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MARCH 12, 2015 — Issue 56A News and Tribune Publication

TOP THREE'Writing for Stage

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ARTWORK'Imaginal' exhibit at

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Folklorist, musician resonates with homegrown vibe

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Joseph O'Connell, whose stage name is Elephant Micah, released 'Where In Our Woods' in January with themes of growing up in rural Washington County and his experiences as a folklorist. | PHOTO BY MATTHEW O'CONNELL

• More interesting stories from Southern Indiana.

Music doesn’t get any more organic than El-ephant Micah.

That’s the stage name for Pekin native Joseph O’Connell, who is a folk-lorist by day at Traditional Arts Indiana and bare-bones musician by night. His work — “Where in Our Woods” was re-leased in January — has gained serious attention,

including from music publications Pitchfork, Stereogum and Paste Magazine, Elizabeth Beil-man writes in today’s cover story. O’Connell has become somewhat of a National Public Radio darling and is getting regular play on Louisville’s WFPK.

Growing up in rural Washington County has informed O’Connell’s lyrics as well as his earthy

approach to songwriting. The 33-year-old wrote a song about daylight saving time with buzzards as the central characters — how’s that for post-folk?

O’Connell is much more than a musician, however. His work for Traditional Arts Indiana, a partnership between the Indiana Arts Com-mission and Indiana University, involves docu-menting traditional arts and culture in Floyd and Washington counties among others, Beilman writes.

He’s documented such unique events as a banjo player from Pekin and the generations-old recipes featured in the annual Sausage Supper at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Jeffersonville.

You won’t fine stories like O’Connell’s any-where else but right here in SoIn.

Time to break out the pump organ.— Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be

reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.

Jason Thomas, Editor

singing southern Indiana’s song

‘Imaginal’ exhibit opens at Gadabout

Mathias Davey’s first solo exhibition, titled “Imaginal,” features a collection of abstract, whimsical paintings on free-form wood panels that are the result of an intuitive creative process. The exhibition will be-gin with an opening reception on Friday, March 13, at Gad-about Gallery in Jeffersonville, according to a news release from Gadabout.

The beginning of each piece is unplanned and begins “as a pool of potential, with numer-ous pathways for shapes and color schemes,” Davey said in the release. “I get the sense that these pieces come from a simi-lar place as dreams or myths. An imaginal realm where dor-mant sources of unconscious information and imagination lay waiting to be tapped.”

Davey, 24, is a graduate of

Jeffersonville High School. Together with his family, Davey has helped create several pieces of public art in the downtown Jeffersonville area including a utility box mini mural on the northeast corner of Court Avenue and Spring Street, a Creative Crosswalk design at Spring and Chestnut streets, and a Sculptural Bike Rack near Olive Leaf Bistro on Riverside Drive.

ON ThE COvEr:

WHAT: ‘Imaginal’ exhibit opening reception; exhib-it runs through April 26 WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. Fri-

day, March 13 WHERE: Gadabout Gal-

lery and Artisan Shoppe, 249 Spring St., Jefferson-ville INfO: GadaboutGallery.

com

TAPPING THE IMAGINATION

The flying Marsupial, Mathias Davey. | SUBMITTED PHOTO

BY GARY [email protected]

JEFFERSONVILLE — An em-ployee of Red Carpet Liquors inJeffersonville was shot during an at-tempted robbery Saturday night.

Jeffersonville police reported Pa-tel Kamleshkumar, 41, of Jefferson-ville, was shot multiple times about8 p.m.

Kamleshkumar was shot by the

masked gunman, said another em-ployee, Loretta Banister, ofClarksville, who witnessed the inci-dent.

Banister said she and Kamleshku-mar were both working when thegunman entered the business onCrestview Court and 8th Street.

She said she was in the back ofthe business retrieving several bot-tles to stock when she heard thedoorbell that rings when the front

door is opened.As she came from the storage

area to the front of the business shesaw the gunman with his armsstretched over the counter pointing afirearm at Kamleshkumar.

“I ducked down so he didn’t seethat I was there,” Banister said.

She said she never got a goodlook at the suspect during the inci-dent, but she could see from hercrouched position his arms holdinga gun pointed at her co-worker.

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■ FLOYD COUNTY

WHAT’S IN STOREFOR 2013?

Three firefighters spenttwo weeks in New York


JEFFERSONVILLE —A group of Jeffersonvillefirefighters have returnedfrom helping out with Hur-ricane Sandy recovery andsaid help there is ongoing.

Jeffersonville Fire De-partment Maj. Michael Mc-Cutcheon, Maj. TravisSharp and Capt. RickVanGilder spent nearly twoweeks in Long Beach,N.Y., organizing relief ef-forts for the city of more

than 30,000 people follow-ing the October hurricane.

The work was more pa-per-filing than pulling peo-ple from homes, but theirservices were greatly need-ed as the entire four-milelong island had been cov-ered by water during thesurging storm.

JFD Chief Eric Hedricksaid the need for relief serv-ices — after initial crewsconduct search and rescueefforts — are often under-estimated.

“After immediate re-sponse to save lives, thereare still efforts needed formonths and months,”Hedrick said.

SWAT Team deployed in New Albany incident


NEW ALBANY —Floyd County Metro SWATTeam was called out earlySunday morning to assist inextracting a man from hishome.

James Ross, 56, of 3770Gap Hollow Road, wassuspected of assaulting his14-year-old grandson andkeeping him in the homeagainst his will, the FloydCounty Sheriff’s Depart-ment said.

The child used Facebookto contact his aunt, whoalerted authorities aboutmidnight. Officers first re-sponded to the home about1:30 a.m., officials said.

No one would come tothe door, even though offi-

cers suspected the homewas occupied, said JasonJones, Floyd County Sher-iff’s Department officer andassistant SWAT command-er.

Jones, who acted as theincident commander, saidofficers spent the next sev-eral hours receiving infor-mation from the boy’s auntand attempted to make con-tact to the occupants in thehome. He said authoritieswere not sure if the boywas in the home or if theaccusations were valid.

Jones said at one pointduring the investigation, thehome’s land phone line wasdisconnect by a resident.

The aunt told officers thatRoss kept a large firearmarsenal in the home. TheSWAT unit arrived at thehome about 6:15 a.m. andRoss and the boy exited the

Employee injured in Jeffliquor store shooting

Jeffersonville firefighters Mark McCutcheon, Rick VanGilderand Travis Sharp recently spent two weeks in the city of LongBeach in New York aiding in Hurricane Sandy relief.

STAFF PHOTO BY C.E. BRANHAM

Help when it’sneeded most

NICE ICERight, David Mull, of Sellersburg, holds hands with his son Jack, 5, as he tries iceskating for the first time at the Jeffersonville Ice Rink. The rink will be open sevendays a week through Jan. 6, then remain open only on weekends through Jan. 27.For specific times visit www.jeffmainstreet.org.

STAFF PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER FRYER

Below, Blair Kaelin enjoyed some time at the Jeffersonville Ice Rink Mondayafternoon.

STAFF PHOTO BY C.E. BRANHAM

JFD gets relief to hurricane survivors

SEE FIREFIGHTERS, PAGE A6

40 firearms, 5pounds of potfound in home

SEE SWAT, PAGE A6

A busy 2013 BY DANIEL SUDDEATH

[email protected]

NEW ALBANY — New Albanyand Floyd County will celebratemilestones, launch separate parksdepartments and break ground onnew facilities this year.

While there will be memorableevents such as the celebration of thecity’s 200th anniversary, there willalso be challenges for local govern-ments including funding two mur-der trials and attempting to mendsomewhat disjoined relationshipsbetween New Albany and FloydCounty.

Here are someissues, events andstories to keep aneye on in 2013.

CAMM, GIBSONMURDER TRIALS

Accused serialkiller WilliamClyde Gibson isset to stand trialfor three murdersbeginning in July.

Gibson, of New Albany, has beencharged with the murders of 75-year-old Christine Whitis, 35-year-

old Stephanie Kirk and 45-year-oldKaren Hodella.

Unless another continuance isgranted, Gibson will first stand trialfor the murder of Whitis this sum-mer. Whitis was found strangled inGibson’s home in the 800 block ofWoodbourne Drive in New Albanylast year.

Hodella’s body was found inClark County in 2003, and accord-ing to authorities, Gibson implicat-ed himself in her murder while be-ing questioned in the death ofWhitis.

Several items to keepan eye on this year

WILLIAM CLYDEGIBSONAccused of threemurders

SEE 2013, PAGE A6

Red Carpet Liquors employee gives account

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What: AquaVenture, a water-based exhibitWhen: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14 (opening

reception)Where: Arts Council of Southern Indiana, 820

East Market St., New AlbanyInfo: artscouncilsi.org; 812-949-4238.The Kentucky Watercolor Society is sponsor-

ing AquaVenture 2015, a juried exhibition of regional art featuring water-based media. The exhibit will run through April 18. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday noon to 4 p.m.

What: Ceruti Chamber PlayersWhen: 3 p.m. Sunday, March 15Where: Richard K. Stem Concert Hall of the

Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center on the IU Southeast campus, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany

Cost: FreeInfo: oglecenter.comThe Music Department at Indiana University

Southeast will present the Ceruti Chamber Players. This is the Ceruti Chamber Players’ 29th season. The Louisville-based ensemble was one of two United States ensembles selected to participate in the First Osaka (Japan) International Chamber Music Festa.

gotta go: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at [email protected]

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When: Friday-Sunday, March 13-15Where: New Albany, various loca-

tionsWriter’s workshop is March 13-15Info: Cost is $75/advance; $90/

door; for tickets: stpaulna.orgNationally recognized authors

will be presenting workshops on master story-telling and the art of crafting believable char-acters and dialogue. Richard Krevolin holds a master’s degree in screenwriting from UCLA’s School of Cinema-Television, and a master’s degree in playwrit-ing and Fiction from USC. Edith Weiss is a playwright, director, actor and stand-up comic living in Denver.

1What: Southern Indiana Writer’s Symposium: “Writing for Stage and Screen”

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By ELIZABETH [email protected]

he year that Indiana became the 48th state to adopt daylight saving time, Joseph O’Connell watched a flock of migrating vultures from his parents’ farm in

Washington County.It later became the inspiration for O’Connell’s song

“Slow Time Vultures” that explores the changing time differences between Louisville and Southern Indiana: “Vultures on our old barn roof/Say they want their time zone back/We can’t compete with the cities for meat,” the song begins.

“This song is not a direct description of that experi-ence,” O’Connell said of his personal observation of the flock. “It’s more taking that experience and using that as a jumping off point for this fantasy for what kind of mes-sage [these birds] would have.”

That’s how O’Connell — musically known as Elephant Micah — writes most of his songs on his 12th and newest album, “Where in Our Woods” released this January.

“ ... Some of the songs are portraits of people,” O’Connell said. “Some of the songs are sets of vignettes from personal experience or from stories that I’ve heard secondhand.”

The 33-year-old Pekin native, who works as a folklorist

for Traditional Arts Indiana by day, has been slowly gar-nering attention over the last 14 years as Elephant Micah.

O’Connell was featured on National Public Radio a few years ago and most recently received nods from mu-sic publications including Pitchfork, Stereogum and Paste Magazine — all for his post-folk songs that are rooted in a sense of place in Southern Indiana.

“I do feel like a lot of my songs have to do with the relationship between people and their environments and

the way that we imagine places and experience places,” O’Connell said of “Where in Our Woods.”

One song, called “Albino Animals,” is a three-part retelling inspired by stories he read in his hometown newspaper in Pekin.

“That’s maybe a typical example of how some of the songs might start out,” he said. “And oftentimes, they’re rooted in everyday situations and kind of extrapo-lated or reimagined somehow in the songs.”

The most direct Southern Indiana influence on his music, he said, is from the people he’s played music with — from his Providence High School friend David whom he recorded tapes with, to his father who’s in a band called the Luddites that were regular performers at the Blue River Café in Milltown.

“I would say that the social context is definitely some-thing that continues to have an effect on the way that I approach music,” O’Connell said.

Elephant Micah spans several genres, landing some-where in between folk and singer-songwriter music but not quite either. O’Connell said its sound is born largely from the recording process.

“ ... it’s not just about the songs and solo performances but it’s also about trying to create interesting textures and arrangements,” O’Connell said.

“Where In Our Woods” features a portable folding pump organ that doubles as a drum.

“It’s also hopefully a little bit more experimental at the same time,” he said.

Elephant Micah can be heard on the airwaves locally, frequently featured on 91.9 WFPK Radio Louisville.

Pekin musician brings sense of place to new albumWHAT’S IN A NAME?O’Connell said the name “Elephant Micah” comes from his younger brother’s friend who adopted it as his alter ego as a kid.“It was just kind of an unexplained, eccentric decision. And it kind of became an inside joke in the family. It was kind of a tribute to him and the way that he re-invented himself.”

SO YOU KNOW• To listen to Elephant Micah, visit elephantmicah.com. Find him on Twitter: @elephantmicah.• More information on Traditional Arts Indiana can be found at traditionalartsindiana.org.

‘Where in Our Woods’ was released in January.

PHOTO BY MATTHEw O’cOnnEll SEE O’CONNELL, PAGE 8

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Schad is one of the first of a group of women who began making goat cheeses in their kitchens in the 1980s and started a movement of artisan cheeses that has grown quickly over the years, according to a Carnegie news release. Along with her friends Mary Keehn of Cypress Grove, Paula Lambert of the Mozzarella Co., and Allison Hooper of Vermont Butter and Cheese, Judy began cheesemaking in her kitchen.

“When we went to the early American Cheese Society conferences in the '80s there were maybe a hundred cheeses at our festivals. Now,” Schad said in the release, “there are 1,400. All of us who were there in the beginning are proud that by supporting each other, we helped make this happen.”

Participants can bring a lunch, drinks are pro-vided. The monthly Lunch and Learn programs are sponsored by the Carnegie Center, Inc.

Judy Schad is in her third vocation — teacher, mother, and now, cheesemaker. Growing up in the summers on her grandparents’ Southern Indiana farm, she learned to cook and appreciate fresh,

wonderful food, simply but lovingly prepared. After marrying her husband Larry, a southern Indiana attorney, she taught English for several years before having three children and going back to school to work on a PhD in Renaissance Literature. At the Uni-versity of Louisville she was both fiction and general editor of the Louisville Review.

In 1977 the family moved to a hill farm just north of Louisville. Judy is now cheesemaker/owner of Capriole Farms in Southern Indiana and has been making cheese for 30 years.

WHAT: Judy Schad, cheesemaker/owner of Capriole Farms, Carnegie Center for Art and History Lunch & Learn Program WHEN: noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 17 WHERE: Carnegie Center for Art and History,

201 E. Spring St., New Albany INfO: Free; registration is required by calling

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live on state at Wick’sWhere: Wick’s Pizza Parlor, 225 State St., New AlbanyWhen: Friday and SaturdayFriday, March 13: The Rocking Dead; Saturday, March

14: Lindsey Henken; Friday, March 20: Bella Blue Band; Saturday, March 21: Walker Texas Ranger; Friday, March 27: Full Contact Karaoke; Saturday, March 28: The Mad Taxpayers

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live music at big Four burgers + beerWhere: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 134 Spring St., Jef-

fersonvilleWhen: Friday and SaturdayFriday, March 13: Kyle Hastings; Saturday, March 14:

Kelsey and Rachel; Friday, March 20: Katie and Kaela; Saturday, March 21: Drew Alexander; Friday, March 27: The Strays; Saturday, March 28: Eric and Kenny

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live music at nAPHWhere: New Albany Production House, 1736 E. Main

St., New AlbanyFriday, March 13: Firestarter with Hoosier, The Ar-

chaeas, The Weekend Classic and Better Than Salem, 6:30 p.m., $8, all ages; Saturday, March 14: Code Orange with Harms Way, Eternal Sleep, Knocked

Loose, Drowning, 2x4, and Sons Of Southern Dark-ness, 6 p.m., $12, all ages

live music at Charlie nobel’sWhere: Charlie Nobel’s Eatery + Draught House, 7815

Ind. 311, Sellersburg When: Friday and SaturdayFriday, March 13: The Strays; Saturday, March 14: Kyle

Hastings; Friday, March 20: Drew Alexander; Sat-urday, March 21: Eric and Kenny; Friday, March 27: Aquila; Saturday, March 28: Kelsey and Rachel

Corydon JamboreeWhere: 220 Hurst Lane, CorydonWhen: 7:30 p.m. SaturdaySaturday, March 14: Billy Nett with special guests

Emma Meeks, Brady Meenach, Rachel Coogle; Satur-day, March 21: Kelly Amy, Gerald Shelton; Saturday, March 28: Greg Perkins, Allison Bray from “The Voice,” Donnie Strickland

General Admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. For reservations, directions or any other infor-mation call 812-738-1130. [corydonjamboree.com]

Ross Country JamboreeWhere: 31 Wardell Street, ScottsburgWhen: 7:30 p.m. SaturdaySaturday, March 14: Natalie Berry, Donnie Strickland,

Mike Fryman; Two Gene Watson Shows: Friday, March 20, with Alexis Van Meter and Lanny McIn-tosh; Saturday, March 21, with The Trio: Brad, Tammy and Rona Bemis ($25 each show); Saturday, March 28: Natalie Berry, Billy Nett, Maisy Reliford, Nick Newlon

General Admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. For reservations, directions or any other infor-mation call 866-573-7677. [rosscountryjamboree.com]

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Chamber Players perform at IusThe Music Department at Indiana University Southeast

will present the Ceruti Chamber Players in a free concert, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 15, in the Richard K. Stem Concert Hall of the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center on the IU Southeast campus, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany.

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LOUISVILLE — The Kentucky Derby Festival’s 59th Annual They’re Off! Luncheon is sure to be a slam dunk with ESPN’S Jay Bilas as the featured speaker, according to a release from the festival.

Bilas, an acclaimed broadcast-er, attorney, author and athlete, will address approximately 1,500 Derby Festival supporters and patrons in attendance at the Fes-tival’s annual kick-off luncheon.

“This is our Game Day and we couldn’t think of a better person

to help kick it off than one of basketball’s stron-gest voices,” said Mike Berry, KDF President and CEO. “Even though he is a Blue Devil, we look forward to hearing his thoughts on the tour-nament run this year.”

Since 1995, Jay Bilas has been a college basketball analyst for ESPN/ABC and today serves as a game and studio analyst and expert courtside color commentator,

working more than 40 games per season and co-hosting the popular ESPN show, College GameDay.

He also regu-larly contributes to SportsCenter, ESPN.com and ESPNEWS, where he provides commentary on cover-

age of the NBA Draft and NCAA Final Four.

Bilas was twice named Best Game Analyst by Sports Illus-

trated and has received several Emmy nominations for Best Stu-dio Analyst.

He was awarded “Best Column of the Year” by the US Basketball Writers Association and the “Distinguished Young Alumni Award” from Duke Law School, where he earned his degree in 1992.

Jay currently resides in Char-lotte, North Carolina where he has been a litigation attorney at the firm Moore & Van Allen, PLLC since 1992.

O'CONNELL: Musician came back to Indiana to work with Traditional ArtsCONTINUED FROM PAGE 4

Kyle Meredith, music director at WFPK and host of “The Weekly Feed,” said listeners are enjoying “Where in Our Woods.”

“ ... We love it. The whole record paints such a stark image of lonely winters and hopeful springs,” Meredith said.

O’Connell’s interest in Indiana extends beyond his music. His work for Traditional Arts Indiana, a partnership between the Indiana Arts Commis-sion and Indiana University headed by director Jon Kay, involves documenting traditional arts and culture in Floyd and

Washington counties among others.“In each of these areas, I met artists

and interviewed them, took photo-graphs of their work,” he said. “And that was across a spectrum of a lot of different kinds of cultural practices.”

O’Connell, a graduate of Eastern High School in Washington County, returned to his roots after receiving his degree from the University of Oregon.

“I actually moved back to Indiana partly out of an interest in working with Traditional Arts Indiana and doing projects in the part of the state that I was most familiar with,” he said.

O’Connell has researched the music

of a banjo player from Pekin and the generations-old recipes featured in the annual Sausage Supper at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ in Jeffersonville.

Findings are presented in exhibits and public programs that invites the artists to speak about their work to audiences.

“So it’s a great way to recognize and support a lot of artistic and cultural practices that don’t always receive the attention they deserve,” he said.

As to whether he’s a part of the col-lection yet?

“Maybe when I’m around for a few more decades, people will see me as more traditional.”PHOTO BY MATTHEW O’CONNELL

EVENT: BASKETBALL BIAS WITH THE BILAS WHAT: Jay Bilas fea-

tured speaker at Ken-tucky Derby Festival’s 59th Annual They’re Off! Luncheon WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Fri-

day, April 17 WHERE: Grand Ballroom

of the Galt House East Hotel INfO: Tickets: $85/each;

$680/table of eight. To purchase tickets call 502-584-3378 or visit kdf.org.

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