LOU’S VIEWS: My picks for best of Indy Film Fest
Where else are you going to see a Mexican-American/Palestinian-American lesbian wrestler romantic comedy?
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LOU’S VIEWS: Quasimodo is back; a golem at the Phoenix
Two strong musical productions hit area stages
LOU’S VIEWS: At Stratford, a theater festival well worth the trip
For vacation this year, I took a trek to Verona, Ilyria, Broadway and a tropical island that housed buried treasure.
LOU’S VIEWS: Mini golf returns to the IMA
After a successful opening round last summer, mini golf has returned to the Indianapolis Museum of Art with a mostly new set of 18 artist-designed links.
LOU’S VIEWS: Art for art’s sake–while helping the community, too
What would happen if, say, a playwright, a video artist, a sculptor and a musician got together for a few weeks to try to create something without concern about who would see the final product … or even if there were a final product?
LOU’S VIEWS: Historical Society telling Indiana stories on road and in print
A look inside the new mobile touring exhibition and a new book on Presidential visits to Indiana.
LOU’S VIEWS: New Chicago museum focuses on write stuff
American Writers Museum includes Vonnegut, Riley and even a few scribes not from Indiana.
LOU’S VIEWS: IRT calls on old-fashioned pleasures with “Dial ‘M’ for Murder”
One of the classics in the thriller genre still has some life in it.
LOU’S VIEWS: In ‘The Open Hand,’ generosity may—or may not—have strings attached
Plus, ‘Mad Mad Hercules’ takes a non-Disney look at the mythological hero.
Check out what’s new in attractions across Indiana
A mascot museum, a hydroplane race and new sections of an existing southern Indiana cave are among the newest adventures awaiting tourists.
LOU’S VIEWS: Inspired by vinyl
James Brown, President Trump, Malcolm X and more make appearances in latest exhibit by artist Lobyn Hamilton.
LOU’S VIEWS: Petals and feathers populate IMA exhibitions
With a flower show outside supplemented by exhibitions focusing on birds, you might question the very nature of the IMA.
LOU’S VIEWS: When Earth attacks
In one of the more science-focused exhibitions it has featured in quite a while, the Indiana State Museum is housing an interactive, informative tutorial titled “Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters.”
LOU’S VIEWS: Marching to the movies with ‘Beauty,’ ‘Kong,’ more
A batch of interesting fantasy films have crept into the cineplexes in the often-shallow, post-Oscar/pre-Memorial Day period.
LOU’S VIEWS: Dog days at the Eiteljorg
The biggest downside to “Dogs: Faithful and True&rdquo is that you can’t bring your own pup to it.
LOU’S VIEWS: Children’s Museum reclaims circus joy
“Circus … Starring YOU” offers a three-ring fantasy of circus life with just enough well-integrated physics lessons.
LOU’S VIEWS: Student work shines, challenges at Art Center
The Student Invitational includes work from the Herron School of Art, Notre Dame, and more.
LOU’S VIEWS: Altar-ed states at wedding musical ‘It Shoulda Been You’
A few generations ago, Broadway audiences were more generous toward good-enough shows that weren’t spawned from movies and didn’t have marketable gimmicks.
LOU’S VIEWS: Vonnegut for beginners
Don’t feel left out of the Year of Vonnegut just because you haven’t read one of his books yet. Here’s where to start.
LOU’S VIEWS: Obsession permeates artist Sarah Hobbs’ distressing habitats
Latest IMOCA show showcases rooms in which overcompensation is a primary resident.