Carmel Monthly-September 2021

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Introducing Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Indy’s Fieldhouse of the Future On our cover this month we have Pacers Sports & Entertainment executives Rick Fuson and Mel Raines talking about all of the massive changes that are being undertaken with the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in downtown Indy. In the foreground of our cover photo you will notice that Fuson and Raines appear to be in the middle of a construction area in the fieldhouse, and you would be correct. As you will see the renovations are much more extensive than just the recently announced name change from Banker’s Life to Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Over a three-year period, the fieldhouse, which is nationally considered as one of the top NBA arenas in the country, will have massive improvements completed prior to hosting the NBA All-Star Weekend in 2024. One of our favorites is the new public space being constructed on the west side of the fieldhouse that will include a basketball court and/or skating rink, depending on the time of year.

Cover Story Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photo // Laura Arick

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Carmel Education Foundation Proudly Presents the Return of Ghosts & Goblins in Person

8 Josh Kaufman Returns to Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael!

10 Business Spotlight: Spray-Net. A New Way to Renovate Your Home 16 Civic Theatre Presents: ‘The Color Purple’ 19 The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Proudly Presents: The Paintings of N.A. Noel

22 The Center Presents: An Evening with Clint Black 25 Carmel Farmers Market Gives Thanks To Its Dedicated Volunteers 28 The Writers at the Pavilion 30 Harmony Poké & Bubble Tea Opens in Carmel

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fundraiser, as well as the purpose of CEF and the impact it has on the Carmel Clay Schools’ teachers and students through its grant programs.

The Purpose of the Carmel Education Foundation

Carmel Education Foundation Proudly Presents the Return of

GHOSTS & GOBLINS IN PERSON Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Courtesy of CEF

As many loyal participants recall, the Carmel Education Foundation (CEF) had to pivot last year’s event/fundraiser and go virtual as a result of the pandemic restrictions that were in place. CEF staff and volunteers are thrilled to host the 13th Annual Ghosts & Goblins 5k and 2k Run/Walk—in person and much like it has been enjoyed by community members and participants in prepandemic times.

CEF is the nonprofit funding partner of Carmel Clay Schools (CCS). CEF raises the funds to award grants that support innovation and student engagement in the classrooms. The foundation also helps provide over 100 scholarships to Carmel High School seniors. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, CEF is even more attuned to the evolving needs of CCS teachers and schools. CEF grants will continue to help fulfill those needs and district-wide initiatives throughout the pandemic and beyond.

CEF’s guiding principles are • EDUCATION IS POWER—Public education changes lives. It builds knowledge and tears down barriers.

• EVERYBODY BENEFITS—We believe our work has ripple effects that extend beyond the schools, enriching the entire community.

• FURTHER TOGETHER—We create meaningful partnerships to elevate, enhance and expand students’ experiences.

• HONOR THE WORK—We recognize and celebrate the great strides of our students, teachers and administrators.

What’s New This Year?

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armel Education Foundation’s Ghosts & Goblins race welcomes nearly 3,000 Carmel community members annually for a morning of fun, creative costumes and spirited competition. Participants may run, walk or jog a 5K or 2K course, either as an individual or a team. Best of all, proceeds from the race benefit Carmel Clay students and teachers through CEF

Great Idea! Grants, district-wide programs and senior scholarships. This year’s Ghosts & Goblins Run/Walk will take place on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, 8:30 a.m. at Carmel High School.

I sat down with CEF Executive Director Jennifer Penix and CEF board member Leslie Teskey—and this year’s event chair—to discuss the changes and additions to Ghosts & Gobllins, CEF’s largest

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“Because we had a year off, we are doing a little bit of a reboot and refresh this year,” Penix shared. “The district’s landscape is a little different with redistricting, and we have an entirely new school and new staff, so we took a step back, asked people [previous participants] what has worked well and how we could improve going forward. We also looked at how we could make the grants and the event [itself] more equitable for all of the [CCS] schools and have worked really hard within the foundation to accomplish this goal.”

Teskey added, “We’ve changed the parameters to win grants so it’s obtainable for every school to win a grant

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and every school will receive a grant by following some basic steps that we have provided them.”

New this year, Penix shared that if every school participates in the promotion of this year’s Ghost & Goblins race by using a prepared media kit that CEF has devised and distributed to all the CCS schools and PTOs, the schools will be awarded a “Goblin Grant” valued at $500.

Penix emphasized that CEF made the checklist items to be easily obtainable so that all the schools have an opportunity to walk away from this event with at

least a grant. Penix and the CEF board have also adjusted the pricing to give families a price break and are working with school councilors to assist students and families who want to participate but may have financial barriers that would otherwise prohibit them from participating in Ghosts & Goblins.

Joining CEF and the Ghost & Goblins volunteers, participants and sponsors is WISH-TV morning anchor, Carmel High School graduate and proud Carmel Clay Schools parent Scott Sander. Sander will serve as this year’s emcee and will greet

everyone and help fire you up for a fun Ghosts & Goblins race!

Don’t wait a moment longer—register today! For a complete list of prizes, start times and other pertinent race/walk information, visit ghostsandgoblinsrun.com.

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Josh Kaufman & NDOXO: Unplugged Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021

Josh Kaufman Returns to Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael!

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Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael is pleased to welcome back the sixth-season winner of NBC’s “The Voice” and Carmel’s own, Josh Kaufman! within reach of everybody in the audience so that it feels personal and intimate.

JM: Now that you’re able to perform in front of live audiences again, how important is it to have that special “live” connection with the audiences?

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njoy a night of songs from his album “NDOXO” (pronounced endo-exo) along with a handful stories and covers in a strippeddown acoustic setting. You can expect a soulful mix of songs inspired by the sounds of ’90s R&B and neo-soul but with a modern twist. This performance is not one to miss!

Purchase your tickets at feinsteinshc.com.

Janelle Morrison: You’ve just recently played at the Palladium in Carmel and will be returning for a second performance at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael. What is it about Feinstein’s that is bringing you back to that venue?

Josh Kaufman: I love those kinds of rooms where there’s space to get some people in there but is a small enough space that there’s not a bad seat and you’re kind of

Kaufman: It’s funny because I’m naturally introverted and am a keep-to-myself kind of person. And sometimes, I think I could be happy just posting stuff online, making music and putting it out on the internet, but this last year—when everything shut down and all the shows went away for more than a year—it made me realize how much I appreciate that connection [with the audience] and how irreplaceable that is. No matter how much you try to make it personal over the internet, it just doesn’t compare to having a real, live connection in the same room with real people.

JM: After winning season six of “The Voice,” you took a nontraditional path with regards to your career path. Rather than heading directly to a recording studio—you hit Broadway. Did you have Broadway on your radar or was that completely out of happenstance?

Kaufman: That was totally not foreseen at all! I was doing “The Voice” tour and a friend of mine who was helping me kind of manage all the stuff that was going on at the time called me. He told me that we had received an email through my website from a Broadway show and he said, “I think it’s real so we may want to get back with them.” And we did. After the tour was over, they flew me out to NYC to see “Pippen” and asked if it would be something I’d be interested in try-

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ing. I said, “Yes—I’d love to give it a shot.” So, they brought me back out a few weeks later to audition for a leading player, and in the middle of the audition they said, “Don’t you guys think he would make a great ‘Pippen’?

I hadn’t prepared for that role at all, so they had me, on the spot, sing “Corner of the Sky” and do a scene with somebody else, and they ended up casting me for that role. It was an amazing experience, but I definitely didn’t see it coming at all.

JM: In addition to writing and performing your music, what are some other projects that you’re currently working on?

Kaufman: There are too many for me to get done but I always try! I am teaching and have been for the last couple of years. I set aside a couple days a week to do vocal coaching, guitar and songwriting lessons with mostly middle school and high school students, but I do have some adult students too.

I started a podcast that ties together a lot of my interests. My education is in philosophy—I graduated with a degree in philosophy and went to grad school for it as well.

The podcast is called “The Pare With Josh Kaufman.” It has a double meaning: It pares or peels back the layers of things that I’m interested in and is an acronym for philosophy, art, religion and ethics—all main topics that I’m interested in and try to tie together with my guests.

JM: After these life-changing experiences, you and your wife, Jennifer, decided to stay in Carmel. What is it about this community that keeps you and your family here?

Kaufman: My wife and I talked about moving to either coast, but having a bigger family, it’s so hard to be in NYC or LA with five kids and having enough space. With the way things are now, it’s so easy to collaborate with people from a distance and go to wherever you need to go, whenever you need to be there in person, so it just seemed to make more sense to be in a place like Carmel where we have a little more stability and calm rather than being in the middle of everything all the time and trying to make it work. It’s not where I was born but it’s definitely home.

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World Class Cabaret at Carmel City Center

October 1

ROGER SCHMELZER Roger Schmelzer’s upbeat take on America’s Songbook has been described as “a journey back to Old World New York Cabaret.” Since making a critically acclaimed NYC solo debut in 2017, Roger appeared at Carnegie Hall in a tribute to Jerome Kern produced by the Mabel Mercer Foundation.

October 2

JOSH KAUFMAN Welcome back to Indiana’s own, Josh Kaufman! Enjoy a night of songs from his album, NDOXO (pronounced endo-exo) along with a handful stories and covers in a stripped-down acoustic setting.

October 8 & 9

GEORGE SALAZAR & JOE ICONIS

Following the Broadway run of Be More Chill and the release of Two-Player Game as a live album, we host George Salazar and Joe Iconis. Salazar, the Drama Desk-nominated actor known for Be More Chill, Lightning Thief, Godspell, and tick tick BOOM, joins with Iconis, the Larson Award-winning musical theatre writer known for Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter, Love In Hate Nation, The Black Suits, and his songs for “Smash”… for an intimate concert you’ll never forget! Expect a rock-and-roll evening of hilarious characters, soaring vocals, and the unstoppable energy of two artists on the rise on stage all by themselves.

October 7

DON FARRELL

Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael presents “All The Way” A Frank Sinatra Tribute with the one and only Don Farrell. Join us spectacular performance on the Feinstein’s stage celebrating the legend, Frank Sinatra.

October 15

MARILU HENNER

With the energy of a teenager, the wisdom of a sage, and the memory of a superhero, Marilu Henner, star of “Taxi,” “Evening Shade,” and Gettin’ the Band Back Together, takes you on a journey through her decades long career filled with Broadway shows, movies, two hit sitcoms, and three husbands! Hilarious and heartfelt, this is an evening you won’t forget!

October 22

EDMUND BAGNELL

October 23

1st violinist and vocalist of the internationally acclaimed group Well Strung, Bagnell makes his solo Carmel debut with this exciting new show. Through stories and song, the evening celebrates all things music from classical to standards and from pop to Broadway, and of course with a good dose of fiddle thrown in.

THE PHELPS CONNECTION

Join us for a night of Smooth Jazz and R&B sounds featuring Indy’s own Rob Dixon and Kenny Phelps as they return to Feinstein’s!

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SHARON MCNIGHT: A HOLLOWEEN NIGHT SPECIAL

Sharon McNight is a formidable singer, no holds-barred comedy presence, and an unstoppable entertainer. To underscore those performance attributes is her Tony Nomination, the prestigious Theater World Award, two Lifetime Achievement Awards. Ms. McNight strips away all vestiges of traditional Halloween costumes as she conjures her multiple personalities and talents in the form of witches, Divas, movie stars and other delectable characters from her extensive list of audience favorites.

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CORINNA SOWERS ADLER

“Songs From The Heart” featuring music by everyone from George Gershwin and Irving Berlin to Billy Joel and Joni Mitchell stars Corinna Sowers Adler who is a well-known professional cabaret singer from NYC. Corrine, having performed her solo shows in many venues including The Triad, Feinsteins/54 Below and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s famed Appel Room.

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In t ro d u c in g

GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE Indy’s F ield h o u s e o f t h e F u t u re Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Laura Arick and Courtesy of Gainbridge Fieldhouse

With the start of the Indiana Pacers 2021–22 season right around the corner, the executive team and staff at Bankers Life Fieldhouse have been wrapping up an extensive $360 million “Fieldhouse of the Future” renovation project, and even more, they have recently announced the new name of Indy’s beloved fieldhouse. We are pleased to help announce the new name—Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

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e spoke with Pacers Sports & Entertainment President/COO and Carmel resident Rick Fuson and EVP of Corporate Communications, Community Engagement and Facilities Operations Mel Raines about the renovation project and what ticketholders and guests of the fieldhouse can look forward to when they attend games, concerts and other specialty community events.

FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF INDIANAPOLIS’ VISIONARIES The fieldhouse is already consistently and independently listed as one of the very best places to watch a basketball

game in the NBA—the three that are typically called out are Madison Square Garden, the Staples Center and what will be known going forward as Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Fuson, Raines and their team are building upon the legacies of previous leaders and visionaries that made the state’s capital city the sports capital of the world.

Their goal is to create experiences within the experience, something new facilities have been focused on and is in line with what fans have come to expect.

“We’ve had this whole learning process, and that’s what Indianapolis has been built on,” Fuson said. “People learning and taking it forward. I think for the last

50 years or more, we’ve been dedicated to that and to wanting to make it better.

Regardless of what generation you’re in, there is multigenerational love for downtown Indianapolis, and we continue to learn what people want and make changes so that more and more people of all generations will come downtown.”

Fuson went on to explain why the organization decided to renovate rather than implode the existing structure and build from scratch.

“I’ve said it for years—we built this building with great bones so we didn’t have to tear it down like so many other cities do or like we did Market Square Arena or the RCA Dome,” Fuson said. “In

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light of that, it’s going to be like a new building to those coming back this fall. In many cases, you won’t recognize it from when you were here at the last game in April, when we were a fully functioning building, just before we closed soon after that [due to pandemic-related shutdowns]. It will be interesting to see people’s reactions.”

Raines added, “You can’t come within three blocks of the fieldhouse and not know that we’re undergoing a significant renovation. This phase is focused on starting the plaza to the north. We took down the parking garage and are actively building the infrastructure part of that plaza, and that will continue for a full 18 months to be completed in fall of 2022.”

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ENHANCING THE GUEST EXPERIENCES In addition to a multitude of new spaces, revamped spaces and new amenities designed to enhance the guest/fan experiences, Fuson and his team have created a space for everybody—in and out of the fieldhouse.

“There really isn’t an area in the building that we’re not significantly updating,” Raines said. “From our restrooms to concessions—we’ve added an additional nursing mothers’ room and a sensory room for guests who might need to take a break from the events and get away from the lights and sounds. That’s a best practice in the industry now.”

It’s important to note that the fieldhouse has gone completely cashless, and all tickets are now digital/mobile.

Additionally, the fieldhouse has a new Grab N Go feature—in two locations— that will allow guests to go through and grab their own food, beverages and merchandise, which speeds up transactions and makes for a touchless environment.

This was something that took legislative change last session because of the alcohol sales component.

Fuson added, “When it’s finished, it’s going to be dramatically different. The former box office has been redesigned to be more like a concierge area rather than a hard brick box office because our ticketing is electronic now. There are a lot of

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great changes that will help increase the overall experience for everybody.”

When asked if parking was part of the overall renovation project, Raines replied, “Parking is always something that’s on our minds. The garage has been updated during COVID-19, over the last 15 months. We’re doubling the width of the [pedestrian] bridge so that we will be able to screen—from a security standpoint—

twice as many people that will come through here and will just be another fan enhancement once it’s completed.”

Raines also mentioned that they have incorporated new windows throughout the Main Concourse to utilize much more natural light and make it a much more open building. There is also more “flex-seating” options, and the club levels and suites have been completely over-

hauled. On the Krieg DeVault level, new “flex suites” have been created—the first in our market—which allow guests to use these suites as single suites or open up into 50-person party suites.

The new PointsBet Hardwood Club and ’67 Club and updated CareSource Courtside Club offer unique experiences within the overall game experience. The clubs are a mix of traditional and modern and incorporate design elements reflective of Indiana’s rich basketball tradition. The PointsBet and Hardwood Clubs are brand new, built out during this renovation. The CareSource Courtside Club was updated and renovated and now is much more exclusive with smaller capacity.

There are also 10 new Key Bank Level suites and two new loge terraces have been added, while all the suites on the Key Bank level have been modernized and updated. There is also a brand-new bar area—the Yuengling Flight Deck, at the south end of the building that also looks into the bowl.

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OTHER NEW ADDITIONS AT GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE

PROVIDING SPACES TO BEGIN NEW TRADITIONS In addition to all the new amenities within the fieldhouse, Fuson and Raines were excited to share what’s being built OUTSIDE of the fieldhouse. The parking garage on Maryland was torn down, just north of the building, to make space for a new outdoor plaza that will be completed by fall of 2022.

The plaza will have a basketball court in the summer months and an ice-skating rink—larger than the one at Rockefeller Center—in the winter. For those of us who remember skating around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, this will be the start of many whimsical winter and holiday traditions. You won’t need to go to Rockefeller or anywhere else to enjoy hot cocoa and ice skating with family and friends!

There will also be lots of green spaces, which will provide opportunities for public art, programs, community gatherings, basketball game viewing parties and much more.

“I think it’s going to be an important gathering space downtown,” Fuson stated. “We have the opportunity for people to come and enjoy downtown, sitting right by the arena, and to have community events, outdoor basketball games, whatever the case may be, and not have to close the street. I think it’s going to be the beginning of many new traditions here.

When you tie in Georgia Street, the fact that the jail site will be developed and the fact that we have this whole corridor running from Lucas Oil Stadium, the convention center, Georgia Street and to Gainbridge Fieldhouse, we will have a really great thing going here in downtown Indianapolis. I think it is a great start to bringing people back down to enjoy [the amenities] year-round.”

Some elements of Phase 1, which began in April 2020 and wrapped up in December

• Center-Hung Scoreboard: Welcoming fans back to the fieldhouse is the new LED center-hung scoreboard, equipped with more than 3,350 square feet of video area, two LED rings and underbelly screens. A partnership with experience design company ANC, the scoreboard is part of a digital enhancement to Bankers Life Fieldhouse that also includes more than 600 square feet of 1.5 mm fine-pitch LED in the DataBank Courtside and PointsBet Hardwood Clubs.

• Fever Locker Room: A new locker room for the Indiana Fever is among the best in the WNBA and includes amenities like a film room, larger weight room and hydrotherapy tubs.

• Renovated Visitor Locker Rooms: The visitor locker rooms, also used for teams and groups using the fieldhouse for other events throughout the year, has been updated with all new fixtures, paint and carpeting.

• Salesforce Court: The Salesforce court, which was 21 years old, boasts a brand-new playing surface and was raised to street level to not only create necessary operational space on the event level but make access to the court for community and youth events easier.

• New Kitchen: This larger kitchen on the event level includes expanded capacity, dedicated dock and storage areas and state-of-the-art equipment.

Phase 2 is primarily focused on the Main Concourse and the Krieg DeVault Level, which is where most fans will have the majority of their experiences.

• All the concessions will be renovated and updated, and new food offerings will be rolled out at the end of October.

• Gainbridge Fieldhouse will also unveil a celebrity chef program to give local chefs the chance to show off their product at games and events.

• The Lexus Loft space on Krieg DeVault level has been expanded and renovated.

• The display cases at Sections 1 and 20, which is at the top of the grand staircase in the Entry Pavilion, is being opened up into two new bar areas that will look into the bowl.

• Two major components of Phase 2 are the fact that, from basically anywhere around the Main Concourse and Krieg DeVault level, there are places to stop and look into the bowl.

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL In the spirit of supporting local and being good stewards of the community, Fuson and Raines emphasized the importance of not only supporting the fieldhouse and all its sporting and entertainment events, but they also spoke on the importance of Hoosiers supporting their capital city and its hotels, restaurants and businesses.

“I think a rising tide lifts all boats,” Raines stated. “People come to Indianapolis to see and experience a lot of different things. The more infrastructure that we have to support that in terms of having the best hotels, restaurants and venues, the more we are all helping each other.”

Fuson added, “We have to make sure that people feel welcome and comfortable. There’s going to be some great things happening down here—especially once the plaza is completed. This is the people’s building, it’s not just Indianapolis’ building. It’s a building to celebrate in and to make memories in. We can all look forward to more memories being made with family members and friends. And I think we need more of that. These gatherings that we do around sports and entertainment can help bring our psyche back.

So, I welcome people to come back down here and celebrate getting back to life.”

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trepidation because we spent so much of our time in those 18 months planning things we had to pivot, change or cancel.

Civic Theatre Presents:

‘The Color Purple’ Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Laura Arick

This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story.

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ith a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, “The Color Purple” is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love and a celebration of life. It premiered at the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and opened in November 2005 on Broadway, where it was nominated for 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Original Score. The London offWest End production moved to Broadway in 2015, winning the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Purchase your tickets at thecenterpresents.org.

I sat down with Civic Theatre’s Executive Artistic Director Michael Lasley to discuss the upcoming production of “The Color Purple.” We dove deep into

his thoughts about the return to live shows and his motives for bringing this dramatically brilliant production to Civic’s audiences.

Janelle Morrison: When we last spoke [in 2020], the stage light was on but the theater was empty and there was an eerie vibe throughout the Center for the Performing Arts campus. Now that we’re back here—in person—and rehearsals are underway, how is that impacting the company and the staff’s mental state?

Michael Lasley: I think it’s slowing improving. It’s been kind of hard to get underneath the weight of the last 18 months. [COVID-19] is still this looming specter because we don’t know what tomorrow, next week or the next six months will bring to us. There is this

JM: You have spoken about silver linings and moving forward. What are your thoughts on moving Civic forward rather than trying to take it back to its prepandemic existence?

Lasley: I do think that we’re all still sort of struggling and want to get back to where we were. I’m not sure that’s ever going to happen. Not that things won’t restore and we won’t be back in a great place, I just think that maybe it’s a mistake to think we’re going to go back when we need to go forward and find what works after this. Not to try to erase it like it never happened.

I also think we all appreciate what we’re doing even more, and I think we’re beginning to heal. On the backside of this, maybe this also exposes things on a new level. I don’t think the division in this country is new. I think it was hidden for a long time and now there is a light being shown on it in a stark way.

JM: As the executive artistic director, how do you perceive your role in this renaissance of the arts and in bringing equity and inclusion into community theater?

Lasley: I don’t look at what I do as trying to change people’s lives, but it provides an opportunity for it. What we do provides an opportunity for the audience to look in a mirror and see someone else’s experiences. The Civic has never been a company that does a lot of challenging material. It has this perceived and cultivated image of a good, wholesome family place, but if people want something new and interesting and want fresh material on the stage, then they will have to learn to deal with some profanity, homosexuality, diversity and inclusion that may not be in their comfort zone.

It doesn’t cost you anything to be open to someone else’s way of life or thinking, and that goes both ways. Otherwise, we are not really doing our jobs and are not really using the arts to our best advantage.

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JM: Prior to this cast of “The Color Purple,” when was the last time Civic ever featured an all-black cast in one of its productions?

Lasley: The first time I saw a full-length show at the Civic, it was an all-black version of “Guys and Dolls.” I thought it was the best thing I’d seen in my whole life. It was just amazing. I think I was around 17 years old. We’ve done some predominantly black-casted shows, but that show in 1988 was the last time Civic did a show with a 100% black cast until now.

This is a big deal to me. I’ve been working hard towards getting a more

diverse look to our casts since our first production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” It’s taken over 20 years for me to get to this point in terms of my tenure and having an artistic voice here. The struggle has been getting people to come and audition and want to be in the show.

JM: Why has that been such a challenge?

Lasley: If they don’t see themselves on stage, then they’re never going to audition and they’re never going to come back to see the next show. We need to have representation in every show so that people begin to see that this is a place they can come and see their experiences represented on stage and be a part of it if they choose. We’re not

just telling some people’s stories—we’re telling everybody’s stories.

JM: What can the audiences expect to see and experience with Civic’s presentation of “The Color Purple”?

Lasley: This is one of the biggest leaps we have taken in a long time. It is a Pulitzer-winning novel, and the movie is lovely. This production is more brutal than the movie. In a lot of ways, people are going to see representations of black people that they have not seen— certainly not on this stage. It was not a pretty time period to be a person of color, but it’s an honest depiction of that time. We’re trying to tell one woman’s story—Celie—who was so abused and robbed of her own humanity and how she finds the deity within herself. It is a passion project and we [the Civic] are making progress. And having as much diversity as possible is going to be the goal going forward.

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The Paintings of N.A. Noel Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Courtesy of the Kosene Family

The Indiana art community lost a world-renowned and iconic artist last year when Zionsville resident Nancy Noel succumbed to her illness and passed away on Aug. 16, 2020. Those who are familiar with her art, along with those who have never been exposed to her whimsical and emotion-evoking work, will have a chance to pay tribute to her life and several pieces from her collections at a brand-new exhibition coming to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis: The Paintings of N.A. Noel. The exhibition officially opens on Nov. 13, 2021, and runs through January 2022.

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spoke with Monica Humphrey, director of exhibits at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and one of Noel’s sons, Alex Kosene, about the genesis of this exhibition and what families and children will experience once the exhibition officially

opens to the public. The exhibition, The Paintings of N.A. Noel, will consist of a minimum of 40 original works of Noel’s that were thoughtfully curated by Kosene and the museum staff.

“I thought the museum would be the appropriate place to celebrate my mother, Nancy, because of her long history with

The Children’s Museum and also because of her focus on children throughout her life and career,” Kosene shared. “I thought it would be exciting for families and children to rediscover Nancy or newly discover Nancy.”

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The Children’s Museum would be better suited to exhibit Noel’s art in a style that other museums could not.

“My mother painted children and animals; she never painted adults,” Kosene said. “I felt like The Children’s Museum would celebrate her and the messages of innocence that you experience in her art as children often do. Other museums would focus on her work from an intellectual or analytical perspective, and my mother was all about the emotion in her work. The Children’s Museum knows how to present her story in a way that is not only appropriate but will be exciting and interactive for kids, and I know that is what my mother would really want.”

AN EMOTIONAL AND INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION The Kosenes would like to thank the Herb Simon Foundation and members of the Simon family for their support of this exhibition and of Noel’s work over the decades.

Kosene added, “There’s going to be a lot of original paintings that represent Nancy’s history, and the museum is creating a narrative that presents both her career, her different styles and her process. There will be programming that examines the use of color and her process so that kids have a little better understanding about the ‘artistic’ process and then they will get to participate in the ‘process’ themselves with tools that will be part of the exhibit.”

When asked how difficult it was to choose the pieces that will be displayed in this exhibition, Kosene replied, “I wanted to show my mother’s versatility and track her evolution as an artist. I went back chronologically and discovered things that I didn’t even know about. For instance, I discovered her early oil or mixed media paintings—some of which were once in the Hoosier Salon [Patrons Association]. I never knew that she competed in the Hoosier Salon.”

Kosene continued, “Then we selected

some iconic pieces like ‘Cat on a Quilt’ and ‘Sarah,’ which is her all-time bestselling piece for reproductions. It was a tough process because we have hundreds and hundreds of images to choose from.”

A VIEW INSIDE THE NOEL’S MOST SACRED SPACE The exhibition will also feature a small re-creation of Noel’s studio featuring some of her art tools and effects from her personal space in which she created beauty and whimsy on canvas.

“There’s going to be some pieces from her studio and maybe some of the canvases that were works-in-progress hanging in her studio,” Kosene shared. “It will be kind of like going inside of her head. Her studio was a sacred space for sure, and hopefully, it will bring a little bit of that to the museum experience.”

Additionally, Humphrey shared that there will be three areas of engagement in this exhibition, all of which apply to the museum’s educational framework and

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family-learning initiatives.

“Everything we do is to create conversations and prompt kids and adults to collaborate and explore together,” Humphrey stated. “There will be three different types of self-guided activities that we’ve put together that visitors can come and participate in. The programming that we’ve

developed for this exhibition allows us to dive into Nancy’s story a little more and talk about the nuances of creating art in different ways. This exhibit will be part of our general admission, which is really important to us. We want to make sure that everything we have to offer is available for everyone who comes to the museum.”

When asked if Kosene and his brother have any other immediate plans for exhibiting their mother’s work, Kosene said, “My brother, Michael, and I are committed to upholding her legacy and to bring her art to more people. We are also committed to giving her the place she deserves in Indiana’s art history. We are re-envisioning the N.A. Noel brand and are figuring out what we want to do, what will be best for her legacy and are exploring different things. And yes, we are planning more exhibitions and still offering high-quality reproductions, but we really want to share her originals with people, and this exhibition at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is the first opportunity to do that, so we are thrilled to see how it goes.”

For more information on this extraordinary upcoming exhibition, visit childrensmuseum.org.

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CLINT BLACK THE PALLADIUM // SUNDAY, OCT 24, 7PM ET Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography //Courtesy of The Center for the Performing Arts

IN A CAREER SPANNING THREE DECADES, OPRY MEMBER AND GRAMMY-WINNING COUNTRY SUPERSTAR SINGER AND SONGWRITER CLINT BLACK HAS SCORED 22 NO. 1 SINGLES, NEARLY TWO DOZEN GOLD AND PLATINUM RECORDS AND COUNTLESS OTHER AWARDS WITH A STYLE ROOTED IN COUNTRY TRADITION.

Janelle Morrison: We are looking forward to your show here in Carmel! How great is it to be back on tour?

Clint Black: I say it every night on stage, “What is this strange thing of people all together like this?” It’s fantastic! You tend to count your blessings when you regain them.

It’s been great—we were a little rusty at first, but we got back to our norm pretty quickly.

JM: Are you noticing anything different with the audiences as in a different kind of energy or vibe now that we’re allowed to gather again?

Black: The first couple of months [on tour] it was really striking. I’d say we’re all kind of settling in now. There were of couple of places recently where we were their first show back and it was noticeable how happy people are. I’ve had friends come out for shows and they’ve commented on how great it is to be out hearing live music again.

Black’s 1989 album Killin’ Time is one of the great debuts in country history, selling over 3 million copies and spawning five No. 1 singles, including the title track, “A Better Man,” “Nobody’s Home” and “Walkin’ Away.” Last year, the Texas native released his 23rd album, the self-produced Out of Sane, featuring nearly all original songs.

When he is not touring and working in his studio, Black is hosting and co-producing a new series, Talking in Circles with Clint Black, which premiered on Circle Network on Saturday, May 22.

Be sure to purchase your tickets before they sell out at thecenterpresents.org.

JM: Almost immediately after this tour, you will be going on tour with your wife of 30 years, Lisa Hartman Black for the Mostly Hits and The Mrs. Tour. Is this the first time you will have toured together?

Black: Yes, it is and we’re really excited.

We have a special show planned and our daughter [Lily] is joining us. She’s pursuing a music career, so this is going to be a great experience for her and the three of us traveling together. We’ll finish this [current] tour at the end of October and I’ll take about four days off then we’ll go into

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Black: Typically, when writing, it’s an acoustic guitar and a legal pad unless I’m doing something that’s driven by the groove in which case, I’ll pick out a good drum groove that I will then play to on an electric guitar. I enjoy both equally but I’m newer to the electric guitar and anything newer is a little more exciting. I like to push myself on the electric guitar and have created things to do in the show that are very challenging and just within my reach.

I have to really be on my toes to pull it off every night!

JM: I’ve seen some of your Willie Nelson impressions and they’re incredibly uncanny and on point. Is it true that you’ve been doing that since you were 13?

rehearsals to get their parts of the show worked out and then we’ll head out [on tour] right before Thanksgiving.

JM: Let’s talk about your latest album, “Out of Sane”. This is an independent project that you worked on last year.

Share with me a little bit about that process and the irony of the album title coming out of 2020.

Black: I started doing it out of a love for his music and his voice. I used to do other impressions of Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young and Mark Knoplfer. I’ve always been kind of a mimic so I would learn a song that I really loved, and I could be disciplined and do it as me, but the temptation is always there to put mask on and be them.

JM: I saw the interview where you were talking about the results of your DNA test, and you had found out you had 1% sub-Saharan African in your DNA. You were talking about the melting pot that is our nation. As we progress into the future, post 2020, do you see country music being impacted further by the melting pot phenomenon that is the American people?

Black: Out of Sane is my attempt to do a better job of making a record and I think I did that. It’s a collection of songs so there isn’t anything behind what’s on [the album] other than I tried to put the best material that I have written on there and make it a dynamic album. I play a lot more electric guitar on that album—more Black: I’m not a great student of than I’m used to playing—on purpose. country music history but I I’ve been pushing myself that play close attention and the way to be more expressive in one thing that you can see it the making of an album. I proPERFORMER SPOTLIGHT throughout its history is that duced it myself and did some it’s always evolving, so we of the engineering, but I got never know where it’s going. But I think the last song on there, literally closed the the idea that the [country music industry] mix the day before everything shut down might not have been inclusive before— in Nashville. The album was accidentally which I’ve heard that criticism—I think named “Out of Sane” appropriately for that is long gone.

2020 but that was always my title, and the cover was always going to be the cover JM: How difficult is it for anyone to break but how perfect was the timing? We also into country music today? put the album on vinyl which is the first Black: I know one thing to be true about vinyl record I’ve done in decades. the entertainment industry in general— JM: I’m curious, which do you prefer— there are very few slots and there are way acoustic or electric when writing and too many people for those slots trying to performing? break in. It’s a hard to get into this business

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no matter who you are and what you look like. I’ve seen very talented people who just could not get a break and that can be discouraging. I think it’s easy for someone to look at why they’re not making it and personalize it.

A friend once said to me, “Sometimes when things don’t go our way or when something bad happens to us, most times people aren’t doing something to you, they’re doing something for them.

When you have managers, executives and agents all trying to do something for them and their companies, it has absolutely nothing to do with you who are.”

Perseverance is a must in this industry but it’s not always enough.

JM: As someone who absolutely functions on coffee, I am interested in the fact that you have started a coffee company—Clint Black Cowboy Coffee—during your hiatus from touring AND you’re producing and hosting a T.V. show, Talking in Circles with Clint Black. Tell me more!

Black: You can find my coffee at clintblackcoffee.com and my show “Talking in Circles with Clint Black” is on Circle Network. We’ve already aired season one, which you can still stream, and we’ve gotten halfway through taping season two. It’s really fun! It’s me interviewing one guest artist per episode and we talk bout things that interest us and have the kind of conversations that we [as artists] typically have when the cameras are off. It’s a little bit of silliness and great guests in front of a small audience.

JM: What would you like for your fans to experience when we come to see you at the Palladium in October?

Black: We’re trying to play these songs the best that we’ve ever played and to make a connection with the audience.

We’re there to entertain you and to have fun with it. We’ve got stage screens and I did the video myself to make more of a personal expression to share with the audience. We will have a good time and hope the audience will sing along when we ask you and even when we don’t. We want everyone to relax and have fun. It’s an intimate show and I’ll be a bit more talkative than I would be at a festival show so we can all have a few laughs.

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As the Carmel Farmers Market (CFM) winds down another fantastic summer season—one that resembled more of a prepandemic season—CFM President Ron Carter and Vice President Deborah Schmitz voiced their unwavering gratitude and appreciation for the more than 50 volunteers that comprise the CFM volunteer roster. our city and for doing the right thing for the 70 small businesses and the community members who frequent the market.

Yes, they could go to other markets, but they wouldn’t have as many of the [good] vendors that we have at our market.”

A Loyal and Cherished Volunteer Committee

The immeasurable impact that the CFM volunteers have on the market, coupled with the distinguishable high caliber of vendors that CFM brings to the city of Carmel, are what make CFM one of the premier farmers markets in the state, and the entire nation, for that matter.

CFM Promotes Livelihoods and Fellowship According to Schmitz, the CFM summer market is a 22-week event

that gathers every Saturday during the summer season on Carter Green, and the CFM committee volunteers an additional 18-plus weeks during its winter market.

“We give an opportunity to 70 small businesses to provide a place for them to sell their products and to give livelihoods to them and their families,” Schmitz said.

“We are there every Saturday, and we wouldn’t be there at 6 a.m.—in the dark— if we didn’t love what we do and because we want to do it. We have a passion for

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When asked to elaborate on the CFM volunteer culture, Schmitz stated, “We [the volunteers] are a family. There’s not a person [in the CFM volunteer group] that I couldn’t call and say, ‘Hey, I need your help.’”

Carter added, “There is a volunteer ethos in Carmel that is really wonderful from the standpoint of volunteers. The volunteers are, without question, central to the success of this market. We’ve got a lot of great people working the markets and who are loyal to the markets. It’s more than setting up on Saturday mornings—it’s also their brain power and ideas.

They do a lot of things behind the scenes, including getting all the contracts signed, making sure the publicity is handled and scheduling the musical groups that we feature at the market. If we didn’t have our volunteers, it would be a run-of-themill [farmers] market, and there’s a lot of those. We are a premier market and it’s because of our volunteers.”

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Harmony Poké & Bubble Tea Opens in Carmel Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Laura Arick

Who doesn’t love flavorful and FAST food without sacrificing healthy and FRESH? If you’re looking for a new locally owned and operated food establishment to add to your weekly lunch or dinner rotation, be sure to try Harmony Poké & Bubble Tea in Clay Terrace—formerly a Starbucks location.

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any locals may recognize successful restauranteurs Ren Yang and his wife, Lin Guo. The couple once managed Koto Japanese Steakhouse in Carmel before they began building their expansive brand of restaurants and eateries throughout the greater metro area.

Growing a Family Owned-Operated Dynasty Their dedication to the highest standards of food and customer service is what drives Yang and Guo’s success. They opened two of their restaurants (Meet Noodles and Tsaocaa Indy) in the Castleton area in 2018 and 2019 and Harmony Steak House in Whitestown in 2020.

“Every one of our locations is different from the others, but there are ‘signature’ elements that connect them so that you know it’s one of our stores or restaurants,” Yang shared. “We are focusing on expanding our Harmony brand so that if you think of sushi, poke or hibachi, you’ll thinking of Harmony as one of your local options for dining.”

Express Lunch or Dinner Without Compromising Quality Harmony Poké and Bubble Tea will offer its guests a streamlined and interactive approach to ordering quality food. The menu boasts a variety of dishes, bubble teas and other flavorful beverages to satisfy a variety of specific tastes and dietary preferences. Vegetarian options are also available.

So, whether it’s meeting for lunch and enjoying a poke bowl served with superb ingredients such as sushi rice, veggies and salmon, or ordering carryout and taking home one of Harmony’s signature dishes—spicey ginger chicken—or meeting up after school or after dinner for a creamy, hand-crafted avocado milkshake, dragon fruit smoothie or Fragrans Oolong Tea garnished with delicious fresh fruit, Harmony Poké & Bubble Tea offers the highest-quality ingredients available.

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sweeteners and/or milk with tapioca pearls at the base of the drink. Yang shared that it originated in Taiwan and is becoming even more popular throughout the U.S. Yang added, “We make sure that all of the ingredients that we use are as close to the authentic ingredients from Taiwan as possible. We also make sure we use good, quality teas to mix with.”

Harmony Poké & Bubble Tea offers several different bubble tea options along with a variety of fresh smoothies and yogurt milkshakes with more than 20 topping options.

Hands-On Ownership Is Key “We focus on finding the right people to run our locations, and we make sure that we are available to resolve any issues that may come up,” Yang said. “We want to make sure that each location looks good in our eyes and in our customers’ eyes.”

Yang emphasized that it is important to him and his wife that their customers feel welcome and enjoy their meals in a clean and relaxing environment. With convenience being another factor that Yang and Guo offer their customers, the couple is in the process of developing a “Harmony” app—for both Android and Apple users—that will allow customers to find a location near them, view the menus, order online and order gift cards as well. The app is expected to launch this October.

Opening at the End of August Harmony Poké & Bubble Tea is now open. Each dish and beverage bring an array of flavor and fun to the dining experience. So, if you’re looking for a delicious lunch or dinner in a casual, family-friendly atmosphere, come out and try Harmony Poké & Bubble Tea and help us welcome Ren and Lin back to the community!

For more information, hours of operation and to view the full menu, visit harmonypokebubbletea.com.

Be sure to follow Harmony Poké & Bubble Tea on Facebook, Instagram and Yelp.

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