Johnny Bright was considered a leading candidate to become the first Black player to win the Heisman Trophy in 1951, when his season at Drake University was derailed after an Oklahoma A&M player broke Bright’s jaw in an on-field attack perceived as being racially motivated.
The 36-year-old local institution expects to spend about $4 million to purchase, renovate and expand the former F.C. Tucker office at 9111 Allisonville Road to house its day-to-day operations, classrooms and rehearsal spaces.
Artistic director of the Carmel Symphony Orchestra says the ensemble is becoming a point of pride for the city.
To be named the Indianapolis Colts Welcome Center Plaza, the area will include a visitors center housing ticketing functions, restrooms, stroller rental and other amenities for guests.
Many U.S. sportsbook operators are seeking to boost profits by weeding out winning customers. Bettors who show signs of savvy are being limited faster and more aggressively than in the past.
The 21st Tonic Ball—and first in-person edition since 2019—will feature 55 performers Friday at four Fountain Square venues.
WFBQ-FM 94.7 on-air personality Don Stuck is picking up work as a background actor in network TV shows and an upcoming film.
Sixteen states reported quarterly highs in overall gambling revenue, including five of the six largest markets: Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New York and Pennsylvania.
The plans from Edward Rose & Sons call for demolition of the 54,500-square-foot Main Event entertainment complex, which opened in mid-2017 in the Lake Clearwater area.
The three-dimensional mural, called “Transitions,” was commissioned by the Indianapolis Airport Authority with help from the Indianapolis Arts Council and is designed to mask an ongoing $190 million runway construction project.
The album, which is getting the deluxe reissue treatment this week, stands as a rare reputation-changing work, elevating John Mellencamp from a popular heartland rocker to a serious artist and helping spark Farm Aid, a movement that lives on.
On Nov. 10, Stephanie Big Eagle will lead a Spirit & Place Festival event titled “Inking Identity: Indigenous Tattoo Practices.”
Hochoy, Dance Kaleidoscope’s artistic director since 1991, helped the company establish its studios at Circle City Industrial Complex.
In September, music and art venue Healer received one of 10 Power Plant Grants distributed by Indianapolis-based Big Car Collaborative and funded by New York’s Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Polizzi, 31, started making videos on TikTok last year, which caught the attention of the producers of HBO Max’s “FBOY Island,” a kind of self-parodying, in-on-the-joke reality TV show.
For the first time since 2019, all components of the eight-day Historic Irvington Halloween Festival are back on the schedule.
The not-for-profit organization is looking into using the 134-year-old Lacy Building at 848 Logan St. for artist studio spaces, workshops, classrooms and event space.
By simply cutting a doorway to connect two businesses in Fountain Square, the owners of the Hi-Fi music venue intend to alter the concert landscape of Indianapolis.
Despite the light nature of the arguments at times, the issue is a serious one. A range of high-profile organizations stressed the importance of the decision, including The Motion Picture Association, prominent museums and the creators of “Sesame Street.”
Colette Pierce Burnette sees her hiring as the new president and CEO of Newfields as an example of the difference between equality and the more modern progress toward equity, or the practice of providing fair access and opportunities.
