Triple Treat at IMS

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is offering a General Admission Season Ticket for all three of its events this year, reports Inside INdiana Business.

The season ticket provides gate admission for a combined nine days for the Indianapolis "500", Allstate 400 at the Brickyard and the inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP. The cost for the events, including all three race days, is $150.

Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize Goes to a New Yorker

Gary Snyder (left) has won the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation.

The judges issued the following statement in making the selection: “Gary Snyder is a true nature poet: there’s no sentimentalism to his work, and he never uses the natural world simply to celebrate his own sensibility. A deeply learned and meditative artist, an impassioned ecologist, and a poet of great scope as well as intense focus, Snyder has written poems that we will be reading for as long as we’ve been reading Robert Frost.”

The prize, to be presented at an evening ceremony at the Arts Club of Chicago on 29 May , is named for 92-year-old Indianapolis pharmaceutical heiress Ruth Lilly, the only surviving great-grandchild of Eli Lilly.

The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize honors a living U.S. poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition. Established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly, the annual prize is sponsored and administered by the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine.

Seventh Annual Artful Tread

Racing fever has hit Mass Ave! Thirty-nine businesses in the Cultural District are hard at work revving up for the seventh running of Artful Tread Friday and Saturday (2-3 May).

Businesses will decorate the area with used tires turned into creative works of art in honor of Indianapolis’ racing heritage and May’s racing events. (Check out the map here!)

Tires will be revealed Friday, and will be on display, weather permitting, throughout the month of May. District visitors will have a chance to vote for their favorite tire all weekend long. A panel of “experts” will also judge the tires and vote for their favorite.

Artful Tread began in 2002 and is sponsored by the Mass Ave Merchants Association (MAMA). Along with Artful Tread, the Spring Gallery Walk provides visitors a special opportunity to tour the numerous Mass Ave art galleries and experience top-notch art from local and national artists. The galleries put up new shows and exhibits especially for the Spring Gallery Walk.

The Spring Gallery Walk coincides with First Friday, an art walk sponsored by Indianapolis Downtown Artist and Dealers Association, that includes 25 galleries and artists’ studios. The art walk (free!) takes place from 6 – 9 p.m. on the first Friday of each month.

Bill Clinton Heads to Carmel

Hoosiers for Hillary has announced that former President Bill Clinton will visit Carmel tomorrow (28 April) to share Hillary's plans to jump-start the economy, create new, high-wage jobs, and restore the middle class.

Get thee to the Gymnasium at Carmel High School, 520 East Main Street, Carmel, well before 8:45 a.m. to queue for a seat at this "Solutions for America" Event. Or, not. (This Indianapolis Observer has primary election fatigue.)

Hillary herself comes to Indy on Tuesday (29 April) for an appearance at as yet unnamed location.

Seventh District Congressional Debate Set for 27 April

Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis will host on 27 April a live debate among four candidates vying for the seventh Congressional District Democratic nomination in the 6 May primary. The debate will be shown on MyNDY Channel 23 and broadcast live on WIBC, 93.1 FM reports the IUPUI News Bureau.

Jim Shella, 24-Hour News 8 political reporter, will serve as moderator of the debate between U.S. Representative Andre Carson, former State Health Commissioner Woody Myers, and State Representatives David Orentlicher and Carolene Mays.

The debate will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.in the University Place Conference Center Auditorium, 850 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis. There are limited seats available to the community. Tickets are required, contact Maggie McFarlin, 317:274-7400.

Hillary Clinton's Visit to Downtown Indy

Hoosiers for Hillary has announced that Hillary Clinton will attend a "Solutions for the American Economy" event in Indianapolis tomorrow (23 April).

"Doors" open at 11 a.m. at the American Legion Mall, corner of St. Clair and Pennsylvania streets, with a 12:45 a.m. start time.

TRIP = Translating Research Into Practice

More than a dozen faculty members at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis will present their translational research and illustrate how they improve people's lives at the IUPUI TRIP Community Showcase Tuesday (22 April).

From medicine to water quality, education to robotics, and philanthropy to manufacturing, these faculty members have translated their research into viable practices that help people in our community.

Come see what they're working on between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. in the fourth floor Multipurpose Room of the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Boulevard.

This reception is an opportunity to talk to TRIP faculty one-on-one, ask questions, and explore the research ideas they are pursuing. Appetizers and refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are requested.