DINING: Is Puerto Vallarta authentic? Maybe. Good? Yes.
Everyone now seems to have a favorite Mexican eatery—usually near one’s home or workplace.
Lou Harry
Articles
LOU’S VIEWS: You talkin’ to me?
In more and more plays, actors are addressing the audience directly. But when does a device become a crutch?
Ticket giveaway: Author Michael Pollan
Win tickets to the Spirit & Place event featuring the author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.”
Indiana’s Jim Gaffigan gets high-profile B’way role
Comedian will co-star with Chris Noth, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jason Patric in “That Championship Season.”
Review: “The Seagull” at the Goodman Theatre
There are more truths about what it’s like to be a human being in Chekhov’s play than there are in just about anything else I’ve seen on stage.
You-review-it Monday
Visit the Phoenix Theatre? Check in on Know No Stranger? Join Q Artistry for an evening of Poe?
DINING: Jazz Kitchen also makes beautiful music
Is it fair to review a restaurant when it is trying to serve a packed house of customers who all have arrived and leave at roughly the same time?
LOU’S VIEWS: Old favorites still satisfy
This week, some top picks from Indianapolis museums’ and attractions’ permanent collections
‘Madea’s Big Happy Family’ canceled
Tyler Perry production was to play Conseco Fieldhouse.
Review: “In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play”
Thoughts on Sarah Ruhl’s play, getting its local premiere at the Phoenix Theatre.
LOU’S VIEWS: Why Gilbert & Sullivan?
Thoughts on Indianapolis Opera’s “The Mikado.” Plus, the holiday season arrives early with Beef & Boards’ “White Christmas.”
DINING: Easy-to-miss eatery deserves a look … and taste
Last in a month-long series of reviews of “street” restaurants. This week: 106th St. Grill.
Review: Max Weinberg Big Band
The drummer behind Bruce Springsteen and Conan O’Brian took center stage at Jazz Kitchen set.
Heartland website problem “not a glitch”
If you are having trouble finding what’s playing when and where at the Heartland Film Festival, you aren’t alone.
LOU’S VIEWS: IMA’s new Warhol exhibit as much about commerce as art
It’s impossible to extricate Andy Warhol and his art from the world of commerce, because the artist himself was so influenced by—and generated so much—money. Plus, season openers from the Indiana Repertory Theatre and Dance Kaleidoscope.
Ticket giveaway: Roy Blount Jr. and more
Score tickets to a luncheon with bestselling writers.