Tech district could boost Indianapolis’ convention business
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association plans to attract more life sciences conferences.
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New Indianapolis tourism chief calls for bigger marketing budget
In an interview with Indianapolis Business Journal reporter Anthony Schoettle, Leonard Hoops, the incoming CEO of the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association, says Indianapolis warrants its own brand.
Ticket giveaway: Cirque Du Soleil’s “Dralion”
The Dralion that gives title to the latest Cirque Du Soleil show coming to Indy is derived from the melding of dragon and lion. Enter below by writing in your favorite combo-beast (of yours or someone else’s creation) and you could win a pair of tickets to see “Dralion” at Conseco Fieldhouse Aug. 3-7. Early […]
Borders turns the final page, will close all stores
The chain of bookstores will shutter its remaining 399 locations by September, including the few left in central Indiana. Company brass blame the changing book industry, eReader revolution, and turbulent economy.
Cultural tourist NYC: Son of Pony poetry reading at Cornelia Street Cafe
In lieu/of a review/a poem
YMCA, bike hub on track for City Market
The bike hub is slated to open sometime next month, while a date of Sept. 7 has been set for the unveiling of the new YMCA. The facilities are part of an overall $3.5 million renovation to City Market.
NYC: Shakespeare in the Park’s ‘Measure for Measure’ reviewed
Shakespeare’s ‘problem play’ gets a strong outdoor production in Central Park.
Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man: Turn of the Dark’ reviewed
I wish I could tell you that the media’s cynical circus missed the show’s magical essence. I can’t.
You-review-it Monday
Did you make it to Summer Celebration concerts? Symphony on the Prairie? The Phoenix Theatre’s “With a Bang”?
Cultural Tourist, NYC: ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ and interpolation
Three drag performers traverse Australia in an RV in Broadway’s latest jukebox musical.
STYLE: A behind-the-seams guide to Indianapolis tailors
Any sharp-dressed man will tell you a good tailor is worth his or her weight in gold—and often just as tough to find. What follows is a treasure map to guide you to some of the city’s best tailors.
LOU’S VIEWS: Ife sculptures at IMA paint a thousand words
I love a good creation story, and the Yoruba people of the ancient city of Ife, in what is now Nigeria, have a doozy. It involves a god indulging in a bit too much palm wine, a snail-shell full of soil, a chameleon, and a chicken (with five toes).
DINING: Same menu, new venue for downtown Bazbeaux
It was foolish, I suppose, to walk into Bazbeaux’s new Mass Ave location expecting anything culinarily different from what was served across the street at its former downtown site.
The Cultural Tourist, NYC: ‘Hair’
First in a series of A&E reports from Broadway and beyond.