After 40 years at WTHR, Chuck Lofton announces retirement plans
“I feel the time is right,” Lofton said during Thursday’s episode of “Sunrise.”
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Steer-In restaurant eyes reopening after health department shutdown
A customer’s sighting of a mouse in Steer-In’s dining room led to a call to the health department, restaurant co-owner Casey Kehrer said.
After termination, Newfields HR executive makes discrimination claim
Ernest Gause says the art museum and gardens fired him after he repeatedly told CEOs things about discriminatory business practices within the organization they didn’t want to hear.
Newfields’ latest CEO brings financial background to museum leadership
Le Monte Booker, former chief financial officer of Chicago’s iconic Field Museum, is now supervising 300 Newfields employees, interns and fellows.
Kevin Gregory to retire after 35 years of WRTV weather forecasts
Kevin Gregory, who joined the WRTV-TV Channel 6 staff in 1989, is set to wrap up his career at the ABC affiliate. It will be the first time since 1972 that no member of the Gregory family will deliver weather forecasts on Indianapolis TV.
Electric violinist Cathy Morris leads nonprofit to give ‘big hug of arts’
Arts with a Purpose takes performing arts and visual arts to audiences who lack access to or can’t afford similar experiences.
Apparel shop, toy store fill spots on Mass Ave block
A streetwear-and-more shop and a store selling toys in a former bank building once robbed by John Dillinger are recent independent retail additions to the block across from Bottleworks.
Final Gallery Pastry restaurant to close at 46th Street and College Avenue
Gallery Pastry owner Alison Keefer said she plans to focus on design consulting, private catering and the care of three sons.
For 2025, 10 ways to be entertained in Indianapolis
The year will include a double bill of the WNBA All-Star Weekend and Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration, plus a big book debut, the reopening of a landmark museum and the Indianapolis debut of the musical “Six.”
Artist Wayne Bertsch adds unlikely context to pop culture icons
The exhibition ‘Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth’ will showcase more than 50 paintings by Wayne Bertsch at Full Circle Nine Gallery.
Eiteljorg to use $2.5M Lilly Endowment grant for religion-focused projects
The museum plans to use part of the grant to create an exhibition based on Native American tattoo practices and styles.
Qdoba restaurant ends 25-year run near Monument Circle
The restaurant closure leaves no first-floor tenants in the historic King Cole building that has been announced as the future home of a hotel.
2024 Year in Review: Entertainment festivals see mixed results
Indianapolis added one homegrown music festival in 2024, while three others were put on hold because of financial challenges in the concert industry.
2024 Year in Review: Newfields finds new CEO in Field Museum executive
Le Monte Booker, chief financial officer of Chicago’s Field Museum, was announced in August as successor to Colette Pierce Burnette in the role of Newfields CEO and president.
2024 Year in Review: Coffee shops, pizza spots among new area eateries
The ripple effects of Starbucks closing a Monument Circle location in October 2022 continued to resonate in 2024, when multiple coffee companies opened in new downtown locations.
Indiana bands and solo artists will span the globe in 2025
Rapper Mark Battles and soul band Durand Jones & the Indications are two Indiana acts planning to perform overseas in 2025.
Tinker Street owner to open new restaurant in historic Carmel home
In January, Tom Main will open Freeland’s at North End in a house built in 1845 that became known as “The Maples.”
Red Curb Comedy to depart Avon for Mass Ave
Beginning Feb. 1, Red Curb Comedy will be a resident troupe at IF Theatre—the venue in the Mass Ave cultural district previously known as IndyFringe Theatre.
Butler University’s Clowes Hall to expand with 1,200-capacity ballroom
The Allen Whitehill Clowes Ballroom, an 11,000-square-foot venue expected to open in 2027, will be built on the east side of Clowes Hall.
Starbucks exits Broad Ripple after 25 years as Glendale shop prepares to open
Starbucks opened at the corner of Broad Ripple and Guilford avenues in 1999, taking over a spot once occupied by Abigail’s dress shop.