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Vol. 12 No. 10
Including the Cultural Districts and Midtown: Meridian-Kessler, Butler-Tarkington, and Meridian St.
In This
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May 15 - May 28, 2015
- Butler Groundbreaking Pg. 2 ‑ Spring Gallery Tour Pg. 11 ‑ Ripples 2015 Pg. 14
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Nick Saligoe and Doug Morris in the studio at Deckademics.
Sports Edge radio 1560 AM recently broadcast live from Plump’s Last Shot, 6416 Cornell Avenue [D5 on map]. Below: Rob Forest (right), host of The Sports Edge - ESPN Radio Joplin, MO, interviews Bobby Plump (left).
Deckademics DJ School at 61st & College By Mario Morone
mario@broadripplegazette.com Deckademics DJ School co-owners Doug Morris and Nick Saligoe recently described their business off the record. “I’ve deejayed professionally under the name “MetroGnome” (www. deejaymetrognome.com) for about 10 years since I got out of college. I was working with a number of people out of the Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Center at 42nd and Illinois Street, working with some kids in the community in some after school classes. We wrote a grant to the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center and got accepted. We held classes there for about two and a half to three years. We gradually grew out of that space. I knew that I wanted to have a physical location of my own. I took about two and a half to three years to get a business together and at the end of 2013, Doug and I officially opened. We just celebrated our first year,” Saligoe explained. Morris also owns Old Soul Entertainment (www.oldsoulent.com) that does event planning, marketing and promotions. He hosts events at the Jazz Kitchen at 54th Street and College Avenue. “I deejay his events and have been for nearly a decade. I have an education degree from Indiana University. We cover different areas of the business Deckademics DJ School and we have different areas of that way,” he 6108 N. College Ave. [K2 on map] co-ownership added. (317) 662-8661 “I run a sign promotion company that started in 2005. www.deckademics.com Nick was one of the first group of DJs to host this specific brand of parties we were doing. We started doing business together in late 2006. We do event marketing for local companies and marketing promotions. We’re closely associated with the Indy Jazz Fest and Jazz Kitchen and are involved in developing local Indy talent. It was established in 2005,” Morris mentioned. Music has played a key role in his family life. “My mom was in a touring choir that traveled across the United States. My grandmother also sang in a choir. My brother was a DJ and that is what kind of got me into the DJ culture as a kid. There was also a rich music culture that has been a part of the rich arts culture in the Broad Ripple community. I was a product of that growing up. My first job was at the Kaleidoscope Library (a former Indianapolis Marion County Public Library Branch). I actually moved some of the bookshelves into the new library (at 4180 N. College Avenue). I went to Ball State University and IUPUI and majored in Communications,” he said. His musical interests evolved from playing the trumpet at an early age. Morris and Saligoe were born and raised in Indianapolis. Morris went to Arsenal Technical High School and Saligoe went to Pike High School. They started the New Year with civic-minded projects. “In 2015, we’re really
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Banner Artist of the issue Christian Richardson is the banner artist in this issue. Christian was born in Bloomington, and at around ten years old moved with his family to Indianapolis. “Ever since I can remember, these two cities have exposed me to the rich artistic and cultural diversity they have to offer. Over the years, I have studied many different subjects and gathered a wide variety of skills that I continue to develop and explore with my art. “I am currently receiving a degree in Fine Arts with a focus on graphic design from Indiana University, after having changed my major numerous times before deciding that art was what I ultimately wanted to devote my efforts to. I have studied everything from music and film to theater and textiles, and found that all of these have personally inspired me and informed the way I perceive and approach art. Recently, I’ve been attracted to creating process-driven work that combines mixed media such as photography, painting, and both digital and ink illustrations. By exploring interactions between color, texture, and the creation of abstract imagery, my most recent “drawings” are intended to evoke personal and emotional responses. As for the future, I hope to explore as many different artistic avenues as possible in order to collaborate with fellow artists, adopt new skills, and continually evolve through my work as an artist. I can be reached through my e-mail or my Instagram page, where I will be sharing more recent works of mine in the months to come.” Email: crichhh@gmail.com Instagram: xian_richardson To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Broad Ripple Gazette we are featuring a year of local artists by allowing them to interpret our banner, while incorporating the words “The Broad Ripple Gazette”. Contact us at info@broadripplegazette.com to inquire if any open issues remain. Still looking for cartoonist, tattoo artist, pen and ink, etc.
1 Banner Christian Richardson
4 Buzzing Around Town
8 Classified Ads/Public Notices 12 Frog’s Random Rippling
16 Douglas David BRAF 20th
1 Deckademics DJ School
5 BR Brewpub Quiz
9 Jan Brown Award Mrs. F
13 BR Farmers Market
17 Directory / Maps
1 Frog’s Random Rippling
5 Reader Random Rippling
9 Random Rippling docs
13 Frog’s Random Rippling
21 Wine Scene Jill A. Ditmire
2 Random Rippling Sangrita
6 Poetic Thoughts
10 Hidden History / Sudoku
14 Ripples 2015
21 BRVA zoning meeting
2 Random Rippling Butler
6 Reader Random MCL
11 Spring Gallery Tour
14 Where in the Village?
22 Old Town Minutes
3 Calendar
6 Reader Random art
11 Random Rippling Joy’s
15 Historic Ad / Crossword
23 Right in my Own Backyard
4 ‘Round the Ripple
7 Local Contacts
12 BRHSAA scholarships
16 Maps
23 Random Rippling barber