The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis received a $1 million grant from the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation to support expeditions by an Indiana University team to Captain Kidd’s ship in the Dominican Republic.
If you’ve already seen “The Gospel According to James,” your memory of it may well differ from mine. Plus thoughts on this year’s Humana Festival of New American Plays.
First in a month-long series of reviews of restaurants that sound wet—just like spring in Indiana.
Having experienced this lollapalooza of information overload, I now realize the real draw of SXSW is the convergence of the people.
Classical Bash at new venue includes music, food and more.
Win tickets to an April 7 screening of the terrific (yes, I’ve seen it) new film.
Arlo Guthrie among ISO guests at Conner Prairie; Florence + The Machine + more downtown.
I tried a half-dozen times to capture my experience at the national tour of “Grease” without sounding excessively nasty, cynical, angry, and sad.
Butler University said Thursday that it plans to close its Jordan Academy of Dance due to economic reasons. The academy, which has more than 200 students, ages 3-17, will shut down May 31.
The Center for the Performing Arts is launching its own young professionals networking group called “The Scene.”
Last in a month-long series of numeric restaurant reviews. This week: Three Pints Brewpub.
The coffee smell dissipates. The signs drop from 25%-50% off to 40%-60% off. Shelves of books migrate from soon-to-be-closed-off sections to empty shelf space elsewhere, causing category labels to lose their meaning. Customers linger, wondering if a novel unworthy of their $24 might be worthy of $12. This is how it ends for Indianapolis’ only downtown full-service bookshop.
Japan’s crisis could enlightens us on ways to avoid mutually assured destruction.
An executive headhunter had been dogging Leonard Hoops for years about various career opportunities around the country. He always dismissed the leads—until recently, when he was told about the CEO vacancy at the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association.
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association has hired Leonard Hoops, executive vice president for the San Francisco Travel Association, to replace Don Welsh as its new president and CEO.
The passing of an icon brings back a flood of cinematic images.
The book is scheduled to come out in September and is being billed by Sentinel as a reminder of "America's urgent need for limited but more effective government, fiscal discipline at all levels, increased liberty for individuals, and a restoration of our national greatness.”
Downtown Indianapolis hotel prefers a secret-ballot vote, while the Unite Here labor union wants what’s known as a “card check” system.
