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Teen eyes city council spot

Hart Summier, a 17-year-old high school student, has formed an exploratory committee to run for Greenfield’s city council. Hart admits many residents in the Hancock County city might be skeptical about a teen who’s more concerned about property taxes than prom dates, but he says he’s serious about running. He’s filed the necessary paperwork to run in the May primary, and he’s investigating whether he can raise enough money to mount a campaign. Summier will be 18 by the election, old enough to serve on the council.

Sexual assault, car fire reported

A west-side Indianapolis woman says she was sexually assaulted outside her apartment complex early this morning by two men who then set her car on fire. The woman, who called police just after 1 a.m., said she was parking her car at the Heather Ridge Apartment complex when two men approached her and demanded money. According to police, the men took the woman behind the complex, assaulted her and then took off in the car. The vehicle was set on fire a block away. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

Advocates renew push for statewide smoking ban

State Reps. Charlie Brown (D-Gary) and Eric Turner (R-Cicero) joined members of the Indiana Campaign for Smokefree Air on Wednesday to announce legislation for a comprehensive ban they plan to introduce next year.

Also this week

The Theater Within presents “Wit,” Sept. 10-15 at Fountain Square’s The Church Within. Details here.

Indianapolis Civic Theatre opens its season with a production of “Annie,” Sept. 10-25. Details here.

Beef & Boards returns to “Camelot,” through Oct. 10. Details here.

Todd Rundgren plays Clowes Hall with opening act The Fixx, Sept. 11. Details here.

Rob Dixon and friends jazz up the final concert in the White River State Park Family Arts Series, Sept. 11 at the Celebration Amphitheater. Details here.

Indiana Wind Symphony presents “PT Barnum at 200 and H.O. Reed at 100,” celebrating the showman and the composer, Sept. 12 at St. Luke’s. Details here.

River North Dance Company takes the stage at Ball State’s Emens Auditorium Sept. 12. Details here.

Billy Bragg performs at the Vogue, Sept. 14. Details here. http://thevogue.com/upcomingshows#billybragg

The main event isn’t until the 18th, but Indy Jazz Fest technically begins this week with Raul Midon, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Simone performing Sept. 13, 14 and 15, respectively, at The Jazz Kitchen. Details here.
 

Cabaret Fest

Sept. 10-17
Cabaret at the Columbia Club

A visitor to town this week might think the Columbia Club on Monument Circle is the town’s busiest music showcase. On Friday and Saturday, a trio of Broadway and cabaret stars will present their “Three Men and a Baby … Grand” tribute to the Rat Pack. They’ll be followed by three nights of music showcases Sept. 13-15 featuring the likes of four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman and Broadway “Mamma Mia” star Karen Mason.

That’s not all. On the 14th, you can also see Karen Kohler’s interactive “History of Cabaret” show (which includes a dessert reception), catch hot jazz artist Jane Monheit on the 16th, and keep things going to the 17th for an evening of European cabaret and American pop with Kohler.

Why the musical convergence? Many of the acts are in town for the Midwest Arts Conference. Details on the open-to-the-public shows here.
 

“Evening with the Stars”

Sept. 11
Murat Theatre

This time last year, I had no idea what to expect from the Indianapolis City Ballet’s first gala performance featuring stars from ballet companies from around the world.

A year later, having experienced last year’s magnificent talent showcase, I do have an idea what to expect—and I can’t wait for the sequel. The lineup this time includes dancers from the American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Berlin Ballet and more, with a return appearance by Miquel Quinones, who will once again offer David Parsons’ “Caught” (which still gives me chills just thinking about it). Details here.

Penrod Art Fair

Sept. 11
Murat Theatre

This time last year, I had no idea what to expect from the Indianapolis City Ballet’s first gala performance featuring stars from ballet companies from around the world.

A year later, having experienced last year’s magnificent talent showcase, I do have an idea what to expect—and I can’t wait for the sequel. The lineup this time includes dancers from the American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Berlin Ballet and more, with a return appearance by Miquel Quinones, who will once again offer David Parsons’ “Caught” (which still gives me chills just thinking about it). Details here.
 

“Evening with the Stars”

Sept. 11
Murat Theatre

This time last year, I had no idea what to expect from the Indianapolis City Ballet’s first gala performance featuring stars from ballet companies from around the world.

A year later, having experienced last year’s magnificent talent showcase, I do have an idea what to expect—and I can’t wait for the sequel. The lineup this time includes dancers from the American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Berlin Ballet and more, with a return appearance by Miquel Quinones, who will once again offer David Parsons’ “Caught” (which still gives me chills just thinking about it). Details here.
 

Penrod Art Fair

Sept. 11
Indianapolis Museum of Art

It is entirely possible—although not recommended—to experience the Penrod Art Fair without actually visiting the artists’ booths. That’s because there will be live entertainment on six stages, including appearances by Dance Kaleidoscope, the Tad Robinson Band, the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, the Indianapolis Men’s and Women’s Choruses, Stacie Sandoval and her Tropical Jazztet, Cynthia Lane, Steve Allee & Friends, and New Shining Star offering an Earth Wind and Fire tribute.

Oh, and make sure to stop by the IBJ booth to say hello. I’ll be the guy handing out copies of IBJ’s Arts & Entertainment Season Preview (while supplies last, of course). Details here.
 

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

Sept. 10-26
Various locations

There’s a whole new crop of insanely talented violinists coming to town from Russia, Armenia, China, Germany, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Sweden, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, and elsewhere in the United States. But the eighth quadrennial event also includes something new after they’ve all performed. At the finals, while the judges are deliberating, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s Zach De Pue will “blind” test both a contemporary violin and its old-school equivalent to see if audiences can actually tell the difference—and which they prefer. Sounds interesting. Details here.

 

Local developer planning Indiana wind farm

Carmel-based Performance Services Inc. plans a 25-turbine wind farm in a rural area north of Lafayette, across about 2,500 acres in northern Tippecanoe County.

Symphony on the Prairie sets attendance record

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s popular outdoor concert series set an attendance record this summer, surpassing the 100,000-mark for just the third time since 1982.

Company news

After a string a bad luck, Eli Lilly and Co. finally won a court ruling in a patent case. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington stood behind a lower-court ruling that blocks plans by Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to sell a generic version of the Evista osteoporosis treatment before March 2014. The court also said the judge was correct to invalidate two other patents that expire in 2017. The ruling protects a drug that generated $682.2 million in U.S. sales last year for Lilly. Last month, Lilly lost an appeal over the patent on its cancer medicine Gemzar and lost an initial ruling over the patent on its attention-deficit treatment Strattera.

Indianapolis-based SonarMed Inc., which makes respiratory monitoring technologies for hospital patients, has raised $1 million from angel investors. The money should allow SonarMed to launch its Airway Monitoring System, which won clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April. Participants in the Series A funding round included StepStone Angel Investors, Spring Mill Venture Partners and BioCrossroads, all headquartered in Indianapolis, along with Chicago-based Hyde Park Angels and Cincinnati-based Queen City Angels.

Clarian Health is expected to create nearly 1,200 jobs when it builds a neurosciences center and administrative building just south of Methodist Hospital. Clarian is partnering with Shiel Sexton Co. Inc. on the roughly $200 million project, in which the hospital system would lease space in the buildings. The 1,187 jobs Clarian expects to create would boast an average annual salary of nearly $47,000. Clarian plans to start construction in November on the 247,000-square-foot, $120 million neurosciences center, with a completion date of April 2012. Meanwhile, work on the 280,000-square-foot, $87 million administration building is scheduled to start in April and would be finished in May 2013.

Angie’s List has partnered with Tennessee-based Healthcare Blue Book to give consumers price information before they receive medical care. The Indianapolis-based consumer review and rating service started making the price information available to members on its website Wednesday. The same information already is available directly from Healthcare Blue Book, a website launched last year that provides the average price health care providers charge for services ranging from ordinary pediatrician visits to complicated surgeries to expensive diagnostic imaging tests. Healthcare Blue Book encourages consumers to negotiate upfront with health care providers, even generating a contract for them to sign agreeing to the fair price Healthcare Blue Book’s database finds for the doctor’s local area. Angie’s List has been making available consumer-generated reports and ratings on health care providers since the spring of 2008.

People

Dr. Elliot Androphy has been named chairman of the department of dermatology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Androphy joins IU from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was vice chairman for research.

Dr. Mark H. Belfer has joined St. Vincent Physician Network as chief medical officer. Prior to joining St. Vincent, Belfer was president and chief medical officer for Akron General Partners Physicians Group in Ohio.

Indianapolis-based SynCare LLC, a disease-management company serving Medicaid plans, named Ryan D. Chizum vice president of compliance and quality.

Five physicians joined Indianapolis-based Northwest Radiology Network: Dr. Michael S. Conley, medical director for Saint John’s Health System in Anderson; Dr. Joseph George, director of medical imaging at St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana; Dr. Eric Retrum, Dr. Kurt Returm and Dr. Sara Shull.