Monthly Archives: May 2015

Near Eastside Designated a Promise Zone

May 7, 2015 | by Weekly View

The U.S. Department of Housing and Development recently announced eight new “Promise Zones,” and the near-eastside of Indianapolis was named one of them. Dubbed IndyEast Promise Zone, the area includes East Washington St. east to Emerson, Martindale-Brightwood, several near-eastside neighborhoods north to 25th St., and south to the now-vacant Citizens … Read More

City Joins the Challenge to Improve Digital Learning

May 7, 2015 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis is one of over 30 major communities across the country to accept the ConnectED Library Challenge, an initiative announced by President Obama on April 30 to expand access to digital books and library resources to children. Superintendents from Wayne, Pike, Lawrence and Washington township schools as well … Read More

Anne Morgan’s War: Rebuilding France 1917-1924 Exhibit at Library

May 7, 2015 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Patrons are invited to view a special photographic exhibit showing American women volunteers who devoted themselves to relief work in France  during and after World War I. Their dynamic leader was Anne Morgan, daughter of  financier J.P. Morgan. This exhibit is in the Central Library’s South Display Hall. … Read More

Theatre Review: Typhoid Mary at the Phoenix

May 7, 2015 | by Ethel Winslow

“Typhoid Mary” has become a term used to describe someone who spreads illness. What some people don’t realize is that there was a real Mary who spread typhoid fever — she didn’t have any symptoms of the disease, but unwittingly infected dozens of people from 1900 to about 1915. Mary … Read More

State Opens Gateway to Work for HIP Members

May 7, 2015 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) recently announced that the hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers enrolled in the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) are now also eligible for the state’s new Gateway to Work program. Gateway to Workwill help HIP members who enroll identify a career path … Read More