Monthly Archives: March 2026

The Lyric Theatre & Sinatra

March 5, 2026 | by Al Hunter

Located at 135 N. Illinois Street there once stood a theatre with as rich a pop-culture history as any in Indianapolis. When the Lyric Theatre opened in February of 1906, it was basically a room filled with about 200 folding chairs arranged in rows. A carbon arc light projector rested … Read More

Doing

March 5, 2026 | by CJ Woods III

One day, while sitting at the counter of my favorite cidery, dithering away the day, I heard, not for the first time, a customer’s response to a server’s inquiry about what items they wanted from the menu: “I’m gonna do …” the customer began, and I ground my back teeth … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 6-12

March 5, 2026 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, March 12, 1926: Construction has started on a mammoth grain elevator with a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels on the Big Four Railroad west of Sloan Av, near Beech Grove. The grain terminal will be one of the largest in the Midwest with eighteen giant concrete … Read More