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Four-term Carmel Mayor James Brainard has to be on a publicity-induced high. Keystone Parkway recently got a design award from a national transit engineering firm. Better still, Money named Carmel first on its list of America’s best small cities.
CoatChex founder Derek Pacqué is gearing up for a Friday product launch party that coincides with his appearance on the ABC television show “Shark Tank,” where he pitched his idea to potential investors including serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban.
Annual premiums for job-based family health insurance went up just 4 percent on average this year, but that's no comfort with the price tag approaching $16,000 and rising more than twice as fast as wages.
Builders in the nine-county Indianapolis area filed 408 construction permits in August, a 15-percent increase from the same month a year earlier, according to the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis.
Comic Mike Birbiglia participates in a post-show Q&A and pre-show intro to his film "Sleepwalk with Me," Sept. 14, at Keystone Art Cinema. Details here.
Actor Tim Hardy, artist-in-residence at IUPUI, performs “The Ancient Mariner,” a dramatic song cycle, Sept. 14 at the Columbia Club. Details here.
The Indiana Repertory Theatre opens a pair of one-person plays in its Going Solo series this week. “The Night Watcher,” Sept. 18-Oct. 14, showcases Millicent Wright; “The Syringa Tree,” Sept. 19-Oct. 13, features Jen Johansen. Details here.
Jordan College of the Arts offers a free Showcase Concert featuring the Butler Wind Ensemble, the Butler University Chorale, and other campus groups, Sept. 16 at Clowes Hall. Details here.
Rush plays Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Sept. 13. Details here.
Jason Mraz plays Klipsch Music Center, Sept. 14. Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan follow on Sept. 15. Details here and here.
Tim Grimm, Jan Lucas, Jason Wilbur and more are featured at Hoosier Beatles, Sept. 14 at the Commons, Columbus. Details here.
Sept. 13-29
Big Car Service Center
How do we find something truthful in a world where everything seems to be at our fingertips? That’s what No Exit Performance hopes to explore in its production of Patrick Marber’s four-character drama (which may be familiar to some because of its 2004 film version featuring Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts). Details here.
Sept. 15-16
Opti-Park
Stanley Clarke and George Duke headline the Saturday show. Brian Culbertson does the same on Sunday. But come early for the bands and performers you might not know—that’s a big part of the pleasure of music festivals. Some fast fest facts that might be helpful: Children under 12 are free. There’s a free shuttle from Glendale center. Umbrellas aren’t allowed (you wouldn’t want to annoy those behind you, would you?). And the food vendors are cash only. Details here.
Sept. 19
Butler University
Want a sampler of what’s in store this season? This free event features performances, on-stage interviews, prize giveaways and more. I’ll be hosting, with featured entertainment from the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Storytelling Arts, the Heartland Film Festival, the Cabaret at the Columbia Club, and much more. A gathering afterward offers a chance to meet representatives from Indy performing arts groups. Reserve seats by sending a note to [email protected] with IBJ A&E Season Preview in the subject line. Details here.
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis said visitors have chosen G.I. Joe as their favorite toy from the last century. More than 24,000 votes were registered over eight weeks of voting. Transformers finished second in the voting and Lego placed third. Barbie was fourth and View-Master was fifth. Other notables included Cabbage Patch Kids (seventh), Crayons (eighth), Play-Doh (ninth), Spirograph (12th), Hot Wheels (15th) and Silly Putty (19th).
Downtown Indianapolis traffic suffered major backups Tuesday morning after an accident on eastbound Interstate 70 near the Interstate 65 north split. A semi-tractor overturned about 9 a.m. No injuries were reported, but cleanup could take hours.
Police believe a dead man found Tuesday morning in the front yard of a home on the east side of Indianapolis died of gunshots. Police received a tip about the body and arrived at the scene in the 3900 block of East 31st Street about 7 a.m. Police are interviewing neighbors to see if there are any witnesses.
The leader of Purdue University's faculty senate has encouraged professors to cooperate with Gov. Mitch Daniels has he prepares to take over as the school's president in January.
A coalition of vegetable growers and food producers led by Indiana-based Red Gold Inc. will ease off their opposition to a new herbicide developed by Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC.
The Spokane City Council voted 6-0 Monday night to approve Frank Straub as the city's director of law enforcement.
The 2.1-mile street course will have considerable elevation changes and run past Brown University and the state capitol building. But can such an ambitious endeavor be profitable?
A Marion County judge has denied a legal challenge by the Indianapolis Airport Authority that would prevent a Cincinnati-based developer from opening a competing parking lot near the airport.
The once high-flying Fundex is seeking to reorganize under the protection of bankruptcy as the lawsuits against the Plainfield-based company continue to pile up. Fundex lists assets of nearly $1.5 million and liabilities of $8.9 million.
Intat, a subsidiary of Japan-based Aisin Takaoka Co. Ltd., makes metal casting pieces for use in auto manufacturing. It employs about 230 people in Rushville, about 40 miles southeast of Indianapolis.
Faeza Alloyers USA, a metal alloys manufacturer and fabricator, said it will invest nearly $7.6 million to construct and equip a 36,000-square-foot facility in Shelbyville, its first in the United States for the Mexico-based company.
Kenneth Feinberg, the architect of compensation for victims of last year's Indiana State Fair tragedy, said officials had limited resources to compensate more than 50 victims and the families of seven who were killed.
