Monthly Archives: January 2013

Arts Briefs: Jan. 11-18

January 9, 2013 | by Weekly View

IRT Hits a Home Run with “Jackie and Me” INDIANAPOLIS – Jackie Robinson’s powerhouse contribution to the game he loved, and to the American civil-rights movement, are well-chronicled in Steven Dietz’s play for youth, Jackie and Me, opening on the IRT’s Upperstage January 11th, 2013 through February 16th. This exciting … Read More

Theatre Review: EclecticPond’s Brevity is the Soul of Wit

January 9, 2013 | by Ethel Winslow

Ten of the Bard’s plays are performed with each play summarized in about 10 minutes (hitting the highlights) in the wildly funny production 10 x 10: Brevity is the Soul of Wit, the latest offering by EclecticPond. By the way, the long-winded Polonius from Hamlet is the guy that utters … Read More

100 Years Ago

January 9, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, January 15, 1913:  Nine alleged “speeders” were arrested yesterday and last night by a police squad patrolling North Side streets in the police emergency automobile under Mayor Shank’s direction. The arrests were the first of a campaign directed against law-breaking autoists, and results from a … Read More

Going Through Mother’s Things

January 9, 2013 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Women are planners. By nature they organize an event well before it takes place. My daughter-in-law spent a year planning her wedding, I always know my Christmas dinner menu by December 1st, and if my daughter has an big date on Saturday night she has her clothes laid out by … Read More

Paying the Piper

January 9, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

The party’s over. It’s time to call it a day. They’ve burst your pretty balloon And taken the moon away. It’s time to wind up the masquerade. Just make your mind up, the piper must be paid. — “The Party’s Over,” Words by Comden and Green, music by Jule Stein, … Read More