• Beech Grove will hold a Memorial Day Service on May 24 at 11 a.m. at Sarah T. Bolton Park, 1300 Churchman Ave.
• Indianapolis Care and Control is in need of volunteers who can walk dogs and perform other duties. To be a volunteer, you need to go through orientation, which is held on various days throughout the month from 6-8 p.m. at the facility, 2600 S. Harding St. Call 327-1384 for more information on what you can do to help out.
• The Poets of Lawrence series at the Lawrence Art Center will continue on May 27 with Tony Brewer, a poet and multi-talented artist. Come out and listen from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Art Center, 4437 N. Franklin Rd.
• Bookmamas in Irvington will be closed until May 31, when it will reopen with Irving Vinyl taking up part of the space at 9 S. Johnson. Records and books and all sorts of great stuff! The former Irvington Vintage space is being transformed into a cafe.
• The Indianapolis 500 festival events downtown include a Memorial Service on Monument Circle May 23 at noon, the national parade along Downtown streets May 24 at noon and the Snakepit Ball May 24 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. Everything leads up to May 25 and the Indianapolis 500 race. Crossing our fingers that the weather cooperates.
• Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana (BBBSCI) launched a “100 Men in 50 Days” recruitment campaign on April 7, which runs through May 28, in an effort to recruit 100 adult male volunteers to meet the overwhelming need for male mentors. The campaign is aimed at involving individuals and organizations of all kinds to participate or spread the word about the importance of mentoring. In these final two weeks of the campaign, BBBSCI is working hard to recruit 17 more Big Brothers or Big Couples to the goal of 100 Bigs to serve 408 boys currently waiting for a Big Brother in the program. Visit www.bebigforkids.org for more information and to sign up to be a Big to a Little.
• The Wicket World of Croquet at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site is May 31 at 2 p.m. at the site at 1230 N. Delaware. Spectator tickets are only $20; get yours online at www.presidentbenjaminharrison.org. All players must wear white!
• Judy, co-owner of the Weekly View, noticed that office kitty Lola seemed worked up about something outside (Lola’s “office” is the window up front) on the morning of May 14. She went to investigate and saw a very large Vietnamese Pot Belly pig high-tailing it across the lawn for the woods behind our office. She snapped a photo of “Pork Chop” before it vanished. We haven’t seen him/her since, but it seems odd that last year Paula’s regular pig visitor “Wilbur” and now “Pork Chop” at the office. Hmmm.
• Wishing everyone a happy and safe Memorial Day and long weekend. This is a double issue for the Weekly View, so the next one will be out June 6. Thank you for your continued support!