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Yes, there was the amazing football game. But, for me, the weekend also included LA TheatreWorks’ production of “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial” at Clowes and InterAction Theatre’s “Durang-o-Rama” at the IndyFringe space.
While well acted, “Monkey Trial” fell between two stools. At its…
On Jan. 27, the Indianapolis Colts pinkslipped 25 front-office employees. The next day, the Capital Improvement Board announced that operating costs for Lucas Oil Stadium and Conseco Fieldhouse are running millions of dollars in the red. Both brought to mind a column I wrote a while back, wondering when big-time sports, both professional and collegiate, […]
To survive in an uncertain future, Eli Lilly and Co. needs drugs that develop faster and cheaper and that perform better. Biotech drugs, Lilly executives insist, fit that bill. That’s why Lilly shelled out $6.5 billion to buy the biotech fi rm ImClone Systems Inc. in November, six months after it opened its own $1 […]
Saving money may be the bottom-line reason for reforming local government, but that’s only one of the benefits. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard made that point clear Jan. 27 in a speech to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, outlining a reform plan called Unigov 2.0 that emphasized efficiency, transparency and accountability. Ballard, the latest mayor to […]
It’s hard to imagine a more discouraging environment to lure high school students into manufacturing work. The uncertain future of Detroit automakers casts a pall over thousands of workers in central Indiana. Companies of all sorts, from hospital equipment maker Hill-Rom Inc. to office supplies maker Defl ect-O Corp., are shedding workers left and right. […]
The unfinished eight-story luxury condo building at 707 E. North St. is on track to get a reluctant new owner: Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp. The stalled Beilouny Luxury Properties development near Massachusetts Avenue could join dozens of properties-from undeveloped residential lots to half-vacant office buildings-to land on the books of banks during one of the […]
This week, an ogre’s beloved, a troubled and troubling mother, and a cad’s catch highlight a sampling of the current Broadway season. Yes, the stories you’ve heard are true. The lights have gone out on much of Broadway. With a long list of shows shutting down, the pickings are slimmer for anyone who goes to […]
It isn’t easy being a retail CEO in a deep recession. Glenn S. Lyon, the new head at The Finish Line Inc., has plenty to tackle. Traffic is down at Finish Line stores, sales have slowed and competitors are slashing prices. But the home-grown retailer has at least one major advantage: Lyon, the ‘s president, […]
Bill Wisniewski, a salesman from Munster, has shed 86 pounds in the past year with help from the “Ready, Set, Walk” campaign run by the INShape Indiana program. The 56-year-old said INShape’s e-mail tips helped him set a routine and work through pain as he ramped up to walking 70 minutes a day. As the […]
Remember that guy in college who kept screwing up and, sometimes, disappointed you? But when it came down to who people wanted to hang out with the next weekend, he was the guy? The “that guy” phenomenon helps explain how two out of three diners at our recent lunchtime visit shared stories about past Scotty’s […]
Plans for a 250-room hotel connected to the new Indianapolis International Airport terminal are in the deep freeze as the lodging industry contends with vacancies at a 20-year high. Just when the project might be revived is difficult to say. One thing is certain; the hotel won’t be open in 2009 as planned-and 2010 is […]
This week, an ogre’s beloved, a troubled and troubling mother, and a cad’s catch highlight a sampling of the current Broadway season. Yes, the stories you’ve heard are true. The lights have gone out on much of Broadway. With a long list of shows shutting down, the pickings are slimmer for anyone who goes to […]
Consider now the familiar unemployment data that are put out for each county each month. How the U.S. Department of Labor and the Indiana Department of Workforce Development get meaningful “estimates” for most Indiana counties is a mystery that Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Lenny Briscoe are still trying to solve. We get figures followed […]
Remember that guy in college who kept screwing up and, sometimes, disappointed you? But when it came down to who people wanted to hang out with the next weekend, he was the guy? The “that guy” phenomenon helps explain how two out of three diners at our recent lunchtime visit shared stories about past Scotty’s […]
