Ethel Winslow’s Story Archive

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

Theatre Review The Fowl: Birds on a Wire

The QMunity production of The Fowl is musical parody of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, told in two acts. In the first act, the story of birds attacking a town on Bodega Bay in California is told much as the Hitch told it in 1963 — although with a cast of … Read More

Theatre Review: The Importance of Being Earnest

EclecticPond Theatre Company is maturing into a theatre force to be reckoned with as it revises and adapts classic plays for a modern audience. Last month’s fascinating Julius Caesar, set in a modern-day boardroom, was a study in power and honor. The latest offering, The Importance of Being Earnest, is … Read More

Survive Alive Program Saves Lives

Vincent Randolph, an educator at the Survive Alive program, pushes the smoke detector button and the room is filled with the squeal of the alarm, and the squeals of the Girl Scouts in the classroom. “What does this sound mean?” he shouts above the din. The Girl Scouts shriek “there’s … Read More