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Buzzing Around Town - by Nora Spitznogle
posted: Oct. 28, 2011
Greetings gentle readers. Can you believe that I've been writing this column for six years? I was feeling a little nostalgic and looked back at my first pieces and had to laugh. In one of my first columns I reviewed a Jason Wilber show and six years later, I'm still going to his shows.
I've taken your feedback very seriously over the years. One reader suggested that I stop talking about how old I was - which, six years later, cracks me up - I was in my early 40s when I started writing this. Heck, I should have been bragging, not lamenting!
I've heard that people haven't gone to shows because they didn't know about the venue or where to park and such, so I'm adding more of those details to the concert previews. No excuses now folks. Go see some music!
In the last seven years I've been lucky enough to cover the Austin City Limits Festival, freelance for NUVO and write for the national print magazine, Ghettoblaster. I was part of the Farm to Fair exhibit at the Indiana State Fair this summer. I can't tell you how amazing it was to watch strangers read and smile about the stories I wrote.
All of my roads lead to the Broad Ripple Gazette. Thank you Alan Hague for letting me write this every two weeks - my count makes this my 150th column - and to you, for continuing to support the Gazette and for supporting live music.
And feel free to draw my eyeglasses onto my bee caricature. I suggest that you use a black Sharpie, the official pen of rock and roll.
Previews:
Elizabeth Cook with Tim Carroll
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Birdy's Bar and Grill - 2131 E. 71st Street - 21+, 9:00, $12
I know I should be concentrating on telling you all about the amazing, talented and beautiful singer/songwriter Elizabeth Cook. But I want you know about her husband too. Tim Carroll was part of the iconic Indiana punk band The Gizmos in the late 1970s. Who knew that his path would lead from Crazy Al's to the Grand Ole Opry?
Tim has been rightfully named one of Nashville's most successful songwriters. His songs have been covered by John Prine, Asleep At The Wheel, BR-549, Robbie Fulks, Bobby Bare Jr., Sonny Burgess, and of course, Elizabeth Cook.
Elizabeth is enjoying a run of success all of her own. Her latest record, Welder, was named one of Rolling Stone's Top 30 Albums of 2010. She is a prolific writer - most of the songs on her records are her own. Her history is pure country - her parents met when her mother made a pot of beans to comfort her across-the-backyard neighbor who had just broken up with his girlfriend. Never mind that her daddy learned the welding trade while in prison for a moonshine issue.
This show promises to be great big fun. Tim is part of his wife's band and is an amazing guitar player; rumor has it that he might bring a banjo also.
Birdy's is a great place to see music. There is plenty of elbow and dancing room. The proprietors, Sue and Mike are almost always there, serving up hospitality, good beer, strong drinks and better-than-average bar food. Come early to eat and grab a seat. The club has parking out front and nearby - please avoid parking in the lot of the funeral home across the street.
Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC)
November 10- 12, 2011
Who knew? The Percussive Arts Society will bring over 6,000 drummers and percussionists from around the world to Indianapolis from November 9-12. PASIC is the largest percussion event in the world featuring over 120 concerts, clinics, master classes, workshops and panels, including the International Drum & Percussion Expo. The Percussive Arts Society features free public programs every day during the convention. I wonder if they need someone to teach a workshop on playing percussion on the typewriter?
Community members are invited to partake in the various free drum circles at the Indiana Convention Center during PASIC 2011, including Thursday (11/10) at 8am and 9:30pm; Friday (11/11) at 9:30pm and Saturday (11/12) at 6pm with leading drum circle facilitators Lori Fithian, Kenya Masala and Arthur Hull.
In what has to be one of the coolest ideas ever, in honor of Veterans Day, at 11am on Friday, November 11, eleven drummers will be performing at the grave site of John George, George Washington's personal drummer during the Revolutionary War, at the 5
Check the PASIC Web site for the other great events and tickets.
100 years of the American Jewish Song Book concert
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Laikin Auditorium on the Jewish Community Campus,
6701 Hoover Road - 7:00 PM, all-ages, $18
The Bureau of Jewish Education in Indianapolis is celebrating their 100th Anniversary with a special concert. Cantors Judy Meyersberg, Janice Roger and Giora Sharon will join together to present a program of music written and performed by American Jews over the past century.
The show will feature pieces from well-known American Jewish composers - Gershwin, Bernstein, Sondheim, and Berlin - in addition to liturgical music commonly used in synagogues throughout the past 100 years. The concert will also feature a "Rabbis' Band" comprised of local rabbis, Brett Krichiver, Ben Sendrow, and Paula Winnig. 65th Street Klezmorim Cantorial Soloist Melissa Cohen and the choirs from Congregation Beth-El Zedeck and the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation will share in this celebratory evening.
Mr. Yossi Cohen will be honored for his service for over three decades as a teacher at the Bureau of Jewish Education. Past directors, Uri Korin and Ora Levaint will also be honored for their years of devoted service to the BJE.
November 12th is the actual anniversary date of the first classes held at United Talmud Torah, the precursor to today's Bureau of Jewish Education. In 1911 the United Talmud Torah, was founded by Rabbi I.E.Neustadt and supported by the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis to provide quality Jewish education by properly trained and adequately paid teachers for all children regardless of their synagogue affiliation, gender or financial abilities. Since 1911 most of Indianapolis' Jewish children have attended after-school Hebrew classes at the BJE. Many adults also take Biblical and Modern Hebrew language classes, Israeli literature and other Jewish studies at the BJE.
A Gala Dessert Reception will follow the concert. Tickets to the concert are available at the BJE. For more information or to purchase tickets for the November 12th concert, or to participate in the Tribute to Mr. Yossi Cohen, please email: bje100@bjeindy.org.
Not-for-profit director by day, music writer by night, Nora Spitznogle reviews music that happened and previews music and events around Broad Ripple Village. Nora managed CATH Inc coffeehouse at 54th Street and College Avenue for seven years. During that time she hosted hundreds of local and touring musicians, both at the coffeehouse and her home. When CATH closed in 2004 and the music was no longer coming to her, she had to wander from her corner of Broad Ripple to see what is happening elsewhere. You can find her at Second Helpings during the work day, waitressing at the Red Key on Saturday nights and prowling Broad Ripple music venues the rest of the time. Visit Nora's Web site nora-leona.blogspot.com, send any questions, comments or suggestions to Nora@BroadRippleGazette.com
nora@broadripplegazette.com
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