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Best of Indy 2013

NUVO Editors — Thu, 30 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

It's time for the readers to choose! Voting is live now through Friday, May 31. by NUVO Editors It's here: your annual opportunity to vote for your favorite people, places and events that make Indy great. Vote in dozens of categories covering everything from best beer to best locally produced foods to best burlesque troupe.…

Time Out with Pacers Coach Frank Vogel

Mark Dubec — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400

Before heading to Miami for Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals, Pacers coach Frank Vogel took some time after practice Monday to check in with NUVO. by Mark Dubec Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel is busy preparing his team for the Eastern Conference finals, a best-of-seven series beginning Wednesday night against the Miami Heat, the reigning NBA champions. Before heading to Miami for Game 1, Vogel took some time after practice Monday to check in with NUVO.…

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.…

Review: Bashiri Asad and Xenobia Green at Jazz Kitchen

Ben Smith — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

The combination of Bashiri Asad and Xenobia Green, Deep Fried 5, and The Right Now make for a sultry night of young soul and funk at The Jazz Kitchen on Friday night. by Ben Smith It was like the perfect mix of crunchy party funk, baby-making R&B, and bombastic soul music - a potent combination of styles. Someone needs to bottle this up and market it as a two-in-one aphrodisiac/antidepressant.…

Virtual racing simulator arrives in Indy

Lori Lovely — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

The Cruden Hexatech 6-DOF simulator allows drivers to learn new tracks in a realistic format, complete with seat belts that replicate the tension exerted on a driver. by Lori Lovely Since 1997 Mark One Composites, Inc. has been a destination for teams in need of carbon fiber work, drivers in search of energy-absorbing custom-molded seats and race team members eager for a pick-up game of basketball after work. But now a unique attraction lures racers to the Park 100 business.…

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.…

Movie review: Star Trek Into Darkness

Ed Johnson-Ott — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400

The new Star Trek film is fun and full of action but doesn't quite reward critical analysis. Fair warning that Ed's review reveals major plot points from the movie. by Ed Johnson-Ott SPOILER ALERT: THE FOLLOWING REVEALS MAJOR PLOT POINTS FROM THE MOVIE. For instance, the villain is Khan.…

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.…

Review: Foals, Surfer Blood at Deluxe

Rachel Hanley — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

F is for fun. F is for Friday. F is for Foals. by Rachel Hanley Foals with Surfer Blood at the Deluxe at Old National Center was a surreal evening. Unfortunately this writer had issues accessing the performance due to a miscommunication, and missed Blondfire.…

Sci-fi meets hard science in Star Wars show

Paul F. P. Pogue — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:30:00 -0400

Pairing film memorabilia with real-world applications of technology suggested by the films, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination opens Fri at the Indiana State Museum. by Paul F. P. Pogue Keeping true to the Star Wars camping-out-all-night, fanboy spirit, Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, a traveling exhibition that combines film memorabilia with hard science, makes its grand opening this week at the Indiana State Museum with a midnight showing beginning at 11:59 p.m. May 24.…

Review: Clutch, The Sword at The Vogue

Wade Coggeshall — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:00 -0400

After an extended period in which they focused more on the blues side of their sound, Maryland band Clutch have brought back the groove that's made them underground legends and a touring force by Wade Coggeshall After an extended period in which they focused more on the blues side of their sound, Maryland band Clutch have brought back the groove that's made them underground legends and a touring force. Playing for a sold-out crowd Sunday at The Vogue, the quartet went early and often to tracks from their 10th and latest album, Earth Rocker.…

IndyProv celebrates 10th birthday with Pandora Boxx

Paul F. P. Pogue — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:00 -0400

Improv comedy troupe IndyProv is celebrating 10 years on the scene with a (sold-out) show at Talbott featuring drag comedienne Pandora Boxx, a vet of RuPaul's reality shows. by Paul F. P. Pogue Bill Skaggs, the managing director and founding member of local improv troupe IndyProv, attributes his group's longevity to its ever-changing lineup, which performs shows weekly, if not more often. "There's always new blood, and that rejuvenates everyone, changes the dynamic of the group," he says.…

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

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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.…

Review: ICO ends season in its new home

Tom Aldridge — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra gave its final 2012-2013 concert at Butler U.'s recently completed Schrott Center for the Arts, its new home venue. by Tom Aldridge This was my first visit to the Howard L.Schrott Center, a structure practically nudging the more imposing Clowes Memorial Hall. Its auditorium, seating 450, opened April 18, and offers more bloom and slightly more resonance to the sounds of the ICO than at the Indiana History Center's Basile Theater, the ensemble's former home base.…

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: ISO with all strings attached

Tom Aldridge — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400

ISO concertmaster Zach de Pue led the orchestra in its 18th classical concert with an all-string program containing a variety of works, periods and styles. by Tom Aldridge A symphony program featuring eight works instead of three or four is unusual enough. But when the selections are (mostly) for all strings and are led by the concertmaster instead of a podium conductor, we have the makings of a unique concert.…

Convenience stores sue to get cold beer sales

Lesley Weidenbener — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Convenience stores are taking their fight to sell cold beer in Indiana to federal court. by Lesley Weidenbener By Lesley Weidenbener The Indiana Petroleum and Marketers and Convenience Store Association has sued the state to overturn a 1979 law that restricts cold beer sales only to liquor stores.…

Lineup shake-up for Elsinore; show in Indy Saturday

Michael Homan — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:10:00 -0400

With a lineup change for Illinois alt-rockers Elsinore comes a fresh start. by Michael Homan Forming that crucial bond between bandmates seldom comes easy and usually takes a lot of time. If that connection isn't there, then recording and promoting a single album can create enough stress to break up the group completely.…

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.…

Review: 4000 Miles at Phoenix Theatre

Katelyn Coyne — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:00 -0400

Andrew Martin and Martha Jacobs give nuanced, refreshingly honest performances in this character-driven dramedy. by Katelyn Coyne Amy Herzog's character driven dramedy, 4000 Miles, unfolds as a social mystery where fragments of tragedy and dysfunction are revealed like pieces of a puzzles - not fully formed until the last moments. When Leo turns up by at his grandmother's Manhattan apartment after a 4000 mile trek by bike, he finds an unexpected guide to maturity in the aging, yet animated Vera.…

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.…

A push for lower alcohol limits for drivers

The Statehouse File — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400

Federal officials are looking to lower the blood alcohol level. Will Indiana follow? by The Statehouse File By Jesselyn Bickley Federal officials are recommending that states reduce the amount of alcohol people can drink and still get behind the wheel.…