DINING: Noodling around Broad Ripple reveals new Thai restaurant
Once upon a time, Chiang Mai Thai Noodle would have been celebrated simply for existing.
Lou Harry
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LOU’S VIEWS: Sweet-scented orchid exhibit graces art museum
Fun fact: there are four times the number of orchid varieties than there are mammal species.
Broadway Indy season wears ‘Kinky Boots’; ISO celebrates Bowie on the prairie
Revamped “Cinderella” and first visit from “The Little Mermaid” also on the 2016-17 schedule.
Symphony’s new season builds on past successes
Programming includes a “”Music of the Earth” festival and a film-plus-orchestra screening of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
Priority list includes award-winning jazz big band, silent movie classic
Harold Lloyd’s “Speedy” includes a cameo from Babe Ruth himself. The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra plays along.
Times a-changin’ with DK, nuns a-singin’ at Beef & Boards, and a killer show at TOTS
Catching up on performance reviews with “Voices of a Generation,” “Sister Act,” and “Killer Joe.”
And the Oscar goes to … (maybe)
Will “Spotlight” find the spotlight or will “The Revenant” prove relevant on Oscar night.
LOU’S VIEWS: Snout and about for a day at Fair Oaks Farms
As its slate of offerings grew, I became more curious about what’s going on beyond the cheese shop.
DINING: Indiana Avenue spot gets 2-story tequila/taco bar
A restaurant trouble spot gets another shot at success as Corner Cantina takes over the two-story, balconied spot that once housed Zing and New Orleans on the Avenue.
Ticket giveaway: ‘Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage’
A live symphony orchestra plays the music of the beloved TV/movie series at the Murat.
Priority list: New Jazz Kitchen series, DK dances Dylan, more
Events also include Silk Road Ensemble at the Palladium and an improvised musical at Clowes.
DINING: Omoni is Korean on the quick
A popularizer rather than a trailblazer, the new Carmel eatery brings sincere if not particularly creative pleasure with minimal risk.
LOU’S VIEWS: The Phoenix’s ‘Pulp’ plunders P.I. cliches
An opening filmed credit sequence, a rotating set that kept the action moving, and atmospheric lighting enhanced this lark of a play.
A&E roundup: Grammy-winning Hoosiers, an Indy native as Obama, more
Former Wabash College philosophy major Parker Sawyers is getting good bus as the not-yet President of the United States.
Priority list includes unusual dinner theater event, acclaimed dance company
Plus, consider a road trip to Purdue for a one-night-only staging of an American theater classic.
Roundup: Sky Blue Window folding, ISO launching new music fest, more
Plus the latest books from Blue (yes, the Colts mascot) and Ben H. Winters.
DINING: Playing the waiting game at hot newcomer Ramen Ray
Contrary to what you might have learned in college, ramen is more than just a cheap brick of noodles and a salty, MSG-packed spice packet.
Review: National tour of ‘Once’ at Clowes Hall
More than once I wondered how it could stretch to a full-length musical. Every time, I was pleasantly surprised by how the show’s creators made it work
Ticket giveaway: Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra silent movie night
The 1928 Harold Lloyd comedy classic “Speedy,” (featuring Babe Ruth himself) gets live musical accompaniment. Here’s how to score a pair of seats.
State museum unveils previously unknown Lincoln artifact
For several generations, a southern Indiana family quietly held a bench mallet created and used by Abraham Lincoln in his youth. It’s now on loan to the Indiana State Museum.