Remember when Wednesdays meant there was a fresh alt-weekly newspaper in the newspaper box on the corner?
In it you found faces you recognized — of your friends and maybe even yourself. Mirror Indy’s new arts and culture newsletter is an ode to that magic, which is why it will hit your mailbox every Wednesday at noon. You can read or listen to it!
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Dear Play Listers, Where should we start? Today we have a story about a gifted wig maker, an interview with “FLAVA FRESH !” creator and curator D. Del Reverda-Jennings, a look back to pre-colonial Indiana and a staff update from the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Also: a comic strip, a spooky print show and a free event with a Los Angeles-based labor activist playwright. He read a little sample for us. Get more Indianapolis arts and culture coverage at MirrorIndy.org/A...
7 Oct 2026
Time to get witchy
Hello Play Listers, There’s no way around it. We’re in October and we must shift our attention to all things ghosts, pumpkins and witches. This week we made you a list of metaphysical shops, gatherings and practitioners that you can put in your pocket and save for a rainy day. We also have details on an exhibit of artists taking big risks, stories about historical reenactors, a deep-dive on the rise of the term “cultural campus” in art institutions, a Rivoli Theatre update and a new spo...
30 Sept 2026
Mariachi quality time. Plus, 50 things to do in October.
Dear Play Listers, It was the late 1990s when mariachi Enrique Blanco first visited Indianapolis. Javier Amezcua, the owner of the famous Mexican restaurant El Sol de Tala, who died in 2015, used to bring Mariachi Sol Jalisciense from his hometown in Jalisco, Mexico, to create an authentic atmosphere at his eastside Indianapolis restaurant. The mariachi group fell in love with Indy. They stayed. The rest is history. You’ve likely seen them playing your favorite Mexican songs during Day of the...
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