July 2nd 2008
One Man Band
David Hoppe
When he was a senior in high school, in Syracuse, N.Y., Will McAuliffe played Jean Valjean in a production of Les Misérables. An epic-scale character, Jean Valjean is a convict who spends a considerable part of his life in prison for stealing a loaf of bread.
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Friday night at the Jazz Kitchen
David Hoppe
When I was a teenager, if you’d asked me to describe the ideal nightclub, there’s a good chance I would have come up with a fair approximation of what Dave has going at the corner of 54th and College.
Who or what gives us freedom?
Steve Hammer
I do have problems with the propaganda aspect of July 4. I love this country as much as anyone, but I don’t dig the philosophy embodied in the song “God Bless The USA,” which was popularized during the Reagan years and has been used ever since to accompany every Republican military excursion into foreign lands.
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Hancock
Ed Johnson-Ott
Oh where do I begin? I was entertained. I was annoyed. A lot. Hancock is a movie with an intriguing premise that is poorly written and presented in a rushed, haphazard fashion.
Delicious digs
Jennifer Litz
Fresh Market is a neighborhood gourmet grocer with everything for the amateur professional chef.
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A world of Hammer people
Letter to the Editor
As I age I see more and more how humans have misunderstood and misused animals for their selfish pleasures and needs.
Screaming
Letter to the Editor
I wanted to scream when I read Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita’s comment in your last issue.
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A place to play for teen performers
Matt Erler
Five years ago, the seeds of the Teen Arts and Music Festival were sown when organizer Matt Stokes, an Indianapolis-based pianist and musician, started putting on open stage events at the Broad Ripple McDonald’s.
Discopolis
Jack Shepler
Summertime is a perfect season for dance music and Indy is no exception. Naptown DJs and producers are marking the times with new mixes for chilling on the beach, driving with your top down or, for the rest of us, getting your party on. Be sure to check out the online version of this column for download links!
Sloppy Seconds release first album in 10 years
Marc D. Allan
The Indianapolis punk-rock band — “junk rock,” the group likes to say — just released its first disc of new material in 10 years, Endless Bummer (Kid Tested Records). And it sounds just as good and immediate as everything the band has released since its 1989 debut, Destroyed.
NUVO-Cultural Trail nabs Grand Prix victory
Myka Estes
The NUVO-Cultural Trail Cycling Team captured an important victory at the 10th Annual Zionsville Grand Prix Criterium this past weekend, thanks in large part to the efforts of chef d’equipe Declan Doyle.
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Bathroom humor at best
Editors
Agave, the young professionals auxiliary of the Eiteljorg Museum, will host an outdoor movie night July 3 as part of the museum’s Harlem Goes West exhibition.
Bridging cultures
Julianna Thibodeaux
The recent exchange between the Shandong College of Arts in Shandong Province and the Indianapolis Art Center represents the best of what such cultural exchanges can offer: a humanity to individuals, those who are outside of the political and economic power structure, and those who would, one could argue, like to see the negative tensions disappear.
Dance Kaleidoscope in pictures
Editors
This month’s IDADA First Friday Art Tour is hit-and-miss, given that it falls on July 4. But there will still be plenty of galleries open from 6-9 p.m. for your art perusing pleasure before the fireworks show that night.
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