April 13, 2013
Lou HarryThe new, 450-seat Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts at Butler University fills a venue gap between the school's two theaters
that each seat about 100 and the 2,200-seat Clowes Memorial Hall.
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January 15, 2013
Associated PressAn Indiana House committee has endorsed a two-year extension of regulations on temporary outdoor stage rigging developed following
the deadly State Fair stage collapse.
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September 27, 2012
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers pondering new rules governing the type of temporary outdoor stage rigging involved in the 2011 State Fair
stage collapse say they want to make sure the state doesn't overwhelm smaller events like county fairs with regulations.
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September 8, 2012
BMO Harris executive vice president will lead Indianapolis Symphonic Choir season debut.
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August 23, 2012
Dan HumanLeaders of a church-affiliated Indianapolis arts organization are citing an unsustainable business model as the reason why
doors will close at the end of the month. Earth House Collective will host its final events on Aug. 31
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August 15, 2012
Mason King
In four years since begging indie acts to hit Indianapolis, MOKB Presents has become a ubiquitous name
on the city's marquees. The concert-promoting duo expects to have a hand in 150 shows this year, a 50-percent increase
from 2011.
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May 26, 2012
The $2.75 drop is meant to enhance the concert experience at Klipsch Music Center and The Lawn at White River State Park.
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April 26, 2012
Associated PressOrganizers of some of Indiana's county fairs and small festivals are anxiously awaiting new rules governing the type of
rigging involved in last summer's deadly State Fair stage collapse.
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April 23, 2012
Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels told an entertainment industry group pushing for safer outdoor events Monday that Indiana has learned from
last year's deadly State Fair stage collapse and is moving to approve emergency rules for outdoor stages.
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April 23, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indiana State Fair hopes to preserve attendance that’s traditionally tied to big-name concerts even though the events
will take place downtown this year.
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April 18, 2012
Associated PressA central Indiana business owner and radio show host plans on rebuilding a southern Indiana concert hall that hosted some
of country music's top acts before it burned down in 2009.
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April 16, 2012
Associated PressThe tour manager who was widely credited with saving the lives of country duo Sugarland before a deadly stage collapse at
last summer's Indiana State Fair has become a central focus of lawyers seeking millions in damages for the families of
seven people who died and dozens who were injured.
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March 27, 2012
Farm Bureau Insurance is putting its name on outdoor concert venue The Lawn at White River State Park under a sponsorship
agreement with event promoter Live Nation Entertainment, the companies announced Tuesday.
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March 21, 2012
Associated PressThe country duo Sugarland want to wait until May to give depositions in lawsuits over a stage collapse at the Indiana State
Fair because they're preparing to tour, their attorney argued in court motions filed Wednesday.
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March 6, 2012
Associated PressThe manager of a concert hall that hosted some of country music's top acts was arrested on an arson charge Tuesday in
connection with the September 2009 blaze that destroyed the hall, authorities said.
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February 8, 2012
Associated PressSugarland resisted delaying the start of a concert at the state fair despite threatening weather that caused a deadly stage
collapse, the fair's top official testified against the company that built the stage rigging.
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January 12, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana State Fair Commission decided Thursday to permanently move its outdoor grandstand concerts indoors and authorized
spending $3.8 million to help prepare their new home: The Pepsi Coliseum located nearby on the north side Indianapolis fairgrounds.
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November 10, 2011
Associated PressThe Indiana State Fair is moving next year's big concerts to a downtown Indianapolis arena in the wake of August's
deadly outdoor stage collapse.
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October 26, 2011
IBJ StaffOutdoor amphitheater Verizon Wireless Center in Noblesville will be renamed Klipsch Music Center under a new sponsorship agreement
between speaker manufacturer Klipsch Group Inc. and venue owner Live Nation Entertainment.
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September 23, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinAttendance at this year's festival, which ran Sept. 12-17 in Broad Ripple, was 5,050, up 20 percent over last year, promoter
Al Hall said.
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August 18, 2011
Associated PressIndiana has hired an outside firm to help with its investigation into a fatal stage collapse at the state fair after questions
were raised about the state's ability to conduct an objective probe itself.
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August 17, 2011
Associated PressAs the multi-billion-dollar outdoor concert business has evolved from little more than shows under a canopied stage to productions
featuring up to 20 tons of lighting and video equipment, experts point to the Indiana State Fair's fatal stage collapse
as evidence of the necessity for caution — and regulation.
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August 15, 2011
Associated PressIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told hundreds of people who gathered Monday for a service to remember five people killed when a
stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair that the tragedy has broken the hearts of the state's residents.
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August 14, 2011
Associated PressFair organizers plan to reopen Monday with a memorial service for the victims.
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July 8, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe staff at the Palladium in Carmel will receive more training on how to accommodate people with disabilities after a would-be
concertgoer said she was denied a pair of $20 tickets.
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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!