DINING: Sideman BeBop Pizza worthy of headliner The Jazz Kitchen
What might be a secret to some is that the city’s leading jazz club shares its kitchen with a pizza joint. Second in a month-long series of theme-free restaurant reviews.
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LOU’S VIEWS: Funky furniture, slamming doors and more
This week, I empty the notebook with thoughts on the IMA's contemporary galleries, a furniture show at the State Museum, a Beef &Boards farce and an ambitious new CD.
Sasheer Zamata (Sasheer Moore in her Pike High days) joins SNL cast
2004 Pike graduate to become the first African-American female cast member since 2007 on the long-running show. See performance clips here.
Ticket giveaway: LA Theatre Works production of ‘The Graduate’
Marian University hosts a tour in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the generation-defining novel. You know the Dustin Hoffman version. Now you can see it, live, onstage.
In lieu of You-review-it Monday: Your favorite cold movies
Of course, the ideal movie for these weather conditions is Disney’s “Frozen.” But since you probably aren’t going to make it to the multiplex, try these at home.
DINING: Ember attempts Cultural Trail culinary spark
Former chain pizza place transforms into neighborhood eat/drinkery. First in a month of theme-free restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: 50 years, 50 shows
Broadway’s “Ragtime,” Butler’s “Lamentations,” and two Icemen among half a century of theater-going highlights
LOU’S VIEWS: Lou Harry’s year-end A&E bests
The Eiteljorg Museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis all get props in IBJ art critic Lou Harry's recap of 2013.
Cultural Trail opens, fuels development
The trail officially opened in May at a cost of $63 million, including $6 million for a maintenance endowment.
Bored of your board games? Try these.
Between Christmas and New Year’s Day is when many families raid the game closet. If all you’ve got are Monopoly and Scrabble, consider picking up one of these.
REVIEW: The Leisure Kings at the Jazz Kitchen
Other performers may dip a (mistle)toe into outrageous waters around holiday time, but I’ve seen none offer as consistently outrageously entertaining an X-mas program as the Leisure Kings.
Ball State-birthed big-top musical graduates to big time
“The Circus in Winter,” which began its theatrical life as a student project, is headed for an East Coast theater considered a stepping stone to Broadway.
You review it Monday: Leisure Kings, $3 Bill and more
Did you go for the sacred or the profane this weekend? Or opt out of A&E completely?
DINING: Carmel adds Mex to Main Street mix
Review of Agave Bar & Grill. Fourth in a month-long series of new-in-2013 restaurants that we hadn’t previously reviewed.
LOU’S VIEWS: Hefty books weigh in on Columbus and Crown Hill
Reinforced coffee-table legs might be required if you are giving these impressive Indiana-focused books
Top movies of 2013: Lou’s picks
“Inside Llewyn Davis” and “American Hustle” among my personal picks for best films of the year. What topped your list?
Indiana Film Journalists (including yours truly) pick movie bests for 2013
“12 Years a Slave” tops the list for Indiana Film Journalists Association. See what else made the list—and where I agree and disagree.
IBJ Movie Night: ‘American Hustle.’ Win tickets.
The ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ stars meet the leads from ‘The Fighter’ in David O’ Russell’s look at Abscam.