Indianapolis: a Young Professional's Guide
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Butler University Digital Commons @ Butler University Butler University Books 3-11-2008 Indianapolis: A Young Professional's Guide Erin Albert Butler University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/butlerbooks Recommended Citation Albert, Erin, "Indianapolis: A Young Professional's Guide" (2008). Butler University Books. 3. https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/butlerbooks/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Butler University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Butler University Books by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Butler University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Indianapolis: A Young Professional’s Guide by Erin Albert AuthorHouse™ 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200 Bloomington, IN 47403 www. authorhouse.com Phone: 1-800-839-8640 © 2008 Yuspie, LLC. All rights reserved. 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Neither the publisher nor author shall be liable for any loss of profi t or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages. ! e information contained herein is not necessarily the opinion of the author or the publisher. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed by trademarks. In all instances where the author or publisher is aware of a claim, the trademarks have been noted where applicable. ! e inclusion of a trademark does not imply an endorsement or judgment of a product or service of another company, nor does it imply an endorsement or judgment by another company of this book or the opinions contained herein. First published by AuthorHouse 3/4/2008 First Fabulous Edition ISBN: 978-1-4343-6161-5 (sc) Printed in the United States of America Bloomington, Indiana ! is book is printed on acid-free paper. In memory of my grandmother--Fannie, who taught me that anything is possible. Also, to my friend and original yuspie at heart--Eva, who has always inspired me and others to live with passion and tenacity. Contents Introduction ....................................................................................xi Blah Blah Basics ...............................................................................1 Five Sites to Hit the Indianapolis Ground Running ....................2 Five Publications to Hit the Indianapolis Ground Running ........3 Arts & Cultural ................................................................................5 Awards for (Young) Professionals ....................................................18 Business & Professional Development ............................................22 Business Organizations For Women .........................................26 Just for Entrepreneurs ...............................................................29 Coff ee & Cake ...............................................................................47 Comedy Clubs & Venues ...............................................................49 Communities Online .....................................................................50 Computers .....................................................................................52 Dating Organizations ....................................................................54 Dining ...........................................................................................57 Restaurants with Communal Tables .........................................62 Diversity ........................................................................................63 Domestic Arts ................................................................................70 Farmers’ Markets ............................................................................74 Festivals & Shows " roughout Central Indiana ..............................77 Fun on the Internet ........................................................................90 Going Green in Indy ......................................................................92 Image .............................................................................................95 Leadership Training ........................................................................98 Life Sciences .................................................................................102 For Physicians ........................................................................105 For Pharmacists ......................................................................106 For Nurses ..............................................................................107 Local Bands ..................................................................................108 Malls & Outlet Malls ...................................................................109 Media & News .............................................................................112 Missed Connections .....................................................................120 Movie " eatres .............................................................................121 Moving to Indy/New to the City ..................................................124 Organic & Other .........................................................................127 Newsletters & e-Newsletters .........................................................129 Pets ..............................................................................................131 Philanthropy ................................................................................135 Politics .........................................................................................147 Private Clubs ................................................................................148 Professional Sports .......................................................................149 Retro ............................................................................................152 Schools - Colleges ........................................................................154 Singles/Young Adult Groups for Religious Background ................157 Singles Organizations ...................................................................160 Sister Cities & States ....................................................................161 Smart(er) ......................................................................................163 Social Networking Organizations .................................................165 Sport, Fitness and Activity Organizations .....................................168 " ird Spaces with Free Wi-Fi .......................................................173 Utilities ........................................................................................175 Venues ..........................................................................................180 Wine ............................................................................................183 Writers and Writing ......................................................................186 Young at Heart .............................................................................189 " e End .......................................................................................190 Bibliography .................................................................................194 Acknowledgements .......................................................................196 Index ............................................................................................199 Introduction " e feeling I have about writing introductions is similar to how I feel about Indianapolis at times: diffi cult to know where to start, but worth fi guring out (and I’m from Indiana, so I can say this even as an insider). If any of the following applies to you, this would be a handy book for you to own: You are: a. new to Indianapolis. b. a yuspie (a young, urban single professional of Indiana). c. thinking about moving to Indianapolis. d. a young professional. e. living or working already in Indy as a young professional, but too busy working and living to have a lot of time to fi gure out how to get connected to the city. Why was this book written? First, Indianapolis tends to be very hard on itself. Although Indianapolis is the 12th or 13th largest city in the country, (based upon population and which poll you review) it is consistently ranked as one of the worst cities for young professionals and singles in the entire country in list after list in the past. Also, Indy has a problem with brain drain. One really can’t turn on the news or read the paper without the buzz term of ‘brain drain’ coming from all directions, xi yet nothing much has been done about it, particularly for singles. Although I understand why many young/single professionals fl ed Indiana