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The Indianapolis pianist Joshua Thompson has built a career around advocating for classical composers and musicians of African descent. His upcoming concert with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra highlights the work of Black composers and performers.

Anderson native and Dodgers baseball player Carl Erskine was remembered at a hometown funeral Monday.

Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97.