The 119-year-old Columbia Club downtown is offering corporate discounts for the first time in an effort to boost revenue and
curb declining memberships. Previously, the Monument Circle institution sold memberships only on an individual basis. Under
the new plan, corporations will receive a significant discount, on a sliding scale, if five or more employees join.
IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson takes over the blog for a moment with some info on the upcoming Chakaia Booker public art exhibition.
New York-based artist Chakaia Booker’s nine new sculptures will be taking over downtown…
Chakaia Booker: Mass Transit, a public art display of nine original pieces and one existing sculpture, will be set up in downtown Indianapolis on July 14. Here’s where to go to see them:
1. “Gridlock”
2. “Tailgaiting”
3. “Plus or Minus?”…
Welcome to Friday.
I just wanted to alert you to a couple of things.
First, we’ve added a new portal page to make it easy for you to find not just this blog, but also the A&E reviews from my column in the print…
The Tony Awards , the annual celebration of the Broadway season, are being handed out this Sunday night.
Did I hear a yawn? You aren’t alone.
A notorious ratings loser, the show each year seems to squander the opportunity to excite….
The pride of Portland, Indiana, choreographer Twyla Tharp premiered a new work, “Rabbit and Rogue” with the American Ballet Theatre last week, earning a range of reviews from enthusiasm to dismissal .
In reading them, I was taken back…
I’m sure there are arts patrons in Central Indiana who travel across the border to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. I just don’t know any of them.
For most of us, the musical difference between a true world-class orchestra like the…
Welcome to Monday.
I hope your weekend was a satisfying one. Mine included trips to Buck Creek Players to see the musical “Honk!” (where my son slept during the second act) and to Tibbs Drive-in (where my son slept through the…
Already draped in an ever-changing natural backdrop, the site for the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Art & Nature Park will
come to life in 2009 through eight pieces of art commissioned for the setting. But unlike traditional sculpture parks that
feature permanent artwork, the IMA’s $25 million outdoor gallery will change regularly.
Here’s more on the works that will be part of the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Art and Nature Park, courtesy of IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson.
Atelier Van Lieshout, a Danish studio run by artist Joop van Lieshout,…
IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson takes over the blog today with a sneak peek at some of the work planned for the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s backyard.
Today, the IMA is releasing preliminary renderings for three of the eight inaugural artworks slated…
Since “The Sopranos” staged its final hit, “Desperate Housewives” became, well, desperate, and “American Idol” lost some of its water-cooler luster, I’m hearing fewer people outside of the media talk about television shows. (Except for…
I’ll admit that I never quite got a handle on Sheryl Crow. As catchy as some of her songs are, her hits always seemed all about the chorus. No harm there—just nothing that made me want to go out…
Half my lifetime ago, I journeyed across the country from East Coast to West and found myself on my own for a few days in Los Angeles. Looking for some cheap entertainment, I picked up a $6 ticket to see…
Want to join IBJ for a screening of the new comedy “Get Smart,” starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway?
It’s happening June 17 at AMC College Park
For a pair of tickets, just take both of the following steps:
1. Post a comment…
I wish I had more to report from the weekend, but I was under the weather and didn’t get to take advantage of Indy’s offerings.
If nothing else, I had hoped to get out to The Jazz Kitchen for Sunday night’s…
The next few weeks will be critical for the state’s two new racinos, which need to open with a splash to meet their ambitious
projections of drawing more than 3 million visitors apiece annually. Hoosier Park in Anderson will open June 2, and Indiana
Downs in Shelbyville will follow a week later.
It seems like Indiana’s casinos are starting to step up when it comes to consistent summer showroom entertainment. Now it’s just a matter of figuring out how to…
This week, Sheryl Crow launches the season for the Lawn at White River State Park and Eric Clapton plays Verizon Wireless Music Center.
It seems an appropriate time for you to offer what you see as the pros and cons of…
The sad thing—well, one of the sad things—about the death of filmmaker Sydney Pollack yesterday is the nagging feeling that there should be more to be excited about on his directing resume.
Pollack, a native of Lafayette who grew up…
