Putting The Fun In Fundraiser: Rev 2024
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The Hoosierist: Speed Bump
Illustration by Ryan Johnson/Indianapolis Monthly Q: RACERS USED TO REGULARLY HIT NEW TOP SPEEDS AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, BUT A RECORD HASN’T BEEN BROKEN IN YEARS. ANY IDEA WHY? A: In some...
View ArticlePhotos from the I Made Rock ’N’ Roll Festival
Photographer Tony Valainis attended the inaugural I Made Rock ’N’ Roll Festival, capturing a glimpse of what is hopefully a new annual tradition in Indianapolis. This year’s featured artists included...
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Driven By Design
Photography by Tony Valainis/Indianapolis Monthly IF YOU BUILD the condos, they will come. That mantra proved true for Westfield’s Motor District “garage condos.” Except these are not residences...
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Why So Many Hoosiers Have Caitlin Clark Fever
Photography by Mary Milz/Indianapolis Monthly It was a rough start Thursday night for the Indiana Fever and their No. 1 draft pick Caitlin Clark. The Fever lost their home opener to the New York...
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IMS Museum: Memory Lane
The author with one of the first cars on display at the original 1956 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. Photo courtesy Fritz Frommeyer AT 16 YEARS of age and fresh from a day in high...
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Street Savvy: Garfield Park
Photography by Tony Valainis/Indianapolis Monthly ENJOY LUNCH Hands-down the cutest sandwich shop in town and purportedly the oldest, Greiner’s (1) serves subs and then some, including personal pizzas...
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The Ticket: Great Apes
Photo courtesy Nathan Philips CHIMPANZEES have left a large prehensile footprint on American pop culture. The apes (not to be confused with monkeys, which have tails and sit farther away in our family...
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Back Story: Hindu Temple Of Central Indiana
Photography by Sai Prasad Sanka/Indianapolis Monthly AMONG THE MANY traditional carvings on the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana’s main entrance are two contemporary figures, a little girl reading a...
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Picnic Wars
Photo courtesy Conner Prairie SYMPHONY on the Prairie and the Summer Nights Film Series at Newfields have been the twin pillars of warm Indianapolis evenings since 8-track tapes were in style. The...
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City Lights
Rooftop Garden Fountain Square is the coolest neighborhood in Indy, so it makes sense that it is also home to the city’s coolest rooftop bar, an open-air perch atop the historic Fountain Square Theatre...
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Screen Time
Photography by Tony Valainis/Indianapolis Monthly MARCELLA Snyder’s relationship with the westside’s famed Tibbs Drive-In Theatre goes back to a summer job as a teen. These days, she’s the owner and...
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Back Story: Wilbur Shaw Memorial Hill
Photography by Margo Wininger/Indianapolis Monthly LOCATED AN eight-minute drive from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Wilbur Shaw Memorial Hill is where kids experience soap box derby, a sport in...
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Drive-in Do’s And Don’ts
Photography by Tony Valainis/Indianapolis Turn off and tune in. These being modern times, a dedicated radio station will provide the movie’s audio. Don’t worry, your battery can take it. Probably....
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Wild Life
Photography by Tony Valainis/Indianapolis Monthly Eagle Creek Park Summer Night Trail Run This quarter- or half-marathon under the stars allows runners to hit trails that are typically off-limits after...
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Quiz: The City Of Light
Pithy neon witticism have been popping up inside of businesses all over town. How many locations can you identify? No peeking at the key at least until you’ve noodled the clues we’ve shared. 1. Three...
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Swimming Into History
Photography by Mike Botkin/Indianapolis Monthly HISTORY WILL be written again in Indianapolis. The 2024 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, to be held June 15–23, will change the way these trials are...
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Indianapolis Will Transform Into A Mini Paris This Month
Photo courtesy Juan Manuel Padilla PARIS IS coming to Indianapolis. Well, sort of. This month, the city will host the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Swimming on June 15–23. The last time Indy hosted...
View ArticlePhotos From Indianapolis Pride Parade 2024
Photographer Tony Valainis went downtown to photograph the 2024 Indianapolis Pride Parade, capturing a glimpse of the annual celebration of all things LGBTQ in Indianapolis. [See image gallery at...
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Olympic Swimming Trials – History
Photo courtesy Bass Photo Co Collection, Indiana Historical Society A few hundred red and white tiles—embedded on the underside of a concrete slab bridge in Broad Ripple Park—is what’s left of the old...
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