Monthly Archives: January 2021

Lilly Endowment Awards Grants for Emergency Needs in Indianapolis

January 7, 2021 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Lilly Endowment recently awarded $17.2 million in grants to 38 organizations working to help Hoosiers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Marion County. The grants support four categories of non-profits: Community and multi-service centers, organizations helping people experiencing homelessness and survivors of domestic abuse, African-American churches and … Read More

Applause!: Jan. 8-14

January 7, 2021 | by Weekly View

• Congratulations to Irvingtonian Char Ottinger for being awarded the Carolyn Helman Licktenberg Crest Award for Professional Achievement by Pi Beta Phi. The honor is given to recognize those who have positively impacted their communities through professional and volunteer service. • Otterbein UMC’s push to load up supplies to go … Read More

Southside Art League Presents “All Things Purple” Through January

January 7, 2021 | by Weekly View

GREENWOOD — The SALI Winter Exhibit at the Southside Art League Off Broadway Gallery will be exhibiting art works that follow the theme “All Things Purple” January through March. The show will present a wide variety of styles, subjects, media and prices will be available, including original framed and unframed … Read More

Electronics Recycling Event Slated for Jan. 23

January 7, 2021 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Office of Sustainability is hosting a special post-holiday electronics recycling event on Saturday, Jan. 23 at Krannert Park (605 S. High School Rd.). Marion County residents are encouraged to drop off unused, outdated, and/or broken electronics so that they may be properly recycled. On-site staff will … Read More

The Mysterious Toynbee Tiles

January 7, 2021 | by Al Hunter

This article was first published in March 2010. Scattered throughout the roadways and crosswalks of more than two dozen cities in the United States and South America are hundreds of mysterious homemade tiles arranged jigsaw style bearing the cryptic message, “Toynbee Idea: In Kubrick’s 2001, Resurrect Dead on Planet Jupiter” … Read More