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Go Purple with Prevail during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
By TAMI WANNINGER Executive Director of Prevail, Inc. Today kicks off the month of October, which we know well as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As we welcome October, we once...
ATI’s latest LAB Series event set for Sunday, Oct. 4
Submitted Actors Theatre of Indiana (ATI) will present the next free LAB Series event at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Carmel Clay Public Library, 425 E Main St....
Virtual concert raises funds for flood victims
Concerts for a Cause has organized more than 40 concerts over the years, bringing people together and raising money in person. The organization’s newest concert, which is raising money for families in central Indiana who were affected by the recent floods, is different from any…
Snapshot: Carmel International Arts Festival draws crowds
The Carmel International Arts Festival drew big crowds in Carmel Arts & Design District. (Photos by Arthur Mansavage)
Fishers, Habitat for Humanity team up for fourth community panel build Friday
Nearly 100 volunteers will gather at Holland Park on Friday, Oct. 2, to build the walls of a future Habitat for Humanity home. The event marks the fourth year the City of Fishers has partnered with Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity on the annual Fishers Community Panel Build.…
Carmel High School grads making noise in country music world
After spending years playing in the Indianapolis area, two Carmel High School graduates are performing across the Midwest and getting national recognition for their music. Tege Holt, 19, and Ethan Engle, 18, first met in middle school and have been musical partners ever since.…
ATI Lab Series reading set for Carmel Clay Public Library
Actors Theatre of Indiana kicks off its 2026–27 Lab Series at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Carmel Clay Public Library with a reading of the new musical The Man Who Would Be King. “The Man Who Would Be King”is a new musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic story, with book and…
“Avant Guard” takes top honors
Noblesville Creates’ inaugural Pitch Night hits 50 percent of fundraising goal Submitted The judges agreed. So did the audience. At Noblesville Creates’ inaugural Creative Economy Pitch Night, Eric Thornbury’s “Avant...
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s ‘Salem’ to feature original score by Seager
Submitted With Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre’s (GHDT) theme of “Art in Motion” and also wanting to uplift and support local artists, musicians, and artisans, GHDT will feature original and specially...
Carmel executive coach writes book, music to help others find their voice
Carmel resident Brandon Wilson has always been creating. He wrote his first song when he was 12. As an executive coach, he works with clients to “co-create a future” in their lives and careers, as he puts it. About two years ago, he embarked on a creative avenue he had never…
Family of late Fishers resident gives $10 million for IU brain cancer research center
The family of the late Jeff Schwarz, a Fishers resident who died of brain cancer in 2023, has given $10 million to Indiana University to create a new neuro-oncology research center in his name. IU announced Sept. 24 that the gift creates the Jeff Schwarz Center for Neuro-Oncology…
Overholser presented with Sagamore of the Wabash
On Sept. 20, retired Cicero Fire Chief Lance Overholser was presented with the prestigious Sagamore of the Wabash Award during Cicero Friends of the Park’s annual Spaghetti Dinner for police,...