You-review-it Monday: Dig IN, Indy Fringe, and more
What was your favorite farm-to-fork sample at the downtown food feast? Or highlight from the anything-can-happen fest on and around Mass Ave?
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A&E SEASON PREVIEW: Lou Harry’s critically selected highlights
I’m happily overwhelmed by the number of events I anticipate attending and reviewing during the coming arts season. Take a look.
Are museums just ‘graveyards for stuff’?
At CNN, an opinion columnist blasts the state of museums. But should museums worry so much about entertaining?
HETRICK: Here’s my answer to the governor’s fundraising letter
“With your support,” he said, “we can make Indiana an example for other states.” My B.S. detector blared.
DINING: Wherefore art Chou? Patachou spin-off shines in Carmel
Last in a month-long series of mall restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: GenCon game discoveries for mere mortals
You don’t have to slay dragons or pilot a starship to find great games at Gen Con. Here are ten new favorites.
BENNER: Eager for college football—and hoping it won’t implode
The game could suffer under the weight of its popularity and financial might.
Indiana stylists settle $9.5M lottery jackpot lawsuit
A confidential settlement has ended a lawsuit brought by seven hairstylists against a former co-worker over a $9.5 million Hoosier Lotto jackpot.
Kondrat’s return, scoring Tutu tickets, and more
Unless you are a Bulldog, getting tickets to see the Nobel Prize laureate will be tough. Elsewhere, the Phoenix scores a coup…and an extension for a hit show.
Good weather helps Indiana State Fair set crowd mark
Fair officials announced Monday that the crowds for the 17-day fair totaled about 4,000 more than the previous record in 2009.
You-review-it Monday: GenCon, Indy Fringe, and more
Did you hit Mass Ave. to see one of dozens of Fringe fest shows? Play games (or people watch) as Gen Con once again rolled the dice on Indy?
Indianapolis back on MotoGP schedule in 2014
Both sides could have opted out of the final year of a contract that expires after next season. But Speedway officials said the two sides reached an agreement to run a seventh race in Indy in 2014.
Emptying the Gen Con notebook
News, notes and numbers from opening day trolling (so to speak) the aisles of the massive gaming convention. So how much money can actually be made there?
BENNER: All preseason football games are ‘crap performances,’ Jim
It’s not fair that season ticket holders pay regular-season prices for the games that don’t count.
DINING: Circle Centre’s new ‘rock’
Considering Granite City. Third in a month-long series of new mall restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: Indy Fringe for first-timers
The annual summer event continues to grow even as it continues to baffle the uninitiated. Here’s a guide to help you navigate
Pedal pubs are latest hit in a beer-loving city
Booze and bicycling—in the most unconventional sense—is the thrust behind The Handle Bar, a local startup operated by Steve Lindsay and his brother Brian.
Well woes blamed on new Indianapolis sports park
Some Indianapolis residents living near where the World Sports Park is being built say its new irrigation system is sucking their home water wells dry.
Sugarland insurer sues state fair over stage collapse
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. is suing the state and Indiana State Fair Commission over losses from instruments and sound equipment that was damaged in the Aug. 13, 2011, stage collapse.
IUPUI to show off elaborate game at Gen Con
The entire Indiana Convention Center will be the stage for the game, which uses video mapping and projectors that will create a large crystalline display showing the game results. The four-day Gen Con event begins Thursday.