Thoughts on this year’s Oscar nominations
Nice that Heartland Film Festival was able to open its 2015 festivities with Best Picture nominee “Room.” Curious what the organization has its eye on for 2016.
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Conner Prairie taps successor to longtime CEO
Norman O. Burns II, who has almost three decades of experience in leadership at historical attractions, will take the Conner Prairie position Jan. 27, the museum announced Monday morning.
Priority list includes a new food fest and a Fort Wayne film favorite
Plus the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to the music of Alfred Hitchcock films.
Priority list includes a new food fest and a Fort Wayne film favorite
Plus the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to the music of Alfred Hitchcock films.
Phoenix Theatre moving from longtime home by Mass Ave
The purveyor of contemporary plays and musicals plans to leave the popular cultural district, where patrons now struggle to find street parking, for three properties on North Illinois Street.
Warm weather takes toll on Indiana ski resorts
Paoli Peaks Ski Resort and Perfect North Slopes are seeing some action this week after high temperatures kept them mostly snowless throughout December.
Center for Performing Arts in Carmel runs surplus for second straight year
The organization ended fiscal 2015 with a surplus of $260,445 as revenue from building and room rentals and individual donations increased.
DINING: Southwestern saloon Reata saddles onto Meridian
If any conventioneers ask you where to go for line dancing within walking distance, you now know what to tell them.
LOU’S VIEWS Senior stars shake it in Chicago’s ‘Gotta Dance’
Plus a bigamist in Beef & Boards’s “Run for Your Wife” and “Lloyd and Harvey’s” variety show at the White Rabbit.
LOPRESTI: 2015 Colts were champions of unexpected outcomes
Almost nothing went as expected, right down to the decision to keep Chuck Pagano.
Ticket giveaway: ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Dorothy and friends are heading down that yellow brick road again and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away.
Priority list includes a Civil War drama, top-notch jazz, more
Also on the way, the Nickelodeon kids-favorite Project Trio, performing “Peter and the Wolf.”
Owner still plans rebuilding of Indiana music hall
The owner of the Little Nashville Opry site in Brown County says he's still working on long-delayed plans to rebuild the concert hall that was destroyed by arson more than six years ago.
LOPRESTI: A plethora of predictions for an anniversary-heavy 2016
Sports fans will be bombarded with landmark birthdays and special occasions in the year ahead.
LOU’S VIEWS: Picks for the months ahead
Two outer space-focused music events, a killer barber, and more are on the A&E horizon.
DINING: Cincinnati-based fried chicken bar builds a nest on Mass Ave
Be warned: the hot pepper honey sauce at Eagle Food & Beer Hall means business.
City smoking ban dispute heads to Supreme Court
The Indiana Supreme Court wants to hear more from Hoosier Park about why patrons at its off-track betting parlor in downtown Indianapolis should be allowed to light up when smoking in similar public places is generally banned by city ordinance.
DINING: Lots of ‘new’ in ’15 dining
Many of 2015’s new restaurants went into otherwise underserved areas. Brew pubs were also big this year.
LOU’S VIEWS: Visiting artists, local talent brighten year
I’m going to forgo the usual top 10 list and, instead, focus, by category, on the strongest arts experiences I had the privilege of attending.
LOPRESTI: Was 2015 a favorable year for Indiana sports? Yes and no
Disappointing Colts’ season countered by inspiring results on the court, in the pool.