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Author: Scott Recker

Scott Recker is an award-winning journalist and freelance writer. He is the former editor-in-chief of LEO Weekly.

James Howard Mural on Clark County Museum
Artist: Riley Gregor
Location: 725 Michigan Ave., Jeffersonville, Indiana

“The Story Behind the Mural” is an ongoing series that provides a behind-the-scenes dive into some of SoIN’s well known (and lesser known) public art pieces.

Through numerous pieces of

Schimpff's Confectionery on Jeffersonville's Floodwall Mural
Artist: Molly Gruninger
Location: 139 Southern Indiana Ave. Jeffersonville, Indiana

“The Story Behind the Mural” is an ongoing series that provides a behind-the-scenes dive into some of SoIN’s well known (and lesser known) public art

The Opera House Mural
Artist: Carrie Johns
Location: 400 Pearl Street, New Albany

“The Story Behind the Mural” is an ongoing series that provides a behind-the-scenes dive into some of SoIN’s well known (and lesser known) public art pieces.

The sprawling opera singer mural that lives in Downtown

Jim Hesselman spent several years writing “The Bunco Squad,” sporadically picking the script back up to work on it and then often letting it rest for a bit. The comedy-drama that revolves around eight women’s monthly dice game is now slated to open at Derby Dinner Playhouse on January 10.

Bunco Squad Derby Dinner Playhouse

The play,