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Review: August: Osage County at Phoenix

Review: August: Osage County at Phoenix

Heartless Bastards: Heartless no more

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Review: August: Osage County at Phoenix

A brilliant, homegrown cast excels in an overstuffed sofa of a play, with Diane Kondrat's tour-de-force performance earning special distinction. — by David Hoppe

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Review: Ensemble presents Shuffle.Play.Listen

By Tom Aldridge [Performance Arts - Feb. 17, 2012]

Pianist Christopher O'Riley and cellist Matt Haimovitz give us a seamless genre crossover program, from Wagner to Radiohead, at the Toby.
Reviews

Review
Review: August: Osage County at Phoenix

By David Hoppe [Performance Arts - Feb. 17, 2012]

A brilliant, homegrown cast excels in an overstuffed sofa of a play, with Diane Kondrat's tour-de-force performance earning special distinction.
Reviews

Review
Review: Larry D. Sweazy, 'The Devil's Bones'

By Rita Kohn [Written + Spoken Word - Feb. 17, 2012]

Sweazy's Agatha Christie-style thriller takes place in the fictional Indiana town of Dukaine, population 3,000, plus 4,000 migrant workers during the tomato harvest.
Features

Feature
Heartless Bastards: Heartless no more

By Wade Coggeshall [Music - Feb. 17, 2012]

There's nothing heartless about the Heartless Bastards, who are in town touring their newest release, 'Arrow.'
Blogs

Feature Video
Video: Cats who love dubstep

By Tristan Schmid [Feb. 17, 2012]

A few weeks ago, we posted about the world of cats and electronic music. Today, we continue that increasingly popular theme.
Features

Feature
Drug-testing bill defeated in Senate

By The Statehouse File [Politics - Feb. 17, 2012]

A bill aimed at requiring drug testing of welfare recipients and lawmakers failed in Senate committee.

Blogs

Feature
Next time, I'll smash your kid's video game

By The Ventilator [The Ventilator - Feb. 17, 2012]

I love spending time at my favorite restaurant. But you ruined my last visit by letting your kid play his videogame full-blast for the duration of your - and my - meal.
Opinions

Opinion
Thumbs Up: Lasting legacy

By NUVO Editors [Current Events - Feb. 17, 2012]

Boomer's biking today during a 3-day party at the Art Bank to celebrate the budding legacy of Super Bowl XLVI.
Blogs

Feature
Hair of the God: On United Methodism

By Phil van Hest [Arts + Entertainment Blog - Feb. 16, 2012]

Phil visits Meridian St. United Methodist, where he renews his baptismal vows, despite being unsure if he had ever been baptized in the first place.
Blogs

Feature
Note For Note: The Cadence, Grey Granite

By Jon R. LaFollette [Music Blog - Feb. 16, 2012]

The second part to this week's hip-hop themed Note for Note deals exclusively in singles.
Features

Feature Video
A Cultural Manifesto

By Kyle Long [Music - Feb. 16, 2012]

NUVO is proud to introduce our newest columnist, DJ Kyle Long.
Blogs

Feature Video
Heart Attack Grill lives up to its name

By Justin Cross [Feb. 16, 2012]

A man suffered a heart attack while dining on the "Triple Bypass Burger" at Heart Attack Grill In Las Vegas.
Features

Feature
Review: Marc Jacobson, 'From a Car Window'

By Dan Grossman [Visual Arts - Feb. 16, 2012]

Jacobson finds inspiration in less-trafficked corners of Indy: a parking lot at Glendale Mall, a back alley off Keystone Avenue, a diner on Henry Street.
Reviews

Review
EclecticPond's A Midsummer Night's Dream

By Katelyn Coyne [Performance Arts - Feb. 16, 2012]

The acting waivers between professional and community, but Thomas Cardwell and Megan Matlock shine in EclecticPond's production at Irvington Lodge.
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Performance Arts

Review
Review: Ensemble presents Shuffle.Play.Listen

By Tom Aldridge [Feb. 17, 2012]

Pianist Christopher O'Riley and cellist Matt Haimovitz give us a seamless genre crossover program, from Wagner to Radiohead, at the Toby.
Performance Arts

Review
Review: August: Osage County at Phoenix

By David Hoppe [Feb. 17, 2012]

A brilliant, homegrown cast excels in an overstuffed sofa of a play, with Diane Kondrat's tour-de-force performance earning special distinction.
Written + Spoken Word

Review
Review: Larry D. Sweazy, 'The Devil's Bones'

By Rita Kohn [Written + Spoken Word - Feb. 17, 2012]

Sweazy's Agatha Christie-style thriller takes place in the fictional Indiana town of Dukaine, population 3,000, plus 4,000 migrant workers during the tomato harvest.
Performance Arts

Review
EclecticPond's A Midsummer Night's Dream

By Katelyn Coyne [Feb. 16, 2012]

The acting waivers between professional and community, but Thomas Cardwell and Megan Matlock shine in EclecticPond's production at Irvington Lodge.
Film

Review
Review: 'Video Stop'

By Ed Johnson-Ott [Feb. 15, 2012]

On a mission to find a job that's truly meaningful, the lead character in the local comedy 'Video Stop' ends up at NUVO. Ed gets a little freaked out from there.
Written + Spoken Word

Review
Review: Scott Russell Sanders, 'Earth Works'

By David Hoppe [Written + Spoken Word - Feb. 13, 2012]

It's hard to think of a writer better at finding and expressing the profound nature of simple gifts such as a shared meal or walk in the woods.

Visual Arts

Review
Review: Nhat Tran at Gallery 924

By Dan Grossman [Feb. 13, 2012]

'Orchestral Collage: New Work by Nhat Tran' mixes urushi (Japanese lacquer) paintings with computer-enhanced digital photography.
Visual Arts

Review
Review: '10 Yards' at Stutz Art Space

By Dan Grossman [Feb. 13, 2012]

This Super Bowl-themed show scores a touchdown with the work of 24 Stutz-based artists who draw inspiration from 10 Indy neighborhoods.
Performance Arts

Review
Review: ICO oboist dazzles in Strauss

By Tom Aldridge [Feb. 13, 2012]

Principal oboe player Leanna Booze highlights the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra's fourth Masterworks program.
Visual Arts

Review
Review: 'The Best Things In Life Are Stupid'

By Charles Fox [Feb. 10, 2012]

Shared Heritage hosts its strongest exhibition thus far, a collection of prints by Stephen Peck that incorporates documentary-style photos and pop iconography.
Visual Arts

Review
'Scienceology': Jeff Geesa and Ryan Szeszycki

By Charles Fox [Feb. 8, 2012]

Recreating the experience of walking into a classroom without a clue as to what's on the chalkboard, two Herron alums explore the limits of human knowledge.
Visual Arts

Review
Review: The daVinci Pursuit Mini-Experience

By Gary Weir [Feb. 8, 2012]

A fractal-drawing robot and cyborg jam session highlighted a program organized by the daVinci Pursuit, a non-profit using the arts to teach science.
Visual Arts

Review
Review: Group show at the Bodega

By Charles Fox [Feb. 8, 2012]

Joel Pinkerton's character assemblages, crafted from wooden objects and kitchenware, impress in the first of at least two shows at pop-up gallery Bodega.
Dining Out

Review
Revolucion: A serious disappointment

By Neil Charles [Feb. 8, 2012]

The newish cantina/taqueria has the right idea, but the tacos are humdrum and the margaritas, a solid one on a scale of ten.
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Music

Feature
Heartless Bastards: Heartless no more

By Wade Coggeshall [Feb. 17, 2012]

There's nothing heartless about the Heartless Bastards, who are in town touring their newest release, 'Arrow.'
Politics

Feature
Drug-testing bill defeated in Senate

By The Statehouse File [Feb. 17, 2012]

A bill aimed at requiring drug testing of welfare recipients and lawmakers failed in Senate committee.
Music

Feature Video
A Cultural Manifesto

By Kyle Long [Feb. 16, 2012]

NUVO is proud to introduce our newest columnist, DJ Kyle Long.
Visual Arts

Feature
Review: Marc Jacobson, 'From a Car Window'

By Dan Grossman [Feb. 16, 2012]

Jacobson finds inspiration in less-trafficked corners of Indy: a parking lot at Glendale Mall, a back alley off Keystone Avenue, a diner on Henry Street.
Beer Buzz

Feature
Beer Buzz: Super Bowl remembrances

By Rita Kohn [Feb. 15, 2012]

This week in Beer Buzz: A post-mortem on craft beer at the Super Bowl, memories of a Macallan tasting and an on-tap roundup.
Music

Feature
Hometown hip-hop: Boom bap beats

By Kyle Long [Feb. 15, 2012]

The Proforms are Indy hip-hop royalty.

Performance Arts

Feature
Interview: Butler theater chair William Fisher

By Scott Shoger [Feb. 15, 2012]

Butler's new-ish theater chair hopes to strengthen both far-reaching relationships - through a program for visiting theater artists - and those closer to home.
Performance Arts

Feature
Interview: Ballet historian Jennifer Homans

By Rita Kohn [Feb. 15, 2012]

Homans, who will speak Feb. 22 at Butler, closes her ballet history, 'Apollo's Angels,' with the resigned observation, 'I now feel sure that ballet is dying.'
Music

Feature
Hometown hip-hop

By Katherine Coplen [Feb. 15, 2012]

Sites like Bringing Down the Band and Heavy Gun grow while emcees continue to fine tune their talents and hone their craft.
Dining Out

Feature
Divvy: Small plates, arranged by food groups

By Neil Charles [Feb. 15, 2012]

The menu at Divvy, one of Carmel's best, is perhaps unique in offering small plates, divided into food groups ("tidbits," "sea," "pork"), divvied up between diners.
Performance Arts

Feature
Interview: Pianist Christopher O'Riley

By Scott Shoger [Feb. 15, 2012]

O'Riley and cellist Matt Haimovitz's celebration of iPod culture, Shuffle.Play.Listen, arrives at the Toby Thursday night.
Music

Feature
Barfly: Black Joe Lewis

By Wayne Bertsch [Feb. 15, 2012]

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears are back for a MOKB show at the Earth House this Thursday.
Current Events

Feature Video
Love at Clerk White's office

By Rebecca Townsend [Feb. 15, 2012]

Wedding ceremonies and marriage certificate requests flood city hall.
Politics

Feature Audio
Old energy revolts against new coal

By The Statehouse File [Feb. 14, 2012]

Vectren officials say shale gas is driving prices so low that Hoosier taxpayer-subsidized coal-to-synthetic gas process can't compete. They're asking lawmakers to bail.
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Current Events

Opinion
Thumbs Up: Lasting legacy

By NUVO Editors [Feb. 17, 2012]

Boomer's biking today during a 3-day party at the Art Bank to celebrate the budding legacy of Super Bowl XLVI.
Current Events

Opinion
Thumbs up: Great Catch

By NUVO Editors [Feb. 15, 2012]

Honorary Hoosier and b-ball badass Tamika Catchings sticks with the Indiana Fever.
Current Events

Opinion
Thumbs down: Begging for an extension

By NUVO Editors [Feb. 15, 2012]

"Hello, Hoosiers. It's us, your lawmakers at the Indiana General Assembly. Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed."
Politics

Opinion
How the smoking ban went up in flames

By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz [Feb. 15, 2012]

No compromise, no ordinance. The people who killed the smoking ban are ironically the same people who brought it to the table in the first place.
Opinion

Opinion Video
Hammer: Life, death and the Grammys

By Steve Hammer [Feb. 15, 2012]

The Grammys serve as an annual tribute to the most common denominators.
Current Events

Opinion
Haiku News

By Jim Poyser [Feb. 15, 2012]

This week's important stories told to you in 17 syllables. On the docket this week: Facebook, Fukushima and flatulence.

Politics

Opinion
Gadfly: Catholic Church

By Wayne Bertsch [Feb. 15, 2012]

Every week, NUVO cartoonist Wayne Bertsch turns an eye towards the news headlines for the subject of his 'Gadfly' comic.
Current Events

Opinion
Peekaboo public transit

By David Hoppe [Feb. 13, 2012]

Riding the Super Bowl shuttle: When Indianapolis began to work like the big city where many of us have always wanted to live.
Current Events

Opinion
Thumbs up: Free ride, free chocolate

By NUVO Editors [Feb. 8, 2012]

Rush hour chocolates, free commuting and a robust cash prize caught our attention this week.
Current Events

Opinion Slideshow
Thumbs Up: The Best Super Bowl ever

By NUVO Editors [Feb. 8, 2012]

The game was broadcast in at least 10 languages, indicating the ever-more entrenched way the Circle City is entwining with global culture.
Current Events

Opinion
Haiku News

By Jim Poyser [Feb. 8, 2012]

This week's important stories told to you in 17 syllables. On the docket this week: Soul Train, soccer, massive crack and Catamounts.
Opinion

Opinion
Hammer: Super Bowl post-mortem

By Steve Hammer [Feb. 8, 2012]

Odds favor your paycheck being the same after the Super Bowl as it was before.
Politics

Opinion
Gadfly: Christianity versus evolution

By Wayne Bertsch [Feb. 8, 2012]

Every week, NUVO cartoonist Wayne Bertsch turns an eye towards the news headlines for the subject of his 'Gadfly' comic.
Politics

Feature Opinion
Abdul's legislative half-time report

By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz [Feb. 8, 2012]

Still in play: right to work, mass transit, the smoking ban and creationism.
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