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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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Georgia Street honorees. Who's missing?
December 16, 2011
Comments(19)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?
MoreMore museum retail on the canal?
August 17, 2010
Comments(8)The canal-side institutions are having trouble luring White River State Park visitors. Why not use retail to get them in the
doors?
MoreWarhol flashed on Monument Circle
August 13, 2010
Comments(2)Dancers push upcoming Indianapolis Museum of Art show.
MoreOutside views of '100 Acres'
June 29, 2010
Comment(1)The Indianapolis Museum of Art's new art and nature park is the rare Indy arts creation attracting national attention.
MoreYou-review-it Monday: 100 Acres and more
June 21, 2010
Comments(7)The Indianapolis Museum of Art's new art and nature park was the place to be this weekend.
MoreFamous Monsters coming to Indy
May 21, 2010
Comments(2)Magazine's rebirth accompanied by Indianapolis convention.
MoreTicket giveaway: Sinatra on the canal
May 17, 2010
Comments(59)Indiana History Center prize package include entry into The Indiana Experience.
MoreFirst Indiana "official artist" for the 500
May 12, 2010
Comments(15)Not sure why it has taken this long.
MoreTicket giveaway: Broad Ripple Art Fair
April 21, 2010
Comments(118)Yes, it's almost time for the Indianapolis Art Center's big bash.
MoreTicket giveaway: Stutz Artists Open House
April 13, 2010
Comments(44)We've got a pair of passes each for two lucky winners.
MoreReview: Bracket Town
April 2, 2010
Comments(0)Interactive Final Four activity fest at the Convention Center is a winner.
MoreVonnegut Library gets a home. So it goes.
March 30, 2010
Comment(1)Tribute to Hoosier literary icon to set up shop in former IMOCA spot.
MoreMuseum attendance, and museum stress, up
March 3, 2010
Comments(4)A report from the American Association of Museum's notes increases, particularly in Midwest.
MoreIndianapolis (Museum of Art) vs. New Orleans (Museum of Art)
January 27, 2010
Comments(12)It's an art-world smack-down.
MoreWhy is the room - and that vase - spinning?
January 25, 2010
Comments(5)Indianapolis Art Center adds drinks to pottery class.
MoreSnow business like show business
January 8, 2010
Comments(12)Does the over-dramatization of weather conditions keep audiences away?
MoreWhere do you stand on Barbie?
December 20, 2009
Comments(13)The iconic doll is the subject of a Children's Museum exhibition. Join in on the debate here.
MoreTouring the new Rhythm! Discovery Center
November 19, 2009
Comments(5)Take a video tour--and hear a favorite drummer joke.
MoreNotes from the blogroll
October 15, 2009
Comments(0)"Carol" in Chicago with familiar faces, artists take on graffiti in Boston, and I strike out on this year's National
Book Awards.
MoreArtPrize: Do you trust the public to judge art?
September 22, 2009
Comments(3)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.
MoreSmoking pics, Julia Child, etc.
August 25, 2009
Comments(7)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?
MoreWhite Rabbit news
August 10, 2009
Comments(2)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,...
MoreCultural Trail Peace Walk first look
June 25, 2009
Comments(2)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...
MoreTicketing Tut
June 24, 2009
Comments(26)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...
MoreTop 200 artists since 1900
June 9, 2009
Comments(3)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.