Houston-based company purchasing Gold Club
The deal, expected to close by the end of the year, is valued at $1.6 million, including real estate. It will be Rick’s Cabaret International Inc.’s first location in Indianapolis.
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CIB OKs $2.6M in carpet upgrades for convention center
Capital Improvement Board plans to spend about $2.6 million to replace 370,000 square feet of carpeting in the older portion of the Indiana Convention Center to match the carpet in the new addition.
New commission could run state museum
Interim leader is hoping that a more streamlined governance will help the struggling, state-supported museum be more successful in raising private donations and keeping CEOs.
Indiana Film Journalists Association pick year’s best
Heartland Film Fest premiere “Paradise Recovered” joins “The Social Network” and “How to Train Your Dragon” among this year’s honorees.
You-review-it Monday
This week, I traded in live performances and galleries for movie screenings. How about you?
Law change eyed to help Indiana casinos compete
Indiana casinos could save an average of $1 million per riverboat each year under a proposal that would allow them to quit using captains and crews and maintain motors that have been obsolete since the state allowed the boats to remain docked.
12 arts days of Xmas: A gift guide
Stuck for shopping ideas? Here’s the first installment in my 12-step A&E gift-buying program.
$7.5M Fletcher Arts project gets back on track
Developer and architect Craig Von Deylen is finalizing plans for a mixed-use project just west of the intersection of Virginia Avenue and East McCarty Street.
Zionsville galleries team up, commit to expand hours
The joint marketing effort is, in part, an effort to counter Carmel’s Art & Design District.
State Fair board votes to continue 17-day run
The Indiana State Fair Commission on Thursday approved a recommendation to have the fair run 17 days through 2013.
LOU’S VIEWS: Home on the range for the holidays
Thoughts on this year’s holidays shows from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Actors Theatre of Indiana, the Cabaret at the Columbia Club and more.
DINING: Drinks or not, Cooper’s Hawk Winery shines
Second in a month-long series of fine-feathered restaurant reviews.
HETRICK: All I know of equality I learned from Rudolph
Like Donner, we find ourselves advocating lies and abetting coverups of our good soldiers’; true identities, rather than celebrating the unique talents of every American willing to serve
Lender seeking to foreclose on northwest-side hotel
Colfin NW Funding LLC claims in a court filing that it is owed $6.4 million by the borrower that operates the Courtyard By Marriott Hotel Northwest under Indianapolis-based Schahet Hotels Inc.
Art museum names fundraising chief
Cynthia Rallis, who begins work Jan. 1, held a similar job at the National Museum of Science and Industry in London.
Ticket giveaway: Paula Deen
The cooking favorite is speaking at the Murat, and IBJ has a pair of tickets to spare.
IMOCA settles in at Murphy Arts, calls off move
The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, which faltered in the summer of 2009, is on stable footing at its year-old location in Fountain Square—so much so that it won’t move closer to downtown, as it had planned.
City Market tenant agrees to move to alternate space
Under a settlement, the Indianapolis City Market dropped its attempts to evict the Grecian Garden after the restaurant said it would relocate to accommodate a renovation.
Indianapolis Symphony’s deficit nears record
The Indiana Symphony Society on Monday reported a near-record deficit of $2.7 million for the 2010 fiscal year. And symphony CEO Simon Crookall said this won't be the end of the bleeding.
You-review it Monday: More holiday shows
Did a local Christmas production make your spirit bright this weekend?