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Snapshot: PorchFest draws big crowds in Arts & Design District
The Carmel PorchFest featured more than 70 bands Sept. 20 in the Carmel Arts & Design District. (Photos by Arthur Mansavage)
Free Carmel event to highlight maternal mental health resources
Carmel therapists Brittany Dewbrew-Hale and Leila Mortazavi know the importance of maternal mental health in Indiana. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows roughly 13 percent of Indiana mothers experience postpartum depression symptoms — higher than the national…
‘Food is Medicine’ initiative launches to improve community health through nutrition
A coalition of healthcare, nonprofit, agricultural, and community organizations has launched a six-month Food is Medicine initiative designed to improve health outcomes and increase access to nutritious food for Hamilton...
Noblesville Lions serve up brats at Brewfest
On Saturday, Sept. 12, Lions served bratwurst, hot dogs, and chips at Noblesville Brewfest, which supports the Forest Park Aquatic Center. (ABOVE, from left) Lions Jeff Dick, Gary Hipes, Jen...
Sheltering Wings focuses on connection, prevention during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Sheltering Wings is focusing on connection, healthy relationships and community support as it kicks off Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month in October. The Danville-based domestic violence shelter’s 2026 theme, “Stronger Together: Connection Prevents Violence,”…
Snapshot: Ignite offers flood relief help
Front office staff and fans of Fishers-based professional volleyball team Indy Ignite take a a break for a group photo Sept.16 while volunteering with partners SERVE Village, Guardian Angel Restoration and Williams Comfort Air to help with flood relief volunteer efforts in…
Westfield resident to chair 500 Festival board
Westfield resident Roger Harvey of Bose Public Affairs Group is the new chair of the 500 Festival Board of Directors, helping to lead one of Indiana’s largest nonprofits as it celebrates its 70th year. Harvey also will help advance the organization’s mission of celebrating the…
Fishers opens first milk depot for donor human milk
Fishers families now have a local place to donate and pick up donor human milk. The Fishers Health Department and The Milk Bank held a ribbon-cutting Thursday to open the city’s first Milk Depot and Milk Express. The site is at the health department, inside the Fishers Community…
The ‘Butterfly Whisperer’: Westfield gardener hand-raises monarchs
Westfield resident Jolie Renee’s interest in insects — butterflies, in particular — started at a young age. “(It) really goes way back to when I was a kid (in Pennsylvania),” she said. “We had fields nearby … and I’d be out there with a net, collecting.” As Renee grew up, life…
Hamilton County art show winners announced
The Fishers Arts Council’s seventh annual Juried Exhibit of Hamilton County Artists — on display through Oct. 2 at the Art Gallery at City Hall — featured an awards ceremony Sept.11, with Fishers artist Abigail Staffelbach taking the Best in Show prize for her oil painting,…
First Financial Bank to hold food drive in October
First Financial Bank will hold a Carmel-area food drive from Oct. 1 to 30, accepting donations of canned and nonperishable food items in marked bins at its financial center at...
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s fall highlights include millennial pop queen favorites, Disney legend, Harry Potter & more
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) kicks off another exciting fall season of concerts at Hilbert Circle Theatre that celebrate the power of live music. The 2026-27 season marks Maestro Jun...