Art museum extends Venable’s contract until 2026
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has given CEO Charles Venable a contract extension that will keep him in the position for another 10 years, the IMA announced Tuesday.
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33 Indiana artists commemorate 100th Indy 500 race
Original works from 33 artists will be on display at businesses and community centers throughout the city as well as at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway until the race.
Downtown hotel plan incorporates black church
The city’s oldest African-American church is poised to become a hotel as part of a larger, $30 million project that could add more than 200 rooms to downtown’s lodging inventory.
LOU’S VIEWS: Latest Eiteljorg show plumbs depths of the Grand Canyon
Difficult to wrap your mind around when you are mere inches from its lip, it’s an even greater challenge to encapsulate in a museum show 1,700 miles away.
DINING: Indy hoagie house aims for Philly authenticity
What happens when two former Philadelphians head to Hoagies & Hops?
LOPRESTI: Pittsburgh’s recent success has its roots in Victory Field
Turns out there’s plenty of talent down on the farm.
IBJ movie night: Win tickets to ‘Demolition’ starring Jake Gyllenhaal
Naomi Watts and Chris Cooper also star in the upcoming drama.
IMA turns to social media for exhibition input
The Indianapolis Museum of Art is using an online survey to help it make decisions about future exhibitions. The move didn’t sit well with a national arts journalist.
Priority list: Cedric the Entertainer, a magical anniversary, more
Comedy, magic and music top the list this week.
Women’s Final Four basketball field set for Indianapolis
The University of Connecticut has qualified for the ninth consecutive season, joining newcomers Oregon State, Washington and Syracuse.
Ticket giveaway: Ben Folds at INfusion Music Fest
Folds will be performing his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra as part of the three-day event
Priority list includes gallery hopping, a TV slime star, more
Marc Summers, the former star of Nickelodeon’s “Double Dare,” launched his new play from Bloomington.
Jazz great and IU professor David Baker dies at 84
Baker, who founded IU's jazz studies program, wrote more than 2,000 pieces of music and was nominated for a Grammy in 1979 and a Pulitzer Prize in 1973. In 2000, he was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, the country's highest jazz honor.
Indiana torch relay to pass through 260 cities, towns
Indiana tourism officials have released the route the Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay will take this fall.
Visit Indy goes all-digital with advertising
Visit Indy decided in the third quarter of 2014 to go all-digital with its seven-figure leisure advertising campaign, and it hasn’t looked back.
DINING: New Hyatt diner stresses locally sourced ingredients
Fat Rooster Diner takes over the space formerly occupied by One South, retaining its predecessor’s popular pasta station but overhauling the rest of the menu.
LOU’S VIEWS: Art show spans centuries
When you go, don’t make a beeline for the third-floor galleries dedicated to the show. Instead, start in the lobby, where you’ll find a room devoted to Anila Quayyum Agha’s “Intersections.”
LOPRESTI: Time for another sports mash-up in Indy
Eight reasons why the first weekend in April is a really big deal.
Zoo to keep baby orangutan under wraps for now
Indianapolis Zoo officials hope the as-yet-unnamed baby ape—born Wednesday in a rare in-captivity birth for orangutans—will inspire visitors to aid conservation efforts and help further socialize the zoo's other orangutans.
Film review: ‘Batman v Superman’ v my patience
I never thought I’d say I miss the cheerfulness of Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies.