Review: Indiana premiere of ‘Big Fish’ proves a catch
The intimate space at Theatre at the Center helps the intimate musical about father/son relations.
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Casinos say law won’t be cure-all
Indiana lawmakers bought the state’s embattled casino industry time, but the new protections might not be enough to ensure each gambling parlor’s long-term survival.
DINING: Local pancake house chain delivers them fluffy and hot
Yes, I’ve driven past them many times. But only recently did I learn that the Flap-Jacks Pancake houses that dot central Indiana are a locally owned operation.
LOU’S VIEWS: Chamber Orchestra’s live disc highlights the new
It’s a celebration of the sound Maestro Trevor helped create. At the same time, it looks ahead, with a focus entirely on 21st-century compositions.
LOPRESTI: Parents of injured basketball star find new meaning for victory
Josh Speidel’s recovery from a serious car accident has been both gut-wrenching and joyful.
Indiana State Fair to hold job fair, wants to hire 500
State officials say the Indiana State Fair hires about 1,400 seasonal employees every year. More than half of the fair's 218 year-round employees started out as seasonal or summer workers.
Indianapolis bar owners challenge city’s smoking ban
Attorneys for the owners of the Whistle Stop Inn and the Thirsty Turtle argued before the court Monday that the city shouldn’t be allowed to ban smoking at bars that don’t offer gambling when it allows smoking at off-track betting facilities.
Alan Cumming coming to the Cabaret; ATI schedules ‘Sweeney Todd”
It’s that time of year. Performing arts schedules rolling in for September and beyond.
Indiana paying $71M more on Lucas Oil Stadium debt
The Indiana Finance Authority is paying about $71 million to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to end an interest-rate swap as part of a bond sale to refinance debt for Lucas Oil Stadium. An additional $34.7 million is being paid for the Indiana Convention Center.
Priority list includes 500 Festival Parade, ‘School House Wrong!,’ more
Hollywood stars may be in short supply, but athletes will be out in force for the annual balloon-bedecked march/drive/stroll through downtown.
Indy’s Mini-Marathon sees drop in number of finishers
Organizers of the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon say they're focused on producing a quality event and aren't concerned by the number of finishers, which have fallen from 31,170 to 24,472 in three years.
Review: Dance Kaleidoscope’s ‘The Next Wave’
Brock Clawson’s “Lake Effect Snow” offered “a sometimes creepy, often beautiful, occasionally casually violent, always searching series of movements seemingly on land and in the water.”
Business plan for 21c built on ‘aggressive’ projections
Indianapolis will be the first market where 21c Museum Hotels LLC competes with established art-centric hotels. Yet the company is so bullish about its future here that it expects to outperform its peers by more than 50 percent.
LOU’S VIEWS/DINING: What’s brewing at new dine-in movie theater?
Here’s how the Texas-based Flix, which recently opened its first Indiana location, tweaks the moviegoing mix?
BASILE: Traveling to the top of the world with a visit to Tibet
As we flew from Katmandu to Lhasa, the ancient holy city that serves as Tibet’s capital, we could see Mount Everest in the distance. It is as spectacular as you can imagine.
LOPRESTI: Time to let some air out of the New England Patriots drama
Since when do these words bring moral certainty and swift punishment: “More probable than not?”
Tribe chairman says new Indiana law violates U.S. law
Tribal Chairman John Warren said the law specifying the process for the state to enter into a compact violates the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act because it includes stipulations on what the compact must include.
Spotlight highlights
The annual fundraiser offered a wide range of central Indiana talent. Which groups raised the bar?
Ticket giveaway: Broad Ripple Art Fair
The annual event fills the grounds of the Indianapolis Art Center May 16-17. Enter here to be part of the fun.
Priority list includes Broad Ripple Art Fair, Wes Montgomery music, more
Plus Dance Kaleidoscope invites a quartet of outside choreographers to guide its performers for its weekend of performances.