Phoenix Theatre’s ‘Spring Awakening’ extending
‘Avenue Q’ also returning for another run this year.
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City lands major expo with $19M economic impact
The National Safety Council’s Annual Congress & Expo will come to Indianapolis for the first time in September 2019. It's expected to draw 14,000 delegates, likely making it one of the five biggest conventions the city hosts that year.
CIB contributes $500,000 toward tourism effort
The gift will enable the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association to continue an annual marketing campaign aimed at attracting Midwestern visitors to the city.
Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentals
Subscribers will be able to use both services under one account and one password, CEO Reed Hastings said Monday in a blog post.
New gym giving City Market a boost
The full-service YMCA, known as Indy Bike Hub, opened Sept. 7 after a $3.5 million renovation of the City Market’s East Wing that also included improvements to the market’s main hall.
Comedian Lewis Black joins Vonnegut library board
Black is famous for being angry, and he says Vonnegut helped shape the way he looks at the world.
Review: Theatre on the Square’s ‘Working’
The revised version of the celebration of everyday working life sings on Mass Ave.
Decision nears on fate of freed-slave sculpture
Controversy has swirled around a piece of art commissioned for the Cultural Trail’s $2 million public art program. What ultimately happens to Fred Wilson’s “E Pluribus Unum” sculpture of a freed slave could alienate local African-Americans who oppose it or draw the scorn of national art critics.
Anderson, Indianapolis firms produce computer-pioneer documentary
The Heartland Film Festival entry looks at the life of the late Ken Olsen, who founded Massachusetts-based Digital Equipment Corp.
LOU’S VIEWS: Heartland Film Fest starter set
Having trouble picking from the more than 100 films at this year’s event? Try these critic’s picks.
BENNER: Don’t forget about famous Hoosier sports heroes
Certainly, sports figures need to be included among the 30 honored on whatever they end up calling Georgia St.
HETRICK: Ten tips on the way out the entrepreneurial door
In the hope that someone out there is hesitant to hang out a shingle and build a business, I’ll surprise you with this: Try it.
DINING: Drive-by Carmel newcomer worth a stop
Second in a month-long series of “en route” restaurants. This week: J. Razzo’s.
Do TV dance shows add to live dance audiences?
“So You Think You Can Dance?” and “Dancing with the Stars” get ratings, but will their audiences come out for DK, Hancock and other live dance presenters?
Lottery says it overspent on amenities for new office
Indiana lottery officials say they overspent on their new headquarters and will sell some of their equipment after reports raised questions about the lavish facility.
Ticket giveaway: Heartland Film Festival
Win a 10-packs of tickets to the annual celebration of cinematic positivity.
Anderson racino emerges from bankruptcy
The parent company of Anderson racetrack and casino Hoosier Park has officially emerged from bankruptcy. The original shareholders of Centaur Inc., about 80 individual Indiana investors, lost their entire investment in the company.
State to crack down on new online gambling machines
Indiana officials have decided to clamp down on new electronic gambling machines that let users connect to online games and are giving the state excise police authority to remove them and cite businesses that have them.
Madonna at the Super Bowl?
The worst celeb news in Indy since Donald Trump’s aborted stint as pace car driver?
You-review-it Monday: Henson Alternative, Art vs. Art, etc.
What did you hear, see or do this weekend?