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The four-day events in 2014 and 2019 are expected to draw about 7,000 attendees each and fill a total of more than 20,000
room nights, likely ranking among the city’s 25 largest conventions each year.
IndyCar Series boss Randy Bernard and Speedway CEO Jeff Belskus predict the 15-year-old open-wheel series will be financially
self-sustaining by 2011, and churning out growing profits after that.
In the company's latest response to withering criticism of its breast-cancer policies, WellPoint Inc. said it will pay
for any breast cancer patient to stay two days in a hospital after surgery.
American Structurepoint has been tapped by the Department of Public Works as program manager for the city’s “RebuildIndy”
infrastructure-improvement initiative.
Publisher’s Bash, May 28 at Radio Radio, brings together acts from ’80s Indy. Details here.
The Pointer Sisters perform at the 500 Festival Snake Pit Ball, May 29 at the Indiana Roof Ballroom. Details here.
Mario Lopez and Catt Sadler host the Race to the Party Concert, May 29, including a free Monument Circle concert featuring
Camp Freddy (Dave Navarra, Donovan Leitch and others) and a VIP party at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.
ZZ Top performs at a Carb Day concert, May 28, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Details here.
May 28-June 26
Theatre on the Square
Who can argue with success? The longest-running, best-selling show in Theatre on the Square’s 22-year history gets
a revival with all but one of the original cast returning.
The title should give you a pretty good idea of what you’ll see on stage. A plus: Unlike some other TOTS shows, live
music is part of the mix, led by pianist Ray Lahrman. Details here.
Opening May 29
Indianapolis Zoo
There’s no closing date on this one because the latest exhibit at the Indianapolis Zoo is here to stay. It celebrates
cheetahs, and a focus of the exhibition is on making sure the at-risk cats themselves stick around, globally, for a long,
long time.
With the capability of accelerating from 0-70 in three seconds and making stunning hairpin turns, cheetahs are a natural
for race weekend. Their specially constructed space was built with two goals in mind: Bring visitors close to the action and
keep the cautious creatures comfortable.
And it looks like they will be in good company. The new section in the Plains biome also features environments for hornbills
(a long-beaked bird) and bat-eared foxes, both of whom also come from central Africa. Details—and a link to the cheetah
webcam—here.
May 27
Indiana History Center
The Concerts on the Canal series kicks off with a kick—Shannon Forsell and Jimmy Guilford joining the party-making
Cool City Swing Band for an evening of standards.
New to this downtown tradition? Here are some things you should know:
–You can bring your own seat or blanket and find a spot, or rent a table near the musical action. Tables of 8 are $45, but
you can also rent half a table for $35 or a single seat at a community table for $7.
–Hoaglin to Go will be selling food and drinks. Of course, you can also bring your own picnic.
–The show moves indoors in case of inappropriate weather.
–The Indiana History Center is open late on concert dates. That means you can come early, claim a spot on the lawn, and
visit The Indiana Experience before the show. Details here.
Kruse’s attorney said his 69-year-old client would like to find some way to keep the annual auction alive, possibly by finding
another auction company to run this year’s event.
Jean Wojtowicz, whose firm has helped fund more than 1,200 Indiana companies, recommends the "front-page test,"
looking seriously at expanding, and pulling the trigger quickly on toxic employees.
May 22
Downtown
Little is required of them besides graciously waving from the back of cars, but celebrity visitors are, nonetheless, a key
component in the 500 Festival. The easiest way to do your star-spotting is to get a place on the parade route, where this
year’s lineup includes “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts, Broadway-star-turned-country-singer
Laura Bell Bundy, “America’s Next Top Model” winner Krista White, and The Pointer Sisters (Neutron Dance,
anyone?).
The parade gets rolling at noon, but if you aren’t springing for a reserved seat, you’ll want to get there early
for a good spot. Details here.
Goldman Jewelry, J.P. Parker Flowers and Shapiro’s Deli plan a Tuesday evening farmer’s market on the south side of downtown
Indianapolis beginning June 1.
Formula One, which hasn’t conducted a U.S. race since 2007 in Indianapolis, plans to return to the United States in 2012 with
an event at a new track in Austin, Texas.
A friend asked for a a great comedy. I’m having trouble coming up with anything besides the usual suspects.
The $2 million exhibit opens Saturday featuring five of the fastest animals on land.
An orchestra conductor, a black newspaper publisher, a nurse and a federal judge will be honored as Indiana living legends
in July.
Emmis Communications Corp. agreed to be acquired for about $90 million by closely held JS Acquisition LLC, a company formed
by Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan.
Ouch. The Indianapolis metro area tumbled in a ranking of fitness of the nation’s 50 largest cities. The American
College of Sports Medicine ranked Indy a lowly 44th this year, down from 36th a year ago. The Indianapolis-based
organization said its hometown generally exercises less, smokes more and has a higher incidence of chronic diseases. No news
there. But the metro area also lags on amenities to support healthy activities: below-average numbers of parks, playgrounds,
ball diamonds, swimming pools, tennis courts and even farmers' markets. What does Indianapolis have going for it when
it comes to fitness? Lots of golf courses and slightly above-average health insurance coverage. To read the full report, go
here.
Arcadia Resources Inc. will spend $3.9 million and add 930 jobs in Indianapolis by 2013, the company announced
last week. Indianapolis-based Arcadia said it plans to grow its corporate presence and centralize its pharmacy-fulfillment
operations here, hiring managers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, account managers and sales staff. Arcadia leased 18,615
square feet of space earlier this year at 9320 Priority Way West in the Precedent Office Park. The provider of health care
services is trying to grow its DailyMed pharmaceutical service, which packages dosages of prescriptions into individual packets,
to make it easier for patients on numerous medications to stick to their drug regimens. "Our goal is to make Indianapolis
the central fill hub for our system," CEO Marvin Richardson told investors during a Feb. 5 conference call. "So
all things done with actually dispensing the boxes, will be done in Indianapolis. So things like customer service, order entry,
prescription transfers, the medication therapy management component can all be done there. And the capacity that we have in
that building will allow us to do that."
Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County, which operates Wishard Health Services, selected
Indianapolis-based American United Life Insurance Co. as its provider of 457 and 403(b) retirement plans.
Health and Hospital has 4,500 participants in its plans and more than $46 million in assets. American United Life, or AUL,
is a unit of Indianapolis-based OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc.
