Monthly Archives: July 2015

Here, Beer,Everywhere

July 23, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

I was looking for some diversion on a recent Sunday afternoon when I remembered the Indy Film Fest. I checked the schedule and saw that, within an hour of my reading about it, a movie about craft beer brewing that featured two young men from Braddock, Penn., would be showing … Read More

Movie Posters: Advertising or Art?

July 23, 2015 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

From the talkies of the early 1920s to the Disney classics of the mid-20th century, movie posters are growing in popularity. Recognized as both a collectible and a legitimate art form, sales are trending upwards with savvy millennials who see their investment potential. The first American movie poster was issued … Read More

Tricky Dick Nixon and the Hook Up

July 23, 2015 | by Al Hunter

Last week I tried, perhaps in vain, to make President Richard Nixon’s eldest daughter Tricia seem cool. Her musical choice for a July 17th, 1970 party in honor of Britain’s Prince Charles and his sister Princess Anne was a Canadian band known as the Guess Who. The band was scheduled … Read More

The Wild World of Sports

July 23, 2015 | by Steve Nicewanger

Ryan’s Own Race Ryan Hunter-Reay won the Iowa Corn 300 last Saturday Night for the third time in four years. The 34-year-old Texan was second in the race he didn’t win in 2013. This hasn’t been Hunter-Reay’s year — Iowa was his first podium finish of the season. A fifth … Read More

Applause!: July 24-31

July 23, 2015 | by Weekly View

• Have you ever found any “artifacts” when starting a garden or working in your yard in Irvington? Well, the Irvington Historical Society would like to put those treasures (or oddities) on display. To participate in the exhibit We’re Diggin’ Irvington!, please contact Charlotte Ottinger Flick at 509-8577 or Cottinger@indy.rr.com … Read More