Stories tagged with "40th anniversary"

A love fest for local tennis founder by indystar

The Indianapolis tennis community took time Sunday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a popular city tennis program, as well as its matriarch. About 335 showed up for the... – Nov 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Cathy Kightlinger

Speedway festival gets new name, new backers by Josh Duke

A confluence of factors has again changed what town leaders hope will finally become a fall ritual in Speedway. Previously known as the Speedway Fall Festival, new organizers will... – Oct 01, 2009 at 12:00 AM in West Marion County

Kravitz: Mondays not the same, but still special by indystar

Every day, something else happens to remind me I’m old. Like my kid getting accepted to college. Or this: Monday night’s Colts-Dolphins game will mark the 40th... – Sep 18, 2009 at 12:45 AM in Bob Kravitz

Q&A: Patricia Wachtel by Tj Banes

President and CEO of Girls Inc. works to improve self-esteem of young women. Patricia Wachtel, 54, became president and CEO of Girls Inc., a nonprofit organization, in January 2007... – Sep 17, 2009 at 8:15 PM in People

Woodstock at 40: Everywhere a song and a celebration by USA Today

To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW BETHEL, N.Y. — Playing an electric guitar that seemed as charged and as amped as the... – Aug 17, 2009 at 9:36 AM in Entertainment

Elvis faithful can't visit site of his last No. 1 by USA Today

MEMPHIS (AP) — Elvis Presley fans flocking to Memphis this weekend to remember the day he died are being encouraged to also celebrate the 40th anniversary of his final No. 1... – Aug 16, 2009 at 11:06 AM in Entertainment

40 years later, Havens performs iconic Woodstock song by USA Today

To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW BETHEL, N.Y. — Nearly 40 years to the day that he christened the crowning achievement... – Aug 15, 2009 at 2:19 AM in Entertainment

Then and now: Catching up with Woodstock stars by USA Today

To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW Most everyone knows what happened to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and even Santana, but what... – Aug 12, 2009 at 9:50 PM in Entertainment

40 years later, a fresh eye is cast on Woodstock festival by USA Today

To view this presentation, you need to install the Flash plug-in GET IT NOW We're all familiar with the iconic images from Woodstock: the performances, the mud, the... – Aug 10, 2009 at 10:07 PM in Entertainment

Woodstock is seen through two original lenses by USA Today

Woodstock was billed as a music and art fair, but the event that took place on a farm in Bethel, N.Y., Aug. 15-18, 1969, will forever be remembered as a counterculture festival of... – Aug 05, 2009 at 9:41 PM in Entertainment

Endeavour’s 2nd spacewalk unfolds on 40th moon anniversary by indystar

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex celebrated the 40th anniversary of man’s first moon landing with their own spacewalk Monday, heading... – Jul 20, 2009 at 5:39 PM in News

Travel to Mars first, moon crew urges by indystar

WASHINGTON – On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the crew of that storied mission spoke of their great luck in being the first to go to the moon and... – Jul 20, 2009 at 9:39 AM in News

Critic's Corner Monday by USA Today

E-mail Robert Bianco at rbianco@usatoday.com•There's great news for fans of BBC America's excellent import Torchwood and for anyone who likes good science fiction.... – Jul 19, 2009 at 10:36 PM in Entertainment

When the Eagle landed, Purdue arrived by Amanda Hamon

University has strong ties to U.S. space program When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon on July 20, 1969, it may have been the most dramatic example of the ties between the... – Jul 19, 2009 at 3:08 PM in Communities

NASA turns to Hollywood tech to reconstruct lost Apollo footage by indystar

WASHINGTON — NASA could put a man on the moon but didn’t have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission. In an embarrassing acknowledgment, the... – Jul 16, 2009 at 10:47 PM in News

Armstrong papers highlight moon day Monday at Purdue by Eweddle@Jconline Com

One small step for a man is turning into one giant collection for Purdue University. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon and a 1955 Purdue graduate, is... – Jul 15, 2009 at 12:35 PM in News

Bon Jovi among those inducted in songwriters hall by USA Today

NEW YORK — Jon Bon Jovi considers writing classic songs as a way of being remembered throughout time."It's the closest thing to immortality as we're ever gonna see here," he... – Jun 19, 2009 at 2:19 PM in Entertainment

Girls Inc. breakfast puts sparkle into morning meal by indystar

Holly Golightly, the daring heroine of the film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” said nothing bad could happen to a person at the famed jewelry store. That was certainly... – Jun 13, 2009 at 8:07 PM in Cathy Kightlinger

Neighbors by force by indystar

Racial and ethnic diversity is the key to happiness, success in the global marketplace and, not least, an interesting life. So we are told in a batch of new “fair... – Apr 20, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Commentary

Straight from Supremes: Rights aren't ditched at schoolhouse gate by indystar

Feb. 24 marked the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Tinker v. Des Moines decision, in which the constitutional rights of students were upheld. That case... – Mar 22, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Letters to the editor