Monthly Archives: January 2023

“Clue” opens Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre

January 5, 2023 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — When it came time to solve the mystery of what show should open its 50th Anniversary Season, Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre only needed one Clue. The farce-meets-murder mystery is now on stage for the first time at Beef & Boards. Inspired by the Hasbro board game and … Read More

You’re So Vain, 50 Years On

January 5, 2023 | by Al Hunter

Fifty years ago this week, Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” hit #1 on Billboard Magazine’s Hot 100 list. The song, track # 3 on side one of the album “No Secrets,” was released by Elektra Records, on November 28, 1972. The album spent five weeks at #1 on the U.S. … Read More

Away in a Manger

January 5, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

The Nativity scene, also known as a Manger Scene, Crèche or Crib is one of the most enduring and endearing symbols of the Christmas season. Inspired by a trip to the Holy Land, St. Francis of Assisi created the first known Nativity scene in 1223 using real animals and townspeople. … Read More

100 Years Ago: Jan. 6-12

January 5, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 10, 1923: Mayor Lew Shank proposes acquiring two or more German police dogs, direct from Germany, to do police work in Indianapolis. Dogs could be taught to ascertain at a sniff that a “bootlegger” has a hip flask or to distinguish from afar the … Read More

Jump, Hop and Pop

January 5, 2023 | by CJ Woods III

When I visited three friends in Ohio, I stayed overnight with one of them, helping her to unpack her storage pod and move into her new house. That evening, she told me to hop into the shower; I declined, stating that I was a “morning shower” person. I did not … Read More