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LOPRESTI: 2013 Horseshoe memories give way to anticipation
Surveying the season and wondering what will be first: Indy in the Super Bowl or the Super Bowl in Indy.
Harsh weather at New York’s Super Bowl could hurt Indy’s 2018 bid chances
The game Feb. 2 and the week-long run-up to it will be fresh in the minds of the 32 NFL owners when they gather for their annual meeting in Atlanta in May to hear 2018 Super Bowl bid presentations from Indianapolis, Minneapolis and New Orleans.
Ticket giveaway: IRT does Vonnegut with ‘Who Am I This Time?’
The Indiana Repertory Theatre's production of "Who Am I This Time? and Other Conundrums of Love" takes a trio of Kurt Vonnegut stories from page to stage Jan. 29-Feb. 23. Details on the production here. Want a four-pack of tickets? Just enter below and name your favorite Vonnegut book or, if you are new to […]
Arts at stake in marriage vote
I cannot imagine the state without its gay artists and administrators, but I’d completely understand if they left should this amendment pass.
Proposal calls for alcohol sales during Indiana State Fair
The Indiana State Fair is only one of two state fairs that prohibit the sale of alcohol. Senate Bill 168, authored by Sen. Jean Leising, R-Oldenburg, would change that.
You-review-it Monday: Emerging from the snow
Did you get to see “Tribes” at the Phoenix? DK doing Gershwin? What A&E did you find when you emerged from your snow fort?
DINING: Sideman BeBop Pizza worthy of headliner The Jazz Kitchen
What might be a secret to some is that the city’s leading jazz club shares its kitchen with a pizza joint. Second in a month-long series of theme-free restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: Funky furniture, slamming doors and more
This week, I empty the notebook with thoughts on the IMA's contemporary galleries, a furniture show at the State Museum, a Beef &Boards farce and an ambitious new CD.
HETRICK: After storm, plowing through a pseudo-libertarian snow job
“I am capable of deciding for myself what and where and when I can come and go,” said a Facebook friend. But when does liberty get in the way of public safety?
LOPRESTI: Colts-Chiefs playoff game joins classic-comeback peers
Veterans of other memorable games welcome a new ‘one for the ages’ to their ranks.
Senator hopes to revive state incentive for filmmakers
Democratic Sen. Lonnie Randolph’s bill would provide as much as a 40-percent tax credit on productions. With legislators cool to the idea last year, Randolph and supporters are gearing up for a long fight.
Sasheer Zamata (Sasheer Moore in her Pike High days) joins SNL cast
2004 Pike graduate to become the first African-American female cast member since 2007 on the long-running show. See performance clips here.
Ticket giveaway: LA Theatre Works production of ‘The Graduate’
Marian University hosts a tour in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the generation-defining novel. You know the Dustin Hoffman version. Now you can see it, live, onstage.
In lieu of You-review-it Monday: Your favorite cold movies
Of course, the ideal movie for these weather conditions is Disney’s “Frozen.” But since you probably aren’t going to make it to the multiplex, try these at home.
DINING: Ember attempts Cultural Trail culinary spark
Former chain pizza place transforms into neighborhood eat/drinkery. First in a month of theme-free restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: 50 years, 50 shows
Broadway’s “Ragtime,” Butler’s “Lamentations,” and two Icemen among half a century of theater-going highlights
LOPRESTI: Arena naming, where Taco Bell and Jenny Craig are equals
What would UCLA fans think of H.R. Haldeman Pavilion? And why couldn’t I get a signal at the Verizon Center?
Movie shot in Indiana headed for theaters
Indiana isn’t exactly one of Hollywood’s top locations for filming, but the state landed an upcoming film despite its lack of filmmaker incentives or exotic scenery.
Concerns grow about future of Indiana Beach
Other venues owned by the company that bought the amusement park in 2008 have been sold or fallen into foreclosure.