Circle City

“We were one of the biggest and best church-sponsored programs in the country,” says Byers. “Race was never really an issue.”

The exhibit includes a picture of women playing baseball in the 1890s, five decades before the movie characters portrayed by Geena Davis and Madonna had a “League Of Their Own” during World War II.

After 930 is introduced, Southern Indiana shouldn’t need another area code for at least 70 years.

The St. Elmo shrimp cocktail sauce is always hot, but I swear that some days it’s hotter than others. Is that possible?

Some people will never wake up at 7 a.m. on Saturday, and those people will never score any of Wild Alaska’s salmon at the Broad Ripple market.

Xtreme Xperience event is bringing supercars to Putnam Park Road Course in Greencastle, allowing car enthusiasts with expensive taste—but not necessarily the means to buy them—a chance to whip around corners and scream down the straights on a 1.8-mile, 10-turn track designed to challenge skill and nerve.

Where to find peace and quiet, exclusive concerts, and the best lunch in the heart of downtown.

It turns out that the border town modeled its street plan after the Circle City’s in 1889.

In the introduction, Madison explains that he set out merely to “update” his first comprehensive account of the state’s past, published in 1986. “But simply updating that book proved unwise,” he writes. “Because Indiana has changed. So has the knowledge of our past.”

A few of the city’s smartest urban thinkers give their take on what would make Indy a better place.

A few things that are already in the works.

Talk about a Hail Mary. In 1982, city leaders built an NFL stadium without a team.

While we were busy dreaming up big ideas to improve the city for the August cover package, our columnist had to rain on our parade.

Our Beerfest will feature 20 breweries, plus food offerings, for $25.

When the opportunity came to open a second space downtown off of The Alexander hotel’s south lobby, executive director Shauta Marsh saw the benefits immediately.