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Volume 35, Number 5 Thursday, February 7, 2019 Monumental Works by Edmund Lawler rom an industrial- looking workshop in a century-old brick building chock full of metal shards, blow torches, anvils, a hoist and a smatter of weld- ing tools arises the grace- ful, virtuosic handiwork of perhaps the nation’s most prolifi c public sculptor. Welcome to Richard Hunt’s Chi- cago studio. Beneath a 40-foot atri- um in a building that was once a Chicago Transit Authority electrical substation, the 83-year-old sculp- tor crafts large-scale abstract metal creations that accent more than 130 public sites across America. If you’ve been to Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame, Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph, Mich., or just about anywhere in Hunt’s hometown of Chicago, you’ve seen his monumental works of copper, bronze and steel. They’re impossible to miss. For example, his sculpture “And You, Seas,” where the St. Joseph River meets Silver Beach, soars to a height of 48 feet. Nearby, at KAC, a pair of 22-foot high, twisting stain- less steel arches form a stunning new entrance to the art center’s lakefront campus. Richard Hunt is When he’s not working in his stu- photographed by dio in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neigh- Russell Jenkins in borhood, Hunt often can be found his Chicago studio. in his other workshop: the Richard Continued on Page 2 THE Page 2 February 7, 2019

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As an adult, he’s been a regular guest at artist Monumental Works Continued from Page 1 friends’ homes in such Harbor Country communi- ties as New Buffalo and Lakeside. Southwest Michi- Hunt Studio Center, which he established in 1995 gan has always felt like a second home to him. in Benton Harbor’s Arts District. Regardless if he’s sculpting in Benton Harbor or He was encouraged to open shop there by Corner- in Chicago, his creative process is much the same. stone Alliance, the economic development agency He combines the industrial skills of a master welder serving Benton Harbor and other Berrien County with the improvisational talents of a jazz musician. communities. The Alliance’s Community Renewal He admits he’s never quite sure where his muse will Through the Arts pro- take him when craft- gram is designed to help ing his wildly surreal stimulate the arts and sculptural creations that economic growth, and often feature a winged Hunt was eager to pitch motif. in. Hunt explains that he “It’s an attempt on a works directly with met- small-town level to cre- al as opposed to a sculpt- ate something like the ing process, where mol- River North area in Chi- ten metal is poured into cago or SoHo in New a shape so it will cool and York, where you have a harden into that form. blend of studios and gal- Working directly with leries and restaurants,” metal, he believes, al- Hunt says. “Benton lows for more improvisa- Harbor had taken over tion as he bends, burns several tax-delinquent and buffets a piece into properties, so I took a shape. look at some of them “In some of my works, and saw one I liked near it is my intention to de- Fourth and Territorial.” velop the kind of forms The district is a far nature might create if cry from River North’s only heat and steel were vibrancy and critical available to her,” he said. mass, but Hunt says Working directly with people who expect to metal, he adds, “Allows fi nd downtown Benton more freedom of ex- Harbor to be deserted pression than any other and dilapidated might sculpture technique. You be surprised to fi nd Hunt’s “Hybrid Figure,” outside the front doors at Lubeznik Center for the Arts. can put things together. signs of life, including some interesting dining and You can take them apart. Or you can put them to- entertainment venues, like The Mason Jar Cafe or gether in a little different way. There is the process The Livery. of working with the tools, feeling the metal, doing He remembers going with his family when he was whatever it is that you want to do with it.” a child to Benton Harbor to watch the legendary As a young man who contemplated a career as House of David baseball team. The extravagantly a painter, Hunt was inspired to work directly with bearded ball players represented a religious society metal after seeing a touring international exhibit founded there. His family — his father was a barber that stopped in Chicago. It featured some sculp- and his mother a beautician — also paid summer- tures of Picasso and his fellow Spanish abstraction- time visits to friends’ homes in nearby Cassopolis. ist, Julio Gonzalez. THE February 7, 2019 Page 3

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT INDIANA LAKEFRONT With Alan Landing’s permission (Alan has been appraising Indiana and Michigan properties for at least 30 years), I am quoting from his annual report on real-estate prices and sales. Alan has been publishing this annual report for many, many years. Data is for 2018 from GNIAR

“In LaPorte County, of the seven reporting districts, four had fewer sales in 2018 than 2017, although all seven districts enjoyed The former Chicago Transit Authority building higher prices, with Michigan City reaching that Richard Hunt now uses for a studio. WKHSODWHDXIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHHYHU At Chicago’s School of the Art Institute, where 0/6GLVWULFWZKLFKHQFRPSDVVHVWKH he graduated in 1957, Hunt also was inspired by lake neighborhoods, had a record year for the abstract metal sculptures of his professor, Egon VDOHV RYHU  PLOOLRQ ZLWK  ZKLOH WKH old record was seven! Virtually all of the Weiner, as well as by another teacher, Nelli Bar. SULFHLQFUHDVHLQWKHODNHDUHDFDPHIURP Both Jews, they fl ed Nazi Germany to avoid perse- WKH VDOHV RI KRPHV ZRUWK  PLOOLRQ DQG cution. PRUH ZLWK IRXU VDOHV WRSSLQJ  PLOOLRQ Hunt, who began sculpting in clay in a makeshift WKLV\HDU´ studio in the bedroom of his family’s home on Chica- go’s South Side, wasted no time in making his mark on the world of art. When he was a junior at the ³$V PHQWLRQHG DERYH WKH ODNH DUHD  School of the Art Institute, the Museum of Modern saw unit sales overall decline by 11, while Art in New York purchased one of his metal sculp- SULFHV URVH DSSUR[LPDWHO\  RQ tures, “Arachne.” DYHUDJHZLWKPRVWRIWKHLQFUHDVHIRXQG “It was obviously the most pleasant surprise I LQ WKH VDOHV RI KRPHV RI  PLOOLRQ RU had up until that point,” says Hunt, a self-effacing PRUH/RZHUSULFHFDWHJRULHVVDZYLUWXDOO\ man with a gentle spirit. “It came out of the blue.” QR JDLQ LQ  /RQJ %HDFK ¿QGV LWVHOI LQWDONVRYHUVHSWLFV\VWHPUHTXLUHPHQWV VHDZDOO UHTXLUHPHQWV DQG HYHQ ODNH RZQHUVKLSGLVFXVVLRQV7KLVZRXOGVHHP WRSUHVHQWDFKLOOLQJHIIHFWRQWKHPDUNHW EDVHGRQWKHIHZHUVDOHV+RZHYHUWKH VDOHVRIKRPHVZLWKDYDOXHRIPLOOLRQ RU PRUH KDG D UHFRUG \HDU DW  ZLWK  EHLQJWKHEHVW\HDUHYHUEHIRUH2IWKHVH VDOHVIRXUWRSSHGWKHPLOOLRQPDUN 6RHYHQZLWKDQXPEHURILVVXHVKDQJLQJ RYHUWKHGLVWULFWEX\HUVSDLGVRPHUHFRUG SULFHVIRUODNHIURQWSURSHUWLHV´

Alan did not break out Long Beach from Shorewood Hills, Duneland Beach and Michiana Shores, as I did last month. But I thought it would be good to see his comments Hunt’s “I Have Been to the Mountaintop” in Memphis, Tenn. and analysis, especially his information about harbor country Fourteen years later, Hunt became the fi rst Afri- higher end properties that I did not discuss. can-American artist to have a major solo exhibit at O: 269.469.5635 Ext. 302 MoMA, one of the world’s largest and most infl uen- C: 269.612.0505 Dan Coffey E: [email protected] tial repositories of modern art. W: www.remaxhc.com Continued on Page 4 THE Page 4 February 7, 2019 experience in America, as evident by such works as Monumental Works Continued from Page 3 the ‘Freedman’s Column’ at Howard University and ‘I Have Been to the Mountaintop,’ a memorial to As a student at the School of the Art Institute in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, the 1950s, Hunt was only one of a handful of black where King was killed. students. He recalls there were no black instruc- “Hunt’s success and popularity as a sculptor of tors. Some of his fellow African-American class- public pieces can be attributed to the universal ap- mates went on to become art teachers or commer- peal of his work and his remarkable ability to pro- cial artists. duce abstract works that are suggestive of themes

Richard Hunt says working with metal allows for more improvisation. “They did not have the great luck that I had,” and people of his immediate world.” Hunt says with his characteristic sense of under- Graduating with a degree in art education, Hunt statement. was awarded a coveted year-long fellowship that al- According to the Smithsonian Institution, “The lowed him to travel and study throughout Europe. public sculptures of Richard Hunt undeniably After a two-year stint in the U.S. Army, Hunt went bridge the gap between abstract art and the black on to a glittering career in which his sculptures were exhibited throughout the world. He served on the Smithsonian board of directors and was a mem- ber of the National Council on the Arts. He was a professor-in-residence or artist-in- residence at universities such as Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, Cornell and Indiana. He continues to sculpt every day, but at 83, he feels it’s no longer his place to advise younger generations of artists. “Too much time has passed for me to be giving advice to students. But maybe there are some se- nior citizens at assisted living centers who want to hear me talk about using clay models,” he says with a laugh. More understatement from one of the greatest living American sculptors whose remarkable body of work over more than 60 years work will forever Installations outside Krasl Art Center by Richard Hunt. be held in the highest regard. THE February 7, 2019 Page 5

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Is that pain in your heel or bottom of your foot due to PLANTAR FASCIITIS? FREE Heel and Foot Pain Workshop Reveals Natural Healing Secrets

Does your heel or bottom of your foot hurt: • with the first few steps out of bed in the morning? Worse as the day progresses? • when walking after prolonged sitting? • when climbing stairs or standing on your toes? • after standing for long periods?

Dear fellow Northwest Indiana resident,

Heel and foot pain is no joke. It can be debilitating…

You begin to dread getting out of bed in the morning…not a great way to start your day.

You get embarrassed with the way you walk after sitting for a while…you get curious glances from people.

You get frustrated…disappointed, sometimes angry at yourself for not being able to do the things you love…like shopping, leisure walking or simply keeping up with your kids or grandkids.

What is plantar fasciitis?

Plantar fasciitis (say "PLAN-ter fash-ee-EYE-tus") is the most common cause of heel pain.

The plantar fascia is the flat band of tissue (ligament) that connects your heel bone to your toes. It supports the arch of your foot.

If you strain your plantar fascia, it gets weak, swollen and irritated (inflamed). Then, your heel or the bottom of your foot hurts when you stand or walk.

Repeated strain can cause tiny tears in the ligament. These can lead to pain and swelling. This is more likely to happen if:

• Your feet roll inward too much when you walk. • You have high arches or flat feet. • You walk, stand or run for long periods of time, especially on hard surfaces. • You are overweight. • You wear shoes that don't fit well or are worn out. Here’s the test…

Sit down on a comfortable chair. Cross the leg of the involved foot over the opposite knee.

With either thumb, press firmly on the bottom of the involved heel, towards the arch of the foot.

If you find that this spot is tender and painful to you pressing on it, then most likely you have plantar fasciitis. PAID ADVERTISEMENT THE February 7, 2019 Page 15

Now…using the hand on your affected side, take hold of your affected foot and pull your toes back towards the shin. This creates tension/stretch in the arch of the foot/plantar fascia.

Repeat on the other side for comparison.

If this step feels so much tighter on the affected side, then you most likely have plantar fasciitis.

Now you may be asking…can plantar fasciitis heal and pain subside without medications, injections or surgery?

In most cases, yes…but it depends on, but not limited, to the following factors: • Length of time you’ve been suffering. • Things you’re doing that are making the condition worse without you knowing it. • Degree of swelling and tightness of the plantar fascia.

FREE Heel and Foot Pain Workshop

To help our valued clients dealing with heel and foot pain, Orthopedic and Balance Therapy Specialists will host the FREE Heel and Foot Pain Workshop on the following dates and locations: • Tuesday, Feb. 19, LaPorte office at 5 PM: 1405 E. Lincolnway, Suite B (next to All Star Auto, same building as Hair Fitness) • Thursday, Feb. 21, Valparaiso office at 6 PM: 3125 Calumet Ave., Suite 8 (next to the Valpo YMCA) Here’s what you will learn at the workshop: • The Top 2 most common causes of heel and foot pain • Single biggest No. 1 mistake heel and foot pain sufferers make resulting in a condition that necessitates surgery • How you can heal naturally without medications, injections or surgery • Do-it-yourself techniques that will make you feeling better immediately after the workshop This event is limited to 20 attendees only due to the interactive nature of this workshop. To hold your spot, please call: • (219) 380-0809 in LaPORTE • (219) 202-2500 in VALPO See you at the workshop. Sincerely,

Dr. Arlan Alburo, PT, DPT, MTC Orthopedic and Balance Therapy Specialists PS-Call NOW to hold your spot for the FREE Heel and Foot Pain Workshop on: • Tuesday, Feb. 19, La Porte (219-380-0809) • Thursday, Feb. 21, in Valpo (219-202-2500)

PAID ADVERTISEMENT THE Page 16 February 7, 2019 Oscar Watch: “Free Solo” by Andrew Tallackson

It takes a mighty ego to upstage a 3,000-foot-tall on a thrill seeker’s pedestal. But husband-and-wife vertical rock formation...but Alex Honnold some- fi lmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy how achieves that feat, often on unnerving levels, Chin, the later orchestrating the fi lm’s jaw-drop- in “Free Solo.” ping rock-climbing moments, take Honnold to task, Here is a fi lm, Oscar nominated for Best Docu- dissecting him like a curious lab experiment. mentary Feature, that is as much in awe of nature Honnold, it seems, only feels alive when scal- as it is terrifi ed by it, and it uses the now 33-year- ing impossible mountains. His brain spins a mile a old rock climber to explore what type of person minute. He primarily lives in a van. He prefers soli- has the huevos to scale El tude to companionship. Capitan Wall, the intimi- The revelation by his dating granite monolith at mother that his father Yosemite National Park, likely had Asperger syn- without any harness- drome hints at the forces es, ropes or equipment. at work within Honnold. What’s called a free solo His latest girlfriend, San- climb. Brave...or suitably ni McCandless, who has unstable? lasted longer than any By the end of the fi lm, signifi cant other before we may have the answers. her, has the patience of I was prepared to dis- a saint, but before the El miss “Free Solo.” How Capitan climb, poses this could it be nominated of Honnold: Is her fear for Best Documentary that he may not survive, Feature and not the pro- the emotional hell each foundly moving “Three adventure exacts on her, Identical Strangers,” or of any consideration to the whimsically optimistic him? “Won’t You Be My Neigh- It is a legitimate ques- bor?” But the National tion. The fi lm frequently Geographic-produced fi lm makes mention of other is bold, muscular, visually climbers who plunge to hypnotic. their deaths, some of So, yeah, it deserves the whom Honnold knows Oscar nomination. well, but whose deaths The crew assembled to he shrugs off, casually, as capture Honnold’s June if simply being told of a 2017 free-solo ascent at change in weather. Even El Capitan achieves what one of Honnold’s camera- you’d expect from a Na- men, a longtime friend, tional Geographic pro- can’t watch the precari- duction. The colors of the ★ ★ ★1/2 ous moments of the El Yosemite landscape pop Capitan climb, fearful he with lush vibrancy. Drone “Free Solo” will catch sight of a man’s Running time: 100 minutes. Rated PG-13 photography seamlessly fi nal moments. for brief strong language captures aerial footage No doubt Honnold will in ways fi lm crews rarely achieve other remarkable could have done 10 years ago. The camera is inches feats in his life. He may even succumb to them. I’d away from Honnold’s face. His feet. His chalky fi n- be curious to know, 10 years from now, if he’s mar- gers as they grasp for leverage. The effect is queasy, ried or has children. As it stands now, the thrill of dizzying, with a you-are-there immediacy. achieving the unachievable remains his most allur- Oftentimes, during the nail-biting fi nale that ing mistress. depicts Honnold’s trek up El Capitan, a part of me Contact Andrew Tallackson at [email protected] wondered, “Is some impressionable dolt going to see this and attempt the same feat?” Had “Free Solo” been directed by ADD 10-year- The Beacher olds, indeed, the fi lm would have placed Honnold Keeping You Updated on the Arts! THE February 7, 2019 Page 17 And the Nominees Are... PICTURE ACTOR T“Black Panther” TChristian Bale, “Vice” New! T“BlacKkKlansman” TBradley Cooper, “A Star is Born” 1st and T“Bohemian Rhapsody” TWillem DaFoe, “At Eternity’s Gate” 2nd Place T“The Favourite” TRami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” T“Green Book” TViggo Mortensen, “Green Book” Prizes T“Roma” ACTRESS T“A Star is Born” TYalitza Arapicio, “Roma” T“Vice” TGlenn Close, “The Wife” DIRECTOR TOlivia Colman, “The Favourite” T“BlacKkKlansman,” TLady Gaga, “A Star is Born” Spike Lee TMelissa McCarthy, T“Cold War,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Paweł Pawlikowski SUPPORTING ACTOR T“The Favourite,” Yorgos Lanthimos” TMahershala Ali, “Green Book” T“Roma,” Alfonso Cuaron TAdam Driver, “BlackKlansman” T“Vice,” Adam McKay TSam Elliot, “A Star is Born” TRichard E. Grant, “Can You Ever ORIGINAL Forgive Me” SCREENPLAY TSam Rockwell, “Vice” T“The Favourite” SUPPORTING ACTRESS T“First Reformed” TAmy Adams, “Vice” T“Green Book” TMarina de Tavira, “Roma” T“Roma” TRegina King, “If Beale String Could Talk” T“Vice” TEmma Stone, “The Favourite” ADAPTED SCREENPLAY TRachel Weisz, “The Favourite” T“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” T“BlacKkKlansman” T“Can You Ever Forgive Me” T“If Beale Street Could Talk” T“A Star is Born”

Rules for The Beacher’s Beat the Editor Contest: Check one box in each category. Only one entry per person. Entries from Beacher employees will not be accepted. Forms can be dropped off at The Beacher or submitted by mail to: The Beacher, Attn: Oscar Contest, 911 Franklin St., Michigan City, IN 46360. Only scanned copies will be allowed by fax to (219) 879-8070 or email to [email protected]. The deadline is noon Monday, Feb. 18. Editor Andrew Tallackson’s picks will appear in the Feb. 21 edition, before the Feb. 24 telecast. Those who beat his picks will be placed into a drawing. First place receives a $25 Fiddlehead gift certificate and an AMC movie pass. Second place receives an AMC movie pass. If no one beats him, readers with the most correct picks will be placed into the draw- ing. The winner will be revealed in the March 7 edition. Name: City/Town: Phone Number: THE Page 18 February 7, 2019 Oscar Watch: “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” by Andrew Tallackson Any other year, Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. self from there. Her subsequent use of the F word Grant not only would be Oscar shortlisted for their in fi lms like “The Heat” felt like the equivalent of revelatory work in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” but military bombardments. they’d leave their competitors in the dust. But in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” director Mari- But with so few people having seen this gem of a elle Heller (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl”), work- movie, the two will have to settle on their nomina- ing from the astute Oscar-nominated screenplay by tions as the “win.” Nicole Holofcener (“Friends with Money,” “Enough One benefi t of the Golden Globes — the alcoholic Said”) and “Avenue Q” co-creator Jeff Whitty, reins precursor to the Oscars — is that it cleaves catego- in the actress, not by necessarily hitting the mute ries into dramas and button, but by pushing comedies, thus afford- her further than any di- ing comic actors and rector beforehand. She actresses a better shot strips the actress bare, at nabbing trophies. with no makeup and “Can You Ever For- a disheveled mop of a give Me?” isn’t neces- hairstyle. McCarthy sarily a comedy, but reeks of desperation, everyone involved is drowning her woes in savvy enough to capi- alcohol and dismiss- talize on the outra- ing others with acidic geous irony of its larg- barbs. er-than-life true story. It is a tribute to the It’s based on the late actress that she some- Lee Israel, who in the how makes Lee likable 1970s-1980s courted through her brittle vul- success with respected nerability, a desire to be biographies of actress loved — the movie does Tallulah Bankhead not shy away from her and cosmetics giant Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant star in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” homosexuality — and Estée Lauder. to restore her credibil- As the fi lm opens, it’s ★ ★ ★ 1/2 ity within the publishing the early 1990s and she’s world. hit rock bottom, unable to “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” Lee’s partner in crime publish books or maga- Running time: 106 minutes. Rated R for language is Jack (Grant), the role zine articles. Her editor (a including some sexual references, and brief drug use itself a tired trope in com- tart Jane Curtin) wants edies: the bitchy gay best little to do with her. She’s friend. But Grant dodges behind on the rent, unable to pay for the medical that bullet through an aching loneliness, a desire care her cat requires. for companionship wherever he can take it. Late in She stumbles upon an actual note by Fanny Brice, the fi lm, when all is said and done, and Lee meets and through a crazed burst of inspiration adds a with Jack to give the head’s up she is writing about witticism to it with her typewriter. She then sells them, Jack is thin and gaunt, dying from AIDS. it to the owner of a nearby bookstore, the meager Rarely has an actor so hauntingly conveyed some- profi t enough to cover rent and cat medicine. From one painfully aware of his own dwindling mortal- there, the scheme grows more elaborate as she ob- ity. It’s heartbreaking, his fi nal exchange with Mc- sessively creates fakes of personal communications Carthy, and the actress reacts to his caustic humor by everyone from Dorothy Parker to Noël Coward. with a quivering smile that beautifully encapsu- It works. She’s able to live in relative comfort...until lates their love-hate relationship. the FBI gets word of her shenanigans. The bond between the two is so subtle, it may be Lee is played by McCarthy in a performance un- too subtle for Oscar voters who prefer their trophy like anything before this. Her breakout, Oscar-nom- winners a tad showier. inated work in “Bridesmaids” (2011) was a blessing That’s a shame. McCarthy and Grant gave two of and a curse: a blessing in how it revealed McCar- the best performances of the year. thy’s disarming approach to comedy (the vulgar (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” arrives on DVD and court jester disguised as misguided sincerity), and blu-ray Feb. 19.) a curse in that McCarthy felt compelled to top her- Contact Andrew Tallackson at [email protected] THE February 7, 2019 Page 19 Oscar Watch: “Cold War” by Andrew Tallackson Paweł Pawlikowski. present communist propaganda, Wiktor feels com- Never heard of him? The Polish-born, United pelled to fl ee, to France, where he and Zula can Kingdom-bred fi lmmaker has carved a celebrated be free as artists. To love each other on their own career for himself. “Ida,” his 2015 Oscar winner for terms. How Zula’s decision to stay put charts the Best Foreign Film, told of a woman on the cusp of course of “Cold War” from there. taking vows as a nun who learns her parents were What’s intriguing about “Cold War” is how the Jewish. tone of the picture shifts with the changing times. Still not ringing any bells? The early scenes are appropriately somber and el- OK, try this: Pawlikowski’s the guy who bumped egaic, the passages of life in 1950s France bouncing Bradley Cooper from this along at a jazzier groove. year’s Oscar race for Best Di- But it is in France that rector, his stark, black-and- the vitality of the rela- white “Cold War” besting tionship between Wiktor Cooper’s much-beloved debut and Zula sheds its lus- behind the camera, “A Star Is ter. I can’t put my fi nger Born.” on it, whether it is Kot’s Pawlikowski is a natural- inert performance or the born storyteller, with a paint- way the role was writ- erly eye for crafting images. ten, but Wiktor is a bit “Cold War” may be the most of a dud. He gazes long- achingly beautiful fi lm of ingly, with bedroom eyes, 2018. And at a lean 89 min- at Zula, but that’s about utes, the director makes the it. The fi lm falls into the most of his economical run- trap of so many love-hate ning time, the story span- affairs, where the moody, ning the late 1940s to the temperamental artist mid-1960s. longs for, and tires of, his If only the third act was as muse. Pawlikowski also compelling as what preceded comes dangerously close it. to letting style trump The fi lm opens in 1946, substance, the political as men and women in post- confl ict that chips away World War II Poland audition at Wiktor and Zula lost to to become traveling perform- a camera that lingers on ers celebrating Polish culture Kulig as if she’s Brigitte and history. Wiktor Warski Bardot in pretentiously (Tomasz Kot) is the music hip perfume commer- director/conductor, and he’s cials. immediate attracted to Zula You come dangerously close to not caring any- Lichon. As played with a real Tomasz Kot and Joanna Kulig star in “Cold War.” fi re in her belly by Joanna more about these two... Kulig, it’s easy to see what ★ ★ ★ until the closing 10 min- draws Wiktor to Joanna. utes. Pawlikowski, who She’s driven, passionate. En- “Cold War” loosely based the fi lm on igmatically sexy: Her diffi cult Running time: 89 minutes. Rated R for his parents, strips “Cold past appears to have sculpted some sexual content, nudity and language War” of all the glitz and her potent demeanor. glamour and returns to Their emerging love affair is captured through the bare core of these two people, and we are moved. the gorgeous Oscar-nominated cinematography of Not tremendously so, but moved nonetheless. Łukasz Zal. Here is a case where black-and-white Pawlikowski is a tremendous talent. The Best imagery feels appropriate: less a stylistic choice like Director Oscar nomination is deserved. A fi lm of Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” more a means to convey sheer perfection, however, awaits. Poland as a country reborn amid ruin. And the mu- (“Cold War” can be viewed on Amazon Prime sic of Wiktor’s troupe is haunting: hymn-like re- starting March 22.) minders of loss and hope. Contact Andrew Tallackson at drew@thebeacher. 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School of American Music held its winter recital Sunday, Jan. 27, at Three Oaks Arts & Education Center. The recital featured 14 students from voice, pi- ano, violin and guitar studios. Students ranged in age from 5 to 71. The voice studio, led by instructor Donna Mitch- ell, featured Broadway selections, while the violin studio, led by instructor Beth Osseberg, featured classical formative pieces from the violin repertoire. The guitar studio, led by instructor Garth Tay- lor, featured dances played in classical style, while the piano studios, led by instructors Denise Vanden Bussche and Aglaja Petrova, featured pieces from the beginning piano repertoire. Visit schoolofamericanmusic.org for more details. SMSO Presents Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra will unveil its new concert series, “SMSO Presents,” at 2 p.m. EST Sunday, Feb. 10, at The Acorn Theater, 107 Generation Drive, Three Oaks, Mich. The series introduces hour-long programming, with smaller ensem- ble and solo performers. The Feb. 10 concert, “That’s Amoré! An Afternoon Cabaret of Arias & Love Songs,” fea- tures tenor Paul Mow and pianist Joshua Goines, with guest vocalists Meredith Best George, Kacie Colleen Mow Mercer and Abby Murray Vachon. Tickets, which are $25, are available at www. smso.org or at the door. DREAM HOMES START WITH Duneland Home Pro Hardware & Design Center DREAM SERVICE. Karwick Plaza Michigan City • 219-878-1720 Gina Siwietz CABINETS & COUNTER TOP SALE Mortgage Advisor You will fi nd unbeatable prices on Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry... Many cabinets are part of our QSP (269) 469-7512 (Quick Ship Program). Cabinets in 10 days or less!!! Free Estimates... NMLS# 586271 HorizonBank.com THE Page 22 February 7, 2019 GeoBee Winners Chesterton Art Center Approximately 360 students at Krueger Middle The following programs are through Chesterton School participated in the school-level National Art Center, 115 S. Fourth St.: Geographic GeoBee in late November/early Decem- • Dick Church will offer a six-week Begin- ber, with the top 10 students advancing to the fi nal ning/Intermediate Watercolor Class starting school competition. from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 15. Church will lead students through a variety of watercolor techniques. The cost is $95, with mem- bers receiving a $20 discount. Supplies are not in- cluded. Church will discuss supplies with all begin- ners to start the class. • A new fi ve-week session of Monday Night Ceramics starts from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 18. Beginning students will develop fundamental wheel-throwing techniques, while returning stu- dents refi ne techniques to create more complex forms. Instructor Tom Cernius will perform short demonstrations while assisting students to improve throwing skills. Hand-building and sculpture also are encouraged. Students can try slab-building, pinch-pot hand-building and basic sculptural tech- niques, including fi gurine/small statue construc- tion. All pieces will be glazed during the fi nal class. Krueger Middle School winners (from left) James Symons, The cost is $135, with members receiving a $25 Wyatt Bauer and Issac Williams. discount. The cost of clay is an additional $15, pay- able to the instructor on the fi rst day of class. All On Dec. 12, seventh-grader Wyatt Bauer won fi rst other supplies are included. place, eighth-grader Issac Williams took second and ❑ seventh-grader James Symons fi nished third. Call (219) 926-4711 or visit www.chestertonart. The school-level competition is the fi rst round in com for more details. the annual National Geographic GeoBee. Teacher Janine Peo is the Krueger coordinator. Westchester Public Library Bauer enjoys the mini-series “Planet Earth,” The following programs are available: which he feels helped prepare him for the contest. He will take an online qualifying test March 29 to • Bits & Bytes series, The Basics of iPhone & see if he advances to the state GeoBee competition. iPad, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at Thom- as Library, 200 W. Indiana Ave., Chesterton. Registration is required by visiting or calling the IT Department at (219) 926-7696, or registering at www.wpl.lib.in.us. Click on the Bits & Bytes link. • Kids Improv from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thurs- day, Feb. 7, in the Thomas Branch Bertha PLUMBING Wood Meeting Room. DYE & HEATING The improvisational games are aimed at youth 8-12. No registration is required. 1600 Lake St., La Porte • Knit Wits and Pearls of Wisdom at 9 a.m. 219-362-6251 Thursdays, Feb. 7, 14, 21 and 28, at Hageman Toll Free 1-800-393-4449 Library, 100 Francis St., Porter. 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Brochures Activities to Explore In the Area: Feb. 7 — Kids Improv, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Westches- ter Public Library, 200 W. Indiana Ave., Chesterton. Feb. 9 — Duneland Weavers Guild, 10 a.m., The Baugher Center, 100 W. Indiana Ave., Chesterton. Info: www.dunelandweaversguild.org Feb. 9 — Art in the National Lakeshore, 2-4 p.m., Indiana Dunes Visitor Center, 1215 N. Indiana 49, Porter. Info: (219) 395-1882. Feb. 9 — Snowshoe Shuffl e, 10-11:30 a.m., Na- ture Center @ Indiana Dunes State Park, 1600 N. County Road 25 East, Chesterton. Info: (219) 926- 1390. Feb. 9 — 69th Annual Valentine Tea, 1 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 121 E. Seventh St. Free. Feb. 10 — Snowshoe hike, 1-3 p.m., Indiana Dunes Visitor Center, 1215 N. Indiana 49, Porter. Info: (219) 395-1882. Feb. 10 — To the Beach & Back Hike, 10-11:30 a.m., Indiana Dunes State Park, 1600 N. County Road 25 East, Chesterton. Info: (219) 926-1390. Feb. 10 —Mindfulness Light for the Reluctant User, 2 p.m., Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St. Info: (219) 873-3049. Feb. 11 — Friends of New Buffalo Library Chef Night, 5 p.m. EST @ library, 33 N. Thompson St. Cost: $25/family (three-person minimum), $20/indi- vidual. Registration: (269) 469-2933, www.newbuf- falotownshiplibrary.org Feb. 11 — Great Decisions, 6:30 p.m., Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St. Info: (219) 873-3049. Feb. 12 — Lunch With the League, noon, Pat- rick’s Grille, 4125 Franklin St. Info: LWVlaporte. org, LWV at [email protected] Feb. 13 — Angels Among Us — Be Our Valen- tine!, 2 p.m., Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St. Info: (219) 873-3049. In the Region Feb. 8 — Opening party, “Aftermath: War is Only Half the Story,” 6-8 p.m. EST, Krasl Art Center, 707 Lake Blvd., St. Joseph, Mich. Free. Info: (269) 983- 0271, krasl.org Feb. 8 — Dan Navarro debuts w/ opener Patti Shaffner, 8 p.m. EST, The Acorn Theater, 107 Gen- erations Drive, Three Oaks, Mich. Tickets: $25. Info: www.acorntheater.org, (269) 756-3879. Feb. 9 — South Bend Comic Book Convention, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. EST, Comfort Suites, 52933 U.S. 933. Free. Info: www.epguides.com/comics, (309) 657-1599. Feb. 9 — Free panel discussion, “Aftermath: War the eacher usiness rinters is Only Half the Story,” 10 a.m.-noon EST, Krasl Art B B P Center, 707 Lake Blvd., St. Joseph, Mich. Info: (269) 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City 983-0271, krasl.org (219) 879 0088 • Fax (219) 879 8070 Feb. 9 — “Jazz with the SMSO,” 7:30 p.m. EST, email: [email protected] • http://www.thebeacher.com Lake Michigan College’s Grand Upton Hall, 1100 Yore Ave., Benton Harbor, Mich. Tickets/reserva- THE February 7, 2019 Page 27 tions: www.smso.org, (269) 982-4030. High Speed Feb. 9 — Unwrapped at the Box, Sankofa in Concert, 8 p.m. EST, The Acorn Theater, 107 Gen- erations Drive, Three Oaks, Mich. Cost: $10. Info: www.acorntheater.org, (269) 756-3879. Copies Feb. 10 — “SMSO Presents” concert series, “That’s Amoré! An Afternoon Cabaret of Arias & Love Songs,” 2 p.m. EST, The Acorn Theater, 107 Generation Drive, Three Oaks, Mich. Tickets: $25. Reservations: www.smso.org Through Feb. 28 — Multi-media exhibit, Mi- chael Klaus Schmidt, The Village Gallery @ Pines Village Retirement Communities, 3303 Pines Vil- lage Circle. Info: (219) 465-1591. Support Groups Mondays — Codependents Anonymous (CoDA), 6 p.m., Franciscan Alliance-St. Anthony Health. Info: (219) 879-3817. Mondays, Fridays — Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m. Mon./Franciscian Hospital Clair of As- sisi Room, 3500 Franciscan Way; 9 a.m. Fri./First United Methodist Church, 121 E. Seventh St. Info: https://oa.org, (219) 879-0300. Wednesdays — Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group for Caregivers, 2 p.m., third Wednesday of each month, Rittenhouse Senior Living, 4300 Cleve- land Ave. Info: (888) 303-0180. Wednesdays — Al-Anon meetings, 6-7 p.m., Franciscan Alliance-St. Anthony Health. Info: (708) 927-5287.

Indiana Dunes State Park The following programs are offered: • Snowshoe Shuffl e from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. The free naturalist-led snowshoe exercise hike, which meets at the Nature Center, offers a chance to learn the history and techniques of snowshoeing. Free snowshoes will be available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. A winter hike is planned if there isn’t enough snow. • Nature Myths from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. Meet at the Nature Center to help shatter myths about animals that call the dunes home. • To the Beach & Back Hike from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. Join a naturalist at the Nature Center for a mod- erate hike, with the return trek along Trail 7. • Reptile Rendezvous from 2 to 2:40 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. Meet a naturalist at the Nature Center to see live turtles and snakes, the emphasis being how they the Beacher Business Printers survive the cold winter months. ❑ 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City Indiana Dunes State Park is at 1600 N. 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With utilities $435/mo. full, whichever comes fi rst. Also, 850 square feet retail or office, Michigan City, 8th & Franklin St., $800/mo. The schedule is: Call (219) 214-8044 • Feb. 27 — Catch The Sun. RENTALS INDIANA • March 6 — Bug Fun. ***LONG-TERM RENTALS***** • March 20 — A Hopping Good Time. $1,500/mo + utilities | Stop 20 | Furnished 3 BR 2 BA • April 10 — Scavenger Hunt Fun. 2-Car Garage Overlooking Moon Valley ****CARI ADAMS, PROPERTY MANAGER @ (219) 898-5412*** Furnished 2BR/1BA rental September-May in Sheridan Beach. Newly Daddy Daughter Dance — “Princess Style” rehabbed. $1,050. Call (574) 514-3224. Fathers and daughters can get dressed up for the Monthly rentals – Extended Stay! dance from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, or 2 to Furnished, housekeeping, cable, WiFi, waterfront, at Pioneer Pier. 1BR with kitchenette, $795. 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Red Mill County Park. 2BR with kitchen, $995. Each night has a limit of 90 individuals. 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Shelter and Hall Reservations Call (219) 325-8315 to make reservations for one of many picnic shelters at any of the four county parks, or Pat Smith Hall at Red Mill County Park for a family function.

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Awakened by James S. Murray with Darren to breathe once the methane level reaches a cer- Wearmouth (hardcover, $24.99 retail in bookstores tain point, and two, it won’t matter if a rescue train and online; also available as an eBook. 283 pages.) arrives to save them because any sparks from the “This wasn’t terrorism. It was pure terror.” train will cause the methane gas to explode. Horror. Science fi ction. Call it what you will. Now, the story splinters off into different direc- This book is scary, read-by-the-light-of-day scary. tions… And…it’s fun. Oh come on, you know we all like to Secret Service agent Samuels decides to take be scared out of our wits by books and movies that President Reynolds and Munoz into the tunnel and make us stuff popcorn in our mouth up to the river to meet a submarine to whisk the while grabbing the arm of whomever’s president to safety. How come Samu- sitting next to us. This book ranks els only takes Munoz with him? Why right up there with the best of adren- leave the rest of the agents behind? It aline-pumping terror. Here’s what it’s soon becomes apparent something or all about… someone is following them, and when New York City Mayor Tom Cafferty they get to the portal, Samuels seems is about to experience the crowning to have a different idea of what’s going achievement of his political career. to happen… After years of wrangling for money, Meanwhile in the Pavilion, a SWAT followed by years of excavation and unit lead by Sarah Bowcut has made its construction, the underground sub- way down the tunnel. Cafferty tells her way known as the Z Train Expansion, if his wife is alive, he is going to fi nd connecting Manhattan with New Jer- her. Bowcut and several of her team, sey under the Hudson River, is fi nally including Lucien Flament, a reporter, completed. volunteer to go with him. Flament is a Halfway between the New York and strange one. As they proceed, he seems Jersey’s shores, and 300 feet below the to know something he can’t or won’t river, is a brand new Visitors Pavilion share with the others… where the inaugural train will stop for speeches and Up on the ground in New Jersey, train engineer a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Cafferty stands next to Sal can see something is going wrong down below President Reynolds. He wasn’t invited — Cafferty and decides to take matters into his own hands, feels he should own the day — but Reynolds shows making a rescue run to the Pavilion…Hope he up anyway. No love lost between these two. knows the methane level is rising… Soon, the inaugural train, with 65 selected pas- Cafferty is about to learn what he has unleashed, sengers, including Cafferty’s wife, Ellen, leaves and it’s not a pretty picture. All this splintering off New Jersey and heads underground to the pavilion. of various people in different directions makes this Radio contact between the train and Cafferty goes one exciting read. Each chapter ends in a cliffhang- smoothly until…no more radio signals. Minutes er, switching over then to another part of the story, pass until…the train slides into the pavilion. No leaving you eager to see how all these various sce- sign of a living person. No sign of even a body. Only narios will come together. Or will they? empty cars splashed with blood from front to back It’s an exciting race to see who discovers the mys- and top to bottom. What the…? tery of the horrifi c killings. The bowels of the earth Now the real story begins… and sea are still a mystery to scientists and so offer Why are there no bodies on the train? Who or a wide range of possibilities for talented writers like what took them out? What happens next? Panic, of Murray and Wearmouth to speculate about. The course. The Secret Service pulls the president into characters cover the whole spectrum of good to bad the control center, locking the door, allowing no one and hero to coward. It’s as much a character assess- else in except the technical crew, sending the people ment as a horror story, making it an obsessive read. waiting at the train platform into a hysterical run Sure I can see this story as a movie, with all of for cover, running into each other, trying to fi nd the Hollywood’s special effects, but, hey, I’m old school… safest place to go. Naturally, the fi rst thing every- Read a book and use your imagination! one thinks is that this is a terrorist attack. The writers come from very different back- Cafferty seeks out Diego Munoz, head of opera- grounds: Wearmouth is ex-British Army who went tions at the Pavilion. What he tells him isn’t good. on to corporate technology before becoming a writ- The electric grid is down, and now, methane gas lev- er. Murray is a writer, actor and executive producer els in the tunnel are rising. of the TV show “Impractical Jokers.” That means two things: First, they won’t be able Till next time, happy reading! THE February 7, 2019 Page 31

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