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The Limestone Comedy Festival Returns to Bloomington

Have you heard the one about the Limestone Comedy Festival? The one about the June 4–6 showcase that draws national comedians to Bloomington? It begins at a cable company. That’s where Jared Thompson...

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Day Trip: Cincinnati’s Bunbury Festival

Between her backup dancers and repertoire of theme songs, pop hits, and even computer-game melodies, classically trained violinist Lindsey Stirling smashes her genre to pieces—especially when the...

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Editor’s Note, June 2015: Lake Michigan Getaways

There’s something about running along the Canal that makes me want to give everyone I see a big thumbs-up. The tourists taking photos in front of the State Museum’s mammoth statues with...

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Ask Me Anything: Dr. Debby Herbenick

Dr. Debby Herbenick of IU’s Kinsey Institute spends most of her waking hours talking about sex–writing, podcasting, TED Talk-ing, and holding monthly salons on the topic in Bloomington.Photo by Tony...

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Erin Edds Gets Back in the Mix

Photo by Tony Valainis After a back-and-forth court battle with her business partners last year, Hoosier Momma co-founder Erin Edds parted ways with the Bloody Mary company in January. Six months...

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Back for Seconds: A Review of Tinker Street

  Photo by Tony Valainis No one would guess that the huddled masses squeezed inside Tinker Street’s enclosed patio on East 16th Street are looking at a 20-minute wait to be seated. We probably seem...

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My Look: Will Chalker’s Zebra Jacket

Photo by Tony Valainis The best Zoobilation look ever goes to Angie’s List advertising rep Will Chalker for the animalesque dinner jacket he wore last year. He might break all fashion rules and bust it...

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Speed Read: Fever Coach Stephanie White

Photo by Tony Valainis After an All-American playing career (Seeger Memorial High School in West Lebanon; Purdue; and the WNBA, including four years with the Fever), Stephanie White, a four-year Fever...

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Jason Whitlock: No Pulled Punches

Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Editor’s Note: As our profile shows, Jason Whitlock can be divisive. ESPN apparently thought so, too. As of June 12, Whitlock was relieved of his duties overseeing the...

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Street Savvy: Canal Walk

  Sweat Todd Beattie of Downtown Boot Camp leads small groups through killer moves by the Canal’s north basin. Want a beach bod? Sign up for burpees on the pavement and backward crabwalks over the...

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Something Old, Something New: Same-Sex Marriage in Indiana

A legal limbo created by a stay in federal appeals court. A Supreme Court reprieve. A Religious Freedom Restoration Act interpreted as a license to discriminate, and an ensuing outcry that threatened...

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Icing on the Cake: The Local Economics of Same-Sex Marriage

  Rings, flowers, musicians, dresses—opening up weddings to a new segment of spenders could mean big bucks for the Hoosier economy. The UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, which studies...

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The Indianapolis International Ballet Competition Debuts

Each fall, the Indianapolis City Ballet showcases the best dancers in the world at its blockbuster event, Evening with the Stars. On June 11–14, the group hopes to introduce the next generation. At the...

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Rare Love: Same-Sex Wedding Gifts and Decor

Same-sex wedding gifts and accents can still be hard to find. Have an idea for a sweet tchotchke or registry item to spice up the usual blenders and tableware? The market is wide open. Here are a few...

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Traveler: Virgin Hotels Debuts in Chicago

A boozy tea party, cheap mini-bars—Richard Branson has apparently thought of everything. His new Loop-sited Virgin Hotel in Chicago (from $205/night; 203 N. Wabash Ave., 312-940-4400) is the...

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Better Together: Same-Sex Couples Who Wed This Year

Kasey and Cori Lennox The Lennoxes legally married last fall after holding a ceremony in October 2013 at Cori’s family farm in Lebanon. “My father presided over our ceremony, making a powerful yet...

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War of the Roses: The Aftereffects of RFRA

Illustration by Jacqui Oakley After Governor Mike Pence approved the amendment to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act in April, clarifying that the law would not allow discrimination based on...

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Deborah Paul’s Animal Attraction

Illustration by Andrea Eberbach Invited guests are more welcome than the uninvited, and I have begun to think the notion also applies to animals. I would be the last to turn away a stray cat or dog,...

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Revisiting Oasis Diner

Just five years ago, the Oasis Diner made Indiana Landmarks’s list of the “10 Most Endangered” historical sites. Now it’s one of the hottest places on the west side to get a plate of Disco fries and a...

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Top Five Brain Freezes

Farm-Fresh Traders Point Creamery 9101 N. Moore Rd., 317-733-1700, traderspointcreamery.com Walk up to the Dairy Bar inside the Loft barn-turned-restaurant at this rustic Zionsville farm, where sweet...

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