Monthly Archives: November 2024

Applause!: Nov. 8-14

November 7, 2024 | by Weekly View

• On Sunday, Nov. 10 at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 6810 E. 10th St. at 12:30 p.m., there will be a Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner open to the public. The members of the church prepare and serve this pre-holiday meal where all are welcome. • If you take car of community cats, FIDO … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week

November 7, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, November 10, 1924:  A fountain, The Pioneer Family, cast in bronze of a dark green, was dedicated in a simple ceremony yesterday afternoon in Fountain Square before a crowd which packed the place.  A gift to Indianapolis from Phoebe Hill in memory of her husband … Read More

A Day In The Line

November 7, 2024 | by CJ Woods III

“I read the news today, oh boy…” In the October 28th, 2022, issue of the Weekly View, I wrote “A Day In The Life,” an acknowledgement of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s song, which was covered by one of my favorite jazz guitarists, Indianapolis native Wes Montgomery. I thought of … Read More

60s-70s Indianapolis kid’s TV in Irvington

November 7, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in November 2010. Children’s television shows of the 1960s and 1970s reflected good, old-fashioned ideas of family values. Households often gathered in front of the TV set as a family to eat frozen dinners out of space age aluminum trays, prime time programming was considered clean … Read More