The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Tobias Theater will be renovated and reopened thanks to a $1 million gift from the Randall and Marianne Tobias.
Announcements of specific programs for “The Toby” are still forthcoming, but IMA reps say it will be…
Some unrelated thoughts on a catch-up Tuesday:
The Academy Award nominations are out and it’s interesting to note that “Transformers” (3) received more nominations than “Norbit” (1).
Seriously, though, for those of us who watch the Oscars the way others…
I had a busy A&E weekend, with the “Three Girls and Their Buddy” concert at Clowes Hall on Friday night (more on that later), the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s hot ticket “Rite of Spring” performance on Saturday (see previous blog entry…
Yes, it’s the big day. The unauthorized Tom Cruise biography is out.
Guess who won’t be reading it?
For one, a few clicks will get you all the couch-jumping, the Scientology, the wild rumors, and the rest that you could possibly want….
Superman leaps tall buildings in a single bound (note: If he can fly, why does he bother leaping? Just asking).
Dane Nash took his own enormous leap—of faith—when he decided to put his Superman and Batman memorabilia collection—including a full-sized Batmobile…
This weekend, I caught Dance Kaleidoscope’s “Funny Feet,” The Phoenix Theatre’s “End Days,” Beef & Board’s “Run for Your Wife” and stopped in, briefly, at the Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art’s “Backyard” at the Harrison Center.
In short, I spent a…
“… Frankly, if it comes down to another piece of art or another cop on the street, that’s not a close call.”
So said Greg Ballard in a post-election interview with IBJ.
With Ballard now officially on the job as mayor of…
One of the productions I’ll be reviewing in the next IBJ is “Assassins,” the Stephen Sondheim musical staged by the new Indy-based company Lowbrow Productions (information at www.lowbrowproductions.org).
Something I probably won’t be mentioning in the article: The fact that…
Today, “I am Legend” opens in theaters and “The Mist” is still lingering. I’m hoping to see both this weekend.
Next month, “End Days” opens at the Phoenix Theatre, and Spotlight Theatre will stage the apocalyptic “Early One Evening at the…
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It’s a place I hope…
