Circle City

With its wide bookshelves varying from dark aged wood to more modern circular cases, The Indianapolis Public Library—Central Library—writes the book on combining old with new. And now it has been chosen by MentalFloss.com as the fifth most beautiful library in the United States. With contenders among these Top 10 such as the Armstrong–Browning Library at Baylor University in Texas and the Morgan Library in New York, Indy should be flattered. Most of the edifices chosen are on the coasts, and Indy’s downtown main branch is the sole Midwest rep on this list.

Nov. 4, 2012 — Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano, undergoing chemotherapy after a Sept. 26 leukemia diagnosis, addresses his team after a 23-20 home victory against the Miami Dolphins. “I got circumstances,” Pagano says. “You guys understand it, I understand it. It’s already beat. That’s already beat.” He goes on to speak movingly about […]

Likely the most motivational sports exhortation of all time among many fictional examples, coach Norman Dale’s pre-game pep talk to his team is brief, pointed, and rousing. From the classic 1986 film Hoosiers, performed by venerable actor Gene Hackman.

Richard Lugar was the 44th mayor of Indianapolis, and the first to successfully seek reelection (before then, city law prohibited the mayors from serving consecutive terms)

Of her half-century marriage, she says, “When I think about it, I wonder, ‘How could 50 years have gone by so fast?’ I used to think people who celebrated their 50th were old, decrepit, and in wheelchairs—not still enjoying life.”

Inside ReTULLEd, a special-occasion shop featuring bridal consignment, owner Amy Lee Bonham stocks oodles of excellently priced and often never-worn gowns, along with frocks in enough colors and lengths to please any army of bridesmaids. Nestled between an antiques shop and a florist, and with the addition of tux rentals, it’s no wonder this and other nuptial-minded businesses in the area banded together to form the Irvington Wedding Collective. 5607 E. Washington St., 358-8802, retulled.com.

Q: Do we have mountain lions? I have a relative in Southern Indiana who insists they’ve returned.

Benjamin C., Indianapolis

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If it’s true that family reunites in the afterlife, sooner or later I’m bound to bump into Abraham Lincoln.

Oct. 21, 2012 — Indiana Pacers star Roy Hibbert, a 7-foot-2 center, joined members of his Area 55 cheer block in Circle Centre Mall in downtown Indianapolis. The group danced to Korean sensation Psy’s hit “Gangnam Style” at a Meet The Rookies event for new Pacers Miles Plumlee and Orlando Johnson, both shown in the […]