Friday night at the opera. Saturday triple-header at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville. Sunday night catching up on back episodes of “How I Met Your Mother.” (Okay, so I’m about three years behind, but the sitcom…
3/17 update: Barbara Coles of Coles Marketing Communications announced this afternoon that she is terminating her company’s relationship with Indiana Live! Casino. For more details, click here.
Update: For more on the story, click here.
Replying to a request for…
This week, the IMA celebrates design, the IRT attempts a rewritten French farce, and the Phoenix puts its stamp on “Mauritius.” Interactivity is a buzzword in museums today. But, for me, the best exhibition interactivity doesn’t come through carefully placed computer kiosks, you-try-it activities or seek-andfind activity pages. It happens when you see a painting, […]
This week, the IMA celebrates design, the IRT attempts a rewritten French farce, and the Phoenix puts its stamp on “Mauritius.” Interactivity is a buzzword in museums today. But, for me, the best exhibition interactivity doesn’t come through carefully placed computer kiosks, you-try-it activities or seek-andfind activity pages. It happens when you see a painting, […]
UPDATE: Still working to confirm that Timberlake and company were actually there. Anyone with information, please e-mail lharry@ibj.com.
Justin Timberlake is on the guest list for the opening of the Indian Live casino tonight. But so far, the new…
Arts advocates are used to having trouble getting attention. But today’s Arts Day at the Indiana State House is being double teamed by a downtown fire and the Big 10 tournament. (The fire already bumped my Fox 59 weekend A&E preview segment off…
There’s a lively–to say the least–discussion going on over at www.indianaauditions.com (primarily frequented by those in the local theater community). And I thought I’d drag the topic over here, where most of our readers aren’t in the business, for…
My weekend included the “European Design Since 1985” show at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, “The Ladies Man” at the IRT, and “Mauritius” at the Phoenix. Plus, semi-related to the later, I finally saw the film version of David Mamet’s…
This week, our month-long experiment with the iPhone Urban Spoon feature (type in a region, shake, and get a restaurant recommendation)
led us to Canal Bistro International Grille (6349 N. Guilford Ave., 254-8700).
Acclaimed Steven Stolen, who has sung with symphonies nationwide, shared his clear, passionate high tenor voice in a free concert — Meridian Song Project’s “All About the Bs” program.
It’s funny how something new can feel old, and something old can feel new. Let’s start with the former. You no doubt have heard of “Stomp,” the bang-on-just-about-anything show that returned to town for a Clowes Hall stint from March 3-8. Your first exposure may have happened on Sesame Street, on Coke or Target commercials, […]
It’s funny how something new can feel old, and something old can feel new. Let’s start with the former. You no doubt have heard of “Stomp,” the bang-on-just-about-anything show that returned to town for a Clowes Hall stint from March 3-8. Your first exposure may have happened on Sesame Street, on Coke or Target commercials, […]
Turning over the blog for this item to reporters Kathleen McLaughlin and Scott Olson:
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is bowing out of the free summer concert series at Garfield and Holliday parks.
Symphony CEO Simon Crookall said he decided last fall, after…
News came last night (see story here) that Dave Wilson was among 105 full and part-time Emmis employees caught in the most recent round of layoffs.
When I arrived in Indy nearly 15 years ago, Dave “The King” Wilson was…
Some of you got to the midnight screening of “The Watchmen” Thursday evening/Friday morning. Others may be catching it today. What did you think?
Here’s some of the info pulled from the National Endowment for the Arts study, released yesterday, titled “Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact on Jobs in 2008.” For the full document, click here.
— “The artist unemployment rate grew…
Chances are, only a handful of people in attendance when Oregon-based BodyVox visited Pike Performing Arts Center on Feb. 28 had ever seen the group before.
Think about that.
Think about the faith exhibited by the act of buying tickets and showing…
Welcome to the first (and I hope last) edition of Lou Harry’s A&E Most Wanted.
Artist Emma Overman had this painting lifted from outside her Harrison Center for the Arts studio in…
An interesting piece in the LA Times asks a range of high-profile folks (including, at the extremes, Bill Maher and Ann Coulter) what they would do if they ran the NEA.
Some interesting thoughts (Warning: If you click on the story,…
This week, familiar objects take on new looks and meaning at the Indianapolis Art Center.
