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MAYOR FULFILLS GOAL Lawrence gets its first stand-alone police headquarters /P10

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Aktion Club looking for members – The Aktion Club of Lawrence began earlier this year and is currently seeking new members. The Aktion Club is the only service club for adults with disabilities in the Lawrence area, and is part of Kiwanis International’s family of Service Leadership Programs.

For those interesting in joining or learning more, email Dave Humes at davehumes@comcast.net.

Arts for Lawrence brick campaign – Residents can support local arts by purchasing a brick for $100. The brick will be placed in Arts for Lawrence’s new Cultural Campus. Those who purchase the brick will receive three lines of text for commemoration and a miniature replica keepsake brick.

To purchase a brick, call Arts for Lawrence at 317-875-1900.

Lawrence Kiwanis Club meetings – Lawrence Kiwanis meets from 7 to 8 a.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the Fort Benjamin Harrison YMCA, 5736 Lee Rd. The group’s focus is the Lawrence community and children. The club works with the elementary, middle and high school students and participate in most community events. The public is invited to attend a meeting.

Lawrence Exchange Club – For those looking to get involved in the Lawrence and Geist community and hoping to give back, join the Lawrence Exchange Club. The club meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of the month at the VFW, 10550 Pendleton Pike. The group’s national focus is prevention of child abuse, recognizing servicemen and woman and community service.

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Fishers to amend beekeeping ordinance

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If the ordinance passes, Fishers residents won’t need approval from the city to operate hives. But InThe City of Fishers is amending diana Apiary Regulations must be its beekeeping ordinance, which followed. was approved during Before the state law on beekeepZONING the summer. ing passed, Fishers didn’t have an The ordinance comes ordinance for beekeeping, so Bagato in the wake of a new state law that said the city erred on the side that overturned bans on beekeeping. beekeeping wasn’t permitted on Municipalities, however, can adopt residential properties. rules about how many hives a per“We only allowed an agricultural son can operate on their property. use and other circumstances where The city is amending its ordinance the property was zoned for open to make revisions. Director of Planspace,” Bagato said. “Our position ning and Zoning Tony Bagato was we didn’t have stansaid the approved ordinance dards for them, so they were was not fully compliant with prohibited.” the state law.

The city will enforce the “The state law basically new rules on a complaint says no city can prohibit basis. beekeeping. The only things “We are trying to balance they are allowed to regulate a growing community of are the number of hives and Bagato 100,000 people now, so we location of hives,” Bagato are understanding there’s a said. balance for beekeeping in a highly The new ordinance proposes populated area,” Bagato said. “We properties less than 6,000 square are not as rural as we used to be. feet can have two hives; properties This is a good balance for people.” between 6,000 and 16,000 square Certain beekeepers can be grandfeet can have four hives; properties fathered in and not follow the new between 16,000 and 25,0000 square regulations, specifically those in feet can have six hives; and larger previously unincorporated areas properties can have eight hives. One which are now incorporated into acre is roughly 43,000 square feet.

Fishers.

If the ordinance is approved, “For example, if Noblesville had hives will not be allowed in front authority over zoning (at one point), yards and must be set back a miniNoblesville does allow beekeeping, mum of 15 feet from the side or back so there’s a chance (the beekeeper) of a property. may be grandfathered in,” Bagato The previous ordinance required said. beekeepers to install fencing The ordinance was scheduled to around the property. The new orappear before the Fishers City Coundinance doesn’t require fencing, cil Dec. 16. For more, visit fishers. although Bagato said it is “highly in.us. recommended.”

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Kiwanis of Geist meetings – Those looking to make a difference for the kids in the Geist area are encouraged to attend a Kiwanis at Geist meeting. The meetings are at 7:45 a.m. the first Thursday of the month at the Indianapolis Yacht Club, 12900 Fall Creek Rd., McCordsville.

Fishers Police Dept. recognized – Fishers Police Dept. was recently awarded its sixth consecutive accreditation award from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., also known as CALEA. FPD received the Meritorious Award for being an accredited agency for more than 15 continuous years.

FYAP welcomes two new board members – The Fishers Youth Assistance Program has added two new members to its board of directors.

The board recently unanimously approved three-year terms for real estate lawyer Carolina Rashidfarokhi and community volunteer Denise Retzner.

Hunter promoted to agency principal – Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance recently announced Ben Hunter, Fishers, has been promoted to the company’s first appointed agency principal. Hunter is operating from an Indianapolis office at 9465 Counselors Row, Suite 200.

Worden earns credential – Lantrianne Worden, Fishers, recently earned the Registered Play Therapist credential conferred by the Association for Play Therapy. Worden is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor.

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DISPATCHES Governor’s Fellowship – Applications will be accepted through Feb. 28 for the 2020-2021 Governor’s Fellowship, a highly selective experience in Indiana state government that places fellows in various state agencies on a rotating basis throughout the year. The program is open to college graduates who receive their bachelor’s degrees in either the fall 2019 or spring 2020. Fellows are paid, full-time employees who participate

in the day-to-day activities of state government. Learn more and apply at in.gov/gov/fellowship.htm.

INDOT offering scholarships – The Indiana Dept. of Transportation is offering civil engineering students scholarships of up to $3,125 per semester and paid employment during summer breaks and upon graduation. Students must be accepted or enrolled full time in one of Indiana’s

certified civil engineering schools and apply using the form at INDOTScholarship.IN.gov. Applications for the 2020-2021 school year must be submitted by Dec. 31.

Quilters Guild meeting – Mudsock Quilters Guild meets on the second Monday of every month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Cornerstone Lutheran Church, 13450 E. 116th St. For more, visit mudsockquiltersguild.org.

Newcomers Club – The Fishers Newcomers Club meets the second Thursday of most months at 6:45 p.m. at the Delaware Township Building, 9090 E. 131st St. Meet other senior women, join an activity group and participate in various charitable activities. For more, contact fishersnewcomers@gmail.com.

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FES student advances to national golf competition Make this the season you start new traditions.

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com

Ressie Lemmon likes to compete, and she likes to win. Those are two of the reasons ACCOMPLISHMENT the 9-yearold plays golf.

Lemmon, a Fortville Elementary School third-grader, recently shot a 93 at the Regional Qualifier in Oakland Hills, Mich., to advance to the April 15 Make this the season you start Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals in Augusta, Ga. new traditions.

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Students used a 3-D printer to create a tiny mailbox for their gingerbread town. (Submitted photo)

Students learn by creating gingerbread village

By Anna Skinner anna@youarecurrent.com Fortville Elementary School fourth-graders crossed curricular lines with the GinEDUCATION gerbread Town of Fortville project.

This is the school’s second year participating in the nationwide project, which tasks students with learning about what makes their community thrive and then creating gingerbread replicas of those businesses or organizations.

“This is a global STEM project, so it’s classrooms all over the world who you can connect with to do this project,” FES fourth-grade teacher Lydgia Palmer said.

The project began in October when the classrooms identified important businesses in the Fortville community.

“The fun part is to create their business as a gingerbread house, and that part we decorated after Thanksgiving,” Palmer said. “The next element was we worked with our STEM teacher. One of our science standards is to create working circuits, so we added different lights in the gingerbread town.”

Students also worked with FES’s technology coordinator to use a 3-D

printer to create tiny lamp posts and a mailbox for the gingerbread town.

“One of the neat things about this program, I think, is there are so many cross-curricular standards covered in this project,” Mt. Vernon Community Schools Community Relations Director Maria Bond said.

The gingerbread town is on display at FES, 8414 N. 200 W., through Dec. 18.

A poster of the town is on display at the town library, 625 E. Broadway St. The businesses included in the town were invited to the school to see the display.

“We had a really good turnout from the community and the kids could meet them and show them their building,” Palmer said. “It was really valuable for those business owners.

The kids obviously felt awesome meeting them. Some of these adults really care about what we did, but it also was very valuable for adults to connect with the school. It’s definitely about building community and seeing what’s important in our community.”

The final piece of the project will be completed this week when the classrooms Skype with other schools across the nation to learn about those towns and what makes their communities thrive in different ways than Fortville.

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DISPATCHES Fishers, Indianapolis schools win at We the People – Fishers Junior High School and Cathedral High School won the Indiana Bar Foundation’s premiere civics competitions, We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution. Nearly 600 middle and high school students versed in the U.S. Constitution and American history competed in the We the People State Finals December 8-10 in Indianapolis.

National Honor Society donates to ICPYAS – Fishers High School National Honor Society selected Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide as its charity of choice for the annual No Shave November fundraiser. Students from the National Honor Society delivered a check of $7,788.78 to ICPYAS Dec. 6.

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Lawrence Police Dept. Chief David Hofmann unveils the new LPD headquarters at 5150 North Post Rd. (Photos by Ben Stout)

Mayor Steve Collier, center, cuts the ribbon to the new police station.

MAYOR FULFILLS GOAL Lawrence gets its first stand-alone police headquarters

By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com Lawrence Mayor Steve Collier set creating a new COVER STORY Lawrence police headquarters as one of the priorities while running for mayor in 2015.

“About six months before I was elected, I had come out of what we were calling our police station on the third floor of the city’s government center, and I remember thinking, ‘We deserve better than this,’” Collier said.

Upon election, Collier discussed with Lawrence’s City Controller/Deputy Mayor Jason Fenwick several times about how to get a stand-alone station.

“Jason, as always, found a way to work his magic and was able to build this police station, a $12 million facility that resulted in no increase in taxes for residents of the City of Lawrence,” Collier said at the Nov. 22 ribbon cutting.

“That’s a pretty amazing accomplishment. We’ve been around for 150 years, and this will be our first stand-alone police station.

“It is truly a historic day.”

The design phase was during 2016 and 2017. The groundbreaking on the

5150 North Post Rd. site was in July 2018. Garmong Construction Services was the construction manager on the headquarters.

“We got started on it as soon as Mayor Collier got elected and took office in January 2016,” LPD Chief David Hofmann said. “It’s a rare ocasion that a chief of police gets a ribbon on a new police station, so we are beaming with pride.”

Hofmann was appointed chief by Collier Jan. 1, 2016. Prior to that, he had been with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. since 1997.

More than 115 full-time personnel will work in the new building.

Hofmann said the former police headquarters had been on the third and fifth floor and basement of the Lawrence Government Center, 9001 E. 59th St. Police cars were stored at a fire station on German Church Road. The traffic enforcement motorcycles were stored at 86th Street and Oaklandon Road, and the Gator golf cars were stored all across the city.

“Now we have everything here under one roof,” Hofmann said.

Hofmann said he is thankful for Collier and Fenwick’s vision and the progressive thinking of city leaders.

The new station is a 37,000-square-

foot building on 4.5 acres. It includes a 911 dispatch center, a K-9 kennel, a fitness center and a 112-seat community room.

“They listened carefully way back in 2016 as we described just what we needed,” Hofmann said. “The literally hundreds of hard hat-wearing tradesmen and women brought this facility to

life under the direction and incredible coordination of our project superintendent, Ron Hueston. Ron should be proud of a job not only well done but safely done. There was not one significant worker injury reported on this project, and that’s no accident.”

MOVING TIME Lawrence Police Dept. Chief David Hofmann said the property room was scheduled to move into the new station during the first week of December, involving relocating thousands of pieces of property and evidence.

Police officers reported to the new station Dec. 7, with the first official day Dec. 9.

“This is not an expense, it’s an investment in our city and encouraging citizens, families, school children, business and civic organizations to make use of this building, but I also encourage them to use it as a way to build their relationships and connect with their Lawrence police officers,” Hofmann

said. “This is a new beginning for our police department to meet the challenges of the future. For many decades, Lawrence Police Dept. officers and public safety partners will be able to work, collaborate and fight crime all within a headquarters building that’s suitable for them.”

The Lawrence Police Dept. was established in 1929 during Prohibition.

“It probably just consisted of one guy and a revolver looking for bootleggers,” Hofmann said.

“Of course, as the city has grown, we have grown to the size we are now.”

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Insatiable need

Wilson’s ‘commentary’ lacking

Commentary by Terry Anker American pop singer and sister of famed super group siblings The Jackson Five, Janet Jackson — Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty — rewrote and performed the 1986 hit song “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” casting some shade on her ex-husband, singer James DeBarge, and asserting a “strong” counter to what had been widely perceived as a sweet pop persona. At the time, she attributed the mood of the album to be one of self-defense.

Whatever the motivation, the song has become, for some, at least, an anthem for demanding one’s due: “You may have been valuable to me in the past, but you need to be valuable to me now. If not, get out.” Perhaps it is inure to the human condition. We love those who seem to love us.

OK, but how far can one take the notion? What can we reasonably expect, or even demand, from those with whom we are in relationships?

Attention? Time? Physical appearance? Age? Gifts? Acquiescence?

Priority? In business, our intentions are drawn up in contracts with end dates, exits and provisions for renegotiation. We do X and Y, they do A and B, and we decide if we still like the deal every 24 months.

But, human interactions are more complicated. They rarely come with an end point. They always change, and we routinely fail to be rational.

But is our need reasonable or is it entirely insatiable?

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current Publishing, LLC. You may email him at terry@ youarecurrent.com.

Waging war in tinseltown Commentary by Danielle Wilson Today’s the day, friends. The Wilson Tinsel War is about to begin. I’m watching my husband HUMOR Doo prepare our obscenely large Douglas fir for lights, ornaments and, yes, the highly controversial artificial aluminum gorgeousness that is holiday tinsel.

See, 2019 is my year to decorate our 12-foot tannenbaum in the tradition of my youth. Luckily for our marriage, most of this Doo also enjoyed growing up. Employing fire-hazard, multi-colored ceramic lights, a hodge-podge of ornaments ranging from Waterford crystal to dry macaroni, we happily agree that the end product should be a gaudy narrative of our lives. Where we differ is the literal icing on the cake, and by that phrase I mean fake icicles on a tree. I grew up with a butt-load of tinsel covering every single reachable bough; he did not. And so for the past 20 years, in order to avoid copious

amounts of therapy, we have agreed on alternating.

In 2018, I silently endured a naked conifer, sad and dark without that silvery ‘wow’ factor. This December, it’s Doo’s turn to suck it up. The problem is, he’s not quite as accepting of a Danielle Christmas as I am of a Doo one. And, he’s indoctrinated our sons into his stupid way of thinking. Luckily, I have the girls on my side, and the aforementioned boy children are still away at college. Hopefully, this means the Tinsel War will be less Antietam and more Treaty of Paris.

Time will tell. I am waiting until the last possible moment to remind him, with photographic evidence, if necessary, that this is a tinsel year. Let the war begin!

Peace out.

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The commentary by Danielle Wilson is lacking in redeemable quality due to the caustic comments about family and others being the crux of her “commentary.”

Commentary consists of explanation, interpretation or illustration of legitimate subject matter, and this so-called commentary does none of this. Comedy and light-hearted articles are refreshing from time to time, but one’s personal ridiculous accounts of their life and criticism of others different from her is not commentary.

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Median Rank County Income 1 Hamilton $53,416 2 Boone $46,704 3 Hendricks $45,941 4 Hancock $45,164 5 Johnson $42,435 6 Porter $40,515 7 Lake $39,611 8 Floyd $40,052 9 Franklin $38,547 10 Warrick $38,711

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by Dr. Tim Brimmer of Sound Minds a growing populaand Butler University, who will DEMENTIA tion in Hamdemonstrate the importance ilton County: of music with regard to an dementia patients. individual’s mood and memPrimeLife Enrichment, an ory. On the second Friday organization that offers eduof the month, guests will cation, fitness and social optake part in memory and portunities to aging county brainteaser activities, like residents, recently unveiled bingo, trivia and games, to Handy free Friday programs to ashelp them retain and recall sist those struggling with memory numbers and letters. On the third loss and dementia.

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By Sadie Hunter sadie@youarecurrent.com For Ryan Ahlwardt, performing comes naturally. Since elementary school, he has taken to MUSIC the stage, but it was during his time as a student at Hamilton Southeastern High School that he became immersed in choir.

With an impressive résumé and a background of performing worldwide with a cappella group Straight No Chaser, Ahlwardt has recorded a new Christmas album, “Indiana Ryan Ahlwardt Christmas.”

Released last month, “Indiana Christmas” is filled with Ahlwardt’s versions and rearrangements of famous Christmas songs. The title track is an original written by Dan Ponce, founder of Straight No Chaser. Ponce wrote the song in 2008 for the group’s first Christmas album.

“I got Dan’s blessing to record the song for my first solo Christmas album and named the entire project after the song,” Ahlwardt said. “Having called Indiana home for 27 years, I knew ‘Indiana Christmas’ was the perfect name for the album. I wanted the album to sound like how Indiana has always felt to me – home.”

The album has 13 songs. Ahlwardt said his favorites, aside from “Indiana Christmas,” are “Hallelujah/O Holy Night” and a modernized version of “Auld Lang Syne,” which he co-wrote with Noblesville-based producer Matt Mellinger.

As a senior at HSE in 1999, Ahlwardt auditioned for the then-Indiana University-based Straight No Chaser with a few of his choir

Ryan Ahlwardt with daughter Olivia, son Gus and wife Lauren. (Submitted photo)

friends. He earned a spot in the group that would gain worldwide attention in December 2007 when a member of the group uploaded a video of their performance of “The 12 Days of Christmas” to an up-andcoming website, YouTube. The video became the most shared video of 2007 and caught the attention of Craig Kallman, CEO of Atlantic Records, who quickly signed the group to the label.

“Our first album on Atlantic Records hit No. 1 on iTunes and has sold over 3 million copies to date,” Ahlwardt said. “As part of the professional group from 2008 to 2012, I was able to record an additional five albums, appear on two national PBS specials and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, perform on such iconic stages as the Royal Albert Hall in London, Hollywood Bowl in LA, and the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and collaborate with such artists as Sara Bareilles, Barry Manilow, Take 6, Phil Collins and Stevie Wonder, to name a few.”

Ahlwardt left the group in 2012 to return to Fishers and lead the local chapter of Young Life, an outreach ministry for teenagers. He served in that position until 2018. Since then, he has worked as a full-time artist and vocalist, expanding his horizons to voice acting, working on projects for the Indianapolis Zoo, the state of Indiana and Eli Lilly. His voice also may be familiar to listeners of “Radio Theology,” a weekly show he co-hosts Sunday mornings on 99.5 WZPL. “Being a creative entrepreneur and small business owner in Fishers gives me the opportunity to provide for my family in one of the safest and most vibrant communities in America,” Ahlwardt said. “My personal and creative roots are here in Indiana, and I’m eager to see what the future holds for our family and the city and state we love to call home.”

“Indiana Christmas” is available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon and other streaming services and also is available on CD at ryansongs.com.

MEET RYAN AHLWARDT Ahlwardt lives in Fishers with his wife, Lauren, and their two children, Olivia, 5, and Gus, 2.

Olivia is featured on “Indiana Christmas” on the song “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” Lauren sings a duet on “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” The two met while singing a cappella at IU. They regularly perform at weddings, parties and corporate events with their seven-piece ’90s cover band, Mixtape.

Ahlwardt graduated from HSE in 1999 and from IU in 2003. He attends Mercy Road Church in Carmel.

Magic Thread Cabaret releases 2020 lineup editorial@youarecurrent.com Klein & Alvarez Productions, LLC has announced a diverse 2020 lineup and a new partnership and venue for its third season of Magic Thread Cabaret.

The new year will bring performances to the near westside and downtown Indianapolis and The Cat in Carmel.

Two shows will be presented at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way, Carmel.

The first will be Indianapolis baritone vocalist Roger Schmelzer performing “What a Wonderful World!” June 5-7.

The second show will be “Finding Joy” with Fishers actress/singer Devan Mathias Oct. 16-18.

The first Magic Thread Cabaret show of the season will be “Les Chanteuses,” presented by Fonseca Theatre Company, Feb. 7-9 and 14-16 at the Basile Building, 2508 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis.

“The Latino Effect: Songs of The Americas” is set for Aug. 13-23 at the IndyFringe Theatre Festival.

Carmel — Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will present Handel’s “Messiah” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts.

Carmel — The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir will present “Festival of Carols” at 8 p.m. Dec. 20 and at 3 p.m. Dec. 20-21 at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts.

Carmel — Sam King performs at 7 p.m.

Dec. 20 at Sugar Creek Winery, 1111 W. Main St. Westfield — Uncorked with The Wilsons is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 19 at Urban Vines Winery & Brewery, 303 E. 161st St.

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By Rick Morwick rick@youarecurrent.com When Lori Mansell-Solinksi retired from teaching at age 70, she didn’t retire from ENTERTAINMENT life. Instead, she learned to tap dance and joined a dance troupe.

A few years later, she created one of her own.

Today, at age 90, she’s still tapping away.

A Fishers resident, Mansell-Solinski is a founding member of Prime Time Follies of Carmel, a group of eight senior-age performers who entertain residents in senior living facilities in Carmel. The group features singers, dancers, a keyboard player and a soloist.

“I moved to Indiana from California in 2003 after tap dancing in groups such as the Hot Flashes, and I wanted to start a group of volunteers to go out to senior facilities to ‘give back’ without charging for entertainment,” said Mansell-Solinski, who moved to Fishers two years ago with her husband, Ed Solinski, 87, who also is part of the

Prime Life Follies of Carmel performers are, from left, Charles Alloy, Kathy Doyle, Joyce Washburn, Sandy Fortier, Meredith Bovin, Bonnie Kincaid, Lori Mansell-Solinski and Ed Solinski. (Photo by Julie Osborne)

group.

Created in 2003, Prime Time Follies of Carmel initially entertained at facilities in Carmel, Indianapolis, Westfield and other parts of Hamilton County.

But in light of health challenges for some of the performers (the youngest is 67, the eldest is 92), the group now only performs at Carmel facilities Besides Mansell-Solinksi and her husband, the Prime Time Follies volunteers are Bonnie Kincaid, 92; Meredith Bovin, 67; Joyce Washburn, 87; Sandy Fortier, 69; Charles Alloy, 86; and Kathy Doyle, 71.

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December is here, and I’ve got three delicious and versatile sparklers to suggest. While WINEderlust I have your attention, I’d also like to point out that bubbles should be enjoyed often and not reserved for special occasions. They are such a delicious addition to any meal, and at so many price points, there is no reason to skimp.

• Here’s your party wine: Pizzolato Fields Prosecco Spumante, $14ish.

Juicy but elegant with bright green apple, lemon and a bit of hazelnut.

Nice and bubbly, and great as a starter or with food.

• Your sweetish choice: Banfi Rosa Regale, approximately $17.

This is a unique red sparkler made from Brachetto D’acqui.

Subtle pink bubbles that smell like roses but taste like rasp-

berries and strawberries. If you are looking for a wine to go with chocolate dessert, you’ve found it. Balanced and soft but not too sweet.

• The splurge: $40 Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top Brut. Toasty and buttery, with rich and heady flavors of white fruit. From one of the oldest houses in the Champagne region of France.

Made of pinot noir, pinot meunier and chardonnay grapes, this “blanc de noirs” is always a crowd-pleaser.

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“Festival of Carols,” Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, the Palladium, Center for the Performing Arts

7 p.m. Dec. 19, 20; 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 21; 2 p.m. Dec. 22

Cost: $15 to $57

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The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir will perform music’s powerful message of faith.

Cost: $15 to $83

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“A Christmas Carol,” Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre

1 p.m. Dec. 17, 20; 1 and 8 p.m. Dec. 23

Beef & Boards presents its 25th production of the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge based on the Charles Dickens’ novel.

Cost: $28 to $38

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7 p.m. Dec. 17, 18, “A Christmas Carol,” 19, 20, 23; 1, 4 and 7 OneAmerica Stage, p.m. Dec. 21; 1 and 6 Indiana Repertory Theatre p.m. Dec. 22

The story centers on Buddy, a young orphan who climbs into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole and raised as an elf.

Cost: $32 to $55

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The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir will perform holiday music and feature the talents of the Indianapolis Chamber Choir and Broadway’s “Phantom of the Opera’s” Michele McConnell.

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IRT’s production of “A Christmas Carol” will feature additional carols and all-new costumes.

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