Tuesday, March 27, 2012

NCAA Hall of Champions

Ever watched the US Open and wondered what it’s like to face a tennis ball hurtling towards you at 90 mph? Now you can find out, by visiting the NCAA Hall of Champions in Indianapolis. It’s packed with interactive, hands on activities, that will keep you and your children entertained and won’t break the bank - so you can still save up for that cruise break holiday you’ve been planning! The Hall of Champions is the perfect attraction for sports fans of all ages, with easy access and plenty of parking.

The Arena


The Hall of Champions has an ‘Arena’ floor, where you can see an exhibition highlighting those athletes that embody the NCAA attributes, as well as a permanent exhibition to encourage young girls to compete in sport – the NCAA History of Women in Intercollegiate Athletics. All 23 NCAA sports are represented in the Arena, with trivia challenges, video highlights and various artefacts donated from colleges all over America. Past champions in every sport are up on the walls, along with their banners. Statues of famous college football players stand around as you test yourself on sporting facts. In total, there are 23 different computers showcasing each sport the NCAA sponsors. Those sports range from the more well-known as basketball, baseball, but then also, skiing, fencing, and water polo. You can watch interviews with different student-athletes telling of their experiences, and how they have gained by being part of the NCAA.

Play


On the second level of the Hall, sport comes alive. There are interactive activities, which place you right in the game with state of the art virtual reality technology. You can find yourself on the mound out on the baseball pitch, with just three strikeouts needed to win. Will you make it, or will you choke? You can try the soccer game activity, where your task is to slot the ball into the net, to take your team to victory. If you don’t make it, just keep trying till you do, then bask in the glory of having scored that winning goal. You can go back to the 1930’s in the retro basketball gym where you can try and shoot a basket, and a tennis ball machine that serves you with a ball at up to 90 miles an hour!

Other Activities


When you’ve finished the tour and played all the sports activities, it’s time to head to the gift shop, where there is plenty of merchandise for sale. If you live locally, you could book a kid’s party at the Champion’s Hall – or even a business meeting. The Hall hosts all sorts of events, and can cater for as many guests as the rooms will hold. School visits are also welcome, and you can book a 90 minute educational and interactive experience, which will teach your class about being a champion on and off the pitch.  Team building exercises are very popular, and a school field trip tour meets Indiana Academic State Standards in Math, U.S. History, Geography, Science and English.

Admission tickets are the cheapest in the White River State Park

Adults - $5.00
Youth - $3.00
Seniors- $3.00
Children 5 & under- FREE

The Opening hours are:

Monday – Closed
Tuesday through Saturday – 10 am – 5.00 pm
Sunday – Noon – 5.00 pm

What are you waiting for? 
NCAA Hall of Champions 

Disclosures
Indianapolis Bloggers did not receive any compensation for this post.  However, it was written by a guest author who works for IGLU Cruise and agreed to provide the content for this post in exchange for including a link to that company within the post.  IGLU Cruise has no affiliation with the NCAA.

Indianapolis Blogger: Drawings in Motion



Hello! Thanks for visiting. This site is essentially just a big catalog of food, photos, illustrations, designs, animations, prints, crafts that I make. From time to time I'll post a little bit about something inspiring me at the moment. I love thoughts and comments so feel free to share.

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Indianapolis Blogger: Distracted by Something Shiny


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34 • lover of hazelnut coffee • Web developer • nerd • crafter • maker of lazy bullet lists disguised as paragraphs.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Indianapolis Blogger: Hoosier Beer Geek

What We Do

Hoosier Beer Geek was created in 2006 as an excuse to drink and rate beer. Using the title "The Knights of the Beer Roundtable", we post about the results of these tastings here for the beer consuming public. Though based in Indianapolis, we strive to maintain a site that is worthwhile for readers anywhere.

Hoosier Beer Geek was founded with a simple mission: drink great beer and talk about it.

Over the years, this mission has brought us together with people from various backgrounds, including artists, restaurateurs, chefs, entrepreneurs, and other civic leaders. While we didn’t originally anticipate cultivating relationships with these people, we’ve come to value the camaraderie that has blossomed as a result of our befriending them. What’s more, these relationships have allowed us to see that craft beer is about so much more than just drinking. Indeed, we now know that craft beer intersects with art, literature, music, food, urban affairs, economics, manufacturing, religion, and politics, not only locally but nationally.

Originally, drinking beer was our destination. Today, it’s our starting point. So in 2011, Hoosier Beer Geek is still about drinking great beer and talking about it. But sometimes, these beer discussions will lead us to talk about something more than just the beer.

In addition to our ongoing mission, we continue our work with the Brewers of Indiana Guild to coordinate their beer festival efforts. We are now in charge of lining up breweries/participants, volunteer coordination, event layout, setup and teardown, event advertisement/artwork, and ticket sales for the Indiana Microbrewers Festival (Summer), Winterfest, along with similar efforts for the Bloomington Craft Beer Fest (new in 2011).

In 2010 we worked locally with Metromix to create a guild to Indianapolis Breweries, which led us to regular work as correspondents with the Indianapolis Star.

We also throw many events of our own, which we encourage you to attend. You can find more information on these events on our event page.

Despite our ever-expanding scope, we hope to continue to support those involved with better beer locally. If you own a location that carries better beer, are located in the state of Indiana and would like us to visit, please drop us a line. We are here to support you.

Knights of the Beer Roundtable
Jason | Jim | Mike | Gina | Chris | Rodney | Matt R.

Knights Retired
Chris M. | Kelly | Matt E. | Jess

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Indianapolis Blogger: Tracy T. Hall Photography

Photography has always been something I have been interested. I was introduced to photography at a very young age when my mother used to use her camera to capture moments of us when we were children. She also worked at a local newspaper and used her photography skills at times. She taught me to be creative and how to spot an opportunity worth capturing in the most unusual moments. I grew up with my father constantly behind a camera. He also enjoyed photography as a hobby. He taught me to never leave my camera at home and to take a photo at every moment a photo could be taken.

I started to research, read and take classes in photography, photo editing and Photoshop right before my husband deployed to Afghanistan for a year. In that time I also photographed and edited over 20,000 photos of over 50 families, life events and children. It was an opportunity to focus and develop my art and craft I learned years ago in college and growing up, to set aside the time to devote hours to reading, refining and learning.

My style is is unique and fun. I enjoy capturing photos that are candid, cherished and creative. I also like to photograph in the more formal fashion with posed looks. However, I avoid the common photographed poses like a forest backdrop (why not go to the forest instead?), a baby in a metal tub with a duck, the standard maternity photo with the hands in a heart shape…..to name a few. I also look at ideas for interesting photos and keeping my perspective fresh and take full input from my clients before, during and after the sessions.

Tracy T. Hall Photography
Tracy T. Hall Photography

Indianapolis Blogger: Gottahavacuppamocha

About Michael Hawkes

Michael Hawkes lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he works as a computer technician at a university. Outside of work he watches movies, composes haiku, takes photos, and searches for the ultimate cafe mocha.

About Review Haiku

After getting a Netflix subscription a few years ago, Michael (a/k/a lafnlab) decided to review them on his blog gottahavacuppamocha.com. Knowing there were already lots of blogs that do movie reviews, he decided that reviewing them in the form of haiku would be an interesting gimmick. While it remains to be seen if it’s a successful gimmick, haiku have the advantage of being short, and therefore easy to write.

In March of 2010, he self-published the first 500 Review Haiku in a book.

Current projects

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Indianapolis Blogger: Dazed and Confuzed From Here

Humorous look at my life.  -Dazd

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Indianapolis Blogger: Stephen Coley

I’m Stephen Coley: a 20-something, no-name, Indianapolis-based programmer. I work full-time at the most righteous company in the world, DK New Media as a full-time developer, where I spend most of my time setting up servers, writing plugins, coding themes, cross-browser debugging, authoring blog posts, and knocking back can after delicious can of Yoo-Hoo.

DK New Media has given me great opportunities:
When I’m not defending my title of “Space Jockey” of the interwebz…
  • I tend to my awesome little family.
  • I go biking.
  • I make a little music.
  • I watch my favorite bands perform live.
  • I collect all kinds of guns.

Stephen Coley

Indianapolis Blogger: Andy Chen Photography

Andy Chen is an award winning fine art photographer and gallery director at the StutzArtSpace.

His images explore themes of enchantment within the wildness of the natural world. Andy was born in 1974 in Taiwan and grew up in the Midwestern United States. His exposure to photography began in high school, where he spent countless, clueless hours in the darkroom as part of the yearbook staff. A few years later, he finally figured out that the knobs on the camera had a purpose and quickly found a new passion (for photography, not turning knobs).

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Indianapolis Blogger: Mili Walker Fine Art and Children Photography

Hello! My name is Mili Tepavac-Walker, born Milica Tepavac.  I am a European, award-winning photographer, specializing in children's and portrait photography and I'm the owner of Mili Walker Photography (www.miliwalker.com).

In January 2011, I came to the United States on a simple tourist visit, and have ultimately stayed in the U.S. pretty much by accident! I met my husband, fall in love, we got married and now we are expecting a baby - little Jude Nicola Walker!

We moved from Chicago to Carmel, IN in January 2012 and I'm so happy to be part of Indy community.

My blog is mostly about photography, but sometimes I feel free to put my thoughts pretty much about everything that inspire me or irritate at that moment (including movies, music, health insurance, taxes etc)."

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