The 3rd and final OuterNet concert, offered by TAF and FoamCity, is tonight at 8 pm at The Wells Center. Josephine Foster is a modern American folk singer-songwriter and musician from Colorado. As an adolescent she worked as a funeral and wedding singer, and aspired to become and opera singer. Later, she abandoned the idea and began to [...]
Local band, Tigerfox, will be unveiling their new lineup and sound tonight at FoamCity. Previously 7 members strong, they’ve cut themselves down to 2 members, front man Ryan Puetz and synth-electronic master Aaron Zernack. No drums, no guitars, no light shows, just a mic and collection of synthesizers and other electronics. “The goal is to show people [...]
The annual Dinner and Bikes Tour, a multimedia roadshow of food and bicycle activism, will be putting on events in 27 cities in eleven states in the midwestern and northeast U.S. during National Bike Month in May. The tour is a call to action for communities around the U.S. to take the lead in growing [...]
The second in a series of three concerts offered by TAF and FoamCity, OuterNet will highlight two ground-breaking, innovative female-led “new jazz” combinations: the Shayna Dulberger Quartet and Tomeka Reid with bassist Devin Hoff. The concert is 8 pm this Saturday, April 13th at The Wells Center. Chicago based cellist, composer and educator, Tomeka Reid [...]
The Downtown Speakeasy series is a forum where ideas and people can meet to improve the Greater Lafayette Community. Entering into its 10 month, previous topics have included: How can local food be used to help downtown become a more vibrant community?; Buying Building and Living Downtown; Downtown Winter Fun and Events; Discussing the “Good to [...]
FoamCity and the Tippecanoe Arts Federation (TAF) will be kicking-off their OuterNet music series this Friday evening at the Wells Community Cultural Center. What’s an OuterNet you ask? “Nets generally filter the main current, this is a made up word that may get some music outside the general field of whats available around town. Not really jazz, not pop, [...]
TL: The Think Lafayette team loves Dog’N’Suds. So naturally, we wanted to talk to the man that makes it happen, Dustin Washington. He’s a true born-and-raised local who is now raising his own family here, with no plans on leaving. Tell us everything you want to tell us about Dog’N’Suds and touch on your use [...]
Could it have gone any better for the 40th annual Indiana Fiddlers’ Gathering? We were on the scene early Friday to volunteer and stayed late into Sunday. While the sun was hot and the grass was dry, the big shady oak trees gave plenty of room for people to watch and hear moving music all [...]
City Foods Coop has signed a lease at 916 Main Street. As you may know, City Foods has been selling on-line for nearly a year, with scheduled pick up times, and most recently delivery. They will be renting a small part of the new market going in at this location, hopefully having steady hours 3-4 [...]
“In the South it’s called pickin’, up here we call it fiddlin’” The 40th Annual Indiana Fiddlers’ Gathering is happening June 22nd-24th at the Tippecanoe Battlefield in Battle Ground, Indiana. I spent the entire weekend there last year and it was easily one of the best weekends I’ve had in this town. It is a [...]
Our local Area Plan Commission has just completed the Metropolitan Transportation Plan for 2040 – Completing Our Streets (pdf). It is on the agenda for adoption at the June 20th APC meeting. It will then be certified to all participating jurisdictions for adoption as part of the Comprehensive Plan for Tippecanoe County.
The John Purdue Club announced today that they will be hosting (what I believe to be) the first ever Purdue alumni basketball game, Saturday, August 4th, 2012. Here’s the list of who they have signed up to play so far: Brian Cardinal, Tarrance Crump, Carson Cunningham, Keaton Grant, Marcus Green, Matt Kiefer, Chris Kramer, Troy Lewis, [...]
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