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You-review-it Monday

May 17, 2009

The Broad Ripple Art Fair couldn’t ask for a nicer Sunday. But that annual event is far from the only event happening this past weekend. I also caught the ISO and Indianapolis Opera joining forces on Wagner at Clowes Hall,…

Peterson has passion for health care and new Lilly position

June 29, 2009

A new communications post at Eli Lilly gives former mayor Bart Peterson an opportunity to meld his experiences in the public
and private sectors.

Civic to add concert musicals

July 7, 2009

In addition to its slate of plays and musicals, Indianapolis Civic Theatre will be adding a pair of concerts to the upcoming season.

Currently being considered are concert versions of “Hair,” and “Rent.” Tickets will be $24 with performances Oct. 2-4 and…

IU professor wins Nobel economics prize

October 12, 2009

IU professor Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel economics prize on Monday for her analyses of economic governance, becoming the first woman to win the prize since it was founded in 1968.

KATTERJOHN: Health care issues decades old

November 19, 2009

The unsustainable
system of health care that we now find ourselves participating in has been decades in the making. What makes us think we can
fix it—really fix it—overnight?

Plant would pipe carbon dioxide to oil rigs

November 26, 2009

Carbon dioxide produced by a proposed coal gasification plant near the southern Indiana town of Rockport would be used to
help boost oil production in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan by the company leading the project.

City’s once-thriving stand-up comedy scene fades

January 7, 2010

Crackers’ Broad Ripple and downtown locations are the only remaining comedy clubs in Indianapolis.

Federal high-speed rail grants exclude big Indiana proposal

January 28, 2010

A proposed high-speed commuter rail line that would run through northern Indiana was left out of federal stimulus
grants announced this week.

St. Vincent to buy Care Group, city’s largest cardiology practice

January 28, 2010

St. Vincent Health is near an agreement to take over The Care Group LLC, the city’s largest independent physician practice
and largest cardiology group in the nation.

Will 2012 chassis breath new life into IndyCar?

February 16, 2010

Bold new designs for an open-wheel chassis in 2012 are getting lots of attention from racing insiders. But without better
driver recruitment and marketing, it won’t be enough to save the sport.

NCAA tournament committee focused on 65, not 96

March 11, 2010

The NCAA is discussing whether to expand the 65-team men’s basketball tournament, a topic with no shortage of controversy
and opinions.

HICKS: Taxation not top factor in attracting business

March 18, 2010

Businesses care about taxes to be sure, but the availability of a pool of well-trained workers is at the forefront of most business-location decisions.

LOU’S VIEWS: Historical Society casts the past to bring photos to life

March 25, 2010

This week, the “Indiana Experience” at the Indiana History Center (with a video
tour through Indiana's past), plus theatrical experiences at Humana Fest in Louisville.

Jeppe Hein

May 5, 2010

May 7-Sept. 5
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Visitors to the IMA will be spending time sitting on the work of Jeppe Hein when his “Bench Around
the Lake” debuts as part of the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park in June. Things will be more kinetic, though,
when his “Distance” appears in the Forefront Gallery on Friday. The roller-coaster-like creation is activated
by sensors that, with each visitor to the gallery, set a ball in motion over a 1,000-foot track that includes loops and twists.
The track even goes through walls. Details here.
For a sneak peek at the bench/sculpture, click here.

Momentum builds to delay Social Security

July 16, 2010

Politicians are beginning to tepidly make the case to head off disaster.

LOU’S VIEWS: Record-breaking artist offers the vinyl word on music stars

July 22, 2010

Seen from a distance, Lobyn Hamilton’s work might seem like something you’d find in a music shop—simple,
faithful re-creations of familiar portraits of the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan. Get a little closer, though, and the
medium becomes part of the message.

Popular toning shoes give big boost to The Finish Line

August 19, 2010

Despite controversy over whether they live up to their hype, so-called toning shoes—a category created from thin air
just a few years ago—are flying off store shelves nationwide and are on pace to ring up almost $1 billion in revenue
this year.

Indiana leads charge on electric cars

September 16, 2010

In Indianapolis, it looks like the electric car is much closer to rounding the corner, with Energy Systems Network’s recent announcement that the partnership is launching a pilot project that will, it seems, make electric commutes a reality here and eventually across the United States.

SKARBECK: Expect more battles over public pensions