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FALLEN SOLDIERS IN TRUTH’S ARMY Five Journalists Murdered for Doing Their Job BY JOHN KRULL // NEWS@NUVO.NET

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his is not a game. On Thursday afternoon, a man bearing a shotgun and smoke grenades entered The Capital Gazette building in Annapolis, Maryland. He opened fire through the glass doors of the newsroom. He kept shooting, reloading when his gun emptied. By the time the police found him hiding under a desk, he had killed five people and wounded two others. It appears he held a grudge against the newspaper. Seven years ago, he pled guilty to harassing a female former high school classmate. The Gazette reported on the incident and his guilty plea. He sued. A judge dismissed his suit as not having merit when he couldn’t demonstrate that any part of the reporting was inaccurate or that the coverage had harmed him in any way. That’s not surprising. One thing I’ve learned in nearly 40 years as a journalist is that mistakes or inaccuracies may irritate or annoy people, but the hard feelings most often dissipate with a correction and an apology. The truth, though, can enrage people because there’s no way to make it go away. Most newsrooms and most journalists For more opinion pieces visit nuvo.net/voices

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have known guys who nurse imagined grievances like the person who slaughtered five people for telling the truth apparently did. Most of them, thank goodness, are harmless, wounded souls so invested in their own highly evolved fantasy lives that they can’t bear to hear even a whisper of reality. They fume. They troll online. They mortar and buttress the walls surrounding their private never-never lands by posting things long on venom and short on logic. But they don’t shoot people. There are, however, some genuinely dangerous people out there—people like this guy—whose rage builds and builds because they cannot deny the message. So they do their best to destroy the messenger. It would be comforting to think that such thinking is confined to the lunatic fringe. But it’s not. The president of the United States offered his condolences to the families and friends of the fallen at The Gazette. He said his thoughts and prayers were with them. That was nice. Three days earlier, though, at a rally in South Carolina, he said journalists are “the enemy of the people.”

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Donald Trump has complained often about journalists. He has said they aren’t nice to him. He’s been particularly angry about reporting regarding his presidential campaign’s possible ties to Russia—three campaign staffers have pled guilty to offenses and others have been indicted—and his alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels. The president first denied he knew of the payoff to the porn star, but when faced with legal penalties for lying, he acknowledged he had known about it all along. Inaccuracies irritate. The truth enrages. This president also tries to discredit or destroy the messenger because he cannot deny the message. The sad thing is he’s not alone. Too many people in this country—people who ought to know better—do the same thing. Because they cannot deny the message—cannot suppress the truth—they try to shut down or shout down the messenger. These folks run the gamut from high school administrators who want to tell students they can’t write or even talk about problems in their schools to high-powered business people who think any story, however factual, that doesn’t make them look like genius-

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es must be fake news to alt-right activists who urge audiences to kill journalists. The alt-right activist said he was just joking. Bet the folks in Annapolis are just laughing themselves sick right now. I didn’t know any of the people killed in Maryland, but I do know people who were their friends and former colleagues. It appears those who died were like most journalists I have known—hard working, good hearted, and loyal to two masters. Their audience. And, most important, the truth. They, like most of us, didn’t go into this business thinking that trying to tell the truth would be the easiest way to make friends. They—we—became journalists because the truth matters. Someone has to try to tell the truth, even when—especially when—the most powerful people in the country won’t. This is not a game. N John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism, host of “No Limits” WFYI 90.1 Indianapolis, and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. NUVO.NET // 07.04.18 - 07.11.18 // VOICES // 3

ATTORNEY GENERAL INVESTIGATED FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Curtis Hill Denies Accusations, Says Process Lacks Fairness BY LAURA MCPHEE // LMCPHEE@NUVO.NET

he Indianapolis Star has released details of a sexual harassment investigation focusing on Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill. The story broke Monday, July 2 after the newspaper received a copy of a June 18 memorandum prepared by the legal team investigating claims against Hill. According to The Star, the eight-page memo summarizes interviews with six women who attended a party with lawmakers and staff after the legislative session ended this past March. The Star reported that at the party, one of Hill’s accusers, a lawmaker herself, said Hill “put his hands on her back, slid them down her back, put them under her clothes, and grabbed her buttocks.” She repeatedly told him to “back off,” but he came up to her later and again reached under her clothing, touching her against her will. Three legislative employees also encountered a reportedly drunken Hill that night, and all had similar tales of unwanted advances and inappropriate physical contact. He was also heard at the bar telling women they needed to “show a little skin” or “show more leg” if they wanted to get free drinks or faster service. Legislative leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties issued a joint statement confirming that an investigation had taken place. “Our investigation has been completed and the matter has been addressed with the Attorney General to the satisfaction of the employees involved,” the statement said. “Protection of House and Senate employees is of paramount importance to legislative leaders.”

In a statement provided to NUVO on Tuesday, however, the attorney general denies acting inappropriately on the night in question or ever being contacted by investigators regarding the accusations. “These allegations are deeply troubling,” said Hill in his statement. “The celebration [on the night in question] was very crowded with legislators, lobbyists, staffers and others. The atmosphere was light and jovial, as would be expected in a bar. I interacted with several people— talking, laughing, and telling stories. At no time was my behavior inappropriate nor did I touch anyone in an inappropriate manner. While the celebration continued, I left with the gentleman who had invited me and went home. “I have never been contacted by any investigator,” Hill continued. “I have not been informed of who made these allegations nor have I been provided any due process with regard to these vicious allegations. “The lack of due process regarding this prejudicial investigation is concerning. I have never received a copy of this ‘confidential’ report along with the specific allegations made against me. While meeting with legislative leaders yesterday I requested a copy of this report but my request was denied despite the fact that the legislature acknowledged they had given it to the media. There is a fundamental lack of fairness to this entire process. Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb is on an anniversary trip in Montana with his wife, Janet, but released a statement via his office on Tuesday about the allegations against Hill.

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“We took great care to update our sexual harassment policies for the executive, legislative and judicial branches in the past few months,” Holcomb said in the statement. “No one should be subjected to unwanted sexual advances. I commend House and Senate leaders for their immediate and formal follow up to the allegations presented to them.” Not long after the governor’s statement, Indiana Democratic Party Chair-

man John Zody issued a statement of his own calling for Hill to resign. “We believe the multiple allegations against the Attorney General are serious, and raise material doubts over whether he can effectively carry out the duties of his office. Hill is Indiana’s chief law enforcement officer. It is not only his job to carry out the laws passed by the Indiana General Assembly, but also to protect Hoosiers from waste, fraud and abuse,” Zody said. “The allegations reported yesterday [Monday] are beyond troubling and wildly inappropriate in a professional or social environment for any person, much less a statewide elected official charged with such responsibility,” Zody concluded. “Attorney General Hill should spare Hoosiers from this controversy and resign from office.” The Indiana Republican Party Chairman Kyle Hupfer has also weighed in, stopping just short of calling for Hill to resign. “I am continuing to learn about the details of the investigation into allegations against Attorney General Curtis Hill,” said Hupfer. “I appreciate that Speaker Bosma and President Pro Tem Long acted promptly to look into the allegations, and that they acted in a bipartisan manner with Democrat legislative leadership to name an independent counsel to investigate. “It’s important to be clear: As the Republican Party, we have zero tolerance for sexual harassment, and that’s the standard to which we all should adhere. Actions like these alleged have no place in public life or anywhere else.” N

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INDIANA DOUBLES DOWN ON ABSTINENCE

New State Law Reinforces Ban Teaching Safe Sex Practices BY NICOLE HERNANDEZ // NEWS@NUVO.NET

eginning this next academic year, teachers in Indiana’s public schools will require permission from parents before teaching human sexuality to their children. Senate Enrolled Act 65 takes effect July 1 and makes it illegal for schools to provide sex ed without a written consent form from the parent or guardian of each student. State Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, one of the bill’s authors, said it would act as a check and ensure that teachers across the state are only teaching what is written into the curriculum. “Our state standards of human sexuality are very good in Indiana, but we have teachers who are going beyond the standards and are getting into what I call more sensual, more nitty-gritty stuff, almost to the area of pornography,” said Kruse. “We thought, ‘Wow, this is creeping in now,’ so we better do something so that it doesn’t take over the curriculum.” Indiana law requires that schools teach abstinence-only sex education, preventing teachers from giving students any details about birth control, condoms, or sexually transmitted diseases. Ginger Hixson-Kahl, sex education teacher in Edinburgh schools for 37 years, doesn’t agree that abstinence-only education should be the focus. “That’s not happening, so if you don’t teach about it, the students won’t know about it,” said Hixson-Kahl. “Therefore, there’s going to be more STDs, more unwanted pregnancies, and I do believe sex education makes a difference. The number of STDs and the number of pregnancies are the two main features that sex education needs to work on. Actual sex education.”

The debate over sex education has long been focused on whether abstinence-only or comprehensive sex education should be taught in public schools. The United States has funded abstinence-only sex education programs for decades and has consistently seen high teen pregnancy rates and birth rates compared

that he does not believe that topics involving LGBTQ issues should be taught or discussed in schools. “They just have to teach according to the standards and abstinence, that’s the main thing. So actually they don’t even mention those things,” said Kruse. “It’s not in our curriculum, and teachers shouldn’t be teaching that now. It’s not in our standards.”

to other developed countries. From 2002 to 2005 alone, the U.S. reported more than 72,000 pregnant girls ages 15 to 19 while Canada only saw about 29,000 pregnant teens. During House committee hearings on SB 65, testifiers raised the concern that this bill would also prevent any classroom discussions involving LGBTQ topics and impact those students. In response to this discussion, Kruse stated

Although Hixson-Kahl retired before LGBTQ issues were at the forefront of discussion, she feels that eliminating it from school discussion is wrong. “I really think a bill like this is really going to hamper the schools from even thinking about offering the openness, and it needs to be, because the school is supposed to be separate from the church,” said Hixson-Kahl. “I mean, it’s separation of church and state, and the school is the state

and religious schools are not controlled by these laws.” At the beginning of Hixson-Kahl’s teaching career, sending out a parental notification in order to teach sex education wasn’t required. “I don’t think it is necessary in high school [to have a written consent],” said HixsonKahl. “I think parents are a little blind to the fact of what their children already know, and, personally, if I had ever been a parent, I would rather they learn it officially than in the streets.” Lawmakers such as Kruse don’t believe the law will have much of an impact on educators. “It’ll be one more thing for them to do, but one of the things schools resisted was sending another form home, but they literally send thousands of these forms every year for field trips,” said Kruse. “So one more form for human sexuality I don’t think is going to be an extra burden on the schools. So I think they can handle that and I think they’ll take care of sending the form.” Kruse added that the law also states that teachers have the ability to send the form to parents via email instead of solely relying on the students to give the form to their parents. Although it is just another piece of paper, researchers and former educators feel that it’s much more than that. “If a parent asks, they should be able to take their child out, but I don’t think it’s necessary that it be sent home,” said Hixson-Kahl. “The parent needs to take a little responsibility and know that it’s going to happen and do that. I don’t think that the law should do that.” N Nicole Hernandez is a reporter for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. NUVO.NET // 07.04.18 - 07.11.18 // NEWS // 5

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n May 19, I went to an exhibition of artwork by recently graduated Herron School of Art and Design students and alumni called Room 221 at The Oilwick, 1604 Deloss St., on Indy’s Near Eastside. The venue, located in a former warehouse, didn’t exactly pop off the street. It’s in an area in between three or so Eastside neighborhoods—a sort of no-man’s-land in terms of redevelopment—one of the neighborhoods being Fountain Square. I was impressed by the caliber of paintings that night, paintings such as “Kiss My ’Merican Ass” by Samantha Nicholls, a realistic portrait of a young woman’s tattooed ass in panties set against a blue background. This painting’s title just might reflect the feelings of some art school graduates toward society at large. After all, art students regularly see media reports that dismiss their major as tickets to unemployment and/or low earnings. Take for example this tidbit from Kiplinger.com in its article“10 Worst College Majors for a Lucrative Career 2017–2018”: “Fine artists, including painters, sculptors and illustrators, typically collect precious little pay, earning a median income of about $24,614 a year.” No doubt, The Oilwick would confirm the worst of the Kiplinger editors’ preconceptions—borne out of treating statistics as sacrosanct while dismissing all context—in the unlikely case that they happen to pay a visit. While there are ample track lighting and clean white walls in the gallery space, the wood floorboards are bare, and so are the roof rafters. But the threadbare nature of the venue didn’t seem to matter much. What mattered was the electricity in the air. The Oilwick was started by three young artists, Amy Applegate, Josh Haines, and Sean Yager, all in their mid-20s, all looking for cheap studio space. The story of Oilwick’s conception begins in 2015 when Haines was still in school at Herron School of Art and Design. Haines, who is executive director at The Oilwick, describes a NUVO.NET // 07.04.18 - 07.11.18 // THE BIG STORY // 7

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THE OILWICK NAME

I asked The Oilwick’s Executive Director Josh Haines how The Oilwick got its name. “When we first got in here, it was all just nasty and carpeted,” he said. “And the carpet just smelled like cigarettes and mildew. So when we were going through, ripping out the carpet, painting, we actually found that oil wick and a jar of marbles in this room.” It was Sean Yager who gets credit for naming the organization. He was inspired by said “oil wick” in question—actually an oil lamp—when they were looking for a name to dub their new studio space. Not that there wasn’t some stiff competition in the inspiration department. “My personal favorite, which we didn’t do, was Rob 23 because there was a semitruck with ‘Rob 23’ spray painted to the back,” said Haines.

chance conversation that he had with Paul and Suzanne Dijak-Robinson at B’s Po Boy—the restaurant where he was general manager—before it was shut down. They happened to ask Haines what he was doing. He told them that, like many of his artist friends, he was looking around for cheap studio space, not having much luck, and thinking that he might be satisfied with just about anything. “‘I’m going to find a friend who has a warehouse, who’s working out if it. Maybe they have a closet I can paint in,’” he told them. “‘Anything that’s not at home; there’s too many distractions at home.’ So I’m telling them this, and they’re like, ‘We have a warehouse.’ I was like, ‘OK, that’s pretty fantastic.’” The Dijak-Robinsons, whose natural pet food business My Pet Carnivore is located at 1402 Shelby St., had recently purchased some property with garages and a warehouse, they told him. But the warehouse, which was also attached to some office space, was not being used; it was property

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that they were willing to rent out. Moving into the space at 1604 Deloss St.—which seems a lot farther from the rapidly gentrifying Fountain Square than it actually is—was a no-brainer considering the cheap rent. The pioneers in that space were Haines, Yager, Applegate, and Lynnette Sauer (also a recent Herron graduate). And in the beginning, says Haines, they were just using it as studio space. “For almost a year, it stayed super small,” says Haines. “It was just studio space at that time. But we got a lot of requests from other people for studio space because they knew how much we were paying, and there was literally no place in the city you could get for that cheap. And we were trying to tally it down, thinking what if we took more of the space. The landlords were definitely up for it.” At first they were running The Oilwick on a pretty ad-hoc basis. “It was kind of like a continuation of school when we first expanded,” Haines says, “because it was kind of like our class

from school who joined us here. I would [also] say probably eight months after that, probably like a year and a half in…a lot of our friends…ended up moving. Or having other plans. Now, I don’t want to say it’s a blind process of who we choose, but it’s definitely not, ‘Hey, you’re our friend, come and join our space.’ But in the beginning it was.” Over time, The Oilwick also evolved into a performance space, utilizing what at that time was the derelict warehouse space attached to their studios. (It has since been cleaned up, helped immensely by eight or so coats of white paint on the walls.) The signature event in the evolution was something called POMP, which happened on April 1, 2016. “POMP was a collaborative piece organized by Brian Johnson, Shannon White, and me,” says Amy Applegate, who graduated from Herron in 2015 with a BFA in painting, who had worked at the Indianapolis Art Center as an exhibition technician. “We wanted this to be a big performance show. We wanted to adver-

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tise and not have people really know what they’re getting into. We wanted to work with other people, so we got about eight other artists involved.” Those artists were Applegate’s friends, some of whom had studio space at The Oilwick, and her instructions to them were to come up with their own artists’ personas. During POMP, their instructions were not only to make artwork as their assumed personas but to also hang their work and portray their personas (or characters) during the performance. “And we advertised it so ambiguously,” Applegate says. “We were just like, ‘We’re having a thing. It’s going to be weird…’ So people show up…And there were these artists here, all of them people [that] people know. But they’re acting as if they’re these other people, and they even gave artist’s talks as these characters. And that went on maybe for an hour or so, and then it was packed. And then, as they were giving artist’s talks, the lighting all changed… spot lit and colored lights. And then Brian and Shannon and I busted through as

these crazy characters, and then we took Since that decision, The Oilwick has hostover the whole thing. And then it was like ed multiple shows. a game show, and then all the artists are “They all went pretty dang well,” says competing, and then it’s very bombastic.” Haines, who adds that 2017 was someIt may have been bombastic, but it was thing of a test year for The Oilwick. the start of something. After POMP, there The Oilwick currently houses 12 studio were regular open artists paying bemic nights for six tween $125 and $175 months afterward. “The Oilwick has grown up apiece in rent, which But the ongoing supports their gallery so much even in the last turnover from artists space as well. And moving into the six months with gaining The Oilwick is on space, and then altrack to becoming a nonprofit status and most as quickly movfull-fledged nonprofing out and moving holding a full calendar of it arts organization, on, took its toll. one with an expandevents each month ” “We were like, ing mission. ‘OK, what do we —KATIE NORMAN “We’re really trying want to do with to grow into our own this?’” says Haines. “Are we trying to be shoes. We’re still very young as a group an organization or are we trying just to be that can take on financial responsibility,” a studio space?” says Sean Yager, who manages much of During subsequent discussions, they The Oilwick’s backend, including its webdecided to become an arts organization site. “So we really hope to raise money for with studio space for artists, gallery space, our space to improve the space for others and a mission to help their fellow artists. and also start being able to take grant

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money to improve the lives of people within the Fountain Square area through art and through collaboration.” They are also collaborating with Southeast Neighborhood Development (SEND) in their own organizational development. “We worked with Mike McCormick, who [was] SEND’s treasurer,” says Haines. “And he has tons of experience getting nonprofits set up. And so we worked with them, we got our domestic nonprofit status through the state…We’re working on our 501c3. SEND’s actually our fiscal sponsor.” And there has been help from the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA), which moved out of their space in the Murphy Building at the end of 2016. Paula Katz, then iMOCA’s executive director, made the track lighting available to The Oilwick, which The Oilwick volunteers—all staff are volunteers at this point—readily installed. They also formed a board. “I joined The Oilwick a year ago when I moved to Indy after graduatNUVO.NET // 07.04.18 - 07.11.18 // THE BIG STORY // 9

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ing from Ball State,” says board member Katie Norman, who also rents space at The Oilwick. “I was having a really hard time finding a space to work and was not plugged into the art scene here at all. I missed having the arts community I had in Muncie and organizing art shows with local artists. It really was serendipitous that I ended up in this space, and I have really loved being a part of the board. The Oilwick has grown up so much even in the last six months with gaining nonprofit status and holding a full calendar of events each month. I really enjoy seeing that growth as well as my own growth as an artist in this space.” Norman is also organizing a three-part group exhibition of contemporary Midwestern artists called Roll Call. “For this series, we are working hand in hand with [art galleries] Sugar Space and StorageSpace to make this show happen. I can definitely see this kind of partnership between arts organizations continuing into the future.” Roll Call 3 will take place on July 21 at The Oilwick. The Oilwick has been reaching out into the community with other events as well, including one called Doodle Dudes, which organizer Yager describes as an “artist

AMY APPLEGATE IN POMP // PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BUNCH

meetup,” that alternates venues between er to be able to make pint glasses and sell The Oilwick and Cat Head Press. Their those to the community and [proceeds] most recent event on June 30, Fold! Staple! would go to Freedom Canine Project, a Riot!, at The Oilwick was a preview party local charity that helps pair service and for the annual Gluestick Fest on July 7, therapy dogs with victims of PTSD and vicwhich is a festival of Indianapolis ’zines tims of domestic and sexual abuse—being and small publishing. (Eventually, Yager able to do something,” she says, “That was wants to make The Oilwick a hub for ’zine really humbling because getting people publishers.) who wanted to be involved with the coliMOCA is another potential collaborator laboration, I feel like that’s something that that will soon be moving doesn’t happen often. So into the nearby Ford that was pretty exciting for assembly plant at 1301 E. “The Indianapolis me to be able to do that.” Washington St. organizing the event, art world is small, so sheInput “The Indianapolis out a call for local art world is small, so cross-pollination is artists. “I had a lot of cross-pollination is going potters from the Fountain going to happen.” to happen,” says DirecSquare Clay Center,” says tor of Exhibitions Mike —MIKE BARCLAY, Adamson. “They donated IMOCA DIRECTOR OF EXHIBITIONS quite a few cups, and just Barclay. “We all know that collaboration brings random 2D artists were new ideas and resources to the table for interested in coming and painting those everyone to enjoy.” cups. Stephen Creech, he’s the marketing Alexa Adamson, who graduated from director for AMACO [American Art Clay Herron in 2017 as a ceramics major, joined Company]…donated quite a few cups. He The Oilwick in April 2017 because it was an donated a ton of supplies for the event.” affordable space that would allow her to The event did better than Adamson continue to practice her art after graduexpected. “I actually just dropped off the ation. On June 1, she organized an event check to them,” she says. “It was $1,200.” called Pints for Pups. “It was a collaborative You might consider this event in the event giving artists both 2D and 3D togethcontext of the Art & Economic Prosperity 5

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study, released in June 2017. It found that Indianapolis’ nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $440 million in annual economic activity. But perhaps a more important goal than revenue generation for worthy nonprofits, at least for those directly involved with The Oilwick, is something that Yager points his finger at directly. “A lot of our goal and our mission statement is to make sure that people have somewhere to go after they get out of college,” says Yager. “You hear a lot about art students getting out of art college and not having anywhere to go, especially in Indiana, not having a support network. So I think the new art student career path is to find a part-time job somewhere and then to try and support yourself [with] the other half of your income through your art or in some [other] two jobs.” When not running the backend of The Oilwick, or hosting art events, or making his own art, Yager works part-time at The Great Frame Up. “We try to find what we can,” he says. “Indianapolis doesn’t have a whole lot to offer, and we’re definitely hoping to change that. A five-year goal for us would be able to hire a gallery curator or be able to pay someone some kind of salary.” N

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C.T. HANKINS AND TOM POTTER TALK ART AT GALLERY 924 // PHOTO BY DAN GROSSMAN

THE INDUSTRY OF ART: BUILDING AN ARTS SCENE Vice President and soon-to-be interim president of the Arts Council of Indianapolis Shannon Linker has taken an active interest in The Oilwick. This is partly because she wants artists of The Oilwick to be actively involved in the Indianapolis arts scene. Even before the dissolution of the Downtown Artists and Dealers Association (IDADA) in December 2017, the council started looking for alternate means of stimulating the business of art in Indianapolis. “Lindsey [Lord, the Arts Council’s public art and artist services coordinator] and I went to do a tour [of The Oilwick] and talk with Josh Haines early last year,” Linker wrote NUVO in an email. “I was left with a very hopeful feeling after hearing him discuss ways in which his group wanted to work with artists,” she said. “I explained that IDADA was in the process of deciding their fate [the announcement had not yet been made that they were dissolving the organization] and that it was incumbent upon the next generation to organize and create the necessary support system for the next era. I felt they really had the potential to do that. I told him in the absence of IDADA, we [the Arts Council] would be bringing a lot of the new galleries together—the old guard and the new guard—to discuss best practices, etc. We have set that meeting, but we will also set up a meeting where all galleries can come and discuss topics of the day as well.” Meetings that are much more informal have been going on for quite a while now. These are the regular artist meetups orga-

nized by the Arts Council, alternately called artist industry nights. “Artist industry nights are where artists of all genres are encouraged to come and mingle with each other and get outside of their own bubbles,” said Lindsey Lord. “So there’re artist industry nights coming up. There’s one in July at Phoenix Rising Dance Theatre, August is at Newfields, and September is at IndyFringe.” At the June 27 artist industry night at Gallery 924 at the Arts Council, dozens of artists from all different genres of art gathered to talk over their art with fellow professionals. (They also were able to take tours of The Cabaret, which adjoins the Arts Council.) One of the artists in attendance was C.T. Hankins, who is starting to teach art this September at Shortridge High School. He introduced himself to Tom Potter, a photographer with a gallery at the Circle City Industrial Complex, who graduated from Shortridge High School in 1955. Potter and Hankins shared their experiences, and Hankins showed Potter some of his enhanced photographs on his smartphone. Hankins himself is an artist who works in many different media, including photography, whose installation “A Bit of Me in You (Echo Point)” was an entry in ArtPrize, an annual open art contest based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2017. “I’ve only been out of school for four years,” Hankins said. “There’s not a whole lot of people at my immediate disposal. So that’s why I’m here tonight.” NUVO.NET // 07.04.18 - 07.11.18 // THE BIG STORY // 11

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JULY FIRST FRIDAY: UNDER AND ABOVEGROUND BY DAN GROSSMAN // DGROSSMAN@NUVO.NET

omething is happening deep underground that will be reflected aboveground this First Friday. It’s the DigIndy project under construction 250 feet below the city. The 10 miles of tunnels completed so far are an attempt to deal with the city’s combined sewage overflow problem. Ultimately, 28 miles of tunnels are projected to be completed by 2025. The Harrison Center is drawing attention to the project with a DigIndy First Friday artist reception. One of the shows at Harrison will feature round wood panels made to resemble manhole covers. You may have seen Fab Crew, Gary Gee, Megan Jefferson, William Denton Ray, and Blend Creative Minds outside on Mass Ave on June 30. They were participating in a DigIndy Art Project painting actual manhole covers. During the First Friday reception, 15 designs on manhole covers will be selected by a jury. The winning manhole canvases, as it were, will be installed along the Cultural Trail. Speaking of all things underground, up on the walls at the Harrison Center’s Underground Gallery until July 27 is a group show Drawn to Doodle organized by Harrison Center studio artist Nathan Foxton, who is interested, he says, in the idea of “visual processing.” That is, the intermediate steps that an artist takes to get to finished work. “There’s finished work, the masterpiece,” says Foxton, “but so often you can see artists working through an idea. Which is just as gratifying, in a way, where you see the in-between pieces.” What the show lacks in polish, it gains in freshness. Mike Reeves’ “Trump in a Hot Tub” (watercolor on Bristol) is an amusing off-the-

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65 cuff depiction of our current president in a less than dignified setting. Aboveground, in the Harrison Gallery, versatile painter Benny Sanders—who paints everything from plein air landscapes to Goya-esque portraiture—will be having a solo show. “My new show will showcase 50 new pieces made over the past six months,” says Sanders. “Prior to this work, I was desperately and

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unfortunately searching for a specific concept that I could solidify and mass produce. I was also following successful painters on social media to understand what made a successful contemporary painting and simply copying what these people had worked so hard to discover. In February 2018, I made a promise to make clear and honest work about things that are simply close to me. This body of

work attempts to showcase my obsession with understanding and developing a sensitivity to how light works in a multitude of situations.” At 10th West Gallery, the featured artist, Stanley Krohmer, is apparently more obsessed with color than light. Consider the title of the Grand Rapids, Michigan, artist’s show: An Obsession with Color. “July is Part II of his show, and what we’re doing is we just collected a lot of his work on

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our Grand Rapids trip,” says gallery director Tony Quintana. “He was a landscape photographer in his beginning 10 years, and then he transitioned into painting in his teaching time during his career at Grand Valley State University up in Michigan.” New to NUVO’s First Friday map as a visual arts venue is Healing Arts Indy, but we consider it a must this particular First Friday because they will be exhibiting The Secret Life of Bunnies. This is an exhibition of paintings by Kat Silver that might be nutshelled as Dali meets Looney Tunes. If you were intrigued by Silver’s paintings on display at The Young Collectors’ Show II at Gallery 924, you definitely want to swing down South Meridian to check out more of her work that is rich in beautifully constructed imagery and personal symbolism. We’ve listed the Artspace at the Athenaeum before as an arts venue, but it’s been a while. So welcome back! A show called Characters: Neoclassical Illustration features the paintings of Demetrius Green (aka Mechi Shakur) and three other artists; the work will be hanging on First Friday, I’m told, but if you want to meet the artist, you will have to wait until its second Sunday reception, July 8 at 3 p.m. “These works are from artists who were self-taught, outsider if you will, vibrant, whimsical, and thought provoking...familiar imagery with conceptual variations,” says curator Clayton Hamilton. As long as you’re in the Mass Ave area,

you may as well stop by Indy Reads to check out the collages of Vanessa Monfreda. During the reception, local poet R.E. Ford will read his work. Literally a five-minute walk away from Indy Reads is the sprawling Circle City Industrial Complex (CCIC) where Satch Art Space will be presenting Long Live Frida, a group show of woman artists all inspired by various facets of the Mexican artist’s work. (They will be having collectors’ night as well on Thursday, along with Kime Contemporary, 10th West, and Listen Hear.) “My idea was to bring women artists of varying ages and backgrounds, using diverse mediums, together for a group show,” says Satch (aka Julie Kern). “The artists had to be bound by one common thread: that they are influenced by Frida’s life and her art.” And as long as you are at CCIC, check out the numerous galleries and studios that will be open. It seems like the entire Near Eastside of Indy has opened up as of late in terms of art. At Kime Contemporary, the newest gallery on this list, Dallas-based painter Henry Swanson will show his latest everything-but-the-kitchen-sink paintings and drawings. That is to say, it’s hard to describe these paintings that combine collage with landscape painting with graffiti. Cat Head Press, more or less in the same neighborhood, will be featuring work by Mary Jones and Joylnn Reigeluth in a show intrigu-

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ingly titled States of Eye: A Conversation. Moving on to Fountain Square, New Day Craft will be showing work by Patrick Viles. At Future Friends Holographic Magic Club in the Murphy Art Center there will be an installation curated by Eden America and SarahJintheCity. “Grounded is an intentional moment in which you can experience the meanings and the healing properties of those colors as it relates to self-care,” says Future Friends about this exhibition, a description that seems as cryptic as it is intriguing. There will also be a show of work titled Divi Femi by portraiture photographer Charlee Black. If you head south of Fountain Square to Garfield Park Art Center, chances are that you’ll find yourself impressed by Impressed: an exhibit of woodcuts, etching, lithography, and screen printing. Per usual we recommend you end your First Friday voyage at Big Car’s dual venues of Listen Hear and Tube Factory artspace. Listen Hear’s Make a Man is a photography exhibition by Dana Kalachnik. And if you haven’t seen Christos Koutsouras’ series Land Art at Tube Factory, check that out before hitting the Night Market just outside. It might be your last chance to see this work involving photography, painting, and an installation focused on the recent forest fires on the Greek island of Samos. N NUVO.NET // 07.04.18 - 07.11.18 // VISUAL // 13

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A STELLAR PERFORMANCE Summit Performance’s ‘Silent Sky’ Succeeds on All Levels BY LISA GAUTHIER MITCHISON // LMITCHISON@NUVO.NET

ummit Performance Indianapolis, a new women-based theatrical group, introduced themselves to us with a (have to say it) stellar staging of Silent Sky. The choice is apropos. The play by Lauren Gunderson is based on a little-known female astronomer in the 1900s, Henrietta Leavitt, who fought for equal recognition for her work while she also balked against social convention, single-mindedly immersing herself in a career at a time when most women were relegated to being wives and mothers. Henrietta takes a post at the Harvard Observatory, where she is surprised to find that she isn’t allowed access to its telescope, an awe-inspiring object she yearns to wield. Instead, she is placed with two other women in what the astronomy department calls “Pickering’s harem” (astronomer Edward Charles Pickering). The women are referred to as “computers,” in that their only job is to “compute” data that has been collected by the men. Her own ideas are rebuffed and

even discouraged, so Henrietta uses her off time to explore her own theories, ultimately making a breakthrough that changes the astronomic perception of the universe and later influences Hubble’s Law. One of Henrietta’s co-workers, Annie Cannon, created the Harvard Classification Scheme, but she, like Henrietta, didn’t receive as much credit for her discovery as was due. This is further illustrated in Mr. Shaw, Pickering’s apprentice, who oversees the women’s work. He and Henrietta immediately clash during their first meeting. As a man, he sees himself as her superior, not her colleague, though they hold equal academic degrees. Shaw isn’t even particularly divested in his work, whereas Henrietta is passionate—a word she has to illustrate for Mr. Shaw. Rounding out the “harem” is Williamina Fleming, Pickering’s former housekeeper whom he brought on because the “boys” tended to take the work and then move on to apply it to their own projects. The chipper Williamina gets away with more lip

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because she has been around the longest, but she always makes her unapologetic statements funny even when they are the bald-faced truth. Henrietta’s sole priority is her work until her father’s stroke pulls her back home. While Henrietta and her sister Margaret see the heavens vs. heaven, Margaret isn’t a complete foil for Henrietta, as she harbors and delicately feeds her own passion for music. With Lori Wolter Hudson directing, the cast and crew for Silent Sky come with impressive credentials all around, and their talent is on full display. Carrie Ann Schlatter captures Henrietta’s hard-headed dedication and wonder in an energetic, sympa-

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thetic, and likable performance. Schlatter gives Henrietta a fully developed personality. Her character pushes on, growing with each new obstacle she encounters. She is always in motion, a parallel to her perpetually working mind. Henrietta’s co-workers, Annie and Williamina, bookend her personality. Molly Garner as Annie is a straight-laced, aloof, somewhat intimidating woman who knows her place in the hierarchy. Watching her slough off that stone face and evolve into a suffragist keeps time for the audience and allows Garner to take her character in a different direction, with often-amusing results. Williamina is a constant, an anchor in Henrietta’s and Annie’s lives, and Gigi Jennewein provides the support and levity needed during Henrietta’s challenges and Annie’s new interests. Her whimsical Scottish persona is delightful. Schlatter, Garner, and Jennewein develop a tactile bond among the three women that is beautiful to witness. Their dialogue and interactions combine wit and resilience for a truly entertaining and touching trio. Adam Tran was recently seen as Elvis in Actors Theatre of Indiana’s Million Dollar Quartet, and his performance here is a testament to his versatility. Mr. Shaw’s air of authority deteriorates under Henrietta’s influence, finally settling on an adorable flutter as his attraction to her increases. Devan Mathias as Margaret is a sweet and supportive sister to Henrietta, even in their goading, teasing sibling repartee. Though Margaret chose a domestic life, Mathias gives Margaret strength and perseverance, but she also allows vulnerability. Their sisterly bond never breaks through time or distance. Lighting by Laura Glover plays an important part in the show, and her designs are ethereal, taking audiences into the cosmos. Abigail Copeland’s scenic design and props are smartly done, which is a must in a blackbox stage. Especially impressive is a cunning table that transforms into several variations. And Brittany Kugler’s costume designs are period appropriate. This is an exceptional premiere for Summit. More, please. N Lisa Gauthier Mitchison covers local theater at IndianapolisTheaterReviews. wordpress.com.

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DAVID CROSS IS FED UP The Longtime Comedian Speaks on American Politics, ‘Arrested Development,’ and the Current State of Comedy BY SETH JOHNSON // SJOHNSON@NUVO.NET

ike much of America, comedian David Cross is sick and tired of our president. “There’s such a nonstop flood of awful sewage that’s coming from him and the White House,” Cross says. “Any outrage you might have is supplanted within the hour by something else.” Currently out on the road as part of his “Oh Come On” tour, Cross will make his way to the Egyptian Room on Saturday, July 14. Ahead of his Indy appearance, we caught up with the longtime funnyman for a phone interview.

NUVO: You have a pretty solid Southern-conservative impression. I know you grew up in the South. Is that upbringing something that’s still in the back of your head when you’re writing jokes? DAVID CROSS: It informs when I’m doing that kind of character or that kind of response. Any of those things, outside of a few colloquialisms, can be attributed to any conservative, just the accent is different. That’s just the one I grew up with and the one I know best and the one I hear automatically in my head.

NUVO: I recently interviewed Neal Brennan and asked him this same question, only about Chappelle’s Show. When you look back at Mr. Show, what are some things you are proud of? CROSS: The fact that it’s lasting. We had unwritten rules that all lent themselves to making it not be dated and still to be relevant, which I think helped that. And then…somebody used to have a site on the internet called something to the effect of “Mr. Show Comes True,” and they would compile different sketches, whether it was six, 10, 15, or 20 years

later, that kind of came true in a sense. That’s pretty cool as well. And then also, all the opportunities it gave really talented people and how well they’ve been doing and how successful those men and women are. That’s another source of pride for sure.

NUVO: What were you drawn to when you first learned of Arrested Development? CROSS: In a word, it was the writing. I didn’t know who Mitch Hurwitz was, and I had never met the Russo brothers. I had gotten the script, and I had basically just moved to New York from L.A. The writing was so strong, and the character. Initially, they wanted me to look at GOB and Buster, and I didn’t really connect with those. But Tobias was the character where I went, “I know exactly who this guy is,” and I had a lot of ideas and talked to those guys. I’m glad that I did.

“If you’re a plumber or a painter or a marine biologist...every decent human being should be speaking out or taking action.” —DAVID CROSS

NUVO: Would Tobias be a Trump supporter if he were a real human living in 2018? CROSS: He seems so apolitical. With whatever is happening in the room around him, he would just sort of find a justification for that viewpoint. And then, as soon as he got somewhere else, he would find another justification for the exact opposite.

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NUVO: As a comedian, do you feel that you have a responsibility to speak out on things that are bad in the world? CROSS: Not as a comedian, no. But as a human being, as an American, and as a person who has empathy and cares about the well-being of other people and the marginalization of groups of people, yes, I have a feeling of obligation. That’s just how it shakes out. I mean, everybody should. If you’re a plumber or a painter or a marine biologist…every decent human being should be speaking out or taking action.

NUVO: What are your thoughts on the current comedy climate, having been in the game for so long? CROSS: Well, what do you think it is?

NUVO: I guess I feel comedy has become more politically correct at times. CROSS: Yeah, I agree with that. It’s markedly more like that. I’m getting a feel for it. So much of getting this set together [for this current tour] was done in a bubble in Brooklyn. I really developed most of this show in Brooklyn, and now I’m out on the road. But I’m still in New England [at the time of this conversation]. I’m not out in the Midwest. I’m not in the South yet. I’ve been playing relatively bigger urban areas. So once I get out, I’ll have a better idea of the answer to that question. But for sure. It’s the most polarized I’ve ever seen this country as an adult, that’s for sure. N

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he past two and a half years have been some of the best I can remember of my personal life. I have been able to meet so many wonderful people from around Indianapolis who are changing our culinary landscape in amazing ways. I’ve learned more about this city than I could have ever imagined, and I’ve had the pleasure of sharing this newfound knowledge with NUVO’s readers. In that time, I’ve also purchased my first home, rescued a dog and brought it into our little family, and got engaged to the love of my life. And so, even though it’s a tough decision, I know that it’s time for me to move on to my next big adventure. I’m leaving NUVO—but you’ll still see me freelancing now and again.

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With that news, I’ve been asked to share my favorite stories that I’ve written over the past few years. And so, in no particular order, I’ve included them here. If you read them, thank you for supporting me as a writer and editor and supporting NUVO as an alternative-news source. If you haven’t, I would suggest going and reading (or watching) them now because they shed a light on some of the best people I’ve met during this gig. It has truly been a pleasure writing for you. Thank you for reading. Cheers,

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This was simply a fun story. I got to meet five of the best bartenders in the city as they all were heading to compete in one of the biggest cocktail competitions in the world. We all met one afternoon at The Brass Ring for a photoshoot. It led to a couple rounds of Miller High Lifes and a long conversation. It also led to a newfound love of negronis for me when almost all of the bartenders said it was their drink of choice and made me revisit it after not having one for a few years. I also ended up being able to attend the competition, which gave me a greater appreciation for everything that goes into being a top bartender. It was incredible seeing how much goes into each aspect of crafting a cocktail, especially how focused the bartenders were on the hospitality aspect. If you ever find yourself complaining about a cocktail costing $12, pay more attention to everything that goes into it. There’s a good chance that you’ll find that it is much more than just a drink.

I met many amazing people in this position, but the one who maybe blew me away the most was Jonathan Lawler. In my first year of picking winners for the CVAs, the selection came to mind as soon as I heard about Lawler’s goal. He planned to grow and give away 600,000 pounds of fresh produce to help fight hunger in Indianapolis. I reached out to Lawler and drove out to his farm in Greenfield, Brandywine Creek Farms. Walking around his family farm, talking to him, his wife, and children, and seeing their full fields, I knew this was a special group of people doing something incredible. Since that first meeting, I have met with Lawler and his family many times, and every time it is because they’re doing another amazing thing. They now are growing food and building working farms all over Central Indiana from Shelbyville to Fishers to Downtown Indianapolis. For a city that is surrounded by farms, Indianapolis has more food deserts than any other city in the country, and it’s not just the city itself that has low food access. It’s a common problem throughout the state. Seeing the Lawlers as they work to tackle hunger in their communities has been one of the most inspiring aspects of my job. A conversation with Jonathan is always immeasurably interesting and eye opening; his thoughts on our food systems are some of the most unique and good hearted that I’ve heard. I hope to someday see all of his family’s and volunteers’ work become a new norm in changing Indiana’s food system to be more self-sustaining and community focused.

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Creating an online video series going behind the scenes of Indy’s food-anddrink scene has been one of my biggest goals for a long time. So when I was greenlit to make this series, I couldn’t believe it. Even though we only made a handful of episodes due to time and budget constraints, I still love every single one of the episodes. I truly loved making each episode, working with Joey Smith, Bryan Heck, and Kiki Jones to use a visual medium to tell stories of some amazing people. Each episode felt so different to make, from the fun, goofy Love Handle episode with the incredibly talented and cute Benedyks to the three-day, fiery shoot watching Aric Geesaman make a chef’s knife for his company Ash Blaeds. It also felt wonderful to be able to present the amazing chef Greg Hardesty with a tribute episode to go along with his NUVO Cultural Vision Award. Of all of the things I did during my time at NUVO, I am most proud of this video series.

ADAM HAYDEN While Jonathan Lawler inspired me with his viewpoints on our food system, I’ve met endless amounts of inspiring people over these few years. Adam Hayden is one of these people; Hayden’s vitality and love of life inspired me. Hayden was paying his way through grad school by bartending at a few of Indy’s most popular bars such as Libertine and Bar Rev when he was diagnosed with a terminal brain cancer. While Hayden could’ve given up, he, his wife, and their three kids have taken the terrible news and

NUVO.NET/FOOD+DRINK worked their hardest to make the most out of the time Adam has left. Hayden has worked on raising awareness and funds for research to find cures for people with illnesses similar to his. He has gone to D.C. to speak with politicians about funding brain-cancer research. He has opened the dialogue about facing death, which he views as an important step that needs to be taken in our society. And through all of this, he has kept a written record of his journey on his blog Glioblastology. Give it a read. It will inspire you to live a better life.

much the same forever, and that’s what is charming about them. I also love that after my few conversations with Becky over the few times I’ve been in recently, I have a new friend, and she cooks a mean burger.

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EAT YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD Some stories I’ve written have been eye opening and world altering, and others have just been a bit of fun. This story was nearly a teeter-tottering effect of these two worlds. I spent a few weeks eating cuisine from all around the world without leaving Indy. First of all, it was a mouthwateringly fun story to write because, damn, Indy has some amazing international cuisine. I found some of my favorite meals around this city in places I typically haven’t found myself going. But the best part was sitting down and speaking with some of the business owners. Whether they were from Russia, Pakistan, or Ethiopia, the conversations I had were beautiful and opened my mind to new cultures and cuisines. It reminded me that the easiest way to break down borders is to break bread. It’s a lesson I will take with me throughout my life.

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THE WORKINGMAN’S FRIEND Much like my first big story at the Golden Ace Inn, this story was focused on a family owned place that has been serving this community for a long, long time—a century to be exact. Becky Stamatkin is one of the most wonderfully kind people I’ve met during this journey. Our hour-long conversation was open and honest. There were some tears in there, but there were many laughs too, and in the end, I knew I

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had a solid story about Becky’s family. I’ve now taken 300 copies of that NUVO edition out to the Workingman’s Friend because people were picking them up and reading them about as voraciously as they eat those famous crispy burgers. Stamatkin signed quite a few of them for regulars and newcomers alike—I have a signed one in my living room. What I loved about this story was sharing the history of places like the Workingman’s Friend, places that have stayed pretty

The story of the Golden Ace Inn after a few hours of chatting with the McGinley family was the first time I felt genuinely excited about the story I was getting to tell about Indianapolis’ food and drink scene. I had been at NUVO for a few weeks, and I was still over the moon about the position I found myself in. In those weeks, I had done quite a few listicles while still getting my head wrapped around the new job. But sitting at the well-worn bar of the Golden Ace with a Guinness in hand, chatting with Joe, Chuck, and Jimmy McGinley about the bar their family has owned and operated for over 80 years, I knew this was the place I needed to be. It felt wonderful to have the opportunity to share the McGinleys’ story with the public. Not that I was the first person to ever write about one of the best Irish bars in the country. But the McGinleys are some of the friendliest, most hospitable people I’ve met during this gig, and I was beyond happy to share their story. And if it led anyone into their business, even one person who had never been before, then I felt that I had done my job. I knew that was what I wanted to do—to hear and share the stories of the people who make Indianapolis’ food-anddrink scene what it is. N

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n the pantheon of highly influential American alternative-rock bands that emerged during the 1980s, the Pixies arguably rank alongside the Replacements in being underappreciated by the likes of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This Massachusetts foursome made their mark with a sound that combines surreal lyricism, squealing but catchy noise pop, layered harmonies, and an inventive use of sonic dynamics that paved the way for numerous groups, including Nirvana, Radiohead, Blur, Catherine Wheel, Weezer, and The Strokes. And while a hiatus that lasted from 1993 to 2002 reunited Black Francis (aka Charles Thompson), Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering—to the delight of the group’s legion of fans—the good times lasted until 2013, when Deal left the band. The drama that comes with the dissolution of a longstanding unit was eventually resolved when Perfect Circle bassist Paz Lenchantin slid into Deal’s role later that year. For Francis, the addition of Lenchantin was a fairly seamless process, unlike the false start the Pixies experienced when Deal’s initial replacement, Kim Shattuck

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of The Muffs, didn’t get past her tour with the group. “I like [Kim Shattuck] and thought she was a good fit for the band, but you don’t really know until you actually live it and do it,” Francis says in a recent phone interview. “I think ultimately, it felt like she wasn’t a good fit. That isn’t any criticism of her. It just comes down to personality, chemistry, and that kind of thing. I think when you’ve already got a thing going and you’re trying to bring in new chemistry, then it’s almost like a different thing. That’s potentially more challenging than if you were starting from scratch. With [Paz], it felt pretty natural and pretty fresh to have someone new, but someone that feels like she’s always been in the band. It doesn’t feel awkward or anything. It feels really natural.” With the lineup set, the Pixies returned to making new music. First came 2014’s Indie Cindy (essentially three EPs released

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in quick succession beginning in September 2013 and then folded into one full-length release). Then came last year’s Head Carrier, the band’s sixth studio album and first album in which Lenchantin appears as a full-time member. Head Carrier has the usual array of songs that deal with odd topics, be it rural roadside prostitution in France and Belgium (the punk-fueled “Um Chagga Lagga”), the Mesopotamian deity Baal (a howling “Baal’s Back”), and late actor Jack Palance, who is the inspiration of the altpop nugget “Talent.” Most intriguing is “All I Think About Now,” a song that serves as a gorgeously ethereal thank you note to the departed Deal and was written by Francis for Lenchantin to sing after the bassist shared some chords that she was playing around with. And while this could have been an awkward topic to write about, Francis was matter-of-fact about how this cut came about. “When you’re being driven by something that’s sometimes referred to as a muse, it’s magical and nice. But as I say, you don’t analyze it,” he says. “Also, those kinds of creative spurts happen very

quickly, so it’s not drawn out. The muse goes very quickly when it’s there. So you know, there’s a muse thing going and then it’s gone, so you just go with it. It’s outside of you, but it’s magical.” As for what fans can expect when the Pixies hit the stage, Francis is quick to point out that his band doesn’t engage in the usual live band tropes and are pretty straightforward with how they approach their craft on stage. “Ultimately, we’re a dance-floor club kind of band, even if we perform now in a theater setting or something like that. I think that we like to break a sweat, and I would say 90 minutes is about right for us—maybe a little bit longer if we’re really enjoying ourselves,” he says. “I think people that play for two or three hours are a lot more orchestrated, if you will. There’s a lot more showbiz manipulation going on. I don’t want to say that we’re devoid of shtick, but our shtick usually occurs during our songs, and it’s very tonguein-cheek, minimal, and it’s not very often. We don’t really do a set list. It’s usually an awkward start, and then we find our groove and then we charge through it.” N

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Indianapolis Emcee Set to Release His Latest Album, ‘Tenth,’ on July 8 BY KYLE LONG // MUSIC@NUVO.NET

ndianapolis emcee Skypp has been on an impressive grind over the last few years, cranking out a series of artistically ambitious albums that achieve excellence on both sonic and lyrical grounds. His latest effort, Tenth, chronicles the wordsmith’s experiences growing up on the streets of Indianapolis’ Eastside, marking his most impressive release to date. “Tenth is dedicated not only to my neighborhood but to all neighborhoods like mine across the world,” Skypp says on the track “Live Right.” Throughout the album, Skypp uses spoken-word interludes to share the wisdom he acquired on the streets with those still caught up in the struggle. “I’ve been through everything they’ve been through,” Skypp says. “Some people don’t want to take advice from someone who hasn’t been in their shoes. So I let it be known that I’ve lived in the same shoes, and I learned that you don’t have to keep following those same footsteps. You can definitely make a change and take a new direction.” Despite the serious themes at play, Tenth is not a dour affair. Skypp is both a compelling and entertaining emcee. Like Kendrick Lamar, Skypp has a gift for creating parables out of his street life experiences. But Skypp also possesses a 2 Chainz-like ability to mine humor from those same tales of hustling. Tenth is an important entry into the canon of Indianapolis rap, and on merit alone it should elevate Skypp’s notoriety both locally and nationally. NUVO: Tenth is named in tribute to East

10th Street. I understand you grew up near the intersection of East 10th and Rural. I’ve lived off of East 10th for nearly 15 years, and I know that area can sometimes be chaotic. What was it like growing

understand how the hood makes you a stand-up person.” How did your experiences growing up on East 10th shape who you are today? SKYPP: Being a stand-up person is part of having integrity. We had OGs in the neighborhood that made it their responsibility to teach us good things even though we were surrounded by negativity. Those kind of people had a lot of integrity, and we appreciated them. In the hood, you always say it’s your hood against whoever. You know, 10th Street will go to war with anybody. That’s just teaching loyalty. It’s all about what you take from the experience. On first look, there’s nothing positive there, but it’s all about how you perceive things. Some people didn’t take anything positive from the experience—they may have ended up getting murdered or going to jail. But I took all positives from it. NUVO: Your music has attracted inter-

up in that environment? SKYPP: As a kid, it’s easier to deal with because you don’t see it for what it is. As a youngster, you don’t really understand what you’re seeing. I just stayed with my friends a lot, and nobody really bothered us because we were just young kids. There was one situation I remember. Me and my baby brother have very bad asthma. One night, my brother had an asthma attack. We were running outside asking for help. We didn’t have a phone at the time because ours was cut off. We were outside like, “Help! Someone call 911!” So the whole block comes to our house on 10th and Rural and starts running in. When I say we were wiped clean, they stole everything, man.

WHAT // Skypp’s Tenth album release show WHEN // Sunday, July 8 at 5 p.m. WHERE // The Spotlight (5145 E. 65th St.)

One thing I did deal with firsthand was my uncle. He was a very bad alcoholic. He was one of those people on 10th Street walking up and down with cups of change. We had situations where he stole our bicycles to go buy alcohol. There were a lot of crazy experiences.

est from major record labels, but thus far, everything you’ve issued has been independently released. Is it important to you to get signed and break out from the Indianapolis scene? SKYPP: I’d love to get signed to a major label if the conditions are good for me. But as an independent artist, I feel like the sky’s the limit. I really feel like I can take this all the way. I want a big enough buzz where I can affect the world with my music. That’s always been my goal. I want to reach as many people as I can and give them something worth listening to. But if it doesn’t go national, that’s OK. The music has still served its purpose locally. N

NUVO: There’s a spoken-word breakdown

near the end of the album’s title track where you say, “People who ain’t from the streets only see negativity / They don’t

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© 2018 BY ROB BREZSNY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Twentieth-century French novelist Marcel Proust described 19th-century novelist Gustave Flaubert as a trottoire roulant, or “rolling sidewalk”: plodding, toneless, droning. Meanwhile, critic Roger Shattuck compared Proust’s writing to an “electric generator” from which flows a “powerful current always ready to shock not only our morality but our very sense of humanity.” In the coming weeks, I encourage you to find a middle ground between Flaubert and Proust. See if you can be moderately exciting, gently provocative, and amiably enchanting. My analysis of the cosmic rhythms suggests that such an approach is likely to produce the best long-term results. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You remind me of Jack, the 9-year-old Taurus kid next door, who took up skateboarding on the huge trampoline his two moms put in their backyard. Like him, you seem eager to travel in two different modes at the same time. (And I’m glad to see you’re being safe; you’re not doing the equivalent of, say, having sex in a car or breakdancing on an escalator.) When Jack first began, he had difficulty in coordinating the bouncing with the rolling. But after a while he got good at it. I expect that you, too, will master your complex task. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): From the day you were born, you have been cultivating a knack for mixing and blending. Along the way, you have accomplished mergers that would have been impossible for a lot of other people. Some of your experiments in amalgamation are legendary. If my astrological assessments are accurate, the year 2019 will bring forth some of your all-time most marvelous combinations and unifications. I expect you are even now setting the stage for those future fusions; you are building the foundations that will make them natural and inevitable. What can you do in the coming weeks to further that preparation? CANCER (June 21-July 22): An open letter to Cancerians from Rob Brezsny’s mother, Felice: I want you to know that I played a big role in helping my Cancerian son become the empathetic, creative, thoughtful, crazy character he is today. I nurtured his idiosyncrasies. I made him feel secure and well-loved. My care freed him to develop his unusual ideas and life. So as you read Rob’s horoscopes, remember that there’s part of me inside him. And that part of me is nurturing you just as I once nurtured him. I and he are giving you love for the quirky, distinctive person you actually are, not some fantasy version of you. I and he are helping you feel more secure and wellappreciated. Now I encourage you to cash in on all that support. As Rob has told me, it’s time for you Cancerians to reach new heights in your drive to express your unique self. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The ghost orchid is a rare white wildflower that disappeared from the British countryside around 1986. The nation’s botanists declared it officially extinct in 2005. But four years later, a tenacious amateur located a specimen growing in the West Midlands area. The species wasn’t gone forever, after all. I foresee a comparable revival for you in the coming weeks, Leo. An interesting influence or sweet thing that you imagined to be permanently defunct may return to your life. Be alert! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The ancient Greek poet Sappho described “a sweet-apple turning red high on the tip of the topmost branch.” The apple pickers left it there, she suggested, but not because they missed seeing it. It was just too high. “They couldn’t reach it,” wrote Sappho. Let’s use this scenario as a handy metaphor for your current situation, Virgo. I am assigning you the task of doing whatever is necessary to fetch that glorious, seemingly unobtainable sweet-apple. It may not be easy. You’ll probably need to summon extra ingenuity to reach it, as well as some as-yet unguessed form of help. (The Sappho translation is by Julia Dubnoff.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Is there any prize more precious than knowing your calling? Can any other satisfaction compare with the joy of understanding why you’re here on earth? In my view, it’s the supreme blessing: to have discovered the tasks that can ceaselessly educate and impassion you; to do the work or play that enables you to offer your best gifts; to be intimately engaged with an activity that consistently asks you to overcome your limitations and grow into a more complete version of yourself. For some people, their calling is a job: marine biologist, kindergarten teacher, advocate for the homeless. For others, it’s a hobby, like longdistance-running, bird-watching, or mountainclimbing. St. Therese of Lisieux said, “My calling is love!” Poet Marina Tsvetaeva said her calling was “To listen to my soul.” Do you know yours, Libra? Now is an excellent time to either discover yours or home in further on its precise nature.

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