DINING: Burger Theory a fix for hotel-food blues
Up until now, I had a theory that airport chain hotels aren’t terribly interested in the food they offer.
Lou Harry
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LOU’S VIEWS: Romance rules at the IRT for ‘What I Learned in Paris’ and ‘Ray and Ella’
Lou Harry reviews Indiana Repertory Theatre’s production of “What I Learned in Paris” (through April 12) and Dance Kaleidoscope’s “Ray & Ella.”
Deciding whether to join union a tough call for Indianapolis actors
Whether to join the union has always been a dilemma for regional actors, but in Indianapolis the decision is even more difficult as non-union professional theaters proliferate and offer plum roles to build experience.
LOU’S VIEWS: Children’s Museum bags kid-lit bestseller
Before the spunky Fiona showed her true colors in “Shrek,” fairy-tale tropes were turned upside down in “The Paper Bag Princess.” Ben Asaykwee’s theatrical adaptation does it justice.
Children’s Museum bags kid-lit bestseller
Before the spunky Fiona showed her true colors in “Shrek” and before Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine went beyond “happy ever after” in their musical “Into the Woods,” fairy-tale tropes were turned upside down in “The Paper Bag Princess.” The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is giving the 3-million-plus-copy best-seller a fun, free-with-admission, created-by-Hoosiers production (through […]
Ticket giveaway: ‘Mythbusters Jamie & Adam Unleashed!’
The Discovery Channel stars hit the road for an evening of experiments, stories, and video, and on-stage experiments.
Chamber Orchestra passes baton to Butler grad
Matthew Kraemer, a Butler University graduate who went on to lead a pair of Pennsylvania orchestras has been appointed as the ICO’s music director and principal conductor. The hiring was announced Thursday morning.
Priority list includes a jazz battle, a former Police man, more
Pianists play for an APA title, Stewart Copeland brings new sounds to Clowes Hall, and Dance Kaleidoscope moves to the sounds of Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald.
REVIEW: ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’
How to make sense of the seemingly contradictory notions of a god who loves unconditionally and a god who would administer a punishment of eternal damnation?
LOU’S VIEWS: Rarified Ayres
Indiana Historical Society celebrates the famed department store… and brings the cherub to eye level.
DINING: Organic, halal meats mark new Lafayette Square eatery
Separated from most of its fellow International Marketplace eateries by Interstate 65, Chapati features recipes passed down through generations.
Eiteljorg to enhance canal side with $400,000 upgrade
A new structure will allow for more canal-side programming for the museum, including concerts, storytelling, art projects, poetry readings and interactive activities.
Rihanna, Zac Brown Band to headline free Final Four concerts
Country stars Lady Antebellum and Kacey Musgraves also are set to perform in the music festival at White River State Park on April 3-5, with more acts to be announced.
A&E priority list includes a romantic comedy, a saxophone legend, and a Biblical villain reconsidered
The Indiana Repertory Theatre travels back to 1973 Atlanta while Wisdom Tooth Theatre asks questions of Judas Iscariot.
LOU’S VIEWS: Glistening and grim ‘Gold!’ shines at Eiteljorg Museum
There are no “Cash for Gold” placard-wearers in the “Gold! Riches and Ruin” exhibition. But a clear message is nonetheless delivered
Ticket giveaway: Dance Kaleidoscope’s ‘Ray and Ella’
Two powerhouse vocalists provide the soundtrack for new work by choreographers David Hochoy and Nicholas Owens.
‘Hoosiers’ director to helm off-B’way-bound play in Bloomington
IU grad David Anspaugh, who recently moved back to Indiana, takes on production about a burned war vet.
A trip back in time to L.S Ayres, a pi party, and more on this week’s A&E priority list
Plus Indy Film Festival’s Film to Fork series continues with “The Search for General Tso.”
LOU’S VIEWS: On first CD, Icarus Ensemble rises to the challenge
The individuals in the quintet have had to work around busy academic and performance schedules, which means Icarus Ensemble plays publicly together only about a dozen times a year.
DINING: Mountains of food aren’t prime attraction at Twin Peaks
Who besides weary male travelers temporarily housed in nearby hotels is likely to go to a breastaurant—er, restaurant—where the defining elements are the physical attributes of the wait staff?