Monthly Archives: January 2020

Steel Magnolias at Beef & Boards

January 9, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Steel Magnolias opens the 2020 Season at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, with performances now through Feb. 2. Set in 1987, Steel Magnolias is the story of six Southern women who share recipes, beauty tips, and gossip in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana. Helped by her eager … Read More

Rocky Jones, Space Ranger at Garfield Park

January 9, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Film historian Eric Grayson will screen Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, an early 1950s TV show, at Garfield Park Arts Center, 2432 Conservatory Drive, Indianapolis, on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. The show features a space ranger (Richard Crane) who works for the Office of Space Affairs. Also … Read More

2020 Miss Indiana State Fair Queen Crowned

January 9, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Claudia Duncan, Miss Vanderburgh County, was crowned the 62nd Indiana State Fair Queen recently at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum at the Indiana State Fairgrounds & Event Center. Claudia is the 4th representative from Vanderburgh County to be crowned Miss Indiana State Fair following Karen Kosester, 1974; Tate Fritchley, … Read More

Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger

January 9, 2020 | by Al Hunter

Nearly thirty years ago, I was cutting the grass on an ancient, unreliable Sears Craftsman riding lawn mower when my new bride came rushing out of the door of our first apartment excitedly waving her arms. Of course, I shut the mower off to see what was the matter. I … Read More

IndyCar News

January 9, 2020 | by Steve Nicewanger

As the new year unfolds there will be more news, but right now the headline is the arrival of the first aeroscreens. These are basically windshields that will enclose the cockpit. They will relieve some of the wind from the driver’s heads and hopefully give drivers another protective  barrier against … Read More