IU breaks ground on $25M lab building at IUPUI
The facility at IUPUI will include nearly 34,000 square feet of research and classroom space and is the first phase of a planned two-stage project to improve the university’s research facilities.
The facility at IUPUI will include nearly 34,000 square feet of research and classroom space and is the first phase of a planned two-stage project to improve the university’s research facilities.
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones come back to town for a show March 30 at Clowes Hall. Details here.
On March 30-31, Herron School of Art and Design presents Fourth World Film Festival, a 29-hour marathon featuring 15 films. Included: “Basquiat,” “Dirty Pretty Things,” “Ghost Dog” and “Smoke Signals.” Details here.
Encore Vocal Arts offers a Palm Sunday concert, “Impassioned,” at St. Joan of Arc Church, April 1. Details here.
C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters” comes to Clowes Hall March 31. Details here.
Indy Magic Monthly’s fourth anniversary show at Theatre on the Square features Brandon Baggett, the Mad Men of Magic, and door prizes.
Ricky Skaggs performs March 30 at the Palladium. Details here.
Krzysztof Urbanski conducts a weekend of Kilar, Elgar and Smetana with cellist Zuill Bailey and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra March 29-31. Details here.
Air Supply performs at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino March 30. Details here.
The Psychedelic Furs play the Vogue April 3. Details here.
Colts season ticket renewal rates are at a 10-year low. Pacers attendance is among the worst in the NBA. Is Indianapolis really the sports town it professes to be?
In a city and industry dominated by big-box home-improvement chains, North Meridian Hardware owner Keith Payne hopes his independent store can build a loyal following among downtown’s denizens.
Marilyn K. Glick, who with her husband Gene B. Glick donated millions of dollars in recent years to civic projects such as the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, died of cancer Friday at the age of 90.
Keenan Hauke of Fishers, who pleaded guilty to securities fraud in December after costing hedge fund clients $7 million, received a 10-year federal prison sentence Friday morning.
The nation's big insurers are spending millions to carry out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even though there's a chance the wide-reaching law won't survive Supreme Court scrutiny.
An idea being kicked around the halls of IUPUI would split off the schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, optometry, health sciences and social work into a separate administrative unit, based in Indianapolis.
N.K. Hurst Co. Inc. sells roughly 20 million packages of dried beans and bean soup mixes a year, from the West McCarty Street packaging plant it has operated since 1938. It has only about 50 employees, but its products are ubiquitous in the grocery industry.
Blue MF is a vodka-and-rum-based liqueur concocted by three Indiana University fraternity brothers turned entrepreneurs. Their firm, Indianapolis-based More Fun Liqueur, launched its signature drink in October and now is seeking investors to help fund expansion.
Ever the junkie for news, behind-the-scenes details, snarky comments and additional perspective—and increasingly unwilling to wait for an evening newscast or morning paper to get my fix—I often sit with my iPhone close at hand, checking feeds from Twitter and Facebook.
Indiana’s legislators couldn’t find it in their hearts to pass a law that would protect vulnerable children against bullying in our schools. But at least 20 of them found the time to do a little bullying of their own.
The value of sports brands fluctuates as violently as stock prices during economic upheaval. In Indiana, the IU and Butler basketball brands have risen while the Colts' has taken a hit and the Pacers fight for their place in the sun.
Developers are catering to nontraditional renters by building units resembling upscale condos.
Cynthia Lane turns the Cabaret at the Columbia Club into a Prohibition-era drinkery for “The Back Room: A Night at the Speakeasy,” March 24. Details here.
The acclaimed Lincoln Center production of “South Pacific” is re-created in a non-Equity tour coming to IU Auditorium March 27-28. Details here.
A free March 26 “Dynamic Duos” faculty concert at the University of Indianapolis features collaborative work. Details here.
Violinist Larry Shapiro performs in a free faculty violin concert March 27 at Butler University’s Robertson Hall. Details here.
NCAA swimming championships being held at the IU Natatorium this week kick off six years of collegiate swimming championships that are expected to generate millions of dollars for the local economy.
Former Indianapolis Colt Peyton Manning’s arrival in Denver is already driving up Broncos ticket prices and improving their odds of winning the Super Bowl.
After being pursued by teams around the NFL, the quarterback with four MVP awards is headed to the land of John Elway and Tim Tebow, agreeing to a contract with Denver that’s expected to be worth about $96 million over five years.
If Peyton Manning succeeds in Denver it will cast a shadow over Indianapolis that Colts owner Jim Irsay will be unable to outrun or outlive.