Three fantasy sports companies granted Indiana licenses
The law requires players to be at least 18 years old, prohibits contests based on college or high school sports, and sets an initial licensing fee of $50,000.
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DINING: New Zealand burger spot opens first stateside restaurant
Broad Ripple’s new BurgerFuel piles on the unexpected toppings
LOU’S VIEWS: Quasimodo is back; a golem at the Phoenix
Two strong musical productions hit area stages
LOPRESTI: A baseball championship we won’t get our mitts on
Omaha ups its game to keep College World Series from those who would steal it.
Ticket giveaway: “That ’70s Game Show”
You may be the next contestant. Here’s how to at least end up in the audience.
Priority list includes two geek conventions
Plus the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s annual patriotic celebration.
Merrillville’s Star Plaza Theatre once again awaiting wrecking ball
White Lodging announced last August that it would tear down the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, only to temporarily drop those plans in November following a public outcry.
Roundup: John Green announces his new novel, Indy Film Fest options, more
Plus Herron faculty get a group show in Chicago.
Brown County officials announce plan for $10M concert venue
The county-owned Maple Leaf Performing Arts Center, planned near Nashville, is expected to host concerts in multiple music genres, according to hospitality officials.
DINING: Fountain Square restaurant scene adds a Sidekick
While nothing we tasted defined Sidekick’s as a destination pizza shop, we did find offerings that make it a welcome addition to the Fountain Square lineup.
LOPRESTI: Draft picks that weren’t—and what the Pacers need now
Faced with life after Paul George, team could use another draft like 1987.
LOU’S VIEWS: Children’s Museum ‘Dance!’ exhibit demonstrates the right moves
While not overloading visitors with facts, figures and history, “Dance!” does a nice job of introducing styles from around the world.
Ticket giveaway: Broadway’s Krysta Rodriguez at the Cabaret
The “Addams Family”/”Spring Awakening” actress introduces her new show .
Indy Fuel owners, developer propose $40M sports, entertainment complex
The owners of the Indy Fuel professional hockey team and Indianapolis-based developer Gershman Partners announced plans Monday to team up on a $40 million-plus sports, family entertainment and hospitality complex on 60 acres along Interstate 65 in Greenwood.
Priority list includes ‘Hunchback,’ ‘Golem,’ more
Plus the Eiteljorg’s signature Indian Market and Festival returns to White River State Park.
$10M proposal adds to Broad Ripple apartment boom
The project, from local developer Zinkan & Barker Development Co., would feature up to 35 apartments and 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail on the one-acre property now home to a billboard and small retail building on the east end of Broad Ripple Avenue.
DINING: Unexpected sushi stop added to Westfield’s Park Street
A spin-off of a New Orleans sushi restaurant, Chiba is owned by a couple who met during their work with Andretti Autosport.
LOU’S VIEWS: At Stratford, a theater festival well worth the trip
For vacation this year, I took a trek to Verona, Ilyria, Broadway and a tropical island that housed buried treasure.
LOPRESTI: No one could have predicted these crazy sports headlines
Another spin on the coaching carousel and some weird numbers from the games we play.
A&E on the road: Broadway’s ‘Groundhog Day’ and ‘Anastasia’
While the films didn’t cry out for musicalization, those tasked with doing just that have done so with wit, heart, and brains