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Recession forces casinos to go all in with pricey expansion projects

July 9, 2009

In a saturated gambling market, Indiana casinos increasingly rely on expanded entertainment options to
attract patrons. The upshot is that an industry once considered “recession-proof” is asking
the General Assembly for lower taxes and hopes to eliminate expensive regulatory requirements like maintaining engines
and crews.

IBJ movie night: “Zift”

July 8, 2009

The upcoming print issue of IBJ will include a preview of the Indianapolis International Film Festival, including our guide to the Best of the Fest. When that hits the stands, you’ll also find a rundown of Recommends, If You…

State, city agencies get new round of federal arts funding

July 7, 2009

Indiana and Indianapolis arts agencies will receive more than a half-million dollars in federal stimulus money to help save
jobs at local organizations, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today. A second round of American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act funding includes $250,000 for the Arts Council of Indianapolis.

Civic to add concert musicals

July 7, 2009

In addition to its slate of plays and musicals, Indianapolis Civic Theatre will be adding a pair of concerts to the upcoming season.

Currently being considered are concert versions of “Hair,” and “Rent.” Tickets will be $24 with performances Oct. 2-4 and…

SURF THIS: Let’s just back up … with a Drobo

July 6, 2009

Hard drives fail—almost all of them, at one point or another. Back-ups are a little clunky to set up
and keep up with, so most people I know ignore it. I finally decided I couldn’t avoid it any longer.

BENNER: Indiana Fever are adding a little sizzle to summer

July 6, 2009

Last week’s column about the wide array of events on our July sports calendar in Indy was glaringly lacking in
one aspect: The Indiana Fever. As of this writing, they are the hottest team in the WNBA, reversing an
0-2 start and racing to six straight victories.

LOU’S VIEWS: Breaking with the past at Tut show

July 6, 2009

I entered "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharoahs" (at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis through Oct. 25) with a limited knowledge of Egyptian history—and by limited, I mean loose threads picked up from a handful of Mummy movies, the Bible, and a few too many productions of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."

Legislature snubs casinos, but forms study committee

July 6, 2009

Indiana’s struggling gambling industry didn’t get the relief it sought during the special session of the Indiana General Assembly. But embedded within the budget bill approved June 30 is a provision creating a gambling summer study committee. Its recommendations, due by Dec. 1, may make or break several of Indiana’s casinos.

Indianapolis 500 movie racing toward big screen

July 6, 2009

A locally born initiative to make a movie about the first Indianapolis 500 has cleared a major obstacle to getting its project to big screens nationwide by May 2011—in time for the race’s centennial.

DINING: Backward-named eatery, forward-thinking fusion

July 6, 2009

Search the Web for Naisa and you may come up with the North American International Auto Show or the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Neither has anything to do with the new Naisa Pan-Asian Cafe (1025 Virginia Ave., 602-3708), where the name comes from simply reversing the letters in the word Asian.

You-review-it Monday

July 6, 2009

I spent much of the weekend participating in panel discussions, leading a pub trivia game, assisting a charity auction, and playing games with my son, all at the InConjunction convention. (Particularly popular: The card games Fluxx and Castle.) Didn’t make it…

Can arts save their way to health?

July 1, 2009

"Arts organizations that consistently do good work and are aggressive about their marketing are the ones
which succeed, both programmatically and financially."…

Review: “Public Enemies”

June 30, 2009

Just when you’ve made it through another unfocused prison break sequence or another bank job more about the
sound of the machine guns then the strategy or risk of the heist, “Public Enemies” gives a glimmer of hope
it’s going…

DINING: Upscale eatery makes its mark on Shelbyville casino

June 29, 2009

One of just three Maker’s Mark restaurants in the country—the others are in Louisville, Ky., and Kansas City,
Mo.—the upscale eatery would have been a good fit in downtown Indianapolis or in one of the suburban dining-and-shopping
meccas.

King Tut crowds not necessarily bonanza for Children’s Museum

June 29, 2009

The gilded exhibit, a happy byproduct of the museum’s close relationship with an Egyptian institution, is more of a gift than
a major moneymaker.

BENNER: July events rely on big names to draw a crowd

June 29, 2009

For all the heat and sunshine, July can be a cold, dark hole in the Indianapolis
sports calendar. Other than the ever-beloved Indianapolis Indians, sometimes there’s not much going on.

BASILE: Following in the footsteps of Darwin in the Galapagos

June 29, 2009

There’s nothing like following the wildly influential thinker Charles Darwin’s own footsteps, which I had the pleasure of doing by visiting the beautiful, mysterious, isolated and enchanted Galapagos Islands.

You-review-it Monday

June 29, 2009

Were you first in line to see the boy king at the Children’s Museum? Check out more Rickeys at the Indianapolis
Art Center? Or take advantage of the no-cover Friday night performance at the now-smoke-free Jazz Kitchen?

I caught up with…

LOU’S VIEWS: Must-sea Phoenix drama

June 27, 2009

This week, catching "Octopus" at the Phoenix and opening night on the Prairie.

New Indy ballet co. names names

June 26, 2009

The city’s latest aspiring ballet company, Indianapolis City Ballet, is making good on its promise to bring international stars to town for a gala event at the Murat Theatre, Sept. 12. IBJ’s Kathleen McLaughlin takes over the blog today for…

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