• Many eastside neighborhoods will participate in KIB’s Great Indy Cleanup this weekend, April 27. The Robson-Voorhees neighborhood cleanup will meet at the Minnie Hartmann Center, 3734 E. Vermont at 9 a.m. for registration and to pickup trash bags, etc. Otterbein Neighborhood Cleanup will meet at the Marion Academy, 2107 N. Riley at 9 a.m for registration and items to pick up. Little Flower, Christian Park, Warren, and many others also will have cleanups. Please check their community Facebook pages.
• Which brings us to a point — many people have never used, or have “opted out” of social media in the past few years. Organizations that rely solely on social media (Nextdoor, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) to let the community know about events and meetings are missing large numbers of folks who would love to participate, but don’t know about things until they are over. Some organizations have stopped sending information to local “old media” newspapers, and we cannot pass along information that we don’t have. We reach thousands of readers every week who want to help. Please send e-mails to ethel.weeklyview@yahoo.com at least a week in advance of important events so we can tell our readers!
• Did you know that the Indianapolis Public Library offers many online resources for genealogy research? Find out more about these free resources on Tuesday, April 30 from 10:15-11:15 a.m. at the Lawrence Branch, 7898 N. Hague Rd. Coffee and cookies will be served.
• QArtistry will present “Perry Haughter and the Magical Musical” at Theatre at the Fort, 8920 Otis Ave., April 25, 26, and 27 at 7:30 p.m. and April 28 at 3 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com. The show celebrates the world’s favorite lightning-scarred wizard through song and parody.
• Emily’s Backyard Blooms will be supplying the plants for the annual Plant Sale at Rabble Coffee, 2119 E. 10th St. on Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Proceeds will support Barter School Indy. Another plant sale, this time for Indy Urban Acres, will be held the same day from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the property, located at 7700 E. 21st St. Lots of heirloom tomato, peppers, melons, and more at that sale.
• The deadline to apply for IPS Choice Lottery is April 30. Visit the IPS Web site, www.myips.org for more information.
• Martin Barre and other former members of Jethro Tull will reunite for the 50th anniversary of the formation of the iconic band, and play the Irving Theatre, 5505 E. Washington St., on Thursday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. This is an all-ages show with reasonably priced tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the venue, www.AtTheIrving.com.
• Susan G. Komen Central Indiana branch recently announced several grants to local organizations to help provide breast health education and more. Local organizations receiving grants include Hancock Regional Hospital, Gennesaret Free Clinic, Little Red Door Cancer Agency, and Eskenazi Health.