You-review-it Monday
Visit the Phoenix Theatre? Check in on Know No Stranger? Join Q Artistry for an evening of Poe?
Visit the Phoenix Theatre? Check in on Know No Stranger? Join Q Artistry for an evening of Poe?
Congressman Dan Burton is expected to win his 15th term Tuesday despite what some say is an anti-incumbent sentiment sweeping the nation.
Carmel-based insurance lender Oak Street Funding LLC announced Thursday that it has been purchased by private equity funds managed by New York-based Angelo Gordon & Co.
Local leaders are encouraging The Oaks Academy to duplicate its successful urban private school model at a second location as part of the massive investment in near-east-side redevelopment spurred on by Indianapolis’ successful bid for the 2012 Super Bowl.
Venture funds nationwide crested at $100 billion in 2000, but that number last year had drooped to $18 billion.
J.C. Hart Co. spent more than a year securing a $5 million bank loan to expand an existing project; Buckingham Cos. turned to the city to finance its ambitious project just north of the Eli Lilly and Co. campus.
Masco Corp., based in Taylor, Mich., reported a third quarter loss, but its plumbing division eked out a gain.
Broadway in Indianapolis presents the national tour of “Dreamgirls,” Nov. 2-7 at the Murat Theatre. Details here.
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre opens its season with “Once Upon a Time in India,” Oct. 29-30 at the Pike Performing Arts Center. Details here.
Butler University’s Visiting Writers Series continues with novelist/short-story writer Lorrie Moore, Nov. 1 in the Krannert Room of Clowes Hall. Details here.
The Phoenix Theatre presents “My Name is Asher Lev,” adapted from the Chaim Potok novel, Oct. 28-Nov. 21. Details here.
Dennis Bingham, associate professor of English and director of film studies in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and author of the book “Whose Lives Are They Anyway?” discusses “Lives or Lies? The Truth about Biopics,” Oct. 28 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Details here.
Guests at this year’s Guilded Leaf Book & Author Luncheon Oct. 28 at the Ritz Charles include author Roy Blount Jr. Details here.
Know No Stranger presents “Optical Popsicle II,” a program of “whimsical entertainments,” Oct. 29-30 at the Athenaeum. Details (and a very fun list of discounts—including one for wearing a turtleneck) here.
The locally owned landscape center Altum's said in a note to customers last week that Kroger has withdrawn plans to build a new grocery store on the nursery property on the edge of Carmel.
The Hancock County community is drawing interest because of recent hiring in the area and a strong population of seniors.
If NBA Commissioner David Stern makes good on his promise to cut player salaries, Larry Bird's plan to rebuild team could take a big hit.
Motivational event bringing 13,000 people to Conseco Fieldhouse is expected to snarl downtown traffic during the early morning commute.
The Indiana Pacers open their National Basketball Association season Wednesday night with two questions overriding other concerns.
Sydney "Jack" Williams earned commissions by persuading dozens of investors, many with Indiana ties, to lend millions of dollars to a business that turned out to be fake.
Stock in the Fort Wayne-based company began trading Thursday morning at $16 but climbed as high as $23.90.
ITT Educational Services Inc.’s third-quarter profit of $93.2 million handily beat the expectations of Wall Street analysts, but the company suffered its first decline in new-student enrollment since the recession began.