Monthly Archives: June 2015

The Second Half of the 2015 Indy Car Series

We are now ten races into the IndyCar season with just six races left to run. There have been seven different winners with three drivers winning two races each. Chevy engines have powered eight of the winners with Honda drivers claiming two victories. The two races that were won by … Read More

Friends Forever: Wanda

“As our past led us to the future, our present leads us to the past. Friends are the weavers of the treasures in the trunks stored in our mental attics.” My niece, Barbara Gard, sent the above about my column “There’s No Friend Like an Old Friend.” While I was … Read More

Four Years of the Irvington Folk Festival

What started out as a tribute to Woody Guthrie on what would have been his 100th birthday in 2012 has blossomed into an annual multicultural, multidimensional event with music, lectures, classes, concerts, and much more. This year’s Irvington Folk Festival will be held June 14-20 at various locations, and includes … Read More

Twenty-Four Hour Greenway Access

INDIANAPOLIS — The hours of usage for Indy Parks Greenway Trails in Marion County will be 24-hour access per a rule change by the authority of the Director of the Department. The rule will be effective July 21. “Extending trail hours will improve connectivity for those who commute via bicycle … Read More

Talbot Street Art Fair

INDIANAPOLIS — The Talbot Street Art Fair is one of the longest-running art fairs in the city, starting on Mother’s Day in 1956 in the “alley” between Pennsylvania and Delaware known as Talbot St. Starting with 15 artists who hung their work on fences, clotheslines, and any other surface they … Read More