Ethel Winslow’s Story Archive

Making a Case for Books

In the Enterprise Center on the near east side, employees weave around a maze of tables and mysterious machines, gluing, stitching, applying covers, and trimming books. In one corner, well-loved books are piled — a family Bible, a beloved child’s book, a military book from the 1950s — waiting for … Read More

Iconic Signal Box Damaged in Irvington

The “welcome” to Irvington on East Washington Street got a little dimmer on March 15, when a driver plowed into the painted traffic signal box that was on the corner of Emerson. The box was severely damaged and had to be removed by the Department of Public Works. No one … Read More

A Little Bit of Ireland Comes to Indianapolis

The east side of Indianapolis is a far cry from Donegal County, Ireland where Eunan McIntyre hails from. Coming from the small coastal village Glencolmcille, McIntyre’s musical roots are deeply embedded in the surf of the Atlantic, the boglands where he learned to cut peat for a cottage fire, and … Read More

Theatre Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Indiana Repertory Theatre’s latest offering, The Hound of the Baskervilles, is based on one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes stories. It was adapted for the stage by R. Hamilton Wright and David Pichette, who managed to incorporate Sherlock’s idiosyncrasies into a plot as full of … Read More

Wind Blows Wall Down on East Side

A wall of the building at 1008 N. Emerson fell into the street on Feb. 14. The building, partly demolished to make way for a gas station, succumbed to high winds. The owner of the property withdrew a site plan from the Board of Zoning Appeals on Feb. 10 and … Read More