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pring is a unique time for the food and drink industry. Many people still haven’t given up on their new year’s resolution — if you’re one of those people, good for you — so people are being more conscious about the food and drink consume. And we’re coming out of the slowest time of year for restaurants, which means there’s always a chance that we may suffer a few more losses in terms of restaurant and bar closures before the upturn in summer. But it is also an exciting time for food and drink lovers as we start to see more and more awesome events popping up as we come out of hibernation. We also start to see the first of the farmers’ markets open, especially the ones that are fortunate enough to have an indoor area, doling out bushels of the best produce Indiana has to offers. With that produce starting to pop up, it’s also the perfect time to join some of the Community Supported Agriculture programs around the state, which is by far the easiest way to make sure you always have plenty of produce around. With all that produce and with our health on our minds, spring is our chance to branch out and taste some of the wonderful vegan, vegetarian and even paleo restaurants around the city. Even if you love meat and don’t plan on giving it up, there are plenty of places making delicious, healthy food where you can branch out and eat a few meals a week. CAVAN McGINSIE FOOD AND DRINK EDITOR CMCGINSIE@NUVO.NET
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• FARM TO FORK MARKET farmtoforkmarket.org
• GROWING PLACES INDY CSA growingplacesindy.org
A year-round farmers’ market that runs Friday evenings in the summer and Saturday mornings in the winter, Farm to Fork has its home at the historic Normandy Farm near Trader’s Point. It’s a producer-only market, which means everything sold here was grown by the person selling it to you — surprisingly a rarity at farmers markets. Not only do the producers sell their own food, but they also must be certified organic or certified naturally-grown to be able to sell at the market.
The Veggie Share from GPI is a 10-week program that uses produce from urban farms located around Indianapolis. The program typically has around 25 shares available, so it is on a smaller scale than some of the other programs, but with a pick-up at the Boner Fitness and Learning Center they do great at offering food to an underserved area of the city. At this point the applications for the 2018 season haven’t been announced, but once they’re available they will go quickly.
• BROAD RIPPLE FARMERS’ MARKET broadripplefarmersmarket.org The Broad Ripple Farmers’ Market is a staple for people living in Midtown. While the outdoor version doesn’t kick off until the first Saturday in May, you can meander over to the former Bent Rail Brewing space on Saturdays from 9 a.m. until noon and get all the local produce, meat, eggs and other artisanal products you need for the week. Once May rolls around, it’s time to head into the great outdoors to do your Saturday shopping in the high school parking lot, whether you need some Amelia’s bread, Caprini goat cheese, or Old Major bacon, you’ll find it at the outdoor market. • GARFIELD PARK FARMERS’ MARKET garfieldparkfarmersmarket.com
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While opening day isn’t until May 5, this market is a special one for the city because it is the first to receive a Slow Food Snail of Approval. This is a surefire sign that the products you are bringing home to your family are held to the utmost standards in health, not only for you, but also healthy standards for the workers who are bringing the products. Slow Food prides itself in supporting producers who use sustainable practices and who treat their workers fairly. Located near the tennis courts at the corner of Shelby and Southern Streets.
• INDIANAPOLIS WINTER FARMERS’ MARKET growingplacesindy.org Growing Places Indy founded this market a decade ago and it is the perfect place to go during the cold winter months and it stays open all the way through the end of April. It runs out of the Circle City Industrial Complex at 1125 E. Brookside Ave., every Saturday from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Bringing high caliber produce, meats, cheeses and more to an underserved urban area is a key facet of this market and with over 50 vendors in this season there is plenty of artisanal products to go around. • IRVINGTON CSA irvingtoncsa.com This CSA kicks off in early May and give residents of Irvington access to fresh produce from an Amish farmer from Montezuma, Indiana, Levi Fisher. Fisher and his family do not own an organic farm, but they use sustainable practices. The program has different levels, but a full share is $550 plus a $100 transportation fee. You are able to pick up your weekly supply on Friday evenings at a residence in Irvington.
• JCC FARMERS’ MARKET jccindy.org
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Another year-round farmers’ market, the Jewish Community Center’s market is held every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the JCC. It is held inside through the first week of May and then it moves outside to the east side of the building. One added perk of this market is they are SNAP approved, so you can bring your Fresh Bucks to get you and your family some healthy, local, fresh food. The market is open to the public, you don’t have to be a member or Jewish to shop and their vendors include Batch No. 2, Kind Kombucha, Mrs. Murry’s Naturals and many more.
When Regina Mehallick closed R Bistro a few years ago, it brought tears to the eyes of many Hoosiers. But, as anyone who has ventured into her follow-up project can attest, it’s time to turn those frowns upside down. She is still pumping out delicious food that you can take on the road (the name says it all) like brussels sprout salad, chicken pot pie, an incredible French peasant soup, and one of the best meatball subs you’ll ever have. Plus, and here’s the real kicker, there are plenty of local products you can take home to the fam and she also has frozen and refrigerated options to cook at home, as well.
• SILVERTHORN FARM CSA silverthorn-farm.com Nate and Emily Parks run Silverthorn Farm in Rossville and through their hard work and dedication to their land they are able to produce a seemingly endless bounty of produce. Silverthorn helps feed many people around Indianapolis through their relationships with many of the city’s top restaurants including Tinker Street, Milktooth and many restaurants under the Patachou umbrella. But the easiest way for you to support them is by becoming a member of their CSA, they have membership levels for nearly any and every size of family. Their schedule starts up in May, so sign-up now and receive 38 weeks of veggies for you and your family. • ANNABELLE’S GARDEN facebook.com/annabelles-garden A long-time purveyor at many of the city’s farmers’ markets Annabelle’s recently opened a spot on College Ave. next to The Red Key Tavern. With its vibrant green exterior it has turned that corner into Christmas year-round; not only because of the red and green colors, but also because you now can get fresh, local veggies Tuesday and Friday through Sunday. Another exciting part of this space is the addition of their foraged mushrooms, adding in some local mushrooms to a dish is an easy way to spice it up and change up the flavor.
• WILDWOOD MARKET wildwoodmarket.com While you’ve most likely been here for the fucking delicious and ever-changing, always inventive lunch sandwiches, salads and soups, Wildwood is also one of the best places in the city to grab some farmfresh products to take home and cook. Whether it be fingerlings, some fresh greens for a homemade salad, or even some Miller Farm’s chicken, Wildwood has you covered. There’s also a great selection of cheeses that shouldn’t be missed. The best bet is to grab a sandwich for lunch while grabbing your produce for dinner, kill two meals with one stop. • RAIL EPICUREAN MARKET railepicureanmarket.com Much like Wildwood Market, Rail is a spot to definitely stop in and grab a bite — the only thing better than their chicken salad is maybe their rock crab roll, seriously it’s heavenly. And while it’s definitely worth making the trip to Westfield just to eat there. It’s also nice being able to walk in and grab some artisanal Indiana products from B. Happy Peanut Butter, Liberation Roasting Co, 4 Birds Bakery and more to take home with you.
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• 3 SISTERS 3sisters.in This Broad Ripple cafe is an institution with a well-earned pride for serving healthy, vegan and vegetarian options longer than just about any other place in town. They also have typical breakfast and lunch fare for that friend who doesn’t give a shit about eating healthy, but for you, their black bean burger is one of the best around and their harvest rice bowl is about as healthy as it gets. On cooler spring days, it’s all about the three bean chili. • ARTIE’S PALEO ON THE GO artiesonthego.com For years, Artie’s has made it easy to eat like a caveman. The food delivery service preps paleo and macro meals and sends them to pick-up locations all around the city. While it’s easy to conclude the food
will suck because it’s microwaved, this ain’t no Stouffer’s and Artie’s food is as good as any sit down restaurant. The menu changes weekly and the dishes range from shepherd’s pie and shrimp and grits to more basic dishes like a turkey burger. • NOOK A PALEO INFLUENCED DINER nookpaleo.com The awesome part about this place that just opened at the beginning of 2018 is you’re eating healthy, wholesome food, you know you are, but it doesn’t taste like it at all because it’s damn good. With menu items like the spicy angry shrimp tacos, Moroccan lamb pizza, and short rib, you order feeling like you’re going to have to run an extra mile or two tomorrow, but once you get to eating you can tell it’s different, it’s healthier. This is a new spot we hope sticks around and helps people feel better without giving up good food.
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• DUOS KITCHEN duosindy.com
• TLAOLLI tlaolli.net
• PUBLIC GREENS publicgreensurbankitchen.com
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There’s something magical about Duos, from the extensive salad bar that is maybe the best in the city, to the balance bowl with a side of collards. They offer so many great healthy options and every single one is fantastic. Anytime I’m feeling like being healthy and losing weight this is where I turn for lunch. Several locations to choose from including a freestanding cafe at the entrance to Eskenazi Hospital, City Market and across from the Children’s Museum at Meridian and 30th Streets.
Every time I eat Mexican food I end up hating myself because I can’t breathe by the end of the meal, stuffed to the brim on meat, cheese, beans and chips. Luckily, Tlaolli is there to fix that problem by dishing out healthier, lighter dishes. For example, instead of the common use of lard for their tamales, they use olive oil. Another sign of their desire to be a healthy alternative is the fact that they clearly mark their vegan and vegetarian options. The freshness of the food is apparent and it makes for an enjoyable Mexican meal that you don’t have to feel so bad about if you’re trying to eat healthier, or just lighter.
Quite a few of the restaurants under the Patachou umbrella could fit in this list, but none would be as perfect as Public Greens. The cafeteria style ordering lets me choose a few healthy options to make a well-rounded lunch or dinner. Plus, the food is about as fresh as it comes at their Monon location due to the fact that much of their produce comes from their urban garden directly across the popular biking and walking trail. They also have a location at The Fashion Mall at Keystone at the Crossing, so you can give yourself a healthy refuel after a long day of shopping.
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• TWENTY TAP twentytap.com Sure, this place is all about the beers, nearly 40 and you shouldn’t hold yourself back from enjoying a beer along with your meal. Especially when your meal can be something as healthy and tasty as some of the harissa brussels sprouts followed by the vegan banh mi. If you happen to add their daily vegan soup into the mix, all the better. For the more conservative tastes, there are veggie buffalo wings, an edamame appetizer, and great turkey and black bean burgers to satisfy the pub food cravings.
• ABYSSINIA ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT abyssinianindy.weebly.com This is the perfect place to go if you’re trying to be healthy and remain adventurous with your eating decisions. There’s a good chance you’ve never had Ethiopian food, unless of course you spent some years in the Peace Corps, or you’ve been consciously eating your way through the city’s international cuisine. The experience alone is unlike any other you’ll have here, but with an entire selection of veg-friendly options that are naturally low-fat, it truly is an eater’s paradise.
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• THREE CARROTS threecarrotsindy.com If there is one place that people equate with healthy food in the city, Three Carrots would probably take top spot. Since its opening, this veggie-heavy stand has developed a loyal following (including carnivores). Now with a second, fullservice location in Fountain Square that features dishes like their vegan biscuits and gravy, to their vegan play on a Po’ Boy, aptly named the Rich Girl, there is no lack of healthy, flavorful vegan options to choose from.
While it’s always nice to spend an evening out filing yourself full of tasty food and wine while enjoying some live entertainment, it’s even better if you get to help others at the same time. Corks & Forks is the perfect event that allows you to help fight food deserts and food insecurity in Central Indiana because it benefits Second Helpings. This year features many of the biggest chefs around Indy, a slew of wines and a silent auction. • ST. PADDY’S DAY March 17 The Golden Ace Inn St. Paddy’s is a day filled with celebrations all across the country, and there is no shortage of great events here in Indy, but if you want to do St. Pat’s right, well, you’ll head to The Golden Ace. Their celebration has been going on for decades and has been ranked by USA Today as one of the top 10 St. Paddy’s spots in the country. As with every year at The Ace, there will be plenty of live Irish music, corned beef, their famous burgers and plenty of beer (sorry, no green beer). Make sure and bring your cash, as it is a cash only affair.
• GROWING HERBS FROM SEED AND BEYOND March 17 Garfield Park Conservatory While you can always go to the store and purchase most any herb you can dream of, learning how to grow your own herbs and being able to use them fresh out of your own garden is one of the greatest experiences of home cooking. Plus, your food will never taste better. This event from the Herb Society of Central Indiana teaches you how to grow your own herbs from seeds. They share the the most popular herbs and leave with a better understanding on where to start. The event is highly popular and they have limited seating, so reserve a spot by calling (317) 327-7066. • INDY VEGFEST March 31 Biltwell Event Center After last year’s huge success, the Indy VegFest has moved to an even larger arena this year and promises to have even more vegan goodness to go ‘round. The day long event celebrates the awesome vegan foods and veg-friendly companies around Indy, and best of all, it’s free! Spend the day watching vegan cooking demos, listening to speakers sharing stories of the vegan and vegetarian world, and many other healthy living options throughout the day. • SOUR WILD FUNK FEST 2018 April 7 Mavris Arts & Events Center Do you like beers with a little twist to them? Maybe a sour? Maybe a gose? Well, this is the perfect fest for you. Even if you’ve never had a funky beer, if you find your palate getting bored with over-hopped IPAs or bland lagers, this beer event is unlike any other in the state. There will be over 150 of the rarest sour and barrel-aged beers you’ll find and they’re all there for the tasting. Tickets are on-sale now and this event always sells out, so don’t sit on these. • BLOOMINGTON CRAFT BEER FEST April 14 Bloomington If you are more of a classic beer lover, there is no better place to be than in Bloomington for this fest. With 50 breweries all coming together to share their best beers, it’s a beer drinker’s paradise. Spend the day tasting samples, making friends, eating food from vendors, listening to live music and tasting more samples. As with all Brewers’ of Indiana Guild events, $3 from every ticket sold goes to a charity partner, so you get to feel good about yourself while feeling good from good beer. It’s all good.
• DEATH & TAXES DAY April 21 Taxman Brewing Co. What’s there to do in Bargersville? Well, for starters, there’s Taxman Brewing Co. and there’s no better time to head to their brewery than during their annual bottle release and tasting festival. They bring together over 40 Indiana breweries and a few wineries to dole out tastes of beer and some specialty bottles. While you’re sipping, enjoy live music and some local food trucks. This is also where they release their specialty beer, formerly known as Death and Taxes, it is now named Evasion. This year’s brew will be a whiskey barrel-aged Belgian-style stout with Indonesian vanilla beans. • INDY TENDERLOIN WEEK April 23-29 Participating restaurants Pretty simple. For a week, you pay less than the usual price and get to have some of Indiana’s tastiest tenderloins. What does that mean? More money to get another local beer to wash them down. Whether you eat ‘em classic, with mayo, tomato, pickles, lettuce and onion. Or you like to mix it up and go only pickles and mustard, there will be plenty of tenderloins for you to try. It’s the perfect time to venture out to a new spot and, who knows, maybe you’ll find your new fave loin. The best part about NUVO’s food weeks is that you get to feel good about dining out because you’re helping out people in the community who are food insecure through our charity partner, Second Helpings. Not only do they help fight hunger, they also help train disadvantaged adults for jobs in the culinary world. Eating a tenderloin has never been so win, win, win. • 2018 INDIANA WINE FAIR May 12 Story Inn If you’ve never made the sojourn to the little town of Story, Indiana, you’ve been missing out. The Wine Fair is the perfect time to make your trip for a day when Indiana wineries, distilleries, food trucks, and local artists all come to Story for a celebration. You can spend the day tasting wines and then buying bottles to take home with you. The live music is always a lot of fun and food trucks are there to help keep you sober. If you’d rather sit down to eat, head inside the unique Story Inn for a meal in their highly-lauded restaurant. When you’re done, head to Nashville and stay in one of the surrounding cabins all around the town, or camp out in Brown County State Park. FIND MORE WEEKLY FOOD+DRINKS EVENTS AT NUVO.NET/CALENDAR
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f you’re anything like me you’re sick of the winter blues, you’re sick of the potholes, sick of the freezing rain, and can’t wait for spring and something more entertaining than Netflix. But maybe you don’t just want to be entertained. Maybe you want to support the entertainers too. The list of nonprofit organizations providing entertainment in this city seems endless; the Harrison Center, Big Car, Indianapolis Ballet, and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra to name but a few. The list goes on and on. And maybe you’re also looking for inspiration. In that case, the big headlining events of this season might just have to be anything connected to the 50th anniversary of Bobby Kennedy addressing a crowd in what is now Kennedy King Memorial Park. There are upcoming speeches, panel discussions, films, and theatrical performances. In a sense, the whole country is going through a period of winter right now. And so many of us are repulsed by the zero sum gamesmanship that passes for politics these days. ... It’s easy to feel that there’s nothing anyone can do. But there are things to do. Listen to reflections on the words of MLK and Bobby Kennedy. Listen to your friends and neighbors. Sometimes our values are best represented by our artists, some of whom are listed in our event blurbs.
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VISUAL ARTS • JUSTIN VINING: IN THE MOMENT Through March 30 Harrison Center for the Arts Justin Vining wears many hats. He is lawyer, transplanted urbanite — he grew up on an Indiana farm — and landscape painter who varies his style widely. He often goes out to various riverscapes in urban Indianapolis and sets up his easel there and pretty much paints verbatim what he sees. And then there’s his more fantastical work where you can identify a tension between the urban and the rural that seem to have something of The Wizard of Oz in them. Anyone interested in landscape painting in general will be interested in this exhibition of his new work. FREE • POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEWFIELDS Saturdays, March 10 - March 31 IMA at Newfields Celebrating Women’s History Month in March. This weekly tour during National Women’s Month will be geared towards that path of discovery, going beyond the IMA’s stellar collection of Georgia O’Keefe paintings to ask, “who are the female artists, collectors patrons and influencers of Newfields?” • NARRATIVE NOT INCLUDED: LOBYN HAMILTON Through March 31 Long-Sharp Gallery
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Lobyn Hamilton makes mosaics, but not like the artists, say, of Pompeii before they were embalmed by volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius. Hamilton uses a thoroughly modern material — broken shards
of vinyl records — to create portraiture. His subjects are primarily, though not exclusively African-American including in his pantheon the likes of Lauryn Hill, and Donald Trump, complete with Nazi uniform and regalia. FREE • JOHN ORFE EXHIBITION Through March 31 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum This is an exhibit highlighting the work of the late John Orfe. Orfe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and saw his first auto race at the Langhorne Speedway in 1932. He was a successful commercial artist who specialized in aircraft and automotive design. But, as the work in this exhibition attests to, he was also a fine painter. • MEET THE ARTISTS XXX Through April 1 Central Library Meet the Artists XXX features a Shades of Pearl Showcase that highlights the work of African-American artists whose past participation in Meet the Artists events has served as prologue to success. D. Del Reverda-Jennings will have her work exhibited alongside Michael Jordan (Alkemi), Lobyn Hamilton, and Samuel E. Vázquez, along with seven other artists. FREE • ANDREW DAVIS: TIME OF THE MOUSE Thursday and Friday receptions: April 5-6 Gallery 924 at the Arts Council Davis has been the Ceramics Program Technician at Herron School of Art & Design since 2011, helping others achieve their goals with clay. This will be a chance for you to check out his own work as a
ceramics artist. “The feeling I get is often based on how something is put together or how the surface is wearing off,” he writes on the Arts Council of Indianapolis website. “Old objects can seem to exist only partially in the concrete world. The other world, not usually visible to the human eye, is leaking through.” FREE • UNDERGRADUATE PAINTING SHOW March 7 - April 18 Herron Galleries, IUPUI Some of the artists who have appeared in undergraduate exhibitions at Herron have gone on to have great success exhibiting their work in Indianapolis galleries and beyond. Consider Marna Shopoff who graduated Herron in 2012 and went on to also to receive her MFA at Herron. She’s exhibited her stunning architecture-inspired abstract painting at art fairs all across the country. Don’t forget to pick up a parking validation in the gallery during your visit. FREE • 25TH ANNIVERSARY STUTZ ARTISTS OPEN HOUSE April 27 - April 28 Stutz Business and Arts Center The numbers sorta say it all: 6,000 people each year visiting 62 artists studios in a former car factory with 400,000 square feet of space, and this will be the 25th anniversary of the first Open House —
truly one of the pioneer events in the city’s contemporary art scene. Come browse multiple open studios and meet the artist who inhabit them. • BROAD RIPPLE ART FAIR May 19 - May 20 Indianapolis Art Center It’s the 47th annual Broad Ripple Art Fair at the Indianapolis Art Center with work by more than 225 artists and artisans. There are activities for all ages. There’s food, craft beer, wine, activities for children galore, and fun, fun, fun! But more important than all of that is the fact that this is the Art Fair’s annual fundraiser. Ticket proceeds are used to support the Indianapolis Art Center’s Outreach Department as well as all the great classes and activities year-round to be found there promoting art in the city of Indianapolis. • CHRISTOS KOUTSOURAS: LAND ART May 4 - July 14 Tube Factory artspace The devastating 2016 forest fires on Christos Koutsouras’ place of birth, the Greek Island of Samos, fed into this series of landscape-based paintings. Koutsouras’ work is also a dialogue between man and nature. That is, with this exhibition, Koutsouras wants to awaken our collective conscience and show us the signs of danger that nature is showing him. FREE
STAGE • LES MISÉRABLES March 13 - 18 Old National Centre It’s Broadway’s musical take on the Revolution of 1830 in France, based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel. There’s no blood, but there’s thrilling stage performances and full-throated singing. Who couldn’t feel empathy for the story of Jean Valjean, the story of a peasant who spends 19 years in prison for stealing a crust of bread for his sister’s starving child? This is the Cameron Mackintosh Les Misérables launch of its first national tour, a year after its closing on Broadway. • DEAR BOBBY: THE MUSICAL (PART OF ONYXFEST) March 22 - March 31 IndyFringe Basile Theatre This is a musical based around the Jewish and the Black communities attempting to come together at the time of Bobby Kennedy coming to Indianapolis to give a speech about running for the presidency: the protagonists are two twelve-year-old girls, one Jewish, one Black. But the day of his visit was also the day of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Kennedy found himself having to both inform
his audience about the assassination and console them. This play, presented by the Kennedy King Memorial Initiative, is part of OnyxFest, a celebration of AfricanAmerican playwrights held in late March at the IndyFringe Basile Theatre including plays, readings and more. • INDY OPERA: SOUTH PACIFIC March 23 -25 Schrott Center for the Arts Indianapolis Opera’s South Pacific may be your grandmother’s favorite musical, but that doesn’t make it any less timely, addressing as it does prejudice and race. And if you’ve been anywhere around high school musical theatre, as a performer or teacher or a student, you’ll recognize the songs in this Indianapolis Opera production, including “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair” and “Younger than Springtime.” • SUPERHERO: THE STORY OF A MAN CALLED JESUS March 30 - March 31 Presented by Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre The Tarkington, Center for the Performing Arts Jesus is back by popular demand! Christianity’s been around for a while, but Jesus-themed dance performances have been around quite a bit less. SUPERHERO:
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The Story of A Man Called Jesus will arrive during Easter weekend. According to the copy supplied by GHDT, SUPERHERO is masterfully set to modern music and movement and is an emotional roller coaster from the first pulsating rhythms to the final sweeping notes. SUPERHERO; The story of A Man Called Jesus, has been lauded as “exquisite,” “captivating from start to finish,” and “a most moving portrayal of The Passion. • THE QUEST FOR DON QUIXOTE March 23 - April 1 Art for Lawrence Theater at the Fort Starbucks may be a great place to hang out but its not necessarily a conducive place to create art as playwright Ben Eisenberg discovers while trying to adapt a 1,000 page + renaissance novel for stage. Is he merely tilting at windmills? Is he just a hack and a has been? Whether or not he succeeds in his endeavor, it sounds like a a pretty damned amazing story.
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• DIVOS (THE MEN) DANCE KALEIDOSCOPE April 5 - April 8 Indiana Repertory Theatre Works by nine choreographers will be included in this one performance. Nicholas A. Owens will choreograph to Prince, while David Hochoy will choreograph to Elton John. We’re still waiting for a modern piece set to Metallica, but that may be a long time coming. In the meantime you can feast your eyes on what’s bound to be a captivating performance. • MAMMA MIA! Through April 8 Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre Perhaps the original ABBA songs were part of the soundtrack to your life. But they are now also the soundtrack to an original Broadway production, nominated for five Tony Awards, telling the story of a bride’s quest to find her birth father on a lovely Greek Island. As B&B Artistic Director Eddie Curry noted in an interview with NUVO on Sept. 6, this is the very first locally produced version of Mamma Mia! You can dance, you can jive, and have the time of your life with this performance! • FAIRFIELD March 9 - April 1 Phoenix Theatre The last scheduled performance at the Phoenix Theatre’s current location, Fairfield is about what happens when the best of intentions yield the worst of results. Fairfield Elementary is a progressive school where Black History Month doesn’t go as planned. This performance is guaranteed to make you laugh while you
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cringe. Plus, you get to find out all about a “CelerEthnic Potluck.” • DIVAFEST April 1-10 IndyFringe Basile Theatre This is a juried playwriting festival designed to address a certain discrepancy: the fact that nationally only 19 percent of published plays have been written by women. DivaFest is designed to fix that, in part by inspiring women. In 2011 Tiffany Bridges appeared in “The Wedding Bellles,” which inspired her to create her own show entitled “Is that your Reel Hair?” Who knows who will write the next big DivaFest hit? • REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY April 7 Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler University If you are a fan of Shakespeare, but are afraid that you might fall asleep during some of the more lengthy Shakespeare performances (Hamlet comes to mind) then you might want to check out this interpretation of a purported Shakespeare manuscript found next to a pile of bones in Leicester, England. The Reduced Shakespeare Company is a three-man comedy troupe that took it upon themselves to reduce the length of said play from 100 hours to 90 minutes in their performance. • DITA VON TEESE AND THE COPPER COUPE BURLESQUE REVUE May 19 Murat Theatre at Old National Centre Legendary burlesque queen Dita Von Teese brings the newest incarnation of her Copper Coupe Revue to the Murat in May. The actress, model, and entrepreneur almost single-handedly revised the genre in the 1990s and she’s only gotten better over the years. With ornate sets and dazzling costumes adorned with Swarovski crystals, Dita’s “art of the teese” is one not to miss.
MUSIC • SEAN CHEN WITH THE CARMEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA March 10 Center for the Performing Arts Sean Chen returns to the Palladium to perform Franck’s “The Accursed Horseman” and Brahms’s slow movements. The 29-year old is the third prize winner of the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the 2013 American Pianists Awards. The New York Times praises Chen for his “alluring, colorfully shaded renditions.”
• 2018 GATHERING OF WRITERS March 24 Indiana State Library You can invest thousands of dollars into an MFA program (sorry, an MFA does not guarantee publication) or you can invest a lot less money into this annual event sponsored by the Indiana Writers Center. While you still have to do the perspiration part, the hard work of writing, keynote speaker Susan Neville can give you some guidance in her keynote address, “Poem, Story, or Essay, which Door to Choose?” There will be sessions in all of these forms. What classes you take, of course, depend on how you answer Neville’s question. • STILL WE REACH: COMMUNITY REFLECTION & CONVERSATION WITH JOHN LEWIS & KERRY KENNEDY April 4 Landmark for Peace Memorial
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• HOT JAZZ FOR COOL KIDS March 11 Central Library Does your toddler put on shades and display a great sense of rhythm when playing the kazoo? Kids of all ages are urged to come to enjoy this fun series of educational performances by Indy’s jazz musicians, which are made possible by Friends of the Library and hosted by The Learning Curve. Check out the performance by the Tucker Brothers Group. FREE • SOUND LAB WITH OREO JONES March 28, April 25, May 30 Listen Hear
• RACHMANINOFF’S RAVISHING SECOND SYMPHONY May 4 Hilbert Circle Theatre Apparently, Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony was so badly received, that the dude had to go into psychotherapy to get the fuck over it. But in the end he pulled this romantic masterpiece out of his cerebrum. But of course, the Second Symphony is not the only thing on the bill this evening. Andrew Norman’s Violin Concerto, an ISO co-commission, will also be on the bill as well as “Rondes de printemps” by Debussy.
Are you curious about the ins and outs of electronic music and looking for pointers from a dude who describes himself as an “indie hip hop culinary artist”? Join Oreo Jones on the last Wednesday of the month for Sound Lab and learn to express yourself through making electronic waves and recording your own sounds. FREE
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• JAZZ ON THE AVENUE WITH ALISON VICTORIA March 30 Madame Walker Theatre Center
In 1989 Mari Evans published a book of essays Where We Live: Essays about Indiana (edited by former NUVO arts editor David Hoppe, IU Press). This event revisits Evans’ work and the state of race in Indianapolis three decades later. While Indy has recognized Evans as a literary giant, with a mural depicting her hovering over Mass Ave, the problems she addresses have yet to be solved and warrant ongoing effort and conversation. FREE
On the last Friday of every month, Madame Walker Theatre Center puts on its Jazz on the Avenue. There’s no better way to acknowledge, celebrate, and appreciate Indiana’s great history of jazz than to attend. And if you’re hungry you can purchase a plate of soul food from Creative Cakes and Catering.
• MARI EVANS “ETHOS AND CREATIVITY” THREE DECADES LATER: ART AND RACE IN INDIANAPOLIS March 8 Basile Auditorium, Herron School of Art & Design
John Lewis is a congressman, author, and civil rights pioneer. Kerry Kennedy is the president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and daughter of RFK. They will share their thoughts on the significance of the occasion — the 50th anniversary of MLK’s death and the speech given by Kennedy in Indianapolis on that tragic night. (Free but requires RSVP) • AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS April 15 Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University David Sedaris is one of the most satirical voices out there and if you’ve listened to NPR at all in the past few years, then you’ve heard his distinct brand of humor couched in excellent writing. His best-selling books of personal essays include Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. This is your chance to hear him up close, or close enough, and in person. • CROOKED WAYS OF THE ANCIENT GREEK GODS April 28 Indiana History Center In this production of Storytelling Arts of Indiana and the Indiana Historical Society, Barbara McBride Smith reinterprets the myths of the Greek Gods with some Texas twang. She riffs on the timeless perfidy of human nature — evident every time you turn on the news or open your Twitter account — but she’ll laughing instead of gouging your own eyeballs out Oedipus-style. • BUTLER VISITING WRITERS SERIES: LOUISE GLÜCK April 18 Atherton Union, Reilly Room, Butler University This year’s Visiting Writers Series features of the America’s pre-eminent poets: Louise Glück. She’s published twelve volumes, won
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the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection The Wild Iris, and won about a virtually every other award one could receive for poetic greatness. She also served as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2003-04. Hear her read and speak for free at Butler, but be advised the venue will fill quickly. FREE
SCREENS • THE REEL WEST Through Feb. 3, 2019 Eiteljorg Museum The American West as depicted in film is the subject of this exhibition running through Feb 3, 2019. You will see the costumes and props from movies and TV shows that molded our understanding of the American West. You may wonder how much attention the exhibit will devote to the historical inaccuracies and anachronisms found frequently in the genre, such as the John Wayne vehicle The Searchers, which depicts Plains Indians against a Monument Valley backdrop. It will certainly be interesting to find out. • PUBLIC HOUSE CINEMA: EL TOPO March 25 IndyFringe Basile Theatre Public House Cinema aims to create a theater home in Indianapolis for independent, local, foreign and art films. Currently housed in the IndyFringe building just off Mass Ave, the spring schedule of films is titled Spectrum of Cinema and features two movies a month on Sunday nights. In addition to El Topo (1970), we’re also looking forward to Dmitrii Kalashnikov’s The Road Movie (2018), Terence Nance’s debut feature An Oversimplification of Beauty (2013), and The Lure, a genre-defying horror musical mash-up by Polish direct Agnieszka Smoczynska (2017). • A RIPPLE OF HOPE April 3 Indiana History Center
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The subject of A Ripple of Hope by Don Boggs is the night of April 4, in Indianapolis, when Bobby Kennedy came to Indianapolis during his presidential campaign. It was also the night that Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, and where Kennedy had to deliver the news to his audience that King was dead. The film will be followed by a panel discussion. • 15TH ANNUAL INDY FILM FEST April 26 - May 6 The Toby at Newfields This annual showcase for the art of cinema, in the U.S. and abroad and began in 2004. The 2017 featured an eclectic mix including Lucky, starring the late Harry Dean Stanton, and Deaners, all about the obsessive followers of James Dean, and collectors of Dean memorabilia.
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• HEARTLAND FILM CULTURAL JOURNEY: MEXICO April 19-22 Indiana Historical Center A four-day event focusing on the culture, cinema and cuisine of Mexico. This is the second of Heartland’s Cultural Journey events following last year’s successful festival focusing on India. This year’s offerings will feature a selection of Mexican cinema, authentic cuisine and live entertainment. The schedule was still being finalized at press time, so visit heartlandfilm.org/culturaljourney for more information. • THE WIZARD OF OZ May 11-12 Historic Artcraft Theatre, Franklin Who would possibly miss the chance to see this classic that has scared the poop out of so many five year olds? This movie that has so many great memorable characters like Dorothy and the Tinman? This movie (spoilers) whose Wizard is actually a vulnerable human being behind all of his crazy control knobs? This movie that is the quintessential definition of an American classic? FIND MORE WEEKLY ARTS EVENTS AT NUVO.NET/CALENDAR
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ell, faithful readers, we’ve made it through yet another winter in Indianapolis. Hopefully you and your entire family weren’t sucked into one of the national landmarks that our city calls “potholes.” Hopefully your pipes didn’t bust, filling your apartment with water, and turning you into a liberal snowflake popsicle. Hopefully you have a few bucks left over after paying your therapist to listen to your seasonal depression-fueled rants about the current state of our morbidly funny little world. And hopefully you still love live music! Break out of that ice block, retrieve your vehicle from the crater that tried to swallow it, and you, whole, and defer those medical bills! Because we at NUVO have carefully curated a list of local shows that will have you forgetting all about the cold, if only for a few months. There’s no shortage of live music venues around town providing plenty of opportunities to catch a good show. Spring also marks the return of outdoor music festivals, kicking off with the Virginia Avenue Music Festival in May. So start thawing out and freaking out. Spring is here!
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• MARBIN W/ SHADY MAYOR March 23 The Mousetrap
• UPPERS W/ MOONWALKS March 23 Pioneer
Shady Mayor has only been around less than a year, and they are already making waves in the local music scene. Combining face-melting instrumentalism with concise songwriting, the band wins over crowds on all sides of town with catchy hooks and a beautifully layered, yet neurotic sound, accentuated perfectly by a saxophone. Their sound is a bit hard to describe without using genre-defining words that would ultimately do them a disservice, but with influences ranging from prog-metal to folk, the band blends a wide array of musical taste into an action-packed, move-your-ass, damn-goodtime. Shady Mayor has been slowly chipping away at their debut full-length, hoping to release it in May, so that they can begin taking over the world. This is also a show where the opening act is just as appealing as the headliners. Marbin is a blinding barrage of jazz-fusion rock ’n roll that’ll make you question how many of those mushrooms you actually ate before the show, as soon as they start playing. Originally from Israel, now based in Chicago, they have well over a thousand shows under their belt and six full length albums. Marbin plays the kind of show that makes you want to practice your instrument and actually start the band you always talk about starting, so you should do yourself a favor and witness the ridiculousness.
Indianapolis’ own Uppers recently front-flipped into the local punk scene with an undeniable energy seemingly concocted in a meth-lab by Sonic The Hedgehog himself. Made up of several legendary local musicians, including Brian from Big Colour, and Demitri from White Moms, who bounce guitar riffs across the stage while Josh (formerly of Memory Maps) stomps the drumset like a rabid spidermonkey in heat on LSD. Uppers is a wall of sound that you want to run face first into, over and over again until you fall down forever. Headlining the show, Moonwalks have been psyching out the darkest reaches of space rock since 2014. The Detroit three-piece blends a cowboy guitar atmosphere with a rocket ship of rock ’n roll intensity. After releasing an EP and touring both the U.S. and Europe extensively, the band dropped their debut LP In Light (The Scales In The Frame) in 2015. • SLEEP W/ SUBROSA April 3 The Vogue The Highest Order of Stoner Metal Deities have once again vowed to return from the riff-filled land and march yet another lap through the smoke, around the cosmic sea with very, very
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large amplifiers. Sleep is the kind of experience that you are lucky enough to encounter but once in this echoing existence, if at all. Since 1990, bassist Al Cisneros and guitarist Matt Pike have been pummeling the sonic plane with a sound only since mimicked by wannabe weedian wizards of lesser holy mountains the world over. Sleep disbanded in 1995 after their label refused to release the album Dopesmoker, claiming the hour-long, single-song record was “unmarketable.” After years of hibernation, Sleep reformed in 2009 and appeared sporadically at big festivals around the world until 2014 when Cisneros stated he considers the project to be “again, a full, reunited band.” Since then, their website has recently been updated to show just a four line Morse Code message, seemingly hinting at a new album. • NAP EYES April 5 The Bishop, Bloomington Touring in support of their third album, I’m Bad Now, this Canadian group makes a stop in Bloomington that’s totally worth the drive. After touring as a supporting act for Fleet Foxes, Car Seat Headrest, and Alvvays, this time the indie-rock quartet takes center stage with a Velvet Underground sound that Pitchfork calls “lucid with laser-like focus and freeze-framed detail.” • LUCY DACUS W/ AND THE KIDS AND ADULT MOM April 7 Hi-Fi Lucy Dacus doesn’t want to be funny anymore, according to what was easily my favorite song last year, “I Don’t Want To Be Funny Anymore.” The song was her first single and succeeded in essentially capturing the inner narrative of a person who has found themselves suddenly unable to maintain their usual, outgoing, comedic relief role, while still yearning for acceptance amongst friends. In 2016 she was deemed “the next big thing” in rock music after her debut album No Burden won critical acclaim and an immediate
fanbase, and suddenly a music career seemed attainable. Since then, she has signed to Matador Records, further honed her sound, written, recorded and counted the minutes until the release of her second full length album, Historian, released March 2 of this year. Dacus will be touring in support of the record along with power-pop/rock ’n rollers And The Kids and Adult Mom. Do not miss this show. • KNUCKLE PUCK April 8 Deluxe at Old National Centre Chicago-based pop-punk band Knuckle Puck returns to Indy in April. In support of, their latest release Shapeshifter, which saw the band expand their sound and soundwriting techniques. “When you reach early adulthood and start to see your life take shape, it’s also important to shape your identity and break yourself free from anything that might be holding you down,” guitarist Nick Casasanto explains. “I hope the album instills a little bit of hope in people. I hope people realize they should consume the things that really speak to them.” • HOP ALONG May 14 Hi-Fi Hop Along started as a solo project by lead singer and guitarist Frances Quinlan in 2004, her senior year of high school. After several years of playing solo shows (purely out of necessity and envying full bands) but not wanting to write songs for anyone but herself, Quinlan’s brother Mark joined on drums and Tyler Long was added on bass. With the new lineup, the band released an EP, Wretches in 2009 and a full length, Get Disowned in 2012. In 2014, Hop Along signed to Saddle Creek Records for their third release Painted Shut, which struck the attention of new fans and music critics alike. In January the band released the first single, “How Simple,” from their upcoming Bark Your Own Head Off, Dog to be released April 6th.
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• INDY 500 RACE DAY SNAKE PIT May 27 Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• RECORD STORE DAY April 21 Various Locations It’s the best day of the year for music lovers, particularly those who prefer vinyl. Local record stores around town with be hosting live music, offering discounted merchandise and debuting special releases. Check Luna Music, Indy CD and Vinyl, Square Cat Vinyl, Karma Records and Irvington Vinyl for more information in upcoming weeks.
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• DIY TOURING: HOW TO BOOK A TOUR AND THRIVE ON THE ROAD March 29 Lo-Fi Lounge Musical Family Tree hosts the first of four educational events for Indiana musicians who are looking to leave town and take
their respective shows on the road. Learn from experienced local artists how to get started, plus what to expect and watch out for while on tour. Andy D focuses on topics like how to book a tour, how to be smart about living while on tour, building a fan base, and making money on the road. He will discuss lead times for pitching shows,
May 9-13. Like previous years, the festivities will be free and open to the public, with all proceeds benefiting the nearby hyper-local cause of Southeast Community Services. Check virginiaavemusicfest. com for more details!
• VIRGINIA AVE. MUSIC FESTIVAL May 9-13 Fountain Square After three consecutive years of flooding Indianapolis’ Virginia Avenue with music, the humble crew behind Virginia Avenue Music Fest has decided to kick things up a notch in 2018. Now in its fourth year, Virginia Avenue Music Fest has been expanded to a five-day event, spanning from
It’s a rite of passage. If you live in Indy, you have to visit the famous Snake Pit at least once. Why not do it this year when EDM masters Deadmau5, Diplo, Axwell & Ingrosso, and Griz host the dance party inside Turn 3 at the Speedway. It can be a little pricey (you gotta pay to get into the track and then buy a separate Snake Pit ticket ranging from $45-125), but once you’re in, it promises to be a day long party fueled by dance beats, a whole lot of alcohol, and enthusiasm for the Greatest Spectacle In Racing.
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f you’re reading this, you made it. You made it through another Indianapolis winter chock full of below freezing days, harsh wind chill and the drama that was the Colts coaching search. I know other states have it worse, but I believe it’s an accomplishment to make it to March without packing up all your belongings and moving to a warmer state. And hopefully your car survived too — the potholes were so bad this year they got their own Twitter account — because there are a ton of sporting events to circle on your calendar this spring. It’s an exciting time to be a sports fan in Indianapolis. The Indiana Pacers are battling for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference; the Indy Eleven made drastic offseason changes; plus the Indianapolis Indians, Indianapolis AlleyCats and Naptown Roller Derby all begin their seasons over the course of the next month. I’ll highlight a few of the events that I don’t advise missing, but when it comes to these teams, you can’t go wrong with whichever match/game/bout you decide to attend.
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• NAPTOWN ROLLER DERBY March 31 V. Royal City The Naptown Roller Derby squads kick off 2018 against an opponent that hails from north of the border. That’s right, the Royal City Roller Girls are traveling from Guelph, Ontario all the way to Indianapolis to lose to NRD. If you’ve never been to a roller derby bout before you’re missing out. Even if you struggle to grasp the rules, it’s great entertainment and audience members can get right up next to the action. There’s a reason NUVO readers vote NRD the best local amateur sports team year after year.
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While the opponent has not been determined at the time of publishing, one thing is certain, the force will be strong during this bout. It’s the annual Star Wars themed bout and the costumes present at the Fairgrounds are reason enough to snag a ticket. • INDY ELEVEN March 31 V. FC Cincinnati While the Eleven make their United Soccer League debut the week prior against Richmond, this is their home opener and the most-hyped match since the club had a chance to win the North American Soccer League Championship in New York in late 2016. The Eleven had a busy offseason, leaving the struggling NASL for the thriving USL, deciding to play their home matches in Lucas Oil Stadium instead of Michael A. Carroll Stadium, replacing Tim Hankinson with Martin Rennie at head coach all while signing more than 15 new players. The USL schedule makers gave themselves a nice pat on the back when they drew this match up. Expect these two teams, separated by less than 150 miles to become instant rivals. And expect Lucas Oil Stadium to be raucous like it was during the Manning days.
April 14 V. Nashville SC The battle of the new clubs. Nashville was founded nearly two years ago but are making their USL debut this season. It’s a noon start, so grab your coffee and donuts and get to the tailgate sections early for this one. May 2 V. FC Cincinnati Regardless of the result of the first match between the two clubs, this is another test for the Eleven. Well, Eleven’s fans, that is. How well will the Brickyard Battalion and others show up for the first midweek match of the year? The club has eight Wednesday matches on the 2018 schedule. May 5 V. Louisville City FC Another potential regional rival makes their way to Indianapolis. LCFC snagged Eleven’s Scott Stewart as their Director of PR and Media Relations so prepare yourselves for a GIF war on Twitter leading up to this one. Louisville isn’t too shabby on the pitch either, the club reached the Easter Conference finals of the USL playoffs in both of its initial seasons and then broke through and won the USL Cup last year in its third season. So yeah, stiff competition coming from Indy’s neighbors to the south. • INDY ALLEY CATS April 7 V. Madison The AlleyCats begin their home campaign at the venue they’ve called home for the past three seasons, Roncalli Stadium on the city’s Southside, and their opponent won’t be a pushover. Madison won the Midwest division in 2017 and advanced to the semifinals before falling to eventual champions San Fransisco. May 13 V. Pittsburgh The squad heads to the opposite side of the city midway through the season to kick off a new era in the semi-professional ultimate fris-
bee team’s history. They’ll play their final five home games of the 2018 campaign at Grand Park in Westfield. It’s a great opportunity for the team to take the sport to a part of the city that might not have attended a match before. • INDIANA PACERS
season game could have a large impact on playoff seeding in the Eastern Conference as only a few games separate the fourth seed from the eighth seed. If the Pacers play well down the stretch they could find themselves in position to host a first-round matchup. • INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
March 15 V. Toronto Raptors The Raptors sit atop the Eastern Conference at the time of publishing, so this could very well be a playoffs preview depending on how things shake out during the final month and a half of the regular season. Whether it is or not, you can bet Nate McMillan and the squad will be treating it like a playoff preview. Fans should too. March 19 V. Los Angeles Lakers The Lakers make their first and only appearance in Indy this season. Lonzo Ball’s dad has garnered a lot of media time because of his peculiar antics — like having both younger Ball brothers sign with a Lithuanian professional team — but Lonzo has not-so-quietly put up respectable stats in his first season in the City of Angels. The Pacers will look to avoid getting swept by the Lakers for the first time since the 2009-10 season. April 5 V. Golden State The NBA Champions come to town. The Warriors are currently in a heated battle against the Houston Rockets for the top seed in the Western Conference so they’re going to bring their A-game to Bankers Life. In an effort to give his squad something to be excited about head coach Steve Kerr let players take control of the huddle during timeouts in a February victory against the Suns. Talk about a cushy job. The Fieldhouse will be rocking for this one in what the most optimistic of fans wish could be a future NBA Finals preview. Let ‘em dream, will you? April 10 V. Charlotte In an odd scheduling move by the NBA, the Pacers play Charlotte back-to-back to end the season. The outcome of the final regular
April 6 V. Columbus Clippers It’s Opening Night at Victory Field. The Tribe offer a trifecta of promotions for their first game of the season. You can save some money by not having to park if you decide to partake in Bike to the Ballpark from Sun King Brewery. Per usual Friday night games, a fireworks show will follow the final pitch. And if the outside temperature isn’t higher than 60 degrees at first pitch, every fan in attendance gets a ticket to another April game of their choice. It’s really a win-win situation. April 9 V. Toledo Mud Hens The first Dollar Menu Night of the season is a glorious night. There’s no better way to enjoy an Indians game than filling your stomach with copious of ballpark food without putting a hole in your wallet. Start with a pair of hot dogs, chips and a cold Sun King brew (unfortunately not a $1). Snag some popcorn and peanuts midway through the game. Then finish off with Cracker Jacks after singing “Take Me Out To The Ballpark” during the seventh inning stretch. April 23 V. Syracuse Chiefs Bark in Park promotion and Dollar Menu Night, this really is the best of both worlds. Bring your dogs to the park and enjoy the game from the lawn with your best friend. May 3 V. Gwinnet Stripers Get two craft beers and a lawn ticket for $20, which is a pretty good deal considering beers will run you $10 each. FIND MORE WEEKLY SPORTS EVENTS AT NUVO.NET/CALENDAR
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