Monthly Archives: February 2023

Applause!: Feb. 17-23

February 16, 2023 | by Weekly View

• The Agape Theatre Company will bring Shakespeare to the IndyFringe Basile Theatre Feb. 18-26 with their production of The Winter’s Tale. Tickets are $6 – $16 and available online at indyfringe.org • There will be a book discussion of Frankenstein by Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley at the Irvington Library on … Read More

INverse Poetry Archive Now Accepting Entries

February 16, 2023 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC), in partnership with the Indiana State Library, announced today that INverse, the state poetry archive, is accepting entries. INverse, an initiative of former Indiana Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka, celebrates and preserves the diverse range of Indiana poetry for future generations of Indiana writers … Read More

George Raft: The Original Gangster, Part 2

February 16, 2023 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in May 2012. Al is on vacation. Just as Mae West was the original Hollywood Blonde Bombshell, George Raft was the original Hollywood Gangster. True, other actors played gangsters before him and many more portrayed gangsters after him, but not one of them boasted the gangster … Read More

One Hundred and Fifty Years

February 16, 2023 | by CJ Woods III

The musical backdrop to my reading was a rollicking rag called “Brown Baby,” executed by Eddie Edinborough & His New Orleans Wild Cats. Having recently seen a farewell performance by one of my favorite guitarists, Charlie Ballantine, I wanted to surround myself with the music of my favorite instrument. “50 … Read More

Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

February 16, 2023 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column originally appeared in February 2012. Fakes and reproductions abound in all areas of collecting, but nowhere so blatantly as in the field of antique furniture. From the elegance of Chippendale to the simplicity of the Arts and Crafts era, forgery abounds and if you are not aware of … Read More