Back together again
IVCI Laureate & Ronen Chamber Series
Classical Music By Tom Aldridge
February 01, 2006

Pleasant play
Over the River and Through the Woods
Theater By Lisa Gauthier
February 01, 2006

Beyond the primaries
Visual Art By Julianna Thibodeaux
January 25, 2006

Life on the river
TV By Marc D. Allan
January 25, 2006

Mozart in G minor
Classical By Tom Aldridge
January 25, 2006

Vocal audience
Theater By Lisa Gauthier
January 25, 2006

Visit to the Zen Center
Observation By Colin Dullaghan
January 25, 2006

Surprisingly tame Stern
Radio By Marc D. Allan
January 18, 2006

Scratch and fade beauty
Visual Art By Julianna Thibodeaux
January 18, 2006

Tolerate no fakes
Fashion By Mary Lee Pappas
January 18, 2006

‘That’s amore’
Classical By Tom Aldridge
January 18, 2006

Is it art or vandalism?
Workshop By Colin Dullaghan
January 18, 2006

Mixing genres, busting heads
Local Film By Paul F. P. Pogue
January 18, 2006

‘Love Monkey’
TV By Marc D. Allan
January 11, 2006

By George, DK’s thrilling
Dance By Rita Kohn
January 11, 2006

Litton leads and plays
Classical By Tom Aldridge
January 11, 2006

Will we be left behind
Theater By Lisa Gauthier
January 11, 2006

Confusing cloning play
Theater By Lisa Gauthier
January 11, 2006

New voices at Penumbra
Visual Art By Julianna Thibodeaux
January 11, 2006

The year in review
Radio/TV By Marc D. Allan
January 04, 2006

A handful of good reads
Books By NUVO Staff
January 04, 2006

Growing up in Dean Country
Column
By Paul F. P. Pogue
January 04, 2006

James Dean photographs at ISM
Visual Art
By Julianna Thibodeaux
January 04, 2006

A handful of good reads
Book Reviews Rita Kohn The Lotus Dickey Songbook, Second Edition Edited by Nancy C. McEntire, Grey Larsen and Janne Henshaw, with two articles by Dillon Bustin and essays by Pete Sutherland and Bob Lucas; bonus CD included Indiana University Press;...
December 28, 2005

Anthropomorphic constructs
Comic Series By Sean Hansen
December 28, 2005

Harmony with your joy
Theater Review By Lisa Gauthier
December 28, 2005

Family resemblance
Visual Art Julianna Thibodeaux Family Resemblance G.C. Lucas Gallery Through Jan. 28 'Last Stop Dover' by Robert Selby on view at G.C. Lucas Gallery One of the three most prominent members of the Hoosier Group, alongside J. Ottis Adams and...
December 28, 2005

A mature Nativity event
Classical Music Tom Aldridge ISO Classical Christmas Scottish Rite Cathedral Dec. 17 Nicole Cabell, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World in 2005, performed with the ISO last weekend. At the time the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s conductor laureate Raymond Leppard inaugurated...
December 21, 2005

Buried alive … in art
Visual Art Julianna Thibodeaux Ernesto Neto Indianapolis Museum of Art Through Feb. 12 Ernesto Neto's installation is on view at the IMA through Feb. 12. There’s so much contemporary art that seems pretentious, especially when it comes to installations. An...
December 21, 2005

Q&A with Kyle Ragsdale
Shauta Marsh Kyle Ragsdale is curator of the gallery at the Harrison Center for the Arts. His paintings, with the trademark lanky men and women, leave viewers haunted in a good way. He is currently one of five artists who...
December 14, 2005

What is moral?
Theater Lisa Gauthier Quills Alley Theatre Through Dec. 23 This time of year, you may be thinking about holiday-themed activities, but there are other options out there, and the Alley Theatre’s Quills will give you more to chew on than...
December 14, 2005

IMA contemporary galleries worth th
It’s a go Julianna Thibodeaux Contemporary Galleries Indianapolis Museum of Art Ghada Amer's 'Barbie Loves Ken, Ken Loves Barbie' (2004) is now in the Indianapolis Museum of Art's permanent collection. I don’t know what I was expecting exactly, but what...
December 14, 2005

Other holiday theater options
Theater Lisa Gauthier Every Christmas Story Ever Told!! Phoenix Theatre Directed by R. Brian Noffke Through Dec. 23 A piece from Nel Bannier's 'Human Form in Clay,' at the Indianapolis Art Center through Dec. 11. Possibly the funniest holiday offering...
December 07, 2005

So many
Visual Art Julianna Thibodeaux Leticia Bajuyo and Nel Bannier Indianapolis Art Center Through Dec. 11 “Has happiness become a commodity in the process of pursuing happiness?” asks artist Leticia Bajuyo, forming the crux of her installation “yard upkeep” on view...
December 07, 2005

Of mice & magic
Dance Rita Kohn Four Nutcrackers in one weekend turned out to be a treat beyond expectations. The Nutcracker first appeared in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1892, music by Tchaikovsky, choreographic plan by Marius Petipa based on a story by E.T.A...
December 07, 2005

‘Noël, Noël’
Classical Music Tom Aldridge Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra Christel DeHaan Center, U of I Nov. 28 Offering Christmas fare from the Baroque period is common enough this time of year, but when it includes a newly discovered composition by one of...
December 07, 2005

Winging it
Event Review Paul F. P. Pogue Cast and crew members of Galatrax: Julie Hammerle, Matt Rozek, Andy Ahrens, Brian Klemesrud, Holly Halverson, Steph Johnson and John Hammerle How to make short films, page one: Get some college buddies together and...
December 07, 2005

Book reviews as gift ideas
Book Reviews From Indiana to Italy Andy Jacobs Jr. The Stonecutter’s Aria By Carol Faenzi Aperto Books; $16.95 Marble and music are made of beauty, and when they are combined with nimble and inspired fingers to dance across a computer...
November 30, 2005

Overpriced cigarettes
Book Review Sean Hansen Smoke and Guns Written by Kirsten Baldock; illustrated by Fabio Moon AiT/PlanetLAR; $12.95 Overpriced cigarettes, inter-district gang wars and guns. Lots of guns. Smoke and Guns is one of the newer graphic novels published by the...
November 30, 2005

Christmas theater traditions
Theater Lisa Gauthier A Christmas Carol Indiana Repertory Theatre Directed by Priscilla Lindsay Through Dec. 24 A Beef & Boards Christmas Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre Directed by Eddie Curry Through Dec. 31 The IRT's annual 'A Christmas Carol' runs...
November 30, 2005

30 years of Klein
Television Marc D. Allan Robert Klein Robert Klein is one of the funniest people alive, and he achieved that status without trying terribly hard. Look at his career choices — his movies (try to name a good one), his TV...
November 30, 2005

“A guy with tenacity”
Mellencamp strikes a visual chord Julianna Theibodeaux John Mellencamp Herron Galleries Through Jan. 7 'Dignity in America' by John Mellencamp Rock musician John Mellencamp came out as a painter years ago, so it’s not exactly true to say that he’s...
November 30, 2005

‘Widow’ glowed
Opera Rita Kohn The Merry Widow Indianapolis Opera Clowes Memorial Hall Nov. 18 and 20 Robin Follman in 'The Merry Widow' Ben Spierman, stage director for Indianapolis Opera’s centennial production of Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow, nailed the operetta’s essence...
November 23, 2005

Color my world
Visual Art Julianna Thibodeaux Funk and Eickhoff: Opposing Forces Galerie Penumbra Through Nov. 30 'Diver' by Ed Funk It’s not as unlikely a pairing as you might think. In fact, you could consider them protégés of one another; Ed Funk,...
November 23, 2005

59’s Rariden moving on
Transitions Marc D. Allan WXIN (Channel 59) is looking for a new news director. Karen Rariden, who ran the newsroom for the past four-plus years, is leaving to become daytime executive producer at KYW, the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia. “I...
November 23, 2005

The core of beauty
Theater Lisa Gauthier Old Wicked Songs Indiana Repertory Theatre Directed by James Still Through Dec. 31 James Edmonson and Antonio Knoppers in the IRT production of 'Old Wicked Songs' Great art can only come from someone who has great passion....
November 23, 2005

IMA gets contemporary
The Indianapolis Museum of Art proved that its bold new self is more happening than hype last Friday night with a party to celebrate the opening of the Contemporary Galleries.   View photo gallery from this event....
November 23, 2005

Haydn-Mozart-Shostakovich
Classical Tom Aldridge Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Classical Series Program No. 7 Hilbert Circle Theatre Nov. 11-12 Violinist Chee-Yun was the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's guest soloist last weekend. Combining Haydn, Mozart and Shostakovich can make an excellent classical program — in...
November 16, 2005

Waiting to be kissed
Pink wonderland Julianna Thibodeaux Paul Harris and Michael Begley: Different Dreams, Different Promises Ruschman Gallery Through Nov. 26 'Flight' by Paul Harris, part of 'Different Dreams, Different Promises' at Ruschman. Pulling up to Ruschman Gallery on Alabama Street, I was...
November 16, 2005

Doctorow’s Civil War panorama
E. L. Doctorow’s The March is a panoramic view of the Civil War as seen through the eyes of a variety of participants, from soldiers to slaves to citizens. The narrative introduces characters, then abandons them to the winds and whims of conflict. As a reader, you never know who you might lose next.
November 09, 2005

One step at a time
I Am My Own Wife is more than just the story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who survived the Nazi and Communist regimes. It is the story of playwright Doug Wright, who became obsessed with her story. And it is also the story of a person, not a “transvestite” or a “survivor,” who takes life one step at a time, doing the best she can to live.
November 09, 2005

The Current in music
Young Brian Current seems to be one of the present-day definers of what is “current” in music. The 33-year-old Canadian composer debuted a piece here a year ago he called this isn’t silence, a title we could heartily agree with at the time. Last weekend, Current returned once again for the debut performance of his 15-minute, Brigham Young U.-commissioned Symphonies in Slanted Time.
November 09, 2005

Brian, Steve and Ed
Those of us in the arts-coverage trenches often rely upon purveyors of said arts to let us know when a particular offering, in his or her opinion, is something noteworthy. I received such a phone call a couple weeks ago, and hearing the names of the exhibitors — Brian Fick, Ed Sanders and Steve Paddack — decided it was worth squeezing in another visit to another gallery in an already packed agenda. I made my way over to 4 Star Gallery to check out the work of these three Indianapolis painters with high hopes: Fick, Sanders and Paddack are in varying degrees heavy hitters in town; all Herron graduates, they’re three who stayed in Indianapolis and grew a following among artists and patrons.
November 09, 2005

Spiritual pathways
For the past eight years, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Arts, with the financial support of the Lilly Endowment, has been identifying, exhibiting and acquiring works by leading Native American artists from the United States and Canada under the aegis of the Eiteljorg Fellowship program. To date, there have been four rounds of this biennial feast.
November 09, 2005