You-review-it Monday
So what did you do on the A&E front this weekend?
Did you catch “Up” at a theater near you? Venture to Buck Creek Players to see the U.S. community theater premiere of “Grey Gardens”? Or jam with Dan Zanes at the…
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A&E: Prose and Conner-WEB ONLY
This week, William Conner on stage at the IRT and another chorus of “Tomorrow,” courtesy of Beef & Boards. If you’ve spent any time at Conner Prairie, whether on a school field trip or a family outing, you may have realized that you don’t see the living history museum’s namesake, William Conner, anywhere nearby. That’s because, […]
A&E: Prose and Conner-WEB ONLY
This week, William Conner on stage at the IRT and another chorus of “Tomorrow,” courtesy of Beef & Boards. If you’ve spent any time at Conner Prairie, whether on a school field trip or a family outing, you may have realized that you don’t see the living history museum’s namesake, William Conner, anywhere nearby. That’s because, […]
Efroymson back at IMOCA
I’ll take a break from my NYC dispatches so that IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin can offer this report.
Philanthropist Jeremy Efroymson has a rather unorthodox plan for leading the contemporary art venue that he co-founded out of financial straits.
Efroymson will become…
NYC 2: B’way blocks/Fallon talks
Second in a series of dispatches from New York.
I’ve got mixed feelings about the, for now, temporary move to block traffic on Times Square and Duffy Square in midtown Manhattan. (Look for yourself here)
The experiment, which started this week, certainly gives the…
NYC pt. 1: Road plays
For the next few posts, I’ll be logging in from New York City, where I’m on a multi-tasking trip that includes a trio (at least) of Broadway shows to review. I also will be reporting from BookExpo America, the publishers/booksellers…
You-review-it Mon./Tues.
So, was this a weekend of celebrity spotting (see previous post)? Maybe you included The Ohio Players downtown concert in your race plans, or caught one of the bands harmonizing with the engine roars at the Speedway.
Perhaps you got out…
IMA, $3 Bill, symphony and opera deliver drama, comedy, fine music
This week, challenging work at the IMA, an impressive operatic collaboration, and laugh-out-loud silliness.
DINING: Cobblestone Grill offers tasty lunch until 5
One of the pleasures—and there are numerous ones—of Zionsville’s Cobblestone Grill (160 S. Main St.,
Zionsville, 873-4745) is that its lunch menu is offered beyond the traditional midday-meal hours.
500 celeb spotting
Celeb spotting is kind of a human catch-and-release game. Seeing a familiar TV or film face, grabbing a photo, maybe scoring an autograph–all are signs of…what? I’m not sure. It’s not like seeing talented…
A&E: At the IMA: Sabine there, done that-WEB ONLY
This week, challenging work at the IMA, an impressive operatic collaboration, and laugh-out-loud silliness. Stunningly beautiful and infuriatingly smug, isolating and compelling, baffling and smart, ‘Rape of the Sabine Women” is, in theory, the anchoring work of the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s current “Adaptation” show. I say “in theory” because, unless you plan carefully and […]
“Wicked” on the cheap
Passed on tickets to “Wicked” because of the steep price? Or maybe you just waited too long for good seats.
Well, there’s another option. Broadway Across America…
“Idol” speculation
Okay, so our nation has annointed another “American Idol.” And the chat rooms are buzzing about whether or not humble guy Kris Allen deserved the win over the in-your-face Adam Lambert.
The fact remains that both have been given a huge launch pad….
Do away with music competitions?
As home to the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and the American Pianists Assocation Fellowship Awards — and with IVCI head Glenn Kwok recently named President of the World Federation on International Music Competitions (the first American to land the position) — Indy has a…
Michelle Obama and the arts
Not content with just catching a show at the Kennedy Center, first lady Michelle Obama made a clear statement with this week’s trip to New York: She sees value in the arts and is interested in promoting them.
And not just mass appeal…
LOU’S VIEWS: Rickey’s sculptures, Phoenix’s ‘Zoomerville’ advance Indy’s art reputation
This week, art in the wind and an original musical.
You-review-it Monday
The Broad Ripple Art Fair couldn’t ask for a nicer Sunday. But that annual event is far from the only event happening this past weekend. I also caught the ISO and Indianapolis Opera joining forces on Wagner at Clowes Hall,…
A&E: Downtown art: The wind and the lines-WEB ONLY
This week, art in the wind and an original musical Seeing still images of George Rickey’s stainless steel work, shining like flamboyant cousins of the “2001: A Space Odyssey” monolith, you might easily write them off as cold. Maybe even redundant and uninteresting. It’s a given that photos don’t do justice to most outstanding works […]
A&E: Downtown art: The wind and the lines-WEB ONLY
This week, art in the wind and an original musical Seeing still images of George Rickey’s stainless steel work, shining like flamboyant cousins of the “2001: A Space Odyssey” monolith, you might easily write them off as cold. Maybe even redundant and uninteresting. It’s a given that photos don’t do justice to most outstanding works […]
Dramatic battle in Carmel
Carmel Community Players, a volunteer theater founded in 1993, has announced an ambitious season of all Pulitzer-Prize-winning
shows — even though a chunk of its funding was shot down by the Carmel Support the Arts Fund and its
performance…