April 14, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisThree years after budget cuts threatened the state-run Indiana Artisan program, the newly independent organization is moving
ahead with ambitious plans to broaden its reach—and help artists and food producers build their businesses.
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October 1, 2011
IBJ StaffThe retired WISH-TV anchor will be a community affairs adviser and make presentations at the history center.
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August 9, 2011
J.K. WallA WXIN-TV Channel 59 report suggests the city of Carmel hired private investigators to tail Steven Libman, who resigned abruptly
last month as CEO of the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel.
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July 29, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinSteven Libman, CEO of the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, resigned late Friday afternoon—less than three months
after his contract was extended through 2016.
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July 16, 2011
Storytelling Arts of Indiana promotes the art and use of storytelling in everyday life.
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May 21, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis Art Center CEO Carter Wolf is drawing fire from some quarters over a staff shakeup that he says is needed to
grow enrollment at the Broad Ripple not-for-profit. But Wolf insists that won't hinder progress.
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May 11, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel has extended CEO Steven Libman's contract through 2016, the board of directors
announced Wednesday.
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November 27, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinA longtime senior manager at the Indianapolis Museum of Art has retired—the result of a settlement in a retaliation
lawsuit she filed earlier this month.
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October 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinA new not-for-profit organization will try to raise more than $700,000 a year for the trail’s ongoing maintenance, and
it will market the trail as a tourism and economic-development engine.
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August 28, 2010
IBJ StaffA strong balance sheet, experienced management, and conservative debt and investment policies contributed to the strong rating.
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August 21, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinA wave of fundraising pitches is about to wash over Indianapolis arts supporters. Five organizations either have announced
or are working toward the launch of major campaigns.
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July 24, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinLocal arts patrons Jane Fortune and her longtime partner Robert Hesse started City Ballet in the spring of 2009, but it was
more of a pitch than a reality. More than a year later, organization leaders are still not sure when they will hire their
own dancers.
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June 12, 2010
IBJ StaffThe 800-member group hopes to attract more men to its ranks.
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May 22, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Arts Council of Indianapolis soon will move its office from Monument Circle to a smaller space on Pennsylvania
Street with an adjacent gallery. The move is symbolic of the council’s ongoing reinvention, as well as the financial
reality driving that effort.
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February 20, 2010
IBJ StaffThe not-for-profit on Monument Circle announced its initiation fees will be waived for all chamber members.
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January 29, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinConner Prairie saw increases in both daily admissions and giving in 2009 and ended the annual period in the black for the
fourth year in a row.
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January 9, 2010
IBJ StaffWith a year to go before completion of a 1,600-seat concert hall, Executive Director Steven Libman added Jeremy Hatch as development
director.
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December 31, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisLilly, 94, who died Wednesday, gave away hundreds of millions of dollars of her fortune during her lifetime.
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December 26, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra experienced a year of financial and leadership shocks, as it reported a $2.8 million
budget shortfall and abruptly dismissed Music Director Mario Venzago.
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December 5, 2009
IBJ StaffThe not-for-profit will use the money to fund existing programs, such as the U.S. State Department's International Visitor
Leadership Program, and begin new ones.
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December 3, 2009
Riley Area Development Corp. is pitching the idea of building a performing arts center in the City Market. The YMCA
of Greater Indianapolis, meanwhile, is in talks with the city about building a full-service fitness center on the site.
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November 28, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Museum of Art is losing endowment revenue at the same time prominent donor Wayne Zink, CEO of Endangered
Species Chocolate, has resigned from the board.
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October 31, 2009
IBJ StaffThe civic festival Spirit and Place, which runs Nov. 5-16, has been a fixture of the fall season since 1996, but organizers
are still trying to explain to Indianapolis residents what it’s all about.
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October 24, 2009
IBJ StaffThe new coffee shop named for Calvin Fletcher, one of the city's first lawyers, will give money to groups such as Second Helpings.
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October 17, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinSimon Crookall is trying to hire a maestro who will excite audiences at the same time he’s trying to pull the Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra out of
a financial tailspin.
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graham. they are even better w/ roasted marshmallows and melted chocolate
Apparently ticket sales are slow too...mas emails have been sent by the speedway in a last ditch attempt to get place fans to come.
Garden Valley Veggie flavor Wheat Thins Toasted Chips. Don't judge until you try them, haters!
Doc, a few important errors in your statements:
(1) The developer is spending the CITY'S money (the city is paying for the cost of the garage), so the city can damn well insist on a quality design.
(2) The LAW requires the proposed building to comply with design standards, and insisting that people follow the law is not giving anyone the "run-around."
(3) A two-week delay to make some minimal aesthetic improvements is hardly a great imposition being imposed on the developer.
(4) If the developer would rather build a crappy building elsewhere with their own money, then they are welcome to pick up and do so.
(4) Indianapolis is a major city, not some podunk town that needs to spread its legs for any developer that throws the place a sideways glance. Indianapolis should insist on the best, not settle for junk. Accepting anything is not going to make Indianapolis grow any faster (not sure where you got that silly notion from), nor is Indianapolis a slow-growth city compared to similarly sized city's in the Midwest.
Alone. Or with cheese.