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Muncie as musical theater hot spot?
This month it is, with Broadway star Sutton Foster leading the way.
You-review-it Monday
A busy weekend included a Dance Kaleidoscope revival, a Bob Dylan tribute, and confessional theater.
King Tut boosts attendance at Children’s Museum
The museum counted 1.3 million visits last year, an increase of 270,000, or 26 percent,
over 2008.
Snow business like show business
Does the over-dramatization of weather conditions keep audiences away?
2010 State Fair to toast Indiana’s hog industry
This year’s Indiana State Fair will celebrate the state’s $3 billion hog industry by putting hogs and pork products center
stage during the 17-day fair. Deep-fried bacon on a stick? We can hope.
Big companies seek chance to bid on CIB privatization
Indianapolis receives a dozen responses to its proposal to privatize management of Lucas Oil Stadium,
the Indiana Convention Center and, perhaps, Conseco Fieldhouse.
King to play transitional role at state museum
New interim CEO, the former president of the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation, hopes to pave way for stability at the institution,
which has seen five CEOs in the past decade.
City’s once-thriving stand-up comedy scene fades
Crackers’ Broad Ripple and downtown locations are the only remaining comedy clubs in Indianapolis.
Carmel’s performing arts center hiring key staff
With a year to go before completion of a 1,600-seat concert hall, Executive Director Steven Libman added Jeremy Hatch as development
director.
BENNER: A look 10 years into our city’s sports future
What’s next for the Colts, the Pacers, the 500 and more.
HETRICK: Hey kids! Come and get your pound of flesh
In light of the selfishness and stupidity exacted upon children by adults, you’re hereby invited to exact revenge.
DINING: Pizzology’s crust, fresh ingredients delight diners
I’ve often said that if I had to pick one food to eat every day, it would be pizza. After a couple of visits to restaurateur
Neal Brown’s new place in Carmel, I feel compelled to revise that statement: If I had to pick one food to eat every
day, it would be Pizzology pizza.
LOU’S VIEWS: A tour winds down while local talent gears up
“The Color Purple” tour visits Clowes Hall while “New Beginnings” offers next-generation Broadway songs.
Indiana State Museum to name interim CEO
The board of the museum’s private foundation is expected to confirm Thomas A. King’s appointment Thursday afternoon
Senate panel to consider riverboat casino changes
A state senator said his committee will consider legislation that would allow riverboat casinos on Lake Michigan and the Ohio
River to move inland in hopes of staving off new competition from neighboring states.
Indianapolis Zoo blames crowd drop on bad weather
The zoo says it drew 1.05
million visitors during 2009, down from 1.1 million in 2008.
Red/blue state music
Where should the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra stand in classical music’s great divide?