So, did you catch “Love Person” at the Phoenix? “Defiance” at the multiplex? Comic Joel McHale at the Murat? Or did you listen to frequent blog contributer Hope Baugh talkin’ Lincoln with Storytelling Arts?
I regretably missed all of that this…
Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin (“Children of a Lesser God”) got into town early for her “Dancing with the Stars” performance in time to catch the Phoenix Theatre’s production of “Love Person.” The play stars Tami Lee Santimyer, who also starred in…
Even with the cold, there was a full house for Wednesday’s screening of “Defiance”–including many who won tickets here on the blog.
So, attendees, what did you think?
The best thing about attending “Happy Days” at Clowes Hall last night was seeing the poster for the upcoming LA Theatre Works tour of “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial” and finding out that the great John Heard will be…
While “Slumdog Millionaire” isn’t a Bollywood film, the Golden Globe winner does play with some of the conventions popularized by the Indian film industry–including the joyful dance sequence that ends the film.
“Slumdog’s” box office and critical success may bode well for a long-running series of…
A busy weekend for me included a Friday evening run to Mass Ave. for the opening of Three Dollar Bill’s new sketch comedy show “Fiddleschticks,” a Saturday evening at Beef & Boards where “Don’t Dress for Dinner” kicked off the…
In a previous blog, I mentioned reading “Red Skelton: The Mask Behind the Mask” (Indiana Historical Society Press) by Wes. D Gehring. I was asked for some additional thought. Well, here goes:
In the book, Gehring, a Ball State film professor…
The British TV channel Sky Arts will be broadcasting English National Opera’s production of “La Boheme.” Nothing new there.
The twist is that it will, simultaniously, broadcast a live, behind-the-scenes, view. See story here.
If both were offered here, I’d guess that…
For this post, I turn the blog over to IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin.
If you thought car salesmen had the lock on limited-time offers and blowout prices, check the blue light flashing over Hilbert Circle Theatre. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is…
The Indianapolis Museum of Art today announced a series of cutbacks designed to trim $1.7 million from its budget due to revenue
shortfalls and "significant losses" to its endowment.
Earlier today, the Indianapolis Museum of Art announced a series of cutbacks designed to trim $1.7 million from its budget due to “significant losses to its endowment as well as shortfalls in income generated through donations and purchases at the museum store…
Ever wonder how and why some books seem to come out of nowhere to become bestsellers?
There’s an interesting story you might have missed in Saturday’s “Wall Street Journal.” Find it here.
In it, reporter Anita Elberse discusses the increased emphasis…
Indianapolis based Emmis Communications Corp. signed a three-year deal to produce and publish the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors
Association’s
semi-annual visitors guide, convention planners guide and other tourism-related publications and materials.
Two shows opening at Theatre on the Square. The first First Friday of 2009. A couple of stray concerts. And, of course, all that New Years activity.
There was a surprising number of choices of arts activity over the last few…
Have I ever asked anything of you, loyal readers?
Well, now I am. And it’s pretty simple.
Resolve right now to attend at least one more arts event in 2009 than you did in 2008. Resolve to do more if you feel…
Daniel Craig and Liev Schriber star in the upcoming film WW II film “Defiance,” in which three brothers escape Nazi-occupied Poland and join with Russian resistance fighters. Edward Zwick (“Blood Diamond,” “Glory”) directs. More info on the film here.
Want…
Though few knew what to think when Don Welsh announced in June he was leaving Seattle to become Indianapolis Convention &
Visitors Association CEO, he’s shown he didn’t come here to simply wind down his career.
The $720 million Lucas Oil Stadium opened in August, just in time for the Indianapolis Colts’ season. Indianapolis International Airport’s $1.1 billion midfield
terminal, meanwhile, took off in November.
Traditionally, as the year winds down, critics’ thoughts tend toward "best of the year" lists. But I’m feeling the need for
a more accurate label.
For eight years, we’d gone out of town for the holidays. But in this particular year not too long ago it looked like we had
no choice but to stay put. So we decided to do the same thing here that we would have done in Utah—sightsee.
