Surviving cancer depends on many factors, but dealing with it requires help. It’s not a single-issue disease, writes Rebecca Hill. Because of improved treatments and surgeries, death is no longer the endgame for some cancers. But the road to survivorship requires a continuum of care — and ‘an army’ to defeat it. Click here to read about the continuum of cancer care.
Cardinal Stage presents its first production of the year, The Mountaintop, by Pulitzer Prize winner Katori Hall. The play is a gripping “reimagination of events” on the night before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Hiromi Yoshida writes about two of the actors, Michael Aaron Pogue and AshLee “PsyWrn Simone” Baskin, and Scenic Designer Seth Howard. Click here to read Hiromi’s article and watch a trailer of the play.
Yaël Ksander reviews two debut novels by Indiana authors that address the question “Can a woman have it all?” Denise Breeden-Ost’s Making It All Right and Greta Lind’s Split Open each portrays the life of a wife and mother “smashing up against” expectations “to deliver their own form of rebellion.” Click here to read Yaël’s review.
“It is imperative for nonprofit funders, corporations, community agencies and the community at large to come together to devise solutions amidst the uncertainty in cost,” says Michelle Gilchrist, President and CEO of Bloomington Health Foundation. The foundation expects to distribute an estimated $2 million during 2022 to nonprofits delivering community health services. Click here to read about the foundation’s innovative solutions to improving community health.