On December 7th at 3:19 p.m., I loaded my camera with a single roll of film, parked the truck on Lafayette Boulevard just south of Sample Street, and set off down and around Indiana Avenue’s one-sided string of storefronts.
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I first paid Wheeling, West Virginia a visit on account of a friend who sent me a poem about the city. Here is a beautiful city with a depth to its history and a complexity to its present, with some committed people betting on its future. I walked its streets for hours on end, camera in hand.
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Making a record.
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I’ll go to the Rum Village Inn.
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Forty-three photographs from the second half of the year.
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Vested Interest’s 70,000 square feet of space is comprised of what was formerly two addresses: 240 E Tutt, and 251 E Sample. These are their histories as recounted by those who know them and as documented in the South Bend Tribune.
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I’m happy to share some news—this summer, I purchased Vested Interest with a partner, Dominick Simeri.
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Twenty-nine photographs from the first half of the year.
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Once I was recorded in a documentary saying “I’ll be in South Bend the rest of my life.” I stopped saying that.
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In October, a crowd of 400 gathered on a former Studebaker factory floor to listen to stories about South Bend's people, ingenuity, and progress. Watch the talks today.
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Life in South Bend is Jacob Titus' new photographic offering to South Bend, the city where he found a life. The book is a collection of eighty-one photographs, made from January 2016 to November 2022.
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Today, Kath Keur is launching a new digital publication called Food Belt where she will share stories of the people behind South Bend’s growing food scene.
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On Friday, October 7th, we are once again gathering inside a former Studebaker factory building to listen to stories about South Bend's people, ingenuity, and progress.
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Seth and Rachel Parker purchased twelve acres just outside of South Bend with ambitious plans of starting a vegetable farm. Here is a small window into a day in the life of these first-year farmers.
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One of Joe Molnar's neighbors recently asked: how can he be proud of South Bend amid a recent spat of depressing shootings, a higher-than-average poverty rate, poor school performance, and hollowed-out neighborhoods?
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The pandemic should have meant the death of the South Bend food and beverage scene, but somehow we’re seeing new life.
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Watch Celebration for a King, a new documentary featuring symphonic music from composers of African descent and gospel music from local churches, presented by Dr. Marvin Curtis and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra.
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This Sunday, Marvin Curtis and the South Bend Symphony Orchestra will present a new television special called Celebration for a King. The film is the company’s second released on Juneteenth, following last year’s A Juneteenth Celebration.
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I moved to South Bend from Nashville in 2018 and was eager to transition from a large and disconnected city to a smaller community. When asked if I would miss Nashville, the answer would typically be: “No, but I will miss the food.”
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Seventy-five years after professional baseball's integration, few are familiar with the pivotal moment in this story that played out here at South Bend’s Oliver Hotel. Eddie Jurkovic tells the story.
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