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Best of Indy 2013

Best of Indy 2013

Snake Pit slithers to turn three

What Happened: Vets' med claims quagmire

Time Out with Pacers Coach Frank Vogel

Best of Indy 2013

It's time for the readers to choose! Voting is live now through Friday, May 31. — by NUVO Editors

Nuvo's Top Picks

Color In Motion 5k Run

[A+E] Sports + Recreation

Sat., May 25, 9 a.m. - Just show up wearing white and we do...
500 Festival Parade

[A+E] Festivals + Parties

Sat., May 25, 12 p.m. - Special guests for this year's parade include Olympians...
Indiana Wind Symphony: Trumpetissimo with Alan Vizzutti

[A+E] Classical Music

Sat., May 25, 7:30 p.m. - Seattle-based trumpeter virtuoso Allen Vizzutti brings his technical...
Indy 500 Snake Pit

[A+E] Festivals + Parties, DJs + Dancing, Rock, Hip-hop

Sun., May 26 - This crazy, raucous party opens with Gabby Love...
Indy 500

[A+E] Sports + Recreation

Sun., May 26, 12 p.m. - “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” put Indianapolis on...

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Best of Indy 2013

By NUVO Editors [Current Events - May. 30, 2013]

It's time for the readers to choose! Voting is live now through Friday, May 31.
Features

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Snake Pit slithers to turn three

By Katherine Coplen [Profiles - May. 26, 2013]

DJs Afrojack, Diplo, Topher Jones spin Sunday in IMS infield
Features

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What Happened: Vets' med claims quagmire

By Rebecca Townsend [Current Events - May. 24, 2013]

Special military-themes briefs from the May 22 issue of NUVO: "Claims quagmire at the local VA" "Military suicide, veteran homelessness" "Helping the Hoosier Veterans Assistance Foundation." Plus, Memorial Day.
Features

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Pence: Federal media shield law is needed

By Lesley Weidenbener [News - May. 24, 2013]

Pence in favor of giving the press a shield against Government.
Features

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Food ethics with clergy farmer and Purdue prof

By Hannah Leyva [Environment - May. 23, 2013]

The speakers agreed that "ethical food" is produced with respect for both nature and humanity and consumed with gratitude and appreciation of its origins.

Features

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State looks to private firms on I-69 section

By Lesley Weidenbener [News - May. 23, 2013]

Governor Mike Pence looks to upgrade the interstate highways in Indiana.
Blogs

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Barfly: Audiodacity, Hero Jr., Veseria

By Wayne Bertsch [May. 23, 2013]

Get out of town, why don't you!
Features

Video Feature
Hoosier vets face some of longest claim waits

By Rebecca Townsend [Current Events - May. 23, 2013]

According to analysis by the Center for Investigative Reporting, more than 9,000 veterans had waited for more than a year for disability benefits to be processed by the Indy VA as of May 13, 2013.
Features

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Time Out with Pacers Coach Frank Vogel

By Mark Dubec [Current Events - May. 22, 2013]

Before heading to Miami for Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals, Pacers coach Frank Vogel took some time after practice Monday to check in with NUVO.
Features

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Review: These City Limits, 'For the Rest of This Life...'

By Joey Megan Harris [Album Reviews - May. 22, 2013]

Alt-rockers These city Limits bring out one of the best albums of 2013 so far with For the Rest of This Life...

Features

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Dario Franchitti: Looking for four

By Lori Lovely [Sports + Recreation - May. 22, 2013]

The reigning Indy 500 champion admits he's "being greedy" in vying for a fourth victory. "But I think when you stop wanting that next Indy 500, it's time to go home."
Features

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Simon Pagenaud: Rookie no more

By Lori Lovely [Sports + Recreation - May. 22, 2013]

IndyCar's 2012 Rookie of Year says he used to be "a little nervous" about racing on ovals. "I realized there was a lot more to it than you can see from the outside."
Blogs

Audio Feature
Noble Sissle - redefining cultural importance

By Kyle Long [A Cultural Manifesto - May. 22, 2013]

An important figure in the early days of jazz, Indianapolis-born singer, songwriter and bandleader Noble Sissle's accomplishments transcended music impacting civil rights and American pop culture.
Blogs

Opinion
Better Block: Real time urban renewal

By Ashley Kimmel [Girl, in Transit - May. 22, 2013]

Better Block East Washington - from noon to 5 p.m. on June 8 - aims to convert one block of the corridor into a vision for the future: a living scale model of re-envisioned urban space.
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Live Music Reviews

Review
Review: Bashiri Asad and Xenobia Green at Jazz Kitchen

By Ben Smith [May. 22, 2013]

The combination of Bashiri Asad and Xenobia Green, Deep Fried 5, and The Right Now make for a sultry night of young soul and funk at The Jazz Kitchen on Friday night.
Classical Music

Review
Review: ICO ends season in its new home

By Tom Aldridge [May. 20, 2013]

The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra gave its final 2012-2013 concert at Butler U.'s recently completed Schrott Center for the Arts, its new home venue.
Classical Music

Review
Review: ISO with all strings attached

By Tom Aldridge [May. 18, 2013]

ISO concertmaster Zach de Pue led the orchestra in its 18th classical concert with an all-string program containing a variety of works, periods and styles.
Film + TV

Review Video Feature
Movie review: The Great Gatsby

By Ed Johnson-Ott [Film + TV - May. 15, 2013]

Baz Luhrmann's Gatsby is faithful but phony, filmed in Annoy-o-Vision with all the spatial sophistication of your average View-Master reel.
Profiles

Review
Away and back again: Frank Schweikhardt

By Allison Krupp [May. 15, 2013]

Frank Schweikhardt gives insights into his new album, Kitchen Table.

Live Music Reviews

Review Slideshow
Review: May Day 2013 at Klipsch

By Jeff Napier [May. 15, 2013]

Jeff didn't love May Day this year, but he was pleasantly surprised by Bush.
Classical Music

Review
Review: IO presents The Flying Dutchman

By Tom Aldridge [May. 13, 2013]

Using video generated sets, Indianapolis Opera mounted the biggest handiwork of its season with its second production of Wagner's Der fliegende Höllander (The Flying Dutchman).
Classical Music

Review
Ensemble Music presents the St. Lawrence Quartet

By Tom Aldridge [May. 9, 2013]

The Stanford U. based string quartet captivated with contemporary klezmer music by Osvaldo Golijov. Too bad this didn't apply to their entire program.
Written + Spoken Word

Review
Book review: Mike Tyson Slept Here

By Joseph Fitzpatrick [Written + Spoken Word - May. 9, 2013]

Chris Huntington's realistic, heartbreaking novel - set in Indianapolis amidst familiar landmarks - is based in part on his ten years teaching at Plainfield Correctional Facility.
Written + Spoken Word

Review Feature
Review: The Gila Wars by Larry Sweazy

By Rita Kohn [Written + Spoken Word - May. 9, 2013]

The sixth and final installment in multi-award-winning Sweazy's Josiah Wolfe series is typically exciting and vivid.

Written + Spoken Word

Review
Review: An American Tune

By Charlie Sutphin [Written + Spoken Word - May. 9, 2013]

Barbara Shoup, executive director of Indiana Writers Center, tells the story of an anti-war radical in hiding in An American Tune, which vividly recollects 1960s Bloomington.
Live Music Reviews

Review
Review: Indy Guitar Summit at Jazz Kitchen

By Ben Smith [May. 8, 2013]

Jazz guitar virtuosos young and old take the stage once again for an outstanding performance to half- packed bar.
Film + TV

Image Review
Movie review: Mud

By Ed Johnson-Ott [Film + TV - May. 7, 2013]

Despite a couple of glitches, 'Mud' is a memorable, coming-of-age film with a strong cast, including Matthew McConaughey in the lead role.
Theater + Dance

Image Review
The Revolutionaries at Butler ArtsFest

By Rita Kohn [Theater + Dance - Apr. 30, 2013]

Kudos to Butler Ballet for tackling two 20th-cent pieces: 'Pierrot Lunaire,' with choreography by Larry Attaway, and Paul Taylor's 'Le Sacre du Printemps' (The Rehearsal).
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