Simon Crookall departing as symphony CEO
Information about Crookall's plans wasn't immediately available. The symphony's board of directors appointed Jackie Groth, vice president of finance and strategic planning, as interim president and CEO.
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Indianapolis Children’s Choir lands big Super Bowl gig
Forty-five members of Indianapolis Children's Choir will sing the national anthem along with recording artist Kelly Clarkson at the Super Bowl in Indianapolis on Sunday.
Indiana fair concerts going to expanded coliseum
The Indiana State Fair Commission decided Thursday to permanently move its outdoor grandstand concerts indoors and authorized spending $3.8 million to help prepare their new home: The Pepsi Coliseum located nearby on the north side Indianapolis fairgrounds.
Feinstein sees growing interest in vocal competition
The Great American Songbook Vocal Academy and Competition will be open to students outside the Midwest this year.
Carmel’s Center for Performing Arts trims staff
The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel eliminated five positions this week as interim CEO Frank Basile tries to rein in costs at the financially challenged organization that oversees the Palladium.
LOU’S VIEWS: Sandi Patty, Carrie Newcomer and more from the CD shelf
Thanksgiving, for many, is road-trip time—which also makes it a good time to give a listen to the latest discs from Indiana performers. Here’s a stack I’ve taken pleasure in over the past month.
State Fair victims sue Sugarland over stage collapse
Country duo Sugarland was named in a lawsuit filed Tuesday by 44 survivors of the Indiana State Fair stage collapse and the family members of four people who died, by far the largest claim yet stemming from the tragedy.
ISO reports smaller deficit, bigger endowment
The parent organization of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra said its expenses exceeded revenue by $1.7 million on a budget of $25.6 million for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The deficit was $1 million less than a year ago, while the ISO endowment grew by $5.5 million.
State Fair moves 2012 concerts to Conseco Fieldhouse
The Indiana State Fair is moving next year's big concerts to a downtown Indianapolis arena in the wake of August's deadly outdoor stage collapse.
AG: Nashville concert hall to pay ticket refunds
Attorney General Greg Zoeller says the owners of a southern Indiana concert hall destroyed in an arson nearly two years ago have agreed to refund $26,500 to ticketholders for cancelled shows.
Verizon Wireless Center getting new name
Outdoor amphitheater Verizon Wireless Center in Noblesville will be renamed Klipsch Music Center under a new sponsorship agreement between speaker manufacturer Klipsch Group Inc. and venue owner Live Nation Entertainment.
Jazz Fest reports improved attendance after move
Attendance at this year’s festival, which ran Sept. 12-17 in Broad Ripple, was 5,050, up 20 percent over last year, promoter Al Hall said.
Ball State student 6th to die from fair accident
A Ball State University senior died Friday morning in an Indianapolis hospital from injuries suffered in the Indiana State Fair stage collapse.
Indiana hires outside firm to review state fair disaster
Indiana has hired an outside firm to help with its investigation into a fatal stage collapse at the state fair after questions were raised about the state's ability to conduct an objective probe itself.
Damage cap limits state’s potential losses from concert tragedy
An Indiana law that limits damages paid by state entities likely will prompt lawyers to sue several other parties besides the state fair to try to recover as much as possible for victims of the concert calamity.
Elaborate outdoor concerts amp up safety concerns
As the multi-billion-dollar outdoor concert business has evolved from little more than shows under a canopied stage to productions featuring up to 20 tons of lighting and video equipment, experts point to the Indiana State Fair's fatal stage collapse as evidence of the necessity for caution — and regulation.
State fair attendance, revenue expected to decline
Attendance through Tuesday was down 7 percent compared to the same time last year following the collapse of a concert stage on Saturday that killed five people. The loss of four shows will be a blow to revenue projections.
Court affirms Murat Centre renaming decision
A state appellate court upheld a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to block the Old National Centre naming rights deal.
State Fair stage that failed may not have been inspected
A spokesman for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security said neither the fire marshal nor Homeland Security officials conduct inspections. And the city does not have the authority to inspect items on state property.
Safety questions loom over Indiana stage collapse
As the fair reopened Monday, investigators and the families of the dead and injured were still seeking answers to hard questions: Was the structure safe? Why were the thousands of fans not evacuated? Could anything have been done to prevent the tragedy?