The fat lady has sung, but the Indianapolis Opera is not ready to let the final curtain go down yet. Over the last six years, they have watched attendance diminish; funding dry up; and larger companies across the country, like the New York City Opera, close their doors. The 2013–2014 season ended on a sour note as …
Each fall, the Indianapolis City Ballet showcases the best dancers in the world at its blockbuster event, Evening with the Stars. On June 11–14, the group hopes to introduce the next generation. At the inaugural Indianapolis International Ballet Competition, held on Butler University’s campus, 180 young dancers will study under elites such as New York City …
Believe it or not, computer code and poetry have been linked from the beginning. Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, was the daughter of Lord Byron. But programming and prose haven’t mixed much in the last two centuries. Local coder Joel Dart is doing his part to make them a couplet once more. Dart has worked in …
When Michael Johnson, ruling elder at CityLife Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, read in the paper about a local play based on a racist protest from almost 100 years ago, it would have been easy for him to take another sip of coffee and turn the page. Even when he learned that the protest had occurred just …
Do a 300th birthday and a multimillion-dollar price tag make for a better instrument? For years, the violin world has thought so, investing millions of dollars and hours trying to uncover the secrets of 17th-century Italian luthiers like Antonio Stradivarius and Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu. Even ISO Concertmaster Zachary De Pue, proud owner of a …
In the age of Netflix, Hulu, and HBONow, where a movie night usually means sitting on your couch with a remote in hand, film-going is a becoming a lost art. But thanks to a growing number of film festivals and a dedicated group of local cinephiles, Indianapolis has been finding its joys all over again. …
After 27 years at the podium, maestro Kirk Trevor is leaving the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. And in a surprising twist, the ICO has concocted a reality TV-style showdown between three finalists to replace him. So far this season two of them have led a performance with the ICO in front of a live audience. This month, …
For 10 years, IndyFringe has brought the bold, bawdy, beautiful, and, sometimes, even the best of independent theater to us every August. Out of 432 groups and 2,358 performances, these are the ones that remain most vivid in our memories. 1. Stand Up Monkey Poet (Matt Panesh, 2007) Due to some particularly bold comments against politicians …
Bekah CrowmerArtists Alley Having completed her studies at IUPUI for game design and illustration, Crowmer draws strange creatures for Pure Steam, a version of Pathfinder—the top-selling role-playing game in the world. bekcrowmer.artworkfolio.com Robert Bruce Scott Dealers Gallery One of the founding members of the Il Troubadore Klingon Music Project, Scott (second from right) and his fellow …