A&E priority list includes the Beatles, Hitchcock(ish), and more
What to do this week besides think about the Super Bowl? Here are some viable options to inflate your week.
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Country headliners announced for Klipsch Music Center concerts
Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and more summer shows on the schedule. Undercards include Hunter Hayes and Scotty McCreery.
Conner Prairie’s goal: Take balloon exhibit to new heights
While the orange-and-yellow tethered balloon that anchors the 1859 Balloon Voyage is getting a new skin and a new sponsor over the winter, construction crews are working on a six-figure overhaul intended to make the exhibit more immersive.
DINING: Having a ball … or a whole plate of them … on Mass Ave
For some, the meatball is an obligatory pairing with spaghetti. For a new Mass Ave restaurant, it’s an orb on which an entire business is based.
LOU’S VIEWS: Wurm worms his way into the mind at the IMA
Empty platforms. Instructional drawings. Everyday objects. In “Erwin Wurm: Euclidean Exercises," visitors are prompted to stand on the platforms and pose.
LOPRESTI: Super Bowl facts with Hoosier flair
OK, so the Colts aren’t in the big game, but we’re not completely shut out of the action.
Visit Indy smashes 12-year-old hotel-booking record
Fueled by exposure from the 2012 Super Bowl and a USA Today article touting the city’s convention prowess, Visit Indy booked nearly 200,000 more hotel rooms in 2014 than it did in 2013.
Indy lands return of massive NRA show for 2019, 2023
The National Rifle Association’s annual convention was Indianapolis’ biggest convention last year, and local hospitality leaders expect it to be even bigger in future years.
Takei to come to Butler
As noted these days for his Twitter (more than 1.25 million followers) and Facebook (over 7.2 million likes) domination as he is for playing Sulu on “Star Trek,” the actor will give a free lecture in February.
Perceptions, plans outlined for this year’s Final Four
NCAA Final Four host committee officials said Tuesday that Fan Fest would open April 3; youth clinics and a 5K walk to help support Coaches vs. Cancer will be held April 4; 3,200 children would dribble around town April 5; and the annual March Madness Music Festival will be held April 3-5.
In memory of Cynthia Layne, leading Indy vocalists offer tribute
Memories from Brenda Williams, Shannon Forsell, Stacie Sandoval, and Heather Ramsey Clark. Add your thoughts on the woman and her talents.
Ticket giveaway: ‘So Costly A Sacrifice: Lincoln and Loss’ exhibit
A new exhibition looks at mortality and the man. Chime in with your favorite other Abe, Abby, or Abraham to have a chance at free passes.
A&E priority list includes Sutton Foster at the Cabaret, a Coltrane tribute, more
Get a jump on your weekend A&E planning as the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra plays Avon and the Stanley Clarke Trio comes to Carmel.
Fountain Square landlord keeps duckpin bowling alive
The game has become a must-have-reservations attraction in the historic Fountain Square neighborhood and one of Indy's most original activities for corporate team-building, date night or a fun time out with friends.
Key lawmaker introduces bill to allow live dealers at racinos
Two of the state’s largest casinos and horse track betting facilities, Hoosier Park in Anderson and Indiana Grand in Shelbyville, stand to benefit most if the proposed legislation becomes law.
DINING: A new Brownsburg tapas joint stretches culinary borders
Rhapsody Global Tapas goes beyond Spain for the creation of its slate of small plates. What it lacks in purity it makes up for in range.
LOU’S VIEWS: More than good, ‘Good People’ marks IRT season high point
Sparks fly because these people’s different experiences—the lives they’ve led, choices they’ve made, and ways they’ve opted to remember and/or forget their pasts—actually conflict.
Owners of popular Greek restaurant turning 1920s warehouse into event center
Taki and Jeanette Sawi of Santorini Greek Kitchen, in Fountain Square, are branching out to open a large banquet facility in a nearly century-old warehouse on the southwestern edge of downtown just across the White River and not far from Lucas Oil Stadium.
BASILE: Travel with family often best when not tied to holidays
With Christmas and New Year’s Eve 2014 now in the rearview mirror, my thoughts turn to family and holiday travel—which for me don’t always overlap.
LOPRESTI: What a difference a year makes for Pacers, Manning, others
Time constantly rearranges the furniture–sometimes for the good, sometimes not.