For years, a city ordinance banning “flashing, intermittent, or moving lights” relative to roadside advertising signs in Marion County has been in place. Unfortunately, and unbeknownst to many of us, this ban that has been keeping marketers at bay for the past ten years may soon be dissolved by the City-County Council via Ordinance […]

For the inaugural City Suppers event, I made a Fillipino rice noodle dish, pancit. I spent the afternoon chopping away…garlic, green beans, cabbage, carrots.  When dinner was served, I spoke about my native country and a guest brought up the Bataan Death March.  Not everyone at the table was familiar with the details of April […]

In need of some lunchtime nourishment Andrew and I made our way to the Garfield Park Eatery, located at 2627 Shelby St. in the historic and beautiful Garfield Park area. Once there, we grabbed a menu that always features a new soup of the day, and a meal special of the day. I would personally […]

My spouse and I have been wanting to host a casual neighborhood get-together for a while, and City Suppers gave us the impetus to actually do it—not to mention a deadline. In my neck of the woods we define “neighbor” rather loosely as “anyone else who lives in Irvington or thereabouts.” So we invited an […]

In terms of what you might expect at a dinner party, something was missing. We had the food, of course: appetizers, main course, dessert. Polite amounts of adult libations. Good music playing in the background. A table big enough to accommodate everyone. But a few things were missing … things that sometimes end up dominating […]

On Sunday night, neighbors across the city opened their homes and invited each other in for dinner and conversations as part of the first Indiana Humanities and City Gallery sponsored city-wide City Supper. Here are some of the evening’s stories. Tonight we hosted what we hope will be the first of many city suppers! This […]

  I wear a few different hats in this community – Executive Director of Growing Places Indy, yoga instructor at Invoke Studio, and lululemon athletica Ambassador to name a few. I love how my roles come together and allow me to dream up new ideas that sometimes lead to fun events! Coming up on November […]

For painter Douglas David, you might say his newest show “Bright Lights/Big City,” opening November 7 in the City Gallery, began six years ago in Paris. While browsing through a flea market, David came across an antique painting portraying a commonly painted spot on the Seine River. While the dealer was pushing him to buy […]