Bob Carter’s Sammy Terry character was a fixture of Indianapolis television from 1962 to 1989, beginning each episode of "Nightmare Theater" on WTTV-TV by climbing out of a coffin with a trademark fiendish chuckle, wearing a blood-red cape and skullcap, and green makeup on his face.
For me, the better part of the weekend was spent lost in two novels by Indy writer Ben H. Winters. What about you?
Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Webb also honored as inductees into Michael Feinstein’s Great American Songbook Hall of Fame.
The state lottery expects to pull in $945 million for the fiscal year ending June 30. Meanwhile, lottery operator GTECH Indiana plans to start televising Powerball and Mega Millions drawings this summer.
Who better to see the big-budget horror epic with than the author of “Night of the Living Trekkies”? Listen in on our post-screening chat.
Two consumer websites address product reviews in a helpful, fanatical way.
First in a month-long series of game-piece restaurant reviews.
Most of the Children’s Museum’s core under-10 audience may not be interested in the movie props, but the interactives are outstanding.
Serendipity and a Pacers legend put Ralph Reiff at the pinnacle of his profession.
Recipients in central Indiana will include the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, Heartland Truly Moving Pictures, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Two pairs of tickets to give away this week: One to see Dylan and the Americanarama festival and the other for the Matchbox Twenty/Goo-Goo Dolls doubleheader.
Doubling up this week with stuff to do for this week and next (Yes, I’m taking the 4th of July off).
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is taking out some 1,700 seats dating as far back as the 1930s as part of a renovation of the Hilbert Circle Theatre, with The Strand Theatre in downtown Shelbyville taking enough to redo its 377 seats.
About 20 years ago, I wrote about neighbors trapped under an impenetrable dome. No, I won’t be getting a royalty check.
What did you experience on the A&E front this weekend? Opinions wanted.
There’s plenty of sound and fury in this twisted take on the Scottish play.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s writing/directing debut to close Indianapolis International Film Festival in July.
Fox Studios Inc., the venerable stained glass company whose work is on display at countless churches throughout the state and even the Indiana Statehouse, is closing.
The twisting, turning, maddening tale of our broken oven doesn’t quite measure up in the grand scheme of things.
