May 18, 2013
Lou HarryThird in a month-long series of Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.
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May 18, 2013
Lou HarrySeason closer tackled Wagner's large-scale seafaring tale. Plus, thoughts on ‘4000 Miles’ at the Phoenix Theatre.
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May 11, 2013
Lou HarrySecond in a month-long series of Indianapolis Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.
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May 11, 2013
Lou HarryPlus thoughts on NoExit Performance's world premiere of David Hoppe's 'Our Experiences During the First Days of Alligators'
in Garfield Park
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May 4, 2013
Lou HarryFirst in a month-long series of Indianapolis Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.
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May 4, 2013
Lou HarryWhile I’ve been bullish on the Cultural Trail, I realized recently that I haven’t actually walked it—at
least, not all of it. Time to change that.
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May 4, 2013
Bill BennerRobin Miller pronounced the idea of a season-ending race on the Speedway’s road course as the dumbest of all the dumb
things that have happened over the years. I respectfully disagree.
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May 4, 2013
Jim CotaThe Conversation Project sparks discussion of end-of-life issues.
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April 27, 2013
Lou HarrySure, Indy's large arts presenters made a splash at the annual benefit, but smaller companies also earned attention and applause.
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April 27, 2013
Lou HarryLast in a month-long series of food-and-a-drink eatery reviews.
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April 27, 2013
Frank BasileI have been remiss in not writing anything about a prime tourist destination—and my hometown—New Orleans. Correction
time
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April 20, 2013
Bill BennerAs I cradled my new granddaughter, I couldn’t help but wonder—again—just what kind of world we had welcomed
her into.
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April 20, 2013
Lou HarryFourth in a month-long series of food-and-a-drink eatery reviews.
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April 20, 2013
Bruce HetrickGraduating college in four years isn't always the ideal scenario.
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April 18, 2013
Lou HarryThe IRT's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the Phoenix' "Clybourne Park" offer pleasures whether you are seeing these plays
for the first or fifth time.
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April 13, 2013
Third in a month-long series of food-and-a-drink eatery reviews.
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April 13, 2013
Rutgers coach Mike Rice scored almost as much attention as the champion quartet of teams.
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April 6, 2013
Lou HarryAngst-ridden musical a highlight of the Broadway in Indianapolis season.
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April 6, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisSecond in a month-long series of food-and-a-drink eatery reviews.
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April 6, 2013
Bruce HetrickLocal government reform, it seems, is meddling when legislators don’t like it and meritorious when they do.
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April 6, 2013
Bill BennerRick Pitino, Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski would be the making of a pretty good three-fourths of a coaching Mount Rushmore.
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March 30, 2013
Lou HarryFirst in a month-long series of food-and-a-drink eatery reviews.
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March 30, 2013
Lou HarryA pack of conferencing critics had their eyes opened to Indy’s arts pleasures. In turn, they opened my eyes to some
things I shouldn’t take for granted.
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March 30, 2013
Jim CotaInstinct aims to make playing music as natural as singing it, because “playing music is one of the most natural things
a human can do.”
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March 23, 2013
Lou HarryLast in a month-long series of farm-to-table restaurant reviews.
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First, let me say that I love the idea of communities being self-sufficient and people in the community not needing cars, living, working and shopping all in their neighborhood. To sum it up; I love good urban planning and hate urban sprawl. However, there are two reasons that I am against this development. First, this building doesn't fit. Density can occur in Ripple by building up top the street and better use of land. The scale of this project should be downtown. Secondly, I would be willing to bet that if a whole foods in Ripple is built, the Nora store would be closed. Here's my reasoning. The Nora Whole Foods expansion plans have been put on hold. I'm guessing they are waiting to see what happens with the Ripple proposal. Communities next to each other should work together to end sprawl and not work against each other and take other neighbors assets. Develop something both communities can be proud of and will attract more development and density. There's my soap box for the day.
My apologies, Lou - it was the Indy Star that printed cost for entertaining "celebrities" during Indy 500. Sorry for confusing the always timely IBJ with Indy's Gannett reprint news source.
That's fine if you want a grocery store that has festivals and live music. I guess with the prices they charge, they can afford to host such activities. As for me, I choose to spend my money more wisely and if I want to go to a festival or a concert, I will pay for that separately - not through my grocery bill.
TIF is not just to attract development but to attract a higher use for that development. Carmel wisely is using TIF for numerous public parking garages. Asphalt seas of parking pay little taxes and bring even less value to a commercial area. Also density is what is going to save Indy and Broad Ripple. The days of trying to compete with burbs are long gone.
The Prestige was an awesome movie.