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Review: Sans Merci at Theatre Non Nobis

Jenni White elicits compelling performances from the cast, working from a script that beautifully blends (Keatsian) poetry with pain. — by Elizabeth Audet

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Reviews

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Review: Acting Up Production's Nevermore

By Katelyn Coyne [Theater - May. 22, 2012]

With this revue of songs about the women in Edgar Allan Poe's life, Acting Up Productions demonstrates once again why it's a company not to be overlooked.
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Review: Sans Merci at Theatre Non Nobis

By Elizabeth Audet [Theater - May. 22, 2012]

Jenni White elicits compelling performances from the cast, working from a script that beautifully blends (Keatsian) poetry with pain.
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Review: NoExit's Antigone at the IMA

By Scott Shoger [Theater - May. 22, 2012]

Antigone's brilliance comes in its choreography, with the dead pulling the strings of the living, and the living swirling in a dance of death.
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Reviews: Onyx Fest at IndyFringe Theatre

By Scott Shoger [Theater - May. 22, 2012]

A play about the struggle of ex-offenders to reintegrate into society was the most impressive entry in an inaugural festival for African-American playwrights.
Blogs

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Speed Freak: What a difference a year makes

By Kate Shoup [Arts + Entertainment Blog - May. 22, 2012]

With Marco starting fourth, could this be the year the Andretti Curse is broken?
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Urbański conducts Ravel and Shostakovich

By Tom Aldridge [Classical Music - May. 21, 2012]

ISO's music director returns for the penultimate classical program of the season, with featured pianist Simon Trpčeski.

Blogs

Feature Video
StoryCorps to roll through June 7-30

By Scott Shoger [Arts + Entertainment Blog - May. 18, 2012]

StoryCorps's MobileBooth will stop in WFYI's parking lot to record interviews/conversations between loved ones that may end up on the air.
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Bicycle Diaries of a Big Girl: Meditation, fact or fiction?

By Katelyn Coyne [Cycling: Blog - May. 18, 2012]

Is bicycle meditation legit? Read and discuss...
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Movie review: Sound of My Voice

By Ed Johnson-Ott [Film+TV - May. 18, 2012]

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.
Blogs

Feature
A place for African-American playwrights

By Scott Shoger [Arts + Entertainment Blog - May. 18, 2012]

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.
Reviews

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Book review: Micah Ling, 'Settlement'

By Taylor Peters [Written + Spoken Word - May. 17, 2012]

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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Book review: 'Bent Object of My Affection'

By Emma Faesi [Written + Spoken Word - May. 17, 2012]

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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Thoughts on the ISO's Happy Hour

By Scott Shoger [Arts + Entertainment Blog - May. 17, 2012]

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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Review: Andrew Bridges at French Bleu

By Dan Grossman [Visual Arts - May. 17, 2012]

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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Theater

Review
Review: Acting Up Production's Nevermore

By Katelyn Coyne [May. 22, 2012]

With this revue of songs about the women in Edgar Allan Poe's life, Acting Up Productions demonstrates once again why it's a company not to be overlooked.
Theater

Review
Review: Sans Merci at Theatre Non Nobis

By Elizabeth Audet [May. 22, 2012]

Jenni White elicits compelling performances from the cast, working from a script that beautifully blends (Keatsian) poetry with pain.
Theater

Review
Review: NoExit's Antigone at the IMA

By Scott Shoger [May. 22, 2012]

Antigone's brilliance comes in its choreography, with the dead pulling the strings of the living, and the living swirling in a dance of death.
Theater

Review
Reviews: Onyx Fest at IndyFringe Theatre

By Scott Shoger [May. 22, 2012]

A play about the struggle of ex-offenders to reintegrate into society was the most impressive entry in an inaugural festival for African-American playwrights.
Classical Music

Review
Urbański conducts Ravel and Shostakovich

By Tom Aldridge [May. 21, 2012]

ISO's music director returns for the penultimate classical program of the season, with featured pianist Simon Trpčeski.
Film+TV

Review
Movie review: Sound of My Voice

By Ed Johnson-Ott [Film+TV - May. 18, 2012]

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.

Visual Arts

Review
Review: Andrew Bridges at French Bleu

By Dan Grossman [May. 17, 2012]

Using pinhole and 35mm cameras, Bridges creates mysterious, timeworn photographs that might warp and bend your imagination if you allow them.
Written + Spoken Word

Review
Book review: Micah Ling, 'Settlement'

By Taylor Peters [Written + Spoken Word - May. 17, 2012]

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.
Written + Spoken Word

Review
Book review: 'Bent Object of My Affection'

By Emma Faesi [Written + Spoken Word - May. 17, 2012]

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.
Classical Music

Review
Review: ISO plays Bond and Beyond

By Rita Kohn [May. 16, 2012]

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.'
Visual Arts

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Review: Prints + Pieces at mt. comfort

By Dan Grossman [May. 16, 2012]

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.
Theater

Review
Review: NoExit's Oedipus at Colonus at IMA

By Scott Shoger [May. 16, 2012]

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.'
Visual Arts

Review
Review: Mothers and Daughters

By Dan Grossman [May. 15, 2012]

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.
Classical Music

Review
Review: ICO & IVCI welcome Andrés Cárdenes

By Tom Aldridge [May. 15, 2012]

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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Film+TV

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Slideshow: The Bigger Picture Show

By Stacy Kagiwada [Film+TV - May. 15, 2012]

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.
Theater

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Walker Theatre puts out call for help

By Scott Shoger [May. 9, 2012]

The management and board behind the Madame Walker Theatre Center is attempting to raise $1 million as soon as possible to pay for a new HVAC system and other upkeep.
Visual Arts

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Review: Dominic Sansone, 'S.O.S.'

By Charles Fox [May. 8, 2012]

"Brand New God," comprised of a mass of plastic figures bowing before a gold-leafed AK-47, is the most compelling piece in an altogether brave show.
Film+TV

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'Footnote': academic father/son rivalry

By Ed Johnson-Ott [Film+TV - May. 3, 2012]

The ethical debates are juicy and the comic scenes don't undermine the serious scenes in 'Footnote,' an Oscar nominee for best foreign film premiering locally Friday.
Visual Arts

Feature
Telling the story of Braddock

By Dan Grossman [May. 2, 2012]

LaToya Ruby Frazier and Tony Buba focus much of their art on their hometown of Braddock, Pa., a former steel town decimated by mill closings and the crack epidemic.
Sports + Recreation

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Indy is a hotbed for national cycling

By Robert Annis [Sports + Recreation - May. 2, 2012]

Led by U.S. National Criterium champion Eric Young, more than a dozen cyclists are pedaling into the limelight of the pro ranks and serving as inspiration to an even younger group of talented riders.

Sports + Recreation

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National Moto+Cycle: Mod design + vintage soul

By Katelyn Coyne [Sports + Recreation - May. 2, 2012]

Matty Bennett and Brendan Fox, owners of National Moto+Cycle Co., combine chic design, a love for vintage and a strong connection to Indy's racing heritage and bicycle community.
Sports + Recreation

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Phil Maffetone: The rock doctor of wellness

By William Craig [Sports + Recreation - May. 1, 2012]

Dr. Phil Maffetone put his medical practice on hold to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter, but promoting wellness is still at the core of all his work.
Visual Arts

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Review: New Harmony exhibit at State Museum

By Rita Kohn [Apr. 27, 2012]

A new exhibit at the Indiana State Museum, 'Science on the Edge: Radical Innovation in New Harmony,' recreates a time when scientists were charting new territory.
Written + Spoken Word

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Book review: 'Becoming Ray Bradbury'

By David Hoppe [Written + Spoken Word - Apr. 27, 2012]

Jonathan R. Eller, co-founder of the IUPUI-based Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, investigates Bradbury's publishing history in a new literary biography.
Sports + Recreation

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Roy Hibbert: The Pacers' center of balance

By Jon R. LaFollette [Sports + Recreation - Apr. 25, 2012]

Four years ago, Hibbert joined a Pacers team as young and inexperienced as himself. Now the All-Star center, once known as "The Big Stiff," has come into his own.
Comedy

Feature
Mike Birbiglia's litany of romantic failure

By Ed Johnson-Ott [Apr. 25, 2012]

Birbiglia, who brings his one-man show, 'My Girlfriend's Boyfriend,' to Clowes Hall Saturday, talks with us about Woody Allen, Garfield and the enduring appeal of cynicism.
Written + Spoken Word

Feature
New book on IU's greatest president

By Carrol Krause [Written + Spoken Word - Apr. 25, 2012]

Defender of academic freedom and interpersonal genius, Herman B Wells transformed Indiana University from a sleepy backwater into a world-class institution.
Theater

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Kenoth Shane Patton's legacy in dance

By Rita Kohn [Apr. 25, 2012]

Patton, who is leaving Dance Kaleidoscope after 14 years with the company, reflects on a tenure that included roles as Shakespeare and the Shaman in 'Rite of Spring.'
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