Vonnegut’s kin back local memorial library
Three of Kurt Vonnegut’s children are working with local fans of the famed author to open a memorial library
in Indianapolis.
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Indiana, Michigan library groups merge to cut costs
The Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority, known as ICOLSA, has merged with the Michigan Library Consortium to form
the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services.
BENNER: Eventful decade of highest highs and lowest lows
Here’s a look back at the great, the good, and the ugly of the past 10 years.
HETRICK: As a new decade dawns, could we start again?
Ten years ago this week, a new century dawned. A lot has changed since.
LOU’S VIEWS: A ballet blockbuster tops 2009’s list of favorites
Here are the 10 offerings that I most enthusiastically recommended to friends and readers in the past year.
Last-minute gift ideas
By giving tickets to A&E events, you get a sincere thank you now and another one later.
Symphony ousts maestro, reports historic budget gap
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra experienced a year of financial and leadership shocks, as it reported a $2.8 million
budget shortfall and abruptly dismissed Music Director Mario Venzago.
Missing ATI’s “Frog and Toad”
A rights battle keeps an Indy holiday tradition from happening.
Where do you stand on Barbie?
The iconic doll is the subject of a Children’s Museum exhibition. Join in on the debate here.
STYLE: For Billingsley, ties come out as winners
Birk Billingsley, of Krieg DeVault LLP, sidelines in neckwear.
LOU’S VIEWS: Merits of Barbie exhibit debatable
IBJ Style columnist Gabrielle Poshadlo joins in to discuss the latest Children’s Museum show.
DINING: New Conrad eatery offers a taste of the good life
We take a taste of the offerings at the new wine bar at the Conrad.
BENNER: Sports movement has a sunny past, cloudy future
More on the history of Indianapolis’ amateur sports initiative.
Opera directors create $40,000 challenge grant
Indianapolis Opera board Chairman Garry Fredericksen says in a recent appeal for donations that the company is in a “battle
for survival.”
IBJ Movie Night: ‘It’s Complicated’
Want to win passes to a screening of the new Meryl Streep/Alec Baldwin film?
IBJ Night at the Movies: “Sherlock Holmes”
Win tickets to the latest Hollywood take on the world’s greatest detective.
Review: “Star Wars in Concert”
A symphonic take on the six-film cycle highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of George Lucas’ epic vision.
You-review-it Monday
Did you feel Forced to go to “Star Wars in Concert”? Follow the tide to “Yuletide Celebration”?