Books, TV & Radio

Surrounded by stars, he took a shot at how many times he’s taken a hit on the football field.

Filmmaker Bob Weide finally seems ready to tick Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time off of his To Do list. First question: “Why on Earth has it taken you this long?”

Celebrate both West African and African-American art, history, and culture from a Hoosier perspective.

Leslie: “I think this town is losing its charm, and [it] has too much kale now. One place asked me if I wanted kale in my milkshake. My milkshake, you guys.”

Team Knope is foiled again by Team Swanson, and then Leslie and Ron are forced to at least feign reconciliation. Yep, it’s another ep of Parks and Rec.

A prop from a new episode could revive interest in a long-lost bit of Indiana history.

Keen watchers here might have noticed some subtle Hoosier winks among the blatant ones.

Back to the future! As foreshadowed at the tail end of Season 6, the show has sped ahead to 2017. (Because, you know, Amy Poehler would rather not work with babies.)

As the seventh and final season of the Hoosier-centric sitcom commences, we’re talking all things Pawnee.

Indy’s personal-finance guru on his new book series, his writing soundtrack, and why he’s called a chintzy tooth fairy.

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

Warner Bros. asked Porky’s director Bob Clark to make a sequel to his blockbuster sex comedy. He said he would—if the studio would bankroll A Christmas Story.

Literary superstar John Green gets top billing, but it’s the lesser-known names that make it worth the price of admission.

“I still buy books at bookstores, and most of our children’s books come from Kids Ink,” he says. “I buy some YA titles there, too.”

On dating: “It’s not the guys, it’s once they tell their parents. They were there when HIV was considered a death sentence.”