UPDATE: Indiana State Fair attendance tops 950,000
This year’s 17-day run goes down in the books as one of the three most attended.
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Illinois ends contract with private manager of lottery
The manager, Northstar Lottery Group LLC, is 80-percent owned by Rhode Island-based Gtech Corp., the parent company of Gtech Indiana, which manages the Hoosier Lottery.
DINING: Bar should be set a little higher on promising new taqueria
At BarRio Taco & Tequila Bar, the elements are in play but the recipe doesn’t quite work yet
TRY THIS: A caving adventurer discovers the upside of the underworld
We’re a three-person caving group about to enter Sullivan Cave. Our leader locks the gate behind us.
Children’s Museum expands footprint
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis plans to begin tearing down a nearby apartment building this month and is starting to explore options for the site that could include an outdoor attraction.
LOPRESTI: What’s in a number? Plenty, if it’s attached to your jersey
A stroll through the digits reveals a wealth of Hoosier-state sports lore.
Indianapolis Art Center names new president from within
Patrick Flaherty, former director of exhibitions for the IAC, to fill spot vacated by Carter Wolf. Plus staff shift and new hires at the Arts Council of Indianapolis.
How to do IndyFringe: A beginner’s guide (update)
There are still first-timers who have yet to experience the Mass Ave.-area 10-day fest. On its 10th anniversary, here’s some guidance.
Alone in the universe: Why I didn’t like ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
We finally have a summer blockbuster. But I’ll take “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” instead.
CIB to provide $5M for natatorium maintenance
The Capital Improvement Board of Managers of Marion County voted Monday to give the Indiana Sports Corp. $500,000 a year for the next 10 years to create a reserve fund for maintenance on the IU Natatorium at IUPUI.
Indianapolis Opera hires Stolen to help assess future
Steven Stolen, a former managing director of the Indiana Repertory Theatre, will work as an independent contractor for 25-30 hours per week until the target Oct. 1 completion of the evaluation.
DINING: State Fair finds
Yes, some of it is deep fried. And it won’t be mistaken for health food. But this year’s new culinary offerings at the Fairgrounds showed surprising range.
LOPRESTI: Schumacher has stories to tell after 57 years with Indians
There was the time former team president Owen Bush wanted no part of Harmon Killebrew.
REI Investments agrees to buy site of former GM stamping plant
The local developer plans to purchase the entire 102-acre property, which has been earmarked for a 15,000-seat outdoor concert venue and the city’s new criminal justice complex.
Review: ‘The Tempest’ at White River State Park
The show proper began, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one in the sizable crowd bracing for sound problems…and relieved when none occurred. In fact, the sound was impeccable.
UPDATE: Fair opens with first alcohol sales since 1946
The first person to sample alcohol under the new law was 67-year-old Ed Swafford of Liberty. He tried a Bavarian-style ale and declared it tasty.
DINING: Chicago-based Yolk changes the way CityWay does breakfast
Its Chicago prices could use a little modification, but this newcomer shows style.
LOU’S VIEWS: At the Cabaret, Karen Irwin’s Janis Joplin tribute transcends
Sans wig, sans period costumes, sans impersonation, Irwin found the beauty in Joplin’s not-pretty styling, filtering it through her own persona and sensibilities. What emerged was a show celebrating two artists
Two-hotel tower proposed across from fieldhouse
A Minneapolis developer wants to build two high-end hotels in the same 15-story building on a surface parking lot downtown across from Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
LOPRESTI: IHSAA’s biggest contest: Transfers vs. wild, wild West
High school athletes changing schools poses big challenge for IHSAA Commissioner Bobby Cox.