Ticket giveaway: “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition”
Win tickets to the upcoming Indiana State Museum show.
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Symphony on the Prairie sets attendance record
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s popular outdoor concert series set an attendance record this summer, surpassing the 100,000-mark for just the third time since 1982.
Indiana casino commission: Staffer hid complaints
The commission found the misconduct after an internal review about why 56 of 154 complaints made against the casinos during 2009 had gone unanswered.
Liquor board OKs permit for City Market beer sales
The Marion County Alcoholic Beverage Board voted to approve a carryout liquor license for the historic downtown site. The permit will allow the Indiana Brewers Guild to open a bar featuring local craft beers.
Auto auction’s new owner calls first event a success
Auctions America by RM, which bought the former Kruse Auction Park in Auburn two months ago, said more than 25,000 people attended this past weekend’s event, during which sales topped $13 million.
You-review-it…Tuesday
What did you see, hear or do over the long-but-not-long-enough weekend?
R.I.P. Brown County Playhouse
Indiana University no longer will be producing theater in Nashville.
Concert promoters take center stage
Meet the people who make music events happen in Indianapolis.
Talking Points: What’s the buzz on the Palladium, the opera and more?
IBJ’s annual rundown of issues the A&E world will be obsessing about this year.
A&E PREVIEW: Dozens of events that should be high on your priority list
From Mary Poppins to Tyler Perry, and from Liza to the Leisure Kings, there’s a lot to fill up your A&E calendar. Get your planners out and start circling dates. Here are some of my early must-do front-runners.
Insurance seller chases music dreams with jazz label
Al Hall started Owl Studios in 2005 to promote local musicians and has expanded its roster of performers to 16.
DINING: On the canal, the Left Bank Cafe is all right
New eatery is close enough to the waters of the Central Canal that it should consider opening a gondola drive-through.
LOU’S VIEWS: Painting the blues in Washington, D.C.
Yes, my mission in Washington, D.C., was to deliver my daughter into the arms of academia. But with the chance to visit the Smithsonian, can you blame me for making an early exit from campus orientation?
BENNER: Conseco hosts what could be bloody good show
My introduction to the raw reality of boxing left me with admiration for the physical skills necessary to be a fighter and the sheer toughness it takes to get into the ring. However, at the same time, being young and naïve, I was shaken by the brutality of the enterprise.
WEB REVIEW: Find your address book perplexing? Consider Plaxo
At heart, Plaxo is a manager for your address book (or Rolodex if you happen to be of a certain generation).
Cabaret fest bringing major acts to Indy
Offshoot of Arts Midwest conference is a big benefit to local music lovers.
Ticket giveaway: “Mary Poppins”
Win tickets to the national tour of the hit musical, coming to the Murat this month.
Kokomo firm taps state tax credits to make animated film
Kokomo-based Bach Morris Technologies Corp. will spend $2.4 million to produce “Whoever Heard of a Herd of Fird?”
a movie based on company co-founder Othello Bach’s 1984 best-seller “Whoever Heard of a Fird?” A Ball State
University commercial spinoff will provide production and design services.
You-review-it Monday
Did you help wrap up the Fringe? Join the semi-Beatles at Conner Prairie?