Monthly Archives: August 2019

Discount Tickets to the Penrod Arts Fair at Broad Ripple Farmers Market Aug. 24

August 22, 2019 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The 53rd annual Penrod Arts Fair returns to Newfields (Indianapolis Art Museum) on Saturday, Sept. 7 from from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. This year’s fair features over 300 artists, six stages of entertainment, approximately 75 arts-related non-profit organizations, and an extensive children’s area. There will also be … Read More

A Half a Century and Counting

August 22, 2019 | by Steve Nicewanger

This month, August 2019, I celebrated a ritual that has become very common with Boomers. As a member of the Arlington High School Class of 1969, I attended my 50th high school graduation reunion. I might have called this the survival reunion because about as many members of that classic … Read More

Applause!: Aug. 23-29

August 22, 2019 | by Weekly View

• Scecina Memorial High School junior Elijah Clegg has organized the first Cookout For Life fundraiser for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Indianapolis Firefighters Local 416 peer support organization. The event takes place from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, at IAFF Local 418, 748 Massachusetts Ave. Firefighters … Read More

“You’re Coming With Me!”

August 22, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

It was a fearful time in America for persons of color. Fleeing intolerable conditions in the land of their birth, many risked a perilous journey to the north, mothers with babes in arms crossing raging rivers, seeking refuge. Many white people defied the law to protect them while Federal agents … Read More

Drainage Improvement Project in Ivy Hills Approved

August 22, 2019 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Board of Public Works recently approved an Indianapolis Department of Public Works (DPW) contract of nearly $1.8 million for the construction of a drainage improvement project in the Ivy Hills neighborhood. Designed to address longstanding drainage issues on the northeast side of the city, DPW Project SD-05-043 … Read More