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Critical questions follow reviewer's departure from Indy Star
May 17, 2013
Lou HarryThe state's largest newspaper is mum on whether reviews will continue after the Friday resignation of its fine arts critic.
Arts organizations are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Catching up with a kaleidoscope of reviews
March 23, 2013
Lou HarryThoughts on the latest from DK, Acting Up, and an American Pianists Association fellow.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 'Wicked Workshop' works across generations
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.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Gregory Hancock's 'Hunchback' is back
July 7, 2012
Lou HarryPlus thoughts on ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
MoreButler University arts dean aims to link campus, city
May 5, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinRonald Caltabiano says the Butler arts festival would feature talent from the university, affiliated organizations like Dance
Kaleidoscope and Indianapolis Opera, and “extraordinary” guest artists.
MoreCarmel arts center makes room for more sponsors
April 20, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel expects the 2012-13 concert season, announced this week, to bring a healthy bump
in sponsor revenue.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Urbanski impresses during weekend with symphony
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.
MoreButler University to close 102-year-old dance academy
March 25, 2011
IBJ StaffButler University said Thursday that it plans to close its Jordan Academy of Dance due to economic reasons. The academy, which
has more than 200 students, ages 3-17, will shut down May 31.
MoreHouston-based company purchasing Gold Club
December 15, 2010
The deal, expected to close by the end of the year, is valued at $1.6 million, including real estate. It will be Rick's Cabaret
International Inc.'s first location in Indianapolis.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: City Ballet benefit rises to the occasion again
September 18, 2010
Lou HarryBallet's “An Evening with the Stars” fundraising event featured stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, American Ballet Theatre
and much more.
MoreIndianapolis City Ballet organizers proceeding slowly
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.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Theatrical distractions abound, both in audience and in wings
May 29, 2010
Lou HarryComplaints of cell phones, texters and candy wrappers are common. But what about seeing into the wings?
MoreLocal ballet company folds
April 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinA professional ballet company that formed in the wake of Ballet Internationale's collapse has closed its own doors.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Bill T. Jones' company dances through history at IU
March 6, 2010
Lou HarryA few weeks back, I wrote about the two collections of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia on display at the Indiana
State Museum. Over the past week, two additional encounters with Abe reminded me that there is no shortage of material to
be mined from
the life of the 16th president.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: City Ballet off to stunning start
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.
MoreSchedule shift heats salsa war at two area hot spots
March 2, 2009
Gabrielle PoshadloAfter four years, the Red Room club in Broad Ripple is switching its salsa night from Wednesday to Thursday and local salseros
are worried about stepping on some toes.
MoreYear in review: 10 reasons I loved my job in '08
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.
MoreCincinnati ballet troupe might open regional office here
September 24, 2007
Jennifer WhitsonThe Cincinnati Ballet is taking an exploratory step toward a regional ballet company, announcing plans to stage a six-show
"Nutcracker" production here this December. The idea of a collaboration--where the two cities would share production and administration
expenses--has elicited mixed response.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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