Nelson Mandela and Garbo

Nelson Mandela and Garbo, Detail, BenWah’s Garage Art, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Garage Art, Indianapolis, IN.
Ben Wah Salami
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Happy Xmas Beatles Nativity

Beatles with Baby Ringo, a photo by DRheins on Flickr.

Every year at this festive time, the creative folks at hit city recording (Producers of Different Beat Radio) in Indianapolis decorate their SoBro (South Road Ripple) retro recording studio with a kitschy-Christmas collection of nostalgic and wacky rock and roll memroabila, including the famous (and sometimes controversial in this still conservative midwestern town) Beatles Cresh complete with Baby Ringo.

Studio chief, Tim Brickey (he of Bleeding Hearts and Phoenix Theatre Fame) and the brains behind the Rock n Roll Xmas installations explains to Free Pamphlet:  ”It’s all in good fun. Besides, Xmas in Sobro just wouldn’t be complete without our Beatles Nativity Scene.” Talk about Cool Yule.

All You Need is Love

All You Need Is Love

It’s the Friday before Thanksgiving and that means its Tonic Time in Indianapolis — an all-hands-on-deck call for the mid-western city’s top artists and musicians. More than 30 local bands and 40 visual artists will participate in the 9th annual charity event, which benefits Second Helpings – a very cool organization that  re-purposes surplus food to feed the hungry and create much-needed restaurant jobs in Indy.

The theme for this year’s celebration is The Beatles. While music hot spots Radio Radio and the Fountain Square Theatre will be rockin’ to the fab four’s greatest hits — right across the street arts patrons will shake, rattle and roll, bidding on a wide selection of visual art, with pieces going for as little as $100. Tonic Gallery opens at 5pm and closes at 8pm at New Day Meadery.

This Year’s Tonic Artists Include:
Allison Ford, Amanda Stirn, Amy Ward, Amy McAdams, Amy Noblitt, Andrew Hutchison, Ben Traub, Bill Anderson, Billy Phillips, Brian Phillips, Casey Jo Ailes, Casey Roberts, Douglas David, Emily Clark, Emma Overman, Eric Kass, Eric Stine, Flounder Lee, Jason Roemer & Aaron Scamihorn, Jeff Jeffries, Jeff Litsey, Jessica Sowls, Joe Vondersaar, John Clark, John Spitznogle, Josh Johnson, Judith Sturges, Kenneth Rhem, Kyle Ragsdale, Larry Endicott, Laura Kivela Schroeder, Lindsey Davidson, Luke Kroh, Mab Graves, MaryAnne Nguyen, Michelle Pemberton, Natalie Ingle, Pam Fraizer, Polina Osherov, Rob Day, Ryan VanHoy, Steve Hubert, Susan Brewer, Susan Fletcher Conaway, Tim Centers, Yasha Perrson

You Are Beautiful

You Are Beautiful

Originally uploaded by DRheins

Tonic Ball founder Ken Honeywell joins the Beatles’ cover band #9 on the rooftop of the Murphy Arts Center building, a la ‘Let It Be‘, in Fountain Square. The event was all to promote the ninth annual Tonic Ball, which will take place in the historic downtown Indianapolis neighborhood.

For more coverage of the rooftop event, please visit Indy Social Media blog here.

Truck o’ Cluck

Truck o’ Cluck

Originally uploaded by DRheins

the long last trip home

semi full of live chickens

caged tight and quiet

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David Rheins

Sign of the Times

Folly, Vernon IN

Originally uploaded by DRheins

“One man’s folly is another man’s wife,” reads this sign outside of the package liquor store in Vernon, Indiana.

blue loo haiku 2

blue loo hit city

Originally uploaded by DRheins

her face in the wall

too bright to see her eye whites

I lay low, then go

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David Rheins

The Wired World of Chad M Campbell

First Friday Art Tour

Originally uploaded by DRheins

Artist Chad M Campbell likes to make things. Like the little wire people whom he strategically and artfully placed in the nooks and crannies of this Harrison Center Artist Studios hallway.

“Infestation, A Growing Work” is but one of thousands of pieces of homegrown art on display as part of the First Friday Art Tour, presented the first Friday of every month by the Indianapolis Downtown Artists & Dealers Association (IDADA).

For a photo retrospective of the show, please visit the Free Pamphlet flickr gallery here.

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Veracity

Veracity Street Art, Soho

Originally uploaded by DRheins

scribbled words call out

soho street art paste up prose

what you see is true

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David Rheins

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Super Bowl Haiku Week

Super Trip

Colts fan caravan

hot drive down to Miami

singing ourselves horse

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David Rheins

Indianapolis poet David Rheins is capturing the excitement of Super Bowl Week in Haiku.

Check out more, or even add some verse of your own, here.