Monthly Archives: July 2014

Clifton Webb – Forgotten Hoosier Hollywood Icon

July 24, 2014 | by Al Hunter

Al Hunter is hard at work on his new story collection, Bumps in the Night, based on his columns for this paper. This is a reprint of an article that appeared on April 26, 2009. Al will be back with a new article next week. If you’re a fan of … Read More

The Romance of Trains

July 24, 2014 | by Rose Mary Clarke

All day the fire-steed flies over the country, stopping only that his master may rest, and I am awakened by his tramp and defiant snort at midnight, when in some remote glen in the woods he fronts the elements encased in ice and snow; and he will reach his stall … Read More

Applause!: July 25-Aug. 1

July 24, 2014 | by Weekly View

• The Vogue will hold a A Night of Peace fundraiser for the Indy Public Safety Foundation on July 25 from 7 p.m.-2 a.m. There will be a silent auction, donation buckets, guest speakers, live music and a DJ. This is a 21-and-older event, with a suggested donation of $10. … Read More

100 Years Ago this Week: July 25-Aug. 1

July 24, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, July 30, 1914: Patriotism is running higher and higher among members of the Indianapolis Serbian colony with every fresh bulletin from the war zone. At the Foreigners’ House, 617 W. Pearl St, a crashing, clashing conglomeration of sound could be heard as the Serbian tamburica … Read More

Encounter

July 24, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

“1 July ’43,” the man said to the clerk. He asked her if she had seen the movie The Bridge Over the River Kwai. She crafted a small smile, glanced around nervously and replied that she had. “You have?” There was delight in his voice, and the man raised a … Read More