Monthly Archives: November 2016

Applause!: Nov. 18-24

November 17, 2016 | by Weekly View

• All Indianapolis Public Library locations will close at 5 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 23 and will be closed on Thurs., Nov. 24 in observance of Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Flanner House Branch will be closed on Fri., Nov. 25. • Indiana Landmarks and Carson’s invite the public to … Read More

Thirty-Two Minutes in March

November 17, 2016 | by Steve Nicewanger

Matt Roberts is a freelance journalist. He has covered and written about all areas of sports, but his main focus and his greatest loves are basketball and baseball. He is also a licensed referee for both basketball and soccer. Suffice it to say when he writes about sports he is … Read More

Shirley Temple: What a Doll!

November 17, 2016 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Able to hold her own with some of the finest dancers of the 20th Century, always coifed with 56 perfect ringlets and driven by one of the most notorious stage mothers in Hollywood history, little Shirley Jean Temple burst onto the big screen at the age of 3 to begin … Read More

The Octobers of Yesteryear, Part 4

November 17, 2016 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Ain’t God good to Indiana? Folks, a feller never knows Just how close he is to Eden Till, sometime, he ups an’ goes Seekin’ fairer, greener pastures Than he has right here at home . . . Ain’t God good to Indiana? Other spots may look as fair, But they … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Nov. 18-24

November 17, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, November 21, 1916: Yesterday, Mayor Bell and other city officials boarded four automobiles and proceeded to the head of the Pogues Run Drain near New York St and the Lake Erie & Western Railroad. Before an awed assemblage, the dignitaries proceeded to enter the two … Read More