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More party-crasher photos for the Star, this time at the new RA Niteclub in Broad Ripple. I'm not entirely sure how to spell it; every other reference I've seen, it's "Nightclub," but the club's own advertising (Facebook page, flyers), say "Niteclub." Either way, I know for sure that you pronounce the RA part "rah," not "R-A," like your college residence assistant. I found that out at the door.

RA Niteclub (pronounced 'rah') had its grand opening in Broad Ripple, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2012. DJs Indiana Jones, the dUb knight, Ninja Toji and Nicolas Rage and acoustic cover band Klark Trio played during opening night of the club, which took over the old Peppers location. (Alex Farris / For The Star)

Last night was my first, and apparently my last, time at the weekly Let Go! dance party at the Lockerbie Pub. Given the momentous occasion, I decided to use this Indianapolis Star assignment to one-up my previous dance-party experience.

Let Go!, a weekly dance party, had its final show at the Lockerbie Pub Downtown, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. Promoters Annie and Andy Skinner have run the event for four years. (Alex Farris / For The Star)

Sometimes, your favorite photo on an assignment isn't the one you were assigned to take.

The Indianapolis Star's photo department hosted its annual Pizza Night, and after some words and pictures from Sports Illustrated's Damian Strohmeyer, I slipped out to downtown to do a freelance assignment for the Star. They wanted photos of "outrageously dressed" Nebraska and Wisconsin fans in town for tonight's Big Ten Football Championship Game.

While I do like the Hulk hands in the fourth photo of the gallery, I also found this guy. The shirt is out-of-season in more than one way, and it hardly deserves the use of an exclamation mark. But that's why I like it.

A Scotty's Brewhouse patron looks at his phone as the back of his Cubs shirt faces Pennsylvania Street in Indianapolis, Nov. 30, 2012.