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Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard said the city expects to recover $5.5 million from companies that failed to meet job requirements. The
city will use the money to fund economic development, convention, tourism and education efforts.
For the year, retail sales fell 6.2 percent, the biggest decline on government records that go back to 1992.
Dance Kaleidoscope’s winter show was a colorful redo of past works.
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC has sued Cooper Industries Plc in an effort to clarify its rights to make a canola-based
fluid used in electrical transformers.
The center will recognize the donation by naming
the cafe and gift shop inside the 1,600-seat concert hall after the Basiles.
Legislation that would allow Indiana voters to cast absentee ballots by mail without having an excuse such as being out of
town on Election Day cleared the House on a mostly party-line vote Wednesday.
Indiana State University’s president says the college will eliminate 80 to 100 jobs as a result of state budget cuts.
Illinois-based medical waste disposal firm Stericycle Inc. will expand its Indianapolis operations, creating as many as 109
jobs by 2011, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced Wednesday.
Microbreweries could sell beer for takeout on Sundays under a bill endorsed by a Senate committee Wednesday.
Township boards would be eliminated in Indiana and their local government duties would be transferred to the county level
if a Statehouse proposal becomes law.
The massive far-east-side facility
already launders linen
for 30 hospitals and 400 clinics in Indiana, handling more than 36 million pounds of soiled linen each year.
Observers expect a lull with inpatient facilities for five years or more, but continued proliferation of outpatient
clinics and surgery centers.
Debating why Earlham and Taylor grads don’t take their places alongside peers from DePauw and Wabash.
Herron Gallery presents “Collaborate: Projects for the 21st Century” featuring work by the
collaborative groups Academy Records & Chris Vorhees, People Powered, and Ultra Red, Jan. 13 to Feb. 27. Details here.
Elvis Tribute Artist Spectacular,
featuring Presley’s drummer D.J. Fontana, Jan. 15 at Pike Performing Arts Center. Details here.
The Phoenix Theatre presents Alan
Brody’s play “The Housewives of Mannheim,” Jan. 14 to Feb. 6. Details here.
Jan. 16
Ball State University
Yes, I know, the Colts have some sort of game going on. But if
you aren’t inclined to watch the playoffs, consider a road trip to Muncie, where something rare (for Indiana) is happening.
A major new musical is being presented in its developmental stage. The property in question is “The Fisher King,”
which you may remember from the Terry Gilliam film that starred Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges. The musical version has been
workshopped in New York and now is getting a staged reading from the talent pool at Ball State so that its creators, who will
be on hand, can assess what works and what doesn’t. You can, too. More details here.
Jan. 15
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Audiences weren’t too sure what to make of Robert Altman’s
quirky epic, “Nashville,” when it was released in 1975. Now, it is widely considered to be his masterpiece.
Don’t let that intimidate you. “Nashville” is an accessible, tuneful, hilarious and heartbreaking epic.
It loosely revolves around the efforts of a third-party political candidate (whom we never see) to wrangle the Nashville elite
into a concert/rally. The phrase “never better” applies to just about every performer in the film, including Lily
Tomlin, Henry Gibson, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Keenan Wynn and Ned Beatty.
I’ll proudly be providing the
Altman-esque introduction for this rare big-screen showing of one of my favorite films. Hope to see you there. Details here.
Jan. 15-16
Hilbert Circle Theatre
It was supposed to be a three-day visit by pianist/composer
Marvin Hamlisch. But then the Tony-, Grammy-, Oscar-winning composer got himself nominated for yet another Golden Globe Award
(for “The Informant”) and he needed to cut short his Indianapolis weekend.
But talk about a make-good: Not
only were those who bought Sunday tickets able to trade for seats to Friday or Saturday, they also received free tickets to
Hamlisch’s now-on-the-books appearance at Symphony on the Prairie this summer. Details on the concert here.
Jan. 18
Conseco Fieldhouse
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. For pure entertainment value, it’s tough to compete with the Harlem Globetrotters. Even if you don’t recognize the names of any player since the golden days of Meadowlark Lemon and Geese Ausbie, an afternoon spent with these amazingly athletic clowns is time well spent—especially if you are in the company of a guaranteed-to-be-wide-eyed kid.
Side note to the NBA: How about more pro players with names like Bam Bam Bamiro, Flight Time Lang, Turbo Pearson and Spark Clark? Details
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A group formed to support a prized collection of Abraham Lincoln artifacts has raised $6.9 million in its first six months,
including $3 million from Lilly Endowment. Friends of the Lincoln Collection in Indiana announced the fund-raising milestone
Wednesday afternoon.
