Paula Nicewanger’s Story Archive

54th Annual St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild Decorators’ Show House and Gardens

April 30, 2015 | by Paula Nicewanger

The Decorator’s Show House and Gardens tour is going on now through Mother’s Day, May 10th. For the last 54 years each spring, designers and their support teams (and the members of St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild) donate hundreds of hours to refurbish an area home. All ticket and tour proceeds … Read More

Warren Central Grad Running for City County Council

April 2, 2015 | by Paula Nicewanger

Eddie Barnes, freshman at IUPUI majoring in Political Science is running for City County Council in newly formed District 18 (roughly from Washington St. on the north, south to Thompson, and from Emerson east to Grassy Creek). Eddie was a 2014 Warren Central High School grad. His father John Barnes … Read More

That Ayres Look

March 26, 2015 | by Paula Nicewanger

Those of us who grew up in Indianapolis before the early 1990s know that L. S. Ayres was the premiere department store in Indianapolis. The You Are There: That Ayres Look exhibit just opened March 14th at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center downtown at 350 W. Ohio … Read More

Old Movie Theatres Downtown

February 26, 2015 | by Paula Nicewanger

After hearing Lady Gaga sing an amazing medley of The Sound of Music songs at the Oscars and then seeing her and Julie Andrews embrace, it brought back memories of the first time I saw The Sound of Music on the big screen — and I mean big screen — … Read More

Cooking My First Thanksgiving Dinner

November 27, 2014 | by Paula Nicewanger

I cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner when I was just 15 years old. My mother had developed Hepatitis in January of that year. She spent six weeks in isolation in the hospital and another seven weeks again in August of that year. She was still bedridden and I, being the … Read More