Monthly Archives: June 2023

Hancock County Career Center Names New Director

June 22, 2023 | by Weekly View

HANCOCK CO. — The collaborative high school Hancock County career center, nicknamed the Hancock County Career Center or HC3, has named Stan Wilkison the director for the career and technical education (CTE) classes. Wilkison is currently the assistant principal of Mt. Vernon High School and will remain in this role … Read More

Land of the Lost

June 22, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

When I was in grade school during the ‘50s studying Indiana history, my teacher told the class that “Indiana was named for the Indians who lived here; but that no Indians live here today.” At that time, except for a few place names memorializing tribes like Miami, Delaware, and Potawatomi, … Read More

New Etheridge Knight Mural to be Unveiled June 30

June 22, 2023 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — A two-story outdoor mural of Black Arts Movement poet Etheridge Knight (1931-1991) will be unveiled at a free public event at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, at the Chatterbox Jazz Club, the Indy Arts Council announced. Knight, who became a poet while incarcerated in the Indiana State Prison … Read More

Applause!: June 23-29

June 22, 2023 | by Weekly View

• The Irvington Garden Tour will be held Sunday, June 25 from 1-5 p.m. Tickets are only $10 and allow you to view beautiful private gardens throughout the neighborhood. Day of the tour tickets will be available at Irvington United Methodist Church, 30 N. Audubon (there’s a Strawberry Festival there … Read More

City Creates International Leadership Academy

June 22, 2023 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Led by the Mayor’s Office of International and Latino Affairs (OILA) and the Immigrant Welcome Center (IWC), the International Leaders Academy (ILA), the free leadership initiative is designed to provide immigrants living in Marion County with greater access to civic, health, and education resources, as well as advocacy … Read More