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Poverty Fighting Projects Get Grant Boost

August 24, 2017 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Projects working to help Hoosier families and individuals escape poverty have received a $125,000 boost in the form of the inaugural round of Faith & Action Project grants. Organizers had intended to award $100,000, but increased the grant pool after reviewing proposals. Six area programs will receive grants … Read More

Wreckage of USS Indianapolis located by researchers

August 24, 2017 | by Weekly View

WASHINGTON — A team of civilian researchers led by entrepreneur and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has announced they have found the wreck of the World War II cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA 35), which was lost July 30, 1945. This is a significant discovery considering the depth of the water in … Read More

City-County 2018 Budget Process Begins

August 24, 2017 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS – Mayor Joe Hogsett recently introduced the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget to a full meeting of the City-County Council. Included within the $1.1 billion of proposed spending are significant steps towards a more sustainable city — fiscally, with an introduced budget that is structurally balanced for the first … Read More

Technicolor Shorts at Garfield Park Aug. 26

August 24, 2017 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Film historian Eric Grayson will screen a collection of short films, all created and preserved in the original Technicolor process, in a program set to begin at 8 p.m. at the Garfield Park Arts Center on Saturday, August 26. The films will include Story of a Patriot (1956) … Read More

West Side Story at Beef & Boards through Oct. 1

August 24, 2017 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS – It opened 60 years ago on Broadway, yet its message continues to resonate today. The powerful and poignant musical West Side Story is now on stage at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre for performances now through Oct. 1. The enduring Shakespeare tale of Romeo and Juliet is adapted … Read More