🌱 AES Indiana Coloring Contest + Brookside CDC + Chicken Scratch

Happy Wednesday, Indianapolis! Let's start today off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around Indianapolis today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and chilly. High: 48 Low: 31.

Here are the top stories today in Indianapolis:

1. The Circle of Lights will be returning in-person on Nov. 26. In order to determine who will flip the switch, children ages 3 to 12 can enter the AES Indiana Coloring Contest, running now through Nov. 16, by decorating the official coloring sheet of a large holiday light bulb. Five $529 CollegeChoice 529 Direct Savings Plans will be awarded to five finalists, based on creativity. (WIBC - Indianapolis News & Politics)
2. Police have arrested a 22-year-old suspect in a south side shooting that killed a Southport High School student. On Monday night, an IMPD officer was in the area of the 3600 block of South Keystone Avenue and heard gunshots. A 17-year-old who had been shot was found in the parking lot of a Speedway gas station and transported to the hospital where he later died from his injuries. (Fox 59)
3. 'The Masked Singer' tour will be stopping at Clowes Memorial Hall on Butler University's campus in June 2022. (WTHR)
4. Brookside CDC in Indy's Brookside Park neighborhood is using funds from the city to help to address violence at its roots. (Fox 59)
5. Gourmet wings and fries take focus at Chef Tia’s new walk-in restaurant, Chicken Scratch. (WISHTV.com)

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Today in Indianapolis:

• Radical Reading Circle - Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library (6:30 PM)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.