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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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You-review-it Monday
June 16, 2008
Comments(6)A busy weekend for me included spending quality time with "Some Men" at the Phoenix Theatre, an afternoon
visit to the Indy Jazz Fest, finally getting to see "Iron Man" at the movies, a trip to Bollywood courtesy
of the Gregory...
MorePreview: Chakaia Booker in Indy
June 13, 2008
Comments(0)IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson takes over the blog for a moment with some info on the upcoming Chakaia Booker
public art exhibition.
New York-based artist Chakaia Booker’s nine new sculptures will be taking over downtown...
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?”...
MoreA&E reviews, contests...and TV
June 13, 2008
Comment(1)Welcome to Friday.
I just wanted to alert you to a couple of things.
First, we've added a new portal page to make it easy for you to find not just this blog, but also the
A&E reviews from my column in the print...
MoreCaring about the Tony Awards
June 12, 2008
Comments(4)The Tony Awards , the annual celebration of the Broadway season, are being handed out this Sunday night.
Did I hear a yawn? You aren’t alone.
A notorious ratings loser, the show each year seems to squander the opportunity to excite....
MoreThe latest from Twyla Tharp
June 11, 2008
Comments(3)The pride of Portland, Indiana, choreographer Twyla Tharp premiered a new work, “Rabbit and Rogue” with the
American Ballet Theatre last week, earning a range of reviews from enthusiasm to dismissal .
In reading them, I was taken back...
MoreChicago's Muti pageant
June 10, 2008
Comments(4)I’m sure there are arts patrons in Central Indiana who travel across the border to hear the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra. I just don’t know any of them.
For most of us, the musical difference between a true world-class orchestra like the...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
June 9, 2008
Comments(6)Welcome to Monday.
I hope your weekend was a satisfying one. Mine included trips to Buck Creek Players to see the musical
"Honk!" (where my son slept during the second act) and to Tibbs Drive-in (where my son slept through the...
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,...
MoreFirst look: IMA park art
June 6, 2008
Comments(6)IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson takes over the blog today with a sneak peek at some of the work planned for
the Indianapolis Museum of Art's backyard.
Today, the IMA is releasing preliminary renderings for three of the eight inaugural artworks slated...
MoreSummer on the tube
June 5, 2008
Comments(9)Since “The Sopranos” staged its final hit, “Desperate Housewives” became, well, desperate, and “American Idol”
lost some of its water-cooler luster, I’m hearing fewer people outside of the media talk about television
shows. (Except for...
MoreCrow kicks off Lawn season
June 4, 2008
Comments(3)I’ll admit that I never quite got a handle on Sheryl Crow. As catchy as some of her songs are, her hits
always seemed all about the chorus. No harm there—just nothing that made me want to go out...
MoreThe man who improved improv
June 3, 2008
Comment(1)Half my lifetime ago, I journeyed across the country from East Coast to West and found myself on my own
for a few days in Los Angeles. Looking for some cheap entertainment, I picked up a $6 ticket to see...
MoreIBJ Movie Night: Get Smart
June 3, 2008
Comments(45)Want to join IBJ for a screening of the new comedy "Get Smart," starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway?
It's happening June 17 at AMC College Park
For a pair of tickets, just take both of the following steps:
1. Post a comment...
MoreYou-review-it Monday
June 2, 2008
Comments(6)I wish I had more to report from the weekend, but I was under the weather and didn't get to take advantage
of Indy's offerings.
If nothing else, I had hoped to get out to The Jazz Kitchen for Sunday night's...
MoreBigger names at Indiana casinos
May 30, 2008
Comments(0)It seems like Indiana’s casinos are starting to step up when it comes to consistent summer showroom entertainment.
Now it’s just a matter of figuring out how to...
MoreConcerts: the great outdoors?
May 29, 2008
Comments(12)This week, Sheryl Crow launches the season for the Lawn at White River State Park and Eric Clapton plays
Verizon Wireless Music Center.
It seems an appropriate time for you to offer what you see as the pros and cons of...
MoreOn Sydney Pollack
May 27, 2008
Comments(10)The sad thing—well, one of the sad things—about the death of filmmaker Sydney Pollack yesterday is the nagging
feeling that there should be more to be excited about on his directing resume.
Pollack, a native of Lafayette who grew up...
More500 winners: Florence, Jim and us.
May 27, 2008
Comments(8)I'd like to add one brief A&E thought to all of this weekend’s Indy 500 coverage: Two of the reasons
why it's still possible to love the race--even if you aren't an open-wheel racing fan--are Jim Nabors and
Florence Henderson.
That...
MoreGreatest plays of all time?
May 23, 2008
Comments(2)A few days ago in this blog, I mentioned Daniel S. Burt's book "The Drama 100: A Ranking of the Greatest
Plays of All Time."
While we can all agree that such a list is highly subjective, we can probably...
More'Rent' at a theater near you
May 22, 2008
Comments(0)Yes, "Rent" -- the movie -- already played movie theaters (and didn't do particularly well). But now it
looks like it's getting another shot. Not a second run of the film, though. This will be a from-the-stage
performance of the hit...
MoreIn you face: 3-D on the way
May 22, 2008
Comments(0)1500 movie screens across the country will be upgraded to 3-D. So announced Regal Entertainment Group on Tuesday.
What was once a gimmick, now looks to be the standard for future moviegoing. This summer's "Journey to the
Center of the Earth"...
MoreBeyond 'Dancing with the Stars'
May 21, 2008
Comments(4)So TV's "Dancing with the Stars" has another winner.
Hooray.
I caught some of the finals last night without having seen the rest of the series. And having been to
Dance Kaleidoscope's season ending performance Sunday, I'm curious as to whether the huge...
MoreArts and depression
May 20, 2008
Comments(6)Two books I’m in the midst of reading combine to raise questions about the future of art and audiences.
The first, “Against Happiness,” posits that our society’s increased emphasis on smoothing over the rough edges
of life (through pharmaceuticals and...
More“Sweeney” at IU/“Idols” at Purdue
May 19, 2008
Comment(1)While the reaction seems to be very positive for this year’s Broadway series here in Indy (which includes
local premiers of “Wicked” and “Avenue Q”), some theater buffs have wondered if we’ll ever see the tours
of the acclaimed John...
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.