For this week’s episode of the IBJ Podcast, Editor Lesley Weidenbener talked with Dave about how he decides what makes the IBJ’s A&E Fall Preview guide list and which events he’s most excited about.
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Geno Shelton is planning a string of anniversary concerts, including “Funkfest” on Sept. 26 at Clowes Memorial Hall and “Comedy Jam” one night later at the same venue.
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IBJ arts reporter Dave Lindquist has chosen more than 130 must-see exhibits, concerts and events for the 2025-26 season.
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Leaders at The District Theatre considers “American Mariachi,” a play focused on women who want to enter the male-dominated art form of mariachi in the 1970s, an important step toward incubating a Latino theater company.
The initiative to elevate the arts in Broad Ripple is the brainchild of Taggart Birge, founder of the Birge Family Foundation.
Marra’s arrival marks the first time in the organization’s 37-year history that it hasn’t been overseen by one of its co-founders: Ellen Munds, Nancy Barton and Bob Sander.
Visitors to “Future Now” will have the chance to walk a red carpet and record a short video of their own shoes.
New Harmony Project isn’t taking a timid approach to its new event, PlayFest Indy. Jenni Werner, New Harmony Project’s executive artistic director since 2023, said she’s hopeful that public readings of eight new plays in mid-September plant a seed for Indianapolis to become a prominent place where works are developed. The city already has a […]
IBJ arts and entertainment reporter Dave Lindquist has scoured the calendars of central Indiana arts organizations for a list of recommendations meant to satisfy different tastes, interests and ages.
After 8 years, the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel continues to learn what works and what doesn’t.
Welcome to the 2019/2020 central Indiana arts season. I say that assuming you are an audience member and not one of the thousands of local arts professionals and talented non-pros. Many of those folks have already been hard at work creating and curating what you’ll see on stages and in galleries and experience elsewhere over the coming months.
What will be the chatter be in the Indy arts community this fall? These are just some of the topics you are likely to overhear.
In 2018 his Fonseca Theatre jumped headlong into a full season of plays focused on diversity and issue-driven theater, using Indy Convergence and other existing spaces. At the same time, Fonseca and his team purchased and began renovating a new theater.
Fringe on Wheels is a whizzbang customized van complete with a foldout stage, stunning lights and an amazing sound system. Funded with a $49,000 Lilly Endowment grant, the van brings live theater, music, poetry readings and more to locations that might lack exposure to the arts.
On the brink of her final season with the ICO (and in the midst of a $2.2 million capital campaign), Eckhart took time for a chat with IBJ.
The festival from Oct. 3-6 is about offering visitors a vast array of choices over 50 acres to celebrate autumn’s cultural and creative endeavors, stemming from farms, orchards, markets, wineries, breweries and farm-to-fork culinary arts.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms have proven wildly popular at museums in large cities worldwide; visitors have often waited in winding, hours-long lines that snake around museums to experience them.
A seasoned arts-goer? Someone returning after a hiatus? An adventurer looking to try something new? Here are more than 125 events that could get you excited about the season.
I’m happily overwhelmed by the number of events I anticipate attending and reviewing during the coming arts season. Take a look.
What will be on the minds of A&E patrons and producers this season?
A highly selective, very subjective guide to the most promising arts and entertainment events on the way in the 2012-13 season.
From Earth Wind and Fire to Ernest Shackleton and from Mike Birbiglia to Martin Sheen, this promises to be a season to remember.
A sudden change in leadership at the Palladium, a new maestro for the ISO, and the impact of a big football game promise to have the Indy arts scene buzzing.
