In-theater texting and cell-phone ringing: A modest proposal
Frances McDormand stopped the show on Broadway for a cell phone ring in the audience. What can the rest of us do?
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You review it Tuesday
What did you see, hear or do on the A&E front over the Memorial Day weekend?
Cultural Trail names executive director
Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc. has hired its first executive director, Karen Haley, who was also the first director of the city’s Office of Sustainability.
Indianapolis Symphony ventures into Zionsville
Horse farm owner Elizabeth Johnson extended an invitation to play, and local businesspeople and volunteers have been selling concert tickets.
LOU’S VIEWS: Urbanski impresses during weekend with symphony
While his official tenure doesn’t begin until September, Krzysztof Urbanski’s unofficial coming-out party came May 20-21 when he led the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for the first time since being named music director.
DINING: Inspired sushi with a side of glow sticks
Fourth in our month-long series of reviews of newer ethnic eateries. This week, a trip to Sensu.
BASILE: Navigating South America proves challenging
Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana are connected to South America by land and little else.
Legal bills make it tough for City Market to become self-sustaining
The city’s mounting legal bills to cover lawsuits involving Indianapolis City Market are adding to the taxpayer cost of subsidizing the venue and making it tougher for the market to become self-sufficient.
Ticket giveaway: Vintage Indiana Wine & Food Festival
Bridgid’s Cross, Jennie DeVoe and The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band entertain at this year’s event
Museums prepare to open permanent exhibits
Conner Prairie and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis each plan to open new permanent exhibits in June at a combined cost of $8.5 million.
City Market set to oust 19-year tenant Enzo Pizza
Directors of the historic building have notified the pizza restaurant that it needs to have its equipment removed by the end of the day on Friday after the two sides could not agree on a new lease.
The cultural tourist part 1: Washington, D.C.
First in an ongoing series of explorations of arts beyond Indiana borders. This time: The Kennedy Center’s “Follies” and Arena Stage’s “Ruined.”
You-review-it Monday
Did you catch the Urbanski love-fest with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra? Or Dance Kaleidoscope teaming with Cathy Morris?
Kondrat earns kudos in Chicago production of IRT’s ‘Gospel’
Indy actress earns high marks for riviting supporting performance in show that premiered at the IRT.
BENNER: Wrapping up this too-short, festive month of May
I, like many others, am lured to the Speedway by the spectacle itself because I am most definitely not a gear-head.
HETRICK: Please, dear sales clerk, play the age card for me
Under the new law, only those who “reasonably appear to be less than 40 years old” will be required to show ID when buying alcohol. But those may prove to be fighting words.
DINING: Sauce is boss at new north-sider Tiger Lily
With food more than a notch above your standard strip-center Asian eatery, Tiger Lily has quickly built a reputation for comfortable—if a bit loud—family dining.
Art Center shakeup raising concerns
Indianapolis Art Center CEO Carter Wolf is drawing fire from some quarters over a staff shakeup that he says is needed to grow enrollment at the Broad Ripple not-for-profit. But Wolf insists that won’t hinder progress.