Monthly Archives: August 2020

Eiteljorg Presents Virtual Quest for the West Art Show

August 27, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art will feature an all-new virtual format during its 15th annual Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, Sept. 11-12. A newly redeveloped website, quest.eiteljorg.org, is the hub of information for the two-day sale of top-quality Western American art, … Read More

Elvis Presley — are you kidding?

August 27, 2020 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in August 2010. Recently the Leslie Hindman auction house in Chicago caused a flap when it was announced that they would be auctioning off the instruments used to embalm Elvis Presley after his untimely death at the age of 42. The auction house was planning to … Read More

Sato is the Champ. . . Again

August 27, 2020 | by Steve Nicewanger

Takuma Sato picked up his second Indy 500 victory in four years and in doing so proved that he is not just another pretty face at IMS. The 43-year-old brought Rahal Letterman its first Indy 500 win in 16 years and showed that you should never count the old guys … Read More

100 Years Ago: Aug. 28-Sept. 3

August 27, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, September 3, 1920:  To vote in the November election it is absolutely necessary that you take one of the two opportunities provided to register to vote.  Tomorrow is the first of two registration days for voters to register in person in their home precinct from … Read More

Slingin’ Papers

August 27, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

When I was 10 years old, my older cousin was looking for someone to take over his paper route. The papers he distributed were to subscribers of The Pittsburgh Courier, a newspaper whose target audience was the African American community, and which was published once a week, on Thursday. Billy … Read More