Art project aims to document all 92 Indiana courthouses
After nearly two decades in the making, the finish line is in sight for a courthouse art project that is expected to cover every Indiana county.
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Theater company to launch with story of trailblazing Black woman who played pro ball in Indianapolis
“Toni Stone,” a play based on a woman who joined the roster of Negro League baseball’s Indianapolis Clowns in 1953, will serve as the debut production of the Indianapolis Black Theatre Co.
Revival of Taste of Indy festival planned at White River State Park
Taste of Indy, returning after a five-year hiatus, will showcase restaurants such as St. Elmo Steak House, Iozzo’s Garden of Italy and Chicken Scratch.
Ten entertainment and dining debuts on deck for 2024
Broadway shows, a music festival and surrealism at the Lume are new attractions planned for Indianapolis in the new year.
Mark Williams: Let’s continue important conversation about creativity
We’re beginning a conversation that doesn’t assume that economics and creativity live in separate worlds. On the contrary, any successful businessperson will tell you that creativity is essential to success.
AI might be term of the year, but there many other contenders
The Associated Press reached out to colleagues around the world for terms that emerged this year and seized or crystalized the popular mood.
Burnette leaving abruptly as CEO of Newfields after 15 months
Colette Pierce Burnette was hired in mid-2022 to help ease a race-related controversy that involved her predecessor. A press release issued Friday by Newfields gave no reason for her departure.
Walker Legacy Center to start endowment with proceeds from real estate sales
The sale of Walker Plaza, which was built in 1989, also clears the way for the center’s leadership to usher in a new plan for the Legacy Center, which is expected to focus on further educating the public about C.J. Walker and her work as a businesswoman and prominent figure in Indianapolis in the early 1900s.
In new memoir, drummer Freda Love Smith seeks high notes of quitting
Smith, who grew up in rural Monroe County and made her mark on 1980s college rock as the drummer in Boston’s Blake Babies, will read from her new book “I Quit Everything” during a Sept. 14 event at the Melody Inn.
‘Grown-up’ Butter fine art fair expecting 10,000 attendees at the Stutz
The third annual Butter fine art fair has a director for the first time, a role made necessary by the event’s growing reputation, bigger physical footprint and its growing attendance.
Vinyl record artist Lobyn Hamilton taking a spin at Newfields
Lobyn Hamilton prepared six music-themed “flag” collages for a Newfields exhibition titled “What I Have You Have.”
Marianne Tobias, philanthropist and classical music advocate, dies at 82
She first gained public notice as a piano soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at age 12. She later endured the tragic deaths of both her father and her husband Frank McKinney Jr. in separate airplane crashes.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum launches $89M campaign, plans major transformation
The massive overhaul of the 47-year-old museum will require a closure of nearly a year-and-a-half, officials announced Tuesday morning.
With his literary star on the rise, Maurice Broaddus connects with others
The author of sci-fi and fantasy novels was hired by Marvel Comics and publisher Smart Pop to write “Black Panther: T’Challa Declassified,” scheduled to publish in January.
Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre searching for first CEO, names interim chief
William Powell, a longtime business leader and arts management consultant in Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio, has been appointed to lead the not-for-profit organization for the rest of 2023.
100 years after his birth, guitarist Wes Montgomery remembered for understated mastery
“Wes Bound,” scheduled to premiere Feb. 26 on Bloomington public television station WTIU-TV Channel 30, is a centennial tribute to Montgomery, who was born on March 6, 1923
In graphic novel, Indianapolis poet revisits legacy of boxer Jack Johnson
Indianapolis native Adrian Matejka wrote the text for the graphic novel, which can be viewed as a companion to “The Big Smoke,” his award-winning 2013 poetry collection inspired by Johnson.
The Cabaret to launch its 2023 calendar with landmark jazz shows
Vocalist-bass player Esperanza Spalding and pianist Fred Hersch will play a pair of sold-out shows Jan. 8 at the Cabaret.
Indiana film critics select ‘Everything Everywhere’ as 2022’s best movie
Critics group gives special Indiana award to Joshua Hull, who co-wrote the screenplay of horror film ‘Glorious.’
Sarah Urist Green joins Butter team to help elevate Indianapolis artists
Indianapolis-based art historian Sarah Urist Green is part of the curatorial team for Butter fine art fair, scheduled Sept. 1-4 at the Stutz.