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Indiana’s own Lauren Kastner was in Paris for the massive climate change summit — COP21 — and posted the goings-on there daily. We’ve collected all her reporting in a single story now that the deal’s done.
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This week Seth Johnson takes a look behind the IMA tours for viewers with early-stage Alzheimer’s. Greg Sanders of the Indianapolis Men’s Chorus details the upcoming holiday show after a triumphant and trying year. Thirteen Indiana books have been highlighted for the bicentennial, and they will be given to 55 libraries, schools and community groups.
Campus racism.................................................... P.06 Protesting the circus........................................... P.09 VOICES Dolan on discrimination...................................... P.04 Jeb Banner on climate change............................ P.05 Sex Doc................................................................ P.35
IMA and Alzheimer’s............................................ P.18 Bicentennial books............................................. P.21 Men’s Chorus....................................................... P.22 SCREENS Ed Johnson-Ott reviews Trumbo.......................... P.23
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If you think that the racial tension at college campuses is “elsewhere, but not here” — think again. Purdue students recently organized to show President Daniels that there is a problem in West Lafayette. And what motivates an animal rights activist to protest events like the circus? This week we have a perspective from someone who just wants to make a difference.
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It’s a hyper-local week in this week’s music section — oh, who are we kidding? It’s always a hyper-local week in music land. We review Peter and The Kings’ new release and the Sacred Leather/R’lyeh show at 5th Quarter, plus chat briefly with Sacred Leather’s new singer Dustin Boltjes. Plus: The Reverend Peyton’s very first advice column, a chat with poet Haki Madhubuti and literally hundreds of concerts in Soundcheck.
Rev. Peyton.......................................................... P.30 Peter and The Kings............................................. P.30 R’lyeh and Sacred Leather................................... P.31 A Cultural Manifesto........................................... P.32
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in the header at the top of an inauspieritas Rex is Latin for the “Truth cious Indiana website: hoosierfamily. King,” or… roughly muddled into org. On that website, James Bopp, Jr. of English: the “King of Truth.” The Bopp Law Firm, PC in Terre Haute We have each crowned Kings and was quoted in a press statement released Queens of truth for ourselves. For me, Dec. 10. The press release focused on my choices are largely comedic. Robin a recent lawsuit filed by the Indiana Williams was a genius. George Carlin Family Institute, the American Family was a god of an atheist. Bill Maher gleeAssociation and the American Family fully rips your face off with his political Association of Indiana against the City outrage and insists you thank him for of Carmel, the City of Indianapolis and it. Lewis Black’s wit is like sandpaper on various members of Marion County all your politically sensitive privates. Jon Equal Opportunity Advisory Board. Stewart is somehow able to give you the The introduction of this complaint warm fuzzies at the same time that he’s delivering some hard truths that are always fun to listen to, but not always comfortable to hear. Call me ideologically naïve, Don’t for a moment think your but POTUS’ natural gravitas continually lends weight to the freedom gets to ooze onto words he speaks. I don’t care anyone else’s. When it does? if he’s talking about bisexual koalas being persecuted by the That’s discrimination. bigoted big-mouth lemurs in the pen next door, and that’s why we need to send relief now. states the following: This case challenges I’m on board. (I) the nondiscrimination ordinance of Why? Because he’s a fabulous presithe City of Carmel (“Carmel Ordinance”) dent who has developed groundbreakand Indianapolis-Marion County (“Indiing policy in his attempt to create an anapolis Ordinance”) for violating RFRA all-inclusive America. All while conserand state and federation constitutions vatives have continued blaming him for protections; and (II) the amendment to the sins of his Podunk predecessor. the Indiana Religious Freedom RestoraWe can get into how fully badass tion Act (“RFRA”) that provides an ExcluObama is in another essay. Right now, sion (with Exceptions) that excludes let’s just leave it right here: Barack is certain persons from RFRA’s protection bitchin’. and is unlawful under the Indiana and Moving on… Veritas Rex can be found
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federal constitutions. “RFRA originally protected all religious viewpoints and insured a high level of protection for peoples’ free exercise of religion. The ‘fix,’ however, stripped that protection based on a person’s particular religious view, such as, opposition to same-sex marriage. This pits some religions that the government protects against other religions that will suffer government punishment if they don’t fall in line. We believe this discrimination between religious views is unconstitutional,” said Bopp. This kind of religious bigot wants to talk at length about his personal freedom that’s being stepped on, but he’s left out the part having to do with how this kind of “freedom” infringes on the free expression of everyone else. That’s not freedom. That’s persecution. A homosexual should be able to walk into any bakery and order a wedding cake. A transgender teenager should be able to order any pizza he likes. Hell, the drag queens at Lucy’s Large & Lovely should be able to get their beards trimmed in any barber shop while
wearing any evening gown that speaks to them! If you don’t agree with homosexuality, don’t be a homosexual. If you don’t agree with the lives of transgender persons, don’t make the transition. If you’re a big burly man who doesn’t like it when other men wear pretty dresses in extended sizes, don’t shop in a dress store! But don’t for a moment think your freedom gets to ooze onto anyone else’s. When it does? That’s discrimination. That’s persecution. That’s bigotry. And that’s wrong. No one’s going to give you a medal for any single “choice” you make to be tolerant. God, I hate that word: “Tolerant”. It’s so condescending. As if your choice to approve of anyone else makes you special or evolved or is in any way required. I don’t require that you tolerate me. I require that you treat me well, behave courteously and shove your tolerant condescension. An article also published Dec. 10 by Amber Stearns, NUVO’s news editor, said, “The lawsuit seeks to have the nondiscrimination ordinances in both cities declared unconstitutional and unlawful under RFRA. The plaintiffs want any and all enforcement of the ordinances to be prohibited by injunction and declaratory judgement.” So, basically, Christians who were practically frothing at the mouth in their excitement to get RFRA passed are now pouting that their precious bigotry bill doesn’t actually give them license to discriminate at will. Maybe because ... truth IS king. n
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same thing as experiencing and feeling those things. With caring we struggle to leave the neighborhood. The further away the object of concern, the less we care. Outta site, outta mind. We notice what is front of us, right ... now. I was watching Fox News a while back (why? I’m not sure) when a certain Sarah Palin looked out her snowy Alaska window and stated as fact — “so much for climate change!” As ignorant as this might be it speaks to our human experience. We are wired for weather, not climate. Scale is a real problem with caring. We can feel concern for a plant more easily than a planet. Caring for something as large as a planet is very We can “know” many things but that hard for humans to do. will it take is not the same thing as experiencing forSouswhat to care? Clearly something needs to be and feeling those things. done and it’s going to take individual, local and global action. What will it take to get us off our asses In reflecting on the disconnect and do something? between my thoughts and actions I’ve How can we bring climate change into come to see knowing and caring as very our lives and make it real? To still care different things. It starts with how we about it even on a perfect summer’s day? experience knowledge and concern. Can we transcend our human nature Knowledge lives in the brain and to really feel something as big as this caring in the gut. planet? Or can we use technology to There are hormones powering caring make the planet feel “smaller” and more (feelings), with neurons powering tangible? knowledge (understanding) — at least As for me, I’m beginning the journey, on a basic level. And when it comes to committing myself to taking real steps in behavior, chemicals almost always win. 2016: to curb my contribution to climate Our feelings run the show. change. Also, there is a I think this starts physicality to caring. with finding my Just a touch from care “triggers”. another human Ways to feel releases climate change. hormones How can it be (oxytocin) and more real for we begin to me, and others? bond with them, If I can tap into we begin to care. that powerful But knowledge, hormone-fueled by nature, is abstract. engine of care I am There is no way to confident the commitment “touch” it. We can “know” and behavior will follow. n many things but that is not the
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WHAT HAPPENED? Study says women are missing in state government A new series from the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Stateline project examines the demographics of state legislatures. The first installment, released Tuesday, focuses on gender. Stateline Editor Jeffrey Stinson said nationally, the percentage of female state lawmakers has increased from the 1970s, when they held just five percent of the seats. But it has stalled over the last decade. In Indiana, women hold 21 percent of state legislative seats. And the Stateline research found nationally, one in three Democratic state legislators is a woman, and one in five Republican state lawmakers is female. When looking at occupations, the research indicates most state legislatures are dominated by people in business. And Stinson noted that in the last decade, there has been a surprising decline in the number of attorneys in office. He added that lawmakers also tend to skew older, with baby boomers comprising more than half of state legislative seats. Improving foster care in Indiana Child welfare groups are using a new law to make the lives of children in care a bit more normal. The federal Strengthening Families Act, passed last year, provides guidelines for states to improve child welfare policies that in the past focused primarily on safety and liability, which, at times, hindered a young person’s opportunities. A new Annie E. Casey Foundation report shows how the new law allows Indiana and other states to implement policies that promote family connections, social relationships and permanency. One measure will allow a caregiver or foster parent to make decisions for the child that were previously in the hands of a caseworker. The new law also calls for young people in the child welfare system to be engaged in his or her case planning, starting at age 14. — INDIANA NEWS SERVICE Lawsuit against 2 Indiana cities claims RFRA violations Local Christian fundamentalist leaders are challenging nondiscrimination ordinances in Indianapolis and Carmel, claiming those ordinances violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and religious freedoms guaranteed by the state and U.S. constitutions. Attorneys for the Indiana Family Institute (IFI), Indiana Family Action, Inc. (IFA), and the American Family Association of Indiana filed the lawsuit in Hamilton County Superior Court Thursday afternoon. The lawsuit also claims last year’s amendment to the state’s RFRA (Senate Enrolled Act 50, otherwise known as the “fix”) excludes certain people from RFRA’s protections and also violates state and federal constitutions. However the state and the Indiana General Assembly, which passed the legislation amendment, are not listed as defendants in the case. The lawsuit seeks to have the nondiscrimination ordinances in both cities declared unconstitutional and unlawful under RFRA. The plaintiffs want any and all enforcement of the ordinances to be prohibited by injunction and declaratory judgment. — AMBER STEARNS 6 NEWS // 12.16.15 - 12.23.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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that weighs on you the most. Those are instances, moments in time. It’s the ever-present racial insensitivity. It’s not the people screaming ‘N-----s!’ at you from a truck on State Street, it’s knowing that no one cares.” The stories continue. A Chinese graduate student in the College of Pharmacy reported people in line with her made slanted-eye gestures at her. She also reported hearing “Ching-chong, chingchong” from nearby. On Nov. 17, a printed copy of these stories, along with 73 pages of screenshots of racially “We also kind of sought a insensitive language connection between our experiences posted on Twitter, Yik-Yak, and other social media here at Purdue and the things they sites, was delivered to university president Mitch were talking about [at Mizzou].” Daniels’ desk. The book, “How Many More Fires,” – KIRSTEN HOLSTON, PURDUE STUDENT came in at 105 pages total, counting the introduction and title pages and a list of 13 “demanded actions.” It was signed at the bottom by “Constudents and alumni. This story was one cerned Purdue Student Body Members.” of 43 posted to the website Kirsten Holston, a Purdue undergrad, ShareYourNarrative.wordpress.com. was interviewed by The New York Times Most of the users posted their stories during its coverage of the early days of anonymously, but identified themselves the protests on campus. Holston, one by major, year and racial identity. An African-American alumnus from the Col- of the leading members of the student group, said the events at the University lege of Liberal Arts posted that first story. of Missouri served as an impetus for A Black fifth-year senior wrote: “Untheir own protest. derstand that it’s not the overt racism t was in 2010 after leaving my 8 p.m. class during the winter I had to walk to the near by [sic] bus stop on campus. As I stood there alone patiently waiting I saw a pickup truck coming up the street. It didn’t seem out of the ordinary UNTIL it got closer and I began hearing several white males shout “F--- you N-----, I’ll kill you N-----.” (Over and over) They seemed to find joy in the fear on my face, yet by the grace of God they kept driving. I was definitely scared for my life at that moment. It’s something I’ll never forget.” That is just one of many stories of racial aggressions reported by Purdue
“Essentially, the idea is that we saw what was going on at Mizzou and we wanted to show them that we were in support of what they were doing, and we also kind of sought a connection between our experiences here at Purdue and the things they were talking about ,” Holston said. In addition to that, Holston said Daniels sent an email to the Purdue community which said there were no racial issues on campus. The protestors sought to change that view of things, and asked that he retract his statement that Purdue was in “proud contrast to the environments that appear to prevail at places like Missouri or Yale.” Holston said representatives from their group were granted a sit-down meeting with Daniels, where the book was delivered, and a time to voice their concerns. “It [the meeting] was tense,” Holston said. “There were things that we agreed on, and there were things that weren’t agreed on and then there were things he said he had to look into.” The first “demanded action” was that Daniels rewrite his email to the campus to address what Holston called racial hostility. He denied the request. Among the other twelve actions >>>
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Concerned Purdue student body members created a book of their personal experiences of racial micro-aggressions. The book also included screenshots from Twitter and Yik-Yak illustrating the racial tension on the West Lafayette campus.
<<< demanded was that Purdue create a required racial awareness curriculum for all members of the Purdue student body and staff. Locally, the University of Indianapolis has taken a proactive step in terms of upholding diversity. According to Robert Manuel, president of UIndy, there have been 37 meetings on diversity since he assumed office. These meetings have included students, professors, university trustees and alumni. “These conversations are important, because they prevent issues from becoming a boiling point,” Manuel said. With students from over fifty countries, Manuel said one of the university’s goals remains creating culturally competent students. In order to continue
developing the conversation, he said his office is creating a university wide task force which will invite representatives from all of the school’s departments and student organizations. IUPUI’s Office of Diversity hosted a group discussion reacting to the Mizzou protests just a few days before the meeting between Daniels and the concerned Purdue students. The president of Martin University declined to comment. President Daniels could not be reached for an interview in time for the publication of this article, despite repeated phone calls and emails. S E E , RACIS M, O N P A GE 0 8 NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 12.16.15 - 12.23.15 // NEWS 7
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The list of demanded actions was delivered to Purdue President Mitch Daniels’ desk during his meeting with the concerned students. Along with this list were over forty stories and nearly seventy pages of screenshots of racist tweets and posts from Yik Yak. According to Kirsten Holston, one of the student leaders of the movement, “He read through it [the entire report] during the meeting, but we don’t know if he actually ended up reading the whole thing.” Parts of the original document have been edited for AP style and grammar. n
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1. We demand that administrators, specifically President Mitch Daniels, acknowledge the hostile environment caused by hateful and ignorant discrimination on Purdue’s campus. We also demand that he apologize for his erasure of the experiences of students of color in his email to the student body, where he asserted that Purdue is in “proud contrast to the environments that appear to prevail at places like Missouri or Yale.” 2. We demand that chief diversity officer be reinstated as its own position, with student involvement in the hiring process. Additionally, we demand supporting positions be instated for this role. The positions must address diversity and inclusion of faculty, staff, and students separately, in order to address the unique needs of each group. 3. We demand that Purdue create and enforce a required comprehensive racial awareness curriculum for all students, staff, faculty, administration, and police. This curriculum must be vetted and overseen by a board of diverse students, faculty, and staff. 4. We demand the release of a statistical report, using defined metrics, of the concrete impact of diversity and inclusion initiatives implemented on campus. 5. We demand that the university more actively and effectively advertise and utilize the Report Hate & Bias program.
6. We demand that the free speech policy be revised to address hate speech in person and through social media. We demand the university to follow harassment policies consistently to protect students from hostility. 7. We demand that the university and the Purdue police follow through with their commitment to form a police advisory board, which will be made up of diverse students, faculty and staff by the end of this fall semester. 8. We demand that there be enforced extensive background checks relating to sexual offense, hate group membership, and discriminatory offenses of all faculty, staff, and police officers. 9. We demand that there be a twenty-percent increase of underrepresented minority faculty and staff by the 2019-2020 school year. 10. We demand that there be a thirty-percent increase of underrepresented minority students by the 2019-2020 school year. 11. We demand that more merit and need-based aid be given to students. 12. We demand that underrepresented faculty and staff receive more resources, funding, and support. 13. We demand that Purdue Student Government and Purdue Graduate Student Government instate C.O.R.E. seats in their representative voting bodies.
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or the third straight year, Tonja Robertson has shown up on a cold December evening to protest the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus. It’s one of the five-to-six protests she participates in each year, which include the Indianapolis Zoo on “Empty the Tanks Worldwide” day, an annual international protest and public awareness campaign against the cetacean captivity industry. Protests offering high visibility are her preference because they provide better opportunities for raising awareness. This year, she joined about 150 others from the Indiana Animal Rights Alliance and a heavier-than-usual police presence on opening night of the circus. She does it because she believes that a more peaceful world is possible and that if people are informed about animal suffering, they will do something about it. Vegetarian since 1983 and vegan since 2005, Robertson has always felt compassion for animals, but she’s become a more vocal animal activist over the past 10 years since closing her gift shop in Brown County. “I was prompted to advocate for animals because their suffering is so horrendous and their need for advocates to work on their behalf is so great,” she explains. “Animals can’t advocate or lobby on their own behalf; it’s up to us. It’s up to us to pull back the curtain on animals’ suffering.” One encounter with two dads continues to inspire her. “To my surprise, they listened intently to why we were there and said they always wondered about how the animals were trained and transported.” They proceeded inside with their families, but promised to do some research and watch undercover videos to educate themselves. “That is what I hope we spur everyone attending the circus into doing.” Instead, most circus-goers drop their gaze and hurry past the line of activists carrying signs and handing out literature. Nevertheless, Robertson continues to believe in the effectiveness of peaceful
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While in Indianapolis, Ringling Bros. houses the animals in cages and tents in the parking garage located across from Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
protests. “Just look at SeaWorld in San Diego. Stock has dropped. Attendance has dropped as people have come to appreciate the animals there as sentient beings who don’t belong in an enclosed tank — and now SeaWorld has announced the end to their killer whale performances.”
Legal issues Similarly, earlier this year Ringling announced that they would begin phasing out elephant performances and stop using elephants by 2018. So why continue to protest? “Their decision indicated that the elephant performances would continue for some time, so nothing has changed as far as the elephants’ suffering goes,” Robertson states, “not to mention the other animals that are forced to travel and perform.” She, like many other animal lovers and activists, believes that no sentient being should be forced through fear of physical pain to engage in unnatural acts for entertainment purposes. “To be whipped or prodded with a bullhook, to give birth while chained, to keep juvenile elephants chained in the dark to break their spirit is cruel beyond belief.” Such tactics and more are docu-
mented practices by Ringling handlers. Wayne Pacelle, head of the Humane Society in the U.S., recounted protracted legal battles over Ringling’s treatment of elephants during an NPR interview in March, noting that elephants are “intelligent, sociable animals” who would typically travel hundreds of miles in the wild, but who are “kept in chains for 22 hours a day, hit with bullhooks and shuttled around to more than 100 cities a year. It’s no life for an animal.” Despite losing a 14-year legal battle against Feld Entertainment Inc., Ringling’s parent company, over allegations that circus trainers mistreat elephants, HSUS and other groups brought the issue to the nation’s attention. Several cities and counties and the state of Hawaii have since imposed bans or restrictions on the use of animals in circuses. Rather than fight it, Ringling spokesman Stephen Payne said the Feld family decided to respond to the shift in public mood by slowly retiring its 13 elephants, thus ending a 145-year circus tradition. HSUS isn’t the only group that has sued Ringling. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Animal Protection Institute filed against Feld, alleging violation of the Endangered S E E , C R U E L T Y , O N P A GE 1 0
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HELPING REFUGEE FAMILIES IN INDIANAPOLIS Exodus Refugee Immigration Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. is an agency that works with the World Church Service to get refugees resettled in Indiana. Volunteers are accepted to do a variety of tasks for this non-profit agency including: teach English, mentor refugees and families, provide transportation and prepare a home for an arriving family. Monetary and item donations are also accepted to help the organization achieve its mission and help refugee families begin their new lives. Information on how to volunteer and/or donate is available on their website. exodusrefugee.org Catholic Charities The Refugee and Immigrant Services is a program of Catholic Charities Indianapolis that works to resettle refugees in Indiana. Catholic Charities Indianapolis is an affiliate of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and a member of CLINIC (Catholic Legal Immigration Network, INC). Volunteer opportunities include: ESL tutors, after school tutors, citizenship class instructors and assistants, apartment set-up teams and mentors. New and gently used items are always needed to set up new housing for arriving immigrants. Arrangements can be made for someone to pick up larger items like furniture and appliances. archindy.org/cc/refugee/ Immigrant Welcome Center The Immigrant Welcome Center is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2005 by then First Lady of Indianapolis Amy Minick Peterson to better serve immigrants and refugees in the city. The center helps immigrants and refugees by connecting them with legal aid, transportation, language classes and other social services in the city. The center also provides cultural awareness classes and community outreach programs to help educate Hoosiers on the city’s cultural diversity and ways to engage this part of the city’s population. immigrantwelcomecenter.org
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Animals like the tigers are kept in cages constantly as they are transported from one place to another. Other animals like camels and horses are kept in makeshift stables and are walked across the street to the arena.
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Species Act, systemic abuse and exploitation of elephants with the use of metal bullhooks and chaining their legs when not performing. An appeals court dismissed that lawsuit on the grounds that the organizations didn’t have the standing to bring suit because they couldn’t establish legal “injury” to themselves. But in 2011 the law caught up with Ringling when the U.S. Department of Agriculture slapped Feld Entertainment with a record-breaking penalty for the same animal welfare violations the ASPCA had cited. The circus agreed to settle, paying $270,000 for violating the AWA on multiple occasions from June 2007 to August 2011 and agreeing to implement new training protocols for animal handlers, all while admitting no wrongdoing or violation of USDA policy. In a statement, Kenneth Feld, CEO, promised to work with the USDA “in a cooperative and transparent manner” to ensure the health and quality care of the animals.
Clear as mud But transparency apparently goes only so far. Circus workers stopped photographers from taking pictures of the animals housed in small, drafty tents in a concrete parking garage across the street from Bankers Life Fieldhouse during their four-day stay in Indianapolis and refused to answer questions about the care and housing of the animals. Similarly, Animal Care & Control officers who initially offered to provide an inspection report later reversed that decision. However, Deputy Chief Kim Wolsiffer, Enforcement Operations, did answer select questions, explaining that “all animals held within the City of Indianapolis are to be kept in accordance with Chapter 531 of the Revised Code of the City of Indianapolis/Marion County.”
Ringling’s onsite veterinarian is required to provide care records and work with ACC enforcement officials if ACC’s on-staff veterinarian observes any undefined “concerning conditions” that need evaluation. Although no one on the ACC staff specializes in exotic animals, Wolsiffer says their veterinarian has received “extensive training and experience to include a wide variety of species” and that they have undisclosed “resources and individuals” they can call on for a more “species-specific expert opinion.” Cracked toenails and moving gait are among the things they check elephants for, but when it comes to tuberculosis, ACC defers to the Marion County Health Department. That group screened the 327 circus workers after one was placed
and 2010, approximately 13 percent of the nation’s elephant population had confirmed TB. Roughly 18 percent of Asian elephants (the kind typically used in circuses) had TB.
The power of protest
Asian elephants have been a symbol of Ringling Brothers and a popular draw for audiences. Feld executives have testified that the elephants generate more than $100 million annually. But Robertson believes circus attendance is dropping, along with support from local businesses, predominantly because “most people have compassion and would never want to see an animal suffer,” she believes. “Once they are informed, they make different choices, like not going to the circus [or] not eating animals.” Although some people who have been informed “Animals can’t advocate or lobby on promise never to attend another animal circus, their own behalf; it’s up to us. It’s others still go. “I would up to us to pull back the curtain on say they have not yet comprehended the inforanimals’ suffering.” mation,” Robertson says. Thus, she will continue — TONJA ROBERTSON ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST to protest. “No one is trying to shame or attack circus attendees for going to the circus,” she clarifies. Her mission under observation for TB in Chicago, is to educate the public about what goes where the circus completed a 10-day on during animal training so they can performance schedule on Nov. 29. Two decide for themselves if they really want tested positive. to be entertained in this way. It isn’t known whether they tested After the protest, Robertson returns any of the animals; calls to the Health to a warm, comfortable home and her Department were not returned. family, knowing that the animals will not Tuberculosis spreads through the air be going home to theirs. It’s the most from person to person — or animal — and difficult aspect for her, knowing that the can be fatal if not treated. In 2011, an elephant at a sanctuary in Tennessee infected animals will be loaded back onto trucks eight people who worked there. Symptoms and boxcars, shackled and caged, to go to the next city to do it all over again … include a bad cough, coughing up blood, until dedicated protestors like her make chest pain, fever and night sweats. a big enough impact to stop it. n According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, between 1994
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THE DIARY OF A NUVO REPORTER AT COP21 BY LAUREN KASTNER
EDITORS@NUVO.NET (INTRODUCTION BY ED WENCK)
f all the luck. In the fall of this year, NUVO received a missive from Jim Poyser — former managing editor of NUVO and current executive director of Earth Charter Indiana. Jim introduced us to another member of ECI, a woman named Lauren Kastner who was headed to Paris for what may go down as the most important climate conference of them all: COP21. The 21st annual session of the Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change had a monumental task before them, as Lauren wrote for NUVO in November: After negotiating for more than two decades, this year is critical for the world to get to a strong agreement to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in a fair and effective way that every nation in the world agrees to. As the Conference’s own website stated, COP21 “will, for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.” (cop21paris.org) For some nations — such as the Marshall Islands — a 2-degree-Celsius-or-more mark means a death sentence. As the Island’s Foreign Minister Tony de Brum told NPR during the talks, his country’s rallying cry is “1.5 to stay alive,” since rising sea levels are already swamping the shorelines. Of course, reaching that agreement was vastly easier said than done. Kastner provided us with a tremendous analogy to help even the most casual observer cut through the bureaucratic jargon attendant to these types of meetings and understand the magnitude of what representatives from across the globe were attempting: The climate talks can really be distilled to three basic issues that can be understood using a dairy cow as an analogy for solving climate change.
Three farmers share one dairy cow. Farmer A is wealthy enough to buy a cow and has enjoyed the bounty of milk from the cow for many years. Farmer B has been saving money for many years and finally has enough to buy into the cow and is usually able to get milk whenever she needs it. Farmer C is not able to share the cost of the cow, but can buy a few pints of milk for himself each week. Unfortunately, the bucket that the farmers use to milk the cow each day has a hole in it and milk has been slowly leaking. The farmers realized that not only are they losing milk, but the hole in the bucket is getting bigger and they have no plan to fix it. The farmers — with differing responsibilities and capabilities — must decide: Who fixes the leaky bucket? Who pays for the spilled milk? And: How do the farmers cope without having milk? In much the same way, climate change negotiators from 190 countries must determine the amount of GHG emissions each country must reduce to mitigate future climate change; who pays to ensure that countries are equipped to adapt to the impacts of climate change happening right now; and how do the countries and populations most vulnerable to climate change receive compensation for the loss and damage to which they cannot adapt? And, of course, another layer of difficulty enshrouded the proceedings: A little more than two weeks prior to the start of the conference, Paris was struck by a coordinated series of mass shootings and suicide bombings that killed 130 people. The terrorist group we’ll refer to as “Daesh” took responsibility for the murders. Against a backdrop of profound concern for the planet, coupled with the fears, dread and massive show of security that often follow acts of terror in the West, Lauren began posting her observations from the City of Lights beginning November 30, 2015.
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Day 1
Hours later once the peaceful art installation was cleared from the square, local anti-government groups took over the square to protest the state of emergency. Hundreds of police in riot gear blockaded the streets and allowed the small group of protesters to march in the streets for about two hours before issuing dispersal warnings. The standoff escalated as protesters displaying signs and banners with messages of anarchy threw glass bottles at the riot police. Police responded with smoke bombs and teargas and cleared the square after arresting over 100 protesters. In stark contrast, just a few blocks away from the site of the demonstrations lay a quiet and profound memorial of flowers, candles and messages. The memorial encircles the two stillshuttered cafes where, just two weeks ago, Islamic State gunmen opened fire on the The tone in Paris is important because street through coordinated attacks. Unlike for many, the threat of climate change is the sometimes xenophobic rhetoric used in just as real as violent terror attacks. the days after the terror attacks, handwritten notes and letters left on the scene are messages of love and peace in dozens of languages and represent all faiths. On Sunday, thousands of donated shoes were The tone in Paris is important because for laid across Place de le Republique representing the many, the threat of climate change is just as real 400,000 people who could not march after mass as violent terror attacks. Of equal importance gatherings were banned by French authorities due are solutions to climate change that can help us to security concerns under a state of emergency. dismantle the intensifying factors of terrorism The drama of the scene intensified as the morning’s such as water rights, land use, and scarce energy mist lifted and Parisians walked amongst the shoes. and natural resources. These issues are comThose who looked closely saw pairs donated by plex, sometimes contradictory and undoubtedly dignitaries and celebrities including Pope Francis, interconnected — what the world will decide to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon do about it will be seen over the next two weeks. and actress Marion Cotillard. Today in Paris, heads of state arrived to open the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) with high-level statements to set the tone for the weeks ahead. Notably, President Obama addressed the conference with a message reaffirming the United States’ commitment to fair and equitable distribution of responsibility to mitigate emissions, help vulnerable populations adapt to the impacts of climate change, and strengthen partnerships with other countries. But the buzz today still continues to be about the shoes, smoke and lingering sorrow that filled Parisian streets on the eve of the arrival of heads of state.
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Lauren Kastner (above), The Climate Generations exhibit hall.
Day 2
While diplomats from nearly 190 nations started to hash out the key negotiating points for a climate agreement, the Climate Generations exposition space opened to the public today in Paris. Education, public awareness and knowledge sharing between civil societies is a large part of the atmosphere and experience at the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21). Throughout the two weeks of COP21, the Climate Generations space will be packed with activities including panel speakers, cultural booths, interactive exhibits and more. Attendees who needed to charge their phones and >>>
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<<< computers had the option to use bicycle-powered charging stations. Several interactive art installations livened the space including a tree filled with colorful ribbons with handwritten messages expressing hope for a future with a safe climate. One party delegate from Chad said to me today, “it’s incredibly important to explore the Climate Generations space and meet people from other countries. The problem of climate change in Chad is very serious so we are not here in Paris to party; we are here to work. But having meaningful interactions with people from all over the world is the only way we can work well together.” While following every detail of the formal
negotiations can be thrilling in its own way, interactive spaces like Climate Generations are just as important to building international relationships that will make civil society stronger for the climate fight ahead with or without a strong agreement coming out of Paris.
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In coordinated visual stunts today in Paris, youth from the United States called on their government to aggressively pursue clean energy with a goal of phasing out fossil fuels in the longterm. They are calling for the highly-anticipated climate agreement at the UN climate talks to include a firm end date to fossil fuel energy by 2050 and a transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy. One stunt occurred inside the formal negotiations in order to direct the message of zero fossil fuel emissions by 2050 at diplomats, environment ministers and press. The corresponding message of 100 percent clean energy was held for the public at the Eiffel Tower. While the U.S. has initially pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28 percent by 2030, it has not pledged a specific renewable energy target. Climate scientists say that current commitments are not enough to prevent a two-degree Celsius rise in global temperatures and therefore nations must invest even more in renewable energy. Youth from the U.S. are leading on this message because, as the generation inheriting the burden of climate change, they are
invested in getting the world on track to implementing clean energy solutions immediately. Visual stunts like today’s actions are not uncommon at the annual climate talks. In fact, in the frenetic and hightension environment of the United Nations, actions are one of the most effective ways that civil society can communicate with official negotiators and government representatives. Citizen observers are granted very limited opportunities to interact and influence the negotiations. Unlike the public input process for laws and regulation in the U.S., the U.S. Department of State does not have the same requirement to solicit public input on foreign policy matters like the climate talks. Therefore, youth and other members of the wider population must get creative in order to get the attention of lead negotiators and also educate the public back home.
ntries the agreement that their cou Time to talk about climate ut. abo e car y say the going to policy. I told myself I wasn’t It can sometimes be difficult of t prin fine nky wo ge gua lan e to discuss the cur obs y wh understand Paris the negotiating text in The al legal agreement tion rna inte an in e this it comes Climate Diary, but I promis makes any difference when taking rth wo and nt orta imp of cliis ge one llen cha us rmo eno the to words do the time to understand. mate change. In this case, tors otia neg ate clim y, rsda Thu more. s On tter ma on acti but , tter ma inating ial to ent ess from Norway proposed elim is ge “This langua draft clion siti tran Article 2, a key piece of the ate clim the t tha show protect in e ctiv mate agreement that would effe must not only be stitul, but the rights and equity of con reaching the long term goa and n me ency groups including wo world gets there,” the how in fair young l and gender, indigenous people, said Fred Heutte, Federa n after, Soo s. tion era gen re futu and ate Campaign Clim al tion rna Inte di Arabia e Paris the United States and Sau Lead of the Sierra Club. “Th lanthe ving mo in way Nor d by ide joined dec be l wil ent eem Agr amble people guage in Article 2 to the pre governments, but only the ng. ani me l lega no has which .” life it e giv can year exactly The inclusion of Article 2 last What’s happening now is jor ma a was u Per a, Lim in iety soc l civi at COP20 for ical crit so why it’s was the nme iron accomplishment because it env g groups representin were h fait ts, first time that these groups righ an hum s, tal interest text and and explicitly mentioned in the leaders, women and gender, natte cial spe g din nee de the insi be to recognized as cies uen stit youth con plishment tion. Now this major accom s so that they can hold tion otia neg leaders is in danger of backsliding. the negotiators and world nts are poi Confused? icy pol The le. tab oun acc de by , but it fast ve Essentially the promises ma mo gs complex and thin sident tinues con lic world leaders including Pre pub the t tha ial ent is ess s on Monwon’t we or Obama in opening remark role og to play a watchd ngless if ent. eem agr le day are completely meani itab equ and fair a have t pieces of negotiators do not protec
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every current domestic environmental regulaWhile all eyes are on tion to go through as planned to meet this tarcommitments that nations get. This includes emissions reductions through are making to address climate change at the the Clean Power Plan for coal-fired power high-stakes talks in Paris, cities and sub-national generation, standards for heavy-duty engines groups globally are also leading where countries and vehicles, energy efficiency standards, and a have fallen short. whole lot of other things the federal government Today in Paris, United States Governors Jerry has yet to roll out. How states choose to meet Brown of California, Jay Inslee of Washington these targets will be essential to upholding the and Peter Shumlin of Vermont signed a memoU.S.’s commitments in a climate deal. randum of understanding with the French EmMeeting these emissions targets will not be bassy to the United States committing to state without challenges, but as Brown noted, there climate leadership. are tremendous opportunities for states that Individual states cannot independently decide choose to get out in front of climate change foreign policy, yet their influence in shaping the and lead. narrative at home in the U.S. and here in Paris is critical to building ambition for delivering a strong climate deal. Once a climate deal is If these governors can see the vast reached here in Paris, the U.S. Department opportunities of climate leadership at of State has to bring it home and sell it to the the state level, when will ours? American people. With local and state leaders like the governors here this week, that task will be much easier. “We’re sailing into adverse winds and some “There is hope coming from the states,” said folks from the business community say we can’t Shumlin in his remarks. “We are joining the do what we’re doing,” said Brown. “In California race against the clock which we all know is tickwe know that regulation inspires innovation.” ing more loudly each day. States are making a The signing ceremony with these governors difference despite Congress to not only use less was more goodwill than anything, but it should resources but to collaborate with our neighbors make residents of other states especially Indiana to get it right.” take notice. If these governors can see the vast Earlier this year, the U.S. pledged to cut greenopportunities of climate leadership at the state house gas emissions 26-28 percent below 2005 level, when will ours? levels by 2025. As I’ve written before, it will take
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Pedal-power generating music in the Climate Generations exhibit (above),
United States Governors Jerry Brown of California, Jay Inslee of Washington and Peter Shumlin of Vermont after signing a memorandum of understanding with the French Embassy to the United States committing to state climate leadership.
Day 9
Today, youth from the United States are demanding an equitable climate agreement from the historic climate talks at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21). All eyes are on Paris as the second week of high-stakes climate negotiations begin.
Todd Stern, the U.S. special envoy for climate change through the Department of State, represents one of the world’s major powers during this week’s climate talks, but remains elusive to the general American public. In an effort to apply pressure this morning, a storm grew on Twitter as U.S. youth are tweeting @ StateDept with the hashtag #DearToddStern to >>>
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<<< show they are watching and to demand the strong climate agreement the world needs. Tweets are anticipated to peak on Wednesday, December 10 and will be aggregated on Tumblr throughout the negotiating week. “Considering he is the most powerful individual on the U.S. negotiating team and has the ability to make or break the deal, Todd Stern has avoided being in the spotlight for far too long,” said Jessica Olson, a resident of San Francisco, California and a member of a youth delegation to COP21. “Youth are sending a clear message that we care about climate action and we are watching the negotiations closely.” The decentralized campaign is the product of collaboration across youth activists in Paris and elsewhere and acts as a rallying cry at the end of a marathon week of negotiations. With Paris as the final roadstop on the way to a historic agreement, U.S. youth are not just hoping for ambition from the U.S. negotiating team; they are doing everything they can to demonstrate how climate change is already having tangible impacts in local communities. Organizers of the Twitter storm believe there is a critical need to show Todd Stern that this issue requires bold leadership. The youth at COP21 are seeking 100% clean energy by 2030, a 1.5 degree long-term goal, and preservation of human rights and equity protections and a mechanism to address losses and damages resulting from climate change. “U.S. youth here in Paris and back home are passionate about leading solutions to climate change. Even though we have the most at stake in this process, U.S. negotiators remain inaccessible to us,” said Jeremy Pivor, another #DearToddStern participant and attendee at the climate talks from Framingham, Massachusetts. “This campaign utilizes social media to amplify our collective voice so that our negotiators know that we demand an ambitious agreement.” Youth are already leading the way to climate solutions on their campuses and in local communities through clean energy campaigns, fossil fuel divestment campaigns, and mass mobilizations such as the People’s Climate March in 2014.
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Day 10
PHOTOS BY LAUREN KASTNER
A “tree” filled with colorful ribbons with handwritten messages expressing hope for a future with a safe climate (above), A memorial for the victims in the recent Paris terror attacks.
loud support from the public. In reaction to With just a few days left the announcement, leaders from the climate until the world must movement were confident yet vigilant about the deliver a binding climate agreement, United doubled Green Climate Fund pledge. States Secretary of State John Kerry addressed “The American people have made it clear the conference of climate leaders in Paris with that they have the Obama administration’s news intended to increase momentum of the back as they lead the way to secure an agreetalks. Kerry announced he would double the ment in Paris, so Kerry and our negotiating U.S. commitment to support efforts in most team are absolutely right to ignore the pointvulnerable nations and communities to more less posturing of Congressional Republicans than $800 million through the Green Climate and their fossil fuel industry allies,” said Fund, an international fund dedicated to Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra helping communities adapt and become more resilient to the future impacts of climate change. Club. “The Obama Administration’s leadership “We need to be accountable to one another, to on climate is growing more steadfast by the day, and we are confident that this pledge will the next generation, and to the generation after be delivered. That’s what the American people that,” said Kerry. have made clear that they want and what the The announcement came just hours before world needs.” the latest version of the climate agreement draft was released. One major sticking point at this point in the negotiations is about inclusion of “loss and damage” in the agreement. Loss “In the richest nation in the world our and damage is the concept that no matter the black people cannot breathe. “ best attempts at adapting existing communities to the impacts of climate change, there — LAUREN WIGGINS, COP21 YOUTH DELEGATE are some places such as small island nations and low-lying coastal regions that will be so devastated by climate change that they will The U.S.’s pledge to the Green Climate Fund never be able to adapt. For this reason, those is certainly a signal that the U.S. is serious about most vulnerable populations are asking for liability and compensation for the loss and dam- a strong agreement, but there is still far to go in the next few days as nations debate other issues age experienced there. such as human rights and equity for marginalWhile inspirational, Kerry’s announcement ized groups, a new global average temperature only addresses adaptation to climate change increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius, accountability and not loss and damage. From the perspecfor emissions reductions, and the inclusion of tive of the U.S., the pledge in any amount must loss and damage. still be passed and disbursed by Congress, a feat that will require less diplomacy and more
Day 11
Today in Paris, United States delegates representing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) and students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) held a demonstration at the high-profile climate talks. The action built on the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. that has called for police reform in response to systemic police brutality against black people. In a press statement, Jacqui Patterson, director of the NAACP >>>
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<<< Environmental and Climate Justice Program, drew the connection between climate change and race. “In the context of climate change we see significant racial divisions in both the political landscape of who is making decisions and holding the reins of control over emissions, the efficiency and clean energy transition, and investments in climate finance,” said Patterson. After a series of educational discussion forums throughout the week, approximately 100 delegates marched through the conference space chanting, “black lives matter,” “1.5 to stay alive,” and “we can’t breathe” to demonstrate the disproportionate impact that climate change has on black people. The action then became silent as the procession halted and members dropped to the ground staging a die-in for four minutes, representing the four hours that Michael Brown’s body lay in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri in 2014 after a police officer killed him.The action came at the end of the second week of international climate change negotiations that have not yet addressed key policy points of human rights, equity and enforcement for countries to deliver on their commitments to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The public has been calling for countries to agree to limiting global average temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. At the local level, air quality and pollution disproportionately burden black communities.“We wear these face masks to show that we can’t breathe in the communities that we’re in. In the richest nation in the world our black people cannot breathe,” said Lauren Wiggins, a student at Tennessee State University and COP21 youth delegate. One of the organizers of the demonstration was Denise Abdul-Rahman, chair of the Indiana NAACP Environment and Climate Justice Program. While the action was in Paris, AbdulRahman hopes that the message of climate justice from the Black Lives Matter action makes it home to Indiana.“I want people back home to know that COP21 is about connections, conversations and the sharing of knowledge to create a movement for change,” said Abdul-Rahman. “The world is demanding change and that change must incorporate asking for climate justice because people want healthier communities and the opportunities of green economics.”
Day 12
Nations of the world sign Paris Agreement on climate change
I have been waiting my whole life to write that headline. No, really. I was born in 1991 and world leaders have been negotiating a real climate agreement since 1992 when the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was first formed. Since then, the world has experienced the ten hottest years in recordable history, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been melting and glaciers have receded in most parts of the world, and carbon dioxide is at an unprecedented level in our atmosphere. Today, after 24 hours of overtime deliberations at COP21, negotiators from more than 180 countries voted to adopt the Paris Agreement, a climate accord that requires all nations to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. By signing this agreement, countries have committed to review their emissions reduction commitments every five years, at which time countries will scale up national commitments to keep global average temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Through this agreement, developed nations must go even further to help developing nations and vulnerable communities adapt to the impacts of climate change by providing resources through adaptation finance mechanisms. The hard work must now begin to create resilient communities in all corners of the globe. The agreement definitely has its shortcomings. For example, it lacks a specific timetable for the world to end the use of fossil fuels and lacks oversight and accountability for nations to deliver on their commitments. In coming years, the world must go even further to help those who have already experienced loss and damage such as displacement by the impacts of climate change.While the deal could have gone much further to ensure promises are fulfilled and that solutions are based in equity and justice, the Paris Agreement will put us on a path toward increased action. The agreement alone will not save the planet, but it has saved our chance of saving the planet and taken collectively, it will do more than individual nations could accomplish on their own.At home in the United States, we must capitalize on this historic deal. We will need to continue to lead by supporting stronger policies that speed the just transition to a clean energy economy, recognize our responsibility for existing climate impacts,
The Eiffel Tower, lit
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end of COP21.
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and ensure that Paris is just one moment in a future full of opportunities to be on the right side of history. And finally, a word on the global climate movement. That the Paris Agreement is as strong as it is, is testament to the growing numbers of people from all walks of life — the young, faith leaders, frontline elders, workers and scientists — who are driving grassroots climate action in their communities and finding solutions where governments have failed. A quote from Dr. Cornel West has been floating through environmental circles this week in Paris; “justice is what love looks like in public.” In my time in the global climate movement, I’ve always found people who are full of love, compassion, intellect, and courage. The Paris Agreement marks the beginning and not the end of the work that must be done to fix the climate crisis and the climate movement is only growing stronger.
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REVIEW Doing It Themselves r Through Jan. 30. Emily Gable is one of the six young artists showcasing her work in this group show, a part of the Indianapolis Art Center’s Winter Series Exhibition. In addition to showing her work individually, Gable is a member of The Droops, an Indy-based art collective. You may have heard of the controversy that resulted last month when the group painted the exterior wall of The Spot, a bar in Lafayette, Ind. with a penis. That is, they included in their mural a depiction of a penis in a hotdog. Gable’s tryptic of acrylic on wood paintings at this exhibition isn’t quite so provocative. Nevertheless “Peggy in a Power Suit,” “She’s a Mean Breed” and “Sue in a Power Suit,” create an interesting juxtaposition with the symmetric ovals radiating outward in the background (and with each other). Peggy is depicted right-side-up while Sue is depicted upside-down. Both Peggy and Sue, taking calls on their cell phones, are oblivious of the “mean breed” monster in the center. The depictions are abstracted and stylized, like you might find in a graphic novel. You might read ambivalence here to, for example, the go-getter feminism advocated by Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg in her book Lean In. Or at least irreverence, as if she was seeing this world through Ren and Stimpy cartoons running in Google Glass. And that cartoonishness carries over into much of the work here. Take Eric Stine’s wall-hanging constructions. His “Composition 2” depicts a three-legged creature as abstractly as possible with a primary color palette. Or take Erin Drew whose mixed media/ hand-cut-paper “Difficult Women Pop Up Poster” features a depiction of Nancy, from Ernie Bushmiller’s long-running Nancy comic strip. Drew may enjoy sticking it to art purists with text in her work like “Welcome Fuck.” Curator Kyle Herrington makes much of the fact that this work conforms to a DIY ethos, reveling in imperfection and eschewing “3D printers, wireless scanning and ever-evolving machinery,” according to his exhibition booklet text. A corollary might be that these like-minded artists have created a dialoguing community – in this sick, mechanized world – where irreverence is cultivated, an irreverence that largely avoids social commentary or premonitions of environmental apocalypse apparent in much of the work of their peers. — DAN GROSSMAN Indianapolis Art Center , 820 E. 67th St., 255-2464, indplsartcenter.org
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he tour group slowed to examine their first item: Diane M. Kiemeyer’s “Take Out Time.” They were asked to sit with the piece before being led through a detailed discussion. Quickly, the individuals began to open up, letting their imaginations freely steer a 15-minute conversation about the painting. This process continued with several other works in the gallery, before the group eventually split off to enjoy each one on their own. This group was a slightly different crowd from the typical gathering at an IMA exhibition. The 10 elderly men and women, all with early-stage Alzheimer’s, have the opportunity to participate in conversations that are curated just for them about installations at the museum. Every fourth Tuesday of the month, a scene similar to this transpires at the IMA, thanks to the museum’s Meet Me at the IMA tours. A partnership between the IMA and the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter, the program
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was launched back in September 2013 to give individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s an opportunity to participate in facilitated conversations regarding the IMA collection alongside their care partner, family and friends. With knowledge of a similar program’s success at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York, Linda Altmeyer, programs director at the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter, initially approached the IMA about coordinating tours for individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s after her organi-
zation received a grant from the Klapper Family Foundation. “I modeled my idea after Meet Me at MoMA, which I always was intrigued by,” says Altmeyer, an Indiana University School of Medicine graduate. “I thought, ‘Gosh, what a neat program. It’s so simple, and it creates this sense of community for individuals that might otherwise feel inhibited.’” After working through specifics, arrangements were made to have someone from MoMA come and train IMA docents on guiding these tours. Additionally, the docents were given in-depth education on early-stage Alzheimer’s. “Our job with the Alzheimer’s group is a little different from what it is with the regular museum patron,” explains Marilyn Dapper, who has worked as a docent with the IMA since 2002. “With the patrons, they want information. They want to learn about the artists and all those kinds of things, which is fine. But these individuals just want to talk, and that’s good for them and it’s good for the museum.” Several of the benefits from early- >>>
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or the theme or the mood. It all depends on the group and what they bring that day in terms of where the discussion goes.” After moving from Maryland to Indiana about a year ago, Bill Forehand, 81, and his wife who has early-stage Alzheimer’s learned of Meet Me at the IMA and decided to give it a try. “We found out about it when my daughter, who lives really close to us here in Indiana, told us about the Alzheimer’s Association and got us signed up for this arts program and another program downtown with the Indianapolis Symphony [called Musical Mo“It’s really designed to be a special ments],” says Forehand. he also works opportunity to leave the struggles of Considering as a guide at the Eiteljorg Museum, Forehand the world behind and just be able to explains that Meet Me at spend time together in community, the IMA has really been a great way for him and talking about the art.” his wife to get out of the — JENNIFER TODD house and do something fun together. “I like this kind of stuff, and she likes it too,” he says. “It really visit,” according to the study. Additionhelps to get out and meet other people ally, it sheds light on the fact that these that have the same condition she has.” individuals with dementia continued to At the end of the day, initiating that come back to the MoMA tours. In looking at the success of Meet Me at connection is really what Meet Me at the IMA was created to do in the first place, the IMA, Jennifer Todd, manager of doexplains Altmeyer. cent programs, believes the welcoming “They really bring joy to each other’s environment of the tours is what keeps lives, and the Alzheimer’s Association individuals coming back. needs to provide a forum for people to “It’s really designed to be a special do that and to socialize,” she concludes. opportunity to leave the struggles of the “They just enjoy each other. They giggle world behind and just be able to spend and they laugh and they share silly stories. time together in community, talking about It just provides them with a sense of comthe art,” says Todd. “Sometimes the art inmunity that they’ve otherwise lost.” n spires memories. Sometimes it’s the colors DO IT
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aking up when it’s cold out. Trying to track the sun when it’s been gray for days. Personality seems to never fully download into the body over the buffering efforts of combatting sleepiness. If the birds and bees can euphemize sex, the deciduous forests illuminate dormancy. Death everywhere, flippantly temporary so you say “Ugh.” The clock has clicked over to winter here and Midwesterners struggle with thick blood and thin skin, plenty to do, but the fuel is tough to keep lit. Take it from a practitioner of absurdist witchcraft, I guess. You’re gonna need to do extremely personal things. It’s okay to explain this to children and bosses, strangers and friends. You’re gonna need to dream. It’s what the oaks are doing. Courage is a nice alternative fuel source for times like these. The Latin root for courage is “heart” which has less to do with its synonym “bravery,” and more with honesty, being forthright with and unafraid of your heart’s clang songs. I think Midwesterners are known for a lot of things. But it’s timely to reiterate the fact that we’re four-season-folk. Hard-working and dreamy. All pit-falls and preparation. “Help yourself,” says the kind scientist butler in your brain, gracefully gesturing over a smorgasbord of smooshed-up emotional states. Roll them out, wash and pluck them, think of them as produce that
re-ripens with your care and attention. There’s still some summer stock preserved, but the main course right now is winter fruits with their bizarre, bloody, meaty, brittle, and boring bodies. So lay them out, clean them up, get your recipes together, and start steaming your windows. Observe a little dopamine wiggle as you sit down to eat and healthily digest your feelings. Midwest Recipes for Seasonal Affective Disorder is running from the solstice until the equinox, which is sky math, I guess, for the duration of Winter. It will be coming soon in book form, but for now NUVO will run these bits of advice, comics and and general guidence for your well being. (EDITOR’S NOTE: What can we say, we love you.) I’ll forgo any disclaimers about my psychological training and just say here it’s fun to make these up, and I’ve always had to make these up to feel stronger. But I stand by them as pretty good recipes that could improve the health and well-being of our city in these trying times. And they all pair terrifically with a full glass of water. Stay hydrated, y’all. Love, Lisa Lisa Berlin is an Indianapolis artist whose other projects include HEN, a two-person performance troupe with Aimee Brown (aka Tender Evans), and General Public Collective, an artist-run gallery, project space and concept shop in Fountain Square. n
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ate Dunleavy was on vacation with his family when he paused to check his email. He saw a message from Nancy Conor and quickly opened it. The good news had finally come: His book Invincible, Indiana was selected to be one of 12 books (and one poem) that would mark the bicentennial of the Hoosier state. “It was really a wonderful moment and incredibly meaningful,” says Dunleavy. The selection of books — featuring fiction, nonfiction, essays and poetry — are part of The Next Indiana Bookshelf, a series of titles chosen based on their connection with Indiana. Each one either uses Indiana as the setting or was written by a Hoosier author. NUVO columnist David Hoppe’s book Food For Thought: An Indiana Harvest was featured on the list. On Dec. 8 The Indiana Center for the Book and Indiana Humanities awarded 55 libraries, schools and organizations free copies of the set in the hopes of providing them the framework to study these local literary bylines. “We don’t actually know all of the things that they may do with them,” says Suzanne Walker, director of Center for the Book. “But some ideas have been things like book clubs, maybe it can be part of a reading program. A lot of people are thinking about doing the Bicentennial as their summer reading them for 2016.” Each of the locations will also receive a poster with the “Indiana Chant” (by April Pulley Sayre, a writer from South Bend, Ind., who was asked to write a 19-stanza piece about the state). Somewhere around 80 applications came pouring in from public libraries, schools and cultural organizations. “It was a competitive process for the 55 who were awarded The Shelf,” says Walker. The books were selected to be a mark in the Bicentennial by the Indiana Center for the Book and Indiana Humanities around six months ago. The idea was to highlight where the state has been and the cultural direction we might take. All the authors will also write an essay about the “Next Indiana” that will publish on the Indiana Humanities website beginning in January. Walker explains how they spent a lot
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of time trying to make sure the list was as well rounded and diverse as possible in the hopes of reflecting where they want Indiana to be in decades to come. “To me, I really feel like Indiana is in such an interesting spot right now,” says Walker. “We have been known nationally for some really controversial things over the past couple of years. So I think it’s a great time for us to celebrate being a state; celebrate the things that we have in common, and also the things that we don’t have in common. I think there is a lot of diversity on the Bookshelf … Reading books is such a wonderful way for people that experience different things in their life to get together and talk about something that they can all relate to or just discuss. In the next Indiana, I hope that Hoosiers are able to really open up and talk more, and have great discussions about things.” Choosing the books was a
controversial task on its own. “We weren’t necessarily trying to choose a big slew of classics,” says Walker. “We wanted our big names to be represented. We knew a Kurt Vonnegut would be there. We knew that we wanted a John Green on the shelf. ... We thought this was a good opportunity to showcase some classics that maybe people had forgotten about, to showcase some diversity in our state that often gets overlooked when you are thinking about classic literature.” For authors like Dunleavy — and his novel deconstructing the myth of high school basketball and small town life in Indiana — being included on the list will be a mile marker in his career. “I remember reading John Green’s work [years ago] and just despairing,” laughs Dunleavy. “Because in so many ways our lives were similar. We are from the same part of town, we have certain similarities in our backgrounds, we even know a lot of the same people. And he is so much better than me … That’s my reaction to those writers; so to be included with them … to say it’s humbling doesn’t even begin to cover it.” n SUBMITTED PHOTO
Collect your own ‘The Next Indiana’ list: • Earth Works: Selected Essays by Scott Russell Sanders — $25. In this collection of 30 essays he takes on everything from growing up in the Midwest to his opposition to war. • The Essential Etheridge Knight by Etheridge Knight — $11. Etheridge Knight began writing poetry during his time as an inmate at the Indiana State Prison. He won a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations. • Food For Thought: An Indiana Harvest by David Hoppe, photos by Kristin Hess — $24.95. This coffeetable style book was commissioned by Indiana Humanities to commemorate an award-winning program called Food for Thought. • The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf — $13. This follows the story of a Syrian immigrant named Khadra Shamy, as she grows up in Indianapolis in the 1970s. • Invincible, Indiana by Nate Dunlevy — $15. The story of Dale Cooper, a high school basketball coach, is used to deconstruct the myth of high school sports and small town life in Indiana. • Kurt Vonnegut: Letters by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., edited by Dan Wakefield — $12.22. Dan Wakefield pulled together a series of letters from his dear friend and colleague Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. • Paper Towns by John Green — $5.72. One of Indiana’s (and most teenagers’) favorite authors explores the lines of adolescence and suburbia with the characters Quentin and Margo. • Raintree County by Ross Lockridge, Jr. — $18. Told through a single day in 1892, John Shawnessy recalls his youthful love in Indiana, the Civil War and even the politics of the Gilded Age. • Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix — $8. A young girl grows up thinking it’s 1840. Guess again! It’s actually 1996. • Sailing the Inland Sea: On Writing, Literature, and Land by Susan Neville — $19.95. This collection of essays include interviews with Kurt Vonnegut, Scott Sanders, Marguerite Young and more. • Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War by Helen Thorpe — $12. This renowned narrative follows three Indiana National Guardswomen during 12 years of military service. • What This River Keeps by Greg Schwipps — $13.20. What This River Keeps trails an elderly couple who is afraid they might lose their farm to eminent domain. — EMILY TAYLOR
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Mary Poppins q Through Jan. 2. It’s unavoidable; I have to say it: Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre’s production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins is practically perfect. (Saying it was perfect would give the cast and crew nothing more to strive for, something Mary Poppins would not approve.) You might think that a musical with such illustrious names attached to it would be a shoo-in for the win, but while Disney’s screen-to-stage adaptations have so far been admirable (if not downright mesmerizing, e.g., The Lion King), Sir Cameron’s name (Les Mis, Phantom, etc.) doesn’t guarantee a golden ticket (e.g., the dead horse he kept beating, Moby Dick, an incarnation of which Indianapolis was subjected to in 2003). Mary Poppins enjoyed a healthy run on Broadway and garnered a best-musical Tony nomination in 2007, so if not a blockbuster, it was a qualitative success. Unfazed by a few minuscule opening night mishaps, the entirety of the cast, crew and orchestra exhibited such skill and performed a show of such quality that they put this community theater on par with any professional theater organization. While there are differences between this and the 1964 movie, many favorites remain. “Feed the Birds” (sung by Krista Wright) reminds us of the beauty in this soundtrack — one that many of us grew up with. As it should be, the two standouts among this exemplary cast are Jeremy Shivers-Brimm as a spry and charming Bert and Devan Mathias as the prim yet playful Mary Poppins. Both are vocal and character perfection, but they go above and beyond (ahem) as well by submitting themselves to the cable work that propels them through the air. Shivers-Brimm proves his commitment even further by taking a walk across the stage’s ceiling area upside down. The excellent quartet of J. Stuart Mill, Carrie Neal, Anjali Rooney and Mitchell Wray make up the Banks family. (A note about kids on stage: You often have to factor in their age when evaluating their performance, but Rooney and Wray are little stars.) These core characters are surrounded by minor characters and an ensemble that are more than just “supporting” actors — they are accomplished performers as well. Mary Poppins at Civic is worth every dime of its ticket price. — LISA GAUTHIER MITCHISON Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre, $48 adult, $24 students
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HOLIDAYS TOLD VIA SINGING, SOCIAL JUSTICE Men’s Chorus looks over the past year and forward to a revised Christmas show
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GREG SANDERS: We are excited to have more proGreg Sanders duction value … We have some new pieces in the program that are going to be new to the audience as well. They weren’t commissioned by us or anything but they are newer works that were written. We are also going to bring in a theater organ which I think is pretty exciting. That organ is being delivered. We are using it from a place in Chicago. That organ will give the concert a different kind of feel that I am also excited for. ... It’s kind of like the old Paramount Pizza Palace. NUVO: What are some of your favorite memories from the Men’s Chorus over the years? SANDERS: Sure. One of the things would be we traveled to the Spoleto Festival which is an art festival in Charleston, South Carolina. And we performed at part of that festival. That was a really wonderful trip and memory that I have. Also, I have a real fondness of my first Christmas concert, which was in the fall of 2011. It was sort of a Renaissance for the IMC that year. We had a bunch of people join again. We had some new people join. So that concert was very special to me. A couple of colleagues and
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I who are involved in the group, and our pianist, DJ, myself and one of our singers who doesn’t live here anymore … and another of our singers … the four of us all played an eight-hand version of the Waltz of the Flowers. That was really entertaining. I look back on that and it was really fun … I also remember a few years ago we did a gay marriage number where we sort of staged gay weddings in the context of the song “Get Me to the Church on Time” from My Fair Lady. We had tuxedos and wedding cake. It was charming. It was right as the gay marriage stuff was really hitting the country. I thought it seemed really timely and effective. It made a really powerful statement from our stage, and was just a lot of fun. NUVO: The Men’s Chorus has in its mission statement that it’s dedicated to “promoting diversity, equality, and justice through music.” After a very long year where those things have been shaken to the core in Indy how do you want
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to end this season? SANDERS: I think we want to celebrate all of the things that we have achieved in the last year. It was a rough year in Indiana for us. But we sang in opposition to RFRA ... That was a real watershed moment for our community. I felt it was a time where people in the legislature who feel that gay marriage was the wrong move, I feel like their voices were overbalanced by the outpouring of community support which we had from the arts community — which we typically have it from — but from the business community. Major business leaders in the community made a stance against that, which was awesome … I was proud of my guys for singing in response to that. (EDITOR’S NOTE: This year marked IMC’s 25th anniversary. It was also the year that same-sex marriage became legal. During the anniversary show Sanders read from portions of the SCOTUS argument.) NUVO: What are the roles of artists when justice like that is threatened? SANDERS: I think all art holds up a mirror to society and asks us to be reflective as citizens of the world. I think that good art does that through beauty … It asks us to think about ourselves in a careful way … It channels something deeper in our souls to be better humans. n
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remember an episode of Cheers where Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson) spent most of the show strutting around dressed as Mark Twain, practicing for some community theater gig. He’d take a few steps, then pause, digging his thumbs into his lapels before launching into a deceptively folksy Twain quote. “Well you know …” he’d say, or “A fellow once asked me …” The opening words set the tone, allowing Woody to ease into his next bit of classic Twain. Harrelson was wonderful, managing to impart the wit and wisdom of Samuel Clemens as Mark Twain while also coming off like a stuffed Twain talking doll. Bryan Cranston as blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo reminded me of Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd doing Mark Twain. Once he got rolling he sounded genuine, but from time to time – often during intros or pauses in monologues – he came off like a community theater actor performing Dalton Trumbo Tonight! Cranston, of course, played Walter White in the landmark TV series Breaking Bad. As anyone who watched the show can attest, the man can act. He has a lot to try and manage in Trumbo. His character is a gifted writer, a political activist, a hero to some and a villain to others, a flawed husband and father, a pill popper, and a self-designed character who has great difficulty straddling the line between being larger-than-life and just coming off like a blowhard. One thing’s for sure: Trumbo would be a better
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in Tinseltown. He navigates around the blacklisting by writing under fake names (he won Oscars for Roman Holiday and The Brave One). Trumbo establishes a relationship with low-budget filmmakers the King Brothers (John Goodman and Stephen Root) and brings in other members of the Hollywood Ten. The jobs are frustrating and demeaning, but they keep the men employed. Regardless, the grumbling about the government investigators grows louder. Open defiance of these people is demanded, but who is powerful enough to face the accusers and get away with it?
movie if Dalton Trumbo had been able to rewrite the screenplay. The one crafted by John McNamara for Jay Roach’s film is cloddish often enough to keep you from surrendering to the good parts. Trumbo, acclaimed author of Johnny Got His Gun, was a member of the Communist Party. A lot of Americans used to be, until the Cold War changed how communists were regarded. His conspicuous involveSome of the film’s best scenes come ment in a labor dispute during the writers’ time working for between the Conference of Studio Unions and the the King brothers. major Hollywood power brokers drew the attention of extreme conservaSome of the film’s best scenes come tives, including the powerful gossip colduring the writers’ time working for the umnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren). King brothers. John Goodman gets the Eventually the House Un-American production’s most dynamic moment. Activities Committee calls Trumbo No spoilers – suffice to say he knocks and nine other writers of note the scene out of the ballpark. Louis C.K. to testify in Washington D.C. costars as Hollywood Ten writer Arlen as part of their anti-comHird. His naturalistic delivery seems munist crusade. Trumbo almost too casual in comparison to the is defiant, treating the stiffer presentation styles of the other committee members in a males. Fault the director for that. Allen dismissive fashion. His flipTudyk (Firefly) provides solid support as pant behavior leads to the Ian McLellan Hunter. Hollywood Ten being held Notable celebrity impersonations in contempt of Congress include Michael Stuhlbarg as Edward G. and thrown into the Robinson, David James Elliott as John hoosegow. Wayne and Dean O’Gorman, who is very Upon his effective as Kirk Douglas. On the home release 11 front, Diane Lane has little to do except months later, wring her hands and be supportive as Trumbo is wife Cleo Trumbo, while Elle Fanning barred from gets a wider variety of character notes working to play as the eldest incarnation of Trumbo’s daughter Niki. Trumbo has some fine performances, an important story, some entertaining scenes, and even a bit of humor. But it tries too hard to be a prestige film, it drags in spots, and it’s overly obvious to the point of annoyance. Glad I saw it, glad when it was over. n
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Indiana Film Journalists Association 2015 winners (See P.24 for more on the awards). Best Film Winner: Spotlight Runner-up: Room Best Animated Feature Winner: Anomalisa Runner-Up: Inside Out Best Foreign Language Film Winner: Son of Saul Runner-Up: Goodnight Mommy Best Documentary Winner: Amy Runner-Up: Meru Best Original Screenplay Winner: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight Runner-up: Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen, Bridge of Spies Best Adapted Screenplay Winner: Emma Donoghue, Room Runner-up: Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, The Big Short Best Director Winner: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road Runner-up: Tom McCarthy, Spotlight Best Actress Winner: Brie Larson, Room Runner-up: Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years Best Supporting Actress Winner: Greta Gerwig, Mistress America Runner-up: Elizabeth Banks, Love & Mercy Best Actor Winner: Jacob Tremblay, Room Runner-up: Jason Segel, The End of the Tour Best Supporting Actor Winner: Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight Runner-up: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance Winner: Phyllis Smith, Inside Out Runner-up: Tom Noonan, Anomalisa Best Musical Score Winner: Junkie XL, Mad Max: Fury Road Runner-up: Disasterpeace, It Follows Original Vision Award Winner: Anomalisa Runner-up: Chi-Raq The Hoosier Award Winner: Angelo Pizzo, writer/director/producer NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 12.16.15 - 12.23.15 // SCREENS 23
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he Indiana Film Journalists Association isn’t what you would expect. It’s not a group of scholarly gentlemen who wear tweed jackets and sip espresso while discussing cinema. This past weekend, you could find the members at Rusty Bucket, merrily munching on chili dogs and making jokes about this year’s movies — and each other. Between the wisecracks, these guys brought razor-sharp insights to the table. But they’re far from stereotypical critics — the stuffy intellectuals who point their noses up at everything. They maintain a childlike exuberance for cinema. They still believe in movie magic. This week, the members released a list of what they consider the year’s finest cinematic achievements — movies that seemed to make them fall in love with film all over again (see page 23). “I don’t remember a year with this many great movies since 1994. They’ve just been amazing,” said Christopher Lloyd, one of the founding fathers of the IFJA. Of course, 1994 was the year of Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, the list goes on. All of the men agreed that this year produced a similar slew of instant classics. The group gave its Best Picture award to Spotlight, which Lloyd called “the best movie about journalism since, well, ever!” (No, he didn’t forget All the President’s Men.) Spotlight follows the Boston Globe’s investigation of widespread sexual abuse by Catholic priests. 24 SCREENS // 12.16.15 - 12.23.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
The runner-up for the year’s best film is the abduction drama Room, which is a rather fitting companion to Spotlight. Both films send you out into the night shivering at the thought of the unspeakable things happening right down the street from all of us. The group’s awards didn’t just go to heavy dramas though. The Best Director prize went to George Miller for the action extravaganza Mad Max: Fury Road. “As clichéd as this sounds, it really is the rollercoaster ride of the year,” said one of the veteran members, Matthew Socey, the host of WFYI’s Film Soceyology. Fellow member Nick Rogers gave Socey a fist-bump, thrilled that his enthusiasm for the film was infecting another critic. In the midst of the praise, Rogers took a celebratory sip of Blue Moon. This was a banner year for our little group of movie-lovers — a year very much worth celebrating. The IFJA received more screeners from studios than ever before — an encouraging sign of the group’s growth over the last seven years. Shortly before the awards meeting, Lloyd posted a picture on Facebook of numerous screeners sprawling across his carpet like vines. “When we first gave out our annual film awards, we could barely get anyone to pay attention,” he wrote. “A lot of folks, including leaders in the mainstream media, think arts criticism is dying. But I cast my lot in with those determined to labor on out of respect for a craft they love. In our case, you can actually measure respect by how much response the studios give us today in terms of advanced press screenings and DVD screeners. Here’s to the IFJA.”n
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erry Sutherlin, as brewmaster of the soon-to-open (he’s gunning for sometime in 2016) Round Town Brewery at 950 S. White River Pkwy, will be brewing within a mile of the site of Indianapolis’ very first brewery. That early operation, Wernweg & Young, was established in 1834 at Maryland and West Streets in the heyday of constructing The National Road from Cumberland, Md., to Vandalia, Ill., crossing Indiana from Richmond to Terre Haute. And Sutherlin will be rounding out a 22year career in the craft brewing industry. He’s done it all, from waiting on tables to bartending, distribution, performing duties as a cellarman, apprentice, assistant brewer, head brewer, brewmaster — and initially a naysayer regarding a brewery in a seemingly out-of-the-way spot. His characteristically understated humor surfaces when he recounts his trajectory from being a student constantly changing majors, “not knowing what I was going to do,” while scoffing at the opening of a brewpub in Greenwood, his hometown. “I was the first to say, ‘They are not going to make it.’ Was that around 1994? Well, a year later when I got tired of working at corporate restaurants I went on board with Oaken Barrel serving, and then bar tending, and then I really got into the beer part.” Oaken Barrel was supplying beer to neighboring restaurants and bars. Sutherlin made the deliveries with the OB van. “So naturally I had to clean those kegs and fill those kegs, then I had to clean those tanks that I filled those kegs from.” Sutherlin’s point is that the traditional Guild system that’s been in place for many hundreds of years is never-changing, and anyone who thinks you walk into a brewery and magically brew has another thing coming. You work your way up the ranks so you understand everything from grunt work to enjoying a pint of your own making. By the time he “backed his way into the brew house and started brewing” he had a solid appreciation for the business side of successfully working with customers and making sure the tenets of cleanliness and freshness were strictly adhered to.
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as the kind of place he’d like to frequent to drink the beer he most prefers. Oaken Barrel founder Kwang Casey spent a lot of time at BRBP and carried John Hill’s concept to Greenwood. Sutherlin says that’s what he absorbed from day one at Oaken Barrel where he worked under OB’s founding brewer Brook Belli, followed by Ken Price, and alongside Tanya Cornett, whose stellar brewing career at Bend Brewing earned Best Brewer award at the 2008 World Beer Cup. “If you’re smart, that’s where you learn, working with different people. And there’s the circle that goes around. After Oaken Barrel I had a small stint at The RAM. I worked with Dave Colt for five or six months — was that 2004 or 2005? — when the RAM was opening another restaurant in Fishers.” Having had experience at tearing down the production brewery and putting in a new brewery at Oaken Barrel, Sutherlin could help The RAM enlarge its brewery. “I helped put the equipment in and was getting ready for the Fishers restaurant to open when I got the Rock Bottom job.” That was 2006. Omar Castrellon was brewing at Alcatraz, which had opened in 1995, a year before Rock Bottom, and Dave Colt was at the RAM, which >>>
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and Laughlin would set a year’s schedule, sometimes doing the same style simultaneously but most time not. “Working with other people makes you a better brewer, ” and that’s what Sutherlin cherishes as he recounts the people he has worked with. “Clay Robinson brewed here at Rock Bottom and then went to The RAM, and when Clay took off, Jon Simmons, my assistant, took Clay’s position, and when Dave and Clay started Sun King Jon took over for Dave, and Adrian Ball who started brewing with Omar at Alcatraz and then was my assistant “In our craft brewing community went to The RAM to help Jon, and then Adrian we’re unique in that we all support went to Sun King, Jon left, Andrew Castner came up each other. People are kind of from Oaken Barrel and …” surprised by that.” Sutherlin became the downtown anchor as — BREWER JERRY SUTHERLIN a succession followed Castner, who opened MashCraft in 2014. Chris Knott and Scott Ellis came and moved on Broad Ripple and Dave Colt moved to to their own domains at FLIX and Big Lug, College Ave. as co-founder with Clayton respectively; Nathan Scruggs came then Robinson of Sun King, Sutherlin became went to Rock Bottom College Park when the sole heir to the “old timers” downLiz Laughlin left, and now Scruggs is town brewery scene. He bonded with the succession of RAM brewers, kept in touch taking over for Sutherlin at Rock Bottom downtown while Shawn Byrnes and Anwith Colt and Castrellon and became a drew Cox are head and assistant brewers mentor for a new generation of brewers. On any given evening you’ll find a new at The RAM. Fishers native Jason Cook is coming to RB College Park from RB Chiset of brewers at the Rock Bottom downtown bar, chatting with each other over a cago where he trained under Ian Wilson, who preceded Liz Laughlin at RBCP. range of topics. A tight circle into which space is made “In our craft brewing community we’re to welcome others describes the Indiana unique in that we all support each other. craft brewing scene, observes Sutherlin. People are kind of surprised by that.” Some fifty fellow brewers and Rock When Liz Laughlin came on as brewBottom regulars were at RB downtown on master at Rock Bottom College Park in Dec. 9 for a surprise farewell party for Jerry 2006 (RBCP opened in 2005) Sutherlin Sutherlin. It was amazing and special. and Laughlin worked together for the “It’s a blank canvas,” said Sutherlin best overall patron experience, offering about giving up a tenured spot for a brand beers their core customers preferred and new brewery. “I’m starting from zero.” brewing beyond that core to introduce Over a 20-year career as a brewer different styles to enlarge their range and Sutherlin has acquired a stock of awards grow their consumers’ palates. Sutherlin and accolades, experiences and friendships. Sutherlin admits it’s scary leaving the familiar and going off like an original Hoosier pioneer to an unfamiliar place to start all over. “This company [Rock Bottom] gives you a lot of freedom,” Sutherlin told me when we talked in 2009 for the True Brew book. ”That’s kind of the fun part.” The fun part is what Sutherlin intends to keep as he builds a new production brewery with owner Max Shenck on the southwest fringe of downtown Indianapolis, on the west bank of White River, with a commanding view to the west, east and north, and with I-70 just to the south. It’s a Sutherlin’s been manning the Rock Bottom location ripe for building out on White RivDowntown tanks for nearly ten years. er Parkway just north of Kentucky Ave. n
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e If you’ve followed local music at all over the past decade and a half, there’s a good chance you’ve seen Peter King up on stage with one band or another. From The Impossible Shapes to Learner Dancer to Bait and Tackle Tabernacle, the multi-instrumentalist showcases his playing talent as a member of several notable local acts through the years. But, it’s not until recently that King has been up front as the leader and primary songwriter of his own band, Peter and the Kings. After a year and a half of live shows, the group honed its spellbinding style of psych rock and folk, with King’s distinctive, chamber-esque songwriting serving as the anchor. Despite only having a mixed bag of recordings on Musical Family Tree and Soundcloud, the Kings have managed to play several shows around Indianapolis since their formation. But thankfully for fans of the four-piece, a full-length album is finally on the way, and it captures the Kings in all of their spaced-out splendor. Titled I Everything, the group’s debut effort was recorded, mixed and mastered by Magnetic South Recordings’ John Dawson, and the Bloomingtonbased analog recording studio and record label will also be releasing the album on cassette. With I Everything, King wrote all of the album’s 12 songs, but a collection of bandmates are just as responsible for its overall charm. Bassist Benny Sanders (formerly of Everthus the Deadbeats, Jookabox) keyboardist Duncan Kissinger (works solo as Skin Conditions, formerly of Hotfox, Thunders) and percussionist Ben Bernthal (currently fronts Memory Foam) each add their own touch to King’s masterful song craft. With this in mind, the band seems to be at its best on I Everything when each individual is adding his own style and texture to King’s foundational ideas. Whether it’s Bernthal’s intriguing percussion setup, or Kissinger’s hypnotizing tone on keys, each member of Peter and the Kings accentuates all the others in a way that seems genuine and natural. Pair this with King’s one-of-a-kind knack for writing songs, and there’s no wonder that I Everything is such a great listen from top to bottom.
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ith hundreds of thousands of miles traveled, dozens of countries toured via interstates, planes, vans and buses; from dining with royalty in the South of France in castles to living on the road with hobos and vagabonds, Rev. Peyton has seen and done a lot. As an internationally revered recording artist and performer — and a proud Hoosier — we asked Rev. Peyton to lend his unique perspective and wildlife experiences to our readers. Got a question about music, traveling, love, food, religion, politics, family, friends or enemies? Send it in to bigdamnadvice@nuvo.net or submit anonymously to bigdamnadvice.tumblr.com, and Rev. Peyton will answer back in a regular column. Anonymity is assured. Recommended listening for The Rev’s first column: “We Live Dangerous” from So Delicious, released by the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band in January on Yazoo Records. Dear Rev: What are four ways to be more adventurous in everyday life? REVEREND PEYTON: This is my favorite question that we have received so far, and that is why I am choosing this question as the first one I will tackle in this Big Damn Advice column. It is a question that is near and dear to my heart, because I seek adventure every day of my life. I crave it. Obsession might be a strong word, but maybe it’s not too strong.
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GET RID OF CABLE TV Getting rid of your cable or satellite is the single best thing you can do for your life. Mostly it’s just a timesuck. You sit down and before you know it, literally hours have passed by. What do you have to show for it? Even if you were entertained, 30 percent of the time you spent was just commercials. Yes, even after paying that cable TV bill, they still only give you 70 percent programming. In my opinion they just stole 30 percent of your time from you. What could you do with that time? Adventure, hopefully, but the answer is literally anything else. I’m sure there are some folks out there reading this and saying, “But what about my favorite TV show? I would miss it so much.” If there is a television show out there that you truly cannot live without, then buy it on DVD and watch it that way. DVDs have zero commercials, and now you control the time you watch. Save it for a rainy day. You should also remember, no one ever sat down on their grandad’s lap and said, “Granddad, tell us the story about that TV show you watched again.”
BECOME A PATRON OF THE ARTS “The Arts” doesn’t have to mean haute or stuffy. When I say “The Arts” I mean
everything from local punk shows to live theater. Maybe you are into poetry, maybe you are into mimes. It doesn’t matter to me, but you need to get out and support it. If you are an artist yourself, then you really need to get out and support others in your scene, and you should be out there supporting other artists across different media. Taking in art of any kind makes you a better person. It can open your eyes to new ways of thinking, and it should also be challenging you. There is adventure at these events. It isn’t as obvious as climbing a mountain, but it is no less enriching to your soul. I don’t know if there is a greater adventure than meeting new people that makes us want to be better. What a way to provoke ourselves to take that first step toward a new adventure. You don’t have to be an artist or an expert either. All you need to enjoy art is humanity, curiosity and an open mind.
GET OUTSIDE You have to get outside, people. There is no other way. The amount of adventure in the outdoors within a one-day trip of where you live is hard to believe. I have fished some beautiful streams and rivers running straight through major cities. There is so much beauty so close, and even in vastly populated areas, it is mostly unused or under-enjoyed by the local people. I bet there is a hiking trail closer than you think. I know there is a state or national park within a oneday driving trip. <<<
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DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING! I know it is a cliché, but every journey does start with one step. No one is coming to take you on your next adventure. If you want a great story to tell, then you have to take a step toward something, anything. Failure isn’t really possible, because adventure only happens when everything goes wrong. The only people that truly fail are those that don’t ever really live. So quit filling your Instagram with photos of selfies and plates of food, and get out there and take a picture of something legendary. Go somewhere legendary. Meet legendary people. Live legendary. When that grandchild or great niece or nephew is sitting on your lap years from now … please have a better story to tell than what was on cable TV. n
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've only lived in Indianapolis for a year, but there's one thing I've heard consistently regarding the scene: If you're a metal fan, you've got to catch a Dahlia Presents show. The Indianapolis-based metal promoter built its reputation on bringing major acts to the city, and for giving local bands a chance to shine on bills that respect their fans. So when I heard Indianapolis' Sacred Leather and R'lyeh were opening for Bongripper, Pelican and Goatsnake at the 5th Quarter Lounge, and that it was potentially R'lyeh's last show ever, I had to make it my mission to be there and document it. Both Sacred Leather and R'lyeh focus on music better first felt than heard, because if you're doing it right you feel the grooves long before your ears figure out what to do. From the moment they took the stage, each Indianapolis band tackled ear-catching metal riffs with intensity and a strong sense of melody — all of which made them the best onetwo punch I've had at a show this year. I'd wanted to experience Sacred Leather's live show, and it did not disappoint. Although newly minted lead singer Dustin Boltjes was performing at his first-ever live show with the band, it was impossible to tell this lineup had not been sharing a stage for years. Boltjes has a lot of respect for classic '80s metal in the Judas Priest vein, and that shows in his stage presence. Witnessing a theater-worthy show in an intimate venue is always a plus, and if you sleep on the chance to catch Sacred Leather soon, you may miss that chance forever. R'lyeh was already a trusted metal source in my book, as their album Color Out Of Space has been a regular part of my listening rotation all year. With guitarist Anthony Hampton leaving for Los Angeles immediately after this show, however, it took on more gravitas, and the band delivered — “a dream show doubling as the best goodbye I've ever experienced,” as Hampton described it later on Facebook. The band's blistering set of instrumental prog-metal brought
NUVO: What's that like coming in? You're getting to participate in writing the new songs, but you're also putting your stamp on the old songs. BOLTJES: I haven't really delved into writing with them yet but as far as how things feel, I love the band and it was a natural fit for the material they're curPHOTO BY JONATHAN SANDERS rently writing, for someone like me to Dustin Boltjes be the vocalist. I'm involved with an early-80s metal tribute band that I sing for, so the voice is already there. Now together every performance of theirs it's a matter of transposing what I do I'd seen into something that finally exin that band into crafting some original ceeded what they'd managed to achieve material. Joe, the guitar player, was the on tape, delivering the ultimate live lead singer before me, and they went distillation of their sound. I caught up with Boltjes before the show through a few member changes, added a new guitar player and once that hapfor more details on his (very) new band. pened they started from scratch from a writing perspective. It got to a point where they really wanted a “If you’re sitting at home bored front-man, rather than Joe focusing on playing guitar on a Saturday night and you see and singing.
there’s a show going on, get the fuck out of the house!”
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NUVO: What is Sacred Leather trying to do that maybe other bands in the area aren't? DUSTIN BOLTJES: Anything and everything that is classic heavy metal. You really don't hear that around here. Classic in the sense of Judas Priest, Mercyful Fate, old Ozzy, that whole great wave of heavy metal that existed in the early ’80s. NUVO: What's the band's songwriting process? Do you write as a group?
NUVO: Is there anything else you'd want to tell fans about Sacred Leather that they might not already know?
BOLTJES: I'd say just do your part, man. These bands in these small towns they work really hard to build a name for themselves and get their music out there. And if I could say anything it's that if you're sitting at home bored on a Saturday night and you see there's a show going on, get the fuck out of the house! Don't sit on Facebook all night, go see these bands and support them! It's a fucking rough business and everything's different live. n
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NUVO: Dr. Madhubuti, you founded Third World Press in the 1960s. Third World has published books by important authors ranging from Gwendolyn Brooks, to Sonia Sanchez, to Amiri Baraka. You've also published your own work by Third World including Black Men: The African American Family in Transition which has sold more than one million copies. Third World has also published work from our great Indianapolis writer Mari Evans. I know your relationship with Mari Evans extends beyond publishing her work.
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onsidering his groundbreaking work as a writer and publisher, Dr. Haki Madhubuti ranks as one of the most important individuals in American literary history. Dr. Madhubuti was born Don Luther Lee on February 23, 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Madhubuti rose to prominence in the late '60s writing on themes of Black consciousness under the name of Don L. Lee. His first volume of poems Think Black was published in 1967. In 1974 Dr. Haki Madhubuti adopted his current name it's derived from Swahili and the phrase loosely translates to "precise justice." And that's as good a description as anything I could come up with to describe the underlying philosophical value in all of Dr. Madhubuti's work. Whether he's writing in prose or poetry Madhubuti expresses an urgent need to extract some sense of justice and order from a world that is too often lost in chaos, greed, hate and indifference. I spoke with Dr. Madhubuti via phone from his offices in Chicago before his two stops in Indy last week for public poetry forums. @tremendouskat
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HAKI MADHUBUTI: Oh yes, I met Mari Evans around 1970. It was just after she'd published I Am A Black Woman. That was one of the major books to come out of the Black Arts Movement and it really set the pace for all of us. She's such a fine poet and certainly one of the major poets of the United States. I'm surprised she hasn't been named Poet Laureate of the United States and I'm most certainly surprised that she hasn't been named Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana. She's a woman of immense talent — multiple talents too, as she's also a musician. Mari is a committed writer and poet, and she's committed to her hometown
of Indianapolis. I've had the honor and pleasure to be a friend of hers for 40-some odd years.
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MADHUBUTI: Etheridge and I go back a long way too. Obviously he's not with us anymore. I met Etheridge early in his career when he was just starting to write. I met him through Gwendolyn Brooks who helped him get his first book published. Once he came out of prison, we read together on a couple of programs here in Chicago. Indianapolis should be honored to have produced both Mari Evans and Etheridge Knight. Etheridge was on top of his game and just as Gwendolyn Brooks, he will live within our mind and memory for his excellent work.
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.
MADHUBUTI: I used to teach at Howard University and there was an amazing group of young men and women who came to my classes. Many of them were musicians. If you read my memoir then you'll see I used to be a trumpet player. I was always in love with the music. Louis Armstrong was my favorite musician and that's why I picked up the trumpet in the first place. But soon after I started playing and getting lessons I began to realize that I could never touch what he was doing. Then came along this tall, Black, creative and very serious trumpet “I’m surprised [Mari Evans] hasn’t player by the name of Miles Davis who came been named Poet Laureate of the out of East St. Louis. So Miles was more my United States and I’m most certainly man, because essentially he was cool. He surprised that she hasn’t been named was ready to take on Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana.” the world on his own terms. Miles, when he — HAKI MADHUBUTI played the trumpet, the women would gravitate toward him like he was a free shoe store. So I saw that and NUVO: One aspect of Third World said, "I want to play me some trumPress' philosophy that particularly faspet." But after I picked it up I realized cinates me is that you allow writers to it was not my forte. keep all the profits from their work. So music was critical in terms of my whole life. When I got to Howard I had all MADHUBUTI: That's correct. With my these younger musicians around me and own work I just donate everything back I was writing my poetry, so we decided to the press. We are a house that essento hook up and make these two albums. tially exists for the writer and the poet. We're not a profit-making company. Thank you to Dona Stokes Lucas The whole premise was: how do we and Sibeko Jywanza for coordinating build independent Black institutions this interview. that do not prey on the Black community, but serve the Black community. NUVO: You made a pair of amazing LPs that combined spiritual jazz with spoken word, Medasi in 1984 and Rise Vision Comin in 1976. How did those albums come into existence?
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I’m sorry, these are things? What’s the weirdest fetish you’ve ever heard of? DR. D: I don’t think of them as weird, really — but there’s lots of interesting diversity in the world including people who feel aroused by people playing with or sitting on balloons, wearing diapers, holding trash, smoking cigarettes, wearing or holding underwear/lingerie, wearing or holding high-heeled shoes or smelly socks or gym shoes, drinking stored-up semen (frozen then thawed), feeding another person to make them gain weight (feeders/gainers), spanking/being spanked, bondage, age play (pretending to be much older or younger than one is), using penis cages, and so much more. Sex is fascinating! Sometimes these things fit well into people’s lives and relationships and other times they cause distress. If you or your partner is into something that causes you personal or relationship distress, you may find it helpful to meet with a sex therapist — find one through aasect.org or sstarnet.org.
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we would hire an escort to join us so I wouldn’t have to ask someone I know. Now, my question to you is if there’s any way to tell for sure that a sex worker doesn’t have an STD? Thank you.
DR. DEBBY HERBENICK Indiana getaway What’s the most recommended romantic resort in Indy or Bloomington? We’re looking to get away. DR. D: Bloomington doesn’t exactly have “resorts” in the downtown or nearby-ish areas although we do have some lovely B&Bs (like the Grant Street Inn) and newer hotels (like the Hyatt Place). In Indianapolis, searching Trip Advisor for hotels tagged as “romantic” brings up hotels like the Conrad, Le Meridien, the JW Marriott, and the Alexander. However, there are rarely any “best” places because I think it depends on what helps you and your partner(s) feel more romantic. As a colleague said to me years ago, “some people like their sex dirty” and if you want things on the rougher side, you might look for cheap motels. If you’re more the rose petals and jacuzzi type, that too will influence what kind of hotel you look for. Some people are looking for a total experience and might want to see a show or walk through a downtown park and then wind their way back to their hotel, in which case you might prefer something downtown and walkable. If you’re an IU alum and looking to relive your college days, you might prefer drinking downtown and then stumbling over to the IMU. As they say: choose your own adventure.
Menage a caution My husband and I had been discussing having a threesome, which I agreed to on the condition that
DR. D: Sorry, no, there’s not. Some sexually transmitted infections (STI) are not easily tested for — for example, we have no widely available testing (outside of research settings) for HPV in men or mycoplasma genitalium for people of any gender (yeah, I know - most people have never heard of m. genitalium but it’s a thing). Other STIs (like HIV) can hang out for a while before a person would test positive for them. If you’re concerned about STIs, either steer clear of bringing in an outside partner or only engage in sex acts that are less likely to transmit infections or use a condom, knowing that it would greatly reduce the risk of many but not all STIs. You might also want to read a book like Opening Up or The Ethical Slut to help you and your husband communicate and manage all the other things involved in opening up one’s monogamous relationship to include others.
anything that looks gross to you or just doesn’t feel right. All that said, no one said it would be easy if by “sex” you mean vaginal or anal intercourse. Although the vagina lubricates on its own, that lubricant pretty much just washes away with water, making vaginal penetration with a penis pretty tricky and often uncomfortable or painful. The anus doesn’t self-lubricate anyway, but may dry up even more underwater. Most people don’t carry silicone-based lubricant with
“Except for extremely unusual, bad luck scenarios (in which case people wind up with rare infections even from swimming in water), it’s generally fine to have sex in lakes, oceans, bathtubs, and rivers.”
On the other hand, SHARK! Are there any health risks associated with having sex in lakes or more stagnant bodies of water besides the ocean? DR. D: Except for extremely unusual, bad luck scenarios (in which case people wind up with rare infections even from swimming in water), it’s generally fine to have sex in lakes, oceans, bathtubs, and rivers. Avoid
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them into lakes or oceans, so that’s unlikely to help. You can still try it if you want — sometimes experiences of trying and feeling ridiculous help to bond two people. You can also widen your ideas of sex and use your fingers to pleasure one another underwater.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Neanderthals were a different human species that co-existed with our ancestors, homo sapiens, for at least 5,000 years. But they eventually died out while our people thrived. Why? One reason, says science writer Marcus Chown, is that we alone invented sewing needles. Our newborn babies had wellmade clothes to keep them warm and healthy through frigid winters. Neanderthal infants, covered with ill-fitting animal skins, had a lower survival rate. Chown suggests that although this provided us with a mere one percent survival advantage, that turned out to be significant. I think you’re ready to find and use a small yet ultimately crucial edge like that over your competitors, Aries. Aries
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Artist Robert Barry created “30 Pieces,” an installation that consisted of pieces of paper on which he had typed the following statement: “Something which is very near in place and time, but not yet known to me.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, this theme captures the spirit of the phase you’re now entering. But I think it will evolve in the coming weeks. First it’ll be “Something which is very near in place and time, and is becoming known to me.” By midJanuary it could turn into “Something which is very near and dear, and has become known to me.” Pisces
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CONNECTIVE LIVING Healing, peace, posture, relaxation, confidence. Advanced bodywork, lifecoaching, boxing, dance. Caring professional. 17yrs experience. www.connective-living.com. Chad A. Wright, COTA, CMT, CCLC 317-372-9176 “Everything is connected”
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is uncanny, wild, and lawless.” Greek philosopher Plato wrote that in his book “The Republic,” and I’m bringing it to your attention just in time for your Season of Awakening and Deepening Desire. The coming days will be a time when you can, if you choose, more fully tune in to the uncanny, wild, and lawless aspects of your primal yearnings. But wait a minute! I’m not suggesting you should immediately take action to gratify them. For now, just feel them and observe them. Find out what they have to teach you. Wait until the new year before you consider the possibility of expressing them. Gemini
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Congratulations! You have broken all your previous records for doing boring tasks that are good for you. In behalf of the other eleven signs, I thank you for your heroic, if unexciting, campaign of self-improvement. You have not only purified your emotional resources and cleared out some breathing room for yourself, but you have also made it easier for people to help you and feel close to you. Your duty has not yet been completed, however. There are a few more details to take care of before the gods of healthy tedium will be finished with you. But start looking for signs of your big chance to make a break for freedom. They’ll arrive soon. Cancer
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The English word “fluke” means “lucky stroke.” It was originally used in the game of billiards when a player made a good shot that he or she wasn’t even trying to accomplish. Later its definition expanded to include any fortuitous event that happens by chance rather than because of skill: good fortune generated accidentally. I suspect that you are about to be the beneficiary of what may seem to be a series of flukes, Leo. In at least one case, though, your lucky break will have been earned by the steady work you’ve done without any fanfare. Leo
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may not have to use a literal crowbar in the coming weeks, but this rough tool will serve you well as a metaphor. Wherever you go, imagine that you’ve got one with you. Why? It’s time to jimmy open glued-shut portals . . . to pry loose mental blocks . . . to coax unyielding influences to budge . . . to nudge intransigent people free of their fixations. Anything that is stuck or jammed needs to get unstuck or unjammed through the power of your willful intervention. Virgo
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to consort with hidden Pisces
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depths and unknown riches. In every way you can imagine, I urge you to go deeper down and further in. Cultivate a more conscious connection with the core resources you sometimes take for granted. This is one time when delving into the darkness can lead you to pleasure and treasure. As you explore, keep in mind this advice from author T. Harv Eker: “In every forest, on every farm, in every orchard on earth, what’s under the ground creates what’s above the ground. That’s why placing your attention on the fruits you have already grown is futile. You can’t change the fruits that are already hanging on the tree. But you can change tomorrow’s fruits. To do so, you will have to dig below the ground and strengthen the roots.” SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming weeks, the pursuit of pleasure could drain your creative powers, diminish your collaborative possibilities, and wear you out. But it’s also possible that the pursuit of pleasure will enhance your creative powers, synergize your alliances, and lead you to new opportunities. Which way will you go? It all depends on the kinds of pleasures you pursue. The dumb, numbing, mediocre type will shrink your soul. The smart, intriguing, invigorating variety will expand your mind. Got all that? Say “hell, no” to trivializing decadence so you can say “wow, yes” to uplifting bliss. Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Garnets are considered less valuable than diamonds. But out in the wild, there’s an intimate connection between these two gemstones. Wherever you find garnets near the surface of the earth, you can be reasonably sure that diamonds are buried deeper down in the same location. Let’s use this relationship as a metaphor for your life, Sagittarius. I suspect you have recently chanced upon a metaphorical version of garnets, or will do so soon. Maybe you should make plans to search for the bigger treasure towards which they point the way. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ready for the Cool Anger Contest? You can earn maximum points by expressing your dissatisfaction in ways that generate the most constructive transformations. Bonus points will be awarded for your ability to tactfully articulate complicated feelings, as well as for your emotionally intelligent analyses that inspire people to respond empathetically rather than defensively. What are the prizes? First prize is a breakthrough in your relationship with an ally who could be crucial to your expansion in 2016. Second prize is a liberation from one of your limiting beliefs. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A fourth-century monk named Martin was a pioneer wine-maker in France. He founded the Marmoutier Abbey and planted vineyards on the surrounding land. According to legend, Martin’s donkey had a crucial role in lifting viticulture out of its primitive state. Midway through one growing season, the beast escaped its tether and nibbled on a lot of the grapevines. All the monks freaked out, fearing that the crop was wrecked. But ultimately the grapes grew better than they had in previous years, and the wine they produced was fabulous. Thus was born the practice of pruning, which became de rigueur for all grape-growers. What’s your equivalent of Martin’s donkey, Aquarius? I bet it’ll exert its influence very soon. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important,” said educator John Dewey. If that’s true, Pisces, you are on the verge of having your deepest urge fulfilled more than it has in a long time. The astrological alignments suggest that you are reaching the peak of your value to other people. You’re unusually likely to be seen and appreciated and acknowledged for who you really are. If you have been underestimating your worth, I doubt you will be able to continue doing so. Here’s your homework: Take a realistic inventory of the ways your life has had a positive impact on the lives of people you have known. Pisces
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Homework: Make a guess about what you will be most proud of 15 years from today. Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com. Virgo
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