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Just after the 1998 election — a midterm that coincided with, ironically, Indy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith announcing that he wouldn’t seek a third term, the late Harrison Ullmann penned a column entitled “About Markets, Message and Money,” that, in part, bemoaned what Ullmann saw as the bastardization of the term “liberal.” An excerpt:

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The truth is that there are no LIBERALS left in our politics. The national Republicans try to tell us Bill and Hillary are old-style LIBERALS; they are not. The local Republicans tell us that Evan Bayh is a closet LIBERAL; he is not. There are no LIBERALS left in our politics, not if you mean people like FDR or Hubert Humphrey or even Birch Bayh. The people are gone, but the word remains.

When it’s used at its most benign these days, LIBERAL means the people who are against whatever it is that you and I are for today. Like, it’s the LIBERALS who want higher taxes and it’s the LIBERALS who want bad schools ...

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But when it’s used at its most malign, LIBERAL means people who aren’t like you and me — people with that LIBERAL sexual orientation, people with those LIBERAL religious beliefs, people with those LIBERAL skin colors.

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n case you missed it: Republicans mum wage. Then they voted for candicleaned up in this year’s midterm dates who have done everything they elections. They won a majority in the can to either outsource jobs, or support U.S. Senate, giving them control of both policies favoring lower pay. houses of Congress (three out of four, if This tendency to believe that the rich you count the Supreme Court). know what’s best for the rest of us isn’t They also blew through a mess of govnew. We’ve been headed in this direcernor’s races. Minnesota is now the only tion in a kind of forced march ever since one of the Great Lakes states with a Dem the Supreme Court ruled that money in its statehouse. equals free speech and that corporations An electoral map of the United States have the same rights as individuals. looks like the Joker’s grin: a great red But it goes back even farther than gash, with a couple of blue dimples on that, to the so-called “public-private either coast. The GOP now has the widpartnerships” that have slapped corpoest margin of control in both chambers rate logos on an array of formerly public since 1929. That was just before the assets, from state university departGreat Depression. ments to parklands.

As usual, everybody’s blaming Obama for what’s happened.

Never mind that the stock market’s breaking Americans seem to trust the rich records, unemployment’s down and the cost of a more than whatever is left of our gallon of gas is less than government. three dollars.

In another week, Republicans will probably be asking us to thank them.

Forget Occupy Wall Street, and the Political pundits are saying voters widening gap between the rich and (those that showed up — turnout hit everybody else. According to the latest record lows in some places, includelection results, we think that gap is a ing Indiana) were angry. Or scared. Or good thing. How else can Americans tell wanting change (again). winners from losers?

Whatever. One thing seems clear: If Indiana has a “been there, Americans seem to trust the rich more done that” attitude about the latest than whatever is left of our government.

Republican onslaught, it’s because our In state after state, people voted for state’s made an electoral habit of being candidates who want to lower corporate run by the rich, for the rich — I mean taxes, get rid of regulations, and reduce job creators — for some time. This state government services. isn’t just Red, it’s “super” Red. You see When it comes to healthcare, they how that’s worked out. might as well have voted for insurance As the man said as he fell from a wincompanies. The environment? Best to dow on the 13th floor: “So far, so good.” n let the energy firms decide how much pollution is too much. And when it comes to education, leave that to the CEOs — they’re the ones hiring.

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he elections of 2014 are over and to be resuscitated. Gary has suffered now we must turn to another set of at the hands of the state legislature extremely important elections — and its own internal conflicts. Mayor those of 2015. Next year we will elect mayors in Indiana’s cities and those races Freeman-Wilson looks forward without blaming anyone. Her gaze is fixed are crucially important for our future. firmly on what can be done today with The basic framework of how we live is available resources to build consensus determined, in large measure, by where and community. we live. What businesses are available Indianapolis, the core of Indiana’s to us for jobs and for shopping? Are our most thriving metropolitan area, is streets and homes safe? Are health reguthe polar opposite of Gary. It has been lations for our children and our seniors on an upward trajectory of more than enforced? Are businesses and families protected by intelligent zoning and code 30 years with a string of prudent, but progressive mayors. Yet, Indianapolis, enforcement? like Gary and other Hoosier cities, Answers to these and a dozen other has been throttled by the small-town, questions are strongly dependent on small-minded General Assembly. whom we elect as our mayors. Indiana is fortunate to have many fine mayors who promote Indianapolis has been throttled community harmony and progress. But it becomes by the small-town, small-minded increasingly difficult to find good people to run for General Assembly. those demanding offices.

Of course we do have a few mayors who sow Should Indianapolis use federal or discord and retard the development of state funds to create more outdoor their communities. It’s our job to see eating on The Circle? What is the they do not get re-elected. national or state interest in this $60 Each mayor must choose what sermillion project? Will Indianapolis fail vices to augment and how to finance to thrive if local property owners, the improvements in his/her city. Take presumed beneficiaries of this projthese two examples: In Gary, Mayor ect, foot the bill?

Karen Freeman-Wilson is using federal Governor Pence turned down the funds to assist in clearing away many opportunity to receive $80 million in vacant, dilapidated properties for redefederal funding for pre-K education velopment. In Indianapolis, Mayor because strings “might be” attached.

Greg Ballard has used and is being This sets up questions for Indiana and urged to use federal funds to make the nation. Should Hoosiers reject downtown streets exciting places for federal funds to improve our most dining and entertainment. damaged cities because of strings? Or Gary is a city that needs all the help should there be strings (safeguards) it can get. The consequences of accuon federal funds to prevent them from mulated neglect and mismanagement being used to further enhance already are being addressed by an energetic, prosperous communities? n practical mayor. It is consistent with our national interest to see to it that endangered cities are given a chance NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 11.12.14 - 11.19.14 // VOICES 5

WHAT HAPPENED? Ballard won’t seek 3rd term Mayor Greg Ballard announced he would not seek a third term Thursday. Ballard says he has dedicated his life to public service and now he and his wife, Winnie, want to seek out other things to do. Ballard discussed what he felt were the successes of his years in office, citing the city’s hosting of the Super Bowl, the modernization of the Mayor’s Action Center, various sustainability projects and others. Although Ballard’s statement said he is confident he could have won a third term in office, history indicates that may have been easier said than done. While the office has no term limits, only one mayor in the history of the office has been elected to more than two terms in office. Mayor Bill Hudnut served four terms in office from 1976-1992.

Attorney General rescues non-profit agency Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and the board of directors for the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault (INCASA) agreed to state intervention to protect the solvency of the agency. Under a consent decree filed in Marion Superior Court last week, a court-appointed receiver would take over the administration of INCASA, audit its finances, and resolve its debts. INCASA was established in 1986 as a training and advocacy organization, but was forced to lay off its employees and suspend operations in June 2014 due to losses in state and federal grants and insurmountable debt. Similar action was taken to save Conner Prairie interactive history park in Fishers and the Oakwood retreat and hotel on Lake Wawasee.

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—AMBER STEARNS Right-to-work law is constitutional The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the right-towork law as constitutional after determining no union is required to represent a specific group of workers. The unanimous decision ends two court challenges to the law and overturns decisions by two Lake County judges who had declared it unconstitutional. Those judges ruled the measure prevents unions from receiving “just compensation” – as spelled out by the Indiana Constitution – for providing services to non-union members.

But the state’s highest court said the union’s obligation to represent non-members is actually optional. “It only occurs when the union elects to be the exclusive bargaining agent, for which it is justly compensated by the right to bargain exclusively with the employer,” Justice Brent Dickson wrote in the opinion. And the court also said any such compensation is only necessary when “the state demands particular services, not when the federal government does so.” Four justices signed onto the majority opinion.

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he number of veterans among the homeless population in Indianapolis has been around 25 percent for the past three years, according to the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention. For some, the concept of not having a place to go, something to eat, or loved ones to help is difficult to fathom. Even more difficult to imagine is an individual who served our country with honor in the armed forces living on the streets.

But for hundreds of people in our city, including over 400 veterans, the concept is reality.

Every homeless individual has a unique story of how they came to be in the situation they’re in. Joe, a homeless veteran I had the honor of meeting, hopes his story will help others find their way out of despair and toward the life they deserve.

Joe, Navy Veteran and Firefighter Happy twinkling eyes showed signs of the weariness they once held. A warm, broad smile adorned the face of a man who had lived a number of lifetimes. His posture told a story of an individual who knew where he had been and deeply appreciated how far he had come.

“I was in the Navy,” Joe said. “I was a machinist on an ammunition ship.

I worked on anything related to an engine, small and large.”

Joe’s time in the Navy coincided with the conflict in Vietnam. He was always on a ship that spent nine months out of the year in the water. He served four years with no difficulties and was discharged. Looking back, he said he wished he had served 20 years.

“After the war, I went back home to mom and dad,” said Joe. He returned to a stable environment and continued his life outside of the

Navy. He got married and became a firefighter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Joe’s life post-military was a good one — complete with a nice house and a satisfying career that had promotions, bonuses, colleagues and all of the other things that people associate with middle-class success.

So with all of this success and comfort in his world, what triggered the downward spiral that would lead to a life on the streets?

“Divorce,” said Joe very matter-of-fact. “ I thought I was unworthy of so many things so I quit my job and ran away.”

He began drinking and using drugs.

He quickly went from life to no life.

“I pretty much gave up,” said Joe. “I wasn’t trying to do anything.”

Joe said his upbringing in a warm and loving household told him “I know better,” so he didn’t give up completely which probably saved his life. But he did run away from everything and everyone he knew.

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Joe and his fellow veterans Jesse and Matt enjoy the reception for the REST graduation (above) and he shows off medals from running half marathons (right).

The Homelessness Cycle Joe traveled the Midwest going from one job to another, but mostly looking for that next fix. The first time he was in Indiana was to apply for a job in Anderson as the director of a company that maintained rehab facilities. The directorship didn’t work out, but Joe did spend some time managing several buildings within the company. Like most of the jobs he had since leaving Milwaukee, the post in Anderson didn’t last long and Joe went on to the next place.

Eventually, Joe said he stopped taking jobs altogether and starting dealing drugs. Without a stable income Joe landed on the streets moving from shelter to shelter. He was dealing and using, living from fix to fix. He said he ended up in Detroit with no incentive to change.

“Quite frankly, the shelter system there was very enabling,” said Joe. “They provided a shower, a bed, and food, but no real structure or program.”

The shelter only required people to return by 7 p.m. to insure a bed and a meal for the night. If someone missed that deadline, they faced a night on the streets. It was a scenario with which Joe was very familiar.

“Sometimes I’d sleep on vents to stay warm or I’d find a spot on a bench or under a tree. Sometimes I just kept walking all night with no real place to go,” said Joe. After living like this for about a year, Joe decided it was time to get help.

“I sought help through a veterans service in Detroit and managed to stay clean for a significant amount of time,” said Joe. “But without a program you slip back. It all starts in the mind and at some point

the mind says, ‘I want to get high again.’”

And he did. Over and over again Joe went through the cycle of getting clean, then falling back into the same pattern.

But after one particular four-day binge, Joe decided he had had enough.

Back on his feet in Indianapolis Through his connections on the street, Joe eventually asked for help through HVAF of Indiana.

According to their mission statement, HVAF provides housing and reintegration services to homeless veterans. The organization also administers programs and services to prevent at-risk veterans from becoming homeless. They house approximately 200 veterans at any one time in their 13 properties around Indianapolis and provide outreach services to 200 more still out on the street.

Joe not only found a bed and three daily meals but recovery-based services, therapy, medical treatment and a direct link to Veterans Affairs.

“My stay here has been wonderful,” said Joe, now nine months into his recovery. “I’ve worked the 12 steps like AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), I’ve done the program, read the literature and attended meetings. I’ve even joined a running group that is a positive outlet. I’ve been able to meet more people like myself.”

Joe recently graduated from the Residential Employment Substance Abuse Treatment (REST) program. He now has a job and is looking for an apartment. He says the longevity of the program is what has made and will continue to make the difference in his life

and help him maintain his new clean and sober lifestyle.

“Two weeks is not going to fix it,” said Joe, “Neither is two months, three months, etc. You have to be sick and tired of being sick and tired. You have to want it.”

There are certain things the counselors require of all clients at HVAF of Indiana. Anyone who wants to change his or her life has to demonstrate honesty, open-mindedness, and willingness to engage in the process.

“With those three things, there is hope,” said Joe, this time with a smile.

“Something has happened, something has changed. There is more focus in my life and I have gathered a network that is out of this world.”

With his life back in order after years of chaos, Joe now plans to keep that network to be his best self and become a part of the network to help others who are in the same situation he left behind. He only blamed his pride for keeping him down and using drugs and alcohol. He had to get rid of the selfish things in his life in order to change. His awareness of that now is how he believes he can help someone else.

Joe’s words of wisdom for the path out of homelessness are simple.

“Ask for help,” said Joe. “ It’s available and if you’re a veteran, it’s REALLY available.” n

“You have to be sick and tired of being sick and tired. You have to want it.”

— JOE, HOMELESS VETERAN

Indiana Maybe Baby Workshop Saturday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m. The Family Equality Council will host a workshop designed to help prospective parents in the LGBTQ community learn about creating a family. The event at Wellpoint’s headquarters will include a vendor fair, a panel of experts in the field of LGBTQ family formation, and a panel of LGBTQ parents who will share their family creation stories. The Wellpoint Associate Network for Gay and Lesbian Equality sponsors the event.

Registration is required.

Wellpoint Headquarters, 120 Monument Circle, FREE, familyequality.org Indiana Recycling Coalition Gala Saturday, Nov. 15, 6 p.m. The Indiana Recycling Coalition (IRC) will host its 25th Anniversary Gala. The gala, REVENT, will feature music, dinner, networking, and much more. Cocktail attire is suggested with vintage, recycled and thrifty elements encouraged. A fashion show and contest will be held for the best vintage, recycled, and/or thrifty cocktail attire. All proceeds from the event will benefit IRC’s recycling and education programs statewide.

Hyatt Regency, 1 S. Capital Ave., $75-$95, indianarecycling.org

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hanksgiving will always be remembered in my mind as my mother’s favorite holiday, in which her overwhelming spirit of giving could find purchase in a holiday that encourages the gluttonous overfeeding of the people you love most. Since there are few things we NUVOnians love more than cooking and eating together, we’re sharing our favorite Turkey Day recipes. On the list of contributors is Jolene Ketzenberger, NUVO dining critic and blogger at eatdrinkindy.com.

She also has a new show on WFYI’s digital channel, Eat Drink Indiana Radio, Saturdays from 11 to noon. New to NUVO readers is Heather Tallman, blogger extraordinaire at Basilmomma.com, the tagline of which is simply “A busy mom who likes to cook.”

From NUVO, there’s music editor Kat Coplen, who has created historical recipes for Historic Indianapolis. And of course, I’ll be contributing recipes from my own family. These are all easy, forgiving recipes that take a few steps. Most can be prepared and popped in the oven when they’re needed. Don’t forget to head to NUVO.net, where we have more recipes, like Kat’s Nutella Cheesecake. — SARAH MURRELL

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This is the most satisfying recipe.

It makes the kitchen smell great, and it’s very forgiving. The recipe on the back of the cranberry bag just calls for a cup of water, a cup of sugar and the bag of cranberries.

So that’s really all you need for a serviceable sauce. But the apple cider, spices, liqueur and orange zest really add a lot of flavor — and a fabulous aroma!

love Thanksgiving. The demands of the day — good food and lots of it — are ones I can handle.

Turkey, sides and pies? I can do that.

And unlike other holidays, there are no presents to buy, no costumes to make, no festivities that are dependent on the weather. Beyond the food, the expectations are low and manageable. Show up, be polite, eat something, have a glass of whatever’s offered and make small talk with family members — at least some of whom you maybe actually like.

As for the meal itself, it’s probably best not to mess with tradition. At our house, the kids want to wake up to the smell of turkey roasting. They want to snack on Chex Mix and eat carrots and pickles and olives from the relish tray until it’s time for dinner. And when it comes to the meal itself, my kids’ tastes are uncomplicated. They want a traditional turkey, they want Stove Top Stuffing (yes, made just like it says on the box), sweet potatoes topped with marshmallows, green bean casserole and crescent rolls that pop from a tube — and they’ll probably fight over who gets to pop them.

And that’s okay. After all, Thanksgiving is about family and memories, and even though food is central to the celebration, it’s the memories of the food that really matter. So I don’t mind making the kids’ favorites, but I do like trying different sides as well — maybe oyster dressing or roasted Brussels sprouts or a carrot soufflé. One year, after we had taken the kid-pleasing, straightforward Thanksgiving lunch to my folks and packaged up plenty of leftovers for them, we came home and cooked a turkey on the grill, and I made another round of less traditional sides. And my Stove Topstuffed kids were happy to indulge me — and they even liked my Brussels sprouts. The oyster dressing, not so much.

Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce • 1 cup sugar • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger • 1/4 teaspoon allspice • 1 cup apple cider (or water) • 12 ounce package fresh cranberries • 2 tablespoons orange liqueur • Zest of 1 medium orange In a medium saucepan, add sugar; stir in cinnamon, ground cloves, ginger and allspice. Add cider and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to combine.

Add cranberries, return to a boil, then lower heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes, adding the orange liqueur about halfway through the cooking time. Remove from heat and stir in orange zest. Allow to cool.

Store covered in refrigerator for up to a week.

COOK’S NOTE: This is terrific not only with turkey, but also with a cheese plate. It also makes a great filling for bar cookies (replace the jam or preserves in raspberry streusel bars, for example, with cranberry sauce).

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rock Pot, slow cooker, electric dutch oven — no matter what you call it there is no denying that this is one kitchen appliance we all need. If you disagree with me then you have obviously never used one.

Bust open that graduation or wedding gift and give it a try. There are companies and whole websites based on the wonder that is a slow cooker. There is a reason for that.

Whether you are a busy working person or you just like coming home to a completed meal, there are about one hundred ways to use a Crock Pot. I mean, you can make cake in it. Cake!

Somehow a few years ago they began to get a bad rap and I think that came from the “I don’t know how to cook and I know nothing about food but I am going to judge” crowd. I distinctly remember doing a cooking segment on Fox59 three years ago and the first tweet I read after we wrapped was a critique of my use of a Crock Pot.I think the intent of that comment was to make me feel like I wasn’t “really cooking” and was employing the "set it and forget it" method of cooking.

So what? There is a magic in placing a hunk of meat in the slow cooker, adding spices, stock, vegetables and simply placing on the lid. Who cares if I prepared dinner that way? Is it any less creative that standing over a stock pot and watching it cook all day? No, it is not.

The fact remains that many people, those with mad cooking skills as well as the novice home cooks, rely on the slow cooker to just get dinner on the table most nights. There is no shame in that and frankly, I have messed up more than my share of slow cooked delights. Adding in dairy when I shouldn’t have, cooking with rice or pasta, and not adding enough liquid are common pitfalls in using a slow cooker. My go-to resources for crockin’ culinary know-how are America’s Test Kitchen and Recipes that Crock.

Both dot coms are great resources for the home cook that wants to use this small appliance and not waste time or money on bad results. Not to mention they've got some handy recipes.

Here are a few tips before you get started: be sure your bird is well thawed.

This may seem like common sense but I have realized that common sense is not always so common. Next, just as you would treat a bird destined for the oven, season it inside and out. The reason should be clear. You don’t just season one side of a hamburger patty do you?

Lastly, to avoid dried out breast meat start the bird breast side down. Then with one hour left, carefully flip the bird to allow the skin to crisp a bit.

Reserve your liquid from your finished product. When the turkey is fully cooked, remove and allow to rest before slicing into it. Pour the remaining liquid through a strainer and reserve two cups. Melt two tablespoons of butter in a skillet, whisk in two tablespoons of flour and blend in the reserved liquid.

Whisk together on medium heat until you have a nice gravy. You can do this. Taste it to see if you want to add a bit of coarse salt or fresh pepper. Serve with the meat.

Slow Cooked Turkey Breast • 1 5-6 pound turkey breast: thawed, rinsed and patted dry with a paper towel • 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter, very soft (alternately you can use 2 tablespoons of olive oil if you prefer) • 1 teaspoon dried minced onion • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning • 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic • 1/2 teaspoon paprika • 1 teaspoon kosher salt • 1/3 teaspoon fresh black pepper • 1 teaspoon citrus zest (I use lemon or orange) • 1/2 to 3/4 cup chicken stock (depends on size of breast) Combine spice mixture in a small bowl.

Rub inside and outside of breast with butter or olive oil. Sprinkle liberally with spice mixture inside and out. Place, breast side down, in a 6 quart (minimum size) slow cooker.

Pour in the chicken stock. Place lid in with a good seal.

I have quite literally made this dish the last 11 years and every year it gets better and better. Sometimes I use apple cider, other times I add a shot or two of bourbon. Even better — apple brandy.

No matter what you choose to add to this recipe just know that it is virtually fail-proof. Peel your sweet potatoes and core your apples, lay out your ingredients and pre-heat the oven. This will take a bit of the stress out of cookingbeing prepared. Being organized. This is a recipe that anyone can make and will most certainly make your guests happy.

Once complete you could toss on a handful of chopped nuts like pecans or walnuts to give it a bit of crunch. You may even think this dessert tastes like more of a dessert than a side. That’s OK. I would tend to agree.

But you know what? It is a hell of a lot better than dumping a can of canned yams in a dish and topping it with StayPuft marshmallows. Again, no judgement. But in the time that you open cans and such you can peel a sweet potato and slice it into submission.

Trust me, your diners will thank you.

Candied Sweet Potatoes & Apples • 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch slices • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter • 1/2 cup apple cider (I use cider; it is just not the same at all with apple juice)

• 1/4 teaspoon salt • 2 teaspoon cinnamon • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract • 3 large apples (Braeburn, Jonagold, Gala or other firm yet sweet apple) cored and cut into 1/2 inch rings Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Combine brown sugar and the next 4 ingredients in a small saucepan.

Bring to a light boil and simmer for 10 minutes until thickened.

Remove from heat and add the vanilla.

While the mixture is cooking peel and slice your sweet potatoes and core and slice your apples.

Layer the sweet potato and apple slices in your desired fashion in a buttered 9x13 baking dish.

Pour the glaze evenly over the slices.

Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees for 1 hour.

Make sure to baste with the glaze liquid after 30 minutes and in the last 5 minutes to make a nice candied crunch on top.

Add a handful of chopped pecans and dried cranberries to the top as garnish if you want to.

Serve warm or at room temperature.

— HEATHER TALLMAN

Do not lift lid as it cooks.

With one hour left, flip the turkey (or chicken) over so the breast is facing up. This gives the skin time to crisp up a bit. Cook on low: 6 hours (check it at 5 hours) high: 4 hours (check it at 3 hours) Times are an estimate based on Crock Pot size. Cooking times may vary if you lift the lid too much and if your bird was completely thawed out. Please use a meat thermometer to measure for doneness. Turkey is cooked when thermometer reaches 165 degrees internally.

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You can have juicy turkey even without access to an oven.

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eets get the worst rap. Most people grow up eating them out of a can, sliding the ring-imprinted red slop onto their plates with a predictable grimace. The American palate is preternaturally opposed to the beet, and it’s a damn travesty. Boiled fresh and tossed on the grill with some balsamic glaze and herbs, this recipe might just change your whole outlook on the red roots. The best part is it’s easy, quick, and looks really classy on the plate without a lot of work or fuss.

This is one of those recipes that I’ve been eating at lots of meals in my life, so the post-beet panic has passed me by now. Before you prepare and eat these, let me just echo that Portlandia sketch when you have a panic attack in the bathroom the next day: it’s the beets. It’s just the beets.

Balsamic grilled beets with feta • 3 pounds of red or golden beets, preferably less than 3 inches in diameter • 1 cup balsamic vinegar • 1-2 tablespoons of maple syrup or dark agave nectar (less if you’re using agave) • 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped • 1 cup crumbled feta cheese • 3 tablespoons olive oil Put the beets in a stock pot and cover with water. Boil them for 30 to 45 minutes until they’re fork-tender, then cool them in some ice water and slip off the skins. Depending on the size of your beets, cut them into quarters (insider tip: the smaller the beet, the less fibrous and more sweet it will be, which makes for a shorter cooking time). Set aside beet quarters.

In a small saucepan, simmer the balsamic vinegar and sweetener until reduced by half, then pour over the beets with the olive oil and toss until all the quarters are coated. Sprinkle on about half of the rosemary and salt and pepper the beets.

Put the quarters on a hot grill until the beets get a few grill marks and the balsamic has caramelized on the outside. Plate them up, sprinkle on some cracked black pepper and then top with the crumbled feta, remaining rosemary and serve.

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For a little extra color, add the feta and let sit for 5 minutes. The cheese will absorb the juice and turn bright pink — a much more kid-appealing hue.

This is another recipe from my childhood that defies explanation.

I grew up in a landlocked state, but our Thanksgiving spread has featured oysters as long as I can remember.

And every year, my mom serves this to someone who holds up an open palm and insists they’re not a seafood person. Few people make it through our Thanksgiving without being converted.

In her kitchen, my mom uses larger torn bread chunks as well as crumbs, which gives the dressing more texture and makes it less mealy.

As far as sourcing your oysters, you have to go to a local butcher shop or fish market. Seriously. Don’t go to a grocery store for these bad boys. You don’t want to leave your oyster quality up to one overworked meat and seafood counter manager. The quality simply won’t be there.

Instead, I encourage you to hit up Joe’s, Kincaid’s, Caplingers, Van’s, or any of the other high-quality fish and meat shops. The freshness and the quality is unbeatable versus the grocery store. Trust me.

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Oyster Dressing • 3/4 cup butter • 2 large onions, chopped • 3 cloves garlic, chopped or more to taste • 2 1/2 tablespoons and teaspoons dried parsley • 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano • 3/4 teaspoon dried thyme • 1 3/4 teaspoons salt • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste (optional) • 6 2/3 cups fresh shucked oysters, drained and liquid reserved • 1 2/3 cups Italian seasoned dry bread crumbs • 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a 9x9-inch square baking dish.

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the onion and garlic until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.

Stir in the parsley, oregano, thyme, salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper until combined, and gently mix in the oysters. Cook, stirring often, until the edges of the oysters begin to curl, about 8 minutes. Stir in the bread crumbs and reserved oyster liquid until the stuffing is thoroughly combined.

Lightly spoon the stuffing into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the stuffing with Parmesan cheese.

Bake in the preheated oven until the top is golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

Recipes adapted from my mom and allrecipes.com

— SARAH MURRELL

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Having 5 people over? Having 20? My rule of thumb is to buy 3 potatoes per person invited, then add a few more for good measure (and hungry nephews).

Smashed Garlic Potatoes • 12 – 14 whole new or red potatoes (your preference) • olive oil • garlic • parsley, rosemary, or other herb of choice • sea salt • pepper Bring a large pot of water to boil.

Throw in potatoes (yes, Mom, I scrub them first). Boil until fork-tender, drain. Meanwhile, coarsely chop garlic and herbs.

Drizzle olive oil over a sheet pan and spread potatoes in one layer across pan. Now’s the fun part: grab a heavy glass or mug and smash each potato.

They should break open easily. Sprinkle each with chopped garlic and herbs; drizzle more olive oil over the pan.

How much garlic? How much herbs?

How much olive oil? Use your best judgement! You know what you like.

Sprinkle with sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. Bake at 450 degrees for 25 minutes until tops are crispy.

Sugar cream pie has a few aliases; your grandma may call it Hoosier pie, Amish milk pie or Indiana farm pie.

But my favorite alternate name for this dessert is finger pie, so called because many old recipes instruct the baker to mix ingredients with one finger, allegedly to avoid whipping the cream, and then mix it again once while in the oven. I tend to, well, not do this – I’ve already earned myself a few too many burns in the kitchen. Food historians say sugar cream was created in the early 1800s, right around the time Indiana moved from territory to state, by North Carolina Quakers who settled along the eastern border of the state, especially in Richmond and Winchester.

This recipe also belongs to a class of historic recipes called desperation pies, those desserts made of staple pantry ingredients that aren’t tied to the season’s farm productions. Other examples: vinegar pie (if you’re out of lemons for lemon meringue), or green tomato pie (if the apples aren’t ripe enough for apple pie). But sugar cream has stuck around in a way that other make-do pies haven’t. Part of the reason for this is Winchester, Ind. pie makers Wick’s Pies. The company commercialized the pie in the ‘40s; it now ships pies to most states. Wick’s was influential in the move to declare sugar cream the official state pie in 2009; Winchester is now the sugar cream pie capital.

The recipe I use is more than 160 years old, contributed to The Hoosier Cookbook by Mrs. Kenneth D. Hahn of Miami County.

Sugar Cream Pie • 1 1/2 cup sugar • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/3 cup flour • 2 1/2 cup heavy cream • 2 teaspoons good vanilla • 1 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted • fresh nutmeg • cinnamon • 1 pie crust, unbaked Time: 5 minutes to mix, plus 45 minutes in the oven So easy you won’t believe it: Mix the dry ingredients until combined with a spoon; add the cream, vanilla and butter and mix until combined. Pour into a pie crust (see note below); grate fresh nutmeg and sprinkle cinnamon over top. Bake in your oven, preheated to 375 degrees, for 45 or so minutes, until middle of pie is set.

In the middle of your baking time, stir once with a wooden spoon (not your finger – ouch!).

Allow your pie to cool before serving. Part of the beauty of a sugar cream pie is that it can be served warm, room temperature, or cold, depending on your preference. It can

also be made, cooled, stored in the fridge, and reheated before serving.

I usually grate more fresh nutmeg over my slices before serving.

Pie Crust Oh, pie crusts. Has any other dessert staple been more argued about than the humble pie crust? I default to the Cook’s Illustrated Foolproof Pie Dough recipe when I’m making my own (and not just because it includes vodka, which is not the worst thing to have on hand at a gathering of all your relatives). But however you make it: with butter, lard, shortening or all three, don’t forget you can generally store pie dough in the fridge for almost two weeks. It might not be the best idea to start your Thanksgiving with a kitchen covered in flour and lard.

And – I say this from many a timestrapped experience – any generic freezer aisle, deep-dish crust usually works perfectly fine as well.

Adapted from The Hoosier Cookbook (1976). A version of this recipe appeared on HistoricIndianapolis.com.

— KATHERINE COPLEN

If you’re running into trouble timing your dishes, prep potatoes ahead of time and set the pan aside to pop into the oven in the last few moments of your meal preparation.

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EVENTS Downtown Writers Jam, Volume II Nov. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Gotta love what the Indy Reads folks are up to — this event, “hosted by The Geeky Press, is a storytelling and literary extravaganza.” The organizers will choose “six writers and give them 10 minutes to tell a story from a piece they’ve either completed or published. There will be no podium, no reading, and no silent audience. Just a writer cast out amongst the crowd.” (Stay tuned for an upcoming preview of Indy Reads’ newest project, Indy Writes, in the next issue of NUVO.) Indy Reads Books, 911 Mass Ave., FREE Annabelle Gurwitch Nov 12, 7 p.m. Gurwitch, nothing if not a multitasker, will speak about her latest book, I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories From the Edge of 50. Gurwitch gained a following on television during her stint as co-host of Dinner and a Movie on TBS, all the while developing her chops as commentator, columnist and actress. Gurwitch became a New York Times best-selling author with her first two books, Fired! (which spawned a documentary of the same name) and her ode to marriage, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up, which she penned with her Emmy-award-winning husband, Jeff Kahn.

Gurwitch’s latest is — obviously — about turning 50, specifically in the youth-driven culture of L.A. In an interview promoting the book, she told the Times that, alas, she’s just too old to play hookers any more: “It’s tragic. Playing prostitutes used to be my specialty.” Expect acerbic hilarity during her chat at the J, plus light refreshments and wine.

JCC Indianapolis, $11 general, $8 member Rabbi Amy Eilberg Nov. 13, 7 p.m. Rabbi Eilberg, whose bio notes she’s the first woman ordained as a Conservative rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, will discuss her 2014 tome, From Enemy to Friend: Jewish Wisdom and the Pursuit of Peace. She’ll have company at the podium, too — according to the organizers: “Rabbi Eilberg blends ancient Jewish sacred texts and contemporary conflict theory to create a guide for those seeking peace. She will be joined in conversation

by Dr. David M. Craig, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at IUPUI. JCC Indianapolis, $8 general, $5 member Ian Woolen Reading Nov. 14, 6 p.m. Ian Woolen’s new book, Uncle Anton’s Atomic Bomb, gets a reading with special guest — wait for it — Dan Wakefield.

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pirit & Place closes Nov. 16 with a public conversation between a caregiver, patient and physician on end-of-life issues. And we had a chance to interview the caregiver from that list — although, as Gail Sheehy emphasizes in our talk, she had to learn that she was much more than a caregiver in order to recover from the loss of her husband.

And that husband, Clay Felker, was, of course, much more than just a patient.

Both were pioneering figures in the world of New Journalism: Felker as the founder of New York, Sheehy as the spunky writer who had Gail Sheehy the guts to pitch ideas to her future husband when both worked at the New York Herald Tribune. Sheehy is also the author of the bestselling Passages series, which offers a road map to human life divided into alliterative decades (Trying Twenties, Flourishing Forties). Her latest book, the memoir Daring: My Passages, tells of how informed risk-taking at key moments paid off in globetrotting assignments and more harmonious relationships.

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die if they’re good enough. Andy Rooney and Mike Wallace were well into their 80s. So there’s still some sexism there.

In terms of written journalism, the biggest hold-back — and this is true of women and males — is finding a place where you can actually do what we did

NUVO: Daring opens with your walk from the Women’s Department of the New York Herald Tribune to the City Room, which was essentially the Men’s Department, to pitch a story. It’s striking to even hear the term Women’s “Whereas you have to fail, and fail Department — a lot has changed since then. often, in your twenties to learn that

GAIL SHEEHY: Certainly, you don’t die from it ...” journalism has opened — GAIL SHEEHY up to women far more than in my day, and particularly in television. People like to in New Journalism. And that is saturawatch very pretty women, who are also tion reporting, taking a month or two very bright, delivering the news and months to really sink yourself into the doing interviews. But they gradually get world or persona of the person you’re disappeared, or only appear in a secwriting about, to live in it so that you ondary role, as they get older. Whereas can report from the inside out, to use men are more likely to go until they the techniques of fiction to enliven the

NUVO: There’s certainly sexism when it comes to oncamera talent, but that doesn’t explain why studies still show that women are underrepresented at storied institutions of long-form journalism like The New Yorker or Harper’s.

SHEEHY: The only way I can speak to that is that I don’t think women are not as daring or ballsy about insisting that they be given the same opportunities and be paid the same. You have some fabulous staples at The New Yorker like Jane Mayer or at New York like Jennifer Senior, but you’re right that there is still a preponderance of males and that’s because most of the editors are male.

The editor-in-chief is male at New York, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic. The editor-in-chief at the Times was fired for being a woman who was too aggressive. We’re still trying to find that perfect line between being what any editor-in-chief has to be, which is pretty aggressive — nobody ever accused Ben Bradlee of being a softie.

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Have people responded to that when reading the book?

SHEEHY: The constant comment is ‘I can’t believe the things you did!’ Or how much you did. It wasn’t until I finished writing the book that I realized that the theme of my life was daring. It really all started with the daring moment of going to Clay Felker’s office and risking my job at the Women’s Department and pitching him a story. I was a nobody, he had to say, ‘Where did you come from?’ and I had to say, ‘The estrogen zone,’ make him laugh, and then I had my 30 seconds to do my elevator pitch, and somehow he took a chance on me.

Most people don’t do that; they’re more likely to stay in the lines. I think men are more likely to do that than most women because we think we have to be perfect already, we have to know how to do it.

We’re more afraid of failure, I think, than men. Whereas you have to fail, and fail often, in your twenties to learn that you don’t die from it and you can learn from it. And learn how to fail up, so that you meet a lot of people while you’re attempting to do what you don’t yet know how to do. Someone along the line is going to remember you and say, ‘Hey, who was that kid who had a lot of spark?

Let’s try her again.’

NUVO: You compare that walk to Clay’s office to your walk to a rehab hospital in Harlem where he’s basically near death.

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to go back out in the world of the living and trying to do as much activity as you can to keep your own stimulation — your friends and your work life — alive, so you have something to go back to when you lose your loved one.

NUVO: Do you find your concept of “passages” helpful in your own life?

SHEEHY: Yeah, I do. They’re very helpful to me. When I wrote Passages in Caregiving — and I started writing it before my husband died — that’s when I realized that you have to come back before you lose your loved one. And, in fact, my husband’s palliative care doctor is the one who insisted that I act on what I knew.

He said, ‘You have to go out and cover Hillary Clinton’s campaign.’ This was nine months before Clay died. We didn’t know exactly when he would die, but we knew it was not far off. I said, ‘How could I possibly leave him when he’s this frail?’

And he said, ‘Because you’re no longer you. You’re losing who you are. You need to go back and find your identity again.

You’re a writer. You’re not going to be a caregiver the rest of your life.’ That made sense to me. We then had a meeting at Clay’s bedside to get his endorsement, which he gave fully. He said, ‘Yes, you have to go out and do what you do. Just call me with the gossip.’

NUVO: I wonder what you think of the way in which, during the Obamacare debate, the mere notion of paying doctors to talk with patients about palliative care and end-of-life issues was distorted and perverted into the idea of “death panels.”

Why are we so afraid of palliative care?

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Their oath is to make every effort to keep the patient alive and do no harm.

Doctors are the last people to be persuaded about palliative care as an alternative. It’s about helping people to live the last stages of their lives, instead of being pincushions for every kind of test and treatment, so that they can enjoy the last months of their lives. Palliative care is having a hard time being, not only accepted — that’s happening — but being implemented correctly.

Reimbursement is changing so that caregivers are not so burdened by the onus of taking care of family members at home, at tremendous cost if they have to bring in home health aides, who aren’t plentiful and aren’t trained.

I finally called a palliative care doctor in total end of my rope status. I couldn’t bear to take Clay through another revolving door and he wouldn’t go back. And he said, ‘I’ll make a house call. Your husband’s too sick to come in.’ I couldn’t believe it. And the conversation that a palliative care doctor has with a patient is so much different than a standard medical doctor would have, and it begins with ‘Do you know what’s wrong with you? Do you know how you got here?’ Oftentimes, patients don’t because how they got there has been so complicated. They don’t even know why they’re taking all these pills. And then the next big question is ‘What is your

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goal for this stage of life?’ And that’s the biggest prize to patients. ‘You mean I can still have a goal even though I’m terminally ill?’

Yes, and not only can you have a goal, but the palliative care physician wants to know what those goals are to tailor your treatment or lack of treatment to those goals. If you want to do is what Brittany Maynard did, which is travel everywhere she could with her husband and her family in the months that she had left instead of having chemotherapy and radiation, then the palliative care doctor would say, ‘We will make that happen, and we will do everything we can to provide you with what you need so that, if you’re on the road and you have a seizure, you’ll have something at hand to help.’

NUVO: Is it matter of trying to get doctors to change their behavior — or of encouraging patients to demand palliative care themselves?

SHEEHY: I’m on the board of a non-profit called Partnership for Palliative Care, and after about ten years of trying to spread awareness among doctors and hospitals, we’re now trying to spread awareness through patient or presumptive patient population, encouraging them to demand palliative care alternatives when they get to that stage. That’s the way some of the main changes in medicine have happened. That’s how women began to force gynecologists to learn about menopause. When I wrote The Silent Passage, women took that book to their gynecologists and started asking them questions they couldn’t answer because nobody talked about menopause. Within a very short time, a year to two years, there were so many menopause specialists popping up everywhere.

NUVO: Any last thoughts about your visit to Indy?

SHEEHY: What I’m really interested in doing — now that my book is out there and was on The New York Times bestseller list — is getting people to go to my Sheehy Daring Project. I’m inviting women to send in their own Daring Stories, particularly young people — the first daring steps they’ve taken in their career or personal life in their 20s or 30s and how it helped them to overcome their fear or be more daring the next time. It’s very simple to do. Just go to sheehydaringproject.com and there’s a little place to put in a capsule, and then I call the best ones, interview them, edit it and put those stories up. So then you get your story out there in the world and that may do you some good too! n

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PERFORMANCE The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical Nov. 14- Dec. 20, times vary.

Yep, it’s the sequel to The Great American Trailer Park Musical. How can you go wrong with a protagonist named Darlene playing the part of a hilljack Scrooge in a mobile home park called “Armadillo Acres?” Beer and “kegnog” for all y’all.

Theatre on the Square, 627 Mass Ave., $12-20

The Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts (Carmel), prices vary, actorstheatreofindiana.org

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REVIEW Actors’ Theatre of Indiana: Pete ‘n’ Keely r Through Nov. 23, various times. Pete ‘n’ Keely is a musical about two divorced former Broadway/recording stars in 1969. They are trying to make a comeback, professionally if not maritally, by doing a live TV variety show together.

The real audience pretends to be the studio audience. There is an “Applause” sign that lights up to tell you when to clap, another that tells you when the TV show is “On Air.” All of the action of the Pete ‘n’ Keely stage story takes place within the airing of this one Pete ‘n’ Keely TV special. There is only a little dialogue so the TV show songs and the unscripted fighting that the stars do with each other in between songs are supposed to simultaneously remind the TV audience of what made the pair famous and convey to the real audience their roller coaster — and unfinished — romantic history.

The piece as a whole — with book by James Hindman and original music by Patrick Brady, original lyrics by Mark Waldrop, Patrick S. Brady and others — is a little too murky and fluffy to be deeply satisfying. I enjoyed several aspects of ATI’s production (directed by Ronn Johnstone) but the plot kept reminding me of the movie For the Boys and falling short by comparison.

I also had trouble hearing both performers whenever they sang harmony together. At first I thought this was an artistic choice meant to echo the strain in the characters’ relationship, but the tentativeness in the harmonization was there even when the two characters were supposedly getting along.

However, whenever Judy Fitzgerald as Keely or Michael Ehlers as Pete sang solo, in tandem, or in unison, their individual voices were strong and beautiful — real treats. I especially loved listening to Fitzgerald sing the “Black Coffee” blues.

The patter from musical director Brent E. Marty was fun, too. The three-piece band (Marty on piano, Greg Gegogeine on bass, and Greg Wolff on percussion) on the set looked and sounded good.

There were nostalgic pleasures in each of the design elements, but I won’t spoil them by describing them.

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e’re going to do an improv tonight,” the South African playwright told the young, mostly white, mostly privileged students. “The rules of the improv are that you need to listen to what I say, you need to stay in character and if it gets too intense, you may leave at any time.”

“You have 15 minutes to collect everything you need to spend three nights in the forest.” They grabbed everything they could, from blankets to flashlights.

The playwright returned. “Now you have five minutes to pack it all up because the militia is arriving.” The lights dimmed.

An alarm went off down the hall. And off they went, carrying only what they could manage, climbing across a construction site to arrive at a shipping container.

“Give me all the money you have,” the playwright yelled as they crawled in. The take: about $65. He left them a bottle of water, some bread. The door slammed.

And then the banging started. Thirty minutes later, he returned: “There’s a problem.

I need more money.” But they had already given him all they had. How far was the playwright going to push this thing?

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uncomfortable. Michael Williams, this fall’s Visiting International Theatre Artist at Butler University, was the guy behind this experiment in experiential learning.

He’s not a sadist, at least to the best of our knowledge. Rather, he wanted to familiarize the cast of his new play The Water Carriers with the conditions the play’s refugees — who are being smuggled across an unnamed sea in a shipping container — might have faced. And rest assured that the improv was followed up by a “very profound feedback session.”

Williams is an arts administrator for a Cape Town opera company with a “second life,” as he puts it, as a writer of crime fiction, novels for young people and libretti for operas, to name three gigs. Anything “to keep the wolves from the door,” he jokes. Two of his most recent novels featured African refugees, so when he was invited to teach at Butler by theater head Diane Timmerman, he thought,

“I’ve done all this research, and it would be wonderful now to write a play for Butler and for the students there dealing with the plight of refugees — and at the same time, create a piece of epic theater.”

The Water Carriers intertwines two worlds: this modern one, where a group of African refugees is trying to survive an inhumane voyage; and an “epic” world, where the same actors play out scenes from ancient Malian and South African poems.

“Each of the refugees plays a character in the epic, so there’s a nice interplay,” Williams explains. “The haunted man who’s got this terrible secret that he’s holding back plays an evil character in the play. The kid, who’s an illegal migrant worker and the asshole of the container, plays the hero in the old story. And in the playing of the hero, he gets to understand that he’s immature and that he needs to wise up to life.”

Williams began writing about refugees after volunteering for a Cape Town soup kitchen.

He combined the stories he gathered during interviews with refugees with a news story he came across “where people were put in the back of a shipping container behind a secret compartment — and they got lost when they arrived.

The compartment was misplaced and the people that knew they were in there didn’t find them for 14 days. The children inside died from thirst and one of the old people died, and the rest were found close to death.”

Which brings us back to the shipping container improv. If students may have been a bit rattled, it was for a good cause. “I said, ‘How did you feel and can you imagine this for real,’” Williams explains. “The 15 minute walk is not 15 minutes but 15 hours. The banging on the side of the container is not banging but gunshots. That experience has been so valuable in the rehearsal process. I keep referring back to it — and they do too. All of those details made the experience incredibly real for them.” n Trapped in a shipping container: The cast of The Water Carriers.

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OPENING The Impersonators e Nov. 14 and 15, midnight.

Local director Joshua Hull has a knack for embedding the otherworldly in the everyday. His first film, Beverly Lane, finds an ordinary office invaded by zombies while his new sophomore effort, The Impersonators, presents one run by superheroes. Well, misfits that dress up as superheroes for kids’ birthday parties. This Indiana-produced comedy is made with the confidence its characters lack, inhabiting the superhero genre as effectively as it steps outside and satirizes it. Visit nuvo.net this Thursday for a full review.

— SAM WATERMEIER NR, Hamilton 16, 13825 Norell Road (Noblesville)

CONTINUING All reviews by Ed Johnson-Ott. Big Hero 6 r Disney Animation teams with Marvel for the first time in this adaptation of a lesser-known Marvel property. The film is technically an origin story of a superhero team, but most of the attention falls on young robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada (voice of Ryan Potter) and Baymax (Scott Adsit), an inflatable robot designed by Hiro’s brother, Tadashi (Daniel Henney). It’s colorful and fun, a good, but not great Disney cartoon.

PG-13, in wide release Citizenfour w Must-see documentary about Edward Snowden, the man who leaked a mind-boggling amount of information that brought to light the National Security Agency’s massive surveillance efforts. Filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist and author Glenn Greenwald are in Hong Kong interviewing Snowden when he starts releasing all those files. Snowden chats about his actions while the world — especially the part we live on — flips out. Citizenfour deserves your attention.

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FILM EVENTS Billy Elliot, The Musical Nov. 12, 7 p.m.; Nov. 15, 12:55 p.m.; Nov. 18, 7 p.m.

Three days only, and it’s live.

London’s West End musical about the boy who just wants to dance — and parents just don’t understand! — features Liam Mower, the first boy ever to play the role part on stage, playing Billy as an older person.

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The words “good job” can encourage a solid worker to maintain their level of quality, or inspire them to do even better. They can assure someone on shaky ground that they’re headed the right direction. Whatever the circumstance, they let individuals know that their efforts have been noticed and appreciated.

To the teacher in Whiplash that makes that statement, the words “good job” encourage mediocrity. He has no interest in making people feel proud of themselves. He wants to take talent and turn it into greatness, by any means necessary.

To that end, he gets to know a promising student, gathering information about the individual. He then uses that information to personalize his insults as he bullies them towards greatness. If they don’t meet his standards or can’t withstand his techniques, he casts them aside and looks to the talent pool for the next applicant.

I normally avoid movies about people like that. I’ve been bullied and I’ve been a bully, and I don’t enjoy watching it onscreen. I loved Whiplash, though. It’s a ferocious piece of work, a rattling wooden roller-coaster of a movie. Never mind the particulars, never mind the mistakes, just hang on tight and savor what happens when two exceptional actors sink their teeth into a script and never let go.

The details are incidental. We could be dealing with a drill sergeant and a recruit, or a coach and an athlete. In this case it’s a teacher at a prestigious music academy and an ambitious musician. Fine.

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musicians. You know Simmons. He was the infamous Vern Schillinger in Oz, J. Jonah Jameson in the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy, the dad in Juno and … hell, he’s got 140-plus credits, you’ll recognize him. Simmons gives one of his best performances ever here. His Terence Fletcher is a smart, attentive monster who speaks crisply whether whispering or shouting. He is eloquent, even when hurling racial and sexual epithets as efficiently as a ninja wielding throwing stars.

Miles Teller plays 19-year-old drummer Andrew Neyman (the actor is also a drummer and does some of his own work here). Teller has appeared in Divergent and the Footloose remake, but is best known as the gregarious young man with

ROSEWATER: John Stewart & Stephen Colbert LIVE Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m. Daily Show host John Stewart has written, produced and directed a feature film — and it’s not a comedy. The film is based on The New York Times best-selling memoir Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival, written

by BBC journalist Maziar Bahari, who went to Iran to cover that country’s presidential election. The assignment resulted in Bahari’s arrest as a “spy” and subsequent torture and imprisonment over the course of three months. The film will be followed by a live Q&A session broadcast from New York, during which former Daily Show contributor and Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert will interview Stewart.

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You Can’t Take it With You Nov. 14 and 15, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Frank Capra directs Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur (and would again in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington). This marvelous ear of Capra-corn picked up Best Picture and Best Director Oscars in 1939.

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an alcohol problem in The Spectacular Now. He is just as good as Simmons, though he will probably get less attention during awards season because his performance is in a lower key.

Whiplash is the second film from writer-director Damien Chazelle. His smartest decision is to focus almost completely on the ferocious teacher and the determined student. We see other students, but only to show how Fletcher deals with the group. We see Neyman with a girl (Melissa Benoist) and with his dad (Paul Reiser) and brothers, but only enough to show us that Neyman can be a self-absorbed prick, a fact that makes the character and the film even more interesting.

Though it takes a few twists and turns, Whiplash still follows a recognizable path, but it kept me on the edge of my seat nonetheless. I wasn’t rooting for either man. I didn’t much like either man. Doesn’t matter. Whether the spectacle we witness is bullying or academic S&M, Whiplash is riveting. n

The Stabilizer (with B-Movie Bingo) Nov. 21, 7 p.m. Get this: the IMA says, “Started at the Hollywood Theater in Portland and now franchised to the IMA, B-Movie Bingo makes an interactive game out of the most awesome movie clichés ever committed to celluloid. To play, the audience grabs a bingo card and looks to fill squares like ‘Long Boring Scene or Male Ponytail, while watching some of the worst/best movies of all time.” IT’S LIKE INTERACTIVE MST3K! Indianapolis Museum of Art, $10 public, $5 member

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ne of the most remarkable passages in Adam Kahan’s new documentary on Rahsaan Roland Kirk (19351977) concerns the gloriously idiosyncratic jazz musician’s campaign to get more jazz, or “Black classical music” as he called it, on national TV. Kirk and his friends, collectively known as the Jazz & People’s Movement, would secure tickets for the top talk shows, circa 1970 — Dick Cavett, Hugh Downs, Merv Griffin. Then, a little after the monologue, they’d stand up, hoist placards denouncing the small-mindedness of TV execs, make a racket using smuggled-in noisemakers and generally interrupt the show. None of that made it to the airwaves, of course, but it did start a dialogue, and eventually, in 1971, The Ed Sullivan Show invited Kirk to perform. I won’t spoil Kahan’s doc by continuing the story, but suffice to say that compromise wasn’t an option for the blind, Columbus, Ohio-born multi-instrumentalist, who could play three saxophonelike instruments at once, had mastered circular breathing and was idolized by Jimi Hendrix (to pick out just a few biographical traits). Kahan, who hopes to make a narrative feature about Kirk if he can arrange the funding (he suggested Dave Chapelle as the lead during SXSW), began working on The Case of the Three Sided Dream, which takes its title from one of Kirk’s final records, in 1999.

NUVO: When did you first hear Rahsaan Roland Kirk?

ADAM KAHAN: I knew I wanted to get into jazz, but I didn’t know anything about it. I was at a garage sale in San Francisco in 1989. That’s not when I started making the film, although sometimes it feels like it. I bought a Louis Armstrong record, an Ornette Coleman record and a Rahsaan record. I took a chance. When I first put that record on, it just totally blew me away. It was love at first listen.

NUVO: And what made you fall in love?

KAHAN: What I learned making the film — and I guess I knew it sub-consciously — is that his music is super-emotional.

It all comes from the gut or heart. It’s all about feeling and blues. He can do technically dextrous things, but when you boil it down, it’s all from the soul. At

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ly. He was a Leo, and a very classic kind of Leo. He knew what he wanted from his band — and he got it. I also grew to appreciate the people in his life. In making the film, one thing I quickly understood was that everyone who knew him loved him. Some bandleaders are known as being tyrants or womanizers or assholes. And some are known to be good guys. But Rahsaan as a bandleader was revered and loved.

And he changed lives. He was transcendent, not only in his playing, but in the lives he changed. Joel Dorn [a legendary record exec who signed Kirk toward the end of Kirk’s career] used to say about the people in Rahsaan’s world that “they’re a box of broken cookies, man.” He said that lovingly. They’re all lovable kinds of kooks. It’s like that aunt you love. She wears that crazy hat wherever you go and people stare. But you wouldn’t want her any other way.

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the end of his life, he had a stroke and had to play with one hand. He recorded some stuff at that time — and that’s my favorite. When he was robbed of his physical prowess, it distilled it even more, to the point that it’s all feeling.

At the core he’s really a blues musician.

Everything he did came from the blues, I think, and that’s a good place to be coming from.

NUVO: How’d your relationship with Rahsaan, if you will, change as you made this film? He was certainly endearing and brilliant, but he had a bullheaded side.

KAHAN: I grew to appreciate him even more. Bullheaded is a good term, frank-

NUVO: Rahsaan’s final concert was in Bloomington. Any stories about his final days that you left out of the film?

KAHAN: He played literally until the day he died. A student from IU was driving him to the gig he had the next day in Chicago when he had another stroke and died in the car. That’s in the film.

Dorathaan always says, ‘I wonder who that student was driving him,’ because it was tough for him. The minute I turned off the camera when I was interviewing Dorathaan and Steve Turre — who were both there when he died, as well as the night before he died when he played in Bloomington — they started telling me more stories, the real gritty stuff.

They didn’t want people to feel they were not grounded in reality, but both of them did have supernatural stories about Rahsaan the night before, about weird energy. They were supposed to go to Chicago the next day, and Dorthaan said, ‘Yeah, I’ve got to get the tickets ready. I’ve got to call the airport.’ And he said, ‘Well, we may not make it to Chicago.’ And she takes that, in hindsight, as him saying that he knew he was going out. They both kind of feel that he knew what was coming down. In the film, Steve talks about this concert where they’re playing a concert and Rahsaan’s energy kind of envelopes his energy. All the people in the Rahsaan world feel that he has this mystical energy that’s still giving, still out there. n

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CONTINUING All reviews by Ed Johnson-Ott. Interstellar r Written by director Christopher Nolan (Memento, Inception and the trilogy that started with Batman Begins) and his brother Jonathan, Interstellar is an ambitious, complex and sprawling film set in the near future. The film offers grand visuals, including a bizarre-beautiful key scene in a location I couldn’t describe if I wanted to. I was entertained and fully engaged for the first two-thirds of the story, despite my frustration at the one-note characterizations of the two women (and most of the men). McConaughey delivers — who better to play a philosophizing space cowboy? How Nolan wraps it up will likely stir debate. For me, the conclusion of both through-lines were curiously muted. Interstellar is basically Nolan’s 2001: A Space Odyssey on a feedback loop. Do with that what you will.

PG-13, in wide release Nightcrawler e Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, an out-of-work scrounger who discovers, then becomes part of, the intense, cutthroat world of TV news coverage on the streets of L.A. (as one character describes it, “Think of [local news] as a screaming woman running down the street with her throat cut”). Bill Paxton plays the guy who introduces Lou to the grim goings-on, and Rene Russo plays the news director he eventually gets involved with. Gyllenhall is shockingly thin and the movie is full of grotesque images and very bad behavior. More a character study than a thriller, Nightcrawler is well-acted and compelling.

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St. Vincent e Bill Murray is at his best in St. Vincent, an entertaining story about a grumpy old cuss and a young kid. The film skirts this close to sappiness, but Murray’s performance is so good that I didn’t mind. Murray plays Vincent, a coot who shares his house in Brooklyn with a cat named Felix. Vincent’s routine gets interrupted when new neighbors move in. Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) is a medical professional raising her son Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher) on her own. Thankfully, Murray’s fine performance is complemented by young Lieberher, who has a natural quality about him. McCarthy offers a fine performance as Maggie, toning down her loud and loose comic persona to create a relatable person trying to manage too much at once. St. Vincent shows what can happen to a routine story when it’s presented by an exceptional cast. It’s one of the most enjoyable films I’ve seen this year.

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BEER BUZZ EVENTS Hatchblower Pepper IPA Bottle Release and Tapping Nov. 13, 4-10 p.m. This fresh and fruity pepper IPA derives its name from the nickname of astronaut Gus Grissom who earned his wings at Triton’s home, Ft. Ben. Says Triton, “This beer is flavored with green pepper, chipotles and jalapenos during the conditioning process … with subtle spice and sweetness, it is a delight for the taste buds! 7% ABV, 70 IBU’s, Scoville Units: reasonable.”

Triton Brewing, 5764 Wheeler Road BRBP turns 24 Nov. 14, 6 p.m. Broad Ripple Brewpub reminds us that their 24th Birthday Party is on Friday.

The festivities are slated to start at 6 p.m. Says Billy from BRBP: “All of our 20 oz. pints will be $2.40 that night.”

Yep, sounds like a reasonable idea. “We’re hoping to have something each from former brewers Ted, Kevin and Greg on tap as well as 12 of our own beers including a birthday beer based on Theakston’s Old Peculiar. … We’ll [also] have on tap that night … the Bubble Gum Lager, always a big hit at festivals; Apple Honey Wheat; Cherry version of the Tart Lizzy, and a held back keg of our 80 Shilling Nitro. [Founder] John [Hill] is going to attempt to nail down the three beers we’ll be getting from our three former brewers and I’ll let you know what they’ll be, unless we decide it should be a surprise!”

Broad Ripple Brewpub, 840 E. 65th St. Don’t be afraid of the dark (beers) Nov. 18, 6-8:30 p.m. The days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder. Join Girls Pint Out at the Scotty’s in Brownsburg and warm yourself with these deliciously approachable dark beers: THE LOCALS: • Scarlet Lane Dorian Stout: A combination of carefully selected Northwest hops, masterfully selected malts and distinct additions will take you to a new discovery of Stouts.

• Thr3e Wise Men Hot For Teacher Ms. Doppelbock: 2014 World Beer Cup silver medal winner.

A very strong and rich beer, finishing malty sweet.

OUT OF STATE: • Founders Breakfast Stout: The coffee lover’s consummate beer.

• Boulder Shake Chocolate Porter: Boulder’s twist on the traditional robust American Porter, Shake Chocolate Porter is dark black in color with rich, sweet aromatics and flavors of dark chocolate, coffee and caramel.

• Breckinridge Nitro Vanilla Porter: Breckinridge’s remarkably complex, wildly popular ale combines hints of chocolate, caramel, and coffee with an inventively delicious twist, for good measure.

Flights of four beers will be available for $6.

Scotty’s Brownsburg, 251 W. Northfield Dr. (Brownsburg) — RITA KOHN

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llen Salkin has a cold. The author, standing at a podium at the Indy JCC to speak about his new book, From Scratch: The Uncensored History of the Food Network, coughs and cracks wise.

“Don’t worry. It’s only walking Ebola.”

For the next hour, Salkin walks us through the history of one of cableTV’s biggest taste-makers. The entertaining Salkin, who’s written for the New York Times and many other publications, got into food when he was kid — with no instruction from his parents. “My mother was a terrible cook,” he relates.

“Don’t worry, she’s fine with me saying that …” Salkin reconsiders.

“Actually, she’s just gotten used to me saying that.” Sometimes, Salkin’s dad would cook for the family, but Pop’s only weapon of choice was an ancient wok. “All of Dad’s dinners tasted the same: burnt bok choy and soy sauce.”

Eventually, the Salkins allowed young Allen access to the stove, and Salkin immediately gravitated toward the work of James Beard.

Salkin’s fascination with food led him to dive into the history of the network that started its life as an awkward CNN knockoff before evolving into must-see TV for millions. In fact, the first “TV Food Network” boss, Reese Schonfeld, had come from the cable news giant. Documenting the culinary arts in a manner he called “CNN with stoves,” Schonfeld put talking heads behind desks when the channel rolled out in 1993 — he even aired an awful food-based version of Crossfire called Rhubarb. (Salkin’s even got clips from these shows to prove his point. They’re bad. Really, really bad.)

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Manhattan entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel, where prostitutes and pimps (including one gent whose distinctive silver hat earned him the nickname “Jiffy Pop”) would offer their services to any guest visiting the sets — includ-

ing Julia Child. Child, who’s described by Salkin as the channel’s “fairy godmother,” always hit the closest restaurant to the studio when she’d visit — McDonald’s. Salkin relates the tale of an aging Child, nodding off in the makeup chair before an appearance, yet somehow never releasing a bag of Mickey D’s fries from her grasp. The woman was a fan — so much so that she was publicly perturbed by McDonald’s ending the practice of cooking their potatoes in beef tallow.

The early misses — including casting a wildly overqualified Emeril in a kitchen-101 program called How to Boil Water — soon gave way to a series of hits (not long after Erica Gruen had replaced Schonfeld). Salkin likens modern American cooking to rock ‘n’ roll, and he equates Emeril’s catch phrases like “Bam!” to the swinging hips of Elvis as a cultural moment of impact. It’s Salkin’s contention that beyond salt and pepper, the average U.S. kitchen was a pretty dull place in the ‘90s, and the notion’s borne out with a clip of Emeril’s studio audience cheering wildly over the copious use of garlic.

The network’s early stars all had one thing in common: every chef drafted to cook on television managed to cut themselves as rookie TV hosts. Talking to a camera while chopping onions is the Food Network’s leading occupational hazard. Salkin shares tremendous stories of how show producers coaxed the best from their hosts: Bobby Flay’s talent coach encouraged Flay to talk to the camera as if it were a woman he was trying to seduce. Other shows — notably the import of Japan’s Iron Chef complete with what Salkin calls its “Godzilla-like dubbing,” — helped >>

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RESPONSIBLY SOURCED TURKEYS No matter what you decide to serve this Thanksgiving, make sure you buy it from a reputable, local butcher. Not only does this ensure quality, but there’s no one more knowledgeable about how to properly cook your bird. And just because everyone else is cooking a turkey doesn’t mean you can’t wander off the beaten path and try a little lamb, quail or venison. We always tip our hats to experimentation.

Indy Meat Shop This is a “wholesale to the public” kind of place where you can get the classics like pork, chicken, and beef. Indy Meat Shop also stocks a selection of wild game, so you can celebrate the birth of a nation by chowing down on one of the chicken’s more exotic, backwoods relatives. They’ll also do custom cuts and butchering (ProTip: get a lamb leg, ask to have it unrolled, shove some dried herbs in there, truss it and put that bitch just off the flame on a grill for an hour.)

1221 S. High School Road, 405-9504, the-meat-shop.com

L E Kincaid & Sons We’ve written this one up before, because it’s right down the street from NUVO HQ and damn it all, if they don’t stock some incredible cuts of lamb, bison, and beef.

They’ve got great everything there, including frozen and fresh seafood and lots of protein-based sundries of all kinds in the frozen cases. You need only look at the hand-painted signs in the window to see the weekly specials.

5605 N. Illinois St., 255-5497, lekincaidmeats.com

Claus’ German Sausage & Meat These people are serious about their brats, as would be expected from any butcher with such a German name. Good thing, too, because a bite of one of their small-batch-blended bratwursts will make you feel like you’ve been teleported to a street festival in Munich. As with all great sausages, the handmade variety are a little higher in fat, so keep a close eye on that grill (this writer has learned from a very charred personal experience).

1845 S. Shelby St., 632-1963, clausgermansausageandmeats. com Goose the Market Easily Indy’s best and most-loved gourmet grocery and butcher shop, Goose supplies neighborhoodhandy, locally produced food.

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But the event that cemented the Food Network as a TV institution was, in Salkin’s estimation, the debut of

the merch game with the network, though, was Paula Deen. Deen’s manager, an absolute shark of an agent named Barry Weiner, had cut the Network out of the profits from Paula’s accessories when he’d negotiated her contract — and ironically, this made the net... the event that cemented the Food work’s decision to axe Deen in the wake of a Network as a TV institution was, race-based controversy that much easier, accordin Salkin’s estimation, the debut of ing to Salkin.

It’s Salkin’s take that Rachel Ray’s 30 Minute Meals mere the heyday of Food months after Sept. 11, 2001.

Network’s popularity is waning in 2014. Cooking stars like Giada (two syllables, please) to the Barefoot Contessa Rachel Ray’s 30 Minute Meals mere are ever being pushed out of prime-time months after Sept. 11, 2001. America’s by competition shows, and the Scripps newfound desire to cocoon, coupled company, which owns 70 percent of the with Ray’s endless smile, made the channel, may have gotten too conservaFood Network bigger than it had ever tive. Will there ever be another moment been. Ray was simply comfort food for similar to Alton Brown drawing in chalk all the senses. And while the American on the side of a steer, outlining cuts of economy stumbled, the Food Network beef? Sometimes, Salkin contends, it’s began merchandising. the dumbest idea that works best. n One of the hosts who wouldn’t play

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TURKEYS , FROM PAGE 25 From cold drinks to an exquisite meat counter to a café that offers sandwiches and soups, Goose the Market seems to have it all.

If that’s not enough, stock up on fresh baguettes, grains and fun and funky flavors of gelato. Take a scoop of gelato for the ride home or grab a pint to share with loved ones (or no one). Also, be sure to visit the wine cellar with all bottles under $25, or build your own craft six-pack of beer.

2503 N. Delaware St., 924-4944, goosethemarket.com Smoking Goose Meatery The only USDA-certified facility with a dry-cure fermented program in the region, the Smoking Goose offers fantastic salumi, bacon and other meat. All of it comes from small regional farms raising hormone-andantibiotic-free animals in healthy, free-range environments. Along with hogs, they also butcher ducks and chickens. Time-consuming offerings like elk, blueberry and mead salumi are what make the Smoking Goose truly unique.

Although originally envisioned as a small-scale production house for Goose the Market, the Smoking Goose just keeps growing. They hope to expand the dry-cure meat side of the business, as there is a high demand for it. For the holiday season, buy someone you love a sausage-making class, one of the Smoking Goose’s latest offerings.

407 N. Dorman St., 638-6328, smokinggoose.com Joe’s Butcher Shop & Fish Market Along Carmel’s main drag is this powerhouse of protein for our neighbors to the north. Joe’s not only sells all kinds of tasty dry land animals to eat, but they’ve got a crazy-good selection of seafood if you want something a little lighter.

Or get a big party tray of their fabulous cold cuts and beat the hell out of whatever anyone else is bringing to the potluck.

111 W. Main St. (Carmel), 846-8877, joesbutchershop.com

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Broad Ripple’s Locally Grown Gardens is a great place to fill a basket of local goodies. former MCL Bakery Corporate Chef Ron Harris says they never really close. If there are customers at his indoor farmers’ market, well, he’ll be there too, offering items like fruits, vegetables, flowers, honey, cider and even firewood, which are sourced locally in many cases.

A great place to fill a basket with seasonal, local goods as a gift or meal starter.

1050 E. 54th St., 255-8555, locallygrowngardens.com Heidelberg Haus This Lawrence fixture first opened in 1968 and features a decor that was updated in, um, 1968. The place is part bakery, part gift shop and part cafe and a lot of the clientele speak and read Deutches — it’s so legit mustard is the only condiment on the counter. Beyond the plethora of chotchkies, the animal heads on the wall and the cheesy ’60s and ’70s-era pop from the Old Country piped everywhere (even into the parking lot), you’ll find two big stars: the pastries and the potato salad. The sweets are traditional (no donuts here) and amazing, and the potato salad is warm and perfect with a little bacon-y smoke and a little sauerbraten-flavored bite. Order a brat with the salad for lunch. It’s the best of the wurst. See what we did there?

7625 Pendleton Pike, 547-1230, heidelberghaus.com Rene’s Bakery Turning out a thousand croissants a week by hand, as well as countless cookies, loaves and cakes, pastry chef Albert Trevino is now

in his ninth year as proprietor of this boutique bakery just off the Monon in Broad Ripple. As fewer restaurants these days prepare their own desserts, you’ll find Chef Trevino’s artisan creations on sale not only on René’s countertop and at the Broad Ripple Farmers’ Market, but also at finer establishments including Capital Grille, Black Market and the SoHo Café. Although he’s been known to make the occasional cupcake, it’s the croissants — some of the best this side of the Atlantic — that will keep you coming back for more.

6524-B N. Cornell, 251-2253, renesbakery.com Perk Up Tucked back just east of the Monon in Broad Ripple, Perk Up sits in a prim little blue house on Cornell Avenue. The interior of the coffee shop is warm and cozy, and even on the days when you need to hustle in for a cup, the warm browns and stylish furniture make you wish you had the time to hang around. Perk Up also specializes in traditional German breads, which you can sample in the shop, or buy a loaf to take home either at the cafe or at the Winter Farmer’s Market. As far as the coffee goes, it’s hard to go wrong, with steady-handed baristas who really know how to pull the perfect shot of espresso for a tasty latte, Americano, or any one of Perk Up’s specialty espresso drinks.

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f you were to do a comprehesive overview of all the interviews we’ve published on NUVO.net, you may start to think that My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden is a prolific local artist. After all, we’ve spoken with Worden a ton, for a variety of reasons: she’s signed to one of our best local labels, Asthmatic Kitty, regularly performs with the ISO (most recently to sing in Henryk Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3), stops at local venues on the regular (including an April date with the Blind Boys of Alabama at the Palladium). She’s just around – a lot. But nope, Worden’s based in New York City, via her hometown of Detroit. She has a deep love for Indianapolis and its creative community, though, which is something that came

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Here’s a few of my favorite bits from my conversation with Worden, who is touring her new album This Is My Hand.

On Indianapolis: “I think there is an intrinsic connection between Indianapolis and Detroit [where Worden is from]. Because we’re these industrial towns but Indianapolis is at a different point in the journey. … There’s a lot of art that’s happening there, and museums; I did a project with the IMA there. I feel like there’s so much exciting, innovative thinking and a willingness to try new things, to experiment, to invest, to do creation there.”

On bringing This Is My Hand to the stage: “Primarily, [my setup has] been a trio with drums, bass. And then I’ve integrated Ableton Live into my computer rig so that we’re never playing to track, but we use the computer as a sampler. Then I’ve built these keyboards where your left hand is doing a more synth-y thing, and your right hand has glockenspiels, etc. … Igor Stravinsky said, ‘Music is visual.’ I really want there to be a trust between me and the audience, that if they hear something, they see something, I’m rarely doing something in the keyboard or the computer that doesn’t sound like a computer sound. I want everything to be as transparent as I can be.

On lead track and first single “Pressure”:

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Notes from the American Pianists Associations Jazz Fellowship Award Premiere Series: Sullivan Fortner conjures up a soft whiff of Thelonious Monk while being unabashedly himself – toying with and teasing the audience. Sullivan’s is the recognizable Monk improvisational style with dissonances, melodic twists, silences, hesitations and full stops at the piano to move into a snatch of dancing while the bassist and drummer keep playing, but it’s a softer approach. Essentially, Sullivan is developing his own style with restraint, introspection and imagination, inserting blues chord progressions and a distinctive start and ending for each piece. And he’s fusing the music of other cultures into his sound —noticeably the raga and tala of India, basa nova of Brazil and call-and-response of Brazil and Ghana, with a touch of Ghana’s high-life. In doing this, he layers onto Charlie Parker’s concepts of interpolation, harmonic ideas and complex melodic lines. One detects an infusion of bebop in Sullivan’s interpretations, but also the merging of classical with jazz in the ballads.

Sullivan’s seemingly easy-going persona belies how much the audience has to attend with careful listening to grasp the layerings and nuances.

Sullivan started with a few chords at the piano before addressing the audience —“Welcome to an evening of celebration” that included introducing bassist Nick Tucker and drummer Kenny Phelps and letting us in on television viewing’s impact on his musicality. Launching into the theme song for Wheel of Fortune the piano was slow and easy against bass and drums rolling out Alan Thicke’s “Big Wheels,” a technique reprised later in the program with the Taxi theme song, Bob James’ “Angela.” The audience warmed especially to Sullivan’s take on standards— Cole Porter’s “All of You,” Jerome Kern’s “All the Things You are,” Brooks Bowman’s “East of the Sun…” and got caught up in Fortner’s composition, “Finale,” requiring audience participation. Sullivan closed as he began, addressing the audience as just another player “constantly growing to be a better musicians and more important, better people.”

Sullivan, like all APA Fellows, jazz and classical, participates in the Concerto Curriculum educational and community outreach program. He’s been with Warren Central High School’s jazz program and will perform with the Jazz Ensemble on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at Warren Performing Arts Center. The program also includes Warren Central Honors Band and Symphony Orchestra.

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“I had everything else finished. But had I imagined this marching band

coming up from behind the audience and marching up in this processional and joining up with the rock band on stage. But I didn’t have that song. I wanted to be able to go to every different city and work with local marching bands. But I didn’t have that tune. I had ‘Looking At The Sun’ and it just really wasn’t the party that I wanted it to be. So right at the very end [of making the album], Lady Gaga’s ‘Applause’ came out, and I was so thrilled by that song. I loved that song. I mapped out the structure of it, and I ended up chucking that out the window, basically, but in the beginning the template for [‘Pressure’] came from ‘Applause.’ ”

On her dream of marching bands in every city: “What if somebody kept their alto saxophone or their clarinet in the closet, because they never had the heart to give it up? What if, in an ideal scenario, we could all come together, everyone bringing their dusty instruments, and play a song together? That’s why I wanted to write ‘Pressure’ in a simple way. That thing hasn’t happened, but one day, it will.”

On coming back to dance music: “I had originally wanted to write dance music and I just found, growing up in [a family that] had wide listening [habits] but when it came to dancing, very much not allowed to go to school dances and these kinds of things. When I started songwriting and performing a lot more during college, I figured out also very quickly that if I was a dancer/singersongwriter, I was really not going to be taken seriously as a musician. And so I wanted to be taken seriously, and I didn’t feel at the time that if I danced then I would be. This song [‘This Is My Hand’] came about as a reclaiming of my body, a self-acceptance, a ritual, so to speak.

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ver the course of a nearly 20-year career, iconic indie hip-hop duo Atmosphere have almost single-handedly put Minneapolis on the hip-hop map.

Atmosphere's community-based approach to scene building has paid off in dividends for the group and their hometown. They're still thriving on the same indie label they cofounded in Minneapolis in 1995. Their Rhymesayers label has released a slew of classic titles from artists like MF Doom and Brother Ali, and helped to shape Minneapolis into a veritable epicenter of underground hip-hop music.

So when the opportunity came up to interview Atmosphere in advance of their November 20 date at the Vogue I decided to look to Indy's emerging class of hip-hop scene-builders to supply me with questions. Clint Breeze, Flaco, Rehema McNeil and Diopsostle asked questions that tapped into Atmosphere's scene-making expertise. I spoke with the group's frontman Slug, whose awkwardly confessional lyrics turned conventional hip-hop tropes inside-out on a series of classic underground recordings in the late '90s and early '00s. According to Slug, Indianapolis has all the necessary variables in place to take its hiphop scene to the next level.

NUVO: Our first question comes from Clint Breeze who has an excellent new project out titled Evolve that mixes various strains of electronic music with hip-hop. Clint asks: "When you were coming up in Minneapolis, how did you make connections with the community outside of just playing shows? How did you get people to really roll with you?"

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SLUG: Really, it was mostly through shows. Doing my own shows, going to other people's shows and meeting DJs, MCs, and artists. Years and years of that was how I and my colleagues became familiar with the community. Also I worked at a couple record stores and that put me into an area where I was able to meet other musicians, not just MCs but rock, punk, jazz musicians and whatever.

I didn't think I was going to be a rapper. I didn't think I was going to make a profession out of this. So I just wanted to have as much fun as possible within my surroundings. I was open to being friends with all kinds people. That's how I became a part of the scene. It took a long time, we're talking many, many years. I was part of the scene for 10 years before anyone outside of Minneapolis knew who I was.

NUVO: That's a good segue to this question from Flaco, an MC based in Muncie, Indiana who released a fantastic LP this summer called Cheto. Flaco asks: "Did it take you blowing up in another part of the country to establish yourself in your own city?"

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SLUG , FROM PAGE 29 SLUG: Nah man, I was paying rent off this in my city before I ever got any love anywhere else. I was making enough doing shows to hold down my bills before Chicago, which was the next closest city, started paying attention. But you can do that in Minneapolis. I don't know if you could do that in other cities.

Minneapolis is a music-heavy city.

People there support local music.

The radio supports local music. The press supports local music. And I don't mean just an alternative weekly.

Minneapolis has got 30 clubs that will let you play. I was easily playing at least one show a week, and I was opening for tons of people.

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NUVO: Up next is a question from MC Rehema McNeil who just released a very cool debut EP titled Davu. Rehema wants to know: "What has been your biggest challenge as an artist in the music industry?"

SLUG: The biggest challenge is just getting in. Ever since I was able to get my foot in the door, one of my priorities has been to try and keep that door open so other people can get in too. That's why we started the Rhymesayers record label.

That's why I bring a lot of my friends on tour with me. A lot of times you see artists on tour together and you think, "Those guys on that bill aren't even friends with each other." It's a money play going on, like, "We need another guy who can draw names," or, "We need whoever is hot right now." For me, I've been touring for over 15 years exclusively with friends, and people that I care about.

One of the largest challenges is “Keep that door open, not just to try to keep that door open, not just so I can stay busy but also just so I can stay busy but so I can get some of my friends in there as well. Other than that I'm also so I can get some of my fortunate that I don't care about friends in there as well.” challenges. I just do things. I don't see challenges as obstacles.

Everything is an opportunity. An — SLUG opportunity to gain resources, have a good time, or maybe just catch a nap.

NUVO: Do you have any insight as to NUVO: The last question comes from why Minneapolis provides so much supDiopostle who dropped his superb port for the arts in comparison to other debut album Driving on Faith earlier Midwest cities? this year. Diopostle asks: "What are a few critical steps to building a sustainSLUG: I have a few theories, but I think able and independent local music scene it starts with schools. Minneapolis is in a city where the market doesn't cura very liberal community. So there's rently exist?" always been a lot of pressure to make sure the arts are present in the schools. I SLUG: That's a good question, and if I think that early exposure sets people up had that magic answer I'd write a book to be curious about the arts later on.

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working with a few people who were realand get rich. For us it was accidental. ly good at staying community minded, We didn't know what we were doing. and I think that's why we were able to get Truthfully the steps we took in the '90s where we got in Minneapolis. probably wouldn't even work today There's a dude there in Indianapolis because the landscape has evolved. named Rusty from the Mudkids (Last When we were building Rhymesayers IV, Birdmen of Alcatraz) who everybody there was no Internet. It was all about there knows. That means there already showing up with a stack of fliers and is a community in Indianapolis. Every tapes to give away or sell. The things we time I talk to him or see him I can see did back then are obsolete now. that he is a leader. I don't live there, so I But the main thing I try to tell people have no idea if he's regarded as a leader is to always be honest with everybody, by the younger kids. But if not they especially yourself. If you have to lie to should really look to this guy because get where you're going, then you're hushe's got a lot of history, inspiration, and tling people. And hustling people works, but it's temporary. All hustles are temporary. If you want something that's sustainable it has to be honest and true. I've always “The funny thing about mixing tried to be as honest as posart with commerce is that it sible in my music and outside my music. I look at it like this, if becomes very insular. It makes you don't want my truth, if you don't want my honesty, then it hard to stay communal.” you probably don't want me. If you can't respect me for being — SLUG myself then we don't need to work together. I don't want colleagues or even fans that can't accept me for who I am. I ain't charisma. Those are the types of things here to trick nobody. that create a leader. So Indianapolis has I also think you need to stay comthe leaders, you've got the soldiers, and munity-minded. The funny thing about you've got the people with talent. That's mixing art with commerce is that it all it takes to spark interest from people becomes very insular. It makes it hard outside the scene to look in and make it to stay communal. I think that's the a larger scene. The energy is infectious. thing that most people bang their heads This hip-hop shit is contagious. It just against when they're trying to establish requires people to not be so insular, and a scene. There's a short list of people in to put their ego in the backseat. n hip-hop history that have been able to keep it communal as opposed to keeping it focused on self. I would point to Afrika Bambaataa, or Proof out of Detroit. > > Kyle Long hosts a show on Proof was known for creating a space WFYI’s HD-2 channel on where people could come and freestyle Wednesdays and Saturdays or just kick it. And it wasn't about Proof it was about the community. Luckily I was

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#locallove 8 p.m. We dig these local showcases on Wednesday at the Vogue.

This week’s features rockers Join The Dead, Soulsik, I-Exist and iamlion.

Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $5, 21+

Rock and Reel: 20,000 Days on Earth 8 p.m. I sat in on an interview with International Man of Mystery Nick Cave last year that showcased to a T the musician’s utter disdain for music journalists. It was glorious, and just made me love him even more. That’s why I’ll be at the documentary screening of 20,000 Days On Earth, a quasidocumentary about a day in the life of Cave (the script was partially written by him), filmed before and during the recording of last year’s album Push The Sky Away.This music-centric film series at the Rabbit is brought to us by SmallBox. The Icks will play a short set before the film screens.

White Rabbit Cabaret, 1116 E. Prospect St., $10, all-ages

NEW PROJECTS Joey Cook 9:30 p.m. It’s the first outing for Joey Cook’s (Pomegranates) new project Joey Cook and The Keepers of The Secret in Bloomington.

Plateau Below and The Tourniquets will accompany.

The Bishop, 123 S. Walnut St., (Bloomington), $5, 18+ Mansions on the Moon, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Jeff Day, Union 50, 21+ Jesse Lacy Trio, Jacob Latham, Geoffrey Louis Koch, Player’s Pub, 21+ Hump-Day Halleluyah, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Jerrod Niemann, Chris Lane, Art Bank, all-ages Blues Jam, Main Event, 21+ Jay Elliott and Friends, Tin Roof, 21+ Blues Jam with Gordon Bonham, Slippery Noodle, 21+ The Family Jam, Mousetrap, 21+

DANCE Animal Haus 10 p.m. Featured by NUVO as Indy’s best weekly house event in 2010, this event continues to provide regular opportunities for house fans to experience the classier side of Downtown Indy.

The Keepin’ It Deep guys have a special talent for snagging huge national acts as they ping-pong from coast to coast — probably because John Larner and Slater Hogan are legends themselves.

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And don’t forget the local support; Manic, Adam Jay, John Larner, Tyler Stewart, Ashley Ross, Clay Collier, Deanne and Grenadine have all taken over the stacks at Blu. Blu Lounge, 240 S. Meridian St., 21+ EDM Altered Thurzdaze 9 p.m. Get a healthy dose of EDM every Thursday night. Both Mousetrap regulars and electronic music fans will find something to like about this weekly event, especially as genres like dubstep, EDM and house music gain a greater share of pop culture attention. This is a great way to kick the weekend off early, and get a little practice dancing before you shake your groove thing in nearby Broad Ripple on the weekend. There’s a different lineup of songs every weekend, but one thing remains the same: this is an EDM dream and an all-around blast of a dance party.

Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave. FREE, 21+

One Guitar Competition 7 p.m. This is one of the cooler twists on a Battle of the Bands-type competition we’ve seen lately. Acoustic singer-songwriters all use the same guitar to perform; there are four dates in the first round and top three winners of each of those nights go to the semifinals on November 28 and December 5. Finals will be held December 19. The prize for the winner: that guitar they’ve all been playing, a Taylor 214CE, plus a recording package with Music Garage Indianapolis. This week’s lineup features Ben Brashear, Sean Neal, Christopher Trueblood, Joe Augustin, Steven Dunn and Wesley Sims.

Birdy’s Bar and Grill, 2131 E. 71st St., $5, 21+ ALBUM RELEASE Natalia Zukerman Album Release 8 p.m. We read about a zillion press releases per day, and this is our favorite of the week: “Fire, in its elemental form, destroys, leaving wreckage where once there was order and harmony. But, as an

equalizer, it also provides space for new growth in its wake, propelling forward resurrection and regeneration. It’s this balance between death and life, ruin and vitality that drives Come Thief, Come Fire — Natalia Zukerman’s sixth studio effort.”

Irving Theater, 5505 E. Washington St.,$12 in advance, $15 at door, all-ages HIP-HOP Bubba Sparxxx 9 p.m. Bubba Sparxxx has retired the days of “Ms. New Booty” and rebranded himself as a country rap artist. Yes, you did read that correctly. Sparxxx took a seven-year hiatus from making music and redeveloped his voice and goals. He released Pain Management in 2013 and Made on McCosh Mill Road in 2014, both of which charted on the US Country charts. But please, please Bubba, do “Ms. New Booty” at the Vogue. We beg of you.

Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., prices varies, 21+ The Failers, The Youngest, Kilgore Trout, Midwest Contraband, Melody Inn, 21+ Keller Williams, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Logan Brill, Union 50, 21+ Joel Levi, The Bikewalk, Joshua Powell, The Great Train Robbery, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Jazz of Delaware, The Propylaeum, all-ages

FRIDAY FESTS Irvington Creative Music and Film Festival 6 p.m. Friday night’s booked all night long if you want to hit up the Irvington Creative Music+Film Festival, which

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100 percent of proceeds benefit that organization and The Coburn Place Safe House for Survivors of Domestic Violence. The first 75 people through the door will get a free compilation featuring the bands. Burlesque performers and live art will augment the show. But perhaps most exciting is the first performance of a new song by a local super group called Night of The Comet, featuring members of Sugar Moon Rabbit, Dell Zell, Breakdown Kings, Ghosts of Kin and Janet Duke and the Seven Deadly. NUVO’s got the exclusive video for that song streaming live on our site as of noon today. We salute these artists for their commitment to awareness-raising for issues as important as domestic violence.

Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., $10, 21+ PUNK

Shine in the Village 7 p.m. Shine Indy is quietly putting together one of the most consistent and communityminded music series in Indianapolis.

They host showcases on Thursday at Sabbatical and Saturday at 86th St. Pub; this week’s offerings are Brandon Wilson and I Dream in Evergreen, respectively.

Sabbatical, 921 Broad Ripple Ave., FREE, 21 +

Peelander-Z, Last IV 9 p.m. Japanese punkers Peelander-Z are based in NYC, in real life. In stage life, though, they’re from the planet Peelander, where members Peelander-Yellow, Peelander-Red and Peelander-Blue learned professional wrestling, costume design and all the other various and sundry activities and accoutrements that accompany their insane stage show. Last IV will open.

Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., $10, 21+

HIP-HOP B.o.B. 8 p.m My mom calls this rapper Bob, but it’s really pronounced B.o.B. – that stands for Bobby Ray

features a documentary on Rahsaan Roland Kirk called The Case of the Three Sided Dream.

We’ve got more about the film on page 23. Musicians Paul Metzger, Tim Kaiser, HYRROKKIN, Iswhat?!, DMA, lost cult, Sea Krowns will also perform. Venues include Irvington Vinyl and the now-defunct Lazy Daze Coffeehouse storefront, and of course, the Irving.

Irving Theater, 5505 E. Washington St., $10 in advance, $15 at door, all-ages

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SATURDAY METAL Jucifer, Conjurer, Freemas, R’lyeh, Occult Deceiver 9 p.m. Jucifer is two people who are always on tour (14 years going strong) and who use a silly amount of amps to sound like five to six different types of metal bands all at once. Bring ear plugs and a helmet.

5th Quarter Lounge, 306 Prospect St., $8, 21+

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Indy Indie Artist Colony, 26 E. 14th St., $5 before 5, $7 after, all-ages

New Politics 8 p.m. Throw a half cup of pop, a tablespoon of punk and a few cups of rock into a pot and you get New Politics — a true melting pot of genres. The Danish group’s latest project is A Bad Girl in Harlem, released in 2013.

“Harlem,” the hit single from the album topped the US alt charts at No. 4.

Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St., $23, all-ages

POP Jon McLaughlin, Peter Bradley Adams 7 p.m. Rock-It To A Cure and WTTS 92.3 present Jon McLaughlin and Peter Bradley Adams live in concert at Latitude 360 with Reaul. Brought to you by the Indiana Army National Guard and Green Bean Delivery, proceeds from the concert will go to support GiGi’s Playhouse Indianapolis and the opening of their new Down Syndrome Achievement Center.

Latitude 39, 4016 E. 82nd St., price varies, all-ages ALL-AGES Diarrhea Planet 7 p.m. In a perfect world, Diarrhea Planet would be the house band at every high school prom for every school across the nation. They return to Indy with Automagik, The Red Streak and Children of the Cul-de-sac.

Hoosier Dome, 1627 Prospect St., $10, all-ages

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of the best electronic music in the city. After an original run between 2005 and 2007 during which they hosted some of the nations and world’s biggest drum and bass acts, IQ Entertainment’s Broke(n) Tuesdays are back at the Melody Inn. Organizer Jay-P Gold says this time around he wants to widen the sonic range with as much “weird shit” as possible, ranging from footwork and jungle, to broken beat techno, and of course no small amount of drum and bass.

Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., 21+

ROOTS Ryan Bingham 8 p.m. We brought him out for our Spring Guide launch party at the Vogue last year, and the house was packed. Now Ryan Bingham is back for an intimate show at the Hi-Fi, which has, unfortunately but predictably, already sold out.

The Hi-Fi,1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $20, SOLD OUT, 21+ JAM Funksgiving 9 p.m. Funksgiving is upon us!

Join us as Dell Zell, Chicago Loud 9, Midwest Hype and Audiodacity join forces to give you a mind-blowing night of jam!

Local visual artists Amy Ward, Miranda Thomas, Jessica Cheeseman, Benjamin M. Church, Matt Panfil and Elaine Nichols will be there showcasing their amazing work as well. We hope you’ll join us for what will surely be an unforgettable night of music and art.

The Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., $6, 21+

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Vogue, 6259 N. College Ave., 21+ Honah Lee, OC45, The Down-Fi, The Putz, Melody Inn, 21+ IU Soul Revue Concert, Brown County Playhouse, all-ages Choral Dance Party, Sanctuary on Penn, all-ages The Driftaways, Union 50, 21+ Nailed It, Blu, 21+ Tucker Jameson, The Savvy, Birdy’s Bar and Grill, 21+ Royal with DJ Limelight, The Hideaway, 21+

SUNDAY DANCE Reggae Revolution 10 p.m. More than 16 years later, Danger and DJ Indiana Jones are still spinning reggae and reggae-infused beats at Casba. We’ve been dancing our asses off to their carefully chosen beats for almost as long. Reggae Revolution is not only Indy’s longestrunning dance night, but one of the only places to be still dancing all night as the weekend winds down.

If you’ve got any energy after a long weekend, head over to Casba. Maybe the $2.50 Red Stripe and Casba shots will help get you out on a Sunday.

Casba, 6319 Guilford Ave., FREE, 21+

guests will join on occasion. Keep the Naptown funk alive by gettin’ down at this dance event. The party starts at 11:30. There is no cover.

Mass Avenue Pub, 745 Massachusetts Ave., 11:30 p.m., FREE, 21+ PUNK ROCK NIGHT Reagan Youth with Burning Streets and Gitmos 9 p.m. Punk Rock Night moves to Sunday to accommodate touring schedules for reformed ‘80s hardcore punk band Reagan Youth. Boston punks Burning Streets and locals The Gitmos join to open. From organizers, “It’s a Sunday show so we’re going a little early: doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.”

Melody Inn, 3826 N. Illinois St., $6, 21+ Jason Marsalis, Jazz Kitchen, 21+

Take That! Tuesdays 10 p.m. DJ MetroGnome can be found at Coaches Tavern every Tuesday for his massive Take That!

Tuesdays party. MetroGnome’s musical selection ranges from classic hip-hop to soul and funk. He always turns the otherwise small bar into a sea of dancing music fans. MetroGnome says we can expect more of the same, danceable nights with new guests thrown in now and then.

Coaches Tavern, 28 S. Pennsylvania St., FREE, 21+ POP Eric Hutchinson, Tristan Prettyman 7:30 p.m. Eric Hutchinson and Tristan Prettyman launched an extensive U.S. tour on October 27.

As the name suggests, the “City & Sand Tour” will take Eric, a New York City resident, and Tristan, a Southern California native, to some of the country’s most vibrant cities and to some gorgeous beach towns.

Deluxe at Old National Centre, 502 N. New Jersey St.

The Sax Guy, Union 50, 21+

Cool City Band, Jazz Kitchen, 21+

Acoustic Bluegrass Open Jam, Mousetrap, 21+

Daughtry, Honeywell Center, all-ages

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Daniel Ellsworth and The Great Lakes, The Hi-Fi, 21+

Joel Tucker Trio, Jazz Kitchen, 21+

The Wytches, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+

Forest and The Evergreen, The Magmatix, Bishop, 21+ Wildcat!Wildcat!, Dinner and a Suit, Sun Club, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Industry Mondays, Red Room, 21+

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Day of rest? We don’t think so.

Head out on Sunday to the Mass Avenue Pub for an all-vinyl funk and soul party anchored by DJs Salazar and Topspeed. Special

Broke(n) 10 p.m. Though it’s gone through more changes than any reasonable human could probably count, Tuesday night at the Melody Inn has a long tradition of hosting some

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e’re back with our resident sex doctor, Dr. Debby Herbenick of Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute. To see even more, go to nuvo.net!

ED FAQs I have a couple of questions about erectile dysfunction and the drugs used to treat it. I’m a 55-year-old male who doesn’t have a problem, but has been advised that I should consider trying the drugs because they enhance sexual experiences from the recovery standpoint. My first question: is that true? My next question: should men who don’t have an ED problem use the drugs? Finally, what are the long term side effects of the drugs? Thanks!

— Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: I have no idea about the medical implications involved here. Though I am certainly not opposed to better living through chemistry, I feel I should duck in here as the daughter of a heart surgeon to remind everyone that taking drugs that affect your vascular system should not be taken as lightly as they are. While faster, harder boners are indeed awesome, nothing kills the mood like keeling over on your granite pork steeple with a heart attack. Make sure you get a full workup before you experiment with these drugs, and only get them with a prescription from your healthcare provider.

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DR. DEBBY HERBENICK & SARAH MURRELL Un-Beard Burned I get regular Brazillians, and I just started seeing a guy who does the whole “fashionable stubble” thing, and it gives me almost like beard burn on my vagina when he goes down for a long time. What can I do to lessen the irritation?

— Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Dump him and date a guy with a real beard.

DR. D: If you’re having sex with the guy, the least you could do is try talking openly with him about it.

He might be willing to let the beard grow in or to shave it off and, either way, be soft and welcoming to your vulva.

Desert in the Oasis A weird thing happened to me when I was about to have sex with my boyfriend yesterday. He totally turns me on and I was really into the moment and into the sex, but I just didn’t get wet, and I normally get pretty well lubricated. I’m not on hormonal birth control or any medication, I’m 29, and I’ve never had that problem before. What’s the deal?

— Anonymous, from Tumblr

DR. D: Prescription medications for erectile dysfunction are generally intended for men with ED — not for just anyone. There is some research that certain ED drugs can shorten the refractory period for some but not all men (and not enormously). This is certainly something you can talk with your healthcare provider about to see what he or she thinks, and to weigh the pros and cons. If you don’t need the meds, do you really want to take them? There are many ways to make sex more pleasurable and satisfying that go beyond shortening refractory period. I’d suggest checking out The New Male Sexuality or Great in Bed for ideas.

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SARAH: This is why I recommend having some kind of lube around, at least in the vicinity, at all times.

Sometimes your mind and body just don’t sync up, for whatever reason. It’s also not a bad idea to get in plenty of foreplay, which is what I like to think of it as: a chance for your brain and body to sync up and get in sex mode.

DR. D: Vaginas are funny things! Not funny as in “ha ha”, but funny as in “did that really happen?”

So yeah, keep some lubricant around. If you popped any allergy meds, that can contribute, as can taking a warm bath or shower before hand, as can just not having enough foreplay to get things started. And sometimes no good reason is found but it happens anyway. Keeping a little water-based lube around is a wise idea.

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I’m a young woman in my twenties with what I bet isn’t an abnormally high libido. My boyfriend is ten years my senior and we have great sex multiple times a week, but every once in awhile it seems like someone hit the off switch on his sex drive (It’s a good thing he is all for me masturbating around him). I’ve heard that men hit their sexual peak earlier than women, but sometimes this leaves me a little bit baffled. Do you think that the average man’s libido decreases with age?

How common is light bondage for couples? I want to introduce my girlfriend to the idea, and I have a feeling she’d be more assured by knowing that it’s not as “out-there” as it seems to her. What do the statistics say?

— Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: As I often say, sexist bullshit hurts everyone.

There are plenty of myths that are circulated about men that are ultimately harmful, like that they’re not naturally good at being caretakers, or they’re always in the mood for sex, and any and all non-sexual feelings means something’s “wrong.” Even as a person with a “not-abnormally-high libido,” I’m sure there are plenty of times when you don’t want to bang — or not even “don’t want to” so much as “aren’t really thinking about it.” Don’t be shy about initiating sex and don’t take it personally if you get shot down. Just enjoy that he’s into your pleasure as both a participant and a spectator.

DR. D: I don’t think it’s a male/female thing - the whole “sexual peak” thing is really kind of a hot mess of a concept for reasons that are too long to get into right now (the short version: people mean different things by this anyway; like, are we talking when are people most desirous? most orgasmic? most comfortable with their bodies? most into sex? and so on. No one ever agrees on what it means to peak anyway). But yes, his desire may be declining a little. He may be stressed from work or family, depending on his situation. He may be thinking about money. He may have realized that every time he gets an erection, he doesn’t have to use it, and he would be just as happy reading alone or watching TV with you or going on a run. With age, people often still enjoy sex immensely, but they also realize they enjoy the world around them too. I think with age, many men (as Sarah is getting at) also feel less pressured to stick to the man myth of always being ready for sex. Many young guys aren’t always ready for sex or into sex, but feel like they have to in order to “be a man”. (Such BS. That leads to so many bad situations I can’t even tell you.) So if you’ve got a man who still has a healthy sex drive but also realizes he’s more than his erection? Hooray! That’s a good start.

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— Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: There is literally one (1) positive cultural influence the 50 Shades series had on our collective sexuality: it got a lot of people to explore their bondage fantasies. The last time I went to a sex shop, I saw no less than two suburban-looking housewives giggling over a 50 Shades-licensed leather wrapped paddle. I see this, ultimately, as a positive. In other words, I can’t tell you what the numbers say or how your girlfriend will react, but I can tell you that it’s more part of the collective awareness than it ever has been before. If you’re worried she won’t be into it, read up on consent and bondage and make sure she feels absolutely safe first. After that, just have fun.

DR. D: We have no idea; seriously, as of this writing this topic hasn’t been tackled in a large, nationally representative study. It’s more often been the topic of college student surveys or clinical samples or internet surveys, thus yielding widely different data.

But if it’s something you’d like to try, I’d encourage you to ask your girlfriend about it and see what she thinks. Let her know that, if she’s at all curious about it, you won’t pressure her (and don’t!) but you’d like to learn more about it together. You could read some erotica, maybe go to some local kink events, and see how it feels to the both of you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): We all have addictive and obsessive tendencies. They are fundamental to being human. So the challenge is not to eliminate them — that’s not possible — but rather to harness them. If you hope to keep them from dragging you down, you must work hard to channel them into activities that enhance your life. How are you doing on this score, Aries? Are you chronically dependent on drugs, gambling, sugar, or chaotic relationships? Or are you, instead, hooked on the courage you summon when you face your fears and the willpower you invoke as you free yourself from your limitations? Now is an excellent time to upgrade your addictive and obsessive tendencies.

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dant mineral is called bridgmanite. It’s an amalgam NOW HIRING of iron, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen. Until recently, no one had actually seen it because it lies so deep underground it can’t be reached by digging tools. Scientists have only known about it from studying how earthquake waves moved through it. That changed in the last few years, when two mineralogists found bridgmanite in an ancient meteorite. They were able to analyze the nuances of this basic mineral for the first time. I predict a comparable development for you, Taurus. In the coming months, you will become more familiar with a core part of you that APRIL has always been a mystery. The revelations may occur with the help of an influence that resembles a meteorite.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): I can’t remember the last time you’ve had as much artistic freedom as you have now. It’s as if life has given you a slew of wild cards and X-factors to play with. You don’t have to answer to the past as much as you usually do. You are less beholden to the demands of duty and the constraints of karma.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Some conspiracy theorists are paranoid that aliens or government agencies use radio waves to try to control their minds. They wear tin foil hats to protect themselves from the evil transmissions.

But a recent study shows that this protective head gear has an effect that’s opposite to what it’s supposed to. In fact, it actually amplifies the intensity of radio frequencies, making it even more likely that mind-control signals would work their dastardly magic. This problem probably does not apply to you, but I suspect you are suffering from a comparable glitch. An approach you’re pursuing or an attitude you’re cultivating is having an impact contrary to what you imagine. Now is an excellent time to make adjustments.

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United States claimed ownership of the ocean within three miles of its coasts. That changed in 1988, when the federal government declared that hereafter it would have sovereignty over the ocean as far as 12 miles from land. With that action, American territory increased dramatically. I invite you to consider a comparable expansion in the coming months, Leo. Seize more space. Seek further privileges. Ask for a bigger piece of everything.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Poland’s most renowned ghost hunter is frustrated. Having invested a fortune in spectral detection equipment, Piotr Shalkevitz finds that there are fewer and fewer spooks to investigate as the years go by. I’m not qualified to speak about whether or not the whole world is experiencing a decline in the ghost population. But I’m confident that this is exactly what is happening for you Virgos. Recently, the haunted elements of your life have begun to dissipate. And in the next eight months, I expect that you will be freed from most, maybe all, of the ghosts and pesky demons that attached themselves to you once upon a time.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Sex is like pizza,” said

comedian Mel Brooks. “Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good.” That’s a generalization, of course. I’m sure you can think of times in your past when mediocre pizza and mediocre sex were just plain mediocre. But work with me on the overarching principle, Scorpio: Some of the finer things in life just can’t be spoiled. They are always at least moderately pleasurable and interesting and lucky — and usually more than just moderately so. According to my reading of the astrological omens, your immediate future will be filled to the brim with these finer things.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Ancient people knew

about Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn because all of those planets are visible to the naked eye.

From the second millennium B.C. until the late 20th century, only three additional planets were found: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. (Pluto was later reclassified as a dwarf planet, however.) Then in 1992, astronomers began to locate planets orbiting other stars. On one spectacular day in February of 2014, NASA announced it had identified 715 new planets. I foresee a similar uptick for you in the next seven months, Sagittarius. Your rate of discoveries is about to zoom.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When Evan Lattimer’s

92-year-old father died in 2007, she inherited his large collection of odd relics. It included a cigar smoked

by W. C. Fields, Greta Garbo’s driver’s license, Abraham Lincoln’s shaving mirror, a bearskin coat owned by General George Custer, and Napoleon Bonaparte’s penis. Many items turned out to be quite valuable to collectors. One eager bidder offered to buy the famous genitalia for $100,000. I suspect that in the coming months, you will experience events that have some resemblances to this story. For example, the legacy you receive may not be what you expected, but could turn out to be more useful than you imagined.

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to be perfect is to have changed often.” Winston Churchill said that, and now I’m passing it along to you — with one caveat. I don’t expect you to be perfect, and never will. To shoot for perfection is risky. It may set up unrealistic expectations that lead to bad mental hygiene. It tempts you to avoid messy experiences, some of which might be essential to your growth. So I will offer a revised version of Churchill’s maxim for your use: If you want to improve, you must change. If you want to keep improving, you must change often. And the coming months will be prime time for you to keep improving and improving and improving.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here’s your assignment: Get more organized and purposeful about having fun. Think harder about what makes you feel good, and plan more aggressively to bring those feel-good experiences into your life. In offering these prescriptions, I’m not advocating irresponsible hedonism. Not at all. In my view, you will become a better servant of those you care about by boosting your commitment to pleasure. You will carry out your duties with more aplomb and effectiveness.

Raising your joy quotient is actually a formula for becoming a better human being.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Appalachian Mountains

span 1,500 miles from Newfoundland to Alabama.

They are the seventh longest range in the world. And yet they have shrunk over the eons. Their average height is 3,000 feet, but when they were young they were probably twice that high. What happened? There has been constant erosion caused by rivers, glaciers, wind, tree roots, lichens, and oxidation. Rain and condensation have also played a role because when water freezes, it expands, creating a wedging force. I propose that we make what has happened to the Appalachians a symbol of what’s possible for you in the next eight months, Pisces. Through steady, small actions, you can significantly grind down a mountainous obstacle.

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