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Politics
President Barack Obama's endorsement of gay marriage takes a page from Newt Gingrich's playbook.
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Environment
Urban chicken farming is taking off in Indianapolis, and leading that charge is a local advocacy group founded by Andrew Brake: Nap Town Chickens.
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News Blog
A rally to support expelled Indianapolis Public School student, Darnell "Dynasty" Young, will be held today at 5 p.m. in Veteran's Memorial Plaza.
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Politics
Brent Dickson, the longest serving member of the Indiana Supreme Court, is now its chief justice, a position in which he will serve no longer than about four years.
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Environment
'Greening the Heartland' speaker on a nascent revolution at the intersection of peak oil and the Internet.
- by Angela Herrmann
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Tags: Environment, Greening the Heartland, Jeremy Rifkin, peak oil, Foundation on Economic Trends, climate change, sustainability, revolution, renewable energy, distributive power, Feature, Feature
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Current Events
The latest chapter in Indiana's bigotry legacy, titled Dynasty Young, is so sad in that this flamboyant, homosexual teen felt compelled to bear a stun gun to repel bullying.
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Current Events
This week's important stories told to you in 17 syllables. On the docket this week: Occupy, Obama and drunk daddies.
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Current Events
A proposed Freedom to Work ordinance would prevent temporary staffing agencies from making agreements with hotels that would impede workers from taking a permanent hotel job.
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Current Events
Congresswoman Pelosi spent the night in Indy after a Democratic dinner to support the 51 Percent Club, an effort started by Democratic women meant to empower all women voters.
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Current Events
Protesters gathered in Veterans Memorial Plaza Tuesday to show support for expelled Arsenal Technical High school student.
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The state is working to boost the educational success of students in foster care with a new program that focuses case managers, family members and others on the issue.
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Visual Arts
Using pinhole and 35mm cameras, Bridges creates mysterious, timeworn photographs that might warp and bend your imagination if you allow them.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
As of opening day, this year's two big questions are a) Will there be 33 cars in the field? and b) Will the Lotus engines be up to speed?
- by Kate Shoup
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Tags: Sports & Rec, Speed Freak, Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar, Lotus, Jay Penske, AJ Foyt, racing, Feature, Feature
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Written + Spoken Word
Ling's new poetry collection - which is peopled by Israelis, Palestinians and Native Americans - argues that neither reconciliation nor revenge is sufficient in and of itself.
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Theater + Dance
Ryan Ruckman's terse, laconic Oedipus seemed more at home in 'Oedipus at Colonus,' which chronicles the once king's exile, than Theban Play opener 'Oedipus Rex.'
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Written + Spoken Word
Terry Border, who brings household items to life with wire, creative lighting and really bad puns, presents a collection of his work that might earn a PG-13 for sexual innuendo.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
After barely making it through the most humid Mini in recent history, Kate takes a little quicker trip around the track in an IndyCar two-seater.
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Visual Arts
Lydia Burris has exhibited with her mother, Catherine, before, but this is the first such show including work by both artists since Catherine's death.
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Film + TV
Investigative journalists join the cult of a woman who claims to have come from the year 2054 in a minor effort that has its fascinating moments.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
The Indianapolis Disc Golf Club - a diverse crew that includes everyone from dentists to retired FBI agents - will play Sunday to raise money for course improvements.
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Visual Arts
Danielle Rante, inspired equally by Japanese printmaking and the Ford-style assembly line, is most impressive in a three-person show defined by repetition and exactitude.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
Scott argues that Happy Hour probably isn't bad for classical music because not all 20-somethings are Neanderthals attracted only to free beer and White Castle.
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Classical Music
Joined by conductor Michael Krajewski and singer Debbie Gravitte, the ISO shared their fun cruising through the musical oeuvre of James Bond in 'Bond and Beyond.'
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
The inaugural Onyx Fest is the latest in IndyFringe's efforts to provide a space for performers and playwrights often neglected by the theater community at large.
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Classical Music
For their final paired season concert, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis feature the 1986 IVCI bronze medalist.
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Arts + Entertainment Blog
RAW: natural born artists - a national consortium of independent artists - put down roots in Indy last week with an artistic showcase and cocktail party at Bartini's.
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Film + TV
Indy Film Fest kicked off the run-up to its summer movie festival with The Bigger Picture Show, a showcase of new posters for old movies.
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Profiles
'Sparkshooter,' launched Feb. 29 at sparkshooter.com, chronicles the ups and downs of a fictional rock band in the real-life Indy music world of yore.
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Music Blog
Shearwater peforms "Hail Mary" from their album 'Palo Santo' during an in-store performance at LUNA Music.
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Live Music Reviews
One-time Muncie-based folk rock band Arrah & the Ferns swing through Indy on their way back to Philadelphia, with Household Guns and Jascha (solo) supporting.
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Live Music Reviews
Indianapolis all-agers celebrated in grand style with their annual Punk Rock Prom, featuring Blane Fonda, Diarrhea Planet and The Green Room Rockers.
- by Scott Raychel
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Tags: Live Music Reviews, punk, Punk Rock Prom, Piradical Productions, Blane Fonda, Diarrhea Planet, Green Room Rockers, One Inch Punch, Dany Rebel and The KGB's, Hoosier Dome, Review, Slideshow
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Live Music Reviews
The well-traveled singer/songwriter brought her brand of country-blues to Clowes Hall for a slick, cool performance.
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Album Reviews
Brad Sanders reviews Aldebaran's newest release, 'Embracing the Lightless Depths.'
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Live Music Reviews
Clark is a commanding force onstage, but forced between-song banter and a tendency to not stray far from her highly polished albums detracted from the experience.
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Live Music Reviews
A collection of musical entertainment from the weekend of 5/11-5/13.
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Live Music Reviews
NUVO's beloved Chuck Workman was celebrated at The Jazz Kitchen on Sunday, May 6, with music, memories and lots and lots of food.
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Live Music Reviews
View shots from Erykah Badu's show at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre.
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Beer Buzz
11 Indy homebrewers win in the first round of the National Homebrew Competition, Yats opens in Carmel and American Craft Beer Week celebrations proliferate.
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Markets + Cooking
Inspired by the flavor combinations that define the paleta, a Latin American popsicle, Nicey Treat offers everything from grapefruit to buttermilk from a retro bike cart.
- by Katy Carter
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Tags: Markets + Cooking, Nicey Frozen Treats, paleta, food trucks, bike carts, popsicles, Jeff Patrick, Stacey Patrick, 1% for the Planet, desserts, Nicey Treat, Feature, Feature
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A Cultural Manifesto
Kyle Long reviews 'Levels,' the debut LP by Snaarj.
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A Cultural Manifesto
Lee "Scratch" Perry gets down and dirty in this week's edition of A Cultural Manifesto. Bonus: Listen to Kyle Long's mix of The Upsetter's productions.
- by Kyle Long
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Tags: Lee Perry, Lee "Scratch" Perry, A Cultural Manifesto, Bob Marley, Reggae, Black Ark, The Upsetters, The Clash, Beastie Boys, Paul McCartney, Augustus Pablo, dub, The Upsetter, The Vogue, Video, Audio, Feature, Feature
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Hoppe
Obama is at last beginning to understand the nature of his opposition: the Tea Party doesn't want to make America better, they want to change it.
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Abdul
In 100 days, the lovely Mrs. Shabazz and I will celebrate our third wedding anniversary. Like most married couples, we look forward to it.
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Hammer
The radical right reflect poorly on the rest of us.
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Gadfly
Every week, NUVO cartoonist Wayne Bertsch turns an eye towards the news headlines for the subject of his 'Gadfly' comic.
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Girl, in Transit
This week: A pictorial tour through an array of objects that thwart human travel in Indianapolis.
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Part Siamese, Mandy is a one-of-a-kind cat, "one of the prettiest cats that has ever graced" rescue organization Cats Haven.
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Indiana has landed on a list of states with the most dog-bite claims. Responsible pet ownership (shown humorously in a Best Friends video) goes a long way toward safety.
- by Tristan Schmid
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Tags: Woof Wednesday, dogs, cute, adoption, dog bites, State Farm, Best Friends Animal Society, insurance claims, Video, Feature, Feature
