Christmas Market, Old World Style

This weekend, the Indy Meetup Photo Club had a vendor's booth at the Old World Christmas Village & Market at the Joy of All Who Sorrow Orthodox Christian Church, 1516 N. Delaware St., in Indianapolis. On the main vendors' floor, we had a stand to display and sell images taken by club members. Some of the photographs -- including many of mine -- were taken in the very neighborhood (the Old Northside) where the church and market are located. We'd taken these for a project earlier in the year that culminated in a show in August at the Propylaeum, just a block south of the church on North Delaware Street.

IMUPC also had a photo booth at the Old World Christmas Market, where we offered on-the-spot sittings and portraits for anyone who was interested. The church and market group made Dickens-era clothing available for those who wanted their portraits taken wearing garb to reflect the market's Old World period -- "a picture 150 years ago in a small village in the woods with caroling and music," according to the church's description of the market.

"There are European baked treats, gift shops filled with local and international artisans, the smell of fresh pine in the air and home-made dinners. There is always a visit from a maiden in light with a ring of candles on her head (Santa Lucia) giving out special pastries to the tune of an ancient melody. Strolling musicians will perform throughout the village. There are special places for the children, where they can do their Christmas shopping and make crafts for their families."

You can see many of the things described above in the pictures below, including a section of the IMUPC's photo displays (very last photo in the post) and a candid shot of a couple taking advantage of our photo portrait station (penultimate photo). These photos were taken from the Friday night installment of the two-day market (which also was open on Saturday).     

Game Day: Marian University campus, oriental garden teahouse and landscape

A favorite sidebar activity of my autumn visits to Indiana small-college campuses on football Game Days has been to photograph the campus landscape and atmosphere. In most instances, that has included a lot of tailgate activity before the game. At Marian University in Indianapolis, where my unofficial "tour" took me last Saturday (Nov. 26), there was tailgating before the game, but probably the least amount of the four colleges I visited (Hanover, Wabash and DePauw being the three others).

This is my third post from Saturday's shoot at Marian -- the first two focused on game action (the Knights defeated the University of St. Francis of Joliet, Ill., 48-7 in an NAIA tournament quarterfinal game) and the Marian Marching Knights, Drumline and Color Guard, which performed at the game's halftime.

Today's post focuses on the atmosphere and landscape -- the former consisting of the tailgating, the latter some of the scenic sights in my short skim of the campus core (I didn't get to explore nearly what I would have liked before it was game time).

I lead off (top) with a shot from the Oriental Garden Teahouse and include a few others from the Teahouse grounds below. The garden and teahouse are right next to the Steffen Music Center.

To view a full gallery of images from the Marian University community on Game Day, visit the link in this sentence. To view a May 2024 Photo Potpourri post with more information on the campus, follow the link in this sentence. To view a July 2024 Photo Potpourri post with new pictures from a second visit to Marian in 2024, click on the link in this sentence.