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DINING: Getting sauced at Speedway’s Barbecue and Bourbon
Second in a month-long series of new-in-2013 restaurants that we hadn’t previously reviewed.
SCHOETTLE: Watching Manning is painful whether he succeeds or fails
Win or lose, it’s not easy to watch No. 18 play for the Broncos.
Skjodt donates $2M to Herron’s art-therapy program
The gift will endow a chair in the program, which is based at IUPUI and was developed with cooperation from the Indiana University School of Medicine. The two-year, full-time residential program is the only one of its kind in Indiana.
Big Ten football championship sells out, packs downtown hotels
The battle on Saturday between Ohio State and Michigan State, plus ESPN broadcasts and special events downtown, are expected to have a $15 million economic impact on Indy. That’s a vast improvement over the 2012 championship.
Review: ‘A Christmas Carol Unscripted’
What happens when Scrooge and company encounter a group of talented improvisers and an audience bent on putting off-color words in their mouths? Big laughs.
IBJ Movie Night: The Coen Bros.’ ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
Win passes to see the quirky comedy/drama (with music) from the makers of “Fargo” and “No Country for Old Men.”
You-review-it Monday: ‘A Very Phoenix Xmas’ and more
Did you jump start the holiday season at the IRT or the Phoenix? Catch a movie on one of the busiest cinematic weekends of the year? What did you do on the A&E front?
DINING: Shoefly lands on near North side
First in a month-long series of new-in-2013 restaurants that we somehow missed in previous months.
COTA: Credit-card-consolidating Coin seeks to change how you spend
New device lets you store information from up to eight different cards. The simple idea packs a surprising amount of technology.
LOU’S VIEWS: No bones about it, State Museum mounts a mammoth show
No bones about it, State Museum mounts a mammoth show. Thoughts on the exhibit that focuses on beasts that once roamed Indiana.
ADRAGNA: Resurgent Pacers define fan phrase ‘built, not bought’
As Pacers followers know, this team, unlike Miami, was built from the ground up.
Westfield gearing up for big hospitality play
Westfield’s massive Grand Park Sports Campus doesn’t open until March, but city leaders already are focused on making sure the 1 million-plus visitors they expect next year want to come back.
St. Elmo to host major shrimp-cocktail eating competition
St. Elmo Steak House will welcome the world’s top competitive eaters, including Joey Chestnut, to the contest, which will be part of the Georgia Street festivities prior to the Big Ten football championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Places I’d Never Been: Indy Hostel concert with Grimm, Marcy and Styka
Imagine you have incredibly talented musician friends. Now imagine them in your living room.
Indianapolis lands 2016 Olympic diving trials
The trials will take place at the Indiana University Natatorium at IUPUI. The facility is in need of millions of dollars in repairs, organizers say.
You-review-it Monday: ‘Ice Age Giants,’ a high school musical, and more
Pike’s first-in-Indiana high school production of ‘The Color Purple’ highlights an arts-filled weekend. What did you get out to see?
LOU’S VIEWS: Life after ‘Wicked’: What to do once you’ve seen the blockbuster musical
The national tour of “Wicked” continues to draw crowds to the Murat Theatre, where it runs through Dec. 1. If you’ve already seen it this time around, you might be wondering what to do now to maintain your Elphaba fix until the show flies back into town in a few years.
A&E news and notes: Billboards with Indy artists, JFK’s arts legacy, etc.
And what about the movie theater ushers who have to work on Thanksgiving?
LOPRESTI: For the downtrodden, an old oaken bucket still matters
For the winner, the annual Purdue-IU rivalry game can dull the pain of a horrible season.