Far-flung areas court Super Bowl spending
Downtown will be the focal point of Super Bowl XLVI, but communities from Zionsville to Columbus are aggressively pursuing some of the money visitors are expected to shower on the region.
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LOU’S VIEWS: Best in shows for 2011
Highlights included the ISO’s Opening Night Gala, Civic’s “Drowsy Chaperone,” and the opening of the Miller House.
Super Bowl music lineup announced for Georgia Street
Darius Rucker, Dierks Bently, En Vogue, O.A.R. and Patti LaBelle among acts presenting free shows.
Great games for holiday giving
Bored with the same old board games? Here are some newcomers to keep you away from the video screens.
You-review-it Monday: The holiday ramp-up/wind-down
Catch ‘Willy Wonka’ at Civic? Spend an afternoon with ‘Frog and Toad’?
Georgia Street honorees. Who’s missing?
Was Cole Porter more influential than Wes Montgomery? Kurt Vonnegut more deserving than Lew Wallace? Should there been a place for Eugene Debs? John Wooden?
Bill would loosen rules on gambling licenses
Lawmakers are preparing to file a bill that would make it easier for charities to obtain gambling licenses.
LOU’S VIEWS: Indiana critics pick flicks for 2011
Discussions of ‘bests’ in the arts are silly … and fun. Here are my picks, and those of the Indiana Film Journalists Associations, for the best films of the year.
Lawmaker: Lift ban on paying people to run charity gambling
State Sen. Ron Alting, chairman of the Public Policy Committee, wants to let charities pay people to run their bingo, poker and other games, a practice that has led to disciplinary action for some organizations.
DINING: Fountain Square eatery gets a turnaround
Last in a series of visits to eateries that have recently moved into the digs of former eateries. This week: End of the Line Public House.
Indiana Humanities wins top prize for food-related program
The group won the Helen and Martin Schwartz Prize for the innovative way it engaged new audiences in thinking, reading and talking about food.
City announces street closures for Super Bowl
Several streets in downtown Indianapolis, including part of Monument Circle and those surrounding Lucas Oil Stadium, will be closed in the few weeks leading up to the Super Bowl on Feb. 5.
IBJ Movie Night: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Win tickets to the film version of the bestselling novel.
City tourism generated $3.6B in 2010, study says
An Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association study shows the amount of tourism dollars last year increased by $120 million from 2009. The city also attracted more visitors in 2010.
Ten Hoosiers chosen for Georgia Street memorials
The honorees include business leaders, former U.S. presidents, famous novelists, a Shawnee chief and a feminist pioneer.
Review: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ national tour
If we must have a jukebox musical every season, let them all be this fun, professional, and tuneful.
Rolling Stone, Bacardi to host Super Bowl bash
Rolling Stone magazine and rum maker Bacardi say they plan to throw a star-studded party the night before the Super Bowl at a renovated factory called The Crane Bay two blocks west of Lucas Oil Stadium.
Cultural Trail leaders cancel plans for controversial statue
The Central Indiana Community Foundation and Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc. have pulled the plug on a controversial sculpture depicting a freed slave.