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Transportation museum eyes excursion trains to downtown Indy

As efforts drag on to study and fund a commuter rail system using the former Nickel Plate rail line, the group now using the 37-mile corridor to run excursion trains in Hamilton County and to the Indiana State Fair is looking at running its trains farther south—to downtown.

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Art museum to charge for parking

The Indianapolis Museum of Art will charge $5 for parking starting Sept. 1. The new fee comes a year after the museum opened an outdoor sculpture park that drove up attendance.

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STYLE: Local entrepreneur teaches upholstery staples

Shelly Leer had planned to start ModHomeEc on a small scale, but has found it tough to keep it there. She’s had to double class sizes from three students to six since January and has started offering three-day, out-of-town workshops in Chicago.

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What’s driving engine28.com?

This week, I’ve joined 20 other theater journalists—and a team of top arts editors—to create an experimental pop-up newsroom in L.A.

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