Second Helpings
03/20/2019
Rob Peoni
Communications & Marketing Manager
United States
Indianapolis communications strategist with experience in arts, events, nonprofits and more. Contact me: [email protected]
United States
Indianapolis communications strategist with experience in arts, events, nonprofits and more. Contact me: [email protected]
Updated the content and design of the Second Helpings' Culinary Job Training brochure.
2019 event program for Second Helpings' largest, annual fundraiser.
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on August 18, 2014. Some content, style and formatting may differ from the original version. A conversation with architect and designer Matthew Skjonsberg can prove a bit disorienting.
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on June 26, 2014. Some content, style and formatting may differ from the original version. Indy has a strange way of surprising me on a regular basis. Just when I think I have a clear notion of what our...
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on August 25, 2014. Some content, style and formatting may differ from the original version. Nestled in a corner of the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) behind the library, a small, dedicated team sits at desks toiling steadily to...
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on June 17, 2014. Some content, style and formatting may differ from the original version. On a recent Wednesday afternoon Stephen Peck greeted me at his door with a warm smile, a handshake, and an apology over the messiness...
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on November 19, 2014. Some content, style and formatting changes may differ from the original version. A recent study in the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy created a stir in the museum community.
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on December 30, 2014. Some content, style and formatting changes may differ from the original. On a recent Saturday afternoon, a group of Hoosiers gathered to escape dismal December weather in a celebration of the written word and the...
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on July 7, 2015. Some formatting and style changes were made since the original publication. Jonathan McAfee made a big splash last summer with his What People Like About Me Is Indianapolis exhibit at Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library.
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on July 31, 2014. Some content, style and formatting may differ from the original version. Last week, I was scrambling around my apartment, assembling necessities for a weekend in Louisville at Forecastle music festival.
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on September 11, 2015 "I rarely do live performances," Stuart Hyatt says. "Almost never." This is an odd statement coming from a former Grammy nominee carrying two recently released records under his arm.
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website on January 27, 2015. Some content, style and formatting changes may differ from the original version. When I was a kid, like most little boys, I loved upending things. My cousins, my brother and I shared a babysitter while our parents worked....
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on defunct, Central Indiana arts website Sky Blue Window on December 30, 2014. Some content, style and formatting changes may differ from the original. On a recent Saturday afternoon, a group of Hoosiers gathered to escape dismal December weather in a celebration of the written word and the...
Description from the Facebook event page : Ready to rip? It's time to rip. You better slip those fuck up boots on one more time for the end of January cause we're bringing a whole mess of trouble. Got a date? No worries there's plenty of babes on both sides of the gender to mingle on.
click to enlarge To paraphrase Jay-Z: if Chad Serhal has 99 problems, most of them are women. The ones he lost, the ones he crushes on, and the one whose therapist convinced her to leave him. Serhal wears all these wounds on his sleeve on She Does Is Magic's sophomore LP, Strangers - a succinct, jaunty batch of rock n' roll tunes.
It's early evening and you're bellied up to the bar at your favorite watering hole, The Longtime Companion. You like this place for its general state of disrepair that, in a certain light, could be mistaken for nostalgia. A layer of dust, about the thickness of a dime, appears to cover every inch of the...
click to enlarge Much has changed for Fort Wayne quartet Metavari since the band released its debut album Be One of Us and Hear No Noise in 2009. On the debut, the core of Metavari's sound was entrenched in post-rock, with less-than subtle nods to genre heavyweights like Talk Talk and The Appleseed Cast.
Nestled in a corner of the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) behind the library, a small, dedicated team sits at desks toiling steadily to transform the visitor experience in the galleries that surround their office and beyond. The employees at IMA Lab are not art historians.
Every few weeks, indiENGAGE intends to shine a light on a locally-owned business. Given our focus, many of these businesses will likely have a connection, direct or indirect to Central Indiana's music scene. However, we plan to highlight many independent restaurants and entrepreneurs of all stripes.
Day two of WARMfest served as the coming-out party for Joyful Noise Recordings, an Indianapolis record label that has established itself as a bona fide titan in the indie rock world in recent years. From the slacker/garage rock trio Sleeping Bag to the absurdist lyricism of Why?
Early this year came the unexpected news that guitarists Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes will depart their roles as members of Allman Brothers Band at the end of 2014. In a joint statement, the artists cited a desire to focus on their various solo commitments.
Winter was harsh in Indianapolis, a fact that's easily forgotten given the mild, spring sunshine that culminated in one of the more beautiful Memorial Day weekends in recent memory. Record snowfalls, blustery winds, sub-zero temperatures, and the fleeting tease of sunlight proved physically and emotionally trying for most, but fruitful for some.
(Listen while you read!) Depression and loneliness are two rare words in the English language, definable only to those that have known their company. They manifest differently in each of us, fleeting for some and a life-long burden for others. They shape our experiences and relationships.
More and more musicians are pressing independent releases these days. They're forking over their own cash to fund albums that would otherwise never have seen the light of day. This is not news. What is news, however, is that many of these artists and entrepreneurs are beginning to put names on the entities behind those independent releases, leaving the door open for future endeavors.
Earlier this year, I wrote about an oddball collection of experimental home recordings from a mid-1980s Muncie four-piece called Three Black Shoes. The group was an offshoot of Muncie's No Bar scene, where Jon Rans served as the unofficial ringleader of this merry band of misfits.
The Final Hurrahs MFT Page (Listen while you read) The lines that define acceptable use of creative property blurred long ago. In the years since the legal and public backlash over Nike's decision to repurpose The Beatles' "Revolution" for its 1987 sneaker ad, fans and artists alike have grown comfortable with the incestuous relationship between music and advertising.
SmallBox and Musical Family Tree Present: (Listen while you read!) For EP in a Weekend #4, MFT founder Jeb Banner selected drummer Devon Ashley. Ashley then asked MFT's own Jon Rogers to contribute, much to his surprise. Rogers tapped multi-instrumentalist Dave Adamson to round out the group. Together, they are Meta Monk.
Introduction David Bower recently sat down to answer a few questions about the long, winding road that led to his latest musical endeavor, Cooked Books, and the release of the band's debut LP The Reader. Bower made a name for himself as the front man of celebrated Bloomington acts The Vegetables and Resting Rooster.
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness Release Date - February 18, 2014 Burn Your Fire For No Witness opens with the understated, power chords of "Unfucktheworld." The song unfolds in a hushed and steady gallop. Angel Olsen begins with a thinly veiled lyric about the transformative power of a previous lover.
WARMfest Preview Playlist There's much to be excited about at the advent of the inaugural WARMfest this weekend in Broad Ripple Park. Proceeds from the festival will support the restoration of a 4.15 mile stretch of White River. WARMfest will showcase more than two dozen local artists and nearly 80 regional and national touring bands.
Record Label - Flannelgraph Records If Don Muro's self-released, 1977 debut LP It's Time was a novel, it would begin in medias res. Several slaps of the snare on the album's opening, title track give way to circus-like synth lines that feel as if they're already in motion.
This Friday brings the final installment of our Listen Local concert series at Broad Ripple Park. While the five previous shows have had their share of highlights, we're confident that this line-up has enough tricks up its sleeve to close out our summer experiment in the park with a bang.