News came last night (see story here) that Dave Wilson was among 105 full and part-time Emmis employees caught in the most recent round of layoffs.
When I arrived in Indy nearly 15 years ago, Dave “The King” Wilson was…
Some of you got to the midnight screening of “The Watchmen” Thursday evening/Friday morning. Others may be catching it today. What did you think?
Here’s some of the info pulled from the National Endowment for the Arts study, released yesterday, titled “Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact on Jobs in 2008.” For the full document, click here.
— “The artist unemployment rate grew…
Chances are, only a handful of people in attendance when Oregon-based BodyVox visited Pike Performing Arts Center on Feb. 28 had ever seen the group before.
Think about that.
Think about the faith exhibited by the act of buying tickets and showing…
Welcome to the first (and I hope last) edition of Lou Harry’s A&E Most Wanted.
Artist Emma Overman had this painting lifted from outside her Harrison Center for the Arts studio in…
An interesting piece in the LA Times asks a range of high-profile folks (including, at the extremes, Bill Maher and Ann Coulter) what they would do if they ran the NEA.
Some interesting thoughts (Warning: If you click on the story,…
Raising Indianapolis’ tax on hotel rooms — already one of the highest rates in the nation — could be the tipping
point that causes conventioneers to bypass Indianapolis, some industry experts say.
Try out Vimeo (www.vimeo. com) and blip.tv as alternatives to YouTube.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Design Center opened last October as a complement to the museum’s 20th century design collection,
which curator R. Craig Miller expects to grow exponentially.
A $1.5 million Kresge Foundation grant will help The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis close in on its $74 million fund-raising
goal.
The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based not-for-profit that supports education reform, is sponsoring an art show March 6 at the Harrison Center for the Arts.
After four years, the Red Room club in Broad Ripple is switching its salsa night from Wednesday to Thursday and local salseros are worried about stepping on some toes.
This week, familiar objects take on new looks and meaning at the Indianapolis Art Center.
For me, the weekend included a visit to Pike Performing Arts Center to see BodyVox (more on that in an upcoming review), finishing Dennis Lehane’s epic Boston police novel “The Given Day” (the first big book in a long while that…
Recipe for a cheap date tonight:
Start off at FringeFriday, held in the new Fringe Building at 719 E. St. Clair. Complementary hors d’oeuvres start at 5:30 followed by a 6:15 showcase including sketch comedy group Three Dollar Bill Comedy Co….
Can “Watchmen,” based on the acclaimed graphic novel, hold its own with such recent superhero standard-bearers as “Iron Man” and “The Dark Knight”?
Be one of the first to find out. I’m giving away passes to the March 5th (okay, technically…
Nine lies about “Cats” (Which is in the midst of a revival at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre).
1. “Cats” is the epitome of the safe, predictable Broadway show. Go into your way-back machine and try to imagine someone approaching…
Some of the Indy area’s newer theater companies have been announcing new productions on a show-by-show basis. This allows them to react quickly, to get a show up when it’s ready, and to live within their often very-limited means. On…
So what did you do this weekend?
For me, an outstanding arts weekend included the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra/Indianapolis Museum of Art presentation of Buster Keaton’s “The General” (note to ICO/IMA: please put another one onto next year’s schedule) and Storytelling Arts of…
On vacation in the British West Indies, we see the decline from just a year ago at this same beautiful spotâ??fewer families at play, fewer retirees strolling arm and arm, fewer young couples slathering one another with sunscreen.
