South Bend is full of signs, and as we live our lives alongside them, they become something more than just markers for a business. Today, Ryan Blaske introduces us to South Bend Signs, a new Instagram account documenting the signs of our city.
Read MoreThis week we welcome Kathy Burnette to South Bend on Purpose. Kathy is the owner of The Brain Lair, a bookstore in South Bend focused on developing empathy and building community with inclusive books.
Read MoreAbigail Gillan opened The Ragamuffin Bakery in April of this year—an uncertain time, to say the least—and proceeded to sell out day after day. I visited on the shop’s one-month anniversary, and this is what I saw.
Read MoreChuck Fry, Ryan Blaske, and I are teaming up to tell stories about South Bend and we’re exploring a new membership model to do it.
Read MoreIndiana Avenue was once the commercial heart of South Bend’s old Hungarian neighborhood. Today, it is a one-sided string of storefronts looking out over a vast field, at once echoing our city’s complicated past and pointing to a new, hopeful, fragile future.
Read MoreHeather Smith is a farmer in South Bend. Today, she tells the story of Golden Hour Flower Farm, her 16-bed micro urban farm in the Monroe Park neighborhood.
Read MoreOne year since the murder of Eric Logan and just weeks since the murder of George Floyd, our city is in the streets calling for justice. This week, we listen to these calls at the largest protest of the month in downtown South Bend.
Read MoreWe could go up on the tracks? is one of my favorite texts to send. This is a short film of what happens next.
Read MoreToday, local painter Alex Ann Allen announced a raffle for her new piece titled George Floyd, with 100% of the proceeds going to Black Lives Matter South Bend.
Read MoreSince moving closer to South Bend, long walks are becoming a part of Ryan Blaske’s routine. Today he shares photographs and reflections from one such walk.
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