Double ticket giveaway: Kingston Trio and American Spiritual Ensemble
This week, the winners gets tickets to two shows at the Warren Performing Arts Center.
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Review: ‘School House Wrong’ and the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival
How did Indy-based Three Dollar Bill’s Fringe fest hit hold up surrounded by dozens of other comedy groups in the Windy City?
You-review-it Monday: $3 Bill in Chicago, ‘Two Rooms’ in Indy
What did you see, hear or do this weekend?
Workers sue 10 hotels, allege wage violations
The lawsuit alleges that the hotels and subcontractor Hospitality Staffing Solutions regularly failed to pay employees for all the hours they worked and forced them to work off the clock without breaks.
Outlying Super Celebration sites prepare for fans
Twenty Super Celebration sites — selected by the Indianapolis Super Bowl XLVI Host Committee with visitors in mind — include seven located outside the metro area in Anderson, Bloomington, Columbus, Lafayette-West Lafayette, Muncie, Richmond/Wayne County, and Shelbyville.
Premium prices sought for parking during Super Bowl
Fans who come to downtown Indianapolis on Super Bowl Sunday had better be prepared to pay some big prices to park during the big game.
LOU’S VIEWS: Walls of fame
Have you picked your favorites from among the “46 for XLVI" murals? I have.
DINING: Et tu, Bru?
There’s very little that hasn’t been piled betwixt beef and bun, but while Bru Burger Bar doesn’t break any new ground, it does bring a shot of dining energy to mid-Mass Ave.
Throng of volunteers involved in staging Super Bowl
The city’s biggest event of the year will be run almost entirely by an army of volunteers. Some 8,000 volunteers are helping to execute the preparations for the Super Bowl, which is expected to draw 150,000 visitors.
Performers set to take to streets
Indianapolis has its occasional street musician or juggler, but the Super Bowl will bring out a new breed of performer–more theatrical, more cutting-edge. Local arts supporters hope the taste will leave city officials and residents wanting street theater year-round.
IndyFringe buys headquarters building
The organizer of the IndyFringe Festival bought the building it has rented for three years and is raising money to expand it.
Feinstein sees growing interest in vocal competition
The Great American Songbook Vocal Academy and Competition will be open to students outside the Midwest this year.
Indy tourism officials launch Super Bowl ad campaign
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association has launched a 25-day, $100,000 ad campaign to lure visitors to the city in the days leading up to the Super Bowl. The campaign targets the Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville markets.
Ticket giveaway: Vogue choices
This week's winner selects from Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Galactic, and Colin Hay.
Local home and flower shows make Super Bowl shuffle
The company that produces both the Indianapolis Home Show and the Indianapolis Home & Flower Show said a Super Bowl-related scheduling conflict led it to combine the shows this year.
City to host NFL awards event on eve of Super Bowl
The NFL will announce its annual league awards, including Most Valuable Player, in a two-hour prime-time special, "NFL Honors," to air on NBC on Super Bowl eve, Feb. 4.
Children’s Museum attendance hits another record
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis set an attendance record in 2011 with 1.27 million visitors, topping the high mark it set the previous year by 9.4 percent.
Fieldhouse promoters have high hopes for first tennis event
Pacers Sports & Entertainment and local tennis officials are hopeful a tennis event featuring Pete Sampras and Todd Martin at Bankers Life Fieldhouse will be a springboard to much bigger tennis events, maybe even a Davis Cup match.
Chicago mimicking Indy sports strategy
Tourism leaders in Chicago are launching an initiative some observers think is a direct shot at Indianapolis. In October, the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau formed its own sports commission and fed it $300,000 in startup cash.