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Part of City Market renovation project put on hold
City planners have downsized their renovation plans because project bids came in too high to meet the $2.7 million budget.
Ticket giveaway: Author Michael Pollan
Win tickets to the Spirit & Place event featuring the author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.”
Indiana’s Jim Gaffigan gets high-profile B’way role
Comedian will co-star with Chris Noth, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jason Patric in “That Championship Season.”
Review: “The Seagull” at the Goodman Theatre
There are more truths about what it’s like to be a human being in Chekhov’s play than there are in just about anything else I’ve seen on stage.
You-review-it Monday
Visit the Phoenix Theatre? Check in on Know No Stranger? Join Q Artistry for an evening of Poe?
Bebe Paluzza trade shows sold to industry vets
Bebe Paluzza Productions, which started as a local trade show for parents and grew into a series of consumer events staged in five cities, has been sold to two industry veterans who want to continue that expansion.
DINING: Jazz Kitchen also makes beautiful music
Is it fair to review a restaurant when it is trying to serve a packed house of customers who all have arrived and leave at roughly the same time?
LOU’S VIEWS: Old favorites still satisfy
This week, some top picks from Indianapolis museums’ and attractions’ permanent collections
WEB REVIEW: With Groupon and its ilk, daily deals drive demand
All of these work on the same basic premise: Make an offer to customers that is at or better than 50-percent off, use the power of the deal and their social networks to spread the word, and wait for the sales to roll in.
‘Madea’s Big Happy Family’ canceled
Tyler Perry production was to play Conseco Fieldhouse.
Review: “In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play”
Thoughts on Sarah Ruhl’s play, getting its local premiere at the Phoenix Theatre.
Museum revamping security strategy to save money
A security overhaul at the Indianapolis Museum of Art promises to be more effective while saving the cash-strapped museum $600,000 a year. More than 50 gallery attendants are gone, and so is the front desk, replaced by visitor assistants, most of whom are local college students.
LOU’S VIEWS: Why Gilbert & Sullivan?
Thoughts on Indianapolis Opera’s “The Mikado.” Plus, the holiday season arrives early with Beef & Boards’ “White Christmas.”
DINING: Easy-to-miss eatery deserves a look … and taste
Last in a month-long series of reviews of “street” restaurants. This week: 106th St. Grill.
HETRICK: You gotta be civil on the long road out of Eden
Etiquette at Eagles concert in short supply.
Review: Max Weinberg Big Band
The drummer behind Bruce Springsteen and Conan O’Brian took center stage at Jazz Kitchen set.
Corporations champion FFA’s mission
The organization’s annual convention, which runs Wednesday through Saturday, attracted 375 exhibitors, an impressive number considering the tepid economy.