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Pick your (bug) poison

Now scientists are finding genetically modified insect killer in Indiana water.

Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra

Oct. 1
Basile Theater, Indiana History Center

I am, I’ll admit, irrational in my love for Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville Summer of 1915.” With text taken from James Agee’s book “A Death in the Family” (one of the handful that I reread every few years), it sets to music the author’s haunting meditation on mortality, as his narrator recalls idle moments with his family on a summer evening—tempered with the knowledge that all of it, some day, will pass. “By some chance, here they are, all on this earth;” writes Agee, “and who shall ever tell the sorrow of being on this earth, lying, on quilts, on the grass in a summer evening, among the sounds of the night.”

Pianist Grace Fong joins the ICO for a concert, which also includes Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A Minor (the Scottish symphony). Details here.

“Holes”

Through Nov. 6
Indiana Repertory Theatre

Those buses you see during the day outside the Indiana Repertory Theatre are from the dozens of schools that are making part of their curriculum a trip to the state’s largest regional theater.

And while exposing kids to the art of theater is a wonderful thing to do, I wouldn’t be writing about the IRT’s latest show, “Holes,” unless I thought the show would offer pleasures for grown-ups as well. I’m optimistic that’s the case because the Louis Sachar book is a treat, because the movie adaptation was wonderful, and because Sachar himself wrote the script for the theater version, which has been performed at regional theaters around the country.

Haven’t read or seen it? “Holes” concerns the secrets that are unearthed when an innocent kid is sent to an unusual desert correctional facility. Grown-up cast members include Constance Macy and Ben Tebbe (both last seen at Indy Fringe in ShadowApe’s “Not a Peep”). Details here.
 

IBJ’s “A Night with the Arts”

Sept. 30
International School of Indiana   

What’s it like working with one of the legends of contemporary dance—then taking over your own troupe? What does it feel like to be the only actor on stage for an hour-and-a-half play? What’s coming up in the 2010/2011 A&E season that you really need to put on your cultural radar?

Those are just some of the questions that will be answered at this free, open-to-the-public event. Lou Harry, IBJ arts & entertainment editor (that’s me), will discuss the season, interview David Hochoy of Dance Kaleidoscope and Milicent Wright of the Indiana Repertory Theatre, present performances by Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Principal Contrabassist Ju-Fang Liu and cast members of Actors Theatre of Indiana’s “A Year With Frog and Toad,” and lead audience participation games.

The prizes? Packages from the ISO, Indianapolis Opera, Encore Vocal Arts, Indianapolis Art Center, Actors Theatre of Indiana, Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Storytelling Arts of Indiana, Dance Kaleidoscope, Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Indiana History Center, Indianapolis Children’s Choir, Cabaret at the Columbia Club, the Phoenix Theatre and more.

And did I mention that food and drink will be provided?

For details, click here.
 

Indiana University aims to raise $5B in a decade

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie says the university is in "constant campaign mode," and private philanthropy is vital for enhancing student financial aid, endowed faculty chairs, specialized buildings and academic initiatives.

Purdue hosts winemaking, grape-growing workshop

An Oct. 13 workshop will offer tours of Purdue University's vineyard at Meigs Farm during which participants will learn the basics of juice and wine quality control. The workshop is run by the school's Wine Grape Action Team, a group that aims to help Indiana vintners and wine grape growers.

Rehab hospital shakes up leadership

The CEO is on his way out and the board has been dissolved at Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, as its owners—Clarian Health and St. Vincent Health—work to pull the hospital closer to their own operations.

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Clarian Health named Dr. Philip Dulberger CEO and chief medical officer of its Clarian Saxony Medical Center, which is under construction in Fishers. Dulberger, an anesthesiologist, was hired by Clarian in 2006 to lead the development of the new hospital.

BioCrossroads has elected Darren Carroll, vice president of new ventures at Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., to the organization’s board of directors. Carroll oversees Lilly’s venture capital investments in the U.S. and Asia. He has previously chaired investment advisory committees for investment funds operated by BioCrossroads, an Indianapolis-based life sciences development group.

Eli Lilly and Co. named Jeffrey Winton its vice president of communications. Beginning Oct. 11, he will report to Bart Peterson, Lilly’s senior vice president of corporate affairs and communications. Winton has worked in communications roles for a variety of pharmaceutical firms, including Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Schering-Plough, Pharmacia, Hoffmann-La Roche and American Cyanamid.

Jessica Jochim, a physician assistant, has joined St. Francis Medical Group Vascular Surgeons. She did her medical training at Butler University.

Company news

Indianapolis-based Adult and Child Center won $2 million from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to improve access to primary care for Americans with serious mental illnesses. Such patients die, on average, 25 years earlier than those without such conditions, according to a 2006 report by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. During the four-year project, Adult and Child will have a primary-care physician and nurse care coordinator available to patients at its mental health center. The medical staff will try to address patients with mental illnesses who also suffer from chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

A $1.9 million federal stimulus grant will enable the Indiana University School of Medicine's department of family medicine to add two residents a year in the Lafayette area. IU’s family medicine residency program currently accepts 10 doctors annually for post-med-school training as family physicians. The grant will enable the program to add two residency slots in collaboration with Clarian Arnett Health, St. Elizabeth Regional Health and Riggs Community Health Center in Lafayette. IU med school officials hope graduates of the residency program will set up medical practices in and around Lafayette, which like much of Indiana has a shortage of primary-care physicians. The expansion of the residency program will be effective in July 2011.

Lilly Endowment Inc. gave $4 million to Indiana University to help address ethical, legal and social issues involved in the growing sharing and study of health information. IU will create the Center for Law, Ethics and Applied Research in Health Information (CLEAR Health Information). The center also will partner with government, industry and not-for-profit groups in an effort to increase reliability and trust in the use of health information.

Columbus Regional Hospital is suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to recover $17.1 million in federal funds the hospital claims it is owed due to damages caused by a massive flood. The June 2008 flood, designated a federal disaster, caused $167 million in damages and business-income losses to the hospital, which did not fully reopen until nearly five months later. The suit, filed Sept. 15 in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, accuses FEMA of violating federal regulations, negligence and misrepresentation for failing to pay the full amount the hospital says it is owed. The flooding from nearby Haw Creek filled the hospital’s basement to the 12-foot ceiling and partially submerged the first floor. Key medical equipment destroyed by the flood included radiology scanners, radiography and fluoroscopy systems, ultrasounds, cardiac-catherization labs, biopsy tables and biochemical analyzers.

Rules mostly falling WellPoint’s way

Health insurers won fairly broad leeway under key rules suggested by state insurance commissioners that will govern what kinds of expenses count toward meeting a new federal threshold to spend at least 80 percent of premiums dollars on medical care.

Man dies after being shot in face

A 20-year-old Indianapolis man was shot to death just after 10 p.m. Monday near East 37th Street and Sherman Drive. The victim and a friend were walking along Sherman Drive when a vehicle, described as a silver 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis or Ford Crown Victoria carrying three black men, drove past them and then returned moments later. A thin male with dreadlocks exited the rear of the vehicle and fired shots, hitting the victim in the face. He died at Wishard Hospital about a half-hour later.

Motel robbery suspect captured

The Country Inn & Suites at 4325 Southport Crossing Way in Indianapolis was robbed about 6:45 Tuesday morning. A man accused of the crime was caught a short time later  following a police chase on the south side. The chase ended after the suspect ran into a utility pole at Moreland Avenue and Minnesota Street. Police believe the suspect could be connected to other robberies.

Armed robber hits Lawrence Wal-Mart

Lawrence police are investigating the overnight armed robbery of a Wal-Mart. Police said a heavy-set white man armed with a gun robbed the store on Pendleton Pike near Sunnyside Road about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday. The man forced two cashiers to empty their registers, an employee said. The suspect escaped in a dark blue Ford Taurus. Police are reviewing surveillance video. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.