Pacers Bikeshare rolling out major expansion in 2019
The Indiana Pacers Bikeshare program plans to roll out 23 new stations next summer—some of which will be miles away from the Mile Square.
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Newfields plans fall festival, more parking, culinary center with $8M Lilly Endowment grant
The improvements are part of a masterplan that aims to bring hundreds of thousands more visitors to the complex, which includes the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Circle to get $8M boost for patriotic light show as Lilly Endowment doles out $50M in special grants
The endowment said Wednesday it would fund 17 ideas across the city as part of its one-time Strengthening Indianapolis Through Arts and Cultural Innovation program.
IBJ Podcast: Why the Indy CIB will ask the Legislature for millions of dollars
The Capital Improvement Board will seek at least $8 million from lawmakers to help fund what officials say will be a 25-year plan for improvements in the Indiana Convention Center, Bankers Life Fieldhouse and other facilities the CIB owns.
Tourism officials expect another big impact from Big Ten Football Championship Game
Tourism bureau Visit Indy has spent about $60,000 on advertising over the past two weeks targeting Ohio State and Northwestern fans in Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago.
In performing as Judy Garland, Katy Gentry opens up about her own life
Katy Gentry has been listening to Judy Garland since she was 13 years old and was gifted a copy of the iconic singer’s Carnegie Hall concert on vinyl.
Trampoline park to occupy former Marsh store in Noblesville
Urban Air Adventure Park has leased 34,000 square feet of a building left vacant in 2017 by Marsh Supermarkets.
Eiteljorg’s Jingle Rails has become a multi-generational holiday tradition
More than 35,000 people last year came to the downtown museum to see the G-gauge train display.
Kite seeks to minimize risk in convention-hotels project
Hospitality industry observers say this is far from an ideal time for Kite—a publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in shopping centers—to veer outside its core business and tackle what would be a risky and colossal project that easily could cost more than $600 million.
Bidders on state park’s concert stage upgrade go wide of mark, delaying work
New restrooms will be ready for concertgoers at the Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn, but a key portion of the venue’s two-year, $27 million revamp must wait until 2020.
Developer in downtown hotel project sues bank in rift over relocating branch
Loftus Robinson plans to transform the 16-story tower into a 130-room Kimpton-brand hotel. But it says it has hit a snag with moving Centier Bank from the ground floor.
UPDATE: Two paintings from Robert Indiana estate fetch $5M at controversial auction
The estate of artist Robert Indiana, creator of the iconic LOVE series, auctioned off two paintings by other artists that he owned to raise money to defend against a lawsuit and to stabilize his deteriorating island home in Maine.
Dishing up art monthly at the Harrison Center
Harrison Center Executive Director Joanna Taft created the monthly Art Dish series as an opportunity to encourage conversation between artists and potential patrons using the lure of first-rate cuisine.
Developer scraps plan for $22M downtown hotel, citing costs
Sun Development & Management Corp said the 11-story, 150-room project slated for a surface parking lot along South Meridian Street turned out to be “cost-prohibitive.”
George Platt Lynes exhibit bares all
The title elements aren’t quite given equal weight in “Sensual/Sexual/Social: The Photography of George Platt Lynes.”
Missouri tour boat captain indicted in sinking that killed 17
Charges have been filed against the captain of a Missouri tourist boat that sank and killed 17 people, including nine people from an Indiana family, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Museum inside Indianapolis Motor Speedway is planning massive expansion, renovation
Planning for the project is still in the early stages but it’s likely to cost tens of millions of dollars.
New downtown nightclub set to take over Subterra Lounge space
A new nightclub that describes itself as a “New Orleans-inspired voodoo dive bar” is set to celebrate its grand opening Saturday.
Finding a place for Spirit & Place
About 30-40 events this year will fit under the elusive umbrella of the Spirit & Place Festival, a unique yet difficult-to-define, only-in-Indianapolis celebration of the arts, humanities and religion.
Indiana Historical Society names CEO to replace retiring Herbst
The CEO of the Connecticut Historical Society will take over the post in late January, marking the first leadership change at the organization in more than a dozen years.