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July 11-15 A&E priority list: Paul McCartney and more
A twisted theatrical event featuring the leaders of a trio of up-and-coming companies, a two-part evening on the Canal, and much more are on the list this week. What will you be going to see?
Phoenix lands latest Tony-winning play to launch 2013/2014 season
Christopher Durang’s comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” to launch 2013/2014 season.
You-review-it Monday: Fourth of July edition
Besides taking in fireworks, what did you hear, see or do over the long weekend?
Promoters of arts trail recast vision
A mural slated for one wall of the Broad Ripple parking garage will be the first new artwork within view of the Central Canal Towpath, which a group of north-side institutions would like to rebrand as the Art2Art trail.
HETRICK: Two friends of a different color walk into an Indiana bar
If Indiana puts a constitutional ban on gay marriage, it will be one of the only times the constitution is used to deny a right.
DINING: At Pawn Shop Pub, the smoke has cleared on good bar food
Second in a month-long series of reviews of game-piece restaurants.
LOU’S VIEWS: In two recent novels, a cop copes with apocalypse
“The Last Policeman” and “Countdown City,” by Butler U.’s Ben H. Winters, both provide page-turning pleasures.
BENNER: Victory Field hits baseball sweet spot for fans, old cronies
The Vic, which opened in 1996, looks as nice as it did on opening night.
No joke: ‘The Onion Live’ peeled from Clowes lineup
The live version of the satiric newspaper was announced as part of Clowes’ Off Center series.
Fairgrounds becoming running Mecca for races, fundraisers
What started with a call out of the blue last year has turned into a six-figure revenue stream for the Indiana State Fairgrounds. And that revenue stream could get a lot bigger.
Broadway and ‘Bunheads’ star Sutton Foster to headline benefit
October event with two-time Tony Award winner to benefit Actors Theatre of Indiana.
Actor who played ghoulish TV host Sammy Terry dies
Bob Carter’s Sammy Terry character was a fixture of Indianapolis television from 1962 to 1989, beginning each episode of "Nightmare Theater" on WTTV-TV by climbing out of a coffin with a trademark fiendish chuckle, wearing a blood-red cape and skullcap, and green makeup on his face.
You-review-it Monday
For me, the better part of the weekend was spent lost in two novels by Indy writer Ben H. Winters. What about you?
Moreno, Minnelli and more highlight Palladium gala
Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Webb also honored as inductees into Michael Feinstein’s Great American Songbook Hall of Fame.
Powerball sales drive Hoosier Lottery revenue to record high
The state lottery expects to pull in $945 million for the fiscal year ending June 30. Meanwhile, lottery operator GTECH Indiana plans to start televising Powerball and Mega Millions drawings this summer.
‘World War Z’: A conversation
Who better to see the big-budget horror epic with than the author of “Night of the Living Trekkies”? Listen in on our post-screening chat.
COTA: Cutting through clutter of online product reviews
Two consumer websites address product reviews in a helpful, fanatical way.
DINING: Rook doesn’t go by the book
First in a month-long series of game-piece restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: I’m no fan of the movie “Avatar”…but the exhibit is another matter
Most of the Children’s Museum’s core under-10 audience may not be interested in the movie props, but the interactives are outstanding.