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HAPPY NEW YEAR, TRUMP T BY JOHN KRULL // EDITORS@NUVO.NET

he easy part is over. Now it gets brutally hard. This, of course, is not what President Donald Trump seems to think, but this president works hard to keep facts from intruding into his fantasy world. The president said that the toughest part of his presidency is behind him. He said that getting his own party to vote with him on the tax cut package was the rough stuff. Persuading Democrats and Republicans to work together will be a breeze. Or so Donald Trump says. He’s wrong about that, of course. Election years such as 2018 rarely are times for bipartisan cooperation. The two parties see elections as moments to draw distinctions — establish differences — and force voters to make choices. The incentives for Democrats and Republicans to work together at such times are few and the motivations for them to do everything they can to undermine and undercut each other are many. This always has been true, but it is truer still in this hyper-partisan era. The chances that Republicans and Democrats will link arms when the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and perhaps the U.S. Supreme Court are in the balance are somewhere between nil and non-existent. The coming year will be about who wins and who loses. If anything, the battling and bloodletting will be even fiercer this election year because of the way this president has conducted himself and his presidency. Democrats have no reason to work with Trump. They don’t like him, they don’t trust him and, increasingly, they see him as both a

fat target and a valuable campaign asset. They know that the animosity toward Trump among progressives rallies the Democratic Party’s base better than any Democratic candidate could. The president may boast that Republicans have won all five House special elections since he took office. But, those races were in congressional districts that were supposed to be solidly red, yet the antipathy to Trump and Republican policies turned several of those contests into nail-biters. The races in Virginia and Alabama have been telling. Trump touted that Republican Ed Gillespie lost because Gillespie didn’t embrace Trumpism. Unlikely, but we’ll indulge the president and let him rationalize the defeat any way he wants. What he can’t explain is how the Virginia legislature, which was a two-to-one GOP stronghold prior to the election, became a body in which control of the chamber had to be determined by drawing lots from a hat. Trumpism unleashed a landslide in Virginia, just not in the direction the president wanted. In Alabama — where Democrats have public approval ratings just slightly higher than communicable diseases — Republicans lost a U.S. Senate seat. Alabama illustrates why Trump’s troubles are about to get worse. Republicans lost there because white nationalist Steve Bannon decided that beating up on other Republicans was even more fun than defeating Democrats. Wherever Bannon goes, disaster for the GOP will follow, because only three outcomes from Bannon’s efforts are possible. The first is that the Republican incumbent Bannon tries to topple survives the attack and emerges believing he owes nothing to a president, even one of his own party, who couldn’t keep his pit bull leashed. The second is Bannon succeeds and leaves behind him a band of resentful Republican lame ducks who see no reason to watch the back of a president who didn’t watch theirs. The third is that these intramural battles so weaken the GOP that Democrats in red states become plausible candidates (think Alabama) and those in swing states (think Virginia) become favorites. President Trump doubtless thought 2017 was a tough year. He needs to think again. N For more opinion pieces visit nuvo.net/voices

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n Dec. 27, Israel’s transportation minister Yisrael Katz unveiled plans to name a train station “Trump Station” at the Western Wall, the Jewish holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City. The station would connect a route — yet to be built — running under the Old City to Tel Aviv, where the American Embassy is located. But the embassy location may soon change. That is because President Trump recently decided to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. It’s a decision that effectively scrapped 50 years of American foreign policy by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. It’s also a diminutive middle finger raised in the face of numerous United Nations resolutions. Grasping the intricacies of a decision bound up in so much historical context can be difficult. NUVO reached out to a variety

of local voices to provide a look at various responses to the embassy announcement. But first a little background: The reason that the UN does not recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital is because of its history. At the time of Israel’s founding in 1948, the Israelis only occupied the Western half of the city that Jews have considered their spiritual home for thousands of years. (The Western half of the city is also where Israel’s major instruments of national government are located.) Only in 1967, after the Six Day War, did Israel gain control over the Eastern half where the holy sites are along with the West Bank (see map). In the eyes of the international community, however, the status of Jerusalem is still undecided, because both Palestinians and Israelis lay claim to it and they are nowhere near resolving their numerous issues.

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Thus, no country wanted to locate their embassies there — whether in the Eastern or Western parts of the city — because this would give de facto recognition to Israel’s claim of sovereignty over all of Jerusalem. (And the Israelis — viewed as an occupier by the Palestinians — currently are in full military, economic, and legal control of the Eastern half of Jerusalem, as well as the West Bank.) And Trump granted Israel this recognition without giving the Palestinians anything in exchange except, perhaps, the continuing services of Jared Kushner. Kushner, Trump’s senior advisor and son-in-law, visited Israel in August in a failed attempt to restart the peace process. But the Palestinians have made it clear subsequent to Trump’s embassy announcement, that they would no longer engage in talks with

the U.S., as they no longer see Trump as an honest broker. The Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is on board with Trump’s decision, announced Dec. 6. The Muslim Alliance of Indiana is not. Indy JCRC’s Lindsey Mintz hopes peace efforts will continue. “We do feel that it’s important for the United States to play a constructive role in encouraging the Israelis and Palestinians to come together to determine the final agreement on all of these final status issues bilaterally with our support,” says Mintz. “So one of the things that the president said explicitly is that the United States will continue to seek a negotiated solution that envisions two states for two peoples. That was important for us to hear. And the statement itself isn’t intend-

NUVO.NET/NEWS ed to preclude the process of whatever the two parties will decide between themselves as far as future borders.” The JCRC’s statement in support of Trump’s decision reads, “Recognition by the United States is important as many of Israel’s detractors make the pernicious claim that there is no Jewish connection to Jerusalem, seeking to negate the fact that Jerusalem has been both the spiritual and physical center of Jewish existence for 3,000 years.” The JCRC statement also makes reference to the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act passed by Congress in 1995, which stated that the U.S. embassy should be moved to Jerusalem and that Jerusalem be recognized as the Israeli capital. But it also gave American presidents the power to waive the act, if they determined that this was in the security interests of the United States. And subsequent to the act — and prior to Trump’s Dec. 6 announcement — all American presidents have gone to Congress every six months to waive the act (which they had the authority to do by law). Mintz described the JCRC statement as being the consensus position of the Jewish community. “You ask 99.5 percent of Jews who feel like there should be a modern Jewish and democratic state of Israel, and they will say Jerusalem is the capital,” she says. While the JCRC position is essentially the same as that of a number of other prominent Jewish organizations — including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — there is perhaps more division in the American Jewish community than Mintz’s remark suggests. There are Jewish advocacy groups that can certainly claim more than .5 percent sympathy among the American Jewish population for the position they express. J Street is one of these groups. The Washington D.C.-based advocacy organization describes itself as “the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans who want Israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the Jewish people.” J Street posted a statement strongly opposed to Trump’s decision on Dec. 6.

The Indiana affiliate of Jewish Voice for Peace also released a statement opposed to Trump’s action. Their statement reads, “For 70 years, the U.S. has given Israel tacit approval to steal Palestinian land, build illegal Jewish settlements and deny Palestinians in East Jerusalem and elsewhere their rights. Trump’s decision takes these ongoing policies to the next level and is reckless, irresponsible and endangers the lives of Palestinians and Israelis.Jerusalem is a symbol of holiness and hope for many people of many religions the world over. We want there to be a shared and peaceful Jerusalem. Moving the U.S. embassy there not only flies in the face of the international legal consensus, but also furthers the agenda of those who seek to recast a struggle for land, rights and sovereignty into a religious conflict.” Mintz points out that consensus does not mean unanimity, and that “...it is very difficult to write a single statement that answers everybody’s need to the same degree. We acknowledge that there are questions and some concerns. The Jewish community is incredibly diverse… But there’s overwhelming consensus and it’s always been our position stating the facts on the ground that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people and the capital of the modern state of Israel. That’s as much fact as anything.” The Muslim Alliance of Indiana, which released a statement on Dec. 6 opposed to the Trump administration move, sees the move as hindrance to peace efforts. “The decision was made very unilaterally without all parties at the table so for those reasons we’re against it,” says Aliya Amin, the Muslim Alliance interim executive director. The Muslim community is “pretty united” against the Trump administration move according to Amin. “I think by declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel, that takes away other groups’ rights to Jerusalem as well,” she says. “And the fact that that decision was made without input from all parties kind of takes away from that and ultimately moving towards a two state solution.... So that is where we stand, and I think most Muslims NUVO.NET // 01.03.18 - 01.10.18 // NEWS // 5

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agree on this.” Despite the fact that there is disagreement on the the international level between MAI and the JCRC, these organizations are on the same page in regard to local issues. “One of my first phone conversations I had was with my counterpart in the Muslim Alliance of Indiana [Aliya Amin],” says Mintz. “Before either of us drafted our statements we spoke to each other,” says Mintz. “Before the president even issued his statement we spoke to each other. On a local level we have really wonderful relationships with members of the Muslim community, leadership of the Muslim community.” Amin agrees with Mintz’s assessment. “It’s something that we might just have to agree to disagree on, you know?” she says. “I don’t think this means that we can’t work together and get to know each other more on other issues,” she continues. “We are more alike than we are different. And I

don’t think that just one statement or just one move can define our relationship with the Jewish community. We worked really hard with them on other issues.” Amin mentions potential hate crime legislation for the 2018 legislative session as an example. “We are working very closely together on that,” she says. “Because we are two different groups we are not going to completely align on every issue but at the end of the day we do have the same focus of joining forces here in Indianapolis to make Indiana home for all.”

THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MOVE AND BEYOND Sheila Kennedy, professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI, also thinks Trump made the wrong decision. “The eruptions throughout the Arab world that have already occurred as a result of Trump’s rash, uninformed announce-

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ment — and likely future reactions that will endanger Israel and trigger more violence — are among the many negative consequences of electing a profoundly unfit, uninformed, mentally-incompetent narcissist to the Presidency,” she wrote on SheilaKennedy.net on Dec. 7 In an interview with NUVO, she called Trump’s decision “profoundly destabilizing” because it was a decision that should “be left to the parties as part of a comprehensive peace deal.” A Jan. 1 article in the New York Times entitled “Emboldened Israeli Right Presses Moves to Doom 2-State Solution” shows just how destabilizing. States the article, “Coming on the heels of President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in defiance of decades-old United States policy and international consensus, the moves showed that the Israeli right senses a new opening to pursue its goal of a single state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean.” Kennedy also sees an effect in regard to U.S. popular opinion vis-à-vis Israel. “The other thing I think this does is encourage those who have become more sympathetic to the Palestinians and much less sympathetic to Israel. When I was young, public opinion was pretty pro-Israel. And it has eroded significantly over the years and that’s really the fault of Israel because their behavior has been in many cases in my view unconscionable. They’ve taken on the behavior of people who’ve oppressed Jews for centuries.” (Some examples of the behavior Kennedy is referring to can be found in the overview of the Amnesty International report for Israel and Occupied Palestine 2016/2017 that cites promotion of illegal Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories, as well as a continuing blockade of the Gaza Strip, “subjecting its population of 1.9 million to collective punishment.”) Edward Curtis, professor of religions studies at IUPUI, likewise thinks the Trump decision is detrimental to peace prospects in the region, but he also sees this move in the context of the rivalry for regional dominance between Saudi Arabia and Iran. “Saudi Arabia now seems to be moving

toward a normalization of relations with Israel, a tacit alliance to try to curb Iranian power in the region.” says Curtis. “And so I think that the fate of Palestinians and of Palestinian freedom is as precarious as it has ever been. Because not only do we have the Israelis continuing to occupy Palestinian land … denying them their basic human rights [but] also, now we have a major rising power in the region that is moving towards support of, de facto control of, the Israelis over all of Palestine.” In Yemen, the Saudis, with American help, are battling Iranian-backed rebels. This is resulting in huge loss of life among civilians in a war where Saudi Arabia is militarily assisted by the U.S. and tacitly encouraged by the Israelis. (While the UN doesn’t have a current estimate of casualties in Yemen, it said in August 2016 that at least 10,000 had been killed.) According to Curtis, civilians on the ground in Yemen have a lot to lose to Saudi — Israeli normalization of relations. It’s a normalization that Curtis thinks is gaining steam in the Trump era. This normalization is encouraged by a number of factors: The current Israeli right wing government has much to gain if the Saudis look the other way regarding Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. And the Saudis feel they have a lot to gain with American military support, while the Israelis feel they have much to gain by the Saudis countering Iranian rebels in Yemen. The biggest losers in this equation are Yemini civilians. Indeed, the World Health Program, the World Food Program and UNICEF, in a plea for an end to war and access for humanitarian aid, released a joint statement on Dec. 30 called the situation there “the worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” mentioning that 11.3 million children cannot survive without aid, and mentioning also that there is a lack of food and proper sanitation. All of this is happening in the midst of the world’s worst cholera outbreak. “My fear is that this is already leading to great death and violence in Yemen, which is already a great humanitarian crisis,” says Curtis. N

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150 REASONS TO LOVE INDY

hen NUVO’s editors sat down to brainstorm the first issue of 2018, we considered writing something resolution-based, of course. Something about how this is the year we’re really going to change. The year we’ll do something totally new. Then we realized, well, we’re really pretty lucky to bring all the stuff from 2017 in Indianapolis along with us into a new year. There’s a lot of stuff about our shared city we would never change. New year, new us? Nah — new year, same us. So, we set about documenting some of our favorite things we brought into 2018 from Indy’s history, old and new. And we asked all of NUVO’s staff. And the list grew. And then we asked readers on social media to weigh in. And it grew even more. Suddenly we had 150 reasons we love living in the Circle City, from shared experiences — sunrise on the Coke lot — to individual pieces of artwork at the IMA, and on and on. So maybe we accidentally wrote a resolution cover story after all. We resolve to check off what we haven’t done, seen, explored, tasted or touched on this list in 2018. We resolve to treasure what’s great about Indy more often. We resolve to introduce more people to the best parts of the Hoosier state. And we resolve to keep making it even better. Happy New Year! — NUVO EDITORS

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The Big Story Continued...

1 // Redevelopment efforts by Midtown, Inc., Indy

VICTOR OLADIPO //

20 // Central Library, especially the Nina Mason

Parks and Rec and Indianapolis Parks Foundation

Pulliam Special Collections Room where you can get

brought Indy’s best new playground to the now-ver-

a bird’s eye view of Downtown Indy while taking a

dant green of Tarkington Park, right across from the

break from whatever you were doing before

NUVO offices. Now, we just need a coffee shop 21 // All the cons — Gen Con, Pop Con and Comic 2 // Drive north from the Circle up Meridian Street,

Con — bringing all the nerd stuff to Indy

and you’re basically taking an unofficial tour of some of Indy’s most prolific non-profits

22 // The Harrison Center, formerly the Harrison Center for the Arts, for their First Friday recep-

3 // Indianapolis White Castle #3 built in 1927 and

tions/open houses/events that could be described

just waiting for an enterprising young gentlewoman

as four-ring circuses in the best way possible.

to take over as a bookstore

(Don’t forget the free food usually available for patrons to munch on.)

4 // The best pair of dart boards in town at the Wellington

23 // The Red Key, the best place in Indy to get some literary ambience with your beer, especially if

5 // The art in the Indianapolis International Airport

Dan Wakefield happens to be at the bar

including “Dream” by Derrick Carter, featuring 24 // The cream-filled chocolate long johns from

portraits of African-American icons

Long’s Bakery. Best to start your morning on a 6 // Scottish Rite Cathedral, built from 1927-1929 at

sugar high. It’s basically dessert for breakfast. For

a cost of $2,500,000

those on a diet: enjoy the whiff of donuts from a rolled-down car window on 16th St. heading East

7 // The old-growth trees of Crown Hill Cemetery’s 25 // The Landmark for Peace Memorial, which

North Woods

pays tribute to both Martin Luther King Jr. and Rob8 // The world’s greatest single day sporting event,

14 // We’re surrounded by so many wonderful

ert Kennedy, reminding us that this country has had

The Indianapolis 500

farmers who produce quality, thoughtful produce to

great leaders in the past and just might again after

supply our restaurants and our homes. Join a CSA

the Trump administration horrorshow is over

9 // An afternoon spent toodling on the Indianap-

and eat better today.

olis Cultural Trail, preferably on a yellow Pacers bikeshare bike

26 // The most loyal fans in the Circle City, The 15 // The urban gardening community that has be-

Brickyard Battalion can be heard belting out lyrics

come a popular and important part of our culinary

to their chants whether it’s pouring down rain or

10 // 100 Acres at Newfields, specifically the

culture here in Indy, with many of them helping fight

100 degrees out. The Indy Eleven’s official support-

Park of Laments

our battle against food deserts

ers group packs the stands win, loss or draw.

11 // The Public Collection. Cool art and free books.

16 // The Arts Council of Indianapolis’s High Art

27 // A living mascot like Butler Blue III is hard

What else could a city need? Crank the wheel on

Program, which places the images of your favor-

to find these days and we’re lucky to have one in

The Public Collection outside the City Market for an

ite Indianapolis artists up on billboards all around

Indy. While all dogs are good dogs, Blue III might

extra interactive experience or check out the fea-

the I-465 loop.

be the best.

Corridor of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail when you

17 // With all the major retail coming our way,

28 // The names of every single skater on the

need to sit and read a while with your new book.

Chicago doesn’t have the same pull it once did

Naptown Roller Derby squad

12 // Continuous loving updates of Andrew Luck’s

18 // Union Brewing Company, conveniently located

29 // Lance Stephenson and his antics. Whether

shoulder, plus random Luck-sightings at the Goose

right off the Monon so you can cool off with a craft

he’s blowing in Lebron’s ear or dancing his way

the Market. We miss you, Andrew.

beer after your bike ride

down the court, Stephenson is pure entertainment

13 // The ever-growing and always exciting restau-

19 // The monuments north of the circle are best

rant and bar scenes; love the newbies and keep

at night when they’re all lit up. Did you know we’re

30 // Victor “This Is My City” Oladipo has provided

returning to the oldies

second only to Washington, D.C. in number of war

a much-needed spark for the post-Paul George

memorials within city limits?

Pacers. Thank you, Victor.

tures by The Alexander at CityWay or the Southwest

on the court

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31 // When Myles Turner blocks a shot and Pacers announcer Quinn Buckner says “smothered chicken” 32 // Domantas Sabonis and his Pacers fan favorite nickname “Saboner” 33 // Take a stroll along The Canal Walk on a beautiful sunny summer day and you might find yourself apartment-shopping alongside it 34 // International Marketplace Coalition, at Lafayette Square, where you can pick up a passport to Indy’s best global cuisine and get 10 percent off at participating restaurants on the Far Westside 35 // Maybe you found Heidelberg Haus & Bakery after getting off at the wrong exit. Maybe you know about it because you live in Lawrence. Maybe you need to get their pork chop and potato salad 36 // La Revolucion. Why haven’t you tried the Tacos de Papas at this stylish Fountain Square nightspot? Is it because you binge order at the Taco Bell drive through to satisfy your midnight cravings? 37 // Circle South Gallery is the gallery that proved in 2017 that the visual arts are still alive in Fountain Square

44 // The book selection at Indy Reads Books is ever-changing and the staff suggestions always take

38 // The Duo’s salad bar; consistently the fresh-

you on a literary journey

est, cheapest spot to eat all your rainbow veggies in town

45 // Picnic time in Fort Harrison. Find yourself a shaded spot, lay out your flannel blanket and sip

39 // The dinosaurs at The Children’s Museum,

on some Easley wine, and munch on sammies and

especially when they’re wearing fancy, holiday-re-

cheese from Goose the Market

lated hats 46 // At the weekly bluegrass and Irish jam nights 40 // The Kurt Vonnegut and Mari Evans murals

at McGinley’s Golden Ace Inn, you grab a Guinness,

overlooking Mass Ave will give you a sense of

a shot of Jameson, a burger and start clapping along

Indy’s literary history without evoking the ghost of James Whitcomb Riley

47 // Snuggling up with a beer and some herdsman’s chili in the pub snug at Broad Ripple

41 // The First Church of Cannabis where one day,

Brewpub

god willing, we will be allowed to do more than just pray 48 // The Calvin Pepper at Calvin Fletcher’s. Add a 42 // A heaping slice of sugar cream pie at Local-

croissant to the order and you’ve just made the best

ly Grown Gardens, where Indiana’s state pie is

decision of your year

done perfectly 49 // Love Handle’s biscuits and gravy with some 43 // A night of local beers and retro gaming at

pork belly added. The only thing better is when you

Tappers Arcade Bar is where you can act like you’re

add some Tinker Coffee cold brew on the side and a

Mad Max and get that high score on Dig Dug

brownie to finish it off

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50 // Indy’s emerging sneakerhead scene, led by

75 // Sunset over the Coke Lot on Indy 500 Eve

Grails Inc. a sneaker resell boutique that opened three locations in 2017 in Washington Square, Lafay-

76 // The dolphin fountains at the incredibly

ette Square and Greenwood

pimptastic Kessler Mansion

51 // The red-hot real estate market shows off to

77 // The perfect find from Woodruff Place Flea

new residents why Indy is such a lovely place to live

Market, and a lengthy sit near the fountains admiring it

52 // A fish sausage sandwich from Eat to Live Cafe 78 // The dog visitors at hyper-animal-friendly 53 // Biking along the Monon and Cultural Trails

Metazoa Brewing

and stopping off at random places throughout 79 // The James Turrell “Acton Room” at Newfields

the day

— and the delight of first-time visitors 54 // Indy Irish Fest’s great music, Ring of Dingle, 80 // The giant gong at the Rhythm Discovery

Crunchies and reuben fries

Center 55 // HotPotPig at Ralph’s Great Divide 81 // The sizzle of a burger hitting the flattop at 56 // The bench in the south end of the Garfield

Workingman’s Friend

Park Conservatory, nestled near the waterfall and 82 // The Statehouse Lawn’s Moon Tree was grown

amongst the flowering trees

from a seed sent to the moon and back and planted 57 // Indy’s Teeny Statue of Liberty Museum, where

in 1976. Atlas Obscura writes, “One of only 50 or so INDY IRISH FEST // PHOTO BY JOEY SMITH

a copper statue 510 miles away gets its due 58 // The view from the top of the City-County

trees left alive and well-maintained from an original set of 500 seeds taken to orbit the moon by astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, this ‘Moon Tree’ is actually just

66 // A trip by kayak through Fishback Creek at

one of four that can be found in Indiana. The others

Eagle Creek Park

are in Lincoln City, Tell City and Cannelton.”

above Imbibe on Virginia Avenue. Yes, pool table

67 // The great programming of the Madame

83 // The Near Eastside’s Temple Oak, saved from

is included

Walker Theatre Center

destruction by public fundraising

60 // Hook’s, the old-timey drug store on the Indi-

68 // Indianapolis War Memorial’s

84 // The TILT Gameworks arcade on Circle Center’s

ana State Fairgrounds. Spare some cinnamon candy

auditorium ceiling

top floor — more specifically, the droll “Are We Hav-

building observatory 59 // An afternoon spent renting the game room

ing Fun Yet” white and red sign that we answer with

sticks for us, please! 69 // A fully loaded Indy Dog from King David’s 61 // If you can’t check out a book at Butler’s Irwin Library, at least you can admire the Library building architecture, which is an example of New Formalism

a resounding “YES” upon passing each time

Dogs or a fully loaded Indy Burrito from Leonardo’s 85 // The smell of the Indiana Supreme Court 70 // A show by soulful vocalist Everett Greene,

law library

wherever you can find it 62 // The Murat’s — we mean Old National Centre — mural. (Look left.)

86 // A night spent at Tibb’s Drive-In, preferably 71 // A jaunt through Central State’s Indiana Medi-

watching the latest, greatest shoot-em-up or aliens-

cal History Museum medicinal plants garden

are-finally-here flick

72 // Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery home of burial

87 // James Henry Snow, also known as 38th

plots for many of Indiana’s founding pioneer families

Street’s Dancing Man, who dolls out joy every day

63 // The feeling of uneven bricks beneath your feet while wandering Lockerbie Square. 64 // The Art Deco bronze grilles on Circle Tower

on the corner of College. 73 // Dancing Ann, forever dancing on Mass Ave, in

65 // The entrance to the Pogue’s Run tunnel that

all directions

runs all the way to White River

88 // Creative Mornings’ Indianapolis community — plus all the gorgeous locations that host it —

74 // Sunrise over the stands on Indy 500 morning

is the best way to get a dose of early morning, caffeine-fueled inspiration

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90 // Spades Park’s glowing annual Feast of Lanterns 91 // An afternoon informally judging costumes at the Irvington Halloween Festival Street Fair, kettlecorn in hand

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92 // Goodwill’s Indy-area outlet stores, where you’d best put on a pair of gloves before picking through the bins, to give you a sense of what shopping will be like after the apocalypse 93 // A giant pile of nachos — yes, including chili — at Old Point Tavern. (Editor’s note: Old Point Tavern closes Thursday, January 4, so get in quick or else.) 94 // Crown Hill Cemetery’s Strawberry Hill, site of the tomb of Indiana’s stuffiest poet, James Whitcomb Riley (although you can’t fault him for the verses he NAPTOWN ROLLER DERBY // PHOTO BY STACY KAGIWADA

wrote for children.) Great site for a picnic, poetry reading, pretzel-eating contest or a pizza party 95 // The Indianapolis Art Center for their out-

102 // A whiff of Mass Ave’s scented grate by Sean

of-the-box exhibitions and for keeping art in the

Perry, for those who really need to stop and smell

increasingly sudsy Broad Ripple

the roses

96 // Justin Vining’s magnificent 20’ by 40’ painting

103 // The Cherub on top of Meridian and Washing-

“From the Outside In” hanging in the atrium of

ton Streets’ clock

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Clowes Memorial Hall 104 // A trip to the Veal’s Ice Tree 97 // Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium, also on the Butler campus, which would probably

105 // The Catacombs under the City Market

make a better first date destination than the newest Star Wars movie, even if you love Star Wars

106 // The City Market over the Catacombs

98 // The Rembrandt self-portrait in the

107 // The picturesque view at Holliday Park’s

IMA basement

ancient ruins

99 // The no-longer-so-secret all-things-Doctor

108 // Action Duckpin Bowl in Fountain Square.

Westside Who North America warehouse

Small balls! Small pins! Smelly shoes!

100 // A zip around the Major Taylor Velodrome,

109 // Fletcher Pickles, the pixie-bob at

feet clipped in, hair streaming back

Hotel Tango

101 // Tossing stuffed animals on the rink during

110 // Vintage Movie Night at Garfield Park,

Indy Fuel’s Teddy Bear toss to benefit the RTV6

the best way to watch movies you didn’t even

Toy Drive and the Community Health

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111 // First Fridays

122 // Midland Antiques, located Downtown, is a

133 // The fried chicken at Mississippi Belle

112 // Any kind of wing that starts with Herman at Ale Emporium

123 // The special exhibitions at the Eiteljorg

134 // Watching basketball games at the historic

way back to 1954 they have been filling spring and

Hinkle Fieldhouse

fall Sunday afternoons with The Beautiful Game on

Museum of American Indians and Western Art 113 // Real landmarks of the city, memorialized in Parks and Recreation eps on the small screen

the pitches of German Park 135 // Fresh to-go pasta from Nicole-Taylor’s, best

124 // “I Still Call it Deer Creek” shirts from The

enjoyed with just a drizzle of olive oil

Shop in Broad Ripple 114 // The head-explodingly spicy shrimp cocktail from St. Elmo’s

125 // The cows at Traders Point Creamery, a spot miss the delicious food.)

144 // Big Car Collective and its Tube Factory artspace, for their innovative arts programming and

136 // Great art exhibitions at the Indiana State

creative placemaking

Museum curated by Mark Ruschman 145 // The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary

so close to the city, yet in the country. (And don’t 115 // Our ridiculously cheap city parking

143 // Before soccer was soccer here in Indy there was The Indianapolis Soccer Club. Dating all the

can’t-miss destination for antique junkies

137 // The opportunities that the nonprofit KHEPRW

Art (iMOCA) which continues to have innovative

Institute gives to young people to improve their

exhibitions — whether they be at the Hoosier Salon,

116 // Got a bad case of wanderlust? We’re only a

126 // A not-quite-bustling-yet Broad Ripple Vil-

communities in the donut neighborhoods surround-

Cat Heat Press, or the Alexander CityWay — despite

few hours from Chicago, Louisville, Columbus, St.

lage at the start of an early morning

ing Downtown Indy

the fact they have yet to find a permanent home

127 // A stroll through Holcomb Gardens and by

138 // The intimate setting and memories of all of

146 // Two words: Indiana Fever

the bell tower on Butler University campus

the great touring acts that have stopped by to play

Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Lexington, Cincinnati, and quite a few other pretty badass places. 117 // Sailboat racing on Eagle Creek — or martinis at Rick’s while watching

The Vogue over the past 40 years 128 // The world-class acoustics of Clowes Memorial Hall and the Center for the Performing Arts

118 // A huge stein of Weihenstephaner enjoyed at a picnic table inside the Rathskeller biergarten

120 // Speaking of round doughballs with holes:

or tea and meet bunches of sweet little kitties 139 // The Indianapolis Prize, which puts Indianapolis on a global stage in a major way by recognizing

148 // Enoteca, the lovely little bar beneath Goose the

129 // The IUPUI Regatta, a half-mile canoe relay race

and rewarding conservationists who have made sig-

Market, nosh on charcuterie and marcona almonds,

down the Canal

nificant achievements in advancing the sustainability

while sipping on Indiana beers and listening to records.

of animal species

It’s like a little slice of Italy in Fall Creek Place

mals at the Indiana State Fair, keeping it real with

140 // Mass Ave, with all of its experimental, funky,

149 // Take a walk on past the anvil-shaped

the sights, sounds and ... smells.

classy and LGBTQ-welcoming bars

Cummins Distribution Headquarters designed by

131 // Two words: sharp edges at Bad Axe Throwing

141 // IndyFringe, which brings local performers

119 // The Ripple Bagel Deli where you can throw anything between a bagel and it’s going to be amazing

130// Close encounters with our favorite farm ani-

Bagel Fair in Nora Plaza, early in the morning when their bagels are still warm from being baked

147 // 9 Lives Cat Café, where you can drink coffee

Deborah Berke, on the site of the former Market Square Arena

and national performers to the same stages for this 121 // Free annual events in Carmel — and free

132 // Being in awe of the humanness of the orang-

parking — like the International Arts Festival and

utans at the Simon Skjodt International Orangutan

Artomobilia

Center at the Indianapolis Zoo

annual theater fest based right off Mass Ave

sung at the Indianapolis 500 or any time Indy Eleven 142 // Celebrating all things horse at the Hoosier Horse Fair & Expo every April

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WARNING SIGNS

A studio visit with Richard Emery Nickolson BY JENNIFER DELGADILLO // ARTS@NUVO.NET

RICHARD EMERY NICKOLSON // PHOTO BY JENNIFER DELGADILLO

he door for his studio only reads “REN” without any hint to his 38 years teaching hundreds of painters from 1973 to 2010, his travels through Southeast Asia as artist for the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, his research in symbology and/or the years he spent learning modern dance. These days, Richard Emery Nickolson is part of the Indy Collective, the collective of 11 artists behind the recently opened 10th West Gallery at the Stutz Business & Arts Center. He’s also the writer of the blog Bridging the Gap: reflections on the plastic and ekphrastic traditions. His studio is filled with plants and natural light pouring in from large windows. There are many books and many canvases leaning against each other on waist-high shelves. Ceramic pieces are also on display. On the east end are his works in progress and a handmade wooden dollhouse made by his father. The whole space feels like a temple. “It’s really quiet most of the time and nobody knows I am here,” Nickolson says. Nickolson moved into the Stutz building around the same the old Herron Art School closed and the new Herron School of Art + Design building on New York St. opened. He taught at Herron until 2010.

His longtime studio on 30th and New Jersey lost its luster after a break-in where burglars took his little refrigerator, electric drills, boombox and all his CDs. The perpetrators must have not known the value of art supplies; none of his paint tubes, brushes or even his paintings were missing. Global change likewise isn’t interested in stealing art, as it were. That is, he’s not collaging together ideas and/or motifs from long-dead art icons like an ironically winking postmodernist. “What I am trying to do now is invent post-postmodern 21st century pictographs like warning signs,” he says. As he speaks, he holds up “An Apotropaic Symphony.” It’s a small watercolor depicting a volcano-type shape with bolts coming out of it. In another painting, a red circle appears almost broken — but not quite. It can still be fixed back into a perfect circle. The work is powerful and graphic with bright colors and expressionist brushstrokes driven by his knowledge of prehistoric signs and the influence of artists like Albrecht Dürer and Piet Mondrian. Two different trips changed his approach to painting. The first was during one of his times as visiting professor at Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany, France. While

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there, he visited the Carnac stones, which are famous for the more than two thousand stones aligned on an East/West axis so as to point to the rising and setting sun on the summer solstice. The second was a family vacation to Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument in Utah where different Native American cultures carved petroglyphs two millennia ago. “In both cases, the simplicity and abstraction of pre-historic painting and sculpture rang true to me, powerful content combined with pure abstraction,” he says. “It allowed me to refocus and refine my work, which has continued to this day.” Inside his sketchbook, Nickolson writes notes connecting imagery by influence or by themes that are addressed. His drawings feel like they can be from any time or place. But they also feel very American when he references contemporary architecture. Often he dissects buildings and houses with lines and blacks out sections to focus on shapes which would otherwise be seen as part of a

whole. In his drawings, these shapes are the words that make up the language of buildings. In “See that my grave is kept clean”, named after the blues standard, Nickolson encounters a different type of architecture: gravestones, the building blocks of cemeteries. In this particular watercolor, a cemetery is an angel pierced by an obelisc and nineteen squares. He continues combing his ideas in the blog, where he finds and highlights commonalities across time, place and practice. In the November 11, 2017 entry he highlights painter Don Cooper’s “Jungle Surrender” and the Yusef Komunyakaa poem written after the painting. Like Cooper and Komunyakaa, Nickolson was enlisted in the military during the Vietnam War. His duty to country in the Army was not wielding a weapon as a soldier. Rather, he was assigned to the Office, Chief of Military History and the United States Army, Combat Artist Team XI, Bangkok, Thailand. “I think the artist has the responsibility to see the world around us,” he says. “If we are doing our job, we are seeing the world different from everybody else. If you are really making art, you are changing how people see the world around them. N NUVO.NET // 01.03.18 - 01.10.18 // VISUAL // 13

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TARGETING THE ROCKY HORROR CROWD

Zach & Zack bring Hedwig and the Angry Inch to intimate venue BY LISA GAUTHIER MITCHISON // ARTS@NUVO.NET

ach Rosing and Zack Neiditch, together or collectively, have gifted Indianapolis stages with shows such as Mad Mad Hercules, The Gab at IndyFringe, and The Great Bike Race. Now Zach & Zack are bringing Hedwig and the Angry Inch to the Epilogue Players theater. The gender fluidity of this particular rock and roll musical reveals itself soon enough when we meet Hansel Schmidt. He’s a young person living in East Berlin who craves Western culture. Luther — an American soldier who will take Hansel back to the States with him if they marry — seems like just the ticket. This prompts Hansel’s transition to Hedwig. (Not all goes as planned...) One year later, Luther leaves Hedwig and the Berlin Wall comes down. Hedwig later finds true love again (she thinks) in the teenaged Tommy Speck. However, Tommy steals her songs and moves on to be a successful rock star. Now Hedwig is tailing Tommy’s tour by booking B-grade venues in the same cities. Her story is told through song in her current cathartic performance.

LISA GAUTHIER MITCHISON: What is it about Hedwig that drew the two of you into producing it? ZACK NEIDITCH: I’m a big fan of the show just in general. We’d been discussing doing the show, and the opportunity came to be able to do it in this great space, so we just jumped! ZACH ROSING: I’m always interested in revisiting past projects to see how they can be made bigger and better. I was fortunate enough to produce the show (along with director Paige Scott) at Footlite Musicals in

2014, just a few steps from where Zack and I are doing it this time. This was pre-Broadway revival, and the show hadn’t been seen in Indy since the Phoenix Theatre production around 2002. It’s definitely one of those shows with a cult following, and the 2014 production sold out the entire run. I’m hoping audiences will return for this newest production. I’m also interested in shows that can attract a non-theater crowd. We’ve definitely been targeting the Rocky Horror folks to come see what Hedwig is all about! Each new experience makes it more likely they’ll branch out and try something else.

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LISA: Hedwig is a flamboyant dresser. How are costumes being approached? ZACK: Costumes are being handled by Beck Jones, who is a total wunderkind. I was able to give some very basic wants and needs, and he took that and ran so far with it. Even his sketches are art!

LISA: Same question, but with makeup. ZACK: Daniel Klingler is a regular go-to for Zach and me, so he and I have a language already. He’s a real pro, and along with Andrew Elliot, we’ve been able to give a look that’s both traditional, expected Hedwig, and something totally new all at once.

LISA: What was it about Tim Hunt that LISA: Got any funny rehearsal stories yet? ZACK: When dealing with a show of

made you see him as Hedwig? ZACK: Tim Hunt is so fantastic. I’ve worked with Tim in the past and I’ve always cast him as buttoned-up nerds, which is the total opposite of real-life Tim. So I was excited to cast him in something on the way other end of the spectrum.

LISA: The Epilogue theater isn’t known to house these kinds of shows. How are you working around staging and, especially, sound? ZACK: I actually really wanted to do it in Epilogue. The show was birthed in tiny punk clubs in New York, and this space gives us that intimate feeling the show would have had there. We’re really trying to lean in to the intimate staging and attempting to turn Epilogue into a dingy punk bar. It’s been a fun challenge. ZACH: We’re very thankful to the fine folks at Epilogue for letting us take over their space for a few weeks. I’m pretty certain

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this nature and subject matter so touchy, there’s been many jokes cracked that I highly doubt are publishable …

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most of the people who will attend have never been in this space. It’s going to be intimate — only 50 seats per night. It’s going to be bright and colorful — assuming I can find enough outlets. And it’s going to be loud. Sound is one of my various little hobbies, and being a nomadic theater company often requires supplying all your own equipment. We’re thrilled to bring a rock concert experience to an unexpected venue.

own company? ZACK: We did our first show together and it worked well. And then another that worked well, and it just kept on going. So finally, we just decided to put a name on it. ZACH: Like Zack said, we work well together. We both do work for other companies, but I feel our talents complement each other very well without overlapping. It lets us both focus on what we do best without too much conflict. We don’t approach it with the mindset of having to fill a season. For now, we do interesting stuff when the time is right and there’s a space to be in! N

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NOT TOO BRIGHT Orc cops, magic wands, stupid plots

BY ED JOHNSON-OTT // EJOHNSONOTT@NUVO.NET

right is a buddy-cop movie set on a parallel Earth where orcs, elves and other fairytale beings are part of the population, just like humans. Well, sorta. Orcs struggle to be treated better, while elves live the high life. Early in the story we meet a big shot elf strolling around L.A. police headquarters, dressed far too groovy for the setting and situation. With his long hair pulled back over one of his pointed ears (like Kirstie Alley in her first season on Cheers) he is the epitome of condescension. Makes me mad just thinking about him. Nick Jakoby (Joel Edgerton) is an orc police officer struggling to set a good example for others, maintaining a calm demeanor even when being openly mocked by human cops and orcs who consider him a brown-noser (actually, his skin is a mottled mix of grays and browns with a pinkish hue). Officer Jakoby gets paired with Daryl Ward, played by movie star Will Smith. After a brief appearance by his wife and child (we

never see them again), Ward talks with a neighbor about a persistent annoyance. The neighbor says, “Yo, that fairy been all up in my crib, eating my dog food and shit. I’m about to call the city, man,” and Ward responds with, “I AM the city, all right? You save your dime. Fairy lives don’t matter today.” Then he kills the fairy. What? He kills the fairy? After saying fairies lives don’t matter? What the hell is that about??? I share your amazement, idealized reader. I initially thought the movie was going to address the ongoing civil rights crisis in the USA, but that’s not how this movie works. The Max Landis screenplay (which reportedly sold for 3.5 million bucks) isn’t interested in specific civil rights hot buttons. The story is a mash-up. It can brush up against current events, but not enough for anything to stick. Bright is directed by David Ayer, who also handled Suicide Squad and End of Watch. Make of that what you will (I thought highly

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of End and couldn’t stand Suicide Squad). If you’re interested in seeing the film on the big screen, you’re probably out of luck. Bright is a made-for-Netflix movie — at $90 million it’s their most expensive yet. Most of you probably have Netflix: so feel free to set this aside and go watch it right now. Go ahead, I’ll wait. (Roughly two hours later) Welcome back. Let’s compare notes. I enjoyed the conversations between Will Smith and Joel Edgerton. As the veteran cop, Will does his usual mix of brashness and sincerity, with touches of world-weariness. After the mopey roles he’s taken of late (Collateral Beauty, After Earth), it’s good to see him in an upbeat — okay, comparatively upbeat — role. Edgerton (Loving, It Comes at Night) gradually adds enough specificity to make

his character seem like more than a figure of nobility. An exchange between the two about holes is done so well that it made me squirm right along with the characters. Speaking of characters, there are colorful interesting ones scattered throughout the movie (including Noomi Rapace), but the script focuses so much on the two leads that everything fades. Supposedly Bright is intended to be the beginning of a new franchise. Though most critics have savaged the movie, most of the casual viewers have spoke highly over what they’ve seen. I had zero interest in the flick, beginning with its dispos-a-title. Bright. Really? Could there be a blander title? And how bout those fight scenes? Too many and too dark. I could go on, but ... The bottom line is this: The MacGuffin for this movie is a magic wand.. Really, a magic wand. I’m willing to forgive a lot to get to hear LAPD tough guys say “Magic Wand” over and over. Bright, I forgive you. But just barely. N NUVO.NET // 01.03.18 - 01.10.18 // SCREENS // 15

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he last night of 2017 was the last night to get a taste of the food from James Beard-nominated chef Alan Sternberg at Cerulean’s Downtown location. After five years in business, Cerulean shut its doors, not because it had to, but because, according to Sternberg, “It was the right time.” “We were at our five years with the lease,” Sternberg says. “We had our chance to renew, or don’t and move onto a new project. We, Audra [Sternberg’s wife and business partner] and I, started Common House [a pop-up dinner series] this year and attentions started to wane a bit and it just seemed to make sense.” When I ask how he feels about the closing, all he can say at first is, “Overwhelmed.” But then he adds: “I’ve spent so much time here for the past four years. I mean, I’ve spent more time here than at home, definitely. “It’s going to be bittersweet when we close the doors. It’s really weird. Bittersweet is definitely the easiest way to sum it up. I’ve had chef friends reach out and ask how I’m doing. I even had Hardesty reach out and say he knows it’s bittersweet, but it’s probably the best thing I’ll ever do.” Sternberg started as chef at Cerulean four years ago, after the restaurant had been open for just a year by restaurateur Caleb France; France also owns multiple operations in northern Indiana including another Cerulean location on Winona Lake. Early on, Cerulean was known for its experimental small bites ranging across most any and all styles of cuisine, served bento box style. But as time progressed, with its location in a high end hotel, it gained more of a reputation as a fine dining establishment and the menu followed suit. Sternberg says that his time at the restaurant allowed him an incredible amount of personal growth. “I was 27 when I started this job, and I’ll be 31 in January,” Sternberg says. “I think anybody who is fairly ambitious in this career has a dream to open a restaurant. I had talked about it and said, “I want to get here,” and [France] said “I want to help you get there.””

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“As the conversation progressed, the idea that I was going to move on and do my own thing started. We knew the end was in sight.” And while it’s the end of Cerulean in Indianapolis, it’s just the beginning of Sternberg’s next venture. He plans on turning his pop-up dinner series into a full-fledged restaurant with the same name, Common House. “Common House has been a lot of fun. It’s been a completely different experience and a real eye-opener in a lot of ways,” he says of his time doing the dinner series. “Getting to play with a lot of things that I don’t get to play with here because of the clientele and their expectations when they walk in the door.” He mentions that people have viewed Cerulean as a fine dining establishment and, as such, people expect fine dining food. With Common House he’ll move away from that mindset. “The next place I want people to feel comfortable; I want it to be warm and fun and approachable.” “I want it to be an American restaurant with a huge focus on pasta,” says Sternberg. He quickly reiterates that it’s not an Italian restaurant, but he just loves working with pasta. “There’s something, sort of, primitive about watching the dough come together in your hands and going from flour, egg, oil and salt to some beautiful shaped pasta. It’s a very rewarding experience...Now I can read it, like, what the dough needs. It’s very personal to me.” He adds that he wants to also have plenty of crudo on the menu — fresh slices of fish — and whiskey, lots of whiskey. “The bar will be whiskey-focused. That’s what I like to drink. I mean, we’ve got an ungodly amount of whiskeys here,” he says, referencing the underappreciated whiskey selection that was always behind Cerulean’s bar. “I want it to be very true to the things I care about.” He comes back to this point time and again — the fact that he wants Common House to be the restaurant he loves and that he would go to regularly. “I just want it to be exciting for me, and every time I roll pasta I get excited about it. Everytime I cut

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fish I get excited about it,” he says. “Those are the things I’m excited about and I want to do food that I will forever be excited about. I think that will translate to the guest and to the whole dining experience.” He’s quick to add that this transition isn’t something he is doing all alone, “Audra has been helping a lot with everything,” he says. “She has been working pretty tirelessly behind the scenes, getting in contact with people, setting up meetings. I’ve been so busy here she’s been doing all the organization and everything behind the scenes. “There are days when I think she cares about the whole thing more than I do,” he says with a laugh. “She is a planner and has good initiative and gets things done. I plan, and plan, and plan and don’t get anything done and she is a wheels turning and “Let’s go!” person. That’s the reason Common House started in the first place. I had an idea and she was the one that made it happen.” Now they’re working together to make the Common House restaurant a reality. “We’re looking at spaces now; I’d prefer to be Downtown,” he says before finishing. “From dealing with contractors, coming

up with branding and getting equipment, all of those things are in motion right now. So, there’s a lot, the next step will be a lot of steps all at once.” “We’ll do preview dinners,” he says. He already knows pretty much how the menu will shake out and has been talking with the over 30 Indiana farmers and producers he used at Cerulean in making sure he can keep it as local as possible. Sternberg says, “It’s what we think is responsible.” But at the moment, he’s more focused on making sure service will be as close to perfect as possible. “When we open we will take it slow, get it right, and make sure that we are getting the guests taken care of...The mantra I walk in with everyday is ‘My job is to make people happy.’ And I take it very personally if we don’t do that. It doesn’t matter if I’m here or not, I take responsibility for it. “It’s hospitality. It’s all about taking care of guests...That’s the way you’re successful in this business. Make sure your numbers are in line and take care of the guest.” Other than that he says he can rely on one fact, “I feel like there are a lot of whiskey and pasta fans in the world and in this state.” N

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IU GOES FOR GRAMMYS

Sara Caswell and Laura Sisk are alumni nominees for 2018 awards BY RITA KOHN // MUSIC@NUVO.NET

ara Caswell’s solo on “Can’t Remember Why” from Chuck Owen’s album Whispers on the Wind has been nominated for a GRAMMY for Best Improvised Jazz Solo. This is Caswell’s second nomination; her first was for her performance on Roseanne Vitro’s The Music of Randy Newman, which was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2012. Laura Sisk’s nomination is for Album of the Year on Lorde’s Melodrama. Sisk earned a Grammy in 2016 for her work on three tracks of Taylor Swift’s multiple award-winning 1989, also in the Album of the Year category. Both Sisk and Caswell are Indiana University Jacobs School of Music graduates. Bloomington, Indiana-native Caswell graduated from the Jacobs School of Music in 2000 with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies, while earning her Artist Diploma in Violin Performance in 2002. According to the IU news release, Caswell is the youngest nominee in the Best Improvised Jazz Solo category, and, if she wins, will be the first woman in Grammy history to win this category, which started in 1972. While Sisk was unavailable for an interview, Caswell responded when I asked what sparked her career move. “As much as I loved my hometown of Bloomington, I felt a magnetic pull to New York City. Within the jazz world, NYC is unmatched in its musical history, artistic currency, stylistic diversity and economic infrastructure, all of which allow a musician to truly explore, refine, and find his/her voice,” explained Caswell. “Was I scared to make the move? Yes. Did I have doubts about keeping my head above water? Absolutely. Was it the right decision for me? Without question.”

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When I asked, “What lets you know: that, the unquantifiable factors take ef‘Yes, this is cooking’?” Caswell replied, fect: the band’s chemistry that day, how “As with any good recipe, much sleep you had the you have to start with good night before, what you ingredients. And for me, “As much as ate for breakfast, the that isn’t simply defined by room temperature, etc. I loved my musicians’ artistic talent and But when those magic skill. It also has to do with hometown of moments happen, you who they are as individuals it, it’s an adrenaBloomington, I felt know away from their craft.” line rush. She points out that “giva magnetic pull to “Finding success in ing your all” in rehearsal, one’s career is not a solNew York City.” performance, and recording itary venture,” Caswell is more readily achievable — SARA CASWELL says. “In fact, it’s imposwhen surrounded by resible to do it alone. In spectful, dedicated, and caring folk who looking back at the path that has led to are a genuine joy to be with. Beyond this Grammy nomination, each step was

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made within a community — those who love, support, guide, and encourage, and those who might not.” For Caswell, “It’s that entire communal network and those experiences that define me, constitute my decisions, and inspire my music. I would not be the daughter, sister, teacher, partner, bandmate, or violinist I am now without the people I’ve been so fortunate to know and life I’ve been so blessed to live.” A freelance sound engineer based both in Los Angeles and New York City, Sisk’s discography, at last count details 37 collaborations, including platinum-selling artists Taylor Swift, Shakira and P!nk, and critical favorites including Portugal. The Man, Phantogram and tUnE-yArDs. “I’m absolutely honored to be nominated for Album of the Year, alongside Lorde and Jack Antonoff,” said Sisk in a news release from Jacobs School of Music. “The experience I gained during my years at IU in the Audio Engineering and Sound Production Department has continued to be instrumental in my ability to grow and develop as an engineer. I’m so grateful for my time spent with such inspiring and wonderful professors and peers.” Sisk earned a Bachelor of Science in Recording Arts from the Jacobs School of Music in 2010, along with an emphasis in informatics and a minor in Spanish “It’s humbling to be part of Laura Sisk’s achievements,” said Mark Hood, associate professor of music in audio engineering and sound production during a telephone interview. “Students arrive in various stages of development. Laura arrived with insatiable curiosity that keeps her growing and a strong work ethic that helps her face obstacles and achieve in a male-dominated field.” N

KYLE LONG is a longtime NUVO columnist and host of WFYI’s A Cultural Manifesto.

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A EULOGY FOR “MAD” HAROLD CARDWELL BY KYLE LONG // MUSIC@NUVO.NET

he end of 2017 didn’t pass without losses, and Indianapolis lost one of its greatest jazz legends last month when “Mad” Harold Cardwell passed away at the age of 77 in late December. In the days following Cardwell’s death, dozens of his friends and fellow musicians have stepped up to describe the drummer’s unique contribution to music. But none have captured the essence of Cardwell as succinctly as the late NEA Jazz Master and IU professor David Baker. “Harold is the closest Indiana has to Elvin Jones,” quoted Baker in the bio of Cardwell’s press kit. Cardwell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1940, but grew up in Buffalo, New York. Cardwell began performing professionally at age 15 playing with the legendary R&B group Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. During the ‘60s, Cardwell’s career kicked into high gear as he landed gigs with some of the biggest names in jazz. During the ’60s and ’70s Cardwell performed with artists including Eddie Harris, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Melvin Sparks. But the biggest break of Cardwell’s career came from jazz guitar icon Grant Green. Cardwell spent several years touring with Green, and recorded on a few of the guitarist’s classic albums for Blue Note, including Visions (1971), Shades of Green (1971), and The Final Comedown (1972). In addition to the notoriety he gained from recording with Green on the prestigious Blue Note label, Cardwell picked up a couple defining elements of his career during his time with the guitarist. First being his nickname. I always assumed the title “Mad” Harold was a reference to Cardwell’s larger-than-life personality, but according to Cardwell’s bio, Green

coined the name as an acronym for “master at drumming.” Green also provided Cardwell with an opportunity to form one of his most significant musical partnerships when vibraphonist Billy Wooten joined Green’s touring band in 1969. After leaving Green’s band, Cardwell and Wooten formed a wildly popular Indianapolis-based group that prompted Cardwell to officially move to Indy in 1974. You can hear some incredible drumming from Cardwell on two classic Wooten-led LPs, The Nineteenth Whole’s Smilin’ (1972, Eastbound Records), and Wooden Glass’ Recorded Live (1972, Interim Records). It’s worth noting that Cardwell was the last surviving member of Wooden Glass. Cardwell’s performance on the LP represents the best recorded document of his work. The album was recorded live at Indianapolis’ 19th Hole nightclub and has developed a huge cult following among soul and jazz fans around the world. Original copies of the record are considered a “holy grail” among vinyl collectors, and routinely sell for upwards of $1,000. Over the years Billy Wooten has received the lion’s share of attention for the success of Wooden Glass, but I would offer that Cardwell deserves equal recognition. For fans of Wooden Glass, the centerpiece of Recorded Live is a haunting instrumental version of The Dramatics’ soul classic “In The Rain.” In my opinion, it’s Cardwell’s drumming that make this version truly distinct. Cardwell’s taut rhythmic patterns anticipate the percussive boom bap pulse of Golden Era ‘90s hip-hop. It’s no surprise that Recorded Live has been sampled multiple times on tracks by rappers like Mos Def and Denmark Vesey. The beloved under-

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ground producer Madlib even created an eight-minute tribute to Wooden Glass titled “6 Variations Of In The Rain.” I regret that I never had a chance to interview Cardwell, but I did recently speak with one of his colleagues. Pianist Kenny Simms was leader of the acclaimed Indianapolis fusion group Merging Traffic. Simms remembers Cardwell playing a few gigs with Merging Traffic during the early 1970s. “He was a different guy, and a different drummer,” Simms said. “He left an impression on all the musicians here. If you didn’t know him in his early days, you missed the real Mad, the real player, the real fiery guy. As the cancer started taking its toll, he kind of wound down.”

Simms described Cardwell’s style as “flowing,” and shared a memory of his last performance with the drummer. “The last gig he did with me was at a fundraiser. I was trying to get him to play a song in 5/4, and he couldn’t even hear 5/4. That’s how flowing his style was. But once we started playing the song, whatever he put in there, it worked. But it wasn’t 5/4, and I don’t know what it was! [laughs] Now that’s Mad Harold. He was a water-fillthe-glass type of guy.” Cardwell’s induction into the Indianapolis Jazz Hall of Fame is long overdue, as is further recognition in Indianapolis. But the music Cardwell recorded with Grant Green and Wooden Glass continues to move jazz fans around the world. N NUVO.NET // 01.03.18 - 01.10.18 // MUSIC // 19

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Before the fifteenth century, European nations confined their sailing to the Mediterranean Sea. The ocean was too rough for their fragile, unadaptable ships. But around 1450, the Portuguese developed a new kind of vessel, the caravel. It employed a triangular sail that enabled it to travel against the wind. Soon, exploratory missions ventured into the open sea

and down along the coast of West Africa. Eventually, this new technology enabled long westward trips across the Atlantic. I propose that we make the caravel your symbol of power for 2018, Libra. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will find or create a resource that enables you to do the metaphorical equivalent of effectively sailing into the wind. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Aztecs were originally wanderers. They kept moving from place to place, settling temporarily in areas throughout the land we now call Mexico. An old prophecy told them that they would eventually find a permanent home at a site where they saw an eagle roosting on a cactus as it clutched a snake in its talons. There came a day in the fourteenth century when members of the tribe spied this very scene on an island in the middle of a lake. That’s where they began to build the city that in time was the center of their empire. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, so it can serve as a metaphor to guide you in 2018. I suspect that you, too, will discover your future power spot — the heart of your domain for years to come. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Not every minute of every day, but when you have had the time, you’ve been searching for a certain treasure. With patience and persistence, you have narrowed down its whereabouts by collecting clues and following your intuition. Now, at last, you know its exact location. As you arrive, ready to claim it, you tremble with anticipation. But when you peel away the secrets in which it has been wrapped, you see that it’s not exactly what you expected. Your first response is disappointment. Nevertheless, you decide to abide in the presence of the confusing blessing and see what happens. Slowly, incrementally, you become aware of a new possibility: that you’re not quite ready to understand and use the treasure; that you’ll have to grow new capacities before you’ll be ready for it in its fullness. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Soulful beauty will be a major theme for you in 2018. Or at least it should be. But I suppose it’s possible you’re not very interested in soulful beauty, perhaps even bored by it. Maybe you prefer skin-deep beauty or expensive beauty or glamorous beauty. If you choose to follow predilections like those, you’ll lose out on tremendous opportunities to grow wilder and wiser. But let’s hope you make yourself available for a deeper, more provocative kind of beauty — a beauty that you could become more skilled at detecting as the year unfolds. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Let your freak flag fly” was an expression that arose from the hippie culture of the 1960s and 1970s. It was a colorful way to say, “Be your most unique and eccentric self; show off your idiosyncrasies with uninhibited pride.” I propose that we revive it for your use in 2018. I suspect the coming months will be a favorable time for you to cultivate your quirks and trust your unusual impulses. You should give yourself maximum freedom to explore pioneering ideas and maverick inclinations. Paradoxically, doing so will lead to stabilizing and enduring improvements in your life. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest you start compiling a list entitled, “People, Places, Ideas, and Things I Didn’t Realize Until Now That I Could Fall in Love With.” And then keep adding more and more items to this tally during the next ten months. To get the project underway in the proper spirit, you should wander freely and explore jauntily, giving yourself permission to instigate interesting mischief and brush up against deluxe temptations. For best results, open your heart and your eyes as wide as you can. One further clue: Act on the assumption that in 2018 you will be receptive to inspirational influences and life-transforming teachings that you have never before been aware of.

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