(left) Silk + Steel owner Pam Walter models a black silk three-quarter sleeve tunic alongside Mary Clare Bauman (center) in a pink dupioni silk cap sleeve dress and Sylvia Martinez (right) in a blue dupioni silk cowl-neck dress with cut-in shoulders. Photo by Rodney Margison
by LINDA MARGISON
With no experience in the fashion design industry, Pamela Walters and longtime friend Jean Robinson retired from Indiana University in 2018 and 2017, respectively, and decided to delve into their own clothing line, Silk + Steel. “We had a shared interest and passion for a certain kind of fashion,” Walters says, describing their proclivity for simple, high-quality sustainable fabrics with natural fibers. “We hit on a couple of styles that work really well across different body types.
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Brown ales. Photo by Rodney Margison
by GREG SIERING
Cooler weather always sends me looking for darker, maltier ales, especially when I am searching for a beer that pairs well with chili or a rich stew, and brown ales are a perfect fit. Brown ales are deep, malt-forward beers that are usually lightly hopped and moderate in alcohol content. English versions can take on bready or even nutty flavors, although chocolate and caramel usually dominate, with low to moderate sweetness.
They might have a hint of coffee taste from roasted malts, but deep roast bitterness is found more in porters, which sit nearby on the style spectrum. Aside from some aggressive American craft variations, brown ales are lightly hopped, usually with English hops that contribute subtle floral or earthy characteristics. Overall, brown ales are smooth, easy-to-drink beers that rely on subtle, well-blended flavors.
by CARMEN SIERING
For more than 40 years, Elizabeth Mitchell has been documenting African American history and correcting the white version of that history. “All those stories that tell us who we are stories of exploration, freedom, slavery, and, of course, violence,” she says. “We hold on to those one-sided stories and pass them on from one generation to the next.”
Born in Indianapolis in 1953, Mitchell has experienced that history. Her freshman year, she was one of 76 Black teenagers bused to Arlington High School. “It was the Black children who were inconvenienced, who had to travel at least an hour to the suburbs to integrate the schools,” she says.
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