Betsy Reason

In a comedy with five shutting doors, timing is crucial. Timing with lines. Timing with reactions. And timing with entrances and exits. “I’ve been working with the actors to get the timing correct, so as to squeeze out maximum laughter,” said Brian Nichols, director of the comedy, “Flaming Idiots” opening tonight (Thursday, March 31) at…

Just walk in Kirk’s Hardware, it’s like turning back time. Little has changed through the years. The tin ceiling is still in place. The receipts are still handwritten. And service is still No. 1. Customers stop in, looking for hardware parts to fix something at home, a single screw or nail in a particular size,…

Noblesville High School English teacher Bill Kenley — adviser for the NHS Literary Club — encourages his students to have high aspirations. The club’s newest release is called “Aspirational Picnic Table” and “is a loose collection” of about 50 young writers and artists who have all contributed to the school’s literary magazine. Most of the…

I just read the results released for the Noblesville Schools superintendent survey. And I was pretty much spot-on with other surveyed participants in what they wanted in a new superintendent after Dr. Beth Niedermeyer retires at the end of this school year. Niedermeyer has been superintendent of the district for eight years, since 2014. About…

From theatrical productions to kids’ consignment sales and the opening of Conner Prairie for the season, here are 25 things to do this weekend and beyond in today’s list of things to do in The Times: 1. The Belfry Theatre presents “The Lilies of the Field,” by F. Andrew Leslie from the novel by William…

Actor Sidney Poitier died just three days before The Belfry Theatre’s cast members of “The Lilies of the Field” had their first read-through of the script that has been rehearsed for the past 10 weeks. Poitier, 94, was the lead actor in the 1963 film of the same name, “Lilies of the Field,” about a…

I encourage nature lovers to save the date for Blatchley Nature Study Club’s Spring Wildflower Walk and Centennial Celebration in April. I’ve been to the grounds a handful of times, especially in the springtime when there is much nature to enjoy. The Clubhouse is located at 125 Boulder Drive, off of Edith Avenue, north of…

Spring is here. Spring officially arrived at 11:33 a.m. Sunday. And what a welcome season it is at our house. While we enjoy every season — including winter and our brief opportunity to sled at Forest Park due to very little snow this year — we are glad spring is here. The days are longer.…

A week from today, classes will be out for Noblesville Schools’ two-week spring break. For some, vacation plans have long been made to head out of town. For others, it’s a “staycation” at home, finding things to do here locally.  When my now sophomore daughter was elementary age, camps where participants can learn something new…

These are among the 20 things to do this weekend and beyond in today’s list of things to do in The Times: 1. Kiln Creations in downtown Noblesville has eight new pottery wheels and lots of opportunities for folks to create their own art during hour-long class times today through Sunday, and every Thursday-Sunday in…