Monthly Archives: July 2022

Free Concerts at the State Fair

July 28, 2022 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Hoosier Lottery Free Stage will run July 29 through August 21 (Fair is closed Mondays and Tuesdays). The Hoosier Lottery Free Stage has become a summertime staple for concert goers and music lovers. The lineup each year consists of some of music’s most legendary acts and this … Read More

Dancing Harry, Robota the Witch, and Colonel Super Fly, Part 2

July 28, 2022 | by Al Hunter

For Game 5, the Nuggets brought out a mascot of their own: “Robota The Wicked Witch of the West.” Robota’s job? To counteract Dancing Harry hexes, Nuggets team president Carl Scheer decided to bring in a witch to put a hex of their own on the Pacers. Dressed entirely in … Read More

100 Years Ago: July 29-Aug. 4

July 28, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, August 1, 1922: A proposed zoning ordinance, prepared by the Indianapolis plan commission, divides areas of the city into five district classifications: U1 dwelling house, only residential buildings; U2 apartment, occupies the principal part of the north side and areas east and west of the … Read More

Heat Wave

July 28, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

No: It’s not about the 1963 hit song by Martha and the Vandellas. A walk about the neighborhood in the early afternoon is something that only the hardiest among us can safely undertake. It is hot outside. As I write this, the temperature in Indianapolis is 90 degrees. With the … Read More

A Tribute to the Great American Southwest — Frankoma

July 28, 2022 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column originally appeared in September 2012. In the fall of 1927, John Frank graduated from the Chicago Art Institute and left his mid-western home to take a position at the University of Oklahoma as a professor of art and pottery design. Shortly after his relocation he befriended a group … Read More