Review: Tom Wopat at the Cabaret
Broadway and TV vet presented a charming combo of Broadway star and Luke Duke in Indy appearance.
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After 2011 tragedy, state fair expands offerings
The Indiana State Fair is raising admission prices and adding a parking charge as it tries to recover from a big hit to its bottom line caused by last year’s tragic stage collapse.
DINING: North-side hotel offers surprising destination dining
Third in a month-long series of “Grill” restaurant reviews. This week: Grille 39.
LOU’S VIEWS: Indy International Film Fest favorites worth the weight
A bodybuilder looking for love, high-wire walkers and super heroines are among my favorites at this year’s Indianapolis International Film Festival, set for July 19-29.
You-review-it Monday
“Cabaret” at the Athenaeum? The open of Indy Reads Books? What did you attend this weekend?
Ticket giveaway: Blake Shelton
Win tickets to the country star’s concert at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Cheapskate alert: Indy Reads Books opens
As a long-time book lover, I’m a bit ashamed to admit that I rarely buy new books.
Indiana fair panel awards coliseum work contracts
The Indiana State Fair Commission has awarded the first four contracts for a planned renovation of the fairgrounds' coliseum that will keep the building on the sidelines during next year's fair.
ROBERTS: Indianapolis pushing boundaries with improved design
The Cultural Trail points to the possibilities Indianapolis can offer future generations.
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra lays off 6 employees
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has laid off six employees as part of ongoing restructuring at an organization that has been dealing with seven-figure budget deficits in recent years.
Hoosier Lottery asks vendors to bid on work
The primary goal of the contract is to boost the lottery's net income, which dropped from $218 million in fiscal year 2006 to $188 million during fiscal year 2011 — a 14 percent decline.
You-review-it Monday
What did you hear, see or do this weekend? And what do you think the crowd of sci-fi fans at InConjunction picked as the favorite end-of-the-world/dystopia movie?
Shelbyville racino operator settles with ex-manager Cordish
The operator of Indiana Grand Casino and Indiana Downs horseracing track in Shelbyville has reached a $3.5 million settlement with the property’s former manager, The Cordish Co., that helps pave the way for its reorganization.
LOU’S VIEWS: Gregory Hancock’s ‘Hunchback’ is back
Plus thoughts on ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
DINING: Eatery adds to Library lunch options
Second in a month-long series of “Grill” restaurant reviews. This week: Panorama Grill.
BENNER: New football playoff will create more problems than it solves
Anyone who things the new four-team playoff will quiet the controversies needs a reality check.
HETRICK: Maybe it’s time to think like ‘Mad Men’ and sell everything
The Rs and the Ds could fight over ad space in voter registration.