July 2019

Indianapolis Monthly

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Toast Of The Town
Before we turn our imaginations to Indiana’s role in the exploration of space and the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing this month (p. 60), it’s worth pausing to consider the rocket ship that Dave Colt and Clay Robinson boarded when they (with an
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Buzzworthy
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Contributors
• Contributing editor Suzanne Krowiak has a soft spot for people working behind the scenes at local restaurants. In writing about Common House’s Audra Sternberg (p. 42), Krowiak got to tell one of those stories. “Like many women in the food scene, Au
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Big Top, Little Town
PERU, INDIANA, IS THE “CIRCUS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.” For that, this town of 11,000 can thank Benjamin Wallace, a native son whose Great World Menageries and International Circus opened to a sell-out Peru crowd in early 1884. It became one of the coun
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Get Together
AFRO HAIRSTYLES, hot pants, and knee-high boots—no wonder the three women in the foreground caught the photographer’s eye at Indianapolis’s first Black Expo. Fashion trends were clearly on point in this time capsule of a photo. The Indianapolis News
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Up To Speed
Q: HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET FROM ONE END OF INDYGO’S NEW RED LINE TO THE OTHER? WILL IT BE FASTER THAN TRAVELING BY CAR? A: The soon-todebut Red Line (currently famous for the traffic jams created by construction along its route) is a 13-mile cor
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Silja Dos Reis
YOU DO EVERYTHING FROM ICE SKATE TO FLY ON ROPES IN THIS SHOW. HOW DID YOU PREPARE FOR ALL THAT? I started ballet lessons when I was 3 years old and started skating at 8. I finished third in ice skating at the French National Championships. And this
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Prime Numbers
LUCIA BENNETT has serious graphic design chops and knows her way around an industrial water-jet cutt er. She relies on both to transform heavy sheets of steel and other metals into custom mailboxes, house number signs, and wall pieces. The result? An
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Holy Cross
As you explore Midland Arts & Antiques Market (1), be careful not to lose yourself entirely in the enchanting, antiquarian wonderland. The two seemingly endless floors of yesterday’s treasures and trinkets have attracted browsers to this converted ol
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Permanent Vacation
ROLL OUT THOSE lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer and round up your pretzels and beer. Tucked into a thickly wooded acre on the west side of Eagle Creek Reservoir, just south of 56th Street, this sprawling home offers amenities that sound like they wer
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IV League
Test Drive IF THE BLAZING HEAT—or a Fourth of July hangover—calls for refreshment stronger than an open fire hydrant, consider an intravenous cocktail. Popularized by celebrities, athletes, and hospitals, preventative IV drips are now flowing in Indi
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Decked Out
ABOUT AN hour south of Columbus, Ohio, the rolling Hocking Hills region serves as the gateway to greater Appalachia, luring some 5 million visitors per year with a rugged natural beauty rooted in Blackhand sandstone foothills and craggy rock formatio
Indianapolis Monthly2 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Tapped In
New in Town JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT the brewpub market might have been overserved, you find yourself on the packed patio of Fork + Ale House in Carmel. Owners Chris and Amy Long settled into the rapidly expanding area next to Sun King Distillery, right
Indianapolis Monthly1 min readRegional & Ethnic
Rising Star
AUDRA STERNBERG has spent most of her adult life working behind the scenes, making the chefs around her look good, including her three-time James Beard–nominated husband, Alan Sternberg. Equal parts food photographer, food stylist, and mood-setter, s
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But First, Coffee
AMERINGUE OF foamed milk makes a cute little nest for the crushed nuts that top Caffè Buondì’s wee pistachio cappuccino. Beneath it, steamed milk and a barky shot of Lavazza espresso float over housemade pistachio cream. Served in a clear glass demit
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Bill Wilkinson, Historical Interpreter
THE CLOTHES are hot, the food stale, and the Confederate army may return for a second pummeling, but Bill Wilkinson keeps coming back to Conner Prairie to relive the same day, July 13, 1863. His character is Ambrose “Mutt” Sallie, a farmer in Dupont,
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Road To Ruin
MY SISTER works as a nurse at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, helping children with bleeding disorders. Twice a year, she visits Eldoret, Kenya, to work with the Indiana University School of Medicine assisting patients in that country. She enjo
Indianapolis Monthly8 min readAmerican Government
Left Hook
ON THE NIGHT Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Brandon Evans felt like he’d been “punched in the stomach.” Up to that point in his life, the community engagement manager at IndyGo had only dabbled in political activism. But Trump’s vic
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The Right Stuff
RICH BOLING works in outer space. A child of the 1970s and 1980s, Boling belongs to the last generation of Americans who grew up watching in awe as NASA regularly sent our men and women—many of them Hoosiers—riding on rockets beyond Earth’s exosphere
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Astro-tourism
Mackinaw City, Michigan (455 miles) Along the shores of the Straits of Mackinac, straddling two Great Lakes, sit 550 acres of unspoiled wilderness. In 2011, the International Dark Sky Association recognized the area for its undiluted darkness, meanin
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David Wolf
THERE’S AN OLD astronaut joke at launches: There are only three possible outcomes for lunch. Either we’ll be having it back in the crew quarters because we had to call the thing off, we’ll be having it in orbit, or we’ll never have lunch again. There
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Serena Auñónchancellor
I FIRST BECAME interested in space when I was 7 or 8 years old. At the time, my dad was teaching at Purdue University. We watched every shuttle launch together. Once I decided to become an astronaut, I trained in a lot of interesting places. I’ve wor
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Charlie Walker
ONE OF MY earliest memories is of watching Disney’s Tomorrowland programming in the 1950s. At the time, we were still unsure if there was life on Mars or Venus. There were so many questions to answer about space. I was inspired by the mystery and adv
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How To Spacewalk
A lot of people are surprised to learn how strong your hands need to be in microgravity. The outside of the International Space Station is covered with handrails the crew uses to move to its worksite. They’re walking with their hands, more or less. A
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Jerry L. Ross
I WAS IN the fourth grade when the first satellites were launched into space. For a kid in the middle of nowhere, it totally captivated my imagination. My mom started a scrapbook of Look and Life magazine clippings to help me follow all the launches.
Indianapolis Monthly2 min readAstronomy & Space Sciences
Kevin Ford
JUST A COUPLE of days before my 14th birthday, my oldest brother took me flying in a little Cessna. We flew from Hartford City near my high school to the Indy Metro Airport, and I was absolutely hooked. From then on, there was no question I was going
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The Next Neil Armstrong
ON THE DAY man first walked the moon—Sunday, July 20, 1969—Indiana slowed to a hush. Days earlier, in a press conference where he praised Hoosier manufacturers for their contribution to space exploration, Governor Edgar Whitcomb had declared July 21
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Mission Critical
IT’S FRIDAY IN Fountain Square, and Maurice Broaddus is creating another new world. This one’s not the world he needs to create as part of the $175,000, three novel deal he just landed with Tor Books, the country’s top publisher of original science f
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NEWS&NOTES
If you want a more carefree lifestyle, Woodstock Custom Homes can help you design a residence that’s easy to manage inside and out. Principals Bob Slawson and Nick Winings focus on creating low maintenance custom houses with open floor plans, primary
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Healing Touches
HOSPITALS, PHYSICIAN OFFICES, AND SPECIALTY CENTERS are places we go to get better physically. But, let’s face it, no one really enjoys being a patient. Our past experiences may have been inconvenient, annoying, or even scary. Times have changed, tho
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Medical Directory
This list of facilities and practices is just a sampling of what’s out there. Entries may not mention every service a provider offers, and inclusion does not imply an endorsement by Indianapolis Monthly or Emmis Communications. For recommendations on
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MEETINGS & EVENT SPACES
FIND OUT HOW TO GET THE PARTY STARTED AND WHERE TO BOOK YOUR NEXT BASH. THE DATE IS DECIDED. The space is reserved. The guest list is ready. You want people to talk about this function for years to come. And you can envision attendees going home with
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Restaurant GUIDE
INCLUDES Fletcher Place, Fountain Square, Mass Ave, Mile Square UPSCALE COMFORT The farm-to-table standards get a glossy do-over at this hotel restaurant tucked just off of the polished marble lobby of the Omni Severin. The dining room, all dark lacq

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