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A not-for-profit group has found a new use for an historic former elementary school on the near east side. The former Lucretia
Mott School No. 3, at 23 N. Rural St., is set to become a mixed-income apartment community.
Excluding transportation, orders actually fell 0.5 percent, the poorest showing in 13 months.
Not-for-profit launched last year by BioCrossroads and Indiana’s orthopedic companies names Zimmer Inc. executive Brad Bishop
to lead the initiative.
A last-minute cancellation means missing a New York theater review trip. What did I miss?
The Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday announced plans to move their training camp from Terre Haute to Anderson, where it was
held for the first 15 years the team was in Indianapolis.
New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules force precautions on paint chips, dust.
Matthew Jose figures that if enough people follow him into urban farming, vacant and abandoned property will flourish with
productivity, consumer diets will improve, and worn neighborhoods will get new life.
State awards unclaimed shares of the minor league baseball team to bidders who offered as much as $27,505 for each share.
Brad Paisley performs June 5 at Verizon Wireless Music Center. Darius Rucker and Justin Moore open. Details
here.
Conner Prairie’s annual Indiana Festival, held June 5-6, features performances ranging from Eastern
Star Church Choir to Mariachi Sol Jalisciense. PBS’s Maya and Miquel join in the fun. Details here.
Garfield Park hosts Asian Fest, June 5, featuring live music and dance as well as a Bonsai Show in the Conservatory.
Details here.
Soprano Angela Brown is the guest for the latest edition of "Mickey’s Corner," June 7 at
the JCC. Details here.
The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis presents 1986 gold medalist Kyoko Takezawa, June 8
at the Indiana History Center’s Basile Theater. Details here.
Locally based SynCare LLC has withdrawn a request for a property tax abatement tied to the creation of 114 jobs. SynCare owner
Stephanie DeKemper said she pulled the request to ensure the employment projections are accurate.
Anderson University is expected to announce Thursday that the Indianapolis Colts will move the team's training camp from
Terre Haute to the Madison County campus, the Herald-Bulletin is reporting on its website.
The Indianapolis Colts are staying at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for training camp. The team has conducted its camp
at the Terre Haute school since 1999.
Two women say they were robbed and groped Sunday night near the corner of East 61st Street and Guilford Avenue in Broad Ripple.
Heather Grubor and Jennifer Burt said they were walking home from Chumley's Bar, where they had been most of the evening,
when two men with guns approached them, took designer purses, jewelry, cell phones and cash. Grubor and Burt believe the men
followed them from the bar.
Outside hackers have tapped into the credit card machines at Marco's Restaurant & Lounge, stealing card numbers from
customers. Owner Mark Poulos, who learned of the thefts last week, said as many as 500 customers have been hit, and some had
their accounts wiped out. Investigators are trying to learn how hackers broke through firewalls and encryption software.
Indianapolis Colts star receiver Reggie Wayne admits in court papers to giving his alleged mistress his debit card and access
to his home. Wayne is embroiled in a credit card fraud investigation after reporting the debit card stolen. Police raided
the home of Natasha McKenzie, 26, last week. Court papers say McKenzie rang up 333 charges on Wayne’s debit card, totaling
about $95,000. She not only bought furniture and electronics for her condo, but took “orders from friends and family
… apparently charging them half-price plus a small fee." McKenzie says Wayne gave her permission to ring up the charges,
but Wayne denies it. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
The head of a national teachers union said Indiana’s Department of Education is among the three most hostile to teachers in
the country.
June 4-5
Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center/Cabaret at the Columbia Club
Under most conditions, I wouldn’t steer you toward a high school singing event. But this is different. On June 4, the
10 finalists in the Second Annual Great American Songbook competition will participate in a master class with judges Michael
Feinstein and Sylvia McNair. The finals themselves will be June 5, with the winner scoring a trip to sing in New York with
Feinstein.
If you want to hear more from Feinstein, McNair and other talented judges, check out the fundraising dinner and performance
Saturday at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club. Details here.
June 4-5
500 N. College Ave.
Seven original art installations may not constitute a “nation,” but this second-annual event does create its
own unique world.
In a nutshell, artists were invited to create large-scale pieces, each housed in its own metal shipping container. Visitors
are invited to wander into these 20-foot-long creations to see what Andrew Ball of Indianapolis, Xiaoou Sun of Bloomington,
Sara Wong of Terre Haute and others have created specifically for this weekend. Tents will house food and musicians to round
out this one-of-a-kind evening. Details here.
