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🏺 Seize the clay

Studios to try your hand at pottery around Indy
Yellow Door ceramics studio with garage door open on a sunny spring day
On a nice day, Yellow Door opens up the garage door for fresh air. | Photo by @felissajoyceramics
The new season is a good time to try your hand at a new hobby. Especially as it gets colder out, you’ll want to find something to do that requires hours spent indoors.

Who knows, maybe pottery could be your new clay-me to fame. To help throw you into this new venture, here’s a list of local studios that will mold you into a master.

Fountain Square Clay Center
This studio offers a variety of classes from eight-week to one night sessions, private classes, and classes for Little Potters. You can also visit during Open Studio time to come in and practice or pick up your items.

Yellow Door Ceramics
Yellow Door offers pottery classes, memberships, and private events. Registration for Session Five of its eight-week courses will open on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 12 p.m. — and spots will fill up fast.

Alley Cat Ceramics mugs drying on a shelf

Just an idea, a handmade mug is a great personal gift for the upcoming holiday season.

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Photo by @alleycatceramics

Alley Cat Ceramics
Local artists run this community studio that provides open studio days to the public, firing services, six-week classes, one day workshops, and memberships for potters with home studios + those looking for a studio to work out of.

Beech Grove Clay Works
This is an adult community ceramics studio with instructional classes for members of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Get Dirty Ceramics
Located on the second floor of the Murphy Arts Center in Fountain Square, this little studio offers pay-as-you-go classes with most materials included. Adults can work independently on their own idea or make a teacher-guided project.

Looking Glass Pottery Studio
This studio based in Noblesville offers studio memberships, youth classes, eight-week classes, one-night classes, private parties, and special events for the holidays.

Are you a member of a studio that’s not on our list? Let us know so we can add it.
Asked

Which of the following is NOT one of the major types of pottery?
A. Earthenware
B. Stoneware
C. Ceramic
D. Porcelain
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Events
Thursday, Sept. 26
  • Career Center at Martindale-Brightwood | Thursday, Sept. 26 | 1-3 p.m. | Indianapolis Public Library Martindale-Brightwood Branch | Free | Adults creating a resume, searching for a job or career online, or filling out an online job application can receive one-on-one assistance.
  • September Self-Care Social + Stroll | Thursday, Sept. 26 | 5:30-8 p.m. | COhatch Polk Stables | Free | Stroll along the Monon Trail and join a post-walk social at Tinker House Food Truck Takeover.
Friday, Sept. 27
  • Experience the Farm | Friday, Sept. 27-Sunday, Oct. 27 | Times vary | Kelsay Farms, Whiteland | $12 | Celebrate the season with hayrides, pumpkins, a corn maze, outdoor games, Straw Bale Mountain, Corn Crib play area, and delicious snacks.
Saturday, Sept. 28
  • FIDO Pet Supplies Flea Market | Saturday, Sept. 28 | 12 p.m. | FIDO Warehouse Lot | Cost of purchase | Find new + gently used pet supplies at wallet-friendly prices — all proceeds benefit FIDO programs.
  • Saraga International Food Festival | Saturday, Sept. 28-Sunday, Sept. 29 | 12-8 p.m. | 8448 Center Run Dr., Indianapolis | Cost of purchase | Enjoy diverse flavor experiences from all around the world.
Sunday, Sept. 29
  • Wellness Mornings on the Plaza | Sunday, Sept. 29 | 10-11 a.m. | Fountain Square Plaza | Cost of purchase | Start your Sunday morning with a sample of activities from local wellness vendors.
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Festival

🍻 Raise a stein and toast to this local celebration

Gif of City of Carmel's Oktoberfest attendees dancing in their traditional attire, and a band playing.
Dust off your lederhosen and dirndl — we can’t think of a better way to bring in the new season. | Photos provided by City of Carmel; GIF created by INDYtoday
Fall is officially here, and that can only mean one thing: Oktoberfest is just around the corner.

Held Friday, Oct. 4, this free celebratory event kicks off the season with food and drinks from local vendors, live music from the polka band, Der Polkatz, and the iconic Palladium as the perfect backdrop.

Grab your traditional Bavarian attire and head to Carmel City Center for a family-friendly night of fun from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Prost, Carmel
News Notes
Civic
  • If you won’t be able to make it to the polls in November, you may apply for absentee voting — if you meet one of the state’s 12 approved criteria. You must submit an application by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24. Reminder: The deadline to register to vote is Monday, Oct. 7. (WISH)
Weather
  • Hurricane Helene is expected to make an impact in Indiana tomorrow evening, bringing ~50 mph wind gusts. Scattered rain and downpours are also likely. Track conditions with WTHR’s weather radar. (WTHR)
Sports
  • The Fever’s memorable season has come to an end. Caitlin Clark scored 25 points, but the team fell short. The Connecticut Sun finished off a two-game sweep of the Fever, winning the playoff series 87-81. Thanks for a great season. (WTHR)
Open
  • Colts Linebacker Zaire Franklin and his business partner have opened a new Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard location in McCordsville. The shop at 5817 Main St. is open daily from 12 to 10 p.m.
Hoosier
  • Richard Goodall, the singing janitor from Terre Haute, took home the million-dollar prize during the “America’s Got Talent” finale Tuesday night. He performed Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” which he sang for his audition on the show, earning a Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum. (WTHR)
Cause
  • For the month of October, Hoagies and Hops is donating 100% of sales from the restaurant’s Nan’s Red Skin Potato Salad to Multiple Myeloma Cancer research at IU Health. The donation will be made in honor of restaurant owner Kristina Mazza’s Nan, who passed away in 2016 from the disease.
Listen
  • Locked On host Tony East is breaking down what the Pacers’ front office said about Myles Turner’s future, Tyrese Haliburton’s health, and more.
    Number
    • 110+. That’s how many independent films Hoosiers can watch at the Heartland International Film Festival, returning Thursday, Oct. 10-Sunday, Oct. 20. View the full film schedule (think: “A Real Pain” and “Emilia Pérez”) and grab tickets. Psst… Select filmmakers will be in attendance for Q+As.*
    Seasonal
    Beauty
    Finance
    • Experts say thousands of folks with credit card debt are flocking to this leading card, which now offers 0% interest on balance transfers and purchases until nearly 2026. Pay down debts + avoid fees? Sounds like a fall must-do.*
     
    Arts

    🛞 The splendid Stutz

    New Stutz sculpture installed at 96th Street
    A Stutz sculpture at a 96th Street corridor roundabout on the north side of Indy
    At night, the sculpture will light up using the artist’s signature-colored dichroic-filtered light sources. | Photo provided by City of Carmel
    If you go through the roundabout at 96th Street and Gray Road, you’ll see a new sculpture and the final piece as part of a “Classic Cars of Indiana” series.

    “Stutz” joins three other classic car sculptures by local artist Arlon Bayliss installed at the roundabouts at Priority Way, Delegates Row, and Hazel Dell Parkway.

    Each of the sculptures in the series represent cars that were designed and built in Indiana during the first half of the 20th century. The “Stutz” is inspired by the car’s art deco hood ornament and stands 18 ft tall on an Indiana limestone base.

    Downtowners may recognize the name “Stutz” because of the popular revamped complex that used to be the Stutz car factory, and now includes a Stutz car museum.

    Fun fact: Stutz cars originated in 1911, when the Indianapolis company’s founder, Harry C. Stutz, entered his new car in the first Indy 500 race. The car’s excellent performance earned it the slogan, “The Car That Made Good in a Day.”
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    Today’s edition by:
    Nicole
    From the editor
    Pro tip: If you’re trying out pottery, don’t have long nails. I didn’t realize that would be a challenge when I tried it the first time + it wasn’t fun getting clay stuck under my nails. It made it hard to shape my clay, too.
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