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DINING: (Piz)'Za made for the middle of the night
July 13, 2009
Lou HarryIf you’re in Broad Ripple and hungry for pizza, you’ve got lots of options. But what do you do if it’s the
middle of the night on a Thursday and you and your entourage have the munchies? Well, for that very specific
demographic group of pizza eaters, there’s now ’Za, which is open until 4 a.m. Wednesday
to Saturday.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Here's the best from International Film Fest
July 13, 2009
Lou HarryThis year’s Indianapolis International Film Festival gets rolling later this usual, with a bump to summer precipitated
in part by the moving on of its founder to the Nashville Film Festival and in part by the move of most of the fest (minus
parties) to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. We’ve spent the last few weeks reviewing most of the
features in competition.
MoreState, city agencies get new round of federal arts funding
July 7, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIndiana and Indianapolis arts agencies will receive more than a half-million dollars in federal stimulus money to help save
jobs at local organizations, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today. A second round of American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act funding includes $250,000 for the Arts Council of Indianapolis.
MoreDINING: Backward-named eatery, forward-thinking fusion
July 6, 2009
Lou HarrySearch the Web for Naisa and you may come up with the North American International Auto Show or the Native American and Indigenous
Studies Association. Neither has anything to do with the new Naisa Pan-Asian Cafe (1025 Virginia Ave., 602-3708), where the
name comes from simply reversing the letters in the word Asian.
MoreIndianapolis 500 movie racing toward big screen
July 6, 2009
Anthony SchoettleA locally born initiative to make a movie about the first Indianapolis 500 has cleared a major obstacle to getting its project
to big screens nationwide by May 2011—in time for the race's centennial.
MoreSURF THIS: Let's just back up ... with a Drobo
July 6, 2009
Jim CotaHard drives fail—almost all of them, at one point or another. Back-ups are a little clunky to set up
and keep up with, so most people I know ignore it. I finally decided I couldn’t avoid it any longer.
MoreBENNER: Indiana Fever are adding a little sizzle to summer
July 6, 2009
Bill BennerLast week’s column about the wide array of events on our July sports calendar in Indy was glaringly lacking in
one aspect: The Indiana Fever. As of this writing, they are the hottest team in the WNBA, reversing an
0-2 start and racing to six straight victories.
MoreLegislature snubs casinos, but forms study committee
July 6, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIndiana's struggling gambling industry didn't get the relief it sought during the special session of the Indiana General Assembly.
But embedded within the budget bill approved June 30 is a provision creating a gambling summer study committee. Its recommendations,
due by Dec. 1, may make or break several of Indiana's casinos.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Breaking with the past at Tut show
July 6, 2009
Lou HarryI entered "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharoahs" (at the Children's Museum of
Indianapolis through Oct. 25) with a limited knowledge of Egyptian history—and by limited, I mean
loose threads picked up from a handful of Mummy movies, the Bible, and a few too many productions of "Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
MoreBASILE: Following in the footsteps of Darwin in the Galapagos
June 29, 2009
Frank BasileThere's nothing like following the wildly influential thinker Charles Darwin's own footsteps, which I
had the pleasure of doing by visiting the beautiful, mysterious, isolated and enchanted Galapagos Islands.
MoreDINING: Upscale eatery makes its mark on Shelbyville casino
June 29, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisOne of just three Maker’s Mark restaurants in the country—the others are in Louisville, Ky., and Kansas City,
Mo.—the upscale eatery would have been a good fit in downtown Indianapolis or in one of the suburban dining-and-shopping
meccas.
MoreClean air strategy: Some nightspots opt to tighten smoking rules
June 29, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinCoaches Tavern, MacNiven's Restaurant and Bar, and The Jazz Kitchen are among Indianapolis bars that recently limited or banned
smoking. Those establishments join a short list of bars that already buck the trend in Indianapolis. Smoking in public places,
including restaurants, has been banned in Marion County since 2006, but it's still OK to puff away in places that don't admit
minors.
MoreKing Tut crowds not necessarily bonanza for Children's Museum
June 29, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe gilded exhibit, a happy byproduct of the museum's close relationship with an Egyptian institution, is more of a gift than
a major moneymaker.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Must-sea Phoenix drama
June 27, 2009
Lou HarryThis week, catching "Octopus" at the Phoenix and opening night on the Prairie.
MoreDINING: Game on at food-and-play spot
June 22, 2009
Lou HarryWhen you play Skee-ball and aim for the
100-point hole, you miss most of the time. However, if you aim for the 30, you have a much better chance
of scoring. You might not get a high score, but you'll win enough
tickets to want to play again. How does that translate into my dining
experience at the new Dave & Buster's?
MoreArts backer Efroymson returns to contemporary museum he helped start
June 15, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinJeremy Efroymson recently agreed to return to the financially flailing Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art as its executive
director and work for free. Efroymson, one of the museum's early leaders, has a strategy for seeing IMOCA through a financial
rough spot, but what remains unclear is how the museum will wean itself off his support.
MoreDINING: Binkley's Kitchen & Bar reclaims former drug store site
June 8, 2009
Lou HarryBinkley's Drug Store occupied the corner of Kessler and College from 1928 to the early
1970s. Its namesake now occupying the same spot, Binkley's Kitchen & Bar, seems equally built
to last—a friendly neighborhood joint that glances back without wallowing in nostalgia and stays progressive without
being
trendy.
MoreSkyline Club gets behind local artists
June 1, 2009
The Skyline Club has reserved one wall of its main dining room for local artists and will also host a series of artist receptions
for its members and the general public.
MoreCarmel Community Players retools after lost grant; group facing $75,000 debt, loss of longtime venue
June 1, 2009
Kim PuckettCash-strapped theater group Carmel Community Players has nixed its summer musical, canceled its Summer Camp for Kids, and
pulled out of Carmelfest 2009 after being denied the public funding it has received for years.
MoreArts Council faces grants-divvying dilemma
June 1, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Arts Council of Indianapolis faces the unenviable task of divvying up less than $1 million in city grants for the arts,
compared with $2.15 million that was awarded last year.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: IRT's 'Interpreting William' needs rewriting
June 1, 2009
Lou HarryThis week, William Conner on stage at the IRT and another chorus of "Tomorrow," courtesy of Beef &
Boards.
MoreIMA, $3 Bill, symphony and opera deliver drama, comedy, fine music
May 25, 2009
Lou HarryThis week, challenging work at the IMA, an impressive operatic collaboration, and laugh-out-loud silliness.
MoreIn tough times, remember the arts as a civic duty
May 25, 2009
Attend arts events, visit our cultural organizations, and support our sports teams. If you don't make regular donations to
arts and cultural organizations, there has never been a better and more important time to give.
MoreDINING: Cobblestone Grill offers tasty lunch until 5
May 25, 2009
Lou HarryOne of the pleasures—and there are numerous ones—of Zionsville’s Cobblestone Grill (160 S. Main St., Zionsville, 873-4745) is that its lunch menu is offered beyond the traditional midday-meal hours.
Birth, death and living in between
May 25, 2009
Bruce HetrickThe problem is, we don't get to choose our exits—the natural ones, at least—and we don't get to choose the timing.
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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.