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Our state is in a challenging time, with unemployment hovering above 8 percent and many Hoosiers hopeful that better days are on the horizon. The Indiana Senate Democrats’ 2013 legislative proposals and budget priorities will reflect the principles of rebuilding our economy, schools and local communities.
Green BEAN Delivery’s roots may be in central Indiana, but the homegrown firm also is planting itself in Cincinnati—literally.
KAR Auction Services Inc. stock took its biggest daily drop in more than three months Tuesday after Reuters reported the provider of wholesale vehicle auction services ended talks to sell itself to private-equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC.
Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma is picking a new Ways and Means chairman with an eye on dealing with health care costs in the coming years.
The Indiana State Museum celebrates the Indiana icon. And you could go for free.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra provides the live soundtrack for a screening of “West Side Story” Nov. 16-17. Details here. Kenny G performs with the band for a special Tuesday night show Nov. 20. Details here.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art presents “Something is,” a solo exhibition by Indy-based artist Lauren Zoll, Nov. 16 to April 4. Details here.
Matt Bell, an author and book reviewer whose work has appeared in both “Best American Mystery Stories” and “Best American Fantasy” anthologies, speaks at UIndy, Hall A, Nov. 15. Details here.
The Heartland Film Festival screens award-winning short films to close out the Ann Katz Festival of Books at the JCC Nov. 17. Details here.
Nov. 16
Cabaret at the Columbia Club
On her way to the Broadway production of “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” the Tony winner for “The Light in the Piazza” pays a visit to the Cabaret. Details here.
Nov. 16
Multiple Fountain Square locations
This year, the annual multi-stage music bash benefit for Second Helpings features the music of U2, the Kinks and Stevie Wonder played by a who’s who of Indianapolis-area musicians. Details here.
A new report on Indiana's local income taxes urges state legislators to simplify a system that has seven types of taxes and a two-year lag before the money collected by the state is distributed to local governments.
Nov. 15
MadameWalker Theatre Center
Mary Wilson, former member of The Supremes, stars in this tribute to Lena Horne, which is narrated by Horne’s biographer, James Gavin. Details here.
Nov. 15-17
Palladium
The Heartland Film Festival teams with the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative for a series of cinematic celebrations of song. It kicks off grandly with three days of screenings. Thursday features “White Christmas.” Friday, it’s “The Sound of Music” in the afternoon and, in the evening, Feinstein introducing “An American in Paris.” Saturday brings “The Wizard of Oz.” If those titles feel overtly familiar, stay tuned for “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “Kiss Me, Kate” (among others) coming soon. Details here.
Michael Feinstein is giving the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel a $1 million donation for the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative.
A resident and an Indianapolis firefighter suffered minor injuries in a house fire Tuesday morning on the southeast side. The blaze began about 5 a.m. in the 2300 block of East Beecher Street, near East Raymond Street and South Keystone Avenue, when a 32-year-old man left a stove unattended. He suffered burns to his right hand and some smoke inhalation. The injured firefighter fell through the floor and twisted his knee.
One man was shot to death and another injured late Monday night in the Krazy Street Grille on the south side of Indianapolis. Police say numerous shots were fired during a fight about 11 p.m. at the nightclub in the 400 block of East Thompson Road. The man who was killed suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The other victim was in fair condition and being detained at Wishard Hospital pending an investigation.
A Tuesday morning fire forced the evacuation of a smoke-filled Target store in suburban Indianapolis. The Fishers Fire Department said the blaze began in a rear storage room of the store near Interstate 69 and 116th Street and was put out when a fire sprinkler activated. No injuries were reported. The store was closed while health department inspectors checked out the grocery department.
The opening of the Interstate 69 extension's first section in southwestern Indiana next week presents economic opportunities that some business and government leaders say the area must seize.
Troy, Mich.-based Meritor Inc., a global supplier of commercial truck parts, said it will consolidate North American remanufacturing operations by moving production from Ontario, Canada, to its facility in Hendricks County.
A new study says the state’s 69 public airports support more than 69,000 jobs–about 30 percent of which are tied to Indianapolis International Airport.
I’m hitting the road to see a new Broadway-bound musical and a hit drama. Care to join me?
A $200,000 gift from the Dr. Laura Hare Charitable Trust will help the Central Indiana Land Trust acquire 109 forested acres in southwest Johnson County.
