Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2019 i Indianapolis Monthly

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 assist from Omar Robinson, Steve Koers, and Andy Fagg) founded Sun King Brewing 10 years ago this month. In short order, the city’s first full-scale production brewery since Indianapolis Brewing Company closed in 1948 has become so ubiquitous (p. 14) that if you swung a proverbial dead cat, the thing would be dry-hopped, T-shirted, and sponsored by SKB. It’s difficult to conceive that craft beer, which now probably has reached its zenith here, was a novel thing in Indianapolis in 2009—but it was. You couldn’t get…

THE REIGN OF Sun King Brewing began when two guys, Dave Colt and Clay Robinson, merely wanted to introduce Indianapolis to craft beer. A decade later, Sun King has become so much more than just brews. Through no end of sponsorships, partnerships, and collaborations, the hometown favorite rules with a level of ubiquity that borders on the absurd. How Sun King–savvy are you? 1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A REAL SUN KING–INSPIRED PRODUCT? A Sausage B Popcorn C Sunscreen D Pickles 2. SUN KING HAS YET TO TAKE PART IN AN EVENT PAIRING BEER WITH: A Cheese B Ice cream C Chocolate D Tenderloins 3. IN ADDITION TO MAKING 30,000 BARRELS OF SUDS THIS YEAR, THE BREWERY WILL TAKE PART IN MORE THAN 800 COMMUNITY EVENTS. WHICH WAS…

THE THREAD Chic bargain-hunters will be busy this month. Haus Love’s annual sidewalk sale (July 10–13) will be bigger than ever when the dreamy interior-decor studio cleans house (lighting, rugs, furniture) to prepare for a shop makeover. Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale (July 19–August 4) requires a full day to absorb all of the deeply discounted fall collections. Then the Indiana Design Center sample sale (July 26–27) rolls out high-end furniture, tile, accents, and more in showrooms usually reserved for the trade. Pace yourself, because the 56th and Illinois sidewalk sale (August 2–3) and Mass Ave sidewalk sale (August date to be announced) are just around the corner.…

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 intriguing mix of contemporary and mid-century, complete with swooping cutouts and eye-popping color combinations. Bennett earned a fine-arts degree from Indiana University in 1992, but it wasn’t until a friend who had started a custom fabrication business needed some help that she found her calling. Water jets cut materials via a high-pressure stream of liquid mixed with fine abrasives. “Initially, it was nothing remotely interesting to me as an artist,” she says. “But I quickly figured out how to use the machine to incorporate art into metal.” By…

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 off the Monon Trail, offering house brews for every taste, cocktails made from spirits mixed and barrel-aged behind the bar, and a menu of scratch sauces, dressings, and pizza. The choices can overwhelm the uninitiated, so take our advice and focus on the beer-braised beef, slow-cooked all day with onions, Sriracha, Worcestershire, garlic, and beer. The Longs know the food biz well. Chris opened the area’s first Stacked Pickle in 2010, growing the company to six locations before selling it to former Colt Gary Brackett.…

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 demitasse, the coffee and froth line up in crisp horizontal stripes, a tiny Rothko that seems too decorative to disturb. But the server suggests giving it a good stir prior to sipping, to kick up the sweet sediment at the bottom. Though it doesn’t look as pretty, blended into such inky slurry, it tastes wonderful, like a dark, rich, honey-nutty jolt of Italian adrenaline. Just like its gourmet coffees, Caffè Buondì is intimidatingly good-looking, with its buttery leather banquettes, woodblock accent wall, and bowling lane–length espresso bar topped with…

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 enjoys spending time in Kenya because the streets are better there than they are in Indianapolis. I was explaining this to a friend who said, “In all fairness, Kenya doesn’t have the freeze-and-thaw cycles that Indiana does.” That’s a good point and no doubt part of the reason Indiana roads resemble a war zone, but it doesn’t explain why a person used to be able to drive for miles here without plunging through the Earth’s crust. There’s another explanation for this state’s rotten roads—our aversion to taxes. It’s the same reason…

3M Company, 80/20 Inc., Arconic, Babcock & Wilcox, BWX Technologies Inc., Damping Technologies Inc., Dekker Vacuum Technologies, Inc., Endress+Hauser Inc., FloSource, General Devices, Hewlett-Packard Co., Imagineering Enterprises, Indiana Aircraft Hardware, Inc., JFW Industries, Inc., KPaul Properties LLC, Lift-A-Loft Corporation, Major Tool & Machine, Manufacturing Technology, Inc., Paoli LLC, PEI-Genesis, Polar Leasing Company, Inc., PRC-DeSoto International, Precision Rings, Inc., Samtec, Stanley Security Solutions, Inc., Star Case Manufacturing Company, Thermophysical Properties Research Laboratory, Inc.…

1. Prepare Yourself Physically 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. And they work with their hands, fighting against a big, puffy glove that is several layers thick. So there’s a lot of focus on strengthening the hands. 2. Prepare the Equipment Spacesuits are not one-size-fits-all. About a month before a launch, we start piecing them together to fit a crew member’s body. Then we have to assemble the tool bags for the specific mission. Most of our tools are similar to what we have on the ground, like a big electric screwdriver,…

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. I decided then and there that I was going to become an astronaut. I joined NASA in 1980 and made my first space flight in 1985. After that, it was every few years for me. I was lucky. Some people wait their entire careers and never catch a flight. I joined NASA at a time we were sending a lot of shuttles up. I was there for the first shuttle launch, and I stayed until after the last one landed—the entire 135-flight program. My first…

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 smiles on their faces because they just had a great time—laughing, eating well, and making new friends in the process. Local venues are ready to help couples, corporate event planners, fundraisers, and party hosts arrange festivities that are as fun as they are functional and fancy. Even the most traditional wedding reception can offer a touch of whimsy with custom drink options or a playful photo booth. Business entities can engage participants with ice breakers, games, or even yoga breaks when attention…

DOWNTOWN INCLUDES Fletcher Place, Fountain Square, Mass Ave, Mile Square 1913 Restaurant 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 lacquer and leathery browns, feels a bit stuffy, but diners easily warm up to a menu that includes a root beer–cured pork chop topped with bacon marmalade, and half a chicken roasted to a juicy, rosy hue and plated with succotash and a little pan of sweet-corn “milk” for dipping. The sides—such as macaroni-and-cheese pie and sautéed Brussels sprouts—get passed around the table. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. 40 W. Jackson Pl., 317-634-6664, omnihotels.com Ali’i Poke POKE Follow the IUPUI students to this delightfully fresh fast-food spot just…

Born several days into Apollo 11’s historic journey in July 1969, design director Todd Urban has always felt a connection to the space program and, in particular, to the first moon landing. For this month’s cover story on the subject (p. 60), he perused multiple books on space travel, watched several films and documentaries, and listened to Brian Eno’s Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks on repeat for at least a month. These influences were filtered into a final design that looks forward as well as to the past. “I wanted to capture the aesthetic of the early spaceprogram typography and graphics because that was such an iconic look,” Urban says. “It was an optimistic time when, as a nation, we felt like anything was possible.”…

“MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR” is the unmistakable vibe at this shop decked out in peace signs. But The Urban Hippie’s mission isn’t just thread-deep. Anju Jewelry, handcraft ed in India, aims to economically empower its artisans, and the store donates to animalrescue groups, too. The Fort Wayne business recently expanded with a new location in SoBro—an ideal sett ing for the hippie spirit to thrive. Where else would you set up with a life-size mural of Jimi Hendrix and a record player spinning Fleetwood Mac? Its interpretation of 1960s and ’70s fashion skews modern and chic, with an emphasis on texture and comfort. And while the Fort Wayne shop embodies the flower-child flair of her aunt, who owns that location, Daisha Virgin wanted her Indy store to be a litt…

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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 victory touched off something deep inside. A couple weeks later, he reached out to Peter Hanscom, the campaign manager for Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly at the time. Commiserating over coffee, Hanscom suggested that Evans check out the Indiana Young Democrats. Evans followed his advice. In the last few years, Evans and a collective of similarly energized young Democrats have transformed IYD from a small group into a well-organized activist force. Since 2017, IYD has grown from 50 members in eight counties to 300 members in 20 counties. It scored…

Headlands International Dark Sky Park 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, meaning that sky-gazers can observe annual meteor showers such as the Perseids in August or the Northern Lights the way nature intended. midarkskypark.org Armstrong Air & Space Museum Wapakoneta, Ohio (150 miles) Just over the Ohio border, midway between Dayton and Toledo, lies the tranquil town of Wapakoneta, birthplace of Neil Armstrong. Showcasing artifacts from Armstrong’s military and aerospace career, including the Gemini 8 spacecraft and an Apollo 11 moon rock, the Armstrong Air & Space Museum also exhibits objects from Ohio’s other gravity-defying pioneers: the Wright brothers.…

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 worked in Antarctica. I’ve worked in underwater laboratories. NASA likes using extreme environments like that to simulate living on the International Space Station. You’re fairly isolated, you can’t be rescued quickly, communication and resources are limited. You learn a lot about yourself and how you work under pressure. I finally caught a ride to space last year. People always assume that we’re really nervous at liftoff, but I felt absolutely calm. Once I arrived at the base of the rocket, everything felt so familiar.…

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 to fly for a living. I joined the Air Force as soon as I could. That’s where NASA gets most of its shuttle pilots, and it was there that I first started to think about space flight. When I joined NASA in 2000, I didn’t know it was going to be almost 10 years before I’d catch a ride to space. The shuttle accident in 2003 delayed things for a couple of years. But it’s a pretty good job on the ground,…

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, though. Healthcare providers are striving to meet the emotional and practical needs of clients and their families as well. CONVENIENCE FACTOR “Our focus is to have everything a patient might need in one place,” says Anjie Britton, marketing leader for Community Health Network and Shelbourne Knee Center. “There’s no need for the patient to go anywhere outside the building. Everything—the doctor’s offices, physical therapy, billing—it’s all here.” Visitors can enjoy valet parking, a perk often offered by hospitals, since Shelbourne Knee Center is located at Community Hospital East. If a patient…

Suzanne Krowiak • 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, Audra has done a lot of heavy lifting to create a vibe that gets customers in the door,” she says. “It’s exciting to see her finally step into the spotlight.” Lou Harry • Freelance writer Lou Harry has been asking questions of science-fiction novelists long before this month’s story on Maurice Broaddus (p. 82). “In my teens, when my big brother was writing to baseball players to ask for autographs, I was writing to authors,” Harry says, mentioning that Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and others wrote…

The official name is Summer Celebration, but we’re still going to call it Expo. Blanket + beverages + free concert at the American Legion Mall = perfect Expo weekend kickoff. Think Coachella, but for folks who listen to Frankie Beverly. Find your linen outfit now for the White Party. Don’t add a pimp hat like Mayor Ballard did that one year. The last Sunday is the time to buy that pound of shea butter you’ve been eyeing at the Exhibit Hall. Trust—the vendors don’t want to lug it home, so you’re in for a deal. Stroll the Indiana Convention Center. You might find a fashion show and art from around the world. Expo is safe. Leave your fear and assumptions at home. You gotta Wobble at least once.…

Because most kayak paddles are made from plastic composites, the Angler Navigator Paddle’s wooden construction sets a new high-water mark for durability as well as looks. It’s one of the newest products at Moving Water Outfitters in Zionsville, and co-owner Mike Exel believes he’s the only one in the area who carries the “nostalgic piece of art.” You’ll find lighter paddles, but every stroke exposes them to bending—the Angler’s reinforced alder-and-basswood blades are more flexible and will last longer than other materials. Because it’s designed for those who fish while they kayak, the carbon shaft is marked as a tape measure. Hooked yet? $325 each. 675 S. Main St., Zionsville, 317-773-3014, mwoutfitters.com…

WHAT’S YOUR GO-TO STYLE? For me, accessories are just as much fun as clothes. That is what adds real individuality to what you’re wearing. I like statement glasses. They make my eyes look bigger. WE ALWAYS SEE YOU IN BIG EARRINGS. All of them are clip earrings, too, which you can find in antiques stores or vintage shops for next to nothing. A lot of friends bring them to me when a grandmother or mom passes, too. WHERE DO YOU SHOP? Marigold and The Secret Ingredient. There’s a store on Main Street in Carmel where I’ve gotten quite a few earrings. And my boss and I go to a lot of conferences, and we always drive, and we usually go antiquing on the way. DOES WORKING IN THE ARTS INSPIRE…

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 Indianapolis, in medically supervised health centers known as IV lounges. The process typically takes 30 to 45 minutes once a staff nurse clears you for treatment based on a health assessment. You could be ruled out if your blood pressure is high or you have had renal disease, and pregnant women can only have fluids, but no vitamins. Otherwise, sett le into a comfy chair and relax as your selected bag of vitamins drips into your bloodstream. The needle itself is smaller than you’d imagine, is sized to your vein, and doesn’t remain in…

If you’re trying to locate Chile y Limón, the Latin snack shop selling fruity Red Bull shaved ice and Cheetosstuffed burritos, just look for the building with a Technicolor menu and music booming from within. Once you find the ice cream parlor that Beatriz Cardenas opened in 2018, throw your notion of authentic south-of-the-border sweets out the window. Regulars slurp their ice cream–topped, chamoy-rimmed treats and dig into hulking cups of fruit crowned with puckery candies and sweet and spicy sauces. For an entry-level refresher, go with a fruity snow cone like this one topped with watermelon sorbet and condensed milk. 6250 W. 38th St., 317-430-7474, chile-y-limon.business.site…

Brickhouse Coffee Co. 100 Byrd Way, Greenwood, 317-550-0034, brickhousecoffee.co This family-run roaster operates inside the former Jonathan Byrd’s building, a southside landmark. FILL WITH: The seasonal latte Rabble 2119 E. 10th St., rabblecoffee.com This artsy eastside hangout works exclusively with fresh beans from local roaster Tinker Coffee. FILL WITH: A cup of the Rouser blend, Rabble’s collaboration with Tinker Coffee Gavel Curated Cafe 902 Virginia Ave., 317-681-2086, gavelcuratedcafe.com Fountain Square marketing firm MilesHerndon transformed its 900-square-foot lobby into this sunny cafe. FILL WITH: A Tinker Coffee pour-over Bee Coffee Roasters 5510 Lafayette Rd., 317-280-1236; 201 S. Capitol Ave., 317-426-2504; beecoffeeroasters.com One of the first craft coffeehouses to open in Indianapolis, the small-batch roaster plans to open a third location inside Irvington’s Black Acre Brewing. FILL WITH: A Wilks & Wilson…

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, the only part of Indiana that saw military action in the Civil War, when Confederate soldiers looted the town for food, supplies, and horses. Sallie greets guests with coveralls, a duster coat, and a smile. “Good day, folks. How are you all? You thinking of joining up with the Union Army?” Most guests are not. While playing his doppelgänger, Wilkinson draws from his own life experiences. Sallie is 50. So is Wilkinson. Sallie lost his wife. So did Wilkinson. (He remarried and has two children.) Of…

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 is a sense of finality to it. For me, though, spacewalks were always more nerve-racking than launches. The chances of getting hit by a fatal micrometeoroid are about one in 250 every time you leave the ship. There’s so much debris out there. We track everything bigger than a nickel, but anything smaller can still tear a hole in a suit. Systems fail pretty regularly, too. During my first spacewalk, I got trapped outside the Russian space station Mir. The air lock failed to…

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 adventure of it. The whoosh, bang, roar of rocketry had a lot to do with it, too. I was a mechanical engineer, and my employer, McDonnell Douglas, wanted to conduct some research in space. So NASA trained me, and I became the first commercial astronaut—essentially, a paying passenger. My job was to produce a prototype of an anemia-fighting protein that grows much better in zero gravity. In 1984, we attempted to launch four times, but we halted because of some mechanical difficulty. Once, one of…

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 what’s right for you, talk to your doctor. HOSPITALS ▪ COMMUNITY HOSPITAL EAST The first full-service hospital in its network, Community Hospital East has met the needs of patients since 1956. Construction continues on a new facility slated to open in 2020. The comprehensive acute-care facility offers cardiovascular, maternity, orthopedic, behavioral, inpatient and outpatient surgery, emergency, and cancer-care services. Additional highlights include the Center for Joint Health, private birthing suites, Community Breast Care, a sleep/wake disorders center, Indiana’s largest advanced wound center, accreditation as a Primary Stroke Center and Chest Pain…

HOTELS & RESORTS THE ALEXANDER 333 S. Delaware St., 317-624-8200, thealexander.com INDOOR MEETING SPACE: 16,500 sq. ft. MEETING/EVENT ROOMS: 17 HOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE: 209 BAYMONT BY WYNDHAM FISHERS/INDIANAPOLIS 9790 North by Northeast Blvd., Fishers, 317-578-2000, wyndhamhotels.com INDOOR MEETING SPACE: 540 sq. ft. MEETING/EVENT ROOMS: 2 HOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE: 140 CLARION HOTEL INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT 2500 S. High School Rd., 520-257-4576, clarionhotelindianapolisairport.com INDOOR MEETING SPACE: 17,019 sq. ft. MEETING/EVENT ROOMS: 10 HOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE: 189 CONRAD INDIANAPOLIS 50 W. Washington St., 317-713-5000, conradindianapolis.com INDOOR MEETING SPACE: 15,000 sq. ft. MEETING/EVENT ROOMS: 13 HOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE: 247 COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT 2602 Fortune Circle East, 317-248-0300, marriott.com/indca INDOOR MEETING SPACE: 1,424 sq. ft. MEETING/EVENT ROOMS: 3 HOTEL ROOMS AVAILABLE: 151 COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT INDIANAPOLIS AT THE CAPITOL 320 N. Senate Ave., 317-684-7733,…

VINTAGE 1969 Resides at Purdue University WHEN NEIL ARMSTRONG became the first man to set foot on the moon in July 1969, the Purdue grad also turned into something else: an international celebrity. He appeared on the covers of Life and Time, and received more than 70,000 pieces of fan mail and gifts. Some of that material is on display at Purdue, including this model of the lander Armstrong rode down to the moon’s surface; the replica was designed by Grumman Corp., the firm that made the real thing. “Most of what we have from Armstrong are his papers,” says Tracy Grimm, associate head of archives and special collections at Purdue. “But papers can get a little boring for the elementary school kids who pass through here. This is very…