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City hopes bike hub can begin to change commuter habits
The hub opened this month within a new YMCA as part of a $3.5 million renovation of City Market.
MainGate signs deal to handle merchandise for Big Ten
The company will be the exclusive retail and merchandising company for the organization’s football championship games and basketball tournaments through 2016.
Big ambitions for small planning firm
Eden Collaborative, the three-man company Adam Thies founded in 2004, is working to revitalize St. Clair Place on Indianapolis’ east side, among other projects.
Circle City Classic makes changes to boost event attendance
Officials are taking steps to reverse a dramatic decline in interest in the event over the last decade.
BENNER: This winter might be best and worst of times
We’ve got the Big Ten championship, the Crossroads Classic, the Super Bowl … and the possibility of no NBA season.
HETRICK: If you’ve botched the job, don’t botch the PR, too
How should BP have handled the Gulf crisis? Here are my basic rules.
SKARBECK: Don’t wait for the robins when making investments
As Warren Buffett counseled in October 2008, “If you wait for the robins, spring will be over.”
Some NFL teams would make for a more lucrative Super Bowl
A 2012 Super Bowl between the Chicago Bears and New York Jets is one of the matchups that would give local businesses plenty to cheer about, experts say. National Football League officials have told Indianapolis to expect 150,000 visitors for the Super Bowl. If two prime teams make it, the number will be closer to 250,000.
Thousands volunteer to help with Super Bowl hospitality
Some 13,000 people have agreed to pitch in to help with visitors and events surrounding the game, slated for Feb. 5 in Indianapolis. More than 2,000 attended a training kickoff event on Wednesday.
FERGUSON: Reform overlooks special-needs children
In a telling exchange, an education expert at a local advocacy group with whom I spoke reported that she home-schooled her children with special needs. This is not at all uncommon.
Also this week
A series of installations at points along White River make up “Flow: Can You See the River?” Sept. 22-Feb. 26 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s 100 Acres Art & Nature Park. Details here.
On Sept. 22-24, Butler Theatre offers visiting artist Kunju Vasudevan in “An Evening of Kathatkali” featuring Indian classical dance/music/drama. Details here.
Wynonna performs Sept. 23 at the Palladium. Details here.
Krzysztof Urbanski and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra are joined by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, and guest soloists Sept. 23-24 for “Carmina Burana” at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.
Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra play the Palladium Sept. 24. Details here.
“Amazing Maize: the Science, History and Culture of Corn” opens at the Indiana State Museum, running Sept. 24-Jan. 20, 2013. Details here.
Megan Wells, resident storyteller for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and artistic director of the Ray Bradbury Festival, tells Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” Sept. 24 at the Indiana History Center’s Basile Theatre. Those who have seen the IRT’s “Dracula” may want to compare and contrast. Details here.
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers bring swinging jazz and blues to the Jazz Kitchen Sept. 24. Details here.
Irsay blazing a trail through Twitter
The Indianapolis Colts’ Jim Irsay is among only a handful of NFL owners tweeting and has three times as many followers as such high-profile owners as the Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones. His offbeat tweets are seen as marketing genius by some. Others wonder if they ramble a bit too far out of bounds or undermine Irsay’s staff.
State Fair tragedy drives demand for crisis PR planning
Local agency heads said that sector of their business had grown even before the Aug. 13 stage collapse.
LOU’S VIEWS: The 2011/2012 arts season begins …
Indianapolis City Ballet’s “Evening with the Stars” and Civic’s “The Drowsy Chaperone” get things off to a great start.
BENNER: A decade of successes is too easily forgotten
The once-unassailable Polian has been wearing an increasingly larger bull’s-eye on his behind since December 2009.
Classes emphasize connection between artists, entrepreneurs
Universities and other not-for-profits are ramping up business training for artists and art students—in the form of workshops, classes and counseling—in hopes of making “starving artists” a thing of the past.
Government pension performance stings cities
The pension fund that holds benefits for public employees has seen improved investment returns over the last two years, but the hammering it took during the depths of the recession continues to deal a blow to cities, counties and other employers.
Work should be meaningful, too
Greg Morris’ Aug 29 column “Don’t forget that work needs to be fun” resonated with me.
City closes downtown plaza after parking deemed unsafe
The city of Indianapolis has closed Pan Am Plaza and part of a parking garage below it near the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium because the structural integrity of the parking facility poses a safety risk.