Upcoming Events

Saturday, April 12: Free showing of Hoosiers at the Hoosier Gym, 355 N. Washington St., Knightstown, Indiana. Join others in honoring the late Gene Hackman by watching Hoosiers in the gymnasium where the movie’s home games were filmed. The screening begins at 6:30 pm EST. Admission is free. No tickets or reservations are necessary. Open seating. Donations of nonperishable food items for the local food bank, as well as monetary contributions, will be accepted. Concessions and Hoosier Gym merchandise will be for sale. Special guest: Brad Long, who played Hickory Husker Buddy, whom Coach Dale throws out of the first basketball practice.

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News

The Making of Hoosiers, Second Edition, is now available for Kindle.

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After an absence of over 20 years, the Hickory Huskers’ team bus has returned to Indiana. A partnership between the bus’s owner and the Hoosier Gym (Hickory’s home court) allows the bus, a fully restored 1939 Chevy, to be located primarily in Knightstown. The bus will appear periodically at special events.

Recent Past Events

The Hoosier Gym in Knightstown celebrated its 100th birthday in November 2021.

The Hoosier Gym in Knightstown was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). The money went toward a new roof, new windows, and brick tuck-pointing that will help preserve this 1921 gymnasium, a popular tourist destination and community center. Renovations began in the summer of 2019 and continued through 2020.

* * *Hoosiers director David Anspaugh has directed theater productions for Ivy Tech Student Productions and the Bloomington (Indiana) Playwrights Project.

* * *Hoosiers writer/producer Angelo Pizzo has directed five “Fulfilling the Promise” commercials that promote his alma mater, Indiana University:
Ailyn Perez
Mark Cuban
Sage Steele
Michael Uslan
Will Shortz
Watch all five commercials plus behind-the-scenes extras.