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Next Stop • Construction on the Purple Line, Indy’s second bus rapid transit route, is scheduled to begin this month.

Swings and Misses

3,647,816 • Number of Indiana residents registered as organ donors

The Amp • A MANNER-FESTO FOR HACKING 16 TECH’S FOOD HALL.

On the Road Again • JIM IRSAY’S RECENT TOUR OF THE COUNTRY, TEASING A FORTHCOMING MUSEUM OF HIS POP CULTURE COLLECTION, RECALLS THE LAST TIME HE STRONG-ARMED INDY FOR MONEY.

ANTIQUE BEER CAN VINTAGE: 1940 • Resides in a private Indianapolis collection

BEST BETS • THIS MONTH’S CAN’T–MISS EVENTS

Be Mine

Planting Roots • A DIY MOBILE FLOWER CART GROWS INTO A PERMANENT CONCEPT STORE.

Michael Weston • Brand strategist

Fire Starters • A FEW WAYS TO HEAT UP DATE NIGHT AT HOME.

THE THREAD

Power Up • A NEW AGE OF INTEREST HAS CONJURED A SLEW OF SHOPS THAT SELL CRYSTALS FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. NO PROMISES, BUT HERE’S A SELECTION THAT WILL LOOK PRETTY ON A TABLETOP IF THE MAGIC ISN’T HAPPENING.

Our Social Hub • HIGH ALPHA’S COMMUNAL STAIRCASE SYMBOLIZES THE TECH INCUBATOR’S FOCUS ON SCALING UP.

Arch Madness • FRENCH DESIGN DISTINGUISHES ONE OF INDIANA’S BIGGEST HOMES.

Jet Set • TREAT YOURSELF TO A LONG WEEKEND IN PALM SPRINGS, STARTING WITH A NEW NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM INDY.

DAY TRIP

IF YOU GO

Holy Moly

Dark and Handsome • A DECADES-OLD SOUTHSIDE WATERING HOLE GETS A SECOND-STORY MAKEOVER.

THE FEED

PINCH OF WISDOM

Southern Exposure • Natural State Provisions brings comfort-food classics to Holy Cross.

Rise Up • A NEW BATCH OF BISCUIT BAKERS PUTS THE CLASSIC FIELDHAND BREAKFAST ON A FLOUR-DUSTED PEDESTAL.

Growing Season • ONE OF INDY’S MOST GIFTED PASTRY CHEFS, ZOË TAYLOR IS A CO-OWNER OF BORAGE, A FARM-TOTABLE CONCEPT COMING SOON TO SPEEDWAY.

FAVORITE THINGS

Next Generation • A FALL CREEK PLACE NEWCOMER WITH AMBROSIA LINEAGE, SLEEK AND SEXY BOCCA IS THE DARK HORSE OF THE FAMILY.

THE EAT SHEET 25 • Those of us who chase down new restaurants like culinary huntsmen have had, shall we say, a little downtime recently. It’s given us a moment to reflect on the foods that made us food people in the first place, the quintessential classics that should be required eating for all Hoosiers. Here, we celebrate the deep-fried, the butter-soaked, the bacon-topped in a rollout of Indy’s 25 essential dishes, ranked for your bucket list convenience.

WE WERE THE CHAMPIONS XLVI • Ten years ago this month, the world descended on downtown for Super Bowl XLVI. And while the game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots thrilled fans until the final play, the real winner was Indianapolis. Here’s the story of the biggest event the city ever hosted, told by the people who were there.

SCHADENFREUDE SETS THE STAGE • The story of Super Bowl XLVI can’t be told without acknowledging the “stolen” Super Bowl XLV. The heartbreak of Indy’s last-second bid loss to Dallas became a blessing in disguise, thanks to a rare winter storm that incapacitated much of the South. It turned Super Bowl XLV into a logistical nightmare and a widely panned debacle for the host city.

THE SUPER BOWL VILLAGE

THE ZIPLINE • One of the week’s highlights was...