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?
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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.
LOPRESTI: Hoosier Hysteria was in its pre-class glory 25 years ago
Damon Bailey’s Bedford North Lawrence team drew 41,000 fans to finals, a feat unlikely to be repeated.
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.
The numbers that really make the NCAA tournament work
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament really gets going Thursday with 16 games on the schedule. Here’s a quick look at the figures, other than basketball scores, that make the tournament a success.
Casino bill takes another step forward in Senate
The bill allows riverboat casinos to build on their existing land footprints, creates a tax credit for existing casinos to build hotels, and gives racinos the ability to convert half of their electronic table game machines to live dealing stations.
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.
Celebrated architect and Indy native Michael Graves dies at 80
The Broad Ripple High School graduate enjoyed an architecture and design career that spanned the globe and included some of the most significant buildings of the postmodern era. In Indianapolis, they included the NCAA Hall of Champions.
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
Maker-space movement touches down in Indy
The corner of Brookside Avenue and 10th Street, just off Massachusetts Avenue, could soon be the center of what city planners hope is a model to address industrial blight.
LOPRESTI: Memories of our Final Four shining moments
Players and coaches cherish tournament highlights in Indy, including Butler’s run in ‘10.
Ticket giveaway: Dance Kaleidoscope’s ‘Ray and Ella’
Two powerhouse vocalists provide the soundtrack for new work by choreographers David Hochoy and Nicholas Owens.
Committee passes bill to OK online gambling on horse racing
House Bill 1270 would allow horse racing fans to bet on their favorite horses from their personal phones or computers.
‘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.”
Proposal puts children’s museum in former Sears store
A plan that's in its early stages would bring a children's museum to a former Sears store at Mounds Mall in Anderson.
TRY THIS: The caffeinated craft of pour-over coffee
I didn’t give the pour-over coffee trend serious thought until I stumbled into Hubbard and Cravens’ coffee bar on the ground floor of the Barnes and Thornburg building.
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.