Priority List includes IndyFringe Festival, a ‘Silence of the Lambs’ musical, more
There are 78 different shows offering 384 performances at eight venues. And that’s just for one of this week’s choices.
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Casino operator proposes $650M development on airport site
The complex, called American Place, would contain Indiana's smallest casino, 1.2 million square feet of retail space, 200 condominiums, 25 high-end hotel suites, a conference and performance center, offices, a movie theater with moving seats and a health club.
Marsh renews Symphony on Prairie sponsorship through 2018
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s outdoor concert series posted total attendance of more than 100,000 in 2014. Marsh Supermarkets has sponsored the series since its inception in 1982.
Indianapolis aims to re-imagine Monument Circle using art
The city wants to change how people think of and use Indianapolis' most iconic roundabout, and that means letting artists take the first stab.
LOU’S VIEWS: Great game hunting at Gen Con 2015
For my annual Best of Gen Con list, here are 11 tabletop games to please hobby gamers while not being too intimidating to those who haven’t stretched far beyond Apples to Apples.
A&E Roundup: Angelo Pizzo’s next sports pic, a young Indy chef joins Rachael Ray, more
Plus new musicians join the Symphony and SNL’s Sasheer Zamata picks an intimate venue for her return to Indy.
DINING: Celebrity chef’s B Spot burger joint hits the mark
The proof should be on the plate, not on the signage. On an average day you won’t see Michael Symon here, except on the cover of the cookbooks at the hostess stand.
LOPRESTI: Who says gymnasts and basketball players don’t mix?
Championships here will reunite Bird with some of Barcelona’s smallest, toughest athletes.
State Fair raises admission fee, expands booze sales
The Indiana State Fair starts its 17-day run Friday. A different Indiana farm operator will be highlighted each day until activities wrap up Aug. 23.
Ticket giveaway: Jazz singer Carol Welsman at the Cabaret
The Cabaret at the Columbia Club hosts the CDN Smooth Jazz Award-winner. Win a pair of seats here.
Gen Con sets its sixth straight attendance record
In its 13th year in Indianapolis, the annual gaming convention, which ended Sunday, outrolled its previous record-setting attendance by 9 percent, marking its sixth straight year of growth.
What to do this week? Priority list includes the State Fair, Mellencamp, more
Plus some suggested stopping points on your First Friday gallery crawl.
Gen Con’s CEO calls for broader LGBT protections
The CEO of a massive gamers' convention said Thursday that organizers are "shopping the show" to other cities and could relocate after 2020 if lawmakers don't expand protections for gays and lesbians.
LOU’S VIEWS: Stand-ups mix it up at new Mass Ave open mic
10@10 is more of a curated variety show, with the emphasis on laughs. It’s well worth a dollar per comic.
LOPRESTI: Training camp begins and so does the Colts’ numbers game
The stats tell some interesting tales about the boys in blue and their biggest nemesis.
DINING: Atmospheric newcomer Repeal has strong appeal
As if diners needed yet another reason to visit Virginia Ave., along comes a swanky, swaggering new eatery that is as creative as it is evocative.
IBJ Movie Night: Win tickets to see Meryl Streep in ‘Ricki and the Flash’
Director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Diablo Cody team up for the story of a rock and roller who has to face the music.
Opinion: NASCAR blew it on Brickyard rules package
NASCAR has tried to create a rules package that produces dramatic racing, but Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway featured just 16 lead changes. If there was a way to bottle what IndyCar does on ovals, NASCAR would buy it in truckloads.
Priority list includes Gen Con, Shakespeare, Janis Joplin, more
If you really want to get ambitious, you could catch all three of my leading events this week.
Once-fringe Gen Con powers game industry
Indy’s annual Gen Con convention has become a powerhouse in the growing $880 million international hobby game business—and a boon for homegrown gaming startups, including Plowgames.