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Explore the music of the pianist and bandleader Millard Lee, an unsung Indianapolis music legend. Lee is best known for his collaboration with the blues star B.B. King. Lee worked as a keyboardist and bandleader for King from the mid-1950s, until his death in 1961.

Explore the life and music of saxophonist Eddie Chamblee, best known for his work in jazz and R&B music. Chamblee worked with many legendary performers, including Lionel Hampton, T-Bone Walker, Memphis Slim, and Dinah Washington.

This week on Cultural Manifesto listen to an interview with singer-songwriter Steve Earle, best known for his work in country music. Earle’s songs have been recorded by artists including Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Carl Perkins, and Joan Baez — and in 2020, Earle was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. We’ll discuss Earle’s connections to Indiana, and how he’s used his music to advocate for social justice. Plus, a new edition of Finding Etheridge with Mat Davis for the second half of his conversation with poet Elizabeth Gordon McKim, Etheridge Knight’s partner during the final years of his life.

Today we revisit a few of the most interesting conversations we had this week, including a discussion on using art as a means to cope with stress, efforts around accessibility for people with disabilities, and we hear from a doctor about his time in Scott County during the HIV epidemic.

An Indiana court ruled that IPS can sell one closed school to a nonprofit but must offer another to charter schools for $1 under a revised state law.

The city of Indianapolis will receive another $91 million for rental assistance.

Indiana Democrats hope the state party’s support of marijuana legalization can become a political victory for them. But political scientists say achieving that will likely take considerable time and effort.

Many Hoosier K-12 schools have stopped reporting COVID-19 data to the state, as required.

The senator sent a letter to Alkermes CEO Richard Pops requesting more information on the company's tactics for promoting and distributing Vivitrol.

Why are eligible Hoosier kids missing out on free meals?