12 arts days of Xmas: Day 7 – Armchair Quarterback and other games
Have a sports junkie on your list? Here’s a great game to play during the big game.
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12 arts days of Xmas: Day 6 – “Wicked” lottery
Stand in line for your friend—and you both can see the show for $50.
IU locating art and design center in Columbus
IU President Michael McRobbie says the school wanted to locate the center in Columbus to take advantage of the Indiana city's unique architecture and commitment to the arts.
Review: “Wicked” national tour at the Murat
Even with its inherent flaws, the wicked witch musical still flies.
Performing-arts groups stretch to cover rent at Palladium
Carmel is building a dream home for the performing arts. Now those groups planning to move into it just have to figure out how to pay their share of the mortgage.
BENNER: Sports moments to remember–and forget
Butler basketball leads list of top sports stories of the year.
STYLE: Non-sibling Sisters keeps companies in stitches
From their Noblesville house, a mother-and-daughter team try to change embroidery’s damaged image.
DINING: Byrd is the word in Greenwood
Last in this month’s series of fine-feathered restaurant reviews. This week: Jonathan Byrd’s Cafeteria.
LOU’S VIEWS: Grown-up movies dominate holiday multiplexes
Thoughts on “True Grit,” “The Fighter,” and more.
12 arts days of Xmas: Day 3
The dozen-part gift guide continues. This time, it’s plays on tape.
Houston-based company purchasing Gold Club
The deal, expected to close by the end of the year, is valued at $1.6 million, including real estate. It will be Rick’s Cabaret International Inc.’s first location in Indianapolis.
CIB OKs $2.6M in carpet upgrades for convention center
Capital Improvement Board plans to spend about $2.6 million to replace 370,000 square feet of carpeting in the older portion of the Indiana Convention Center to match the carpet in the new addition.
New commission could run state museum
Interim leader is hoping that a more streamlined governance will help the struggling, state-supported museum be more successful in raising private donations and keeping CEOs.
Indiana Film Journalists Association pick year’s best
Heartland Film Fest premiere “Paradise Recovered” joins “The Social Network” and “How to Train Your Dragon” among this year’s honorees.
You-review-it Monday
This week, I traded in live performances and galleries for movie screenings. How about you?
Law change eyed to help Indiana casinos compete
Indiana casinos could save an average of $1 million per riverboat each year under a proposal that would allow them to quit using captains and crews and maintain motors that have been obsolete since the state allowed the boats to remain docked.
12 arts days of Xmas: A gift guide
Stuck for shopping ideas? Here’s the first installment in my 12-step A&E gift-buying program.
$7.5M Fletcher Arts project gets back on track
Developer and architect Craig Von Deylen is finalizing plans for a mixed-use project just west of the intersection of Virginia Avenue and East McCarty Street.