LOPRESTI: Shake off the winter freeze with these sports tidbits
It’s the sled dog days of winter in Indianapolis, but that doesn’t mean sports have stopped.
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UPDATE: Local tax overhaul added to bill allowing casino changes
Local economic agreements between the state’s casinos and local communities would be scrapped and the admissions tax that provides revenue to local governments eliminated.
Indy Brew Bus expands with south-side tour
Indy Brew Bus LLC, which offers beer-tasting tours to craft breweries in Broad Ripple and downtown, is adding a route to Johnson County.
Priority list includes Lewis Black, Captain Hook, Sherlock Holmes, more
How about a night of Vonnegut? A cello/violin duo? A chance to cleanse the bad taste left from the TV “Peter Pan”?
Roundup: A Hoosier on B’way, Wizard World Comic Con, SNL’s 40th, more
Plus curator ins and outs and Glenn Close’s appearance at IU Cinema.
LOU’S VIEWS: Abe Lincoln and mourning in America
A new Indiana State Museum exhibit looks at the presidential assassination and other Civil War casualties
DINING: Giordano’s likely to satisfy fans; others may wonder, ‘Why the fuss?’
Have you ever gone to a concert and thought, “Well, that was OK. But I don’t get what all of these people are screaming about?”
LOPRESTI: Remembering Dean Smith—and one of his biggest defeats
IU took down Smith’s top-ranked North Carolina team in the ’84 tournament, but Dan Dakich dwells on the game that came next.
Clowes chief’s retirement clears path for realignment
Executive Director Elise J. Kushigian replacement will oversee not just the 2,200-seat performing arts landmark, but three additional theaters as well.
Visit Indy scoring medical confabs after years of courting sector
Visit Indy in the last six months has signed deals for four sizable medical/pharmaceutical-related conventions—hard-earned wins for a city that for years has aimed to be a biomedical hub that attracts big players for annual gatherings.
UPDATE: Panel backs inland moves, live dealers for casinos
A legislative committee has endorsed a proposal to allow Indiana's riverboat casinos to move inland. It also would allow live dealers for table games at Hoosier Park in Anderson and Indiana Grand in Shelbyville.
Expedia to acquire rival Orbitz for about $1.33 billion
Expedia is buying rival online travel site Orbitz, adding to the stable of brands it has snapped up recently in order to extend its reach and keep pace in the fiercely competitive travel-booking industry.
Ticket giveaway: IRT’s ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’
Okay, Sherlock, here’s a chance to discover the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s latest production without opening your wallet.
New Indianapolis Symphony schedule includes Joshua Bell, Kenny Rogers, more
New "Out of this World: Cosmos Music Festival" includes Holst's "The Planets," classical pieces heard in "2001: A Space Odyssey" and works that were sent into space aboard the 1977 Voyager mission.
City seeking redevelopment ideas for IRT building
Built in 1927, the city-owned landmark has served as the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s home for 35 years. The city and the not-for-profit are working on a lease renewal.
Priority list: Bogart, Gershwin, steampunk, more
Butler’s Midwinter Dance Festival and the Assad Brothers also make this week’s lineup of recommendations.
Sidelined Indianapolis Opera hires new leader
The troubled Indianapolis Opera—which hasn’t produced a show since March 2014—has hired Kevin Patterson as its new leader.
Report: Tourism pumps $10B into state economy
The economic impact data from 2013 show travel and tourism supports more than 187,000 jobs in Indiana and contributes $10.3 billion in revenue.
Hendricks festival to boast jousting, dancing, feasting
Hendricks County recently beat out sites in Alabama, California, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas to land the Society for Creative Anachronism’s 50th anniversary celebration.
DINING: Mass Ave. mainstay launches a College Ave. grab-and-go
Takeout at R2Go is more than just a differently packaged version of what's on the main menu around-the-corner-and-down-the-block at its mothership, RBistro.