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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A historic building in Indianapolis is being preserved by a local organization.

The former Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, a 60-year-old city landmark, has a new purpose and a new name: Basile Opera Center. It’s the new permanent home of the Indianapolis Opera.

The Indianapolis Opera began holding concerts in the former church, located at 4011 N. Pennsylvania St., more than 10 years ago.

“Since then, the Indianapolis Opera moved its headquarters into the former church and renamed it the Basile Opera Center. Organizers raised over $4 million to make repairs for reuse of the old church and preserve its mid-century, modernistic architecture that is worthy of the National Register of Historic Places,” the opera said in a news release.

The Basile Opera Center will now offer multi-use community artistic space located in the heart of Midtown-Meridian Kessler. The opera says the building “serves the neighborhood, city, and region from the historic and beloved former campus of the Greek Orthodox Church, once home to Greek Fest and other community-wide celebrations.”

The opera center will provide unique programming and diverse educational and community engagement opportunities along with a variety of outreach offerings tailored to Indy audiences of all walks of life. Residents can rent the Basile Opera Center for weddings, business functions, and other kinds of special events.

The Indianapolis Opera and the Indianapolis Arts Council will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The event will signify the center’s official dedication and include the inaugural performance in the newly-designated Ruth and Skip Vignati Performance Hall. The Vignati’s, longtime Indianapolis philanthropists, made the legacy gift that allowed the Indianapolis Opera to move into its new home.

Anyone interested in investing in the future of the Indianapolis Opera can make a donation online or contact David Starkey at 317-283-3531.

The Indianapolis Colts got through their preseason opener with a 23-19 loss against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium.

While the results don’t matter all that much, we did receive plenty of information to help us form our opinions on the state of the depth chart and roster.

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Before the team prepares to host the Chicago Bears for joint training camp practices this week ahead of Saturday night’s preseason game, we’re going to take a look back at what we learned from the opener.

Here’s one takeaway from each position group following the preseason opener against the Bills:

Was Richardson fantastic in his preseason debut? No. In fact, he was far from it. But he showed enough of promise, poise and the ability to command the huddle during his quarter of play to warrant getting the start in Week 1. That doesn’t mean there won’t be growing pains along the way—there absolutely will be—but Richardson showed he’s far enough along to work through those issues while gaining experience.

Will Jonathan Taylor suit up in Week 1? If his ankle truly is still injured, is that an even bigger red flag than his contract dispute? Will Zack Moss be ready for Week 1? These are just some of the questions plaguing the backfield. It doesn’t look like we’re getting many answers anytime soon.

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Kylen Granson appears to be the only truly healthy tight end in the room. Jelani Woods and Will Mallory have missed most of training camp due to a hamstring injury while Mo Alie-Cox missed the preseason opener due to an ankle injury. Drew Ogletree has been working in with the first-team offense, but there are so many injuries it’s difficult to project what the Week 1 room will look like.

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We’ll go with a positive note here because the depth along the offensive line looked rough during the preseason opener. But Hambright was a pleasant surprise working as the second-team left tackle, something he’s done since rookie Jake Witt was placed on the season-ending injured reserve list. He’s someone to keep an eye on over these next two weeks.

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It will be interesting to see how many defensive linemen the Colts keep because there is some strong competition taking place. Despite showing promise, players like Titus Leo, Genard Avery, Khalid Kareem and Al-Quadin Muhammad may be on the outside looking in.

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It wasn’t really a question, but Stuard likely locked up his roster spot with a fantastic preseason debut. He led the team with 10 tackles (five solo), a forced fumble and two special teams tackles. It’s safe to say he’s the fifth linebacker in the room.

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Baker has been a pleasant surprise for the Colts throughout the spring workouts and training camp. He forced a PBU on third down during the opener and played all six snaps with the starters before coming off the field. That tells us the Colts view Baker as a starting cornerback right now and if he keeps playing to this level, that won’t change.

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The Colts’ starting strong safety hasn’t been on the field at all since the start of camp due to a hamstring injury. Now, they signed former third-round pick Ronnie Harrison Jr. in free agency. Is that a signal that Blackmon could be out longer than expected?

Follow the Colts at Colts Wire, and for the best local Indianapolis news, entertainment and culture coverage, subscribe to The Indianapolis Star.

It's that time of year again: break out your wallets, round up your friends and plan your Devour Indy foodie excursions.

Run by the Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association, Devour Indy’s Summerfest is returning from August 21 to September 3. Over 100 participating restaurants have designed special menus at reduced prices that customers can enjoy.

The promotion aims to encourage customers to dine at local restaurants during two periods of the year when business tends to be slow. This year’s Devour Indy will also benefit the Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, the largest hunger-relief organization and largest food pantry in Indiana.

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Twenty four restaurants are joining this year’s Summerfest for the first time. Among these is Social Cantina, which is offering three courses for $25. Customers get chips and their choice of salsa, their pick between chicken tinga quesadilla, chicken enchiladas and tacos for their entrée and churros for dessert.

Up Cellar on the southside is offering an upscale experience at a more affordable price. For $55, diners get an appetizer (gazpacho, crab cake or a crisp wedge salad), main course (grilled skirt steak, smoky barbecue pork chop, grilled salmon or risotto) and a dessert (summer fruit cheesecake or chocolate molten cake with ice cream).

At local brewery Chilly Water Tap Room, Hoosiers can get authentic Pennsylvania hoagies and cheesesteaks from partnering shop Hoagies and Hops. When they order a pint from the brewery, diners get their choice of hoagie or cheesesteak, a side (fries, chips, potato salad, coleslaw or creamy cucumber salad) and a dessert (chocolate chip cookie or boulevard Oreo cheesecake ball) for $14.50 at lunch or $19.50 at dinner.

How to participate in Devour Indy

Customers do not need coupons or passes to participate in Devour Indy, although they are encouraged to make a reservation at the restaurant if possible.

Businesses that want to participate can still register to do so at ​​devourindy.com/restaurant-registration.

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Here is the complete list of restaurants participating in Devour Indy this summer:

WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Anthony Richardson’s first NFL start convinced the Indianapolis Colts that he’s ready to keep the job.

On Tuesday, three days after the fourth overall draft pick made his pro debut at Buffalo, coach Shane Steichen ended the suspense by naming Richardson the Colts’ opening day starter.

Richardson’s regular-season debut, on Sept. 10 against Jacksonville, will mark the seventh straight year Indy has had a different Week 1 starter. It began when Scott Tolzien replaced the injured Andrew Luck in 2017. The Colts are hoping Richardson’s ascent to the No. 1 spot on the depth chart ends the revolving door.

“I just started working my tail off every day,” Richardson said. “I didn’t want to come here and make it seem like everything was handed to me because it definitely shouldn’t be.”

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When the Colts reported to training camp on July 25, general manager Chris Ballard insisted the team wouldn’t rush Richardson onto the field. Instead, Indy wanted to make sure the rookie was ready to play.

Richardson opened camp splitting first-team snaps with veteran Gardner Minshew but worked most of last week with the starters. Minshew signed with Indy as a free agent during the offseason.

On Thursday, Steichen told reporters Richardson would start the preseason opener as the competition continued. But after reviewing Saturday’s footage, Steichen informed Richardson and Minshew of his decision Monday night.

Richardson was 7 of 12 with 67 yards and one interception — on his third pass attempt — against the Bills, who didn’t play many starters. The 6-foot-4, 244-pound former Florida star also had two carries for seven yards, though his longest run of the day was called back on a holding call.

Minshew was understandably disappointed by Steichen’s decision.

“You’re hurt, obviously, you put so much time into something,” Minshew said. “But I’m really excited for Anthony, man, I think he’s going to be really special. He’s got a great opportunity here, and we’re going to try to figure out what’s next.”

Richardson was considered one of the draft’s most intriguing prospects.

He dazzled scouts with a strong arm at the NFL’s annual scouting combine and some described Richardson’s overall performance as the most athletic they’d ever seen by a quarterback.

The Colts weren’t surprised. On draft weekend, Ballard recalled a phone conversation he had with a scout while the scout watched Richardson working out with the Gators before last season.

Still, some questioned his readiness to play immediately after he completed just 54.7% of his throws while going 6-7 as the Gators’ starter. And once Richardson returned to Indy, he needed to learn the playbook and earn the respect of coaches and teammates.

Mission accomplished.

“He’s a good leader. I think he’s getting comfortable and getting to know him, he’s a humble dude,” safety Julian Blackmon said. “I’m just excited to see what he can do — he can do everything — it’s just in terms of what plays he makes.”

Now the progression must continue against bigger, stronger and more challenging NFL defenses and at a faster speed. There’s no time to waste.

The Colts close camp this week at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana, about a 30-minute drive from team headquarters, with joint practices against the Chicago Bears on Wednesday and Thursday. They play again Saturday, when Richardson appears at Lucas Oil Stadium for the first time since the combine.

Steichen hasn’t said if or how much Richardson will play this weekend and it may depend, at least in part, on what the Colts do during this week’s workouts. So far, though, they like the results.

“He had the early interception (Saturday), but he bounced back and made some really good plays, some really good throws,” Steichen said. “And then the way he uses his legs, it definitely helps us.”

And while Jonathan Taylor’s return to action remains clouded after he rejoined the team in Grand Park on Tuesday, one thing is clear: Richardson will be Indy’s starter for the foreseeable future.

“He’s a big-time playmaker and it’s been showcased throughout camp,” Steichen said. “He, obviously, did some good things in that preseason game and I think he brings us that playmaking ability.”

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With college mergers on the rise, Indiana University and Purdue University bucked the trend last fall by announcing an amicable dissolution of their 53-year-old joint venture, agreeing to break apart Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis by fall 2024.

The mutually agreed-upon divorce would make both institutions stronger, officials proclaimed, and IUPUI faculty leaders believed at the time that jobs would be preserved amid the split.

Now, with the official uncoupling still a year away, faculty members tell Inside Higher Ed that many are at risk of losing their positions or tenure in what Phillip Goff, professor of American studies and president of the IUPUI Faculty Council, called an “academic bloodbath.” Goff believes dozens of faculty members face the prospect of job or tenure losses amid the breakup as Purdue absorbs certain departments that are currently staffed by IUPUI employees.

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The unique structure of IUPUI means that Indiana faculty members teach Purdue students. In certain programs, students can earn a degree from either institution on the shared campus, or both if they double major in one program from each. Historically, Indiana has had a greater presence on the shared campus than Purdue.

According to a Purdue spokesperson, 74 employees who currently work for Indiana will be affected by the realignment process. But the spokesperson stressed that no job cuts are on the table and tenure will be extended to all faculty who move over from Indiana.

Both universities said that in the end, they will be adding—not cutting—jobs. Many current IUPUI faculty members, however, are unnerved by what they see as unattractive and career-damaging options that will force them to surrender tenure or accept an undefined role at Purdue with no home department and unclear responsibilities.

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IUPUI was formed In 1969, when Indiana and Purdue merged a number of programs to create a research institution in Indianapolis. By last year, leaders of both institutions felt that it had run its course, and the governing boards of IU and Purdue voted to break apart the endeavor, splitting it into two separate universities on a single campus that IU will own and manage, providing some shared services.

According to the terms of separation, IUPUI will essentially become two individual entities, known respectively as Indiana University Indianapolis and Purdue University in Indianapolis. As part of the realignment process, some IUPUI faculty members are set to migrate across institutional lines, particularly in areas such as engineering, where IUPUI professors will become Purdue employees. (In the current configuration, those professors work for IUPUI but teach courses in Purdue degree programs, including engineering.)

Purdue will absorb IUPUI’s Department of Computer Science and the School of Engineering and Technology—minus the Music and Arts Technology Department—according to a program transfer agreement approved by the boards of both universities last month. The agreement states that “to the greatest extent practicable, Purdue will offer, honor and provide the same faculty appointment classification (e.g., clinical, research, tenured or tenure-track), academic rank designation, current tenure probationary period credit, and tenure and promotion status” to faculty who move from Indiana to Purdue. The agreement notes “that the tenure home of any tenure or tenure-track” faculty “will be determined by Purdue in its sole discretion.”

As part of the realignment, Goff said, faculty in departments to be absorbed by Purdue submitted portfolios as applications for tenure, though the materials required in those portfolios kept changing ahead of the deadline in early March. Decisions were initially supposed to be made in May, but Goff said by email that the process was delayed until “the divorce papers were signed in June.”

Goff said that the rehoming process, as it’s being called internally, also comes with threats to tenure that were not delineated last year as part of the institutional divorce. According to multiple sources who spoke with Inside Higher Ed, faculty members are now faced with three options: taking early retirement, relinquishing tenure for a contract position or retaining tenure under the authority of the provost’s office with no departmental home and undefined parameters.

Multiple IUPUI faculty members, speaking on condition of anonymity, raised concerns about a process that they believe is unfair and nontransparent. Some suggested possible age or gender discrimination, arguing that older and female professors are underrepresented among those being offered departmental tenure in the transition to Purdue.

(A Purdue spokesperson told Inside Higher Ed by email that “any accusation of discrimination at departmental votes is ridiculous and patently false.”)

Faculty members also worry about what moving to Purdue without a departmental home or clear tenure option might mean for access to lab space and research grants.

“Retaining lab space is a huge question mark,” one faculty member said. Likewise, some fear being at a disadvantage when applying for research grants, which may require them to explain how their employment is categorized outside an academic department.

Several professors raised concerns about the potential impact on students and on teaching and mentoring if multiple faculty members choose to leave rather than accept the options put forth by Purdue. They also worry that Purdue will raise the bar for admissions, undercutting inroads they’ve made in enrolling local students with socioeconomic challenges.

Beyond their displeasure with the options, faculty members are also frustrated with the realignment process itself, which one professor called “unfair, subjective and nontransparent.” Faculty members argue they are being evaluated for departmental tenure based on unclear criteria, with no explanation for denials and no opportunity to appeal Purdue’s decisions.

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An Indiana University spokesperson told Inside Higher Ed there is little change on their end amid the breakup.

Of the multiple faculty complaints about the realignment process, all were aimed at Purdue. But despite the complaints, Purdue has defended its approach.

In an internal email, Purdue administrators sought to reassure those affected by the program changes, emphasizing that job and tenure losses were not part of the overall plan.

“In short, there will be (1) no reduction of workforce, (2) no change for current tenured and tenure-track faculty to rank, compensation, or the location and type of research and teaching, and (3) even though the tenure cases were voted by IU, Purdue has nonetheless elected, as part of its agreement with IU to facilitate a transition to a new university, to provide tenure to those currently with IU tenure, and tenure-track assistant professor positions to those currently on tenure-track,” Senior Vice Provost David Umulis wrote to affected faculty members this week.

That email, which Purdue shared with Inside Higher Ed, noted, “This is an anxious time” and that additional information on “faculty placement opportunities” will be made available in August.

Purdue has, in recent years, announced efforts to grow its faculty numbers. But faculty members faced with moving to a contract role or accepting nondepartmental tenure worry about where they fit into the vision for Purdue University in Indianapolis when it officially opens in the fall of 2024.

“Yes, they are adding jobs, but in the meantime they’re destroying careers,” one professor said.

For now, many faculty members are mulling their options. Several told Inside Higher Ed they are undecided and considering early retirement or seeking positions elsewhere.

One faculty member said they felt “abandoned by Indiana and rejected by Purdue.”

Even as faculty members meet with senior administrators this week to learn their fate, it remains unclear how many have been rejected for departmental tenure at Purdue. While officials have indicated that the realignment process will become clear following the conclusion of those meetings, many faculty members still don’t know where they’ll be when fall 2024 arrives.

“We’re completely in the dark about what is going on, what has gone on, what is going to be the future. We’re the people that are most affected, and yet none of our input has been taken,” said one faculty member who has been looking for a new job since the IUPUI split was announced.

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