VOL. 29 ISSUE 35 ISSUE #1286
NEWS / 4 THE BIG STORY / 6 ARTS / 13 SCREENS / 15 FOOD / 16 MUSIC / 18 // SOCIAL
14
Drew Peterson
18
ONLINE NOW
IN NEXT WEEK
SOUNDCHECK .......................................... 21 BARFLY ...................................................... 21 FREEWILL ASTROLOGY...................... 23
JEFF SESSIONS MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN INDIANAPOLIS By: Adrianna Pitrelli
ARTISTS AND THEIR HEALTH By: Dan Grossman
GADFLY
Sarah
As stated in the syllabus, plagiarism and cheating in class results in an automatic 0%
He’s obviously flunked out of school.
He’s the kid that draws the line down an F to try to make it look like an A or B, but anyone with some sense can tell it’s an F.
Katherine Coplen
Dan Grossman
Cavan McGinsie
Brian Weiss
EDITOR
ARTS EDITOR
FOOD EDITOR
ENGAGEMENT EDITOR
kcoplen@nuvo.net @tremendouskat
dgrossman@nuvo.net @nuvoartsdan
cmcginsie@nuvo.net @CavanRMcGinsie
bweiss@nuvo.net @bweiss14
Pretty sure he should be in in-school suspension by now.
A, from Putin’s POV
A steep downhill grade full of thorns
Abysmal.
Will McCarty
Haley Ward
Caitlin Bartnik
Kathy Flahavin
CREATIVE MANAGER
DESIGNER
ACCOUNT PLANNER
BUSINESS MANAGER
wmccarty@nuvo.net
hward@nuvo.net
kflahavin@nuvo.net
Go stand in the hall and nose to the wall
F for failure and a fake
317.808.4615 cbartnik@nuvo.net
Lera Lynn
IN THIS ISSUE
COVER ILLUSTRATION BY SANDOW BIRK
Laken
Twitter account = F-
PPINK/Worldbuilders/ Lin Manuel-Miranda/ J.K Rowling = A+
PRESS SINCE 1990
BY WAYNE BERTSCH
FRESH
Sir Francis Bacon
Vicki Knorr
Jessie Davis
Kevin McKinney
SALES MANAGER
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
PUBLISHER
317.808.4613 jdavis@nuvo.net
kmckinney@nuvo.net
You?
Apply to be our sales manager
317.808.4612 vknorr@nuvo.net
Incomplete
Covefe
FILM EDITOR: Ed Johnson-Ott, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: David Hoppe, CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS Wayne Bertsch, Mark Sheldon, Mark A. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Rita Kohn, Kyle Long, Dan Savage, Renee Sweany, Mark A. Lee, Alan Sculley DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT: Mel Baird, Lawrence Casey, Jr., Bob Covert, Mike Floyd, Zach Miles, Steve Reyes, Harold Smith, Bob Soots, Ron Whitsit, Dick Powell and Terry Whitthorne WANT A PRINT SUBSCRIPTION IN YOUR MAILBOX EVERY WEEK? Mailed subscriptions are available at $129/year or $70/6 months and may be obtained by emailing kfahavin@nuvo.net. // The current issue of NUVO is free and available every Wednesday. Past issues are at the NUVO office for $3 if you come in, $4.50 mailed. MAILING ADDRESS: 3951 N. Meridian St., Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46208 TELEPHONE: (317) 254-2400 FAX: (317)254-2405 WEB: nuvo.net
HARRISON ULLMANN (1935-2000) Editor (1993-2000) ANDY JACOBS JR. (1932-2013) Contributing (2003-2013)
COPYRIGHT ©2017 BY NUVO, INC. All rights reserved. Reproduction without written permission, by any method whatsoever, is prohibited. ISSN #1086-461X
Want to see more Gadfly? Visit nuvo.net/gadfly for all of them.
2 // THIS WEEK // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
FREE
INDEPENDENT
// OUR TEAM
Erica
She grew up in an Indiana town Had a good-lookin’ mama who never was around But she grew up tall and she grew up right With them Indiana boys on them Indiana nights
Grade the first year of Trump’s presidency.
ALL PHOTOS are submitted by event organizers and venues or on file unless otherwise noted.
1 out of 10. 1 is for waking us up.
NEED MORE NUVO IN YOUR LIFE? Contact Kathy Flahavin, kflahavin@nuvo.net, if you’d like NUVO distributed at your location.
DAILY NUVO.NET @ NUVO_NET @NUVO_NET
SIZZLING DEALS START NOV. 13 $5 BACON DISHES MONDAY, NOV. 13 - SUNDAY, NOV. 19 | HOW MANY CAN YOU CHECK OFF?
DESCRIPTIONS AND MAP: 317 BURGER Country Fried Bacon Cheesy Garlic Fries with Turchetti’s Salumeria Bacon
BIG LUG CANTEEN & BREWERY
DRAKE’S
Ask for the Indy Bacon Week Special.
Dine-In Only
Dine-In Only
BROAD RIPPLE BREWPUB
AMERICAN PIZZA COMPANY
Rasher Bacon Cheese Crock Burger
6” CBR (Chicken Bacon Ranch) The most delicious bacon pizza you will ever have! Dine-In Only
ARISTOCRAT PUB Maple Bacon Bourbon Bread Pudding Bacon Beer Cheese Fries
BEARCATS RESTAURANT AND BAR Luis Famous BLT PBBBBJ Super Burger Grilled Cheese Bearcats Salad Numerous menu items include bacon. Open M-F. Specials available 11am-8pm dine-in or carryout.
BETWEEN THE BUN The Hillbilly BLT Dine-In Only, We are closed on Mondays. Sides/Drinks not included but available w/ additional charge. No other coupons accepted with the $5 offer.
IndyBaconWeek.com
Tofu BLT Wrap (Vegan) Dine-In Only
BROTHERS BAR & GRILL* The Hangover Dine-In Only
CAFE AT THE PROP House BLT w/ Fried Eggs Dine-In Only
D&D’S JUST TIPS Bacon Wrapped Sausage Grilled Chicken Wrapped in Bacon Losin’ It Layered Bacon Cheesecake Bacon Pumpkin Spiced Push-Up Cakes Bacon Stuffed Baked Potato
BLT Minis
EMBER URBAN EATERY Return of the Champ Dine-In Only
FLAMME BURGER* Maple Bourbon Bacon Jam Burger Dine-In Only
FLAT12 BIERWERKS Maple Bacon Porter Beer Draft Only
GOMEZ BBQ Ask for the Indy Bacon Week Special.
HOAGIES & HOPS Paddy’s Pub Cheesesteak Loaded Philly Pretzel Basket
HOPS & FIRE CRAFT TAP HOUSE
BLT Macaroni & Cheese
Add-Ons Available, (Shrimp, Lobster, Beef Tips, Chicken, Salmon & More)
OUR RESTAURANT Bacon Wrapped Baby Back Bacon Potato Cheese Mountain Dine-In Only
PUNCH BURGER* Bacon Brat Burger Dine-In Only
REDEMPTION ALEWERKS
Dine-In Only
ROOSTER’S KITCHEN Bacon Popcorn Big Bad Bacon on a Stick Jalapeno Bacon Bombs All of our bacon is cured in-house with locally raised Indiana pork
SAHM’S ALE HOUSE Ask for the Indy Bacon Week Special.
MOM’S FAMILY RESTAURANT
Ask for the Indy Bacon Week Special.
Dine-In Only
OASIS DINER Sriracha Candied Bacon Burger Big Bacon Cinnamon Roll Bacon Waffle
#IndyBaconWeek
Dine-In Only
STACKED PICKLE* Bacon Cheddar Burger
TRIED & TRUE ALEHOUSE
We offer carry-out and limited delivery.
Cheddar/Bacon Soup
Pecan Maple Cheesecake with Bacon Brittle
Smoked Bacon Deviled Eggs We will be serving a number of additional “everything tastes better with bacon” dishes to round out our one week only “Indy Bacon Week” menu.
SAHM’S PLACE
Mom’s Bacon Cheese Burger
Beer Cheese & Bacon Fries
Dine-In Only
Dine-In Only
The Classic B.L.T.
Savoury Blue Cheese & Bacon Cheesecake
Smoked Pork Belly Gyro
Home of Tweety’s Sweets & Treats.
DOOLEY O’TOOLES
SHOEFLY PUBLIC HOUSE
Mega Bacon Cheeseburger Bacon Poppers See You at the Alehouse & Enjoy Scratch Made Food, Cool Sounds (Featuring Classic Rock) & Dang’ Cold Beer
UNION JACK BROAD RIPPLE Ask for the Indy Bacon Week Special.
WHISKEY BUSINESS Triple Decker BLT Hog Heaven Dine-In Only
WHIT’S INN BAR AND GRILL Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger Home of live music Thursday – Saturday Dine-In Only
SAHM’S TAVERN Ask for the Indy Bacon Week Special.
*multiple restaraunt locations
IndyFoodWeeks
BACK TALK
BEST TWEET: @RepAndreCarson // Nov. 5 Tragic news coming out of #SutherlandSprings. I’m praying for all the victims. This cannot be our new normal- Congress must act.
WORST TWEET: @realDonaldTrump // Nov. 3 Pocahontas just stated that the Democrats, lead by the legendary Crooked Hillary Clinton, rigged the Primaries! Lets go FBI & Justice Dept.
NO MORE RIGGED SYSTEMS Redistricting reform proposal passes City-County Council amid passionate turnout and heated discussion BY KATJA KRASNOVSKY // NEWS@NUVO.NET
T
he turnout was impressive. There were signs, cheers and active participation at Monday’s Indianapolis City-County Council meeting, showing the city’s councillors their support for comprehensive redistricting reform. And the city’s voices were heard as the council passed Proposal 285 with a 15-10 vote, imploring the Indiana General Assembly to support redistricting reform. The tone of the audience was clear as they applauded councillors in support or booed those opposed. “To affect change, we must use public pressure on those who would manipulate and rig the system to maintain the entrenchment of individual office holders and the power of one political party,” said Dem. Christine Scales. Among the councillors who voted no on Proposal 285 was Republican Minority Leader Michael McQuillen whose concern related to the fact that the Indiana General Assembly draws the maps and the U.S. Supreme Court would ultimately determine whether those maps are valid or not. “My remarks will be brief and won’t be followed by a round of applause,” McQuillen said. “It seems unwise to me to make a political decision tonight, and a feel-good vote.” Rep. Marianne Pfisterer echoed similar concerns through her “no” vote saying that Monday night’s vote was nonbinding and the 2020 census would require the maps to be redrawn again. “Until I know some of the details and we take a little deeper dive into what is being requested and especially since its nonbinding, I cannot support this,” Pfisterer said. Pfisterer also argued about the money behind redistricting. According to her, it can
take anywhere from $500,000 to $750,000 to enact redistricting reform. “If this were to become effective before the 2020 census and that redistricting, it would be money that was spent unnecessarily or, in my mind, perhaps even frivolously,” Pfisterer said. Still, there seemed to be confusion around the purpose of Monday night’s vote. According to Dem. Zach Adamson, Indianapolis is following in the footsteps of 18 other Indiana cities and counties, including: Anderson, Bloomington, Carmel, Crawfordsville, Green Castle, Kokomo, Lafayette, Michigan City, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Muncie, New Castle, South Bend, Tippecanoe County, West Lafayette, Valparaiso, Vanderburgh County and Vincennes. “The state of our republic is in dire straits,” Adamson said. “There is a cancer that eats at our democracy and at the core of that sickness is the gerrymandering of districts.” “When I was growing up, I hated playing Monopoly with my sisters because they made up the rules as they went,” Dem. Blake Johnson said. “And every 10 years, that’s exactly what politicians do. We draw these maps to benefit our own party, to secure our own power. Democrats are guilty. Republicans are guilty. Everybody is guilty. Tonight is not about changing the law. We don’t have the power to do that. But it is about speaking with one voice and saying very clearly that we think political gerrymandering is corrupt.” Needless to say, the crowd erupted with cheers and applause. And yet the purpose of the vote still seemed to be lost on several councilors, like Rep. Janice McHenry. “There are some very odd districts,”
4 // NEWS // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
McHenry said. “I happen to live in one of them. It’s the strangest horseshoe shape that I’ve ever seen in my life. But I think that there was probably some reasoning behind some of that.” McHenry could hardly finish her thought around the reasoning behind her no vote before the crowd booed and laughed at her saying things like “Because you won,” “Yeah, because it benefited you,” and “I mean, did she really just say that?” “Why wouldn’t you vote for fair elections and fair districts?” said Ann Stack, member of Women4Change Indiana, and strong proponent for redistricting reform. Stack got involved when she began to feel like citizens were losing the right to vote. She can only assume the reasoning behind the no voters is either pressure from the party leaders or campaign dollars. “Right now the districts are drawn so that the members of the council, members of our state legislature and senate are not accountable to their constituents,” Stack said. “As a woman, I want equal pay for equal work, I want work and family balance, I want safe child care, I want civility, and I want respect.” Stack echoed Johnson by saying the goal is to use the one collective voice of the cities in Indiana that passed these redistricting reform proposals to speak to Indiana’s representatives in both the House and the Senate. “It’s about being heard and being represented,” said Ben Snyder, District 16 resident. “It’s what our democracy is all about. Every one of us gets to be a part of our country’s future. And we get a say in that… I’m proud that my councilor, Jeff Miller, a Republican, voted to turn this common practice on its head.”
Miller, a swing vote, touched on his experience as a councillor, saying that when he first joined the council, there were maps drawn by Republicans that the Republicans favored and then maps drawn by Democrats that the Democrats favored. When a third set of maps were drawn using, what Miller says are similar policies and practices being recommended in Proposal 285, everyone ended up disliking those maps. “Everybody hated them because there was no preference given to City Councillors. There was no preference given to a neighborhood,” Miller said. “When it scares everybody, it is probably the right thing to do.” Rep. Colleen Fanning is confident that there is a better way to keep neighborhoods in geographical boundaries together and not favor elected officials. “Having competitive districts is so important,” Fanning said. “If you look at every level of government, you see the people who are working the hardest for you and working hardest to represent their constituency are those in competitive districts.” But regardless of the way the districts are drawn, Miller argues that it’s crucial for voters voices to be heard. In Miller’s 50/50 district with 65,000 eligible voters, only 3,100 voted in the last election. “No matter what our districts are like, we have to vote,” Miller said. N
365 DAYS OF RESISTANCE
The next day, November 9, our cover, cobbled together in the wee hours, read: How? In the 365 days since, we’ve continually pondered that question, and others. How did a reality TV star political novice, swept into office on a tide of nationalism and racial grievance, end up the leader of the free world? What will happen next? And how did our former governor Mike Pence end up second-in-command of a Republican party that no longer exists in any traditional form? The outpouring after Election Day 2016 was immediate. People filled the streets, most notably for January’s Women’s March. Progressives, centrists and even some aggrieved conservatives began beating the drum of impeachment, drawing on Russia’s now-known interference with our political process, and the Trump campaign’s continued non-disavowal of Vladimir Putin. (“No collusion!”) The uniting message of the anti-Trump movement is this: Resist. What follows is our survey of a year of resistance: columnist Baynard Woods games out what impeachment would look like; Michael Leppert jumps in with an analysis of Pence as Prez if that does happen; Harry Cheese looks at 50 ways Trump has Made America Bad Again; alt-weekly editors from across the country present a resistance playlist; and Breanna Cooper surveys women inspired to run for office for the first time. — NUVO EDITORS
6 // THE BIG STORY // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, (RIGHT) VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE // ILLUSTRATIONS BY DONKEYHOTEY
O
ne year ago exactly, the members of the NUVO newsroom were staring blankly at a TV in our conference room after an exhausting and befuddling evening of election returns. Finally, somewhere around 1 a.m., the news was confirmed: Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States.
OUR INSTITUTIONS WILL NOT SAVE US LET HISTORY AND THE 25TH AMENDMENT INFORM EFFORTS ON IMPEACHMENT BY BAYNARD WOODS // NEWS@NUVO.NET
S
hortly after Donald Trump took office, there was a rash of hot takes by “Resistance” pundits like Keith Olbermann explaining how the majority of the cabinet could constitutionally remove Trump from office.
Here’s what the 25th Amendment says: Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. The closest historical analogy to this scenario may be when Louisiana removed Gov. Earl Long, another populist and the brother of the notorious and assassinated Huey, due to mental unfitness. Some people say the reason was his affair with famous Baltimore stripper Blaze Starr, but A.J. Liebling’s spectacular profile shows how much of it had to do with his nascent attempts to introduce something like civil rights into the deeply Southern state. At any rate, they committed Earl Long to the state mental hospital, but he was able to get out by firing the director and hiring another. He was able to regain power.
NUVO.NET/THEBIGSTORY
IT TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED, WHAT WOULD A MIKE PENCE PRESIDENCY LOOK LIKE? President Trump has approval ratings as low as 33 percent (Gallup) with disapproval ratings as high as 61 percent (Ipsos). But when Trump leaves office to make room for Mike Pence to ascend to
The 25th Amendment also has mechanisms whereby Trump could regain power after being ousted — but more on that in a minute, because as Russia fever has intensified, talk has turned to impeachment. Or even, in the most ridiculous cases popularized by gullible internet sleuths like Louise Mensch and Claude Taylor, sealed indictments. Over the past year, leftists started loving the FBI. What a year it has been since the dark night when the Democrats lost to Trump. And now, still lacking a serious vision, the Democrats will use the promise of impeachment as an election strategy to try to take the House in 2018. It’s good to believe in the strength of our institutions and to think they may be stronger than the people who enact them — but it is also foolhardy not to recognize that our institutions brought us Trump in the first place and that they are helmed by a bunch of shitheels more concerned about their own power than about the country. Let’s just step back and think about precisely who we are hoping might carry out these actions. In the case of impeachment, you are, essentially placing your hopes in Paul Ryan and one of the most noxious Republican congresses imaginable. Remember how much courage Ryan showed about Trump’s sexist, racist, and authoritarian remarks during the campaign? Yeah, me neither. Now, if he could also impeach Pence, well, then maybe he would consider it — it would be his ascent to power. But any committed Republican knows that if you were to impeach a sitting president, his vice would be doomed, forever associated with the high crimes and misdemeanors of the impeached POTUS. Even if the Dems manage to take back the House — and they won’t — they would turn an impeachment into a political war, and the Senate, which they almost certainly will not regain, would not
vote to convict. Like the impeachment of Bill Clinton, it would be a hollow victory. Also, the Democrats are nothing if not cowards. When Trump dissed John Lewis before the inauguration, plenty of Democrats lauded his heroism 50 years earlier, but not a single one of them was willing to be arrested. During health care protests, they watched as people were dragged from their assistive devices without stepping in to risk their own bodies in the way that courageous activists were. And for the 25th Amendment our chances are even worse. Yes, Rex Tillerson probably called Trump a “fucking moron.” But that does not mean he is going to save you. Neither will the generals. Seriously, look at what you’re thinking if you think military figures can save us. What about Jeff Sessions or
Even if the Dems manage to take back the House — and they won’t — they would turn an impeachment into a political war. Betsy DeVos? When you invoke the 25th Amendment, these are the people you are counting on. These are the people to whom you are abdicating your political will and conscience. Covering Trump and the so-called Resistance for the last year, I’ve learned one thing: If we really want to stop Trump, it is up to us. He is betting that the constant stream of outrage will wear us down and make us quit caring, as has happened in Putin’s Russia. And it is exhausting. But instead of sinking into the private sphere, putting our heads down and hoping we make it through, we can begin to stop the private sphere from functioning, we can invade it and disrupt ordinary life. We can
make the country quit working and thereby force the establishment to work for us. Back when Neil Gorsuch was first nominated, I talked to writer Lawrence Weschler, who covered the Solidarity movement in Poland in the 1980s and has seen the people bring down a regime. He argued that the only solution was mass mobilization. “We all need to start training for civil disobedience,” he said. “We have to have people being arrested everywhere… 500 a day arrested at the Congress, arrested at the Supreme Court, arrested at the White House.” Weschler argued that it can’t just be the political activists of antifa or Black Lives Matter that are getting arrested, but “everybody who attended to the Women’s March. If you want to normalize something it’s got to be a thing that 30 years from now your grandchildren will look at you and say, ‘Did you at least let yourself get arrested?’” he said. If we start to flood the jails in large numbers, something will happen. It may not happen because of all of the training and organizing — but it also would not happen without it. As with Solidarity or the Arab Spring, something will happen and it will be the spark to all of that wood we have been stacking. At that moment, you will either be there or not. You will be with us or you will be with Trump. Those are the only choices — not only for us but also for the members of Congress, the cabinet secretaries, the generals and the FBI agents we have been fantasizing about for the last year. They will do nothing unless we force them. And in that force, we could not only depose a mad president, but also reclaim our democracy. Or claim it, even, for the first time. If we do not do this there will be more battles in the street. There will be doom.
the presidency, a new “Pence-ident” will likely enjoy a honeymoon period. In August of 1974, Gallup showed President Richard Nixon’s approval number at 25 percent. That was the month he resigned. President Gerald Ford was sworn in that month, and enjoyed his highest approval rating of his short term at a whopping 71 percent. Mike Pence will have a honeymoon also. But remember, that just three months after Ford’s 71 percent rating, Democrats across the country swept elections in the “mid-term” November. It was an election that changed the face of party control for two decades. The Pence-ident won’t inspire anyone. He didn’t do that here in four years as governor. In any scenario that Pence replaces Trump, I am confident that his respect for the office itself will lead to a more respectful and tradition driven existence for the White House. And that’s the end of the good news. He won’t be able to fight the urge to support policies that ban or criminalize abortion. He will push policies that expand Christianity and Christians’ rights above all other faiths and cultures. He will try to continue policies that are populist or nationalist in nature, but will try to do it without being a raving lunatic the way his predecessor was. His crusade against abortion will be a failure. Nationally, he’s in the minority on that one. Pushing that too hard will cost him any chance at winning in 2020. The Christian crusade will only appeal to the evangelical segment of the Republican party, and will also fail for the same reasons. National support for equal rights for the LGBTQ community will frustrate and taunt him in this arena. But he will fail most bigly with the angry Trump voters because he won’t be able to mimic the hatefulness the Donald brought to the office. Pence will stick to his passive aggressiveness, his veiled superiority complex to push through throwback policies. And that will put angry Trump voters to sleep. Game. Over. Pence will do well for a short time on Fox News after he is ousted. But that condescending nod, and undynamic speech pattern will grow old fast. And no amount of his trademark “resolve” will keep the ratings up. — MICHAEL LEPPERT
NUVO.NET // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // THE BIG STORY // 7
The Big Story Continued...
THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY TRAINWECK TIMELINE 50 ways The Donald made America awful again in 2017 BY HARRY CHEESE // NEWS@NUVO.NET 22 // Trump dumps the Paris Agreement on
In the grand tradition of Harry Cheese’s endof-the-year news roundups, NUVO asked the
climate change.
local writer, musician and bon vivant to revisit 50 23 // DJT repeatedly asserts that reports of Rus-
our boots in the 365 days since the election. Har-
sian collusion are a “phony story,” “a witch hunt”
ry Cheese lives in Broad Ripple with his two cats,
and “fake news.”
KIM JONG-UN // ILLUSTRATION BY DONKEYHOTEY
Marcus and Mace. His hobbies include playing
PAUL MANAFORT // ILLUSTRATION BY DONKEYHOTEY
Trumpy news items that have made us shake in
boccé, drinking beer and eating Mexican food. 1 // Donald Trump instructs White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer to fib about the size of the inauguration crowd. 2 // Trump claims three million or more illegal votes prevented him from winning the popular vote. 3 // Donald reverses Obama’s halt on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. 4 // During a romantic dinner with FBI Director
24 // After implying that he had a recording of his dinner conversation with Comey, Trump finally admits no such tape exists. 25 // Trump’s partial travel ban goes into effect. 26 // Donald finally gets to meet face-to-face with his role model and BFF, Vladimir Putin. 27 // More evidence of Russian collusion, um, leaks out in the press. 28 // Trump – known for his own businesses’ over-
James Comey, Trump asks Comey to pledge loyal-
10 // The Senate approves Trump’s choice of the
16 // Rumors of Russian hooker pee-pee videos
seas manufacturing practices – declares “Made in
ty to him. Comey feels awkward and creeped out.
guy who most hates the EPA – Scott Pruitt – to be
flow throughout Washington.
America Week.”
head of the EPA. 5 // Draft-dodging Donald, who said during his
17 // Donnie finally gets a win! Conservative
29 // NYC financier (described by Seth Meyers
campaign that he knows more about ISIS than the
11 // The usually camera-hungry Donald Trump an-
judge and Van Heusen shirt model Neil Gorsuch
as a “human pinkie ring”) Anthony Scaramucci is
US. generals, signs a memorandum to create a
nounces he will skip the White House Correspon-
becomes a member of the Supreme Court.
appointed White House Communications Director.
plan to defeat ISIS in 30 days. (It’s January 28.)
dents Dinner this year. 18 // Trump invites Ted Nugent, Kid Rock and
“The Mooch” quickly distinguishes himself from
In an interview with a writer for The New Yorker,
6 // Trump’s travel ban is denied by the 9th Circuit
12 // It is revealed that Donald’s favorite son-in-
Sarah Palin over to the White House to pose
his other White House colleagues by explaining,
Court of Appeals.
law, Jared Kushner, also likes to hang out with
for pictures looking like the dumbest cast ever
“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to [insert
Russian dudes.
assembled for The Apprentice.
accusation of autofellatio].” Scaramucci’s White
in the Senate to confirm Betsy DeVos as the
13 // “Sleepy” Ben Carson is confirmed as Sec-
19 // Melania Trump attempts to escape the White
least-qualified person to ever become Secretary
retary of Housing and Urban Development and
House and return to Slovenia but is quickly recap-
30 // Dirty Donald delivers a hugely inappropriate
of Education.
“Dumb” Rick Perry becomes Secretary of Energy.
tured by the CIA.
speech to a large crowd of Boy Scouts attending
8 // National Security Adviser Mike Flynn resigns
14 // Delusional Donald claims that Obama wire-
20 // Trump fires Comey. Whoa.
over being a little too cozy with the Russians.
tapped him at Trump Towers during the campaign.
7 // Mike Pence casts the tie-breaking vote
House job lasts 11 days.
the 2017 National Scout Jamboree. 31 // Donald “Bone Spurs” Trump declares that 21 // Robert Mueller is appointed as a special
transgender individuals will no longer be allowed to serve in any capacity in the US. military.
9 // Devious Donald beseeches 11-foot-tall James
15 // A federal judge issues a temporary halt on
prosecutor to look into Russian meddling in the
Comey to stop investigating Flynn, saying, “I hope
Trump’s travel ban.
presidential election, including any financial, infor-
you can let this thing go.”
8 // THE BIG STORY // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
mational or urinary crimes.
NUVO.NET/THEBIGSTORY
32 // Trump is livid that his vague and thought-
42 // High-flying Secretary of Health and Human
less plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act has
Services Tom Price resigns after the press
failed in the Senate.
reveals his habit of using private jets at the taxpayers’ expense.
33 // Calling upon his experience in fake military school, Trump announces, “North Korea best not
43 // Wags on social media routinely refer to
make any more threats to the United States —
Trump as “Cheeto Hitler” and Pence as either “The
they will be met with fire and fury like the world
Silver Dolt” or “The Fascist Q-Tip.”
has never seen.” 44 // Trump speaks out in person and (of course) 34 // Following the violent tragedy of the
on Twitter about a new crisis threatening Amer-
neo-Nazi/white supremacist rallies and count-
ica: NFL players who kneel in peaceful protest
er-protests in Charlottesville, Eugenics-Loving
during the playing of the national anthem at
Donald declares there were “good people” on
football games.
both sides. David Duke of the KKK tweets out thanks to DJT for his “honesty and courage”
45 // Donnie instructs his white-haired poodle
regarding this event.
Mike Pence to walk out of an NFL game held right here in Indianapolis between the Colts and the
35 // A bunch of CEOs resign from Trump’s
49ers. The cost of this staged hissy fit is approxi-
American Manufacturing Council and the Strate-
mately $250,000.
gic and Policy Forum over Donald’s comments regarding the violence in Charlottesville. Trump
46 // Trump announces he will scrap the Iran nu-
calls them “grand-standers” and in true take-my-
clear deal. “You know what uranium is? This thing
ball-and-leave fashion he disbands both groups.
called nuclear weapons and other things, like lots of things are done with uranium, including some
36 // By “mutual agreement,” chief racist — I
bad things.” (Actual DJT quote.)
mean strategist — Steve Bannon leaves the White House to return to his lair at Breitbart “News.”
47 // Trump’s new and improved travel ban is blocked by a US. district judge.
37 // Trump issues a presidential pardon to convicted criminal and fellow sociopathic bully Sheriff
48 // Donnie gives himself a “10 out of 10” for
Joe Arpaio.
his handling of the devastating hurricane that hit Puerto Rico.
38 // Trump rescinds DACA, but adds Congress should legalize it.
49 // Former Trump campaign operatives Paul Manafort and Rick Gates are charged with con-
39 // The voices in his head tell DJT that he
spiracy and money laundering. Former policy aide
should once again remind the American people
George Papadopolous pleads guilty to lying to
that “both sides” were at fault during the deadly
the FBI about his involvement with the Russians.
Charlottesville rally.
Predictably, Trump describes Papadopolous as a “young, low-level volunteer” and a “liar.”
40 // Dotard Trump refers to Kim Jong-un as “Rocket Man” and says if forced to defend itself,
50 // After a horrific terrorist attack in which a
the US will “totally destroy” North Korea.
car was used to kill eight people in NYC, Trump suggests sending the man who committed the
41 // The Senate, once again, is unable to pass
crime to Gitmo, adding that the American justice
Trump’s signature legislative dream to kill
system is “a joke and it’s a laughingstock.” Which
Obamacare.
is precisely how most people in America and around the world view Trump himself.
NUVO.NET // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // THE BIG STORY // 9
The Big Story Continued...
ross riters from ac Alt-weekly w r favorite ntributed thei the nation co rump or band’s anti-T local artist or is playest song to th political prot et. line at nuvo.n list. Listen on
SONGS OF PROTEST 14 TRACKS OF RESISTANCE “A Man’s World” stands out for its sheer defiance.
KEITH MORRIS, “WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR PARTY?” CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
“Frenzied and indiscreet,” it’s a fiery feminist anthem for the resistance. — GABE VODICKA, FLAGPOLE MAGAZINE
Known to at least one of his fellow musicians
OG SWAGGERDICK, “FUCK DONALD TRUMP” BOSTON, MA
as “our rockin’ protest grouch in chief,” Keith Morris has a slew of protest songs, such as “Psy-
Among diehard hip-hop heads as well as artists,
chopaths & Sycophants,” “Prejudiced & Blind” and “Brownsville Market” from his Dirty Gospel
Boston’s underground rap scene is renowned as
album, plus “Blind Man,” “Peaceful When You
one of the most lyrically elaborate and intellectual
Sleep” and “Border Town” from Love Wounds
anywhere. To that end, over the past year, such acts
& Mars. His latest release: “What Happened to
as STL GLD (Moe Pope + The Arcitype) and more
Your Party?”
recently The Perceptionists (Mr. Lif + Akrobatik) have released their most compelling works to date,
— ERIN O’HARE, C-VILLE WEEKLY
largely inspired by the mess that Donald Trump has
THUNDERFIST, “SUCK IT” (DEMO) SALT LAKE CITY, UT
made (though not always name-checking Dolt 45 directly). But when it comes to straight up protest-
Sure, there are more articulate ways to denounce Trump. And revolution by example — countering blustery, bigoted bullshit with artfully composed, well-reasoned takedowns — is how we’ll effect change. That doesn’t mean we can’t occasionally
ing and verbally impaling the potty-mouthed PO-
TROMBONE SHORTY AND DUMPSTAPHUNK, “JUSTICE” NEW ORLEANS, LA Trombone Shorty and Dumpstaphunk teamed up
vent our rage by strapping on Les Pauls, cranking
on a song called “Justice,” which they released on
up Marshalls, raising middle fingers and offering a blues-based, punk-rock invitation to fellatio.
MAL JONES, J. BLACCO, LOST FIRSTBORNE, AND DJ SHOTGUN CODE RED, “HANDS UP, DON’T SHOOT” JACKSONVILLE, FL
TUS, there’s something undeniably satisfying, even admirable about the Hub’s own OG Swaggerdick’s simple and straightforward election anthem, “Fuck Donald Trump.” From the fittingly filthy rhymes to
Jones said, “We came up with this song after
the strangers on the street who gladly join along
the day Donald Trump was inaugurated president. A
all of the recent acquittals in the cases related to
in rapping in the video, they’re protest lyrics that
melange of funk, jazz and New Orleans brass band
the steadily rising murders of unarmed black men
you’ll still be able to remember and perhaps even
sounds, the video for “Justice” slyly marries video
in the hands of law enforcement in America. We
rap for relief on occasions when the president
footage of Trump against pointed lyrics. “Inaugura-
wanted to protest about this issue in the most
leaves you otherwise speechless.
tion day seemed to be an appropriate time to voice
affective way we know how. Through song. Hands
DOOLEY, LOR ROGER, AND TLOW, “CIT4DT” BALTIMORE, MD
the need for equal say and opportunity for all peo-
up don’t shoot!”
This Boosie-tinged Thee Donald diss from
a New Year with a lot of unanswered questions on
the climate of events going on at the time. It was
Baltimore that dropped long before inauguration
the subject of ‘justice’ that we all felt a little uneasy
right after the Alton Sterling situation. When
still thrills: “Boy ain’t even white, you yellow/ You
about. But there’s only so much we can do and this
my man Lost Firstborne played the beat that’s
said you’d date your own daughter you a sicko.”
track is our way of expressing our worries.”
just what the track was speaking to me. It had a
—RANDY HARWARD, SALT LAKE CITY WEEKLY
Stakes are high here too — the mastermind behind
ple,” said Dumpstaphunk’s Ivan Neville. “We entered
— KEVIN ALLMAN, GAMBIT WEEKLY
it, Dooley, is Muslim, for example — and right-wing semi-fascist snowflakes took the song totally seriously, denounced it as a “death threat” (“CIT4DT” stands for “chopper in the trunk for Donald
LONELY HORSE, “DEVIL IN THE WHITE HOUSE” SAN ANTONIO, TX Shots fired! Lonely Horse came out guns-a-
“My inspiration for writing my verse was first
— CHRIS FARAONE, DIGBOSTON
CLINT BREEZE AND THE GROOVE, “BLOOD SPLATTER” INDIANAPOLIS, IN Featuring over a dozen guest contributors, including poets, rappers and jazz musicians, the groove’s
haunting soulful vibe about it so once I heard it
album Nappy Head weaves a phantasmagoric
everything flowed rather easily,” added Blacco.
assemblage of words and sounds into a razor-sharp
— CLAIRE GOFORTH, FOLIO WEEKLY
critique of racial oppression in modern America. “I wanted to symbolize the state of oppression that
LINGUA FRANCA, “A MAN’S WORLD” ATHENS, GA
Black people experience every day. From not getting
Trump”), and bemoaned its Baltimore origins,
blazing with the track “Devil in the White House.”
where protest morphed into property damage and
Opening with a sludgy cadence that crescendos
as far as a lot of us were concerned verged glori-
into a tumultuous rock ‘n’ roll explosion, the “desert
studios invited 19 local bands to commemorate
treated in the workforce — you name it. I wanted to
ously on revolution. Meanwhile, the trio responsible
rock” duo of Nick Long and Travis Hild make very
the dawn of the Trump Age, tracking 20 songs in
make a statement on how we as Black people view
for it thought the shit was hilarious.
clear their feelings about the 45th POTUS.
a marathon 48-hour session. While much of the
this oppressive society that we live in. I also wanted
resulting album, Athens Vs. Trump Comp 2017, is
to give a different perspective from white people.
suitably bleak, ascendant emcee Lingua Franca’s
I have a couple of my friends who are white on the
— BRANDON SODERBERG, BALTIMORE CITY PAPER
10 // THE BIG STORY // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
— CHRIS CONDE, SAN ANTONIO CURRENT
Shortly after Inauguration Day, two Athens
fair treatment in the justice system, to getting shot and killed by law enforcement, to being unfairly
NUVO.NET/THEBIGSTORY
album speaking about the nature of white privilege,”
It reads like a short, poetic treatise on how the
Breeze says. “Blood Splatter” is the record’s most
toxicity of right-wing ideals infects everyday life.
cutting track; featuring spoken word artist Too Black,
— MATT COHEN, WASHINGTON CITY PAPER
with cascading cymbal cracks and careening sax. — KYLE LONG AND KATHERINE COPLEN, NUVO NEWSWEEKLY
THE AFTER LASHES, “WE THE SHEEPLE” COACHELLA VALLEY, CA The After Lashes is a new all-female punk band
WITHDRAW, “DISGUST” COLUMBIA, SC On its 2017 debut EP Home, Columbia’s Withdraw oscillate violently between bristling, pedal-tothe floor emo (think At the Drive-In) and brutal, clawing crust punk. And on “Disgust,” the band
from the Coachella Valley that features Ali Saenz, the
proves the virtue of their versatility, shifting from an
wife of former Dwarves and Excel drummer Greg
unflinchingly blackened hardcore blitz that bashes
Saenz. Frontwoman Esther Sanchez explained the
sexual abusers to a more expansive, anthemic
inspiration behind the band’s song “We the Sheeple.”
coda that seeks to lift up the victims — “You are
“’We the Sheeple’ was an easy song to write,
not tarnished!” It’s a potent statement, a searing
because it came from a place of frustration and
declaration of allyship in a musical realm more often
growing resentment toward the current powers
derided for problematic gender politics.
that be, and, of course, more specifically, Donald
— JORDAN LAWRENCE, FREE TIMES
Trump,” she said. “We have a president who calls anything he doesn’t like ‘fake news’ while simultaneously spending an insane amount of time tweeting nonsense and lies like a crazy person.” “The policies he intends to establish are harmful to
NODON, “ALT-WRONG” BURLINGTON, VT NODON are an anti-fascist, anti-hate power-punk duo born out of the 2016 presidential
pretty much everyone who is not wealthy; unfortu-
election. Seething with caustic epithets, their songs
nately, so many who voted for him were unknowingly
condemn xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, white
voting against their own best interests. The song is
supremacy and, above all, President Donald Trump.
very much about uniting against a tyrant, because
“Alt-Wrong,” from their 2017 EP, Covfefe, delivers
that is precisely what we believe Trump to be.”
a swift and vicious kick to the alt-right’s figurative
— BRIAN BLUESKYE, COACHELLA VALLEY INDEPENDENT
crotch. Over razor-sharp guitar riffs and seething drums, they scream their battle cry: “Annihilate this hate! Not right! Alt-wrong!”
PRIESTS, “RIGHT WING” WASHINGTON, D.C. There’s been no shortage of scathing political protest songs coming out of D.C. since, well, the birth of punk. But in recent years, post-punk
— JORDAN ADAMS, SEVEN DAYS
RMLLW2LLZ “SO AMERIKKKAN” LOUISVILLE, KY Nationwide, when you think of the Louisville music
quartet Priests have succeeded in reminding
scene, your mind probably bounces to My Morning
the rest of the country that D.C. is, and always
Jacket, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy or maybe even White
has been, pissed the fuck off. “Right Wing,” off
Reaper — all who are great — but our city’s hip-hop
the band’s breakthrough EP Bodies and Control
scene is packed with poignant hip-hop artists, and if
and Money and Power so perfectly captures the
you’re looking for a pure protest song, look no further
ass-backwardsness of living in a country controlled
than Rmllw2llz’s “So Amerikkkan.” The song was re-
by capitalists, fascists, racists and warmongers.
leased a few months ago, but, if you give it a listen, you
“Everything everything/ So right wing/ Everything
can hear a lot of the country’s past, present and future
everything/ So right wing/ Purse searches, pep ral-
angst packed into a few powerful minutes.
lies/ Purse searches, SUVs,” sings Katie Alice Greer.
— SCOTT RECKER, LEO WEEKLY
A FULL-TIME
SALES MANAGER View job requirements at nuvo.net/jobs. Send resume and cover letter to jobs@nuvo.net. Please No phone calls.
3951 N. Meridian St., Suite 200 Indianapolis, IN 46208 | www.nuvo.net
NUVO.NET // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // THE BIG STORY // 11
The Big Story Continued...
SISTERS STEP FORWARD READY TO RUN INDIANA PREPS WOMEN FOR OFFICE BY BREANNA COOPER // BCOOPER@NUVO.NET Soon after Donald Trump was elected president last November, Jennifer Nelson-Williams and Sandy
fundraising considerations,” Costa said. “Unlike male
Sasso formed Women4Change Indiana with the goal
candidates, female candidates need to be perceived
to “equip and mobilize women to engage effectively
as both qualified and likeable in order to win an
in political and civic affairs in order to strengthen
executive office. This is no small feat!”
our democracy and to advocate for the leadership,
When it comes to preparing women to run for
health, safety and dignity of all women in Indiana.”
office, every woman needs an individualized path to
Women4Change has gone through a variety of changes in the year since, including the launch of initiatives like Ready To Run Indiana. Despite the statewide gender ratio of men to
help her reach her final goal. Ready to Run Indiana addressed that issue at their workshop. “Each woman is different, and each candidate faces different challenges. There’s no one-size-fits-
women being 97:100, Hoosier women make up
all approach, but Ready to Run Indiana provides
less than one-fifth of the state legislature, placing
research and anecdotal evidence about what women
Indiana below the national average of 24.2 percent.
candidates can expect and how to effectively prepare
On October 28, the group held a seminar on IUPUI’s
for difficulties,” Costa explained. “For example, on the
campus as part of Ready to Run Indiana, which
topic of smear campaigns, negative commenters and
aimed to give attendees the tools they need to run
attack ads, speakers and panelists provided a wide
for political office. With different sessions focus-
range of coping mechanisms, including ignoring the
ing on issues such as navigating through political
negativity outright, delegating the task of reading
parties, fundraising, developing a campaign plan
such comments to a trusted cabinet member, and
and getting appointed to office, the seminar focused
learning how and when to ‘fire back.’
on the specific challenges that women face when running for elected office. “Our state house and senate is predominantly pop-
“In this way, Ready to Run Indiana is not a how-to manual, but rather a collaborative discussion of best practices, recognizing that running a campaign
ulated by men, representing 81 percent of Indiana’s
is a human experience as well as a professional
legislature,” Ready to Run Indiana Vice President
endeavor.”
Cristina Costa said. “Yet, when we look around us
With more events, including a day-long conflict
in our offices, homes, places of worship, and at
management seminar in the works, Women4Change
Women4Change Indiana events, we find ourselves
Indiana are far from finished in their goal to inspire
surrounded by absolutely phenomenal women. These
women to run for office and have a say in their
women are passionate, thoughtful, well-spoken and
community. Beyond this, Jennifer Nelson-Williams
backed by robust and impressive resumes.
hopes to see women outside of the political arena
“We brought Ready to Run to Indiana to span the divide between our rich resource of quality
help those running or already inside. “Many of us do not feel it’s personally our time,
female candidates and the disproportionate lack of
or our skill set, to run for office, and that is ok. We
women in elected office. We’ve found that women,
can be of enormous assistance to the women that
more than men, need to feel ‘qualified’ or ‘ready’ to
are running,” Williams said. “Candidates need all
seek public office before launching their campaigns.
types of volunteers. For example, one can help
Beyond this, they need to be asked to do so. Ready
with phone banking, door to door meet and greets
to Run Indiana satisfies these first steps by demys-
or assisting with mailings. There are also needs
tifying the black box of politics and publicly urging
that candidate may have just in day to day chores.
Indiana women, “Run!’ ”
It may be helpful to offer to attend an event with
For many women around the country, however,
the candidate so that she doesn’t have to travel
it isn’t as simple as just putting their names in the
alone. Perhaps an offer of helping with driving,
running for elected office. Women face different
walking the dog, meals for her family. For anyone
hurdles than their male counterparts while working
running for office, the family often must make
in a political climate.
huge sacrifices. Let’s all work together so that
“Women face difficulties related to media portrayal and a focus on personal appearance, precon-
12 // THE BIG STORY // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
ceived notions about appropriate family roles, and
our sisters whom have stepped forward have the support they need to be successful.” N
THRU NOV.
GO SEE THIS
24
EVENT // Ivy Tech Faculty Show WHERE // Gallery 924 TICKETS // FREE
THRU DEC.
31
HELLO 10TH WEST GALLERY, GOODBYE IDADA
EXHIBIT WHAT // Other People’s Children by Kyle Ragsdale WHEN // Through Nov. 24 WHERE // Harrison Center The exhibition at the Harrison Center that opened on Friday, Nov. 3 was entitled “Other People’s Children” by Kyle Ragsdale. But this show was also something of a child of the nonprofit art center, where Ragsdale has been curator since 2002 — as well as a studio artist — and where he has an annual show each year.
A look at 10th West Gallery, as IDADA has its last membership exhibition. BY DAN GROSSMAN // DGROSSMAN@NUVO.NET
I
t was a night of milestones, some historically important, some dubious. It was Thorsday, the release day of the motion picture Thor: Ragnarok. It was also the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. And Thursday, Nov. 2 was the night of the VIP Preview Party — the first-ever exhibition — at the brand new 10th West Gallery at the Stutz Business & Arts Center. The Indy Collective is a group of Indianapolis-based artists that will have their work showcased in this gallery on a permanent basis. They will open the 10th West Gallery doors to the public to show their work 5 to 9 p.m. on both Thurs. Nov 30th and Friday, Dec 1st after renovations are completed, although they don’t plan on continuing with First Friday events after this date. But with the food truck festivals competing with the many art openings on any given First Friday, the organizers wanted to shake things up a bit. And they don’t just want to shake up the First Friday scene. “The old school thing of having a gallery show up and represent you and take things from you and sell it; it’s not happening,” says 10th West Gallery director Susan Brewer, who is also an exhibiting artist in the group. (Other members include Steve Paddack, Constance Ed-
EVENT // Connecting the Lines by Heeseop Yoon WHERE // iMOCA at Cityway TICKETS // FREE
On the many large canvases throughout the Harrison Gallery, you could see Ragsdale’s various influences duking it out with each other. You could see the influence of the plein “BRU ISES ” BY CAG NEY KING //
wards Scopelitis, Cagney King, Richard Emery Nickolson, David Kleeman, Ann McKenzie Nickolson, Autumn Keller and Philip H. Campbell.) So the group, which has displayed its work together at various pop-up venues since 2014, decided to inaugurate 10th West as a permanent exhibition space. In addition to featuring this collective of artists, the gallery will also organize rotating exhibits of guest artists. “There’s definitely a need for another gallery downtown but this is a focus on contemporary fine art,” says Brewer. “Our collective experience [as artists] is everything from awards to fellowships to all types of exhibitions; it’s a platform to really raise the bar as far as contemporary fine art. The real goal here is to get people out in front of the art, to meet the artist; that’s why we’re doing this.” The exhibition space was formerly occupied by the Raymond James Stutz Art Gallery. The former gallery, which was run by the Stutz Artists Association, had its last show this spring. 10th West is based on a for-profit model, unlike many large gallery spaces in Indianapolis. The proprietor is Mark Reichel, a patent and information attorney based at the Stutz. The gallery is currently undergoing renovations and was soliciting financial support on Nov. 2 from patrons to cover the cost of said renovations.
air work of his fellow Harrison Center painters Justin Vining and Nathan Foxton, who set their
THE LAST HURRAH FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS DOWNTOWN ARTISTS AND DEALERS ASSOCIATION (IDADA).
easels just about everywhere in and around
If you had been at the VIP Preview, you could’ve picked up a copy of the Nov. IDADA First Friday brochure, listing art gallery receptions and openings (in between, say, browsing the wall-hanging, painted carvings of Philip Campbell and the large scale portraiture of Cagney King.) It’s the last-ever brochure to be printed by IDADA. As of January 1, 2018, the organization will cease to exist. But they will not be going out without a “last hurrah” party scheduled for Nov. 16, at the Circle City Industrial Complex’s Schweitzer Gallery where you will be able to also check out IDADA’s final membership exhibition. It’s a sign of the changing art landscape that the last IDADA exhibit is being held in the Circle City Industrial Complex, rather than, say, Fountain Square. It could be argued that the rise of Circle City Industrial Complex as a home for studios and gallery spaces is one of the big arts milestones in the past several years in Indy’s art scene. Maybe, in retrospect, the opening of 10th West will be seen as an equally important milestone. Susan Brewer, it seems, would certainly like to think so. “When we hang a show it’s like, “Fuck, we’re good, look at the diversity,’ ” she says. N
influence of his graduate school professor John
Downtown Indy. Ragsdale has also acknowledged the Alexander, who liked to paint “thick and rough” as he describes in a recent Harrison Center blog interview. Thus in some of these lushly colorful oil paintings you can see thick dabs of oil paint like frozen waves on the surface of the canvases. But he is also painting people in landscapes that might be familiar to Indy residents. In this case the subjects are other people’s children, often children of his friends, photographed with an iPhone. There is a particular poignancy to this show, considering its subject, if you happen to know that Ragsdale has reached the age of 50 without having children, and that he has pondered this fact and what it means to him. I’ve written before about the mixed way I feel about Ragsdale’s aesthetic approach. I certainly have seen a lot of his paintings, visiting the Harrison Center on a monthly basis for the past 10 years. Sometimes his paintings seem unfinished. At other times, they creep up from behind and surprise me with their beauty. What is clear is that his work resonates for many people in the greater Indy area and beyond. And because he puts a relatively low price on his paintings, they buy them. It’s not a bad business model for an artist: make a lot of work fast, and sell it at a reasonable price. — DAN GROSSMAN
NUVO.NET // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // VISUAL // 13
NOV.
GO SEE THIS
3-18
EVENT // No Exit’s 1984 WHERE // 1336 E. Washington St. TICKETS // Prices vary
NOV.
14
EVENT // Visiting Writers Series: T.C. Boyle WHERE // Schrott Center for the Arts TICKETS // FREE
RACKING UP AWARDS
Pianist Drew Petersen performs Nov. 11 with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. BY RITA KOHN // RKOHN@NUVO.NET
D
rew Petersen had been playing professionally for eight years when he first tackled Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at the age of 13. It might not have seemed extraordinary to him at the time. After all, this achievement was par for the course for the precocious musician. He will be performing this work again on Nov. 11 with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. Petersen, now 23, was presented at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall at age five. At age nine, he performed a solo recital at Steinway Hall in Manhattan for the company’s 150th Anniversary. Since then he’s been performing nationwide and taking top honors at five major piano competitions. But his performance schedule didn’t put a damper on his education. He received a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Harvard at age 19. And he completed his undergraduate musical studies at Juilliard, where he was recently accepted into the Artist Diploma Program. Petersen’s resumé is certainly spectacular — he is the winner of the 2017 American Pianists Association Classical Award, after all — but he’s not flashy in his approach to the piano. He’s more interested in, as he says, “opening a conversation with an audience,”
than impressing with virtuosity. “I want to make sure what I’m playing is clear,” he says. “I want to communicate what does make sense, regardless of an audience member’s familiarity with a piece.” Petersen has an intimate familiarity with Chopin’s Piano Concerto #1. “I learned Chopin as a kid growing up in New Jersey,” he says. “It has stuck with me. Chopin wrote [the Piano Concerto #1] when he was 20 — almost twice my age at the time I began to study the work.” Petersen recalls asking himself, while growing up, what he would accomplish by the age of 20. “Now, I’m three years older than he was,” he says. “It’s a challenge to come back and discover more.” Although he takes pleasure in exploring the brilliant simplicity of Chopin’s arrangements, as well as his complex harmonies, there’s a limit to the explorations he can embark on during performance mode. “Discovery has to stop so you can play,” he says. But Chopin isn’t all that’s been on his plate recently. He’s supplementing the simplicity of Chopin — the 19th century Polish composer once said that simplicity is the crowning
14 // STAGE // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
WHAT // Drew Petersen with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra WHEN // Nov. 11, 2017 WHERE // Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts
achievement of life — with the mind-bending complexity of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. (On Nov. 4 he performed Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 with the Anderson Symphony Orchestra.) Immediately after performing at the Palladium in Carmel, he’s set to appear with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra in Tucson. Time and energy management are part of Petersen’s daily routine now, as he builds up a performance schedule world-wide, he develops repertoire, plays concerts and engages with media and patrons. But Petersen says he can’t think of any other way of life. “I like doing concertos with orchestras,” he says. “It’s 40 minutes with support and companionship with other players; all of us sharing in this experience with an audience.” Orchestra, pianist, conductor and audience all blend together for Petersen, creating an experience in live time. “Of course, the more dimensions, the
more considerations you have to deal with, and the chemistry has to work with all of the diverse people,” says Petersen. “It’s a very different world from solo concerts where you are alone with the piano and an audience for an hour and a half, and where the performer is fully responsible for creating the program.” And then there’s his new gig on Indy’s Southside. As the winner of the Christel DeHaan Fellowship in April; he is Artist-in-Residence through the 2018-2019 school year at the University of Indianapolis. Petersen’s Sept. 25, 2017 Fellowshiplaunching program at UIndy featured American composers, some familiar, some not so much: Barber, Carter, Griffes, Ives and Judith Zaimont. He wasn’t exactly playing it safe. “You can sense when the audience gets on board, feeling the narrative, seeing how classical, jazz, blues, country, gospel all fit together,” he says. “It’s not the usual case to choose an unusual repertoire,” says Petersen. “But this was my first recital as a resident artist and teacher, so part of the teaching thing came through. Why not do an unusual mix of gems of American music most of us don’t know?” N
NEW FILMS AT NEWFIELDS
Bette Midler film opens LGBT Film Festival BY BREANNA COOPER // BCOOPER@NUVO.NET
I
f Matthew Mutchmore had to pick one word to describe the Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, it would be “celebratory.” The festival is celebrating local talent, such as the Indy-based activist group the Fierce Four. This group produced Our Love Story, which highlights the relationships of 19 diverse couples. “Some of the most successful screenings we’ve ever had had local ties,” Mutchmore said. “A few years ago, we had a film about Talbott Street, the bar, that did really well. So, we’re really excited about Our Love Story.” For 14 years, Mutchmore, a Vincennes native, has served as art director for the festival. This year, he became chairman of the event, which raises money for Indiana Youth Group, a nonprofit that serves LGBTQ youth. “I’d say we got about 80 film submissions from around the world, and we narrowed it down to 35,” Mutchmore said. The selection committee of six individuals decided on Freak Show, a Trudie Styler-directed coming-of-age flick starring Alex Lawther, Laverne Cox and Bette Midler for the premier night screening. “Coming of age stories tend to do really well for us,” Mutchmore said. “If it has star power, it usually does pretty well for us. I mean, this has Bette Midler in it. When we showed the trailer for the first time at an event in September, there was a little ‘oooh’ from the audience, so we were like, ‘All right, we’ll do this one.’” Issues surrounding the transgender community are central to this year’s festival. One of the offerings is a film short entitled The Real Thing, featuring a transgender college student from Indianapolis. “With the political climate the way it is, trans issues are really hot right now,” Mutchmore said. “That’s kind of our focus this year.” With the festival scheduled for November
WHAT // The Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival WHEN // Nov. 10 - 12 WHERE // Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields TICKETS // $8 per film, $50 for full festival passes
10-12, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields the planning and preparation begins much earlier. “We start at the beginning of the year and then the last couple months are kind of frantic getting everything ready and in place,” Mutchmore explained. “This year we have a lot of films that are coming from film companies that like to send in their films just a couple days ahead of time, and that makes me nervous,” he added with a laugh. “It’s kind of a scheduling nightmare sometimes, but we pull it off every year.” Despite the hassles that can arise while planning an event, support from the community has been evident, starting with the IMA. “We were at a small theater on the Southside for a long time and that was going to close down, and the IMA reached out to us and initiated the relationship,” Mutchmore said. “That’s helped us a lot, because people love going to the IMA.” Throughout its 17-year-long existence, the Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival has brought together a community in Indianapolis, a progressive hub in the middle of a conservative state. Despite societal progressions, the festival continues to shed light on the issues that the LGBT community still faces. “Cosmetically and physically, we’ve changed over the years,” Mutchmore said. “We’ve grown, we’ve shrunk, and then we grew again. Our mission though, to raise money for Indiana Youth Group, has never changed.” N NUVO.NET // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // SCREENS // 15
NOW GO HERE
NEW RESTAURANT // Ixca WHERE // Authentic Mexican taco shop in Irvington COST // $
IF-BY-WHISKEY
BEER EVENT // Cannon Ball Brewing 1-year anniversary WHAT // Live music and special beer tappings WHEN // Nov. 12, 1 p.m. WHERE // Cannon Ball Brewing
West Fork Whiskey tasting room opens in Kennedy King
BY CAVAN McGINSIE // CMCGINSIE@NUVO.NET
WEST FORK WHISKEY IS NOW OPEN AND SERVING WHISKEY AS WELL AS COCKTAILS FROM NATE PURCELL (RIGHT) //
W
hen NUVO was first introduced to West Fork Whiskey and the team behind it, they were based out of an industrial area in Zionsville. The young company had one major focus that co-owner Blake Jones expressed in our first meeting. “We just want to be really, really good at making whiskey.” And while they were making all the right moves to reach that goal, it isn’t an easy task to get the public behind a product they’ve never had the opportunity to taste. When I initially asked how they did tastings, co-owner Dave McIntyre quickly quelled that idea. “It is illegal for us to do tastings from this facility,” he said, before sarcastically following up with, “Thank you, laws.” And so, about a year later, another milestone popped up for the team to reach: Open a tasting room. That happened last Friday, right in the heart of the Kennedy King neighborhood. I got the opportunity to see the place the day before the grand opening and let’s just say it is a far cry from where they were before.
WHAT // West Fork Whiskey WHERE // 1660 Bellefontaine St.
The building they have crafted into their tasting room has come a long way as well, “When we saw this space about a year ago we loved the bones [but] it was actually kind of falling down,” says Jones. “Next thing you know, we’re walking through here with dirt floors and the ceilings falling in and we’re, like, ‘This is the space for us.’” Those bones are still intact and exposed, keeping an industrial feel. But the space is completely upgraded. The horizontally-timbered facade has two garage doors that slide up to reveal the tasting room itself with high, raftered ceilings, a long, whitetiled bar with a cement top, and the original exposed brick walls. Add to that hundreds of barrels, some empty, waiting to be filled, some with varying forms of whiskey going through the aging process and the massive whiskey still and mash tuns and it makes for a room any whiskey-lover will feel happy in. The unique look is due in part to the co-founders’ significant others, “My wife
16 // FOOD+DRINK // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
and David’s fiancé did all the design work and picked out all the textures,” Jones says. “The concept was that we wanted people to feel like they’re in this, a little bit modern, whiskey cocktail bar, but in the middle of a production whiskey distillery.” And while the design of the place is definitely inviting, the most important aspect of any distillery is the booze that they’re crafting.
After tasting West Fork’s products a yearand-a-half ago and a few times since then, it’s been fun seeing just how much more mature and developed the whiskey has become. One major change they have made to the whiskey to produce a better overall product is doing grain-in fermentation, which means the grain stays in the product throughout the fermentation process.
NUVO.NET/FOOD+DRINK
“We think it makes the best whiskey,” says Jones. McIntyre adds, “It stays with the product longer and helps with the flavor profile.” They mention going around to some of their favorite distilleries and decided to go in that direction after not initially doing it. The biggest reason why not all distilleries do grain-in: “Logistically it’s a nightmare,” says McIntyre with ample nodding in the background from their Master Distiller (and Blake’s older brother) Julian Jones. “It’s Julian’s favorite thing,” says Blake, with a laugh. Julian retorts, “Hate it!” while filling a mash tun with Indiana grains from Sugar Creek Malt Co. McIntyre explains that the grain-in adds a long and messy step to the process where they have to pump out the leftover grain and separate it. But, despite the mess and having tons of grain to throw away — “We’re looking for a pig farmer to give it to if you know any pig farmers,” Jones adds — they know it’s worth it for the better end-product. Sitting at the bar with a taste of their three whiskeys in front of me — 2 Hour Delay, an un-aged corn whiskey (sometimes known as White Dog or White Lightning); Double Down, an aged corn whiskey; and The Colonel, a bourbon — I’m blown away by the depth of flavor in all three offerings. The Colonel is my favorite to drink neat, but
they point out how well the lighter 2 Hour Delay would go in a Bloody Mary and I can’t wait to give that a try. “We’re about to release three more,” says McIntyre. “In the next month, probably in the next two weeks we will have two additional products here.” Jones follows, “We have Third Degree coming out, which is a cinnamon-infused whiskey.” They wanted to craft a cinnamon whiskey that was made of more natural ingredients than your typical options, so they made one with only four ingredients: whiskey, cinnamon sticks, simple syrup and dried red chilies. They also have a rye-based bourbon, B-Street Blues, coming out and a traditional rye whiskey to follow. They’re joining the Kennedy King neighborhood at an exciting time. In the past year the area has seen the addition of Festiva, a Mexican restaurant from the Tinker Street team. Hotel Tango added its event space just up the road from the distillery. And just across 17th Street from the distillery sits Cannonball Brewing. The brewery’s chef, Erin Kem will provide West Fork with food options including a custom bar mix. “It’s a simple, but good menu,” says Jones. “It will have a couple paninis, some appetizers, a couple desserts.” They even mention a possible dessert being made with one of their whiskeys. While Jones describes the menu, McIntyre mixes up their house old-fashioned; it’s damn good and different than any other old-fashioned I’ve had because they aren’t able to use any alcohol that they don’t make themselves. Their bar manager, Nate Purcell, formerly of North End BBQ, is blending all of the in-house bitters, squeezing fresh juices, and making house syrups for all of the cocktails. And they’re doing their best to make cocktails affordable. “We’re jumping on the Thunderbird train and doing the ‘Death to the $12 cocktail’,” Jones says. All 10 of their whiskey cocktails run $8 and whiskey flights and tastes are inexpensive as well. And, they sell all of their products in the tasting room, so you can grab a bottle of whiskey from $24.99 to $32.99. The icing on top of the cake: “We can do Sunday sales.” N NUVO.NET // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // FOOD+DRINK // 17
DEC.
JUST ANNOUNCED
14
EVENT // Peter Oren WHERE // Pioneer TICKETS // On sale now
JULY
8
EVENT // Weezer and Pixies WHERE // Ruoff Home Mortgage TICKETS // On sale Nov. 10
THE MIRACULOUS LERA LYNN True Detective songwriter comes to White Rabbit with new songs LERA LYNN // PHOTO BY ALYSSE GAFKJEN
BY MATT CONNER // MUSIC@NUVO.NET
I
t’s not lost on Lera Lynn that you could do something else with your time than come to her show. In fact, she considers it “a miracle” if you are there. That’s not a quote from an overly humble artist, nor is it steeped in sarcasm or self-deprecation. Instead, Lynn is keenly aware that the artist-audience relationship is something treasured, a gift that someone would use their time to listen to and support someone like herself. The miracle of patronage, so to speak. “This is something that I’ve been thinking about a lot this year as I haven’t been touring a ton,” says Lynn when we reach her before her show at White Rabbit Cabaret on Friday. “We’ve just been doing a few shows here and there, and I’ve been writing a lot instead. Stepping away from touring, the bit that I have, has really given me a lot of perspective on how amazing it is that people care enough about the music that you’re making to go buy a ticket and drive their ass to the show and be there. I mean, that’s a miracle. “When you’re touring and performing every day, you get tired and kind of take that for granted,” she continues. “You’re pulling every bit of energy you have just to get up and perform well, so you sometimes don’t have the energy to step back and realize just how special all of those moments are. I feel so lucky to get to do what I do. The further I get into it, the more I’m trying to really be present and take this in, because it doesn’t last forever.” Lynn hasn’t toured as much in 2017, instead choosing to retreat to write for a forthcoming new album to be released in 2018, but that hasn’t stopped her from compiling more and more live highlights. Most recently, she’s returned from a successful fall tour with John Paul White, the male half of the now-dissolved duo The Civil Wars, and even a recent pair of sold-
out shows in Russia, of all places. The latter appearances are the continued benefit of having appeared on the second season of HBO’s hit show True Detective. “My music was exposed, obviously, to a lot of people that it wouldn’t have been exposed to without that experience or opportunity. Luckily, a lot of those people have stuck with me. They’ve heard the True Detective stuff, did a little digging and found the music that I have written from my own identity and liked it. Have become fans. So I feel really fortunate for that.” Two years after her appearance on the show, Lynn admits her involvement remains a mystery of sorts — she’s uncertain how to exactly connect the dots that afforded her biggest career opportunity.
18 // MUSIC // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
WHAT // Lera Lynn WHEN // Friday, November 10, 8 p.m. WHERE // White Rabbit Cabaret TICKETS // $15, 21+
(Another miracle, perhaps?) No matter how it happened, the shadowy singer-songwriter, whose music includes seductive riffs and rich narratives in equal measure, is very grateful for the platform. “I’m really not sure as to how it happened,” she says. “After all this time, the thing I’ve come away with is it is a giant mystery. I have a great manager, and she’d worked with T Bone Burnett on the Raising Sand album with Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. That’s one of my all-time favorites. She’d been sending T Bone my music in the
mail on CD for a while, I think, because she knew that we would work well together. However, T Bone will tell you that he found my music on his own, somehow, so that still is a mystery to me. “I’m sure he liked the music, obviously, but I think in this business, your compatibility is kind of everything, and we were compatible from the get-go. At lunch, he said, ‘I’m working on this series called True Detective. Have you ever heard of it?’ I was like, ‘Uh, yeah!’ And he said, ‘Cool, do you want to come to L.A. and write some songs with me for it?’ I said, “Fuck, yeah!” So the next thing I knew, I was in T Bone’s living room.” From there, things moved swiftly and organically, as one opportunity cascaded into the next. One minute she’s a songwriter invited to help shape the soundtrack, the next she’s appearing in half of the season’s episodes. “I think I was there for a few days,” she recalls with a laugh. “I played them for Nic Pizzolatto, who’s the writer for True Detective, and a producer and they were into it. Then T Bone was like, ‘How about she’s the girl in the bar singing the songs?’ And they were like, ‘Cool. Sounds good.’” As Lynn comes through Indianapolis on a short Midwestern stint, she will be treating fans to some unreleased tracks as she works them out for a new album, for which Lynn is aiming for a “spring or summer” release. The songstress hopes fans at the White Rabbit Cabaret won’t mind serving as musical guinea pigs. “It’s still too soon for me to know what songs are going to make the cut on the record,” she says. “It’s really helpful to play them for people, though, because I’ll walk away from it and go, ‘That bridge could be better’, or ‘That lyric is stupid.’ I’m usually pretty private with the progression of my songs. I usually don’t show them to anyone until they’re completely done. But, hey, here’s to turning over a new leaf.” N
KYLE LONG is a longtime NUVO columnist and host of WFYI’s A Cultural Manifesto.
NUVO.NET/MUSIC
A MILLION LABELS FOR TOMMY WILLS BY KYLE LONG // MUSIC@NUVO.NET
M
idwest music legend Tommy Wills passed away on October 20. An Indianapolis resident since 1970, Wills was a fixture of the Hoosier live music scene. From the 1940s into the 2000s, Wills could be found leading big bands and small combos in a wide variety of settings, from the clubs of Indiana Avenue to the grand stage of the Indiana Roof Ballroom. While Wills enjoyed a prolific career as a performer, I believe the saxophonist’s most enduring contributions to music were achieved through his work as a recording artist and record label entrepreneur. Wills was a pioneer of independent music in the Midwest, developing innovative distribution strategies for the many labels he founded in Ohio and Indiana. The music Wills released
on labels like Gregory, Terry, Airtown and Juke has gone on to attract a large international cult following. And it’s Wills’ work on wax that I’m going to focus on in this remembrance of the saxophonist’s life, as I try to make sense of his robust and complex discography. I deeply regret that I never had a chance to speak with Wills in-depth about his work in the record business. Fortunately, former NUVO writers Jason Yoder, and the late Chuck Workman were able to document some basic facts on Wills’ life. Wills was born just outside the Indiana state borderline in Middletown, Ohio on August 7, 1924. Wills began performing big band jazz professionally as a teenager, forming his own 15-piece ensemble at age 18. “We could only play on weekends because half of my band was still in high school,” Wills told NUVO in 2009. It was Wills’ group
the Artists of Rhythm that first brought him to Naptown in the 1940s, where he recalled joining after-hours jam sessions with fellow saxophonists Jimmy Coe and Pookie Johnson. Wills sustained a lifelong devotion to big band jazz, but it was his ability to adapt to a variety of genres that propelled his long and fruitful career. That said, many Wills fans might be surprised that his 1955 debut release “Let ‘Em Roll” was a rocking jump blues number in the style of Louis Jordan. Wills continued recording for Hamilton-based labels for the remainder of the 1950s, cutting a pair of singles for Estella Dodd’s Esta label. And in 1959 Wills founded Terry Records, his most successful label. Wills’ own output on Terry leaned heavily towards rock and roll. In 1960 Wills released the wild “Mama Loocie” as Tommy and The Tomcats, and in ’62 Wills tried capitalizing on
the twist wave with “Aw Shucks, Go On Twist” issued as Tommy Wills and His Twisting Tomcats. The Terry years also saw Wills cutting his first of many takes on the evergreen R&B instrumental “Night Train.” These recordings illustrate Wills’ growing mastery of the raw and grinding sounds of the R&B sax idiom. But Wills could not suppress his love for the sounds of the big band era, and in 1962 he began issuing his own recordings of jazz standards on a Terry-offshoot label called Gregory Records. Wills hit a bullseye with his first Gregory release, a take on the big band classic “The Man With the Horn.” Wills issued the track as “Man With A Horn,” and though the single never charted, Wills stated in multiple interviews that he sold over 500,000 copies of the disc. The record also provided Wills with an honorific title he’d use for the remainder of his career, “Man With A Horn.”
PLASMA DONORS PATIENTS NEEDED NEEDED TO HELP OTHERS Healthy Plasma Donors Needed, ages 1865 years old. Donors can earn up to $4000 per year for their time and donation. Your first thru fourth donation is $50.00 each time you donate and all subsequent donations are $30.00 per donation. All donations are done by appointment so there is no long wait times and the donation process should only take about an hour. To schedule your appointment, please call 317-786-4470 www.saturnbio.com
WITH LOCAL DJ AND NUVO COLUMNIST
KyleLong
Do you currently have one of the following conditions? If so you can earn $100-$500 each visit donating plasma to help others.
WEDNESDAY PM
*Mono * Coumadin/ *Syphilis Warfarin Patients *Hepatitis A * A-Typical *Chickenpox Antibody/Red *Hepatitis B Cell Antibodies *Pneumonia * Crohn’s Disease * Lupus/Auto Immune Disorders
NIGHTS 8
SATURDAY
NIGHTS 10 PM ON
A Cultural
MANIFESTO
* other conditions as well
To schedule your appointment, please call 800-510-4003 www.accessclinical.com PHOTO BY JENN GOODMAN
explores the merging of sounds from around the globe with the history of music from right here at home.
NUVO.NET // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // MUSIC // 19
Your local guide to Indianapolis businesses. NUVO.net/business_directory
20 // MUSIC // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
NUVO.NET/MUSIC The late 1960s saw Wills starting yet another label, Airtown Records. Wills debut release on Airtown is one my favorites in his catalog, a raw and raucous take on “Night Train.” Issued as “Night Train ’66 Style”, the instrumental disc features some of Wills’ finest work as an R&B sax stylist. It was during his time operating Airtown that Wills hit on an innovative new method of securing mass distribution for his releases. In the days before the internet, radio airplay was one of the only ways for an artist to be heard outside of a regional market. But for an independent label, getting a track in radio rotation was not an easy feat. So Wills decided to bypass the politics of radio airplay, and pitch his product directly to jukebox suppliers. The move paid off. Wills changed the name of his label to Juke and in 1970 set up shop in Indianapolis. Wills’ new take on music distribution didn’t go unnoticed. On April 10 of 1971 the national trade publication Billboard published an article on Wills titled “Small Labels Jukebox Action Sets Stage for Airplay Push.” The piece praises Wills “reverse promotion” technique, explaining that Wills “launches his records via the jukebox market and then follows through with station promotion.” In ’69 Wills recorded the “New Soul Yakety Sax,” while company players at the label issued takes on other familiar tunes. I guess the logic was that the average jukebox listener wouldn’t be overly concerned if it was an unfamiliar artist playing their favorite instrumental track. That’s not to imply that the music on Juke was artlessly produced. Wills released one of his most popular recordings on the label in 1973. Wills’ fantastically funky organ groover “K.C. Drive” remains the most collectable release on Juke, and was even reissued on 45 in 2006 by the perpetually cool London label Jazzman Records. As the 1970s were winding down Wills was enjoying a career as a popular live performer whose music was featured on jukeboxes across the United States. But Wills had never scored a hit on the Billboard charts. That changed in 1979 when Wills landed an album cut from his Have Horn, Will Travel - Western Swingin’ All the Way LP on the Billboard Hot 100 country chart. Wills had
started dabbling in country music in the mid ‘70s with a series of 45 RPM releases on the Country International label based in New York. Wills’ improbable hit was a syrupy sweet rendition of the 1928 Carter Family chestnut “Wildwood Flower.” The song entered the Country Hot 100 at Number 100 on January 13, 1979. It stayed in the Number 100 position for one week before completely disappearing from the chart altogether. A small victory, but a victory nonetheless. The arrival of the 1980s brought a whole new approach to music-making and music promotion. MTV, hip-hop, drum machines and synthesizers redefined the language of popular music in America. Approaching 60, Wills largely withdrew from the recording industry, and returned to his first love: big band music. In the early ’80s Wills purchased the music libraries of the Ted Weems, and Eddie Howard orchestras, huge names from the big band era. And Wills took that music on the road. By all accounts it was an extremely successful venture. A September 12, 1982 article on big band music in the Indy Star lists Wills impressive touring schedule for the year, which included “nine weeks in Florida, in addition to tours around the Midwest, including as many as 28 one-nighters in a row.” Wills largely continued working in the big band style for the remainder of his career. Wills cut two CDs during the ’90s, Swingin’ the Blues With the Big Band Sounds in 1998, and Happy Holidays in 1999. To my knowledge, these were the last recordings of Wills’ career. While I am saddened by Wills’ passing, there’s no question he led a long and productive life. It was a life worth celebrating for sure, and the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation did celebrate Wills in 2009 when he was inducted into the Indianapolis Jazz Hall of Fame. Wills’ name and legacy will continue to live on through the incredible catalog of music he recorded and released. Personally I’ll miss my interactions with Wills on Facebook. He often punctuated my historically themed musical posts with his own anecdotes, and always encouraged me to write more. I appreciated those kind words more than he ever knew. N
OUT THIS WEEK
ARTIST // Angel Olsen ALBUM // Phases LABEL // Jagjaguwar
ARTIST // Walk the Moon ALBUM // What If Nothing LABEL // RCA
WEDNESDAY // 11.8
THURSDAY // 11.9
SATURDAY // 11.11
FRI-SAT // 11.10-11.11
SATURDAY // 11.11
SUNDAY // 11.12
MONDAY // 11.13
Jessica Lea Mayfield, Blank Range, Harpooner 8 p.m., The Hi-FI, 21+
Waxahatchee, Ought 8 p.m., The Bishop (Bloomington), 18+
Blue October 8 p.m., Old National Centre, all-ages
36 Hour Music Marathon Noon, Square Cat Vinyl, FREE, all-ages
JSPB Cassette Release 10:30 p.m., Pioneer, $5, 21+
Galantis 8 p.m. The Pavilion at Pan Am, $25, 18+
Sound of Ceres, Advance Base 7 p.m., Square Cat Vinyl, all-ages
Two good things: 1) Jessica
Katie Crutchfield is re-
Here’s a thing not enough
Happy one-year anniver-
Jefferson Street Parade
Have you checked out the
Lea Mayfield returns to
ceiving some long-earned
people talk about: the Blue
sary to Square Cat Vinyl,
Band releases their cassette
fairly new space at Pan Am
A double set from Joyful
Indy. 2) So do former locals
attention for new album
October song “Into the
the little shop on Virginia.
at this late show at Pioneer,
Plaza? No? Use this great
Noise artist Sound of Ceres
Harpooner, to open.
Out in the Storm. And
Ocean” is really, really good.
They’re celebrating in the
where DJ Kyle Long and
big EDM show as an excuse
and NUVO fave Advance
some local music trivia:
most bonkers way possible
Sweet Poison Victim also
to get there.
Base (formerly Casiotone
she released her first
with 36 straight hours of
appear.
music as Waxahatchee on
local music. Night owls can
will wrap up Square Cat’s
a split on Bloomington’s
catch a midnight set from
weekend of excellence.
Plan-It-X Records.
Charlie Ballantine.
WEDNESDAY // 11.8 Blues Jam with Gordon Bonham, Slippery Noodle, 21+ Ohmme, Hen, Pioneer, 21+ NeedToBreathe: All the Feels Tour, Old National Centre, all-ages Rattlesnake Mafia, the Red Flags, The Location, Melody Inn, 21+ The King’s Singers, Clowes Memorial Hall, all-ages Savage Wednesdays, Tiki Bob’s, 21+ Why Not Wednesdays, Zonie’s Closet, 21+
THURSDAY // 11.9 Jamie Nicole, Union 50, 21+ Indiana School for the Blind Jazz Band, Indy CD and Vinyl, all-ages Steal Shit Do Drugs, State Street Pub, 21+ Whethan, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ Zach De Pue and Austin Huntington play Brahms’ Double Concerto, Hilbert Circle Theatre, all-ages
Jenny O, Richard Edwards, It’s Just Craig, White Rabbit Cabaret, 21+ The Fifth Pupil Tour with Bleep Bloop, Sayer, Mousetrap, 21+ Mary Lambert, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Walker and Royce, Blu, 21+ The King’s Singers, Hatfield Hall, Rose-Hulman, all-ages
FRIDAY // 11.10 Airstream Betty, Mother Grove, The Rathskeller, 21+ Bigger Than Elvis, Radio Radio, 21+ Showoff, Amuse, Lights Over Bridgeport, Welfare Beer, Melody Inn, 21+ Spandrels, VV Torso, Molly Sullivan, State Street Pub, 21+ Tropidelic, Aaron Kamm, The One Drops, Mousetrap, 21+ Bruce Katz Band, Slippery Noodle, 21+
Complete Listings Online: nuvo.net/soundcheck
Catherine Russell, Jazz Kitchen, 21+ Lera Lynn, Jeff Kelly, White Rabbit Cabaret, 21+ Paperhaus, Hick Gnarley, Landlocked Music (Bloomington), all-ages
BARFLY
Jai Wolf, Elohim, The Bluebird (Bloomington), 21+ The Bodeans, The Vogue, 21+ Kaleidoscope Jukebo, x Bad Dagger, The Trip, The Hi-Fi, 21+
Showoff, Amuse, Lights Over Bridgeport, Welfare Beer League, Melody Inn, 21+ The Bishops, Britton Tavern, 21+ Mark Chesnutt, Lorrie Morgan, Joe Diffie, The Palladium, all-ages
BY WAYNE BERTSCH
for the Painfully Alone)
SATURDAY // 11.11 Real Talk, White Rabbit Cabaret, 21+ City Mouse, Mound Builders, Indien, Melody Inn, 21+ The Stampede String Band, Steve Fulton, Black Circle Brewing Company, 21+ Kirk Franklin, Ledisi, Old National Centre, all-ages Red, 10 Years, The Vogue, 21+ Moonchild, Bobbie Morrone Trio, The Hi-Fi, 21+ The Nth Power, Mousetrap, 21+ The Pummels, Casey Jo, Jeff Byrd, Fountain Square Brewing Co., 21+ The Weekend Classic, Riot Shield, Misunderstood, Freshman Year, Hoosier Dome, all-ages
SUNDAY // 11.12 Barstool Brown, Dad and Steve, Melody Inn, 21+
Bashiri Asad, Square Cat Vinyl, all-ages Good Old War, Watching for Foxes, The Hi-Fi, 21+ Witt Lowry, Old National Centre, all-ages
MONDAY // 11.13 Robbie Fulks, The Hi-Fi, 21+
TUESDAY // 11.14 Protruders, The Resource Network, Gutts, State Street Pub, 21+ Head North, Hodera, Hoosier Dome, all-ages
WEDNESDAY // 11.15 U.S. Army Field Band, Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, all-ages Robyn Hitchcock, White Rabbit Cabaret, 21+ All Them Witches, The Hi-Fi, 21+
NUVO.NET // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // SOUNDCHECK // 21
FREE ADMISSION WITH THIS AD
the
VETERANS DAY PARTY SATURDAY, NOV. 11
FREE COVER TO ALL VETERANS W/ MILITARY ID DOOR PRIZES, GIVEAWAYS, DRINK SPECIALS, FUN & GAMES.
SUNDAY, DEC. 10
SWIMWEAR & BOOTY SHAKING COMPETITION
VOTED INDY’S BEST STRIP CLUB Fr ee w
Ad
ith
th
NOON TO 2PM $12 TABLE DANCES
m
is
iss
Ad
io
n
CHECK OUT OUR HEATED ENCLOSED PATIO
6 MONTH MEMBERSHIP: $35 | 1 YEAR MEMBERSHIP: $50 6 MONTH PLATINUM CARD GIVEAWAY WEDNESDAYS AT 5:30PM
317-356-9668 4011 SOUTHEASTERN AVE.
10 mins southeast of downtown
HOURS Mon-Sat: 11 am-3 a.m. Sun: Noon-3 a.m.
FULL SERVICE KITCHEN Mon-Sat: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Sun: Noon-11 p.m.
BRADSBRASSFLAMINGO.COM
22 // CLASSIFIEDS // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // 100% SUSTAINABLE / RECYCLED PAPER // NUVO.NET
HOURS: MON-SAT 2PM-3AM SUNDAY 6PM-3AM
351 M 3512 MADISON AVE. INDIANAPOLIS INDIA
317.783.6144 317.7
INDY’S PREMIER ADULT ESTABLISHMENT 3 PRIVATE ROOMS•VIP SEATING•COUPLES WELCOME
EVERYDAY SPECIAL! 20 OZ DRAFTS $5
ALWAYS HIRING QUALITY ENTERTAINERS JUST MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN & AIRPORT
© 2017 BY ROB BREZSNY ORDER A CLASSIFIED: Go to www.nuvo.net/site/print_classified or e-mail: cbartnik@nuvo.net. Ad payment deadline is Monday at 5 pm. Policies: Advertiser warrants that all goods or services advertised in NUVO are permissible under applicable local, state and federal laws. Advertisers and hired advertising agencies are liable for all content (including text, representation and illustration) of advertisements and are responsible, without limitation, for any and all claims made thereof against NUVO, its officers or employees. Classified ad space is limited and granted on a first come, first served basis. To qualify for an adjustment, any error must be reported within 15 days of publication date. Credit for errors is limited to first insertion.
EMPLOYMENT DAZZLING DI’S CLEANING SERVICE Looking for dependable, honest females to clean homes. Provide a background check. Contact 317-371-6058. Wages $9-10/hour, 3 day work week, 4-6 hours/day. PROJECT ENGINEER - PMC SMART SOLUTIONS LLC. Design, evaluate, install, operate, test, and maintain multi-cavity tools for automotive parts and medical device injection molding systems; interface with customer and third-party producer’s engineering departments to design and implement tooling production for precise tolerance and complicated dimension tools, including modeling/simulation, production temperature controls, gate location selection, interfacing with metal and other substrate material, runner systems and other related tooling issues; complete cost estimates of a tool production and the relevant tuning costs. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Plastic technology, Chemical or Manufacturing Engineering and 24 months experience in tooling engineering is required. Tooling experience must be in automotive parts or medical device injection molding in precise tolerance environment involving complex GD&T dimensions such as parallelism, roundness, and concentricity. Periodic visits to tool shops mostly in Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan to supervise tool builds. Occasional travel to customers sites in Mexico and Canada and to supplier site in China. Place of employment is in Shelbyville, Indiana. Cover letter and resume to HR Manager, PMC Smart Solutions LLC, 9825 Kenwood Rd, Suite 302, Cincinnati, OH 45242. EOE BARTENDERS & SERVERS - ALL SHIFTS Immediate openings. Apply in person, Weebles, 3725 N. Shadeland. PAID IN ADVANCE! Make $1000 a Week Mailing Brochures From Home! No Experience Required. Helping home workers since 2001! Genuine Opportunity. Start Immediately! www.AdvancedMailing.net (AAN CAN)
MARKETPLACE Over $10K in Debt? Be debt free in 24 to 48 months. No upfront fees to enroll. A+ BBB rated. Call National Debt Relief 844-8315363. (AAN CAN)
Dish Network-Satellite Television Services. Now Over 190 channels for ONLY $49.99/mo! HBO-FREE for one year, FREE Installation, FREE Streaming, FREE HD. Add Internet for $14.95 a month. 1-800-373-6508 (AAN CAN) NEW AUTHORS WANTED Page Publishing will help you self-publish your own book. FREE author submission kit! Limited offer! Why wait? Call now: 888-231-5904 (AAN CAN)
REAL ESTATE BROAD RIPPLE AREA! Newly decorated apartments near Monon Trail. Spacious, quiet, secluded. Starting $600. 5300 Carrollton Ave. 317-257-7884. EHO PIKE TOWNSHIP 4007 Westover 3BR dbl., 1.5 BA. A/C. W/D hookups. GAR. $995 + deposit. 317-414-1435 or 803-7367188 2 Bedroom Carriage House. Off street parking at 1336 N College Ave. $1100.00 per month. Inc W/D 317-332-9019
WE PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Local Pickup Available Call or Text Aaron (317) 220-3122
LARGE ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT Historic Irvington. Quiet and safe neighborhood. Nonsmoking. No pets. $700/mo + deposit. Utilities included. Great Location! 317-828-0114
VIAGRA FOR CHEAP 317-507-8182
BODY/MIND/SPIRIT
PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Call us first. Living expenses, housing, medical, and continued support afterwards. Choose adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7. 877-362-2401 (AAN CAN APPROVED Credit Scores 400-700 Terry Lee Hyundai For NUVO Discount Request: JUAN 317-674-7400 LICENSE SUSPENDED? Call me, an experienced Traffic Law Attorney,I can help you with: Hardship Licenses-No Insurance SuspensionsHabitual Traffic ViolatorsRelief from Lifetime Suspensions-DUI-Driving While Suspended & All Moving Traffic Violations! Christopher W. Grider, Attorney at Law FREE CONSULTATIONS www.indytrafficattorney.com 317-637-9000
Need to place an ad? Email us at advertising@nuvo.net
MAKE THE CALL TO START GETTING CLEAN TODAY. Free 24/7 Helpline for alcohol & drug addiction treatment. Get help! It is time to take your life back! Call Now: 855-732-4139 (AAN CAN) EMPEROR MASSAGE This week specials $40/60min $60/90 min (applies to first visit only) Regular rates in-call $60/60min, $90/90min. Call for details to discover and experience this incredible Japanese techniques 317431-5105 northside location, 8am to 12am everyday. THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE Please call Melanie 317225-1807 Deep Tissue & Swedish 11am-8pm Southside
ADULT The Adult section is only for readers over the age of 18. Please be extremely careful to call the correct number including the area code when dialing numbers listed in the Adult section. Nuvo claims no responsibility for incorrectly dialed numbers. #1 SEXIER Pickup line FREE to try 18+ Call Now! 317-791-5700, 812-961-1515 www.nightlinechat.com
CALL NOW, MEET TONIGHT! Connect with local men and women in your area. Call for your absolutely FREE trial! 18+, 317-612-4444, 812-961-1111 www.questchat.com MEET SOMEONE TONIGHT! Instant live phone connections with local men and women. Call now for a FREE trial! 18+ 317-612-4444, 812-961-1111 www.questchat.com #1 Sexiest Urban Chat! Hot Singles are ready to hookup NOW! 18+ FREE to try! 317-536-0909 812-961-0505 www.metrovibechatline.com
Livelinks - Chat Lines. Flirt, chat and date! Talk to sexy real singles in your area. Call now! 1-844-359-5773 (AAN CAN)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Adriana Martinez and Octavio Guillen got engaged to be married when they were both 15 years old. But they kept delaying a more complete unification for 67 years. At last, when they were 82, they celebrated their wedding and pledged their vows to each other. Are there comparable situations in your life, Aries? The coming months will be a favorable time to make deeper commitments. At least some of your reasons for harboring ambivalence will become irrelevant. You’ll grow in your ability to thrive on the creative challenges that come from intriguing collaborations and highly focused togetherness.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The drive for absolute perfection could undermine your ability to create what’s very good and just right. Please don’t make that mistake in the coming weeks. Likewise, refrain from demanding utter purity, pristine precision, or immaculate virtue. To learn the lessons you need to know and launch the trends you can capitalize on in 2018, all that’s necessary is to give your best. You don’t have to hit the bull’s eye with every arrow you shoot — or even any arrow you shoot. Simply hitting the target will be fine in the early going.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I had pimples when I was a teenager. They’re gone now, although I still have a few pockmarks on my face as souvenirs. In retrospect, I feel gratitude for them. They ensured that in my early years of dating and seeking romance, I would never be able to attract women solely on the basis of my physical appearance. I was compelled to cultivate a wide variety of masculine wiles. I swear that at least half of my motivation to get smarter and become a good listener came from my desire for love. Do you have comparable stories to tell, Taurus? Now is an excellent time to give thanks for what once may have seemed to be a liability or problem.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Remember the time, all those years ago, when the angels appeared to you on the playground and showed you how and why to kiss the sky? I predict that a comparable visitation will arrive soon. And do you recall the dreamy sequence in adolescence when you first plumbed the sublime mysteries of sex? You’re as ripe as you were then, primed to unlock more of nature’s wild secrets. Maybe at no other time in many years, in fact, have you been in quite so favorable a position to explore paradise right here on earth.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The next two weeks will be one of the best times ever to ask provocative, probing questions. In fact, I invite you to be as curious and receptive as you’ve been since you were four years old. When you talk with people, express curiosity more often than you make assertions. Be focused on finding out what you’ve been missing, what you’ve been numb to. When you wake up each morning, use a felt-tip marker to draw a question mark on your forearm. To get you in the mood for this fun project, here are sample queries from poet Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions: “Who ordered me to tear down the doors of my own pride? Did I finally find myself in the place where they lost me? Whom can I ask what I came to make happen in this world? Is it true our desires must be watered with dew? What did the rubies say standing before the juice of the pomegranates?” CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Things to say when in love,” according to Zimbabwe poet Tapiwa Mugabe: “I will put the galaxy in your hair. Your kisses are a mouthful of firewater. I have never seen a more beautiful horizon than when you close your eyes. I have never seen a more beautiful dawn than when you open your eyes.” I hope these words inspire you to improvise further outpourings of adoration. You’re in a phase when expressing your sweet reverence and tender respect for the people you care about will boost you physical health, your emotional wealth, and your spiritual resiience. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you working on solving the right problem? Or are you being distracted by a lesser dilemma, perhaps consumed in dealing with an issue that’s mostly irrelevant to your long-term goals? I honestly don’t know the answers to those questions, but I am quite sure it’s important that you meditate on them. Everything good that can unfold for you in 2018 will require you to focus on what matters most — and not get sidetracked by peripheral issues or vague wishes. Now is an excellent time to set your unshakable intentions. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Every one of us experiences loneliness. We all go through periods when we feel isolated and misunderstood and unappreciated. That’s the bad news, Virgo. The good news is that the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to make loneliness less of a problem. I urge you to brainstorm and meditate about how to do that. Here are some crazy ideas to get you started. 1. Nurture ongoing connections with the spirits of beloved people who have died. 2. Imagine having conversations with your guardian angel or spirit guide. 3. Make a deal with a “partner in loneliness”: a person you pray or sing with whenever either of you feels bereft. 4. Write messages to your Future Self or Past Self. 5. Communicate with animals.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As a courtesy to your mental health, I minimize your exposure to meaningless trivia. In fact, I generally try to keep you focused instead on enlightening explorations. But in this horoscope, in accordance with astrological omens, I’m giving you a temporary, short-term license to go slumming. What shenanigans is your ex up to lately, anyway? Would your old friend the bankrupt coke addict like to party with you? Just for laughs, should you revisit the dead-end fantasy that always makes you crazy? There is a good possibility that exposing yourself to bad influences like those I just named could have a tonic effect on you, Sagittarius. You might get so thoroughly disgusted by them that you’ll never again allow them to corrupt your devotion to the righteous groove, to the path with heart. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the coming months it will be crucial to carefully monitor the effects you’re having on the world. Your personal actions will rarely be merely personal; they may have consequences for people you don’t know as well as those you’re close to. The ripples you send out in all directions won’t always look dramatic, but you shouldn’t let that delude you about the influence you’re having. If I had to give 2018 a title with you in mind, it might be “The Year of Maximum Social Impact.” And it all starts soon. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The punk ethic is rebellious. It transgresses conventional wisdom through “a cynical absurdity that’s redeemed by being hilarious.” So says author Brian Doherty. In the hippie approach, on the other hand, the prevailing belief is “love is all you need.” It seeks a “manic togetherness and all-encompassing acceptance that are all sweet and no sour -- inspiring but also soft and gelatinous.” Ah, but what happens when punk and hippie merge? Doherty says that each moderates the extreme of the other, yielding a tough-minded lust for life that’s both skeptical and celebratory. I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because the punk-plushippie blend is a perfect attitude for you to cultivate in the coming weeks. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’m falling in love with the way you have been falling in love with exciting possibilities that you once thought were impossible. Oh, baby. Please go further. Thrilling chills surge through me whenever you get that ravenous glint in your mind’s eye. I can almost hear you thinking, “Maybe those dreams aren’t so impossible, after all. Maybe I can heal myself and change myself enough to pursue them in earnest. Maybe I can learn success strategies that were previously beyond my power to imagine.”
HOMEWORK: If you could change your astrological sign, what would you change it to and why?
Write: FreeWillAstrology.com.
NUVO.NET // 11.08.17 - 11.15.17 // CLASSIFIEDS // 23
LICENSE SUSPENDED? Call me, Indy’s Traffic Law Attorney, I can help you with: Hardship Licenses
BMV Imposed Suspensions
Specialized Driving Privileges
Operating While Intoxicated Charges and Suspensions
Insurance and Points Suspensions Habitual Traffic Violator Charges and Suspensions Lifetime Suspensions Uninsured Accident Suspensions
APPROVED CREDIT SCORES 400-700 @ TERRY LEE HYUNDAI.
For NUVO Discount Request: JUAN. 317-674-7400.
VETERANS DAY @ INDY ART CENTER. NOV 4TH.
Tattoos and Stories opens Nov 9th @ IUPUI. Look for the “COOL BUS” launch. A Veteran Mobile Grocery Store. More details @ Veterans Industries and Arts, Jeff Piper 317-946-8365.
BMV Hearings and Appeals Court Imposed Suspensions All Moving Traffic Violations and Suspensions
Christopher Grider, Attorney at Law
indytrafficattorney.com • FREE CONSULTATIONS
FRESH DAILY AT NUVO.NET
(317) 637-9000
Smoke Speciality Shop 5310 North Keystone Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 | 317-929-1015 OPEN 10am - 9pm Everyday | 10% off purchase with this ad! Excludes Tobacco and Sale Items Hookahs, Shisha, E-Liquid, Vaporizers, Dab Rigs, Grinders, Scientific Glass, Premium Cigars, Imported Cigarettes, Rolling and Pipe Tobacco
PREPARE YOUR CAMERA FOR NUVO’S INDY BACON WEEK GIVEAWAY. WIN A BACON PRIZE PACK FROM SMOKING GOOSE. CONTEST RUNS NOV. 13 - 19 #IndyBaconWeek #SmokingGoose