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Fishers High School’s next theater production teaches perseverance and bravery. “‘Radium Girls’ is about the fight for justice and understanding that your action has consequences,” said Emma Rund, director of Fishers High School Theatre. The show is two nights only, tonight (Thursday) and Saturday. Both performances are at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults…

If you were running for election in Hamilton County in the past, you had to run as a Republican if you wanted to get the votes. It used to be that way in Fishers and in Carmel, but no more. The tide is turning. For many years, Hamilton County has leaned conservative and is mostly…

Carmel Community Players and Belfry Theatre plays, Dan’s fish fry, Arcadia yard sale, live entertainment, a train ride and more are among the plethora of things to do this weekend and beyond. Here’s our Times’ list of 30 things to do. Save the date: Noblesville Lions Club’s annual Pork Chop Festival, with pork chops, chicken…

Noblesville’s Jen Otterman feels a great connection to the newest show she’s directing at The Belfry Theatre. “I fell in love with the show from the moment I first read it,” said Otterman, who is currently directing The Belfry’s “Crimes of the Heart,” opening Saturday and continuing through May 7 at Arts for Lawrence’s Theater…

No one in the room wanted to be there. It was a Celebration of Life for Noblesville’s Rick and Bethe Beaver. Friends and family and acquaintances last Thursday morning, April 20, filled the sanctuary at Grace Church in Noblesville to celebrate the Beaver couple’s lives. Rick and Bethe Beaver tragically died on Wednesday, April 5,…

If you were in downtown Noblesville on Saturday, you probably noticed fairies of all ages in costume. While the day was not as sunny and warm as the 2022 Fairyville, we still saw many families out enjoying Nickel Plate Arts’ 11th annual Welcome to Fairyville event. As always, it’s a magical time for kids of…

Fairyville takes over downtown Noblesville today and Saturday with tons of activities offered, plus live music, comedy, theater, historical celebrations, train rides and more are among the plenty of things to do this weekend and beyond. Here’s our Times’ list of 25 things to do. Save the date: The Attic Theatre’s production of “Shrek The…

Carmel Community Players’ “True West” is an “entertaining piece of theater.” That’s how show director Eric Bryant describes the Sam Shepard play, which opens Friday and continues through April 30 at The Ivy Tech Auditorium in Noblesville. The play concerns the struggle for power between two brothers, Austin, a struggling screenwriter, and Lee, a drifter…

I say this every year. I think I’ve attended nearly every Noblesville High School Alumni Banquet since I started working as a Noblesville journalist 37 years ago. The banquets are always a lot of fun, graduates reminisce about high school days, the 50-year class is celebrated and an Alumnus of the Year is honored. Plus,…

When my now high school junior daughter was in middle school, I sat at my laptop computer waiting for Noblesville Schools’ annual free summer camps to go on sale. It kind of reminded me of when I used to try to get tickets for popular concerts at the former Deer Creek Music Center, or this…