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B. Kaye Walter had served as chancellor of academic affairs for the central Indiana region of Ivy Tech until her sudden departure this spring. Ivy Tech is replacing Walter with Kathleen Lee.
Mike Pence's Republican running mate, lieutenant governor nominee Sue Ellspermann, said Tuesday the state should do more to promote Indiana farm exports. She's also calling for a joint venture in developing new agriculture technology.
Neil Theobald, chief financial officer at Indiana University, will officially take the helm of the Philadelphia institution Jan. 1.
Indiana lawmakers presented their decision to offer an additional $6 million to victims of a deadly stage collapse at last year's state fair as a way to help those who weren't adequately compensated by its first settlement. But buried in the legislation was a clause protecting the state from having to pay even more.
Music by Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky are featured in a Symphony on the Prairie program featuring violinist Barnabas Kelemen Aug. 10-11. Details here.
The Indy Hostel Folk Festival, Aug. 11 at 49th and Winthrop streets, features music by the Spud Puppies, Old Truck Revival, and more. Details here.
Carol Woods, whose credits include Broadway’s “Chicago” and “Smokey Joe’s Café,” performs Aug. 10-11 at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club. Details here.
Kool & The Gang and The Commodores are the daily double on stage Aug. 11 at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. Details here.
WTTS celebrates its 20th anniversary with The Last Summer on Earth Tour, featuring Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and Cracker on Aug. 12 on the Lawn at White River State Park. Details here.
Jackson Browne plays the Murat on Aug. 14. Details here.
Michael Koryta signs copies of his new novel “The Prophet” at Big Hat Books on Aug. 9. Details here.
Jake Johannsen headlines at Morty’s Comedy Joint Aug. 9-11. Details here.
Aug. 10
IndianapolisArt Center
Enough with signs that say, “You break it, you bought it.” At the Indianapolis Art Center, the ongoing mantra is, “You make it, you take it.” And while the center features art classes throughout the year, here’s a chance to try your hand at any or all of the arts. Need something to aspire to? The Art Center also opens its annual faculty exhibition on the same evening. Details here.
Aug. 10
IndianapolisMuseumof Art
You think edgy crime thrillers are something new? The great Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson have been keeping audiences on edge since 1944. That’s when Billy Wilder and co-writer Raymond Chandler taught the world what film noir was all about in their adaptation of James M. Cain’s seedy classic about an insurance man who lets a seductive married woman talk him into murder. It’s being screened large behind the IMA as part of the Summer Nights film series (which continues in a dark vein for the next two weeks with “Batman” and “Pulp Fiction” before lightening up for the season-closing “The Sound of Music.”) Details here.
Aug. 9-11
Lucas Oil Stadium
The eyes of America—well, at least the eyes of hard-core marching band practitioners and fans—will be on Indianapolis Aug. 11. That’s because the top bands in the country will be competing not just for attendees at Lucas Oil Stadium but also for those watching in movie theaters across the country. If you can’t make it to the finals, there are plenty of preliminary competitions. There’s also the Celebrate Indy Arts! Parade on Aug. 11, taking off south from Pennsylvania and North streets, then following New York Street west to Meridian Street and north to the American Legion Mall. Details on all DCI events here.
Carl C. Dalstrom says he will leave the student-loan guarantor on June 30, 2013. He has led the locally based not-for-profit since July 2000.
This summer’s heat wave is creating an increase in homeless men, woman and children seeking services, according to the Wheeler Mission. The occupancy at Wheeler's Center for Women & Children has been on par with numbers usually seen during the winter months. The center usually sees an average of 66 women and children each July. This July's average was 83.
Most of the hogs in the swine barn at the Indiana State Fair were sent home Monday, a day early, after six pigs in a 4-H show developed high fevers. The precautionary step was taken after the Indiana Department of Health confirmed 11 statewide cases of humans contracting the flu from hogs. State fair officials said the cause of the fevers in the pigs at the state fair is not yet known.
Indianapolis police are searching for a 56-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy Sunday night in their east-side neighborhood. Glenn Beard, 56, is believed to have shot Jarrell Tucker in the head and thigh after an altercation in the 100 block of North Denny Street. Beard, a former felon with a long criminal history, fled the scene in his truck. He was released from prison less than a year ago after serving time on a firearms charge.
Indiana State Fair attendance is officially up so far this year thanks to a pair of opening-weekend concerts. Those concerts, however, took place in downtown Indianapolis, so crowds at the state fairgrounds actually may be down a little.
So arcane is the design of U.S. Olympic uniforms and warm-up suits that at times the Russians' attire has looked more American than our own.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s office is reviewing proposals from five commercial property managers that want a crack at running the City-County Building for the next 30 years.
Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Elan Corp. are ending most plans to develop an Alzheimer’s drug after a second trial failure. Eli Lilly is developing a similar treatment.
Sherry Seiwert has plenty on her plate as she takes over this week as president of Indianapolis Downtown Inc., but her first priority should be a turnaround plan for Georgia Street.
The feds may be gaining on GOP governors who've balked at carrying out a key part of the health care overhaul law. Opponents of the law say they won't set up new private health insurance exchanges. But increasingly it's looking like Washington will do it for them.
The pair were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, a company spokeswoman said. The cause of the explosion is under investigation.
The average rate for 30-year mortgages rose from 3.75 percent to 3.77 percent n the week ended Aug. 1, according to Bankrate.com. The rate for 15-year mortgages fell from 3.00 percent to 2.99 percent.
