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t least we can stop pretending now. The ugly and tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, involving a “protest” by white supremacist thugs and the accompanying abdication of moral leadership by President Donald Trump have lifted the rock. What’s crawled out from beneath is both hideous and dangerous, but we Americans never were going to be able to deal with it unless we first started acknowledging that it was there. That hate and bigotry exist and are part of us. There is a reason that racial prejudice has been called America’s original sin. It’s the same reason Abraham Lincoln warned us in his second inaugural address that the 250 years the people of this land tolerated the enslavement of other human beings might have to be paid for with another 250 years of suffering. The scales of justice never are balanced without cost. In Charlottesville, we can see just how high that cost can be. Three innocent people are dead and many others are injured because some deluded fools thought it a good idea to “protest” the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, a man they consider a hero. There is a legend that stresses Lee’s gallantry and guile, but it is a legend that overlooks a couple of basic facts. The first is that Lee considered slavery a moral wrong and the second is that, as a West Point-educated officer of the U.S. military, he took an oath to defend this nation. Yet he took up arms against the country he had sworn to defend and led troops in the service of a wretched cause during the bloodiest war in this nation’s history. Normally, such actions would not be called heroic. No, they would be called treason. So often, the people who proclaim themselves patriots and vow they love
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this country can’t seem to stand so many people who live here, people who are our neighbors and fellow citizens. That’s like claiming to love God while despising God’s creations. The indignation directed at President Trump for refusing to condemn this evil and meanness is just, but who really expected him to do otherwise? It’s impossible to know if the president is any more bigoted than the rest of us because the evidence strongly suggests that he believes in no cause, moral or immoral, greater than Donald Trump. He cannot abandon the bigots now because, as his poll numbers plummet and he engages in silly quarrels with supposed allies like Mitch McConnell and Jeff Sessions, he cannot afford to cast away friends. He will betray the bigots, though, when he no longer needs them or they have become too heavy for him to bear, because he is loyal only to himself. Thus, he bears moral responsibility for the horror in Virginia. Trump has flirted with these evil forces for years, seeming to think that hatred and bigotry were like water in a tap, something he could turn on and off as it suited him. Instead, he’s burst the pipes — and now the sewage is flowing through the streets. America’s streets won’t be washed clean easily. The revulsion Charlottesville has produced, though, demonstrates that most Americans — Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative — do believe in the principles that define this country. They believe all human beings, not just some, have rights. They believe in law. And they believe in justice. The bloodshed in Virginia and the president’s cowering response to it have stripped away all pretense. Now we know what the fight is about. N
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WHAT TO DO WITH COAL ASH LAGOONS Environmental groups take issue with Duke Energy’s plan
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nother Indiana utility has proposed closure plans for its coal ash lagoons that have been met with disagreement from environmentalist and citizens watchdog groups. Duke Energy submitted closure plans to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for 20 lagoons at four of their generating stations. The plans are in response to a mandate from the Environmental Protection Agency and IDEM for utilities no longer using coal ash lagoons to submit a written plan on how those lagoons will be handled to reduce the change for long term threats and/ or damage to the surrounding environments. Coal ash lagoons are typically “closed” one of two ways — either the coal ash is excavated and taken to a securely lined landfill, or the lagoon is drained of water and the top of the lagoon sealed, leaving the coal ash in place. The latter is known as “ cap-in-place.” Several groups have come out against Duke’s proposal, which includes a cap-inplace. The Hoosier Environmental Council, Earthjustice, Waterkeeper Alliance, Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter, Citizens Action Coalition and the Knob and Valley Audubon Society collectively released a statement calling on IDEM to reject Duke’s plans. “The utility’s plan clearly fails to protect the environment and people’s health from dangerous contamination leaking off the
sites,” said Dr. Indra Frank, environmental health and water policy director for the Hoosier Environmental Council. “The waste contains lead, arsenic, and chromium, among other toxics, and it should be prevented from continuing to leak into Indiana waters.” HEC’s Tim Maloney says there is evidence that at least some of the lagoons in question are already leaking because groundwater and soil testing in areas near the lagoons show some levels of contamination. “In the sampling that Duke Energy has done, as part of their closure plan process, reveals that all these sites have groundwater contamination. And that’s to be expected,” says Maloney. “The underlying lagoons that sit right atop the underlying groundwater and in some cases, particularly at the Duke plants, the coal ash is literally sitting in the underlying groundwater.” And since Duke’s generating stations are located within the floodplains of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers, Maloney believes those rivers are at risk of exposure to the contamination as well. Duke Energy is in the midst of an environmental clean up in North Carolina, where a storm water pipe located beneath an ash lagoon failed in 2014. The failure resulted in the release of 27 million gallons of coal ash water into a 70-mile stretch of the Dan River. Maloney says excavation is the best
way to avoid any type of similar scenario from occurring in Indiana. However, Duke Energy spokesperson Angeline Protogere takes issue with some of the concerns raised by the HEC and others. According to Protogere, HEC and the others are incorrect in their assessment of the situation. “Our closure plans are based on extensive engineering and scientific studies by independent experts for each basin,” says Protogere. “In some cases we are excavating ash basins, while other basins are being closed in place. The closure method chosen depends on the unique circumstances at each power plant and the engineering requirements for each basin to ensure the long-term safety of ash storage.” In Indiana, Duke plans to excavate seven coal ash basins while nine others will be capped in place. And Protogere says the closure plans in North Carolina are also a combination of excavation and cap-in-place. State and federal rules do allow for capin-place closures as an approved option for unused coal ash lagoons. Maloney admits that there are circumstances here that might be a viable and sound option. “The expectation is that it would be a site-specific determination,” says Maloney. “You’d want to have a pretty good understanding that the specific geology would
mitigate any possible effects from the ash being left in place.” Maloney says if the ash was well above the underlying groundwater or if the soil was hard to penetrate, like clay, then a case could be made where a cap-in-place scenario made sense. But the combination of Indiana soil and weather and placement of Duke’s ash lagoons in floodplains creates what Maloney believes to be a recipe for disaster. “Groundwater rises and falls in connection with the rise and fall of the neighboring rivers,” says Maloney. “The likelihood is that even if you stop the infiltration of the water from the surface, you’re doing nothing to prevent the ash from being re-saturated from underneath. And that’s what’s likely to happen.” Protogere points out that Duke would be responsible for monitoring the sealed lagoons and surrounding groundwater for contamination for 30 years after closure. But Maloney counters the argument, saying the ash will still be there long after 30 years and disaster could strike then. IDEM is currently taking Duke’s plan under consideration and has the opposing arguments of the HEC and other organizations in file. However, if and when IDEM will accept or deny the plans remains to be seen. Indianapolis Power and Light submitted plans similar to Duke’s proposal earlier in the year, and those plans are still under consideration. N NUVO.NET // 08.16.17 - 08.23.17 // NEWS // 5
HEARTLAND TAKES A JOURNEY Four-day event at Indiana Historical Society highlights films of India BY KATHERINE COPLEN // KCOPLEN@NUVO.NET
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his week, Craig Prater is celebrating. “In just a few days, I’ll be celebrating my first anniversary [in Indianapolis],” says the Heartland Film Festival President. “And I can honestly tell you I’ve not regretted it a single day.” This is an occasion even Prater couldn’t have predicted just a few years ago. That’s because the film fest prez says he wasn’t familiar with Heartland before the nationwide search for a new president began — and once he learned everything the quarter-century old film fest does and is, that surprised him. The veteran film festival organizer says he wasn’t the only one that had yet to discover Indy’s hidden gem. “I started nosing into it, talking to film industry people, and I became aware very quickly that the film industry was not aware of Heartland Film Festival,” he says. “Yet, they were 25 years old, and I couldn’t figure out what that was all about. They obviously were doing something very good, or they wouldn’t have survived 25 years. “So basically, with a lot of discussion and research with the film industry and the board of directors, I felt my big challenge was to come in and take what they were doing so well here for 25 years and expose it to the film industry and the rest of the world. That is my challenge.” One year in, Prater is answering that challenge with a wide-ranging new event called A Cultural Journey, which runs at the Indiana Historical Society for four days beginning Thursday. The four-day film fest centers entirely on the films of India, which happen to hold a very important title in the movie production biz. “We were very much interested in India being [the country to highlight in] our first year because, as a country, it is the largest film production country by a long shot,”
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Prater says. “And the production and styles of production coming out of India — because of the different territories and areas — they’re all different. So how were we able to capture and get our hands on some of these different styles and art forms?” Enter Hannah Fisher, international film curator and co-founder of the South Asia Film Festival. She participated in an early iteration of this week’s event, then called The Cultural Bridge at the Dubai International Film Festival. “[A Cultural Bridge was] a way of bringing the non-Arab world to the Arab world and vice-versa,” said Fisher of the event. “This is a way of developing cultural ties and dialogue, which is a key point. My film program [in Dubai] was all films that dealt with cultural reconciliation, family
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reconciliation, countries working together in some way.” Fisher, who says she sees between 600 and 700 films a year, curated the seven films that will screen at Heartland’s Cultural Journey with a similar eye toward bridging cultural understanding. “There is a film in this program that is a little black and white film called A Billion Colour Story,” she says. “It’s the first film. And it was a little shaky for me at first, because it is the first film. But my god, when I get to the ending, you’re on your knees. It’s
so powerful. Talk about a film of the heart. It’ll knock people out.” The other six films include documentary A Suitable Girl and features Ventilator, Siddharth, Half Ticket, You Are My Sunday and Hotel Salvation. Many screenings include special guests and Q&As, including A Suitable Girl co-directors Sarita Khurana and Smitri Mundhra, Dr. Madhu Chopra, Priyanka Chopra’s mother and representative of her production company Purple Pebble Pictures and India’s consul general, Neeta Bhushan. A Cultural Journey coincides with an India Day celebration planned for Sunday on Monument Circle. Other film fest events interspersed among the weekend’s screenings are events including a gala showcasing traditional dance and music, yoga along the Canal and a bike tour along the Cultural Trail. The trail itself figures prominently in Heartland’s conceptualization of the event. Both Heartland’s Fountain Square office and Cultural Journey venue IHS are situated near the trail. When planning A Cultural Journey, “I thought, the Cultural Trail pulls together all the different neighborhoods and businesses in Downtown Indianapolis into one really nice package for somebody to see Indianapolis for what it is,” says Michael Ault, Vice President of Development at Heartland. “And that’s what we are doing with this Cultural Journey. We’re putting a different country in the spotlight every year, and bringing that to Indianapolis to educate and inspire a community to think different and open up their minds to a different culture and a different way of life.” Ault highlights the role of a 25-person committee in coordinating events and facilitating outreach to Indy’s Indian community.
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Joining Heartland’s quest to present the event was an easy one for Neelu Sondhi. “I’ve always been a Heartland junkie,” says committee chair Sondhi. “They bring amazing films to Indiana every year, and they’ve been doing this for 25 years. They’re gut-wrenching and heart-warming and they make you think. So, Heartland was an easy fit for me. But then when they told me about the Indian Cultural Journey, I’m like, ‘Of course I’m going to do this!’ ” Sondhi says highlighting the diversity and positive aspects of India was a motivating factor in her involvement with the committee. “We’ve all seen Slumdog Millionaire and a lot of negative things. And with the political climate the way it is, I wanted to show the other parts of India,” she says. “India is not just one culture. We have six different religions, speak 23 different languages and many, many more dialects within those languages. The food is different from north, south, east, west. There are all kinds of different cultures within India.” Prater, Ault, Sondhi and Fisher highlighted throughout our conversations the desire for attendees to realize Indian film ranges far beyond Bollywood. “This is just a little peak into it, a teeny-tiny section. You can’t do it all in four days,” says Sondhi. “We’ve tried to do a little bit of the south, a little bit of the north, a little bit of the east, a little bit of the west, to just give you a taste. This is a taste to start conversations, and that was my main reason to do this. I want people
to come and see and experience India, and hopefully next time they see someone wearing an Indian outfit, or come in contact with someone from India, they can say, ‘Hey, you know I saw this film!’ I really want to start conversations.” Prater is quick to remind that film fests like Heartland don’t take political positions. But highlighting international film is inherently political. “International film festivals do not take a political position on anything. However, we want to promote the art, the viewpoint, the traditions, the cultures of all countries and cultures of the world. We will always, as Heartland Film Festival, encourage countries and filmmakers from everywhere to submit their films so we can expose their artform. “[With] the immigration subject [that] has been brought to the forefront a lot lately, we were concerned about that. If that law [the executive order limiting travel for citizens of certain Muslim-majority counties, currently being challenged in court] had been enforced last year, a number of our winning films and filmmakers would not have been able to get into the country. We want to keep that open door.” Organizers hope that through that open door, attendees see something comfortingly familiar. “We’re not that different,” Sondhi says. “We all love. We all dream. We all have the same feelings. We may look a little different, but actually we’re all the same. And that’s the point of this.” NUVO.NET // 08.16.17 - 08.23.17 // THE BIG STORY // 7
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A TRIO OF CULTURAL JOURNEY REVIEWS
SIDDHARTH
VENTILATOR
// AUG. 18, 1 P.M.
Three years before Lion earned a trove of Academy Award nominations, Richie Mehta
family … even 12-year-olds. But the boy doesn’t return when he’s supposed
// AUG. 18, 6:30 P.M.
For most of us, hospitals are the place where we come into and go out of this world, and try to
in his laptop, and a comely lass he knows. Old resentments rise to the surface, long separa-
wrote and directed a similar film about an Indian
to, and the mother, Suman (Rannishtha Chatter-
spend as little time as possible in between. They can
tions are ended, reconciliations are attempted and
boy who disappears mysteriously. Siddharth
jee), is frantic with worry. Mahendra at first acts
be cold, sad places. But there’s humanity there, as
aborted. Not a few loud sessions erupt with a dozen
looks at this tragic situation from the opposite
unconcerned, even brusque. Beneath the veneer,
there is most everywhere, if we’re willing to open
people talking over each other, hands flailing.
perspective, however, as the family searches
we sense his masculine urge to appear in control.
our hearts and not be scared by circumstances.
desperately for their lost son.
But that façade soon shatters as clues to the boy’s
Siddharth is an emotionally jangly experience, as we follow the father, Mahendra (Rajesh Tailang), step
whereabouts grow more and more dire. Eventually they are forced to go to the police,
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“They’re just talking,” one man, an American transplant, reassures his son. “That’s how Indian
readers may know him: rakish good looks, pens a
families talk. They stick together despite their differ-
superb movie column — and I think it was the first
ences. That’s the beauty of the Indian family.”
by step along his quest. Mehta (Amal) crafts a film
where the father is chastened for sending his
time in years where I wasn’t edgy about going into
Raja is more or less the main character, a famous
that is part family drama, part crime story and partly
son to work instead of school, despite child labor
such a place. The hospital was just a venue where I
film director who’s constantly being recognized and
an exploration of class differences in modern India.
laws. We hear a trove of dire consequences:
could spend time with someone I care about.
accosted (in a friendly way). He’s played by Ashutosh
It’s also a sumptuous travelogue of the nation,
runaways, kidnappings, children deliberately
That’s the entire premise of Ventilator, a 2016
Gowariker, who actually is a famous Indian movie
from the street poverty of Delhi, where the family
maimed to make them more effective beggars,
film written and directed by Rajesh Mapuskar
director. Superstar Priyanka Chopra turns up in a few
comes from, to the showbiz heat and lights of
sex trafficking and even worse.
centered on a dying man. We never actually get
cameos as herself, adding to the bedazzlement.
Mumbai, where the expedition eventually takes
Mahendra is compelled to go in search of
to meet him, other than a few oblique shots of
them. Whether we’re in the crime-ridden slums or
Siddharth, but they are desperately poor. He cal-
breathing apparatus or an IV. The movie isn’t
the modern cityscape, however, the vibrancy of
culates it would take him 50 days to save enough
about him, but his family and how his last breaths
Indian people bleeds through the screen.
money for bus fare. Loans are available from shady
bring them all together.
We barely catch a glimpse of Siddharth at the beginning of the film, as he is being sent off to a distant land to work in a factory for a couple of
characters, but some lines cannot be crossed and sometimes, he says, a man must walk alone. Joyous, heartrending and illuminating, Siddharth
Tender and surprisingly funny, Ventilator shows
is a mite rusty. But movies are largely an emotional experience, and I was surprised how big a helping I got from Ventilator even without the words.
each other. One older man uses the occasion to
vendor who fixes zippers and such. Business has
ney changes a family than where it takes them.
play matchmaker between a young relative, a pro-
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fessional sort who wears a suit and sticks his nose
— CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
supplied did not include subtitles, and my Marathi
they hug, argue, make jokes, squabble and tease
is a film that’s more about how the daunting jour-
ered the duty of sons to work to support their
I should probably mention that I didn’t understand most of what was said, as the screener I was
a large extended clan in all its imperfect glory, as
months. Mahendra is a chain-wallah — a street been slow, and in their neighborhood it’s consid-
There’s a bit of a soap opera feel to the film, assisted by a sweet, stringed musical score.
— CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
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A SUITABLE GIRL
// AUG. 19, 6:30 P.M., 11 P.M.
As a young, unmarried woman living in the Unit-
once they’re matched, that he’d rather have been
ed States, it was tempting throughout my viewing
born European and avoid having to get married at all;
of A Suitable Girl to shout internally, “No! Don’t
Dipti, at 30, struggles to find a husband who will have
make her do it!” But to watch this film is to subli-
her and frets constantly along with her parents that
mate my Western context for how love should be
she’ll wind up alone. By the end of the film, all three
found, and instead open my mind to the way that
are married. Are they happy? That’s a more compli-
1.3 billion people on Earth might choose to do it.
cated answer. One thing is very clear: the burden of
In this 90-minute documentary, directors Sarita Khurana and Smriti Mundhra closely follow the journey of three young modern Indian women as they
expectations and the exit from their families of origin is a deeply painful thing for these women. “Things happen like this only in a girl’s life, so
search alongside their families for a suitable partner
I can’t say it is fair or unfair,” Dipti says while she
to make a life with through arranged marriage. And
contemplates not seeing her mother regularly. “But
yes, at times, it could be painful to watch — but
girls have to take it like this only.”
that speaks to the skill of the storytelling and the
A Suitable Girl took home the Albert Maysles
openness of the subjects. Hearts broke and were
New Documentary Director Award at Tribeca Film
mended onscreen.
Fest and is clearly a labor of love for the directorial
Khurana and Mundhra lay out plainly the push
pair, who filmed over several years in India.
and pull between independence and devotion to
Throughout my viewing of A Suitable Girl, my
family and tradition for Dipti, Ritu and Amrita. The
mind returned to the dancing, laughing couples on
expectation of marriage — and a good, advanta-
E-Harmony commercials, the endless left and right
geous match — is an absolute for the trio and their
swipes of Tinder. Yes, from a distance, the tools and
families. But that doesn’t mean it’s not complicated:
traditions we use to find love can look very strange.
Amrita gives up her job and moves hundreds of miles
But we’re all looking for love, stability, a future.
from her family in Delhi to a remote village with her husband; Ritu would rather focus on her work at
— KATHERINE COPLEN
Ernst and Young than finding a husband, who admits,
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NINE LOCAL SPOTS SERVING UP INDIAN FOOD IN INDY Interested in exploring Indy’s Indian food offerings to celebrate India Day? Here’s nine places in the Circle City offering scrumptious choices.
APNA KITCHEN A new(ish) place in the International Marketplace, Apna Kitchen serves up some of the most diverse and delicious Indian food around. Though housed in a space that has formerly held a few of the city’s most popular vegetarian and vegan Indian restaurants, Apna added meat to the menu, while still
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keeping plenty of veggie options as well.
BIRYANI HOUSE
you’re in a state of bliss. And don’t forget to grab
Simple: if you are craving biryani, a traditional rice-
a coupon out of your handy-dandy NUVO.
based Indian dish, then this is the place for you. They have plenty of other options, but why the hell
SHALIMAR
would you go to a place with biryani in the name
Every Indian restaurant has vegetarian options,
and not get it?
but Shalimar has something special with their veg-platter and dishes. Much like India Garden,
CHAPATI
this is a place to come to pile up on food from
This place has a modern, chic ambience with pop
the lunch buffet.
art adorning the walls, artistic seating options and — surprisingly — a ping-pong table. The
SPICE BOX
food is also out-of-the-norm, and in a good way.
Very different from any other place on this list,
Choose between Pakistani, Indian or street-style
Spice Box is akin to a fast food restaurant in the
chaats, as well as other modern offerings. If you
way that your order, but the food is a far-cry better
like your restaurants on the hip side, this is the
than any drive though. This is the local Indian spot
Indian joint for you.
where we feel bad for vegans, because you have to miss out on the spicy chutney. Don’t worry — they
INDIA CAFÉ
still have plenty of options for the veggies among
They offer just about any style of Indian cuisine you
us, but we see that chutney in our dreams.
— CAVAN MCGINSIE
can imagine and somehow they make every single dish as tasty as the next. The menu here is insanely
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extensive, so it can be hard to find exactly what
SUPER FOOD HOUSE
you want, but it also gives you a reason to come
Grab your chana masala on the go from this little
back time and again to try something new. Also,
spot nestled inside a Brownsburg BP station.
— KATHERINE COPLEN
they have lobster on the menu?! If you want to try lobster that is different than your typical tail and clarified butter, this is the place.
OMELET SHOPPE On the surface, this Southside diner is a typical
INDIA GARDEN
greasy spoon. Burgers and fries, bacon and
There are two locations for the this longtime Indy
eggs; all the typical artery-clogging favorites
eatery, one in Broad Ripple and one Downtown.
represented. But a closer examination of the
Sure, you can order off the menu and you’re going
menu reveals a selection of Indian curries,
to find something worthwhile, but the real reason
breads and rice.
you’re here is to stuff yourself at the buffet until
— KYLE LONG
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TOTALLY PSYCHED FOR THE TOTAL ECLIPSE
Even in Indy, we’ll get a look at the not-so-dark-side of the moon BY DAN GROSSMAN // DGROSSMAN@NUVO.NET
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hen I found Brian Murphy, director of Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium, he was on site at his workplace. But come Monday, Aug. 21, he’ll be nowhere near the Observatory, which, actually, will be closed that day. Murphy plans instead to be down in Southern Illinois, within the 70 mile wide path of a total solar eclipse. On Monday, the moon’s shadow will cross the American continent west to east moving at 1,000 miles per hour. Anyone within that 70-mile-wide band will see sky and land descend into darkness for a period of about two and a half minutes. If it’s not clouded over, you’ll see planets and stars. Indianapolis, outside the path of totality, will see a partial solar eclipse with 93 percent of the sun blocked by the moon — at the partial eclipse maximum — which will occur at approximately 2:24 p.m. The sky will turn to a deeper shade of blue and you’ll able to see little crescent shadows on the ground. But the sky won’t go dark. If you’re standing near a tree, under a clear sky, you’ll be able to
see the shadows of each individual leaf. I’ve told Murphy that circumstances will keep me in Indy, but that I’m excited for the partial. But Murphy, who, in addition to being Observatory Director is also professor of physics and astronomy at Butler University, curbed my enthusiasm. “Someone described it as the difference between dying and almost dying,” he said. “You can have a 99 percent eclipse, like in Evansville; it’s nothing like it will be 50 miles south. Seeing [a total versus a partial eclipse] is completely different. A total solar eclipse is the most spectacular astronomical event you can see in your life.” Murphy should know. He’s seen two already. One in Manitoba, Canada in 1979, and the other in Vietnam in 1995. His recommendation: if you can make it south to totality, do it. But, before talking about his eclipse plans, he showed me the observatory. We walked up the winding stairs of the observatory to the telescope.
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The telescope is a 38-inch Cassegrain, built in the ‘50s. The first upgrade, completed in 1999, was to get it motorized. “So we don’t have to touch it,” said Murphy. When he first came to Butler in 1993, the 5,000 pound telescope had to be moved manually from one position to another. The most recent upgrade, which was completed several years ago, cost $425,000. This included improvements in the optics of the main telescope as well as allowing it to be operated remotely. The servers retrofitted to the telescope allow Murphy and colleagues to operate the telescope and the dome without even being in the same room. Hell, they don’t even have to be on the same continent. “This system here can be accessed anywhere in the world. My colleague [at Butler]
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has collaborators in China. They actually use our telescope … We’re also in a telescope consortium [the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy.] We have 10 percent time on three telescopes; one in Arizona, one in Chile, and one in the Canary Islands in Spain, three of the best sites in the world. We actually can access those.” Murphy adapted his own research to the Holcomb telescope’s capabilities. “Using our telescope and using consortium telescopes, we study a lot of types of variable stars, stars that are pulsating,” he said. “In one day they expand their size by a factor of two and go back down … They’re called pulsating variables … stars going through their death throes.” Right now it would be safe to surmise that he’s got more than pulsating variables on his mind. But for those of us who cannot go south on this day, his advice is “stay put.” Because on April 8, 2024, another solar eclipse will hit the North American continent. And, on that day, Indy will be in the path of totality. To learn more, you can check out the Holcomb Planetarium show The All American Eclipse: starring the sun and the moon on Aug. 17, 18 and 19. NASA-approved eclipse viewers will be for sale there, on those dates, while supplies last. (Please use eclipse viewers if you’re going to look at the sun.) As for Murphy and his group of faculty and students, they’ll spend eclipse eve outside the path of totality. “The reason we stay outside the path is because if there’s clouds in the area you want to have easy access outside the path to move east or west to get to a new site. Where we’re going is a remote area in Southern Illinois. When I say remote, it’s because we don’t want to fight with crowds and traffic. So I picked this nice little park that has a park and toilets and a supermarket just down the street.” If clouds are over Southern Illinois, they still have time to try to make it to Missouri or Tennessee. Murphy tells me that there are some astronomers who will actually be studying the corona of the sun as the eclipse happens. But he’s not one of them. “I’m doing it for the sheer beauty,” he said. N
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CLAY, STONE AND HOPE
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Eiteljorg premieres work honoring the life of Nampeyo, the matriarch of Hopi pottery
BY RITA KOHN // RKOHN@NUVO.NET
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enneth Frazelle refers to his newest oeuvre of song cycles as “a road trip back in time, geographically, anthropologically” drawing on the sensations that he has absorbed from the people and the landscape from his decades of traveling in the Southwest. “The Hopi speak to me most directly,” he said during an Aug. 9 phone interview. Frazelle’s Songs of Clay and Stone will premiere on Aug. 27 at 3 p.m. at the Eiteljorg. Featuring mezzo-soprano Kathryn Findlen and pianist Robert Brewer, the lyrics and music of the work honor the renowned Hopi potter Nampeyo. During the performance Southwestern landscape photographs of Edward S. Curtis will be projected on screen. After the performance, audience members will be invited to view Nampeyo’s pottery in the museum’s Native American galleries. The performance will be preceded by “Thoughts on Edward Curtis” by Johanna Blume, Eiteljorg Asst. Curator for Western Art, History and Culture. According to Frazelle, the work’s emphasis on Nampeyo brings the listener into “multiple perspectives, with layers of imagery and different voices — some reaching back, some with time suspended, some flowing with change” depicting the way her pottery incorporates her lifetime [1859-1942] with the distant past and the immediate present of Hopi culture. “I am the storyteller through six songs,” said Kathryn Findlen. “Sometimes I’m the narrator, sometimes I’m painting visual pictures or describing action, but always embodying the emotional centers of the characters and the intent of the words and the music.” Frazelle describes his text and music as an equal partnership between vocalist and pianist. “The singer and piano deliver the message, bring the landscape to life in unison,” he said. “I’d love it if the audience too could
MEZZO SOPRANO VOCALIST KATHRYN FINDLEN //
PIANIST ROBERT BREWER //
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COMPOSER KENNETH FRAZELLE //
be in tune with the journey — the mysteries imbued by the landscape.” In the end, he intimates, it is essential “to hold it in your heart and hands and feel the humanity.” “For me, it is always exciting to have a new major work of music based on a theme, both visual and cultural,” commented pianist Robert Brewer in an email exchange. “There is nothing ordinary about this piece.” Findlen concurred, explaining that Frazelle has taken the song cycle into a different plane from its classical roots where a composer creates songs from already well-known poems. “He is opening windows with controversial subject matter in his own words.”
“I’ve done my share of setting Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, etc. to music,” admitted Frazelle. But now he feels it is imperative to choose subject matter concurrent with timely issues that, in context, are timeless. In the case of the Hopi and the Southwest in general, the essentiality lies within the rampant damage to the landscape and to sacred locations that are being sacrificed for questionable monetary gain. By choosing to do this kind of artistic work he feels he has a sense of control in what seems like a hopeless time. “If a work of art can be an awakening,” he mused, “there is hope.” A sense of stewardship underlies Songs of Clay and Stone. We immediately are thrust into the presence of a “Landscape with Shadows” and a canyon under water with remnants of a way of life once in union with
the land. It’s a way of life somewhat romanticized by 19th Century photographer Edward Curtis, whom Frazelle depicts in a tongue-incheek manner. And yet, there is a memory of what can be retrieved with patience and boldness — and that is the story of Nampeyo, her ancestors and her descendants. “Native pottery as a continuum with authenticity; that is what Nampeyo teaches us,” commented curator Scott Shoemaker, during a phone conversation. “Nampeyo was simultaneously informed by the past and innovative during her lifetime. She learned from her tradition and she influenced pottery for future generations, making tradition a living force.” Shoemaker, who will lead a talk entitled “Thoughts on Nampeyo” before the performance, envisions Frazelle’s composition as providing visitors with more context, energy and synergy to the collections while at the same time the Eiteljorg exhibits provides more context for the songs. “Looking at the ideas of the songs, this program is equally an impetus for the Eiteljorg to look forward with changing galleries,” he said. N NUVO.NET // 08.16.17 - 08.23.17 // STAGE // 13
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explain the social-economic setup. Tatum and Driver play brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan. They don't look related, but their performances of the siblings sell the relationship. Incidentally, those hoping for a few beefcake shots of Tatum will need to watch Magic Mike again, as Channing keeps his Tatum clothed throughout the film.
Logan Lucky is a swell caper film set in a world with far less money and sophistication than in most films of this type.
LOGAN LUCKY //
OCEAN’S 7-ELEVEN
Steven Soderbergh’s back with another heist
BY ED JOHNSON-OTT // EJOHNSONOTT@NUVO.NET
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ogan Lucky is a fun and engaging caper movie directed by Steven Soderbergh. “Wait a minute,” you say, “you're referring to Steven Soderbergh, director of the hit caper flicks Ocean's 11, Ocean's 12 and Ocean's 13? Is he the same guy that said he was through directing movies a few years ago?” “Well, yes, but ...” I say, then you interrupt, peppering me with questions about why a filmmaker as gifted as Soderbergh would un-retire by making — of all things — another caper movie. After letting you ramble on, I interrupt, reminding you that this is my essay, not yours, and making a fictional appearance in somebody else's essay is a privilege, not a right. Then I remind you that it would be highly unlikely that a writer in Indianapolis would know what motivates a man like Steven Soderbergh
WHAT // Logan Lucky (2017) SHOWING // In wide release (PG-13) ED SAYS // e
to do anything. Besides, Soderbergh already slipped back in the director's chair, first by making the celebrated TV movie about Liberace, Behind the Candelabra, and doing some Canadian production called The Knick. As for why he came back, perhaps he was dealing with a personal issue (maybe health-related?) that made it hard to do his craft. It could be that Soderbergh finally felt good enough to give it another go, and picked Logan Lucky because the plot was something familiar to him, making the whole un-retiring thing a little less intimidating. “I hope what you're saying is actually about Soderbergh,” you state, while
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sporting a borderline hostile smile, “because if you were using his career to write something more personal, it would be terribly self-indulgent. And using Soderbergh's circumstances to talk about something personal would be the height of arrogance.” At this point, I cut you off. I claim the reason is your excessive interrupting, but the truth is that whole writer-argueswith-a-make-believe-reader thing has served its purpose. Logan Lucky stars Channing Tatum and Adam Driver in a swell caper film set in a world with far less money and sophistication than in most films of this type. The press releases call it a “redneck caper movie” and one of the cast members calls it “Ocean's 7-Eleven.” Sounds a bit condescending to me, though I certainly don't mind employing the references to
Jimmy has a plan — robbing the Charlotte Motor Speedway during the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day. Seems Jimmy knows that beneath the Speedway lies a network of pneumatic tubes. Jimmy has a plan, which means a team must be assembled. Central to the group is bank vault expert Joe Bang. Daniel Craig plays Bang, stealing every scene he has in the film and a few where he isn't. Riley Keough appears as Jimmy and Clyde's sister. Hilary Swank plays a special agent trying to unravel the crime. The cast also includes Katherine Waterston, Katie Holmes, Dwight Yoakam, Sebastian Stan, Brian Gleeson, Jack Quaid, Jesse White and Seth MacFarlane, who is virtually unrecognizable, which is probably for the best. First-time screenwriter Rebecca Blunt is a figure of some mystery. Never mind, her work here is a treat, even if it adheres to the caper movie custom of running a few minutes longer than necessary. So there you go. Steven Soderbergh is officially un-retired, and his comeback vehicle is a winner. Can he maintain the demanding pace of making films as entertaining as Logan Lucky, or will he re-retire, wiling away his hours sharing anecdotes with his friends and acquaintances on Facebook? Time will tell. N
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MEET YOUR MEAT
Get up close and personal with your food at Turchetti’s Salumeria BY CAVAN MCGINSIE // CMcGINSIE@NUVO.NET
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o say that Turchetti’s Salumeria is bringing something new to the city when it opens this fall would be a lie — but not a total lie. What the new shop is bringing to Indianapolis — whole animal butchering — is something man has done for thousands of years. But in recent times we have moved this process behind closed doors. George Turkette and Doug Esopenko want to change that. “The idea is that you can come in, and everything is transparent,” Turkette says while seated at the bar in the company’s soon-to-open space at 1106 Prospect St. in Fountain Square that was most recently home to Marrow. “I want everybody to be able to see every part of the process of what we do.” Bringing the butchering out of the back and to the forefront is something that Turkette believes is an important aspect to bring consumers closer to the meat that they are eating, and subsequently bring more respect to the animals. “You’ll be able to see a whole pig, or lamb or side of beef hanging there and hopefully that will pique people’s interest,” he says. “We’ll be working only with whole animals, and you’ll be able to watch that whole process. The animal will come in, we will list the farm and we will rotate through different stuff. “Ideally you’ll be able to come in, look at the case, and say ‘Wow, there’s an ossobaw tenderloin, a berkshire tenderloin and a duroc tenderloin,’ and be able to visually see the difference. You get to pick which heritage breed you want and what farm it came from.” The owners hope transparency will create a more appreciative and knowledgeable public in Indianapolis when it comes to the food that we eat. “A big part of the environment I’m trying
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to create here is educational learning and a very positive environment,” says Turkette. Turkette has spent his four years in Indianapolis learning about the process of butchering and curing meat. When I initially spoke with him for a story about another business he had in the works that fell through, The Pig’s Tale, he said “I opened the Downtown location [of Pizzology, now Stella] as executive chef. From that point on, every restaurant I’ve worked in I’ve let them know of my interest in charcuterie. “At Cunningham [Restaurant Group] I took over their pancetta program and had some fun with it. Then, I went over to Mesh and Cerulean. From there, I knew what I wanted to do, so I started my apprenticeship at Smoking Goose. I signed
up for an 18-month charcuterie apprenticeship and only did 10 months there.” Now, with another year under his belt and a new partner, Turkette’s vision and skills are even more developed for the business he is hoping to bring to Indianapolis. Much like any meat counter or butcher customers will be able to come in and pick up pork chops, ribeyes, sausages, city ham and Turchetti’s incredible hot dogs, but they will also be able to get a taste of Turchetti’s line of dry-cured meats at their charcuterie station which will include salami, ‘nduja, pepperoni snack sticks and more. A full working kitchen and bar is another aspect that sets Turchetti’s apart from other meat markets in town. “We will do sandwiches — the plan right now is during lunch,” says Turkette. So how will Turchetti’s be different than Goose, the current gold standard in delicious meat sammies? “The biggest thing here that is different from Goose is I am compacting everything that they do into one space.” He adds the full service kitchen will allow Turchetti’s to expand into different types of food, although it will remain quick service at a counter. The bar, on the other hand, will be extensive, but despite the space coming with a three-way liquor license (allowing an establishment to serve wine, beer and liquor) Turkette says he does not plan to serve cocktails. “Fountain Square doesn’t need another cocktail bar. I can walk out the door and count five places that I can go get a cocktail from; I don’t want to step on their toes. That’s the last thing Fountain Square needs, so we’re going to do beer and wine only. We have this six draft system and Amanda Devary — who is at Vida right now — she is going to be our general manager. So she will be doing our wine lists and we will partner together and do beers as well.”
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NUVO.NET/FOOD+DRINK HAM FROM ELI CREEK FARM READY TO BECOME TURCHETTI’S SALUMERIA CITY HAM // PHOTO VIA TURCHETTI’S SALUMERIA
While Turchetti’s Salumeria storefront Supporting these farmers is where it all isn’t open yet, the team has been pushing starts. It’s a major reason why the business out hundreds of pounds of product a week is doing whole-animal butchery, to give throughout the city over the past year, inlocal farmers a way to make sure that these cluding at Garfield Park Farmers’ Market. animals they’ve carefully raised are not go“That is where we started to create our ing to waste. (Ironically, Turchetti’s has alfirst buzz and get our first return customready weathered a social media campaign ers,” Turchetti says. by local animal rights activists who have They are also available at Broad Ripple accused the business of being a negative Farmers’ Market. He tells me some of addition to the community and propagattheir most popular ing the “lie” of sustainproducts have been the able and humane local “A big part of the beef summer sausage, animal farming, which city ham, cappicola and Turkette prefers not to environment I’m hot dogs, which contingive further attention on trying to create ually sell out. the record.) While markets are a Turkette says he also here is educational hopes place for them to get to be able to learning and a out and sell to and meet create awareness in the the public, Turchetti’s community about local very positive products are also availfarm products and have environment.” able in many different shoppers become more restaurants around the connected to their own — GEORGE TURKETTE OF city including Milklocal food systems. TURCHETTI’S SALUMERIA tooth, Oakley’s Bistro, “I want people to Bent Rail, IMA Beer come in, whether they Garden, Italian House on Main in Westare totally experienced or not, and feel field, Cardinal Spirits, New Day Meadery comfortable and walk away having learned and Wildwood Market. something.” If they happen to eat someFor Turchetti’s Salumeria, the goal is to thing delicious as well, that’s all the better. create a business that supports and conAnd he’s taking great care with his nonnects its community in every aspect from pig shop occupants, too. beginning to end. “For the employees, I want them to also Turkette says, “Over the past four years be learning all the time,” he says. “We in Indy, I’ve networked with enough just want to pay people a liveable wage farmers that I’ve collected a solid pool of all across the board, back of house and people that I’ve worked with and continue front of house and create a great place for to work with.” people to work.” N
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lice Cooper’s major heyday may have been back in the 1970s, when tours behind albums like Billion Dollar Babies were breaking Rolling Stones concert attendance records, but the man born Vincent Damon Furnier is still creatively vibrant nearly four decades later. July saw the release of the Bob Ezrin-produced Paranormal, the duo’s first collaboration since 2011’s Welcome 2 My Nightmare. Like its predecessor, the new project is a star-studded affair that features cameos by the likes of U2 drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons and Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover. For Cooper, the odd array of unlikely guests played into the notion he and Ezrin had about not wanting these songs to be united by a singular concept. “Bob and I decided we were going to make an album that didn’t necessarily have a story line this time, but an album that got us off,” he explained in a recent phone interview. “Every song is a song that we would go, ‘Yes, that’s a great song.’ And they don’t necessarily conform to any style. Alice Cooper is always going to do guitar rock. That’s always what I do. But, the styles kind of go all over the place, which is great. “Using Larry Mullen Jr. from U2 on drums was a great idea,” Cooper said. “When we got to the studio, he asked to see the lyrics. I’ve never ever had a drummer ask me about the lyrics and he said he plays to the lyrics and I said that I loved that.” Most interesting was a reunion of the surviving members of the original Alice Cooper lineup of bassist Dennis Dunaway, drummer Neal Smith and guitarist Michael Bruce (guitarist Glen Buxton died in 1997). Those four musicians played on the albums that made Cooper one of the biggest stars of the 1970s and are widely considered artistic high points of his career — Killer, released in 1971, followed by 1972’s School’s Out and 1973’s Billion Dollar Babies.
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Alice Cooper and Deep Purple to play Klipsch
By the time Cooper decided that he wanted to make what became 1975’s Welcome To My Nightmare, bandmates Buxton, Dunaway, Smith and Bruce had decided the wear and tear from multiple platinum albums, relentless touring and being together nonstop all through high school and college added up to massive burnout. But while the breakup was mutually agreed upon, Cooper pointed out that the friendship the former bandmates maintained over the years helped facilitate this mini-reunion. The end result was three of 20 songs the reunited bandmates worked on made the cut, which Cooper was elated about. “We never broke up with any bad blood. Dennis, Neal, Mike, Glen and I were all best of friends. There were no lawsuits. Nobody ever threatened anybody,” Cooper said. “I stayed in touch with everybody. That band never got back together. Glen passed away. He was our Keith Richards. That was a huge part of the personality of that band. When that happened, that weakened the base even further. But, we always stayed together. “We worked together [on the new material] and there was never one minute where I asked who was going to play on it,” he said. “We had Neal, Mike and Dennis to play on these songs and Bob absolutely agreed. They came in and nailed it. We’re very objective about it and these three songs were the ones that were good enough to make this album. I was really happy about it.” With all this under his belt, the 69-yearold rocker continues to enjoy performing live, and he’s looking forward to a late-summer run with fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Fame act Deep Purple. It’s a bill he’s convinced won’t leave attendees unsatisfied. “I kind of like the idea of two classic rock bands playing together. I think it’s really cool for the fans,” He said. “Every single song that you hear on that stage is something that you heard on the radio. And that’s really a plus for the audience. We did that with Mötley Crüe and when we did that with them, it was really successful. We
ALICE COOPER // PHOTO BY ROB FENN
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sold out every venue.” Once his own touring commitments are fulfilled, there’s also a chance Cooper may pop up as part of his celebrated side band, the Hollywood Vampires, a group that also features Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry and actor/guitarist/recording artist Johnny Depp. Cooper said despite having a name like Hollywood Vampires, that group’s shows will be nothing like his own highly theatrical, horror-themed concerts. “The cool thing about the Vampires is it’s a totally opposite thing than my show, than the Alice Cooper show,” he said. “I don’t think about theatrics when I think about the Vampires. It’s basically, when we put it together, all of us started out as bar bands.” N
KYLE LONG is a longtime NUVO columnist and host of WFYI’s A Cultural Manifesto.
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REFLECTING ON INDIA DAY
BY KYLE LONG // MUSIC@NUVO.NET
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t was many years ago that my love and passion for a wide range of South Asian music pushed me out of my shy comfort zone to step into a world I probably had no business ever entering. But I’m glad I did, and I’m humbled by and grateful for the immense kindness I’ve received in return. I have a unique relationship with the Indian community here in Indianapolis. Like any good relationship, this bond was built on love. As many readers of NUVO know, for the last several years I’ve regularly hosted an Indian electronic dance music night under the banner of Bollywood Bhangra. In fact, before I began contributing to this publication, NUVO called the event Indy’s best dance party — praise that should go directly to the event’s attendees, whose excitement for the music is truly the centerpiece of the party. The roots of Bollywood Bhangra extend back to around 2007, but my own involvement with Indy’s South Asian community stretches back even further. As I reflect on this time, I’m stunned and amazed by the substantial growth of Indian culture on both a national and local level. In the ‘90s, I started hanging out at a certain Westside Indian grocery store, poring over the shop’s vast collection of Bollywood cassette tapes. I remember I’d read an article somewhere about Lata Mangeshkar, the grand dame of Indian popular song. The article noted Mangeshkar’s position as the most recorded singer in history, and also noted that Mangeshkar’s music was largely distributed in North America through mom and pop Desi groceries. So off to the grocery I went. And I stayed, and stayed. I visited so often that the owner would laugh and shake his head every time I visited (in a friendly way, of course). I experienced so much random kindness during these cassette shopping trips. Total strangers would give me their phone numbers and invite me to call if I had questions about In-
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dian music. I was invited into their homes, and most importantly perhaps, invited to cultural events in the community. So I started spending a lot of time at the old India Community Center on West 56th Street. I attended many great festivals celebrating cultures from Malayalam, to Tamil to Telugu. There was always great homemade food and homegrown entertainment, including perhaps a local dance group, or a spirited karaoke singer. I remember much of the entertainment available to the Indian community here during the ‘90s being rather modest. But through the hard work of organizations like the Indian Association of Indianapolis, the Indian Classical Music Circle of Indianapolis, the Carnatic Music Association of Indianapolis and so many others, some of South Asia’s finest performing artists regularly make stops in Indy now. Recent years have seen Indy host concerts from Bollywood superstars like Mika Singh, and Shreya Ghoshal, as well as classical music favorites including Zakir Hussain, Anoushka Shankar and L. Subramaniam. The growth of the culture locally is a reflection of what’s happening on the national stage. When I was growing up in the ’90s, the only representation of India I remember in popular culture was the offensive characterization of Apu on The Simpsons. Today, there’s a wide range of influential South Asian figures in the media, from M.I.A. to M. Night Shyamalan.
When I first started thinking about DJing Indian music almost 10 years ago, I was very hesitant. As a white guy, I wasn’t sure how it would go over, or if it was a culturally insensitive move. Ultimately, it was my love of the music that pushed me to try, and it was the love of the people that kept me going. The kindness and support I’ve received from the Indian community of Indianapolis has been overwhelming. Through the years I’ve been invited to perform at Holi and Diwali festivals; I’ve been flown out of state to play at weddings, and I’ve even been invited to participate in the annual India Day festivities on Monument Circle, one of the biggest annual events the community sponsors. This enthusiastic support came as a great shock to me, as I never expected more than a handful of interested curiosity seekers to attend the very first parties I threw. As the South Asian cultural renaissance continues to bloom in our city, I’ve pulled back on producing my own events. Honestly, they seem irrelevant now in light of all this phenomenal cultural growth. So I encourage readers to check out groups like the Circle City Bhangra Competition, Nrtiyapriya Fine Arts, or Bollywood Beats — a dance performance and instruction group led by the wonderfully talented Jenny Bhupatkar. During the time I’ve been DJing Indian music, I’ve had the honor of performing with artists like Panjabi MC, DJ Rekha, Das Racist, Red Baraat and Zakir Hussain. But the greatest memories I have are of the incredible friendships I’ve made within Indy’s South Asian population, and the great kindness and encouragement I’ve received from this community. It’s now a great honor for me to be able to regularly write here in NUVO about the extraordinary South Asian cultural events happening in Indianapolis, and I look forward to continuing to do so. It’s been the greatest honor of my professional career to be a small part of this extraordinary community, and I’m so grateful for all the invaluable contributions the South Asian community has made to Indianapolis’ culture. N
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Green Day 7 p.m., Klipsch, all-ages
All-American Rejects and Dashboard Confessional 6:30 p.m., State Fair Free Stage, free with state fair admission, all-ages
They Might Be Giants 8 p.m., Bankers Life Fieldhouse, all-ages
Kammy’s Kause Friday – Sunday, American Legion Campground (Fortville), $10, $5 for 12 and under, all-ages
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