PLAY LIST
Remember when Wednesdays meant there was a fresh alt-weekly newspaper in the newspaper box on the corner?
In it you found faces you recognized — of your friends and maybe even yourself. Mirror Indy’s new arts and culture newsletter is an ode to that magic, which is why it will hit your mailbox every Wednesday at noon. You can read or listen to it!
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Episodes
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Mid-May, good art news
Dearest Play Listers,Do you know how you’re spending your summer yet? It’ll be here in a blink. For some, it already kinda is. Prom happened, graduation caps went up in the air, the Chreece headliners were announced and the s...
Can you name all Central American countries?
Dear Play Listers,Now that I’m a new mom, I’m looking around in this new-to-me landscape of advertisements and celebrations for Mother’s Day.
Analog tips for your life
Greetings Play Listers,If headlines about tech bros, the AI takeover and data centers have you feeling like tossing your phone into a sinkhole, you might find this edition of Play List highly stimulating and helpful. But firs...
Indy artists get political
Dear Play Listers,Sharing arts and culture content can be tricky. On one hand, it can mean anything from hot dog shops to pool parties and the latest symphonic choir concert series.On the other hand, it is the only place where som...
Every poem is a love poem
Greetings Play Listers,To celebrate National Poetry Month, we invited poet Sam Ferrante to read a poem for us. You can also listen to Sam read her poem by clicking on the audio version of this newsletter.How to Write a Poem <...
Serving looks, m-hm
What’s up Play Listers,The Black church is where you will find the most stylish people in the world.An impromptu fashion show unfolded in the sanctuary of Witherspoon Presbyterian Church on an Easter Sunday morning. It was led by ...
42 things to do in April - ¡Órale muchachos! Spring festivals and lots of basketball celebrations.
Play Listers,Let’s get down to business. We have now completed the first quarter of 2026. It was the more difficult one with the cold weather and gloomy skies.Now is when you dust off your open-toe shoes and see if your spring/sum...
Snacks and spring bops
Hello Play Listers,We have a delicious snack for you today: an illustrated food tour of the near northside by artist Byron Elliott....
Call me.
Greetings Play Listers,Forreal — drive extra careful this weekend. People will be roaming outside with their noses buried in books. They’ll be alone or with friends, possibly carrying very heavy but very cute tote bags. Why? ...
Have I got a story for you
Hey-hey PlayListers,Late November last year, I went on parental leave. Now I’m on parental return.That means catching up with you and with all the great arts and culture stories that were published while I was hanging out with a c...
31 days to do 35 things this month
What’s up PlayListers, The weather has been fickle here lately, but I’m going to continue to be delusional about the chance of sustained warm spring weather. So, I’m putting together my spring Pinterest board. I want a wardrobe that...
Who has the most and best stories?
Dearest PlayListers,I’m a sucker for stories about people finding their way back to creative passions of their youth. A poet who takes up painting. A clerk who joins a rock band. A librarian who makes zines. And, in the wake of the Wint...
We’re feeling some kind of way about the trees
Dearest PlayListers,I’m usually a little doom-and-gloom about late February and March. By this point, I start feeling like winter might be over any day. Like, it has to be over any day now, right?Even though we’re getting spring...
Love, fear and everyday life
Dearest PlayListers,On Sunday, I finally made it to a Real Life, Revised reading and open mic. This free series at Indiana Humanities has been on my radar for months, and here’s m...
28 days to do 44 things
你好! (Nǐ Hǎo) Play Listers,January dragged on per usual. I’m exhausted with the winter’s frigid temperatures and skies the color of spoiled milk. I can almost taste spring. According to Punxsutawney Phil, we have only six more weeks of w...
Wherever you are this week, find something new
Friends, I know I don’t have to tell you, but this cold is brutal. As I write this, the space heater at my feet just shut off — reminding me (again) that it’s on the same circuit as the space heater that was running in the bedroom. ...
Coping with color and whimsy this winter
Dearest PlayListers,I don’t know about you, but writer Emily Worrell and I were just talking about how bummed out we feel. Winter — even when it’s not all that cold — makes it ha...
When you’d rather stay home
Dearest PlayListers,Last Friday night, I stayed home to work on a jigsaw puzzle. Don’t get me wrong, puzzles are the best. But here I am, writing this newsletter, telling you to get out and experience the world.So, in honor of t...
Shopping that doesn’t kill Mother Earth or your wallet
When I pitched the idea to write about thrift and vintage stores in Indianapolis, I didn’t think it would take s...
A feast for your eyes
Dearest PlayListers,As the final days of 2025 slip through our sugar-coated fingers, many of us are looking back — perhaps a bit astounded by all that we’ve lived through. A lot of life can happen in 365 days. And all that li...
The collective experience never gets old
Dearest PlayListers,IU beat Ohio State in the Big Ten championship on Saturday at Lucas Oil. Now, before you take me for a football fan, let me clarify: I am simply in love with one. My football fan is an IU alum. His name is Aaron. And ...
🧊 Ice ice baby
What’s up PlayListers, I hope your Thanksgiving weekend was splendid. Mine started off rough. It took my family and me six hours to drive to Indy from Michigan during the snowstorm. Nothing like a whiteout on I-69 in a small compact...
The sweet pitter patter of puppy feet
Fellow PlayListers, hello! I’m Jenny Walton — not to be confused with your regular host Jennifer Delgadillo. I’m in your inbox because I’m constantly asking friends how I can help, and Delgadillo took me up on it. So, here we are. ...