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Barfly: Audiodacity, Hero Jr., Veseria

Wayne Bertsch — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:32:00 -0400

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Noble Sissle - redefining cultural importance

Kyle Long — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:11:00 -0400

Last week The Guardian ran a thoughtful editorial about the New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting. Writer David Dennis questioned why the incident had not been accorded status as a "national tragedy" in the way similar acts of violence in Boston, Newtown and Aurora have.…

Better Block: Real time urban renewal

Ashley Kimmel — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400

When beginning a development project, much praise is given to the idea of extending the planning process to the neighborhood. The residents in the neighborhoods hold meetings and charrettes to develop ideas, renderings are drawn and dreams are made into beautiful foldout envisioning plans.…

ArtPlace awards the Harrison Center $100,000

Ryan Howe — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400

ArtPlace America has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Harrison Center for the Arts for the City Gallery. The grant will allow the City Gallery and the Harrison Center for the Arts to combine resources and focus on northside neighborhoods under the King Park Area Development Corporation.…

Deemable Tech: Why are all my windows tiny?

Ray Hollister — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:10:00 -0400

Q: When I open a new window it appears in half size. So, each time I have to enlarge to see it.…

The big government perplex

David Hoppe — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400

I remember a time when I used to entertain the notion that maybe Indiana would be better off if somehow it could manage to separate itself from the rest of the so-called United States. That's right: secede.

Look, I thought to myself, we have a great lake to our north, with access to the Atlantic Ocean.…

Commentary: NRA 'win' may be costly

John Krull — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:49:00 -0400

By John Krull

When someone tried to congratulate him on the win, Pyrrhus replied, "Another such victory and I am undone."…

Rapid response in the fog of campaign war

Cam Savage — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:46:00 -0400

By Cam Savage

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Giving the Pacers Credit Where It's Due

Abdul-Hakim Shabazz — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

I look at sporting events the way Fred Flintstone would look at the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. But even though I do not know sports, but I do understand the fundamental truth that everyone loves a winner - and life is lot easier for you when you do win.…

Live blog: The Hunt

Beverly Braden — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:22:40 -0400

We are embarking on an adventure of epic proportions. A 24 hour scavenger hunt organized by art collective Know No Stranger.…

Review: Ute Lemper at the Cabaret

Scott Shoger — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:00 -0400

Berlin-raised cabaret singer Ute Lemper can knock out a songspiel with the best of em - putting across Brecht and Weill's brusque modernity with all due respect - but her style owes as much to jazz, as evidenced by growling blue notes and brilliant scat solos (I sincerely hope I'm quoted in saying that nobody plays the mouth trumpet like Lemper).

Lemper's Thursday night performance at the Cabaret ranged across Europe (with one overseas trip), starting from "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)," and working in songs by Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel and Astor Piazzolla as the night went on.…

Indiana Ranks #42 Nationally on Bicycle Friendliness

Katelyn Coyne — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:48:00 -0400

A few weeks back, the not-so-surprising news that Indiana ranks only #42 nationally in bicycle friendliness was released. Living downtown where Mayor Ballard has created a bicycling mecca of sorts for Hoosiers, it's easy to forget that the rest of the state has a lot of catching up to do.…

IMA news: Freiman out, $1 mill Lilly grant

Scott Shoger — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:58:00 -0400

A couple press releases pertaining to the Indianapolis Museum of Art hit our Inbox in the last couple days. The latest:

1) Lisa Freiman, presently the senior curator and chair of the IMA's contemporary art department, is leaving Indy to become the inaugural director of Virginia Commonwealth University's Institute for Contemporary Art.

Under Freiman, the IMA opened 100 Acres, its art and nature park; hosted the U.S. Pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale (with Freiman as commissioner); and helped to organize a series of remarkable contemporary art exhibitions, including the current show at the IMA by multi-media artist and activist Ai Weiwei.…

Clandestino: Manu Chao's classic resonates in Indy

Kyle Long — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:36:00 -0400

"I come only with my sorrow
and carry only my sentence
running is my destiny
to escape the law

I went North to find work
a ghost in the city
my existence is forbidden
say the authorities

lost in the heart
of the great Babylon
they call me clandestino [undocumented]
because I have no papers"

These lyrics are a rough translation of the title track from Manu Chao's debut solo LP Clandestino. The album is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year.…

You're Paying for Panhandlers

Abdul-Hakim Shabazz — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

The city of Indianapolis is finally preparing to address Downtown's panhandling issue. And it's about time because panhandlers are costing us money.…

Droned in Garfield Park

David Hoppe — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:18:00 -0400

On a Saturday night not long ago, my wife, some friends and I were sitting in Garfield Park, enjoying NoExit Performance's production of my play, "Our Experiences During the First Days of Alligators." The title of this play is also its premise: without warning, alligators start turning up all over a Midwestern town.…

No free rides at IndyGo

Ashley Kimmel — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:32:00 -0400

There is a woman who gets on the bus, at the stop just past mine, every day without any money. It seriously never fails.…

Lawmakers, state ed board on a rocky road?

Lesley Weidenbener — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:08:00 -0400

There's been significant speculation about how Democrat Glenda Ritz - the state superintendent elected last November - would get along with the Republican governor and majorities in the General Assembly.…

Pence's justification for signing SB 621

NUVO Editors — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Editor's note: Senate Bill 621 has been controversial since its genesis with Democrats decrying it as a power grab while Republicans hoist the tax-payer protection banner to justify the bill's broad-based changes to the world of local municipal government. On Saturday, when Gov. Mike Pence, a Republican, signed the bill into law, he issued a lengthy statement justifying his decision.…
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Letter to the Editor: Transit & Disabilities

NUVO Editors — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400
Category: Letter to the Editor

Subject: Transportation Access for People with Disabilites

Message:
May 9, 2013

Dear Nuvo,

I wish to speak to an issue that has really bothered me since I first moved to this fair city some 10 years ago.…
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Tribute to Jason Molina at Bluebird Saturday

Katherine Coplen — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400
Dearly departed and dearly beloved Jason Molina will be celebrated with an all-star concert and memorial at the Bluebird this weekend. Molina, 39, died on March 16 from organ failure due to alcoholism.…
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Barfly: Will Hoge

Wayne Bertsch — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:11:00 -0400

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Scenes from Free Comic Book Day 2013

David Cerola — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:51:00 -0400

By 9:30 a.m., the line was wrapped around Meridian Market Place, the strip mall on just north of County Line Road on Meridian Street where the locally-owned comic store Comic Book University makes it home. They were waiting for the start of Free Comic Book Day, an annual event designed to encourage readers both new and veteran to visit their local comic emporiums.…
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Where the Water Runs is Onyx Fest must-see

Rita Kohn — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:48:00 -0400

OnyxFest 2013, IndyFringe's festival of new plays by African-American playwrights, heads into its second weekend today.

Each of the festival's three featured play will be performed once more - Kambui Abdullah's The Layover (May 10, 8 p.m.); TaMara E'Lan G.'s Reflections (May 9, 6:30 p.m.) and Shaun Sutton's Where the Water Runs (May 9, 8 p.m.).…
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Letter to the Editor: Gun Control

NUVO Editors — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Editor's note: The news desk on April 29 received this letter in response to a story on demonstrations related to gun control efforts:

Dear Rebecca,

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