Urban Times

24/01/2025

The February 2025 print edition of Urban Times features a report gleaned from the document below, a memo sent by Jeff Stroebel, treasurer of the Mass Ave Cultural Arts District. It summarizes the events of a public information meeting regarding what is known as a DORA – an acronym for Designated O...

13/01/2025

Visitors can celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with free admission on Monday,Jan. 20, at the Indiana State Museum as well as its Historic Sites across the state, including three in Central Indiana. Although the museum system is typically closed on Mondays, weather permitting, the Indiana State Mu...

08/01/2025

Six local artists have received $10,000 each to create new, often risk-taking visual art projects through a grant program operated by the Big Car Collaborative. Power Plant Grants, made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts based in New York, fund visual artists and artist group...

04/01/2025

Invoke Studio was founded around the same time as Urban Times. Many years ago. Congratulations, Amy!

Two decades ago, Amy Peddycord founded Invoke Yoga Studio, a staple of the St. Joseph neighborhood at 970 Fort Wayne Ave. That milestone will be marked with a 20th anniversary celebration on Saturday, Jan. 18 – just one of several special events which Peddycord and co-owner Jillian McAfee have pla...

31/12/2024

Johnny McKee’s latest body of work, From Elsewhere, will take center stage in the Harrison Gallery at the Harrison Center on First Friday, Jan. 3. McKee rk showcases a collection of ethereal cloud forms and moody seascape paintings that represent a fictional purlieu of our natural landscape. Among...

31/12/2024

The District Theatre has unveiled a 2025 agenda which Managing Director Pauline Moffat described as “promising to be unforgettable, with eclectic productions that inspire, entertain, and connect us all. The District Theatre is more than a venue – it’s a community.” As she unveiled the lineup...

31/12/2024

The Big Car Collective’s Tube Factory artspace will enter 2025 with two new exhibitions on First Friday, Jan. 3. Here’s the information as posted by the Tube Factory Artspace this week: * Benjamin Berg: I Can See the Pixels / in the Jeremy D. Efroymson Gallery /Jan. 3 - Feb. 23. There are some s...

20/12/2024

New season and more from The Cabaret

Matthew Morrison of Glee fame is among the headliners for the Winter-Spring Season at The Cabaret, a season which also includes Paradise Square’s Joaquina Kalukango and Wicked stars Norbert Leo Butz, Derek Klena and Patti Murin. The season includes six Tony and Grammy award-winning and nominated s...

13/12/2024

- Old Northside resident Gwen Chastain has opened Goodies & Giggles, a toy store located at 811 Mass Ave in a historic bank building. Goodies & Giggles opened Dec. 7 in the building which for over a decade housed the Art Bank, which provided studio space to about 20 artists and was a popular First

06/12/2024

Glick Philanthropies has awarded Indy Reads a $100,000 grant to support the adult literacy organization’s efforts to meet the rapidly growing demand for personalized adult education classes, serving the most beginning level learner and beyond. The $100,000 award will be used to support the expansi...

06/12/2024

The Holy Cross neighborhood is gaining two Pacers Bikeshare stations, soon to be located near Elevator Hill, the site of the former Angie’s List campus. That news comes at a time when the overall Bikeshare numbers have hit new highs over the last four months. Bikeshare officials attributed the hig...

03/12/2024

This installment of History 301 appeared in our November 2024 issue.

By CONNIE ZEIGLER, Contributing editor On March 26, 1945, not for the first time, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – the youngest son of a well-known architect from a well-known Indianapolis family – was in the newspaper. But this was not the usual social tidbit about travel with his mother in Europe or an ite...

03/12/2024

After many years, the nativity at Downtown’s Catholic Cathedral Parish once again boasts its largest feature – a four-foot-tall elephant. The Cathedral creche (nativity display), created in Italy in the early 1920s, is hand-carved and painted, some in the style of Middle Eastern folk, and featur...

27/11/2024

11/11/2024

The Indianapolis Public Library’s African American History Committee, in support of the Center for Black Literature & Culture, will present Fall Fest 2024 and Slammin’ Rhymes Challenge XVIII. The celebration will take place noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at Central Library. This year’s fami...

27/10/2024

The second Spotlight Season announcement from IF Theatre

IF Theatre – the newly rebranded organization steering IndyFringe ventures – has announced its second Spotlight Season, which will feature nearly 60 performances beginning Friday, Nov. 8, and running through May 24. Theatrical troupes involved in the Spotlight Season include Theatre Unchained, D...

14/10/2024

The first artistic program produced by IF Theatre will take place on Thursday, Oct. 31. That event will be, fittingly, Haunted Harmonies, set for 7 to 9:30 p.m. at The Play Ground, one of IF Theatre’s three stages. IF Theatre staff said they are excited about the event for several reasons: Unique ...