Monthly Archives: February 2016

Early Birds in the Garden

February 18, 2016 | by Ed Myers

“You might think that after thousands of years of coming up too soon and getting frozen, the crocus family would have a little sense knocked into it.” — Robert Benchley (1889-1945) Crocuses (crocus, singular) are one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring and can often be seen … Read More

The Carter Journals: Time Travels in Early U.S. History by Shane Phipps

February 18, 2016 | by Kathleen Angelone

Hunting with Daniel Boone, waiting out an Indian siege of a pioneer fort, operating a lock on the Whitewater Canal and helping a slave along the route of the Underground Railroad are just some of the adventures Cody Carter experiences while reading the journals written by his ancestors in The … Read More

Sister Act at Beef & Boards

February 18, 2016 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS —  Hang on to your habit, because Deloris Van Cartier is about to shake things up when Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents the divine comedy Sister Act as the first musical in its 2016 season. Nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical, Sister Act is on stage … Read More

UIndy Dinner Theatre Presents British Comedy

February 18, 2016 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — A celebrated British farce is this season’s dinner production from the University of Indianapolis Department of Theatre. Out of Order by Ray Cooney, winner of the 1991 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, opens Feb. 19 in UIndy’s Schwitzer Student Center, 1400 E. Hanna Ave. Set in a … Read More

The Wedding Singer

February 18, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

“Do you still sing?” Bobbi Munholland posed that question to me when I saw her for the first time since 1993. We were at a reunion of former L.S. Ayres advertising department employees, held at the Benton House. “Oh, yes,” I told her and noodled out a few notes of … Read More