Ticket giveaway: Tim McGraw at Klipsch
Win tickets to the Two Lanes of Freedom tour, rolling into Noblesville May 30.
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Lilly gives $1 million for art museum initiative
The five-year program is designed to transform the Indianapolis Museum of Art into a more visitor-centered institution. The first year will include enhancements to the upcoming Matisse show.
IBJ A&E priority list picks for May 16-22
Weekend events include the Broad Ripple Art Fair, new work from Dance Kaleidoscope, and a songwriting legend at the Palladium.
On the Cultural Trail: Let’s keep the bands marching
Amid all of Saturday’s activity, the strongest memories for me came courtesy of a small group of band members from George Washington Community High School.
You-review-it Monday
So did you get down on the Cultural Trail? Catch “4000 Miles” at the Phoenix or the last weekend of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the IRT? Find “The Great Gatsby” great or not-so-great?
Mellencamp’s musical to launch tour from IU
“Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,” a collaboration with Stephen King, once talked about for Broadway, will hit 20 cities, beginning with Bloomington and Indy.
Review: ‘4000 Miles’ at the Phoenix Theatre
Amy Herzog’s play does what seems to be a simple thing but is actually a rarity in contemporary theater: It lets its characters be.
DINING: New yogurteria eschews parlour trappings for lounge atmosphere
Second in a month-long series of Indianapolis Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: Civic’s ‘Into the Woods’ explores what’s after ‘happily ever after’
Plus thoughts on NoExit Performance’s world premiere of David Hoppe’s ‘Our Experiences During the First Days of Alligators’ in Garfield Park
BENNER: Tweeting my way through modern-day Pacers-Knicks series
An old sports reporter takes a stab at covering a game using social media.
IUPUI to move men’s hoops to fairgrounds Coliseum
School and fairgrounds officials announced the five-year deal on Thursday. Playing in the 74-year-old landmark will more than quintuple seating capacity for Jaguar games.
Bestselling author Green to speak at Butler commencement
Vlogbrother will also score an honorary degree. But he won’t be the only celebrity on stage.
Ticket giveaway: ISO’s ‘String Evolution’
Schubert, Bach and Tchaikovsky on the bill for the May 16-17 performances. And you could score a pair of seats.
A&E priority list for May 9-15
This weekend’s A&E is dominated by the festival marking the completion of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. But that’s not all that’s happening. Read on….
Thoughts on Civic’s ‘Into the Woods’
The Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical fairy-tale mash-up gets a strong production at the Tarkington thanks, in part, to a stand-out Cinderella.
ISO fills key VP of finance position
Symphony stays local with latest hire, pulling Suzanne Sweeney from the Indiana Repertory Theatre.
Galway, Patinkin, Gretchen Wilson, etc., coming to Palladium
Center for the Performing Arts’ centerpiece theater announces lineup for 13/14.
Extra security set for Indianapolis mini-marathon
The expected 35,000 runners and walkers have been told not to have backpacks or duffel bags, and to bring personal items only in the white plastic bags they received at their registration pickup in the days before the race.
LOU’S VIEWS: To learn about the Cultural Trail, walk it
While I’ve been bullish on the Cultural Trail, I realized recently that I haven’t actually walked it—at least, not all of it. Time to change that.
Local enrollment for culinary schools rising
The surprising growth corresponds with the recent expansion of the Indiana Convention Center, and an explosion in the popularity of The Food Network and chef-centric programming. But don’t expect to make a mint.