Monthly Archives: March 2022

The Lume at Newfields

After going to the Detroit Institute of Art in the late 1970s as part of a Humanities class, my father declared he didn’t like Vincent van Gogh’s paintings. “He’s just too primitive for me,” he explained. The DIA had a few of Van Gogh’s works, and a few years later … Read More

Arts Council Announces Grants from COVID-19 Relief Fund

INDIANAPOLIS — The City of Indianapolis and the Indy Arts Council recently announced the 60 recipients of the second round of the Annual Grants Program COVID-19 Relief Fund, designed to help nonprofit arts organizations pay for rent or mortgages, utilities, personnel, and other reimbursable COVID-19 related expenses. Indy Arts Council … Read More

Steve’s Story, Part 5

In the last installment of this series, it was the summer of 1980 and we had enjoyed a week on the east coast in Massachusetts, visiting friends and cramming in as many historical sites as we could. I nearly forgot to mention that Steve, being the sports guy he is, … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 18-24

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, March 21, 1922: “Daddy Buttons” are being sold for $5 (2020: $79) by the city’s fourteen Girl Scout troops as part of a week-long drive to raise $10,000 (2020: $157,224) to carry on the work of the movement in Indianapolis. Authors Booth Tarkington and Meredith … Read More

The God Squad versus the Garbage Pail Kids

Looks like Major League baseball is on again. Right now, diehard hardball fans are on their knees thanking the baseball gods that the Billionaires versus Millionaires battle is over and the season is set to start. I usually try and write a baseball article every spring to kinda kick the … Read More