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What’s striking about Trembling is the silence and the secrecy about such desires that pervade most Orthodox Jewish communities.

“[Usher] told me to practice in the mirror—once facing it, once in profile one way, and once in profile the other way, occasionally making eye contact with myself,” Kaufman tell IM. “It really helped me focus on connecting with the audience.”

We’re talking all things Kaufman during Monday’s live episode. Join us.

From July 31 through August 17, the Coliseum Concert Series will bring its first batch of performers through the spiffed-up multipurpose facility.

Hundreds of humans and pets turned out for Mutt Strut’s annual day of treats and fleet feet at IMS.

“Some say that through his books, John gives a voice to teenagers. I humbly disagree,” Shailene Woodley writes in TIME. “I think John hears the voices of teenagers.”

The night’s apex arrived, quite literally, with performer La Fleur Soleil’s acrobatic showing, which withstood a minor technical difficulty to put on a subtly astounding display of burlesque-geisha passion.

Shops including James Dant, Leather Feather Stone, and Righno Boutique all set up on the scene, either in a freight container behind the venue or in the Sanctuary’s main chamber.

Indy’s own delivered the best overall vocal of the night. It’s belted high notes that get America’s votes, and Kaufman delivered his own with a side of Hoosier humility.

“Many of my friends woke up at 3 years of age and said, ‘I have to be onstage.’ I never had that,” Streep said to her Bloomington audience. “I’ve always been an omnivore, interested in way too many things, but I found the one profession that fed all my appetites.”

Host Carson Daly called Kaufman’s take on a Bruno Mars tune “the performance of the night.” Here’s a look at his top four foes going into the live shows.

The soulful singer has jumped from Team Adam Levine to Team Usher. Assuming he makes it to the final 12, it will be viewer votes that determine his fate—so if ever there was a time to rally behind this guy, Indy dwellers, it’s now.

Via @lenadunham: “Obvi will miss Letterman and his gorgeous tooth scenario/general brilliance.”

The Indianapolis Museum of Art is trying to make “fetch” happen, as it will show Mean Girls and 11 more cult-favorite and classic-hit films.

The surefire standout of the night was Jasmin Richardson as Felicia, just as impressive in her quiet moments on stage as when she let that glorious voice soar.