to hired to run Covanta’s “ARC.” resume operations.”
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There are other beefs from the folks who’d like to see Indy model its recycling program after Lawrence or Beech Grove: again, we’re training citizens to toss everything in a single can with the selling point that we’re still, as a community, recycling — when it’s been proven that dirty MRFs are obviously less efficient than curbside recycling. Environmental advocates also express frustration over the claim that the program will guarantee “100 percent participation” — that seems disingenuous, since everyone who’s simply throwing stuff away is “participating.” Here’s Ballard’s people again: Currently, we estimate that 10% of households participate in some type of voluntary recycling program. Through the contract, Covanta will have access to residential waste for the purpose of capturing recyclable materials from 100% of Indianapolis households, but residents may still opt to participate in additional recycling and sustainability programs. Residents may opt out, but the city can’t promote any non-existing programs. And just because recyclable materials are being “captured” doesn’t mean those materials are being “recycled.” All of this vague verbiage is fueling an underlying suspicion from the plan’s opponents: Is building a dirty MRF a kind of pricey greenwashing, maybe a marketing tool for Covanta to look like responsible corporate citizens, and, using Indy as a model, pitch similar programs to other municipalities? Ultimately, we’re left with a few questions for those who lead — and those who hope to lead — the city of Indianapolis: If the deal’s really a dog for Indy and her taxpayers, as the lawsuit alleges, why was the Ballard administration so eager to sign the contract? Mayor Ballard’s press office responds thusly: In the interest of increasing recycling participation and diverting as much recyclable material as possible from incineration or landfill, the City continued to seek a solution that could increase recycling, while not resulting in a fee or tax increase for property owners. Covanta’s ARC accomplishes those objectives. Whether or not we’re “diverting as much recyclable material as possible from incineration or landfill” is clearly a point that’s not been settled yet. And while Indy’s committed to deliver less tonnage, Covanta still gets the promise of a tax break and the potential to receive massive fines from city coffers if there’s disagreement about what constitutes damage to Covanta’s stream of refuse. Which leaves the last queries yet unanswered: If the plaintiffs lose their suit, what are Indy’s other options — and with Ballard’s exit from office, can the new man at the Mayor’s desk cut and run? n
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met with Danielle “Elle” Roberts at Rabble Coffee on the Near Eastside to chat about her upcoming Women317 event. She pointed to the front of the coffee shop facing 10th Street and told me about the show in May that they held in that same room. One of the storytellers who spoke that night brought two family members with her, one in a full niqab and the other dressed like a stereotypical image of homelessness. The storyteller spoke about her work as a therapist with teenage boys and girls, and how we allow much of our interactions to be dictated by appearances. She then had her two family members stand up to prove the point. While this isn’t a typical occurrence at Women317, it’s representative of what Roberts wants people to leave thinking about. For her, it’s about the ideas that are shared through storytelling. When we hear the narrative of someone else’s life, we are no longer suspended in a vacuum. Those moments of human connection through artwork tie a face and a name to those we wouldn’t see otherwise. Women317 is a branch of Shehive, an initiative by Roberts to create “safe spaces to deconstruct gender inequity.” Women317 performances are the nights where visual and performance artists come together. “It’s just been a matter of curating a very specific message but giving the space for the women to do their own thing, and not micromanage,” says Roberts. When curating each show she imagines who she wants there, and what the show might look like. Though Roberts has seen most of them perform elsewhere, she has no idea what the actual show will be like until that night. The upcoming event at GPC will focus on women’s bodies, and align
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Tatjana Rebelle, poet, founder of VOCAB and I Am Broad Ripple.
with the momentum that GPC built after their Difficult Women performances. “This theme [of women understanding and talking about their bodies] has been on my mind for a long time,” says Roberts. “… I have been working for non-profits for a long time, specifically with women and children. One of the things that horrifies me the most is women who don’t know anything about their own bodies, specifically their vaginas. Everything from hygiene to sex. We have been taught to be ashamed of our own bodies, and we don’t even know how they work.” Roberts would love for this specific theme to snowball into another event where a representative from the Damien Center and a gynecologist would come in for workshops alongside artists. She would also want to see a discussion that is geared toward young women. Part of her vision for Women317 is to have a mentorship << Latoya Marlin, Art Coordinator at Oasis Creative Space and independent visual artist.
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develop organically where younger women learn to work on projects with older artists. Today, though, Roberts is very careful not to go into each event with any kind of political charge. “Only because with Shehive when we first started a lot of it was based on where I was politically,” explains Roberts. “When you start a thing it’s hard to disconnect yourself from it. This year I have been trying really hard to dissociate my own personal politics from what we do. The reason being is when you want to engage entirely different subsets of women, that come from different backgrounds, for some people feminism is a no-no word … But when you talk about this is the real stuff that women go through every day that is a totally different conversation, right. I have been really careful not to get up there and just rant … that’s not the conversation I want to have.” For example, one of the women who S E E , W O M E N 3 1 7 , O N P A GE 1 7
Historic Rivoli Theatre is being revived When I first heard about the Rivoli Theatre I was looking for a ghost story. After all, the historic theatre has been collecting them for nearly a century in the Near East side. Residents and written accounts tell the legend of “Lady Rivoli,” an apparitional patron who haunts the auditorium. The biggest ghost has unfortunately become the building itself. What was once the epitome of Hollywood glamor in the 1920s (later a musical hub in the 1970s) is now a vacant reminder of neglect. The empty marquee looks out at the 10th Street traffic, and behind the shaded windows in Spanish Mission style is the hollow auditorium that has been silent for over twenty years. But that may change. The Rivoli Center for the Performing Arts has exciting plans to transform the Rivoli into a rehearsal and performance space for artists around the city. President of the Board, Jim Kelly, says they need to raise between $11-14 million to complete the project. “It’s not saving a lost cause, it’s saving a landmark,” says Kelly. He grew up in the area and remembers when the theatre charged only fifty cents for a movie, popcorn and a soda. “And you always got a nickel back.” The board has been working with East 10th Street Civic Association, Indiana Landmarks and the Arts Council of Indianapolis toward their goal. Once completed, the theatre will rent out rehearsal space for theatre and dance groups and provide about 600 seats on the floor and 150 or so in the balcony (roughly 750 total). The theater originally had 1,500 seats, but that number will drop because of ADA regulations. Renovation will extend to the four apartments above the building and the nearby Dearborn Building. All of this is part of a larger goal to turn East 10th into a hub for the arts. As Kelly said, the Rivoli is a landmark in the memory of Indianapolis. Universal Studios built the Rivoli in 1927, making it the first in Indiana. The superior acoustics and lavish interior brought movies and musicians from all over the country. Gloria Swanson, Lynryd Skynyrd, Kansas, Bette Davis, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp and many others made appearances at the Rivoli throughout the years. But as the years passed, the theatre changed owners and became a venue for porn (“skin flicks”) in 1976 before it closed its doors in 1992. Mark Dollase, vice president of Indiana Landmarks, remembers concerts at the Rivoli and has been working with the Council for the past decade to bring it back and better than before. “The arts-driven community development that you see in Fountain Square and along Massachusetts Avenue can find a niche along East 10th Street,” says Dollase. “Historic preservation is about looking forward, not back.” — ANNIE HUNT
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uried deep within the stacks, racks and garbage sacks of VHS tapes that now flood Dumpsters and thrift stores alike, there are pieces of obscure comedic gold that do exist, if you search hard enough. Just ask Commodore Gilgamesh, whose Chicago-based Everything Is Terrible! video collective has now gained international recognition for their carefully manipulated presentations of old VHS clips. “The process is just digging through trash and gross piles of debris to find the one interesting tape that is there out of 200,” says Gilgamesh, (who asked to be called by his pseudonym for this article). “Then, watching it, finding that’s there’s nothing on it and sending it back to the thrift store, or finding that one little three second clip that’s great out of it. It’s pretty tedious and boring, but we can’t stop. It’s definitely an obsession.” Long before the start of EIT!, Gilgamesh
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admits he was still a VHS head, primarily due to the era of technology he grew up around. He remembers, “I spent tons of time in video stores as a kid, and as a preteen I got pretty into illegally copying tapes and also just taping stuff off of television.” Driven to create, he eventually linked up with several other like-minded VHS lovers to start Everything Is Terrible. Similar to that of local arts collective Know No Stranger, EIT! consists of a small group of multi-talented core members, with 12 to 15 others also contributing to the cause when needed. “We’re all pretty self-taught for the most part,” Gilgamesh explains. “I’m trained in video. All the other aspects of our stuff are all just us want-
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ing to do something and figuring it out.” This approach has worked excellently for EIT!, whose supporters include everyone from Conan O’Brien to Snoop Dogg. In
keeping this same spirit, the collective has also become very well known for their live shows as well, which often include kooky costuming, puppetry and more. >>>
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• Hen — A performance art collective where Tender Evans and Lisa Berlin will sing, speak and weave a damn delicious melody. • Mariah Ivey — Ivey is the founder of The Liberating HER Project, and is hosting a two day conference that addresses Black female bodies on Nov. 6. • Lauren Hall — Hall is one of the leaders at Indy Pulse, a seven-team spoken word league started by three Indianapolis teachers now in its third season. • Janna Thomas • Kiss of Deaf • and special guest Solo Solution
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helped her start the show is Muslim. “That is the beauty of the thing,” says Roberts. “We can all work together somehow even if we don’t agree upon everything. The political and religious differences are rarely, if ever, noticed among the artists. What is easy to see is the cultivation of innovation and talent at these events. Roberts hopes to keep that space to Indy artists — a fair trade style to creative energy. “We don’t do enough as a city to invest in artists who are here and want to, really practice their craft in a serious way,” says Roberts. “So that added pressure of ‘I am doing all that work and might never see the fruits of my labor’ … That’s what I want to highlight — specifically with women. It’s not just with music; it’s with visual artists, poets, comedians and so on an so forth. The hard work and discipline of women goes unrecognized so often. I wanted a space where it’s all about women here. “Arts and culture is front line in social justice,” says Roberts. “We need strong artists who are talking about these issues through their art. We have to have women who are artists, who are strong speakers to be able to talk about those things and force people to listen even when they don’t want to. What would Indianapolis be without arts and culture? And what if every artist was speaking their truth in some way?” It’s the humble opinion of this arts editor, sitting in a coffee shop on the Eastside, that it would be a beautiful thing. And groups like Women317 are helping us get there. n Jackie Crofts, illustrator of Nutmeg comic book. PHOTO BY SARAH BOUTWELL
<<< Everything Is Terrible! will visit The Hi-Fi for a live presentation of their latest movie, Legends. A “best of” collection of sorts, Legends is a culmination of the group’s seven-year career. According to Gilgamesh, the movie includes everything from longtime fan favorites to clips that have been removed from the Internet. EIT!’s appearance at The Hi-Fi will be a change of pace for the Fountain Square space, which typically hosts live music events more than anything else. With this being said, Spencer Hooks, entertainment manager of the venue, is familiar with the collective’s work and hopes all that attend their Indianapolis
performance can gain something from it. He reflects, “Their craft is a truly unique and illuminating take on the nonstop bombardment we face day to day by commercial and entertainment media. Sometimes we need to stop and take a moment to laugh about the absurdity of it all.” Ultimately, this is what Gilgamesh would like for audience members to take away from the show too. “There are motivations for every second of this visual information that we’re just getting assaulted with,” he concludes. “So I think Everything Is Terrible!’s main purpose is to just dissect all of that and feed it back to people so that they can kind of consider what it all means.” n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 11.04.15 - 11.11.15 // VISUAL 17
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Director Michael J. Lasley has the actors devour the scenery as if it were a buffet for velociraptors.
The Game’s Afoot t Through Nov. 7. Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre’s production of Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot is an intentionally melodramatic and comedic whodunit. The show begins with the last scene of William Gillette’s play Sherlock Holmes, which he has been performing for twenty years. During the curtain call, Gillette is shot, and thus, the game is afoot. Gillette hosts a Christmas weekend with his cast at his home, intending to take his role as Sherlock Holmes to a more literal level and discover who shot him. The choice piece of that scenery meat goes to the theater critic Daria Chase, played by Christine Kruze. Her stage time is limited compared to the other characters, but Kruze makes the most of it, strutting in her sense of entitlement and arrogantly gloating over her presumption of power over actors. Josh Ramsey as Gillette captures the smugness of an actor who is quite pleased with himself yet thinks he is gracious due to his assumption that everyone agrees. Ramsey never lets Gillette’s composure waver because Gillette’s confidence in his deductive abilities is rivaled only by Sherlock’s. Jean Childers Arnold is a gem as the sharptongued Madge Geisel. Her performance in the séance scene is one of the most gratifying comedic parts of the show. Bill Book as Madge’s husband, Felix, approaches his role in a more straightforward manner than the other characters. Book portrays him as funny yet endearing and sincere. He does not shirk from the physical comedy though. He (bodily) throws himself in to shoving and shuffling a corpse around in his character’s ill-fated attempts at hiding it. Alex Ray as Simon Bright believably comes across as a cheerful, naïve young man. His new wife, Aggie Wheeler, should also emit a sense of wide-eyed innocence, but Emily Hollowell just seems uncomfortable. However, when her character takes a turn, she seems to loosen up and embrace the role. Carrie Ann Schlatter as Inspector Goring is congenial in her role and maintains an air of efficiency even though the character indulges in her admiration of the stage. Finally, Wendy Brown depicts Martha, Gillette’s mother, as a dotty, innocuous old woman. — LISA GAUTHIER MITCHISON Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, 3 Center Green #200 (Carmel), $35 adult, $20 students, civictheatre.org
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udith Smith always saw herself riding horses. Since she was a child she was in love with riding; particularly in equestrian jumping competitions. Today, her life looks rather different than she imagined. When Smith was 17 she was in an accident. Now she relies on a wheelchair for her mobility. The thing that she loved so much felt taken away from her. Ten years later she was introduced to another love — dance. It was something that she didn’t think was possible until after she was a part of the very first piece that AXIS Dance Company performed. Today, AXIS has become her life’s work, and they are redefining how the art community sees movement. AXIS is one of the most well known modern dance companies in the world because of its unique objective — to showcase dancers with and without disabilities. “I fell in love with moving again,” says Smith, recalling her first dance. It was in 1997 that Smith took over the company as artistic director. For the first ten years of the company’s existence the choreography came entirely from within the organization. Under her artistic direction, AXIS expanded from in-house choreographers to various commissions. Over the years they have had 20-25 disabled dancers and a similar number of non-disabled. Today, they have traveled as far as Siberia, appeared on So You Think You
From left: AXIS dancers Julie Crothers, Nick Brentley, Dwayne Scheuneman and Sophie Stanley. PHOTO BY DAVID DESILVA
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Can Dance twice (per Nigel Lythgoe’s request), and worked with internationally known choreographers such as Sonya Tayeh, Marc Brew and Janet Das. “We have had an opportunity to really change people’s minds by doing what we do,” says Smith. AXIS also performs regularly in schools in addition to running a preprofessional summer intensive training program and a series of master classes at the university level. These are vital to the survival of the group because the level of talent that their company requires is often hard to find in disabled dancers. “We figured if we wanted them we would have to train
them ourselves,” says Smith. She explained that they are lucky if they get ten disabled dancers coming to audition for a role, compared to most companies which get 100 or more trying out for a slot. But more than anything Smith wants students to leave their outreach programs with one thing: “Just a different idea of their own potential and their own movement vocabulary and in line with a different idea of what ability is,” she says. “You know in the sense that anyone in a body can dance and should have access to dance.” AXIS will be performing at Clowes Memorial Hall later this week, and will include three pieces that are a tribute to wounded veterans. Sonya Delwaide choreographed a duet for two women, Marc Brew created the second piece and Joe Goode’s dance was developed through interviews that the dancers and Joe did with combat veterans who were injured while fighting. “It’s about being resilient in the face of really catastrophic circumstances,” says Goode in an interview provided by AXIS. “Most [choreographers] find it’s not that different than working with another company,” says Smith. “They find they have a wider range of movement possibilities. When you get people who move really differently together the potential for movement is pretty radically expanded. “I think dance is an incredible language that is nonverbal for the most part,” says Smith. “When people have the opportunity to watch AXIS ... [it] changes their ideas about ability and about human potential.” n
“When you get people who move really differently together the potential for movement is pretty radically expanded.” — JUDITH SMITH
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REVIEW Room q When the lights go down in a movie theater, we move into another world without leaving our own. The best films make us realize that we do this in real life as well. We go through experiences that push us beyond limits, to depths we didn’t know existed, to emotional places that seem like fictional worlds. “Are we on another planet?” a boy asks his mother after escaping one of these nightmarish situations in Room. Through the eyes of this child, the film perfectly captures how the familiar can feel otherworldly. For most of the film, the only home that this boy Jack (Jacob Tremblay) and his mom Joy (Brie Larson) know is a garden shed. On the inside, it looks like a small apartment. And as far as five-year-old Jack is concerned, it has all he needs. Little does he know, this room is where his mother has been held captive since before he was born. Their captor “Old Nick” (Sean Bridgers) is a disturbingly ordinary average Joe — the monster next door. He embodies a major theme of the film — mayhem within the mundane. Unfortunately, mayhem keeps interrupting Jack and Joy’s life even when they return to so-called normalcy. When they escape from the shed, they’re far from liberated. Joy shudders at the sight of her old room, haunted by the collage of high school pictures on the wall — images of innocence long lost. She wanders aimlessly like a ghost of the past, struggling to make Jack appreciate the present. As he adjusts to what seems like a big, scary world, Room emerges as one of the most powerful coming-of-age dramas in recent memory. Tremblay carries the film, emitting a warm light to lead viewers through the dark story. It’s a remarkable performance — as powerful as any adult actor’s work this year. The eight-year-old anchors the film just like Jack holds his mother steady. Larson delivers an equally Oscar-worthy performance as Joy. It’s a strong yet subdued portrayal, reflecting the restraint Joy shows to keep Jack hopeful in the midst of harrowing situations. Room is delicately directed by Lenny Abrahamson and beautifully written by Emma Donaghue, the author of the book upon which it is based. This film will linger in your heart long after the lights go up in the theater. It’s the best movie of the year. — SAM WATERMEIER
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ocal Hero is my all-time favorite film. Please note that I didn’t say it was the “best movie of all time.” It is simply the movie that has brought me more happiness than any other. The 1983 comedy is a small, low-key feature. I mention this up front because when somebody with a job like mine calls a film their all-time favorite, people tend to expect something big. When they don’t get that, they tend to nod off while watching it. So I repeat: it is small and low-key. To emphasize that even more, I’ll share a fact: In 2000, Vice President Al Gore said that Local Hero was his favorite film. I didn’t like having to share the movie with Gore, but telling people about his endorsement has proved to be an effective way of tempering their expectations. I appreciate it because it’s quirky and smart and charming. Local Hero makes me homesick for a place I’ve never been. Written and directed by Bill Forsyth (Gregory’s Girl, Breaking In), the film opens in Houston, Texas, where Knox Oil is preparing to make its next move, acquiring a small Scottish fishing village so they can tear it down and start drilling. Knox leader Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster), aware that this time the company is “not in a third world situation,” wants a relatable negotiator sent to the village. Accordingly, Knox negotiator “Mac” MacIntyre (Peter Riegert) is drafted. The tightly wound man is not happy. He prefers to do business over the phone (we see him calling his coworkers in the office rather than walking a few steps and dealing with them
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sell everything and move somewhere else. Though unaware of the details, they know the oil company is sending a negotiator and are eager for Gordon to finagle a good deal. SHOWING: VIEW OR PURCHASE ON AMAZON.COM Local Hero has a great cast – Burt LanRATED: PG, q caster, a genuine old time movie star; Peter Riegert, Boone from Animal House; Peter Capaldi, the current Doctor Who; Denis face to face. As for his Scottish connection, Lawson, Wedge from the original three Star it turns out that his parents took the name Wars movies, all in peak form. Everything when they moved to our country, believing in Ferness feels genuine, even the marine “MacIntyre” to be an American name. biologist (Jenny Seagrove) who just might And so Mac MacIntyre travels to Scotbe a mermaid. The Houston scenes are less land to purchase a picturesque fishing successful, particular a subplot involving village for as little as possible, without Happer and his lunatic therapist that seems letting the locals find out that the oil comimported from a different movie. Mark pany plans to destroy it all. Mac meets his Knopfler’s score is gorgeous and used perScottish second-in-command along the way, a gangly, pleasantly odd fellow named fectly throughout the film. The soundtrack for the movie actually made more money than the movie itself. If I could, I would travel to Ferness and spend a night or a dozen chatLocal Hero makes me homesick ting, sipping whiskey and listening to the Acetones play at the ceilidh at the for a place I’ve never been. Urquharts’ hotel. I might even dance a bit. Alas, it will never be. Ferness is a fiction made by combining shots of a few buildings in Pennan, Aberdeenshire Danny Oldsen (Peter Capaldi) and towith beach scenes from the other side of gether they travel to picturesque Ferness, the country. where they will deal with local negotiator/ But Bill Forsyth captured something innkeeper/unofficial mayor Gordon Urqudistinct in Local Hero. He expertly mixes hart (Denis Lawson) and his beautiful wife reality and whimsy, adding the sweet Stella (Jennifer Black). regret that seems to come with most All of this is set up in the first few minScottish art. There is a happy ending, but utes, by the way, giving us plenty of time it doesn’t work out the way you’d expect, to hang around Ferness. It’s a lovely place with white buildings and a single red British and I reckon several of the characters would argue that it’s not that happy for phone booth on the street across from the hotel. The people are poor, but make no them. Never mind, they can always watch fuss about it. Ferness is a strong community Local Hero and feel better for a while. It made up of folks that are quite ready to makes me feel better every time. n REVIEW
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alo 5 is a game that’s aiming to be big in every sense of the word. Having jumped to a new console generation, 343 Industries has made an attempt at cranking the franchises scale up to eleven. They’re aiming for a bigger campaign, bigger multiplayer, bigger visuals, bigger everything. And, though it’s not without problems, they mostly pull it off. The first you thing you’ll notice is the game looks gorgeous, with a fantastic art style and a mind boggling amount of detail crammed into everything. A lot of work has also gone into the game’s performance, which runs at a smooth sixty frames per second, even when the sweeping vistas and back-
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The second problem is that for all the grandiose, Halo 5 is ultimately just a prolonged act one, ending on a Halo 2 style cliffhanger to set up for a far more eventful sequel. It doesn’t fail entirely, there’s still the skeleton of a plot here with just a few hunks of meat on it, but the game does miss out on what could’ve been a far more emotional story. Also, the story put forward in the trailer is pretty much nonexistent within the actual game. Thankfully, the multiplayer, will be the real meat of the experience. Narratively speaking, Halo 5 is kind of The one that will probably get the most attena mess, though not for lack of trying. tion is Warzone, which is easily the biggest scale multiplayer component ground space battles must be putting I’ve ever used. a huge strain on the hardware When games of Warzone get going, Narratively speaking, Halo 5 is kind of they can feel like their own miniature a mess, though not for lack of trying. campaign, with large scale action Set a few months after the events of happening all over the place. It’s the Halo 4, Master Chief has reunited with closest that a game has ever to come to Blue Team, the fellow Spartans who making me feel like I was actually takhe grew up with and has been going ing part in a large scale war game, rathon numerous high stakes missions in er than the small squad death matches order to get his mind off his grief, hav- of all other multiplayer shooters. ing witnessed the death of dear friend Taken as a whole, Halo 5 is one of Cortana at Halo 4’s conclusion. the best exclusives the Xbox One has The story has two major problems. It going right now, and well worth playrelies very heavily on lore and continuity ing even if it doesn’t break as much from Halo media outside of the games. ground as it could’ve. n SUBMITTED PHOTO
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ack in June, a friend texted me asking if most of the chefs that I knew had gone to cooking school. I posted the question to my Facebook and got a lot of great answers from various chefs around the city, who all said more or less the same thing. First, make sure you really want to be a chef before sinking your money into cooking school, and second, do not think you are a chef just because you have graduated from a culinary program. Alan Sternberg MICHELLE CRAIG / FILE PHOTO
Allan Giannattasio of Shoefly’s sweetbreads, foie gras butter, Dauphinois parsnip, crispy horseradish root and cranberry gel.
Chilly Water’s Ring of Fire panini with the best damn potato salad in town.
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Across a lot of fields, for-profit schools are eroding the integrity of the industries they are supposed to be supplying educated workers for. They are, but in the process of trying to get their students to buy their product instead of the other place, they have to make a lot of promises about what a culinary degree entitles them to. “A lot of these kids come out of school and, well, they’re fucking assholes,” laughed Neal Brown Hospitality Group’s (Pizzology and Libertine) head of operations and chef Erin Till. “They think they are chefs on their first day.” Seasoned chefs are protective of the title “Chef,” as it is like having four stripes on a military uniform. The term reflects years of experience and is not thrown
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institution changed. After she was hired by the restaurant where she was interning on her second day, she decided to save her money and finish her education on the job. Even in an accelerated program with mostly adults coming into cooking as a second career, she was looking at two and a “School gives you base knowledge, half years of schooling. They brought her in for fundamentals and history. It makes an interrogation-like exit you ready for an entry-level position.” interview and treated her being hired by a restau— ALAN STERNBERG rant — ostensibly their shared goal — as if it were a negative. But she had gotten all the basic skills that she needed to start working and, around lightly in kitchens, a tradilike any normal person, wanted to stop tion that dates back to the militaryspending money and start making it. style kitchen rankings in France. First, “Working chefs don’t have time to says Till, you have to be cognizant that bring you up on your knife skills. You culinary school makes you a cook, while need to be able to hit the ground runtime, study and sweat make you a chef. ning,” she says. For that, schooling is Till calls herself a culinary school valuable. That seemed to be the consendropout, which is only really part of the sus of the other chefs who chimed into story. She attended a Chicago school the conversation, too. that, during her tenure there, changed from non-profit to for-profit. In that time, she said, the whole feel of the S E E , SCHOOL , O N PA GE 2 5
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att Stum’s profile on the World Food Championship’s website reads, “I’m Matt and I like to cook.” You could remark about how this is somehow indicative of the ethos of Stum and his boss and fellow competitor Craig Baker, but it’s really just because Matt Stum wants to cook good food. In a Puritannical sense, there’s probably no better reason to join a cooking competition, just like he, Baker and Circle City Sweets pastry chef Cindy Hawkins did. As an organization, the World Food Championships is a somewhat labyrinthine network of smaller food competitions that lead up to the big Florida event. Hawkins won her spot in the competition by winning an online recipe contest. Similarly, Stum and Baker got in through separate smaller categories for burgers and seafood, respectively. The competition is more than just pro chefs, too. There will be plenty of home cooks and amateur food bloggers in the ranks as well. Though after spending the afternoon tasting and watching demos of Baker’s and Hawkins’ dishes, I’d have a hard time imagining the untrained home cook being able to match their precision. Hawkins held a demonstration for me and some other food industry writertype folks in the Ivy Tech pastry kitchen. She had her sous Tanya Kessenich saute the precisely-cubed green apples with some vanilla bean. Then Kessenich piled the cubes into a soft caramel tart, neatly arranging every single piece on the perfect fluted pastry and topped it all with perfect, long drapings of caramel. Before that, we were treated to what might actually be my favorite cupcake I’ve ever had. It was a coconut cupcake with a passion fruit curd filling, all topped with Chantilly cream (sweetened, sturdy whipped cream) and a sprinkle of toasted coconut. Instead of that horrible mouthful of toothache-inducing buttercream, you get
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this heavenly, light and fluffy bite of light sweetness with a bunch of fruity brightness in the middle. It really is something like magic and if it doesn’t win, well, I’ll know that those judges are being paid off. Baker’s dish, while he joked that the presentation wasn’t quite as neat as it could be after removing the best meat from his whole snapper, was also transcendent compared to even most good restaurants’ preparation of fish. Then again, there’s a reason Baker is holding down one of the best independent seafood restaurants in downtown. And while I didn’t get a chance to try Stum’s burger, there’s no doubt that The Local will keep turning out some of the very best in high-quality, approachable dining. It’s hard to imagine a reality in which Stum’s burger would be less than outstanding. Hawkins is offering “sponsorships” to help get them to the Sunshine State, and they’ll be recreating the competition dinners in private demonstrations for sponsors. You can also check out Hawkins and team on Periscope during the competition, and stay tuned to the Baker family of social media presences for updates. Good luck to our hometown competitors! n Circle City Sweets’ Cindy Hawkins (left) and Plow & Anchor’s Craig Baker. PHOTO BY JOLENE KETZENBERGER
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what you’re putting on your plate than what is hanging on your wall. All the most successful chefs I know “School gives you base knowledge, have one thing in common: They’ve fundamentals and history. It makes you worked in kitchens for a really, really ready for an entry-level position,” said long time. The ones who went to school Cerulean Head Chef Alan Sternberg. He often did so after working in kitchens in spent some time slinging Waldorf salads and burgers at Ruby Tuesday’s long before entry-level positions like prep cooks and dishwashers. They were intimately familhe earned the title of Chef, all of which iar with the mechanics of the food busiinfluenced his knowledge in the kitchens. ness, but they wanted a specific kind of “Every chef has a different way of doing knowledge. When it comes to something almost everything that is dictated by their as precise as pastries, formal schooling experiences. That’s why it’s important to work for multiple chefs, so you have a well- can be incredibly valuable. “For a baker, there is so much science rounded point of view and you can make involved. Everything happens for a readecisions about what is important to you,” son,” said Circle City Sweets owner and he says. And he does mean everything, head chef Cindy Hawkins. “Unless you do from knife preferences to ingredients. a lot of reading and experimenting, it’s hard to learn a lot of that on the job.” Everyone came to the “A lot of these kids come out of same conclusion to the school and, well, they’re fucking question, “School or exTheir answer assholes ... They think they are chefs perience?” was “Both.” If you’re considering a on their first day.” — ERIN TILL career in the restaurant business as a chef, first you should work in a restaurant for a while. If you have no cooking experiFun fact about Chef Sternberg: Even though he has the job so many other chefs ence, go wash dishes or cut onion rings and listen and pay attention to what the want, he still stages (interns for free) at chef and line cooks are doing. If it seems restaurants throughout the region, keeplike an environment you can handle for ing his own exec status quiet while he 20 to 40 more years, look for non-profit works in other kitchens. He says it helps culinary programs. They’re less likely to him keep his technique and ideas fresh, overpromise a career to you, and plain and anyone who has eaten at Cerulean and simple, you should not attend any during his tenure knows that it’s working. program that promises you a head chef job Having a culinary degree is also helpstraight out of school. And unless you have ful when you’re trying to get into hotels on-the-job experience, do not kid yourself or move up in a corporately-owned resabout your value to your employer just taurant (where there is often a lot more because you know the difference between security with perks like health benefits a mince and a dice. The consensus among and higher salaries). But Till says it’s unchefs is that you are as good as you work likely to make a difference to a privatelyto become, and there is always an opporowned independent restaurant. Though that may be a less lucrative avenue, inde- tunity to become a better chef both in and outside the kitchen. n pendent owners are more likely to care NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 11.04.15 - 11.11.15 // FOOD 25
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omehow, I survived another Halloween. I don’t know how I managed to avoid being bitten by vampires, decapitated by mad butchers, harpooned by horned devils or eaten by zombies. No, it all turned out rather benign, other than a slight hangover from a few too many peanut butter cups. Still the world marches toward selfdestruction and oblivion in its seemingly leisurely way: carbons were burned, food was thrown out, and 65 billion animals on farms around the world farted and/or burped at least once or twice. So did 7.3 million humans. Speaking of methane, I’m sure one or two ship’s captains in the Arctic pulled up alongside bubbling chimneys of the invisible gas, marveling at melting permafrost below. The weather was as bizarre as we’ve come to expect in these wacky days of the extreme. Hurricane Patricia was not named for my wife Patricia, but it did make for some fun teasing around our home the last week or so. She came in like a lion, for sure, but quickly became a bladder-engorged lamb, peeing everywhere she went, including, in one case, around 20 inches of rain in one day in Texas. In case you are wondering about how all this works, the earth is warmer because of fossil fuel pollution’s ability to trap heat, and warmer air holds more water vapor. Just draw a frown-y face on your fogged-up mirror next time you take a hot shower and think about how you’ve just demonstrated that phenomenon. So there’s more rain when it rains and boy did it, here at the end of October. Plus we now know that the first nine months of the year contain seven months ranking first in their monthly category of record breaking
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warmth: hottest February on record, hottest March on record, etc. One can assume October will weigh in as a record breaker, but by then we’ll be well into speculation that 2015 will be the warmest year ever recorded. We also now know, thanks to an exhaustive investigation by Inside Climate News, that Exxon Mobile knew fossil fuel pollution would cause global warming, and they set about researching that in the 1970s and ’80s — only to hide that research in lieu of obfuscating their own findings. I will pause while you light a cigarette to ponder that sentence. And while I’ve been trying to fully understand the destructive impact that campaign of disinformation had on humanity, I find myself persistently distracted by zombies. I can’t help it; they are everywhere, reminding us to stock up on brightly colored
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a Report on the Banality of Evil. This report, by Hannah Arendt, basically concluded that Eichmann was not evil, insane, ideological or sadistic. He was just a mindless bureaucrat and a very organized one at that, responsible for the death of a million Jews. She concluded that Eichmann “...had no motives at all ... never realized what he was doing...” Are we a species of Eichmanns? Are we zombies? As I struggle to understand this I will twist Arendt’s phrase to suggest we are the evil of banality, that in the day-to-day struggle to survive and find some pleasure, to care for our famiIf we aren’t going to be responsible for the lies and build to pollution we dump into our atmosphere, our community, make a posiwatersheds and our soils, then we are going tive impact on our world to pay for it in the end. and pass on something meaningful to our families, we are vice-gripped into as we continue our zombie onslaught. a culture of consumer banality. And I’ve been reading about Adolf As Bill Clinton might put it: It’s the Eichmann, the bureaucrat responsible externalities, stupid. If we aren’t going for the death of so many Jews in World to be responsible for the pollution we War II, adding that to my stable of dump into our atmosphere, our waterunstable thoughts. sheds and our soils, then we are going I will pause again here, this time to to pay for it in the end. And the end, as apologize for any analogies or metathey say, nears, because our economy phors that might make me appear was built on the notion the earth and cavalier. This is a sincere effort to space were limitless trashcans. understand that-which-can-not-beWe don’t intend the evil we perpeunderstood: trate, any more than we wish harm How can it be we are wrecking the to each other. It’s just the byproduct planet for future generations? of being alive, of burning electricity, Anyway, Eichmann was the subgetting from place to place, and eating ject of a book you’ve either read or three square meals a day. Excuses a heard about: Eichmann in Jerusalem: zombie might make. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 11.04.15 - 11.11.15 // INDIANA LIVING GREEN 27
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Every musician started out as a fan, but it’s not always love at first sight when meeting the performers you grew up worshiping. For Brandon Sanders, guitarist and lead singer for local band Indien, meeting Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers last year seemed the culmination of rock fandom. A conversation and a shared CD later, suddenly he’s on a first-name basis with his idol, looking to blow the roof off the Melody Inn on November 4th as Ruggerio shares the stage with Indien and The Innocent Boys. “I went to Fort Wayne to see the Slackers play last year, and while I was there I brought two CDs of our band, one for the venue and one for the Slackers, in the hope that I could be like, ‘Here you go!’ Sanders explains. “So I met Vic, and he was very nice. I told him it was a shame I’d had to drive to Fort Wayne just to see them, but if they could make it to Indianapolis, I’d book them at a show down here.” Sanders says he encouraged Ruggiero to stay in touch, but never expected anything. But the connection was made, and this past May he was able to book a show for his idol to play at the Mel, leading to an ongoing musical conversation. “I’d kind of asked Vic to play a song with us [on stage at our next show] but the way I worded it he thought I meant record with us,” Sanders laughs. “So he’s all, ‘Yeah, I’d love to!’ So I went with it, because if I can get this guy on anything of ours I’d love to.” Since I last reported on Indien during the Battle Royale at Birdy’s earlier this year, they’ve made a lot happen. They’ve quietly released a new album online over the summer and have continued playing live as often as possible, roaming throughout Indiana and Kentucky building their audience. The Melody Inn, the band’s unofficial homebase, has provided Indien a place to showcase its unique blend of punk-inspired adult alternative, but they remain proud of the fact that few have been able to pin them down to any one genre. “Every song we play can come off completely different, and we don’t really have a particular style. We just do a bunch of everything,” Sanders says. “And on this album that shows off better than on the prior record. When we’re writing we still write in completely different styles. It’s been cool to see that working on audiences.” — JONATHAN SANDERS See show info in Soundcheck on page 33
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animal lover. To get over that stage fright, I would practice singing to my goats – they were my first audience. Being in the country, in that open area, it really helped me, and so did my animals," she says. Summer knows a lot more than I was able to discern just in our brief conversation, I might bet. There's a tension and awareness about her that belies her age. And she had a lot of answers, actually, and not just for the questions I posed, but for those held by the world at large – and so, I can only hope the audience is listening. She expresses wide-eyed interest and brutal focus in touring both the US and overseas, in lush locales like Ireland. "The cover art on my CD, while hopefully visually appealing, was also supposed to be fun, like much of the music, but there are important underlying messages in there, too," she says. "For example, I didn't realize until recently, that human trafficking, slavery really is still very much an issue around the world. I know I'm not alone, that is, not the only one who did not know it was an issue until recently. There are many different ways to save the world and I know that's just one important issue among many. People all over face many problems, and I get that there are generally two sides, or even more, to every problem — and you can see where each side is coming from. "With Save the World, I have a superhero theme and I like that most of the time, superheroes know where they stand – who they're fighting and what they're fighting for. There's a right side and a wrong side; it's very obvious, and like with something as serious as human trafficking, it's very clear who is right and who is wrong. Those who support the enslavement of their fellow man are very wrong. And it's something that we should be working together on to stop. I wish there was more clarity when it comes to right and wrong, and good and bad, and who and what needs saving first, and the most," she says. It's often difficult even for adults to openly and respectfully communicate and express themselves on heated subjects and in this kind of frank manner. And I don't want to sound like a condescending fuddy duddy, but I have to say it: I'm really proud of this young woman. n
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Carlebach, a homeless hippie rabbi, who invited him back to Israel. azer Lloyd is a bluesman who has spent At the time, he was recording demos for the last 21 years living in Israel, where he a record label in Nashville. He had a real has introduced the culture to America’s chance at starting a career in the United oldest music form. After years of struggling to bring blues to his new home, he's finding States, but he went with Rabbi Carlebach success there and back in the United States. and fell in love with the country. He still lives in Israel to this day with his wife and kids. His latest album, which sounds not unlike Although he comes to America often to recent offerings from Tom Petty, is even tour and to promote his music, he recorded a Grammy candidate. The record showcases Lloyd’s ability to shred on the guitar his new album entirely in Israel. He plans on continuing to bring in Middle Eastern and to sing truly heartfelt blues. Lloyd sees the blues as a way to connect influences into his music, citing Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin’s Arabic sonic influevery person to their soul. ences in mainstream '60s blues rock. “There’s a word level, of understand“The first blues singer, to me, was King ing the lyrics that’s something that goes David, who wrote the Psalms,” Lloyd into your mind, and then there’s a story says. “When you read the Psalms, King that comes out of the song that goes into David is writing the guidebook of the your heart,” Lloyd said in a phone interblues, his struggle with the world. He’s view with NUVO before his show at the got women problems, his son wants to Slippery Noodle on Thursday. “But then, kill him, that’s the real blues.” there’s a deeper level of just the notes of While touring the U.S., Lloyd travels to the blues that can’t be understood, that inner-city schools and tell his story to the goes to your soul. I want every person kids, where he talks about settling down in to communicate with their own souls. It a foreign place, a place where he has to take makes you feel a little more real.” his kids to bomb shelters to keep them safe, a place where his kids have to worry about “The first blues singer, to me, was terrorist attacks, his struggles King David, who wrote the Psalms.” and his blues. He performs with a rapping pastor in — LAZER LLOYD Englewood, a crime-ridden neighborhood in Chicago. A lot of his band members come from bad neighborBorn Lloyd Paul Blumen in New York hoods, Lloyd says, so he makes sure to with the Hebrew name Eliezer Pinchas take time to try to help children. He says Blumen — his stage name Lazer Lloyd he knows how music can communicate in is a combination of his Hebrew and a spiritual way that words just cannot. English names — Lloyd grew up as all“The bluesman is the healer; their job is American as they come: loving football to get people’s minds off the hard struggle of and music in his Connecticut home, life, to give people some vibe to keep going,” where his family relocated when he was Lloyd says. “I try to do what I can, as long as young. Lloyd knew he was Jewish but my body can keep up with the traveling.” it wasn’t something he focused on – he Lloyd’s goal is to bridge the gap between says he was never religious. people and to get everyone to listen to their He returned to New York as an 18-yearhearts and connect with each other. old to attend Skidmore College and study “Music is above words, above differunder Milt Hinton, who played bass with ences, it goes straight to conjoining the Louis Armstrong. While in New York City, essence of each of us.” n Lloyd played a gig with Rabbi Shlomo
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oet Nikki Giovanni shot to fame in the literary world at age 24 with the 1967 publication of her first collection of work Black Feeling, Black Talk. Giovanni has gone on to publish over a dozen more volumes of verse, while establishing herself as one of the foremost commentators on the social landscape of American culture. Nikki Giovanni will be headlining the 2015 Fall Fest for the Indianapolis Public Library on Saturday, November 21 at Central Library. I spoke with Nikki Giovanni via phone from her home in Virginia, where she's currently serving as a university distinguished professor at Virginia Tech. NUVO: I want to ask specifically about a couple of your famous works, particularly your poem "For Saundra." I interpret that work as questioning the role of the artist during difficult periods of social struggle. You wrote that poem several decades ago in 1968, I wonder what your thoughts are today on the role of the artist during times of social conflict? NIKKI GIOVANNI: I think Black artists in America have always been a voice of our people. There's actually been no time when they haven't. You know, it goes back to the spirituals and into jazz. There's been no greater group of men and women than the jazz singers and the blues singers. If I could say this without insulting anybody, I think the artists have been leaders more so than the preachers. Where would we be without Miles Davis? NUVO: You're a professor at Virginia Tech and throughout your career you've spent a lot of time as an educator in universities around the country. I'm sure you've seen the horrible video of the South Carolina high school resource officer violently ejecting a young Black girl from her classroom. As an educator what were your thoughts watching that video? GIOVANNI: I'd probably have to invent some new words to say what that is. It's ridiculous that this man is going to go in because this girl is on her phone and throw her across the room. He was angry because she didn't bow down to him and pay attention to him — but kids don't. I don't know what policemen that are basically traffic cops are doing with guns. Someone will say, "Oh my goodness, but if they didn't have guns the crooks would shoot them." They're not getting crooks. They are shooting teenage boys in Wal-
A CULTURAL MANIFESTO WITH KYLE LONG KLONG@NUVO.NET Kyle Long’s music, which features off-the-radar rhythms from around the world, has brought an international flavor to the local dance music scene.
an adjustment to. She had to find a way to say to her people, "It's going to be alright." So she brought the spiritual. Ultimately when we got here we were going to have to accept Jesus Christ. So we're going to put those words to that spiritual tone. Nikki Giovanni
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Mart who are walking around looking at things. They are shooting unarmed people in the back. We have to stop arming the policemen. It's ridiculous. When we hire policemen in the community, we need to have members of the community present with them. If you hire a white cop in a Black community then we need to have a Black person from the community with them. They shouldn't even be alone. There's something going on. They're being encouraged by people like Donald Trump and that crazy bitch in Kentucky, Kim Davis. They're being encouraged to impose their own views on people and they're not following the rules.
NUVO: On your 1971 album Truth Is On Its Way you recorded a version of your poem "Ego Tripping." You recited the poem over a very percussive beat and your delivery of the words was also very percussive. The end result seemed to anticipate the emergence of hip-hop music. Obviously, there were other similar things happening in music during that time, like The Last Poets or Gil Scott-Heron. I wonder when you first heard hip-hop music if it felt like a familiar form to you?
GIOVANNI: I was glad to see the community take something that someone like me helped to do and take it to another level. I'm totally thrilled that it happened. There was a time when we had Miles Davis. There was a time when Charlie Parker was the only saxophone in town and we were all going to listen to him. “I think Black artists in America have As hip-hop was coming along, the inner-city was always been a voice of our people.” finding its voice. But they didn't have instruments to — NIKKI GIOVANNI do that with. So they used whatever else they had — which was themselves. I think it's fabulous. NUVO: Ms. Giovanni, I primarily write Unlike a lot of people, I don't think hipabout music. During the 1970s you released hop or rap has to be censored. It's great to three albums featuring your poetry with see that community in a state of rebellion. I musical accompaniment. What inspired love it. I love the I Can't Breathe movement. you to present your work in this way? I love Black Lives Matter. Somebody said to me, "Well, white lives matter too." But GIOVANNI: I study the Middle Passage we weren't debating whether white lives and lately I've been writing a lot about matter because Black people aren't shootit. [Note: Middle Passage refers to the ing white people down. Black lives matter. period of transition where the captive We know young children sitting in school enslaved Africans were transported by shouldn't be thrown from their chairs ship to the Americas.] The spiritual was across the room. n born in Middle Passage. There's no way you can be a Black American and not appreciate the spiritual. KYLE LONG I always think it was a woman who developed the spiritual. A woman who is going to come over here on that boat to what we know isn't going to be a happiness, but >> Kyle Long broadcasts weekly on to what we also know we're going to make WFYI 90.1 FM Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
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Devin Leslie and His Band, Emerson Theater, all-ages Will Scott, Zydeco’s, all-ages Jason Michael Carroll, 8 Seconds Saloon, 21+ Blameshift, Shallow Side, Fall To June, Lafayette Theater (Lafayette), all-ages Marin Mazzie: Yes! It’s Today, The Cabaret at the Columbia Club, 21+ Vodka DeMilo, Pretenders, Birdy’s, 21+ Son Little, Durand Jones, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ Three To One and Friends celebrate the Jerry Garcia Band, Slippery Noodle, 21+ The Boy Band Night, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Pravada, Molehill, Shadeland, Melody Inn, 21+ Devin the Dude, The Vogue, 21+ SUBMITTED PHOTO
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WEDNESDAY SKA Vic Ruggiero, Indien, The Innocent Boys 8 p.m. See our profile on Indien on page 30. Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., prices vary, 21+ DANCE Big Freedia’s 2015 Bounce Shakedown Tour 8:30 p.m. New Orleans queen Big Freedia brought bounce music to the mainstream in a big way, and now tours an epically fun live show. Other things this badass has done: broken the Guinness World Record for amount of people twerking together at once performed after Hurricane Katrina six to ten times a week as people got their lives back together and clubs reopened. She’s a New Orleans legend and total master of her domain. Indy party monster Andy D and Boyfriend will open. Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $20 advance, $23 doors, all-ages J Grey and MoFro, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+
White Mystery, Louie, Holy Sheets, State Street Pub, 21+ Froth, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ Steve Poltz, The Hi-Fi, 21+
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Martin Sexton, The Vogue, 21+
MIAD Showcase, Hinge Bureau, all-ages
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THURSDAY CLASSICS Gordon Lightfoot 50th Anniversary Tour 8 p.m. Love you, mean it, Gordon. Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, prices vary, all-ages BLOOD GWAR, Born of Osiris, Battlecross 8 p.m. Prepare yourself for the gallons of fake blood and other bodily fluids that will inevitably cover whatever you wear to this show. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $20 advance, $23 door, 21+ Lazer Lloyd, Slippery Noodle Inn, 21+ The Honeycutters, The Hi-Fi, 21+
Greg’s T-Shirt Night, Greg’s, 21+
HORNS Horns A’Plenty: A Brass Celebration 9:30 p.m. See Barfly for a breakdown of this brassy show featuring Kansas Bible Company and Coolidge.
Migos 8 p.m. If you’re looking for a politically correct show, stay far away from the Old National Centre on Saturday. Hip-hop trio Migos bring their edgy lyrics and “don’t give a shit” attitude to Deluxe for what will surely be a hype affair. They’ve dropped five projects this year alone so expect a plethora of new tunes as well as fan favorites “Versace” and “Fight Night. Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., all-ages
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6 p.m. A big-ass hug and welcome back to the performing stage for Sir Deja Doog. Our spooky pal takes the stage just a week after recording his brand new EP at Postal Recordings in Downtown Indy, a spiritual sequel to his last release Love Coffin. Also taking the stage: Hen, Indy’s wildest and weirdest dance punk performance duo. This show is early, all-ages and free. Indy CD and Vinyl, 806 Broad Ripple Ave., FREE, all-ages ALBUM RELEASES S.M. Wolf LP Release Show 10 p.m. A couple of big things going on here: first, S.M. Wolf is releasing their brand new LP (co-released on Jurassic Pop and In Store Recordings), which is currently streaming in full on Impose for those that want a taste ahead of time. Big thing number two: the show is going down at Pioneer, a brand new Northern Italian restaurant / show space in the Square. Big thing three: Mike Adams At His Honest Weight is opening, and they’re seriously killer. That’s three reasons you’ve got plans for Saturday, ladies and gentlemen. Pioneer Indy, 1110 Shelby St., $5, all-ages
The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., prices vary, 21+ LEGENDS Stevie Wonder 8 p.m. Here’s what Stevie’s been playing at shows lately: “Love’s IN Need of Love Today,” “Sir Duke,” “Isn’t She Lovely,” “if It’s Magic,” “An Overjoyed/Yesterday/ People Get Ready” instrumental medley, a cover of Nelly’s “Hot In Herre,” a cover of McFadden and Whitehead’s “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now,” plus “Superstition.” Have we talked you into dropping a wad of cash for this show yet? Bankers Life Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., prices vary, all-ages PUNS Bone Jugs N Harmony 8:30 p.m. These dudes have a hilarious name and lots of covers in their pocket. The Bishop, 123 S. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $10, 18+ PHOTO BY CLAYTON CUBITT
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DoItIndy Radio Hour, Grove Haus, all-ages
The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $35, 21+
Julie Houston, Jazz Kitchen, 21+
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We Were Promised Jetpacks, Tuesday at The Hi-Fi WEIRDOS Peelander-Z 9 p.m. Japanese punkers Peelander-Z are based in NYC, in real life. In stage life, though, they’re from the planet Peelander, where members Peelander-Yellow, Peelander-Red and Peelander-Blue learned professional wrestling, costume design and all the other various and sundry activities and accoutrements that accompany their insane stage show.
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misplaced – the mix works, and it’s quite fun too. Swedish trio Movits! have become major crowd favorites at Bloomington music festival Lotus, and they made their third appearance at the fest in 2014. — KYLE LONG
Scotty McCreery, Honeywell Center, all-ages
Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., $10, 21+
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Florist, Hello Shark, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+
Gene Deer and PK Lavengood, State Street Pub, 21+
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MOVITS! 8 p.m. Conceptually speaking, the idea of blending Swedish hip-hop with big band era swing jazz didn’t sound exceptionally appealing to me. My apprehension was
Jamey Johnson 8 p.m. This heavily lauded country music star hasn’t had a full-length in a while, save
The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $17, 21+ Renee King, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Everything Went Black, Photian Schism, Pot Slammer, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ NAP DNB Presents, Melody Inn, 21+ Take That! Tuesday with DJ Metrognome and Guest, Coaches Tavern, 21+ NUVO.NET/SOUNDCHECK
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We Were Promised Jetpacks, Seoul 9 p.m. This Scottish quartet added a member (Stuart McGachan, on keys) to record their last album Unravelling, and, when we dialed them up to talk before their Indy show, was already back in the studio recording again. Now, before we start transcribing, we’ve got to add that it is absolutely imperative to add a charming Scottish accent as you re-read in your head. “We’ve been writing for a good while now,” said bassist Sean Smith. “We’re hoping to play a couple on the upcoming tour, and we’re going to try out a few on the road and see how we get on. It’s been going very
well.” The band has been staying in a cottage in Scotland recording before they return to the US for shows, like this week’s Indy stop. “We’ve been up in the cottage for four days. This is our second time up here writing new songs, our third in total but our second for brand new songs. We’ve got a really nice wee cottage on Loch Fyne just north of Glasgow. We love it up here. It’s got a separate little studio, a nice live room, and then you can come down and stay in the little cottage.”
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EXCERPTS FROM OUR ONLINE COLUMN “ASK THE SEXDoDOC” ofus W e try not to trouble Debby with too many non-clinical, research-based questions. This week, we’re having the civilian half of our sex column take a swing at some questions solo. Debby will be back throughout the month, so don’t miss her too much.
A Trifling Trifle of Love, Kink and Non-Monogamy While on one of a handful of breaks from one of my longest relationships, I fell into experimenting with kink and bondage. Eventually, my former partner and I got back together and now I’m curious about incorporating this kind of play into our sex. I recently tried spanking my gf during doggy sex and she did not react at all. Not sure of what to make of this or how to proceed, and do I go outside the relationship to get this attention and play if my partner isn’t into it? SARAH: This is me just sitting here, blinking at the layers that are daring me to unpack them one at a time. There is, in short, a fuckton of things going on here. First of all, I’m instantly going to give side-eye to relationships that feature regular breakups with spans long enough for you to have what sounds like entire other relationships within them. While I have never been inside this dynamic myself (because I’m not a crazy person with infinite energy to rehash old bullshit), I do find that these kinds of relationships never, ever, EVER end well. Either they turn into begrudging, bickery marriages or these people keep lighting the same, ever-shortening fuse until an inevitable, catastrophic explosion occurs that rocks the entire group of friends surrounding the couple. In my case, it was jumping out of the way as our friend group’s annual beer drinking olympics devolved into a fistfight between two people whose insecurities fit each other just so. The point is, don’t be that couple. You need to decide right now if your issues are ones you can deal with in the long haul exactly as they are today without some far-off future point where these things are supposed to magically change.
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I broke up with a serious boyfriend to move away to grad school. I graduated last May and actually ended up getting a job back here. We were really in love, barely fought, and I missed him the whole time I was gone. He started dating someone else while I was gone, and I recently contacted him to get a drink. Every feeling I had before was still there, and I KNEW he was feeling the same way, but he says he would feel bad for dumping his new BF and getting back with me. Should I give up and move on, or should I wait for their relationship to conclude and then try to get back together with him?
My boyfriend says that sometimes he can feel my IUD strings, but every website I’ve looked at says that this is possible but rare. What is the deal?
SARAH: Y’all are really dragging me over the emotional coals this week, huh? My empathy centers are on fire and I can’t take much more. GAWD what an emotional nightmare you have here, my friend. First, be thankful that you’re still in love with someone who isn’t scummy enough to just dump someone out of the blue if things are going well. That’s good. Obviously, it super sucks for you because you have all these feelings going on and you want to “place” them somewhere where you feel emotionally safe. Let me remind you, though, that our brains and emotions are not always the most reliable tools we have at our disposal, especially when you’re in a period in your life when there’s a lot of change going on. You may have had a great relationship, and it may have been a huge bummer when it ended for life reasons, but always keep in mind that situations and relationships tend to look a lot better in retrospect than they do in the present. This isn’t me shitting all over your past romance, but rather a reminder that stress tends to make us want to retreat back into comfort, and nothing seems more perfect than the relationships we were in when they coincided with our more stable life moments. In other words, no, don’t wait around for this guy’s relationship to be over like someone doing the pee-pee dance outside of one occupied Port-a-Potty in a hundred unused ones. If you’re a relatively normal adult, there are a lot of people you can build a wonderful relationship with. And if it just so happens that your paths cross again when you’re both single and ready to mingle, there’s nothing wrong with starting where you left off and seeing where it goes!
SARAH: Like so many devices that have made modern life so much easier, the IUD is largely dependent on its user and installer when it comes to consumer success. IUDs are designed to be one of the least-obtrusive forms of long-term birth control, but not everyone is great at putting them in. Once the device is in, your doc is supposed to cut the strings but leave them long enough to fold around the cervix. They shouldn’t be sticking out there like the short end of a doubled thread at the end of a sturdy hem. Apparently, not everyone is aware of this, and some people cut them off way too short. So yes, it’s completely possible that your boyfriend can feel them. If you have doubts, go check it out with a gynecologist and make sure your strings are long enough. If not, your doc will be able to put a good plan together for a fix, which might mean, um, reinstallation.
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TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Before he helped launch Apple Computer in the 1970s, tech pioneer Steve Wozniak ran a dial-a-joke service. Most of the time, people who called got an automated recording, but now and then Wozniak answered himself. That’s how he met Alice Robertson, the woman who later became his wife. I’m guessing you will have comparable experiences in the coming weeks, Taurus. Future allies may come into your life in unexpected ways. It’s as if mysterious forces will be conspiring to connect you with people you need to know. Pisces
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GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): Small, nondestructive earthquakes are common. Our planet has an average of 1,400 of them every day. This subtle underground mayhem has been going on steadily for millions of years. According to recent research, it has been responsible for creating 80 percent of the world’s gold. I suspect that the next six or seven months will feature a metaphorically analogous process in your life. You will experience deep-seated quivering and grinding that won’t bring major disruptions even as it generates the equivalent of gold deposits. Make it your goal to welcome and even thrive on the subterranean friction! Gemini
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CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): Here’s the process I went through to create your horoscope. First I drew up a chart of your astrological aspects. Using my analytical skills, I pondered their meaning. Next, I called on my intuitive powers, asking my unconscious mind to provide symbols that would be useful to you. The response I got from my deeper mind was surprising: It informed me that I should go to a new cafe that had just opened downtown. Ten minutes later, I was there, gazing at a menu packed with exotic treats: Banana Flirty Milk ... Champagne Coconut Mango Slushy ... Honey Dew Jelly Juice ... Creamy Wild Berry Blitz ... Sweet Dreamy Ginger Snow. I suspect these are metaphors for experiences that are coming your way. Pisces
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LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): The Beatles’ song “You Never Give Me Your Money” has this poignant lyric: “Oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go.” I suggest you make it your motto for now. And if you have not yet begun to feel the allure of that sentiment, initiate the necessary shifts to get yourself in the mood. Why? Because it’s time to recharge your spiritual battery, and the best way to do that is to immerse yourself in the mystery of having nothing to do and nowhere to go. Put your faith in the pregnant silence, Leo. Let emptiness teach you what you need to know next. Virgo
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VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Should a professional singer be criticized for her lack of skill in laying bricks? Is it reasonable to chide a kindergarten teacher for his ineptitude as an airplane pilot? Does it make sense to complain about a cat’s inability to bark? Of course not. There are many other unwarranted comparisons that are almost as irrational but not as obviously unfair. Is it right for you to wish your current lover or best friend could have the same je ne sais quoi as a previous lover or best friend? Should you try to manipulate the future so that it’s more like the past? Are you justified in demanding that your head and your heart come to identical conclusions? No, no, and no. Virgo
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): In the mid-19th century, an American named Cyrus McCormick patented a breakthrough that had the potential to revolutionize agriculture. It was a mechanical reaper that harvested crops with far more ease and efficiency than hand-held sickles and scythes. But his innovation didn’t enter into mainstream use for 20 years. In part that was because many farmers were skeptical of trying a new technology, and feared it would eliminate jobs. I don’t foresee you having to wait nearly as long for acceptance of your new wrinkles, Libra. But you may have to be patient. Libra
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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Is it possible to express a benevolent form of vanity? I say yes. In the coming weeks, your boasts may be quite lyrical and therapeutic. They may even uplift and motivate those who hear them. Acts of self-aggrandizement that would normally cast long shadows might instead produce generous results. That’s why I’m giving you a go-ahead to embody the following attitude from Nikki Giovanni’s poem “Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)”: “I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal / I cannot be comprehended except by my permission.” Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): Regard the current tensions and detours as camouflaged gifts from the gods of growth. You’re being offered a potent opportunity to counteract the effects of a self-sabotage you committed once upon a time. You’re getting an excellent chance to develop the strength of character that can blossom from dealing with soul-bending riddles. In fact, I think you’d be wise to feel a surge of gratitude right now. To do so will empower you to take maximum advantage of the disguised blessings. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): You are slipping into a phase when new teachers are likely to appear. That’s excellent news, because the coming weeks will also be a time when you especially need new teachings. Your good fortune doesn’t end there. I suspect that you will have an enhanced capacity to learn quickly and deeply. With all these factors conspiring in your favor, Capricorn, I predict that by January 1, you will be smarter, humbler, more flexible, and better prepared to get what you want in 2016. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): American author Mark Twain seemed to enjoy his disgust with the novels of Jane Austen, who died 18 years before he was born. “Her books madden me so that I can’t conceal my frenzy,” he said, even as he confessed that he had perused some of her work multiple times. “Every time I read Pride and Prejudice,” he wrote to a friend about Austen’s most famous story, “I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.” We might ask why he repetitively sought an experience that bothered him. I am posing a similar question to you, Aquarius. According to my analysis, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to renounce, once and for all, your association with anything or anyone you are addicted to disliking. Aquarius
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PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): The Sahara in Northern Africa is the largest hot desert on the planet. It’s almost the size of the United States. Cloud cover is rare, the humidity is low, and the temperature of the sand can easily exceed 170º F. (80º C.). That’s why it was so surprising when snow fell there in February of 1979 for the first time in memory. This once-in-a-lifetime visitation happened again 33 years later. I’m expecting a similar anomaly in your world, Pisces. Like the desert snow, your version should be mostly interesting and only slightly inconvenient. It may even have an upside. Saharan locals testified that the storm helped the palm trees because it killed off the parasites feeding on them. Pisces
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