December 16, 2011
Was Cole Porter more influential than Wes Montgomery? Kurt Vonnegut more deserving than Lew Wallace? Should there been a place
for Eugene Debs? John Wooden?
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August 17, 2010
The canal-side institutions are having trouble luring White River State Park visitors. Why not use retail to get them in the
doors?
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August 13, 2010
Dancers push upcoming Indianapolis Museum of Art show.
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June 29, 2010
The Indianapolis Museum of Art's new art and nature park is the rare Indy arts creation attracting national attention.
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June 21, 2010
The Indianapolis Museum of Art's new art and nature park was the place to be this weekend.
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May 21, 2010
Magazine's rebirth accompanied by Indianapolis convention.
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May 17, 2010
Indiana History Center prize package include entry into The Indiana Experience.
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May 12, 2010
Not sure why it has taken this long.
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April 21, 2010
Yes, it's almost time for the Indianapolis Art Center's big bash.
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April 13, 2010
We've got a pair of passes each for two lucky winners.
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April 2, 2010
Interactive Final Four activity fest at the Convention Center is a winner.
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March 30, 2010
Tribute to Hoosier literary icon to set up shop in former IMOCA spot.
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March 3, 2010
A report from the American Association of Museum's notes increases, particularly in Midwest.
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January 27, 2010
It's an art-world smack-down.
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January 25, 2010
Indianapolis Art Center adds drinks to pottery class.
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January 8, 2010
Does the over-dramatization of weather conditions keep audiences away?
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December 20, 2009
The iconic doll is the subject of a Children's Museum exhibition. Join in on the debate here.
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November 19, 2009
Take a video tour--and hear a favorite drummer joke.
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October 15, 2009
"Carol" in Chicago with familiar faces, artists take on graffiti in Boston, and I strike out on this year's National
Book Awards.
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September 22, 2009
Call it the American Idol-ing of art. Starting Sept. 23, what's being billed as the world's largest art prize competition
begins in Grand Rapids...with you as judge.
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August 25, 2009
In England, Lynn Barber, author of the memoir "An Education," withdrew from the Books Now festival because the event organizers
refused to print her photograph in the program. Why?
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August 10, 2009
Wondering what's up with Fountain Square's new White Rabbit Cabaret? (See Property Lines blog here.)
Debra Silveus, a partner in the new 2000-square-foot, 100-person capacity venue, tells me that her new space
will include, but won't be limited to,...
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June 25, 2009
Ground will be broken today for another leg of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Also being touted: A $2
million memorial to great humanitarians (including Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Albert
Einsten).
Take a look at renderings of the...
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June 24, 2009
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is hoping to make a big splash with its about-to-open King Tut exhibition.
(For details, click here.)
But are artifacts from the boy king a big enough draw to get you to part with $25...
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June 9, 2009
Yesterday, the London Times published a list of the top 200 artists since 1900. The rankings were based
on over 1.4 million votes.
Before you click over and take a look, let's have some fun:
1. See how many of the top...
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First, the Athenaeum is going to have to get past the hurdle with the Lockerbie residents and the agreement that the parcel would be residential. Second, and in my opinion, this prime piece of property should include parking, PLUS, a black box theater(s), some market rate and affordable artist housing and a plan to renovate and reconfigure the second story theater. I would negotiate to add the DeHaan property surface parking lot into the development mix, place a one story surface parking garage on the DeHaan lot on the street level (for the Dehaan tenants use during the daytime) and add a second story to the garage that would become an addition to the current second story theater and then change the direction of the theater by moving the stage across the alley and on top of the DeHaan lot parking. You can add all the stage elements that are currently missing from the Athenaeum stage to make it more attractive for use by Ballet, Opera and traveling productions. Plus, the theater changes would probably help solve some of the soundproofing issues. Alas,it does not seem to be a part of the strategic plan to conduct a study to determine best use of the property. Seems like the current plan is a quick and easy move that ignores the property best use/potential and any strategic property planning for the effect on future generations.
I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.
Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??
On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.
It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.