News in Carmel
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)
Carmel Community Players to stage dark comedy
Nicole Amsler had never seen a production of “Home, I’m Darling” in person. But she had friends who have performed in it in other cities and said she believed it would be a good fit for Carmel Community Players, which will present the show Sept. 25 to Oct. 4 at The Cat, 254…
Center Celebration raises more than $560,000
Headlined by celebrity folk-rockers The Bacon Brothers, a gala evening of music, fine dining and inspiration Sept. 19 generated more than $560,000 to help Carmel’s Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts continue providing arts experiences and educational opportunities…
‘Jagged Little Pill’ musical in Carmel aims to challenge, entertain
Nothing about “Jagged Little Pill,” the musical based on the 1995 Alanis Morrisette album of the same name, is a typical musical theater production. The show, which runs from Oct. 2-17 through Civic Theatre in Carmel, examines heavy topics including drug addiction and sexual…
Carmel International Arts Festival’s Young at Arts expands
The Carmel International Arts Festival’s Young at Arts section keeps growing. “We heavily expanded the Young at Arts section last year and are thrilled to return this year with an even larger and more engaging area for the 2026 festival,” said Andrew Murray, a Carmel High School…
Carmel High School senior writes, directs one-act play
Carmel High School senior Monroe Melton can’t pinpoint how her one-act play, “Dear Lord,” came together. “I start from idea A and then go to idea Z without any idea of what idea A even was,” she said. “I just knew I wanted to do a comedy. Then I had the thought that if every…
Gramm brings farewell tour to Palladium in Carmel
At 76, Lou Gramm is tired of spending time in airports and not enough time with his cars. “I’ve been touring for 54 years, and I just think that takes up most of my summers and I miss my family during those times,” he said. “I also miss my biggest hobby, which is muscle cars.…
Biggest Carmel Porchfest to date brings nationwide talent
Fourteen years ago, Aaron Adelsperger had to turn to Google to figure out what he was signing up for. He and his Westfield-based band, The Failers, were invited to something called a porchFest in Carmel. He liked the idea, where bands get together and perform on porches around…
Column: The second life of Carmel’s Blue School
Commentary by Andrew Wright The old schoolhouse along 106th Street known as the Blue School has garnered a lot of attention as of late, but most of the focus has been on its years as a school. However, there is another chapter in the building’s history that has gone largely…