A&E priority list includes a kid-friendly secret agent, a one-man play, more
First Friday offers art, music…and donuts. Megan Hilty sings with the Symphony.
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DINING: Bent Rail Brewery worth visiting even without its own taps flowing
Bent Rail Brewery is not officially the cafeteria for The Speak Easy. But it might as well be.
LOU’S VIEWS: IRT basks in mystery with sumptuous ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’
This adaptation, by R. Hamilton Wright and David Pichette, largely takes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at his words, honoring his best-known Holmes adventure with a patiently paced, witty-but-not-silly script.
IBJ Movie Night: Score tickets to ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’
Enter to win passes to an advance screening of the sequel, starring Maggie Smith, Richard Gere, and Dev Patel.
Ticket giveaway: ‘Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience’
The spoof comes to the Egyptian Room in March. You might magically win tickets here.
Emphasis is on music for this week’s priority list, including a Cynthia Layne celebration
Jasmine Guy leads a Harlem Renaissance celebration. IU Opera revises a Broadway classic.
Predicting Oscar: What will/should win this year
I’m still grumpy that “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” didn’t get nominated for Best Picture. But that won’t keep me from predicting and tweeting this year’s Oscars.
DINING: Tinker Street takes the high road
After being welcomed with a complementary taste of moscato (cheers!), we started with the delicious Fried Brussels Sprouts ($7), shredded and mixed with dukkah spice.
LOU’S VIEWS: Embraceable ‘Crazy for You’ has rhythm
An example of adaptation done right, "Crazy for You" honors the original, combining great songs, high-energy dance, silly comedy and a big heart, whipping it all up in a colorful, smile-inducing froth.
Priority list includes Lewis Black, Captain Hook, Sherlock Holmes, more
How about a night of Vonnegut? A cello/violin duo? A chance to cleanse the bad taste left from the TV “Peter Pan”?
Roundup: A Hoosier on B’way, Wizard World Comic Con, SNL’s 40th, more
Plus curator ins and outs and Glenn Close’s appearance at IU Cinema.
LOU’S VIEWS: Abe Lincoln and mourning in America
A new Indiana State Museum exhibit looks at the presidential assassination and other Civil War casualties
DINING: Giordano’s likely to satisfy fans; others may wonder, ‘Why the fuss?’
Have you ever gone to a concert and thought, “Well, that was OK. But I don’t get what all of these people are screaming about?”
Clowes chief’s retirement clears path for realignment
Executive Director Elise J. Kushigian replacement will oversee not just the 2,200-seat performing arts landmark, but three additional theaters as well.
Ticket giveaway: IRT’s ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’
Okay, Sherlock, here’s a chance to discover the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s latest production without opening your wallet.
New Indianapolis Symphony schedule includes Joshua Bell, Kenny Rogers, more
New "Out of this World: Cosmos Music Festival" includes Holst's "The Planets," classical pieces heard in "2001: A Space Odyssey" and works that were sent into space aboard the 1977 Voyager mission.
City seeking redevelopment ideas for IRT building
Built in 1927, the city-owned landmark has served as the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s home for 35 years. The city and the not-for-profit are working on a lease renewal.
Priority list: Bogart, Gershwin, steampunk, more
Butler’s Midwinter Dance Festival and the Assad Brothers also make this week’s lineup of recommendations.
Sidelined Indianapolis Opera hires new leader
The troubled Indianapolis Opera—which hasn’t produced a show since March 2014—has hired Kevin Patterson as its new leader.
DINING: Mass Ave. mainstay launches a College Ave. grab-and-go
Takeout at R2Go is more than just a differently packaged version of what's on the main menu around-the-corner-and-down-the-block at its mothership, RBistro.