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March 3
Indiana Roof Ballroom
Celebrations of the Jewish holiday Purim usually involve loud booing of the central villain, Haman, in the Biblical story of Queen Esther. But the queen of the JCC’s Purim Ball is likely to get a very different reaction. That’s because the queen in question will be Joan Rivers, and this gala benefit includes a stand-up performance as well as the opportunity (at higher price levels) to attend a dessert reception with the star herself. Details here.
Through March 24
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Showcase roles for a small cast of four. A single set. Issues that anyone with kids can relate to (two sets of parents try to civilly address a schoolyard fight between their children). Great New York reviews. A stack of awards. It stands to reason that Yasmina Roza’s “God of Carnage” is the hottest show in regional theaters right now. Roman Polanski’s film version (title shortened to “Carnage”) came and went without much of a blip, which may be a blessing, since audiences can come to the show with a sense of what-will-happen-next excitement. Constance Macy (see IBJ’s “Clutch Hitters” story and video here), Tim Grimm, Ryan Artzberger and Shannon Holt star. Details here.
HHGregg has collected a $40 million payout from a life insurance policy it took out on former executive chairman Jerry W. Throgmartin, who died in January after a sudden illness.
Bright Automotive Inc., an Anderson company that once hoped to become a major hybrid-vehicle player with hundreds of employees in central Indiana, has called it quits after failing to land a $450 million government loan.
Stephen A. Stitle will leave the bank to come aboard the law firm as a partner on May 1. Stitle has spent a combined 17 years at PNC and National City Bank, which PNC purchased in 2008.
Lincoln Apartments is set to be built on the city’s west side, near the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. The project will be financed with $11 million in rental housing tax credits.
The Indiana Senate has approved a severely weakened smoking ban with exemptions for bars, casinos, tobacco stores and many other businesses.
Vop Osili, a Democrat who lost the 2010 secretary of state's race by 300,000 votes, says he still wants the job.
The Indiana House on Tuesday approved a 10-year phase-out of the state's inheritance tax that now brings in about $160 million a year.
A Colorado-based solar module maker that hoped to create up to 1,200 jobs in Indiana by next year said Tuesday that it was laying off about 180 workers in Colorado as the company focuses on a more efficient product.
Bars would be exempt from a proposed statewide smoking ban under a change approved by the Indiana Senate.
After five years, members of the Johnson County Council will need to decide whether to keep the wheel tax in place. The fee has collected more than $13.8 million total for local governments.
Citizens Energy Group says savings from combining the city’s water and sewer utilities will be 13 percent higher than expected and come two years sooner than previously predicted.
A union seeking to block Indiana's new right-to-work law is asking a federal judge to issue an emergency temporary restraining order to keep the state from enforcing the law.
Urbana, Ill.-based Flex-N-Gate Corp. plans to add positions by the end of the year as part of a $5.1 million expansion at its plant 75 miles west of Indianapolis.
Ryan Kitchell, 38, replaces Marvin Pember, who left in July to take an executive position with Philadelphia-based hospital system Universal Health Services Inc.
Two road projects set to begin soon on Allisonville Road are expected to relieve congestion eventually, but transportation officials expect gridlock for north-side Indianapolis drivers before there is relief. The construction will start in April when crews begin expanding the intersection at Allisonville and 96th Street. Lane reductions at the intersection will last until late November. After Memorial Day, crews will close the Allisonville Road bridge over Interstate 465 for a $19 million, four-month reconstruction and expansion project.
Police say a Johnson County woman who called 911 and told a dispatcher that her 3-year-old son was dead tried to attack officers with an axe after they found the boy's body in her apartment. Officers responding to the call Monday about 9:30 p.m. broke into Amanda Smith's Trafalgar apartment. After the boy’s body was taken away by paramedics, Smith jumped out of a closet and began swinging an axe at the officers. Smith, 33, eventually surrendered and was taken into custody.
Businesses slashed spending on machinery and equipment in January after a tax break expired, pushing orders for long-lasting manufacturing goods down by the largest amount in three years.
