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BASILE: Traveling to the top of the world with a visit to Tibet
As we flew from Katmandu to Lhasa, the ancient holy city that serves as Tibet’s capital, we could see Mount Everest in the distance. It is as spectacular as you can imagine.
LOPRESTI: Time to let some air out of the New England Patriots drama
Since when do these words bring moral certainty and swift punishment: “More probable than not?”
Tribe chairman says new Indiana law violates U.S. law
Tribal Chairman John Warren said the law specifying the process for the state to enter into a compact violates the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act because it includes stipulations on what the compact must include.
Spotlight highlights
The annual fundraiser offered a wide range of central Indiana talent. Which groups raised the bar?
Ticket giveaway: Broad Ripple Art Fair
The annual event fills the grounds of the Indianapolis Art Center May 16-17. Enter here to be part of the fun.
Priority list includes Broad Ripple Art Fair, Wes Montgomery music, more
Plus Dance Kaleidoscope invites a quartet of outside choreographers to guide its performers for its weekend of performances.
State Fair free stage concerts include Indigo Girls, Village People, Big & Rich, more
Lennon & Maisy of TV’s “Nashville” also set to appear. Schedule runs Aug. 7-23.
New Bloomington hotels embrace urban, new-age styles
Three hotel projects finished last year have added about 420 rooms to the city’s tourism industry. And at least 260 more are on the way by 2017’s end.
FFA negotiating with Indy to extend convention stay by three years
National FFA Organization officials have canceled their option to conduct their massive annual convention in Louisville from 2019 to 2021, and would like Indianapolis to host it for nine straight years.
State slogan might get tossed
The Honest to Goodness Indiana tourism slogan might be jettisoned, made awkward by fallout from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Rivoli theater renovation would help spur arts hub
A plan to save the 1927 structure is beginning to take shape as part of a larger effort to transform the three-block stretch of East 10th surrounding the Rivoli into a magnet for arts-based organizations.
DINING: A pair of new eateries add to the SoBro corridor
Dancing Donut and Indy Tacos back 54th between Keystone and the Monon Trail more appetizing.
LOU’S VIEWS: The wheeled deal at the IMA
The fact that I never dreamed of cars didn’t diminish the appeal of “Dream Cars”
LOPRESTI: World-famous 106-year-old has many stories to tell
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway isn’t older than the Civil War, but it suffered from one.
IBJ movie night: Win screening passes for ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’
Carrie Mulligan stars in the latest adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel.
Priority list includes a new music festival, a Grammy-winning quartet, more
Inaugural Virgina Ave. Folk Festival puts music on nine stages. At Speak Easy, designers reconfigure Hollywood.
Rev’s top five dishes
My favorites from among the dozens of food samples at the event, kicking off the month of May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
REVIEW: ‘Typhoid Mary’ at the Phoenix Theatre
Playwright-in-Residence Tom Horan offers his take on the story of the notorious disease carrier.
Pence doesn’t know if he’ll sign gambling bill
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he hasn’t decided whether to sign a gambling bill into law even though legislators took steps to try to avoid a veto.