MAHERN: Politics, art collide on the Cultural Trail
If an artist says that it is art, who are we to gainsay it?
If an artist says that it is art, who are we to gainsay it?
Most observers will agree that Louisiana isn’t exactly famous for leading the way in progressive public policy
More than a year after changing its name from Conseco to CNO Financial, the Carmel-based company finally decides to make its naming-rights investment in Pacers' venue pay-off. The only question is, what took so long?
A Hamilton Superior Court judge awarded damages to the local supermarket chain in a soured sublease deal it signed with Roche Diagnostics in March 2008.
Rolls-Royce Corp. began moving employees to its new downtown office building on Monday—a shift an IUPUI analyst projected could generate $510 million in annual economic activity.
Catch ‘Willy Wonka’ at Civic? Spend an afternoon with ‘Frog and Toad’?
With the Pacers and IU re-emerging as contenders and the Colts floundering, Indiana sports fans are primed to re-embrace their Hoosier hysteria roots. But what happens when Peyton Manning returns or Andrew Luck is drafted is anybody's guess.
The following is a list of Indianapolis-area not-for-profit organizations and the things each needs most.
Several state employees openly questioned how John Bales' real estate brokerage did business long before the FBI launched an investigation that led to his indictment.
Independent health care facilities, like Body One Physical Therapy, are seeing referrals from physicians beginning to slacken as more and more doctors become employees of hospitals. The hospitals request that doctors send patients to their in-house physical therapy practices.
The NFL’s new broadcast agreements with CBS, Fox and NBC will make the league by far the richest in terms of professional sports broadcast pacts. The Colts will get close to $218.8 million a year from the deals starting in 2014.
It would take at least another season like this for the Colts to experience the amount of ill will that has been tossed the Indiana Pacers’ way.
As another year comes to a close, I’m going through my customary reflection of accomplishments for the past 12 months and prioritizing goals for the upcoming year.
Several streets in downtown Indianapolis, including part of Monument Circle and those surrounding Lucas Oil Stadium, will be closed in the few weeks leading up to the Super Bowl on Feb. 5.
Indianapolis Civic Theatre offers a new holiday production of “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka” Dec. 16-Jan. 7 featuring music from the original movie. On Dec. 17-18, you can upgrade tickets to include candy making for the kids. Details here and here.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir team up for a performance of Handel’s “Messiah” Dec. 17 at Clowes Hall. Details here.
Singer/impressionist Christine Pedi, host of the Sirius/XM Radio show “The Broadway Breakfast,” offers her lighthearted show “There’s No Bizness Like Snow Bizness” at the Cabaret at the Columbia Club Dec. 15-17. Details here.
Mannheim Steamroller rolls into the Murat Theatre Dec. 19. Details here.
The Indianapolis Children’s Choir presents its “Angels Sing” holiday concert Dec. 16-17 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. Details here.
Wisdom Tooth Theatre Project from Anderson University brings its live-radio-show version of “It’s a Wonderful Life” to Theatre on the Square Dec. 16-18. Details at call 685-8687.
Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment Inc. is giving another big gift to help fund the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, which prepares career changers and college graduates to teach math, science, engineering and technology in rural and urban schools.
Atlanta firm says IPL underground system "well designed and regularly maintained" but may need upgrades to avoid more explosions.
An Indianapolis police officer shot and killed a 23-year-old man Monday night, police say, after the suspect opened fire on the officer during a traffic stop. Demetrius Martin of Indianapolis died in the shooting in the parking lot of Carriage House Apartments near 42nd Street and Mitthoeffer Road. Officer Dewey Runnels was shot in the left upper thigh and then fired back, police said. Runnels was hospitalized in good condition. Martin has been involved in at least a dozen previous police reports involving drugs, guns and assaults.
Rolling Stone magazine and rum maker Bacardi say they plan to throw a star-studded party the night before the Super Bowl at a renovated factory called The Crane Bay two blocks west of Lucas Oil Stadium.
The physicians in the nephrology division of the Indiana University School of Medicine have agreed to join IU Health Physicians, the giant medical practice created by a 2009 joint venture between the IU medical school and the Indiana University Health hospital system. A total of 28 physicians, along with their staffs, will now be known as IU Health Physicians Kidney Diseases. The practice serves adult kidney patients at several inpatient, outpatient and dialysis locations in the Indianapolis area. In addition, IU’s kidney transplant surgeons see patients at outreach locations throughout the state, including Evansville, Fort Wayne, Merrillville and Mishawaka. IU Health Physicians now employs 808 physicians. When it formed in 2009, the practice said it wanted to employ 1,200 physicians by the end of 2011, but it has fallen short of that goal. Other Indianapolis-area hospitals have been aggressively acquiring physician practices in an effort to lock in patient referrals and to better coordinate care among various medical facilities.
Barbershops in Indianapolis have partnered with Purdue University in a new effort to reduce the number of deaths from prostate cancer, particularly among blacks and Hispanics. The Purdue University Center for Cancer Research announced the Affecting Cancer Together program will connect people to free prostate cancer screenings, as well as information and resources aimed to raise awareness of the cancer and help patients prevent it. Barbers in the program have volunteered to approach their clients, friends and family to raise awareness of prostate cancer and dispel myths about the screening process. Purdue officials said barbershops are the right venue for the program because they are community hubs where individuals are comfortable and accustomed to having frank conversations.