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Dec. 17
Garfield Park Arts Center
Here’s one even die-hard “Carol” fans might not have seen. As part of its Vintage Movie Night series, Garfield Park Arts Center presents the 1958 TV version of Dickens’ classic, starring Fredric March and Basil Rathbone, with music by Bernard Herrmann. Shorts before the less-than-an-hour main event round out the evening. Details here.
Dec. 16-18
Pike Performing Arts Center
“Nutcrackers” and “Christmas Carols” are all well and good, but for me, the holiday season isn’t complete without a visit with Frog and his friend Toad. Rather than a few days of good will, they celebrate the entire calendar in this charming musical that’s become an anchor in the Actors Theatre of Indiana season. Rather than take it with the rest of ATI’s shows up to its new home at the Center for the Performing Arts, “A Year with Frog and Toad” stays at its old Pike pad for this weekend. Details here.
Dec. 17
The Vogue
This one should be worth the price of admission if for no other reason than it’s a chance to hear the dynamically musical duo and their big-band backup performing their extended version of “Jingle Bells/Batman Smells.” Last year, in another venue, the Leisure Kings’ holiday show included a medley of Christmas songs set to “Bohemian Rhapsody” and a Sammy Davis Jr.-style twist called “The Savior Man,” which should give you some idea of whom you should and shouldn’t bring with you to this year’s edition. Details here.
Indiana’s Small Business Development Center network soon will have a new leader. Jeff Heinzmann, state director since 2007, resigned effective Dec. 1.
Charter Schools USA, the Florida-based company tapped by the state government to turn around Howe and Manual high schools in Indianapolis, also wants to launch two charter elementary schools to help feed students into those schools.
Republican members of the State Budget Committee have rejected Democrats' request for an independent audit of the Indiana Department of Revenue for misplacing $320 million.
Indiana Senate Democrats, who hold just 13 of the chamber’s 50 seats, released their 2012 legislative agenda, which will push for work-share legislation as well as consumer and job protections when the General Assembly reconvenes in January.
Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. is giving another big gift to help fund the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, which prepares career changers and college graduates to teach math, science, engineering and technology in rural and urban schools.
An Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association study shows the amount of tourism dollars last year increased by $120 million from 2009. The city also attracted more visitors in 2010.
The honorees include business leaders, former U.S. presidents, famous novelists, a Shawnee chief and a feminist pioneer.
Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc. said Tuesday it is in the middle of a contract dispute with WellPoint Inc., one of the biggest health insurers in the United States.
If we must have a jukebox musical every season, let them all be this fun, professional, and tuneful.
Under the threat of losing thousands of jobs to other states, Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday approved a tax-relief package meant to keep Sears and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from leaving. The state’s governor is expected to sign it.
The City-County Council's Rules and Public Policy Committee voted 6-2 Tuesday night against sending a tough smoking-ban proposal to a full council.
Prosecutors accused Hauke of losing millions on Michigan real estate investments, then hiding those losses from clients.
The controversial project is a $15 million, three-story garage that the city of Indianapolis will subsidize with $6.3 million in parking meter revenue. The project also features a retail component, which neighbors say will lead to increased traffic.
Atlanta firm says IPL underground system "well designed and regularly maintained" but may need upgrades to avoid more explosions.
Cumberland police worked late into the night Monday looking for evidence at the scene of a double homicide. The bodies of 7-year-old Kyleigh Crane and her 21-year-old uncle, Jeremy Crane, were found about 3 p.m. Monday inside a home in the small town just east of Indianapolis. Police believe they died of gunshot wounds and are awaiting autopsy results. Police said the two were last heard from alive about 10 a.m. Monday, when a relative talked to them by phone. The homicides are the first in Cumberland in three years.
An Indianapolis police officer shot and killed a 23-year-old man Monday night, police say, after the suspect opened fire on the officer during a traffic stop. Demetrius Martin of Indianapolis died in the shooting in the parking lot of Carriage House Apartments near 42nd Street and Mitthoeffer Road. Officer Dewey Runnels was shot in the left upper thigh and then fired back, police said. Runnels was hospitalized in good condition. Martin has been involved in at least a dozen previous police reports involving drugs, guns and assaults.
Rolling Stone magazine and rum maker Bacardi say they plan to throw a star-studded party the night before the Super Bowl at a renovated factory called The Crane Bay two blocks west of Lucas Oil Stadium.
