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ndiana Republicans want to be cool. ban bodega is one thing; living in a woods How else are we to read their seemprobably means something else. One size ing enthusiasm for HB 1133, a bill that does not fit all. would strip local communities of the Where Airbnb’s business model enability to determine whether or not to ables some homeowners — especially allow private residences to be used for in increasingly high cost communities short-term rentals? — to hold on to properties they might Some people have called this proposal otherwise be unable to afford, it is also “the Airbnb bill.” That’s because Airbnb exploited by real estate investors. Wealthy is considered cool, part of the so-called outsiders buy houses in residential shared economy. Sharing (for a fee) all neighborhoods, only to turn those propor parts of their homes with strangers, erties into vacation rentals. The neighala Airbnb’s business model, has enabled bors are told to call the cops when things many homeowners around get too loud. the country to turn their Some cities and towns Local control properties into valuable are eager to embrace Airbincome streams. More on nb’s business model — and is a key to any this shortly. they should be able to do philosophy And lots of folks have so. But the same should come to rely on Airbnb true for communiseeking to make hold when they travel; preferring ties with rules prohibiting government to book space in peoples’ short-term rentals intended apartments or homes to to preserve and promote smaller. hotels, motels or traditionwhat they consider their al bed and breakfasts. It quality of life. can be cheaper (though not always) than This is the essence of local control. more conventional accommodations. Local control is a key to any philosophy But what may be most appealing is the seeking to make government smaller. way renting a private residence allows It makes for greater representation and travelers to get off the more beaten path, accountability at the town — and even virtually embedding them in neighborneighborhood — level. It is a conserhoods where tourists don’t usually go. vative principle, one that Republicans What could be cooler than that? should embrace. As far as some folks are concerned, a But since Republicans have monoponumber of things. lized state government, we’ve seen a flurry All the world, it turns out, is not necesof bills like HB 1133, aimed at prohibiting sarily a stage for your vacation, bachelor local communities from making their own party or family reunion. While most places rules — from blocking local ordinances are happy to welcome guests, many towns aimed at getting rid of plastic sacks to and neighborhoods work hard to establish attempts to limit the encroachment of and maintain a certain character. That’s factory farming. why there are zoning laws, permitting It’s no wonder Republicans have stood some activities in certain places and in the way of nonpartisan redistricting: disallowing others. When you buy a place power seems more important to them to live, you are also buying a set of expectathan principle. There’s nothing cool tions about that place. Living above an urabout that. N NUVO.NET // 03.01.17 - 03.08.17 // VOICES // 3

BAYNARD WOODS Baynard Woods is a DC correspondent blogging the first 100 days of Trump for NUVO.net.

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hortly after Steve Bannon laid out his vision of nationalism and the deconstruction of government on the first day of CPAC, I was writing a story over a beer at the National Press Club. On the television was Sean Spicer, who said the regime would likely start enforcing federal anti-pot laws in states that had voted for recreational marijuana. Never mind that he had just invoked “state’s rights” as a rationale for refusing to protect trans students; never mind, that worldclass racist Jeff Sessions would be the one to enforce this; or the fact that we all need medical marijuana to deal with the insanity of having an incipient authoritarian in the oval office. But Spicer cited the opioid crisis to justify a crackdown. “Trump seems insistent on throwing the marijuana market back into the hands of criminals, wiping out tax-paying jobs and eliminating billions of dollars in taxes,” executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance Ethan Nadelmann wrote over email. But I had my own response. I ate a cannabis cough drop while we were in Washington. D.C. where recreational weed is legal — as long as you neither buy nor sell it — to get ready for Trump’s speech. I wanted to personally protest this disastrous decision but I also wanted to make sure I felt the real horror of CPAC here. The best thing about weed is it makes you question your own ethical decisions, often in a devastating fashion. The result was as horrifying as you might imagine. I tried to tweet some funny shit. But it was not funny. There is nothing funny about it. It is going to be a nightmare. At best, we are ruined by their incompetence; at worst, they actually succeed. I am a white male and I am horrified by what is happening here. I can’t imagine how it must feel for women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community to know that this is our new reality. I am sorry.

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I was sitting in the back as press, which a movement and something else to those was one of Trump’s main targets because outside of it. we are still able to question him, even if he He talked about protecting the flag more refuses to answer. It is clear here: they think than once. I’d guess he’s laying the groundwe sow discord. work to come back to the idea he tweeted The crowd, of course, loved it when the in December, threatening to imprison and president attacked us. strip the citizenship from anyone who “A few days ago I called the burns a flag. fake news the enemy of the As I was tweeting about It is clear here: Trump’s speech, I saw a story people and they are, the enemy of the people,” Trump said. on the 17 states passing laws they think we The press, he said, “doesn’t that would prevent protest sow discord. represent the people, it never since Trump’s election. will represent the people and An hour or so later, Wayne we are going to do something about it.” LaPierre said that “violence in the name He didn’t say what they planned to do, of politics” is the definition of terrorism. but he gave some hints. “And those who incite it and engage in During Trump’s speech, he said “No one it need to be prosecuted and punished, loves the first amendment more than me.” period,” he said, speaking specifically of The crowd laughed. It was not intended protests on the left. to be taken seriously, just as when he said There’s a thing on the right that prohe wanted to protect the environment, he testers are paid $1500 a week. I’ve covered was not booed because that, too, was not a a lot of protests. The protesters are not serious statement. paid. Hell, I don’t even make $1500 a week As with both Bolsheviks and Nazis, a as a reporter. But most of these CPACspeech means one thing to members of tivists seem pretty well-heeled, so maybe

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that’s where they get the idea. But, LaPierre’s call for prosecution seemed to extend to “the leftist media” which, he said, “is responsible for blowing the winds of violence as well.” He spoke of the “media’s deliberate lies aimed at destroying our freedom.” This is a constant refrain here. Bannon calling us “the opposition party.” Cracking down on the press is only the first step to cracking down on all opposition. Trump railed against anonymous sources — notice how he is always citing “a friend,” a “very reliable source” or “everyone” himself — saying we shouldn’t be able to use them. I don’t like anonymous sources either, but with proper vetting, they are essential. Remember Watergate? A pretty good reason to want to stop anonymous sources is if you are a secretive and paranoid president. For that matter, I don’t like most cable news. The “anchors” are like Trump — they are essentially reality TV stars. But it’s not cable Trump hates. He seems obsessed with it. He gave the nod to FOX and Breitbart, without mentioning them, stressing that he did not hate the entire press, only the “dishonest media” or “fake news.” So the stage was set for silencing reports that the president doesn’t like as a way to silence all opposition. It only took a couple hours. Only hours after Trump’s speech, as I was still writing this, the White House banned the New York Times, CNN, and Politico from a scheduled briefing, while allowing Brietbart, FOX and other conservative outlets to attend. The AP and Time boycotted the briefing in protest. All of this matters not because we are heroes — me least of all — but because, if we do it right, we can “afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.” The president and his cronies are pretty comfortable about now. We have a lot of work to do. N For more opinion pieces visit nuvo.net/voices

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Maybe the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN should have their own rally. It would be the biggest of them all!

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Human trafficking symposium highlights Hamilton County

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to the will of the people and voting to

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his is a hard topic, and some people want to ignore it and say that it is not happening or can’t bring themselves to thinking about it,” said Lauren Baney, founder of A Better Tomorrow. “I sometimes read stories and can’t even imagine how someone could even think about doing something like that to another person. But human trafficking is not going to go away unless we all do something about it because it’s that hidden.” Baney was a student at Ball State University when she learned about the horrors of human trafficking. She joined Ball State’s International Justice Mission chapter, but one weekend, she decided she wanted to do more to help those in need. Baney, who is now studying to receive a masters of public health at Indiana University, started A Better Tomorrow four years ago as a way to educate and engage with community members in order to end human trafficking. On March 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Christ the Savior Lutheran Church in partnership with A Better Tomorrow will host the fourth annual Hope for Human Trafficking Symposium. Ascent 121, the only agency in Indiana that specializes in long-term trauma recovery for teenage human trafficking victims, and the Lutheran Child and Family Services are also in the partnership. Baney said the goal of the event is to educate students and parents about human trafficking, the signs to look out for and how to protect children from predators. “I want them to know that it happens here,” Baney said. “I want them to know

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what to look for, how they can maybe spot it … And then I want students, not just their parents, but I want students to recognize that it could happen to them. It could happen to their friends, especially with how prevalent social media is in our everyday lives.” The symposium will feature two sets of breakout sessions, a panel discussion, live music and a vendor exhibit. Baney said that the event is free and open to the public, and everyone is invited to join. “You don’t have to be a Christian to come,” she said. “I want people to realize that this is a social issue.” While the event is open to everybody, Pastor Libby Manning of Christ the Savior Lutheran Church is thrilled that the church is getting involved with trying to stop human trafficking. “The church in

society and community really does exist for the wellbeing of the community, that it is outward focused on partnering with God for God’s mission in the world,” she said. “And in my point of view, God’s mission in the world is to bring about healing and fullness and hope and joy for all people, not just some people.” CEO of Ascent 121 Megan McGuire is also proud to be a sponsor of the event and hopes that the education will be beneficial for all the attendees.

REP. LINDA LAWSON D-Hammond CITIZEN We recognize right along with you that old white men in government spend too much time telling women in the state of Indiana what needs to be done with their bodies. If only they spent that time on protecting women from rape and assault and teaching all young people about consent.

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...Alas Rep. Lawson’s request wasn’t heeded. The House passed an insane “abortion reversal” bill 53-41 on Monday, requiring doctors who perform abortions to inform patients about an unproven, experimental procedure with no scientific evidence backing it up to “reverse” a medical abortion. Pay attention to women and scientists, please.

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NUVO.NET/NEWS “I hope that the broader community will have a better understanding of all of this and will be better equipped to keep their kids safe,” McGuire said. “And I believe that the mental health professionals that will be attending will be better equipped to tailor their services to survivors. … Being right here in Fishers is important because there’s that sense of security that things like human trafficking can’t happen in a place like Hamilton County, and the reality is that it happens all the time. And coming into an event like this will help families understand what human trafficking looks like in their area and how to keep their kids safe from that.” McGuire said that Ascent 121 served 110 girls last year, and all of the girls were born and raised in Central Indiana.

Manning hopes that attendees of the event will not only gain information that will keep children safe, but that they will also connect with agencies who are fighting against human trafficking. She also wants people to learn about how consumerism, such as buying coffee, chocolate and cotton, can contribute to human trafficking. Baney said she hopes that this event will open people’s eyes about human trafficking and the misconceptions, such as how it does not just take place internationally, does not just involve immigrants and that people can end it “There are so many people on the streets,” she said, “who desperately need us to say yes and [need] us to go out and find them and be the voice for them because they can’t. And that it’s really going to take all of us together to really put … an end to it all together.” N

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STATE LEVEL This legislative session, there are three bills proposed in the House and Senate that deal with the environment. Senate Bill 309 would end net metering for Indiana homes and businesses. Net metering is when a building uses renewable energy and “sells” any extra energy that is generated to the power company. Then, when the building does not generate as much energy as it uses, the credit it has built up is used. The Senate Utilities Committee voted 8-2 on Feb. 16 in favor of Senate Bill 309, with three amendments. Many Indiana homeowners, schools and businesses, especially those that use renewable energy, are not in favor of this bill because it could remove incentives for investing in renewable energy. The bill passed out of the Senate on a 39-9 bipartisan vote. In a statement, Jesse Kharbanda, the executive director of the Hoosier Environmental Council, said, “In a state that celebrates freedom, liberty, and customer choice, this bill does a great deal to discourage commitment to those principles: SB 309, in its current form, poses six significant obstacles to businesses, schools, churches, and homes installing rooftop solar — obstacles that remain even after the two amendments to the bill.” The House, he continued, would be wise to put a stop to the bill. Senate Bill 420 would reserve 10 percent of the state’s old growth forests and prevent them from being logged. The goal of this bill

is to ensure that Indiana maintains some of its natural habitat. Senate Bill 420 was discussed on Feb. 13, but did not get a vote in committee. The Indiana Forest Alliance is working on a summer study committee to keep the logging issue at the front of the legislative agenda, Anne Laker, the director of communications and admin at the Indiana Forest Alliance, said in an email. In fall 2016, a new construction project to build a veteran’s cemetery in what is currently one of the state’s only remaining old-growth forests was met with resistance. The Indiana Forest Alliance, among other concerned groups, sued to halt the construction, but was denied. Then, the Laura Hare Charitable Trust offered to buy the land from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (DVA) to turn it into a nature preserve and allow the DVA to find another place for the cemetery. Construction has not begun on the cemetery yet, Laker said. Politicians, she continued, listened to the outcry from the community and have been working behind the scenes with people at the VA National Cemetery Administration about the trust’s offer. House Bill 1494 seeks to further decrease regulations for commercial feeding operations looking to construct new sites or expand existing ones. Many are against this bill because the existing rules are already weak and the bill further weakens them. The bill passed through the House Committee on

Environmental Affairs 7-3 on Feb. 15, with one amendment to require new permits under certain circumstances that was adopted. The bill passed 66-25 and is now headed for the Senate.

CITY LEVEL Both the mass transit proposal and the climate recovery proposal passed through their respective committees and were heard and voted on in front of the full City-County Council on Feb. 27. The climate recovery proposal aims to increase energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and make the city of Indianapolis climate change-resilient. The bill passed through the City-County Council with a 20-4 vote in favor and was met with applause by those in attendance. After the vote, Councillor Zach Adamson, D-District 17, thanked the young people who worked on the bill. “I just wanted to thank the young people behind us,” said Adamson. “And to let everybody know that as soon as the mayor signs this, Indianapolis will be the largest city in the nation to pass a YOUTH-led Climate Change proposal. I think that deserves some recognition for these young people.” The mass transit proposal will add an income tax dedicated to helping fund mass transit in the city of Indianapolis. The funding would go toward providing shorter waits, extending hours and adding new vehicles and

rapid transit lines. Several councillors took the time to address the crowd and each other on the merits and concerns of the project. Councillor Joe Simpson, D-District 7 moved to delay a vote on the proposal until June. Simpson stated the council needed more time to see if the $75 million federal grant designated to fund the Red Line actually comes to fruition. The motion was defeated 16-9. Councillor Jeff Miller, R-District 16, gave an impassioned speech about the need for mass transit in Indianapolis, summing up the consequences of what would happen if the proposal was defeated. “The cost of doing nothing is so far greater than the risk of doing something,” Miller said. After further debate and discussion from both sides of the argument, the proposal passed 17-8 and was met with a standing ovation after the vote. The plan now moves to Mayor Hogsett’s desk for final approval. Hogsett released the following statement via Twitter Monday night: “Last year, a significant majority of Marion County voters made an important statement about the future of mass transit in Indianapolis and I appreciate the Council’s decision to act according to the will of the people tonight. Once this ordinance is signed, I look forward to ensuring that this historic investment in city infrastructure will be transformative for our future.”

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RENEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR HOW TO GET A NEW GREEN PROJECT OFF THE GROUND? I HAVE AN IDEA, BUT I DON’T REALLY KNOW HOW TO GET STARTED! Kevin

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ditor’s note: Renee has spent the past several years surrounding herself with like-minded people who share her passion for caring for the planet. Her business, GRēNēē Consulting, provides marketing and sales consulting to environmental and philanthropic organizations. Nine years ago, Renee started Green Piece Indy, a green living advice email, with her friend Meghan. In 2015, NUVO acquired the e-newsletter and renamed it Ask Renee, which is her creative outlet for all that green energy. Having spent their entire lives in Indiana, Renee and her husband, Chris, set out on an adventure in 2015. She now telecommutes from St. Croix in

the U.S. Virgin Islands, still writing for NUVO and working for Hoosier Environmental Council. On St. Croix she is involved with St. Croix Environmental Association and volunteers with their sea turtle patrol program. In the past 10 years, Renee has been recognized for her green efforts by the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, Hoosier Environmental Council, the Indiana Recycling Association, Earth Charter Indiana, and Preserve Local Heroes of Recycling. You can follow her on Twitter @GreenIndy and Instagram @AskReneeIndy for updates on environmental issues in both Indiana and St. Croix.

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Kevin, You have excellent timing, especially if money is a barrier to launching your idea.The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability announced a new round of SustainIndy Community Grants. Individuals and groups residing in Indianapolis may request up to $10,000 in funding for projects that promote social and cultural vibrancy, ensure environmental integrity and further economic development throughout Indianapolis. Beyond funding, here are a couple tips for getting started. Find the right partners and supporters. Nine or so years ago, two green-minded friends came together with an idea to start a green living advice email. We sent an email to all of our friends and family asking them to subscribe. We wrote our first message and sent it to 300 people who shared it and the subscribers list began to grow. A few years later, NUVO came on board, increasing the reach even more. Green Piece Indy/ Ask Renee has been successful because we found the right people at the right times to support our efforts! You’ll want to look for partners who have the skills you need, people who can provide moral support, and good networks to help spread the word. Just do it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally a planner. But planning and over-thinking an idea can sometimes get you nowhere. So, do some action, big or small, toward your goal. Schedule a meeting with a potential partner. Start the Facebook page. Design a flyer. Buy the domain name. One small action is likely to catapult into much bigger things. Good luck! I can’t wait to see what you have up your sleeve to help make Indianapolis a greener place. Piece out, Renee

HI RENEE, IS THERE A SERVICE OR COMPANY THAT WILL TAKE OLD LAWN MOWERS FOR RECYCLING OR REPAIR? Thanks, Tim Hi Tim, Wouldn’t it be cool if there were an incentive to repair your lawn mower rather than get rid of it? You might check out Angie’s List for lawn mower repair. Their “green” plan costs nothing and gives you access to reviews and ratings to help you find repair services near you. I can also personally recommend the good people at Henthorn Mower & Engine Service. As a last resort if your mower is not fixable, you can take it, empty of all oil and gas, to RecycleForce to be recycled. Piece out, Renee

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HEY RENEE, MY GIRLFRIEND AND I RECENTLY BOUGHT A HOME AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS ENERGY EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE BUILDING A BARN IN THE BACK YARD, JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE TO PUT SOME GYM EQUIPMENT IN. WE PLAN ON HAVING SOME ENERGYEFFICIENT LIGHTS AND A SMALL SPACE HEATER IN THERE AND WE WERE WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO RUN THE BUILDING — AT LEAST PARTIALLY — ON ROOFTOP SOLAR PANELS? WHAT STEPS WE WOULD TAKE TO GET THOSE SETUP ON THE STRUCTURE? ANY INFO YOU HAVE ON SETTING UP A SOLAR POWERED OPERATION AT HOME WOULD BE A HUGE HELP! ALSO, WOULD THIS GIVE US TAX BREAKS ALONG THE WAY? Thanks, Cavan Watts up, Cavan?! You can definitely power your gym barn with solar. I asked my contact at

Rectify Solar for some advice. The first, most important question is: does the barn already have power running to it? If yes, then your system could tie-in to the grid and maybe even offset some of the electricity you use in your new house. If you’re up for the challenge, you could use one of Rectify’s DIY kits! They suggest going with a micro inverter set-up for a DIYer. If there isn’t already power to the barn, you might consider working with a solar installer, like Rectify, or look in to an off-grid solar panel kit. You’ll find them at some of the big box stores and online. Keep in mind, if you’re off-grid, you’ll want to anticipate all of the electricity you plan to use when you calculate the size of your system. If you’re tied in to the grid, if you ever use more power than what your system produces, you’ll be able to pull from the electric company. There is still a 30 percent federal tax credit that applies for all materials and installation. Piece out, Renee

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HI RENEE, ARE CAMPAIGN SIGNS RECYCLABLE? Lori Lori, The results of this election have some potentially negative environmental side effects. The good news is that your political yard signs are recyclable. If you participate in a curbside program, separate the plastic from the metal and put both parts in the bin along with all of the postcards and flyers that surely appeared in your mailbox over the past several weeks. You can also take yard signs to a recycling center as they can recycle the aluminum or steel stakes, as well as the corrugated or film plastics. My friend at RecycleForce says that, “Democrats and Republicans will be shredded together to make a new piece of plastic.” Bi-partisanship at its finest! Speaking of recycling and politicians, congratulations to the Executive Director of Indiana Recycling Coalition, Carey Hamilton, for being elected to serve in the Indiana House of Representatives. I feel better knowing that Carey will be working to improve Indiana’s environment from the Statehouse. Piece out, Renee

HI RENEE, WHY ISN'T INDIANAPOLIS SALVAGING SO MUCH AS A SINGLE BRICK FROM ALL THE HOMES IT'S DEMOLISHING? Thanks, Gary Additional background information: Gary bought two blighted properties and is trying to fix them up. There is a house on the same street that is slated for demolition and he would like to have some of the materials inside to use in the rehab of his properties, but has been told that he may not enter the demo house to salvage materials. He believes he witnessed a house being demolished by Ray’s Trash and nothing was salvaged. Hi Gary, Like a house in the suburbs, that’s a big question with several layers. I reached out to multiple sources and asked a lot of question in hopes of recovering an answer for you. From the city, I understand that the Mayor’s office is very interested in having a program to salvage reusable materials from houses prior to demolition and has been in discussion with local organizations in hopes of formalizing a partnership. It is not possible for liability reasons to allow an individual citizen, like you, to enter a property for the purpose of salvaging. The really good news is that Ray’s does salvage materials from demolition projects. They actually consider what can be removed safely and easily, and has re-marketable value, when bidding on a demo project

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because salvaging is part of their business model. Recently, they employed an individual who works closely with the demolition crews to identify and recover various objects for resale — like light fixtures doors, cabinetry hardware, cabinets, countertops, fixtures, desks, and chairs. Ray’s occasionally has sales where these items can be purchased and some of their recovered items are in salvage resale shops across the Midwest. Most of their salvaging takes place onsite, before a demo starts, but sometimes materials are integral to the structure and have to be removed during demo. They share this example: “We demolished a cool old building in Danville early this year and after Shelly had recovered some items, the demo guys discovered some very old poplar posts that were covered and structural to the building. The demo guys contacted their supervisor and made arrangements to carefully save the posts for Shelly to market as a salvage item.” Residents are welcome to visit the Ray’s warehouse to see what they have in inventory. And I’m sure you could contact them about a particular property (if they are the company awarded the project) to ask them to salvage particular materials. Knowing that they already have a buyer will surely motivate them to recover what you need. If you happen to observe a demolition, know that recovery isn’t always visible. Recyclable metals are recovered quickly and removed swiftly to avoid theft. Sometimes concrete and bricks are recovered depending on the job and the quantity. And all materials are hauled off by a Ray’s truck so it may look like it’s going to the dump.

I asked a couple of local organizations that have been involved with recycling and neighborhood redevelopment about this issue. Here’s what they had to say: RecycleForce, who has considered starting a deconstruction arm of their services in the past, says there is a lot of interest, but no funding available. Gregg Keesling says, “The homes that are being torn down have very little recoverable value and it would require a sizeable subsidy.” Renew Indianapolis, who breathes life into abandoned and blighted properties, confirms that funding is the biggest challenge. Deconstruction and salvage projects require specific, hard-to-get insurance and staff to manage the contractors and grant administration. Federal bidding rules are also a barrier to their desire to salvage materials. Know that I don’t necessarily like these answers — but I do understand them. I personally believe that environmental impacts should sometimes be considered more important than economic impacts. As with so many environmental issues, government and businesses seem short-sighted and seem to disregard the long-term impacts. It’s frustrating when money is the reason that the most environmentally-friendly action is not taken. I also know that you can accomplish a lot more with thoughtful, respectful activism and diligent hard work than confrontation and accusations. I hope someone with your passion for recovery and rehabilitation (of materials and neighborhoods) will be a strong and productive voice in finding a solution. Piece out, Renee

NUVO.NET/THEBIGSTORY HI RENEE, DOES THE CITY USE ELECTRICITY THROUGH [IPL'S GREEN POWER OPTION] PROGRAM? DOES NUVO? WHAT BUSINESSES IN THE IPL AREA USE IT? Thanks, Richard Richard, Great questions! For those who don’t already know, IPL’s Green Power Option allows both residential and commercial/industrial IPL customers to pay a small premium to specify an amount equal to 100 percent, 50 percent, or 25 percent of your monthly electricity use to be generated by a renewable source. The current premium is $0.001 per kilowatt-hour and is used to purchase power from Indiana and There is no Midwestern wind farms. Republican IPL isn’t legislator willing able to share which to put forth a business bill setting aside customers participate more than 10% without their of state forests. permission, but some participants promote their enrollment. I found a few online, including Ambre Blends, Indianapolis Zoo, Wild Birds Unlimited, Reverie Estates, LightBound, Harding Poorman, and BioStorage Technologies. I am also proud to say that NUVO participates at the 100 percent level. The City of Indianapolis does not participate in the IPL Green Power Option; however, they did a major energy efficiency retrofit of fire stations and Department of Parks & Recreation facilities in 2012-13. They estimate that the improvements save more than $300,000 in annual utility costs and the equivalent in CO2 emissions. If your household is already enrolled in the IPL Green Power Option, more power to ya! If not, consider enrolling today. Piece out, Renee

HI RENEE, WHILE I’M VERY HAPPY TO SEE SUCH SUPPORT FOR OUR FORESTS, DO YOU THINK PROTECTING JUST 10 PERCENT IS REALLY CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION? WHAT IS THE FATE OF THE OTHER 90 PERCENT? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF STATE FORESTS ARE TRULY FOR THE PEOPLE THE FIGURES SHOULD BE REVERSED AND 90 PERCENT (OR MORE) SHOULD BE PROTECTED AGAINST LOGGING AND OTHER DESTRUCTIVE ACTS. JERRY AND I WERE SICKENED BY WHAT WE SAW A FEW WEEKS AGO DRIVING THROUGH MORGAN MONROE STATE FOREST. WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING WHY WE EVEN NEED TO BE HAVING THIS ARGUMENT IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. Thanks for listening! Julie Hi Julie! Why only 10 percent, you ask? The honest answer is that there is no Republican legislator willing to put forth a bill setting aside more than 10 percent of state forests from logging. Because in our one-party, gerrymandered system, bills proposed by Democrats do not tend to advance. In fact, the Indiana Forest Alliance started by asking for 23 percent for two straight years, but it simply wasn’t politically viable. Therefore, the Indiana Forest Alliance is working with the political capital available to us. The fact that the Senate Natural Resources Committee agreed to listen to testimony about the idea of setting aside 10 percent was a pleasant surprise, given the strength of the timber lobby and the DNR’s vigorous opposition to SB420. (See an update on that legislation on page 7) It may not seem like cause for celebration, but it’s a start and it’s way better than 0 percent! Piece out, Renee

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EVENT // How Are You Doing? — Nat Russell WHERE // General Public Collective, 7 p.m. TICKETS // FREE

MAR.

EVENT // Christopher M. Dance and Kara Breath Treasure, WHERE // Circle South Gallery, 7 p.m. TICKETS // FREE

CHANGING SETTINGS Justin Vining’s dramatic change in style on display at annual Harrison solo show BY EMILY TAYLOR // ETAYLOR@NUVO.NET

ustin Vining paced back and forth in his Harrison studio mid January. He was anxious to pack up his brushes, oils and masonite boards to go outside and paint. In fact, that’s pretty much all he’s done for the last year — and he doesn’t plan on slowing down. The Indianapolis artist built his personal brand on whimsical color. Anyone of his paintings — made before 2016 — are filled with stark hues and rolling landscapes with a storybook air to them. Now, most of his work is studies en plein air. Hence the title of his 2017 solo show at the Harrison Center for the Arts is Outside. Around this time last year, Vining challenged himself to paint outside a little more. “Painting from observation is a good fundamental way to hone your skills,” he says. “Slowly, I have become really addicted to it.” What started as a one-month commitment to setting up an easel outside and painting whatever he saw, became his daily norm. Now it’s not uncommon to see Vining, Benny Sanders and a slew of other local artists set up in urban spaces working as quickly as they can. “It’s been fun going to, not necessarily non-traditional venues because some of these paintings are super traditional,” says Vining. “But we are just going to spots around the city that, if it was just me, I would have never found or known they existed.” Those new settings are challenging him in a way he never expected. If you chatted with him six months ago, you would have heard a very clear concept for his March show. It was going to be a blending of his old and new styles in the same frame.

FOUNTAIN SQUARE // BY JUSTIN VINING

WHAT // Outside Opening Reception WHEN // March 3, 6-10pm WHERE // Harrison Center for the Arts

Now, most of what you see will be strictly plein air. “It’s a little bit of a problem,” says Vining. “I can’t stop painting outside.” There’s a noticeable difference between his plein air work even two months ago to now. The lines are cleaner, the depth is stronger and there is a distinct sense of place that didn’t exist before. We spoke with him about his dramatic shift and where his work is headed.

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EMILY TAYLOR: You mentioned that you had a clearer vision of your work six months ago. Where do you feel like you are now compared to then? JUSTIN VINING: I think I accidentally turned into a plein air painter… If I learned anything about just living, never say never. The world works in mysterious ways. Just because I am doing this now doesn’t mean I won’t be doing something else in the future. At least right now this is where my motivation is. I really enjoy the results, I don’t enjoy the process… It’s more important [now] to be in the moment with my painting. It’s a

lot less about the final product and it’s more about being in the moment. When you are painting from observation, nothing is predetermined.

EMILY: Are you nervous about what kind of reactions you are going to get from people because the styles are so different? JUSTIN: I don’t think, I don’t know… I kind of don’t care what people think. I do think there is also that business aspect — this is how I make my living. ... Artists who go to art school, who are classically trained or traditionally trained, I feel like they almost start at center and then they go way out left or right. They try and get away from center. And what’s been interesting is I have started my career way out from center, and I what I have been doing, I have almost gone straight to the middle. What scares me is not necessarily people’s reaction to my work, it scares me to go closer to the center a little bit. Can I sustain this living? I can I have been selling the crap out of them. I had — not a path of lesser resistance, but more of an identity. I am discovering as I enjoy this more and more and more, I do have some level of fear of is [my old style] lost? Am I at the point in my career where I am leaving that behind? To me that’s what’s scary. It’s weird to maybe forge a path then potentially abandon it. N

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STAGE-CROSSED LOVERS Two IRT actors share how they fell in love at the theatre BY LISA GAUTHIER MITCHISON // ARTS@NUVO.NET

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EVENT // Junot Díaz WHERE // Central Library, 7 p.m. TICKETS // FREE

MAR.

here’s an old adage about mixing your private life with work (don’t), but for those who see the theater as home, the lines are easy to blur. Matt Schwader’s and Hillary Clemens’ relationship is inextricably woven into their on-stage careers, and it’s been that way since they first met in 2010 at a Shakespeare festival in Wisconsin. Today, they are married and are coming full circle in their theatrical parenting foray. They discovered that they were pregnant on the morning of their opening of The Great Gatsby at the Indiana Repertory Theatre in 2015. The two are back at the IRT in its production of Boeing Boeing. Though branded by the dark circles under their eyes common to all new parents, the couple is upbeat and positive about their first show together since their son was born eight months ago. “We were going to take a year or more off from the theater world, and we probably wouldn’t have taken this [Boeing Boeing] WHAT // Boeing, Boeing if it weren’t WHEN // March 10 - April 2 for Hillary’s WHERE // IRT mom,” says TICKET // Prices vary Schwader with a smile. “[IRT] is a fun theater,” Schwader says. “When you come here, people are just so warm and creative—good people.” “We met in 2010, and we reconnected a couple years later. We started out long distance. From e-mails, to Skype, to watching Netflix at the same time,” Schwader says, which makes them both laugh again. Clemens adds, “We spent a lot of our relationship working in different cities and different plays. Right after we got married [in 2014], we had about two weeks together, and then I came here [IRT] and did The Game’s Afoot. But then we had an amazing year where we worked together. “Back to back,” says Schwader. “ We did Romeo and Juliet out at Lake Tahoe where she was Juliet and I was Romeo. And we came here and did The Great Gatsby.” That brings the story back to the baby. “Actors get things for each other as little opening-night gifts, and we had been sort of lax on that,” says Schwader. “And in

EVENT // Gallim Dance WHERE // IU Auditorium, (Bloomington), 8 p.m. TICKETS // $15-35

the morning, on the opening night of our show, Hillary comes to me and she’s like, ‘Let’s give each other our gifts now!’ and I was like, “No, we don’t do that!” Clemens explains, “We still had about four hours of rehearsal to do.” “Yeah, you do it at the show,” says Schwader. “But she said, ‘No, we have to do it now.’ Well, I was curmudgeonly about it.” “And she said, ‘You go first.’ So I was like, I didn’t want to do it at all, and now you’re making me go first,” says Schwader. “So I gave her her gifts, which were some things related to the show, like a daisy necklace and things like that because she was playing Daisy. And then she gave me my gift, and it’s a little thing that is wrapped up. I pull it out, and it’s a onesie. And we just burst into tears.” Clemens picks up the story: “We had to go to rehearsal and couldn’t tell anybody. We’d be on stage, to reposition a moment or fix the blocking, and I’d look at Matt and he’d look at me. And his eyes would just fill with tears. And I was like [whispering through gritted teeth], ‘Get it together! They’re going to think something’s wrong!’ We told Nathan [Garrison], the stage manager, pretty much right away because it’s a medical issue. You want to make sure somebody in charge knows what’s going on.” “It’s wonderful to come back with something that is so wonderfully silly,” Clemens says of Boeing, Boeing. “And we know when we come home at the end of the night we’re going to be in a great mood, as opposed to like a Shakespearian tragedy. You can’t always leave all of it; it comes with you, it lives in you a little bit. So it’s nice to know that there really isn’t a way to be in a bad mood at the end of this play.” Schwader agrees. “Especially with this cast and this company. It’s sort of funny because the play’s about these people who sort of live an international lifestyle, and a play like this for anybody is sort of a vacation. You get to forget about anything that’s happening in politics, the world, or whatever else may be troubling you in life, and you can go laugh for a couple hours.” N

OUT THIS WEEK

MOVIE // The Salesman OPENING // Friday, Mar. 3 RATED // PG-13

MOVIE // Table 19 OPENING // Friday, Mar. 3 RATED // PG-13

LOCAL OSCARS

In honor of the recent Academy Awards

A TIRED, OLD WOLVERINE Try counting the bouncing severed heads

ceremony, let’s honor some local films and filmmakers from last year with their own golden trophies.

BEST ACTRESS // Ellie Church, Plank Face In this strange slasher film, Ellie Church proves to be more than a mere scream queen. She shows a raw sense of humanity and fear that you can feel deep in your bones.

BEST ACTOR // Sandy Danto, Funny Fat Guy BY ED JOHNSON-OTT // EJOHNSONOTT@NUVO.NET

ccording to Hugh Jackman, Logan marks his last appearance as Wolverine, the most popular of all the X-Men. His co-star, Patrick Stewart, announced the same thing just a few days ago. He was so moved by the film that he decided to call it a day for his take on Professor Charles Xavier, leader of the X-Men. Make that former leader of the X-Men. The film takes place in 2029, and the X-Men are history. We are informed that a new mutant hasn't been born in 25 years, and most of the existing ones are gone. Apparently writers Scott Frank, Michael Green and writer-director James Mangold didn't want to have to keep explaining why no superpowered beings came to assist our heroes, so they simply said bye-bye to millions of mutants. That bugged me a little, but I let it go. No matter what any writer does, the X-Men always come back. I've been an X-Men fan since the first issue. They were outsiders designed to appeal to the alienated. As a gay teenager, I was double alienated. Perfect! For me, Wolverine was a late arrival. He didn't turn up until the X-Men comic book series was rebooted to make it more colorful and diverse. Having bonded with the original X-Men — Cyclops, Beast, Iceman, Angel and Jean Grey — I had little patience for Wolverine's badassery, but I got used to him over time. Now, it seems, time has caught up with Wolverine. He's thicker, his beard is turning gray, and his healing powers are fading. He cares for Profes-

IU alumnus Sandy Danto reveals the vulnerability beneath the bravado of a John Belushi

sor X, who has seizures — world's-most-powerful-telepath-earthquake-producing-seizures, the most dangerous kind — if not properly medicated. He loses touch with reality periodically, another aspect of his degenerative brain disease. I have a degenerative brain disease too — Parkinson's Disease. My symptoms kicked up midway through the movie. It made it difficult to concentrate on Professor X having difficulty concentrating. I share my history with the X-Men and my affliction with Parkinson's to keep my reaction to Logan in its proper perspective. The movie is brutal, packed with violence and all sorts of misery. Children are repeatedly placed in danger. Hell, children repeatedly kill other people. When it ended I felt battered, as much from the story as from the bout with my degenerative brain disease. I'm not going through the whole plot. Suffice to say that Logan, Xavier, and their traveling companion, the mutant tracking Caliban (Stephen Merchant) are being chased by bad men from a bad agency. After a bit they get saddled with a young girl (Dafne Keen) who has a tremendous amount of power. The goal is to take her several states away to a safe haven that Logan believes is nonsense straight out of an X-Men comic. Yes, there are X-Men comics in the movie. I like that, and it's fun listening to Wolverine bitch about their inaccuracies. Director Mangold stays away from CGI as much as possible. The movie has a gritty, gen-

uine feel we rarely see in comic book-based films. The action scenes are as easy to follow visually as they are difficult to watch. Activity suggestion: If your attention wanders, try counting the bouncing severed heads. The film has a number of striking moments. My favorite is when Logan, Xavier and the child help a farmer and his family round

wannabe in this biting satire of Hollywood. He makes us laugh, cringe and ache throughout the pitch-black comedy.

BEST SCREENPLAY // Scott Schirmer, Harvest Lake An arthouse riff on backwoods slasher flicks like Friday the 13th, Harvest Lake focuses on fungal creatures that send campers into a sexual trance. It’s a stunning debut from the Bloomington production company, Bandit Motion

WHAT // Logan (2017) SHOWING // In wide release (R) ED SAYS // e

up some horses that got loose on the highway. The scene is inventive and lyrical. When the family invites the trio to their home for dinner, I wanted to scream, “You're in a Wolverine movie! No good will come of this!” Alas, they fail to heed my psychic plea. Logan runs two hours and 15 minutes. Not bad, but it feels a bit draggy because the road trip lacks definition. It feels aimless at times, as if the writers were just coming up with new travel spots to keep the characters busy until the inevitable confrontation at the end. Of the three Wolverine movies, this is the best. I'm glad I saw it and glad it's over. There are points in our time on Earth where we need to be reminded that life's a bitch and then you die. Currently, I'm drawn more towards stories reminding me that hope springs eternal. Have fun with Logan and all the angst. I'm going to watch something a little less apocalyptic. N

Pictures. The film offers a pulpy yet powerful exploration of the primal nature of sexuality.

BEST DIRECTOR // Bobby Easley, The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company Best Director should ideally go to a filmmaker with a distinct, singular vision. Last year, Bobby Easley delivered exactly that, making a stop-motion animated World War II drama with more than 400 toy soldiers. Shot mainly in Carson Park and Easley’s basement, the film masterfully recreates the battlefields of Nazi Germany. It’s the kind of fantasy that kids picture in their minds when they play with plastic Army men in their backyards.

BEST PICTURE // The Invisible Patients Featured in both the Indy Film Fest and Heartland Film Festival, this devastating documentary follows nurse practitioner Jessica Macleod on monthly visits to the homes of four patients in Evansville. Director Patrick O’Connor respectfully peers into painful moments of their lives as they deal with dire circumstances. Heavy subject matter handled with a gentle touch. — SAM WATERMEIER

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NEW RESTAURANT // Al Rayan Restaurant & Bakery WHAT // Get your fix of Middle Eastern cuisines COST // $-$$

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NEW BAR // Kingmakers WHERE // A bar with board games and beer COST // $

CHRIS AND ALLY BENEDYK, OWNERS OF LOVE HANDLE //

RITA KOHN is NUVO’s Beer Maven Five beer-centric events for the month of March

1 // MARCH 6 Girls Pint Night Out presents a Poutine Party at Big Lug Canteen at 6:30 p.m. “For only $15, you’ll have access to a plethora of delicious poutine ingredients from Big Lug for a build-your-own-all-you-can-eat poutine extravaganza!” There will be beer, obviously. 2 // MARCH 9 Triton Brewing & Taxman Brewing Tap Takeover at The Pint Room in Carmel 5:30-7:30 p.m. It doesn’t get more simple than this, go the The Pint Room and drink plenty of Triton and Taxman beers.

A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Love Handle’s tongues, biscuits and wild cakes BY CAVAN McGINSIE // CMCGINSIE@NUVO.NET

3 // MARCH 15 Hatchblower Pepper IPA Tapping and Bottle Release at Triton Brewing Company, 3-10 p.m. Triton’s David Waldman says, “Piquant and delicious, this beer is flavored with green pepper, chipotles and jalapeños during the conditioning process. With subtle spice and sweetness, it is a delight for the taste buds.” 4 // MARCH 15 Beer Boot Camp – Brewing Fundamentals at Triton Brewing Company, 6:30-8 p.m. Learn the brewing fundamentals at Triton’s second beer education class. Head brewer and co-owner Jon Lang will run the class which is limited to 20 people. Sign-up in the tasting room for $15. 5 // MARCH 17 & 18 Firkin St. Patrick’s Day at Four Day Ray, 12 p.m.-12 a.m. Spend the day celebrating everything Irish during this two-day event: “We will be tapping our Irish Red. Firkin Tappings featuring Indiana breweries.” NUVO will also be bringing our brand new GIF booth on Friday from 4-9 p.m.

meal at Love Handle is unlike any other in the city; sure, the sandwiches and biscuits and gravy are always unique and the taste equivalent to sitting down after a five hour hike (which maybe isn’t a bad idea after eating here), but what truly sets meals here apart are the wonderful owners Chris and Ally Benedyk. “I love everybody that comes into Love Handle,” Ally says. “People come in and they’re not sure what to expect at first, but you can tell as soon as they’re sat down and you talk to them, the guard kind of comes down, and people are comfortable, and they love the food. It’s so wonderful when they just come in and sit at the counter, I just talk to people and I almost feel like about 70 percent of our regular customers and I have some sort of a friendship.” When you walk through the front door at the corner of 10th and Oxford Streets you’ll be greeted by the wonderful, mouthwatering aromas of seared meat and fresh coffee and generally the sound of obscure, but rad tunes and laughter. The laughter will be coming

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from the kitchen where Chris is having a long-distance convo with bar patrons while he is busy busting out pork belly sandwiches, bowls of biscuits and gravy with headcheese eggs and plates of Ally’s cheesecake or brownies. Ally will be there to greet you and get you a cup of Tinker Street coffee (be careful with the coffee here, it’s like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, rich, strong as hell and amazing.) While sitting at the bar you’ll quickly get a sense of what this place and the couple behind it is all about. It’s a no frills place. When I ask Chris his philosophy on food — a question that oftentimes will lead to a thoroughly deep and intricate answer — he simply responds, “I dunno, I like when you eat something and then you’re like, ‘Oh man, that’s so good.’ Like a leveling of ‘good’ in your head. Like, ‘Oh shit, that’s like, super good.’ “We make sandwiches and biscuits and gravy and stuff. And Ally make cheesecakes and lemon bars and brownies, it’s all super tasty stuff. So just try to makes it super tasty.” This may seem like a funny answer to some, but when Chris says it, you know he’s

being honest. He and Ally just want to do the most straightforward thing you can do with food — the main thing that drives us to love food — to simply make it taste good. They succeed at, and surpass this goal with everything on the menu. The menu may throw some people off due to the use of many less-used cuts of meat like tongue, heart, tendons and belly, but Chris has spent so much time working with these cuts that he is able to craft them into something seemingly magical, and he’s able to keep lower prices on the menu while doing it. “We’re able to keep our price point lower because we use a lot of tongue and heart and tendons and stuff like that. They’re cheaper than filet mignon, I guess. There’s probably other things in between there, too,” Chris says, with a laugh. “So, yeah the price is good and then you can manipulate them. You can ham stuff, or cure stuff, or roast stuff, or smoke stuff, and it ends up tasting super tasty.” Ally adds, “He typically gets the more obscure cuts [from Fischer Farms in Jasper, Ind.],

NUVO.NET/FOOD+DRINK just because it makes it more interesting, and it’s a little more challenging that way.” While Chris handles the entrees, Ally is a master when it comes to making desserts. Her fascination with baking has been a longtime love. “Ever since I was little,” she says, “I know that sounds kind of cheesy, but I always was really into food for the most part, especially when I was little. I’d stay home when I

and put toffee and raspberry jam. I’m really a big fan of fruity and chocolate stuff.” While she is doing simple desserts for the most part, she gets outside of the box sometimes, especially with her ice creams. “It depends on the day,” she says. “Some days, if I get an idea for a really cool ice cream, like right now we have charred pistachio and Amarula ice cream. It’s really tasty. I’m really into that.” She explains that, like Chris with the meats, she uses some “It’s very important, I think, to be unusual ingredients in her con“I’m a big fan of malty genuine and to have a relationship coctions: flavor, a lot of salted flavors, like I with everyone that comes in the always put soy sauce in caramel. Miso is in like everything that door.” has a caramel or chocolate — ALLY BENEDYK, CO-OWNER OF LOVE HANDLE aspect. Ovaltine goes in like everything I make, because I love was sick and watch The Discovery Channel it. That’s kind of my favorite stuff.” and there’s a show called Great Chefs, and I There is no better way to understand just saw them do like a croquembouche with the how lucky we are to have a place like Love spun sugar and that just like blew my mind.” Handle in Indianapolis than to make your From those early experiences, Ally went way to the bar, order some food and enjoy on to a vocational school focused on baking conversations with the owners and your during high school, and then followed up fellow guests. As Ally says, “It’s cool, it’s very with culinary school in Louisville. Now she relaxed, we’re not trying to present anything bakes continuously to keep up with demand false or any sort of gimmick. It’s like have a for the desserts at Love Handle. “I do a lot of cup of coffee. ‘You want that sandwich? It’s cheesecake, because everybody seems to just very good.’ It’s very important, I think, to love it; people are obsessed with the cheesebe genuine and to have a relationship with cake. It’s just like a New York style cheesecake, everyone that comes in the door.” straightforward...I do brownies the same way. And it’s very important for you to walk I keep it pretty simple, but done really well through that door. N

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MAY

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EVENT // Soundgarden WHERE // FBI Lawn at White River State Park TICKETS // March 3, 10 a.m.

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EVENT // Goo Goo Dolls WHERE // FBI Lawn at White River State Park TICKETS // March 3, 10 a.m.

HER AGAIN //

DOING IT FOR ALL GIRLS Her Again on Bloomington house scene and touring BY SIERRA VANDERVORT // MUSIC@NUVO.NET

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emale drummers wanted.” That’s what Claudia Ferme remembers posting to Facebook in 2015 after getting inspired by the Bloomington music scene and deciding she wanted to start a band. And her call was answered: She met Jordan Gomes-Kuehner at a house show in town, and the two became Bloomington’s all-girl garage rock group Her Again. After Indiana University sophomore Megan Searl joined them and completed their lineup in early 2016, they started performing in basements and bars across town. With Ferme on lead guitar, Gomes-Kuehner on drums, Searl on bass and each contributing vocals, Her Again’s sound fluctuates somewhere between flirty surfpunk and doo-wop. We stopped in to see them on a Saturday night at the Blockhouse in Bloomington. Her Again takes the stage, Searl’s bass

plucking the opening riff, drawing listeners scattered around the bar closer to the stage. In matching rose-embroidered outfits, they open with the catchy, self-conscious theme “It Doesn’t Matter.” “I was so worried ‘bout the things I said that night, about my clothing and if my hair was done right. I think I ‘caused myself unnecessary fright, but it doesn’t matter.” With no prior songwriting experience, Her Again started out playing Bikini Kill and The Cure covers in basements across Bloomington. They laugh when thinking about the early days of Her Again, when they were first finding their voice as writers and musicians. “It was kind of a rough first half of the band,” Ferme says. “I really appreciate the people who stuck by us and kept coming to our shows.” “The best compliment we get is when people tell us how much we’ve grown and gotten better,” Gomes-Kuehner agrees.

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“We’ve definitely come a long way.” For their upcoming spring break, After lots of practice, it wasn’t long the ladies will head out on their first before Ferme started writing and recordregional tour with shows in Indianapolis, ing pop songs for the group. While they Chicago and Detroit. highlight prominent female artists like They credit the local music scene for most Angel Olsen and of their inspiration Hinds as songwritand support, with “The house show scene ing inspiration, inspiration born and they don’t confine bred in house shows here is really what gave their music to one around town. Ferme us this opportunity. specific sound. says the personal “When I listen to aspect of BloomingThere’s a lot of support, Claudia’s songs it’s ton’s music scene has there are lots of hard to pinpoint been a big compothe influence, nent of their success. opportunities to play.” because it doesn’t “The house show — JORDAN GOMES-KUEHNER really sound like scene here is really anything in the what gave us this opscene,” Gomes-Kuehner says. “There are portunity,” Gomes-Kuehner says. “There’s a pop sensibilities there, but we’re not trylot of support, there are lots of opportunities ing to sound like any weird indie subgeto play. If we wanted to play a show every nre or anything.” weekend we could do it.”

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unk rock emerged from a cynical corporation behind you to make music, post-Nixon America. The peace tour, release records and generally just make a statement about the world we live in. and love hippie politics of the ‘60s And that D.I.Y. approach is very evident rotted out, giving way to the nihilistic on a lot of punk posters and cover art from extremism of organizations like the Weather the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. There was a very Underground and Symbionese Liberation cut and paste approach to design. A lot Army. And early punk rock offered an honof the art making process took advantage est reflection of this bleak social landscape. of the accessibility of Xerox photocopy While critics assumed punk was nothing machines. Can you talk a little bit about the more than a brief and regrettable artistic spasm, the genre grew into something much punk rock aesthetic and how it’s reflected in this exhibition? deeper and larger: a global cultural moveRICK WILKERSON: It was the D.I.Y. aesment uniting disaffected youth in unexthetic. Most of the people who did these flypected locations around the world, from ers weren’t great artists, although we actually Indonesia to Indiana. had some pretty good artists in Indianapolis The attraction of punk rock isn’t simply doing them. Essentially it was branding, you musical, punk rock has become a platform were communicating via for organizing against these flyers that this was a fascist, racist and sexist Punk rock’s roots punk or new wave thing. You politics. The emergence were communicating that of Pussy Riot in Moscow are an artistic this was off center, and not provides a relatively recent your usual cover band kind example. As America plung- blueprint for thing. A lot of the graphics es deeper into the moral fomenting dissent. of reflected that. You looked for darkness of our current ways to surprise people. You presidential politics, it’s looked for ways to communicate that this worth looking back to punk rock’s roots as might be your thing. an artistic blueprint for fomenting dissent. A new exhibition of early Indiana punk KYLE: After graduating from the Indiana rock flyers and posters offers a timely oppunk/new wave scene you went on to a portunity to examine how Hoosier musicareer in advertising. Were you influenced cians advertised their artistic vision to local audiences. The exhibit opens Friday, March by any formal concepts of advertising while 3rd in the Satch Art Space inside the Circle designing flyers for your band? City Industrial Complex, located on 1125 RICK: I did study advertising in college, Brookside Avenue. Opening night festivities but I don’t think I got that deep with it. I will kick off at 6 p.m. and you can catch a wasn’t thinking in terms of branding, but live performance of classic Indiana punk clearly there’s a lot of branding going on. covers from Cheetah Priest at 9 p.m. I think you’ll see that in the exhibition. I discussed the exhibition with Rick WilkYou’ll see bands going down a certain erson, who created some of the flyers on path. You might have three different flyers display for his group Amoebas in Chaos. for a show, because all three bands might make their own flyer. But each band that KYLE LONG: I think one of the most importmade a flyer might have some consistency ant and enduring concepts put forward in over time. There might be a graphic stratepunk rock is the D.I.Y. ethic. That do it yourgy a band would often use that would lead self attitude has defined a lot of punk rock to recognition, “Oh, that’s Dow Jones and music, the idea that you don’t need a huge The Industrials. N

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The poet Rainer Maria Rilke bemoaned the fact that so many of us “squander our sorrows.” Out of self-pity or lazy selfindulgence, we wallow in memories of experiences that didn’t turn out the way we wished they would have. We paralyze ourselves with repetitions of depleting thoughts. Here’s an alternative to that approach: We could use our sadness and frustrations to transform ourselves. We could treat them as fuel to motivate our escape from what doesn’t work, to inspire our determination to rise above what demoralizes and demeans us. I mention this, Libra, because now is an excellent time to do exactly that. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s time for the Bliss Blitz — a new holiday just for you Scorpios. To celebrate it properly, get as buoyant as you dare; be greedy for euphoria; launch a sacred quest for pleasure. Ah, but here’s the big question: Can you handle this much relief and release? Are you strong enough to open yourself to massive outbreaks of educational delight and natural highs? Some of you may not be prepared. You may prefer to remain ensconced in your protective sheath of cool cynicism. But if you think you can bear the shock of unprecedented exaltation and jubilation, then go ahead and risk it. Experiment with the unruly happiness of the Bliss Blitz. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In his book The Horologicon, Mark Forsyth gathered “obscure but necessary” words that he dug out of old dictionaries. One of his discoveries is a perfect fit for you right now. It’s “snudge,” a verb that means to walk around with a pensive look on your face, appearing to be busy or in the midst of productive activity, when in fact you’re just goofing off. I recommend it for two reasons: 1. It’s important for your mental and physical health that you do a lot of nothing; that you bless yourself with a healing supply of refreshing emptiness. 2. It’s important for your mental and physical health that you do this on the sly as much as possible; that you avoid being judged or criticized for it by others. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I wish your breakfast cereal came in boxes decorated with Matisse and Picasso paintings. I wish songbirds would greet you each morning with sweet tunes. I wish you’d see that you have more power than you realize. I wish you knew how uniquely beautiful you are. I wish you’d get intoxicated with the small miracles that are happening all around you. I wish that when you made a bold move to improve your life, everyone greeted it with curiosity and excitement. And I wish you would let your imagination go half-wild with fascinating fantasies during this, the Capricorn wishing season. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “You’re a different human being to everybody you meet,” says novelist Chuck Palahniuk. Now is an excellent time to contemplate the intricacies and implications of that amazing truth -- and start taking better advantage of how much freedom it gives you. Say the following statements out loud and see how they feel: 1. “My identity isn’t as narrowly circumscribed as I think it is.” 2. “I know at least 200 people, so there must be at least 200 facets to my character.” 3. “I am too complicated to be completely comprehended by any one person.” 4. “Consistency is overrated.” PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your immediate future is too good to be true. Or at least that’s what you, with your famous self-doubt, might be inclined to believe if I told you the truth about the favorable developments that are in the works. Therefore, I have come up with some fake anxieties to keep your worry reflex engaged so it won’t sabotage the real goodies. Beware of dirty limericks and invisible ladders and upside-down rainbows and psychic bunny rabbits. Be on guard against accountants wearing boxing gloves and clowns singing Broadway show tunes in runaway shopping carts and celebrities telling you classified secrets in your dreams.

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