On Sunday, August 22nd, we hosted a screening of Corner Store’s first short film Ms. Adeline. It was a time.
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This week, we are reading "Paradise on Fire" by Jahnari Pruitt and reflecting on what it might be saying about our life together in South Bend.
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This week on the podcast, we enjoy a conversation with Alex Ann Allen, a South Bend-based artist best known for spending the past couple of years painting murals all across the city.
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On Friday, October 8th, we are gathering inside a former Studebaker factory building to listen to stories about South Bend's people, ingenuity, and progress.
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The 2020 Census shows South Bend experiencing its biggest population growth since the 1950s. We’re revisiting the More People series to celebrate and make sense of the news.
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This week, we are reading "Where We Are" by Gerald Locklin and reflecting on what it might be saying about our life together in South Bend.
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This week, we enjoy a conversation with Joe Mittiga. Joe is a husband, father, and the second-generation owner of Corby's Irish Pub in the East Bank neighborhood.
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This week on South Bend on Purpose, we are reading a selection from Galway Kinnell’s poem “When You Have Lived a Long Time Alone” and reflecting on what it might be saying about our life together in South Bend.
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When we arrived at the County 4-H fair last Friday evening, the air was thick with a mix of oils—from the deep fryers and the rides’ gears, and the grounds were packed, shoulder to shoulder in some places. Dusk approached, but still, the sky was bright blue.
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This week, we enjoy a conversation with Antonius Northern, a public servant in the truest sense—whether as an activist, artist, resident, or municipal employee, he has a record of bringing goodness to the city.
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