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The stars have aligned for several Hoosier authors to all be releasing and promoting their newest novels and poetry collections this month. We chatted with two of them and have reviews of the others. No Exit has a new executive director. And the McKinney family named their Indianapolis Art Center 2016 Fellow and awarded her $20,000 and a solo art show.
NHYM................................................ P.06 VOICES Krull on the Clintons......................... P.04 Sex Doc.............................................. P.35
McKinney Fellowship......................... P.15 No Exit............................................... P.16 Hoosier authors................................. P.18 SCREENS Ed Johnson-Ott reviews Truth........... P.24
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The city’s deal with Covanta — the folks that take our trash and burn it for energy — could cost the city millions if Indy ever tries to improve its recycling programs.
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Like the Trump impression? In all seriousness, though, this week’s News section is startling: New Horizons Youth Ministries was a Christian reform school operating out of Marion, Indiana with “culture shock” locations in Haiti and the Dominican Republic from the 1970s until 2011. In a NUVO series, we look at new evidence regarding the program’s troubling history.
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In the edibles section this week, we’re giving you a primer on where to go for ideal trickor-treating (and less than ideal), plus what drink to pair all your candy with. There’s a healing whole foods recipe from Allie McFee, and a rundown of the last two amazing Chefs Night Off dinners.
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It’s Best of Indy week, so we’re talking to some Best-of winners before our Thursday party, like Russ Baum and Huck Finn and the gloriously loud Jambox. Elsewhere, Seth Johnson chats up BYBYE before their spooky Halloween album release, and Kyle takes you on a tour of musician’s graves around the city. Then, of course, literally hundreds of Halloween parties fill up Soundcheck.
Russ and Huck................................... P.30 Jambox.............................................. P.30 BYBYE.................................................P31 Kyle Long’s Cultural Manifesto.......... P.32
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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.
ong ago, I had a conversation with a veteran Republican consultant. We talked during the testy days leading up to President Bill Clinton’s experience in the political spotlight have impeachment and the unsuccessful trial trained her to discipline. in the U.S. Senate to remove him from And that raises the question of why the office. Clinton just had done a videoRepublicans did it. recorded deposition that touched on, Dragging her before Congress wasn’t among other others, his dalliances with likely to change anyone’s mind. The White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Americans who believe that she and her Many Republicans had convinced husband are evil incarnate weren’t likely themselves that Clinton’s deposition to be satisfied with anything less than would be his downfall. seeing her burned at the stake. PepperThe GOP operative, a seasoned pro, ing her with questions for hours and wasn’t so sure. then watching her walk away, largely “We’re betting everything on Bill Clinunscathed, was only going to leave the ton looking bad on camera,” the Republican campaign warrior told me and then shook his head. “When will we ever learn?” There’s something about He paused. “There’s something about the the Clintons that just Clintons that just makes otherwise makes otherwise brilliant brilliant people on our side completely lose their senses,” he said, Republicans lose their senses. shaking his head yet again. The GOP political professional was right. Republicans’ efforts to remove Clinton from office backfired on conservative base of the party feeling them in a big way. Before the fight was more and more frustrated and more filled over, two GOP speakers of the U.S. House with impotent rage. of Representatives had been toppled and The people who support Hillary Clina handful of other Republicans in Conton, on the other hand, saw their heroine gress had their own sex scandals exposed. I thought about that conversation – and stand firm and look presidential. By providing the stage for her to do that, the the period of bitter partisan fighting in Republicans who pilloried and pestered which it occurred – during former Secreher all day did a lot to energize Clinton’s tary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony base. They reaffirmed her message that before Congress over Benghazi, emails she and her husband are the victims and and the deaths of four Americans. targets of a vast rightwing conspiracy. Just as they did long ago, Republicans They couldn’t have given her a greater banked a lot, if not everything, on Hillary gift if they’d dropped a ton of cash into Clinton looking bad on camera. her campaign coffers. When will they ever learn? Perhaps that is why Clinton smiled so The results of the long hours of often during the proceedings. She knew questioning were inconclusive at most. that the Republicans who wanted to hang Prepped by her husband, Clinton came her from the lamp post once again had to Congress ready to appear composed, bet heavily on a Clinton looking bad on professional and statesmanlike. camera. And, once again, they lost. The Republicans who were out for her That GOP political pro from years ago scalp came looking for a gotcha moment. was right. For Republicans to get Clinton to that There’s something about the Clintons moment would have required her to be that just makes otherwise brilliant Reboth stupid and spontaneous, two qualipublicans lose their senses. n ties her natural inclinations and her long 4 VOICES // 10.28.15 - 11.04.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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s a member of the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee, I remain concerned with what our state budget does to fund education, particularly in support of our traditional public schools, which serve nearly 94 percent of our students. The General Assembly now controls the funding of four distinct forms of publiclyfunded schools: traditional schools (school corporations), charter schools, virtual charter schools, and schools accepting vouchers. I requested that Legislative Services Agency track the funding of these four pathways over the period from FY 2007 through FY 2015, a time frame that largely overlaps the growth phase of charters, the start of vouchers, the period of the Great Recession, and the end of using property taxes to fund teaching. What do we learn from this report? From FY 2009 through FY 2015, statedirected funding for traditional schools fell by a total of more than $3 billion and has yet to return to FY 2009 levels. Some of this shortfall was made up by the limited federal stimulus program. During the same period, the cumulative support for charter schools rose by more than $539 million. Virtual charter funding rose from nothing to over $50 million a year, the total funding for the period reaching more than $133 million. Voucher support went from nothing to over $113 million a year with a cumulative increase
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the four categories of publicly funded education, 93.9% of our publicly funded students presently are still in traditional schools. One may ask what message the General Assembly is sending when it cuts funding for 93.9 percent of our students and dramatically raises funding for the remaining 6 percent. This information shows a dramatic drop in education funding and a shift of emphasis from the 94 percent of our students in traditional schools. I believe that the public and aspiring teachers sense this shift. They have reacted. By looking at information from the Indiana Public Retirement System, you can learn a great deal about teacher age, teacher pay, rates of retirement, and other information tied to particular districts. The demographic assumptions used in our pension system tell us that some 35 percent of new teachers don’t stay in the profession for a second year. INPRS advises that the average years of teaching have fallen steadily from 2007 to 2015, declining from 15.6 years of service to 14.1 years. Over the same period, the number of active teachers in the pension system fell from 75,833 to 68,734. Of this lower number, some 10,400 are expected to retire over the next five years. Our state has cut support for K-12 education. It has diverted money to three new experiments. I believe this has been Our state has cut support for dispiriting to future teachers and confusing to the public. K-12 education. It has diverted People rely on institutions money to three new experiments. when choosing a job. What institution can a new teacher look to for support? The General Assembly and its budget? A charter school with an unelected board or a forof some $248 million. Thus, the three new profit operator? A school corporation that recipients of public funds gained $920 is subject to the whims of the Legislature million in support over the period. on issues of pay, testing, financial support All of this activity has caused a small and access to property tax revenue? shift in attendance for the period from I believe the time has come to take two FY 2009 to FY 2015. Traditional school attendance fell from 987,000 to 952,000 over critical steps. First, we must start to rebuild our state’s central educational instithe period. The charters had a growth in tution — our public school corporations. attendance from 16,500 to some 25,000. Second, we need to put a moratorium on Virtual charters went from zero to 8,400. new educational experiments, so we have Vouchers went from supporting no stuthe time to examine what less money and dents to supporting some 29,000. more chaos have accomplished. n Despite the attendance shifts within NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 10.28.15 - 11.04.15 // VOICES 5
WHAT HAPPENED? InterPride comes to Indy in 2017 The International Association of Pride Organizers will host its annual meeting and world conference in Indianapolis in 2017. InterPride selected Indianapolis as the 2017 host city during this year’s annual meeting held in Las Vegas last week. InterPride is an international organization with a mission of advancing the cultural, social and legal equality of members of the LGBT community . “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to welcome fellow LGBT influencers, supporters, activists, and allies from across the globe to Indianapolis,” said Chris Morehead, president of Indy Pride, Inc. “We have seen firsthand how successful citywide collaborations have grown the Circle City IN Pride Festival into one of the best and largest Pride festivals in the Midwest, and we look forward to building on that success.” The 2016 Annual General Meeting and World Conference will be held in Montpellier, France. Early voting shows drop in participation After three weeks of early voting Marion County residents aren’t voting like they did in the last municipal election. The latest figures from the Marion County clerk’s office shows early voting is down by 47 percent compared to the same period in 2011. As of Sunday evening, 2,317 people had voted in the clerk’s office in downtown Indianapolis. Four years ago, 4,334 people had cast their ballot. Absentee voting requests are also trailing significantly compared to 2011. The number of requests for absentee ballots almost doubled over the last week compared to the same week in 2011, however overall, the number of requests for this years was at 5,522 at last count Sunday evening compared to 10,019 in 2011. Several Indianapolis churches organized buses to take voters to the City-County Building over the weekend to increase voter participation. Early voting continues every day at the clerk’s office until noon Monday, Nov. 2. — AMBER STEARNS New mammogram guidelines American Cancer Society is updating its guidelines for breast cancer screenings. For a woman at average risk for breast cancer, the ACS changed the age for a first mammogram from 40 to 45. It also is recommending that once a woman turns 55, mammograms can be done every other year. Dr. Robert Goulet, a clinical professor of surgery at Marian University, said the ACS now is emphasizing the importance of understanding how risk changes with age. Meanwhile, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that mammograms be offered every year beginning at age 40, and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force supports mammograms every year starting at age 50 for women at average risk. According to the ACS, the changes come after full consideration of all the evidence examining the benefits and harms. Goulet said breast self-exams or those done by a medical provider no longer are recommended. The American Cancer Society noted that women at high risk should have earlier, more regular screenings. — INDIANA NEWS SERVICE 6 NEWS // 10.28.15 - 11.04.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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The specific truths behind the rise and fall of New Horizons Youth Ministry B Y TH ERES A RO S A D O ED I T O R S @ N U V O . N E T
New Horizons drew national attention during the ’70s to conditions at their facility after parents, judges and investigators questioned transport of children to Haiti and Rev. Blossom’s unusually punitive care given to state wards.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first of many installments diving into the story of New Horizons Youth Ministry, a residential ministry for at-risk youth, and its founder, Reverend Gordon Blossom. New Horizons and all associated facilities were permanently shut down in 2011. However, information about the investigation that led to its closure is slowly coming to light. Theresa Rosado is an alumna of New Horizons and is researching the numerous investigations that led to NHYM’s closure for a future book.
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document released by the Indiana Department of Child Services reveals that New Horizons Youth Ministry of Marion, Indiana had its license revoked as a licensed childcare facility in 2009. The revocation of the license came after the ministry repeatedly failed to comply with numerous state policies. During an inspection it was found that the ministry failed to have sex offender background checks on all of their staff and did not provide 24-hour wake supervision for the students they boarded. Some of the boarding school students had arrived with case records of sexual perpetration and selfharm. A December 2009 court document from an administrative hearing read, “DCS expressed disapproval of sleeping by adult supervisors at night when children have a history of sexual predatory behavior were housed in the same dormitory of children without a history of sexual abuse. DCS expressed concern that inadequate supervision placed the children at risk of harm.” It was a troubling scenario as it was revealed preceding the investigation that founder Rev. Gordon C. Blossom confessed to the practice of pedophilia. Prior to the facilities’ loss of license, the daughter of founder Rev. Gordon Blossom released a book in 2005 called The Whisper: Some Secrets Shouldn’t Be Kept. Shirley Jo Petersen, the founder of Healing Private Wounds, operates a sexual abuse treatment center in Cadillac, Michigan. Petersen disclosed her father’s pedophilia and years of sexual assault she experienced in her home as a child. In 1991 using assumed names, she wrote, “Dr. Pluger
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Theresa Rosado illustrates a memory of a girl who was stripped and scrubbed with harsh laundry brushes to force a confession to a crime she didn’t committ while cockroaches keep her company. The incident occurred at the Escuela Caribe in the Dominican Republic.
diagnosed my father as a pedophile. Otherwise, he would have gone on to older gals or women who were prostitutes. He said he preferred the young ones.” Peterson wrote in detail about the results of her father’s therapy. “After spending hours with my father, he reinforced the need for continued long-term counseling for him. He also made us aware that pedophiles continue their actions unless they get help, regardless of how old they get, and that this problem just does not go away after talking about it a few times.” After revealing his pedophilia to a family counselor and his wife in the early ’90s, Rev. Blossom continued to work for New Horizons giving sermons on sexuality to children in small groups divided by gender
during many summers at their facility located in Ontario, Canada called Missanabie Woods Academy. Parents and students were never informed of his pedophilia nor had law enforcement officials notified of the precarious circumstance of a minister diagnosed with pedophilia overseeing or giving sermons to a boarding school for youth. An alumnus writes, “He creeped me out during the sermons as he seemed to get overly excited about it. I specifically recall a story about a woman who fornicated and had HIV as a result. The guy who supposedly gave it to her gave her a gift to open on the plane home from her trip and it was a coffin necklace. This was to scare us from our natural desires and not engage in premarital sex.” Another student wrote, “They separated boys from girls for that sermon. He told us that God gave us curves and boys loved curves because boys loved cars, which also have curves. It was okay to let boys fondle our curves, leering of course while he said this, but not to have sex with them because every hot blooded American male wanted a virgin and why buy the cow if you could get the milk for free? I was still a virgin at the time of this sermon. Very confusing.” The boys spoke of sermons in which Rev. Blossom incorporated masturbation as a form of prayer to God. Indiana was not the first state to revoke New Horizons’ license. The revocation came after nearly 40 years of losing NHYM’s foster license to board children in S E E , HEL L A ND BA CK, O N PA GE 08
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HELL AND BACK, FROM PAGE 06 Michigan, Illinois and possibly Florida as well as an abrupt deportation ordered by Haiti. A series of Kissinger cables declassified in 2005 announced the immediate deportation of 43 US citizens from Caribe Vista to the Dominican Republic. In April of 1974 a telegram from the U.S. Embassy in Port-Au-Prince sent to the U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger pronounced, “The official reason for the deportation apparently is failure to comply with the immigration laws of Haiti. However, it came as a shock to the government of Haiti that a group of this size could operate in Haiti for over two years without coming to the attention of the authorities. Further, there had been runaways and other problems which probably came to light under investigation and which may have convinced the government of Haiti that there were simply too many potential problems associated with the continued presence of the “Caribbean Vista” program in Haiti.” Rev. Blossom told the media and parents a different story about the Haiti deportation. In an interview with Grand Rapids’ Press journalist Jane Haradine, Gordon Blossom asserted there was a chance of establishing his facility in Haiti if he paid a fee but he refused to do so. “Blossom says obtaining legal status in Haiti requires payment to the government, which he refused to make. He said he had been advised by missionaries not to start payments.” An alumnus who assisted in revealing Gordon Blossom’s sexual abuse of his daughter recounts a personal conversation she had with co-founder Timothy G Blossom. She wrote, “I heard from Tim that he heroically rescued a blond girl that was stolen by a gang that dealt with human trafficking and sex slaves. That was one story. The other came from a former student that said Gordon Blossom pissed them off so they tried taking one of the students as payment.” American Ambassador of Haiti Howard Isham sent a definitive telegram from Port-Au-Prince to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger addressing Pastor Gordon Blossom’s sudden deportation. Ambassador Howard Isham writes: “The expulsion of the 43 Americans involved in the Caribbean Vista program may be the forerunner of a series of deportations of individual Americans who are self-proclaimed missionaries. Haitian authorities have recently undertaken a review of all foreign missionary activities in the country.” Isham goes on to say, “It is the intention of the Government of Haiti to weed out the “diplomamill” pastors who have founded so called churches in reality to promote their own interests by taking advantage of ignorant people. The Haitian press has scored these
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ity after parents, judges and investigators questioned transport of children to Haiti and Rev. Blossom’s unusually punitive care given to state wards. An article in the Detroit Free Press prompted legal action against New Horizons and the judges that placed the children in the ministries care. “Jimmy is a 15-year-old status offender who was declared ‘incorrigible’ by the court. He was to be removed from a Michigan children’s shelter and sent by the State of Michigan to Caribe Vista Youth Safari in Haiti. Only quick action by a legal aid lawyer prevented his exportation. At the Safari, Jimmy would have received what the owner called culture shock therapy. Culture shock therapy is based on the theory that if a child is removed from his home environment and exposed to a punitive living situation in a foreign country, then his behavior is likely to improve.” Kenneth Wooden, a trustee of the National Coalition for Children’s Justice of Washington, DC visited the facility in the Dominican Republic and said, “The poverty I saw would make the rural south look really good. They had just got running water. The kids were warehoused. Education consisted of some guy sitting at a desk putting in time while the kids went through some correspondence SUBMITTED PHOTOS courses.” Court officials from Kane CounNHYM ran “reform camps” in Haiti and the ty Illinois voiced concern about Wooden’s Dominican Republic, where teens lived in harsh punitive conditions and were forced to do hard labor. investigation, prompting them to stop sending girls who were wards of the court to a camp in the Dominican Republic. activities as tyrannical and as diverting the Parents were often denied visits or peasants from their urgent tasks through phone calls with their own children, createxcessive proselytizing devoid of any ing an emphasis on isolation and separapractical economic or social purpose.” It tion, not the unity and the restoration of is clear that American Ambassador Isham family bonds DCS emphasizes. One parent and the Government of Haiti never had wrote, “In addition to strongly disagreeing any intentions of accepting payment from to the extreme tactics used by NHYM, I the Blossoms to stay in Haiti, stating, “It was greatly angered by the isolation of our daughter from the rest of her family. “We admitted her in the program with We admitted her in the program with a goal of a goal of healing and strengthening healing and strengthening our family. What they did our family. What they did was to was to completely isolate completely isolate her and emotionally her and emotionally and physically abuse her. In and physically abuse her.” January 2000 they notified us that they wanted to — THE PARENT OF AN ALUMNA OF NHYM send her to Escuela Caribe in the Dominican Republic. It was at that time that we began plans to remove her from the program.” The parents placed is suggested that this background be kept her at another facility where, “the counselin mind should those Americans in this or treated her for conditions that resemble dubious category who are asked to leave her being removed from a cult-like experiHaiti in the future seek to generate publicence associated with her stay at NHYM. ity critical of the Government of Haiti on She continues seeing a psychiatrist for this issue.” post traumatic stress syndrome from her New Horizons drew national attention during the ’70s to conditions at their facil- treatment at New Horizons.” n
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Perpetual Mourners and Marble Children BY ED W EN CK
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Downtown. I don’t know if it’s still there, om Davis is a thin, older gent. He’s but in the old library, there was a Nebrassoft-spoken; his demeanor’s one of ka Crospey room. The men were often perfect calm. He’s the perfect tour named after politicians or war heroes. guide for a graveyard. Tom’s one of several historians who of- The ladies apparently got geography.” Tom’s quite literally an encyclopedia fer their knowledge to tourists who come through Crown Hill Cemetery. Sure, most of the dead — he knows the cemetery’s quirks, the stones marked with cartoon are interested in visiting the plot occucharacters; Donald Duck, Homer Simppied by John Dillinger or the one looking son. Tom notes that there are two dogs out over the city from James Whitcomb buried in Crown Hill. “It’s unofficial, but Riley’s tomb. it’s in the records — the dogs were buried But on this crisp October day Tom by a board member who broke the rules and I are looking for the lesser-known 100 years ago. Don and Rab, two dogs.” occupants, those whose stories aren’t as Crown Hill’s known for its namesake, legendary — but whose monuments are of course — that hill, where Riley’s tomb unique among Crown Hill’s 550 acres. sits, is a deposit left behind by the glaWe’ll see sculptures of grieving people ciers that once draped across a big por— “perpetual mourners” — and marble tion of the state. There was a time when statues of some who died very young. Davis, an English-majorturned-accountant-turnedcemetery expert, spends the next few hours showing us “We have one president buried memorials that are, for the most part, true works of art: here, three vice presidents, 11 marble masterpieces conIndiana governors, 14 United States structed in the era between the Civil War and the Great senators — and one Indiana King.” Depression. We’re looking for the unusual stuff, the — TOM DAVIS hidden gems nestled in Indy’s biggest graveyard. There’s humor, here, the hill — at 842.6 feet — was the highest too. Tom shows us an elaborate marker in Indy. When the city limits expanded to bearing the sculpted likeness of one Cornelius King. As we walk around to the the edges of Marion County, a rise to the northwest became Indy’s highest point right side of the monument, Tom begins at well over 900 feet. to riff: “We have one president buried What’s less well know is that Crown here, three vice presidents, 11 Indiana Hill was originally envisioned as a prime governors, 14 United States senators — example of the 19th-century “rural cemand one Indiana King.” etery movement,” which placed large Sure enough, Mrs. King’s first name graveyards in verdant, pastoral settings. was Indiana — it’s literally written there Davis notes that most of this land was in stone. purchased from farmers back in 1863 Davis continues, taking inventory of when the cemetery was being plotted. some of the odder monikers in Crown Hill: “We have three or four ladies named It’s why a large number of tombstones are shaped like tree trunks, mirrors of Indiana. We actually have a lady named Crown Hill’s natural surroundings in the Lake Erie Neal. There’s a Nebraska CropVictorian era. sey — she was a teacher in the library
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The lesser-known residents of Crown Hill Cemetery
Another popular, recurring visual theme: “Cleopatra’s Needle,” the distinct tower-topped-by-a-pyramid shape most famously expressed by the Washington Monument in DC. When that monument was dedicated in the 1880s, it inspired hundreds of smaller imitators in graveyards and public spaces throughout the U.S. Beyond mimicking presidential tributes, though, Victorian-era mourners were big on symbolism. Every embellishment meant something, from opened books representing an incomplete story of a life to stone flowers indicating a life cut short, two examples we found on a single statue. Modern stones are more literal: if the deceased drove a truck, perhaps an image of a semi might appear on the headstone. “There are only a couple of Victorian-era monuments that I know of that reference a person’s profession,” says Davis. “One was an artist, and a palette’s part of the stone. Another gent who was a minister has a monument that includes his pulpit.” Nineteenth-century Americans weren’t nearly as mobile as their contemporaries, either — that’s why “family plots” full of blank stones are prevalent in Crown Hill. Davis points toward the Johnson family turf. “You can see four rows of 20, maybe 80 headstones, none of which have a name on them at this point. “Hopefully the entire Johnson family wants to be buried there.” Angels were big business, too: the Eastman family’s marker features a white marble spirit atop a darker granite base. Next to the Eastmans: a gathering of simple stones, all with the name Vonnegut. Kurt — the author, not his dad — isn’t buried here, though. He left Indy, and prophesied he’d rest elsewhere in the novel Timequake: “It may be, too, that we wanted to escape the powerful pull, not of gravity, which is everywhere, but of Crown Hill Cemetery.” n
The Ruckle Memorial A stature of Corliss Randle Ruckle gazes across the lawn. Corliss’ grave is the most striking of the Ruckle family plot; even his father’s marker nearby is nondescript by comparison. The marble likeness of this 12-year-old boy is worn from nearly 120 years of Indiana weather. The child looks plaintive and alert, leaning against a miniature staircase and clutching a bouquet of flowers. He’s holding a book that’s open — a Victorian bit of symbolism that indicates Master Ruckle’s story was left unfinished.
Tom Davis: His dad there was active in the Civil War, also active in the Scottish Rite Cathedral — he has a portrait hanging in the Cathedral Downtown. They also sold real estate — that’s why I’m sure you’ve seen Ruckle Street in town. He developed part of whatever subdivision that was in. Corliss died in 1889 from diphtheria. It wasn’t unusual when a child died to memorialize them with a likeness. Supposedly, the steps number his age: if you start at the bottom, the step’s marked with the year he was born. He’s holding flowers — that’s a symbol of a life cut short.
The Pieter Grootendorst Memorial Tom Davis: The fact that the tombstone’s a tiny house was a mystery to me for many years. I gave a tour to a woman from Holland, and she said there are many markers in this kind of shape there.
The Bratton Memorial One of Crown Hill’s more striking monuments is a large, contemporary, abstract sculpture that carries very little information: no dates, just a name in modern typeface and a signature at the bottom of an angular construction. Unlike many of the markers Davis shows us this day, this particular gravesite is only a few decades old. The artwork — which appears to be bronze, is adorned with a variety of surface features, including several spheres. It’s hollow, too — a knock on the sculpture produces a distinct gonging sound. The artwork had actually been designed by the deceased, though apparently hadn’t been intended as a grave marker.
Tom Davis: See the signature? The J? It’s Jeffrey Bratton, who was buried June 11, 1980. As I remember, he was 21 or 22. Apparently he designed a smaller version of this. After he died the family commissioned an artist — from Ohio, I believe — to do a full size version of the scultpture.
It’s diminutive. Pieter Grootendorst’s headstone is shaped like a very small house, hardly a foot high, with a peaked roof, door and windows cut into the stone. It’s long and narrow, and one side of the roof carries this inscription: Here lies the body of Pieter Grootendorst, born in Holland, September 29, 1918. I came to America in 1949 and wanted to love this beautiful country and I found out it was corrupt and that there is no opportunity for people who want to do right. So I am gone and may the Lord take my soul. As noted in the coffee table book Crown Hill: History, Spirit, Sanctuary, Grootendorst had owned a shop called the Humpty Dumpty Carryout Restaurant on East Michigan Street. One night in 1974 a man and a 13-year-old boy — the man’s nephew — entered the shop and ordered some food. Instead of paying for the order, though, the older customer drew a pistol and announced he was robbing the joint. Grootendorst was armed as well, and in the ensuing shootout the child was mortally wounded and Grootendorst was struck four times. The boy was named Lankie Whisenant, Jr. His uncle Troy Statz was the man with the gun. Lankie Sr. was waiting outside in the getaway car. As witnesses circled the scene, Whisenant Sr. and Statz abandoned young Lankie, who died roughly 30 minutes later. Grootendorst’s injuries led to the decline of his business, and as his assets dwindled, he became ever more angry. He told the Indianapolis Star, “It is funny that our government spends so much money on foreign aid, but they won’t spend enough money to keep our streets safe.”
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The English Memorial A monumental, ornate column towers over a circular plot of land. The base of the heavily inscribed marble column is surrounded by smaller stones, scrolllike affairs emblazoned with the names of the English family — Indy hoteliers, politicians and some of the city’s first millionaires.
Tom Davis: William H. English bought this lot for $6000 — the land, that is. I have no idea what the marble shaft would cost. English had been a congressman before he moved to Indianapolis. He grew up in Southern Indiana, came here in the 1860s, became active in banking and real estate and owned and developed the English Hotel that was on the northwest quadrant of Monument Circle. He ran for vice president in 1880 on the Democratic ticket, but didn’t get elected. His son, William E., is on the other side of the main monument. As a young man he managed the theatre there at the hotel. An actress came through town — her name was Ann Fox, and there’s a newspaper account from the day that states she caught all the men’s eyes because of her short skirts and blonde wigs. According to the newspaper, English was “taken more than most.” He fell in love with her, but she went on to New York City to pursue her career and married someone there. When William E. found out that she’d married, he caught the next train, found the young couple and pulled out a gun. Fortunately, he didn’t shoot anyone — he spent one night in jail, was released and within a week or two had talked Fox into divorcing her husband and coming back to Indianapolis. She died not too long after that. Later, as we were fighting the Spanish-American war, William E. joined up with Teddy Roosevelt for the charge up San Juan Hill. Before he went to war, he’d married a divorcee — Helen Orr. (Editor’s Note: While William E. was fighting the Spanish, Helen had a number of lovers — and this led to the couple’s first divorce. Helen married one of her suitors, but the marriage didn’t last long. After William E. and Helen split again, their daughter, Rosalind, begged them to reconsider, and the couple married a third time. After Rosalind died in an auto accident, William E.’s health began to fail and he perished. Helen married again, divorced and remarried the same man before finally succumbing to a lifelong battle with depression.) If you take into account all of her marriages, her name would’ve been Helen Orr Phaff English Wegman English English Prince Prince. She ended up dying from an overdose of sleeping potion in Beverly Hills.
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The Fisher Memorial The gravestone’s another tall affair, a large pedestal atop which stands an angel who’s carrying a mortal woman, ostensibly toward heaven. Tom Davis notes that while the spirit/human juxtaposition might seem unique, a nearly identical statue exists in Metarie Cemetery in New Orleans. He’s got a blurry photograph of that similar piece of stone perched atop a mausoleum in the Big Easy, but there’s one difference: the angel in the Southern version has a finger pointing skyward. Poor Mrs. Fisher: her guardian’s heavenly digit has been broken off for decades. As Tom notes, the identity of the human woman immortalized in marble has posed something of a mystery.
Tom Davis: In our records, she’s only listed as “Mrs. John Fisher,” which disturbed me for quite a while. There’s a footstone, but the only inscription there reads “My darling wife.” On the monument itself, I don’t know if you can read the letters in the wreath — I’ve never been quite able to make it out myself — if it says anything, it looks like it says “PET.” I finally found in our records that the lot is owned by a Smith family. It’s mentioned in one document that those who can be buried here include the children of Anna Mary Fisher. Her complete name appears to be Anna Mary Smith Huddart Fisher.
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The Forrest Memorial The memorial built for the grave of Albertina Allen Forrest is startling: the greening, copper figure of a woman is draped over an altarpiece in abject, inconsolable grief. The subject of the statue, titled “Woman in Repose,” is anonymous, her face hidden, buried in her arms. Although the memorial includes two resting benches, it’s hard to imagine anyone stopping to find a bit of peace in such a mournful place. The man who built the memorial for his late wife, J.D. Forrest, lived in the home which was eventually expanded to become the Irvington United Methodist Church on Audubon Road. Tom Davis: Albertina and her husband met when they were students at the University of Akron. Then they went on to the University of Chicago. He graduted with a degree in sociology; a doctor’s degree. She all but had a doctoral degree in English when he accepted a position at Butler when it was still in the Irvington area. She died in 1904 at the age of 31 from a brain aneurysm. He went on to become the president of what would become the Citizens Gas Company. I don’t know if he also inherited money, but he had enough to build this large monument. The sculpture’s actually done by the same artist who did some of the work around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument downtown, Rudolf Schwarz.
The McGinnis Memorial
Forrest actually [remarried] … They had two daughters, but when he died in 1931, he was buried in an unmarked grave beside his first wife, Albertina. The poem [on the memorial] is the 13th poem in Alfred Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam group of poems. We have about a hundred statues at Crown Hill. Most of them date from the same era, pre-1920. Out of the hundreds, there are only a couple that are male. About 30 of the sculptures are angels, with wings or trumpets, and the rest are called “perpetual mourners” — this is the prime example here at Crown Hill. The lines of poetry: A loss forever new A void where heart on heart reposed And where warm hands have prest and closed Silence. 14 COVER STORY // 10.28.15 - 11.04.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
One of the monuments that depicts a child is a stone for Mary Ella McGinnis, a young girl who died of “heart congestion.” The marble likeness of Mary Ella has a bouquet of artificial flowers tucked into the crook of the girl’s arm. The flowers are brightly colored and fairly new, a stark contrast to the worn marble statue that carries them.
Tom Davis: Mary Ella died in 1875 at the age of five and a half. Again, in that era, it was not uncommon that the family — if they could afford it — would make a likeness of their child, especially a girl of that age. Her dad was in the Civil War and later became the Postmaster of Indianapolis. Someone’s always leaving artificial flowers with her — if we take them out, there will be more placed there later. The family has always said that originally Mrs. McGinnis had hired a young sculptor out of Chicago named Lorado Taft to do the likeness of the child. She apparently didn’t like his version. They ended up commissioning an artist, probably Italian, who was working in Bedford. It ends up Lorado Taft went on to become very successful. If you go to Chicago, [you’ll see that] a lot of the outdoor public scultpture from the 1800s was created by Taft. There are photographs of a very similar statue, a model of it, in Taft’s studio.
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he Robert H. McKinney family and the Indianapolis Art Center have announced the fifth Skip McKinney Faculty of the Year Fellow, Kimberly Conrad. Conrad is a jewelry and metalsmith teacher at the Indianapolis Art Center, where she has worked for the last 16 years. “It has been a big change from being a teacher only to doing a lot of different things at the Art Center,” says Conrad. “It has just been fabulous.” The $20,000 fellowship is “given to an Art Center faculty member who exhibits excellence in his/her art, excellence in teaching and focuses on building community through art,” according to the Art Center. Conrad was one of roughly 20 who applied. In addition to the financial scholarship, Conrad will be given a solo show in August of next year — allowing her to focus on her own body of work for the next few months. But Conrad has another big project on her mind as well. “Being awarded this honor by the McKinneys, it’s not only an acknowledgement of the work that I do, but also, all of the possibilities that this opens up for me.”
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cultures, says Conrad. “I really love turning people onto, not only art, but also how people express themselves,” says Conrad. “The differences in community, the differences in culture but being tied together with art. Art is such an amazing and empowering, universal form of communication and expression.” The award was created by the Robert H. McKinney Family Endowment, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation, to remember Arlene “Skip” McKinney, a devoted student and friend of the Indianapolis Art Center, accomplished artist and community leader. The McKinneys interviewed each finalist and carefully weighed their proposals and applications. “Our mother found her voice in the classrooms “Being awarded this honor by of the Indianapolis Art Center,” says Lisa McKinthe McKinneys, it’s not only an ney, daughter of Arlene, in a press release from the acknowledgement of the work that Art Center. “In establishing I do, but also, all of the possibilities the Skip McKinney Faculty Award, it was our hope to that this opens up for me.” recognize the Art Center faculty for their dedication — KIMBERLY CONRAD to their craft and to building community.” “I did not know Skip,” says Conrad. “I can imagine what the Art One of those possibilities came to Center did for her as a teacher what the mind when Conrad learned of a woman Art Center and my students do for me. who leads trips around the world for I feel so grateful to have found the Art jewelers to study their craft in the conCenter and be a part of it. I see the change text of other cultures. “I would like to do something like that, and difference I make in people’s lives.” n get a group of my students together and Editor’s note: Kevin McKinney is the find some sort of art community that founder, publisher, editor-in-chief and we all can be a part of for a weekend ... owner of NUVO Newsweekly. and see how things are done in other NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 10.28.15 - 11.04.15 // VISUAL 15
REVIEW The Nether e Oct. 22-Nov. 22. The Phoenix Theatre’s production of the award-winning play The Nether by Jennifer Haley is a fascinating if uncomfortable — even macabre — examination of morality and a person’s true nature. Set in the near future, people now spend the majority of their time in 3D online virtual worlds that offer them complete sensory immersion. They work, go to school, and find entertainment in fabricated “realms” that can provide them infinite varieties of experiences, including some that are no longer available in the physical world, such as spacious gardens and forests of trees. Some people are so addicted to this alternate universe that they become “shades” — a body on life support while the mind becomes a permanent resident of The Nether. The Hideaway is the most sophisticated realm, and it comes under the scrutiny of Detective Morris, who has uncovered its covert and perverse purpose: It is an outlet for pedophiles. The “children” are actually avatars for adult employees of The Hideaway, but it still begs the question of whether acting out an immoral compulsion in a controlled environment remains immoral. Under the direction of Bryan Fonseca, Bill Simmons manifests an unsettling intensity as the sociopathic Papa. What could be taken for sincere affection toward his favorite chimera, a 9-year-old named Iris, Simmons exposes as an affectation — Papa’s own fantasy that he could feel real emotions toward his targets. To justify this, he encourages (and even forces) dissociation between client and product through virtual murder of the child. Paeton Chavis as Iris is amazing. Though she is in her early 20s, she is completely convincing as the little girl. Even her laughter is realistic — not a forced imitation that grates on the ears. Her manners and speech are genuine; her transformation into a child is seamless. Doyle, played by Rich Rand, is a client addicted to his depravity. Instead of the expected pervert, Rand shows us a heartbroken man. Doyle is a schoolteacher on the brink of retirement with a wife and grown daughter. Rand exemplifies a person crippled by his own needs, having denied himself his innermost desires because they were considered unacceptable. He arrived at The Hideout searching for not only an outlet but also for nonjudgmental love. Sarah McGee as Detective Morris lacks convincing emotion in her role, but it does not detract from the intensity of the characters’ interaction. Their proclivities may be aberrant, but the play challenges you to think deeper about subjects that remain unexplored. — LISA GAUTHIER MITCHISON Phoenix Theatre, 749 N. Park Ave., $27 / $33 adult, $20 under 21, phoenixtheatre.org
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ight now what’s on Lukas Schooler’s mind is stilts. Yes, the giant wooden circus legs are one of the many things preoccupying his thoughts these days. Mostly because they are very representative of where he plans to take No Exit. Schooler was recently named the executive director of No Exit, replacing Georgeanna Wade Smith, who held the role from 2009 through 2015. Smith will be jumping across town to be an associate artistic director at Young Actors Theater but will still regularly be working with No Exit. “Through Georgeanna’s leadership, we were able to establish ourselves as the premier site-responsive performance company in Indianapolis,” says Schooler in a press release. Schooler began with No Exit in January of 2012 after he saw one of their performances. “For a while I have had this desire to work collaboratively with other artists of various mediums,” says Schooler. “I really saw No Exit as an audience member before I even joined. Their work is highly visual … They are really trying to be well rounded and represent all of the arts instead of just representing theater.” His personal artwork is typically site specific using anything from AstroTurf from the old RCA dome to Monopoly pieces. After graduating from DePauw, Woodruff Place was was the first location that Schooler lived when he moved to Indianapolis. “I found that place immediately fascinating,” says Schooler. “The streets were unlike any other place.” It was this fascination that set him off to create several pieces that focus around specific neighborhoods. “I am really Black, White, and Weird interested in hisAll Over was part of torical narratives the Cultural Trail grand and space,” says opening in 2013. Schooler. “That’s where No Exit has PHOTO COURTESY NO EXIT PERFORMANCE really tied into the work that I make.”
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He hopes to take No Exit further into the communities around Indy. Right now he has Lukas Schooler his eyes locked on The House Life Project, a space that is run by a group of artists to see how they can get communities to see blight and their neighborhoods differently. He hopes to bring artists from No Exit to Saint Claire Place and give the kids in the neighborhood the tools they need to make a performance piece. “Something that I am really interested in for No Exit and for myself is working at a civic level to engage our community and our artisans in the city to think about new ways of performing and new ways of creating art,” says Schooler. “And how we as No Exit can support that. That is kind of where I find myself.” No Exit also has plans to create pop-up shows in Fountain Square with iMOCA and redevelop the 2013 Hunger Games collaboration with Young Actors Theatre; ideally in a way that helps the youth involved think critically about things like hunger, urban gardening and sustainability. “Through this process of the Hunger Games is cultivating self-esteem and what it means to be a good leader in this city,” says Schooler. Schooler also hopes to do a lot of experimental performances. One of which is yes, a group of artists all doing that performance while on stilts. The company has traditionally followed a theater season. Soon, Schooler says, that will change. He went onto say that if you ask any member of No Exit they are a performance company, not a theater company. “Within our company we have choreographers, we have people who mime, we have clowns,” says Schooler. “We have people who are beautiful actors as well. Operating as a performance company and being seen as a performance company by our city allows us to break out of this formulaic method of what it means to be a theater company. So moving forward we are breaking from this mold.” A former member of No Exit recently said, “let’s say that No Exit is quitting theater,” recalls Schooler. He laughs and explains that it’s not quitting it’s expanding what Indy sees as performance. “We want to be understood as performing beyond theater.” n
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veryone has a guilty pleasure movie — usually seen without much guilt. For Nick Abeel it’s Jurassic Park, and when you are an actor and producer those guilty pleasures might become inspiration for your next big hit. That is exactly what happened when Abeel decided to make a shot-by-shot remake of Jurassic Park roughly a year ago called Hold on to Your Butts. The Indiana native, now New Yorker, took the show to the People’s Improv Theater in September of last year where it was named one of the Top Ten Comedies by TimeOut NY. “The show is very opposite, very goofy, very parody; people have really enjoyed the lo-fi nature of it,” says Abeel. “Since it is really just two guys jumping around.” The show consists of two actors and one foley artist (someone who sits on the side making sound effects with a microphone). “It asks a lot of the audience’s imagination,” says Abeel. “I have been surprised that people are very hungry for that — that kind of experience. I think it is because we are so inundated with manufactured experiences and CGI (computer-generated imagery) … you really can do anything on screen and people have seen everything. There is something very nostalgic about using your imagination and seeing people create that same feeling that the movie gives you but with cardboard props.” Since the show did so well, Abeel and his co-creator Kristin McCarthy Parker
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first true homes for stage performances. He also studied theater at the University of Evansville, where he and his roommate (now the other man in the show) almost always had Jurassic Park playing in the VCR. Abeel confesses that he is one of those people to opt for a movie he has seen a million times over “There is something very nostalgic something new. “Jurassic Park (the origabout using your imagination and inal) is still very much in the Zeitgeist,” says Abeel. seeing people create that same He and his co-star joke feeling that the movie gives you but that you can go on Facebook once a day and find with cardboard props.” a Jurassic Park meme or something related to it. — NICK ABEEL “It’s a move people know well, but forget that they know so well,” he decided to take it on a tour around the adds. The familiarity is something they country. Stop number one is in Indiarely heavily on in the performance. napolis, which is only fitting because He recalled one of his friends telling that is where Abeel cut his teeth. Indy them after an initial performance, “Guys, theaters like the IRT, Phoenix, Theatre on it was so smart, so dumb. I loved it.” the Square and Footlite were all Abeel’s That’s all he wanted. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 10.28.15 - 11.04.15 // STAGE 17
REVIEW THE BEAUTY OF WHAT REMAINS: FAMILY LOST, FAMILY FOUND BY SUSAN JOHNSON HADLER She Writes Press, paperback $16.95, E-book $9.95 e Nov. 4, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Book signing and talk) “Moving from estrangement to connection,” (p. 200) “Love was …returning to this family that had been shattered by shame and the silence that followed,” (p.198) is the coda story as Susan Johnson Hadler searched to learn about her father, 2nd Lt. David S. Johnson Jr., who died on April 12, 1945 in service with 782 Tank Battalion in Germany. Hadler was three months old when her father died. Like so many other war widows left to look after small children, Hadler’s mother shut out the loss, silencing the young Susan when she asked about her father — what was he like and what she and her older brother might share in common with his traits, his personality? The desire to connect was denied and buried deep. In 1994, the 50th anniversary of Liberation in the final phase of World War II, and at her own 50th birthday, Hadler embarked on a quest to learn about her father, perhaps not wanting to acknowledge how this would further strain her relationship with her mother or shatter her connection with her brother. The narrative is gripping in the premise alone, but the entire story is hauntingly universal. We learn how Hadler’s mother’s choices were connected with hidden family history. Silence cuts deeply into soul, splinters and slices and cuts us off. Hadler’s story toward finding herself through her father leads to learning about her mother’s sisters from whom her mother had chosen to disconnect. Reading like detective fiction, this memoir holds truths for all of us. Discovery is at the core, not only about family but equally about the larger world events that surround and shape us through ignorance, misinformation and denial. — RITA KOHN The Propylaeum, 1410 N. Delaware St.
EVENT ‘Still Working’ Nov. 6, 6-9 p.m. This month-long, contemporary art exhibit features 10 female artists and their thoughts on feminism, identity and life within various minorities and subcultures. The closing night show will have everything from performance work to visual pieces and spoken word. Circle City Industrial Complex, 1125 Brookside Ave.
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o I was driving to work a few weeks ago and WFYI’s public affairs program No Limits was on the radio. But the topic being discussed this time around was, let’s just say, more poetry than public affairs. The author being interviewed was Adrian Matejka, born in Nuremberg, Germany, who’s spent half his life in the Hoosier state. Matejka was being interviewed because he’s the Regional Author winner of the 2015 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Author Award. A graduate of Indiana University Bloomington, he’s now the Lilly Professor / Poet-in-Residence at his alma mater. In that capacity, he teaches a course each fall in rap poetics. He can talk to you about the rap stylings of Chuck D and Rakim, but he can also talk to you about the sonnet structures of Charles Baudelaire. Matejka’s also a huge boxing fan, which certainly has something to do with his choice of subject matter for The Big Smoke, his third book of poems, which was nominated for the National Book Award in 2013. It’s about the life of turn-of-the-twentiethcentury heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson. When I pulled into the parking lot, I had already made up my mind to talk to Matejka. I got my chance last Tuesday when we had an hour-long conversation by phone. NUVO: What about Jack Johnson, the boxer and the man, spoke to you? ADRIAN MATEJKA: What got me interested in Jack Johnson is that he’s a quintessentially America figure. He’s a self-made man. He was selfeducated; his parAdrian Matejka SUBMITTED PHOTO
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ents were slaves. He came from as nothing as you can have to become the most famous athlete in the world. Everyone knew who Jack Johnson was when he was alive. So to be able to that seems very American to me... But at the same time, he’s doing this in the face of the most intense racism imaginable. Somebody could have killed him and nobody would have blinked about it. And a lot of people wanted to kill him because here was this Black man with all this money. He’s bold. He wears all these nice clothes. He’s out there traveling the world and that’s not supposed to be in Jim Crow America. So I was really interested in how someone like that, someone who was had such magnetism, who was such an outsized figure could exist in turn of the twentieth century… NUVO: I heard you on No Limits a couple of weeks ago. You were talking
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MATEJKA: Indianapolis is in my new book called Collectable Blacks... It’ll be out in April of 2017… It’s funny. I spent so much time thinking about Jack Johnson’s story. I spent so much time thinking about how to craft it and how to make a contemporary narrative out of it that when I went back and tried to write my own poems, all of a sudden, place mattered in a way that it hadn’t mattered to me. Writing about Jack Johnson and thinking about geography, the geography that he existed in, made me think of my own geography. NUVO: I read a poem of yours entitled “& Later” after a painting by Basquiat and you have in it a great line: “Indianapolis’s three-skyscrapered smile.” Does that relate to a particular memory of yours, growing up in Indianapolis? MATEJKA: That’s in the new book. There’s a series of poems that respond to Basquiat’s paintings in the book. And yeah. I used to live in Carriage House East, way out of Mitthoeffer and 42nd Street and it was a neighborhood that was severely lacking in resources. Just a busted up basketball court and that kind of thing. But when you could see the skyline, when you could Indianapolis from a distance it was just these three skyscrapers. That’s all you could see from out there. NUVO: What got you interested in poetry in the first place? MATEJKA: Well, I wanted to be a rapper. In the mid-’80s, my buddy Che and I were like this little rap group. And we’d record ourselves on these little tape decks. And we were really bad at it. So I had this idea that I wanted to work with language … And when I realized that my career as an emcee was never going to take off, I was casting about for other opportunities for self-expression. And then I got a chance to hear [poet] Yusef Komunyakaa read and that was it. Whatever he’s doing, I want to do that. And so that was kind of the beginning of it for me. n
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What do you want to be for Halloween? If the answer is either “not broke” or “not racist” or “not sexy cop/firefighter/nurse/ Donald Trump (YES SUCH A HORRIBLE THING EXISTS),” we’ve got some ideas for you in the pages that follow. We tasked our editors to come up with something cheap. Like, less than 30-or-so bucks cheap. Two of us went with cardboard boxes, two more went with chemical suits and one went with straight-up makeup. The results are actually pretty dang funny. Happy haunting. NOTE: Amber Stearns was sick on the day of the group shot. Wait til you see her on page 21! MAKE YOUR OWN:
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I still remember the first time I went to the Art Institute of Chicago and saw “Mao” by Andy Warhol. I quickly fell down a rabbit hole of pop art infatuation; which is why turning myself into a pop art character for Halloween as one of Roy Lichtenstein’s characters was just too good to pass up. If you are a pop art fan this costume actually kills two birds with one stone. In addition to looking cool, the getup lets you immediately find the person who will be your new Halloween best friend if they can pinpoint your reference. (Bonus points if they can throw out a famous quote.)
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1. Choose your character. I went with the women from “Drowning Girl” and “Oh, Jeff” as inspiration. If you have shorter hair, I recommend using “In the Car” as a reference. A white shirt and solid black tie is needed to complete that look. 2. Go buy your costume makeup. I went to Margie’s on Illinois and 38th Street and chose red, black and white grease pencils that ran me $8 and change per color. The good thing is they can be used about a million times before they are reduced to messy nubs. I also opted for fake eyelashes. These run about $3, and the bigger the better. 3. Pick your outfit based on bright colors. It doesn’t matter too much what you wear as long as it’s a solid color. Choose something that you already have in your closet to keep the price tag at zero. I added a leather jacket to mine because, well, it’s fall and it makes the black makeup pop. 4. Map out your lines by printing out an image of your character and drawing solid lines in place of the highlights you want. It will let you map out your plan of attack ahead of time. I recommend making sure you accentuate the
jawline, eyebrows, collarbone and inner edge of one nostril. Once you start layering on all of the dots, contours can get lost. 5. Wait until after styling your hair to apply the makeup — the grease paint smudges easily. Start with the white dots, then move to red lips and finish with the black accents. You can go back and reapply the white dots to fix any mistakes you made the first time around. Give yourself at least 45 for this process if you are doing it alone. 6. Finish it off with a coat of white powder makeup over your entire face to hold everything in place. 7. The crowning touch to this piece is a prop comic word bubble. The only thing you need for this is printer paper and a Sharpie (read: things you already have around the house or office). Another rolled up piece of printer paper works well for a support stick. Secure it with staples. NOTE: Scrubbing this mess off at the end of the night can take a few rounds. Use olive oil, warm water and a rag for quick removal.
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I was so jealous when my brother got an iPod. All the burned CDs and ill-gotten mp3s and records we snagged from our parents were suddenly on this magical little rectangle. I loved it. I got one eventually myself, (bought with tips from my Steak ‘n’ Shake waitressing job) at IU’s Apple Store in the basement of the student union. It was silver, and it was magical. Now I have an iPhone, and for some reason it holds basically no songs. (Maybe I have too many pictures of my cat? Inconceivable.) I guess I could get one of Apple’s ever-diversifying line of iPods and iPhones, something rose gold and fabulous. But I’ll never forget that first classic white iPod that I borrowed from my much-cooler little bro whenever he let me. Like Ron Swanson says: That is an excellent rectangle. So, I made a me-sized one.
Make your own: 1. Steal a big box from a friend who’s recently moved and throw it in your trunk. 2. Make a ton of noise in your office cutting arm and head holes into your box. 3. Wrap it in whatever old Christmas wrapping paper you have lying around your closet – as long as the reverse side is white. Alternatively, you can spray paint it. 4. Convince your lovely designer co-worker to print up a display. CAREFUL on your song choice, boys and girls, for you will be forced to explain why you picked it all night long. I picked my favorite song from the spookiest album I know: Sir Deja Doog’s Love Coffin. It’s about being raised from the dead and shot back into hell – ultra Halloween-y. (NOTE: Doog is currently crowd-sourcing dollars for a new monster party EP. Donate!)
Cover those in a white paper (or white spray paint), smack on some tape, and draw some controls. Isn’t the click wheel so satisfying? 7. Pop that sucker over your head. You’re an iPod now. WARNING: Because Halloween is an excuse for jerks to be jerks in new and special ways, someone annoying will try to “change your song” at some point at a party. People of Earth: is it appropriate to change the song on someone else’s iPod? I think not, my friends. Hands off.
5. Tape that sucker on (or draw on a display). 6. Use some of the cardboard you’ve got left over from your arm and head hole cuts to make a scroll wheel (technically, you need three concentric circles, but nobody will care if you scrap the tiny one in the middle).
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dress or shorts underneath and some sexy footwear, and you’ll be able to get your sexy on for the price of exactly zero dollars. 1. Find a box that fits you around your house. I used a medium-size moving box. Cost: Zero dollars/time spent feeling guilty about all that shit you still haven’t unpacked. 2. Paint it white. I used some leftover white house paint that I found next to the box in my basement. It is these kinds of miraculous synchronicities that act as the supports in the delicate house of cards of good fortune that has created my life. Cost: Zero dollars. 3. Once the white paint has dried, find some red paint of some kind and paint “Enjoy!” on one side and “Thank you” on the reverse. Take a ham-fisted swing at painting pagodas on the sides, and frequently remind yourself that perfection is the enemy of good. Cost: Zero dollars.
4. Get a dry cleaners hanger (the kind with the paper tube at the bottom) and pop out the tube. Bend it into a wire handle sort of shape with pliers/brute force and leave the hooked ends intact. Use those hooks to secure the wire handle piece to the box as close to the sides as you can get it. 5. Tape the bottom of the box open or cut some tabs to fit the bottom box pieces together.
6. Using scissors, punch holes for attaching the shoulder straps a couple of inches below the top opening of the box. Feed two even lengths of string or leftover ribbon into the holes, tie knots to secure, and you’re done. 7. DO NOT DRESS LIKE A GEISHA, IN YELLOW FACE, OR ADD ANY RACIST ELEMENTS TO THIS COSTUME, NONASIANS. Thank you.
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Dressing up as high profile political figures is a trend that began during the Bill Clinton administration. But it hit full stride during the McCain-Obama presidential race. Even now you can find Sarah Palin kits in a Halloween costume shop near you. This year there is one man that is all the rage when it comes to political costumes. Whether you love him or hate him, there can be no denying the influential power of the Donald. As far as political figures go, Donald Trump is on track to be the most celebrated in costume this Halloween season.
How to look like a billion-dollar presidental candidate: 1. The key to any good costume is character development. Spend some time in front of your computer looking up pictures and videos of the Donald. Make note of the notable “scowl” and other signature facial expressions and practice them in a mirror. 2. Raid a male’s closet for shirt, tie and coat. Fathers, sons, husbands, boyfriends, and significant others are all fair game for closetraiding. If a man’s closet isn’t available or you don’t see the right combinations to perfect your look, thrift stores are also a great choice.
4. Place wig on your head, grab a comb and style. Once the optimum comb-over has been achieved, use the hair spray to keep it in place. (WARNING: Perfecting the Trump comb-over on an untrained wig may take a while. Take frequent breaks to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and/or tennis elbow. Also keep water handy to stay hydrated.) Instead of the traditional greeting of “trick-or-treat!” try, “I need you to give me candy so that we can make America great again!” And of course if you don’t like what you get, you can always scream, “You’re fired!”
3. Head out to your local Halloween costume shop or Sally’s Beauty Supply for a medium length blond wig and a can of hair spray.
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2. The aforementioned subject must decide to grow some facial hair right before Bryan Cranston turns up on basic cable in the role of Walter White. COST: Nada. 3. After realizing that you’re now a dead ringer for the 21st century’s most popular anti-hero, have your company hire a kid who kinda looks like Pinkman. COST: Negligible. No one in this photo session is signing the checks. 4. Buy two DuPont QC127S Tychem Fabric Protective Coveralls (with Hood, Disposable, Elastic Cuff, X-Large, Yellow) from Amazon. COST: $12.25 ea. 5. Borrow two respirators from your pals in the painting biz. COST: Those guys drink cheap beer. Seven bucks worth of Bud Light should cover it as a thank-you.
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fell in love with the above quote as well as the book’s tagline: So, you always wanted to be a writer. You might want to reconsider. So mysterious, slightly ominous. Genre lines blur, but I read enough to find a nugget, some tiny world of truth in most works of fiction. Abe Aamidor’s newest piece is full of them. He is also offering advice, really, in his latest work Monastery of Writers, a heads up for anyone who ever heard or thought, “I want to be a writer!” without actuagent — no major publisher and almost ally reading or writing no mid-list publisher any longer will deal Abe Aamidor anything.That alone made with un-agented material. I have in my me wonder if Aamidor was a teacher, a novel a true story of a national bestprofessor perhaps who heard that line selling author who tells would-be writers ten times a semester and finally snapped all the time to get an agent, but won’t talk – writing this book as therapy. Perhaps about her real mother-in-law, who is a I’m just projecting. I decide to ask him top New York literary agent.” at the book signing last Friday night at Aamidor is a sharpened writer. He has Bookmamas. “Oh, yes — for many years I was an adjunct I chatted with Aamidor for two hours instructor,” he said. “Although not in the last — he won me over immediately, few years.” I knew it! He’s taken a break from teachnot just as an author, but as an exing, and seems content within himself, within feature writer who understands there semi-retirement. “I would are differences between creative teach creative writing, if asked,” he says, after a writing, literature, and journalism. moment’s pause. I chatted with Aamidor for two hours — he won me over immediately, not just as an author, but co-authored six non-fiction books, on as an ex-feature writer who understands everything from the history of British mothere are differences between creative torcycles to a biography of the real Chuck writing, literature and journalism. Taylor — the Converse shoe icon. He is “Tens of thousands of books are pubalso a former Indianapolis Star writer, lished each year, but for fiction it’s mostand has had bylines in more than a dozen ly genre writing and I think even literary in literary journals over the past four fiction is its own kind of genre, much like years. A novel seemed like the next step. so-called progressive rock music, a lot “I was looking at all the ads for MFA of which sounds and feels alike to me,” programs in Poets & Writers magasaid Aamidor when asked about what he zine, and I had seen such ads in other says to blossoming writers who want to magazines that serve people with literary publish. “The biggest hurdle is getting an interests,” said Aamidor, on the >>>
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verything but the title is outstanding. Growin’ Up White by Dwight Ritter does not adequately represent the value to what this coming of age novel reveals. Admittedly semi-autobiographical, Ritter takes us into the world of ’50s and ’60s Indianapolis, as segregated as any southern community even though Indiana technically is a northern state. At the center is Georgey, a 50-year-old African-American woman with solid life values and a no-nonsense loving heart. Narrated by Ricky, the middle child in a middle class white Dwight Ritter family, the story unfolds from multiple perspectives. Ritter sets the Stoner family in the midst of harsh issues and forces them to make choices that have far reaching implications. Ricky’s mother, a concert pianist of stature, exemplifies a typical attitude, “classical pianists are the whitest people on earth,” she states as an inalterable fact. She is
<<< inspiration for this novel. “Combine that with what I knew about the history of the West Baden Springs Hotel, including its period as a Christian monastery, and I had the idea…” Aamidor is familiar with the rule “write what you know,” so he does — making sure to set stories in places he is familiar with so as to lend authenticity. It works. Aamidor asks questions like, “Do I love Indiana? Is it fertile? Is it undiscovered ground? No, to all of the above. Stories have to be set somewhere. In some of the short stories I’ve had published [in literary journals], I have also used Memphis and Chicago, which I have some affinity for. In order to plant seeds, you have to know the soil, so to speak. My stories are not set in, say, Paris. Readers would know I’m not as familiar with that city.” And with that note, I learned more from Aamidor in two hours than I did in the entire last year of my doctoral program. I’m not saying it to be facetious – I’m deadly serious. Our topics ranged
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affronted by Georgey’s suggestion that she enter a Black church to accompany a Gospel singer — music completely foreign to her. Experiencing her change of attitude is one of the best parts of this book, which is full of honest dealings with long-held beliefs. The Ku Klux Klan historically had a stronghold in Indianapolis. The depiction of Crispus Attucks’ basketball team holding sway over white teams is close to historical bone, but here it is shown on a very personal scale. History has its counterpart in scarred lives and unmitigated hatred. If you don’t mind having your sensibilities rattled, read this book. n
from journalism and teaching, to politics and creative writing, and on to Robie Macauley, pensions, literary journals, and of course, small presses. “If I were younger, I would have taken an LA agent’s advice and waited,” said Aamidor. “But at my age, I can’t keep holding out as it really may be now or never to get a novel published. If I were younger I would have been afraid of being pigeon-holed. Having said that, certainly many people are discovered, as it were, on the pages of small literary journals and in the ‘small press’.” And he’s right. The monastery of writers he’s created is no different than the Borderlands Press Bootcamp I will attend in January 2016. My conversation with Abe felt very much like a date, where no one looked at their phones, interesting and intelligent human dialogue ensued, and of course his wife was present. But this was all part of the magic of Abe Aamidor. The magic of Monastery of Writers, which I will put at 4.5 out of 5 stars. n
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FILM EVENTS Midnight Madness: Ms. 45 Oct. 30-31, Midnight. Not your typical Halloween fare. This cult classic follows a mute-seamstressturned-vigilante as she exacts revenge on the men who raped her. She dresses up like a nun and hits the crime-soaked streets of New York City to put the fear of God in the hearts of predatory men.
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Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema, landmarktheatres.com Experimental Hitchcock shorts Oct. 30, 6:30 p.m. Experimental filmmakers pay homage to the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, in this program of fitting short films for All Hallows Eve. First up is Les Leveque with 2 Spellbound and 4 Vertigo. Next, Rea Tajiri’s Hitchcock Trilogy presents poetic deconstructions of Vertigo, Psycho and Torn Curtain. Last but not least, Psykho III: The Musical revolves around queer video artist Tom Rubnitz’s restaging of Mark Oates’ campy reenactment of Psycho.
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ruth is a docudrama about news reporting, specifically a story that aired on 60 Minutes in 2004 about President George W. Bush’s stint in the Air National Guard. The story stirred up controversy, which led to intense scrutiny, which led to allegations against the reporters. The impressive cast is led by Cate Blanchett as then-CBS News producer Mary Mapes and Robert Redford as then-CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather. The film deals with power, politics, and potato chips. Specifically, Lay’s potato chips. Thin, crispy and delicious, Lay’s potato chips are great with meals or all by themselves. You know what they say about Lay’s: “Bet you can’t eat just one!” I mention Lay’s because the film reminded me of their popularity. Several cast members get together during one scene and talk about something. I can’t remember what because I was distracted when one of them took a potato chip out of a snack size bag of Lay’s. After the chip is eaten, the bag is passed to the next person, who also takes a chip while making sure the Lay’s logo remains visible to the audience. The bag of chips gets passed around the group like a joint. I’d love to continue talking about yummy treats prominently placed in the movie, but I should tell you more about the story.
No one wants to talk to the team, but Retired Lt. Col. Bill Burkett (Stacy Keach) eventually provides Mapes with some incriminating information, including OPENING: FRIDAY, KEYSTONE ART documents that support his claims. CBS RATED: R, r is impressed enough to support Mapes and her team, and the legendary Dan Truth is based on the book by Mapes and Rather is eager to report it. The story gets broadcast. The team is presents the story from her point of view. proud. The noble opposition howls as First time director James Vanderbilt, who expected. But wait ... their howls are unwrote the screenplay of David Fincher’s comfortably detailed. They contend the Zodiac, focuses on the details of how the documents are bogus, pointing out that, news story is researched and fact-checked even though they were supposed to have before being revealed to the world. been made on manual typewriters during During the 2004 presidential camthe ’60s, they included typographical features that were part of Microsoft Word. Burkett tries to back out of the whole thing, Truth makes a statement everybody calls their lawyers, and about the place of corporations all hell breaks loose. Even if you know how it all plays in the structure of our world out, the film remains interesting. Vanderbilt’s direction isn’t subtle that isn’t new ... — if there’s a close up of something, better take note of what you see, because it definitely will turn up later paign, allegations that Bush received — but his at times overly obvious cameraspecial treatment while in the National work is more amusing than irritating. Guard resurface. Mapes hears that he Watching the actors work is a pleasure. may have skipped out on his required Cate Blanchett is quite fine, as usual. So duties and puts together an exploratory are the supporting players, though I wish team including former Marine Roger Elisabeth Moss had been given more to do. Charles (Dennis Quaid), associate proRobert Redford’s portrayal of Dan Rather fessor Lucy Scott (Elisabeth Moss) and is fun, he incorporates some of Rather’s researcher Mike Smith (Topher Grace). Texas accent. Redford focuses more on how Rather carried himself at his prime. You see the authority, the pride and the fire beneath his Sunday service politeness. It’s a good performance. Truth makes a statement about the place of corporations in the structure of our world that isn’t new — Network said it with flash and thunder way back in 1976. Still, we probably need to be reminded from time to time that while we struggle over ethics, the corporations’ sole focus is on the profit margin. Or something like that. I don’t know for sure. I just wish I had some potato chips right now. Some Lay’s potato chips. n REVIEW
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Each of the film’s three acts revolves around one of Jobs’ innovations — the Macintosh in 1984, the NeXT cube in 1988 and the iMac in 1998.
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pparently the co-founder of Apple Inc. never listened to the company’s famous slogan, “Think different.” Late in the film Steve Jobs, those words appear on a screen above him after several colleagues call him out on his intense stubbornness. The slogan hovers like a warning as he stands alone onstage before the launch of the iMac. It’s a haunting shot — one of the few moments of silence in the chatty film written by Aaron Sorkin. With this somber image, director Danny Boyle visually summarizes the grand tragedy of the story. Steve Jobs is a shining example of how a director and his star can bring a sharp screenplay to vivid life.
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ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan. And Kate Winslet delivers a poignant performance as Jobs’ marketing chief — and surrogate older sister — Barbara Hoffman. Contrasting with his public announcements of new products, Jobs’ deeply personal discussions with these characters make for a surreal spectacle — a man facing the ghosts of his past while paving the way of the future. The film suggests that he thought he was fighting for the world’s future when he was mainly fighting for his own. Sorkin’s characters wield words like weapons. And Boyle maintains The film suggests that he thought he a kinetic pace to match was fighting for the world’s future when the rapid-fire dialogue. But the film’s greatness he was mainly fighting for his own. ultimately lies in Michael Fassbender’s portrayal of Jobs. It’s a raw, towering performance, grounding the pop The film is essentially a backstage culture figure in gritty reality without drama. It takes place mostly in the wings reducing his iconic stature. of auditoriums, following Jobs as he walks Late in his life, the man behind the and talks with friends, family members black turtleneck and jeans emitted nothand colleagues in the precious moments ing but warmth, talking about technolleading up to product launches. ogy like a kid in a toy store. Fassbender These characters basically embody reveals the ruthless businessman behind Jobs’ conscience. All of them gnaw on his the scenes. At the same time, he shows ego and question his actions. Seth Rogen the sense of childlike wonder with which has strong screen presence as the tender Jobs viewed the computer industry. yet tough Steve Wozniak. Jeff Daniels and Steve Jobs is one of the best films of Katherine Waterston are equally effecthe year. Like the man himself, it’s sharp, tive as Apple CEO John Sculley and Jobs’ imaginative and unforgettable. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 10.28.15 - 11.04.15 // SCREENS 25
FOOD BITES Last 2 CNO Dinners of the Year Chefs Night Off is closing out 2015 with two outstanding dinners. In 2015, they’ve expanded the Chefs Night Off format to include cookouts and brunches, as well as sending five Indiana chefs to the James Beard House for a collaborative dinner. Make sure you check out these before the season officially closes out. The last two are going to be one 50-person seating only each, so get tickets on eventbrite.com now if you get stoked on the chef lineup. Various locations and prices Bad Blood Nov. 15, 6:30 p.m. Kevin Ashworth of Louisville’s famed Milkwood is coming to cook in Indy for one night. Louisville has quickly established itself as one of the Midwest’s most fast-changing and innovative food cities. Keep your eyes trained on this space for an interview with the chef. Ashworth will be cooking with Abbi Merriss of Bluebeard, Alan Sternberg of Cerulean and Jonathan Brooks of Milktooth. Milktooth, 534 Virginia Ave., $85 Holidays on the Rocks Dec 13, 6:30 p.m. Once again, CNO is bringing a Louisville chef up to show Indy folks how they do in the Bluegrass state. Dustin Staggers is a prolific chef and restaurateur from Louisville who has transformed their dining culture. He’ll be cooking alongside Neal Brown (Libertine, Pizzology), Craig Baker (Plow & Anchor, The Local, Bent Rail), Chris Benedyk (Love Handle) and Pat Dennis (Three Floyds Pub) Brugge Brasserie, 1011 Westfield Blvd., $85 A Very Offal Halloween Oct. 31, 6-10 p.m. So you’re a food lover looking for Halloween plans. Well, look no further. This dinner is bringing together some of the most talented chefs in the city to put a spin on the so-called unclean, untouchable parts of various beasts. From brains to hearts, you’ll be able to sample goodies from Aaron Butts, Eli Laidlaw, Allan Giannattasio, Andrew Whitmoyer, Joshua Huffman, Ally Benedyk and cocktails by Eli Sanchez. The place is going to decked out in that classic murder chic look, and all the dishes are guaranteed to open your eyes to delicious possibilities of nose-to-tail butchering. Shoefly Public House Basement, 122 E. 22nd St., $80, eventbrite.com
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efore you head out with the kiddos to do your trick-or-treating about the town, we thought we would provide you with a primer on which Indianapolis homes to avoid, and what ideal drink pairing goes with each selection when it’s time to raid their bags at home. Er, check their candy, I mean.
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Tic-tacs, Smarties, Sprees. Small, hard candies that you can keep in your pocket without them melting or getting dirty. Place one under the tongue and let dissolve.
Pencils and raisins. Bible tracts for kids trick-or-treating with same-sex costumed parents.
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Amount: One per trick-ortreater per household
Amount: One per trick-ortreater per household
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Drink pairing: Mad Dog 20/20 and a bitchin’ guitar solo
Drink pairing: A human skull filled with scientist and teacher tears. (Non-satirical editor’s note: Fuck you, Mike Pence.)
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Amount: Fistfuls until he collapses in a shame pile on his front porch Drink pairing: A can of the Tom Brady Sux Sun King line of beers
Drink pairing: Wine in honor of all the glasses Glenda wants right now
Drink pairing: Red Bull and vodka. Having a kid is no excuse not to party once in awhile.
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Dark chocolate-covered artisan granola bars, high-fives
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Packages of peanuts crudely re-labeled “Liberal Brains” with Sharpie
Amount: Until the implanted portion of labradoodle brain begins to get tired from all the new smells Drink pairing: Green Gatorade over crushed ice with muddled cucumber and organic, barrelaged maple syrup
Amount: Unlimited until the sugar jitters die down Drink pairing: Low- to midshelf white wine. Not terrible and it does the job when chilled enough.
Amount: Unlimited, depending on delivery of joke Drink pairing: White Russian, maaan.
Amount: Until it stops being funny to them, which is never Drink pairing: Arbor Mist or Limearitas poured over ice, because they’re sophisticated
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AUTUMN LENTIL STEW Serves: 4 Tools: Crock-Pot, stovetop Prep time: 15 min. Cook time: 8 hours
The season of autumn has fully hit Indianapolis with crisp mornings and evenings and warm afternoons with sun that highlights beautiful shades of red, yellow and orange on the falling leaves. Nourishing our bodies during the fall season involves slowing down and taking time to prepare ourselves for the shorter days and busy holiday season. Cooking nutrient dense soups, loading up on vegetables and beneficial spices help the body adjust and build immunity to prevent the flu. In this stew recipe, the warming spices of curry, cumin and black pepper help to speed up digestion and increase internal heat. With the colder weather coming, eating foods that warm us from the inside helps the body ease into seasonal transitions.
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1/2 large yellow onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic (medium size) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium zucchini, finely chopped 1 large carrot, finely chopped 1/4 cup chopped parsley 3/4 cup dried French green lentils (soaked for 1 hour) 2 1/4 cups vegetable broth (low sodium) 3/4 cups filtered water 2 small sun dried tomatoes, finely chopped 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 1/2 teaspoons maple syrup
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Chop onions and mince garlic. Cook onions and garlic until translucent, about 3-5 minutes. Add to Crock-Pot.
Spices: 3/4 teaspoons pink Himalayan mineral salt 1/2 tablespoon curry 1/2 teaspoon coriander 1 1/4 teaspoons cumin 1/2 teaspoon turmeric Pinch of black pepper Chili flakes to taste
Finely chop carrot, zucchini, and parsley and add to Crock-Pot. Add carrot, zucchini and parsley to Crock-Pot. Add lentils, vegetable stock, water, chopped sun dried tomatoes, lemon juice, and maple syrup. Add in your spices and stir. Slow cook on low overnight or for 8 hours. Serve with a slice of avocado and parsley leaf on top and a side of mixed greens to improve digestion. HEALING THROUGH WHOLE FOOD BY ALLIE McFEE
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As open-wheel race cars drove down Main Street, I had the pleasure of meeting the gentlemen from Brownsburg cover band Jambox at Daredevil Brewing in Speedway. Over multiple pints of Vacation, Eric Rozens, Ritchie Wilkison and Rusty Scutt discussed the gear they use to recreate some timeless rock classics. Jambox took top honors in NUVO’s Best of Indy in the Best Cover Band category. We’re celebrating all of our winners on Thursday with a party at Crane Bay.
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NUVO: What’s the guitar rig like? RITCHIE WILKISON: I still use a Marshall cabinet on stage, if it’s a bigger stage I use another one… up to four. I use a 2000 Line 6 Flextone Tubetone. I run a little of my cabinet just to hear, but we built my sound to go to our sound man, Mike Champlin. Anyone else can hook up to that amp but they won’t sound like me. I like the older ones because it helps me cut down on my pedal board. NUVO: Do you have a favorite guitar? WILKISON: It’s a 1978 Dean hard tail reissue. It’s a V. It’s coil tapped with Seymour Duncans. I like the Pearly Gates. NUVO: What’s the drum kit like? RUSTY SCUTT: My big kit is a Ludwig maple, two 26” kicks. I’m primarily using this Yamaha recording kit; it’s birch. Sennheiser 604’s [microphones] around the toms. I’m using internal [AKG] D112’s in my kicks. I built all the mounts myself. WILKISON: He’s got a V-drum kit. He has two endorsements. SCUTT: Vic Firth and Sabian. My Sabian and Vic Firth people have been with me for years. NUVO: Can you describe Dave Lucid’s keyboard rig? ERIC ROZENS: Two boards… A Yamaha MOX8 and Roland FA-08. WILKISON: He’s got a bunch of keyboards. [Dave] is brilliant. We bring a riser… he needs to be seen. His eyes will be shut and he’s playing two keyboards. NUVO: Now how much power are you running? In jigowatts, preferably? WILKISON: 1.21. SCUTT: Depending on what size of club… I have amp racks for one bottom and one top a side. If I need 4 bottoms and 4 tops a side, I’ve got two amp racks for that. Like at Military Park we can run over 100,000 watts. — BRETT ALDERMAN
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alking to Russ and Huck for an hour can make their lives as musicians seem like either an endless slog through poverty or the ultimate answer to Animal House — depending on which story they're telling at any given moment. The duo, touring as Russ Baum and Huck Finn for the last four and a half years, have built up that rare camaraderie by playing hundreds of shows each year throughout the Midwest, and that has meant times where they've not known where they'll sleep from one night to the next. But it's also led them to the stories they tell on the songs fans love. “It's been about a year and a half since we put out Fricke,” Russ says. “And we're still working from the same formula, I'd say, on our new material. We just live our lives and tell the story as it comes along. We tell the stories of the people we meet, the situations we're in, little pieces of everyone's story and whatever those moments inspire.” Those people they meet have led to the formation of their thriving fan club, which meets at the Corner Bar on South Meridian each Tuesday to hand out the “Key of Mayhem” to the next eager fan. The key itself, a restroom key liberated from a long-ago bar by a fan of the band, is literally passed from the band to each new fan, requiring the “chosen one” to respond yes to any proffered task during the ensuing week. “You have seven days of initiation,
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Ten years later, however, the two did meet up again, this time as Russ played the Musicians Ball at the WHEN: THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 6 P.M. Bluebird in Bloomington. And though WHERE: THE CRANE BAY, 551 W. MERRILL ST. he'd been reaching out to musicians TICKETS: $8 ADVANCE, $10 DOOR, ALL-AGES anywhere he could, it was Huck who finally saw the right spark. “We did one show together for $50 at because it's not easy to be a fan of the Wit's End, looked at each other and ours,” Russ explains. “You can't just pay said, 'Let's roll!'” Russ laughs. “He asks for it, we're gonna put you through hell 'what are your goals?' and I said 'I want for long enough to make sure you really to be like the brand Tide. Let's make a want it. You've got to have some fun.” name brand, let's go after it.'” To hear him tell it, 13 years ago Russ A great deal of that fan respect was a wet-behind-the-ears nobody they’ve gathered comes from the fact desperate for anyone to give him the that the duo's music, a hybrid of altcountry and ’90s rock which owes as much to Marcy Playground as it does The Toad“Huck was running an open mic in ies, remains as bareMartinsville, and I came in like a cocky bones and honest as their mascot Thinjim 21-year-old, with all my friends who’d Danglebones, who told me I was great. And I was terrible!” hangs from their rearview on road trips. “We really want — RUSS ON MEETING HUCK to capture anything that's natural and want our albums to advice he needed to become a musician reflect the same thing so you can get for life. “Huck was running an open mic what you get live when you're playing in Martinsville, and I came in like a cocky that album,” says Russ. 21-year-old, with all my friends who'd This year's Best of Indy voting didn't told me I was great,” he says. “And I was net them the top prize – they placed first terrible! I did a couple songs and asked in Best Folk and Country — but they're him for some advice about what to do if I always glad to have the support of their wanted to do this for a living and he says, fans. With nearly 200 shows booked this 'Keep at it, and get with me in 10 years year alone, it's clear there's a deep love and we'll talk about it.' I think that was for both the music and their audience his way of saying 'keep at it but, fuck off.'” involved at every level.n LIVE
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n a crisp autumn evening in Indy’s Emerson Heights neighborhood, the members of BYBYE file into their dimly lit practice lair, greeting each other with a slap on the back before getting straight to business. They’ve got serious work to do, as they’re set to unveil their debut album on Oct. 31, a date quickly approaching for the experimental soul rock band. For the group’s pair of founding members, though, this point has been several years in the making. Marty Green (formerly of Indianapolis’ Sardina) and David Wessel (formerly of Boston’s Bon Savants) first met back in the early ’90s, during what Wessel describes as “the old Herron School of Art days.” After briefly playing in a band called O’Beige with drummer Jason Cavan (later of Marmoset), the two eventually found themselves in different cities. This didn’t stop them from working together on music though. Wessel recalls, “Marty was living in California for a while, and I was living n Boston, so we would send 4-track tapes back and forth.” Green would eventually return to Indy in the early ’00s, with Wessel following suit about a decade later. “When I moved back here [in February 2013], I think I looked him up the day I arrived,” Wessel remembers. “That’s just kind of always what we’ve done together is write and record a lot of music.” With nearly two decades of collaborations to pick apart, the two began sorting through all that they had created together over the years. Wessel says: “It started as a recording project between Marty and I. He has such a songwriter’s perspective of everything, and I was using Ableton a lot with synthesizers and stuff. So it was kind of just a merging of that.” In these early days, the two would record each song track by track.This process continued once Nick Peoni – nephew of State Street Pub owner Jimmy Peoni and former member of Street Spirits — joined the group. “It sounds kind of cheesy, but a lot of the songs are happy accidents because it seems like the shit that makes it [into the finished versions] isn’t the stuff that you record that night and think will be there,” Peoni reflects.
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After crafting several tracks, BYBYE decided to start working on an official album, drawing from the best of their loosely structured recording sessions. “We just started recording our ideas, and that kind of mutated into, ‘Let’s make this an album,’ ” Wessel says. The trio wound up recording at numerous locations in the city. “We have hundreds of recordings that we did over a year, and that made this whole thing come into being,” Green says. “It really started off as just Nick, me and Dave, and we went from place to place to place and recorded the whole album in like eight different places, from small apartments to the back of Vibes Music.” Wessel explains that oftentimes BYBYE songs simply start out as a seed of an idea. For example, one song that will not appear on the band’s upcoming album was actually inspired by a jazz-fusion band he heard at the Chatterbox one night. “The whole time I was there, I was like, ‘Oh man. I wish Marty could be here
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he first real indication of the power of drummer Kenny Aronoff was when he unleashed the legendary drum break in the middle of John Mellencamp’s “Jack and Diane” on music fans back in 1982. Aronoff, talking to us on the phone from his home in California, says that “through all those years, I had to learn how to come up with a drum beat that would get John Mellencamp’s songs on the radio and become number one. On the songs ‘Jack and Diane’, ‘Hurts So Good’ and a couple of other ones, my job was, and still is, to come up with the beats, and with the right creative ideas, to get that to the radio and become number one. “That’s my job.” His job these days to sit behind a drum kit for an artist — and there are hundreds who have used him to propel their music, whether on tour or in the studio – and make a record rock. He is the guy the A-list (and many others) call to get the groove and the blast into their music. His drum work is the soundtrack of heartland rock and roll. And this week, Aronoff is in Indianapolis to tell his story of finding his way on the road to more than 30 years of steady rock and roll employment. How seemingly simple ideas like correct practice, hard work and finding a way to be both a leader and a team player can work for anyone. He is hosting a pair of events this Wednesday (October 28) at the Arthur M. Glick JCC, with both events open to the public Aronoff peels back the layers Wednesday on his process with a master class about drumming, techniques and then demonstrating his powerful style. He will perform live and share stories and his keys to success from his 40-plus years in the music business. Born in Albany, New York, he ended up in Bloomington, Indiana at the IU Jacobs School of Music after looking for a top college music program. 32 MUSIC // 10.28.15 - 11.04.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
After his long stint with John Mellencamp ended in the early 1990s. Aronoff became the big sound drummer for dozens of bands, in the studio and on the road. Aronoff toured with dozens of other bands, including multiple times with Bob Seger, Melissa Etheridge and he continues to play club and festival shows with longtime roots-rockers and Indianapolis regulars the BoDeans. In Indy on Wednesday night, Aronoff’s master class starts at 4 p.m. and is open to all ages and abilities. Kenny will perform and demonstrate his playing style. He will also discuss the four concepts of drumming that apply to all styles of music and offer insights into practicing, recording in studios, and preparing for live or studio work. At 7:30 p.m., he will speak about his life in the studio and how he got to a place that was unthinkable to the kid who grew up on the East Coast. “It’s a two-hour show presentation where I perform and talk, tell stories, and speak about my seven keys to a successful life and career. I hope people will walk away with benefits, whether it has something to do with how to stay healthy, be it mentally physically, emotionally, or how to stay relevant in the world we’re in.”n
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or the last several years I've tried to stay away from the whole Halloween party scene. I'm not sure what went wrong with the holiday, but at some point Halloween seemed to transition from a mischievous celebration of all things spooky and macabre into a tasteless exploration of degrading cultural stereotypes. I prefer to pursue alternative options for celebrating during the Halloween season. One of my favorite activities of late has been exploring Indianapolis cemeteries in search of the grave sites of notable Hoosier cultural luminaries. For me there's nothing more evocative of the Halloween spirit in Indianapolis than spending a cool October evening roaming through a placid inner-city graveyard scene with a backdrop of trees resplendent in the fiery red and orange colors of autumn. On that note, here are a few of my favorite Indianapolis tombstone haunts.
partner Leroy Carr (Section H3, Lot 3, Grave 26) whose grave is tucked away deep within the wooded grounds of this Near-Westside cemetery. During the late ’20s and early ’30s Carr cut dozens of popular and influential blues recordings featuring his trademark laid-back vocals and piano riffs. The hard-living lifestyle Carr documented in his lyrics would be the cause of his own demise, as complications from alcohol abuse ended Carr's life early at the age of 30 after succumbing to nephritis on April 29, 1935.
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Just a few minutes drive away from Fountain Square is the eternal resting place for two of the most important musicians in Indiana history. Just a few feet apart from one another in New Crown are the graves of influential blues guitarist Scrapper Blackwell (Section 20, Row 8, Lot 26) and jazz guitar icon Wes Montgomery (Section 20, Row 20, Lot 99). While most Hoosier music fans are familiar with the life and groundbreaking work of electric guitarist Wes Montgomery, Scrapper Blackwell remains something of an enigma here in his hometown. During the 1920s Blackwell's innovative single-string guitar leads broke the mold for blues musicians and set the stage for future guitar greats like Charlie Christian. Just when Blackwell had returned to recording music after a long period of silence, his life ended under mysterious circumstances. Blackwell's body was found with two bullet holes in an alley near the musician's Downtown home on October 7, 1962.
There are many great musicians buried within Crown Hill, like jazz legends Russell Webster, and J.J. Johnson, or blues great "Guitar" Pete Franklin, but the spot I would point Cultural Manifesto readers to is the grave of Indianapolis poet Etheridge Knight (Section 62). Knight was a prominent member of the Black Arts Movement and he came to national attention during the 1970s writing hard-hitting and controversial pieces like "Feeling Fucked Up" and "Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane" Judging from Knight's work, he was fond of hanging out at Crown Hill during his living years. The cemetery makes multiple appearances in Knight's work like these lines from the Indiana Haiku series where Knight takes a sly jab at Crown Hill's most famous literary resident James Whitcomb Riley, "A black and white dog, Sniffs gravestone to gravestone: Pees on Hoosier Poet." n
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THURSDAY DANCE Griz 8 p.m. Here’s a bit from Brian Weiss’ interview with electronics guru Griz, who has his own strain of weed that did well at the Cannabis Cup. Here’s what he says about Griz Kush:
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SPOOKY Eternal Love Vampire Prom 8 p.m. Bring out your best couples costume for this deadly romantic Halloween party, because Monkey’s Tale is giving away two tickets to Disney World for costume contest winners.Take your undead lover to the most magical place on Earth! Douse yourself in fake blood before you get on the log ride! (Okay, maybe not.) The Slappies, DJ Tiberius Rex and DJ Mister E will perform, and there’s a drag show planned, too, hosted by Jessica Montgomery. Monkey’s Tale, 925 E. Westfield Blvd., $15, 21+ MONSTER MOVIES
Best of Indy Celebration 6 p.m.The city has voted and the results are in. You have decided who the best of the Best of Indy is and it’s time to let them know! Tickets include samples from food/beer/wine vendors, hors d’oeuvres, and some of the best musical performances in town. The first 150 people to arrive at the celebration will receive a cocktail ticket, complimentary of Fuzzy’s Vodka! Performances by: DJ Action Jackson, Charlie Ballantine, Shiny Penny, Andra Faye and Scott Ballantine, Bashiri Asad, Bizzare Noir with a special appearance by Angel Burlesque, Oreo Jones, Five Year Mission and Russ Baum & Huck Finn!
Deathgasm with Andy D 7 p.m. Okay, we’re just throwing in Rock + Reel’s summary of Deathgasm in here, because it’s too good to attempt to write ourselves: “ Metalthrashing Brodie is an outcast in a small town until he meets a kindred spirit in metalhead Zakk. After starting their own band, Brodie and Zakk’s resentment of the suburban wasteland leads them to a mysterious piece of sheet music said to grant Ultimate Power to whoever plays it. But the music also summons an ancient evil entity known as Aeloth The Blind One, who threatens to tear apart existence itself. It’s up to Brodie, Zakk and their mates to stop a force of pure evil from devouring mankind.”
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live band karaoke night is super fun and well-run – be good to your bartenders, and don’t forget your kitty litter if you’re dressing as Danzig. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $8 with costume, $10 without, 21+ SPOOKY Moonlight Madness 9 p.m. As Halloween grows closer the Mousetrap invites you to bring your best costume, ushering in the madness with a contest and a variety of talented performers including Magnetic, Kaleidoscope Jukebox, Nashawti, Shy Guy Says and Jin-XS. There will be art by Julie Young and live painting by Alex VanOsdol, Jenna Mishelow and Miranda Thomas. Fire show by Northern Lights Entertainment ft. Miss Hailyn Hoops. Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., $5, 21+
ROOTS The Lone Bellow 8 p.m. This trio of vocalists sells out just about every show they play here, so snag tix early if they’re your jam. They’ll also play an in-store at LUNA before the show some time around 6 p.m. Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $23, all-ages SPOOKY Melody Inn Annual Halloween Show 8:30 p.m. Another great tribute show goes down at the Mel this Friday; this one features bands covering Talking Heads, David Bowie, Bob Mould, The Smithereens and Violent Flames. Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., 21+ Halloween Bash featuring Royalty: Prince Tribute Band, State Street Pub, 21+ Crawloween on Main Street, Lino’s Coffee, 21+
FUNDRAISERS Justin Townes Earle 7 p.m. Earle is the big get for this year’s Amethyst House Benefit Concert, with local Tim Grimm opening. His latest is Absent Fathers, out early this year on Vagrent Records (and somewhat of a spiritual sequel to his 2014 album Single Mothers). Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. (Bloomington), $25 - $80, all-ages
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SATURDAY SPOOKY The Twin Cats 11th Annual Halloween Party 8 p.m. This is the official Melt Your Face pick for Halloween shenanigans. The Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., 21+ SPOOKY Erotic Exotic Ball 2015 7 p.m. DJ Matt Allen anchors this annual event, which also boasts $2,000 in cash and prizes for various costume contests. Party dance, dude. Landshark’s, 801 Broad Ripple Ave., prices vary, 21+
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Vanessa Carlton 9 p.m. We’ve got an interview with Carlton on NUVO.net.
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The HI-FI, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $25, 21+ Hairbanger’s Ball ‘80s Halloween, Vogue, 21+ Irvington Halloween Festival, Irvington, all-ages Tin Roof’s 4th Annual Halloween Bash, Tin Roof, 21+
Halloween Rip-Off Show 8 p.m. Yes, yet another tribute night, this one featuring hat tips to Johnny Thunders, Operation Ivy, L7, Motley Crue and songs from Labyrinth (yes, the David Bowie one). We love you, Punk Rock Night.
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ROOTS Langhorne Slim and The Law 8 p.m. We had Sean Scolnik (a.k.a. Langhorne Slim) pick his top three fave albums to spin on tour as his tour winds its way to Indy. His picks, and reasons for ‘em are: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Screamin’ The Blues because “Perfect for Halloween and every other day of the year. One of the realest, rawest, strangest and all time greatest that ever was and ever will be.” The Staple Singers, Freedom Highway, because“I’ve always loved the Staple Singers but just came across this album. It’s almost all I’ve been listening to on this tour. It’s truly incredible.” Os Mutantes // Os Mutantes because, “I ain’t keen on pickin’ favorite bands but after listening to Os Mutantes music for the last few years, it’s time I stop kidding myself. They’ve got everything I need.” Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $15, 21+
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Prohibition Era Party with Moxxie, Sa’le Joseph, Alley Cat Lounge Front Room, 21+ Suited Up Saturdays, Bartini’s, 21+ Mike Boo, Von Strantz, BleedingKeys, Brother O’Brother, Grove Haus, all-ages ByBye, Sunset Pig, Frequency Ghost, State Street Pub, 21+ Frights and Freaks, Riff Raff’s Bar, 21+ Mars and The Massacre, Phyllis and Gypsy, Radio Radio, 21+ Blues on the Bricks Winter Edition, Le Dolce Vita, 21+ Live Music at the Seasons Lodge, The Seasons Lodge, 21+ First Time Called Band, The Rathskeller, 21+ Guilford Falls, The Deadbeat Sailors, Dope Sweater, Alex Rose, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Pavel and Direct Contact, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Halloween Party: Tour the ZomBrewery, Flat12, 21+ Halloween Bash, Champps Indy Northside, all-ages Don’t Call Me Betty, Oliver Winery (Bloomington), 21+ Temple of Praise Assembly’s Fall Harvest Fest, Temple of Praise, all-ages
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Colin Hay 8 p.m. Thank Zach Braff for bringing you a little bit more post-Men At Work Colin Hay in your day-today, starting with his inclusion on the Garden State soundtrack with track “I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You” and continuing through Scrubs and other Braff productions. Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. (Bloomington), prices vary, all-ages Take That! Tuesdays, Coaches Tavern, 21+ Kyle Bledsoe, People’s Brewing Company (Lafayette), 21+ Nots, Raw McCartney, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Skylar Spence, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): On a January morning in 1943, the town of Spearfish, South Dakota experienced very weird weather. At 7:30 a.m. the temperature was minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit. In the next two minutes, due to an unusual type of wind sweeping down over nearby Lookout Mountain, thermometers shot up 49 degrees. Over the next hour and a half, the air grew even warmer. But by 9:30, the temperature had plummeted back to minus 4 degrees. I’m wondering if your moods might swing with this much bounce in the coming weeks. As long as you keep in mind that no single feeling is likely to last very long, it doesn’t have to be a problem. You may even find a way to enjoy the breathtaking ebbs and flows. Halloween costume suggestion: roller coaster rider, Jekyll and Hyde, warm clothes on one side of your body and shorts or bathing suit on the other. Aries
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How dare you be so magnetic and tempting? What were you thinking when you turned up the intensity of your charm to such a high level? I suggest you consider exercising more caution about expressing your radiance. People may have other things to do besides daydreaming about you. But if you really can’t bring yourself to be a little less attractive — if you absolutely refuse to tone yourself down — please at least try to be extra kind and generous. Share your emotional wealth. Overflow with more than your usual allotments of blessings. Halloween costume suggestion: a shamanic Santa Claus; a witchy Easter Bunny. Taurus
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the last ten days of November and the month of December, I suspect there will be wild-card interludes when you can enjoy smart gambles, daring stunts, cute tricks, and mythic escapades. But the next three weeks will not be like that. On the contrary. For the immediate future, I think you should be an upstanding citizen, a well-behaved helper, and a dutiful truth-teller. Can you handle that? If so, I bet you will get sneak peaks of the fun and productive mischief that could be yours in the last six weeks of 2015. Halloween costume suggestion: the most normal person in the world. Gemini
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Members of the gazelle species known as the springbok periodically engage in a behavior known as pronking. They leap into the air and propel themselves a great distance with all four feet off the ground, bounding around with abandon. What evolutionary purpose does this serve? Some scientists are puzzled, but not naturalist David Attenborough. In the documentary film Africa, he follows a springbok herd as it wanders through the desert for months, hoping to find a rare rainstorm. Finally it happens. As if in celebration, the springboks erupt with an outbreak of pronking. “They are dancing for joy,” Attenborough declares. Given the lucky breaks and creative breakthroughs coming your way, Cancerian, I foresee you doing something similar. Halloween costume suggestion: a pronking gazelle, a hippety-hopping bunny, a boisterous baby goat. Cancer
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “A very little key will open a very heavy door,” wrote Charles Dickens in his short story “Hunted Down.” Make that one of your guiding meditations in the coming days, Leo. In the back of your mind, keep visualizing the image of a little key opening a heavy door. Doing so will help ensure that you’ll be alert when clues about the real key’s location become available. You will have a keen intuitive sense of how you’ll need to respond if you want to procure it. Halloween costume suggestion: proud and protective possessor of a magic key. Leo
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The ancient Hindu text known as the Kama Sutra gives extensive advice about many subjects, including love and sex. “Though a man loves a woman ever so much,” reads a passage in chapter four, “he never succeeds in winning her without a great deal of talking.” Take that as your cue, Virgo. In the coming weeks, stir up the intimacy you want with a great Virgo
deal of incisive talking that beguiles and entertains. Furthermore, use the same approach to round up any other experience you yearn for. The way you play with language will be crucial in your efforts to fulfill your wishes. Luckily, I expect your persuasive powers to be even greater than they usually are. Halloween costume suggestion: the ultimate salesperson. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I encourage you to be super rhythmical and melodious in the coming days. Don’t just sing in the shower and in the car. Hum and warble and whistle while shopping for vegetables and washing the dishes and walking the dog. Allot yourself more than enough time to shimmy and cavort, not just on the dance floor but anywhere else you can get away with it. For extra credit, experiment with lyrical flourishes whenever you’re in bed doing the jizzle-skazzle. Halloween costume suggestion: wandering troubadour, street musician, free-styling rapper, operatic diva, medicine woman who heals with sound. Libra
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I expect you to be in a state of continual birth for the next four weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about how strong it feels. To help maintain your poise, keep in mind that your growth spurt is a natural response to the dissolution that preceded it. Halloween costume suggestion: a fountain, an erupting volcano, the growing beanstalk from the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairy tale. Scorpio
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” So says Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield. Can you guess why I’m bringing it to your attention, Sagittarius? It’s one of those times when you can do yourself a big favor by sloughing off the stale, wornout, decaying parts of your past. Luckily for you, you now have an extraordinary talent for doing just that. I suspect you will also receive unexpected help and surprising grace as you proceed. Halloween costume suggestion: a snake molting its skin. Sagittarius
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Speaking on behalf of your wild mind, I’m letting you know that you’re due for an immersion in revelry and festivity. Plugging away at business as usual could become counterproductive unless you take at least brief excursions to the frontiers of pleasure. High integrity may become sterile unless you expose it to an unpredictable adventure or two. Halloween costume suggestion: party animal, hell raiser, social butterfly, god or goddess of delight. Every one of us harbors a touch of crazy genius that periodically needs to be unleashed, and now is that time for you. Capricorn
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I hope you will chose a Halloween costume that emboldens you to feel powerful. For the next three weeks, it’s in your longterm interest to invoke a visceral sense of potency, dominion, and sovereignty. What clothes and trappings might stimulate these qualities in you? Those of a king or queen? A rock star or CEO? A fairy godmother, superhero, or dragon-tamer? Only you know which archetypal persona will help stir up your untapped reserves of confidence and command. Aquarius
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s time to stretch the boundaries, Pisces. You have license to expand the containers and outgrow the expectations and wage rebellion for the sheer fun of it. The frontiers are calling you. Your enmeshment in small talk and your attachment to trivial wishes are hereby suspended. Your mind yearns to be blown and blown and blown again! I dare you to wander outside your overly safe haven and go in quest of provocative curiosities. Halloween costume suggestions: mad scientist, wild-eyed revolutionary, Dr. Who. Pisces
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