Southern Indiana’s Grand Victoria Casino sold for $43M
Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts on Monday announced plans to purchase the riverboat casino in Rising Sun, saying it could improve profitability.
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You-review-it Monday: The arts season begins
Did you make it to Penrod? Catch the Indianapolis City Ballet benefit?
City lands national law enforcement convention
Indianapolis will host the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives’ annual meeting in July 2015, expected to attract more than 1,500 visitors and generate more than $2 million in visitor spending.
JW Marriott picks top chef
A former executive chef at an upscale Louisville hotel will lead culinary operations at the 1,005-room JW Marriott, which will feature two major restaurants and 100,000 square feet of catering space.
Review: “Camelot”
The Lerner & Loewe warhorse is being given a solid, entertaining production at Beef & Boards.
DINING: It’s goodbye SI, hello Mesh in Mass Ave makeover
The service is stellar. The menu is creative. The food is, well, yummy.
LOU’S VIEWS: Two coaches face off in Actors Theatre’s ‘Rounding Third’
Is “good enough” good enough when it comes to live theater?
Indianapolis Museum of Art to present at international competition
A team of Puerto Rican artists sponsored by IMA will represent the United States in an exhibition in Venice.
Ticket giveaway: “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition”
Win tickets to the upcoming Indiana State Museum show.
Symphony on the Prairie sets attendance record
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s popular outdoor concert series set an attendance record this summer, surpassing the 100,000-mark for just the third time since 1982.
Indiana casino commission: Staffer hid complaints
The commission found the misconduct after an internal review about why 56 of 154 complaints made against the casinos during 2009 had gone unanswered.
Liquor board OKs permit for City Market beer sales
The Marion County Alcoholic Beverage Board voted to approve a carryout liquor license for the historic downtown site. The permit will allow the Indiana Brewers Guild to open a bar featuring local craft beers.
Auto auction’s new owner calls first event a success
Auctions America by RM, which bought the former Kruse Auction Park in Auburn two months ago, said more than 25,000 people attended this past weekend’s event, during which sales topped $13 million.
You-review-it…Tuesday
What did you see, hear or do over the long-but-not-long-enough weekend?
R.I.P. Brown County Playhouse
Indiana University no longer will be producing theater in Nashville.
Concert promoters take center stage
Meet the people who make music events happen in Indianapolis.
Talking Points: What’s the buzz on the Palladium, the opera and more?
IBJ’s annual rundown of issues the A&E world will be obsessing about this year.
A&E PREVIEW: Dozens of events that should be high on your priority list
From Mary Poppins to Tyler Perry, and from Liza to the Leisure Kings, there’s a lot to fill up your A&E calendar. Get your planners out and start circling dates. Here are some of my early must-do front-runners.
Insurance seller chases music dreams with jazz label
Al Hall started Owl Studios in 2005 to promote local musicians and has expanded its roster of performers to 16.
DINING: On the canal, the Left Bank Cafe is all right
New eatery is close enough to the waters of the Central Canal that it should consider opening a gondola drive-through.