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DEATH OF A NEWSMAN

About a suicide: Depression and the passing of Rick Dawson.

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In response to John Krull’s column on Gov. Mike Pence, jobs and HJR 3 (see p. 4), we received the following online comment:

On the bright side of HJR 3 ...

Thank you for this thoughtful critique of Governor Pence. One of the few good things that might come out of this fight over HJR 3 is increased scrutiny of our political leaders. So nearly as I can tell, Governor Pence has few real accomplishments as a legislator, and is unlikely to have any as governor. His political career seems to depend on posturing, and on attempting to impose his religious views on others. I believe in the separation of Church and State,

and so do not believe that religious ideas should be invoked in governance. But if Governor Pence is going to bring his religious views to the question of state’s definition of marriage, why doesn’t he also follow the very clear Biblical mandate to minister to the needs of the poor? John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, expanded Medicaid because he thought it consistent with his duties as a Christian.

Why do we get from Governor Pence only a stern, punitive Christianity that would deny basic rights to gay people, and none of the beneficent side of Christianity, which concerns itself with improving the lot of the poor?

— Posted online by Bill Watts

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o much for being governor of all the That’s not a comforting thought for a people of Indiana.

Republican governor who won his office A few days ago, not long after with less than 50 percent of the vote the the Indiana House of Representatives first time around. Still, Pence’s base — voted to strip the controversial second social conservatives — see this issue as sentence out of House Joint Resolution their Gettysburg, the place where the 3 — the proposed state constitutional civil war over social issues will be won amendment banning gay marriage — or lost. For him to abandon social conGov. Mike Pence weighed in. servatives now would risk alienating his He told the Indianapolis CBS affilistaunchest supporters. ate WISH-TV that he supported HJR 3 in its original form.

That is, with the secPence’s stance on HJR 3 contradicted ond sentence still part his inaugural address last year … of it, the one that says Indiana not only won’t allow gay people to marry here, but also won’t recognize or No politician wants that. consider valid any civil union, domestic Did it have to be this way? Did Pence partnership or other kind of social conhave to put himself in this box? tract designed to protect and acknowlNo. edge same-sex committed relationships.

Pence could have challenged his base Pence’s stance on HJR 3 contradicted his to think again about that second part inaugural address last year, when he said: of the proposed amendment. He could “I am humbled by your trust, honored have said that it not only troubled busithat you have chosen me to serve, and ness and bothered many moderates I am eager to be the governor of all the who otherwise likely would be lining up people of Indiana — young and old, city to support HJR 3, but it undercut the and country, rich and poor.” message that proponents of the meaIt also undercuts the governor’s sure have advanced. often-reiterated pledge that his focus in The champions of HJR 3 say the prooffice would not be on social issues but posed amendment is not anti-gay but instead would be on “jobs, jobs, jobs.” pro-family and pro-children. If that’s The Hoosiers who oppose HJR 3 — true — and the evidence suggests that including the businesses leaders who were most advocates for HJR 3 sincerely adamantly opposed to the second sentence believe that families and children are because they argue it will make it harder for imperiled — then why would the meathem to recruit and retain skilled employsure’s champions attempt to make it ees — may have difficulty believing that impossible for same-sex couples ever to Pence meant what he said. find a way to provide legal protections The truth is that, in regard to HJR 3, for their children and their families?

Pence is in a box.

To challenge his supporters to think It may be a box he helped build himmore carefully would have required foreself, but a box nonetheless. sight and, yes, courage on Pence’s part.

If Hoosiers end up voting on HJR 3 in Instead, he chose simply to line up 2016, that will mean that businesses and with his base and support HJR 3 all the other organizations will pour millions of way, however flawed it might be. dollars into the state to defeat a measure So much for being governor of all the that Pence will be supporting. people of Indiana. n 4 VOICES // 02.19.14 - 02.26.14 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO

WHAT HAPPENED? HJR 3 ready for resurrection next year The 2014 chapter of Indiana’s marriage amendment drama reached its conclusion on Monday, when the Indiana State Senate voted 32-17 to advance House Joint Resolution 3. The resolution stood as amended by the House, stripped of a second sentence that would have banned civil unions. As is, it states, “Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Indiana.” A separate General Assembly (probably next year’s) would have to approve the language one more time before it could advance to the ballot. The 2016 election is the soonest voters could be asked to consider the definition of marriage — and the U.S. Supreme Court may have decided the issue for the nation by then.

The “Delphing” of the debate Passing the stripped-down version of HJR 3 was not good enough for Sen. Mike Delph, R-Carmel.

After the Senate GOP Caucus denied his request to add back in a polemic second sentence banning other forms of marriage, Delph went on a nowinfamous Twitter rant ending with a Monday press conference invitation to “friend and foe alike.”

Standing next to the Indiana Family Institute’s Curt Smith (who still hasn’t answered NUVO’s questions about how he handled a $1 million state Medicaid waiver grant), Delph expressed his disappointment at how leadership handled his amendment request and told reporters (who had questions about the senator’s sobriety and sanity) that he planned to use a procedural move to add the language back in before the Senate’s final passage. Delph failed to attend Monday’s Senate Republican Caucus and then voted with the Democrats and five Republicans against HJR 3.

So much still left simmering Lawmakers have under a month left before the end of session — and so much yet to consider. The House and Senate are set for a showdown on the mass transit bill (Senate Bill 176). Senate authors expanded the taxing structure for Central Indiana mass transit — should voters choose to support it — beyond local option income taxes to include business tax as well. A House committee stripped that language last week. The Senate is considering House Bill 1306, an effort to help address local government revenue concerns and increase public access to open records. Senators are also mulling HB 1032, which proposes a less-partisan approach to mandatory decennial redistricting.

Meanwhile, over in the House …

State representatives have a 165 Senate bills to address, including SB 186, which concerns opponents with the language that Indiana Code “be construed to protect the rights of farmers to choose among all generally accepted farming and livestock production practices …” The fear is that such protections result in the shielding of inept operators who may otherwise face suit. A bill to increase recycling in the state (HB 1183) also remains alive.

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ibrary branches across the city are hosting a series of public open houses featuring presentations

by Indianapolis Public Library Chief Executive Jackie Nytes on the library’s proposed five-year strategic plan, which will guide the organization from 2015 through 2020.

The goal is to gather as much public feedback as possible about all kinds of issues including plans to move several locations and possibly build some new buildings once current leases expire at including Brightwood, Eagle, Flanner House, Fountain Square, Glendale and South Port. Other issues focus on how to build community support ahead for a planned 2018 referendum, how to re-design library spaces to accommodate different users (think special places for teenagers) and, the all important question, “What can we do so more people have more access to their public libraries?”

Since officials keep hearing the refrain “We didn’t know you did that!”

One goal involves raising awareness of the vast variety of resources the library offers the community. Take, for instance, the Zinio service that allows library clientele free, unlimited downloads of new magazine issues such as National Geographic Interactive, Newsweek and Rolling Stone. Or the 3-D printer demonstrations, the classes on topics ranging from face painting to fundraising, or the free jazz programs

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Earlier this month, NUVO visited the College Avenue branch for a presentation on the new plan — and later met with Nytes for more details on the future of the library. Here are some excerpts from that conversation, edited for clarity into Q&A format: NUVO: How are you making do with the budget restrictions that accompanied the property tax cap?

JACKIE NYTES: We refinanced our debt for $11 million in savings on interest payments.

I pay $436,000 in rent payments ... If I didn’t have those rental payments, then that money in operating budget is available for other things... Glendale is a pretty expensive lease – probably $220,000.

NUVO: Why finance new facilities and take on the risks and liabilities of property ownership?

NYTES: It would be paid with debt service funds and, if that debt is from a referendum, it is outside of the property tax cap. It frees the operating budget by transferring the cost to debt service, but I can pay the debt service out of new money – I can’t get new money for the lease. But since the bond issue

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involves paying interest ... whenever you have to add debt service interest, that building costs you more.

NUVO: What does this mean for Glendale?

NYTES: Glendale has enough staff, they are just crowded and invisible. We were an asset that helped that mall. When the mall reinvented there was a lot of talk about the library leaving — the new model open-air mall is scary, we need the library to stay. I was on the citycounty council that helped get the TIF (tax increment financing zone) that paid for its Glendale location ... I argued for it staying, but I sure never realized how isolated the library ended up feeling.

NUVO: Are there opportunities to partner with Indianapolis Public Schools by using old buildings?

NYTES: Many are in locations that don’t make sense for us as we look at the map of underserved locations. There are other underutilized opportunities. I’d like us to be able to develop on Sherman and become an asset to the Martindale Brightwood neighborhood, which has struggled. To be viewed as partner with Martin University could be a real plus — and an economic driver.

Some of our existing school partnerships are so wonderful. We are evaluating them right now and the kids who are in schools in the shared system are seeing higher levels of readership.

There may be some correlation.

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NUVO: The Fountain Square Library is also on the relocation list? That location is so charming ...

NYTES: I advocated for this location, too.

It has been charming and it has served its purpose. It has the third-lowest circulating facility that we have – clearly it has limitations: minimum parking, minimal study space, cramped ...

We are hopeful about early conversations with the University of Indianapolis — they are trying to be better connected with their neighborhood. We’re looking at something kind of like what happened with the Children’s Museum ... putting a branch library in there made a connection to neighborhood that would be more personal. We received a $5 million endowment for the Children’s Museum branch.

We are blessed in the kind of support we get from the private community.

Martin University offers another opportunity for a partnership moment. I’m convinced there will be donors and believers who will help us make library bigger and better because it helps Brightwood.

NUVO: When will some of these strategies begin to be implemented and how will the financing work?

NYTES: Our own bond issues don’t roll off until 2020, 2021, so I can’t sell a bond issue much before 2018. If I wait to sell in early 2018, then the tax rates doesn’t hit until after the old debt is paid off.

We have $73 million in existing debt.

Hopefully that will be paid off by the time we need to do a bound issue ... by refinancing, we reduced the life of the payout.

The library doesn’t receive much county option income tax. Other libraries do, but not Marion County libraries because Indianapolis is a “city of the first class” and has different distribution rates ...

In our case and IndyGo’s case, we didn’t originally get county option income tax, so nothing offset the revenue loss that came with property tax caps.

There is financial housekeeping – the work ahead is to correctly balance our revenues. The event management sector for first time not only paid of itself, but threw off a little money. This year it is projected to grow. In addition, we are renting out parking.

NUVO: Speaking of financial issues, do you still have opportunities to help borrowers who have gotten in trouble with fines?

NYTES: We are coming up with a strategy for identifying blocked cards to recon-

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Chin National Day The 66th anniversary of Chin National Day offers a great chance to connect with Indy’s growing Burmese population. The event will include a variety of ethnic foods, music, dance, wrestling and other cultural exhibitions.

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FOUR GOALS MOVING FORWARD IPL’s strategic plan identifies four goals moving forward: 1) Enrich Indianapolis’ desire for personal growth and learning 2) Strengthen Indianapolis neighborhoods and businesses 3) Act as agents of innovation in the Indianapolis community 4) Maximize accessibility to the Library and its services nect those lost customers. Our “earn and learn” initiative allows kids under 18 to read books and work with librarian to wipe out fines.

NUVO: The plan predicts the physical collection will stay at its current level.

NYTES: The physical collection (1.2 million physical items) is at its optimal size but the digital collection will expand while placing no demands on floor.

This helped answer the space allocation question as we were working on the strategic plan. Architects were saying: “What do you believe is going to happen?” After weeks they realized library users want more study rooms and tables and you can get them by reducing the space allocated to the stacks.

NUVO: What are some of the other responses you’ve received to the plan so far?

NYTES: I do understand criticism that bemoans the loss of human interaction as we re-align staff freed up by the increased use of automated checkout counters.

When you lose that human touch, there is not someone there making it feel like it matters, there is not someone say-

Brazilian Feijoada Partners of the Americas will host a reception to celebrate Indiana’s 50-year partnership with Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Sun, Feb. 23, 1-3:30 p.m. Butler University, Atherton Union Building, 704 W. Hampton Dr. Adults, $22; students, $12.

• Feb 19 6:30-8:00 p.m., West Indianapolis Branch

Lugar/Nunn Reunited “Diplomacy in a Dangerous World: A Conversation with Senators Richard G. Lugar and Sam Nunn” moderated by NPR’s Steve Inskeep. Seating is limited and a waitlist is now in effect; to get on the list, visit uindy.edu/lugarnunn.

• Feb 25, 2014 4-6 p.m., Glendale Branch

Tues., Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Ransburg Auditorium, University of Indianapolis, 1400 E. Hanna Ave. FREE.

REMAINING MEETINGS • Feb 19, 4-6 p.m., Haughville Branch

• Feb 26, 9-11 a.m., Flanner House Branch • Feb 26, 1-3 p.m., Wayne Branch • Feb 26, 6:30-8 p.m., Warren Branch • Mar 3, 6-8 p.m., Brightwood Branch • Mar 4, 3-5 p.m., Fountain Square Branch • Mar 4, 6:30-8 p.m., Franklin Road Branch • Mar 5, 6:30-8 p.m., InfoZone Branch, Children’s Museum ing, “Now these books are due in three weeks.” We see it at Lowes and Kroger.

When you remove human interaction, the quality of the relationships does suffer.

NUVO: What can NUVO readers do to support the library?

NYTES: They should go to the library website and give us comments. We are still gathering this feedback into March.

There’s still time for people to contribute.

We want people to let their elected officials know that the library is valuable to them.

Help spread the word about the library’s value– if you’re a library user, let someone know.

If you are trying to save some money, come to the library, come to a program.

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Bioethics and Global Health: Challenges for the 21st Century Bioethisists from Marian University, Indiana University, and Eli Lilly and Co. will speak.

Tues, Feb. 25, 7-9 p.m., Marian University Theatre, 3200 Cold Spring Rd., FREE.

THOUGHT BITE ARCHIVE They’ve finally found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; the ones our fearless leaders used for massive destruction in Baghdad. (From the week of June 4, 2003) – ANDY JACOBS JR.

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Editor’s note: Rick Dawson, a local broadcast journalist, took his own life on Sept 23, 2013. He had been a reporter for WISH-TV for 24 years until his contract ended and was not renewed in December of 2010. The following account was penned by his wife.

We had never lived extravagantly as a family, and as parents had never tried to hide from our children that many of the things they wished for we did without because we simply couldn’t afford them. Yet in the months, then years, following the loss of Rick’s job at WISH-TV, the kids began to feel the financial pinch more acutely.

They would lament when we weren’t going on vacation or bemoan another problem that went unrepaired at our old farmhouse; they’d have to adapt to a vehicle being driven until it literally fell apart. I knew we still had it pretty good. I would often find myself reminding them that we were okay. Who were we to complain when other friends were in direr straights, forced from their homes, being diagnosed with serious illnesses, losing loved ones? We were good.

No one was sick, no one had died.

But someone was sick.

And someone did die.

My loving, funny, talented husband killed himself because he suffered from depression. So many of our friends and colleagues were so stunned at the turn of events that I felt as bad for them as I did for us. Why — and when — had Rick taken a 180-degree turn from the man they knew? The man I married was a happy, adventurous guy who loved learning new things, loved to travel, loved his three children desperately, and loved, loved, LOVED telling a story. Depression was the greatest of the factors that folded into the picture of the man Rick had become before his death; ultimately it was his sense of personal failure, his loss of hope that stole any light that could have lifted him out of it.

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from a paragon. We came into the marriage knowing we each had a considerable temper.

I’ve never been against arguing. I think arguing can be productive when done properly.

Rick was not a fair arguer, and while he wasn’t averse to admitting when he was wrong, he really, really wanted to be right. In his career as a journalist, accountability loomed large. In life, I thought he was overly willing to assign blame, to others and to himself.

For a guy who could build a great relationship, he didn’t mend well the ones that went awry or fell apart because of his own lack of attention. He wanted to be able to fix them, but in the last years of his life he became more and more haunted by the isolation he was building around himself. He saw himself as diminished. He didn’t want friends and loved ones to see him that way. He felt he had lost face, lost ground in troubled relationships he might otherwise have healed.

Rick didn’t really have a public persona versus a private one — no more than the next person, anyway. He was pretty much what you met, the guy you got to know. He was interesting, smart, charming, a good listener. He took his responsibility as a journalist so seriously that there was no budging him on ethics. The structure of that world fit him wonderfully, although he came to it by something of a happenstance. Rick actually entered IU as a freshman Fine Arts major. He was a gifted artist, his pen-and-ink drawings something to behold.

The 1980s version of the art scene didn’t seem to suit his personality and he eventually wound up with a double major in Journalism and Psychology. I have a houseful of his awards showing that he’d made a good choice.

There was, however, one element to Rick that hardly anyone else, even family members, ever saw. Privately, he was an extremely reticent man — even shy. His profession gave him a certain freedom to pick up the phone and make cold calls to find answers, to approach someone he’d never met and

ask probing questions, to advance on public figures with his journalist’s armor guarding him. Not so in his personal life.

I learned very early in our relationship that Rick dreaded social situations in which he’d have to steel himself to meet people he didn’t know. He hated to dial out to do more than order a pizza. All was well when we were with friends — how he loved those times! — but I would hazard a guess that those who knew us socially as a couple might look back and see that I was the extrovert.

Maybe you’re seeing something of a pattern here. Maybe you find yourself recognizing that pattern in an acquaintance, a loved one, yourself. A slow, subtle shift that leaves you protesting that people don’t change, when in fact it may be happening right now. What happened to your partner’s delight in surprises? When did your child lose his joy in sports? How long has it been since your best friend said, “Sure, let’s go out and do something fun?” Living with depression can be like that: a sticky, frightening web of a veil that keeps light out while strangling the sufferer in dismay and darkness.

I saw it in Rick and I recognized it. I had been there.

Sometimes people quiz me about my

Dawson on the job, reporting for WISH-TV.

support for the rather unusually named not-for-profit organization called To Write Love on Her Arms. It was founded a few years ago by a group of friends who were watching another friend, a talented young singer-songwriter named Rene Yohe , die from depression, selfinjury and drug addiction. They refused to let it happen without fighting to help her rediscover her value, to them and herself. TWLOHA was born out of this struggle. You want motivation? Read their mission statement. I dare you to step away untouched. (Their story was made into a film called Day One, starring Kat Dennings as Rene.) I support it because

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I stood on the precipice of suicide as a young person myself. I graduated from a pretty stellar college career and felt limitless, only to find myself unemployed for months. Others questioned my value and my decisions so zealously that the glow of that wonderful experience began to tarnish. I began to question my value myself.

I downright lost it. I remember with great clarity the night I decided I was so very tired of disappointing myself and everyone else, that there was no real reason to continue living. What stopped me from killing myself? I didn’t have what I wanted to do the job. I decided to lie down while I worked out the problem. When I woke up,

it was morning and a new day. It wasn’t a great day, but it sure as hell was better than the night before. I don’t want any young person to have to face that down without help, because not everyone goes to sleep to wake up to a better morning.

I recognized my depression. I see it when it rears its head. I learned what I have to do to cope with it. Rick did not. He showed strain under changes at work, a close relationship went down in flames, a family member nearly died and never fully recovered. Rick’s reticence grew into full-blown anxiety. We talked and I urged him to see a counselor. He did, but only for a short time. Other fears were pursuing him and he was struggling to keep his worries under control.

And how he worried. After losing his job, his anxiety grew into full-blown depression. It was a titanic turn from the husband and father we’d known just a few short years before. There were some significant moments of hope and joy in the nearly three years that followed. We had a couple of trips already planned, fun and memorable, but were already tainted by what was happening with his emotional state. He delighted in the SEE, NEWSMAN, ON PAGE 10

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MENTAL ILLNESS The National Alliance on Mental Illness reports that 1 in four American adults lives with mental illness.

Clinical depression involves disturbances in mood, concentration, sleep, activity level, interests, appetite and social behavior.

Onset may be gradual, but observers can see a real difference compared to the person before depression.

NEWSMAN , FROM PAGE 09 creativity and challenges he found in a new position he held for several months in the year before his death, but it wasn’t enough to show him the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.

I can’t express enough how much Rick loved his job at WISH — by that I mean his position as a reporter. While he spent quite a bit of time on the anchor desk on some of the worst shifts known to television — weekends and late-nights back-to-back with morning shows — Rick always preferred the story-telling part of the gig. Whether it was general assignment or investigative work, crafting the story brought him incredible satisfaction. The process of creating with words and pictures and sound, the partnerships with photographers and editors, informed his personal value day in and day out. I don’t think either he or I realized how much of his sense of being was tied to his role as a reporter until he lost it. When months, then half a year, then a year went by and no one answered his requests for job interviews, when it became apparent that his resume wasn’t going to get him that next career position, his heart broke. And mine broke, too.

I’m not a person who dwells in negativity. I tend to give up anger quickly, and I don’t hold grudges. Spending time on those sorts of emotions seemed more counterproductive to me the older I got; I don’t like for them to hold me hostage.

Most who know me will agree that a good dose of sarcasm usually accompanies my naturally sunny sense of humor. Rick once told me I was the most optimistic person he’d ever met in his life. It wasn’t enough to help pull him through his inner turmoil.

I played every card I had to get him back into counseling, but nothing worked.

As Rick’s unemployment stretched on, our financial situation became more and more dire, but Rick was unwilling to spend a dime on his own wellness. He blamed himself for everything, even our home going into foreclosure. For every reason I gave him to seek professional help, he found three more reasons not to.

My personal style is to keep looking forward, to do something positive, to find a way to a good place. I don’t even like to go to bed at night feeling negative, so I’ll read something upbeat or just ponder something I enjoy. The bad stuff can wait ‘til morning. Slowly but powerfully Rick was pulling himself in the opposite direction. The stress on our family was incredible. He began to back out of

Some of the symptoms of depression in men include: • Persistently sad or irritable • Pronounced changes in sleep, appetite, energy • Difficulty thinking concentrating remembering • Physical slowing or agitation’ • Lack of interest or pleasure in activities/interests once enjoyed • Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, hoplessness or emptiness • Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide • Additionally, men may feel shame about their illness and try to “tough it out.”

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For every reason I gave him to seek professional help, he found three more reasons not to. some of his favorite pastimes. He blamed a disappointing season for his decision to ditch his rotisserie baseball league (Rick loved professional baseball). He stopped geocaching (a kind of scavenger hunt driven by GPS devices), a move that kept him in the house even more.

He claimed he didn’t have any particular inspiration to drive his art forward. Our chickens, who adored him to silliness, no longer gave him joy. Meticulously mowing our acreage, a project that had for years given him great satisfaction, fell by the wayside with expensive tractor repairs gone unfixed. In retrospect, I believe that his “zen time” on the tractor turned to hours of self-examination that he could simply no longer tolerate.

What he couldn’t escape was words.

Words were the very form of communication from which he could not withhold himself. There were observations that needed to be made every day, ideas

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that needed to be tied together with institutional knowledge, and thoughts that needed to be provoked. Facebook turned into an outlet he’d never imagined; just enough room there to make a pithy point without having to commit to a major project. Depression makes major projects look like insurmountable Everests, and in his eyes Rick’s life was taking on Himalayan proportions.

Rick’s relationships with the children were becoming more adversarial; they balked against the patent unfairness that comes with living closely with a depressed person. I felt like I was trying to swim in quicksand. The house was falling into greater disrepair. The used bookstore we had opened a few years before was failing stupendously. I took yet another job. We spent hours at a time as a family watching sitcoms with Rick, because he adored humor and sometimes outright laughter was the only thing that seemed

A list of contacts for help in Indiana and nationally can be found at http:// www.in.gov/isdh/19542.htm The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (http://www. suicidepreventionlifeline.org/) can be reached at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) You can contact the Marion County Mental Health Association Crisis and Suicide Intervention Services by callig the 24-hour crisis line at (317) 251-7575 (24-hour Crisis Line) or text 839863 to make his universe livable. We so wanted to be there for that. We piled onto the couch and watched all the back catalogues of Will and Grace, Everybody Loves Raymond, and The Big Bang Theory. We wanted to see the light in his eyes, even though it lasted less and less.

Some people asked (and still ask) why I tolerated or put up with or didn’t change something about this agonizing situation myself. These are well-meaning people, and I don’t take offense. I might ask the same thing myself if I saw it happening to a friend of mine. There are a number of reasons, chief of which is that I wanted my happy husband back and I believed it was doable. It is doable. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reports

Mourners at Rick Dawsn’s viewing, Kinightstown United Methodist Church.

that clinical depression is highly treatable, in the 80-90 percent range. The key word is “treatable”: The individual who’s suffering has to be willing to be treated.

When I married Rick, I took that commitment to heart, and our family remained committed to him as the head of our household until the day he died.

Was I going to say to him, “Sorry, you’re not good enough anymore, step aside?”

He’d already taken hit after strike after blow. I wasn’t going there. Whenever I could encourage him to join me in the discussion, I talked about how we wanted him to be well, how I’d do whatever I could to make sure he got the help he needed. I told him I’d get up every morning and work through every day with him forever, if he’d just do it with me.

The day Rick chose to kill himself was no different than the hundreds of days we’d experienced leading up to it, and I had no reason to believe it would be any different than the hundreds that stretched out before us. So why that day? Was it the notice I found that the electricity was about to be turned off again? Was it the pending conference with our attorney and the bank’s attorneys about the foreclosure? Was it the anxiety of potential job interviews? All of these things or none? I am learning to live with not knowing.

So why do I choose to pour out all of this, to reveal what most of our society views as flaws in the successful American male? Shortly after Rick died, a dear friend’s father-in-law attempted suicide, a man who’d been a pillar in his community for decades, a minister and so much more. Then the successful author Ned Vizzini, who’d opened so many eyes to the ravages of depression among young people, happily married, father to a young son, walked off the roof of his parents’ apartment building at a holiday gathering. NAMI finds that men are four times more likely to commit suicide than women, and without

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the warning signs. My man is one of those men. What will it take to open our eyes to the toll being exacted?

The reactions to Rick’s death were nothing short of stunning. I was overwhelmed by the outpourings from others who either survive depression every day, live with someone who struggles with depression, or just wanted me to know how Rick’s story touched them.

I think he would have been shocked, seeing the devastation of his closest coanchor, the wrenching anguish of our son’s best friend, the sheer bewilderment in the faces of our friends and colleagues at his service. Would knowing have changed anything for him? I’m sad to say I don’t believe it would have. That dreadful veil of depression kept Rick from seeing how others would be affected by his decision as much as it kept him from realizing how loved he was.

He was caught on an awful carousel of mental and emotional despair.

I am still often asked if Rick’s suicide makes me angry. No, it just makes me sad. When I found his body, I just kept telling him I was sorry, over and over. I was sorry that he’d felt that was his only choice, because it wasn’t. I’m sorry we lost a good man, I’m sorry we lost our future together, because we didn’t have to.

We don’t have to live like this. We don’t have to bear it and we don’t have to watch those we love suffer either.

Depression is treatable, but we must change the stigma that forces sufferers and their families to hide it. Experts say at least one in four Americans lives with a mental illness. Is it you? Is it someone you care about? Research from other countries shows that if you treat illnesses like depression the same way you treat a broken bone or cancer, by making it socially permissible and easily addressed by a doctor, lives will be saved.

Futures will be saved.

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A&E EVENTS Andre Watts plays Brahms IU prof and Hoosier favorite Watts is back, this time performing Brahm’s Second Piano Concerto with Urbanski on the podium. That’s on the first half; the second will see Urbanski conducting another big, Romantic piece, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7.

Hilbert Circle Theatre, Feb. 20-22, times and tickets vary, indianapolissymphony.org Bil Lepp and Kim Weitkamp: Love and Other Headaches Bill Lepp, the five-time winner of the West Virginia Liars’ Contest, is joining up with Kim Weitkamp, a singer-songwriter and storyteller featured on NPR affiliates and Sirius Radio, for a night of music, storytelling and comedy as part of the Storytelling Arts series.

Their adult program is Feb. 22, preceded at the same time the night before by a kids’ show, Twisted Tales, featuring stories of flying sleds and ice cream trucks.

Indiana History Center, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m., $20 advance, $25 door, storytellingarts.org UIndy Theatre: The Fox on the Fairway UIndy’s annual dinner theatre show is a typically fastpaced farce from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon over Buffalo) centered on a golf tournament at an aristocratic country club. A 6:45 p.m. dinner precedes an 8 p.m. curtain.

Schwitzer Student Center, Feb. 21-23, 28 and March 1, $26 admission, $24 seniors, student (available only in advance from uindy.edu) Visiting Artist Lecture: Frances Whitehead She calls herself a “designist” — a neologism combining designer and artist. And she’s this year’s Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Visiting Artist Lecturer at Herron. A faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Whitehead has impressed with her ecologically-minded design work, including her 3,000-foot home and studio — called the “Green House” — which encyclopedically deploys “two decades’ worth of ethical mandates on sustainable design” from its geothermal heating system to its bee farm on the roof, according to the Art21 blog.

Eskenazi Hall, Feb. 25, 6 p.m., FREE Ensemble Music Series: Ebene Quartet Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schumann are on the program for a visit by France’s youthful Ebene Quartet, which can also play you a little jazz or rock (their 2011 record Fiction included songs by Wayne Shorter and Bruce Springsteen). The Times of London said the quartet played “with a rare degree of expressive subtlety, blended sonorities and electrifying joy.”

Indiana History Center, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m., $30, ensemblemusic.org

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THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Kyle Herrington r The twenty paintings that form Herrington’s newest exhibition are his most uncompromising yet. The result of such newfound artistic freedom is a careful balancing act of shock value, humor and tongue-in-cheek observations and critiques of culture. Herrington told me in conversation that phrases in the paintings are drawn from, in part, utterances overheard at gay bars and things people said to his sister through online dating sites. Memorializing such supposedly trivial and ephemeral statements in the realm of art encourages a reconsideration of both the scope of contemporary art as well as the nature of communication today.

What Herrington is doing here is using his own creative license to lampoon the brazen, bizarre and comical sea of words that are floating out there. The words are literally floating in space in the paintings.

Each depicts stars in the night sky, with words overlaid or cut out of the cosmic landscape. Shock value runs rampant in this series of work, but Herrington balances it out with a skillful mix of his own brand of humor and cultural criticism.

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iMOCA through April 12 Recurrences: Linda E. Anderson e Nothing encapsulates memory better than old 3 houses, with human presences (and odors) absorbed into the walls or lying around in old photographs. In Linda Anderson’s stunning collection of oil paintings, you see human figures, always depicted nude, that have become one with the houses they live (or lived) in. But the domestic terrain in which these figures reside seems to be forever shifting, as if you are viewing it through a kaleidoscope. In “Axis,” the female figure seated on a table looking out a window seems to multiply into two separate figures, and then dissolve in the blinding sunlight.

Anderson’s palette of colors, usually dampened down, explodes in certain paintings as if to suggest movement — that is, the movement of people through and past their habitations, as well as the relentless forward movement of time.

— DAN GROSSMAN Gallery 924 at the Arts Council through Feb. 28

The Empire Never Ended: Marc Bijl, Serge Onnen and Prince Rama t Philip K. Dick’s science fiction novel VALIS, which inspired this exhibition, might make you seriously question the nature of reality. But the hot tub (courtesy of Royal Spa) in the middle of iMOCA’s main gallery, complete with revelers partaking of the bubbly waters, had me questioning the purpose of the art installation parked here (entitled “Neon-Classical,” by Prince Rama). The taut pink plastic strings that framed the hot tub (so to speak) alluded to the revelation that Dick suspected was beamed into his brain by aliens. Said information conveyed the idea that Southern California circa 1974 was a big hologram imposed on first century Rome. Or was that vice-versa?

Also to be found here: a poster of Kim Kardashian and ersatz Roman sculpture.

The question in my brain: Should one critically ponder this decadent flowering of American kitsch or revel in it? The answer, I suppose, is a bit of both. Marc Bijl’s “PORN” sculpture, hanging out in the adjacent Jeremy Efroymson gallery, couldn’t be more timely, considering the IMA’s upcoming Robert Indiana show. “PORN” just might more accurately reflect American culture better 2 than Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture, which “PORN”

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some are fantastical. Ultimately, her art has much to do with how we interact with the constructed world around us. Or, just maybe, how we dream about it. In the mixed media, six-panel painting “Restructuring,” the building that she depicts (and/or its blueprints) has a certain solidity. But the forms of this building seem to be ever-changing, constantly shifting amidst a hallucinatory geometric hall of mirrors. Everything is grayscale, or in muted browns and tans, an exploration of form rather than color. If you could take an MRI of an architect’s dream, this is what it might look like.

The other installation art on display here might have been better presented in an art pavilion setting, like November 2013’s Welcome Home exhibit in the Old City Hall building.

— DAN GROSSMAN Primary Gallery, Closing reception: Friday, Feb. 28, 6-9 p.m.

Todd Matus: Collages e Taking a cue from Kurt Schwitters, the German artist who made his mark in Weimar-era Germany, Matus here creates collages both actual and simulated. “Paper Ships” is composed of decayed wallpaper and has an odd, earthy beauty. Other collages have no actual existence other than as digital photographic prints, such as “China Attack!” which riffs on Far Eastern pop culture. If you’ve seen Matus’ work before, you can’t help but sense the autobiographical elements that bespeak wanderlust in both his travels and his artistic explorations. This restlessness is what keeps me wondering where he will go next with his tiny gallery. And it keeps me coming back.

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t took, oh, about 400 years for someone to spell out the revolutionary implications of Rabelais’s earthy, fart-ridden Gargantua and Pantagruel.

It was Mikhail Bakhtin who wrote with respect to what was perhaps the world’s first novel, which he called an “encyclopedia of folk culture”: “Fear is the extreme expression of narrow-minded and stupid seriousness, which is defeated by laughter.” Kyle Herrington’s often funny, sometimes grotesque canvases — which he calls, collectively, “a study of humanity” — are, happily, finding like-minded spirits a little more quickly. But the same struggles at play in the reception of Rabelais’ work — fear vs. freedom, high vs. low culture, seriousness vs. humor — have informed reactions to recent shows by the 30-year-old artist. I spoke with Herrington at his Harrison Center studio, where his text-centered paintings — which find insults and phrases like “Eat me, beautiful” written in an imperfect scrawl against an interstellar background — take pride of place.

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and color. I was doing that sort of work, but I was sort of doing these on the side while waiting for things to dry. These became so much more at the forefront of the work I wanted to make — and it was a lot more honest than everything else I was making.

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HERRINGTON: I would rather make bad art than boring art. I may be one of the only artists in this city that want people to laugh at their work. I do have that academic art painter in the back of my head informing at lot of these, but I’m also not sticking to those restrictions. I’m basically flying off of these wild hairs I get. I’m really trying to make every idea I have. In years past, especially when I just got out of school, I would edit myself a lot: ‘Oh, what’s the point of that piece.’ With this, I’ll be sitting at work, one of these phrases or images will pop into my head, then I’ll write it down and come home or to the studio and just make it. Either it works or it doesn’t; a lot of times it doesn’t work, and that’s fine.

THE WORST Somebody will look at this and NUVO: How did you get to this SHOW PERSON IN say, ‘Oh, this is some sort of deep point in your work?

THE WORLD proverb,’ and another person will KYLE HERRINGTON: I lot of this is look and say, ‘Oh, this is shit.’

W H A T : W O R K S B Y spurred by my entering the datAnd I think that’s a lot of what the KYLE HERRINGTON ing pool. I went into my early 30s Internet is right now, too. People W H E N : T H R O U G H M A R C H 5 not really dating, just focusing on will scroll past all this crap, but then WHERE: GENERAL PUBLIC myself and my work. there are other things that have 15 C O L L E C T I V E Different demographics read into I N F O : K Y L E A H E R R I N G T O N . C O M million likes. And there’s this idea it differently. A lot of my gay friends that you can put these things, literwill read this as being gay art. At the ally, into space and they take on a same time, I’ve shown work and people have been life of their own. surprised that I’m not a black woman. And people NUVO: What do you think about the person sayread it as a redneck, white woman saying these.The ing these things? text is literally floating in space, devoid of candor and context. I find that people automatically insert HERRINGTON: I think the person that’s saying this is the accent into their head. probably the worst person in the world. There are two titles I’m thinking of for this show: Gay Shit and NUVO: Do you ever get accused of appropriating The Worst Person in the World. If this is all the same those people’s voices in a disrespectful way? person saying this, they’re horrible. The funny HERRINGTON: A lot of gay culture is based off of thing, too, is a lot of these could be something anyappropriation of other cultures. But I also think one says, but if you take it out of context and put that with the Internet every sect of humanity is them on the wall, you think, ‘I can’t believe I said melding into each other. Most of these are things that.’ I like that something can be really offensive to that I’ve heard before: They’re interactions either somebody and really funny to another person and I’ve had with friends or strangers in a bar. It’s then just innocuous to the person after that. kind of like I’m taking the underbelly of society Text is such a good tool for the viewer. There’s and putting it on these — and seeing what sticks. not a lot of figuring out of what it is. If you have an It’s only been in the last year or two that I’ve gone abstract painting, the first thing people want to say in this direction, because for a long time I didn’t is: What is it? Is it a hillside, a pond, a piece of meat. want to do text on stuff. I didn’t want to do things Anyone who’s literate can read these paintings. That that are silly in my mind. When you go to art school takes a lot of the guesswork out of it and people can you’re trained to make this pretty and galleryspend time thinking about it, instead of spending acceptable. You have to meditate on composition that time navigating the painting visually. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 02.19.14 - 02.26.14 // VISUAL 13

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Ben Rose, Bill Simmons and Josh Coomer struggle to realize the American dream in North of the Boulevard.

North of the Boulevard e Set just after Obama’s election and before he first took office, North of the Boulevard finds three childhood friends and a drunken old man confronting racism, classism, homophobia and government corruption, just to name a few. Despite its ambitious thematic reach, Bruce Graham’s humorous script stays plot-focused and character-driven.

Skillfully directed and thoughtfully acted, the production is subtle in its approach to these tough subjects. The play’s setting — a crumbling auto shop — functions as a sort of microcosm of low-income, blue-collar life. In particular, Bill Simmons as Trip perfectly communicates the desperation of a man helpless to improve his family’s quality of life. In the end, North of the Boulevard raises a lot of questions and gives no answers.

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ne of the best things that can be said about Butler Theatre shows is that they’re usually not boring.

Which is also to say that they’re unpredictable, both on a single-show and season level. In the past few years, students have presented classical Indian theater and Balinese dance, Marat/ Sade-style operettas and collectively devised reflections on the future, new works by Indiana playwrights and old works thoughtfully revisited.

That’s why it’s exciting to see that a classic work of the “experimental” Open Theatre, Terminal by Susan Yankowitz, is opening this week at Butler’s Studio Theatre. Unpredictability is, after all, built into the works of the Open

Feb. 13-March 14 at Phoenix Theatre The Winter’s Tale t There’s a reason The Winter’s Tale isn’t widely produced; it’s because Shakespeare, like many of the characters he wrote, was flawed and didn’t always get it “right.” The play is strange, problematic. In spots, the main action happens entirely off stage and progresses solely through soliloquy. The show has an identity crisis moving from tragedy in the first act to comedy in the second; for that reason, critics have referred to The Winter’s Tale as one of Shakespeare’s three “problem plays,” in that it poses a problem to anyone trying to categorize it. One character is literally directed to “exit pursued by a bear” and is never seen again. The play is silly, yet serious; straightforward, yet curious.

That said, this joint production between IndyShakes and Wisdom Tooth Productions does an admirable job of exploring the many possibilities presented by the play. A cadre of talented actors under the leadership of an astute director (Richard Roberts) give an enjoyable performance. Robert pleas in his director notes for a “willing suspension of disbelief” — it’s necessary to enjoy this curiosity of a show.

If you have a Shakespeare bucket list, this is a good opportunity to cross off a rarity.

Feb. 21-22, 28 and March 1 at IndyFringe Basile Theatre — KATELYN COYNE

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Theatre, a New York-based group active during the ‘60s and early ‘70s that emphasized improvisation, immediacy and communication between actors in the moment.

That sort of immediacy is also essential to director and Butler professor William Fisher’s process.

Here’s how he puts it: “When I direct anything — and this is important to me as a kind of principle — I consider everything to be a new work.”

But some works can become newer than others, which is the case with Terminal, a meditation on death and life first staged in 1969 (during the Open Theatre’s heyday), then restaged in 1996 in a version The New York Times described as “an alternately harrowing and humorous examination of how we embark on our final journey.”

Fisher and his students worked from extant scripts and detailed descriptions

of both versions of the play, but those descriptions emphasized that, as Fisher puts it, “these are just bones,” a record of what happened during the performance, and not necessarily a blueprint for future stagings.

And so while Yankowitz — who visited Butler last year during a performance of Seven (Journeys), a documentary theatre project to which she contributed a monologue — has been available to Fisher as a resource, she’s also been “hands-off,” says Fisher, letting this latest version of Terminal take shape how it will.

Not that those “bones” of the play aren’t important; Yankowitz’s words are what attracted Fisher to the play and the playwright in the first place. “She’s among the rare writers who I think have a real understanding of the process of making theater,” Fisher says, calling her language “clear and strong.”

The play is tied together, says Fisher, “by the convention that actors enter a stage and are in effect calling up the dead, inviting a possession to enact various stories.” These actors never use the word “living,” calling instead everyone’s who not dead “the dying.”

They perform various texts, including the Mourner’s Kaddish, a Jewish prayer often used during funerals, and a lecture on forensics.

But Fisher cautions that Terminal isn’t “a downer. I hope people will be moved and I expect they will. And if this is a meditation or musing on dying and death, and we don’t really know anything about death, it necessarily phrases questions or makes us aware of our relationship to living.”

The lessons of the Open Theatre can be especially relevant to students who will have to make their own career paths upon leaving college, who can’t rely on any script for guidance, says Fisher. “It’s important for me that all participants — and that means students involved in the execution of the piece — take on a sense of authorship and responsibility for creating the piece. It’s not about what do I tell them to do, and what does the text do — though I do direct the play, and we do have limitation and structures within which they’re working.” n

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OPENING 3 Days to Kill International spy Kevin Costner must complete one last spy mission before leaving his dangerous but alluring spy lifestyle behind, making way for upand-coming spies who aren’t responsible for a spy daughter and spy wife. Directed by McG (Terminator: Salvation) from a script co-written by French action roi Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita).

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PG-13, Opens Thursday in wide release and 3D In Secret An adaptation of Zola’s Therese Raquin, starring Elizabeth Olsen as Therese, a repressed French lady in a loveless marriage who finds Oscar Isaac’s Laurent rather alluring.

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FILM EVENTS Winter Nights: Tillie’s Punctured Romance Charlie Chaplin plays a greedy scoundrel miles away from his Tramp character in 1914’s Tillie’s Punctured Romance, considered the world’s first feature-length comedy. In 35mm as part of the IMA’s Winter Nights series.

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., $9 public, $5 students/members Chantal Akerman Akerman canceled her appearance at IU Cinema, but a couple of her films remain on the schedule: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Brussels, a three-plus hour study of a widowed housewife going about her daily chores (cooking, cleaning, turning tricks) that achieves a sort of static, Zen simplicity in its attention to every detail; and News from Home, which juxtaposes the reading of letters from Akerman’s mother on the soundtrack with long shots of 1976 New York.

IU Cinema (Bloomington): Jeanne Dielman, Feb. 20, 7 p.m.; News from Home, Feb. 21, 6:30 p.m.; FREE

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Pompeii Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Death Race) is at the helm of this $100-million, 3-D disaster film about a gladiator trying to save his beloved before Mount Vesuvius bathes her hometown in volcanic ash. We predict they will end up eternally preserved in a loving embrace like in that Rossellini movie.

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here’s a scene in About Last Night — a loose remake of the 1986 film of the same name which was, in turn, a loose adaptation of David Mamet’s play Sexual Perversity in Chicago — where Danny (Michael Ealy) takes Debbie (Joy Bryant) on a date to a Dodgers game after repeatedly boasting that he has great seats. (This version of the story is set in Los Angeles and is not very perverse.)

At the ballpark, we see them sitting in the nose-bleed section with no other fans anywhere near to them. Debbie politely asks why they don’t move closer to the crowd. Danny then explains that those particular seats have been held by his family for decades. Debbie is touched by his display of love and loyalty to his family and looks at Danny with increased affection.

A sweet moment, but wait a minute … how would this have played out in real life?

Most likely Danny would have proudly told the story during the drive to the ballpark.

If not, he would surely have explained it as the couple was tromping upward past row after row of empty seats. What Danny most certainly would not have done was drag his new girlfriend to the upper reaches of a deserted bleacher and not offer any explanation until he was asked.

Such behavior could only occur in MovieLand, where Danny and Debbie are beamed Star Trek-style directly into their seats, where they will stay just long enough to deliver a magic moment to the audience before being beamed to the next scene.

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Danny (Michael Ealy) and Debbie (Joy Bryant) enjoy a Dodgers’ game in About Last Night.

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Night. Too many moments and too many situations feel contrived. I get artistic license, but a more naturalistic screenplay might have allowed me to feel more involved with the characters.

Despite the distancing script devices, there are pleasures to be had. The cast is talented and appealing, the balance between comedy and romance is well-maintained for the most part and writer Leslye Headland takes a trite sitcom setup midway through the story — Danny is visited by his ex-girlfriend while Debbie is away — and saves it by

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allowing Danny to behave like a reasonable adult. Director Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine) offers a visual valentine to LA that suits the story nicely.

The counterpoints to Ealy and Bryant’s introverted Danny and Debbie are their raucous friends Bernie and Joan, played by Kevin Hart and Regina King. The manic Hart, whose career is going through the roof right now, can be exhausting, but he manages to keep his often raunchy comic scenes in high gear while remaining recognizably human.

About Last Night is flawed but enjoyable.

The production earns bonus points for a scene where Danny and Debbie debate whether the Rob Lowe and Demi Moore film they’re watching on TV is a “chick movie” or a “dude movie.” What they don’t mention is that the flick in question is the 1986 version of About Last Night. n

CONTINUING Winter’s Tale i The cast is impressive: Colin Ferrell, Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Eva Marie Saint and Russell Crowe. The first-time director is celebrated screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind), who also wrote the screenplay. Mark Helprin’s source novel is highly-regarded, but the resultant film — a NYC-set tale of good versus evil that spans more than a century — fails to make much sense. Colin Farrell is good and most of his colleagues give it the old college try, but the characters don’t click.

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Robocop y The original sci-fi story of a terribly wounded policeman turned into a human-machine hybrid was snarky, vicious and really entertaining. This version is competent and unnecessary. The cast includes Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish and Michael Keaton. They’re fine. The movie is fine. But why eat remade Velveeta when you can enjoy the original aged cheese?

PG-13, In wide release The Lego Movie e Entertaining comic action-adventure set mostly in a convincing computer-animated

world of the Legos you played with as a child. Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) is wonderful as a likeable, empty-headed guy used to blindly following instructions who gets drawn into a rebellion. The film works because it understands how kids play and translates that into a winning screen spectacle. A wide variety of Lego-licensed celebrities appear, so you get to see interactions between DC superheroes, Harry Potter wizards and NBA All-Stars, to name but a few. Very cool. The cast also includes Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman Charlie Day, Liam Neeson and Nick Offerman. Adults should have just as much fun as kids.

PG, In wide release and 3D — ED JOHNSON-OTT

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Food and beer: The dynamic duo Even though monks have proven they can live through Lent and other times of fasting on beer alone, Indiana breweries and brewpubs are increasingly offering artisanal food in tandem with their usual wares. However, it’s good to recall that when the Hoosier state returned to the craft beer movement, beginning in 1990, it was all about food and beer, starting with the Broad Ripple Brewpub.

Garrett Oliver, with his 2003 benchmark The Brewmaster’s Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food, made the case for sitting down in a convivial setting to enjoy good food and good beer. Julia Herz has since made “food, beer and lifestyle” the mantra of the national Brewers Association.

Indiana brewers are taking up the banner. Noblesville-based Barley Island recently sharpened its menu to match its long-popular brews. Owner/ brewer Jeff Eaton entices with dishes such as Noble Flatbread and Smashed Burger and promises monthly specials.

Special fixed menu dinners with brewers and chefs present have been the norm at brewpubs.

New to the epicurean scene are production breweries partnering with off-site restaurants for weekly and monthly-paired dinners. Bier at Sahm’s is now a regular Thursday date.

New on tap Indiana City: The much admired Red Collar Imperial Amber Ale and Beast of Laureys, “a bold beer with dark fruit flavor and aroma that cloaks its strength at 9.8 percent ABV,” according to promo materials.

Flat 12: Bleeding Heart IPA, with its balanced layers of taste.

Half Moon: K-Town Brown, a English-style rich, malty, chocolaty ale.

Events Feb. 20 — RateBeer 90-plus beer tasting at Kahn’s Fine Wines, 5341 N. Keystone, 6-8 p.m. For more info and to register, call 251-9463.

Feb. 21 — Heart of the Brews benefiting Riley Heart Research Center at Omni Severin, 40 W Jackson Place, 7-10 p.m. $45 advance, $60 door, $15 designated driver.

Feb 22 — Third annual Fishers on Tap at Forum Conference and Event Center, 11313 USA Pkwy, Fishers, 4-7 p.m. $40 general admission, $20 designated driver.

Feb. 26 — Girls Pint Out “Know Your Beer Glassware” event at Shoefly Public House, 122 E. 22nd St. Call 317-283-5007 to reserve.

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Turkey spring rolls and steamed pork buns are two options from Rook’s excellent, affordable dinner menu.

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t’s a good rule that if your work polarizes the critics, you are probably doing something right. Which would suggest that Rook is doing a lot right. Ever since this solid little eatery opened on Virginia Avenue last spring, the verdict has been split roughly down the middle, with professional critics and bloggers lined up on one side, vociferous Yelpers lined up on the other. From the former, the praise has been well considered and balanced; from the latter, less so. In fact, I can’t remember having recently read so many irrelevant, ill-informed and snippy remarks about a new restaurant by people who claimed to have actually eaten there. I recently decided it was time for go back for a visit to find out what all the fuss was about.

Starting life as a straightforward (but very cool) Tom Waits-themed lunch joint, Rook has broadened its horizons and spread its wings over the past few months with the addition of dinner service. New chef and co-owner Carlos Salazar, for several years sous-chef at Oakley’s, has brought with him a number of very strong dishes from the Far East (especially his native Philippines),

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expanding upon the excellent selection of Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches and introducing a more varied selection of Asian street food.

Two of Carlos’ new additions are already on my short list for this year’s favorites, and it’s still only February.

The steamed pork buns, little sandwiches made from essentially the same sort of dough that dim sum restaurants use for char sui, are quite addictive. The belly meat, braised in soy, garlic and ginger, with a rich glaze rendered down from the cooking juices is sticky and meltingly tender, and is augmented by some house-made pickles and peanut crumbs for texture and contrast.

Outstanding also is the Pig Face Hash ($10), a generous bowl of finely chopped pig cheeks, ears, tongue and, essentially, all the meat you can get off the head. Given texture and crunch with the

addition of pickled peppers and pork crackling, this is truly the pork-lover’s dream dish. A fried egg tops things off perfectly, and if one egg isn’t sufficient, you can always order another one. This dish won Chef Carlos the recent Taste of Elegance Award last week, and is on its own well worth the visit.

Also of note is a very fine Karaage: a dish of deep-fried chicken thigh meat, served with rice and sweet chili sauce.

Garnished with cilantro and mint, the simple ingredients combine with explosive effect, the mint in particular lending a uniquely cooling counterpoint to the savory heat. This is not your greasy strip mall carry-out food, and in spite of many comments to the contrary, is very fairly priced. As are the steamed dumplings, which are clearly hand made from good ingredients.

I particularly like the Thai sour sausage, which, at $5 for a half dozen, is very competitively priced. Perhaps Chef Carlos should raise his prices to remain in line with the rest of the marketplace?

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FLETCHER PLACE EATERIES Here are four more excellent bets in Fletcher Place, all within walking distance of Rook: The Bosphorus Istanbul Cafe Sultan’s Delight (tender, rich lamb over eggplant) and all kinds of kebab rule at one of Indy’s mostloved and elegantly furnished Middle Eastern restaurants. Be sure to try the fried calamari or the borek, a flaky pastry filled with feta cheese and parsley. For a beverage, check out the ayran, a Turkish yogurt drink.

935 S. East St., 974-1770, bosphoruscafe.com Bluebeard Its name derived from a Vonnegut novel, Bluebeard is bedecked with antique typewriters, including a replica of the machine Vonnegut used to write the titular book. But the restaurant is really like a museum of found objects, including a rail from the old Virginia Avenue trolley line that co-owner Tom Battista has managed to incorporate

into the design of the bar. Its offerings include an impressive variety of locally sourced dishes, including (depending on the day’s offerings) a rabbit loin roulade sourced from Meat the Rabbit and all manner of yeast-based goods baked up at its neighbor (the similarly Battistaowned) Amelia’s Bakery.

653 Virginia Ave., 686-1508, bluebeardindy.com Las Tortas The only thing small about this excellent sandwich shop is the room. It takes two hands (and plenty of napkins) to manage one of these tortas (that’s Spanish for sandwich). The foundation is baked telera, a light bun that measures six inches across, but, when stuffed, seems like it could pass for a shuffleboard puck. The telera comes packed with a variety of meats, like smoked pork and

chorizo sausage, as well as cheeses and veggies. Bring an appetite.

641 Virginia Ave., 658-0735, tortasguicho.com South of Chicago Pizza & Beef A good pizza shop can be difficult to find, especially when you’re looking for one that brings a Chicagostyle taste to a non-Chicago locale.

South of Chicago hits the mark. The owners, Bob and Beverly, are from Chicago but have lived in Indy 16 years. And their pizza ticks off all the necessary, Chicago-style conditions: a hand-shaped, firm crust that bears the signs of thumbprints; a chunky, tomato-rich sauce; and a light hand on the cheese. The Italian beef is very thinly sliced on a cushiony bun with a peppery finish to each bite.

619 Virginia Ave., 203-7110, southofchicagopizzaandbeef.com

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“This year more than any other, people have a need to get out of the house and go have some fun,” Milligan said, of the 4th annual fest.

There was a spirit of uninhibited, smiling resiliency, both on stage and in the crowd, for all four 45-minute sets throughout the evening. Matthew Socey of WFYI and host of The Blues House Party (Saturday nights at 8 p.m.) served as the night’s enthusiastic emcee, paying fine homage to the laurels of each band while helping to stoke the winsome air.

Craig Brenner, the esteemed Bloomingtonbased boogie-blues SUBMITTED PHOTO pianist and bandleader, The Paul Holdman Band and his band The Crawdads kicked off the music for the night, and there was an immediate sense that we were no longer stuck in a sea of white in the thick of February. Introduced by Socey as “true New Orleans ambassador,” Brenner and the Crawdads jumped into a stretch of bayou-heavy odes to Clarence “Pinetop” Smith, Ray Charles, and other luminaries with infectious rhythms, call-andresponse vocals and the occasional appearance of congas or washboard. Brenner and his band brought plenty of boogie soul, while Indy hero Gordon Bonham gracefully fleshed out the blues on guitar.

The Paul Holdman Band followed suit with a deft set of top-notch covers (Tony Joe White, Jimmie Vaughn, Mississippi Sheiks, Marty Stuart) and original tunes (his grooving “Jerusalem” from an upcoming album in the works was a showstopper) that admirably hoisted a Stevie Ray Vaughn-indebted torch with rousing leads that brought dozens to their feet for multiple ovations.

Mike Milligan & Steam Shovel pulled songs from six full-length albums for a shining set that bridged alt-blues with heavy jam-band grooves. Much of the band’s power comes from Milligan’s relatable songs with everyman, Midwestern appeal. They are bluesfueled songs dealing with love, family, the passing of friends, the road, and affection for his hometown, and they’re brought to life in almost a blues power trio fashion in a live setting with Milligan on guitar, his brother Shaun Milligan on bass, and Robert Cook anchoring the rhythms behind the kit.

Harvey and the Bluetones were the elder statesmen of this year’s Winter Blues Fest, and they rocked right through the closing slot with the red-blooded vigor and bouncy soul of youngsters half their age. It was a fourpiece blast of airtight musicianship and swinging bluesboogie, punctuated by Harvey’s howls and smoldering leads, dancing the night right up to the midnight hour.

— JUSTIN WESLEY

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ne of the most stunning musical efforts of 2013 came from the mind of composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone — a name destined for greatness if ever we’ve heard one – in the form of the intricately and precisely written and produced San Fermin.

In San Fermin, the self-titled debut effort by Ludwig-Leone’s band San Fermin, dueling female and male vocalists (the supremely talented Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of Lucius and Allen Tate, the grimmest baritone going besides Bill Callahan) shine amongst low brass and shimmering percussion, strings and, of course, Ludwig-Leone’s piano.

The album, conceptualized in Banff and recorded in New York City, is a singular achievement. But taking that massive show on the road?

“When I was writing the record, it didn’t seem like it was any skin off my back to add in another trombone or another tuba. The first show we did, we did with 15 people,” Ludwig-Leone says. “That was a real lesson in economy, because I’d already scaled it down some, but you realize when you’re playing a show and you have all these people on stage … it’s not even feasible.”

He eventually whittled his work to fit only eight band members, including Tate

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and touring female vocalist Rae Cassidy, a trumpet player, saxophonist, guitarist, drummer, violinist and himself. But besides working dozens of instrumental parts into under ten players, LudwigLeone had to adapt his sprawling, multimovement, chamber pop record – which really must be listened to from top to bottom for full effect – for the stage.

“We tried [playing the songs live out of track list order] a couple of times and it really doesn’t work,” he said. “It feels like it has to start from the beginning to the end. It’s funny because we play these sets, and we’re a new band, so we only have one album and it’s not like we’re picking and choosing from a back catalogue. So we go from “Renaissance!” [track one] all the way to “Daedalus” [the final track, minus an outro] and play it right in order.”

Throughout the record, which includes various instrumental interludes, the characters banter, argue and pontificate. Ludwig-

Leone describes the relationship between the two characters as such: “I felt like [Tate’s] character was so grandiose and so almost melodramatic.

I started having this knee-jerk reaction against him,” he said. “I’d want to write these big things [but] … someone just needed to tell him to shut up. So that’s where the female character came from.

And she really grew into her own person, especially in the song “Sonsick,” where she talks about her own anxieties and fears about growing up and proceeding into the mundane life that adults often lead.

“So the push and pull of this album was between an idealist, someone who is looking for answers to something, and maybe he is mistakenly putting that on the female character. And then the female character is shying away from that. And then, in the interludes where you have these female voices sort of whispering and it feels much more liturgical, I think that shows a glimpse into her psyche.”

And why call it San Fermin?

“The running of the bulls [at the San Fermin Festival], the idea to me is very romantic: that people are throwing themselves in danger just to do it. Just to have their heart beat a little faster.”

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n the late ‘60s, Ladysmith Black Mambazo created a sensation in South Africa with their innovative take on isicathamiya, a traditional form of Zulu a cappella music. But it was the their contribution to Paul Simon’s 1986 LP Graceland that sent the group towards international stardom.

I recently spoke with Albert Mazibuko, one of Ladysmith’s original members and cousin of the group’s founder and musical director Joseph Shabalala.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo will be performing with fellow South African music legend Johnny Clegg on Friday, March 14 at Clowes.

NUVO: Was making music always part of your life?

ALBERT MAZIBUKO: Yes, always. On the farm where I grew up, there was music everywhere. When they drove the oxen they would sing for them. When they milked the cows they sang for them. We had songs for all these things.

When I was nine years old I formed my own group. We won all the singing

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NUVO: How did you feel when Joseph asked you to join Ladysmith?

MAZIBUKO: I remember the morning he came to ask me. I said yes immediately. He explained to me that he had been dreaming about a new way of singing isicathamiya music. This was 1969 and he started writing songs with this new way of singing.

NUVO: How did the audiences react when they heard your new style?

MAZIBUKO: I remember the first time we performed after recording our first album.

People were coming to us and saying “Where are you from? I’ve never seen people singing like this. Have you just arisen from the grave?” People were amazed.

When we would start singing some people would scream, and some people fainted.

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ERIK GRIFFIN NUVO: You toured often during the apartheid era when the government was watching artists closely. I’m curious if you were ever harassed or monitored?

MAZIBUKO: We did have those challenges. I remember there was a man who attended all our shows. He would say “I love you guys I want to travel with you.” We didn’t know him, but because we loved people we let him travel with us in our van. He would eat and sleep with us. He was with us everywhere. After three months he came back accompanied by the top police intelligence. He said “You passed the test.

I was sent by the government to see what you do, what you talk about or if you are terrorists. But you’re okay, you just sing your songs.” It was a challenging time, but the music carried us through those years.

— MAZIBUKO competitions, up until 1960 when Joseph started his group. He sang so beautifully and I said, “this is a person who can sing better than me.” I told my group that when I grow up I’m going to join him.

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NUVO: Did the group intentionally avoid political commentary?

MAZIBUKO: Joseph had a dream that we should avoid anything that is illegal because we were always being watched.

On the surface we were always talking about good things. But we did have some political songs, but we put things cleverly so other people who did not speak our language would not understand. But our people know what we were singing.

NUVO: What’s the future of isicathamiya music? Will choirs be singing Ladysmith songs 100 years from now?

MAZIBUKO: You would be amazed. In Durban they have two big competitions for isicathamiya. There are so many people singing and trying to be the best.

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The Lonely Wild Los Angeles based quintet The Lonely Wild has quickly emerged as one of the better young bands in the country. Formed in 2010 by Andrew Carroll, the band has reached new heights with the release of their latest record The Sun As It Comes. Gut-wrenching emotion, fragile beauty and explosive energy combine to make the band’s ultimate masterpiece.

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Icarus Ensemble, Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, all-ages

James Kramer Album Release Show James Kramer recorded his new EP Best of My Time with Ryan Koch (Arkbarn Studios); he’ll release that today at Tin Roof (which is steadily picking up more and more solid shows, particularly on weekdays).

Kramer’s style is chilled-out country, with bluegrass and alternative rock influences and simple, honest lyrics. It helps that he recorded at the Arkbarn, where Koch has also worked on projects with Goliathon, Phoenix on the Fault Line and Dead Birds Adore Us. Kramer might be more at home on a stage in Nashville or Austin, but we’re happy to have him here.

Tin Roof, 36 S. Pennsylvania St., 9 p.m., FREE, 21+ DEAD Terrapin Flyer This is a big one Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia Band), Tom Constanten (Grateful Dead), Mark Karan (RatDog), JP Novak (Cornmeal), Wavy Dave (Cornmeal) and Doug Hagman (Terrapin Flyer) venture to Indy. This is one of the best – if not the best – Dead inspired touring acts making its way around the country right now. See them in an intimate venue inside the ‘Trap.

Mousetrap, 5565 Keystone Ave., 8 p.m., $15, 21+

Be HereNow, Michael Callahan, Apollo Mono, Melody Inn, 21+

Son Lux, San Fermin Flip back to page 20 for our interview with Son Lux and San Fermin.

Joyful Noise, 1043 Virginia Ave., Suite 207, times vary, prices vary, all-ages ANNOUNCEMENTS Bunbury Lineup Launch Party Bonesetters, Faux Paw and The Easthills will play at this lineup announcement event. Bunbury is one of the few regional festivals that consistently seeks out talented regional bands alongside national headliners, so lend them your ears, why don’t you? (There will also be some cool giveaways to sweeten the deal.)

DO317 Lounge, 7 p.m., FREE with RSVP, 21+ Empires, Tin Roof, 21+ Human Lights, Drgn King, Melody Inn, 21+ Open Mic Night, Chef Joseph’s, 21+

BLUES Jon Strahl Band All manner of blues come out of the John Strahl Band, who will be joined at this show by the Jeremy Vogt Band and Train Company.

Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., 8 p.m., $8 in advance, $10 at the door, 21+ LEGENDS Lee Greenwood If tomorrow all the things were gone, I’d worked for all my life. And I had to start again, with just my children and my wife, I’d thank my lucky stars, that I’d seen Lee Greenwood play ‘Cause that man is a genius and they can’t take that away.

Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 355 City Center Dr., 8 p.m., prices vary, all-ages Lloyd Dobler Effect, Rathskller, all-ages Gov’t Mule, Victory Theatre (Evansville), all-ages

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Roger Schmelzer, Chef Joseph’s, 21+ Clayton Anderson, Vogue, 21+ Old Shoe, New Old Cavalry, Mousetrap, 21+ Those Lazy Cabineers, Kar McElroy’s Comic Release, Melody Inn, 21+

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5th Quarter Lounge, 306 E. Prospect St., 9:30 p.m., $5, 21+

CHRISTIAN METAL For Today There’s a certain something about Christian metal, isn’t there? And For Today is as Christian-y and as metallic as they come. They’re so Christian that TWO of their members have quit to become missionaries (!).

They’re touring Fight the Silence, which was released on February 4.

Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., 7 p.m., all-ages

Doug Henthorn Trio, Slippery Noodle, 21+ Cheap Trick, Hoosier Park Racing and Casino, all-ages Blue River Band, 8 Seconds Saloon, Lloyd Dobler Effect, Rathskller, all-ages

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NEW BANDS Hip Sindicate Velveteen Playboys frontman Paul Souza formed The Hip Sindicate with bassist Jonathan Wood, saxophonist Adam Thompson, guitarist Joe Harrison, violinist Allison Irvine and drummer Justin Brewer, and they’re hoping to bust into the Indy scene in a big way. They’ll play with W.T. Feaster.

Slippery Noodle, 372 S. Meridian St., 8:30 p.m., $5, 21+ DANCE Jacked From the brains at 317Techno comes a new bimonthly showcase at the White Rabbit. This month’s edition features Sassmouth, Joseph Tyra and Justin Haus.

White Rabbit Cabaret, 1116 E. Prospect St., 10 p.m., $5, 21+ GOODBYES Noctura Farewell Show Adios to Noctura, whose members will take their talents to LA. They’ll play an acoustic set alongside I-Exist and Simple Ghost at Birdy’s on Saturday. Noctura’s in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign to facilitate their next album, so they’ll hit the ground running once they get to LA. (Remember, fans funded their last album in two days.)

Birdy’s Bar and Grill, 2131 E. 71st St., 8 p.m., $5, 21+

HIP-HOP Snoop Lion He’s made brownies with Martha (and he’s not the one with the felony record between the two of them). He’s collaborated with everyone from Katy Perry to 2Pac, Willie Nelson to Bruno Mars. He’s made his styzzle of word plizzay a cultural phenomenizzle.

And now he wants to be known by his new spiritual name, “Snoop Lion,” a moniker he chose after journeying to Jamaica to be “born again” in the Rastafarian faith (and record a bangin’ album with Diplo). No matter how ferocious his chosen name is, his rhymes stay smooth. This show is sold out.

Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., 9 p.m., SOLD OUT, 21+ ROOTS Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line Struthers’ album Carnival, issued on the singer-songwriter’s own label on April 16, 2013, is an ambitious and literate follow-up to the Nashville performer’s much-praised 2010 debut.

Carnival caps three years of intense work by the 29-year-old that included recognition of her group as best band at Colorado’s prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Struthers now re-emerges as a band-leader with a smart, affecting cycle of songs sporting a timeline that stretches from the antebellum 19th-century South to the middle of the last century.

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Beyond Normal Sea, St. Aubin, Bethesda, DO317 Lounge, 21+ Nancy Moore, Chef Joseph’s, 21+ Crème de les Femmes Presents: A Night of Moonshine and Merriment, Sanctuary on Penn Josh Ritter, Buskirk-Chumley Theatre (Bloomington), all-ages Tate Music Group Get Fresh Music College Promotional Tour, Bear’s Place (Bloomington), 21+

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SUNDAY ROOTS Joe Pug It seems like we’ve seen Joe Pug quit a bit lately – he’s come through Indy a couple of times and now he’s back in Bloomington. Here’s a bit from our interview with Pug before one of those Indy shows. He’s talking about his American folk music philosophy: “I think one of the problems of trying to educate a younger generation on the legacy of folk music is that people who tend to be into folk music are music nerds. And I consider that label for myself as well.

So you have kind of a tendency to ... you’ve heard all the standards before, right? So when you introduce people to the music, you tend to show them, like, deep cuts of folk music. And I think that’s really the wrong way to go about it when you want to bring people into the fold. It’s less about educating people. It’s about having music touch their heart. And to do that, you have to start at square one, with some really beautiful,

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In Arthurian legend, Camelot was the castle where King Arthur held court and ruled his kingdom. It housed the Round Table, where Arthur’s knights congregated for important events. Until recently, I had always imagined that the table was relatively small and the number of knights few. But then I discovered that several old stories say there was enough room for 150 knights. It wasn’t an exclusive, elitist group. I suspect you will experience a similar evolution, Taurus. You may be wishing you could become part of a certain circle, but assume it’s too exclusive or selective to welcome you as a member. I suspect it’s more receptive and inclusive than you think.

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refers to the farthest reach of the ocean that is still visible as you stand on the beach. It’s a good symbol for something that is at a distance from you and yet still within view. I suggest that you take a long thoughtful look at the metaphorical offing that’s visible from where you stand.

You’ll be wise to identify what’s looming for you in the future so you can start working to ensure you will get the best possible version of it.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A large plaster Buddha statue

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was housed at a modest temple in Bangkok, Thailand from 1935 to 1955. No one knew its age or origins.

In May of 1955, workers were struggling to move the heavy ten-foot icon to a new building on the temple grounds when it accidentally broke free of the ropes that secured it. As it hit the ground, a chunk of plaster fell off, revealing a sheen of gold beneath. Religious leaders authorized the removal of the remaining plaster surface. Hidden inside was a solid gold Buddha that is today worth $250 million dollars.

Research later revealed that the plaster had been applied by 18th-century monks to prevent the statue from being looted. I foresee a comparable sequence unfolding in the coming weeks for you, Leo. What will it take to free a valuable resource that’s concealed within a cheap veneer?

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Holistic health teacher Deepak Chopra suggests that we all periodically make this statement: “Every decision I make is a choice between a grievance and a miracle. I relinquish all regrets, grievances, and resentments, and choose the miracle.” Is that too New Age for you, Virgo? I hope you can drop any prejudices you might have about it and simply make it your own. It’s the precise formula you need to spin this week’s events in the right direction -working for you rather than against you.

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waterholes are crucial for life. During the rainy season, there are enough to go around for every animal species to drink and bathe in comfortably. But the dry season shrinks the size and number of the waterholes. The impala may have to share with the hippopotamus, the giraffe with the warthog. Let’s use this as a metaphor to speculate about your future. I’m guessing that the dry season will soon be arriving in your part of the world. The waterholes may dwindle. But that could ultimately prove to be a lucky development, because it will bring you into contact with interesting life forms you might not have otherwise met. Unexpected new alliances could emerge.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In his book The Storytelling

Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, literary scholar Jonathan Gottschall muses on the crucial role that imagination plays in our lives. “[The] average daydream is about fourteen seconds long and [we] have about two thousand of them per day,” he says. “In other words, we spend about half of our waking hours -- one-third of our lives on earth -spinning fantasies.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because you are entering a phase when your daydreams can serve you well. They’re more likely than usual to be creative, productive, and useful. Monitor them closely.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Russian composer

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Eighth Symphony in a mere two months during the summer of 1943. He worked on it in an old henhouse on a former chicken farm. The location helped relax him, allowing him to work with extra intensity. I wish you could find a retreat like that for yourself sometime soon, Sagittarius. I think you would benefit from going off by yourself to a sanctuary and having some nice long talks with your ancestors, the spirits of nature, and your deepest self. If that’s not practical right now, what would be the next best thing you could do?

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): The English noun “offing”

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the savannas of Africa,

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Is there one simple thing you could do to bring a bit more freedom into your life? An elegant rebellion against an oppressive circumstance? A compassionate breakaway from a poignant encumbrance? A flash of unpredictable behavior that would help you escape a puzzling compromise? I’m not talking about a huge, dramatic move that would completely sever you from all of your burdens and limitations. I’m imagining a small step you could take to get a taste of spaciousness and a hint of greater fluidity. That’s your assignment in the coming week.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There are 15,074 lakes in Wisconsin, but more than 9,000 of them have never been officially named. That’s strange to me. In my view, everything is worthy of the love that is bestowed by giving it a name. I have named every tree and bush in my yard, as well as each egret that frequents the creek flowing by my house. I understand that at the Findhorn community in northern Scotland, people even give names to their cars and toasters and washing machines. According to researchers in the UK, cows that have names are happier: They produce more milk. Your assignment, Aquarius, is to name at least some of the unnamed things in your world. It’s an excellent time to cultivate a closer, warmer personal relationship with absolutely everything.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): From 2010 to 2012, Eric

Garcetti worked as an actor on the TV cop shows The Closer and its spin-off series Major Crimes. He played the mayor of Los Angeles. Then in 2013, he ran for the office of L.A.’s mayor in real life, and won. It was a spectacular example of Kurt Vonnegut’s suggestion that we tend to become what we pretend to be. Your assignment Pisces, is to make good use of this principle. I invite you to experiment with pretending to be the person you would like to turn into.

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