Holiday World set to announce plans for $9 million ride
A southern Indiana amusement park will mark its 65th anniversary by unveiling plans for a $9 million ride that will be the most expensive in the park's history.
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Efroymson hands off leadership at iMOCA
The founder of the museum of contemporary art, who has worked for the organization unpaid since 2009, presided over a move that doubled its size.
Black Expo sees attendance rise at Summer Celebration
Attendance at Indiana Black Expo's Summer Celebration was up 5 percent compared to last year, the local organization reported Friday afternoon.
Plans progress for once-doomed City Market west wing
Directors of the historic building on Thursday approved a proposal to use the west wing for office space, and as the home of the Indy Winter Farmers Market.
Indianapolis outpaces Atlanta pound-for-pound on tourism
With 1.8 million people, the Indianapolis area is only one-third the size of Atlanta, yet the area holds its own in conventions and tourism. Indianapolis, for example, has about half the convention space of Atlanta.
YMCA, bike hub on track for City Market
The bike hub is slated to open sometime next month, while a date of Sept. 7 has been set for the unveiling of the new YMCA. The facilities are part of an overall $3.5 million renovation to City Market.
LOU’S VIEWS: Ife sculptures at IMA paint a thousand words
I love a good creation story, and the Yoruba people of the ancient city of Ife, in what is now Nigeria, have a doozy. It involves a god indulging in a bit too much palm wine, a snail-shell full of soil, a chameleon, and a chicken (with five toes).
SHELLEY: Columbus architecture focus would work in Indianapolis
Imagine what could happen in Indianapolis if we adopted some of the principles Columbus has? Ensuring that every design has meaning and purpose. Creating structures that tell stories. Allowing designers to push the limits and take risks.
Matriarch’s work ethic inspires Holiday World staff
Pat Koch, whose official title at her family-owned Holiday World theme park is director of values, sets a high bar for hard work and dedication.
Indiana State Museum hopes for new start
The Indiana State Museum begins a new fiscal year Friday with a different governance structure and a $1.1 million surplus.
Transportation museum eyes excursion trains to downtown Indy
As efforts drag on to study and fund a commuter rail system using the former Nickel Plate rail line, the group now using the 37-mile corridor to run excursion trains in Hamilton County and to the Indiana State Fair is looking at running its trains farther south—to downtown.
People have spoken on ideas for Monument Circle
A former Indianapolis resident who now lives in Philadelphia won the Monument Circle Idea Competition People’s Choice award, Indianapolis Downtown Inc. announced Tuesday.
Appeals court: Eiteljorg estate trustees breached duties
A panel of state appellate court judges backed a trial court’s decision, determining trustees for the estate of Harrison Eiteljorg breached their duties by failing to distribute more than $1 million to his two sons.
Art museum to charge for parking
The Indianapolis Museum of Art will charge $5 for parking starting Sept. 1. The new fee comes a year after the museum opened an outdoor sculpture park that drove up attendance.
Circle Idea Competition finalists selected
Posters highlighting the top 12 proposals will be on display in Monument Circle storefronts until June 26 so members of the public can vote for their favorite. The ideas could be used by planners plotting the future of the downtown space.
City’s only hotel water park dropping Holiday Inn brand
The hotel on the northwest side of Indianapolis will become the Caribbean Cove Hotel & Water Park on June 13 after more than 30 years as a Holiday Inn.
Groups eye once-doomed City Market west wing
Although slated for demolition, the City Market’s west wing is now generating interest from the Local Initiatives Support Corp. and local chapters of the American Institute of Architects, who want to move there as part of an effort to support neighborhood development.
Cultural Trail names executive director
Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc. has hired its first executive director, Karen Haley, who was also the first director of the city’s Office of Sustainability.
Museums prepare to open permanent exhibits
Conner Prairie and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis each plan to open new permanent exhibits in June at a combined cost of $8.5 million.
City Market set to oust 19-year tenant Enzo Pizza
Directors of the historic building have notified the pizza restaurant that it needs to have its equipment removed by the end of the day on Friday after the two sides could not agree on a new lease.