Hendricks County nature preserve a great outing for families with young childrenMarch 26, 2021
By Shawndra Miller / Communications manager, Central Indiana Land Trust Eager for the colors and sounds of spring after a long winter? Consider exploring Burnett Woods Nature Preserve, where wildflowers blanket the forest floor in April and May, and [Read More.…]
Soil health to be a theme of zoomed First Friday at Harrison CenterMarch 26, 2021
The Harrison Center will continue in pandemic mode for its First Friday, April 2, opening. The virtual event will spotlight several artists, headed by Shamira Wilson with Collective Breathing in the Harrison Gallery. The exhibit will explore soil [Read More.…]
Easement improves water quality in state park, nature preserveFebruary 20, 2021
By Jen Thomas / Media relations, Central Indiana Land Trust Entrepreneur and nature lover Joe McCurdy has donated to the Central Indiana Land Trust a 365-acre conservation easement that promises to improve the water quality in Turkey Run State Park [Read More.…]
Harrison Center’s First Friday to illustrate ideas in dream-like settingsFebruary 20, 2021
New oil-on-linen works by Alicia Zanoni will headline the online-only First Friday, March 5, event at the Harrison Center. Zanoni’s exhibit, A Will and Away, will display a sense of moving forward, each painting being in a place traveled to in a [Read More.…]
Game of basketball to be celebrated in Circle City Industrial Complex exhibitFebruary 20, 2021
The Schwitzer Gallery will host new work by Nicholas Conlon, a multi-disciplinary artist from Chicago. His show, Broken Rims and Dirty Dreams, will focus on basketball as an art form when the Circle City Industrial Complex Artists continue to host [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: Harrison Center’s virtual First Friday coming on Feb. 5January 21, 2021
Artist Derrick Carter will present a a variety of sand and acrylic layered paintings as part of Gemini, a virtual exhibit which will be part of the Feb. 5 First Friday activities at the Harrison Center. Additionally, William Denton Ray will present [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: First Friday continues in virtual mode at Circle City Industrial ComplexJanuary 21, 2021
Processed with VSCO with b4 preset Full Circle Nine Gallery will feature Uncredited, a collection of street photography by Peres Shirley, as part of the Virtual First Friday programming on Facebook and Instagram, 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: Indiana Repertory Theatre reveals two more productions in virtual seasonJanuary 21, 2021
The first play in The Indiana Repertory Theatre’s Inclusion Series – NO. 6, by T.J. Young, will be the next virtual presentation, to be available via streaming from March 11 to 28. The IRT has also inveiled the following production – Cyrano, based [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: 16 Tech’s artisan marketplace to offer new dining options and community-focused conceptsJanuary 21, 2021
Fans of George Turkette’s Fountain Square eatery and meatery may want to look forward to the March opening of Amp, a new artisan marketplace to be located in the 16 Tech Innovation District. The same goes for devotees of Circle City Sweets, the [Read More.…]
Bonus Coverage: December First Friday openings go ‘virtual’ at Harrison Center and Circle City Industrial ComplexNovember 20, 2020
The city’s retreat from spreading COVID-19 cases has prompted local galleries to go back to virtual openings on Friday, Dec. 4, after several months of socially distanced First Fridays. At the Harrison Center, Brrgundy is the theme of its annual [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: Kyle Ragsdale exhibit to be highlight of Harrison Center First FridayOctober 23, 2020
Friday, Nov. 6, will bring the opening night of Zephyr, a new collection of paintings, drawings and ceramics by resident artist Kyle Ragsdale. Zephyr means “a soft wind,” and the figures throughout the paintings are enveloped in swirling and flowing [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: Central Indiana Land Trust expands unique old-growth forestOctober 23, 2020
By Jen Thomas The Central Indiana Land Trust is expanding the 60-acre Meltzer Woods Nature Preserve near Shelbyville by buying an adjacent 35-acre agricultural field, where it will plant more than 20,000 trees. The purchase price was approximately [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: Take an Exploration Along Our WaterwaysOctober 23, 2020
By Julie L Rhodes / Collective Impact director, Reconnecting to Our Waterways As autumn arrives in Indianapolis, it brings cool breezes and a blast of yellows, oranges and reds throughout our neighborhoods and our natural spaces. The lack of [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: Preserving natural resources should be an inclusive effort / Artist-led innovation works to create better ‘places’August 22, 2020
By Cliff Chapman / Executive director, Central Indiana Land Trust The summer between high school and college, a buddy and I decided to take a road trip from Indianapolis to Bloomington, where we planned to grab some interesting food and take a walk [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: Harrison Center openings headlined by ‘Hot Metal’ exhibitionAugust 22, 2020
The Harrison Center will host six new shows on the upcoming First Friday, Sept. 4, once again with social distancing guidelines in place and face coverings mandatory. The openings include: – In the Harrison Gallery, Kristin Divers will [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE: Over 200 Cabaret performances now available onlineAugust 22, 2020
The in-person revelry may be postponed for a while, but The Cabaret staff is revamping its YouTube channel to give cabaret lovers everywhere their fix – for free. On Friday, Aug. 21, The Cabaret will release a selection of over 200 archived [Read More.…]
BONUS COVERAGE (A COVID-19 UPDATE): Federal funds will help find emergency housing amid pandemicAugust 21, 2020
The city’s efforts to curb homelessness have been boosted by over $2 million in funds distributed to seven local organizations with a focus to rapidly rehouse persons living in temporary non-congregate shelter/housing, help operate emergency [Read More.…]
