Monthly Archives: November 2013

Indianapolis Public Library Award Winner

November 21, 2013 | by Weekly View

              submitted photo Indianapolis Public Library employee Shanika Heyward was honored as winner of the 2013 Beth Tindel Award at The Indianapolis Public Library’s Staff Day on Nov. 11. She is joined by Danny Dean, President of the Library Foundation. Heyward, who serves as … Read More

Book Review: The Spirit Keeper by K.B. Laugheed

November 21, 2013 | by Kathleen Angelone

by Kathleen Angelone, Bookmamas Born the unlucky thirteenth child in an Irish family building a new life on the American frontier, Katie O’Toole’s life was filled with toil, misery and little hope. At the same time, Indian Holyman Syawa dreams of Katie, the Creature of Fire and Ice, in a … Read More

6th Annual Autumn Art Fair

November 21, 2013 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Annual Garfield Park Arts Center Autumn Art Fair provides convenient shopping from local artists in a beautiful location right before the holidays. The Art Fair this year will be held Nov. 23 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Nov. 24 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The show emphasizes hand-created, … Read More

The Civil War 150th Anniversary — November 1863

November 21, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

Much of the public’s attention was divided between recruiting efforts to fulfill Indiana’s draft quota with volunteer enlistments and the trials of Mrs. Mary Ann Longenecker of West Indianapolis for the murder by poison of her husband, Samuel Longenecker last June, and James Sutherland for the murder of Roddy A. … Read More

The IRT Celebrates a Holiday Classic with the Return of A Christmas Carol

November 21, 2013 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The beloved classic of loss and redemption returns to IRT’s snow-covered stage with the acclaimed production of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, playing Nov. 16-Dec. 24. The classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the heartless miser who discovers the true meaning of the holiday season after a Christmas … Read More