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Efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 translate into a financial challenge for nearly everyone connected to the production of live music.

Indianapolis Contemporary is closing permanently, almost a year after changing its name and a few months after hiring a new executive director.

Conventions, conferences and trade shows cling to calendar spots with cautious optimism after the coronavirus pandemic caused tourism to nosedive.

Citing the need to keep people safe, Indiana Black Expo has canceled its Summer Celebration and Circle City Classic.

Here's how two Hoosiers are helping feed local artists and creatives impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Artists who wish to apply for a free food box can visit the websites or social media pages of Gravesco Pottery or Urban Awareness Gardens.

Kerry Kapaku, owner of DanceWorks Indy, teaches a Saturday ballet class from her home. The studio is offering online content due to coronavirus concerns.

IndyFringe, the popular Mass Ave. theater festival, has been canceled. Social distancing requirements will not allow the artists to prepare.

As The Children's Museum, Newfields and others wait for the OK to reopen, they are strategizing how to keep visitors safe from the coronavirus spread.

Volunteers serve as "citizen archivists" to help make their collections more accessible to the public.

HI FOLKS, how are you guys doing? This cheery text arrives on my phone several times a week, so now I share it with you. I hope you're all well, coping, and haven't yet reached the end of your tethers.

Pence has repeatedly given the public misleading information about COVID-19, including contradictory statements about testing, a letter says.

Our state is taking the wise step of reducing unnecessary public gatherings and that includes voting.

Take this virus seriously and do your part to protect everyone in the community, a letter to the editors says.

I want to publicly thank all the other workers who continue to make life tolerable for those of us who are stuck at home, a letter to the editor says.

Many of these hard-working people do not qualify for unemployment benefits because they are considered independent contractors, a letter says.

They have worked statewide seven-days per week to offer support, guidance, expertise and reassurance.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb's responsibility and obligation is to the citizenry of Indiana, a letter to the editor says.

Until we have a vaccine, the road to opening is through a health care system which can handle the infection, a letter to the editor says.

I see people praising restaurant workers, grocery clerks, and truck drivers and I think this is long overdue.

The death of a 16-year-old girl killed by a stray bullet in Indianapolis is a dramatic example of how large gatherings are hurting the coronavirus fight and leading to increased violence in the city.

A bullet struck 16-year-old Nya Cope in the head just a short distance from a gathering that attracted large groups to an east side parking lot.

These are the first confirmed coronavirus cases at the Johnson County Jail.

IndyStar's columnist and radio man Derek Schultz cover the Hoosiers, Boilermakers, Bulldogs and what disease concerns mean to fans

People are mad, and want answers from NCAA president Mark Emmert about canceling March Madness without postponing it first. So let's ask him.

Rotnei Clarke and his wife packed for her and their three small children in less than three hours.

Ron Carter, president of Carmel Farmers Markets, talks about the city's preparations for the summer market amid worries over the novel coronavirus.

New York City will be purchasing 50,000 coronavirus test kits weekly from an Indianapolis lab, Aria Diagnostics, owned by a Carmel resident.

Republican state Sen. Victoria Spartz had the biggest personal loan, giving her campaign $750,000 while raising under $10,000.

Many businesses have had to change course during the coronavirus lockdown but few as quickly this e-cig maker who now makes hand sanitizer.

Carmel, Indiana, copes with closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness announced Thursday that the city will seek to establish its own health department.

Some ethics experts say Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard's push for coronavirus testing at Indianapolis lab Aria Diagnostics raises flags.

Some stores opened today, some will open soon at Hamilton Town Center. Each store has its safety precautions ready, shoppers work to stay safe, too.

Before coronavirus, the 4,203-square-foot Shake Shake restaurant was originally slated for a late 2020 opening in The Yard at Fishers.

How many people have coronavirus in Carmel? The city soon may soon get a better picture — by testing residents' feces.

U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence's press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said Friday, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week.

Pat Kennedy died on April 12 at the age of 63 after contracting the coronavirus. He attended 57 consecutive Indy 500s.

Penske has seen his company's stock price fall by 40%, his new racing series suspended and the Indy 500 scheduled outside of May for the first time

Interested in waiving the green flag at an Indy 500 practice, and looking to stay busy during the Month of May? IndyCar and IMS have a solution.

A look at Danville, Indiana, during the coronavirus pandemic

"We all struggled with personal protective equipment in the funeral industry," said Eric Bell, funeral director and owner of David A. Hall Mortuary in Pittsboro, Ind.

Eric Bell, a funeral director in Pittsboro, Ind., says the longest he's waited to hold a memorial service is two months for a deceased person. He explains why.

After a coronavirus update that a second student was showing symptoms, Avon schools decided to close all buildings ahead of spring break.

All Avon schools will close through March 20 as one student has tested positive and a second student is showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

Indiana University will move to remote teaching after its scheduled spring break over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.

Both school systems are moving to eLearning over coronavirus concerns. They're the second and third districts in the metro area to do so.

As the first cases of Hoosiers who test positive for COVID-19 are confirmed, schools in central Indiana are continuing to keep families updated.

As national, state and local officials consider ways to slow the spread of COVID-19, many are closing schools.