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Jan. 9-20
Murat Theatre
The boys are back in town as the hit musical about the rise and split of the Four Seasons gets a replay. Jukebox musicals don’t get much better than this one, which once again anchors the Broadway in Indianapolis season. Details here.
Through March 2
Indiana State Museum
Now that you’ve seen the movie “Lincoln,” why not see one of the original signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation? The document—which went into effect 150 years ago this month—will be on display at the state museum. It’s one of only 15 signed by President Lincoln. Want more about Abe? Come back after Feb. 9 when “The Lincolns: Five Generations of an American Family” opens, also featuring artifacts from the museum’s Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. Details here.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed Christopher White’s 2009 conviction, resulting from a $500,000 bad check he wrote as he tried to save his real estate development firm.
The former passenger terminal and administration building at Indianapolis International Airport could be rubble by this time next year. Offering a “blank slate” should improve marketability of the site, airport officials say.
The owner of the building at 4225 E. 82nd St. owes $4.9 million on a $7.4 million loan, according to the suit. The tenant, Lifestyle Family Fitness, closed the location in November 2011.
The tastes of the reading public are turning digital, as the number of Americans owning an e-book device or tablet grows and the number of readers of traditional books drops.
The rules panel was authorized by a law passed last session that merged Indiana's water pollution, air pollution and solid waste management boards.
Loretta Rush was serving as a Tippecanoe County judge when Gov. Daniels picked her for the high court in September.
Defying decades of investment history, ordinary Americans spooked by the Great Recession have been selling more stocks than they’ve been buying. The selling has not let up despite unprecedented measures by the Federal Reserve to persuade people to buy and the come-hither allure of a levitating market.
With so much to choose from, it’s impossible to say what was best. Instead, here are some of my favorites of the year.
About a year after deciding not to campaign for president of the United States, Gov. Mitch Daniels agreed to become the next president of Purdue University.
After an aborted attempt to go public in 2007, marketing software giant ExactTarget rang the bell on the New York Stock Exchange last March in an IPO that raised $162 million.
Mayor Greg Ballard apparently was unhappy with the pace of economic development at the airport under Clark. The CEO’s extensive overseas travels also generated controversy.
Mayor Greg Ballard charged forward on government-supported downtown development efforts after successfully shepherding an expansion of a TIF district over Democratic opposition.
After becoming a celebrity in national education reform for spearheading sweeping changes in Indiana’s schools, Tony Bennett was bounced out of office by strong opposition from teachers, parents and their friends.
Negotiations over musicians’ contracts hit a crescendo in September with a month-long lockout that ended when performers agreed to a shorter schedule to save money at the cash-strapped Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
The ouster of Randy Bernard as IndyCar CEO led to new leadership for Hulman & Co., parent of the series and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Braly’s five-year tenure leading the Indianapolis-based health insurer was hurt by the recession but also by repeated missteps.
Indiana in February became the first state in a decade to pass such a law, and it was all the more significant because of the state’s heavy concentration of manufacturing jobs and sizable union presence.
