March 23, 2013
Lou HarryThoughts on the latest from DK, Acting Up, and an American Pianists Association fellow.
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October 20, 2012
Lou HarryMy take on the Children's Museum attraction, plus generation-jumping thoughts on Jonathan Groff at the Cabaret and DK’s Beatles
celebration.
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June 16, 2012
Lou HarryI’ve been taking my kids and their pals to Conner Prairie for 15 years. But the most recent visit was the first time
they wanted to spend the whole time in Prairietown.
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May 28, 2011
Lou HarryWhile his official tenure doesn’t begin until September, Krzysztof Urbanski’s unofficial coming-out party came
May 20-21 when he led the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the first time since being named music director.
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January 15, 2011
Lou HarryIn a single weekend, three Indy professional arts groups offered first looks in dance, music and drama
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October 16, 2010
Lou HarryIt’s impossible to extricate Andy Warhol and his art from the world of commerce, because the artist himself was so influenced
by—and generated so much—money. Plus, season openers from the Indiana Repertory Theatre and Dance Kaleidoscope.
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May 29, 2010
Lou HarryComplaints of cell phones, texters and candy wrappers are common. But what about seeing into the wings?
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May 1, 2010
Lou HarryIt's not too early to think about next season at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and more.
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December 26, 2009
Lou HarryHere are the 10 offerings that I most enthusiastically recommended to friends and readers in the past year.
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September 5, 2009
Whitney SmithAs part of this year's A&E Season Preview, we thought we'd introduce you to some of the people behind the people on our
cultural front.
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March 23, 2009
Carol FaenziWhen was the last time you took your child or teen-ager to hear classical music, or see a contemporary dance performance a
la Dance Kaleidoscope? When was the last time you went to see a play?
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December 29, 2008
Lou HarryTraditionally, as the year winds down, critics' thoughts tend toward "best of the year" lists. But I'm feeling the
need for
a more accurate label.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.