Broad Ripple Art Fair—sans cultural organization booths—booms
Indianapolis Art Center opted to focus on art vendors, noting the cost of including not-for-profit groups.
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DINING: Chef Alan Sternberg’s Maple Leaf Duck Breast
Rising Star chef Alan Sternberg dissects a favorite Cerulean dish
Children’s Museum proposes $10M-plus outdoor sports-related attraction
The Indianapolis institution is in the beginning stages of planning its Sports Legend Experience on 10 acres to the north of the museum. The attraction would include several sports-related activities.
LOU’S VIEWS: Zack Neiditch and Zach Rosing playfully tweak local theater
The duo has built a reputation as innovative independent producers and a go-to, work-for-hire team that actors hunger to work with.
Roundup: New holiday event at IMS, new hosts for ISO’s Yuletide Celebration
Plus Dionne Warwick to be honored at Indiana Black Expo’s Summer Celebration.
Priority list: Celeb-spotting at the 500 Festival Parade, a free concert on the lawn
Indianapolis Opera and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra team up for a summer kick-off event at White River State Park.
South Bend targets central Indiana for more visitors
Visit South Bend Mishawaka has paid the Indianapolis-based digital marketing firm The Basement $125,000 for a summer advertising campaign.
Can minor Shakespeare make magic?: Review of ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’
Thoughts on Wisdom Tooth’s production of the Shakespeare equivalent of the “Star Wars Holiday Special.”
Indianapolis Museum of Art to reduce debt load by $17 million
The Indianapolis Museum of Art plans to pay off more than $17 million in debt at the end of the year, reducing its overall debt load to less than $100 million for the first time since 2004.
Local firm modernizes centuries-old yurt structures
Yurts have been a form of shelter for more than 2,000 years. But Indianapolis-based Yurts of America today builds them with materials that didn’t even exist back then.
Cinemas try bars, recliners, dinner to lure customers
Movie theater operators are dangling a range of new amenities—from comfy recliners to full food menus and bar service—to lure prospective customers off their couches and into the multiplex.
LOU’S VIEWS: Stunning production could change fate of actor Chris Stack
Indy native featured in Goodman Theatre’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s underappreciated American classic.
DINING: Lab-themed bar tweaks formula
Rather than mask the science, Broken Beaker Distillery embraces it with a fun name, laboratory logo, scientific imagery and real-life alcohol creation.
LOPRESTI: Indians/Clippers is big rivalry, without the standard animosity
The local boys and their Columbus counterparts are as evenly matched as they come.
Ticket Giveaway: Maxim Party for the Indianapolis 500
Grammy-winner Tiesto headlines the Pavilion at Pan Am Plaza pre-race bash.
Ex-TV producer lining up sponsors for huge downtown music fest
Nick White has reserved American Legion Mall for the Sept. 30-Oct. 2 weekend to launch the Evermore Music Festival. He still needs sponsors. And 35 acts.
Company that runs Hoosier Lottery expects to meet annual goal
The private management company operating the Hoosier Lottery says it expects to sell enough tickets to avoid a penalty for a third straight year but not enough to receive an incentive bonus.
Meridian-Kessler church building revived as arts haven
The Indianapolis Opera and other arts organizations have found a home in the former Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church building on North Pennsylvania Street.
Priority list includes two new Indy 500-related events
Indianapolis Motor Speedway becomes a massive movie theater for a screening of the Paul Newman film “Winning.”
National FFA Organization names new chief executive
Mark Poeschl, of Brookville, Ohio, will take over leadership of the Indianapolis-based National FFA Organization and the National FFA Foundation on Aug. 1, succeeding Dwight Armstrong, who is retiring after leading the organizations for seven years.