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wo kinds of pressure prompted U.S. Our history shows us that America’s conSen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, to do science can be slow to awaken to injustice, the right thing and resign. but when it does so it is a powerful, almost The first, not surprisingly, was inexorable force. political. The reason so many powerful men in Democrats now have pushed two entertainment, journalism and politics powerful and prominent members of their have been toppled is that the revelations own party – Franken and U.S. Rep. John of the abuse women of every age have Conyers, D-Michigan – to resign their ofendured because of them has prompted fices because of allegations of serial sexual widespread revulsion. harassment and misconduct. More have And that has pushed us toward a nafollowed, including representatives at a tional reckoning. state and federal level. At the heart of this reckoning is a belief At the same time, Republicans do their that all human beings, regardless of genbest to ignore similar – and perhaps der, merit a modicum of respect. No one even more severe – allegations leveled deserves to be treated like a piece of meat. against President Donald Trump and The struggle is between those who pour massive amounts of money into understand this and those who – defiantly, Alabama’s U.S. Senate race determinedly and perhaps to elect a man credibly acdelusionally – don’t. cused of child molestation No one deserves This struggle transcends and preying on teens, Roy politics and, in some ways, to be treated like ideology. Moore. (Editor’s note: This column was filed before a piece of meat. Most rational people reAlabama’s election results alize that we can go back to were known.) volleying our traditional ideological and Democrats doubtless hope to make partisan shots back and forth after we’ve clear the contrast between the way they made sure that America’s mothers, wives, have dealt with the issue of sexual hadaughters, sisters and friends are safe and rassment and the way Republicans have. are treated with respect. Savvy Democrats hope that jettisoning Until we’re sure of that, we have a lot of powerful members of their own party will work to do. sway independent and moderate RepubliThis is also why Franken’s resignation can women voters. speech landed with such a thud. In a country as fractured as ours is now, He said it was ironic that he’d be leaving every vote counts and shearing off support the Senate while a man who boasted that from the opposition can spell the differhe likes to grab women by the groin sits in ence between victory and defeat. the Oval Office. That is perhaps one reason U.S. Sen. Franken’s message was valid, but he is Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, was quick to the wrong messenger to deliver it. call for Franken’s resignation and U.S. In his own way, Franken did what Trump Rep. Luke Messer, R-Indiana, penned a and Moore have done. He, like they have, hasty op-ed piece condemning sexual cast himself as a victim because someone harassment. Donnelly faces a tough batcalled him out for his own bad behavior. tle for re-election next year and Messer This isn’t about Republicans and hopes to be his GOP challenger. Democrats. The larger pressure exerted on Franken, It’s about right and wrong. though, was moral. Simple as that. N
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ollowing Attorney General Curtis Hill’s official opinion that “products or substances marketed for human consumption or ingestion, and containing cannabidiol [CBD], remain unlawful in Indiana, and under federal law,” Governor Holcomb — on Nov. 28 — gave vendors 60 days to remove all CBD products from their shelves. In April, the state legislature passed a bill legalizing the possession of CBD — the main non-psychoactive chemical compound in cannabis which is reported to alleviate the symptoms of many medical and psychological ailments — for intractable epilepsy patients who registered with the state of Indiana. Cannabis advocates were cautiously optimistic, seeing the bill as a step in the right direction to full legalization. The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC), however, saw things differently. For them, the bill offered legal clarification: Possession of CBD products for registered patients was legal, but selling CBD products was definitively illegal. In the five weeks following the bill becoming law, excise police confiscated over 3,000 CBD products from nearly 60 stores statewide. Law enforcement chaos and legal confusion ensued. ATC was told by the governor’s office to stand down. The agency complied but refused to return any confiscated property. Indiana State Police didn’t arrest or ticket any vendors for selling CBD products, but its troopers were initially told, after the bill’s passing, that only registered patients were legally allowed to possess CBD products. Eventually, an official opinion from Attorney General Hill was requested — and given his history of anti-marijuana advocacy, no one should have been surprised when his legal interpretation favored prohibition. To be fair, the April bill didn’t promise much to begin with. Its author Rep. William
Friend (R-Macy) intended it only to provide “immunity from prosecution for the patients of resistant epilepsy and their families and caregivers and the physicians who prescribe them.” So ATC was in a sense correct. The bill protected registered patients from possession charges, but CBD products themselves were still functionally illegal. According to several store managers in Indianapolis, one consequence of Governor Holcomb’s press release has been a significant uptick in their CBD sales. Rudy Nehrling, general manager of Good Earth Natural Foods in Broad Ripple, said that his store’s been selling three times its usual amount of CBD products. “Part of it’s regulars stocking up,” he said, “but it’s also been people who’d never even heard of [CBD] before who just want to try it before it becomes illegal.” Good Earth wasn’t one of the stores raided back in April — Georgetown Market tipped them off ahead of time anyway — but Nehrling recalls the frenzy of support and concern he received, “It was crazy, when we had to pull [CBD] in April, I can’t tell you how many people would call about this one little thing. Over and over again…It offers so much help to people.” How CBD helps, and in what ways, still isn’t entirely clear. This is partly the fault of its nebulous legal status, but also
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!
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partly because its medical value was only recently discovered. The medical benefits of marijuana have been known for decades — even centuries — but it wasn’t until the last few years that CBD-only remedies have also proven effective at mitigating the symptoms of epilepsy, post-traumatic stress, autoimmune diseases and general anxiety. Dr. Napoleon Maminta of Naptown Priority Health has recommended CBD products to his patients for everything from diabetes to facial tics — all with positive results. He said that the stigma around marijuana/cannabis has stifled research and industrial development on CBD, even after the federal government excluded cannabis with less than 0.3% Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from its legal definition of “marihuana” back in 2014. (THC is the chemical compound that gives marijuana users a high, and scientists believe it has an inverse relationship with CBD — i.e., the less of one, the more the other.) CBD products are currently categorized as supplements by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rather than as drugs. The latter requires pre-approval by the FDA before getting put on the market; the former is innocent until proven guilty. The CBD industry hasn’t done its public image any favors by avoiding FDA’s drug testing. The federal agency has also repeatedly had to issue warnings to individual CBD manufacturers about making unverified medical
claims about their products. A touch of frustration crept into Dr. Maminta’s tone when asked what he was going to do once vendors pulled their CBD products, “Whatever the outcome, the benefits to my patients are too compelling, and hemp oil improves their quality of lives too much, for me to start saying, ‘I’m not going to suggest this to you anymore.’” He’s confident patients will still be able to find CBD products somewhere and insistent that other doctors “be brave for their patients.” Dr. Maminta blames opposition to CBD legalization on “lack of knowledge.” If true, the ignorance is somewhat understandable. To the average person, hemp, cannabis and marijuana are largely synonymous—with the current legal parsing of the cannabis plant’s parts and variations considered either trivial or disingenuous. Last month, the Indiana Prosecuting Attorney Generals Council — the lobby for Indiana prosecutors — sent a letter to the Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse urging it to “formally oppose the legalization of marijuana in any form, for any purpose.” (See additional information about the Council on page 6.) Governor Holcomb’s call for a narrow application of April’s bill demonstrates why CBD-only laws — especially ones like April’s that only protect registered patients — could be seen more as buck-passing than incrementalism. Session begins soon, and Governor Holcomb emphasized in his press release that the state legislature “will have the opportunity to review existing CBD oil laws.” There’s no guarantee that they will, but for consumer ease, they should. Federal laws on CBD products are currently a mess of half-protections and half-guarantees. This doesn’t mean Indiana laws have to be. A definitive statement on the issue from the statehouse this session would be a welcome (if rare) occurrence. N NUVO.NET // 12.13.17 - 12.20.17 // NEWS // 5
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here was an odd moment in the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys, Inc. (AIPAI) press conference “The Truth about Marijuana” at the Keystone at the Crossing Sheraton on Wednesday, Dec. 6. It occured when Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen mentioned his drug-sniffing dogs. “As law enforcement officers in Indiana we fight this war on drugs,” he said. “Our challenges are vast. I increased my number of canine units and assets in our office to fight this fight this year. Colorado law enforcement on the other hand has been forced to retire the vast majority of their canines trained to detect marijuana because those canines have no way of detecting between legal size loads and large diversion loads of the product in vehicles.” Elsewhere in his remarks, Sheriff Nielsen made seemingly more relevant points about marijuana legalization in Colorado (where both medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal). He cited statistics to demonstrate the consequences of legalization, including increased marijuana smoking by youth, increased crime, and increased traffic fatalities. He said he didn’t want the same thing to happen in Indiana. And if you believe that association always means causation, his statistics might be quite convincing. He cited “an increase of marijuana traffic deaths of 48 percent in the three-year average since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana.” “In 2009 Colorado operators testing positive for marijuana represented 10 percent of all traffic fatalities,” he continued. “By 2015 that number had doubled to 21 percent,” he said. He also cited some statistics regarding Colorado youth that on the surface, at least, seem to suggest causation more clearly than in the case of traffic fatalities.
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“Colorado youth increased their marijuana use by 20 percent in two years,” he said. “Colorado is now ranked number one in those who have used marijuana in the past month, up from number 14 in 2006. Use by youths is 74 percent higher than the national average.” He concluded his remarks by saying, “Let’s just say no together and stand our ground.” Presumably Nielsen was saying no to both recreational and medical marijuana in the state of Indiana, as he didn’t make a distinction between them during his prepared remarks. But it was left to AIPAI Executive Secretary David Powell to draw the hard line on cannabinoid (CBD) oil, when he took questions from members of the media in the conference room. Most of the questions, in fact, were about CBD oil. The bill that passed both houses of the Indiana legislature in March and that was signed into law by the governor didn’t legalize CBD, he said. Instead, it created an exemption from prosecution for people in Indiana with intractable epilepsy who obtain a letter from a board-certified neurologist ascertaining they have said condition. Those people are exempt from prosecution on grounds of possessing CBD oil. People treating themselves for any other
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condition are left with no recourse under this exemption. (On Nov. 28 Governor Holcomb gave Indiana stores 60 days to rid themselves of CBD oil after Attorney General Curtis T. Hill issued an opinion that declared the product illegal in Indiana. So even if you were one of the 57 people on the registry of people allowed to possess that product, it’s unclear where you will be able to obtain it in-state.) Powell and his allies see more societal chaos down the road if advocates of marijuana legalization get their foot in the door with the legalization of CBD oil — see page 5 for more on that. (And, perhaps more tangentially, they see less opportunities to employ drug-sniffing canines.) And for those who think there’s evidence of the efficacy of medical marijuana, Powell has a request. “I’d like to see that research,” he says.
TALKING TO THE VETS This particular remark by Powell begs the question as to whether or not he’s read The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: The Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research (2017) by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, published by the
National Academies Press. It’s a study that Hoosier Veterans for Medical Cannabis founder Jeff Staker mentioned in a phone conversation with NUVO on Dec. 8. “Sixteen doctors in all different fields looked at 24,000 pieces of evidence concerning marijuana,” he said, describing the consensus study report. “They considered 10,700 of them relevant for that book. Now, out of that 10,700, they took 100 elements — PTSD, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s — 100 ailments, and then they categorized it.” The summary of this report noted “conclusive or substantial evidence that cannabis or cannabinoids are effective for the treatment of chronic pain in adults (cannabis), as antiemetics in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (oral cannabinoids), for improving patient-reported multiple sclerosis spasticity symptoms (oral cannabinoids).” The summary also listed conditions for which there is moderate evidence of efficacy (sleep disturbance associated with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and sleep apnea) and conditions for which there is limited evidence of efficacy (increasing appetites for those suffering from weight loss associated with HIV/AID, PTSD, improving conditions associated with Tourette syndrome). It was a report that Staker referred to in the forum he led in Washington D.C. entitled “What Medical Cannabis Could Look Like For Our Veterans: Forum with the Senior Staff of the Veterans Administration.” “[The forum] was before senior members of the Veterans Administration, some of the national organizations and staffers from different senators and representatives in Washington D.C.,” Staker said. “I sat in Senator Orrin Hatch’s office two days later before I left DC. He came out with a statement supporting medical cannabis. If you google ‘Orrin
NUVO.NET/NEWS Hatch’ and ‘marijuana fun’ it’s quite funny... service organization that is open to all” acBut it got the people’s attention.” cording to their website,” supports the legalStaker suspects that the forum got the ization of marijuana for medicinal purposes, attention of the Indiana prosecutors, which according to Lisa Wilken, AMVETS’s legislative might be the reason they held a press condirector for the Department of Indiana. ference. (It may also have something to do “AMVETS position in the Department of with recent polling on the issue, signalling Indiana and the national level is that we widespread support for medicinal marijuana support any tool in the toolbox that helps among Hoosiers and veterans.) our veterans maintain a better quality of The press conference speakers cited a lot of life or possibly return them to their original data in their remarks in the press conference quality of life given their service connected and the summit that followed. But Staker takes disabilities,” she said. issue with how the prosecutors and their allies And Wilken has her eye on the Indiana use said data. He noted how their speakers legislature to change the law so that use of drew from a Centers for Disease Control and medicinal marijuana is legalized in the state. Prevention website to make their points. “We are working with Jim Lucas [R-Sey“They tell you that if you consume canmour] on that topic ... and supporting Senanabis, you’re three times more likely to be tor [Karen] Tallian [D-Portage] on her efforts addicted to heroin,” he says. That might have to move Indiana forward on this topic.” been in the report, but that same report ... Like Jeff Staker, she finds the informaalso said that if you consumed alcohol you’re tion disseminated by the Indiana prosetwice as likely to be addicted to heroin. And cutors to be misleading. that same report said that “If you go to the Amerif you use cocaine you’re 15 ican Legion [www.legion. times more likely to be ad“There are org], there is a section on dicted to heroin and get this; marijuana and people right now medicinal if you consume opiates you’re you can go that site and 40 times more likely to be who need this it will direct you also to addicted to heroin. It’s all in places like Indiana NORML medicine” the same report but what do ... that have information they pick and choose from? — JEFF STAKER on what the studies say. They focus on cannabis.” Because our prosecutor’s About the prosecutors’ argument that association is using those studies … The approving medicinal marijuana use might studies that they’re citing do not actually pave the way for legalization of recreation- prove the claims that the prosecutor’s al marijuana, Staker concedes that they association is making.” may have a point. Wilken thinks the Indiana prosecutors “But that’s up for the states to decided,” sense that the momentum isn’t with them, he said. “That’s a hurdle that’s down the and that they see a change coming down road. There are people right now who need the road. And what’s more, she’s excited this medicine. People with Parkinson’s about the January 2018 legislative session need it, children with epilepsy need it … of the Indiana General Assembly which she We’re not going to stop one bit the use of views as an opportunity to “fix” the legal marijuana here in our state. Whether we status of CBD oil. have it for medicine or not people are still “They’re seeing at town hall meetings that going to be consuming it.” our legislators are holding, that our veterans groups are holding, that the opinion is that THE PROSECUTORS medicinal marijuana needs to be available According to an American Legion survey of in this state,” she said. “I think they’re really American veterans released Nov. 2, 2017, 81 concerned about that change and therefore percent support federal legalization of marithey are using the platform that they have to juana to treat a physical or mental condition. generate some concern, to possibly slow that AMVETS, “the largest and oldest veterans movement down in Indiana.” N NUVO.NET // 12.13.17 - 12.20.17 // NEWS // 7
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Bosma Enterprises rekindles hope for people who are blind or visually impaired BY SETH JOHNSON // NEWS@NUVO.NET
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e live in a very visual world. You know it. I know it. And I’m someone who is visually impaired. On a daily basis, I’m reminded of how vision-driven our lives are, whether I’m scrolling through Facebook or signing my receipt at the Chatterbox. To be completely honest, I will sometimes even question whether or not the pictures I paint through my writing are descriptive enough for the average reader. Taking all of this into consideration, I am beyond thankful to be working as a moderately successful freelance writer,
considering people who are blind or visually impaired in the U.S. face a 70 percent unemployment rate. This staggering percentage lies at the heart of why Bosma Enterprises exists. Founded over 100 years ago, Bosma helps adult Hoosiers who are blind or visually impaired gain the life skills they need to remain independent, and the job skills they need to stay self-sufficient. Located on the city’s Northside, the organization practices what it preaches through its business model, with almost 60 percent of their 208 employees being blind or visually impaired
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between their production facility/corporate offices and their rehabilitation center. Bosma rehabilitation center manager Kurt Deichmann is one of these blind or visually impaired employees. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at age 13, Deichmann was driving a car up until the age of 42 when his vision started going south. At this point, he turned to Bosma’s rehabilitation center, which helped him regain his confidence. Today, he’s more self-assured than ever. Just take his hobbies, for example. “I still play golf — I’m pretty good at it,”
Deichmann says. “I downhill snow ski in the Colorado Rockies from somewhere between high intermediate to expert, and that’s untethered. You wanna talk about blind faith or trust. When you’re zipping down the hill at 40 to 60 miles an hour and all you’ve got is a guide skiing parallel to you. If you miss one of those commands, you’re going head over heels, and you’re probably gonna break something.” Now in his fifth year as rehabilitation center manager, Deichmann has worked closely with somewhere between 250 to 300 visually impaired or blind individuals,
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who have received help from Bosma at little to no cost. “My job is to make everybody’s experience as good as it possibly can be when they come through the doors. It’s really that simple,” he says. After personally going through the rehabilitation program, he’s able to connect with his clients in a way that most others wouldn’t be able to. “The clients trust me because I’ve been there, done that, so I’m able to share some of my trials and tribulations with them and they accept that fairly quickly,” he says. “A lot of the folks [that come to Bosma] are in a zone of isolation. They just don’t have anybody else that they can interact with // N O that understands where they’re coming from.” I get it. Over the course of my life, I have felt isolated and misunderstood because of my vision, too. I was diagnosed with a brain tumor at the age of 5, which damaged my optic nerve. Thanks to the magnificent doctors at Riley Children’s Hospital, I did not lose all of my vision. But I have been visually impaired since then. My left eye sees somewhere around 20/400 and my right eye can only see hand motion. With the timing of my vision loss, my parents had to choose between sending me to public school in Lawrence Township or to the Indiana School for the Blind & Visually impaired. They went with public school, and I am grateful for their decision to this day thanks to all the perspective it gave me. That said, being the only visually impaired kid in classes growing up also came with its fair share of challenges, both emotionally and socially. Throughout my elementary school years, I learned to read and write in Braille. Despite having the limited vision that I did, my family felt it was best that I know Braille as a backup, in case I lost more vision at a later date. At this young age, I also began using a CCTV magnifier
— much like the one I still use today — to enlarge printed objects such as books, pamphlets and paperwork. As computers came into the picture, I learned how to optimize my user experience with various tools, including hot keys, magnification software and voice-to-text software. In conjunction with all of this equipment training, I was also learning how to navigate the world as a visually impaired person through orientation and mobility lessons. As a part of these courses, I learned how to navigate Downtown Indianapolis, how to ride the bus and so much more. From these lessons, I can truly tell you that crossing a busy intersection Downtown for the first time was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done in my life. About 95 percent of this training came from Cynthia Corbett, who still serves as a visual impairment specialist at Lawrence Township schools. Corbett worked closely with me from early grade school up until I graduated from Lawrence North High School in 2009. She taught me how to stand up for myself as a visually impaired person, and even encouraged me to initially intern with NUVO during my senior year of high school. During those developmental years of my life, she was so crucial to making me confident in myself as someone with low vision. I can say I would not be where I am today — living independently Downtown with a job that I’m passionate about — without all the skills she equipped me with.
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with the number one obstacle for blind and visually impaired people, and that is getting from Point A to Point B,” Deichmann says. “I moved down from Chicago. They had a much more robust regional transportation system. I’ve heard that word bantered about here in Central Indiana for decades. We’re pretty close. This is as close as we’ve ever been. But until I see the Red Line get extended to Hamilton County, I’m not really going to jump for joy. Maybe before I retire, I might be able to ride on that Red Line to work.” For Bosma rehabilitation center clients that live in Marion County or the surrounding donut counties, transportation is provided to and from the center each day. Those who live outside of this range are put up in a nearby extended stay hotel. In addition to these options, Bosma also offers in-home rehabilitation services, where an experienced instructor comes to the client’s home for training lessons. Whether in-home or at the center, all Bosma rehabilitation programs start out the same way — with a customized plan tailored to the client’s needs. “It doesn’t go, ‘What can folks who are visually impaired do? Okay, let’s see if you can do that,’” says Michelle Shaffer, adjustment counselor at the Bosma rehabilitation center. “It goes, ‘What do you like to do, and how would a person with a visual impairment do that?’ It’s a whole different thought process than you might think.” For current Bosma client Leo Leighton, the dream is to start his own business. With a background in banking, marketing and sales, the Indiana native and father of two began losing his vision two years ago and was forced to cope with the sudden change. “I sat at home for a year and a half fearing what was next,” Leighton says. “You come here and the first couple weeks you’re just like, ‘Wow, I can do this.’” He attributes this uplifting feeling to the experienced staff at the rehabilitation center. “Being in a community of people who get it is the best. Without that, I don’t think the learning would happen as fast or be as accepted,” Leighton says. “A lot of them [the staff] are either visually impaired and
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have gone through the program or are with some of the other people in the cenvisually impaired and have taught visually ter, and I could tell how much she looked impaired people for 30 to 40 years. They get up to those of us who were blind that were it. That’s just a necessary piece that acceler- instructors.” ates the process.” “It just sort of clicked This is something that that what we were doing Adam Rodenbeck also witI can truly tell you was more than teaching a nessed from the instructor’s curriculum; we were being that crossing a side of the Bosma reharole models and helping bilitation center. A former busy intersection people that didn’t think life student of the Indiana going to be able to go Downtown for the was School for the Blind & Visuanywhere. It’s just always ally Impaired, Rodenbeck first time was one been super awesome to worked as an assistive techme to see people come in of the scariest nology instructor at Bosma [to Bosma] who think that before eventually moving on things I’ve ever they have no hope, and to become the accessibility then they leave excited and done in my life. specialist at Salesforce. ready to take on the world “I didn’t realize I could because they’ve got this teach people,” says Rodenbeck, who has a newfound freedom.” computer science background. “I was just Currently, the rehabilitation center only a couple of days in, and one of the clients has the capacity to serve 15 individuals at who was at the center was having a rough a time due to limited training space and time. She was a mother who was losing her number of staff (although this number sight and was worried about how she was will grow once a new, larger rehabilitation going to take care of her two kids. I noticed facility opens and is fully staffed in the after just a day or two — it was her first coming months). Each of these clients week too — that she began to make friends spends anywhere between 12 to 16 weeks
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in the program, depending on their needs in the following categories:
ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY Most simply, “orientation” is knowing the “spatial relationship” between Point A and Point B, explains Deichmann, with “mobility” referring to how exactly you will navigate between those points. To help with this training, Bosma has a custom-built Orientation and Mobility Trail to teach safe navigation on a variety of real-world surfaces. “It’s like an obstacle course for training people,” Deichmann says. From here, the clients are taken to busier areas like Broad Ripple for lessons, while also receiving training with mass transit and IndyGo’s Open Door service.
MANUAL SKILLS “The primary thing in here is about using your hands and getting used to feeling and doing things because there’s a lot of stuff you can still do, even though you don’t have sight, by touch,” explains manual skills instructor John Manyik. A former graduate of the Bosma program, Manyik worked as an aviation technician
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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Technology plays a big part in making life easier for everyone, and that is especially the case with those who are blind and visually impaired. With decades of experience in the field, assistive technology director William Powell even built a website (brlsts.com), which is intended to aid the teacher, student, parent, or adult client in learning to access computers for school, communication, leisure and future employment. On the site, you’ll find lessons in keyboarding, Outlook, Word and more. “We are surfing the tsunami wave of technology right now,” Deichmann says. “There are apps coming out that are helping us, and you just gotta stay on top. Just staying in touch and staying current is very important.” KURT DEICHMANN // PHOTOS BY HALEY WARD
before losing his sight. “I’m definitely used to working with my hands,” he says. “A lot of the aviation stuff you did by feel, whether you wanted to or not.” During manual skills courses, Manyik will have students do things like weave a basket to help them get better with using their hands, while also teaching them how to do other hands-on tasks, like simple home repair for instance.
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT From cleaning up messes to cooking a meal, this area of the rehabilitation center helps clients do all that they need to around the house. As one might imagine, the kitchen element is a big part of this, with parents sometimes needing to continue cooking for their kids after losing their vision. “I’m not here to teach a person a bunch of new recipes,” says personal management instructor Kathy Emata. “It’s more about the techniques and the safety part of it.” At the end of the course, students are even given the option of putting together a meal, for which they do all of the shopping and cooking. “To see them pull a whole meal together is re-
COMMUNICATIONS Although audiobooks are more prevalent now than ever before, those who would like to learn how to read Braille can learn how in this area of the rehabilitation center. “If you really wanna be literate and you can’t see print, Braille gives you the punctuation and the whole shoe to match,” says Powell, who reads about two to three hours a day in Braille due to the limitations he has reading print. Here, clients can also learn handwriting techniques. “Even though I can’t read what I write anymore, I still use a template that I lay over a piece of paper or a gift card or a notecard, so handwriting is still possible,” Deichmann says.
ADJUSTMENT COUNSELING “When you become visually impaired, it takes over your identity a little bit. So you’re in a process of reclaiming who you are,” says Bosma adjustment counselor Michelle Shaffer. At her part of the center, she works to help clients sort through whatever inner battles they may be fighting because of their loss of vision. “The other piece is they have families and children and spouses who are also adjusting,” Shaffer says. “And the unfortunate part is NUVO.NET // 12.13.17 - 12.20.17 // THE BIG STORY // 11
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they’re not immersed, so they don’t know what they’re supposed to do either. So when we can, we try to bring them to be a part of it if they want to be. It’s an adjustment for everyone.”
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For Russell, the fun part is figuring out what her clients would love to do most. “Everything about our program is personalized to the person,” she says. “Some calls that I get will say, ‘Okay, what jobs do blind people do?’ And our response is, ‘Whatever GRADUATION DAY they wanna do.’” In helping her clients Once clients have completed their prepare for interviews, she makes sure that training, then it’s on to bigger and better they’re presenting their skills and not their things. And while they may not be reblindness to potential employers. This is ceiving hands-on knowledge from their personally something I was taught through Bosma instructors anymore, Deichmann my training growing up as well. still expects them to continue pushing “You didn’t lose you, you just lost your themselves. “Graduation day here is not sight,” she tells clients. “It’s just helping the end of your training — it’s only the bepeople see that you do have a toolbox full ginning for the rest of your life,” he says. “I of tools at your fingertips to use. We just give you the basic skills, but I expect you might have to use them in a different order to practice what you’ve learned, because if or in a different way, but you are still you.” you don’t use it, you will lose According to a study from it. You also need to keep addthe National Industries for ing to the skills.” Overall, he’s “Some calls the Blind, 54 percent of quite proud of the success hiring managers felt there that I get will he’s seen from his rehabilitawere few jobs that could say, ‘Okay, what be done by a person who is tion center graduates. “Sixty-six percent of the blind — and accommodatjobs do blind people who graduate are ing a person with vision loss people do?’ And would require “considerable either employed or onto higher education a year after This misconour response is, expense.” they’ve left us,” he says. “So ception is one that Russell ‘Whatever they works to dispel through her we’re double that national average of 30 percent emwork at Bosma. wanna do.’” ployed. We’re very proud of “Employers sometimes — KRISTY RUSSELL get nervous, and I think they that fact.” For graduates of the sometimes try to put themrehabilitation center who happen to live selves in the person’s shoes,” Russell says. in Marion County and the surrounding “We don’t need to do that. That person donut counties, Bosma also works with lives in their situation every single day. both job-seekers and employers to create They know what they need. They know employment opportunities as a part of what works and what doesn’t work. We their employment services program. “For just need the employer hiring the right those individuals that are local, once they person for the job.” graduate from rehab, then it’s a simple Throughout my phone conversation discussion they have with their vocational with Russell, I again get a sense of how rehabilitation counselor that they’re ready passionate the employees at Bosma are now to pursue work and that they would about advocating for blind and visually like the help of an employment specialist,” impaired individuals. says Bosma employment services managSince I’ve dealt with my fair share of er Kristy Russell, who also serves on the struggles, it’s incredibly encouraging to Mayor’s Advisory Council on Disability. see an organization in my city doing work “They can choose who their provider is, for people like me. but I would say most of the time if not all God willing, I will never have to adjust the time, if they came through our rehab to vision loss again in my life. But if I do, I program, they tend to pick us.” know where I’m going for help. N
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Hidden Noise has had several incarnations in different spaces BY JENNIFER DELGADILLO // ARTS@NUVO.NET
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icholas Poust, who received his B.A. in journalism from the University of Oregon, never thought about showing his photographs in a gallery. Before moving to Indiana two years ago taking photos was only a hobby. But as he explored his new city, his pastime slowly became his passion. “I started taking photos of everything: the stream behind my apartment building, the leaves or how the sunlight hits the trees,” he says. Poust met Hidden Noise art gallery co-owner Azadeh Bagherian at T.J.Maxx, where they both work. Bagherian saw his photographs and encouraged him to participate in the gallery’s first group show. His debut photograph, titled “Fair,” shows the Indiana State Fair landscape with balloons, lights and flags. But the subject of the image is without a doubt the colors in the sky. Says Poust,“I love the Midwest sunset, so one day I was at the State Fairgrounds and took this photo.” The unjuried group exhibition took place on December’s second Saturday at the newest incarnation of Hidden Noise. This latest version of the art space has been in the making for over 15 years. Its first appearance was in 1998 in Fountain Square, then as Gallery Penumbra inside the Murphy building (where iMOCA used to be). Then it moved upstairs in the same building renamed Hidden Noise. But like many other galleries in the building, gallery founder and Lawrence Central teacher David Mattingly found himself in search of an affordable new space. This time around he co-owns the gallery at 206 South Audubon in Irvington with his wife Bagherian and artist Rhet Lickliter. It’s off the Cultural Trail, but in a growing cultural district.
am thinking,” she says. The art piece she has on display is titled “54.” It shows the face of a little girl floating in the air, attached to a string. Next to it, a balloon also attached to a string gives the little girl’s face context — both balloon and little girl are going with the motions of the wind. Because of the nature of the exhibition, there’s no common theme linking the work on display. Some of the artworks are made by children, like a beautiful tempera painting made by Rhet Lickliter’s daughter Charlotte. Other artworks are made by artists who’ve been part of the local art scene for PAIN TING BY RHE T LICK LITE R’S DAU GHT ER CHA RLOTTE // a long time like John Clark. There WHAT // Hidden Noise are photographs and collages, paintings WHEN // Thurs.- Sun. 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. and mixed media works. WHERE // 206 S. Audobon It’s been a busy year for the owners of Hidden Noise, and they have big plans “We liked the name so much, we carried for addressing the ups and the very deep it over,” says Mattingly. “All of us have day downs of 2017. For their next show, on jobs, so this is not a matter of life or death December 31 they will drive a truck and for us. We are in this to create community collect junk along I-465. and have fun.” “The social craziness will be represented There have been five exhibition in the garbage,” says Lickliter. openings at the gallery so far, including The found objects will then be assemsolo shows for Mattingly and Lickliter. bled by Mattingly and Lickliter in a healing For this latest exhibition, every person exercise of making sense (or at least somewho has visited or shown work at Hidden thing beautiful) from what they find. The Noise’s current or past locations was fruit of their endeavors will be on display invited to participate. for the gallery’s first second Saturday exhiFor Bagherian, who is a painter and bition of 2018 on January 13. collage artist as well, this is her first time Their exhibitions are parties of sorts, owning a gallery. Before living in Indy, she according to Lickliter, celebrations of new lived in Tehran, Iran where she worked artists and of friendships made along large scale. Her work now is smaller, and their journey. explores thoughts and memories from her “We are sharing and authoring a space,” life, “It is what I feel. It is all me. The faces he says. “We want to build a following, give are me. It’s about the changes and what I artists exposure and share our space.” N
Some artists continue to hang on in Fountain Square’s Murphy Art Center. One of them is Mike Graves, whose Dec. 1 exhibition
Still Here, a Bridge Collective Retrospective at Studio 213, featured his work with his many collaborators. “Bridge Collective is me and Shannon Wilson,” Graves says. “Basically, it’s an umbrella name for all the times I worked with other artists.” In the case of Leslie Dolin and Justin Cooper, two of the collaborators he worked with, they painted portraits on canvases that Graves created. Often the canvases are papered over with various music scores or newspapers in languages other than English. The diversity of subject matter in the exhibit was pretty impressive, as well as the representational ability of Graves’ collaborators. Leslie Dolin’s paintings in the exhibit featured Black female soul icons from the ‘60s while Cooper chose a variety of subjects, including ancient Mayan sculpture. Graves himself is fond of painting trains and superheros. And as I checked out his collaborative paintings featuring both subjects, I recalled something Graves told me back in 2012, when I was interviewing him for a NUVO cover story. We were talking about his formative influences. And it made me wonder if Graves was in the same karass as Kurt Vonnegut (a phrase the Indy-born author coined in his novel Cat’s Cradle). “My dad was in the Air Force,” Graves told me. “I traveled every three or four years from the age of six to the time I was 19. And a lot of that time was just on a plane, on a train, by myself, in a car… From base to base, wherever we were in the world I could always find a comic book store. It’s like a really comfortable place for me.” — DAN GROSSMAN
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BEHIND THE SCENES AT BRICK STREET Poetry group’s programming reflects diversity of greater Indy BY DAN GROSSMAN // DGROSSMAN@NUVO.NET
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t one point in her reading, author Sarah Morin paused to give a little show and tell demonstration about how to spin a yarn — or a poem — based on fairy tales. That is, she demonstrated how to spin wool on an actual drop spindle. Morin was the featured reader at Poetry on Brick Street at the SullivanMunce Center in Zionsville on the night of Dec. 7. “Let’s say I’m changing the fairy tale too much,” she said, working the wool into yarn on the spindle. “I keep changing things… It just turns into a big knot. It’s a big mess. There’s nothing in it that’s usable. However if I don’t spin it enough. Here’s what happens,” she says as the yarn spindle drops to the floor. “It drops your reader’s attention.” She goes on to explain how she applies this demonstration to her own writing. “I might fix what bothers me about the tale,” said Morin, who on that night was wearing a regal purple robe and a tiara. “Sleeping Beauty, big problem. The main character’s asleep through most of the book. I like to say that Sleeping Beauty is so boring that the main character is asleep through most of it. She’s very passive. So I wanted to fix it. I wanted to make her active. I wanted to give her agency…. Another way you can change a fairy tale is to tell it from another character’s point of view.” Morin who published her novel Waking Beauty in 2015 with Enclave Press — a publisher of Christian historical and science fiction — is sort of all over the place as an author. She describes herself as a creator of “unruly fairy tales and poems.” She’s also the author of a musical about Susan B. Anthony. Her audience ranges from 5 to 105. In that sense, she has something in
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SARAH MORIN // PHOTO BY JL KATO
common with Brick Street Poetry, which Nevertheless Brinkman gave it her began in 2008, and also defies genres best shot. in its schedule that incorporates wildly “There are three things that Brick Street diverse programming. does,” she said. “We publish the Tipton Brick Street Poetry program chair Poetry Journal, four times a year. We have Joyce Brinkman had Poetry on Brick Street somewhat modest [readings] and other goals, however, “We put poetry in places too like Brick when she started the Street South. Then as many surprising organization. we have programs, “When I was poet places as we can.” all kinds of programs. laureate of the state,” We’ve partnered and she said, “I went to — JOYCE BRINKMAN done programs with Barry Harris, who was the Eiteljorg Museum the publisher of Tipton Poetry Journal, where we’ve brought in Native American and also Susan [Miller]. And JL [Kato] was poets to read at the Eiteljorg.” doing a very nice reading poetry read on They’ve also partnered with Indiana the Southside of town and I thought may- Landmarks — commissioning poetry be it would be good if we had something about important historical sites. on the Northside of town.” Brick Street Poetry is also publishing Because of the very wide spectrum of a book called Frankenstein Please, made activities offered by Brick Street Poetry, possible by a small grant they received to it’s difficult to give a nutshell definition of celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary the organization. Shelley’s writing of Frankenstein, and
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which Brick Street members plan to read to first and second graders at local libraries. “We put poetry in as many surprising places as we can,” said Brinkman. “We also, every April, do poetry readings in the Artsgarden... And we will be featuring poems from the call to the Muslim population in the Artsgarden in April.” John Hawn (aka JL Kato), president of Brick Street Poetry, continues to hold poetry readings in Southside Indy, specifically at Tube Factory Artspace. But these are just a few of the many programs offered by Brick Street Poetry. (For upcoming events check out their Facebook page.) Aside from being the poet laureate of Indiana in the early 2000s, Brinkman has had a varied career in public service. “In the ‘70s, I was on the City County Council,” she said. “In the ‘80s I was on the Indiana General Assembly in the House of Representatives. In the ‘90s, I was treasurer of the state,” she said. Brinkman has published several collections of poetry including Rivers, Rails and Runways (San Francisco Bay Press, 2008). She is a co-author of Seasons of Sharing: a Kasen Renku Collection, (Leapfron Press, 2014) where you can find poems in five languages. And she’s one of six “airport poets” who have poetry in stained glass windows at the Indianapolis International Airport. She’s perfectly aware that there’s not much hope of making real money off poetry. However, she’s bullish on its future. Because, after all, people continue to write the stuff. “I don’t think you can kill it, really,” she said. “Actually the truth of the matter is right now there’s so many opportunities for poetry.” N
THE DISASTER ARTIST IS TEARING ME APART Meta movie provokes schadenfreude BY JARED RASIC // ARTS@NUVO.NET
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here’s this word that I love that I never use because when I do, I sound like a pretentious ass. The word is schadenfreude which basically means taking pleasure in someone else’s misfortune. Unless you’re a full-blown sociopath, schadenfreude comes when witnessing someone who has either wronged you or someone you care about “getting what they deserve.” I’ve spent years watching the cult classic The Room and laughing at the terrible acting, directing, script and, well, all of it. Writer/ producer/director/star Tommy Wiseau made a movie so hilariously tone deaf and insanely, hysterically bad that it’s easy to imagine him as an alien that put on its human skin to see if making a movie was remotely possible. There’s something sublime and innocent about how terrible The Room is, like the film is a precious snowflake that’s somehow green and shaped like a johnnycake. The Disaster Artist re-creates not only the making of The Room, but also focuses intently on the friendship between Wiseau and Greg Sestero, who stars in The Room and went on to write the book The Disaster Artist, on which the film is based. Sestero and Wiseau were best friends who met in an acting class in San Francisco before moving to Los Angeles in hopes of living their dream. James Franco disappears into playing Wiseau, making me forget sometimes that I was even witnessing a performance. The generically Eastern European accent (of which Wiseau denies he has) is so flawless that it somehow manages to make The Disaster Artist even more quotably hilarious than The Room. The multiple levels of meta awareness in the movie could be taught in film school. We have Franco, who’s widely seen as a somewhat pretentious method actor and filmmaker that’s responsible for writing and direct-
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ing over a dozen movies no one has seen; including adaptations of William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy and John Steinbeck. He’s also directing, producing and starring in The Disaster Artist, which is essentially a biopic about Tommy Wiseau, a man writing, producing, directing and starring in a movie no one ever should have seen. Wiseau and Sestero were obsessed with James Dean because he never gave up on his dreams, while Franco had one of his earliest starring roles playing Dean on television. Sestero and Wiseau’s friendship is the center of the film, so Franco cast his brother, Dave Franco, in the role. Sestero’s girlfriend in the movie is played by Alison Brie, who is Dave Franco’s real-life wife. Even as much as I laughed at The Disaster Artist, there’s still a hint of sourness to the proceedings that made me feel crappy afterwards. It’s easy to see that everyone involved has great affection for The Room, but I’m not sure that love carries over to Wiseau. There’s several scenes that hammer home that Wiseau is delusional at best and mentally ill at worst, so laughing at him for two hours feels like the worst kind of schadenfreude: it feels like punching down instead of up. Regardless of quality, The Room is truly a look inside the heart and soul of Tommy Wiseau, which is why throughout the entire film I was wondering whether Wiseau would make a dime from The Disaster Artist. It’s based on the book by Sestero, so he probably won’t, which means the Franco’s, Sestero and company are all making money off of someone they’re tripping over themselves to laugh at. Maybe I’m getting soft in my old age, but that’s mean spirited and not very funny at all. N NUVO.NET // 12.13.17 - 12.20.17 // SCREENS // 15
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o say I was excited when I first heard that Martha Hoover was opening a fried chicken restaurant wouldn’t do my feelings justice. It was like having Christmas morning every day for about half a year. I could just taste the crispy, fatty chicken skin followed by the moist and tender, locally raised chicken meat — light or dark, you can’t go wrong. This was the easy part to imagine after having eaten plenty of fried chicken on Wednesdays at Hoover’s French-inspired Broad Ripple spot, Petite Chou. While anticipating Crispy Bird’s opening, my mind wandered. Will there be a fried chicken sandwich? Nashville hot chicken? What will the sides be? Collards? Mac n’ cheese? Mashed potatoes? Gravy? My questions were answered last Friday when I walked through the doors of Crispy Bird with a few of the other NUVO peeps for an early 11 a.m. lunch. The glossy black building is in stark contrast to the other brick facades in the area which makes it feel out of place at the outset. But once you walk through the doors, see the bright, bustling room and get hit in the face with pungent smells of hot, NEW RESTAURANT // Crispy Bird WHERE // 115 E 49th St. COST // $$
melted butter and frying chicken you may have found your new favorite spot to eat. The four of us were promptly greeted and seated. I spent the first few minutes just taking in the space and the smells. Despite the abundance of whites and light wood textures, the layout feels cozy. I spied chef David Hoover cooking the day away in the open concept kitchen. 16 // FOOD+DRINK // 12.13.17 - 12.20.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
With a menu in hand I sped through the options, getting excited at the very first option under the snacks: bone broth, roasted garlic and fresh herbs. It sounded perfect for a cold, snowy day. But then, right below that were chicken skins with a meyer lemon kosho aioli dip. Sweet Jesus, I knew I’d be getting those. The skin is the best part. More things called out to me: Grits with squash and puffed grains, mac n’ cheese, fried Carolina gold rice with crispy chicken skins, persimmon sauce, scallion and a poached egg. I had only made it through the starters when my wallet began calling out louder, telling me to temper my dreams. By the time our waiter Arden walked up, which couldn’t have been more than a minute later, I had my meal planned. But as soon as Arden and his upbeat, charming persona dove into his knowledgeable descriptions of items on the menu, he had my mind leaning toward something I had overlooked: the mini pork tenderloin sandwiches on brioche with a sauce gribiche. I had never fathomed getting pork tenderloins in a fried chicken spot, but I couldn’t ignore his fervent recommendation. When he came back to get our orders everyone at the table had decided to go for the fried chicken sandwich with spicy aioli, pickles and coleslaw — hey, why not start with a classic? A few added mac n’ cheese as a side, I went with the chicken skins and the pork tenderloins. (Even though it may seem outlandish to go to a fried chicken restaurant and not order fried chicken, I did find myself terribly tempted by the vegetarian option of Nashville hot cauliflower with meyer lemon kosho aioli.) As we chatted and waited for our dishes, the place filled up quickly, and soon there was a wait at the door. (We also noticed something on the menu that inspired a
NUVO.NET/FOOD+DRINK cringe-laugh: the kid’s menu option is titled As for the chicken sandwich, the chickThe Little Pecker. Yeah … ) en, a Freedom Ranger breed from GunThe wait was slightly longer than I would thorp Farms, was cooked perfectly. The normally do for lunch, but it was the secskin was nice and crispy, the meat inside ond day of service and Arden was on top of just as moist and tender as I had imagined refills and just stopping by to make sure we it would be. The pickles were crunchy, and, were all right. Good and attentive service luckily, not sweet. The slaw was a vinecan always help when there’s a long wait, gar-based. I normally would have expected good company doesn’t hurt either. a mayo-based, but it actually works really The skins and tenderloins came out well on the sandwich, with the additionfirst, and all of my Crispy Bird Christmas al aioli. After taking a few bites I felt the morning dreams came true with one bite chicken wasn’t seasoned enough and I of those skins. The dish was incredibly added some of the housemade hot sauce to flavorful and crunchy, and the aioli that ackick it up a notch. companied them was the perfect addition Overall I enjoyed the sandwich, but the to every couple of bites to add in a slightly chicken was too hidden within all of the different acidic, sweet lemon flavor. other flavors and that left me wanting. The teeny tenderloins were also specNext time I’ll go for just fried chicken tacular. The pork was by itself, so I can crispy but you could enjoy it in all its still taste the meat, and All of my Crispy Bird majesty. the sauce surprising Maybe the fried Christmas morning since I’d never had nor chicken isn’t even heard of gribiche. With dreams came true with the star here. Maythree of them on the be there isn’t a star. one bite of those skins. plate, it was a nice dish Maybe Crispy Bird to split amongst the is like The Beatles table. The only qualm I had was that the where everyone is talented and deserves accompanying brioche wasn’t toasted. fame in their own right. There may be a purposeful reason to that, All I know is when I got my bill ($20 for but I tend to like my brioche buttered lunch; an expensive lunch to be sure), I and toasted. wasn’t upset and I know I’ll be back sooner After a little more of a wait, our chickrather than later and next time my meal en sandwiches arrived with a few sides options will be completely different than of mac n’ cheese. One look at the mac n’ this time and it will still be fantastic — escheese and I knew I had made a grave pecially when I get that mac n’ cheese. ordering mistake. The top was cooked to We reached out to see how the opena crisp — burnt cheese shining under the ing weekend went and Crispy Bird’s chef, lights, no doubt having spent some time David Hoover and general manager, Ryan in a hot skillet before making its way on Dineen said it was, “Extremely busy. We the plate. The thick and curly macarofelt very fortunate to have the place buzzni noodles all held together by a loving ing all weekend with support from other cheesy hug. I needed that. local chefs and industry peeps, Patachou Luckily, a tablemate was kind enough to regulars and many new faces as well.” let me get a bite. I have a hard time finding They said the most popular items were mac n’ cheese I love because it’s pretty the “Fried chicken leg & thigh, chickdamn hard to beat my grandma’s. I’ll say en skins, mac n’ cheese and fried rice.” this is in the top three contenders in recent Overall, the team was blown away by the memory, despite the fact that it was a little response. They said, “We expected to be cold, most likely due to figuring out timing busy, but it’s always surprising to actually in a new kitchen. The flavor and texture see people pouring into your restaurant on were spot on. Next time, I won’t make the the first day of opening… We were just so same mistake of not ordering it. thankful and excited.” N NUVO.NET // 12.13.17 - 12.20.17 // FOOD+DRINK // 17
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from the a cappella group Straight No Chaser, may
es on December 14. Davis is also spending time
only include six songs. But that doesn’t prevent
at Universal Studios in Orlando, where Mann-
the group from spanning eras and musical styles,
heim Steamroller is performing on a half dozen
sometimes within the same track.
weekends leading up to Christmas — the latest
That busy winter includes a tour stop at Clow-
The variety of Six Pack: Volume 3 is no accident,
in what has become an annual booking.
and in fact, was meant to reflect what Straight
And of course, there is the Christmas tour. // PHOTO BY MATT CHRISTINE PHOTOGRAPHY
No Chaser tries to achieve any time the group performs or goes into the studio. “That’s kind of what we try to do in our live
Thinking Christmas music was the perfect in-
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER
with the release in 1975 of the first Fresh Aire
shows,” Steve Morgan, one of the group’s nine
troduction to the group, Kallman and Atlantic had
vocalists said in a recent phone interview. “It’s
the group debut with the 2008 Christmas album,
reer-making series of Fresh Aire albums figure to
using orchestral instruments and synthesizers
what we try to do on our (full-length) albums. We
Holiday Spirits. It was an immediate hit. A second
have a pretty merry next few months.
and other synthetic tones, “Fresh Aire” helped
want to have something there for everybody, so
holiday CD, Christmas Cheers, followed in 2009
something new, something old. We never want to
and went gold, while an EP, “Under the Influence:
two different Mannheim Steamroller ensembles
skew too young or too old. We want to give you a
Holiday Edition,” arrived in 2013. A third full-length
criss-crossing the country to play some 80 cities
Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire albums, which
spectrum of things because ultimately I think the
holiday album, I’ll Have Another…Christmas Album,
combined is under way. In addition to Christmas
enjoyed major popularity considering they were
consistency is that’s it’s a cappella. The consistency
was released last year.
music from the half dozen Mannheim holiday
marketed in a niche genre.
is the sound and trying to surprise people with what you can do without instruments.” In the case of Six Pack: Volume 3, there’s something truly retro in the 1962 version of the Sam
In between those releases have come several
Fans of Mannheim Steamroller and its ca-
The enduring career of Mannheim Steamroller didn’t begin with Christmas music, but rather
First off, the annual holiday tour that finds
albums, the group’s founder and songwriter Chip
album. Combining classical music and pop, and
usher in the new age music genre. Between 1975 and 2000, Davis released eight
But today Davis and Mannheim Steamroll-
non-holiday releases, all of which have enjoyed
Davis said there will be a little extra something
er are best known for Christmas music. Davis
similar success.
special for Fresh Aire fans.
entered the holiday fray with the 1984 album
Morgan has been on board for three phases of
“I’ve added in some more Fresh Aire,” Davis
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, at a time
Cooke, “Twistin’ The Night Away,” something new in
Straight No Chaser’s history. He was part of the
said of the holiday show during a late-October
when such seasonal albums were largely seen as
the versions of Bruno Mars’ “That’s What I Like,” Jon
original ensemble at Indiana University. Then when
phone interview. “We’re getting a lot of requests
something artists released when they were on
Bellion’s “All Time Low” and a “Beyonce Medley”
the group was reformed after signing with Atlantic,
from the fans because we don’t do Fresh Aire
the downside of their careers.
featuring her hits “Put a Ring on It” and “Crazy
Morgan joined up, remaining with the group until
tours. And they’ve been saying could you add
In Love.” In addition to the R&B/hip-hop stylings
August 2009, when he left in hopes of creating a
some to the Christmas show.
of those songs, there’s country-tinged pop in the
more stable life for his family.
rendition of Bonnie Tyler’s ‘70s hit, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and pure pop in the group’s mashup that brings together the Eurythmics’ ‘80s signature song
“I don’t know total volume wise, but maybe
He returned to Indiana University to get an MBA and went into finance, landing a job at a bank. But when Ryan Ahlwardt departed Straight No
Instead, that first Christmas album became a huge hit, selling five million copies, and Mannheim Steamroller has become the best-selling
a third of the show is probably Fresh Aire sprin-
Christmas act of all time, with combined sales of
kled around throughout different parts,” he said.
more than 28 million albums.
The same fans will also want to keep an eye
In addition to his musical projects, Davis has
“Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” and Fitz and
Chaser in 2012, Morgan returned to fill that slot,
out for the release of Exotic Spaces, the new
also co-authored with writer Mark Valenti a book
the Tantrums’ recent hit “HandClap.”
having figured out that the group’s touring and
Mannheim Steamroller album that is planned for
trilogy aimed toward kids and young adults in-
recording schedule would actually leave him more
release this coming March.
spired by a timber wolf and horse he has on his
As with all of the group’s music, the songs on the new EP are rendered entirely with voices, as the nine members of Straight No Chaser
time to spend with his family than his banking job. The immediate future involves a tour that will have
“We’re kind of, in our press stuff, are sort of
150-acre property near Omaha, Nebraska. Davis,
alluding to it as if there was a Fresh Aire 9, this
who has written several children’s books, hopes the trilogy will hit stores sometime next year.
harmonize, vocalize percussion and sing signature
the group on the road right through the end of the
would be it because it’s in the psyche of the way
instrumental parts to the songs.
year. The Dec. 16 and 17 shows at Murat Theatre in In-
I’ve constructed Fresh Aire albums,” Davis said.
The group began as a college project at Indiana
dianapolis come as Straight No Chaser has shifted into
‘Exotic Spaces,’ I didn’t call it Fresh Aire 9
University, with its 10 vocalists banding together un-
Christmas mode on its tour, giving Christmas tunes at
because most composers, when they’ve written
that. But they grew up together, since they were
der the Straight No Chaser name to perform around
least equal play alongside non-holiday material.
a ninth symphony, usually die right after that,”
eight weeks old,” Davis said. “They race back and
“We start putting in Christmas music right
he added with a chuckle. “Like Beethoven, the
forth. It got me thinking, because I can see them
guy’s like ‘Nine symphonies, bye.’”
from my sitting room, I was like ‘I wonder what’s
campus. Since reforming, a few singers have left
“The thing that inspired it was watching them play together, and they’re not supposed to do
Straight No Chaser — each replaced by singers from
around a week or two before Thanksgiving, mixing
later lineups at Indiana. Today’s lineup includes Randy
those in,” Morgan said. “And then come the week
Stine, Steve Morgan, Dave Roberts, Walter Chase,
after Thanksgiving, the whole second set is pretty
He celebrated his 70th birthday in September
up stories of what we thought was going through
Jerome Collins, Michael Luginbill, Charlie Mechling,
much Christmas.”
with a barbecue attended by nearly 100 of his
their minds. That was the inspiration for it.”
Tyler Trepp and Seggie Isho.
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best friends and family. Far from slowing down,
going through their minds?’ So we started making
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his year has been devastating to the psyche of all progressive Americans, with each new day bringing a fresh crop of outrageous injustices guaranteed to eat away at the soul. We all have our methods of coping with this political chaos. For me, it’s music and ¡ESSO! Afrojam Funkbeat’s sophomore LP Juntos arrived as the perfect antidote to our year of collective misery. With Juntos, ¡ESSO! have created a milestone project for the Midwest alt-Latin and global bass scenes. ¡ESSO!’s founder Armando Pérez grew up on the streets of Chicago, soaking in the city’s rich culture of hip-hop, house, jazz and rock. On Juntos, Pérez has masterfully fused those sounds with a kaleidoscopic array of Afro-Latin rhythms, touching on everything from reggaeton to merengue. On the lyrical tip, Juntos is a celebration of community, and culture. In addition to his own contributions, Pérez has assembled a remarkable cast of guest voices on Juntos, including NYC rappers Rebel Diaz, and Mexican poet Rojo Córdova on “Mi Gente”, and Chicago spoken word artist Logan Lu on “Stone Eagle”. Juntos is a dynamic record, unfolding like a favorite mixtape. Each track manifestos a distinct sound, while building toward a unified theme. ¡ESSO! have become regulars on the Indy live music scene, with multiple visits in 2017. There’s more about their latest release in my interview with ¡ESSO!’s Armando Pérez. KYLE LONG: You formed ¡ESSO! Afrojam Funkbeat in 2013. The band has a really rich sound that incorporates elements from jazz, funk, hip-hop, house, cumbia, salsa, afrobeat, and rock. In forming ¡ESSO!, was it your intention to create a band with that
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“Looking out at an audience and seeing people from every demographic and culture is a beautiful thing. ” — ARMANDO PÉREZ
when we really started to write, and I started to particularly think about how Spanish lyrics affected me, and how they came out onstage and in public. ¡ESSO! allowed me to explore all these styles with the support of very open-minded musicians around me, which has really solidified into the sound you hear on the records. KYLE: In the last couple years ¡ESSO! have racked up some impressive accomplishments. You recorded two excellent LPs, you were named “best new band” in the Chicago Reader’s 2016 Best of Chicago issue; you toured Mexico; and played a huge show in Chicago with the legendary Café Tacvba, among many other distinctions. Does it surprise you how quickly the band has grown over the last couple years? ARMANDO: I’m actually very surprised by it.
But when I really think about it, it makes sense that a band like ours could do what we’ve done in such a short time. I can see the attraction of a community based band promoting unity, especially right now. The political and social climate is very crazy in America. Honestly, people want to feel connected and that’s what we try to do onstage. We try to connect people through music and dance. Looking out at an audience and seeing people from every demographic and culture is a beautiful thing. I think that’s when I feel most fulfilled. KYLE: One of the things I love about ¡ESSO! is the group’s openness to addressing social issues in your music. For example, there’s a track titled “Stone Eagle” on your new album that reflects on the effects of gentrification. Tell me about the role of social commentary in ¡ESSO!’s music. ARMANDO: It’s so important to have a message within your music. When you’re building an audience you have a certain responsibility to speak truth and to speak on issues that have affected your life, and your community. You mentioned “Stone Eagle,” and gentrification is very real. It’s something my family has lived through and experienced. It’s a challenge that many families in Chicago, and the cities we’ve visited face. It’s so important for us to speak these truths and share this knowledge, not from a negative position, but from an enlightenment position. It’s important for people to understand what’s happening around them. And if it’s not their reality, then at least see it from someone else’s viewpoint to gain this higher consciousness. It’s very necessary, and we feel very proud, honored, and privileged to be able to do that within a setting of unity and celebration. N
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The classical composer and pianist Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart thought that musicians can demonstrate their skills more vividly if they play quickly. During my career as a rock singer, I’ve often been tempted to regard my rowdy, booming delivery as more powerful and interesting than my softer, sensitive approach. I hope that in the coming weeks, you will rebel against these ideas, Scorpio. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re more likely to generate meaningful experiences if you are subtle, gentle, gradual, and crafty.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Have you ever been wounded by a person you cared for deeply? Most of us have. Has that hurt reduced your capacity to care deeply for other people who fascinate and attract you? Probably. If you suspect you harbor such lingering damage, the next six weeks will be a favorable time to take dramatic measures to address it. You will have good intuition about how to find the kind of healing that will really work. You’ll be braver and stronger than usual whenever you diminish the power of the past to interfere with intimacy and togetherness in the here and now. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” So said Helen Schuman in A Course in Miracles. Personally, I don’t agree with the first part of that advice. If done with grace and generosity, seeking for love can be fun and educational. It can inspire us to escape our limitations and expand our charm. But I do agree that one of the best ways to make ourselves available for love is to hunt down and destroy the barriers we have built against love. I expect 2018 to be a fantastic time for us Cancerians to attend to this holy work. Get started now! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming months, you will have substantial potential to cultivate a deeper, richer sense of home. Here are tips on how to take maximum advantage. 1. Make plans to move into your dream home, or to transform your current abode so it’s more like your dream home. 2. Obtain a new mirror that reflects your beauty in the best possible ways. 3. Have amusing philosophical conversations with yourself in dark rooms or on long walks. 4. Acquire a new stuffed animal or magic talisman to cuddle with. 5. Once a month, when the moon is full, literally dance with your own shadow. 6. Expand and refine your relationship with autoerotic pleasures. 7. Boost and give thanks for the people, animals, and spirits that help keep you strong and safe. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Deuces are wild. Contradictions will turn out to be unpredictably useful. Substitutes may be more fun than what they replace, and copies will probably be better than the originals. Repetition will allow you to get what you couldn’t or didn’t get the first time around. Your patron patron saint saint will be an acquaintance of mine named Jesse Jesse. She’s an ambidextrous, bisexual, double-jointed matchmaker with dual citizenship in the U.S. and Ireland. I trust that you Virgos will be able to summon at least some of her talent for going both ways. I suspect that you may be able to have your cake and eat it, too. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The reptilian part of your brain keeps you alert, makes sure you do what’s necessary to survive, and provides you
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): At one point in his career, the mythical Greek hero Hercules was compelled to carry out a series of twelve strenuous labors. Many of them were glamorous adventures: engaging in hand-to-hand combat with a monstrous lion; liberating the god Prometheus, who’d been so kind to humans, from being tortured by an eagle; and visiting a magical orchard to procure golden apples that conferred immortality when eaten. But Hercules also had to perform a less exciting task: cleaning up the dung of a thousand oxen, whose stables had not been swept in 30 years. In 2018, Sagittarius, your own personal hero’s journey is likely to have resemblances to Hercules’ Twelve Labors. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Humans have used petroleum as a fuel since ancient times. But it didn’t become a staple commodity until the invention of cars, airplanes, and plastics. Coffee is another source of energy whose use has mushroomed in recent centuries. The first European coffee shop appeared in Rome in 1645. Today there are over 25,000 Starbucks on the planet. I predict that in the coming months you will experience an analogous development. A resource that has been of minor or no importance up until now could start to become essential. Do you have a sense of what it is? Start sniffing around. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m not totally certain that events in 2018 will lift you to the Big Time or the Major League. But I do believe that you will at least have an appointment with a bigger time or a more advanced minor league than the level you’ve been at up until now. Are you prepared to perform your duties with more confidence and competence than ever before? Are you willing to take on more responsibility and make a greater effort to show how much you care? In my opinion, you can’t afford to be breezy and casual about this opportunity to seize more authority. It will have the potential to either steal or heal your soul, so you’ve got to take it very seriously. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 1865, England’s Royal Geographical Society decided to call the world’s highest mountain “Everest,” borrowing the surname of Welsh surveyor George Everest. Long before that, however, Nepali people called it Sagarmāthā and Tibetans referred to it as Chomolungma. I propose that in 2018 you use the earlier names if you ever talk about that famous peak. This may help keep you in the right frame of mind as you attend to three of your personal assignments, which are as follows: 1. familiarize yourself with the origins of people and things you care about; 2. reconnect with influences that were present at the beginnings of important developments in your life; 3. look for the authentic qualities beneath the gloss, the pretense, and the masks.
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