If you’re looking for classical music at Conner Prairie this summer, well, you’d better look carefully.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s soon-to-be-announced northside season is heavy on pop access, low on the traditional classical cannon. Is that a good thing or a…
The Denver Post offers a thought-provoking piece about “slot plays.” That is, an annual “African-American play” or “Hispanic play” that fills a regular slot in a theater’s schedule. Right now, to some eyes, the IRT is doing that with “Crowns” and the Phoenix with…
It’s that time again.
Time to chime in with your A&E experiences from the weekend. I had a three-day run of catching “References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” at the Phoenix Theatre, the launch of “Treasure Island” at…
Because President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev have now dared to raise that tired and trivial matter of nuclear disarmament, you must focus on mundane matters of mass destruction.
This week, an online visit with a new Indianapolis Museum of Art, plus a local take on “Forbidden Broadway.”
A feature film—written, produced and financed by a locally based production company—is gearing up to roll cameras at numerous locations downtown.
I previously gave a sneak peek at some of the Pops concerts on the way from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (including appearances by Maureen McGovern and Marvin Hamlisch as well as a Florence Henderson/Shirley Jones TV mamas double bill).
Today, though,…
The unveiling of the fairly hideous new artwork at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (see article and photos here) got me wondering if anyone has done this sort of fusion of sports arena and visual art any better.
A quick…
I’m guessing that many of you have already seen the e-mail that is being circulated prodding you to join a rally on Monument Circle April 20 designed to “increase awareness of the importance of the arts to the local economy…
IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin chimes in with an update on the latest downtown public art showcase:
Installation of “George Rickey: An Evolution” begins April 21 at 10 locations downtown. Printed guides will be…
The late winter sun has yet to rise, but brothers Charlie and Mark Masheck already are hard at work inside a sprawling cabin along Matthews Road outside Greenwood, setting up for the day. A painted sign out front reads Hoosier Trapper Supply Inc., but the rustic shop also houses the brothers’ other endeavor: Leatherwood Wildlife […]
Mickey’s men’s and women’s camps—open for registration on a first-come, first served basis—offer compelling speakers, fun activities and food from the city’s leading restaurants.
Every year, as the first of April rolls around, there are people—and companies—everywhere scheming to take
advantage of the gullible.
The Indiana War Memorials Commission’s proposal to build a USS Indianapolis submarine memorial on the east bank of the Canal just north of the existing
USS Indianapolis (cruiser) National Memorial would unwisely occupy nearly the last piece of green space on the Canal.
This week, the reborn American Cabaret Theatre and a symphonic circus draw packed houses.
The state’s overreliance on gambling, what once seemed like easy money, is becoming a major concern to taxpayers.
The Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis inspires passion for classical music across central Indiana through broadcast programming
and outreach.
It’s good to see Conner Prairie thriving after the rocky years it endured earlier in the decade.
So was it a visit to the American Pianists Association Fellowship Awards finals with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra? A gallery hopping First Friday? A trip to the multiplex for a movie?
For me, the weekend was a low-key one–but I was…
The fascinating story of the battle between The Cleveland Plain Dealer, its high-profile music critic, and the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra has been a long-standing buzz topic in the arts world.
In short, critic consistantly writes negatively about maestro. Symphony pressures newspaper….
