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VOICES / 5 NEWS / 6 THE BIG STORY / 8 ARTS / 12 SCREENS / 16 FOOD / 17 MUSIC / 19 // SOCIAL

To refugees finding a new home in Indianapolis: we welcome you. To Muslims worshiping peacefully here: we respect you. To undocumented persons living among us: we support you. To our readers: we are with you. — NUVO

What does Indy need to become a better city?

Emily Jones

Robin Kohli

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More sidewalks & street lamps! The unwalkability of Indy does it no favors.

Make recycling free at the curb so you only pay per amount of trash.

Protect neighborhoods from gentrification and revitalize neighborhoods so current residents can stay and live well.

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Protesting Trump

Katherine Coplen

Amber Stearns

Emily Taylor

Cavan McGinsie

Brian Weiss

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Pervasive, excessive, overwhelming empathy. (And better transit.)

Mass transit, cleaner energy and more food options

Localized mobilization and organization against Trump

Focus on supporting local businesses and charities

More bike lanes.

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Public education that works, mass transit for all

Improve transportation, be more inclusive, lower crime rates

Expanding the Cultural Trail

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A kick-ass public transit system. Duh.

More: trails, libraries. Less: catcalls, litter.

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Better public education for our children.

IN THIS ISSUE EAT/DRINK/DO ........................................................... 4 GADFLY............................................................................ 4 BEER BUZZ ................................................................... 17 SOUNDCHECK ............................................................. 20 BARFLY ........................................................................... 20 SAVAGE LOVE .............................................................. 21 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY ......................................... 23

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Supporting local arts and culture IRL. Don’t just like ‘em on social media.

IN NEXT WEEK

Could we fix our roads? Please?

More pool tables, kombuchas & a better Tinder selection.

FILM EDITOR: Ed Johnson-Ott, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: David Hoppe, CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS Wayne Bertsch, Mark Sheldon,Mark A. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Rita Kohn, Kyle Long, Dan Savage, Sam Watermeier, Renee Sweany, Mark A. Lee, Alan Sculley DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT: Arthur Ahlfeld, Mel Baird, Lawrence Casey, Jr., Bob Covert, Mike Floyd, Zach Miles, Steve Reyes, Harold Smith, Bob Soots and Ron Whitsit

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Common House

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Removal of downtown powerstation and more green infrastructure.

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ART & SOUL FEATURED ARTIST TAYLAR GREEN Taylar Green is one of the featured artists for this year’s Art & Soul, a month-long series highlighting African American artists and art. Green dances with Gregory Hancock’s Dance Theatre and and is gearing for her Feb. 1 Arts-

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Garden Performance. When Green isn’t busy dancing here are her favorite places in Indy.

TAYLAR EATS

TAYLAR DRINKS

TAYLAR DOES

THAI PARADISE

BAKERSFIELD

THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

Thai Paradise is a wonderful

Bakersfield! Those margaritas are

I loooove the Children’s Museum,

family owned Thai restau-

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atmosphere and staff.

the atmosphere is perfect whether

would have grown up with that

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museum, truly one of the best in

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the country whether [you’re an] adult or child.

GADFLY

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BY WAYNE BERTSCH

DR. MORHAF AL-ACHKAR is a Syrian immigrant and a family practice physician in Indianapolis.

DON’T LOOK AWAY BY DR. MORHAF AL-ACHKAR // EDITORS@NUVO.NET

y name is Morhaf Al-Achkar. I am a family doctor at Indiana University and work at Methodist hospital. I am also a professor at the School of Medicine. Over the past five years, I have trained many family medicine residents, taught hundreds of medical students and physician’s assistant students. They are now caring for thousands of patients throughout the country. I am a proud Syrian and came to the U.S. as an immigrant ten years ago. My sister — a neuroscientist and professor at the University of California — and her family are refugees. My brother, a professor in Syrian and now an engineer in the UK, and his three kids who are studying pure math, physics, and medicine are refugees in Europe. My dad, a 72-year-old economics professor, also found refuge in Maryland after he lost all his fortune to the war in Syria. His wife is now trapped in Saudi Arabia — he may not be able to see her. She can’t come and if he leaves he can’t return. On the eve of Thanksgiving, I was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. My disease is so advanced that no treatment out there will cure me or even make me live longer. Patients in my situation are given 4 to 10 months to live. I have metastatic cancer. I may not be here in few months and my family — because they are Syrians —can’t come to visit me. I can’t speak on behalf of the Syrian refugees who have experienced the shelling and bombardments of their homes. My words cannot describe their unimaginable suffering. I can’t look them in the eyes to try to understand their pain living with the loss of a mother, a father, a brother, or a sister, and facing imminent death every day — and now

the hatred of the world. I can’t see their side of the story. I can only look inside myself and try to imagine what they feel. My suffering is not even close to that of the refugees who have faced death and the questions about the meaning of their suffering, and the longing to be just normal. I don’t expect anyone of you to be able to help me. It is my destiny and cancer is my battle. Syrians refugees, however, have the right to expect of you and me way more. We can do something for them and yes we should. We can let them in just like what we wish ours to do to us if we become victims of brutality and had to wander looking for refuge. Refugees should be welcome. The attack on refugees, immigrants, and Muslims is part of Trump’s war on the most vulnerable among us. It is an attack on our values and on the moral and the beautiful within us. Closing our borders and building the walls is part of a self-defeating mindset — “Let’s put America first and who cares about the rest of the world.” If we believe this then tomorrow someone will call, “Let’s put our state first; we don’t give a shit about others.” Another would say, “Let’s put our city first.” Then, “Let’s put our neighborhood first.” Then someone will say, “I am putting myself first, who cares about my patients, who cares about my residents, who cares about my students?” or, “I am putting myself first, who cares about my children!” This is not, however, a moral position that we can face the world with. This is not the America that we want as home. I have metastatic cancer and my family can’t come to say goodbye. Syrians are not numbers. Our suffering has names and has a face. N

“I am a proud Syrian. … I have metastatic cancer and my family can’t come to say goodbye.”

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YOUR VOICE

BEST TWEET: @RepAndreCarson // Jan. 30

WORST TWEET: @realDonaldTrump // Jan. 29

I’m a father. I’m a Congressman. I am also Muslim. I will work w/ my

Christians in the Middle-East have been executed in large

Democratic colleagues to fight @POTUS’ unconstitutional #MuslimBan.

numbers. We cannot allow this horror to continue!

CIRCLE CITIZEN/CIRCLE JERK

THE #RESISTTHELIST RALLY AT THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT // PHOTO BY KATHERINE COPLEN

JOE DONNELLY U.S. Senator CITIZEN U. S. Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) spoke passionately at the Indianapolis International Airport about the grossly overreaching and racist intent of President Trump’s ban on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle Eastern countries. Thank you, Senator, for standing up and speaking out for what is right.

TODD YOUNG U.S. Senator JERK U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-IN) issued a statement about the immigrant ban essentially supporting the policy. The statement says nothing about the people who have already been granted legal status who now sit in limbo, or the refugees who have already been vetted.

EVERYDAY RESIDENTS CITIZEN To all of you who showed up to various

REJECTING REFUGEES

Muslim Alliance of Indiana responds to Trump’s Executive Order

protests at airports around the country, to all of the various faith organizations

BY KATHERINE COPLEN // KCOPLEN@NUVO.NET

and community organizers that mobi-

lized to create meaningful and peaceful protests, and to those who stayed glued to social media and the news to keep up to date and share information with others— thank you for standing up and speaking out. This is what democracy looks like.

Circle Citizen/Circle Jerk is your weekly roundup of people who’ve really out done themselves. Nominate today! email Amber: astearns@nuvo.net

n Friday, Donald Trump signed an executive order permanently banning the resettlement of Syrian refugees, limiting the resettlement of other refugees via the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120-days and implementing an immediate 90-day suspension of issuing visas and entry to people from select Muslim-majority countries, including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan and Somalia. Immediate chaos followed. Refugees — in the air when the order was signed — were detained at airports. Companies like Google recalled their staff, unsure if they’d be able

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to re-enter the country. The probably-illegal order — The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, signed by Lyndon Johnson, banned all discrimination against immigrants on the basis of national origin — already has multiple lawsuits lined up to challenge it. Protests at airports, including Indianapolis International Airport, filled the weekend. The order effectively constitutes a religious ban, based on Trump’s pledge to prioritize Christian refugees and language included in the order. A reminder: So-called “extreme vetting” and accompanying anti-Muslim sentiments were

a cornerstone of Trump’s campaign. Another reminder: Then-Governor Mike Pence — who had his own entanglements with Syrian refugees — in 2015 said such a ban was “offensive and unconstitutional” — before he became Vice President, and stood next to Trump while he signed. Another reminder: (in mid-2016) Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said of such a ban that he “rejects” a religious test such as this. On Friday, he issued a statement in support. Another reminder: Trump signed this executive order on International Holocaust Remembrance Day — a time to remember

NUVO.NET/NEWS NUVO: HOW WILL THIS PARTICULARLY IMPACT INDIANA? ALREADY BY LAW, WE CAN HAVE NO SANCTUARY CITIES. RIMA: I think this is going to truly affect our state and our country because a lot of immigrants and refugees coming to the United States go through the school system and provide back into our economy. It’s going to change the landscape of the United States. People that come here for better opportunities, educators, etc. — they’re no longer going to be welcome. It somewhat makes every one of us feel, “are we truly welcome?”

NUVO: IF SOMEONE IS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, WHAT CAN THEY DO RIGHT NOW TO HELP PROTECT OUR MUSLIM FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS? that millions of Jews died from religious perKhan Shahid encourages those in opposecution, thousands of whom were barred sition of the ban to immediately call their from entering the United States as refugees. elected representatives. Tumult is ongoing. NUVO: WHAT ARE YOUR On Monday night, amid THOUGHTS THIS MORNING? “Today, it’s a protests from Democrats, RIMA KHAN SHAHID: Trump fired acting Attorney Muslim ban. We I’m truly saddened that there General Sally Yates, after don’t know what would be an order coming from she instructed the Justice the highest office of the United Department not to defend it’s going to be States that would go against the the ban. As of press time, very principles that this country Senator Jeff Sessions — who tomorrow.” was founded upon. Our counis in full support of the order — RIMA KHAN SHAHID try was founded upon people — had not been confirmed escaping Europe, essentially. as Attorney General. NUVO spoke with Rima Khan Shahid, We are all immigrants in the United States. For Executive Director of the Muslim Alliance now, for that to be lost, and for the executive of Indiana, on Saturday morning about the orders to have a historical amnesia on the fact impact of the order and the importance of that our country is founded on these princiallyship for non-Muslim Hoosiers. ples, truly saddens me.

RIMA: I think the first thing to do is go online and find your representative, statewide as well as who represents you in D.C. Call their office. Let them know that you live in their district, that they are your representative, and that you do not stand for this. These are our elected officials and I believe, and I hope, that if they get enough phone calls and enough people speak out about this, then they will truly represent us in D.C. and let our voices be heard — that we do not stand on bans on Muslims from particular countries, from refugees entering into our state.

NUVO: COULD YOU SPEAK A BIT ABOUT FUTURE PROGRAMS FROM THE MUSLIM ALLIANCE OF INDIANA? IF PEOPLE WANT TO ATTEND THOSE AND LEARN MORE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE COMING UP?

RIMA: We will be having a Muslim Day at the Statehouse coming up in March. The date is not final; we will be releasing that on the website as well as on social media coming up very soon. We’re toying with two days. If other people would come and attend with us in solidarity at Muslim Day at the Statehouse — in which they’ll have an opportunity to speak with their representatives, to speak with other elected officials at our Statehouse — I think that would be a great start. There are some bills that are being introduced, or that may be introduced into our Statehouse that we find very alarming, as well as our ongoing efforts with other members in the community to get a hate crime law passed. I think that’s the first one. We’ve requested Governor Holcomb to do the Governor’s Iftar, which will fall on Ramandan, which is a long-standing tradition of the Muslim Alliance. We have been happy to host that at the Statehouse every year. We also, every year, do an event for our refugees on World Refugee Day.

NUVO: WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS? RIMA: There’s power in numbers. And if you’re able to form alliances and have a larger voice, that’s what makes change. That’s how revolutions are formed. I think that it’s so important for people to come together on these issues that matter to all of us. Today, it’s a Muslim ban. We don’t know what it’s going to be tomorrow. If you’re not truly horrified by this, then you are naive. N

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INDY VOTED FOR MASS TRANSIT. BUT WILL IT STALL? City-County Council finds a difficult path to funding transportation improvements in Indy BY AMBER STEARNS // ASTEARNS@NUVO.NET

t the end of February, the City-County Council will vote on whether or not to take the next step toward a mass transit plan in Indianapolis. That step would create a new local option income tax, taking 25 cents from every $100 earned by Marion County residents. The money raised would give IndyGo a consistent revenue stream with which to work and function. The complete transit plan includes a re-work of bus routes and frequency, a streamlined 7-day schedule for greater reliability and three rapid transit lines all funded by the proposed new tax, ride fares, other existing streams of revenue and federal programming grants. Wait. What? Didn’t we already talk about this and vote on it as a community? Isn’t this a done deal thanks to a referendum that gained nearly 60 percent support from Marion County voters across the city? Yes. And no. Yes, we did vote on this issue as a community in November. And yes, 59.26 percent of Marion County voted in favor of the plan to take a tiny part of their income and dedicate it to the transportation needs of the greater population. But, no, it’s not a done deal. The ballot question in November was simply a way to gauge public support — to see if people would see a value in supporting mass transit in the form of a small income tax. But the responsibility and the logistics of creating that tax and putting the plan into

BUS STOP ON EAST WASHINGTON // PHOTO BY JOEY SMITH

action lie in the hands of the city-county council. And among the 25 city-county councilors there are a lot of mixed feelings about this proposal. Add to the equation today’s uncertain political climate of what can be expected from the federal government — specifically in terms of grant funding — and we are no closer to achieving a solid mass transit plan today than we were one year ago. The prospect of waiting any longer to execute a mass transit plan for Indianapolis is agonizing for those organizations that have been studying, discussing and campaigning for mass transit in the city for several

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years. But for the elected officials who have reservations, the wait may be necessary to ensure fiscal responsibility and stability for the county’s taxpayers. It sounds complicated because it is. The issue is simple — Indianapolis needs a public transportation plan for the future health of the city — but the answer is far from it.

THE TRANSIT PLAN For the last 10 or more years, various community leaders have been working with IndyGo, the Central Indiana Regional Transit Authority (CIRTA) and other organizations to determine the best way to address

the transportation needs in Central Indiana. The number one barrier for solving the transportation equation has been funding. That’s why in 2014 the Indiana General Assembly passed a bill allowing Marion and four other counties the ability to create a local income tax for the purpose of funding local mass transit plans. The “permission” from the state came with a few conditions — 25 percent of the overall budget for any plan must come from rider fares and any tax increase consideration would have to be put before voters in a referendum before a local governing body adopts the tax. Still, that state law gave Indianapolis a funding path to solve a long existing problem. It took another year and a few months for those community leaders to come up with a solid plan of action and convince the city-county council to put that plan to a vote before Marion County taxpayers. A few more months leading up to November 2016 allowed advocates to discuss the plan publicly with community groups, interested organizations and pretty much anyone who would sit down long enough to listen. The central part of the plan involves IndyGo. For years, the city bus service has been funded though federal programs, a portion of state sales taxes, a portion of Marion County property taxes, and rider fares. Those combined revenue streams have been barely enough for IndyGo to survive. The proposed local option income tax

NUVO.NET/THEBIGSTORY A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED RAPID TRANSIT LINES COLLEGE AVE.

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would create a dedicated stream of funding specific to transportation. The increased funding will allow IndyGo to vastly improve the current system. Fixed routes will see more frequency with the goal of eliminated long wait times between buses, longer hours of service in the morning and evening hours and a fixed schedule seven days a week. People who rely on public transportation to travel between home and work will be able to spend less time waiting to get to their destination. In addition to fixed bus route improvements, the plan calls for the development of three dedicated rapid transit lines: the Red Line, the Blue Line and the Purple Line.

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The Red Line follows a north-south path from the PURPLE far Northside of the city LINE to Downtown while the Blue and Purple lines run east-west. BLUE LINE The Purple line starts in Lawrence around Fort Benjamin Harrison and runs short leg south on Post Road before shifting east 38th Street until it runs unto the Red Line at Meridian Street. The Blue line starts in Cumberland and heads west on Washington Street before splitting into two sub blue lines – cyan and navy, maybe? – just west of Downtown. One leg heads straight for the airport while the other stays on Washington Street out to High School Road. The colored lines would still be a type of bus service, but would operate on dedicated traffic lanes and on schedules offering a maximum wait time of 5 minutes between rides with fewer stops. The idea is to get workers from one side of the city to the other as fast as logistically possible. The combination of fixed bus lines and rapid bus lines isn’t ideal. But it would give Indianapolis the best option with the resources available — and infrastructure in place — to achieve the optimal outcome. 59 TH ST.

JULIA M. CARSON TRANSIT CENTER // PHOTO BY JOEY SMITH

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The Big Story Continued...

THE CITY-COUNTY COUNCIL Unlike the current workings of our federal government, mass transit isn’t divided by partisanship. The ordinance was proposed by council president Democrat Maggie Lewis and co-sponsored by seven other Democrats, and two Republicans. District 2 Councillor Colleen Fanning added herself to the sponsor list during Monday night’s city-county council meeting. The full council heard a presentation from IndyGo officials about the proposal and had the opportunity to ask questions and express their thoughts. “I’ve received several hundred emails yes and several hundred emails no. I’ve also received about 300 handwritten or typed letters — 80 percent to the plus,” said Fanning. “I would just like to say on the record that I will be happily supporting this tax increase.” Other Democrats and Republicans on the council voiced their reservations or blatant opposition to the proposal. “There are no guarantees that the federal grants are coming,” says Democratic Councillor Joe Simpson. “So where is the money going to come from?” That is a sentiment echoed by Democratic Councillor Monroe Gray. “My whole concern about this is that the red line is supposed to be done with the $75 million from the federal government,” says Gray. “At this time we have not seen any money or had any feedback from the federal government saying when and if this money is coming.” It is a legitimate concern. In addition to the 0.25 percent tax increase, the mass transit proposal included millions in federal grants. Discussions with federal officials occurred under the previous administration. With the way President Trump has suspended funding, issued orders and fired staffers, there is no guarantee Indianapolis would see a dime of any money promised under the Obama administration. (Let’s face it — Trump could deny every penny for the simple reason that President Obama said Indy could have it.) The fact that the previous proposal was so heavily dependent on federal funding puts the entire stability of the project into turmoil, according to Gray.

ANNUAL OPERATING REVENUE SOURCES (2021)

CAPITAL REVENUE SOURCES (2016 - 2021)

STATE PUBLIC MASS TRANSIT FUND 7%

NEW REFERENDUM FUNDS 46%

OTHER 1%

BONDS 15% EXISTING LOCAL PROPERTY TAX 28%

PASSENGER FARES 18%

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FEDERAL GRANTS 59%

HIGHER FREQUENCIES

EASIER TRANSFERS

Higher frequencies

Advanced payment

mean shorter wait

technology, real time

times. Shorter wait

arrival information,

times mean shorter

and an improved grid

commutes.

pattern would make transfers easier and

BUS STOP DOWNTOWN // PHOTO BY KATHRYN RUTHERFORD

“At the same time we are having $6 million from the transit, $6 million from DPW (Department of public Works) and $6 million from downtown TIFF — they are supposed to be match dollars for the $75 million [in federal grants],” says Gray. “So if you don’t have the $75 million then what happens to the $18 million in match money?” Gray also wonders where the 10 percent of private money — money that is non-tax and non-fare revenue — is coming from. Those questions and others have not yet been answered to his satisfaction. He plans to vote against the proposed tax, despite the fact voters in his district voted in favor of it. Simpson echoes Gray’s concerns with the proposal and takes issue with several more —specifically the development and priority of the plan as well as the management of IndyGo. Among his long list of complaints is the priority and placement of the Red Line. “That red line is in my district and I told

LOCAL FUNDS 26%

more efficient.

them from the word go that that thing should have come down Keystone,” says Simpson. “I advocated for Keystone and they didn’t do it.” Simpson believes that the Red Line — slated first for development among the three rapid transit lines — is less of a priority compared to the two east-west lines. In truth, he thinks the Red Line is prioritized first to use as a tool for middle to upper middle class citizens to get to recreational opportunities downtown as opposed to middle to lower income folks who need to get to work. Republican Councillor Christine Scales echoed the “wrong priority” sentiment during Monday’s council meeting. Her list of issues against the plan included the disappearance of the Green line — a route that had originally been proposed along Allisonville Road and/or Binford Boulevard south to the Purple line. That route would have put the beginning of the line in her district. Despite the strong support for

mass transit in her district (according to the referendum vote), Scales believes the rapid transit lines will also cause problems for first responders and impede on the development of future transportation options like electric car shares and self-driving cars. Another Republican very open about his opposition is freshman councillor Brian Mowery, who was recently appointed to replace now state Senator Aaron Freeman. “I would let it be known that I will stand with the voters in Franklin Township in voting no because, as anyone who drove here tonight can attest to, the roads need fixing, we need stronger infrastructure,” said Mowery. “I think these tax dollars can be better spent.” While several councilors have publicly made their vote intentions publicly known, others are waiting in the wings to talk with constitutents and learn more about the proposal. Councillor Scott Kreider, says despite his district’s no vote on the referendum, he supports the idea

NUVO.NET/THEBIGSTORY and believes mass transit is an issue for the city. He plans to continue on with the comment period and committee hearings with an open mind. “I think the overall impact will be small for my district, however I think the overall potential is huge for the city,” said Kreider. “I do however have some concerns — infrastructure, funding, potential debt service and the overall long term viability of this plan. I’m going to be keeping an open mind and reserve my questions for those committee meetings and my vote for a later date.”

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IndyGo did its best to answer the questions asked by councilors about the stability and viability of the mass transit plan without federal tax dollars. According to Public Affairs Officer Brian Luellen, the proposed 0.25 percent tax, current funding sources including rider fares and private donations would still be enough to implement the entire plan — the expanded

bus services and the rapid transit lines. The caveat is that it would take a lot longer to complete the entire plan. The current model with federal grants projects most of the plan to be up and running by 2021. No estimates were given Monday for a new timeline that excludes the federal grants. The council manages the money from the tax increase, allocating the funds to IndyGo annually through the budget process. Since the fund would be designated for transportation needs, it could be used for road improvements, sidewalks, bus stops, etc. as they relate to routes. Luellen told the council that any federal grants approved would enhance the likelihood and timeliness for those types of improvements, but those improvements could still be done with just the tax increase, just on a meager scale. IndyGo is also in the process of establishing a foundation to operate as a fundraising non-profit with the sole purpose of raising the 10 percent non-tax

non-fare revenue. IndyGo officials didn’t debate the merits or priorties of the rapid transit express lines, but instead focused on the needs of IndyGo now and what the proposed tax would allow them to do. Over 300 full time jobs would be created by the expansion and improvement of IndyGo. Access to major employers would increase between 100 and 2000 percent depending on what side of town you are traveling from. IndyGo would be able to establish a plan for maintenance and replacement of buses with the ability to purchase new buses instead of rehabbing used buses purchased from another city’s program. Additional questions will be answered over the next few weeks as council members meet in committee and hear additional details. No one from the council called the proposal for a vote Monday evening at the request of council president Maggie Lewis. Lewis reiterated the upcoming committee hearings as well as

the public’s right to be heard. “The schedule has already been published and I think it would be a disservice to the public to vote before these hearings take place,” stated Lewis.

SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? Indy residents need to continue to make their voices heard by contacting council members. Only 15 of the 25 councillors have made their intentions known with 11 councillors publicly supporting the measure and four voicing their concerns and likely no votes for the proposal. The remaining ten councillors will decide the fate of the tax increase. Indianapolis needs a plan for mass transit. While the proposed plan isn’t perfect, it is the start of a guideline helping the community identify what is important — a public transportation plan that is accessible and feasible for all. The full council is scheduled to vote on the proposal Feb. 27. N

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NICK OWENS WORKING WITH DK DANCERS. // PHOTO BY FREDDIE KELVIN

BY EMILY TAYLOR // ETAYLOR@NUVO.NET

ick Owens rarely gets a day off, and when he does it’s a thing of beauty. Right now he is choreographing a piece for Dance Kaleidoscope’s (DK) DIVAS production — a celebration of powerful women in music — in addition to helping curate performances for Art & Soul. When we chatted with him, it was one of his few restful moments; and his plans for the day were to drop a friend off at the airport, get some lunch and watch movies. It might sound typical, but these brief mo-

ments of self-care connect deeply to love. And when Owens thinks of love, Aretha Franklin comes to mind. Owens’ piece for DK uses songs by Aretha that center on everything that comes with it. “Love makes us vulnerable and brings out our feelings as individuals,” says Owens. While Owens is utilizing a group of DK dancers, the two focal points are Marie Kuhns and Stuart Coleman. According to Owens, Marie is the “Aretha presence” while Stuart is her counterpart. “The two of them

tell the story of love — how they experience happiness and also heartbreak,” says Owens. For this production, Owens’ interactions with the dancers plays a huge role. While he is leading the choreography, his philosophy is all about collaboration. “I like to keep an environment where the process isn’t only about me, the choreographer

coming in and setting the particular work and having it all planned out,” he says. For the Aretha arrangements (which include: “You are My Sunshine,” “Respect,” “Natural Woman” and “The First Snow in Kokomo”) Owens came into the studio with an idea, then developed it with the help of the DK dancers, who happen to

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The song choices run deep for Owens. “These are songs that I heard at an early age,” he says. “… There is something within her words that inspire me to create art.” He grew up listening to Aretha albums that his mother would play. Today his connection with Aretha (and dance itself) extends from his childhood into political struggles. “A lot of [Aretha’s] music, at the peak of her career, became a symbol of black em-

powerment during the Civil Rights movement,” says Owens. “A lot of the work that I create ties closely to the African American aesthetic. I think that is the connection, in making sure that the dancers can find a connection with what it is we have created. We have taken time to identify those relative experiences that are happening in life right now in the world… For me the Black Dance Matters movement comes into play… We want to speak truth. Aretha Franklin’s music spoke truth. That doesn’t mean you have to be African American to understand; just have to have that open mindset, that level of consciousness to be able to translate what others have felt and what they have told, so that you can have a sense of compassion for other’s experiences. I think that is what a lot of artists create. No matter your skin tone or religious background, our tie as a community is what we must see to keep us moving forward. The arts is going to keep us alive. That’s our way of expressing during hard times.” N

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FINDING REFUGE IN ART

Marian University exhibits work from Syrian, Burmese and Somali refugees BY DAN GROSSMAN // ARTS@NUVO.NET

he timing for Marian University’s Refugee Art exhibit couldn’t come at a more crucial moment. The work reflects the dreams and aspirations of newly arrived refugees from Syria, Burma, and Somalia who created it. The show geared up just weeks before President Trump’s executive order to ban immigrants from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Refugee Art is the result of a collaboration between Art of the Soul Studio and Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services, and it’s running through February 17 at the Marian Art Gallery on the Marian University campus. It’s funded by the Preferred Communities Program of the Administration for Children and Families/US Dept of Health and Human Services. Susie Marren, Manager of Vulnerable Care at Catholic Charities of Indianapolis, explains why they partnered with Art of the Soul, an art therapy studio, to work with their clients. “We were starting to see a hole in our program,” she says. “We were so concerned with about making sure that [refugees] were self-sufficient when they first arrived, making sure that they knew how to pay their rent, making sure they knew how to get back and forth to work, things like that... We

noticed that some of our clients, about three this particular group of clients visualize and to six months in, were just kind of falling put into concrete terms some of the goals apart on us.” they have, in a fun way.” Among the works at the Refugee Art In addition to visualizing a prosperous exhibition at Marian University are hanging future for themselves and their families, art quilts, collages, mosaics. therapy is designed to counter stress and to A wall-hanging series of collages, entibuild coping skills. These skills may soon be tled “Gateway to Your Goals” exemplifies put to the test, especially if some of these the kind of work that Art of the Soul does. refugees are hoping for family members to The collages were inspired emigrate and join them in by artwork that Kristi the United States. This is “So the idea is Gmutza — an art therapist because President Trump, at Art of the Soul Studios — on January 25, signed an this is a gateway originally saw on Pinterest. executive order temporarily that opens up into banning Somali and Syrian She used it as the template for artwork geared towards refugees from entering the what the clients the group of Burmese refucountry while a review of want to happen in screening procedures is gees she was working with. The artists used sheets of completed. their lives.” construction paper that While no refugees attend— KRISTI GMUTZA ed the exhibition opening opened up like a gate, to serve as a frame for their on January 19, Marren and collages. The refugees pasted cutouts from Gmutza were on hand to explain the exhibimagazines such as pictures of cars and tion and art therapy to the crowd of several houses within them. dozen students. “So the idea is this is a gateway that opens Gmutza says that art therapy is a growing up into what the clients want to happen in profession in the state of Indiana. their lives,” says Gmutza. “You open it up Marian University has an undergraduate to find things that they want in their lives, a program in art therapy. So does the Univerhappy family, a nice house…. One particular sity of Evansville, the University of Indiagentleman wanted a pet dog. So this helps napolis, and Indiana Wesleyan University.

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St. Mary of the Woods College offers an MA in Art Therapy and the Herron School of Art & Design on the IUPUI campus all have graduate programs. “Art therapy is a mental health profession,” she says. “All art therapists are trained as mental health professionals, same as counselors or psychologists; we have masters level degrees and training. We’re trained not only in the psychology part but the art part too. So I like to call us therapists plus. Same as music therapists. They’re trained as psychologists and therapists but then they have the added benefit of knowing about music.” Gmutza received her undergraduate degree at IU Bloomington and an M.A. in Art Therapy from Marylhurst University in Portland, Oregon. “I first heard about art therapy when I was in high school,” Gmutza says. “And I was trying to decide what I was going to do with the rest of my life, going to go to school for. Actually it was my mom who heard about art therapy on NPR and she came back to me and said, Kristi this is perfect for you, it’s a blend of art, science, psychology, you get to do all those things that you like, that you get excited about. And I knew that I wanted to be an art therapist from that point on.” N

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Face to kick off a renewed focus in NUVO’s

You keep watching and waiting to see what The Comedian is about

film reviews — locally made movies.

Plank Face is the sophomore effort of the

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

Bloomington production company, Bandit Motion Pictures, which made its debut last year with the psychosexual thriller, Harvest

Lake. While that film focuses on fungal creatures that send campers into a sexual trance,

Plank Face follows forest-dwelling cannibals as they seduce people into their tribe. The feral family kidnaps a camper named Max (Nathan Barrett) and turns him into a primitive beast, complete with the titular mask — a thick piece of bark that makes him look like he sprouted from the earth. Unlike the iconic backwoods bogeyman, Jason Voorhees, this killer’s mask is more organic, and his motivation is far more intriguing.

Harvest Lake and Plank Face are the arthouse responses to the Friday the 13th films. They dig into the sexuality of those slasher flicks to reveal the raw humanity underneath. While Friday the 13th uses sex as a quick catalyst for more sinister behavior,

Plank Face pauses to examine its characters’ primal urges more closely. It emerges as an exploration of the wild side in everyone — predators and prey. The film is currently available to rent on Amazon Instant Video and Vimeo, and you can buy it on DVD and Blu-ray at the Bandit Motion Pictures website. You can also stream it through Amazon Prime starting February 10. It’s safe to say you haven’t seen anything quite like Plank Face. This film is a shining example of the movie magic at work right here in Indy. — SAM WATERMEIER

he old comedian takes the stage to perform in front of an even older audience – a group of senior citizens. Most of them know him from a hit TV comedy years ago. They’re excited to see him, but the expressions on many of their faces turn to shock or disgust when he starts using expletives and doing jokes about sex and body functions. He soldiers on with the nasty stuff, perhaps emboldened by their scowls, and darned if more and more faces in the crowd start laughing. Before long, the comedian has the crowd howling and singing along to the old Eddie Cantor tune, “Makin’ Whoopee” only with the lyrics altered to “Makin’ Poopee.” Someone in the crowd records the bit, puts a contemporary rhythm track to it, and posts it on YouTube. Before long, the comedian is a viral sensation. Ah, poop jokes. How can anybody resist them? We all poop. It’s so relatable. Hooray for poop. And hooray for the comics that champion it. You want to see a film about the joys and challenges of being a comedian? Watch Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk with Me and/or Don’t Think Twice. The first film deals with life as a stand-up, while the second looks at the drama within an improv comedy troupe. Both films are very funny. Both films feel authentic. The Comedian is why I’m recommending Birbiglia’s movies this week. Director Taylor

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Hackford (Ray, The Devil’s Advocate) and the sometimes amazing Robert De Niro have teamed up to create a stinker on the same subject. The film is reportedly a passion project years in the making for De Niro and writer-producer Art Linson (What Just Happened?). The result is a story without focus. De Niro plays Jackie Burke, a sixty-something insult comic who became a household name as the star of a sitcom called, Eddie’s Home. Years later, he is still frequently recognized by fans that address him as Eddie and ask him recreate his old signature line (“Ar-LEEEENE!”) for them. While performing at a TV Nostalgia Night show, Jackie gets interrupted by a pair of hecklers. When he discovers they’re filming him for some internet show, he becomes furious and attacks the guy. After a month in the hoosegow, he is released conditional to doing community service. That’s where he meets Harmony (Leslie Mann), who’s doing community service for assaulting an ex. Jackie and Harmony become friends, and we wonder if the filmmakers are going to ignore the age gap between the two and try to steer this rudderless flick into Rom-Com Bay. Of course they are, but that doesn’t ever really pay off either. That’s the thing about The Comedian. Especially after reading about the whole passion project business, you keep watching and waiting to see what this movie is for? Surely it’s not just another

portrait of a lost, aging man. Could it be a story about a man trying to redefine himself? That could be interesting, but Jackie appears determined to plow ahead with the insults and lazy sex and body function jokes to matter what. What’s particularly annoying is watching him perform at the Comedy Cellar, the famed club seen in almost every episode of Louis C.K.’s Louie. The comic uses language and topics similar to those employed by Jackie, but he does something with them. He explores, incites, entices, alarms and challenges his audience; while Jackie settles for communal giggles and “Makin’ Poopee.” Nothing wrong with that, but what happens on the screen to warrant making a movie? Where is the passion in the passion project? Leslie Mann is good. De Niro is in standard latter-day form, except when his character is WHAT // The Comedian (2016) on stage, SHOWING // Opens Friday at where Keystone Art (R) he is a ED SAYS // HH stiff as De Niro guest hosting SNL. A lot of famous names make appearances, but most of them are just cameos. There are solid moments in The Comedian, but nowhere near enough to justify sitting through it. Go check out Mike Birbiglia’s films. They are deserving and this is not. N

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BEER BUZZ CAVAN MCGINSIE is always eating and drinking too much

Three Can’t-Miss Beer Events

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1. BYWAY BREWING CO. The one year anniversary is February 11 and they’re throwing a party from 5-11 p.m. at their brewery and taproom in Hammond. Angie Toth, their Marketing and Special Events Manager, also shared: “We have canned up our first beer, ChI.P.A., and will be canning our Overdue Double IPA and Oat Street Porter. Look for it on shelves soon!”

Exploring Cerulean chef Alan Sternberg’s new dinner series

BY CAVAN McGINSIE // CMCGINSIE@NUVO.NET

t’s no secret that the culinary scene in Indianapolis has been on a steady rise for years. We’ve been mentioned time and again in national and international publications. People are making trips here specifically to get a taste of what we have to offer. It’s easy to say, “We’ve done it; we’re a dining destination.” But to be content in that idea could be dangerous. We could easily fall into that trap of excitement that comes with reaching a goal that leads to stagnation. Now, more than ever, it is important to continue moving forward with our culinary endeavors — chefs, bartenders and restaurateurs must constantly be looking forward, because the fall doesn’t take nearly as long as the climb. Chef Alan Sternberg and his wife and business partner Audra Sternberg recognize this and through their new dinner series, Common House, they are attempting to do

their part in continuing the culinary scene’s growth. “I don’t want to be sitting here in 10 years and thinking, ‘Man, Indy was awesome 10 years ago,’” Alan says to me at a table in Cerulean, where he holds the helm of head chef. Sitting next to him is Audra, a food photographer and event planner. The couple has spent the past few years doing as much traveling as two working parents can and through their travels their perspectives on food, Indianapolis and life have changed tremendously. Alan says, “In the last 12 months I’ve been able to go to six or seven states and cook. Walking into a situation where you’re not in-tune with what is going on and everything kind of catches you off guard, like ‘That’s awesome, I never would’ve thought of that;’ it really helps spark those ideas.” For the Sternbergs it wasn’t so much an idea that was sparked, but more so a realization

that Indy is lacking in an area where many cities like St. Louis and Louisville aren’t — Indianapolis doesn’t have many recurring chef-driven dinner series. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist; Rosa and Tony Hanslits of Nicole-Taylor’s Pasta Market sell their their back room dinner series out every month and the most well-known in the city is R.J. Wall’s Chefs’ Night Off series. In fact, Wall and CNO had a hand in the Sternbergs coming up with Common House, as Alan explains: “[Wall] took me a couple of places last year. He took me to St. Louis, which was the big tipping point. Hanging out with those guys, they do stuff like this fairly regularly. “You know, Mike Randolph [acclaimed chef at Público] has his own pop-up in St. Louis and it was just kind of one of those epiphanies — like, I’m always waiting for somebody to ask me to do something, and it’s like, ‘Why don’t

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3. BIG LUG CANTEEN’S KICKOFF In preparation for Winterfest head to the Second Annual Winterfest Kickoff on February 2 starting at 6 p.m. According to a press release it will be “held at Big Lug Canteen’s restaurant and feature 5 local breweries, in addition to Big Lug’s own beers. “This year Big Lug has invited its 2016 collaboration partners to participate: Central State Brewing, Tin Man Brewing, St. Joseph Brewery and Public House, Flix Brewhouse and Black Acre Brewing.”

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NUVO.NET/FOOD+DRINK AN INTIMATE SETTING FOR THE COMMON HOUSE MARKET DINNER // PHOTO BY AUDRA STERNBERG PHOTOGRAPHY

I just go do it?’. So I came home with this idea of like, ‘We should do this’ and Audra was like, ‘Yeah, let’s do this.’ The first event took place on January 15 and to hear both Alan and Audra talk about it, it is easy to see for them it was a momentous occasion. The first dinner was based around the idea of “market” and appropriately took place at Wildwood Market in Fountain Square. “It was really a special moment for me per-

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together and even before the first course actually went out they were telling stories to each other and everybody was interacting.” They shared the evening with Alan’s first farmer, Kyle Becker of Becker Farms, and the team from Cerulean was there to support them, too. “Honestly, we couldn’t have done it without my staff here,” Alan says. “They all volunteered their time, my cooks came and cooked for me and our front of house manager came and served with Audra. “In restaurants I feel like chefs are It wouldn’t have been possible without that kind of family we kind of pushed back, you don’t see have here.” them too much. But at a dinner Audra says, “It’s literally like you had a dinner party for a you see him back there; it’s him group of your friends, and the touching every plate that comes pressure of a place like [Cerulean] everyday wasn’t there. I think out. I mean, it’s really personal.” the guests saw him as more of a —AUDRA STERNBERG, CO-CREATOR OF COMMON HOUSE human because he’s right there DINNER SERIES in your face. “In restaurants, I feel like chefs sonally,” Alan says, “to let that many people in are kind of pushed back, you don’t see them and to see the gears turning, there was no veil, too much. But at a dinner you see him back nothing was hidden or protected and I really there; it’s him touching every plate that comes felt like for the first time I really put myself out out. I mean, it’s really personal. there completely unguarded.” He curated the The next event is called “Back to our Roots,” 12-course menu himself and shared it with an at Plow & Anchor on February 19. The Sternintimate grouping of 16 people. bergs are looking forward. The small amount of seats was a purposeful “I can do something small and intimate choice and it will be the same at each of the and have a captive audience and really kind dinners. According to Alan, each dinner will of challenge them and myself,” Alan says. “I consist of “16 to 20, we want to keep it small. think this entire year is about taking advanI think before anybody even actually walked tage of opportunities and creating opportuniinto the building at Wildwood that that was ties. We’ll see how far we can go. I came a long a beautiful size; it was more than an intimate way last year and we want to grow even more setting. The guests sat around a giant table all this year.” N

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

ART’S MEMPHIS DREAM BY KYLE LONG // MUSIC@NUVO.NET

he voice of Art Adams is rock and roll in its purest form, distilled with just the right blend of country music and rhythm and blues. During the 1950s, Art helped lead the rock and roll revolution in Indiana, cutting a pair of 45 RPM singles for the Cherry label that earned him status in both the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Indiana Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Art’s latest project, is a Kickstarter campaign raising funds for a box set of three 45 RPM singles features music he recorded during a 2016 session at the

Band.com to find out how you can help support Art’s Memphis dream. I caught up with Art and his bassist Mike Strauss to get the inside story on the Art Adams Band’s Sun sessions.

KYLE LONG: WHEN I FIRST INTERVIEWED YOU ART, I WAS SO FASCINATED BY THIS STORY YOU TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR TRIP TO SUN RECORDS IN 1959. YOU DIDN’T MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT SUN YOU JUST SHOWED UP AND KNOCKED ON THE FRONT DOOR?

ART ADAMS: That’s right, and for anybody “ I think we all had some tears while who has never been to Sun it just sits right sitting in the recording studio, or at Records on the street. I walked in the front door and I least our eyes got a little teary. We said to the lady there, “Is recorded everything the way they Sam here?” She said, “You mean Mr. Phillips? He’s did back in the ‘50s.” not here, but Jack Clement — ART ADAMS is. I see you’ve got a tape. Mr. Clement will listen to it.” He did listen to it. He legendary Sun Records’ studio in Memtold me what I should do, He told me to phis, Tennessee. make some changes and come back. But The box set, called Memphis Dream, I never did come back. represents the fulfillment of a dream Art KYLE: FOR FOLKS THAT DON’T KNOW, hatched nearly 60 years ago. While an JACK CLEMENT WAS AN INCREDIBLE aspiring young Indianapolis rock and PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER. roller in 1959, Art hopped in his car and HE WAS A BIG PART OF THE SUN headed for Memphis with the hope of RECORDS’ OPERATION AND AN landing a recording contract with the IMPORTANT RECORDING ARTIST rock and roll juggernaut Sun. Art’s trip HIMSELF. HE PRODUCED JOHNNY yielded a meeting with legendary Sun CASH’S “RING OF FIRE” AND WROTE producer Jack Clement, who encouraged CASH’S EARLY HIT “BALLAD OF A him to come back to the label with some TEENAGE QUEEN,” AMONG MANY more up-tempo material. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WHAT And 57 years later, Art returned, but KIND OF GUY WAS JACK TO SIT AND he needs help to get the project pressed TALK WITH? to vinyl. Visit Art’s website at ArtAdams-

ART: He was young at that time, but he became a legend. Jack treated me well. He said, “I’ll explain things to you like I did Johnny Cash.” He really helped Johnny Cash a lot. He played rhythm guitar on most of Johnny Cash’s recordings. He not only wrote songs for Johnny Cash, he wrote a hit for George Jones called “A Girl I Used To Know.” He actually discovered Charley Pride and helped a lot of people.

KYLE: SO RELEASING THE MEMPHIS DREAM PROJECT IS THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM YOU’VE CARRIED FOR OVER 50 YEARS? ART: That’s right, but I never thought too much about it. But the Art Adams Band, which was part together by my friend Mike Strauss, I had told them the story about me going down to Sun and Mike encouraged me to write a song about it. So I wrote a song called “Memphis Dream.” Well, one day after that my guitar player Tim Gibson called me and said we’re going to Sun to record. I said “What?” [laughs] So actually the guys in the band set it all up before I ever knew we were going to do it. So we went down there and they had it booked from six in the evening until midnight that night. We recorded for a total of six hours.

KYLE: IT MUST HAVE BEEN SURREAL FOR YOU TO FINALLY BE RECORDING AT SUN ALL THOSE YEARS LATER. ART: Well, in lieu of a better word, it was kind of eerie. I think we all had some tears while sitting in the recording studio, or at least our eyes got a little teary. We recorded everything the way they did back in the ‘50s. N

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