Monthly Archives: May 2014

May is a Busy Month

May 8, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

May is always one of the city’s busiest months. This when all of the 500 Festival activities and clear weather for outdoor fun consume our time: Pacers in the playoffs, and Indy Eleven professional soccer, high school and college track and baseball, and the Indians season is in full swing. … Read More

Robert Rayford: America’s First AIDS Victim

May 8, 2014 | by Al Hunter

Forty-five years ago this week, May 16,1969, the face of modern medicine changed forever when 15-year-old Robert Rayford, sometimes identified as “Robert R.” due to his age, died in a St. Louis, Missouri hospital. He was a slender, uncommunicative street kid whose condition left doctors distressed, perplexed — and scared. … Read More

Above the Clouds: Journey to Sky Island

May 8, 2014 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Oh, the places I would visit had I the money, the physical strength and the time! Certain words conjure up visions of adventure in exotic places: the Taj Mahal, Tahiti, Timbuktu, the Matterhorn, Bora Bora, Everest, the Valley of the Kings, Stonehenge, Lake Titicaca, Galapagos, the Adirondacks, Easter Island, Katmandu, … Read More

New Name, New Direction for Community Organization

May 1, 2014 | by Ethel Winslow

For the last 10 years, Indy-east Asset Development pushed for change in the neighborhoods on the near east side: more affordable housing, fewer vacant and abandoned homes, a greater sense of true community among residents. However, few people knew exactly what the organization did, and how they did it. On … Read More

Chicago World’s Fair Home Movies & Newsreels at Vintage Movie Nights

May 1, 2014 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Eric Grayson will screen a selection of home movies and newsreels of the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair at Garfield Park’s Vintage Movie Night, Saturday, May 17, at 8 p.m. According to Grayson, home movies had become popular by 1934, so it was possible to take your own films … Read More