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BEHIND THE SCENES: Salsa Dancing-WEB ONLY

Nadia Alvarado calls herself a salsera. By day she works toward her master’s in philanthropic studies at IUPUI, but five nights a week she lets down her raven hair, dons a swinging skirt and allows herself to be dipped and twirled across any dance floor that’ll have her, as long as there’s salsa music playing. […]

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Nordstrom new north-side store targets tonier shoppers

Come Sept. 19, Nordstrom Inc.’s got a brand new bag–and, well, shoes, hat and ensemble to match–as the department store
opens a second Indianapolis location, in the Fashion Mall at Keystone. Residing in Parisian’s former quarters,
the new store is poised to burnish the mall’s reputation as the region’s highest-end shopping destination.

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Museum of Art fashion show to highlight local designers

It’s not easy to make a living in high fashion, especially in a city where the “garment district” extends only to the nearest
Hancock or Jo Ann Fabrics. Still, Indianapolis has a little something up its sleeve–more than a dozen designers who are prepping
their collections for “Project IMA,” a fashion show modeled after Bravo’s reality hit “Project Runway.”

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PROFILE: AimFire Marketing: Job hopping led marketer to become her own boss AimFire’s specialty: Optimizing Internet search engine results

AimFire Marketing Job hopping led marketer to become her own boss AimFire’s specialty: Optimizing Internet search engine results Little more than three years ago, Susan Young’s custom Brownsburg home had two extra bedrooms, and the daily commute to Synergy Marketing Group in Indianapolis kept her home and office in separate worlds. Today, Young has two new babies: her 7-month-old daughter, Elaina, and her young business, AimFire Marketing. One of those once-empty rooms is now the heart of her six-figure career….

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