For years now, local cyclists get together to organize festivities the morning of National Bike to Work Day (May 17th, traditionally). While there are many cyclists in Lafayette and West Lafayette that regularly commute to work by bicycle, most of our city’s cyclists aren’t functional riders and prefer the recreational aspects of the sport. National [...]
Looking for something to do this Saturday? With a warm weekend upon us, why not spend your Saturday touring the Ayers mansion at 907 State Street, corner of 9th and State streets. This fundraiser tour for Wabash Valley Trust for Historic Preservation will be held between the hours of 1 pm-2pm for Wabash Valley Trust [...]
Words by LL Cool Bean Video by Tim Brouk The Lafayette Brawlin’ Dolls will be back at it Saturday at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds. For the second home bout, they will be up against the Kokomo City of Fists Rollergirls. Lafayette and Kokomo competed last at the Brawl House in October of 2012 and though [...]
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 [...]
Recently, the local paper asked for their readers to share their opinions on a proposal to pass a law requiring a three foot gap between a passing car and a bicycle (read it here). There were some interesting responses, and I’d like to reply to a few. That’s just common sense. People should be doing that, anyway. [...]
I made it out to the 2nd annual TAP at Tippecanoe Arts Federation mini-brewfest this past Saturday. Mini-brewfest you say? Well, let me tell you something to love about this event: with 10 breweries, each with an average of three to four beers, and three hours to taste them, I thought I may finally be [...]
New Chauncey neighborhood, 257 acres nestled in the heart of West Lafayette next to Purdue, has so much potential. Sadly, due to various factors during its history, it has been stuck in the status quo. Lacking a historic preservation district, master plan, cooperation from the university, a real downtown with establishments for all ages, the [...]
A new home, a record crowd, a decisive victory. The Lafayette Brawlin’ Dolls christened its new Brawl House April 20 with a huge 182-92 victory over the Terrorz of Tiny Towns’ Diesel Dolls out of Columbus, Ind. A packed crowd of over 700 — LBD’s largest crowd in its five-season history — filled the Tippecanoe [...]
Words by LL Cool Bean Video by Tim Brouk April 20 is the Lafayette Brawlin’ Dolls first home bout at the new Brawl House located at the Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds. The Dolls have a lot of changes to be excited about for the 2013 season. There are seat cushions and some new t-shirt styles [...]
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 [...]
We all know Greater Lafayette should really be called “Greatest Lafayette,” but what happens when things aren’t so great? How do you know when bad things go down in your neighborhood? The Journal and Courier recently published a map of meth lab busts from 2008-2012. If you’re looking for even more information, a site called [...]
It probably started with Pinkberry. Of course, like most trendy franchises, we don’t have one of those here (not that I’m complaining), but it was Pinkberry that really brought froyo into the mainstream. Urban Dictionary defines Froyo as a game combining a yo-yo and a frisbee… that is not the froyo I am referring to today. No, I am referring to the [...]
Whether you are a young music fan who started collecting in the digital age or a longtime consumer who purchased LP’s, cassettes, CD’s and now LP’s again, the record store is a sacred space. Big cities still have many of them. College towns usually have a few good ones. And now after a few [...]
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 [...]
Growing up, it was a running joke in my family that we were protected from severe weather. You see, our local ABC affiliate’s radar map had counties labelled with three letter abbreviations. Because Floyd County was abbreviated “FLO”, it was only natural to anthropomorphize it. My parents live right underneath the L, so Flo was [...]
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