Events:
1. We Were Promised Jetpacks at Radio Radio-angsty, Scotch music worth enjoying a pint or two on a Sunday night. {Sunday, March 14}

2. Winter Farmer’s Market: Have you had juice at the Natural Born Juicer’s stand yet? Mickey and Mallory would approve.{Saturdays, until April 24}

3. The Playboy Psychonauts at The Vollrath. Get out your fez and join the “Cassanovia” musicians for an eclectic world music night out. {Saturday, March 13}

Quick Links:
1. Who wouldn’t want to be making phat beats in retirement like Grandma DJ?

2. Urban Outfitter is going to the chapel, and well, some lovely hipsters are going to get married in UO’s alt-fashionable wares.

3. Have you ever thought of writing a self help book and joining a cult along the way?
Me neither but The Moth podcast has an AWESOME Starlee Kine story about it.
(WARNING: adult content and profanity)

4. Porcelain Pop Art

5. The iMaxi for the iPad: I am speechless, really I do not know what to say.

I am super duper sorry for the pause in Ephemera. Cleis Design is growing (woohoo) and I have been neglecting my Ephemera/Blog posts. So like a good freelancer, I’ve started time managing the hell out of my week so that I don’t get behind here again. I hope I see y’all out and about this week.

Events
1. The Eiteljorg Museum: The Pistol packing exhibit. Dirty Harry has nothing on Annie Oakley.

2. The Dirty Dozen: IMA style. I’m bummed I didn’t get to see the Peter Bogdonovich/Touch of Evil viewing, but getting to see the Dirty Dozen on the big screen is a pretty awesome perk.

3. Do-it-Yourself Utopias by Jeff Eisenberg at the Christoper West Presents Gallery.

4. The Earth House presents: The End Of the Line. I saw the film, The Cove last year, and it convinced me to stop eating fish. The End of the Line, I’m told is an even more evocative tale about our fish-depleted seas and oceans.

5.A Squared Industries, Jookabox & more at the Vogue. There’s something local & hot cooking on Friday night.

Quick Links:

1. You have the right to remain obnoxious in some Po-Po stilettos.

2. Breaking down Color theory.

3. Some strategic food for thought on the marketing hot points for 2010.

4. It’s one part geek-design humor and one part hilaaaarious: Unhappy Hipsters.

5. These people are influencing the design around you, take note because their mark will not be fading away anytime soon.

Events
1. Soup swap: I had no idea Indianapolis participated in this, but this sounds like a great way to get stocked up on soup for the next two months or so.

Saturday, January 23
(see website for more details)

2. Fiery Furnaces at Radio Radio: Indie Rock goodness, that’s all I need to say.

Friday, January 22
Radio Radio
1119 E. Prospect St.
$10 Adv / $12 Day of Show
21 +Doors @8 pm
Buy tickets

3. MOKB Presents..Local Music Git Down: My Old Kentucky Blog is one of the musical treasures of Indianapolis. On Saturday, MOKB will be hosting a hootenanny of who’s who of local music-it’s practically an all day event. Come on out as they celebrate local music at where else? Locals Only.

Saturday, January 23
Locals Only
2449 E. 56th St.
Starts: 12pm-who knows when it’s gonna end.
Admission: TBD/Free

4. Arsenic and Old Lace at the IMA. What fond memories I have of this Cary Grant film. I used to watch this movie over and over with my family growing up. If you have a dark/twisted sense of humor like I do, you will find the timelessness of this flick. If not, then well I guess you are just weird .

Friday, January 22
Indianapolis Museum of Art
4000 Michigan Rd.
Toby Theatre
7:00 pm
Admission: $9 public/ $5 members/ $7 students with ID
Buy Tickets

5. Reserve your tix while you can: Free Crazy Heart viewing from the wonderful IFF. This one is sure to be the Oscar clincher for Best Actor. Jeff Bridges already has won the golden globe for it, and T-Bone Burnett has made the soundtrack into a supporting role all by itself. (As of this posting the film has sold out…sorry.)

Quick Links:
1. Logorama: I want to see this soooooo bad.

2. Rapunzel: I want to live in this world, what a beautiful visionary collaboration between Polina Osherov and Nikki Sutton.

3. The man behind the “I’m with Coco,” campaign. Bravo sir, bravo.

4.bRaZiLiAn Design: they even screen print their leaves, that’s how eco friendly and design forward these cats are.

5. Crayon sculpted people: I want to color with this guy, his crayons are definitely cooler than mine.

6. Do’s and Don’ts of Online PR: I really agree with Lindsay Robertson that if marketers of bands and artists followed her outline, there would be less annoying email blasts in the world.

Events
1. MLK DAY at the IMA:  Free events/Admission to the museum are planned to celebrate Martin Luther King Day. Also included is a free screening later that day of  The Rosa Parks Story, directed by nationally acclaimed filmmaker Julie Dash.

Monday, January 18
The Indianapolis Musuem of Art
4000 Michigan Rd.
11am-5pm Events are and art tours are scheduled
4pm at the Toby/The Rosa Parks Story
Admission: FREE

2. INvision/Alliance of Photographic Artists showing of “Casserole: A Mixture of Photographic Thoughts.” Spend some time viewing the work of several local photographers.  Free casseroles will be dished out in generous portions during the reception, so get there promptly before 8pm!

Friday, January 15 / Opening Reception
Bona Thompson Memorial Center – Irvington5350 E. University Ave.
5pm-8pm
Admission:FREE

Artist Work on Display:
Andy Chen
Lauren Ditchley
Mary Hansen
Holly Hooper
Holly Jordan
Rich Phelan
Ginny Taylor Rosner
Jon Scott
Mike Stroup

3. Naptown Rollergirls/New Year’s Smear After Party to fight Leukemia: Birdy’s is hosting this smash up to raise cash and awareness of Leaukemia, especially since NRG member Ivanna B. Naughty was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in 2009.A Squared Industries will be spinning all night long and you get to hang with the Naptown Rollergirls.

Saturday, January 16, 2010
Birdy’s Bar and Grill
71st & Keystone
Admission: $5
Time: 10pm (after the bout at the Pepsi Coleseum)

4. Winter Warm-up Shimmy Show:  Badriya bint Daa’ood is hosting a night of Middle Eastern music and belly dancing.  Tarot readings and more dancing is scheduled. Looks like the first half of the show is for all ages and then when the second half starts is going to be a little bit more adult. Vavava-voom!

Friday, January 15th
Wheeler Arts Community
1035 Sanders Street
Indianapolis
Doors open at 7pm Show 7:30 pm

Quick Links
1.The one bizarro piece you keep in your portfolio: It’s a little morbid but I would love to have this person’s porfolio piece on my desk to discuss! Holy anatomical correctness!

2. Please don’t mess up my google street view: Google is squelching this report now, but if those annoying pop up ads strart showing up on my street view I’m going back to using a printed map and compass.

3. Did they learn nothing from Austin Powers? I guess not, so there is a fembot on the market now. This is going to end horribly bad, in the near future.

4. Taking a gander at AKA Corleone’s posters-these are DYN-O-MITE.

5. A redesign of the airline boarding pass: Tyler Thompson takes this on and makes me think-hell why didn’t I think of that? Pretty clever.

Well we’ve had a blue moon and now you can see a blue angel, this week is looking pretty awesome for being snowed in and bone chilling cold. Stay warm and have a good time!

Events
1. The Blue Angel: One of Von Sternberg’s greatest German films of the thirties, (before Goebbels took over the German film industry). This film made Marlene Dietrich into an international star. It’s more than a Barry Manilow song, come see what Lola Lola was all about in this particular German Cabaret.

Friday, January 8
WINTER NIGHTS FILM: The Blue Angel
The Indianapolis Museum of Art
4000 Michigan Street
The Toby
7:00 pm
Tickets: $9 Public/ $5 Members/ $7 students with ID

2. Happy Birthday Elvis: Elvis’ Birthday Bash at Locals Only featuring local Rockabilly faves The Danny Thompson Trio, Mandy Mare and the Cool Hand Lukes and Indy’s favorite Zombie rock, Harley Poe.

Friday, January 8
Locals Only
2449 E. 56th Street
9:00 pm
Admission: TBD

3. Gather around the fire for a listening party: Twinpeaks, MOKB & NUVO Present: Vampire Weekend “Contra” Listening Party. As an added bonus you can win some free swag via Nuvo

Thursday, January 7
Upland Tasting Room
4842 North College
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Admission: Free

4. Chill out and LET GO! at The Lockerbie Pub.This is the first of a series of Tuesday nights that features A SQUARED INDUSTRIES DJS, DJ SCOTT MATELIC and DJ ACTION JACKSON. Also the Naptown Roller Girls are swinging by to drink Sun King Beer with y’all.

Tuesday, January 5
Lockerbie Pub
631 East Michigan Street
10:00 pm
Admission: FREE

5. We want the Funk–gotta have that funk now: SO if you ask for it than you shall receive, Super Funk at The Jazz Kitchen this Friday.

Friday, January 8
The Jazz Kitchen
5377 N. College Avenue
8:00 & 10:00 pm.
Admission: TBD

Quick Links
1. Urban Photography tips

2. I’m toying with the idea of an e-newsletter, it’s a lot of work…. But if you are in the market to do it check out some of the pro’s for email marketing.

3. Getting back into the routine: Coming back to work after the holidays doesn’t have to be a drag.

4. Fun with found objects and Visa Cards: Visa Arts on the Go Campaign.