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“Around the World in 80 Days”

April 27-May 16
Indiana Repertory Theatre
When Jules Verne’s novel “Around the World in 80 Days” became a big-budget movie, it featured a who’s
who of big-name stars in parts large and small, including David Niven, Peter Lorre, George Raft, Frank Sinatra, Buster Keaton,
Shirley MacLaine and Noel Coward.

When the Indiana Repertory Theatre opens its stage production of the popular story this week, the actors will be relative
unknowns (many of them first-timers to the IRT stage), and there will be only five of them.

How will the IRT take us around the world on a single stage? That’s part of the anticipated pleasure of seeing this
globe-trotting play, which has been a hit at regional theaters across the country. Details here.

Intermedia Festival

April 23-25
Central Library and IUPUI’s ICTC Complex
 

If you think Indianapolis is a town that tends to look backward rather than forward when it comes to the arts, consider a
visit to Central Library this weekend. There, dancers, musicians, visual artists and artists you’ll have trouble classifying
take part in this festival of next-wave creativity.

The lineup includes composer/performer Pamela Z, whose bag of tricks includes “gesture-activated MDA controllers”;
Bora Yoon, who creates “architectural landscapes from found objects”; Big Robot, a band that mixes live musicians
with “computer and media interactivity”; and MPG: Mobile Performance Group, which attempts to engage using “automobiles,
video projection, cell phones, FM transmission, wireless hotspots, and any other technologies that allow artists to engage
the public.” Forgive me for using so many quotation marks but, in these cases, I find it necessary to accept the performers’
own definitions of what they do.

The ambitious, one-of-a-kind weekend has been honchoed by Festival Director Scott Deal, a professor of music at IUPUI. For
details, and to reserve free tickets, click here.

Stutz Artists Open House

April 23-24
Stutz Building
 One of the reasons the Stutz Artists Open House is such a fun event is that the wonderful building itself is so difficult
to navigate. You think you’re going one way, you’re really going another. Stairways don’t seem to lead where
you expect them to. And that gallery you visited that you thought was down this corridor really isn’t. Sometimes, it
feels like being trapped in an M.C. Escher drawing.

Why is that good? Because it adds a greater sense of discovery to this annual event, where about 70 artists open their studio
doors to visitors, increasing the chance that you are going to find something you weren’t necessarily looking for.

This year’s event includes food and drink not just from the building’s Bearcats eatery but also from nearby Creation
Café/Euphoria, Judge’s Bar-B-Que and more. Cynthia Laine and others provide the music. And Turner Woodard’s
car collection adds to the unique sense of place. If 10:30 is too early for you to call it a night on Friday, follow the crowd
to the after party at ARTBOX Gallery, conveniently located in the Stutz II Building. Details here.

“A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Ryan White”

April 28
Clowes Hall
 The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and the Elton John AIDS Foundation present this special event honoring
Ryan White, whose battle with HIV/AIDS helped change perception of the disease. The evening includes a performance by Elton
John—who connected with White after the student was asked to name his favorite celebrity—and appearances by Phil
Donahue; actress Judith Light; and White’s mother, Jeanne White-Gardner. Details here.
 

LEADING QUESTIONS: Trucking firm CEO leans into the pain

Russell_WatchVideoCeladon CEO Stephen Russell faced a treacherous patch of highway when fuel prices spiked and the recession drove the
trucking industry into an economic Death Valley. In IBJ's new video feature on leadership issues, Russell explains
how advice from his dentist helped pave the way to recovery.

Chrysler’s old assets in bankruptcy can be liquidated, court rules

Investors who had challenged the bankruptcy sale, including the Indiana State Police Pension Trust, had argued that Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner violated the Constitution by using TARP money to finance the sale, and had their arguments overruled
in the appeals court.

Drug prices rise ahead of rebates

Drug prices rose faster last year than they have in a decade—just in time for big rebates the drug industry promised
as part of the health reform law.

People

Ann M. Peraud has joined the health and life sciences practice group at the local law firm of Baker &
Daniels LLP. Peraud earned a master's degree in health administration from the University of Iowa in 2009 after graduating
from the University of Iowa College of Law and the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor of arts degree.

BioCrossroads, an Indiana life sciences advocacy organization, named four new people to its board of directors: Richard
P. Jones II, general manager at Medco Health Solutions in Whitestown; Jan Lundberg, president of
Lilly Research Laboratories in Indianapolis; Jon C. Serbousek, president of Biomet Orthopedics in Warsaw;
and Deborah L. Tanner, president of Central Laboratory of Covance Inc. in Indianapolis.

Company news

Facing the tighter restrictions of health reform at home, WellPoint Inc. wants to follow just about every
other U.S. company in seeking growth in China. WellPoint CEO Angela Braly traveled to China last week to seek out a joint
venture partner to offer health insurance to the nation’s upwardly mobile population. "If everything moves on smoothly,
we are targeting 2011 for offering health insurance services through the venture,” Braly told the China Daily
newspaper. Indianapolis-based WellPoint already has a joint venture with three other American health insuers to provide medical
management consulting to Chinese insurance companies. But with China going through its own version of health reform, private
health insurance is poised to become a popular complement to government insurance programs, according to China Daily.
China's health insurance premiums totaled $1.6 billion in the first two months of this year, according to the industry
regulator, up 34 percent from the same period last year. Such growth is enticing to WellPoint, which has been losing customers
and premiums at home.

Whew! Bioanalytical Systems Inc. gets to stay on the NASDAQ Capital Market after a recent surge kept its
share price above $1 for three straight weeks. NASDAQ had threatened in March to delist the West Lafayette-based company if
its stock price didn’t improve. The company’s shares closed at $1 apiece on March 31 and haven’t dipped
below that level since. Bioanlytical provides contract research services and monitoring instruments to drug-development companies
and medical research organizations.

After months of rumors, Roche Diagnostics finally acquired Israel-based Medingo Ltd., which has a semi-disposable
insulin patch pump that Roche hopes to couple with its blood glucose meters. Roche, which is based in Switzerland but runs
its North American business out of Indianapolis, paid $160 million for Medingo and promised various payments if the company’s
product achieves key milestones in its development and sales. The product is set to launch in 2012. Roche holds the largest
market share worldwide in devices for diabetes care, but it has been losing ground to competitors in the U.S. market.

Warsaw-based Biomet Inc. posted a $3.1 million loss in its quarter ended Feb. 28, a big improvement from
its $479 million loss in the same quarter a year earlier. Last year’s results were dampened by a $449 million impairment
charge that Biomet recorded on its dental business. But this year, the loss narrowed as sales surged 9 percent to $670 million
in the quarter, driven by a 17-percent spike in sales of knee implants. Cash flow rose 9 percent to $251 million, up from
$229 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Biomet’s financial results often are a bellwether for other orthopedic
implant companies, which report their quarterly results later this month.

Carmel-based technology firm Gemms Inc. plans to invest $2.1 million to expand its headquarters and software
development operations here, more than doubling its staff in the next five years, according to the Indiana Economic Development
Corp. Gemms, which develops electronic medical record systems for cardiology practices, has 40 employees now and plans to
add 69 more by 2015.

Hotel worker sues Colts player

A hotel employee has filed a civil lawsuit against Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Eric Foster. The 22-year-old claims
she was working at the University Place Hotel on the IUPUI campus when Foster sexually attacked her the morning of the NFL’s
American Football Conference championship game in January. She said she reported the incident to hotel security, then called
the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, which referred her to IUPUI Police. Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi
decided not to pursue criminal charges against Foster. The alleged victim’s attorney said the criminal investigation
was botched.

 

Five-year-old drowns in pond

Police say they don’t expect to file any charges in Monday night’s drowning death of a 5-year-old Indianapolis
girl. Chesney Allen died at Riley Hospital for Children after she was pulled from a retention pond at 11:20 p.m. near the
4300 block of 10 Oak Drive on the city’s southwest side. Family members reported her missing at about 9:20 p.m. after
they determined she was not playing at a neighbor’s home as they thought.