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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.
Recent Blog Posts
You-review-it Monday
June 22, 2009
Comments(4)For me, the weekend (starting with Thursday, of course), included a belated trip to "Octopus" at the Phoenix
Theatre and a mellow opening night for Symphony on the Prairie, featuring the music of the Grateful Dead.
In and around those...
MoreThe tweet smell of success
June 18, 2009
Comments(3)Yes, I waited a while to embrace this particular communication tool, but I'm now official a part of the
Twitter world. Want to follow? Just click on the site and add IBJarts to you list.
You can also add IBJdining, which...
MoreComic apologies: a brief history
June 17, 2009
Comment(1)All the dialogue in the previous post about David Letterman's apology to Sarah Palin sent me searching for
previous comedian apologies. Here are some I found:
Jamie Fox to Miley Cyrus.
Bill Maher to Pope Benedict
Al Franken to John...
MoreLetterman apologizes to Palin
June 16, 2009
Comments(29)(Lou Harry is now twittering the arts at IBJarts. Follow along...)
After a few days of back-and-forthing, David Letterman has offered an on-air apology to Sarah Palin for a
joke he made referencing her daughter. In case you missed it, here's...
MoreFilm fest titles announced
June 16, 2009
Comments(3)(Hey Twitter-ers: Follow Lou Harry's A&E at IBJARTS)
The Indianapolis International Film Festival has announced its lineup for its shifted-to-summer 11-day July
event. You can find the full schedule here.
As previously noted, the festival has not only shifted time, but location as...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
June 14, 2009
Comments(12)This week, for me, included Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre's "India Ever After" and the Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra's tribute to Irving Berlin. More on both in the upcoming IBJ print edition.
I also enjoyed strolling through White River State Park for the...
MoreEmptying the arts notebook
June 11, 2009
Comments(2)Some quick notes:
-If you had mixed feelings about the Tony Awards coverage on Sunday (and have a bit of a mean streak in
you), then check out this hilariously rude recap from the knuckleheads at Broadway Abridged. And if...
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...
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...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
June 8, 2009
Comments(13)So what did you do this weekend?
From "Janis Rocks" at Birdy's to the Indianapolis Symphony's "Pictures at an Exhibition" to "Wicked" at the
Murat, there was a lot to do.
I caught "Wicked" on Thursday (review coming up next week in the print...
MoreNYC4: "Toxic Avenger" etc.
June 7, 2009
Comments(2)Fourth in a series of blogs from my recent NYC trip.
As mentioned previously, this trek to New York included visits to the Broadway productions of "Hair," "Reasons
to Be Pretty," and "9 to 5," all of which are up for...
MoreVogue ticket knockdown
June 5, 2009
Comments(4)The Vogue has just announced discounted ticket prices for a batch of upcoming shows. The catch is that tickets
must be purchased between June 8 at 10 a.m. and June 10 at 10 p.m.
Here's the lineup:
June 11 PJ HARVEY...
MoreNYC3: Hoosier-hosted cabaret
June 4, 2009
Comments(4)Third in a series of reports from my recent NYC trek.
I swear I wasn't looking for an Indiana connection when I set out to find out where Broadway show folk
hang out -- and perform -- after the curtains come...
MoreScoop: 09/10 B'way in Indy season
June 1, 2009
Comments(13)"Wicked" hasn't yet opened at the Murat Theatre, but that doesn't mean we can't look ahead to what's happening
in the about-to-be-announced 2009/2010 Broadway in Indianapolis series -- which contains four first-time-in-Indy
musicals (and doesn't really get rolling until December).
--"The...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
May 31, 2009
Comments(6)So what did you do on the A&E front this weekend?
Did you catch "Up" at a theater near you? Venture to Buck Creek Players to see the U.S. community theater
premiere of "Grey Gardens"? Or jam with Dan Zanes at the...
MoreEfroymson back at IMOCA
May 30, 2009
Comments(2)I'll take a break from my NYC dispatches so that IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin can offer this report.
Philanthropist Jeremy Efroymson has a rather unorthodox plan for leading the contemporary art venue that he
co-founded out of financial straits.
Efroymson will become...
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...
MoreNYC pt. 1: Road plays
May 28, 2009
Comments(0)For the next few posts, I'll be logging in from New York City, where I'm on a multi-tasking trip that
includes a trio (at least) of Broadway shows to review. I also will be reporting from BookExpo America,
the publishers/booksellers...
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...
More500 celeb spotting
May 24, 2009
Comments(0)Celeb spotting is kind of a human catch-and-release game. Seeing a familiar TV or film face, grabbing a
photo, maybe scoring an autograph--all are signs of...what? I'm not sure. It's not like seeing talented...
More"Wicked" on the cheap
May 22, 2009
Comments(6)Passed on tickets to "Wicked" because of the steep price? Or maybe you just waited too long for good seats.
Well, there's another option. Broadway Across America...
More"Idol" speculation
May 21, 2009
Comments(12)Okay, so our nation has annointed another "American Idol." And the chat rooms are buzzing about whether or
not humble guy Kris Allen deserved the win over the in-your-face Adam Lambert.
The fact remains that both have been given a huge launch pad....
MoreDo away with music competitions?
May 20, 2009
Comments(4)As home to the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and the American Pianists Assocation Fellowship
Awards -- and with IVCI head Glenn Kwok recently named President of the World Federation on International Music
Competitions (the first American to land the position) -- Indy has a...
MoreMichelle Obama and the arts
May 19, 2009
Comments(10)Not content with just catching a show at the Kennedy Center, first lady Michelle Obama made a clear statement
with this week's trip to New York: She sees value in the arts and is interested in promoting them.
And not just mass appeal...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
May 17, 2009
Comments(3)The Broad Ripple Art Fair couldn't ask for a nicer Sunday. But that annual event is far from the only
event happening this past weekend. I also caught the ISO and Indianapolis Opera joining forces on Wagner
at Clowes Hall,...
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I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?