CFTPA CEO Tania Castroverde Moskalenko details what it takes to present a 10-series season By Christian Sorrell For many, scheduling more than 45 musical acts for a full season is a daunting task. For Center for the Performing Arts CEO Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, it is business as usual and something she has been doing for more than 15 years. The [...]
As an ambassador, 4-year-old Matthias Vescelus serves as an inspiration Matthias Vescelus is like most 4-year-old boys. He’s inquisitive, full of life, and at times rebellious and rambunctious. He makes people smile and takes piano and swimming lessons. However, Matthias is also quite unique. He’s a three-year cancer survivor and can’t see. Matthias was born on Aug. 20, 2008. On [...]
Chaucie’s Place transitions to preventional education for Noblesville By Christian Sorrell During the past two years, local child advocacy center Chaucie’s Place has shifted its focus from trauma minimization to sexual abuse and youth suicide prevention. The organization recently launched its latest program, Lifelines, aimed at preventing youth suicide. Community history For more than a decade, Chaucie’s Place has stood [...]
Purdue Glee Club member Roy Johnson, Jr., returns to NHS to perform Sunday During his senior year of high school, Roy Johnson, Jr. spent a lot of time on the Noblesville High School auditorium stage. He was a member of the NHS Singers where he sang and danced in public shows and competitions and was the male lead in the [...]
Belfry Theatre’s latest production has huge roots For one summer, Kelly BeDell wore the character costumes of Winnie the Pooh, Chip & Dale, and the seven dwarfs as part of the Walt Disneyworld College Program. Now the 1998 Noblesville High School graduate dons a different outfit in the Belfry Theatre’s upcoming musical “Little Shop of Horrors” – Audrey II, the [...]
Leo Zagaris has returned home to Noblesville and his mother’s loving arms Alissa Zagaris’ 20-month battle to bring home her abducted son, Leo, 12, from Greece has ended. What was the happiest moment in her life was also the most secretive. Alissa received a phone call from the U.S. State Dept. at 3:30 p.m. March 12 informing her she [...]
Clayton Jennings’ most difficult role also is the one he’s most passionate about Clayton Jennings grew up in the church. The son of a preacher, Jennings has been involved in Harbour Shores Church’s annual “Behold the Lamb” production for most of his life. “It was spearheaded by my mom and all about telling the story of Jesus and his life,” [...]
Noblesville residents Nancy Massey and Carol Ann Schweikert create the city’s first pictorial history book Nancy A. Massey and Carol Ann Schweikert’s book, “Noblesville” was a labor of love. The authors and historian buffs spent the past three years working together across town and around the globe to create the first published book of the city’s history. “I’m not [...]
Noblesville High School to perform murder mystery play Thursday and Friday in auditorium When the curtain rises for Noblesville High School’s spring production, “Rehearsal for Murder,” a number of new and young faces will take the stage Thursday and Friday.Director Susan Nieten said the murder mystery is the first time many students have acted in public. “It’s the youngest [...]
Noblesville mom is fighting to get her abducted son back Noblesville’s Alissa Zagaris last saw her son, Leo, on Dec. 13, 2012. Since then, Leo has celebrated his 12th birthday. As Zagaris waits for Leo’s return fro Greece, thousands of miles of ocean and international law and politics are preventing their permanent reunion.“I’ve spent 19 months fighting a battle [...]
