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Former downtown home proposed to be demolished, rebuilt as bookstore, cafe
By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com
After breaking ground last fall on a project to transform a former house in downtown Carmel into a bookstore and coffee shop, the building owners discovered their plan wasn’t going to work.
Now, Stella House Books + Cafe founders Sean and Miranda Armie are planning to tear down the structure at 31 S. Range Line Rd. and build a new one in its place. The result would look essentially the same as the end result of the original proposal: A 6,200-squarefoot, two-story building with four park ing spaces behind it.
Sean Armie and Shawn Curran of Curran Architecture presented the revised plan May 19 to the Carmel Plan Commission. Armie said he cut ties with the project’s original archi tect shortly after the November 2025 groundbreaking, and after reviewing the plans, the project team decided to take a different course.
“It was with heavy hearts and many discussions we found it was not the best path to renovate the original build ing, but that it needed to be rebuilt from the ground up,” Armie told the commission.
bookstore are often taken by unauthorized users, and he does not believe four parking spaces is enough to accommodate Stella House.
Some commissioners echoed parking concerns as they sent the matter to committee. The combined residential and commercial committee will discuss the plan at its next meeting, set for 6 p.m. June 2 at Carmel City Hall. The committee will have the final vote.
A rendering of the proposed design of Stella House Books + Cafe. Originally the property owners intended to renovate and expand the existing structure, but now they intend to demolish and rebuild it. (Rendering from documents filed with the City of Carmel)
Ironwood ideas proposed
By Brittney Dial Testin news@youarecurrent.com
Approximately 70 residents gathered May 19 to discuss plans for Ironwood Park, set to be developed on the site of the former Smoky Row Athletic Club at 4255 E. 136th St.
The City of Carmel purchased the property and cleared the site for redevelopment. Before work on the park begins, the city will install a roundabout at the intersection of 136th Street and Ironwood Drive.
Eric Mehl, Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation’s administration and planning director, said the primary goal of the meeting was to gather feedback from nearby residents.
“We first wanted to help set expectations on what types of amenities would and would not typically be recommended by parks staff for a park of this size,” Mehl said. “More importantly, we wanted to better understand the needs and desires of the surrounding neighborhoods so our design team has meaningful direction as they begin the conceptual design process.”
Participants discussed how the park
could meet the needs of visitors in various age groups. Possible amenities include multiuse courts, synthetic turf lawns and shelters.
“The next step will be for our design team to develop several preliminary concepts based on the feedback received,” Mehl said.
At approximately 1.25 acres, Ironwood Park will be one of the city’s smaller public parks. Planners aim for it to be easily accessed by pedestrians and bicyclists who live nearby.
The construction timeline depends on the completion schedule for the proposed roundabout at that intersection. The city did not provide a timeline for roundabout construction before press time.
By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com
Former Indiana University basketball player Todd Leary pleaded guilty May 26 to one count of fraud after allegedly accepting nearly $50,000 from a victim to provide basketball coaching and other training services for his son and failing to follow through in full.
Leary loans for training equipment and travel.
Other than nine individual training sessions over 13 months, Leary did not provide any of the other services or repay the loans, the affidavit states. The victim contacted investigators in May 2025. The Carmel Police Department arrested Leary five months later.
The plea agreement requires Leary to serve a suspended jail sentence, be placed on probation and pay restitution to his victim. As part of the deal, prosecutors dropped several remaining fraud and theft counts. A sentencing hearing is set for 2 p.m. July 15.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the victim contacted Leary in January 2024 after hearing him talk on the radio about offering basketball training services. The victim paid Leary for a lifetime training deal for his son and fees to launch an AAU team and secure practice space. He also provided
Leary played 107 career games at Indiana from 1989-94 and was a member of the 1992 Final Four team. He was a color commentator for the school’s men’s basketball radio broadcasts from 2001 to 2009. He also played for Lawrence North High School’s 1989 IHSAA boys basketball state championship team.
In February 2010, Leary was arrested for misappropriation of funds and sentenced to two years of home detention and two years of probation. In September 2010, he was arrested for stealing appliances from foreclosed homes and selling them to a third party. He received a one-year jail sentence.
Ironwood Park is set to be developed on 1.25 acres at 4255 E. 136th St. in northeast Carmel. (Map courtesy of CCPR)
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COMMUNITY
Senior survey discussed
By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com
Seniors in Carmel have solid support networks, but they feel less secure about housing and transportation.
That’s according to the results of a survey sent by the Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Senior Living to 10,000 people 55 or older living in Carmel. Approximately 500 people completed the survey, surpassing the 300 responses required for it to be a representative sample of the community.
The commission discussed results of the survey, which was administered and analyzed by the Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science at the IU School of Medicine, during a May 27 meeting.
The survey is part of the city’s attempt to be designated by the AARP as an Age-Friendly Community.
According to the survey, Carmel seniors feel connected to others outside their homes and do not struggle with much loneliness and isolation compared to other communities.
“Often when other people conduct
the survey, they will find that there is a growing problematic loneliness epidemic among seniors. We are not finding that in the data,” said Nick Stewart, program management specialist at the Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science at IU School of Medicine.
The city’s green spaces and outdoor environment also received high marks from seniors.
The survey identified several areas for improvement. Among them, it found that Carmel seniors are either unaware of or unimpressed by affordable housing and transportation options in the city. Stewart recommended the city work to expand these offerings and communicate them to residents.
The survey results will guide the commission as it drafts an Age-Friendly City Action Plan, a strategic roadmap to help Carmel remain a lifelong home for its residents. The commission is aiming to have the plan finalized by July. It will submit the plan and survey results to AARP as part of the application process for the Age-Friendly Community designation.
Time capsule to be sealed
By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com
This month, letters from community leaders and area children will be sealed in a time capsule that won’t be opened for 50 years.
Members of the public will have an opportunity to view the letters during a dedication ceremony at noon June 13 at the Carmel Clay History Museum, 211 1st. St. SW. The event will also celebrate the opening of two new exhibits.
wood trees in Hamilton County.
“Adam drew inspiration for the design from artifacts in our collection and from architectural elements of the museum itself,” said Andy Wright, historian and collections manager at the Carmel Clay History Museum.
The letters commemorate Carmel’s 50th anniversary as a city and the United States’ 250th anniversary as a nation. When the time capsule is reopened in 2076, Carmel will be celebrating its 100th anniversary and the U.S. its 300th.
The time capsule, which will be on display in the museum until it is reopened, was designed and built by Noblesville woodworker Adam Horbett of Sunflower Woodworx. All of the wood used in the project came from hard-
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“For example, the art deco design on the side of the box came from an auditorium chair that was installed at Carmel High School in 1922.”
Horbett laser-etched each letter from community leaders onto a wooden plaque to be stored in the time capsule. Leaders who wrote letters for the time capsule include Mayor Sue Finkam, Carmel Clay Public Library Director Bob Swanay, Carmel Clay Schools Superintendent Thomas Oestreich and local basketball legend Billy Shepherd.
Carmel children may write letters to future residents to be placed in the time capsule by purchasing a $5 letter blank at the museum.
Learn more at carmelclayhistory.org.
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By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
The second Americana on Main summer series will undergo a major shift this year.
The City of Carmel’s weekly celebration, sponsored by Allied Solutions, will move from Wednesday to Thursday nights. It will start June 11 and lead into the Fourth of July. The event runs from 4 to 7 p.m. each night.
“Moving to Thursdays allows us to extend the weekend footprint in the Arts & Design District, giving the community an additional, dedicated night of programming to enjoy and serves as the perfect anchor to kick start the four-day holiday weekend in July,” said Kenna Dishmond, City of Carmel’s program specialist for marketing and community relations.
The event will include interactive and family-friendly arts and crafts each week.
The June 11 kickoff will feature an interactive Fireworks Blow Art activity for kids, an airbrush artist from Fabulously Fun Company, fresh-popped Kernels Gourmet Popcorn and Rita’s Italian Ice.
The rest of the schedule includes:
• June 18: The Family Fun theme features professional face painting, a specialized children’s art craft activity and live music.
• June 25: The Ice Cream Social night will feature free ice cream from Sub-Zero along with balloon twisting and a unique hands-on art activit.
• July 2: The night will include a Carmel Farmers Market pop-up along South Monon Boulevard, live caricature artists and a festive playlist. For more, visit carmel.in.gov/478/ Americana-on-Main.
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Carmel couple’s ballroom dance success continues
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Doug and Debby Pileri only started ballroom dancing three years ago but have found success quickly.
The Carmel couple was named the USA Dance National Senior Amateur champions for ages 50 and over, winning the title in the USA Dance National Ballroom DanceSport Championships in Pittsburgh April 1, Debby’s 66th birthday.
“We’re honored and amazed to be national champions, but for us, medals and titles are just the icing on the cake,” Debby Pileri said. “Our goal is to have fun, to enjoy being ourselves in an environment full of encouragement. We’re thankful for the support of our family and friends, and we feed off their energy. We love to watch and encourage our fellow dancers, in all age groups, and to celebrate whoever wins.”
Doug Pileri, 67, said the event is the highest level of amateur competition.
“We’re competing with the best of the best in the country,” he said. “One of things unique about us is we’ve risen so quickly. Some of our peers have been competing for 30 years plus. Another thing that is unusual is we started competing at age 64.”
The couple has been married for 42 years.
“When people ask, ‘Why are we good at ballroom dancing?’ My wife will tell you it’s about connection and partnership,” Doug Pileri said. “I would say for 42 years, in a way, we really have been dancing through life. Marriage is about problem solving and working hard together, and all of that is the same for ballroom (dancing).”
Doug Pileri said this is the first time dancers from Indiana have won in nine years. He said there have been just three Indiana couples who have won the overall national senior title.
“The judges seem to think we’re pretty good,” he said.
Doug Pileri said it helps they have world-class coaching from Scott and Yulia Shook, a husband-wife team.
The couple finished fifth in American Smooth, which included waltz, tango, foxtrot and Viennese waltz. They won the American Rhythm championship, which included cha cha, rumba, swing,
Carmel couple Doug and Debby Pileri started ballroom dancing three years ago. Earlier this year, they were named the USA Dance National Senior Amateur champions for ages 50 and over. (Photo courtesy of Doug Pileri)
bolero and Mambo.
The couple then won American Nine Dance. In 2025, they were second in American Nine Dance, second in American Rhythm and sixth in American Smooth.
“It’s grueling, you have to do all nine dances, smooth and rhythm, and the best couple across all those dances wins,” Doug Pileri said.
Doug Pileri said he and his wife have an athletic background.
“We play tennis and we were definitely active people when we started competing,” he said. “When we competed in the Indianapolis Open, our goal was to make it around the dance floor once. We almost did before our nerves got a hold of us. I looked at Debby and said, ‘Well, that couldn’t have gotten much worse. I wonder what would happen if we focus on this.’ Our absolute world opened up.”
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Mayors co-chair reelection bid — Carmel Mayor Sue Finkam and Westfield Mayor Scott Willis will serve as co-chairs of the reelection campaign for State Rep. Danny Lopez. A Republican from Carmel, Lopez is seeking reelection in House District 39, a district entirely within Hamilton County that includes portions of Carmel and Westfield. In 2024, voters elected Lopez to the seat following the retirement of former Rep. Jerry Torr. Learn more at LopezForIndiana.com
Clay Terrace concerts — The annual free outdoor summer Concert Series at Clay Terrace will kick off June 18 and run every Thursday through July 9. Each concert begins with a pre-show performance at 6 p.m. followed by the headlining act on the main stage from 7 to 9 p.m. The lineup is Endless Summer Band (June 18), Big 80’s (June 25), Toy Factory (July 2) and My Yellow Rickshaw (July 9). Learn more at clayterrace.com/events. Lopez
Presidential Scholar semifinalists — Several students from Carmel have been named as semifinalists in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, which recognizes distinguished graduating high school seniors. They are Park Tudor School student Arnay Garhyan; Carmel High School students Kate Chambers Jentz, Ankur Kapileshwar, Riya Ayisha Koya, Allen Qian and Allison Shen; and Phillips Academy student Sophia Pitchaya Liang.
Scouts install little libraries
By Brittney Dial Testin news@youarecurrent.com
Carmel Girl Scout Troop 979 earned the Bronze Award after repairing the Little Free Library at Founder’s Park, which was damaged by a 2025 tornado, and installing a new Little Free Library at Carey Grove Park.
In addition to building the wooden boxes that store books that anyone can borrow, the Scouts painted 10 paving stones featuring children’s books near the library at Founder’s Park.
“We have eight girls in our troop, (and) a lot of the girls have been in this troop since kindergarten,” said Rachel Bancroft, co-leader of the troop. “For the girls, it meant that they could just support their community in a meaningful way.”
Co-leader Abbe Obszanski said the girls learned valuable skills through the project.
“Many of them used power tools for the first time, and they also sanded, prepped, primed, painted, and decorated the libraries,” Obszanski said. “They had to problem solve, work together,
listen to each other’s ideas and take turns leading different parts of the project.”
The Bronze Award is the highest honor a Junior Girl Scout (students in fourth and fifth grade) can achieve. It is earned by identifying a problem in the community and completing a sustainable project approved by the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Council to address it.
Carmel Girl Scout Troop 979 members installed a Little Free Library at Founder’s Park. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Bancroft)
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‘Unearth
By Samantha Kupiainen news@youarecurrent.com
The Carmel Clay Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, which runs June 1 to July 31, encourages people of all ages to read a book this summer. This year’s theme is “Unearth a Story.”
“We are leaning into this dinosaur, digging for your stories at the library theme, which we’re really excited about,” CCPL Assistant Director Beth Meyer said.
Participants age 0 to 5 log how many picture books they’ve read, and those in kindergarten through fifth grade track their reading hours. Teens and adults track the number of books they’ve read.
“The reason we do it that way is because (in kindergarten to fifth grade) we really want to encourage that love of reading, and sometimes that’s when they’re learning how to read independently,” Meyer said. “It can be a huge bummer if you’re in the second grade and maybe you’re not reading as fast as some of your friends.”
Participants log their books or hours through the Beanstack Tracker app or at carmel.beanstack.com. At-home tracking sheets are also available. Those who track their books or hours are eligible for prizes.
Each year the library selects a community organization to receive a donation based on how much reading is tracked. This year the donation will go to Children’s TherAplay, a nonprofit that provides therapy on horseback.
Learn more at carmelclaylibrary.org.
in kindergarten through fifth grade. (Photo courtesy of Beth Meyer)
Fashion show raises $80K
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Prevail, a Noblesville-based nonprofit, hosted its Spring Fashion Show May 8 at Ritz Charles in Carmel, raising more than $80,000 to support survivors of crime and abuse through the organization’s services and programs.
“(This year) marks a historic milestone for Prevail as we celebrate our 40th anniversary,” Prevail Executive Director Tami Wanninger stated. “For four decades, Prevail has been a place of hope, healing and empowerment for survivors in our community. The progress we celebrate has only been possible because of our supporters, people who continue to stand alongside survivors and ensure help is always there when it’s needed most.”
At the event, attendees shopped from 10 local vendors, with each donating a portion of their proceeds back to Prevail, and heard from survivor Brooklyn Johnson and her mother, Sabrina Simmons.
At age 9, after attending a body safety class at school, Johnson disclosed that she had been touched inappropriately
by her then stepfather. Their conversation centered on how healing happens through honesty, fearlessness and unwavering support.
“After experiencing sexual abuse, too many victims sit in silence. It is a very lonely place to be,” Simmons stated.
“Brooklyn and I choose to share our story in hopes of breaking the stigma around child sexual abuse.”
For more, visit prevailinc.org/donate.
A runway model walks in the fashion show, which raises money for survivors of crime and abuse. (Photo courtesy of Prevail)
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A.C.E. award winner – The Exchange Club of Hamilton County presented its Accepting the Challenge of Excellence award to Inara McBroom, a student at Carmel High School. The award recognizes students who have overcome tremendous adversity while continuing to pursue graduation and create positive paths for their futures. McBroom also won the District A.C.E. award and is entered in the national competition. The winner will be announced at the 108th National Convention July 9 in Omaha, Neb.
OBITUARY
James Edward Love — Jim to everyone who knew him — passed away on May 15, 2026, at the age of 94. He was born on October 5, 1931 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Dr. Irving Begley Love and Ellen O’Connor Love, and was educated at Marquette High School and Marquette University. He is preceded in death by his parents, his brother Donald Love, and his sister Nancy Salditt. Jim came from a large Irish family on both sides, with many aunts and uncles, and spent a good part of his youth on a family farm in northern Wisconsin. For the last twenty years, he was a resident of Carmel, Indiana.
Jim served in the United States Army, completing basic training in Missouri before being stationed in Japan during the Korean War. When he came home, he was blessed to marry Alice Virginia Myers in 1957 — a woman of grace and strength who grounded his life. They started their family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1970, where they raised their two children, Jim and MaryBeth. Alice preceded him in death in 2008.
Jim built his career in sales and marketing with a commercial lighting company, working his way up through mid-level and senior management roles; earning steady recognition for his many contributions along the way. He had an incredibly strong work ethic. Throughout his life he maintained a great interest in reading and watching old movies. In his earlier years, landscaping - working with the earth to create beauty and order; playing pick-up basketball at the YMCA, and distance running each held a place of joy and selfexpression in his life. In later years, long walks outdoors - regardless of the weather - was a passion where he found peace and spiritual connection.
Jim had a genuine and easy sense of humor, as well as a caring interest in people. He was a great storyteller who could take a concept or idea and make it come alive in conversation.
City earns silver designation – The League of American Bicyclists recognized the City of Carmel with a Silver Bicycle Friendly Business Designation, earning the city a place alongside more than 1,100 designees across the nation contributing to the movement to build a more Bicycle Friendly America.
He was adept at drawing people out, assuring they felt comfortable, seen, and that what they had to say mattered. He had some incredible friendships, including ones made well into his senior years — he could create a social circle on a dime. For a few years early in his retirement, he volunteered as a docent for the penguin colony at the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky; a role he relished and that suited him perfectly.
Jim remained strong and independent well into his later years, a fact that said a lot about who he was. He spent the last two years of his life in a retirement community, where he continued to actively engage with the people around him in the same gregarious, warm and inclusive way for which he was known.
He was a Green Bay Packers fan — forever and always!
Jim is survived by his son James Richardson (Melissa) Love; his daughter Mary Elizabeth “MaryBeth” (Tom) Stergar; nine grandchildren, Chaz (Stephanie), Andrew (Carley), Mitchell (Alyssa), Haydn, Spencer, Connor, William, Ashtyn (Nate), and Nathan; ten great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews on both sides – all of whom were a great source of pride, love, and support throughout his life. He remained in regular close contact with all of his family, and was a devoted father, grandfather, and uncle to the end. He will be truly missed.
He told wonderful stories. He left better ones behind.
Visitation took place on Friday, May 29, from 10:00AM to 11:00AM, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 4825 N Wildwood Ave, Whitefish Bay, WI 53217. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 11:00AM. A reception immediately followed. Private interment took place at Graceland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Jim’s name can be made to Our Rescue or the Child Liberation Foundation.
COMMUNITY
Reflections on the CAC
EDITOR’S NOTE: Throughout the year, Current, in partnership with the Carmel Rotary Club, will publish columns from community members reflecting on Carmel’s 50 years as a city.
Commentary by Donna Tutwiler
A new decade had barely begun when Carmel Mayor Ted Johnson realized the importance of increasing the cultural activity in Carmel. He thought our city would benefit from the establishment of an arts council and invited a group of enthusiasts to investigate the feasibility of his idea.
So, in June 1993 the first official gathering of the Carmel Arts Council met in the vacant Bicentennial House at 30 W. Main St. The Bicentennial House was a restored section of the 1875 home of Zina Warren, whose parents were listed among the founders of Carmel.
The group put together the foundations for the Carmel Arts Council and adopted, with the permission of the City of Carmel, the Bicentennial House for the benefit of showcasing art.
In 1994, the Council opened its new home with an art exhibition called “Spring Celebration.” This event was held to coincide with the 157th anniversary of Carmel. The exhibition marked the beginning of what would become the Carmel Arts Council’s legacy of providing leadership, financial and volunteer support to the community through art endeavors.
In January 1998, Mayor Jim Brainard opened the CAC’s Children’s Art Gallery, which featured art from students at Carmel Clay Schools. This program continues today, and many art students have benefited greatly from the opportunity to showcase their art in a true gallery setting.
In 2000, through the efforts of the CAC Executive Director Doreen Squire Ficara, the CAC was recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “World’s Smallest Children’s Art Gallery.”
An interesting change happened in 2003 when Mayor Brainard designated the area where the Children’s Art Gallery was located to the Arts & Design District. The CAC’s gallery was considered to be one of the first in this newly
named district! To make the gallery more prominent, two years later it was moved to its present site at 40 W. Main St. Learn more at carmelartscouncil.org.
The Carmel Art Council’s World’s Smallest Children’s Art Gallery is at 40 W. Main St. (Photo courtesy of Beth Maier)
Donna Tutwiler joined the Carmel Arts Council in 2005. Read the full column at youarecurrent.com.
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Riya Koya and Zaina Khan have been doing pitch competitions for the past two years.
“We have tried countless ideas, and eventually found success with this one,” Khan said.
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Koya and Khan, who graduated from Carmel High School last month, won the STARTedUP regional competition April 16 in Lafayette with their OccluSense pitch. Another CHS team, juniors Angie Xiu & Alex Mi, advanced as a wild card selection with their Dermi pitch. The two teams are among 10 finalists set to compete June 12 at Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butler University campus as part of the inaugural STARTedUP Summit, with $25,000 on the line for first place.
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Koya said the judges appreciated that the students had a provisional patent to protect their idea.
In the fall, Koya will attend Harvard to study neuroscience while Khan will attend Yale to study molecular biology and women’s and gender studies.
Xiu and Mi’s project Dermi is a bias-corrected skin cancer screening platform that combines a smartphone dermatoscope with high-accuracy AI to deliver accessible, equitable early detection across all skin tones.
Six teams represented CHS in the regional.
Koya
Khan
MORE THAN WORDS
University High School student named 2026 Poetry Out Loud national champion
By Sara Palmer news@youarecurrent.com
For Jayda Dawn, poetry is about performance, storytelling and connection.
“I think poetry is so often overlooked,” Dawn said. “A lot of people see it as just reading words off of a page.”
The rising senior at University High School in Carmel was named the 2026 Poetry Out Loud National Champion — and won a $20,000 prize — during the finals in late April in Washington, D.C. She made the finals after advancing through school- and state-level competitions.
“I was just trying to keep it together,” Dawn said of competing on a national stage. “My mom and my coach were sitting right in the middle in my line of sight, and so those were the first people that I saw when I walked out there. It was just a really emotional moment for me.”
Presented by the National Endowment for the Arts, the competition challenges students to bring poetry to life through performance. Indiana Humanities, with the support of the Indiana Arts Commission, organizes the statewide competition in Indiana.
Megan Telligman, Indiana Humanities director of programs, said Dawn’s performance stood out.
“Poetry Out Loud is highly competitive, with tens of thousands of students participating from states and territories across the nation,” Telligman said. “Jayda picked poems that spoke to her and performed them perfectly and passionately, demonstrating how poetry can be a powerful art form that inspires and connects people.”
UHS hadn’t participated in Poetry Out Loud in more than a decade, according to Kirkland Austin, the school’s choir director and one Dawn’s coaches for the competition.
“We’re super lucky that our head of school, Alicia LaMagdalena, is a poet herself,” Austin said. “She is super passionate about things like Poetry Out Loud.”
Austin said the coaching process resembled theatrical performance preparation, with students working to under-
stand not only the words themselves, but also the emotional and historical context behind them.
She said Dawn’s talent stood out immediately, but what impressed her most was her commitment to refinement and growth throughout the process.
“Jayda’s unlike any student talent I’ve seen in that she obviously already comes with that ‘it’ factor, but doesn’t just rest on that,” Austin said. “She was hungry for feedback and critiques.”
Austin said Dawn’s stage presence became especially evident during the state competition.
“The amount of maturity, nuance and stage presence — you felt the entire room lean in the second she announced the title of her poem,” Austin said. “Before even starting the actual poem, you felt this shift in energy.”
Dawn said Poetry Out Loud appealed
to her because it offered a rare opportunity for young people to perform poetry on a large stage.
“I don’t think that there are a lot of things like this for poetry,” she said.
“There’s open mics, and then there’s Jazz Kitchen, but there’s not a lot for younger students especially.”
The weeks leading up to nationals were especially intense for Dawn. The day before she left for the competition, she performed as the lead in her school musical — waking up at 3 a.m. the next morning to catch a flight to D.C.
This year’s Poetry Out Loud anthology focused on the American experience as part of the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary, featuring works exploring voting rights, race, identity and freedom.
“It was very moving and eye-opening to see students from across these 54
states and territories performing works about women fighting for the right to vote, Black people moving from being property in this nation to citizens in this nation — just the many nuanced experiences of what it means to be an American,” Austin said.
For Dawn, poetry remains a powerful form of self-expression.
“I think poetry definitely matters, and especially for young people today,” she said. “Any way that you can share your voice, you should absolutely.”
For more about Poetry Out Loud, visit poetryoutloud.org, arts.gov and indianahumanities.org.
(Photo by James Kegley)
Poetry Out Loud competitors select and memorize three poems before advancing through school and state competitions. Jayda Dawn, a University High School student who recently became the 2026 national champion, chose to keep the same three poems throughout every round, because each one connected with her personally.
One of the poems was “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes.
“When I saw ‘The Weary Blues’ on the list, it was kind of like a full circle moment,” Dawn said. “This poem was special for me because it was one of my seventh-grade recitations in middle school.”
Another selection, “Why We Oppose Pockets for Women” by Alice Duer Miller, allowed Dawn to lean into humor and satire. She and her coach, Kirkland Austin, even joked about the irony that her competition outfit did not have pockets while she performed the poem.
Her third selection, “From ‘The Southland’s Charms and Freedom’s Magnitude’” by Albery Allson Whitman, explored the perspective of a man navigating life after slavery.
ON THE COVER: University High School student Jayda Dawn, right, celebrates winning the 2026 Poetry Out Loud competition.
Jayda Dawn performs at the 2026 Poetry Out Loud national finals. (Photo by James Kegley)
JAYDA DAWN’S POEMS
Greek Tony’s aims to stay put as long as possible
By Ann Marie Shambaugh AnnMarie@youarecurrent.com
Greek Tony’s Pizza & Sub Shop has operated in Carmel’s Woodland Shoppes retail center for 42 years, and its owners plan to stay there as long as possible.
But with a new building owner announcing that he’d like to redevelop the site near the northeast corner of 116th Street and Range Line Road, they don’t know how long that will be.
“Our ultimate goal is to continue to be in business for another 40 years, but this specific location won’t be here for another 40 years, so at some point we’ll have to find something new,” said Lucas Lloyd, who owns the restaurant with his wife, Sara Harris. “In the meantime, we’re not planning on picking up all the chairs and tables and moving out the door in five days. We’re working on doing something to stay here for a little while.”
Harris, whose parents opened Greek Tony’s in 1984, said new landlord Himanshu Garg, a local developer, has been transparent with tenants about his intention for the site. But since it’s unclear when redevelopment could begin, Harris said business owners are feeling a lot of uncertainty.
“It’s nerve wracking to think about us not being here, but I know we need to move on,” Harris said. “This community loves us, 42 years (in business) says something. Yes, we have great food, but a lot of personality, too, and I know we can do it. We just have to find the right spot, when that time comes.”
Lloyd and Harris would like to stay in the same location, but they doubt they would be able to afford rent in a newly redeveloped site. Plus, they would like to avoid having to move twice — first to a temporary location, then back — if possible.
Garg, who did not respond to a request for comment, told Current in March that he expected it would be at least 18 to 24 months before redevelopment efforts could impact existing tenants.
Harris said if Greek Tony’s moves, she expects it will be to a smaller location.
“When we do move, or whatever our next step is, it needs to feel like Greek
Tony’s. I don’t see us going in some brand-new building. Not that I want to move into a dump or anything,” she said. “I don’t want to get lost in the mix of going in one of those new buildings, with it being fancy. We’re not fancy. I’d want to keep the theme.”
The walls of Greek Tony’s are filled with evidence of its longtime ties to the community, from plaques showing local first responders’ appreciation for the restaurant to its support for youth sports teams to a wall filled with hockey memorabilia.
The hockey gear belongs to Sara’s father, Hugh Harris, who played the sport professionally before opening Greek Tony’s. Harris said her father lived in several cities across the U.S. during his athletic career but chose to settle down in Carmel, where he lived in the 1970s during a stint with the Indianapolis Racers, because of its strong community feel.
Harris, a 1998 Carmel High School graduate, grew up at the restaurant and became its owner in 2021 after her mother, Sally Harris, died of pancreatic cancer.
Now, her two daughters, who are 4 and 14, can often be found there. Harris hopes that remains the case for years to come.
“If we didn’t love it, we wouldn’t have taken over the business,” Harris said. “So, we just want to keep doing what we love, and right now the unknown is frustrating, but I do think that we’ll be here for a little bit and the future will fall into place.”
Greek Tony’s Pizza & Sub Shop owners Sara Harris, left, and Lucas Lloyd. (Photo by Ann Marie Shambaugh)
The Perfect Retirement
Cardiac arrest survivor aims to raise awareness
By Todd Golden todd@youarecurrent.com
For Westfield resident Bob Schriner, the evening of Aug. 22, 2025, was shaping up to be like any other summer Friday.
“My wife (Maureen) told me the Greek Fest was going on,” Schriner said. “I like gyros and I like beer, so I was excited and I jumped on my bike.”
Schriner pedaled toward Westfield’s Cool Creek Park. Meanwhile, Carmel resident Barbara Will and her husband Simon Conway were at the same park walking their new dog.
Fate would bring Schriner and Will together. Schriner suffered cardiac arrest while riding his bike and came to rest near Will, who had taken CPR training as part of her job as a senior caregiver.
“(My employer) said, ‘We’d like to give you CPR training.’ I agreed thinking I’d never use it,” said Will, a native of England who has lived in the area for 30 years.
Will performed CPR on Schriner before first responders arrived. Their combined efforts saved Schriner’s life.
Now, Will, Schriner and the Westfield Fire Department want to use their story to raise awareness of the importance of CPR training as part of National CPR and AED Awareness Week, which runs June 1-7.
In recalling the incident, Schriner, 59, said he began to ascend a hill in a wooded part of the park when he felt something he’d never felt before.
“I was probably 90 percent of the way up that hill … and it was just like a Mike Tyson punch in the chest,” Schriner said. “It almost knocked me off the bike. I just became, like, 20 times heavier.”
Schriner was determined to make it over the hill because he felt if he didn’t, he could have died without being dis-
covered in the woods. He barely crested the hill to a grass clearing, where he laid down.
Will saw Schriner lie down and throw his helmet. She initially thought he was angry about something but then became concerned something else was wrong.
“The first thing out of his mouth was, ‘Call 911’, so I did,” Will said.
Will was aided by another passerby, Steven DeReu, who assisted Will during the call with EMS dispatcher Taylor Duke who told Will to immediately begin CPR.
“I heard her say something like, ‘What’s wrong with you?’” Schriner said. “And I said, ‘It’s my heart.’ And that was it. She was on me (performing CPR compressions). She broke my ribs and my sternum, and I love that woman for it.”
First responders arrived as Will was administering CPR.
“We always see the 99 percent that don’t make it. So, when you get that 1 percent who do make it, it feels good,” said Westfield Field Resource Paramedic Josh Sloma, who was one of the first responders on the scene.
Westfield EMS Division Chief Patrick Hutchison encourages residents to take a hands-only CPR course and be prepared to assist, if necessary.
“Typically, you want to get a defibrillator to the person within four minutes and then advanced care within eight minutes,” Hutchison said.
Schriner wants to share his story to help others.
“I think I got a superpower in this whole deal,” said Schriner, who noted that he and his wife have since taken CPR training. “If we can save one person by just getting the word out, I’ll do it a million times. That’s a grand slam for me.”
From left, Simon Conway, Barbara Will, Bob Schriner and Steven DeReu. (Photo courtesy of Westfield Fire Department)
Carmel Comedy Club to open at The Cat
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Debbie Hughes has a vision of regular comedy shows in Carmel.
She founded Carmel Comedy Club, which will open at 7 p.m. June 27, at The Cat, 254 Veterans Way. Dobie Maxwell is the headliner while Hughes, known as “Lady Wisecrack,” and Indianapolis comedian Chris Cline will be the opening acts.
Cline, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, was the 2023 recipient of the NFL Salute To Service Award. He helped veterans work through trauma through the power of comedy. He will perform at 7 p.m. when the club opens.
Vocalist Sadie Cohen, who will be a senior at Carmel High School this fall, will close the show with Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile” and “Happy Days Are Here Again.”
Hughes, a Carmel resident, connected with Maxwell through a Facebook group and they formed a friendship. Maxwell originally wanted to play professional baseball, but the left-handed pitcher chased another dream after being cut from a Kansas City Royals tryout.
“I went to a comedy open mic, and I thought, ‘These guys are terrible, I can do this,’” he said. “I got up and was worse than both of them, but I learned that’s what I wanted to do. I worked towns and I worked my way up to headliner. Then I had a car accident when I was 30, flipped my convertible over, almost died. I had to learn to walk again, broke my sternum and (had) my jaw wired shut. I was asked at a continuing education place in Milwaukee if I wanted to teach a comedy class. I said, ‘You can’t teach comedy. You either have (it) or you don’t.’ They said, ‘We’d be willing to pay you a few bucks.’ I said, ‘Tuesday at 7 o’clock we’re having a comedy class.’”
Since then, he has taught approximately 3,000 students from around the world at Zanies Comedy Club classes in Chicago.
(Below) Debbie Hughes is the founder of Carmel Comedy Club. (Graphic courtesy of Debbie Hughes)
“I was their exclusive teacher for 25 years until COVID came and shut down the world,” he said.
Maxwell has performed in 49 states and was a morning radio host in several cities, including Chicago’s 97.9 FM called “The Loop.”
“I think I really like teaching as much as performing,” he said.
Maxwell, who had a Dry Bar comedy special in 2025, performs a clean comedy act with profanity. He also avoids politics, figuring a comedian risks angering half the crowd.
Maxwell is the booking agent, comedic educator of the Stand-Up Comedy course set to start in September at The Cat. He said Hughes is an expert on the business part.
“I needed someone like her for many, many years,” said Maxwell, who now lives in Kenosha, Wis.
Hughes graduated from Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts’ four-week comedy class in February. She headlined the final show and takes remote and in-person lessons at Second City in Chicago.
Maxwell will return as headliner for the July 11 performance at The Cat. Comedian Todd Hunt will present “The Making of I Love Lucy” July 25 and 31 at The Cat. Hunt is a nostalgic
humorist and Lucille Ball historian. “He’ll be telling all the behind-thescenes that nobody knows on how they prepared to make the shows,” Hughes said.
Video clips of classic episodes of “I Love Lucy” will be shown. For more, visit carmelcitycomedyclub.com.
DUGAN RETURNS
Longtime Carmel comedian Dave Dugan, who has made more than 200 appearances on the “Bob and Tom” radio show, will perform his “Busting Out with Laughs!” shows at 7:30 p.m. June 5-6 at The Cat. Dugan has performed comedy nights at The Cat over the past several years.
Dugan also specializes in clean comedy and has performed a Dry Bar Comedy special.
Carmel Comedy Club booking agent Dobie Maxwell said Dugan is Indiana comedy royalty and can work with or for the club anyway he chooses to participate.
“We welcome him with an open microphone,” Maxwell said.
For more, visit thecat.biz.
‘CINDERELLA’
“Cinderella” runs through July 12 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis. For more, visit beefandboards.com.
FEINSTEIN’S CABARET
“The Beach Boys Tribute Featuring Pet Sounds Live” is set for June 4, followed by “Tribute to Huey Lewis and the News” June 6 at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael in Carmel. The performances start at 7:30 p.m. For more, visit feinsteinshc. com.
’ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA’
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents “Antony and Cleopatra” at 7 p.m. June 5 and 5 p.m. June 6 at The Tarkington at Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. For more, visit gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org.
’SECRET GARDEN’
Main Street Productions presents “The Secret Garden” through June 7 at Basile Westfield Playhouse. For more, visit westfieldplayhouse.org.
DISPATCH
Carmel PorchFest sets schedule — Carmel PorchFest Inc. will host four events in 2026, including three Late Night on Main in the Arts & Design District. Carmel PorchFest will take place from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 20. Late Night on Main returns to Carmel’s Main Street on the third Saturday of each summer month. The street party begins at 6 p.m. Beverage vendors will be available. Guests are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs. The Late Night on Main are Jai Baker Trio, a high energy country band, June 20; Blair Clark and The Fun Factor Band, July 18 and DUDE!, a five-member dance pop band from Indianapolis, Aug. 15. For more, visit carmelporchfest.org.
(Above) Dobie Maxwell will be headliner for the Carmel Comedy Club opening show June 27 at The Cat in Carmel. (Photo courtesy of Dobie Maxwell)
THE SONGBOOK ACADEMY® IN CONCERT
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
HARRY CONNICK, JR.
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
ART GARFUNKEL: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD CELEBRATION CONCERTS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BRIAN SIMPSON, JACKIEM JOYNER AND JESSY J 8PM | THE TARKINGTON
STEWART COPELAND: HAVE I SAID
TOO MUCH
7:30PM | THE TARKINGTON
GLADYS KNIGHT
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
“PSYCHIC” COMEDIAN PETER ANTONIOU
7:30PM | THE TARKINGTON
THE CENTER CELEBRATION 2026
FEATURING THE BACON BROTHERS
5PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MICHAEL BLAUSTEIN: THE TASTE ME TOUR THE FINAL LEG 7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
LOU GRAMM: THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF FOREIGNER
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
RUMOURS ATL: A FLEETWOOD
MAC TRIBUTE
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
DEMOLA LIVE!
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE & PABLO CRUISE
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
THE BILLY JOEL LEGACY: CELEBRATING THE PIANO MAN
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BECKY ROBINSON: THE BEASTS IN ME TOUR
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BRUCE HORNSBY & THE NOISEMAKERS: INDIGO PARK TOUR
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
THE WAR AND TREATY
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
THE SIXTIES SHOW
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
INVINCIBLE: A GLORIOUS TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
DANIEL EMMET: THIS THING CALLED LOVE
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
NILADRI KUMAAR: THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NOTES – HONORING ZAKIR HUSSAIN
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MICHAEL CARBONARO: WONDERBOY
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
THE SHARPE FAMILY SINGERS: THE BEST OF BROADWAY 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
HASTA LA MUERTE
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BLKBOK
7:30PM | THE TARKINGTON
YEFIM BRONFMAN, PIANO
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
RYAN AHLWARDT: CRYING IN THE CANYON RELEASE PARTY
8PM | THE TARKINGTON
THE FOUR PHANTOMS IN CONCERT
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BONEY JAMES
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
A CONVERSATION WITH AMY SEDARIS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
SIMPLY THREE
7PM | THE TARKINGTON
MAVIS STAPLES
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
AN EVENING WITH BERNADETTE PETERS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
HOOSIERS 40TH ANNIVERSARY
SCREENING WITH Q&A
3PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
PUNCH BROTHERS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND: LEDBETTER HEIGHTS 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
GRAVITY & OTHER MYTHS: TEN THOUSAND HOURS
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY’S WILD & SWINGIN’ HOLIDAY PARTY
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
LESLIE ODOM, JR. THE CHRISTMAS TOUR 2026
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN IN COMING HOME: THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
HOLIDAYS IN HARMONY WITH GIRL NAMED TOM
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
JON MCLAUGHLIN & FRIENDS: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
DAVE KOZ & FRIENDS CHRISTMAS TOUR 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
ALAN CUMMING: UNCUT
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
LIVE AND LET DIE: THE MUSIC OF PAUL MCCARTNEY FEATURING TONY KISHMAN
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BIG BANG BOOM 3PM |
THE MONTEVERDI CHOIR AND ORCHESTRAS PERFORM BACH’S ST MATTHEW PASSION WITH MASAAKI SUZUKI
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MARCUS MILLER
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
MICKEY DOLENZ: 60 YEARS OF THE MONKEES
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DE MÉXICO DE AMALIA HERNÁNDEZ
7PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS WITH CONRAD TAO
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
THE MUSIC OF THE BEACH BOYS FEATURING PET SOUNDS LIVE 8PM | THE TARKINGTON
PAVLO AND BAND IN CONCERT 8PM | THE TARKINGTON
VICTORIA CLARK: IMPROBABLE INGENUE
MUSIC DIRECTOR, TED SPERLING
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
VITALY: AN EVENING OF WONDERS
8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
JOHN MALKOVICH AND THE VIENNA
ACADEMY ORCHESTRA: ROLL
OVER BEETHOVEN
7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
SPYRO GYRA WITH SPECIAL GUEST STANLEY JORDAN 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
KRUGER BROTHERS 8PM | THE TARKINGTON
DIONNE WARWICK: OVER AND OUT A FAREWELL TOUR 8PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
BROOKLYN CHARMERS: A TRIBUTE TO STEELY DAN 8PM | THE
CATS’
ITZHAK PERLMAN IN RECITAL 7:30PM | PAYNE & MENCIAS PALLADIUM
AMY SEDARIS
MARCUS MILLER
BERNADETTE PETERS
ALAN CUMMING
HASTA LA MUERTE
GLADYS KNIGHT
LESLIE ODOM, JR.
Civic in Concert features ‘Chess’ music
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Michael Krauter admitted he knew nothing about “Chess” when he heard Civic Theatre was staging a concert with songs from the musical.
“Everyone said, ‘(What about) ‘One Night in Bangkok’? I never heard that song before in my life,” Krauter said. “And now I’m all too familiar with the music. There are like five different versions of the music and recordings of the show. The music is incredible.”
Civic in Concert will present “Chess” at 7 p.m. June 13 at the Payne & Mencias Palladium at Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel. The evening is a fundraiser for Civic.
online,” Foulks said. “Each one of the stories are different, who sings what songs are different. The lyrics are different. It’s been a lot but it’s fun to learn.
Brent E. Marty, director of music and education for Civic Theatre, is the music director while Civic Executive Artistic Director
The music was written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA. The lyrics are by Tim Rice.
Krauter plays a Russian grandmaster chess player named Anatoly Sergievsky during the Cold War era.
Krauter’s character has two main songs, including “Where I Want to Be,” which is about his chess-playing ability and how he’s being pulled in different directions. The other song is “Anthem.”
“It’s about his loyalty to his country, to his family, to his relationships and to the game,” he said. “So, it’s a really moving song at the end of the first act.”
Following that song, Sergievsky defects to the U.S.
“He feels he’s being used, which he very much is,” Krauter said.
Krauter, who grew up in Carmel, said it’s a new thing for him being in character but also not a full showcase.
Mackenzie Foulks plays Florence Vassy, the American chess player Freddie Trumper’s assistant who falls in love with the Soviet Union defector.
“She is divided on her allegiances and her ambitions,” said Foulks, who lives on the northeast side of Indianapolis. “Her heart is getting pulled in every which way.”
The only song she knew prior to the show was “Someone Else’s Story” from an audition book in college.
“There’s so many different versions
Michael J. Lasley will direct.
“I’ll be conducting on stage with a full orchestra and a chorus of 40 people and (the principal characters),”
Marty said.
Civic performed “Jesus Christ Superstar” last year in its first Civic in Concert presented at the Palladium.
Marty and Lasley were fans of the music from the musical, which was released in 1984 before “Chess” made its debut in 1986.
“It came out when we were in high school and college. The CD, I wore that thing out,” Marty said. “The music is so beautiful and so catchy in places, and I was already an ABBA fan. Tim Rice’s lyrics are brilliant. Nobody ever does it, so I’ve never gotten to work on this show. Now, I get to do it in a really majestic and cool way.”
Marty said the initial run on Broadway was a flop because of the script.
“They tried to change the book when they brought it from London to Broadway and it didn’t really work,” Marty said.
Lasley said there are four distinct versions of the show. Civic is performing the London version of the music.
Matt Branic, a 1997 Carmel High School graduate, plays Trumper, the American chess player who likely was modeled after Bobby Fischer.
“There’s so many things about his character that I find interesting,” he said. “The big thing is being a child prodigy and he comes from a broken household. You discover that in one of his big songs, ‘Pity the Child,’ which is a gorgeous kind of rock ballad. You find out neither parent cared what he was doing, so he just retreated to his room and used his brain to conjure up battles on the chess board.”
For more, visit civictheatre.org/ civic-in-concert-chess.
Krauter Foulks
Branic
Commanday returns to CSO
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
The Carmel Symphony Orchestra’s new music director is certainly no stranger.
Charleston, Ill.
Commanday will lead the CSO July 4 at CarmelFest. The CSO will have four masterworks concerts, starting Oct. 10, and the Holiday Pops concert. Commanday will conduct the masterworks concerts but is unavailable for the Holiday Pops.
“I was invited to consult in shaping this coming season and that evolved into a discussion of me returning as music director,” he said.
David Commanday will return to the CSO as music director for the 2026-27 season. He previously served as music director for the 2023-24 season, but an agreement couldn’t be reached for the next season. The CSO has used guest conductors the past two seasons. By mutual agreement with the CSO board, Anne Marie Chastain resigned as executive director in May 2025.
“I feel great about coming back,” Commanday said. “I had a great time working with the orchestra and the board. The city is spectacular and the (concert) hall can’t be beat.”
Commanday
Commanday said he made a lot of friends in his initial CSO stint.
“It seems the simple way to look at it is that it appeared things were aligned for more than one season and then it turned out, in terms of vision, they were not,” he said. “The timing is great now.”
Commanday was pleased to help shape the coming season.
Commanday, 71, said it is a threeyear appointment. He is based in Peoria, Ill., where he is the artistic director for the Heartland Festival Orchestra. He will continue to conduct and teach at Eastern Illinois University in
“I look forward to planning the next couple of seasons because longer term planning is tremendous for an orchestra in helping to connect with the community and support from the community,” he said.
ZCHS grad reprises role
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Olivia Broadwater is returning to a special role.
The 2020 Zionsville Community High School graduate plays Sandy in Summer Stock Stage’s production of “Grease” June 3-7 at Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University in Indianapolis.
Broadwater played Sandy in Civic Theatre’s Young Artists Program production the summer before her sophomore year of high school.
“I had a blast during that production, and it was such a special time for me as it was my first leading role in a production outside of school,” she said. “It pushed me to grow as a performer and I made so many connections in the Carmel-Indy theater community that I still am friends with today.”
Broadwater said she is excited to reprise the role after having more training and life experiences.
“The last time I played Sandy, I was definitely living through similar life experiences as her, but this time I feel like I am able to reflect and have a bet-
Broadwater performs as “Sandy” in “Grease.” (Photo courtesy of Summer Stock Stage)
ter understanding of what she is going through in the show as a woman in the 1950s,” she said. “I am enjoying getting to explore that push and pull of innocence and sexuality that young people go through as they’re growing up and figuring out how they fit into the world.”
Broadwater was recently a main vocalist at Hong Kong Disneyland.
“I performed there for a little over a year and had the time of my life,” she said. “I sang as friends of Elsa, Rapunzel and Ariel in their ‘Mickey and the Wondrous Book’ show (and) was a main vocalist in their ‘Christmas Castle Show’ (and) did voice overwork for the park and hosted some of the park’s events. It was a truly life-changing experience.”
Olivia
ENTERTAINMENT
Red Barn set for premiere
By Mark Ambrogi mark@youarecurrent.com
Michael Taylor is ready to see his play make its true premiere.
Taylor, Red Barn Theatre’s artistic director, will direct “The German Tropics” June 10-14 and June 17-21 at Red Barn Theatre in Frankfort.
“It’s the latest version of this script,” said Taylor, Frankfort High School’s director of theater. “I did it for the high school 10 or 11 years ago. We did a trial run of it, but since then it’s been back in the workshop, trying to scale it down so it can be done in a slightly smaller theater at a cheaper cost. It’s a very different show from when it was on its feet before. It is very new and people seeing this will be seeing it for the first time.”
“He shouldn’t be dating her because she is the boss’ daughter, and the boss has a strict no-dating anyone at the office policy,” Taylor said.
Taylor said the couple are going to the German Tropics resort on an island. The boss has a weekend business meeting at the same time.
“Through mistaken identities, slamming doors and the usual farce fare, the craziness ensues,” Taylor said. “I’m very free with the actors. I like them to create the characters themselves. I always say the script is just words on the page, it’s up to them to bring them to life. What was done before is in the past, and I just want to erase that. I want to see this version brought to life.”
The original set had 11 entrances and exits and was two stories high, but the new version is scaled down.
The play was previously called “Trouble in the Tropics.” Taylor said the plot centers on a young man who wants to go on vacation with his girlfriend.
Taylor will play Mike Talman in “Wait Until Dark,” which is set for June 24-28 and July 1-5 (except July 4). Associate Artistic Director Luke McLaughlin will direct that show.
Taylor then returns to direct “Something Rotten,” the third and final play of the season, set for July 9-12 and July 15-19.
For more, visit redbarntheatre.net.
by Nick Blaemire Music by Matthew Tishler
Lots of unfinished basement business
Commentary by Dick Wolfsie
My home office is downstairs. It was just a cellar when we moved into this house in 2018, but we invested a little money to fix it up, so it became a basement. I guess you could call it a finished basement. Well, it will be finished if we ever finish paying the mortgage. Apparently, it wasn’t finished
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Project generally includes construction of a park restroom building, pickleball courts, court fencing, sidewalks, asphalt and aggregate trails, signage, electric service, planting, and other site improvements, amenities, and furnishings. Bids shall be properly and completely executed on the Proposal Form obtainable at the office of the Owner. Each bid shall be accompanied by Form 96 Contractor's Bid for Public Works, including Non-Collusion Affidavit as prescribed by the State Board of Accounts, completely filled out, signed, and notarized as required by the statutes of the State of Indiana, Section III of Part II of Form 96 titled "Contractor's Financial Statement," and acceptable bid security. The bid security shall be a certified check made payable to the Owner or satisfactory bond by an incorporated surety company in good standing and qualified to do business in the State of Indiana in an amount equal to 5% of the bid, said deposit being for the purpose of ensuring the execution of the contract for which bid is made. Any bid not accompanied by the above required items shall be deemed to be a non-responsive bid by the Owner.
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The Contractors to whom work is awarded shall be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, and they shall be acceptable to the City of Westfield, Indiana. No bidder may withdraw their proposal within a period of 60 days following the date set for receiving bids. The City of Westfield, Indiana reserves the right to retain the three lowest bid proposals for a period of not more than 90 days, and said proposal shall remain in full force and effect during said time. The City of Westfield, Indiana further reserves the right to waive informalities and to award the contract to the lowest and most responsible bidder or bidders, all to the advantage of the City of Westfield, Indiana, or to reject all Proposals.
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enough. A designer we hired said that for a few extra bucks, she could add a few finishing touches, and then we could truthfully call it our lower level. We didn’t have that kind of money, so it’s still a basement.
Our original plan was to make it a beautiful room for entertaining guests, sipping white wine and discussing good books. That hasn’t happened. I occasionally invite people downstairs to see my huge Laurel and Hardy statues, and my wife once let the neighborhood yoga group practice balasana, uttanasana and savasana. By the way, that last one is called a corpse pose, and it scared me half to death when I peeked in on the class. Did I leave the gas on?
In my office, I have lots of my TV memorabilia. I’m in every single photo. Then there are photos in the rest of the cellar that my wife, Mary Ellen, took on our vacations and later had them blown up and framed. I am not in one of these pictures. Fair is fair.
All of this reminded me of the last basement in our previous home.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Docket Nos. PZ-2026-00101 V; PZ-2026-00102 V; PZ-2026-00103 V; PZ-2026-00104 V
Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on the 22nd day of June, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1 Civic Sq., 2nd Flr., Carmel, IN 46032, will hold a Public Hearing upon Development Standards Variance applications requesting the following variances to allow for expansion of the existing Leppert Mortuary building:
• Buildings along Range Line Road shall have a building that occupies a minimum of 70% of that frontage; approx. 36% requested.
• All Principal Buildings (along Range Line Road) shall face a public street, with a primary entrance from a public street; not facing or primary entrance from public street requested.
• Principal Buildings (along Range Line Road) shall have at least 2 floors and a minimum height of 26-ft; one-story building addition and approx. 25’6” building height requested.
• Maximum 10-ft Build-to Line required in the Range Line Road Overlay; approx. 77-ft front yard building setback requested.
With the property being known as 900 N. Range Line Road, Carmel, IN 46032.
The application is identified as Docket Nos. PZ-2026-00101 V; PZ-2026-00102 V; PZ-202600103 V; PZ-2026-00104 V.
The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: Parcel No. 16-09-24-00-00026.001.
The petition may be examined on the City’s website, through Public Documents - Laserfiche. All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above application, either in writing or verbally, will be given an opportunity to be heard at the above-mentioned time and place.
Petitioner:
Leppert Mortuary & Crematory Services, LLC By Brian Tuohy, Attorney 9294 N. Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46260
We had a pool table, but we seldom played pool. We used the cue sticks to wrangle cobwebs from the ceiling. We got rid of the exercise bike because we couldn’t hang enough clothes on the handlebars to make it worthwhile.
Two years ago, we bought a pingpong table. We played ping-pong once. We took a break when the score was 9-6. We had hoped to finish the game before race day. Right now, it is the perfect place for 16 cans of Bush’s Baked Beans. Let me sum up the current state of our lower level. We have an exercise bike that needs a little exercise, a row-
ing machine that has been left adrift and a ping-pong table that is seldom pinged or ponged.
It’s about time we finished the table tennis game that we started. But first, I have a whole lot of baked beans to eat.
COMMUNITY VOICES
Puzzle at front of the pack
Editor,
The Current crossword puzzle is refreshingly unique, incorporating local lore and humor with clues and answers that often delight or just as often lead to the paper being cast down momentarily while muttering, “that was a stretch.”
My niece often travels here from Chicago, and we look forward to cozying up on the couch and poring over the puzzle (I stockpile a few for when she next comes to visit). I have to help with the Indiana or local clues, but together we usually complete it with great satisfaction and more than a few hearty laughs. Most enjoyable are the themes often presented in the puzzle and linked an-
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Docket No. PZ-2026-00100 SU
Notice is hereby given that the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on the 22nd day of June, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1 Civic Sq., 2nd Flr., Carmel, IN 46032, will hold a Public Hearing upon a Special Use application to host company retreats in an existing residential accessory structure: UDO Section 2.07: Recreational Special Use approval required for Private Recreational Facility. With the property being known as: 10700 and 10698 Valley Drive, Carmel, IN 46280
The application is identified as Docket No. PZ-2026-00100 SU
The real estate affected by said application is described as follows: Acreage 1.45 Section 1, Township 17, Range 3, Lincoln Highway Estates, Lot Pt 3. Parcel No. 17-13-01-04-07-016.000
The petition can be examined on the City’s website through Public Documents- Laserfiche. All interested persons desiring to present their views on the above application, either in writing or verbally, will be given an opportunity to be heard at the above-mentioned time and place.
John Michael Blackwell, Owner PETITIONER
swers that create a ‘mooving’ phrase or reference to an approaching holiday. Imagine our dismay when the crossword puzzle in the recent May 19 issue, featuring an Indianapolis 500 story on the front page, failed to deliver any clues relating to the IMS or the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Nary a reference! We decided it was such a missed opportunity that we needed to send a letter explaining the importance of the legacy of the Current crossword puzzle and its rightful place at the front of the pack. Consider this a yellow flag caution — don’t make us throw the red! We just want to enjoy the puzzle’s themes as we race to discover all the hidden gems and phrases that make us laugh and say “Well done Current!”
Liz
Van Tassel (Carmel) and Deirdre McCarthy
Ordinance Z-707-26
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS CARMEL, INDIANA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE Z-707-26
Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the City of Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana, that the proper legal officers of the City of Carmel will meet at their regular meeting place, Council Chambers, Carmel City Hall, One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032, at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2026, to consider the following:
Amend the Unified Development Ordinance to establish fees related to Zoning and Development applications and violations for the City’s Engineering Department and to amend Section 1.29 Filing Fees to comply with HEA 1001.
Taxpayers appearing at the meeting shall have the right to be heard.
City of Carmel, Petitioner
Dick Wolfsie is an author, columnist and speaker. Contact him at wolfsie@aol.com.
16. Bit of brainwork
17. Pains in the rear of the Hamilton County Council?
20. Squabble
21. Young one in an Indi-
ana State Fair barn
22. Patches
23. McCormick’s Creek
State Park’s county
25. Earth-friendly prefix
27. Annoying
30. Distinguishing fea-
tures of the County Council?
35. CCA Gallery display
36. Just say no
39. Victory Field pitcher’s mound surface
40. Cellphone strength indicators
42. Botched
43. Colts play starter
44. Remain
45. Precisely correct
47. AQI monitor
48. Local government building of the County Council?
50. Credit side item
52. ___ or nothing
53. Desire
55. Modern-day hieroglyphics
59. Chest muscle, for short
60. Start of an Off-Main Street Players play
64. November event of the County Council?
68. 36,418 square miles, for Indiana
69. Prejudice
70. Shots on a Crooked Stick green
71. Butler bigwig
72. Adam’s third son
73. Thus far DOWN
1. Taxis
2. Ballet Studio of Carmel
jump
3. Ocean predator
4. Video-sharing app
5. “For ___ a jolly good fellow...”
6. Wood pattern
7. No longer working (Abbr.)
8. Indianapolis airport code
9. Neither’s partner
10. Bee abode
11. Bible’s garden
12. Geek
13. Get lippy
18. Scratch (out)
19. “Don’t worry about me!”
24. Mont. neighbor
25. Subsided
26. Words to live by
27. Blue Ribbon brewer
28. Poet’s muse
29. Scarecrow filling
30. Kind of support
31. TSA checkpoint needs
32. Dressed to the ___
33. Vineyard fruit
34. Mar. 17 figure
37. Bike part
38. Green shampoo brand
41. Dictionary abbr.
46. A Bobbsey twin
49. Scalp stuff
51. Social standing
53. Cardiff natives
54. High card
55. Drat!
56. Just
57. ___ Day vitamins
58. Type of jacket
59. Bog product
61. Indiana map dot
62. Carry
63. Rose-Hulman, e.g. (Abbr.)
65. Sit-up targets, briefly
66. Recline
67. Katz, Sapper & Miller pro
ANSWERS ON PAGE 27
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John Kirk Furniture
JOB TITLE: Furniture Sales Person DUTIES:
• Interacting and assisting customers in a furniture retail sales environment.
Verista, Inc. seeks Validation Engineer 2 (Reports to: Fishers, IN) to independently understand client’s quality standards, cGMP’s & regulatory standards to support team in compliance of validation effort. (i) BA in Mech. Eng. or rltd. field or foreign degree equiv. & 5 yrs. exp. in position involving validation eng. or (ii) MS in Mech. Eng. or rltd. field or foreign degree equiv. & 2 yrs. exp. in position involving validation eng. Reports to Verista, Inc. HQ in Fishers, IN. Telecommuting permissible from home office anywhere in U.S. Long term placement at unanticipated client sites in U.S. possible. Salary: $95,389/yr. – $153,504/yr. Benefits summary: https://verista.com/careers/. Resumes to: HR Team HR@verista.com.
• Determining needs and advising customers on their purchases.
REQUIREMENTS:
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in sales. PAY: Competitive Disccused at interview.
LOCATION: Carmel Indiana
CONTACT:
Call 317-846-2535 ask for Nick.
Carmel area law firm needing Legal Assistant experienced in personal injury & medical malpractice.
5+ years of experience preferred. Must be reliable, have a positive attitude, understand legal & medical terminology, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Salary at top of scale commensurate with experience, 401k with matching, fully paid health, dental, and vision benefits. Send resume to cyount@hovdelaw.com.
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Full-time receptionist needed for busy law firm located in Carmel. $20+/hour depending on experience. Previous experience working in the legal field required. Health, dental, vision, and 401k available. Send resume to cyount@hovdelaw.com. No phone calls or walk-ins accepted.
Seasonal Landscaping and maintenance position. Two available. Location: 146th St & Towne Rd. in Carmel
• Perform general landscaping duties including mowing, edging, trimming, and blowing
• Maintain lawns and garden beds by mowing grass to specified heights and ensuring a neat, professional appearance
• Operate and maintain landscaping equipment such as lawn mowers, string trimmers, edgers, and leaf blowers
• Assist with seasonal tasks including mulching, weeding, pruning shrubs, and debris removal
• Work efficiently both independently and as part of a team in various weather conditions
• Ensure job sites are left clean and customer-ready after each visit with an emphasis on quality over quantity. $15/hr, flexible hours with adequate notice. Email resumes to: kreg.fisher@gmail.com
