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Keith McQueen’s Ministry of Love Keith McQueen’s a pastor in Indiana, a clergyman who preaches from the altar of Powerhouse Church. He’s also a gay Black man who’s recently become engaged. Against the backdrop of Indiana’s recent controversies surrounding RFRA and marriage equality, Diana Ensign has authored a fascinating look at one man’s journey.
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The controversy and discussion over RFRA is far from over. In fact, it has ignited an even bigger movement to bring equality to the LGBTQ community. We have the logistics, opinions, and a perspective on how loud money really talks.
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A new artist collective (named The Collective, natch) is trying to break the First Friday cycle by showing work on their own schedule — and even trying to sell some of it. And your freeloading days are over, people of Indianapolis. Starting this week, it’s going to cost you $18 to get into the Indianapolis Museum of Art. See how that cover charge stacks up against other Midwest museums.
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The world of social media was on fire from RFRA, from the statehouse to the grog house. You had a lot to say about it online, so we put in in print. Yard House opened its Indianapolis location not too long ago. It was good, but it’s still very corporate. A Couple Cooks’ Sonja and Alex Overhiser share an easy, springy and meat-free recipe that makes a few delicious lunches. And lastly, get out and enjoy Sarah’s picks for some of the best upcoming dining and drinking events in the city.
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I sent my people all over this week: to chat with the Sophie Faught Trio before their album release at Indy Reads; to the first ever Indiana Museum of Music and Entertainment pop up; to hang with rapper Drayco; and to the Birdy’s Battle Royale. Don’t forget to flip to our absolutely massive Soundcheck, which includes what feels like millions of live music events this issue.
New release from the Sophie Faught Trio.......................... PG. 26 Drayco profile.................... PG. 28 Souncheck.......................... PG. 30
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ou know what the big takeaway was “increased risk to its hospitality-related from the controversy over the Religious revenues” due to a possible downturn Freedom Restoration Act? in tourism and convention business.” No, it wasn’t the adage “it’s not what And keep this in mind: the Indianapolis it is, it’s what it looks like.” Nor was it convention business generates about “be careful what you pray for, you just $4.4 billion for the state. The taxes from might get it.” No, the big lesson from those dollars help pay for schools and this week’s RFRA controversy was that other services. And a lot of those schools “money talks and b******* walks.” (My and services are not in Indianapolis, but uncle taught me that.) in Richmond, Warsaw, Charlestown and To translate that into something less Greenwood, just to name a few. urban, that basically means that when It wasn’t just the RFRA opponents who you want to get somebody’s attention, took advantage of capitalism. Remember start messing with his or her money. Or, the story about the pizza place in Walkto put it in a more positive light, capitalerton, Indiana, whose owners said they ism can be the cure for what ails us. would not cater a gay wedding because it There were examples of this all over violated their religious beliefs? (Granted, Indianapolis during the RFRA dustup: I don’t know any self-respecting couple, Gen Con, Angie’s List, SalesForce, the gay or straight who’d have pizza catered National Collegiate Athletic Association. to their wedding, but I digress). Well, A lot of big names were expressing their a bunch of people got mad (to put it concerns over what they thought the mildly) and the owners had to close the potential discriminatory impact of RFRA place down. Then a bunch of people could be. I know, this is where you say RFRA didn’t allow for discrimination; that got mad at the bunch of people who got mad at the pizzeria and started a GoRFRA, or laws similar to it were already Fund Me campaign, and, as I write this on the books. That RFRA was signed into law by Bill Clinton in the mid-1990s. That column, they’ve raised at least $800,000 Barack Obama voted for a similar version of RFRA when he was in the Illinois legislature. Yes, all that is true, and this is When you want to get where I remind you of my first somebody’s attention, start adage: Enough people made enough noise about what they messing with his or her money. would do with their money if something wasn’t done about RFRA. Lawmakers heard the message loud and clear and started for the owners. Once again, the magic of down the road of fixing the problem. capitalism worked. And the problem was getting bad. Now does this mean we can scrap Indiana was on the verge of a major all anti-discrimination laws? Of course economic meltdown. And this was a not. And I don’t have a problem adding meltdown everyone would have felt. It sexual orientation and gender identity to wasn’t just my friend who was a downthe state’s civil rights code. But if there’s town nightclub owner who lost a $10,000 one thing this experience should have event because of the RFRA controversy. taught us, you can talk crazy all you It was also Moody’s credit agency sound- want, but when you start, as my uncle ing the alarm. The agency called the reused to say, “messing with other folks’ action to the law a “negative credit devel- money, it’s about to get deep and it’s opment” for the city and the state, saying about to get real.” in its credit outlook report that there was And it got real. n
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he relief seemed almost palpable Thursday as the attacks on Indiana eased – but the break may be only temporary. Republicans and some business leaders had struck a deal on a so-called fix for the divisive Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The goal was simple: Stop the bleeding. And maybe the fix did that. But at best, it’s only a bandage. Certainly, it fails to address the very thing that most of RFRA’s critics were actually complaining about: Indiana law does nothing to protect people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender from discrimination. That was the case before the legislature started down a road that led to economic upheaval, and it’s the case now – save for the few communities in Indiana with local ordinances that ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. Instead, the fix – a sort of compromise between GOP legislative leaders and some in the business community – ensures only that RFRA can’t be used as the reason a business or individual discriminates. And the change says that RFRA can’t be used as a defense in a lawsuit or prosecution about discrimination. It’s a move that made religious conservatives angry because they believe it watered down the law, which likely speaks volumes about their original goals. Democrats and LGBT groups, meanwhile, say it doesn’t go far enough. It’s also language that Democrats had been trying to get Republicans to include in the bill throughout the debate on the issue – but the GOP had repeatedly asserted that RFRA couldn’t be used to discriminate. And in truth, they’re probably right. But what RFRA did, accurately or not, was create the perception that discrimination against gays and lesbians is acceptable – as long as it’s done in the name of religion. And that perception should have been a surprise to no one. 6 VOICES // 04.08.15 - 04.15.15 // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO
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The push for RFRA came less than a year after gay rights opponents had lost a battle to put a ban on same-sex marriage into the Indiana Constitution and the federal Court of Appeals made those unions legal in the state. The very people who had opposed gay marriage were the ones pushing RFRA. Still no one on any side of the issue could have predicted the maelstrom that resulted from RFRA’s passage. Social media exploded with complaints and insults and accusations hurled at Pence, lawmakers and the state. Prominent companies, including Apple, banned employee travel to the state. Some state and local governments prohibited taxpayer-funded trips to Indiana. Angie’s List canceled expansion plans in Indianapolis. All said they were reacting to the RFRA law. Certainly, the new language essentially wipes out the possibility that discrimination could result from RFRA. But that just means the state is back where it was before the session began. The fix did nothing to actually ensure that gays and lesbians are protected from discrimination. And regardless of where you stand on that issue, it was at the center of the virulence directed during the past two weeks at Indiana, its people and its economy. If state leaders want to avoid a repeat of that outrage – and the business boycotts that came with it – the anti-discrimination debate seems a must. House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, said there’s no time for it this session, which ends April 29. That’s curious given how quickly lawmakers came up with their RFRA fix. Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said the discussion about anti-discrimination legislation is likely next year. However, 2016 is an election year, which could make such a controversial debate too scary for lawmakers. But if the past two weeks are any indication, it could be just as risky to ignore the issue – for the state’s economy and maybe even for lawmakers at the ballot box. n
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With the passage and signing of last week’s “clarification” language to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the massive outcry to the law itself has subsided a great deal in Indiana. However there is no doubt that the statewide and national outcry has left a void in the wallet of Indiana’s economy. John Ketzenberger, Executive Director of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute, talked to NUVO about the extent of the damage. NUVO: How much do you think we lost?
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here is a movement growing in Indiana. Whether or not Governor Mike Pence has it on his agenda, Hoosiers are calling on the state to strengthen civil rights protections for the LGBTQ community. While the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) may have accelerated the movement, the proverbial ball began rolling a few years ago. Organizations like Freedom Indiana helped mobilize those most passionate about LGBTQ rights. The fights over marriage equality were equivalent to the battles of Lexington and Concord that signaled the start of the American Revolution. Now the “new” revolution is the fight to have sexual orientation and gender identity recognized as immutable characteristics protected under Indiana civil rights laws. The recognition would place sexual orientation and gender identity on par with race, religion, disability, color, gender and national origin or ancestry. When asked by the press if adding sexual orientation and gender identity
to Indiana’s civil rights laws would be or could be addressed by the Legislature this year, House Speaker Brian Bosma, RIndianapolis, and Senate Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, said there were too few states with those protections on the books for Indiana to rush into the issue and it would be impossible for the needed rigorous debate and intensive study to take place during the current legislative session. According to the ACLU, 18 states and Washington D.C. include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in their employment nondiscrimination laws while three others have protections for sexual orientation only. Here in the Midwest, sexual orientation is protected in Wisconsin while Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa have protections for both. Although Indiana has no state statute protecting the LGBTQ community, several cities and counties have the language in their local human rights ordinances. Muncie became the latest city to include sexual identity as a protected class in its local ordinance along with those with disabilities and veterans when the
Muncie city council voted to add the language Monday night. Mayor Dennis Tyler said the decision to act quickly was a direct result of the RFRA controversy as he and city councilors feared the consequences if they didn’t do something now. Muncie now joins Indianapolis, Bloomington, South Bend, Evansville, New Albany, West Lafayette, Lafayette, Fort Wayne, Michigan City and Terre Haute as Hoosier cities that all have sexual orientation protected against discrimination through local ordinances. Indiana’s civil rights laws cover protected classes in terms of credit, employment, education, housing and public accommodations. However, the LGBTQ community is not granted any of those protections by way of state statute. The only “right” gays and lesbians have in Indiana currently is the right to marry. That right’s less than six months old — and wasn’t the result of state law, but came from a heated battle in the federal court system. Despite the U.S. District court’s declaration of Indiana’s marriage law as unconstitutional, not one legisla-
JOHN KETZENBERGER: It’ll be hard to figure it out for a while, because we’ll have to see what shows up in the revenue reports. The chances of that showing up in a hundreds-ofmillions-of-dollars-report, that’s going to be kind of small. We Ketzenberger won’t know for sure — and I will say that the agreement that leadership reached with business probably staved off the real hit. I think they’ve satisfied business. We’ve heard a resounding silence in the nearly 24 hours since. The hit that we’ve taken, while very real for some people, is going to be minimized by the fact that they finally got the worst of it out of the way. Honestly, though, I think we’re talking millions of dollars — we’ve lost that convention with the Disciples of Christ, we know that we lost the AFSCME convention, and I’m sure that there’s some other collateral damage across the state. We’re talking millions, probably on the order of $10 to 20 million. NUVO: And we don’t know the cost of a business that was perhaps even looking at several locations, or had thoughts of expansion and simply crossed Indiana off their list. KETZENBERGER: That’s right, we’ll never be able to identify that. The Angie’s List situation? That’s kind of hard to quantify. There’s a dollar value associated with that, but there’s also a collateral situation — the effect on the near East Side would’ve been very positive, and could’ve spurred a lot more development. If [the Angie’s List expansion] really ends up not happening, there’ll be a dollar cost — whatever investment Angie’s List would’ve made — the amount of jobs they would’ve added AND all the lost potential; improvements from the split east to where El Sol de Tala used to be. That’s quite a stretch. I think that had a real potential for a catalyzing factor. That’s the only reason why I thought the deal was any good … restaurant, retail, that’s an area where you could even have some industrial [business] come back in. That’s an unquantifiable cost, but it’s an opportunity lost. That’s something that could set back that area years, literally years.
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“Nope. Not Enough. It’s time for Full Civil Rights / Basic Human Rights for all across the board. Period.” — KEVIN “Full repeal. Then add a proper law. Oh, and can anyone tell me which religion holds beliefs that interacting with or doing business with a gay or lesbian is forbidden? Certainly not the Christian faith. I am unaware of any religion that believes such a thing, so I am not sure who we are supposed to be protecting here. It is very confusing, but mostly because it appears to be so by design. I assure you, this bill is more about twisting in a perverted way our Constitution in response to the fact that people just don’t like what the Constitution says and means. I am publicly calling on Governor Pence to resign. He has done enough damage to our state for a lifetime.” — MIKE “WE DON’T NEED the Bill at all! useless use of time and energy of our legislature.” — JEFFREY “Bandaid Fix where amputation was needed.” — ROSEMARY “The good news is that Indiana is under the national microscope, so if our esteemed governor and legislature try another sleight of hand trick with their “fix” there will be another round of national outcry.” — DAVID “Fixed, as in, they got people to stop talking about it.” — JEN “So the group that set out to limit freedoms to a certain group are now being forced to protect those freedoms - too funny. Pence needs to resign, aside he had cost the state surely countless millions and diminished the character of the state to say the least.” — COLIN
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tor proposed a bill in the current General Assembly session to make any technical changes or to remove the language from the Indiana Code. The law that was invalidated by a federal court mandate has yet to be repealed. Both House and Senate Democrats have been calling for the repeal of Indiana’s RFRA law since public outcry and the destruction of the state’s reputation began. The Republican leadership, however opted for “clarification” language that essentially replaced an existing (and apparently meaningless) bill that was still active and ready for a vote in the Hahn Legislature. That language was meant to clarify that RFRA could not be used to discriminate based on someone’s sexual orientation. Legislators needed to quiet the booming concerns of the business community who reacted negatively to RFRA along with numerous others including Hoosier citizens, celebrities, corporate leaders and other states and cities around the nation. But civil rights attorney Stephanie Jane Hahn of Indianapolis says the “fix” is nothing more than a toothless tiger—a lot of show that really means nothing. “It’s not just enough to say, ‘Oh, well, we don’t want to discriminate,’” said Hahn. “There have to be actual remedies.” Hahn practices exclusively in employment and labor law, specifically discrimination and retaliation cases. From her perspective, RFRA was a bad idea from the very beginning. “It was a really poorly written statute first and foremost,” said Hahn. “Second of all, it certainly didn’t protect individuals or Indiana citizens. As a matter of fact, it threw a lot of people under the bus.” The part of RFRA that defines businesses and corporations as protected persons by their sincerely-held religious beliefs is part of what makes the legislation so offensive for Hahn, especially when supporters are quick to say it’s similar to the federal RFRA passed in 1993 and signed by President Clinton. “It’s contrary to the very intent of the federal statute, which was to protect individuals who were engaging in religious practice, a sincerely-held religious belief, from interference by the government. And that’s not what we’ve done in Indiana,” said Hahn. In addition to a repeal of RFRA, Democrats are holding steadfastly to the demand that sexual orientation and gender identity be added to Indiana code as a protected class. Senator Tim Lanane, D-Anderson, has continuously
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“The majority of those folks [in the Legislature] are not from the more diverse pockets of our state… and the folks that have the ear of our Legislature and our governor are very far to the right.” — CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY STEPHANIE JANE HAHN
are exclusionary, elitist and they’re going to cost not only money for the state, but future of this state.” Hahn adds that there is really only one way to fix what has already been done (without a repeal of RFRA) and move Indiana forward and that requires action on Election Day. “And like it or not, until we do that, Indiana is going to be seen as a backwardslooking regressive exclusionary state,” said Hahn. “This is not just for the LGBT community to have their voices heard. For everyday folks who think that this was just horrible and inappropriate and unnecessary and divisive, they’re going to have to show up at the polls and vote.” Even so, the end game is now in place and plans are being made to keep the discussion of including sexual orientation and gender equality in the state’s civil rights statute at the forefront. On Saturday, supporters marched through the streets of downtown from Monument Circle to Lucas Oil Stadium and back to show Final Four attendees that Indianapolis is welcome to all while pushing legislators to seriously consider equality rights now. Katie Blair, campaign manager for
Freedom Indiana says the effort is just beginning to develop and take shape. “It’s clear from the last two weeks that there’s strong support from business leaders, faith groups and grassroots activists to push for statewide nondiscrimination language that protects Hoosiers on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity,” said Blair in an issued statement. “The end result of the RFRA was a more global realization that our state currently does not offer those protections, and we need to change that. I think you’ll see that effort building over the coming months and taking shape at the Statehouse in the next session, and Freedom Indiana will play an important role in that conversation.” With Indiana thrust into the national spotlight, the movement may be taking shape faster than even Hoosiers are prepared for. The day after the General Assembly rushed the clarification language through to Pence’s desk for his signature, the Minneapolis, Minnesota City Council passed a resolution calling on Indiana and the other 27 states that currently offer no protections to the LGBTQ community in their state laws to step up to the plate and enact those protections. n
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t’s not easy being a young AfricanAmerican male in Indiana — where prejudices and stereotypes still maintain a stronghold in business, religious and government institutions. It’s also no walk in the park preaching the word of God in modern times to a multicultural, radically inclusive Christian congregation. Add to these attributes a person who is same-gender loving — and you’ve got a man on a mission. It’s a calling Pastor Keith McQueen courageously accepts in his ministry at Powerhouse Church of Indianapolis. >>>
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Powerhouse Church recently hosted a showing of The New Black, a documentary PowerhouseChurch Church recentlyhosted hostedaashowing showingof ofThe TheNew NewBlack, Black,aadocumentary documentary Powerhouse that tells the story of recently how the African-American community is grappling with the thattells tellsthe thestory storyof ofhow howthe theAfrican-American African-Americancommunity communityisisgrappling grapplingwith withthe the that gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over gayrights rightsissue issuein inlight lightof ofthe therecent recentgay gaymarriage marriagemovement movementand andthe thefight fightover over gay civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the civilrights. rights.The Thefilm filmdocuments documentsactivists, activists,families familiesand andclergy clergyon onboth bothsides sidesof ofthe the civil campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black campaign to legalize gay marriage andblack examines homophobia in thethe black community’s institutional pillar — the church — and reveals Christian community’sinstitutional institutionalpillar pillar— —the the blackchurch church— —and and revealsthe theChristian Christian community’s right wing’s strategy of exploiting this black phenomenon in orderreveals to pursue an anti-gay rightwing’s wing’sstrategy strategyof ofexploiting exploitingthis thisphenomenon phenomenonin inorder orderto topursue pursuean ananti-gay anti-gay right political agenda. For information on how to show this film in your community, politicalagenda. agenda.For Forinformation informationon onhow howto toshow showthis thisfilm filmin inyour yourcommunity, community, political visit: newblackfilm.com visit:newblackfilm.com newblackfilm.com visit:
Like a lot of people in their mid-twenties — filled with exuberance over their pending nuptials — Pastor McQueen recently posted a picture on Facebook of him and his partner, Derrick Howell, with the following brief message: I have been blessed beyond measure to be united with someone that I KNOW is equipped to minister to my Whole being. God saw fit to connect me to an amazing man! MY Best-friend/prayerpartner/confidant/counselor/businessadvisor and now fiancé!!! September 12th can’t come quick enough!!! That simple post — containing less than 45 words — created an online firestorm, generating more than 41 shares and close to 300 comments. Many comments included hateful and derogatory language, calling Pastor McQueen and Derrick “pigs,” “evil,” “wicked” and “Satan.” “It’s double oppression,” explains Pastor McQueen. “You’ve been oppressed as a Black person, and you’re being oppressed as a LGBT person.” With complete candor, he says, “If you don’t deal with someone’s spiritual mindset around their human sexuality, or any aspect of themselves where there’s self-hate, you can’t help them.” He and Derrick didn’t take the negative remarks personally. “Neither one of us responded on Facebook, and the reason why is because, ‘an offended man is harder to win than a strong city.’ [Proverbs 18:19] If a person is in a spirit of anger, you’re not really open to allowing yourself to be educated or to be illuminated.” Pastor McQueen acknowledges that most of the people who made negative comments grew up similarly to the way he grew up. They were taught about a God that hates. “It’s religious indoctrination,” he says. “Every slur and every angry message are things that have been poured into them. They’re only giving back what they have been given.” He emphasizes that same gender loving individuals are often given two options in Christian churches. Option A: You choose God. You choose to live for Christ. Option B: You “choose” to be same gender loving. He notes, “You aren’t presented with Option C: You can love yourself and love God.” Pausing momentarily, he says, “I think we presented some people with Option C who had not entertained the idea.”
The African-American Christian Paradox With a strong tradition of fighting for civil rights, the African American church presents an interesting paradox on marriage equality. “I do believe that the African American church has dropped the ball when it comes to defending LGBT people,” says Pastor McQueen. “You would think that African Americans who have been
I got delivered from self-hatred. I got delivered from abusive theology. To me that’s deliverance. — PASTOR KEITH McQUEEN
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greatly mistreated and denigrated—still to this day—would be more welcoming and accepting. But unfortunately, there is so much prejudice.” The reasons may date back to slavery. “You dealt with a lot of stuff, but you couldn’t talk about it,” he says. “So people developed this mentality, ‘what happens in this house stays in this house.’” Today, that includes a reluctance to openly discuss human sexuality, especially in the African-American Christian church. “I’ll be frank, African Americans in the state of Indiana and in Indianapolis have not been equivocally empowered,” he says, “It’s a struggle of ours to get people on board to love themselves, particularly if they grew up in an environment where they were taught to hate themselves. You have to undo what has been done in order to walk them along the journey of self-acceptance.” Pastor McQueen also recognizes where marriage equality stands in history. “We know that we’re in the midst of a transition, not just in this city but in the world, and we respect that.” Ongoing dialogue, he believes, is critical. “One of the more unhealthy routes people have taken in the Christian church is—outside of clichés and derogatory language — no one has honest dialogue around sexuality. If you provoke conversation, then you’ve done something. You’ve planted a seed.” “People have been blessed by the preaching,” he continues. “And they have followed the ministry. At the end of the day, the biggest outrage is: ‘I heard a message through this vessel that impacted me spiritually. How can this person, as they would say, have this lifestyle choice and be used by God?’” In his words, that forces people to deal with some of their own issues.
God’s Early Calling Growing up third-generation Pentecostal, Pastor McQueen worked through those same issues himself. He readily concedes that loving the whole person
and coming to terms with same-gender love within a Christian context can take years, even more so when one has a southern Pentecostal background. Originally from South Carolina, his ministry began young. “I felt called to the ministry when I was nine,” he says. “And I preached my first sermon when I was ten years old.” One of his great aunts and her husband recognized the call of God in his life. While visiting them in Jacksonville, Florida, they asked if he wanted to preach one night. He answered “yes” and gave his first sermon, entitled, “The Things that Hinder Your Blessings.” That experience proved powerful. “I didn’t even know how to put together a sermon,” he reveals. “But the church was packed. People came out and were supportive.” At one point the power went out because of a hurricane. “It’s Jacksonville, Florida,” he laughs. They lit candles throughout the room and continued to worship. “It was an emotional night,” he says. “And I believe a lot of people were touched.” Throughout school, he remained active in the ministry. He continued to do so while attending college at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, where he studied psychology. He held after school prayer services, took kids to get baptized at the church, and prayed for people on campus. Hundreds of college youth came out for the prayer services. Ordained at age 17, Pastor McQueen says, “That’s what I’ve been doing ever since, and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.” But his path as a same-gender loving Christian has not been without personal hardships. “I went through the Pray the Gay away, Conversion Therapy (sexualorientation therapy), and all that,” he says. None of it worked. “I did believe at one point that one magical day I would wake up and have sexual desires for women, and I would not be same-gender S E E , M IN IS T R Y O F L O V E , O N P A GE 1 2 NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 04.08.15 - 04.15.15 // COVER STORY 11
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fering viewpoints, we are genuinely trying to reach a conclusion. It’s not about who is right. It’s about what is right.” Derrick and Pastor McQueen both agree on the importance of intimacy in their relationship. “We have this dynamic of intimacy that we believe in,” says Pastor McQueen. “Intimacy is, we say, into me see, allowing someone to see you authentically and telling each other how we feel. That’s one of the things I appreciate most about my relationship with Derrick.” Derrick agrees and adds, “One thing we push each other to do is to be completely vulnerable. It’s difficult. Both of us have been in different places where it wasn’t always encouraged. So to come into a relationship and safe space where you can say whatever has to be said and come to a conclusion about it, is one of the biggest pieces.” At Powerhouse Church, Derrick stresses, the ministry is also one of healing. “We use the phrase: ‘All the time, heal each other.’”
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loving. I prayed I would get delivered.” He takes a breath and then, with conviction, proclaims, “The truth is I did get delivered. I got delivered from self-hatred. I got delivered from abusive theology. To me that’s deliverance. Learning to love yourself is deliverance.”
Powerhouse Church Arrives in Indianapolis Pastor McQueen moved from Atlanta to Indianapolis in 2012 and quickly began Powerhouse Church, with only six people. It’s a culturally diverse ministry that offers restoration to the whole person, including health and wellness services, GED training and preparation, and advocacy for the rights of individuals in the AfricanAmerican LGBT community. “It can be tough,” he says. “Particularly when you pastor in an authentic space. When you pastor a church like Powerhouse, where people have attended church all their lives but maybe weren’t honest or upfront about certain aspects of who they are, and then you create a space for all people, that means all of their baggage and all of their hurts, the things other ministries weren’t able to deal with, it comes into one room.” But the message he imparts is clear, “Faith, Healing, and Equality as a right to every willing vessel.” At Powerhouse Church, he declares, “Everyone can know the love of Christ.”
Meeting His Life Partner Derrick Howell came to Powerhouse Church two years ago. Gifted with a joyful singing voice, Derrick is active in the choir — a rousing Spirit filled offering each Sunday that brings the church to its feet, clapping and dancing. He also devotes management talents to the finance department. Pastor McQueen explains that a little over a year ago, the two became friends beyond the pastor role. “What I liked about the friendship,” Pastor McQueen says, “is that I could be my whole self around Derrick. I could be Pastor McQueen, and I could just be Keith. And for some strange reason, Derrick seemed to have an ability to deal with that.” He laughs. “After I’m done pastoring people, he has the grace to pastor me. That’s a whole ministry within itself.” Derrick smiles good-naturedly, nodding his agreement. Gradually, their relationship evolved from platonic friendship to romantic. “I wanted to be very careful going into it,” Pastor McQueen explains. “We sought counseling, both spiritual and secular, to
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Pastor Keith McQueen founded Powerhouse Church of Indianapolis as a culturally diverse ministry, committed to offering restoration to the whole person.
make sure that we were going down this path in a very healthy way.”
On Valentine’s Day, Derrick Proposes A humble and highly respected person in the church, Derrick quietly relays their engagement story. “We took a trip to Atlanta, and I met his parents and grandparents. We met the bishop of our organization and attended a church service there. Mostly, we just wanted some time to relax. He’s always busy and I’m always busy; so the weekend was a great opportunity to relax and enjoy each other’s company without all the different pools we get into.” Derrick had planned to propose and present a ring, but when he got to Atlanta, he realized the box containing the ring had been misplaced. Derrick says, “Saturday night, I decided, well, I had my ring. I’m just going to go ahead and propose and give him my ring and then work out the rest of the details later on.”
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“Thankfully,” Derrick continues, “he said yes!” Pastor McQueen picks up the thread of their story. “To me, our love is greater than something tangible. Whether he had a ring or not, I was going to say yes. He could have handed me a piece of paper with two boxes. ‘Will you marry me: Yes or No,’ and I would have said yes.” He glances at Derrick. “Our relationship is deeper than that. It’s one of the things I love about Derrick. The relationship goes beyond stuff and other entities. God has given us a certain magic. Our energy feeds off of each other. It’s so easy to converse with him.” Like all couples, they have occasional disagreements. Yet, Pastor McQueen finds that they don’t really argue. “Arguing is trying to defend something. I believe we don’t argue because there’s nothing to defend. When we come to a dispute where we share dif-
Pastor McQueen’s family dealt with news of the couple’s engagement a little bit better. He says, “I have taken the time to create an open and honest dialogue with my family, which isn’t easy when you grow up with a southern Pentecostal family. People don’t want to talk about it. They just want to pray about it.” He notes that he didn’t have unrealistic expectations and didn’t pressure them to accept certain ideas overnight that took him years to embrace. His grandmother also helped the process. “My grandmother is just a very loving person,” he says. “Her emphasis was on the love of God and the love of Christ. She has a mentality of, ‘It’s not my place to judge people. My assignment is to love people.’” Derrick’s family is still grappling with the engagement. “They haven’t met him yet,” says Derrick. “That’s a bit of a sore spot, but we’re working on that piece of it.” He trusts that his family will come around eventually. “They have known about my sexuality since I was 18,” he says. “But marriage is a new level that they just weren’t ready for.” He recognizes that many people have the idea that same gender love will go away or the individual will be delivered from it. “They don’t see the natural matriculation of living life where there comes a day when you’re actually getting married.” He sees signs of hope though. “Before it would be, ‘I don’t want to talk about it’ and now it’s ‘Well, tell me what he does. Are you ready to be the spouse of a pastor?’” He says, “I can see where God is working that out.”
Same-Gender Love is Not a Sin Reverend Jeff Miner, senior pastor at LifeJourney Church, leads a local Chris-
tian denomination of approximately 400. Married to his same gender spouse for 24 years, Reverend Miner studies and speaks on Biblical scripture as it relates to LGBT individuals who are followers of Jesus. He says, “It’s common when people are troubled about gay marriage that their concern begins with, ‘What does the Bible say?’ I understand and respect that. I take the Scriptures very seriously. My attitude is not that the Bible doesn’t matter. It matters very much.” In examining the body of scholarly research over the past 30 years, Rev. Miner does not find support for the idea that same gender loving relationships are a sin. “We as Christians have historically misinterpreted the Bible on other important subjects, such as slavery and the role of women in society,” he notes. “And we have held those misinterpretations for centuries.” According to Rev. Miner, the subject of LGBT relationships is another area where thoughtful Christians are coming back to the Scriptures and asking: “Did we get this right or has our interpretation been framed through the lens of prejudice?” Scholars of Bible scripture are finding that the Bible draws the same lines for same-gender loving
people as for straight people. “Abusive, violent, promiscuous sexuality is condemned,” proclaims Rev. Miner. “Loving, committed relationships are approved.” (See sidebar for scripture analysis).
Powerhouse Church: A Message of Love With beautiful stained glass windows, Powerhouse Church stands tall in the midst of a working class neighborhood on the East Side of Indianapolis. Its slogan is, “We’re transforming the world, one soul at a time” It is a safe space for all of God’s people, with a congregation now numbering over 200. “We believe God is love,” says Pastor McQueen. He also believes that there is such a thing as sin. He says, “One of the greatest sins is not giving yourself the opportunity to become all you can be. Not walking in truth. To me, that’s a sin.” He also believes in the scripture John 3:16. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” As he explains, “Nobody can determine who that whosoever is. I am whoso-
ever. We all are whosoever.” For Pastor McQueen, the greatest manifestation of the devil is “hatred. It’s bitterness. It’s unforgiveness. It’s ignorance.” In his view, ignorance doesn’t mean just not knowing. “The operative prefix in that word is ‘ignore.’ You don’t know and you don’t want to know.” He continues, “Some years ago, they didn’t believe in women preachers. A few years before that, they preached in the church that interracial couples were of the devil. A hundred years ago, they preached that slavery was the will of God. That it was the will of God to own another human being! It’s like a game of tag. Now same-gender loving and transgender people are it.” He concludes, “We didn’t change the message. We just extended the invitation. People who were not invited now have an invitation. They now have a place where they can bring their whole selves into the room and worship God in authentic and real truth.” “Actually, that’s what God commanded us to do,” Darren points out. “Love God and walk in truth.” Steadfast in their faith in God and love for one another, Pastor McQueen and Derrick carry on God’s work, making Powerhouse Church “A Place for All People.” n
But What About The Bible? Although most people assume the Bible condemns same-sex relationships, many Christians are starting to challenge that view. In his book, The Children Are Free, Rev. Jeff Miner argues that the Bible affirms loving, committed gay relationships. According to Rev. Miner, the passages commonly used against LGBT people are focused on violent or promiscuous sexual acts: • G enesis 19, where the men of Sodom tried to rape male angels. • L eviticus 18-20, where Moses prohibits homosexual practices common in Canaan and Egypt at the time, i.e., intercourse with male temple prostitutes. • R omans 1:18-32, where Paul denounces people who reject God, worship idols, and (in a hedonist quest) experiment with all kinds of sex. By contrast, Rev. Miner argues that the Bible affirms committed same-sex relationships: • M atthew 8:5-13, where a Roman centurion asks Jesus to heal his pais, a term used in ancient Greek to describe a beloved same-sex partner. Jesus performs the miracle and commends the centurion’s great faith. • M atthew 19:1-12, where Jesus affirms that God gifted some men to be “born eunuchs,” an ancient term that referred to men who were attracted to men and seemed born that way. • I Samuel 18-20 and II Samuel 1, which celebrate a relationship in which David loved Jonathan more than his wives (II Samuel 1:27). These and other passages are addressed in Rev. Miner’s book. Rev. Jeff Miner, co-author, The Children Are Free: Reexamining the Biblical Evidence on Same-sex Relationships.
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FIRST FRIDAY Apartment Art r Through April 24. Suppose you’ve just graduated art school. Free studio space and encouraging teachers have given way to a soulsucking day job and a tiny apartment. How will you keep hope alive? Maybe by following the lead of the sixteen young female artists featured in a new show at Indy Indie. Herron grad Katie Strantz’s mixed media sculpture/collage “Up and Out,” depicts tree houses enclosed by dense woods and overtopped by a balloon. Mixed media paintings by the Greenwoodbased Brittany Marie Ferguson, who works a day job as a screen printer for a medical supply company, explore the tension between wanting to be dominated sexually and the desire for empowerment. “Pain in the Ass” depicts a nude female figure with a deer skull for a head, a bunch of arrows embedded in her buttocks and at least two tattoos — one of a holstered gun, another of the words “Dirty Girl.” She seeks empowerment but ultimately she’s prey. The exhibition’s curators, Alyssa Arney and Natalie Mik, hail from Orange County, California. But there is a local connection. Alyssa Arney received her BFA from Herron in 2011 and was aware of Indy Indie’s reputation as a haven for emerging artists. This exhibition puts this space — a ground floor gallery in an apartment building — to excellent use. Indy Indie Artist Colony
Hilary Erin Russell: becoming y Through April 24. The centerpiece of Russell’s show is a diptych featuring two video screens. One screen shows Lesbian porn (just the foreplay, sans nudity). The other shows descriptive text by the artist describing the action on screen and the characters’ emotion. The idea here is an intriguing one — to appropriate material that most think has little artistic value and make highly personal art out of it. But this particular work — like other mixed media work in the show, including Polaroids supplemented by handwritten text — seem more like work in progress than art that fully integrates its materials. I found it impossible to follow the film clips on one screen and read the artist’s text on the other at the same time. Putting the screens closer together might fix this though, buth that might just be me being fussy. But this literal divide between her appropriated porno film and her descriptive text seems emblematic of her work on display here as a whole. Ultimately, I think the artist needs to (and can do) more to integrate her materials and her ideas. Gallery 924 — DAN GROSSMAN
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ou’d be hard pressed to find a group of more diverse or talented artists anywhere in the Midwest. Their output ranges from Susan Brewer’s ethereal abstract paintings to Heather Stamenov’s painterly snapshots of her fellow twenty-somethings to Lobyn Hamilton’s portraits of musicians made using bits of broken LP records. They call themselves “the Collective,” although they have no manifesto and no agenda other than to show their work together, support each other and — just maybe — help to build the contemporary art scene. Their next show, Wet Paint, Heavy Metals and Broken Records, opens April 9 at 5910 N. College Ave. It runs through April 12. This is the collective’s second exhibition. Their first was at Amelia’s in Fletcher Place in November 2014. Like the first, this will be a pop-up show in a temporarily vacant space. The commissar, as it were, of this collective, is one Constance Scopelitis. Like several other members, she has studio space at the Stutz. And like others, she’s making career inroads outside the Indianapolis area. For instance, Lobyn Hamilton’s work was recently featured on sets for the FOX series Empire. “We have this frontier, conservative, bible-banging vibe yet some of the most creative, out-of-the-box creative artists, writers, musicians, have come out of Indiana,” says Scopelitis. “I just feel like we’re in a little spot here and that’s why I keep getting pulled back.” The Collective began to coalesce two years ago, when several Stutz residents — including Scopelitis, Susan Brewer, Philip Campbell, and Richard Emery Nickolson — began talking about what Indianapolis was missing. “We started talking about the absence of an organized or acknowledged contemporary art scene,” says “Crane #2” by Richard Emery Nickolson
New work by Heather Stamenov, a founding member of the Collective.
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Scopelitis. “We’ve got the Hoosier Salon that just can’t figure out how to get into the 21st century….” And it’s become harder for artists to do good work and make a living in a scene defined by First Friday and largely devoid of commercial galleries selling contemporary work by local artists. “The concept of having an art opening every thirty days I think is torturous,” says Scopelitis. “I don’t think it’s fair to the artist to be swept up in that. Who’s creating fresh work every thirty days? It can’t be major work. Therefore the artists are promoting the idea of the low
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price takeaway piece hoping it leads to a major sale later. I think it’s a bad trend. Remember the days when a gallery was respectful to an artist, represented you, gave you a year at a minimum [to prepare a major body of work]?” And so the collective arrived upon a few simple resolutions. Collective members will not show work until they’re ready to show. The collective will pop up wherever and whenever a suitable space is available, but only for a limited time. And the core of the collective will invite like-minded artists to join the group. “Who wants to have bricks and mortar these days? It means finding a permanent space and manning a gallery,” says Scopelitis. “This is something different,” says Philip Campbell, whose contribution to the pop-up will be an extension of his “Your Catfish Friend” show at the iMOCA. “It’s a group of seasoned professionals who are really serious about what we do. We’re not showing because there’s anything cohesive about our artwork except the quality of the work and the commitment to the work. It’s not being curated except by ourselves. We have enough experience to do that.” n
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Saint Louis Art Museum: FREE Toledo Museum of Art: FREE Brooks Memphis Museum of Art: $7, free Wednesdays, teachers free Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati): $7.50, free Wednesday nights Detroit Institute of Arts: $8, locals free Grand Rapids Art Museum: $8, free Tuesdays (all day) and Thursday nights Hunter Museum of American Art (Chattanooga): $9.95, free first Sundays Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville): $10, under 18 free Columbus Museum of Art: $12, free Sundays Eiteljorg Museum: $12, Native Americans and IUPUI students and faculty free Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: $12 suggested, free Tuesdays, under 12 and military free The Louvre: 12 euros (about $13), all under 18 and Europeans under 25 free, unemployed free Walker Art Center (Minneapolis): $14, free Thursday nights and first Saturdays, under 18 free Indianapolis Museum of Art: $18, first Thursdays free, some local college students free Art Institute of Chicago: $23, locals $18, under 14 free flakes with unique economic situations. But we tend not to take into account such complex political factors when vacationing on a budget. Here then is a list of adult general admission at the Midwest’s biggest art museums (including Kentucky and Tennessee), including any free days and substantial discounts for locals or youth. We left off museums undergoing extensive renovation. And we added The Louvre, just for fun. n NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 04.08.15 - 04.15.15 // VISUAL 15
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Ugly Lies the Bone w Through April 18. Pain is sometimes a signal to stop what you’re doing. Other times it’s just a part of the healing process. The challenge is knowing when to avoid it, when to ignore it and when to embrace it. Lindsey Ferrentino deftly explores this challenge in her award-winning new play Ugly Lies the Bone, now at the Bloomington Playwrights Project under the direction of David Anspaugh before it opens off-Broadway this fall. Soldier Jess (Christianna Nelson) comes home to Florida to recover from horrific burns that she received during her third tour of Afghanistan. Unfortunately, other kinds of pain await her in the form of a lover who now avoids her (David Sheehan), a sister who is now dating a bum (Tory Crowe and Scott Parnell), a mother who has moved to a nursing home (Mary Carol Reardon) and more. A new kind of virtual reality game is supposed to help Jess with at least her physical therapy. She answers questions about her idea of paradise (“no sand!”) and the game’s technician, who is only ever the unseen Voice (also Reardon), develops Jess’ answers into a quiet, snow-filled forest. The contrast between the virtual forest and Jess’ real life is supposed to distract her brain enough from the pain so that she can bend and scoop a path through the trees using a virtual shovel. The Voice is only ever interested in Jess’ pain levels on a scale from one to ten, but the game helps Jess with her unquantifiable pain too. Along with the virtual reality game and lots of talk about seeing and accepting what is real, there is a touch or two of magical realism and more than one heart-breaking moment where someone unexpectedly sees what really matters even if they are blind in other ways. David Wade’s set design and Jeffrey Small’s lighting design smoothly fold several locations into the BPP’s intimate space. My program doesn’t give a credit for makeup, but from my seat, Jess’ burns looked very realistic. Perhaps they are part of Scott B. Jones’ costume design. In any case, this is a well-done production of an uplifting play about human resilience. Bloomington Playwrights Project — HOPE BAUGH
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Matthew Kraemer won the top slot at the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, replacing longtime Maestro Kirk Trevor, who will retire in May 2015. Each of three candidates for the position had the opportunity to conduct an ICO concert this season. An Indiana native and Butler grad, Kraemer is Music Director of the Butler County Symphony and Erie Chamber Orchestra (both based in Pennsylvania). Here’s Kraemer, from the press release: “This position would undoubtedly be highly attractive to any conductor, but I am also drawn to the ICO because of my sincere affection for the rich and varied repertoire available to chamber orchestra.”
I AM INDY sculptures unveiled Is it a good time for performance art in Indy? Edwin Wurm’s participatory OneMinute Sculptures are still “on display” at the IMA. Big Car Collaborative is busier than ever in its new Lafayette Square location, where you can play games or make noise just about any night of the week. And Mike Pence debuted his boundary-pushing one man show Bigotry in Motion. Add to the list the I AM INDY campaign, launched by Visit Indy and the Cultural Trail with help from Indianapolis Fabrications, which constructed the nifty cursive sculptures that read “ndy” and invite you to fill in the “I.” (While we don’t recommend making other letters, this is also a great photo op for you, Andy.)
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PopCon 2015 adds competitions Our homegrown pop culture convention heads into its all-important second year with a couple added attractions. First, in no particular order, is the Reboot Indie Game Awards, established “to promote and grow gaming and technology interests in Indianapolis),” which will hand out prizes to game
Butler ArtsFest: Crime and Punishment April 8-19. Seems like college students could really get into Dostoyevsky’s story of the fight between science and emotion, moral righteousness and human nature. Just not too into it. We’ve had enough of ideologues determined to clean up this wicked, filthy state. Lilly Hall Studio Theatre, $5 students, $10 seniors, $15 adults David Alan Grier (pictured at left) April 9-11. Maybe Grier hasn’t had much success on TV in the past couple decades (his Maya Angelou bit from 2008’s Chocolate News was hilarious, but it was an exception). But he’s diversified, doing Broadway, standup, improv, a ton of podcasts, Dancing with the Stars and, yes, a Tyler Perry TV movie. Crackers Comedy Club (Broad Ripple), $22.50-32.50, crackerscomedy.com
developers and students, including a $10,000 grand prize for best in show video game. And it’s probably much bigger news in certain communities that Season 2 of the Halo Championship Series will be held at this year’s PopCon (June 26-28 at the Indiana Convention Center). Sixty-four teams, including returning champs Evil Geniuses, will compete for their share of $50,000. n
Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea April 9-26. Eighteen-yearold Dontrell Jones III has resolved that he must sail the Atlantic Ocean in search of a long-lost ancestor. His family is not so sure. One of six finalists for the most prestigious best new play prize in the country, Harold and Mimi Steinberg American Theatre Critics Award. Phoenix Theatre, $20-33, phoenixtheatre.org
Butler ArtsFest: Lula Washington Dance Theatre April 10, 7:30 p.m. We excerpt here from Kyle Long’s interview with Lula Washington, published last week and available on nuvo.net: While Washington’s dynamic choreography has earned her dance company critical accolades and world tours, it’s her commitment to interpreting the complexities of the African-American experience through dance that has made her such a singular force. Though Washington confronts a range of difficult social justice STA GE EVENTS C O N T I N U E > >
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themes in her repertoire, her ultimate intent seems to be focused on uplifting humanity through her company’s impassioned, high energy dance. Schrott Center for the Arts, $15-30, butlerartsfest.com Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: All Beethoven April 9-11. Could one achieve a greater saturation of Beethoven, you might ask? And the answer would be no. Even if you added more Beethoven, you could not exceed the current ratio of Beethoven to not Beethoven. On the program: Symphony No. 8, Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor and the Lenore Overture No 3. Urbanski will conduct; Alice Sara Ott will handle the piano part. Hilbert Circle Theatre, prices and times vary, indianapolissymphony.org The Magic Flute April 10-18, 8 p.m. We’re told that IU Opera’s The Magic Flute, co-produced with The Atlanta Opera, will feature puppets, “pop-up book” set elements and dragons. Break out those asbestos suits, kids; it’s going to be a hot night in old Bloomington. Musical Arts Center (Bloomington), $25 adult, $12 student, indiana.edu Rapture, Blister, Burn April 10-May 2. The local premiere of one of Entertainment Weekly’s top ten plays of 2012. Catherine and Gwen went their own ways after grad school, Catherine moving up through the academic ranks, Gwen raising a family and making a home. Years later, they yearn to change places. But where would Gwen’s husband end up after such a switcheroo? Theatre on the Square, prices vary, tots.org
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Butler ArtsFest: Angela Brown and Friends: Mad Scenes! April 14, 7 p.m. Indy’s favorite soprano Angela Brown put together this program — featuring “mad scenes” from Tosca, Aida, Porgy and Bess, Peter Grimes and other shows — exclusively for the Outlaws and Outsiders-themed Butler ArtsFest. Schrott Center for the Arts, $15-25, butlerartsfest.com On Golden Pond April 14-May 10. IRT artistic director Janet Allen is at the helm of this production of On Golden Pond, a tearjerker if there ever was one. You probably know the plot: Just as Ethel and Norman are getting set to spend another summer at their cabin, they have to deal with a curveball: their step-grandson, who needs a place to stay. And here’s another complication: Norman isn’t quite as sharp as he used to be, though he’s reluctant to abandon any of his former activities (fishing foremost among them). Robert Eliot and Darrie Lawrence play Norman and Ethel. Indiana Repertory Theatre, $25-59, irtlive.com
Gold-Silver-Bronze April 11, 7:30 p.m. If you missed ‘em during the last fall’s competition, fret not. The three top laureates from the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis will again share the stage, each performing a “virtuosic” concerto with the Carmel Symphony. The Palladium (Carmel), $10-58, thecenterfortheperformingarts.org Talk of the Town: Annual Benefit for Storytelling Arts of Indiana April 11, 7:30 p.m. A Storytelling Arts of Indiana favorite, Donald Davis returns with another batch of stories cooked up in rural North Carolina. Indiana History Center, $30 advance, $35 doors, storytellingarts.org Butler ArtsFest: Embracing the Outsider April 12, 1 p.m. In this Butler ArtsFest event, faculty will perform boundary-pushing work by Jacob TV (a Dutch composer who was sampling and deconstructing the sounds of pop culture way before mashup entered the lexicon), Henry Cowell (who totally legitimized playing the piano with your fists by calling the results “tone clusters”), John Corigliano (whose celebrated and varied oeuvre resists any sort of pithy summing up between parentheses) and Tania León (whose syncretic works reflect her mixed French, Spanish, Chinese, African, and Cuban heritage). Schrott Center for the Arts, $15-25, butlerartsfest.com
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Butler ArtsFest: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars April 15, 7 p.m. The musicians that founded Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars all hail from their country’s capital, Freetown. But they met, as the name suggests, in the late ‘90s in a refugee camp on Sierra Leone’s border, where they scrounged up instruments — beatup electric guitars, a single microphone — to play for fellow refugees. You may know the rest of the story from a widely screened documentary that chronicled those formative years: They started playing in other refugee camps, picking up more musicians along the way — and about a decade later, they were performing in arenas around the world, headlining Bonnaroo, opening for Aerosmith. In the meantime, it hasn’t gotten much easier to live in Sierra Leone — band members said late last year that, with their homeland in the grip of the Ebola epidemic, they didn’t know what they would do when their visas expired. Schrott Center for the Arts, $15-25, butlerartsfest.com NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 04.08.15 - 04.15.15 // STAGE 17
OPENING The Hunting Ground This new documentary from Kirby Dick (Outraged, This Film Is Not Yet Rated) “makes a persuasive case that certain colleges and universities — which are called out onscreen — foster a culture that punishes victims and protects serial predators,” according to the Chicago Reader. PG-13, opens Friday at Keystone Art The Longest Ride It’s a new Nicholas Sparks movie! Luke is a washed-up rodeo champ yearning to get back on the bull. Sophia is a bright young thing hoping to crack New York’s art scene. Their love affair will span generations. Then eons, as we follow their atomic residue across the galaxies. Don’t miss this interstellar romance!! PG-13, opens Thursday in wide release Seymour: An Introduction Ethan Hawke’s documentary portrait of concert pianist turned educator Seymour Bernstein is earning near universal acclaim for its pitch-perfect, meditative mood and smart, intimate conversations about life and music. PG, opens Friday at Keystone Art While We’re Young r Forty-something couple Josh and Cornelia (Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts), tired of hearing about babies from their peers, befriend a twenty-something hipster couple, Jamie and Darby (Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried). Josh is a documentary filmmaker and Jamie wants to be one — what a coincidence. Writer/director Noah Baumbach’s (Frances Ha) story frets over motives more than is necessary, but it’s interesting to watch the goings-on anyway, and the mix of comedy to drama is solid enough. Charles Grodin and Beastie Boy Adam Horowitz costar. R, opens Friday at Keystone Art Woman in Gold A survivor of the Shoah (Helen Mirren) seeks to recoup family treasures stolen by the Nazis — among them a famous Klimt — with the help of a naive but energetic lawyer (Ryan Reynolds). Critics have praised Mirren but panned the predictable screenplay. PG-13, opens Thursday in wide release
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ild Tales offers six unrelated stories of people whose rage turns into action. Some of the films have twists worthy of Alfred Hitchcock. Some are reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. Only one story moralizes. The rest just focus on what happens when we snap, each starting realistically, then growing more outlandish as it proceeds. Hesitant to watch a movie anthology? Just think of it as the first season of a hot TV series that you can binge watch in only two hours. Argentine writer-director Damian Szifron’s wild tales are in Spanish with subtitles. If you’re like me (what a chilling idea), you’ll get so caught up in the proceedings that you won’t even think about that. The film starts off with “Pasternak,” a clever Hitchcockian tale that starts off with a casual conversation between two people (Maria Marull and Dario Grandinetti) and turns dark very quickly. Sadly, a recent, horrific real life event mirrors what happens in this story. To avoid spoilers, I’ll just say this: Immediately before the film starts you should close your eyes and think, “This is a movie written and filmed months ago that has nothing to do with real life events. I will focus on the story, period.” And while you’re focusing on the story, make sure you consider the identities of two people by the pool. Set at a diner at night, “The Rats” follows a waitress (Julieta Zylberberg) that realizes her only customer (Cesar Bordon) is a loan shark that drove her father to suicide. She tells her tale to the ex-con cook (Rita Cortese), who suggests an extreme revenge. All does not go smoothly. In “Road to Hell,” a businessman (Leonardo Sbaraglia) on an isolated stretch of road tries to pass the vehicle ahead of him, but the driver keeps swerving to block him.
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When he finally gets to pass, he screams an insult at the that driver. A few minutes later he gets a flat, which allows the other man (Walter Donado) time to catch up, and … The segment covers familiar territory, but the intensity of the battle nears Itchy and Scratchy magnitudes. Ricardo Darin plays a demolition engineer whose car gets impounded by predatory tow trucks in “Bombita.” Reread the previous sentence and you can figure out where the segment goes. The most serious film of the bunch is “The Bill,” a story of the arrogance of a rich man. When a young man (Alan Daicz) kills a pregnant woman in a hit and run, his wealthy father (Oscar Martinez) and the family lawyer (Oscar Nunez)
Music & Movies: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (1966) April 10, 7 p.m. New to this year’s Butler ArtsFest — devoted to the work of “outlaws & outsiders” — is this film series that pairs live performances with film screenings. Friday’s series opener will feature an electronic interpretation by Mana2 and David Arbury of the score to The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Indianapolis Museum of Art, $15 general, $9 member
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convince the poor groundskeeper to take the rap in return for money. The story is grimmer and more realistic than the others. Shame about that. Luckily, the segment is followed by “Till Death Do Us Part,” which shows what happens when a bride to be (Erica Rivas) discovers — at the wedding — that her fiancee (Diego Gentile) has been cheating on her with one of the guests. To say all hell breaks loose is to put it mildly. Finally, “Fix This Now” follows a blundering governor (Mike Pence) with presidential aspirations who, working closely with three bigoted fanatics (Eric Miller, Micah Clark and Curt Smith), signs into law a “religious freedom” bill, only to have the entire nation, including big business, turn on him and the people of his state. The resultant pressure forces the governor to change the law to protect the very people it was intended to hurt. Just kidding about that last one. Nothing that ridiculous could happen, even in a movie. n
Music & Movies: Bonnie & Clyde (1967) April 11, 7 p.m. The Minneapolis-based Brian Laidlaw will supply the music for this pairing, performing his multimedia album “inspired by the legacy of Bonnie and Clyde.” Indianapolis Museum of Art, $15 general, $9 IMA member, imamuseum.org
Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing April 14, 7 p.m. A new behind-the-scenes tour of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum coinciding with the 125th anniversary of the artist’s death. Various locations, $15 general, $12 child, exhibitiononscreen.com
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• SAVE THE DATE • SAVE THE DATE • SAVE THE DATE • SAVE THE DATE • Home y Harmless sci-fi cartoon for little kids. A cute alien called Oh (voiced by Jim Parsons) lands on Earth and ends up on the run from his own people. He becomes friends with a little earthling girl named Tip (Rihanna). The cast also includes Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez. Parsons is enjoyable, though it becomes clear why he isn’t popular with the home team. Parents need not fear – this is just a Nerf movie. PG, in wide release
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Furious 7 t The seventh in the Fast and Furious series amps up the action with more dazzling stunts, most of which look like they were actually staged rather than computer generated. The film is two hours and twenty minutes long, which is more than needed, but at least everybody keeps busy, except for Dwayne Johnson, who is stuck in a hospital bed for much of the film. Never fear, he’ll get out and have a few super battles along with the rest of the crew. Not a good as the last two, but it works well enough. Paul Walker gets a nice tribute at the end. PG-13, in wide release Get Hard y A serviceable R-rated comedy starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart about a wrongfully convicted investment banker (Ferrell) who hires the guy who washes his car (Hart) to help him prepare for prison. Hart and Ferrell make a winning team. Hart’s manic nature can get tiresome, but scenes of his character at home with his family remind us how likeable he is. Ferrell plays another man-child, but the growing friendship between James and Darnell allow him to evolve … a little. But Get Hard isn’t quite funny or offensive enough — even the blow job scene doesn’t quite deliver. R, in wide release Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem w In Israel, there’s no such thing as a civil marriage or divorce. Rabbis handle couplings and uncouplings, and it’s up to the husband to present a document called a “gett” to his wife to make a divorce official. Viviane’s husband, Elisha, refuses to present the required document. So she takes him to a court of three rabbis, where Elisha refuses to even speak. We watch the first hearing, then cut to the next, with words on the screen noting how much time has passed. Gett manages to communicate that sense of dragging on without becoming draggy itself. It’s a fascinating, moving story about a woman caught in a system that keeps power in the hands of the males. NR, at Keystone Art (closes Thursday)
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It Follows e Hey look, it’s a really good horror movie! How rare is that? Writer-director David Robert Mitchell doesn’t rely on stuff jumping out and screaming “Boo!” He builds the tension, slowly, and he gets you. The premise: Something is out there. It sets its sight on one person at a time and can only be seen by its target. BUT the target can redirect the thing by having sex with someone (as has long been a horror movie tradition, sex is punishable by death). That’s all you need to know. Get ready to be royally creeped out. R, in wide release Red Army e Remember the 1980 Miracle on Ice? Here’s a documentary on the other guys – the Russian Red Army hockey team, widely considered the best hockey team on Earth during the ‘70s and ‘80s. Gabe Polsky’s documentary, a mix of talking heads, archive footage, news clips and more, manages to stay lively while blending serious material with the fun stuff. And you get to watch these guys on ice – turning passing into an art form. The film profiles a number of players along with Slava Fetisov, legendary defenseman and captain of the Red Army. The heavy hands of the government are prominently featured, and the production follows several players as they move to America to join the NHL. PG, at Keystone Art (closes Thursday)
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What We Do in the Shadows e The first film I’ve seen this year that I could end up in my Best of 2015 list, but don’t let that raise your expectations. This mockumentary following four vampires that share a flat in the Wellington, New Zealand suburbs is silly, clever and consistently amusing, but not quite hilarious. Co-written and directed by Taika Waititi and Flight of the Conchords’ Jermaine Clement, it works nicely because the key characters are well-developed, including a 317-year-old English dandy who serves as den mother (Waititi) and an 862-year-old known for his savage (and freaky) killing techniques (Clement). NR, at Keystone Art NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 04.08.15 - 04.15.15 // FILM 19
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uy Maddin wants to make movies the same way his daughter drew pictures when she was a child: “Her feelings went straight from her heart to her paper.” The acclaimed Canadian filmmaker is headed to IU Cinema this weekend for a retrospective of his work, which Maddin described in a recent interview with NUVO as “a form of therapy.” Maddin grieved the loss of his father through his first short film, The Dead Father (1985), and explored his experiences with romantic rivalry in his feature debut, Tales from the Gimli Hospital (1988). He then found himself drifting into less personal, more escapist territory, directing a Russian war drama (Archangel); a satire about a suppressive mountain town in which emotions can trigger avalanches (Careful); and a romance fantasy in a land where the sun never sets (Twilight of the Ice Nymphs). “I kinda lost myself in the late ’90s and
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couldn’t figure out why to make a movie. I made a few that I didn’t like,” Maddin said. “I finally realized I could just look inwardly and find stuff about my past or the unfinished business in my family or Guy Maddin my conflicted feelings about Winnipeg. If I made those things the subjects of my movies, even if I disguised them in various genres, I could get fired up about filmmaking again.” Maddin was inspired by the way his relatives presented their own past. “My family has a way of describing things so that the decade or two leading up to my birth seems as mythically powerful as the Old Testament or Arabian Nights,” he said. Maddin’s family helped him realize that he could make the familiar territory of his own life seem fantastic and otherworldly. The films in his “me trilogy” are shot in hazy black-and-white, as if filtered through the dreamlike fog of his memories. “Since I was poking around in my
own earliest years, I felt comfortable using the film medium’s earliest flavors to represent them,” he said, noting the influence of German Expressionism and early silent-era cinema. For the third act of his trilogy, 2007’s My Winnipeg, Maddin rented his childhood home, rearranging rooms to fit his memories and dressing the actors in relics his mother saved. The film also explores lesser-known facets of Winnipeg’s history, including the demolition of the city’s hockey arena and If Day, a simulated Nazi invasion of the city mounted to promote the sale of war bonds in 1942. Maddin, who has “never gone to real therapy,” says his close examination of Winnipeg helped him to resolve his conflicted feelings about the city and his time there. “By the time one of these films is all finished, whether it’s any good or not, you gotta tour it around at some film festivals and talk the thing to death. By the time you’re finished with this project, which started out as a labor of love — a labor of
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obsession, actually — you’re so sick of it that you’re actually cured of your obsession,” Maddin said with a wry laugh. It’s fitting, then, that the upcoming retrospective at IU is named “The Magnificent Cinematic Obsession of Guy Maddin.” IU Cinema director Jon Vickers will lead a Q&A session with Maddin after the screening of My Winnipeg on April 9 at 6:30 p.m. David Church, editor of Playing With Memories: Essays on Guy Maddin, will interview the filmmaker on April 10 at 3 p.m. Maddin is also meeting privately with students studying film preservation and media production. Over the years, he has found several “lost” students who, like him, don’t know why they want to make movies at first. “It’s really nice when you encounter a student who is actually looking back or looking inward or just looking up close at something and trying to reproduce feelings,” he said. n
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What you’re saying: Last week, we told you about Mister Ice being dumped by Indy restaurant owners, who are boycotting the ice machine company because of his authorship of SB 101. It sparked a firestorm online, reaching almost 10,000 shares on social media. Here’s what you had to say:
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ou know that scene in Wayne’s World where Rob Lowe’s character Benjamin Kane takes Wayne, Garth and Cassandra up to his swanky Chicago apartment and then proceeds to order Chinese takeout even though Cassandra is definitely dressed for a night out? In the scene, it’s necessary to keep the characters in Benjamin’s apartment so that Garth can find the ribbed condoms (“For her pleasure. Ewwwwww.”) and other miscellany that make up Kane’s icky character. And you should be offended on the guests behalf, that Kane is basically impressing them with his exploitation-fueled wealth and then stuffing them with Select-grade cuts and salt, but those blue eyes and the jaw cut at a brutal 90 degrees just put a spell on you. And you know he smells good. Of course he always smells good. Yard House is Benjamin Kane in restaurant form. You could take this as both a compliment as much as a detraction, depending on what you like in other people. When you walk in the front doors, the handles of which are replicas of the yard-long beer glasses that started the franchise, you’re confronted by deep shades of brown all over. It’s not the high-shine, warm brown of a lacquered bar top, but the muted, matte brown seen in stylish west coast McMansions and penthouse condos. After opening the beer doors, the next thing you see is a huge glass wine locker filled with bottle after bottle of red wine. Perhaps this restaurant just has layers, man, you think to yourself. On every wall, there’s a long mural of artwork. You can see into the kitchen but it’s not “open” per se, and the floor plan is broken up enough to make you forget that the restaurant has a gigantic dining room and footprint. The Yard House is a recent acquisition of restaurant franchise giant Darden Restaurant Group, which also operates Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze,
“I don’t hear whining and complaining, just people exercising their rights to take their business elsewhere. Refusing patronage to those who refuse service. Sounds great to me.” — KERRY MORRIS
“The irony is these jerks thought they could sneak this through, get to be legal bigots, high five the deal, and strut all the way home. But instead have caused such an outcry that their entire house of cards is collapsing. They set themselves up to be exposed for who they really are, and found out most people really don’t like hate loving bigots.” — WAYNE URTON
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the way chain restaurants put together a menu and service style. My generation’s love of having anything they want at any time they want translates to Yard House offering every possible iteration of trendy food you could ever want on an enormous menu, from steak and ribs to street tacos, pasta, pizza and burgers. If you go to Yard House and you do not find something on the menu that sounds appealing, you are probably recovering from a stomach bug or unconscious. Personally, all that the huge menu gave me was decision paralysis, both for my food and cocktail. I ended up S E E , Y A R D H O U S E , O N P A GE 2 2
“Good. Actions have consequences. These folks knew exactly what the intent of the RFRA law was. Some like “Mr. Ice” here even admitted and chortled about it. The same excuses for bigotry (used in this law) were one used to permit discrimination against people of color. I do not consider a boycott of these people’s businesses to be revenge. It is simply natural consequences — something the rest of us learned as children.” — TIRED OF BS POLITICIANS Owners fight back Among the restaurant owners to get rid of their Mister Ice machines was Thunderbird owner Joshua Gonzales. He wrote Schneider a letter that we published on NUVO.net. The response was overwhelming, with the letter being shared over 2,000 times. It’s a beautiful thing, and I encourage you to hop onto nuvo.net/food to read the whole thing. Here’s a worthwhile bit:
“Because of my strong belief in progress, equality, and inclusion, it is without hesitation that I must break my lease with your business. The reputation of our great city and state are at stake because of a law that was drafted by a legislature that is grossly out of touch with Hoosier values. As a member of the hospitality industry, it is my job to welcome everyone that walks through the doors of Thunderbird, and I believe that our elected officials should want the same thing for all citizens of Indiana. As a minority I cannot sit by and watch another group of people fall victim to marginalization. Finally, as a human being I cannot support the notion that there is something wrong with two people of the same sex loving each other. Life is hard enough. Why should we draft laws to limit people’s joy?”
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getting tacos at the suggestion of our server and a poke (pronounced PO-Kee) stack, which was just marinated raw ahi tuna served with shaved veggies on a stack of fried wonton wrappers. The restaurant serves a few happy hour deals every day, which is what helped me narrow my decision. The beer menu, however, is what draws most into the restaurant. The Indianapolis location has 130 beers on tap, so this is really the ideal spot for the grown up beer enthusiast. But again, the huge menu is as paralyzing as it is enticing, and we found ourselves more emotionally invested in making the right choice than, you know, talking and socializing. My first recommendation, if you decide to order a cocktail, is to get one off of the low calorie cocktail menu. Otherwise, you’re going to get a big glass of fruit-flavored syrup. I asked for a recommendation for the “least sweet” cocktail on the menu after seeing a lot of juice and syrup-based drinks on the menu. The one that came to me tasted more or less like orange Fanta. Just to make sure
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it wasn’t a fluke, I ordered a gin-based “cucumber and strawberry” cocktail, which was delicious but, unfortunately, still pretty puckeringly sweet, but this time much more balanced against the green botanical flavor of cucumberheavy Hendricks. Before we get any further, I just want to say that all the food we had there was very good. I sought refuge in the familiar comfort of tacos, which I consider a good metric for the overall quality of a place, and I was really pleased with what came to the table. For their part, Yard House’s menu is concurrently mature with the Millenial generation’s complex tastes. I had one Korean Barbecue short rib and one made of backened cod. Both of the proteins were well-seasoned, wellprepared and dressed with what tasted like freshly-chopped veggie slaw. The avocado plated with the tuna stack was obviously freshly sliced and the lettuce recently dressed. I didn’t have anything that I wouldn’t recommend, so it appears that their formula is working. Perhaps Darden is learning that the new generation of diners has been to the farmers market a few times and likes their produce fresh and generally un-fucked-
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The low-calorie cocktail menu provides the most flavor and the least amount of juice and syrups.
around-with. After all, we’re the same generation that got Wal-Mart to add an organic section. Who’s to say that giants like Darden can’t figure out the basics like not using week-old trash vegetables?
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Now, are you doing to encounter any ground-breaking flavors here? Certainly not. But you are probably going to get the kind of food you’re in the mood for, and you’re not going to pay an outrageous sum of money. Then again, if you want to pay an outrageous sum of money to eat steak and drink wine in a well-dressed sports bar, which is what a place with a TV on every hung from every vertical plane is, you can absolutely do that, too. Yard House will be happy to find a way for you to spend your money in their restaurant in whatever way you see fit, except maybe naked. That’s what a Benjamin Kane date would be like: nothing life-altering, but a good time with a good-looking guy without much substance beyond wanting to make money, spend money and be good-looking. So enjoy your ahi tuna, or tacos, or burger, or steak, and enjoy the artificial sophistication of ash-toned brown seats and fancy bathrooms and enjoy yourself, but don’t feel bad about only looking them up when you just want to eat something predictably good that tastes freshly-prepared, like an evening spent with a bland, overeducated, handsome, pine-scented Broxecutive who “plays as hard as he works.” n
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Spring is finally here, and it’s time to head back to the farmers market and make use of high-quality produce. We’re big fans of healthy, whole food here at NUVO, so we’re bringing you recipes from some our favorite Indy-area food bloggers. This week, the recipe comes from Sonja and Alex Overhiser, the married duo behind the blog A Couple Cooks (acouplecooks.com). They eat a mostly plant-based diet, so we reached out to see what they would have for a Meatless Monday meal. Not only is this recipe inexpensive, but one batch makes a few lunches and is a nice source of lean protein, from both the yogurt and the eggs. Pile on some shaved radishes for a nice, crunchy bite. “We layered ours on bread with sprouts to make a gooey, satisfyingly messy sandwich,” says Sonja. “It’s a fresh way to enjoy some of the spring ingredients popping up this time of year (and an especially good lunch option, since it’s good for a few days in the refrigerator).”
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Boil the eggs, using the Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs method. When the eggs are cooked and cooled, peel them and chop them roughly. Wash the radishes, then cut them in half and thinly slice them. Thinly slice 3 tablespoons chives. In a bowl, combine the eggs, radishes, and chives with 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt. Taste, then add more seasonings as desired. To assemble, spread egg salad on one bread slice, then top with sprouts and another bread slice. NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 04.08.15 - 04.15.15 // FOOD 23
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Tinker Coffee’s cupping classes Thursdays and Sundays. I was lucky to be invited to one of Tinker Coffee’s cupping classes last weekend, and it was one of the best food education experiences I’ve had in the last couple of months. With so many new roasters and coffee products hitting the market, it was nice to get a handle on how to taste coffee, how to tell the subtle differences in region and bean, and how to brew the perfect cup. They take you through the entire tasting process one little handful of beans at a time, from the whole bean, smelling the grind, the bloom, and finally, tasting the coffee itself. Stephen Hall and Mitchell Tellstrom are passionate about their product, and it’s a fun way to let someone who spends every day making great coffee share their expert knowledge with you. Might also be a fun kick-off to a bachelor or bachelorette weekend. 212 E. 16th St., 770-365-0250, $15, tinkercoffee.com
Chefs’ Night Off presents: A Lack Thereof April 12, 5:30, 7:30 p.m. I would write about this event even if the organizers of it didn’t pay me rent to live in my house. That I can promise. This evening is going to, once again, bring together some of the best and the brightest in Indiana culinary talent, and it’s going down at Beard semifinalist David Tallent’s restaurant in Bloomington. If you missed the Ivy Tech beer pairing dinner a few Mondays ago, I’m sorry to say that you are doing life badly and wrong. Chefs’ Night Off consistently puts on really fun, casual events that showcase some of the best talent in Indianapolis food. The next dinner is bringing together Michael Blagg from Restaurant Tallent, Chris Blinde of Upland Brewing Company, Lake Hubbard of Uptown Cafe, Justin Eiteljorge of Bluebeard and Tobey Moreno of Plow & Anchor. Grab tickets before the sale ends on eventbrite.com. 208 N. Walnut St. (Bloomington), 812-330-9801, $65, restauranttallent.com
Evening of Sustainable Food April 21, 7-8:30 p.m. Tyner Pond Farms owner and HUSK entrepreneur Chris Baggot and HUSK’s Nick Carter are spending an evening talking about what drew them to join the sustainable food movement. Both are known for employing their own brand of farming and sustainability, and they’ll be talking about the challenge of building the restaurant supply market and other avenues of growing the sustainable food movement. There are only a handful of tickets left, though, so get to eventbrite.com and grab yours now. All you have to do is register. 908 E. Westfield Blvd., FREE, thegardentable.com Indy Brew Fest April 25. The first-ever Indy Brew Fest is kicking off down at Victory Field, and they’re bringing over 50 breweries, food trucks, music, games and — wait for it — unlimited beer. We know that this one’s going to be a blowout, so get your tickets now and please, for the love of God, take an Uber or a cab down to the field. 501 Maryland St., $40-$50, eventbrite.com
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Save the Monarchs exhibit Now through April 30 during Artsgarden hours. Our pal Jim Poyser put this nifty thing together along with Earth Charter Indiana: fourth and fifth graders in Indiana created 3D sculptures of monarch butterflies from repurposed materials that will hang in the Artsgarden throughout April. This month-long event will feature the arts in service to explaining the threats to monarchs, as well as the solutions.
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Earth month and the Catwalk for Clean Water First things first: It’s April — Earth Month — and there are a lot of ways to show your support for the environment in Indiana. How will you get involved? Aveda Earth Month is a very special relationship between Aveda salons and the Hoosier Environmental Council to raise awareness of water quality issues in Indiana — and yours truly is helping to make sure it’s a huge success. Throughout the month of April, salons all over Indiana will host various activities raise money for HEC’s work to advocate for clean water in our state. Highlights include Catwalk for Clean Water on April 12, Appointments for Water at Aveda Fredric’s Institute on April 24, Earthfest in Fort Wayne on April 25, Water Warrior Yoga on April 26, and the Running Water 5K in Fort Wayne on April 26. If you are a guest at an Aveda salon, please consider supporting their efforts by buying baked goods, raffle tickets, or plant starts to support HEC! Check out the hoosierwaterwarrior.org website for all the details. Save the Monarchs will be held in the Artsgarden throughout April. This month long event will feature the arts in service to explaining the threats to monarchs, as well as the solutions. “What does the Indiana Legislature have to do with my life?” at the IUPUI Campus Center kicks off Earth Month at IUPUI on April 1. That same evening, The Path to a Sustainable Career will also be at the Campus Center. Mama Summit is hosted by Moms Clean Air Force on April 8. It’s a chance for moms, dads, grandparents and kids from across the country to show support for efforts to protect the air our children breathe and a call to action on climate change. West Central Indiana’s largest and longest-running Earth Day Celebration is on April 18 at White Violet Center for Eco-Justice in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.
Earth Day Indiana is the state’s largest celebration of environmental protection, conservation of natural resources and sustainable living. This year on April 25, White River State Park is sure to be packed with great green activities, products, music, and food (I’ll be there with Pogue’s Run Grocer!). Covanta will be accepting unused and unwanted drugs — excluding sharps, hazardous waste, and mercury — at booth D1 at Earth Day Indiana. This is a good opportunity to clean out your cabinets of old medicine that should never ever be flushed down the toilet. The Earth Day Community Celebration on April 26 at the JCC is a family-friendly, handson community event designed to inspire environmental stewardship and to reconnect people with nature. Hope to see you at one or more of these Earthy events! PIECE OUT, RENEE
Foam party When I get a to go cup from a restaurant and it is styrofoam I see it has the recycle logo on the bottom with a number like a 4 or 6. I always thought these weren’t recyclable. Are they now or am I just being misled? — UNKNOWN In fact, polystyrene (the material that cups, plates, take-out containers and such are made of) is a No. 6, but it’s tricky to recycle. It is not accepted in your curbside bin or in general recycling bins around town. Heritage Materials Management will accept clean, white food service polystyrene from the public during their business hours, M-F 8 a.m.-3 p.m. But it seems like you would need to collect a carload of clean cups and plates to make it worthwhile. You’ve gotta know what’s coming next though. Right? DO NOT get a to go cup from a restaurant, especially if it is polystyrene. If you really need to have a road beverage, bring your own reusable cup/bottle.
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If there’s one thing that I hope my readers take away from Ask Renee, I think this might be it: Eliminate single-use items from your life! We are such a wasteful society. Sometimes I think about how many bottles, cups, forks, napkins, paper towels, spoons, etc. I have saved from the landfill or incinerator by using my own reusable versions. Then I think about how many more that could be if everyone would do the same. It would have a HUGE impact. Please, please challenge yourself this Earth Month to eliminate at least one single-use item from your life. You’ll feel good about what you’re doing for the environment and it will add up! RANT OVER. RENEE
Shred this We live in Carmel and have tons of paper for shredding (personal stuff). Spring cleaning is around the corner so are there any sites where we can take boxes of personal papers to be shredded? Thanks for your help! — MARLENE Yup, it’s about time to send those 2011 taxes through the shredder (irs.gov recommends keeping records for 3 years). There are shredding businesses all around town that shred and recycle for a nominal fee. I like Quick Shred at 62nd and Binford because the owner, Chris, once shared that they recycle with Scott’s in Michigan who turns the shreds into toilet paper and napkins. So, I may be wiping my ... face with old bills! They will give you a nice sturdy box to collect paper, and they’ll shred and recycle its contents right in front of you for $15. You can also look up companies like Shred Monkey, Shred-It and Shred Nations. Happy Spring Cleaning! PIECE OUT, RENEE SIGN UP for the AskRenee Newsletter at indianalivinggreen.com.
Mama Summit 2015 April 8, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. It’s a clean air initiative by concerned Moms: “Mama Summit is a chance for moms, dad, grandparents, and kids from across the country to show broad and united support for children’s health. Together in a bipartisan, or MOMpartisan, setting we will demand action to protect the air our children breathe — both indoor and outdoor — and call for action on climate change.” Thanks, Mom! Indiana State Library Author’s Room, 315 W. Ohio St. Catwalk for Clean Water April 12, 12:30 p.m. Renee says: “Aveda Earth Month is a very special relationship between Aveda salons and the Hoosier Environmental Council to raise awareness of water quality issues in Indiana.” And the organizers say: “The Aveda Indianapolis ‘Catwalk for Clean Water’ helps create awareness of water quality issues in Indiana and supports the Hoosier Environmental Council, a nonprofit that tirelessly advocates for clean water and other environmental issues in our state. This year’s event will showcase the talents of our local Aveda salon & spa network in a close-up look at hair, make-up & fashion. We are also excited to introduce ‘The Art of Giving Back,’ a silent auction exclusively featuring local artists. The rooms will be filled with live music and food and beverages will be available for purchase.” And we say: Renee is awesome, the events is awesome and the folks who run the Sanctuary are awesome. The building’s beautiful, too. The Sanctuary on Penn, 701 N. Pennsylvania St., $25 Earth Day Indiana Festival April 25, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Earth Day Indiana festival is one of the nation’s biggest Earth Day events. More than 100 exhibitors will roll out displays focused on protecting the environment, conserving natural resources, and sustainable living. You’ll have the chance to attend workshops, sample local food and hear music, music and more music. There’s even a bike valet. The best news? It’s all free. White River State Park, 801 W. Washington St., FREE
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INAUGURAL IMEM POP-UP As Elvis Presley was prepared to leave the Market Square Arena stage for the final concert of his career in 1977, a fan from Clinton, Ind. handed him something from the front row. “The very last thing that Elvis grabbed on stage was an original photograph of him and his mother and father when he was a little boy,” says rock ‘and’ roll memorabilia collector Tom Fontaine. “He grabbed it, looked at it, and then he basically set it back on stage and left. That was the very last thing that Elvis Presley touched in public, as far as in-concert is concerned, and I’ve got the photo.” This very special artifact was one of many on display at The Indiana Museum of Music and Entertainment’s (IMEM) pop-up exhibition this past Saturday at the Wheeler Arts Theater. A newly founded non-profit, IMEM’s hope is to eventually establish a permanent museum location highlighting Indiana’s rich music, film and broadcasting history. And already with this first event, they’ve proven why something like this is needed in our state. At the exhibition, I had the pleasure of chatting with several of the people involved with IMEM, including co-founder Larry Goshen. The author and historian gave me an enlightening run-through of all that he had on display. Prior to the event, Goshen had told me, “Everything that I collect as far as Indiana history is just something that should be shared.” Indiana music history was not all that was represented at this event. For example, John Rabold was showcasing some of his radio and TV memorabilia, which included WTTV-Channel 4’s former production console. On this, Rabold explained, “This was their actual audio board that went on the air. So all the Cowboy Bob shows, Sammy Terry and everything went through that board.” All in all, the many exhibitors at this pop-up event got me really excited about the future of IMEM. This state’s compelling music and entertainment legacy is something that needs to be shared, and I’m glad these folks are making that their mission. — SETH JOHNSON
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he Sophie Faught Trio we enjoy weekly on Wednesdays at the Chatterbox Jazz Club is traveling a new road — a vinyl road — with the release of Three Muses, an album of original jazz music by tenor saxophonist Faught, bassist Nick Tucker and percussionist Ben Lumsdaine. “Every song in this collection is written for a specific painting by Steven Sickles,” Faught says. “ The paintings and the songs together create an immersive experience, an allencompassing landscape rich in color, tambour, and perception. They plumb the depths of the symbiotic relationship between sound and sight.” The album, a limited vinyl release, will also include nine 11″ x 11″ high quality prints of Sickles’ paintings, whose contemporary abstract work invites a viewer to ponder and feel. “Nick, Ben and I visited Steven's home, an amazing showcase for his art. He showed us all the paintings, told us some of his inspirations, and let us really view them,” says Faught, by way of reiterating the process of creating Three Muses. “We each had certain paintings that called to us. So we worked from them on our own at first and then brought pieces to the band,” she says. “One thing I love about Nick and Ben [is that] I deeply trust them as musicians and artists. These songs wouldn't be what they are without their input. I would come with something and maybe have some reservations, but they would always have suggestions on how to make it work. We all were inspired and wanted to make this music sound great, live up to the paintings, and we worked on it until we felt it did.” “I want the listeners to draw their own conclusions about how the music we've written corresponds to Steven's paintings,” Lumsdaine says. “I drew very specific emotive elements from the paintings that I tried to incorporate into the pieces I wrote; however I'd rather the listeners find their own meaning and correlation rather than be looking for what I found.” Faught adds, “Really simply, I want this music to be heard and these paintings to be seen. I want people to experience them to-
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gether, because they were literally made to go together. We were struck by their sonic nature and really believed in that.” Faught sees Three Muses as an expansion beyond her group’s 2013 album, Day One. “I want people to enjoy this [new] music as music, not necessarily as jazz or as a mixed media project, or for any other genre-or label-specific reason. It's no gimmick; we were inspired by something we saw and we wanted to create good music in tribute to that,” she says. “This is a trio album; Day One was a quartet album,” expands Faught. “Three is a very strong number for improvisational music; you really come to trust and lean on your band mates. You can take a lot more risks because of this dynamic. We play every week together at the Chatterbox, and because of that I feel that this trio has a strong and cohesive sound that has matured over time. Each of the original
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compositions on this album was written for us — for Nick, Ben and Sophie to play. They were tailored to our sound and our strengths. So I think it goes a little beyond strict jazz tradition towards a more elemental musical voice that we are speaking with, still strongly influenced by straight ahead jazz, but also more than that.” These concepts parallel what Sickles feels about his work as a visual artist. “I try to create paintings that are provocative and attract closer inspection,” he says. “Conceptual art, although it is of historical interest, is often exclusively about the idea. My paintings are more aligned with the abstract expressionists. The painted surface should be as interesting as the concept behind it.” Lumsdaine adds his thoughts on the change in dynamics from quartet to trio: “Since David Linard, who played piano, left for New York City I like to think that our group concept as a trio has developed and changed since our being a quartet. Day One was a little more straight ahead and swinging, and while our new record certainly still incorporates those elements, I think we are allowing ourselves a little more freedom than before.” The group will release Three Muses at a free, all-ages show Friday at Indy Reads. Sickles’ work will be on display. n
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BIRDY’S BATTLE REPORT: WEEK EIGHT Editor’s note: Birdy’s Battle Royale pits 48 bands against each other in a months-long competition for cash and prizes. Each week, the top two bands progress to the next round. NUVO sends music correspondent Jonathan Sanders to survey Birdy’s Battle Royale weekly. He reports back here. Read more Birdy’s Battle Reports here. On the final week of first-round competition, the bands were geared up to impress from the first moment. After tonight we segue from discovery to familiarity, as bands must continue to impress in order to fight for that $5,000 cash prize. This week’s winner, Brother O’ Brother, should be right in the heat of the fight from here out. The two-man blues-rock act built on shades of White Stripes and Black Keys, bringing the crowd to life via an explosion of pent-up energy, guitars drenched in fuzz and thundering percussion. It was a dominant performance that will definitely raise expectations in the second round. But second-place band Among the Compromised actually proved to be more of a surprise, as this was their first live performance as a band. They could have fooled me; this was a confident performance from a group of musicians who will be terrifying in this competition once they tighten up their set. Their lead singer is the perfect match for Tina Turner, if Turner had fronted Alabama Shakes, and their straight-up rock sound was all the more refreshing with that subtle sonic twist.
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The Trip opened the night with blues-tinged rock that reminded me of Filligar, though their vocalist owed more to Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon fame. The band focused on long songs and wasted no time on banter with the audience, but that gave them time to let loose meaty guitar solos that would have made Wax Fang proud. Their bluesy cover of AWOLnation’s “Sail” capped their set perfectly, and though they are not advancing in the competition, I expect they’ll continue to do well playing around Indianapolis. Decibel then brought us some hard rock from Avon, heavily influenced by KISS, AC/DC, Van Halen and Def Leppard. Their originals were strong and they clearly had done this more than a few times — original song “I Need Some Lovin’” off their new album sounded as professional as anything their influences released in the ‘80s. I was hoping they’d advance so we’d see a potential Decibel / Stackhouse showdown, but it apparently was not meant to be. My favorite band of the night based purely on originality anchored the middle spot. Noblesville alternative band Indien brought out the best of what I like to call ‘90s Weird — Squirrel Nut Zippers and Cherry Poppin’ Daddies heard through a Beck filter, spit out with punk energy. It was fun stuff, almost surfy in places, which had me yearning to hear what they’d do with Ween’s “Ocean Man.” Next week is one I’ve been looking forward to, as the top six non-winning acts return to fight for a spot in the second round! Mardi Belle, Haughville, Downfall NSB and DysFUNKtion Brass Band are already confirmed, which guarantees an eclectic night regardless of which bands fill the remaining spots. It’ll be great to see which bands step up to the challenge and prove we were wrong not to put them through the first time. — JONATHAN SANDERS
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sk anyone about Drayco McCoy, and there is one thing they will tell you: Drayco McCoy keeps it real. McCoy himself isn’t afraid to tell you this, either. Standing tall at 6 feet 3 inches, the 20-year-old has a mouth to match his stature, which, for a rapper, is a pretty good thing. “I’m one of those guys that is really, like, realistic. Not like, you know, how you can tell someone you wanna be an astronaut and they’re like, ‘Oh, that’s not possible,’ or shit like that,” he says. “But like, I don’t really have a filter, and I really like to say what’s on my mind,” he says. Typically “no filter” is social speak for “extremely rude,” but that’s not the case with McCoy. He admits that he loves to talk, but he speaks graciously about everything and everyone –– at one point, he refers to Lil Bow Wow as “a fuckin’ legend”–– only venturing into negativity when he feels something or someone else isn’t granting him the same type of respect or candor. “I’m all about positive vibes and nice energy,” he says with a smile. McCoy’s collaborator, fellow rapper, and friend Duke Algebra laughed when asked about his “realness,” saying, “He’s hella personal, man. He’s real personal. Like if he don’t like you, he’ll fuckin’ tell you, but if he fucks with you, you know, you can go places with that man.” Not surprisingly, McCoy’s lack of filter and continual spontaneity permeate his music as well. His moniker, Drayco McCoy, is simply a combination of his real name, Ondrayco Greene, and his lifelong nickname from his uncle, McCoy. (“Drayco McCoy sounds like some real boss shit,” he says.) His track titles read like random, tongue-in-cheek excerpts from a journal––”STFU Mom Im Trappin,” “Wine Glasses Of Codeine,” or “Wear My Tshirt As A Dress”––all spaced-out, stream-ofconsciousness songs on which the former drummer will flip several flows. “That shit is just groovy as fuck,” he says. McCoy stresses that even his most absurd titles are derived, in some way, from real life: “Everything that I do, it’s because of something, you know what I mean? And I like that...it has a meaning, man. It’s all organic.” Even McCoy’s releases seemingly come at will. Since he started releasing music online just 18 months ago, he has released 7 different projects along with
a host of locals, making him one of the most prolific musicians in Indianapolis. Algebra collaborated with McCoy to co-release one of those projects, the wildly titled EP Bad Bitches and Lean Blunts. “His work ethic is ridiculous, bro,” says Algebra, laughing again. “I haven’t met anybody in the city workin’ like this dude. This dude will knock out a song — knock out a tape in like two weeks.” As an artist, that’s how McCoy works. “I don’t like thinking about stuff,” he says, before repeating, “I like everything to be organic.” McCoy says he much prefers collaborating in person, and despite that requirement, he already can shout-out a long list of collaborators from the city: rappers like Algebra and Sirius Blvck, and producers KNags, Geechie, and TYJUAN ON THE BEAT, among others. For one of his next projects, he says he’s hoping to drop a tape featuring only beats and verses from Indianapolis producers and rappers that he hopes can act as a showcase for the city’s talent. “If this city wants to come together, we gotta be on some DJ Khaled shit, and there has to be somebody willing to break the barriers, you know what I mean?” he says. That’s McCoy’s plan, and part of it is Cold Sprite Gang, the half-movement, half-collective that many Indy rappers and fans have hopped on during the last couple months. Originally a one-night party-call among McCoy and some friends, CSG has grown into something not unlike Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang: an amorphous, inclusive group whose membership consists of “whoever takes a picture with some Sprite in they hand,” says McCoy. “It’s something everyone can be a part of, and that’s the beauty of it.” In that sense, CSG is almost representative of the current music scene in Fountain Square, where hip-hop has heavily melded with what McCoy calls “art goon shit” during the last year, fostering a diverse scene where no one gets left out, and the art is most important. “That shit is real, aight? Vinyl, CDs, you know, random artsy-like bullshit, bitches with tattoos on they faces, colored hair,” he says. “But then they have this vision that drives their heartbeats, and everything is creative, artistic. All of us are different.” McCoy loves the way “metalheads” and other musicians have supported the influx of rap music into lineups and venues, especially on a roots-level –– call it “organic.”
Prolific local rapper sheds his skin “They were gonna do a show in the kitchen, and that’s what I like, you know? That grimy shit,” McCoy says. “It kinda reminds me of Guitar Hero, where you can just hop up anywhere and have a show, have a random-ass flyer for it, you know what I mean? Rockstar shit.” Even in the excitement of his ambition, however, McCoy stays realistic. “I don’t wanna be a rapper,” he admits plainly. Instead, he wants to be an engineer. To him, rapping is a hobby, he says, and that means if he gets famous, awesome, but if not, he’s heading back to Ivy Tech, where he has been paying his way through school off-and-on by working two jobs. Until life breaks one way or the other, he’s staying working, with several upcoming projects planned, trying to ride this wave for as long as he can. “Every month, I grow out of myself, you know what I mean?” he says. “You know how snakes shed their skin, but they still the same thing? They just got a different layer? That’s me. That’s growth. I don’t have time not to grow.” n
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SCHELLE, STOLEN, CAPONE A CULTURAL MANIFESTO
he compositions of Indianapolis-based composer Michael Schelle have been performed to great acclaim by orchestras and ensembles around the world. That fact alone might not suggest he'd be the most likely artist to be featured on a program billed under the title Outlaws & Outsiders, the theme of this year's Butler Artsfest. But Schelle is really the perfect choice. With his self-professed love for all things "experimental and off the beaten path" and self-described “schizophrenic” composition style, Schelle's music often has a dark edge. His latest piece The End of Al Capone was commissioned by Artsfest, and will premiere on Thursday, April 16 at Butler's Schrott Center for the Arts along with performances of Peter Maxwell Davies' Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot and Eight Songs For A Mad King in a night of music titled Stark Raving. Here's a bit from my recent conversation with Schelle about his latest piece and the man that will take the role of infamous gangster Al Capone – Indy's very own Steven Stolen.
WITH KYLE LONG KLONG@NUVO.NET Kyle Long’s music, which features off-the-radar rhythms from around the world, has brought an international flavor to the local dance music scene.
and surrealism. … The more I read about [the last year of his life] and researched I thought this is it. He was in the final throes of neurosyphilis – he'd had syphilis for about 25 years and it was untreated – so he was experiencing all the things that go along with that, the weird physical manifestations, the brain reverting to an almost 14-year-old state, and the neurotic and paranoid behavior. So I thought, "Yeah, this is right up my alley!" The music is generally very schizophrenic. It goes back and forth just like he does. Sometime he parallels the music, and sometimes the music parallels him, and sometimes they're at different stages of bipolar/manic-depressive. “I love that whole gangster era That's really been my style throughout my career, kind of schizophrenic and genre and Capone and all and spinning on a dime. I've always loved that kind of music. So it fell his cohorts.” right in place with what I do.
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NUVO: Did you know right away that you wanted to create a work about Al Capone? MICHAEL SCHELLE: I didn't know what I wanted to do. My first instinct was to have something very abstract to contrast Eight Songs For A Mad King because it's dramatic, and so in your face in terms of experimental techniques and wild schizophrenic behavior. I walked into my office one day about a year ago, and I still wasn't sure what I was going to do with this project and there were two Al Capone books staring at me. I have a couple books on him that I acquired when I was absorbing myself in film noir about 10 years ago. I love that whole gangster era and genre and Capone and all his cohorts. The spines were staring at me saying "Capone" and it just hit me. That's it. That's what the piece is about and there was no turning back. I never second-guessed it one bit. But I thought the angle I needed had to have something to do with abstraction
NUVO: Steven Stolen is performing the part of Al Capone. Steven isn't someone most people would associate with experimental works. What was his first reaction when you approached him about the piece? SCHELLE: I would say 90 percent of people in town know Steven as the guy who does torch songs. He also does traditional opera and he hosts his radio show playing everything from Billie Holiday to the Beatles. And I love that about him. But the Steven that is with me is somebody I've known for 25 years. ... I told him we're not going to have the cracking up, but there will be a black humor with Al Capone. He looked at me with this look only Steven has and said, "I'm right there. I know exactly where you're going." And he's doing it. n >> Kyle Long hosts a show on WFYI’s HD-2 channel on Wednesdays and Saturdays NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 04.08.15 - 04.15.15 // MUSIC 29
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DANCE Papadosio 9 p.m. Having played at the Old National Centre last April, Papadosio are no strangers to city of Indianapolis. They’ll head north for a show at the historic Lafayette Theatre as part of their Fourshadows Tour. Something unprecedented is on the horizon. Lafayette Theatre, 600 Main St. (Lafayette), $15, 21+ JAZZ
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Reptar 9 p.m. We’ve got an interview with this super chill Joyful Noise band available on NUVO.net.
Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, 8 p.m. on Friday This tribute show is frequently lauded as the “next best thing to seeing The Beatles” and since you can’t actually do that — oh, but in a world that we could ... — any die hard fan should turn out to see this interpretation. They’ll play hits from all different eras; and they’ll bring out a huge new LED setup for some visual trickery, too.
The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $10, 21+ The Mowgli’s, Deluxe at Old National Centre, all-ages Blues Jam, Main Event, 21+ Jay Elliott and Friends, Tin Roof, 21+ Blues Jam with Gordon Bonham, Slippery Noodle, 21+ The Family Jam, Mousetrap, 21+ Light Years, Bonfires, Dryjacket, Juice, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Burnt Books, Torturess, Wounded Knee, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ Clifford Ratliff Big Band, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Violent Reaction, Arms Race, Rash, house venue, all-ages Like Spitting, Emerson Theater, all-ages Light Years, Bonfires, Dryjacket, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Porn and Chicken, 247 Sky Bar, 21+
Joe McBride 7 p.m., 9 p.m. It’s a double McBride-headlining weekend – although Joe has no relation to Christian, that we know of. The Jazz Kitchen’s McBride is one of the most popular contemporary jazz keyboardists.
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Dopapod 9 p.m. Bringing in big names from the EDM genre on a weekly basis, The Bluebird has quickly jumped to the forefront as the place to go for electronic shows in Bloomington. And this week is no different. Dopapod might’ve grown from a DIY party group, but they’re much more than that now. The group tours in support of their latest release Never Odd Or Even.
#Tunes4Tools 7 p.m. We called it, man. We really called it. We said Sirius Blvck, SM Wolf, Shame Thugs and Sweet Poison Victim would have big years this year, and now they’re all on a bill together (along with Prowlers and The Prey and Caleb McCoach, plus MC Mat Davis) at this benefit show at the Slovenian National Home. All proceeds benefit the Indy Art/Media Co-Op’s Community Tool-Lending Library, which, when funded, will offer media production and event equipment rentals for as little as a dollar a day. Here’s what organizers have to say about the importance of the Lending Library. “We want to ensure that people from all racial, social, and economic backgrounds have equal access to resources. Cultivating a socially conscious community is one of our main objectives and the purpose of the Tool Lending Library is to bridge any pre-existing access gaps. The Tool Lending Library will be available to all community members in order to facilitate equal access and encourage community connectivity through asset-sharing.”
The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St. (Bloomington), $7 in advance, $10 at door, 21+ Ne-Hi, Plateau Below, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+ Animal Haus, Blu Lounge, 21+ Trout Steak Revival, Buffalo Wabs and The Price Hill Hustle, The Hi-FI, 21+ Indiana Boys, Shoefly Public House, 21+ The Delta Saints, Meghann Wrights, Th Green Gallows, Lionize, Emerson Theater, all-ages Children of October, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+
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Desert Dwellers 9 p.m. From the desert to the Trap. The Desert Dwellers rocked the Lafayette Theatre when they stopped in the Hoosier state last year. This time around the West Coast duo brings their downtempo style to the Trap where they’ll headline Altered Thurzdaze alongside locals Nashawti, Antik One and Brooks & Daeger.
Chives, Xetax, Mr. Clit and The Pink Cigarettes 6:30 p.m. Locals Chives and Mr. Clit and The pink Cigarettes are accompanied by Austinites Xetax.
Mousetrap, 5565 N. Keystone Ave., $5, 21+
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to survey Birdy’s Battle Royale weekly. He reports back every Monday with a review on NUVO. net. This week’s show is a big and weird one: tons of third place groups compete for a chance to sneak into the competition. Birdy’s Bar and Grill, 2131 E. 71st St., $7, 21+
the Square. They’ll play with Pony Bwoy, the newest project of Jeremy Nutzman, a.k.a. Spyder Baybie Raw Dog. Man, he can pick names, huh? The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $15 in advance, $17 at door, 21+ Twerps, The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+
SINGER-SONGWRITER Cari Ray 7:30 p.m. Singer-songwriter Cari Ray says she likes to think of her new album Swagger as her first Brown County-born record; “ I wanted to put out something that had an authentic mix of heart and grit,” she said. She grabbed The Reverend Peyton for help on the production side, in between Big Damn Band tours. She’ll be playing a few shows in the area in coming weeks, but this all-ages appearance at the beautiful Logan Street Sanctuary is a don’t-miss. Logan Street Sanctuary, 1274 Logan St., $10, all-ages JAZZ Three Muses Vinyl Release Concert 8 p.m. Flip to page 26 for our profile of the Sophie Faught Trio’s new release. Indy Reads Books, 911 Mass Ave., FREE, all-ages
Duncan Reid and The Big Heads, Melody Inn, 21+ Exposure DJ Night, Sabbatical, 21+ Wes Cook Band, Tin Roof, 21+ Hell Came Home, Return To Dust, Before I Fall, Discard The Body and Daikaiju, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Lil Dicky, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Monika Herzig, Jennifer Kirk Amanda Gardier, Brown County Playhouse, all-ages Trick Pony, 8 seconds Saloon, 21+ Big Daddy Phat Stacks, Borke Rich Kids, Concept, Cutboxx Collective, Me vs. I, Shadow Pact, Society’s Nightmare, Tfaith, U-Neek Jettson, Whiteout, Yung Sizzurp, Emerson Theater, all-ages Achilles Tenderloin, Bigfoot Yancey, Indiana City Brewing, 21+ Hyryder, Mousetrap, 21+ The Midnight Ghost Train, Devil To Pay, Chemical Envy, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Apostle of Solitude, Sacred Leather, Voidweaver, Indiana City Beer, all-ages
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POP Polica, Pony Bwoy 9 p.m. Polica returns to Indy, this time at a slightly smaller venue (they last appeared at Radio Radio almost a year ago), but still in
NEW VENUES Roach Beech, Bike Cops, The Hot Screams 9 p.m. Have you checked out the State Street Pub yet? It’s a brand new
Slovenian National Home, 2717 W. 10th St., $8 - $13, all-ages BATTLE ROYALE Birdy’s Battle 7:30 p.m. Birdy’s Battle Royale pits 48 bands against each other in a months-long competition for cash and prizes. Each week, the top two bands progress to the next round. NUVO sends music correspondent Jonathan Sanders
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THOSE DIRTY HORSE, LEGACY OF TRIUMPH. Doors @ 8 p.m., show @ 9 p.m. $5.
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HILLBILLY HAPPY HOUR w/ THE COUSIN BROTHERS and THE MOORELAND BOBCATS. Doors @ 7 p.m., show @ 7:30 p.m. $5. The Melody Inn welcomes DUNCAN REID & THE BIG HEADS (singer/bassist from UK punk band The Boys) w/ THE BROTHERS GROSS, RICKY RAT PACK and THE JETBIRDS (Chicago). g Doors @ 9 p.m., show @ 10 p.m. $8 adv, $10 door.
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RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles, Friday at Old National Centre spot in the Square partially owned by GloryHole guy Jimmy Peoni, so you know there will be plenty of badass rock and roll booked there when their schedule gets rolling. State Street Pub, 243 N. State Ave., $5, 21+ CELEBRATIONS Freddie Hubbard Birthday Bash 7 p.m. Celebrate one of the greatest and most prolific trumpet players that ever lived at this birthday party. The tunes of Freddie Hubbard will be played by Bloomington’s Marlin McKay. Should we order a cake from Taylor Bakery in the shape of a trumpet for the party? Jazz Kitchen, 5377 N. College Ave., $12, 21+ FESTS Culture Shock 2015 1 p.m. Fullest of disclosures: your NUVO music editor Katherine Coplen sat on the board of student radio station WIUX for two years, and was intimately involved in planning many previous Culture Shocks. So you should both trust her and note her complete bias when she types these words: Culture Shock is amazing. It’s an all-day showcase of local, regional and national acts for free in a mini-fest setup that’s – get this – open to everyone. This year, Sirius Blvck and Oreo Jones, Thee Tsunamis, Dietrich Jon, Mike Adams at His Honest Weight and
Vista Kid Cruiser take the local slots, with Foxygen, Twin Peaks (whom we’ve got an interview with up on NUVO.net) and TOPS rounding out the regional/national slots. There will be food, drinks and stuff to buy from local business, plus some good ol’ collegiate camaraderie, all thanks to WIUX with help from IU’s Union Board. Disclosure ended. Return to your regular Soundcheck programming. Dunn Meadow, 900 E. 7th St. (Bloomington), FREE, all-ages JAZZ Christian McBride Trio 7:30 p.m. A massive show at Schrott Center during an entire ArtsFest full of massive shows: lauded jazz bassist Christian McBride hits the stage with his trio, featuring pianist Christian Sands (remember him from the APA coverage) and drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. Schrott Center for the Arts, 610 W. 46th St., prices vary, all-ages
Planetary Brewing Company will provide the liquidation; Shine Indy, The DoItIndy Radio House, Indy In-Tune and 4nineteen provide the behind-the-scenes sponsor action. Grove Haus, 1001 Hosbrook St., $10, all-ages
PUNK ROCK NIGHT benefit for Jennifer “Dumplyn” Dunn w/ GIRAFFES EATING LIONS, NECRODEMON and RANDOM CONFLICT(Tennessee). Doors @ 9 p.m., show @ 10 p.m. $6 minimum donation.
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The Saturday Night Special 8 p.m. Big, big local rock show alert. This all-ages show is free to kids 12 and under. YES, WHAT YOUR CHILDREN NEED IS ROCK AND ROLL. This Saturday it will manifest in the form of The Breakes, Brother O’ Brother, Coup D’eTat and Sugar Moon Rabbit, all celebrating the glory of ‘70s rock.
Max Jury, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Monon Jazz Group, Thirsty Scholar, all-ages Rock and Roll Prom, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Jeff Kelly, Von Strantz, Chilly Water Brewing Co., 21+ Kaia 10th Anniversary Concert Party, Unitarian Universalist church of Bloomington, all-ages NUVO // 100% RECYCLED PAPER // 04.08.15 - 04.15.15 // MUSIC 31
SOUNDCHECK African American Dance Company Spring Concert, Buskirk-Chumley Theatre (Bloomington), all-ages Your Persona, The Artwork Of, Hoosier Dome, all-ages Battle of the Bands Finals, Emerson Theater, all-ages Damn Us All, Lucifist, Dwarf Among Midgets, Saligia, Centerstage Bar and Grill, 21+ Southern Country, 8 Seconds Saloon, 21+ Butler Percussion Ensemble Family Concert, Schrott Center for the Arts, 21+
SUNDAY LEGENDS Primus 8 p.m. Les Claypool. LES CLAYPOOL. Les Claypooooooool. Can you tell we love Les? We do. We really do. They haven’t released an album in a while, but they did release a joint-written book called Primus, Over the Electric Grapevine: Insight into Primus and the World of Les Claypool, chronicling the group’s entire career. Les
Twin Peaks, Saturday at Culture Shock
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Reggae Revolution, Casba, 21+ Dynamite!, Mass Avenue Pub, 21+ Joe Diffie, 8 Seconds Saloon, 21+ Straight No Chaser, Long Center for the Performing Arts (Lafayette), all-ages Jack Williams, North Meadow Circle of Friends, 21+ Jim Lauderdale, Radio Radio, 21+
The Kevin Anker Soul Experience, Jazz Kitchen, 21+
Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., $15, 21+
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Malas Violence Embraced, Sewage Grinder, 5th Quarter Lounge, 21+ Post War Era, Melody Inn, 21+
ROOTS Blitzen Trapper 9 p.m. Give it up for one of the best murder ballad-writing bands of all time. (Seriously, go listen to “Black River Killer” and tell us it doesn’t belong in the annals of murder ballad history.) They’ll play with Americana purveyors Spirit Family Reunion.
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Damien Rice 7:30 p.m. Oh, Damien Rice. You bring us to tears every time. Seriously, it’s like Rice has a direct line to our collective tear ducts. His latest is My Favourite Faded Fantasy (he can spell Favourite that way because he’s Irish), the first release after almost eight years. It’s a slick Rick Rubin production that, yes, still hits you right in the heart spot. Murat Theatre, 502 N. New Jersey St., prices vary, all-ages
SOUNDCHECK INDUSTRY Cock and Rock ‘80s Industry Night 8 p.m. Industry people party on Monday night because it’s their day off, y’all. The Hi-Fi is catering this show to those hardworking servers, promoters, bartenders, door guys, DJs, and other amazing people that make your nights out so much fun with a show featuring ‘80s light rock duo Dad Jeans. We salute you, industry people. The Hi-Fi, 1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 4, $7, 21+
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record label, performed during the entire Warped Tour, released a new album, and toured the US. The album, Lift a Sail shifts from pop punk to a more alternative rock sound.
Rittz, Emerson Theater, all-ages
TUESDAY AUGHTS Yellowcard 7:30 p.m. A year has passed since original drummer and longtime band member Longineu Parsons III left the group to pursue other interests. In that time Yellowcard have signed to a new
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SARAH: Uhh, probably not? For millennia, humanity has been stymied by the obsession with deodorizing the vagina. It seems worth mentioning in this space, however, that vaginas smell much different 10 minutes after a shower than 12 hours after with a long run somewhere in there. Generally, though, your vagina is kind of a self-cleaning oven in this department. That said, I’ve heard a few good people report that they have better vaginal odor when they start eating more whole fruits and veggies. After all, our scent does come out in our secretions—from sweat to oil to natural lubricant. However, if it’s getting really funky down there, I would check in with a gyno before you start injecting things into your hoo-ha. DR. D: No no no no no no no no no no. Please don’t put peroxide in your vagina or anus — either kind of douche is not great or recommended. If this question is about vaginal douches (rather than anal douching, aka anal enemas) and you have questions about your vaginal odor, ask your healthcare provider. Chances are your vagina smells just peachy — or, rather, faintly like milk or a slight yeasty scent to it. Less often, a person’s vagina might have a strong odor or even a fishy odor which can signal a bacterial infection or overgrowth. Check out Read My Lips or The V Book for more health information about vulvas and vaginas.
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Thin Jimmy What is the thinnest condom on the market? I feel like most condoms make my dick feel like it’s wrapped in industrial rubber. — Anonymous, from Tumblr
Firestarter What is a nice way to address the fact that me and my wife’s sex life has fizzled without her feeling like I’m not attracted to her? I am, but things have cooled off and I want to know how to get that spark back. Suggestions? — Anonymous, from Tumblr
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SARAH: Having read ahead, I would also like to back up Debby’s recommendation on the Trojan Ecstasy, which is shaped more like a baseball bat than a tube. Turns out, as long as it fits around the base, having a little more room in the rest of the condom makes it feel most like there’s actually nothing there, thanks to a little added movement and friction against the
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skin. Generally, though, if it’s marked “ultra sensitive” or the like, it’s going to be on the thinner side. But as with our other question-asker (we’ll get to her in a minute), I’d recommend buying a bunch and doing a lot of experiments until you find one that feels good. After all, what’s the point of a condom if you don’t want to wear it? DR. D: The Sagami Original and Aoni are incredibly thin but, alas, not available in the US. Kimono and Beyond Seven are pretty thin, though, and are also US-friendly so those are options. If what you really want to know is, which condoms make sex feel more pleasurable and less like you’re wearing a condom, I’d suggest trying out a different design rather than focusing on the thickness of the material. Many men say they prefer Trojan Ecstasy for this reason, including in a product test we ran several years ago that compared several condom brands and styles. It’s worth a try! Oh — and add lube to the outside of any condom once it’s on (and maybe a small pea-sized dab inside the tip). See if that helps!
Satin sanity What’s the point of satin sheets? I see them in old movies all the time. Do they just feel nice? Is there something else to their apparent requirement for a sexy bedroom? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: I’m 90% sure all that satin sheets ever were was a movie prop. I’ve never had sex on satin sheets, but I have slept in a set, and I woke up more or less fully electrified by the static cling. I’m pretty sure I reset my phone’s memory when I touched it first thing the morning after. The point, I think, is just because they feel good on the skin, but I think they mostly just make your bedroom look like a cheesy sex prison transported from the 70s. And while I’m likewise all about rearranging your bedroom for better and more sex and sleep, I think the satin sheets take it just a step too far, unless you’re about to host a boudoir photo shoot and/or throwback porn shoot in your home. DR. D: Satin sheets are soooooo not a requirement for a sexy bedroom. I suppose some people still like them but they seem really 1980s to me (maybe because Madonna name-checked them in “Express Yourself”?). I’m a super soft cotton sheet
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kind of person and that works for me. Even more important (I feel) is a comfortable bed with decent enough sheets. You definitely don’t want sheets so scratchy that it chafes your or a partner’s skin. Maybe in avoiding scratchy sheets, that’s why people often have sex on top of hotel room comforters, thus creating sex stains visible using blacklights on shows like Dateline. Bottom line: you do you, as they say. Choose sheets that you and your partner(s) like and focus more on sexual technique and intimacy than the sheets.
Condomaniac Do you have any information about which condoms run big and small? I’d like to buy a variety (I’m a straight woman) to have a few sizes around so I don’t run into any more problems with them staying on/ breaking. Any good info on that? — Anonymous, from Tumblr SARAH: Yeah, buy a punch bowl and fill it with every kind on the shelf. Start a collectors program. Be the first person to put together an exhaustive wiki of every condom brand on the face of the earth, searchable by country, complete with a user review forum! (Seriously, though, the world needs this badly.) You are very wise, however, to head off the conversation about how “condoms don’t fit/feel good” by doing your due diligence here. Hop online, order yourself a veritable fruit salad of latex products and get to researchin’. DR. D: Yes, you can find various condom size charts that show the wide range of condom sizes and shapes available to consumers like you and your partners. One of my favorites is on Condomania.com as the chart illustrates the size/shape and also lists various brands that reflect those dimensions.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Rent, but don’t buy yet. That’s
my $250-per-hour advice. Keep rehearsing, but don’t start performing the actual show. OK? Flirt, but don’t fall in love. Can you handle that much impulse control? Are you strong enough to explore the deeper mysteries of patience? I swear to you that your burning questions will ultimately be answered if you don’t try to force the answers to arrive according to a set timetable. I guarantee that you will make the necessary connections as long as you don’t insist that they satisfy every single one of your criteria. Virgo
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Guerrilla Girls are a
group of prankster activists who use humor to expose sexism and racism in the art world. Every so often they take a “weenie count” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. During their first survey in 1989, they found that five percent of the artists who had work hanging in the galleries were women, while 85 percent of the nudes depicted in the paintings were women. More recently, in 2012, their weenie count revealed that four percent of the artists were female, but 76 percent of the naked people in the paintings were female. The coming week would be a good time for you to take a weenie count in your own sphere, Scorpio. Conditions are more favorable than usual to call attention to gender disparities, and to initiate corrective action. Virgo
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The English term
“engine” refers primarily to a machine that transforms energy into mechanical power. But its roots are in the Old French word engin, which meant skill or wit, and in the Latin word ingenium, defined as “inborn talent.” I’d like to borrow the original meanings to devise your horoscope this week. According to my reading of the astrological omens, your “engine” is unusually strong right now, which means that your cultivated skills and innate talents are functioning at peak levels. I suggest you make intensive use of them to produce maximum amounts of energy and gather more of the clout you’d love to wield. Virgo
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based on fear, especially love,” said Cancerian comedian Mel Brooks. Although he was joking, he was also quite serious. More often than we like to admit, desperation infects our quest to be cared for. Our decisions about love may be motivated by a dread of loneliness. We worry about whether we are worthy of getting the help and support we need. It’s a fundamental human problem, so there’s no reason to be ashamed if you have this tendency yourself. Having said that, I’m happy to report that you now have the necessary power to overcome this tendency. You will be able to summon tremendous courage as you revise and refine your relationship with love. It’s time to disappear the fear. Cancer
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Everything we do in life is
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demon isn’t nasty or nagging any more. It’s not doing what demons are supposed to do. It’s confused, haggard, and ineffective. I almost feel sorry for the thing. It is barely even keeping you awake at night, and its ability to motivate you through fear is at an all-time low. Here’s what I suggest: Now, when the demon’s strength is waning and its hold on you is weak, you should break up with it for good. Perform an ultimate, non-reversible APRIL exorcism. Buy it a one-way bus ticket to the wasteland and say goodbye forever. Gemini
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What I’m about to say is
not a hard scientific fact, but it is a rigorous poetic fable. You don’t need to go to the mountain, because the mountain is willing and able to come to you. But will it actually come to you? Yes, but only if you meet two conditions. The mountain will pick itself up and move all the way to where you are if you make a lot of room for it and if you are prepared to work with the changes its arrival will bring. Virgo
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you were a four-yearold, cookies might be a valuable treasure to you. Given a choice between a bowl of stir-fried organic vegetables and a plate full of chocolate coconut macaroons, you’d probably choose the macaroons. For that matter, if you were four years old and were asked to decide between getting a pile of macaroons and a free vacation to Bali or an original painting by Matisse or a personal horoscope reading from the world’s greatest astrologer, you’d also opt for the cookies. But since you’re a grownup, your list of priorities is screwed on straight, right? You would never get distracted by a sugary, transitory treat that would cause you to ignore a more nourishing and long-lasting pleasure. Right? Virgo
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): On June 23, 1917, Babe Ruth was the starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in a Major League Baseball game against the Washington Senators. After the first batter drew a walk, Ruth got upset with the home plate umpire and punched him in the head. Ejected! Banished! The Babe had to be dragged off the field by the cops. The new pitcher was Ernie Shore. He proceeded to pitch a perfect game, allowing no further Washington player to reach base in all nine innings. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I see you as having the potential to duplicate Ernie Shore’s performance in your own sphere. Coming in as a replacement, you will excel. Chosen as a substitute, you will outdo the original. Virgo
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