NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // COVER STORY 1
THISWEEK
10 WAKEFIELD
ED WENCK
18 IMOCA
26 RAINBOW SALAD
29 PIXIES
EMILY TAYLOR
NEWS EDITOR
ewenck@nuvo.net
COVER
21 BALLET
AMBER STEARNS
MANAGING EDITOR
09 NEWS
NUVO’s Cultural Vision Awards were presented Tuesday, June 9 — and honored five winners from a field of 15, plus Lifetime Achievement winner Dan Wakefield. Did you miss the awards? Need a recap? Read all about an amazing group of people making Central Indiana a better place to live.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz announced she is running for governor. But even with two Democratic women now vying for the office, what are their chances of winning? And one of the plaintiffs in the marriage equality case under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court stops in Indiana to tell his story.
CVA Awards........................................ P. 9
Ritz runs.............................................. P. 6 Marriage Equality............................... P. 7
NEXT WEEK
18 FOOD
One of the best things about Pride week is the interesting people it brings out and about. But why stop there? We take a look at some of the people around (and visiting) our fair city that caught our eye: a world renowned ballet master, a curator who is changing how we see art and the local 17-year-old who is running a 7,000-person event.
On stands Wednesday, June 17 2 THIS WEEK // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
kcoplen@nuvo.net
25 MUSIC
This week, food is all about the International, with a list to start off your summer dining “travel.” We also have a column from Black Acre’s Steve Ruby, and a healing summer salad from Allie McFee.
International restaurants.................... 25 Ask a Brewer.................................... P. 25 Rainbow salad.................................. P. 26
Curator.............................................. P. 18 Ballet................................................. P. 21
BRIAN WEISS, READER BEHAVIORIST
Indy chefs talk about their favorite music, and Indy musicians tell us about their favorite eats.
MUSIC EDITOR
smurrell@nuvo.net
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE WEB
TASTY GROOVES!
KATHERINE COPLEN
FOOD EDITOR
etaylor@nuvo.net
04 ARTS
22 BIANCA DEL RIO
SARAH MURRELL
ARTS EDITOR
astearns@nuvo.net
ALWAYS FRESH ON NUVO.NET
Vol. 26 Issue 12 issue #1212
bweiss@nuvo.net
Here’s what’s hot on NUVO.net currently: Sarah’s first impressions of Broad Ripple’s new little cantina Sangrita, plus fiery First Friday reviews from Dan Grossman and photos from several summer shows at White River State Park.
29
Hex queen Jilly melts our minds with a Q&A with the dudes behind Cosmic Microwave Radio this week, squeezed in between features on ‘90s lords Pixies and Phish’s Mike Gordon. Kyle Long marks week two of his new WFYI show with an interview with 700 West’s Moe Whittemore — listen to that interview on air tonight at 9 p.m. on WFYI.
Cosmic Microwave Radio................. P. 29 Pixies................................................. P. 29 Phish.................................................. P. 31
FREELANCE CONTRIBUTORS
JILLY WEISS
In addition to tearing up the stage with her band We Are Hex, Weiss is proving to be one heckuva music writer, too. See her latest on General Public Collective’s new audio project (page 29).
CONTRIBUTORS EDITORS@NUVO.NET FILM EDITOR ED JOHNSON-OTT COPY EDITOR CHRISTINE BERMAN CONTRIBUTING EDITOR DAVID HOPPE CONTRIBUTING ARTIST WAYNE BERTSCH, MICHELLE CRAIG
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS HOPE BAUGH, STEPHANIE DOLAN, DAN GROSSMAN, DR. DEBBY HERBENICK, RITA KOHN, JOHN KRULL, KYLE LONG, ALLIE MCPHEE, ALAN SCULLEY, JILLY WEISS
8WORDS:
The qualities of the person you admire most.
OUR FRIENDS
JOSE BEYER
SARAH POTTS
STEPHANIE KELLY
Someone who makes you feel good about yourself.
Hilarious. Hardworking. Honest. Makes a killer stuffed pizza.
Recognizes potential in others then supports to excel.
/jose.beyer
/iamsarahpotts
DESIGN & PRODUCTION
ELAINE BENKEN
Production Manager / Art Director ebenken@nuvo.net
Compassionate, courageous, vulnerable, authentic.
@spkelly24
Follow NUVO.net to join the conversation!
ASHA PATEL
WILL MCCARTY
/nuvo.net
@nuvo_net
ERICA WRIGHT
Senior Designer
Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
Kindness & patience.
Sense of humor with a positive outlook.
Dogged optimism and compassion while pursuing one’s passion.
ADVERISTING & MARKETING
MARY MORGAN
NATHAN DYNAK
CASEY PARMERLEE
DAVID SEARLE
Director of Sales & Marketing (317) 808-4614 mmorgan@nuvo.net
Media Consultant (317) 808-4612 ndynak@nuvo.net
Media Consultant (317) 808-4607 dsearle@nuvo.net
Media Consultant (317) 808-4613 cparmerlee@nuvo.net
Compassionate, determined, dependable, generous, bold, brave, honorable, joyful.
Compassionate, inspiring, sense of humor, lead by example
Self-sacrificing fairness, humility, an indefatigable work ethic.
Speaks softly, brings beer.
KELLY PARDEKOOPER
MEAGHAN BANKS
KRISTEN JOHNSON
Account Manager (317) 808-4616 kpardek@nuvo.net
Events & Promotions Manager (317) 808-4608 mbanks@nuvo.net
Events & Promotions Coordinator (317) 808-4618 kjohnson@nuvo.net
Admire folks that see with unconditional positive regard.
Courageous, generous, humble, intelligent, patient, self aware, transparent.
Compassionate, integrity, loyal, intelligent, hardworking, sense of humor.
WANT YOUR FACE HERE?
NUVO is hiring! nuvo.net/jobs
Account Manager? WordPress Guru? Apply now!
ADMINISTRATION
KEVIN MCKINNEY
BRADEN NICHOLSON
KATHY FLAHAVIN
SUSIE FORTUNE
Editor & Publisher kmckinney@nuvo.net
General Manager bnicholson@nuvo.net
Business Manager kflahavin@nuvo.net
Contracts sfortune@nuvo.net
Loves to share, play and be peaceful.
A ‘glass is half full’ outlook on life.
Patience, compassion, and sense of humour.
(She’s off right now)
DISTRIBUTION
RYAN MCDUFFEE
Distribution Manager rmcduffee@nuvo.net
Love. Love is all you need. DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT: SUSIE FORTUNE, DICK POWELL IT MANAGER: T.J. ZMINA
Need more NUVO in your life? Contact Ryan if you’d like a NUVO circulation box or rack at your location! COURIER: DICK POWELL DISTRIBUTION: ARTHUR AHLFELDT, MEL BAIRD, LAWRENCE CASEY, JR., BOB COVERT, MIKE FLOYD, MIKE FREIJE, BILL HENDERSON, LORI MADDOX, DOUG MCCLELLAN, STEVE REYES, HAROLD SMITH, BOB SOOTS AND RON WHITSIT
HARRISON ULLMANN (1935-2000) EDITOR (1993-2000) ANDY JACOBS JR. (1932-2013) CONTRIBUTING (2003-2013)
MAILING ADDRESS: 3951 N. Meridian St., Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46208 TELEPHONE: Main Switchboard (317) 254-2400 FAX: (317)254-2405 WEB: NUVO.net DISTRIBUTION: The current issue of NUVO is free and available every Wednesday. Past issues are at the NUVO office for $3 if you come in, $4.50 mailed. Copyright ©2015 by NUVO, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction without written permission, by any method whatsoever, is prohibited. ISSN #1086-461X
NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // THIS WEEK 3
BRINGING COMEDY TO INDY FOR 34 YEARS
BROAD RIPPLE
JUNE 11-13 SSONYA ONYA Y WHITE
VOICES THIS WEEK
JEFF DYE
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
NEW PARKING GARAGE ACROSS STREET
6281 N. COLLEGE AVE. • 317-255-4211
IN FREE THURSDAY LADIES COLLEGE ID NITE $5 TEXT CRACKERS TO 82202 FOR SPECIAL VIP DEALS!
UPCOMING
VOICES
JUN 18-20
SPECIAL EVENT
S
CALL ME APPALLED
o, just between you and me, I want to make a confession. I have kind of a thing for reality TV. I know, I know ... why would I want to say that out loud? Or ... I guess ... out ... finger? Anyway ... it started in the ’90s with The Real World. I was naive and hopeful about life and all that crap. I was fascinated by the idea of being one of those young (e.g. – infantile) adults transplanted into an exciting new metropolis for au courant experiences, exciting adventures and a newly elevated chance of catching an STD from her creepy new roommate. Fast forward to this decade, and my addictions are My Big Fat Fabulous Life, Dance Moms and ... yes ... Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Love them or hate them (and yes, I know, you probably hate them), you know who they are. Kim’s marriage to Kanye, Khloe’s divorce from Lamar and Kourtney’s rocky relationship with “The Lord” are not news to you. You might wish you could dig the information out of your brain with a soup spoon, but it’s there – firmly lodged and in for the long haul. Something else with which you – and I – are now very familiar? “Call Me Caitlyn.” The gender transition of Bruce Jenner into Caitlyn Jenner was – even though we all heard repeatedly that it was coming – was a shock to the eye and quite a smack
STEPHANIE DOLAN EDITORS@NUVO.NET Stephanie Dolan is an awardwinning freelance writer, blogger and novelist.
But look at me going to the dark side myself and playing right into their hands. Who are “they”? Well, I would say “the media”, but that includes me so I’d rather go unvilified. Let’s just say… everyone. We all have a tendency – even women – to more quickly judge a female book by its cover. The story of Caitlyn is all over every news channel and backed up by inspiring music and montages of Bruce running for the gold. “A brave Olympian transformed” was a popular catchphrase on one of those news shows. A brave Olympian transformed ... into someone who’s no longer a brave Olympian? A few nights ago, Jon Stewart devoted a portion of his show to the media’s treatment of Caitlyn’s coming out. “It’s really heartening to see that everyone is not only willing to accept Caitlyn Jenner as a woman, but to waste no time in treating her as a woman,” said Stewart. “You see, Caitlyn, when you were a man we could talk about your athleticism, your business acumen… but now you’re a woman. Now, your looks are really the only thing we care about.” Cut back to the various talking heads on the various news channels making quasi-compliments that got closer to complete disintegration as the segments wore on: “She Let’s just say ... everyone. We all looks like Rita Hayworth” ... “She looks good, have a tendency – even women – to especially for her age” more quickly judge a female book ... “Her corset is Playboy bunny-esque” ... “Who by its cover. knows how much of that is airbrushed.” Yeah ... the love never lasts, as Stewart reminded us at the end on the ass. When I saw the Vanity Fair of his bit, “I mean you take away the cover on which Caitlyn reclined like a corset and the makeup, and I don’t know 1940’s bombshell, my first thought was, if anyone wants to bang her. So, Caitlyn “Hot Damn!” I was NOT expecting that Jenner, congratulations. Welcome to belevel of sexy from a her who used to be a ing a woman in America.” him and who once sported an Olympic Yeah, Caitlyn. Welcome. It’s a hoot. n gold medal with his Dorothy Hamill haircut and “Magnum P.I.” running shorts!
4 VOICES // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
THIS WEEK
I
VOICES
GLENDA RITZ AND THE LESSON OF DAVID AND GOLIATH
n a different life, the team I worked with developed a strategy for dealing with bigger and better-funded opponents. In those days, I was the executive director of what was then the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, now the ACLU of Indiana. Our mission was to defend the principles set forth in the U.S. and Indiana constitutions – principles almost everyone supports in theory but that a lot of people dislike in practice. Particularly when they discover that other people they don’t like might have those rights, too. Our budget was meager and our staffing small. We were always outnumbered, always outgunned. So we had to be creative when it came to political battles. Our strategy was a simple one. We’d let the other side assume the expense of building the stage and bringing in the crowd. Then we’d rush forward and take control of the microphone. We’d make their supposed advantages – their money, their staffing, the size of their organization – work against them. At least part of the lesson from the story of David and Goliath is that the rock doesn’t have to be thrown all that hard if it hits the right spot. When something’s that big and that clumsy, the hard fall that follows a stumble will do more damage than a stone ever could. We had a lot of fights in my six years at the ICLU – and we won a lot of them. We got pretty good at the art of political jujitsu. Good as we were, though, we were nothing compared to Glenda Ritz. When Ritz, a Democrat, was elected less than three years ago, she was largely unknown. She became the target of every angry conservative, every power-mad Republican and every frustrated (and self-proclaimed) education reform advocate in the state. They had money on their side. They had a strong organization on their side. They had political power — two Republican governors who’d vowed to break her and a Republican-dominated legislature eager to help with the breaking — on their side. Ritz had enough savvy to turn those advantages against them. When the State Board of Education
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
JOHN KRULL EDITORS@NUVO.NET John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism, host of “No Limits” WFYI 90.1 Indianapolis and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com.
anointed from above by Republican governors Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence tried to shut her out of their discussions – and circumvent open records laws in the process – she filed suit. The suit went nowhere, but it focused a spotlight on the fact that her opponents weren’t exactly fans of open government or listening to voters. That set the pattern. Time and time again, Ritz turned criticisms her opponents directed at her around and forced them to have the discussion she wanted, rather than the inquisition they wanted. When, after much skirmishing, Ritz’s opponents worked to strip her of any authority to shape education policy by changing Indiana law, she slipped out of their grasp and announced she was running for governor. That means she’ll drag all the voters who feel they weren’t heard in 2012 when they voted for her as superintendent into the governor’s race against an already vulnerable GOP candidate, Gov. Mike Pence. Ritz’s opponents now have started a drumbeat that she’s not qualified to be governor – that she lacks the requisite administrative experience to be the state’s chief executive officer. Brilliant. In addition to leaving themselves vulnerable to charges that they’re arrogant and intolerant – the Religious Freedom Restoration Act’s continuing gift to the Indiana GOP – these new arguments about Ritz’s “inexperience” will leave Republicans open to accusations that they’re sexist. Unless I miss my guess, Ritz is going to be smart enough to point out that Mike Pence’s resume wasn’t exactly weighted down with executive experience when he ran for governor in 2012 – and that didn’t seem to bother any of the folks who now are so concerned about Ritz’s qualifications. I don’t know if Glenda Ritz can or will win the governor’s race in 2016. I also don’t know if she would be a good governor should she be elected.But she does seem to have at least one thing going for her. The people battling her are slow on the uptake. Really slow. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // VOICES 5
WHAT HAPPENED?
Public input needed on bird movement The Indiana State Board of Animal Health will host a virtual public hearing about a recent ban on moving birds. The public hearing will gather input from local officials and the public on how to make gatherings such as exhibitions, fairs, and swap meets safer and healthier for the birds. The ban, adopted May 27, will remain in effect until the end of 2015. The aim is to protect Indiana’s poultry from potential exposure to the H5 avian influenza virus. The board is seeking suggestions for strategies to resume comingling events in the future. Comments may be submitted about on BOAH’s website through July 1. Brooks supports women on US currency U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks, R-5th District, said Tuesday she backs legislation that would put a woman on the face of American currency notes — for the first time in the country’s history. Brooks said in a statement that it is time for United States money to “to better reflect the diversity of the nation we live in” by celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of American women. The first woman selected for the honor is abolitionist and women’s suffrage supporter Harriet Tubman. The “Harriet Tubman Tribute Act,” requires the secretary of the treasury to add Tubman to Federal Reserve Notes as of Dec. 31, 2017. U.S. Reps. John Katko, R-New York, and Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, introduced the bill with Brooks signing on as a cosponsor. The Indiana Senate also passed legislation during the 2015 legislative session calling for a woman to be added to the $20 bill. Redistricting forum held The nonpartisan group Indiana Common Cause hosted a seminar to discuss redistricting and a planned legislative study of the process in the state. Called “The Road to Redistricting Reform Starts Here,” the seminar was sponsored by the Indiana Coalition for Independent Redistricting, which was founded by Common Cause and the League of Women Voters of Indiana in 2014. Feature presentations came from Loyola law professor John Levitt, former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Ted Boehm and Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis professor Sheila Kennedy. The General Assembly draws new lines for Indiana House and Senate districts as well as the maps for congressional districts once each decade in the year after the U.S. Census is taken. Common Cause is among the critics which have said the process is too political and advocated for an independent commission to take over the task. A bill passed this year charges a committee with studying the process. —THE STATEHOUSE FILE 6 NEWS // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
NEWS
THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
ANOTHER WOMAN FOR GOVERNOR A look at women in the political arena in Indiana
L
B Y TA Y L O R H U RT A N D A M BER S TEA RN S AS T E A R N S @ N U V O . N E T
ast Wednesday Glenda Ritz announced her candidacy for governor. It wasn’t the planned announcement tour that came the following day beginning at Ben Davis High School here in Indianapolis and continuing across the state. Her announcement unexpectedly came in the form of a banner at the top of her welcome letter to Indy Pride. The letterhead distinctly stated “Ritz for Governor 2016.” Ritz is currently the Democratic superintendent of public instruction for Indiana, who beat out incumbent Tony Bennett in 2012. Last week she joined Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Portage, as the second woman and Democrat to announce her candidacy for governor. 2016 looks like it will be year of the Democratic woman with two women running for Indiana governor and Hillary Clinton running for president. Even more exciting is that nationally women have turned out to the polls in higher numbers for at least the last 4 major election cycles according to The Center for American Women and Politics. So why haven’t there been more women in office? There are 50 seats in the Indiana Senate and only 10 of those belong to women. The numbers for the House are more depressing, with women holding only 21 of the 100 seats. There are two women currently representing Indiana in the U.S. Congress – Jackie Walorski in the 2nd District and Susan Brooks in the 5th District. So why then don’t women, who go to the polls more than men, vote for someone who in theory would have their best interests at heart? (Not that men don’t, but at least when you vote a fellow woman into office you know she understands where you’re coming from.) Dr. Laura Albright, a professor at University of Indianapolis, says that American voters vote based not just on identity. “We know that white people have a tendency to vote for other white people and African Americans tend to vote for other African Americans, but there are fewer options for women picking something beyond gender identity,” says Albright.
COURTESY OF THESTATEHOUSEFILE.COM
Glenda Ritz, the second woman to serve as superintendent of public instruction, was sworn into office January 19, 2013.
Ritz’s road to governor will definitely be tough. Dr. Albright says, “Since this is a Republican state [Ritz] is going to have to negotiate her partisanship and reach out to moderate and independents and find a way to bring them into the Democratic fold.” The same holds true for Karen Tallian who also has an uphill climb for statewide name recognition, something that Ritz already has. One might think that the Democratic Party, being the party of the marginalized and a strong advocate for women’s rights, would have some sort of local program to push women to the political forefront. But when it comes to Indiana, the Republicans are the ones doing the progressive work. In 1990, then U.S. Senator Richard Lugar put together The Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series in order to encourage women to get into careers in
politics and community service. Over the last 25 years the series has graduated 421 women with notable alumni including former Indiana Secretary of State Sue Ann Gilroy, former State Auditor Connie Nass, and former Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman to name a few. So if Republicans, the party of Hobby Lobby supporters and equal pay adversaries, can support an initiative to put more women into political office, where are Indiana’s Democratic women? There is the Indiana Federation for Democratic Women, however it is still in its infancy in terms of organization and ability to bring forth female candidates through training and advocacy like the Lugar series. And as Albright has pointed out before, it takes seven times for a woman to be asked or told she should run for office before the message is even remotely taken seriously. n
• Indiana has never had a woman serve as governor. • Indiana has never had a woman serve in the U.S. Senate. • Since 2003, Indiana has had three women serve as lieutenant governor. • Since 1933, Indiana has had seven women serve in the U.S. Congress.
THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
RITZ SAYS SHE’S ‘BEST CANDIDATE TO BEAT’ PENCE S
BY MA X B O MB E R , TH E STA TEH OU SE F IL E EDITORS@NU VO . N ET
uperintendent Glenda Ritz officially announced her campaign for governor Thursday, saying she’s “the best candidate to beat Mike Pence.” Ritz – who joined supporters at Ben Davis High School – also answered critics who claim she doesn’t have the background to become the state’s top elected official. The librarian-turned-state superintendent said education is key to the state’s future, saying “it will drive economic growth for years to come” and “create opportunities for future generations. “As someone who has seen politics drive the creation of an entirely new agency just to take away the authority from the Department of Education, I am well aware of the need to use tax dollars wisely,” Ritz said. Ritz faces former House Speaker John Gregg and state Sen. Karen Tallian of Portage in the Democratic primary. If Ritz wins the nomination, she’s likely to face Pence, the incumbent Republi-
Glenda Ritz
can governor who plans to formalize his re-election bid later this month. The two have battled since they were both elected in 2012 and Pence created an agency to take over some school-related responsibilities, a department he later dismantled. Still, Ritz said her decision to run for governor is “absolutely not” part of a personal battle between her and Pence. But she said the Republican leaders at the Statehouse are “out of touch” and tearing Hoosiers apart.
WAITING FOR SCOTUS A
BY B R A D EN P E L L E Y , TH E STA TEH OU SE F IL E EDITORS@NU VO . N ET
man at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case about marriage equality spoke Friday in Indianapolis, saying he is honoring his late husband with his fight to legalize their union. “When my husband John died, I never thought I would have to fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme court to defend our marriage,” said Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in a case that could determine whether gay marriage is legal across the United States. Obergefell is on a multi city tour talking about the case, which is expected to be decided sometime this summer. His visit to the Indiana Statehouse was hosted by the Human Rights Campaign. Obergefell married his partner John Arthur in 2013 in Maryland, where same-sex marriage was legal. Arthur was terminally ill. Upon returning home to Ohio, where same-sex mar-
COURTESY OF THESTATEHOUSEFILE.COM
Ritz also plans to focus on jobs, economic revival and community revitalization. As superintendent of public instruction, Ritz oversees the use of $8 billion of state and federal government spending. Indiana Republican Chairman Jeff Cardwell said Thursday that Ritz “does not have a successful track record of leading those in her own department, let alone managing contracts or implementing effective policies.” “Hoosiers have time to decide who will be Indiana’s next leader, and I’m confident they will vote to keep our state on the right track of growth, opportunity and fiscal health,” he said in a statement Thursday. But Ritz said she knows the needs of Hoosiers and is the candidate that is most in touch with the people. “Yes, she is an educator, but I believe she will be able to meet the needs of all Hoosiers,” said supporter Susie Jackson, who showed up for the announcement wearing a t-shirt that said “Just let me teach” on the front and “Glenda is great” on the back. n
Man fights all the way to U.S. Supreme Court to protect his marriage
riage was banned, the couple sought to have Obergefell named as a surviving spouse on the death certificate. The result was a case that has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. But Obergefell said that either way the case is decided, marriage equality will likely be a never-ending battle for people in the lesbian, gay, bipartisan and transgender community. That’s why he’s taking his story across the country, with stops in several cities including St. Louis, Phoenix, San Francisco and Charlotte, North Carolina. “There isn’t a better way to honor my late husband,” Obergefell said, “than to stand here in front of you, and tell our story.” n
GET INVOLVED Circle City PRIDE Parade and Festival Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m. Circle City IN PRIDE concludes its weeklong festival with the Cadillac Barbie parade through downtown Indianapolis and PRIDE Fest in the American Legion Mall. The festival includes numerous vendors featuring businesses, churches, organizations, and performers. To celebrate marriage equality in Indiana, a massive wedding will take place on the main stage. A chapel, named in memory of Niki Quasney, will also be available for couples desiring a more private setting for their nuptials. American Legion Mall, N. Pennsylvania St., FREE, circlecityinpride.org Toast to the Trees Saturday, June 13, 5 p.m. The Indiana Forest Alliance will celebrate a year’s worth of hard work with its 3rd annual Toast to the Trees fundraising event. The alliance will also introduce new staffers, board members, campaign updates and the legislative process. The Indiana Forest Alliance advocates for increased protection of Indiana’s state forests. 533 N. Lower Birdie Galyan Road (Bloomington), $50, indianaforestalliance.org Dump the Pump Thursday, June 18. Indygo is celebrating Dump the Pump Day with a prizes and incentives for using public transportation the entire month of June. All bus passes registered and used in the month of June will be registered for a variety of prizes chosen through a random drawing. Dump the Pump Day is a national day when people are encouraged to utilize public transportation instead of driving.
THOUGHT BITE ARCHIVE Message from our fearless (at a safe distance) president to Mom Sheehan: “I have to go on with my life” and our young soldiers and Marines have to go on with their deaths in a war that is heading Iraqi women toward permanent humiliation plus infuriating and recruiting thousands of new Islamic terrorists capable of going to London and elsewhere. (Week of Aug. 31 - Sept. 7, 2005) — ANDY JACOBS JR.
NUVO.NET/NEWS Jim Obergefell
COURTESY OF THESTATEHOUSEFILE.COM
Juvenile delinquents to be screened for abuse, neglect By Amanda Creech
“There isn’t a better way to honor my late husband than to stand here in front of you, and tell our story.” — JIM OBERGEFELL
Jennifer Act meant to help those with addictions By Katie Stancombe
VOICES • Keep the focus on the students — By John Krull NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // NEWS 7
k n a Th You for attending the
17th Annual
NUVO Cultural Vision Awards Innovation. Inspiration. Celebration.
Special thanks to our partners, without whom the CVA’s would not be possible:
VISIT NUVO.NET/STREETTEAM TO VIEW PICTURES FROM THE EVENT.
O
17th Annual
NUVO Cultural Vision Awards Innovation. Inspiration. Celebration.
n Tuesday, June 9, NUVO handed out its annual Cultural Vision Awards. Five honorees were chosen from a field of 15 nominees, and we also recognized one Lifetime Achievement Award winner. You’ll read all about these wonderful people in the pages that follow. So what are these awards all about, anyway? Cultural Vision. Let’s break that down into its component parts. I’ll paraphrase Webster. Culture: the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time; a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or organization. Vision: the ability to see; something that you imagine, a picture that you see in your mind. Everyone who’s included has had a vision for the culture of Indiana — whether that means bringing fresh, quality food to the masses, helping revitalize a blighted neighborhood or telling everybody who passes through Fountain Square YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. Since 1998, NUVO’s been looking to shine a spotlight on people who are striving to make all of our lives and experiences in Indiana better — folks who innovate, folks who bring the right kind of attention to the Hoosier state. The people you’re about to meet do something else: they foster community. One thing all of our nominees and honorees have in common: in ways large and small, they represent our shared philosophy of inclusion, not exclusion. Simply put, they share a desire to take our cities and our state beyond the status quo. And for that, we can’t thank them enough. — ED WENCK, MANAGING EDITOR PHOTOS BY MICHELLE CRAIG
>>>
NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // COVER STORY 9
LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT WINNER
D
an Wakefield (right) — journalist, novelist and screenwriter; raconteur, spiritual autobiographer and Vonnegut’s Oldest Living Friend (the title of his blog) — has been thinking on the concept of “cultural vision” between bouts of packing. He’s been back in his hometown for four years — after living for more than five decades on one coast or the other — and is already preparing to move into his third home here. The key appeal of his new place? It’s within walking distance of the Red Key, one of the two “touchstones for his cultural vision,” along with Indy Reads Books. “I don’t even know if this counts as vision, but one thing I’ve always loved and that’s inspired me is from James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son,” he says in his gravelly, unpretentious way. The passage in question: “I consider that I have many responsibilities, but none greater than this: to last, as Hemingway says, and get my work done. I want to be an honest man and a good writer.” When he read that, back when it was published in 1955, Wakefield thought, “‘Wow, that’s about the greatest thing I can aspire to.’” It might not surprise you that a guy who puts such an emphasis on good work and authenticity isn’t quite sure he qualifies as an innovator. But when you add up a lifetime of good work — with liberal helpings of fearlessness and iconoclasm — it’s not hard to make the argument on his behalf. And we can start from the beginning of his professional life. In 1955, The Nation gave Wakefield, now 83, his first assignment for a national publication: to cover the trial of the murderers of Emmett Till, the 14-yearold Chicagoan lynched in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman. “It’s sort of ironic, but the first sentence is probably the best sentence I ever wrote,” he says. It reads: “The crowds are gone and this Delta town is back to its silent, solid life that is based on cotton and the proposition that a whole race of men was created to pick it.” The Nation liked his work and gave him more. He wrote about Dorothy Day and the Catholic Workers Movement. And then he convinced his editors to send him to Israel. Wakefield extended one month’s stipend to half a year by staying
DAN WAKEFIELD at kibbutzim. He worked as a hay pitcher, a vegetable picker, a shepherd. And it was when he was bathing in in the Negev Desert, looking up at a sky filled with stars, that he said to himself, ‘‘Well, I’ve come a long way from Indiana.’ He continued to support himself by writing for magazines when back in the States. And he published several nonfiction books, starting in 1959 with a survey of Spanish Harlem favorably reviewed by the then-U.S. Ambassador to Guinea, who praised Wakefield’s “sympathetic understanding and authentic knowledge of the plight of Puerto Ricans.” But he still wanted to write a novel. In the early ‘60s, he showed 50 pages of his fiction to his then-publisher. “We think you’re a wonderful journalist, but you’re not a novelist,” an editor told him. He still thinks that was a “shitty thing” to say. It was only when the Rockefeller Foundation invited him to apply for a grant that he bought the time to finish Going All the Way. Rockefeller paid for Wakefield to write his first novel, but he considers Vonnegut “the godfather of the book.” Vonnegut told his editor that in a telegram that he
10 COVER STORY // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
“must” publish the novel, then reviewed it in Life, writing, “Having written this book, Dan Wakefield will never be able to go back to Indianapolis. He’ll have to watch the 500 Mile Race on television.” Other novels followed: Starting Over (1973), Home Free (1977). And then another “out of the blue” opportunity: “I was happily living in Boston, and out of the blue I got a telephone call, saying, ‘Would you like to write a television script?’” Wakefield created and served as story consultant on James at 15, an hour-long drama that aired during the 1977-78 season. But he didn’t stick around when the series changed its name to James at 16. “The network came in and said, ‘When James turns 16, he has to lose his virginity.’” he says. “We were planning that he wouldn’t do that until he was about 32. I said, ‘I want to be sure we can talk openly about birth control.’ I knew the censors would make that difficult. So I wrote a thing I thought was so clever they couldn’t possibly complain. I had a dialogue between James and the girl, and James says to her, ‘Before we do this, I just want to check.
Are you going to be responsible or am I responsible?’ It’s clear they’re talking about birth control, but they never say ‘rubber’ or anything like that. The censors’ notes came back and said that, in this context, we could not use the word ‘responsible.’ And that’s when I quit.” He stuck around Los Angeles, ultimately floundering: “They’d say, ‘Is he a good meeting?’ Joan Didion said to me, ‘Wakefield, I bet you’re a lousy meeting.’ It’s sort of like saying, ‘You’re a lousy fuck!’” And then a doctor told him his resting pulse of 120 was not the pulse of a healthy man. Wakefield headed back to Boston, checked into a cardiac rehab program, lost 20 pounds — and started going to King’s Chapel. He wrote about his newfound spirituality in a 1985 article, “Returning to Church.” Then he figured he’d pass on what he’d learned, but swap out the word “spiritual” for “religious,” so that everyone could take part. He’s since led workshops on writing a spiritual autobiography at health spas and synagogues, think tanks and prisons (one of the best was at Sing-Sing). Wakefield began coming to back to town in a little more public way when he gave a lecture at Central Library in 1984. It went well enough, and he was a part of the city’s literary culture before he started making his home here. And its film culture: “The most fun I ever had in my life was the writing and filming of the movie Going All the Way.” The 1997 Sundance winner was filmed, in part, in Indianapolis. What’s next? A new edition of his 1982 novel Under the Apple Tree is coming out in September. He’ll continue to spend time at his favorite spots: Indy Reads Books, the Red Key, the Vonnegut Library. He’ll keep having dinner every two months with five of his friends from Shortridge. And yes, he’s working on another book: “One bad thing about getting a lifetime achievement award is that it sorts of assumes that you’re done. One of my problems since I’ve been back is that I’ve been going back and forth between two books: one non-fiction and one fiction. I’ve decided that I’m going to just do one until I finish the damn thing. I’m going to do the novel. It has nothing to do with Indianapolis, so that’s a relief. — SCOTT SHOGER
SOCIAL JUSTICE NOMINEE
SOCIAL JUSTICE WINNER
SIERRA CLUB // BEYOND COAL CAMPAIGN
T
he announcement last August that IPL would shift from coal to natural gas at the Harding Street Generation Station by mid-2016 came as a surprise. But the voices of numerous volunteers from the 50 community groups rallying, meeting and educating the public on the dangers of coal-fire plants, especially in an urban environment, were too loud to ignore. “I’m driven by the urgency of the climate crisis, my love for Indiana and my belief that we can and must move beyond
coal to clean energy for the health of all Hoosiers,” says Jodi Perras, senior campaign representative for the Sierra Club’s Indiana Beyond Coal campaign. And it’s the vision of a a 21st century economy based on the latest technology that keeps the campaign going. — AMBER STEARNS
GET INVOLVED: sierraclub.org/coal/indiana
SOCIAL JUSTICE NOMINEE
THE GRINDERY
I
KEVIN MUNOZ AND THE DREAM TEAM
U
ntil immigration reform is realized and a path to citizenship established, there is no other alternative than to work within the current system. Living in fear of being jailed and ultimately removed from the only home you’ve ever known is no way to live. It’s that reality of many of the clients of Kevin Munoz (above) and his associates that keep the team working every day. Jokes
may portray lawyers as money-hungry heartless wolves, but this legal team shatters the stereotype. Human rights advocacy as it relates to immigration law and criminal defense is the cornerstone of their legal practice. — AMBER STEARNS
GET HELP: munozlegal.com
t’s one thing to sit back and talk about unemployment and neighborhood revitalization. It’s another to take an idea of helping people lift themselves and their neighborhood out of poverty and make it a reality. With the vision of Dr. Ivan Hicks (above), pastor of First Baptist Church North, and the dedication of a group of committed business and community leaders, The Grindery is doing just that. The idea came to Dr. Hicks from the pulpit as he looked out over his northwest side congregation and counted the numerous parishoners who were unemployed. His church is located just off Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. in an area that had a history of thriving AfricanAmerican business, but has struggled to bring back that former glory of heritage — and commerce. Some would say finding the solutions to those problems was the job of municipal, state or even federal government. But sometimes you need to make things happen on your own. Dr. Hicks says his team of business and
community leaders are “God sent” and The Grindery would not be the success it is without them. Grindery board chairman John McDonald of CloudOne, Inc. says it is their mission to see The Grindery and as a result the MLK corridor succeed and grow. And the rewards are great. “Watching people realize that they can do this,” says McDonald. “When they show up for the first class they aren’t sure. But as they go through the classes and begin to realize that they can do this, that it can happen, seeing their excitement — that is the best part.” The northwest corridor received a little bit of attention with a new post office building and gateway décor for the I-65 exit. But for the most part, that area of town has been in neglect of revitalization efforts. But with the efforts of The Grindery and its graduating classes of business owners, that is about to change. — AMBER STEARNS
DONATE: facebook.com/TheGrindery
NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // COVER STORY 11
ARTS NOMINEE
ARTS NOMINEE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORDS
I
t all started with an installation. The one on top of the Murphy Art Center in Fountain Square reads “You Are Beautiful.” And it grew from there, as Dave and Holly Combs built an organization devoted to putting “powerful positive messages in public spaces,” from elementary schools to the Monon Trail. “All the arts organizations that we saw had art as their goal — creating art — and for us it was never really about that,” Dave told NUVO in January. “Art was a side effect of teaching kids positive life skills. So we used art as a gateway, to get our foot
in the door. And then we would teach kids that they are awesome.” DPW gets kids through that door through projects like the crowd art mural. Participants draw their self-portraits, which the Combses then incorporate into the letters of a positive message. These letters are then digitally printed and installed in the school or community center. One of the murals sits in DPIndy’s studio at the Murphy. — SCOTT SHOGER
LOOK: dpwords.org
Thank you to all who participated! FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM THE MILE #mymonumentalmoment NOVEMBER 7TH:
#monumentalmile
INDIANA’S LARGEST MARATHON BEGINS monumentalmarathon.com
12 COVER STORY // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
GENERAL PUBLIC COLLECTIVE
I
t’s an art gallery. A concept shop. A makerspace. A flexible venue for concerts and poetry readings. And, yes, a collective. And it’s all in a conspicuous storefront in the heart of Fountain Square. Founded in 2013, General Public has become a vibrant homebase for a diverse community of poets and musicians, artists and makers. And it’s really whatever they — or you — decide it’ll be on a given night. The racks of clothes, the shelves of chapbooks and other local publications and a few other
permanent fixtures are there to stay. But the space is really defined by the diversity of its programming (or happenings, if that’s not too tired a term), including debut shows for artists who might just be a bit too provocative for other galleries, readings that wouldn’t quite work in nearby bookstores, experimental music that works best in an intimate, supportive space. — SCOTT SHOGER
PARTICIPATE: general-public.us
ARTS WINNER
INDIANA UNIVERSITY CINEMA
W
hen the Indiana University Cinema opened its doors in February 2011, founding director Jon Vickers (above) told us his goal was to establish one of the “best-recognized cinematheques in the country,” a combination art house and repertory theatre making exemplary use of state-of-the-art technology (did I hear “THX certification” over all that rumbling bass?) And if it takes a few years for the rest of the country to catch up to the extraordinary things happening in Bloomington, then that’s their loss. It was an unexpected boon. Who would’ve thought a decade ago that a university without much of a film school would put significant money into building a cinema? That they’d locate it in the center of campus, beautifully, even sumptuously retrofitting an old theater? Another boon: Hiring a guy like Vickers who puts such an emphasis on collaboration. When he started his job, he resolved that if the cinema was going to get “high-level support from the university,” he would have to “pay back,” by involving the community in programming as much as possible. IU Cinema has demonstrated what Vickers calls a sort of “fearlessness” in
supporting projects proposed by town and gown alike. A highlight of The Burroughs Century, a city-wide celebration of William S. Burroughs’s centennial, was a film fest at the cinema featuring rare and provocative work directed by or featuring Burroughs. Vickers has been working away at the world’s leading filmmakers for years, decades even (he had a similar job at Notre Dame before coming to Bloomington), trying to get them to come to unfamiliar territory of Indiana. And he’s gotten the ball rolling. The list of visitors is impressive: Werner Herzog, Peter Weir, Guy Maddin, Ava DuVernay, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, Edward James Olmos. Vickers hopes that he and the IU Cinema staff will “continue to be innovators” in the coming years. He’d like to have filmmakers in residence on campus. He’d like to commission more work, perhaps short films. He’d like to develop film programs that will tour. He thinks that his “vision of collaboration has been infectious.” Here’s hoping that vision will go endemic. — SCOTT SHOGER
WATCH: cinema.indiana.edu NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // COVER STORY 13
FOOD NOMINEE
FOOD WINNER
CHEFS’ NIGHT OFF
C
hefs’ Night Off celebrates the creativity of the lower members of the kitchen totem pole, grabbing line chefs and sous chefs to cook dishes for their collaborative, multi-course dinners organized by RJ Wall (above) and Andrew Whitmoyer (not pictured). And while the food is fancy, the dinners are not, with a casual, open-to-all kind of vibe and an opportunity for young chefs to show that they have mad skills. Instead of letting great talent labor away unknown in kitchens over the years, Chefs’ Night Off
has become a grand stage for illuminating the bright stars of tomorrow’s chef scene one Sunday night a month. And in August, the CNO crew will be taking a handful of Indiana chefs to cook on the national stage at the James Beard House, once again reaffirming their purpose: showing the world what central Indiana has to offer the culinary world. — SARAH MURRELL
DINE ON: facebook.com/chefsnightoffindianapolis
FOOD NOMINEE
INDIANA COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
SLOW FOOD INDY
T
he Indiana Cooperative Development Center has a simple goal: Get more people the services they need by sharing resources. Debby Trocha’s (left) career began with a cooperative model that helped families access better food and agriculture, and has extended to cooperatives of natural resources, housing, electric, credit unions, artisan, purchasing, marketing and child care cooperatives to name a few. Cooperatives generally cost less to operate than their commercial counterparts, and it gives buyers more negotiating power with their suppliers, and allows for efficient distribution of resources so more people can get what they need. In Indiana, where many low income families do not have access to fresh, nutritious food, the value of cooperatives can be immense. — SARAH MURRELL
LEARN MORE: icdc.coop 14 COVER STORY // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
S
low Food Indy and the folks that make up their leadership board, like Despi Ross (above), have been some of the biggest and loudest supporters and promoters of sustainable Indianapolis dining. SFI is an all-inclusive organization, hosting education and film viewing events as well as advocating for an overall healthier and more balanced relationship between diners, restaurants, and the people who grow the food for both. Though the Slow Food movement formally started in New York, Indiana’s agricultural roots gave the organization great positioning when they started the group almost ten years ago, and the network of restaurants taking the Slow Food approach to sustainability is growing. The Snail of Approval is not just given to restaurants sourcing locally, and encompasses restaurants that practice sustainability from the back of house to the front. Restaurants with the Snail of Approval support local, responsible farming, composting and recycling, and sustainably-minded business practices. By starting the Slow Food movement with restaurants, our palates and appreciation
of sustainably-produced food has grown concurrently, and it has started a revolution where consumers now demand more environmentally-friendly, small farm produce from their neighborhood markets instead of their local supermarket and ensured the survival this city’s small farms and big flavors. By harnessing the power of a curious public and yolking it to the dining local trend, people all over central Indiana now know where their food comes from, who is growing and raising it, and have become aware like never before that every pound of meat, ounce of honey and bundle of asparagus they buy is money in a small farmer’s pocket. The Slow Food movement isn’t intended to be trendy, but to be a revolution in creating stable, tightly-knit communities of food suppliers so that families can get the food they need, farmers can get the money they need, and the earth no longer has to suffer for either. — SARAH MURRELL
LEARN MORE: slowfoodindy.com
MUSIC WINNER
MUSIC NOMINEE
DR. PAUL KOLMAN // KOLMAN DENTAL
S
it in on any local music roundtable and the same question will inevitably come up: How can a local music scene become economically sustainable? Dr. Paul Kolman (left) and his team answer this question in a couple of ways: providing dental care for those who need it, and supporting local shows financially. It may seem counterintuitive to nominate a dentist for a music award, but people like Dr. Kolman and his team help musicians do what they do best – create – by providing the economic support they need to do it. “I’ve always loved music,” Kolman says. “I love that there’s an opportunity for me to be involved. It’s a very cool position to be in.” Sure, you might end up in his dental chair, but if you’re a music lover, you’ll definitely end up at a show or festival that the Rock and Roll Doc has sponsored. — KATHERINE COPLEN
FLOSS: kolmandental.com
MUSIC NOMINEE
KAMMY’S KAUSE
W
hen Jared Hiner launched Fortville music festival Kammy’s Kause, the 4p- Support Group — which assists parents of children with 4p-, like Jared and his daughter, Kammy (right) — couldn’t afford to send a quarterly newsletter. Now, after 11 festivals and more than $200,000 raised, Kammy’s Kause has grown into a yearly tradition for Kammy, Jared, tons of local bands, and a large group of volunteers – plus a huge boon for the support group. This year’s festival will showcase more than 20 local bands, and feature a fundraising motorcycle ride of over 100 bikes. “[Kammy] leads by example,” Hiner says of his daughter. He says she inspires him to show “no boundaries with your love. Give unconditionally.” This year’s Kammy’s Kause will take place on August 28 and 29. — KATHERINE COPLEN
DONATE: kammyskause.org
P
THE HOOSIER DOME // PIRADICAL PRODUCTIONS
iradical Productions kicked off on December 30 of 2005 as a punk rock promotions group with shows all over town. After flowing through a few impermanent venues, Piradical settled inside Fountain Square’s Hoosier Dome five years ago in an unassuming storefront on Prospect a few minute’s walk from the hustle and bustle of the Square. But inside that space? Pure madness. The Dome hosts 120 to 150 shows a year from a variety of genres, including regulars like Forevermore, Foreveratlast, Brother O’ Brother and Church Tongue. “For the scene and by the scene is kind of the hope and the dream,” Piradical founder Stephen Zumbrun says. To run those shows – about one every three days – the Dome employs a “ragtag pool of 50 volunteers” plus a six-person steering community including Chris Keaton, Nathaniel Wolos, Andrea McPherson, Rain Napier, Madison Wolfe and Olivia Mayes. The 175-cap venue also hosts tons of yearly events, including a long-running High School Battle of the Bands, Punk Rock Prom, bonkers Halloween shows, and other seasonal shows.
Zumbrun, who says he keeps the allages drug- and alcohol-free Dome open out of, “equal parts dedication to the all-ages scene and complete insanity,” sometimes contemplates opening a larger venue that could accommodate more people. Growth is already happening: They’ve recently opened the floor above the Dome as a community space. He’s committed to keeping the Dome all ages because of “the energy that an all-ages crowd brings. “I’ve never been to a 21+ show that had that kind of energy,” he says. And by energy he means: mosh pits, people hanging from the ceiling, stage dives, lots of bare feet and lots of singing along. And yes, that’s what shows at the Hoosier Dome are like: week after week, month after month, year after year: it’s a space for people of all ages to discover new bands and let loose. “The Hoosier Dome is the kind of venue that I want to exist,” Zumbrun said. “It’s such a special place. It’s like the perfect thing.” — KATHERINE COPLEN
MOSH: piradicalproductions.com
NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // COVER STORY 15
SPORTS NOMINEE
SPORTS NOMINEE
THE BRICKYARD BATTALION
COACH BOB LOVELL
A
s this incredibly unique fan club states on its website, “The Brickyard Battalion, established August 3rd 2011, was instituted to bring a Professional Soccer team BACK to the great city of Indianapolis!” Two years later, the Fan Club That Could realized its dream: professional soccer was again a reality in Indy. The Indy Eleven, with help from an organized fan base, saw nothing but sellout crowds its inaugural year. The decision to build an NASL team in Indy was certainly spurred on by the fact that such a rabid fan base was waiting for it already. Derek Richey and Bret Corbit, along with a number of other fans have put a fütbol twist on an old film cliché: If you root for it, they will come. Oh, and for the record (in light of all the recent FIFA madness), bigwigs from the Eleven haven’t given Richey anything pricier than a bag of popcorn. — ED WENCK
C
oach Bob Lovell, whose bona fides include a collegiate hoops coaching career, AD duties at IUPUI and induction into the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, hosts Indiana Sports Talk Friday and Saturday nights. The most listened-to sports talk show in Indiana, Lovell’s program features high-school to pro-level athletes, and Lovell gives small-town Indiana teams the same love as he gives the big-city programs. The show was carried by a handful of stations in 1994, but now Coach can be heard on more than 40 stations statewide. Bob’s got the booming voice of a hoops coach and a broadcaster — the industry joke is that Bob’s got such big pipes that the transmitter’s redundant. For parents wondering how to best encourage their kids in sports, Bob offers this: “Tell them just three things: play hard, have fun and I love you.” — ED WENCK
CHEER: brickyardbattalion.com
16 COVER STORY // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
LISTEN LOCALLY: 1070thefan.com
SPORTS WINNER
SOUTHSIDE INDY
JUNE 20TH 1-4 P.M.
ALL PROCEEDS DONATED
TO THE UNITED HOPE
FOUNDATION!
Whole Hog Roast • 100+ Bourbons 300+ Craft and Import Beers Live Music • Seminars • Mixology SPONSORED BY:
Goose Island, Corona, Jim Beam, Heieneken, ZONE 31
US 31 & EPLER • 5445 S. EAST STREET • INDIANAPOLIS, IN
CHILDREN’S WISH FUND
T
erry Ceasar-Hudson heads up the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund, organizers of The Celebrity Softball Challenge in memory of Caroline Symmes. In 2009, Terry took an idea generated by a member of the Fund’s board and tried to expand it. The initial idea: a softball game that featured members of the media playing against members of the Indianapolis Indians AAA ball club at Victory Field. “Why don’t we make it really big — invite members of the Pacers and Colts?” Terry asked. Terry was met with a hearty round of naysaying: She heard repeatedly that when major-league athletes were invited to such things, “half of ‘em don’t show up.” Terry would have none of it. “Well, they’ve never worked with me,” she replied. Terry managed to convince Colts defensive star Robert Mathis to lend his participation — and his influence. Mathis starred in a TV commercial promoting the event with two Wish Fund kids, one of whom was a young girl named Caroline Symmes. Caroline passed before the second game, but her spirit had touched Terry — and Mathis, too. The game became “The Celebrity Softball Challenge in memory of Caroline Symmes,” and Terry soon secured Roy Hibbert
from the Pacers as a second host. Last year, 40 celebrities assembled at Victory Field in front of 10,000 spectators, raising more than $60,000 dollars for the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund. This year’s event — the seventh annual — will easily top that dollar amount when all the checks are cashed. And the money — generated in Indiana for kids living in Indiana — will grant wishes large and small for terminally ill children. Many of the kids’ wishes have stayed with Terry. One touching example: bringing a child’s grandmother to the states from her small village in Ethiopia. “All the girl wanted was for her grandma to have coffee and to be able to see her. That was a tremendous amount of work getting her grandmother over here. She’d never flown, there was a language barrier, she was frail — we worked with a lot of different state departments, we worked with Sen. Lugar’s office at the time. We got her here, and her grandmother stayed with her, in her room with her, for three weeks until she passed.” — ED WENCK
GET INVOLVED: indianachildrenswishfund.org NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // COVER STORY 17
A&E EVENTS ArtPrize Pitch Night June 10, 7 p.m. Every year Grand Rapids, Mich. sees 1,500 artists flood downtown in the hopes of competing for a half-a-mil check. This year, ArtPrize is sharing the love with Indy. They and the IMA are partnering to allow five Indiana artists to compete for a coveted $5,000, 400,000 people, and 7,000 square feet in the ArtPrize district. IMA, FREE, imamuseum.org Material World: Group Exhibition June 12-Aug. 2. Ten artists from across the country brought together for a group show. Talent will include a video artist using found YouTube clips to sculptures made from repurposed dryer lint. Allen W. Clowes and Sarah M. Hurt Galleries, Indianapolis Art Center, FREE, indplsartcenter.org Aristotle Georgiades and Gail Simpson June 12. Made from salvaged materials, Georgiades and Simpson try and focus on the subjective quality of memory and our attachment to past objects. Allen W. Clowes and Sarah M. Hurt Galleries, Indianapolis Art Center, FREE, indplsartcenter.org Crème de les Femmes Presents: Paranormal Activity June 13, 8 p.m. It’s everything you have wanted — a dark and twisty mix of the paranormal and burlesque. Local rockers Zombie Bullets will be joining in and there will be guest performances by Wayne King. Birdy’s $10, 21+
FIRST FRIDAY F O R R E V I E W S , S E E PAGE 20
NUVO.NET/VISUAL Visit nuvo.net/visual for complete event listings, reviews and more. 18 VISUAL // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
VISUAL
THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
iMOCA BRINGS UP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The former interim director has been officially handed the torch.
I
B Y EM I L Y TA Y L O R ET A Y L O R @ N U V O . N E T
“
ts a small organization with a full time staff of one,” says Paula Katz. Small but mighty. Katz’s recent tap as the new executive editor doesn’t come as much of a surprise, considering her interim title beforehand. What’s new are some of the changes coming to the modern art center. “For the next year we are going to be focused fairly local,” says Katz. “The big thing for us is the actual exhibitions and adding in more educational programing to go along with those exhibitions.” Paula Katz Things around the two iMOCA locations will be kicked into high gear with a new membership program granting patrons an extra level of access, some of which will be based on a price point. Look for members-only receptions by early July, or even the possibility to rent out the iMOCA Murphy location (with higher levels of memberships, actual gallery space will not be offered based on memberships alone. That space will still be curated by Katz). August’s First Friday will likely be a culmination of member artist’s work. Katz is “looking at including more
“Worth Remembering” from K. Armstrong on display at CityWay.
“Spot Tavern” by The Droops, who will open a show at CityWay on July 3.
exhibitions that … engage our community and the local community. Also, exhibitions that really address social issues. I love artwork that is aesthetically beautiful,” she notes. “But I also love shows that are very thought-provoking and address issues that are in this community as well as globally, that really help people become critically aware and more, you know, impassioned about their own goals in the world.” She hopes to have pop-up exhibitions throughout the the community in places that are “underserved.” Specifically using abandoned structures in midtown or the near east side as gallery space. Since 2006, Katz has had an administrative hand in nearly 200 exhibitions throughout the United States. Katz was once the director and curator of the Herron Galleries at the Herron School of Art and Design. “My joke is always that at Herron I was so happy that I only programmed in one of the buildings, and that I would never want to have two spaces,” says Katz. “And here I am with two spaces that are beauti-
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
PROFILE / MUSEUM
INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (iMOCA) WHERE: 1043 VIRGINIA AVE., # 5 TICKETS: ADMISSION AND PARKING FREE, M E M B E R S H I P S S T A R T A T $ 25 . I N F O : 63 4 -6622, I N D Y M O C A . O R G
ful, fantastic spaces and very different.” The rotation of shows that will come through the Fountain Square gallery will be increasing to every other month, while the City Way location will hold to four shows a year. Katz has done well to take note that City Way lends itself to 2D work, while the iMOCA mothership can take on nearly any mixed-media installation. The next show in the City Way space will feature The Droops on July 3. By midAugust the two locations will be connected by one of the most interactive exhibits in Indy. Nerds and outdoorsy folk go dig out that GPS gear, because, you guessed it — the exhibit is about geocaching. A coordinate-based scavenger hunt will take viewers from one gallery to the other. Along the way, they will find small scale versions of work from the 10-12 artists in the galleries at the end of the hunt. “We were looking for something that really connected our two venues,” says Katz. We’re into it. n
THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
Evelyn Allee and fellow Herron High School students volunteer at IMAF in 2013.
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
SUBMITTED PHOTO
IMAF’S 17-YEAR-OLD COORDINATOR TAKES THE LEAD FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL or Evelyn Allee, the arts are a family affair. The Herron High School junior is entering her second year as coordinator of the Independent Music + Art Festival (IMAF) hosted by the Harrison Center for the Arts. “I don’t do a lot of art, but I have grown up around artists,” says Allee. “I live very close to the Harrison Center and have been going to First Fridays pretty much my whole life. I know a lot artists and have been able to see a lot of different types of work they do.” Her father, Brian Allee, is a found object sculptor and jazz drummer; uncle, Steve Allee, is a jazz pianist; and to top it off, her cousin, David Allee, owns the Jazz Kitchen. Having interned with the HCA for the last two years and been to nearly every IMAF since it was created, Allee knows the ropes. To be fair, part of that is due to her mother working at the center. Having attended IMAF since its inception she has worn every hat: volunteer, vendor and now sole coordinator. The annual event allows her the “common service opportunity” credits that Herron counts toward graduation. Last year, Allee was able to co-coordinate. This year the reins have been handed off, and with them has come the bane of any coordinator’s existence — a lot of organizational challenges. “It is difficult to not have someone else to consult with and share the responsibilities,” says Allee. Her daily grind consists of running
FESTIVAL
INDEPENDENT MUSIC + ART FESTIVAL (IMAF)
W H E N : J U N E 13, N O O N - 8 P . M . WHERE: HARRISON CENTER FOR THE ARTS TICKETS: FREE
board meetings, registering with the health department, applying for grants, and weighing in on which bands and artists get to show on the big day. The difference is that her job doesn’t stop at a vote around a conference table. She translates the board’s seal of approval into action and makes certain that everyone actually gets there and has everything they need. The good people at HCA have created a binder system to help organizers like Allee keep track of what other organizers have done in the past and has essentially become a blueprint to the 7,000-person event. The weekend is a tall order but always worth it. “I like seeing everything come together as a whole, but my favorite part of the day is when the headliner plays and everyone comes out and dances,” says Allee. “It is great to see my hard work pay off and see people enjoying themselves.” If you have never been, Allee has a few tips. “There is a lot to see and do,” says Allee. “Try and see everything. There are so many things that are hidden throughout, indoors and outdoors. I feel like going around the block and through the building a few times you can notice all kinds of things you wouldn’t notice just sweeping through. There is always a booth or something at a booth that I never noticed.” n
A
WITH LOCAL DJ AND NUVO COLUMNIST
Kyle Long PHOTO BY JENN GOODMAN
F
BY EMILY TA Y L O R ETAYLOR@NU VO . N ET
WEDNESDAY PM
NIGHTS 9
ON
A Cultural MANIFESTO
explores the merging of sounds from around the globe with the history of music from right here at home. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // VISUAL 19
THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
COLOR AND CONCEPT FIRST FRIDAY REVIEWS
Some of our favorite shows from June’s First Friday
Satch: Lost and Found Art Studio e The studio of Satch (Julie Kern), which opened in March, houses some thoughtprovoking assemblages that will delight both art aficionados and fans of Antiques Roadshow alike. Take the repurposed vintage dress form (100-plus years old) “X Incorrect” by Julie Kern entitled “Blank me.” All over this work, you see written “______ me” and hanging on the cage skirt at the bottom are various verbs, “Question, Free, Remember, Fuck…” And the idea is, of course, that you can fill in the blank. The wall hanging “’X’ Incorrect” evokes a historical context. Consisting of a wall hanging X-shaped frame, this piece is filled with wood molds for a farming machine and assembled in such a way that it appears to have functional value. If this particular assemblage evokes some of the work of Hoosier native James Spencer Russell, it might have something to do with the fact that Julie Kern and her husband and Ron are passionate advocates of his work and were instrumental in organizing the exhibition of his work, Style Elegance and Wit: The Artwork of James Spencer Russell at the Indiana State Museum in the spring of 2014. Circle City Industrial Complex, Studio 2L, by appointment, satch@indy.net The Water Show e Through July 10. With an earth-scorching drought in California and sea-ice collapsing all around Antartica, the subject of this group exhibition couldn’t be “Mother” by Carla Knopp timelier. But even if we’re on the shore of an era of disaster and scarcity, one must still appreciate beauty. Ben Johnson’s “Beach Glass” vase — with its mottled green on sandy brown designs — is evocative both of the seashore and of some precious sea glass that might be found there. But unsettling images crop up again and again in the exhibition whether by design or by happenstance. In Phil Campbell’s acrylic on panel “Whiskey” you see a boat that’s burning, evoking Viking funeral rights, but the boat seems to be flying over a desert mountain range. And the colors of this composition, oranges, yellows and browns — are disconcerting, perhaps, because they evoke not water but the lack of it. There’s plenty of water depicted in Carla Knopp’s oil on wood painting “Mother,” that depicts some kind of luminescent object rising above a stormy sea. Gallery 924, indyarts.org 20 VISUAL // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
“Catholic School: David vs. Goliath” by Martin Kuntz Primary Colours: Members Only e This may be an exclusive club — members of the Primary Colours nonprofit art organization board — but they’re also some damn fine artists. Patrick Flaherty, who is also executive director and President of the Indianapolis Arts Center, lends a bucolic touch to this exhibition with his prints of chickens. His “Chicken Study” composed in rhythmic patterns of black and white shows that even the most commonplace domesticated animal can be a worthy subject of artistic study. It’s quite a contrast to the explosively colorful paintings of Martin Kuntz hanging on the opposite wall. “Catholic School: David vs. Goliath” depicts Linda Blair’s demonpossessed face from The Exorcist and Goliath’s severed head (evoking the Caravaggio painting it was copied from) along with various cartoon characters all stewing in the same soup, as it were. One might imagine this painting as an attempt to define the mental space of a student attending Catholic school dealing with bullies and the onslaught of digital media at the same time. Kuntz, intentionally or not, brings to mind another American artist who deals with overload as a subject, James Rosenquist. The juxtaposition of images in Kuntz’s paintings congeal around a general theme, but it may leave some viewers dazed as much as dazzled. But maybe that’s the point, to open up our eyes to the brand-saturated and media-saturated landscape all around us. And maybe that’s why the billboard of Kuntz’s painting “Every Other Weekend,” on East 86th street — part of the Arts Council of Indianapolis’s High Art Project — feels so oddly appropriate in that space surrounded as it is by strip malls and chain restaurants. 1043 Virginia Ave., by appointment, info@primarycolours.org — DAN GROSSMAN
STAGE
REVIEWS THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
COMPETITION BRINGS INTERNATIONAL TALENT High caliber dancers share thoughts about what makes the week tick
I
B Y EM IL Y TA Y L O R ETAYLOR@NU VO . N ET
ndianapolis City Ballet will be playing host for its first ever international ballet competition. Even though this is ICB’s first run at an event like this, it’s also one of the few in the world that judges dancers not only on their performance when the music is cued and spotlight is on, but how well they do in several master class sessions as well. World-renowned dancers, teachers, choreographers and artistic directors will all meet at Butler University’s Schrott Center June 11-14 to take classes and attempt three performance variations to try and land scholarships and cash prizes. The 180 competitors were selected after submitting videos of themselves dancing, in the hopes of being considered for the competition. NUVO touched base with a judge and two performers to see how some of the people backstage were feeling about the week.
EDWARD ELLISON: Judge. Founder and
Edward Ellison teaches an Indianapolis City Ballet’s master class series.
Artistic Director of Ellison Ballet in New York
Ellison, a world-renowned teacher, didn’t set foot into a ballet class until he was eighteen; something that is nearly unheard of among professional dancers. Though he was athletic his teachers told him that there was just no way that he would be able to catch up, much less make it into a company. He was accepted to the San Francisco Ballet (read: the holy grail of ballet companies) within a few years. He was quickly told by other dancers that he looked like he had been dancing since he was eight years old. “So many of the limits that we have in our lives are what we decide are limits,” says Ellison. “As human beings we are capable of achieving truly amazing things, but we have to be free to believe it with all of our heart, and our work must reflect that belief.” NUVO: How does this competition stand out to you? ELLISON: “This is the fist year of the competition. I am particularly excited about it because of the directors. I hold them in high regard. It appears they are really trying to do this first class, to provide not only an opportunity for these talented
PERFORMANCES
INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION WHEN: JUNE 11-14 WHERE: BUTLER UNIVERSITY’S SCHROTT CENTER TICKETS: $10 PER DAY. AVAILABLE AT THE SCHROTT BOX OFFICE (IF CLOSED, CLOWES). MORE ONLINE: F U L L S C H E D U L E O F W H A T I S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON NUVO.NET
kids to compete but to provide an educational experience for them. Bringing in world class coaches and teachers. I think it is going to be quite a special event.” NUVO: As a judge what are you looking for? ELLISON: “I personally am looking for young dancers who have something special; not only are we talking about their stage performance … even though they’re just doing a very small exerpt from this ballet they need to show one’s understanding of the character, of the style of the piece and the understanding of the musicality, the physicality of it. And understanding of
SUBMITTED PHOTO
who that character is — their profile. Then, of course, we’re going to be looking for technique … Then there is that something special. It is difficult to find words for what that is, but it’s a quality that you sometimes will find in a young dancer. … If it is only a display of technique I find it rather boring. I certainly want to see that there is much more than just clean technique and that they can do the steps. I want to see that the young dancer has something to say, that there is a light that shines within. I would rather see the artistic quality over a perfectly clean variation.”
Green Day’s American Idiot q Through July 5, days and times vary. Billie Joe Armstrong’s lyrics and the music by Green Day as performed by the Phoenix Theatre are powerful. I had also expected to be annoyed by the story. I walked out on Rent a few years ago because its story of struggling artists was so whiny and self-involved. American Idiot starts out as a similar cliche’ — three angry young men rebel against life and then check out from it. At first I felt annoyed because it seemed to borrow so much from Hair, Go Ask Alice, Mr and Mrs Bo Bo Jones and more. The story moved beyond the same-old, same-old and looked at why we keep claiming the same stories over and over again, as if “idiot” were written on our birth certificates. As one character says, “It’s time to wake up!” The show becomes something that is simultaneously more complex, more universal, more hopeful and more individual than previous stories. Paradoxically, American Idiot is not unusual, but it is unique. The intimacy of it sneaks up on you and breaks your heart open. I missed the Broadway tour of this show when it came through Indianapolis a couple years ago so I can’t make comparisons, but I can tell you that there are many artistic pleasures in the Indiana premiere on the relatively small Livia and Steve Russell Stage at the Phoenix. The set is clever, and you can sit on the upper level with the band if you can climb a ladder. The dancing is fun to watch and so is the very convincing sex. (Have I mentioned this show is for adults only?) The lighting is breathtakingly beautiful during the “Wake Me Up When September Ends.” I also loved the straitjacket/office clothes detail in the costume design. The actor-singer-dancers who play the three young men (Spencer Curnutt as Johnny, Matthew Lee as Will and Lincoln Slentz as Tunny) and their girlfriends (Lisa Ermel as Whatsername, Carly Kincannon as Heather and Lydia Burke as Extraordinary Girl) are all outstanding. Eric J. Olson is terrifying as the drug dealer, St. Jimmy. — HOPE BAUGH Phoenix Theatre, 749 N. Park Ave., 635-7529, $30-35 adult, $22 under 21
NATASHA SHEEHAN:
16 years old, San Francisco
Sheehan performed in the ICB’s Evening With the Stars last year. She currently dances with the San Francisco Ballet Trainee Program, whose studio is in the lower level of the renowned company’s building.
PHOTO BY ZACH ROSING
The dancing is fun to watch in Phoenix’s production of Green Day’s American Idiot.
NUVO.NET/STAGE
NUVO: How do you get ready backstage before a big competition? S E E , B A L L E T , O N P A GE 2 2
Visit nuvo.net/stage for complete event listings, reviews and more. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // STAGE 21
THIS WEEK
VOICES
ARTS
NEWS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
A Q&A WITH BIANCA DEL RIO
T Indianapolis native Olivia Behrmann
BALLET,
PHOTO BY EDUARDO TORRES
F R O M P A G E 21
SHEEHAN: “Before a performance I usually like to be by myself and just tune out with music. Just to be centered and focused. I try not to talk to people as much as possible because I feel like I get distracted.” NUVO: What’s your next focus after this? SHEEHAN: “I definitely see myself doing this as long as I possibly can. I love the dancing of course, but I love everything about it, the costumes, the scenery, the music, everything about it makes sense. That is my next goal, to get into a company.”
OLIVIA BEHRMANN:
17 years old, Indianapolis
Olivia has been connected to ICB for the last 5 years, and has attended nearly every master class and gala since. Godspeed and make use of that home court advantage, Olivia. NUVO: Is there anything about this week that feels different? BEHRMANN: “For this competition not only do the teachers, competitors and judges get to see you on stage, they get to see you in class. which I find better in some ways because you can work on a variation in some ways, trying to perfect it for months but your real technique will show in a ballet class.” NUVO: What was your first competition like? BEHRMANN: “I had the flu and had only been on pointe for six months … I still ended up placing in the top 12. I’ve placed in every year since including first place in the senior classical division the past two years.” n 22 STAGE // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
BY EM I L Y TA Y L O R ETAYLOR@NUVO.NET
EVENT
BIANCA DEL RIO’S ROLODEX OF HATE
he Season 6 winner of Ru Paul’s Drag Race has a brash sense of humor that spares no one. Her icy stare and flash of dare-to-spar-with-me veneers can make even the most insouciant viewer drop a jaw. We decided to chat before her upcoming comedy tour stop in Indy this week.
WHEN: JUNE 12, 9 P.M. WHERE: EGYPTIAN ROOM AT OLD NATIONAL CENTER T I C K E T S : $2 3- 7 8 INFO: THEBIANCADELRIO.COM/ROLODEXOF-HATE-TOUR
NUVO: What was it like meeting Joan Rivers?
NUVO: Was Ginger robbed on Season 7?
BIANCA DEL RIO: Oh God, surreal. I have always been a huge fan of hers, for many years… I got the call asking if I would be interested in doing her show … because I had been traveling so much I was unaware of what the show was, but still said yes in a heartbeat. … I was really nervous because I didn’t want to come across as a fan girl, but I also didn’t want to seem aloof and over it. But as soon I got in the room with her we hit it off and got along really well. We were only supposed to film for about 15 or 20 minutes, but we ended up filming much longer than that because we couldn’t stop cackling and laughing. I wound up loving her more than I thought I would, you know what I mean? Usually when you meet celebrities there is always something about them that changes your opinion of them. NUVO: How has being crowned changed who you are and what you do? DEL RIO: I have realized that I can function on less sleep than possible. Before this I worked in theater, which deadlines were the death of things … The adjustment for me was different time zones …you are kind of here, there, everywhere. It’s finding that balance in your brain of what’s going on … For any bitching that I would do backstage about my feet, about my wig, once you get out there it’s all great, especially now that I appear with my own show. … A 1,300 foot theater and it’s sold out. Come on, how can you feel shitty about anything. Having worked, I am far more grateful for this experience now than I would be if I were 20. … It’s not just those who won that are doing amazing; Adore Delano is doing amazing, Courtney Act is doing amazing. …It is amazing what the power of television allows all of us to do.
DEL RIO: Once you have been in the mix of it, it is very hard to look at the show from a different perspective. … It’s one of those things — someone is going to win. It’s whatever Ru decides. … Many people didn’t like when I was chosen … you can’t please everyone. But also, the comparisons among people … “Oh, so and so should have won this year. So and so should have won that year.” That is a part of the business. That is going to come no matter what happens. All three of them, I loved. … I am partial to Ginger because she is southern and I get her quirkiness and her comedy. By no means does that mean the other two didn’t do good. It is a competition, but it is also a television show. They do what they want. Ru says that in the beginning. … I wish some of the people, especially through social media, would not concern themselves with who is on the cover of Vanity Fair, who they think should have won Ru Paul’s Drag Race and more about serious issues, like who the hell is doing Mrs. Duggar’s hair? Let’s go for the real person we should hate — her hair dresser! NUVO: What’s the story behind your show? DEL RIO: Well, I am old enough to know what a Rolodex was. … When I worked in a bar five days a week for 10 years, you have to deal with every kind of customer there was. So when you have to deal with the bitch customer or the drunk straight girl customer
The ‘Joan Rivers of drag’
I filed everything in my brain as the Rolodex, what jokes do I have about this, what jokes do I have about that. When I was on the show Ru asked where my particular style of wit came from and I said my Rolodex of hate. NUVO: Top three pieces of advice for a performer starting out. DEL RIO: 1. The only thing you can ever be aware of is yourself. You don’t always know what the audience is going to be like. … 2. No matter what you are on stage you need to be a professional backstage. 3. Always check the envelope with the money. n
Bianca Del Rio SUBMITTED PHOTO
SPORTS
SCOOTERS THIS WEEK
VOICES
ROAMIN’ HOLIDAY
A
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
America’s biggest scooter convention comes to Indy
June 11, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Southern Indiana Long Ride 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Lunch hosted by Vespa Shelbyville 6-9 p.m. Meet and Greet at Lino’s Italian Cafe’
B Y ED WE NC K EWENCK@NUVO . N ET
rt Wells is leaning up against an exterior wall of Fountain Square Brewing, hands behind his back. “Honda Elites, that’s what I ride,” Art grins. “Got 12 of ’em. Keep three, four runnin’ — use the rest for parts.” Art and a dozen or so other members of the Indianapolis Scooter Club have gathered at the pub for their weekly Tuesday-evening meeting. They’ll quaff one and then scoot off to dinner somewhere in Indy. Tonight’s something of a celebration: They’re closing in on the final details of a national gathering that the Indy SC is hosting, the 23rd annual “Amerivespa” convention. Amerivespa is the largest congregation of Vespas (and similar kinds of two and three-wheeled rides) in the nation. “It’s the Super Bowl of our industry,” says Jeremy Hall, the lead organizer of Indy’s version. “It’s about rides; vendors come in. We put some time aside to play some silly scooter games,” says Chris Sublett, club president. Games? “There’s an obstacle course — and a contest to see who can drive the slowest and stay upright,” Chris laughs. For four days in June, scooter fans from all over the nation will descend on Indy to see the sights, dine together, check out scooter-merch and take a lap around the world’s most famous racetrack, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It’s a ride that will bring Art Wells full circle. “I started riding a scooter at the track in ’94,” says Wells, who spends race days as a film runner. “If they have an accident on one of the turns, I jump on my scooter, run out to the turn, pick up the film cards and bring ’em back to the Indy Star and AP photo guys and they’ll ship ’em to the printers.” Art’s thinking about retiring after the 100th running of the 500 in 2016. He’ll be turning 80, after all. Amerivespa, which has been hosted by cities from San Diego to Cleveland, felt that access to the Speedway was a big draw. The host club here in Indy capped vehicle registration at 600 scooters, then began ironing out all the details. Things were going swimmingly. Until Governor Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Amerivespa 2015 June 11-14, times vary. Although registration is capped at 600 scooters, you might be able to squeeze in. The schedule is as follows:
June 12, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Poker Run, Slow Ride, Fast Ride and Vintage Rides 6-7 p.m. IMS track lap 7 p.m. Party at Radio Radio, Revolucion and Vendors Row June 13, 8-11 a.m. Indy Pride Parade (Parade’s official start time is 10 a.m.) 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Concourse, Gymkhana (obstacle course) and Vendors Row 5-7 p.m. Pre-Banquet mixer at Sheraton 7-11 p.m. Banquet at Sheraton June 14, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. Tour of Indianapolis Various locations and prices, amerivespa.org Indianapolis Scooter Club Find the group on Facebook for meeting times and so on. Requirements appear to be: Must be chill, friendly and own a scooter.
Just a few of the 600 scooters you’ll see in this year’s Pride Parade.
“It almost crippled the convention,” says Hall. “I’d say maybe half of those who planned on attending wanted to back out. A lot of our people were really offended by the law.” Hall pointed to Indy Mayor Greg Ballard’s criticism of RFRA, and began campaigning hard to convince other riders that the Circle City shouldn’t be defined by its state legislature. But what ultimately saved Amerivespa 2015 was a call to Pride. “I asked the Pride folks if they wanted 600 scooters in the [Cadillac Barbie Pride] Parade,” smiles Hall. “They jumped at it.” So, on June 13, parade attendees will get a gander at scooters from all over the globe: some new automatics (dubbed “twist and gos” as a result of the handlemounted accelerators) and hundreds of vintage rides, too. One of those older models: Indy SC Vice President Joe Shoemaker’s “1964-ish Allstate made by Vespa, sold by Sears.” “It’s been gone through by our local builder, John Gick, and it runs like a horse,” says Joe. And what might a classic scooter like Shoemaker’s Allstate bring in at auction? “Probably a fourth of what I’ve got in it,” Joe chuckles. How much is that? “I lost
PHOTOS BY ED WENCK
track at about 3300 bucks,” Joe replies. Sure, there are classics that bring in bigger bucks. A gent who identifies himself as “Yardsale Sockpuppet” (I’m not kidding) directs me to Google a model called “the ’56 Basso. Those early scooters had handlebars, like a motorcyle. The headlight was down on the fender, they call them fender-lights,” explains Yardsale. Some collectors still have models like the 1956 Vespa 125 “Faro Basso” in their original crates. “A pristine model can bring in 20-30 grand,” says Hall. (For a good look at a model with similar lines, check out Audrey Hepburn’s scooter in the film Roman Holiday.) But unlike a mint condition Basso with zero miles on the odometer, some riders have put over 70,000 miles on their 1.5-gallon tanks. Whether they’re riding an Allstate like Joe’s or a loud, old-school Cushman, “if you’re vintage, bring a wrench,” says Shoemaker. But getting your hands greasy isn’t the real charge of owning one of these things. “There’s something about riding a slow bike fast that you can’t get anywhere else,” says Joe. “It’s easy to get on a Harley and go 95,” says Chris between sips of his pilsner. “On a Vespa? That’s a whole other story.” But Chris is pulling my leg, right? n
Renee Sweaney See that woman on the Vespa there? The one that looks kind of familiar to you if you’re a regular NUVO reader? That’s Renee of “Ask Renee” fame. Yep, Indy’s queen of recycling is also a big scooter fan, using micro-amounts of fuel when she’s getting from place to place. (In fact, her hubs is president of the Indy Scooter Club.) If you’d like to ask Renee about recycling — heck, or scooters, for that matter — head on over to IndianaLivingGreen. com to drop her a line. Now, scoot.
NUVO.NET/SPORTS Visit nuvo.net/sports for complete sports listings, reviews and more. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // SPORTS 23
FILM
OPENING
Saint Laurent t As a fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent’s style was defined by “lissomeness,” a slender, supple look that made the female form almost seem to glide. The new biopic Saint Laurent — which focuses mainly on YSL’s run from the late ‘60s to early ‘70s — ain’t exactly “lissome.” The film’s got all the strange rhythms of a bender, and man, it knows how to portray sedation specifically. While it’s beautifully shot (the montages of 1960s war footage aside Saint Laurent’s collections and the recap of the designer’s Matisse-inspired ’76 show boxed up like a Mondrian painting are worth the ticket alone), there’s an odd hollowness here — but maybe that’s the point. Although we learn a lot about the man’s sexual adventures and drug use (Keith Richards would be impressed), the film generates surprising little empathy for Saint Laurent’s addiction-driven loneliness in his gilded cage. Ultimately, this oh-so-very-French film also seems as overindulgent as its subject: Does Saint Laurent really warrant nearly as much screen time as Gandhi? — ED WENCK
R, opens Friday
Jurassic World There have been many followup films and remakes that have crashed and burned, only to boost the sales of their predecessors. From a preview standpoint Jurassic World seems to be heeding those warnings and coming from a good place, one where the story just builds on itself. Set 22 years after Jurassic Park, the area has now been transformed into the fully functioning theme park of John Hammond’s dreams. PG-13, opens Thursday
CONTINUING Spy r Melissa McCarthy and writer/director Paul Feig (The Heat) team up again for a spy farce and the results are pretty funny. The film is two hours and the proceedings drag in spots. Still, there are plenty of laughs to be had. The plot: C.I.A. worker Susan (McCarthy) supports a James Bond-type (Jude Law) from her desk. Forced into the field, she reinvents herself in a more striking fashion. The cast includes Jason Statham, Allison Janney, Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne. R, in wide release
THIS WEEK
24 FILM // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
PHOTO COURTESY OF ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
MOSTLY GOOD VIBRATIONS
O
B Y ED J O H N S O N - O TT EJO H N S O N O T T @ N U V O . N E T
ver the years I’ve spent nearly as much time watching movies, miniseries and documentaries about the Beach Boys as I’ve spent listening to their music. The group’s story is mesmerizing and so ironic — such happy songs coming from such sad people. Brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis were bullied by Murry Wilson (Bill Camp), their abusive father. No matter how well they did, he belittled them. Big brother Brian received the worst of it, including physical abuse that took some of his hearing. The Beach Boys gained fame celebrating surfing, but Dennis was the only member of the group that actually surfed. He was the most handsome and outgoing, but his father often reminded him that he wasn’t as smart or talented as Brian. He became a drunk. Charles Manson and his girls glommed onto Dennis for a little while — a fact that dogged him
FILM EVENTS
REVIEW
LOVE AND MERCY (2015)
SHOWING: KEYSTONE ART RATED: R, e
for the rest of his short life. Poor Dennis is but a background player in Love and Mercy. The Bill Pohlad drama focuses squarely on Brian. The first is set in the ’60s, as Brian (played by Paul Dano) goes into the period that would produce the landmark album Pet Sounds and the tune “Good Vibrations,” one of the very best pop songs ever made. The guys in the band were mystified over Brian’s work at the time, but he remained focused on his vision, and competing with the Beatles’ releases. The pressure was intense as Brian set out to create his followup — a concept album that would be called Smile. He ended up having a breakdown. Cut to the ’80s, where Brian (played by John Cusack) is under the control — producer lines up includes Sean Combs and Pharrell Williams. Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is living in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles and trying to meet every academic mark possible. After he is invited to an underground party he finally steps into the cool crowd and eventually where he should be. IU cinema, free but ticketed.
NUVO.NET/FILM
• For movie times, visit nuvo.net/movietimes
NEWS
Paul Dano in Love and Mercy
— ED JOHNSON-OTT
Visit nuvo.net/film for complete movie listings, reviews and more.
VOICES
Dope June 13, 7 p.m. for a sneak preview. A Sundance favorite littered with an amazing cast. Not to name drop but a few are people like Tony Revolori, Zoe Kravitz, A$AP Rocky and Forest Whitaker and the
Heathers June 12, 7-11:15 p.m. The lapels were big and the hair was bigger. Yes, it’s the ’80s. This week its a showing of Heathers is a guide to a rebel’s way of dealing with bullies in high school. The IMA Summer Nights series is the
Love and Mercy isn’t easy to watch completely — of therapist Eugene Landy (Paul Giamatti). When Brian makes a pass at a Cadillac dealer named Melinda (Elizabeth Banks), a relationship begins that Landy tries to end. Melinda realizes that Brian is a wildly overmedicated prisoner, but faces tough challenges, including Brian’s self-defeating mental state, in trying to rescue him. I spent most of Love and Mercy being pissed off: at Murry Wilson, at Eugene Landy, and to a much lesser extent, at Beach Boy front man Mike Love (Jake Abel), for being such an abrasive jerk. I started to get mad at musician and Smile collaborator Van Dyke Parks (Max Schneider), but the film paints him as such an utter dipshit that I just felt bad for him. Brian made me mad too, for being messed up for so long. Stupid me. Love and Mercy isn’t easy to watch. The part you most want to see doesn’t come until the end, of course. Before that there’s so much pain. But the film is well assembled, well acted and as moving as it is frustrating. n
best combination of a movie and picnic that’s around. It’s beautiful, it can get crowded quick, and there is beer. IMA amphitheater Highway to Dhampus June 10, 6:30 p.m. Marked up with plenty of laurels, including our own Heartland Film Fest, the story of Laxmi a headmistress for an Nepalese orphanage clashes with a rich socialite trying to amp up her PR status by handing out gifts to the orphans. Historic Artcraft Theatre (Franklin), donations will be given to victims of the earthquake in Nepal
FOOD WORLD
THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
EDIBLE ELEVEN: GLOBAL EDITION
With Indianapolis being known as the Crossroads of America, it’s no wonder we have amassed an impressive lineup of really good international dining. Start your palate expansion with our list. Rook Chef Carlos Salazar is giving Naptowners a walloping hit of Filipino flavors with his street food-themed menu. Though they’re famous for their dumplings (and rightfully so), it’s all good, all the time. Whether you’re in search of a great bowl of ramen or some of the best fermented flavors you can find in the city, Salazar has your number here. Word is, the restaurant is moving to a larger location down the street with an open kitchen. We’ll give you all the details when the doors are about to open. In the meantime, check out this gorgeous and delicious little shotgun style restaurant in Fletcher Place. 719 Virginia Ave., 759-5828, rookindy.com
Rook Spice Nation For a long time, Spice Nation was the only place vegetarians could eat that guaranteed a meat-free dining experience with plenty of flavor. And the staple restaurant continues to go strong, giving the rest of us an authentic taste of Indian spices. If you’re having an argument about whether you want something meatless or exotic, now you don’t have to choose. 4225 Lafayette Road, 299-2127 Szechwan Garden When Indy chefs want good, Szechwanstyle Chinese, they go here. The enormous variety of proteins, including offal, fill the pages upon pages of menu options. 3649 Lafayette Road, 328-2888, szechwangardenindianapolis.com Bosphorus Istanbul Café A nice warm welcome by friendly owners is just the beginning of a fantastic
Ramen Ray Jun and Yoko Kuramoto are bringing real Sapporo style ramen bowls to the former INgredients building on Binford. Traditional ramen broth is a multi-day affair with lots of boiled-in flavors and a hearty broth with lots of dissolved proteins and fats and magical, chewy alkalized noodles. We’re so excited for this one to open, we can barely keep it together. Stay tuned for more info on the opening. 5628 E. 71st St.
PHOTOS BY SARAH MURRELL
Sakura Turkish experience at Bosphorus Istanbul Café. Bosphorus is a cozy place to enjoy a calming, international themed lunch, and it captured the #1 spot in its category in last year’s Best of Indy voting. Freshly made hummus served with warm pita chips make for a perfect appetizer. Entrees are plentiful, from baba ganoush to doner kabob. And don’t forget dessert where baklava is the only way to go. 935 S. East St., 974-1770 Santorini Greek Kitchen Santorini is a familiar face on the Best Of list, having been honored many times before this. But that’s because Santorini is the real Greek deal, and our readers know authentic international food when they taste it. For over a decade now, the Sawis have been serving lovinglyprepared Greek dishes. One if their most popular is the Lamb Lovers, which features lamb prepared three ways for the carnivore at the table. Of course, you can get lighter fare like the mixed grill entree or something vegetarian. But why mess with that when you could eat flaming cheese and spiced meat on a stick? 1417 Prospect St., 917-1117, santorini-greek-kitchen.com MaMa’s House Korean Restaurant Korean barbecue is the condiment lover’s dream, and there’s only one place in town you should even think of when you want Korean barbecue. Not only is their grilling game strong, all the other
traditional selections on the menu like beebimbap are out-of-this-world good. If you want to know how to properly enjoy MaMas, here’s the formula: On a gorgeous, sunny day, go for a hike or bike in Harrison State Park and work up a powerful appetite, then head straight for this Pendleton Pike restaurant and split a few entrees with friends. Proceed immediately to a napping place. 8867 Pendleton Pike, 897-0808
MaMa’s Korean BBQ Sakura Japanese I have never been to Sakura and not waited for a table. It’s been a staple of Keystone Avenue for years, and still packs the booths full every night. They do outstanding sushi, but the best thing to go for is a bowl full of big, fat udon noodles in broth. Or, if you’re like the NUVO crew, there’s no reason not to get one of each and split it. You won’t be sorry. 7201 N. Keystone Ave., 259-4171, indysakura.com
Kimu Fun fact about Indianapolis: We have one of the largest Burmese populations outside of Burma. Our new transplanted neighbors then treated Greenwood residents to a taste of home. Here you can get a steaming bowl of Burmese Shan noodles, plus other neighboring culinary influences like pho; you can also buy just the pho broth for your noodling needs at home. 1280 Hwy 31 N, Suite U (Greenwood), 893-2221 Saraga While it’s not technically a restaurant, you can still get plenty of prepared foods in their in-store mini shops. And of course, you can browse the aisles and find whatever kind of international or unusual ingredient you need. This is a place for those who like to play in the kitchen, or those who miss the snacks they used to get when they studied abroad. Chances are, you can find it on the shelves at Saraga. 3605 Commercial Drive, 388-9999, saragafood.com Indy Taco We get into a lot of arguments around here about what constitutes the perfect taco, and I’m starting to think that this place my have their fingers on that fickle pulse. They’ve only been open a handful of weeks and are already regularly selling out on the weekends. They’ve got fajita tacos, mole tacos, elote and all the extra goodies. Give them a try to see what the buzz is all about. 2196 E. 54th St., 929-1424 — SARAH MURRELL
... WITH STEVE RUBY Question: How do you know how a beer with extreme flavor (hot peppers) is going to come out in the end, and how do you make sure that flavor doesn’t become overpowering? STEVE RUBY: Experience is really the only way to get a good feel for it, to be honest. Take notes like you never did in school and make sure any little change is noted. Every recipe is different and the interactions between ingredients will all be different as well. In time, you will be able to better anticipate how different recipes react to spices. Taste your infusion each day, noting when you added and when you pull it and then if the flavors continue developing. One thing, and this is big, is always start lower than you may want to until you get a better understanding of how your recipes react. It’s much easier to add spices than to take them out. Also, with peppers, if you want to make sure the heat isn’t overpowering, SEED THEM! For fuck’s sake if you don’t do that you could have a real heat bomb on your hands. Also, using fresh peppers as opposed to dried will ensure more pepper flavor and some heat. Dried peppers can add a neat depth you don’t get from fresh but it’s very hard to control the heat. Realizing that all of that is not super helpful since you don’t actually have a proper starting point, here are some dosing rates for various spices/fruits that we use at the brewery. For times when we want fruit to be present but subdued, we use about 0.3-0.4 oz. / 5 gallon. If we want it to be more pronounced, we double the rate. Spices, like coriander, we dose at about 0.15oz/5 gallon. Peppers are the trickiest guys since they can overtake pretty quickly, so we start pretty low, about 0.3oz/5 gallon of a fresh, seeded less spicy pepper (like jalapeno or serrano). Spicier peppers, like habanero, we start with close to 0.1 oz. / 5 gallon. Question: I want to cut down all the trees in my yard and replace them with fruit trees. My wife says it’ll be too ugly for the first two years and too much work after. What do you think? RUBY: No bullshit here, my sister’s a florist and this will kill her, but plants you can’t eat are a waste of cultivable soil that could be used for edible plants. So, fruit. Fruit the fucking shit out of your yard. You want fresh fruit? BAM, you got it. Jams? Buy a few jars and then POOF, Smucker’s is for assholes. Need another hobby? Ferment it and make wine ya dingus! Let’s see your azaleas do that.
NUVO.NET/FOOD Visit nuvo.net/food for complete restaurant listings, reviews and more. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // FOOD 25
THIS WEEK
$5
WE'VE MOVED FROM NORA, AND ARE NOW LOCATED IN CARMEL.
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
OFF
food purchase of $25 or more
Please Stop In, and Enjoy our Great Mouth Watering Menu!
Valid with coupon everyday. Not valid with other promotions or specials. Limit one per table/visit. Excluding alcohol, tax and gratuity. Expires 06/30/2015
Try our delicious Sushi and Pho special!
Asian Cuisine & Sushi | Dine-in or Carry-out | 12297 N. Meridian St., Carmel, IN | 317.848.1888
BEST OF INDY WINNER FOR 19 YEARS RUNNING!
BEST INDIAN CUISINE For more information or to view our menu visit THANK YOU INDIANAPOLIS FOR www.indiagardenindy.com DELIVERY AVAILABLE ALL DAY!
#
To show our appreciation we offer the following coupons:
Expires: 06/24/15
Expires: 06/24/15
BROAD RIPPLE 830 Broad Ripple Ave. 253-6060
21 GREAT YEARS!
Expires: 06/24/15
DOWNTOWN 207 N. Delaware St. 634-6060
Get your fix
NEWSLETTERS
ASK RENEE • ILG • FOOD PROMO • MUSIC • ARTS
sign up at
NUVO.NET 26 FOOD // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
PHOTO BY ALLIE McFEE
Allie’s guide to getting good nutrition is easy: Just eat lots of color.
RECIPE
MEGA RAINBOW SALAD Serves: 2
“Taste the Rainbow!” You probably recognize this as the Skittles tagline to get you to eat more dyed sugar in their chewy candy. However, you can taste the entire rainbow you need from fruits and vegetables made from Mother Earth, not in a lab! Eating a rainbow of colored fruits and vegetables provides a spectrum of vitamins and phytonutrients essential for protecting cells against free radical damage. Each food color naturally found in the pigments of fruits and vegetables has a specific nutrient. Thus, eating a rainbow of colors provides a satiating, balanced meal. Also, studies show that food that is rich in a variety of colors is sensory pleasing, which may cause more satisfaction with the meal. My Mega Rainbow Salad is a delightful nourishing dinner meal, loaded with hemp seeds on top for additional protein. Hemp seeds contain all amino acids, making it a complete protein. Top off this salad with some balsamic vinegar and oil, and you have a beautiful and easy meal. Tip: I make extra batches of shredded veggies that I store in separate containers in my fridge. Throughout the week, I will use the pre-shredded veggies to top salads for a quick dinner fix.
BUY IT:
MAKE IT:
1 medium tomato, sliced 1 large carrot, shredded 1/2 yellow pepper, julienned 1/2 avocado, sliced 1/3 cup blackberry 1/3 cup shredded purple cabbage 1/3 cup shredded daikon radish 3 cups mixed greens 2 tablespoons hemp seeds Mixed balsamic and olive oil for dressing (to taste)
Slice tomato and avocado and set aside. Shred each vegetable separately in the food processor with the grater blade and set aside. Place 3 cups mixed greens in a large bowl. Starting with tomato and finishing with daikon radish, put each vegetable/fruit ingredient listed on top of the greens in separate sections to create a rainbow of colors. Lastly, top with hemp seed, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil. — ALLIE McFEE
’S NIGHTCRAWLER: CORY LANE SUTTON @nuvonightcrawler
NUVO Marketing Intern Marketing Major at IUPUI Kelley School of Business
NIGHTCRAWLER 1
SHOTS
2
SO YOUR PIC DIDN’T MAKE IT IN PRINT? The rest of these photos and hundreds more always available online:
nuvo.net/nightcrawler PHOTOS BY CORY LANE SUTTON
1 Aside from the spacious patio, The Monkey’s Tale offers a lively and eccentric dive bar.
3
2 Come out to The Monkey’s Tale to
take part in karaoke every Friday Night!
3 These regulars swear by ending their night out at Connor’s Pub.
4
This hidden gem can be found on the North Side of the Broad Ripple Village, and is the perfect place to cap your night out.
4
*NUVO’s Nightcrawler is a promotional initiative produced in conjunction with NUVO’s Street Team and Promotions department.
MONDAYS
Margarita Mondays Tequila Tastings featuring 70+ different flavors
SUNDAYS
Funny Sundays FREE ADMISSION
2 drink minimum 18% gratuity included
3855 E. 96th Street, 46240 317-218-3186 MON - WED 11AM - 11PM THURS - SAT 11AM - 3 AM SUN BRUNCH 10 AM - 3 PM SUN 10 AM - 10 PM
St. Anthony Parish
349 N. Warman Ave., Indy, IN 46222 NEXT EVENT: Saturday, June 20 Crossroads of the Americas Festival
CLOSED CERTAIN HOLIDAYS (CALL FOR INFO) OVER 21 AFTER 10PM
NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // NIGHTCRAWLER 27
NIGHTCRAWLER
Q+A
NIGHTCRAWLER ONLINE Nightcrawler and NUVO followers were also asked: If Indianapolis won an award, what would it be? Here is what they had to say:
If Indianapolis won an award, what would it be?
KIMBERLY RAE
@KimberaeXoXo
Cleanest big city
THATDICKSCOTT @ThatDickScott
AMY B. Carmel World class healthcare
ANDY H. Broad Ripple Most socially backwards
COURTNEY S. Pike Greatest dive bars
DAVE J. La Porte Funnest city to live in
JACOB S. Castleton Most all around American city
JOHN Y. Broad Ripple Best city to host a major sporting event
Fattest city. didn’t we already win that one? BECKY PLANT
@becky_plant01
best racing city
MTGKNIFER
@MTGKnifer
The city most trying to not be like the rest of the state it occupies. Or the Alec Baldwin award.
MISSED THE NIGHTCRAWLER? KAYLIN D. Westfield Most family friendly
KEVIN S. Castleton Best LGBTQ community
KRYSTLE S. Broad Ripple Biggest city with a small town feel
28 NIGHTCRAWLER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
LYNDE W. Carmel The city of amenities
SHAWN S. Evansville Heart and soul of America
SONDRA L. Anna Maria Island Most hospitable
FIND HIM ONLINE!
ANSWER THE QUESTION OR JUST FIND OUT WHERE HE’LL BE NEXT! @NUVO_Promo #NUVONightCrawler @NUVOIndy /NUVOPromotions
MUSIC
ZAPPED!
M
TINY CHATS THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
MAGIC PIXIES
CLASSIFIEDS
Cosmic Microwave Radio brings experimental sounds to GPC
BY JILL Y WE ISS MUSIC@NU VO . N ET
y brilliant, talented, completely wacko friend Matt tries to talk to me about science. He tells me things like how one percent of the “snow” on unused analog television channels is created by vibrations left over from the Big Bang. Now, as one of the mad scientists behind the experimental noise night Cosmic Microwave Radio, he is taking the concept of something like this snow — a background noise coming to us from the depths of space — and putting it in front of their listeners' faces with performances from experimental noise artists. Stay with me and I promise no more science. In a lot of ways, it’s easier to say what Cosmic Microwave Radio isn’t. The artists who are invited to perform at CMR aren’t making accessible, structured, or marketable music. There is a nebulous, undefined quality to what they’re doing, that makes it really exciting. Anything could happen at CMR. The event's founders Matt Hagan, Jim Kincaid, and Neal Cunningham chatted with me before Saturday's show at General Public Collective. NUVO: Explain the concept behind CMR. JIM KINCAID: Cosmic Microwave Radio is us highlighting and harnessing that background and noise and making it something to tune in to. It’s not AM/FM, it's something more ancient that scratches through the static between stations. MATT HAGAN: [Last summer] Musical Family Tree hosted a Noise-A-Thon. It reminded me of my noise roots and the fact that this city had a noise deficit. I wanted to take direct action to add to the diversity of my community and my personal community is defined by music. NEAL CUNNINGHAM: Personally, I wanted a strange sort of audio-visual experience that didn't really have a theme or fall under any specific musical guidelines. My friends and I had all been dabbling loosely in manipulating sampled sounds and circuit bending, and after I slept on that first MFT Noise-A-Thon event I decided I'd have to find something else to do until the next one came around.
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Shots from the last CMR broadcast LIVE
COSMIC MICROWAVE RADIO
W H E N: S A T U R D A Y, J U N E 13, 9 P.M. W H E R E: G E N E R A L P U B L I C C O L L E C T I V E, 1060 V I R G I N I A A V E. T I C K E T S: FREE, A L L-A G E S
Not long after that I ended up spending more time with Matt and Jim, talking about how we could bring this thing to life with sounds, lights, and other visuals. NUVO: Why the focus on experimental music? HAGAN: I honestly believe that the intended act of experimentation in music adds to the nebulous clouds of possibilities in people’s minds, assisting in evolution, filling the pond with Vitamin Weird. I find the term “experimental” beautiful because unlike most words it applies to the formless nature of an undefined thing. KINCAID: Anything original comes from pure experimentation. And some never leave that realm; it can be very fulfilling. NUVO: And how do you define what makes something experimental? JIM: Anything pure, original, random, free, full of life.
HAGAN: I think the most telling factor is a degree of dissonance, be it in composition or execution, that is far beyond anything one would hear or experience in the commercial system.
This truly is the summer of the ‘90s, isn’t it? Just this week, Indy’s nabbed shows by The BoDeans, Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets, and Rob Thomas. But trumping them all is Pixies, who will stop in (sans Kim Deal, sadly) Saturday at Old National Centre. We nabbed a couple minutes on the phone with drummer David Lovering and guitarist Joey Santiago – the mercurial Black Francis and new bassist Paz Lenchann were otherwise engaged – before Saturday’s show. Lovering and Santiago are both interesting, creative fellows. In between Pixies tours (and during that 10-year long breakup) Lovering has perfected a magic act. Yes, we mean actual magic. And he’s quite good! “Of course, the truest thing you can ever do is be yourself,” he said of his magical onstage persona the Scientific Phenomenalist. “[My persona] is everything combined of what I love and do, which is science and physics. So I would find the wildest physics experiments – things like blowing smoke rings, making pickles glow with 110 volts – all of these things that were common, really wild physics things that a lot of people didn’t see in high school. People love smoke and fire, anyway.” And Santiago spent time working on scores for film and TV. “Several people told me when the Pixies disbanded that the obvious next step for me was to do music for film and TV, because that’s basically what I did with the Pixies – provided that atmosphere. So it works both ways, I guess. It was a natural progression for me to go to film, and the Pixies is obviously part of my DNA, so they both influence each other.” — KATHERINE COPLEN Pixies with Olivia Jean, Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., Saturday, June 13, 8 p.m. all-ages
NUVO: How do you choose the artists to perform at CMR? HAGAN: This is the most uncomfortable aspect of the whole endeavor as I feel, and [have] read a few neurological studies, that sound preference is subjective and [that] acceptable levels of dissonance increase with exposure. I have to use my limited resources to wheedle out what I take as genuine exploration and individuation on the part of the performer. ... I would love to eventually achieve a good mix of local and national acts. NUVO: Will you choose a different venue for each performance? HAGAN: Not necessarily, because this crew has been threatening to make a rolling venue. KINCAID: I have a background in mobile audio and video and we would love to have a trailer or vehicle with all of our performance aspects (lights, video, sound, etc.) So we could do this anywhere anytime. Who doesn't like hanging out in a parking lot? S E E , M I C R O W A V E , O N P A GE 3 0
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Pixies
NUVO.NET/MUSIC Visit nuvo.net/music for complete event listings, reviews and more. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // MUSIC 29
THIS WEEK
VOICES
MICROWAVE,
NEWS
ARTS
F R O M P A G E 29
DIVINE MIND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Presents
DIVINE MIND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP Presents
NUVO: So Jim, you’re creating all the visual art for CMR. Tell me about what media you work in and how you got started.
WHERE:
Athenaeum Theater 407 E Michigan St WHEN:
June 14, 2015 • 5:00 PM
HOSTED BY:
Baby Dookie ADMISSION:
$10.00 in advance $15.00 at the door
To order tickets or table seating online please visit www.SKsTheName.com For tickets call 317.721.3631 or 317.602.9139 30 MUSIC // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
KINCAID: When we decided to do this I ordered one of the old video mixers like I used back in the day. We decided to keep it kind of lo-fi in order to get some of the grit and randomness of it all. Now [a] days computers give us all of the options in glorious HD and surround sound. There's something to say for working out of the box on a relatively limited piece of hardware. It helps me focus more on the performance and feel than considering all of my options. I also collaborate with friends like Michael Hathaway and Daniel Wood for videos they've made. Michael does 3D environments and Daniel has a great eye for super close shots of everyday items that create great textures. A lot of those images get chromakeyed in a high contrast mode and layer over the other live feeds. I like to release the horizontal or vertical hold and let them stream across the screen. I'll do the same thing with various visualizers. I like using the visualizers because they can be triggered by the audio. I also use various lights that I can trigger off audio. When all of these layers of performance, multiple cameras, video effects, visualizers, and lights come together it's great. My goal is to create a breathing aura for the artist to exist in for their performance. They get real-time feedback from the room and can really get in to their performance. And that translates to a great video and experience for all. It's really intense and most of us are next to speechless when it's all over. NUVO: And Neal, you’re the main audio engineer. How are you setting up to stream and record the performances? CUNNINGHAM: I usually handle almost every aspect of the audio for the show. I set up a control station where I'm able to manage the live room sound, streaming audio, and recorded audio. The board audio feed from the live performance is what gets sent to the online stream then our room mics as well as live board feed get recorded to a laptop with Ableton. Being able to record and mix your own material to a certain extent is almost
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
a requirement these days, and I really enjoy capturing the CMR performances. NUVO: So to see the whole show, you have to attend or watch the live stream, right? Will these performances be archived in any other way besides YouTube? Like maybe cassette or something? CUNNINGHAM: We're hoping to begin archiving these things very soon, and posting various media for everyone to enjoy. I'm a huge fan of cassettes, so I'd like to think that some kind of a CMR compilation is not too far off in the distant future. HAGAN: I chose to stream the show to allow the visual manipulations to have a real platform and as an homage to BadTaste [a daring noise collective and label from Muncie] and their first Indiana noise stream. SUBMITTED PHOTO
NUVO: So what do you hope people will get out of attending the next event on the 13? KINCAID: A buzz and a little enlightenment. It's a very spiritual experience for us and the attendees/viewers. The live show is where its at but the stream is a great option for those that can't share our time and space. There's nothing to interpret here except whatever you take from it. HAGAN: Manifest freedom. n
Matt Hagan describes each of the artists on the show thusly: stAllio! “Glitch art pioneer stAllio! will premiere some of his latest loop-based sound collage, in a rare hometown appearance.” Baconhanger “An occult-themed hardcore electronic music producer from central Indiana who utilizes circuit bending, sound design, field recordings and horror movie samples into his production.” Magician Johnson “Naptown face with a Btown booty. Brilliant music by a brilliant artist.” Dr. Butcher M.D. “Eldritch electricultronics, sickadelic breakcorror and necro electro.” Mr Freedom: “Mr. Freedom is the perfect soundtrack to your next out-of-body experience or midnight drive.” Exploding Head Scene “A psychedelic happening featuring live tape collage, absurdist poetics, gadgetry and exploding heads.
THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
The
SOLO ‘STEPPIN
Phish’s Mike Gordon in Indy with Overstep
M
BY A L A N SC U L L E Y MUSIC@NUVO . N ET
ike Gordon was talking through the songwriting process for his most recent solo album, Overstep when he thought of a quote from singer-songwriting great John Prine. “John Prine said you don’t write songs,” Gordon recalled. “You edit.” That observation seems to fit the experience Gordon and his songwriting partner on the project, Scott Murawski, had in creating the dozen songs that make up Overstep. This wasn’t a project where Gordon (who, of course, is famous for being the bassist in Phish) and Murawski (guitarist in the longrunning band Max Creek) saw song ideas come flooding out, producing the bulk of an album in a big burst of inspiration. Instead, Gordon and Murawski frequently found themselves pausing or concluding writing sessions feeling uncertain about the results. “I think what happened is, I don’t know, maybe I wasn’t sensing the progress as it was happening,” Gordon explained in an early June phone interview. “But often by the middle it would feel like, or even when we were getting ready to leave, did we do anything here? And I think that’s just an example of losing perspective because then I would drive away or listen to the stuff a week later or something and just see that ‘Oh my god, this is just great. I didn’t think we had anything usable, and this is already more than an album’s worth’ or something like that.” So much of the process of forming the Overstep album followed the Prine model of rewriting and refining songs over time, gradually honing the parts that made the material shine. “We kept revisiting some things. It’s really interesting to see how things would change,” Gordon said, citing the song “Yarmouth Road” as an example. “It changed really radically more than once, rhythmically, lyrically, in terms of the topic, in terms of the process.” A good deal of sweat and time was devoted to that process, but Gordon feels it was worth the effort. “Now that Overstep is done, it’s a testament to how much fun we did have,” Gordon said. “We are really proud of Overstep and how it came out. It just feels so much more developed than anything I’ve ever done.” Gordon’s feelings about Overstep are justified. There are some lighter, blissedout tunes, like the winding, folk-inflected
Dugout
Patio Now
Open
best in town
tenderloin daily
Fresh Seafood saturday & sunday Now Serving
Breakfast 11am-2am • mon-fri 9am-2am • sat 9am-midnight • sun SUBMITTED PHOTO
Mike Gordon LIVE
MIKE GORDON
621 Virginia Ave Indianapolis, IN 46203 317-916-1514
WHEN: FRIDAY, JUN 12, 8 P.M. WHERE: OLD NATIONAL CENTRE, 502 N. NEW JERSEY ST. TICKETS: $27.50, ALL-AGES
gem, “Ether” and the reggae-tinged “Yarmouth Road.” But much of Overstep rocks, as the album features several hooky, fairly concise tunes that pack a pleasant punch, including “Tiny Little World,” “Say Something” and “Face.” Overstep is the fourth solo album Gordon has released – he also did two albums with guitarist/singer Leo Kottke – and although it’s been out since February 2014, he’s back on tour this June, giving fans another chance to hear how songs from Overstep (as well as other material) sound on stage. This set of dates, Gordon said, is something of a continuation of a very successful and rewarding tour he did last year in support of Overstep. After the tour wraps at the end of June, Gordon will gear up for Phish’s summer tour, which runs from late July into September. The hugely popular jam band, which broke up in 2004, but regrouped in 2009, released an excellent studio album, Fuego, in 2014. Gordon said he and his bandmates, Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell and Jon Fishman, are enjoying making new music and playing live, and have found to fit Phish and outside projects into their lives. “It’s pretty great, actually. There’s a delicately crafted symbiosis going because these things feed each other,” Gordon said. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // MUSIC 31
THIS WEEK
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
700 WEST’S MOE GETS REISSUE
W THE GRANVILLE & THE WINDEMERE
MUST
SEE
IN BROAD RIPPLE
THE MAPLE COURT IN BROAD RIPPLE
Large 2BR
RENTS REDUCED TO $600! TENANT PAYS UTILITIES.
1BR & 2BR/1BA Apartments in the heart of BR Village. Great Dining, Entertainment & Shopping at your doorstep. On-site laundries & free storage. RENTS RANGE FROM $575-$625 WTR-SWR & HEAT PAID.
ASK ABOUT OUR MOVE IN SPECIALS! CALL 317-257-5770 @tremendouskat
Sunday Nights 10:00 on
!
32 MUSIC // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
A CULTURAL MANIFESTO
hen we compiled our list of the 100 Best Hoosier albums ever released last year, four LPs on that list came from New Palestine resident Moe Whittemore's 700 West studio. Among those four Whittemore-produced entries were Beech Grove psych rockers Zerfas, Indy funk greats Amnesty, proto-metal pioneers Primevil and Whittemore's own 1976 solo outing First Album. First Album is the subject of an excellent new reissue package on the Greek label Anazitisi Records. I caught up with Whittemore to talk about the LP's return. You can catch my full interview with Whittemore along with music samples on the radio edition of Cultural Manifesto this Wednesday at 9pm on WFYI 90.1. NUVO: During the 1970s you ran the 700 West studio out of your house. It's not a particularly large house, and I was fascinated to see that you'd used the living room area as the recording space for the tremendous catalog of music you produced. Since visiting you, I've always been curious what was it like raising a family while the loudest rock bands in Indiana were playing in your living room? MOE WHITTEMORE: The family eventually got used to it. I remember my daughter had a China horse collection on a shelf in her bedroom which was located above the area where the groups used to play. I was recording a band called Dutch. They were extremely loud and the horses just walked right off the shelf and smashed on the floor. Yeah, they were loud. [laughs] The other thing that would freak them out was the horn overdubs. You wouldn't have any loud music, then all the sudden out of nowhere at two o'clock in the morning you'd here "ba-da-da-ba-dadaaa." But the hardest part was keeping the kids quiet during acoustic gigs. "No TV and shut off the dishwasher!" During acoustic gigs I'd even shut off the furnace so we could get it as quiet as possible. The kids loved it. They still talk about it. It gave them an appreciation for a lot of different kinds of music. We recorded bluegrass, white gospel, black gospel, we had a Vietnamese group come out, and we even did audition tapes for classical musicians trying to get into Juilliard. NUVO: Anazitisi Records in Greece has just reissued your 1976 solo LP First Album in a really beautiful package. There are liner notes, lyrics, archival photos, and you even unearthed some previously
WITH KYLE LONG KLONG@NUVO.NET Kyle Long’s music, which features off-the-radar rhythms from around the world, has brought an international flavor to the local dance music scene.
Moe Whittemore
PHOTO BY ARTUR SILVA
unreleased bonus material. One of the things I find most interesting about First Album is the diversity of sounds on the LP. It's almost aggressively eclectic. There are several experimental art rock pieces featuring your "electric oboe" that recall Eno or Soft Machine. There are electronic sounds, straight up country tunes, and even a sweet soul ballad "Check Me Out." WHITTEMORE: Each track was an experiment. "Well, let's try writing in phrygian mode. Let's try the cycle of fifths." In fact "Check Me Out" was written in a cycle of fifths, which is why it never quite seems to finish up. It just keeps going. This was left over from my music schooling. There's a track written in 5/4 time. [That] was influenced by the Sons of Champlin, who were one of my favorite groups from that period. Why is the album so eclectic though? I don't know, I guess I just listened to a lot of different music. That album is a collection of publisher's demos. It was stuff I'd sent out trying to get placed. I'd play some of the music to musicians who came out to the studio to record and they'd say, "Wow, you gotta put that out." But jeez I didn't have any money. So I pressed 200 copies which was the minimum order you could place. n >> Kyle Long broadcasts weekly on WFYI 90.1 FM Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
SOUNDCHECK
The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $25 - $75, 21+ GOODBYES
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Hozier, Thursday at the Farm Bureau Lawn at White River State Park
NUVO.NET/SOUNDCHECK SUBMIT YOUR EVENT AT NUVO.NET/EVENT DENOTES EDITOR’S PICK
WEDNESDAY ‘90S Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets 7 p.m. When we got Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner on the phone in May, we had one big question: What happened in the late ‘80s in Minneapolis that catapulted so many bands [Husker Du, The Replacements, his own band] to stardom? What made the scene gel? “The first thing that comes to my mind is long, cold winters,” Pirner said. “The reason why we were able to create a scene that supported itself was because there was very little separatism in the elements of, I guess what I would call punk music, at the time.” We’ve got much more from Pirner online at NUVO.net. Biergarten at The Rathskeller, 401 E. Michigan St., $20 in advance, $25 at doors, 21+ WEEKLY In Concert with Nature 6 p.m. Things get jammy at this Eagle Creek series, featuring Flatland Harmony Experiment and Hogeye Navvy in the first two slots of the season. This event alternates on Wednesdays with Jazz on the Point.
Eagle Creek Park Marina, 7602 Walnut Point Drive, FREE, all-ages Pet Sun, Hex Mundi, Video Grave, Melody Inn, 21+ Way Back Wednesday, Tiki Bob’s, 21+ Summer Garden Music Series, Indianapolis Public Library, all-ages Craig B. Moore and The Invaders, Skyline Drive-In, all-ages Jeff Austin Band, The Vogue, 21+ The Shadowboxers, The Hi-Fi, 21+ The Zoltars, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ The Funk Quarter, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Particle, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+
THURSDAY LEGENDS Heart 8 p.m. We love the sisters Wilson in Heart more than just about anything, and we want Indy to treat them better than it did 30 or so years ago. “I remember playing in Indianapolis and being turned away from a bar because we were women,” she told us in a 2013 phone interview. “It was a gent’s club. We’d never heard anything like that before, out West. They didn’t want any chicks in there jabbering away. They wanted a place for a guy to
go, have a beer, and not have to worry about women.” INDY. NEVER AGAIN WILL YOU TURN AWAY THE WILSON SISTERS. Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., prices vary, all-ages FOLK Hozier, Dawes 8 p.m. Sure, you might be burned out on Hozier because of his total radio takeover with “Take Me To Church,” but we implore you to give the rest of his Grammy-nominated debut album a listen. Tracks like “Someone New” and “Work Song” are way better than his inescapable hit. Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St., prices vary, all-ages ‘90S The BoDeans 5 p.m. Remember all the BoDeans shoutouts on 30 Rock? Ah, the glory days of NBC Thursday night comedy. Biergarten at The Rathskeller, 401 E. Michigan St.,$20 in advance, $25 at door, 21+ PRIDE Girl Pride 2015 8 p.m. This Pride event features Ivy Levan, Chely Wright, The Vallures, Crackhead Patty, Cirque Indy, Angel Burlesque, Lola Palooza and Girl Pride DJs. It’s a perfect, ladies-centric way to celebrate Pride.
Pattern is Movement Farewell Tour 7:30 p.m. Just a little under a year after their last stop in Indy with a new, self-titled album, Philly electro-emotional duo Pattern Is Movement is saying bye bye to their years-long collaborative project. When we spoke to drummer Chris Ward last year he said, “ this record feels like a culmination for Andrew and I. It feels representative of what who we are now and who we were as children, because we’ve been making music since we were kids. So there’s this past and present vibe with it that’s kind of nice. I think calling [the new album] Pattern Is Movement spoke to this culmination.” Metavari and Sedcairn Archives will open. Joyful Noise Recordings, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 208, $10, all-ages $$$ Musical Family Tree Fundraiser 9 p.m. MFT does well to celebrate their excellent all-local online archive at this excellent all-local show featuring Oreo Jones, SIrius Blvck, Digital Dots, Jorma Whittaker, Rachel & Jonny. Wild Cherry Pappas will DJ. White Rabbit Cabaret, 1116 E. Prospect St., $5, 21+
ALL-AGES Sad but Rad Fest ‘15 4 p.m. We’ve only got space to list all the awesome acts at this great fest hosted by, AHEM, our 2015 Cultural Vision Award in the Category of Music! Check it: Coma Regalia, Android 18, Remo Drive, Goodnight Goillas, Tantive IV, Moonshrine, Modern Hearts, Crack Lung, Daniel Sadcliffe, Bad Ficiton and Sonoira will take the stage. Hoosier Dome, 1627 Prospect St., $5, all-ages SEASONAL Cool Creek Concert Series 6 p.m. A gorgeous locale and chill lineup makes the Cool Creek Concert Series a winner for your on select Fridays. This summer Polka Boy, Zanna-Doo!, Cook and Belle, The Flying Toasters and Toy Factory will take the stage. Cool Creek Park, 2000 E. 151st St., all-ages Hillbilly Happy Hour with The Cousin Brothers and The Mooreland Bobcats, Melody Inn, 21+ The Dirty Creeps, Brother O’ Brother, Sugar Moon Rabbit, Melody Inn, 21+ Charlie Ballantine Group Album Release, The Chatterbox, 21+ Busman’s Holiday, BRNDA, Teen Moms, The Bishop (Bloomington), 21+ Turquoise Jeep, The Hi-Fi, 21+
Mike Godon, Deluxe at Old National Centre, all-ages Richard Elliot, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Jake Dodds, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Summer Music Festival, Holy Angels Church and School, 21+ Cashae, Saxony, 21+ ISH Album Release, The Silver Center, all-ages Zanna Doo, The Rathskeller, 21+
SATURDAY FEST 41st Annual Eagle Creek Folk Festival Saturday – Sunday Sponsored by the Central Indiana Folk Music & Mountain Dulcimer Society, this festival features performances by members of the Society, local musicians and guest performers. There are workshops and jam sessions too. Eagle Creek Park Marina Stage, 7840 W. 56th St., free after park admission, all-ages DANCE Free spirits noon 1/2 brunch, 1/2 day party. Unlimited brunch catered by Grubhouse and bottomless mimosas from 12-3 p.m. Music by DJ Bandcamp. Fashion forward dress code. Blu Lounge, 240 S. Meridian St., $25 in advance, 21+
Blue Moon Revue, Marbin, Former Friends of Young Americans, Melody Inn, 21+ No Cover Songwriter’s Showcase First Night with Ryan Brewer, Tony and Jenna Epkey, Joe Augustin, Zydeco’s Cajun, all-ages The Last Tycoon, Union 50, 21+ Dan and Hank, Shoefly Public House, all-ages Goodbye June, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Stella Luna and The Satellites, Meadowood Park, all-ages
FRIDAY LOCAL LABELS The War On Drugs 8 p.m. The War On Drugs were hot contenders for critics choice of the year with last year’s release Lost In The Dream on local label Secretly Canadian. The Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $20 in advance, $22 at doors, 21+
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Meat Puppets, Wednesday at Rathskeller Biergarten
NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // MUSIC 33
Punk Rock Night Surf Night with The Madeira, The Revomatics, The Amp Fibians, Melody Inn, 21+
SOUNDCHECK LISTENING PARTY
Bill Yates and The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band, Bill Monroe Memoial Music Park and Campground (Bean Blossom), all-ages
Avant Brunch featuring Son Lux and Cef Andrew Whitmoyer 10 a.m. Tickets to this brunch listening party are extremely limited, so snag one the second you see this if you’re a big Son Lux fan (and who isn’t?!). You’ll get: four courses prepared by Thunderbird chef Andrew Whitmoyer, plus one of the first listens to Son Lux’s new record Bones, a digital download of the record and a signed copy of the menu by the chef. Fancy! Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, $35 for IMA members, $50 for public, all-ages FESTS IMAF noon See our profile on this awesome arts and music event on page 19. Harrison Center for the Arts, 1505 Delaware St., FREE, all-ages INTERVIEWS Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals 7 p.m. We spoke with two members of Ben Harper’s recently reunited band The Innocent Criminals, bassist Juan Nelson and drummer Oliver Charles. Bassists and drummers have a special relationship as the rhythm section of the band, so, naturally, we asked them about playing with each other for the first time. “Very early on, from basically the first rehearsal, Juan definitely took me under his wing,” Charles said. “From the moment I met him, my playing changed dramatically. He was more like a father figure. He had a lot of wisdom to give me back then, as a man and as a musician.” Juan on Oliver: “The chemistry thing, it can’t be denied. Oliver at the time [we hired him] was 18 years old, going on 19 years old. He had a lot of maturity about his playing. It made it really easy [to pick him]. We hit it off right away.” We’ve got much more from the rhythm dudes online at NUVO.net. Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St., all-ages TRIBUTES Idol Kings 7 p.m. The Southside winery hosts events every summer, but THIS sum-
SUNDAY FESTS
Charlie Ballantine, Friday at Chatterbox mer they’ve got a brand new stage to showcase bands like Idol Kings, who delightfully cover the music of Journey, John Mellencamp and Tom Petty. Mallow Run Winery, 6964 W. Whiteland Road, $15 in advance, $20 at door, all-ages FOLK Maiden Radio 8 p.m. This band features three solo singers Julia Purcell, Cheyenne Mize and Joan Shelley, who, with their powers combined, become Maiden Radio. They perform a combo of traditional Kentucky tunes and originals. The Warehouse, 254 1st Ave. SW, $15 in advance, $20 at doors, all-ages ROOTS Lucinda Williams 8 p.m. Sweet Lucinda, we love you. The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $30, 21+ LOCAL Heidi Lynne Gluck 9 p.m. This is the first chance to see Gluck play her new solo EP The Only Girl in the Room, but chances are you’ve heard her play before. She’s a sought-after player with parts on releases from Margot and The Nuclear So and So’s and Lily and Madeleine. Fellow Lil and Mad collaborator Kenny Childers will perform as Gentleman Caller, in
34 MUSIC // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
SUBMITTED PHOTO
addition to Caleb McCoach — from whom we’re eagerly expecting new material.
4th Annual Irvington Folk Festival June 14-20, times vary This fun folk fest is finally four! Okay, no more excuses for alliteration. Seriously, though, plan to pop in and out of the Irvington Folk Festival throughout the week at many of their free and all-ages events. Saturday’s concluding festivities feature The Half Step Sisters, Flatland Harmony Experiment, Scott Ballantine & Andra Faye, Martine Locke and Blue Collar Bluegrass. A full schedule is available online. Various locations in Irvington, prices vary, all-ages
The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $7, 21+
Stock Footage, Dog Brother, Whosah, Melody Inn, 21+
HIP-HOP
MAE, Mike Mains and The Branches, All Get Out, Emerson Theater, all-ages
A Night of Sacred Game 10 p.m. This show is the local hip-hop pick of the week, featuring Mr. Sacred Games themselves, Grey Granite and Sirius Blvck, plus Pope Adrian Bless, Bored Paigedo, R Juna, Indiana Chief and Blu. Sam’s Silver Circle, 1102 Fletcher Ave., $1, 21+ Pre-Punk Rock Night Early Show with Stockwell Road, Melody Inn, 21+ Phases, Rev//Rev, Chieftan, State Street Pub, all-ages Cosmics Microwave Radio, General Public Collective, all-ages Sweater Vest, The Mousetrap, 21+ Pixies, Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, all-ages Max Allen Band, Union 50, 21+ Clearance, Plateau Below, Winslow, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ Michel’le, Athenaeum, all-ages Circle City Sound chous, Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, all-ages Antigone Rising, Biergarten at the Rathskeller, 21+ Davina and The Vagabonds, The Jazz Kitchen, 21+
MONDAY FOLK Hiss Golden Messenger 9 p.m. MC Taylor slayed his Pitstop Music Fest headlining appearance this spring, with jammier versions of tracks from his killer LP Lateness of Dancers, plus a rousing singalong version of “Drum Song.” By his own admission, Taylor is a big fan of Indiana. In a pre-Pitstop interview, he said, “There’s something about that part of the world in independent music that is really resonant for me. Mainly because of people like Nat and Chris Swanson and Secretly Canadian.” We’ll take you any time you want to visit, MC. (PS: Don’t miss his awesome split with Hoosier artist Elephant Micah. They each recorded one another’s songs, and Taylor’s interpretation of Micah’s “My Cousin’s King” is one of the best covers we’ve ever heard.) The Hi-Fi, 143 Virginia Ave. Ste. 4, $10, 21+
TUESDAY ‘90S
Rob Zombie, Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park, all-ages
Rob Thomas, Plain White T’s 7:30 p.m. Here’s a bit from our Q&A with Matchbox 20’s Rob Thomas; the full chat resides online at NUVO.net.
75 Minutes to Fame, The Athenaeum Theatre, all-ages
NUVO: You obviously do your
Chappo, The Hi-Fi, 21+
Todd Harold Group, Watkins Park, all-ages Cadillac Scott and The Snakehandlers, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Midwest Rhythm Exchange, Union 50, 21+
solo work, you’ve got Matchbox 20 and you have collaborations with other artists. Creatively what do you get from each work that’s different and how easy is it for you to flip between the different projects like that?
BARFLY BY WAYNE BERTSCH
THOMAS: I think it’s easy for me in
the sense that I’m always starting off at the writing phase. It’s not like I have to put on a different hat or become someone different to do these things. It’s more like if I’m working with someone it’s because I want a little piece of who they are and they want a little piece of who I am. You don’t have to change who you are. In fact, I think if you did, it would ruin the whole thing. Most of the time, there’s nothing career-ist about it. If you get a chance to work with Mick Jagger or Willie Nelson or Carlos Santana, you just fucking do it because you can. You’re blown away that they asked you. — BRIAN WEISS
Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., prices vary, all-ages ROCK JEFF The Brotherhood 9 p.m. Jake and Jamin have toured and recorded relentlessly ever since JEFF The Brotherhood began, releasing seven studio albums (including 2012’s Dan Auerbach-produced Hypnotic Nights), a live record and a large stack of singles and EPs, and building up a rabid cult following in the process. But with Wasted On The Dream, JEFF The Brotherhood have come up with a potent record that will tickle the fancy (and eardrums) of a much larger audience while still bringing their loyal fans along for a raucous ride. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $14, 21+ Knox Hamilton, The Rathskeller, 21+ NUVO.NET/SOUNDCHECK
SEXDOC THIS WEEK
VOICES
EXCERPTS FROM OUR ONLINE COLUMN “ASK THE SEX DOC” W
e’re back with our resident sex doctor, Dr. Debby Herbenick of Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute. To see even more, go to nuvo.net!
Novelty needs I’m just looking for new bedroom ideas. Anything at all. My lady and I are open-minded and even a little kinky, but even people like us run out of things to try. Any ideas? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Make a little sleeve for your dick that makes it look like Godzilla and have her hold her vagina open and closed and pretend it’s screaming in Japanese, Ace Ventura-style. Get one of those white suits and a captain’s hat and some lingerie and play Sexy Sea Captain and his Lacy Lady and ask her to “invite you aboard.” Mine will mostly involve a lot of elaborate costuming and maybe some scripting, so I’m pretty sure you’re going to want to defer to Debby on this one. DR. D: Not knowing what you’ve tried, I’d recommend books like Moregasm, Great in Bed, and various erotic books like Sex Toy Tales and anything by Rachel Kramer Bussel. There are endless ideas in books like these and the short erotic stories may give you not only concrete ideas for sex play but ideas for how to incorporate them into your larger relationship or day-to-day life.
Ohm, Brother I want to try kama sutra. My boyfriend definitely doesn’t (it’s “too weird”). How do I get him to come around? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Does he know that Kama sutra, compared to the images and lifestyles the internet has wrought, is the most boring thing you could do with your partner in bed? It’s basically two-person sex yoga in that it’s sweaty and it makes you aware of how inflexible your hips really are. The whole Kama sutra is a huge tome, and it’s a fun read just so you can understand that all kinds of sex have been around for a long time. As far as the sex goes, though, you can give him a hearty eye roll on my behalf.
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
DR. DEBBY HERBENICK & SARAH MURRELL DR. D: The Kama sutra — at least the way most people in contemporary times use it — is simply a book of different sexual positions and styles. You could get something as fun as the Pop Up Kama Sutra to make it sort of light and cheeky and then try out the different sex positions. On the other hand, if you are looking to get into the classic Kama sutra (“The Complete Kama Sutra: The First Unabridged Modern Translation of the Classic Indian Text”) then you may want to read through it first and see what you’re asking your boyfriend to try, as it’s far more than just acrobatic sex positions, but also includes passages related to prostitution, group sex, having sex with other people’s partners, and so on. And that’s a bigger conversation than just switching it up lightly in the bedroom.
Bearded and bacterial? Do beards and mustaches trap any bacteria I should be worried about getting on/in my vagina? I’ve seen all those articles about how they’re dirty, just curious. — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Rule number one: To stay clean, we must fuck clean people. If you’re worried, just stick to the person who smells most like soap or pine in any room. DR. D: A beard or mustache is only as dirty as the way a man keeps it. Most men shower/bathe and try to maintain good hygiene — and that’s true for men with and without beards. So as long as he’s not full of collected food or dirt in his beard (or on his face), you should be just fine.
Have a question? Email us at askthesexdoc@nuvo.net or go to nuvosexdoc.tumblr.com to write in anonymously.
NUVO.NET/BLOGS Visit nuvo.net/guestvoices for more Sex Doc or to submit your own question.
JUNE 15-JULY 10
NOMINATE
JULY 27-AUG. 21
VOTE
AUG. 31
OCT. 14
OCT. 23
TABULATE READ CELEBRATE
NUVO.NET/BESTOFINDY NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // VOICES 35
FREE
ADMIS WITH TSION HIS AD
NO COVER ‘TIL 8PM
TUE: $3 Wells $5 Long Islands
WED: $3 Single Drafts $7 Domestic Pitchers
BUCKET OF 6 BABY BUDS $10 ALL WEEK!
NOW HIRING ENTERTAINERS CALL 356-7044
PATIO PARTY! SATURDAY, JUNE 13 , 4PM-MIDNIGHT TH
WET T-SHIRT & POLE DANCE CONTESTS. CASH PRIZES!
ANNUAL CHARITY
BIKINI CAR WASH
SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH, NOON-5PM, RAIN OR SHINE
25¢ WINGS EVERY SUNDAY $7.50 YOU-CALL-IT PITCHERS Fre
317-356-9668 eA
wi
th
4011 SOUTHEASTERN AVE.
dm
th
is
iss
Ad
HOURS Mon-Sat: 11 am-3 a.m. Sun: Noon-3 a.m.
ion
10 mins southeast of downtown
FULL SERVICE KITCHEN Mon-Sat: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Sun: Noon-10 p.m.
Passes not valid after 9 p.m. Friday or Saturday
BRADSBRASSFLAMINGO.COM
RELAXING MASSAGE Advertisers running in the Relaxing Massage section are licensed to practice NON-SEXUAL MASSAGE as a health benefit, and have submitted their license for that purpose. Do not contact any advertisers in the Relaxing Massage section if you are seeking Adult entertainment. MAGICAL! Try a Massage with the Magnificent Morgan! Downtown 12pm-10pm TEXT 317-366-1332 To Schedule. DOWNTOWN MASSAGE Got Pain? We can help!! Guaranteed relief! $20 Off for New Customers! 1 Block from Circle. 12pm -11pm by appointment. 317-489-3510
ADULT
PASSION BY PHONE
The Adult section is only for readers over the age of 18. Please be extremely careful to call the correct number including the area code when dialing numbers listed in the Adult section. Nuvo claims no responsibility for incorrectly dialed numbers.
DATES BY PHONE MEET SOMEONE TONIGHT! Instant live phone connections with local men and women. Call now for a FREE trial! 18+ 317-612-4444 812-961-1111 www.questchat.com
CALL NOW, MEET TONIGHT! Connect with local men and women in your area. Call for your absolutely FREE trial! 18+ 317-612-4444 812-961-1111 www.questchat.com #1 Sexiest Urban Chat! Hot Singles are ready to hookup NOW! 18+ FREE to try! 317-536-0909 812-961-0505 www.metrovibechatline.com
Where Local Girls Go Wild! Hot, Live, Real, Discreet! Uncensored live 1-on-1 HOT phone Chat. Calls in YOUR city! Try FREE! Call 1-800-261-4097 (AAN CAN) Curious About Men? Feel the Vibe! Hot Black Chat. Talk Discreetly with men like Urban women and men ready you! Try FREE! Call 1-888-779-2789 to MAKE THE CONNECTION Call singles in your area! Try www.guyspyvoice.com FREE! Call 1-800-305-9164 (AAN CAN) (AAN CAN) ¿Hablas Español? HOT Latino Chat. #1 SEXIER Pickup line Call Fonochat now & in seconds FREE to try 18+ Call Now! you can be speaking to HOT 317-791-5700 Hispanic singles in your area. 812-961-1515 Try FREE! 1-800-416-3809 www.nightlinechat.com (AAN CAN)
SEE WHO’S ONLINE NOW! CHAT WITH INDY’S PARTY CROWD!
CLUB VOICE M.A.L.E.: 317-677-0082 LIVEWIRE CHAT: 317-677-0081
CA L L! N OW
WANT MORE CHAT NUMBERS? www.TheEdgeChat.com L.D. Charges Apply
18+
CHAT ON INDY’S FREE PARTY LINES! 1-317-644-4111 18+
CALL “INDIANAPOLIS CHATTER BOX” 1-317-644-4300 18+ www.TheEdgeChat.com
PASSION BY PHONE
CONTESTS • EVENTS • SLIDESHOWS • QUIZZES PROMOTIONS FOLLOW THE NUVO STREET TEAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO STAY UP TO DATE ON CONTESTS, UPCOMING EVENTS AND MORE!
NUVO CHECK OUT WHAT THE
NIGHTCRAWLER IS ASKING PEOPLE AROUND TOW N AND ON TWITTER THIS WEEK. JOIN IN ON THE CONVERSATION AND YOU COULD BE IN THE NEX T ISSUE OF NUVO!
@NUVO_Promo #NUVONightCrawler
NUVO.NET/STREETTEAM NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // ADULT 37
CLASSIFIEDS TO ADVERTISE:
Payment & Deadline All ads are prepaid in full by Monday at 5 P.M. Nuvo gladly accepts Cash, Money Order, & All Major Credit Cards.
Phone: (317) 254-2400 | Fax: (317) 479-2036 E-mail: classifieds@nuvo.net | nuvo.net/classifieds Mail: Nuvo Classifieds, 3951 N. Meridian St., Suite 200 Indianapolis, Indiana 46208
Policies: Advertiser warrants that all goods or services advertised in NUVO are permissible under applicable local, state and federal laws. Advertisers and hired advertising agencies are liable for all content (including text, representation and illustration) of advertisements and are responsible, without limitation, for any and all claims made thereof against NUVO, its officers or employees. Classified ad space is limited and granted on a first come, first served basis. To qualify for an adjustment, any error must be reported within 15 days of publication date. Credit for errors is limited to first insertion.
EMPLOYMENT
RESTAURANT | BAR BARRIO TACO & TEQUILA BAR Wanted! - Servers - Cooks - Bartenders
Restaurant | Healthcare Salon/Spa | General To advertise in Employment, Call Kelly @ 808-4616 DAILY PAY Telemarketers Needed! Also: Local Drivers with Own Car Call 11am-6pm 317-357-9622 8615 E 10th St., Indianapolis
CAREER TRAINING AIRBRUSH MAKEUP ARTIST COURSE For: Ads, TV, Film, HD & Digital 40% OFF TUITION For Limited Time Train & Build Portfolio. One Week Course Details at: AwardMakeupSchool.com 818-980-2119 (AAN CAN)
Not Wanted! People who couldn’t keep a job elsewhere. Witches. Warlocks. Multiple Personality People. Crazy people who don’t know they’re crazy. Anyone who thinks they’re going to tell me how to run my restaurant! A cook doesn’t mean cooking at McDonald’s. Apply in person. 3855 E. 96th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240
AIRLINE CAREERS begin here – Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-725-1563 (AAN CAN)
GENERAL
THIS WEEK
COMPUTER/ TECHNICAL
Digital Development Guru (aka: WordPress Expert) NUVO is in the market for a WordPress Guru and an expert (or at the very least, an early adopter) of all things digital media. This role will be responsible for building and maintaining NUVO’s Brunchie’s Hiring digital portfolio as well as future commercial projects. As a web Experienced Line Cooks Full time. Apply at 13732 N Me- developer, this position is responsible for all aspects of front-end ridian. Carmel, IN 46032 and backend development and helping shape our digital direction GENERAL going forward. Ultimately, this poMAKE $1000 Weekly!! sition is accountable for creating Mailing Brochures From Home. engaged readers by amping up Helping home workers since existing assets and developing 2001. Genuine Opportunity. brand new ones. No Experience Required. Here’s some highlights ... Start Immediately. · Quickly develop NUVO.net as www.theworkingcorner.com a responsive, scalable, open site (AAN CAN) using WordPress · Liaise with IT, Editorial, Production, Marketing and Advertising departments · Create or integrate plug-in services and modules for WordPress · Document technical and functional specifications · Ensure that we meet commercial ‘go-live’ deadlines · Provide technical consultancy services to stakeholders and occasionally clients · Other rad ad-hoc duties as required Preferred Requirements: Best candidates are quick learners with a bootstrap, DIY approach to life. Demonstrated project management or coordination skill, especially in the field of software or web development will go a long way. You interested? Hope so! When you’re ready to talk, email your resume and samples to Braden Nicholson at bnicholson@nuvo.net
ISBVI Career Fair
VOICES
NEWS
ARTS
MUSIC
CLASSIFIEDS
MARKET- REAL ESTATE PLACE Services | Misc. for Sale Musicians B-Board | Pets To advertise in Marketplace, Call Kelly @ 808-4616
MISC. FOR SALE AUTO INSURANCE STARTING AT $25/ MONTH! Call 855-977-9537 (AAN CAN) MARCY HOME GYM by Impex Not used much. Up to 300lbs. $250/OBO. 317-410-5869 VIAGRA 40x (100 mg) plus 16 “Double Bonus” PILLS for ONLY $119.00. NO Prescription Needed! Other meds available. Credit or Debit Required. 1-800-813-1534 www.newhealthyman.com Satisfaction Guaranteed! (AAN CAN)
$ OPPORTUNITIES $ We Pay CASH For Diabetic Test Strips Local Pickup Available Call or Text Aaron (317) 220-3122
Homes for sale | Rentals Mortgage Services | Roommates To advertise in Real Estate, Call Kelly @ 808-4616
RENTALS DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN Studios! Clean. A/C. Free parking. From $495/mo. . Call after 10am. 317-443-5554
RENTALS NORTH BROAD RIPPLE AREA! Newly decorated apartments near Monon Trail. Spacious, quiet, secluded. Starting $525. 5300 Carrollton Ave. 317-257-7884. EHO
RENTALS EAST
IRVINGTON Single occupancy large 1BR. $600/mo + deposit. Utilities paid. Non-smoking, No Pets. 317-828-0114
RENTALS
CALL FOR MOVE-IN SPECIALS!! IN BROAD RIPPLE! AWESOME RENT & DEPOSIT SPECIALS... some with water, sewer and heat paid. Will also pay for electric for remainder of 2014!!!! Rents from $575-$625!! Windemere, Maple Court and Granville Located at 6104 Compton Ave Dorfman Property 317-257-5770
HOMES FOR SALE 1850 SQ FT HOME RAMSEY, INDIANA 8 private acres. 3BR, 2.5 BA. Pool, hot tub. 24x40 insulated w/electric garage. 15x40 out building. Located in Ramsey, Indiana. $170,000. Call 812-347-2228
ROOMMATES WANTED AUTO #1 INDY AUTO BUYER! Guaranteed top cash paid for all junk/runnable vehicles. Open 7 days. Free towing included. 317-495-8681 CASH FOR CARS Any Car/Truck. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www.cash4car.com (AAN CAN)
ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates.com! (AAN CAN) SPEEDWAY AREA! Roommate needed in 3 bedroom house. Your own Bedroom and bathroom. $500/month. Utilities paid. Pool. 317-507-8182
The Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is currently looking for dedicated individuals to fill many exciting and challenging opportunities!
June 17th, 2015 • noon - 4 pm ISBVI Campus 7725 N. College Ave Indianapolis, IN 46240 Learn more and pre-register TODAY at: https://goo.gl/CdOkdE
NUVO.NET Complete Classifieds listings available at NUVO.NET
38 CLASSIFIEDS // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
MARKETPLACE CONTINUED
LEGAL SERVICES
ADOPTION Pregnant? Let’s get together and discuss your options! Adoption can be a fresh start! Let Amanda, Carol, Alli or Kate meet with you and discuss options. We can meet at our Broad Ripple office or go out for lunch. YOU choose the family from happy, carefully screened Indiana couples that will offer pictures, letters, visits & an open adoption, if you wish. adoptionsupportcenter.com (317) 255-5916 Adoption Support Center
LICENSE SUSPENDED? Call me, an experienced Traffic Law Attorney,I can help you with: Hardship Licenses-No Insurance Suspensions-Habitual Traffic Violators-Relief from Lifetime Suspensions-DUIDriving While Suspended & All Moving Traffic Violations! Christopher W. Grider, Attorney at Law FREE CONSULTATIONS www.indytrafficattorney.com 317-686-7219
BODY/MIND/SPIRIT FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Certified Massage Therapists Pisces Scorpio Aquarius Capricorn Sagittarius Yoga | Chiropractors | Counseling To advertise in Body/Mind/Spirit, Call David @ 808-4607 Cancer
Gemini
Taurus
Advertisers running in the CERTIFIED MASSAGE THERAPY section have graduated from a massage therapy school associated with one of four organizations: Virgo
Leo
American Massage Therapy Association (amtamassage.org)
International Massage Association (imagroup.com)
Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals (abmp.com)
International Myomassethics Federation (888-IMF-4454) Pisces
Aquarius
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Additionally, one can not be a member of these four organizations but instead, take the test AND/OR have passed the National Board of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork exam (ncbtmb.com). Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo CONNECTIVE LIVING CERTIFIED MASSAGE Healing, peace, posture, relaxation, confidence. Advanced THERAPISTS bodywork, lifecoaching, boxing, dance. Caring professional. SPRING MASSAGE 17yrs experience. SPECIAL!! www.connective-living.com. Sports, Swedish, Chad A. Wright, COTA, CMT, Deep Tissue for MEN!! CCLC Ric, CMT 317-833-4024 317-372-9176 Ric@SozoMassageWorks.com “Everything is connected” PRO MASSAGE Top Quality, Swedish, Deep Tissue Massage in Quiet Home Studio. Near Downtown. From Certified Therapist. Paul 317-362-5333 EMPEROR MASSAGE THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL! $38/60min, $60/95min (Applies to 1st visit only) Call for details to discover & experience this incredible Japanese massage. Northside, InCall, Avail. 24/7 317-431-5105
Pisces Aquarius Capricorn THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Please call Melanie 317-225-1807 Deep Tissue & Swedish 11am-8pm Southside Virgo
Leo
COUNSELING
Cancer
Struggling with DRUGS or ALCOHOL? Addicted to PILLS? Talk to someone who cares. Call The Addiction Hope & Help Line for a free assessment. PiscesCAN)Aquarius 800-978-6674. (AAN
© 2015 BY ROB BREZSNY Libra
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “To look at a thing hard and straight and seriously — to fix it.” Aries author Henry James said he wanted to do that on a regular basis. He didn’t want to be “arbitrary” or “mechanical” in his efforts. I invite you to make this perspective one of your specialties in the coming weeks, Aries. Pick out a tweaked situation you’d like to mend or a half-spoiled arrangement you want to heal. Then pour your pure intelligence into it. Investigate it with a luminous focus. Use all your tough and tender insight to determine what needs to be transformed, and transform it. Aries
Pisces
Virgo
Scorpio
Aquarius
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Leo
Cancer
Gemini
Leo
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Drug expert Jonathan P. Caulkins estimates that Americans are stoned on marijuana for more than 288 million hours every week. A U.N. report on global drug use concluded that Canadians consume weed at a similar rate. Among Europeans, Italians are number one and the French are fourth. But I encourage you to avoid contributing to these figures for the next twelve to fourteen days. In my astrological opinion, it’s time to be as sober and sensible and serious as you ever get. You have the chance to make unprecedented progress on practical matters through the power of your pure reasoning and critical thinking. Taurus
Aries
Pisces
Virgo
Sagittarius
Scorpio
Aquarius
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Leo
Cancer
Gemini
Libra
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I think it’ll be better if you don’t engage in much sacrifice, compromise, or surrender in the next two weeks. Normally they are valuable tools to have at your disposal, but for now they may tend to be counterproductive. Judging from the current astrological omens, I suspect you need to be more commanding than usual, more confident in your vision of how to take action with maximum integrity. It’s time for you to draw deeper from the source of your own power, and express it with extra grace and imagination. Gemini
Taurus
Aries
Pisces
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Scorpio
Aquarius
Capricorn
Leo
Cancer
Libra
CANCER (June 21-July 22): You will soon be escaping — or maybe “graduating” is the right word — from your interesting trials and tribulations. In honor of this cathartic transition, I suggest you consider doing a ritual. It can be a full-fledged ceremony you conduct with somber elegance, or a five-minute psychodrama you carry out with boisterous nonchalance. It will be a celebration of your ability to outlast the forces of chaos and absurdity, and an expression of gratitude for the resources you’ve managed to call on in the course of your struggle. To add an extra twist, you could improvise a rowdy victory prayer that includes this quote adapted from Nietzsche: “I throw roses into the abyss and say: ‘Here is my thanks to the monster who did not devour me.’” Cancer
Gemini
Taurus
Aries
Pisces
INDY MASSAGE by Tessa INDY MASSAGE COMPANY
NEW CLIENT SPECIALS!
$15 OFF 1ST 1HR SINGLE SESSION! $110 1HR COUPLES MASSAGE!
8617 E. 10th St. • 317-250-2713
6100 N Keystone, Ste 220
$10 OFF 1Hr • $15 OFF 90 Min NOW HIRING
** TWO THERAPISTS AVAILABLE **
317-721-3189 • indymassage.co
Virgo
Pisces
ALLI Virgo
Taurus
Libra
Virgo
Virgo
Scorpio
Aquarius
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Scorpio
Aquarius
Leo
Libra
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I propose a Friends Cleanse. It would be a three-week-long process of reviewing your support team and web of connections. If you feel up for the challenge, start this way: Take inventory of your friendships and alliances. If there are any that have faded or deteriorated, make a commitment to either fix them or else phase them out. Here’s the second stage of the Friends Cleanse: Give dynamic boosts to those relationships that are already working well. Take them to the next level of candor and synergy. Leo
Cancer
Gemini
Taurus
Aries
Pisces
Pisces
Aquarius
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Scorpio
Libra
Virgo
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): After Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he made sure it would get the publicity he wanted. He wrote anonymous reviews of his own book and submitted them to several publications, all of which printed them. “An American bard at last!” began the glowing review that appeared in one newspaper. According to my reading of the astrological omens, Virgo, you now have license to engage in similar behavior. You will incur no karma, nor will you tempt fate, if you tout your own assets in the coming weeks. Try to make your bragging and self-promotion as charming as possible, of course. But don’t be timid about it. Virgo
Leo
Cancer
Gemini
Taurus
Aries
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you carry out the assignments I recommend, you will boost your charisma, your chutzpah, and your creativity. Here’s the first one: Try something impossible every day. Whether or not you actually accomplish it isn’t important. To merely make the effort will shatter illusions that are holding you back. Here’s your second assignment: Break every meaningless rule that tempts you to take yourself too seriously. Explore the art of benevolent mischief. Here’s the third: Clear out space in your fine mind by shedding one dogmatic belief, two unprovable theories, and three judgmental opinions. Give yourself the gift of fertile emptiness. Libra
Aries
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the 16th century, roguish French author Francois Rabelais published a comic novel entitled The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel. In the course of his satirical story, a learned teacher named Epistemon takes a visit to the afterlife and back. While on the other side, he finds famous dead heroes employed in humble tasks. Alexander the Great is making a meager living from mending old socks. Cleopatra is hawking onions in the streets. King Arthur cleans hats and Helen of Troy supervises chambermaids. In accordance with the Rabelaisian quality of your current astrological aspects, Scorpio, I invite you to meditate on the reversals you would like to see in your own life. What is first that maybe should be last? And vice versa? What’s enormous that should be small? And vice versa? What’s proud that should be humble? And vice versa? Scorpio
Libra
Taurus
Aries
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There’s no better time than now to ask the big question or seek the big opening or explore the big feeling. People are not only as receptive as they will ever be, they are also more likely to understand what you really mean and what you are trying to accomplish. Which door has been forever locked? Which poker face hasn’t blinked or flinched in many moons? Which heart of darkness hasn’t shown a crack of light for as long as you can remember? These are frontiers worth revisiting now, when your ability to penetrate the seemingly impenetrable is at a peak. Sagittarius
Gemini
Scorpio
Libra
Taurus
Aries
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The writer Donald Barthelme once came to see the artist Elaine de Kooning in her New York studio. Midway through the visit, loud crashes and bangs disturbed the ceiling above them. De Kooning wasn’t alarmed. “Oh, that’s Herbert thinking,” she said, referring to the metal sculptor Herbert Ferber, who worked in a studio directly above hers. This is the kind of thinking I’d love to see you unleash in the coming days, Capricorn. Now is not a time for mild, cautious, delicate turns of thought, but rather for vigorous meditations, rambunctious speculations, and carefree musings. In your quest for practical insight, be willing to make some noise. (The story comes from Barthelme’s essay “Not-Knowing.”) Capricorn
Sagittarius
Cancer
Gemini
Scorpio
Libra
Taurus
Aries
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sidney Lumet was an American director who worked on 50 films, including 14 that were nominated for Academy Awards, like Network and Dog Day Afternoon. Actors loved to work with him, even though he was a stickler for thorough rehearsals. Intense preparation, he felt, was the key to finding the “magical accidents” that allow an actor’s highest artistry to emerge. I advocate a similar strategy for you, Aquarius. Make yourself ready, through practice and discipline, to capitalize fully on serendipitous opportunities and unexpected breakthroughs when they arrive. Aquarius
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Leo
Cancer
Gemini
Scorpio
Libra
Taurus
Aries
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too,” said American writer Josh Billings. I agree with him. It’s not impossible to solve the mystery of who you are, but it can be hard work that requires playful honesty, cagey tenacity, and an excellent sense of humor. The good news is that these days it’s far less difficult and inconvenient than usual for you to deepen your self-understanding. So take advantage! To get started, why don’t you interview yourself? Go here to see some questions you could ask: http://bit.ly/interviewyourself. Pisces
Virgo
Aquarius
Capricorn
Sagittarius
Leo
Cancer
Gemini
Scorpio
Libra
Taurus
Aries
Homework: Name two ways you think that everyone should be more like you. FreeWillAstrology.com. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 06.10.15 - 06.17.15 // CLASSIFIEDS 39
LICENSE SUSPENDED?
NUVO HOTLINE
Hardship Licenses Specialized Driving Privileges Insurance and Points Suspensions Habitual Traffic Violator Charges and Suspensions Lifetime Suspensions Uninsured Accident Suspensions Operating While Intoxicated Charges and Suspensions BMV Suspensions, Hearings, and Appeals Court Imposed Suspensions All Moving Traffic Violations and Suspensions
Guaranteed top cash paid for all junk/runnable vehicles. Open 7 days. Free towing included. 317-495-8681
Call me, the original Indy Traffic Attorney, I can help you with:
FREE CONSULTATIONS Christopher W. Grider, Attorney at Law indytrafficattorney.com
317-686-7219
Se Habla Español
SHORT ON CASH? RUNNABLES & NON-RUNNABLES
C A S H ON THE SPOT
$400 - $800 FOR JUNK CARS
Up to $5000 for Late Model Wrecks & Runnables ALSO BUYING ATVs AND SCOOTERS
3 1 7- 4 9 0 -2 6 6 3
BANKRUPTCY
TO ADVERTISE ON HOTLINE CALL 254-2400
#1 INDY AUTO BUYER DAILY PAY!
Telemarketers Needed! Also: Local Drivers with Own Car Call 11am-6pm 317-357-9622
FAST CASH 4 VEHICLES!
A division of Indiana Internal Medicine Consultants
317.454.8188 You Are Not Alone, We Are Here To Help!
indybankruptcyhelp.com
101 W Ohio Street, Ste 2000 Indianapolis, IN 46204
As a debt relief agency, our law firm helps people file for bankruptcy.
Confidential testing & treatment for HIV/AIDS & Hepatitis C in a safe & welcoming environment.
Call for the BEST Price in town! Junk & Runnables! 317-919-2305
ISLAND WAVE MOBILE MASSAGE New client special. $20 for 1 hour. Therapeutic or Deep Tissue Massage. State certified 8 years. Call Rex 765-481-9192
KENTUCKY KLUB
David Cox, MD
Mona Desai, Aliya Haider, MD MD
317.885.2860 701 E. County Line Rd. Ste 301, Greenwood
317.974.0177
Aggressive & Effective
GENTLEMEN’S KLUB Female DANCERS needed. Located Kentucky & Raymond. No House Fees 241-2211
VETERANS WANTED! Maintenance Contracting Core Jeff Piper, 317-946-8365
· Criminal Defense · Family Law · Bankruptcy · 1 N. Meridian Street, Suite 600 • EskewLaw.com
THE SMOKE SHOPPE Separate room for glass, Hookahs & Shisha, Grinders, Accessories, Cigar lounge w/cable tv, e-cigs, RYO, VAPE, Hundreds of flavors e-juice, and Smokes of all kinds. NEW NECTAR COLLECTORS
SPECIAL ORDERS ARE OUR SPECIALTY
IRVINGTON PLAZA • 317-351-0877