Once I was recorded in a documentary saying “I’ll be in South Bend the rest of my life.” I stopped saying that.
Read MoreLife 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.
Read MoreToday, 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.
Read MoreOne 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?
Read MoreThe pandemic should have meant the death of the South Bend food and beverage scene, but somehow we’re seeing new life.
Read MoreI 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.”
Read MoreThe South Bend Tribune vacated its printing press in 2017, and since then, the building has sat—quiet and empty. Now, it might get a new, if unconventional, chance at life.
Read MoreNot long ago, I was reading at a restaurant when I overheard a question at a nearby table: Do you think you will stay in South Bend?
Read MoreThe story of South Bend’s built environment is one of disruption and near-constant change. But through it all, Dustin Mix argues, there is an invisible architecture threading our past and future together.
Read MoreClose your eyes and you can almost see the future. It is 2031. You are in downtown South Bend. You walk to Michigan and Colfax and hop on the streetcar. Where do you want to go? Notre Dame for the football game? The Farmers’ Market for breakfast? Mishawaka for a bar where you can smoke cigarettes inside? Pick one. The tram will take you there.
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