Circle City

Her face in the sun, 8-year-old Snickers snoozed on the bricks of City Market’s Whistler Plaza. The commotion surrounding her didn’t faze the Shar Pei mix one bit, but with one TV appearance under her collar already that morning, a nap was definitely in order. Snickers was just one adoptable pooch from Indianapolis Animal Care […]

Just another middle school dance, but with white gloves and waltzing.

“It’s over!” Radio reporters blared the news around 3 a.m. Indiana time on August 14, 1945: Japan had surrendered, at last drawing World War II to an end. People across the nation burst onto the streets in joy, and Indianapolis was no exception. The tragedy, rationing, and worry that had plagued the country for nearly […]

“While the eight-story drop is more than enough to give The Hoosierist the willies, it’s not an issue for the orangutans, who swing hand-over-hand along the Hutan Trail (the name for those high cables) with aplomb.”

“If you’d have told people 20 years ago that you could make a living in the science of manure management, they would have laughed at you,” says the Fair Oaks CEO. “Today, it’s a reality.”

As the sun sets on a sweltering summer night at the Tibbs Drive-In, vehicles ranging from compact cars to pickup trucks pull into those sought-after front-row spots, the gravel lot scattered with lawn chairs and coolers. The sounds of children running around and playing on a weathered jungle gym ring out as moviegoers line up […]

It was the early years of the Great Depression, and parents were struggling to make ends meet. So Fannie Caldwell Stewart, owner and publisher of the Indianapolis Recorder, and her son, Marcus C. Stewart, decided that the city’s African-American newspaper was going to throw a picnic for its carriers and their families. That August 1930 […]

“In a world that had its priorities straight, all schools would be filled with top-notch programs, so students wouldn’t have to besiege the handful of places that do. But The Hoosierist chooses not to dwell on that. It’s too depressing.”

  Indiana Grown, a statewide food and agriculture initiative developed by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) is hosting its first “Monumental Marketplace” today, July 7, on the Circle from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attendees can expect nearly 100 vendors selling Indiana-based goods, including produce, wellness products, wine, baked goods, and more.

“The rest of the year is about as exciting as a pack of soggy sparklers. But that doesn’t mean the stores have nothing to do.”

“I just wanted to create music that made me happy. Maybe it will make someone else happy, too.”

Joe Young, Tamika Catchings, and Natalie Achonwa helped lead students of Thomas D. Gregg Elementary School in a pledge. “I pledge to be a guardian of the garden,” they said in unison. “I pledge to water the garden, to weed the garden, to water the garden, and to taste the food that comes from the […]

If you don’t clean up Fido’s poop, you deserve to get bopped on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper.

Greg Garrison—the perennially cowboy-boot clad, horseback-riding, garrulous 93.1 WIBC host—is getting ready to ride off into the sunset. In April, the well-connected attorney with Garrison Law Firm and 20-year veteran of Indy’s airwaves announced his retirement, telling listeners his last show would be on June 9. Garrison was handpicked by Mike Pence in 2000 to […]

“Trails have shifted from a want to a need in the last 15 years,” says Urbanophile blogger Aaron Renn. “Now, a great trail is an amenity and a new form of infrastructure your city and community have to have.”