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Current Events
Hoppe returns to his childhood home and muses on the possibilities and promise that came with growing up in small-town America.
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News Blog
PPIN has been denied admittance to the 2011 Neighborhood Assistance Program, threatening the donations that are supporting services to Medicaid patients.
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Current Events
The top news of the week, rendered in seventeen syllables by haiku poet and NUVO managing editor Jim Poyser.
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Current Events
A blow-by-blow of Monday's injunction hearing, in which Judge Tanya Walton Pratt heard arguments on the constitutionality of defunding Planned Parenthood.
- by Catherine Green
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Tags: Current Events, Planned Parenthood of Indiana, ACLU of Indiana, Thomas Fisher, Ken Falk, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, Contract Clause, defunding, Medicaid, constitutional, abortion, HEA 1210, Feature, Feature
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Politics
Every week, NUVO cartoonist Wayne Bertsch turns an eye towards the news headlines for the subject of his Gadfly comic.
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Opinion
Even masters of envelope pushing sometimes succumb to hype overload in the coverage of weather, as evidenced by our own local stations.
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Current Events
NUVO editors rate local news headlines for the week using a time-tested scale of unbiased judgment.
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Current Events
Since the end of World War II, the college degree has been universally identified as an essential key to success in American life.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
This month's First Friday was a typically rich and wondrous experience, starting with NUVO's annual Cultural Vision Awards ceremony.
- by Jim Poyser
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Tags: Visual Arts, Athenaeum, First Friday, CVA, cultural vision awards, Earth House, Windows and Mirrors, iMOCA, athenaeum artspace, big car, Tuccenen, Brandon Schaaf, Ryan Mulligan, Murphy building, Shine, Artbox, Wug Laku, Slideshow, Feature, Feature
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
Herron prof Flounder Lee visits the Venice Biennale, including the Indianapolis Museum of Art's contribution at the US Pavillion
- by Flounder Lee
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Tags: Visual Arts, U.S. Pavilion, Venice, Venice Biennale, IMA, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Lisa Freiman, Allora, Calzadilla, Herron, Herron School of Art and Design, Gloria, Feature, Feature
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
Indy Pride dominates the weekend lineup, along with a host of other great events associated with everything from acrobats to body art!
- by Jim Poyser
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Tags: Current Events, Children's Museum, Treasures of the Earth, ISO, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Cirque de la Symphonie, CIF, Correctional Industrial Facility, Pride, Pride Festival, Indy Pride, Jack Everly, GLBT, IMAF, INDIEana Handicraft, Midwest Body Art, Indianapolis Indians, Indiana Fever, Wicked World of Croquet, Jim Fitzgerald, CIBA, Major Taylor, Slideshow, Feature, Feature
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Visual Arts
Abstract expressionism and Chinese hand scrolls inspire Steven Sickles' current exhibition of sensory and surprising works that invite closer inspection.
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Theater + Dance
Guest conductor Matthias Bamert subs for ailing Hannu Lintu in the ISO's penultimate classical concert.
- by Tom Aldridge
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Tags: Performance Arts, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert, Geoffrey Lapin, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Strauss, Words-on-Music, Hannu Lintu, Leopold Stokowski, Review
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Theater + Dance
Buck Creek's interpretation of 'Frankenstein' closely follows Mary Shelley's classic novel, but struggles to live up to it.
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Theater + Dance
Betty Rage's ambitious but overreaching debut production tackles a wide-ranging set of issues via a small cast of women.
- by Katelyn Coyne
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Tags: Performance Arts, Betty Rage Productions, Alan Ball, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, True Blood, Six Feet Under, wedding, bridesmaids, Karen Irwin, Theatre on the Square, Theatre on the Square (TOTS), Review
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Visual Arts
Ryan Mulligan grapples with fatherhood through his multifaceted mural. Mulligan created the mural for his 5-month-old son.
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Visual Arts
'Windows and Mirrors: Reflections on the
War in Afghanistan' features murals by over 40 artists that address the human cost and impact of the Afghan War.
- by Dan Grossman
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Tags: Visual Arts, Earth House Collective, American Friends Service Committee, Albert Camus, Geoff Krawczyk, Algeria, Afghan War, human cost, tragedy, First Friday, Review, Slideshow
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Theater + Dance
Ben Tebbe's Hoosier heritage and love for performance keep his talent close to home. Tebbe has starred in IRT, ShadowApe and Phoenix Theatre productions.
- by Katelyn Coyne
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Tags: Theater + Dance, Ben Tebbe, Phoenix Theatre, Avenue Q, Comcast, Marsh, Tire Barn, Gorey Stories, 2011 Creative Renewal Fellowship, Amadeus, Indiana Repertory Theatre, ShadowApe Theatre Company, Greensburg, Massachusetts Avenue, Slideshow, Feature, Feature
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General
This year's Indy Pride festival includes everyone's favorite parade, a festival in the park, and special guest Dan Savage, at Friday's "Night to Unite" event.
- by Sam Watermeier
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Tags: General, Indy Pride Week, Dan Savage, Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade, youth issues, festivals, LGBT, The Athenaeum Theatre, Jennie DeVoe, Slideshow, Feature, Feature
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Film + TV
Terrence Malick's new production is a 138-minute meditation on life,
the universe, and our place in it.
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Visual Arts
Exploring ideas and mediums beyond his fine art training, Johnson crafts edgy and original works of the highest quality.
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Visual Arts
Martha Latta's craftwork, t-shirt designs and activism are all part of the job for the self-described Sunday Afternoon Housewife.
- by Julianna Thibodeaux
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Tags: Visual Arts, Martha Latta, Sunday Afternoon Housewife, crafts, Indy loves Indie, INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, zip code shirts, Windsor Place, upcycling, Harrison Center for the Arts, Slideshow, Feature, Feature
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Visual Arts
Curly Pigtails is a handmade, eco-friendly children's clothing line owned and designed by Elizabeth Winchester.
- by Julianna Thibodeaux
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Tags: Visual Arts, Elizabeth Winchester, Curly Pigtails, handmade, crafts, children clothing, INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, Harrison Center for the Arts, Slideshow, Feature, Feature
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Visual Arts
Candice Hartsough McDonald's combination of watercolor and pencilwork in her unique illustrations make Cordial Kitten's designs stand out.
- by Julianna Thibodeaux
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Tags: Visual Arts, Cordial Kitten, Candice Hartsough McDonald, Cat-erpillars, watercolor, illustrations, INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, Harrison Center for the Arts, Slideshow, Feature, Feature
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Visual Arts
Local artisans showcase their talents and products as part of the annual Independent Music and Art Festival Saturday at the Harrison Center.
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Theater + Dance
Guest soloist Arnold Steinhardt gives IVCI audience an exemplary lecture on and a performance of Bach for solo violin.
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Visual Arts
The Indy Indie Artist Colony's latest exhibition In Residence features Indianapolis' diversity through performance and visual arts.
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Film + TV
Entertaining as all get out, Super 8 is an homage to early Spielberg films that stands as a work unto itself.
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Visual Arts
Brandon Schaaf's unique blending of storytelling with cartoon-like illustrations on display at Big Car Gallery provide a new twist on "multimedia" art.
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Music Blog
After years of seeming out of place, The Arrivals helped formed the backbone of modern DIY pop/hardcore/punk with a little help from Dillinger Four's Paddy Costello.
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Music Blog
Saturday is hella-busy, what with Indy Pride and the Independent Music + Art Festival. So check both those out, regroup and then plan the rest of your weekend...
- by Scott Shoger
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Tags: ray lamontagne, horse feathers, pride tea dance, eagle creek folk music festival, bill monroe memorial bean blossom bluegrass festival, deep blue organ trio, kaci battaglia, indy pride, independent music + art festival, iron & wine, the black keys, cumbia, cultural cannibals, infected mushroom, rachael sage, alison krauss, Feature, Feature
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Music Blog
Looking for new sounds and thrills, Danielle headed to Arkansas earlier this month to cover the jam-friendly Wakarusa Music Festival.
- by Danielle Look
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Tags: Rock, Roots, Wakarusa, Arkansas, Tyrannosaurus Chicken, St. Bernards, Hugo, Minus The Bear, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Buckethead, TOKiMONSTA, The Shpongletron Experience, Shpongle, Waka, Video, Feature, Feature
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Music Blog
If one Indianapolis guy has the potential to make the next great Midwest rock and roll record, it's Henry French.
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Music Blog
Opponents of HJR-6 wore purple Friday night in a show of solidarity. We caught up with "Paint the Town Purple" events at Birdy's and Radio Radio.
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Music Blog
Flanigan and Wahlers headline a house concert, and the historic Pixy Theatre in Edinburgh begins run of Americana shows.
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Profiles
After starting out life as a solo artist, Iron & Wine's Sam Beam decided his music needed a little more heft. So he brought on a dozen more musicians.
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Profiles
A history of West Lafayette new wave band Dow Jones and the Industrials, on the occasion of the re-release of their two recordings.
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Music Blog
Barfly declares his love for The Sinking Ship, an uber-cool joint recently opened in Midtown by punk rocker Damon Lyden.
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Music Blog
Bluesman Gordon Bonham's new album was well worth the wait. Standout tracks include Yank Rachell tribute "The Mule Song" and the fun instrumental "Carmel Woman."
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Music Blog
The blues mandolinist is in fine form in this late-career LP, first released in 1986, now re-issued by Blind Pig with funding from the Indiana Arts Commission.
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Music Blog
The Southern Indiana singer-songwriter and hay farmer revisits 12 Tom Paxton songs, including his greatest hits ("Last Thing on My Mind," "Fare Thee Well, Cisco").
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Live Music Reviews
The Akron-born blues duo won over Friday night's sold-out crowd with pealing waves of gritty noise, even if a few numbers were stilted or disheveled.
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Live Music Reviews
In a letter to the world's largest free blues festival, Matt praises sets by Shemekia Copeland and Lonnie Brooks, and wonders how much longer it'll all be free.
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Live Music Reviews
Sam Beam's too-big band largely drowned out his thoughtful, literate vocals, making for a show that didn't quite catch fire until a 10-minute (lyric-free) jam session.
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Street Team Blog
Photos from last week's performance by genre-bending cellist Ben Sollee & opening band The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra at White Rabbit Cabaret in Fountain Square.
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Street Team Blog
The 10th Annual Independent Music and Art Festival (IMAF) was held at the Harrison Center. Check out some of the highlights from this year's fest.
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Local brew expert Rita Kohn rounds up the week in local tapping and brewery news, including details for the Indiana Brewers' Cup submission.
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Dining Out
The seemingly eternal debate about what
does or doesn't constitute great pizza has been raging for decades. With Mellow Mushroom, the answers are clear.
