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.
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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.
LOU’S VIEWS: 2011 Field Guide to 500 Festival celebrity spotting
Even if most of them aren’t showing off any talent beyond waving from a car on the parade route, there’s no denying that celebrities visiting Indy for the 500 add a kick to the month of May. Of course, one person’s celebrity is another’s “Who’s that?”
Ticket giveaway: ‘Avenue Q’ at the Phoenix Theatre
See the grown-up puppets-and-people musical in its regional theater premiere.
Ratio finishing City Market design work
The architectural firm is set to be awarded a $120,000 contract to complete the work after the original designer of the renovations, Woollen Molzen and Partners Inc., disbanded last month.
Indiana Live makes staff reductions
Indiana Live laid off about 30 members of its 800-person staff this week as the race track and casino’s owners sort through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
City hosting another Big Ten championship
Participants from seven Big Ten universities will be in Indianapolis this weekend to compete in the women’s rowing championships—the first time the event has been held at a neutral site.
Verizon amphitheater alters strategy amid industry shift
Live Nation Entertainment has scaled back summer concert schedules at large amphitheaters across the country, and that includes one of its top performers, Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville.
Number of Indiana arts organizations increased in 2010
Positive numbers could signal growth in sector that continues to lose jobs.
STYLE: New boutique sews up fine-fabrics market
The French Seam is not a craft store or a quilting store. It’s where one shops for the trappings of an evening gown or a killer suit.
DINING: Say (flaming) cheese
After a potentially disastrous fire, popular Greek eatery Santorini Greek Kitchen survives … and thrives.