October 10, 2009
Bill BennerIndifference has been the Indiana Fever’s greatest enemy.
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October 10, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisIt may be situated smack-dab in the middle of a strip mall, but Tulip Noir is not just another cookie-cutter eatery serving
up the same old food
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October 10, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Leon Jett Minority Family Admission Fund has raised money to allow admissions at the Eiteljorg Museum
of American Indians and Western Art for families enrolled in Hoosier Works or Hoosier Healthwise.
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October 7, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians will take a 12-percent pay cut this year, saving the cash-strapped organization
$4 million. Management-side salary reductions should save another $2 million.
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October 6, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIMA is one of 10 institutions
across the country that will receive the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service.
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October 3, 2009
Cory SchoutenPlans for residential development on the site stalled as the housing market plummeted and recession set in.
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October 3, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinCarmel’s $137 million performing arts center is still a year from completion, but Executive Director Steven Libman
already is pounding the pavement for donations.
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October 3, 2009
Lou HarryFox's musical high school comedy is generating buzz in the A&E world.
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October 3, 2009
Lou HarryThis month, we’ll hit a quartet of recent restaurant arrivals near the already competitive culinary intersection
of 86th Street and Ditch Road. First up: Rusty Bucket Corner Tavern.
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October 3, 2009
Jim CotaJust keep repeating to yourself: Stuff won't make me happy...stuff won't make me happy...
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October 3, 2009
Bill BennerI've been to lots of sporting events, but there are still items on my Bucket List.
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September 28, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinSinger Michael Feinstein will make as much as $400,000 in a single year to serve as artistic director of the Regional Performing
Arts Center that’s still under construction in Carmel, officials confirmed this morning.
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September 26, 2009
Frank BasileOne of the best things our government ever did was to set aside land for national parks and to keep each in pristine condition
while making them accessible for people to visit. Each is different and has its own unique setting and breathtaking beauty.
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September 26, 2009
Bill BennerAs a tribute to its late president, the NCAA has posted on its Web site dozens of blogs, podcasts, speeches and editorials
created by Myles Brand during his culture-altering tenure at the helm of intercollegiate athletics.
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September 26, 2009
Lou HarryFourth in IBJ's month-long series of reviews of reborn cafes. This week: L.A. Cafe.
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September 26, 2009
Bruce HetrickIt's easy to express populist outrage against Washington. But is the rage misplaced?
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September 26, 2009
Lou HarryThis year's edition of the annual show and sale offers variations on familiar themes.
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September 26, 2009
Chip CutterMeeting and event planners spend years poring over details for big functions, plotting minute-by-minute schedules, and
brainstorming every possible contingency to stave off disaster. Sometimes, though, even the best-laid plans go
awry.
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September 23, 2009
Chris O'MalleyTwo former Klipsch Group engineers plan to return to the market a brand of amplifiers famous among audio enthusiasts. Indy
Audio Labs, owned by Rick Santiago and Ted Moore, bought the Aragon and Acurus brands of amps, pre-amps and sound processors
from Klipsch and are planning a
2010 launch.
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September 21, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndianapolis has been selected to host a regional round of the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament, the NCAA announced
today.
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September 21, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressFort Wayne's expanded convention center and a planned downtown hotel are proving attractive to conventions, including at least
four events long held in Indianapolis.
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September 19, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinPurses at Hoosier Park in Anderson and Indiana Downs in Shelbyville have swollen since the two tracks added slot machines
in June 2008.
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September 19, 2009
Anthony SchoettleA little more than six months before the 2010 NCAA men’s Final Four is set to tip off at Lucas Oil Stadium, the NCAA
has not yet finalized a rental deal for the facility. While officials for the NCAA and Local Organizing Committee,
the group charged with operating the event in Indianapolis, downplay any problems, sports business experts say it is unusual
not to have an agreement pinned down in the months leading up to the event.
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September 19, 2009
Lou HarryThe would-be Indianapolis City Ballet raised the bar high with a star-studded gala that brought together some of the top young
dancers in the
world.
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September 19, 2009
Lou HarryThe menu changes weekly at the Indianapolis Museum of Art's new eatery, Nourish.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!