Monthly Archives: November 2018

New Homelessness & Panhandling Initiative in City

INDIANAPOLIS — Recently, a new initiative to address issues connected to homelessness and panhandling in the Mile Square was announced. Under the proposal, $500k in new funding will be allocated to increase visibility and police presence in areas experiencing a high occurrence of aggressive panhandling, as well as provide services … Read More

A Christmas Carol Embodies the Spirit of the Season

Charles Dickens, that Victorian-era author and general champion of the poor and downtrodden, wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843. The novella was a blockbuster for its time, and a critical success. Here, 175 years later, the story of Scrooge and his change of heart after visits from three ghosts — … Read More

Community News in Pictures

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Applause!: Nov. 30-Dec. 6

• On Black Friday, many volunteers came out to Pogues Run Art and Nature Park to help plant 41 trees. That makes over a hundred trees planted in the park, located at 23rd and Dequincy on the east side. If you haven’t been to the park yet, it is a … Read More

Laddie at Garfield Park Dec. 1

INDIANAPOLIS — Film historian Eric Grayson will screen the 1940 film, Laddie, with Tim Holt, Virginia Carroll, and Peter Cushing, at the Garfield Park Arts Center on Sat., Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. According to Grayson, Laddie is a rarely seen film based on the novel by famed Indiana author … Read More