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Politics
A Marion County grand jury has indicted the former chairman of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on three felony counts of official misconduct stemming from a scandal involving the agency and Duke Energy.
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News Blog
Professional photographers donate time and talent to provide portraiture to veterans, the homeless and others who might not have access to it.
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Local Business
The local business community is endorsing plans to modernize and improve the regional transit system - including a local income tax increase to fund it.
- by Rebecca Townsend
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Tags: Local Business, Central Indiana Transit Task Force, Indiana General Assembly, mass transit, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors, Central Indiana Community Foundation, Mark Miles, Greg Ballard, Jim Brainard, taxes, Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority, Christine Altman, Feature, Feature
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Current Events
This week's important stories told to you in 17 syllables
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Current Events
Former State Rep. Brian Hasler, who thought he had landed a $160 deal for sex with a male prostitute, instead landed a date with Sgt. Jon Daggy of IMPD's vice unit.
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Current Events
David Lott Hardy faces charges on three Class D felonies.
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Current Events
Indy's efforts at greening city operations received a $318k boost from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Indiana Office of Energy Development.
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Opinion
Obama faces no worse than 50-50 odds for re-election and it's probable that at this time next year he'll be planning what to do in his second term.
- by Steve Hammer
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Tags: Opinion, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, Ron Paul, Iraq War, Jobs, Tax Cuts, Opinion
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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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News Blog
The faces that the city chose to define Hoosier greatness represent a diverse bunch including women, two black people and a native American.
- by NUVO Editors
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Tags: Benjamin Harrison, Eli Lilly, Abraham Lincoln, Wes Montgomery, Ernie Pyle, Booth Tarkington, Mary Wright Sewall, Tecumseh, Madame C.J. Walker, Lew Wallace, Greg Ballard, Hoosier legacy walk, 2012 Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLVI, Super Bowl Host Committee, Feature, Feature
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Current Events
Calls continue for greater scrutiny of private conversations between the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and Duke Energy regarding the Edwardsport project.
- by Indiana News Service
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Tags: Current Events, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, Duke Energy, Scott Storms, Edwardsport, Indiana Sierra Club, Kerwin Olson, Citizens Action Coalition, Steve Francis, Valley Watch, John Blair, Audio, Feature, Feature
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Among the report's findings: Murder case filings were down and mortgage foreclosures were up.
- by The Statehouse File
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Tags: News, Indiana Judicial Service Report, Indiana Supreme Court, Randall Shepard, mortgage foreclosure, murder, court cases, courts, crime, Feature, Feature
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Social Justice
The archeology of 10 minutes ago: A study of the Davidson Street Bridge community.
- by Nathan Brown
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Tags: Social Justice, homelessness, Archeology of Homelessness, Larry Zimmerman, Heather Meloy, Davidson Street Bridge Community, Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Rachael Kiddey, The Indianapolis Public Library, Slideshow, Video, Feature, Feature
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Politics
Mitch Daniels announced that he would support right-to-work proposals at the General Assembly, though a majority of Hoosiers are undecided about the issue.
- by The Statehouse File
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Tags: Politics, Mitch Daniels, Indiana Legislature, Indiana General Assembly, unions, AFL-CIO, Right-to-Work, Nancy Guyott, Ball State University, Raymond Scheele, Bowen Center for Public Affairs, David Long, Vi Simpson, patrick bauer, Indiana Statehouse, Feature, Feature
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
Adeniyi, a teacher of Yoruba culture, founder of Drums of West Africa and restauranteur (the former Sambusa Hut), will be memorialized this weekend.
- by Rita Kohn
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Tags: Performance Arts, Prince Julius Adeniyi, Yoruba culture, Drums of West Africa, Omo Obukun African Cultural Resource Center, Young Audiences, Traditional Arts Indiana, Sambusa Hut, Lotus Festival, Video, Feature, Feature
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Comedy
Marques Bunn's impression of Christopher Walken singing No Doubt's "Bananas" stood out during the White Rabbit's monthly comedy night.
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Theater + Dance
Cash's "Sixteen Candles" and Perkins' "My Babe" highlighted a special night that included a one-night-only appearance by actual Quartet drummer "Fluke" Holland.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
Big Car is "OK" with moving out of their longtime home at the Murphy Art Center; the only thing they're leaving on the walls is a tiny decal that reads as much.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
WICR and the Met Opera remain in negotiations over the local broadcast of the Met's season; at issue, at part, is an unedited m-f-bomb in an opera broadcast.
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Visual Arts
A Houston-based husband-and-wife duo celebrates and indicts suburban life in a new exhibition of video art at the Indianapolis Art Center.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
An association of Indy film writers has picked silent film 'The Artist' as best film of the year. Their Hoosier Award went to documentary producer Lindsay Goffman.
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Written + Spoken Word
Peden carries us through a year of 'farmwife's' observations: 'The February day was ending in a cold sunset ... a dazzling silver disk in a gray muslin sky...'
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Visual Arts
Larusso's paintings of domestic scenes devoid of humans are bright, visually enticing and of a decidedly twisted beauty.
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Written + Spoken Word
Kurt Vonnegut's oeuvre was ignored during his lifetime by the critical establishment, but recent books are the first volleys in a reconsideration of his work.
- by David Hoppe
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Tags: Written + Spoken Word, Kurt Vonnegut, And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life, Unstuck in Time: A Journey Through Kurt Vonnegut's Life and Novels, Vonnegut and Hemingway: Writers at War, Charles J. Shields, Gregory D. Sumner, Lawrence R. Broer, biography, criticism, Ernest Hemingway, Feature, Feature
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Comedy
Otto, Ryan Mas, Janette Perez and Kevin Hoover impressed in a full-fledged comedy show in an unlikely place: Broad Ripple High School's Black Box Theater.
- by Beverly Braden
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Tags: Comedy, Comedy, comedy, Otto, Ryan Mas, Janette Perez, Kevin Hoover, Broad Ripple High School, Black Box Theater, Jordan Mather-Licht, Mark Lennington, Tyjuan Williams, Review
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Written + Spoken Word
The lavish 'Steve McQueen: The Actor and His Films' devotes long chapters to each of McQueen's 29 films, chronicling production histories and analyzing scenes.
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Written + Spoken Word
Shields' biography was written under unfavorable conditions: He met with Vonnegut only twice and was denied the right to use his correspondence.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
Scott Deal's recording of John Luther Adams' 'Four Thousand Holes' has been named a top ten classical recording of the year by Alex Ross.
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Written + Spoken Word
Essays by Donald Pitzer and dynamic photos by Daryl Jones chronicle the two larger-than-life personalities behind New Harmony, George Rapp and Michael Owen.
- by Rita Kohn
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Tags: Written + Spoken Word, New Harmony Then & Now, Indiana University Press, Donald Pitzer, Daryl Jones, George Rapp, Michael Owen, Jane Blaffer Owen, Review, Feature, Feature
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
Cultural Trail leadership has bowed to opposition to a proposed sculpture by renowned artist Fred Wilson and decided to abandon the project.
- by David Hoppe
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Tags: Visual Arts, Fred Wilson, public sculpture, Cultural Trail, Brian Payne, Imam Michael Saahir, Citizens Against Slave Image, public art, Mayor Greg Ballard, Feature, Feature
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Sports + Recreation
Two new riders took the top steps of the elite Indiana Cup podiums Sunday as more than 100 riders battled on a muddy but fast course.
- by Robert Annis
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Tags: Sports + Recreation, cycling, cyclocross, Janelle Renschler, Eric Anderson, Weston Luzzader, Indiana Cup CX, Planet Adventure cyclocross, Major Taylor Velodrome, Elizabeth Cobb, Feature, Feature
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Visual Arts
Check out more of the murals created throughout Indianapolis in celebration of the upcoming Super Bowl.
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Film + TV
This new comedy from the team that brought you 'Juno' contains no great truths. It's simply well-written, well-acted, and entertaining.
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Profiles
Moments before I arrived at Conseco to collect my credentials to review this show, management pulled my access. I was BANNED by Guns N' Roses.
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Profiles
Minneapolis-based post-punkers summon up a slightly stale, early 2000s vibe while hinting at a new and more exciting direction on their forthcoming album.
- by Grant Catton
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Tags: Profiles, Rock, Melismatics, The Vaudvilians, The Melody Inn, The Cousin Brothers, Melody Inn, Review, Slideshow, Feature, Feature
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Profiles
An impromptu jam session is the basis of the nostalgic musical 'Million Dollar Quartet,' the name given to the legendary foursome.
- by Joe O'Gara
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Tags: Profiles, Performance Arts, Million Dollar Quartet, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Chuck Perry, Eric Clapton, Sun Recording Studios, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, Video, Feature, Feature
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Profiles
I am sure The Melismatics will be a name you will know is because they are a band who genuinely loves their fans.
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Music Blog
Cows appreciate a great tune as much as the rest of us. They seem to particularly enjoy "When the Saints Go Marching In" in this video clip.
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Profiles
NUVO music blogger Grant Catton ranks the top eight shows he attended in the Indy area this year.
- by Grant Catton
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Tags: Profiles, Rock, Year in Review 2011, best concerts, Cut Copy, Arcade Fire, TuneYards, The Kemps, Broad Ripple Music Fest, Bill Callahan, Band of Horses, Stephen Malkmus, Vacation Club, Grey Granite, Learner Dancer, Oreo Jones, White Rabbit Cabaret, The Vogue, Pepsi Coliseum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Rhino's, Earth House Collective, Connor's Pub, Rock Lobster, Earth House Collective - Closed, Feature, Feature
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Profiles
The Alabama Shakes aren't the only young band working the '60s soul vein these days, but they bring more fire, grit and credibility to the game than most.
- by Scott Hall
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Tags: Profiles, Rock, Alabama Shakes, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Brittany Howard, ATO Records, Radio Radio, Video, Feature, Feature
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Music Blog
Joyful Noise presents a flexi-disc subscription series. You didn't think they would stop at cassettes, did you?
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Profiles
If there was an Indianapolis band that seemed to have the right ingredients for for a tasty Americana bit of success, it was Chevy Downs.
- by Rob Nichols
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Tags: Profiles, Rock, Roots, Truth and Salvage Co., Chevy Downs, Old Pike, Tim Jones, John Byrne, Chamberlain, Mere Mortals, Feature, Feature
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Music Blog
Hometapes have a Christmas present for you: a brand-new mixtape of holiday tunes.
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Profiles
Slater Hogan and John Larner are opening a luxurious new lounge, and it's in the basement of a venue that may surprise you.
- by Katherine Coplen
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Tags: Profiles, The Amber Room, Slater Hogan, John Larner, Old National Centre, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, Vacation Club, John Rambo and the Vietnam Wars, New Year's Eve, Super Bowl, Amber Room at Old National Centre, Deco at Old National Centre, Feature, Feature
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General
Kid Kazooey has released a last-minute CD featuring twelve classic carols.
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Music Blog
Let's all climb into our time machines and travel back to 2006, when we all weren't entirely fed up with Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You."
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Profiles
Where will you be on New Year's Eve? NUVO's rounded up fifty choices, presented in absolutely no particular order.
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Profiles
The holidays are here again, and that means so is an Up! Scumbag reunion show.
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Profiles
Band-on-the-rise Alabama Shakes delivers on the hype at their highly anticipated Indiana debut at Radio Radio.
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Profiles
Masked electronic-music producer Shy Guy Says' latest track, "The Doctor," puts the sci-fi series theme through a digital blender.
- by Tristan Schmid
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Tags: Profiles, Timesuck, Shy Guy Says, Doctor Who, remixes, TV, theme songs, The Office, Lil Wayne, Video, Feature, Feature
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Dining Out
Just thinking about Mama Irma's ceviche makes Neil want to drive downtown and order a double serving. And that's not the only impossible-to-abandon dish.
- by Neil Charles
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Tags: Dining Out, Mama Irma, Peruvian food, review, Hilda Cano, ceviche, causa rellena, deep-fried yucca, tacu tacu relleno, aja de gallina, Review
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Beer Buzz
The Fountain Square Brewing Company opens for business, Bloomington Brewing Company launches its Lune Blanche and Bier Brewery adds a ninth tap.
- by Rita Kohn
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Tags: Beer Buzz, Beer Buzz, Fountain Square Brewing Company, Bloomington Brewing Company, Lune Blanche, Bier Brewery, Oaken Barrel, Winterfest, Ram Ugly Sweater Party, Feature, Feature
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Maybe the guy who designed the "dolphin jetpack" seen in this video could design one that would help whales get away from the Japanese fleet, which is beginning its annual hunt.
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A Saudi woman was beheaded for witchcraft, the second sorcery-related execution this year.
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Lowe's has received all sorts of guff, including a hilarious treatment from Jon Stewart, for pulling ads from a TLC show about Muslims.
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They won't need to change the name of the show now that the Duggars' impending 20th child has miscarried.
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Bedbugs continue their quest to take over the planet; new findings show their incestuous unions produce healthy-enough offspring!
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A decision squashes an initiative to make the morning after pill available over the counter to those under 17. Hey, it's not like people younger than 17 are having sex!
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Methane chimneys observed in the melting Arctic spell d-o-o-m for our climate-challenged planet.
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An Ohio man received a settlement for doctors having left towels inside him, after surgery.
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In the spirit of cheerful giving, anonymous givers have paid off Kmart layaways for strangers all over the country.
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Whether you're for, against, or indifferent about the Occupy protests, you've surely heard about "the 99%" - and wondered "What percent am I?" Wonder no longer.
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Just in time for the Super Bowl, Indianapolis-born Colts fan Heather Knox will be Playboy's Miss January 2012.
