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EDITOR’S NOTE
IImprov
Shakespeare. Barbershop quartets. Psycho on the big screen (twice!).
Gallery happenings. And musical icons (hi, Willie Nelson!). The sheer variety of
what’s happening on the Indy arts scene this fall is staggering, and we at Indianapolis
Monthly are excited to offer a guide to it all in this first-ever issue of The Ticket.
Whatever your tastes—and however “artsy,” or
not, you consider yourself—I’m betting you’ll find
something in these pages to pique your interest and
get you out on the town. Want to sing “Red Solo Cup”
along with Toby Keith Find the when and where on
page 34. Still think The Shining is the scariest movie
ever made Check it out in a historic theater (page 64).
A major new Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit, beat-the-clock
sketching sessions, and offbeat events like Oranje—
they all start on page 47. Plus, there’s nothing like a
holiday outing to The Nutcracker—and we have those
in spades (page 28).
This special issue also offers a glimpse into the
indie artist colonies that are forming the next generation of the Indianapolis arts
scene. What’s driving the city’s young culturati to strike out on their own, rather
than come up through the more traditional channels of the big, established arts
groups Writer Marc Allan explores exactly that starting on page 16.
Not sure where to begin Consider the ideas shared by local arts types on page
13, where they explain which events they’re most anticipating this season.
Or just dive in and start choosing your own adventures. In this special bonus
issue of Indianapolis Monthly, we hope you find an event that excites you to hit
the town.
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PRESENTED BY INDIANAPOLIS MONTHLY
Know No
Stranger
COVER STORY
Change
of Art
Meet 12 indie arts groups that are
transforming the Indianapolis
cultural scene.
BY MARC D. ALLAN
16
p. 47
41 Classical
Indianapolis Opera strikes a new note,
the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
searches for a new maestro, priceless
old violins battle with new ones, and
the best upcoming nights out.
47 Visual Arts
How to “do” First Friday, what’s in
store at the IMA, a chat with Sarah
Urist Green, and your guide to gallery
happenings.
61 Movies, Books, Etc.
Pro tips for tackling Heartland, a glance
back at Indiana books, and top film
screenings, readings, and more.
70 Venue Guide
Where to find the theaters, galleries,
and other spots mentioned in this
issue, plus ideas for nearby noshes.
IN THIS ISSUE
CALENDAR LISTINGS
8 Letter from the Editor
Thanks for picking up this special bonus
issue of Indianapolis Monthly!
13 Inside Indy
The hottest tickets of the fall season,
actors’ all-time favorite roles, the best
seats in the house, and more.
72 Last Look
Make your next dinner-and-a-show night
memorable with these pairings of upcoming
events and related restaurants.
25 Theater & Dance
A Nutcracker showdown, highlights
from IndyFringe’s 10-year existence,
what’s going on at “Evening with the
Stars,” and the best events on stage
this season.
33 Music
What Indianapolis indie wunderkinds
Lily & Madeleine are listening to, catching
up with The Voice star Josh Kaufman,
and fall’s top musical moments, from
jazz to country to cabaret.
p. 33
ON THE COVER Photo from Thinkstock.com.
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Inside Indy
OUR CITY, OUR CULTURE, RIGHT NOW
“Art in Odd Places.
It’s basically two different
days where artists and performers
will set up from City Market
to Monument Circle. They’re up and
down sidewalks and alleys, in the plaza,
and on Monument Circle. If you were
walking downtown, you would just
stumble across it.”
JIM WALKER, FOUNDER AND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF BIG CAR
“Vonnegut said the only
proof he needed for the
existence of God was music. We love
music as well! So we’ll take the kids to
Symphony on the Prairie, and my
husband and I will head downtown to
the ISO on the occasional date night.
There’s a great lineup of some of our
favorite composers this fall.”
JULIA WHITEHEAD, PRESIDENT
OF THE KURT VONNEGUT
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Hot Tickets
Which cultural events are you most anticipating
this season We asked a few artsy types.
—SAMANTHA STUTSMAN
TRAVIS DINICOLA,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
“I am
INDY READS
looking forward
to Shakespeare’s The
Two Gentlemen of Verona
and the play called Red—it won a
Tony for the best play—at the IRT.
What I’m definitely going to in the
fall is the International Violin
Competition of Indianapolis.”
DAVID HOCHOY, ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR OF DANCE
KALEIDOSCOPE
“Evening with
the Stars brings
together the best ballet dancers
in the world that we would
never have a chance to see here.
There is really nowhere else in the
world that you can see this. It’s the
must-see event of the year.”
“I am excited about
Art in Odd Places, a
fabulous event October 17–18.
I also love Butler University’s
main black box theater. Every
time I walk in, it’s completely transformed.
I love the magic in that.”
GEORGEANNA SMITH,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF NO EXIT THEATRE
COMPANY
“The Indianapolis
Chamber Orchestra is
doing something really cool:
The longtime conductor is retiring,
and to replace him, they’re auditioning
three conductors. Kind of playing
for their lives, like The Voice or American
Idol—it just seems so foreign
to chamber music.”
MIKE KNIGHT,
CREATOR OF SKY BLUE
WINDOW
“The Columbia
Club—it’s a great place
for their wonderful Cabaret
series. I also love the outdoor
amphitheater at the IMA; it’s really
the perfect place to watch a movie
outside, complete with appetizers
and a cold beer.”
CHARLES VENABLE,
CEO OF THE INDIANAPOLIS
MUSEUM OF ART

INSIDE INDY
Please Be Seated
Before spending two hours in one of these chairs,
read on for the best ones to pick. —SAMANTHA STUTSMAN
Clowes
Memorial Hall
seat size
19 to 21 inches wide,
35 inches tall
good to know
All the seats in the boxes
are movable, so you can
adjust them to get the
angle you want.
best seat in
the house
“I prefer the main floor
only a few rows back,”
says marketing director
Josh Lingenfelter.
“There’s a nice break in
Row E: Rows A–D are on
a riser, so people who
sit in Row E have a little
more leg room.”
4602 Sunset Ave., 940-
9697, cloweshall.org
ON STAGE
AS
SCENE
IN ...
What’s your all-time
favorite role Here’s
how these local performers
answered.
The Coliseum
seat size
18 inches wide,
21 inches tall
good to know
One section of the
lower arena features
the original 1930 seats
that were taken out, restored,
and reinstalled.
They look different
than the other 6,000,
but there’s no price
difference.
best seat in
the house
Front row, natch!
Indiana State
Fairgrounds, 1202 E.
38th St., 927-7500,
in.gov/statefair/
fairgrounds
EDDIE CURRY
BEEF & BOARDS
“Shaw Moore in Footloose and
Amos Hart in Chicago. The
mean characters are sometimes
more fun to play—but the more
rewarding characters are those
with a journey to redemption.”
Hilbert Circle
Theatre
seat size
22 inches wide,
32 inches tall
good to know
Plusher than most.
best seat in
the house
The nicest—and
spendiest—spot is
a theater box, left or
right. “Comfy chairs,
only eight seats total,
lots of leg room,” says
ISO spokeswoman Jessica
DiSanto. “You can
see the whole hall, the
whole orchestra, and
feel like a king.”
45 Monument Circle,
231-6798, hilbertcircle
theatreindy.org
Indiana
Repertory
Theatre
seat size
19 inches wide,
23 inches tall
good to know
The only way IRT could
afford new seats (in
2001) was to recycle
most of what lay
beneath the old ones.
best seat in
the house
Want more leg room
Reserve an aisle seat
or the back row of the
balcony. The best view
and sound, though,
is—surprise—up in the
balcony.
140 W. Washington St.,
635-5252, irtlive.com
MEAGAN MATLOCK
ECLECTIC POND
“If I had to narrow it down,
two of them would be Tybalt
and Benvolio from Romeo
and Juliet. We did a rotating
cast performance—I now know
four roles in that show.”
The Palladium
seat size
18 to 22 inches wide,
33 to 34 inches tall
good to know
Orchestra and gallery
seats come in three different
sizes: 18, 20, and
22 inches. You can ask
to buy the option you
like best.
best seat in
the house
The orchestra seats and
box tier seats are the
most popular—they’re
close to the performers
and have great views of
the audience, too. (Yay,
people-watching!)
355 City Center Dr.,
Carmel, 843-3800,
thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
RYAN ARTZBERGER
IRT
“John Proctor in The Crucible
ranks really high up there. Iago
in Othello is another. There is
something incredibly freeing
about playing someone who has
no rules and no boundaries.”
Phoenix
Theatre
seat size
18 inches wide,
36 inches tall
good to know
Seating is first-come,
first-serve.
best seat in
the house
“The space is so small
and intimate, there really
isn’t a bad seat in the
house,” says sales director
Ryan O’Shea. “But
most people gravitate
right to the middle.”
749 N. Park Ave., 635-
7529, phoenixtheatre
.org
BILL WILKISON
NO EXIT
“There are two types of roles
that I enjoy doing: the original
role that has never been portrayed
before, and the historical
character, where you play real
people who exist or existed.”
CURRY BY JULIE CURRY PHOTOGRAPHY, MATTOCK BY ZED MARTINEZ, ARTZBERGER COURTESY
IRT, WILKISON BY LORRI MARKUM, ISO COURTESY ISO, URBANKSI BY THOMAS RUSSO; PREVIOUS
PAGE: WALKER BY BRET ROBINSON; HOCHOY BY JAMES YEE; SMITH BY JULIE CURRY
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5:30 P.M.
START!
HOW TO DO ...
WINE DOWN
Flip your ISO ticket over—you’ll
find a 20-percent discount for
Tastings: A Wine Experience, a short
walk over at the Conrad hotel.
The Symphony
6:30 P.M.
Next time you hit the ISO at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, make
a whole evening of it downtown. Here’s some inspiration.
EAT UP
Downtown bites offer something for every taste.
There have been sightings of ISO music director
Krzysztof Urbanski, guest performers, and
musicians at Fogo de Chao, The Capital Grille,
Morton’s, Plat 99, and Adobo Grill.
7:00 P.M.
SHOWTIME!
The Classical
Series season runs
from September
14 (the Opening
Night Gala!)
to June 12.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
One hour before each Classical
Series concert, get perspective
from musicians, conductors, and
guest artists. The pre-concert talk
is free to all ticket-holders.
8:00 P.M.
9:00 P.M.
TAKE A BREAK
During intermission, explore
the Hilbert’s second-floor lobby,
where there’s always a new
exhibit of local artwork.
10:00 P.M.
POST-SHOW PAUSE
Hit Reverb, a chance to
mingle with the musicians
in the lobby, after select
performances. There’s free
wine and beer! Just don’t
be shy: “Most musicians love
when audience members
come up to say hello,” says
the ISO’s Jessica DiSanto.
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CHANGE OF
INDIE ARTS GROUPS ARE
POPPING UP AROUND THE CITY
LIKE SO MANY ANDREW LUCK
JERSEYS. HERE’S HOW THEY’VE
TRANSFORMED THE INDIANAPOLIS
CULTURAL SCENE.
by Marc D. Allan
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EclecticPond Theatre Company .
HOW THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES: A nonprofit touring company based in Indianapolis whose goal is to
produce high-energy, fast-paced versions of classical and modern texts that link to the plays students
are required to read and study. /// WHAT THEY’RE KNOWN FOR: 10 x 10—Shakespeare’s top 10 plays in 10
minutes each. If you think you don’t like Shakespeare, well, each play only lasts 10 minutes, and the next
one is completely different. If you do like Shakespeare, you get to see 10 works in one show.
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NoExit .
how they describe themselves: A collective of Butler University graduates and
their friends whose goal is non-traditional performances—often of well-known works
like The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. /// what they’re known for: A dark, tutu-free
version of The Nutcracker, and a performance of all three of the Theban Oedipal plays
on the Indianapolis Museum of Art grounds.
the basement of victory memorial
United Methodist Church outside Fountain
Square looks like the greatest kids’ playroom
ever. In the glorious mess of a main room, which
contains stockpiles of oddities like overhead
projectors and foam swimming noodles, there’s
a corner for painting, a green-screen area for film
projects, and a section with assorted power tools
where the construction of a giant “steampunk
music machine” made of old bike parts is about to
begin. In the storeroom, you’ll find shelves filled
with costumes—pigeon heads and dinosaurs,
among many. And in an adjacent room, what
sounds like a vacuum cleaner is, in fact, just that.
Except it’s being used in reverse, to inflate a giant
clear plastic ball that someone can get inside to be
rolled around.
This clubhouse is home to Know No Stranger,
a self-described “art gang” that produces and
participates in theatrical and other events
around the city. This group of friends, tired of
hearing people complain about the culture in
Indianapolis, started the avant-garde troupe in
spring 2009. “In the circles we were running in,”
says Alan Goffinski, one of the founders, “there
was a lot of negative energy, a lot of talk about
the place that we call home. We got to the point
where if everybody who was complaining about
what an awful place Indianapolis was just did
something positive, we would have a great city.”
Look at the arts culture in Indianapolis
over the past several years and it seems that a
lot of people are thinking the same way—the
city’s young culturati has flourished in the last
decade. For a number of years, the city had no
Shakespeare companies. Now there are five.
“There was a time when
emerging artists felt that
they had to move to bigger
cities ... to have a chance.
Now, in addition to having
a vibrant local food/local
beer movement, we have
a parallel local arts
movement.”
Want dance Movies in weird places A fashion
collective A cutting-edge fashion/film/food
event An eco-conscious music festival In the
last few years, we’ve added all that and more.
Sharon Gamble, co-host of WFYI’s “The Art
of the Matter,” first became aware of a critical
mass of new theater companies in 2006. She was
managing director of the Phoenix Theatre, and
she and Bryan Fonseca, the Phoenix’s founder
and producing director, started answering a slew
of phone calls that started out: “Can I buy you a
cup of coffee I want to start my own company
and need some advice.” Gamble says a confluence
of factors contributed to the surge—audiences
willing to support up-and-coming companies;
printing companies, PR agencies, caterers,
microbrewers, and other for-profit firms who
see new arts groups as beneficial to the city, so
they offer them in-kind goods and services or
“friend rates”; support from various foundations;
and universities that are turning out graduates
with arts and arts-administration skills.
“There was a time when emerging artists felt
that they had to move to bigger cities—Chicago
and New York in particular—to have a chance
at finding audiences and funding to fuel their
dreams,” says Gamble. “Now, in addition to
having a vibrant local food/local beer movement,
we have a parallel local arts movement.”
THIS SPREAD: FRINGE FEST AND KNOW NO STRANGER BY TONY VALAINIS,
NOEXIT BY JULIE CURRY; PREVIOUS SPREAD: ECLECTIC POND BY ZED MARTINEZ
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IndyFringe .
how they describe themselves: A hub for
performances and rehearsals for independent,
uncensored artists in all genres. /// what
they’re known for: The IndyFringe Theatre
Festival, 11 days of performances in eight
venues featuring almost 400 different shows,
as well as playwriting festivals for women,
African Americans, and Hispanics.
Know No Stranger .
how they describe themselves: A collective group of friends and artists set on
making Indianapolis a more enjoyable place using video, storytelling, puppetry,
illustration, and anything else they can think of. /// what they’re known for: Optical
Popsicle, an annual festivity of art, fun, and frozen delights, and performances at PBS
Kids in the Park, where they have a dinosaur character lead aerobic exercises.
Nowhere is that more evident than Tanjerine,
a four-night film/fashion/food event that debuted
in April as a spinoff of Oranje, Indianapolis’s
annual multisensory showcase of everything hip
in art and music. Ryan Hickey, founder of both
events, says the city’s burgeoning food-andbeverage
scene “definitely played a significant
role” in the decision to create Tanjerine, which
featured a fashion parade that evolved into a
spontaneous dance party, a culinary roundtable
moderated by Martha Hoover of Cafe
Patachou, and a bartending competition.
In decades past, if you wanted to start an arts
company in Indy, you needed infrastructure—
especially a place to perform. Advertising was
prohibitively expensive, word of mouth was
hard to come by, and good luck getting audiences
to accept anything outside the mainstream.
Fonseca, who started the Phoenix Theatre in
1983, still remembers the grief he got for staging
Love! Valour! Compassion!, a show that features
nine naked men onstage, in 1996. “We’ve helped
redefine the center,” he says, referring to the
Phoenix and Theatre on the Square.
That’s not to say a startup is easy. It’s not.
There are artists to put together, money to be
raised, and shows to be staged.
Still, today’s arts startups have certain
advantages. They can spread the word through
social media and don’t necessarily need a
permanent home. It’s possible to work at
IndyFringe, which established a permanent
location in 2008 at 719 East St. Clair Street and
has, in 10 years, returned nearly $1 million to
artists who perform in its space or as part of the
annual Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival.
And with all the opportunities for site-specific
performances, like at the grounds of the
Indianapolis Museum of Art, you don’t even
need a physical venue.
“Some of this is a symptom of the greater
economic culture that we live in now,” says
Georgeanna Smith, a member of the NoExit
Theatre Company, which was founded a decade
ago and began producing full seasons of plays
staged around the city in 2008. “Even before the
recession, we were starting to see a trend where
people were not graduating from college and
going immediately to work for big corporations.
They were working for smaller businesses or
they were starting as freelancers. Then with
the recession, the arts community certainly felt
that too—there’s less money to be had, theaters
weren’t hiring as much, etc. I think [indie groups]
were born out of people anxious to work.”
like every company interviewed
for this story, NoExit exists because its founders
wanted to do something that wasn’t being done.
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They had nothing against the arts establishment;
they just saw an opportunity to add to what was
already here. Their DIY battle cry: If work isn’t
coming to me, I can make my own. In NoExit’s
case, that meant a collaborative effort performing
innovative work at non-traditional spaces, venues,
and stages. Smith, who joined the company in
2008, says site-specific work became a necessity
because permanent space was unaffordable.
“Theater isn’t a competitive
sport. Even if you had five
different companies all
doing a production of the
same show that opened on
the same date, it still really
wouldn’t be a competition
because you would be doing
it in a different way.”
Also almost everyone involved in an indie
company has a day job. Know No Stranger’s
Goffinski is a social worker. Smith’s day job is
head of the acting program for Young Actors
Theatre, and NoExit runs largely on the strength
of volunteers. Artists are paid a modest stipend,
but the administrators work for free. “It’s hard
for artists and performing artists to stay in the
city because there’s a lot of work, but there’s not
a lot of money behind the work,” says Smith,
echoing a sentiment expressed over and over by
different groups. “We want to get to a point where
we can pay people, to have lots of opportunities for
artists to have paying work.”
All the arts activity “is making the city come
alive in kind of an underground, rising way,” says
Ben Asaykwee, a founder of the theater company
Q Artistry, which opened shop in Irvington in
summer 2010 and does four shows a year featuring
original work. Asaykwee, an Indianapolis native
who makes his living as an actor and writer, was
based in Chicago when the company started.
When he returned to Indy, he looked in vain for a
group that solely produced plays by Indiana playwrights.
“Even finding places in Indiana to submit
your work was difficult,” he says.
Q Artistry started with a show called Cabaret
Poe, a musical Asaykwee wrote and the company
performs annually based on the works of Edgar
Allan Poe. Since then, its shows have included
East Side Story, a West Side Story parody pitting
adults against neighborhood kids (the young
actors audition and get mentoring from the
working professionals in the show), and Zirkus
Grimm—a circus-style retelling of the Brothers
Grimm fairytales.
Grimm featured Georgeanna Smith from
NoExit and Thomas Cardwell from Eclectic
Pond, one of the many new Shakespeare/classics
Pattern .
how they describe themselves: A new way of thinking about and doing fashion
in Indianapolis. As such, it endeavors to become a safe space for fashion-minded
individuals to engage with each other, creating a network of people with diverse
backgrounds and ambitions. /// what they’re known for: Monthly meetups in
various locations and Pattern, the magazine, which circulates in seven countries and
almost exclusively features the work of the Indianapolis fashion community.
Q Artistry .
how they describe themselves: A non-profit collection of artists dedicated
to enlightening, educating, and entertaining through original and re-imagined
productions, presentations, and events. /// what they’re known for: Cabaret Poe,
a musical featuring the work of Edgar Allan Poe, and East Side Story, a musical romp
about a friendship on the east side of Indianapolis that parodies West Side Story.
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Motus Dance .
how they describe
themselves: A nonprofit
modern-dance company
based in Fountain Square
that teaches classes, holds
workshops, collaborates with
other artists, and presents
original, contemporary dance
performances. /// what
they’re known for: “Sitespecific
dance works that
are not conservative,” says
executive artistic director Heidi
Phillips. Their performances
often take on topics like suicide,
bullying, and exclusion.
Roving Cinema .
how they describe themselves: An offshoot of the Indianapolis International Film
Festival that brings movies to unusual (but topic-appropriate) places. /// what they’re
known for: Screening Fight Club in the catacombs beneath City Market (below), Field
of Dreams at Victory Field, and The Big Lebowski at Jillian’s Hi-Life Lanes.
theater companies in town. Indy went without
Shakespeare for more than a decade after the
Indianapolis Shakespeare Festival went bankrupt
in 1991. Then came Heartland Actors Repertory
Theatre in 2006, Garfield Shakespeare Company
in 2008, and, more recently, Hoosier Bard,
EclecticPond, and IndyShakes—each with its
own approach.
“Theater isn’t a competitive sport,” says
EclecticPond founder Cardwell. “Even if you had
five different companies all doing a production
of the same show that opened on the same date,
it still really wouldn’t be a competition because
you would be doing it in a different way.”
Cardwell, who’s from across the pond in
England; his wife, Cat; and another friend started
the company after moving to Indianapolis, Cat’s
hometown. Their goal: Create a company that
does adaptations of Shakespeare and other
classic works, with a focus on taking the shows
to schools. “To show that this is not stuffy and
boring and dull,” said Cardwell, who works as an
actor at The Children’s Museum and in the Indiana
Repertory Theatre box office, “but fascinating,
fantastic, fun, frightening, scary. Whatever you
want them to do, they are still relevant.” So
EclecticPond performs shows like a family-friendly
version of Dracula, complete with songs and
slapstick humor, and 10 x 10, which is Shakespeare’s
top 10 plays in 10 minutes each.
Hoosier Bard, by contrast, is giving Indy—
and the world—a scholarly take. The troupe is
run by IUPUI professor Terri Bourus, an Equity
actor who’s also a general editor for the New
Oxford Shakespeare Project. The university
hired Bourus with marching orders to make
meaningful connections between the campus
and the Indianapolis arts community. She and
company dramaturge Gary Taylor do that by
using lots of local actors to examine and perhaps
reconsider Shakespeare’s work. “Lots of people
do Shakespeare, and lots of people do Shakespeare
beautifully,” says Bourus. “But there are no other
companies that I know of that do Shakespeare in
quite the way we do it.”
After putting her acting career on hold for
several years while she raised a family, DePauw
University theater professor Amy Hayes founded
IndyShakes two and a half years ago to get back
in the game presenting Shakespeare and classicsbased
theater. She looked around Indianapolis
and thought the time was right. “Mass Ave had
exploded, and as I became acquainted with people,
I thought something could happen here,” she says.
“There seem to be people who pay to see art.”
So she went to her friend Ronn Johnstone, who
has a company called Wisdom Tooth Theatre
Project, and asked him to produce her. IndyShakes
is now a branch of Wisdom Tooth, which presents
its first season at IndyFringe beginning this fall.
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HOOSIER BARD .
HOW THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES: An experimental
Shakespeare company trying to build on what we know
about Shakespeare while also creating a new sense of who
he was as a playwright and what he has to contribute to
theater in the present. It’s the theatrical arm of Indiana
University–Purdue University Indianapolis’s New Oxford
Shakespeare. /// WHAT THEY’RE KNOWN FOR: The History
of Cardenio, which got global attention and was the subject
of the documentary C.S.I. Shakespeare and a book. The
show was inspired by the first translation of Don Quixote
de la Mancha.
ORANJE .
HOW THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES: A fashion-film-food experience featuring a variety
of interactive exhibits and performances filled with excitement and non-stop, creative
stimuli. /// WHAT THEY’RE KNOWN FOR: Four nights of craft cocktail competition, beer
tapping, film screens, fashion parades, and a main event that combines them all.
indyshakes is one of many groups
that would have faced a tougher road if not
for IndyFringe, which is celebrating its 10th
anniversary. The Fringe’s home base, the 100-
seat Basile Theatre on St. Clair Street, serves
as both a low-cost rehearsal and performance
space in a city that has few such spots.
Fringe connected the audience and performers,
helping the artists build a following,
and encouraged the arts through competitions
such as DivaFest (female playwrights), Onyx
(African-American playwrights), and Magic
Festival (Spanish plays, in conjunction with
IU–Bloomington). The performers made Fringe
and, in turn, Fringe helped make the performers,
says executive director Pauline Moffat.
The constant among these young arts groups
is motivation. Craig Mince, board director of
the 11-year-old Indianapolis International Film
Festival and its newer offshoots—including
Roving Cinema, which shows movies in
unexpected locations (Newsies at the Indianapolis
Star building, most recently)—would love
to have a full-time person to take the pressure off.
But the organization’s members are motivated
by passion. “I’d take a bucket of passion over a
bucket of $10 bills anytime,” says Mince, whose
day job is running the IMAX Theater at White
River State Park. “It helps ensure that the quality
of the product is up to par.”
What spurred Mince’s group was the desire
to fill the need for year-round film programming
in the city. So it created Film to Fork, a dinnerand-a-movie
experience, and Roving Cinema to
supplement the annual film festival. Everybody
can go to a movie theater and watch any given
movie on any given weekend, says Mince. “But
it’s a rare occasion that you do these fun,
experience-centric activities around movies.”
Dan Ripley’s creation of WARMfest, likewise,
was motivated by desire. In this case, it was to
raise money for a cause—cleaning the White
River. Festival director Jack Shepler says that
leading up to the 2013 debut festival, organizers
teamed with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to
remove the honeysuckle along the river in Broad
Ripple Park. Days later, more than 10,000 people
came out to the multi-day music fest.
Polina Osherov, board member of the fashion
collective Pattern, says what we’re seeing in
Indianapolis is largely an offshoot of the “maker
movement”—the ability for people to be able
to create things and market them online. “The
threshold for making your own stuff, selling
it, and making it accessible to the rest of the
world has dropped tremendously,” she said.
“There’s no middle man. You don’t have to find a
manager, an agent, or even a store to carry your
stuff. You just get an Etsy account, and if your
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BY AMANDA FELLER, HOOSIER BARD BY EMILY SCHWANK
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IndyShakes .
how they describe themselves: IndyShakes exists
to produce language-driven, movement-charged, and
emotionally truthful classics and classics-inspired plays
with simplicity in order to frame and serve the actors
who embody the story. /// what they’re known
for: Shakespeare—most recently The Winter’s Tale
at IndyFringe, helmed by frequent Indiana Repertory
Theatre director Richard J. Roberts.
WARMfest .
how they describe themselves: A three-day music and arts festival dedicated to
helping preserve the White River. WARMfest promotes environmental responsibility,
independent business and artisans, and sustainable goods and services through the
magic of music, art, and culture. /// what they’re known for: A freewheeling music
festival that kicked off in 2013 featuring Michael Franti & Spearhead and Big Head Todd
and the Monsters.
stuff is good enough, and you’re on social media
and you promote yourself, you have as good a
chance of making a living doing it as anybody.”
But it takes time. Pattern got started almost
four years ago as the Indianapolis Fashion
Collective, in reaction to the surge of people
who wanted to be part of the fashion industry in
a city that, realistically, had no fashion industry.
For two years, Pattern has held monthly meetups,
and what started with 50 members now has
1,050, says Osherov. Their efforts have been so
successful that Pattern now publishes a twiceyearly
magazine and opened a retail storefront
on Mass Ave in August.
Some arts groups have found teaching to be
an effective way to build their reputation. When
Motus Dance started in 2004, Indianapolis had
no place for adults to take dancing without
children in the class. Motus, now operating from
a Fountain Square studio and offering classes
of 5 to 15 students, serves as a bridge between
students studying dance and the world of
professional dance.
“If you chose to not take the starving-artist
route and to pursue another life, it made it
impossible to pursue a professional career
outside of that,” says executive artistic director
Heidi Phillips. “So Motus filled the gap of bringing
people together who still wanted to create
and pass on their knowledge and contribute
to the community with their art and with their
work, without having to give everything up.”
Phillips, a full-time mom, says the challenge
has been to build community support. There’s
a big leap to make, she says, from having
supportive friends and family and doing the
best you can on a shoestring budget to taking the
next step to solidify things. Ten years in, Motus
still can’t support a full-time position. Phillips
is paid as an independent contractor, and on a
part-time basis. Everyone else is a volunteer.
“Dance is one of the most poorly supported
arts,” she says. “Yet people love it. It’s popular
in pop culture, and kids absolutely connect with
it. But we don’t support it. So there’s still a gap in
the funding and the support of the community
that we’re trying to bridge.”
And that, WFYI’s Gamble says, is key. Starting
an arts organization is the glamorous and
relatively easy part of the equation. It’s the sprint
that’s difficult—that is, building a core audience,
securing corporate sponsorships, foundation
funding, and loyal individual donors. There’s
also figuring out infrastructure issues such as
location (rent or buy), how to keep employees
if the group can’t afford health insurance, the
right price point for tickets, and how to costeffectively
get the word out about performances.
Because in the end, says Gamble, “Only the
fittest not-for-profits survive.”
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Theater
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PLAYS, MUSICALS, COMEDY, BALLETS & MORE
IIMAGE BY KYLE RAGSDALE, COURTESY IRT
Painted
Words
Kyle Ragsdale’s poster art for the IRT’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona is
STAGE ARTS
theatrical, dramatic, and a little bit mysterious—which is exactly what
the local artist was going for. Commissioned by IRT to paint images for each of the nine
productions in its 2014–2015 season, Ragsdale read the scripts and used them as inspiration
for paintings he says he hopes “only hint at what the play represents and allow each person
to be drawn in.”
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THEATER LISTINGS & DANCE
EVENTS
Theater
& Dance
Calendar
SEPTEMBER
Oklahoma!
THROUGH OCTOBER 5 … Where
the wind comes sweepin’ down
the plain. Don’t pretend you
aren’t humming already. Beef &
Boards will stage the Rodgers &
Hammerstein classic. beefand
boards.com
Swing!
SEPTEMBER 5–20 This original
song-and-dance show from
Civic Theatre at the Tarkington
pays homage to all forms of
swing—jive, Lindy hop, West
Coast, hip-hop, and more—to
The best of what’s taking
the stage this fall
Beef & Boards’ Oklahoma!
some of the era’s best-known
tunes. civictheatre.org
Distracted
SEPTEMBER 11–20 Jesse can’t
sit still. He swears too much.
He raps too much. He laughs
and cries too much. Is he a
casualty of a world in which
distraction is an existential
condition With comic (yes,
comic) insight, this play at
the IndyFringe Basile Theatre
searches for answers. indy
fringe.org
Calendar Girls
SEPTEMBER 12–OCTOBER 11
British women of a certain
age pose nude for a calendar
to raise money for charity in
this romp, by turns funny and
heartwarming. Theatre on the
STATE OF THE ARTS
Poised for Change
New time, new place, same jaw-dropping
artistry from one of Indy’s top events.
THE TUTUS WILL BE SPINNING in November instead of
September this year, and at Clowes Hall instead of the Murat
Theatre. But expect the typical excitement from “Evening
with the Stars,” the annual Indianapolis City Ballet production
that has become arguably the city’s marquee arts event.
“We love the Murat,” says executive director Kevin Hesse.
“We decided to try Clowes Hall to see how that works.
Clowes called us and said that Indianapolis Opera canceled
on November 22nd, and that we could have the slot.”
The move to Clowes opens up several possibilities. The
stage is significantly bigger, and the lighting capabilities
are much more advanced. The company also wants to do
more with film—this year, it plans to introduce the acts with
a short video rather than through an emcee. Since the stage
is so much larger, ICB has decided to include two ensembles
along with the 12 other acts.
This year, the audience can also look forward to some
of the biggest current names in ballet, as well as some who
haven’t graced the performance stage in a while.
“We’ve got Alessandra Ferri, who retired from the Royal
Ballet,” says Hesse. “She just did a Broadway show, and she
is coming back to ballet. She is going to dance with Herman
Cornejo. It will be a world-premiere performance. Two
incredible dancers will be creating a new work that will debut
in Indianapolis.”
Hesse and his team are devoted to making ballet part of
the signature of the city. “You’re constantly looking for what’s
new and what’s interesting,” he says. “We are bringing the
biggest stars from the biggest companies. You won’t get this
anywhere else.” —Samantha Stutsman
7:30 p.m. November 22 at Clowes Hall. Tickets: $35; patron
seating $300–$1500.
OKLAHOMA! COURTESY BEEF & BOARDS, EVENING WITH
THE STARS COURTESY INDIANAPOLIS CITY BALLET
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PHOTOS THE COURTESY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, DANCE
KALEIDOSCOPE, KNOW NO STRANGER/APRIL ART SUDIOS, THE VOGUE
Square’s stage version of the
movie is by Tim Firth, who cowrote
the film. tots.org
The Two Gentlemen
of Verona
SEPTEMBER 16–OCTOBER 19
A band of outlaws, a crossdressing
heroine, and a dogowning
clown converge in the
play that many think was
Shakespeare’s first. IRT’s 2014
season opener marks the 450th
anniversary of the Bard’s birthday.
irtlive.com
Clark Gable Slept Here
SEPTEMBER 18–OCTOBER 19
As one of the world’s biggest
stars charms his way through
the Golden Globe Awards
ceremony, his staff frets about
what to do with the dead male
prostitute in his hotel room at
the Chateau Marmont in this
glam, dark satire at Phoenix
Theatre. phoenixtheatre.org
And Ya Don’t Stop
SEPTEMBER 26–28, OCTOBER
3–5 In this hip-hop play at the
IndyFringe Basile Theatre, a
trio is broken up when only
one—the emcee—is picked up
by a record label, which then
twists his image. indyfringe.org
Improvised Shakespeare
Company
SEPTEMBER 26 Watch a fully
improvised Shakespearean play
come to life right before your
eyes, based on an audience suggestion,
at Marian University.
marian.edu/mutheatre
OCTOBER
Fiddler on the Roof
OCTOBER 9–NOVEMBER 23 Fifty
years after the tale of Tevye and
his village hit Broadway comes
Beef & Boards’ rendition. Return
to Anatevka for this tale of love
and loss. beefandboards.com
Red
OCTOBER 14–NOVEMBER 9
After winning the biggest
commission in the history of
modern art in 1958, painter
Mark Rothko must beat back
his crippling insecurities. IRT
presents this Tony-winner for
best play. irtlive.com
Jay Leno
OCTOBER 17 A king of late-night
returns to his stand-up comedy
roots at IU Auditorium, one of
the first venues nationwide to
welcome him back to the stage.
iuauditorium.com
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Urinetown: The Musical
OCTOBER 16, 19 & 23 In a city
very much like New York, a
drastic water shortage has led
to a government-enforced ban
on private toilets in this tale
of greed, corruption, love, and
revolution, staged at University
of Indianapolis’s Ransburg
DON’T
MISS!
Optical
Popsicle 7
OCTOBER 11
This annual “visual variety show”
brings together live bands, puppets,
videos, dance, and all things
whimsical, creative, and fun. It’s
family-friendly, but organizers at
Know No Stranger consider it an
adult show that kids can enjoy,
rather than a kids’ show that
adults can enjoy. Unwind your
mind at the IMA’s Toby Theater.
deepflourish.com/kns/
Dance Kaleidoscope’s Carmina Burana
Auditorium. Oddly enough, it’s
a comedy. There’s adult humor,
language, and content that
some might deem offensive,
so consider yourself warned.
uindy.edu/arts
Lightning and Jellyfish
OCTOBER 17–NOVEMBER 8
Catch the world premiere of
this play by Indy’s Lou Harry,
set in an ’80s rock-and-roll
poster shop, at Theatre on the
Square. tots.org
Carmina Burana
OCTOBER 23–26 One of the most
popular pieces in the classical
music repertoire, this collection
of bawdy, satirical medieval
poems is set to music by
Carl Orff. Dance Kaleidoscope
performs the audience favorite
at IRT. dancekal.org
Old Jews Telling Jokes
OCTOBER 23–NOVEMBER 23
Think you’ve heard ’em all
about the priest and the rabbi
This off-Broadway comedy hit,
at Phoenix Theatre, may prove
you wrong. phoenixtheatre.org
Suicide Girls
OCTOBER 24 Buckle your seatbelt
for the Girls’ “Blackheart
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LISTINGS
Burlesque” tour at The Vogue.
With stripteases nodding to
Game of Thrones, The Big
Lebowski, and Pulp Fiction,
it’s unlike any burlesque show
you’ve seen. thevogue.com
Golda’s Balcony
OCTOBER 24–NOVEMBER 8
Welcome to a glimpse into
the mind of one of the 20th
century’s great leaders, telling
the story of Golda Meir from
her dirt-poor childhood to her
post as prime minister of Israel.
Civic Theatre will produce the
one-woman show at the Tarkington.
civictheatre.org
Cirque Peking
OCTOBER 25 Watch one of the
world’s top acrobatic troupes,
the National Acrobats of the
People’s Republic of China, as
it performs daring feats using
common, mundane objects.
Their agility and flexibility, on
display at the Palladium, will
astound even the most jaded
theatergoer. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
Masters of Illusion
OCTOBER 30 This magic show
has been seen by 100 million
people in 126 countries—your
chance comes when it plays the
Murat Theatre. livenation.com
Cirque Peking at the Palladium
The Bad Seed
OCTOBER 30–NOVEMBER 1
The terror results not from
monsters or things that go
bump in the night, but the little
ones you kiss goodnight, in this
freely adapted version of William
March’s famous novel at
the IndyFringe Basile Theatre.
indyfringe.org
NOVEMBER
Last Comic Standing
NOVEMBER 6 Need a laugh
Winners and runners-up from
the NBC hit bring their comedy
tour to the Egyptian Room.
livenation.com
Cultivate
NOVEMBER 8, 14 & 15 Expect
the unexpected from this
biennial experience from
Motus Dance, where Indy
choreographers set their ideas
to music at the White Rabbit
Cabaret. motusdance.com
Tania Perez-Salas
Compania de Danza
NOVEMBER 14–15 Mexico’s
premier contemporary choreographer
presents an evening
of passionate works at the
Tarkington. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
The Great American
Trailer Park Christmas
Musical
NOVEMBER 14–DECEMBER 20
With a name like that, you
know you’re in for a raucous
good time at Theatre on the
Square. This alternative to
the usual holiday fare is set in
north Florida’s premier mobilehome
community. tots.org
Battle of the Nutcrackers!
When Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker premiered in St. Petersburg in 1892, it flopped. But in the last 50 years, it’s
become a holiday classic—and today, there are more than 750 versions being danced in the U.S., according to
Indiana Ballet Conservatory’s Alyona Yakovleva-Randall. Here are four local productions this season, in a nutshell.
Butler Ballet
Indiana Ballet
Conservatory
No Exit
Gregory Hancock
Dance Theatre
THE LITTLE GIRL Clara
THE CHOREOGRAPHY Innovative—
based on historical presentations
of this holiday classic
THE SETS Original ones used by
the legendary Ruth Page dance
company of Chicago
NUMBER OF DANCERS 124
BONUS POINTS Live orchestra …
Angelic voices of the Indianapolis
Children’s Choir during the Snow
Scene
WHERE Clowes Hall, 4602 Sunset
Ave., 940-9697
WHEN 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4; 8 p.m. Dec.
5; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Dec. 6; 2 p.m.
Dec. 7
TICKETS $21.50–$28.50; $17 for
children, students, and seniors;
group discounts available
THE LITTLE GIRL Masha (Russian for
“Marie”)
THE CHOREOGRAPHY Traditional—as
close to that of the 1892 Russian
premiere as possible
THE SETS Painted to match the
original Russian sets
NUMBER OF DANCERS Up to 150
BONUS POINTS Cast includes a live
dog … A Nutcracker drums through
the audience during intermission
WHERE Old National Centre, 502
N. New Jersey St., 231-0000; The
Toby at Indianapolis Museum of
Art, 4000 Michigan Rd., 923-1331
WHEN 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at
the Murat; 7 p.m. Dec. 12, 2 p.m.
and 7 p.m. Dec. 13, and 2 p.m. Dec.
14 at The Toby
TICKETS $45 and up at the Murat,
$20 and up at The Toby
THE LITTLE GIRL Clara
THE CHOREOGRAPHY Avant-garde—
inspired by the harsh bouffant style
of clowning, a French form
THE SETS Um, weird “The look of
the piece is supposed to feel like
Herr Drosselmeyer and his band of
ragtag performers just happened
upon our city and threw a show
together, but they don’t totally
understand our fashion or how
things work,” says NoExit executive
director Georgeanna Smith.
NUMBER OF DANCERS 13
BONUS POINTS Clowns ... Magic
tricks ... A toilet-seat throne
WHERE The Irving Theater, 5505 E.
Washington St., 356-3355
WHEN 8 p.m. Dec. 4–5; 7 p.m. and
10:30 p.m. Dec. 6
TICKETS $20; $10 for students and
seniors
THE LITTLE GIRL Klara
THE CHOREOGRAPHY Modern
and ethnic (which also
describes the score, not
Tchaikovsky’s original)
THE SETS Contemporary
NUMBER OF DANCERS 60–75
BONUS POINTS Includes
dancers from Russia, Spain,
China, India, Scotland, Mexico,
France, and Africa
WHERE Pike Performing Arts
Center, 6701 Zionsville Rd.,
216-5455
WHEN 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Dec. 5; 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 6;
3 p.m. Dec. 7
TICKETS $25; $15 for students
and seniors
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THEATER OF THE ABSURD
For 10 years, IndyFringe has brought the bold, bawdy, beautiful, and, sometimes, even
the best of independent theater to us every August. Out of 432 groups and 2,358 performances,
these are the ones that remain most vivid in our memories. —NATALIE ATWELL
1 Stand Up Monkey Poet
(Matt Panesh, 2007)
Due to some particularly bold comments
against politicians (“f*cking wankers!”), audience
members actually got up and left. “The
only show where we have offered a ticket
refund!” says IndyFringe executive director
Pauline Moffat.
2 Testaclese and Ye Sack of Rome
(Sound & Fury, 2005)
In the last five minutes, the actors performed
the entire show all over again, only this time
in fake Chinese. “This trio introduced Indianapolis
to the real meaning of ‘fringe,’” says
board member Martha Karatz.
3 Underneath the Lintel
(Pat O’Brien’s Vanity Theatrics, 2013)
A librarian embarks on a global adventure to
find out who anonymously returned a library
book 123 years overdue. “It illustrates the
depth of Fringe programming,” says board
member Gary Reiter.
ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW ROBERTS, CIRQUE
COURTESY THE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
4 Clown at Work
(Brent McCoy, 2008)
Brent McCoy’s shy but earnest blue-collar
clowning style had the audience wavering
between holding their breath and laughing
out loud. “His was the first physical comedy
show, and he raised the bar,” says Moffat.
5 An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein
(Ganas Theatre, 2006)
This local production was a series of one-act
comedies, including such gems as “Buy
One, Get One Free” (a tale of two hookers
offering a discount). “This show still holds the
all-time record for attendance—233 at one
show! Audiences loved its madness and the
energy,” says Moffat.
6 archy and mehitabel
(Ausable Theatre, 2010)
Actor Jeff Culbert introduced audiences to
Archy, a politically active cockroach with a
critical eye on humanity, and his best alley-cat
friend Mehitabel. “It was amazing to see what
such a skilled performer could do with only his
imagination and a bare stage,” says technical
director Pat McCarney.
7 Phil the Void: The Great Brain Robbery
(Phil van Hest, 2009)
Van Hest has been at every IndyFringe since
year one, and his shows reward multiple viewings.
“I always start my Fringe seeing Phil’s
first performance, and then see him again
towards the end of the Festival to see how
the show has evolved,” says board member
Jeremy Hatch.
8 Somewhere in Between
(Ben Levein, 2007)
This Iraeli troupe’s sketches used comedy and
poetry to examine the lives of transgendered
people and their place in culture and religion.
“It allowed the audience to better understand
the transgender community and engage in
a discussion about diversity and social inclusion,”
says Moffat.
9 The Honeymoon Suite
(Mikelangelo and Undine Francesca, 2006)
A gothic couple travels from hotel to hotel,
always staying in the Honeymoon Suite, singing
brooding, sensual, and darkly humorous
songs as they go. “A hypnotic and thoughtprovoking
cabaret noir. And the first time
anyone had seen a melodica and a theremin
on stage,” says Moffat.
10 A**holes & Aureoles
(Diane Kondrat and Karen Irwin, 2008)
In a set of shocking and hilarious short skits,
these local actresses crossed lines with
straight-faced discussions of breastfeeding,
women’s shelter stereotypes, and impromptu
office-supply sex toys. “It pushed every
boundary,” says Moffat. “It was outrageous,
and the audience gave a standing ovation.
That was the night I knew IndyFringe audiences
were open-minded and ready for the
next generation of uncensored and unjuried
fringe performances.”
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LISTINGS
A Christmas Carol
NOVEMBER 15–DECEMBER 26
The snow-blanketed stage at
IRT is the backdrop for this
holiday favorite. irtlive.com
Anything Goes
NOVEMBER 17–18 This classic
Cole Porter tale of shipboard
hijinks pulls into port at IU
Auditorium, where you’ll be
humming tunes like “I Get a
Kick Out of You” and “You’re
the Top” on your way back
up the aisle once it’s all over.
iuauditorium.com
The Spencers:
Theatre of Illusion
NOVEMBER 22 These modernday
Houdinis mash up the
theatrical elements of a Broadway-style
production with
BEEF & BOARDS
“Even though I really love
the shows, Jesus Christ
Superstar and Godspell
won’t be in our 2015 season,
because we didn’t have an
appropriate time slot for
them,” says owner Doug Stark.
“Rent, because the show’s
language and content may be
offensive to our audience.
And My Fair Lady, because
it’s being done by Actors
Theatre of Indiana.”
the pulsing energy of a rock
concert. You won’t believe the
seemingly impossible things
unfolding before your eyes at
the Tarkington. thecenterfor
theperformingarts.org
A Very Phoenix Xmas
9: Flashing Through
the Snow
NOVEMBER 28–DECEMBER 21
The Phoenix Theatre’s popular
The Final Cut
Which productions just barely missed coming to a theater near you
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NO EXIT
“Clutter, a new play by
Lou Harry,” says executive
artistic director Georgeanna
Smith. “Lou is a local writer,
and I love his work, but I have
a very specific idea for how we
want to stage it, and it will take
multiple locations and some
juggling. Also, Lord of the
Flies—I love this piece, but it
felt like the timing wasn’t right.
With our current schedule,
we just couldn’t fit it in.”
The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion
annual revue of off-kilter
sketches, song, and dance turns
the holidays on their heads.
phoenixtheatre.org
A Beef & Boards
Christmas
NOVEMBER 28–DECEMBER 23
The most wonderful time of
the year gets heralded in grand
style at Beef & Boards, which
will present song-and-dance
INDIANA REPERTORY
THEATRE
“We have a long-running
list of plays we’re interested
in, but where we sit in the
pecking order as a nonprofit,
we won’t get the rights to a lot
of shows until the commercial
world exhausts it,” says
artistic director Janet Allen.
“One play that we would like
to eventually do is You
Can’t Take it With You.”
numbers in a glittering varietyshow
format. beefandboards
.com
DECEMBER
Broadway Meets
Motown
DECEMBER 4–14 Act One of
this Dance Kaleidoscope
show spotlights well-loved
Broadway tunes, from Rodgers
& Hammerstein to Stephen
Sondheim. Act Two shifts into
Motown mode, with three
choreographers selecting their
favorite songs to create dances,
all on the Upperstage at IRT.
dancekal.org
The Three Dollar Bill
DECEMBER 6–21 A twisted winter
wonderland is the setting
for this R-rated sketch comedy
holiday show at the IndyFringe
Basile Theatre. indyfringe.org
A Christmas Carol
DECEMBER 6–22 Yes, another
one, this time at Beef & Boards.
Forget the bah, humbugs—this
is a classic! beefandboards.com
The Wizard of Oz
DECEMBER 12–JANUARY 3 Follow
the cast at Civic Theatre
down the yellow brick road
in this dazzling holiday show,
which celebrates the 75th anniversary
of the beloved movie.
civictheatre.org
Brian Regan
DECEMBER 14 The comedian,
who has had stand-up shows
on Comedy Central and been
featured in Jerry Seinfeld’s
“Comedians in Cars Getting
Coffee,” takes the stage at
the Murat Theatre with his
trademark pithy observations
on topics as mundane as going
to the eye doctor and Fig Newtons.
livenation.com
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Music
FROM THE BIGGEST ARENA ACTS TO THE HOTTEST INDIE GROUPS
PHOTO BY ALLISTER ANN
Sister
Act
Madeleine (left) and Lily Jurkiewicz are, quite possibly, the biggest thing going on
ALBUMS
the Indianapolis music scene. The local sisters, 19 and 17, first garnered attention
to the tune of a quarter-million YouTube views when they posted a video of themselves singing
in 2013. Then came their album Lily & Madeleine, which got toasted by Vogue, The New York
Times, the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and NPR. They’ve since toured the U.S. and part of
Europe, and are launching a second album, Fumes, in October. For more, see page 36.
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MUSIC LISTINGS
EVENTS
Music
Calendar
Pop, jazz, country, indie rock, showtunes—
something for every set of ears
SEPTEMBER
Martina McBride
SEPTEMBER 5 The country
star, who’s garnered 11 Grammy
nominations, four CMAs,
and multiple double- and
triple-platinum albums, will get
behind the microphone at the
Palladium. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
Indy Jazz Fest
SEPTEMBER 11–20 The hep
cats who organize Jazz Fest
now stage the event, which had
moved from location to location
in recent years, at multiple
venues across the city. Dig it.
indyjazzfest.net
Sara Gazarek
SEPTEMBER 12–13 Anointed
“the next important jazz
singer” by the Los Angeles
Times, Gazarek embraces both
traditional sounds and the music
of her own generation. She’ll
Tom Harrel at Indy Jazz Fest
take the stage at the swanky
Cabaret! At the Columbia Club.
thecabaret.org
The 5 Browns
SEPTEMBER 13 The showtunes
you know and love have a fresh
sound when played with 440
keys and 45 feet of piano. The
Browns are the only family of
five to be simultaneously accepted
at Juilliard. Grade them
for yourself when they play the
Palladium. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
Toby Keith
SEPTEMBER 13 America’s
highest-paid country star
brings his act to Klipsch Music
Center. livenation.com
SPOTLIGHT ON ...
Josh Kaufman
A cheat sheet on the Hoosier and
reigning champ of The Voice.
HE’S PLAYED LOCAL GIGS AT ...The Monkey’s Tale (925 E.
Westfield Blvd., 253-2883), The Chatterbox (435 Massachusetts
Ave., 636-0584), Radio Radio (1119 E. Prospect St., 955-
0995), and Birdy’s Bar & Grill (2131 E. 71st St.), among many
others—he even rocked out for the downtown lunch crowd at
Potbelly Sandwich Shop (55 Monument Circle, 423.9043).
He also headlined this year’s Indiana State Fair Free Stage
after having played on a side stage two summers ago.
THE HAT CAME FROM ... Saks Fifth Avenue at the Fashion Mall.
HIS INDY BAND IS ...The New Etiquette, jamming since 2010.
HE LIVES IN ...Carmel, or will soon—he’s using his $100,000
prize money to move there from Fountain Square.
HE’S A HOOSIER BECAUSE ...He moved from his native Florida
to Indiana to attend Anderson University, finishing up his
degree at IUPUI. And he could be found courtside during
this year’s Pacers-Heat playoffs.
CATCH HIM NEXT AT ...Indy Jazz Fest. He’ll play the Murat
Theatre at 8 p.m. on September 13 as one of the marquee
performers of the September 11–20 festival. Tickets are
$37–$57—or $150 for the “VIP experience.”
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Willie Nelson & Family
SEPTEMBER 15 This icon’s
catalog includes more than 200
albums over a career spanning
six decades. Hear him for yourself
at the Palladium. thecenter
fortheperformingarts.org
Trampled by Turtles ~
SEPTEMBER 17 The up-andcoming
bluegrass-rock quintet
has played festivals such as
Coachella and Lollapalooza,
and soon will get boots a-
stompin’ at the Egyptian Room
at Old National Centre. live
nation.com
Lotus Festival
SEPTEMBER 18–21 Believe it—
world music actually sells in
Bloomington, whose theaters,
churches, and streets host this
sprawling annual festival, now
in its 21st year. lotusfest.org
Al Jarreau
SEPTEMBER 20 The American
jazz singer, known for hits like
“We’re in This Love Together”
and the theme from Moonlighting,
performs at the Palladium.
thecenterfortheperforming
arts.org
John Prine
SEPTEMBER 20 One of the few
songwriters honored by both
the Library of Congress and a
U.S. Poet Laureate, Prine has
seen his tunes recorded by
Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, John
Denver, Carly Simon, the Everly
Brothers, and many more. He’ll
get behind the mic himself at
Clowes Hall. cloweshall.org
Nick Carter &
Jordan Knight
SEPTEMBER 20 One former
Backstreet Boy + one former
New Kid on the Block = screaming
female fans. Be prepared
when you head into the Murat
Theatre at Old National Centre.
livenation.com
Circle City Sound
SEPTEMBER 26–27 Settle in
for a weekend of barbershop
quartets at their best during
this convention and contest at
Pike Performing Arts Center.
circlecitysound.org
Dierks Bentley, Chris
Young & Chase Rice
SEPTEMBER 27 Get ready for
a rollicking good time when
Jordan Knight and Nick Carter at Old National Centre
Rosanne Cash
SEPTEMBER 26
Yes, she’s Johnny Cash’s daughter.
She’s also, like him, a country-music
pioneer, infusing her rustic roots with
touches of pop, soul, rock, and R&B.
Catch her at Clowes Hall.
cloweshall.org
these three young guns of
country music arrive at Klipsch
Music Center. livenation.com
APA Jazz Fellowship
Awards Premiere Series
SEPTEMBER 27 Five finalists
for the American Pianists
Association’s prestigious Jazz
Fellowship Awards, handed
out every four years, will come
to Indy throughout the fall for
concerts. Here’s your chance to
hear young Christian Sands do
his thing at The Jazz Kitchen.
americanpianists.org/fellow
ships/events
OCTOBER
Trace Adkins
OCTOBER 3 A bona fide member
of the Grand Ole Opry, the
country superstar returns to
the Palladium with his six-piece
band, the Sarepta Gentlemen’s
Club, in tow. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
Tommy Tune
OCTOBER 4 Broadway’s tallest
tapper (at 6’6”) takes to the
world’s smallest stage (four
square feet) at the Palladium.
DON’T
MISS!
In “Taps, Tunes and Tall Tales,”
he dances, sings, and tells
stories capturing 50 years of
showmanship. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
Gladys Knight
OCTOBER 10 Motown royalty
arrives at the Palladium when
Knight, who just released another
album, performs hits like
“I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
and “Midnight Train to
Georgia.” thecenterfortheper
formingarts.org
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LISTINGS
Jeremy Jordan
OCTOBER 10–11 The Broadwayfilm-TV
star will perform
music from Newsies, Smash,
and his upcoming film, The
Last 5 Years, along with some
of his own favorites when he
performs at the Cabaret! At the
Columbia Club. thecabaret.org
Better Than Ezra
OCTOBER 16 The New Orleans–
based alt-rock trio has a new
album, All Together Now,
hitting September 9. The group
will stop by The Vogue as part
of the accompanying tour.
thevogue.com
Sweet Honey in the Rock
OCTOBER 19 A renowned a cappella
quintet rooted in African-
American history and culture,
Sweet Honey in the Rock brings
a passionate blend of blues,
African, jazz, gospel, and R&B
music to the Palladium, where
the show will be sign language–
interpreted. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
Fleetwood Mac
OCTOBER 21 Don’t stop thinkin’
about October 21, when this
Brit-American band rocks out
at Bankers Life Fieldhouse for
their “On with the Show” tour.
livenation.com
Rene Marie
OCTOBER 17–18 C’est si bon
when Marie takes the stage at
the Cabaret! At the Columbia
Club in this tribute to Eartha
Kitt. Given the honoree, expect
the vibe to be set to “sultry.”
thecabaret.org
ISU Contemporary
Music Festival
OCTOBER 22–24 This Indiana
State University fest, established
48 years ago to recognize
outstanding composers of
orchestral music, will feature
guest composer Derek Bermel
along with the Indianapolis
Chamber Orchestra. indstate.
edu/music/cmf
Home Free
OCTOBER 23 Nashville standards
meet pop hits with country
twang when this a cappella
band, the season-four champs
Rene Marie at the Cabaret! At the Columbia Club
PLAYLIST
Music Mavens
What Lily & Madeleine are listening to
HAUNTING, ETHEREAL HARMONIES may be the trademark of Lily
and Madeleine Jurkiewicz, better known simply as Lily & Madeleine,
but their tastes run the gamut from classic rock to the
latest indie bands. (“I like to listen to music that doesn’t sound
like what we do,” says Lily.) We asked the pair of sisters to press
“shuffle” on their iPhones, and this is what came up:
LILY
“Lucidity” —Tame Impala
“Hello, San Francisco” —Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
“Tiny White Asters” —Shannon Hayden
“Riders on the Storm” —The Doors
“Vagabond” —Beirut
“No. 1 Party Anthem” —Arctic Monkeys
“My Moon My Man” —Feist
“Oh! Darling” —The Beatles
“Taxi Cab” —Vampire Weekend
“Hell of a Season” —The Black Keys
MADELEINE
“Bluest” —Gentleman Caller
“If I Were Free” —Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
“Pyre” —Son Lux
“Architects & Engineers” —Guster
“Polite Dance Song” —The Bird and the Bee
“Bloom (Bonus Track)” —The Paper Kites
“The End” —Best Coast
“Guns and Roses” —Lana Del Rey
“One to Another” —Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
“Do I Wanna Know” —Arctic Monkeys
EZRA COURTESY THE VOGUE, MARIE COURTESY COLUMBIA CLUB, LILY & MADELEINE
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of NBC’s The Sing-Off, land at
the Palladium. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
Broad Ripple
Zombie Prom
OCTOBER 25 Hey, even zombies
need love, too. After the nowfamous
Zombie Walk at 7 p.m.,
which sends folks lurching and
moaning through the streets
of Broad Ripple, the Vogue
opens at 9 p.m. for a big dance.
thevogue.com
Ethan Bortnick
OCTOBER 26 At a mere 13 years
old, Ethan has enthralled
national and international audiences
as a pianist, composer,
singer, and entertainer. In 2011,
he headlined a show in Las
Vegas, the youngest entertainer
ever to do so. See this
precocious performer when he
brings his family music special
to the Palladium. thecenterfor
theperformingarts.org
DON’T
MISS!
Tonic Ball
NOVEMBER 21
For the city’s coolest music festival,
dozens of top local bands will converge on
Fountain Square to play the songbooks of
Fleetwood Mac (and solo Stevie Nicks),
Velvet Underground (and solo Lou Reed),
and Nirvana (Foo Fighters songs
welcome, too) at various venues.
secondhelpings.org
Leading Men of
Broadway
NOVEMBER 7–8 Some of
Broadway’s brightest lights
will shine alongside the ISO as
they perform songs from Guys
and Dolls, West Side Story, Les
Miz, and Phantom of the Opera,
plus some other classics made
famous by males. indianapolis
symphony.org
APA Jazz Fellowship
Awards Premiere Series
NOVEMBER 8 Five finalists for
the American Pianists Association’s
prestigious Jazz Fellowship
Awards, handed out every
four years, will come to Indy
throughout the fall for concerts.
This time around, finalist Sullivan
Fortner will jam at The Jazz
Kitchen. americanpianists
.org/fellowships/events
Indianapolis
Women’s Chorus
NOVEMBER 8–9 The theme is
“Dreams and Lullabies,” but
leave your pillow at home—
these won’t be your typical
sleepytime tunes, ringing out
at the Unitarian Universalist
Church of Indianapolis. indy
choruses.org
NOVEMBER
The Cabaret!
Annual Fundraiser
NOVEMBER 1 Hailed as “Broadway’s
golden girl” by The New
York Times, Kelli O’Hara—fresh
off her fifth Tony nomination—comes
to town for this
special evening of song at The
Cabaret! At the Columbia Club.
thecabaret.org
The Milk Carton Kids
& Sarah Jarosz
NOVEMBER 3 You may have
seen these Grammy-nominated
folk artists on Austin City Limits.
You’ve likely never heard
them in person, and you’ll get
the chance when they make a
stop at the Palladium as part
of a limited nationwide tour.
thecenterfortheperforming
arts.org
Fitz & The Tantrums
NOVEMBER 4 The star of this
L.A.-based neo-soul and indiepop
group is rising fast. The
six-piece band will bring their
sound, which is influenced
by classic Motown and Stax
record labels, to the Egyptian
Room at Old National Centre.
livenation.com
Kix Brooks
NOVEMBER 6 One half of the
highest-selling duo in country
music, Brooks & Dunn, comes
to the Palladium for one night
only. Start your evening with a
pre-concert wine tasting (separate
ticket required). thecenter
fortheperformingarts.org
George Benson
NOVEMBER 9 For this heartfelt
tribute to Nat King Cole, the
10-time Grammy-winning jazz
guitarist performs with an
Kix Brooks at the Palladium
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orchestra at the Palladium. Unforgettable.
thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
Christine Ebersole
NOVEMBER 14–15 Crowned “the
apex of New York” by The New
York Times, this two-time Tony
winner beckons you to pull up
a chair in the intimate Cabaret!
At the Columbia Club and settle
in for her renditions of classics
and Broadway standards.
thecabaret.org
Matthew Morrison
NOVEMBER 22 Glee’s “Mr.
Schue” joins the ISO for an
evening of Broadway hits and
other standards at Hilbert
Circle Theatre. indianapolis
symphony.org
Randy Newman ~
NOVEMBER 23 The prolific musician
and film-score composer—he’s
been nominated for
the Academy Award 20 times
and won twice—entertains at
the Palladium. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Celtic Thunder
NOVEMBER 26 The first-ever
Symphony Tour for the Irish
singing group, frequently
featured on PBS, will highlight
holiday favorites along with
their signature hits at the Palladium.
thecenterfortheperfor
mingarts.org
The Reverend Peyton’s
Big Damn Band
NOVEMBER 28 Expect big damn
fun when the locally based
bluesy-rock trio plays The
Vogue. thevogue.com
The Charlie Daniels Band
NOVEMBER 30 Foot-stompin’
“fiddlegrass” defines this
Southern star. Ever think the
stately Palladium would host
a rendition of “The Devil Went
Down to Georgia” thecenter
fortheperformingarts.org
DECEMBER
Big Band Holidays
DECEMBER 5 Soul and swing
liven up the season thanks
to the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra with Wynton
Marsalis and vocalist Cecile
McLorin Salvant. Tap your toes
to big-band holiday jazz at the
Palladium. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
APA Jazz Fellowship
Awards Premiere Series
DECEMBER 6 The five finalists
DON’T
MISS!
Tony Bennett
NOVEMBER 21
Would you believe that
the crooner has sold 10 million
records (out of a total
50 million) just in the last
10 years “My ambition is to
actually sound better as I get
older,” says Bennett. “It’s all
about giving it more depth.”
Judge for yourself at the
Palladium. thecenterfor
theperformingarts.org
for the American Pianists
Association’s elite Jazz Fellowship
Awards, given out
quadrennially, are coming to
Indy throughout the fall for
concerts. The last such show of
2014 features Emmet Cohen at
The Jazz Kitchen. american
pianists.org/fellowships/events
Yuletide Celebration
DECEMBER 5–23 It’s back,
the ISO’s annual tribute to all
things holiday. A kick line of
Santas dancing across the stage
of Hilbert Circle Theatre is just
the beginning. indianapolis-
symphony.org
A Swingin’ Christmas
DECEMBER 10–13 You know
your favorite holiday TV variety
special This is kind of like
that. Hosts Jim Caruso, Klea
Blackhurst, and Billy Stritch
bring the season’s joyful tidings
to the Cabaret! At the Columbia
Club. thecabaret.org
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
DECEMBER 11 Get your holiday
season started with the swank,
big-band stylings of this contemporary
swing revival band
at the Palladium. thecenterfor
theperformingarts.org
Audra McDonald
DECEMBER 15 The Broadway
superstar, whom you might
have seen as the Mother
Abbess in NBC’s The Sound
of Music Live!, will do classic
showtunes and new works
at the Hilbert Circle Theatre.
indianapolissymphony.org
Straight No Chaser
DECEMBER 18 This male a
cappella group that made it
big thanks to YouTube returns
home to the IU Auditorium.
Bet on hearing “The 12 Days of
Christmas,” the video of which
has been viewed 16 million
times. Don’t want to make the
drive to B-town Wait a few
days—they’ll play the Murat
December 21–22. iuauditorium
.com, livenation.com
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Classical
CONCERTS, GALAS, A MAESTRO SHOWDOWN & MORE
BLACK-TIE BASH
The symphony’s
September 14 opening
gala means cocktails
at the Columbia Club,
a show, and dinner at
the Indiana Roof
Ballroom.
Front
Man
PHOTO COURTESY ISO
Krzysztof Urbanski
CONCERTS
says his fourth
season as music director of the
ISO will be especially meaningful
for him. “I’ve programmed the classical
season with music that
inspires me personally and challenges
me as a conductor,” he says.
“I love the sounds of the late-19th
and early-20th centuries, especially
the stories and events in history
told through works by Russian
composers and the power portrayed
in late-Romantic works.”
To that end, the ISO will present a
mid-winter all-Russian festival,
concluding with Beethoven’s Ninth
accompanied by the Indianapolis
Symphonic Choir. Play on.
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CLASSICAL
LISTINGS
EVENTS
Classical
Calendar
Beethoven, Brahms, and not one,
but two, Messiahs
SEPTEMBER
ISO Opening Night Gala
SEPTEMBER 14 Don your best
duds and toast the start of the
2014–15 season with Krzysztof
Urbanski as he conducts
the ISO at the Hilbert Circle
Theatre in the overture to Die
Fledermaus, Beethoven’s Piano
Concerto. No. 1, and excerpts
from Carmen. indianapolis
symphony.org
University of
Indianapolis Opening
Night Gala
SEPTEMBER 15 UIndy kicks off
its Faculty Artist Concert Series
with this program, featuring
Raymond Leppard, conductor
laureate of the ISO, wielding
the baton. The concert also
celebrates the 20th anniversary
of the university’s Christel De-
ISO Opening Night Gala
Haan Fine Arts Center, where
the event will be held. A series
of free concerts will continue
for the next 18 Monday evenings.
uindy.edu/arts
Beethoven’s Emperor
Concerto
SEPTEMBER 26 The season
opener for the Indianapolis
Chamber Orchestra will be
Beethoven’s final concerto,
featuring Sean Chen on piano
and Kelly Corcoran, one of the
three finalists for the ICO’s
new music director position, in
the conducting slot at Butler’s
Schrott Center for the Arts.
icomusic.org
Urbanski Conducts
Brahms 4
SEPTEMBER 27 Actually, selections
from Webern and Mozart
STATE OF THE ARTS
On with the Show
After a tumultuous few years, Indianapolis
Opera is poised to strike a new note.
THE FAT LADY HAS SUNG, but the Indianapolis Opera is not
ready to let the final curtain go down yet. Over the last six
years, they have watched attendance diminish; funding dry
up; and larger companies across the country, like the New
York City Opera, close their doors. The 2013–2014 season
ended on a sour note as the Opera chose to cancel its final
production, Albert Herring, to avoid going into debt, and
then longtime artistic director Jim Caraher abruptly resigned.
For the show to go on for this 39-year-old staple of the Indianapolis
art scene, the Opera has realized something’s got to
give. “We need new,” says Judy Woods, Indianapolis Opera’s
board president since 2012. “We have high production costs,
we have growing expenses and dwindling finances, and that’s
not a model you can sustain.”
No one is quite sure what the new model should be, but
thanks to a special grant and help from OPERA America,
the Indianapolis Opera has spent the summer conducting
research and trying to gather insight on what will make opera
relevant to the Indianapolis community. “We want to make
a new model based on some hard data, so we have a real
chance of success,” says Woods. The Opera knows it won’t be
giving up classic, grand operas—but avant-garde productions,
operatic musicals, concerts, festivals, and other formats
are all on the table to try. So the only certain thing about
the upcoming 2014–2015 season is that it will be not a little
experimental as the Indianapolis Opera chases its encore.
“No one thinks we’re closing our doors, and the board is committed
to not letting that happen, but we need to regroup,
we need to rethink,” explains Woods. “I like to think of our
coming year as the chrysalis stage, and we are going to unfold
our wings and emerge very soon.” We look forward to your
unveiling, Madame Butterfly. —Natalie Atwell
ISO COURTESY ISO, SYMPHONIC CHOIR BY TOM RUSSO, JERUSALEM QUARTET BY FELIX
BROEDE, JOHANNES STRING QUARTET BY DANIEL ASHWORTH PHOTOGRAPHY
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(Passacaglia and Piano Concerto
in D Minor, respectively)
will join the Brahms piece for
this lineup by the ISO at Hilbert
Circle Theatre. indianapolis
symphony.org
OCTOBER
Mozart’s Requiem
OCTOBER 10–11 The dour yet
somehow exhilarating notes of
this piece will ring out from the
ISO at Hilbert Circle Theatre,
aided by the voices of the
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir.
indianapolissymphony.org
MUST
SEE!
Opera Ball
NOVEMBER 15 Indianapolis
Opera marks 40 years of music
with a dinner fundraising gala
at the Indianapolis Marriott
Downtown. indyopera.org
Johannes String
Quartet
NOVEMBER 17 This Ensemble
Music Society concert, copresented
by the International
Violin Competition of Indianapolis,
features Performance
Today host Fred Child. He’ll
lead discussion about the
music from the stage as the
quartet performs works by
Beethoven and others at the
Rachmaninoff’s Third
Piano Concerto
OCTOBER 17–18 Guest conductor
Andrey Boreyko will lead
the ISO and pianist Kirill
Gerstein in the concerto, along
with Hillborg’s King Tide (an
ISO premiere) and Sibelius’s
Symphony No. 2 at Hilbert
Circle Theatre. indianapolis
symphony.org
Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra
OCTOBER 18 Ever seen a
conductor-less ensemble
This celebrated one provides
a golden opportunity. They’re
Jerusalem Quartet
OCTOBER 15
Come at 6:45 for this 7:30 performance
by the Ensemble Music Society for a
pre-show lecture. The concert, with
works by Beethoven, Ravel, and Brahms,
will be at the Indiana History Center.
ensemblemusic.org
joined at the Palladium by
pianist Jonathan Biss for works
by Rossini, Beethoven, Zwilich,
and Poulenc. thecenterforthe
performingarts.org
All Mozart
OCTOBER 31 As the program
title suggests, it’s all Mozart,
all the time for this Halloweennight
concert at Hilbert Circle
Theatre. Guest conductor
Nicolas McGegan leads the
ISO and violinist Augustin
Hadelich. indianapolis
symphony.org
NOVEMBER
Moscow State
Symphony Orchestra
NOVEMBER 7 Like Tchai-
kovsky Great, because this
entire evening at the Palladium
is dedicated to the Russian
composer, including his
celebrated Romeo and Juliet
overture-fantasy. thecenter
fortheperformingarts.org
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir
Johannes String
Quartet
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CLASSICAL
LISTINGS
Indiana History Center.
ensemblemusic.org
Venzago Conducts
Beethoven’s Eroica
NOVEMBER 21 Former ISO
music director Mario Venzago
returns to Hilbert Circle Theatre
to lead the symphony in
Beethoven’s Symphony No.
3 and Sibelius’s Finlandia.
indianapolissymphony.org
Handel’s Messiah
DECEMBER 13–14 The most
popular show of the year for
the Indianapolis Chamber
Orchestra will be performed as
an audience sing-along concert
at the Indiana Landmarks
Center on December 13 and in a
full performance at Tabernacle
Presbyterian Church the next
night. indychoir.org
Key Changes
TUNING UP
Conductors compete to be the next to helm
the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
IF INTERVIEWING FOR A JOB in a packed auditorium sounds
like a nightmare, be glad you’re not auditioning to be the
new maestro of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. This
season, three candidates for the position of music director
will lead performances, giving ICO patrons a glimpse of the
hiring process—but not, alas, an American Idol–style vote.
The finalists are Kelly Corcoran, who conducts the
Nashville Symphony in Tennessee; Matthew Kraemer,
who conducts two orchestras in Pennsylvania; and Mischa
Santora, who conducts the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.
The successful candidate will replace Kirk Trevor, who
has been with the ICO since 1988, just four years after it
was founded. The three audition performances, as well
as Trevor’s farewell concert, are included in this season’s
special “Maestro Pack” ticket ($100).
“The musicians will have a key part in the evaluation,
because they’ll be making an artistic evaluation as these
candidates prepare repertoire and conduct the orchestra,”
says executive director Elaine Eckhart.
The ICO has a roster of 34 musicians, less than half the
number at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. But that
doesn’t mean the ICO performs scaled-back versions of
the same old symphonies—chamber orchestras have their
own vast repertoire of music written for smaller groups.
“The sound is different. It’s a little more crystalline, more
transparent,” says Eckhart. “You have to be on your game,
because if you’re a wind or brass player, you’re probably
the only one on that part.”
The ICO will showcase that distinctive sound on its
forthcoming CD, which is due out in the spring. Says
Eckhart, “This is all part of the ICO moving forward.”
— Ashley Petry
Barber’s Violin
Concerto
NOVEMBER 22 Emily Glover
will perform the concerto with
Mischa Santora, the second
of three maestro finalists for
the Indianapolis Chamber
Orchestra, conducting at
the Schrott Center for the
Arts. icomusic.org
DECEMBER
Festival of Carols
DECEMBER 7, 20–21 Ring in the
holiday season with the napolis Symphonic Choir as
Indiait
performs all-time favorites,
from “Joy to the World” to “O
Holy Night” to “White Christmas.”
The first show wil be at
the Scottish Rite Cathedral; the
December 20–21 dates will be at
the Palladium. indychoir.org
Handel’s Messiah
DECEMBER 20 For the second
Messiah of the month, voices
of the Indianapolis Symphonic
Choir will ring out at Clowes
Hall, aided nimbly by the ISO.
indianapolissymphony.org
Festival of Carols at the Scottish Rite Cathedral
SYMPHONIC CHOIR BY TOM RUSSO, ICO BY RICH CLARK, VIOLIN
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Sound Off
When priceless older violins were pitted against modern ones in an experiment
at the last International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, the results hit a
sour note for some. The quadrennial contest is back this fall.
do a 300th birthday and a multimillion-dollar
price tag make for
CLEF NOTES
a better instrument For years, the violin world has
thought so, investing millions of dollars and hours
trying to uncover the secrets of 17th-century Italian
luthiers like Antonio Stradivarius and Giuseppe
Guarneri del Gesu. Even ISO Concertmaster Zachary
De Pue, proud owner of a 1757 Gagliano, affirms,
“The greatest makers have been chosen by the best
violinists around the world over
and over again. Strads and Guarneri
del Gesu.” So it was a shock
to the community when a doubleblind
experiment conducted by
French acoustic researcher Claudia
Fritz during the 2010 International
Violin Competition of Indianapolis
effectively proved that professional
violin players not only couldn’t
tell the difference between older
violins and modern versions, but
distinctly preferred the newer instruments.
“This spawned worldwide discussion,”
says Glen Kwok, IVCI
executive director, as it had long
been assumed a qualified violinist
would be able to instantly tell the
difference between an Old Italian–
made instrument and a contemporary
one. Twenty-one musicians,
ranging from IVCI contestants and
jurors to ISO members, were presented
with three modern violins,
INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN
COMPETITION OF
INDIANAPOLIS
PERFORMANCES
PRELIMINARIES: 9:30 a.m.–12:40
p.m. and 2 p.m.–6:50 p.m.
September 7–10, Frank and Katrina
Basile Theater, Indiana History
Center, 450 W. Ohio St.
SEMI-FINALS: 1:30–4:15 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
September 12–15, Frank and
Katrina Basile Theater
DONOR APPRECIATION CONCERT:
8 p.m. September 16, Howard
L. Schrott Center for the Arts at
Butler University, 4600 Sunset Ave.
CLASSICAL FINALS WITH THE EAST
COAST CHAMBER ORCHESTRA:
8 p.m. September 17–18,
Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center,
1400 E. Hanna Ave.
FINALS WITH THE ISO: 8 p.m.
September 19–20, Hilbert Circle
Theatre, 45 Monument Circle
For more information, see violin
.org/event-schedule.
two Stradivarius, and one del Gesu to play for 20
minutes in a dimly lit room while wearing dark goggles,
with the goal of discerning which instrument
they would most want to keep. In the end, 13 participants
chose a new instrument to take home—and
a circa-1700 Stradivarius was distinctly disliked.
Convinced of a fluke, the violin world demanded
a recount when these results were published, and
Fritz obliged with another experiment in a Parisian
concert hall with 10 world-class
violin soloists in 2012. The results
were the same.
Before you develop buyer’s
remorse on your $4 million
Strad, Kwok explains, “It’s not
taking anything away from the
Old Italians to say the contemporary
guys have raised their
making skills to such a level
that had never existed before.
It’s a real test of modern makers.”
You have a rare opportunity
to meet some of these modern
instruments in person; while
top violin players are coming to
town to compete in the IVCI, a
new partnership with the Violin
Society of America will bring in
the best violin makers worldwide
for its annual convention,
which will be held this year
from September 15 to 21 at
the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis.
—Natalie Atwell
The winner of
the IVCI gets use
of this beaut—the
1683 Gingold
Strad—for the four
years following
the competition.
Wood It
Matter
Theories on why your violin will never sound as good as a Strad: WET WOOD
Stradivarius might have stored his wood in a Venice lagoon prior to crafting,
allowing a perfect amount of rot to create pores in the wood for wonderful
resonance. COLD WOOD Thanks to the Little Ice Age (1645–1750), tree growth
was stunted, resulting in extra-dense wood and beautiful tonality in violins.
HOLY WOOD Some say Stradivarius salvaged wood from old cathedrals to
get that angelic depth of sound.
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Honoring Tradition.
Inspiring Innovation.
Alyona Yakovleva-Randall, Founding Artistic Director
Mommy & Me Classes (18-36mos)
Preparatory Day Classes (ages 3/4)
Preparatory Evening Program (ages 3-9)
Pre-Professional Program (ages 9-19)
Full-Time Day Program (by audition only)
Gentlemen’s Program (ages 3-18)
Open Division (ages 9-19)
Adult Classes (day & eve)
Miko Fogarty, featured in the movie "First Position"
and recipient of the Gold Medal at the Moscow
International Ballet Competition, is a student of
Indiana Ballet Conservatory.
2014-2015 Production Schedule
Pointe to the Cure at IMA’s The Toby
(over $16,000 was raised for local pediatric cancer research in 2013)
Nutcracker at Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
(Special Nutcracker Tea and VIP ticket options available.)
Nutcracker at IMA’s The Toby
La Fille mal Gardée at IMA’s The Toby
Tickets & Information www.IndianaBalletConservatory.org
A 501c3 Not-for-Profit

Visual Arts
MUSEUMS, SHOWS,
GALL ERIES & MORE!
© NICK CAVE. PHOTO BY JAMES PRINZ
Well
Suited
Sculpture, fashion,
EXHIBIT
and performance
come together in Soundsuit, one
of several fabric creations by Nick
Cave, at the Indianapolis Museum
of Art. Named for the sounds they
make when they’re worn, these
forms are intricately constructed
from found objects—buttons, bead
strands, feathers, sisal, colorfully
dyed human hair, twigs, toys,
and other odds and ends. The
sculptures are meant to mask the
gender, class, and ethnicity of the
wearer.
“Visitors seem very
wowed by this work.
They’re struck by its
unique, imposing
nature.”
—Niloo Paydar
ima curator of fashion
and textile arts
Sharply dressed: The
IMA’s Soundsuit, made up
of mixed media including a
mannequin, fabric, ceramic
birds, metal flowers, and an
antique gramophone, stands
more than 11 feet tall.
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LISTINGS
EVENTS
Visual Arts
Calendar
Artist receptions, new exhibits, and a
take-no-prisoners art showdown
ONGOING
Coat of Many Colors
THROUGH JANUARY 25 Science
raids the closets of history as
the IMA’s in-house scientists
turn their microscopes onto
a 200-year-old Uzbek coat to
show what scientific imaging
and dye analysis can teach us
about fashion. imamuseum.org
SEPTEMBER
The Moment of
Conception
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19
As a companion to his newly
unveiled 20-foot by 40-foot
installation at Clowes Hall, Phil
O’Malley has put together a
making-of exhibition at Herron
School of Art and Design’s
Marsh Gallery. Stop by the
show to garner insight into his
process and try to find the moment
of conception. herron
.iupui.edu
Katie Hudnall
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19
Watch where you sit as Herron
assistant professor in furniture
design Katie Hudnall blurs the
lines between furniture design
and sculpture in a fully interactive
show at Herron School of
Art and Design’s Basile Gallery.
The exhibit will highlight woodworking
and sculpture. herron
.iupui.edu
DON’T
MISS!
Q&A
Scott Stulen
We caught up with a new Indianapolis
Museum of Art curator (and the creator
of the Internet Cat Video Festival!).
IM: What exactly does a “curator of audience experiences
and performances” do
It’s a new position, something very unique to both the IMA
and also the country. It is responding to museums changing.
I am curating anything that isn’t an object—so events,
performances, film, dance, music, anything that is activating
our audience. It’s really thinking about what the audience
experience is like when they visit the museum.
IM: So what’s your definition of art
That’s a hard question. I really think that art can be anything
that causes you to react, to contemplate something, or to
create conversation. That can be a lot of different things. I
think it can be art in the traditional sense, but it can also be
more active.
IM: Will the Internet Cat Video Festival be coming
to Indianapolis
I am loosely consulting on it now. It was actually a prior
contract before I came here. We’re working on doing a special
edition of it next year.
Quest for the West
SEPTEMBER 5–7
Hitch up your covered wagon for the biggest
Western art show and sale this side of the
Mississippi at the Eiteljorg. New this year,
Joseph McGurl and Curt Walters join the
lineup of more than 50 artists. eiteljorg.org
IM: What do you have in the works for the IMA
I just finished my tentative plan for the next two years. It’s going
to include several things, like a drawing club, film screenings
in the parking garage, and interesting tour experiences. I
want to do a bike festival, like a drive-in theater but for bikes.
Next summer we’re planning to do an adult summer camp.
Some will be free, some will be ticketed, but all the events will
be free for members. The events will vary in scale and a lot
will be somewhat limited, but members will get first crack at
them. I really want people to come not once a year, but once
a month, if not more frequently. —Samantha Stutsman
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LISTINGS
The Department of Yes:
10 Years of Big Car in
Indianapolis
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 26
Catch the recap of the full
decade Big Car has spent
connecting art and people in a
retrospective of interactive art
at the University of Indianapolis.
A formal reception will be
happening on the 8th, with
live performances running all
evening. uindy.edu/arts
Fever Dreams
SEPTEMBER 5 Mix company
with a mixed group of mixedmedia
artists including Daniel
Querfeld, Glenn Friedel, Ryan
Peleaz, and Paul Perkins for a
new collage show at The Attic
Gallery in the Murphy Arts
Building. Stir in a mixed drink,
and you’ve got a complete evening.
facebook.com/theattic
galleryindy
SubSurface
SEPTEMBER 5–7 Catch the best
graffiti writers of the Midwest
in the act as they spray over
Fountain Square in a weekend
dedicated to live aerosol art.
subsurfacegraffiti.com
GATHERING:
Contemporary Glass
from the Heartland
SEPTEMBER 5–26 Get fired
up. In honor of the inaugural
Indianapolis Glass Month,
work from the best of regional
glass artists will be on display
at Gallery 924 for a juried group
show. indyarts.org/gallery-924
Tess Michalik
SEPTEMBER 5–OCTOBER 24
Large, light, and expressive,
new abstract paintings from
Herron School of Art and
Design alum Tess Michalik will
grace the walls of the Heartland
Printworks Gallery in the Stutz
Business Center. heartland
printworks.com/gallery.html
Artcentric Design
SEPTEMBER 7 What becomes
a legend most A customdesigned
room inspired by art.
Artist and interior designer
Oranje
Barry Lantz will demonstrate
by creating a room vignette
inspired by Andy Warhol’s
Blackglama Judy Garland
portrait at Long-Sharp Gallery.
modernmastersfab.com
Big Car’s 10th
Anniversary
SEPTEMBER 10 To celebrate
the big one-oh, Big Car is pulling
together a slew of offbeat
performances to pair with the
ongoing art exhibition at the
University of Indianapolis.
Be sure to sign up to join the
DON’T
MISS!
Penrod
Arts Fair
SEPTEMBER 6
More than 300 artists will
pack the grounds of the IMA,
along with food vendors, live
stages, and a huge children’s
area. For an adult preview,
come to the 21+ Evening with
Penrod on Friday featuring
Todd Snider on the main
stage. penrod.org
festive dinner afterward at the
Alexander. bigcar.org
Oranje
SEPTEMBER 13 The ultimate
mash-up evening of progressive
art and music at the
Indiana State Fairgrounds
adds a spoken-word stage,
live chalk art, and an outdoor
beer garden to their usual
lineup of DJs, dancers, artists,
fashion designers, and eclectic
attendees. oranjeindy.com
Open Studio Night
SEPTEMBER 5–26 Vinylphiles’
hearts may break a little at
Lobyn Hamilton’s collages
made from record shards, but
it’s music to our eyes. The new
show opens First Friday at
Harrison Center for the Art’s
quarterly open-studio night.
harrisoncenter.org
Dawn Dark Mountain ~
SEPTEMBER 20–OCTOBER 4
Specializing in transparent watercolors,
Oneida artist Dawn
Dark Mountain will be the
artist-in-residence at the Eiteljorg
in September. She’ll be out
on Saturdays to demonstrate
her work. eiteljorg.org
Art Squared
SEPTEMBER 20 Channel your
PENROD BY TONY VALAINIS, GLASS COURTESY ARTS COUNCIL OF INDIANAPOLIS, ORANJE
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LISTINGS
Bill Viola: Capturing Spectacle and Passion at the IMA
inner Picasso and try to make
a masterpiece in a day at
Fountain Square’s annual art
festival. If that fails, you can
still walk the artists’ booths, sip
some mead, and join in the art
parade. discoverfountain
square.com
Walter Knabe Cocktail
Reception
SEPTEMBER 25 Honoring
the 30-year career of local
contemporary artist Walter
Knabe, Long-Sharp Gallery
will sponsor events all season,
starting with a cocktail reception
surrounded by Knabe’s
work at the Skyline Club.
modernmastersfab.com
Art vs. Art ~
SEPTEMBER 26 Be prepared to
decide the fate of 32 paintings
facing off at the Vogue, where
winner takes all and loser takes
on the Wheel of Death. Go out
for Paint Day at Garfield Park
on September 6 to see the birth
(and not just the death) of the
art. artvsart.net
Prairie
SEPTEMBER 26–NOVEMBER 5
Go West, young man, and
experience the natural beauty
of fabricated prairie grasses
and noises. Shawn Decker’s
large-scale, kinetic sound
sculpture made its debut in
Chicago and Austria and now
rolls into Herron School of Art
and Design’s Main Galleries.
herron.iupui.edu
Fall Exhibition Series
SEPTEMBER 26–NOVEMBER 23
The galleries at the Indianapolis
Art Center will be full and
eclectic this fall with work
from Harry William Sidebotham
II, Melissa Kistler, and
Josh Winkler, in addition to
their annual shrine exhibition.
indplsartcenter.org
Bill Viola: Capturing
Spectacle and Passion
SEPTEMBER 26–JANUARY 20
Can you take the heat
Projected on a large, doublesided
screen, a human figure
is besieged by fire on one side
and water on the other in this
dramatic video-art piece at
the IMA. imamuseum.org
OCTOBER
FoodCon
OCTOBER 3–31 Who doesn’t
love art you can eat The
Harrison Center for the Arts
will be celebrating local food
providers and preparers
at their annual FoodCon.
Nonedible art will include
new paintings from Tyler
Meuninck and Jed Dorsey.
harrisoncenter.org
Human/Nature ~
OCTOBER 3–31 Human life
gets explored with natural
materials as clay artist Peggy
Breidenbach and book artist
Barbara Hosein team up at
Gallery 924. They’ll be on hand
for a First Friday opening
reception. indyarts.org/
gallery-924
Monkeys With Guns
OCTOBER 3–31 Battling the
bombardment of information in
the age of the Internet, Martin
Kuntz turns the chaos into art
at the Primary Colours Gallery
with collages on canvas of
pop-culture imagery. Hear him
explain it at an artist’s talk and
Halloween party on the 31st.
primarycolours.org
Wings, From Warhol
to Warren
OCTOBER 3–JANUARY 3 Fly on
over to the Long-Sharp Gallery
for a new installation from
British artist Wayne Warren inspired
by Andy Warhol’s early
sketches of winged creatures,
which will be floating in the
gallery as well. modern
mastersfab.com
Ed Funk: Printmaker,
Painter
OCTOBER 6–31 A pillar in the
Indianapolis art community,
both as an artist and owner
of Dolphin Paper, Ed Funk’s
death last year was strongly
felt. A showcase of his life’s
work—the ones you can hang
on a wall, anyway—will be at
the University of Indianapolis.
uindy.edu/arts
DG House
OCTOBER 11–25 Regularly an
artist-in-residence at Yellowstone
and Grand Teton national
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DON’T
MISS!
Broad Ripple
Fall Gallery
Tour
OCTOBER 1O
Browse your way down the
boulevard as Broad Ripple
boutiques bedeck themselves
in art for the annual Fall
Gallery Tour. Twenty shops
and galleries will have unique
exhibitions for the occasion.
broadripplegallerytour.org
BROAD RIPPLE PHOTO BY TONY VALAINIS, BREIDENBACH SCULPTURE COURTESY ARTS COUNCIL OF
INDIANAPOLIS, TWO VIOLA IMAGES © BILL VIOLA, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. PHOTO BY KIRA PEROV
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INDIANAPOLIS
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KRZYSZTOF URBAŃSKI, MUSIC DIRECTOR
JACK EVERLY, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Opening Night Gala
The ISO’s Most Glamorous Night!
Sunday, September 14, 6PM
Krzysztof Urbański, Conductor • Jeremy Denk, Piano
TICKETS
STARTING
AT
$15!
Urbanski Conducts Brahms 4
Thursday, September 25, 11AM
Saturday, September 27, 5:30PM
Krzysztof Urbański, Conductor • Shai Wosner, Piano
Jeremy Denk
Krzysztof Urbański
Mozart’s Requiem
Friday, October 10, 8PM
Saturday, October 11, 5:30PM
Eric Stark, Conductor
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir
Classical Mystery Tour:
50 Years of the Beatles
Friday, October 3, 11AM & 8PM
Saturday, October 4, 8PM
Sunday, October 5, 3PM
Jack Everly, Conductor
Psycho:
Film + Live Orchstra
Saturday, November 1, 8PM
Rachmaninoff’s Third
Piano Concerto
OCTOBER 16 - 18
A Tribute to
Marvin Hamlisch
OCTOBER 24 & 25
Matthew Morrison
with the ISO
NOVEMBER 22
Sandi Patty:
Songs of Inspiration
NOVEMBER 25
To purchase tickets call 317.639.4300, or visit IndianapolisSymphony.org.

LISTINGS
First Friday 101
To navigate the galleries for this monthly evening of art frivolity, follow this chart. —MATT GONZALES
START
IS THIS YOUR
FIRST FIRST
FRIDAY
WHAT THE
HECK IS
“FIRST
FRIDAY”
Stutz Art Space,
212 W. 10th St.,
488-7373,
stutzartists.com
NO.
DO YOU
PREFER
QUALITY
OVER
QUANTITY
GIVE ME A
COOL SMALL
GALLERY OVER
A MEDIOCRE
BIG ONE
ANY DAY.
Mt. Comfort/
Primary Gallery,
1043 Virginia Ave., Suite
217, 765-753-0390
YES, BUT
I FANCY
MYSELF A
CONNOIS-
SEUR.
NO.
ARE YOU
BRINGING
THE FAM
ALONG
YEP,
ALL SEVEN
OF US.
Harrison Center
for the Arts,
1505 N. Delaware
St., 396-3386,
harrisoncenter.org
NO.
People For
Urban Progress,
1043 Virginia Ave.,
Suite 213,
peopleup.org
Gallery 924,
924 N. Pennsylvania St.,
631-3301, indyarts.org/
gallery-924
The Alexander
Hotel at CityWay,
229 S. Delaware St.,
877-933-1313,
cityway.com
JEANS ON
A FRIDAY
NIGHT
PLEASE.
ARE YOUR
SECOND-
HAND JEANS
CUTTING
OFF YOUR
CIRCULATION
HOW’D YOU
KNOW
YES! ANY-
ONE EVER
TELL YOU THAT
YOU HAVE A
WAY WITH
WORDS
ARE YOU
MOSTLY
INTO ART OF
THE PICK-UP
VARIETY
NO.
Indy Indie
Artist Colony,
26 E. 14th St.,
500-2640, indy
indieartist.com
YEAH,
BUT MY
HANDLEBAR
MUSTACHE
HIDES THE
WINCING.
Landsharks,
810 Broad Ripple
Ave., 254-8157,
land-sharks.com
NO.
JUST GIVE
ME A DECENT
LOCAL BEER
AND A BITE
TO EAT
The First Friday
Food Truck Festival,
Old National
Centre parking lot,
facebook.com/
firstfridayfood
truckfestival
DO YOU
OWN ANY
LOCAL ART
YES,
MOSTLY
RAGSDALES.
I NEED TO
BRANCH
OUT.
The Circle City
Industrial Complex,
1125 E. Brookside
Ave., 536-6654
The Alcove at
the Conrad,
50 W. Washington
St., 713-5000,
conradindianapolis
.com
CHEAP WINE
IS FOR
PHILISTINES
TIRED OF
CHEAP WINE
IN PLASTIC
CUPS
NO.
IS IT
LOCAL IF
I BOUGHT
IT AT
TARGET
Arts A Poppin’,
425 Massachusetts
Ave., 822-1200,
artsapoppin.com
YES,
SHOW ME
SOMEPLACE
NEW,
PLEASE.
ARE YOU
IN A BIT
OF A FIRST
FRIDAY RUT
NO.
ARE YOU
WILLING TO,
LIKE, EXPAND
YOUR MIND,
MAN
LIKE,
TOTALLY.
Indianapolis
Museum of
Contemporary Art,
1043 Virginia Ave.,
634-6622,
indymoca.org
Urban Box,
Clifford Corners,
3124 E. 10th St.,
Suite I, jhbcc.org/
locations/cliffordcorners-urban-box/
Heirloom Classics
Jewelry and Beads,
1311 Prospect St.,
495-1102, heirloomclassics.com
NOW YOU’RE
SPEAKING MY
LANGUAGE.
ARE YOU
INTO BEAD
JEWELRY
NO.
SURE.
I MEAN,
WITHIN
REASON.
The Indianapolis
Arts Center,
820 E. 67th St.,
255-2464,
indplsartcenter.org
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parks, contemporary Native
American artist DG House will
travel east to reside at the Eiteljorg
in October. Meet her and
watch her work on Saturdays.
eiteljorg.org
Walter Knabe
OCTOBER 12 Long-Sharp
Gallery celebrates the threedecade
career of master screenprinter
Walter Knabe—including
that time he was the official
artist of the 2012 Super Bowl
and when he did design work
for Madonna. modernmasters
fab.com
Art in Odd Places
OCTOBER 17–18 Market Street
is an odd place for art, so keep
your eyes peeled for visual and
performance art popping up
as this international idea roots
itself in Indy for the first time—
but it will probably be hard to
miss. artinoddplaces.org
Pumpkin Carving
OCTOBER 24 Don’t settle for
triangle eyes and a lopsided
smile for your jack-o-lantern
this year. Head to the IMA and
let professional artists lead you
in carving a jack-o-masterpiece.
imamuseum.org
The Rise of American
Modernism
OCTOBER 24–JULY 26 The IMA
presents a collection of prints,
drawings, watercolors, and
photographs from Man Ray,
Marsden Hartley, John Marin,
Charles Sheeler, and Katherine
Dreier to illustrate the early
days of American Modernism.
imamuseum.org
Freiteljorg
OCTOBER 31 Take your haunting
haute at the Eiteljorg’s new
Halloween party, where you
can trick-or-treat the adult
way—from tap to tap—and
monster-mash to a DJ mixed
with the Indianapolis Chamber
Orchestra. eiteljorg.org
Al-Mutanabbi Street
Starts Here
OCTOBER 31–NOVEMBER 19
When a car bomb exploded
in the centuries-old heart of
Baghdad’s literary district,
book artists from around the
world came together to create
this extensive art show in
solidarity. IUPUI is the only
American host for the collection,
part of which will be on
display in the Herron School of
Art and Design’s Basile Gallery.
herron.iupui.edu
Q&A
Sarah Urist Green
As host of the PBS web video series The Art
Assignment, Green hands out “homework”
every other week from a different artist.
IM: How did the idea for the series come about
I think it is important to see the artist trying to do something
or be in the middle of that thought process. I think people
have the misconception that inspiration is like a bolt of
lightning and it’s magical, and it’s not—artists, just like
anyone else, struggle.
IM: How has the public responded
People are actually doing these things. With each assignment,
I think to myself, are people actually going to do
this And they do. Some assignments get 1,000 responses,
and some get a couple hundred, and I like that.
For the Love of Venus by Walter Knabe
IM: The Fault in Our Stars was huge this summer.
Has your husband [John Green]’s book and movie
success affected your work
One of the reasons that this show has been fun to work
on together is that it gives us an excuse to travel together.
I do the large majority of the work for the art assignment,
and he shows up to film. I write everything for it, but we
talk things through when an artist comes to me with an
idea. John’s general role is adviser, and he also kind of
plays the everyman that knows less about art than I do.
IM: What do you hope the series achieves
I hope that it opens previously closed minds to art being
made today. I hope people feel more comfortable in
museums and galleries. I hope people are less dismissive
and afraid or skeptical of contemporary art. I hope that
people make things and learn from that experience.
—Samantha Stutsman
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LISTINGS
NOVEMBER
New Art 2.0
NOVEMBER 1–JANUARY 4 Calling
all bargain shoppers: It’s
time to start your art collection.
The Eiteljorg has slashed
those sticker prices for a show
of contemporary Western art
where high-quality prints can
be purchased at just a fraction
of the cost of the originals.
eiteljorg.org
Daniel Grant
NOVEMBER 5 As a writer combating
the idea that an artist
needs to be starving, Daniel
Grant has authored several
books, including The Business
of Being an Artist and The Fine
Artist’s Career Guide. He’ll lecture
at Herron School of Art and
Design. herron.iupui.edu
Do You Remember, the
Fish No, I Remember
the Ice Cream ~
NOVEMBER 7–28 Get Goldie’s
perspective in Michael Hensley’s
experimental installation
at Gallery 924 that aims to put
you inside a fishbowl, complete
with floating art. indyarts.org/
gallery-924
Kyle Ragsdale
NOVEMBER 7–28 Harrison Center
for the Arts’ Main Gallery
will be filled with whimsical
works from prolific local
painter Kyle Ragsdale. Some of
the building’s other galleries
will feature new pieces from
Douglas David and Jason Zickler.
harrisoncenter.org
Wanderlust
NOVEMBER 7–DECEMBER 12
See the world through the lens
of Paul Harrison, awardwinning
travel photographer
and a fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society for 25 years,
when his photos are on display
at iMOCA. indymoca.org
Deborah Butterfield
NOVEMBER 12 Rein in your
excitement—artist Deborah
Butterfield, known for her
sculptures of horses made from
found objects, will present a
guest lecture at Herron School
of Art and Design. herron.
iupui.edu
Walter Knabe Studio
Demonstration
NOVEMBER 13 Knabe will
open his Carmel studio for a
demonstration of his renowned
screen-printing process, with a
champagne reception to top off
the evening. modernmastersfab.com
DECEMBER
Magnificent Amber
DECEMBER 5–26 Amber will
be in the air—not to mention
on the walls—for the Harrison
Center ’s annual color-themed
group show. Quincy Owens and
Shannon Hinkle will have new
works in the downstairs galleries.
harrisoncenter.org
Toys!
DECEMBER 5–26 This is where
the Venn diagram of artists and
elves overlap. Get in the holiday
spirit and visit Primary Colours
Gallery as it transforms into a
veritable Santa’s workshop full
of toy-themed art in a juried
group show. primarycolours
.org
Georgia O’Keeffe
and the Southwestern
Still Life
NOVEMBER 2–FEBRUARY 15
A rare opportunity to see work from O’Keeffe
that isn’t just flowers, this large exhibition at
the IMA showcases paintings from her time
living in New Mexico. imamuseum.org
TINY III at Gallery 924
DON’T
MISS!
TINY III
DECEMBER 5–JANUARY 2 Bigger
is not better at Gallery 924’s
third annual TINY show, where
they won’t let any art through
the door that has dimensions
greater than six inches. indy
arts.org/gallery-924
Winter Market
DECEMBER 6 Pick up a gift
for that art-collecting cowboy
on your list at the Eiteljorg’s
annual market, featuring handmade
work from more than 30
regional artists. eiteljorg.org
Monster Drawing Rally
DECEMBER 11 Thursday!
Thursday! Thursday! Live
at the IMA, local artists will
race the clock to produce as
many sketches as they can in
one-hour sessions. Once the
sketches hit the wall, bidders
scramble to be the first to take
it down for just $35. Once it’s
gone, it’s gone. imamuseum.org
Winter Art Sale
DECEMBER 12–13 The Indianapolis
Art Center has your
wearable, decorative, and fineart
holiday-shopping needs
covered. indplsartcenter.org
New Year’s Eve at the IMA
DECEMBER 31 Don’t wander
too deep into the galleries, or
you might miss the ball drop at
the IMA’s swanky New Year’s
Eve party, where you can welcome
2015 in style surrounded
by art, music, champagne, and
beautifully dressed people.
imamuseum.org
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Movies,
Books, Etc.
READINGS, FILM FESTS & ONE-OF-A-KIND EVENTS
PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
Author!
Author!
Michael Martone, the
LECTURE
Fort Wayne native
and author, may now teach at the
University of Alabama, but he
hasn’t forgotten his roots—he’s
written and edited several collections
of essays about the Midwest.
(Our favorites of his book titles:
Pensées: The Thoughts of Dan
Quayle, tied with Fort Wayne is
Seventh on Hitler’s List.) To hear
Martone give a free talk, book it to
the University of Indianapolis on
October 7.
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EVENTS
Movies,
Books, Etc.
Calendar
Fab flicks, actor appearances, author visits,
and random events we just had to include
SEPTEMBER
George Chakiris
SEPTEMBER 5 The man best
known for his role as Bernardo
in West Side Story, for which
he won the Academy Award
and Golden Globe, comes to
the IU Cinema for a lecture and
screening of the film. cinema
.indiana.edu
The Phantom of the
Opera (1925)
SEPTEMBER 6 A live orchestra
and organ accompany this
silent movie at Franklin’s
Historic Artcraft Theatre,
whose Art Deco trim is fraying
around the edges but hasn’t
lost its movie-palace charm.
historicartcrafttheatre.org
Gone With the Wind
(1939)
SEPTEMBER 12–13 Frankly,
Scarlett, we do give a damn that
this glorious classic is getting
the big-screen treatment at the
Historic Artcraft Theatre. “My
Own True Love” just doesn’t
have the same wistful effect
when it’s tinkling through TV
speakers. historicartcraft
theatre.org
Sherlock Holmes
Symposium and
Film Series
SEPTEMBER 12–13 A pair of
75th-anniversary screenings of
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock fans will get their fix at IU Cinema
EXPERT ADVICE
How to Do
Heartland
Pro tips for navigating Indy’s biggest,
longest-running film festival
RED-CARPET PREMIERES. PARTIES. Not to mention hundreds of
indie film screenings across Indianapolis. Yes, it’s almost time
for the Heartland Film Festival (October 16–25), a 10-day
marathon for movie-lovers. Now an Academy Award–
qualifying festival within the Short Film category, Heartland
has had two Oscar-winning short films over the past five
years—meaning you may meet tomorrow’s Oscar nominees
and winners. Here are some ways to get the most out of your
Heartland experience:
See the 20 festival award winners on October 17. AMC
Castleton Square 14 will showcase all 20 winners from among
more than 130 movies. The makers behind every film will be
in attendance to meet you and answer questions.
Look for guests with a “Filmmaker” badge. Heartland
provides unprecedented access to moviemakers—it’s your
chance to meet more than 100 of them right here in Indy.
Attend Awards Night. Put on your best cocktail attire
and head to the Old National Centre on October 18, when
more than $115,000 will be awarded to indie filmmakers, plus
Academy Award qualification status will go to the winner of
the Best Narrative Short Film category. The red-carpet gala is
one of the city’s premier arts events.
Don’t leave when the credits roll. After every one of
the Festival’s screenings, you have the chance to share your
thoughts with filmmakers, festival staff, and fellow filmgoers
doing Q&A sessions.
Buy online, save money. Regular screening tickets are $11
at the box office, but you can score them for $9 each if you
buy in advance at heartlandfilmfestival.org.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1939), 20TH CENTURY FOX/THE KOBAL
COLLECTION; WEST SIDE STORY, GEORGE CHAKIRIS, 1961, MIRISCH-7 ARTS/UNITED
ARTISTS/THE KOBAL COLLECTION; HEARTLAND BY TONY VALAINIS
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LISTINGS
(1939) and The Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes (1939) at IU
Cinema are part of a conference
devoted to the great detective
on stage, screen, television, and
radio. cinema.indiana.edu
Kevin Kline
SEPTEMBER 15 The first
American actor to receive the
Sir John Gielgud Golden Quill
Award will give a talk at IU
Cinema, which will also present
screenings of his films all
September long. cinema
.indiana.edu
Tracy K. Smith
SEPTEMBER 17 The African-
American poet, whose Life on
Mars won the 2012 Pulitzer
Prize, kicks off Butler University’s
Visiting Writers Series.
Admission is free. butler.edu
Kaui Hart Hemmings
SEPTEMBER 30 The author
of The Descendants (yes, the
George Clooney movie) visits
Butler University for a free
evening of literary discussion
in the Visiting Writers Series.
butler.edu
OCTOBER
Josephine Decker
OCTOBER 3 This director and
performance artist, recently
named one of Filmmaker
Magazine’s “25 New Faces of
Independent Film,” will present
a public lecture at IU Cinema.
cinema.indiana.edu
Michael Martone
OCTOBER 7 The Fort Wayne native,
now an English professor
at the University of Alabama,
returns to his home state to
discuss his works of short
fiction and essay collections at
the University of Indianapolis.
uindy.edu/arts
Carl Phillips
OCTOBER 7 Phillips’s 2004
collection, The Rest of Love,
won the Thom Gunn Award for
Gay Male Poetry, among other
laurels. He’s a Visiting Writer at
Butler University. butler.edu
Indiana Short
Film Festival
OCTOBER 10–11 Everything has
to be under 40 minutes at this
fest, which showcases short
films from around the world in
every genre. The third annual
event, formerly known as the
Film Festival of Hendricks
County, will be held at the
Royal Theater in Danville.
inshortfilmfest.com
Godzilla (1954)
OCTOBER 12 & 18 After 60
years, Godzilla remains an
indelible icon of Japanese pop
culture, an allegorical symbol
for nuclear weapons—and a
crucial piece of film history.
It screens at IU Cinema.
cinema.indiana.edu
Teddy at the Indiana Short Film Festival
Heartland Film Festival
OCTOBER 16–25 This homegrown
fest just keeps getting
bigger every year—in 2013,
it broke records across all
categories, including attendance
(24,000) and total film
submissions (1,521). Screenings
of more than 130 movies from
around the world are capped
off by parties and red-carpet
premieres and events. truly
movingpictures.org
DON’T
MISS!
Hitchcock
Festival II
OCTOBER 10–11
Hitch fans, rejoice: This is
your chance to revisit some
of the master of suspense’s
greatest works on the big screen.
The six flicks are Psycho (1960),
The Lady Vanishes (1938),
The 39 Steps (1935), Rebecca
(1940), Rear Window (1954),
and Rope (1948), all at the
Historic Artcraft Theatre.
historicartcrafttheatre.org
The Shining (1980) ~
OCTOBER 17–18 Heeeere’s Jack
Nicholson, back on the big
screen to scare up some chills
during Halloween month at
the Historic Artcraft Theatre.
historicartcrafttheatre.org
David Levien and
Brian Koppelman
OCTOBER 21 These two screenwriters
wrote the scripts for
Ocean’s Thirteen, Runaway
Jury, and Rounders, and as a
novelist, Levien has published
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LISTINGS
the Frank Behr book series.
They’ll speak at Butler University
as part of the Visiting
Writers series. butler.edu
The Blair Witch Project
(1999)
OCTOBER 24 We’re creeped out
just thinking about watching
this screening outdoors at the
sprawling 100 Acres at the IMA.
Brought to you by the folks at
Roving Cinema, who think of
fiendishly apropos locations for
their flicks. indyfilmfest.org
DON’T
MISS!
Psycho (1960)
NOVEMBER 1 The ISO will provide
live orchestra accompaniment
for a screening of the film
that changed horror movies
forever at Hilbert Circle Theatre
on Halloween weekend.
indianapolissymphony.org
Mary Szybist
NOVEMBER 5 Szybist’s second
book, Incarnadine (2013), won
the National Book Award for
Poetry. She’ll discuss her work
as a Visiting Writer at Butler
University. butler.edu
The Hands of Orlac
(1924) ~
OCTOBER 25 In this silent film,
a famous concert pianist’s
mutilated hands must be replaced
with those of a recently
executed murderer. Soon, they
seem to take on a life of their
own, and then—horror! This
playfully spooky movie comes
to vivid life thanks to IU alum
Dennis James on the organ in a
performance that has become
an IU Auditorium Halloween
favorite. iuauditorium.com
Jonathan Franzen
OCTOBER 28 We’re guessing
Franzen, who famously
rejected the almighty Oprah’s
The General at IU Cinema
TEDxIndianapolis
OCTOBER 21
What began as a four-day conference in
California 25 years ago has blossomed
into a global platform for spreading
ideas. The world’s leading thinkers and
doers attend the annual TED Conference,
which has spawned offshoots in cities such
as Indy. This year’s speakers at Hilbert Circle
Theatre will take on big ideas related to arts,
technology, healthcare, humanity, and more.
tedxindianapolis.com
book-club stamp of approval
(for The Corrections), will be
asked about that act of literary
rebellion in his appearance
as a Visiting Writer at Butler
University. He’s also the author
of three other novels, two essay
collections, a memoir, and a
translation of Spring Awakening.
butler.edu
Ann Katz Festival of
Books and Arts
OCTOBER 28–NOVEMBER 15
Writers and entertainers come
to town for this literary celebration
at JCC Indianapolis. This
year’s lineup hasn’t been announced
yet, but past luminaries
have included Delia Ephron
and Harry Shearer. jccindy.org
NOVEMBER
Cartoons for Cans
NOVEMBER 1 Bring a nonperishable
food donation and
check out classic animated
flicks at the Historic Artcraft
Theatre. We’re rooting for
something, anything, starring
Foghorn Leghorn. historic
artcrafttheatre.org
VonnegutFest
NOVEMBER 7–8 The second
annual festival, now a two-day
affair, features author Jess
Walter discussing Vonnegut’s
influence, a “breakfast of champions,”
a look-alike contest,
LEGO literary creations at area
libraries, a panel discussion,
and more. vonnegutlibrary.org
Indianapolis LGBT
Film Fest
NOVEMBER 7–9 Head to the
IMA for a series of flicks by, for,
and about the gay community.
indylgbtfilmfest.com
Spirit & Place Festival
NOVEMBER 7–16 This 10-day
forum was born from a 1990
talk by Kurt Vonnegut, Dan
Wakefield, and John Updike.
Today, dozens of programs—
including plays, discussions,
and hands-on workshops—are
used to promote civic engagement,
respect for diversity, and
public imagination. This year’s
festival explores the theme
“Journey”—of people, places,
and ideas. spiritandplace.org
The General (1926)
NOVEMBER 8–9 Buster Keaton’s
masterpiece is set to live
orchestral accompaniment and
a new musical score by Andrew
Simpson at IU Cinema. cinema.
indiana.edu
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LISTINGS
Zadie Smith
NOVEMBER 11 The British
author has published four
internationally critically
acclaimed novels: NW, On
Beauty, The Autograph Man,
and White Teeth, which made
it to Time magazine’s list of 100
Best English-Language Novels
from 1923 to 2005. She’ll stop
by Butler University as part
of its Visiting Writers Series.
butler.edu
Grand Illusion (1937)
NOVEMBER 22 In honor of its
75th anniversary, check out
the digital restoration of Jean
Renoir’s classic at IU Cinema.
cinema.indiana.edu
DECEMBER
A Christmas Story (1983)
DECEMBER 5–7 In rural Indiana,
young Ralphie yearns for a Red
Ryder BB gun and—aw, you
know the rest. The Historic
Artcraft Theatre makes a pleasing
backdrop for this gem.
historicartcrafttheatre.org
It’s a Wonderful Life
(1946)
DECEMBER 12–14 What was
a flop upon first release has
become a bonafide Christmas
classic. Appreciate it all the
more up on the big screen at
the Historic Artcraft Theatre.
historicartcrafttheatre.org
Amadeus (1984)
DECEMBER 14 The rivalry
between the genius Mozart
and the grasping Salieri lives
on in Milos Forman’s sumptuous,
Oscar-winning period epic
set in 18th-century Vienna,
shown at IU Cinema. Fun fact:
It features Christine Ebersole,
who’s coming to the Cabaret!
At the Columbia Club this fall,
in the role of Katerina Cavalieri.
cinema.indiana.edu
Book Touring
Some of the most memorable titles set in Indiana, and the local sites they cite
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
(John Green, 2012)
You know the drill: Two cancer-stricken
teenagers meet at a support group and
fall in love and … well, bring your hanky.
LOCAL SCENERY: Green’s mega-bestseller
name-checks Indy locations like 100
Acres at the Indianapolis Museum of Art,
Castleton Square Mall, Holliday Park, and
Crown Hill Cemetery.
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
(Booth Tarkington, 1918)
The U.S. prospers as the fortunes of an
upper-class Indianapolis family decline
over three generations, between the
end of the Civil War and the early 20th
century. LOCAL SCENERY: The historic
boulevards of Woodruff Place, where
Tarkington once lived, are the novel’s
unofficial setting.
A GIRL NAMED ZIPPY
(Haven Kimmel, 2001)
This memoir of growing up in 1960s
Mooreland, Indiana, was a New York
Times bestseller. LOCAL SCENERY: Main
Street in Mooreland, about one hour
east of Indy.
FORT WAYNE IS SEVENTH
ON HITLER’S LIST
(Michael Martone, 1990)
A collection of 17 stories about famous
and less-than-famous Indiana residents
from a Fort Wayne native. LOCAL SCEN-
ERY: The titular town, of course, plus
Santa Claus, French Lick, and Muncie.
A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST
(Gene Stratton-Porter, 1909)
The tale of good-hearted, inimitable
Elnora Comstock, who catches rare moths
to put herself through high school, evolves
into a sweet romance. LOCAL SCENERY:
Visit the Limberlost State Historic Site to
see the 1895 Queen Anne–style log-cabin
home of Stratton-Porter—and the swamp
that inspired her most famous work.
GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER
(Kurt Vonnegut, 1965)
Set in fictional Rosewater County, Indiana,
this novel focuses on a philanthropist
whom a family lawyer is attempting to
have declared insane so a distant relative
can gain control of the estate. LOCAL
SCENERY: Who knows Indy native
Vonnegut could have based his setting on
any number of rural Indiana counties.
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VENUES
Venue Guide
Here’s how to reach the theaters and galleries listed in this book—with ideas
from Indianapolis Monthly’s dining listings for nearby noshes
BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE
125 S. Pennsylvania St., 917-2500,
bankerslifefieldhouse.com
0.2 MILES: Adobo Grill MEXICAN 110 E.
Washington St., 822-9990 $$
0.2 MILES: The Oceanaire Seafood Room
SEAFOOD 30 S. Meridian St., 955-2277 $$$
0.2 MILES: Fogo de Chao STEAKHOUSE
117 E. Washington St., 638-4000 $$$$
BEEF & BOARDS DINNER THEATRE
9301 Michigan Rd., 872-9664,
beefandboards.com
(Drinking/dining on premises)
BUTLER UNIVERSITY
4600 Sunset Ave., 800-368-6852, butler.edu
0.6 MILES: Napolese PIZZA 114 E. 49th
St., 925-0765 $$
0.9 MILES: Meridian Restaurant & Bar
UPSCALE COMFORT FOOD 5694 N.
Meridian St., 466-1111 $$$
2.7 MILES: Sushi Bar SUSHI 911 Broad
Ripple Ave., 257-7289 $$
THE CABARET! AT THE
COLUMBIA CLUB
121 Monument Circle, 275-1169, thecabaret.org
(Drinking/dining on premises)
THE CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
355 City Center Dr., Carmel, 843-3800,
thecenterfortheperformingarts.com
0.2 MILES: Divvy SMALL PLATES 71 W.
City Center Dr., Carmel, 706-0000 $$
0.7 MILES: Woodys Library Restaurant
CONTEMPORARY 40 E. Main St., Carmel,
573-4444 $$$
5.9 MILES: Late Harvest Kitchen
CONTEMPORARY 8605 River Crossing Blvd.,
663-8063 $$$
CLOWES HALL
4602 Sunset Ave., 940-9697, cloweshall.org
(Restaurants: see BUTLER UNIVERSITY)
THE DECO ROOM
(see OLD NATIONAL CENTRE)
THE DELUXE ROOM
(see OLD NATIONAL CENTRE)
THE EGYPTIAN ROOM
(see OLD NATIONAL CENTRE)
THE EITELJORG MUSEUM
OF AMERICAN INDIANS
AND WESTERN ART
500 W. Washington St., 636-9378, eiteljorg.org
0.1 MILES: Osteria Pronto ITALIAN
JW Marriott, 10 S. West St., 860-5777 $$
0.2 MILES: Shula’s Steak House STEAKHOUSE
50 S. Capitol Ave., 231-3900 $$$
0.9 MILES: Indianapolis Colts Grille SPORTS
BAR 110 W. Washington St., 631-2007 $$
GALLERY 924
924 N. Pennsylvania St., 631-3301,
indyarts.org/gallery-924
0.1 MILES: Plow & Anchor AMERICAN
43 E. 9th St., 964-0538 $$
0.6 MILES: Bakersfield Mass Ave TACOS
& BOURBON 334 Massachusetts Ave.,
635-6962 $$
THE HARRISON CENTER
FOR THE ARTS
1505 N. Delaware St., 396-3886,
harrisoncenter.org
0.7 MILES: Shoefly Public House FAMILY
PUB 122 E. 22nd St., 283-5007 $$
0.8 MILES: Black Market CONTEMPORARY
922 Massachusetts Ave., 822-6757 $$$
HERRON SCHOOL OF ART
AND DESIGN
735 W. New York St., 278-9400,
herron.iupui.edu
0.7 MILES: Palomino CONTEMPORARY
49 W. Maryland St., 974-0400 $$$
0.9 MILES: Scotty’s Brewhouse PUB GRUB
1 Virginia Ave., 571-0808 $$
HILBERT CIRCLE THEATRE
45 Monument Circle, 231-6798,
hilbertcircletheatreindy.org,
indianapolissymphony.org
0.1 MILES: The Capital Grille CLASSIC
40 W. Washington St., 423-8790 $$$$
0.1 MILES: Morton’s The Steakhouse
STEAKHOUSE 41 E. Washington St., 229-4700
$$$$
0.3 MILES: Harry & Izzy’s CONTEMPORARY
153 S. Illinois St., 635-9594 $$$$
THE HISTORIC ARTCRAFT
THEATRE
57 N. Main St., Franklin, 736-6823,
historicartcrafttheatre.org
0.1 MILES: The Indigo Duck SOUTHERN
GOURMET 39 E. Court St., Franklin,
560-5805 $$$
INDIANA HISTORY CENTER
450 W. Ohio St., 232-1882, indianahistory.org
0.3 MILES: McCormick & Schmick’s
SEAFOOD 110 N. Illinois St., 631-9500 $$$
0.6 MILES: Tavern on South CONTEMPORARY
423 W. South St., 602-3115 $$
1.4 MILES: Bluebeard MODERN COMFORT
653 Virginia Ave., 686-1580 $$
INDIANA LANDMARKS CENTER
1201 Central Ave., 639-4534,
indianalandmarks.org
0.5 MILES: Chatham Tap Restaurant & Pub
PUB 719 Massachusetts Ave., 917-8425 $$
INDIANA REPERTORY THEATRE
140 W. Washington St., 635-5252, irtlive.com
0.1 MILES: Ruth’s Chris Steak House
STEAKHOUSE 45 S. Illinois St., 633-1313 $$$$
0.4 MILES: St. Elmo Steak House STEAK-
HOUSE 127 S. Illinois St., 635-0636 $$$$
0.4 MILES: 1913 Restaurant UPSCALE
COMFORT 40 W. Jackson Pl., 634-6664 $$$
INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS
1202 E. 38th St., 927-7500,
in.gov/statefair/fairgrounds/
1.2 MILES: Recess PRIX FIXE 4907 N. College
Ave., 925-7529 $$$
1.2 MILES: Room Four CONTEMPORARY
4907 N. College Ave., 925-7529 $$
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
200 N. 7th St., Terre Haute, 812-237-6311,
cms.indstate.edu
INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER
820 E. 67th St., 255-2464, indplsartcenter.org
0.2 MILES: The Northside Social CONTEMPO-
RARY 6525 N. College Ave., 253-0111 $$$
0.2 MILES: Fire by the Monon MODERN
AMERICAN 6523 Ferguson St., 252-5920 $$
0.6 MILES: Sabbatical BAR BITES 921 Broad
Ripple Ave., 253-5252 $
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INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART
4000 Michigan Rd., 923-1331, imamuseum.org
2.5 MILES: Taste Cafe & Marketplace
CONTEMPORARY 5164 N. College Ave.,
925-2233 $$
2.7 MILES: Fat Dan’s Deli DELI 5410 N.
College Ave., 600-3333 $
2.9 MILES: Mama Carolla’s Old Italian
Restaurant ITALIAN 1031 E. 54th St.,
259-9412 $$
INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
1043 Virginia Ave., 634-6622, indymoca.org
0.1 MILES: Revolucion CANTINA 1132
Prospect St., 423-9490 $
0.1 MILES: Mama Irma Restaurant
PERUVIAN 1058 Virginia Ave., 423-2421 $$
INDYFRINGE BASILE THEATRE
719 E. St. Clair St., 869-6660, indyfringe.org
0.1 MILES: Mesh AMERICAN 725
Massachusetts Ave., 955-9600 $$$
0.2 MILES: R Bistro CONTEMPORARY
888 Massachusetts Ave., 423-0312 $$$
IU AUDITORIUM
1211 E. 7th St., Bloomington, 812-855-1103,
iuauditorium.com
IU CINEMA
1213 E. 7th St., Bloomington, 812-855-7632,
cinema.indiana.edu
THE JAZZ KITCHEN
5377 N. College Ave., 253-4900,
thejazzkitchen.com
(Drinking/dining on premises)
JCC INDIANAPOLIS
6701 Hoover Rd., 251-9467, jccindy.org
1.8 MILES: Brugge Brasserie GASTROGRUB
1011 E. Westfield Blvd., 255-0978 $$
KLIPSCH MUSIC CENTER
12880 E. 146th St., Noblesville, 776-8181,
livenation.com
0.8 MILES: Stone Creek Dining Company
CONTEMPORARY 13904 Town Center
Blvd., Noblesville, 770-1170 $$
6.6 MILES: The Hamilton Restaurant
CONTEMPORARY 933 Conner St.,
Noblesville, 770-4545 $$
6.6 MILES: Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano
ITALIAN 40 N. 9th St., Noblesville,
774-9771 $$
LONG-SHARP GALLERY
50 W. Washington St., 866-370-1601,
modernmastersfab.com/long-sharp-gallery/
0.1 MILES: Eagle’s Nest CONTEMPORARY
1 S. Capitol Ave., 616-6170 $$$$
MARIAN UNIVERSITY
3200 Cold Spring Rd., 955-6000,
marian.edu
0.4 MILES: The Iron Skillet FAMILY
DINING 2489 W. 30th St., 923-6353 $$$
MURAT THEATRE
(see OLD NATIONAL CENTRE)
MURPHY ARTS CENTER
1043 Virginia Ave.
0.1 MILES: Siam Square THAI 936 Virginia
Ave., 636-8424 $$
1.3 MILES: Tow Yard Brewing Company
BAR AND DELI 501 S. Madison Ave.,
638-9273 $
OLD NATIONAL CENTRE
502 N. New Jersey St., 231-0000,
oldnationalcentre.com
0.1 MILES: Bru Burger Bar GOURMET
BURGERS 410 Massachusetts Ave.,
635-4278 $$
0.2 MILES: Pizzology PIZZA 600
Massachusetts Ave., 685-2550 $$
THE PALLADIUM
(see THE CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS)
PRIMARY COLOURS
1043 Virginia Ave., Ste. 217, 721-2780,
primarycolours.org
0.2 MILES: B’s Po Boy CAJUN 1261 Shelby
St., 916-5555 $
0.3 MILES: Rook VIETNAMESE-INSPIRED
719 Virginia Ave., 759-5828 $
ROYAL THEATER
59 S. Washington St., Danville, 745-1499,
royaltheaterdanville.info
SCHROTT CENTER FOR
THE ARTS
Butler University, 610 W. 46th St.,
940-2787
1.4 MILES: Delicia NEW LATIN 5215 N.
College Ave., 925-0677 $$
SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL
650 N. Meridian St., 262-3100,
aasr-indy.org
0.3 MILES: Plow & Anchor CONTEMPORARY
43 E. 9th St., 964-0538 $$$
0.4 MILES: The Ball + Biscuit LOUNGE
331 Massachusetts Ave., 636-0539 $$
THE SKYLINE CLUB
1 American Sq., 263-5000, clubcorp.com/
clubs/skyline-club-indianapolis
1.1 MILES: Cerulean CONTEMPORARY
339 S. Delaware St., 870-1320 $$$
STUTZ BUSINESS CENTER
212 W. 10th St., 488-7373, thestutz.com
0.5 MILES: Saffron Cafe MOROCCAN
621 Fort Wayne Ave., 917-0131 $$
SUN KING BREWING CO.
135 N. College Ave., 602-3702,
sunkingbrewing.com
0.7 MILES: Punch Burger BURGERS
137 E. Ohio St., 426-5280 $
TABERNACLE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
418 E. 34th St., 923-5458, tabpres.org
2.5 MILES: Twenty Tap PUB GRUB
5406 N. College Ave., 602-8840 $
2.9 MILES: Zest! Exciting Food
Creations CONTEMPORARY
1134 E. 54th St., 466-1853 $$
THE TARKINGTON
(see THE CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS)
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
1400 E. Hanna Ave., 788-3368, uindy.edu
3.1 MILES: B’s Po Boy CAJUN 1261 Shelby St.,
916-5555 $
5.7 MILES: Thai Spice THAI 2220 E. County
Line Rd., 881-2243 $$
THE VOGUE
6259 N. College Ave., 259-7029, thevogue.com
0.3 MILES: 317 Burger BURGERS 915 E.
Westfield Blvd., 251-1317 $$
0.3 MILES: Three Wise Men Brewing
Company PIZZA 1021 Broad Ripple Ave.,
255-5151 $$
1 MILE: Taverna CONTEMPORARY
1850 Broad Ripple Ave., 257-5972 $$$
WHITE RABBIT CABARET
1116 Prospect St., 686-9550,
whiterabbitcabaret.com
0.1 MILES: Thunderbird COCKTAILS 1127
Shelby St., 974-9580 $$
0.3 MILES: Santorini Greek Kitchen
GREEK/MEDITERRANEAN 1417 E.
Prospect St., 917-1117 $$
0.7 MILES: The Bosphorus Istanbul Cafe
TURKISH 935 S. East St., 974-1770 $$
See indianapolismonthly.com/dining
for full restaurant listings.
KEY TO SYMBOLS
$$$$ Entrees priced $30 and up
$$$ Entrees priced $20–$30
$$ Entrees priced $10–$20
$ Entrees priced under $10
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LAST LOOK
S E E
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES
September 17
Egyptian Room at
Old National Centre
E A T
The tavern-ified Southern
dishes at the rowdy
Fountain Square watering
hole THUNDERBIRD
(1127 Shelby St., 974-9580)
are the perfect way to
start or end an evening
listening to these bluegrass-
rock up-and-comers.
See
TONY
BENNETT
November 21
The
Palladium
S E E
A CHRISTMAS STORY
December 5–7
Historic Artcraft Theatre
in Franklin
E A T
Eat
Dinner & A Show
Headed to one of these upcoming events Here’s how
we’d suggest turning it into a night on the town:
See
RED
October 14–
November 9
Indiana
Repertory
Theatre
Just like the man himself,
MATTEO’S (40 N. 9th St.,
Noblesville, 774-9771) is steeped
in authentic Old World charm.
We can easily picture Bennett
dining on Pollo Amore here.
To re-create Ralphie’s
family’s Christmas Eve,
pick any nice ‘n cheap
Chinese spot—the
LONG RIVER CHINESE
RESTAURANT (1063 W.
Jefferson St., Franklin,
736-0388) in town should
do quite nicely.
Eat
The artsy environs at the
Alexander hotel make
CERULEAN (339 S.
Delaware St., 870-1320)
the perfect place to discuss
this Mark Rothko play.
SEE
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
December 13–14 & 20
S E E
VONNEGUTFEST
November 8
Various locations
Indiana Landmarks Center,
Tabernacle Presbyterian
Church, and Clowes Hall,
respectively
E A T
BLUEBEARD (653
Virginia Ave., 686-1580),
of course! Named after
the 1987 novel by the
beloved Indianapolis
author, this Fletcher Place
favorite is the perfect
destination for a dinner
of champions.
EAT
The Baroque composer
would have been right at
home feasting on schnitzel
and sauerbraten at the
RATHSKELLER (401 E.
Michigan St., 636-0396).
SEE
OPTICAL POPSICLE 7
October 11
Indianapolis Museum
of Art
EAT
Since this show is a little
bit of everything—puppets,
videos, live music—let your
dinner be just as diverse.
Mix and match from
among 80-some sharable
plates at DIVVY (71 W.
City Center Dr., Carmel,
706-0000).
SEE
TANIA PEREZ-
SALAS COMPANIA
DE DANZA
November 14–15
The Tarkington
EAT
This dance company is all
about contemporary Mexican
culture, so start the evening
with the nueva Latina fare at
DELICIA (5215 N. College
Ave., 925-0677).
S E E
STRAIGHT NO CHASER
December 18
IU Auditorium (they’ll
also play a gig at the
Murat December 21–22).
E A T
When at IU, make like
a local (or a homesick
alum) and head to
NICK’S ENGLISH HUT
(423 E. Kirkwood Ave.,
Bloomington, 812-332-
4040). First one to sink
the Biz buys beers!
S E E
FLEETWOOD MAC
October 21
Bankers Life Fieldhouse
E A T
Somehow, we think this
Brit-American band
would approve of the
soccer scarves on the
walls (and the fish ’n
chips on the tables)
at CHATHAM TAP
(719 Massachusetts
Ave., 917-8425).
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