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Get ready for Operapalooza
July 16, 2009
Comments(6)IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin guest blogs today.
The Indianapolis Opera is adding another event to the busy fall festival scene, but it’s definitely striving
to carve out a distinct niche. Operapalooza, planned for Sept. 11 and 12, will mix sets by...
MoreSome "bests" better than others?
June 23, 2009
Comments(13)A number of arts organizations are making the push now for your votes in The Indy Channel's A-List competition.
Soon we'll be seeing Nuvo's Best of picks and the latest superlatives from Indianapolis Monthly.
Question: What is the value of such...
MoreBottoms Up at TOTS
June 10, 2009
Comment(1)Hot on the heals of its successful run of "Does This Show Make My Butt Look Big," Theatre on the Square
will soon announce a July opening for a new below-the-belt show, "America's Next Top Bottom."
The "inter-active, reality late-nite series," a staple at...
MoreNYC 2: B'way blocks/Fallon talks
May 29, 2009
Comments(7)Second in a series of dispatches from New York.
I've got mixed feelings about the, for now, temporary move to block traffic on Times Square and Duffy Square
in midtown Manhattan. (Look for yourself here)
The experiment, which started this week, certainly gives the...
MoreYou-review-it Mon./Tues.
May 25, 2009
Comments(6)So, was this a weekend of celebrity spotting (see previous post)? Maybe you included The Ohio Players downtown
concert in your race plans, or caught one of the bands harmonizing with the engine roars at the Speedway.
Perhaps you got out...
MoreFirst look: State Fair concerts
February 13, 2009
Comments(6)More than any other concert series, the Indiana State Fair's is influenced as much by the atmosphere as
it is by the act. Catch a slight breeze on a warm-but-not-too-hot night after a loop around the Fair with
friends or...
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...
MoreQuick-notes Friday
December 12, 2008
Comment(1)--Consider a stop at the Indiana Historical Society some time in the next few weeks. Most of it--including
the gift shop, "You are There: 1945 Hoosier Home Front" and the History Lab will be closing to the public
beginning Jan....
MoreChakaia Booker
June 13, 2008
Comment(1)Chakaia Booker: Mass Transit, a public art display of nine original pieces and one existing sculpture, will
be set up in downtown Indianapolis on July 14. Here's where to go to see them:
1. “Gridlock”
2. “Tailgaiting”
3. “Plus or Minus?”...
MoreArt & Nature Park
June 6, 2008
Comments(4)Here's more on the works that will be part of the Indianapolis Museum of Art's Art and Nature Park, courtesy
of IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson.
Atelier Van Lieshout, a Danish studio run by artist Joop van Lieshout,...
MoreAbout Lou
December 3, 2007
Comments(17)Lou Harry is Arts & Entertainment Editor for Indianapolis Business Journal, where his A&E review column
appears weekly. He has also written on cultural matters for Variety, TheaterWeek, Stagebill, InTheatre, Gadfly,
Seven Arts, Mental_Floss, Indy Men's Magazine, Arts Indiana...
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.