DINING: City Market bistro offers twist on traditional grilled cheese
Bedecked with playful signage and a menu handwritten on butcher paper, Say Cheese adds another option to downtown lunch dining.
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LOU’S VIEWS: ‘Rudy’ meets ‘Brian’s Song’ in Angelo Pizzo’s directorial debut
“My All-American” might not land a place in the pantheon of greats, but it certainly proves a spunky, engaging competitor.
Pinnacle’s $4.7B casino sale faces challenge at Indiana hearing
Pinnacle Entertainment’s proposed sale of its casinos to Gaming & Leisure Properties is being opposed by a union that will ask the Indiana Gaming Commission to reject the plan, saying the deal would give the company more casinos than state law allows.
Priority list includes Bands of America, Eiteljorg art, a revisit to ‘Our Town,’ more
If you like the halftime shows better than the football games, you owe yourself the favor of seeing the Grand National Championship finals at least once in your life.
Ticket giveaway: Civic’s ‘Mary Poppins’
I’ve got a four-pack of tickets to the stage version of the Disney classic. Here’s how to win.
LOU’S VIEWS: Prince of prints
IMA shows evolution of artist Gustave Baumann, who specialized in wood block nature prints
DINING: Subito stakes a claim on Cultural Trail
When the Subito sign went up across the street from an otherwise quiet stretch of the Cultural Trail, I expected another inconsequential lunchery. I was wrong.
LOPRESTI: College basketball in Indiana: a statistical point of view
Good, bad and ugly, here are numbers to remember about your favorite Hoosier teams.
Westfield selects Jonathan Byrd’s to operate Grand Park hotel
According to plans, the 180-room hotel will be on 5.26 acres of city-owned property immediately to the west of the future indoor soccer facility on 191st Street.
Priority list includes military monologues, spirit, place, the wonder of Stevie, more
Spirit and Place Festival kicks off while Steve Wonder plays Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Steve Jobs is discussed theatrically, and actor Stephen Lang visits Ball State.
Thoughts on ‘The Nether’ at the Phoenix Theatre
I appreciated a good space battle, but my favorite science fiction used speculation to make me wrestle with questions of the here and now.
DINING: Nora newcomer Big Lug Canteen overachieves
A quote from the website: “Masters of Decent. Genius in Pretty Good.” I beg to disagree.
LOPRESTI: The very human story behind Earlham football’s winless record
Coach Nick Johnson’s sorrow has little to do with what happens on the gridiron.
ISO maestro Urbanski has grown, gained global plaudits
In his fifth season in Indianapolis, the Polish native not only leads the ISO, but also has conducting and guest-conducting commitments worldwide.
Thoughts on the IRT’s ‘April 4, 1968: Before We Forgot How to Dream’
Conversation can be theater’s greatest special effect—provided we care about the people doing the talking.
Priority list: David Sedaris, Twyla Tharp, more
Leading this week’s list are two bookish event and a dance legend bringing her troupe back to her home state.
LOU’S VIEWS: Combining the best of indoor and outdoor festivals
The model for how to blend the two to create event magic is Bloomington’s Lotus Festival, a world-class world music festival held in late September.
DINING: Restaurant inside Market District more than stands on its own
The kitchen at Table should never run out of ingredients since it’s part of Carmel’s new mega-supermarket.
BASILE: Everyone sings in Music City…even the bellman and taxi driver
I advised that anyone returning to the meeting late would have to sing to the group. I soon realized this isn’t a punishment in Nashville.
LOPRESTI: Learn who’s stalking the sidelines with this NBA-coach trivia
Basketball bosses followed interesting paths to their high-profile profession.