Monthly Archives: January 2013

Concert Benefit for Tech High School Music Dept.

January 17, 2013 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS —  There will be a Bluegrass Benefit Concert, featuring the Bluetown Bluegrass Band on Jan. 26 at 6:00 p.m. The concert is at Faith United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 9031 E. 16th Street (just east of 16th and Post Rd.). Admission is free, but donations are requested. All proceeds … Read More

My 2012 Sports Awards

January 17, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

This week’s column is kind of a pause and reflect on the 2012 year in sports or at least my opinion on the 2012 year in sports. It’s the time that I give my annual, highly coveted, and very valuable Steve’s View Sports Awards. It’s always tough to pick these … Read More

Walk Toward the Sunset – The Melungeon Story, Part 2

January 17, 2013 | by Al Hunter

Last week, I told you about a brochure I found for a play production in the hills of Northeastern Tennessee called Walk Towards the Sunset. The play had a good, albeit brief, run in Sneedville, Tennessee from 1969 to 1975. The story told the tale of the Melungeons, a disenfranchised … Read More

Lost and Found at the Emerson

January 17, 2013 | by Ethel Winslow

Andy Berry was doing some maintenance work at the Emerson Theatre recently and discovered some treasures where he least expected. An old kid’s purse, an old empty leather wallet, and several photos of youngsters with 50s hair emerged, and suddenly, the past was present. Twenty years ago, Berry bought the … Read More

Jim O’Donnell: A Most Uncommon Man — 1920-2013

January 17, 2013 | by Steve Nicewanger

My family and I moved to Irvington in August of 1978. Living across the street from us were Jimmy and Mary O’Donnell. As we were moving into our house they quickly introduced themselves and offered any assistance they could to help us orient ourselves to our new neighborhood. They were … Read More