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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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Too much contact?
May 13, 2009
Comments(3)Arts organizations are tweeting. Arts organizations are facebooking. Arts organizations are inviting you to
post reviews on their sites. Arts organizations are asking you to participate in surveys. Arts organizations
seem to be trying every way to reach out to...
MoreArts bargains everywhere
May 12, 2009
Comments(3)It's not just houses that are going cheap right now. So are tickets to some of Indy's prime arts events.
--At the Indianapolis Opera site, you can land a 50% discount on tickets to this weekend's epic collaboration
between IO and...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
May 10, 2009
Comments(18)For me, it was a weekend primarily focused on dance--but since that dance was the recital for Village Dance
Studio, where my daughter is a ten-year vet, don't expect a review from me.
But I will say that the army of...
MoreZippy “Zoomerville” launched
May 8, 2009
Comments(3)It's always a challenge staging an unknown show.
It's even more challenging to stage an untested show.
It is far more challenging to stage an untested musical.
That's probably why you won't find many brand new musicals being staged here in Indianapolis. Just...
More'thinmanlittlebird' at the Library
May 7, 2009
Comments(13)In the print edition of IBJ this week, I offered my thoughts on Peter Shelton's "thinmanlittlebird," which
now adorns the front of the Central Library. See story here.
Since that appeared,...
MoreOpera voting, ICO and more
May 5, 2009
Comments(3)Here's more from the looking-ahead file:
--Indianapolis Opera, which has its "Das Rheingold" collaboration with the ISO coming up on the 15th, has
just anounced its 2009/2010 season.
It kicks off October 2 with Indianapolis native Angela Brown in her first...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
May 3, 2009
Comments(7)Yes, I know, you ran the Mini. But what else did you do this weekend?
Anybody else catch "Miss Saigon" at Footlite or "Twentieth Century" at Civic? Or find your way into one
of the sneak previews of the new "Star...
MoreNagler resigns from iMOCA
May 2, 2009
Comments(2)Kathy Nagler has resigned as executive director of the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art to "pursue
personal passions and spend more time with her family." She had been with the organization for three years.
iMOCA curator Christopher West will serve as...
MoreSondheim spoken here
May 1, 2009
Comments(9)Missed the Stephen Sondheim/Scott Simon chat that occurred on the stage at IU Auditorium last night? Sorry
to hear that. It's not the same thing as being there, but I'll empty the notebook for those who weren't
part of the sizable crowd...
MoreINtake/Indy.com/Metromix
April 30, 2009
Comments(13)The free Thursday off-shoot of the Indianapolis Star is once again going through a name change.
An editorial in today's edition of indy.com says that, in the renamed and redesigned Metromix, "we'll be
hitting the topics you asked us to feature...
MoreReviews: 'Chitty,' Patti, etc.
April 29, 2009
Comments(18)A few quick reviews that couldn't fit into the print IBJ:
--If you liked the chandelier in "Phantom of the Opera," and the helicopter in "Miss Saigon," you may love
the title car in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," which is parked...
MoreAudiences behaving badly
April 28, 2009
Comments(20)It happened again on Sunday.
During an intensely delicate -- and totally silent -- moment in the Indiana Repertory Theatre's production
of "Rabbit Hole," an audience member opted to unwrap a piece of candy. Not a get-it-over-with unwrapping,
this process took...
MoreMore schedule scoops
April 27, 2009
Comment(1)--Among the performers slated for the yet-to-be-announced 2009/10 Clowes Hall series of concerts: Jazz artist
Joshua Redman on Sept. 19, Ballet Hispanico on Oct. 10, a big name country artist and former CMA Male Vocalist
of the Year on Nov....
MoreYou-review-it Monday
April 26, 2009
Comments(5)Thanks to all those who came to the pre-show discussion at the Patti LuPone concert. I was honored to host
it and share the time with you. I hope to write more about later--and fill you in on next year's...
MoreIBJ Movie Night: "Girlfriends Past"
April 23, 2009
Comments(19)In the mood for a free chick flick? Want to join us for a screening of the upcoming romantic comedy "Ghosts
of Girlfriends Past" April 29 at AMC Castleton?
Just leave a comment here...
MoreWant to see Sondheim?
April 22, 2009
Comments(2)On Thursday, April 30, Stephen Sondheim will be discussing his career in an on-stage interview with NPR's
Scott Simon at IU Auditorium in Bloomington.
Yes, it's the same Stephen Sondheim who wrote...
MoreCultural road tripping
April 22, 2009
Comments(13)I spent a fair amount of yesterday at a meeting with representatives of tourism departments from around the
state. Each touted his or her region's attractions--from Lincoln Amphitheatre (back in action this year) to
the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo,...
More'Spotlight,' the rally, and optimism
April 21, 2009
Comments(3)Times are tough, no question about it. But four events over the last few days conspired to put me in an
optimistic mood about the future of the arts in Indy.
That feeling may pass, but for today--inspired by last night's Spotlight...
MoreArts rally on the Circle
April 19, 2009
Comments(9)Monday is/was (depending on when you are reading this) the Indy Culture Matters Rally on Monument Circle.
Music starts/started at 11:30. Speakers at noon. I will be/was there. And I suspect many of you will/were
be, too.
Enough of that. So share...
MoreIBJ movie night: 'Wolverine'
April 17, 2009
Comments(44)Summer's coming, so why not start the film season with a big popcorn movie?
I've got passes to the April 30 midnight screening of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" at Regal Village Park and
Galaxy 14.
Want to go?
Just leave a note here stating...
MoreReview: 'Most Happy Fella"
April 16, 2009
Comments(2)I’ll admit that expectations played a big part in my experience of Indiana University Opera’s production of
Frank Loesser’s “The Most Happy Fella” (running through April 18).
Many, many listens to the cast recording of the original 1956 original—plus a...
MoreNew ballet co. in town
April 15, 2009
Comments(5)IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin chimes in with an update on efforts to launch a new Indianapolis ballet company:
The potential launch of a...
MoreArts Council CEO out. What's next?
April 15, 2009
Comments(3)As the Arts Council of Indianapolis begins searching for a new CEO to replace outgoing Greg Charleston (See
IBJ's story here), the obvious question is: What are we looking for?
What should be the role of the Arts Council's CEO...
MoreScoop: Beatles, Queen, the Dead...
April 14, 2009
Comments(6)If you're looking for classical music at Conner Prairie this summer, well, you'd better look carefully.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's soon-to-be-announced northside season is heavy on pop access, low on the
traditional classical cannon. Is that a good thing or a...
MoreQuotas in theater schedules?
April 13, 2009
Comments(2)The Denver Post offers a thought-provoking piece about "slot plays." That is, an annual "African-American play"
or "Hispanic play" that fills a regular slot in a theater's schedule. Right now, to some eyes, the IRT is
doing that with "Crowns" and the Phoenix with...
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.