LOPRESTI: After managing football behemoths, Fox steps away
From a marriage proposal (his own) to big sports moments, Mike Fox recalls stadium magic.
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Carole King musical highlights upcoming Broadway in Indy series
Here’s what’s coming to Clowes and the Murat. And what’s not.
Big Car launches affordable home-ownership program for artists
Approved artists would co-own the renovated homes in the Garfield Park neighborhood and only pay half the cost of the property.
Priority list includes jazz legend’s final tour, ‘Birdman Live,’ more
Also, “King Charles III” has its area debut via Cardinal Stage in Bloomington.
Protest group plans to block work on VA’s Crown Hill project
A citizens group is planning a protest Monday morning to prevent construction crews from beginning work on a national cemetery project at Crown Hill Cemetery.
Lawsuit accuses strip club operator of exploiting dancers
A company that owns more than a dozen strip clubs around the country, including one in Indianapolis, is facing a federal lawsuit over allegations that it exploited its dancers by requiring them to pay fees in order to work.
Review: Judy Kuhn at the Cabaret
The star of “Fun Home,” “Chess” and Disney’s “Pocahontas” passed on the familiar, instead focusing on a royal family of theater music.
Longtime Lucas Oil Stadium director departing for speedway
Mike Fox, who spent 33 years as stadium director at Lucas Oil Stadium and the Hoosier Dome, will now oversee facility operations at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
LOVE sculpture back on display at Indianapolis Museum of Art
The sculpture by Robert Indiana was removed from display for two months of critical conservation treatment.
DINING: In the heart of Broad Ripple, The Vanguard vies for attention
If you’ve been in Indy long, you should know exactly where I’m talking about when I say The Vanguard is above The Casba Bar.
LOU’S VIEWS: Dog days at the Eiteljorg
The biggest downside to “Dogs: Faithful and True&rdquo is that you can’t bring your own pup to it.
LOPRESTI: NCAA returns to site of many great dramas
Recalling an “elite eight” of big moments as basketball tournament rolls back into town.
Priority list includes ‘Rock of Ages,” natural disasters, more
Plus, at sea with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Review: The ISO’s ‘An American in Paris’
Live accompaniment upgrades an overrated Oscar winner.
Colts to hold training camp at Indy training center this year
After spending the past seven years at Anderson University, the team is electing to use its practice facility on the northwest side of Indianapolis for camp. The Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center does not contain seating for spectators, so the practices at the facility will be closed to the public.
Roundup: IRT, ISO reveal season lineups; theatrical name change; dogs at IU
Indiana Repertory Theatre will open season with “Curious Incident.” The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra schedule includes Audra McDonald, Joshua Bell and Renee Fleming.
Vogue owner survives 30 years of changes in music, customers and Broad Ripple
This year, Steve Ross, 62, celebrates three decades as owner of The Vogue, perhaps (after the Central Canal) Broad Ripple’s most enduring landmark.
DINING: Louisville poultry purveyor turns up heat on 96th Street
Hot Chicken, a Southern treat, dominates the menu at this newcomer.
LOPRESTI: Rose-Hulman’s women champs juggle basketball, books
A court full of top-notch students engineered the program’s first NCAA tournament bid.
LOU’S VIEWS: Children’s Museum reclaims circus joy
“Circus … Starring YOU” offers a three-ring fantasy of circus life with just enough well-integrated physics lessons.