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The Indiana Pacers made it official Wednesday morning: They are parting ways with basketball operations president Larry Bird and bringing back Donnie Walsh.
If college football truly wants to take all the tarnish off its national championship crown, it’s going to have to scrap the bowl system and construct a playoff that includes all the contenders. And even a few pretenders.
Toby Keith performs June 30 at Klipsch Music Centre. Details here. http://www.ticketmaster.com/Toby-Keith-tickets/artist/762365
Storyteller Deborah Asante is featured June 28 at the weekly Museum Nights on the Canal, offering entertainment from 5:30-6:30 before the Indiana Historical Society’s Concert on the Canal featuring Shannon Forsell. Details here. www.indianahistory.org
The President Benjamin Harrison Home hosts its annual Fourth of July Ice Cream Social. Details here. http://july4icecreamsocial.eventbrite.com
Counting Crows headlines the Outlaw Roadshow Summer Tour July 1 at the Lawn at White River State Park. Details here. http://inwhiteriver.wrsp.in.gov/ATTRACTIONS/Attraction/AttractionID/10
Through July 15
Basile Theatre, Indiana History Center
The Indianapolis Early Music Festival has been around a long time—46 years. But not nearly as long as the tunes it plays, which can go back to the year 900. This year’s festival, already in progress, includes Gut, Wind & Wire and The Catatoustic Consort June 29 (and a free family concert June 30); East of the River July 1; Vittorio Gheilmi and Luca Pianca July 13; and Hesperus, whose July 14 performance accompanies a screening of the Douglas Fairbanks film “Robin Hood.” Details here.
June 29-30
Tarkington Theatre
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre revives its passionate production of the Victor Hugo classic. I suspect some of the crowd will be the same folks who were introduced to this Hancock-choreographed work at the Spotlight benefit back in May, when an excerpt received a sustained ovation. Expect a big cast and equally big emotions. Details here.
July 2-4
Conner Prairie
I won’t bother telling you again that the 1812 Overture historically has nothing to do with Independence Day. Instead, I’ll just warn you again to plan for construction issues along Allisonville Road and to get to Conner Prairie in plenty of time to select a spot, set up your picnic, and enjoy the annual holiday concert by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, led by Alfred Savia. Baritone (and IU grad) Daniel Narducci, who recently sang the Captain Hook role for a new recording of Leonard Bernstein’s “Peter Pan,” is guest vocalist.
Not feeling patriotic this week? Then cross the musical pond (while still at Conner Prairie) June 29-30 for The Music of Queen. Details on both concerts here.
Corn supplies in the United States, the world’s biggest exporter, are declining at the fastest pace since 1996 just as a Midwest heat wave damages the world’s largest harvest for a third consecutive year.
The state of Indiana and former Colts are among the lead investors in Fishers-based software provider CloudOne, the company announced this week.
Fire department officials say up to 1,000 gallons of sulfuric acid leaked from a storage tank at a chemical business near downtown Indianapolis.
Indiana has spent the past year and a half planning for its own health insurance exchange in case the U.S. Supreme Court upholds President Barack Obama's health care law, but the state still could end up being forced into the federal exchange.
Mike Pence said that if elected governor, he’ll issue an executive order against new regulations and ask his budget office to review existing rules to ensure they use the least-costly approach and aren’t burdensome to job-creation efforts.
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical research company is seeking state and local incentives as part of the expansion, which would include a new laboratory, set to be finished in 2016. Covance already employs 565 workers at the site.
A total of 15 people were displaced when eight units of an Indianapolis apartment complex were damaged by fire just before 7 p.m. Monday. Eight other units may have been spared thanks to a firewall at Emerson Village Apartments on the city’s south side. A resident thinks the fire may have started on his deck.
An Indianapolis man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on eastbound Interstate 70 in downtown Indianapolis just after 6 p.m. Monday. Investigators believe Andy Richmond, 29, ran out of gas and was refueling his truck when he was sideswiped by another vehicle. The other vehicle did not stop. Police are seeking witnesses.