Kate Franzman

Need help sticking to your resolution? Natural Born Juicers has plenty of selections to restore your glow through the dead of winter.

“Only this kind of coverage could have brought the faces and missions of the movement to millions of otherwise-indifferent white dinner tables.”

Last year, writer Kate Franzman quit her office job to become an Indy beekeeper. Here, the adventures she’s had a long the way.

The Australian performer, appearing at the Columbia Club on April 11, isn’t sure how she acquired her musical tastes, “but the muses responsible should probably be arrested.”

“I think the American experience is best represented in the middle of the country,” he says, “and to talk about [that] through my work is an entry point to talking about who we are as people.”

“I grew up seeing The Nutcracker over and over, so I was excited to direct my own take. I thought, instead of Clara’s sweet little dream, I’ll make it a fever dream—one of those creepy delusions you have when you’re a kid and sick. They’re not exactly nightmares. They’re just weird.”

“I’ll wrestle ‘Hannah the Ferocious Banana’—cute little girl, but don’t let her fool you. She is not a nice person in the ring. Sometimes, we have to lift her off the ground by her ponytails.”

Dig out a dandy outfit and don’t miss this side of British biking culture.

The former ISO musical director joins his old colleagues for a reunion concert Nov. 1–2 at Hilbert Circle Theatre. We conducted a brief interview before the show.

On Oct. 4 at iMOCA, the local rockstar and architecture buff launched an exhibit of works by his grandfather Jan Ruhtenberg, a modernist designer. Here, a minimalist interview.

Our expert pulls up a chair and assesses a new furniture exhibit.

With the Indiana State Fair opening today, we caught up with the owner of North American Midway, a lifelong Hoosier who has been operating the rides for 20 years.

“If you want the arts to thrive in your area, you have to support them with funding. Apparently, our community’s priorities are elsewhere.”

IM: What was the first six-string you owned?
RP: A Kay State of the Art. If you know anything about guitars, you know Kays are the cheapest kind there is. It was an electric, but it had no amplifier when I got it, so it was really quiet. But it made my hands strong. Actually, I wish I had that guitar back.

At first whiff, you might think you’ve stumbled into a French bakery at Lilly’s Soap Kitchen (below). The handmade soaps here look like slabs of swirled pound cake and come in yummy scents.