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, […]
The coffee pot was broken at Stellarwind BioEnergy. It was probably just as well, since most of the liquid percolating at its home-in the former Hoosier Orchid Co.-is green and algae-ridden. It’s in water-cooler jugs and 64-ounce Coke bottles backlit by fluorescent tubes, back in the lab. But the main act at Stellarwind is “the […]
At a time when the field of journalism is shedding thousands of jobs, Indiana University’s journalism department is seeing record growth. The growth is so strong, IU officials said the journalism school will have to abandon its home of the last 65 years for a facility twice its size. What appears to be an anomaly […]
This week I’m going to be
your own, personal Pollyanna and try to cheer you up with some good news.
At a time when the field of journalism is shedding thousands of jobs, Indiana University’s journalism department is seeing
record growth.
Stellarwind is believed to be the first algae-oil company in Indiana and among dozens of others around the country at the
forefront of what’s being called the third wave of biofuels production.
Brace yourself, because things in this legislative session are destined to get messy: the politics, the process, the personalities,
the context, and the issues and their substance, all at once.
Local merchandiser MainGate Inc. inked its fourth deal with an NFL team in less than a year.
This week, the IMA celebrates design, the IRT attempts a rewritten French farce, and the Phoenix puts its stamp on “Mauritius.”
The expected closure of two area automotive supply plants in May will result in the loss of more than 200 jobs. Sumco Inc. notified the state Friday that it would close its metal-plating operation in Indianapolis on Girls School Road on May 12, if a buyer for the plant cannot be found. The closure would […]
Former PGA of America Rules Committee Chairman, Don Essig III, is among the eight-member 2009 class of inductees in the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame. Essig is the PGA Director of Golf at South Grove Golf Course in Indianapolis…
Cameras are set to roll downtown next month when a local production company begins filming its first motion picture. Adrenaline Motion Pictures LLC wrote and financed the independent feature film “Amanda.” Production is expected to begin April 13 and last about four months. Steve Marra, an Indianapolis native who founded the company in 2005, said […]
After two mega-mergers last week among pharma companies, the buzz grew deafening with speculation about future mergers, including the possibility of Eli Lilly and Co. linking up with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Indianapolis-based Lilly has steadfastly said it’s not interested in big mergers. But even if Lilly wanted to merge, does it have the capital to […]
Since I first started writing about arts in Indianapolis in the mid-90s, I’ve been baffled as to why the American Cabaret Theatre offered so little traditional cabaret.
The format of cabaret is fairly simple: A singer and an accompanist (sometimes a…
Banks prefer not to talk about it. But during the last three years, 97 Marion County branches have been robbed. That’s more than one in three. And a few unlucky institutions have been robbed repeatedly. “One of the things we know, if you think about crime in general, it’s not random,” said Terry Baumer, director […]
Once upon a time, Pan Am Plaza was one of the most vibrant gathering spaces in our city. No longer. Awaiting the redevelopment that depends on an economic recovery, it is virtually empty, its bricks and concrete crumbling. Unabated winds blowing through it carry with them the whisper of past glories, when anything in our […]
When was the last time you took your child or teen-ager to hear classical music, or see a contemporary dance performance a
la Dance Kaleidoscope? When was the last time you went to see a play?
Indianapolis’ hard-earned title of amateur sports capital seems to be peeling away like the paint on some of the city’s sports
venues.
Crime is not random, according to public safety experts, and bank security strategies focus primarily on deterrence.
