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HANDS OFF • THIS ISSUE’S GUIDE TO ANTIQUING (P. 42) SHOULD HELP YOU FIND WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR, BUT OUR STAFF’S PRIZED COLLECTABLES AREN’T FOR SALE.

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Good Bones • The Children’s Museum’s Dinosphere reopens this month with a new look and some very old tenants.

Pumping the Brakes

THE STATE STAT • Number of reported tornadoes in Marion County since 1950

Gainbridge Fieldhouse • A MANNER-FESTO FOR THE RECENTLY RENOVATED ARENA, WHICH HOSTS ROUNDS 1 AND 2 OF MARCH MADNESS.

Jennifer Pace Robinson, museum president • THIS MONTH, THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM’S NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE DEBUTS A MASSIVE RENOVATION OF THE INSTITUTION’S DINOSPHERE EXHIBIT.

MAJOR TAYLOR’S BICYCLE VINTAGE: 1896–1899 • Resides in the Indiana State Museum

BEST BETS • THIS MONTH’S CAN’T–MISS EVENTS

Reframed • THIS MONTH, ONE OF NEWFIELDS’S MOST DISTINCTIVE GALLERIES REOPENS AFTER A THREE-YEAR RENOVATION—AND HERALDS A DRAMATIC REORGANIZATION UNDERWAY AT THE MUSEUM.

ODD COUPLE • ONE OF THE INTERESTING NEW PAIRINGS IN THE CLOWES PAVILION.

Light Rock

A Shore Thing • AT A NEW HOME DECOR SHOP IN ZIONSVILLE, ELEMENTS OF THE OWNERS’ YEARS IN CALIFORNIA LINE THE SHELVES.

ROSANE ZELMANOVITZ • Honorary Consul of Brazil to Indiana

Wink, Wink • MOODY-COOL VERY PERI IS PANTONE’S COLOR OF THE YEAR. AND WE’RE HERE FOR IT.

THE THREAD

Beech Grove • ONCE A COMPANY TOWN FAMOUS FOR REPAIRING RAILROAD CARS, THIS MARION COUNTY BURG HAS BEEN REVITALIZED IN RECENT YEARS, ESPECIALLY ITS MAIN DRAG.

Loosen Up • WHILE THEY MAY SOUND LIKE A REACH, A COUPLE OF NEW STRETCH STUDIOS DELIVER ON THEIR PROMISE OF INCREASED MOBILITY.

Spring Thaw • Warm up and unwind with a heavenly headto-toe treatment.

Haute House • ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR HOMES IN THE VILLAGE OF WESTCLAY HITS THE MARKET.

Shell Game

Next Stop • REVIVING A RAILSIDE LANDMARK IN THE HEART OF GREENFIELD.

THE FEED

PINCH OF WISDOM

Silver Spoons • A Beech Grove native’s coffeehouse is filled to the brim with family history.

Fashion Forward

Dinner Host • A CHAMPION OF THE LOCAL RESTAURANT SCENE, TIM WILLIAMS GIVES INDY CHEFS THE CELEBRITY TREATMENT IN HIS BACK OF HOUSE VIDEO SERIES.

FAVORITE THINGS

Flights of Fancy • IT’S A GOOD YEAR FOR WINE MARKET & TABLE. ONCE A SMALL VINO SHOP FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE BOTTLES, IT HAS RELOCATED TO A SHOWPIECE BUILDING IN FOUNTAIN SQUARE.

The Picky Picker • There’s nothing wrong with carefree, aimlessantiquing. But when you’re in the market for an original Eames chair or a Marshall Studios lamp, you need to know where to look. Luckily, there’s more than cornball in Indiana. Our state is home to dozens of excellent antiques shops and auction houses that sell high-end treasures from the past. Here’s where to find the stuff that never gets old.

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FURNITURE

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MY GREATEST FIND

COLLECTIBLES

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JEWELRY

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BUDDHIST ALTAR

KITCHENWARE

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Second Life • The years weren’t kind to these treasured items from the past. Luckily, a few local restoration specialists were.

Viva • When...