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Van Gogh Time • Newfields’s massive digital gallery, THE LUME, debuts on the top floor this month. The multisensory experience sheds light on art in a dramatic new way.

Wonder Years

Lake Wawasee • A MANNER-FESTO FOR INDIANA’S FAVORITE SUMMER PLAYGROUND.

Scaling Up • FOR THE FORT WAYNE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BEHEMOTH SWEETWATER, THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN SURPRISINGLY UPBEAT.

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Love and Lockdown • AFTER RELEASING HER FIRST NOVEL TO NATIONAL ACCLAIM LAST YEAR, YA AUTHOR LEAH JOHNSON RETURNS WITH A NEW QUEER LOVE STORY.

Animal Crossing

Face Value • COLLECTOR-QUALITY MODERN ART RESIDES IN AN UNASSUMING SETTING

SHELBY JESSUP • Retail Manager and Part-Time Model

Top Tiers • SUMMER DRESSES ARE LONG ON LAYERS.

Midtown Plaza • THIS SUMMER, HANG OUT IN CARMEL’S NEW OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM. HERE’S HOW

The Coast Is Clear • PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE IN MICHIGAN MIRRORS THE UNSPOILED NATURAL BEAUTY OUT WEST.

Living Lodge • A LAVISH RANCH IN NOBLESVILLE SURPASSES THE IMAGINATION.

Butterfly Effect

Perfect Study

PINCH OF WISDOM

Camera Ready • Cool art and pretty cocktails are unapologetic selfie bait at The Oakmont, and we’re hooked.

Wiener Circle • AT DELIS, FOOD CARTS, AND TAKEOUT SPOTS AROUND TOWN, THE HUMBLE SUMMERTIME STAPLE IS GETTING ITS DAY IN THE SUN.

Home Economics • FOR BIEN MEXICANA OWNER ANGELA GARCIA, COOKING WASN’T A CAREER SHE STARTED OUT IN, BUT IT’S ALL SHE COULD DREAM OF DOING NOW.

Spice of Life • WITH FINE-TUNED RECIPES AND A SKILLED CHEF, AROMA INDIAN CUISINE AND BAR TAKES CURRIES AND KEBABS TO A HIGHER LEVEL.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? • AND WHY ISN’T IT MADE HERE? FOR A DECADE, PATTERN HAS BUILT UP A FASHION INDUSTRY IN INDIANAPOLIS. SO WHERE ARE THE CLOTHES?

STARTER KIT • A locally designed bag is a good first buy.

DELIVERY MAN • DURING A PANDEMIC WHEN MOST DINERS STAYED IN AND REACQUAINTED THEMSELVES WITH HOME COOKING, DELIVERY GURU CHRIS BAGGOTT FILLED A TALL ORDER: TURNING CLUSTERTRUCK INTO ONE OF THE BUSIEST KITCHENS IN THE WORLD.

THE DAMAGE DONE A CAGE WITHIN A CAGE. • THE FORCED ISOLATION OF THE PANDEMIC SPARKED A SURGIE IN DEADLY OVERDOSES IN INDY AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.MY COUSIN WAS ONE OF THEM.

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Heaven Can Wait • I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET, ISN’T FAR OFF.