Monthly Archives: October 2024

Part Two —The Weeklies

October 24, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

Readers of The Weekly View are continuing an Indianapolis newspaper tradition that began two centuries ago. The View is one of the more recent weekly publications to bring news and other items of local interest to a specialized readership. Most of the early Indianapolis newspapers were dependent on the mail … Read More

First Indiana Music Audio Kiosk is Launched

October 24, 2024 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Music History Project recently launched its first Indiana Music Audio Kiosk, now available for visitors at its free public gallery located at 1305 Broad Ripple Avenue, in the lower level of Flanner Buchanan in the Broad Ripple neighborhood of Indianapolis. The kiosk is a unique interactive … Read More

Irvington Founder’s Awards Presented

October 24, 2024 | by Weekly View

The Irvington Community Council and the Historic Irvington Halloween Festival presented the 2024 Founder’s Awards last Sunday Oct. 20th at the Bona Thompson Memorial Center. Since 2011, the awards have recognized individuals, organizations and businesses making significant contributions to the overall quality of life in Irvington. Three of the five … Read More

The Owls Of Irvington

October 24, 2024 | by CJ Woods III

Approximately 30% of all new cancer diagnoses in women will be breast cancer. A couple of years ago, my next-door neighbor sent me a text, asking that I listen for the owl that was hooting in a tree somewhere close by. My neighbor and I live close to Ellenberger Park, … Read More

Gustav Stickley — Father of the American Arts & Crafts Movement

October 24, 2024 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first ran in November 2013. With a passion for the environment and a love of nature, Gustav Stickley introduced simplicity to the American public in early 1900s. Drawing inspiration from the beauty of his native state, Wisconsin, Stickley’s philosophy of “organic architecture” was based on four ideas: a … Read More