Weekly View’s Story Archive

Public Safety Citizens Academy Taking Applications

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Public Safety Foundation recently announced that applications are now being accepted for the 8th class of the Public Safety Citizens Academy (PSCA).  The PSCA is a free, 10-week program that gives community members a behind-the-scenes look at Indy’s public safety agencies — the Indianapolis Fire Department … Read More

Pulitzer winner Sweat to Make Indy Debut at Phoenix Theatre

INDIANAPOLIS — With only two productions to go in the Park Avenue location, Phoenix Theatre plans to go out with a bang. Sweat by Lynn Nottage, who won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for the script, is a fiery story of identity, racial tension, and economic politics in the industrial, blue-collar … Read More

Applause!: Feb. 2-8

• There have been several reports of coyotes, or possibly coydogs in Indianapolis — a few reports from the east side near Pogue’s Run and Pleasant Run. On the southwest side, a coywolf (coyote-wolf hybrid) has been reported. According to the Indiana DNR, coyote sightings may increase this time of … Read More

Pysanky: Ukrainian Easter Eggs at the Bona

IRVINGTON — The egg is a symbol of rebirth. With the addition of complex Ukrainian folk designs, the Easter egg becomes a true object of beauty. The art form is called Pysanka, from the verb pysaty, “to write,” as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax. In … Read More