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So was it a visit to the American Pianists Association Fellowship Awards finals with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra? A gallery hopping First Friday? A trip to the multiplex for a movie?
For me, the weekend was a low-key one–but I was…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A Statehouse proposal to bail out the group that oversees Indianapolis’ sports facilities is loaded with potential benefits for other cities and counties – but taxpayers could have to open their wallets to pay for some of the perks. A bill moving through the General Assembly […]
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A Statehouse proposal to bail out the group that oversees Indianapolis’ sports facilities is loaded with potential benefits for other cities and counties – but taxpayers could have to open their wallets to pay for some of the perks. A bill moving through the General Assembly […]
Of this, that and the other as we transition from March Madness to, uh, what? April Anxiety? Perhaps with the tax-filing date approaching, that would be true. Anyway, congratulations to Stadium Director Mike Fox, assistant Andy Arnold and the amazing crew at Lucas Oil Stadium for transforming the venue into an intimate, 40,000-seat basketball venue […]
The late winter sun has yet to rise, but brothers Charlie and Mark Masheck already are hard at work inside a sprawling cabin along Matthews Road outside Greenwood, setting up for the day. A painted sign out front reads Hoosier Trapper Supply Inc., but the rustic shop also houses the brothers’ other endeavor: Leatherwood Wildlife […]
Restaurant diners, spooked by the recession, have never been more tight-fisted. Restaurateurs are responding to this challenge, be they the proprietors of fine-dining establishments or burger joints, by offering low-cost dining deals. It’s an effort to preserve their customer base and, just perhaps, poach a few hungry mouths from their competitors. But according to some […]
Thousands of Bagel-fuls roll off Harlan Bakeries LLC’s production lines these days as the Avon company races to keep up with demand for the cream-cheese-filled bagels. The frozen product shaped like a corn dog has been a big hit for Harlan and its partner, Kraft Foods Inc., since the packaged-food behemoth launched it a year […]
Dr. Dmitry Arbuck treats pain for a living. But he might have to start taking his own medicine. Arbuck has built a a practice that by all traditional standards is exemplary. But patient reports on multiple online rating services make Arbuck seem arrogant, incompetent and downright scary. “This Dr. . is a QUACK,” one patient a wrote […]
Bryan A. Mills, 48, was named Community Health Network’s next CEO March 31. He will become president of Indianapolis’ thirdlargest hospital system May 1 and replace Bill Corley as CEO sometime later this year. Mills said his first order of business is getting to know the team at Community, which includes 11,000 employees at five […]
These must be bittersweet times for those who warned Indiana against rolling the dice on gambling back in the late 1980s. On one hand, they have the satisfaction of seeing their predictions come true. But confirmation of their fears about gambling comes at the state’s expense. As IBJ reported last week, now that gambling taxes […]
This week, the reborn American Cabaret Theatre and a symphonic circus draw packed houses. I haven’t heard anyone else say it in print, so let me put it right out there: American Cabaret Theatre was often an embarrassment. That isn’t to say the long-standing Indy theater company didn’t feature some outstanding singers. It’s just that, […]
My excitement must have been evident to everyone on the street. I was being pulled in a rickshaw though the Indianapolis streets that Mayor Ballard had designated as the local Chinatown. There was a bicyclist providing the muscle power. He was about my age, an older fellow who needed the job, probably to supplement his […]
At first glance, the smart way to profit from the real estate downturn seems obvious: Buy foreclosed homes, fix them up and resell them for a profit. After all, there’s no shortage of supply. In February, Marion County alone had 1,640 new foreclosure filings. There’s just one hitch. The strategy that fueled such TV programs […]
This week, the reborn American Cabaret Theatre and a symphonic circus draw packed houses. I haven’t heard anyone else say it in print, so let me put it right out there: American Cabaret Theatre was often an embarrassment. That isn’t to say the long-standing Indy theater company didn’t feature some outstanding singers. It’s just that, […]
In just one year, Indianapolis’ unemployment rate has risen from 4.5 percent to 8.2 percent. But don’t expect local economic development officials to complain too much. Not when 74 of Indiana’s 92 counties have higher unemployment rates than Marion County’s. “When I took this job 15 months ago and the Dow [Jones industrial average] was […]
