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• Two exhibits opening Oct. 7 at Big Car’s Tube Factory artspace
  Justin Cooper started a series of paintings when he relocated from Fountain Square to the Garfield Park neighborhood to be part of Big Car’s Artist and Public Life Residency. Now, the Tube Factory artspace will showcase that work in Justin Cooper: [Read More...]
• IPS plan would relocate Center for Inquiry #2
  The significant overhaul proposed for Indianapolis Public Schools facilities would result in the closing of the Center for Inquiry at School 2, the popular Chatham Arch magnet school. But the full program would continue instead at a Holy Cross [Read More...]
• Harry C. Stutz left his mark on automotive industry
  With “transformative” renovations now under way at the former automobile factory known for years as the Stutz Business Center and now more simply as “the Stutz,” historian Connie Zeigler takes a look at the man whose business acumen launched the famous automobile company. [Read More...]
• Indy Jazz Fest returns this weekend with an outdoor festival at Garfield Park
  Celebrating more than 20 years as innovators in the Indianapolis arts and culture scene, the annual Indy Jazz Fest returns as a two-day outdoor festival. The event will take place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1-2, at the MacAllister [Read More...]
• New exhibit to tell the sad but important story of a young Black man’s murder
  On Saturday, Sept. 17, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis will unveil an exhibit three years in the making. Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See, which will soon begin a national tour, is a collaboration of the Emmett Till and [Read More...]
• Three-day Oktoberfest event coming to Monon 30 venue
  The recently launched community-based event center, The Cradle at Monon 30, will host a three-day Oktoberfest on Friday, Sept. 30, through Sunday, Oct. 2. The event will showcase Bavarian culture with a biergarten, food, live music, activities and a [Read More...]
• Chatham Arch church among recipients of grants to help preserve historic African American sites
  Nine sites significant to Indiana’s African American history are receiving restoration and rehabilitation assistance through two funds established by the late Eli Lilly chemist and preservation champion Standiford “Stan” Cox. One of those sites – [Read More...]
• History 301: An early newspaper describes life in new state capital
  This illustration depicts Indianapolis soon after the Western Censor was first published. The artist captured Washington Street looking west from Pennsylvania Street In 1825. INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY By CONNIE ZEIGLER, Contributing editor For the [Read More...]