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Nurse Safe Sexx

Nurse Safe Sexx

In the late fall of 1985, Nurse Safe Sexx, created by Bag Lady Kenn King, appeared for the first time… Read More »Nurse Safe Sexx

Oasis of Hope

On May 24, 1938, 35 men and women gathered in a building at 16th and Alvord Streets to worship God.… Read More »Oasis of Hope

Sara Messing Stern

Sara Messing Stern

(1879 – 1972). Sara Messing Stern was a lifelong community advocate for Progressive reform, women’s suffrage, and civil rights. She… Read More »Sara Messing Stern

Shirley’s One Way

Shirley’s One Way

Shirley’s Place was a bar and restaurant in the neighborhood of Indianapolis from October 1983 to May 1994. At the… Read More »Shirley’s One Way

The Syrian Ark was the only 20th-century Arab American periodical published in Indianapolis. Attorney Ibrahim Farah Zainey founded and edited… Read More »Syrian Ark

The 21 Club

The 21 Club, located on Indianapolis’s Talbott Street, was a 1980s gay bar and nightclub well-known for its oversized dance… Read More »The 21 Club

The Hunt and The Chase

The Hunt and The Chase

The Hunt and the Chase dance club, known locally as The Chase, was an LGBTQ+ bar located at 107 S.… Read More »The Hunt and The Chase

The Varsity Lounge

The Varsity Lounge

The Varsity Lounge, located in Indianapolis’s historic neighborhood, is thought to be the city’s oldest gay bar and restaurant. Otto… Read More »The Varsity Lounge

Uptown Connection

Uptown Connection

The Uptown Connection bar and restaurant operated from October 1981 until 1989, serving primarily the LGBTQ+ community. A corporation of… Read More »Uptown Connection

A product of the Indianapolis Bicentennial effort (2020–21), the digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis integrates and accesses the explosion and fragmentation of knowledge created both as born-digital information and as a large new digital archive.

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