You-review-it Monday: Broad Ripple Art Fair and more
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Indiana casinos face falling revenue, new competition
Indiana's nearly 20-year-old casino industry is facing declining revenues and growing out-of-state competition, prompting lawmakers to consider what, if any, regulatory changes might be able to stem the tide.
Plan seeks to turn towpath into arts corridor
The city of Indianapolis and private-sector players are lining up behind an effort to rebrand the Central Canal Towpath as an art-themed destination dubbed Art 2 Art by adding artwork and improving the trail.
LOU’S VIEWS: In and out at the IMA
Inside the Indianapolis Museum of Art, there’s African art. Outside, there’s “Oedipus at Colonus.”
DINING: Better Late (Harvest) … than just about anything else
Third in a month-long series of Keystone Crossing/Clearwater Crossing-area restaurant reviews. This week: Late Harvest Kitchen.
Indiana lottery seeking ideas from private firms
The Indiana State Lottery Commission endorsed a plan Wednesday to seek out private companies to take over some operations of the Hoosier Lottery, a state agency whose income has shrunk in recent years.
IBJ A&E road trip: ‘Sunday in the Park with George’…and Lou
Join me on a Chicago trek to see masterpieces by Seurat and Sondheim. And have a blast doing it.
City’s final tab for hosting Super Bowl: $1 million
CIB and city tourism leaders say that the money was well spent considering the game could translate to $300 million in direct visitor spending over the next several years.
You-review-it Monday
This week, I re-encountered ‘Oedipus’ at the IMA and spent quality time in a Chicago bar with Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy. What about you?
Indy art museum receives grant for Miller House
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has received a grant to digitize, catalog, and put online a collection of materials about a 1957 modernist-style home in Columbus designed by famed architect Eero Saarinen.
Carmel event firm sold, relocated to Castleton
EventzPlus, besides hosting large gatherings, will also offer daily office space rentals to small business owners.
DINING: (Syr)up-and-coming breakfast chain targets expansion
Second in a month-long series of Keystone Crossing/Clearwater Crossing-area restaurant reviews. This week: First Watch.
LOU’S VIEWS: Special Oed
Thoughts on ‘Oedipus Rex’ on the grounds of the IMA, Indianapolis Opera’s excellent ‘Faust,’ and more.
BENNER: With MSA, Lugar brought Pacers and sports downtown
Without Sen. Richard Lugar, we might not have the Pacers.
HETRICK: Thoughts on losing Lugar and his legacy of leadership
Dick Lugar inspired good people and whetted their appetite for public service.
Indiana State Fair makes management changes
The Indiana State Fair has hired a chief operating officer and a director of safety and security as part of management changes spurred by last summer's deadly stage-rigging collapse.
A question for Maurice Sendak
So, Mr. Sendak, what’s missing today in children’s literature?