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THEY ALL LIE O BY JOHN KRULL // EDITORS@NUVO.NET
ne of the most disturbing things about the current political era is the ease with which partisans make excuses for lying. Not long ago, I wrote a column in which I said that perhaps it was appropriate that the Trumps and the Clintons would be linked in history, because, in some ways, they were similar. I wrote that both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were leaders with incredible natural political gifts who have little personal discipline. The comparison angered fans of both presidents. They sent me long emails detailing how their guy was great while the other one was an abomination. Trump’s defenders went into long soliloquies about how he was challenging the political establishment and taking care of the forgotten American, unlike the depraved Clinton who preyed on women and sold out the working class with the North American Free Trade Agreement. Clinton’s crowd rhapsodized about the economic growth that occurred on his watch and the opportunities created during his presidency, and derided Trump as a con man who was a serial sexual harasser. What was intriguing was a subtext that ran through the notes from both camps. They talked about the unremitting opposition and hostility that greeted and faced both President Trump and President Clinton. They blamed that opposition and hostility for each president’s ethical lapses. In short, they argued that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton shouldn’t be blamed for lying, because nasty people on the other side of the political divide forced them to lie. It was the other side’s fault. Not Clinton’s. Not Trump’s. Let’s be clear about something. Absent some sort of psychological compulsion, no one ever is forced to lie. Lying is a choice people make. Most often, it’s not a morally defensible choice. There are rare times when lying can be justified — generals giving misleading
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information about where troops are headed into battle so the enemy won’t know comes to mind — but those weren’t and aren’t the circumstances in which Bill Clinton and Donald Trump have lied. They’ve lied for personal reasons. They’ve lied to spare themselves embarrassment. They’ve lied to avoid facing the consequences of their own conduct. That’s not to the credit of either man. The fact that both men might have done or be trying to do some good things doesn’t excuse that. The fact that Bill Clinton balanced the budget, reduced the deficit and created millions of jobs doesn’t make it all right that he lied under oath. The judge who cited him for contempt of court and the Arkansas disciplinary commission that suspended his license to practice law weren’t conducting a political vendetta. They were administering a punishment for something Clinton had done. Because he lied. Similarly, Donald Trump’s pledges to put America back to work and rebuild the nation’s infrastructure doesn’t change the fact that he’s lied and continues to lie about many things, including, apparently, his relationships with Russian government officials and businesses. If he, too, is punished, that won’t be a case of political persecution. As in Clinton’s case, it will be something he brought on himself. Something he deserves. Because he lied. People who can’t deal with the fact that there are people who disagree with them or don’t like them or want to stop them from accomplishing their goals have no business running for president. The reality is that a large part of the job — and one of the things that separates the great presidents from the also-rans — involves staying centered while the storms rage. Staying focused on priorities and doing the job. Staying true to one’s values. Among those values should be a determination to tell the truth. N
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A TALE OF TWO HIGH SCHOOLS FOR SALE
IPS board gets two very different responses to the proposals for Broad Ripple and John Marshall high schools
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aturday Morning Farmers Market” reads the old-fashioned black-and-white sign outside of the red pavilions of the Broad Ripple Village Association building. The last line reads “8 a.m. to 12 p.m., high school.” It’s been a month since Indianapolis Public Schools announced its official recommendation to close three public high schools and sell two school buildings. If the proposal is approved, both Broad Ripple High School and John Marshall Middle School will be sold in the next two years for a projected six to eight million dollars. “Operating the number of high schools we have today and not expanding the amount of offerings we have is just not the best for the students,” commented IPS superintendent Dr. Lewis Ferebee, after the community forum held in the Broad Ripple High School auditorium. After beginning 30 minutes earlier than originally scheduled, the board allowed for the public to bring comments and issues forward regarding the decision for a pressing hour and half. One member of the crowd sitting front row for his village was former Broad Ripple Village Association president Kent Springer, who now sits on the board. “I believe that they are going to go forward with the plan, but are listening to the community’s input,” said Springer. “When they started showing us the numbers, we are not disputing the fact. Because the high school has been there for 130 years, it’s been a part of our neighborhood. We want a school to be there, to continue to be there in some sort [of way].” Springer — a Broad Ripple High School alumnus who articulated the concerns of
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the village association on Community Forum Night — describes the building and its 130 years of history inside of Broad Ripple. His concerns reflect the effect the city’s retention would have without a high school operating inside of it. “If it was opened up for local groups to put on performances there…” says Springer. “We have our farmers market in the parking lot every Saturday — to lose that as a public asset could be really damaging to Broad Ripple Village.” The BRVA formally and collectively agrees that maintaining “a high school in Broad Ripple creates a diverse mix of educational, business and entertainment offerings throughout the village.” They continue in their written statement to ask the IPS for open and meaningful collaboration and communication. During the community forum held at Broad Ripple High School that night, the board allowed for any individual to have three minutes to give their public comment. Students, parents, teachers and alumni alike came forward to the invitation. “The person came forth and pushed us to provide public comment for people that
hadn’t signed up. I think the students are always great to hear from. How can you not appreciate comments from students?” said Ferebee. “We have got to find a way to shift alumni focuses on the students and the future, those are the students that are going to need to create income and viability of the city.” In an effort against the idea of the Broad Ripple building, relics and years of legacy being sold, the BRVA will host a community forum at a yet-to-be-determined later date. “Hopefully, then that will be apart of the bid process,” says Springer. “Next month or earlier [in] September before the final vote of the school board, we plan to hold a public meeting where we get input as to what the residents and businesses in the village think should go in the facility.” Following the Broad Ripple forum, the IPS board of commissioners and superintendent hosted a identically modeled forum for members of the John Marshall Middle (High) School community, giving those individuals the same chance to express needs and concerns regarding the building’s price tag. John Marshall is located outside of the
I-465 circle inside of Lawrence Township. Or, at least, that is what Google maps will tell you — the school is actually currently operating as a middle school. The location is far from the bustling and popular streets of Broad Ripple. Set up previously to operate for the 2017-2018 school year, IPS plans to close and sell the building concluding the academic year next spring. However, the tears shed at the community forum in Broad Ripple didn’t show up in the closing discussions at John Marshall. The public meeting, as well as the adjacent board meeting, lasted consecutively less than an hour, a third of how lengthy the Broad Ripple meeting was, with none of the public comments. The board stated that the community forum last Thursday was indeed the last meeting for the board until August 22, after the 2017-2018 year is already begun. The John Marshall website invites the community to attend another public forum on December 12 of this year for discussions on the future of the school — long after the board is expected to vote in September to approve the closure and sales plan. N NUVO.NET // 07.26.17 - 08.02.17 // NEWS // 5
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MARTIN’S MINDS FOCUS ON FUTURE The rise, fall and resurrection of Indiana’s only predominantly black university BY AMBER STEARNS // ASTEARNS@NUVO.NET
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aintaining an existence as a successful institution of higher learning in today’s world isn’t easy. The demands placed on colleges and universities from state and federal governments to keep costs low and workforce output high coupled with satisfying the needs and wants of students and campus communities can create daunting situations for even the oldest institutions. The suspension of operations at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana is an example of how certain challenges can even break a long-standing institution. (St. Joseph’s College was founded in 1889.) So, Martin University’s upcoming celebration of 40 years of existence as an urban
educational center of excellence is quite an accomplishment. And considering that it was just a few years ago that Martin was on the brink of demise, this benchmark is an even greater cause for celebration. Rest assured Indiana’s only Predominantly Black Institution (PBI) is not just alive and well — it is on a path for growth and development in the years to come.
A FAITH HISTORY For people familiar with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), there are several that come to mind. Tuskegee University in Alabama, Bethune-Cookman University in Florida and Morehouse and Spelman Colleges in
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Georgia are a few of the more well-known HBCUs in America. The majority of HBCUs were founded and established in the mid-to-late 1800s at a time when freed slaves were hungry to learn. Education was a symbol of freedom and knowledge was something that could never be taken away once obtained — schools were places of hope for a better future. Martin University was founded under similar principles, but was established over 100 years later. Martin’s vision statement is “ to be a Haven of Hope, a Community of Support, and a Premier Leader among Institutions of Higher Education.” Father Boniface Hardin, an African
American Benedictine monk and civil rights activist, founded Martin University in 1977 with Sister Jane Schilling, a white nun from the Order of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Together, Father Hardin and Sister Schilling worked to create an education center designed to serve non-traditional (adult) minority students from low-income backgrounds. “Because at the other places — the traditional universities — the students who are older and those who had had a GED found [other universities] very difficult and [uninviting],” says Martin University president Dr. Eugene White. “So they came back to Father and Sister complaining and eventually they did a survey of the
NUVO.NET/THEBIGSTORY universities in town and found that their Hardin often wasn’t certain if payroll campuses were not very inviting to the would be met once all other expenses nontraditional students.” were paid. Throughout his ministry and life, “The first time I met Father Hardin, he Father Hardin was known for being a was trying to raise money for payroll on a champion for the disadvantaged and for Friday. This was, like, on a Tuesday,” says racial justice and equality. That service is White. reflected in the university’s name — MarWhen Hardin decided it was time to tin is a homage both to Dr. Martin Luther retire, the board of trustees established a King Jr. and St. Martin de Porres, the succession plan and determined that the patron saint of mixed-race people and all next president needed to be able to fundseeking racial harmony. raise in, as well as administer to, Indy’s Hardin led the institution as president young PBI. from its inception in 1977 until his retireThe board thought they had found that ment in 2007. During that time, Martin person in Dr. Algeania Freeman, who beUniversity grew into a small, non-decame Martin’s second president in January nominational accredited 2008. But the next three liberal arts university years under Freeman’s “I got here with the leadership were tumultuwith undergraduate and graduate programs. The ous for the young univerintent just to be school started with one sity. Freeman inherited interim, but things a $653,000 deficit in the building at 35th Street and N. College Avenue school’s budget and was were so bad.” and moved to its current able to add over $450,000 — DR. EUGENE WHITE to the school’s coffers location at Sherman Drive and Avondale Place in through fundraising and 1987. Alumni and current students alike personnel cuts. But those personnel cuts describe the school as having a home-like and other staffing changes were just a few atmosphere where faculty and staff treat of the negatives associated with Freeman’s everyone like family with the drive and tenure. Nearly half of the 16-member support to see everyone succeed. board of trustees resigned their positions, leaving the rest to field complaints from A SLOW FALL the remaining faculty and student body. Martin’s success was grounded in sheer Freeman retired effective December will and passion. White remembers Father 31, 2010 and the university’s leadership Hardin fondly, recalling even then being was put in the hands of Charlotte Westerimpressed with his passion for his small haus-Renfrow, who agreed to act as urban university. interim president until a new permanent “That type of dedication you don’t president was found. That interim apsee,” says White. “We read about Booker pointment lasted a year and three months. T. Washington and Tuskegee [UniverWesterhaus-Renfrow handed leadership sity] and Mary MacLoed-Bethune and of Martin to George Miller, a chemistry Bethune-Cookman [University] and professor with academic leadership exWilliam Hooper Councill and Alabama perience from South Carolina. Miller only A&M [University]. You read about those served as the university’s president for 18 legendary people who were so focused for months, resigning in November 2013. their people that they gave their life to it. The instability of three presidents in a We don’t meet many of those people.” five-year period took its toll on the young However, a university cannot run on university. By 2013, Martin was in peril. sheer passion and will alone. The young The deficit gap increased to $900,000, and institution had its struggles with money the U.S. Department of Education placed over the years and had been long deMartin in Heightened Cash Monitoring, scribed as “financially insecure.” Father known as HCM2, which delayed payments NUVO.NET // 07.26.17 - 08.02.17 // THE BIG STORY // 7
The Big Story Continued...
A MARTIN ALUMNA
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Marva Hunt was in her mid-20s when she attended Martin. Her enrollment wasn’t her idea, but rather the insistence of a very determined mother. Hunt says she cried at first, but then discovered the family atmosphere for learning that Martin provided was for her. “You just felt welcomed and loved by everybody,” she said. “We have what we call a ‘hugging culture’ — we aren’t handshakers around here. We were huggers. And we just looked out for each other,” says Hunt. She also recalls the spirit of Hardin and
for student loans. The financial status of the university resulted in a probationary status with the DOE, putting the school’s accreditation standing in jeopardy. Community leaders and philanthropists believed Martin’s days were numbered.
Schilling in their care of the university and its students. “President Hardin was a president [who was] everywhere. He was in the classrooms on a regular basis, he came to events the students put on, he was always accessible. I don’t know any one word to described him. He was funny, he was caring, he was very deep in his thoughts about racism and equality and opportunities,” says Hunt. “[Sister Schilling] cooked enough soup to feed 50 or 60 people an evening and she was Father Hardin’s right hand.” Hunt obtained a degree in business administration from Martin, taught at her alma mater while finishing her Master’s and has continued on to serve in other institutions of higher education including Ivy Tech and IUPUI.
A NEW LEADER, A NEW LIFE Dr. Eugene White had retired as superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools and was preparing to relocate to Georgia near family when he received a call asking if he would consider serving as interim president of Martin University. Having spent more than 30 years in secondary education, leading a university wasn’t something on White’s radar. But having known Father Hardin and how important the university was to him, White decided to help. “I got here with the intent just to be interim, but things were so bad,” says White. “One of the primary functions of a president is to raise money. And, after talking to the various philanthropies and other individuals in the community, I found out that Martin wouldn’t get any money from anybody in this city anymore until it got
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its game together.” White took the interim position in August 2013, but quickly realized that the school’s unstable leadership over the six years previous had worn down the very entities that had supported the school in the past. White heard over and over again that no help would be give until a permanent president was appointed and even then there were no guarantees — the new leadership needed to be trusted from day one. White had earned the trust of entities like the Lilly Endowment, USA Funds, and other philanthropic groups known to support educational ventures in Indiana during his many years leading IPS and the MSD of Washington Township. It became clear that in order to save Martin, White needed to be all in. “So I went and talked to my wife about that and kind of explained to her how even though we had selected a home in Fayette County, Georgia that we weren’t going to be able to go,” says White. “So I wore out three sets of kneecaps begging her to let me go help the university. And she finally said, ‘OK, I’ll support that.’”
White approached the Martin’s board of trustees in November 2013 with a strategic plan to get the struggling university back on its feet. “I told them quite frankly that if they like the plan, I would be willing to stay two or three years to do the plan and if they didn’t then they would have to go with another interim,” recalls White. “Because, you know ... I’m not the status quo kind of guy. You have to be moving forward because we were falling behind.” White’s five-year plan was simple in its objectives — get Martin University out of debt, off probation with the feds and back in good standing with the government as well as the community. The board of trustees agreed and by January 2014 White had a three-year contract to be the fourth president in Martin’s 36-year history. White describes the beginning of his tenure as turbulent. Hard decisions had to be made in staffing. Programming and curriculum had to be re-evaluated, with low-performing programs eliminated. White cut his own pay from what previous presidents had been paid. White went
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back to those philanthropic organizations got Martin back on its feet he could go that told him “no” as interim president back to his retirement plan. It didn’t take and asked again as the permanent preslong for White to realize that the time in ident. He traveled to Washington D.C. to the first contract wouldn’t be enough to speak directly to DOE officials and learn see his vision through. Convincing his what steps needed to be taken to bring the wife, however, was another matter. White university back into good standing. believes that there had to be some divine Throughout the process intervention to help secure of digging Martin out of the his future at Martin a little hole it found itself in, White “We are while longer. He says he says he took inspiration was able to convince his celebrating the from the faculty and staff wife to stay in Indianapolis 40th anniversary a little while longer with the that had stuck with Martin through the dark times. of his daughter when of the university, help “After talking to people she gave birth to her first which is almost a child. That grandchild was in the community, the [philanthropic institua game-changer, especially miracle.” tions] and talking to other when his daughter asked — DR. EUGENE WHITE her mom to help with individuals [as interim president], I knew that the childcare. White says his university was on life support, and to just wife was a lot easier to convince that they be truthful, it wasn’t going to make it,” needed to stay with the babe in her arms. says White. “[But] to see the dedication of “Father [Hardin] was looking down the faculty and the people who believed in — because he’s deceased now — and he the place was kind of contagious.” gave us a blessing with the grandbaby White had initially signed the threebecause all I was hoping for was another year contract with the idea that once he three years.” NUVO.NET // 07.26.17 - 08.02.17 // THE BIG STORY // 9
The Big Story Continued...
A MARTIN STUDENT
MARTIN BY THE NUMBERS FOUNDED // 1977 13 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS // Accounting, Addictions Counseling, Applied Sciences, Biology, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Industrial Management, Early Childhood Education, Liberal Arts, Psychology, Religious Studies, Social Science and Sociology
Nickesha Ferries-Dowdy refers to herself as a “very non-traditional student” but she
TWO GRADUATE PROGRAMS // Community
is representative of the average student at
Psychology and Urban Ministry
Martin University. DOCTORAL PROGRAMS // a Ph.D. in Urban
“I’ve been on this path for just now over 20 years,” says Ferries-Dowdy. “I had been
Leadership is under development
told that Martin was nontraditional and STUDENT BODY POPULATION // 350
would be very caring and they would work with me as far as my educational process.”
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE // 16
Ferries-Dowdy had attended Ivy Tech for an associate’s degree and had looked at
AVERAGE STUDENT AGE // 27
other institutions to finish her bachelor’s but took the advice of family and friends and
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made Martin her school of choice. She says the respect she receives from her professors and the level of academic excellence she is receiving confirms for her that she made the right choice. “The respect and the care that I’ve been given from my professors is invaluable. it’s a learning environment in which you can have
White signed another three-year contract in the fall of 2016. “And, so, during these next three years we’re going to kind of finish what we started. We have a lot of things going on. We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the university, which is almost a miracle,” says White.
a structure where we can ask questions you don’t feel uptight. There’s a lot of inquiry,”
THE FUTURE OF MARTIN
says Ferries-Dowdy.
It took all of White’s first three years to bring Martin University back from the edge. But now with the immediate business taken care of, White and his administrative team are looking forward to the future. In this 40th anniversary year, White says there is a lot to celebrate and even more to come. “It’s like coming through a storm with different parts,” he says. “You get the wind, the lightning and the rain come down here then it breaks out again over here. Coming through all of that — we are kind of at the day after that,” says White. “We are trying to make hay and plan for the next time [so] there won’t be a storm for us; [so] that we would have shelter and we have that kind of progress that will protect us from struggling for money or
One of her instructors is Dr. White. Over the summer White taught a critical thinking course. As president, White insisted that all administrators teach at least one class, himself included. Ferries-Dowdy says for the university president to take the time to instruct students personally really means something and reflects the true spirit of Martin. “It was emotional to find out that Dr. White was actually going to take time to educate me,” says Ferries Dowdy. “I aspire to become a teacher. After I leave this program I will go into a transition program. Dr. White — his heart is a teacher. That’s his profession, although he is now the president of this university. He’s a teacher and to know that he loves education so [much] that he would come into the classroom and teach me.”
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struggling for levels of credit and those type of things and making sure that we are not dealing with any type of accreditation issues in the future. And so we feel good about that.” The university is currently working through a strategic plan that has lofty goals for moving Martin forward. New degree programs will be introduced — a School of Education is planned to begin with a focus on early childhood development in preschool through 6th grade as well as a doctoral program in Urban Leadership and some associate degree programs. White has a vision of building a fourth structure on campus to serve as a student center, developing a choral music program, and re-establishing the University Counseling Center. “We would like to have three major choirs — a show choir, a gospel choir and a concert choir,” says White. “And we would like to be like the place you go to for choirs or for that kind of entertainment in the city.” The strategic plan also calls for deserved and needed attention to the faculty and staff in the forms of salary increases,
professional development and reduced work time. White also wants to see a shift in the student body of more traditional students — students going into college right out of high school — as well as an overall increase in student population. Right now, Martin University is serving about 350 to 400 students. Ideally, White would like to see that increase to 600 students, with perhaps a long term goal of serving 800 students. White says the challenge now is for people to know more about Martin University. He believes that in the landscape of higher education in Indianapolis and Central Indiana, Martin fills a need for students who aren’t comfortable in a larger university setting or who need more individualized attention when it comes to focusing on school. “We need a place that is small and somewhat intimate and really majors in relationships… There are some students who are very bright but they don’t function well in big settings,” says White. “You need a place for those people who wake up late and discover that in life, you’ve got to do something and Martin is needed for that.” N
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An obituary (and love letter) for GPC, from GPC BY RACHEL PEACOCK // EDITORS@NUVO.NET
EDITOR’S NOTE: As Fountain Square holds center stage in conversations about gentrification in Indianapolis, independent art gallery and shop General Public Collective closed in mid-July. During GPC’s four-year run on Virginia Avenue, the venue served as a hub for artists, musicians, writers, designers, vintage clothes lovers, skate fiends, small press operators and various and sundry outcasts. Often, during the wee hours of First Friday, the sidewalk just outside of GPC held just as many gathered artists and art-lovers as the packed space inside. In the wake of its closure earlier this month, we asked co-founder Rachel Peacock to share her thoughts.
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fter nearly four years operating under a handful of eccentric masochists, the physical location of artist-run gallery and concept shop General Public Collective gave way to new development, and finally members chose to dismantle the project to work on other endeavors and potential new spaces. GPC was one of the last independently standing art galleries in Fountain Square, a neighborhood touted by the city as an arts district and cultural hub. While the accuracy of those descriptors could be debated, it stands to reason that this closure is a true loss for community-driven expression in all mediums for Indianapolis. I couldn’t decide if it was more fitting to write an obituary or a love letter to the project that defined much of my twenties, so you’re getting both. I may have been the least likely candidate around to help fund and run such a space, but that was what made it all so visceral. We were all, at least in part, slightly clueless, all in possession of a naivete that suited the ethos of rag-tag entrepreneurship. While the general public itself may have been perpetually clueless as
well, the act of sitting in the shop and smilLisa Berlin, another co-founder and operaing and explaining our values every Saturday tor, told me, “I thought I’d be more bummed afternoon to wandering window shoppers out, closing up shop after four years. But, for was part of the servitude of ownership. the most part, closing has kind of just withGPC was an experiment in learning and drawn the needle from this long shot. And all collaboration, with a truly diverse group of the wealth of experience and artists and audiartists represented. Work was ences that came through there the underlying principle and is left in my system, inoculating GPC was an inclusivity was what drove us. me against a certain loneliness In total, General Public Colonly shared creativity does.” experiment in thatThere’s lective saw 18 artists oversee no doubt the changlearning and the space, with 500+ perforing scenery around the gallery mances across many mediums a role in its demise. collaboration. played take stage. Around 200 others “It’s bizarre to think that I represented in goods for sale have spent most of my twenin the concept shop. Alumnus Erin Drew ties and now early thirties living, working, described it to me as a place where “the and contributing to the landscape of Founchemical exchange [of] gin brats and raptain Square and now we are hammering a pers dance with a pack of homeschooled nail into the proverbial coffin of a neighkids, steam melting the paint job off the borhood that used to have such a pulse,” windows while thousand dollar minimalist co-founder Jessica Lykens told me. drawings flap in the wind.” In truth, it’s our kind being buried, not While our community has had a variety the other way around. The space had of responses to the closure of the space, the always operated on a frequency that barely reactions are not exclusively negative. jived with reality, winking rather than spit-
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ting in the face of convention. We mostly went unnoticed, but sometimes made waves in a city far too conservative for its own good. The subversive elements of the space were always presented with a tongue in cheek. Playful as they were prodding, we enjoyed little censorship in the work we presented, which sometimes led to fanatical opposition by a single concerned mother or neighborhood crusader from time to time. I once overheard another gallerist say, “GPC can do whatever is wants.” It felt that way. The New York Times once described the space — but did not mention it outright — as a “scrappy gallery.” Primitive sketch drawings of the space were featured in Juxtapoz magazine. We even lost a 2015 NUVO Cultural Vision Award to Werner Herzog. These are the kind of misfit accolades that seem to encapsulate our strange, shared vision. It took on its own myths and stories. “Once it’s over, it’s a thing. That’s when it walks the earth on its own, without your labor,” Lisa told me. We’ve seen this cycle before. Every project of this nature plays out in time, but I dare say ours played its part well. Perhaps I don’t deserve the final words on a place that had such a profound effect on the arts community of Indianapolis, but I am grateful to have them. When I pried Jason Arnold, the man responsible for so much of GPC’s existence, for his thoughts, he stated simply: “Thank you authors, designers, artists, patrons and freaks. Without you I’d be a skeleton sniffing panties and writing hopelessly romantic torture porn alone.” That’s GPC: It was too much fun and too uncouth to institutionalize. I look forward to walking in the doors of whatever tapas bar or cat café into which the space reincarnates. Even then I am sure I will hear the walls whisper, “It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay.” And it is. N
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A HISTORY OF PREZ HOPEFULS N o audio book for this one: Campaign Crossroads must be read to be absorbed. With a state map by your side, the reader is oriented to the locations where presidential candidates pitched for votes, traveling to small towns and outposts via horseback and by train. Then, they ventured by plane with rallies at airports, then jetting in and motorcading to major cities. Technological advances changed the delivery and the rhetoric. In overview, issues circle back to essentials of economics, justice and opportunity. Author Andrew E. Stoner brings us into a whirl of activity not found in standard history books and what he reveals elicits a range of reactions from, “Wow, I never knew that” to “I really should know this.” Case in point: Ulysses S. Grant in the 1868 election was the first president elected carrying a minority of white votes. I learned why. The election of 1880 sent me to my bookshelf and to the library to learn more about Benjamin Harrison and William English, and got me moving around
Indianapolis to the sites connected with them. In 1880, Indiana Congressman and Civil War General Harrison stumped for Republican candidate William McKinley; English was the VP candidate on the Democratic ticket headed by Civil War General Winfield Scott Hancock. Harrison’s presence continues along Delaware at 14th and 16th and at the IMA, with a stained glass window in his memory. English has lesser cognizance, but during the 19th century English was a major force. In a building named for him, he’s still a major force for philanthropy. And so it goes, with page after page of prompts to further pursue revelations about nine VP candidates from Indiana and hundreds of others vying for a Hoosier votes, in one-on-one at small gatherings, at rallies numbering in the ten thousands, on the pages of daily newspapers, on radio and via TV. What’s been at stake for Hoosiers? Why are we a swing state everyone woos? Make Campaign Crossroads your summer 2017 book of choice. N — RITA KOHN
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hen visionary director Luc Besson released his weird, imaginative sci-fi flick The Fifth Element in 1997, audiences didn’t quite know what to think of it, and thus, it was taken to town by critics. But in over the past two decades, Corbin Dallas and Leelo have garnered cult classic status, and for good reason. The Fifth Element is enjoyable and fun as hell. Sadly, Besson’s newest dive into the world of sci-fi, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets most likely won’t see that cult status come its way. It’s just too big of a mess — a beautiful mess, but a mess. Valerian kicks off with an inspiring montage of humankind’s journey into space backed by David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” It shows the slow building of Alpha, a sort of International Space Station-turned-megastructure over several hundred years and the addition of zillions of alien species. Besson then transports us to a idyllic planet named Mül where slender, teal, humanoid creatures named Pearls live in perfect harmony along a scenic, white sand coastline — think Avatar in the Caribbean. The inhabitants of Mül keep peace with their planet by gifting it energy-filled pearls. They can also replicate these pearls by feeding them to miniature armadillo-like creatures that immediately crap hundreds more out like some sort of a living and rigged slot machine. But, like all halcyon societies in futuristic films, the lives of the
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inhabitants of Mül are destroyed as dozens of spaceships crash through their atmosphere, followed by a massive mothership, whose explosion causes an apocalyptic scene. Just like life on Mül, this is where everything in Valerian starts to come crashing down. We see that everything that just happened on Mül was a dream our male protagonist, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) was having while lying on a similarly beautiful beach next to our female protagonist Laureline (Cara Delevigne). Valerian hits on Laureline; she reminds him he forgot her birthday; they play fight with some sexual innuendos; and then she turns him down. This scene sets a precedent for the rest of the film: just when things are getting interesting, in comes some hackneyed dialogue or forced performances to dash hopes that this film could actually be enjoyable. In a world filled with literally thousands of creatures of different origins; a world where tourists shopping in another dimension that looks like an endless Indian spice market; a world where you can shove your head up a jellyfish’s ass and see where people went missing; a world with Ethan Hawke, playing a skeezy cowboy-hatted, nose ring-wearing character named Jolly the Pimp runs a brothel with a Jell-O-like, shape-shifting performer played by Rihanna; a world with endless possibilities: we are given the “will they, won’t they” story of two of the most one-dimensional human characters to ever be on screen. Valerian is a playboy soldier with all the emotional intelligence of an assault rifle, and,
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through DeHaan’s surprisingly stiff performance, no charm whatsoever. Laureline is his knife-tongued female partner who plays hard to get — but not too hard to get. While Delevigne did what she could to make Laureline join the ranks of the badass female characters we are seeing more of on the silver screen (think Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman) she’s pretty much pigeonholed as Valerian’s sidekick. This shouldn’t have come as a surprise since the graphic novels on which the film is based are named Valerian and Laureline, but the movie studio decided to drop Laureline’s name from the title. These two special agents are sent on a Macguffin quest in the aforementioned other-dimensional market. This Macguffin is called a converter, which turns out to be the name given to those pearl-eating armadillos. This arc of the film shows the incredibly imaginative quality of the people behind the story. The
perspective changes from an above view of people ambling through a flat open expanse, and then sliding into their view where they see a massive marketplace filled with stands and people bustling through narrow streets is fun and a vision of a not-so-distant VR future. After obtaining the converter and Valerian inexplicably stealing a pearl at the same time, the duo heads to Alpha to return the converter to Commander Arun Fillit. As soon as we see Clive Owen’s Fillit, looking like a slightly futuristic version of M. Bison from Street Fighter, we know that he is the antagonist. By the end, where all of the things we’ve known for the past two hours finally add up for the characters, I really found myself not caring how it all wrapped up, and when it finally did, I literally laugh-cringed at the dialogue. Where Valerian fails in plot, dialogue and acting, it succeeds time and again with world-building; it truly is one of the most intricate and intriguing sci-fi worlds I’ve seen. If there had been as much thought put into the script as there was into the world it could have been an incredible film. N
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hen Cardinal Spirits opened in Bloomington with its variety of locally made and often intriguing spirits it was filling a niche in the college town; and in the ensuing years the team behind the company has turned itself into a important facet of Bloomington’s drinking culture. Now the spirits company is looking to branch into the world of food with its new culinary program at its bar and taproom. They have brought on executive chef Dean Wirkerman to create a menu that is higher-minded than typical tavern fare, and Wirkerman has brought a lifetime of experiences into the kitchen to serve shareable and seasonal dishes with Cardinal’s guests. “My focus is a balance,” Wirkerman says of his goal with the menu and kitchen at Cardinal. He says it is a balancing act of “developing a professional and positive staff,” utilizing Bloomington’s “top notch farmers,” and focusing on “ease for the kitchen.” He also mentions that he is crafting dishes that are sharable because he wants “people to be leaning forward into the table and collecting off plates instead of leaning back into a chair with their one plate.” This style of eating leads to conversation amongst groups instead of closing off and falling into introspection. Wirkerman wants to promote this communal style of eating that is seen in the countries where he did his culinary training. He spent years abroad in France, Italy, Japan and in New York City at high-end restaurants like Per Se and Charlie Trotter’s, training as a cook and baker. He hopes to bring these experiences to the table in Bloomington with dishes like the highly popular stracciatella, different plays on yakitori, and once it starts to cool down a bit, dishes like the
highly shareable hotpot and chicken pot Another focus for the kitchen is making pies will make their debuts. sure that the staff is well-trained and in it One thing that Wirkerman says he is for the long haul. Wirkerman says, “One taking into account is not pigeonholof the daily things that I’m always coming ing the food by trying to make it based back to is developing a professional and around the liquors on offer from the positive staff that have career goals, not booze side of Cardinal just hiring people Spirits. He says a few that want to cook.” By “I think rum and sauces and maybe a few approaching the hiring desserts will utilize the through this lens the desserts are a booze, especially rum, “I Cardinal Spirits team match made in think rum and desserts is able to focus on food are a match made in quality and Wirkerman heaven,” heaven,” he says with can hope that down the — DEAN WIRKERMAN, EXECUTIVE a laugh. “So that works line he will have a team CHEF AT CARDINAL SPIRITS out really well.” He goes that helps take some on to say, “When people weight off of his shoulcome in we don’t want them to worry ders. He wants his team to get to a point about if that cocktail is going to go with of awareness where they can help suggest this dish or that dish. We want it to be very and create new menu items. He says he is accessible all over, any cocktail you want, “taking this as a great opportunity to be any food you want, relax have a good time a chef and teach these guys the little that don’t make it a bigger deal than it is and I know and to better myself and explore we’ll take care of everything.” ideas and explore concepts.”
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One of those concepts he mentions multiple times and gets excited about is the idea of yakitori— a Japanese style of meat preparation. He learned the art of yakitori after spending some time in New York City and visiting a Michelin-starred yakitori restaurant there named Torishin. He then traveled to Japan and met with Torishin’s chef’s mentor and upon returning to NYC he joined the team at Torishin. While the kitchen staff is being trained to make sure that they are approaching the food in a professional manner, Wirkerman says he is also working with the serving staff to make sure that they are on the same level. “Something we’re focusing on is getting the servers more engaged,” he says. “We have such a strong liquor and booze identity and everyone was really trained up on that and now we’re trying to ask them, Can we also be foodies? Can we know what a puff pastry is? Can we know what panna cotta is?
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“I’d say staff is our greatest asset in the sense that we have so much room for growth and they’re already doing such a great job. I think if we stay consistent with our food that staff will continue to get better and cleaner and sharper.” With this dedication to creating top-notch food and making sure it is prepped and served perfectly Wirkerman admits that the prices reflect this quality. He also admits that he recognizes that this could pose a problem in Bloomington where the majority of the people that live there are college students who don’t have unlimited funds. “It’s something that we’re challenged with because we’re sort of putting ourselves into a price bracket that makes us inaccessible to some,” he says. There are some people that won’t eat “when you can’t just come in for a $7 meal.” But the people that are coming in to eat are getting interesting, quality, locally sourced meals. One of the upcoming dishes that Wirkerman is excited for is “a sashimi dish with a lot of fruit in it,” he says.
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“It’s hamachi, which isn’t the lightest of fish, but it is approachable.” He also says, based on his past working in the pastry and dessert world at Per Se, “We’re busting out puff pastry. I want to have my guys be able to make that for dessert and for savory — it’s so universal. We’re also trying to get our ice cream program developed and spinning ice creams everyday. And our bread program. I can’t wait for that to take off, but at the moment we’re just doing our tartine style sourdough.” He also is looking forward to their upcoming brunch program. He keeps details on that menu under wraps, but he says it is coming sooner rather than later. He says “it’s on the top off the radar.” And what is better than local booze and brunch? All and all, Cardinal Spirits’ food program is about making good food to go along with good times. Wirkerman finishes with: “We want someone to come in on a Tuesday and have just as great of a time as if it were a Saturday.” N
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or fans of local music, 2017 has been a bonanza of worthy releases, more than any critic can keep up with on a week-to-week basis. And though there are certain to be others coming down the pike during what looks to be a busy fall release slate — hint: Moxxie’s sophomore album, due in August — these are four which are certain to make my end-of-year list of Indianapolis bands on the cutting edge.
VESERIA, RLTVTY In a city with such a varied musical scene, it is difficult to pin any one particular band down as “cutting edge,” but if I had to settle on one I’d pick Veseria. The band has made its mark over the last half-decade with album Voyager and EP Songs of War, both of which pushed on the boundaries of genre and made comparisons to Archer Avenue more than appropriate. On RLTVTY, which gets its vinyl release on July 29 via Romanus Records, they have the unenviable task of bearing the weight of significant expectations, and the band delivers a tightly wound series of songs which are more than worthy of expanding both their fanbase and their artistic footprint. From the opening horns of “And Also,” which sound like a mariachi alternate-dimension Tracksuit Lyfestile, it is clear they’re playing for keeps. Jennifer Roberts is in prime form vocally, and as the album builds it is clear the entire band is at home here twisting the already varied dimen18 // MUSIC // 07.26.17 - 08.02.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
sions of what we expect from a Veseria record. “Wingspan” stands out early on the album with its alt-country-tinged hooks, which give the harmonies plenty of room to breathe even as the song builds midway into a thundering mix of drums and horns. That song, however, leads into “Wherewithal,” a funky psychedelic jam that darkens around the edges. And “Time to Kill,” which the band has previously released as a single, has the power of a Brother O’ Brother earworm but with the band’s fuller sound giving additional heft behind Patrick Roberts’ vocals, leading into a hip-hop tinged breakdown at its midpoint that catches you off guard enough to demand repeat plays. As always I would suspect these songs will sound even grander when performed live — catch them at their Indianapolis release show August 12 at Hi-Fi to confirm. But for a band as sonically adventurous as Veseria to continue finding ways to surprise us as they continue to define their eclectic voice is worthy of celebration no matter how you hear it. EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re streaming RLTVTY on NUVO.net this week.
BROTHER O’ BROTHER, NEON NATIVE Neon Native has been out since May and is already pushing the limits of even the band’s expectations, all but instantly demanding a second pressing on vinyl and making it all the more likely the hardest working band in Indianapolis will soon be nationally known. No matter
how often I play these songs, they retain the visceral sound that you previously could only get by seeing the band live. That they’ve managed to evolve their studio sound so much over just three fulllength records is impressive in itself. But when the songs are as good as they are on Neon Native, it becomes something you have to share repeatedly until the masses figure out what they’re missing. Chris Banta may have the reputation of a vinyl maven via all his work with Romanus Records, but it’s easy to forget just how effortlessly he’s able to take on the front-man role here. In a live setting it’s as physically draining to watch him prowl the stage as it must be for him to actually pull off the moves. Yet as strong as their debut and Show Pony were as complete albums, Neon Native is the first to bring that experience into our collective headphones. “Sunshine” and the effortlessly expansive six-minute force “Fever” should be more than enough to convince you. If you can listen to Neon Native and still argue that rock is dead, you might as well hand in your critical credentials. Grab a copy of this album and catch the band live in intimate venues while you still can.
THE YAVIN 4, IMPERIAL ENTANGLEMENTS I love the fact that the Yavin 4 approach their affection of all-things Star Wars from varied perspectives. On the follow-up
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to their 2015 debut Intergalactic Rock and Roll, the band delivers an album of powerful hard rock hooks that approach their lyrical inspirations from angles both heroic and villainous. The result is that Imperial Entanglements draws you in instantly and never lets up through a furious 15-song assault. Grab a copy of the album before you catch the band opening for the Lillingtons this August at White Rabbit Cabaret, because you’ll want to be well-versed in these songs before the band takes the stage. “Hail, Palpatine!” digs in its hooks quickly and efficiently and is certain to become a crowd favorite at live shows. But “Son of a Sith” surprised me with its subtlety, adding dimensions to the band’s sounds through a slower build as Benny No-Good turns Luke Skywalker’s backstory into a psychedelic groove. The band’s not lying when they talk of these songs being heavier, darker and more dense musically than its predecessor. But it pays off immensely via an album proving the band is capable of being much more than a novelty. Call Imperial Entanglements the most pleasant surprise of a particularly strong local release slate. I suspect this will be, more than any other, the album I find myself listening to repeatedly, reveling in each song’s hidden details.
BIGFOOT YANCEY, HILLS You’d be wrong to call Bigfoot Yancey’s Hills the most straightforward album on my review list this summer, because in the vein of bands like Blitzen Trapper and Brown Bird, they merely use the
sounds of folk music to draw you in. Once you’re there, the band’s songs reveal their appreciation of strong song structure and intricate melodies, building from song to song to create an album that is nothing if not adventurous. The band is much more confident at the album’s start than on the already solid Welcome to the City, which introduced the band’s Trampled By Turtles-inspired Americana blend back in 2015. The arrangements are denser, and the album’s recordings bear the distinct stamp of producer Wesley Heaton, who also helped spur Veseria’s creativity on RLTVTY. “Brown County” features the band’s strongest harmonies yet, backed by a layered-yet-subtle bass and guitar arrangement that only builds as the banjo kicks in. The kind of song that pushed bands like Mumford and Sons to the forefront of pop music, yet with the subtlety in craft that such bands lacked, this is what deserves to push Bigfoot Yancey into wider national discussion. “El Paso,” meanwhile, is what makes me want to hunt this band down and finally see them live. The song sounds so effortless on the recording, but there’s so much care taken in the building of the song, particularly in the second verse’s addition of mariachi horns to the steady rhythm of drums, bass and guitar and Kevin Grove’s classic vocals. The entire album is like that, maintaining a tightrope walk between reverence to the past and an itch to push the boundaries of the future. Hills strikes a perfect balance, making it a must-hear for fans of contemporary roots music. N
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assist Nick Tucker, and guitarist Joel Tucker of the Tucker Brothers Group are indeed biological brothers, and if you’re a fan of live music in Indianapolis, you’ve likely seen one, or both of these siblings performing in your favorite neighborhood club. These days Joel and Nick are focusing their energy on the release of the Tucker Brothers Group’s sophomore LP Writing Prompts. The brothers are billing the LP as a “collection of songs dedicated to the past jazz musicians from Indianapolis,” but this is no mere rehash of greatest hits from the Wes Montgomery or Freddie Hubbard songbook. Writing Prompts contains eight wonderfully crafted original pieces composed by Joel and Nick. In addition to the brothers, Writing Prompts features the work of Evan Main on piano, Sean Imboden on tenor sax and Ben Lumsdaine on drums. The Tucker Brothers Group are celebrating the release of Writing Prompts with a show at the Jazz Kitchen on Saturday, July 29. The brothers also appear every Wednesday night at the Chatterbox. KYLE LONG: In the album notes I read that the music on this record was written to pay homage to some of the giants of Indianapolis jazz, like David Baker and Wes Montgomery. Essentially you’re focusing on a certain aspect of a player’s sound or style as a sort-of writing prompt for the compositions you both contributed for this the album. What inspired you to take this approach? JOEL TUCKER: I saw that there was an opportunity for a grant, the Amplify Indy grant through Musical Family Tree. This was last year when I was already in the process of writing some of the music for Writing Prompts. So it made sense to apply for the grant because we’re amplifying Indianapolis on this album by tying all these Indianapolis musicians like David Baker and Wes Montgomery into it. I wouldn’t be where I am without these musicians. I’ve listened to them for years now. So I decided to write a grant proposal to create an
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album dedicated to these musicians, but using our own musical voices, and performing our own music. It’s not an album that’s trying to sound like anybody else. KYLE: To some extent, I think we all grow up in Indianapolis hearing about Wes Montgomery, J.J. Johnson, Freddie Hubbard and some of the other star players. But there is an entire encyclopedia of great jazz musicians who came from Indianapolis. You play bass, so I’d imagine you’re familiar with names like Leroy Vinegar, and Larry Ridley. These people are major cornerstones of modern jazz music and played on some of the biggest records ever made. NICK TUCKER: Absolutely, and I can think of one specific example that really drove home the importance of the history of Indianapolis jazz. I was maybe a junior in high school, and I went to play this gig with some high school friends. I can’t remember everybody who was in the band but I think it was Kenny Phelps, Rob Dixon, and Melvin Rhyne was playing organ. So I find out after the gig that Melvin Rhyne was Wes Montgomery’s organist, and we got to play a song with him! I remember going home and trying to figure out all the records he played on and realizing, “Oh wow, this guy’s really important!” After I left for college and came back to Indianapolis, he was still here at that point, and I got to play with him a few more times. It was really valuable for me. When I was a little older I learned who Larry Ridley is, and that he was from Indianapolis. I went back and found all these Blue Note records he was on. I was like, “Wow this is a bass player that came from Indianapolis and really left his mark on the world.” It wasn’t one particular moment where I was like, “Indianapolis really is important.” It was more like learning over time. I’m still learning about more people every day. People who maybe didn’t move to New York and get world famous, but they did so much for the community here. N
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