Monthly Archives: April 2017

Indy Library Launches Projects to Reach New Immigrants

April 27, 2017 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Newly-arrived immigrants and individuals with limited English proficiency can receive assistance on using Library resources and improving their English language skills through several new initiatives at The Indianapolis Public Library. As part of a two-year, $192,200 grant from The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund’s Innovation Fund, IndyPL is partnering … Read More

The Lorraine Motel: Prelude and Aftermath, Part 2

April 27, 2017 | by Al Hunter

On Thursday, April 4, 1968, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was staying in room 306 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Dr. King traveled to the river city in support of striking African-American city sanitation workers. King had gone out onto the balcony and was standing near his room when … Read More

Visualizing Space

April 27, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

In a recent edition of The New York Times, the back page of section A was covered by a full page advertisement for skin care products from a major player in the beauty business. The red star logo for Macy’s anchored the ad, a logo I had placed on the … Read More

One Man’s Trash . . .

April 27, 2017 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

The closets are overflowing, your two car garage won’t even accommodate your mower and you are strongly feeling the “urge to purge.” Don’t kick it to the curb, sell it at a yard sale! Sales are a lot of work, so make it worth your time and effort. Look carefully … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: April 28-May 4

April 27, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, May 3: Indiana is the first state which has made complete conscription arrangements. Last Saturday anticipating the enactment of the conscription bill, Governor Goodrich named ninety-two county conscription boards which are to take the census of all Hoosier men liable for military service under the … Read More