6 new cabaret shows celebrate iconic Black entertainers
PsyWrn Simone will perform “Black Thread: Songs that Nina Taught Me” on Saturday and Sunday at the District Theatre.
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Audiochuck announces $1M gift to nonprofit that supports LGBTQ+ youth, young adults
Nonprofit IYG plans to use the unrestricted grant to nearly double its ability to offer services and gathering spaces to young Hoosiers.
WIBC accused of sidelining on-air personality Rob Kendall in contract stalemate
St. Louis-based attorney Jay Kanzler says popular conservative on-air personality Rob Kendall has worked without a contract since October.
Indianapolis to host World Food Championships event for third time
Indianapolis will host an event billed as the “world’s largest food sport competition” for the third consecutive year.
UPDATE: Just Pop In! owners to close Broad Ripple location to focus on popcorn production
Just Pop In! owners Carly Swift and Mandy Selke opened their 5,000-square-foot Broad Ripple location in 2018.
Indianapolis software firm Opendate lands $14M in growth capital
The company advertises its AI tool as the first of its kind built specifically for managing offers to artists, event details and marketing efforts.
Q&A: John Payne gives stages to the stars from years ago and perhaps the stars of tomorrow
Payne’s company, Mad Hatter Shows, puts artists such as John Schneider and Jimmie “JJ” Walker in front of audiences who remember the actors’ heydays in “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “Good Times,” respectively.
Indiana rock bands build careers with help of national labels
Although country, pop, hip-hop and other genres crowd rock music out of the spotlight in the 21st century, this might be a golden era for indie rock in Indiana.
DePauw to host retrospective of New York-to-Indianapolis artist Samuel Vázquez
Vázquez turned his street art beginnings into a fine art career, studying at IU’s Herron School of Art and Design along the way.
IU football fans’ faith rewarded with national title in Miami
Persistent belief carried Indiana University fans from near and far to Miami on Monday to watch their Hoosiers capture a national football title.
Photo gallery: IU fans rally in Miami ahead of College Football Playoff championship game
Hours before kickoff, in a sea of cream and crimson outside Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, one IU fan said nabbing a ticket to the College Football Playoff national championship was like “winning the lottery.”
Whitten: Football is just one of the areas where IU is excelling
“Applications at IU Bloomington have gone up 60% since I started in 2021,” IU President Pam Whitten said. And the “biggest increase was before we were good at football.”
Indiana University football fans descend on Miami
IU fans filled direct flights from Indianapolis to Miami and added crimson-and-cream accents to the city’s sleek skyscraper hotels.
Mark Cuban sums up his IU donations as belief in cutting-edge ‘CigGPT’
High-profile Indiana University alum Mark Cuban said he appreciates Curt Cignetti’s entrepreneurial approach to college football.
John Prine’s songs carry his legacy in new tribute concert film
“You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine” will be shown Saturday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington. Jason Wilber, the Bloomington-based guitarist who backed Prine onstage for more than 20 years, will do a crowd Q&A.
Soup shop near Monument Circle closed as 2026 arrived
Small Batch Soups, a business founded in 2014, served its final customers on the first floor of Circle Tower on Dec. 31.
First ClusterTruck franchise location to open in Hamilton County
“Ghost kitchen” pioneer ClusterTruck, founded in Indianapolis in 2016, initially announced franchise opportunities in March 2024.
Championship basketball weekend to include HBCU all-star games
The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper, one of the longest-running Black publications in the United States, announced on Tuesday its partnership in presenting the HBCU All-Star Game Experience at Corteva Coliseum.
Documentary made in Indianapolis informs Hollywood’s ‘Dead Man’s Wire’
Indianapolis-based documentary filmmakers Alan Berry and Mark Enochs made the first movie about Tony Kiritsis and Richard Hall.
The Indiana Lawyer to become weekly supplement in IBJ’s print edition
The Indiana Lawyer’s non-print coverage—which includes a podcast, email newsletters and website—will continue.