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.
More
February 3, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe reason behind the sudden departure of Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra CEO Simon Crookall remains a mystery, but it came
during a management shakeup and the loss of two vice presidents.
More
February 2, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinInformation about Crookall's plans wasn't immediately available. The symphony's board of directors appointed Jackie
Groth, vice president of finance and strategic planning, as interim president and CEO.
More
February 2, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinForty-five members of Indianapolis Children's Choir will sing the national anthem along with recording artist Kelly Clarkson
at the Super Bowl in Indianapolis on Sunday.
More
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.
More
January 7, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Great American Songbook Vocal Academy and Competition will be open to students outside the Midwest this year.
More
December 8, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel eliminated five positions this week as interim CEO Frank Basile tries to rein
in costs at the financially challenged organization that oversees the Palladium.
More
November 26, 2011
Lou HarryThanksgiving, for many, is road-trip time—which also makes it a good time to give a listen to the latest discs from
Indiana performers. Here’s a stack I’ve taken pleasure in over the past month.
More
November 22, 2011
Associated PressCountry duo Sugarland was named in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by 44 survivors of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse and the
family members of four people who died, by far the largest claim yet stemming from the tragedy.
More
November 14, 2011
IBJ StaffThe parent organization of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra said its expenses exceeded revenue by $1.7 million on a budget
of $25.6 million for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The deficit was $1 million less than a year ago, while the ISO endowment grew
by $5.5 million.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
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.
More
August 18, 2011
Scott OlsonAn Indiana law that limits damages paid by state entities likely will prompt lawyers to sue several other parties besides
the state fair to try to recover as much as possible for victims of the concert calamity.
More
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.
More
August 17, 2011
Scott OlsonAttendance through Tuesday was down 7 percent compared to the same time last year following the collapse of a concert stage
on Saturday that killed five people. The loss of four shows will be a blow to revenue projections.
More
August 16, 2011
A state appellate court upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to block the Old National Centre naming
rights deal.
More
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.
More
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.
More
July 8, 2011
Associated PressA judge has decided that the owners of a southern Indiana concert hall destroyed in an arson nearly two years ago aren't
owed any insurance money because they didn't properly maintain the sprinkler system.
More
July 2, 2011
Jim CotaNoiseTrade helps you discover, download and keep songs...in exchange for your e-mail address and ZIP code.
More
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.
More
May 28, 2011
IBJ StaffHorse farm owner Elizabeth Johnson extended an invitation to play, and local businesspeople and volunteers have been selling
concert tickets.
More
May 14, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinLive Nation Entertainment has scaled back summer concert schedules at large amphitheaters across the country, and that includes
one of its top performers, Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville.
More
Poor little LadyJ! Typical Democommie. In case it got past you, the dems have totally screwed this country in the past 3+ years. We have a democommie in the White House who apparently never read the Constitution, while claiming to be a constitutional scholar. We had a democommie-controlled Congress (opposite of PROGRESS?)passing bills that "we'll have to pass before we know what's in it". This impostor president has violated the U. S. Constitution too many times to count. The Attorney General is a race-baiting gunrunner that refuses to stop illegal immigration. And, the head of NASA, a once-proud agency that put several men on the moon, is now our liason to the murderous Muslims. Great job, democommies! Sometimes I wish they really would try to take our guns.
Pat Bauer try t do right about the state but the Republican leader and all of them did not think of us. Only the money they will get from their rich corporation. Of Course the Democrats had union, so I won't vote for Bosma or whatever his name is.
Well you are talking about Republican, did all of the Damage in this state. Sure the Democrats did some but most is the Republican. The Republican set us back not going forward. Hurry passed bills won't listen to any amendment our way only. The Republicans drew up these district so they could win again. Which is a crying shame. I will not vote for any Republican and I got the list who voted for the RTW Bill and who didn't. Tired of the Republicans
Actually, it was Greenspan who encouraged the elderly to refinance their homes, using their equity to boost the economy after 9/11. In addition, it was George Bush and Barney Frank who jointly suggested that everyone should hold a piece of the rock. It was the Bush Administration, namely Treasury Secretary Paulson who deregulated Wall Street and Lenders such as Countrywide, Washington Mutual, Wachovia, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. When the TARP Bailout Proposal went to Capitol Hill in October 2008, Treasury Secretary Paulson asked for, and received, full immunity from future prosecution, dating back to his time as CEO of Goldman Sachs, the co-recipient of the initial $350 Billion Dollar Tarp Bailout Payment for Wall Street, back in October 2008. It was the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve, both controlled by the Bush Administration, that created sub-prime mortgages, starting in 2004. Many members of the House and Senate, on both sides of the aisle, benefited from home mortgage refinancing. Banks, appraisers, and realtors pushed people into home mortgages they had no business accepting, based on claims that the housing market would only get better. Average Americans did not create Credit Default Swaps, I think those creations happened on Wall Street. Spend some time at the library, you will be shocked by what your research brings forth.
They need to pay their fines and the judge blocking the fines needs to be investigated. I'm sick and tired of democrats and their spending. We went broke with every dem as gov. too. Pat Bauer needs to go!