The hottest new face in fashion hails from Zionsville—but what does it mean to give up the last bit of childhood for a dream?
Allison Copenbarger Vance
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Back Home Again: Gay Rites
Let us call Indiana’s prohibition against gay marriage what it is: a spiteful effort to deny one group a blessing another group enjoys.
Philip Gulley
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Editor's Note: September 2013
Will the value the IMA’s curators provide—challenging our thinking with shows like Ai Weiwei’s, telling us what art we should be clamoring for—continue as the museum is democratized?
Amanda Heckert
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Perfect Chemistry: Ambre Blends Fragrance’s Formula for Success
How Ambre Blends fragrances won a cult-like hold on our noses—and boomed into a big-money business
Trisha Brand
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Photo: Children's Museum of Indianapolis Featured on Jeopardy!
The mention catalyzed an amusing rejoinder from one Instagram user, @imnotinfectious: “Blast, I missed it! That’s what I get for bathing my kid.”
Jonathan Scott
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Trial and Errors: The David Camm Saga
A high-profile murder case spanning 13 years of scandals and surprises plays out in Lebanon this month. Here’s the backstory, full of foibles.
Brandan Alford
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Vera Bradley's True Colors
On August 2, Vera Bradley Designs, Inc., announced plans to significantly expand its presence in the Fort Wayne area.
Amy Wimmer Schwarb
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School House Rocked: A New Charter School Wants Your Kids
Indianapolis charter schools are signing up students as fast as they can find them. Will reform spell the end of traditional public education?
Adam Wren
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Indy: America's Newest Soccer Town?
Inside the cavernous Lucas Oil Stadium, amid a sea of 40,000 chanting fans watching the venue’s first soccer match, two different contests were unfolding.
Adam Wren
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Tough Sell: Thoughts on Unloading a Parent's Possessions
The fact is, our lifestyles have changed. We do not live at Downton Abbey, and there are no servants—thank heavens—to polish trays and tip silver teapots.
Deborah Paul
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Back Home Again: Write at Home
I like being a minister, but if I had known I was going to write books anyway, maybe I would have taught college to get the summers off.
Philip Gulley
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Editor's Note: August 2013
Sure, my drained perfumes are taking up room, collecting dust. But one day I might need my own tether to who I am—and who I was. And there the bottles will sit, my former lives ready to be uncapped and released.
Amanda Heckert
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Kickstarter Q&A: Peter Wilt, Indy Eleven President
The inside story on forming the team and how the city landed the chance to host a marquee international event on August 1—plus, why pro soccer may actually succeed here this time.
Adam Wren
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Missed Goals: Indiana Soccer Teams That Folded
Indiana Blast (1997–2004): They had the best record in the D3 Pro League in 1998, and Jamar Beasley, once of the MLS Chicago Fire, played in 21 games in 2003. But a revolving door of head coaches hampered the Indy club’s success.
Brandan Alford
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The Weirdest Result of Hoosier Woman's Anthony Weiner Scandal
The fallout from one Indiana resident’s newly publicized relationship with the beleaguered politico has reached a bizarre level.