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Yes, you've found Lou Harry's A&E, IBJ's home for opinion, debate and discussion on arts and entertainment matters in Indy and beyond. Thanks for stopping by.
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Pinball passion resparked
January 29, 2009
Comments(14)At the tail end of an IBJ piece I wrote last week on Xscape, the amusement center at Lafayette Square
Mall, I lamented the absence of pinball machines at the facility.
Growing up in the boardwalk town of Wildwood, NJ,...
MoreFree tickets...with a catch
January 28, 2009
Comment(1)Free tickets are being offered for theaters throughout the city. But the catch is one you don't have much
control over...your age.
It's the tenth year for Free Ticket February, presented by The League of Indianapolis Theatres (which, given
its name,...
More13 noms for IBJ Movie Night films
January 27, 2009
Comments(3)Films that were screened as part of our IBJ Night at the Movies previews scored 13 Oscar nominations.
Ten of those noms were for "Slumdog Millionaire." Two others were for "The Duchess" while the final one
was a well-deserved Best Original...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
January 25, 2009
Comments(11)Greetings from New York.
My weekend included catching three Broadway shows (I'll be reviewing them in the print IBJ this week) and
reading a chunk of Dennis Lahane's novel "The Given Day" while on the trains back and forth to New...
MoreBeckmann Theatre folds
January 23, 2009
Comments(5)The Beckmann Theatre--named for Robert D. Beckmann Jr., first president of the Arts Council of Indianapolis--announced
today that it will cease operations.
"Given the current economic climate and competition for entertainment dollars and sponsorships, the Beckmann
Theatre has made the...
MoreAmerican Cabaret in transition
January 22, 2009
Comments(8)UPDATE: More news from ACT.
The changes at American Cabaret Theatre go well beyond cancelling a single production (see original post below).
Information released today states that the company is under new management and will leave its home at the
Athenaeum.
Shannon...
MorePresidential poetry
January 20, 2009
Comments(19)For only the fourth time in history, poetry was officially a part of the U.S. Presidential inauguration.
So did the piece work for you? (You can find the text of Elizabeth Alexander's poem here.) How did it
hold up to...
MoreExec pay, Chicago discounts, etc.
January 20, 2009
Comments(0)Occassionally, I like to devote a blog to connecting you to conversations on other blogs. It's that time
again.
Of course, feel free to comment here on anything you find out there (Hint: right click and open any link
in another...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
January 19, 2009
Comments(7)So, did you catch "Love Person" at the Phoenix? "Defiance" at the multiplex? Comic Joel McHale at the Murat?
Or did you listen to frequent blog contributer Hope Baugh talkin' Lincoln with Storytelling Arts?
I regretably missed all of that this...
MoreMarlee Matlin, audience member
January 16, 2009
Comments(9)Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin ("Children of a Lesser God") got into town early for her "Dancing with the Stars"
performance in time to catch the Phoenix Theatre's production of "Love Person." The play stars Tami Lee Santimyer,
who also starred in...
More'Defiance': Your thoughts?
January 14, 2009
Comments(11)Even with the cold, there was a full house for Wednesday's screening of "Defiance"--including many who won tickets here on
the blog.
So, attendees, what did you think?
MoreHappier days ahead
January 14, 2009
Comments(11)The best thing about attending "Happy Days" at Clowes Hall last night was seeing the poster for the upcoming
LA Theatre Works tour of "The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial" and finding out that the great John Heard will
be...
MoreBollywood in Indianapolis
January 13, 2009
Comment(1)While "Slumdog Millionaire" isn't a Bollywood film, the Golden Globe winner does play with some of the conventions
popularized by the Indian film industry--including the joyful dance sequence that ends the film.
"Slumdog's" box office and critical success may bode well for a long-running series of...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
January 12, 2009
Comments(7)A busy weekend for me included a Friday evening run to Mass Ave. for the opening of Three Dollar Bill's
new sketch comedy show "Fiddleschticks," a Saturday evening at Beef & Boards where "Don't Dress for Dinner"
kicked off the...
MoreSeeing Red (Skelton) in new bio
January 9, 2009
Comments(10)In a previous blog, I mentioned reading "Red Skelton: The Mask Behind the Mask" (Indiana Historical Society
Press) by Wes. D Gehring. I was asked for some additional thought. Well, here goes:
In the book, Gehring, a Ball State film professor...
MoreArts once removed
January 8, 2009
Comments(6)The British TV channel Sky Arts will be broadcasting English National Opera's production of "La Boheme." Nothing
new there.
The twist is that it will, simultaniously, broadcast a live, behind-the-scenes, view. See story here.
If both were offered here, I'd guess that...
MoreISO deep discounts tickets
January 6, 2009
Comments(6)For this post, I turn the blog over to IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin.
If you thought car salesmen had the lock on limited-time offers and blowout prices, check the blue light
flashing over Hilbert Circle Theatre. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is...
MoreIMA budget cuts: Park pushed back
January 6, 2009
Comments(7)Earlier today, the Indianapolis Museum of Art announced a series of cutbacks designed to trim $1.7 million
from its budget due to "significant losses to its endowment as well as shortfalls in income generated through
donations and purchases at the museum store...
MoreHow bestsellers are made
January 5, 2009
Comments(3)Ever wonder how and why some books seem to come out of nowhere to become bestsellers?
There's an interesting story you might have missed in Saturday's "Wall Street Journal." Find it here.
In it, reporter Anita Elberse discusses the increased emphasis...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
January 4, 2009
Comments(4)Two shows opening at Theatre on the Square. The first First Friday of 2009. A couple of stray concerts.
And, of course, all that New Years activity.
There was a surprising number of choices of arts activity over the last few...
MoreYour arts resolutions
December 31, 2008
Comments(6)Have I ever asked anything of you, loyal readers?
Well, now I am. And it's pretty simple.
Resolve right now to attend at least one more arts event in 2009 than you did in 2008. Resolve to do
more if you feel...
MoreIBJ Night at the Movies: 'Defiance'
December 29, 2008
Comments(9)Daniel Craig and Liev Schriber star in the upcoming film WW II film "Defiance," in which three brothers
escape Nazi-occupied Poland and join with Russian resistance fighters. Edward Zwick ("Blood Diamond," "Glory")
directs. More info on the film here.
Want...
MoreArts under your tree?
December 27, 2008
Comments(6)So did you get anything cultural for the holidays? Tickets to a local concert? A DVD you always wanted?
Tell.
MorePay more for premium seats?
December 24, 2008
Comments(6)Would you pay more for an aisle seat?
If an airline representative were asking, you might say yes. But what if it's an arts venue's ticket seller?
Whether you call it "demand pricing" or "scaling the house," across the country, theaters are...
MoreChicago hotter than Broadway
December 23, 2008
Comments(12)In January, more than a dozen Broadway productions will be shutting down, including "Spring Awakening," "Gypsy,"
"Hairspray" "13," and "Young Frankenstein." And there's little on the horizon to replace them. (Are you really
anxious to see "Shrek: The Musical"? Didn't...
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These higher rates Co. e about only because physicians are now hospital employees. otherwise physicians couldn't charge these rates and share the windfall with the hospital. Community/rural hospitals probably not buying physicians practices and thus weren't getting the windfall anyway.
The incentive for poor people to get themselves off public assistance and "no longer be poor" is even with help...they're STILL POOR! Being poor, even with some assistance, isn't all that pleasant. (I speak from experience) It's a stubborn myth that poor people, who are on public assistance, are sitting in the lap of luxury. You should try living on just those "freebies" that you mentioned and see how meager they actually are. By the way, I didn't mean you had to buy/own a puppy...just pet one. :)
As near as I can tell the minority has ZERO constitutional obligation to offer a quorum to the majority. A requirement for quorum was inserted into the constitution so that tyrannical majorities could not simply shove through odious and objectionable legislation (which is exactly what they did.) By allowing a tyrannical majority to charge fines against the minority for exercising their constitutional prerogative to deny quorum the court as made a mockery of constitutional governance in the state of Indiana.
The voters elected the Reps to make a vote not walk out on the vote. They had to the right to exercise their opinion and vote "no" to the bill. Let me ask you this if you walked out of your job for 5 straight weeks would you get paid? Would you even have a job to go back to? If any elected official walks out on the people they should be arrested for stealing tax dollars from the public. They were elected to do a job and not leave when the job gets stuff.
I have been to several of their locations in Pennsylvania and always go in for 1 item and leave with a basket full of things. I'm very happy they decided on Indiana, now if only they would put the other store in eastside.