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Photo: Happy Hump Day from These Mating Turtles

The Indiana DNR has it that “Eastern box turtles are typically active from April to October.”

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10 (More) Things I’ve Learned While Locked Up in the Vonnegut Library

There’s a video monitor in the library with a welcome message from Morley Safer that comes on every few minutes. At one point, it started skipping, and he sounded like Max Headroom.

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10 Things I've Learned While Locked Up in the Vonnegut Library

I’ve become aware that my coworkers and friends are watching. I’m deathly afraid that someone will compile a gag reel of me scratching or tripping over the retention wall of books that pens me in.

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Mastering The Heartland Film Festival

Coming soon: Indy’s most prestigious movie festival and more than 100 films that probably won’t return to local theaters. Here’s a cheat sheet for taking it all in.

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Book Smart: Butler University's Irwin Library Turns 50

Irwin Library isn’t nearly as famous as it should be. Here’s a crash course on the unheralded landmark, which hits the half-century mark this month.

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Regatta Recap: Speedos, Sno Cones, and Dogs—Oh My!

The ducks of the downtown Canal had company on Saturday as IUPUI students paddled a half-mile stretch of the murky water for the fifth annual Regatta—a canoe race among student organizations and school departments.

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Flashback: A Conversation with Kurt Vonnegut

Interviewer Hugh Vandivier is presently “locked up” at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis in observance of Banned Books Week. As of this posting, the Robert Weide–produced documentary about Vonnegut, referenced here, had yet to be completed.

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Taking the Show on the Road: 4 Imagined Art Vehicles

A caravan of imagined art vehicles, inspired by the campaign to build an Indy Fringe Truck that will bring theater to festivals across the state.

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Photos: Imagine Dragons Rock Downtown

Two nights before playing a concert sponsored by marketing-tech company ExactTarget at Lucas Oil Stadium, the rockers popped up on The Lawn downtown.

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Preview: Indy Stage Veteran Diane Kondrat Returns—for Phoenix Theatre's Season Opener

Not long ago, we in Indy bid farewell to her. But bringing the human condition of suffering to light and finding the humor within the pain are two reasons she says she couldn’t turn down the role of Sonia.

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A Good Paddling: IUPUI Regatta

On September 21, the annual IUPUI regatta pits members of the school’s community against each other in a festive, free, spectator-friendly canoe relay. Here’s how to join the fun.

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The Canal's Troubled Waters

For all that downtown’s Central Canal is—mainly, a lovely spot for fresh air—it may forever be known for what it is not.

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Hoosier Artist’s Collaboration with Civil-Rights Icon Strikes a Chord

When it was released last month, the Washington Post wrote that March “should be stocked in every school and shelved at every library.”

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Flashback Photo: Happy Birthday, Angela Buchman!

We’ve been taken by her presence ever since she shot an iconic “Best of Indy” cover with us for the December 2003 issue of the magazine.

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Video: Angie Hicks on Watch What Happens Live!

The Indianapolis CEO worked it on Bravo’s hit talk show last night.

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