You-review-it Monday
For me, the better part of the weekend was spent lost in two novels by Indy writer Ben H. Winters. What about you?
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Moreno, Minnelli and more highlight Palladium gala
Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Webb also honored as inductees into Michael Feinstein’s Great American Songbook Hall of Fame.
Powerball sales drive Hoosier Lottery revenue to record high
The state lottery expects to pull in $945 million for the fiscal year ending June 30. Meanwhile, lottery operator GTECH Indiana plans to start televising Powerball and Mega Millions drawings this summer.
‘World War Z’: A conversation
Who better to see the big-budget horror epic with than the author of “Night of the Living Trekkies”? Listen in on our post-screening chat.
COTA: Cutting through clutter of online product reviews
Two consumer websites address product reviews in a helpful, fanatical way.
DINING: Rook doesn’t go by the book
First in a month-long series of game-piece restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: I’m no fan of the movie “Avatar”…but the exhibit is another matter
Most of the Children’s Museum’s core under-10 audience may not be interested in the movie props, but the interactives are outstanding.
BENNER: Trainer hall of famer makes his mark across many sports
Serendipity and a Pacers legend put Ralph Reiff at the pinnacle of his profession.
Indiana Arts Commission pledges $2.9M in grants for 2014
Recipients in central Indiana will include the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, Heartland Truly Moving Pictures, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Win tickets: Bob Dylan and company, Matchbox Twenty
Two pairs of tickets to give away this week: One to see Dylan and the Americanarama festival and the other for the Matchbox Twenty/Goo-Goo Dolls doubleheader.
A&E Priority List for June 27-July 10
Doubling up this week with stuff to do for this week and next (Yes, I’m taking the 4th of July off).
Indianapolis symphony gives away old theater seats
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is taking out some 1,700 seats dating as far back as the 1930s as part of a renovation of the Hilbert Circle Theatre, with The Strand Theatre in downtown Shelbyville taking enough to redo its 377 seats.
Why I won’t be watching Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome’ miniseries
About 20 years ago, I wrote about neighbors trapped under an impenetrable dome. No, I won’t be getting a royalty check.
You-review-it Monday: ‘Avatar’ exhibition, ‘Macbeth'(ish), and more
What did you experience on the A&E front this weekend? Opinions wanted.
This is Lou Harry’s review of NoExit’s ‘This is not Shakespeare’s Macbeth’
There’s plenty of sound and fury in this twisted take on the Scottish play.
Film fest will screen at Libertine, Tibbs Drive-in, Eiteljorg and more
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s writing/directing debut to close Indianapolis International Film Festival in July.
Glass magic coming to end for venerable Fox Studios
Fox Studios Inc., the venerable stained glass company whose work is on display at countless churches throughout the state and even the Indiana Statehouse, is closing.
HETRICK: Mundane matters of middle-class homebuyers
The twisting, turning, maddening tale of our broken oven doesn’t quite measure up in the grand scheme of things.