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Conner Prairie’s museum experience is being re-imagined. A fully renovated and enhanced museum center will offer more access to Conner Prairie’s large collection of historic artifacts, with new learning experiences and hands-on activities and more to see and do year-round inside the museum. A new Outdoor Nature Experience will activate 260 acres of woodlands and…

I felt a sense of normalcy attending the Noblesville High School back-to-school open house on Thursday night. It was kind of like the old parent-teacher night, where parents could meet their kids’ teachers. The evening was a little less structured than in elementary school, where parents would actually go in and meet the teachers at…

It’s another busy weekend. So here’s a list of 20 things to do to keep your calendar up to date. 1. Carmel Community Players presents “Shipwrecked: An Entertainment!” directed by Lori Raffel, opening tonight at The Cat in Carmel, with performances through Aug. 21. 2. Noblesville Parks’ 15th annual Movies in the Park series, presented…

Carmel Community Players’ show director Lori Raffel gets goosebumps when she hears the words on the page brought to life. “Shipwrecked: An Entertainment!” which tells the “amazing adventures of Louis de Rougemont, as told by himself, is “like a pop-up book for the stage,” Raffel said. It’s filled with seasoned sailors, plus one scallywag and…

To say the community is sad about the closing of the Dairy Queen on South 10th Street to make room for a roundabout would be an understatement. The Dairy Queen has been an icon in the community – a place where families gather to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and sports wins – for nearly 70 years.…

It was a good day for the growing Sheridan Blackhawks Marching Band, which placed 18th overall out of 39 marching bands on Friday during the 75th Indiana State Fair Band Day. Sheridan Blackhawks placed seventh of the 17 bands in their new AA class. Sheridan’s percussion ranked sixth in the AA class and 16th overall,…