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.
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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.
DINING: Fresh pasta purveyor offers hidden dining option near Monon
Step into Nicole-Taylor’s Pasta and Market and you might not realize there’s a sit-down lunch option in the back.
LOU’S VIEWS: Tube Factory poised to help transform a neighborhood
The repurposed, energized gallery-plus building seems just the spot for the evolving needs of Big Car Collective.
LOPRESTI: Indy 500 endures, and the world turns
Great race has been witness to history since the first green flag fell.
Google to ban payday lending ads, calling industry ‘harmful’
Google said Wednesday it will no longer allow ads for loans due within 60 days and will also ban ads for loans where the interest rate is 36 percent or higher.
IU Art Museum to use $15M Eskenazi gift for major renovation
The Indiana University Art Museum in Bloomington has received a $15 million naming gift from Indianapolis-based philanthropists Sidney and Lois Eskenazi, in addition to an art collection of nearly 100 works.
Roundup: A ‘Hamilton’ star to perform in Indy, a new summer stock theater, more
Also news from American Pianists Association, headliners at Indy 500 and the Warehouse, a new wine fest, and Gen Con’s official beer.
City-County Council approves ‘percent for art’ program
A similar measure was vetoed by former Mayor Greg Ballard last year, but this one is likely to stick.
Priority list for the week includes a new Butler University event
This week, the list includes poetry, farce, and a supersized concert.
LOU’S VIEWS: Greens days at the IMA
The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s artist-designed mini-golf course is likely to be a temptation for anyone who has ever swatted a colored ball and kept score with a tiny pencil.
Expanded alcohol sales coming to state fair
Beer and wine will be sold at evening concerts and at non-student events, including the rodeo, monster truck and horse racing competitions.