Jars of Clay frontman leads workshop to benefit Blood: Water nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 — Issue 83A News and Tribune Publication

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CHANGE BY THE DROP

EDITORJason Thomas

DESIGNClaire Munn

STORYAprile Rickert

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Members of Christian rock band Jars of Clay partnered with activist Jena Lee Nardella to form Blood: Water in 2004. | LOGO FROM 2014 BLOOD: WATER BRAND BOOK

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ON THE COVER:

A Grammy Award-winning artist has

chosen New Albany for an inaugural

workshop focusing on music and faith

with proceeds benefiting a nonprofit organiza-

tion whose mission is to help people in sub-

Saharan Africa.

All of it’s happening right here in Southern

Indiana. How’s that for having a global impact?

Jars of Clay frontman Dan Haseltine from

Christian rock band Jars of Clay will headline

the open-to-everyone workshop at Trinity United Meth-

odist Church in New Albany called Worship Arts Work-

shop, a pilot for a program he plans to continue around

the U.S., Aprile Rickert writes in today’s centerpiece.

The Saturday event will benefit Blood: Water, a nonprofit organization Haseltine, other members of Jars of Clay and activist Jena Lee Nardella started in 2004 to

help with the HIV/AIDS outbreak and clean water short-

age in sub-Saharan Africa.

While attendees will study music’s role in

worship, the bigger theme is helping out a great-

er cause in a world very few of us know about.

Saturday’s workshop isn’t the first time the Trinity congregation had Blood: Water on its mind. The church recently held a car wash and

raised $931 for the organization. Imagine walking six miles to obtain water. Not

just water, but dirty water. That’s what Blood: Wa-

ter hopes to change with each small step. A group

of kids from Southern Indiana is on the frontlines.

“They’re very insightful and they want to help as much

as possible,” Ann Stanton, youth leader at Trinity, said of

the church’s youth. “They want to make a difference.”

They already have.

— Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsand-tribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.

Helping to make the water clean

NEW ALBANY — Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the New

Albany-Floyd County Public Library

with a fiesta for all ages. The library will host a Hispanic Heritage Festi-

val on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 2 to 4

p.m., in Strassweg Auditorium.

The event will feature free food

from various Latin American

countries, lively music, games and

activities for children, door prizes, and a piñata, according to a library

news release. September is Hispanic

Heritage Month because several

Latin American countries gained

their independence in this month.

Interested guests are invited to drop

by for an afternoon of fun.

The New Albany-Floyd County

Public Library is also introduc-

ing a new program called Hispanic

Connection at the Library. Lillian

G. Rose from Hispanic Connec-

tion of Southern Indiana will be at

the library every second and fourth

Tuesday of each month to offer per-

sonalized consultation and guidance to Hispanic individuals on various

topics, including English language

study (ESL), health services and

preventative health information, high

school equivalency training, and

more.

Office hours are every second Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon and

every fourth Tuesday from 2 to

4 p.m. in the ALC Room. Rose’s

services will vary on a daily basis

depending on guests’ individual

requests and needs. No registration is

required and guests can visit at any

time during office hours.

Connecting with Hispanic heritageSOIN THE KNOW• WHAT: Hispanic Heritage Fes-

tival and Hispanic Connection Program

• WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19

• WHERE: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, 180 W. Spring St., New Albany

• INFO: Call Lori Eskridge at 812-949-3523

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WHAT’S FOR DINNER? ENJOYING THE BREEZE• WHAT: ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’• WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sept. 18, 19 • WHERE: Clarksville Little Theatre, 301 E. Mont-

gomery Ave., Clarksville• INFO: Prices are adults, ages 19-59, $17; senior

citizens, ages 60 and older, $14; teens, ages 13-19, $14 and children ages 6-12, $10. Children under 6 are admitted free. Call 812-283-6522.

Sheridan Whiteside, having dined at the home of the Stanleys, slips on their doorstep, breaking his hip. A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follow. The Stanley living room is monopolized by the irascible invalid; ex-convicts are invited to meals; and transatlantic calls bring a large phone bill.

• WHAT: St. Paul’s Parlor Stories: Sweet Evening Breeze and other Kentucky Characters, Commu-nities and Chronicles.

• WHEN: 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20• WHERE: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1015 E.

Main St., New Albany• INFO: 812-944-0413Sheila Joyce Strunk will be signing copies of her

memoir, “Sweet Evening Breeze and other Ken-tucky Characters, Communities and Chronicles.” The event will feature readings from her book by well-known Louisville actors Roger Fristoe, Robbie Morgan and Melissa Combs. Sheila and her husband, Ken Pyle, will also be reading sto-ries and performing songs from the book. 

GOTTA GO: Interested in seeing your event in our 3 To Go? Email SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com

• WHAT: Midtown Street Fair/Music Festival• WHEN: 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19• WHERE: Cardinal Ritter Park, 13 and Oak

streets, New Albany• INFO: cleansockshope.orgThe World’s Most Colorful 5K begins and ends

at 10 a.m. — a family-friendly, untimed 5K, who welcomes all shapes, sizes, ages, and abilities. Redeem The Dream 3 on 3 Basket-ball Clinic and Tournament happens at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m. Kidtown is for children of all ages, with entertainment, food and games. At 11 a.m. The Midtown Street Fair kicks off. At noon The Hope Music Festival will highlight Midtown’s diverse history and encourage the patronage of businesses. 

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3 TO GO Where to go and be seen in Southern Indiana

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NEW ALBANY —A big name in Christian rock is hosting an inaugural workshop in New Alba-ny on Saturday focusing on faith and worship

while drawing attention to a crisis thousands of miles away.

Members of Trinity United Methodist Church are gearing up for an afternoon infused with art, music, faith and social justice.

Dan Haseltine, frontman for the Grammy award winning Christian rock band Jars of Clay, is leading the Worship Arts Workshop, a pilot for a program he plans to continue around the U.S.

The public workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and lunch will be provided. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the event, with all pro-ceeds going toward Blood: Water, a nonprofit organi-zation Haseltine, other members of Jars of Clay and activist Jena Lee Nardella started in 2004 to help with the HIV/AIDS outbreak and clean water shortage in sub-Saharan Africa.

Martin Allen, Trinity UMC member and member of the church’s praise band, said he grew up listening to Jars of Clay and is very excited to see how Hasel-tine will be able to inspire those who attend through creativity, songwriting, art and faith.

“Our goal is to have people have a great experience, learning new things about music, ministry, missions — all that,” Allen said. “Just to get information out there, to give Blood: Water more exposure to let

Fighting for

BY APRILE RICKERTaprile.rickert@newsandtribune.com

Jars of Clay frontman hosts workshop to benefit nonprofit group

BLOOD: WATERpeople know what they’re doing out

there and what people can do to help as well.”Allen’s brother-in-law works for a public

relations firm that works with nonprofit or-ganizations and heard of Haseltine’s goal to start

doing the workshops and thought of Trinity as a great place to start.

“We’re limiting it to 200 because the sanctuary only holds so many and we don’t want it to get too big so it’s not as conversational,” he said. “We kind of limit it to 200 to make sure it’s a benefit to everybody.

Sharon Maetschke, Trinity member for 10 years and one of the organizers of the workshop, who is also in the praise band, said she hopes that the workshop can help sow the seeds of a relationship with Blood: Water to help raise money for the organization.

“We hope to have more workshops and concerts,” she said, “I don’t think this will be the last thing that we do — it might not be just music. I think there are a lot of different ways to go with it, a lot of possibili-ties.”

Maetschke said although Haseltine is primarily the one who will be planning the content of the workshop, other members of the church — including some from the youth group — will be participating and helping to lead with some of the topics.

“He’s led discussions at a lot of different seminars

and everything so we are quite confident in letting him lead it the way he wants to lead it,” she said.

Ann Stratton, youth leader at Trinity, said Maet-schke introduced the group to the Blood: Water concept and asked if it would like to be a part of fundraising.

“We’re a group that if you ask us, we’re gonna help out,” Stratton said. “We kind of thought ‘How would we best benefit Blood: Water?’ and we decided to have a car wash. It was a fabulous day — it was beautiful

and we were able to raise $931 for Blood: Water, which, come to find out, that is the most money ever raised through the youth group for anyone. We kind of went overboard on it, which is good.”

Stratton said she helped the kids visualize the severity of the problems many in sub-Saharan African communities face daily.

“Imagine that you had to tote your water six miles and that water was filthy,” She said. “But you were so thirsty that you drank it anyway. How would you react to that?”

Stratton said members of the youth group — cur-rently there are 21— are thrilled to able to be a part of helping in this way.

“It just revs them up,” she said. “They were very excited to do something on such a large scale, to be able to contribute in one way or another. They’re such a thoughtful group. They’re very insightful and they want to help as much as possible. They want to make a difference.”

Maetschke said she can already see the positive effects the anticipation of the workshop is having on the church members, and those who will be coming to attend from other churches.

“I just feel like we’re very blessed to have been selected,” Maetschke said. “Or to have the tie-in that got us selected.”

Members of Christian rock band Jars of Clay partnered with activist Jena Lee Nardella to form Blood: Water in 2004. The nonprofit organization works to raise funds and awareness for the HIV/AIDS epidemic and clean water shortage in sub-Saharan Africa. A Worship Arts Workshop will be held Saturday in New Albany and will feature art, music, faith and social justice. | SUBMITTED PHOTO

SOIN THE KNOWThe Worship Arts Workshop will run from 9

to 4 p.m. Saturday at Trinity United Meth-odist Church in New Albany, and lunch will be provided. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the event, with all proceeds going toward Blood: Water, a nonprofit organization that helps with the HIV/AIDS outbreak and clean water shortage in sub-Saharan Africa. To learn more go online to bloodwater.org. To pur-chase tickets for Saturday’s workshop, or for more information, go to trinityna.org/bloodwater or call 812-987-3374.

*DESIGN AND LOGOS INSPIRED BY 2014 BLOOD: WATER BRAND BOOK

NEW ALBANY —A big name in Christian rock is hosting an inaugural workshop in New Alba-ny on Saturday focusing on faith and worship

while drawing attention to a crisis thousands of miles away.

Members of Trinity United Methodist Church are gearing up for an afternoon infused with art, music, faith and social justice.

Dan Haseltine, frontman for the Grammy award winning Christian rock band Jars of Clay, is leading the Worship Arts Workshop, a pilot for a program he plans to continue around the U.S.

The public workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and lunch will be provided. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the event, with all pro-ceeds going toward Blood: Water, a nonprofit organi-zation Haseltine, other members of Jars of Clay and activist Jena Lee Nardella started in 2004 to help with the HIV/AIDS outbreak and clean water shortage in sub-Saharan Africa.

Martin Allen, Trinity UMC member and member of the church’s praise band, said he grew up listening to Jars of Clay and is very excited to see how Hasel-tine will be able to inspire those who attend through creativity, songwriting, art and faith.

“Our goal is to have people have a great experience, learning new things about music, ministry, missions — all that,” Allen said. “Just to get information out there, to give Blood: Water more exposure to let

Fighting for

BY APRILE RICKERTaprile.rickert@newsandtribune.com

Jars of Clay frontman hosts workshop to benefit nonprofit group

BLOOD: WATERpeople know what they’re doing out

there and what people can do to help as well.”Allen’s brother-in-law works for a public

relations firm that works with nonprofit or-ganizations and heard of Haseltine’s goal to start

doing the workshops and thought of Trinity as a great place to start.

“We’re limiting it to 200 because the sanctuary only holds so many and we don’t want it to get too big so it’s not as conversational,” he said. “We kind of limit it to 200 to make sure it’s a benefit to everybody.

Sharon Maetschke, Trinity member for 10 years and one of the organizers of the workshop, who is also in the praise band, said she hopes that the workshop can help sow the seeds of a relationship with Blood: Water to help raise money for the organization.

“We hope to have more workshops and concerts,” she said, “I don’t think this will be the last thing that we do — it might not be just music. I think there are a lot of different ways to go with it, a lot of possibili-ties.”

Maetschke said although Haseltine is primarily the one who will be planning the content of the workshop, other members of the church — including some from the youth group — will be participating and helping to lead with some of the topics.

“He’s led discussions at a lot of different seminars

and everything so we are quite confident in letting him lead it the way he wants to lead it,” she said.

Ann Stratton, youth leader at Trinity, said Maet-schke introduced the group to the Blood: Water concept and asked if it would like to be a part of fundraising.

“We’re a group that if you ask us, we’re gonna help out,” Stratton said. “We kind of thought ‘How would we best benefit Blood: Water?’ and we decided to have a car wash. It was a fabulous day — it was beautiful

and we were able to raise $931 for Blood: Water, which, come to find out, that is the most money ever raised through the youth group for anyone. We kind of went overboard on it, which is good.”

Stratton said she helped the kids visualize the severity of the problems many in sub-Saharan African communities face daily.

“Imagine that you had to tote your water six miles and that water was filthy,” She said. “But you were so thirsty that you drank it anyway. How would you react to that?”

Stratton said members of the youth group — cur-rently there are 21— are thrilled to able to be a part of helping in this way.

“It just revs them up,” she said. “They were very excited to do something on such a large scale, to be able to contribute in one way or another. They’re such a thoughtful group. They’re very insightful and they want to help as much as possible. They want to make a difference.”

Maetschke said she can already see the positive effects the anticipation of the workshop is having on the church members, and those who will be coming to attend from other churches.

“I just feel like we’re very blessed to have been selected,” Maetschke said. “Or to have the tie-in that got us selected.”

Members of Christian rock band Jars of Clay partnered with activist Jena Lee Nardella to form Blood: Water in 2004. The nonprofit organization works to raise funds and awareness for the HIV/AIDS epidemic and clean water shortage in sub-Saharan Africa. A Worship Arts Workshop will be held Saturday in New Albany and will feature art, music, faith and social justice. | SUBMITTED PHOTO

SOIN THE KNOWThe Worship Arts Workshop will run from 9

to 4 p.m. Saturday at Trinity United Meth-odist Church in New Albany, and lunch will be provided. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the event, with all proceeds going toward Blood: Water, a nonprofit organization that helps with the HIV/AIDS outbreak and clean water shortage in sub-Saharan Africa. To learn more go online to bloodwater.org. To pur-chase tickets for Saturday’s workshop, or for more information, go to trinityna.org/bloodwater or call 812-987-3374.

*DESIGN AND LOGOS INSPIRED BY 2014 BLOOD: WATER BRAND BOOK

ALBUMS: BOOKS:MOVIES:SEPT. 22é “Killing Reagan” by Bill

O’Reilly and Martin Dugard “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert

SEPT. 18é “Digital Vein” by David

Cook “Honeymoon” by Lana Del Rey

SEPT. 18é “Everest”

“Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials”

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ENTERTAINMENT This week's entertainment releases

NEW ALBANY — When the

Quebe Sisters from Texas take a stage,

and the triple-threat fiddle champions start playing and singing in multi-part

close harmony, audiences are usually transfixed, then blown away, accord-

ing to an Ogle Center news release.It’s partly because the trio’s vocal

and instrumental performances are authentic all-Americana, all the time, respectful of the artists that inspired them the most.

And whether the Quebes (rhymes with “maybe”) are decked out in denims and boots or fashionably

dressed to the nines in makeup, skirts

and heels, the fresh-faced, clean-cut sisters, all in their 20s, look as good

as they sound.Not surprisingly, the Quebe Sisters

win standing ovations at just about every show. It’s been that way since 2000, when they started fiddling together as pre-teens.

The sisters’ past is as colorful and eventful as their future is bright. Growing up in Burleson, a southern suburb of Fort Worth, Hulda, Sophia

and Grace were ages 7, 10 and 12 in 1998 when they attended their first local fiddle competition in nearby Denton, and decided fiddling was what they wanted to do.

The girls earned solo and group

accolades early on, winning state

and national championships in their respective age groups in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.

The Quebes’ evolution from the whiz-kid Western swing fiddlers they were back then to the smokin’-hot young adult Americana band they are today is a remarkable story, by any

measure.Along with headlining their own

shows to audiences, they’ve shared stages with American music legends like Willie Nelson, George Strait,

Merle Haggard, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Ray Price, Connie Smith, Marty Stuart, Larry Gatlin and

the Gatlin Brothers, Ray Benson and

Asleep at the Wheel, Riders in the

Sky and many others.

A night filled with Nashville soundsSOIN THE KNOW• WHAT: The Quebe Sisters, Part

of the Ogle Center’s Nashville Nights Series

• WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18

• WHERE: Paul W. Ogle Cul-tural and Community Center, IUS, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany

• TICKETS: $29 in advance | $33 at the door; $10 students; call 812-941-2525, or go online to oglecenter.com.

LIVE MUSIC AT HUBER’S• WHEN: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday• WHERE: Huber WinerySept. 19: Fabulous Hickbillies; Sunday, Sept. 20: Olivia and Lyndsey Henken; Sat-

urday, Sept. 26: The Dean Heckel Band; Sunday, Sept. 27: Blues and Greys[huberwinery.com]

LIVE MUSIC AT WICK’S (PHOTO IN FOLDER)• WHAT: Live on State• WHERE: Wick’s, 225 State St., New AlbanySept. 18: Redneck Noize; Sept. 19: Radiotronic; Sept. 26: The Rocking Dead;

Sept. 30: Blaise Streets

CONCERTS IN THE PARK• WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday• WHERE: Warder Park, Court Avenue and Spring Street, JeffersonvilleSept. 18: Wulfe Brothers

LIVE MUSIC AT NAPH• WHERE: New Albany Production House, 1736 E. Main St., New AlbanyFriday, Sept. 18: Before The Streetlights, Even Tides, Street Sense and J.T.

Newton, 6:30 $10, all ages; Saturday, Sept. 19: DJJVAN’s House Party, 7:30 p.m., $7, all ages; Sunday, Sept. 20: UWA Wrestling, 5:30 p.m., $8; kids under 6 are free.

[naproductionhouse.com]

LIVE MUSIC AT BIG FOUR BURGERS + BEER JEFF• WHERE: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 134 Spring St., Jeffersonville• WHEN: Friday and SaturdaySept. 18: Tyler Stiller; Sept. 19; Kelsey Allen; Sept. 25: Eric and Kenney; Sept.

26: Kyle Hastings

LIVE MUSIC AT BIG FOUR BURGERS + BEER NEW ALBANY• WHERE: Big Four Burgers + Beer, 114 E. Main St., New Albany• WHEN: Friday and SaturdaySept. 18: Drew Alexander; Sept. 19: Kyle Stiller; Sept. 25: Kelsey Allen; Sept.

26: Drew Alexander

CORYDON JAMBOREE LIVE• WHERE: 220 Hurst Lane, Corydon• WHEN: 7:30 p.m. SaturdaysGeneral Admission $12; children 6-12, $7; under 6, free. For reservations,

directions or any other information call 812-738-1130.Saturday, Sept. 19: Faron Glen; Hank Rose; Saturday, Sept. 26: Tribute to the

Stars: Christy Miller, Allen Hilbert, Tiffany Puckett Miller; Saturday, Oct. 3: Leigh Ann Cooper, Cody and Avery Miller, Marcus Kinnard

[corydonjamboree.com]

LIVE MUSIC AT PASTIMES• WHERE: Pastimes Grill and Bar, 424 E. Market St., New Albany• WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 19: Nervous Energy; Saturday, Sept. 26: The Lost

Boys

LECTURE• WHAT: Phillip Jessup lecture on ‘Imperiled Landscapes’ exhibit• WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20; reception to follow at IUS library• WHERE: Stiefler Hall, Ogle Center, IU Southeast• INFO: jessup.ca

LOCAL SOIN HAPPENINGSFeeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/or organization’s upcom-ing events/new features/entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com