A&E Round-up: Jazz Fest lineup, Big Car’s Monument Circle takeover, more
Dianne Reeves among headline talent coming to town in September. Meanwhile, a pair of Indiana-connected actors hit stages in New York and St. Louis.
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Indianapolis to host high-profile confab for U.S. mayors
The conference is expected to draw presidential candidates and national media because it will come not long before the Democratic and Republican national conventions.
Owner of 3 Indiana casinos sells real estate in $4.7B deal
The deal will create a combined real estate investment trust that will own 35 casino and hotel facilities in 14 states, including three in Indiana.
Indiana agency: No action planned over card game prizes
Gaming Commission Executive Director Sara Tait said her agency never had plans to take action against a senior center that offered prizes like cookies and toilet paper in euchre card games.
Priority list includes Songbook vocal competition, John Williams scores, the Elms, more
Michael Feinstein and company teach teens and the sounds of “Star Wars” hit Conner Prairie as music, music, music fill this week’s top picks.
Ticket sales swell for Indy Symphony’s indoor season
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra sold 127,835 tickets for the 2014-15 indoor season, up from 110,770 tickets the previous season. Subscription packages, another closely watched metric, also rose.
Ambitious development plans start to take root near Lucas Oil Stadium
Emboldened by the proposed development of a Marriott hotel, and prospects for another new hotel, the group that promotes downtown’s south side is beginning to lay the groundwork to transform the largely ignored area into a destination.
DINING: Your Local Deli meets meat expectations
The Irvington shop with a name that borders on an Abbott and Costello routine delivers quality sandwiches.
LOU’S VIEWS: On stage, the Simpsons survive the apocalypse
Thoughts on the Phoenix Theatre’s “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” and Beef & Boards’ “Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming”
LOPRESTI: On deck, intriguing baseball scenarios await resolution
Will the Cubs keep pace? Will the Pirates catch the Cardinals? How low can the White Sox go?
State helps city lock up FFA convention until 2024
Indianapolis will host the National FFA Convention & Expo every year from 2016 to 2024 under an agreement to be announced Wednesday morning by state and local officials.
Priority list includes Summer Celebration concerts, film fest picks, James Taylor, more
Two major festivals and a legend in concert top the list this week.
Westfield gateway development to include four-story hotel
A development on the southwest corner of U.S. 31 and State Road 32 in Westfield could include a four-story hotel and several other retail buildings.
Ticket giveaway: Old Crow Medicine Show
Best known for “Wagon Wheel,” the Grammy-winning band comes to the White River State Park. Want to be there?
Phoenix Theatre season to include two Tom Horan projects, a hit B’way comedy, more
And read carefully: It’s “The Book of Merman,” not “The Book of Mormon.”
Indiana relaxes bird show ban imposed due to avian flu
Indiana officials who imposed a statewide ban on bird shows have dialed back the emergency rule, but the ban will still keep chickens, ducks and other birds out of August’s Indiana State Fair.
DINING: Hooked on seafood at El Puerto De San Blas
There are too few quality dining places where you can comfortably stick around as long as you like without feeling some push to pack things up. I’m glad I now know about this one.
City’s callout for theater savior gets chilly reception
The city’s attempt to find a partner to manage and redevelop downtown’s historic Indiana Theatre building attracted just one proposal.
Hotel to pioneer unique training program for people with disabilities
An Indianapolis not-for-profit is readying to open a 150-room Courtyard by Marriott in Muncie billed as a first-of-its-kind teaching hotel for people with disabilities.
LOU’S VIEWS: Into the unknown with Indy Film Fest
In an over-marketed movie world, ignorance can be, if not blissful, at least part of the excitement. Plus, it encourages conversation in the lobby.