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Right now, Americans are deeply involved in one of our periodic debates about government spending and the budget deficit. Important as that is, I am more concerned about our civic deficit—the widespread lack of basic constitutional literacy.
In 2009, 80 percent of Hoosiers worked in the county where they lived, with the other 20 percent going elsewhere to work. Hardly a change from data 10 years earlier.
Recently, the concept of microlending has undergone a bit of a transformation.
Indianapolis has been ignored long enough. It’s time to bring Dillard’s here, and the Circle Centre opening presents a great opportunity.
The tax districts allow the city to capture new property tax payments within specific boundaries and apply those funds to infrastructure upgrades and other incentives designed to lure private investment.
Whenever one of these “scandals” comes along, what I get really steamed about is the collateral damage to the perception of the enterprise of intercollegiate athletics.
Nordstrom occupies a staggering 210,000 square feet spread across three floors—60 percent more space than the Seattle-based chain occupies at the Fashion Mall at Keystone and likely more than any single retailer would be willing to lease.
One analyst even declared that, relative to disposable income, housing is more undervalued than at any time in the last 35 years. So it is an attractive time to buy a house if you plan to be a long-term owner.
The hard truth is that all the jobs lost in the economy that will return already have. So what will become of those who lost jobs to the recession for which none await them now? The prognosis is none too optimistic.
A $150 million project that slammed head-first into the recession is slated for a sheriff's sale later this month.
Funny folks from around the world will be competing in Indy. Be a part of it (and shout out suggestions).
The Monkees—at least, three of them—perform at the Murat Theatre June 26. Details here.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art screens the inconsistent but interesting 1978 film version of “The Wiz,” June 24, as part of its Summer Nights Film Series. Details here.
The tongue-in-cheek lounge music of The Leisure Kings fills The Jazz Kitchen, June 25. Details here.
The IUPUI Jazz Ensemble performs a Concert on the Canal, June 23. Details here.
June 25
Conner Prairie Amphitheatre
I’ll say it once and I won’t say it…oh, who am I kidding? I know I’ll be saying it again. And again. And again.
Just because the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is playing outdoors, just because there are some restless kids playing on the hill, just because an occasional airplane flies overhead, no one has granted you the selfish right to gab all through a Symphony on the Prairie concert.
By all means, pop a cork on a bottle of wine or whisper an occasional sweet nothing into your loved one’s ear, but if, from my blanket, I can hear you discussing baseball scores or primary politics over the woodwinds and strings, maybe you should have just stayed home.
With that out of the way, I’m happy to tell you that the Symphony on the Prairie series starts this week with a one-night-only opener featuring music by Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber and Leonard Bernstein. Details here.
June 25-26
Eiteljorg Museum
Storyteller David R. Boxley, Black Swamp Drum, flute music ensemble Branches Breath, and “tribal funk” band Pamyua entertain the art browsers and shoppers at this summer staple. Not that they need distraction from the dozens of artists bringing their work from around the country. Details here.
June 23-July 9
Ruth N. Halls Theatre, Bloomington
I’m still bummed that Indiana University Theatre will no longer be running the Brown County Playhouse in Nashville. But a nice consolation is the launch of Indiana Festival Theatre, an on-campus program featuring three audience-friendly works. It starts this week with Meredith Wilson’s “The Music Man” and continues into July and August with Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” July 13-30 and Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah Wilderness.” Details here.
Country star Clint Black plays the Palladium June 17. Details here.
Raymond Leppard leads an Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performance of Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.
Orquesta Bravo brings music to Indiana History Center June 16 as part of the Concerts on the Canal series. Details here.
“Brenda Williams: This Is It,” June 17 at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club, features the local diva in a musical celebration of accepting one’s age. Details here.
Tiffinie Bridges offers a new one woman show, “Is That Your Reel Hair?” at IndyFringe Theatre, June 17-18. Details here.
Four new shows open at the Herron School of Art and Design on June 17, including “Selected Works” from the Dorit and Gerald Paul Collection, with works by Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Robert Longo. Details here.
June 22
Palladium
There have been powerful covers (among them Roy Orbison’s “Crying,” Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and the Beatles’ “Golden Slumber.”). There have been country songs, torch songs, pop songs and uplifting songs. There have been duets (most notably with Tony Bennett, coming later this year on his own). And now there’s a chance to see her live in concert at the Palladium. Well, there’s a chance if you go through a ticket broker. The show was sold out a long time ago. Sorry. Details here.
Crackers Broad Ripple
June 16-18
With three or four movie appearances every year, you’d think Kevin Pollak wouldn’t have time to hit the stand-up circuit. But here, once again, comes the comedian whose best-known films are the serious “A Few Good Men,” “The Usual Suspects” and “Casino.”
Take advantage of this chance. When you watch any of his 2011 films (including “The Big Year” with Owen Wilson and Jack Black and “Geezers” with Tim Allen) later this year, you can say, “Hey, I saw him at Crackers.” Details here.
June 18
Indianapolis Museum of Art
This signature day of summer includes a celebration of the first anniversary of the IMA’s 100 Acres park. Events include yoga at dawn in the Park of the Laments, a drum circle, and performances by the Aphasia Dance Company, a company based in Belgium that was formed by Indy native Ted Stoffer. Details on all the solstice events here.
