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You-review-it Monday
So did you get to one of the many Nutcrackers? Catch the first weekend of the ISO’s “Yuletide Celebration”? Experience “This Wonderful Life” at the IRT? Or go to Storytelling Arts’ presentation of Bill Harley and Carrie Newcomer?
(I did all…
Quick-notes Friday
–Let the movie awards season begin. “Slumdog Millionaire”–which IBJ A&E readers got a chance to see earlier this week (see your comments here)–was just named 2008’s Best Film by the National Board of Review. See story here.
–Another potential…
Dark day for Indy arts media
It’s a sad day for Indianapolis media and for the arts as massive layoffs gut the Indianapolis Star.
Whitney Smith: gone.
Chris Lloyd: gone.
Susan Guyett: gone.
Abe Aamidor: gone.
My thoughts and best wishes go out to these and other talented former Star writers, editors…
“Slumdog”: Your thoughts
We had a great crowd at the IBJ Night at the Movies screening of “Slumdog Millionaire.”
If you were there, let us know what you thought of the film.
Indy in January: Back to the ’50s
Break out the poodle skirts and leather jackets. Mid-January, 2009, is being taken over by the 1950s. At least, in Central Indiana it is.
Nobody planned it this way. It’s not a part of some cross-promotion. It just seems to be…
You-review-it Monday
So did you get to “A Christmas Carol Unscripted” at ComedySportz? Check out “Australia” at the multiplex? Hear Sam Harris and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir at Pike Performing Arts Center? Or just veg out in front of the TV and…
Lou’s arts thank-you list
A few things I’m thankful for:
–I’m thankful that there’s plenty of material to write about in this blog. And that it has found a loyal readership (between 350 and 900 hits a day).
–I’m thankful for the smart, insightful, fun responses…
From the blog roll: IMA, etc.
Today, I’m just going to serve as your GPS, guiding you to some interesting arts writing from my blog roll. Happy clicking.
–Recent Indy visitor Tyler Green (of IMOCA/IMCPL/IO’s “10 Things I Hate About Contemporary Art”) comments on his recent trek…
You-review-it Monday
For me, the weekend meant two evenings at my daughter’s school musical–congrats to the whole Pike High School company of ‘Children of Eden’.
Sunday meant performances by the Indianapolis Opera and the touring company of “The Lion King.” Look for reviews…
First look: Celebration Plaza art
Installation begins Monday on the 500 Festival 50th Anniversary Legacy Art Project at Celebration Plaza in White River State Park (near where the big guitar player was last year).
So what sort of art does…
IBJ ‘Slumdog’ movie night
Okay, now that we’ve groggily made it through a pair of midnight screenings of Hollywood popcorn flicks (“Quantum of Solace” and “Twilight”), let’s change the pace a little with a serious Oscar contender…at a reasonable hour.
“Slumdog Millionaire” has not only earned rave reviews,…
Heartland’s Oscar buzz
You know how, when you’re gathered in the living room filling out you Academy Award ballot with friends and there are the inevitable jokes about nobody having any idea what the nominated documentaries are about?
Well, this year, it could be…
New art windows on Penn
Every once in a while, I’ll turn the blog over to reporter Kathleen McLaughlin, who is now covering the arts business beat for IBJ. Welcome her aboard and look for her writing here and in the print edition of IBJ.
Take…
You-review-it Monday
Before I get to the regular portion of the Monday blog, I’d like to take a moment to note with sadness the death of Matthew Oskay, director of the Warren Performing Arts Center. Matt, 30, was one of our town’s four arts…
Quick notes Friday
I’m still a little groggy from the midnight showing of “Quantum of Solace” last night, so I’m kicking off a new occassional short-attention-span feature here that I’m calling Quick Notes Friday. Welcome aboard.
–This was actually my second time seeing the…
Hating contemporary art
A whirlwind of a day started with my earlier-than-usual weekly Fox 59 segment (if you missed it, you can catch it here later today) and will end with the IBJ Night at the Movies midnight screening of “Quantum of Solace”…
Review: “Whirl of the Divine”
It was encouraging to a see a packed house at the Central Library for the Nov. 9 performance of “Powered by Poetry– Whirl of the Divine.”
It was even better to see that the production itself–a collaboration between Butler University Departments…
Conservative theater-an oxymoron?
An interesting Wall Street Journal piece (read it here) asks why we don’t see conservative political theater. Apart from Tom Stoppard and David Mamet, the writer of the piece “can’t think of a single well-known American or British playwright…