Monthly Archives: June 2017

IRT Actor Named Lunt-Fontanne Fellow

June 15, 2017 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Repertory Theatre recently announced that longtime actor and Indianapolis local, Robert Neal, was named a 2017 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow. Each year, the Ten Chimneys Foundation brings together just ten of the nation’s top regional theatre actors to work with a world-renowned Master Teacher. The fellowship is considered … Read More

New Phase of DigIndy May Impact Eastside Residents

June 15, 2017 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Work on Citizens Energy Group’s DigIndy Project will increasingly impact commuters in Indianapolis this summer with lane restrictions and road closures. DigIndy is a $2 billion, federally-mandated project to build a 28-mile long network of deep rock tunnels 250 feet beneath the city. The tunnels will store 250 … Read More

Turning Flipflops

June 15, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

I recently crossed that great divide between seventy and eighty years old. Seventy isn’t so bad. Some people even call it middle age. (Bet me!) It no longer has the distinction of great longevity because many people live into their nineties or reach one hundred. The last parent of the … Read More

Applause! June 16-22

June 15, 2017 | by Weekly View

• On Fri, June 23 at  9:00 p.m. at E. 10th St. & Hamilton Ave., Jomo Cole (Circle City Gaming Center) will host an evening of family, fun, free movie, free popcorn, and free soft drinks. Bring the kids, a blanket, or some lawn chairs, and enjoy the show on … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: June 16-23

June 15, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, June 17: The sixteen City Hospital interns who walked out Friday at midnight in protest over the arrival of Dr. William W. Gibbs, an African American, to begin his internship have returned to their wards. The interns convinced the hospital board that the hospital staff … Read More