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LOU'S VIEWS: The best games from GenCon
August 13, 2011
Lou HarryFor years, I’ve been telling Hoosiers that GenCon isn’t just for hard-core game geeks committed to multi-hour
games of World of Warcraft or Dungeons and Dragons. For every elf-costumed, sword-wielding aficionado, there’s also
someone who just likes to play games socially with friends.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Playing catch-up with Indy stage productions
July 30, 2011
Lou HarryReports on shows by Actors Theatre of Indiana, the Phoenix, ComedySportz, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and more.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Spidey crashes, other Broadway shows soar
July 23, 2011
Lou HarryThoughts on "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," "Catch Me If You Can," Shakespeare in the Park, and more.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Ife sculptures at IMA paint a thousand words
July 16, 2011
Lou HarryI love a good creation story, and the Yoruba people of the ancient city of Ife, in what is now Nigeria, have a doozy. It involves
a god indulging in a bit too much palm wine, a snail-shell full of soil, a chameleon, and a chicken (with five toes).
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Get a jump start on Indy International Film Festival
July 9, 2011
Lou HarryThe festival, which runs July 14-24 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, offers a diverse line-up, from mainstream films to
innovative cinema.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Conner Prairie's best raid plans
July 2, 2011
Lou HarryIf you asked me a week ago what I knew about Indiana’s direct involvement in the Civil War, you would have been met
with a blank stare. Then I was part of the regiment that helped kick the raiding party out of Indiana as part of the new “1863
Civil War Journey: Raid on Indiana” interactive exhibit at Conner Prairie.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: In the City of Angels, the stars aren't only on screen
June 25, 2011
Lou HarryGreetings from California, where the question of the week was, “Is L.A. a theater town?
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Exploring museum's new discovery channels
June 18, 2011
Lou HarryIt’s impossible for those of us who have raised kids with the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to imagine what
it’s like to enter it, as a child, for the first time.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Soul searching on 'Avenue Q'
June 11, 2011
Lou HarryThe R-rating-worthy, 'Sesame Street'-style show gets its regional theater premiere at the Phoenix.
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.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 2011 Field Guide to 500 Festival celebrity spotting
May 21, 2011
Lou HarryEven if most of them aren’t showing off any talent beyond waving from a car on the parade route, there’s no denying
that celebrities visiting Indy for the 500 add a kick to the month of May. Of course, one person’s celebrity is another’s
“Who’s that?”
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Home is where the art is
May 14, 2011
Lou HarryWith the Miller House open, Columbus becomes even more of a design draw.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 'Chicago' razzle-dazzles at ATI’s new home
May 7, 2011
Lou HarryThoughts on Actors Theatre of Indiana's in-your-face production of the Kander and Ebb musical. Plus Butler University's Chekhov
variations.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: 'The 39 Steps' is spoof positive of laughs in Hitchcock's work
April 30, 2011
Lou HarryThere’s a blissfully funny sequence in the first act of the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s production of “The
39 Steps,” the local premiere of the Broadway hit.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Landmark event turns into celebration of Bill Cook
April 23, 2011
Lou HarryBenefactor's presence strongly felt at opening of new arts center.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Savion Glover's got a tap for that
April 9, 2011
Lou HarryThoughts on Savion Glover at the Palladium, 'This' at the Phoenix, and 'Annie Get Your Gun' at Beef & Boards.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: The closing of Borders ... read it and weep
March 26, 2011
Lou HarryThe coffee smell dissipates. The signs drop from 25%-50% off to 40%-60% off. Shelves of books migrate from soon-to-be-closed-off
sections to empty shelf space elsewhere, causing category labels to lose their meaning. Customers linger, wondering if a novel
unworthy of their $24 might be worthy of $12. This is how it ends for Indianapolis’ only downtown full-service bookshop.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Indy Opera's 'Carmen' shows upside of downsizing
March 19, 2011
Lou HarryWhen word went out that one of the three Indianapolis Opera presentations this season would be a production of “Carmen,”
sans chorus, sans full orchestra, sans biggie-size sets, and sans Clowes Hall stage, it was perfectly understandable that
some patrons may have lowered their expectations.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Youth appeal at the Phoenix and Butler U. theaters
March 12, 2011
Lou HarryIs theater dead? Three different productions from three different companies over the past few weeks point to some ways to
counter—or at least hold off—the decline.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Inside the outsider at the IMA
March 5, 2011
Lou HarryThornton Dial created his own artistic rule book; the results are stunning.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Making history at arts venues
February 26, 2011
Lou HarryThree leading Indiana institutions—the Indiana History Center, the Eiteljorg, and the IRT—look at volatile moments
in American history.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Alas, poor patrons
February 19, 2011
Lou HarryIf intent were all that mattered, I would be writing in praise of Hoosier Bard's "Young Hamlet."
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Feasting on First Friday
February 12, 2011
Lou HarryPlus thoughts on "Diary of Anne Frank" and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra meets Chaplin
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Palladium premieres
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.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Many are talented, but few are stars ... what makes the difference?
January 22, 2011
Lou HarryAs someone addicted to the arts, I’ve seen a lot of talent on stage. Every once in a while, though, I see star power.
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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!