Ethel Winslow’s Story Archive

Theatre Review: EclecticPond’s Much Ado About Nothing

One of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, Much Ado About Nothing, receives a fresh, fast-paced treatment in EclecticPond’s production. Polly Heinkel, co-founder of EclecticPond, sets the play in the 1920s, when the boys were coming back from World War I, and women had just gained the right to vote and were … Read More

Building a Better City, Block By Block

The near-eastside neighborhood quarterly summits are interesting gatherings, where people in the community come to share their vision of what the area could be. Usually, the meetings take place in an office-like area, with breakfast and lunch, and lots of ideas discussed. This quarter, the summit will be a little … Read More

Eastside Icon Gets Second Life

For about 40 years, locals headed to the Tick Tock Lounge at 2602 E. 10th Street to toss back a couple of cold ones, shoot pool, meet their neighbors, and relax. A couple of years ago, the Tick Tock closed its doors, leaving yet another empty building. But about a … Read More

Irvington’s Folk Festival Geared to Whole Family

Last year, the wildly successful Woody Guthrie Festival convinced organizers that there was a crying need on the east side for more traditional folk music. So this year, organizers decided to make it bigger and better — and even managed to get official acknowledgement from the City of Indianapolis, thanks … Read More

Thresholds and Rubicons

Without much fanfare from the American press, the world approached a significant threshold. According to the Mauna Loa Observatory Scripps CO2 program, daily averages of carbon dioxide (CO2) temporarily reached 400 parts per million. Climate scientists noted that the last time there was so much CO2 in the atmosphere was … Read More