January 7, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Great American Songbook Vocal Academy and Competition will be open to students outside the Midwest this year.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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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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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July 2, 2011
Jim CotaNoiseTrade helps you discover, download and keep songs...in exchange for your e-mail address and ZIP code.
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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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May 28, 2011
IBJ StaffHorse farm owner Elizabeth Johnson extended an invitation to play, and local businesspeople and volunteers have been selling
concert tickets.
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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.
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May 7, 2011
Anthony SchoettleProceeds from tribute-band concerts go to athletic programs, music departments and other school offerings that have lost funding.
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April 15, 2011
Lou HarryAs ambitious an arts project as you are likely to find so far this century in central Indiana, IU Opera’s world premiere
production of “Vincent” overflowed with stunning design and strong music.
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February 5, 2011
Lou HarryI’m not ready to use the word “perfect” but, in my lifetime, I honestly don’t expect to hear chamber
music in a better-sounding venue than I did Jan. 30.
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January 8, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe new Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel and other arts organizations are promoting the quality of their venues' acoustics,
but does the paying public really care?
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December 30, 2010
IBJ StaffExhibit, grant power audience development initiatives.
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December 18, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinCarmel is building a dream home for the performing arts. Now those groups planning to move into it just have to figure out
how to pay their share of the mortgage.
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.