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Hello, Player • Mmm-mmm-mmm. We sure look good on national TV. Here’s how Indy gets dolled up when it hosts the big sporting events, including this month’s College Football Playoff National Championship—the city’s first.

General Knowledge

Kan-Kan Cinema • A MANNER-FESTO FOR INDY’S NEW INDEPENDENT MOVIE THEATER.

Susanna Taft, Indy Chamber deputy director • THE CITY’S GO-TO PERSON FOR HELPING BUSINESSES STAY AFLOAT DURING THE PANDEMIC REFLECTS ON 3 A.M. DISTRESS CALLS, REVAMPING A LOAN PROGRAM FROM A TABLE IN HER BEDROOM, AND SPENDING A YEAR TRAPPED IN HER HOUSE WITH A BUNCH OF ROOMMATES.

ARTIFACT

BEST BETS

Kurt’s Biggest Fan • NO JOKE: THIS MONTH, COMEDIAN LEWIS BLACK BECOMES CHAIRMAN OF THE KURT VONNEGUT MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BOARD.

Spine Tinglers

Binding Love • A FAMILIAR NAME BRINGS BOOKS BACK TO THE FORMER FOUNTAIN SQUARE LIBRARY.

ELYSE THORNE • Food Blogger

Pump Up the Volume • HIGH-FIDELITY TOYS FOR YOUR WINTER HIBERNATION.

Marquee Location • A SWANKY CONDO RISES IN THE FORMER PHOENIX THEATRE NEAR MASS AVE AND BOTTLEWORKS.

My Pickleball Court • CELEBRITIES SUCH AS GEORGE W. BUSH AND KID ROCK HAVE PRIVATE PICKLEBALL COURTS, BUT NONE OF THEM CAN BEAT STEVE CAGE’S PLAYGROUND IN FISHERS.

Straight Shooter • BAEBAR BRINGS EQUITY TO THE BLOWOUT.

(ASK A TOP DOC) • Primary-care physician at IU Health Family Medicine

Defending the Fort • THE STYLISH BRADLEY HOTEL IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF FORT WAYNE’S NEW LOOK.

DAY TRIP

Peanut Gallery

Whiskey Business • GROUP COCKTAIL CLASSES FROM THIS MIXOLOGY STARTUP BRING THE PARTY TO YOUR HOME.

PINCH OF WISDOM

Surf’s Up • Hawaiian flavors get a lighter touch at this vibrant, island-inspired spot.

What’s Your Beef? • CLASSIC BRASSERIE STEAK FRITES HAVE BELGIAN ROOTS AND A FRENCH ACCENT. BUT THE DISH IS, AT ITS CORE, A HEARTY MEAT-AND-POTATOES DUO PRIMED FOR MIDWESTERN INTERPRETATION.

Flower Child • A CAREER SHIFT AND A WEIGHT-LOSS JOURNEY TOOK GROWING PLACES INDY’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BACK TO HER ROOTS.

Fast Company • WELCOME, RACE FANS, TO INDY’S CHICEST DOWNTOWN DINING ROOM, THE HULMAN.

LIVING LARGE (in Small Towns) • REAL ESTATE is a seller’s market, and working from home has become normal. Is it time to cash out your city pad and buy a bargain rambler elsewhere in Indiana? Maybe you’ll find the kind of house with a name, like the exquisite Matthews Mansion in Ellettsville that sold for under $300,000 (p. 55). We met a family that swapped their suburban-Indy home for both a small-town palace (p. 53) and a nest egg for a second home in Florida, plus a pair of retirees who are the proud owners of a majestic bed-and-breakfast on the banks of the Ohio River (p. 51)—theirs for less than a northside condo. Have you hired the movers yet?

THE COUNTRY HOUSE • A FORMER HULMAN FAMILY ADDRESS IN TERRE HAUTE IS TAKING A TURN TOWARD RURAL ENGLISH LUXURY.

THE BED AND BREAKFAST • A RIVERFRONT MANSION FINDS NEW OWNERS IN A WHIRLWIND OF FATE.

THE PASSION PROJECT • A FAMILY BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO AN EXQUISITE TOWN CENTERPIECE AND SHARES ITS BEAUTY WITH EVERYONE.

THE LANDMARK • A HISTORIC PARISIAN HOME IN ELLETTSVILLE MIGHT BE THE GRANDEST REAL-ESTATE SURPRISE IN...