How Big Car Collective Is Walking The Tightrope In Garfield Park

As the neighborhood begins to thrive, the group hopes to avoid the gentrification that has followed artists everywhere else they have gone.

Video: Local Skier Nick Goepper on The Late Show with David...

The two-time X Games gold-medal winner claimed his second in slopestyle skiing over the weekend. He’ll also compete in Sochi at the Olympics next month.
Kaw Lah applied for refugee status in 2009.

The Survivor: A Burmese Refugee's Tale

Kaw Lah is one of thousands of refugees who have fled Myanmar in recent decades. Official statistics put the number of Burmese asylum-seekers in Indiana at around 15,000, but some estimate that as many as 20,000 have resettled here.

Dramatic Finish: Two-Time Champ Franchitti Makes It Three

It was a race to remember, with Indianapolis 500 darling Dario Franchitti winning his third Borg-Warner Trophy and embracing both his wife, actress Ashley Judd, and his friend Dan Wheldon’s widow, Susie, with warmth to match the day’s second-hottest temperatures on record, 91 degrees.
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Clowes Encounters: 5 Backstage Celebrity Tales

“This was during Judy Garland’s wild period, and everyone was on pins and needles to make sure she got to Clowes Hall ..."
Madam Walker

Madam C.J. Walker: Uncommon Drive

To the rest of the country, Madam C.J. Walker may have been a name on shampoo containers in African-American households. But it was here, perhaps, that the industrious and indefatigable pioneer loomed largest as an inspirational figure and community member.

The Naysayer: An Ugly Home Loss For IU

The winner of the Big Ten will be a team like the Badgers who can score road wins and protect their own house. The problem is that by the end of the year, the highest ranked Big Ten team may not even be in the top 10.
Album art from The Good Samaritan Tour 2000 album by John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp Remains Off The Charts Busy

Mellencamp hasn’t cracked the Top 40 in almost three decades, but that doesn’t mean he hasn't been productive.
From left: Brigadier General J. Stewart Goodwin, Wilt, Ozdemir, Mayor Ballard, and Murray Clark of Indiana Soccer (Photo courtesy Indy Eleven/Krugervisuals.com)

Kickstarter Q&A: Peter Wilt, Indy Eleven President

The inside story on forming the team and how the city landed the chance to host a marquee international event on August 1—plus, why pro soccer may actually succeed here this time.