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Human rights abuses across the globe — and here at home

Redistricting reform.

Gerrymandering is killing our democracy.

To care for the earth and the rights of those in it

The environment, if we destroy it we won’t be alive to have issues.

Saving our planet before it’s too late.

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o matter how determined U.S. Sen. voted for it, so the GOP owns it outright.

Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, seems to This new plan would strip more than 20 be to alienate his base and lose next million Americans of their coverage. It also year’s election for his seat, it appears would increase premiums for the poor, the his Republican opponents are just as deterelderly, the middle-class and the sick. It mined to find ways to keep him in the race. would make it difficult, if not impossible, A few weeks ago, Donnelly enraged for Americans with pre-existing conditions activist Democrats by voting to confirm Neil to get insurance.

Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Even the And it promised huge tax breaks to the shortest tour of social media turned up angry wealthiest Americans. progressives vowing never to vote for DonThe bill was such a noxious mess that nelly again and saying they would search for Republicans in the U.S. Senate — who are and support a primary challenger. not insulated as House members are from These diehard Democrats were angry voters’ fury because statewide races can’t be about many things, but primarily about gerrymandered — treated the measure as if the notion that they’d it were a toxic waste dump had a Supreme Court seat and vowed to clean it up, if [Challengers] are they couldn’t find a place to “stolen” from them through unscrupulous behavior by it, that is. doing a far better bury Senate Republicans. The Donnelly’s two most job of motivating likely challengers next year GOP stalwarts refused, for nearly a year, to give former are U.S. Rep. Luke Messer, Democrats...

President Barack Obama’s R-Indiana, and U.S. Rep. nominee Merrick Garland Todd Rokita, R-Indiana. a hearing, much less a vote, citing a newly Both Messer and Rokita voted in favor of imagined precedent that the commandthe House bill. er-in-chief loses some constitutional prerogThey both voted to strip millions of Americans — and thousands of Hoosiers — ­ of their atives in an election year as their rationale. health care. They voted to stick it to the poor, Progressives wanted to fight fire with fire the elderly, the middle-class and the sick. and declare eternal resistance to President They voted to jack up premiums for almost Donald Trump’s nominee. everyone who doesn’t have a trust fund.

Donnelly said, in somewhat more muted They did this even though the American and diplomatic terms than this, that, even Medical Association and just about every oththough he wasn’t thrilled with Gorsuch’s er organization representing medical profespolitics, the man was qualified to serve and sionals has come out against Trumpcare. They two wrongs don’t make a right. did it even though they have no idea what it That line of reasoning wasn’t persuawill cost because the non-partisan Congressive to many members of his party. They sional Budget Office hasn’t “scored” it yet to argued that, if Donnelly was going to vote figure the price tag. They did it even though with Republicans on a matter that imsupport for Trumpcare is polling at 17 percent portant, they might as well have a Repub— just slightly ahead of the number in favor of lican in the Senate. Then the Republicans bringing back the bubonic plague. in the U.S. House of Representatives worked Between them, Messer and Rokita are doto convince them otherwise. ing a far better job of motivating Democrats On May 4, the House voted, 217-213 for and undecideds to vote for Donnelly than a new health care program, known now he could or likely will do for himself. N as Trumpcare. No Democrat in the House For more opinion pieces visit nuvo.net/voices

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An Indiana Supreme Court ruling strengthens protections for gun shops

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hen walking into Beech Grove Firearms on the city’s Southeastside, barrels stand ready, pointing through the glass cases.

Husband and wife Greg and Michelle Burge opened Beech Grove Firearms nearly 10 years ago. Michelle Burge covers the day shift and Greg Burge nights, as he works days at another job. The rest of the stocking, ordering and customer service work at the small operation is covered by eight employees, all friends and family of the Burges.

The Indiana Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision ruled Indiana gun dealers like the Burges are immune from being sued for damages if a gun they sell is used to injure someone, even if the gun was sold illegally.

Before this case, Indiana law said a person couldn’t sue a firearm dealer for damages resulting from the criminal use of a firearm by a third party.

“This statute is unambiguous,” Indiana Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Slaughter wrote in an opinion following the April 24 ruling. “By its plain terms, the statute immunizes a firearms seller from a damages suit for injustice caused by another person’s misuse.”

Robert Brookins, who teaches tort law at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, said the law was designed to protect gun shop owners acting within the law, so they can’t be held liable for damages caused by that gun once it leaves their doors.

“If he sells that gun legally, and that gun is used to kill someone, multiple people, or even the man himself, I don’t know of any state in this great union that would hold a gun shop liable for that,” Brookins said.

But following the ruling, the law now not only applies to firearms sold lawfully, but also to those sold unlawfully. That means people suing gun shops for damages can’t get a dime civilly for selling a gun

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illegally that’s used to harm someone. Yet, under the ruling, owners or employees could still face criminal charges for knowing about an illegal gun sale.

The ruling came in the case brought by wounded Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer Dwayne Runnels against KS&E Sports, a gun shop on the east side of Indianapolis.

In October 2011, Demetrious Martin ­— a convicted felon who couldn’t legally purchase or possess a firearm —and Tarus Blackburn went into KS&E to browse the selection.

In front of Blackburn and a KS&E employee, Martin identified a gun as one he liked. The two customers eventually left the store without making a purchase, according to the case history laid out in the Supreme Court ruling.

Later that same day, Blackburn returned to KS&E and bought that handgun Martin had liked for $325, filling out the paperwork as the owner. Outside in the shop’s parking lot, Blackburn turned around and sold the gun to Martin for $375.

Two months after Martin got his hands on that .40-caliber handgun, in December

2011, Runnels pulled him over during a traffic stop. Runnels had recognized Martin’s maroon Chevrolet Impala as matching a description of a vehicle connected to a recent armed robbery and shooting.

As the officer approached the Impala, Martin got out of the car and fired two shots at the officer, wounding him in his hip. Runnels returned fire and killed Martin.

In May 2012, Blackburn was charged with and later pled guilty to making a false and fictitious written statement in acquiring a firearm — also known as being a straw purchaser. A straw purchase is when someone who can’t lawfully get their hands on a firearm has someone else purchase it and fill out the paperwork in their own name before turning around and handing it over to the other person who can’t legally get one.

Michelle Burge said that, although she knows her shop and probably other sellers do their best to stop straw deals, they can never know someone’s true purpose in buying a gun and who it’s for. She said a driver who delivered to their store once purchased a gun from them and used it to kill someone.

To prevent illegal gun sales from happening, the Burge’s gun shop abides by the federal sales regulations, including those outlined in the firearms transactions record form put out by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Every customer who purchases a firearm must fill out the form.

The form requires information like the customer’s name, address, height, weight and ethnicity but also lists 12 questions customers must answer. Gun shop employees have to make sure the first question — “Are you the actual transferee/buyer of the firearm(s) listed on this form?” — is marked as “yes” and that the other 11 down the line — including “Have you ever been committed to a mental institution?” and

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“Have you ever been convicted in any those businesses. court of a felony?” — are marked as “no” For example, a bartender who keeps servbefore handing over the gun. ing alcohol to someone who has obviously “If any of these aren’t what they’re suphad too much to drink could be held liable posed to be, we have to stop the sale right for the actions that person takes once they then and there,” Michelle Burge said. leave the bar and, for instance, drives The shop also takes extra predrunk and harms someone. cautions to insure they are The same logic applies to selling lawfully. On the liquor store clerks selling front counter they have beer to someone 21 or a sign that, in big, bold older and them giving red and highlighter it to someone who is yellow letters, reads, underage, another “Don’t Lie for the instance of straw Other Guy.” The sign purchasing — but one explains buying a that is not protected gun for someone who and specifically outlined cannot legally purchase in Indiana law. the weapon can get the “It appears to me the buyer 10 years in jail and up to statute was designed to BEECH GROVE FIREARMS a $250,000 fine. protect innocent and // PHOTO BY ASHLEY SHULER Although part of Runnels’ case unknowing gun sellers for getting monetary damages from KS&E from the acts of third parties,” wrote Justice was dismissed in the Supreme Court ruling, Robert Rucker in his joined dissenting opinanother survives. ion with Chief Justice Loretta Rush following Runnels also sued the shop for being the ruling. “The legislature could not have a public nuisance. He alleges KS&E has intended to protect gun sellers from their caused and maintained an unreasonable own illegal acts.” interference with the public’s health, safety Roger Pardieck, one of Runnels’ attorand peace because they don’t properly train neys, said it was disappointing to lose the their employees to minimize the risk of case, as it had favorable rulings all the way criminals, juveniles and other prohibited or through the chain, including the trial court dangerous people obtaining firearms from judge, Court of Appeals and two of the their store. state’s Supreme Court judges.

That claim will continue in the courts Pardieck said the continuation of the because it doesn’t fall under the immunity equitable relief half of the case is a small statue, as Runnels only seeks equitable, not victory they intend to pursue to prevent monetary, relief for it. Equitable relief in this illegal gun sales. case would be the court requiring that KS&E “The end goal was to prevent, to the employees are trained properly. extent we can, illegal sales of firearms. That “Those kinds of cases are the hard ones. was our contention,” he said. “It was an The law is not there in black and white,” illegal sale, and it should’ve been judged as Professor Brookins said. “The question we such by the Supreme Court.” have to ask ourselves is: Do you want to add Michelle Burge said Beech Grove Firethe element of common sense?” arms does everything they can to detect Similar to journalists in the freedom of straw purchasing and follows federal guidethe press section of the Constitution, the lines but can’t ever be sure of what someone rights of gun dealers are clearly embedded is going to do after buying. It’s just too gray. in Indiana law. Guns dealers are a special “The way I look at is, if somebody’s protected class and get special types of imgoing to kill somebody, they’re going to do munity for what happens with their product it with whatever they have access to. Gun, once it leaves their doors, which is not the car, knife,” Michelle Burge said. “Unfortucase for other businesses and employees of nately, guns get the bad rap.” N NUVO.NET // 05.10.17 - 05.17.17 // NEWS // 5

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHECKMARKS

What the Indiana legislature approved in 2017 – and what that means for Hoosiers

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he Indiana General Assembly concluded its 2017 session on April 21 a week early and with little fanfare.

And with only one exception, Holcomb accepted and signed everything that crossed his desk. So what does that mean for the rest of us?

NUVO has covered extensively the big items of the session. Details about the biennial budget (HEA 1001), the approval of the use of CBD oil as a last resort for epilepsy patients (HEA 1148), the expansion of pre-K funding (HEA 1004), the gas tax increase to fund infrastructure improvements (HEA 1002) and the step away from Indiana’s solar industry (SEA 309) can be found in the NUVO archives. We also applauded Gov. Eric Holcomb for his one and only veto — he rejected the legislature’s attempt to enact an hourly fee chargeable to people trying to access public records (HEA 1523).

Aside from the big stuff, the legislature did do a lot of other things that warrant attention. The following is not a comprehensive list. There aren’t enough pages in NUVO to detail all 271 bills passed and signed this session. But this is a list of some of the bills that will noticeably affect our day-to-day lives for the good, bad and otherwise.

HEA 1039: ROUNDABOUTS Written by Rep. Jerry Torr, R-Carmel, this legislation puts rules in place regarding the right-of-way when approaching roundabouts. It makes sense that such legislation would be come from a representative from the roundabout capital of Indiana.

But will it be effective? That is a good question. The law requires a driver to yield the right-of-way to a driver having at least 40

ance companies encourage $25,000, but for those who can only afford the bare minimum requirements, this could create a financial burden. The law will take effect for new and renewed policies July 1, 2018, giving car owners a year to anticipate the additional cost.

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feet or a total width of at least 10 feet when driving through a roundabout and requires a truck driver to yield the right-of-way to the left when two truck drivers approach the roundabout at the same time. That sounds good on paper, but how will the general public know of this statute? Will there be signage?

Will there be violation with penalty?

The only thing about this legislation that makes sense is the definition of roundabout and the change to the term from “round traffic island.”

HEA 1033: CAR INSURANCE Be prepared for car insurance premiums to go up in 2018. This legislation requires Hoosier drivers to carry a minimum of $25,000 in property damage coverage instead of $10,000. Most insur-

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This legislation is good news for parents of children with developmental delays. Starting in July 2018, children between the ages of 3 and 9 can be categorized as developmentally delayed for the purpose of special education services in schools. Currently, the rule is for kids between 3 and 5 years of age.

Legislation like this may not seem very significant if your kids are neurotypical.

But, for those parents of children with high-functioning autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and other conditions that can delay communication, fine and gross motor, social and other early childhood skills, this is extremely important in allowing them to get assistance and services for their children.

And considering that the mandatory age of school in Indiana is 7 years of age and only a small number of Hoosier kids attend a quality certified preschool that can help diagnose, test and assist children in this category, the expansion of the qualifying age is really a no brainer.

HEA 1178: VOTER RIGHTS This legislation is somewhat of a double-edged sword in terms of voter rights and education. On one hand, all transactions conducted in person at the BMV will be open for discussion about one’s voter registration status for possible new

registrations and any changes necessary.

Currently only diver’s licenses, permits and identification cards get that honor. But, instead of the BMV employee filling out the registration for the individual and submitting it electronically, a paper registration form is merely provided, placing the responsibility of completion and return on the individual.

I’m sure one of the arguments in favor of this change was to quicken the time spent in line at the license branch. But, with the BMV requiring more and more transactions to be done online rather than in person, fewer people will be given the opportunity to register to vote. And, with more transactions being done online, the lines at the BMV aren’t nearly as long as they once were. From that perspective, taking the two minutes needed to fill out a voter registration form isn’t really that big of a deal.

SEA 20: MARRIAGE As of July 1 the governor, lieutenant governor and members of the General Assembly will be allowed to solemnize marriages — or officiate wedding ceremonies — like clergy, mayors, county clerks and judges. However they cannot accept any money for their services. Interestingly, most people who officiate weddings don’t accept payment either, but will ask that a suggested amount be donated to an entity of their choosing.

The language of the bill simply states that “the governor, lieutenant governor, or a member of the general assembly may not accept any money for solemnizing a marriage.” But does that include “donations” to a political campaign or Political Action Committee fund of the public

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SEA 337: EDUCATION All high schools in Indiana will soon be required to offer at least one ethnic/racial groups course as a one-semester elective. Sen. Greg Taylor, D-Indianapolis, has been working for this addition to the Indiana high school curriculum for a long time. It is one of the few elective high school courses dictated by state law. The questions now are who will create the course curriculum, and what will it entail? The possibilities are endless … and a tad bit frightening.

SEA 423: IMMIGRATION In 2011, the General Assembly passed legislation prohibiting Indiana cities from declaring themselves sanctuary cities.

This year, the legislature extended that prohibition to include the state’s colleges and universities. The legislation prohibits postsecondary educational institutions from implementing any rules or regulations preventing an employee from communicating with immigration officials, exchanging information with federal officials and maintaining records.

The law only prohibits the college or university from creating any rules or policies.

It does not prevent faculty, staff and other university employees from acting of their own accord, nor does it prevent anyone from educating themselves on what their individual rights are.

HEA 1024: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Rep. John Bartlett, D-Indianapolis, authored the bill he says is designed to secure the religious freedoms of students into law. The bill requires public school corporations and charter schools to allow students to express their own religious preferences in all aspects at school. Not only can students express their religious views in homework, artwork, and other assignments, but they will also have the freedom to participate in religious

activities — like prayer — before, during and after school and wear religious symbols, clothing and accessories without fear of discrimination.

The bill does instruct the Department of Education to work with various partners to develop a model policy and for schools to offer an elective course on religions of the world. But what happens when the directive of one student’s faith infringes on another? Will Muslim students be allowed to bring prayer rugs to school? Will a Wiccan wearing a pentacle be protected under religious expression?

HEA 1430: SUICIDE The 2017 Kids Count Data Book served as a wake up call for the legislature and other Hoosiers who were paying attention to its results. Indiana youth rated higher than the national average in all four categories relating to suicide. According to the results, one in five Hoosier teens has seriously considered attempting suicide. Indiana high school students also have a higher rate of attempts and attempts that required medical attention.

This legislation seeks to reverse that trend by requiring all Indiana teachers to participate in suicide awareness and prevention training every three years. The bill also includes programming requirements for medical service providers and colleges and universities. The Netflix show 13 Reason Why has brought the topic of teen suicide to the forefront of national conversation. Let’s hope the steps taken by the legislature will keep Indiana kids from being the subject of that conversation.

SEA 366: DRIVER’S LICENSE Once upon a time a driver’s license was just a representation of one’s ability to operate a motor vehicle and obey state traffic laws. Now — thanks to secure IDs — a driver’s license is a federally approved document of citizenship and identity. And because of the secure ID requirements, it is impossible for an teen to obtain one without the assistance of a parent.

This new law creates an avenue for underaged youth in the custody of the state

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TOPICS FOR FUTURE STUDY If there is one thing the legislature is good at it is kicking the can down the road. Instead of addressing issues head-on, legislators will take the time to “study” an issue with the possible intent of creating legislation based on the results of the study committee.

Sometimes nothing comes from the committee contrary to popular opinion (like last year’s study of LGBTQ+ civil rights) and sometimes the committee makes a recommendation doesn’t make it through the system (like the proposed independent redistricting commission).

Regardless of the future outcome, legislators will take the time to study several issues this summer ranging from health issues to gun licensing to alcohol sales.

HEA 1123: THE STUDY OF CIVIL FORFEITURE LAWS

HEA 1535: STUDY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING MATTERS (The study will focus on funding resources and facilities.)

HEA 1642: STUDY OF DIABETES ISSUES IN INDIANA

HEA 1644: STUDY OF APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS ISSUES (This study concerns special education.)

SEA 253: STUDY OF PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE

to obtain a driver’s permit or license at no charge and obtain car insurance. The state is essentially the parent for kids in foster care. This law will allow the state to take that responsibility and grant kids the opportunity to be young adults with their first display of independence.

HEA 1036: JUDGES Because of a court ruling, Marion County needed a revised way to select judges for the circuit and superior courts.

Although the previous way allowed for an equal number of Republican and Democrat judges to serve, it was declared unconstitutional because it limited the election to a smaller pool of people voting in the primary. This law takes the initial choice completely away from the general public and places it in the hands of a 14-member committee and the governor.

Now, when a judicial seat becomes vacant, the committee puts three names before the governor for final selection. If the governor doesn’t appoint one of the three within 60 days, the decision goes to the chair of the committee. Once on the bench, each judge appears on the Marion County general election ballot for a retention vote.

If the electorate rejects the judge, then the process starts all over again. Marion County becomes the fifth county in the state to select judges on a merit system instead of by election.

SEA 404: ABORTION This legislation requires doctors to obtain consent from a parent, legal guardian or custodian before performing an abortion on an underage girl seeking the procedure. The bill makes no exceptions for situations where the parent/guardian/ custodian-minor relationship is strained or the source of any abuse or neglect. The legislation does require doctors to report suspected cases of abuse or sex trafficking, but does not permit a doctor to proceed with an abortion procedure under such circumstances.

The only exception made is if the life or health of the minor is endangered.

Long standing juvenile court judge Marilyn Moores opposed the bill and

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testified against it, describing the cases where young girls had been kicked out of their homes or even abused by parents and guardians after a pregnancy was disclosed and the desire to abort the pregnancy was discussed.

The bill makes the assumption that all parent-child relationships are stable and trustworthy. Experience tells us through witnesses like Judge Moores that that isn’t always the case.

SEA 29: EDUCATION There is a case to be made about why people do not vote in municipal or state elections compared to national elections. Our national government system is taught in high school, but the exact mechanics of how the General Assembly works or the uniqueness of Indianapolis’ Unigov system is lost on everyone except the very politically dedicated.

This bill calls for high schools to create an Indiana studies class to be offered as a one-semester elective. The exact details of what the course will cover remains a mystery, but one can hope that the state’s government structure at the state and county levels will be covered, along with history, culture and other things Hoosier-specific.

The bill also includes a provision to survey school boards, administrators and teachers on the pros and cons of mandatory instruction of cursive writing in elementary school.

SEA 299: DRONES It’s not often that legislation keeps up with technology, but this bill is a decent attempt. With drones gaining in popularity, the legislature has established a few ground rules for the small unmanned aircraft.

As of July 1, aerial voyeurism and aerial harassment are misdemeanor crimes. It will also be a no-no to interfere with public safety aerial devices and sex offenders can add drones to their “do not mess with” list.

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ust about a year ago, a number of wildly expressive oil paintings featuring faces of girls and young women went up outside the door of Studio 2B in the Circle City Industrial Complex (CCIC). These paintings announced the arrival of Andrea Jandernoa, a striking new talent.

Jandernoa, 28, opened a studio in the Circle City Industrial Complex in May 2016.

Much of her portraiture has a precise yet painterly realism, set against expressive abstract backgrounds. Her subjects are often girls and young women; often they are the same age of the students she teaches as an art teacher in Emma Donnan Middle School on Indy’s south side.

Jandernoa grew up in Chicago. After graduating from Saint Francis University in Fort Wayne, Ind. with degrees in studio art and English literature, Jandernoa went to Kingston University in London, England where she received an M.A. in philosophy and critical theory. She now lives in Indianapolis, raising a 2-year-old son, Oliver with her husband Tom Tuttle.

It was near her son’s age that her own art education began.

“My grandma started teaching me when I was really little,” says Jandernoa. “She was from an immigrant family in Pittsburgh. She got a full ride to Carnegie School of Art and Design. And she didn’t actually find out about it because her father was super-conservative and took the letter and didn’t show it to her. So she stopped creating art for a really long time and when she started teaching me, I learned about her story. It was more apparent that I could go after a dream that she once had that I also had, that I could fulfill.”

Some of her work is evocative of the painter Alice Neel, an influence of Jandernoa. In much of her work, you can also see words under the paint. That is, embroidery as text — or subtext — sewn into the canvases that convey her ideas about identity formation.

This exploration of mixed media originated when Jandernoa was a student at Saint Francis.

“I was studying English and art at the same time and I kept trying to fuse the two together,” she says. “I got a lot of pushback from my painting instructor who like had

some criticism about how if you include words in your art, it’s one of the things that people see first. So [I made it so] you don’t really see the words first; and they become more of the background...”

Jandernoa is fond of drips in her work, so there’s often a lot of gesso under the oil paint.

“Since I’m stretching my own canvases so I use transparent gesso instead of white gesso, so all my art starts on more of a warm or neutral white surface base color,” she says. “Then, I’ll do a layer with gesso where I water down white gesso and throw it at the canvas so that way you can really see a lot of the expressive, explosive drippy backgrounds underneath.”

Rather than have subjects pose for her paintings, she usually prefers to take photographs.

“What I like about working with photography you can blow it up really close and see all the strange rainbow colors and skin tones,” she says And the subjects readily available just so happened to be her three sisters.

“I would come home and be able to photograph them for a long time, and kind of force them to my will,” says Jandernoa.

“But I do also like that they’re family members and they’re coming from a similar background...”

There is a reason, she says, that most of her subjects are young women, often the same age of the kids that she is teaching in middle school.

“When you’re at that age you’re just starting to figure out your own identity and a lot of these deal with that kind of process of identity formation, what it means to figure out your own identity,” she says.

Jandernoa is more interested in developing in her students a passion for art — the passion that her grandmother inspired in her — rather than imparting any particular skill in her toolbox.

“As an art teacher, I’m totally not technical at all,” she says. “I’m hardcore: just create ideas, communicate something, explore, experiment. A lot of the kids that I teach don’t have any kind of art background whatsoever, so just getting them to explore ideas and concepts and experiment is way more important to me.” N

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ince 2012, IndyFringe Theatre has hosted OnyxFest, a celebration of both up-and-coming and established African American playwrights.

One of the shows at this year’s festival — which begins May 12 — is Truth – The One Man Show, written by and starring Indianapolis actor, director and writer Ryan L. Bennett.

For Bennett, whose first acting gig was with Asante Children’s Theatre more than 20 years ago, it was a matter of encouragement from both IndyFringe Executive Director Pauline Moffat and Angela Jackson-Brown, a creative writing professor at Ball State University and playwright who first met Bennett when he was the stage manager for her play, Anna’s Wings, at the 2016 OnyxFest.

Bennett told Jackson-Brown his idea for Truth, and she agreed to be his writing coach. She has worked with him every step of the way.

He says he picked a one-man show because he wanted a challenge and to use some of his acting skills from his work with Act a Foo Improv.

“He and I talked about the one-woman show … by Whoopi Goldberg back in the 1980s,” said Jackson-Brown. “Her range was unbelievable. I encouraged Ryan to study her and recognize that he has to sell the notion that he is four different people. He has to make sure Ryan never enters the stage … just these four characters.”

All of the characters are fictional and based on research Bennett did with help from Jackson-Brown. In determining his characters, Bennett said he would ask himself, “What was the mindset at the time? How would these characters interact with the world?”

The first character the audience meets is Silas Christian, a runaway slave in 1862, inspired by Bennett’s family history.

“My great great grandfather … was an Irish man that married a Black woman and got ran off their land in Paducah, Ken,” said Bennett. “Then, Troas was the name of the first slave papers my family found. She is Grandma Troas in the play.”

Bennett said he keeps a photocopy of the paper that says his great great grandmother

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His character Harley Wallace is based on a Ku Klux Klan member whose story takes place in 1929. Malik Muhammad is a civil rights activist whose story focuses on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And finally, Bennett plays Jackson Thomas, a misguided young man living in the present day.

“Ryan is taking on a lot with this production,” said Jackson-Brown. “But I know he can pull it off.” She adds that the show will make some audiences uncomfortable.

“Ryan goes for the jugular in his writing. …

People are going to be entertained when they see his play, but they are also going to be disturbed; and to me, all good writing should create disturbances. People should be pushed out of their comfort zones and Ryan does this with every character he

brings to the stage.”

“Everything I do, I make sure there is a meaning and a purpose for it,” Bennett added. “When facing some ugly truths, sometimes it does hurt, but through that hurt we can actually heal.”

In addition to helping Bennett write his script, Jackson-Brown is producing her own show, Black Lives Matter (Too), which she wrote with her student Ashya Thomas. It’s “one part play and one part story-poem that explores the struggles and triumphs of Black people from slavery to the present.”

Black Lives Matter (Too) is directed by Dena L. Toleras. Jackson-Brown is directing The Quilting, a play about domestic violence and inspired by true events of playwright Mijiza Holiday’s mother.

“You just don’t see many festivals that are not only open to inviting people of color to showcase their work but to also invite brand new playwrights,” Jackson-Brown said. “What IndyFringe is doing is virtually unheard of and there is no direct, upfront cost to the playwrights.” N

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he Summer Movie Blockbusters Season used to start on Memorial Day weekend and end on Labor Day weekend. Things are different now. August is mostly used as a dumping ground for the studios — a chance to hopefully squeeze at least one decent weekend at the box office before word of mouth sinks their flick.

Meanwhile, the opening of the season keeps getting earlier. This year it began the first week of May, when Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 made our galaxy a better place to be. One could argue that The Fate of the Furious bumped the opening of summer into mid-April.

We’ll sort it all out later. In the meantime, here’s a glimpse at a few of the SUPER SUMMER MEGA-MOVIES that caught my attention.

ALIEN: COVENANT Ridley Scott (Prometheus) moves forward from his Alien prequel, but keeps Michael Fassbender as an android. The droid will

become a member of a new crew which includes Katherine Waterston as a tough, independent explorer. Don’t know many details about the story, but I’m betting that eventually something is going to burst out of someone and we’re all going to jump in our seats. Opens May 19.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES This one caught my attention because I couldn’t believe Disney is still cranking these out. Johnny Depp still stars, and … zzzzzzz.

Sorry, nodded off there for a moment. Hope for the best. Opens May 26.

WONDER WOMAN It’s finally happening. Wonder Woman is about to smash through the glass ceiling of superhero movies. Gal Gadot plays the comic book legend, after making a memorable appearance in Batman v. Superman. Those eager to see Princess Diana in her iconic outfit will have to be patient — the movie

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has to cover her backstory first. Eventually she will meet Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) when the American intelligence agent crashes near Diana’s island home. So how does she get from 1918 to 2017? Time portal? Long life?

Will she use her magic lasso? What about her invisible plane? Will the filmmakers be nervy enough to include the invisible plane? I don’t know the answers to any of these questions, but I’m eager to find out. Opens June 2.

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Forget the previous five Spider-Man movies. This one is about the Spider-Man that stole scenes in the last Avengers movie, which Marvel insisted on calling Captain America: Civil War. Robert Downey Jr. appears as young Spider-Man’s mentor, and Tom Holland stars as teen-age Peter Parker.

Director Jon Watts says his film focuses on life from the vantage point of 15-yearold Spidey. I just hope they don’t drag us through another longer origin story. Yes, a radioactive spider bit him, now let’s move on to the wise-cracks and web-slinging action. Opens July 7.

DUNKIRK World War II epic. Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy) recreates the 1940 evacuation of Dunkirk, France, when over 300,000 Allied soldiers retreated across the English Channel. Fionn Whitehead and Tom Hardy star. The director goes for realism on a massive scale, including the hiring of thousands to stand on the Dunkirk beaches. Dunkirk was filmed with IMAX cameras too. This is going to be a sight to behold. Opens July 21.

WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Seems a tad insensitive to go from a film about a real war to the latest installment of the Man v Monkeys series. (There. Having noted my sensitivity, I now continue.) Andy Serkis returns as ape leader Caesar, with Woody Harrelson as the leader of a violent faction. Opens July 14.

THE MUMMY Brendan Fraser is gone (moved to an upcoming TV series, I believe) and Tom Cruise stars in … wait a minute, Tom Cruise is starring in a Mummy movie??? How weird is that?! The Fraser-era Mummy flicks were basically Indiana Jones knockoffs with CGI littering the screen. The trailers look even busier. Cruise’s character is stranded after a plane crash and eventually meets the very powerful Princess Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella). Wait a minute — this movie sounds a lot like Wonder Woman in reverse! Thank

VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS Remember Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element? His fantastic future was visually realized in a way I’ve never seen before. So cool!

Hopefully, Besson will present an equally stunning future in this story of Alpha, a city called home by humans, robots, methane-partial aliens, and marine Martians.

I have no idea what those last two groups will turn out to be, but I’m eager to find out.

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remember the first time a friend of mine mentioned kombucha. This friend only eats and drinks for sustenance and not for enjoyment. I more often than not eat purely for enjoyment.

He was into this healthy, probiotic fermented tea drink and he said that I’d love it. I think he likened it to beer — I’m in! — before he let me have a swig from his bottle.

He was wrong — completely wrong. This was not beer.

What I was drinking was vinegary, earthy, and contained some globular substance in there that felt like a loogie. It was reminiscent of a wine that had turned and filled with sediment. I forced myself to swallow it and vowed to never drink it again.

And I didn’t drink it for years …. until a few months ago when a woman behind the counter at R2GO suggested that I try this kombucha and said it was better than any she’d ever had. I pulled a bottle out of the refrigerator and realized it looked different than the kombuchas I’m used to seeing (and avoiding). It was clearer, it was grapefruit and most strikingly, it was local, which was easy to recognize by the name Circle City Kombucha.

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NUVO.NET/FOOD+DRINK inely like this, and that it’s unlike anything the vinegar yeast come in and then we they’ve had before.” add in an anaerobic [bacteria], which is a He’s right; that taste I got at R2GO changed closed fermentation and that’s when we my mind entirely. Freddy add in our juice.”

Ferro, another founder, The sourness is out and “I love people explains what sets Circle so is another thing that City’s kombuchas apart makes Circle City Komthat hate from traditional kombuchas bucha’s offerings more kombucha, most palatable for myself (and I while we are sipping on one of their six flavors at their can imagine most people) people that say production facility near at the scoby. Scoby stands that try ours 11th and Arlington. for “symbiotic colony of “Do you taste any bacteria and yeast” and it’s and they say sourness in our beverage?” a major part of what makes he asks. And I admit, I they genuinely kombucha so healthy. don’t. Mostly I just taste Scoby is also what leads like this.” ginger. He continues, “It’s to that peculiar texture in — MATT WHITESIDE, a fermented drink, not a traditional kombucha.

CO-FOUNDER OF soda, but it’s not nearly as Circle City Kombucha CIRCLE CITY KOMBUCHA tangy or tart as you would strains the scoby out of experience in a regular the finished product, so it kombucha. And the reason for that is we drinks more like a soda. As Ferro explains, cut off our first fermentation early before “There are definitely the health benefits of

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NUVO.NET/FOOD+DRINK it, none of the things we do that sort of gear er’s Kitchen on Mass Ave. it towards a soda experience, none of it is “Rooster’s is doing kombucha radlers at the expense of probiotics or naturally with grapefruit and an IPA, or a lager or occurring B12 vitamins.” cream ale with pom or cherry. And that was When the trio behind the product — Ross’ creation,” Ferro says. which includes Whiteside, Ferro and Whiteside explains their mindset behind their brewer Skylar Williams — set out to it, “People always ask us why we promote create kombucha, they knew they didn’t kombucha with alcohol since kombucha is want to be just like all of the other offersupposed to be healthy for your stomach, ings on the market. and healthy overall. The thing is, we’re not “What you’ll notice is our slogan is ‘Feel here to change people’s lives. We’re here to Good Soda,’” says Ferro. “Right out of the provide them with better lifestyle choices. gate, when we were looking at our values So, if you’re going to make a mixed drink and goals and what our mission statement and put a Coke in it that has 45 carbohyis, we realized we didn’t want to be this drates, why not put a kombucha in that hippie-dippie health beverage.” has some probiotics to help your stomach This mindset has not only set apart out, some vitamins and about a fifth of the their product taste-wise, but it also allows sugar content, if that?” for them to market it to a wider audiBy promoting the “mixed drink” applience. Kombucha’s profile cation of kombucha, the has risen to popularity trio reaches people who “We are madly recently due to its health maybe never would have benefits. The list of purpicked popular grocery in love with this ported benefits including brands like GT’s Enlightcity. It’s Circle helping with digestion, ened or Lion Heart. They liver function and sleep; hypothesize it makes their City Kombucha stopping hair loss; and the product more approachfor a reason.” list goes on. able, and that’s important — FREDDY FERRO, For Whiteside, the when bringing a relatively CO-FOUNDER OF health aspects of the prodnew trend into a city that CIRCLE CITY KOMBUCHA uct has been a godsend. hasn’t really seen it before.

“I’m actually Type I dia“We’re all working tobetic,” he says. “So I got diabetes when I was gether just to educate the public,” Whitethree years old. I’ve had it my whole life and side explains.

I’ve always struggled with not being able And they’re doing it by being at as many to drink anything out there because I can’t events as possible and also by making sure have anything with added sugar. the places carrying their product under“But when Skylar started innovating stand and appreciate it. Circle City Komthese products I thought it was great and bucha has a goal to be present at at least I have a growler in my fridge at all times. I one event a week. They’re also currently start my day with a glass and generally end working on getting growler-fill stations it with a glass. I don’t recommend everyone at Rooster’s Kitchen and Thirsty Scholar, drink a ton of it, but I do and it’s great. For and (hopefully) a few other places. Adding me, it’s genuinely been life-changing.” growler-fills to their repertoire will allow And while Circle City’s product offers them to get more product out around the the health benefits just like any other city until they are able to open up a tasting kombucha, the guys behind it see it as room at the production facility, they say. more than that.

It’s easy to see these guys are happy They’ve been happy to see their prodto bring a product they love into a city uct used by chefs like Regina Mehallick of they love.

R2GO and Artie of Artie’s Paleo on the Go to “We are madly in love with this city,” braise meat. Another popular use has come Ferro says. “It’s Circle City Kombucha for out of their accounts at places like Roosta reason.” N NUVO.NET // 05.10.17 - 05.17.17 // FOOD+DRINK // 17

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Opeth brings Sorceress to Old National Centre on theater tour

BY JOEY SMITH // JSMITH@NUVO.NET

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ikael Åkerfeldt, lead singer, guitarist and metaphorical motor for the legendary Swedish band, Opeth, mentioned during our early spring interview that his band has developed an affinity for grand theaters on their latest tour, in support of new album Sorceress.

It’s appropriate, then, that Opeth’s Indy date is at the grand dame of Indianapolis theaters, the almost-100-year-old Murat Shrine, now known as Old National Centre. The heavy metal legends play here on Saturday.

JOEY SMITH: You all have been touring and playing for a long time. Anything new with this tour?

MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: We kind of upped the ante a little bit with the production. It looks good, if you’re into that kind of stuff. Not saying that we look good it’s just the lights.

It’s a bigger production. It’s been going well.

And we’ve done some landmark type shows that I think we’ll remember forever. Radio City Music Hall in New York, the Opera House in Sydney, Massey Hall in Toronto, places that we know that we’ll remember. Because we play so much most of the time, it’s a blur.

JOEY: Did you book those shows specifically for the memories?

MIKAEL: Yeah, we’ve kind of moved into theaters. Not saying we’re old, or like, the crowd is old and they want to sit down or anything like that. Those kind of theaters, those places add to the experience when it comes

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to Opeth. I really got a taste for it. I think all of us did. So, we deliberately sought out some of those places. Like the Sydney Opera House is not the regular rock and roll place, but it really works for us. It becomes special.

JOEY: That makes sense to me. Your music is very cinematic, theatrical. It makes sense to hear Opeth in those places.

MIKAEL: I mean I’ve never seen us, of course, but it feels right. We don’t have that type of eye candy. I mean, this band isn’t about …. it’s hard for me to say we put on a great show. We just go out there and play.

We don’t have bombs going off, or cannons, or dwarves on stage. [laughs] It’s just us up there playing. So, we do what we can and I don’t want to sell ourselves to that kind of scene. Like, tell the guys in the band to dress up properly and look cool. Because we’re not cool. We’re just guys who love to play.

JOEY: I read a recent quote from you [in an interview with BangerTV] that said, “I don’t fear anything when it comes to making music.” Why is that?

MIKAEL: Well, I guess it comes down to the fact that we’ve been around a long time and we’ve got a lot of flack from people.

You know, there’s been a time in our career, if you will, that we felt like we couldn’t do anything wrong. We put out a record, [said] “that’s the masterpiece,” you know, “that’s the number one album of the year, the decade.” And then we started getting more and

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more negative reviews. In the beginning, I was like, “What the fuck happened?” My ego took a little bit of a hit.

Yet, when we looked back at what we were doing, it was so clear to us that this is what we want to do, this is what we like doing, and I would rather sacrifice my ego, our collective ego, egos of fans. If we just maintain doing what we’ve always done, which is basically write music for ourselves, everything else is kind of luck. It doesn’t matter if people dislike or like what we are doing. We made all those songs under the same premise, the so-called bad ones and the good ones. Everything is just luck, I think.

And I can relate to that, because I’m a massive music fan myself. Some records didn’t mean a lot to you because of where you were when you discovered them. You were kind of open for certain records at a certain time of your life. In my opinion that’s probably 50 percent of why you like it, you have to be open for it right then. People react how they react and it’s only healthy for a band like us, or for any band to just do what they want to do. It kind of worked for us. But if you want to become a massive, big band, it’s easy to look over and see what the audience wants you to do as opposed to doing what you want to do.

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t came as a bit of a shock when I heard the news that jazz legend Gary Burton was ending his extraordinary career with a farewell concert at the Jazz Kitchen. I wasn’t surprised by the location, as Burton was born and raised here in the Hoosier state. I was taken aback by the fact that Burton had planned out his retirement. That’s an unusual move in the music world, as musicians often seem to keep on playing until death or physical incapacitation intervenes.

But Burton did indeed end his historic run in music with a final performance at the Jazz Kitchen on Friday, March 17.

Burton first came to national prominence in the mid 1960s. His four-mallet technique on the vibraphone was as innovative as the music his quartet was recording. Along with guitarist Larry Coryell, drummer Roy Haynes, and bassist Steve Swallow, Burton’s group helped lead the way for the fusion movement that would dominate jazz in the 1970s. Burton’s contributions didn’t go unnoticed, in 1968 he became the youngest musician named Down Beat magazine’s Jazzman of the Year.

Since releasing his first solo disc in 1961, Burton has recorded over 50 albums as a leader, racked up seven Grammy awards, developed important collaborations with artists ranging from Chick Corea to Carla Bley, and in the 1990s, came out publicly as one of the few openly gay musicians in jazz.

KYLE: Mr. Burton, you have an incredible discography of recorded music, and we’d be here all day if I went in-depth asking about this catalog of music. But I wanted to ask about a couple specific areas you’ve worked in, and you’ve worked in an amazingly wide expanse of musical styles. One of the things that really intrigues me is your work in country music.

There are a lot of connections between jazz and country music, but I don’t think the average person would associate the two genres very strongly. Of course you recorded with Chet Atkins, and Floyd Cramer, and you also made some country themed solo work when you

were recording for RCA in the ‘60s. Can you talk a bit about your work in country music?

GARY: Well, of course I grew up in Southern Indiana, not far from Bill Monroe’s Bean Blossom Bluegrass Music Festival in Nashville, Indiana. In fact, for about a decade I owned a house in Nashville, Indiana. It was kind of a vacation home. It was just down the road from the Bean Blossom music festival. Although, when I was in high school I didn’t pay much attention to country music. You could say I was a jazz snob. But my first break into the music profession actually came through Nashville, Tennessee. There was a musician in Evansville named Boots Randolph, a saxophone player who had become popular in Nashville studios playing in the background on things like Elvis records, where they wanted a honky tonk saxophone thing to happen on the records. So he overheard a guitar player in one of the studios say he was going to make a jazz record, he’d become a jazz buff and had gotten the go ahead from his record company to make a jazz record.

This musician lamented that their were no vibraphone players in Nashville, being that it was a country town and all. So Boots said, “There’s this kid up in Indiana that you might want to hear if you’re looking for a vibes player.”

So a few weeks later, I rode down to Nashville and met up with this guitarist named Hank Garland… Hank suggested I come to Nashville for the summer, and we would play weekends at a club and we would make this record. That sounded fantastic to me, an actual professional job and a chance to be on a record.

Among the things I discovered that summer, was that a lot of the country musicians were in fact jazz fans. They appreciated the instrumental prowess of jazz musicians. So that’s where a lot of the overlap comes between jazz music and country music. It’s on the instrumental side more than the vocal. If you listen to country instrumental music, or bluegrass music, you get the same kind of hot solos going on that you have in jazz, The songs are not quite as complex harmonically, but they share a lot of things in common. I suddenly discovered I had a lot of respect for really high quality country music as I was discovering it that summer. N

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Kiss the flame and it is yours,” teased the poet Thomas Lux. What do you think he was hinting at? It’s a metaphorical statement, of course. You wouldn’t want to literally thrust your lips and tongue into a fire. But according to my reading of the astrological omens, you might benefit from exploring its meanings. Where to begin? May I suggest you visualize making out with the steady burn at the top of a candle? My sources tell me that doing so at this particular moment in your evolution will help kindle a new source of heat and light in your deep self — a fresh fount of glowing power that will burn sweet and strong like a miniature sun.

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Visualize it. What picture pops into your imagination?

Is it a bejeweled golden key like what might be used to access an old treasure chest? Is it a rustic key for a garden gate or an oversized key for an ornate door? Is it a more modern thing that locks and unlocks car doors with radio waves? Whatever you choose, Gemini, I suggest you enshrine it in as an inspirational image in the back of your mind. Just assume that it will subtly inspire and empower you to find the metaphorical “door” that leads to the next chapter of your life story.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are free to reveal yourself in your full glory. For once in your life, you have cosmic clearance to ask for everything you want without apology. This is the LATER you have been saving yourself for. Here comes the reward for the hard work you’ve been doing that no one has completely appreciated. If the universe has any prohibitions or inhibitions to impose, I don’t know what they are. If old karma has been preventing the influx of special dispensations and helpful X-factors, I suspect that old karma has at least temporarily been neutralized.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions,” said Irish writer Oscar Wilde. “I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” In my opinion, that may be one of the most radical vows ever formulated. Is it even possible for us human beings to gracefully manage our unruly flow of feelings? What you do in the coming weeks could provide evidence that the answer to that question might be yes. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you are now in a position to learn more about this high art than ever before.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Africa’s highest mountain is Mount Kilimanjaro. Though it’s near the equator, its peak is covered year-round with glaciers.

In 2001, scientists predicted that global warming would melt them all by 2015. But that hasn’t happened. The ice cap is still receding slowly. It could endure for a while, even though it will eventually disappear. Let’s borrow this scenario as a metaphor for your use, Virgo. First, consider the possibility that a certain thaw in your personal sphere isn’t unfolding as quickly as you anticipated. Second, ruminate on the likelihood that it will, however, ultimately come to pass. Third, adjust your plans accordingly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Will sex be humdrum and predictable in the coming weeks? No! On the contrary. Your interest in

wandering out to the frontiers of erotic play could rise quite high. You may be animated and experimental in your approach to intimate communion, whether it’s with another person or with yourself. Need any suggestions? Check out the “butterflies-in-flight” position or the “spinning wheel of roses” maneuver. Try the “hum-andchuckle kissing dare” or the “churning radiance while riding the rain cloud” move. Or just invent your own variations and give them funny names that add to the adventure.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Right now the word “simplicity” is irrelevant. You’ve got silky profundities to play with, slippery complications to relish, and lyrical labyrinths to wander around in. I hope you use these opportunities to tap into more of your subterranean powers. From what I can discern, your deep dark intelligence is ready to provide you with a host of fresh clues about who you really are and where you need to go. P.S.: You can become better friends with the shadows without compromising your relationship to the light.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You can bake your shoes in the oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, but that won’t turn them into loaves of bread. Know what I’m saying, Sagittarius? Just because a chicken has wings doesn’t mean it can fly over the rainbow. Catch my drift? You’ll never create a silk purse out of dental floss and dead leaves.

That’s why I offer you the following advice: In the next two weeks, do your best to avoid paper tigers, red herrings, fool’s gold, fake news, Trojan horses, straw men, pink elephants, convincing pretenders, and invisible bridges. There’ll be a reward if you do: close encounters with shockingly beautiful honesty and authenticity that will be among your most useful blessings of 2017.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Of all the signs of the zodiac, you Capricorns are the least likely to believe in mythical utopias like Camelot or El Dorado or Shambhala. You tend to be uberskeptical about the existence of legendary vanished riches like the last Russian czar’s Fabergé eggs or King John’s crown jewels. And yet if wonderlands and treasures like those really do exist, I’m betting that some may soon be discovered by Capricorn explorers. Are there unaccounted-for masterpieces

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to my lyrical analysis of the astrological omens, here are examples of the kinds of experiences you might encounter in the next 21 days: 1. interludes that reawaken memories of the first time you fell in love; 2. people who act like helpful, moon-drunk angels just in the nick of time; 3. healing music or provocative art that stirs a secret part of you — a sweet spot you had barely been aware of; 4. an urge arising in your curious heart to speak the words, “I invite lost and exiled beauty back into my life.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ex-baseball player Eric DuBose was pulled over by Florida cops who spotted him driving his car erratically. They required him to submit to a few tests, hoping to determine whether he had consumed too much alcohol. “Can you recite the alphabet?” they asked.

“I’m from the great state of Alabama,” DuBose replied, “and they have a different alphabet there.”

I suggest, Pisces, that you try similar gambits whenever you find yourself in odd interludes or tricky transitions during the coming days — which I suspect will happen more than usual. Answer the questions you want to answer rather than the ones you’re asked, for example. Make jokes that change the subject. Use the powers of distraction and postponement. You’ll need extra slack, so seize it!

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