By ADAM CROWE A Seat on the Aisle The Phoenix Theatre (at the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center) is presenting its 16th version of founder Bryan Fonseca’s answer to traditional holiday…
Read More
There’s an old Mother Teresa quote: “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” It’s always struck me because it’s simple, but also profound. So…
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” – Will Ferrell, Elf Are you a singer? Of course you are! Just as I believe…
It struck me this Thanksgiving while enjoying family, food, and football, that it’s been a minute since we wrote about our finances. As a federally recognized 501(c)(3) (not-for-profit), reporting to…
‘Tis the season – and Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre complements that holiday feeling with A Christmas Story, The Musical. Based on Jean Shepherd’s well-known story of his boyhood Christmas…
‘Tis the season for comfort and joy … and less perfection. This year, I vowed to stop needing everything to be perfect and to enjoy the present moments that bring…
Four seventh-grade boys. Four seventh-grade girls. Two telephones – rotary dial dinosaurs adhered to parents’ kitchen walls. Thick, twisted, dangled cords, like entangled anacondas in heat. Four seventh-grade boys on…
I wonder if my children will ever grasp the truth that watching them run has healed my hurts from never being able to run? Or all that watching them run…
By JOHN CRABTREE Guest Columnist Do you remember the cartoon series The Jetsons? “Meet George Jetson” was the introduction to the catchy theme song capturing the viewers and carrying them…
By VERONIQUE DUPREY A Seat on the Aisle The Christmas season has arrived in Indiana. The sure sign? Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol started its traditional run at the Indiana…