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2010 Best of Indy Readers' Poll

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Tara Donovan Exhibition Closing

[A+E] Visual Arts+Museums

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BoDeans

[Music] Roots

Fri., July 30, 9 p.m. - Hey, NUVO correspondent Rob Nichols! Have anything to...
Reasons to Be Pretty

[A+E] Performance Arts

Thursdays-Sundays. Continues through July 31 - Count on playwright Neil LaBute to come up...
Indiana Fever vs. Washington Mystics

[A+E] Sports+Recreation

Fri., July 30, 7 p.m. - The Fever needs your support to battle to...
A Grand Night for Singing: The Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein

[A+E] Performance Arts

July 7-10, 8 p.m., Sun., July 11, 2 p.m., July 14-17, 8 p.m., Sun., July 18, 2 p.m., July 21-24, 8 p.m., Sun., July 25, 2 p.m., July 28-31, 8 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 1, 2 p.m. - Actors Theatre of Indiana presents this Broadway revue...

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Blogs

Feature Audio
Local label news: Andy D, cassette box

By Scott Shoger [Music Blog - Jul. 29, 2010]

Andy D and Vacation Club sign with Roaring Colonel, Joyful Noise's Joan of Arc box flies off the shelves and the Abner Trio thinks you're swell.
Blogs

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Best of Indy Launch on the Circle

By Beth Belange [Street Team: Blog - Jul. 29, 2010]

On Wednesday, July 28th NUVO released its new "Best of Indy" guide to the public. The Street Team ventured into the hot sun to crash Monument Circle, distributing and talking with the lunchtime walkers of Indianapolis.
Features

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2010 Best of Indy Readers' Poll

[Welcome Intro - Jul. 29, 2010]

The results are in! Find out who NUVO readers chose as their local favorites in arts, music, nightlife, dining and shopping in our annual poll.
Blogs

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More of NUVO's Top Music Picks on IMC!

By Sarah Myer [Street Team: Blog - Jul. 29, 2010]

NUVO's Sarah Myer presents more of the top music picks from the July 28th issue on IMC, Indy's Music Channel!
Blogs

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NUVO's Top Music Picks on IMC!

By Sarah Myer [Street Team: Blog - Jul. 29, 2010]

NUVO's Sarah Myer presents some of the top music picks from the July 28th issue on IMC, Indy's Music Channel!
Blogs

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BoDeans still on road to Indy

By Rob Nichols [Music Blog - Jul. 28, 2010]

The roots-rock band converges - again - on the Vogue Friday night.

Features

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Cara Jean Wahlers: Out of the background

By Wade Coggeshall [Roots - Jul. 28, 2010]

The elegantly understated chanteuse is striking out on her own with "Goodnight Charlotte," a collection of vividly-constructed songs she recorded with cellist Grover Parido.
Features

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Dead Beats return with new lineup, album

By Josh Flynn [Rock - Jul. 28, 2010]

For years John Muylle played a pied piper on local stages, building audiences into ecstatic frenzy as frontman for the absurdist glam rock band Everthus the Deadbeats. Then one day, he found he was losing followers.
Blogs

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Brown County gets new nature preserve

By Austin Considine [News Blog - Jul. 28, 2010]

The Ten O'Clock Line Nature Preserve will be the state's largest.
Features

Slideshow Feature
Photo gallery: DEVO at The Vogue, July 26

By Kris Arnold [Rock - Jul. 28, 2010]

On tour behind their new album "Something for Everyone," DEVO didn't neglect the Midwestern cities that first puzzled over their performance art more than thirty years ago.
Features

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Jazz Notes: Becky Archibald's new sound

By Chuck Workman [Jazz + Blues - Jul. 28, 2010]

An interview with the classically-trained pianist, composer and educator who has begun incorporating jazz influences in her work after a summer spent studying the genre in France.
Features

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Michael Shelton directs Shakespeare along the river

By David Hoppe [Performance Arts - Jul. 28, 2010]

HART Repertory Theatre continues its tradition of presenting Shakespeare in free performances at the White River State Park.
Blogs

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Cool Creek Concert: Polka Boy

By Beth Belange [Street Team: Blog - Jul. 28, 2010]

Hamilton County's Cool Creek Park hosted one of the best concerts of the summer, Polka Boy. It was a beautiful night and no one could ask for anything better than being serenaded by one of the best and most fun polka bands in Indiana.
Blogs

Feature Slideshow
IMA Summer Nights: Monty Python

By Beth Belange [Street Team: Blog - Jul. 28, 2010]

Weather forced the showing inside, but it didn't dampen the fun. The IMA showed Monty Python and the Holy Grail as part of its Summer Nights Film Series last Friday.
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Roots

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Cara Jean Wahlers: Out of the background

By Wade Coggeshall [Jul. 28, 2010]

The elegantly understated chanteuse is striking out on her own with "Goodnight Charlotte," a collection of vividly-constructed songs she recorded with cellist Grover Parido.
Rock

Feature Audio
Dead Beats return with new lineup, album

By Josh Flynn [Jul. 28, 2010]

For years John Muylle played a pied piper on local stages, building audiences into ecstatic frenzy as frontman for the absurdist glam rock band Everthus the Deadbeats. Then one day, he found he was losing followers.
Rock

Slideshow Feature
Photo gallery: DEVO at The Vogue, July 26

By Kris Arnold [Jul. 28, 2010]

On tour behind their new album "Something for Everyone," DEVO didn't neglect the Midwestern cities that first puzzled over their performance art more than thirty years ago.
Jazz + Blues

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Jazz Notes: Becky Archibald's new sound

By Chuck Workman [Jazz + Blues - Jul. 28, 2010]

An interview with the classically-trained pianist, composer and educator who has begun incorporating jazz influences in her work after a summer spent studying the genre in France.
Performance Arts

Feature
Michael Shelton directs Shakespeare along the river

By David Hoppe [Jul. 28, 2010]

HART Repertory Theatre continues its tradition of presenting Shakespeare in free performances at the White River State Park.
Social Justice

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Gimme Shelter: John Aleshire brings new life to the Humane Society

By Katherine Murray [Jul. 27, 2010]

The situation for Indy's abandoned animals is dire. But the Humane Society's new director is helping turn things around.

Social Justice

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Local doctors help quake survivors in Haiti

By Gabe Webb [Jul. 27, 2010]

Nearly six months after the earthquake that might forever divide Haitian history, a team of Hoosier doctors traveled there to help.
Beer + Wine

Cover Story Feature
Best Brew: Readers vote Sun King Brewery best Indiana beer

By David Hoppe [Beer + Wine - Jul. 27, 2010]

Breweries in Indianapolis date back to before the Civil War. But it wasn't until a year ago that Indianapolis finally got a full production brewery it could call its own, Sun King.
Special Events

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Photo Gallery: Brickyard 400 at IMS

By Robert Warren [Jul. 27, 2010]

NASCAR fans and racers alike, rallied at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday July 25th. The Brickyard 400, 160 laps in the intense summer heat was bested by Jamie McMurray in the number 1 Bass Pro Shop car.
Film

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Ed reviews 'Winter's Bone'

By Ed Johnson-Ott [Jul. 27, 2010]

4 stars, this story is set in a world of great poverty, yet filmmaker Debra Granik refuses to play tourist and gawk at what goes on. Her point of view is matter-of-fact, much like the actions of the teenage character trying to save her family.
Rock

Feature Slideshow
Photo Gallery: We Are Hex at Radio Radio

By Robert Warren [Jul. 26, 2010]

Local rockers We Are Hex commemorated the release of their sophomore album "Hail The Goer" with an ear-ringing July 24 set.
Environment

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Your enviro-PANIQuiz for the week of July 19

By Jim Poyser [Jul. 26, 2010]

The ApocaDocs, Jim and Michael, bring you the Pre-Apocalypse News & Info Quiz (PANIQuiz) for the week beginning Monday, July 19, to test your knowledge of current environmental news.
Beer + Wine

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Beer Buzz

By Rita Kohn [Beer + Wine - Jul. 26, 2010]

Each week, the latest news on locally brewed beer.
Dining Out

Feature Review
Saying goodbye: Jennifer Litz tells us about her favorite places

By Jennifer Litz [Jul. 26, 2010]
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Opinion

Opinion
Thumbs up/thumbs down

By Editors [Jul. 27, 2010]

A weekly summary of the week's news, with helpful thumbs to guide the way.
Politics

Opinion
Gadfly: Mike Pence and the Tea Party

By Wayne Bertsch [Jul. 27, 2010]

Every week Wayne Bertsch provides commentary on the nation's top news.
Opinion

Opinion
The view from the couch: The Pentagon Papers, redux

By William O'Rourke [Jul. 27, 2010]

Some – including me – have dated the death of journalism to the OJ trial. That marked the takeover of TV over print and all journalism stopped. Journalism via TV became a sport of viewing, not uncovering. We’re still in that world.
Opinion

Opinion
The Black Expo shootings

By David Hoppe [Jul. 23, 2010]

What happened tore at the city’s carefully cultivated, family-friendly image and prompted a new round of hemming and hawing about race.
Opinion

Opinion
O'Rourke - The View From the Couch: Going On Vacation

By William O'Rourke [Jul. 21, 2010]

And then there is Mel Gibson, who keeps giving Jesus a bad name. Obviously, Gibson has a lot of contradictory impulses going on, none seemingly in check.
Opinion

Opinion
Ballard over a barrel

By David Hoppe [Jul. 21, 2010]

The mayor is having to assess the cost of being a sports capital.

Opinion

Opinion
Thumbs up/thumbs down

By Editors [Jul. 20, 2010]

A weekly summary of the week's news, with helpful thumbs to guide the way.
Opinion

Opinion
Haiku News

By Jim Poyser [Jul. 20, 2010]

Each week, Jim Poyser sums up the news in seventeen syllables.
Opinion

Opinion
My town, Indy

By Steve Hammer [Jul. 20, 2010]

These are a few of the places I love to love in our city.
Opinion

Opinion
Ringo is 70

By David Hoppe [Jul. 13, 2010]

The Beatles asked if our loved ones would still need us and feed us at 64. That question's more pertinent than ever.
Opinion

Opinion
The Latest Thumbs

By Editors [Jul. 13, 2010]

NUVO's thumbs-up and down on recent events in the news.
Opinion

Opinion
Haiku News

By Jim Poyser [Jul. 12, 2010]

Each week, Jim Poyser turns the top news stories of the week into 17 syllables.
Opinion

Opinion
O'Rourke - The View From the Couch: Let Us Now Praise Oil Workers

By William O'Rourke [Jul. 12, 2010]

What else can explain the rise of the new no-and-know-nothing party, the Tea Party, which the press covers as if it means something, but the only thing it means is that the no-and-know-nothings find great comfort in large crowds of similar like-minded company?
Opinion

Opinion
Why I hope LeBron fails

By Steve Hammer [Jul. 12, 2010]

But only in America is avarice and shameless self-interest celebrated and commercialized to such an extent.
Read More

Music Blog

Feature Audio
Local label news: Andy D, cassette box

By Scott Shoger [Jul. 29, 2010]

Andy D and Vacation Club sign with Roaring Colonel, Joyful Noise's Joan of Arc box flies off the shelves and the Abner Trio thinks you're swell.
Street Team: Blog

Feature Slideshow
Best of Indy Launch on the Circle

By Beth Belange [Jul. 29, 2010]

On Wednesday, July 28th NUVO released its new "Best of Indy" guide to the public. The Street Team ventured into the hot sun to crash Monument Circle, distributing and talking with the lunchtime walkers of Indianapolis.
Street Team: Blog

Feature Video
More of NUVO's Top Music Picks on IMC!

By Sarah Myer [Jul. 29, 2010]

NUVO's Sarah Myer presents more of the top music picks from the July 28th issue on IMC, Indy's Music Channel!
Street Team: Blog

Feature Video
NUVO's Top Music Picks on IMC!

By Sarah Myer [Jul. 29, 2010]

NUVO's Sarah Myer presents some of the top music picks from the July 28th issue on IMC, Indy's Music Channel!
Rock

Feature Audio
Dead Beats return with new lineup, album

By Josh Flynn [Jul. 28, 2010]

For years John Muylle played a pied piper on local stages, building audiences into ecstatic frenzy as frontman for the absurdist glam rock band Everthus the Deadbeats. Then one day, he found he was losing followers.
Rock

Slideshow Feature
Photo gallery: DEVO at The Vogue, July 26

By Kris Arnold [Jul. 28, 2010]

On tour behind their new album "Something for Everyone," DEVO didn't neglect the Midwestern cities that first puzzled over their performance art more than thirty years ago.

Street Team: Blog

Feature Slideshow
Cool Creek Concert: Polka Boy

By Beth Belange [Jul. 28, 2010]

Hamilton County's Cool Creek Park hosted one of the best concerts of the summer, Polka Boy. It was a beautiful night and no one could ask for anything better than being serenaded by one of the best and most fun polka bands in Indiana.
Street Team: Blog

Feature Slideshow
IMA Summer Nights: Monty Python

By Beth Belange [Jul. 28, 2010]

Weather forced the showing inside, but it didn't dampen the fun. The IMA showed Monty Python and the Holy Grail as part of its Summer Nights Film Series last Friday.
Music Blog

Feature Video
Day Two at All Good Music Festival

By Danielle Look [Jul. 28, 2010]

Friday festivities began at 10 a.m. with Greensky Bluegrass and ended at 4 a.m. with Lotus. Everything in between detailed here.
Special Events

Feature Slideshow
Photo Gallery: Brickyard 400 at IMS

By Robert Warren [Jul. 27, 2010]

NASCAR fans and racers alike, rallied at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday July 25th. The Brickyard 400, 160 laps in the intense summer heat was bested by Jamie McMurray in the number 1 Bass Pro Shop car.
Music Blog

Feature Video
Greensky Bluegrass at All Good Fest

By Danielle Look [Jul. 27, 2010]

An interview with Greensky Bluegrass conducted at the All Good Music Festival in West Virginia.
Music Blog

Feature Video
Family of uke

By Miss Joni [Jul. 27, 2010]

Miss Joni explains how a closet obsession blossomed into a family tradition — and how the gift of music can build new families, too.
Music Blog

Feature Audio Video
Remembering the Elms before their farewell show

By Rob Nichols [Jul. 27, 2010]

One last gig before the guys disband. Here's why you should care.
Music Blog

Feature Slideshow
DEVO at The Vogue, July 26

By Jeff Napier [Jul. 27, 2010]

A fantastic set by a nostalgia act that looks and sounds as exciting and vital as any young whipper-snapping band on the road today.
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