State Fair free stage concerts include Indigo Girls, Village People, Big & Rich, more
Lennon & Maisy of TV’s “Nashville” also set to appear. Schedule runs Aug. 7-23.
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New Bloomington hotels embrace urban, new-age styles
Three hotel projects finished last year have added about 420 rooms to the city’s tourism industry. And at least 260 more are on the way by 2017’s end.
FFA negotiating with Indy to extend convention stay by three years
National FFA Organization officials have canceled their option to conduct their massive annual convention in Louisville from 2019 to 2021, and would like Indianapolis to host it for nine straight years.
State slogan might get tossed
The Honest to Goodness Indiana tourism slogan might be jettisoned, made awkward by fallout from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Rivoli theater renovation would help spur arts hub
A plan to save the 1927 structure is beginning to take shape as part of a larger effort to transform the three-block stretch of East 10th surrounding the Rivoli into a magnet for arts-based organizations.
DINING: A pair of new eateries add to the SoBro corridor
Dancing Donut and Indy Tacos back 54th between Keystone and the Monon Trail more appetizing.
LOU’S VIEWS: The wheeled deal at the IMA
The fact that I never dreamed of cars didn’t diminish the appeal of “Dream Cars”
LOPRESTI: World-famous 106-year-old has many stories to tell
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway isn’t older than the Civil War, but it suffered from one.
IBJ movie night: Win screening passes for ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’
Carrie Mulligan stars in the latest adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel.
Priority list includes a new music festival, a Grammy-winning quartet, more
Inaugural Virgina Ave. Folk Festival puts music on nine stages. At Speak Easy, designers reconfigure Hollywood.
Rev’s top five dishes
My favorites from among the dozens of food samples at the event, kicking off the month of May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
REVIEW: ‘Typhoid Mary’ at the Phoenix Theatre
Playwright-in-Residence Tom Horan offers his take on the story of the notorious disease carrier.
Pence doesn’t know if he’ll sign gambling bill
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he hasn’t decided whether to sign a gambling bill into law even though legislators took steps to try to avoid a veto.
Hoteliers hesitant to bet on Grand Park Sports Campus crowds
A strong debut for Westfield’s Grand Park Sports Campus is driving hotel demand for a town without any rooms of its own and few hotels in the works.
DINING: Options limited, flavors strong at Wildwood Market
Let other eateries offer epic menus with page after page of something-to-please-everyone options. Let other places walk you through a line of ingredients to pick.
LOU’S VIEWS: Laugh-a-lot ‘Spamalot’ gets ambitious Civic production
You could feel that split between those who knew what would be catapulted over the French castle wall and those baffled, at least at first, by what all the silliness was about.
LOPRESTI: A happy April raises stakes for Tom Crean and IU basketball
Expectations will be high in Bloomington next time the Hoosiers hit the hardwood.
Deal allows inland moves for Indiana’s riverboat casinos
Lawmakers have approved a deal to allow Indiana's riverboat casinos to build on-land facilities, but live dealers won't be working table games anytime soon at the state's two horse track casinos.
Mother-daughter home rehab team gets shot at HGTV gig
Karen Jensen and Mina Starsiak, owners of Two Chicks and a Hammer, will be featured in a TV pilot airing Monday on the network. They could parlay the appearance into a 12-episode season.
Indianapolis Museum of Art to launch preschool in fall
In a partnership between St. Mary’s Child Center and the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 16 slots are available for students to enroll in a new museum-housed preschool, with classes beginning in August.